Thang-ga(唐卡）is a special kind of painting .It was found only in Tibet,China. It started from the Tang Dynasty(唐朝). Thang-ga paintings show Tibetan people’s lives. In recent years, Tang-ga paintings have caught the public’s attention .At the same time,the Chinese government has also tried hard to protect the art.
The color of Tang-ga paintings looks wonderful and special. Because of the special environment of Tibet and the excellent skills of artists, the paints(颜料) used in Thang-ga are different from other paints. They were made from minerals like gold and silver, as well as some plants. The paints were made by hand and the beautiful colors could last(持续)for hundreds of years.
However, with the development of technology, people now use cheaper and more easily-made chemicals to make Thang-ga paints. The traditional paints used in Thang-ga paintings took a lot of work and they were made in many secret ways. Later people stopped making the paints and forgot about them. So the skills needed to make them were almost lost. The traditional Thang-ga paintings are difficult to find now.
根据短文内容，判断句子正(T)误(F)。
1.Tang-ga is a special and unusual kind of art.
2.Tang-ga was found only in Tibet in the Tang dynasty.
3.The special environment of Tibet and the excellent skills of artists make Tang-ga paints different from other paints.
4.The color of Tang-ga paintings can last for hundreds of years with modern technology.
5.The skills of artists have been already lost, so it is difficult to find the traditional Tang-ga paintings.
完形填空
从A、B、C三个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳答案。
One evening a young woman walked on the beach. She to see the footsteps（足迹） she had left in the sand, but they had already been washed away by the water. When she turned to continue her walk, She was surprised to see an old woman by a fire.
She walked up to the old woman and asked,”Where did you come from?I didn’t see you here a minute ago.
answering her question, the old woman said, ”Sit with me, my child. I have something to show you.”
As the young woman sat down beside the fire, the old woman handed her a book. She turned the pages of the book one by one and was to discover they told the story of her whole life, from the early days of to the present. But when she turned to the next page, she found it empty. and the rest of the pages in the book were all empty.
“Does this mean my life ends tonight?” she asked.
“No, my child. It means tonight your life .”
At that time the old woman took the book into her hands and began to tear(撕掉)each of the pages that had words out of the book. She then threw into the fire until all left were empty pages. She handed the book of empty pages to the young woman.
“You see,” she said, “just as the water washed away your footsteps in the sand, your past is forever gone. What you have is here and now. Each moment is the beginning of the rest of your life and you should live it to the fullest, because you won’t live that moment a(an) time. For your future, you are free to shape it as you wish, it has not yet been written.”
1.A. turns B. turned C. is turning
2.A. sitting B. to sit C. sat
3.A. Thanks to B. Instead of C. As for
4.A. tired B. sad C. amazed
5.A. childhood B. adulthood C. old age
6.A. ends B. lives C. begins
7.A. them B. it C. her
8.A. hardly B. lately C. truly
9.A. other B. another C. second
10.A. whether B. because C. then
Little Tom was in seventh heaven when he got a fashion bicycle for his birthday.
A. disappointed B. angry
C. upset D. happy
Emily got the first place in the Spelling Bee. We all admire her spelling ability.
A. a competition to spell words
B. a competition to give speeches
C. a competition to tell stories
D. a competition to sing songs
In order to have more tourists to Yunnan, we need to come up with more ideas.
A. awful B. meaningless
C. creative D. embarrassing
—I am worried about
—Whatever the result is, don’t be too hard on yourself.
A. how have I prepared for my final exams
B. if I can get great grades in the final exams
C. that my school team lost the game because of my fault
D. why did my school team lose the game
