Unit1 Cultural Relics
培优练习
一、阅读并选择最佳答案。
A
For Chinese, it’s a time for dragon boat racing and Zongzi（粽子）. But across the Yellow Sea, South Korea, wrestling（摔跤）and swing play are the highlights. However, both events go by the same name---the Dragon Boat Festival---which falls on May5 of the lunar calendar. One festival, two cultures: does one nation have the right to call its own? It has been reported that South Korea will apply（申请）to the United Nations Educational, Social and Cultural Organization（UNESCO联合国教科文组织）to make the celebration its cultural heritage（文化遗产）. If successful, people from other countries may see the Dragon Festival as a Korean creation. As the birthplace of the yearly event more than 2,000 years ago, China is not happy with the situation. “It would be a shame if another country successfully made a traditional Chinese festival part of its own cultural heritage ahead of China,” said Zhou Heping, deputy culture minister. The Ministry of Culture is even thinking of making its own application to UNESCO, covering all traditional Chinese festivals, including the Dragon Boat event. Over the years, the Dragon Boat Festival has spread throughout the world. In Japan and Viet Nam, as well as South Korea, the festival has mixed with and become part of local culture.With this in mind, some experts say that it is meaningless to argue about which country the festival belongs to. “No one can deny that it came from China,” said Long Haiqing, an expert from Hunan Province. “But if all the countries involved can protect culture heritage together, they will all benefit.” 1. The underlined word “highlights” can be probably replaced by “????? “. A. most exciting events B. highest lights on the building C. brightest lights at night D. most famous festivals 2. It can be inferred that South Korea A. has proclaimed（宣布）the Dragon Boat Festival as a part of its cultural heritage B. has the exactly same Dragon Boat Festival as China C. has no idea that China has such a festival D. is paying more attention to its cultural heritage than China 3. China is not happy with the situation because
A. it created the festival B. it is also making an application C. South Korea has no right to call the festival its own D. UNESCO may approve（批准）South Korea’s application 4. If South Korea’s application to UNESCO is successful, A. China will also make its own application to UNESCO B. it will be meaningless to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival C. people from other parts of the world will think South Korea created the festival D. the Dragon Boat Festival will become part of local culture 5. The author would probably support A. a move by South Korea to cancel its application B. China getting UNESCO’s approval of the festival first C. the opinion of Zhou Heping D. China paying more attention to its cultural heritage B
More than 10 million Chinese cultural relics have been lost overseas, lost of which were stolen and illegally shipped out of China during the times of war before 1949. About 1.67mill ion pieces are housed n more than 200 museums in4 7 countries, which accounts for 10 percent of all lost Chinese cultural relics, and the rest are in the hands of private collectors.
Most of these treasures are owned by museums or private collectors in the United States, Europe, Japan and Southeast Asian countries. There are more than 23, 000 pieces in the British Museum, most of which were stolen or bought for pennies more than 100 years ago.
The major method to recover these national treasures was to buy them back. In some cases, private collectors donated the relics to the government. Also the government can turn to official channels to demand the return of relics.
In 2003, a priceless bronze pig's head dating from the Qing Dynasty was returned to its home in Beijing after it was removed by the Anglo-French Allied Army over 140 years ago. Macao entrepreneur (企业家) Stanley Ho donated 6 million yuan to buy it back from a US art collector and then donated it to the Poly Art Museum in Beijing. Although buying-back is the most feasible way to recover the lost treasures, limited funding is always a big headache.
In recent years, the Chinese government has improved efforts to recover the precious cultural relics lost overseas. It has started a national project on the recovery of the treasures and has set up a database(数据库) collecting relevant information. It has signed several international agreements with many countries on this matter, and is also looking for international cooperation to recover the relics by working closely with several international organizations.
6. What is the passage mainly about?
A. The ways to recover cultural relics
B. The efforts to recover Chinese cultural relics
C. Stanley Ho donated a bronze pig's head to Beijing.
D. Chinese cultural relics were stolen by the Anglo-French Allied Army.
7. We can infer from the passage that _________.
A. China has enough money to buy all the cultural relics back.
B. the Chinese government has done a lot to recover the lost cultural relics
C. many countries have returned the lost cultural relics to China for free
D. China is preparing to set up a database to collect information about the lost cultural relics
8. Which of the following statements about the bronze pigs head is NOT true?
A. It was made in the Qing Dynasty.
B. It is now in the Poly Art Museum in Beijing
C. It was donated by the French government to China.
D. It was removed by the Anglo-French Allied Army over 140 years ago
9. The underlined word "feasible" in Paragraph 5 can be replaced by “_______”.
A. possible B. difficult C. wonderful D. Careful
二、翻译下列句子。
1 Animals that don’t have clean water may drink dirty water outside, which may contain something unhealthy for them.
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2 The research finds out that babies who are fed on demand do better at school at age 5,7,11 and 14, than babies fed according to the clock.
