Unit 1 Cultural Heritage 寒假作业 一、语法填空 1.He is best known for the _____(generous) he shows to his faithful employees. 2.We may sometimes wish to be alone with our own thoughts, for quiet periods of _____ (reflect) can lead to personal improvement. 3.The senior high school life is full of challenges, but _____ those of you with a positive mind, opportunity lies in each challenge. 4.It's helpful to put children in a situation _____they can see themselves in different ways. 5.The writer and his novel _____you have just talked about are really well known. 6.Please forgive me for_____ (trouble) you ,but I have difficulty solving the problem. 7.I hope to find a friend with_____ I can travel to the south during the vacation. 8.In contrast _____the opening ceremony of the past Olympics, the opening ceremony of Paris 2024 will be held along the Seine, making most audience have access to it for free. 9.In_____ (compare) with others, the little girl shows considerable talent for music. 10._____has been identified that these measures we took have played a big role in the project. 11.The ruins of the ancient city are of great cultural value and should_____ (preserve) by everyone. 12.Olympic athletes attempt_____ ( challenge) the limits of human capability to win a gold medal at the Olympics. 13.Immediate action must be taken to prevent these relics_____ being destroyed. 二、阅读理解 You might think of martial arts movies when you sec people performing graceful moves down a river ,all standing on a bamboo strip, but actually it is a form of intangible cultural heritage: single bamboo drifting(独竹漂). Over 2,000 years ago, the high-quality wood, nаnmu, in Guizhou was in great demand by the royal court in the north. With no better transportation, people had to stand on one log to drift down the river. Later, local people began to compete along the way and the game of wood drifting was born. In the Qing Dynasty, wood drifting became single bamboo drifting because of bamboo's lower price. Due to various skills it takes for one to master this act, single bamboo drifting was included in the national intangible cultural heritage list in 2021. Yang Liu, an inheritor(继承者) of single bamboo drifting, learned it at 7. "Usually, the bamboo under our feet is about 9 meters long, and the bamboo in our hands is about S meters. If the lenght of the bamboo is not long enough, it will not float. Keeping our feet firmly positioned on the narrow bamboo poleis the key, so we should fight against the current (水流) by constantly changing the angle. I lost my balance and fell into the water many times while practicing. Once I fell, I gave it another try until I knew how to handle the most difficult part," she said. The love for the ancient skill keeps Yang going. Yang also shows creativity when spreading the culture of single bamboo drifting. For example, she includes dance in single bamboo drifting to make it more graceful. As hanfu culture has been on the rise, Yang st ... ...
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