1、Unit 1 Cultural HeritagePeriod 2 Reading and Thinking練習(xí).單詞拼寫1The government plans to build a dam (大壩) on the River Danube.2The committee (委員會(huì)) has decided to close the restaurant.3The concert will raise funds (資金) for research into AIDS.4Your great help made my journey fruitful and worthwhile(值得的)5T

2、hey have different opinions over the issue (問題) of human rights.6People protest (抗議) against the companys tests on live animals.7He moved to the sales department (部；科)8Parents should bear responsibility for their childrens bad conduct (行為)9. You should receive a reply _ (在之內(nèi)) seven days.10. When you

3、 finish typing, remember to save your _ (文檔).完成句子1我不但了解了你們相當(dāng)多的文化而且交了很多朋友。(not only引起的倒裝句)_ but also I made many friends.2昨天雨很大，這阻止了我去公園。(prevent)It rained hard yesterday, _ .3沒有協(xié)議達(dá)成，因?yàn)殡p方都不愿意做出讓步。(give way to)No agreement was reached as _the other.4除了這些書，他們還捐了一些錢給這個(gè)男孩。(donate)In addition to these boo

4、ks, they also _ .5我能幫你解決這個(gè)問題，因?yàn)樗谖业臋?quán)力范圍內(nèi)。(within)I can help you solve this problem, because_.6孩子們需要知道更多生活基本事實(shí)的時(shí)代到來了。(.a time when)_ children need to know more than the basic facts of life.可能有人開車捎了她一程，要不就是她打了輛出租車。_ that someone gave her a lift, or else that she took a taxi. 我們不能向這些不合理的要求讓步。We cant _t

5、hese unreasonable demands. 閱讀理解Daban town is famous for girls and windmills, while Loulan is a myth (神話) in the desert. Two thousand years ago, beside the beautiful Luobu Lake, there lay Loulan ancient city of the Silk Road. Businessmen from every country gathered here and there were lots of dancing

6、 parties. Everything shows that people in Loulan lived a rich life then.However, two thousand years later, this rich land suddenly disappeared from the map of China. It became an area covered with sand and dead tree trunks.Loulan was first “discovered” by a Swedish man named Sven Hedin in 1900, and

7、people from America, Britain, Japan and Sweden all set foot here. Then in the 1930s, a Chinese named Huang Wenbi came to Loulan for the first time. He visited and studied this area and found many relics that were beautifully and carefully made. It is recorded that the ancient city of Loulan was the

8、capital of the Loulan Kingdom during the Han and Jin Dynasties, and covered an area of some 10,000 square kilometres. Inside the city, there are the ruins of government offices, temples and other old buildings. Outside the city there are some driedup rivers and much farmland. In the past century man

9、y things have been dug up there including Han Dynasty coins, mirrors and many others of Greek and Roman times. All these things show that a lot of business between the East and the West once took place there.Lying on the northwest of the Lop Nur area, the Loulan Kingdom is now a lifeless area with e

10、ndless “forests” of mounds (小丘) which arent easily seen in other parts of the world. Its mystery has been attracting many people from many countries.1The first person setting foot in Loulan in the 20th century was _.Aa European Ban American Ca Chinese Da Japanese2Before Loulan disappeared, _.Athere

11、was no government in that area Bpeople from America and Japan had been thereCa lifeless area with lots of mounds could be easily seen thereDmuch business between the East and the West had taken place there3What can be inferred from the text?ALoulan was destroyed by the terrible weather there.BWars b

12、etween the countries made Loulan disappear.CToo many people gathered in Loulan and destroyed it.DHow Loulan ancient city disappeared is still unknown to us.4What makes so many people visit the Loulan Kingdom now?AIts pretty girls. BIts developing business.CIts mystery. DIts beautiful scenery. 語法填空Ou

13、r grandparents seem to have magic powers sometimes. Give them a Chinese lunar calendar _1_ they will know what the weather will be like days or even months later.Whats the secret? They are following the 24 Solar Terms (節(jié)氣), _2_ were added on Nov. 30 to the list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Hum

14、anity (人類非物質(zhì)文化遺產(chǎn)) by the United Nations (UN). It is a knowledge system and social practice_3_ (form) through peoples observations of the suns annual movements and its influence on the climate.The 24 Solar Terms _4_ (come) into being during the Qin and Han_5_ (dynasty). At that time, most Chinese peo

15、ple made their living on farms, so weather changes were_6_(extreme) important for them. But of course, they had no satellite, Internet or weather broadcast _7_ (help) them. _8_these difficulties, they managed to work out 24 Solar Terms by studying the suns movement and also _9_ (pay) attention to other natural changes such as air temperature, water and crop gro