《2025年初中英语拓展听力与阅读课堂突破九年级英语全一册译林版》

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阅读下列短文，然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。
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Ancient China produced many types of beautiful works of art. Among them，calligraphy(书法)，poetry(诗歌) and painting were the most famous. Often they would be put together in art.
Calligraphy is the art of handwriting. In ancient times，the Chinese considered writing as an important form of art. Calligraphers would practise for years to learn to write perfectly，but with style. Each of over 40,000 characters (汉字) needed to be written correctly. And each stroke(笔画) in a character had to be written in a certain order.
Poetry was also an important form of art. Great poets were famous all over the country，but all educated people were expected to write poetry. During the Tang Dynasty，poetry was so important that writing poetry was part of the examinations to become a civil servant(文官) and work for the government.
Chinese painting was often connected with calligraphy. It is one of the oldest artistic traditions in the world. The most traditional way of Chinese painting is known as “national” painting，which is quite different from Western painting. People can draw mountains，houses，birds，trees and water on it.
（ ）1. What was part of the civil service examinations during the Tang Dynasty?
A. Painting.
B. Writing poetry.
C. Calligraphy.
D. Playing music.
（ ）2. What does the underlined word “It” in the last paragraph refer to?
A. Art.
B. Calligraphy.
C. Western painting.
D. Chinese painting.
（ ）3. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Poetry was an important form of art like calligraphy.
B. Chinese painting was often connected with calligraphy.
C. The strokes of each character could be written in any order.
D. Calligraphers needed to write over 40,000 characters correctly in the old time.

答案： 1.B 2.D 3.C
解析：1.由第三段“During the Tang Dynasty...writing poetry was part of the examinations”可知选B；2.最后一段首句讲中国画与书法联系，“It”指代前文的“Chinese painting”，选D；3.第二段“And each stroke...had to be written in a certain order”说明C项错误，选C。