Reading and Thinking
课后作业
作业目标:1.通过词汇、句型练习,进一步熟悉、巩固本节重点词汇、表达;2.通过阅读练习,继续熟悉单元主话题,运用巩固阅读方法。
建议用时:10分钟
I. 单词拼写【知识点】 contribution 名词作宾语 可数名词的单复数
【知识点】 worthwhile 形容词作补足语
【知识点】 investigate 现在进行时解读
【知识点】 department(Dept.) 名词作宾语
【知识点】 establish 一般过去时的被动语态解读
II. 语法填空
【知识点】 contribution 名词作宾语 可数名词的单复数
III. 完成句子
【知识点】 conduct experiment 现在进行时解读
【知识点】 情态动词(not)+动词原形 give way to
【知识点】 contribute 一般现在时解读
建议用时:15分钟
I. 选词填空join in take part in join attend |
2. Jane
3. Many volunteers
4. Visitors are encouraged to
【知识点】 其他 attend join in take part in
worth worthy worthwhile |
1. This ancient monument is estimated to be
2. It is undoubtedly
3. The Great Wall of China is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, truly
4. It is
【知识点】 其他 worth worthwhile worthy
II. 翻译
III. 阅读理解
The Sanxingdui Museum in southwest China’s Sichuan Province enjoyed huge popularity during the threeday Qingming Festival holidays by receiving nearly 20, 000 visitors on the peak day, after the new archaeological discoveries brought international attention.
According to media reports, the museum saw over 15, 000 visitors on Saturday, the first day of the Qingming Festival, breaking its record for daily visitors. And on the next day, more visitors swarmed into the museum to exceed (超过) 19, 800. To cope with the large flow of people, on Sunday afternoon, the official Weibo account of the Sanxingdui Museum released the message to remind visitors of avoiding rush hours or rescheduling their visiting time.
The Sanxingdui Museum showcases various kinds of precious cultural relics unearthed at the site, such as the 2. 62metertall standing statue, 1. 38meterwide bronze mask, 3. 95meterhigh bronze tree. Earlier on March 20, Chinese archaeologists announced some new major discoveries made during the 37th excavation (挖掘) since its last excavation 35 years ago. The ruins were first discovered in the late 1920s and first excavated in 1934. More than 500 important cultural relics have been unearthed in the six newlyfound pits. Since the new discoveries were known to the public, the number of people visiting the Sanxingdui Museum has increased sharply.
The museum said although they are open as usual, the newlyfound pits have not opened to the public yet and the newlyexcavated cultural relics are still under restoration and cannot meet the public currently. But a hall for cultural relic conservation and restoration will be in pilot operation in April and officially open on May 18. Visitors to it can see how the relics are restored, according to Zhu Yarong, vice director of the Sanxingdui Museum.
Dating back about 3, 000 years, the Sanxingdui Ruins have shed light on the ancient Shu civilization and cultural origins of the Chinese nation, and have been regarded as one of the most important archaeological discoveries in the 20th century.
1. What mainly brought about a surge in tourists visiting the Sanxingdui Museum?A.Tourists’ enthusiasm. |
B.Sichuan Province’s policy. |
C.Qingming Festival holidays. |
D.New archaeological discoveries. |
A.The official Weibo account linked the museum with the public. |
B.Newlyexcavated cultural relics on display attracted tourists very much. |
C.The Sanxingdui Museum reacted immediately to the large flow of tourists. |
D.Tourist numbers reached the peak on the first day of the Qingming Festival. |
A.Trial. | B.Private. | C.Official. | D.Personal. |
建议用时:20分钟
I. 语法填空In the 1950s, the Egyptian government wanted
A committee
Over the next 20 years, thousands of engineers and workers rescued 22 temples and
【知识点】 文化遗产
II. 阅读理解
A
The Yamuna River flows around the Taj Mahal, and the river is heavily polluted. Large numbers of insects are breeding (繁殖) in the polluted waterway. During the evening time, the insects get attracted to stone walls and during the night they stay over there. The insects’ droppings are beginning to turn the walls green.
