主题三　文化遗产②

Ⅰ. 阅读理解

The Liangzhu City Ruins， mainly in Hangzhou， pointing to an established Chinese ci⁃vilisation 5，000 years ago， have been added to the UNESCO World Heritage List. EveryChinese child is taught at school that the country’s civilisation is 5，000 years old， but prov⁃ing this beyond doubt has been a problem.

Now， a jade artifact （玉器） named“King of Cong”， found in the Liangzhu City Ruins，has provided an answer. According to radiocarbon dating （放射性碳定年法）， the 6.5⁃kilogram object is 5，300 years old. It is one of the largest objects among all Cong fromLiangzhu. The piece has now won greater global recognition.

However， the site has far more than just things made of jade. The main area， spreadover 14.3 square kilometers in Hangzhou’s Yuhang District， includes not only a city’s ruinsbut 11 dams and several cemeteries （墓地）， all about 5，000 years old. Archaeological factsshow that people lived in Liangzhu for about a thousand years.

“The archaeological ruins of Liangzhu （3300-2300 BCE） show an early state with aunified belief system based on growing rice in Late Neolithic China （中国新石器时代晚期），”the UNESCO World Heritage Committee said.“These ruins are an extremely good ex⁃ample of early city civilisation expressed in town planning， a water conservation system anda social order which can be seen in where and how people were buried in cemeteries withinthe ruins.”

According to studies led by Liu Bin， director of the Zhejiang Provincial Institute ofCultural Relics and Archaeology， the inner part of the ancient city ruins covers 2.8 squarekilometers， about five times the area of the Forbidden City in Beijing， and the outer cityspreads across 6.3 square kilometers. Liu said it was the biggest city ruins site of its time tobe found in China， and was also one of the largest cities of its day in the world.

1. Which can prove that China has a civilisation of 5，000 years old？

A. The king named Cong.

B. The archaeological ruins of Liangzhu.

C. The UNESCO World Heritage Committee.

D. The historical site at Hangzhou’s dams.

2. What do we know about the ancient Liangzhu City Ruins？

A. A different system of value in the region.

B. The end of Chinese civilisation.

C. The biggest city ruins all over the world.

D. The whole area—9.1 square kilometers.

3. Why is the Forbidden City mentioned in the last paragraph？

A. To focus on the great achievements.

B. To inform us about the importance of architecture.

C. To stress the large scale of ancient Liangzhu City Ruins.

D. To present advanced technology and outstanding civilisation.

Ⅱ. 补全信息

It’s common to see a barista create coffee art （咖啡拉花）. 1 Han Zheming， a40⁃year⁃old Shanghai resident， has managed to perfect the skill， creating tea art in cups， ordian cha in Chinese， which is a famous ritual （仪式） during the Song Dynasty.“It is similarto the foam on top of a cup of coffee， except that it is made of tea rather than milk.”

 2 After hundreds of years of evolution， it thrived throughout the Song Dynas⁃ty， when tea had become a necessity for almost everyone， just like other items such as rice，oil and salt. In the eyes of people of that time， good tea should be white and fine. 3 

Han has been fascinated by the culture and art of the Song Dynasty， and has engagedin its artistic practices since childhood. His mother loves traditional culture and he hasbeen leaning toward it under her influence. Han is curious about the patterns created onthe tea foam and he often goes to museums to observe Song paintings.“Usually， it takes ayear of practice for one to fully grasp tea⁃whisking.” 4 Now， he can deliver apiece of tea⁃whisking art in“one take”.

“It’s like adding bells and whistles to tea and giving people a stronger sense of occa⁃sion， so drinking tea is more fun，”Han says. 5 “As well as the poems， calligra⁃phy and paintings that were created back then， I want more people to understand the itemsused to drink tea， and the culture behind the ways people prepared tea.”

A. It is through trial and error that Han gets going.

B. However， it’s a whole different ball game doing the same thing with tea.

C. However， the pattern on coffee foam will last for up to only an hour.

D. Chinese tea culture started to enjoy popularity during the Tang Dynasty.

E. The better the tea， the whiter it should be， and the longer the foam should last.

F. Applying the theory to practice proves to be quite different from his imagination.

G. It’s also his intention to bring the old ritual and culture back for more people to ap⁃preciate.

Ⅲ. 完形填空

Every year， in preparation for New Years Day， my family holds Baking Day， a very im⁃portant tradition to our family. It began years ago and was nearly 1 as much asNew Year’s Day.