UNIT2 阶段过关检测卷(二) -【正禾一本通】2023-2024学年新教材高二英语选择性必修第二册同步课堂高效讲义教师用书（外研版2019）

阶段过关检测卷(二) (满分：120分　时间：100分钟) 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 (2023·山东滨州高二上期末)A national park is an area of scenic beauty, historical importance, etc.owned and maintained by a national government.Here are some with the most breathtaking scenery and delicate ecosystems. Acadia National Park America has the largest system of national parks in the world—58 national parks are scattered all over the vast land with varied landscape.Almost completely surrounded by the sea, Acadia National Park is characterized by numerous valleys, lakes and peaks, and a wave­eroded coastline.A variety of land and sea life, both plants and animals are well protected in Acadia. Etosha National Park One of the top 10 African national parks is Etosha National Park in northwestern Namibia.The park is home to hundreds of species of mammals, birds and reptiles, including several threatened and endangered species such as the black rhinoceros.The Etosha Ecological Institute is responsible for research in the park.Classification of vegetation and ecological studies on wildebeest, elephants and lions were among the first major topics to be investigated. Port­Cros National Park Port­Cros National Park is a national park established on the Mediterranean island of Port­Cros.It also administers natural areas in some surrounding locales.Established in 1963, Port­Cros National Park is the first national park in Europe that unites land and marine protection zones.The protected area is about 1，700 hectares of land and 2，900 hectares of sea. Shen Nongjia National Park Shen Nongjia National Park is situated in the northwest of Hubei Province.It is most famous for the subtropical rainforest ecosystem.The sphagnum (泥炭藓) wetland, known as“the earth’s kidney”， has a rich collection of orictocoenosis (生物化石) and serves as a shelter of a great variety of rare species, which is named “a green wonder at 31 degrees north latitude”． 语篇解读：这是一篇应用文。文章主要介绍了四个国家公园的信息。 1．Whi