Unit 3 Traditional skills【B卷·培优卷】-2024-2025学年八年级英语下册单元速记·巧练（广州专用，沪教牛津版）

Unit 3 Traditional skills（B卷·培优卷）（广州专用） （考试时间：100分钟 试卷满分：90分） 一、语法选择(共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分) In much of Asia, especially the so-called “rice bowl” 1 of China, Japan, Korea, 2 Vietnam, food is usually eaten with chopsticks. Chopsticks are usually two long, thin pieces of wood or bamboo. They can also be made of plastic, animal bone or metal. Sometimes chopsticks are quite 3 . Truly elegant chopsticks might be made of gold and silver 4 Chinese characters. 5 workers also combine various hard woods and metal 6 special designs. The Chinese 7 chopsticks for five thousand years. People probably cooked their food in large pots, 8 twigs（树枝）to remove it. Over time, 9 the population grew, people began cutting food into small pieces so it would cook more quickly. Food in small pieces 10 with twigs which gradually turned into chopsticks. Some people think that the great Chinese scholar Confucius, 11 live from roughly 551 to 497 B．C．, influenced the 12 of chopsticks. Confucius believed knives would remind people of killing and 13 too violent for use at the table. Chopsticks are not used 14 in Asia. In India, for example, most people traditionally eat 15 their hands. 1．A．cultural B．culturals C．cultured D．cultures 2．A．and B．or C．but D．/ 3．A．art B．artistic C．artist D．article 4．A．by B．from C．in D．with 5．A．skills B．skilled C．skilling D．skill 6．A．to create B．creating C．creative D．created 7．A．had used B．used C．have used D．have been used 8．A．to use B．used C．using D．had used 9．A．as B．as soon as C．before D．after 10．A．can be eaten more easily B．should be eaten easier C．must be eaten easier D．could be eaten easily 11．A．/ B．that C．which D．who 12．A．develop B．development C．developing D．developed 13．A．were B．are C．was D．had been 14．A．somewhere B．anywhere C．everywhere D．nowhere 15．A．by B．on C．in D．with 【答案】 1．D 2．A 3．B 4．D 5．B 6．A 7．C 8．C 9．A 10．D 11．D 12．B 13．A 14．C 15．D 【导语】本文主要介绍了筷子的发展史。 1．句意：在亚洲的大部分地区，尤其是中国、日本、韩国和越南等所谓的“饭碗”文化，人们通常用筷子吃饭。 cultural文化的，形容词；culturals错误格式；cultured有教养的，形容词；cultures文化，名词。根据“so-called”可知，需要一个名词，故选D。 2．句意：在亚洲的大部分地区，尤其是中国、日本、韩国和越南等所谓的“饭碗”文化，人们通常用筷子吃饭。 and和；or或者；but但是；/不填。根据“China, Japan, Korea”和“Vietnam”可知，是并列关系，故选A。 3．句意：有时筷子很有艺术性。 art艺术；artistic艺术的，形容词；artist艺术家；article文章。根据“are quite”可知，形容词作表语，故选B。 4．句意：真正优雅的筷子可能是用带有汉字的黄金和白银做成的。 by通过；from来自；in在……里；with有。根据“Chinese characters”可知，有汉字的筷子，故选D。 5．句意：熟练的工人还将各种硬木和金属结合起来，创造出特殊的设计。 skills技能，可数名词复数；skilled熟练的，形容词；skilling斯基林，货币单位；skill技能，可数名词单数。根据“workers”可知，需要形容词作定语，故选B。 6．句意：熟练的工人还将各种硬木和金属结合起来，创造出特殊的设计。 to create创造，动词不定式；creating创造，动名词；creative有创造力的；created创造，过去式。根据“combine various hard woods and metal”可知，用动词不定式表示目的，故选A。 7．句意：中国人使用筷子已有五千年的历史。 had used过去完成时；used过去式；have used现在完成时；have been used现在完成时的被动语态。根据“for five thousand years”可知，用现在完成时态，且“The Chinese”和“use”是主动关系， 故选C。 8．句意：人们可能在大锅里煮食物，用小树枝把它移走。 to use使用，动词不定式；used使用，过去式；using使用，现在分词；had used使用，过去完成时。根据“People probably cooked their food in large pots,”可知，句子已有谓语动词，用现在分词形式作伴随状语，故选C。 9．句意：随着时间的推移，随着人口的增长，人们开始把食物切成小块，这样可以更快地煮熟。 as随着；as soon as一……就；before在……之前；after在……之后。根据“the population grew”可知，随着人口增长，故选A。 10．句意：小块的食物可以很容易地用树枝吃，树枝逐渐变成了筷子。 can be eaten more easily可以更容易吃，一般现在时的被动语态；should be eaten easier应该更容易吃；must be eaten easier必须更容易吃；could be eaten easily可以更容易吃，一般过去时的被动语态。根据“people began cutting food into small pieces so it would cook more quickly”可知，小块的食物可以很容易地用树枝吃，是过去时态，因此could be eaten easily符合句意，故选D。 11．句意：一些人认为中国伟大的学者孔子(大约生活在公元前551年到公元前497年)影响了筷子的发展。 /不填；that那个；which哪个；who谁。分析句子结构可知，先行词是人，用关系代词who作主语，故选D。 12．句意：一些人认为中国伟大的学者孔子(大约生活在公元前551年到公元前497年)影响了筷子的发展。 develop发展，动词；development发展，名词；developing发展中的；developed发达的。根据“the...of”可知，需要一个名词，故选B。 13．句意：孔子认为刀会提醒人们杀人，在餐桌上使用太暴力了。 were主语是复数，过去式；are主语是复数，一般现在时，was主语是单数，过去式；had been过去完成时。根据“knives would remind people of killing”可知，是过去时态，主语是复数，be用词用were，故选A。 14．句意：在亚洲，筷子并没有被广泛使用。 somewhere某处；anywhere任何地方；everywhere所有地方；nowhere没有地方。根据“In India”可知，并非亚洲所有地方都用筷子，not...everywhere“并非所有地方”，故选C。 15．句意：例如，在印度，大多数人传统上用手吃饭。 by通过；on在……上；in在……里；with用。根据“their hands”可知，用手吃饭，故选D。 二、完形填空(共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分) 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从下面各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。 Many people love Chinese silk. It has bright colors and it feels soft and 16 , so it is wonderful to be made into silk clothing. Silk clothing has beautiful 17 . Among them, the most popular patterns are flowers and birds. Besides, silk plays an important part in Chinese culture. The history of silk in China began more than 5,000 years ago. Silk was valuable in ancient China. Wearing silk was a 18 of being rich. At first, only members of the king’s family could wear silk. Silk was also 19 with foreign people. They loved silk and would like to pay a lot of money for it. The Chinese kings used to 20 how to make silk a secret. Anyone who told the secret or took silkworms（蚕）out of China would be 21 . So the secret of silk making was kept unknown until 200 B．C． Then, some other countries began to know how to make silk. There were no cars or planes 2,000 years ago. People bought or sold all kinds of goods along a road between China and Europe. People called it the Silk Road because most of the 22 going on the road were made of silk. The road was 8,000 km long through mountains and deserts. It was 23 a long way to go and it was not easy. The Silk Road is very important to both China and the rest of the world, either in the past or in the present. It once 24 the role as the land bridge between the East and the West. Today, China and five other central Asian countries are working 25 . They want their Silk Road treasures to be on the World Cultural Heritage list（文化遗产名录）. 