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莆田二中、仙游一中2023-2024学年高二下期中联考

英语试卷

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A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

A

Everydaypeoplejoinedarchaeologistsandartistsinfindingsomeoftheyear’smostdramatic

discoveries.Belowaresomeexamplesof2023.

“Naughtypupils”-ancientpunishmentmethodresurfaces

Archaeologistsdiscovered18,000ink-carvedpiecesofpottery-knownas“ostraca”—atthe

siteofAthribisearlythisyear,andamongthemwerehundredsoffragments(碎片)withasingle

symbolrepeatedfrontandback.

Thosescribbles(潦草的文字)areevidenceof‘naughty“pupils”beingmadetowritelines,

accordingtoresearchersaGermany’sUniversityofTuebingen.Thefragmentsalsoincluded

receipts,schooltexts,tradeinformationandlistsofnames.

VanGoghpeersoutinhiddenportrait

ThereisonemoreknownvanGogh’sself-portraitintheworld,anditwashiddenbehinda

paintingofapeasantwoman.PeoplemadethediscoverywhentheytookanX-rayofoneofhis

portraitsfrom1885anddiscoveredtheartist’sownimagebehindlayersofcardboardandglue.

WhileX-raysoftenrevealhowartists-changedtheircompositions,thefullself-portraitofvan

Goghcameasahugesurprise,whowasknowntoreusecanvase(画布)tosavemoney.

AnothertreasurecollectionfromSanxingdui

TheSanxingduiarchaeologicalsitehasproducedthousandsofrelics.Thelatestdiscovery,

reportedbyChinesestatemediainJuneincludes3,155objects,aturtleshell-shapedboxanda

sacrificialaltaramongthem.Ateamhasbeendiggingsixplacesofthesite,turningupmorethan

13,000objectssofar.Lastyear,therelicstheyuncoveredincludedagoldenmask,ivory

artifacts(手工艺品)andajadeknife.TheSanxingduiculturestillremainsmysterious,asitleft

behindnowrittenrecordsorhumanremains,