一、完形填空 先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Last winter vacation, my family spent a week in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi. It is famous for its porcelain (瓷) culture.
We visited a museum. It showed us how porcelain was made. On the way, we 1 that people covered all the streetlights with porcelain. They even made the rubbish bins out of porcelain. We were 2 by those.
At the museum, we learned how to make porcelain. First, the workers made different 3 with clay. Then, they started to draw pictures on them. It took them many hours to finish. After that, the workers burnt them at a very high temperature for 12 to 24 hours. 4 , the workers put the porcelain pieces into nice boxes 5 they cooled down. You can buy them for your friends in the museum.
As the saying goes, “success only comes through hard work”, it took much time to make a porcelain work, but the workers’ hard work 6 beautiful pieces in the end.
On the last day of our trip, we went to an Art Center. Porcelain lovers could make their own pieces there. 7 walked through the center and they could buy what they liked. They took them home as gifts. There were also shows and delicious food in this area. 8 wanted to leave until it was late.
Now I know 9 people call Jingdezhen City “Porcelain Capital”. It is because of the local people’s 10 love for porcelain. They care about porcelain and share this wonderful traditional culture with the world.
() 1. A. made B. read C. noticed D. called
() 2. A. bored B. tired C. amazed D. scared
() 3. A. animals B. shapes C. flowers D. figures
() 4. A. At first B. At past C. At present D. At last
() 5. A. after B. before C. during D. through
() 6. A. turned into B. jumped into C. got into D. looked into
() 7. A. Workers B. Travellers C. Salesmen D. Volunteers
() 8. A. Somebody B. Everybody C. Anybody D. Nobody
() 9. A. who B. why C. what D. when
() 10. A. bad B. hard C. deep D. easy

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Were teapots invented (发明) as early as tea? No. The invention of teapots came at least 500 years after tea was first made to drink. During the early days of tea drinking, tea leaves were placed directly into a cup of hot water. It wasn’t until the Yuan Dynasty that teapots were created. The first teapots came from Yixing. A kind of purple clay called zisha had been dug around Taihu Lake and it was used to make teapots. The clay can take in the taste of tea. Yixing teapots were made by hand and in some traditional ways.
Yixing teapots are still used in China today, and they have changed little over the centuries. Chinese teapots have stayed nearly the same over the centuries. However, Western teapots have changed a lot in the European market since their first introduction to the West in the late 1600s.
() 1. When teapots were created?
A. 500 years ago.
B. As early as tea.
C. In the Yuan Dynasty.
D. At least 500 years before tea was made to drink.
() 2. was used to make the first teapots.
A. The earth in Yixing B. Purple sand in Taihu Lake
C. The clay around Taihu Lake D. The sand in Yixing
() 3. Yixing teapots were made .
A. by hand and in some traditional ways B. by machine and in some traditional ways
C. by machine and in some modern ways D. by hand and in some modern ways
() 4. How have Chinese teapots changed?
A. They have changed a little over the centuries.
B. They have stayed nearly the same over the centuries.
C. They have changed a lot since they were created.
D. They have changed in the same way as the Western teapots.

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