2024年3月7日发(作者：牟芳洲)
CHINA'S GRAND CANAL 中国的大运河
For centuries, the ___1_____(powerful) of Chinese emperors
rose and ___2__(fall) with their control of the Grand Canal. Today,
this important waterway is ____3____(short) than it once was, but it
is still the _____4____(long) man-made river in the world, and
continues to play an important _____5____(culture) and economic
role in modern China.
Construction Begins
The ____6____(originally) canal system began around the year 605, when
Emperor Yang ____7___(realize) that—in order to ___8__(food) his army-he needed
a way to move food____9____(quick) ___10___China's southern rice-growing region
to the country's north. An estimated one million people, mostly farmers,worked
______11_____(build) the first section of the Grand Canal, ___12___connected
existing canals, lakes, and rivers. Construction took six years and
______13______(complete) in 611.
Over the next 500 years, the canal's _____14_____(important) grew throughout
China, but by 1127, parts were deteriorating. In 1279, Kublai Khan began to repair
and build new parts of the canal. This renovation created a more direct north-south
route to and___15__Beijing. Future rulers then continued _____16___(expand) and
improve the canal.
A Nation's Lifeline
In addition to ____17____(move) rice around China, the Grand Canal was also
__18__ important cultural conduit. Soldiers, merchants, and artists transported ideas,
regional ____19___(food), and cultural practices from one part of China to
____20____ along the country's watery highway. According to legend, this is how
Beijing acquired two of __21__(it) best-known trademarks: Peking duck, a ___22__
from Shandong Province in the south, and Peking opera, from Anhui and Hubei, also
in the south.
The Modern Canal
For more than a thousand years, goods have been transported ____23___ the
Grand Canal. Even today, the country's watery highway plays an important economic
__24__ in China. Boats continue to carry tons of coal, food, and other goods to points
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between Hangzhou and Jining. In addition, local governments—eager
______25_____(increase) tourism and real estate _______26____(develop)—are
working _______27______(beautify) areas along the canal.
This development comes at a price, though. In Yangzhou, the city has torn down
almost all of the older canal-side buildings. Farther south in the cities of Zhenjiang,
Wuxi,and Hangzhou, the situation is ____28_____. In Hangzhou, for example, almost
all of the ____29____buildings have been demolished."_____30______(traditional)
we talk about 18 main cities on the Grand Canal, and each had something ____31___
and special about it," explains Zhou Xinhua, the former vice director of the Grand
Canal museum in Hangzhou. "But now many of these cities are all the ___32____: a
thousand people with one ___33__."
In 2005, a group of citizens proposed that the historic Grand Canal be made a
UNESCO World Heritage site, to ____34____ both the waterway and the
architecture around it."Every generation wants the next _____35______ to understand
it, to look at its monuments," said Zhu Bingren, an artist ___36____ cowrote this
hope is that the Grand Canal, a site of cultural and economic
importance—and one of the world's great engineering accomplishments—will
continue to ___37__ north and south China for centuries to come.
)Complete each sentence with the correct answer.
1. If you repair a computer, you __________it.
b. fix
2. A former president is a __________president.
a. past b. future
3. A citizen of a country __________the legal rights of that country.
a. has b. does not have
4. If you demolish a bridge, you __________it.
a. build y
5. A regional language is spoken in __________a country.
a. a particular area of b. all parts of
1. Why was the Grand Canal originally built? Detail细节理解
a. to allow the army to move quickly from the north to the south
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b. to transport food from the southern regions of China to the northern regions
c. to enable more people to visit remote parts of China
d. to promote the cultural and traditional diversity of the south of China
2. What is NOT true about the Grand Canal?
a. It originally took six years to complete its construction.
b. Even today, it is the largest man-made river in the world.
c. Around a million people worked on the first section of the canal.
d. It allowed Peking duck and Peking opera to spread to southern China.
3. What would be the best alternative heading for the fourth paragraph?
a. Renewed Importance b. Cultural Connections c. The Army's Highway
d. The Origins of Peking Opera
4. In Paragraph4, the word practices could be replaced with _________.
a. traditions b. repetitions c. instructions
d. improvements
5. Which of the following is closest in meaning to This development comes at a price,
though.?
a. But developing the canal involves spending a lot of money.
b. But even after spending money, people might not like the development.
c. But developing it is a lot more expensive than one can imagine.
d. But there are some negative consequences to having this development.
6. The artist Zhu Bingren would probably most like to see that __________.
a. the canal and the area around it are declared a heritage site
b. the canal is further expanded in an east-west direction
c. more changes are made to modernize the canal
d. a monument is created to honor China's economic and cultural importance
一．原文填词答案:
1. power 3. shorter t 5. cultural al
ed 8. feed y
10. from 11. to build 13. was completed ance
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15. from 16. to expand
17. moving 20. another 22. dish
23. along 24. role
25. to increase pment 27. to beautifying r 29.
ancient ionally
31. unique 32. same 33. face 34. protect tion 36.
who 37. link
二．练习A答案：
1.b 2. a 3. a 4. b 5. a
三．练习B阅读理解答案：
1.b. 2. d 3.b 4.a 5.b 6. d
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2024年3月7日发(作者：牟芳洲)
CHINA'S GRAND CANAL 中国的大运河
For centuries, the ___1_____(powerful) of Chinese emperors
rose and ___2__(fall) with their control of the Grand Canal. Today,
this important waterway is ____3____(short) than it once was, but it
is still the _____4____(long) man-made river in the world, and
continues to play an important _____5____(culture) and economic
role in modern China.
