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1、湖北省八市联考2024届高三下学期3月联考英语试卷学校：_姓名：_班级：_考号：_一、阅读理解With so many options for short, beautiful walks in Queenstown, you are truly spoiled for choice. Heres a list of local picks that will help you discover the best walks around Queenstown, a walkers paradise, for every age and ability.Tiki TrailFor one of
2、 the best views of Queenstown and a decent workout, climb the Tiki Trail up to the Skyline Gondola building. Starting at the base of the Gondola, the Tiki Trail winds its way steeply through trees towards the lookout at the top.Choose to hike back to Queenstown. Or if the climb has gotten the better
3、 of you, sit back, relax and catch a ride in the Skyline Gondola.Queenstown GardensThe Queenstown Gardens Trail is a wheelchair-accessible trail just a few minutes from central Queenstown. The flat, easy track has spectacular views of Lake Whakatipu, Cecil Peak, and Walter Peak and the manicured gar
4、dens are beautiful year-round.You could spend hours here exploring the rose gardens or playing disc golf. If youre tight on time, the loop around the shore of Lake Whakatipu takes less than an hour to complete.Arrow River TrailStarting in historic Arrowtown, a walk along the Arrow River Trail is a m
5、ust-do for any visitor to Queenstown.The track will have you filling your camera memory, especially in autumn due to the explosion of colours on the trees. From here, you can cross the bridge and walk back along the riverside or go back the way you came. Back in Arrowtown, its lovely to walk along t
6、he river and amongst the trees before rejoining Arrowtowns quaint streets to admire the caf culture, discover the regions history or grab a pint in the sunshine.Ben Lomond TrackBen Lomond will greet you from the moment you arrive in town. Not for the faint-hearted or inexperienced, this demanding cl
7、imb is a full-day mission with a spectacular reward.Walkers aiming for the summit should be fully equipped and allow six to eight hours, depending on the conditions. Be prepared for snow and ice above the bush line from April to November.1Which place is a better choice for the disabled?A. Tiki Trail
8、.B. Arrow River Trail.C. Queenstown Gardens.D. Ben Lomond Track.2What can visitors do in Arrow River Trail?A. Appreciate the rose fragrance.B. Experience demanding climb.C. Have a bird-eye view of Queenstown.D. Learn about the local history.3What is the purpose of the passage?A. To compare things.B.
9、 To inform readers.C. To uncover the unseen.D. To warn readers.Hello. You are you and I am I. We are people, also known as humans. This makes us different from most of the things on Earth. This fairly straightforward observation is the opening spread of Like, written by Annie Barrows. It establishes
10、 a somewhat odd yet matter-of-fact tone with a young boy addressing the reader.Matters get more quizzical-or philosophical (哲学意义的) ， if you prefer-on the following spread, which carefully thinks about the ways in which people are different from one specific thing on Earth, We are not at all like tin
11、 cans. We are not shaped like tin cans. We cannot hold tomato sauce like tin cans. If you open up our lids, nothing good happens. We are not at all like tin cans. The target audience will no doubt be amused, as was I, and perhaps reassured.Like next matches people with the swimming pools, We are a l
12、ittle bit more like a swimming pool than a tin can. We have water and chemicals and dirt inside us. But unlike a swimming pool we dont have people splashing around inside us. Mushrooms, we learn, differ from tin cans and swimming pools by being alive, and by growing and reproducing-human traits, too
13、! Mushrooms, however, dont have mouths and brains. But wait: Hyenas have all that. They run around really fast, like we do. But hyenas dont say words. They dont tell stories. They dont get embarrassed, even when theyre caught eating something off the ground.Where to go from there? Look at all these
14、people, the text exclaims over the illustration full of people of seemingly every size, shape, color, age and means of mobility. They are not exactly like us. But they are more like us than they are different.I am more like you than I am like most of the things on Earth, the narrator concludes. Im g
15、lad. Id rather be like you than a mushroom-an appealing and inarguable understanding.4What does the underlined word quizzical mean in the second paragraph?A. Definite.B. Consistent.C. Unusual.D. Ambiguous.5According to the passage, which of the following is most like humans?A. Hyenas.B. Tin cans.C.
16、Mushrooms.D. Swimming pools.6How is the writers idea mainly developed in the passage?A. By describing in details.B. By making comparisons.C. By analyzing causes and effects.D. By presenting problems and solutions.7Where is the text most probably taken from?A. An animal encyclopedia.B. A story entry.C. A philosophical tex
