2026年中考英语阅读【中国传统文化】训练2（含解析）.docxVIP

初中英语阅读【中国传统文化】训练2

中国之声“编钟”

阅读短文，用英语填空或回答问题（请注意每小题的词数要求）。

ThemostfamoustreasureonshowinHubeiProvincialMuseumistheChimeBells(编钟).Thebellscan’tbeshownabroad,whichistherulemadetoprotectthem.ThesechimebellswereuncoveredinthetombofMarquis(侯爵)YiofZeng,whowasfoundin1978inSuizhoucityinCentralChinasHubeiprovince.65chimebellsinclude19niubells,45yongbellsandonebobell.Theyarehungonaframe.

ItissaidthatthekingofChulovedmusic.HealsoknewthatMarquisYi,theruleroftheneighborstateZeng,sharedthisloveformusicalperformances.Thekinghadevenvisitedthemarquisduringhislifetime.Sowhenhelearnedofthemarquis’death,hewantedaspecialgifttosendaspartofwhatwouldbeplacedinthemarquis’tomb.Heorderedhismantomakethemostwonderfulbellandthenwrotewordsonit.Theskillfulmastermadeit.Thebobellwasthreefeethighandweighed297pounds.Itwasandstillisthelargestmusicalinstrumentyetknown.

Thelargestoneandanothersixty-fourbellswereputinorderbysize--anorderthatalsoshowedthedifferenttypesofmusicaltunes.Thebellshavenoclappers(钟锤)andaresoundedbyhittingagainstthem.Afterover1,000years,thebellsstillsoundperfect,readytoplaymelodies(乐音)localandforeign,classicandmodern.

Indeed,musicalinstrumentshaveaverylongtraditioninChina.Bellsanddrums,fromtheShangDynastyonward,werepartofthemusicalshow.DuringtheZhouDynastyandthentheWarringStatesPeriodthatfollowed,theywereusedinbattlestowarnarmiesaswellastogivemessagesduringmilitary(军事)attacks.Anyway,themusicwasstillusedforspecialcelebrations.Variousinstrumentsopenedupaveryattractiveworldofsounds.

WhenyoucometoHubeinexttime,dovisitthismuseumandlistentotheancientmelodiesfrom2,400yearsago.

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