二、完形填空(10分)
In the 1980s, women in the countryside of Southern China liked to wear blue calico(印花布)clothes. Recently, students in a school got the chance to see and learn about the cool
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clothing.
The “Study of Traditional Chinese Clothing” class at a middle school in Anhui went deep into learning about blue calico. The students tried to make their own bags
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tie-dyeing. It is a dyeing skill for making blue calico. The students were
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to see the white cloth turn blue. Some even added creative
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like flowers and clouds. “First, place the cloth bag the way you like. Then use thread to hold it and add the blue dye. Wash it a few times to get off the unwanted dye. Finally, untie it carefully and a beautiful blue calico bag is
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,” said He Xinyue, a Grade 8 student. “Tie-dyeing is an amazing
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. Everyone does it a bit differently, and you
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know how it will look till the end. “Tie-dyeing
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the styles of traditional wash paintings with oil paintings,” said Ma Qianyu, a Grade 8 student.
“Clothing is a part of traditional culture. In my opinion, we should
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the skill in our life,” said Chen Xi, the teacher of the class. “Many young people today don’t know about these traditional skills. That’s
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we need to teach them in school. The students will later go to Nanjing Museum to learn more about people’s life in Jiangsu and the folk culture there.”
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) 1. A. modern B. traditional C. expensive D. easy
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) 2. A. through B. as C. for D. at
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) 3. A. humorous B. bored C. excited D. brave
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C
) 4. A. records B. areas C. patterns D. programmes
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B
) 5. A. fit B. complete C. locked D. natural
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C
) 6. A. suggestion B. centre C. art D. relationship
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) 7. A. often B. always C. usually D. never
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B
) 8. A. washes B. mixes C. picks D. fights
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D
) 9. A. change B. end C. miss D. keep
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)10. A. why B. how C. where D. when