二、任务型阅读(每小题2分，满分10分)
阅读下面材料，从方框中所给的A—E五个选项中选出正确选项(其中一项是多余选项)，将其序号填入第6—9小题，并回答第10小题。
Hotpot is a popular traditional dish in China with a history of more than 2,000 years. It started in the Han Dynasty(朝代). 6 People just had a metal bowl with some soup over a fire. As time went on, people started adding more flavours(味道). By the Tang Dynasty, hotpot got fancier with different types of soup and more choices of food.
7 Meats like beef, pork, and chicken are people's favourites, and you can also add seafood like shrimp and fish. If you don't eat meat, you can put in different vegetables. Tofu is another thing people like to add. It's soft and takes in the flavours of the soup.
In winter, when it's cold outside, people sit around the table, and the hotpot warms them up. 8 People feel good because they're sharing the experience.
Hotpot is more than just a way to cook food. It's also a symbol of Chinese culture. It shows how important it is to be with others and to share a meal. 9 Today, it's still a favourite way for people to eat and enjoy each other's company.
A. In the beginning, hotpot was very simple.
B. There are lots of things you can put in a hotpot.
C. This tradition has been passed down for a long time.
D. The most popular hotpot flavour in Sichuan is spicy(辣味的).
E. The smells and sounds of the food cooking make everyone happy.
6. ______ 7. ______ 8. ______ 9. ______
10. Why do you think hotpot is so popular in China? (至少两点)
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6. A 7. B 8. E 9. C
10. Because it's delicious, can be shared, and has a deep cultural meaning. (答案不唯一, 言之有理即可)

三、完形填空(每小题1分，满分15分)
Pandas are like the superstars of the animal world. If a panda is born, 11 a panda gets sick, the whole world will know it.
Why? Because they are cute. But the bigger 12 is that there are not many left. In the 1980s, the number 13 to just 1,114.
But here's some good news. The number of pandas is becoming larger and larger. 14 the IUCN, the latest research shows there are about 1,864 pandas in the wild in China.
15 has China done it? Let's take a look.
Eating well
Pandas sometimes eat small animals and fish, but bamboo 16 99 percent of their diet. And these guys are big eaters! A panda needs 10 to 18 kg of 17 a day.
In 1958, China set up the first panda reserve(保护区). Now there are 67 of them. People have planted lots of bamboo there 18 pandas can have enough fresh food.
Remembering to be gentle(温和的)
Baby pandas are only 15 cm long—that is as long as a 19! They can't see anything when they are born, and only open their 20 six to eight weeks after birth. So researchers need to 21 them well in labs.
When pandas grow big enough, researchers 22 them to the wild. But researchers try not to trouble other pandas' lives. When they get close to wild pandas, they dress up 23 pandas.
Saying hello to the world
China has also welcomed international organizations(组织) wishing to 24 pandas. The most famous visit was in 1980 by the World Wildlife Fund(WWF).
Its logo is the panda, so it makes the panda 25 worldwide.
China also sends pandas to other countries as special “ambassadors(大使)”. The money that foreign zoos pay also helps with our work to save pandas.
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( )12. A. excuse B. reason
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( )13. A. dropped B. passed
C. stayed D. left
( )14. A. Thanks to B. Because of
C. As for D. According to
( )15. A. How B. Why
C. When D. Where
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C. takes after D. takes up
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C. bamboo D. vegetables
( )18. A. so that B. though
C. because D. unless
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C. line D. pencil
( )20. A. eyes B. mouths
C. hands D. arms
( )21. A. look for B. look at
C. look after D. look down
( )22. A. show B. want
C. wish D. return
( )23. A. for B. with
C. about D. like
( )24. A. keep B. work
C. study D. feed
( )25. A. brave B. popular
C. excellent D. lively

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