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1、鄂南高中 华师一附中 黄冈中学 黄石二中 荆州中学 孝感高中 襄阳四中 襄阳五中2017届高三第二次联考英语试题命题学校：黄冈中学 命题人:李文宏 吕琴 张 红 审题学校：黄石二中 朱红琼 潘利平第二部分 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。AHere is a list of some of the best museums for children in America.Please Touch Childrens MuseumThis museum li
2、es in Philadelphia. It offers Alice in Wonderland exhibits where young children can play with giant flowers and have tea parties. Kids can also play on musical instruments and babies can crawl on lily pads, which make musical sounds.The Childrens Museum of IndianapolisThis museum lies in Indiana. It
3、 holds a fair share of dinosaur fossils (化石). There are many fossils like the T. Rex, Bucky and many others in an 8,000-square-foot area. Around 10,000 man-made objects, including a 55-ton steam engine and a 33-foot tall water clock, are there in the 365,000-square-foot area. It also offers activiti
4、es like dinosaur building, camps and classes featuring space themes and other educational programs.Boston Childrens MuseumThis museum lies in Massachusetts. The exhibits here are of health, art, science, culture and environment. In this museum, children also learn about Japanese culture. Activities
5、like Play Lab, New Balance Climb and The Recycle Shop bring out the creativity in children.National Museum of Play精选文档This museum, which lies in Rochester area of New York, has a wide collection of dolls, games, toys and other home crafts dating back to the 19th century. Here, educational tours incl
6、ude stories of machines and other toys. Kids can walk in Sesame Street exhibit and cook food at play or TV studios.Childrens Museum of HoustonThis museum lies in Texas. Termed as the best playground for mind, this museum offers scores of activities for kids of every age. It even offers free family a
7、dventure events where families with their kids are encouraged to work on math activities and games. Children also learn about broadcasting activities and preserving ecosystems.21. One who has interest in environmental protection can choose to visit .A. National Museum of Play or Childrens Museum of
8、HoustonB. Boston Childrens Museum or Childrens Museum of HoustonC. Please Touch Childrens Museum or Boston Childrens MuseumD. The Childrens Museum of Indianapolis or National Museum of Play22. While visiting National Museum of Play, you can take part in .A. dinosaur buildingB. New Balance ClimbC. pl
9、aying with giant flowersD. cooking food at play or TV studios23. If a couple with kids of different ages want to do activities together, they should go to .A. Texas B. Indiana C. New York D. Massachusetts24. Who might be most interested in this passage?A. Parents. B. Students. C. Teachers. D. Resear
10、chers.B I think it was October, 1982. A friend had business dealings in the city of Reno, Nevada, and I was asked to accompany her on an overnight trip. While she conducted her business, I was aimlessly wandering down Virginia Street，heading into a most gloriously beautiful sunset. I had an urge to
11、speak to someone on the street to share that beauty, but I couldnt make eye contact with anyone. Quickly I ducked into a department store and asked the lady behind the counter if she could come outside for just a minute. She 1ooked at me as though I were from some other planet and said, “Well Surpri
12、singly, she followed me out.精选文档 When she got outside I said to her, “Just look at that sunset! Nobody out here was looking at it and I just had to share it with someone.” For a few seconds we just 1ooked. Then I said, “Gods in his heaven and alls right with the world.” I thanked her for coming out
13、to see it and sharing the beauty. Four years later my situation had changed considerably. I had come to the end of a twenty-year marriage. I was alone and on my own for the first time in my life. One day, while my clothes were going around, I picked up a Unity Magazine and read an article about a wo
14、man who had been in similar circumstances. She had come to the end of a marriage, moved to a strange community, and the only job she could find was one she disliked: cosmetic sales in a department store. We had a lot in common. Then something happened to her that changed everything. She said a woman
15、 came into her department store and asked her to step outside to look at a sunset. The stranger had said, “Gods in his heaven and alls right with the world.”, and she had realized the truth in that statement and that she simply had not been seeing it. From that moment on, she turned her life around.25. Why did the writer duck into a department store?A. She found it was boring with nobody talking to her.B. She wanted to buy something for her friend.C. She wanted to find somebody sharing the beautiful sunset.D. She thought it was his responsibility to share the natural beauty with others.
