2023届广东省韶关市高三下学期4月综合测试（二）英语试题（含答案）

2023届广东省韶关市高三下学期4月综合测试（二）英语试题 学校:_____姓名：_____班级：_____考号：_____ 一、阅读理解 Staying at home and watching Netflix is quite cozy. To help you figure out what to watch, we take a dive into the collection and list some options released in the last year or so that are well-worth a watch. Penguin Bloom (2021) 95 mins, directed by Glendyn Ivin Naomi Watts stars in this emotional roller-coaster of a film about a woman struggling to recover from a catastrophic injury. After her children bring home an injured bird, her character’s efforts to nurse the magpie nicknamed “Penguin” back to health unfold in parallel with her own healing journey. Metal Lords (2022) 97 mins, directed by Peter Sollett Jaeden Martell and Adrian Green smith play a pair of teenage friends who decide to form a heavy metal band and enter their high school’s Battle of the Bands competition. What they don’t expect, however, is to have their friendship tested and to learn a lot more than about music when they recruit a shy cellist to join them. The Sea Beast (2022) 115 mins, directed by Chris Williams Chris Williams directs this animated high-sea adventure about a young girl who boards a famous monster-hunting ship secretly, only to discover that everything she thought she knew about monsters and hunters might be wrong. Karl Urban voices legendary hunter Jacob Holland in this all-age feature. Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (2022) 117 mins, directed by Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson One of Hollywood most visionary filmmakers turns his attention to one of the most beloved tales in children’s literature in this animated adaptation of Carlo Collodi’s 1883 novel The Adventures of Pinocchio. The film records Pinocchio’s chase to become a living boy—a journey that brings him through one adventure after another. 1．What is the purpose of this passage A．To introduce famous directors. B．To give instructions on diving. C．To advertise for Netflix company. D．To offer movie recommendations. 2．Which film would probably encourage viewers who suffer from pain A．Penguin Bloom. B．Metal Lords. C．The Sea Beast. D．Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio. 3．What do the last two films have in common A．They are animations. B．They last over two hours. C．They are based on real adventures. D．They are adapted from children’s novels. My father, Michael, led me through the outside shed he’d filled with his paintings. “When I have an exhibition…” he began, pointing to the artworks he’d created, before stopping. Poor Pa, I thought. In 1994 he’d been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease only in his forties. But after finding the right medication, he could continue on as normal and so had our family—Parkinson’s just wasn’t something we spoke about. A husband and father to three, he had had a successful career and had always been extremely creative. Even when his Parkinson’s advanced, my father decided to attend a painting course. In art lessons, the class pra ... ...