2021年北师大二附中未来科技城学校高三英语第四次联考试卷及答案第一部分阅读（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项AHubeiProvincehaslongbeenafavoriteChinesetouristdestinationbecauseofitsnaturalscenery,historiccities,andbeautifulmountains.HerearesomeofthebestplacestovisitinHubeiProvince.YellowCraneTowerYellowCraneTowerisknownasoneoftheThreeFamousTowersSouthofYangtzeRiver,togetherwithYueyangTowerinHunanandTengwangPavilioninJiangxi.ThehistoryofYellowCraneTowerdatesbacktotheThreeKingdomsperiod(220-280)inChinesehistory.ThetowerwasusedasawatchtowerbytheKingofWu'sarmyinthebeginning.EnshiGrandCanyonEnshiGrandCanyoncanbeChina'sanswertotheGrandCanyoninArizona,theUnitedStatesinbeauty.Thecanyonruns108kilometersandoccupiesalandareaof3,000squarekilometers.TheregionwhereEnshiGrandCanyonislocatedusedtobeavastseawithmanylimestonedeposits230millionyearsago.ShennongjiaScenicAreaItisfamousforitsvariedplantspeciesaswellasmountains.Regardedasthe“LungsofCentralChina",theforestcoveragereachesover90percentofthearea.Duetothespecialclimate,itisneithertoohotinsummernortoocoldinwinter.Sometimescloudsstretcharoundmountains,rewardingtouristswithunforgettableviews.Besides,theareaishometosomerareanimalssuchasgoldenmonkeys,whitebearsandantelope.TheThree-GorgeTribescenicspotLocatedintheareaoftheXilingGorgeinthecityofYichang,ithasthebeautyoflandscapepaintings.Thespotisa“ProtectedCenterofthePopularCultureandArtoftheThreeGorges”.Sinceancienttimes,alotoffamousscholarshaveproducedagreatnumberofexcellentpoemspraisingthebeautyofthisplace,someofwhicharecarvedonthestonesalongtheYangtzeRiver.1.WhatisspecialaboutYellowCraneTower?A.Ithasalonghistory.B.Itoffersascenicview.C.Itonceservedwar'spurposes.D.Itisthe-knownbesttowerinChina2.WhyistheGrandCanyoninArizonamentioned?A.ToexplainitspopularityinChina.B.Tohelpreadersknowmoreaboutit.C.ToprovethebeautyoftheChinesecanyon.D.Toshowdifferencesbetweenthetwocanyons.3.WhichplacewillaChineseliteratureloverprobablyvisit