2023-2024学年度第二学期
高一英语
第二部分 阅读 (共两节，满分50分)
第一节 (共15小题; 每小题2.5分，满分37.5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。
A
Upper Antelope Canyon Tours
Adventurous Antelope Canyon Tour
Price: From $108
Duration: 80 minutes
The tour starts at $108 per person, but cost an additional $11 if you want to visit during peak sunlight hours. Those 7 and younger are not permitted on the outings. This tour is not recommended for pregnant people.
Antelope Canyon Navajo Tour
Price: From $100
Duration: 1.5 hours
This Tour’ guides are local Navajo people. The company’s 1.5-hour sightseer tours of the Upper Canyon take place several times daily beginning at 7:30 a.m. Prices for these tours which include the park entrance fee, are approximately $100 per person. The company opens up online reservations one to two months in advance, so be sure to book early, as tickets sell out quickly.
Antelope Slot Canyon Tour
Price: Adults from $112; kids from $102
Duration: 1.5 hours
This Tour offers tours of the nearby Cathedral Canyon. Pricing ranges from $112 to $120 per person, depending on the time of day and popularity of the tour time. Discounted tickets are available for soldiers and children aged 6 to 12; children younger than 6 are not allowed.
Antelope Canyon X Taadidiin Tour
Price: Adults from $40; kids from $30
Duration: 1.5 hours
This Tour operates 1.5-hour small-group hikes through the canyon. A Hiking permit is required for visitors aged 8 and older. Photography lovers can sign up for Taadidiin’s Photo Tour, which spends three hours in the canyon and permits participants to bring a tripod and a camera bag. Additional fees are $125 per person.
21. What are you required to do if you want to make Antelope Canyon Navajo Tour?
A. Pay much more money. B. Drive your own car.
C. Book tickets beforehand. D. Carry your hiking permit.
22. Which tour gives a discount to people who serve in the army?
A. Antelope Canyon Navajo Tour. B. Antelope Slot Canyon Tour.
C. Antelope Canyon X Taadidiin Tour. D. Adventurous Antelope Canyon Tour.
23. How much will an adult photography lover pay if he chooses Taadidiin’s Photo Tour?
A. $165. B. $ 40. C. $ 85. D. $125.
B
If you ask children the question, “Where does your food come from?” Their answer probably is “the kitchen” or “the grocery store”. Mahan Chandra Borah, a 41-year-old rice farmer, was concerned about this and aimed to educate young people about the importance of agriculture in his country.
“Hundreds of varieties of rice and other crops went extinct in India because of people’s unawareness and I wanted to do something about it,” Mahan says. The result was the formation of the Annapurna Rice Library — a center preserving native seeds and all things ‘rice’.
As a boy, Mahan was a curious reader. “I always had curiosity about things and wanted to get a PhD,” he recalls. Most of Mahan’s days were spent reading and helping his father out in the fields. “Working with him in the fields is how I learnt all I know about farming,” he says.
