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河南省项城市第三高级中学2024-2025学年高二下学期期末考试英语试题

一、阅读理解

FourMostAmazingCulturalWorldHeritageSites

AcropolisofAthens

Asthenamesuggests,oneofthemostamazingculturalworldheritagesitesAcropolisofAthenshasthelocationofAthens,Greece.Itisaheritagesitesince1987.ThesiteisanancientcastlethatisonahighrockyoutcropoverthecityofAthenscontainingtheremainsoftheParthenonandotherancientimportantstructures.Itisoneofthemostfamousmonument(遗迹)inEurope.

RapaNuiNationalPark

Oneofthemostamazingculturalworldheritagesites,itisintheEasterIsland.Youknowitastheheritagesitesince1995.TheseareaMonolithic(庞大而单一的)humanfiguresthatarecarvingsbytheRapaNuipeoplefromrockbetweentheyears1250and1500.Thesehaveoverlylargeheadsthree-eighthsthesizeofthewholestatueandParowhichisthetallest,almost10metershighwith75tonnesofweight.

ChichenItza

ChichenItzaisaplaceinMexico.Itisaheritagesitesince1988.Oneofthemostamazingculturalworldheritagesites,ChichenItzawasalargepre-Columbiancity.ItisagiftbytheMayapeople.BeingamajorfocalpointinthenorthernMayalowlandsforcenturies,itwasoneofthelargestMayacities.Today,ChichenItzaisoneofthemostvisitedarchaeologicalsitesinMexico.Itreceivesaround1.2millionvisitorseachyear.

TajMahal

YouwillfindthisoneofthemostamazingculturalworldheritagesitesinAgra,Indiathathasbaggedaplaceintheheritagesitesince1983.Itiswhitemarblemausoleum(陵墓)whichwasbuiltbetween1632and1653undertheorderoftheMughalemperorShahJahaninmemoryofhisbelovedwife,MumtazMahal.

1．HowlonghasAcropolisofAthensbecomeaheritagesite？

A．Since1987.B．Since1995.

C．Since1988.D．Since1983.

2．Whichsitewillyouchooseifyouwanttoseehugehumanfigures？

A．AcropolisofAthens.B．RapaNuiNationalPark.

C．ChichenItza.D．TajMahal.

3．WhomwasTajMahalbuiltinmemor