B(2025·江苏泰州二附中、靖江外国语学校调研)
Wang Maowei from Shanxi is a master at making beautiful stick puppets(木偶). He
1 (fall) in love with the art form at a very young age and decided to make it a lifelong job.
Stick puppets have a history
2 over 2,000 years in China. Usually, it takes 40 to 50 days
3 (make) a stick puppet. The height of a puppet is 75 centimetres to 1 metre, and it has all kinds of costumes(服装) to fit different
4 (story) and plays.
“You should have basic skills to make puppets, and the most difficult part is to keep working without giving up
5 it has many steps and needs hard work. What's more, a heart full of
6 (warm) is important to keep the art form alive,” Wang said.
Wang is very creative,
7 (try) to mix traditional skills with modern technology. His well-designed puppets can do bianlian,
8 traditional Chinese opera trick.
9 (attract) more young people, Wang has made changes to the puppet plays. His troupe (剧团) now uses background music to make it easier for people to understand. He hopes more people
10 (spread) this kind of art form in the future.
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Taizhou is an old city with a long history. The city is very clean
1 the air is very fresh. There are a lot of nice
2 (garden) in the city and many
3 (tour) from Shanghai and Wuxi come to visit the gardens every weekend. They come to Taizhou
4 bus or by train, sometimes even by air. Besides(除……之外) the gardens, Taizhou opera is very famous too. You can
5 (enjoy) Taizhou opera in Mei Lanfang Theatre. Taizhou food is very
6 (taste). You can have different
7 (kind) of foods here. Taizhou is on the north bank of the Yangtze River. It
8 (take) about only one and a half hours from Taizhou to Nanjing by bullet train(动车).
9 traffic is very convenient here. Welcome to Taizhou! You
10 (have) a good time.
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“I can never do it,” the little kite said. He looked at the other
1 (kite) high over his head. “I will fall if I try to fly.”
“Try,” said a big kite. “Try,
2 you will not learn.” But the little kite said, “I'm afraid of
3 (fall).” The big kite nodded, “Ah, well, goodbye. I am off.” And he went to
4 blue sky.
Then the little kite felt wind around. He said to
5 (he), “Be brave and get ready. Mum often tells
6 (I) to be brave.” At first he was very afraid, and then he became braver. Up, up, he went through the air alone. When the big kite looked
7, he could see the little one coming.
How happy the little kite was! Now he was flying with the big kite side by side! They rested high in the quiet air. There
8 (be) some birds nearby. Far below he saw the ground and the
9 (child) like small points moving around.
“Great!” the little kite cried. “And all because I was brave, and I
10 (try).”
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