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1、2019-2020学年高二英语下学期期中试题(III)第一部分英语知识运用（共三节，满分100分）第一节阅读理解（共四篇，共15小题；每小题3分，满分45分LandArt,sometimesreferredtoasEarthArtorEarthworks,isaformofartwhichinvolvesusingphysicallandscapestocreateart,takingartoutofthemuseumandintotheoutsideworld.ModernLandArtmovementreallygot
2、goinginthe1960swhenAmericanartistsbegancreatingLandArtonalargescale.Today,worksofmodernLandArtcanbeseenallovertheworld,sometimesrightalongsidemucholderpiecesofLandArtcreatedbypeoplewholivedthousandsofyearsago.LandArt,whichisnotnecessarilyunchangeable,cantakeanumbe
3、rofforms.Forexamples,in1970RobertSmithsoncreatedtheSpiralJetty（螺旋状防波堤）,madeofacollectionofstonesandmud,intheGreatSaltLake.TheAmericanartistmadealargejettyinaspiralshapewhichsticksoutintothewatersofthelake.ReshapingthelandscapeisamoncharacteristicofLandArt,whichcan
4、becreatedbymovingpartsaround.PeoplecanalsoaddthingstotheenvironmenttocreateLandArt,likesalt,whichisaddedtotheSpiralJetty.Itispossibletouseplants.Inallcases,LandArtisimmovable.LandArtisdesignedtograduallyform,change,andeventuallydecay（衰落）.That’soneofthebiggestdiffe
5、rencesbetweenLandArtandmostoftheartoneseesinthemuseums.Someworksofartcanexistonlyforafewhoursordays.Othersareexposedtorainandwindsothattheydevelopanddecayovertime,whichispartoftheattractivenessintheeyesoftheartists.1.WhatdoweknowaboutRobertSmithson?A.Heisagreatcre
6、ativeartist.B.HelivesneartheGreatSaltLake.C.HemadethemostfamousLandArt.D.HewasapioneerincreatingLandArt.2.OneoftheuniquecharacteristicsofLandArtliesin_______.A.itshowstheextremebeautyofnatureB.itdevelopsanddecaysgraduallyovertimeC.itbinesthelandscapesaroundpletely
7、D.itofferstheartistsachancetogetclosetonature3.Whatisthepassagemainlyabout?A.WorksofLandArt.B.HistoryofLandArt.C.ChangesofLandArt.D.IntroductionofLandArt.BIfyouhaveachancetogotoFinland,youwillprobablybesurprisedtofindhow“foolish”theFinnishpeopleare.Takethetaxidriv
8、ersforexample.TaxisinFinlandaremostlyhigh-classBenz（奔驰）withafareoftwoUSdollarsakilometer.Youcangoanywhereinone,tellthedrivertodropyouatanyplace,saythaty
