《旅游英语《本)》第九单元作业样题及参考答案 I.Reading Comprehension Task 1:Choose the hest answer to complete each sentence below 1.Which of the following palaces is the largest in the world now? A.Versailles Palace B.Buckingham Palace C.the Forbidden City D.The Kremlin 2.Therewere_ emperors in the Ming and Qing dyrasties living in the Forbidden City. A.20 B.24 C.18 D.22 3.Ittook EmperorZhudi_ _years to have the Forbidden City built in the Ming dynasty. A.15 B14 C.18 D.20 4.Which are the three major halls in the Outer Court of the Forbidden City. A.The Hall of Supreme Harmony,the Hall of Central Harmomy and the Hall of Prexerving Harmomy. B.The Hall of Supreme Harmony.the Hall of Unionand the Hall of Preserving Harmory. C.The Hall of Supreme Harmony,the Hall of Central Harmony and the Hall of Earthly Tranguility. D.The Hall of Supreme Harmoey.the Hall of Central Harmomy and the Hall of Mental Cultivation. 5 is the largest hall and the most dignified building in the Forbidden City,where grand rituals or ceremonies were held. A.The Hall of Central Harmony B.The Hall of Preserving Harmony C.The Hall of Mental Cultivation D.The Hall of Supreme Harmomy 6.It's in the that the Emperor conducted routine government affairs and held celebrations like"Banquets for a thousand elders"during the reign of Kangxi and Qianlong in the 17th-18thcenturies A.Hall of Preserving Harmomy B.Hall of Union C.Hall of Earthly Tranquility D.Hall of Heavenly Purity 7.The first roof figure following the immortal riding a phoenix at each of the roof'comers of the Halls in the Forbidden City is A.Chiwen,a son of the dragon B.a phoenix C.Suarni,a lion-like dragon D.Xiczhi,a unicorn-like beast 8.Confucius was not only good at musie but also expert in many skills like shooting and A.horse-riding B.charioes-riding C.swimming D.fencing 9.Temple of Confucius houses over 1,000 stelae with numerous inscriptions and carvings dating from the DyTasty A.Tang B.Qing C.Han D.Jin 10.The firal imperial examinations were held in the_ A.Hall of Central Harmory B.Hall of Mental Cultrvation C.Hall of Preserving Harmony D.Hall of Supreme Harmony
《旅游英语（本）》第九单元作业样题及参考答案 I. Reading Comprehension Task 1: Choose the best answer to complete each sentence below. 1. Which of the following palaces is the largest in the world now? . A. Versailles Palace B. Buckingham Palace C. the Forbidden City D. The Kremlin 2. Therewere emperors in the Ming and Qing dynasties living in the Forbidden City. A. 20 B. 24 C. 18 D. 22 3. It took Emperor Zhudi years to have the Forbidden City built in the Ming dynasty. A. 15 B. 14 C. 18 D. 20 4. Which are the three major halls in the Outer Court of the Forbidden City . A. The Hall of Supreme Harmony, the Hall of Central Harmony and the Hall of Preserving Harmony. B. The Hall of Supreme Harmony, the Hall of Union and the Hall of Preserving Harmony. C. The Hall of Supreme Harmony, the Hall of Central Harmony and the Hall of Earthly Tranquility. D. The Hall of Supreme Harmony, the Hall of Central Harmony and the Hall of Mental Cultivation. 5. is the largest hall and the most dignified building in the Forbidden City, where grand rituals or ceremonies were held. A. The Hall of Central Harmony B. The Hall of Preserving Harmony C. The Hall of Mental Cultivation D. The Hall of Supreme Harmony 6. It’s in the that the Emperor conducted routine government affairs and held celebrations like “Banquets for a thousand elders” during the reign of Kangxi and Qianlong in the 17th-18th centuries. A. Hall of Preserving Harmony B. Hall of Union C. Hall of Earthly Tranquility D. Hall of Heavenly Purity 7. The first roof figure following the immortal riding a phoenix at each of the roof corners of the Halls in the Forbidden City is . A. Chiwen, a son of the dragon B. a phoenix C. Suanni, a lion-like dragon D. Xiezhi, a unicorn-like beast 8. Confucius was not only good at music but also expert in many skills like shooting and . A. horse-riding B. chariots-riding C. swimming D. fencing 9. Temple of Confucius houses over 1,000 stelae with numerous inscriptions and carvings dating from the Dynasty. A. Tang B. Qing C. Han D. Jin 10. The final imperial examinations were held in the . A. Hall of Central Harmony B. Hall of Mental Cultivation C. Hall of Preserving Harmony D. Hall of Supreme Harmony
