江西省九江市修水县第二中学2024-2025学年高三上学期12月月考英语试题（含答案）

保密★启用前 江西省修水县第二中学2024-2025学年度上学期12月阶段测试 高三英语试题 时间：120分钟 总分：150分 二、阅读理解 A Ireland may be relatively small, but its dramatic coasts, country roads, and historic cities have visitors wishing for more time. To help maximize your trip, we consulted local experts for their best bets. Coumshingaun John G. O’ Dwyer, the author of 50 Best Irish Walks, said his favorite is a hike that leads to Coumshingaun, a lake hidden in County Waterford’s Comeragh Mountains, where 18th-century highwayman William Crotty is said to have hidden his treasure. “You can accomplish it in four hours and it’s still off the beaten path,” says O’ Dwyer. Traditional pubs Doheny & Nesbitts is a great traditional Irish bar in Dublin. The Victorian classic is known as the Doheny & Nesbitt School of Economics. In Bray, Harbour Bar brings a bit of everything with great music, great food in the Fish Bar and great beer. Dating from the 1880s, the old drinking hole feels at once like a home of an Irish classic. Saltee Islands Puffins (海鹦) arrive from the Atlantic to County Wexford’s Saltee Islands bird reserve and County Kerry’s Skellig Michael from May to July (book boat trips well in advance). You can easily take a cellphone or camera photo. Watch for puffins bringing fish into their burrows, or moments when they turn their heads. Trinity’s Old Library The ninth-century Book of Kells combines calligraphy, creativity, and an amazing state of preservation. The book is housed in Trinity’s Old Library, a 213-foot-long room said to have influenced Star Wars. This summer is a special time to visit, with the last of the storehouse’s 200,000 works being recovered ahead of a major restoration. Visitors can watch staff cautiously removing the treasures. 21. What is the best time to attend Saltee Islands A. Dec.30. B. Oct.26. C. Aug.14. D. Jun.10. 22. What can we know about Book of Kells A. It has a history of 12 centuries. B. The author of Star Wars created it. C. Half of the content has been lost. D. Its adaptation will be displayed in autumn. 23. Where is this text probably taken from A. The Economist. B. The Celebrity. C. New Scientist. D. National Geographic. B At most schools in the U. S. it’s customary to have a cheer squad (啦啦队) to support athletics. Cheerleaders drum up excitement before games, put on jaw—dropping routines at games, and provide support on the sidelines of most events. But students who participate in performing and visual arts seldom receive the same displays of support as athletes do. A group of students at Mountain View High School in Orem, Utah, decided to change that fact by creating a cheer squad just for the arts. Their school’s athletics cheer squad is called the Bruin Crazies so they named their artistic cheer squad the Bruin Classies! This is a new brand with which they could create something for all of the arts, whether it is band, dance show, photography and art galleries—to give them some publi ... ...