1 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Many people in China possess a personal name seal (印章). To them, seals are     1     art of deep cultural roots, which combines calligraphy (书法) with sculptural art.

It is believed that seals came out when our ancestors had private property. At that time, people were assumed to make marks on own possessions     2     (prevent) theft. When the first dynasty was established, the emperor began to use seals to show his emperorship. The first emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, had his “xi”     3     (make) out of the invaluable and beautiful jade “He Shi Bi”. Then     4     (follow) the local governments who needed seals for similar function. Thus, private seals were carved in different lucky characters and animal patterns. Gradually, the sphragistics (印章学) came into being. Now, many     5     (collector) favorites are of that kind.

The glory time of seal history was during the Ming and Qing     6     (dynasty). One noted seal sculptor was He Zhen of the late Ming dynasty,     7     works greatly influenced the sculptors of the Qing dynasty. He used the carving knife steadily and neatly, and the curves of each character were quite clear and harmonious.

Seal carving also requires choice materials like metal, jade, pottery, bamboo and stones. A good material should be smooth and cool at first     8     warm after a second. When cut, it should have certain     9     (flexible). There are various stones used for seal cutting, among     10     Qingtian stone, Tianhuang stone, and chicken-blood stone are all first-class.

2 . Then Needham began his lifelong research, ____________ ended up creating the greatest work-Science and Civilization in China. (用适当的词填空)

3 . This is the second school ________ I used to work at, and many students there still have contact with me. (用适当的词填空)

4 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Are you familiar with pop star Jay Chou’s Blue &White Porcelain? Its original lines, just     1     the composer Fang Wenshan described, were inspired by Ru porcelain (汝瓷).

Ranked best among famous kinds during the Song Dynasty (960-1279), Ru porcelain is known for its unique pale blue glaze (釉). Oceans     2     Ru porcelain flooded onto the market around the year of 1100, but the     3     (exist) of Ru ware now is actually rare. Thanks to the efforts of Ru porcelain inheritors, people can now appreciate it     4     (close) at hand than before.

Born in Ruzhou, Henan province, Li Chao has spent a decade     5     (better) crafting skills. Ru porcelain goes through 72 steps, the    6     (one) of which is knead (揉) mud. Any small errors could lead to disaster, said the 41-year-old inheritor. He then stressed that a Ru porcelain inheritor must be patient enough. Every item of artwork     7     (full) deserves our admiration.

Techniques of making Ru porcelain will     8     (lose) with senior inheritors gradually passing away. So,     9     Li spares no effort in doing is introducing it to wider masses.     10     (achieve) this goal, he creatively uses Ru porcelain in making daily ware popular among young people. Now he’s aiming to expand the market by introducing it to the whole world.

5 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

April 30 is World Jianbing Day, an international     1     (celebrate) of one of China’s most beloved breakfast foods.

World Jianbing Day had never been officially a thing before 2019. But Shanghai-based food tour company UnTour was looking to change that. They’ve launched a Jianbing Map to try and link up vendors (摊贩)     2     (sell) jianbing worldwide. “It’s essential to make sure the surviving vendors have all the support from diners that might not know how to find     3     (they),” says UnTour CFO Kyle Long. “The world needs more jianbing     4    (enthusiastic)!”

Jianbing is a flour and egg-based crepe (薄煎饼) consumed for breakfast in China. After cooking the crepe fresh on a flat pan, jianbing chefs will add a variety of fillings     5     diners’ requests.

The downside is that outside of China, jianbing vendors are few and far between. Long says many of these restaurants     6     (locate) in major cities, like London and New York City. However, a few have expanded out of markets and food festivals, growing enough of an audience to open a brick-and-mortar shop. That’s     7     happened to Little Wu Jianbing in Canberra, Australia, opened by a husband-and-wife team. “Jianbing made by the Little Wu Jianbing attracts     8     wide range of diners and always hits the spot”, says Long.

    9     jianbing steadily creeps onto breakfast plates abroad, in China, shops that sell it could soon become something of a rarity (稀有物). Street food vendors have faced widespread closures. Long says, “We have been crying out for a top-down push     10     (preserve) some of the existing historical buildings so vendors can have a stable place to use”.

6 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

A video of college students in northeastern China wearing military style cotton coats to class     1    (go) viral on social media platforms recently.

Down jackets(羽绒服) have been a    2    (necessary) for many Chinese people all the time. To seek more profit in the booming market, many brands have started to move towards high-end development,    3    (result)in a more significant increase in demand for high-quality materials like white goose down. Thus, the price has increased.

With the price of down jackets increasing, college students in China have picked up military coats    4    (defend) themselves from the winter cold. Thanks     5     their low cost and high quality, cotton coats have made a major comeback this winter and stormed college campuses.

The general thinking among students is     6    it isn’t about whether they can afford a down jacket or not, but that cotton coats     7    (simple)provide better quality at a much lower price. The cheapest military style cotton coat costs less than 100 yuan and they have become the most     8    (fashion)winter wear for college students in northern China. A single person wearing one of these coats is noticeable, and a couple might     9    (laugh)at. But when a group wears them, it’s     10    latest fashion.

7 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

The Yuan Dynasty witnessed the maturity of Chinese landscape painting. The techniques of ink and wash     1     (employ) in this period, which brought Chinese landscape painting     2     the peak of prosperity and splendor. The ink-and-wash landscape painters developed the idea     3     a stretch of landscape represents a stretch of one’s spiritual world.

Ni Yunlin, Wu Zhen, Huang Gongwang and Wang Meng were known as the “Four Masters of the Yuan”,     4     enjoyed the free clouds and green mountains of nature. Of them all Ni Yunlin is considered to be     5     typical.

In Ni’s The Rongxi Studio, colours are completely abandoned and “the level and distant” method is applied to the     6     (compose) of the painting, so as to achieve the effect of peace and detachment (超脱). The world     7    (create) here is the world in the artist’s mind: cold mountains and insignificant waters reveal the     8    (painter) desire to leave the earthly world. Withered (枯萎的) trees convey the artist’s pursuit of freedom, though it sometimes means     9     (pain) loneliness. The small pavilion under the trees is “Rongxi Studio,” the name meaning a studio big enough only     10     (hold) a knee-a reflection of a human being’s inferior position in the universe.

8 . Nowadays, having already been listed as Provincial Intangible Culture Heritage by the Sichuan Provincial Government, this art is engaging ________ (it) in the general public entertainment. (所给词的适当形式填空)

9 . According to some academic studies, sugar painting ________ (date) back to the Ming Dynasty when sugar animals and figures were made in moulds (模具) as part of a sacrifice in religious ceremonies. (所给词的适当形式填空)

10 . They talk to the flood of international tourists and to ________ (visit) Chinese zookeepers who often come to check on the pandas, which are on loan from China. (所给词的适当形式填空)