高中英语unit5Meetingyourancestors单元检测题新人教版选修8.docx
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高中英语unit5Meetingyourancestors单元检测题新人教版选修8
unit5Meetingyourancestors
Ⅰ.阅读理解
A
Anexhibitionofmodels,3DimagesandvideoshasbroughttheOldSummerPalace,knownasYuanmingyuan,backtolife,givingafascinatinginsightintothelifeofChina’sroyalfamilies.SunYuanqingreports.
Morethanacenturyafteritwaslooted(掠夺)andburneddown,Yuanmingyuanhasbeenrestoredtoitsformergloryinauniqueway.
ExhibitionGloryoftheYuanmingyuan,arousesthehistoryandcultureofYuanmingyuanthroughmodels,3Dimagesandvideos.ItiscurrentlyondisplayattheChineseCultureCenterinMoscowincelebrationoftheChinaRussiaTourismYear.
“ItisabreakthroughinthehistoryofYuanmingyuan,”saysChenYanying,cocurator(联合馆长)oftheexhibition.“Itisnotmeanttocondemnthecountriesthattookpartintheturmoil(骚动),instead,itisgoingtosendapositivevoice,toletmorepeoplelearnaboutandcometovisitYuanmingyuan.”
Yuanmingyuan’sculturalrelics,artworksandarchitecturethatwerelootedordestroyedinthelate1800sandearly1900s,havenowbeenbroughttolifeonthetouchpanels.AminiaturemodelofHaiyantang,thelargestEuropeangardeninYuanmingyuan,alsomadeitsdebut(登场),alongwithreplicas(复制品)ofthe12bronzezodiacanimalheadsthatdecorateitsfountain.
Oneofthehighlightsoftheeventisthevariousinteractive(交互式)programsthatallowvisitorstonotonlyappreciate,butalsotakepartinthecreationprocessofart,saysChen.
“ForpeoplewhoknowlittleaboutYuanmingyuan,picturesalonecan’tdoit,”saysChen.“That’swhyweneedtodevelopexperiencecenterstohelppeopleinothercountriesrelatetoYuanmingyuan.”
Intheexperiencecenterofroyalarchitecturedesign,visitorscantrytobuildarchitecturemodels,discoveringhowChinesearchitecturetakesshapewithoutusingnailsandglue.
IntheminiatureBanmuyuanGarden,theplacewheretheroyalfamilywatchedopera,therearehandmadeembroidered(绣花的)costumesandpuppets(木偶),whichvisitorscantryonandposeforphotographswith.Intheimperialschoolroom,wheretheprincesoftheroyalfamilyusedtostudy,visitorscanlearnChinesecalligraphy.
语篇解读:
本文是一篇说明文。
主要介绍在莫斯科中国文化中心进行的圆明园模型、三维图像和视频展。
1.InwhatwayisYuanmingyuanexhibitedinMoscow?
A.Bymodels,3Dimagesandvideos.
B.Onlybymodels.
C.Bymodelsand3Dimages.
D.Bymodelsandvideos.
解析:
选A 细节理解题。
从第一段的“Anexhibitionofmodels,3DimagesandvideoshasbroughttheOldSummerPalace”可看出答案。
2.ForwhatpurposedidweholdtheexhibitionaboutYuanmingyuaninMoscow?
A.TodevelopbetterrelationshipwithRussia.
B.TomakemorepeoplelearnsomethingaboutYuanmingyuan.
C.ToshowChinesetechnologytotheworld.
D.ToexhibitChineseculturetotheworld.
解析:
选B 细节理解题。
根据第四段的“instead,itisgoingtosendapositivevoice,toletmorepeoplelearnaboutandcometovisitYuanmingyuan”可知目的是想让更多的人了解圆明园。
3.Whatisoneofthemostwonderfulpartsoftheexhibition?
A.Visitorscanlistentotheintroductions.
B.Visitorscantouchreplicas.
C.Visitorscanperformbythemselves.
D.Visitorscanenjoyandparticipateinthecreationprocessofart.
