沈阳市第一七〇中学2019-2020学年高一联合体期末考试英语试卷高英语试卷第I卷（客观题）第一部分阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）第一节(共15小题，每题2.5分,共37.5分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。ATempleshaveexistedforthousandsofyears.Theyaretheproofofculturesandcivilizationthatexistedmanyyearsago.Withtheirexcellentarchitectureandstructuretheyfascinatevisitorsfromaroundtheworld.TempleofHeavenTheTempleofHeavenisaTaoisttempleinBeijing,thecapitalofChina.Thetemplewasconstructedinthe14thcenturybyEmperorYongleoftheMingDynastyashispersonaltemple,wherehewouldprayforgoodharvestandtomakeupforthesinsofhispeople.Thetemple'sarchitectureisquiteinteresting：Everythinginthetemple,whichrepresentsheaven,iscircularwhereasthegroundlevels,whichrepresenttheearth,aresquare.Itsymbolizestherelationshipbetweentheearthandheaven,thehumanworldandGod'sworld,whichstandsattheheartofChinesecosmogony.WatRongKhun“WhiteTemple”ImmediatelyuponenteringthegroundsofChiangRai's“WhiteTemple”inThailand,you'llrealizethiscontemporary,unconventionaltemplestandsout,eveninacountrycrowdedwithplacesofworship.TheWhiteTempleisincrediblydifferentanduniqueinitsarchitecture,artanddesign.Infact,it'sdesignedinaverymodernway,butstillstickingtoandrespectingthetraditionalBuddhistprinciples.Thistempleisallwhitewithmanyartisticdecorationsandstatuesfullofmirrorsthatcreatenicesilvery/glitteringreflections.Kinkaku-jiKyotoisfilledwithbeautifulshrinesandtemples,butnonecanbecomparedtothebeautyofKinkaku-ji.ThisBuddhisttemplehasgainalotoffamerecentlyandhasbecomeoneofthemostvisitedplacesinJapan.Whetheryouvisitduringthefallwhenthereareredmomijileavescomparedwiththegold,inwinterwhenthegoldistoppedwithpurewhitesnow,inspringwiththecherryblossoms(樱花开放),orinsummerallowingyoutoseethebeautifultemple'sgoldenreflection—thereisneverabadtimetovisitthisbeautifultemple.GoldenTempleTheGoldenTempleinPunjab,IndiaisthemostsacredshrineofSikhism.FortheSikhs,theGoldenTemplesymbolizesendlessfreedomandspiritualindependence.ThesiteofthetemplebeganwithasmalllakethatwassopeacefulthatevenBuddhacameth