Mei Lanfang (1894-1961) is a grand master of Beijing Opera, a Chinese national treasure with a history of about 200 years. He was the pioneer to _________ this special Chinese culture to the world. He visited Japan in 1919 and gave _________ there in 1924. This made Beijing Opera become increasingly popular with people in many places. _________, he paid a visit to the United States, pushing the cultural exchange between China and the Western countries to a new height.

_________ he was staying in the States, Mei Lanfang was invited to perform in the University of Southern California and the Pomona College, and was greatly honored by the two universities. During that period, he made Beijing Opera well-known to foreigners, _________them to a better enjoyment of Chinese art and culture. Through his _________ performances Beijing Opera became world famous. And it had much _________ on the foreign plays. He became good friends with many of the world’s famous artists, writers, singers, dancers and painters._________ his international friends were Maxim Gorky, Charles Chaplin and Bernard Shaw.

In his lifetime, Mei Lanfang made great contributions in the field of arts. He is _________as one of the greatest artists in the history of Beijing Opera. The performing art of the Chinese thereby Mei Lanfang is now _________ thought to be one of the three world contemporary (当代的) main systems of performing art.

1.A.give B.send C.spread

2.A.performances B.decisions C.choices

3.A.At first B.Later on C.For example

4.A.Because B.While C.Unless

5.A.advising B.ordering C.guiding

6.A.funny B.excellent C.strange

7.A.information B.pleasure C.influence

8.A.Among B.With C.Except

9.A.considered B.used C.invited

10.A.rapidly B.probably C.commonly

Walking into church (教堂) that Sunday was hard. I had _______________let anyone see me cry. But I knew I would cry that day.

My grandfather’s stroke (中风) three days before put him in _______________. The doctors said he might not live much longer.

Everyone else in my family was crying. I felt_______________ inside, too.

I went to the church that day to pray (祈祷). There, I_______________ a lady sitting at the end of my row. She was smiling. I closed my eyes and prayed for my grandfather to get better. Soon, tears (眼泪) came to my eyes. I tried to hold them back _____________ others wouldn’t notice. I brought my head up and opened my eyes. I saw a hand in front of me handing me a napkin. The old lady was sitting next to me. She didn’t say a word. She just gave me a napkin and a smile. I tried to thank her, _______________ only tears came out. Then she took my hand. I looked into her eyes. Her clear and blue eyes made me feel_________________ . Her smile said to me: I’m with you. _________________ will be fine. I closed my eyes again. When I opened them, she was gone. I never saw her again.

My grandfather died the next week. We all cried a lot more. But when I thought _________________ that old lady’s warm smile, I felt a little better.______________ did she know how I was feeling? I hope I could see her again, to say thank you.

1.A.always B.once C.never

2.A.church B.hospital C.house

3.A.sad B.regretful C.awful

4.A.believed B.suggested C.noticed

5.A.so that B.as long as C.until

6.A.so B.but C.and

7.A.painful B.peaceful C.pleased

8.A.Nothing B.Something C.Everything

9.A.of B.out C.for

10.A.When B.Where C.How

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