人教版（2019）必修第二册：Unit 1 Cultural heritage Video time 课外阅读材料及读后练习（无答案）
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The Great Wall 课外阅读材料
The Great Wall 读后练习
There in the mist, enormous, majestic, silent and terrible, stood the Great Wall of China. Solitarily, with the indifference of nature herself, it ____________ ____________ the mountain side and ____________ ____________ to the depth of the valley.
—— W. Somerset Maugham
The Great Wall has a long and complicated history, ____________(目睹；见证) many ups and downs of powers and dynasties. For more than 2,000 years the wall ____________ ____________ (充当；用作) a powerful means of protection while nowadays it is described more as ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ and diligence of the ancient Chinese people than as an actual wall of fortification.
It’s generally believed that the first parts of the Great Wall were built during the Spring and Autumn Period, when the eastern and central regions of China ____________ _________ (由……构成) many small states. To protect their states from unwanted invaders, the princes ordered separate walls to be built along state borders. This practice continued until the Qin Dynasty, when the Great Wall as we know it now began to ____________ ____________(成形).
____________ ____________(打算) prevent his newly established state from attacks by the Xiongnu people, Qin Shi Huang ordered that a number of existing walls _________________ (construct) previously along the northern border be joined into a single system. Construction of what we ____________ ____________ ____________(称为) “Wan Li Chang Cheng” was one of the most ambitious building projects ever undertaken by any civilization. The famous Chinese general Meng Tian ____________ (最初) directed the project, and was said to have used a ____________(庞大的) army of soldiers, criminals and commoners as workers. It is also said that many people died while building the wall ____________ ____________ ____________ or ____________(由于疲惫或饥饿).
However, little of the Qin Wall remains. Actually, ____________ ____________ ____________ (大部分) the best-preserved walls date ____________ the Ming dynasty. Unlike the earlier fortifications, the Ming construction was stronger ____________ ____________(由于) the use of bricks and stone rather than rammed earth (夯土). In the Ming era, as China ____________(繁荣), the Great Wall was ____________ (systematic) maintained and strengthened to prevent further invasion from Mongolians, ruling class of the former Yuan Dynasty. The Ming wall ____________ (延伸) from Liaoning Province over 8, 000 kilometers west into Gansu Province, and ____________(蜿蜒) its way throughout the North China like a dragon of earth and stone.
After centuries of ____________ (v.风雨侵蚀), many sections of the Great Wall have collapsed or even completely disappeared ____________ ____________ ____________ (不留痕迹), depending on when they were built. But Chinese and international organizations are ____________ ____________ ____________ (努力保护) this unique treasure of incomparable historical value.
The significance of the Great Wall is ____________ ____________(难以言表). Between the 18th and 20th centuries, the Great Wall was regarded as a physical manifestation of Chinese strength in the Western world. In 1987, the Great Wall was officially acknowledged as a World Heritage site. Today, the Great Wall____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ (被公认为) one of the most impressive architectural feats in human history.
The Great Wall 读后练习
There in the mist, enormous, majestic, silent and terrible, stood the Great Wall of China. Solitarily, with the indifference of nature herself, it ____________ ____________ the mountain side and ____________ ____________ to the depth of the valley.
—— W. Somerset Maugham
The Great Wall has a long and complicated history, ____________(目睹；见证) many ups and downs of powers and dynasties. For more than 2,000 years the wall ____________ ____________ (充当；用作) a powerful means of protection while nowadays it is described more as ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ and diligence of the ancient Chinese people than as an actual wall of fortification.
It’s generally believed that the first parts of the Great Wall were built during the Spring and Autumn Period, when the eastern and central regions of China ____________ _________ (由……构成) many small states. To protect their states from unwanted invaders, the princes ordered separate walls to be built along state borders. This practice continued until the Qin Dynasty, when the Great Wall as we know it now began to ____________ ____________(成形).
____________ ____________(打算) prevent his newly established state from attacks by the Xiongnu people, Qin Shi Huang ordered that a number of existing walls _________________ (construct) previously along the northern border be joined into a single system. Construction of what we ____________ ____________ ____________(称为) “Wan Li Chang Cheng” was one of the most ambitious building projects ever undertaken by any civilization. The famous Chinese general Meng Tian ____________ (最初) directed the project, and was said to have used a ____________(庞大的) army of soldiers, criminals and commoners as workers. It is also said that many people died while building the wall ____________ ____________ ____________ or ____________(由于疲惫或饥饿).
However, little of the Qin Wall remains. Actually, ____________ ____________ ____________ (大部分) the best-preserved walls date ____________ the Ming dynasty. Unlike the earlier fortifications, the Ming construction was stronger ____________ ____________(由于) the use of bricks and stone rather than rammed earth (夯土). In the Ming era, as China ____________(繁荣), the Great Wall was ____________ (systematic) maintained and strengthened to prevent further invasion from Mongolians, ruling class of the former Yuan Dynasty. The Ming wall ____________ (延伸) from Liaoning Province over 8, 000 kilometers west into Gansu Province, and ____________(蜿蜒) its way throughout the North China like a dragon of earth and stone.
After centuries of ____________ (v.风雨侵蚀), many sections of the Great Wall have collapsed or even completely disappeared ____________ ____________ ____________ (不留痕迹), depending on when they were built. But Chinese and international organizations are ____________ ____________ ____________ (努力保护) this unique treasure of incomparable historical value.
The significance of the Great Wall is ____________ ____________(难以言表). Between the 18th and 20th centuries, the Great Wall was regarded as a physical manifestation of Chinese strength in the Western world. In 1987, the Great Wall was officially acknowledged as a World Heritage site. Today, the Great Wall____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ (被公认为) one of the most impressive architectural feats in human history.