2024届湖南省益阳市安化县安化县高三下册英语模拟试题（三模）附答案.pdf

2024届湖南省益阳市安化县安化县高三下学期英语模拟试题

（三模）

第一部分听力(共两节,满分30分)略

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

Haveyouheardofthesefourmonuments?

Carhenge.FloralisGenérica.TrafficLightTree.HandoftheDesert—thesearefourunusual

monumentsfromaroundtheworldyoumightliketovisit.

•Carhenge

CarhengeisinAlliance,Nebraska(USA).Asthenamesuggests,ithasalotincommonwith

Stonehenge,thefamousstonecircleonSalisburyPlain.ButwhileStonehengewasbuiltwithstones,

Carhengewascreatedwithcars.Themonumentwasmadein1987byalocalartistJimReindersand

hisfamily.Heusedoldcarsandevenanambulance.Atfirst,thepeopleofAlliancedidn’tlikeit,but

theysoonchangedtheirmindsafteritbecamepopularwithtourists,whobroughtlotsofmoneyto

thetown.

•FloralisGenérica

FloralisGenéricaisamassivestatueofaflower.Itstandsinapoolofwaterinfrontofthe

NationalMuseumofFineArtsinBuenosAires,Argentina.EduardoCatalano,anativeofArgentina,

gavethestatueasagifttothecityin2002.Everymorning,thefloweropens.Askanyonewhohas

seenitandthey’lltellyouthatwatchingitopenisanunforgettablesight.Infact,manypeople

believeitisoneofthemostbeautifulstatuesintheworld.

•TrafficLightTree

TheTrafficLightTreeissituatedatHeronQuay,inoneofLondon’sfinancialdistricts.The

treehas75setsoftrafficlights.ItwascreatedbyFrenchartist,PierreVivant,andwasinstalledin

1998.Acomputercontrolsthelights,whichareturnedonandoffrandomly.Theroundaboutwhere

thetreeiswasvotedthemostpopularroundaboutintheUKinarecentsurvey.

•ManodelDesierto(HandoftheDesert)

TheHandoftheDesertisintheAtacamaDesertinChile.Thesculpturewasdesignedbythe

ChileansculptorMarioIrarrazabal.