Unit 15 Learning课时练1阅读理解提速练 阅读理解A(2018湖南部分重点中学考前演练)WELCOME TO THE RONALD REAGANPRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUMVisit the limitedtime “Interactive! The Exhibition” at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum and save more than 30% on museum admission tickets with an audio tour.WHENThrough Feb. 28WHATS INCLUDEDD|S19(reg.D|S28). Admission for one person to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum, including “Interactive! The Exhibition”with an audio tour. Please note: the virtual reality(虚拟现实) experience will be an additional cost and participants must be 10 years old or above.WHY WE LOVE ITThe exhibition is a handson experience focusing on movies, TV, music and the artsExperience virtual reality, 1980s video games, robots, 3D printingClimb aboard Air Force One, view the expensive comfortable presidential car and a Marine One helicopterExplore Reagans legacy(遗产)：Step into an Oval Office copy and see a piece of the Berlin WallThe audio tour has more than 50 stops and original material not copied in the exhibitsWHAT YOU NEED TO KNOWThis is a seasonspecific event. All sales are final. No refunds(退款) or exchanges. Not valid after the expiration date. Valid any regular museum operating day through Feb. 28. Museum hours are 10 a. m5 p. m. , seven days a week. Valid for one person. Cannot combine with other offers. Must use in one visit. Tickets include admission to “Interactive! The Exhibition” and the entire museums galleries and grounds.【解题导语】本文是一篇应用文，介绍了罗纳德里根总统图书馆和博物馆的开放时间、游览内容、票价优惠等信息。1What can visitors do while visiting the library and museum?AFly on Air Force One.BExperience virtual reality for free.CApproach technology of different times.DLearn about the presidents daily routine.C解析：细节理解题。根据WHY WE LOVE IT部分中的“Experience virtual reality, 1980s video games, robots, 3D printing”可知，在参观该地时，游客可以体验虚拟现实、20世纪80年代的电子游戏、机器人、3D打印，即他们可以体验不同时期的科技。故选C。2What does the author say about the admission ticket?AIt can be enjoyed with other offers.BIt allows limitless visits to the museum.CIt isnt accessible to children.DIt cannot be changed once sold.D解析：细节理解题。根据最后一段中的“All sales are final. No refunds(退款) or exchanges.”可知，所有的门票出售都是最终的、不可改变的，不提供退款或更换服务。故选D。3What type of writing is this passage?AA notice.BAn official report.CAn advertisement.DA tour review.C解析：推理判断题。根据文章的形式和内容可以判断出，本文是有关罗纳德里根总统图书馆和博物馆的广告。故选C。B(2018成都高中毕业班诊断)Johannes Vermeer is such a quiet and introspective(内省的) artist that it took hundreds of years for anyone to notice he was a genius.A major Vermeer exhibition opens this month at the Louvre in Paris, whose permanent collection includes his great painting of a woman absorbed in close, visually demanding work, The Lacemaker (about 16691670). Like other paintings by Vermeer, this image represents modern culture.So attracted are todays art lovers by Vermeer that it was thought shocking when a recent survey found that 82% of Americans cant name who painted Girl with a Pearl Earring. Well, maybe they dont go to the movies much.It is not true to say he was forgottenthat would suggest he was famous in his lifetime. He was not. Vermeer was one more painter among the many who worked for money in the Dutch Republic in the 17th century. He was not a star like Rembrandt. He obviously took himself and his art seriously. His selfreferential painting The Art of Painting proves that. Even though he worked all his life in Delft, he painted only 35 known works and left his family poor when he died in 1675 at the age of 43.It is fitting that Paris is celebrating Vermeer, because it was the French avantgarde(先锋派) in the 19th century who saved him from being completely forgotten. Compare his painting Woman in Blue Reading a Letter or The Little Street with, say, Edouard Manets A Bar at the FoliesBergre(1882)or Camille Pissarros The Boulevard Montmartre at Night (1897) and it is easy to see why the art of Vermeer found its natural audience in Parisian Bohemia.All these artists are likely to have known about and admired Vermeer due to the efforts of the critic ThorBrger, a veteran of the 1848 Revolution.Vermeers rediscovery is part of the history of modern French art. Vermeer is not only a great artist. He is a great modern artist.【解题导语】本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了著名画家Johannes Vermeer的生平和他的艺术特点。4How many paintings produced by Vermeer are mentioned in the text?AFour.BFive.CSix. DSeven.B解析：细节理解题。通读全文可知，本文共提及Vermeer的五幅画作，包括第二段提及的The Lacemaker、第三段提及的Girl with a Pearl Earring、第四段提及的The Art of Painting、第五段提及的Woman in Blue Reading a Letter和The Little Street，故B项正确。5What can we know about Vermeer from Paragraph 4?AHe was wellknown when he was alive.BHe gained a good fortune for his family.CHe didnt witness the popularity of his works.DHe considered painting as a way to have fun.C解析：推理判断题。根据第四段最后一句可知，尽管他终身在代尔夫特工作，但是直到他在43岁去世时仅留下了35件被人们所知的作品，他是在贫困中离世的