A TV program“National Treasure”has become a huge hit since last December. It is another cultural TV program on CCTV that has ever had wonderful successes in China,alter the“Chinese Character Dictation Competition”in 2013,the“Chinese Idiom Competition”in 2014.the“Chinese Riddle Competition”in 2016,and the“Chinese Poetry Competition”in 2017.

The TV program has ten episodes(集). Across them,a total of 27 national treasures from nine major Chinese museums were presented.The program brings these relics (古物)to life and displays their unique beauty through different artistic methods. The opening episode showed three of China's finest cultural treasures from the Palace Museum in Beijing.Famous actors Li Chen,Wang Kai and Tony Leung played the“national treasure guardians”of each item.They told not only the mysteries behind the treasures but also their own stories about them.

Li Chen plays Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty,and tells the history of a precious painting“A Panorama of Rivers and Mountains”by Wang Ximeng from the Song Dynasty.

Wang Kai,acting as Emperor Qianlong(1711—1799)of the Qing Dynasty(1644—1911),presented the historical background of“Large Vase with Variegated Glazes”.The vase has 17 kinds of glaze(釉)and 12 paintings,and had to be re-fired several times in its production.During the rule of Qianlong,China's porcelain(制瓷的)techniques were the finest in the world.

Hong Kong actor Tony Leung is the national treasure guardian of the 23-hundred-year-old stone drum and plays Sima Guang(1019-1086)from the Northern Song Dynasty.Sima Guang and his father Sima Chi worked hard to find the real stone drums and protected them in the past.

“As a culture show,‘National Treasure’aims to bring history to life.We want our viewers to feel that the cultural relics are like people and that they have their own personalities and lives,”said Yu Lei,producer of the program,“people's interest in culture as well as the tradition and workmanship of the Chinese nation has become a trend(潮流).This has encouraged us to better

promote(弘扬)our fine culture.We hope through the program,more and more people will go into museums to enjoy the beauty of relics.”

1.What type of TV show is "National Treasure"?

A. A culture show. B. A travel show.

C. A music show. D. A chat show.

2.What did Sima Guang do for protecting national treasures?

A. He told the mysteries behind the national treasures.

B. He painted“A Panorama of Rivers and Mountains”.

C. He re-fired“Large Vase with Variegated Glazes”several times.

D. He found and protected the real stone drums with his father.

3.What can you learn from the passage?

A. The“Chinese Poetry Competition”became nationwide popular in 2013.

B. The Palace Museum presented three treasures from the Song Dynasty.

C. China's porcelain techniques were the finest in the world in the 17th century.

D. Nine major museums presented 27 national treasures in ten episodes.

4.The purpose of the TV program“National Treasure”is to

① better promote Chinese fine culture

②tell viewers the relics don't have lives

③invite its viewers to play the roles of the guardians

④encourage more people to enjoy relics in museums

A. ①② B. ②③ C. ①④ D. ③④

The Silk Road is the name of different roads that long ago connected Europe, Africa and Asia. People reached these different places along these roads. Scientists believe people began to travel the Silk Road about 3000 years ago. By the time the Chinese silk trade became important in the world, the Silk Road covered almost 6500 kilometers. It spread from Rome to China, which is from the West to the Far East.

Traders travelling along the Silk Road carried silk, of course. They also carried and traded spices(香料),cloth, valuable stones and gold.

There is a famous old story along the old road. It is said that Roman soldiers travelled through central Asia. They started to live somewhere near the ancient Chinese village of Liqian. Some of these Romans married local Chinese women and the story of blue-eyed villages of China was started.

During its busiest period, .the Silk Road allowed people from many different cultures and countries to meet each other and mix. The Silk Road allowed the sharing of valuable goods and new ideas. These included people and trading goods from the Mediterranean, Persian, Magyar, Armenian, Bactrian, Indian and Chinese areas. All these peoples travelled the Silk Road, and they shared goods, stories, languages, and cultures.

In modem times, the old Silk Road routes(路线)are still used, but now they are crossed by trains instead of camels and horses. There is even a Silk Route Museum in Jiuquan in China. It has over 35,000. objects from all along the Silk Road. In this way, China protects the history of many countries and peoples.

1.How many kilometers did the Silk Road cover?

A. About 3000. B. Nearly 6500. C. Almost 2000 D. Over 35,000

2.Which of the following goods is not mentioned in the passage?

A. Silk B. Cloth. C. Gold. D. Tea.

3.Who married ancient Chinese women in the story of blue-eyed villages of China?

A. European soldiers. B. African soldiers.

C. Asian soldiers. D. American soldiers.

4.What can we infer(推断)from the passage?

A. Valuable things could not be sold along the Silk Road.

B. The Silk Road allowed people from different countries to mix.

C. Ancient Chinese along the Silk Road maybe able to speak different languages.

D. The objects in the museum in Jiuquan in China are from all along the Silk Road.

5.Which part of a magazine can this passage come from?

A. History and Geography. B. Sports World.

C. Man and Animals. D. Popular Science.

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