【江苏省苏州市】

When cultures meet, not just their language ｏｒ clothing may be different. Often their food will be 232  (great) different too. People on both sides can discover new chances for trading. This text     233    (tell) how some common food plants spread around the world.

As early as 5, 000 BC,     234    (potato) were traded in South America as a valuable type of food. They were     235    (take) to Europe in the 1500s and their use soon spread across it.

Tea drinking started in China. By the early 1600s, traders had begun to ship tea from China to Europe. Tea drinking soon     236    (become) fashionable there but because     237    its high price, it remained a drink for the wealthy.

Sugar cane (甘蔗) was first used to produce     238    kind of sweet juice over 8, 000 years ago on the island of New Guinea. Its use soon spread across South East Asia and then to the     239    (wide) world.    

Cocoa was used to make a cold, spicy drink in Central America over 3, 000 years ago. The Europeans brought it back with     240    (they) in the 1520s and added sugar to make the sweet, hot drink we know today.     241    it’s expensive, many people still love it.

【答案】

232．greatly    

233．tells    

234．potatoes    

235．taken    

236．became    

237．of    

238．a    

239．wider    

240．them    

241．Although/Though

【山东省滨州市】

The year 2024 celebrates the Chinese Year of the Dragon. It is respected as a     242    (luck) year, full of hope for all.

Chinese people respect the dragon, and even see themselves as the descendants (后代) of the dragon. In Chinese culture, the dragon is a symbol of power and good luck. People believe it controls the water and brings a good harvest. So they     243    (admire) the dragon since ancient times. And people who are born in the dragon year are thought to be confident and unafraid to take risks.

But how did the dragon become one of the twelve     244    (animal) in the Chinese zodiac (生肖)? According to the legend, there was a party, the order of the zodiac animals would be decided by the order in which they arrived. The dragon, although it had the ability     245    (fly), didn’t come first because it stopped to make rain for farmers on     246    (it) way. So, it was the     247    (five) one to arrive.

To show great respect towards the dragon, Dragon Dance     248    (start) by the Chinese during the Han Dynasty. Now it has been spread all over the world. The length of dragons can be 50 to 70 meters because people believe that the     249    (long) the dragon is, the more luck it will bring. But a small group     250    (not run) a very long dragon because it needs great human power, much money, and special skills.    

The dragon is not just an animal in the Chinese zodiac, it’s also a powerful symbol that is rooted (根植)     251    (deep) in Chinese history and customs.

【答案】

242．lucky    

243．have admired    

244．animals    

245．to fly    

246．its    

247．fifth    

248．was started   

 249．longer    

250．can’t run    

251．deeply

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