B
Face changing, or "Bianlian", is an important part of Sichuan opera. 4. ______ It has a long history of about 300 years. In ancient times, people had to work in the mountains. In order to scare (使害怕) the animals away, they painted colorful pictures on their faces. 5. ______
Face changing needs a lot of skills. 6. ______
· Wiping (抹)
The performer hides (隐藏) the colorful greasepaint (油彩) in a secret part of his face. When he needs to change his face, he wipes his hands across his face quickly. 7. ______
· Blowing
When the performers dance, they quickly blow powder (粉) in their hands or in a small box on stage. The face color changes at once after the powder lands on their faces.
· Pulling
8. ______ He pulls them to change his face into red, green, blue or black to show different feelings such as happiness, sadness and so on.
Face changing is an amazing form of art! It is popular with people all over the world.
阅读短文，从方框内所列选项中选出最佳选项填入对应空白处，使短文通顺、连贯。
A. Then it changes to another face.
B. There are 3 face changing skills.
C. People like face changing for many reasons.
D. And it is also one of the great treasures (财富、宝藏) in traditional Chinese culture.
E. As time went by, it turned into a great form of art in Sichuan opera.
F. The performer hides some masks on the top of his head before acting.

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二、短文填空。
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或用括号内单词的正确形式填空。
Do you like calligraphy? As a Chinese student, do you think it is easy 9. ______ difficult to learn? How about 10. ______ (student) from other countries?
“When I first 11. ______ (start) learning calligraphy, my work was ugly (丑的). But when the brush was in my teacher's hand, it 12. ______ (turn) into Harry Potter's magic wand (魔杖),” said Aryan, from Afghanistan.
Aryan comes to China to study 13. ______ (China) in Beijing. Now he 14. ______ (study) Chinese calligraphy. This is his 15. ______ (six) year in China. During his stay in China, he sees China make great progress in many 16. ______ (way). He also finds that Chinese 17. ______ (be) becoming a global language.
“When I first came to China, I didn't know much Chinese. For me, calligraphy belonged 18. ______ another world,” said Aryan. But he tried his best 19. ______ (learn) it. With the teacher's help, he 20. ______ (slow) became good at it. He found calligraphy could be a window into Chinese culture. And it was also an amazing way to improve 21. ______ (he) Chinese.
Through his new hobby, Aryan not only got a 22. ______ (good) understanding of Chinese characters, but also became calmer when facing 23. ______ (difficult).
Now he has a good time living in China.

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