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必修第二册UNIT1阅读题组——练速度

(35mins)

Ⅰ.阅读

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SwimmingHolesinAmerica

InAmerica,thesesecretswimmingholesarehiddenandhardtoreachbutwellworththeadventure.

CumminsFalls

LookingforthebestplacetoescapethesummerheatintheheartlandofAmerica?Formorethan100years,CumminsFalls,ascenic,75-footwaterfalllocatedinJacksonCounty,TN,hasbeenatreasureforTennesseenatives.Butnow,thesecretisout!Althoughit’sabittoughtogetto,onceinthepark,themountainsandtheriverprovideunmatchedbeautyonyourwaytotakingaswiminTennessee’seighth-largestwaterfall.

SlidingRock

ApopularplacetocooloffduringthosehotNorthCarolinasummers,SlidingRockwaterfallislocatedinthePisgahNationalForestinTransylvaniaCounty.Aflattenedrockabout60feetliesinanearly7-foot-deeppoolatthebottom,makingthisnaturalwaterslideagreatplacetovisitwithpeopleofallages.

MooneyFalls

ItisthetallestwaterfeatureintheGrandCanyon,rising190feetabovethesurface.NamedafteraneooneyFallsisaccessibleonlybycrawling(爬)through2undergroundpassagesandthenclimbingdownasheercliff(峭壁)facewithjustacoupleofchainstoholdonto.Althoughitistoughtogetto,theviewandthecoolalonemakeitworththetrip.

LihueEstate

AprivateswimmingholeattheoldLihueSugarFarmonKauai,HI,waschangedintoaninner-tubewaterridebyKauaiBackcountryAdventuresinandopenedtoadults.Thewatersforthis2.5-milejourney,whichcomefromnearthetopofMountWaialeale—oneofthewettestspotsintheworld—arechannelledthroughditches(沟渠)thatwerehand-dugbyfarmworkersoveracenturyago.

1.Whichholemaybethefavourabledestinationforfamilies?

A.LihueEstate. B.SlidingRock.

C.MooneyFalls. D.CumminsFalls.

2.WhatcanwelearnaboutMooneyFallsfromthetext?

A.Itwasfoundbyanexplorer.

B.Itwashand-duginthe1800s.

C.Itisdangeroustoarrivethere.

D.Itisthe