2018版高考英语外研版复习检测：选修8 module1《deep south》

选修八 Module 1阅读理解提速练——练速度(限时：20分钟)A(2016·河南省洛阳市统一考试)Heritage is our legacy (遗产) from the past, what we live with today, and what we pass on to future generations. Our cultural and natural heritage are both irreplaceable (无可取代的) sources of life and inspiration. Places as unique and diverse as the Pyramids of Egypt, the Great Barrier Reef in Australia and the Great Wall of China make up our world's heritage.The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) seeks to encourage the identification, protection and preservation of cultural and natural heritage around the world considered to be of outstanding value to humanity. This is embodied in an international treaty called the Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, adopted by UNESCO in 1972.How does a place become a World Heritage Site? It takes a lot of people to decide.1)If a country wants one of its places to be on the World Heritage List, it has to ask UNESCO. The place must be important and special. UNESCO put the Great Wall on the list in 1987 because, it said, it was a great part of Chinese culture and beautifully made to go with the land. Whena country asks, it must also make a plan for taking care of the place.2)The World Heritage Committee of UNESCO talks about different places and decides whether to put them on the list. The committee meets every June. Many experts help the committee to decide.3)After a new place goes on the list, UNESCO gives money to help keep it looking good. If a place is in serious danger, it may be put on the List of World Heritage Sites in Danger. UNESCO gives special care and help to those places.4)Countries have to give UNESCO regular reports about places on the list. If UNESCO thinks a country isn't taking good enough care of a place, the site will be taken off the list.语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。

文章告诉我们什么是遗产，如何申请遗产，并呼吁人们保护遗产。

1．What is the main purpose of Paragraph 1?A．To tell us what is heritage.B．To stress the importance of heritages.C．To explain the aims of protecting heritages.D．To introduce some places of interest in the world.解析：选A 段落大意题。

本段主要解释了什么是遗产及其大体分类，并列举了几个世界遗产的例子，所以A项正确。

2．About cultural and natural heritage around the world, UNESCO encourages all the following EXCEPT________.A．identification B．applicationC．protection D．conservation解析：选B 细节理解题。

根据第二段第一句可知，联合国教科文组织鼓励、认定和保护世界遗产，并没有提到利用世界遗产，所以选B项。

3．If a place successfully becomes a World Heritage Site, the country________.A．can ask UNESCO for more money and helpB．should continue to take special care of itC．won't take trouble of caring for itD．will try to put it on the List of World Heritage Sites in Danger 解析：选B 细节理解题。

由短文的最后一段可知，申遗成功后，要对世界遗产继续加以保护，如果保护不善，该遗产可能会从名录上删除。

4．The purpose of putting a place on the World Heritage Listis________.A．to attract more tourists from other countriesB．to get more money and help from other countriesC．to have it taken better care ofD．to make it known to other countries解析：选C 推理判断题。

通过联合国对一个国家的要求可推知，认定世界遗产的目的是使其得到更好的保护。

B(2016·沈阳市高三质检)Where should an adventurous tourist go? After you've done sightseeing in London, shopping in New York, tasted the local food in Paris, and danced to your heart's content at the Brazilian Carnival, where else can you go? What exotic (异国风情的) touristdestination awaits you?Well, Antarctica sounds like the holiday of alifetime! It's considered the last great wilderness onEarth. Just a few scientists in research stations share the icy landscape with penguins and other animals which can cope with the low temperatures.Tourism began in Antarctica in the 1950s and it's still a small scale. About 37,000 tourists are expected there this season, but many won't even leave the boat.The BBC's Juliet Rix visited the frozen continent and asked herself if she should be there at all, causing potential problems to such a sensitive environment. Her tour guide admitted that all visitors leave footprints and they all go to the same place, the accessible coastline, which is also where the penguins and seals go to breed.But some people believe that if carefully controlled, tourism can be good for Antarctica. It has no native population and it needs advocates. Visitors to the icy continent might be ready to support and even to fund its preservation. And they're likely to engage in the discussion about global warming, which has led to the melting of glaciers.According to Rix, guidelines are followed when you're about to set foot in Antarctica and tourists have to disinfect (为……消毒) their boots to make sure no alien species are introduced.。