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Born in 701, Li Bai was one of the greatest poets of the Tang Dynasty.
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the age of 24, he left home and started to travel around China. In his life, he wrote more than one thousand poems about nature, friendship and many other
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things.
“To Wang Lun” is one of Li Bai’s
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. It is about his friendship with Wang Lun, a very important person to him. It is said that Wang Lun
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Li Bai for his talent and dreamed of seeing him. When he heard that Li Bai was travelling to a place nearby, he wrote a letter to invite Li Bai to visit his hometown. In the letter, Wang Lun pictured his hometown as having “
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flowers extending (延伸) ten li” (十里桃花) and “ten
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wine houses” (万家酒店).
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, Li Bai couldn’t find the scenes described by Wang Lun
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he arrived. Wang Lun then explained that “peach flowers” was the
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of a pool of water and “Wan” (万) was the family name of a wine house owner. Li Bai laughed about Wang Lun’s little trick. He understood that Wang Lun
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wanted to see him and the two became good friends.
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) 1. A. On B. At C. In D. From
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D
) 2. A. useful B. careful C. thoughtful D. wonderful
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C
) 3. A. friends B. relatives C. poems D. pictures
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B
) 4. A. asked B. respected C. invited D. recommended
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C
) 5. A. apple B. grape C. peach D. pear
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) 6. A. hundred B. thousand C. million D. billion
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) 7. A. Because B. So C. However D. Therefore
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) 8. A. when B. before C. while D. until
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) 9. A. name B. meaning C. advice D. value
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) 10. A. suddenly B. carefully C. really D. quickly
