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1、江苏省常州市西夏墅中学高中英语Unit2Wishyouwerehere课外阅读练习牛津译林版必修2PaynesPrairieHaveyoueverheardofPaynesPrairie?ItisoneofthemostimportantnaturalandhistoricalareasinFlorida.PaynesPrairieislocatednearGainesville.Itislarge,21000acres.Thisprotectedlandiscalledapreserve.TheFlorid

2、aParkServicemanagethepreserve.ThePaynesPrairiebasin(盆地)wasformedwhenlimestone(石灰石)dissolvedandthegroundsettled.Itiscoveredbymarsh(沼泽)andwetprairie(大草原)vegetation(植被).Thereareareasofopenwater.Duringbriefperiodsithasfloodedenoughtobeconsideredalake.Exceptfort

3、hat,thebasinhaschangedlittlethroughtime.ManhaslivedonPaynesPrairieaverylongtime.Helivedthereasfarbackas10000B.C.Atonetime,theSeminoleslivedthere.TheprairieisthoughttohavebeennamedafterKingPayne,aSeminolechief.Duringthelate1600s,thelargestcattle(家养牲畜)ranch(大

4、农场)inFloridawasonPaynesPrairie.Today,PaynesPrairieispreservedland.ItisoccupiedbyvisitorsandFloridaParkServiceemployees.WillamBartramvisitedPaynesPraire.Bartramwasthefirstpersonwhoportrayed(描绘)naturethroughpersonalexperienceaswellasscientificobservation.Heli

5、ved200yearsago.HevisitedPaynesPrairiein1774.Atthattimehedescribedit.HecalledPaynesPrairiethe"greatAlachuaSavannah."Mostoftheanimallife,whichBartramdescribed,isstillhere.Alargenumberofsandhill(沙丘鹤)cranes,hawks(鹰)andwaterfowl(水鸟)arehereinwinter.Theanimaldiver

6、sityisincreasedbythepresenceofpine(松树)flatwoods(低洼地区的树林),hammock(吊床),swamps(湿地)andponds.ThePaynesPrairiePreserveStateParkisopenyearround.TheFloridaParkServiceworkshardsothattheparkwillappearasitdidinthepast.Itoffersmanyopportunitiesforrecreation.Attheparkyo

7、ucancampandpicnic.Youcanhikeandbike.Youcanboatandfish.Youcanrideonhorsetrails.Andyoucanseelotsofnatureandwildlife.YoucanseeFloridaasitwasintheearlydays.PaynesPrairieisapartofourFloridahistory.ItisanexampleofourFloridanaturalresources.Itisaplaceforrecreation

8、.PaynesPrairieisanimportantexperienceoftheRealFlorida.1.HowwasthePaynesPrairiebasinformed?A.Fromdissolvedlimestoneandthegroundsettling.B.BytheSeminoleIndians.C.BytheFloridaParkService.D.Fromlotsofflood