2 . Behind last year’s Zibo’s sudden fame ______ the efforts and services of the local government, as well as a good reputation of local businesses.

A．is

B．are

C．were

D．was

5 . Folk tunes and lyrics in his regional dialect were ______ made singer-song writer Zhang Gasong’s music stand out.

A．what

B．that

C．how

D．where

6 . Celadon (青瓷) produced in Longquan, Zhejiang province, a technique passed down for more than 1,600 years, ______ a typical example of craftsmen’s pursuit of the perfect green glint (闪耀).

A．are

B．being

C．were

D．is

7 . She noted that cultural integration has always been a proposition (主张) of the Maltese government, and ______ cooperation between the two sides should be based on equality.

A．the

B．what

C．which

D．that

8 . Many stores make cloth shoes using machines, but Qiang sticks to the technique of making shoes entirely ______ hand.

A．with

B．in

C．by

D．at

9 . Zhang has recorded and learned music from folk musicians he met while travelling, as ______ means to preserve endangered folk music styles.

A．the

B．these

C．a

D．those

10 . ______ many difficulties in the US, Qian eventually returned to China in 1955.

A．To overcome

B．Having overcome

C．Overcoming

D．Overcome