1、高考维“升”素16艺术殿堂(时间:30分钟 分值:56分)维A 阅读理解(每题2分,满分8分) (2012新课标全国卷)Are you looking for some new and exciting places to take your kids to?Try some of these places:Visit art museums.They offer a variety of activities to excite your kids interest.Many offer workshops for making handmade pieces,traveling exhib
2、its,book signings (签名) by childrens favorite writers,and even musical performances and other arts.Head to a natural history museum.This is where kids can discover the past from dinosaur models to rock collections and pictures of stars in the sky.Also,ask what kind of workshops and educational progra
3、ms are prepared for kids and any special events that are coming up.Go to a Youtheater.Look for one in your area offering plays for child and family visitors.Preshow play shops are conducted by area artists and educators where kids can discover the secret about performing arts.Puppet (木偶) making and
4、stage makeup are just a couple of the special offerings you might find.Try handson_science.Visit one of the many handson science museums around the country.These science playlands are great fun for kids and grownups alike.Theyll keep your child mentally and physically active the whole day through wh
5、ile pushing buttons,experimenting,and building.When everyone is tired,enjoy a fun family science show,commonly found in these museums.【语篇解读】 想要为孩子寻找新鲜而又刺激地方吗?形形色色的寓教于乐的博物馆是非常理想的选择。1If a child is interested in the universe,he probably will visit _.Aa YoutheaterBan art museumCa natural history museumD
6、a handson science museum答案C考查细节理解。根据Head to a natural history museum一段中的第二句话可知,孩子们在这里可以了解大自然发展的历史,故C项正确。2What can kids do at a Youtheater?ALook at rock collections.BSee dinosaur models.CWatch puppet making.DGive performances.答案C考查细节理解。根据Go to a Youtheater一段的内容可知,在这里孩子们可以看到木偶的制作,了解舞台化妆等内容。3What does
7、“handson science” mean in the last paragraph?AScience games designed by kids.BLearning science by doing things.CA show of kids science work.DReading science books.答案B考查推理判断。根据Try handson science一段的内容可知,“handson science”的意思是孩子们通过自己动手来学习和体验科学知识。4Where does this text probably come from?AA science textb
8、ook. BA tourist map.CA museum guide. DA news report.答案C考查推理判断。综合文章的内容,可判断本文出自一份博物馆宣传册。维B 完形填空(每题1.5分,满分30分)选材网站:高考曾用材料:2010山东卷完形填空选材相似度:设题相似度:难度系数:Dorothy Brown was very happy as she sat in the theatre listening to the music.Today her little daughter Lauren was giving her _1_ concert.She had been wa
9、iting for this _2_ for years and years.“Now it is here at last,” she thought.“How beautiful her _3_ is!”The song made her _4_ to the days when she was Laurens _5_.As a young _6_,Dorothy wanted to be a concert singer.She studied _7_ in France,Italy and in the United States.“You can become a fine _8_
10、in the future,”her teachers told her.“But you must be _9_ to study hard and work for many years.There will be _10_ time for anything but music in your life.”Dorothy was _11_ at that time and she was _12_ that music was all she wanted or needed to _13_ her life.For almost a year Dorothy _14_ of nothi
11、ng else.Then she _15_ David,a young engineer travelling Europe.They soon fell in _16_.David asked her to be his _17_.Dorothy also wanted to marry David.But she loved _18_,too.She didnt know what to do.David was against her being a singer.He said,“If you want to be a singer,you must forget about gett
12、ing married.You cant _19_ do both.” Thus her days were gone and would never return.Now Lauren became a singer instead of her,which was her _20_.【语篇解读】 本文使用倒叙的形式述说了Dorothy学习音乐的故事。1A.sorry Bsuccessful Cfirst Dwonderful答案C由下文的“这一时刻她等了好多年了”来看,这里说的是女儿第一次演出。由于演唱会没有开始,结果未知,因此可排除选项A、B和D。2A.dance Bmoment Csh