16．A．comfortable B．common C．rough D．pleasant 17．A．lines B．marks C．patterns D．sizes 18．A．post B．symbol C．score D．sketch 19．A．central B．interested C．ready D．popular 20．A．keep B．practice C．mix D．offer 21．A．gone B．killed C．accepted D．sent 22．A．cars B．planes C．goods D．people 23．A．recently B．really C．wildly D．lovely 24．A．lay B．rejected C．played D．matched 25．A．happily B．lonely C．hardly D．together 【答案】 16．A 17．C 18．B 19．D 20．A 21．B 22．C 23．B 24．C 25．D 【导语】本文主要介绍了中国丝绸的历史，以及丝绸之路的形成和重要性。 16．句意：它颜色鲜艳，手感柔软舒适，所以做丝绸衣服很好。 comfortable令人舒适的；common共同的、常见的；rough粗糙的；pleasant令人愉快的。根据“it feels soft and ...”可知，此处是介绍丝绸的手感，comfortable符合语境。故选A。 17．句意：丝绸衣服有漂亮的图案。 lines线；marks标记；patterns图案；sizes尺寸。根据“the most popular patterns”可知，此处指衣服上的图案。故选C。 18．句意：穿着丝绸是富有的象征。 post包裹；symbol象征；score得分；sketch素描。根据“Silk was valuable in ancient China”可知，丝绸很贵重，所以应是富贵的象征，a symbol of“……的象征”。故选B。 19．句意：丝绸也很受外国人的欢迎。 central中心的；interested感兴趣的；ready准备好的；popular受欢迎的。根据“They loved silk and would like to pay a lot of money for it”可知，丝绸在美国人中也很受欢迎，be popular with“受……欢迎”，故选D。 20．句意：中国的皇帝曾经对如何制造丝绸保密。 keep保持；practice练习；mix使混合；offer提供。keep sth a secret表示“对某事保密”，固定短语。故选A。 21．句意：任何泄露秘密或把蚕带出中国的人都会被处死。 gone去；killed杀害；accepted接受；sent发送。根据“The Chinese kings used to…how to make silk a secret”可知，国王曾经对如何制造丝绸保密，所以对于泄密的人一定会有严厉的处罚，B选项符合语境。故选B。 22．句意：人们称之为丝绸之路，因为在这条路上的大部分货物都是丝绸制成的。 cars汽车；planes飞机；goods商品；people人们。根据“were made of silk”可知，商品是由丝绸制成的。故选C。 23．句意：它走起来确实是一条漫漫长路，而且并不容易。 recently最近；really的确、确实；wildly广泛地；lovely可爱的。此处是强调这条路非常长这一观点，应用really加强语气，故选B。 24．句意：它曾经扮演着连接东西方的大陆桥的角色。 lay放置；rejected拒绝；played扮演；matched使相配。play the roles as...表示“扮演……的角色”，固定短语。故选C。 25．句意：今天，中国与中亚五国携手合作。 happily开心地；lonely孤单的；hardly几乎不；together一起。根据“China and five other central Asian countries are working”可知，几个国家一起携手合作。故选D。 三、阅读理解（共两节，满分35分） 第一节、阅读理解(共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分) A Have you ever heard of Da Shuhua? It’s a traditional performance that is usually given during big festivals, like the Lantern Festival and the Spring Festival. It means “creating tree flowers”. People show it by throwing hot molten iron (熔化的铁) against a cold wall. Upon the wall, the molten iron would explode (爆炸) into thousands of sparks (火花), looking like flowers raining down. The molten iron is about 1, 600℃. It’s so dangerous and one may easily get hurt, so, it’s also called “the game of the brave”. In ancient times poor people couldn’t pay for expensive fireworks. Then they found that when the heated iron fell on the ground, it could create the similar scene of fireworks. With a lot of experiments, they finally created Da Shuhua and it soon became the way for poor people to celebrate important festivals. Actually, no other place has Da Shuhua, except in Nuanquan, a village in Hebei Province, and there are only four performers left there. What makes matters worse is the fact that most of them are over the age of 40. Wang De is the youngest performer among them. He has been learning Da Shuhua from his father since he was 15 years old. Though he has been wounded several times, his love for it has never faded. Wang De hopes Da Shuhua, one of the most valuable cultural treasures of China, will become known to more people. “When I was young, I thought it was exciting. But years later, I also felt it was my work to pass it on to the next generation (一代),” he says. 26．Da Shuhua is ________ from Paragraph 1. A．easy and safe to do B．a traditional performance C．a modern form of fireworks D．always completed on a big tree 27．Why was Da Shuhua developed? A．To serve as a game for the brave. B．To have fun with hot molten iron. C．To celebrate big festivals for the poor. D．To take the place of traditional fireworks. 28．What does the underlined word “faded” in the last paragraph mean? A．Fallen down. B．Taken place. C．Come out. D．Gone away. 29．What’s the best title for the text? A．Popular Chinese Folk Art B．Mix of Art and Nature C．Chinese Special Fireworks D．Great Chinese Performers 【答案】26．B 27．C 28．D 29．C 【导语】本文主要介绍了中国传统民间艺术——打树花。 26．细节理解题。根据“Have you ever heard of Da Shuhua? It’s a traditional performance that is usually given during big festivals,”可知，打树花是一项传统表演。故选B。 27． 细节理解题。根据“In ancient times poor people couldn’t pay for expensive fireworks...they finally created Da Shuhua and it soon became the way for poor people to celebrate important festivals.”可知，打树花是为了贫穷的人庆祝重要节日而发展起来的。故选C。 28．词句猜测题。根据“Though he has been wounded several times, his love for it has never faded.”，可知，尽管受伤多次，但他对打树花的热爱从未消退，故此处faded的意思是“消退、消失”，与D项“Gone away”意思相近。故选D。 29．最佳标题题。通读全文可知，文章主要介绍了“打树花”这项中国传统的民间艺术，旧时人们因贫穷买不起烟花，创造了这一特殊庆祝形式，因此最贴切的标题是“Chinese Special Fireworks”。故选C。 