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2024届辽宁省沈阳市高三下学期三模英语试卷

一、阅读理解

World-famousBotanicalGardens

Frombotanicalhistorytoscientificdiscovery,herearethetoppicksforpeopletoexplore.

RoyalBotanicGardensatKew,London,England(1840)

LocatedinLondon,Royal-BotanicGardensatKewarehometotheworld’sbiggest

collectionoflivingplants.Asaglobalresourceforplantandfungalknowledge,ithasmorethan

50,000speciesofnativeandexoticplants,trees,andflowersonsite.Itisasettingrichinhistory

thatspansfromroyaldecorationstowartimebombing,anditsmissionistoprotectplantsforthe

futureofalllifeonEarth.

TheHumbleAdministrator’sGarden,Suzhou,China(1513)

TheHumbleAdministratorsGardeninSuzhouisagreatmasterpiecewithitsattractive

designandcarefularrangementofnaturalelements.It’scenteredaroundwaterfeatures,with

beautifulfountains,complexrockwork,andhistoricbuildingssurroundedbythickvegetation.The

combinationoftheseelementscreatesapicturesquelandscape.Becauseofitsexceptionalcultural

andhistoricalsignificance,thegardenhasbecomeaworldheritage.

ParquedeMonserrate,Sintra,Portugal(1789)

Monserrateisacombinationofwildlandscapewitholdruins,formallawnedareasand

lovelygardens.ThegardensitsonthelowerslopesoftheSintraMountains,whichhaveoneofthe

mildestclimatesinEurope,sothegardenisfrost-free.Atitsverycentreisagrandpalace,which

hasadistinctivemixtureofdifferentarchitecturalstyles.Ithasbeenthesiteofvariousbuildings

andgardensforhundredsofyears.

MissouriBotanicalGarden,StLouis,USA(1859)

Establishedin1859,MissouriBotanicalGardenistheoldestbotanicalgardenincontinuous

useinNorthAmerica.Itisrecognizedinternationallyforitsscientifi