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享学科网空组卷四 2022学年第一学期期中三校联考试题 高二英语 (考试时间：120分钟；满分：130分) 第一部分阅读理解共两节，满分50分) 第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该 项涂黑。 4 Dark Sky Parks around the World Warrumbungle National Park Situated in the central west slopes of New South Wales is Australia's only dark sky park,Warrumbungle.The park has served as a dark sky park since July 2016.Its crystal-clear night skies and high altitude make it a natural, educational,and astronomical heritage site in the southern half of the earth.Tourists can use Australia's largest optical telescope within the park boundaries to view the auroras(),the Milky Way,and faint shooting stars. Sark Sark is a Channel Island near the coast of Normandy under the protection of the UK.It was the World's First Dark Sky Island set up in January 2011.Its historical and cultural blend attracts over 40.000 tourists annually.With no motor vehicles and public lighting on the island,there is an exceptional view of the dark skies.A rich Milky Way is visible in the dark night skies from the shores of the island. Pic du Midi de Bigorre Pic du Midi de Bigorre in France was designated as a dark sky park in December 2013 making it the second largest dark sky park in the world.The park covers 3.112 square kilometers spread across the Pyrenees National Park and UNESCO's World Heritage site,Pyrenees-Mont Perdu.The park attracts over one hundred star watchers every year.The Observatory Midi-Pyrenees,which was built in 1870,is one of the world's highest museums at a height of 2,877 meters above sea level. Ramon Crater/Makhtesh Ramon Ramon Crater is a unique 1,100-square-kilometer nature reserve located in the Negev Desert in Israel.In 2017, the Ramon Crater became the first designated dark sky park in the Middle East Its location,rough climate,and forbidding landscape that are characteristic of the Negev have largely defeated historical attempts for human settlement,making it a great place to view the night skies.Stargazers usually camp i