Section Ⅶ WRITING WORKSHOP & READING CLUB 维度一:品句填词 1.Today, I lost the (手帕) my grandmother gave me, and I felt surprisingly sad about it. 2.I’ll never (原谅) her for what she did. 3.Villagers say the (栅栏) would restrict public access to the hills. 4.He was a (高尚的) man who was always willing to help others. 5.He is a brilliant s , always sharing new insights from his latest research in history. 6.Mothers are often the ones who provide e support for the family. 维度二:词形转换 1.Their sleeping bags were warm and (comfort), so they all slept soundly. 2.As soon as I was (board) the ship, I began to have second thoughts about my leaving. 3.The leaves of certain trees are (poison) to cattle. 4.This year saw a (continue) in the upward trend in sales. 5.She won a (scholar) to study at Stanford. 6.They have suffered physically and (emotion). 维度三:固定搭配和句式 根据括号内的汉语提示完成下列句子。 1.This will enable the audience to sit (舒服地) while watching the shows. 2.Please (原谅我) any inconvenience caused by me. 3.He likes swimming and (我也是). 4.I don’t like spicy food, (我也不喜欢甜食) with too much sugar. 5.We should be grateful to our parents’ love instead of (视其为理所当然). 6.We are scheduled to (上船) next week for a two-week cruise to the Caribbean. Ⅰ.阅读理解 The Tang Dynasty was the golden age of Chinese poetry and in the Song Dynasty, the emerging Ci was the mainstream in Chinese literature.However, during the Yuan Dynasty, zaju, or drama, prospered.There were about 100 dramatists who wrote about 500 plays, but most of them were unfortunately lost long ago. There were several factors that made it possible for drama to develop in this period.Cities grew as a result of the growth of handicrafts and commerce, and people living in cities needed recreation and amusements.It was then possible for singers, story-tellers, actors and actresses to make a living.Scholars and writers who had frowned upon drama were then interested in it, and began to write it, because they wanted to use it as a weapon for attacking the rule they hated.Besides, in the early period of the Yuan Dynasty, imperial examinations were stopped, and Han scholars were no longer able to get government posts, as they were discriminated (歧视) against.They had to live as and among the ordinary people, and therefore they had a good understanding of the ordinary people’s lives and feelings, which gave them rich material for their plays. The first well-known Yuan dramatist that should be mentioned is Guan Hanqing, who lived in the 13th century.A native of Dadu (now Beijing), he worked there as a doctor, but was known for t ... ...