Ⅰ.Fast­reading

　　Skim the text and match each part with its main idea.

　　Part 1(Paras.1－3)　　　A．Tang poetry and two famous poets - Du Fu and Li Bai.

　　Part 2(Paras. 4－6) B．The Tang Dynasty and the

　　 culture, technology and progress of its time.

　　答案：Part 1-B; Part 2-A

　　Ⅱ.Careful­reading

　　Read the text carefully and choose the best answer.

　　1．What did trade with foreign countries result in?

　　A．Technological progress.

　　B．The Tang poetry.

　　C．A Chinese culture which was tolerant and cosmopolitan.

　　D．Other religions like Buddhism passing into China.

　　2．Why was Tang poetry so great?

　　A．Because the Tang Dynasty was powerful.

　　B．Because it had beautiful images and a wide range of topics.

　　C．Because many government officials liked it.

　　D．Because the Tang rulers wrote poetry.

　　3．Lots of people in the Tang Dynasty became interested in poetry because they wanted to ________.

　　A．be famous poets

　　B．get a good job in the government

　　C．make more money

　　D．win much respect

　　4．From the passage we learn that ________.

　　A．Li Bai was successful when he was young

　　B．Li Bai painted a realistic picture of the problems of his age

　　C．Du Fu and Li Bai didn't live in the same time

　　D．Li Bai didn't do well in the Civil Service Examination

　　答案：1～4　CBBD

　　Ⅲ.Study­reading

　　Analyze the following difficult sentences in the text.

　　1．They were allowed to live in communities governed by their own laws, and to keep their traditional forms of entertainment such as music and dance, which influenced the development of Tang culture.

　　[句式分析]　本句是一个复合句。主句中，由and连接的两个并列不定式作主语补足语，其中governed by their own laws 为过去分词短语作communities的定语，which引导一个非限制性定语从句，代指前面的内容。

　　[尝试翻译]　他们都获准生活在由自己的法律管辖的区域内，他们还可以保留自己传统的诸如音乐和舞蹈等娱乐形式，这些都对唐文化的发展有一定的影响。

2．As he was not so successful as some of the other young men of his time in the Civil Service Examination to become a government official, he began a life of travel and poetry, writing more than a thousand poems.