Ancient China produced many types of beautiful works of art.Among them,calligraphy(书法),poetry(诗歌)and painting were the most famous.Often they would be put together in art.These became important starting with the Song dynasty.

Calligraphy is the art of handwriting.In the old times the Chinese considered writing as an important form of art.Calligraphers(书法家)would practice for years to learn to write perfectly,but with style. Each of over 40,000 characters needed to be written correctly.And each stroke(笔画)in a character had to be written in a certain order.

Poetry was also an important form of art.Great poets were famous all over the country,but all educated people were expected to write poetry. During the Tang dynasty poetry was so important that writing poetry was part of the examinations to become a civil servant (文官)and work for the government.

Chinese painting was often connected with calligraphy. It is one of the oldest artistic traditions in the world.The most traditional way of Chinese painting is known as “national”or“native painting(国画)”,which is quite different from Western painting.People can draw mountains,homes,birds,trees and water on it.

1.What is the most famous types of works of art in ancient China?

A. Calligraphy. B. Poetry. C. Chinese painting. D. A, B and C.

2.Calligraphers needed to write over______ characters correctly in the old times.

A. 10,000 B. 20,000 C. 30,000 D. 40,000

3.What was part of the civil service examinations during the Tang dynasty?

A. Painting. B. Calligraphy.

C. Writing poetry. D. Poetry.

4.The underlined word “it”refers to “ ________ ”.

A. Calligraphy B. Art C. Chinese painting D. Western painting

5.What's the passage mainly about?

A. Chinese art. B. Chinese examinations.

C. Chinese history. D. Chinese dynasties.

One day a boy was walking along the street. Suddenly he stopped and looked up into the sky.

A young man passed by him. When he saw the boy, he felt curious and looked up, too.

Just then a girl came up and saw them. “Is there anything interesting in the sky?” She thought and looked up, too.

After a while there were quite some people. They were interested in the clear blue sky.

Suddenly the boy asked, “Hey, what are all of you looking up at?” “That’s what we are going to ask you,” said the young man. “You want to ask me? But I wasn’t looking at anything,” said the boy. “I raised my head upward(向上) because my nose bled(流血). That’s a terrible thing.”

1.What was the boy doing one day?

A. He was looking for something in the street.

B. He was going down the street on foot.

C. He was going to see his friend.

D. He was looking up at the plane in the sky.

2.What does the word “curious” in the passage mean in Chinese?

A. 好奇的 B. 着急的 C. 烦恼的 D. 高兴的

3.The girl thought _______ , so she looked up.

A. there was something wrong with the boy

B. none of the people were interested in the sky

C. the young man could see nothing in the sky

D. there was something interesting in the sky

4.The boy looked up into the sky only because _______.

A. he liked doing so very much B. the other people also did so

C. something was wrong with his nose D. his mother told him to do so

5.From the passage we can see ________.

A. many people were looking up

B. there must be something in the sky

C. there was an accident in the street

D. the boy did not know why other people were looking up into the sky as he did.

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