2018年英语高考全国卷三(含答案)

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A

Welcome to Holker Hall & Gardens

Visitor Information

How to Get to Holker

By

Car:

Follow

brown

signs

on

A590

from

J36,

M6.

Approximate

travel

times:

Windermere-20

minutes,

Kendal-25 minutes, Lancaster-45 minutes, Manchester-1 hour 30 minutes.

By Rail: The nearest station is Cark-in-Cartmel with trains to Carnforth, Lancaster and Preston for connections

to major cities & airports.

Opening Times

Sunday-Friday (closed on Saturday)11:00 am-4:00pm, 30th March-2nd November.

Admission Charges

Hall & Gardens

Adults:

Groups:

?

12.00

?

9.00

Gardens

?

8.00

?

5.50

Special Events

Producers’

Market

13th April

Join

us

to

taste

a

variety

of

fresh

local

food

and

drinks.

Meet

the

producers

and

get

some

excellent

recipe

ideas.

Holker Garden Festival

30th May

The event celebrates its 22nd anniversary with a great show of the very best of gardening, making it one of the

most popular events in gardening.

National Garden Day

28th August

Holker once again opens its gardens in aid of the disadvantaged. For just a small donation you can take a tour

with our garden guide.

Winter Market

8th November

This is an event for all the family. Wander among a variety of shops selling gifs while enjoying a live music

show and nice street entertainment.

21. How long does it probably take a tourist to drive to Holker from Manchester?

A.20 minutes.

B.25 minutes.

C.45 minutes.

D.90 minutes.

much should a member of a tour group pay to visit to Hall & Gardens?

A.?

l2.00.

B. ?

9.00.

C. ?

8.00.

D. ?

5.50.

event will you go to if you want to see a live music show?

A.

Producers’

Market.

C. National Garden Day.

B. Holker Garden Festival.

D. Winter Market.

B

Cities usually have a good reason for being where they are, like a nearby port or river. People settle in these

places

because

they

are

easy

to

get

to

and

naturally

suited

to

communications

and

trade.

New

York

City,

for

example, is near a large harbour at the mouth of the Hudson River. Over 300 years its population grew gradually

from 800 people to 8 million. But not all cities develop slowly over a long period of time. Boom towns grow from

nothing almost overnight.

In 1896, Dawson, Canada, was unmapped wilderness(

荒野

). But gold was discovered

there in 1897, and two years later, it was one of the largest cities in the West, with a population of 30,000.

Dawson did not have any of the natural conveniences of cities like London or Paris. People went there for gold.

They travelled over snow-covered mountains and sailed hundreds of miles up icy rivers. The path to Dawson was

covered with thirty feet of wet snow that could fall without warming. An avalanche(

雪崩

) once closed the path,

killing 63 people. For many who made it to Dawson, however, the rewards were worth the difficult trip. Of the first

20,000 people who dug for gold, 4,000 got rich. About 100 of these stayed rich men for the rest of their lives.

But no matter how rich they were, Dawson was never comfortable. Necessities like food and wood were very

expensive.

But

soon,

the

gold

that

Dawson

depended

on

had

all

been

found.

The

city

was

crowded

with

disappointed

people

with

no

interest

in

settling

down,

and

when

they

heard

there

were

new

gold

discoveries

in

Alaska, they left Dawson City as quickly as they had come. Today, people still come and go

—

to see where the

Canadian gold rush happened. Tourism is now the chief industry of Dawson City

—

its present population is 762.

24. What attracted the early settlers to New York City?

A. Its business culture.

B. Its small population.

C. Its geographical position.

D. Its favourable climate.

25. What do we know about those who first dug for gold in Dawson?

A. Two- thirds of them stayed there.

B. One out of five people got rich.

C. Almost everyone gave up.

D. Half of them died.

26. What was the main reason for many people to leave Dawson?

A. They found the city too crowded.

B. They wanted to try their luck elsewhere.

C. They were unable to stand the winter.

D. They were short of food.

27. What is the text mainly about?

A. The rise and fall of a city.

B. The gold rush in Canada.

C. Journeys into the wilderness.

D. Tourism in Dawson.

C

While famous foreign architects are invited to lead the designs of landmark buildings in China such as the new

CCTV tower and the National Center for the Performing Arts, many excellent Chinese architects are making great

efforts to take the center stage.