B Yang Xiuying, 76, sits at a wooden loom (织布机). As her fingers pass the shuttle (织布机的梭子) back and forth through the cotton threads(线), the old machine comes to life. Ever since she was a young girl, Yang has been making indigo cloth (蓝靛染布). “You can never buy this type of handmade cloth at the market,” she says. For the Dong people (侗族) in Guizhou, making indigo cloth has a long tradition. The skill has been passed down from mother to daughter over generations. Nearly every family makes its own cloth. This traditional skill, unfortunately, is now under threat (威胁). Young people show little interest in it. Some of them have moved to big cities to find better jobs. Local officials want to save the tradition. They are trying to change young people’s attitude towards it. One program has set up several cloth-making factories in Guizhou. After learning how to make indigo cloth, young Dong people can now find jobs easily. They can also work closer to home. Traditionally, the Dong people consider indigo cloth as important as rice. Many Dong women spend countless hours making the cloth. They rise and start working very early in the morning. To make the cloth shiny, it must be rubbed (搓) and beaten hard. The noise of cloth being beaten often wakes the whole village up. Almost every Dong woman over the age of 40 has a tub for indigo dye (染料). The cloth has to be placed in the dye over lots of rounds to gain the rich color. The process of coloring usually takes two weeks. Yang holds out her purple and wrinkled hands. “They say she who has the darkest indigo marks on her hands makes the best cloth,” the old lady says proudly. 30．What is Yang Xiuying doing at the beginning of the article? A．She is repairing an old machine. B．She is making some cotton cloth. C．She is selling some indigo cloth. D．She is teaching how to make cloth. 31．According to the article, which of the following charts shows the correct steps of making indigo cloth? A． B． C． D． 32．What have local officials done to save the tradition of making indigo cloth? A．They have forced some young people to learn the tradition. B．They have helped some young people find jobs in big cities. C．They have brought some young people back from big cities. D．They have opened some cloth-making factories in Guizhou. 33．What does Yang probably want to say in the last paragraph? A．She is able to make good indigo cloth. B．Her daughter is also good at making indigo cloth. C．The tradition of making indigo cloth is under threat. D．She has taught many people how to make indigo cloth. 【答案】30．B 31．B 32．D 33．A 【导语】本文主要介绍了侗族的传承文化——靛蓝色布，以及人们为拯救这一濒危文化做出的努力。 30．细节理解题。根据“As her fingers pass the shuttle (织布机的梭子) back and forth through the cotton threads(线), the old machine comes to life.”可知，杨秀英正在织布，故选B。 31．细节理解题。根据“through the cotton threads(线), the old machine comes to life”，“Many Dong women spend countless hours making the cloth. They rise and start working very early in the morning. To make the cloth shiny, it must be rubbed (搓) and beaten hard.”和“The cloth has to be placed in the dye over lots of rounds to gain the rich color. The process of coloring usually takes two weeks.”可知，先用棉线做布料，然后用力搓和敲打布料使其有光泽，布料必须在染料中放置很多轮，以获得丰富的颜色，染色的过程通常需要两个星期。故选B。 32．细节理解题。根据“One program has set up several cloth-making factories in Guizhou.”可知，其中一个项目在贵州建立了几家制衣厂。故选D。 33．推理判断题。根据“They say she who has the darkest indigo marks on her hands makes the best cloth”可知，她想说她能织出好的靛蓝色布，故选A。 C Students from a high school in Changchun, Jilin, spent 129 days creating a relief mural (浮雕壁画). Their idea came from the famous painting A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains by Wang Ximeng. The mural was created on the wall of Changchun No.150 High School’s art classroom. It was completed by 21 students from this school under the guidance of their teacher, Duan Yingzi. The mural is nearly 3.5 meters high and 11 meters long. This piece of art work has amazed a lot of people on the Internet. According to the teacher, creating this mural is part of the school’s special lessons. The process of the creation includes drawing an outline (轮廓), making relief, painting base colors, and then finishing the final artwork. Most of the students in this group had no painting experience. Their teacher helped them learn the painting skills and practise painting many times. The teacher explained that the most difficult part of creating this mural was the color mixing. “It took us over a month to finish the outline and relief work. In the following two to three months, we focused on perfecting the color mixing,” she said. After trying again and again, they finally achieved this great goal. Although there is a difference in color compared with that of Wang Ximeng’s painting, the students are still very pleased with the final result. The difference is not so significant (显著的). The work still looks very beautiful. “In the past, students could only see the artwork in books. And they were unable to fully experience its beauty.By drawing the painting, students can have a deeper understanding of the ancient Chinese artists’ wisdom (智慧),” Duan said. 34．Where can you find the relief mural in this school? A．On a poster at the school hall. B．On the classroom’s windows. C．On a board at the school library. D．On the art classroom’s wall. 35．How large is this relief mural in area? A．About 38.5m2. B．About 39.5m2. C．About 40.5m2. D．About 41.5m2. 36．What’s the biggest difficulty that the teacher and students met? A．The color mixing. B．The difference in color. C．No painting experience. D．No guidance of the painter. 37．Which words can best describe the teacher and students? A．Honest and brave. B．Polite and friendly. C．Serious and outgoing. D．Patient and hard-working. 【答案】34．D 35．A 36．A 37．D 【导语】本文讲述了吉林省长春市一所高中的学生花了129天创作了一幅浮雕壁画。他们的想法来自王希孟的名画《千里江山图》。通过绘制这幅画，学生们可以更深入地了解中国古代艺术家的智慧。 34．细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句“The mural was created on the wall of Changchun No.150 High School’s art classroom.”