专题3.阅读理解CD篇（期末真题精练精析）（福建专用）

阅读理解CD篇（期末真题精练精析） 2021-2022福建省福州市闽侯县 C How do you keep cool during summer? Air conditioning (空调) or electric fans are good tools in modern society. But before that, people could only use fans. Over 3, 000 years ago, fans began to be used. They were made of feathers (羽毛), bamboo or silk. They came in different shapes, including round and square. Later, with the invention of paper, folding (可折叠的) paper fans became popular during the Song Dynasty. There are usually beautiful pictures on fans. Some are landscapes (风景). Others are flowers and animals. Moreover, many great people including Su Dongpo, a poet of the Song Dynasty, and Tang Yin, scholar and painter of the Ming Dynasty, once painted their masterpieces (杰作) on fans. This made fans not only useful tools in daily life but also great artworks. Therefore, with its value of beauty, people take fans as a symbol of status (地位). That’s why in old China, emperors (皇帝) and scholars (学者) often held fans. Today, fans are also great collectors’ items and gifts. On the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, folding fans were given to leaders and officials of other countries, as well as other audience. While they were waving fans to get cool, they were also experiencing Chinese culture. 36. What do Chinese people use to keep cool during summer in ancient (古老的) times? A. Air conditioning. B. Fans. C. Electric fans. D. Bamboo. 37. How many kinds of tools for staying cool in summer are mentioned in the passage? A. One. B. Two. C. Three. D. Four. 38. What’s the main materials to make fans over 3,000 years ago in China? ①paper ②leather ③silk ④ feather A. ①② B. ③④ C. ①③ D. ①④ 39. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage? A. Feather fans became popular during the Song Dynasty. B. Great people always painted beautiful pictures on fans in ancient China. C. Fan is a symbol of Chinese culture. D. People take fans as a symbol of status today. 40. What c