2022届英语新情境训练题（一）

英语新情境训练题（一）

Dailyreading(1)

1.Readthepassageandfillinthemissingwords.

AfterIhad(1)Qitoverandoveragaininmymind,thebigday(2)

arrived:myfirstdayatseniorhigh!Iwokeupearlyandrushedoutofthedoorinmy

(3)etogettoknowmynewschool.

The(4)wasstillquietwhenIarrived,soIdecidedto(5)ea

bit.IwaslookingatthephotosonthenoticeboardwhenIhearda(6)

behindme."Newhere?"(7)Taround,Isawawhite-hairedman."Yes,"I

replied."I'm(8)wwhatlifeisgoingtobelikehere.”"Don'tworry,he

gavemean(9)smile."You'Hsoonfindout.”

Howtruethesewordswere!WhenmyEnglishteachersteppedintotheclassroom,

IwassurprisedtoseethesamemanIhadmet(10)e.

“Goodmorning,everyone.Beforewestart,pleasecometothefrontonebyone

and(11)yourselftotheclass.Tilgofirst.・・”

“What?!”Itriedtoturnonmy(12)bbuttheenginejustwouldn'tstart.

“Ishouldsaymyname,ofcourse.Butwhatelse?WhatcouldIsaytomakeagood

first(13)?Somethingaboutmyinsectcollection,perhaps791was(14)o

mywordsinmyheadwhenthegirlnexttomegavemeanudge."It'syour

(15)!”

With(16)binmystomach,Ibreatheddeeply."Hi,I'mMengHao.^^

Everyonestartedlaughing.Ilookedatthemin(17)Q."Nicetoknowwe(18)

thesamename,“saidmynewteacher.Ihadbeentoo(19)topayattention

whenheintroducedhimself!AlthoughIwas(20)e,hiswordsmademealot

morerelaxed!,9

Whenwehadallintroducedourselves,MrMengsaid,"Welldone,everyone!I

knowthisisn't(21)formanyofyou.Butthisisjustthekindofthingyou

aregoingtofaceatseniorhigh.(22)Clikethismightsometimesputyou

underpressure.Butitall(23)onwhatyoudo.Keepcalmandbe(24)

p.Thatway,you911makethemostofyourtimeatseniorhigh.”

Peoplesay,"Wellbegun,halfdone."I(25)thiswasagoodbeginning

tomynewschoollife.

2.Whatisthetextabout?Isthereatopicsentenceoraconcludingsentence?

3.Howdoestheauthororganizethetext?Whatdoeshedescribeinthetext?

4.Howhastheauthor'sfeelingchangedfrombeginningtoend?

5.Whatwritingtechniqueshaveyoulearnedthat'susefulinyourextendedwriting(读后续写)?

6.Writeashortpassagedescribingabigdayorabigeventinyourlife.

Keys:

1.(1)pictured;(2)finally;(3)eagerness;(4)campus/school;(5)explore;(6)voice;(7)Turning;

(8)wondering;(9)assuring/encouraging;(10)earlier;(11)introduce;(12)brain;(13)

impression;(14)organizing;(15)turn;(16)butterflies;(17)panic/puzzles;(18)share/have;

(19)nervous;(20)embarrassed;(21)easy;(22)Challenges;(23)depends;(24)prepared;(25)

guess/think

2.Theauthor'sfirstdayatSeniorHigh./Yes.Firstsentenceofthefirstparagraphrevealsthe

theme-thefirstdayatSeniorHigh.Andlastparagraphconcludesaboutit:agoodbeginning.

3.Heusesalead-inparagraphandaconcludingparagraph.Hedescribeshisexperiencesand

feelingsinhisbigdayintimeorder.Heusesalotofvividdescriptionsaboutactions,feelings,

anddialogues,etc./Beforegoingtoschool;arrivingatschool;duringtheEnglishclass;After

theEnglishclass(theschoolcampus,newEnglishteacher,firstEnglishclass,theteacher's

encouragingwords,etc.)

4.Fromunsuretoconfident:eager(tofindoutwhatlifeisgoingtobelike);surprised(tosee

thathisEnglishteacherwasthemanhehadmetearlier;nervousanduncertain(aboutwhatto

saytointroducehimself);afraidandinpanic(whenlaughedat);embarrassedbutmore

relaxed(whentheteacherexplainedtheysharedthesamename);confident(abouthisnew

schoollifeaftertheEnglishclass).

