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PAGE PAGE 11 广东省广州市南沙区2016-2017学年高二英语下学期第一次月考试题（实验班） 说明: 本试卷分为选择题和非选择题两部分，共8页，满分150分。考试时间120分钟。 第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分） 第一节（共15小题，每小题2分，共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 The National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., is one of the worlds greatest art museums. Millions of people have entered its doors to see paintings by the worlds fine artists. But if these priceless masterpieces are to be preserved, the Gallery must protect them carefully. The Gallerys 135-man guard force has successfully prevented them from being stolen, but protecting the paintings from nature is a greater problem. In past times, the owners of paintings did not protect them from damaging changes in humidity (湿度) and temperature. As a result, the life of these paintings were shortened. In the National Gallery, however, humidity and temperature are carefully controlled. The building is air-conditioned in summer and heated in winter. The air-conditioning and heating systems are so important to the life of the paintings that the Gallery has two of each system. If one should fail, the extra one can take over. Light is another enemy of paintings. Ultraviolet rays (紫外线) in light cause paintings to fade (褪色). Long ago, paintings often hung in dark churches and palaces. A coat of varnish (清漆) was a protection from the weak light. But when museums took over the care of many paintings, they were often hung in brighter light than before. Soon they were in danger of fading. The damaging effects of light were increased when the museums removed the varnish coating, yellowed with age. To protect its paintings, the National Gallery put a special kind of glass in its skylights. This glass allows visible lights to enter the building but it keeps out harmful ultraviolet rays. The Gallery has also developed new and better varnishes which help to keep paintings from fading.Thanks to these new precautions, many of the worlds greatest paintings are being well prote