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Chinese people started to use hand fans over 2,000 years ago. The fans came in different shapes,such as round and square. They were also made from a11 kinds of materials.Palm leaf fans were cheap and easy to make. Feather fans(羽毛扇) showed the owner’s high status.Sandalwood(檀香)fans could send out a sweet smell.Later, hand fans became far more than just something that could cool you down. They developed into art works,in which tuanshan (round fans)and zheshan(folded fans)were the most mon. In the shape of a full moon,tuanshan was usually made of silk.They had beautiful birds and flowers on them.Women especially those in the imperial palace(皇宮),liked to use them.Meanwhile,men,especially the literati(文人),used zheshan.The literati liked them because zheshan were usually made of paper and they could paint and write poems on them.It was a way for them to show off their ability in literature,painting and handwriting.Almost anything can be painted on zheshan. Today,Chinese people still use these fans,only not many people write or paint on them any more.Next time when you are waving a fan, you may think of the stories behind it.NameFeatures(特征)Palm leaf fans 56 and easy to make 57 Show the owner’s statusSandalwood fansSend out 58 TuanshanIn the shape of 59 ZheshanPaint and write 60 Ⅳ.寫作技能(三部分,共11小題,計(jì)35分)A)英漢互譯 閱讀短文,將文中畫線的句子譯成漢語(yǔ)或英語(yǔ)。(共5小題,每小題2分)Clothes are traditionally made of natural materials, such as cotton, leather and wool. They are all from plants or animals, but that doesn’t mean they’re friendly to the earth. For example, farmers have to use a lot of chemicals to grow cotton plants.Scientists are now looking for new ways to make clothing materials. They hope the new materials are both fortable and good for the earth. Scientists have worked out how to make materials out of corn husks(棉籽), chicken feathers and rice straws.“They used to be useless things. We always have a problem of how to deal with them,” Yang, a scientist says, “Now, we can turn them into beautiful materials. Chicken feathers are better than other things. They have small air pockets like honeybs. That means it will be very warm if you use them to make a jacket or sweater, and I think more and more people will like to buy these kings of clothes.”46. Clothes are traditionally made of______A. natural materials. B. chicken feather. C. rice straws.47. What are the new clothing materials?A. corn husks and rice straws. B. cotton and wool. C. leather and wool.48. What does the underlined word “honeybs” in paragraph 3 mean in Chinese?A. 鳥巢 B. 蜂窩 C. 漁網(wǎng)49. Why are chicken feathers better than other materials?A. They are from plants. B. They are traditional clothing materials.C. They have small air pockets like honeybs.50. What’s the best title of this passage?A. New clothing materials. B. New clothes C. Natural materials. C)匹配 閱讀下篇材料,從所給的AF六個(gè)選項(xiàng)中,選出正確的選項(xiàng)填空,使短文通順,內(nèi)容完整。(共10小題,每小題1分)Mr. White lived in a house less than two miles from his office, so he could 31 home for lunch every day. Every time he drove back home, 32 cars were parked outside his house and there was no room for his car. He had to park his car somewhere else, and then walked back home. This made him very 33 .Then he wrote “NO PARKING” 34 a small board. in the garden facing the road, but it didn’t work. People seem to obey only a public notice. Mrs. White asked him to 35 a police notice. But he was afraid to do so. Then Mrs