必修第二册 Unit 4 History And Traditions 题组训练1-【导与练】2024高考英语一轮复习高中总复习第1轮能力提升题组训练（新教材，人教版）

UNIT 4　HISTORY AND TRADITIONS 题组训练1 Ⅰ.阅读 A Avebury is near the far more famous Stonehenge.What is interesting about it is that a village has grown up around the stones,unlike Stonehenge,which stands alone.Avebury and Stonehenge are just two of about 1,300 stone circles all over the UK.Many of them are in fantastic locations,like Castle Ring in Cumbria,from which you can see England’s highest mountain;and the Ring of Brodgar in the beautiful Orkney Island,off Scotland’s northern coast. Some of them are UNESCO World Heritage sites,and several have local stories connected to them.For example,the Merry Maidens in West Cornwall is a group of nineteen stones.According to the story,they were young women — maidens — who were turned into stones for dancing on a Sunday. Early historians thought that the stone circles were temples for the people who arrived in the UK in about 500 BC.Later research has shown that they are far older than that,at least 4,000 years old.Stonehenge could have been built 5,000 years ago,but it’s still nowhere near as old as the nearby wooden circle built about 10,000 years ago.Some experts believe they acted like calendars and have shown that some stones line up with sunrise or sunset on the longest and shortest days of the year.Others believe they were places for the dead bodies of the local rich and powerful. We may never know why they were built,but each one leaves the visitor with a strong sense of the shortness of our existence in the sea of history.There are groups of stone circles and other prehistoric (史前的) monuments throughout the British Isles,so wherever you are staying you should include at least one in your tour. 1.What can we learn about Avebury? A.It stands alone. B.It is a part of Stonehenge. C.It has a village around it now. D.It consists of a couple of Merry Maidens. 2.What does the underlined word “them” in Paragraph 2 refer to? A.Stone circles. B.Mountains. C.Temples. D.Islands. 3.What does the author focus on in Paragraph