2024春八年级英语下册Unit7Whatsthehighestmountainintheworld单元话题拓展阅读新版人教新目标版.doc

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OnApril1,2017,ChinaannouncedthatitwouldbuildtheXionganNewAreainHebeiProvince.ThiswillbeofthesameimportanceastheShenzhenSpecialEconomicZoneandthePudongNewArea,accordingtotheStateCouncil(国务院).

Thearea,about100kilometerssouthwestofdowntownBeijing,willcoverthreecountriesthatsitatthecenterofthetriangular(三角形的)areaformedbyBeijing,Tianjin,andShijiazhuang.

TheXionganNewAreahasgreatpotential(潜力)forgrowth.Ithasabroadspacetodevelopandwillexpand(扩大)tocover2,000squarekilometers.Thetransportationoftheareaisconvenient,withonlyanhoursdrivetoBeijingandTianjin.

Thenewareaalsohasasoundnaturalenvironment.ItishometoBaiyangdian,oneofthelargestfreshwaterwetlandsinNorthChina.Withmorethan140lakes,thewetlandisknownasthe“pearl(珍宝)”oftheNorthChinaPlain.

Oncebuilt,theareawillreducetheheavyburdens(负担)onBeijing.Forexample,manycompanies,universitiesandscientificresearchcenterswillmovefromBeijingtothearea.

Internationalexpertsandmediaalsothinkhighlyofthisnewarea,sayingthatitwillsetanexamplefordevelopingcountries.

试着做一做

1.TheStateCouncilannounced__________wouldbebuilt.

A.theXionganNewArea

B.theShenzhenSpecialEconomicZone

C.thePudongNewArea

D.BothBandC

2.TheXionganNewAreais________.

A.tosouthwestofdowntownBeijing

B.inBeijing

C.inTianjin

D.inShijiazhuang

3.WhydoestheXionganNewAreahavegreatpotentialforgrowth?

A.Becauseithasabroadspacetodevelop.

B.Becauseithasconvenienttransportation.

C.Becauseithasasoundnaturalenvironment.

D.Allabove.

4.Baiyangdianisknownasthe“pearl”oftheNorthChinaPlainbecause________.

A.itsonlyanhoursdrivetoBeijingandTianjin

B.itsoneofthelargestfreshwaterwetlandsinNorthChina

C.ithasgreatpotentialforcountries

D.itisanexamplefordevelopingcountries

5.Theimpo