1 . Maaseik, a city in Belgium, has opened an exhibition of about 200 relics and treasures of the Tang Dynasty (618 AD - 907 AD), showing China’s golden age of ancient civilisation (文明).

The exhibition, which opened on May 11 and will continue until Oct. 20, is part of the city's effort to create a centre of Chinese culture. Belgian Princess Mathilde formally announced the beginning of the exhibition, titled “China’s Golden Age: Treasures from the Tang Dynasty”.

The items, including gold plates and silver wares for royal families, Tang Dynasty tri-colour glazed figurines (小雕像) of women and paintings, have recently been on exhibit in the Dutch city of Assert.

All of the exhibited items are from Shaanxi Province, China. Its provincial capital Xi’an was the most populous (人口多的) city in the world and once the capital of the Tang Dynasty.

The Tang period is generally regarded as a high point in Chinese civilization-equal to, or better than that of the earlier Han Dynasty (202 BC—220 AD), a golden age of Chinese culture.

Several years ago, said Dirk Verlaak, vice-mayor of Maaseik, his city and Assen teamed up to host history and culture exhibitions of China’s first two imperial dynasties, the Qin (221 BC—206 BC) and the Han. The Chinese relics and treasures attracted 350,000 visitors in Assen and 190,000 in Maaseik.

“Westerners don’t know much about China’s ancient civilisation and history, and we hope the new exhibition in Maaseik can attract more visitors,” said Verlaak.

1. Maaseik held the exhibition in order to        .

A．make money	B．educate people
C．attract foreign visitors	D．spread Chinese culture

2. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A．Dirk Verlaak is       interested in Chinese history

B．All the items in the exhibition are from China

C．Assert attracted more visitors than Maaseik several years ago

D．This is the first time that Maaseik has held such an exhibition.

3. What's Dirk Verlaak's attitude toward the exhibition?

A．Doubtful.	B．Consent.
C．Worried.	D．Excited

4. What would be the best title for the passage?

A．Tang Dynasty Treasures Exhibited in Belgium

B．Tang Dynasty Treasures Discovered in Belgium

C．Chinese Culture Goes Around the World

D．Chinese Civilisation Attracts Foreigners

2 . The rules about how to talk, eat and sit, which are highly limited, are observed in most Western restaurants and homes.    1    Many Westerners have no idea how to act at the Chinese dinner table. No forks or knives for them to use! The Chinese host makes great, sweeping arm movements that go over large sections of the table, passing over both food and friends alike.    2    However, it leaves many foreigners at a loss for what to do.In my childhood home, dinner was enjoyed with low voices, and the topics that we could discuss were very limited.    3    If I had to leave the table to use the toilet, I had to excuse myself without mentioning what it was that I was going to do. “May I be excused, please? I need to wash my hands.” I would say. My mother would say, “Sure.” My father would often play a joke on me by saying, “    4    ”As for eating, we did it quietly. No eating noises were allowed. Everything must be done as quietly as possible. If any sound was created by eating food or drinking, it would be considered as bad manners!    5    He is to sit up straight with the recessive hand (usually the left) in one’s lap holding a napkin while the dominant hand (usually the right) holds the fork or spoon. The only time one is allowed to have both hands on the table is when he is using a knife to cut something.

A．How one sits at the table is also prescribed.

B．We were not allowed to talk about anything that made listeners uncomfortable.

C．Can’t you think up a better excuse than that?

D．They’re completely different from what we find here in China.

E．Your hands don’t look dirty!

F．The scene is fantastic.

G．In general they were all strictly forbidden topics.