辽宁省沈阳市第二中学2019-2020学年高一下学期期末考试英语试题

辽宁省沈阳市第二中学2019-2020学年高一下学期

期末考试英语试题

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一、阅读选择

1. 72 Hours in Beijing

Traveling to China is no longer a luxury for many foreign passport holders. The Chinese government has permitted a 72-hour visa-free policy that offers access to visitors from 53 countries including the US, France and Austria. Let’s start with the capital of China, Beijing. Here’s a pick of the best in Beijing!

Mutianyu Great Wall

Your trip to Beijing isn’t really complete without seeing one of the “New Seven Wonders of the World”, the Great Wall of China. The Mutianyu section of the Great Wall is by far the most well-preserved of all. Taking a one-hour bus ride Mutianyu would be your ideal

location for a half day of hiking away from the large crowds in the city. Also the authorities have allowed tourists to paint graffiti on a specific section of the Great Wall since 2014. The Great Wall was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1987.

798 Art Zone

This would be on the top of my list! Named after the 798 factory that was built in the 1950s. The art zone is home to various

galleries, design studios, art exhibition spaces, fashionable shops and bars. You could easily spend half your day wandering around the complex, feeling the contrast of the present and the past.

Summer Palace

Located in northwestern Beijing, the Summer Palace is by far the city’s most well-preserved royal park. With its huge lake and hilltop views, the palace offers you a pastoral escape into the landscape of traditional Chinese paintings. The Summer Palace was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1998.

Sichuan Provincial Restaurant

While in Beijing, apart from trying the city’s best-known Peking duck the Sichuan provincial restaurant is one of the places where you can enjoy regional delicious food. It offers one of China’s eight

great cuisines, Sichuan, which ranges from Mapo tofu to spicy chicken. 【小题1】Which of the following is true about the Mutianyu Great Wall?

A．You can paint graffiti anywhere. B．You need a half day to get there.

C．It was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2014. D．It is the most well-preserved part of the Great Wall.

【小题2】When was the Summer Palace added to the UNESCO World Heritage List? A．In1950. B．In 1987. C．In 1998. D．In 2014. 【小题3】Which place is the author’s first choice when visiting Beijing?

A．Mutianyu Great Wall. B．Summer Palace. C．798 Art Zone. D．Sichuan Provincial Restaurant.

2. A 1400-year-old Peruvian method of diverting (转向)

water could supply up to 100 million cubic meters of water—equal to 40,000 Olympic-size swimming pools' worth of water—to Lima each year, according to a new study published in Nature Sustainability. It's one example of how ancient methods could support existing modern ones in countries without enough water.

More than a billion people across the world face water shortages. Man-made reservoirs store rainwater and water overflow for use during drier times. But reservoirs are costly, require years to plan and can still fail to meet water needs.

Peru's capital, Lima, depends on water from rivers high in the Andes Mountains. It takes only a few days for water to flow down to the city. So when the dry season begins in the mountains, the water supply quickly disappears. The city suffers shortages of 43 million cubic meters during the dry season. It solves this with modern

structures such as man-made reservoirs. These reservoirs are not the only solution, however. Over a thousand years ago, indigenous (本地的) people developed another way to solve water problems.

Boris Ochoa-Tocachi is a researcher at Imperial College London and lead writer of the study. He explored one of the last remaining

water-harvesting systems in the small mountain community of

Huamantanga, Peru. The system was developed even before the ancient Inca civilization.

The 1,400-year-old system is designed to increase the water supply during the dry season by diverting and slowing water as it travels down the mountains. This nature-based method is made of

special canals that guide water from its source to a series of water bodies and hillsides. The water goes slowly into the ground, then flows downhill through the soil and reappears in water bodies near the community.

The researchers measured how much the system slowed the flow of water by injecting special dye in the highlands and noting when it reappeared in water bodies. The dyed water started to surface two weeks later and continued flowing for eight months—a huge improvement over the hours or days it would normally take.

【小题1】How much water does an Olympic-size swimming pool need? A．2,500 cubic meters. B．4,000 cubic meters. C．1,000 cubic meters. D．1,400 cubic meters. 【小题2】What can be learned about the ancient water system? A．It was developed during the ancient Inca civilization. B．It is nature-based and made of special canals. C．It is the last water system left in Huamantanga.

D．It can satisfy water needs of Lima throughout the year.

【小题3】What does the underlined word \Para.3?

A．Water resources. B．Water supply. C．Water shortage. D．Water system.

【小题4】Which of the following order shows how the ancient system works?

a.The water flows downhill through the soil. b.The water surfaces in water bodies. c.The water goes slowly into the ground.

d.The water flows to water bodies and hillsides. A．d,a,b,c B．b,c,a,d C．a,b,c,d D．d,c,a,b

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