2020-2021学年江苏省常州市市统考高二下学期期中考试英语试卷 二、阅读（共两节，满分50分）
第一节阅读理解（共构建和谐社会的意义15小题；每小题2.5卷积核分，满分37.5分）
阅读下面的短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A
Cornwall is defined by its magnificent coastline with over 300 miles of dunes(沙丘)，streams and medieval harbors -- every mile accessible on foot.There is surfing on the north coast and sailing on the south and all kinds of watereraft for hire. Tucked away in sheltered valleys are the county's famous sub-tropical(亚热带的）gardens stocked with specimens(标本)from five continents collected by Victorian plant-hunters.Many have a country house attached, which is open to the public and has activities for children to keep everyone engaged.
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The beautiful, remote Lizard peninsulas are Cornwall in microcosm(缩略图). There are sandy coves(小海湾) that can be reached only on foot. The moorland(高沼地)is rich in Iron Age standing stones,recovered villages and forts(城堡). There is also a strong community of artists and craft workers.Visit in the last week of May when artists open their studios.
The artistic legacy of St.Ives
For over a century, the special quality of light here has drawn artists to St. Ives. Abstract works inspired by this place have been praised worldwide.To celebrate this legacy,an extension to Tate St.Ives opened in late 2017. The gallery can now show a permanent collection of works by Hepworth, Nicholson, Gabo and Frost as well as seasonal exhibitions.
Insider tip: To see excellent works by contemporary artists, visit the New Craftsman and the Belgrave Gallery in Fore Street, as well as the Penwith Gallery in Back Road West.
Tel: 01736 796226
uk
Opening times: Daily, 10 am--5:20 pm
Price: £ 26
Climb to the top of a tidal island
Reached on foot at low tide across a causeway(堤道), this former medieval monastery(寺院) is now home to the St. Aubyn family. It has been carefully restored to show life on the St. Michael’s Mount in the 17th century.The chapel has wonderful stained glass and holds services on Sundays. Don’t miss the terraced(阶梯状的) gardens.
Arrive at 1 pm for a gardener-led tour from April to June.
Insider tip: You can walk across the causeway for 90 minutes either side of low tide. Otherwise, take the ferry. Check tide times at metoffice. gov. uk/weather.
Tel: 01736 710265
Website: stmichaelsmount. co. uk
Opening times: Sunday-Friday, 10:30 am-5 pm(March to November)
Price: & 32(half the price if your child is under 12; free for children under 4)
21. If you want to see excellent works by contemporary artists and walk across the causeway to enjoy the scenery in Cornwall, you should arrive there at ________.
路径依赖A. 5:20 pm, Sunday B. 4 pm, Tuesday
C. 5:30 am, Monday D. 3 pm, Saturday
22. How much will it cost if Alice, her 11-year-old son and her three-year-old daughter want to visit all the recommended places in the article?
A.£ 87. B.£ 58. C.£ 126. D.£ 100.
23. If you want to see works by Gabo and Nicholson,you should go to _________.
A. the sheltered valleys in Cornwall
B. the forts around Lizard peninsulas
C.Tate St.Ives
D. the Belgrave Gallery in Fore Street
B
In 2015 world leaders meeting in Paris agreed to move towards zero net greenhouse-gas emissions in the second half of this century. That is a tall order, and the building industry makes it even taller. Cement-making alone produces 6% of the world’s carbon emissions. Steel, half of which goes into buildings, accounts for another 8%. If you factor in all of the energy that goes into lighting, heating and cooling homes and offices, the world’s buildings start to look like a giant environmental problem.
Governments in the rich world are now trying to promote greener behaviour by obliging d
evelopers to build new projects to “zero carbon” standards. From January 1st 2019 all new public-sector buildings in the European Union must be built to “nearly zero-energy” standards. All other types of buildings will follow in January 2021. Governments in eight further countries are being lobbied to introduce a similar policy.
These standards are less green than they seem. Wind turbines (风力发电机) and solar panels on top of buildings look good but are much less productive than wind and solar farms. And the standards only count the emissions from running a building, not those belched out when it was made. Those are thought to account for between 30% and 60% of the total over a structure’s lifetime.Buildings can become greener. They can use more recycled steel and can be prefabricated (预制的) in off-site factories, greatly reducing lorry journeys. But no other building material has environmental credentials as exciting and overlooked as wood.
The energy required to produce a laminated wooden beam (梁) is one-sixth of that required for a steel one of comparable strength. When a mature tree is cut down, a new o余干乌黑鸡
ne can be planted to replace it, capturing more carbon. After buildings are demolished, old beams and panels are easy to recycle into new structures. And for retrofitting older buildings to be more energy efficient, wood is a good insulator (赫塔 米勒绝缘体). A softwood window frame provides nearly 400 times as much insulation as a plain steel one of the same thickness and over a thousand times as much as an aluminium equivalent.
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