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1、Unit4Earthquakes李仕才一、阅读理解。Chinesepapercuttingor"jianzhi"istheartofcuttingpaperdesigns,andthecut-outsarealsousedtodecoratedoorsandwindows,sotheyaresometimescalled"chuanghua".PapercuttinghaslongbeenasymbolofEasterncharm.Therearesymmetrical(对称的)designsthatareusuallycreated
2、bysomefoldingandcutting.Whenunfolded,itformsasymmetricaldesign.Chinesecut-outsarenormallysymmetricalandareusuallyinanevennumberseriesof2,4,24,etc.Theoldestsurvivingpapercut-outisasymmetricalcirclefromtheearly6thcenturyfoundinXinjiang,China.Fromthe7thto13thcentury,paperc
3、uttingbecamepopularespeciallyduringChinesefestivals.Theartspreadtotherestoftheworldinthe14thcentury.ThroughouttheQingDynastymanypapercuttingskillsweredevelopedincludingdraftingandtheuseofsmokedpapers.BytheendoftheQingruling,however,papercuttingwasonceonthedeclinebecause
4、newartformswerebeingintroduced.TheRepublicofChinalatertriedtorevivetheartinthe1980s.Today,papercut-outsarechieflydecorative.Theydecoratewalls,windows,doors,columns,mirrors,lampsandlanternsinhomesandarealsousedonpresentsoraregivenasgiftsthemselves.Entrancesdecoratedwithp
5、apercut-outsaresupposedtobringgoodluck.Papercut-outsusedtobeusedaspatterns,especiallyforembroidery(刺绣).Therearetwomethodsofmanufacture:oneusesscissors,theotherusesknives.Inthescissormethod,severalpiecesofpaper—uptoeight—arefastenedtogether.Theimageisthencutwithsharp,poi
6、ntedscissors.Knifecuttingsarefashionedbyputtingseveralpaperonarelativelysoftfoundationconsistingofamixtureofoilandashes.Skilledcrafterscanevencutoutdifferentdrawingsfreelywithoutstopping.1.Whencantheexistingoldestpapercuttingdatebackto?A.about1500yearsago.B.about1600yea
7、rsago.C.about1400yearsago.D.about600yearsago.2.Theunderlinedword"revive"inParagraph3canbereplacedby"_______".A.surviveB.restoreC.copyD.fix3.Whichofthefollowingwordscanbestsummarizethelastparagraph?A.History.B.Origin.C.Uses.D.Process.4.Whatmaybethebesttitleofthetext?A.Pa
8、per—theEasternCharmB.TheHistoryofPaperCuttingC.ABriefIntroductiontoPaperCuttingD.PaperCutting—UnbelievableSkil
