届广东省中山市高二下学期期末考试水平测试英语试题 解析版.docx

1、届广东省中山市高二下学期期末考试水平测试英语试题 解析版中山市高二级第二学期期末统一考试英语试卷第二部分 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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。ACulture: Festival starts to celebrate harvestNadun Festival, celebrated by the Tu Nationality, falls between the 12th day of the seventh month and the 15th day of the ninth mo

2、nth on the lunar calendar. The annual festival is often described as the words longest carnival. Temple fairs are held during the two months to celebrate the harvest. It was included in the National List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2006.Video: Voyage along the Grand CanalThe Grand Canal a UNE

3、SCO world Heritage site, is the longest artificial waterway in the world and a famous tourist destination. Starting Beijing, it passes through Tianjin and flows through the provinces of Hebei, Shandong, Jiangsu and Zhejiang and Hangzhou, linking the Yellow and Yangtze rivers. The oldest parts of the

4、 canal date back to the Sui Dynasty(581-618).Art: Qianlong vase to go under the hammerA porcelain vase from Emperor Qianlongs(1735-96) collection will go under the hammer in Hong Kong in the fall Sothebys announced. The 40-cm antique was sold for an astonishing 43 million pounds($55.25 million) at t

5、he Bainbridge auction(拍卖）house in the United Kingdom in 2010. It was displayed at an exhibition in New York in 1905 and was purchased by a Japanese collector in 1924. It has remained in the private collection for almost a century.Travel: Chinese tourists are biggest spendersChina maintained its lead

6、ing role in the global tourism market with outbound(出境的) tourists spending $258 billion last year, accounting for one-fifth of the worlds total spending on tourism, according to a world tourism report.1. How long does the Nadun Festival last?A. Three days. B. Two months.C. Seven months D. Nine month

7、s.2. Which of the following should you visit if you want to travel to a world heritage site?A. The Nadun Festival. B. The Tu Nationality.C. The Bainbridge auction house. D. The Grand Canal.3. What can we learn about the Qianlong vase?A. It is now still in the private collection.B. It will be destroy

8、ed this autumn by Sothebys.C. A Japanese collector sold it at an exhibition in New York.D. The Bainbridge auction house got it at an amazing price in 2010.【答案】1. B 2. D 3. A【解析】这是一篇说明文。本文的四小段分别介绍了：土家族的纳墩节、中国的世界文化遗产之一大运河、乾隆花瓶将被拍卖、中国游客是世界主要旅游消费群体。【1题详解】细节理解题。根据第一段的Nadun Festival, celebrated by the Tu

9、Nationality, falls between the 12th day of the seventh month and the 15th day of the ninth month on the lunar calendar. 纳墩节(Nadun Festival)是土族的节日，在农历七月十二日到九月十五日之间。可知，Nadun Festival持续两个月，故选B项。【2题详解】细节理解题。根据第二段的The Grand Canal a UNESCO world Heritage site, is the longest artificial waterway in the wor

10、ld可知，如果你想去世界遗产旅游的话，你可以去参观The Grand Canal.故选D项。【3题详解】推理判断题。根据最后一段的It was displayed at an exhibition in New York in 1905 and was purchased by a Japanese collector in 1924. It has remained in the private collection for almost a century. 1924年被一位日本收藏家买下。它被私人收藏了近一个世纪。可知目前乾隆花瓶依然是私人藏品。故选A项。BHe never felt w

11、ell on his journey home.He was sick.But this time,it was getting worse. He finally reached home and saw his mother and wife,who were ignorant of the fact that that happiness was not going to last long.The disease showed its symptoms again.He ignored and gave his time to his family. In between,he saw

12、 dreams and kept noting those dreams in a notebook.Things were getting worse.It had been almost 10 months since his return. No doctor, no medicine.His family tried to make him feel better in vain.But,he kept noting down his dreams and thoughts in a notebook,even in such a terrible health condition.T

13、hat unexpected day finally came.His mother got a shock.After all,he was too young to die. His wife cried her eyes out.He was turned into ashes.But not his notebook.Dear readers, this is a true story.That man was none other than our respected maths master Srinivasa Ramanujan.That notebook I was talki

14、ng about was full of new mathematical discoveries but without any proofs(证明)of them.Though he had almost no formal training in pure mathematics,Ramanujan made great contributions to it, including(solutions to mathematical problems considered to be unsolvable.During his short life, Ramanujan independ

15、ently produced nearly 3,900 results.His work has opened entire new areas of mathematics and inspired a vast amount of further research.Nearly all his claims have now been proven correct.We lost him at a very young age of 32 years.What he could have accomplished if he would have lived for some more y

16、ears!4. What are the dreams he kept writing down in a notebook about?A. New mathematical discoveries.B. Proofs of some mathematical problems.C. Ways to treat his disease.D. Doctors and medicine.5. What do we know about Srinivasa Ramanujan?A. He had a habit of daydreaming.B. He received no formal tra

17、ining in mathematics.C. He proved many unsolvable mathematical problems.D. He stopped studying maths and returned home because of illness.6. What can we infer about Ramanujan from the passage?A. He suffered from a kind of mental disease.B. His family were responsible for his early death.C. His work

18、is well recognized in the mathematical community.D. He would have made more contributions if he had cooperated with others.7. What might be the authors attitude towards Ramanujans death?A. Inspired. B. Shocked.C. Guilty. D. Sorry.【答案】4. A 5. B 6. C 7. D【解析】这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了Ramanujan在生命的尽头不忘继续书写自己的梦想新的数学

