四、(2025·常州市第二十四中学期中改编)阅读表达。
Classical Chinese gardens are purposely designed so that no matter where you stand, you can never see the whole thing at once. The purpose of a classical Chinese garden is to let people enjoy nature. Besides, the classical Chinese gardens have another purpose—to inspire(激发) artistic expression like poetry, literature or painting. Nearly all Chinese gardens have the things mentioned below.
Water is a necessary thing that no Chinese garden can go without. Water in a garden typically symbolizes(象征) a lake or even the ocean. Water can even symbolize life, movement and dreams.
Large rocks typically symbolize mountains. Many of the rocks in Suzhou gardens come from Lake Tai, shaped by the flow of water over thousands of years. Smaller rocks are often on show in fancy halls. This shows the appreciation the garden owners had of these rocks.
There can't be a garden without plants. Different plants have different meanings. Bamboo, for example, stands for strength. Flowers, meanwhile, add colour to a garden, with each carrying a symbolic meaning of its own.
In Chinese gardens, pavilions (亭) are usually placed in some of the best viewing places. In the past, pavilions were also used as places for garden owners to reflect, paint and write poems.
In fact, classical Chinese gardens are in some ways very much like traditional Chinese landscape paintings. And all of the parts show the importance of nature in Chinese culture.
1. What does bamboo mean in a classical Chinese garden?
It stands for strength.
2. What is the purpose of classical Chinese gardens?
To let people enjoy nature and inspire artistic expression.
3. 新考法
开放性设问 What do you think of classical Chinese gardens? Why?
They are beautiful/wonderful. Because they show the importance of nature in Chinese culture.(答案不唯一,言之有理即可)
解析:
【分析】
这是一篇介绍中国古典园林的阅读表达题,解题思路非常清晰:首先针对前两道细节题,我们可以带着题干里的核心关键词直接回原文定位,找到对应的语句后提取、整合信息即可得到答案;第三道是开放性设问,我们可以结合文章介绍的中国古典园林的特点、文化内涵给出自己的评价,再搭配符合逻辑的理由,保证表述通顺、言之有理就符合要求。具体来说,第一题抓关键词bamboo回文找象征含义,第二题抓关键词purpose回文找造园的两个目的,第三题结合文中提到的园林的象征意义、文化属性组织答案即可。
【解析】
1. 定位到文章第四段内容,文中明确提到"Bamboo, for example, stands for strength.",直接提取该信息即可作答。
2. 定位到文章第一段,原文先后点明中国古典园林的两个目的:一是让人们享受自然,二是激发诗歌、文学、绘画类的艺术表达,将两个要点整合为通顺的表述即可。
3. 本题为开放性试题,没有唯一标准答案,首先给出对中国古典园林的正面评价,再结合文本内容给出合理的理由,保证语法正确、逻辑通顺即可。
【答案】
1. It stands for strength.
2. To let people enjoy nature and inspire artistic expression.
3. They are beautiful/wonderful. Because they show the importance of nature in Chinese culture.(答案不唯一,言之有理即可)
【知识点】
阅读理解细节定位;信息整合归纳;开放性书面表达
【点评】
本题难度梯度设置合理,前两道基础细节题重点考察学生快速从文本中定位、提取有效信息的能力,第三道开放性设问跳出机械答题的框架,引导学生主动思考中国古典园林的文化价值,在考察语言输出能力的同时渗透了中国传统文化相关的文化意识培养,符合英语学科核心素养的考察要求。
【难度系数】
0.8