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2022.2023学年湖南省长沙市雨花区同升湖学校高三(±)第二

次月考英语试卷

HighestMountainsintheWorld

MountKilimanjaro

MountKilimanjaro,adormant休（眠的）volcano,isthehighestmountaininAfrica.Itssummitis5,

895metersabovesealevel.Locatedinanzania,itisthelargestfree-standingmountainriseintheworld,

meaningitisnotpartofamountainrange.KilimanjaroismadeupofthreevolcanoesKibo,Mawenzi,

andShira.Kiboisthesummitofthemountainandthetallestofthethreevolcanicformations.While

MawenziandShiraareextinct,Kiboisdormantandcouldpossiblyeruptagain.

MountEverest

MountEverestisthehighestmountaininAsiaandthehighestmountainintheworld.Itssummitis8,

848.86metersabovesealevel.1i（slocatedintheHimalayaMountainRangeontheborderofNepaland

China.heChinesenameisChomolungma,whichmeansMotherGoddessoftheWorld.heNepali

nameisSagarmatha,whichhasvariousmeanings.

Denali

DenaliisthehighestmountaininNorthAmerica.Itssummitis6193metersabovesealevel.ltislocated

intheUSA,inthestateofAlaska.DenalicomesfromKoyukon,atraditionalnativeAlaskanlanguage,

andmeansthetallone.hisnamehadbeenusedformanygenerationsandwasusedbyearlynon-native

researchersandnaturalists.Butin1896,WilliamA.Dickey»aprospector探（矿者），begancallingDenali

MountMcKinley,inhonorofWilliamMcKinley,apresidentialcandidateatthetime.

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