江苏省徐州市2024-2025学年高二下学期期中考试英语试题（解析版） .pdf

江苏省徐州市2024-2025学年高二下学期期中考试

英语试题

第一部分听力（略）

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，从短文后各题所给的ABCD四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A

TheTerracottaArmyisacollectionofterracottasculpturesshowingthearmiesofQinShi

Huang,thefirstemperorofChina.Itisaformoffuneraryartburiedwiththeemperorin20-209

BCwiththepurposeofprotectinghiminhisafterlife.TheTerracottaArmywasdiscoveredin

LintongCounty,Shaanxi,on29March974.

History

Theconstructionofthetombbeganin246BC,soonafterYingZheng（thenaged3）succeeded

hisfatherasKingofQin,andtheprojecteventuallyinvolved700,000workers.SimaQianwrote

thatQinShiHuangwasburiedwithpalaces,towers,valuableartifactsandwondrousobjects.

Terracottafigures

Theterracottafiguresarelife-sized,typicallyrangingfrom75cmtoabout200cm（the

officersaretypicallytaller）.Theyvaryinheight,uniformandhairstyleinaccordancewithrank.

Thefiguresareofthesegeneraltypes:

Thequantityofinfantrywarriors（步兵彳甬）isthemostinthethreepitsofTerracottaArmy,

around7,000piecesunearthed.Accordingtotheirdiverseheadwear,dressingstylesandshoes,

peoplecanrecognizetheirstatuseasily.

Eachcavalrywarrior（骑兵彳甬）standsinfrontofitshorse.Bothofthewarriorsandhorsesare

life-sized.Thesevividcavalryfiguresandhorsesaretherealreflectionofthecavalryimageofthe

QinDynasty.

Thekneelingarcherswearlongrobescoveredwitharmorandsquaredshoes.Severalkneeling

archersfoundinpit2arethebest-preservedandattractlotsoftouristsfortheirincrediblecolorful

appearancewithblackhair,pinkfaces,vermilionheadbands,powderygreencoatarmors,sky-blue

andpinklegguards.

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