解析:
选D 细节理解题。
从第六段的“Oneofthehighlightsoftheeventis...allowvisitorstonotonlyappreciate,butalsotakepartinthecreationprocessofart”可知答案。
4.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrueaccordingtothelastparagraph?
A.Theprincesoftheroyalfamilyplayedintheimperialschoolroom.
B.Banmuyuanistheplacewheretheroyalfamilywatchedopera.
C.Visitorscantryonhandmadeembroideredcostumestotakephotos.
D.VisitorscanlearnChinesehandwriting.
解析:
选A 推理判断题。
从最后一段的“Intheimperialschoolroom,wheretheprincesoftheroyalfamilyusedtostudy”可知A项是不正确的。
B
TheEiffelTowerisoneofEurope’smostfamousbuildings.ItstandsintheChampdeMars,aparkneartheRiverSeineinParis.Itis300meterstallandwasbuiltbyAlexandreGustaveEiffelfortheParisUniversalExpositionin1889,or“expos”aswenowcallthem,andthese“expos”areplaceswherepeoplecanseenewinventions,newkindsofart,andnewkindsoffood.
Becausethetowerwassuchatallbuilding,Eiffelwantedtomakeiteasyforpeopletogettothetop.Hewantedtouseanelevator,whichwasaverynewinventionatthetime.EiffelaskedElishaOtistodesignanelevatortothefirstandsecondplatformsofthebuilding.Unfortunately,theFrenchgovernmentdidnotlikethefirstdesignthatOtisshowedthem,andtheywouldnotlethimputtheelevatorin.Byearly1889,thefirstvisitorshadtoclimbhundredsofstairstogetonthefirstandsecondplatformsofthetower.
TheEiffelTowercostoveramillionUSdollars—alotofmoneyatthattime.Peoplewhoinvestedinthebuildingwereworriedthattheywouldnotgettheirmoneyback.However,inthefirstyeartheygotmuchmorethantheirmoneyback.Thousandsofticketsweresoldtopeoplewhowantedtogoupandlookattheviewfromthetop.
TheopeningoftheEiffelTowertookplaceon10June1889.Eiffelhimselflivedinthetowerwherehehadhisownapartment.Manykingsandqueensvisitedthetowerduringtheopeningand,ofcourse,theyvisitedEiffel’sapartment.AlthoughEiffeldesignedthetowerforpeopletovisit,itwasalsousedforscientificexperiments.Nowadays,thetowergetstwiceasmanyvisitorsastheotherveryfamousbuildinginParis—theLouver.
TheWriterOscarWildesaidthathelikedtheEiffelTowerbecauseitwastheonlyplaceinParisfromwhichhecouldnotseetheEiffelTower!
语篇解读:
本文主要介绍法国的埃菲尔铁塔:
历史、造价、开放、评价。
5.Thestoryisbout________.
A.newinventions B.tallbuildings
C.expensivebuildingsD.atowerinParis
解析:
选D 主旨大意题。
本文主要介绍法国的埃菲尔铁塔。
6.TheelevatorintheEiffelTower________.
A.costoveramilliondollars
B.wasmadebyAlexandreEiffel
C.tookpeopletothetop
D.wasdesignedbythegovernment
解析:
选C 细节理解题。
根据第二段的“Becausethetowerwassuchatallbuilding,Eiffelwantedtomakeiteasyforpeopletogettothetop.”可知答案。
7.PeoplevisittheEiffelTowertosee________.
A.AlexandreEiffel
B.Eiffel’sapartment
C.theviewofParisfromthetop
D.thekingsandqueensofEurope
解析:
选C 细节理解题。
根据第三段的“Thousandsofticketsweresoldtopeoplewhowantedtogoupandlookattheviewfromthetop.”可知答案。
8.TheonlyplaceinParisyoucannotseetheEiffelTowerfromis________.
