广东省肇庆市2017届高三第二次模拟考试英语试题

肇庆市中小学教学质量评估 2017届高中毕业班第二次统一检测 英 语 本试卷共8页，卷面满分120分。考试用时120分钟。 注意事项： 1.本试卷分第I卷(选择题)和第II卷(非选择题)两部分。答卷前，考生务必 将自己的姓名、考生号、考场号和座位号填写在答题卡上。因本测试不考 听力，第I卷从第二部分的“阅读理解”开始，试题序号从“21”开始。 2.回答第I卷时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号 涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案标号。写在本试卷上 无效。 3.回答第II卷时，将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。 4.考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。 第I卷 第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分） 第一节 （共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和 D)中，选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A Master painter Zhang Daqian (1899-1983) was well known for having a large number of friends and students. Among them, painter Li Qiujun was special. They got to know each other through Li's elder brother, who was one of Zhang's best friends. They admired each other's artistic talent and became confidants, which resulted in a romantic relationship. In 1948, Zhang produced Spring Clouds Amid Autumn Landscape, a mountain-and-water ink painting featuring gongbi (meticulous brushwork), as a gift for Li's 50th birthday. A year later, Zhang permanently departed from the