新疆生产建设兵团第二中学2024-2025学年高三下学期2月月考英语试题（含答案）

兵团二中2025届高三年级2月月考英语试题 第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分50分） 第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A Museums have changed. We’ll always have the Met in New York and the Louvre in Paris, but nowadays you’ll find a museum for absolutely everything and everyone. Here are some interesting museums. Museum of Bad Art (Boston, Massachusetts) The mission of MOBA is to collect, exhibit and celebrate art that will be shown in no other venue. Highlights include Lucy in the Field with Flowers, a painting found in 1993 leaning against a trash barrel, waiting for garbage collection. This painting was the first of the MOBA collection. A low point and a must-see--is the painting Our Lady or Perpetual Housework. The Mob Museum (Las Vegas, Nevada) This 1933 former U. S. post office and federal courtroom was bought by the city of Las Vegas in 2002 for $1,with the condition it be used for something cultural, like a museum. Officially the National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement, this museum tells a visual story of the war between the mob and the police. The museum ends its tour by inviting you into a fully operational--and legal-- speakeasy. International Tennis Hall of Fame (Newport, Rhode island) This museum was built on the site of the first United States National Lawn Tennis Championships in188 l (which grew into the U. S. Open in New York). A highlight is a Kings Court for "court tennis," first played by monks and kings dating back to 1538. In this ancient game, the ball can bounce off the walls and windows and still be in play.There are only 10 such courts in North America, as they cost approximately $3 million to make. 1. What do we know about the Museum of Bad Art A. Its collections are all masterpieces. B. It is the most popular museum in Boston. C. It only exhibits paintings found near trash barrels. D. It aims to show art not displayed elsewhere. 2. Why was the former U.S. post office and federal courtroom sold for just $1 A. Because the city agreed to use it for cultural purposes. B. Because the building was linked with illegal activities. C. Because the owner wanted to give it away for charity. D. Because the building was in bad condition. 3. Where might this passage be taken from A. A sports brochure. B. A travel magazine. C. A history textbook. D. A research paper. B When Hurricane Douglas came barreling toward Oahu in 2020, David Sischo quickly packed up and drove to higher ground. But he wasn't shifting his family. He was shifting snails. Sischo works with some of the rarest endangered species on the planet, k huli--Hawaii's native tree snails. The colorful, jewel-like snails were once so abundant. It's said they were like Christmas ornaments covering the trees.Almost all of the 750 different species were found only in Hawaii. Today, more than half of those species are gone, the extinctions happening in the span of a human lif ... ...