河北省大名县一中学年高二英语上学期周测试题三2含答案 师生通用.docx

1、河北省大名县一中学年高二英语上学期周测试题三2含答案 师生通用河北省大名县一中2018-2019学年高二英语上学期周测试题三1. 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A.B.C.D）中，选出最佳选项。 A篇Vincent Van Gogh, for whom color was the most important form of expression, was born in Holland in 1853.Brought up in a religious and cultured atmosphere, Van Gogh was highly

2、 emotional and lacked self-confidence.Between 1860 and 1880, when he finally decided to become an artist, Van Gogh had worked unsuccessfully as a clerk in a bookstore and an art salesman.He remained in Belgium to study art, determined to give happiness by creating beauty.One of his famous paintings

3、is The Potato Eaters (1885)In 1886, he went to Paris to join his brother Tho.In Paris, Van Gogh studied with Cormon, later met Pissarro, Monet, and Gauguin, and began to lighten his very dark palette(调色板)His nervous temperament made him a difficult companion and night-long discussions combined with

4、painting all day undermined his health.He decided to go south to Arles where he hoped his friends would join him and help found a school of art.Gauguin did join him but with bad results. Near the end of 1888, an incident led Gauguin to finally leave Arles.Van Gogh ran after him with an open razor, w

5、as stopped by Gauguin, but ended up cutting a part of his own ear off.Van Gogh then was sent to a mental (精神的) hospital for treatment.In May of 1890, he seemed much better and went to live in Auvers-sur-Oise under the watchful eye of Dr Cachet.Two months later he was dead, having shot himself “for t

6、he good of all”During his brief career he had sold one painting.Van Goghs finest works were produced in less than three years.His great fusion (融合) of form and content is powerful, dramatic and emotional, for the artist was completely absorbed in the effort to explain either his struggle against mad

7、ness or his comprehension of the spiritual essence (精华) of man and nature.1Before Van Gogh started to learn art, _.Ahe couldnt do his work well Bhe was confident about himselfChe did a good job in a bookstore Dhe was one of the successful artists2The underlined word “undermined” in Paragraph 2 means

8、 “_”AharmedBimproved Cchallenged Dpunished3Gauguin finally decided to leave Van Gogh probably because _.AVan Gogh didnt like Gauguin at allBsomething was wrong with Van GoghCGauguin cut off one of Van Goghs earsDGauguin hated to be a teacher at the school4What can we learn from Van Goghs works?AHis

9、pride and kindness. BHis cruelty and failure.CHis honesty and strength. DHis struggle and viewpoints. B篇Salvador Dali (1904-1989) was one of the most popular of modern artists. The Pompidou Centre in Paris is showing its respect and admiration for the artist and his powerful personality with an exhi

10、bition bringing together over 200 paintings, sculptures, drawings and more. Among the works and masterworks on exhibition the visitor will find the best pieces, most importantly The Persistence of Memory. There is also LEnigme sans Fin from 1938, works on paper, objects, and projects for stage and s

11、creen and selected parts from television programmes reflecting the artists showman qualities.The visitor will enter the World of Dali through an egg and is met with the beginning, the world of birth. The exhibition follows a path of time and subject with the visitor exiting through the brain.The exh

12、ibition shows how Dali draws the viewer between two infinities (无限). From the infinity small to the infinity large, contraction and expansion coming in and out of focus: amazing Flemish accuracy and the showy Baroque of old painting that he used in his museum-theatre in Figueras,explains the Pompido

13、u Centre.The fine selection of the major works was done in close collaboration (合作)with the Museo Nacional Reina Sofia in Madrid, Spain, and with contributions from other institutions like the Salvador Dali Museum in St. Petersburg.5. Which of the following best describe Dali according to Paragraph

14、1?A. Optimistic. B. Productive. C. Generous. D. Traditional.6. How are the exhibits arranged at the World of Dali?A. By popularity. B. By importance. C. By size and shape. D. By time and subject. C篇Benjamin West, the father of American painting, showed his talent for art when he was only six years o

15、f age. But he did not know about brushes before a visitor told him he needed one. In those days, a brush was made from camels hair. There were no camels nearby. Benjamin decided that cat hair would work instead. He cut some fur from the family cat to make a brush.The brush did not last long. Soon Be

16、njamin needed more fur. Before long, the cat began to look ragged （蓬乱）. His father said that the cat must be sick. Benjamin was forced to admit what he had been doing.The cats lot was about to improve. That year, one of Benjamins cousins, Mr. Pennington, came to visit. He was impressed with Benjamin

17、s drawings. When he went home, he sent Benjamin a box of paint and some brushes. He also sent six engravings（版画） by an artist. These were the first pictures and first real paint and brushes Benjamin had ever seen. In 1747, when Benjamin was nine years old, Mr. Pennington returned for another visit.

