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     Cittaslow has discovered China, and it is awarding a little village in Jiangsu the title of "slow city".
     The bored teenagers of Gaochun are impatient with the leisurely pace of hometown life. For them there
is no nightlife to speak of, no bright lights, no excitement and they cannot wait to grow up and leave for the
urban attractions of the big cities. But it is this laid-back lifestyle that has attracted international attention. At
least, a quiet village within Gaochun county has come under the spotlight. Yaxi village, population 20,000, is
about to be designated China's first "slow city" by Cittaslow, the sustainable lifestyle movement that first
surfaced in Italy 11 years ago.
     At home, the residents at Yaxi are unfazed and pretty much unimpressed by the honor. To them, life has
been like this for as long as they can remember. Here, growing old gracefully is natural.
     Nobody living in this little county had heard of Cittaslow or the words "slow city" before this.
     "The first time I heard the term was last July, when the vice- president of Cittaslow, Angelo Vassallo,
visited Yaxi village," says Zuo Niansheng, the chief editor of local newspaper Gaochun Today.
     "Vassallo was deeply impressed by this village's natural and cultural resources and said it perfectly fitted
the requirements for a slow city," says Zuo. That was how Yaxi became connected with Cittaslow.
     The Slow City must also be committed to protect and maintain the natural environment as well as promote
a sustainable way of development, all of which are the current strategies adopted in Gaochun. "We've been
doing this for years," adds Zuo.
     Cittaslow was founded in Tuscany, ltaly in 1999. It was a spin- off from the Slow Food Movement which
started, also in Italy, in 1986 as a protest against the first McDonald's opening near the Spanish Steps in Rome.
The movement championed a return to healthy, nutritious home-grown, home-cooked foods.
     Slow Food has expanded globally to more than 130 countries. Its mission has also broadened to include the
promotion of sustainable foods and local small businesses, and the localization as opposed to globalization of
food production.
     Cittaslow is an expansion of the Slow Food Movement, and it actively advocates a lifestyle that is
sustainable, and that will improve quality of life, mid will preserve cultural and culinary (烹飪的) heritage.
1. According the passage, Cittaslow is a( n) ____.
A. organization
B. person
C. lifestyle
D. honor
2. What's the reaction of the residents at Yaxi to the award according the passage?
A. Very excited.
B. Very shocked.
C. Indifferent.
D. Very happy.
3. Why is the village Yaxi awarded the title of "slow city"?
A. Because it is full of excitement and activities of nightlife.
B. Because the residents at Yaxi enjoy a leisure life.
C. Because it is very rich and has a lot of attractions.
D. Because foreign people prefer to small towns.
4. It can be inferred from the passage that ____.
A. young people at Yaxi enjoy their life very much
B. China is more and more popular with foreign people
C. the first McDonald's in Europe was opened in Spain
D. the lifestyle of"slow city" will be good to environment and people
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科目：高中英語 來源：山西省實驗中學(xué)2009屆高三上學(xué)期第四次月考英語試題 題型：050

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　　China has a wealth of classical literature dating from as far back as the Eastern Zhou Dynasty and including the Classics, whose compilation(收集，選編)is attributed to Confucius．Among these, the most important classics in Chinese literature include the Yijing, the Shijing, the Shujing, the Liji, the Chunqiu and the Lunyu．

　　The earliest and most influential poetic collection was the Chuci, made up mainly of poems by Qu Yuan and his follower Song Yu．The songs in this collection are more lyrical and romantic and represent a different tradition from the earlier written Shijing．During the Han Dynasty, this form developed into the fu, a poem usually composed in rhymed verse except for the introductory and concluding passages, which are often in the form of questions and answers．

　　Classical poetry in China reached its peak during the Tang Dynasty．The early Tang period was best known for a number of poetic styles including the lushi, an eight-line poem with five or seven words in each line; and the jueju, a four-line poem with five or seven words in each line．The two best-known poets of this period were Li Bai and Du Fu．Li Bai was known for the romanticism in his poetry, while Du Fu was seen as a Confucian moralist with a strict sense of duty toward society．

　　Later Tang poets developed greater realism and social criticism within their work and improved the art of narration．One of the best known of the later Tang poets was Bai Juyi, whose poems were an inspired yet critical comment of the society of his time．

　　As the classical style of poetry became redundant(多余的), a more flexible poetic medium, the ci, arrived on the scene．The ci, a poetic form of Central Asian origin based on the tunes of popular songs, was developed to its fullest by the poets of the Song Dynasty．

(1)

According to the passage, in contrast to the Shijing, the Chuciwas ________．

[　　]

A．

different in terms of style and tradition

B．

created earlier and considered more influential

C．

made up of poems by a larger range of poets

D．

more different from the fu during the Han Dynasty

(2)

Among the poets mentioned in the passage, whose poems were considered to be romantic?

[　　]

A．

Li Bai and Du Fu．

B．

Bai Juyi and Li Bai．

C．

Qu Yuan and Li Bai．

D．

Du Fu and Qu Yuan．

(3)

Compared with poets of early Tang, Bai Juyi’s poems were more ________．

[　　]

A．

flexible and lyrical

B．

practical and romantic

C．

pessimistic and realistic

D．

realistic and critical

(4)

Unlike the classical poetic forms, the ci of the Song Dynasty was ________．

[　　]

A．

often in the form of questions and answers

B．

based on the popular poems at that time

C．

a little more flexible poetic form

D．

similar to the earliest style of poetry

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