湖北省2023届高三下学期五月联合测评英语试卷(含答案)

湖北省2023届高三下学期五月联合测评英语试卷 学校：_____姓名：_____班级：_____考号：_____ 一、阅读理解 21st Century Wonders of Engineering Great Engineering has selected five wonders of 21st century engineering for our Excellence Prize. Now we're asking you to vote for one and tell us why! Falkirk Wheel(Falkirk, Scotland 2001) The Falkirk Wheel is the world's only rotating boat lift. Its steel arms each hold a water-filled tank into which boats can sail. As the wheel rotates, so do the arms, raising and lowering the boats a distance of 25 meters, using power equal to only eight boiling tea kettles. Millau Viaduct(Millau, France 2005) The 2.46-kilometer-long Millau Viaduct over the River Tam in the south of France is 270 meters high—the highest bridge in the world. It took just three years to build. It is a beautiful bridge that adds to the natural beauty of the river valley. Langeled Pipeline(The North Sea 2007) This pipeline under the ocean carries natural gas across the 1,200 kilometers of rocky sea bed from Norway to Britain. It is the longest pipeline of its kind. It runs through some of the most dangerous waters in the world. Three Gorges Dam(Yichang, China 2009) Three Gorges Dam is the largest dam for electric power in the world. Its 1.6-kilometer-long wall across the Yangtze River rises 183 meters above the valley floor. It can hold back 39 million cubic meters of water. Venice Tide Barrier(Venice, Italy 2011) In 1966, the city of Venice was flooded in two meters of ocean water. To prevent this from happening again, the Italian government has built 78 walls, each about 600 square meters, which will rise from the sea floor when the level of the Adriatic Sea is dangerously high and threatens the city. 1、Which wonder consumes surprisingly little power when working A. Three Gorges Dam. B. Langeled Pipeline. C. Venice Tide Barrier. D. Falkirk Wheel. 2、How many wonders rank the top of their own kinds A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. D. Five. 3、What does the author invite readers to do concerning the five wonders A. To pay them a visit. B. To tell the difference. C. To participate in a study. D. To choose one out of five. The Pennine Way is a 469-kilometre walking path which runs from the Peak District in Derbyshire to just inside the Scottish border. Some people see this trail as an opportunity to take a pleasant day's hike on a small section of the route, but eighteen-year-old David Lemming saw it as a challenge."I'd come across a great account of hiking the whole trail, written a few years ago, and I was determined to do it myself. A friend was going with me, but he changed his mind. So I promised my parents I'd check in daily on my mobile." Things went perfectly for the first week. Since many people used the trail, he was constantly meeting fellow hikers, so he never felt desolate. "But then it got really stormy," he says, "so a lot of people gave up. I could go for hours without seeing anyone at all. But as long as I had my mobile, I wasn't real ... ...