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1、山西省晋中市2018-2019学年高二英语上学期周练试题（2）时间：60分钟 总分100 2018年8月12日一.阅读理解(24分)APeople enjoy taking tripsBut what are the reasons they leave home? One reason is for educationPeople travel because they want to broaden their horizons to learn about other people and other placesThey are curious about other cultures
2、When people are tourists, they get a quick look at different ways of livingEven a short look at another kind of lifestyle is an important lessonOn a trip, a person can learn directly by visiting museums and historic spotsWhat does a tourist who sees the art museums, visit the historical places and o
3、ther scenic spots in Paris and shops along the River Seine learn? He gets a vivid picture, a real life of one of the French peopleHe learns about their attitudes, and how they feel about business, beauty and historyWhat about the tourist who goes to Hong Kong? Does he get the same information that h
4、e could get from a book? He might read that Hong Kong is crowded, and that there is less than 200 square meters of space for each personBut seeing and feeling the lack of space will impress him much moreHe might read that there are nearly 200 vehicles for every kilometer of roadwayBut the sight of s
5、o many vehicles parked along the roadside would be a much more vivid lessonThe tourist to Hong Kong will never forget the contrast：the straight vertical (垂直的)lines of tall modern buildings and the moving lines of boats that people live in1.Why do people leave home to travel according to the passage?
6、AFor educationBFor adventureCTo enjoy themselvesDTo look for a different lifestyle2.What do we learn from the passage about Paris?AIt has a dense populationBIt is a city of contrastCThere are 200 vehicles for every kilometer of roadwayDThere are many museums and palaces3.What impression will a touri
7、st get of Hong Kong?AIt has many big and beautiful parksBIt is a city of contrastCIt possesses many historical sitesDIt is an important industrial center4.What does the passage tell us about traveling?AIt makes our life more interestingBIt enables us to get first-hand knowledgeCIt helps develop our
8、personalitiesD. It brings about changes in our lifestyleBFrom early times man has been interested in artPeople have often worked together to collect and save the worlds art treasuresFine art treasures from many countries are kept in an art museum called the Louvre (卢浮宫)in Paris ,FranceThe works of a
9、rt have been collected by the people of France over many centuriesIt is the biggest art museum in the worldThe Louvre has not always been a museumThe first building was a castleIn 1190 it was the kings castle with high walls and a round towerIt had a river to keep out the enemiesOver the years the n
10、umber of the buildings around the castle grewBy 1350 the castle no longer needed to be extendedThe Louvre became a palace home for French kings and queensDuring times of peace new treasures were brought inDuring the days of war many treasures were stolen and the buildings were damagedWhen Francis I
11、became king of France in 1515 he brought in many artists from other countriesOne of the artists was Leonardo da Vinci from ItalyDa Vincis “Mona Lisa” is the best-known painting in the museum todayIn 1793 the Louvre became a public museum just as it is nowIt is a place where art treasures are kept fo
12、r everyone to enjoyEvery year millions of people from all over the world come to the Louvre to see the masterpieces5How long has the Louvre been a public museum?AFor over 800 yearsBSince 1350CSince 1515DFor over 200 years6Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?ADa Vinci once stayed i
13、n FranceB“Mona Lisa” is kept in the LouvreCThe Louvre was once a church as well as a palaceDThe Louvre is a place of interest to different people from all over the world7We know from the passage that _AFrench kings and queens ordered people to build another buildings as their palace home in 1350Bman
14、y treasures were brought into the Louvre in 1190CFrancis I came into power in 1515 and damaged some buildingsDsome works of art in the museum have been collected from many countries8The passage is mainly about _Aan art museum called the LouvreBan Italian artist named Leonardo da VinciCa king of Fran
15、ce named Francis IDthe best-known painting in the Louvre二.完形填空(40分) When most of us get a text message on our cell phone from an unknown person, we usually say “sorry, 1 number!” and move on. But when Dennis Williams 2 a text that clearly wasnt intended for him, he did something 3 .On March 19, Dennis got a group text 4 him that a couple he didnt know were at the hospital, waiting for the 5 of a baby.“Congratulations! But I t