Task 2:Answer the following questions concerning the Forbidden City and the Mausolum of Emperor Qin Shihuang in both Part A and Part B 1.What's the unique architectural feature of the Forbidden City in Beijing? 2.Which numbers is the architecture in the Forbidden City closely related to?Why? 3.What can a tourist see in the Hall of Supreme Harmony? 4.What measures were taken to protect the tomb of Emperor Qin Shihuang from being excavated by the tomb robbers? 5.What were the Emperor Qin Shihuang's major achievements and evil deeds? Task 3:Decide whether each of the following statements is True or False according to the introduction about Confucius and Confucianism in Part C 1.Confucius,the founder of Confucianism,was a great philosopher,educator but not a ateman.(） 2.Ritual,music,archery,chariot-driving.painting and computation were the"Six Arts"which Confucius required his disciples to learn. 3.Confucius wns forced to leave his own home and started to take a fourteen-year outbound travel with his followers because his political ideas were not accepted by the King of Lu State.() 4.The saving that one should not do to others what one would not like done to oneself shows the perfect example of Confucius'social philosophy. 5.Confucius attached great importance to individual education and would offer different teaching methods to different learners.( I1.Trandation Task 4:Translate the following sentences into English 】.紫禁城是世界上最大、保行得最完善的古代宫殿建群 2紫禁城完美地体现了中回健筑上的等级制文化 3整个宫股群沿着北京的南北中轴线布局建适，分为两大部分：外朝和内廷 4.从1420年里到191川年明清两阴的24个鼻帝都曾在故宫处理阴政和居佳历时钓500 年 5.球像征着君权和国家的统一，幼狮寓意子嗣昌叠，皇位干秋万代 6秦始皇是个可怕的爆君，为了巩固自己的强权，他焚书坑情，烧级了大量的书籍，活 星了约500位衡生. 7.孔子，衡家思想的创立者，不仅是一位伟大的哲学家和教育家，而且也是一名政治 家。他的杜会和玫治哲学的中心思想是“仁， 8孔庙有1,00多块汉代碑遇，上面有大量的速文和石1 9.2500年前，孔子就出生在古代鲁国曲阜的这个地方，比即酥基督还要早 10.30岁时，孔子创办私整，招收平民，为其提供均等的教音机会，当时的学校只有贵 战才能就读， Task 5:Translate the following sentences into Chinese. 1.The Forbidden City,rectangular in shape,covers 720,000 squre meters and is the world's largest palace complex.Its curtain wall has a gate on each side and there are four comer towers,wmching over both the palace and the city outside 2.The legend has it that the beginning ofits construction,there were supposed to be9,9995 rooms,only halfa room less than those in Heaven or Paradise,for the number symbolized
Task 2: Answer the following questions concerning the Forbidden City and the Mausoleum of Emperor Qin Shihuang in both Part A and Part B. 1. What’s the unique architectural feature of the Forbidden City in Beijing? 2. Which numbers is the architecture in the Forbidden City closely related to? Why? 3. What can a tourist see in the Hall of Supreme Harmony? 4. What measures were taken to protect the tomb of Emperor Qin Shihuang from being excavated by the tomb robbers? 5. What were the Emperor Qin Shihuang’s major achievements and evil deeds? Task 3: Decide whether each of the following statements is True or False according to the introduction about Confucius and Confucianism in Part C. 1. Confucius, the founder of Confucianism, was a great philosopher, educator but not a stateman. ( ) 2. Ritual, music, archery, chariot-driving, painting and computation were the “Six Arts” which Confucius required his disciples to learn. ( ) 3. Confucius was forced to leave his own home and started to take a fourteen-year outbound travel with his followers because his political ideas were not accepted by the King of Lu State. ( ) 4. The saying that one should not do to others what one would not like done to oneself shows the perfect example of Confucius’ social philosophy. ( ) 5. Confucius attached great importance to individual education and would offer different teaching methods to different learners. ( ) II. Translation Task 4: Translate the following sentences into English. 1. 紫禁城是世界上最大、保存得最完善的古代宫殿建筑群。 2. 紫禁城完美地体现了中国建筑上的等级制文化。 3. 整个宫殿群沿着北京城的南北中轴线布局建造，分为两大部分：外朝和内廷。 4. 从 1420 年到 1911 年，明清两朝的 24 个皇帝都曾在故宫处理朝政和居住，历时约 500 年。 5. 球象征着君权和国家的统一，幼狮寓意子嗣昌盛，皇位千秋万代。 6. 秦始皇是个可怕的暴君，为了巩固自己的强权，他焚书坑儒，烧毁了大量的书籍，活 埋了约 500 位儒生。 7. 孔子，儒家思想的创立者，不仅是一位伟大的哲学家和教育家，而且也是一名政治 家。他的社会和政治哲学的中心思想是“仁”。 8. 孔庙有 1,000 多块汉代碑碣，上面有大量的碑文和石刻。 9. 2,500 年前，孔子就出生在古代鲁国曲阜的这个地方，比耶稣基督还要早。 10. 30 岁时，孔子创办私塾，招收平民，为其提供均等的教育机会，当时的学校只有贵 族才能就读。 Task 5: Translate the following sentences into Chinese. 1. The Forbidden City, rectangular in shape, covers 720,000 square meters and is the world’s largest palace complex. Its curtain wall has a gate on each side and there are four corner towers, watching over both the palace and the city outside. 2. The legend has it that, at the beginning of its construction, there were supposed to be 9,999.5 rooms, only half a room less than those in Heaven or Paradise, for the number symbolized
