2021-2022学年甘肃省靖远县第二中学高二上学期期中考试（二）英语试题（解析版）.docxVIP

2021-2022学年甘肃省靖远县第二中学高二上学期期中考试（二）英语试题

总分：120考试时间：100分钟

第一部分阅读（满分40分）

第一节(共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分)

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Ifknowledgeispower,thenbooksarefuelandlibrariesarepowerstations!Herearefouramazinglibrariesthatcangetyoupositivelycharged.

NewYorkPublicLibrary—NewYork

Openedin1911,NewYorkPublicLibrarywasthelargestmarblebuildingintheworld.Overtheyearsthelibraryhasacollectionof53millionitems,includingrarefirsteditionbooks,300millionpagesofhistoricalnewspapersandaround40,000restaurantmenusdatingbackto1850!

ChethamsLibrary—Manchester

Foundedin1653,ChethamsLibraryisafreepubliclibrarywiththelongesthistoryintheUK.Thebuildingitselfisevenolder—builtin1421,itsoneofthemostwell—protectedmedievalbuildingsinEngland!

With100,000+booksliningtheshelves,thespecialatmosphereofthelibraryattractsstudentsandscholarsaliketoattendguidedtoursofferedthroughouttheyear.

TheLibraryofCongressWashington,D.C.

LocatedonCapitolHill,theLibraryofCongressisconsideredthenationallibraryoftheUSandthesecondlargestlibraryintheworld.Thelibraryhasaround168millionitems,adding10,000tothisnumbereveryday.

Needtocatchuponthenews?TheLibraryofCongress,whichwasfoundedin1800,holdstheworld’slargestnewspapercollection,withsomedatingbackasfaras1659!

TheBritishLibrary—London

TheBritishLibrarywasfoundedin1973.Witharound170millionitemsspreadacross750kmofshelving,itsthelargestlibraryintheworld.Andthisnumberiscontinuallygrowingand8kmofshelvinghastobeaddedeveryyear!ThisispartlybecausetheBritishLibrarymustreceiveacopyofeverypublicationproducedintheUKandIreland,bylaw.

1.Wherecanyouvisittheoldestlibrary?

A.InNewYork. B.InLondon.

C.InManchester. D.InWashingtonD.C.

2.WhatmakestheLibraryofCongressspecial?

A.Itslargearea.

B.Itsvariousfunctions.

C.It