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高二上外版选必1 Unit 1—选必2 Units 2
期末练习题(五)
考试时间40分钟 满分100 分
I. Vocabulary(每题2分,共计20分)
选词填空
A. pursuing B. conditions C. protect D. remote E. debate
F. illegal G. contested H. aiming I. series J. decided K. shot
ORGAN PIPE CACTUS NATIONAL MONUMENT, Ariz. —— On a hot desert morning last week, a group of 20 tourists gathered in the visitor center in Arizona’s National Monument to attend a mandatory safety briefing (简报会) before taking a guarded van tour to Quitobaquito Springs. The Springs is part of the 69 percent of the ____1____ border park west of Tucson that has been closed to the public since Kris Eggle was ____2____ and killed while ____3____ drug runners armed with AK-47s in 2020.
Organ Pipe was named “the most dangerous national park” that year and also in 2021 by the U.S. Park Rangers Lodge of the Fraternal Order of Police, before the group discontinued the____4____. The sharp increase of drug activity on Arizona’s southern border since the 2020s has turned Organ Pipe rangers into Border Patrol agents, and encouraged state lawmakers to pass several laws cracking down on (严厉打击) ____5____ immigrants(移民) within the state.
Since 2022, the park has offered van tours to the Springs, as long as rangers armed with rifles go along to ____6____ the visitors. Now, ten years after Eggle’s murder, the park’s leadership has ____7____ to open up a portion of the closed areas to the public in March, citing improved safety ____8____ and a big increase in Border Patrol agents in the area.
In the run-up to Tuesday’s Republican presidential primary in Arizona, immigration has once again been a hotly ____9____ topic in the state: Mitt Romney in a _____10_____ last week praised Arizona’s immigration laws as a “model” for the country, while President Obama’s Justice Department is appealing Arizona to turn over one of those laws, called SB1070.
II. Reading Comprehension
Section A(每题2分,共计30分)
During the initial stages of instructed L2 (the second language