哈尔滨市第六中学2020届下学期期中考试考试高二英语试题第一卷第一部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节：（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30 分）A The Adler Planetarium(天文馆) is part of the lake fronts Museum Campus, which along with the Shedd Aquarium(水族馆) and Field Museum, attracts a huge number of visitors every year. The Adler Planetarium is included with the purchase of a Go Chicago Card.Address: 1300 South Lake Shore DrivePhone: 312-922-STAR(7827)Getting to the Adler Planetarium by Public Transportation:Either the south-bound CTA bus line #146(Marine-Michigan), or Red Line CTA train south to Roosevelt, then take a Museum Campus trolley (电车) or take the CTA bus #12.Driving from Downtown of Chicago:Lake Shore Drive (US 41) south to 18th Street. Turn left onto Museum Campus Drive and follow it around Soldier Field. Look for signs that will point you to the visitor parking garage. The Adler Planetarium is just northeast of the parking garage.Parking at the Adler Planetarium:There are several lots(停车场) on the Museum Campus, but most tend to fill up quickly and your best bet is in the main parking garage. Parking for all lots is $ 15 per day.Adler Planetarium Hours:Daily: 9：30 a. m. - 4: 30 p. m. The Adler Planetarium is open every day except Thanksgiving Day and Christmas. Extended Hours: From Memorial Day to Labor Day, the Adler Planetarium is open from 9: 30 a.m.-6: 00 p. m. daily.Adler Planetarium Tickets: General Admission(exhibits only): Adults, $ 7; Seniors (aged 65+), $ 6；Children(ages 4-11), $5.1. What is the correct route to the planetarium?A. A Museum Campus trolley-the CTA bus #12.B. The Red Line CTA train-a Museum Campus trolley. .C. The CTA bus line #146-the Red Line CTA train.D. The Lake Shore Drive(US 41)-the CTA bus line #1462. When can you enter the planetarium at 5 pm?A. Weekdays.B. Sundays.C. Memorial Day.D. Thanksgiving Day.3. To visit the planetarium, how much should a couple with a 66-year-old man and 12-year-old son pay?A. 18 dollars.B. 20 dollars.C. 25 dollars.D. 27 dollarsBGwendolyn Brooks was the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. Gwendolyn Brooks wrote hundreds of poems during her lifetime. She was known around the world for using poetry to increase understanding about black culture in America.Her poems described conditions among the poor, racial inequality and drug use in the black community. She also wrote poems about the struggles of black women. But her skill was more than her ability to write about struggling black people. She was an expert at the language of poetry. She combined traditional European poetry styles with the African American experience.In her early poetry, Gwendolyn Brooks wrote about the South Side of Chicago. The South Side of Chicago is where many back people live. In her poems, the South Side is called Bronzeville. It was A Street in Bronzeville that gained the attention of literary experts in 1945. Critics praised her poetic skill and her powerful descriptions of the black experience during the time. The Bronzeville poems were her first published collection.In 1950, Gwendolyn Brooks became the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. She won the prize for her second book of poems called Annie Allen. Annie Allen is a collection of poetry about the life of a Bronzeville girl as a daughter, a wife and mother. She experiences loneliness, loss, death and being poor. Ms. Brooks said that winning the prize changed her life.Her next work was a novel written in 1953 called Maud Martha, Maud Martha received little notice when it was first published. But now it is considered an important work by some critics. Its main ideas about the difficult life of many women are popular among female writers today.In some of her poems, Gwendolyn Brooks described how what people see in life is affected by who they are. One example is this poem, Corners on the Curing Sky.By the end of the 1960s, Gwendolyn Brooks poetry expanded from the everyday experiences of people in Bronzeville. She wrote about a wider world and dealt with important political issues.4. What does the text mainly talk about?A. The life of Gwendolyn Brooks. B. The struggles of black women.C. The understanding about black culture. D. The poems of Gwendolyn Brooks.5. What can we learn about Gwendolyn Brooks from the second paragraph?A. She mainly wrote about the struggles of black women.B. She was good at using the language of poetry.C. Her writing skills were a little worse than her ability.D. Her poems were mainly about the African experience.6. The author develops the passage mainly by .A. providing examplesB. using statisticsC. comparing opinionsD. describing her experiences7. In the next part, the author would most probably talk about .A. the difficulties Gwendolyn Brooks would meetB. the poems related to political issuesC. the awards Gwendolyn Brooks gainedD. t