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WELCOME UNIT
UNIT 5 LAUNCHING YOUR CAREER
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。
Do you have any idea of New Year paintings? Known as “paper paintings” and “painted pictures”, New Year paintings are __1__ special art form in Chinese folk culture. Without New Year paintings, our traditional Chinese folk culture would be
much less __2__ (color). The paintings get such a name __3__ they are mostly posted during the Chinese New Year holiday for decoration and they are also accepted as a symbol of New Year's greetings.
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New Year paintings appeared around the Tang Dynasty, __4__ (replace) the previous door pictures which were believed to be able to protect the residents and drive away evils. In the Song Dynasty the New Year paintings __5__ (create) on a large scale. With the advancement of printing technology, the contents and the forms of New Year paintings became various. The __6__ (develop) of the paintings matured in the Ming and Qing dynasties, during __7__ the art hit its heyday (全盛期).
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Traditional printing __8__ (method) of New Year paintings include woodblock printing, stoneblock printing, offset printing, etc. According __9__ a recent survey, woodblockprinted New Year paintings __10__ (be) the most popular and interesting ones.
1.________ 2.________ 3.________ 4.________ 5.________
6.________ 7.________ 8.________ 9.________ 10.________
答案:1.a 2.colorful 3.because 4.replacing 5.were created
6.development 7.which 8.methods 9.to 10.are
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Four producing areas of New Year prints in China are Taohuawu of Suzhou, Yangliuqing of Tianjin, Wuqiang of Hebei and Weifang of Shandong.
中国年画的四大产地分别是苏州的桃花坞、天津的杨柳青、河北的武强和山东的潍坊。
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【持续背记】
①Many sports fans appreciated her straightforward character and attitude toward competition.
许多体育迷欣赏她直率的性格和对比赛的态度。
②To cast a promising career, we need a lot more abilities which we can not learn from school.
为了拥有一份有前途的工作,我们需要更多无法从学校里学习到的能力。
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③Chinese tea culture started to enjoy popularity during the Tang Dynasty (618-907) and flourished throughout the Song Dynasty, when tea had become a necessity for almost everyone.
中国茶文化在唐朝(618-907年)开始流行,并在整个宋朝蓬勃发展,那时茶几乎已经成为每个人的必需品。
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【持续积累】
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