Luo Yan and his wife and son travel back to their hometown
1．你最喜欢的中国传统节日之原因；
2．现在大部分年轻人，对待中国传统节日的态度及其原因；
3．就此现象提一到两点建议。
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Dear Jack,
I am very glad that you are interested in Chinese traditional festivals. I’m writing to tell you something about it.
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I hope my reply can be helpful.
Yours,
Li Hua
3 . Traditional tea processing techniques and their social practices in China were added to UNESCO’s List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity on November 29th, 2022. This is the 43rd entry from China on the List. Therefore, China’s list tops all other countries.
In fact, what is on the List is not Chinese tea, but the knowledge, skills and practices concerning management of tea plantations, picking of tea leaves, and the processing, drinking and sharing of tea.
Over 2,000 tea varieties, mainly in six categories, which are green, black, yellow, oolong, white and dark, are grown in China. Although the types differ, the skills of making tea are very similar. They include inactivation (杀青), yellowing, piling, withering (萎凋), leaves shaking, cooling, fermentation (发酵) and scenting.
According to UNESCO, in China traditional tea processing techniques are closely associated with geographical location and natural environment. The techniques are mainly found in the provinces and autonomous regions of Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Hunan, Anhui, Hubei, Henan, Shaanxi, Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Fujian, Guangdong and Guangxi. Associated social practices, however, are spread throughout the country and shared by multiple ethnic groups.
Tea-related customs are not only found across the country, but also influenced the rest of the world through the ancient Silk Road and trade routes. As a document from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism to UNESCO explained, tea is common in Chinese people’s daily life. Steeped or boiled tea is served in homes, workplaces, tea houses, restaurants, and temples. And it is used as an important medium for communication in socializing and ceremonies such as weddings and sacrifices.
“Practices of greeting guests with tea and building good relationships within families and among neighborhoods through tea-related activities are shared among multiple ethnic groups, and provide a sense of identity and continuity for communities, groups and individuals concerned,” the document said.
1. What can we know from the text?| A．So far China has the most entries on the intangible list. |
| B．Only intangible cultural heritage is worth protecting. |
| C．China has the most cultural treasures worldwide. |
| D．Every country in the world joins UNESCO. |
| A．Select the yellow tea leaves. | B．Make tea leaves become yellow. |
| C．Add some yellow liquid to it. | D．Use yellow boxes to collect leaves. |
| A．Varieties of Chinese tea. | B．Skills of making tea. |
| C．Tea procesing techniques. | D．Tea-related customs. |
| A．China is full of cultural heritage. | B．UNESCO is a great organization. |
| C．Chinese tea is different and unique. | D．Chinese tea is on UNESCO’s list. |
4 . Climate change could cause “irreversible (不可逆的) damage” to the world’s most precious ancient monuments (古迹) and other cultural sites,experts warned on Saturday as they pushed for the United Nations (UN) protection for major global sites.
Academics gathered in Athens for a meeting on the threats to world heritage calling for tools to predict, measure and counter the effects of climate change.They are campaigning to have the issue included on the agenda (议程) at the UN Climate Action Summit in New York.
Scientists have recently expressed concern regarding the effects of climate change on ancient Greek monuments, including those on the Acropolis in Greece. The extreme weather phenomena seen in recent years,as well as air pollution and acid rain,have created problems in the walls and temples of the Acropolis.
Dimitrios Pandermalis, director of the city’s Acropolis Museum, said that while environmental damage has always been a challenge for monuments, these threats are getting worse.
The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warned in October that warming was on track towards a 3 ℃ or 4 ℃ rise,and that avoiding global chaos would require a major change. “Climate change is not only a threat to our future,but also to our heritage, both natural and cultural,” said UN Secretary-General António Guterres.
The Athens meeting called for improved tools to help evaluate the threat from climate change and mitigate risks, like threat maps based on climatic projections.
The meeting stressed the challenges in preserving underwater heritage such as shipwrecks. The Head of the Research Centre for Atmospheric Physics and Climatology at the Academy of Athens warned that “with man-made global warming everything will become more acid in the atmosphere as well as in the seas,” threatening undersea monuments.
