2024—2025学年江西省三新协同教研共同体高二上学期12月联考英语试卷.docVIP

2024—2025学年江西省三新协同教研共同体高二上学期12月联考英语试卷

一、阅读理解

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GeoRutherford’sshortvideoseries“ScaryLakes”hasbecomeahugehit,receivingover70millionlikesand1.7millionfollowers.Inherexploration,sherevealsthescarinesswithinlakesthatcomesfromnaturalelementsratherthanfictionalmonsters.Let’sexploresomeoftheremarkablelakesshefeatures:

1.LakeBaikal,SiberianRussia

It’stheworld’soldestanddeepestfreshwaterlake.Withmorethan300riversflowingintoit,onemightexpectittobefilledwithsediment(沉淀物),butit’slocatedonavalleythat’spullingapart.Thevalley’smovementcausesthesedimenttobedrawnintotheEarth,maintainingthelake’sgreatdepth.Theactualbottomofthevalleythatcontainsthislakeispotentiallyoneofthedeepestintheworld.

2.LakeVostok,Antarctica

It’sundertwomilesofice.It’safascinatingplacethatwecan’tpossiblyimagine.Formorethan20years,Russianscientiststriedtodrillaholedowntothislake.Russianscouldbarelyreachitproperlybecausewhentheydigtheicetothelake,thewaterflowsbackintotheholeandfreezes.

3.LakeSuperior,UnitedStates

LakeSuperiorisdifferentfromtheotherGreatLakesbecauseofitslateseasonstorms.InNovember,therearethesecrazysnowstormsthatmakeshipsdisappearunderthesurface.Eventhoughit’sonly500feetbelowthesurface,you’renotallowedtovisititbecauseitcanbeconsideredaburyyardforthosewhodiedthere.

1.WhatpreventsLakeBaikalfrombeingfilledwithsediment?

A．Thedepthofthelake.

B．Theflowingrateofthelakewater.

C．Thelocationonamovingvalley.

D．Thestrongwaterflowofthe300rivers.

2.WhatmakesLakeSuperiordifferentfromtheotherGreatLakes?

A．Itssurface.

B．Itssnowstorms.

C．Thesunkship.

D．Aburyyard.

3.Wheremightthepassagebefrom?

A．Anaturemagazine.

B．Atravelbrochure.

C．Aresearchpaper.

D．Asciencefi