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1、 高考英语一模试卷 题号IIIIIIIVV总分得分一、阅读理解（本大题共15小题，共30.0分）AAmsterdam Destination Guide Amsterdam is one of the most popular travel destinations in the world， famous for its beautiful canals， top art museums， cycling culture and so on It is the capital and most populous city in the Netherlands and often referr
2、ed to as the Venice of the North because of its expansive system of bridges and canals Here are some of the key points to remember as you plan your trip to Amsterdam Boom SeasonPopulationLanguage（s）CurrencyJanuary ClimateJuly ClimateMay to October813，562DutchEuroAverage high： 5.8CAverage high： 22.0C
3、Must-See Attractions Most visitors begin their Amsterdam adventure in the Old Centre， which is full of traditional architecture， shopping centers， and coffee shops Youll also want to check out Amsterdams Museum Quarter in the South District， which is great for shopping at the Albert Cuyp Market and
4、having a picnic in the Vondelpark The top museums to visit there are the Rijksmusuem， the Ann Frank House， and the Van Gogh Museum If You Have Time There are several other unique districts in Amsterdam， and you should try to explore as many of them as time allows The Canal Ring is a UNESCO World Her
5、itage Site that was originally built to attract wealthy home owners and is a center for celebrity spotting and nightlife today The Plantage area has most of the citys museums， including the Jewish Historical Museum， the Scheepvaart Museum， and the botanical gardens Money Saving Tips Unless you reall
6、y want to see the tulips （郁金香） blooming， avoid booking between mid-March and mid-May This is when hotel and flight prices rise Look for accommodations in Amsterdams South District， where rates are generally cheaper than in the city center Buy train tickets at the machine instead of the counter to sa
7、ve a bit of money Instead of hiring a tour guide， hop on a canal boat Theyre inexpensive and will give you a unique point of view of the city Check out our homepage to view price comparisons for flights， hotels， and rental cars before you book1. What can be learned about Amsterdam from this passage？
8、 _ A. Amsterdam is called the Venice of the North because of its locationB. The Van Gogh Museum lies in Amsterdams Museum QuarterC. The Old Centre is a UNESCO World Heritage SiteD. The Canal Ring is a place to attract garden lovers2. In order to save money in Amsterdam， you can _ A. arrange a guided
9、 canal tourB. buy train tickets at the counterC. reserve a hotel in the South DistrictD. book flights between mid-March and mid-May3. Where is the passage most probably taken from？ _ A. A magazineB. An essayC. A reportD. A websiteBThree months after Hurricane Katrina in 2005， Rebecca Sell， then 24，
10、a photojournalist for Fredericksburg photographed a New Orleans couple worriedly examining water-spotted photo albums As she took the photo， something within her clicked I told them I could take the ruined pictures， copy them and give them digitally restored （修复） photos， she recalls Although a bit s
11、ceptical， the couple agreed Rebecca took their photos home， restored them and took them to the couple at their temporary home It felt so good to be able to do that for them， says Rebecca When her editor， Dave Ellis， saw the photo of the couple， he suggested they go back and restore damaged photos fo
12、r even more people So in January 2006， with paid time off from the paper， the two set up shop in Pass Christian After posting a notice in the community newsletter， Rebecca and Dave received 500 photos in four days For each， the pair took a new digital picture， then used high-tech software to erase w
13、ater spots and restore colors It just so happened that a popular website linked to Daves blog about the experience， and soon Operation Photo Rescue， as it came to be known， had emails from hundreds of volunteers， including photographers and restoration experts， eager to help Though digital restorati
14、on is a painstaking process， mending irreplaceable family pictures means the world to victims like Emily Lancaster， 71， who took out piles of ruined photo albums after Katrina， never thinking the mess could be saved But she just couldnt bear to part with a few treasured pictures， including a portrai
15、t of her father， who had passed away， and a photo of her husband as a boy Then she heard about Operation Photo Rescue I didnt have a whole lot of hope they could fix them， but they did， Emily says Almost every day I think about all the pictures Ive lost Im so happy to have these two In the five years since Katrina， Operation Photo Rescue has collected thousands of pictures ruined by floods， hurricanes and tornadoes Volunteers make copy runs to disaster areas across the country to gather damaged photos from survivors； operating costs are covered by donations Its great to be able to
