《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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Chinese people started to use hand fans over 2,000 years ago. At that time，they were almost the only way to drive the heat away. The Chinese character for the word “fan” has the same sound as the character for “kindness”，so fans are considered as good luck，charms and expressions of generosity.
The fans came in different shapes and were made from all kinds of materials. Palm（棕榈） leaf fans were cheap and easy to make. Feather fans showed the owner’s high position. Sandalwood(檀香） fans could send out a sweet smell.
Later，hand fans became far more than just something that could cool people down. They developed into works of art，in which tuanshan—round fans and zheshan—folded fans were the most common.

答案： 1. Over 2,000 years.
解析：根据第一段第一句“Chinese people started to use hand fans over 2,000 years ago.”可知，答案为Over 2,000 years.
2. Feather fans.
解析：根据第二段第三句“Feather fans showed the owner’s high position.”可知，答案为Feather fans.
3. Women (especially in imperial palace).
解析：根据第四段“Women，especially those in the imperial palace，liked to use them.”可知，答案为Women (especially in imperial palace).
4. In the Ming Dynasty.
解析：根据第五段“Folding fans... became popular in the Ming Dynasty.”可知，答案为In the Ming Dynasty.
5. To show off their skills.
解析：根据第五段“the literati could paint and write poems on it. It was a way for them to show off their skills...”可知，答案为To show off their skills.