历史文化类高考英语阅读理解

『壹』 2018年高考英语全国卷1 - 阅读理解A

Washington, D.C. Bicycle Tours
华盛顿特区自行车之旅

Cherry Blossom Bike Tour in Washington, D.C.
华盛顿特区樱花自行车之旅。

Duration: 3 hours
时长：3小时

This small group bike tour is a fantastic way to see a world-famous cherry trees with beautiful flowers of Washington, D.C. Your guide will provide a history lesson about the trees and the famous monuments where they blossom. Reserve your spot before availability — the cherry blossoms—disappear!
这个小型团体自行车之旅可以观赏华盛顿特区世界著名的樱花盛放。导游将介绍有关樱花以及绽放处著名纪念碑的历史课程。记住在樱花凋谢之前预定好！

Washington Capital Monuments Bicycle Tour
华盛顿首都纪念碑自行车之旅

Duration:3 hours (4 miles)
时长：3小时（4英里）

Join a guided bike tour and view some of the most popular monuments in Washington, D.C. Explore the monuments and memorials on the National Mall as your guide shares unique facts and history at each stop. Guided tour includes bike, helmet, cookies and bottled water.
加入一个有导游的自行车之旅，参观华盛顿特区一些最受欢迎的纪念碑。一边听导游在每一站分享不为人知的史实，一边探寻国家广场上的纪念碑和雕塑。旅游包括自行车、头盔、饼干和瓶装水。

Capital City Bike Tour in Washington, D.C.
华盛顿首都自行车之旅。

Duration:3 hours
时长：3小时

Morning or Afternoon, this bike tour is the perfect tour for D. C. newcomers and locals looking to experience Washington, D.C. in a healthy way with minimum effort. Knowledgeable guides will entertain you with the most, interesting stories about Presidents, Congress, memorials, and parks. Comfortable bikes and a smooth tour route make cycling between the sites fun and relaxing.
不管是早上还是下午，对于那些想要以一种最为轻松的健康方式，体验华盛顿特区的新访客和当地人来说，这趟自行车之旅都是完美的。知识渊博的导游将为您介绍关于总统、国会、雕塑和公园的最有趣的故事。舒适的自行车和流畅的旅游路线让在不同地点之间骑自行车变得有趣和放松。

Washington Capital Sites at Night Bicycle Tour
华盛顿首都夜景自行车之旅

Duration:3 hours(7miles)
持续时间：3小时（7英里）

Join a small group bike tour for an evening of exploration in the heart of Washington, D.C. Get up close to the monuments and memorials as you bike the sites of Capitol Hill and the National Mall. Frequent stops are made for photo taking as your guide offers unique facts and history. Tour includes bike, helmet, and bottled water. All riders are equipped with reflective vests and safety lights.
加入一个小型团体自行车之旅，夜游华盛顿特区的中心地带。当你骑自行车经过国会山和国家广场时，你要靠近纪念碑和雕塑。当导游介绍不为人知的史实时，我们会经常停下来拍照。旅游包括自行车、头盔和瓶装水。所有骑手都配有反光背心和安全灯。

『贰』 2020年高考英语全国卷2 - 阅读理解A

History, Culture & Landscape. Discover and enjoy 4 centuries of history, 5 acres of celebrated and award-winning gardens with parkland walk. Owned by the Hasell family since 1679, home to the International Marmalade Festival. Gifts and antiques, plant sales, museums & Mediaeval Hall Tearoom.
历史、文化与景观。探索并欣赏4个世纪的历史，以及5英亩著名的带花园步道的获奖花园。花园自1679年起属于哈塞尔家族，是国际果酱节的举办地。礼品和古董、植物销售、博物馆和中世纪大厅茶室。

Open: 29 Mar- 29 Oct, Sun to Thurs.
开放时间：3月29日——10月29日，周日至周四。

Tearoom, Gardens & Gifts Shop: 10.30 – 17.30 (16:00 in Oct).
茶室、花园、礼品店：10:30–17:30（10月至16:00）。