A.theLouvreB.theEiffelTower
C.ChampdeMarsD.TheRiverSeine
解析:
选B 细节理解题。
根据最后一段的“helikedtheEiffelTowerbecauseitwastheonlyplaceinParisfromwhichhecouldnotseetheEiffelTower”可知答案。
C
Zhoukoudianisasmallvillagesituatedabout50kilometerstothesouthwestofBeijing.Inthe1920s,archaeologistsdiscoveredsomeprehistorichumanbonestherewhichchangedpeople’sviewofChina’shistory.TheycamefromanunknownspeciesofmanandwerethefirstevidenceofhumanlifeinChinathousandsofyearsago.Theremainswerethreeteeth!
In1929,acompleteskullwasalsodiscovered.Eventually,archaeologistsfoundalmost200items,includingsixskullsandmorethan150teeth.Thesediscoveriesprovedtheexistenceofahumanspecieswholivedintheareabetween700,000and200,000yearsago.FoursiteswhereBeijingManandhisrelativeslivedwerediscoveredonthenorthernfaceofLonggushan.Theylivedinthecavesinthearea.
However,thelifespanofBeijingManwasshort.About70%ofthepeopleprobablydiedbeforetheageof14.Fewerthan5%livedtotheageof50.Asheswerefoundalongsidethefossilswhichshowedtheyhadusedfireforcookingfoodandalsoforlight,warmth,andprotectionagainstwildanimals.Thisistheearliestevidenceoftheuseoffireanywhereintheworld.Theyalsomadetoolsofbonesandstones.Unfortunately,whenJapaninvadedChinain1937,excavations(发掘)attheBeijingManSitestoppedandmostofthefossilsdisappeared,includingaBeijingManskull.AfterthePeople’sRepublicofChinawasestablishedin1949,theworkstartedagain.
ZhoukoudianwaslistedasaWorldHeritageSiteinDecember1987.IthasnotonlygivenusimportantinformationaboutprehistoricAsiansocieties,butalsoprovidedamazingevidenceabouttheprocessofevolution.Today,partsofthecaveshavebeenbadlyaffectedbyrain.Someareasarealmostcompletelycoveredinweeds,causingseriousdamage.Pollutionfromthenearbyfactorieshasalsocontributedtotheproblem.ThisisaveryseriousmatterandtheChineseAcademyofSciencesistryingtoraisepublicawarenessofit.
语篇解读:
文章向我们介绍了周口店“北京人”遗址,它的位置,发现过程以及考古意义。
9.Archaeologists________.
A.thoughtthatZhoukoudianwasabeautifulvillage
B.thoughtthatthefindingsinZhoukoudianwouldn’tchangethehistoryofChina
C.discoveredsomeprehistorichumanbonesinZhoukoudian
D.thoughtthatthefindingsinZhoukoudianarethefirstevidenceofhumanlifeinAsia
解析:
选C 细节理解题。
根据第一段中的“Inthe1920s,archaeologistsdiscoveredsomeprehistorichumanbonestherewhichchangedpeople’sviewofChina’shistory.”可知答案。
10.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrue?
A.ThediggingwasdelayedbytheJapaneseinvasioninthe1930s.
B.TheseancientChinesewerethefirstpeopletousefireindailylife.
C.Somevaluablethingsexcavatedfromthesitearestillmissing.
D.ThediggingofZhoukoudianisfamousandiswellfunded.
解析:
选D 推理判断题。
根据第三段中的内容可知A、B、C三项都正确,根据最后一段周口店遗址的破坏可以确定没有吸引到资金。
11.What’sthemainideaofthelastparagraph?
A.ThediggingofZhoukoudianisstillunderway.
B.Zhoukoudianplaysanimportantpartinthestudyofprehistoricsocieties.
C.ZhoukoudianisaWorldHeritageSite.
D.Zhoukoudianisingreatneedofprotection.
解析:
选D 主旨大意题。
本段在开头叙述完周口店对于考古的意义之后详细叙述周口店现在所处的糟糕状况,因此D项才是该段的大意。
12.Fromthepassage,wecaninferthat________.
A.theworkofexcavatingtheBeijingManSitehasnotproceededsmoothly
B.BeijingManhadashortlife
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