2017高考预测密卷二(英语)
第二部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，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。
A.
World records can be set even if you are over 100 years old.
Robert Marchand was born in 1911 in northern France. He enjoys riding a bicycle, and started cycling seriously when he was in his 60s. Marchand is now 105 years old.
On Wednesday, a crowd gathered at the Velodrome National, about 30 kilometers outside of Paris. They were there to see how far he could travel in one hour.
The record for one hour is held by Britain’s Bradley Wiggins, a former Tour de France winner. Wiggins covered 54.5 kilometers in 2015. Evelyn Stevens of the United States holds the women’s record. She went almost 48 kilometers in an hour last year.
In 2012, Marchand set a record for riders over 100 years old when he traveled almost 27 kilometers in an hour. So the question many people asked this week was: \own record?\Marchand set off on his record attempt as sports lovers cheered and photographers watched. He moved slowly but steadily around the cycling track.
Marchand is relatively small. He is only 1.52 meters tall and weighs 52 kilograms. When the hour ended, he completed 92 times around the track. That is just over 22.5 kilometers.
After the event, Marchand said he could have done better. He did not see his trainers telling him he only had 10 minutes remaining. “I would have gone faster. I would have posted a better time,” he said.
But the news was still good, as he did set a new record for riders 105-years-old or older. “I’m now waiting for a rival (对手),” he said.
21. The main purpose of the first paragraph is to tell readers ________.
A. an unbelievable fact
B. bring in the topic of the text
C. any per son can set a world record
D. setting a world record is not so difficult as people think
22. Which word can best describe the feeling of Marchand just after the event?
A. Tired B. Proud C. Regretful D. Depressed
23. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. Bradley Wiggins set the cycling record in
2015
B. Robert Marchand is the record holder of cycling over 100 years old
C. The women’s record of cycling record was set by Evelyn Stevens in 2016
D. Though Marchand didn’t perform as well as before, he still set a record of cycling this year.
24. Which of the following well-known sayings best expresses the message of the text?
A. Experience is the best teacher.
B. You can’t teach an old dog new tricks. C. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
D. Old people may still cherish high aspirations.
B.
2017-03-10 chinadaily.com.cn
Mother Nature in Chinese photographer’s lens
For those who haven’t got the time to travel, this exhibition featuring numerous photos of the beauty of Mother Nature will be a delight for the weekend. From these photos, visitors can see the greatness and power of nature and the differences between humans and animals.
Time: 9 am – 5 pm, through Mar 19 (closed on Mondays)
Venue: National Art Museum of China, 1 Wusi Avenue, Dongcheng district.
Ticket: Free
Contact: 010 - 6400 1476
The British Museum brings a hit show to Beijing
The British Museum’s highly-acclaimed A History of the World in 100 Objects has attracted more than one million visitors during its world tour. That number is growing fast with its China leg proving a success since it opened in Beijing last week.
The exhibition developed from a
broadcasting series that the London museum started in partnership with the BBC in 2010. Each 15-minute program introduced one of 100 objects from the museum’s collection that
revealed (展现) the communication methods of various human cultures over the course of two million years.
Time: 9 am – 5 pm, through May 31 (closed on Mondays)
Venue: National Museum of China, 16 East Chang’an Avenue, Dongcheng district.
Ticket: 50 yuan
Contact: 010-6511 6400
When photographs look like paintings
The line between painting and photography has blurred (模糊) in conceptual artist (概念艺术家) Fu Wenjun’s works. For nearly 30 years,
2017高考预测密卷二(英语)