House: 11.15 – 16:00 (15.00 in Oct)
房子：11:15 –16:00（10月至15:00）

Town: Pooley Bridge & Penrith
小镇：普尔桥和佩里思

Those viewing the quality of Abbot Hall’s temporary exhibitions may be forgiven for thinking they are in a city gallery. The impressive permanent collection includes Turners and Romneys and the temporary exhibition programme has Canaletto and the artists from St Ives.
那些观看Abbot Hall 临时展览的人可能会认为他们在城市美术馆，这是可以理解的。令人印象深刻的永久藏品包括特纳和罗姆尼，临时展品包括卡纳莱托和来自圣艾夫斯的画家。

Open: Min to Sat and Summer Sundays.10.30-17.00 Summer,10.30-16.00 Winter.
开放时间：上午至周六和夏季周日。夏季10.30-17.00，冬季10.30-16.00。

Town: Kendal
小镇：肯德尔

Discover, explore and enjoy award-winning Tullie House, where historic collections, contemporary art and family fun are brought together in one impressive museum and art gallery. There are four fantastic galleries to visit from fine art to interactive fun, so there’s something for everyone!
发现、探索并欣赏获过奖的图利之家，在一个令人印象深刻的博物馆和美术馆里，将历史藏品、当代艺术和家庭乐趣汇集在一起。从精美艺术到互动娱乐，这里有四个奇妙的画廊可供参观，所以这里适合每个人！

Open: High Season 1 Apr-31 Oct: Mon to Sat 10.00-17.00,Sun 11.00-17.00.
开放时间：旺季 4月1日至10月31日：周一至周六 10.00-17.00，周日 11:00-17:00。
Low Season 1 Nov-31 Mar: Mon to Sat 10.00-16.30,Sun 12.00-16.30
淡季 11月1日至3月31日：周一至周六 10:00-16:30，周日 12:00-16:30

Town: Carlisle
小镇：卡莱尔

Discover William Wordsworth’s inspiration home. Take a tour of his Lakeland cottage, walk through his hillside garden and explore the riches of the collection in the Museum. Visit the shop and relax in the café. Exhibitions, events and family activities throughout the year.
探索威廉·华兹华斯的灵感之家。参观他的湖滨别墅，穿过山坡花园，探索博物馆中丰富的藏品。参观商店，在咖啡馆里放松。全年有展览、活动和家庭活动。

Open: Daily,09.30-17.30(last admission 17.00).
开放时间：每天 09:30-17:30（最后入场时间17:00）。

Town: Grasmere
小镇：格拉斯米尔

『叁』 2022年高考英语全国乙卷 - 阅读理解A

Henry Raeburn（1756-1823）
亨利·雷伯恩（1756-1823）

The Exhibition
展览

This exhibition of some sixty masterpieces celebrating the life and work of Scotland's best loved painter, Sir Henry Raeburn, comes to London. Selected from collections throughout the world, it is the first major exhibition of his work to be held in over forty years.
这场展览将在伦敦举行，展出苏格兰最受欢迎的画家亨利·雷伯恩爵士的60多幅杰作，以纪念他的一生和作品。展品选自世界各地，是他四十多年来首次举办的大型作品展。

Lecture Series
系列讲座

Scottish National Portrait Gallery presents a series of lectures for the general public. They are held in the Lecture Room. Admission to lectures is free.
苏格兰国家肖像画廊为公众举办了一系列讲座。演讲厅举行，免费入场。

An Introction to Raeburn
雷伯恩简介

Sunday 26 Oct., 15.00
10月26日（周日）15:00

DUNCAN THOMSON
邓肯·汤姆森

Raeburn's English Contemporaries
雷伯恩的英国同时代人

Thursday 30 Oct., 13.10
10月30日（周四）13:10

JUDY EGERTON
朱迪·埃格顿

Characters and Characterisation in Raeburn's Portraits
雷伯恩肖像画中的人物与人物塑造

Thursday 6 Nov., 13.10
11月6日（周四）13:10

NICHOLAS PHILLIPSON
尼古拉斯·菲利普森

Raeburn and Artist's Training in the 18th Century
18世纪的雷伯恩与艺术家们的训练

Thursday 13 Nov., 13.10
11月13日（周四）13:10

MARTIN POSTLE
马丁·波斯特尔

Exhibition Times
展出时间

Monday - Saturday 10.00 - 17.45 Sunday 12.00- 17.45
周一至周六 10:00-17:45 周日12:00-17:45

