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1、2017 年广州市普通高中毕业班综合测试 一 英语 第 I 卷 第一部分阅读理解 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 从每题所给的四个选项 A B C 和D 中 选出最佳选项 并在答题卡上将该项 涂黑 A Inside the Rain Room The Rain Room has arrived and local art lovers are taing notice Is it worth the wait Yes I assure you it is Once inside visitors find a long dar room
2、 with a high ceiling A single bright light shines through heavy rain falling around visitors The mist The damp air The noise It feels lie a mighty storm is pouring down But the storm is inside And visitors aren t getting wet Instead visitors wander in awe admiring the rain and the artists who create
3、d it The Rain Room was created to highlight the connection between humans nature and technology With a tracing system that senses movement and stops the rain wherever visitors move it does just that Light and sound produce an eperience that feels both natural and foreign The ehibit is moving on to A
4、tlanta net month I urge you to visit before then It s time to eperience the Rain Room for yourself Welcome to the Rain Room The Rain Room features falling water Please be aware you may get slightly wet However visitors wearing raincoats will be turned away This ehibit features advanced technology To
5、 ensure its effectiveness please avoid wearing dar or reflective clothing Visitors are welcome to tae photographs of the ehibit Children must be accompanied by an adult For the convenience of all guests visits are limited to 10 minutes 21 What s the purpose of the tet A To attract visitors to a new
6、art ehibit B To eplain how an ehibit has been created C To describe the technology used in the ehibit D To promote the artists taing part in an ehibit 22 What s the function of the ehibit s tracing system A To eep visitors from getting wet B To protect the ehibit from water damage C To time how long
7、 visitors are in the room D To count the number of visitors in the room 23 What must you do when visiting the Rain Room A Wear a raincoat B Wear dar clothing C Leave your camera outside D Pass through within 10 minutes B Dujiangyan is the oldest man made water system in the world and a wonder m the
8、development of Chinese science Built over 2 200 years ago in what is now Sichuan Province in Southwest China this amaing engineering achievement is still used today to irrigate over 6 000 square ilometres of farmland tae away floodwater and provide water for 50 cities m the province In ancient times
9、 the region in which Dujiangyan now stands suffered from regular floods caused by overflow from the Minjiang River To help the victims of the flooding Li Bing the region governor together with his son decided to find a solution They studied the problem and discovered that the river most often overfl
10、owed when winter snow at the top of the nearby Mount Yulei began to melt as the weather warmed The simplest fi was to build a dam but this would have ruined the Minjiang River So instead Li designed a series of channels built at different levels along Mount Yulei that would tae away the floodwater w
11、hile leaving the river flowing naturally Better still the etra water could be directed to the dry Chengdu Plain maing it suitable for farming Cutting the channels through the hard roc of Mount Yulei was a remarable accomplishment as it was done long before the invention gunpowder and eplosives 1 Bin
12、g found another solution He used a combination of fire and water to heat and cool the rocs until they craced and could be removed After eight years of wor the 20 metre wide canals had been carved through the mountain Once the system was finished no more floods occurred and the people were able to li
13、ve peacefully and affluently Today Dujiangyan is admired by scientists from around the world because of one feature Unlie modem dams where the water is bloced with a huge wall Dujiangyan still lets water flow through the Minjiang River naturally enabling ecosystems and fish populations to eist in ha
14、rmony 24 What are the benefits of Dujiangyan according to the first paragraph A Reducing flooding and watering farmland B Protecting the mountain and reducing flooding C Watering farmland and improving water quality D Drying the riv er and supplying cities with water 25 What was the main cause of th
15、e Minjiang Rivers flooding A Heavy rains B Melting snow C Low river bans D Steep mountains 26 How was Li Bing able to brea through the rocs of Mount Yulei A By using gunpowder B By flooding the rocs with water C By applying a heating and cooling technique D By breaing the rocs with hammers and spade
16、s 27 Why is Dujiangyan greatly admired by scientists today A It preserves much of the natural river life B It too very little time to complete the project C The building techniques used were very modem D It has raised the living standards of the local people C Bill Gates recently predicted that online learning will mae place based colleges less significant and five years from now students will be able to find the best lectures in the world online I applaud Mr Gates But what s taing us so long As
