2023届高三年级晚自习英语限时小训二（含答案）

【3.19】未来的你一定会感谢现在拼搏的自己！ 2023届高三年级晚自习英语限时小训（二） 一、阅读理解 A Here are some libraries in British. Have a look and visit them in your spare time. Duke Humfrey's Library Duke Humfrey's Library, well known for its long history and luxurious collections, is one of the top 10 libraries in British. The library holds 6.12 million volumes. It has 44 service stations, with an average daily reception of 5,000 visitors. It also exchanges documents and literature works with Japan, the United States and Austria at irregular intervals （不定期地）. Opening Hours: 8:30 a.m.-7:00 p.m., closed every Monday afternoon （except for festival holidays） Liverpool Central Library Liverpool Central Library is a cultural landmark in British. It is an intelligent and modem library with 100 staff and 1.23 million volumes. It consists of a total of 32 halls and rooms, as well as newly-developed lecture halls, exhibition centers and electronic reading rooms, with more than 1,900 seats. The library remains open every day. Opening Hours: 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m Maughan Library Maughan Library was founded in 1956 and rebuilt in 1993. It has 56,000 books, more than 1.000 bound volumes of newspaper, 5,000 bound volumes of journals, 120 English books from the old time and more than one TB of digital books. The library has three service stations, receiving more than 92,000 visitors every year. Opening Hours: From Monday to Sunday 8:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.; 2:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. 1. What is special about Duke Humfrey's Library A．It ranks the tenth in British. B．It keeps open from Monday to Sunday. C．It has the largest book collections in British. D．It exchanges resources with some foreign countries. 2. How long does Liverpool Central Library run per day A．For 6 hours. B．For 9 hours. C．For 10 hours. D．For10 hours and a half. 3. What do we know about Maughan Library A．It opens all day long. B．It has many ancient English books. C．It has 100 staff with three service stations. D．It has the most volumes of books among the three. B A new four-legged whale species was recently discovered by a team of researchers in Egypt. The fossil which was encased in a tomb of rock dates back to over 43 million years ago! This ancient creature had four functional legs, so it could dwell on both land and in water. Ironically, Egypt’s Fayum Depression, the desert where the fossil was discovered, was an ocean millions of years ago. Researchers believe this fossil is an example from an era when land animals were adapting to marine life. Modern whales evolved from deer-like land mammals (哺乳动物) over the course of millions of years, and this unique whale could travel across land and swim in the ocean. The new species is named Phiomicetus Anubis because the whale’s skull (颅骨) resembles the Egyptian jackal-headed god of death, Anubis. Scientists have also been able to recover the whale’s partial skeleton (骨骼). They inferred that the ancient whale was about three meters ... ...