Module2TheRenaissancePeriodOneWarmup&Reading(Ⅰ)基础落实Ⅰ.课文理解1．TheMonaLisaisbelievedtobe__________.A．paintedintheyears1513－1516B．paintedbyLeonardodaVinciC．oneofthebestpaintingsintheRenaissanceD．keptinChina2．TheRenaissance________.A．isnotmorethanjustMonaLisaB．isanEnglishwordC．means“rebirth”D．firstappearedinEnglishinthe15thcentury3．WhichofthefollowingshowsthetradeduringtheRenaissance?A．Europewasgettingfatterthanbefore.B．LeonardoworkedforimportantpeoplesuchastheDukeofGerman.C．Peoplecouldn’taffordtobuytheartists’worksoremploythem.D．Richpeoplespentmoneyonarts.4．WhichofthefollowingisNOTright?A．Paintersdiscoveredhowtouseperspectiveandtheeffectsoflight.B．Composersputdifferentvoicestogetherandcreatedpolyphony.C．Architectspreferredtodesignbuildingswithmorelight.D．Theylookedback，too，byopeningnewfrontiersinthearts.5．Leonardo________.A．isnotonlythegreatestpainterbutalsoaskilledinventorB．istheMonaLisaC．wasanordinarygeniusD．hasbeendescribedasaRenaissancewomanⅡ.课文缩写TheRenaissance，aFrenchword，whichmeans1.________，appearedintheEnglishlanguageinthe19thcentury.Itdescribedaperiodof2.__________andthebeginningofthemodernworld.FromItaly，it3.________alloverEuropewhereartistsfoundnewideasfortheirworkin4.________GreeceandRome.Theyalsoopenednew5.________intheartssuchaspainters’useof6.__________andthe7.________oflight.Thesenseofexplorationwhich8.__________theartistsalsodevelopedtogetherwithanewtypeof9.__________.Besides，itwasalsoatimeofscientificinvention，whenLeonardo，the10.__________genius，didalotinthescientificresearch.Inshort，theRenaissancemadegreatcontributionstothedevelopmentofEurope.Ⅲ.介、副词填空1．EvenifpeopledonotknowmuchabouttheRenaissance，theyhaveheard________thispainting.2．ItwasasifEuropewaswaking________afterthelongsleepoftheMiddleAges.3．Trade________otherpartsoftheworldmeantthatEuropewasgettingricher，too.4．Thesenseofexplorationwhichmotivatedtheartistswenthand________handwithanewtypeofphilosophy.5．Aftercenturiesofacceptingamedievalworldviewinwhichhumanlifewasconsidered________littlevaluecompared________thegreatnessofGod，philosophersbeganaskingquestionslike“Whatisaperson？”or“WhyamIhere？”6．Whereverhewent，hecarriedanotebookaroundwithhim，inwhichhewrote________hisideas.7．________short，Leonardowasanextraordinarygenius，anexampleofwhathasbeendescribed________“Renaissanceman”．8．Butevenifhisonlycontribution________historyhadbeentheMonaLisa，itwouldhavebeengeniusenoughforalltime.能力提升阅读理解ATheAlchemistisaneasystorywithadeepmessage.Itisamessagetofollowyourheartandsearchforyourdreams.ThebookisaboutayoungmannamedSantiagowholivesinSpainandworksasashepherd.Hebeginstohavestrangedreams，sohegoestoaGypsytofindoutwhattheymean.TheGypsytellshimthatheneedstogototheEgyptianpyramidstofindhistreasure.Ofcoursehedoesnotbelieveher.Butlaterhemeetsanotherpersonwhotellshimthesamething.AtlastSantiagodecidestogiveuphislifeasashepherdandgotofindhistreasure.Santiagocomesintomanyproblemsashegoesonhisjourney.Hemeetsmanypeopleandlearnsalotalongtheway.HealsolearnstolistentoandtrusttheSouloftheWorld.Doesheeverfindhistreasure？AndwhyisthebookcalledTheAlchemist？Ican’ttellyou.Youwillhavetoreadthebookifyouwanttofindout.TheAlchemistwasoriginallywritteninPortuguesebyPauloCoelho，aBrazilianauthor.Ithasbeentranslatedintomanylanguages，including，ofco...
