福建专用高考英语一轮复习课时规范练6Unit1Culturalrelics新人教版

Unit 1 Cultural relics Ⅰ.阅读理解AIf children aren’t particularly interested in history,it’s not their f

Unit 1Cultural relics Ⅰ.阅读理解 A If children aren’t particularly interested in history,it’s not their fault.History,while it is potentially an exciting subject,hasn’t traditionally been treated as an interesting subject as math and reading.They often give only a glimpse(一瞥) into ahistorical subject and sometimes that glimpse doesn’t even do a good job of putting historical events or customs into context.So it’s no wonder that children don’t often think of history as asubject that excites them and makes them know more. But it doesn’t have to be this way.History has the power to come alive as long as it’s presented to children in the right way.I was reminded of this when Itook my daughter and her friend to visit Colonial Williamsburg.It’s aliving museum,which features hundreds of restored (修复的),reconstructed and historically furnished buildings staffed (配备人员) with costumed interpreters who tell stories of the 18th century city. The two 9-year-old girls Iwas accompanying around town got to dress up in period clothes,asked whatever questions came to their minds,and left behind the modern life for aday while they discovered that sheep were shorn to create cloth and printing presses had to put the words together letter by letter.Thanks to aguide,they also learned much more about slavery than they had learned from atextbook. Cobblestone As awriter,I have personally described ,our American history magazine for kids aged 9through 14,as asource where history comes alive.Now,I won’t claim that amagazine can make asubject come alive like Colonial Williamsburg,but having read some of the articles helps us alot in gaining some much-needed context for our trip.If you are planning atrip with any sort of historical aspects,from avisit to a national park to atrip to aplace like Colonial Williamsburg,Cobblestone could act as your personal guide. Of course,for acomplete historical view,be sure to subscribe to Cobblestone,and you will get awesome history all year long.Here are some popular family trips with an historical component and some back (过期的) issues that might help your family get the most out of the experience. 1 .Children show little interest in history mainly because . A.it isn’t presented in the right way B.learning history well is atough job C.it’s less important than math and reading D.the events or customs always discourage them 2 .What impressed the author deeply when he visited Colonial Williamsburg?