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I like to travel. I have been fortunate enough to make trips to half a dozen countries in Europe. I enjoy seeing new things, experiencing other cultures and m 【1】new people. My wife and I recently came back from a driving trip that covered more than 17, 000 kilometers and a little more than six weeks on the road. It was a wonderful adventure filled with new sights and s【2】.

We're home now and have settled back into our daily routine of life. We live in a small town, so there are not the same sorts of attractions o【3】in a big city. That does not, of course, mean there is nothing to do, just that we don’t have the big shows and all the shops and other activities a city can provide. Actually, our town is a f【4】place where people say hello to you on the street whether they know you or not, a place where you can walk to almost anywhere you want to go and leave the car at home and a place where being outside is usually very nice because we have generally good weather.

I find that when I am at home, particularly for a while when we have just r【5】from a trip, I feel very pleased. Perhaps it is because everything around me is familiar and the daily routine is so much the same that I can move through it almost without thinking. Perhaps it is because our friends are here, because we can have meals at home instead of always being in restaurants a【6】it's nice to let someone else do the cooking and because I can sleep in my own bed. There are times I think it would be nice to simply stop travelling and stay home.

We will travel again and we feel fortunate to be able to do so. It's a wonderful world and we want to see as much of it as we can. S【7】, one of the best things about travelling for me is coming home. I'm very content here even if it is difficult to say exactly why.

What can we do whenever Earth faces a disaster? Is the only solution running away from the planet in spaceships? The latest Chinese sci-fi movie, The Wondering Earth, offers a different and more ambitious（有雄心的）idea.

The film is based on a short story by Chinese sci-fi writer Liu Cixin. In the film, Earth is in danger of being destroyed by the dying sun. Humans around the world work together to build a giant engine system that will push Earth away from the sun. We're taking the Earth with us to run away.

What makes The Wandering Earth different from Hollywood-style space films? It's probably the special cultural background. For thousands of years, “homeland” has rooted in the hearts and minds of Chinese people. One old saying is luoyeguigen. It means returning to one’s homeland in old age, like fallen leaves returning to the roots of their tree. There are also many ancient poems about homeland. “The season called the White Dew begins tonight / Nowhere as in our native place is the moon so bright” (露從今夜白，月是故多明). These all show that Chinese people have the tight bond（情感紐帶） with their homeland.

What is Chinese sci-fi? Guo Fan, the film’s director said: “Chinese sci-fi is a way to express our cultural and the spiritual core (精神內(nèi)核). Otherwise, we’re just imitating（模仿）others and telling the same American stories.” And the film was released on February 5, 2019, the first day of Chinese New Year. It was a time when many people had just made the hard journey back to their hometowns. It seems the best time to tell this Chinese sci-fi story. Anyway, to us Chinese, Earth goes wherever humans go, because it's our home.

【1】Why do people consider the film so ambitious?

A. Humans work together to build a giant engine system.

B. Humans are trying to take the Earth to run away together

C. The film story is written by the famous writer Liu Cixin

D. People have managed to run away from Earth in spaceships

【2】Why does the writer use the old saying and ancient poems in this passage?

A. To tell the difference between Chinese and American.

B. To remind us of China's thousands of years of history.

C. To teach some Chinese traditional cultures and spirits.

D. To express Chinese people's love of their homeland.

【3】What makes The Wandering Earth different from Hollywood-style sci-fi?

A. Its fantastic pictures and settings.B. Imitating foreign sci-fi films.

C. Its Chinese cultures and spirits.D. Its creative and brave idea.

【4】What's the best title for the passage?

A. The Latest Chinese Sci-fi FilmB. What is Chinese Sci-fi?

C. Chinese Sci-fi Sets a New PathD. Chinese Sci-fi VS Hollywood-style

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The Forbidden City. also known as the Palace Museum, is long associated with images of century-old buildings and relics (文物). Now it is taking a surprising step into fashion. The Forbidden City isn’t so forbidden after all now. What has happened?

——The TV series Masters in the Forbidden City（《我在故宮修文物》） record the mysterious experts who work in the museum. Their job is to repair the relics within it. You may have imagined these workers to be old and boring, while they're actually quite young and interesting. Some are even in their 20s. They lead a peaceful career with great care, although it can sometimes be dull. The TV series are so popular that more and more college students are applying to work at the Palace Museum.

——The Palace Museum Cultural and Creative Store is the museum’s online store. In 2014, it started to offer daily items such as T-shirts and earphones with obvious cultural features. These products soon gained popularity on social media because they allowed people to wear a piece of history. In 2017, the online store launched a new product — a lipstick collection in six colors. The lipstick colors are quite attractive with their Chinese cultural meanings. They also have a high collection value.

——In November 2018, the TV programme New Products Released in the Palace Museum（《上新了故宮》）pushed people's interest on the palace to a new high. This program is helping the Palace Museum shaking off the image of being old-fashioned. Deng Lun and Zhou Yiwei act as the new product developers. They guide people around lots of the unopened areas in the palace to search for the inspiration (靈感). In this way, more fashion designs with a sense of history have come into being.

【1】According to Masters in the Forbidden City, experts working in the museum _________.

A. must be careful with their workB. are mostly old but experienced

C. think their job is boringD. enjoy working with college students

【2】Which one is WRONG about the products in the online store?

A. They are popular because people would like to wear a piece of history.

B. They add culture to everyday items together.

C. The lipstick collection has 6 attractive colors.

D. They were advertised on social media a lot.

【3】What can we learn from the program New Products Released in the Palace Museum?

A. It has made people less interested in the palace.

B. It has been introduced to help attract visitors.

C. The ancient palace has encouraged people to design new cultural products.

D. The program has no use in helping shaking off the palace's old-fashioned image.

【4】What's the article mainly about?

A. Interesting programmes about the Palace Museum.

B. Popular products related to ancient Chinese culture.

C. What the Palace Museum does to protect cultural relics.

D. The Palace Museum's efforts to change its image

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