2024-2025学年下学期高二英语外研社版期中必刷常考题之说明文阅读理解.docx

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2024-2025学年下学期高二英语外研社版期中必刷常考题之说明文阅读理解

一．阅读理解（共15小题）

1．（2023?郑州二模）Whenculturalheritagesitesdisappear，theyregoneforever.However，theyarebeingendangeredatanalarmingratebyrisingseas（Venice），pollution（theTajMahal）andovertourism（AngkorWat）.Justtonameafew.

Butwhenwetrytoprotecttheseheritagesites，wealsohavetofacesuchthornyquestionsasWhatpartofthepastisworthpreservingandpassingontothenextgenerations？Whatdutydoweowetothecreationsofourancestors？Whatstrengthdowedrawfromtheirpresence﹣andwhen，onthecontrary，dotheybecomealeadweight，preventingusfromprojectingourselvesintothefuture？.

Humankindhasansweredthesedifficultquestionsdifferentlyindifferentplaces.InDresden，Germany，theFrauenkirchewasan18thcenturychurchwhosebell﹣shapedtopwasalandmark.InFebruary，1945，oneofthemostdestructivebombingattacksofWorldWarⅡkilledmorethan25，000peopleandreducedthecitytoruins.AsDresdenslowlyrebuiltafterthewar，theFrauenkirchewasleftinruins.ButafterGermanreunification，thechurchwasreconstructedusingmanyofitsoriginalmaterials，asastatementofpeaceandharmony.

LiketheFrauenkircbe，NotreDame，alandmarkinParis，whichwasdestroyedbyfirein2019，isbeingrebuiltascloseaspossibletohowitwasbefore，includingusingtheoriginalandpoisonousmetal—lead—fortheroof.Thatchoicewascontroversial，asfuturechoicesareboundtobeinthedebateabouthowtorestoreandpreservehistoricbuildings.

Perhaps，noonecanclaimtohavetherightanswersonpreservation.Theremaynotevenberightanswers.Whatwewilldoistocontinuetotakecareofimportantculturalheritagesites，asamatterofsignificancetohumanityspast，presentandfuture.

（1）Whichheritagesiteissufferingfromtoomanyvisitors？

A．Venice.

B．Dresden.

C．TheTajMahal.

D．AngkorWat.

（2）Whichofthefollowingcanreplacetheunderlinedwordthornyinparag