高考攻略reading风土人情其他国家篇

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1、风土人情篇ANALYZE其它国家风情（三）其它国家风情【专题介绍】除了英国和美国两个主要英语国家外，有关其它国家（如俄罗斯、法国、澳大利亚、菲律宾等）风情的文章在高考阅读理解中也频频出现。主要涉及以下内容：1.各地独特的历史传统和风俗习惯；2.全球化背景下各地出现的一些新民俗；3.全球化给各国人民生活带来的影响。近两年的高考英语阅读理解涉及以上内容的文章主要有：2007陕西卷的E篇；2007全国卷I的E篇；2008江西卷的A篇；2008辽宁卷的A篇。【应考策略】1.应对西方国家的历史文化（如希腊文明、罗马文化和文艺

2、复兴）、宗教信仰以及社会发展进程有一定的了解；2.不仅要了解中西方文化差异，还要了解不同西方国家之间的文化背景差异；3.要关注国际社会动态、拓宽知识视野；4.英语学习中要培养全球化视野和国际意识。【高考范例】Despitethefactthatithasneverbeenseen，almosteveryoneisfamiliarwiththelegendaryunicorn(独角兽).Descriptionsofunicornshavebeenfounddatingfromancienttimes.Thegreat

3、philosopherAristotletheorizedthatthereweretwotypesofunicorn—theso-calledIndianAssandtheOryx,akindofantelope.Unicornsareoftenusedinthelogoofanoblefamily,towncounciloruniversityastheirspecialsign.EvenScotlandisrepresentedbyaunicorn.Accordingtothelegend,anyoneatt

4、emptingtocatchaunicornhadtobeextremelycautiousasithasareputationforbeingveryfierce.Aclevertricksuggestedbyunicorn-trappers,inordertocatchthismagnificentbeastwithoutbeinghurtbyitshorn,wasforthehuntertostandinfrontofatreeandthentomovequicklybehinditastheunicornc

5、harged.Hopefully,thecreaturecouldthenbecapturedwhenitshornwasstuckinthetree.Whenhollowedoutandusedasadrinking-cup,theunicorn’shornwassaidtohavethepowertoofferprotectionagainstpoison.Itwasbelievedthatnobodycouldbeharmedbydrinkingthecontentsofaunicorn’shorn.Righ

6、tupuntiltheFrenchRevolutionin1789,theFrenchcourtwassaidtohaveusedcupsmadeof“unicorn”horninordertoprotecttheking.Inaddition,thehornwassaidtohavemedicinalvalue,somuchsothatitcouldbesoldformorethantentimesthepriceofthesameweightofgold.What,then,was“unicorn”horn?W

7、eknowattimestherhino(犀牛)wasconfusedwiththislegendarycreature.Adrinking--cupsupposedlymadeof“unicorn”hornwasdiscoveredtobemadeofthehornofarhino.1.WhichofthefollowingisTRUEoftheunicorn?A.Itwasnothistoricallyrecorded.B.ItshornwasfirstusedinFrance.C.Itwassimilarto

8、theIndianAssandtheOryx.D.Itcouldbethesymbolofauniversity.2.Tocatchaunicorn,theunicorn-trappershadtotryallofthefollowingEXCEPT_____.A.temptingtheunicorntoattackB.makinguseofthetreea