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06任务型阅读

一．阅读短文回答问题。

1．HaveyouevervisitedtheForbiddenCity？Thisyearisits600thbirthday.Itistheworldslargestpalaceandhasover17millionvisitorseveryyear.Butifwetraveledbacktothepast，weprobablywouldntbeallowedinside.

Inthepast，allbuildingsinBeijingwerelowexceptfortheForbiddenCity.Fromoutside，monpeoplecouldonlyimaginewhatitlookedlikeinside.

TheForbiddenCitytakesup720，000squaremetersintheheartofBeijing.Itwasbuiltfrom1406to1420bythethirdemperoroftheMingdynasty，theYongleEmperor.Afterthat，itwasthelivingandworkingplaceoftheemperorsoftheMingdynastyandtheQingdynasty.

Duringthosetimes，theForbiddenCitywaswherethecountryshighestpowercouldbefound.Emperorswereborn，lived，foughtanddiedthere.ItsawthehighsandlowsoftheMingandQingdynasties，aswellastheendoffeudalautocraticmonarchy（封建君主专制）inChina.

Theculturalrelicsanddocumentsinthepalaceshowhowtheroyalfamilieslived.Theyarestillusedtodayforhistoricalresearch，aswellasinspirationforliteratureandentertainment.

In1987，theForbiddenCitywasconsideredasaUNESCOWorldHeritagesite.ForworldleaderswhovisitChina，ithasbeeamust﹣see.In2017，whenUSPresidentDonaldTrumppaidastatevisittoChina，PresidentXiJinpingandhiswifePengLiyuanweledTrumpandhiswifethere.

（1）HowbigistheForbiddenCity？

（2）WhatdynastiesofupsanddownscanweseeintheForbiddenCity？

（3）DoyouwanttovisittheForbiddenCity？Whyorwhynot？

2．LuXunwasanexcellentwriterandthinkerofmodernChina.HetookpartintheMayFourthNewCultureMovementof1919.Hecouldbesaidtohavelaidthefoundation（基础）ofmodernliterature（文学）inChinaYoucouldntbelievethathealmostbecameadoctor!SohowdidLuXungiveupthestudyofmedicineandtakeupwriting？

Whenhewasyoung，hisfatherwasbadlyill，andlittleLuXunboughtmedicineforhi