5.(Answerscanbevaried.)

Dailyreading(2)

Readthefollowingpassage.Fillineachblankwithapropersentencegiveninthebox.Each

sentencecanbeusedonlyonce.Notethattherearetwomoresentencesthanyouneed.

A.Allyouneedtodoistowaitforittocometrue.

B.It'sjustontheotherside.

C.Remember,you'vegottogetpassedobstaclesinordertosucceed.

D.Successhasnoexcuse-youeithergetitoryoudon't.

E.Thekeyistofindawaytopreventitfromhappening.

F.Youjustdon'tstandthereandletitdotheworkforyou.

G.Itwilltripyouupeverytime.

Everybodywantssuccess.Somepeopleaimforit;othersjusttalkaboutit.Weallknowwhat

itlookslikewhensomeoneelsehasit.Oftenitjustseemslikesomethingtoofaroutofreach.The

truthtosuccessiscloserthanyouthink.]Onlyyouhavetowantitenough,andbe

willingenoughtogetit.

Fearisyourbiggestobstacle-fearoffailure,fearofthejudgmentofothers,fearofactually

succeeding.2Itwillcauseyoutomakedecisionsthatmayseem"right"atthetime,but

they'repreventingyoufromactuallygettingoverthatwall.

3Theminuteyoufindareasonnottotakeanothersteptowardssuccessisthe

momentyoustopbeingsuccessful.Inthesymphonyofsuccess,excusesarejustnoise.

Gototheothersideofobstacles.Everyonefaceschanges,differentonesatdifferenttimes.

Weallhandlethesamechallengesdifferently;weallhavedifferentresults.It*showyouhandle

eachoneandwhatyoudowiththeresultsthatcount.Anobstacleissomethingyoueitherfinda

wayaroundorallowittostopyou.4

Gototheothersideoffailures.Noteverythingworks;evenifitworksforotherpeople,the

samethingjustdoesn'tworkfbrus.Sowhat?Failurecaneitherbecomeanobstacleandanexcuse

ofitcanbecomeyourteacherinwhatnottodo.

Ittakeseffort,commitment,andfollow-through.Theycallitaladderofsuccessfora

reason...becauseyouneedtoclimbitinordertogetsomewhere.It'snotanescalator.5

Youhavetodotheworkyourself.Sometimesitwillbeeasy;othertimesyou'llbecarryinga

heavyloadonyourshoulders.Theladderremainsthesame.Successstillwaitsontheotherside.

It'sgoingtotakedeterminationandpersistenceonyourparttogetupandoverthatwall.

So,whichsidedoyouwanttobeon?

Keys:

1.B2.G3.D4.C5.F

Dailyreading(3)

Readthetextandsummarisewhateachparagraphismainlyabout.Howwouldyou

describethematersmentionedinthetext?

Mastersoftime

InthequietcourtyardsofXiSanSuo,behindthehighwallsoftheforbiddencity,

timeticksatitsownpace.Ifithadn*tbeenforathree-episodedocumentary,outsiders

wouldneverhaveknownthattheplainly-dressedpeopleworkingherearemastersof

theircraft,whohavespenttheirlivesrestoringpreciousantiques.Amongtheseisthe

clockrestorationmaster,WangJin.

Walkingthroughthesevencrimsongatestowardshisworkplace,WangJinstill

regardshimselfasanordinaryworkerinthePalaceMuseum,althoughnowhe'soften

stoppedbyaadmirerswantingtheirphototakenwithhim.Dayin,dayout,MrWang

andhisstudentsspendtheirtimerestoringclocksdatingbackhundredsofyears.But

forquitesometime,heandhisstudent,QiHaonanusedtobetheonlytwopeople

repairingtimepiecesinthePalaceMuseum.

Qingemperorswereveryfondofclocks.Therefore,inordertopleasethem,

foreignenvoyspresentedtheseemperorswiththemostintricateandsplendid

timepieces.Today,thePalaceMuseumhasoneofthemostsignificantcollectionsof

timepiecesintheworld,mainlyoriginatingfromEuropeandChina.Withobjects

rangingfromsmallpocketwatchestotheclocksoveronemeterinheight,eachof

theserequiresitsownuniquemethodofrestoration.Giventhecomplexityofthework

andthelackofnecessarymaterials,thismeansthateachexpertcanworkona

maximumoftwolargepiecesayear.But,throughtheirpainstakingefforts,MrWang

andhisstudentsdomorethanrepairtheclocks-theybringthembacktolife.

