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2024届高三上学期高考一轮复习诊断性过关考试(六)
英语试题
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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 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 Area
In the spring， the sight of the Jiuzhaigou Valley is refreshing and touching. 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 Wall
Huanghuacheng is the only lakeside part of the Great Wall in Beijing. It is one of the most popular destinations for a Great Wall hiking tour. It is a hit because of the \， 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 Huangshan
Of all the notable mountains in China， Mount Huangshan is probably the most famous and is found in the southern part of East China's 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 pleasant in the quietness
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1. Which one is TRUE about the Qingming Festival? A. It falls on April 5 every year. C. It is all about enjoying spring
B. We sweep tombs on that day.
D. 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. They are beside lakes.
D. They are famous for cherry blossoms.
C. They are attractions for couples.
3. What can we learn about Mount Huangshan according to the text? A. It is very attractive because of its amazing view. China.
C. Thanks to its quietness， it is pleasant.
B
September 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 ask．In Great Britain， the third season of the year usually has only one name：autumn．But if you go across the Atlantic，you’ll 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 names．So what is it about the season that makes it so special?
According to Dictionary.com，fall isn’t a modem nickname that follows the more traditional autumn．The two terms are actually first recorded within a few hundred years of each other．
Before either word appeared，the season between summer and winter was known as harvest，or h?rfest in Old English．The word is of Germanic stock and means“picking”“plucking’’or“reaping”，all act of gathering and preserving crops before winter．
In 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 short．Both terms were simple，but for some reason，only spring had staying power in Britain．By the end of the 1600s，autumn，from the French word autompne and the Latin autunmus， had overtaken fall as the standard British term for the third season．
Around the same time England adopted autumn，the first-ever British American colonists were voyaging to North America．With them they brought the words fall and autumn，and while
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B. It is the greatest mountain in
D. It is in the south of China.
the former fell out of fashion overseas，it solidified itself in the local vernacular by the time America won its independence．Today，using both words to describe the season before winter is still uniquely American behavior． 4．What is the purpose of Paragraph 1? A．Draw out the topic of the passage．
B．Explain the difference between fall and autumn． C．Point out the importance of English vocabulary． D．Serve as the background of the passage．
5．According to the passage，what can we learn about“fall”? A．It is spoken by the English． C．It is short for the fall of the leaf
B．Americans only use“fall”．
D．It was first used by Germans．
6．What does the underlined word“reaping”in Paragraph 3mean? A．Cutting． B．Harvesting． C．Jumping．
D．Falling．
7．In which section of a newspaper may this text appear? A．Science． B．Gardening． C．Culture．
C
Jane Austen is loved mainly as a charming guide to fashionable life in the Regency period (英国摄政时期). She is admired 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， more reasonable and more sensitive to the needs of others.
In Pride and Prejudice， Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bonnet start off heartily disliking each other and then， gradually realize they are in love. They make one of the great romantic couples. He is handsome， rich and well connected; she is pretty， smart and lively. But why actually are they right for one another?
Jane Austen is very clear. It’s for a reason we tend not to think of very much today: It is because each can educate and improve the other. When Mr. Darcy arrives in the neighborhood， he feels “superior” to everyone else， because he has more money and higher status. At a key moment， Elizabeth condemns his arrogance (自大) and pride to his face. It sounds offensive in
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D．Tourism．
2024届甘肃省武威六中高三上学期高考一轮复习第六次诊断性过关考试英语试题及答案
