Unit1 Cultural relics Section B Learning about Language 一、单词拼写 1.The whole country is astonished at the construction of the Xiong'an New Area, especially (当地的) people. 2.He was standing a bit (分离地) from the rest of us, watching us. 3.I was (吃惊的) at her knowledge of French literature. 4.There, among many other things, Nicolo spotted two (绘画) he thought would look nice above his dining room table. 5.A large number of rare (珠宝) have been preserved in this museum. 6.Allen is said to be (设计) a new computer program recently, but I don't know when she will finish it. 二、选词填空 belong to;less than;take apart 1.The child wants to a watch to see what makes it work. 2.We shall not sell our house if the price is 50 million yuan. 3.Sichuan's media groups and tourism department announced that Ding Zhen's hometown Sichuan Province. 三、阅读理解 More than 10 million Chinese cultural relics have been lost overseas, most of which were shipped out of China by other countries during the times of war. About 1.67 million pieces are housed in more than 200 museums in 47 countries, which account for 10 percent of all the 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 taken away or bought for pennies more than 100 years ago. The major method of recovering 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(渠道) 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 160 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. In 2020,a lost red bronze horse-head statue coming from Beijing's Old Summer Palace was donated back by Macao-based tycoon(企业界的大亨) and collector Stanley Ho Hung-sun and handed over to the National Cultural Heritage Administration on Wednesday. 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 valuable 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. 1.What happened to most of the lo ... ...
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