TheonlysoundtobreakthesilenceinWangJin'sworkshopisthechiming

melodyoftherepairedandpolishedclocks.ToWangJinitisthemostbeautifulmusic

intheworld.Now,aftereightmonthsofendlessadjustments,thetimehasfinally

comeforMrWangtowindupthegiganticclocksthatdatebacktothetimeof

EmperorQianlong.Theintricatelyfashionedobjectsthathavestoodstillforcenturies

instantlycomebacktolife:waterflows,boatssail,dogsbark,chickensflaptheir

wingsandawomanstartstospin.Itisatrulyawe-inspiringmoment.Itissuddenly

clearthatwhentheclockmasterssaythat"theseantiqueshavelives"，itisneitheran

exaggerationnorthemetaphor.

Butdespitethecombinedworkofseveralgenerationsofmasters,itseems

unlikelythattherestorationoftheclockswilleverbecomplete.Evenifeveryclock

inthePalaceMuseumwererestored,therewouldstillbeworktodo,because

restorationwouldprobablyneedtobeginagainontheclocksthatwererepairedlong

ago.Thisisaraceagainsttimethatcanneverbewon!Nevertheless,MrWang

remainsoptimisticaboutthefutureofthesetimepieces.Followinginthefootstepsof

hisownteacherallthoseyearsago,MrWanghasnowpassedonhisskillstothenew

members,whowilltakeonmanyofthefuturerepairs.What'smore,inspiredto

followinhisfather'sfootsteps,MrWang'ssonnowhasalsotakenuprepairing

antiqueclocks.Thisnewgenerationofartisanswillnotonlyhelppreservetraditional

skills;theinnovationtheybringtothecraftwillalsoensurethattheartofclock

repairingstandsthetestoftime.

Intoday'sfast-pacedworldthesayingthattimewaitsfornomanhasnever

seemedmoreapt.YetinsidehiddencourtyardsofXiSanSuo,thereissomething

timelessaboutthewayMrWangandhiscolleaguessedatelypiecetogetherthepast

withskillfulhandsandmodesthearts.Itisasiftheyhavebecomeonewiththeircraft

andwiththehistoryofthecountry.

Keys:

Para.1:BriefintroductionofWangJin:whoheisandwhereheworks.

Para.2:TheuniquenessofWangJinandhisstudent

Para.3:Thechallengesoftheirwork

Para.4:Oneexampleofhowtheybringtheclocksbacktolife

Para.5:Theoptimisticfutureoftheartofclockrepairing

Para.6:Asummaryoftheirgreatqualities

Thematersmentionedinthetextaredevoted/dedicated/committed,loyal,

self-contented,hard-working,patient,skillful,modest,innovative.

DailyReading⑷

■Readthecolumnoflettersfromthereaders.Thenwriteyourresponsetotheeditor.

Socialinsights:AfamilydinnerisanimportanttraditiontocelebrateSpringFestival.

Nowadays,somepeoplechoosetohavethedinnerinarestaurant,butnoteveryoneis

keenonthisidea.Whatdoourreadersthink?

DearEditor,

WehaveeatenoutfortheSpringFestivalfamilydinnerforthelastthreeyears,and

wehaveenjoyeditnolessthaneatingathome.Idon'tunderstandwhysomepeople

refusetoembracethechange.

Can'ttheyadmitthatthepreparationsforthedinnerarehardwork?Ireallydon't

thinkit'sworththeeffortofspendingsomuchtimepreparingforasinglemeal,and

thenanotherhourcleaningupthemessafterit'sover.Weworkallyear,sowhycan't

onedaybeaboutspendingtimewithfamilyandrelaxing?

Eatingoutisagoodchoiceandithasnothingtodowithlossoftraditions.Westill

havethedinnerwiththesamepeople,justinadifferentplace.Theoccasionismore

enjoyablewithoutallthattiringcooking,andthedishestastebetter!

Inmyopinion,whatorwhereweeatonSpringFestivalEvereallydoesn'tmatter.