The meeting was jointly hosted by the Greek government,the UN and the UN’s cultural agency UNESCO.
1. Why did experts have a meeting in Athens?| A．To study traditional architecture. |
| B．To name the most precious world heritage. |
| C．To make efforts to protect world heritage. |
| D．To celebrate the discovery of a monument. |
| A．It is at risk of being damaged. |
| B．It isn’t valued by the government. |
| C．It has been severely ruined by humans. |
| D．It isn’t open to the public for protection. |
| A．Take. | B．Create. |
| C．Involve. | D．Reduce. |
| A．Pushing for sea protection in Greece |
| B．Environmental damage is unavoidable |
| C．Climate change is expected to bring extreme weather |
| D．Raising alarms over climate change’s threat to cultural sites |
5 . “When I first started learning calligraphy, I just copied the teacher’s strokes (笔画), and my work was ugly.” said Aryan from Afghanistan. He is currently a graduate student in Beijing,
During his six-year stay in China, he discovered the
To his surprise, the curriculum for foreign students in China
“Initially, I didn’t know much Chinese and thought calligraphy would be difficult,” Aryan said.” Later on, I found out that calligraphy can help me
He used to
Not only did Aryan gain a deeper
| A．majoring | B．settling | C．bringing | D．resulting |
| A．problem | B．pattern | C．richness | D．resource |
| A．native | B．official | C．international | D．formal |
| A．goes against | B．takes up | C．takes over | D．goes beyond |
| A．conferences | B．activities | C．subjects | D．competitions |
| A．economy | B．life | C．work | D．pleasure |
| A．competition | B．content | C．combination | D．contact |
| A．improve | B．recognize | C．adjust | D．find |
| A．hold | B．oppose | C．break | D．suspect |
| A．positive | B．contradictory | C．wrong | D．objective |
| A．direction | B．step | C．attitude | D．effort |
| A．supply | B．represent | C．sense | D．recall |
| A．responses | B．admissions | C．reactions | D．keys |
| A．function | B．ability | C．form | D．knowledge |
| A．stressed | B．inspired | C．determined | D．interrupted |
6 . It’s been nearly two decades since the traditional clothing style Hanfu first started to reemerge in China. Since then it has gone from a small cultural movement celebrating an ancient fashion to a trend that is booming on social media, having been adopted by China’s Generation Z as a means of connecting with their past. Instead of following other cultures blindly, Generation Z now have different opinions about what trend is by promoting local culture while having an objective view of exotic cultural products.
The new tastes of Generation Z—young people born after 1995—are well represented on Bilibili. In the recent New Year’s Eve gala presented by Bilibili, it attracted more than 100 million views within 48 hours with a colourful set of programmes ranging from Peking Opera to classical Chinese cartoons. The same is also true of movie industry. Last year, for the first time, the top 10 most viewed films in China were all domestic films, while the ticket sales for imported films have dropped to only 16.28 percent.
”Generation Z grew up with the rapid development of China and under good economic conditions. With the development of the Chinese Internet industry, they have more access to diverse international information and culture, which bring them a much broader vision and makes them more open and confident in analyzing foreign culture. Apart from taking pride in China’s rapid development, this generation also pursues individuality and values devotion to the country,“ Professor Zhang Yiwu said.
He also noted that the popular rock and punk culture pursued by the 70s and 80s generation is more of a challenge against real life and local culture. Some people who were born in the 1970s and 1980s did not grow up in the Internet age—they experienced the transformation of China going from poor to rich first-hand. This kind of longing and admiration of the West came from a lack of confidence.
However, Generation Z now have the confidence to look at Western culture with equal status. This kind of cultural confidence will result in China being more active and creative in its development on the international stage in the future.
