高考英语总复习Unit2Poems课时作业（含解析）新人教版选修6.docVIP

　Unit2 Poems Ⅰ.阅读理解 A TheNazcaLinesareaseriesoflargeancientgeoglyphs(地画)intheNazcaDesert,insouthernPeru.Theyarerangingfromgeometricpatternstodrawingsofdifferentanimalsandstylizedhuman-likeforms.Theancientlinescanonlybetrulytakeninfromhighintheair,leavinggenerationspuzzledastohowthesepreciseworkscouldhavebeencompletedlongbeforethedocumentedinventionofhumanflight. TheLineswerefirstspottedwhencommercialairlinesbeganflyingacrossthePeruvianDesertinthe1920s.Whobuiltthemandwhatwastheirpurpose?Aretheyroads,starpointers,maybeevenagiganticmap?Ifthepeoplewholivedhere2,000yearsagohadonlyasimpletechnology,howdidtheymanagetoconstructsuchprecisefigures?Didtheyhaveaplan?Thesemarkingsarelikeavastpuzzle. TheNazcaLinesarethemostoutstandinggroupofgeoglyphsintheworld.TherearealsohugegeoglyphsinEgypt,Malta,UnitedStates(MississippiandCalifornia),Chile,Boliviaandinothercountries.ButtheNazcageoglyphs,becauseoftheirnumbers,characteristics,dimensionsandculturalcontinuityastheyweremadeandremadethroughoutacertainhistoryperiod,formthemostimpressivearcheological(考古学的)group. TheNazcaPlainisuniqueforitsabilitytopreservethemarkingsuponit,duetothecombinationoftheclimate(oneofthedriestonEarth,withonlytwentyminutesofrainfallperyear)andtheflat,stonygroundwhichminimizestheeffectofthewindatgroundlevel.Withnodustorsandtocovertheplainandlittlerainorwindtoerode(腐蚀)it,linesdrawnheretendtostaydrawn.Thesefactors,combinedwiththeexistenceoflighter-colouredsubsoilbeneaththedesertsurface,provideavastwritingpadthatissuitedtotheartistwhowantstoleavehismarketernal. 1.WhatcanweknowabouttheNazcaLinesfromthefirsttwoparagraphs? A.Theywerebuiltasabigmap. B.Theywereformedbynature. C.Theyareancientlinesincaves. D.Theyarehugemarkingsinadesert. 2.HowmanyfactorsmaketheNazcaLinesthemostimpressive? A.One. B.Two. C.Three. D.Four. 3.WhyaretheNazcaLineswellpreserved? A.Becauseofthewindatgroundlevel. B.Becauseoftheexistenceofsoftsoil. C.Becauseoftheclimateandgeography. D.Becauseofthethicksandonthetop. 4.Whatdoestheunderlinedword “ete