Eatingoutmaychangetheformofthistradition,butthelovebetweenthefamily

memberssittingaroundthetabletogetherremainsthesame.

WangPeng,softwareengineer

DearEditor,

Forthisyear'sSpringFestivalfamilydinner,mysonhasbookedatableatthebest

restaurantintown,butI'mabitunhappyaboutit.Forme,itjustwon'tfeellike

SpringFestivalhavingthedinnerout.

WhenIwasalittleboy,thedinnerontheeveofSpringFestivalwaswhatIlooked

forwardtomost.Itwasnotonlyforthedeliciousfoodthatweseldomgottoeat,but

fortheopportunitytohaveourwholefamilygatheredtogether.Iwouldrunaround

thehouse,listeningtotheadultschattingabouttheiryear.Tdgetundermymother's

feetinthekitchen,watchinghermakedumplings.She'dputtokensinsome

dumplings:candiesforasweetlifeandpeanutsforalongandhealthyone.Inthe

evening,allofuswouldsitaroundthetable,enjoyingthefoodandbeingtogether

again.Wetoastedeachother,welaughed,andsimple,homemadedishestastedmore

deliciousthananythingcookedbyatopchef.

Ihopemychildrenandtheirchildrenwillstillvalueourmemoriesofpreparingthe

dinnertogether.Tome,theprocessisevenmoreimportantthanthedinneritself.

LiuYonghui,retiredteacher

Dailyreading(5)

Researchshowstheaveragepersononlyhasregularcommunicationwithbetweensevenand

fifteenpeople,andthatmostofourcommunicationisinfactwithfivetotenpeoplewhoare

closesttous.However,perhapsweareclosertotherestoftheworldthanwethink.t4SixDegrees

ofSeparation^^refertothetheorythatanypersononEarthcanbeconnectedtoanyotherperson

throughachainofnomorethanfiveotherpeople.

Theconceptwasfirsttalkedaboutaslongagoasinthe1920s.TheHungarianauthorFrigyes

KarinthypublishedabookcalledEverythingisDifferentis1929,inwhichheintroducedtheidea

offriendshipnetworksandhisideasinfluencedmanyofourearlyimpressionsofsocialnetworks.

Inthe1950s,anattemptwasmadebytwoscientiststoprovethetheorymathematically;but

aftertwentyyears,theystillhadnothadanysuccess.In1967,anAmericansociologistcalled

StanleyMilgramtriedusinganewmethodtotestthetheory,whichhecalledthe"small-world

problem”.HechosearandomsampleofpeopleinthemiddleofAmericaandaskedthemtosend

packagestoastrangerinthestageofMassachusetts.Thepeoplesendingthepackagesonlyknew

thename,jobandgenerallocationofthestranger.Milgramtoldthemtosendthepackagetoa

persontheyknewpersonallywhotheythoughtmightknowthetargetstranger.Oncetheparcel

hadbeenreceivedbythisperson,he/shewouldsendtheparcelontoacontactoftheirsuntilthe

parcelcouldbepersonallydeliveredtothecorrectperson.Amazingly,itonlytookbetweenfive

andsevenpeopletogettheparcelsdelivered,andoncereleased,theresultswerepublishedinthe

bimonthlymagazinePsychologyToday.Itwasthisresearchthatinspiredthephrase“SixDegrees

ofSeparation^^.

Inthepastfewdecades,thetheoryandthephrasehaveappearedagain.Itsnamewasusedas

thetitleofaplayandthenafilm.Then,morefilmsandTVprogrammesbasedontheconcept

weremadeandbroadcast.Forexample,theOscar-winningfilmBabelisbasedontheconceptof

“SixDegreesofSeparation,,.Thelivesofallthecharacterswerecloselyconnected,althoughthey

didnotknoweachotherandlivedthousandsofmilesapart.ThetelevisionseriesLostalso

exploredtheideaof“SixDegreesofSeparation”，asalmostallthecharactershadrandomlymet

eachother,orhadmetsomeonetheothercharactersknew,beforetheywereallinthesameplane

crash.Inthemid-1990s,twocollegestudentsintheUnitedStatesinventedagame.Theideaof

thegamewastolinkanyactortoKevinBacon,afamousAmericanactorandmusician,through

nomorethansixlinks.SoonthegamewasbeingplayedinuniversitiesacrosstheUnitedStates.

