云南省2019届高三下学期第二次统测英语试卷【含答案及解析】姓名班级分数题号-二二三四五六总分得分、阅读理解1. My doorbell rings at 11 a.m. On the step, I find an elderly Chin ese lady. She is small and slight. She holds a paper carrier bag in her han ds.I know this lady. It is by no means her first visit. Her daughter, Nicole, bought the house n ext door last October. Nicole, who is curre ntly in Shan ghai, has appare ntly told her mother that I am hav ing heart surgery shortly, and the result is that her mother has decided I n eed to be supplied with meals.I know what is in side the paper carrier bag a sta ini ess-steel containerwith a meal of rice, vegetables and either chicken, meat or shrimp. This has become an almost-daily occurre nee.Communi cati on betwee n my ben efactor （恩人）and me is somewhat han dicapped bythe fact that she doesn t speak English and all I can say in Mandarin is“hello ” . Once, she brought an iPad and pointed to the screen, which displayed a message from Nicole telli ng me that her mother wan ted to know if the food was all right.“Your mother just can t be bringing me meals like this all the time” Iprotested. “ I can hardly reciprocate by cook ing somethi ng from my n ative Iand, like roast beef or Yorkshire pudding for her” I said.“Oh, no, Nicole said. “Don t worry about that. She has to cook for the family any way, and she wants to do it for you. You can call her Wing, which is her surname. ”The tenant in my basement suite is a university student who speaks Mandarinquite well, so with her help, I have found out that Wing is 6813 yearsyoun ger tha n I am and that she lived through the Cultural Revoluti on. For my part, I was raised in wartime Britain.So here we are, two gran dmothers a world away from where we were raised, neither of us able to speak the other s Ianguage. But the doorbell keeps ringing and there is the familiar paper earner bag, handed smilingly to me by Wing.Right now I am working on some more Mandarin words it s the least I can doafter such a display of kindness.“Thank you ” is, of course ， the first one, which somehow seems inadequate.1. The author and Wing got to know each other .A. as next door neighborsB. when exchanging mealsC. by sharing similar experiencesD. after using an iPad to communicate2. The underlined word“ reciprocate ” in Paragraph 5 probablymeans .A. do as well B. offer generouslyC. give in return D. accept with pleasure3. The author s effort to learn Mandarin shows her .A.great satisfactionB. real kindnessC.heartfelt thanksD. sincere friendship2.It s not whatyou look at that matters; its what you see Henry David ThoreauSlow Art Day is a global event with a simple mission: help more peoplediscover for themselves the joy of looking at and loving art.Why slow?When people look slowly at a piece of art ， they make discoveries. The most important discovery they make is that they can see and experience art without an expert. And that s an exciting discovery. It unlocks passion andcreativity and helps to create more art lovers.How does it work?One day each year, people all over the world visit local museums and galleries to look at art slowly. Participants look at five works of art for 10 minutes each and then meet together over lunch to talk about their experience.ThatA it. Simple by desig n, the goal is to focus on the art. In fact, Slow ArtDay works quite well this way.By the numbersOver 1,200 individual Slow Art Day events have taken place since its official launch in 2010. Slow Art Day events have taken place on all seven continents.700 venues (museums, galleries, artist studios, sculpture parks, public art sites, etc.) have hosted Slow Art Day events.Participants love Slow Art DayFeedback on this simple event has been overwhelmingly positive. Here s asample:“ I loved taking the time to just be with the works, particularly piecesI might otherwise walk by. It s a much better way of doing the art museumthan the usual idle ramble. Discussion afterwards was fun， interesting,informative and eye-opening. I look forward to doing it again. ”Slow Art Day 2017 is Saturday, April 8, in museums and galleries worldwide. Join us and experience art differently.1. The author quotes Thoreau s words at the beginning to .A. arouse readers interest in artB. introduce the topic of the textC. stress the importance of lookingD. illustrate the joy of art appreciation2. A typical slow art activity .A. lasts about fifty minutes when people look at art works criticallyB. encourages people to see art for themselves and discuss with expertsC. organizes people to look at art on their own and talk about their experienceD. inspires people to make discoveries about art works and create their own3. What can we learn about Slow Art Day from the text?A. The year of 2017 will see the eighth Slow Art D