2016届高三英语上学期12月联考试题.doc

2016届高三12月联考试题 英 语 分值：150分 时间：120分钟 命题单位：雷锋学校 南方中学 东山学校 宁乡一中 审校单位：箴言中学 第I卷 第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分） 第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分） 第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。 A Washington Sightseeing Guide White House-Public tours of the White House have been offered since Thomas Jefferson was president, but you cant just drop in. Visits to the White House are in high demand, and you must make your request through your member of Congress（国会）up to six months, and no fewer than 21 days, before your visit. Be sure to check the White House tour-info Web site to make sure about the personal identification youll need. And before the day of your visit, call 202-456-7041 to confirm the tour schedule. Lincolns Cottage-Lincolns Cottage, the hilltop home where President Lincoln lived during part of the Civil War, is simply furnished but features lighting effects and actors recordings that reveal Lincolns thoughts on slavery and the war. In the library you can actually see the ghost lines of where the library shelves would have been, says cottage director Erin Carlson Mast. We havent re-created the bookshelves because that was such an amazing moment of discovery for us that we wanted to preserve that so people can have that moment of discovery themselves. Library of Congress-The Library of Congress is housed in three buildings: the Thomas Jefferson Building, James Madison Memorial Building and the John Adams Building. Although trying to see all of it in one day is possible, its probably best to do a little thinking ahead and figure out which areas youd really like to explore (i. e. when your feet start to hurt, you wont feel so bad about not catching everything). The most popular visitor destination is the Thomas Jefferson Building, but there are things worth seeing-murals(壁 画) , sculptures, performances-elsewhere in the complex. 21. Which is true about the White House? A. It is a new tourist attraction. B. It is open only to members of