Unit 1 New Zealand.阅读理解(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。A(2016衡水一中高三模拟)Michelangelo Buonarroti was born in Caprese, Italy on March 6,1475.He was still young when his family moved to Florence where Michelangelo grew up. His mother died when he was only six years old. Growing up in Florence during the Italian Renaissance was the perfect stage of young Michelangelos life. Even as a child all he wanted to do was painting and to be an artist.At the age of thirteen, he went to learn from Domenico Ghirlandaio, who was not only a painter but also an artist. Michelangelos talents became apparent as he worked for Domenico. Within a year or so Domenico sent him to the powerful Medici family to continue his training under the sculptor (雕刻家) Bertoldo di Geovanni. Michelangelo was able to work with some of the finest artists and philosophers of the time. During the next few years, Michelangelo produced many famous sculptures including Madonna of the Steps, Battle of the Centaurs and Bacchus.In 1496 Michelangelo moved to Rome. A year later he was asked to make a sculpture called The Pieta.It would become one of the masterpieces of Renaissance art. Today this sculpture sits in St. Peters Basilica in the Vatican. It is the only piece of art that Michelangelo signed.Michelangelos fame (名声) as a great artist began to grow. He returned to Florence and was asked to create a large statue of David. It took him a couple of years to finish the giant statue. The piece of marble (大理石) he began with was very tall and thin. Many people didnt think he could do much with it. He worked without letting anyone see it until it was finished. David became Michelangelos most famous work of art. It is thirteen feet tall and is the largest statue made since Ancient Rome. It is considered by many experts in art to be a nearly perfect sculpture. Today the statue sits at the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence, Italy.【语篇解读】本文是一篇人物传记。米开朗基罗是意大利文艺复兴时期著名的艺术家，本文向我们介绍了一些他的生平事迹。1What can we learn about Michelangelo as a young child?AHe lived a very hard life.BHe showed great interest in art.CHe wanted to go to Florence very much.DHe didnt have much time to learn painting.【解析】推理判断题。根据第一段的“Even as a child all he wanted to do was painting and to be an artist.”可推断，米开朗基罗小时候就对艺术很感兴趣。【答案】B2Michelangelo was sent to work under the sculptor Bertoldo di Geovanni most probably because_.AMichelangelo had lost his interest in paintingBDomenico didnt think Michelangelo had a gift for paintingCBertoldo di Geovanni offered to show Michelangelo sculpturesDDomenico wanted Michelangelo to make better use of his gift there【解析】推理判断题。根据第二段的第二、三句可推断，Domenico 是为了米开朗基罗能更好地利用自己的天赋才把他送到Bertoldo di Geovanni 那里去工作的。【答案】D3What sculpture by Michelangelo will you see in St.Peters Basilica?ABacchus.BThe Pieta.CMadonna of the Steps.DBattle of the Centaurs.【解析】细节理解题。根据第三段的第二至四句可知，应选B。【答案】B4When Michelangelo began his work on creating a large statue of David，many people_.Acouldnt wait to make fun of his workBthought he would finish it within monthsCknew it would be his most famous work of artDdidnt think he would make good use of it【解析】细节理解题。根据第四段的“Many people didnt think he could do much with it.”可知，一开始很多人认为那块大理石不适合雕刻那个作品。【答案】DBI am a good mother to three children. I have tried never to let my profession stand in the way of being a good parent.I no longer consider myself the center of the universe. I show up. I listen. I try to laugh. I am a good friend to my husband. I have tried to make marriage vows(誓约) mean what they say. I am a good friend to my friends, and they to me. Without them, there would be nothing to say to you today.So heres what I wanted to tell you today: Get a life. A real life, not a desire of the next promotion(提升), the bigger paycheck, the larger house.Get a life in which you are not alone. Find people you love, and who love you. And remember that love is not leisure(空闲); it is work. Pick up the phone. Send an email. Write a letter. And realize that life is the best thing and that you have no business taking it for granted.It is so easy to waste our lives, our days, our hours, and our minutes. It_is_so_easy_to_exist_instead_of_to_live.I learned to live many years ago. Something really bad happened to me, something that changed my life in ways that, if I had my choice, it would never have been changed at all. And what I learned from it is what, today, seems to be the hardest lesson of all: I learned to love the journey, not the destination. I learned to look at all the good in the world and try to give some of it back because I believed in it, completely and totally. And I tried to do that, in part, by telling others what I had learned.By telling them this: Read in the backyard with the sun on your face. Learn to be happy. And think of life as a deadly illness, because if you do, you will live it with jo