Their

efforts

have

been

proven

fruitful.

Wang

Shu,

a

49-year-old

Chinese

architect,

won

the

2012

Pritzker

Architecture Prize

—

which is often referred to as the Nobel Prize in architecture

—

on February 28. He is the first

Chinese citizen to win this award.

Wang serves as head of the Architecture Department at the China Academy of Art (CAA). His office is located

at the Xiangshan campus(

校园

) of the university in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. Many buildings on the campus

are his original

The style of the campus is quite different from that of most Chinese universities. Many visitors were amazed

by the complex architectural space and abundant building types. The curves(

曲线

) of the buildings perfectly match

the rise and fall of hills, forming a unique view.

Wang

collected

more

than

7

million

abandoned

bricks

of

different

ages.

He

asked

the

workers

to

use

traditional techniques to make the bricks into walls, roofs and corridors. This creation attracted a lot of attention

thanks to its mixture of modern and traditional Chinese elements(

元素

).

Wang’s

works

show

a

deep

understanding

of

modern

architecture

and

a

good

knowledge

of

traditions.

Through such a balance, he had created a new type of Chinese architecture, said Tadao Ando, the winner of the

1995 Pritzker Prize.

Wang believes traditions should not be sealed in glass boxes at museums.

once existed,

past. In fact, tradition also refers to the things that have been developing and that are still being created,

many

Chinese

people

are

learning

Western

styles

and

theories

rather

than

focusing

on

Chinese

traditions. Many people tend to talk about traditions without knowing what they really are,

The

study

of

traditions

should

be

combined

with

practice.

Otherwise,

the

recreation

of

traditions

would

be

artificial and empty, he said.

28.

Wang’s wi

nning of the prize means that Chinese architects are ___________.

A. following the latest world trend

B. getting international recognition

C. working harder than ever before

D. relying on foreign architects

29. What impressed visitors to the CAA Xiangshan campus most?

A. Its hilly environment.

C. Its unique style.

B. Its large size.

D. Its diverse functions.

30.

What made Wang’s architectural design a success?

A. The mixture of different shapes.

B. The balance of East and West.

C. The use of popular techniques.

D. The harmony of old and new.

31. What should we do about Chinese traditions according to Wang?

A. Spread them to the world.

C. Teach them in universities.

D

Adults understand what it feels like to be flooded with objects. Why do we often assume that

more is more

when it comes to kids and their belongings? The good news is that I can help my own kids learn earlier than I did

how to live more with less. zxxk

I found the pre-holidays a good time to encourage young children to donate less-used things, and it worked.

B. Preserve them at museums.

D. Recreate them in practice.

Because of our efforts, our daughter Georgia did decide to donate a large bag of toys to a little girl whose mother

was unable to pay for her holiday due to illness. She chose to sell a few larger objects that were less often used

when

we

promised

to

put

the

money

into

her

school

fund(

基金）

(our

kindergarten

daughter

is

serious

about

becoming a doctor)

For weeks, I

’ve been thinking of bigger,

deeper questions: How do we make it a habit for them? And how do

we train ourselves to help them live with, need, and use less? Yesterday, I sat with my son, Shepherd, determined to

test my own theory on this. I decided to play with him with only one toy for as long as it would keep his interest. I

expected that one toy would keep his attention for about five minutes, ten minutes, max. I chose a red rubber ball

—

simple, universally available. We passed it, he tried to put it in his mouth, he tried bouncing it, rolling it, sitting on

it, throwing it. It was totally, completely enough for him. Before I knew it an hour had passed and it was time to

move on to lunch.

We both became absorbed in the simplicity of playing together. He had my full attention and I had his. My