河南省八市重点髙中质量检测试题

英语试题

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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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

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Introduction

Blenheim Palace is one of the Europe’s largest and greatest palaces. It was built between 1705 and 1722 as a reward of the British government to John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, for defeating King Louis XlV's army at Blenheim, a small Bavarian village on the Danube River.The palace was designed by Sir John Vanbrugh，which displayed strength and arm gloiy. It is the largest non-royal building in England and is now listed by the UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.

Winston Churchill

In 1874，the palace was the birthplace of the duke's most famous descendant. Winston Churchill, who was to become the UK's Prime Minister (some would say Britain's greatest 20th-century politician ) and Nobel prize winner for literature. It is also in Blenheim that Winston got mnarried to Clementine Hozier in 1908.

A lasting exhibition is devoted to the man's life, work and writings. Winston and his wife are buried in Bladon Church within the palace，

Opening Hours & Admission

Blenheim is still the home of the . 11th Duke of Marlborough and is therefore not open all year round (although the park is),The palace opens its doors to visitors from 12 February to 11 December. Entry to the palace, park and gardens cost £11,50 during the low season and £13 during the peak season (Easter weekend and from 28 May toll September), or £6/£8 for the park and gardens only.

The park is open all-year round from 9am to 4:45pm (last entry). Admission is £2,50 for adults and £1.50 for children.

Note that numerous discounts exist for seniors, students, children and groups. Please refer to the official website for more details.

21. What can be learned about Blenheim Palace?

A. It is the Eiirope’s largest and greatest palaces.

B. It is the largest royal building in England.

C. It is now one of the the world’s heritage sites,

D. It was built in honor of Prime Minister Winston Churchill

22. What does the underlined word in the text mean?

A.A house keeper.

B.A child or a child’s child.

C.A family doctor

D.A grand parent

23. Why can not people visit Blenheim Palace all the year round?

A. They are too busy to afford the time.

B. Repairs are badly needed for the palace.

C. Some seasons are not convenient for visitors.

D. The 11th Duke of Marlborough still lives there,

24. If a couple and their fiye-year-old daughter visits the park，how much need they they pay ?

A.f6,5 B.f7.5 C.fll.5 D.f 13

B

A group of Mississippi hunters who shot and killed an alligator (短吻鳄）weighting 910 pounds on Sunday, were amazed when they discovered that the animal already bore injuries caused by musket (步枪)from the Civil War era. A total of 9 bullets was found, and the various tests and analysis have confirmed that they were indeed fired at the animal in the 19th Century.

Nine of the wounds on the animal are believed to have been caused by Enfield Pattern 1853 muskets. These old injuries were concentrated around the animals tail and bind legs, suggesting that the alligator could have possibly been used as a target for shooting practice by Confederate troops.

The huge animal also bore five other bullet wounds from three different calibers (口径）of hunting guns，as well as many dents and scars, which shows that it survived many firearm injuries in the past. It did not however, survive the six 50-calib$r bullets fired at him by the group of amateur hunters from Jackson, who were finally able to take it down.

The bullets were confirmed as true musket from between 1850 and 1870.This incredible animal brings a whole new view on this large animal native to the southeastern United States. American alligators have been known for years to live well over 50 years and were thought capable of possibly living as long as 70 or 80 years，but this one was estimated to have been 185 years old at the time of its death.

Others like turtles, have been known to have lifespans of over 150 years, but it is the first of crocodile of such an old age ever found. It is also one of the biggest alligators ever killed in the United States. The heaviest ever recorded, weighing in at an unbelievable 1,011.5 lbs, was pulled out of a river in Alabama in August of this yea.

25. Which of the following facts about the nine wounds is amazing ?

A. They didn’t cause death to the alligator.

B. They were concentrated around the animals’ tail and hind legs

C. They left many dents and scars on the alligator.

D. They were left by musket from the Civil War era.

26. What can be learned about American alligators?

A.They have a lifespan of over 150 years.

B. They can live as long as 70 or 80 years.

C.They weigh as much as 910 pounds on average.

D.They are the biggest alligators of all

27. What can be inferred from the passage ?

A. People's understanding of American alligators may be changed.

B. Rivers in Alabama must be fiill of such huge alligators

C.American alligators are in danger of dying out,

D. The six 50-caliber buiiet is the most powerful one.

C

Two sculptures of life-size lions, each weighing about 5 tons in ancient times , have been discovered in what is now Turkey.The discovery of the massive lions, along with other pieces such as

a large stone basin about 7 feet in diameter, left the archaeologists with a mystery — what were they intended for?

A search of the surrounding area revealed no evidence of a Hittite settlement dating back to the time of the statues. Also, the steep size of the sculptures meant that the sculptors likely did not intend to move them very far.

Summers assumes that, rather than being meant for a palace or a great city, the lions were being created for a monument to mark something else 一 water.

“I think it's highly likely that that monument was going to be associated with one of the very abundant springs that are quite close/1 he said in the interview. "There are good parallels (平行线） for associations,of Hittite sculptural traditions with water sources.”

Indeed one well-known monument site, known as Eflatun Pnar, holds a sacred pool that “is fed by a spring beneath the pool itself” write Ylit Erbil and Alice Mouton in an article that was published in the most recent edition of the Journal of Near Eastern Studies，The two researchers were writing about water religions in ancient Anatolia (Turkey).

“According to the Hittite cimeifoitnC 楔形文字〉texts，water was seen as an effective purifying element，” Erbil and Mouton write,”used in the form of cleaning or even full baths during ritual performances, its cleaning power is self-cvident.”

To the Hittites the natural world, springs included, was a place of great religious importance, one worthy of monuments with giant lions. ”These things (water sources) were sacred, just as their mountains were sacred, ” Summers said.

28. According to the text ,how did the two Life-size lions impress archaeologists?

A. Very massive B.Well-constructed

C. Unbelievable D.Mysterious

29. According to Summers' assumption, why were the lions carved ?

A. They were mtended to be moved far away.

B. They were used as a monument in honor of their ancestor.

C.They were created as a monument to mark water.

D. They were built to mark 1heir territory.

30. What can be inferred from the text ?

A. Water was highly valued by the the Hittites,

B. There was a serious shortage of water in ancient Anatolia

C.Lions were of great religious importance

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