可知，这幅壁画可以在长春市第150中学美术教室的墙上看见。故选D。 35．推理判断题。根据第二段第二句“The mural is nearly 3.5 meters high and 11 meters long.”可知，这幅壁画将近3.5米高，11米长，经过简单计算可知其面积为3.5×11=38.5平方米，因此这幅壁画占的面积大约38.5平方米。故选A。 36．细节理解题。根据第三段第一句“The teacher explained that the most difficult part of creating this mural was the color mixing.”可知，创作这幅壁画最困难的部分是颜色的混合。故选A。 37．推理判断题。根据“This piece of art work has amazed a lot of people on the Internet这件艺术品在网上让很多人惊叹不已”、“The process of the creation includes drawing an outline, making relief, painting base colors, and then finishing the final artwork. Most of the students in this group had no painting experience. Their teacher helped them learn the painting skills and practise painting many times没有太多绘画经验的学生在老师的帮助下创作此作品，其过程历经了几大阶段”及文章第三段对绘画最难部分——配色方面的描述可知，老师和同学们不畏艰难坚持下来并很好地完成了这幅作品，可推测他们很有耐心且勤奋。故选D。 D It’s a good idea for kids to learn about China through Chinese art. Wondering what kinds of Chinese art are proper for your kids? Don’t worry! We’ve prepared some for you. Sugar painting Compared with other art forms which require lots of training and studying, sugar painting seems easier to reach. It appeared in the Ming Dynasty but became popular in the Qing Dynasty. Nowadays, it’s widely accepted not only around its birthplace Sichuan, but around the whole country. Water calligraphy (书法) Many calligraphy beginners don’t know how to choose brushes, paper and so on, and the price is also high. Luckily, now there’s a new way—water calligraphy. You don’t need to prepare many things or stay in a room. All you need is a big brush and some water. Go to the square or park and find a small space to start writing! Paper cutting By using knives or scissors to cut red paper, Chinese people have created lots of amazing works. Nowadays, paper cutting has developed into an art form that can stand for traditional Chinese folk culture. It can serve as a window to the world of traditional Chinese folk art. Shadow puppetry (皮影戏) Shadow puppetry has a history of over 2,000 years. The puppeteer controls puppets behind the screen to make them move like people and tell stories. Actually, kids can make puppets and stories they like. It can not only give them a way to express their own fantastic ideas but also improve their hands-on (动手的) ability. 38．When was sugar painting popular? A．In the Tang Dynasty. B．In the Song Dynasty. C．In the Ming Dynasty. D．In the Qing Dynasty. 39．Which of the following are the advantages of water calligraphy? ① People can write outside.    ② Fewer things are needed to do it. ③ Anything can be used to write.    ④ People don’t need to spend much money. A．①②④ B．②③④ C．①②③ D．①③④ 40．Why did the writer write the text? A．To ask more people to learn Chinese art forms. B．To introduce some Chinese art forms for kids. C．To tell kids how to learn their art lessons well. D．To show how foreign people can learn about China. 【答案】 38．D 39．A 40．B 【导语】本文讲了适合孩子了解中国的四种中国艺术形式：糖画、水书法、剪纸和皮影戏。 38．细节理解题。根据“...became popular in the Qing Dynasty.”可知，糖画流行于清朝。故选D。 39．细节理解题。根据“...and the price is also high. Luckily, now there’s a new way—water calligraphy.”可知，学习水书法不像一般的书法那样贵；根据“All you need is a big brush and some water. Go to the square or park and find a small space to start writing!”可知，只需要一把大刷子和一些水就可以在广场或公园等地方开始练字；由此可知水书法的优点是需要的东西少、可以在外面写、成本低。故选A。 40．主旨大意题。通读全文可知，本文通过介绍糖画、水书法、剪纸和皮影戏，向家长推荐一些适合孩子学习的中国艺术形式，故其目的是介绍一些适合孩子的中国艺术。故选B。 第二节 阅读填空 （共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分) 根据材料内容，从下面五个选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最佳选项，使文章意思通顺、内容完整。 The earliest clothes of Chinese raincoats were made of straw (稻草) and they were called “straw rain capes (蓑衣)”. In the beginning, it was made of simple materials. 41 Now some people still use straw rain capes, especially among farmers and fishermen. We read the straw rain capes in lots of poems and articles. In 1970s, the straw rain cape was everywhere in the countryside in China. 42 Few people wear straw rain capes now. Fan Licai is a 74-year-old woman in Zhuliangzhuang Village, Lianyungang City of Jiangsu Province. She has a special love for straw rain capes. It is said that she is the only one still to make straw rain capes for money in Ganyu. 43 The old woman learned the skill at the age of 12. When she was young, she could make two straw rain capes in three days for a better life. 44 They think she should enjoy her free time. However, she still makes a living by making straw rain capes. Making a straw rain cape needs 4 kilograms of straw. For the old woman, she needs 4-5 days to finish a single straw rain cape now. Usually she can get 120 yuan from each straw rain cape. Making some capes in one year can make her and her husband’s life better. “ 45 But the demand (需求) falls. Now no one wants to learn the art of making straw rain capes any longer.” said the old woman. Do you want to learn the art of making it? A．Now her children ask her not to make straw rain capes any longer. B．Some people buy the straw rain cape for car repairing (修理). C．But as time flies, it is slowly losing its place. D．Now we still see a straw rain cape on her outdoor wall. E．Later, people found more suitable materials for making straw rain capes. 【答案】41．E 42．C 43．D 44．A 45．B 【导语】本文主要介绍了“稻草蓑衣”及其发展现状。 41．根据“In the beginning, it was made of simple materials.”以及“Now some people still use straw rain capes, especially among farmers and fishermen.”可知，这里提到了稻草蓑衣的发展，选项E“后来，人们找到了更合适的材料来制作稻草蓑衣。”