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San Francisco is a great city, which was able to rebuild itself after the earthquake that     1     (occur) in 1906.There are so many beautiful old buildings－many     2     (sit) on top of big hills, offering great views of the city, the ocean, and the Golden Gate Bridge. Mission District is the oldest part of the city,     3     used to be a poor area, but now is a centre of art, music, and food. In fact, an art movement called the “Mission School” started here. It     4     (influence) by graffiti art and comic art.

In 1848，America got California     5     Mexico, and gold was discovered near San Francisco. The dream of     6     (seek) their fortune quickly attracted people from all over the world, so San Francisco quickly became a big city. In fact, few achieved their dream of     7     (become) rich.     8     (earn) a living, some opened    9     shops and restaurants, some found jobs on farms, and others went to build the railway.

It is those immigrants from different countries and cultures     10     built America.

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Every year the Weifang International Kite Festival     1    (amaze) visitors with colorful kites. The origin of kites in China can be traced back to the Warring States Period    2     the great Chinese philosopher Mozi in the State of Lu made the first “wooden kite”. In 1984, the first Weifang International Kite Festival was held.

Kites     3     (use) in China for military purposes at the very beginning. They were made to signal and measure distance,    4     (provide) intelligence to aid moving large armies across difficult terrain (地形). Over time, kites became connected with leisure activities    5    were often flown during festivals and     6     (holiday).

The Weifang Kite Festival is not only the best platform     7     (share) kite-making skills, but also     8     good way to improve friendship between people from different countries. The kites presented in 2023 brought various surprises to kite lovers all over the world, and brought the people of China and other countries much     9     (close). As one netizen put it, “No matter how far away kite lovers go, there is always a ‘thread’ in their heart that can pull     10    (they) together.”

8 . More than 3,400 years after two ancient Egyptians were laid to rest, the jars of food left still smell sweet. A team of analytical chemists and archaeologists (考古学家) has analysed these smells to help identify the jars’ contents. The study shows how the exploration of smell can enrich our understanding of the past.

The 1906 discovery of the undisturbed tomb (墓穴) of Kha and Merit symbolized an important stage in Egyptology. The tomb remains the most complete non-royal ancient one ever found in Egypt, showing important information about how high-ranking individuals were treated after death.

Unusually for the time, the archaeologist who discovered the tomb resisted the temptation to open the sealed containers even after they were sent to the Egyptian Museum. The contents of many of these containers are still unknown, although there are some clues, says analytical chemist Ilaria Degano. “From taking with the museum keeper we knew there were some fruity smells in the display cases,” she says.

Degano and her colleagues placed various artefacts (人工制品) inside plastic bags for several days to collect some of the chemical substances they released. Then the team used a special machine to identify the components of the smells from each artefact. They found some chemicals associated with dried fish, and some chemicals common in fruits. The findings will feed into a larger project to reanalyse the tomb’s contents and produce a more comprehensive picture of burial customs for non-royals that existed when Kha and Merit died, about 70 years before Tutankhamun became the Egyptian ruler.

Aside from showing more about past civilizations, ancient smells could make museum visits more inviting. Usually, people admire exhibits with their eyes in museums. “Smell is a relatively unexplored gateway to the collective past for museum visitors,” says Cecilia Bembibre at University College London. “It has the potent alto allow us to experience the in a more emotional, personal way, through our nose.”

1. What can we describe the 1906 discovery of Kha and Merit’ tomb as?

A．A landmark in Egyptology.	B．A turning point in human history.
C．A breakthrough in archaeology.	D．A mirror of ancient non-royal life.

2. What does the underlined word “temptation” mean in paragraph 3?

A．Pressure.

B．Ambition.

C．Desire.

D．Tendency.

3. Degano and her colleagues placed things inside plastic bags to         .

A．protect them from harm	B．gather their smells
C．test the special machine	D．back up a larger project

4. What can the ancient smells do for museum visitors according to Bembibre?

A．They bring them back to the past.

B．They give them emotional support.

C．They change their view on civilizations.

D．They add to their experience.

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The Double Ninth Festival, also known as Chongyang Festival,    1     (take) place on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month. On this day, people hold many activities, such as enjoying the chrysanthemum (菊花), inserting Zhuyu, and     2     (drink) chrysanthemum wine. Also, a story about the     3     (tradition) festival is often told.

During the East Han Dynasty, there was     4     devil of the plague (瘟魔) in the Ruhe River. Once it showed up, people got sick and even died. People living around the Ruhe River suffered a lot because    5     the disease caused by the devil.

There lived a man named Huan Jing,    6     parents died from the plague and he almost died. After he recovered, Huan Jing decided to learn magic arts and kill the devil. Huan Jing heard that there lived an immortal (神仙) in the eastern area. He took a long journey and     7     (final) found the immortal. The immortal heard the man’s story and was moved by his determination, so the immortal agreed to teach him how to kill the devil.With the help of the immortal, he was     8     (brave) and more determined to beat the devil.

One day, the immortal told Huan Jing the devil would show up again on the ninth day of the ninth month, and he asked Huan Jing to go back     9     (fight) against it. When Huan Jing went back, he told the     10     (villager) to go to a mountain and sent everyone a Zhuyu leaf and a glass of chrysanthemum wine. When the devil emerged, it got dizzy from the scent of the Zhuyu and the chrysanthemum. At that time, Huan Jing took the sword and killed the devil.

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The word hutong was borrowed from the Mongolian word to mean, “water well”, about 700 years ago. Later it referred to a place     1     people live. Hutong we see today are made up of small lanes     2     (form) by walls of siheyuan. They were built during     3     Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties.

When the People’s Republic of China     4     (found) in 1949, there were more than 3,000 hutong. Most of the city’s population lived in this traditional housing.

    5     with the modernization of the city in the 1980s and early 1990s, many hutong were pulled down to build     6     (road), skyscrapers and modern houses. The government has     7     (ultimate) recognized the importance of hutong as Chinese cultural heritage. In 2002, Beijing listed 40 protected historical zones and increased its efforts to restore some key relics and older streets in the city. Nearly 500 hutong     8     (survive) so far.

Hutong that still exist are like oases (绿洲) of calm surrounded by the     9     (noise) city. Walking through them, it is common     10     (see) groups of elderly citizens sitting together playing cards, mahjong or Chinese chess. In the early mornings and evenings, they gather to practice traditional forms of exercise such as taijiquan as well as dancing and singing folk songs or Peking Opera. Hutong have become a museum of Beijing’s folk customs and history.