专题22-人与自然

备战2023年中考英语之阅读理解专项练（常考+热门话题）

一、阅读单选

Nationalparksarelargeareasofpublicland.Theygiveasafehomeforlocalplantsand

animals.Theyhelpkeeptheairandwaterclean.Theyalsogiveusthebesttrips.Today,there

arenearly7,000nationalparksaroundtheworld.Forbeshaslisted12ofthemostbeautiful

onesintheworldthatwillsurpriseyouwiththeiramazinglandscapes(陆上风景),

geographicwondersandcolorfulplantsandanimals.

TheGrandCanyonNationalParkoftheUSisoneoftheSevenNaturalWondersofthe

World.Itisbestknownforitssizeanddepth.Itis446kilometerslong,upto29kilometers

wide,and1.6kilometersdeep.Theimmensityofthecanyonmakespeoplethinkbig.Every

year,about5millionpeoplevisithere.TakingatourintheSouthRim(南缘)offersvisitors

thepark’sfullviews,whiletheNorthRim(北缘)showsbeautifulwildflowers.

Ifyouloveanimals,you’llliketheSerengetiNationalParkinTanzania.The“BigFive”

live.Theyarethelion,Africanelephant,Africanleopard,blackrhinocerosandAfrican

buffalo.Itsname“BigFive”camefromthefiveanimalsthatwerethehardesttocatch.Now

theyarewhatpeoplemostwanttoseeinthewild.Ifyouvisitthepark,youshouldnevermiss

themigration(迁徙)ofover1.5millionwildebeests(角马)and250,000zebraseveryyear.

Thisisthemostfamoussiteofthepark.

1．Theunderlinedword“immensity”refersto________.

A．greatsizeB．naturalwonderC．colorfulviewD．unusualbeauty

2．Thebesttitleforthepassagemaybe“________”.

A．TakingaTourintheGrandCanyon

B．TravellingtotheSerengetiNationalPark

C．SevenNaturalWondersoftheWorld

D．SteppingintotheWondersoftheWildlife

3．Ifthewritercontinuesthearticle,hewouldmostlikelywriteabout________.

A．waystokeeptheairandwaterclean

B．morenationalparksintheworld

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C．hiswonderfultriptotheGrandCanyon

D．famoushistoricwondersinAfrica

WelcometoWhitePinesForest

ThisisoneofthemostbeautifulplacesintheUnitedStates.Butitcanalsobedangerous.

Ifyou’repla