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Zenghouyi chimes (编钟) are the most magnificent set of chimes ever     1     (discover) in China. It represents the     2     (high) achievement of pre-Qin ritual and music     3     (civilize) and bronze casting technology in ancient China.

It is 273 cm high, 335 cm wide, and 748 cm long. The total weight of the bells is about 2567 kg.     4     the copper part of the wooden frame (including hooks), the complete set of chimes     5     (weigh) about 5 tons.

This huge chime was still standing in the coffin when it was unearthed. Its heavy weight     6     (support) only by six bronze warriors and eight small bronze columns. Because of the scientific design, these six bronze     7     (warrior) can easily support the whole chimes still under the ground for more than two thousand years.

Chinese culture places special emphasis on the attitude of handling complicated matters with ease. Zhuangzi’s story of dismembering (肢解) an ox as     8     (skill) as a butcher and Laozi’s “Governing a big country is like cooking small fish”     9     (be) all about the manners of being at ease when     10     (solve) tough problems

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The Columbian Exchange,     1     (name) so in 1972 by professor Alfred Crosby in the University of Texas at Austin, was the exchange of crops, animals, ideas and foods between the New World (the Americas) and the Old World (Europe, Africa and Asia) following the journeys of explorers, conquerors and traders. When     2     (return) to the Old World, they took plants     3     are native to the Americas such as com, potatoes, tomatoes, chili peppers and tobacco (烟草), along with valuable gems (宝石) and minerals. Explorers and traders in turn     4     (bring) to the New World apples, bananas, grapes, cattle, chicken and garlic.

The exchange of these foods and animals had a(n)     5    (power) impact on the eating patterns of peoples around the world. Elizabeth Lambert Ortiz wrote in her book The Food of Spain and Portugal, “    6     cannot be stressed too strongly that the importing of foods by Spain and Portugal from the Americas was     7     most significant     8     (develop) in cuisine in the 16th and 17th centuries.” The impact wasn’t just felt in Spain, Portugal and other European     9     (country). The New World foods also traveled with traders to Asia,     10     (actual) making the impacts truly global.

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Marine (海洋的) creatures have long attracted scientists. Recently, researchers described remains discovered in northeastern Spain,     1    belonged to a turtle named Leviathanochelys aenigmatica. Living during the Cretaceous Period, the ancient turtle nearly matched the largest turtle     2    record.

Leviathanochelys swam in     3     (risk) waters. Its enemies included mosasaurs and plesiosaurs, large water creatures up to 15 meters in     4     (long). Other nearby enemies were sharks and rays. “    5     (attack) an animal of the size of Leviathanochelys possibly only could have been done by large creatures in the marine context. At that time, the large ones in the European zone were     6    (main) sharks and mosasaurs,” said Oscar Castillo, the lead writer of the study that     7    (publish) in the Southern in Scientific Reports.

Scientists found the Leviathanochelys remains near the village of Coll deNargo in Catalonia’s Alt Urgell area.    8    hiker in the Southern Pyrenees saw the bones covered by the ground. To date, researchers     9    (find) parts of the back of the shell (壳), and most of the pelvic (骨盆的) area, but no skull or tail. The bones suggest the creature had a smooth shell similar to leatherback turtles, with the shell     10    (measure) about 2.35 meters long and 2.2 meters wide.

5 . Walled Cities Of The World

There are numerous historical walled cities across the world, whose walls date back several centuries. These walls were fortification (碉堡), a necessity throughout medieval eras for defense. They have been preserved as historical monuments and popular tourist attractions in the modern time.

York, England

The city of York is a medieval city situated in the north of England. Historically, the city was ruled by the Romans, Angles, and the Vikings before being incorporated as part of the Kingdom of England in 954. Located in the city are walls built in 71 AD which have been restored and extended with time.

Xi’an, China

The city of Xian is one of the oldest cities in China. It prospered economically as the eastern last station of the Silk Road. The existing walls were originally built in 770 BC and reconstructed in the 14th century under the Ming Dynasty. The walls are well preserved and are a major tourist attraction in the city.

Quebec City, Canada

Quebec City was a colonial (殖民地的) town which was fortified by the settling Europeans. The walls began to be built in 1608 under both British and French regimes (政权). A fort was constructed by the British as an additional defensive measure and remains undamaged to date. The city’s fortifications were listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985.

Mexico City, Mexico

Historically, the City of Mexico gained importance as the Aztec Capital. The Spanish then drove out the Aztecs and rebuilt it as the Spanish Capital. The walls protecting the city were built in 1521. Mexico City is also home to numerous colonial-era buildings which together with the walls are major tourist attractions in the city.

1. Which city has walls of the longest history?

A．York, England.	B．Xi’an, China.
C．Quebec City, Canada.	D．Mexico City, Mexico.

2. What do Quebec city and Mexico city have in common?

A．They were once colonies of other countries.

B．They were once the capital of the Aztec empire.

C．Their walls were once built under British regime.

D．Their walls were once damaged after construction.

3. In which section of a magazine may this text appear?

A．Culture.

B．Entertainment.

C．Science.

D．Society

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A book on China’ s war survivors    1    (release) capturing the tales from witnesses in World War II in 2015. Li Genzhi, the author of the book entitled “Wartime Civilian Workers in Tengchong”, said it is a race    2     time before they are all gone.

The book draws its interviews from Tengchong,    3     county-level city in southwest China’ s Yunnan Province, which was home to one of the    4    (bad) battlefields in the Chinese People’ s War of Resistance Against   Japanese Aggression seventy years ago.

The book tells stories of civilians     5    voluntarily transported rice and other supplies along a dangerous mountain path for the Chinese Expeditionary Force (中国远征军) in 1944 as    6    planned to reclaim the China-Myanmar border town     7     (occupy)by invading Japanese troops during the war.     8    (continue) rain made it impossible    9    (deliver) food to the Chinese troops by air. So almost 30,000 local people, mostly women,     10     (old) and children, served as porters and took around 300, 000 kilograms of rice from a village on the other side of the mountain, which is 3,000 meters high.

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In ancient times, builders and     1     (architect) in Beijing relied on five colors to add life to their creations: red, yellow, blue, white, and gray. These colors were connected     2     five different elements: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. The Chinese sage (圣贤) Laozi said that five colors make people blind, so in architectural art, it’s suggested that no more than three main colors should     3     (use) for a design; otherwise, it would look too busy. Then red, yellow and blue gradually     4     (become) the main colors in the Forbidden City.

Red, the color of fire and blood, has long been important in Chinese symbolism. Traditionally, red represents     5     (warm) and the highest amount of energy. The association of red with good fortune is the reason     6     the color red is important in weddings, New Years, and other important celebrations.

Yellow was another obvious color in old Beijing,     7     (stand) for the power of emperor. The Yellow Emperor is the mythological (神话的) forefather of the Chinese nation while archaeologists find the     8     (early) examples of Chinese civilization to the Yellow River Basin.

The color blue symbolized heaven and heavenly blessings with the best example of the rooftops of structures at the Temple of Heaven.     9     was discovered that blue had a unique sensitivity to light, and was the perfect color used     10     (create) copies of drawings.