the mighty power of the Emperor slightly less superior to that of Jade Emperor or Heavenly Emperor(玉室大帝) 3.The Sundial in front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony on the east indicates that the Emperor owned the highest power to grant time to all his people,whale the Grain Measure on the west shows that only the Emperor set the standard for the weights and measures in the whole country. 4.Altogether there are ten unique animals standing in line at each of the roof corners following an immortal riding a phoenix.It's the maximum number of the roof guardians in ancient Chinese architecture,showing that it's superior to other buildings 5.Emperor Qin Shihuang undertook a series of major economic.political and cultural reforms including the establishment of administrative prefectures and counties,a network of roads with the capital of Xianyang at the hub like ancient Rome,standardiring the system of currency,weights and measures as well as the Chinese characters,ete. 6.The tomb complex was designed to mirror the urban plan of the Qin capital Xianyang 阳with both inner an0 uter cities 7.Tons of mercury were used not only to prevent the tomb robbers but to symbolize the rivers and sea on the earth as well. 8.Confucius'social philosophy is primarily rooted in the concept of goodness (Ren. especially kindheartedness().It's actually a kind of self-cultivation,as shown in his golden rule:"Do no do to others what you would not like done to yourself" 9.The most impressive pit comtains over 6,000 warrior figures,arrayed in hattle formation. 10.All of the figures were originally painted in vivid colors Some retain traces of paint.but most of them faded after exposure to air. III.Role Play Task 6:Play a role in any of the following situations with your partner(s) Situation 1:You work for a China Travel Service as a tour guide.You're showing an American couple around the Forbidden City.Give a brief introduction of the largest imperial palace including its unique architectural feature.And get ready to anewer any questions raisod by the American couple. Situation 2:You're showing your foreign friends around the Forbidden City.Now introduce the Hall of Supreme Harmony to them and arewer any questions Situation3You're a guide from a CYTS Imernational Travel Co.Ld.(中青国际旅游有限 公司)You're talking about Emperor Qin Sh e first Chinese emperor to a group of Canadian tourists on the way tothe Mausoleum ofQin Shihuang in a coach.And get ready toanswer any questions raised by the tourists Situation 4:You have a business partner from Germamy named Klaus.You're showing him around the Terracotta Army Museum.Make a dialogue with him and get ready to answer any questions. Situation 5:You're showing your foreign friends or a group of tourists around any of the famous imperial masoleums in China.Talk briefly about the emperor's main achievements or deeds as well as the major attractions in the mauoleum.and get ready to answer any questions. Situation 6:You're showing a group of western tourists around the Temple of Conficius in Qufu.Talk briefly about Confucius's person life as well as his main thoughts.And get ready to answer any questions or hawe a diseussion with anyone interested in Confuctanism. Situation 7:You're showing your foreign friends or business partner around a Temple of
the mighty power of the Emperor slightly less superior to that of Jade Emperor or Heavenly Emperor (玉皇大帝). 3. The Sundial in front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony on the east indicates that the Emperor owned the highest power to grant time to all his people, while the Grain Measure on the west shows that only the Emperor set the standard for the weights and measures in the whole country. 4. Altogether there are ten unique animals standing in line at each of the roof corners following an immortal riding a phoenix. It’s the maximum number of the roof guardians in ancient Chinese architecture, showing that it’s superior to other buildings. 