Workers first discovered the problem last year. But they have found out the cause of the problem only recently. A fly known as the genus Geoldichironomus is responsible for all the waste. Those insects survive best in the hot weather. Workers try to remove the insects’ waste. But experts fear cleaning could damage the artwork of the Taj Mahal.
Environmentalist D. K. Joshi says, “The way to stop this new threat is to save the dying river. There are many coalbased power stations along the river. The Taj Mahal’s white stone has turned yellow because of air pollution. Besides, waste from industries is polluting the river. Millions of dollars from the government has been spent on the river, but nothing has happened.”
Experts say ashes (骨灰) from burnt human dead bodies are part of the problem. For 200 years, people have set fire to dead bodies near the Taj Mahal. Smoke from the fires was greatly influencing the color of the white stone. So city officials should force people to try more environmentally friendly customs.
D. K. Joshi believes cleaning the Yamuna River is possible with a shortterm program. The insects have got the attention of city officials. But he is also concerned about the pressure that tourism puts on the Taj Mahal. About six million people visit the Taj Mahal every year and they like to touch the white stone.
1. What’s the new threat to the Taj Mahal?A.Water around it is dirty. |
B.Some stone walls get broken. |
C.Many insects live in the Taj Mahal. |
D.Insects leave waste on stone walls. |
A.Useless. | B.Creative. | C.Challenging. | D.Interesting. |
A.It’s necessary to deal with polluters. |
B.All the power stations should be closed. |
C.It’s a waste of money to clean the Yamuna River. |
D.The government pays no attention to the Yamuna River. |
A.City officials should ignore the insects. |
B.Tourists should help clean the Taj Mahal. |
C.Fires should be used to kill some insects. |
D.People should give up the tradition of burning the dead near the Taj Mahal. |
B
You might think of martial arts movies when you see people performing graceful moves down a river, all standing on a bamboo strip, but actually it is a form of intangible cultural heritage: single bamboo drifting (独竹漂).
Over 2,000 years ago, the high-quality wood, nanmu, in Guizhou was in great demand by the royal court in the north. With no better transportation, people had to stand on one log to drift down the river. Later, local people began to compete along the way and the game of wood drifting was born. In the Qing Dynasty, wood drifting became single bamboo drifting because of bamboo’s lower price. Due to various skills it takes for one to master this act, single bamboo drifting was included in the national intangible cultural heritage list in 2021.
Yang Liu, an inheritor(继承者) of single bamboo drifting, learned it at 7. “Usually, the bamboo under our feet is about 9 meters long, and the bamboo in our hands is about 5 meters. If the length of the bamboo is not long enough, it will not float. Keeping our feet firmly positioned on the narrow bamboo pole is the key, so we should fight against the current(水流) by constantly changing the angle. I lost my balance and fell into the water many times while practicing. Once I fell, I gave it another try until I knew how to handle the most difficult part,” she said.
The love for the ancient skill keeps Yang going. Yang also shows creativity when spreading the culture of single bamboo drifting. For example, she includes dance in single bamboo drifting to make it more graceful. As hanfu culture has been on the rise, Yang started wearing hanfu while performing, creating a more beautiful feel. In 2020, Yang began to post her videos on social media. “I’m extremely proud to get the response from viewers that single bamboo drifting makes the line between what is possible and impossible unclear. It’s my mission to keep it alive and make it known to more people,” Yang Liu told China Daily.
1. What can be learned from the first two paragraphs?A.Nanmu was delivered to the north by land. |
B.Single bamboo drifting needs lots of skills. |
C.Bamboo was costly in Guizhou over 2,000 years ago. |
D.The martial arts movie is a form of cultural heritage. |
A.Keeping balance. |
B.Maintaining a fixed angle. |
C.Finding the proper bamboo. |
D.Holding the bamboo firmly in hands. |
A.It’s confusing. | B.It’s impossible. |
C.It’s unbelievable. | D.It’s effortless. |
A.Balancing with Grace |
B.Chinese Cultural Heritage |
C.Yang Liu: a Creative Performer |
D.Transporting Bamboo down the River |