辽宁省朝阳市建平县第二高级中学2020届高三英语10月月考试卷

-1-辽宁省朝阳市建平县第二高级中学2020届高三英语10月月考试题第一部分第一节听力(略)第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）第一节（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）AExhibitionsintheBritishMuseumHokusai:beyondtheGreatWaveKatsushikaHokusai(1760-1849)iswidelyregardedasoneofJapan'smostfamousandinfluentialartists.Heproducedworksofastonishingqualityrightupuntilhisdeathattheageof90.Thisnewexhibitionwillleadyouonanartisticjourneythroughthelast30yearsofHokusai'slife—atimewhenheproducedsomeofhismostmemorablemasterpieces.25May—13August2017Room35Adults￡12,Members/under16sfreePlacesofthemind:Britishwatercolorlandscapes1850-1950DrawnfromtheBritishMuseum'srichcollection,thisisthefirstexhibitiondevotedtolandscapedrawingsandwatercolorsbyBritishartistsintheVictorianandmoderneras—twohalvesofverydifferentcenturies.23February—27August2017Room90Free,justdropinScythians(斯基泰人):warriorsofancientSiberiaThismajorexhibitionexploresthestoryoftheScythians—nomadictribesandmastersofmountedwarfare,whoflourished(繁荣)between900and200BC.TheirencounterswiththeGreeks,AssyriansandPersianswerewrittenintohistorybutforcenturiesalltraceoftheirculturewaslost—buriedbeneaththeice.14September2017—14January2018Room30Adults￡16.50,Members/under16sfreePoliticsandparadise:IndianpopularprintsfromtheMoscatelliGiftThisdisplayispartoftheMuseum'scontributiontotheIndia-UKYearofCulture2017.ItlooksatthepopularprintcultureofIndiafromthe1880suntilthe1950s.19July—3September2017Room92Free,justdropin21．Ifyouareinterestedinpaintingsofnaturalscenery,youwillprobablygoto______.A.Room35B.Room90C.Room30D.Room9222．Whichexhibitionbestsuitthetasteofanexpertinancientcivilization?A.Hokusai:beyondtheGreatWave.B.Scythians:warriorsofancientSiberia.C.Placesofthemind:Britishwatercolorlandscapes1850-1950.-2-D.Politicsandparadise:IndianpopularprintsfromtheMoscatelliGift.23．Wherecanwemostprobablyfindthepassage?A.inahealthreportB.inastorybookC.inapatentingmagazineD.inatourguideBItwasaphysicalclass．Butitwasnothinglikepreviousones—theclasswas“attended”byover60millionstudentsacrossChina,andtheteacherwasnotevenontheplanet:shewas340kilometersabovetheearth．“Hello,everyone．I’mWangYaping．I’llhostyourlecturetoday．”Smilingtothecamera,Wang,China’ssecondfemaleastronaut,startedhervideoclassonJune20onboardtheTiangong-1spacestation．ToshowhowNewton’sLawsworkinspace,Wangandherfellowastronautsusedsimpleitemslikeballsandspinningtops．ThehighlightofthelecturewaswhenWangmadeafilmofwaterusingametalring,somethingthatonlyhappensinzerogravity,wherethesurfacetension（张力）ofwaterismuchhigherthanitisontheearth．Shethentookitastepfurtherbypouringmorewaterontothefilmandturningitintoawaterball,leavingtheaudienceamazedbywhattheysaw．The40-minutelessonseemedtohavepassedtooquicklyforstudentstoseeenoughofthosemagicalexperiments．Butsendingstuffintospaceisreallyexpensive．AccordingtoTheBeijingTimes,everykilogramlaunchedintospacecost20,000dollars．Theexperimentalitemstakenthistimewereallstrictlyselectedandweighedabout2．9kilogramsintotal．Thisaddsuptoquitealargepricetag．Theorganizersoftheeventalsohadtoconsiderthetimeofday:thecommunicationsignalbetweentheearthandTiangong-1wasbestduringthatspecific40minutes,whenthespacecraftwasflyingwithinthecoverageofalloftheground-basedtestingstations．24．Whyistheclassdifferentfromacommonone?A．Becauseittook40minutes．B．Becauseover60millionstudentsacrosstheworldattendedit．C．Becausethelecturerwasinspace．D．Becausetheteacherwasontheplanet．25．Oneoftheexperimentsshows．A．objectmotionunderweightconditionsB．howNewton’sLawsworkontheearthC．lawsofphysicsunderweightconditionsD．lawsofphysicsunderweightlessconditions26．Whichphrasecanbestreplacetheunderlinedwordsinthepassage?A．madeathinlayerofwater．B．recordedmovingpicturesofwater．C．tookaphotoofwater．D．alltheabove．27．Whichofthefollowingstatementscanbethebesttitleofthepassage?A．TeachingExperiments．B．TeachingonPhysics．C．TeachingfromtheSky．D．TeachingbyanAstronaut．-3-CAsInternetusersbecomemoredependentontheInternettostoreinformation，arepeoplerememberless？Ifyouknowyourcomputerwillsaveinformation，whystoreitinyourownpersonalmemory，yourbrain？ExpertsarewonderingiftheInternetischangingwhatwerememberandhow．Inarecentstudy，ProfessorBetsySparrowconductedsomeexperiments．SheandherresearchteamwantedtoknowtheInternetischangingmemory．Inthefirstexperiment，theygavepeople40unimportantfactstotypeintoacomputer．Thefirstgroupofpeopleunderstoodthatthecomputerwouldsavetheinformation．Thesecondgroupunderstoodthatthecomputerwouldnotsaveit．Later，thesecondgrouprememberedtheinformationbetter．Peopleinthefirstgroupknewtheycouldfindtheinformationagain，sotheydidnottrytorememberit．Inanotherexperiment，theresearchersgavepeoplefactstoremember，andtoldthemwheretofindtheinformationontheInternet．Theinformationwasinaspecificcomputerfolder(文件夹)．Surprisingly，peoplelaterrememberthefolderlocationbetterthanthefacts．WhenpeopleusetheInternet，theydonotremembertheinformation．Rather，theyrememberhowtofindit．Thisiscalledtransactivememory(交互记忆)．AccordingtoSparrow，wearenotbecomingpeoplewithpoormemoriesasaresultoftheInternet．Instead，computerusersaredevelopingstrongertransactivememories；thatis，peoplearelearnin