1 . In 2011, the old style Malta buses were taken off the road and replaced by modern vehicles. Most of the old buses were deserted, a few were sold, and about 100 of them were put into storage in the hope of showing them in a museum at some stage.
A pre-2011 visit to Malta wouldn’t have been complete without a ride on one of the colorful buses. Until 1973 you could tell the destination of the bus just by looking at its color — Sliema was green and white, Zabbar was red and white with a blue stripe(条纹)etc. . Later, the buses all had numbers. For a while, they were all painted green and white before the ‘final’ orange, yellow and white.
In their prime, walking around the Triton fountain at the Valletta bus station, you would have found it very difficult to see two buses of exactly the same design. Most of them had locally built bodies. On the front of the buses carried names like Dodge, Leyland, Bedford etc. . You were equally likely to find football pennants(锦旗)and the like decorating the cabs. Real bus experts would have recognized that these were there mainly for decorative reasons, and were seldom an accurate reflection of the vehicle’s origins.
Nowadays much more modern buses are to be found at the Floriana bus station. They are more environmentally friendly and possibly even more comfortable than the older types. However, I miss the old buses. I remember, when you boarded your bus, you had to prepare the correct change to pay the usually bad-tempered driver as you got on. If you were seated anywhere near the front, you would have noticed that most drivers sat well to the right of their steering wheel. The reason for this, as any Maltese would tell you, was to leave space for their pet to sit alongside them. I wonder where the pet sits these days.
1. What makes a pre-2011 visit to Malta special according to Paragraph 2?| A．Traveling in colorful buses. |
| B．Using buses with stripes. |
| C．Painting buses bright colors. |
| D．Telling destinations by different colors. |
| A．Painful time. | B．Exciting time. |
| C．Moment of fantasy. | D．Moment of glory. |
| A．They were of the same pattern. |
| B．The decorations reflected their origin. |
| C．Most were uniquely designed. |
| D．Only football pennants decorated the cabs. |
| A．Comfortable. | B．Environment-friendly. |
| C．Safe. | D．Memorable. |
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After the busy school life started again a month ago, the more exciting part of it came in September when my classmates and I attended the very Heritage Across Borders Program which took place at Zhejiang University. The program mainly focused at how heritage is valued and preserved.
As young activists in heritage protection, we felt it honored to meet the world’s leading group of researchers and professional in heritage .studies. We are deeply impressed by their skills. Besides, their anecdotes were extreme interesting.
China is highlighted what is known as cultural confidence nowadays, but we are proud of our efforts to preserve local heritage.
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Red Nose Day takes place every two years on the second or third Friday in March. The day is sponsored by Comic Relief, a British charity (慈善团体) that raises money for people
The
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The Yangko Dance is a traditional Chinese folk dance creating by the farmers hundred of years ago. Many Chinese people take it as for an important method of relaxing, no matter when there is a spring festival and when there are some special celebrations.
Before the Yangko Dance starts, the music performed to build the dancers a festival atmosphere. As the dance’s content come from special folk legends, men and women performing the dance are dressed in colorfully clothes.
During the dance, the dancers are wagging to present old stories to the audience in the new style. The dance also shows our happy mood and life.
While the dancers are dancing on the ground, there is usually a big crowd around them, appreciated and sharing the feelings of the dancers there.
5 . In spring, chickens start laying eggs again, bringing a welcome source of protein at winter’s end. So it’s no surprise that cultures around the world celebrate spring by honoring the egg.
Some traditions are simple, like the red eggs that get baked into Greek Easter breads. Others upgrade the egg into a fancy art, like the heavily jewel-covered “eggs” that were favored by the Russians starting in the 19th century.
One ancient form of egg art is egg painting, which comes to us from Ukraine. For centuries, Ukrainians have been drawing complicated patterns on eggs. Contemporary artists have followed this tradition and adapted the traditional methods to create eggs that speak to the anxieties of our age: Life is precious, and delicate. Eggs are, too.
“There’s something about their delicate nature that crazily appeals to me,” says New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast. Several years ago, she became interested in egg painting and learned the traditional Ukrainian technique to draw her very modern characters. “I’ve broken eggs at every stage of the process — from the very beginning to the very, very end.”
But there’s an appeal in that vulnerability. “There’s part of this sickening horror that I kind of like, the horror of knowing you’re walking on the edge with this, knowing that it could all fall apart at any second.” Chast’s designs, such as a worried man alone in a tiny boat, reflect that delicateness.
Traditional Ukrainian decorated eggs also spoke to those fears. The complex and detailed patterns were believed to offer protection against evil.
Egg painting art, dating back to 300 B.C., was later absorbed into the Christian church. The old symbols, however, still survive. A decorated egg with a bird on it, given to a young married couple, is a wish for children. A decorated egg thrown into the field would be a wish for a good harvest.
1. What do we learn about the decorated “eggs” in Russia?| A．They are shaped like jewel cases. | B．They are heavily painted in red. |
| C．They are favored as a form of art. | D．They are valued by the rich. |
| A．Because eggs serve as a symbol of the coming of spring. |
| B．Because eggs provide a source of protein in winter’s end. |
| C．Because eggs provide a unique surface to paint on. |
| D．Because eggs reflect the anxieties of people today. |
| A．Delicateness. | B．Technique. | C．Fear. | D．Anxiety. |
| A．Egg painting art preserves traditional and popular symbols. |
| B．Different cultures have different ways of honoring the egg. |
| C．Ukrainian egg painting art appeals to contemporary artists. |
| D．Egg painting art continues and develops in pace with time. |
1. 描述画面；
2. 概述其含义；
3. 谈谈个人感想。
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Chinese Bullfighters Bring Martial Arts (武术) to Their Sport
Several times a week. Ren Ruzhi battles an opponent (对手)that is five times
Ren teaches the Chinese martial art of kung fu. The 24-year-old’s mixing of martial arts and bullfighting
Bullfighting may be more famous in Spain,
Han Haihua, a former wrestler, teaches bullfighters at his Haihua Kung Fu School in Jiaxing. Han said the
1.住宿安排在你家；
2.游览名胜，品尝小吃；
3.感受当地风土人情。
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On January 25, 2020, over a billion people in China and millions around the world will celebrate the Chinese New Year, or the Spring Festival. The ancient tradition,
The preparations will
Often
The two-week long celebrations will end on February 8 — the day of the full moon — with the Lantern Festival.
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China and Western country may have different cultural beliefs about certain animals. But when it comes to pigs, we somehow reach an agreement that pigs are lazy, ugly, stupidly and shameless. Neither of these words describing pigs are exactly positive. Moreover, the truth is what pigs have some good qualities. And there’s probably no good time to clear their names than now, with the arrival of the Year of the Pig on Chinese Spring Festival, which fell February 5 this year. According to a paper publishing in 2017, pigs can tell between those who treat them well or those who don’t. Perhaps these are the qualities of pigs to keep it in mind—their intelligence, cuteness and patience.
