河南省南阳市桐柏县2022-2024年（三年）中考一模英语试题汇编：阅读理解

河南省南阳市桐柏县2022-2024年（三年）中考一模英语试题汇编 阅读理解 2024年河南省南阳市桐柏县中考一模英语试题（含解析） 三、阅读理解 To make foreigners know our country and culture is not an easy thing. It is necessary for us Chinese to learn more about our own culture and have a better understanding of it first. Chinese Medicine Chinese Medicine is like a treasure that’s been part of China for a long time. It began over 3,000 years ago. Long ago, our ancestors had smart ways to find out what was wrong with someone. They used things like “looking, listening, asking and feeling your pulse”. They also had special ways for fixing health problems, like using herbs (草药), acupuncture (putting needles (针) in your skin) and even doing operations. To get to know more about Chinese Medicine, just click on the icon below. Confucius (孔子) and Confucianism Confucius (551-479 BC), a wise ancient Chinese thinker and educator, is the founder of the Confucianism. Kindness is at the heart of Confucianism. It means caring for others and having sympathy (同情心) for others. Throughout his life, he taught over 3000 students. His idea influenced Chinese culture and education for many years. Moreover, Confucius Schools are now widely seen around the world. Just with a click on the link www.confucius influences the world.net, you can see a world map of them. Papermaking Papermaking is one of the ancient inventions of China. People started making paper in the Western Han Dynasty and got even better at it during the Eastern Han Dynasty.  A person named Cai Lun improved the process. He used tree bark, old cloth and fishnets to create paper through crushing, boiling, pounding and dying. This paper was not expensive and got better quality, so more and more people started using it. Do you want to experience how to make paper for yourselves? 3D-videos of artists making paper can be found on our homepage. 17．Who had smart ways like “looking, listening, asking and feeling your pulse” to figure out what was wrong with someone? A．An