二、完形填空
Do you know sugar painting? It is a kind of snack and also one of the traditional Chinese art forms. Sugar painting started from the Ming Dynasty and became
1 in the Qing Dynasty. At that time, many people made a living through sugar painting, setting up stalls (货摊) in
2 streets or public places. Now people can still see it in many areas of China.
The sugar painters usually sit before a wooden table. On the side, there is a wooden plate with a revolvable arrow (可旋转箭头) on it. On the plate are different
3 such as a horse, a bird and a flower. After paying, the customers (顾客) turn the arrow and wait before it
4. The picture pointed by the arrow is the one that the painters will make.
Sugar painting is
5 from usual painting. The sugar painters use syrup (糖浆) as the "
6 ", a spoon as the "paintbrush", and a smooth slab (厚板) as the "paper". To make the syrup, the painters have to make sugar hot before
7. Because the syrup may become solid (固体的) if it cools, the painters have to work very
8. They move the spoon full of the syrup up and down, left and right. Soon they
9 a sugar painting of an animal, a flower or a bike.
Now, only a few people want to be sugar painters because it's hard to make a lot of money.
10, some of them still keep doing this art. They try their best to hold different activities like giving speeches to have people learn more about the traditional Chinese art.
(
) 1. A. healthy
B. popular
C. famous
D. expensive
(
) 2. A. clean
B. busy
C. empty
D. dirty
(
) 3. A. colours
B. sizes
C. styles
D. pictures
(
) 4. A. runs
B. stops
C. leaves
D. goes
(
) 5. A. different
B. close
C. important
D. same
(
) 6. A. cover
B. pen
C. pencil
D. paint
(
) 7. A. collecting
B. painting
C. eating
D. throwing
(
) 8. A. nicely
B. slowly
C. quietly
D. fast
(
) 9. A. finish
B. close
C. work
D. sell
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)10. A. Once
B. However
C. So
D. Also
