The Dong People(侗族人) and Their Indigo cloth(靛...

The Dong People(侗族人) and Their Indigo cloth(靛蓝色布)

Yang Xiuying, 74, sits at wooden loom (织布机). As her fingers pass the shuttle (梭子) back and forth through the cotton threads, the old machine comes to life.

Ever since she was a young girl, Yang has been making indigo cloth. “This type of handmade cloth is extremely rare. You h1. buy it at the market,” she said.

For the Dong people in Guizhou, making indigo cloth has a long tradition. The s2. has been passed down from mother to daughter over generations. Nearly every family makes its own cloth.

This traditional way of making indigo cloth, unfortunately, is now in danger. It will disappear slowly in the modern industry society. Young people show little interest in it. Some of them have m3. to big cities to find better jobs.

Local officials want to save the tradition. They are trying to change young people’s a4. towards it. One program has set up several cloth-making factories in Guizhou. After learning how to make indigo cloth, young Dong people can find jobs easily. They can also work closer to home.

The Dong people consider indigo cloth as i5. as rice. Many Dong women spend countless hours making the cloth. They rise and start working very early in the morning. To make the cloth shiny, it must be rubbed (搓) and beaten hard. The noise of cloth being beaten often w6. the whole village up.

Almost every Dong women over 40 has a tub for indigo dye (染料). The cloth has to be put in the dye for many rounds to gain the rich color. The p7. of coloring usually takes two weeks.

Yang holds out her purple and wrinkled (有皱纹的) hands. “They say she who has the darkest hands makes the best cloth,” she says proudly.

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One night a hotel caught fire(失火), and the people in the hotel ran out in their 61 clothes. Two men stood outside and looked at the fire. “ 62 I came out, ” said one, “I ran into some of the rooms and found a lot of 63 . People don’t think of money when they are 64 . When anyone leaves paper money in a fire, the fire 65it. So I took all the money I could find.   66will become poorer because I took them.”

“You don’t know me, ” said the other, “and you 67  my work.”

“What’s your work?”

“I’m a policeman.”

“Oh!” 68 the first man. He thought quickly and said, “And do you know my 69 ? I’m a writer. I’m always telling stories about the things that 70 happened. ”

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More and more people are interested in The TV show Readers hosted by Dong Qing. Now the TV show ______ a hot topic in China recently.

A.became B.has become C.was becoming D.will become

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根据短文内容回答下列问题

Paris is the world fashion centre . Every year ,young people bring their clothes to the fashion shows in Paris . There are over 100 women’s fashion shows here every year . Some colours and designs will become people’s favourites of the season .

Paris is one of the best cities for shopping . You can find many shopping malls along every street in Paris .so you can buy very fashionable clothes if you have enough money .

Now a lot of Chinese designers go to Paris to join in the fashion shows . They want to show traditional Chinese clothes to the world . It helps people know about Chinese fashion . Many foreigners like to wear the Tang-style costumes . They think that’s very cool.

1.How many women’s fashion shows are there in a year in Paris ?

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2.Why do many people bring their clothes to the fashion shows in Paris ?

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3.Is Paris one of the best cities for shopping ? Why ?

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4.Why do Chinese designers go to Paris to join in the fashion shows ?

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5.What style of Chinese costumes do foreigners like to wear?

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Now more and more people like to visit South Korea. People are interested in the tradition,clothes,songs,movies,TV series and presents.Do you want to know good manners about giving gifts?In South Korea,you should remember these things when you are giving a gift.

1.Wrap gift nicely. You can wrap gifts in red or yellow paper because these are lucky colors.In their minds,yellow or pink means happiness.Do not wrap gifts in green,white,or black paper.Learn to use the correct color when you wrap gifts.

2.Do not buy four gifts. In their minds,the number 4 is unlucky. So you should not prepare 4 things as a gift. The number 7 is lucky, so giving 7 small gifts is lucky.

3.Use both hands when you give a gift. If you use one hand to give a gift, people will think you are rude. Of course, people who receive a gift should use both hands, too.

1. when you want to wrap gifts, you can use ______ paper.

A. yellow　　　　 B. green

C. white　　　　　　 D. black

2. In South Korea, you should use _______ when you give a gift.

A. the right hand　 B. the left hand

C. both hands　　　 D. one hand

3. What’s the best title for passage?

A.How to Travel in South Korea

B. How to Give Gifts in South Korea

C. What to Eat in South Korea

D. Lucky Numbers and Unlucky Numbers

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We students can _______ food and old clothes to the homeless people, and the teachers can __________ learning skills for the poor children.

A. provide; give　　　 B. provide; offer

C. offer; give　　　 D. give; provide

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Why do people wear clothes? Your answer may be to keep w1. and to cover the body. That’s why people wear clothes, but people also want to look attractive and appear successful to others.

If people wear clothes only for warmth and to cover their bodies, most clothes would be simple and c2. . In many countries, however, clothes are sometimes very expensive. The main reason for this is not the cost of the materials or the cost of making clothes. The clothes are expensive because of fashion. Successful businessmen, for example, often wear very expensive suits, shirts and ties. So they p3. thousands of dollars for a suit and hundreds of dollars for a tie. It’s still just a suit and a tie, but they pay these prices because of the famous designs.

Fashion is constantly (持续不断地) changing. It means that people who want to be fashionable have to buy new clothes every few months, even if last month’s clothes have only been worn once or t4.. Some people have boxes f5. of clothes, but some of these clothes have never been worn. These clothes are no longer in fashion though they are still new.

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Why do people wear clothes? Your answer may be to keep w1. and to cover the body. That’s why people wear clothes, but people also want to look attractive and appear successful to others.

If people wear clothes only for warmth and to cover their bodies, most clothes would be simple and c2. . In many countries, however, clothes are sometimes very expensive. The main reason for this is not the cost of the materials or the cost of making clothes. The clothes are expensive because of fashion.

Successful businessmen, for example, often wear very expensive suits, shirts and ties. So they p3.　 thousands of dollars for a suit and hundreds of dollars for a tie. It’s still just a suit and a tie, but they pay these prices because of the famous designs.

Fashion is constantly (持续不断地) changing. It means that people who want to be fashionable have to buy new clothes every few months, even if last month’s clothes have only been worn once or t4.. Some people have boxes f5. of clothes, but some of these clothes have never been worn. These clothes are no longer in fashion though they are still new.

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The charity provides homeless people 　　　 food and clothes.

A. with　　　　　　 B. for　　　　　　　 C. as　　　　　　　 D.by

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The charity provides homeless people 　　　 food and clothes.

A. with　　　　　　 B. for　　　　　　　 C. as　　　　　　　 D.by

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