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【題目】 Chinese Paper Cutting or Jianzhi is the first type of paper-cutting design, since paper was invented in the Eastern Han Dynasty in China.

It’s a very distinguishing visual art of Chinese handicrafts. The art form later spread to other parts of the world with different areas adopting their own cultural styles. After hundreds of year’s development, now they’ve become a very popular means of decoration among country folk, especially women. The paper-cuts are also used to decorate doors and windows, and therefore they’re sometimes referred to “chuang hua”, meaning Window Flower. Paper-cuts are chiefly used as decorations. However, today, Chinese paper-cuts are also used for religious and ceremonial purpose, and they’re buried with the dead and burned at funerals.

Chinese people believe the red paper-cuts on the door can bring good fortune and happiness to the whole family. The paper-cuts are more often seen during traditional Chinese festivals, particularly in Chinese New Year, the Spring Festival. They’re also given as gifts to friends or other family members.

Paper-cuttings aren’t produced by machine, but by hand. There’re two methods of manufacture (制造): one uses scissors, the other uses knives. Knife cuttings are fashioned by putting several layers of paper on a relatively soft foundation (襯底). Following a pattern, the artist cuts the motif into the paper with a sharp knife he usually holds vertically. The advantage of knife-cuttings is that considerably more paper cuttings can be made in one operation than with scissor cuttings.

It’s easy to learn about cutting a piece of paper but difficult to master it with perfection. One must grasp the knife in an upright fashion and press evenly (均勻地) on the paper with some strength. Flexibility is required but any hesitation will damage the whole image.

People find hope and comfort in expressing wishes with paper-cutting. For instance: for a wedding ceremony, red paper-cuttings are a traditional decoration on the tea set, the dressing table glass, and on other furniture. A big red paper character ‘Xi’ (happiness) is a traditional must on the newlywed’s (新婚夫婦) door.

【1】It can be learned from the second paragraph that ___________.

A.paper-cuts are mainly used as presents

B.females are better at paper-cutting than males

C.paper-cutting varies from area to area

D.paper-cuts are used in various ceremonies but funerals

【2】What is the fourth paragraph mainly about?

A.Forms of paper-cutting.B.Means of paper-cutting.

C.Advantages of knife cuttings.D.Characteristics of paper-cutting.

【3】From the fifth paragraph, we can learn that ___________.

A.paper-cutting requires great strength

B.pause in paper-cutting makes no difference

C.it is by no means easy to acquire paper-cutting skills

D.it is fashionable to learn paper-cutting

【4】The author develops the last paragraph by ___________.

A.using examplesB.making comparisons

C.analyzing causesD.describing processes

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】C

【4】A

【解析】

本文是一篇說(shuō)明文。文章主要介紹了中國(guó)的剪紙。中國(guó)剪紙是剪紙?jiān)O(shè)計(jì)的第一種類型，因?yàn)榧埵窃谥袊?guó)東漢時(shí)期發(fā)明的。這是一種非常獨(dú)特的中國(guó)手工藝品視覺(jué)藝術(shù)。后來(lái)，這種藝術(shù)形式傳播到世界各地，不同的地區(qū)采用了自己的文化風(fēng)格。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段中The art form later spread to other parts of the world with different areas adopting their own cultural styles.可知，后來(lái)，這種藝術(shù)形式傳播到世界各地，各地采用了自己的文化風(fēng)格。由此從第二段可以得知，剪紙因地區(qū)而異。故選C。

【2】主旨大意題。根據(jù)第四段中There’re two methods of manufacture: one uses scissors, the other uses knives.可知，有兩種制造方法：一種是用剪刀，另一種是用刀。結(jié)合后文主要論述了不同的剪紙方法。由此可知，第四段主要講了剪紙的方法。故選B。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第五段中It’s easy to learn about cutting a piece of paper but difficult to master it with perfection.可知，學(xué)會(huì)剪一張紙很容易，但要完美地掌握它卻很難。由此可知，掌握剪紙技能并不容易。故選C。

【4】推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段中For instance: for a wedding ceremony, red paper-cuttings are a traditional decoration on the tea set, the dressing table glass, and on other furniture.可知，例如：在婚禮上，紅色剪紙是茶具、梳妝臺(tái)玻璃和其他家具上的傳統(tǒng)裝飾。由此可推知，作者通過(guò)舉例子來(lái)對(duì)最后一段進(jìn)行了闡述。故選A。