Last admission to the exhibition: 17.15. There is no re-admission.
展览最后入场时间：17:15。不能再次入场。

Closed: 24 - 26 December and 1 January.
关闭日期：12月24日至26日和1月1日。

Admission
门票

£4. Children under 12 years accompanied by an alt are admitted free.
£4。12岁以下儿童在成人陪同下免费入场。

Schools and Colleges
学校和学院

A special low entrance charge of £2 per person is available to all in full-time ecation, up to and including those at first degree level, in organised groups with teachers.
全日制教育的所有学生，包括那些参加有老师组织的第一学位课程的学生，都只需购买每人2英镑的特惠门票。

『肆』 2020年高考英语北京卷 - 阅读理解C

For the past five years, Paula Smith, a historian of science, has devoted herself to re-creating long-forgotten techniques. While doing research for her new book, she came across a 16th-century French manuscript consisting of nearly 1,000 sets of instructions, covering subjects from tool making to finding the best sand.
在过去五年里，科学历史学家保拉·史密斯一直致力于重现人们早已遗忘的技术。在为她的新书做研究时，她偶然发现了一本16世纪的法国手稿，包括近1000份说明书，涵盖范围从工具制作到如何寻找最佳沙子。

The author's intention remains as mysterious as his name; he may have been simply taking notes for his own records. But Smith was struck mainly by the fact that she didn't truly grasp any of the skills the author described. "You simply can't get an understanding of that handwork by reading about it," she says.
作者的意图如同他的名字一样神秘；他可能只是在为自己的记录做笔记。但让史密斯备受打击的是，她并没有真正掌握作者描述的任何技能。“你根本无法通过阅读来理解手工作品”，她说。

Though Smith did get her hands on the best sand, doing things the old-fashioned way isn't just about playing around with French mud. Reconstructing the work of the craftsmen who lived centuries ago can reveal how they viewed the world, what objects filled their homes, and what went on in the workshops that proced them. It can even help solve present-day problems: In 2015, scientists discovered that a 10th-century English medicine for eve problems could kill a drug-resistant virus.
尽管史密斯确实得到了最好的沙子，但用传统的方法做事情并不只是玩法国泥。重建生活在几个世纪前的工匠作品可以揭示他们是如何看待世界，他们的家中装满的物品，以及这些物品在作坊里如何进行生产。它甚至可以帮助解决当代问题：2015年，科学家发现，一种用于解决女性问题的10世纪英国药物可以杀死耐药病毒。

The work has also brought insights for museums, Smith says. One must know how on object was made in order to preserve it. What's more, reconstructions might be the only way to know what treasures looked like before time wore them down. Scholars have seen this idea in practice with ancient Greek and Roman statues. These sculptures were painted a rainbow of striking colours. We can't appreciate these kinds of details without seeing works of art as they originally appeared-something Smith believes you can do only when you have a road map.
史密斯说，这项工作也为博物馆带来了启发。为了保存文物，人们必须知道这个物体是如何制作的。更重要的是，重建可能是了解宝藏在时间磨损之前是什么样子的唯一途径。学者们在古希腊和古罗马雕像的实践中看到了这种想法，这些雕塑被漆成了鲜艳的彩虹色。如果不看艺术作品最初出现的样子，我们无法欣赏这些细节——史密斯认为，只有当你有路线图时，你才能做到这一点。

Smith has put the manuscript's ideas into practice. Her final goal is to link the worlds of art and science back together: She believes that bringing the old recipes to life can help develop a kind of learning that highlights experimentation, teamwork, and problem solving.
史密斯把手稿的想法付诸实践。她最终的目标是将艺术和科学的世界重新联系起来：她相信，将古老的食谱带到生活中有助于发展一种强调实验、团队合作和解决问题的学习方式。

