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能力提升卷(一)
(测试时间:100分钟 满分:120分)
第一部分 阅读(共两节,满分50分)
第一节(共15小题;每小题25分,满分375分)
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的 A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项.
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IfyouthinkaboutWorldHeritageSites,youprobablythinkofplacesassociatedwithancient
artandculture,historicalbuildingsandmonuments.Andofcourse,manyoftheseareontheWorld
HeritageList.ButtheWorldHeritageListcontainsalotofsitesthatarenotsoobvious.Someof
themarewelknown.Letsgettoknowafewofthem.
RobbenIslandinSouthAfrica
Thisislandwasusedthroughthecenturiesasaprison,ahospitalandamilitarybase.Butits
probablymostfamousasamaximumGsecurityprisonforpoliticalprisonersinthetwentiethcentury.
NelsonMandelawasoneofitsmostfamousresidents.TheWHLsaysitrepresentsthetriumph(胜
利)ofdemocracyandfreedomoveroppression(压迫)andracism.
BordersofFranceandSpain
Thisisanareaofgreatnaturalbeautyandthemountainshavemanyinterestinggeologicalformations.
Butitisalsoanareaofsmalfarms.Peopletherestiluseatypeofagriculturethatusedtobecommonin
mountainousareasofEuropebuthasalmostcompletelydisappearedinmoderntimes.
ThecityofBrasilia,Brazil
Brasiliaisacapitalcitythatwascreatedfromnothingin1956.TheWHLcalsitalandmarkin
thehistoryoftownplanning.Thedifferentareasofthecityandthebuildingsthemselveswereal
designedatthesametimesothattheywouldharmonisewitheachother.Everypartofthecity
showstheideasoftheplannerandarchitect.
SimienNationalPark,Ethiopia
SimienNationalParkwasoneofthefirstsitestobelistedin1978.Itisoneofthehighest
mountainareasinAfrica,andtheWHLcalsitoneofthemostspectacularlandscapesintheworld.
Itisalsoimportantforitswildlife.Itishometosomerareanimals,whosepopulationisgetting
smalerandsmaler.ThatswhythesiteisnowontheListofWorldHeritageinDanger.
1.Whatisthepassagemainlyabout?
A.SeverallittleknownsitesontheWHL.
B.ThehouseholdheritagesitesontheWHL.
C.SomeoftheunusualsitesontheWHL.
D.PlacesofartisticandhistoricalinterestontheWHL.
2.WhichofthefolowingsiteswaslistedontheWHLforitspoliticalsymbol?
A.RobbenIslandinSouthAfrica. B.BordersofFranceandSpain.
C.ThecityofBrasilia,Brazil. D.SimienNat