高中英语人教必修二五年高考练 (4).docx

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五年高考练

Ⅰ.阅读理解

(2020北京,C)

Forthepastfiveyears,PaulaSmith,ahistorianofscience,hasdevotedherselftore?creatinglong?forgottentechniques.Whiledoingresearchforhernewbook,shecameacrossa16th?centuryFrenchmanuscript(手稿)consistingofnearly1,000setsofinstructions,coveringsubjectsfromtoolmakingtofindingthebestsand.

Theauthorsintentionremainsasmysterious(神秘)ashisname;hemayhavebeensimplytakingnotesforhisownrecords.ButSmithwasstruckmainlybythefactthatshedidnttrulygraspanyoftheskillstheauthordescribed.“Yousimplycantgetanunderstandingofthathandworkbyreadingaboutit,”shesays.

ThoughSmithdidgetherhandsonthebestsand,doingthingstheold?fashionedwayisntjustaboutplayingaroundwithFrenchmud.Reconstructingtheworkofthecraftsmen(工匠)wholivedcenturiesagocanrevealhowtheyviewedtheworld,whatobjectsfilledtheirhomes,andwhatwentonintheworkshopsthatproducedthem.Itcanevenhelpsolvepresent?dayproblems:In2015,scientistsdiscoveredthata10th?centuryEnglishmedicineforeyeproblemscouldkilladrug?resistantvirus.

Theworkhasalsobroughtinsightsformuseums,Smithsays.Onemustknowhowanobjectwasmadeinordertopreserveit.Whatsmore,reconstructionsmightbetheonlywaytoknowwhattreasureslookedlikebeforetimeworethemdown.ScholarshaveseenthisideainpracticewithancientGreekandRomanstatues.Thesesculptureswerepaintedarainbowofstrikingcolours.Wecantappreciatethesekindsofdetailswithoutseeingworksofartastheyoriginallyappeared—somethingSmithbelievesyoucandoonlywhenyouhavearoadmap.

Smithhasputthemanuscriptsideasintopractice.Herfinalgoalistolinktheworldsofartandsciencebacktogether.Shebelievesthatbringingtheoldrecipestolifecanhelpdevelopakindoflearningthathighlightsexperimentation,t