【正文】 t nervous. _____________ A. Take it easy. B. Sounds great! C. What a pity. D. What a shame! 二、完形填空（共 15 小題；每小題 l分，計 15 分） Peking Opera is being taught in primary and middle schools. The government tries to 16__ the traditional art to the younger people, which Beijing ____17____ reports on Tuesday. The country39。s first set of textbooks about Peking Opera was __18_by the People39。s education department to hire actors and actresses to _23_____ students, who are as ____24_____ as 6 or 7. Peking Opera __25_____during the rule of Emperor Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty (16441911). It was famous in China for many years and as its fame spread, it ____26_____ many lovers in other countries, including the United States and Japan. In many people’s minds ,it became the ___27_____ of China. Yet over the years, its popularity___28______. A great number of people listened to radio productions of Peking Opera before the 1980s, _____29____people born after that pursued(追求 ) pop culture rather than the _____30____ arts. 16. A. introduce B. say C. give D. offer B. Paper C. Information D. News 18. A. told B. taught C. given D. published . in B. on C. at D. . It B. They C. This D. That . course B. songs C. singing D. dancing . lesson B. book C. program D. thought . stay B. play C. teach D. work . little B. big C. young D. much . formed B. opened C. played D. sang . caught B. drew C. attracted D. enjoyed . lights B. symbol C. pioneer D. face . reduced B. increased C. lost D. improved . when B. while C. as D. after . fashionable B. modern C. traditional D. old 三、閱讀理解（共 l5 小題；每小題 2 分，計 30 分） (A) News One: 29 October, 2021 The government of China plans to end its onechild per family policy(政策 ) and instead let families have two children. The plan was announced Thursday after highlevel meetings in Beijing. China, which has the largest population, made the onechild policy in 1980. The government allowed only a small number of couples to have two children for so many years. For example, some couples in the countryside could have two children. News Two: 05 October, 2021 The first of the 2021 Nobel Prizes has been announced. Sweden’s Nobel Prize mittee says the Nobel Prize for medicine will go to scientists from Ireland, Japan and China. William Campbell from Ireland and Satoshi Omura from Japan share the prize for their discovery of the medicine avermectin(阿維菌素 ). The Nobel mittee praised their work on what it calls a “novel therapy.” The treatment fights disease caused by parasites（寄生蟲） . The prize for medicine is also going to Chinese researcher Tu Youyou. She discovered artemisinin. Artemisinin is a drug (藥物 ) that has greatly made the number of people who die from malaria(瘧疾 ) smaller. News Three: 09 December, 2021 Oil prices have fallen to their lowest levels since 2021. Brent crude oil, one of several kinds of oil on the world market, dropped below $40 a barrel（桶） on Tuesday. However, the main group of oil producing countries has been unable to reduce the oil production. 31. How long did China’s onechild policy last? A. 38 years. B. 36 years. C. 25 years. D. 65 years. 32. Who got the Nobel Prize for medicine? A. Tu Youyou from China. B. William Campbell from Ireland. C. William Campbell from Ireland and Satoshi Omura from Japan. D. William Campbell from Ireland, Satoshi Omura from Japan and Tu Youyou from China. 33. What can we know from News Three? A. There is only one kind oil on the world market. B. Main oil producing countries will produce less oil. C. Oil prices on Tuesday are the lowest in history. D. Main oil producing countries will still produce as much oil as before. 34. Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage? A. The oil prices are the lowest in 2021. B. The artemisinin has saved lots of lives. C. There are the most people in China in t