Passage 5
Yangzhou paper cutting
Yangzhou paper cutting is known for its clear and fluent lines, fine and elegant patterns, and novel and creative skills. It represents the paper cutting styles of southern China. Yangzhou paper cutting, with a history of more than 1,400 years, has made Yangzhou one of the places where paper cutting first became popular.
Yangzhou paper cutting dates back to the Sui Dynasty. In the Sui Dynasty, the people of Yangzhou had the custom of cutting colourful paper or silk to celebrate festivals. In the Tang Dynasty, the papermaking industry developed rapidly and it helped speed up the development of the paper cutting art. In
the Qing Dynasty, the people of Yangzhou became interested in wearing embroidered clothing. The embroidered patterns were based on paper-cuts. After the establishment of the People's Republic of China, the government realized paper cutting played an important role both in our culture and daily life, and started to support it. In 2007, the China Paper Cutting Museum was opened to the public in the back garden of the Wangs' Residence, Yangzhou.
There are many different kinds of themes of Yangzhou paper cutting, such as birds, insects, mountains, etc.
Zhang Yongshou was the greatest master among many artists of Yangzhou paper cutting. He was the fifth generation descendant(后裔) of Yangzhou's Magic Scissors Zhang. Born into a paper cutting family in 1907, Zhang learnt this craftsmanship from his father from the age of twelve. Throughout his lifetime, he produced thousands of paper-cuts, of which the most famous are All the Flowers Blossoming, One Hundred Chrysanthemums, and One Hundred Butterflies with Gorgeous Flowers. Since Zhang Yongshou passed away in 1989, his daughter Zhang Muli has continued his paper cutting tradition, and has won the title Master of Arts and Crafts in Jiangsu.

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7. Is Yangzhou paper cutting the only most popular paper cutting?

8. Who was the most outstanding representative among many artists of Yangzhou paper cutting?

9. If you learn Yangzhou paper cutting, what pattern would you like to cut and why?

1. skills
2. southern
3. dating
4. developed
5. support
6. master
7. No, it isn't.
8. Zhang Yongshou.
9. I'd like to cut flowers because they stand for beauty.(开放性设题,言之有理即可)

【分析】首先通读短文，理解文章主旨是介绍扬州剪纸的特点、历史、发展及代表人物。对于1-6题，需结合上下文语境、固定搭配和词汇含义填空；7-9题需从原文中提取信息或结合常识作答，其中第9题为开放性试题，言之有理即可。
【解析】1. 前文提到扬州剪纸以线条清晰、图案优雅和创意的...闻名，结合参考原文“novel and creative skills”，可知填skills；2. 原文提到“represents the paper cutting styles of southern China”，所以填southern；3. 此处用现在分词作状语，“date from”表示起源于，用dating；4. 结合语境，唐代和清代剪纸快速发展，填developed；5. 原文提到“started to support it”，所以填support；6. 原文提到“the greatest master among many artists”，填master；7. 原文提到扬州是剪纸流行的地方之一，并非唯一，所以答No, it isn't.；8. 原文明确指出张永寿是扬州剪纸艺术最杰出的代表，答Zhang Yongshou.；9. 开放性试题，示例答案合理即可。
【答案】1. skills 2. southern 3. dating 4. developed 5. support 6. master 7. No, it isn't. 8. Zhang Yongshou. 9. I'd like to cut flowers because they stand for beauty.(开放性设题,言之有理即可)
【知识点】英语词汇运用、英语阅读理解、固定搭配
【点评】本题围绕扬州剪纸展开，既考察词汇在语境中的实际运用，又考察对文章细节信息的提取能力，第9题体现了英语学科开放性试题的特点，符合日常学习考察要求。
【难度系数】0.6