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PAGE 12 -河南省濮阳市2017-2018学年高二英语下学期升级考试试题（A卷）第I卷第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）略第二部分 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黑。AWhere will you go to escape the stress of life and the noise of traffic? To find out, we turned to question-and-answer site Quora, where users have been sharing their opinions. From an Alpine palace in Germany to some amazing English views, these dreamy destinations are so magical that it’s hard to believe they’re real.Gaudi’s otherworldly imaginationDesigned by one of Spain’s most famous architects, Antoni Gauldi, the Roman Catholic church Sagrada Familia is a legend in itself Construction began in 1882, but less than a quarter of the project was complete when Gaudi died in 1926. Since then, work has progressed slowly. How about the ending? Architects plan to complete the project in 2026, the centenary of Gaudi’s death.As Barcelona’s most popular tourist site, Sagrada Familia attracts three million visitors every year for one good reason: It’s a masterpiece unlike anything else in the world which is largely responsible for the city’s lively personality.A setting that could steal the spotlight from any storybook heroWith its valleys surrounded by lakes, rivers, hills and peaks, the Lake District in England’s northwest is quite literally taken out of fairy tales. This place was Beatrix Potter’s inspiration for Peter Rabbit and the residence（居所）of the Lake Poets, including William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey.One of nature’s most magical illusionsOnce upon a time in the faraway land of the Faroe Islands, Lake Leitisvatn became known as the most striking of all the islands’ lakes. At more than 6km long, it is the biggest in the Faroe Islands. In reality, Lake Leitisvatn is actually no more than about 30m above sea level. A steep cliff in front of the lake and a clever camera angle make the lake appear to be much higher than it really is.21. From the first paragraph, we know Quora is a site