1、UNIT 1CULTURAL HERITAGESectionReadingandThinking课后训练提升一、单词拼写1.Keep a b diet and youll become healthy.答案balanced2.The p he put forward at the meeting is acceptable.答案proposal3.An organisation was e to raise fund for the homeless.答案established4.The scientist has made a great c to the space project.答案c
2、ontribution5.Remember to store the d after you type it in.答案document6.It was the publics d that helped them through the cold winter.答案donations7.A survey c by the researchers was published in a newspaper.答案conducted8.He a to go through the customs with a fake identification,but failed.答案attempted二、完
3、成句子1.我们要保持大自然的平衡。Were required to .答案keep the balance of nature2.条条大路通罗马。All roads Rome.答案lead to3.明天可能下雨。It tomorrow.答案is likely to rain4.树能阻止沙尘暴蔓延。Trees can sandstorms .答案prevent;from spreading5.这位老太太把她一半的钱捐给了这个工程。The old lady half of her money the project.答案donated/contributed;to三、阅读理解Petra may b
4、e the treasure of an ancient world,hidden behind a tall mountain.Its beautiful scenery makes it one of the greatest ancient sites still standing today.Common sense says“perhaps theres nothing on the planet that looks like it”.Without doubt,theres nothing in the world that resembles it.The rock-carve
5、d rose-red town of Petra is filled with a mysterious charm that had been “designed to strike wonder into all who entered it”.Petra is the legacy from the Nabataeans,a hard-working group of Arab people who settled in southern Jordan more than 2,000 years ago.Admired then because of their culture,arch
6、itecture and complex dams and water channels,Petra has become a UNESCO(United Nations Educational,Scientific and Cultural Organization) world heritage site and listed in the New Seven Wonders of the World.Petra is the most well-known site in Jordan located about 262 km south of Amman and 133 km nort
7、h of Aqaba.The Dead Sea is 80 kilometres north of it.The steeply rising sides of a long,cool,dark and narrow gorge(峡谷) basically keep the sunlight out.Suddenly the gorge opens right into a natural square covered with Petras most well-known monuments,which glows in the bright sun.The ancient city sho
8、ws the visitors its beautiful look.The town is large and the quality of the architecture is surprising.It leads someone to think about the creativity from the Nabataeans who made Petra their capital.Petra was the top architectural site for more than 400 years until it was occupied by the Romans in 1
9、06 AD.It was seen first when discovered in 1812 after being lost through the 16th century for nearly 300 years!Petra has 800 monuments,including buildings,tombs,baths,halls,temples,and streets,which were mostly carved in the pretty sandstone.Petra sights are in their finest in the early morning and
10、the late afternoon.Once the sun warms the colorful stones,you will see the majesty of Petra.1.What do we know about Petra from the passage?A.It is on the top of a mountain.B.It was a palace for the king.C.It is a unique site.D.It was built by the Nabataeans in 106 AD.答案C解析推理判断题。根据第一段的“Commonsensesay
11、sperhapstheresnothingontheplanetthatlookslikeit.”可推断佩特拉风光的独特性,故选C项。2.Where is Petra according to the passage?A.It is about 133 km south of Aqaba.B.It is about 262 km north of Amman.C.It is 80 km south of the Dead Sea.D.It is in southeast Jordan.答案C解析细节理解题。根据第三段的“TheDeadSeais80kilometresnorthofit.”可知
12、,答案为C项。3.According to the passage,Petra was lost .A.in the 1500sB.in the 1600sC.in the 1700sD.in the 1800s答案A解析推理判断题。根据最后一段的“Itwasseenfirstwhendiscoveredin1812afterbeinglostthroughthe16thcenturyfornearly300years!”可知,答案为A项。4.What is the best title for the passage?A.Jordan,a country worth visiting.B.P
13、etra,Jordans wonder of the world.C.The treasure hidden behind a mountain.D.Petra,the best-known ancient city in the world.答案B解析标题归纳题。根据第一段的“Petramaybethetreasureofanancientworld,hiddenbehindatallmountain.”和全文内容可知,本文主要介绍了约旦的一座古城佩特拉的特色,故答案为B项。四、七选五阅读理解The protection of our cultural heritage(遗产) is the
14、 necessary task.1 When people admit our culture,we will be proud of being part of the country so as to improve the unity and have the desire to make a contribution to society.The loss of cultural heritage will destroy a country,which can be seen in history.2 It refers to various kinds of traditional
15、 culture handed down from generation to generation and closely related to peoples life,including various practices,performances,festivals,traditional knowledge and skills,the related instruments,artifacts and culture places.For example,paper-cutting and Dragon Boat Festival have been regarded as cul
16、ture heritage,not only by our country but also by the United Nations.Nowadays,Hollywood movies take up the market and 3 So some people start to feel disappointed about the local culture,because they havent seen its importance.They are easy to deny the local culture,because they know little about it.
17、4Thus school students should receive the education of culture.The government has named a day called Chinese Cultural Heritage Day,with the purpose of spreading the local culture.When children grow up,they will fight for protecting the culture.5 So we should continue to work hard to do so.A.What is c
18、ulture heritage exactly?B.our spirit will spread from person to person.C.We can adopt the following methods of protection.D.Anyhow,the cultural heritage protection is a meaningful thing.E.Thus,it is necessary to build peoples awareness of local cultural heritage.F.in China many young people take the
19、se superheroes characters as their idols.G.The culture contains Chinese peoples spirit,which has been tested by time.答案15 GAFED五、语篇填空Hutong is a kind of ancient typical city street in Beijing.1.(surround) the Forbidden City,many were built during the Yuan,Ming and Qing 2.(dynasty).In order to establ
20、ish the strongest power for emperors,the royal family planned the city and arranged the residential areas(住宅区).The Forbidden City3. centre of the Beijing city,was the royal palace.At the end of the Qing Dynasty,after 4.(close) China came under the influence from abroad,many old hutongs lost 5.(they)
21、 former neat(灵巧的) arrangement.After the founding of the Peoples Republic of China in 1949,the conditions of hutong 6.(improve).But in recent years,the houses in many hutongs have been pulled 7. and then replaced by modern buildings.And the hutong today is fading into the shade for both tourists 8. l
22、ocal people.However,in the urban district of Beijing,hutongs still occupy one 9.(three) of the total area,providing housing for half population,so many hutongs 10.(survive) these years.In this respect,we see Beijing as an ancient yet modern city.答案1.Surrounding2.Dynasties3.the4.closed5.their6.were improved7.down8.and9.third10.have survived
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