广东省广州市南沙区第一中学2020┄2021学年高二下学期第一次月考英语试题普通班

第一部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节（共15小题，每小题2分，共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

The National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., is one of the world's greatest art museums. Millions of people have entered its doors to see paintings by the world's fine artists. But if these priceless masterpieces are to be preserved, the Gallery must protect them carefully. The Gallery's 135-man guard force has successfully prevented them from being stolen, but protecting the paintings from nature is a greater problem.

In past times, the owners of paintings did not protect them from damaging changes in humidity （湿度）and temperature. As a result, the life of these paintings were shortened. In the National Gallery, however, humidity and temperature are carefully controlled. The building is air-conditioned in summer and heated in winter. The air-conditioning and heating systems are so important to the life of the paintings that the Gallery has two of each system. If one should fail, the extra one can take over.

Light is another enemy of paintings. Ultraviolet rays （紫外线） in light cause paintings to fade （褪色）. Long ago, paintings often hung in dark churches and palaces. A coat of varnish （清漆） was a protection from the weak light. But when museums took over the care of many paintings, they were often hung in brighter light than before. Soon they were in danger of fading. The damaging effects of light were increased when the museums removed the varnish coating, yellowed with age.

To protect its paintings, the National Gallery put a special kind of glass in its skylights. This glass allows visible lights to enter the building but it keeps out harmful ultraviolet rays. The Gallery has also developed new and better varnishes which help to keep paintings from fading.Thanks to these new precautions, many of the world's greatest paintings are being well protected for future generations to enjoy.

1.The text mainly tells us about ______.

A. the guard force in the National Gallery

B. protecting great paintings from nature

C. priceless paintings of past times

D. the air-conditioning and heating systems in the National Gallery

2. Which of the following is NOT an enemy of paintings？

A. Varnish.

B. Temperature.

C. Light.

D. Humidity.

3. The underlined word "precautions" in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to ______.

A. decorations

B. problems

C. suggestions

D. applications

4. From the text we can infer that_______.

A. great artists painted in dark churches and palaces

B. you can touch these paintings while you are in the National Gallery

C. the care of the world's greatest paintings is both a big responsibility and a challenge

D. the guard force in the Gallery has not done a good job

5. From the text, we can learn that __________ .

A.ultraviolet rays cannot affect paintings

B.great artists painted with coats of varnish

C.some priceless paintings were not well preserved

D.the guard force in the National Gallery has not done a good job

B

Drawing is a universal language. It was probably our first form of self-expression when we were babies：long before we start writing, we’re painting and scribbling（乱涂）, both in order to make sense of the world and because we enjoy it.

In the history of human culture, too, painting and image making came before writing or even simple mathematics：30,000 years ago compared to 5,000. Yet after we leave school most of us never pick up a pencil again—willingly. If asked to draw something, most adults and many older children will shake their heads and say, “ Not me! I can’t draw. I’m hopeless at it.”

When you think about it, this is very strange. Drawing involves coordinating（协调） the hand and the eye with the pencil. It’s a basic skill, no more difficult to learn than other amazing things that humans do, such as hitting a tennis ball o ver the net or writing our own name. there’s no special talent involved. Anybody who can learn to write can learn to draw.

So, there you are – no excuse not to get out your pencil, pencil sharpener and rubber and take part in the Big Draw, a nationwide ser ies of free art events taking place all over Britain next October. Everyone’s welcome：all you need is a willingness to express yourself through drawing.

The Big Draw, now in its fifth year, has already achieved two world records：one for the longest drawing in the world （1km） and the other for the greatest number of people drawing at the same time （7,000）. This year, there will be an attempt to create a new Guinness World Record for the longest visitors’book：people will be invited to leave their name and a drawing on a three-kilometer piece of paper.

The theme this year is Inside\Outside—People, Structure（结构）and Spaces, and other events planned include drawing on a three-kilometer piece of paper.