专题13 文化艺术-2024年初中英语中考时文阅读训练

2024年初中英语中考最新时文阅读训练 专题13文化艺术 阅读理解 A Guqin 古琴 In ancient China,all gentlemen were expected to be skilful in four separate arts. They were qin, qi, shu, and hua, or the string(弦)music instrument,chess,calligraphy(书法)and painting. Here,qin refers to the guqin. The Chinese people believe that it was invented by Fuxi, a hero of the mythological(神话的)period in ancient China. The instrument has a history of more than 5,000 years. It has always been considered the top-ranking(最高级的)musical instrument in China. In the early 20th century, many western instruments started being imported. People started to call the instrument guqin to distinguish it from the piano. The ancient guqin is believed to have measured three chi, six cun and five fen (about 136 centimetres) in length. This represented(代表) the 365 days of a year. According to ancient documents, the guqin originally had five strings. Later two emperors of the Zhou Dynasty each added an additional stringto the instrument.The original five strings symbolized(象征)the five elements(五行),Jin,Mu,Shui,Huo and Tu. They were also believed to represent the five tunes(五音),Gong, Shang,Jue,Zhi and Yu. However played, the instrument give off a sense of quiet. This means that the instrument is designed to be performed in quiet settings(环境).The guqin has long been called the “instrument of the sages(圣贤)”.For example, Confucius was himself a great master of this instrument. But the best-known player of the guqin in its 5,000 years of history was none other than Yu Boya. The famous Chinese idiom “high mountains and flowing water" comes from the story of Yu Boya and his friend Zhong Ziqi. Nowadays, more and more people are interested in the guqin. And many people attend guqin classes. Guqin concerts can easily be found on theatre performance schedules. 1.What does the underlined word “It” in the second paragraph refer to? A.The five strings. B.The guqin. C.Fuxi. D. Ancient China. 2.What is this passage mainly about? A. Culture in ancien