符合语境。故选E。 42．根据“Few people wear straw rain capes now.”可知，后文提到了它现在很少被使用，选项C“但随着时间的流逝，它正在慢慢失去它的地位。”符合语境。故选C。 43．根据“The old woman learned the skill at the age of 12.”可知，后文提到了一位老妇人，选项D“现在我们还能在她的户外墙上看到一件稻草蓑衣。”符合语境。故选D。 44．根据“They think she should enjoy her free time. However, she still makes a living by making straw rain capes.”可知，后文提到了她的孩子们认为她应该享受业余时间，选项A“现在，她的孩子们要求她不要再做稻草蓑衣了。”符合语境。故选A。 45．根据“But the demand (需求) falls. Now no one wants to learn the art of making straw rain capes any longer.”可知，后文提到了需求下降了，因此设空处应该说有人买这种蓑衣，选项B“有些人买稻草蓑衣修理汽车。”符合语境。故选B。 四、语篇填词（共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分) 阅读短文，根据上下文和所给的首字母写出所缺单词。注意使用正确形式，每空限填一词。答卷时，要求写出完整单词。 Paper cutting is one of the oldest Chinese traditional skills. People first started paper cutting in the 6th century. Scissors and paper are usually u 46 in paper cutting. People cut different patterns like animals, plants and Chinese characters for health or good l 47 . Zhang Xiufang is an inheritor (传承人) of Yangzhou Paper Cutting. Her works always make a deep i 48 on others because she can cut fine patterns without cutting the paper into pieces. A 49 she is 81 years old now, she keeps on p 50 the skill every day. She hopes this valuable traditional skill can be passed down from generation to generation. 【答案】46．(u)sed 47．(l)uck 48．(i)mpression 49．(A)lthough 50．(p)racticing/(p)ractising 【导语】本文介绍了剪纸和扬州剪纸的传承人张秀芳。 46．句意：剪纸通常使用剪刀和纸。根据“Scissors and paper are usually...in paper cutting.”和首字母提示可知，剪纸通常要用剪刀和纸，use“使用”，此处用被动语态，空处应填入use的过去分词，故填(u)sed。 47．句意：人们剪不同的图案，如动物、植物和汉字，以获得健康或好运。根据“for health or good...”和首字母提示可知，此处指健康和好运，与health并列，空处应填入名词luck“好运”，是不可数名词。故填(l)uck。 48．句意：她的作品总是给别人留下深刻的印象，因为她不用把纸切成碎片就能剪出精美的图案。根据“Her works always make a deep...on others”和首字母提示可知，此处表示给别人留下深刻的印象，make a deep impression on sb.“给某人留下深刻印象”，故填(i)mpression。 49．句意：虽然她现在已经81岁了，但她每天都坚持练习这项技能。根据“...she is 81 years old now, she keeps on...”和首字母提示可知，空处应是although“虽然”，引导让步状语从句，表示“虽然她已81岁高龄，但她仍坚持每天做某事”。故填(A)lthough。 50．句意：虽然她现在已经81岁了，但她每天都坚持练习这项技能。根据“she keeps on...the skill every day”和首字母提示可知，此处表示她坚持每天练习剪纸，practice/practise doing sth“练习做某事”，介词on后接动名词。故填(p)racticing/(p)ractising。 五、完成句子（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分) 51．由于暴风雨，小船在海面上起伏。 Because of the storm, the small boat was on the sea. 【答案】 up and down 【详解】“起伏”up and down，副词短语，故填up；and；down。 52．中国人一直用剪纸来装饰。 Paper cutting by Chinese people for decoration . 【答案】 is used all the time 【详解】“用”use，根据“by Chinese people”可知用被动语态， “一直”的英文表达是“all the time”。根据“all the time”可知用一般现在时的被动语态，主语“Paper cutting”后接be动词is，use的过去分词形式used。故填is；used； all; the; time。 53．尽管我们那时在度假，我们的宠物狗由邻居照看。 _________we were on holiday then, our pet dog by the neighbor. 【答案】 Although was taken care of 【详解】although “尽管”；take care of“照顾”，是固定搭配。根据句意可知，句子是被动语态结构。结合“then”可知是一般过去时的被动语态：was/were done。主语是单数，助动词用was。故填although；was；taken；care；of。 54．三十年后，这条河里就不再有鱼了。 Thirty years later, there were fish in this river. 【答案】 no more 【详解】根据中英文对照可知，空处应填短语no more表示“不再”，在句中作定语。故填no；more。 55．所有学生都已经出发去图书馆。 All the students already to the library. 【答案】 have set off 【详解】出发：set off；根据语境可知，此处用现在完成时表示过去的动作对现在产生的结果，结构是have/has done，主语是名词复数，助动词用have，动词set的过去分词为set。故填have；set；off。 六、书面表达（15分） 57．假设你是李华，即将参加一项交换生活动并住在John家里，为表示友好和宣传中国文化，你提前寄送了三份具有中国传统特色的手工品作为礼物。请根据提示内容写一封E-mail，给John及其家人介绍一下这些礼物及其特色。 注意： 1. 字数：80词以上（短文的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数）。 2. 要对所写内容进行适当的拓展。 3. 不得透露学校、姓名等任何个人信息，否则不予评分。 Dear John and your family, I am very excited to be staying with you as an exchange student. To show you my thanks and share some Chinese culture with you, I have sent you three traditional Chinese handicrafts as gifts. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ I hope you will like these beautiful pieces of art. I am looking forward to meeting you soon. Best wishes, Li Hua 【答案】例文 Dear John and your family, I am very excited to be staying with you as an exchange student. To show you my thanks and share some Chinese culture with you, I have sent you three traditional Chinese handicrafts as gifts. The first gift is a kite. It is made of paper and some pieces of bamboo. It has different kinds of shapes. Some are animals, others are cartoon characters. The second gift is a beautiful Chinese knot which is made of red ropes. It means good luck, happiness and best wishes. The last are some paper cuts. Chinese paper cutting has a long history of over 1,500 years. They have different shapes, like animals, flowers and so on. People in China usually put them on doors and windows during the Spring Festival. I hope you will like these beautiful pieces of art. I am looking forward to meeting you soon. Best wishes, Li Hua 【详解】[总体分析] ①题材：本文是一篇应用文，为电子邮件； ②时态：时态为“一般现在时”； ③提示：写作要点已经给出，考生注意不要遗漏要点；注意适当发挥，突出写作重点。 [写作步骤] 第一步，为表示友好和宣传中国文化，送了三份具有中国传统特色的礼物给他； 第二步，结合题干提示，具体介绍三份礼物； 第三步，书写结语，希望对方喜欢礼物，并期待见面。 [亮点词汇] ①be made of 由……制成 ②different kinds of 不同种类的 ③and so on 等等 [高分句型] ①The second gift is a beautiful Chinese knot which is made of red ropes.（which引导的定语从句） ②I hope you will like these beautiful pieces of art.（宾语从句） 1 / 14 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$ Unit 3 Traditional skills（B卷·培优卷）（广州专用） （考试时间：100分钟 试卷满分：90分） 一、语法选择(共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分) In much of Asia, especially the so-called “rice bowl” 1 of China, Japan, Korea, 2 Vietnam, food is usually eaten with chopsticks. Chopsticks are usually two long, thin pieces of wood or bamboo. They can also be made of plastic, animal bone or metal. Sometimes chopsticks are quite 3 . Truly elegant chopsticks might be made of gold and silver 4 Chinese characters. 