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SectionⅡ Reading and Thinking
—Reading comprehension
UNIT 1 CULTURAL HERITAGE
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Step One:Pre-reading
Look at the pictures below and answer the following questions:
1.What are the two pictures?
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2.Which country may they be about?
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Picture 1 is the statues of human face. Picture 2 is the statues of a temple.They are cultural relics
They are about Egypt
Step Two: While-reading
Ⅰ.Read for the main idea
What's the main idea of the passage?
A.Egypt built a dam to benefit the local people.
B.We can combine making progress with preserving cultural relics by working together.
C.How did the Aswan Dam come into being?
D.Any problem can be solved by working together.
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Ⅱ.Match the main idea with each paragraph
Para.1 A.The spirit of the Aswan Dam project is still alive today.
Para.2 B.When the project ended in 1980,it was considered a great success.
Para.3 C.How were the cultural relics protected?
Para.4 D.A committee was established to limit damage to the Egyptian buildings and prevent the loss of cultural relics.
Para.5 E.Big challenges,however,can sometimes lead to great solutions.
Para.6 F.Finding and keeping the right balance between progress and the protection of cultural sites can be a big challenge.
答案:Paras.1~6:FEDCBA
Ⅲ.Read for the structure
protection
solutions
community
for help
committee
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Ⅳ.Read for details
1.Which is not the reason why the Egyptian government want to build a new dam in the 1950s?
A.To benefit the area by controlling floods.
B.To produce electricity.
C.To supply water to more farmers in the area.
D.To protect cultural relics.
2.Which one can describe the project?
A.Successful.
B.Negative.
C.Useless.
D.Doubtful.
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3.Which of the following is False according to Paragraph 4?
A.The project was so hard that it took 20 years to finish it.
B.The project cost a lot of money.
C.Many countries