13、ow Dparty答案B由下文可知,Dorothy Brown也曾学习过音乐,但由于认识David并结婚而影响了自己在音乐方面的发展,现在正好让女儿来完成自己的心愿。由此可知,她“盼望这一时刻好多年了”。3A.voice Bface Cdress Dlife答案A由“今天小女儿Lauren将举办演唱会”来看,此处说的是“她的声音真美”。4A.think of Bbring backCgo back Dcome back答案C此处意为“女儿的演出使她想到了和女儿一般大的时候的事情”。下面是回忆自己以往学习音乐的情况。go back to the days.意为“回忆起的日子”。5A.age Bf
14、riend Cmother Dteacher答案A表示“和Lauren年纪相仿时”,故选A。6A.musician Bpop star Clady Dgirl答案D由上文“she”可知选D。7A.French Bmusic Cpiano Ddance答案B由上下文可知“她曾在法国、意大利和美国学习过音乐”。8A.actress Bstudent Csinger Ddancer答案C由上下文可知,此处是老师告诉她她以后有能力成为一名出色的歌唱家。9A.prepared Blearning Cdriven Dwaiting答案A前面说“你有能力成为一名出色的歌唱家”,现在话锋一转,“但是你必须准备
15、好努力学习、刻苦勤奋很多年”。be prepared to do sth表示“准备做某事”。10A.some Bany Cno Denough答案C这是老师继续说的话:你要把全部时间用于音乐,不能用在其他方面。11A.eight Beighteen Ceighty Deightyeight答案B由Dorothy遇到了David并与他结婚来看,当时她的年龄不可能是8岁、80岁或88岁。当时Dorothy为18岁比较合理。12A.lucky Bsure Cafraid Dfond答案B此处指“她确信”。13A.fill Blive Clead Dtake答案Afill ones life意为“充实
16、生活”。14A.heard Bknew Ctalked Dthought答案D“有接近一年的时间,Dorothy什么也不想”,这里说的是她一心扑在学习音乐上。15A.saw off Blearned from Cheard of Dmet with答案D“她遇到了在欧洲旅游的David”。meet with意为“遇到,偶然碰到”。16A.love Bfeeling Cmusic Dtouch答案A从下文Dorothy也想嫁给他来看,这里说的是他们见面后不久就相爱了。fall in love(with sb/sth)意为“爱上某人或某物”。17A.assistant Bteacher Cwife
17、 Dstudent答案C从上文“他们相爱”可推测,此处说的是“David要她做他的妻子”。18A.him Bengineering Cherself Dmusic答案DDorothy也想嫁给David,“但是她也爱音乐”,她不知道该怎么办。19A.certainly Bpossibly Conly Dmainly答案B由“forget about”可知此处指“你二者不可能兼得”。possibly可以与cant连用,表示“不可能”。20A.thought Bhope Cpurpose Dwill答案B从上下文特别是“Now Lauren became a singer instead of he
18、r”可推测,Dorothy 想成为歌唱家的愿望由女儿实现了,故此处用hope。will往往含有“遗嘱,遗愿”的意思,在此不合情理。维C 阅读理解(每题2分,满分8分)选材网站:http:/高考曾用材料:2012新课标全国卷C篇选材相似度:设题相似度:难度系数:The visual arts are those creations we can look at,such as a drawing or a painting,sculpture,architecture and photography,etc.Any one of these disciplines is a type of vi
19、sual art.This is the simple explanation.However,the history of “the arts” is not so simple.“The arts”,as a term,has an interesting history.During the Middle Ages,the arts were only limited to seven in number and did not involve creating anything at which people looked.They were grammar,music,rhetori
20、c,dialectic logic,arithmetic,geometry and astronomy.These seven arts were known as the fine arts,in order to distinguish them from the “useful arts”Why? Only “fine” peoplethose who didnt do manual laborstudied them.At some point in the following centuries,people realized there was a difference betwe
21、en a science and an art.The phrase “fine arts” came to mean anything that had been created to please the senses. After losing the sciences,the list now included music,dance,opera and literature,as well as what we normally think of as “art”: painting,sculpture,architecture and the decorative arts.Wit
22、hin the world of the visual arts,people still make distinctions between “fine arts” and everything elseand it gets really confusing,at times.For instance,well talk about painting and sculpture,and automatically consider these as fine arts.The decorative arts,which are,sometimes,of a finer nature and
23、 craftsmanship than fine arts,are not called “fine”Additionally,visual artists sometimes refer to themselves as fine artists,as opposed to commercial artists.But some commercial art is really wonderful“fine” I would say.It would really simplify matters if we could all just stick with visual,auditory
