一、阅读理解
Sugar painting, as the name means, is a painting made of sugar. It's the sugar for us to taste, and the painting for us to enjoy.
Since the Warring States Period(战国时期), people loved sweets and had different ways of making sugar. In the Tang Dynasty, people greatly improved skills of sugar making. So sugar, the precious thing that once could only enter homes of the kings, also went into common people's homes. During the Song and Yuan dynasties, people became less interested in only tasting sweetness. In the Ming Dynasty, some people added pictures with good luck to the bowl of sugar, and sugar painting came out.
Sugar painting is different from other paintings. Sugar painters use syrup(糖浆) as the material, a spoon as the "paintbrush", and a smooth table as the "paper". To make syrup, they have to make sugar hot before painting. Since syrup may become hard if it cools, the painters have to make the work very quickly. They move the spoon full of syrup up and down, left and right. Soon a sugar painting is finished.
▲ The sugar painting that used to be rich in shapes has become poorer because of fewer needs. What's worse, only a few old sugar painters are willing to pass on this kind of art.
For most people, painting is a kind of art and difficult to understand. However, sugar painting has entered people's daily lives. Through it, we may see the spiritual support of people across centuries. Now, sugar painting has been an intangible cultural heritage(非物质文化遗产)in China. So we Chinese should remember, miss and pass on the art till forever.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
()1. What does the underlined word "precious" in Paragraph 2 probably mean?
A. Valuable and expensive.
B. Useful and cheap.
C. Special and cheap.
D. Simple but priceless.
()2. When did sugar painting appear?
A. In the Warring States Period.
B. In the Tang Dynasty.
C. In the Yuan Dynasty.
D. In the Ming Dynasty.
()3. Why should sugar painters make the work very quickly?
A. To show their good skills.
B. To stop syrup becoming hard.
C. To protect the spoon and the table.
D. To save people's waiting time.
()4. Which sentence can be put in the" ▲ "?
A. Luckily, more and more young people like it.
B. It's strange that fewer people enjoy eating.
C. However, it's a pity that this folk art is dying recently.
D. As time goes on, people create different forms of sugar painting.
()5. How might the writer feel about today's sugar painting according to Paragraph 4?
A. Hopeful.
B. Angry.
C. Unclear.
D. Worried.

1.A 2.D 3.B 4.C 5.D

【分析】
本题为关于中国传统艺术糖画的阅读理解题，共5道小题，分别考察词义猜测、细节查找、原因理解、句子还原及作者情感判断。解题思路：1.词义猜测题：定位划线词所在句，结合前文“仅能进入王宫”的语境推断词义；2.细节理解题：根据题干关键词定位原文对应段落，查找时间节点；3.细节理解题：定位糖浆相关段落，明确快速制作的原因；4.句子还原题：分析空格前后语境，选择承上启下的句子；5.推理判断题：结合第四段内容，判断作者对糖画现状的情感。
【解析】
1. 词义猜测题：根据第二段“the precious thing that once could only enter homes of the kings”（曾经仅能进入王宫的东西），可知precious意为“珍贵的、昂贵的”，对应选项A。
2. 细节理解题：根据第二段最后一句“In the Ming Dynasty... sugar painting came out.”可知糖画出现于明朝，选D。
3. 细节理解题：根据第三段“Since syrup may become hard if it cools, the painters have to make the work very quickly.”可知快速制作是为防止糖浆变硬，选B。
4. 句子还原题：空格后提到糖画形状变少、老艺人少，说明民间艺术面临危机，选项C“然而，遗憾的是这种民间艺术最近正在消亡”符合语境，选C。
5. 推理判断题：第四段指出糖画形状减少、传承者少，可知作者对此感到担心，选D。
【答案】
1.A 2.D 3.B 4.C 5.D
【知识点】
词义猜测题、细节理解题、推理判断题
【点评】
本题围绕中国非物质文化遗产糖画展开，涵盖多种阅读题型，既考察学生的阅读解题能力，又帮助学生了解传统文化，具有一定的文化教育意义。
【难度系数】
0.7