National Treasure国家宝藏-阅读理解.docx

A CCTV history program that blends documentary and drama with elements of variety show in the hope of promoting the protection of prized cultural legacies has become a hit since its debut earlier this month. National Treasure is the first Chinese TV program to take this mash-up approach. It consists of 10 episodes airing on Sundays on Channel Three of CCTV. Each episode showcases three artifacts, each presented by a celebrity and an expert who act as national treasure keepers. The treasure keepers tell the stories behind the pieces and uncover the mysteries that surround them.The show presents the treasures through different artistic methods, and tries to make sense of the stories and history behind each relic, so that audiences can not only come to appreciate their beauty, but also their cultural significance, said Yu Lei, producer and director of the show.Nine major museums are participating, ranging from Beijings Palace Museum to Liaoning Provincial Museum.As for the treasures selection criteria, Yu said the show strives to take into account historical, artistic and scientific values.The pieces featured on the show may not all be the so-called iconic pieces in these museums, but they should represent some historic periods and reflect an important point in history. Whats more, they should have stories behind them which engage the audience.Tony Leung, Li Chen and Wang Kai play the roles of national treasure keepers in the first episode. Yu said the crew hopes to reach more people by using these famous actors.He explained, Our show is not only for an audience interested in cultural relics and history, we want to reach more people, so we invited celebrities to explore with the audience. Just like the audience, these celebrities dont know much about the national treasures either. So they can see them from the audiences perspective, and as they set out to explore these treasures, the audience will follow them on a journey.1. What does the underlined word in Paragraph 1 hit probably mean? DA. strike B. failure C. debate D. success2. What is the purpose of the program National Treasure BA. To explore the histories and stories behind the treasuresB. To increase peoples awareness of protecting cultural heritageC. To attract more audience to visit the museumsD. To appeal to more people to vote for the most valuable treasure 3. Why did the programme invite the celebrities like Li Chen as the national treasure keepers? CA. Because they are famousB. Because they can attract more audienceC. Because they can explore the treasure as the audienceD. Because the audience are more interested in celebrities than relics and history.4. what can be the best title for the passage?AA. National Treasure brings celebrity appeal to historyB. A popular programme-National TreasureC. the first Chinese TV program of national treasureD. The latest CCTV history program词汇积累：A CCTV history program that blends documentary and drama with elements of variety show in the hope of promoting the protection of prized cultural legacies has become a hit since its debut earlier this month.National Treasure is the first Chinese TV program to take this mash-up approach. It consists of 10 episodes airing on Sundays on Channel Three of CCTV. Each episode showcases three artifacts, each presented by a celebrity and an expert who act as national treasure keepers. The treasure keepers tell the stories behind the pieces and uncover the mysteries that surround them.The show presents the treasures through different artistic methods, and tries to make sense of the stories and history behind each relic, so that audiences can not only come to appreciate their beauty, but also their cultural significance, said Yu Lei, producer and director of the show.Nine major museums are participating, ranging from Beijings Palace Museum to Liaoning Provincial Museum.As for the treasures selection criteria, Yu said the show strives to take into account historical, artistic and scientific values.The pieces featured on the show may not all be the so-called iconic pieces in these museums, but they should represent some historic periods and reflect an important point in history. Whats more, they should have stories behind them which engage the audience.Tony Leung, Li Chen and Wang Kai play the roles of national treasure keepers in the first episode. Yu said the crew hopes to reach more people by using these famous actors.He explained, Our show is not only for an audience interested in cultural relics and history, we want to reach more people, so we invited celebrities to explore with the audience. Just like the a