2025-2026学年湖北省荆州中学高二上学期9月双周练（月考）英语试卷.docVIP

2025-2026学年湖北省荆州中学高二上学期9月双周练（月考）英语试卷

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OntheChesapeakeBay,20mileseastofMaryland’scapital,KentIslandisatownknownforitssprawlingwaters,deliciousseafood,andstoriedmaritimehistory.ThequietcharmcanbeaninvitingalternativecomparedtovisitingbusiercitiesonMaryland’sEasternShore.

Learnaboutlocalwildlife

TheChesapeakeBayishometomorethan3,600speciesofplantsandanimals,includingrockfishand173speciesofshellfish.ObservelocalwildlifeattheChesapeakeBayEnvironmentalCenter,whereyoucanhike,bike,orkayakthroughthis510-acrenaturepreserve,whichincludesforests,wetlands,tidalmarshes,andmeadows.Birdloverscanspotmorethan240birdspecies,includingbaldeaglesandherons.Inadditiontobird-watching,visitorsmaycatchaglimpseofotters,foxes,andturtlesthroughoutthepreserve.

Cycleacrosstheentireisland

PedalorwalkyourwayacrosstheislandbyfollowingtheCrossIslandTrail.Themappedpathstretchesnearlysevenmiles,coveringthewidthoftheisland,andwindsthroughtidalwetlands,shadywoodlands,andwide-openfields.ThepavedtrailbeginsatTerrapinNatureParkandBeachontheisland’swesternshoreandsnakeseastwardtoKentNarrows.BothcyclistsandhikerscanenjoyviewsoftheChesapeakeBay.

IndulgeinaClassicMarylandCrabFeast

PartakeinanessentialMarylandexperience—thecrabfeast.Inthistimelesstradition,friendsandfamilygatheraroundapaper-coveredtable,armedwithwoodenmalletstocrackopenfreshlysteamedMarylandbluecrabsseasonedwithOldBay.Thesecrabsarethendippedintomeltedbutterandwasheddownwithacoldbeer.

“CrabsareabigpartoflifeonKentIsland,”saysBroderick.“Anybodywholivesonthewaterorhasarelativeonthewatergenerallyhascrabpots.Oryoucangoouttooneofthegreatcrabhousesandsitdownforaterrificcrabfeast.”

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