Unit 1 Section Ⅲ 人教版英语选修6课时练习

Unit 1　Section Ⅲ Ⅰ.阅读理解 A “Culture consists of all shared products of human society.”This means not only such material things as cities，organizations and schools，but also non­material things such as ideas，customs，family patterns，and languages.Putting it simply，culture refers to the entire way of life of a society，“the ways of a people”． Language is a part of culture and plays a very important role in it.Some social scientists consider it the keystone of culture.Without language，the maintaining(延续) of culture would not be possible.On the other hand，language is influenced and shaped by culture; it reflects culture.In the broadest sense，language is the symbolic representation of a people，and it comprises(包含) their historical and cultural backgrounds，as well as their approaches to life and their ways of living and thinking. We should not go further into the relationship between language and culture.What needs to be stressed here is that the two interact，and that understanding of one requir