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高二英语选择性必修三Unit 1同步测试(Reading and Thinking)
I. 根据提示写出所缺单词的正确形式。
1. On behalf of our school, I would like to c_______ my sincere welcome for your visiting.
2. Up to now, nobody knows p________ how many people lost their lives in the earthquake.
3. (2020·全国卷Ⅲ)In ancient China lived an artist whose paintings were almost lifelike.The artist's ________ (名声)had made him proud.
4.We invite _________ (有影响力的)people in different fields to share their thoughts with us each week.
5.Plan your day through these lists and set _______ (现实的)deadlines to accomplish each one of them.
II.选一选
1.The whole meal was good but the wine _________ was excellent.in particular, be fond of, in conclusion, be worthy of, concentrate on
2.Having failed my French exams, I decided to ________ science subjects.
3.Mary __________writing, and pursued her passion in college—later, working for a newspaper.
4._________, we should like to thank all those who have worked so hard to bring about this result.
5. Your diligence ___________encouragement, but effort does not equal accomplishment.
III.阅读理解
Cimabue, the greatest painter of the Middle Ages in Italy, was surprised one day after his lunch break to discover that a fly had seated itself under the nose of a character that he had been working on. He swatted (重拍) at the fly, but it did not move. He reached out to touch the insect, only to find it was only wet paint. Turning around, he saw that his apprentice (学徒), Giotto, was laughing. Giotto had painted the fly when Cimabue was away, and it looked so real that Cimabue had been completely fooled.
Giotto di Bondone was born into a poor family in a village. Legend has it that one day, when Cimabue was wandering around the countryside, he spotted a young shepherd boy drawing pictures of his sheep, which were so vivid that Cimabue immediately asked him to come to Florence and learn how to paint. That was how Giotto's story began in Florence, where the young student flourished under Cimabue's instruction and s