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湖北高中名校联盟2023-2024学年高三下学期四模

英语试题

第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）

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第二部分阅读（共两节，满分50分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5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。并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

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Top3BestMuseumsintheWorld

Whetheryouareafineartorhistorylover,thefollowingthreemuseumsaresuretotakeyourbreathaway.

LeLouvre,Paris,France

AvisittotheLouvreanditscollectionsletsvisitorsdiscoverWesternartfromtheMiddleAgesto1848aswellasalargenumberofancientcivilizations.Thegrandpalacethathousesthemuseum.whichdatesbacktothelatetwelfthcentury,isatruelessoninarchitecture:from1200to2011,themostinnovativearchitectshaveinturnbuiltanddevelopedtheLouvre.

●Officialwebsite:Louvre

●Highlight:LeonardodaVinci`s“MonaLisa.”

TheBritishMuseum,London,UK

TheBritishMuseuminLondonwasfoundedin1753andopeneditsdoorssixyearslater.Itwasthefirstnationalmuseumtocoverallfieldsofhumanknowledge,opentovisitorsfromacrosstheworld.Noothermuseumisresponsibleforcollectionsofthesamedepthandbreadth,beautyandsignificance.

●Officialwebsite:BritishMuseum

●Highlight:theRosettaStone.

TheStateHermitageMuseum,StPetersburg,Russia

Thesecond-largestartmuseumintheworld,theStateHermitageMuseumwasfoundedin1764(200yearslaterthanTheUffiziGalleries,Florence,Italy),whenEmpressCatherinetheGreatacquiredanimpressivecollectionofworksfromtheBerlinmerchantJohannErnstGotzkowsky.Today,thecollectionofartworkscontainspaintings,sculpturesandsoon.

●Officialwebsite:StateHermitageMuseum

●Highlight:GoldenmasterpiecesfromEurasia.

1.WhenwastheBritishMuseum,London,UKopenedtothepublic?

A.1564. B.1753. C.1759. D.1848.

2.WhatdotheTop3bestmuseumshaveincommon?

A.TheyhaveexhibitsfromtheMiddleAges.

B.Theyfeatureexhibitsfromancienttimes.

C.Theyhaveexhibitsconcernedwithkings.

D.Theyhavebothfineartandhis