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1、话题语篇专攻练12史地博览(一)(建议用时40分钟)Ⅰ.阅读理解ATristandaCunha,a38-square-mileisland,isthefarthestinhabitedislandintheworld,accordingtotheGuinnessBookofRecords.Itis1,510milessouthwestofitsnearest,St.Helena,and1,950mileswestofAfrica.DiscoveredbythePortugueseadmiral(上将)ofthesamenamein1506,andsettledin1810,
2、theislandbelongstoGreatBritainandhasapopulationofafewhundred.Cominginaclosesecond—andoftenwronglymentionedasthemostdistantland—isEasterIsland(复活节岛),whichlies1,260mileseastofitsnearestneighbor,PitcairnIsland,and2,300mileswestofSouthAmerica.Themountainous64-square-mileislandwassettledaroundt
3、he5thcentury,supposedlybypeoplewhowerelostatsea.Theyhadnoconnectionwiththeoutsideworldformorethanathousandyears,givingthemplentyoftimetobuildmorethan1,000hugestonefigures,calledmoai,forwhichtheislandismostfamous.OnEasterSunday,1722,however,settlersfromHollandmovedinandgavetheislanditsname.
4、Today,2,000peopleliveontheChileanterritory(智利领土).Theyshareonestreet,asmallairport,andafewhoursoftelevisionperday.【文章大意】文章介绍了TristandaCunha群岛的地理情况、名字的由来和隶属情况。1.ItcanbelearnedfromthetextthattheislandofTristandaCunha______.A.wasnamedafteritsdiscovererB.gotitsnamefromHollandsettlersC.wasnamedb
5、ytheBritishgovernmentD.gotitsnamefromtheGuinnessBookofRecords【解析】选A。细节理解题。根据第一段第三句DiscoveredbythePortugueseadmiralofthesamenamein1506...可知,这个岛屿是以岛屿发现者的名字来命名的,故选A。2.Whichofthefollowingismostfamousformoai?A.TristandaCunha. B.PitcairnIsland.C.EasterIsland.D.St.Helena.【解析】选C。推理判断题。根据第二段以及第三段
6、第二句Theyhadnoconnectionwiththeoutsideworldformorethanathousandyears,givingthemplentyoftimetobuildmorethan1,000hugestonefigures,calledmoai,forwhichtheislandismostfamous.可知复活节岛因摩艾最为出名,故选C。3.WhichcountrydoesEasterIslandbelongto?A.Britain.B.Holland.C.Portugal.D.Chile.【解析】选D。推理判断题。根据最后一段OnEaster
7、Sunday,1722,however,settlersfromHollandmovedinandgavetheislanditsname.Today,2,000peopleliveontheChileanterritory可以推断,EasterIsland属于Chile,故选D。B(2017·长沙模拟)Shouldweallowmodernbuildingstobebuiltnexttoolderbuildingsinahistoricareaofacity?Inordertoanswerthisquestion