Construction Begins
The ____6____(originally) canal system began around the year 605, when
Emperor Yang ____7___(realize) that—in order to ___8__(food) his army-he needed
a way to move food____9____(quick) ___10___China's southern rice-growing region
to the country's north. An estimated one million people, mostly farmers,worked
______11_____(build) the first section of the Grand Canal, ___12___connected
existing canals, lakes, and rivers. Construction took six years and
______13______(complete) in 611.
Over the next 500 years, the canal's _____14_____(important) grew throughout
China, but by 1127, parts were deteriorating. In 1279, Kublai Khan began to repair
and build new parts of the canal. This renovation created a more direct north-south
route to and___15__Beijing. Future rulers then continued _____16___(expand) and
improve the canal.
A Nation's Lifeline
In addition to ____17____(move) rice around China, the Grand Canal was also
__18__ important cultural conduit. Soldiers, merchants, and artists transported ideas,
regional ____19___(food), and cultural practices from one part of China to
____20____ along the country's watery highway. According to legend, this is how
Beijing acquired two of __21__(it) best-known trademarks: Peking duck, a ___22__
from Shandong Province in the south, and Peking opera, from Anhui and Hubei, also
in the south.
The Modern Canal
For more than a thousand years, goods have been transported ____23___ the
Grand Canal. Even today, the country's watery highway plays an important economic
__24__ in China. Boats continue to carry tons of coal, food, and other goods to points
1 / 4
between Hangzhou and Jining. In addition, local governments—eager
______25_____(increase) tourism and real estate _______26____(develop)—are
working _______27______(beautify) areas along the canal.
This development comes at a price, though. In Yangzhou, the city has torn down
almost all of the older canal-side buildings. Farther south in the cities of Zhenjiang,
Wuxi,and Hangzhou, the situation is ____28_____. In Hangzhou, for example, almost
all of the ____29____buildings have been demolished."_____30______(traditional)
we talk about 18 main cities on the Grand Canal, and each had something ____31___
and special about it," explains Zhou Xinhua, the former vice director of the Grand
Canal museum in Hangzhou. "But now many of these cities are all the ___32____: a
thousand people with one ___33__."
In 2005, a group of citizens proposed that the historic Grand Canal be made a
UNESCO World Heritage site, to ____34____ both the waterway and the
architecture around it."Every generation wants the next _____35______ to understand
it, to look at its monuments," said Zhu Bingren, an artist ___36____ cowrote this
hope is that the Grand Canal, a site of cultural and economic
importance—and one of the world's great engineering accomplishments—will
continue to ___37__ north and south China for centuries to come.
)Complete each sentence with the correct answer.
1. If you repair a computer, you __________it.
b. fix
2. A former president is a __________president.
a. past b. future
3. A citizen of a country __________the legal rights of that country.
a. has b. does not have
4. If you demolish a bridge, you __________it.
a. build y
5. A regional language is spoken in __________a country.
a. a particular area of b. all parts of
1. Why was the Grand Canal originally built? Detail细节理解
a. to allow the army to move quickly from the north to the south
2 / 4
b. to transport food from the southern regions of China to the northern regions
c. to enable more people to visit remote parts of China
d. to promote the cultural and traditional diversity of the south of China
2. What is NOT true about the Grand Canal?
a. It originally took six years to complete its construction.
b. Even today, it is the largest man-made river in the world.
c. Around a million people worked on the first section of the canal.
d. It allowed Peking duck and Peking opera to spread to southern China.
3. What would be the best alternative heading for the fourth paragraph?
a. Renewed Importance b. Cultural Connections c. The Army's Highway
d. The Origins of Peking Opera
4. In Paragraph4, the word practices could be replaced with _________.
a. traditions b. repetitions c. instructions
d. improvements
5. Which of the following is closest in meaning to This development comes at a price,
though.?
a. But developing the canal involves spending a lot of money.
b. But even after spending money, people might not like the development.
c. But developing it is a lot more expensive than one can imagine.
d. But there are some negative consequences to having this development.
6. The artist Zhu Bingren would probably most like to see that __________.
a. the canal and the area around it are declared a heritage site
b. the canal is further expanded in an east-west direction
c. more changes are made to modernize the canal
d. a monument is created to honor China's economic and cultural importance
一．原文填词答案:
1. power 3. shorter t 5. cultural al
ed 8. feed y
10. from 11. to build 13. was completed ance
3 / 4
15. from 16. to expand
17. moving 20. another 22. dish
23. along 24. role
25. to increase pment 27. to beautifying r 29.
ancient ionally
31. unique 32. same 33. face 34. protect tion 36.
who 37. link
二．练习A答案：
1.b 2. a 3. a 4. b 5. a
三．练习B阅读理解答案：
1.b. 2. d 3.b 4.a 5.b 6. d
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