5 workers also combine various hard woods and metal 6 special designs. The Chinese 7 chopsticks for five thousand years. People probably cooked their food in large pots, 8 twigs（树枝）to remove it. Over time, 9 the population grew, people began cutting food into small pieces so it would cook more quickly. Food in small pieces 10 with twigs which gradually turned into chopsticks. Some people think that the great Chinese scholar Confucius, 11 live from roughly 551 to 497 B．C．, influenced the 12 of chopsticks. Confucius believed knives would remind people of killing and 13 too violent for use at the table. Chopsticks are not used 14 in Asia. In India, for example, most people traditionally eat 15 their hands. 1．A．cultural B．culturals C．cultured D．cultures 2．A．and B．or C．but D．/ 3．A．art B．artistic C．artist D．article 4．A．by B．from C．in D．with 5．A．skills B．skilled C．skilling D．skill 6．A．to create B．creating C．creative D．created 7．A．had used B．used C．have used D．have been used 8．A．to use B．used C．using D．had used 9．A．as B．as soon as C．before D．after 10．A．can be eaten more easily B．should be eaten easier C．must be eaten easier D．could be eaten easily 11．A．/ B．that C．which D．who 12．A．develop B．development C．developing D．developed 13．A．were B．are C．was D．had been 14．A．somewhere B．anywhere C．everywhere D．nowhere 15．A．by B．on C．in D．with 二、完形填空(共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分) 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从下面各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。 Many people love Chinese silk. It has bright colors and it feels soft and 16 , so it is wonderful to be made into silk clothing. Silk clothing has beautiful 17 . Among them, the most popular patterns are flowers and birds. Besides, silk plays an important part in Chinese culture. The history of silk in China began more than 5,000 years ago. Silk was valuable in ancient China. Wearing silk was a 18 of being rich. At first, only members of the king’s family could wear silk. Silk was also 19 with foreign people. They loved silk and would like to pay a lot of money for it. The Chinese kings used to 20 how to make silk a secret. Anyone who told the secret or took silkworms（蚕）out of China would be 21 . So the secret of silk making was kept unknown until 200 B．C． Then, some other countries began to know how to make silk. There were no cars or planes 2,000 years ago. People bought or sold all kinds of goods along a road between China and Europe. People called it the Silk Road because most of the 22 going on the road were made of silk. The road was 8,000 km long through mountains and deserts. It was 23 a long way to go and it was not easy. The Silk Road is very important to both China and the rest of the world, either in the past or in the present. It once 24 the role as the land bridge between the East and the West. Today, China and five other central Asian countries are working 25 . They want their Silk Road treasures to be on the World Cultural Heritage list（文化遗产名录）. 16．A．comfortable B．common C．rough D．pleasant 17．A．lines B．marks C．patterns D．sizes 18．A．post B．symbol C．score D．sketch 19．A．central B．interested C．ready D．popular 20．A．keep B．practice C．mix D．offer 21．A．gone B．killed C．accepted D．sent 22．A．cars B．planes C．goods D．people 23．A．recently B．really C．wildly D．lovely 24．A．lay B．rejected C．played D．matched 25．A．happily B．lonely C．hardly D．together 三、阅读理解（共两节，满分35分） 第一节、阅读理解(共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分) A Have you ever heard of Da Shuhua? It’s a traditional performance that is usually given during big festivals, like the Lantern Festival and the Spring Festival. It means “creating tree flowers”. People show it by throwing hot molten iron (熔化的铁) against a cold wall. Upon the wall, the molten iron would explode (爆炸) into thousands of sparks (火花), looking like flowers raining down. The molten iron is about 1, 600℃. It’s so dangerous and one may easily get hurt, so, it’s also called “the game of the brave”. In ancient times poor people couldn’t pay for expensive fireworks. Then they found that when the heated iron fell on the ground, it could create the similar scene of fireworks. With a lot of experiments, they finally created Da Shuhua and it soon became the way for poor people to celebrate important festivals. Actually, no other place has Da Shuhua, except in Nuanquan, a village in Hebei Province, and there are only four performers left there. What makes matters worse is the fact that most of them are over the age of 40. Wang De is the youngest performer among them. He has been learning Da Shuhua from his father since he was 15 years old. Though he has been wounded several times, his love for it has never faded. Wang De hopes Da Shuhua, one of the most valuable cultural treasures of China, will become known to more people. “When I was young, I thought it was exciting. But years later, I also felt it was my work to pass it on to the next generation (一代),” he says. 26．Da Shuhua is ________ from Paragraph 1. A．easy and safe to do B．a traditional performance C．a modern form of fireworks D．always completed on a big tree 27．Why was Da Shuhua developed? A．To serve as a game for the brave. B．To have fun with hot molten iron. C．To celebrate big festivals for the poor. D．