Back when science—then called “the new philosophy”—took shape, academics looked to craftsmen for help in understanding the natural world. Microscopes and telescopes were invented by way of artistic tinkering, as craftsmen experimented with glass to better bend light.
当科学——也就是所谓的“新哲学”——初具雏形时，学术界寻求工匠帮助理解自然世界。正如工匠尝试用玻璃更好地弯曲光线，显微镜和望远镜因为艺术修补而发明。

If we can rediscover the values of hands-on experience and craftwork, Smith says, we can marry the best of our modern insights with the handiness of our ancestors.
史密斯说，如果我们能重新发现动手经验和工艺的价值，我们就能把我们最好的现代洞察力与我们祖先的灵巧结合起来。

『伍』 高考英语阅读理解训练题及参考答案

2017高考英语阅读理解训练题及参考答案

高考英语阅读理解文章材料题材新颖，包括故事、传记、人物、传说、生活常识、社会文化、天文、史地、科普知识、政治、经济及名人逸事等。体裁也不一，有记叙文、说明文、议论文、应用文等。为了帮助大家熟悉各种材料，我整理了一些高考英语阅读理解题，希望能帮到大家!

高考英语阅读理解题【1】

A nobleman and a merchant once met in an inn. For their lunch they both ordered soup. When it was brought, the nobleman took a spoonful, but the soup was so hot that he burned his mouth and tears came to his eyes, The merchant asked him why he was weeping. The nobleman was ashamed to admit (承认) that he had burned his mouth and answered, “Sir, I once had a brother who committed a great crime (犯罪), for which he was hanged. I was thinking of his death, and that made me weep.” The merchant believed this story and began to eat his soup. He too burned his mouth, so that he had tears in his eyes. The nobleman noticed it and asked the merchant, “Sir, why do you weep?” The merchant, who now saw that the nobleman had deceived (欺骗) him, answered, “My lord(=master), I am weeping because you were not hanged together with your brother.”

1. This story teaches us ______.

A. not to eat in inns B. not to eat soup that is too hot

C.to cry when we burn our mouth D. not to believe everything you hear

2. The nobleman did not tell the truth because he ______.

A. was a nobleman felt ashamed C. was in an inn D. was angry

3. The nobleman should have ______.

A. smiled with joy B. shouted with laughter

C. told the truth D. scolded the waiter

4. It is probable that the nobleman ______.

A. had no brother who was hanged B. had a very good brother

C. knew the soup was too hot D. had never eaten soup

5. The merchant’s answer showed that be ______.

A. was very happy B. believed the nobleman

C. was angry with the nobleman D. had kind heart

高考英语阅读理解题【2】

In a very real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read. To have read Gulliver’s Travels is to have had the experience of listening to Jonathan Swift, of learning about man’s inhumanity (残酷) to man. To read Huckleberry Finn is to feel what it is like to drift (漂流) down the Mississippi River on a raft (木排). To have read Byron is to have suffered his rebellions with him and to have enjoyed his nose—thumbing at (对……的蔑视) society. To have read Native Son is to know how it feels to be frustrated (受挫折) in the particular way in which Blacks in Chicago are frustrated. This is effective communication (交流). It enables us to feel how others felt about life, even if they lived thousands of miles away and centuries age. It is not true that “We have only one life to live.” If we read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish.

1. The sentence “People who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read” suggests that ______.

A. reading stimulates(激发) a desire to travel

B. reading broadens(扩大) a person’s experience

C. people who read much live longer

D. people who read are more relaxed

2. The author implies that good literature ______.

A. must deal with social problems B. must teach a lesson

C. is varied in subject and in content (内容) D. is always exciting and heart--warming

3. According to the author, reading good literature ______.

A. proces new income B. is quite useless

C. satisfies the curious D. opens new worlds to us(眼界)

4. The underlined word effective in this passage means ______.

A. actual B. striking C. existing D. having an effect

高考英语阅读理解题【3】

When I lived in Spain, some Spanish friends of mine decided to visit England by car. Before they left, they asked me for advice about how to find accommodation (住所). I suggested that they should stay at ‘bed and breakfast’ houses, because this kind of accommodation gives a foreign visitor a good chance to speak English with the family. My friends listened to my advice, but they came back with some funny stories.

