四、任务型阅读 热考内容 本土文化
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范畴:人与社会 主题:传统艺术 体裁:说明文 难度:★★★ 建议用时:8分钟 评价:/5
The Barbie doll is a famous toy in the West. But did you know that over 1,000 years ago in China, there were dolls just as beautiful and popular?
Beijing silk figurines are made of thin silk, gauze(纱布) and damask(锦缎). In 2021, the art of making these dolls was listed as a national intangible cultural heritage.
Jiao Tianqi is an inheritor of Beijing silk figurines. “For many, these silk figurines are just art pieces, but to me, they are like my children,” Jiao said.
Making a silk figurine takes many steps, like designing, painting and making clothes. Artists must make sure the doll's head and body are the right size. “For a standing doll, the head should be one-seventh of the body. For a sitting doll, the head should be one-fifth of the body,” Jiao said.
Silk figurines are made to look like people from Chinese folk(民间的) stories. The artists want to show what kind of person each character is. When making Wang Xifeng from *Dream of the Red Chamber*, Jiao studied her hairpin(发簪) look from the 1987 TV series to show she is an important person in the Jia family. “For Lin Daiyu, we made her look down shyly. This shows that she feels a little lonely,” Jiao said.
Making silk figurines needs time and hard work, so few people carry on the art. To help with this problem, Jiao and her team use AI technology to make designing easier.
素材来源:21世纪英语网
根据短文内容,回答下列问题。每题答案不超过10个词。
1. How long is the history of Beijing silk figurines?
2. What does Jiao Tianqi see her silk figurines as?
3. What must artists do when making a Beijing silk figurine?
4. What do Beijing silk figurines look like?
5. Why do Jiao and her team use AI to help with the design?

任务型阅读
本文主要讲述了“北京绢人”的历史起源、制作工艺及其传承人焦天琦的故事。
1. Over 1,000 years. 根据第一段第二句“But did you know that over 1,000 years ago in China, there were dolls just as beautiful and popular?”可知，一千多年前的中国就有像芭比娃娃一样美丽且流行的玩具——北京绢人。
2. Her children. 根据第三段中“For many, these silk figurines are just art pieces, but to me, they are like my children”可知，焦天琦把她的北京绢人看作她自己的孩子。
3. Make sure its head and body are the right size. 根据第四段第二句“Artists must make sure the doll's head and body are the right size.”可知，艺术家们在制作北京绢人时需要确保娃娃的头部和身体大小合适。
4. They look like people from Chinese folk stories. 根据第五段第一句“Silk figurines are made to look like people from Chinese folk stories.”可知，北京绢人看上去像中国民间故事中的人物。
5. To make it easier. 根据最后一段中的“To help with this problem, Jiao and her team use AI technology to make designing easier.”可知，焦和她的团队使用AI技术是为了让设计变得更容易。

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范畴:人与自我 主题:方法策略 体裁:记叙文 难度:★★★ 建议用时:6分钟 评价:/10
根据短文内容及所给首字母提示写出所缺单词,使短文意思完整,每空一词。
One sunny day in winter, a grasshopper(蚂蚱) was enjoying the warm sun and having a rest on the grass. Two hours 1. l, he woke up and felt very hungry. He had had no food for a long time. So he stood up, looked around and decided to find 2. s to eat. He came to the 3. f of a small house. He saw some ants taking some grain into the living room.
The grasshopper went up to the ants and asked, "Can you 4. g me some grain, please? I'm too hungry. I 5. r don't want to die."
One of the ants looked at him and asked, "What did you do all summer? 6. W didn't you store up some food for the winter?"
The grasshopper 7. r, "Truly speaking, I 8. s my whole summer singing songs, and that's why I didn't store anything."
The ant smiled and said, "Then you spend the 9. w winter singing again." The grasshopper got very sad and walked away 10. q.
Everybody should keep something for a rainy day.

本文讲述了一只蚂蚱因为没有提前准备粮食，遭受饥饿而向蚂蚁求救的故事。该故事告诉我们要未雨绸缪。
1. later 根据句意理解可知，两小时后，这只蚂蚱醒了，感觉非常饿，短语 two hours later 是“两小时后”的意思。
2. something 根据上下文理解可知，这只蚂蚱站起来，到处看，决定找一些东西吃，此处用不定代词 something 表示“一些东西”。
3. front 根据后句理解可知，蚂蚱看见一些蚂蚁把一些谷物带进客厅，说明他来到了一个小房子的前面，短语 the front of 是“……的前面”的意思。
4. give 句意：请问你能给我一些粮食吗？根据句意理解可知，蚂蚱想向蚂蚁要一些粮食，此处用固定短语 give sb. sth.，意思为“给某人某物”，情态动词之后接动词原形。
5. really 根据句意理解可知，蚂蚱真的不想死，此处填副词 really。
6. Why 蚂蚁问蚂蚱整个夏天干什么了，为什么不为冬天储存粮食。
7. replied 根据上文所提及的两个问题可知，此处应该是蚂蚱的回答，动词 reply 是“回答”的意思，上下文是一般过去时，谓语动词需要用过去式。
8. spent 此处用固定短语 spend time doing sth.，意思为“花费时间做某事”。上下文是一般过去时，谓语动词需要用过去式。
9. whole 根据上文“What did you do all summer?”及 spent my whole summer singing songs 可知，蚂蚱整个夏天都在唱歌，所以此处应该是蚂蚁让他整个冬天也唱歌。
10. quickly 根据句意理解可知，蚂蚱非常伤心，然后很快地走开了，此处应该用副词修饰动词短语 walked away。