2024-2025学年度第二学期期末调研测试
高一英语试题
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一、阅读理解（共2节满分50分）
第一节 阅读（共15小题满分37.5分）
A
Picturing Pickwick: The Art of The Pickwick Papers
Published serially from 1836 to 1837, The Pickwick Papers formed Charles Dickens’s first novel. It helped to kick-start Dickens’s career, and continues to excite readers’ imaginations today.
Picturing Pickwick explores the illustrations of this incredible book, which began with the cooperation between Dickens and the illustrator Robert Seymour. The exhibition, which runs from 6th April 2024 to 11th September 2024, explores the relationship between Dickens and his illustrators, and includes original illustrations of The Pickwick Papers, a page of the original manuscript, and historic monthly instalments (连载) of the story, some of which was penned here at 48 Doughty Street.
The exhibition showcases a series of works by Anna Marongiu, an Italian artist who created 262 illustrations of The Pickwick Papers between 1928 and 1929. These rich artworks picture scenes from the novel that have rarely been illustrated. This is the first time they have been on display in the UK to celebrate the unique talent of Marongiu, whose own life was cut short in 1941 by a plane crash when she was just 34. Her Pickwick series was given to the Charles Dickens Museum by her family in the 1980s.
The Pickwick Papers caused a sensation when it was published, inspiring ‘Pickwick Clubs’ and societies to be set up in honour of the work. The exhibition features items including an 1837 Pickwick Club MinuteBook, which records the debates of one such society. The display will also
note the international reaction to the novel, exploring how the story came to Italy, where it would inspire such incredible artistry within Marongiu.
Admission: Adult: £12.50; Child 6-16 years: £7.50; Child < 6 years: Free.
Address: The Charles Dickens Museum, 48 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LX.
1. What can be learned about the exhibition?
A. It takes place in the second half of 2024.
B. It reveals the stories behind The Pickwick Papers.
C. It explores Dickens’s early career.
D. It invites visitors to illustrate Dickens’s novels.
2. What do we know about Marongiu?
A. She wasn’t acknowledged as an artist until 1941.
B. She wasn’t interested in Dickens’s writing styles.
C. She died young because of a serious disease.
D. She did her Pickwick series in the 1920s.
3. How much should a 5-year-old boy and his parents pay for the exhibition?
A. £20.00. B. £25.00.
C. £32.50. D. £37.50.
B
In 2023, the fossil (化石) of a prehistoric bird was discovered in China. The bird, called Baminornis, lived 150 million years ago. It may be the oldest bird ever discovered and changes the timeline of bird evolution, a study has found.
Baminornis is the second bird known to have lived during the Jurassic period (侏罗纪时代). The first, called Archaeopteryx, was discovered in 1862 in Germany. Archaeopteryx had many dinosaur-like features, which helped scientists determine that birds had evolved from dinosaurs. For more than 150 years after Archaeopteryx was found, however, no other birds from that period were discovered. That left scientists with a gap in knowledge about bird evolution. They thought there were other flying birds during that period, but they had no fossil to prove it. The discovery of Baminornis changed that and also helped scientists understand the process of bird evolution better.
Though Archaeopteryx and Baminornis are from the same period, they have key differences. Archaeopteryx was about the size of a modern crow (乌鸦) and could only fly for a short time. Baminornis was smaller. Like modern birds, it had a short tail that helped it fly smoothly. The development of short tails was essential in helping birds evolve into better flyers. The tail on Baminornis indicated that it was more advanced in its evolution compared to Archaeopteryx.