“We didn’t stay at bed and breakfast houses,” they said, “because we found that most families were away on holiday.”

I thought this was strange. Finally I understood what had happened. My friends spoke little English, and they thought ‘VACANCIES’ meant ‘holidays’, because the Spanish word for ‘holidays” is ‘vacaciones’. So they did not go to house where the sign outside said ‘VACANCLES’, which in English means there are free rooms. Then my friends went to house where the sign said ‘NO VACANCLES’, because they thought this meant the people who owned the house were not away on holiday. But they found that these houses were all full. As a result, they stayed at hotels!

We laughed about this and about mistakes my friends made in reading other signs. In Spanish, the word ‘DIVERSION’ means fun. In English, it means that workmen are repairing the road, and that you must take a different road. When my friends saw the word ‘DIVERSION’ on a road sign, they thought they were going to have fun. Instead, the road ended in a large hold.

English people have problems too when they learn foreign languages. Once in Paris. when someone offered me some more. coffee, I said ‘Thank you’ in French. I meant that I would like some more, However , to my surprise the coffee pot was taken away! Later I found out that ‘Thank you’ in French means ‘Mo, thank you.’

1. My Spanish friends wanted advice about ______.

A. learning English B. finding places to stay in England

C. driving their car on English roads D. going to England by car

2. I suggested that they stay at bed and breakfast houses because ______.

A. they would be able to practise their English

B. it would be much cheaper than staying in hotels

C. it would be convenient for them to have dinner

D. there would be no problem about finding accommodation there

3. “NO VACANCIES” in English means ______.

A. no free rooms B. free rooms C. not away on holiday D. holidays

4. If you see a road sign that says ‘Diversion’, you will ______.

A. fall into a hole

B. have a lot of fun and enjoy yourself

C. find that the road is blocked by crowds of people

D. have to take a different road

5. When someone offered me more coffee and I said ‘Thank you’ in French, I ______.

A didn’t really want any more coffee B. wanted them to take the coffee pot away

C. really wanted some more coffee D. wanted to express my politeness

6. I was surprised when the coffee pot was taken away because I ______.

A. hadn’t finished drinking my coffee B. was expecting another cup of coffee

C. meant that I didn’t want any more D. was never misunderstood

参考答案：

1D 2 B 3 C 4 A 5 C

1B 2 C 3 D 4 D

1B 2 A 3 A 4 D 5 C 6 B

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『陆』 2022年高考英语全国甲卷 - 阅读理解B

Goffin's cockatoos, a kind of small parrot native to Australasia, have been shown to have similar shape-recognition abilities to a human two-year-old. Though not known to use tools in the wild, the birds have proved skilful at tool use while kept in the cage. In a recent experiment, cockatoos were presented with a box with a nut inside it. The clear front of the box had a "keyhole" in a geometric shape, and the birds were given five differently shaped "keys" to choese from. Inserting the correct "key" would let out the nut.
戈芬的凤头鹦鹉是一种原产于澳大拉西亚的小鹦鹉，它的形状识别能力相当于两岁儿童。尽管野外的这些鸟不知道使用工具，但事实证明，在笼中长大弯吵的可以熟练使用。最近的一次实验中，给凤头鹦鹉一个盒子，盒子里有一颗坚果。盒子正面有一个几何形状的“钥匙孔”，给这些鸟五个不同形状的“钥匙”让它们从中选择。插入正确的“钥匙”坚果会掉出来。

