广东省惠州市惠东县惠东荣超中学高中英语 Unit 1 第5课时Extensive
Reading学案 新人教版必修2
Step 1 Fill in the blanks according to the passage(语法填空)
Last month in Paris, a French company auctioned(拍卖) two bronze sculptures ---- a rat’s head and a rabbits head captured from China, 1.___________ has aroused great public concern in China.
The Qing Dynasty（1644—1911）relics, the heads of a bronze rabbit and a rat, were among an original set of 12 bronze animal heads that were once decorated at the imperial summer resort Yuanmingyuan. In 1860, the British and French troops broke 2.__________ Beijing and burned down 3.__________ royal garden, 4.___________(take) away millions of Chinese art works, 5._____________ the two head relics.
The Chinese government is strongly against this auction and has 6.______________ (repeat) asked for the free return of them according to the international laws. Some Chinese people even flew to 7.____________, trying to stop the selling. 8._____________, the French company just wouldn’t listen. Chinese lawyers have asked the French court to stop auction house Christie’s 9.______________(put) two bronze relics（文物） looted from China under the hammer. A lawyer said, “We hope to arouse public attention in Europe on the fate of numerous Chinese works 10.______________(steal) in the past, to help keep those relics well protected and collected,”
Step 2 Reading comprehension
The Peales were a famous family of American artists. Charles Willson Peale is best remembered for his portraits(肖像) of leading figures of the American Revolution. He painted portraits of Franklin and Jefferson and over a dozen of George Washington. His life-size portrait of his sons Raphaelle and Titian was so realistic that George Washington reportedly once tipped his hat to the figures in the picture.
Charles Willson Peale gave up painting in his middle age and devoted his life to the Peale museum, which he founded in Philadelphia. The world’s first popular museum of art and natural science mainly covered paintings by Peale and his family as well as displays of animals in their natural settings. Peale found the animals himself and found a method to make the exhibits more lifelike. The museum’s most popular display was the skeleton (骷髅) of a huge, extinct elephant, which Peale unearthed on a New York farm in 1801.
Three of Peale’s seventeen children were also famous artists. Paphaelle Peale often painted still lives of flowers, fruit, and cheese. His brother Rembrandt studied under his father and painted portraits of many noted people, including one of George Washington. Another brother, Rubens Peale, painted mostly landscapes and portraits.
James Peale, the brother of Charles Willson Peale, specialized in miniatures (小画像). His daughter Sarah Miriam Peale was probably the first professional female portrait painter in America. 1. What is the main topic of the passage? A. The life of Charles Willson Peale. B. Portraits in the 18th century. C. The Peale Museum. D. A family of artists.
2. The author mentions in Paragraph 1 that Washington tipped his hat to the figures in the painting to show that ________.
A. Charles Willson Peale’s painting was very lifelike B. Washington respected Charles Willson Peale’s work
C. Washington was friendly with Raphaelle and Titian Peale D. the painting of the two brothers was very large
3. The underlined word “unearthed” is closest in meaning to“ ______”. A. showed B. dug up C. invented D. looked over
1
4. Which of the following is NOT the child of Charles Willson Peale?
A. Titian Peale. B. Rubens Peale. C. Raphaelle Peale. D. Sarah Miriam Peale. 5. The author’s attitude toward the Peales is in general _______. A. puzzled B. excited C. admiring D. disappointed
Keys:
语法填空
which 2. into 3. the 4. taking 5. including
6. repeatedly 7. France 8. However 9. putting 10. stolen
2
广东省惠州市惠东县惠东荣超中学高中英语 Unit 1 第5课时Extensive Reading学案 新人教版必修2
