1、高考英语考前10周天天练 第7周word档含答案阅读理解A(2019湘东六校联考)Treasures from the Al Thani CollectionLocation: The Meridian Gate (Wumen)Dates: April 17, 2018 through July 18, 2018The Al Thani Collection allows visitors to see cultural landscapes that have been lost in the depths of history.Artefacts from Egypt and Persia
2、 throw light on mysteries known to few.Different peoples have marked these relics with their own styles,which reflect the unique sources of each culture but strike the viewers with an equally powerful charm.Exhibition Commemorating the 120th Anniversary of Zhang Bojus BirthLocation: Hall of Martial
3、Valor (Wuying dian)Dates: April 3, 2018 through May 6, 2018The exhibition features traditional Chinese paintings and calligraphy from stateowned museums.Divided into three sections, the exhibition displays artwork organized in order of time, which offers a comprehensive overview of Zhang Bojus colle
4、ction through this impressive gathering of the collectors works.Discovering the Hall of Mental CultivationLocation: The Gate of Uprightness(Duanmen)Dates: April 3, 2018 through April 24, 2018The exhibition allows visitors new ways to explore the history of the Forbidden City with a simple click and
5、celebrates the 92nd anniversary of the establishment of the Palace Museum, established on October 10,1925.Adding to the museums new displays,this exhibition combines traditional Chinese culture and contemporary technologies.Kulangsu Gallery of Foreign Artefacts from the Palace Museum CollectionLocat
6、ion: Kulangsu, Xiamen, Fujian ProvinceDates: May 13, 2018 through June 24, 2018The gallery is a major place for the Palace Museum to showcase its splendid collection of international art.Most of these works have been kept in the storehouse of the museum and have never been shown to the public.Origin
7、ally from Europe,East Asia,and North America,these international works date from the sixteenth to the twentieth century.【语篇解读】本文是一篇应用文,主要介绍了四个文物及书画展览,包括展览的项目名称、地点、展览的时间、展览的内容等。1Which exhibition displays the longest time?ATreasures from the Al Thani Collection.BExhibition Commemorating the 120th Anni
8、versary of Zhang Bojus Birth.CDiscovering the Hall of Mental Cultivation.DKulangsu Gallery of Foreign Artefacts from the Palace Museum Collection.解析:选A细节理解题。根据题干关键词“displays the longest time”定位到每个展览的时间介绍,由“Dates: April 17, 2018 through July 18, 2018”,“Dates: April 3,2018 through May 6, 2018”,“Dates:
9、 April 3, 2018 through April 24, 2018”和“Dates: May 13, 2018 through June 24, 2018”可知,Al Thani珍宝展从2018年4月17日到7月18日,历时最长,故A项正确。2Those who appreciate Chinese painting will probably go to _.Athe Meridian GateBHall of Martial ValorCthe Gate of UprightnessDKulangsu Gallery of Foreign Artefacts解析:选B推理判断题。根
10、据第二段第一句“The exhibition features traditional Chinese paintings and calligraphy from stateowned museums.”,结合该段说明展览地点“Location: Hall of Martial Valor (Wuying dian)”可知,中国传统书画展在武英殿展出;据此推断,对中国绘画感兴趣的参观者可以去武英殿,故B项正确。3What is special about Discovering the Hall of Mental Cultivation?AIt offers a digital exper
11、ience.BIt honors the Forbidden City.CIt combines diverse cultures.DIt adopts complex technologies.解析:选A细节理解题。根据第三段第一句中的“The exhibition allows visitors new ways to explore the history of the Forbidden City with a simple click”可知,点击鼠标,你就可以探索紫禁城的历史;结合段尾句“Adding to the museums new displays,this exhibiti
12、on combines traditional Chinese culture and contemporary technologies.”可知,这个展览融合了中国传统文化和当代技术,为博物馆增添新的展览。据此可知, Discovering the Hall of Mental Cultivation的特别之处在于为参观者提供了数字化体验,故A项正确。B(2019山西八校联考)New research from Princeton University in New Jersey found something else special about how adultsin this cas
13、e mothersspeak to their very young children.“We found for the first time that mothers shift their timbre,” said Elise Piazza, a postdoctoral researcher at Princeton University.Piazza added, “Timbre is best explained as the unique quality of a sound.Barry_Whites_silky_voice_sounds_different_from_Tom_
14、Waits_poor_oneeven_if_theyre_singing_the_same_note.”Using special equipment, Piazza and other Princeton researchers found that mothers shared similar changes in timbre when speaking to babies.The researchers tried to record the sounds mothers used with their babies at home.“We chose to record mother
15、s playing with and reading to their own babies just like they would at home,” Piazza said.She wanted the discussions to be as natural as possible.The research offers new ways to show differences between how adults speak to babies, compared to fellow adults.The research was not limited just to Englis
16、h speakers.Researchers listened to discussions in seven other languages: Mandarin, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Cantonese, German, and French.Piazza said the research provides more information besides what is mentioned above.For example, she said, it could include how people change their timbre when speaking to friends or managers at work; how candidates speak to v
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