四、阅读表达 阅读下面短文，然后根据短文内容回答问题，8。
Chinese paper-cutting or Jianzhi, is a kind of folk art. It has a long history of about 1,500 years. Let's learn something about paper-cutting.

Wonderful meanings
Paper-cutting has some wonderful meanings. Some paper-cuts mean pleasure and good luck. At the Spring Festival, people paste "Fu" on doors or windows. At the wedding ceremony, people paste "Xi".
Why is it red?
In China, people always love red. In our mind, red is hope and life, so red is our favourite. We can see red everywhere in China. The walls of old palaces are red. Lanterns are red. Weddings are always full of red things, too.
Black paper-cuts in Shanzhou
Many of the paper-cuts are red, but paper-cuts in Shanzhou, Henan Province are black. Black is the best colour there. Shanzhou is a dry place. People make black paper-cuts to wish for rain.
Now, paper-cutting gets into many schools. Students can learn how to make paper-cuts at school. Li Jie, a middle school student, says, "It's really wonderful to change paper into different kinds of pictures such as flowers and animals. We enjoy it".
1. How long is the history of Chinese paper-cutting?

2. Where do people usually paste paper-cuts at the Spring Festival?

3. Why do Chinese people love red?

4. What do people in Shanzhou use black paper-cuts to do?

5. What does Li Jie think of paper-cutting?

Unit 4 Chinese folk art

About 1,500 years./It’s about 1,500 years old.
(They usually paste them) on doors or windows.
Because red/it is hope and life.
(They use black paper-cuts) to wish for rain.
Wonderful.