2025届新教材高考英语一轮复习课时天天练十必修第二册Unit4HistoryandTraditions含解析新人教版.docxVIP

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课时每天练(十)必修其次册Unit4HistoryandTraditions

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[2024·荆、荆、襄、宜四地七校联考]Inspring,chickensstartlayingagain,bringingawelcomesourceofproteinatwintersend.Soitsnosurprisethatculturesaroundtheworldcelebratespringbyhonoringtheegg.

Sometraditionsaresimple,liketheredeggsthatgetbakedintoGreekEasterbreads.Otherselevatetheeggintoafancyart,liketheheavilyjewel-covered“eggs”thatwerefavoredbytheRussiansstartinginthe19thcentury.

OneancientformofeggartcomestousfromUkraine.Forcenturies,Ukrainianshavebeendrawingcomplicatedpatternsoneggs.Contemporaryartistshavefollowedthistraditiontocreateeggsthatspeaktotheanxietiesofourage:Lifeisprecious,anddelicate.Eggsare,too.

“Theressomethingabouttheirdelicatenaturethatappealstome，”saysNewYorkercartoonistRozChast.Severalyearsago,shebecameinterestedineggsandlearnedthetraditionalUkrainiantechniquetodrawherverymoderncharacters.“Ivebrokeneggsateverystageoftheprocess—fromtheverybeginningtothevery,veryend.”

Buttheresanappealinthatvulnerability(易损性).“Therespartofthissickeninghorrorofknowingyourewalkingontheedgewiththis,thatIkindoflike,knowingthatitcouldallfallapartatanysecond.”Chastsdesigns,suchasaworriedmanaloneinatinyrowboat,reflectthatdelicateness.

TraditionalUkrainiandecoratedeggsalsospoketothosefears.Theelaboratepatternswerebelievedtoofferprotectionagainstevil.

“Theresanancientlegendthataslongastheseeggsaremade,evilwillnotexistintheworld.”saysJoanBrander,aCanadianegg-painterwhohasbeenpaintingeggsforover60years,havinglearnedtheartfromherUkrainianrelatives.

1．Peopleinmanycultureshonortheeggbecause________.

A．itistheirmajorsourceofproteininwinter

B．itisawelcomesignoftheapproachofspring

C．itcanbringwealthandhonortothem

D．itcaneasilybemadeintoaworkofart

2．Whatdoestheunderlinedword“elevate”inParagraph2mean?

A．carve B．promote

C．place D．lower

3．WhydoesChastenjoytheprocessofdecoratingeggs?

A．Sheisneversurewhatthefinaldesignwilllooklikeuntiltheend.

B．Shealwaysachievesgreatpleasurefromdesigningsomethingnew.

C．Sheneverknowsi