Unit 8 What are the shirts made of 综合素质评价（含解析）

Unit 8 What are the shirts made of 综合素质评价 限时: 60分钟 满分: 100分 一、完形填空(每小题1.5 分, 共15 分) Many people love Chinese silk. It has bright colors and it feels soft and 1 , so it is wonderful to be made into silk clothing. Silk clothing has beautiful 2 . Among them, the most popular patterns are flowers and birds. Besides, silk plays an important part in Chinese culture. The history of silk in China began more than 5,000 years ago. Silk was valuable in ancient China. Wearing silk was a 3 of being rich. At first, only members of the king’s family could wear silk. Silk was also 4 with foreign people. They loved silk and would like to pay a lot of money for it. The Chinese kings used to 5 how to make silk a secret. Anyone who told the secret or took silkworms (蚕) out of China would be killed. So the secret of silk making was kept unknown 6 200 BC. Then, some other countries began to know how to make silk. There were no cars or planes 2,000 years ago. People bought or sold all kinds of goods along a road between China and Europe. People called it the Silk Road because most o the goods going on the road were made 7 silk. The road was 8,000km long through mountains and deserts. It was 8 a long way to go and it was not easy. The Silk Road is very important to both China and the rest of the world, either in the past or 9 . It once 10 the role as the land bridge between the East and the West. Today, China and five other central Asian countries are working together. They want their Silk Road treasures to be on the World Cultural Heritage list. 1. A. comfortable B. common C. cultural D. pleasant 2. A. lines B. marks C. patterns D. chances 3. A. post B. symbol C. score D. secret 4. A. central B. interested C. ready D. popular 5. A. keep B. practice C. mix D. offer 6. A. after B. until C. since D. for 7. A. up B. in C. of D. out 8. A. recently B. really C. wildly D. lovely 9. A. in the way B. in a way C. at the beginning D. at present 10. A. laid B. avoided C. played D. matched 答案 1—5 6—10 二、阅读理解(每小题3 分, 共30 分) A Each different part of China has its own special forms of traditional art. These art forms usually try to show the things that are important in life, such as love, happiness, beauty and the family. The most common things, from paper to clay to bamboo, are turned into objects of beauty. Here is some information about some of the traditional Chinese art. Name Paper cutting Sky lanterns Inventor Unknown Zhuge Kongming Appearing time About 1, 500 years ago About 1, 700 years ago Material Paper Paper, bamboo Mainuse At the verybeginning Remembering ancestors(祖先) Asking for help Today Praying Praying Complexity (复杂程度) Harder Hard Name Clay art Kites Inventor Unknown Lu Ban Appearing time About 4, 000 years ago About 2, 000 years ago Material Clay, paper or cotton Paper, bamboo Mainuse At the verybeginning Being with the dead Sending information Today Decorating Playing Complexity Hardest Harder 11. How many kinds of tr ... ...