D
For Chinese, it’s a time for dragon boat racing and Zongzi（粽子）. But across the Yellow Sea, South Korea, wrestling（摔跤）and swing play are the highlights. However, both events go by the same name---the Dragon Boat Festival---which falls on May 5 of the lunar calendar.
One festival, two cultures: does one nation have the right to call its own? It has been reported that South Korea will apply to the United Nations Educational, Social and Cultural Organization（UNESCO联合国教科文组织）to make the celebration its cultural heritage（文化遗产）. If successful, people from other countries may see the Dragon Festival as a Korean creation.
As the birthplace of the yearly event more than 2,000 years ago, China is not happy with the situation. “It would be a shame if another country successfully made a traditional Chinese festival part of its own cultural heritage ahead of China,”said Zhou Heping, deputy culture minister. The Ministry of Culture is even thinking of making its own application to UNESCO, covering all traditional Chinese festivals, including the Dragon Boat event.
Over the years, the Dragon Boat Festival has spread throughout the world. In Japan and Viet Nam, as well as South Korea, the festival has mixed with and become part of local culture.
With this in mind, some experts say that it is meaningless to argue about which country the festival belongs to. “No one can deny that it came from China,”said Long Haiqing , an expert from Hunan Province. “But if all the countries involved can protect culture heritage together, they will all benefit.”
56. The underlined word “highlights”can be probably replaced by “     ”.
A. most exciting events     B. highest lights on the building
C. brightest lights at night    D. most famous festivals
57. It can be inferred that South Korea ______.
A. has proclaimed（宣布）the Dragon Boat Festival as a part of its cultural heritage
B. has the exactly same Dragon Boat Festival as China
C. has no idea that China has such a festival
D. is paying more attention to its cultural heritage than China
58. China is not happy with the situation because .
A. it created the festival
B. it is also making an application
C. South Korea has no right to call the festival its own
D. UNESCO may approve（批准）South Korea’s application
59. If South Korea’s application to UNESCO is successful, _____.
A. China will also make its own application to UNESCO
B. it will be meaningless to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival
C. people from other parts of the world will think South Korea created the festival
D. the Dragon Boat Festival will become part of local culture
60. The author would probably support____ .
A. a move by South Korea to cancel its application
B. China getting UNESCO’s approval of the festival first
C. the opinion of Zhou Helping
D. China paying more attention to its cultural heritage

阅读下列各小题，根据括号内的汉语提示，用句末内的英语单词完成句子。

1．Doctor Wang became inspired when he thought about helping the poor children ____________ __________________________ （被置于） cholera．（expose）

2．Theirs is a big family, ____________________________________ （有十口人）．（consist）

3．I’ll ______________________ （代替Jane） today, as she can’t come to the meeting herself．（take）

4．I still can’t believe that _________________________________________ （我正接受） this prize that I won last year．（take）

5．Jane burst out crying _____________________ （她一进来）．（instant）

6．He __________________（他否认拿了钱） but we were skeptical．（deny）

7．_______________________________ （尽管你很忙）, you should set aside some time every day for exercise if you want to keep fit．（as）

8．If my plan _________________________________ （不被批准） by the committee, all the work will be wasted．（approve）

9．Hardly __________________________ （他一到家） when it began to rain heavily．（arrive）

10．If the victim is badly injured, ____________________________ （至关重要） to get the victim to the doctor or hospital at once．（vital）

阅读理解

　　For Chinese, it's a time for the Dragon Boat racing and Zongzi（粽子）. But across the Yellow Sea, South Korea, wrestling（摔跤）and swing play are the highlights. However, both events go by the same name--the Dragon Boat Festival--which falls on May 5 of the lunar calendar.

　　One festival, two cultures: does one nation have the right to call it its own? It has been reported that South Korea will apply（申请）to the United Nations Educational, Social and Cultural Organization（UNESCO 联合国教科文组织）to make the celebration its cultural heritage（文化遗产）. If successful, people from other countries may see the Dragon Boat Festival as a Korean creation.

