【题目】Besides entertainment and beautiful lanterns, another important part of the Lantern Festival, or Yuanxiao Festival is eating small dumpling balls made of glutinous (粘性的) rice flour (粉状物). We call these balls Yuanxiao or Tangyuan. Obviously, they get the name from the festival itself. It is said that the custom of eating Yuanxiao originated during the Eastern Jin Dynasty in the fourth century, then became popular during the Tang and Song periods.

The fillings (馅料) inside the dumplings or Yuanxiao are either sweet or salty. Sweet fillings are made of sugar, walnuts (核桃), sesame(芝麻), osmanthus flowers (桂花), rose petals(花瓣). A single ingredient (原料) or any combination can be used as the filling. The salty variety is filled with minced meat (肉末儿), vegetables or a mixture.

The way to make Yuanxiao also varies between northern and southern China. The usual method followed in southern provinces is to shape the dough (生面团) of rice flour into balls, make a hole, insert the filling, then close the hole and smooth out the dumpling by rolling it between your hands. In North China, sweet or nutmeat stuffing is the usual ingredient. The fillings are pressed into hardened cores, dipped lightly in water and rolled in a flat basket containing dry glutinous rice flour. A layer of the flour sticks to the filling, which is then again dipped in water and rolled a second time in the rice flour. And so it goes, like rolling a snowball, until the dumpling is the desired size.

The custom of eating Yuanxiao dumplings remains. This tradition encourages both old and new stores to promote their Yuanxiao products. They all try their best to improve the taste and quality of the dumplings to attract more customers.

【1】Which of the following is NOT true?

A. Sweet Yuanxiao are usually made in southern China.

B. Sugar, rose petals and minced meat are all fillings of Yuanxiao.

C. The custom of eating Yuanxiao dates back to the fourth century.

D. People in northern China usually make Yuanxiao by rolling like a snowball.

【2】The way of making Yuanxiao varies between _________ China.

A. southwestern and northwestern

B. eastern and western

C. southeastern and northeastern

D. northern and southern

【3】Choose the right order of making Tangyuan in southern provinces.

make a hole and insert the filling

roll the dough between your hands

shape the dough of rice flour into balls

close the hole

prepare some rice flour

A. ⑤③②①④ B. ⑤③①④②

C. ③①④②⑤ D.③⑤①②④

【4】What is the best title of this passage?

A. The Lantern Festival

B. The ingredients of Yuanxiao

C. China’s traditional food—Yuanxiao.

D. The difference between Yuanxiao and Tangyuan.

【5】Why do we eat Yuanxiao today?

A. Because it’s a tasty food.

B. Because it’s a tradition.

C. Because we love our country.

D. Because it’s promoted by both old and new stores.

【题目】Arthur Miller 1915-2005 is universally recognized as one of the greatest dramatists of the 20th century. Miller’s father had moved to the USA from Austria Hungary, attracted like so many others by the “Great American Dream”. However, he experienced severe financial hardship when his family business was ruined in the Great Depression of the early l930s.

Miller’s most famous play, Death of a Salesman, is a powerful attack on the American system, with its aggressive way of doing business and its insistence on money and social status as symbol of worth. In Willy Loman, the hero of the play, we see a man who has got into trouble with this system. Willy is “burnt out” and in the cruel world of business there is no room for sympathy: if he can't do the work, then he is no good to his employer, the Wagner Company, and he must go. Willy is painfully aware of this, and at a loss as to what to do with his lack of success. He refuses to face the fact that he has failed and kills himself in the end.

When it was first staged in 1949, the play was greeted with enthusiastic reviews, and it won the Tony Award for Best Play, the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award, and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. It was the first play to win all three of these major awards.

Miller died of heart failure at his home in Roxbury, Connecticut, on the evening of February 10, 2005, the 56th anniversary of the first performance of Death of a Salesman on Broadway.

【1】Why did Arthur Miller’s father move to the USA?

AHe suffered from severe hunger in his home country.

BHe was attracted by the “Great American Dream”.

CHe hoped to make his son a dramatist.

DHis family business failed.

2The play Death of a Salesman _______________.

Aexposes the cruelty of the American business world

Bdiscusses the ways to get promoted in a company

Ctalks about the business career of Arthur Miller

Dfocuses on the skills in doing business

3What can we learn about Willy Loman?

AHe treats his employer badly.

B He runs the Wagner Company.

CHe is a victim of the American system.

DHe is regarded as a hero by his colleagues.

4After it was first staged, Death of a Salesman __________.

Aachieved huge success

Bwon the first Tony Award

Cwas warmly welcomed by salesmen

Dwas severely attacked by dramatists

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