课时作业7 Cultural Heritage-（课时作业）【红对勾讲与练】2024版新高考英语大一轮复习全新方案（人教版）

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3+ 　 必修第二册 课时作业 7　 CULTURAL HERITAGE Ⅰ. 阅读理解 " (2023·江苏省打靶卷) Considered one of the greatest archaeological finds of mankind in the 20th century, the Sanxingdui Ruins site in Sichuan Province has continued to amaze the world. Since May, more than 500 cultural relics have been found at the site. Some of the bronze artifacts ( 工 艺 品 ) discovered during the current excavation have never been seen before, according to experts. They were beyond “ our previous understanding of bronze wares and posed great challenges to our research”, said Xu Feihong, a lecturer at Shanghai University. A unique bronze artifact from the No. 3 pit features a man carrying a bronze vessel known as a zun that has a round rim ( 边沿) and a square body, said Ran Honglin, a researcher with Sichuan Provincial Cultural Relics and Archaeology Research Institute. Three bronze figures, with their palms pressed together and their heads twisted to the right, have been excavated from the No. 4 pit. These three bronze figures are a unique find among Sanxingdui items in terms of their shape and decorative pattern, and they provide further material for studying the bronze casting technology of the Shu people as well as their art, religious beliefs, social system and cultural exchanges with surrounding areas, Ran said. Shu was an ancient state in what is now Sichuan. Again, a gold mask is catching the world􀆳s attention. It is the biggest of its kind unearthed at the site so far. It is 37. 2 centimeters wide, 16. 5 cm high and weighs about 100