四、综合填空
“Standing firm, not afraid of thousands of blows; I remain upright as before.”
This line comes from a poem by Zheng Banqiao, one of the most famous poets and
1.
painters
(paint) in Chinese history. He is a great man of firm and gentle spirit, whose personality 2.
is compared
(compare) to the bamboo that grows straight and strong in nature.
Zheng was 3.
born
(bear) into an ordinary family in the Qing Dynasty and received a good education from an early age. He showed great talent in poetry and painting when he was young, and slowly formed his simple and upright personality.
4.
Unlike
many plants that show off their beauty only in warm spring, the bamboo grows quietly in mountains, keeping its special shape 5.
however
(how) hard the weather is. While other plants come and go with the seasons, the bamboo stands firm all year round. This was 6.
exactly
(exact) the personality Zheng Banqiao held all his life.
He refused 7.
to follow
(follow) the unfair rules of those in power, choosing to live a 8.
peaceful
(peace) and simple life, bringing warmth to people with his sincere kindness. Deeply caring about the poor, he won great respect from 9.
the
public.
His poems about bamboo are not only beautiful in words, 10.
but
full of strong will. Just as bamboo never bends (弯曲) in the wind and rain, Zheng Banqiao never gave up his moral (道德的) values.