河北省邢台市2024-2025学年高二上学期期末英语测试试题（含解析）.pdfVIP

河北省邢台市2024-2025学年高二上学期期末英语测试试

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一、阅读理解（本大题共5小题）

YosemiteNationalPark

YosemiteNationalParkislocatedinCalifornia,USA．ItissurroundedbySierraNationalForest

tothesoutheastandStanislausNationalForesttothenorthwest.TheNationalParkService

managesthispark,whichcovers759,620acresinfourcounties:Tuolumne,Mariposa,Mono,and

Madera.In1984,itwasrecognizedasaWorldHeritageSitebecauseofitsgranitecliffs(花岗岩

峭壁),waterfalls,clearstreams,thickforest,lakes,mountains,andbio-diversity.About95percent

oftheparkiswildanduntouched,makingitoneofthelargestnaturalhabitatsintheSierra

Nevada.Geography

Thepark’slandscapeismostlymadeofgraniteandolderrocks.Around10millionyearsago,the

SierraNevadamountainsroseandtilted,whichincreasedthesteepnessofstreamandriverbeds,

formingdeep,narrowcanyons.Onemillionyearsago,glaciers(冰川)formedinhigherareasand

moveddown,carvingtheU-shapedYosemiteValley.History

EuropeanAmericansettlersfirstenteredthevalleyin1851.Othertravelersenteredearlier,

butJamesD．SavageiscreditedwithdiscoveringtheareathatbecameYosemiteNationalPark.

NativeAmericanshadlivedintheareafornearly4,000years,althoughhumansmayhavefirst

visitedaslongas8,000to10,000yearsago.

Yosemiteplayedanimportantroleintheideaofnationalparks.GalenClarkandothers

workedhardtoprotectYosemiteValley,leadingtoPresidentAbrahamLincolnsigningthe

YosemiteGrantin1864,whichpreservedtheland.In1890,JohnMuirledasuccessful

movement,helpingtoestablishYosemiteValleyanditssurroundingareasasaNationalPark.

Yosemitedrawsaboutfourmillionvisitorseachyear.Mostvisitorsspend