1．    The opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics on July 26，2024，will take place on the Seine River.The government （1）（announce） the news last Monday，breaking the long held Summer Games tradition of stadium procession of athletes and officials.
    More than 160 boats （2）（load） with athletes，and officials，from more than 200 countries and regions will sail almost 6 kilometers between the Pont d' Austerlitz and Pont d' Iena bridges in central Paris.The closing ceremony is scheduled （3）（hold） at，the Les Jardins du Trocadero，an expanse of gardens and fountains which overlook the Eiffel Tower.
    "Today is （4） standout moment，" said Tony Estanguet，a three-time Olympic canoe C1 gold winner （5） heads up the Paris 2024 Organizing Committee.
    Paris 2024 organizers are expecting crowds of 600，000 people for （6） they call the largest-ever Olympic ceremony—ten （7）（time） more than in the Stade de France.
    Part of the public will be scattered（分散）along the banks of Seine in ticketed stands while the rest are able to take part （8） free.
    French President supported the idea of （9）（arrange）the ceremony on the Seine in July，although some voiced concerns over how to ensure （10）（secure）for such a big event.

2．Chef Zhang Xuesi lowered the fire on the stove where he was cooking his Cantonese meal.He added all the necessary foods.He quickly lowered the fire and turned toward a phone camera as hundreds of people watched him online."It ruins the dish if you burn the breadcrumbs，"he advised his livestream video watchers.
   Many people in China are restricted to their homes in the effort to stop the spread of coronavirus.Millions of them are finding a new interest in cooking.People watching television and online cooking shows are learning how to make Chinese and Western foods.They are also pushing up the sale of special cookware on online markets.Downloads of the top five recipe apps doubled in February，said research company Sensor Tower.
   Bilibili said it has had more than 580 million views of its cooking videos in the two months since the coronavirus began to spread in China.Another online cooking show producer DayDayCook told Reuters its numbers of new users increased 200 percent from January to February.A recipe for bean curd and shrimp received the most watchers.
   Many new home cooks are young people living in cities.This group is used to eating out or getting food delivery.Now these people are cooking at home.Wu Shuang is a 30-year-old who works and lives in Beijing.She was among those trapped at home in February.She says she spent a lot of time online，learning how to make bread and other foods.
   Chef Zhang Xuesi explained that many of his online viewers expressed interest in discussing more than just food.In the past，users were only interested in learning cooking tricks，but now we talk about all kinds of subjects.

（1）What was Zhang Xuesi doing according to Paragraph 1？
A．He was learning how to make Cantonese foods.
B．He was downloading the top five recipe apps.
C．He was pushing up the sale of special cookware.
D．He was making online cooking shows.
（2）Which of the following is NOT true about Wu Shuang？
A．She becomes a new home cook.
B．She was trapped at home in February.
C．She learned cooking foods online
D．She was interested in discussing food online.
（3）What is the passage mainly about？
A．Many people are restricted to their homes because of coronavirus.
B．Many people turn to cooking at home because of coronavirus.
C．Many people push up sales on online markets because of coronavirus.
D．Many people spend a lot of time online because of coronavirus.

3．Discoveries at the famous Sanxingdui ruins in Southwest China show that the region's ancient Shu Kingdom Civilization shared similarities with the Maya.
   The Sanxingdui ruins belonged to the Shu Kingdom that existed at least 4，800 years ago and lasted more than 2，000 years，while the Mayan civilization built its city-states around 200 AD．
   The bronze-made remains of trees unearthed at the ruins of the Shu Kingdom resemble the sacred ceiba tree，which symbolized the union of heaven，earth and the underworld in the Mayan civilization. "They are very important similarities，" says Santos，a Mexican archaeologist （考古學(xué)家） stressing that "the representations of trees in both cultures provide a symbolism that is very similar".
   The findings at the Sanxingdui ruins，considered one of the greatest archaeological discoveries of the 20th century，also show a new aspect of Bronze Age culture，indicating the ancient civilization already had technologies that were thought to have been developed much later.
   While the time span between the Shu kingdom and the Mayan culture is great，the findings highlight the closeness between the two civilizations.They developed in areas with comparable climates and reflected their worldview through related symbols. "In the end，man is still man，independent of time and space.What we have is that，at this latitude （緯度），both the Shu people and the Mayans looked at the same sky and had the same stars on the horizon，"the expert says.
   One notable feature of the recent discoveries at Sanxingdui was the cross-subject work and technology applied by teams of Chinese archaeologists，which allowed the unearthing of artifacts as fragile as silk remains，which other types of less careful digging methods would not have been able to register.
   Cooperation between Chinese and Mexican archaeologists could benefit projects in the Mayan world，where the rainy climate and humidity are problematic for the conservation of ruins.
   "Every time our cultural knowledge increases，regardless of whether we speak one language or another，what it shows us is that we continue to be sister cultures and，therefore，the exchange of such knowledge is fundamental，" says Santos.

（1）What is a similarity between the Shu Kingdom and Maya civilization？
A．Their starting time.
B．Their historical origins.
C．Their cultural symbols.
D．Their ceremony traditions.
（2）The findings at the Sanxingdui ruins have proved that .
A．silk was a common clothing material then
B．some technologies were developed much earlier
C．the Bronze Age started earlier than previously assumed
D．the Shu Kingdom and the Mayan world had close contact
（3）What is a common challenge for the conservation of both ruins？
A．Damp weather.
B．Positioning of ruins.
C．High latitude.
D．Language barriers.
（4）What is the focus of Santos quote in the last paragraph？
A．Our cultural knowledge is increasing.
B．The benefits of speaking a different language.
C．The increasing sisterhood in culture between China and Mexico.
D．The importance of the exchange of cultural knowledge.