2021-2022学年陕西省榆林市高二（上）期末英语试卷
一、阅读理解（本大题共15小题，共30.0分）
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Welcome to the Painting Competition for Woodlands Students The International Anti-Drug Day this year is coming soon.In order to rai teenagers' awareness to fight against drug taking,the City Art Council is going to hold a painting competition for the students in our city.Students who want to take part in the competition can hand in their own 2 D paintings in either of the following two ways：
Each school will be provided with a box for students to put in their paintings.Boxes will be picked by the City Art Council on Thursday,June 23rd,2016，before the end of the school day.
Paintings can be also handed in on Friday,June 24th,from 8：00 am to 10：00 am at the Woodlands Art Hall （175 Riverside Street）.
All paintings are required to be 60 cm wide by 80 cm long or smaller.Larger sizes will not be
accepted.Each student can only hand in one painting.The final decision on the competition results will be made on June 26th,the Anti-Drug Day.The name list of the winners will be made known on the website of the City Art Council on the same day.All winning paintings will be shown to the public at the City Youth Park from June 27th till the end of July.
Prizes：
1st Prize （10 students） = ＄ 300 Gift Card each
2nd Prize （20 students） = ＄ 200 Gift Card each
3rd Prize （30 students） = ＄ 100 Gift Card each
For further information：
Visit http：// or call 2569-8632.
1.The size of the paintings like ______ will be accepted.
A. 50 cm wide by 90 cm long B. 70 cm wide by 60 cm long
C. 60 cm wide by 90 cm long D. 60 cm wide by 70 cm long
2.The public can enjoy the winning paintings ______ .
A. at the City Youth Park B. at 175 Riverside Street
C. at the Woodlands Art Hall D. at the City Art Council
3.What can we know from the passage？ ______
A. Each student can take part in the competition with one 3 D painting.
B. Each of the cond prize winners in the competition will get 300 dollars.
C. Students can get more information about the competition in two ways.
D. Students must put their paintings in the school box on June 24th.
B
Li Bai is regarded as the greatest romantic poet of the Tang Dynasty and a reprentative of the High Tang culture,combination of realistic Northern culture reprented by Confucian philosophy and romantic Southern culture reprented by Taoist philosophy.But he could neither realize his Confucian ideal to rve the country nor find s
piritual freedom in Taoism,so he could only chant poetry and drink wine to drown his sorrow as described by Du Fu in Eight Immortal Drinkers.
Here we e the tragedy of a genuine staying lonely on earth like an angel fallen from Heaven.His try is marked by male greatness in the Waterfall in Mount Lu Viewed from Afar,in which we e the mountain cloud from down below and the Silver River,Chine name for the Milky Way,fall from on high,and heaven and earth em to merge into one,that is the Chine way of communion with nature.In his poetry,we can find his love of nature,of freedom,of the people,of his friends,in short,of truth,goo and beauty.
Li Bai is best known for the extraordinary imagination and striking Taoist imagery in his poetry,as well as for his great love for liquor.Like Du Fu,he spent much of his life travelling,although in his ca it was becau his wealth allowed him to,rather than becau his poverty forced him.He is said to have drowned in the Yangtze River,having fallen from his boat while drunkenly trying to embrace the reflection of the moon.
4.According to the passage the statements are about Li Bai EXCEPT ______ .
A. he is a reprentative of the combination of realistic and romantic culture
B. he could not put his ability to good u in rving his country at that time
C. he had a depresd mental state and only drunk wine and chanted poetry
D. he made the poems in which complaints and dissatisfaction could be shown
5.In his poetry Li Bai mainly described ______ .
A. relationship between different class
B. criticism of social realism
C. beautiful nature and feelings
D. cruelty of the officialdom
6.What can we learn from the last paragraph？ ______
A. Li Bai enjoyed drinking more tea than anything el.
B. Li Bai spent much time on travelling as well as Du Fu.
C. Li Bai had a more extraordinary imagination than Tao.
D. Li Bai had to do that becau he was very poor.
7.In which column of the newspaper may the passage appear？ ______
A. Literature. B. Health. C. Sports. D. Fashion.
C
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