UNIT 1 CULTURAL HERITAGE-【高考领航】2023-2024学年高中英语必修第二册同步核心辅导与测评课时作业（人教版）

单元过关检测(一) (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2.5分，满分37.5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。 A The following are some of the recent additions of the World Heritage list. Churches of the Pskov School of Architecture (Russia) The structures, many of which are churches, were all designed by the Pskov School of Architecture.It was a leading school of building design in the country, especially in the 15th and 16th centuries.Some elements common to Pskov architecture date back to the 12th century. Babylon (Iraq) The ancient city of Babylon is gaining World Heritage Site status (地位)．The city was once a main tourist site before Iraq suffered several wars.The around 4，300-year-old city is where dynasties have risen and fallen since the earliest days of human civilisation.UNESCO says the site “offers a look into one of the most influential empires of the ancient world”． Writing-on-Stone (Canada) Canada's Writing-on-Stone monument has a large number of protected rock paintings and rock carvings.Some of them are about 2，000 years old. The markings were left by Blackfoot Native Americans，who lived in parts of western Canada and the far northern United States.The land that makes up Writing-on-Stone is filled with rock posts that have been formed into “spectacular (壮观的) shapes” by erosion (侵蚀)． Paraty and Ilha Grande (Brazil) The historic coastal town of Paraty and the island Ilha Grande are already popular places for visitors to Brazil's Rio de Janeiro state.Paraty was the final stop of the Gold Route，along which gold was shipped to Europe in the 1600s.The area is also home to a huge number of animals，some of which are in danger now. 【语篇解读】　本文是一篇应用文。文章介绍了世界遗产名录上的四位最新“成员”以及各自的特色和背景。 1．What do we know about the buildings in Pskov? A．Their designs came from the same school. B．They are merely churches. C．They are a group of ancient schools. D．Their paintings are about 2, 000 years old. 解析：A　 细节理解题。根据Churches of the Pskov School of Architecture (Russia)中的“The stru