To take the place of traditional fireworks. 28．What does the underlined word “faded” in the last paragraph mean? A．Fallen down. B．Taken place. C．Come out. D．Gone away. 29．What’s the best title for the text? A．Popular Chinese Folk Art B．Mix of Art and Nature C．Chinese Special Fireworks D．Great Chinese Performers B Yang Xiuying, 76, sits at a wooden loom (织布机). As her fingers pass the shuttle (织布机的梭子) back and forth through the cotton threads(线), the old machine comes to life. Ever since she was a young girl, Yang has been making indigo cloth (蓝靛染布). “You can never buy this type of handmade cloth at the market,” she says. For the Dong people (侗族) in Guizhou, making indigo cloth has a long tradition. The skill has been passed down from mother to daughter over generations. Nearly every family makes its own cloth. This traditional skill, unfortunately, is now under threat (威胁). Young people show little interest in it. Some of them have moved to big cities to find better jobs. Local officials want to save the tradition. They are trying to change young people’s attitude towards it. One program has set up several cloth-making factories in Guizhou. After learning how to make indigo cloth, young Dong people can now find jobs easily. They can also work closer to home. Traditionally, the Dong people consider indigo cloth as important as rice. Many Dong women spend countless hours making the cloth. They rise and start working very early in the morning. To make the cloth shiny, it must be rubbed (搓) and beaten hard. The noise of cloth being beaten often wakes the whole village up. Almost every Dong woman over the age of 40 has a tub for indigo dye (染料). The cloth has to be placed in the dye over lots of rounds to gain the rich color. The process of coloring usually takes two weeks. Yang holds out her purple and wrinkled hands. “They say she who has the darkest indigo marks on her hands makes the best cloth,” the old lady says proudly. 30．What is Yang Xiuying doing at the beginning of the article? A．She is repairing an old machine. B．She is making some cotton cloth. C．She is selling some indigo cloth. D．She is teaching how to make cloth. 31．According to the article, which of the following charts shows the correct steps of making indigo cloth? A． B． C． D． 32．What have local officials done to save the tradition of making indigo cloth? A．They have forced some young people to learn the tradition. B．They have helped some young people find jobs in big cities. C．They have brought some young people back from big cities. D．They have opened some cloth-making factories in Guizhou. 33．What does Yang probably want to say in the last paragraph? A．She is able to make good indigo cloth. B．Her daughter is also good at making indigo cloth. C．The tradition of making indigo cloth is under threat. D．She has taught many people how to make indigo cloth. C Students from a high school in Changchun, Jilin, spent 129 days creating a relief mural (浮雕壁画). Their idea came from the famous painting A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains by Wang Ximeng. The mural was created on the wall of Changchun No.150 High School’s art classroom. It was completed by 21 students from this school under the guidance of their teacher, Duan Yingzi. The mural is nearly 3.5 meters high and 11 meters long. This piece of art work has amazed a lot of people on the Internet. According to the teacher, creating this mural is part of the school’s special lessons. The process of the creation includes drawing an outline (轮廓), making relief, painting base colors, and then finishing the final artwork. Most of the students in this group had no painting experience. Their teacher helped them learn the painting skills and practise painting many times. The teacher explained that the most difficult part of creating this mural was the color mixing. “It took us over a month to finish the outline and relief work. In the following two to three months, we focused on perfecting the color mixing,” she said. After trying again and again, they finally achieved this great goal. Although there is a difference in color compared with that of Wang Ximeng’s painting, the students are still very pleased with the final result. The difference is not so significant (显著的). The work still looks very beautiful. “In the past, students could only see the artwork in books. And they were unable to fully experience its beauty.By drawing the painting, students can have a deeper understanding of the ancient Chinese artists’ wisdom (智慧),” Duan said. 34．Where can you find the relief mural in this school? A．On a poster at the school hall. B．On the classroom’s windows. C．On a board at the school library. D．On the art classroom’s wall. 35．How large is this relief mural in area? A．About 38.5m2. B．About 39.5m2. C．About 40.5m2. D．About 41.5m2. 36．What’s the biggest difficulty that the teacher and students met? A．The color mixing. B．The difference in color. C．No painting experience. D．No guidance of the painter. 37．Which words can best describe the teacher and students? A．Honest and brave. B．Polite and friendly. C．Serious and outgoing. D．