16九年级 第16课时 Units 3～4-【智乐星中考·中考备战】2024年山东省济宁市中考英语精练本

第16课时　Units 3～4 一、阅读理解 A (2023·山东济南历下一模改编)When people think of Beijing, the hutong style always comes to mind. It is no exaggeration(夸张) to say within hutong lives the city's history. Every year, it receives more tourists from home and abroad than the high－rise buildings. The word “hutong” referred to a place where people lived, which was borrowed from the Mongolian word to mean “water well” about 700 years ago. Until now, one can still find dry wells in hutong. Hutong we see today are made up of small paths(小路) formed by walls of siheyuan. They were built during the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. When the People's Republic of China was founded in 1949, there were more than 3，000 hutong. Most of the city's population lived in this traditional housing. But with the development of the city in the 1980s and early 1990s, many hutong were demolished to build roads, skyscrapers(摩天大楼) and modern houses. The government has realized the importance of hutong to Chinese culture. In 2002, Beijing listed 40 protected historical zones and increased its efforts to rebuild some key remains and older streets in the city. Nearly 500 hutong have been saved. Hutong that still exist are like oases(绿洲) of calm in the noisy city. Although located downtown, the hutong were free from the noise of traffic, as they were too narrow to bear much. Walking through them, it's common to see groups of elderly people sitting together playing cards, mahjong or Chinese chess. In the early mornings and evenings, they get together to practice traditional forms of exercise such as taiji as well as dancing and singing folk songs or Beijing Opera. Hutong have become a museum of Beijing's folk customs and history. 1．What is the earliest meaning of the word “hutong”？ A．Small path. B．Water well. C．Siheyuan. D．Traditional house. 2．What does the underlined word “demolished” in Paragraph 3 mean? A．Taken down. B．Moved. C．Set up. D．Forgotten. 3．What does the last paragraph mainly talk about? A．The future of huton