届河南省重点高中高三上学期第二次质量检测试题英语有答案课件.docx

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届河南省重点高中高三上学期第二次质量检测试题英语有答案课件

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第I卷

第一部分阅读理解（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

Introduction

BlenheimPalaceisoneoftheEurope’slargestandgreatestpalaces.Itwasbuiltbetween1705and1722asarewardoftheBritishgovernmenttoJohnChurchill,1stDukeofMarlborough,fordefeatingKingLouisXIV’sarmyatBlenheim,asmallBavarianvillageontheDanubeRiver.

ThepalacewasdesignedbySirJohnVanbrugh,whichdisplayedstrengthandarmglory.Itisthelargestnon-royalbuildinginEnglandandisnowlistedbytheUNESCOasaWorldHeritageSite.

WinstonChurchill

In1874,thepalacewasthebirthplaceoftheduke'smostfamousdescendant.WinstonChurchill,whowastobecometheUK'sPrimeMinister（somewouldsayBritain’sgreatest20th-centurypolitician）andNobelprizewinnerforliterature.ItisalsoinBlenheimthatWinstongotmarriedtoClementineHozierin1908.

Alastingexhibitionisdevotedtotheman’slife,workandwritings.WinstonandhiswifeareburiedinBladonChurchwithinthepalace.

OpeningHours&Admission

Blenheimisstillthehomeofthe11thDukeofMarlboroughandisthereforenotopenallyearround（althoughtheparkis）.Thepalaceopensitsdoorstovisitorsfrom12Februaryto11December.Entrytothepalace,parkandgardenscost£11.50duringthelowseasonand£13duringthepeakseason（Easterweekendandfrom28Mayto11September）,or£6/£8fortheparkandgardensonly.

Theparkisopenall-yearroundfrom9amto4:

45pm（lastentry）.Admissionis£2.50foradultsand£1.50forchildren.

Notethatnumerousdiscountsexistforseniors,students,childrenandgroups.Pleaserefertotheofficialwebsiteformoredetails.

21.Whatcanbelearned,aboutBlenheimPalace?

A.ItistheEurope’slargestandgreatestpalaces.

B.ItisthelargestroyalbuildinginEngland.

C.Itisnowoneoftheworld’sheritagesites.

D.ItwasbuiltinhonorofPrimeMinisterWinstonChurchill

22Whatdoestheunderlinedwordinthetextmean?

A.Ahousekeeper.

B.Achildorachild’schild.

C.Afamilydoctor 

D.Agrandparent

23.WhycannotpeoplevisitBlenheimPalacealltheyearround?

A.Theyaretoobusytoaffordthetime.

B.Repairsarebadlyneededforthepalace.

C.Someseasonsarenotconvenientforvisitors.

D.The11thDukeofMarlboroughstilllivesthere.

24.Ifacoupleandtheirfive-year-olddaughtervisitsthepark,howmuchneedtheytheypay?

A.￡6.5  B.￡7.5 C.￡l1.5 D.￡13

B

AgroupofMississippihunterswhoshotandkilledanalligator（短吻鳄）weighting910poundsonSunday,wereamazedwhentheydiscoveredthattheanimalalreadyboreinjuriescausedbymusket（步枪）fromtheCivilWarera.Atotalof9bulletswasfound,andthevarioustestsandanalysishaveconfirmedthattheywereindeedfiredattheanimalinthe19thCentury.

NineofthewoundsontheanimalarebelievedtohavebeencausedbyEnfieldPattern1853muskets.Theseoldinjurieswereconcentratedaroundtheanimalstailandhindlegs,suggestingthatthealligatorcouldhavepossiblybeenusedasatargetforshootingpracticebyConfederatetroops.

Thehugeanimalalsoborefiveotherbulletwoundsfromthreedifferentcalibers（口径）ofhuntingguns,aswellasmanydentsandscars,whichshowsthatitsurvivedmanyfirearminjuriesinthepast.Itdidnothowever,survivethesix50-caliberbulletsfiredathimbythegroupofamateurhuntersfromJackson,whowerefinallyabletotakeitdown.

Thebulletswereconfirmedastruemusketfrombetween1850and1870.ThisincredibleanimalbringsawholenewviewonthislargeanimalnativetothesoutheasternUnitedStates.Americanalligatorshavebeenknownforyearstolivewellover50yearsandwerethoughtcapableofpossiblylivingaslongas70or80years,butthisonewasestimatedtohavebeen185yearsoldatthetimeofitsdeath.

Othersliketurtles,havebeenknown,tohavelifespansofover150years,butitisthefirstofcrocodileofsuchanoldageeverfound.ItisalsooneofthebiggestalligatorseverkilledintheUnitedStates.Theheaviesteverrecorded,weighinginatanunbelievable1,011.5lbs,waspulledoutofariverinAlabamainAugustofthisyea.

25.Whichofthefollowingfactsabouttheninewoundsisamazing?

A.Theydidn’tcausedeathtothealligator.

B.Theywereconcentratedaroundtheanimals’tailandhindlegs 

C.Theyleftmanydentsandscarsonthealligator.

D.TheywereleftbymusketfromtheCivilWarera.

26.WhatcanbelearnedaboutAmericanalligators?

A.Theyhavealifespanofover150years.

B.Theycanliveaslongas70or80years.

C.Theyweighasmuchas910poundsonaverage.

