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1、阅读提速练(五)(建议用时：40分钟)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。A(2017云南第一次高中毕业生复习统一检测)Its not what you look at that matters；its what you see.Henry David Thoreau Slow Art Day is a global event with a simple mission: help more people discover for themselves the joy of lookin
2、g at and loving art.Why slow?When people look slowly at a piece of art, they make discoveries.The most important discovery they make is that they can see and experience art without an expert.And thats an exciting discovery.It unlocks passion and creativity and helps to create more art lovers.How doe
3、s it work? One day each year, people all over the world visit local museums and galleries to look at art slowly.Participants look at five works of art for 10 minutes each and then meet together over lunch to talk about their experience.Thats it.Simple by design, the goal is to focus on the art.In fa
4、ct, Slow Art Day works quite well this way.By the numbersOver 1，200 individual Slow Art Day events have taken place since its official launch in 2010.Slow Art Day events have taken place on all seven continents.700 venues(museums, galleries, artist studios, sculpture parks, public art sites, etc.)ha
5、ve hosted Slow Art Day events.Participants love Slow Art Day Feedback on this simple event has been overwhelmingly positive.Heres a sample：“I loved taking the time to justbe with the works, particularly pieces I might otherwise walk by.Its a much better way of visiting the art museum than the usual
6、idle ramble.Discussion afterwards was fun, interesting, informative and eyeopening.I look forward to doing it again.”Slow Art Day 2018 is Saturday, April 14, in museums and galleries worldwide.Join us and experience art differently.1The author quotes Thoreaus words at the beginning to _Aarouse reade
7、rs interest in artBintroduce the topic of the textCstress the importance of lookingDillustrate the joy of art appreciation2A typical slow art activity_Alasts about fifty minutes when people look at art works criticallyBencourages people to see art for themselves and discuss with expertsCorganizes pe
8、ople to look at art on their own and talk about their experienceDinspires people to make discoveries about art works and create their own works3What can we learn about Slow Art Day from the text?AThe eighth Slow Art Day was held in 2017.BIt happens once a year in all museums and galleries worldwide.
9、CIt has become an art festival celebrated on all seven continents.DSlow Art Day events have been held in over 1，200 different places.4According to the text, the author_Ahas conducted a survey on Slow Art DayBstrongly recommends Slow Art Day eventsCsees the good and bad sides of Slow Art DayDis frequ
10、ently involved in Slow Art Day eventsB(2017黄岗检测)About six months ago, I was working in a job where I sat at a computer in an office for 50 or so hours each week. My best friend, Dusty，also sat in an office at a computer all day. We often talked about what a waste it seemed to be, spending our time i
11、nside in front of a computer all day long. I ended up leaving my job, and so did Dusty. Neither one of us are sitting in an office all day. Last week, Dusty came to my home and declared，“Im going to travel.” Of course, traveling is exciting. Its getting to experience new things, getting to be a slig
12、htly different version of ourselves, but I think the point is more about the mindset (心态) that it allows for than the actual reality that comes with it. Waking up every day with a sense of excitement for the unknown. Approaching each interaction during the day with a sense of wonder. Not thinking ab
13、out yesterday or tomorrow, and just about whatevers right in front of you.However, the thing is, we dont need to be in_transit to be able to approach our days this way. It is possible for me to be living my normal life and be excited for the unknown of the day. I meet new people and do new things ev
14、ery day. Yes, they might be in Santa Monica, a few blocks from my apartment, but whats the difference between a new person here and a new person in Australia?I read an Alan Watts quote recently, and it goes as follows：“If I ask you what you did, saw, heard, smelled, touched and tasted yesterday, I a
15、m likely to get nothing more than the thin, sketchy outline of the few things that you noticed, and of those only what you thought worth remembering. But suppose you could answer，It would take me forever to tell you, and I am much too interested in whats happening now.”Our generation seems to be eag
16、er to expand our horizons(视野). But I agree with Alan Watts. There is a lot of opportunity for horizonexpansion wherever we happen to be. I think Ill wake up tomorrow, walk down the street, and put on my adventurers cap.5According to the text, the author quit his job mainly because _Ait didnt pay very wellBDus