Patient and hard-working. D It’s a good idea for kids to learn about China through Chinese art. Wondering what kinds of Chinese art are proper for your kids? Don’t worry! We’ve prepared some for you. Sugar painting Compared with other art forms which require lots of training and studying, sugar painting seems easier to reach. It appeared in the Ming Dynasty but became popular in the Qing Dynasty. Nowadays, it’s widely accepted not only around its birthplace Sichuan, but around the whole country. Water calligraphy (书法) Many calligraphy beginners don’t know how to choose brushes, paper and so on, and the price is also high. Luckily, now there’s a new way—water calligraphy. You don’t need to prepare many things or stay in a room. All you need is a big brush and some water. Go to the square or park and find a small space to start writing! Paper cutting By using knives or scissors to cut red paper, Chinese people have created lots of amazing works. Nowadays, paper cutting has developed into an art form that can stand for traditional Chinese folk culture. It can serve as a window to the world of traditional Chinese folk art. Shadow puppetry (皮影戏) Shadow puppetry has a history of over 2,000 years. The puppeteer controls puppets behind the screen to make them move like people and tell stories. Actually, kids can make puppets and stories they like. It can not only give them a way to express their own fantastic ideas but also improve their hands-on (动手的) ability. 38．When was sugar painting popular? A．In the Tang Dynasty. B．In the Song Dynasty. C．In the Ming Dynasty. D．In the Qing Dynasty. 39．Which of the following are the advantages of water calligraphy? ① People can write outside.    ② Fewer things are needed to do it. ③ Anything can be used to write.    ④ People don’t need to spend much money. A．①②④ B．②③④ C．①②③ D．①③④ 40．Why did the writer write the text? A．To ask more people to learn Chinese art forms. B．To introduce some Chinese art forms for kids. C．To tell kids how to learn their art lessons well. D．To show how foreign people can learn about China. 第二节 阅读填空 （共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分) 根据材料内容，从下面五个选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最佳选项，使文章意思通顺、内容完整。 The earliest clothes of Chinese raincoats were made of straw (稻草) and they were called “straw rain capes (蓑衣)”. In the beginning, it was made of simple materials. 41 Now some people still use straw rain capes, especially among farmers and fishermen. We read the straw rain capes in lots of poems and articles. In 1970s, the straw rain cape was everywhere in the countryside in China. 42 Few people wear straw rain capes now. Fan Licai is a 74-year-old woman in Zhuliangzhuang Village, Lianyungang City of Jiangsu Province. She has a special love for straw rain capes. It is said that she is the only one still to make straw rain capes for money in Ganyu. 43 The old woman learned the skill at the age of 12. When she was young, she could make two straw rain capes in three days for a better life. 44 They think she should enjoy her free time. However, she still makes a living by making straw rain capes. Making a straw rain cape needs 4 kilograms of straw. For the old woman, she needs 4-5 days to finish a single straw rain cape now. Usually she can get 120 yuan from each straw rain cape. Making some capes in one year can make her and her husband’s life better. “ 45 But the demand (需求) falls. Now no one wants to learn the art of making straw rain capes any longer.” said the old woman. Do you want to learn the art of making it? A．Now her children ask her not to make straw rain capes any longer. B．Some people buy the straw rain cape for car repairing (修理). C．But as time flies, it is slowly losing its place. D．Now we still see a straw rain cape on her outdoor wall. E．Later, people found more suitable materials for making straw rain capes. 四、语篇填词（共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分) 阅读短文，根据上下文和所给的首字母写出所缺单词。注意使用正确形式，每空限填一词。答卷时，要求写出完整单词。 Paper cutting is one of the oldest Chinese traditional skills. People first started paper cutting in the 6th century. Scissors and paper are usually u 46 in paper cutting. People cut different patterns like animals, plants and Chinese characters for health or good l 47 . Zhang Xiufang is an inheritor (传承人) of Yangzhou Paper Cutting. Her works always make a deep i 48 on others because she can cut fine patterns without cutting the paper into pieces. A 49 she is 81 years old now, she keeps on p 50 the skill every day. She hopes this valuable traditional skill can be passed down from generation to generation. 五、完成句子（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分) 51．由于暴风雨，小船在海面上起伏。 Because of the storm, the small boat was on the sea. 52．中国人一直用剪纸来装饰。 Paper cutting by Chinese people for decoration . 53．尽管我们那时在度假，我们的宠物狗由邻居照看。 _________we were on holiday then, our pet dog by the neighbor. 54．三十年后，这条河里就不再有鱼了。 Thirty years later, there were fish in this river. 55．所有学生都已经出发去图书馆。 All the students already to the library. 六、书面表达（15分） 57．假设你是李华，即将参加一项交换生活动并住在John家里，为表示友好和宣传中国文化，你提前寄送了三份具有中国传统特色的手工品作为礼物。请根据提示内容写一封E-mail，给John及其家人介绍一下这些礼物及其特色。 注意： 1. 字数：80词以上（短文的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数）。 2. 要对所写内容进行适当的拓展。 3. 不得透露学校、姓名等任何个人信息，否则不予评分。 Dear John and your family, I am very excited to be staying with you as an exchange student. To show you my thanks and share some Chinese culture with you, I have sent you three traditional Chinese handicrafts as gifts. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ I hope you will like these beautiful pieces of art. I am looking forward to meeting you soon. Best wishes, Li Hua 1 / 14 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$