精品解析：广东省潮州市饶平县第二中学2023-2024学年高二下学期第一次月考英语试题

2023-2024学年度第二学期高二级第一次月考考试（英语） 卷面满分：120分 考试时间：120分钟 第一部分 阅读（共两节，满分50分） 第一节 阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2. 5分，满分 37. 5分） A While Alice has her adventures in the Wonderland, you can have your own as well this summer. British contemporary artist Philip Colbert has created a Lobster (龙虾) Wonderland in Changsha, Hunan Province. Date: July 15 Location: Changsha International Finance Square (Changsha IFS) About Philip Colbert His globally welcomed lobster series has won the hearts of a large number of followers. The artist, with a master’s in philosophy, takes lobster as his second personality. Through large installations, public art theme exhibition and new media art, the artist has introduced works from galleries and created a surreal art scenery in city’s public space with a combination of pop art and local culture. Features In Changsha IFS, Colbert’s exhibition, which is the London-based artist’s first large-scale outdoor public art installations, has three major sectors, showcasing his large installations, sculptures and new media arts as well as the special works created for the event. The opening ceremony, an art carnival, saw the debut (首次登台) of a 12-meter-long Lobster Taikonaut specially made by Colbert. His Lobster Flower and Lobster Shark also found their way in the parade. At the southwest square, people can find Lobster Fountain towering 12 meters and enjoy two major theme sectors, Lobster Island and Lobster Skate Park. Lobster Rainbow, a lobster breaking through a roof with a rainbow behind it, is the artist’s brand-new work for Changsha IFS. In his works, such as Daydreamer, Colbert also expresses his wish of narrowing the distance between art pieces and people. 1. What is Philip Colbert well known for? A. Alice Wonderland. B. Shark experience. C. Lobster series. D. Rainbow story. 2. What can we learn about the exhibition according to the text? A. It took place in the open air. B. There was no special works for the event. C. People can enjoy lobster fountain an