In humans, babies can put a round shape in a round hole from around one year of age, but it will be another year before they are able to do the same with less symmetrical shapes. This ability to recognize that a shape will need to be turned in a specific direction before it will fit is called an "allocentric frame of reference". In the experiment, Goffin's cockatoos were able to select the right tool for the job, in most cases, by visual recognition alone. Where trial-and-error was used, the cockatoos did better than monkeys in similar tests. This indicates that Goffin's cockatoos do indeed possess an allocentric frame of reference when moving objects in space, similar to two-year-old babies.
人纯槐类的婴儿大约一岁左右就可以在圆孔中放入圆形物品，但要想在对称性较差的情况下也能做到这一点，还需要一年的时间。这种能够识别形状需要朝特定方向转动才能匹配的能力被称为“异中心参照系”。在实验中，戈芬的凤头鹦鹉能够在大多数情况下仅通过视觉识别来选择合适的工具。经过反复试验，类似的测试中，凤头鹦鹉比猴子表现更好。这表明，当在空中移动物体时，戈芬的凤头鹦鹉确实具有异中心参照系，类似于两岁的婴儿。

The next step, according to the researchers, is to try and work out whether the cockatoos rely entirely on visual clues, or also use a sense of touch in making their shape selections.
根据研究人员的说法，下一步是尝试确定做闹友凤头鹦鹉是完全依赖视觉线索，还是在选择形状时也使用触觉。

『柒』 1999年高考英语全国卷 - 阅读理解E

When a group of children politely stop a conversation with you, saying:“We have to go to work now,” you're left feeling surprised and certainly uneasy. After all, this is the 1990s and the idea of children working is just unthinkable. That is, until you are told that they are all pupils of stage schools and that the work“they go off” is to go on the stage in a theater.
当一群孩子礼貌地停止与你的对话，说：“我们现在得去上班了，”你会感到惊讶，当然也会感到不安。毕竟，现吵昌在是20世纪90年代，孩子们工作的想法是不可想象的，直到他们告诉你他们都是舞台学校的学生，“他们要去做”的工作就是在剧院的舞台上表演。

Stage schools often act as agencies to supply children for stage and television work. More worthy of the name “stage school” are those few places where children attend full time, with training for the theatre and a general ecation.
舞台学校经常充当中介机构为孩子们提供舞台和电视工作。更应该称之为“舞台学校”的是少数几个为孩子们提供全日制学习的地方，包括戏剧培训和常规教育。

A visit to such schools will leave you in no doubt that the children enjoy themselves. After all, what lively children wouldn't settle for spending only half the day doing ordinary school work, and acting, singing or dancing their way through the other half of the day?
毫无疑问，参观这样的学校，你会发现孩子们很开心。毕竟，活泼的孩子怎么会满足于只花半天时间做普通学校的作业，另半天时间表演、唱歌或跳舞呢？

Then of course there is time for the children to make a name and make a little money in some big shows. Some stage schools give their children too much professional work at such a young age. But the law is very tight on the amount they can do. Those under 13 are limited to 40 days in the year and those over 13 to 80 days.
当然，孩子们还有机会在一些大型演出中露脸并赚点小钱。一些舞台学校在孩子很小的时候就给他们提供了非常多的专业工作，但法律严格限制可以做的工作数量。13岁升锋扒以下的孩子一年基缺只能做40天，而13以上的孩子一年可以做80天。

The schools themselves admit that not all children will be successful in the profession for which they are being trained. So what happens to those who don't make it? While all the leading schools say they place great importance on children getting good study results, the facts seem to suggest this is not always the case.
学校承认，并不是所有的孩子都能在他们正在接受的职业中取得成功。那么，那些没有成功的孩子会怎样呢？虽然所有主要的学校都说他们非常重视孩子取得好的学习成绩，但事实似乎表明，情况并非总是如此。

『捌』 上海高中英语阅读理解及答案

上海高中英语阅读理解及答案

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2015上海英语高考真题阅读理解

(A)

Look to many of history’s cultural symbols, and there you’ll find an ancestor of Frosty, the snowman in the movie Frozen. It appeared on some of the first postcards, starred in some of the earliest silent movies, and was the subject of a couple of the earliest photos, dating all the way back to the 1800s. I discovered even more about one of humanity’s earliest forms of life art ring several years of research around the world.

