七、阅读表达。〔人与社会——历史、社会与文化〕
The Palace Museum is also called the Forbidden City. It stands at the heart of Beijing and has a history of more than 600 years. It became the home of 24 emperors during the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
The Forbidden City is the largest wooden palace in the world. Emperor Yongle of the Ming Dynasty built the Forbidden City from 1406 to 1420. There are about 8,707 rooms. It stood fires and wars(战争)for a long time.
In 1925, the Forbidden City became a museum. Today it is a history museum with about 1.8 million great works of art. It tells people about the Chinese culture. Every day, tens of thousands of visitors from all over the world come to visit it.
1. Which city is the Forbidden City in?

2. How many rooms are there in the Forbidden City?

3. What do you think of the Forbidden City? Why?

1. Beijing. 2. There are about 8,707 rooms. 3. It's famous. Because many visitors come to visit it every day.（答案不唯一）

【分析】
这道阅读表达题包含两道细节查找题和一道开放表达题，解题时可以带着题干的关键词回到原文定位对应内容：第1题提取关键词"Which city"，直接在原文第一段找到故宫所在的城市信息；第2题提取关键词"How many rooms"，回到第二段定位房间数量的描述，直接摘抄原文对应内容即可；第3题属于开放性问题，先给出对故宫的评价，再结合文中提到的故宫特点、游客情况等内容说明理由，保证语句通顺、逻辑合理就可以得分。
【解析】
1. 定位原文第一段第二句"It stands at the heart of Beijing"，可直接得出故宫位于北京。
2. 定位到原文第二段第三句"There are about 8,707 rooms."，直接提取该句信息作答即可。
3. 本题无固定标准答案，只要评价贴合故宫的特点，理由能对应评价、语法正确就符合要求，示例答案结合了文中提到的每日大量游客到访的内容，说明故宫知名度很高，逻辑通顺。
【答案】
1. Beijing.
2. There are about 8,707 rooms.
3. It's famous. Because many visitors come to visit it every day. (答案不唯一，表述合理即可)
【知识点】
阅读理解细节定位；英语开放性表达
【点评】
本题难度偏低，前两道小题直接考察文本信息提取能力，不需要复杂推理，学生很容易从原文找到对应答案，第三道开放题既引导学生活用文本信息输出观点，也渗透了中国传统文化相关的常识，符合学科核心素养的要求。
【难度系数】
0.9