1. What does the underlined word ”exotic“ in Paragraph 1 mean?| A．Foreign. | B．Fashionable. | C．Traditional. | D．Elegant. |
| A．To confirm the rise of new media. |
| B．To promote Chinese Internet industry. |
| C．To highlight the popularity of domestic art. |
| D．To show the popularity of New Year’s Eve gala. |
| A．They have a stronger cultural identity. |
| B．They are longing for cultural diversity. |
| C．They have made China develop rapidly. |
| D．They are more fond of foreign culture. |
| A．Confident China, Better Future |
| B．China’s Progress Results in Cultural Confidence |
| C．China’s New Generation Redefine Local Culture as Trendy |
| D．Hanfu Style, Connector of Ancient Fashion and Modern Trend |
The youth version of The Peony Pavilion (《牡丹亭》) successfully entered the stage of the Spring for Chinese Arts at the Beijing Tianqiao Performing Arts Center.
The Peony Pavilion,
Kunqu Opera uses a seemingly endless
8 . Chinese fancy knots (中国结), also called Chinese knots, are very important in Chinese culture. They began as a form of traditional art in the Tang and Song Dynasties (朝代) in China, and became popular in the Ming Dynasty. Long ago, they found their way to Japan and other Southeast Asian countries, and were well received there. Now they are regarded as one of the symbols of Chinese culture.
As for the name itself, it is surely meaningful. The Chinese word for “knot”, jie, means “connection”. And the pronunciation of the Chinese word jie is very close to that of ji, “good luck”. As a result, Chinese knots are used as a way to express people’s strong wishes for marvellous things like happiness, love and good luck.
The knots are used widely in everyday life. They come in different sizes. Small ones are connected to jewellery (珠宝), clothes and gifts in order to draw people’s attention, while large ones are used to make a living room or study more beautiful. Whether large or small, they are named after their shapes and usages. For example, Double Coin Knots are called Shuangqian Jie because they are in the shape of two ancient Chinese coins, meaning “good things come in pairs”. Besides, Chinese knots are famous for their bright colors. Different colors have different traditional cultural meanings. Red means good luck and happiness, green means health, and yellow means wealth.
All in all, the famous Chinese fancy knots fully show the Chinese culture. These brightly colored knots with their endless chains (链条) of knots mean that life on earth will continue forever.
1. What did the writer want to express in this passage?| A．Ask people to buy Chinese fancy knots. |
| B．Introduce a traditional Chinese art form. |
| C．Teach people how to make a Chinese knot. |
| D．Describe the usages of Chinese fancy knots. |
| A．pronunciation | B．size | C．shape and meaning | D．color |
| A．The Chinese word for “knot” means “luck”. |
| B．Chinese knots became popular in the Song Dynasty. |
| C．All of the Chinese knots have the same sizes and colors. |
| D．Chinese knots mean that life on earth will continue forever. |
| A．Chinese Culture | B．Chinese Knots | C．Chinese Colors | D．Chinese Life |
On Dec 17, 2020, China’s taijiquan, or tai chi, was added to UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
Chen Bing was the first
Taijiquan was influenced by Taoism, Confucianism and the theories of
Chen Bing is one of the inheritors (传承人) of the Chen-style taijiquan. He
Public
To make taijiquan
World Sleep Day, organized by the World Sleep Day Committee of the World Association of Sleep Medicine since 2008, is on March 21 every year. World Sleep Day is to celebrate the benefits of good and healthy sleep.
Sleep quality plays an important role in people’s health. Researchers say that there are a lot of advantages (优点) if we always get enough sleep. We can be smarter, thinner, healthier and more cheerful. Also we’re to have better skin, better memories and longer lives.
When you lose even one hour of sleep for any reason, it will influence (影响) your performance the next day.
In general, adults need to sleep at least eight hours of sleep a night, but a recent survey found that, on workdays, only 21% of them really get a full eight hours of sleep and another 21% get less than six. For teenagers, a healthy sleep is about eight to nine hours per night. However, about 80% of high school students don’t get enough sleep because of their schoolwork or some bad habits.
Twenty-seven percent of people in the world have sleep problems. Now there are over 80 kinds of sleep disorders (紊乱), and most people know little about their danger. So, for our good life and work, it’s necessary for us to realize the importance of sleep and try to have a good sleep.
1. When is World Sleep Day?2. How many hours should a teenager sleep every night according to the writer?
3. Why don’t most high school students get enough sleep?
4. What percent of people have sleeping problems in the world?
5. What can you learn from this passage?