19、发现，后被数学界所认可而且将被继续研究。【4题详解】细节理解题。根据第三段的But,he kept noting down his dreams and thoughts in a notebook,和第六段的That notebook I was talking about was full of new mathematical discoveries but without any proofs(证明)of them.他一直把自己的梦想和想法记在笔记本上，而那个笔记本就是写满了未被证实的新的数学发现，故选A项。【5题详解】细节理解题。根据第六段的Though he had almost

20、no formal training in pure mathematics,可知，Srinivasa Ramanujan没有受过正规的数学训练。故选B项。【6题详解】推理判断题。根据第六段的His work has opened entire new areas of mathematics and inspired a vast amount of further research. 他的工作开辟了数学的全新领域，并激发了大量的进一步研究。可知，他的工作在数学界是被公认的。故选C项。【7题详解】推理判断题。根据最后一段“我们在他32岁的时候就失去了他。如果他能多活几年，他会取得多大的成就啊

21、！”可知，作者对于Ramanujan的死深表遗憾，故选D项。CWho are the most famous painters in history? Keep reading to find out.Leonardo da Vinci was not only a painter but also a sculptor, mathematician, poet, scientist, musician, inventor, engineer, cartographer (制图师), and writer. Leonardo was born in Vinci, in the province

22、 of Florence, Italy in 1452. This was a time of extraordinary changes, not only in the arts, but also in many other cultural areas. The city of Florence was at the center of this important period in the history of art. Some of Leonardos most famous pieces of works are the Mona Lisa, The Last Supper,

23、 and The Vitruvian Man. The most well-known museums in the world display his paintings.Michelangelo was born in Caprese, Italy in 1475 and started working as a student to a painter before starting his studies in the art of sculpting at the Medici gardens. His works include The Statue of David and Th

24、e Pieta. The Pieta is in display at the Vatican. He also painted the frescoes (壁画) on the ceilings of the Sistine Chapel, which includes his masterpiece The Last Judgment. Even though he was born in Caprese, Michelangelo lived most of his life in Rome, where he created most of his pieces.Raphael was

25、 born in 1483 in Urbino, Italy. He became Italian renaissance painter Pietro Peruginos student in 1504 at the age of 21. After this, he started painting his several Madonnas while living in Florence, where da Vinci and Michelangelo influenced him. When he moved to Rome, Pope Julius IIhired him as hi

26、s chief architect. Raphael died in Rome in 1520 at the age of 37. Despite his early death, he produced some of the most recognizable masterpieces including all his Madonnas, but also most notably the Madonna in the Sistine Chapel in Rome and his frescoes in the Palace of the Vatican.8. The underline

27、d sentence in Paragraph 2 shows that Leonardo da Vinci _.A. focused on painting B. lived a very busy lifeC. was a well-rounded man D. spent most of his time indoors9. What can you see if you visit the Sistine Chapel?A. The Last Supper. B. The Vitruvian Man.C. The Last Judgment. D. The whole series o

28、f Madonnas.10. From whom did Raphael learn how to paint in his early twenties?A. Pietro Perugino. B. Leonardo da Vinci.C. Michelangelo. D. Pope Julius II.11. The above paragraphs are probably taken from an article about _.A. three famous painters in history B. three famous paintings in historyC. thr

29、ee famous sculptors in history D. the history of the Italian renaissance【答案】8. C 9. C 10. A 11. A【解析】这是一篇说明文。文章主要讲述了在历史上三位有名的画家达芬奇、米开朗基罗、拉斐尔的生平和主要创作。【8题详解】推理判断题。通过第二段划线句子可知，列奥纳多达芬奇不仅是一位画家，也是一位雕塑家、数学家、诗人、科学家、音乐家、发明家、工程师、制图师和作家。可见达芬奇是一个全面发展的人，故选C项。【9题详解】细节理解题。根据第三段的He also painted the frescoes (壁画) on

30、 the ceilings of the Sistine Chapel, which includes his masterpiece The Last Judgment. 他还在西斯廷教堂天花板上的画了壁画，其中包括他的杰作最后的审判。可知，如果你对参观the Sistine Chapel，你可以看到The Last Judgment，故选C项。【10题详解】细节理解题。根据第四段的He became Italian renaissance painter Pietro Peruginos student in 1504 at the age of 21. 21岁的Raphael成为意大利文

31、艺复兴时期画家Pietro Perugino的学生。故选A项。【11题详解】主旨大意题。通读全文再根据文章第一段可知，文章主要讲述了在历史上三位有名的画家：达芬奇、米开朗基罗、拉斐尔，故选A项。DThe birth of Britains first cloned dog has been considered “a waste of money” and scientists said the process raised serious ethical (伦理的) concerns.Sooam Biotech, a company in Seoul, said it had cloned

32、the puppy, named Mini-Winnie, from a 12-year-old dog belonging to Rebecca Smith, who lives in the west London. She had won a contest run by the company which hoped to sell the service to pet owners for 60,000 pounds a time.Mini-Winnie was born after scientists took skin cells from Mr Smiths pet and dropped them into donor eggs to make embryos (胚胎). The puppy must remain in Korea for six months to satisfy British quarantine (检疫) laws.But researchers warn