考点21-优秀传统文化之中国历史人物-备战2024年高考英语一轮复习(新高考专用)(学生版).docx

考点21 优秀传统文化之中国历史人物

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1.【2023·湖南省益阳市质量检测】阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
词数：204话题：郑和
The early 1400s was a glorious era in Chinese history. In 1405, a fleet of over 200 ships navigated the blue seas, with almost 28,000 people on board. The largest ships, which ____1____(be) over 140 meters long, demonstrated the advanced technology and special skills in constructing ships. On behalf of the Ming Dynasty, Zheng He, a great explorer, made a total of seven ____2____ (voyage) between 1405 and 1433. The fleet, loaded with china, silk, tea and other treasures, paid friendly visits ____3____ more than 30 countries and regions. The navigators took compass readings,kept logs ____4____ charted the coast.
These journeys had ____5____ far-reaching impact on China and its neighbors. Legends have been passed on about Zheng He in the countries and regions ____6____ he set foot. Zheng He’s efforts helped develop ____7____ (harmony) relations with these countries and regions, introducing foreign people to Chinese culture, and ____8____ (allow) the Chinese to better understand overseas lands.
For many years, some historians dismissed the records of these explorations as legends. The final proof came when an enormous shipyard ____9____ (discover) in Nanjing, where the fleet had been built. With his accomplishments widely ____10____ (acknowledge), Zheng He is remembered as one of China’s most influential explorers.
2.【2023·内蒙古包头市高三调研】阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
词数：184话题：毕加索
【2023·内蒙古包头市高三调研】Pablo Picasso is one of the most famous ____1____ (artist) in the world, ____2____ full name is really a long one, in fact a mixture of many names. When Picasso was born, he was ____3____ weak that the nurse left him on the side table and ____4____ (simple) began to attend ____5_ his mother. It was his uncle, a doctor, that ____6____ (save) him.
It is believed that Picasso was born an artist. His father Ruiz, ____7____ artist and art professor, gave him a formal education in art. By the time he was 13 years old, his father had given up ____8____ (paint) himself because he felt his son had already surpassed (超越) him. Pablo Picasso was a ____9____ (produce) artist but many of his works were stolen. Towards the later years of his life, he began to write poetry and plays, ____10____ (leave) almost 300 poems and even a couple of plays.
3.【2023·江苏省四所名校高三期中联考】阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
词数：248话题：钱学森
【2023·江苏省四所名校高三期中联考】Perhaps no other scientist has had a greater impact on China’s aerospace science ____1____Qian Xuesen. Born in Hangzhou in 1911, Qian went to the United States for further studies in 1935. Soon as a pioneer in American jet and rocket technology, he and his colleagues ____2____ (found) the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in the 1940s, now one of NASA’s leading space-exploration centres.
____3____(overcome) many difficulties in the US, Qian eventually returned to China in 1955. He received a ____4____(hero) welcome from his homeland. At that time, in poor China, its rocket science was undeveloped—No majors in rocket science; No talents; No experts. Nevertheless, the “No”s didn’t discourage him from taking ____5____the challenge. His reply to “Can we Chinese possibly make missiles?” was a ____6____(determine) “Why not? We Chinese are able to make the same things ____7____other people make.”
Under Qian’s leadership, China developed the Dongfeng missiles and launched its first man-made satellite. Even much of the technology behind the Shenzhou rockets can also be traced back to Qian’ research, so he earned the name of “the father of China’ aerospace”.
Qian was extremely ____8____(knowledge), especially in the area of frontier science research. However, ____9____might have made him such an outstanding and creative scientist was probably his strong interest in other things, such as music and drawing. His deep appreciation for art often gave him _____10_____(inspire) in his-scientific research.
On 31 October 2009, the whole country was saddened by Qian’s death, and people honoured and remembered him in different ways.
4.【2023`江苏省苏州市常熟市阶段性抽测二】阅读下面短文，在空白处填入适当的词，如有括号提示，请以提示词的正确形式填空。
词数：233话题：齐白石
【2023`江苏省苏州市常熟市阶段性抽测二】In Chinese art history, Qi Baishi ranks as a ____1____ (tower) figure. His unusual and playful style opened ____2____ a new prospect in the imagery of traditional Chinese painting, and has left a rich legacy still widely recognized in modern society.
Lifelike shrimps play a key role in Qi’s vast body of visual artworks. The “shrimps” are so popular ____3____ they have become synonymous with the painter himself. Unlike his predecessors, Qi Baishi painted shrimps in an impressionistic style with swift and definite brush strokes. He used different shades of ink ____4____ (model) the shrimp’s torso (躯干) and head. These shrimps are not just passive subject matter; rather they are firmly stating their ____5____ (present).
Qi, an all-round artist, ____6____  (bear) to a family of farmers in Hunan in 1864. He learned carpentry in his teens, after ____7____ he taught himself the arts of painting, poetry, calligraphy and seal cutting. The years spent in rural areas ____8____ (sow) in him a deep-rooted love of nature. During his youth, he traveled around the country to seek inspiration from nature while ____9____ (enthusiastic) studying the masterpieces of early Chinese painters. Qi settled in Beijing in 1919 and soon achieved wide fame in _____10_____ Chinese capital. Qi Baishi opened a new window for the fine art world. He was named the “People’s Painter” and awarded the title of “People’s Artist” by China’s Ministry of Culture.