2024—2025学年辽宁省辽阳市高三上学期1月期末考试英语试卷.doc

2024—2025学年辽宁省辽阳市高三上学期1月期末考试英语试卷

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Here’salookatsomehistorictownsinUpstateNewYork,eachfilledwithstoriesofthepastandasenseofplaceyouwon’tsoonforget.

Aurora

ThishistoricvillagelocatedontheeasternshoreofCayugaLakewasoriginallyinhabitedbytheCayugapeople.European-Americansettlementbeganin1789,andby1837,Aurorawasincorporatedasavillage.ItbecameacentreforcanaltrafficfollowingtheopeningoftheCayuga-SenecaCanal,whichfacilitatedthetransportofwool,grain,fruit,andpigstobroadermarkets.

Cooperstown

Foundedin1786byJudgeWilliamCooper,thistownwasnamedinCooper’shonor.Hisson,JamesFenimoreCooper,arenownednovelist,immortalizedtheareainhisTheLeatherstockingTales,referringtoOtsegoLakeasthe“Glimmerglass”.CooperstownisperhapsbestknownasthehomeoftheNationalBaseballHallofFameandMuseum,establishedin1939.Thisinstitutioncelebratesthehistoryofbaseballandhonorsitsgreatestplayers,makingthevillageafavouritesiteforfansofAmerica’spastime.

Skaneateles

Thename“Skaneateles”derivesfromtheIroquoistermfor“longlake”,whichreflectstheindigenousrootsofthissmalltown.European-Americansettlementbeganinthelate18thcentury,andthevillagewasofficiallyincorporatedin1833.Skaneatelesisknownforitswell-preserved19th-centuryarchitecture,withmanybuildingsdatingbacktothe1830s.ThedowntownHistoricDistrict,establishedin1985,showcasesthesearchitecturaltreasures.

SenecaFalls

ThistownisoftenrecognizedasthebirthplaceoftheWomen’sRightsmovementinAmerica.InJuly1848,ithostedthefirstWomen’sRightsConventionattheWesleyanChapel,whereactivistslikeElizabethCadyStantonandLucretiaMottpresentedtheDeclarationofSentiments,advocatingforwomen’sequality.YoucanvisittheWomen’sRightsNationalHistoricalPark,whichincludes