5. Emperor Qin Shihuang undertook a series of major economic, political and cultural reforms including the establishment of administrative prefectures and counties, a network of roads with the capital of Xianyang at the hub like ancient Rome, standardizing the system of currency, weights and measures as well as the Chinese characters, etc. 6. The tomb complex was designed to mirror the urban plan of the Qin capital Xianyang (咸 阳) with both inner and outer cities. 7. Tons of mercury were used not only to prevent the tomb robbers but to symbolize the rivers and sea on the earth as well. 8. Confucius’ social philosophy is primarily rooted in the concept of goodness (Ren, 仁), especially kindheartedness (仁爱). It’s actually a kind of self-cultivation, as shown in his golden rule: “Do not do to others what you would not like done to yourself.” 9. The most impressive pit contains over 6,000 warrior figures, arrayed in battle formation. 10. All of the figures were originally painted in vivid colors. Some retain traces of paint, but most of them faded after exposure to air. III. Role Play Task 6: Play a role in any of the following situations with your partner(s). Situation 1: You work for a China Travel Service as a tour guide. You’re showing an American couple around the Forbidden City. Give a brief introduction of the largest imperial palace including its unique architectural feature. And get ready to answer any questions raised by the American couple. Situation 2: You’re showing your foreign friends around the Forbidden City. Now introduce the Hall of Supreme Harmony to them and answer any questions. Situation 3: You’re a guide from a CYTS International Travel Co. Ltd. (中青国际旅游有限 公司). You’re talking about Emperor Qin Shihuang, the first Chinese emperor to a group of Canadian tourists on the way to the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang in a coach. And get ready to answer any questions raised by the tourists. Situation 4: You have a business partner from Germany named Klaus. You’re showing him around the Terracotta Army Museum. Make a dialogue with him and get ready to answer any questions. Situation 5: You’re showing your foreign friends or a group of tourists around any of the famous imperial mausoleums in China. Talk briefly about the emperor’s main achievements or deeds as well as the major attractions in the mausoleum, and get ready to answer any questions. Situation 6: You’re showing a group of western tourists around the Temple of Confucius in Qufu. Talk briefly about Confucius’s personal life as well as his main thoughts. And get ready to answer any questions or have a discussion with anyone interested in Confucianism. Situation 7: You’re showing your foreign friends or business partner around a Temple of
Confucius in China Talk briefly about Confucius's personal life as well as his main thoughts.And gt ready to answer amy questions or have a discussion with anyone interested in Confucianism IV.Problem-solving Task 7:Make an analysis of the following cases,and answer the questions as required Case 1 Situation:Chen Yan is showing a group oftourists around a historic site Someone in her group seems quite knowledgeable about the information she is telling her group,and disagrees with her explanation. Question:If you were Chen Yan.what would you do? Case2 Situation:You're working asa guide for a tourist group in the peak season.There are crowds of people everywhere and it's impossible for you to give a detailed lecture right on the spot. Question:What would you do then? Answers for Reference
Confucius in China. Talk briefly about Confucius’s personal life as well as his main thoughts. And get ready to answer any questions or have a discussion with anyone interested in Confucianism. IV. Problem-solving Task 7: Make an analysis of the following cases, and answer the questions as required. Case 1 Situation: Chen Yan is showing a group of tourists around a historic site. Someone in her group seems quite knowledgeable about the information she is telling her group, and disagrees with her explanation. Question: If you were Chen Yan, what would you do? Case 2 Situation: You’re working as a guide for a tourist group in the peak season. There are crowds of people everywhere and it’simpossible for you to give a detailed lecture right on the spot. Question: What would you do then?