Here are three forms of Chinese art.

Calligraphy (书法)

The ancient Chinese thought of writing as an important form of art. Calligraphy is a popular form of writing. To produce Chinese characters one needs a brush, paper, inkstick and inkstone. These are called the “Four Treasures of the Study”. It is necessary to learn these tools in order to learn calligraphy.

Poetry

Poetry was an important part of art, Du Fu, Li Bai and Su Shi are considered among the best ancient poets, and there are five major kinds of ancient poetic styles called Shi, Ci, Ge. Qu and Fu. During the Tang Dynasty, poetry became so important that writing poetry was part of the examinations to work for the government.

Opera

Chinese opera is considered as one of the three oldest dramatic art forms in the world. It is a combination of music, art and literature. During the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Taizong set up an opera school.

1.______ are called the “Four Treasures of the Study”.

A. A pen, a book, inkstick and inkstone

B. A pen, paper, inkstick and inkstone

C. A brush, paper, inkstick and inkstone

D. A brush, paper, inkstick and ink box

2.How many major kinds of poetic styles are there in ancient China?

A. Three. B. Four C. Five D. Six

3.If you waned to wok for the government, you had to learn to write poetry during _______.

A. the Yuan Dynasty B. the Tang Dynasty

C. the Ming Dynasty D. the Qing Dynasty

4.What is a combination of music, art and literature?

A. Opera. B. Painting. C. Calligraphy. D. Poetry.

5.From the passage, we can learn that _______.

A. Calligraphy is one of the three oldest art forms in the world

B. Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty set up an opera school

C. Shi and Qu are the two most important poetic styles in ancient china

D. If you want to learn calligraphy, you must learn the “Four Treasures of the Study”

Captain (船长) Nemo invited me and my friends to go hunting with him in the forests of Crespo Island. I asked him why he was interested in Crespo Island. “I thought you liked the sea better than the land.”

“I do,” replied the captain. “But these forests are under the sea.”

After going through a door, we were about ten metres under the water. The light from the sun reached us. Everything looked very colourful. We were going deeper and deeper. At 100 metres deep, we could still see quite well, and Captain Nemo stopped and pointed to some dark shapes. This was the forest. The “trees” in the forest were giant seaweed, and all their “branches” were vertical (垂直的). We could not stop looking at them. Fish swam around the branches like birds in a forest.

Suddenly, I saw a large sea spider about a metre tall. It was going to attack me. Captain Nemo’s man killed it with his gun, but it reminded me that the sea could be as dangerous as it was beautiful. When we reached 150 metres, it was dark. The sun’s light could not reach this depth (深度). We turned on our lights. We could see about 20 metres around us. Finally, we found Crespo Island—where a steep rock wall rose in front of us.

We could go no further, so we walked back toward the Nautilus. Suddenly, Captain Nemo stopped and shot an animal with his gun, it was a beautiful and rare sea otter. At last, we could see the Nautilus. Several large sharks swam over us. Luckily, they didn’t see us. We re-entered the Nautilus safely. I was tired but amazed by what I had seen.

1.What do “the trees” in Paragraph 3 refer to?

A. Birds. B. Giant seaweed. C. Fish. D. Branches.

2.When they reached 150 metres, how could they see things around?

A. With the help of the sun’s light.

B. The rock’s light helped them.

C. They used their own lights.

D. With the help of the light from the Nautilus.

3.According to the passage, which is the correct order

①Captain Nemo’s man killed a sea spider.

②Captain Nemo invited us to go hunting in the forest.

③They found Crespo Island.

④They walked back towards the Nautilus.

⑤They stopped at 100 metres deep under the sea.

A. ②-⑤-④-①-③ B. ②-⑤③-④-①

C. ④-③-①-⑤-② D. ②-⑤-①- ③-④

4.What is the best title of the story?

A. A Visit to a Sea Forest B. Rocks Under the Sea

C. Captain Nemo and the Nautilus D. Attacked by Giant Spider

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