For example, snowmen were a phenomenon in the Middle Ages, built with great skill and thought. At a time of limited means of expression, snow was like free art supplies dropped from the sky. It was a popular activity for couples to leisurely walk through town to view the temporary works of chilly art. Some were created by famous artists, including a 19-year-old Michelangelo, who in 1494 was appointed by the ruler of Florence, Italy, to build a snowman in his mansion’s courtyard.

The Miracle of 1511 took place ring six freezing weeks called the Winter of Death. The city of Brussels was covered in snowmen—an impressive scene that told stories on every street corner. Some were political in nature, criticizing the church and government. Some were a reflection of people’s imagination. For the people of Brussels, this was a defining moment of artistic freedom. At least until spring arrived, by which time they were dealing with damaging floods.

If you fear the heyday of the snowman has passed, don’t worry: I’ve learned that some explosive snowman history is still being made today. Every year since 1818, the people of Zurich, Switzerland, celebrate the beginning of spring by blowing up a snowman. On the third Monday of April, the holiday Sechselauten is kicked off when a cotton snowman called the Boogg is stuffed with explosive and paraded through town by bakers and other tradesmen who throw bread to the crowds. The parade ends with the Boogg being placed on a 40-foot pile of firewood. After the bells of the Church of St. Peter have rung six times, representing the passing of winter, the pile is lit. When the snowman explodes, winter is considered officially over—the quicker it is burnt down, the longer summer is said to be.

66. According to the passage, why did snowmen become a phenomenon in the Middle Ages?

A. People thought of snow as holy art supplies.

B. People longed to see masterpieces of snow.

C. Building snowmen was a way for people to express themselves.

D. Building snowmen helped people develop their skill and thought.

67. “The heyday of the snowman” (paragraph 4) means the time when___________.

A. snowmen were made mainly by artists

B. snowmen enjoyed great popularity

C. snowmen were politically criticized

D. snowmen caused damaging floods

68. In Zurich, the blowing up of the Boogg symbolizes__________________.

A. the start of the parade

B. the coming of a longer summer

C. the passing of the winter

D. the success of tradesmen

69. What can be concluded about snowmen from the passage?

A. They were appreciated in history

B. They have lost their value

C. They were related to movies

D. They vary in shape and size

参考答案：66. C 67. B 68. C 69. A

(B)

Scary Bunny

The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) is the first full-length feature film made by directors Nick Park and Steve Box with their amazing plasticine (粘土) characters Wallace and Gromit. It won an Oscar in 2006, and if you watch it, you’ll understand why. It’s an absolutely brilliant cartoon comedy.

Cheese-loving inventor Wallace and his brainy dog Gromit have started a company to protect the town’s vegetables from hungry rabbits. However, just before the annual Giant Vegetable Competition, an enormous rabbit begins terrorising the town. It is attacking all the vegetables and destroying everything in its path. The competition organizer, Lady Tottington, hires Wallace and Gromit to catch the monster alive. But they will have to find the were-rabbit before gun-crazy hunter Victor Quartermaine who is desperate to kill it.

The screenplay is witty and full of amusing visual jokes. As usual, the voice of Peter Sallis is absolutely perfect for the role of Wallace, and Gromit is so beautifully brought to life, he can express a huge range of emotions without saying a word. And both Helena Bonham-Carter, who plays the part of Lady Tottington, and Ralph Fiennes as Victor are really funny.

To sum up, The Curse of the Were-Rabbit is an amazing film which is suitable for both children and alts. If you liked Wallace and Gromit’s previous adventures and you appreciate the British sense of humour, you’ll love this film. Don’t miss it!

70. In the film review, what is paragraph A mainly about?

A. The introction to the leading roles B. The writer’s opinion of acting

C. The writer’s comments on the story D. The background information

71. According to the film review, “the monster” (paragraph B) refers to ______.

A. a gun-crazy hunter B. a brainy dog

C. a scary rabbit D. a giant vegetable

72. Which of the following is a reason why the writer recommends the film?

A. It’s full of wit and humour.

B. Its characters show feelings without words.

C. It is an adventure film directed by Peter Sallis.

D. It is about the harmony between man and animals.

参考答案：70. D 71. C 72. A

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