Module4ASocialSurvey—MyNeighbourhood话题导入背井离乡多年后,感觉最亲的还是我们的故乡,外面的世界固然美好,那家乡的青山、绿水、善良勤劳的人们却无法从记忆中抹掉。归来吧!把我们的智慧和汗水溶入家乡的建设,让我们的理想随着家乡的每一步发展而飞翔!背景知识鼓浪屿位于厦门岛西南面,与厦门岛只隔一条宽600米的鹭江,乘轮渡5分钟可达。鼓浪屿原名“圆沙洲”,别名“圆洲仔”,明朝改称“鼓浪屿”。乃因岛西南方有一礁石,每当涨潮水涌,浪击礁石,声似擂鼓,人们称“鼓浪石”,鼓浪屿因此而得名。鼓浪屿面积仅1.91平方千米,是厦门最大的一个卫星岛,常住居民2万人。岛上岩石峥嵘,挺拔雄秀,因长年受海浪扑打,形成许多幽谷和峭崖,沙滩、礁石、峭壁、岩峰,相映成趣。鼓浪屿街道短小,纵横交错,清洁幽静,空气新鲜,岛上树木苍翠,繁花似锦,特别是小楼红瓦与绿树相映,显得格外漂亮。鼓浪屿楼房鳞次栉比,掩映在热带、亚热带林木里,日光岩奇峰突起,群鸥腾飞……组成一幅美丽的画卷。鼓浪屿是“音乐家摇篮”“钢琴之岛”,小小鼓浪屿有钢琴600台,其密度居全国之冠。只要你漫步在各个角落小道上,就会不时听到悦耳的钢琴声,悠扬的小提琴声,轻快的吉他声,动人优美的歌声,加以海浪的节拍,环境特别迷人。音乐,已成为鼓浪屿特别绚丽的风景。鼓浪屿是“建筑博览馆”,许多建筑有浓烈的欧陆风格,古希腊的三大柱式陶立克、爱奥尼克、科林斯各展其姿,罗马式的圆柱,哥特式的尖顶,伊斯兰圆顶,巴洛克式的浮雕,门楼壁炉、阳台、钩栏、突拱窗。争相斗妍,异彩纷呈,洋溢着古典主义和浪漫主义的色彩。引入型阅读ASurveyofXiamenXiamen,“GateofChineseMansion(宅地)”,isthesecondlargestcityinFujianProvince.Itwassaidthattheegrets(白鹭)frequentlyperchedontheisland,soXiamenisalsocalledEgretIsland.ItislocatedatthesoutheastofFujian,borderingtheseainthesoutheastandfacingPenghu,Taiwan,acrossthestrait,beingclosetoZhangzhouinthewestandtoQuanzhouinthenorth.Itcoversanareaof1516.12squarekilometers,consistingofSiming,Kaiyuan,Gulangyu,Xinglin,Huli,JimeidistrictsandTonganCountry,withatotalpopulationof1.17million.XiamenIsland,coveringanareaof128.14squarekilometers,isthefourthlargestislandofFujian.Becauseofthesub-tropicalmarine(亚热带海洋的)climate,ithasthespringseasonalltheyear,withanaveragetemperatureof21.TheaveragetemperatureofthecoldestFebruaryis12andthatofthehottestAugustis28.Itisavailablefortravelallyearround,withthebesttouristseasonfromApriltoNovember.Xiamenhasalonghistory.Asearlyas3000yearsago,aprimitivepeoplelivedhere.ThefirstadministrativeunitwassetupinSongDynasty.Inthelast1000years,ithaschangeditsnameforseveraltimes,from“Jiaheyu(ExcellentGrainIsland)”inSongDynastyto“MiddleandLeftOffices”atthebeginningofMingDynasty,thento“XiamenTown”.AttheendofMingDynasty,ZhengChenggongchangedXiamenagaininto“SimingZhou(Si-mingmeanslongingfortherestoration(恢复)oftheMingDynasty)”.In1933,itwasrenamedXiamenCity.ReadingComprehensions:1.“GateofChineseMansion”showsthe______ofXiamen.A.importanceB.beautyC.valueD.location2.Theunderlinedword“perched”probablymeans______.A.livedB.gavebirthtoyoungegretsC.leftD.servedasmainfood3.XiamenIslandcanenjoyspringalltheyeararoundbecauseofits______.A.locationB.temperatureC.islandlifeD.size4.InwhichperiodofhistorywasXiamencalledJiaheyu?A.QingDynastyB.MingDynastyC.SongDynastyD.AttheendofMingDynasty答案:1.A2.A3.A4.C