2018-2019 第一次质检-厦门市3月质检真题卷-高三英语.pdfVIP

厦门市2019届高三下学期质量检测（3月8日）

英语

第一卷(选择题共100分)

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中，选出最佳选项。

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TheCountriesYouNeverKnewExisted

SaoTomeandPrincipe

SaoTomeandPrincipeoffAfrica’swestcoastisonly372squaremiles,butithasimpressive,undamagednature,richin

biodiversespecies.Theamazingneedle-likevolcanicpeakPicoCaoGranderises1,000feetintotheair.Theislandsare

hometoonlyaround200,000peopletoday.

SanMarino

Only23squaremileswithapopulationofjust64,000,thelittle-knowncountryofSanMarino,surroundedbyItaly,is

theworld’sfifthsmallestcountry.WiththeUNESCOWorldHeritageSiteofMountTitano,thecountryissaidtobethe

oldestrepublicintheworld.

Dominica

Dominicacoversonly290squaremiles,withsomeofthebestdivingintheCaribbean,includingtheUNESCOWorld

HeritageSiteofvolcanicMorneTroisPitonsNationalPark.InDominica,you’llseerainforests,waterfalls,andcoastalviews.

TheislandisalsohometotheonlyremainingpopulationoftheKalinago,whoarepartoftheisland’s74,000inhabitants.

Kiribati

ThisPacificislandcountryof33coralislandsis313squaremiles,butit’stheonlycountryintheworldtofallintoall

fourhemispheres(半球).Thecountry’s109,000residentsliveinonly21iftheislands.Seethistropicalparadisebeforeitis

nolonger--risingseasarethreateningtoswallowthecountrywhole.

21.Whichcountryhasthesmallestpopulation?

A.SaoTomeandPrincipeB.SanMarino.

C.Dominica.D.Kiibati.

22.WhatcanoneseeinSanMarinoandDominica?

A.Volcanoes.B.Worldheritagesites.

C.ViewsoftheC