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WELCOME UNIT
Unit 2 Let’s talk teens
课外拓展阅读——用英语传播
中国文化
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。
As many a dynasty in Chinese history __1__ (mark) by
some phase (阶段) of success representing the thought and
life of that period, the Tang Dynasty is __2__ (common)
recognized as the golden age of poetry. Beginning with the
founder of the dynasty, down to the last ruler, almost every one of the emperors was __3__ great lover and sponsor of poetry, many of __4__ were poets themselves. A special tribute (称赞) should be paid to Wu Zetian, the “Woman Emperor”,
课外拓展阅读——用英语传播中国文化
through whose influence poetry __5__(become) a must in examinations for degrees and an important course __6__ (lead) to official promotion. This made every official as well as every scholar a poet. After long years of gradual development, the poems __7__ (require) in the examination followed a formula (准则), and many regulations were established. Not only must the __8__ (long) of a line be limited to a certain number of the characters, usually five or seven, __9__ also a poem was limited to a certain number of __10__ (line), usually four or eight or twelve.
课外拓展阅读——用英语传播中国文化
1.________ 2.________ 3.________ 4.________ 5.________
6.________ 7.________ 8.________ 9.________ 10.________
答案:1.is marked 2.commonly 3.a 4.whom 5.became 6.leading 7.required 8.length 9.but 10.lines
答案
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Tang poetry, which inherits the essence of the poetry since the Wei and Jin Dynasties, is the highest achievement of the development of poetry in China.
唐诗继承了魏晋以来的诗歌精髓,是中国诗歌发展的最高成就。
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