广东省阳江市高新区2024-2025学年高二上学期1月期末英语试题（含答案）.docx

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2024-2025学年度第一学期高二期末测试

英语试题

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第二部分阅读(共两节，满分50分)

第一节(共15小题;每小题2.5分，满分37.5分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

A

FamousRocksFromAroundtheWorld

Humansarecrazyaboutimpressivelandscapes.Hereare4famousrocks/stonesacrosstheworld.

BlarneyStone

TheBlarneyStoneisablockoflimestone(石灰岩)stuckinthewallsofBlarneyCastle,nearCork,Ireland.Accordingtolegend,kissingthestonelendsthegiftofgreatspeech,arewardtakentoheartbymillionsoftouristswhohavetraveledtothecastletoperformtheact.Inearlierdays,accomplishingthiswasarealtestofcourage,requiringkisserstodropheadfirstoverthegap.

Stonehenge

ItisaprehistoricmonumentconstructedoflargestonesinWiltshire,England.Thestructurehasbeenthesubjectofarchaeologicalstudyforcenturies,butgenerallyspeaking,questionsaboutwhobuiltit,aswellashowandwhyitwasbuilt,stillremain.Researchershopethatcontinuedworkintheareawillunlockmoreofthemysteriessurroundingthisancientmonument.

HaystackRock

At235feettall,HaystackRockisalargerockformationnearCannonBeachalongtheOregoncoast,formedbylava(岩浆)andshapedovermanycenturiesbywindandwaveerosion(侵蚀).Duringlowtide,visitorscanexploreitstidepools,whicharehometomanyseacreatures.Climbingtherockandcollectingshellsarebothprohibited.

GreatArchofGetu

At230feetacross,thearchinsouth-centralChinaisoneofthelargestnaturalarchesworldwide.Itwascarvedmillionsofyearsagobyanancientriverthatflowedthroughthesoft,porous(多孔的)limestone.Visitorscanreachthearchbyclimbingupasteeppathwaythroughanothercavelowerinthemountainthatconn