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1、Unit 3 Inventors and inventions第1节 、语法填空 (2017届湖北省联考) I have recently returned from 61 extended 26-day trip to China. I made two earlier trips to China in 2012. On my previous visits my travel 62 (limit) to the three major cities of Beijing, Shanghai and Chongqing. This time I, together with my fami
2、ly, was able to visit some of the more remote cities and holiday destinations 63 _ (miss) on the previous trips and revisit Beijing and Shanghai to observe the great changes there in just four short years. The many contradictions and 64 _ (struggle) within China today are very impressive. No one can
3、 ignore the rich culture 65 _ (date) back to ancient times changing into the modern age at a speed and scale that has never been witnessed. 66_ happens in China, the third 67_ (large) country in the world with 20 percent of the worlds population, will 68_ (certain) shape the immediate and distant fu
4、tures of 69_ (we) all. On this blog(博客) I will be posting a travel journal 70_ photographs and drawings. Marked on the map are the cities and villages I visited while in China.第2节 、短文改错 (2017届湖北省联考) It was on a warm autumn day that my father and I walk into my new high school. After registered in th
5、e classroom, the volunteer took me to my dormitory. Altogether I had five roommates, two of which arrived later. I got to know my new roommate immediately. Although I was quite unwilling to say “Goodbye” to my father, but he had to leave to my hometown in the evening. I suddenly realized I had grown
6、 up and that I had to look after me and live independently. Not until then I know my senior high school life had real begun.第3节 、七选五 (2017届湖北省联考) Chopsticks1. When chopsticks were invented? In fact, before the invention of chopsticks, Chinese ancestors actually used hands to eat, but how did they ea
7、t soup and porridge? 36 Chinese started to use chopsticks about 3,000 years ago in Shang Dynasty.2. Who invented chopsticks? The records of using chopsticks have been found in many written books but lack physical evidence. However many stories are about the invention of chopsticks. One says that Jia
8、ng Ziya, an ancient wise man, created chopsticks. 37 But there is no exact history record about the invention. We can only say that smart ancient Chinese invented chopsticks.3. How to use Chinese chopsticks. Using two slim sticks to pick up food is actually not difficult. You can do it if you practi
9、ce it for some time, even if you are a foreigner. The key to managing chopsticks is keeping one chopstick in position while moving the other to pick up food. 384. Chopsticks Manners Chopsticks are usually held in the right hand, and left-handed chopstick use is considered as improper in China. Playi
10、ng with chopsticks is thought to be impolite. 395. The philosophy of Chinese chopsticks Chinese philosopher Confucius advised people to use chopsticks instead of knives because the metal knives remind people of cold weapons, which mean killing and violence.6. A chopsticks-themed museum can be found
11、in Shanghai If you are truly interested in chopsticks, you can pay a visit to the Shanghai Chopsticks Museum. The museum gathered more than 1,200 pairs of chopsticks from China, Korea, Japan and Thailand. 40 A. Chopsticks were introduced to many other neighbor countries due to its lightness and conv
12、enience. B .It is considered to be polite and thoughtful to pick up food for the elderly and children. C. Bamboo chopsticks are most frequently used in Chinese daily life. D. The oldest one was from the Tang Dynasty. E. There also go around some other stories. F. Remember to practice with patience.
13、G. They had to use sticks to eat them.第4节 、阅读理解（2017届湖北省联考） I was born on the 17th of November 1828, in the village of Nam Ping, which is about four miles southwest of the Portuguese Colony (殖民地) of Macao, and is located on Pedro Island lying west of Macao, from which it is separated by a channel of
14、 half a mile wide. As early as 1834, an English lady, Mrs. Gutzlaff, wife of a missionary to China, came to Macao. Supported by the Ladies Association in London for the promotion of female education in India and the East, she immediately took up the work of starting a girls school for Chinese girls,
15、 which was soon followed by the opening of a boys school. Mrs. Gutzlaffs comprador(买办) happened to come from my village and was actually my fathers friend and neighbor. It was through him that my parents heard about Mrs. Gutzlaffs school and it was doubtlessly through his influence and means that my father got me admitted into the school. It has always been a mystery to me why my parents should put me into a foreign school, instead of a traditional Confucian school, where my big brother was placed. Most certainly
