高中英语人教Unit 2 Bridging Cultures 作业.doc

UNIT 2 Bridging Cultures
A组·基础巩固
Ⅰ. 语法填空
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Jingdezhen porcelain (瓷器) is Chinese porcelain produced in or near Jingdezhen in southern China. Jingdezhen has produced porcelain 1. _________(century) ago. And the town 2. ________ was named Jingdezhen by Emperor Zhenzong of the Northern Song Dynasty became a major kiln (窑) site around 1004. During the period, the 3. ________(produce) of porcelain in this area first became 4. ________ (know). By the 14th century it had become the largest centre of producing Chinese porcelain, which remained in the following times. In the Ming Dynasty, official kilns in Jingdezhen 5. ________(control) by the emperor, making quality porcelain in large quantities for the emperor to give abroad as gifts. As a result, the town was 6. ________(close) linked to the world.
Although being a remote town in a hilly area, Jingdezhen is near the quality porcelain stone and forests which can provide plenty of wood for the kilns. It also has 7. ________ river flowing from north to south, 8. ________(benefit) the transport of the fragile objects.
Jingdezhen has produced a great variety of 9. ________(value) porcelain. As a result, the town is famous 10. ________ the “Porcelain Capital”. One type of its well­known high quality porcelain object is the blue and white porcelain from the 1330s.
【语篇解读】本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了景德镇陶器的生产、地理位置及产品等信息。
1. centuries　考查名词的单复数。根据句意“景德镇在数个世纪以前就开始生产陶器了”可知，此处应该填复数centuries。故填centuries。
2. which/that　考查定语从句。分析句子结构可知，句子的主干是the town became a major kiln site around 1004。the town指物，作先行词，在定语从句中作主语，后接which/that引导的限制性定语从句，故填which或that。
3. production　考查名词。句意：在此期间，这个地区的陶器产品首先变得知名起来。根据本空前的the可知应用名词，故将produce改成其名词形式production。故填production。
4. known　考查过去分词。句意同上。此处是“变得被知道，变得知名起来”的意思，故使用know的过去分词形式作became“变得”的表语。故填known。
5. were controlled　考查动词时态和语态。句意：在明朝，被皇帝控制的官窑生产大量的优质陶器给皇帝当礼物送给外国人。此处给的单词control是
“控制”的意思，而官窑不可能自己控制自己，只能由另外的人，比如此处的皇帝控制。与主语official kilns一致，应用被动语态，又根据In the Ming Dynasty 可知用一般过去时，故填were c