1、UNIT 1CULTURAL HERITAGESectionListeningandTalking&ReadingforWriting课后训练提升一、单词拼写1.Look at yourself in the (镜子) and see if the shirt suits.答案mirror2.Were a family and live under the same (屋顶).答案roof3.I have just bought a (数码的) camera.答案digital4.The passage is developed by making (比较).答案comparisons5.Th
2、e activity can bring out your best (品质).答案qualities6.Books written by him are famous (遍及) the world.答案throughout二、完成句子1.据说电影很感人。the film is moving.答案Its said that2.谢谢你能原谅我的无礼。Thanks for being impolite.答案forgiving me for3.他们为保护文化遗产筹集了资金。They have cultural heritage.答案raised money for preserving4.这些专家拍
3、了旧建筑的一些照片。The experts old buildings.答案took some photos of5.你和他都不可能晋升。 you he likely to get promoted.答案Neither;nor;is三、阅读理解AOne week after I started working in Beijing,I decided to visit a place of interest called the Summer Palace.Before setting off,I researched into it on the Internet.The Summer Pa
4、lace is composed mostly of a lake,but its surrounded by beautiful greenery and a walkway that circles the lake.It is recommended that you give the Summer Palace about three hours.If you try to walk around it,it could take five or six hours.With that knowledge of it,I set off.The highlight of the tou
5、r had to be the view from the Tower of Buddhist Incense.It sits on top of a large hill overlooking the lake and that is worth the climb.And in the Summer Palace,unlike most of the other places,photography wasnt allowed in most of the buildings.Most of the statues of Buddha and the other artifacts(手工
6、艺品) were off-limits to photos.Another highlight was seeing the stage created for the Dowager Empress where she watched the opera and other theatre items.There are box seats that surround the stage and it was the largest stage created in all of Imperial China.You could almost imagine royalty reviewin
7、g the actors from the boxes and the stage.I do recommend taking a boat ride if you go,which takes you from one side of the lake to the other side where you can see another set of buildings.And it is fun.You can also rent an electric or paddle boat if you want.But since it was just me,I went on one o
8、f the biggest boats with other people.I spent another four hours wandering around the Summer Palace.But I didnt see all of it because it was getting dark.I am looking forward to visiting it again.1.Before setting off to the Summer Palace,the author .A.asked others about itB.didnt think it was largeC
9、.didnt know what to seeD.learned something about it答案D解析细节理解题。根据第一段的“Beforesettingoff,IresearchedintoitontheInternet.”可知,出发前作者了解了一些颐和园的情况。2.While visiting the Tower of Buddhist Incense,the author .A.walked around the lakeB.touched some artifactsC.couldnt take photos as she likedD.wasnt deeply impres
10、sed by it at all答案C解析推理判断题。根据第二段的“MostofthestatuesofBuddhaandtheotherartifactswereoff-limitstophotos.”可推断,作者不能尽情地拍照。3.What do we know about the second highlight mentioned in the text?A.It sits on top of a hill.B.It is the largest stage all over China.C.Operas are performed there at times.D.It was fo
11、r the royalty to watch performances.答案D解析细节理解题。根据第三段的“Anotherhighlightwasseeing.andothertheatreitems.”以及后文内容可知,这个地方是供清皇室成员观看表演的。4.Why did the author choose to take a ride in a big boat instead of other boats?A.Because the author was persuaded to do that.B.Because the author wanted to be more comfort
12、able.C.Because the author wanted to save some money.D.Because it was more suitable for the author to do that.答案D解析推理判断题。根据第四段的“Youcanalsorentanelectricorpaddleboatifyouwant.Butsinceitwasjustme,Iwentononeofthebiggestboatswithotherpeople.”可知,这种选择更适合作者。BAmong the seven wonders of the ancient architectu
13、ral(建筑方面的) world,the pyramids in Egypt are the only ones still standing.For 1,000 years,they were the tallest buildings in the world.Built with prehistoric technology,they were an architectural mystery,as strange as the Sphinx(狮身人面像).No one really knows how they were built.The first historical recor
14、d,by the Greek writer Heroditus,came 2,000 years later.Without hard facts,there have been many theories.Hollywood has mostly followed the examples from the Greek record:100,000 slaves worked hard for 20 years.Others believe a very large slope snaked around the pyramids.An American recently put forwa
15、rd the theory that kites could have lifted the 2-ton stones.Now Houdin,a French architect,says that after studying the pyramids for eight years,he has solved the mystery with the help of 3-D computer animation(三维动画).He believes the pyramids were built from the inside out through an internal slope th
16、at goes around a central point.“This is completely new.Everyone before me thought that the pyramids were built from the outside,and only from the outside,”he said.Scholars of ancient Egypt are interested.“Its a theory which sounds reasonable.Scholars of ancient Egypt agree it ought to be tested,and
17、it doesnt cause damage,so I wouldnt be surprised that within a year,we have the final answer,”said Bob Brier,a scholar at Long Island University.If that is the case,well know the truth about the pyramids in the blink of an eye,considering this mystery has lasted for nearly 5,000 years.5.According to
18、 the passage,how many ancient wonders in architecture have disappeared so far?A.Four.B.Five.C.Six.D.Seven.答案C解析推理判断题。根据第一段可知,世界古建筑的7大奇观只有金字塔仍然存在,因此其他的6个已经消失了。6.There are many theories of how the pyramids were built because .A.researchers have different professional knowledgeB.researchers research th
19、e pyramids from different aspectsC.there are no reliable records of how the pyramids were builtD.there are many stories about how pyramids were built答案C解析推理判断题。根据第三段内容和该段最后一句可知,答案为C项。关于金字塔是如何建成的,并没有可靠的记载。7.The French architect Houdin put forward his theory with the help of .A.many expertsB.computer
20、technologyC.some scholars of ancient EgyptD.the historical record答案B解析细节理解题。根据第五段第一句可知,Houdin借助的是电脑技术。8.The underlined phrase “in the blink of an eye” in the last paragraph probably means .A.in a short timeB.in the distant futureC.only by using your own eyesD.in the state of uncertainty答案A解析词义猜测题。根据上下文内容可以猜出前半句的意思:如果情况的确如此,我们将眨眼间(很快)就能知道金字塔的真相。上文提到一年以内就可能会有结论,所以相对于五千年,一年只是眨眼间的工夫。
