Unit2 Section Ⅱ Learning About Language（作业）-2022-2023学年新教材高中英语选择性必修第四册【精讲精练】人教版

[课时作业] [限时30分钟] Ⅰ.阅读理解 A Petra may be the treasure of an ancient world，hidden behind a tall mountain.Its beautiful scenery makes it one of the greatest ancient sites still standing today.Common sense says “perhaps there's nothing on the planet that looks like it”．Without doubt，there's nothing in the world that resembles it.The rock­carved rose­red town of Petra is filled with a mysterious charm that had been “designed to strike wonder into all who entered it”． Petra is the legacy from the Nabataeans，a hard­working group of Arab people who settled in southern Jordan more than 2000 years ago.Admired then because of their culture，architecture and complex dams and water channels，Petra has become a UNESCO (the United Nations Educational，Scientific and Cultural Organization) world heritage site and was listed in the New Seven Wonders of the World. Petra is the most well­known site in Jordan located about 262 kilometers south of Amman and 133 kilometers north of Aqaba.The Dead Sea is 80 kilometers north of it.The steeply rising sides of a long，cool，dark and narrow gorge(峡谷) basically keep the sunlight out.Suddenly the gorge opens right into a natural square covered with Petra's most well­known monuments，which glow in the bright sun.The ancient city shows the visitors its beautiful look.The town is large and the quality of the architecture is surprising.It leads someone to think about the creativity from the Nabataeans who made Petra their capital. Petra was the top architectural site for more than 400 years until it was occupied by the Romans in 106 AD.It was seen first when discovered in 1812 after being lost through the 16th century for nearly 300 years! Petra has 800 monuments，including buildings，tombs，baths，halls，temples，and streets，which were mostly carved in the pretty sandstone.Petra sights are in their finest in the early morning and the late afternoon.Once the sun warms the colorful stones，you will see the majesty of Petra. [语篇解读]　本文主要介绍了佩特拉的奇妙和特色。 1．What do we