Unit 5 课外拓展阅读——用英语传播中国文化-【金版教程】2025-2026学年高中英语必修第二册创新导学案Word（人教版）

课外拓展阅读——用英语传播中国文化

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Once upon a time, there was a great musician named Yu Boya. He was __1__ (extreme) skilled at playing the qin, a traditional Chinese musical instrument. One day, while boating on a river under the bright moon, he started to play the qin to express his love for the beautiful scenery.

As he was playing, a woodcutter named Zhong Ziqi passed by. Boya played a piece that described __2__ high mountains. __3__ listening carefully, Ziqi said, “How magnificent! I seem to see towering mountains in front of me.” Then Boya played another piece that represented the flowing water. Ziqi immediately said, “How wonderful! It's just like the __4__ (end) running water.”

Boya was __5__ (amaze) because Ziqi could truly understand the feelings and images he expressed through his music. They became good friends at once and agreed to meet again at the same place the next year.

However, when Boya came to the appointed place the following year, he learned that Ziqi had passed away. Heart­broken, Boya __6__ (break) his qin and decided never to play it again, because he thought there was no longer anyone who could understand his music as well as Ziqi did.

This story shows that true friendship is based on __7__ (understand) and mutual appreciation. It is not easy to find someone who can really understand you and share your inner world. Just as the saying goes, “A bosom friend afar brings a distant land __8__ (close)．”

Nowadays, although we have many ways to make friends, such as through social media, it is still important to find those __9__ can understand us on a deeper level. They are like precious treasures in our lives, __10__ (help) us feel less lonely and more fulfilled.

1．________　2.________　3.________　4.________

5．________　6.________　7.________　8.________

9．________　10.________

答案：1.extremely　2.the　3.After　4.endless　5.amazed　6.broke　7.understanding　8.closer

9．who　10.helping