1 . 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。

Niangao, a sweet rice cake, is a popular dessert eaten during the Spring Festival. It was originally used as an offering before it gradually became a Spring Festival food. The     1     (pronounce) of niangao sounds like “year high” in Chinese, symbolizing a much higher income, a much higher position, the growth of children, and the promise of a much     2     (good) year. It is considered good luck to eat it during the Spring Festival period. Niangao has a legend about its origin. In the Spring and Autumn Period of ancient China, the whole country     3     (divide) into different small kingdoms and people suffered a lot in wars. At that time, strong walls were built     4     (protect) the Wu Kingdom from repeated     5     (attack). Many people stopped worrying about wars, except for Wu Zixu.     6    was Wu Zixu who told his entourages (随从) that wars should not be viewed     7     (light). “In case things go badly, remember to dig a hole under the wall. ” After Wu Zixu passed away, a war broke out and many people died from lack     8     food. Some people did what Wu Zixu had told them before and found that the wall under the earth was built with special bricks     9     (make) from glutinous (黏的) rice flour. As a result, the bricks saved many people from hunger. After that, people made niangao every year in memory of Wu Zixu. As time passed, niangao became     10     we eat today.

2 . 阅读下面短文，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。

Originated in the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368), Kunqu Opera is said to be the mother of all Chinese operas and is one of the oldest forms of opera still     1     (exist) in China. This traditional art was named after its birthplace, Kunshan,     2     is near the city of Suzhou in today’s Jiangsu Province.

The development of Kunqu Opera went through several     3     (stage). In the early days, the songs were     4     (main) composed of long and short lines. In the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644),     5     (reform) by Wei Liangfu, Kunqu Opera became mild, smooth and     6     (attract). The performers attached great     7     (significant) to clear recitation, correct singing and pure tunes. Meanwhile, the composers wrote the musical scores after working out the tunes, and the songs     8     (write) in seven-character or ten-character lines. Moreover, three types of musical instruments (stringed instrument, bamboo flutes, and drums and clappers) formed the accompaniment.

Kunqu Opera is acknowledged as     9     elegant opera. Carrying forward the tradition of ancient poetry and common speech, the art is also     10     very high literary value.

4 . Archaeologists(考古学家)have discovered at least 58 shipwrecks(沉船)filled with ancient objects near the islands of Fournoi in the Aegean Sea between Greece and Turkey. The discovery is believed to be the largest collection of shipwrecks ever found in the Mediterranean. They gathered there over a long time period, from time of ancient Greece to the 20th century. But most of the ships are from the time of the Greek, Roman and Byzantine civilizations.

Peter Campbell is leading the underwater research of the wrecks for the RPM Nautical Foundation, a group that studies ancient objects. He said, "The excitement is difficult to describe. I mean, it was just unbelievable. We knew that we had come across something that was going to change the history books. "

The international team began the underwater study in 2015. They found 22 shipwrecks that year. That number has climbed to 58 with the latest discovery. The team believes there are even more secrets lying on the seabed below.

Campbell called it "one of the top archaeological discoveries of the century". He told Reuters, "We now have a new story to tell of a trading road that connected the ancient Mediterranean. "

The wrecks and their contents show ships carrying goods from nearby areas like the Black Sea, Greece, Turkey, Armenia and Italy. Other goods come from places farther away such as Spain, Sicily, Cyprus, Egypt, the Middle East and North Africa.

The team has raised more than 300 ancient objects from the shipwrecks, including many tall jars(广口瓶)with two ears used by ancient Greek and Roman people to carry liquid.

Campbell said, "Those jars are used mainly for transporting liquids and semi-liquids in the past, so the goods it would be transporting were mostly wine, oil, fish sauces, perhaps honey." He added that fish sauce from the Black Sea area was rare and precious in ancient times.

1. How did Peter Campbell feel about the discovery of the shipwrecks?

A．Excited.

B．Shocked.

C．Confused.

D．Terrified.

2. How many shipwrecks were found near the islands of Fournoi after 2015?

A．22.

B．36.

C．58.

D．300.

3. Which of the following might be very expensive in the ancient times?

A．Oil.

B．Wine.

C．Honey.

D．Fish sauce.

4. What is the best title for the text?

A．Seabed Secrets Attracted the Archaeologists

B．New Ancient Civilizations Were Discovered

C．Ancient Shipwrecks Tell Stories of Trade Roads

D．More Shipwrecks Exist in the Mediterranean