2021年河北省衡水中学高三下期三模考试英语试卷

2021年河北省衡水中学高三下期三模考试英语试卷

学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________

一、阅读选择

2016 Exhibitions in the British Museum

Sunken cities: Egypt’s lost worlds

19 May－27 November 2016

Sainsbury Exhibitions Gallery

Adults￡16.50, Members/under 16s free

Sunken under the sea for over a thousand years, two lost cities of ancient Egypt were lately rediscovered. Their amazing discovery is transforming our understanding of the deep connections between the great ancient civilizations of Egypt and Greece. Their story is told for the first time in this exhibition.

Francis Towne’s watercolours of Rome

21 January－14 August 2016

Room 90/ Open late Fridays

Free, just drop in

Come and experience 18th-century Rome through an astonishing series of watercolours not displayed together since 1805.

Sicily: culture and conquest

21 April－14 September 2016

Room 35

Tickets: Adults￡10, Members/under 16s free

This exhibition tells Sicily’s fascinating stories－from the arrival of the Greeks and other settlers, to the extraordinary period of enlightenment(启蒙) under Norman rule in the 11thto 13thcenturies.

Early British exploration of the classical world

14 March－27 July 2016

Room 90a/ Open late Fridays

Free, just drop in

This small display features a remarkable selection of drawings by British explorers and architects, who discovered and documented some of Sicily’s best surviving classical sculpture

and architecture.

1．Which place does Francis Towne’s works picture?

A．Egypt. B．France. C．Rome. D．Sicily. 2．What art works are housed in Room 90a?

A．Drawings. B．Buildings. C．Sculptures. D．Watercolours. 3．Which exhibition can you attend in October?

A．Sicily: culture and conquest

B．Sunken cities: Egypt’s lost worlds

C．Francis Towne’s watercolours of Rome

D．Early British exploration of the classical world

Chokwe Selassie, aged 13, is working hard to help drivers avoid potholes(坑洼). The

eighth-grader was inspired to kick off his creation on a recent morning, when his mother was driving him to school. Their car was damaged as it went over a huge pothole in the middle of the street in their hometown of Jackson, Mississippi. He decided to do something about the pothole problem in his city.

Chokwe developed the app with his friends Rodriguez Ratliff and Emmanuel Brooks. When the app detects a pothole, it is highlighted in red. And if you get close to the pothole, your phone will warn you with a beep. Drivers can also use the app to report any potholes and look for other routes they can take to avoid roads that have them.

The app relies on current available information about the streets of Jackson, already stored in a database of the city’s 311 call system. Through the call system, citizens dial 3-1-1 to report non-emergency problems which include potholes. Chokwe and his friends determined that focusing on the 10 busiest streets in Jackson would give them a large enough sample size to test the prototype.

While developing the app, the boys took part in a Minority Male Makers Program sponsored by Verizon and held at Jackson State University. They learned 3D printing and design, and how to create apps. Through the program Chokwe and his friends received encouragement and guidance.

Although the app isn’t yet available for sale, Chokwe is already looking for ways to improve the app. He hopes to add more to it until it spreads all over the country.

4．Why is the car damage mentioned in the first paragraph?