In2003,ColumbiaUniversitytriedtorecreateMilgram'sexperimentontheInternet.This

becameknownasthe“ColumbiaSmall-worldProject”.Theexperimentinvolved24,163email

chainswith18targetpeoplein13differentcountries.Theresultsconfirmedthattheaverage

numberoflinksinthechainwassix.

Mostrecently,anexperimentin2011attheUniversityofMilananalysedtherelationship

between721millionsocialmediausersandfoundthat92percentwereconnectedbyonlyfour

stages,orfivedegreesofseparation.

So,thinkaboutitforaminute:Howmightyoubeconnectedtothedriverofthebusyou

regularlytakeorthepersonwhodeliversyourparcels?

1.What'sthebesttitleofthetext?

A.Howcloselyconnectedarewe?

B.WhatisSixDegreesofSeparation?

C.Theimportanceofhumanconnections

D.Afamousexperimentthatmakesadifference

2.Explainthe“SixDegreesofSeparation^^theory.

(1)Whatdoesitmean?

(2)Whendidthetermfirstappear?

(3)Whathappenedinthe1950s?

(4)WhatdidStanleyMilgramdo?

(5)HowmanypeopledidittakefortheparceltoreachtherightpersoninMilgram's

experiment?

(6)Howdiditinfluencetheentertainmentindustry?

(7)Whatisthe""ColumbiaSmall-worldProject”?

(8)WhatwastheresultoftheUniversityofMilan'sresearch?

3.WhydidMilgramandColumbiaUniversitybothlabeltheirexperiments“Small-woHd”?

参考译文:

研究表明，一般人只与7到15个人有定期的交流，而我们大部分的交流实际上是与5

到10个最亲近的人进行的。然而，也许我们与世界其他地方的距离比我们想象的更近。“六

度分离”指的是地球上任何一个人都可以通过不超过五个人的链条与另一个人联系在一起。

早在20世纪20年代，这个概念就被首次提出。匈牙利作家FrigyesKarinthy在1929年

出版了一本名为《一切都不一样》的书，他在书中介绍了友谊网络的概念，他的观点影响了

我们对社交网络的许多早期印象。

20世纪50年代，两位科学家试图用数学方法证明这个理论;但是二十年过去了，他们

仍然没有取得任何成功。1967年，美国社会学家斯坦利・米尔格拉姆(StanleyMilgram)尝试用

一种新的方法来检验这个理论，他称之为“小世界问题”。他在美国中部随机抽取了一些人，

让他们把包裹寄给一个站在马萨诸塞州舞台上的陌生人。送包裹的人只知道陌生人的名字、

工作和大致位置。米尔格拉姆让他们把包裹寄给一个他们认识的人，他们认为这个人可能认

识目标陌生人。一旦这个人收到包裹，他/她就会把包裹寄给他/她的联系人，直到包裹亲自

送到正确的人手中。令人惊讶的是，一旦包裹被投递出去，这些包裹只需要5到7个人就能

送达。研究结果就发表在双月刊《今日心理学》上。正是这项研究激发了“六度分离”这个短

语的灵感。

在过去的几十年里，这个理论和短语再次出现。它的名字曾被用作一部戏剧的名字，后

来又被用作一部电影的名字。后来，更多的电影和电视节目基于这个概念制作和播出。例如，

奥斯卡获奖影片《通天塔》就是基于“六度分离”的概念。所有人物的生活都是紧密相连的，

尽管他们彼此不认识，而且生活在数千英里之外。电视剧《迷失》也探讨了“六度分离”的概

念，因为几乎所有的角色都是在同一架飞机失事之前偶遇的，或者是遇到了其他角色认识的

人。20世纪90年代中期，美国的两名大学生发明了一种游戏。游戏的理念是通过不超过6

个链接将任何演员与美国著名演员兼音乐家凯文・贝肯(KevinBacon)联系起来。很快，这项

比赛就开始在美国的大学里进行。

2003年，哥伦比亚大学试图在互联网上重现米尔格拉姆的实验。这就是著名的“哥伦比

亚小世界项目”。这项实验涉及了来自13个不同国家的18个目标人群，共24163封电子邮

件。结果证实，链条上的平均链环数为6。

最近，米兰大学在2011年进行了一项实验，分析了7.21亿社交媒体用户之间的关系，

发现92%的用户仅通过四个阶段(即五个分离度)连接。

所以，花一分钟想想：你和你经常乘坐的公交车司机或送包裹的人有什么联系？

Dailyreading(6)

1.Readthetextandfillintheblankswithaproperwordortheproperformofthe

wordgiveninbracket.

