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素养综合训练十一 Rules and Customs(规则与习俗)
《架构中考》
2026贵州英语
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一、完形填空
Imagine you’re taking an exam, and you find it difficult to answer those questions. Time is running out. Would you waste the little chance that you get in cheating(作弊)? 1 , some of us have once cheated in the test. Certainly, it’s not correct. It’s important to 2 the rules because the world would turn into a total mess without rules.
( )1. A. Probably B. Lastly C. Finally
( )2. A. break B. make C. follow
A
C
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However, with the time passing by and the 3 of the society, some rules have become barriers(障碍) to people’s success. Arnold once said, “We have so many rules in life about everything. But it’s impossible to be a creator if you’re too well-behaved. You have to think outside the box.”
Not all rules are equal(平等的). Some are created to control people, 4 become old and boring. So sometimes, it’s OK to break the rules. In 1823,
( )3. A. encouragement B. development C. agreement
( )4. A. other B. others C. another
B
B
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William Webb Ellis was a pupil at Rugby(橄榄球) School. He 5 playing football in the old way, so he took the ball in his arms and ran with it 6 a school football match. Rugby, the game we know and love today, was born.
Each person has 7 own values(价值观). Before you break the rules, think over whether it will go against your values. And the moment you decide to do that, you must be 8 to face the bad results.
( )5. A. got bored with B. was proud of C. was afraid of
( )6. A. among B. before C. during
( )7. A. himself B. his C. he
( )8. A. harmful B. ready C. close
A
C
B
B
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All in all, rules are used to help us. So, we have reason to believe that breaking rules is necessary 9 times, especially when they prevent us from becoming 10 . Of course, one can be a fan of breaking the rules, but can’t be a fan of breaking the laws.
( )9. A. for B. in C. at
( )10. A. worse B. better C. best
C
B
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二、阅读六选五
Different countries have different manners about social situations. In Mexico, people shake hands when they meet for the first time. In Brazil, people sometimes kiss. In Korea, people usually bow. Do you know Chinese fist and palm salute(拱手礼)? It is one of the classic greeting manners in China. 1
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The occasions of making fist and palm salute
For centuries, China has been known as a “Liyi Zhibang”. Nowadays, Chinese usually shake hands when meeting others, but sometimes they also make fist and palm salute. 2 People make fist and palm salute when they visit someone during the Spring Festival or attend someone’s wedding ceremony, birthday party and so on.
The history of fist and palm salute
3 It started in West Zhou Dynasty. If people met strangers, they would prepare for a fight if necessary, and hands were always ready for
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holding weapons(武器). Holding hands together pointed to themselves was a meaning of expressing kindness. Later it became one of the traditional Chinese manners when meeting each other.
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How do you make fist and palm salute properly? First, stand at attention. Then, if you are a man, right-hand half-fist, and then left-hand hold the right-hand in front of your chest. For a woman, left-hand half-fist, then right-hand put the left-hand on the top. Next, watch each other, raise both hands to brow(额头) and bend down. 5 Also, you could say some lucky greeting words to each other for three times.
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A. Now let’s learn more about it.
B. The way to make fist and palm salute
C. When and where do people use it?
D. It is often widely used among western countries.
E. Finally, shake hands towards each other three times.
F. Fist and palm salute has a history of more than 3,000 years.
1. __________ 2. __________ 3. __________
4. __________ 5. __________
A
C
F
B
E
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三、短文填空
The “Four Treasures of the Study” is a general name of the main traditional writing tools of Chinese calligraphy(书法). It includes writing brush, ink, ink stone, and paper.
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The writing brush is a special writing and painting tool in ancient China. Brushes are 1 (general) made of animal hair. It is believed that Chinese people first used rabbit hair 2 (make) brushes.
Ink is a black material used in calligraphy and painting. It 3 (appear) later than the writing brush. After the Han and Wei Dynasties, ink-making technology became more and more developed, and Huizhou became the 4 (nation) ink-making center in the Ming Dynasty. The “Hui Ink” produced there is famous all over the world.
1. __________ 2. __________ 3. __________ 4. __________
generally
to make
appeared
national
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Paper making was invented in the Western Han Dynasty and improved 5 Cai Lun during the Eastern Han Dynasty. After the Song Dynasty, more and more 6 (kind) of paper appeared. The most famous one is Xuan paper. The color of Xuan paper doesn’t change easily, 7 it’s known as the “thousand-year-old paper”.
The ink stone is usually made of stones. In the Qing Dynasty, people carved(雕刻) some patterns on it. Since then, the ink stone has not only been practical, but also had the 8 (value) of collection and appreciation(鉴赏).
5. __________ 6. __________ 7. __________ 8. __________
by
kinds
so
value
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The 9 (develop) of China’s traditional culture and art are closely 10 (connect) to the “Four Treasures of the Study”. In that case, the “Four Treasures of the Study” is an important part of traditional Chinese culture.
9. ______________ 10. __________
development
connected
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