2020届高三英语一轮复习 Module 2 The Renaissance阅读案(无答案)外研版选修8

Module2 The Renaissance

话题 了解文艺复兴，进一步增强对欧洲历史与文化的了解和喜爱。 重点知识 Confirm; on behalf of; fundamental; drawback; theft; superb; substitutes; confidential; outcome; blame; at liberty 阅读导学案

使用方法：自主阅读P16-17、P25及P27课文，然后尝试完成下面的练习。作完后，自行查阅教材进行答案校对。

Ⅰ: 选用下列词或词组的适当形式填空：(每空一词)

age; substitute; sense; theft; frontier; anecdote; religion; search(n.) blame(n.); drawback; outcome; subject; effect; style; authentic; tentative; fundamental; confidential; superb; spread; circulate; check; flee; confirm; wake up; go through; (go) hand in hand; appeal to; on behalf of; at liberty; suspect… of; leave… behind The Renaissance

The Renaissance occurred in the 14th to 16th century, when the developments in art and architecture, music and literature took place. It is an 1)_____ of exploration, and the beginning of the modern world. It was as if Europe was 2)_____ _____ after the long sleep of the Middle Ages. From Italy, the ideas of the Renaissance rapidly 3)______ the rest of Europe. The 4)_____ of exploration which motivated the artists went 5)_____ ___ ____ with a new type of philosophy (哲学). For the first time, they put people, not 6)_______, at the centre of the universe.

Renaissance artists found new ideas for their work in classical Greece and Rome. But they looked forward, too, by opening new 7)________ in the arts.

Painters discovered how to use the 8)______ of light. The Mona Lisa is believed to be the best example of a new lifelike 9)______ of painting that amazed people when it was first used. The Puzzle of Mona Lisa

The Mona Lisa is the 10)________ of many stories, but there is one 11)_______ which remains a puzzle. Is the painting in the Louvre the 12)_______ work by Leonardo da Vinci or just a copy?

One day in 1911, someone noticed the Mona Lisa was missing. It was said the burglar 13)_____ the antique frame and the glass _______ and 14)____ _______ the basement to the main courtyard. A passerby saw a man with a moustache, 15)_______ down a side-road, with a parcel under his arm. The police 16)______ ____ anyone who saw the suspect to contact them. News about the loss of the Mona Lisa was 17)_______ in all the French newspapers, and there was a widespread 18)_______ for the burglar all over the country. And the police 19)_______ a gang of criminals _____ committing the crime. Two years later, a man with a moustache went to an art dealer and made a 20)_______ attempt to sell the Mona Lisa. The art dealer 21)______ it, 22)_______ it was authentic, and then called the police. The burglar had stolen the Mona Lisa 23)____ ______ ___ the chief organizer of the crime. But the burglar made a 24)_________ mistake. The 25)______ for the burglar was that the chief organizer didn't actually need the painting, only the news of the 26)______. He made six 27)_____ copies and sold them, saying that each one was the authentic stolen painting. And the fact that there were six 28)________ was 29)_________, so he didn't need to pay his debt to burglar. The 30)________ of the story is that burglar got the 31)_______ for the crime and went to prison. The chief organizer remained 32)____ _______ for the rest of his life.

Ⅱ: 语法填空 Printing

Printing is the process of making many copies of a single document using movable 1)_________ or letters. In China, printing was known as early as in the 7th century, during the Tang Dynasty; in Europe, it was an important part of the Renaissance. Printing answered a need because people were thirsty 2)______ knowledge.

Before printing was invented, copies of a manuscript (手稿) had to be made by hand, usually on animal skins. This was a difficult task that could take many years, 3)______ made books very expensive. Printing made it 4)_______ (possibly) to produce more copies in a few weeks than could have been produced in a lifetime written out by hand.

Paper, like printing, 5)_______ (invent) much earlier in China and it had made its way to Europe, 6)_____ southeast Asia and then India. The first paper mill in Europe was built at 7)_____ end of the 12th century.

8)_____ is believed that a German made the first printing press in Europe. As the ideas of the Renaissance developed, the demand for the Greek and Latin classics, which had been largely for up to 2,000 years, had been largely 9)_______ (ignore). People also wanted books in 10)_______ (them) own languages. The invention of printing meant that this desire could be satisfied.

III. 课文重点句型翻译:

1. 它被认为是一种新的形象逼真型绘画的最好代表,这种绘画风格一经使用就使人们惊叹不已.

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2. 也就是说人们有钱来花费在艺术上，对于艺术家来说要想找到购买他们的作品或者雇佣他们也更容易。