广东省揭阳市普宁市2022-2023学年高二上学期2月期末英语试题

2022-2023学年度第一学期期终高中二年级教学质量测试 英语科试题 本试题共8页，满分120分，考试时间120分钟 说明：1.答题前，考生务必用黑色字迹的签字笔将自己的姓名、考生号、考场号、座位号填写在答题卡上，并在“考场号”、“座位号”栏内填涂考场号、座位号。 2.选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑;如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案;答案不能答在试题卷上。 3.非选择题必须用黑色字迹的签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡，上各题目指定区域内的相应位置上;如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案;不准使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。 4. 考生必须保持答题卡整洁，考试结束后，将答题卡交回，试题卷自己保存。 第一部分 阅读 第一节 阅读理解(共15小题，每题2.5分，满分37.5分) 阅读下列短文，掌握其大意，然后从1-15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A 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(极光)，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