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3 医生建议我多吃含有维生素C的食物，这有助于感冒的恢复。
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4 在我们学校，英语角非常受那些想提高英语口语的学生们的欢迎.
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三、写作
假如你叫李华，你的些同学几乎天天去你校附近的几家网吧上网。对此，你校进行了一次激烈的讨论: 中学生应不应该去网吧。请你给《二十一世纪报，中学生版)的编辑写一封信，根据下列内容把讨论情况作简要描述，并征求编辑的意见。
45%的同学
1.认为不应该去网吧;
2.很多人只是聊天或玩电子游戏，浪费时间;
3.很多网站内容不适合学生。
50%的学生
1.认为应该去，因为上网是现代化的交流方式;
2.查阅信息，上网校，收发电子邮件等。
5%的同学
没有发表意见
征求编辑的意见
注意:1.词数100左右;
2.文章的开头和结尾已给出，不计人总词数。
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答案和解析
一、阅读并选择最佳答案。
1. A 【解析】通过第一段“but 后的内容表明，同一时刻，和中国的赛龙舟不同，韩国的重
点是摔跤和秋千。
2. D 【解析】A 夸大事实B.C文中没有提到，韩国已经递交申请，所以推断出韩国非常重
视文化遗产。
3. A 【解析】最后一段说“No one can deny that it came from China”
4. C 【解析】由 第二段最后一句。
5. D 【解析】结合第三段中国文化部制定对所有传统节日的申遗申请，作者认为中国对文
化遗产是非常重视的。
6．B 【解析】主旨大意题。本文用大量篇幅讲述了中国人民及政府为收回流失海外的文物所做的努力，可见B项是文章的主旨。
7. C 【解析】细节理解题。根据第一段的最后一句可知，中国丢失的大部分文物都在私人收藏家的手中
8．C 【解析】细节理理解题。根据文章第四四段内容可知，猪首是澳门企业家从美国收藏家手中买回捐赠给北京保利艺术博物馆的，而不是法国政府赠送的，所以c 项不对。
9．A 【解析】词义猜测题。根据文章第三段内容可知，收回文物的主要办法是将它们买回来，由此可推断买文物是较为“可行的”方法。故选A。
二、翻译下列句子。
1没有干净水的的动物可能会饮用外面的脏水，而这些水可能含有不健康的物质。
2 研究发现，按需求喂养的孩子在5，7，11，14岁时比按照时间表喂养的孩子在学校表现更好一些。
3 The doctor advised me to eat more food that is rich in vitamin C, which is of great help for me to recover from the bad cold.
4 In our school, English corner is popular with the students who want to improve their spoken English.
三、写作
Dear Editor,
Some students go to the net bars near our school almost every day. Last week, a heated discussion was held by us about whether middle school students should go to the net bars.
45% of the students thought that we shouldn't because the contents of many websites are not suitable for young students. In addition,it is really a waste of time.
Nearly half of the students held the view that we should because it is a modern method of communication. We can search for the information we need ,attend net school online, send and receive e-mails to keep in touch with our friends.
Still, there are 5% students who didn't express any of their ideas at all. Now, can you give us some advice on this problem?
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
Unit1 Cultural Relics
基础练习
一、选择最佳答案。
1. The king of Prussia who gave the Amber Room as a gift to Russia was_____ .
A Frederick Ⅰ B Frederick William Ⅰ
C Peter the Great D Catherine Ⅱ
2. The king of Prussia gave the Amber Room to Russia because ______.
A he wanted to marry Catherine Ⅱ B he was kind
C he needed better soldiers D he wanted to make friends
3. The Amber Room was stolen by _______ .
A Russian soldiers B German soldiers
C people in k?nigsberg D people in St Petersburg
4. In 1941 , the city of k?nigsberg was in _____.
A Germany B Russia
C Sweden D France
5. The Russians didn’t hide the Amber Room because ______ .
A they were at war B they couldn’t find a place
C the German soldiers arrived too soon D no train could take it away
6. Why is the original Amber Room missing?
A. It was stolen，taken apart and moved away.
B. It was buried in a coal mine.
C. It was destroyed by Peter the Great.
D. German soldiers sold it to some collectors.
7. When was the city of St Petersburg probably built?
A.In1941 B.In1770.
