重庆市两江育才中学校2023-2024学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题.pdf

重庆市两江育才中学校2023-2024学年高二上学期期中考试

英语试题

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学校姓名：班级：考号：

一、阅读理解

Manylibrariesaroundtheworldareasamazingintheirarchitectureandorganizationas

theyareinthehugeamountofknowledgetheycontain.Withshelvesandshelvesofbooks,

variouscollectionsandamazinghistoricalandculturaldisplays,thereareplentyof

undiscoveredwonders.

BeineckeRareBookLibrary(NewHaven,Connecticut)

YaleUniversityhasoneofthemostbeautifulcollegecampusesinAmerica,andoneof

itsmostinterestingfeaturesistheBeineckeRareBookLibrary.Itisoneofthelargest

buildingsintheworlddevotedtorarebooksandmanuscripts(手稿)offamouspeople.From

2015-16thelibrarybuildingwasclosedfor18monthsformajorimprovement.Insidethereis

astatueofitsmainfounderthatrisesuphigh.

VenneslaLibrary(Vennesla,Norway)

LocatednearthesouthernmosttipofNorway,VenneslaLibraryismorethanacollection

ofbooks—it’sacityculturalcenterandmeetingplace.Thebuildinghostsacoffeeshop,open

meetingspaces,classroomsforchildrenandadulteducationcourses,andacinema.Itis

mainlybuiltoutofwood.Thelong,thinbeams(横梁)ontheinsideweredesignedtolook

liketheinsideofawhale.

SuzzalloLibrary(Seattle)

AmongthemanybeautifulfeaturesofthecampusattheUniversityofWashington,such

asitscherryflowersandalightrailstation,SuzzalloLibrarywasbuiltintheCollegiate

Gothicstyle.Itsbuttresses(扶壁)aredecoratedwith18statuesfeaturingfamousacademics

andwriterssuchasPlato,Shakespeare,LeonardodaVinci,Dante,Galileo,Beethoven,Isaac

NewtonandCharlesDarwin.

LibraryofMuyinga(Muyinga,Burun