【正文】 安陽市第二中學 20172018 學年第二學期期末考試 高二英語試卷 命題人：程依娜 審題人：周新銳 第一部分 閱讀理解（共兩節(jié)，滿分 40 分） 第一節(jié) （共 15 小題；每小題 2 分，滿分 30 分） 閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項（ A、 B、 C、和 D）中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。 A Top 4 New Museum Openings in 2017 Museum Barberini, Potsdam, Germany In the magnificent reconstructed palace from which it takes its name, the Museum Barberini is a significant new attraction in the city of Potsdam’s already impressive historic centre. The museum will host exhibitions ranging from the old masterpieces to contemporary art. It is opening with the show Impressionism: The Art of Landscape, which will include works by Mo, Renoir and Caillebotte. ? Opening late January, Zeitz MOCAA, Cape Town, South Africa A landmark opening, and not just for South Africa, the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa will be the biggest museum to open on the continent for over a century. It will be an influential place, too: the US $38m institution will be filled entirely with work created since the year 2020. The museum will be inside the 57meterhigh Grain Silo, a towering reminder of Cape Town’s industrial heritageand soon to be a symbol of its creative future. ? Opens 23 September, zeitzmocaa. Museum Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, the US With a new logo designed by Mark Bradford, which is meant to evoke the unique urban pace of Los Angeles, the ICA LA represents the rebranding and rehousing of the Santa Monica Museum of Art. It opens in a new space aims to bring together “architecture, urban design and sustainability to create cuttingedge environments for exhibitions, education, dialogue and collaboration”. ? Opening in autumn, theicala. Org Museum of the American Revolution, Philadelphia, the US With US politics as polarized(兩極化 ) as it is now, there has perhaps never been a better time to reflect on the history of a country that was once so divided and endured five years of civil war. The Museum of the American Revolution does just that, taking a nonpartisan(無黨派的 ) view of the period through thousands of objects, artworks, manuscripts and artefacts. Exhibitions will take visitors on a chronological (按時間順序的 ) journey, from the roots of resistance to the legacy of its oute. ? Opens 19 April, amrevmuseum. Org 1. What can we learn about the Museum Barberini from the text? A. Its name es from an ordinary palace. B. Works from the old masterpieces to contemporary art will be shown there. C. The show is the most interesting part of its opening ceremony. D. It will open in early January. order to create cuttingedge environments, the Institute of Contemporary Art . A. designs a new logo. B. speeds urban pace of Los Angeles. C. opens in a new location in LA arts district. D. aims to bring together architecture, urban design and sustainability. 3. If you want to look back on the period in US history when it endures five years of civil war, you can go to . A. the Museum Barberini B. the Zeitz MOCAA C. the Institute of Contemporary Art D. the Museum of the American Revolution B It was a winter morning， just a couple of weeks before Christmas 2020． While most people were warming up their cars， Trevor, my husband， had to get up early to ride his bike four kilometers away from home to work． On arrival， he parked his bike outside the back door as he usually does． After putting in 10 hours of labor, he returned to find his bike gone． The bike， a black Kona 18 speed， was our only Transport． Trevor used it to get to work, putting in 60hour weeks to support his young family． And the bike was also used to get groceries(食品雜貨 )， saving us from having to walk long distances from where we live. I Was so sad that someone would steal our bike that 1 wrote to the newspaper and told them our story． Shortly after that， several people in bur area offered to help． One wonderful