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color, until, paint, find, knowledge, page, century, culture, invent, one, early, publish

    It’s said that Wood-block printing(木版印刷) was invented sometime between the 4th and the 7th 【小题1】
 in China. The earliest book  【小题2】 in 868 and was found in a Dunhuang
cave. Wood-block printing took a long time because a new block was needed for every 【小题3】
in a book. By the 11th century printed books could be 【小题4】all over China. They included books of Confucius' thoughts, dictionaries, and books on maths. In 1340, books could be printed using two   【小题5】 - black and red. Although the Chinese learnt about printing so【小题6】 , printing was not introduced in other parts of the world for hundreds of years. It is thought that when the great Italian traveler Marco Polo visited China in the 13th century, he saw printed books. It is possible that Marco Polo brought that   【小题7】to Europe. But printed books did not come to Europe 【小题8】1450 when a German called Johann Gutenberg   【小题9】a printing machine. Twenty-four years later, in 1474, an Englishman called William Caxton printed the   【小题10】 printed book in English. His second book was about the game of chess. Caxton printed about a hundred books, and some can still be found today in museums.

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Vienna is a beautiful old city and it is also the 【小题1】. c___________ of European classical music. Johann Strauss the 【小题2】.e________ and the Johann Strauss the younger were two famous composers, and they were father and son. The father【小题3】.w________ and played lots of waltzes, and they 【小题4】.m_______ him famous all over Europe. The son was 【小题5】.e ________ more successful and popular than his father. His【小题6】. m _________ famous waltz was The Blue Danube. Mozart was another important composer at that time. He was【小题7】.b_______ in 1756 in Austria. He could play different kinds of instruments when he was young. His family took him 【小题8】.a________ Europe and he gave concerts in many cities. He wrote his first opera when he was 12 and he composed 【小题9】.h_______ of beautiful pieces of music. He died at the 【小题10】.a______ of 35.

Johann Strauss, as a composer, was         more successful and popular than his father.

    A.very              B.so                C. even             D.too

 

In the US, the most popular way to welcome the new year is with a big party. Some parties are at private homes. But in recent years, it has become more and more common for Americans to go to a hotel or eating-place on the night of December 31st. There, they can eat a big dinner, drink champagne, and dance to orchestra music.
Most New Year’s parties are usually noisy. People shout and sing. And often, guests blow on small noisemakers when the new year arrives at midnight. This tradition of noise making is believed to start centuries ago. People thought that loud sounds would drive away the bad spirits of the old year.
The biggest, noisiest New Year’s party in the US takes place in Times Square in New York. Thousands of people gather(聚集) there. Some of them ring bells and set fireworks. Others blow whistles of car horns(喇叭). And at twelve o’clock, they begin to cheer as an electric sign in the shape of a red apple lights up on top of a tall building.
The Times Square celebration includes another well-known American tradition. Since 1929, the band of musician Guy Lombardo has given a concert on New Year’s Eve. Guy Lombardo died in 1977. But, Bill Lombardo, has kept the tradition alive with a band concert at a New York city hotel. When the crowds in Times Square start cheering the arrival of the new year, television cameras show the band playing the song Auld Lang Syne.
【小题1】 The most usual way to welcome the new year in the US is ________.

A．to go shopping

B．to meet friends

C．to travel abroad

D．to hold a big party

【小题2】 The biggest New Year’s party in the US is __________.

A．in Central Park

B．in Hollywood

C．in Times Square

D．in Disneyland

【小题3】 In the past, some American people made big noise when the new year arrived ________

A．to express their friendship	B．to drive away the bad spirits
C．to make others more excited	D．to give best wishes to each other

【小题4】In 1929 a concert on New Year’s Eve was given by _________.

A．the band of Guy Lombardo	B．the band of Bill Lombardo
C．the band of Johann Strauss	D．the band of Elvis Aaron Presley

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Vienna is a beautiful old city and it is also the 1.. c___________ of European classical music. Johann Strauss the 2..e________ and the Johann Strauss the younger were two famous composers, and they were father and son. The father3..w________ and played lots of waltzes, and they 4..m_______ him famous all over Europe. The son was 5..e ________ more successful and popular than his father. His6.. m _________ famous waltz was The Blue Danube. Mozart was another important composer at that time. He was7..b_______ in 1756 in Austria. He could play different kinds of instruments when he was young. His family took him 8..a________ Europe and he gave concerts in many cities. He wrote his first opera when he was 12 and he composed 9..h_______ of beautiful pieces of music. He died at the 10..a______ of 35.