Theskyrailway

Sittingbackinmyseat,Ican*tquitebelievethatEmabouttotravelalongthe

railwaythatmanyforeignexpertsclaimedwas“impossible".Thetrainhasbeenracing

along(1)(steady)sinceitleftXining.Allthistime,thesong“SkyRailway"

hasbeenplayinginsidemyhead.Thewords"railwayslikemassivedragonsare

windingamongthemountains^^seemparticularlyvivid(2)Itravelacross

the“roofoftheworld”.

IwasoneofthepeoplewhocamefromallpartsofChinatowork(3)this

railway.Takingyears(4)(complete),theQinghai-TibetRailwayisa

recordofallofoureffortstoovercomethemostdifficultengineeringchallenges.

Howtoprotectthedelicateecosystem(5)amongthetopconcerns.

ThefirstlandmarktocatchmyeyeisthesplendidQingshuiheBridge,theworld's

(6)(long)bridgebuiltoverpermafrost.Look!AgroupofTibetanantelopes(7)

(move)underthebridge,withsome(8)(stop)toeatgrassattheirleisure.

Thirty-threepassageshavebeenbuiltundertherailwaytoallowtheanimalstomove

safelyandfreelyin(9)naturalhabitat.WildanimalssuchastheseTibetan

antelopeshavenowbeenusingthesepassagesforyears.Theyseemtotally(10)

(aware)thatwearespeedingpastatover100kilometersanhour.

Topreventdamage(11)wetlandsandgrasslands,675bridgeswitha

total(12)(long)ofabout160kilometerswerebuiltbetweenGolmudand

Lhasa.Weevenmoved140,000squaremetersofwetlandtoanewareainorderto

protect(13)distinctecosystem.

Thejourneyhasbeenflyingby,andbeforeIknow(14),wehave

reachedTanggulaStation.Locatedatover5,000metersabovesealevel,thisisthe(15)

(high)railwaystationintheworld.Inlocationssuchasthis,thethinair,(16)

(change)weatherandhighlevelsofUVradiationpresentedperhapsthe(17)

(great)challengeforrailwayworkers.Tomakesurewestayedhealthy,several

oxygen-makingstations(18)(construct).Wewerealsoabletoenjoy

regularbreaksin(19)(low)areas.

AswepassedCuonaLake,Ifeltasenseofprideand(20)(achieve).

Usingthousandsandthousandsofsandbags,webuiltatwenty-kilometerwallalong

thelaketoprotectitfromconstructionwaste.CuonaLakeissoclosetotherailwaythatI

wanttoreach(21)andtouchitspalebluemirror-likesurface.Waterbirds

playinginthelake,andcattleandsheepwanderingthegrasslandsbringthesceneryto

life.

TheQinghai-TibetPlateauhasbeenattractingpeople's(22)(admire)

forcenturies.Now,thankstoourefforts,passengersfromalloverthecountryhave

beenenjoyingthese(23)(magic)landscapes.Iamproudthatwebuiltour

“impossible”railwayanddidsowiththecarethattheenvironment(24)

(deserve).Ittrulyis(25)extraordinary“SkyRailway".

2.What'stheauthor'spuiposeinwritingthistext?

Keys:

1.(1)steadily;(2)as;(3)on;(4)tocomplete;(5)was;(6)longest;(7)ismoving;(8)stopping;

(9)their;(10)unaware;(11)to;(12)length;(13)its;(14)it;(15)highest;(16)changeable;(17)

greatest;(18)wereconstructed;(19)lower;(20)achievement;(21)out;(22)admiration;(23)

magical;(24)deserves;(25)an

2.Toexplainhowthe“impossible“railwaywasbuiltandpraisetheworker'seffortsinbuilding

it.

Dailyreading(7)

1.Fillintheblankswiththeoneofthewordsgivenintheboxoritsproperforms.

admire,although,ancient,attract,bottom,clever,complete,environment,first,harm,local,

maintain,produce,rain,sheet,significance,solve,trouble,value,vapour,wrap,therefore

Imaginemountains(1)insilverwater,shininginthespringsun.