C.In1716 D.In1703
8. Where was the Amber Room when it was stolen?
A. In St Petersburg. B. On the Baltic Sea
C. Outside St Petersburg. D. In Konigsberg
9. There are many countries present at the meeting and one third of them______the developing country and the third world
A belong to B. are belong to C. belongs to D. are belonging to
10. At present, many people from countryside went to the cities____ better jobs
A, in search of B in place of C in memory of D. in spite of
11. We give dogs time, space and love we can spare, and______dogs give us their all.
A. in fact B. in all C. in fact D. in return
12 The police_______ him to see if he had a gun
A. searched for B. searched C. in search of D. looked for
13. You can find whatever you need at the shopping center, _______ is always busy at the weekend.
A. that B. which C. where D. what
14. I was given three books on cooking, the first _____ I really enjoyed.
A. of that B. of which C. that D. which
15. He was always speaking highly of her role in the play, ______, of course, made the others unhappy.
A. which B. that C. what D. this
16. John said he’d been working in the office for an hour, ______ was true.
A. he B. this C. which D. who
17. Recently I bought an ancient Chinese vase, ___________ was very reasonable.
A. which price B. the price of which C. its price D. the price of whose
18. Have you seen the film Titanic, ________ leading actor is world famous.
A. its B. it’s C. whose D. which
19. The famous basketball star, ____ tried to make a come-back, attracted a lot of attention.
A. that B. which C. where D. who
20._____ is reported in the newspapers, talks between the two countries are making progress.
A. That B. It C. As D. What
二、用适当的关系词aswhich填空。
1. He was late for class again, ______ made the teacher very angry.
2. He is late, ______ is often the case.
3. The weather turned out to be very good, ___ was more than we could expect.
4. ______ is mentioned above, the number of the students in senior high school is increasing.
5. There are 103 elements found in nature, most of _____ are metals.
三、用下列短语选择填空。
by the light of; on trial; to one's surprise; take apart;: think highly of;
for oneself; rather than; at the entrance to: care about; agree with
1. Workers were busy ________________ televisions, cellphones and computers anything electronic.
2. What we expect from you is working hard ________________ hardly working.
3. I don't want to pretend that I don't ________________________others' opinions, but I also have to be very practical.
4. Our English teacher loves us very much and he _______________________by all of us.
5. The teenager was found by the police ____________________a classroom.
6. Guided ______________ an almost full moon, we arrived at the new location, about an hour’s drive from the last village.
7. He will go_______________ later this month charged with murder.
8. I_____________ her at the beginning. However, he made me change my mind.
9. Through years of hard work, he has finally built up a good name ___________________in the scientific field.
10._________________, there has been a great change in this poor village.
四、课文短文改错。
A FACT OR AN OPINION?
What is a fact? Is it something that people believe? No, A fact is anything which can be proved. For an example.it can be proved that China has many people than any other country in the world. This is a fact.
Then what is an opinion? An opinion is what someone believe is true but has not been proved. So an opinion is not good evidence in a trial. For example, it is an opinion if you say “Cats are better pets than dogs”. It may be true, but it is difficultly to prove. Some people may not agree this opinion but they also cannot prove that we are right.
