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三亚华侨学校 2020-2021 学年度第二学期
高二年级返校考试 英语答题卡
(考试时间: 90 分钟 ,试卷满分: 120 分)
第一部分 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)
阅读下面短文,从 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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Still seeking a place for your weekend break? There are some places which are
probably a mere wall away from your college.
King's Art Centre
A day at the Centre could mean a visit to an exhibition of the work of one of the
most interesting modern artists on show anywhere. This weekend sees the
opening of an exhibition of four local artists.
You could attend a class teaching you how to “learn from the masters” or get
more creative with paint — free of charge.
The Centre also runs two life drawing classes for which there is a small fee.
The Botanic Garden
The Garden has over 8, 000 plant species; it holds the research and teaching
collection of living plants for Cambridge University.
The multi-branched Torch Aloe here is impressive. The African plant produces
red flowers above blue-green leaves, and is not one to miss.
Get to the display house to see Dionaea muscipula, a plant more commonly
known as the Venus Flytrap that feeds on insects and other small animals.
The Garden is also a place for wildlife-enthusiasts. Look for grass snakes in the
lake. A snake called :“Hissing Sid” is regularly seen lying in the heat of the warm
sun.
Byron's Pool
Many stories surround Lord Byron's time as a student of Cambridge University.
Arriving in 1805, he wrote a letter complaining that it was a place of “mess and
drunkenness”. However, it seems as though Byron did manage to pass the time
pleasantly enough. I'm not just talking about the pet bear he kept in his rooms.
He spent a great deal of time walking in the village.
It is also said that on occasion Byron swam with nothing on by moonlight in
the lake, which is now known as Byron's Pool. A couple of miles past
Grantchester in the south Cambridgeshire countryside, the pool is surrounded by
beautiful circular paths around the fields. The s