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1、浙江省天台县平桥第二中学2020届高三英语 上学期读写备考训练25Different forms of maps are appearing. They allow independent travelers to get local knowledge of places they are visiting, from the official to the unusual. Meanwhile, hi-tech developments are creating new ways for us to map the world. Here are two of our favorites;
2、Green MapsGreen Maps allows people to share with the world their knowledge of environmentally friendly places and attractions in the local areas. Users add information with a set of icons（图标）, making it easy to read any map, whatever the nationalities of those who produce it. At presentthere are ove
3、r five hundred map projects being developed in 54 countries. Green Maps advertised idea is “think global, map local”. It is a wonderful way of gaining all sorts of information of a place, ranging from community gardens to good places of bird watching.Green Maps is not specifically intended for trave
4、lers. Not all of its maps are online, so it may be necessary for some users to communicate with producers through the Green Maps website.Map MashupsMany people use online maps developed by Google, but not many know about the mashups of them. Working in a similar way to Green Maps, Map Mashups allows
5、 people to add icons of their own to existing maps to express a certain topic. The mashups is so called because it combines all the knowledge you could ever need. It ranges from the extremely useful, such as where all the World Heritage Sites are, to the most bizarre （古怪的），such as where Americas dru
6、nkest cities are. With the mashups added to the basic Google Maps, a multi-layered (多层的) map can be created.1.According to the passage, which of the following is a characteristic of Green Maps?A. Aiming at environmental protection.B. Introducing local attractions with icons.C. Offering advice to ind
7、ependent travelers.D. Collecting icons worldwide for local maps.2.Which of the following icons is most probably NOT used in Green Maps?A. B.C. D.3. Map Mashups is named with the word “mashups” because .A. it is produced by users all over the worldB. it gathers various kinds of informationC. it share
8、s icons with Green MapsD. it is a branch of Google Maps4.What do Green Maps and Map Mashups have in common?A. They are created by local people.B. They are environmentally friendly.C. Users can edit maps on the Internet.D. Users need to communicate with producers.B(11CQ)Getting rid of dirt, in the op
9、inion of most people, is a good thing. However, there is nothing fixed about attitudes to dirt.In the early 16th century, people thought that dirt on the skin was a means to block out disease, as medical opinion had it that washing off dirt with hot water could open up the skin and let ills in. A pa
10、rticular danger was thought to lie in public baths. By 1538, the French king had closed the bath houses in his kingdom. So did the king of England in 1546. Thus began a long time when the rich and the poor in Europe lived with dirt in a friendly way. Henry IV, King of France, was famously dirty. Upo
11、n learning that a nobleman had taken a bath, the king ordered that, to avoid the attack of disease, the nobleman should not go out.Though the belief in the merit of dirt was long-lived, dirt has no longer been regarded as a nice neighbor ever since the 18th century. Scientifically speaking, cleaning
12、 away dirt is good to health. Clean water supply and hand washing are practical means of preventing disease. Yet, it seems that standards of cleanliness have moved beyond science since World War . Advertisements repeatedly sell the idea: clothes need to be whiter than white, cloths ever softer, surf
13、aces to shine. Has the hate for dirt, however, gone too far?6.Which of the following best describes Henry IVs attitude to bathing?A. Afraid B. Curious C. Approving D. Uninterested7. How does the passage mainly develop?A. By providing examples.B. By making comparisons.C. By following the order of tim
14、e.D. By following the order of importance.8.What is the authors purpose in writing the passage?A. To stress the role of dirt.B. To introduce the history of dirt.C. To call attention to the danger of dirt.D. To present the change of views on dirt.C(11CQ)William Butler Yeats, a most famous Irish write
15、r, was born in Dublin on June 13,1865. His childhood lacked the harmony (和睦) that was typical of a happy family. Later, Yeats shocked his family by saying that he remembered “little of childhood but its pain”. In fact, he inherited (继承) excellent taste in art from his family both his father and his
16、brother were painters. But he finally settled on literature, particularly drama (戏剧) and poetry.Yeats had strong faith in the coming of new artistic movements. He set himself the fresh task in founding an Irish national theatre in the late 1890s.His early theatrical experiments, however, were not received favorably at