In a trial, a judge must decide which eyewitnesses to believe and which not to believe. The judge does not consider how each eyewitness looks like or where that person lives or works. He/ She only cares about whether the eyewitness has given true informations which must be facts rather than opinions. This kind of information is calling evidence
答案和解析
一、选择最佳答案。
1. B: 【解析】课文第一段第一句
2. D 【解析】第二段中说两位领导人互换礼物，可以看出是出于外交目的。
3. B 【解析】通过 第四段“some Nazis secretly stole the room itself” 可以得出结论。
4. A 【解析】通过第四段“ which was at a time was a german city”推断出
5. C 【解析】根据第四段“the Nazis army was near St Petersburg”得出。
6. A 【解析】第四段中可以得出结论，纳粹的偷盗，拆卸是丢失的主要原因。
7 D 【解析】最后一段说2003 年是300 周年纪念日，可以推理得出。
8 A 【解析】根据第四段“the Nazis army was near St Petersburg得出
9. A 【解析】belong to 无被动，无进行。
10 A 【解析】 in search of 寻找 in place of代替in memory of 记忆in spite of尽管
语境的意思是来自乡村的好多人来到城市寻找更好地工作。
11.D 【解析】in fact事实上in all共计in fact事实上in return反过来。语境的意思是我们给狗我们能够分出的时间、空间和爱，反过来，狗会给我们它们的一切。
12 B 【解析】句子当中缺谓语动词，只有search可以用，表示搜身。
13 B 【解析】先行词the shopping center在从句中做主语，用which或that。而本句子是非
限制性定语从句，所以不能用that。
14 B 【解析】从句要表达的是I really enjoyed. The first of three books on cooking，在非限制性定语从句中来代替three books的只能是which。
15A 【解析】在非限制性定语从句中来代替主句He was always speaking highly of her role in the play来做先行词,只能用which。
16 C 【解析】非限制定语从句先行词是句子John said he’d been working in the office for an hour,
17 B 【解析】指中国花瓶的价格合理，the price of the Chinese vase is reasonable.用在非限制性定语从句中，用which来代替the Chinese vase。
18 C 【解析】坦坦尼克好的主角是世界闻名的，表示所属用whose
19 D 【解析】代替The famous basketball star，在非限制性定语从句中代替人只能用who。
20 C 【解析】as is reported表示据报道，类似有as is said 据说。
二、用适当的关系词aswhich填空。
1 Which 2 as 3 which 4 as 5 which
三、用下列短语选择填空。
1 taking apart 2 rather than 3 care bout 4 is thought highly of 5 at the entrance to
6 by the light of 7 on trial 8 agreed with 9 for himself 10 To our surprise
四、课文短文改错。
A FACT OR AN OPINION?
What is a fact? Is it something that people believe? No, A fact is anything which can be proved.
that
For an example.it can be proved that China has many people than any other country in the world.
more
This is a fact.
Then what is an opinion? An opinion is what someone believe is true but has not been proved
believes
So an opinion is not good evidence in a trial. For example, it is an opinion if you say “Cats are
better pets than dogs”. It may be true, but it is difficultly to prove. Some people may not agree this
difficult
opinion but they also cannot prove that we are right.
they
In a trial, a judge must decide which eyewitnesses to believe and which not to believe. The judge
does not consider how each eyewitness looks like or where that person lives or works. He/She
what
only cares about whether the eyewitness has given true informations which must be facts rather
information
than opinions. This kind of information is calling evidence
called
Unit1 Cultural Relics
提高练习
选择最佳答案。
A
If Confucius（孔子）were still alive today and could celebrate his September 28 birthday with a big cake, there would be a lot of candles. IIe’d need a fan or a strong wind to help him put them out. While many people in China will remember Confucius on his special day, few people in the United States will give him a passing thought. It’s nothing personal.? Most Americans don’t even remember the birthdays of their own national heroes. ?
But this doesn’t mean that Americans don’t care about Confucius. In many ways he has become a bridge that foreigners must cross if they want to reach a deeper understanding of China.
In the past two decades, the Chinese studies programs have gained huge popularity in Western universities.? More recently, the Chinese government has set up Confucius Institutes in more than 80 countries.? These schools teach both Chinese language and culture.? The main courses of Chinese culture usually included Chinese art, history and philosophy（哲学）.? Some social scientists suggest that Westerners should take advantages of the ancient Chinese wisdom to make up for the drawbacks of Westerners philosophy.? Students in the United States, at the same time, are racing to learn Chinese. So they will be ready for life in a world where China is an equal power with the United States. Businessmen who hope to make money in China are reading books about Confucius to understand their Chinese customers.?
So the old thinker’s ideas are still alive and well. Today China attracts the West more than ever, and it will need more teachers to introduce Confucius and Chinese culture to the West. As for the old thinker, he will not soon be forgotten by people in the West, even if his birthday is.
1 The opening paragraph is mainly intended to ________
A. provide some key facts about Confucius?
B. attract the readers’ interest in the subject
C. show great respect for the ancient thinker?
D. prove the popularity of modern birthday celebrations
2. We can learn from Paragraph 4 that American students______
A. have a great interest in studying Chinese?
B. take an active part in Chinese competitions
C. try to get high scores in Chinese exams??
D. fight for a chance to learn Chinese
3. What is the best title for the passage?
A Forgotten Wisdom in America B. Huge Fans of the Chinese Language
C. Chinese Culture for Westerners D. Old Thinker with a Big Future
4 The passage is likely to appear in ___________.
A. a biography B. a history paper C. a newspaper D. a philosophy textbook
B
The Taj Mahal (泰姬陵) is a love story, a sad and beautiful one. If it didn’t exist, we would easily imagine that the story of its construction was simply a fairy tale. Three hundred years ago, there lived an Indian emperor called Shah Jahan. His wife was a beautiful and bright woman whom he loved greatly. Her title was Mumtazl Mahan: its shortened form Taj Mahan means “pride of the palace”. In the year 1630 this beloved wife of the emperor died. He was so brokenhearted that he thought of giving up his throne. He decided out of his love for his wife, to build her the most beautiful tomb that had ever been seen.
