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For you,the “Clear and Bright” day that falls in every April might be no more than just another holiday — the fact that it comes with three days off school matters to most students 1. more than the fact that it is part of the 24 solar terms.
But the UNESCO has recognized the importance of the 24 solar terms. This ancient system that Chinese people have used to keep track of the time of year 2. (add) to the UNESCO list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity on Nov 30.
For starters, you may have heard your mom say: “The sanfu days are almost over. The heat won’t be here for long.” The sanfu days are a period of time that 3. (fall) in summer, somewhere 4. Minor Heat (in July) and Autumn Equinox (in September). The coldest days, or the sanjiu days, are similar. They cover the 27 days 5. (follow) Winter Solstice.
In some places, solar terms guide people’s lives through special foods, 6. (culture) events and healthy living tips. For example, people from northern China are in the habit of eating dumplings on the day of Winter Solstice. And on Start of Autumn, some people treat 7. to a big feast, especially of meat, something they call “putting on autumn weight”, or tieqiubiao.
But no matter 8. differently people celebrate the 24 solar terms, they have been here for a long time and could last forever.
According to Chinese writer and academic Yu Shicun, unlike many other examples of intangible cultural heritage – Peking Opera and Chinese Zhusuan, for example – the solar terms are neither regional (地域的) nor a type of art or skill. Instead, the system is a philosophy of time, 9. applies to everything. And this means they are 10. (likely) to die out.
Clara Daly was sat on an Alaska Airlines flight from Boston to Los Angeles. Then a flight attendant asked an urgent question over the loudspeaker: “Does ______ on board know American Sign Language?”
Clara, 15 at the time, ______ the call button. The flight attendant came by and explained the _______. “We have a passenger on the plane who’s blind and deaf,” she said. The passenger ______ to want something, ______ he was traveling alone and the flight attendants couldn’t understand what he needed.
Clara had been ______ ASL for the past year and knew she’d be able to finger spell into the man’s palm(手掌). So she untied her seat belt, walked ______ the front of the plane, and knelt by the seat of Tim Cook, then 64. Gently taking his ______, she signed, “How are you? Are you OK?” Cook asked for some water. When it ______, Clara returned to her seat. The flight attendant ______ again a bit later because he wanted to know the time. On her third ______, she stopped and stayed for a while.
“He didn’t need anything. He was ______ and wanted to talk,” Clara says. So for the next hour, that’s ______ they did. She talked about her family and her plans for the future. Cook told Clara how he had ______ become blind over time and ______ stories of his days as a traveling salesman. Even though he couldn’t see her, she “looked ______ at his face with such ______,” a passenger reported.
“Clara was ______,” a flight attendant told Alaska Airlines in a blog interview. “You could ______ Cook was very excited to have someone he could speak to, and she was such an angel. And Cook said it was the best trip he’d ______ had.”
1.A. someone B. anyone C. everyone D. nobody
2.A. pressed B. replaced C. passed D. raised
3.A. position B. conversation C. flight D. situation
4.A. stopped B. pretended C. seemed D. represented
5.A. but B. and C. or D. however
6.A. inventing B. studying C. teaching D. researching
7.A. above B. on C. in D. toward
8.A. arm B. foot C. hand D. leg
9.A. arranged B. arrived C. reached D. reflected
10.A. came by B. went down C. came out D. went through
11.A. journey B. visit C. voyage D. labour
12.A. relieved B. grateful C. lonely D. free
13.A. why B. how C. which D. what
14.A. shortly B. gradually C. officially D. eventually
15.A. shared B. provided C. created D. observed
16.A. interestingly B. firmly C. worriedly D. attentively
17.A. politeness B. kindness C. sadness D. witness
18.A. challenging B. confusing C. amusing D. amazing
19.A. tell B. speak C. talk D. judge
20.A. never B. even C. ever D. forever
After a heated discussion, they still don’t know at all _______.
A. what is he working out B. what he is working on
C. what did he work on D. what he is working out
The woman often complain that she does every single bit of housework ________ her husband Bob just does the dishes now and then.
A. while B. since C. when D. as
_______is known to us all is that Johnson broke his promise ______ he would come to help me as soon as possible.
A. It; that B. What; that C. As; which D. What; which
Mary likes communicating with many people when she is traveling outside; ________.
A. so her mother does B. so her mother is
C. so does her mother D. so is her mother