Summerseesthemountainsturnbrightgreenwithgrowingrice.Duringautumn,

thesesamemountainsaregold,andinwintertheyarecoveredin(2)of

whitefrost.ThesearethecoloursoftheLongjiRiceTerraces.

Theseterraceswerebuiltbythe(3)ZhuangandYaopeople,towhom

Guangxiishome.StartingintheYuanDynasty,workontheterracestookhundredsof

years,untilits(4)intheearlyQingDynasty.Reachingasfarastheeye

cansee,theseterracescovertallmountains,oftenfromthe(5)tothevery

top.

Sowhydidthesepeoplegotosomuch(6)toturntheentire

mountainsintoterraces?(7),therearefewlarge,flatareasoflandinthe

region.Buildingtheterraces(8)meantthattheycouldincreasetheareas

inwhichtheycouldgrowrice.Secondly,(9)theregionhasplentyofrain,

themountainsaresteepandthesoilisshallow.Theflatterracescatchtherainwater

andpreventthesoilfrombeingwashedaway.

Butperhapswhatismost(10)isthewayinwhichpeoplehave

workedinharmonywithnaturetomaketheseterracesandgrowrice.Theterracesare

(11)designed,withhundredsofwaterwaysthatconnectwitheachother.

Duringthe(12)season,itisalongthesewaterwaysthatrainwatermoves

downthemountainsandintotheterraces.Thesunheatsthewaterandturnsitinto

(13).Thisformscloudsfromwhichrainfallsdownontothemountain

terracesonceagain.Theseterracesalsoprovideaperfect(14)forbirds

andfish,someofwhichfeedoninsectsthatcan(15)thericecrops.

Althoughmoderntechnologycouldhelpproducemorecrops,theseterracesstill

meanalottothelocalpeopleforwhomtraditionsholdmuch(16).This

knowledgeispasseddownthroughfamilies,whichmeansthatnewgenerations

continuetouse(17)methodsofagricultureto(18)theterraces.

Today,theLongjiRiceTerraces(19)thousandsofvisitorswhocometo

(20)thisgreatwondercreatedbypeopleandnatureworkingtogether.

2.What'stheauthor'spurposeinwritingthistext?

3.What'seachparagraphofthetextmainlyabout?

4.WhydoestheauthorsaytheLongjiRiceTerracesarecleverlydesigned?

5.Readthesummaryofthetextandunderlinefourfactualmistakes.

TheLongjiRiceTerraceswerebuiltbythelocalZhuangethnicgroupalone.

Thoughtherearemanylarge,flatareasintheregion,theybuiltterracesonthe

mountainstohavemoreareastogrowrice.Theterracesarecleverlydesigned,andcan

washawaytheshallowsoil.Therearehundredsofwaterways,alongwhichrainwater

movesdownthemountainsandintotheterraces.Today,localpeopleusemodern

methodstomaintaintheterraces,andtheyattractlotsofvisitorsfromalloverthe

country.

6.Ben,yourfriendfromLondonisvisitingChina.Heisresearchingoncasesofhow

peoplecleverlysolvedlocalproblemsworkingwithnature.Writehimaletter

introducingasuitableplacetohim.

Keys:

1.(1)wrapped;(2)sheets;(3)local;(4)completion;(5)bottom;(6)trouble;(7)Firstly;(8)

therefore;(9)although;(10)significant;(11)cleverly;(12)rainy;(13)vapour;(14)

environment;(15)harm;(16)value;(17)ancient;(18)maintain;(19)attract;(20)admire

2.ToexplainhowpeopleworkedinharmonywithnaturetocreatetheLongjiRiceTerraces.

3.Para.1:TheseasonalcoloursofLongjiRiceTerraces(LRT)

Para.2:BriefhistoryofLRT

Para.3:WhywereLRTbuiltoriginally?

Para.4:What'stheworkingprincipleofLRT

Para.5:HowareLRTtoday

4.Seeparagraph4fbrdetails.

5.TheLongjiRiceTerraceswerebuiltbythelocalZhucmgethnicgroupalone.Though

therearemanylarge,flatareasintheregion,theybuiltterracesonthemountainsto

havemoreareastogrowrice.Theterrac