4.If you often doubt yourself, being ______ praised by others may bring you happiness for a time. The real joy, ______, usually comes from self-acceptance.( )
8.When Paul McCartney said he no longer saw himself working with the band or writing with John Lennon, the public knew this world-famous band ______.( )
11.Which of the following has the same sentence structure as the example? The Law also makes it clear that anyone who raises a dog must vaccinate (給…注射疫苗) it regularly.( )
A.After being delayed for an entire year, all six of our favorite Friends stars will finally come together again.
B.Novak Djokovic beat Daniil Medvedev to win his ninth Australian Open singles championship on Feb 21, 2021.
C.With its typically lower prices, shopping secondhand has become an increasingly popular and eco-friendly option.
D.Jessie finds it no good giving up eating delicious food to lose weight.
33.During festival occasions like spring festival,you often see that a "lion" wags (搖) its head and tail,tweaks (扭) its ears and scratches its cheeks accompanied with the sounds of gongs (鑼) and drum beats. Lion dance,which mimics (模仿) a lion with kung fu and acrobatic (雜技的) styles,is a (1)t
Chinese performing art.The tradition is believed to have (2)s
in the Three Kingdoms period.In ancient China,the lion was regarded as a symbol of good (3)l
,capable of driving away evil.The lion dance is often (4)p
in celebrations to this day and in 2006,it was listed as a national intangible culture heritage (非物質文化遺產). Qiu Haiwei,17,and Huang Qingliang,16,are two lion dance lovers.The duo (組合) started learning the dance two years ago. "The lion dance has been an (5)i
part of life.In my childhood,whenever I (6)h
the beating of drums and clanging of gongs,I knew the lion dance was being performed," Huang told Xinhua. Though lion dance performances are breathtaking,learning the art is another (7)m
. "It took us half a year to learn the basic skills and various moves.We practice so hard that we are always sweating all over and sometimes even (8)h
ourselves," Huang said.But their passion for the traditional art has kept them going.As their skills (9)i
,they got more opportunities to perform at celebrations. Still,the ancient art form has fallen out of favor with the young generation,as the skills take years to master while only a little money can be (10)e
.Also,coaches and funding (資金) can be hard to find,so it's difficult for a lion dance troupe (表演隊) to survive.
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