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1、浙江省温州市普通高中2024届高三第二次适应性考试英语试卷学校：_姓名：_班级：_考号：_一、阅读理解Art Gallery of NSW(New South Wales) ExhibitionLouise Bourgeois: Has the Day Invaded the Night or Has the Night Invaded the Day?25 November 2023-28 April 2024Day and night, love and rage, calm and chaos. Enter a world of emotional extremes in this ex
2、hibition of the art of Louise Bourgeois, one of the most influential artists of the past century. Born in Paris in 1911 and living and working in New York until her death in 2010, Bourgeois is well-known for her fearless exploration of human relationships across a seven-decade career.Louise Bourgeoi
3、s: Has the Day Invaded the Night or Has the Night Invaded the Day? reveals the extraordinary reach and intensity of Bourgeois art, from unforgettable sculptures of the 1940s to her tough yet tender weaving works of the 1990s and 2000s. It also reveals the psychological tensions that powered her sear
4、ch, through a dramatic presentation in two contrasting exhibition spaces. Moving from the well-lit rooms of “Day” to the darkened area of “Night”, viewers will encounter more than 120 works, including many never seen before in Australia.Tickets can be booked online via the exhibition or event page o
5、n our website, or in person at the welcome desk at the Art Gallery. Tickets cannot be exchanged, but if something unexpected happens that prevents you from attending, you can change the date of your reservation in your confirmation email.1What do we know about Louise Bourgeois?A. Her art is conserva
6、tive.B. She was an emotional artist.C. She was raised in Paris.D. Her art explores human relationships.2What does the exhibition feature?A. Various themes.B. Contrasting layout.C. Intensive colors.D. Extraordinary paintings.3What can you do if you cant attend the exhibition?A. Reschedule the date.B.
7、 Cancel the booking.C. Claim the money back.D. Exchange the event.Do I think the sky is falling? Sort of.My husband and I were recently in Egypt, where the temperature was a bit warm for my tiny princess self. So, we left Egypt. Back home, my dearest friends struggled with health stuff, with family
8、craziness.The game of life is hard, and a lot of us are playing hurt.I ache for the world but naturally Im mostly watching the Me Movie, where balance and strength are beginning to fail. What can we do as the creaking elevator of age slowly arrive? The main solution is to get outside every day, idea
9、lly with friends. Old friends even thoughts of them are my comfort.Recently I was walking along a beach with Neshama. We go back 50 years. She is 84, short and strong. Every so often, she bent down somewhat tentatively (踌躇地) and picked up small items into a small cloth bag.“What are you doing?”“Im p
10、icking up micro litter. I try to help where I can.”I reminded her of an old story. A great warhorse comes upon a tiny sparrow (麻雀) lying on its back with its feet in the air, eyes tightly shut with effort. The horse asks it what its doing.“Im trying to help hold back the darkness.”The horse laughs l
11、oudly, “That is so funny. What do you weigh?”And the sparrow replies, “One does what one can.”This is what older age means. We do what we can.We continued our walk. Neshama bent tentatively to pick up bits of litter and started to slip, but I caught her and we laughed. We are so physically vulnerabl
12、e in older age, but friendship makes it all a rowing machine for the soul. We can take it, as long as we feel and give love, and laugh gently at ourselves as we fall apart. We know by a certain age the great lie in our life if you do or achieve this or that, you will be happy and rich. No. Love and
13、service make us rich.4What does the author say about her present life?A. She leads a balanced life.B. She enjoys meeting old friends.C. She is really into movies.D. She struggles with family crises.5Why did the author mention the sparrow?A. To confirm Neshamas fear.B. To offer her comfort.C. To chan
14、ge Neshamas mind.D. To show her approval.6What does the underlined “it” in the last paragraph refer to?A. Physical weakness.B. The great lie.C. The rowing machine.D. The broken soul.7What largely determines happiness in older age according to the author?A. Achieving important life goals.B. Enjoying
15、life as you can.C. Living a life of love and service.D. Loving what is being done.Bonobos often form friendly relationships with other bonobo s in separate social groups the first time this has been seen in non-human primates (灵长类). This is in line with humans, but in contrast to chimpanzees, anothe
16、r primate, which frequently kill chimps in other groups. The findings challenge the idea that humans evolved (进化) from violent apes, says Surbeck at Harvard University. “This potential to form cooperative links between different groups is not uniquely human and it might have occurred earlier than we thought,” he says.Many a
