三、短文填空
Have you ever heard of *dashuhua*? It's a traditional show that is usually given during big festivals, like the Lantern Festival and the Spring Festival. People show it by 1.______(
throwing
) hot molten(熔化的)iron against cold walls. The molten iron is about 1 600℃ — it's so dangerous. The 2.______(
heat
) would burn people easily, so it's also called “the game of the brave”.
In ancient times, poor people couldn't afford expensive fireworks. Then they found that when the heated iron 3.______(
fell
) on the ground, it could create the similar scene of fireworks. With a lot of experiments(实验), they 4.______(
finally
) created *dashuhua* and it soon became a way for poor people to celebrate important festivals.
In the past, no other place had *dashuhua*, 5.______(
except
) in Nuanquan, a village in Hebei Province, and there are only four performers(表演者)left there now. What makes things worse is 6.______(
the
) fact that most of them are over the age of 40. Wang De is the youngest performer among 7.______(
them
). He has 8.______(
learned
) *dashuhua* from his father since he was 15 years old. 9.______(
Although/Though
) he has been wounded(受伤)several times, his love for it has never gone away. Wang De hopes *dashuhua*, one of the most 10.______(
valuable
) cultural treasures of China, will continue to be passed down and become known to more people. Now, we can see *dashuhua* in many places across our country.
