考点规范练39(选修8　Modules 1-3)

　　　考点规范练第78页　 

　　.阅读理解

　　Renaissance is a French word.It means “rebirth”.It’s a strange name for a period of history.What was it that was “reborn” during the Renaissance?

　　To answer this question,we need to look back at the time of the Roman Empire.At this time Roman artists,scientists and writers influenced by Greek ideas were the world’s most advanced.They had become skilled observers of the natural world around them,and had become experts in studying animals,plants,the human body or the stars and planets.They wrote down their ideas about what they saw,and based their theories about the world on their observations.

　　During the fourth and fifth centuries the Roman Empire slowly broke down.Many of the Romans’ art and sculptures were destroyed and some manuscripts(原稿) were lost as well.But most importantly,some of the ancient attitudes were lost.A questioning approach to the world was replaced by an unquestioning one.

　　Why did this happen?One reason was to do with the influence of the Christian Church.Through the thousand years following the fall of the Roman Empire,the Church controlled many aspects of life including education and learning.The Church ran all the universities and thought that the aim of a university should be to teach old ideas more clearly,not to introduce new ones.The scholars in the universities were expected to study God and heaven from the Bible and ancient books,rather than the world around them.

【2017届高考英语一轮复习考点规范练：39 选修8 Modules 1-3（外研版含解析）】相关文章：

★ 【三维设计】2017版（江苏专用）二轮复习练习：必修2 Unit 1《Tales of the unexplained》单元检测（含解析）

★ 2017届高考英语二轮复习大题冲关秘籍之日常交际用语大全：高考英语常考的数词、代词及其用法（含解析）

★ 2017高考四川省广安市英语阅读理解一轮系列训练：13（含解析）

★ 【三维设计】2017版（江苏专用）二轮复习练习：必修2 Unit 2《Wish you were here》课时跟踪检测A卷（含解析）

★ 【浙江专用】2014届高考英语一轮复习课时作业(二十九)选修6Unit 4《Global warming》

★ 【人教版】2014届高考英语一轮复习指导考点针对练：必修3 unit3《The Million Pound Bank Note》

★ 【优化方案】2017届高考英语二轮复习全国卷Ⅱ规范练：8（含解析）

★ 2017届高考英语二轮复习大题冲关秘籍完形填空之夹叙夹议文：创新押题（含解析）

★ （全国通用）2014届高考英语一轮单元复习 限时强化训练十

★ 2016最新英语第一轮复习的方针和策略