Unit2 Section Ⅲ Using Language to Video Time（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 (2021·浙江联考)The Sanxingdui Museum in southwest China's Sichuan Province enjoyed huge popularity during the three­day Qingming Festival holidays by receiving nearly 20，000 visitors on the peak day, after the new archaeological discoveries brought international attention. According to media reports, the museum saw over 15，000 visitors on the first day of the Qingming Festival holidays, breaking its record for daily visitors. And on the next day, the number of visitors swarming into the museum exceeded 19, 800. To cope with the large flow of people, on Sunday afternoon, the official Weibo account of the Sanxingdui Museum released a message to remind visitors of avoiding rush hours or rescheduling their visiting time. The Sanxingdui Museum showcases various kinds of precious cultural relics unearthed at the site, such as the 2.61­metre­tall standing statue, the 1.38­metre­wide bronze mask and the 3.96­metre­high bronze tree. Earlier on March 20, Chinese archaeologists announced some new major discoveries made during the 37th excavation (挖掘) since the last excavation 35 years ago. The ruins were first discovered in the late 1920s and first excavated in 1934. More than 500 important cultural relics have been unearthed in the six newly found pits. Since the new discoveries were known to the public, the number of people visiting the Sanxingdui Museum has increased sharply. Although the museum is open as usual, the newly found pits have not been open to the public yet and the newly excavated cultural relics are still under restoration and cannot meet the public currently. But a hall for cultural relic conservation and restoration was in 　pilot　 operation in April and officially open on May 18. Visitors can see how the relics are restored, according to Zhu Yarong, vice director of the Sanxingdui Museum. Dating back about 3，000 years, the Sanxingdui Ruins have shed light on the ancient Shu civilisation and cultural origins of the Chinese nation, and h