24、,performance or literarywhen we speak of the artsand remove “fine” altogether.Notes:craftsmanship n技艺auditory adj.听觉的长短句分析:It would really simplify matters if we could all just stick with visual,auditory,performance or literarywhen we speak of the artsand remove “fine” altogether.句法点睛:这是个主从复合句,It wo
25、uld really simplify matters为主句,if引导的是条件状语从句,其中含有一个时间状语从句when we speak of the arts。句意:艺术将真得让事情简单化,如果我们只局限于视觉、听觉、表演或文学当我们谈到艺术的时候并且彻底将“精细”划分从我们的观念中清除。【语篇解读】 本文为说明文。全文主要介绍了何谓“视觉艺术”,其包括哪些艺术形式等。1The concept of the visual arts contains the following EXCEPT _.Apainting BsculptureCgeometry Darchitecture答案C细节
26、理解题。从文章开头“The visual arts are those creations we can look at,such as a drawing or a painting,sculpture,architecture and photography,etc.”一句可知C为正确答案。2During the Middle Ages,the arts _.Awere more than seven in numberBonly referred to the fine artsCcontained the fine arts and the useful artsDwere studi
27、ed by common people答案B细节理解题。从第二段可知,在中世纪时,艺术仅局限于被称为fine arts的七种艺术形式。3Why do the visual artists call themselves fine artists?AThey think visual artists are more respectable.BThey think their arts are more impressive than other arts.CThey want to emphasize they differ from commercial artists.DThey thin
28、k arts should be commercialized.答案C细节理解题。从最后一段第一句可知,视觉艺术家自称为fine artists是为了和所谓的commercial artists区分开来。4According to the author,the fine arts _.Aare better than other art formsBis a proper concept to refer to artsCis not an accurate term to classify artsDare often admired by visual artists答案C细节理解题。从倒
29、数第二段最后一句和最后一段可知,作者认为fine arts的定义并不准确,且给艺术的分类带来不便。维D 根据短文内容,从下框的AF选项中选出能概括每一段主题的最佳选项。选项中有一项为多余项。(每题2分,满分10分)Smokings bad for your health,but exactly how does quitting make life better?1.Stopping smoking has been found to slow facial ageing and delay the appearance of wrinkles.The skin of a nonsmoker
30、gets more nutrients,including oxygen,and can reverse the sallow,lined complexion that smokers often have.2.People breathe more easily and cough less when they give up smoking because their lung capacity improves by up to 10% within nine months.In your 20s and 30s,the effect of smoking on your lung c
31、apacity may not be noticeable until you go for a run,but lung capacity naturally diminishes with age.In later years,having maximum lung capacity can mean the difference between having an active,healthy old age and wheezing when going for a walk or climbing the stairs.3.Half of all longterm smokers d
32、ie early from smokingrelated diseases,including heart disease,lung cancer and chronic bronchitis.Men who quit smoking by 30 add 10 years to their life.People who kick the habit at 60 add three years to their life.In other words,its never too late to benefit from stopping.Quitting not only adds years
33、 to your life,but it also greatly improves the chance of a diseasefree,mobile,happier old age.4.Scientific studies show that peoples stress levels are lower after they stop smoking.Nicotine addiction makes smokers stressed from the “withdrawal” between cigarettes.The pleasant feeling of satisfying t
34、hat craving is only temporary and is not a real cure for stress.Also,the improved levels of oxygen in the body mean that exsmokers can concentrate better and have increased mental wellbeing.5.Within 2 to 12 weeks of stopping smoking,the circulation improves.This makes all physical activity,including walking and running,much easier.Quitting boosts the immune system,making it easier to fight off colds and flu.The increase in oxygen in the body makes exsmokers less tired and less likely to have headaches.So people will become more energetic.答案1.F2.D3.A4.C5.B版权所有:高考资源网()版权所有:高考资源网()