1、锦绣中华，阅不尽的大好河山；华夏文明，读不完的灿烂文化。尽管我们无时无刻不从大自然中索取，但人与自然的和谐一直是我们不断追求的目标。The last hidden worldChinaFor centuries, travellers to China have told tales of magical landscapes and surprising creatures.Chinese civilization is the worlds oldest and today its largest with well over a billion people.Its home to mo
2、re than 50 distinct ethnic(种族的) groups and a wide range of traditional life styles often enclose partnership with nature.We know that China faces many social and environmental problems but there is great beauty here too.China is home to the worlds highest mountains, vast deserts，cold area, steaming
3、forests harboring rare creatures，grassy plains beneath vast horizons and rich tropical seas.Now, for the first time ever we can explore the whole of this great country, meet some of the surprising and exotic(异国的) creatures that live here and consider the relationship of the people and wildlife of Ch
4、ina to the remarkable landscaping which they live.This is wild China.Our exploration of China begins in the warm subtropical (亚热带的)south.On the Li River fishermen and birds stand on bamboo rafts(木筏)The partnership that goes back more than a thousand years.This scenery is known throughout the world，a
5、n everlasting topic in Chinese paintings and a major tourist attraction.In a floodplain of the Yangtze River, blacktailed godwits(黑尾鹬) search in the mud for worms.But it isnt just wildlife that grow in this environment.The ground also provides ideal conditions for the remarkable member of the grass
6、familyrice.The Chinese have been cultivating rice for at least 8 thousand years.It has transformed the landscape.Late winter in southern Yunnan is a busy time for local farmers as they prepare the ageold rice field ready for the coming spring.These hill slopes of Yuanyang county plunge(斜插) nearly 2，
7、000m to the floor of the Red River Valley.Each contains thousands of terraces carved out by hand using basic digging tools.Yunnans rice terraces are among the oldest human structures in China still ploughed as they always have been by cows whose ancestors originated in these very valleys.This manmad
8、e landscape is one of the most amazing engineering achievements of preindustrial China.It seems as if every square inch of land has been pressed into cultivation.诱思导读1How long has rice been planted in China?At least 8，000 years.2What does this manmade landscape refer to in the last paragraph?It refe
9、rs to Yunnans rice terraces.Section Reading (Starting out & Understanding ideas).匹配下列单词的词性及汉语意思()1.wrapAv.阻挡，防止()2.sheet Badj.重要的，影响深远的()3.dynasty Cv.包，裹()pletion Dn.传统()5.region En.(一)大层(覆盖物)()6.prevent Fn.完成，结束()7.significant Gn.融洽，和谐 ()8.harmony Hn.地区，区域()9.tradition Iv.吸引，引起的兴趣()10.attract Jn.朝代
10、答案1.C2.E3.J4.F5.H6.A7.B 8G9.D10.I.选择下列句中词组的汉语意思A再一次B费力去做C大量的 D几百年E被覆盖在里 F目光所及G的家园 H包裹在里()1.It was dark and shiny, and was wrapped in silver paper.()2.His childrens clothes were covered in dirt.()3.The wetlands are home to a large variety of wildlife.()4.Bankers and clockmakers have coexisted in the
11、city for hundreds of years.()5.People often wonder why historians go to so much trouble to protect.()6.As far as the eye can see under your command.()7.She is in the fortunate position of having plenty of choices.()8.America is once again being seen as a strong, cando nation.答案1.H2.E3.G4.D5.B6.F7.C8
12、.A第一步速读了解文章主题和段落大意速读P62P63教材课文，匹配段落大意。()1.Para.1 Athe reasons for building the terraces()2.Para.2 Bthe working principle of the terraces()3.Para.3 Cthe vivid description of the terraces()4.Para.4 Dthe history of the terraces()5.Para.5 Ethe present situation of the terraces答案1.C2.D3.A4.B5.E 第二步细读把控文章
13、关键信息细读P62P63教材课文，选择最佳答案1How does the author develop Paragraph 1?ABy listing the facts.BBy comparing the facts.CBy vividly describing the scene.DBy painting the beautiful colours.2Which is NOT the reason why the people built the terraces?ALack of enough flat areas.BHolding the rainwater.CProtecting t
14、he soil.DMaking the mountains more steep.3Which is the correct order of how the terraces work?The gas forms cloud. The rain falls down. The water is turned into gas.The sun heats the water. The water flows into the terraces.ABC D4What can we conclude from the last paragraph?AModern technology helps
15、people there produce more rice.BPeople there still value the ancient growing methods.CMany visitors come here to learn how to grow rice.DThe young people there like to create great wonders.答案1.C2.D3.A4.B第三步研读能力升华接轨高考根据P62P63教材课文，在空白处填入1个恰当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 Imagine mountains 1.wrapped(wrap)in silver wa
16、ter, turning bright green 2.with growing rice and becoming flash gold and then they 3.are covered(cover)in white frost.These are the 4.colours(colour)of the Longji Rice Terraces.The work on the terraces took hundreds of years until its pletion(complete)in early Qing Dynasty.The reasons why people go
17、 to so much trouble 6.to turn (turn) entire mountains into terraces are as follows：having few large flat land，holding more rainwater and preventing soil from 7.being washed (wash) away.It is along these waterways 8.that rainwater moves down the mountains and into the terraces.The water heated by the sun is turned 9.into gas and then the gas forms clouds from 10.which rain falls down.
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