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1、2023届湖北省圆创联考高三下学期五月联合测评英语试题学校:_姓名：_班级：_考号：_一、阅读理解21st Century Wonders of EngineeringGreat Engineering has selected five wonders of 21st century engineering for our Excellence Prize. Now were asking you to vote for one and tell us why!Falkirk Wheel(Falkirk, Scotland 2001)The Falkirk Wheel is the worl
2、ds only rotating boat lift. Its steel arms each hold a water-filled tank into which boats can sail. As the wheel rotates, so do the arms, raising and lowering the boats a distance of 25 meters, using power equal to only eight boiling tea kettles.Millau Viaduct(Millau, France 2005)The 2.46-kilometer-
3、long Millau Viaduct over the River Tam in the south of France is 270 meters highthe highest bridge in the world. It took just three years to build. It is a beautiful bridge that adds to the natural beauty of the river valley.Langeled Pipeline(The North Sea 2007)This pipeline under the ocean carries
4、natural gas across the 1,200 kilometers of rocky sea bed from Norway to Britain. It is the longest pipeline of its kind. It runs through some of the most dangerous waters in the world.Three Gorges Dam(Yichang, China 2009)Three Gorges Dam is the largest dam for electric power in the world. Its 1.6-ki
5、lometer-long wall across the Yangtze River rises 183 meters above the valley floor. It can hold back 39 million cubic meters of water.Venice Tide Barrier(Venice, Italy 2011)In 1966,the city of Venice was flooded in two meters of ocean water. To prevent this from happening again, the Italian governme
6、nt has built 78 walls, each about 600 square meters, which will rise from the sea floor when the level of the Adriatic Sea is dangerously high and threatens the city.1Which wonder consumes surprisingly little power when working?AThree Gorges Dam.BLangeled Pipeline.CVenice Tide Barrier.DFalkirk Wheel
7、.2How many wonders rank the top of their own kinds?ATwo.BThree.CFour.DFive.3What does the author invite readers to do concerning the five wonders?ATo pay them a visit.BTo tell the difference.CTo participate in a study.DTo choose one out of five.The Pennine Way is a 469-kilometre walking path which r
8、uns from the Peak District in Derby shire to just inside the Scottish border. Some people see this trail as an opportunity to take a pleasant days hike on a small section of the route, but eighteen-year-old David Lemming saw it as a challenge.“Id come across a great account of hiking the whole trail
9、, written a few years ago, and I was determined to do it myself. A friend was going with me, but he changed his mind. So I promised my parents Id check in daily on my mobile.”Things went perfectly for the first week. Since many people used the trail, he was constantly meeting fellow hikers, so he ne
10、ver felt desolate.“But then it got really stormy,”he says,“so a lot of people gave up. I could go for hours without seeing anyone at all. But as long as I had my mobile,I wasnt really worried about anything bad happening.”Unfortunately, something bad did happen. During a particularly heavy rain stor
11、m, David slipped in the mud, went off the edge of the trail and fell about ten metre down the hill.“I realized Id broken my arm immediately. Then I found that my mobile had fallen out of my pocket. And when I tried to get up to look for it, I couldnt stand up at all. My leg was injured too.”All he c
12、ould do was to shout for help.“I yelled until my throat was sore,”he says.“And nothing happened. But then I saw a head at the top of the hill-someone had heard me. A man came down,saw the state I was in and called for help. At the hospital, even the doctors were impressed at how much of the trail Id
13、 covered. I felt really proud.”Will he try to walk the trail again?“Absolutely,”he says.“Its a fantastic place,and nothing can keep me away.”4Where did David get the idea of hiking the trail?AFrom reading about it.BFrom hearing an account of it.CFrom being required by his parents.DFrom being challen
14、ged by a friend.5What does the underlined word “desolate” in paragraph 2 mean?AFrustrated.BConfused.CEmbarrassed.DIsolated.6How did David get help after his accident?AHe spoke to a passer-by.BHe called for help on his mobile.CHe called out until someone heard him.DHe returned to the trail and found
15、someone.7What is the most suitable title for the text?AA Foolish AdventureBNear Tragedy, But No RegretsCHow a Mobile Saved a Boys LifeDFear and Tragedy on the Pennine WayThe new Netflix documentary Seaspiracy highlights the damaging effects of fishing on the worlds oceans. The documentary is narrate
16、d and directed by British filmmaker Ali Tabrizi as he discovers fishing to be the oceans biggest threat.While perhaps produced with good intentions, Seaspiracy fails to provide a critical angle to the problems it unveils. Instead, the film tries to encourage anger. Still, many disturbed viewers are taking t
