考点预测 | 文明之火酿成文化之殇
4月15日，一场大火吞噬了人类八百年的文明建筑——巴黎圣母院，文明之火酿成文化之殇。
每件文物都是历史生命的延续，每座古老的建筑都铭刻了历史的符号。文物承载了历史的沧桑与沉淀，其损毁和消失在带走文物本身的同时，也带走了它所承载的历史文明。愿所有的文物都能远离灾难，世代传承。下面来看一道阅读理解题，看看下面这四道题你能答对吗？ Adisastrous fire surrounded Notre Dame completely and destroyed large parts ofthe Gothic（哥特式的）architecture onMonday.
“Notre Dame is our history, our literature,part of our spirit, the place of all our great events, our wars, our liberations,the center of our lives,” French President Emmanuel Macron told reporters infront of the still burning Paris landmarkand promised to rebuild Notre Dame Cathedral.
“Notre Dame is burning,and I know the sadness, and
this tremblefelt by so many fellow French people. But tonight, I’d like to speak ofhope too,” he said, announcing the launch of a fundraising campaign.
“Let’s be proud, becausewe built this cathedral more than 800 years ago, we’ve built it and, throughoutthe centuries, let it grow and improved it. So I gravely say tonight: we will rebuild it together,”he added.
The disastrous fire engulfed the upper reaches ofParis’ towering NotreDame Cathedral as it was
undergoing renovations（翻新）Monday,threatening one of the greatest architectural treasures of the Western world astourists and Parisianslooked on horrified fromthe streets below. France’s Interior Ministry said firefighters might not beable to save the structure.
The fire collapsed thecathedral’s spire（尖顶）and spread to one of itslandmark towers. A spokesman said the entire wooden frame of the cathedral wouldlikely come down, and that the archof the large buildingcould be threatened too.
“Everything is burning;nothing will remain from the frame,” Notre Dame spokesman Andre Finot toldFrench media. The
12th-century cathedral is home to incalculable works of artand is one of the world’s most famous tourist
attractions, immortalized by Victor Hugo’s1831 novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
The cause of the firewas not known, but French media quoted the Paris fire brigade（消防队）as saying the fire is “potentiallylinked” to a 6 million-euro ($6.8 million) renovation project on the church’sspire and its 250 tons of lead. Officialsopened an investigation as Paris police said there were no reported deaths.Some 400 firefighters were battling the fire well into the night.
1. From what EmmanuelMacron said we can learn that . A. Notre Dame was the symbol of French inhistory
B. he was desperate whenhe made the announcement
C. it took more than 800years to build Notre Dame
D. French people willrebuild Notre Dame together
2.Which of the following is true according to the text?
A. Notre Dame Cathedral was burnt downentirely.
B. The structure waswell saved by the firefighters.
C. The fire was so bigthat it was hard to control.
D. The cause of the firewas already known to the public.
3.The underlined part in Paragraph 7 properly means that . A. the novel made the cathedral famous
B. the novel made the cathedralromantic
C. the novel made the cathedralmysterious
D. the novel made the cathedralattractive
4.Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?
A. Incalculable Works ofArt
B. The Renovation of Notre Dame
C. Macron’s Sadness forNotre Dame
D. A Fire Destroying LargeParts of Notre Dame
参考答案
1~4 DCAD
生词及长难句
1. Gothic adj. 哥特式的，哥特风格的
哥特风格是12至16世纪流行于西欧的建筑风格，以尖拱、尖窗和细长柱为特色。
a Gothic church 哥特式教堂
2.cathedral n.大教堂；教区总教堂 St Paul’s Cathedral 圣保罗大教堂
3. engulf v. 包围；吞没；淹没
He wasengulfed by a crowd of reporters. 他被一群记者团团围住。
4. be home to sth 是……的居住地；是……的产地；是……的生长（或栖息）地
Paris washome to many important artists. 巴黎是很多大艺术家的居住地。
5. The 12th-century cathedral is home to incalculable works of art and is one of the world’s most famous tourist
attractions, immortalized by Victor Hugo's 1831 novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
句子主干：The cathedral is home toworks of art and is one of the world's tourist attraction.
考点预测 文明之火酿成文化之殇
