An exposition（展览会）on modern living in China and an exhibition of 20th-century Chinese paintings, which opened in Paris, kicked off a year of cultural exchanges.
The“China-France Culture Year”is the largest Chinese exchange of its kind with a foreign country.
The Year of China in France actually runs from October 2003 to July 2004. It will be followed by the Year of France in China, from autumn 2004 to July 2005.The two events are part of celebrations surrounding the 40th anniversary of formal diplomatic（外交）recognition between the two countries, which took place on January 27,1964.
The activities will include expositions on“China Seen Closely--Art of Living in Modem Times”“The Enigma（迷）of Bronze Man--Archaeology（古迹）in Sichuan”“The Bronze Age”“Confucianism”and“Science and Technology of Contemporary（当代的）China”.
There will also be traditional music, acrobatics（杂技）, marionettes（牵线木偶）, dances, garden arts and martial arts（武术）shows for the French public. And, contemporary art, photography, cinema and literature expositions will give a look at modern creators.
An exhibition of Chinese paintings of the 20th century also opened in Paris, displaying works of Xu Beihong and Qi Baishi.
The Chinese National Orchestra of Traditional Music and Central Ballet of China will be performing.
Next spring, Paris will have a traditional Chinese Spring Festival with a show on the Champs Elysees, the boulevard（林阴大道）that runs through the centre of the French capital.
Other expositions will include one on Emperor Kang Xi, a retrospective（回顾）of Chinese films and a week of Chinese fashion.
In July, the“Art of Dunhuang”and“Week of Shanghai Culture”will end the activity.
There will also be performances and exhibitions in other French cities, organized by Chinese cities with sister-city ties.
There are now 47 sister-province and sister-city programmes. Some of the bigger cities, like Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing and Guangzhou, will have their own“culture week”in Paris, Mar-seilles, Toulouse and Lyon.
The China-France Culture Year was initiated（创始）by Chinese President Jiang Zemin and French President Jaques Chirac in 1999.
(1) When did the formal diplomatic recognition between China and France begin?
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(2) The China-France Culture Year will last ________.
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(3) The underlined phrase“kicked off”probably means“________”.
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(4) This passage mainly tells us ________.
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A．the different shows for China to give in France to mark the China-France Culture Year
B．France will come to China for the China-France Culture Year
C．a lot of contemporary cultures will be exhibited in France
D．the activities for the China-France Culture Year will be held in Paris
(5) Which of the following won't appear in Paris during the exhibition?
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Things got off to a bang with a starting firework display which lit up Beijing's skyline, followed by a total of 2,008 energetic drummers beating a countdown（倒计时）. Then the crowd was treated to an amazing sequence（系列） pretty and carefully designed scenes which took them through 5,000 years of Chinese history and culture.
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China's 639 athletes entered last behind towering flag bearer Yao Ming, to a thunderous reception from the crowd.
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No pressure on the next host city then! With just four years to go, the London Olympic organizers have promised to deliver an equally inspirational ceremony. Let's hope they can pull it off.
45. Which of the following is the right order of the opening ceremony of 29th Olympic Games?
a. China's athletes entered last behind Yao Ming.
b. A starting firework display lit up Beijing's skyline.
c. The main torch was lit by a jet of fire from Chinese Olympic hero Li Ning.
d. A total of 2,008 energetic drummers beat a countdown.
e. The crowd was treated to an amazing sequence of pretty and carefully designed scenes which took them through 5,000 years of Chinese history and culture.
f. Olympic founders Greece led the 204 competing nations into the stadium.
A. b, d, e, a, f, c B. d, c, b, a, e, f C. d, c, a, e, b, f D. b, d, e, f, a, c
46. What does the underlined word outdid probably mean in this passage?
A. did well B. did worse than C. did better than D. did poorly
47. Which of the following can best describe the author's attitude toward the London Olympics?
A. negative B. sad C. positive D. satisfied
48. We can find the passage in a newspaper most probably in _____________section.
A. music B. sports C. literature D. military
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【小题1】What’s the author’s purpose in writing this passage?
| A．He wants to tell us something about “ABC”. |
| B．He wants to show that Chinese are well respected in America. |
| C．He wants to tell us some knowledge about the English language. |
| D．He wants to introduce the American culture to us. |
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To us it seems so natural to put up an umbrella to keep the water off when it rains, But actually the umbrella was not invented as protection against the rain, Its first use was as a shade against the sun!
Nobody knows who first invented it, but the umbrella was used in very ancient times . Probably the first to use it were the Chinese in the 11th century B C.
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1.According to this passage, the umbrella was probably first invented in ancient_______.
A．China B．Egypt C．Greece D．Rome
2.Which of the following statements is not true about the umbrella?
A．No one exactly knows who the inventor of the umbrella was
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