Day 12
Passage 1
Dujiangyan is the oldest man-made water system in the world, and a wonder in the development of Chinese science. 1 (build) over 2, 200 years ago in what is now Sichuan Province in Southwest China, this amazing engineering 2 (achieve) is still used today.
In ancient times, the region in which Dujiangyan now stands 3 (suffer) from regular floods caused by overflow from the Minjiang River. 4 (help) the victims of the flooding, Li Bing, the region governor, together with his son, decided to find a solution. Li Bing, the region governor, together with his son, decided to find a solution. Li designed a series of channels built at different levels along Mount Yulei that would take away the floodwater while leaving the river flowing naturally. 5 (good) still, the extra water could be directed to the dry Chengdu Plain, making 6 suitable for farming.
Once the system was finished, no more floods occurred and the people were able to live 7 (peaceful). Today, Dujiangyan is admired by scientists from around the world because of one feature. Unlike modern dams 8 the water is blocked with a huge wall, Dujiangyan still lets water flow through the Minjiang River naturally, 9 (enable) ecosystem(生态系统) and fish populations to exist 10 harmony.
Passage 2
Chopsticks are shaped pairs of equal-length sticks that have been used in the kitchen and on the table in almost all of East Asia for over 6, 000 years. First 1 (use) by the Chinese, chopsticks later spread to other locations 2 (include) Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
In ancient China, chopsticks signified far more than tools 3 take food to the mouth, and they also signified status and rules “can” and “can’t”. During the Northern Song Dynasty, 4 official named Tang Su once had dinner with the emperor. He was not well informed in noble table manners and 5 (lay) down his chopsticks horizontally on the table before the emperor did. As a result, he was sent to a frontier area as a 6 (punish).
Actually, there were over a dozen taboos concerning chopsticks. For example, they could not be placed 7 (vertical) into a dish, as this was a way of making sacrifices to the dead. Diners could not tap 8 push a dish with chopsticks, nor use a chopstick as a fork. When taking food, they could not let their chopsticks go from one dish to another or cross over 9 of others. When diners wanted 10 (put) down their chopsticks during a meal, they would place them lengthways on a chopstick holder or on the plate on their right-hand side. Many of these chopstick taboos are valid to this day.
Keys
Passage 1
1 built 2 achievement 3 suffered 4 to help 5 better 6 it 7 peacefully 8 where 9 enabling 10 in
Passage 2
1 used 2 including 3 that 4 an 5 laid 6 punishment 7 vertically 8 or 9 those 10 to put
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