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With just over 600 day    1    (go) until the opening of the next Olympic and Paralympic Games,     2     official mascots of Paris 2024 have been revealed.

Now it’s time to meet the Phryges, the mascots for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, who have been tasked with an important mission: to show the world that sport can change everything and     3     it deserves to play a major role in society. Kain Phryges (pronounced fri-jeeuhs) are small Phrygian caps,     4     represent a strong symbol of liberty, and the ability of people       5     (undertake) great and meaningful responsibilities.

The Olympic Phryge is triangular in shape, and comes with friendly smile, blue eyes and big colored sneakers, the golden Paris 2024 logo     6     their chests, which is bound to gain high     7     (popular). The Paralympic version     8     (feature) a prosthetic leg (假肢) that goes to the knee. Ever since Shuss, a red, white and blue mascot on skis, appeared at the Olympic Grenoble 1968, mascots have been fun and     9     (festival) ambassadors of the Olympic Movement. “The mascots have always occupied a special place in the history of the Olympic and Paralympic Games,” said Paris 2024 president Tony Estanguet. “They form the emotional bond between the Games and the people,     10     (contribute) to the atmosphere and high spirit in the stadiums.”Organizers said they want to deliver the idea that sport can change everything and that it deserves to have a leading place in the society through the mascots.

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As Xiong Chuanfa, 34, blows a lifelike deer out of molten maltose(麦芽糖) in just minutes, kids gaze at him with    1    (astonish), thinking he is a magician.

Xiong     2    (work) on blowing sugar-figures, a Chinese traditional folk art with a history of over 600 years, for more than two    3    (decade). This traditional folk art has been listed as    4    state-level intangible cultural heritage(非物质文化遗产).

Every morning, Xiong prepares the molten syrup(糖浆)and drives to Nanchang    5    (start) his magic show. “Many people,    6    (particular) kids, are attracted by this sugar art”. Xiong said.

Xiong said that blowing sugar figures can be traced back to the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) and    7    his family has passed down this cultural heritage for four generations. “My 6-year-old son often blows up a balloon-like sugar figure, just like I used to do as a child,” he said. Xiong’s wife Wang Li is an artist of the sugar painting,     8    is a form of traditional Chinese folk art.

In addition to showing their skills at fairs, the couple also stops by colleges to make youngsters get much     9    (close) to the traditional art and allow them to experience its charm. “We try to combine paper-cutting skills and modern elements modeling on the basis of traditional techniques,    10    (make) them agree with the current trend while achieving a balance between beauty and taste.” Xiong said.

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Celebrate National Day

China’s National Day is celebrated on October 1st every year     1     (mark) the formation of the People’s Republic of China. It is also known as National Day and National Golden Week.

The founding ceremony of New China     2     (hold) in Tian’anmen Square in Beijing on Oct. 1,1949,    3    the Government declared October 1st as National Day every year from 1950 onward.

As a great day in China, it represents     4     (independent), strength, and national confidence. The military parade has been     5     important part of the National Day ceremony. From 1949     6     the present, there are a total of fifteen National Day parades held. The number of representatives of the army, navy, and air force on parade    7    (be) generally around 10,000.     8     (usual), there is also a mass parade behind the military parade. In 2019, more than 100,000 people from all walks of life took part in it. The entire parade is broadcast live on all major TV stations.

On National Day, the national flag rises at 6:10 am in Tian’anmen Square. There are always people     9    (travel) long distances to watch the ceremony. There are also some other     10     (activity) like firework displays, light shows, and flowerbed exhibitions.

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The number of foreign readers of Chinese online literary works has been over 31.9 million, according to a report. Thanks    1    the government’s support, many Chinese online literature    2     (company) have been promoting their overseas(海外的) market in recent years.

Many overseas readers even start to write online novels. Logan,    3    young man living in Texas, is a big fan of China’s online literature.    4     (inspire) by Chinese online literary works, he began to write his own online novels.“My ideas for writing are    5    (main) from Chinese online novels. Classic Chinese literary works,    6     (include) Journey to the West, are also the sources of some of the characters in my novels,” he said.

“Human beings love stories, and some values of heroes in stories    7     (share) by people around the world,”   a leader of China Literature said, adding     8    heart- warming stories with ambitious characters and traditional Chinese culture are attractive to overseas readers.

While translation of mainstream(主流的) Chinese books may be    9     (struggle), English-language readers’ love encourages their own translations. For some Western readers, checking     10    (see) if the latest chapter of their favorite online serial(连载小说) has been translated from Chinese into English is the first thing they do in the morning.

8 . Another Winter Olympic Games officially came to a close, which means another closing ceremony was held. In each ceremony, there were moments of entertainment, celebration and reflection.

The “Moment of Remembrance” is a very important part of the closing ceremony, and for this year, the theme “A Willow Twig” presents the segment with Chinese characteristics.

The willow twig is a part of the willow tree, and in Chinese, the character for the willow tree is a homophone of the character liu, which means asking a person to stay when bidding farewell. Thus it symbolizes the sorrow of separation.

In ancient days,when two friends part, the traveling party will always receive a willow twig as a gift. The athletes were met with success, disappointments and historic memories, but it was time to depart. For the closing ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics, it was only fitting that the willow twig would be incorporated into the ceremony as the athletes depart to their respective countries.

The performers beautifully interacted with a LED floor to show imagery of the willow one that showed the emotional symbolism of “a bittersweet goodbye”. The theme of “one world, one family” continued to be evident through the Games as 365 different individuals all held a willow branch that represented “the unwavering spirit of remembering the departed through the 365 days of a year”.

The stage then turned into a beautiful shade of green, which was a symbol of the shifting of past negativity into the blossoming of a new day.

The return of spring focuses on moving forward and the positives in a post-pandemic world. It is clear that they hit the right note as the performance will be remembered for a long time to come.

1. What does the underlined word “segment” mean in Paragraph 2?

A．Difference.

B．Part.

C．Role.

D．Value.

2. What can we know about the willow twig from the passage?

A．It is always used as gifts in races.

B．It can easily be found in all seasons.

C．It originates from the Chinese character liu.

D．It stands for great sadness of leaving each other.

3. What did the performers do in Paragraph 5?

A．They connected the LED floor with the computer.

B．They decorated the floor with plastic willow branch.

C．They showed the images of the willow on the stage.

D．They played the song of the Winter Olympic Games for the audience.

4. What’s the author’s attitude towards the performance in the last paragraph?

A．Positive.

B．Indifferent.

C．Doubtful.

D．Negative.

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Carrying the spirit of a nation, cultural relics and heritages are irreplaceable resources for a civilization. A great many Chinese relics     1     (become) more popular over the past 10 years and allowed people from around the world to know Chinese culture better.

Though most ancient figurines(陶俑) are on display at museums, many young artists in China feel they deserve to be seen by a     2     (wide) audience than the limited number of people who visit museums.

In recent years, a large number of artists, dancers and TV     3     (direct) have used creative means to bring these figurines to life, thus expanding their audience and     4     (set) off a wave of discussion about Tang figurines and the pursuit of traditional Chinese     5     (beautiful).

As ancient instruments are played together, a group of painted Tang figures     6     (gradual) “walk out” from a museum and transform into Tang Dynasty court ladies with vivid expressions on their faces.

This scene is     7     beginning of Night Banquet in the Tang Dynasty Palace, a hit Chinese dance show     8     was performed during Henan TV’s Spring Festival Gala in 2021.

Once     9     (bury) in ancient tombs and now part of the collection at the Henan Museum, these figurines came     10     life for the first time in more than 1,000 years because of the show.