Unit6 An old man tried to move the mountains.单元话题拓展阅读-2023-2024学年八年级下册英语单元快速提分把关练（人教版）

Unit6 An old man tried to move the mountains. 单元话题拓展阅读把关练 一、单元话题拓展阅读思维导图 二、单元话题拓展阅读把关练 一、阅读理解 Enjoy ‘wuxia’ legends Have you ever read martial arts novels? Even if you haven’t, you’ve probably watched films or TV shows, or played computer games about these stories. Martial arts novels are a big part of Chinese pop culture. Almost every Chinese knows about some characters or martial arts moves from these books. These books show a fantasy world called jianghu. Xia, or fighting heroes, live in jianghu. They do martial arts and fight for honor. Legends of the Condor Heroes is one of the most famous martial arts novels. An English version of the book will come out in February. The book tells the story of Guo Jing. He is not a very talented young man. But he tries his best and becomes a hero to fight for his country. The book is popular in China. But what about the English version? Will foreign readers enjoy jianghu, too? Anna Holmwood, from the UK, is the translator of the book. She doesn’t think this will be a problem. Western people read stories about knights and novels like The Three Musketeers, she says. These stories are very much like martial arts novels. Some people may think jianghu is too foreign for Westerners. However, people around the world can enjoy the love, loyalty and honor in the stories, Holmwood wrote in her book. Some translations from the book The translator Anna Holmwood has a British father and a Swedish mother. She speaks English and Swedish. She used to study history at the University of Oxford. She began to learn Chinese in 2005. Later, she spent five years translating the first part of Legends of the Condor Heroes. 1．________ live(s) in jianghu. A．Fighting heroes B．Foreigners C．King D．Robots 2．Which of the following is true? A．Martial arts novels are a part of foreign culture. B．There are few martial arts novels in China. C．Legends of the Condor Heroes has no English version. D．Guo Jing is Xia in Legends of the Condor Heroes. 3．Anna Holmwood