D.Theyarethebiggestalligatorsofall

27.Whatcanbeinferredfromthepassage?

A.People’sunderstandingofAmericanalligatorsmaybechanged 

B.RiversinAlabamamustbefullofsuchhugealligators 

C.Americanalligatorsareindangerofdyingout.

D.Thesix50-caliberbulletisthemostpowerfulone.

C

Twosculpturesoflife-sizelions,eachweighingabout5tonsinancienttimes,havebeendiscoveredinwhatisnowTurkey.Thediscoveryofthemassivelions,alongwithotherpiecessuchasalargestonebasinabout7feetindiameter,leftthearchaeologistswithamystery——whatweretheyintendedfor?

AsearchofthesurroundingarearevealednoevidenceofaHittitesettlementdatingbacktothetimeofthestatues.Also,thesteepsizeofthesculpturesmeantthatthesculptorslikelydidnotintendtomovethemveryfar.

Summersassumesthat,ratherthanbeingmeantforapalaceoragreatcity,thelionswerebeingcreatedforamonumenttomarksomethingelse-water

“Ithinkit'shighlylikelythatthatmonumentwasgoingtobeassociatedwithoneoftheveryabundantspringsthatarequiteclose,”hesaidintheinterview,”Therearegoodparallels（平行线）forassociationofHittitesculpturaltraditionswithwatersources”

Indeedonewell-knownmonumentsite,knownasEflatunPnar,holdsasacredpoolthat"isfedbyaspringbeneaththepoolitself,”writeYiitErbilandAliceMoutoninanarticlethatwaspublishedinthemostrecenteditionoftheJournalofNearEasternStudies.ThetworesearcherswerewritingaboutwaterreligionsinancientAnatolia（Turkey）.

"AccordingtotheHittitecuneiform（楔形文字）texts,waterwasseenasaneffectivepurifyingelement,”ErbilandMoutonwrite,"usedintheformofcleaningorevenfullbathsduringritualperformances,itscleaningpowerisself-evident."

TotheHittitesthenaturalworld,springsincluded,wasaplaceofgreatreligiousimportance,oneworthyofmonumentswithgiantlions."Thesethings（watersources）weresacred,justastheirmountainsweresacred,”Summerssaid.

28.Accordingtothetext,howdidthetwolife-sizelionsimpressthearchaeologists?

A.Verymassive B.Well-constructed

C.Unbelievable D.Mysterious

29.AccordingtoSummers'assumption,whywerethelionscarved?

A.Theywereintendedtobemovedfaraway,

B.Theywereusedasamonumentinhonoroftheirancestor.

C.Theywerecreatedasamonumenttomarkwater.

D.Theywerebuilttomarktheirterritory.

30.Whatcanbeinferredfromthetext?

A.WaterwashighlyvaluedbythetheHittites.

B.TherewasaseriousshortageofwaterinancientAnatolia 

C.Lionswereofgreatreligiousimportance 

D.TheHittitesusedtofightoverwaterresources.

31.Whatwouldbethebesttitleofthetext?

A.TheHittitecuneiform 

B.Whatwerethelionsintendedfor?

C.Aconfusingarchaeologicalfind 

D.Digginguplions

D

Theterm“toextendanolivebranch”meanstomakeanofferofpeaceorreconciliation（和好）.ThistermhasBiblicalorigins,comingfromthesectionoftheOldTestamentthatdealswiththeflood;thesignthatthefloodisoverisanolivebranchbroughtbacktotheark（方舟）byadove.OlivebrancheswerealsosymbolsofpeaceinAncientGreeceandRome,andtheycontinuetobeusedinvariousworksofartthataremeanttosuggestpeace.

Somepeoplehavesuggestedthattheolivewasaverydeliberateandwell-consideredchoiceasametaphor（比喻）forpeace,becauseolivetreesfamouslytakeyearstomature.Waristypicallyvery,hardonthetreesbecausepeoplecannottakethetimetonurturethemandplantnewones.Therefore,theofferofanolivebranchwouldsuggestthatsomeoneistiredofwar,whetheritbeanactualwarorafallingoutbetweenfriends.

InAncientGreekandRomantimes,peoplewouldofferactualolivebranches.InRome,forexample,defeatedarmiestraditionallycarriedolivebranchestoindicatethattheyweregivingin,andtheGreeksusedthemintoweddingsandotherceremonies.Inthemodemera,thebranchisusuallymetaphorical,ratherthanactual,notleastbecausetheplantscanbeabitdifficulttoobtain.

Manypeopleagreethatpeacenegotiations（谈判）atalllevelsofsocietyareagoodidea.Betweennations,obviously,itisimportanttoextendan.olivebranchtoensuremutualsafetyandtohelptheworldrunmoresmoothly.Thisactcanalsobeimportantonapersonallevel,asresolvingconflictandlearningtogetalongwithothersisviewedasanimportantlifeskillinmanycultures.

Atsomepointmtheirlives,manypeoplewillbeadvisedtoextendanolivebranchtosettleadisputeorresolveanissue.Somepeoplebelievethatittakesanimmenseamountofcouragetotakethisaction,asitoftencomeswithanadmissionofwrongdoingandregret.

32.AccordingtotheBible,___________

A.anolivebranchsuggestsfloodiscoming.

B.thearkismadeofolivetreewood.

C.anolivebranchmeansfloodisover 

D.adovelovestosettleontheol