18、He was amazed at what Benjamin had done with his gift. He asked Benjamins parents if he might take the boy to Philadelphia for a visit.In the city, Mr. Pennington gave Benjamin materials for creating oil paintings. The boy began a landscape painting. William Williams, a well-known painter, came to s

19、ee him work. Williams was impressed with Benjamin and gave him two classic books on painting to take home. The books were long and dull. Benjamin could read only a little, having been a poor student. But he later said,Those two books were my companions by day, and under my pillow at night.While it i

20、s likely that he understood very little of the books, they were his introduction to classical paintings. The nine-year-old boy decided then that he would be an artist.7. What does the underlined sentence in paragraph 3 suggest?A. The cat would be closely watched.B. The cat would get some medical car

21、e.C. Benjamin would leave his home shortly.D. Benjamin would have real brushes soon.8. What did Pennington do to help Benjamin develop his talent?A. He took him to see painting exhibitions.B. He provided him with painting materials.C. He sent him to a school in Philadelphia.D. He taught him how to m

22、ake engravings.9. Williams two books helped Benjamin to _.A. master the use of paints B. appreciate landscape paintingsC. get to know other painters D. make up his mind to be a painter D篇To another little girl.”Thats what 3-year-old Ariana of Winterport, Maine, said when her father Josh Smith asked

23、where her donated hair was going to go. It was then that the dad of two realized his young daughter had a heart that was too big for words.“I run a charity called Extra Life where I play video games to help raise money for kids， he said. “Ariana happened to be sitting next to me when a video was pla

24、ying, showing a little girl who was bald, lying in a hospital bed with tubes in her.” When their daughter got curious, Smith and his wife Crystal explained how medicine was what made the child in the video lose her hair.“Without a second thought, Ariana said, She can have some of my hair, Smith said

25、. “Thats when my wife told me that there are many organizations that we could donate it to.” The Smiths chose “Locks of Love” to send Arianas generous gift to a child with medical hair loss.A week later, Ariana was taken to the family hairdresser where 10 inches was cut from her hair.“It was her fir

26、st haircut， Smith told ABC News. “She can be so selfless like that. Her first reaction is How about me giving up something that I have, so a little girl can feel pretty？” Smith posted his daughters moving gesture on his personal webpage, where it has received almost 645,000 views in just two days.“S

27、hell take an adult-like approach and its really amazing， Smith said. “She is just a little kid, but if she sees somebody in need, she certainly cares for them. This made Ariana feel special and shed definitely like to do it again.”10Which of the following can best describe Josh Smith?AFar-sighted. B

28、Easy-going.CKind-hearted. DStrong-willed.11Ariana decided to donate her hair when _.Aher father advised her to do so Bshe saw a sick girl in a videoCshe had her first haircut Dshe visited a hospital12What do we know about Ariana?AShe suffered medical hair loss.BHer story drew wide attention online.C

29、She got little support from her parents.DShe has called on people to donate hair like her. E篇Failure is probably the most exhausting experience a person ever has. There is nothing more tiring than not succeeding.We experience this tiredness in two ways: as start-up fatigue (疲惫) and performance fatig

30、ue. In the former case, we keep putting off a task because it is either too boring or too difficult. And the longer we delay it, the more tired we feel.Such start-up fatigue is very real, even if not actually physical, not something in our muscles and bones. The solution is obvious though perhaps no

31、t easy to apply: always handle the most difficult job first. Years ago, I was asked to write 102 essays on the great ideas of some famous authors. Applying my own rule, I determined to write them in alphabetical order (按字母顺序), never letting myself leave out a tough idea. And I always started the day

32、s work with the difficult task of essay-writing. Experience proved that the rule works. Performance fatigue is more difficult to handle. Though willing to get started, we cannot seem to do the job right. Its difficulties appear so great that, however hard we work, we fail again and again. In such a situation, I work as hard as I canthen let the unconscious take over. When planning Encyclopaedia Britannica (大英百科全书) , I had to cr