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广东仲元中学高三英语9月月考

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，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

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 11th to 13thcenturies.

Early British exploration of the classical world 14 March － 27 July 2016 Room 90a/ Open late Fridays Free, just drop in

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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

B

A man walked into a small Irish pub and ordered three beers. Bartender was surprised, but he served that man three beers. One hour later the man ordered three beers again. The very next day that man ordered three beers again and drank quietly at a table. This repeated several times and shortly after the people of the town were whispering about the man, who was ordering three beers at once.

A couple of weeks later, the bartender decided to clear this out and inquired: “I do not want to pry, but could you explain, why do you order three beers all the time?” The man replied: “It seems strange, isn?t it? You see, my two brothers live abroad at the moment, one – in France and another – in Italy. We have made an agreement, that every time we go to pub each of us will order extra two beers and it will help keeping up the family bond ”.

Soon all the town have heard about the man?s answer and liked it a lot. The man became a local celebrity. Residents of the town were telling this story to newcomers or tourists and even invited them to that pub to look at Three Beer Man.

However, one day the man came to pub and ordered only two beers, not three as usual. The bartender served him with bad feeling. All that evening the man ordered and drank only two beers. The very next day all the town was talking about this news, some people pray for the soul of one of the brothers, others quietly grieve.

When the man came to pub the next time and ordered two beers again, the bartender asked

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him: “I would like to offercondolences to you, due to the death of your dear brother”. The man considered this for a moment and then replied: “Oh, you are probably surprised that I order only two beers now? Well, my two brothers are alive and well. It?s just because of my decision. I promised myself to give up drinking.”

4. The man ordered three beers all the time because _______. A. people were fond of drinking beers in this pub. B. he missed his two brothers living abroad very much.

C. it was an agreement with his brothers to keep up the family bond. D. this would help him become a local celebrity. 5. We can infer from the passage that______.

A. news traveled fast in the town.

B. the man became famous in the town because he was a heavy drinker C. the man?s brothers liked drinking beer very much

D. the man was strong-minded to give up drinking

6. The bartender served the man with bad feeling because ________. A. he would earn less money

B. he thought the man should order three beers

C. he thought one of the man?s brothers had passed away D. the man decided to drink two beers

7. The underlined word “condolences” in the last paragraph can be replaced by______.

A. gratitude B. appreciation C. surprise D. sympathy

C

On Saturday 17 September 2016, you may catch sight of hundreds of apes(猩猩) running around the streets of London. They?ll have been filming a new Planet of the Apes movie, you?ll probably think. But in fact, when the starter?s pistol sounds for the Great Gorilla Run next year, this highly popular event will have been raising money for thirteen years. People from all over the world will run, jog or walk 8km in gorilla costumes through the capital?s streets, passing such iconic landmarks as The Tower of London and St Paul?s Cathedral. By the time the last ape crosses the finishing line, the runners will have raised millions for endangered species and education projects in Central Africa.

Unusual charity events such as these are a huge trend for raising money for worthwhile causes.

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