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【題目】 The United Nations Cultural Organization, or UNESCO, meets each year to choose the latest additions to its World Heritage list. Today, we look at some of the recent additions:

Churches of the Pskov School of Architecture (Russia)

A group of ancient structures in the city of Pskov make up Russia’s newest UNESCO World Heritage Site. The structures, many of which are churches, all were designed by the Pskov School Architecture. It was a leading school of building design in the country, especially in the 15th and 16th centuries. Some elements common to Pskov architecture date back to the 11th century.

Writing-on-Stone (Canada)

Canada’s Writing-on-Stone monument, known also as Aisinai’ pi, has a large number of protected rock paintings and rock carvings. Some of them are 2,000 years old. The markings were left by Blackfoot Native Americans, who live in parts of Western Canada and the far northern United States. The land that makes up writing-on-Stone is filled with rock columns that have been formed by erosion (侵蝕) into “spectacular shapes”.

Babylon (Iraq)

The ancient city of Babylon is gaining World Heritage Site status. The city was once a main tourist site before Iraq suffered several wars. The 4, 300-year-old Babylon is where dynasties have risen and fallen since the earliest days of settled human civilization UNESCO says the site “offers a look into one of the most influential empires of the ancient world”.

Paraty and IIha Grande (Brazil)

The historic coastal town of Paraty and the island IIha Grande are already popular places for visitors to Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro state. Now, they make up a newly named UNESCO site. Paraty was the final stop along the gold Route, along which gold was shipped to Europe in the 1600s. The area is also home to a huge number of animals some of which are threatened.

【1】What do we know about Russia’s newest UNSCO World Heritage Site?

A.They merely are various churches.

B.They are a group of ancient school.

C.Their paintings are 2,000 years old.

D.Their designs came from the same school.

【2】Which country has the oldest relic mentioned in the text?

A.Iraq.B.Brazil.

C.Russia.D.Canada.

【3】What is special about Paraty and IIha Grande?

A.It has rich wildlife resources.

B.It has many famous churches.

C.It used to be a gold mining site.

D.It has many rock paintings and rock carvings.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】A

【3】A

【解析】

本文是一篇說(shuō)明文。文章介紹了聯(lián)合國(guó)教科文組織新批準(zhǔn)的四處世界文化遺產(chǎn)。分別是普斯科夫建筑學(xué)院教堂（俄羅斯）；石頭上的文字紀(jì)念碑（加拿大）；巴比倫（伊拉克）；海濱小鎮(zhèn)Paraty和伊爾哈格蘭德島（巴西）。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一個(gè)世界遺產(chǎn)的第二句The structures, many of which are churches, all were designed by the Pskov School of Architecture.可知，結(jié)構(gòu)，其中許多是教堂，都是由普斯科夫?qū)W校建筑設(shè)計(jì)。由此可知，這些建筑都是由普斯科夫建筑學(xué)院設(shè)計(jì)的。故選D。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三個(gè)世界遺產(chǎn)的第三句The 4, 300-year-old Babylon is where dynasties have risen and fallen since the earliest days of settled human civilization UNESCO says the site “offers a look into one of the most influential empires of the ancient world”.可知，有4300年歷史的巴比倫是人類文明早期定居以來(lái)朝代起起落落的地方。聯(lián)合國(guó)教科文組織稱，該遺址“讓人們得以一窺古代世界最具影響力的帝國(guó)之一”。由此可知，有4300年歷史的伊拉克的巴比倫是這四項(xiàng)世界遺產(chǎn)中最古老的。故選A。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一個(gè)世界遺產(chǎn)介紹的最后一句The area is also home to a huge number of animals some of which are threatened.可知，該地區(qū)也是大量動(dòng)物的家園，其中一些動(dòng)物受到威脅。由此可知，Paraty和IIha Grande的獨(dú)特之處是有豐富的野生動(dòng)物資源。故選A。