Unit 3 CONSERVATION 课外拓展阅读-【金版教程】2024-2025学年高中英语选择性必修第一册创新导学案word（北师大版2019）

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 __3__ the last ruler, almost every one of the emperors was a great lover and sponsor of poetry, and many were poets __4__ (them). A special tribute (称赞) should be paid to Wu Zetian, the “Woman Emperor”， through __5__ influence poetry became 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.