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“Yangzhou is wonderful! The teahouse is a popular place for local people to treat their important visitors…”This poem of the Qing Dynasty describes the comfortable life of living in Yangzhou. In Yangzhou, various snacks and refreshments(茶点) make each morning a pleasant one.

For many years, Yangzhou snacks and refreshments have been well known for their great variety with different fillings and elegant shape. By the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Yangzhou city was praised as “a place whose pastry(糕点) shops were the finest under heaven”. Listening to A Hundred Tunes while Enjoying the View of Jiangnan talks of Huaiyang snacks, “Huaiyang snacks and refreshments are known for a perfect mixture of freshness and sweetness. Huaiyang snacks in Yangzhou won high praise from both at home and abroad.

Among the famous masters making Huaiyang snacks and desserts during the middle of the Qing Dynasty, the most celebrated was Beauty Shaw in Yizheng country. The snacks she made were said to be as valuable as gold. Yuan Mei, a famous Qing-dynasty writer , wrote in his book The Menu of Sui Garden: “Outside the south gate of Yizheng country lives Beauty Shaw, who is an expert in making snacks and desserts.” She is also regarded as one of the top ten masters of ancient China. Yin Changshan, Zhang Guangqing, Dong De’an, Chen Ende and many others are reputed as modern masters. Take Chen Ende for example. He mixed his idea with the traditional cooking skills and recreated the snacks in the Red Mansion Banquet style, which is designed to present the theme and background of A Dream of the Red Mansions(红楼梦).These masters have been abroad many times to show their skills in making Huaiyang-style pastry. With their efforts, Huaiyang-style pastry has become popular at high speed and is showing its charm to the world. The pastry of Fuchun Teahouse is the most outstanding one.

1.This passage is most probably taken from .

A. children’s magazine

B. a personal diary

C. a short-story collection

D. an introduction to tourist attractions

2.What does the underlined word “celebrated” mean in Paragraph 3?

A. beautiful B. well-known

C. important D. serious

3.Which of the statements is true according to the passage?2-1-c-n-j-y

A. Yangzhou snacks were famous for their great variety and elegant shape

B. Huaiyang snacks in Yangzhou won high praise only from China.

C. Beauty Shaw is considered as one of the top ten masters of modern China.

D. These masters have been abroad to show their skills to earn much money.

4.After the last paragraph, what is the writer likely to talk about next?

A. A Dream of the Red Mansions

B. Chen Ende’s cooking skill

C. Fuchun Teahouse

D. Other masters one by one.

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Songs can express feelings with lyrics.

Music tones have no__2.___meanings.

The reason for loving music

People can get __3.____from music.

Details for pop music

“Rock and roll” was the famous early kind of pop music.

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Much pop music has no _4.__of art, but some pop singers and groups are excellent.

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