高二下学期英语阅读理解题训练88(含答案)

高二下学期英语阅读理解训练

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A painting of a famous artist could cost several million dollars in the market. This is why many

artworks—even those that are housed inside highly guarded museums—go missing. Here is a list of

some of the most famous paintings that were lost, stolen or destroyed.

Vincent Van Gogh's Poppy Flowers

This artwork was housed at the Mohammed Mahmoud Khalil Museum in Cairo. It was first lost in

1977, but was recovered 10 years after. The second time this same Vincent Van Gogh painting was

stolen was in August of 2010. The painting is estimated (

估价

) to be worth something between $$50

and $$55 million.

Pablo Picasso's Le Pigeon Aux Petits

Stolen on May 20, 2010, this painting by Spanish painter Pablo Picasso is worth $$28 million. It

was stolen at the Museed’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, along with five other artworks. However,

the

thieves

threw

the

painting

away

in

a

trashcan

when

they

were

caught.

But

that

container

was

emptied before the authorities got there. It was feared that the painting was already destroyed.

Paul Cezanne's View of Auvers Sur Oise

Lost on December 31, 1990, this artwork that used to be on exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum

in

Oxford

was

stolen

the

night

before

the

city's

Millennium

celebration.

The

thieves

planned

the

robbery

in

time

with

the

fireworks

exhibition

during

peak

of

the

celebrations.

This

artwork

is

estimated to be worth $$5 million.

Covert Flinck's Landscape with an Obelisk

Stolen on March 18, 1990, this artwork was at the Isabella Steward Gardner Museum in Boston.

This

painting

by

Covert

Flinck

was

previously

believed

to

be

a

Rembrandt

creation.

A

huge

cash

reward of $$5 million will be given to the person who can provide information leading to the recovery

of the painting.

which of the following cities was Le Pigeon Aux Petits stolen?

A. Cairo.

B. Paris.

C. Oxford.

D. Boston.

was mistakenly thought to create Landscape with an Obelisk?

A. Pablo Picasso.

B. Paul Cezanne.

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C. Covert Flinck.

D. Rembrandt.

can we infer about the four artworks mentioned in the text?

A. They are given an approximate price.

B. They are stolen when on exhibition.

C. Some of them are lost nearly 30 years.

D. Some of them have been found so far.

B

In 1943, when I was 4, my parents moved from Coeur d

’

Alene, Idaho, to Fairbanks, Alaska,

where adventure was never far away.

We arrived in the summer, just in time to enjoy the midnight sun. All that sunlight was fantastic for

Mom's vegetable garden. Working in the garden at midnight tended to throw her timing off, so she

didn't care much about my bedtime.

Dad was a Railway Express agent and Mom was his clerk. That left me in a mess. I usually managed

to find some trouble to get into. Once I had a little fire going in the dirt basement of a hotel. I had tried

to light a barrel(

桶

) of paint but couldn't really get a good fire going. The smoke got pretty bad, though,

and when I came out, a crowd and the police were there to greet me. The policemen took my matches

and drove me home.

Mom and Dad were busy in the garden and Dad told the police to keep me, and they did! I had a tour

of the prison before Mom rescued me. I hadn't turned 5 yet.

As I entered kindergarten, the serious cold began to set in. Would it surprise you to know that I soon

left part of my tongue on a metal handrail (

栏杆

) at school?

As for Leonhard Seppala, famous as a dog sledder

(

驾雪橇者

), I think I knew him well because I

was taken for a ride with his white dog team one Sunday. At the time I didn't realize what a superstar he

was, but I do remember the ride well. I wrapped

(

包裹

) heavily and well sheltered from the freezing

and blowing weather.

In 1950, we moved back to Coeur d'Alene, but we got one more Alaskan adventure when Leonhard

invited us eight

years later by paying a visit to Idaho to attend a gathering of former neighbors of

Alaska.

4. What can be inferred about the author's family?

A. His father was a cruel man.

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B. His parents didn't love him.

C. His parents used to be very busy.

D. His mother didn't have any jobs.

5. What happened when the author was 4?

A. He learned to smoke.

B. He was locked in a basement.

C. He was arrested by the police.

D. He nearly caused a fire accident.

of the following is true?

A. Leonhard was good at driving dog sleds.

B. The author spent his whole childhood in Alaska.

C. Leonhard often visited the author's family after 1950.

D. The author suffered a lot while taking the dog sled in Alaska.

is the author's purpose of writing the text?

A. To look back on his childhood with adventure.

B. To describe the extreme weather of Alaska.

C. To express how much he missed Leonhard.

D. To show off his pride in making trouble.

C

Just

picture

your

favorite

Disney

cartoon

characters:

Mickey

Mouse,

Minnie

Mouse,

Donald

Duck, Goofy, Bugs Bunny, Pinocchio, etc. There

’

s an extremely high chance that a whole host of

Disney

’

s most popular cartoon characters share a common fashion choice

—

they all wear a pair of

white gloves. Although there are many surprising facts about Disney

’

s most famous characters, putting

gloves on animation

（动画片）

characters is actually a pretty reasonable move.

The creation of hand-drawn cartoons is a difficult and tiring process. It takes time and precision

（精确度）

to create the characters you know and love. At that time, animators wanted to make their

job a touch faster with a few techniques. One of these techniques was using round edges

（边）

instead

of angles

（角）

. So this also meant simplifying features, such as hands, to make the animation process

quicker.

Still, in the age of black and white cartoons, separating characters

’

round-edged hands from their

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