辽宁省六校协作体学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题含详细答案.docx

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辽宁省六校协作体学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题含详细答案

2017--2018学年度上学期省六校协作体高二期中考试

英语试题

卷面总分：

120分考试用时：

100分钟

第一部分听力（略）

第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节（共15小题;每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Herearesomerecommendationsfortouriststochoosefrom.

Banff,Canada

Banff,locatedintheRockies,hasaviewoftallmountains,deepvalleysandlakes,makingitthefirsttowntobecomepartofthecountry’snationalparks.Touristscanenjoyitsbeautybyhiking,horseridingandboattrips.Banffwasfoundedin1883whilearailroadwasinconstruction.Itwasthewaterspringsthatdrewtheengineers’attentiontotheplaceasasettlement.Withsuchafantasticview,it’snosurprisethatBanffhostsanumberofculturalfestivals.

Lisbon,Portugal

LisbonisthecapitalofPortugal,withthewarmestwintersofanymajorEuropeancity.

BelemTowerandJeronimosMonasteryarelistedasUNESCOWorldHeritageSites.Theformerwasbuiltinthe16thcenturyasasymbolofPortugal’sExtraordinaryAgeandthelatterisoneofthegreatestexamplesofthePortugueselate-Gothicstyleofarchitecture.TheLisbonOceanaiumisamongEurope’sfinestaquariums.TheMuseumCalousteGulbenkianisamongthebestmuseumsinEuropecontainingpricelessartworkscovering4000yearsfromancientEgyptiantimestothelate20thcentury.

Portland,US

Portlandisfrequentlyrecognizedasoneoftheworld’smostenvironmentally-friendlycitiesbecauseofitswell-builtpavements,largecommunityofcyclistsandconvenientpublictransportation.Usclimateisidealforgrowingrosesandit’scalledthe“CityofRoses”.Besides,theseaportisalsoknownasacityofbeer:

ithasthelargestnumberofbeerbreweries（啤酒厂）ofanycityintheworld.Today’sPortlandisbetterknownforitsmusic.It’scalled“thecapitalofkaraoke”and“oneofthemostexcitingmusicscenes”intheUS.

Bordeaux,France

Bordeauxattractstouristswithitsrichculturalheritage,especiallyitswealthofarchitecturaltreasures.BesidestheCathedralofSaintAndrewdatingbackto12thcentury,theBasilicaofSaintMichaelisanotheroneofthecity’sUNESCOWorldHeritageSites.Ittook200yearstobuildfrom14thto16thcenturies.OthersignificantbuildingsincludetheGrandTheaterbuiltin1780inthenewClassicalstyleandtheStoneBridgebuiltin1821.

21.WhatmaybethemainreasonforBanfftohostanumberofculturalfestivals?

A.It’sthefirsttowninthecountry’snationalparks.

B.Itprovidesimpressiveviewwithitsnaturalbeauty.

C.Itprovideshorseriding,wintersportsandboattrips.

D.Itswaterspringsdrewengineerstobuildarailwayhere.

22.WhatcanweknowaboutLisbon?

A.LisbonenjoysthewarmestwintersofallEuropeancities.

B.TheLisbonOceanaiumisrecognizedastheworld’sfinestaquarium.

C.TheMuseumCalousteGulbenkianisoneofthelargestmuseumsintheworld.

D.JeronimosMonastaryistypicalarchitectureofthePortugueselate-Gothicstyle.

23.WherearetouristslikelytobeimpressedbyUNESCOWorldHeritageSites?

A.BanffandPortland.B.LisbonandBordeaux.

C.PortlandandBordeaux.D.LisbonandBanff.

B

Thefirstdrawingsonwallsappearedincavesthousandsofyearsago.LatertheAncientRomansandGreekswrotetheirnamesandprotest（抗议）poemsonbuildings.Moderngraffiti（涂鸦艺术）seemstohaveappearedinPhiladelphiaintheearly1960s,andbythelatesixtiesithadreachedNewYork.Thenewartformreallytookoffinthe1970s,whenpeoplebeganwritingtheirnames,or“tags”,onbuildingsalloverthecity.Inthemid-seventiesitwassometimeshardtoseeoutofasubwaycarwindow,becausethetrainswerecompletelycoveredinspray（喷射）paintingsknownasmasterpieces.

Intheearlydays,the“taggers”werepartofstreetcrowdswhowereconcernedwithmarkingtheirterritory（领地）.Theyworkedingroupscalled“crews”andcalledwhattheydid“writing”—theterm“graffiti”wasfirstusedbyTheNewYorkTimesandthenovelistNormanMailer.ArtgalleriesinNewYorkbeganbuyinggraffitiintheearlyseventies.Butatthesametimewhenitbegantoberegardedasanartform,JohnLindsay,thethenmayorofNewYork,declaredthefirstwarongraffiti.Bythe1980sitbecamemuchhardertowriteonsubwaytrainswithoutbeingcaught,andinsteadmanyofthemoreestablishedgraffitiartistsbeganusingroofsofbuildings.

Thedebateoverwhethergraffitiisartordeliberatedamageisstillgoingon.PeterVallone,aNewYorkcitycouncilor（顾问）,thinksthatgraffitidonewithpermissioncanbeart,butifitisonsomeoneelse’spropertyitbecomesacrime.“Ihaveamessageforthegraffitidestroyersoutthere,”hesaidrecently,“andyourfreedomofexpressionendswheremypropertybegins.”Ontheotherhand,Felix,amemberoftheBerlin-basedgroupReclaimYourCity,saysthatartistsarereclaiming（开拓，改造）citiesforthepublicfrom