2015届高考终极压轴卷——英语(辽宁卷)2015届高考终极压轴卷——英语(辽宁卷).doc

2015届高考终极压轴卷——英语（辽宁卷） 注意事项： 1.本试卷分第卷和第卷两部分。答卷前，考试务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。 2.作答时，将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。 3.考试结束后，将本试卷和卡题卡一并交回。 第二部分 阅读理解(共两节，满分40分) 第一节 (共15小题每小题2分，满分30分) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A, B, C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂Loulan, an ancient city in the Lop Nur, was first “discovered” by Swedish explorer Sven Hedin in 1900. The finding of Loulan brought about new and unexpected fame for the ancient history of the Central Asia and thus began the exploration of the Taklamakan Desert. The City of Loulan is known both in China and throughout the world as the Middle Kingdoms “Pompeii” in the desert and one of the cradles of the civilization. It wasnt hard to imagine how excited Sven Hedin must have been when he was awarded the Victoria Medal by the Royal Geography Association. From that point forward, the mysterious covering of Loulan was gradually lowered and was no more a silent unknown hero but became an immediate worldwide sensation(引起轰动的事). Adventurers from America, Britain, Japan and Sweden, including Huntington, Stein, Otani Kozui and Bergman set foot here for several times. In the 1930s, Chinese archaeologist Huang Wenbi came here for the first time and made a survey of this area, which was found even then in terrible conditions due to uncontrolled digging with many wonderful cultural historic relics taken away to distant foreign lands. In 1979, a group of tombs called Sun Tombs, known for their unique and attractive burial forms, were unearthed in the Gumugou Graveyard, the public graveyard of the Lop Nur citizens in the Bronze Age. In early 1980s, in the Tiebanhe River Delta area of the lower reaches of the Peafowl River in Lop Nur, a female mummy dating back some 3,800 years was unearthed and was considered by the Japanese as the “Loulan Beauty”. This set off a wave of current exploration of the Silk Road. The archaeological unearthing being currently conducted in the Xiaohe(Small River) Graveyard is now the focus of the worlds most important academic event. The Xiaohe