2020届高三英语一轮复习 Module 2 The Renaissance阅读案（无答案）外研版选修8

Module2 The Renaissance话题了解文艺复兴，进一步增强对欧洲历史与文化的了解和喜爱。重点知识Confirm; on behalf of; fundamental; drawback; theft; superb; substitutes; confidential; outcome; blame; at liberty阅读导学案使用方法：自主阅读P16-17、P25及P27课文，然后尝试完成下面的练习。作完后，自行查阅教材进行答案校对。: 选用下列词或词组的适当形式填空：(每空一词)age; substitute; sense; theft; frontier; anecdote; religion; search(n.) blame(n.); drawback; outcome; subject; effect; style; authentic; tentative; fundamental; confidential; superb; spread; circulate; check; flee; confirm; wake up; go through; (go) hand in hand; appeal to; on behalf of; at liberty; suspect of; leave behindThe RenaissanceThe Renaissance occurred in the 14th to 16th century, when the developments in art and architecture, music and literature took place. It is an 1)_ of exploration, and the beginning of the modern world. It was as if Europe was 2)_ _ after the long sleep of the Middle Ages. From Italy, the ideas of the Renaissance rapidly 3)_ the rest of Europe. The 4)_ of exploration which motivated the artists went 5)_ _ _ with a new type of philosophy (哲学). For the first time, they put people, not 6)_, at the centre of the universe.Renaissance artists found new ideas for their work in classical Greece and Rome. But they looked forward, too, by opening new 7)_ in the arts. Painters discovered how to use the 8)_ of light. The Mona Lisa is believed to be the best example of a new lifelike 9)_ of painting that amazed people when it was first used.The Puzzle of Mona LisaThe Mona Lisa is the 10)_ of many stories, but there is one 11)_ which remains a puzzle. Is the painting in the Louvre the 12)_ work by Leonardo da Vinci or just a copy?One day in 1911, someone noticed the Mona Lisa was missing. It was said the burglar 13)_ the antique frame and the glass _ and 14)_ _ the basement to the main courtyard. A passerby saw a man with a moustache, 15)_ down a side-road, with a parcel under his arm. The police 16)_ _ anyone who saw the suspect to contact them. News about the loss of the Mona Lisa was 17)_ in all the French newspapers, and there was a widespread 18)_ for the burglar all over the country. And the police 19)_ a gang of criminals _ committing the crime.Two years later, a man with a moustache went to an art dealer and made a 20)_ attempt to sell the Mona Lisa. The art dealer 21)_ it, 22)_ it was authentic, and then called the police. The burglar had stolen the Mona Lisa 23)_ _ _ the chief organizer of the crime. But the burglar made a 24)_ mistake. The 25)_ for the burglar was that the chief organizer didnt actually need the painting, only the news of the 26)_. He made six 27)_ copies and sold them, saying that each one was the authentic stolen painting. And the fact that there were six 28)_ was 29)_, so he didnt need to pay his debt to burglar. The 30)_ of the story is that burglar got the 31)_ for the crime and went to prison. The chief organizer remained 32)_ _ for the rest of his life.: 语法填空PrintingPrinting is the process of making many copies of a single document using movable 1)_ or letters. In China, printing was known as early as in the 7th century, during the Tang Dynasty; in Europe, it was an important part of the Renaissance. Printing answered a need because people were thirsty 2)_ knowledge.Before printing was invented, copies of a manuscript (手稿) had to be made by hand, usually on animal skins. This was a difficult task that could take many years, 3)_ made books very expensive. Printing made it 4)_ (possibly) to produce more copies in a few weeks than could have been produced in a lifetime written out by hand.Paper, like printing, 5)_ (invent) much earlier in China and it had made its way to Europe, 6)_ southeast Asia and then India. The first paper mill in Europe was built at 7)_ end of the 12th century.8)_ is believed that a German made the first printing press in Europe. As the ideas of the Renaissance developed, the demand for the Greek and Latin classics, which had been largely for up to 2,000 years, had been largely 9)_ (ignore). People also wanted boo