He summoned the best artists and architects from India, Turkey, Persia and Arabia and finally, the design was complete. It took more than twenty thousand men working over a period of 18 years to build the Taj Mahan, one of the most beautiful buildings in the world. The building itself stands on a marble platform 29 meters square and 67 meters high. Towers rise from each of the four corners. The Taj itself soars another 61 meters into the air. It is an eight-sided building made of white marble. The emperor planned to build an identical tomb of black marble for himself on the other side of the river connected by a silver bridge. However his son put him into a prison in the palace before he could finish, and for the rest of his life, he could only gaze across river at the tomb of his beloved wife.
5. The whole passage tells us about ______
A. a beautiful fairy tale
B. the story of the Taj Mahal
C. white and black marble tombs made for two emperors
D. the love story of Emperor Shah Jahan and his wife
6. Which of the following statements is NOT true about the Taj Mahal?
A. It was completed quickly owing to the efforts of the best artists and workers.
B. A lot of people took part in the building work
C. It is a magnificent building.
D. It is a tomb for the emperor’s beloved wife.
7. The emperor’s own tomb was designed to be ____________.
A. 61 meters high B. eight-sided
C. black-coloured D. white-colored
8 The emperor _____________.
A. died soon after Taj Mahan died
B. was killed by his son
C. was beloved by his people
D. died after 1648
二、用下列词汇补全短文
rare designed decorated style doubt
fancy dynasties amazing worth jewels
Chen Lei studied art history and the early __1______ of China in a university. He was able to recognize the __2___ of different cultural relics from former times, especially the Tang and Song dynasties. One day he was looking in a second-hand furniture shop when he saw an ______3__ object among the many different vases and ___4_____. It was a mirror ____5___ in the Song Dynasty and _____6__ in the ____7__ style of that time. He recognized that it was a ____8___ cultural relic, but at a price he could afford, so he bought it at once. Later he gave it to his local museum. The people there were very happy and without _____9 consider it one of the treasures of their collection. To them, it was ____10__ much more than Chen Lei paid.
三、翻译下列句子。
1. He who knows nothing but pretends to know everything, is indeed a good-for –nothing.
_______________________________________________________________________________
2. He that makes himself a sheep shall be eaten by the wolf.
_______________________________________________________________________________
3. It’s the first step that costs.
_______________________________________________________________________________
4. He who would climb that ladder must begin at the bottom.
_______________________________________________________________________________
5. He who is full of himself is very empty.
_______________________________________________________________________________
答案和解析
一、选择最佳答案。
A：
1．B【解析】目的意图题。根据第一段内容可知，如果孔子仍然活着并能庆祝生日的话，将会有很多蜡烛，他需要一个扇子或很大的风才能吹灭，这样说是为了吸引读读者的的兴趣，让读者继续读下去
2．A 【解析】推理理判判断题。根据第四段第一句“ In the Past decades. The Chinese studies programs have gained huge Popularity in western universities ”和第六句“are
racing to learn Chinese．”可知，美国学生对中国国文化很感兴趣
3．D【解析】标题归納题。本文主要向我们介绍了孔子思想对西方的影响。
4．C【解析】文章出处题。本文向我们介绍了孔子思想对西方的影响，以及将来可能产生的影响，很可能出自报纸，所以选C
B:
5.【解析】全文是围绕泰姬陵的建造过程展开的，所以选B
6. 【解析】文中第二段It took more than twenty thousand men working over a period of 18 years to build the Taj Mahan，可见工程浩大，历时长久。
7.【解析】最后一段 emperor planned to build an identical tomb of black marble for himself，君主的墓是黑色的。
8.【解析】第一段In the year 1630 this beloved wife of the emperor died，和第二段It took more than twenty thousand men working over a period of 18 years to build the Taj Mahan，可知，君主是1648 年以后死的。
二、用下列词汇补全短文
1 dynasties 2 style 3 amazing 4 jewels 5 designed
6 decorated 7fancy 8 rare 9 doubt 10 worth
三、翻译下列句子。
1. 不懂装懂，一事无成
2. 甘当小绵羊，迟早要喂狼.
3. 万事开头难
4. 千里之行，始于足下。
5. 自满的人腹中空.
