湖南师范大学附属中学 2024-2025 学年高三下学期月考试卷（七）英语试题.pdf

湖南师范大学附属中学2024-2025学年高三下学期月考试卷（七）英语试

题

第二部分阅读理解（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和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A

TheAllureofHistoricalTrainJourneys

Forthosewithapenchantforhistoryandadventure,historicaltrain

journeysofferauniquewaytotravelbackintime.Thesetripsnot

onlyprovideameansoftransportationbutalsoarichculturaland

historicalexperience.

OnesuchiconicjourneyistheTrans-SiberianRailway.Spanningover

9,000kilometers,itconnectsMoscowinRussiatoVladivostokonthe

Pacificcoast.Asthetrainchugsalong,passengersaretreatedto

breathtakingviewsofvastSiberianlandscapes,fromsnow-covered

taigasinwintertolushgreenforestsinsummer.Alongtheway,stops

athistoriccitieslikeYekaterinburg,wheretheRomanovfamilymet

theirtragicend,addatouchofhistorytothejourney.

TheOrientExpress,anotherfamoushistoricaltrain,oncetraversed

throughEurope.Itwasasymbolofluxuryandeleganceinthe19th

and20thcenturies.Althoughtheoriginalroutehasevolved,modern

versionsoftheOrientExpressstillofferatasteofthe

past.Passengerscanenjoyfinedining,luxuriouscabins,andasense

ofold-worldcharmastheytravelthroughcountrieslikeFrance,

Switzerland,andItaly.

InSouthAfrica,theBlueTrainisaluxuriousrailexperience.It

travelsbetweenPretoriaandCapeTown,passingthroughsomeofthe

countrysmostbeautifulscenery,includingtheKarooDesertandthe

majesticDrakensbergMountains.Thetrainsopulentinteriors,

modeledaftertheeleganceoftheearly20th-centurytrains,

provideacomfortableandstylishwaytoexploreSouthAfricas

historyandculture.

1.WhatmakestheTrans-SiberianRailwayauniquejourney?

A.Itistheshortestrailwayintheworld.

B.Itoffersviewsofdiverselandscapesandstopsathistoriccities.

C.Itonlyoperatesinsummer.

D.Itismainlyforcargotransportation.

2.WhatwastheOrientExpressknownforinthepast?

A.Itsfastspeed.

B.Itslow-c