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1、甘肃省武威第六中学2020届高三英语上学期第六次诊断考试试题第卷第一部分 阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)第一节(共15小题;侮小题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。A.Qingming Festival, which falls on April 5 this year, is known as Tomb-Sweeping Day. The festival always appears about the beginning of April when spring has come. Not only is it a period for
2、commemorating the dead, it is also a time for people to go out and enjoy nature. Where is the best place to go during the festival? Here are 3 popular tourist attractions.Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest AreaIn the spring, the sight of the Jiuzhaigou Valley is refreshing and touching.
3、The ice and snow begin to melt, water and streams begin to flow and mountain flowers blossom. The air is filled with the fragrance of spring. The soft and lazy spring sun kisses the surface of the lake and new growth.Huanghuacheng Great WallHuanghuacheng is the only lakeside part of the Great Wall i
4、n Beijing. It is one of the most popular destinations for a Great Wall hiking tour. It is a hit because of the train for spring, namely a train that travels through fields full of cherry blossoms. It is extremely romantic to take this train in spring with someone you love.Mount HuangshanOf all the n
5、otable mountains in China, Mount Huangshan is probably the most famous and is found in the southern part of East Chinas Anhui province. It is known for its breathtaking natural scenery. In the spring, Mount Huangshan is fresh, tender and full of wild flowers, and the sound of birdsong also is pleasa
6、nt in the quietness1. Which one is TRUE about the Qingming Festival?A. It falls on April 5 every year.B. We sweep tombs on that day.C. It is all about enjoying springD. All of the world is celebrating the festival.2. What do the common point the first two attractions have?A. They are in Beijing.B. T
7、hey are beside lakes.C. They are attractions for couples.D. They are famous for cherry blossoms.3. What can we learn about Mount Huangshan according to the text?A. It is very attractive because of its amazing view.B. It is the greatest mountain in China.C. Thanks to its quietness, it is pleasant.D.
8、It is in the south of China.BSeptember 23 usually means another new season has started，but what exactly you should call that season depends on where in the world you are and whom you askIn Great Britain, the third season of the year usually has only one name：autumnBut if you go across the Atlantic，y
9、oull find that people use both fall and autumn when referring to this time of year，making it the only season in the English language with two widely accepted namesSo what is it about the season that makes it so special?According to D，fall isnt a modem nickname that follows the more traditional autum
10、nThe two terms are actually first recorded within a few hundred years of each otherBefore either word appeared，the season between summer and winter was known as harvest，or hrfest in Old EnglishThe word is of Germanic stock and means“picking”“pluckingor“reaping”，all act of gathering and preserving cr
11、ops before winterIn the 1500s，English speakers began referring to the seasons separating the cold and warm months as either the fall of the leaf or the spring of the leaf，or fall and spring for shortBoth terms were simple，but for some reason，only spring had staying power in BritainBy the end of the
12、1600s，autumn，from the French word autompne and the Latin autunmus, had overtaken fall as the standard British term for the third seasonAround the same time England adopted autumn，the first-ever British American colonists were voyaging to North AmericaWith them they brought the words fall and autumn，
13、and while the former fell out of fashion overseas，it solidified itself in the local vernacular by the time America won its independenceToday，using both words to describe the season before winter is still uniquely American behavior4What is the purpose of Paragraph 1?ADraw out the topic of the passage
14、BExplain the difference between fall and autumnCPoint out the importance of English vocabularyDServe as the background of the passage5According to the passage，what can we learn about“fall”?AIt is spoken by the EnglishBAmericans only use“fall”CIt is short for the fall of the leafDIt was first used by
15、 Germans6What does the underlined word“reaping”in Paragraph 3mean?ACuttingBHarvestingCJumpingDFalling7In which section of a newspaper may this text appear?AScienceBGardeningCCultureDTourismCJane Austen is loved mainly as a charming guide to fashionable life in the Regency period (英国摄政时期). She is adm
16、ired for describing a world of elegant houses, dances, servants and fashionable young men driving barouches (四轮四座大马车). But her own vision of her task was completely different. She was an ambitious and strict moralist. She was highly conscious of human failings and she had a deep desire to make people nicer: less selfish,
