3 . 阅读下而短文，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 cheongsam is a female dress with distinctive Chinese features and enjoys growing     1     (popular) in the international world of high fashion. The name “cheongsam”     2     (mean) simply “long dress” entered the English vocabulary from the dialect(方言) of China’s Guangdong Province. In other parts of the country including Beijing, however, it     3     (know) as “qipao”, which has a history behind it.

After the early Manchu(满族的) rulers came to China, the Manchu women wore       4     (normal) a one­piece dress which came to be called “qipao”. Although the 1911 Revolution     5    (end) the rule of the Qing Dynasty, the female dress survived the political change and, with later improvements, has become the traditional dress for Chinese women.

The cheongsam,     6     neck is high, fits well the Chinese female figure, and its sleeves may be either short, medium or in full     7    (long), depending on seasons or tastes. In addition, it is not too complicated     8     (make), nor does it need too much material. Another beauty of the cheongsam is     9    it can be worn either on casual     10     formal occasions. In either case, it creates an impression of simple and quiet charm, elegance and neatness.

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。

China is widely known for its ancient civilization, which     1     (continue) all the way through into modern times,     2    the many ups and downs in its history. There are many reasons     3    this has been possible. But one of the main     4     (factor) has been the Chinese writing system.

At the beginning, written Chinese was a picture-based language. It     5     (date) back several thousand years to the use of animal bones and shells on which symbols were carved by ancient Chinese people. Some of the ancient symbols can still be seen in today's Hanzi.

By the song dynasty, these symbols had become     6    well-developed writing system. Over the years, the system developed into different forms as it was a time when people were divided geographically,     7     (lead) to     8     (vary) dialects and characters.     9    , this changed on the Emperor Qinshihuang of the Qin Dynasty (221-207BCE).

Today, the Chinese writing system is still an important part of Chinese culture. As China plays a great role in     10     (globe) affairs, an increasing number of international students are beginning to appreciate China's culture and history through this amazing language.

5 . 阅读下面材料，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 first emperor of China, Qin Shihuang, is remembered for the many things he did during his rule.     1     221 and 210 B.C., he started the construction of the Great Wall. He built a large network of roads. He introduced     2     new writing system, currency and set of measurements. The emperor also ordered the construction of a huge army of life-sized terracotta soldiers. These, he hoped, would protect his tomb after     3    (he) death.

Today, the soldiers in Xi’an’s terracotta museum are light brown, but they weren’t always this color. They began as an army of red, blue, yellow, green, white, and purple.     4    (sad), most of the colors did not last to the present day. Before their discovery, the clay soldiers     5    (protect) by being underground. When they were unearthed, however, the air caused the coating under the paint to fall of. The paint disappeared in less time than it takes to boil an egg,     6    (take) with it important pieces of history.

New     7    (technique) are now starting to reveal the army’s true colors. Recently, archaeologists     8     (discover) an area with more than a hundred soldiers, many of     9     still have their painted features, including black hair, pink faces, and black or brown eyes. Chinese and German researchers have developed a special liquid     10    (help) preserve the soldiers’ colors. After they find a soldier or other artifact, archaeologists spray it with the liquid. They then cover it in plastic.

8 . There are 195 countries in the world today but almost none of them have purple on their national flag. So what’s wrong with purple? It’s such a popular color today. Why would no country use it in their flag? The answer is really quite simple. Purple was just for too expensive.

The color purple has been associated with royalty power and wealth for centuries. Queen Elizabeth I forbade anyone except close members of the royal family to wear it. Purple’s high status comes from the rarity and cost of the dye (染料)originally used to produce it. Fabric traders got the dye from a small sea snail (海螺)that was only found in the Tyre region of the Mediterranean. More than 10,000 snails were needed to create just one gram of purple; not to mention a lot of work went into producing the dye, which made purple dye so expensive.

Since only wealthy rulers could afford to buy and wear the color, it became associated with the royal family. Sometimes, however, the dye was too expensive even for royalty. Third century Roman Emperor Aurelio famously wouldn’t allow his wife to buy a scarf made from purple silk because it cost three times its weight in gold. A single pound of dye cost three pounds of gold, which equals 56,000 dollars today. Therefore, even the richest countries couldn’t spend that much having purple on their flags.

The dye became more accessible to lower-class about a century and a half ago. In 1856, 18-year-old English chemist William Henry Perkin accidentally created a man-made purple compound (化合物)while attempting to produce an anti-malaria drug. He noticed that the compound could be used to dye fabrics, so he patented the dye, manufactured it and got rich. Purple dye was then mass-produced so everybody could afford it.

Till now, a handful of new national flags have been designed and a few of them have chosen to use purple in their flag. So don’t be making any bets just yet.

1. Why was color purple expensive in the past?

A．Because only royal families were allowed to wear purple.

B．Because it took a long time to get purple dye from gold.

C．Because purple was worth as much as its weight in gold.

D．Because purple dye used to be rare and hard to produce.

2. Why did Roman Emperor Aurelio forbid his wife to buy a purple scarf?

A．Because of poor quality.	B．Because of long tradition.
C．Because of bad taste.	D．Because of high price.

3. What is purple's situation now?

A．Purple has been widely used on national flags.

B．Purple dye is now affordable to ordinary people.

C．Royal family stop using purple because it’s too common.

D．Fewer snails are used to produce purple dye than before.

4. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A．No Purple Flags?	B．Purple vs Gold
C．How to Produce Purple Dye?	D．The Birth of Purple Color

9 . 语法填空
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。

Over 2,200 years ago, Emperor Qin Shihuang, the first Emperor in Chinese history, established the official Chinese writing characters. The new, simplified characters made writing calligraphy (书法)    1    (complex). It allowed people to use characters with more straight strokes, thus    2    (make) it easier to write with brushes. This    3    (create) the Li genre(体裁). Over time, other variations were also developed,     4    eventually led to the formation of the five genres in Chinese calligraphy. As    5    result, calligraphy became    6    (wide) accepted. Calligraphy also had its practical values because it was a good way to make friends and was more presentable as a gift rather than jewelry or money. Does calligraphy still have these practical functions now? Yes. Many people practice calligraphy as a way    7    (raise) their cultural accomplishment. Older people use calligraphic writing as a method to keep fit. They believe that when a person concentrates on    8    (write) calligraphy, his inner wellbeing (幸福) is inspired. I had thought computer would lead to the    9    (disappear) of Chinese calligraphy. Now I understand that’s not likely to happen. How can you give your boss computer­printed calligraphy as a gift? You don’t,    10    you want him to fire you!

10 . Dujiangyan is the oldest man-made water system in the world, and a wonder in the development of Chinese science.     1    (build) over 2,200 years ago in what is now Sichuan Province in Southwest China, this amazing engineering     2    (achieve) is still used today.

In ancient times, the region in which Dujiangyan now stands     3     (suffer) from regular floods caused by overflow from the Minjiang River.     4     (help) the victims of the flooding, Li Bing, the region governor, together with his son, decided to find a solution. Li designed a series of channels built at different levels along Mount Yulei that would take away the floodwater while leaving the river flowing naturally.     5     (good) still, the extra water could be directed to the dry Chengdu Plain, making     6     suitable for farming.

Once the system was finished, no more floods occurred and the people were able to live     7     (peaceful). Today, Dujiangyan     8     (admire) by scientists from around the world because of one feature. Unlike modern dams     9     the water is blocked with a huge wall, Dujiangyan still lets water flow through the Minjiang River naturally, enabling ecosystem and fish populations to exist     10     harmony.