单元话题--历史人物及事件

　　子话题1　历史人物

　　　①emperor n．皇帝 ②queen n．女王；王后

　　③minister n．大臣；部长 ④king n．国王

　　⑤empress n．女皇；皇后 ⑥prince n．王子

　　⑦princess n．公主 ⑧guard n．卫兵

　　子话题2　历史事件

　　　①dynasty n．朝代 ②slavery n．奴隶制度

　　③battle n．战斗；战役 ④origin n．起源；由来

　　⑤aggression n．侵略 ⑥revolution n．革命

　　⑦uprising n．起义 ⑧incident n．事变

　　⑨invade v．侵略 ⑩occupy vt.攻占

　　⑪sacrifice v．牺牲 ⑫betray vt.出卖；泄露(机密)

　　⑬feudal adj.封建(制度)的 ⑭primitive adj.原始的；远古的

　　⑮historic adj.历史上著名(或重要)的

　　⑯historical adj.与历史有关的

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　　高考采撷(一)　阅读中的词汇应用

　　1．(2012·辽宁高考阅读C) In the past two decades, the Chinese studies programs have gained huge popularity in Western universities.More recently, the Chinese government has set up Confucius Institutes in more than 80 countries.These schools teach❶ both Chinese language and culture.The main courses of Chinese culture usually included Chinese art, history and philosophy❷.Some social scientists suggest that Westerners should take advantage of the ancient Chinese wisdom to make up for the drawbacks of Western philosophy.Students in the United States, at the same time, are racing to learn Chinese.So they will be ready for life in a world where China is an equal❸ power with the United States.Businessmen who hope to make money in China are reading books about Confucius to understand their Chinese customers.

　　①写出teach在本单元中的同根名词：teaching

　　②写出philosophy在句中的含义：哲学

　　③写出equal的名词形式：equality。其近义词fair, just，意为：公平的；公正的

2．(2010·江西高考阅读C) Neither philosopher❶ lived in times of peace, though there were more wars in Greece than in China.The Chinese states were very large and feudal,