2025~2026学年安徽省九师联盟高三12月质量检测英语试卷.docVIP

2025~2026学年安徽省九师联盟高三12月质量检测英语试卷

一、阅读理解

TheHuntingtonLibrary,ArtMuseum,andBotanicalGardens

Don’tletthe“library”partofthenametrickyouintothinkingthisisonlyabookishdestination:TheHuntington,aculturalinstitutioninSanMarino,California,isbyfarthemostbeautifulbotanicalgardenintheregion,withmuseumcollectionsthatyouabsolutelyshouldn’tmiss.Oncetheestateofrailroadtycoon(大亨)HenryE.Huntington,it’snowamust-visitattractionthatcaneasilyoccupyanentireday—bestenjoyedataleisurelypacewithabreakforafternoonteaintherosegarden.

ThelibraryincludesanearlycopyofShakespeare’sHamletandcorrespondencesfromtheFoundingFathers,whiletheluxuriouscentralresidencehousesEuropeanartworks,includingThomasGainsborough’sTheBlueBoy,whichtheinstitutionrestoredinrecentyears.NearbylargegallerieshousetheAmericanartcollection,includingArtsandCraftsfurnitureandagrowingnumberofcontemporarypieces.Thegardensthemselvesarepracticallypiecesofart,too,mostnotablythehillyJapanesegarden(nowhometoathree-century-oldruralhouse)andtheimpressiveChinesegarden,wherebridgesandpavilions(亭子)encircleawaterlily-filledlake—thoughtheotherworldlydesertgardenisalsoapersonalfavorite.

What’sOn:Rosesandorchidsareinbloom(开花)throughDecember.Indoors,theexhibitionseries“StoriesFromtheLibrary”looksatChaucer’sCanterburyTalesandtheurbanplanningofearlyLosAngeles.AndpotterEdmunddeWaalrecentlypresentedthreesite-specificartpiecesthroughoutthegrounds.

Address:1151OxfordRoad,SanMarino,CA91108

OpeningHours:Monday,Wednesday—Sunday10:00a.m.—5:00p.m.;closedTuesday

Admission

Tickets

Monday—Thursday

Friday—Sunday,Holidays

Adult

$29

$34

Senior(65+)

$24

$28

Student(12—18orfull-timewithID)

$24

$28

Youth(4-11)

$13

$15

Child(under4)

Free

Fre