2018年高三英语二轮复习阅读提速练五.docVIP

阅读提速练(五) (建议用时：40分钟) 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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 A (2017·云南第一次高中毕业生复习统一检测) It’s not what you look at that matters；it’s what you see. —Henry David Thoreau Slow Art Day is a global event with a simple mission: help more people discover for themselves the joy of looking at and loving art. Why slow? When people look slowly at a piece of art, they make discoveries.The most important discovery they make is that they can see and experience art without an expert.And that抯 an exciting discovery.It unlocks passion and creativity and helps to create more art lovers. How does it work? One day each year, people all over the world visit local museums and galleries to look at art slowly.Participants look at five works of art for 10 minutes each and then meet together over lunch to talk about their experience.That’s it.Simple by design, the goal is to focus on the art.In fact, Slow Art Day works quite well this way. By the numbers Over 1，200 individual Slow Art Day events have taken place since its official launch in 2010.Slow Art Day events have taken place on all seven continents. 700 venues(museums, galleries, artist studios, sculpture parks, public art sites, etc.)have hosted Slow Art Day events. Participants love Slow Art Day Feedback on this simple event has been overwhelmingly positive.Here抯 a samplee： “I loved taking the time to just‘be’ with the works, particularly pieces I might otherwise walk by.It’s a much better way of visiting the art museum than the usual idle ramble.Discussion afterwards was fun, interesting, informative and eye-opening.I look forward to doing it again.” Slow Art Day 2018 is Saturday, April 14, in museums and galleries worldwide.Join us and experience art differently. 1．The author quotes Thoreau’s words at the beginning to ________． A．arouse readers’ interest in art B．introduce the topic of the text C．stress the importance of looking D．illustrate the joy of art appreciation 2．A typical slow art activ