湖南省汨罗市2021届高三入学降温考试英语试题

湖南省汨罗市2021届高三入学降温考试英语试题

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一、阅读选择

1. Upcoming Events of New York Chinese Cultural Center

Fan Dance

Sunday, September8, 2:00pm-3:00 pm, $15 per child

New-York Historical Society Museum & Library

Learn Chinese fan dancing with an instructor from NYCCC! This program is a part of an exhibition which examines the history of trade and immigration between China and the United States.

Dragon Boat Festival

Friday, September13,2:00pm -2:30pm

Fresh Meadows Park

Come and celebrate with us in the thousand-year-old tradition of Dragon Boat racing! Be part of the audience and enjoy the excitement of this celebration. FREE ADMISSION! Click here for more information. Dragon Boat Festival will be held in Fresh Meadows Park.

Dance to China

Sunday, September15, 2 pm

Spruce Street School Auditorium, 12 Spruce St, New York, NY 10038

Join us in celebrating 43 years of preserving and continuing Chinese traditional dance. Students from NYCCC School of the Arts

will be performing traditional Chinese dance, martial arts, and Beijing opera . Cost is $15 for adults, $12 for teenagers and senior citizens, $10 for children under 12.

NYCCC School of the Arts Open House

Saturday, September21, from 1:00pm -3:00 pm, $12 per child

PS 124, Yung Wing School, 40 Division Street, New York, NY 10002

Join us and see Chinese dance, kung fu, and acrobatic (杂技

的)performances performed by our current students. Come and see our students’ beautiful artwork on display and make some artwork yourselves during our hour of arts and crafts and face painting from 1-2 pm. The show will be from 2-3pm.

【小题1】Where can you learn about China-US trade and immigration history?

A．In New-York Historical Society Museum & Library.

B．In PS 124, Yung Wing School.

C．In Spruce Street School Auditorium.

D．In Fresh Meadows Park.

【小题2】How much should a family of 4 (aged 75, 38, 36, 5) pay to participate in Dance to China?

A．$48. B．$ 52.

C．$55. D．$ 57.

【小题3】What does NYCCC aim at?

A．Training dancing instructors. B．Producing beautiful artwork.

C．Promoting Chinese folk arts. D．Examining trade and immigration.

2. “Beauty isn't about having a pretty face,” begins a motivational quote. “It's about having a pretty mind, a pretty heart, and a pretty soul. Oh, and pretty nails!”

That may be Angela Peters' motto. Last July, Peters, rolled her wheelchair into a nail salon (沙龙) at the Walmart shopping center in Burton to have her nails done. But Peters, who has cerebral palsy (脑瘫), was turned away. The salon told her that they were afraid it would be too difficult to properly paint her nails given that her hands kept shaking. What was meant to be a day of beauty for Peters was now a disappointment.

A Walmart cashier about to go on her break happened to see this. Ebony Harris r ecognized Peters as a Walmart regular. “She's just

like everyone else. She wants to look pretty. So why can't she?” Harris said.

Harris approached Peters. “Do you want me to do your nails?”

she asked.

A smile spread across Peters' face. “Yeah!” Harris led Peters into the supermarket, where they shopped for nail polish. They

settled on a color that would catch every eye. They then made their