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．（1） The legendary volleyball coach Lang Ping gave the answer in the recent documentary（紀(jì)錄片）The Iron Hammer.
   The documentary displays Lang's inspiring journey from her gold medal victory as a volleyball player in the 1984 Olympics to her amazing career as a successful coach for both Team USA from 2005 to 2008 and China since 2013.She was the first person to win Olympic volleyball gold as a player and coach.Lang Ping revealed the secret to such remarkable achievements in the documentary.As she said， "（2） "
   （3） Troubled by severe injuries to her cervical vertebra，back，waist and knees，caused by intense exercise and hard work，the 60-year-old has undergone more than 10 surgeries. "No parts of my body function well，" she joked.
   But illness is certainly not the only difficulty Lang has faced.In 2005，she struggled with balancing raising her daughter Lydia Bai Lang，who lived in the US，and her coaching career.She eventually decided to work for USA Volleyball that year.（4） "I'm proud of being Chinese." Lang responded in an interview.Later she returned to head the Chinese women's volleyball team in 2013，leading the team successfully defending its World Cup crown with a perfect record of 11 straight wins last year.
   There is no doubt that Lang is one of the greatest players and coaches in history.As an American athlete commented in the documentary.（5）

A.Who is Lang Ping？
B.Lang is the hardest to defeat.
C.I believe volleyball was my life.
D.What makes one a great person？
E.Glory and challenges go hand in hand.
F.Lang Ping is like Michael Jordan in our minds.
G.This decision aroused a lot of negative comments in China.

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.