《2025年启东中学作业本九年级英语上册译林版连云港专版》

五、传统文化 根据短文内容,从方框中选出五个句子填入文中空缺处,使短文内容通顺完整。(其中有两项多余)(2024·江苏连云港期末)
Paper-cutting is one of China's most popular traditional folk arts. 1 From the 7th to 13th century, paper-cutting became more and more popular. And then the art spread widely all over the world in the 14th century.
2 Red is many Chinese people's favourite colour. People use them to decorate walls, windows, doors and mirrors. Paper-cuttings can also be given as gifts.
Paper-cuttings are popular because of their meanings of wishes and hopes. 3 For example, during the Spring Festival, the Chinese character fu is put upside down on the door to express people's best wishes for the coming of good luck. At a birthday party of an old person, paper-cuttings with the Chinese character shou are often seen.
It seems that making paper-cuttings is easy. The tools are simply a piece of paper and a knife or a pair of scissors. 4 It needs more efforts, practice, and imagination.
5 One is scissor cutting, and the other is knife cutting. Scissor cutting can make several paper-cuttings at one time by cutting several pieces of paper together, while knife cutting can make only one piece at one time.
A. But to learn this art well is not easy.
B. In the past, every girl was asked to learn it.
C. Paper-cuttings are usually made of red paper.
D. They are usually shown through paper-cuttings.
E. It is easy to create different works with scissors.
F. There are two methods of making paper-cuttings.
G. The history of paper-cutting goes back to the 6th century.
1. ____ 2. ____ 3. ____ 4. ____ 5. ____

答案： 1. G 2. C 3. D 4. A 5. F