Module 1 Wonders of the world 模块阅读提升练-【名校课堂】2023-2024学年九年级全一册初三英语同步课时训练（外研版）

模块阅读提升练 I.阅读理解。 1.Cambridge is in the east of England. A 2.There are three famous people mentioned in I come from Cambridge,a beautiful city in the passage. the east of England.It is on the River Cam and 3.London has a much bigger population than has a population of about 145,700.My home Cambridge. town is especially famous for its university. 4.Tourists like the beautiful lakes in the south Many famous people studied here,such as Isaac of England. Newton and Charles Darwin.There are lots of 5.It is not very cold in winter in England. old buildings and churches to visit.Students and B tourists enjoy trips along the river by boat. The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Cambridge is about 80 kilometres from (HZMB)opened on 24th October,2018.It's the London.London is in the south of England and longest cross-sea bridge in the world.The it is on the River Thames.It has a population of bridge is 55 kilometres long.It connects Hong about seven and a half million,so it is bigger Kong and Macao to the Chinese mainland city of and busier than Cambridge.It is about 2,000 Zhuhai.Construction(建筑工程)on the HZMB years old,and it is famous for Big Ben. began in 2009.It is considered as one of the Buckingham Palace and Tower Bridge. “seven wonders(奇迹)of the modern world”. England itself is part of an island,and you The HZMB is the only one in many ways. are always near the sea.The small villages and It can withstand wind speeds of up to 185 km/h beaches on the coast are popular for holidays. and earthquakes with magnitude(震级)of up to Tourists like the areas of low mountains and 8.It's designed to have a service life(寿命)of beautiful lakes in the north,and the hills and 120 years,20 years longer than most bridges. pretty villages in the south.Everywhere in England,you will see how green the countryside And it's not just a bridge,but also part is. tunnel(隧道)and part island..In one section(部 It is never very hot in summer or very cold 分)，the bridge turns into a6.7-km undersea in winter.So c