2018年青岛市高考模拟检测（5月）英语试题(2)

B．received

C．started

D．put down

27．What’s the purpose of this passage? A．T0 instruct us how to choose Mooncakes．

B．To introduce the origin of mooncakes and their styles． C．To stress the importance of mooncakes． D．To advertise different styles of mooncakes．

C

This year is the 10th anniversary of the 2008 catastrophe of Wall Street，following the fall of the Lehman Brothers，which caused the long-time global financial crisis．The recent global stock market decreases，again originating in the United States，have been an unwelcome reminder of their volatility(波动)．However，my recent trip to Zeebrugge in Belgium showed that a crisis can be transformed into a long chain of opportunities if farseeing decisions can be made．

The opportunities began in 2010，in the depth of the financial crisis in Europe，when China’s automaker Geely acquired Volvo and the Sweden-based company’s car operation in Belgium’s Ghent，injecting them with new vitality(活力)．That started a Sino-Belgian chain reaction with Belgium making good use of its European gateway position and fending synergies(协同效应)with China’s Belt and Road Initiative．

The Port of Zeebrugge，about sixty kilometers away from Volvo’s Ghent operation，is among those following Geely and Volvo’s pioneering steps to bring China and Belgium closer．As the second-largest port in Belgium，it is a natural deep-water harbor and has a good network of road and rail connections across Europe．It is expected to be main northern European center for China’s Belt and Road Initiative with Piraeus Port in Greece the southern center．

Belgium also became a member of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank last year．The Belgian government and its businesses have clearly made the farseeing decision to deepen ties with China．And data indicate the decision is paying off．The wade volume between China and Belgium reached $23．3 billion in 2017，7．8 percent growth year-on-year，with China’s imports from Belgium increasing faster than its exports to the country．This is significant for Belgium，which is a country that relies on trade． 28．What can we learn from paragraph 1?

A．It has been about ten years since the fall of the Lehman Brothers．

B．The catastrophe of Wall Street happened before the Lehman Brothers’failure． C．The recent global stock market has decreased for the first time in the United States． D．Whatever decisions are made，a crisis can not be changed into good opportunities． 29．What does the underlined word“That”in paragraph 2 refer to?

A．The financial crisis in Europe． B．The writer’s trip to Zeebrugge． C．Geely’s purchasing Volvo． D．China’s Belt and Road Initiative．

30．Why did the writer mention“Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank”in paragraph 4?

A．To show its importance to Belgium and China． B．To confirm Belgium’s wise decisions． C．To prove Belgium is a country relying on trade． D．To tell the growth of trade volume． 31．What can be the best title of the passage?[

A．The Anniversary of the 2008 Catastrophe of Wall Street B．The Port of Zeebrugge Brings China and Belgium Closer C．Belgium Shows its Confidence in China

D．The Relationship between Belgium and China

D

Loving Vincent，which came out on Dec．8 in Chinese mainland cinemas，is the world’s first hand-painted animated movie．

Directed by British animator Hugh Welchman and Polish painter Dorota Kobiela，the movie tells the story of the final months of Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh(1853-1890)．The story is told through more than 130 of the artist’s greatest paintings and the characters from them．

The film invited 125 painters to create the animation，which uses 12 oil paintings per second．If a character turns their head，the head and shoulders will be taken off the main painting and redrawn to show movement．

Simulating(模仿)Van Gogh’s recognizable brushstrokes(笔触)is important．So the 125 painters spent a lot of time in the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam，the Netherlands，studying the application of the paint，the drying times and the texture(质感)of Van Gogh’s artworks．Their aim was to interpret his style，Welchman and Kobiela told The Independent．

In fact，people can easily understand how the artist was feeling at the time just by looking at his paintings. For example，in his most popular painting The Starry Night，Van Gogh expressed his anger and pain with strong，long brushstrokes．

Using hundreds of letters written by the painter to write the movie’s storyline，Welchman and Kobiela believed that Van Gogh’s unconfirmed last days were where Loving Vincent’s focus should lie．“The thing that was dramatic for me was that in his last seven months…he’d sold his first painting for a decent sum of money His work was finally being appreciated by the painters around him,”Welchman told The Independent．“It was obvious that he was going to succeed．It was a matter of time．It just seems so tragic．”

But as Van Gogh wrote in his last letter：“The truth is，we cannot speak other than by our paintings．”This is what Loving Vincent does-it lets his works tell the story of what he had inside his heart，and what

happened to him in the end．

32．What’s special about the film Loving Vincent?

A．It’s about a famous painter． B．It’s directed by two persons． C．The animation is created by hand painting． D．It costs a large sum of money． 33．Why did the 125 painters spend much time in the Van Gogh Museum?

A．To paint very quickly[来源:学.科.网Z.X.X.K] B．To paint so many pictures．

C．To redraw the character to show the moment． D．To learn Van Gogh’s painting style． 34．Why does the film focus on Van Gogh’ …… 此处隐藏：7276字，全部文档内容请下载后查看。喜欢就下载吧 ……