必修三 unit 9(（一） 2021届 高三北师大版英语一轮复习课时练习

高考提能练(十七)　必修3　Unit 9　Wheels Ⅰ.阅读理解 (2020·成都第一次诊断) For six hundred years，the Tower of London’s most exotic (异国风情的) prisoners were animals. The Royal Menagerie (动物园) began as a result of kings exchanging rare and strange animals as gifts.In 1235，Henry Ⅲ was delighted to be presented with three wildcats by the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Ⅱ.These inspired him to start a zoo at the Tower.Henry’s “wildcats”although described as leopards，were probably lions.These are the ancestors of the three lions that still appear on the England football team’s shirts today. In 1251 the lions were joined by a “white bear” probably a polar bear—given by the King of Norway.In 1255，the King of France sent the first elephant ever seen in England and “people flocked together to see the novel sight”．Sadly，the elephant died in 1258. Poor treatment and cramped conditions meant many of the animals did not survive for long.But the Royal Menagerie continued to grow.Edward I created a permanent new home for the Roya