2022-2023学年湖南省益阳市高二上学期期末质量检测英语试题.pdf

2022-2023学年湖南省益阳市高二上学期期末质量检测英语试题

1.WorldHeritagesitesinChina

Now,Chinahas56sitesinscribedontheUNESCOWorldHeritagelist.Let’stakealookatsomeof

them.

AncientCityofPingYao

Builtmorethan2,700yearsago,theAncientCityofPingYaoisthebestpreservedancientHan

Chinesecity.Itgivesinsightintotheancientprosperousbusinesspioneers,whoestablishedthefirst

banksinChinaduringMingandQingdynasties(14th-20thcenturies).

ThecitywaslistedasaWorldNaturalHeritageSitebyUNESCOonDecember3,1997.

ClassicalGardensofSuzhou

Suzhou,acityinEastChina’sJiangsuprovince,isfamousforitsclassicalgardens.Builtbetween

theNorthernSongDynastyandthelateQingDynasty(11-19thcentury),theclassicalgardensof

Suzhoufeatureminiaturerocks,hillsandelegantpavilionssetamidstmurmuringwaters.The

classicalgardensofSuzhouwereaddedontothelistonDecember4,1997.

AncientVillagesinsouthernAnhui—XidiandHongcun

LocatedinsouthernAnhui,XidiandHongcunbelongtothecategoryofarchitecturalcomplexes,

withahighhistoricalandartisticvalue.

ThevillagesrepresentthearchitecturalfeaturesoftheHuizhou-styleresidentialhousesintheperiod

oftheMingandQingdynasties.

XidiandHongcunwereaddedontothelistonNovember30,2000.

FujianTulou

LocatedinEastChina’sFujianprovince,the46multi-storeyearthenhouseswerebuiltonabaseof

stonefordefensepurposes.ThearchitecturalartsoftheFujianTuloucanbetracedbacknearly

1,000years,andtheirdesignincorporatesthetraditionoffengshui.Tulouwasaddedontotheliston

July6,2008.

FormoreinformationabouttheworldheritagesitesinChina,pleaseclickthelinkbelow.

1.WhichofthefollowingsiteswasfirstlistedasaWorldHeritageSite?

AAncientCityofPingYao.BClassicalGardensofSuzhou.