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专题03阅读理解之应用文（原卷版）（2020届河南省名校联盟高三联考）Templeshaveexistedforthousandsofyears.Theyaretheproofofculturesandcivilizationthat

existedmanyyearsago.Withtheirexcellentarchitectureandstructuretheyfascinatevisitorsfromaroundtheworld.TempleofHeavenTheTempleof

HeavenisaTaoisttempleinBeijing,thecapitalofChina.Thetemplewasconstructedinthe14thcenturybyEmperorYongleoftheM

ingDynastyashispersonaltemple,wherehewouldprayforgoodharvestandtomakeupforthesinsofhispeople.Thetemple'sarchit

ectureisquiteinteresting:Everythinginthetemple,whichrepresentsheaven,iscircularwhereasthegroundlevels,whichrepresenttheearth,aresquare.Its

ymbolizestherelationshipbetweentheearthandheaven,thehumanworldandGod'sworld,whichstandsattheheartofChinesecosmogony.WatRongKhun“WhiteTemple”I

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tionaltemplestandsout,eveninacountrycrowdedwithplacesofworship.TheWhiteTempleisincrediblydifferentanduniqueinitsarc

hitecture,artanddesign.Infact,it'sdesignedinaverymodernway,butstillstickingtoandrespectingtheconventionalBuddhistprinciples.Thistempleisallwhit

ewithmanyartisticdecorationsandstatuesfullofmirrorsthatcreatenicesilvery/glitteringreflections.Kinkaku-jiKyotoisfille

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peacefulthatevenBuddhacametheretomeditate(冥想).Thousandsofyearslater,GuruNanak,thefounderofSikhismalsolivedandmeditatedbythelake.Thetempleitselfi

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aly(有鳞片的),anteater-likeanimals,anewwildlifedocumentary,EyeofthePangolin,isattemptingauniquewaytoinspireactio

nandconservation.Partneringwiththenon-profitorganizationPangolin.Africa,thedocumentarywasmadeavailableonYouTubeinMay2019.Theintentionistoreach

communitieswherevertheInternetisavailable,especiallyAfricancommunities,wholiveneartheanimal‟shabitats.Overtwoyears,thedocumentarycrewtraveledtoSouthA

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hievedbefore.FilmmakersBruceYoungandJohanVermeulensaythattheywentintotheshootknowingrelativelylittleaboutpangolins,butgrewtorespec

tandappreciatetheanimals.Gettingclosetothecreaturesovertwoyearswasacrashcourseinthesesecretivecreatures.JohanVermeulensa

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fictypeant."PangolinsarehuntedillegallyacrossAfricafortheirscales,whichareusedfortraditionalmedicine,andtheirmeat.InApril

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ractiontoendtraffickingandprotectingtheseuniquecreatures.FilmedonlocationinSouthAfrica,Ghana,CentralAfrica

nRepublic,andGabon,thispowerfuldocumentaryisthestoryoftwomenonamissiontogetallfourspeciesofAfricanpangolinonc

amerafortheveryfirsttime.4．Whatisthepurposeofthedocumentary?A．Tostudythesituationofpangolins.B．Tocollectfundtoprotectpangolins.C．Toraiseawarenes

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