(练习)课时分层作业9 UNIT 3 Section Ⅳ Developing ideas—Writing-【提分教练】2023-2024学年新教材高中英语选择性必修第四册(外研版2019)

课时分层作业(九) Ⅰ.阅读理解 A BEIJING/SAO PAULO—Chinese traditions like cockfighting, kite-flying and fireworks have been quite common in Brazil for many years. Despite the thousands of kilometers between them, China's historical and artistic mark on Brazil has existed for about 300 years, said Brazilian Sinologist Jose Roberto Teixeira Leite in his book China in Brazil.“Influences from China can date from the colonial period, even up to the time after Brazil's independence.” The commercial relationship between the two countries has existed for a long time, he noted, adding that incoming ships would fill up Brazilian cities like Salvador, Rio de Janeiro and Recife with Chinese products like porcelain (瓷器)，silk and fans.He also found Chinese influence not only in the arts and architecture of Brazil but also in the most diverse areas of Brazilian society, like the economy, medicine and popular culture.“At the end of the 19th century, in Pernambuco, (a state in north-eastern Brazil)，there was a custom that children slept with clothes decorated with Chinese dragons．” Teixeira added. The book took him about 15 years to finish.“The impact of the book surprised me, though it was published by a university publisher and it had a print run of just 1，000 copies，” he said.“Some have said that the book represents a turning point in Chinese studies in Brazil.” Besides, the Sinologist did research on the marks and presence of China in the architecture and arts of Brazil.“It was through art that China awoke in me, first, curiosity, after that, interest, and finally, passion，” Teixeira said. In 1992, the Sinologist visited Macao to do research for his doctoral thesis about the marks and presence of China in Brazil, and that trip impressed him a lot.In 2013, Teixeira had a chance to visit the Chinese cities of Beijing, Shenzhen and Shanghai, and got to know “the past and present of the great country culturally, as well as its incredible material development.” 1．What does the underlined senten