　　As the birthplace of the yearly event more than 2 000 years ago, China is not happy with the situation. “It would be a shame if another country successfully made a traditional Chinese festival part of its own cultural heritage ahead of China,” said Zhou Heping, deputy culture minister. The Ministry of Culture is even thinking of making its own application to UNESCO, covering all traditional Chinese festivals, including the Dragon Boat event.

　　Over the years, the Dragon Boat Festival has spread throughout the world. In Japan and Viet Nam, as well as South Korea, the festival has mixed with and become part of local culture.

　　With this in mind, some experts say that it is meaningless to argue about which country the festival belongs to. “No one can deny that it came from China,” said Long Haiqing, an expert from Hunan Province. “But if all the countries involved can protect culture heritage together,they will all benefit.”

(1)The underlined word “highlights” can be probably replaced by “________”

[　　]

A．most exciting events

B．highest lights on the building

C．brightest lights at night

D．most famous festivals

(2)It can be inferred that South Korea _______.

[　　]

A．has proclaimed（宣布）the Dragon Boat Festival as a part of its cultural heritage

B．has the exactly same Dragon Boat Festival as China

C．has no idea that China has such a festival

D．is paying more attention to its cultural heritage than China

(3)China is not happy with the situation because _____.

[　　]

A．it created the festival

B．it is also making an application

C．South Korea has no right to call the festival its own

D．UNESCO may approve（批准）South Korea's application

(4)If South Korea's application to UNESCO is successful, _______.

[　　]

A．China will also make its own application to UNESCO

B．it will be meaningless to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival

C．people from other parts of the world will think South Korea created the fes tival

D．the Dragon Boat Festival will become part of local culture

D

       For Chinese, it’s a time for dragon boat racing and Zongzi（粽子）. But across the Yellow Sea, South Korea, wrestling（摔跤）and swing play are the highlights. However, both events go by the same name---the Dragon Boat Festival---which falls on May 5 of the lunar calendar.

       One festival, two cultures: does one nation have the right to call its own? It has been reported that South Korea will apply to the United Nations Educational, Social and Cultural Organization（UNESCO联合国教科文组织）to make the celebration its cultural heritage（文化遗产）. If successful, people from other countries may see the Dragon Festival as a Korean creation.

       As the birthplace of the yearly event more than 2,000 years ago, China is not happy with the situation. “It would be a shame if another country successfully made a traditional Chinese festival part of its own cultural heritage ahead of China,”said Zhou Heping, deputy culture minister. The Ministry of Culture is even thinking of making its own application to UNESCO, covering all traditional Chinese festivals, including the Dragon Boat event.

       Over the years, the Dragon Boat Festival has spread throughout the world. In Japan and Viet Nam, as well as South Korea, the festival has mixed with and become part of local culture.

       With this in mind, some experts say that it is meaningless to argue about which country the festival belongs to. “No one can deny that it came from China,”said Long Haiqing , an expert from Hunan Province. “But if all the countries involved can protect culture heritage together, they will all benefit.”

56. The underlined word “highlights”can be probably replaced by “     ”.

A. most exciting events     B. highest lights on the building

C. brightest lights at night    D. most famous festivals

57. It can be inferred that South Korea ______.

A. has proclaimed（宣布）the Dragon Boat Festival as a part of its cultural heritage

B. has the exactly same Dragon Boat Festival as China

C. has no idea that China has such a festival

D. is paying more attention to its cultural heritage than China

58. China is not happy with the situation because .

A. it created the festival

B. it is also making an application

C. South Korea has no right to call the festival its own

D. UNESCO may approve（批准）South Korea’s application

59. If South Korea’s application to UNESCO is successful, _____.

A. China will also make its own application to UNESCO

B. it will be meaningless to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival

C. people from other parts of the world will think South Korea created the festival

D. the Dragon Boat Festival will become part of local culture

60. The author would probably support____ .

A. a move by South Korea to cancel its application

B. China getting UNESCO’s approval of the festival first

C. the opinion of Zhou Helping

D. China paying more attention to its cultural heritage