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1、 高考英语二诊试卷 题号IIIIIIIVV总分得分一、阅读理解(本大题共15小题,共30.0分)AThings to Do in Atlanta Need a run-down of the top things to do this weekend? Here is whats on in Atlanta In the Mood Date: May 22 through May 26, 2018 Time: 2:00 pm一5:30 Phone: 770-916-2800 If you love the music of the 1940s, then heres what you need
2、 to do this Sunday Go to a 1940s musical show at Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre The music of Glenn Millet has a distinctive sound No need to ask me twice Are you In the Mood? Party With the Penguins(企鹅) Date: May 20 through May 25, 2018 Time: 11:30 am 2:00 pm Phone: 404-581-4000 Celebrate Pengui
3、n Awareness Day at Georgia Aquariums annual Party with the Penguins The party will feature fun activities, including the chance to see an African penguin up close and team how to help protect this in-danger species Callanwolde Arts Festival Date: May 21 to May 22, 2018 Time: 10:30 am -5:30 pm Phone:
4、 404-872-5338 Located at Callanwolde Fine Arts Center, this event is a festival for artists and by artists, letting them have a voice in the creation and operations of the festival If you are of the artistic persuasion or enjoy a creative scene, dont miss out Foollios Hoodilly Storytime Date: May 21
5、 through May 27, 2018 Time: 1:00 pm一4:30 pm Phone: 404-523-3141 We make up a brand-new story every week Come and enjoy a new story each tithe at Dads Garage Theatre Little ones will get to help provide key parts of the story and even add in their own jokes Interactive and out-of-the-ordinary fun for
6、 kids and parents!1. Where should you go if you are a music fan? _ A. Georgia AquariumB. Dads Garage TheatreC. Callanwolde Fine Arts Centre:D. Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre2. Which event appeals to animal lovers? _ A. In the Mood:B. Party with the PenguinsC. Callanwolde Arts Festival:D. Foollio
7、s Hoodilly Storytime3. Which number helps sign up for an opportunity if you are crazy about painting? _ A. 770-916-2800B. 404-581-4000C. 404-872-5338D. 404-523-31414. In what way is Foollios Hoodilly Storytime unique from the other events? _ A. It provides books as giftsB. It is a charge-free eventC
8、. It runs the shortest hoursD. It is very child-friendlyBI graduated in 1941 and of course got caught in the war In 1945 I was out,twenty-one years old, a soldier through 35 bombing missions, and at the University of Washington taking creative writing courses, something Id looked forward to all thro
9、ugh the Air Force Id started writing when I was nine and writing seemed to be the only thing Id ever be able or want to do My teacher was a new man named Grant Redford, a very good short story writing teacher and a sad man He was from Montana and had beenconnected with the old I think it became the
10、but Im not sure and I dont bother to look it up Im afraid I was never much of a student for Redford My stories were hopelessly self-indulgent(任性的);on and on about my personal problems, without form, without development, and without even any good writing However, I did write humor in those days and h
11、ad no trouble getting it published in the campus magazine, though Id hate to see it now Mostly my writing was used to get myself attention, to satisfy a terrible personal interest in self-admiration, and it wasnt until I concentrated all my efforts on poems that I was to realize the only real reward
12、 of writing, that special way you feel just when youve done something you like Thats far more satisfying than seeing your name in print, good reviews, praise or applause after a reading And more lasting5. What do we know about the authors childhood? _ A. A good student of his teacherB. Crazy about w
13、ritingC. Good at telling short storesD. Longing to be a pilot6. How was his writing career at the early stage? _ A. ProductiveB. SuccessfulC. StrugglingD. A complete failure7. Where did the author eventually find comfort in writing? _ A. Short storiesB. PoemsC. Humorous storiesD. Good reviewsCSome p
14、arts of the garden are for the rest of the world to admire Others are for you to disappear to when you dont want to be found Of course, thats easy enough to arrange when you have lots of land with space for the kids to run round and cosy garden rooms for the adults to enjoy But when your garden is o
15、n the small side,you might think its a tall order Well, youre wrong To create a secret garden, people tend to take the routine: surrounding a small garden with high fences and then placing a lawn(草坪)in the middle and borders round the edge Far from making the most of the area, that just makes it look a lot smaller and more boring Dividing it up makes much more use of your space and means you can have your practical family area plus a secret garden When youre searching for the perfect secret site within your existing