(练习)单元综合检测3 Unit 3 Back to the Past -【提分教练】2023-2024学年新教材高中英语选择性必修第三册(译林版2020)

单元综合检测(三) 第一部分　阅读 第一节 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 A Lost cities that have been found The White City In 2015, a team of explorers to Honduras in search of “the Lost City of the Monke God” led to the discovery of the White City．It is believed that local people hid here when the Spanish conquerors (征服者) occupied their homeland in the 16th century． Canopus and Heracleion The Egyptian cities Canopus and Heracleion, where Queen Cleopatra often visited, weren't found until 1992．Artifacts (史前器物) showed that the cities once highly developed as a trade network, which helped researchers piece together more about the last queen of Egypt． Machu Picchu A Yale professor discovered “the Lost City in the Clouds” in 1911．Machu Picchu displays the Inca Empire at the height of its rule．Abandoned in the 16th century for unknown reasons, the city was hidden by the local people from the Spanish conquerors for centuries keeping it so well preserved． Troy The ancient city of Troy in Homer's The Iliad was considered a fictional setting for his characters to run wild．But in 1871, explorations in northwestern Turkey exposed nine ancient cities layered (层叠) on top of each other, the earliest dating back to about 5，000 years before．It was later determined that the sixth or seventh layer contained the lost city of Troy and that it was actually destroyed by an earthquake, not a wooden horse． 【语篇解读】　本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了已经找到的“失落之城”。 1．Why did people hide in the White City in the 16th century? A．To survive the war． B．To save the land． C．To protect their country． D．To search for a lost city． A　[推理判断题。根据The White City中的“In 2015, a team of explorers to Honduras in search of ‘the Lost City of the Monke God’ led to the discovery of the White City．It is believed that local people hid here when the Spanish conquerors occupied their homeland in the 16th century．”可知， 16世纪时，人们躲在白城是为了在战争中幸存下来。故选A。] 2．Which of the following was related to a royal family member? A．The White City． B．Canopus and Heracleion． C．Mac