江苏省南通市2018-2019学年高一下学期期末考试英语试题 （无听力题含解析）

江苏省南通市2018-2019学年高一下学期期末考试英语试题 第一部分听力（共两节，满分20分 省略） 第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分） 第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30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。 A Tate Modern，London，UK Together with three other Tate museums. Tate Modern located in London is a national museum of international音 modern art. It is one of the largest museums of modern and contemporary art in the world. Most of the exhibit items are open to the public for free，only charging for major temporary（临时的）exhibitions. The Musee du Louvre，Paris，France It is the world's largest and most visited art museum and a historical land mark of Paris. Housed in the Louvre Palace，the museum has been added to many times since its opening in 1793. Its glass pyramid in the main courtyard was designed by Chinese American architect Ieoh Ming Pei，and it later became a signature design of the museum. appearing in the hit thriller The Da Vinci Code starring Tom Hanks and Audrey Tautou. National Museum of China, Beijing, China Near Tiananmen Square in Beijing, it's one of the largest museums in the world and the second-most visited art museum in the world, just after the Musee du Louvre. Covering a time span from the Yuanmou Man of 1.7 million years ago to the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), the museum houses around 1. 05 million items-and many cannot be found in museums elsewhere. State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Russia The State Hermitage Museum is the second-largest art museum in the world. The public can visit five of the main buildings: the Winter Palace, Small Hermitage, Old Hermitage, New Hermitage and Hermitage Theatre. Frequently seen in pop culture. it often appears as a setting for films. TV series, novels and even video games. 1. Tate Modem, London, UK is attractive partly in that. A. it is a national museum with three branches B. entry to most of its exhibitions is free of charge C. its exhibitions range from ancient art to modern art D. visitors can purchase some wonderful exhibit items 2. What do we know about The Musee du Louvre? A. It often serves as a setting for films. B. It slays the same as it was when first built. C. It is the most visited art museum in the world. D. It was designed by a Chinese American architect. 3. Which museum displays unique items from the Yuanmou Man? A. Tate Modern. London, UK. B. The Musee du Louvre, Paris, France. C. National Museum of China, Beijing. China. D. State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Russia. B Grandparents are respected in many human societies. But telling stories about old times and overfeeding grandchildren seem like human qualities. Are these classic grandparent behaviors really limited to humans？ Do any animals know their grandparents the way people do? For most species on Earth，the answer is certainly “No”. "Usually，there aren't grandparents around anymore when an animal is born，"said Mirkka Lahdenpera，a biologist at the University of Turku in ... ...