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1、平遥中学2016-2017学年第二学期高二期中考试英语试题（文理科）本试卷满分150分考试时间100分钟第I卷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ALandArt,sometimesreferredtoasEarthArtorEarthworks,isaformofartwhichinvolvesusingphysicallandscapestocreateart,takingartoutofthemuseumandintotheoutsid
2、eworld.ModernLandArtmovementreal1ygotgoinginthe1960swhenAmericanartistsbegancreatingLandArtonalargescale・Today,worksofmodernLandArtcanbeseenallovertheworld,sometimesrightalongsidemucholderpiecesofLandArtcreatedbypeoplewholivedthousandsofyearsago.LandArt,wh
3、ichisnotnecessarilyunchangeable,cantakeanumberofforms.Forexamples,in1970RobertSmithsoncreatedtheSpiralJetty（螺旋状防波堤），madeofacol1ectionofstonesandmud,intheGreatSaltLake・TheAmericanartistmadea1argejettyinaspiralshapewhichsticksoutintothewatersofthelake.Reshap
4、ingthelandscapeisacommoncharacteristicofLandArt,whichcanbecreatedbymovingpartsaround.PeoplecanalsoaddthingstotheenvironmenttocreateLandArt,likesalt,whichisaddedtotheSpiralJetty.Itispossibletouseplants.Inallcases,LandArtisimmovable・LandArtisdesignedtogradua
5、llyform,change,andeventuallydecay（衰落）•That"soneofthebiggestdifferencesbetweenLandArtandmostoftheartoneseesinthemuseums.Someworksofartcanexistonlyforafewhoursordays.Othersareexposedtorainandwindsothattheydevelopanddecayovertime,whichispartoftheA・Heisagreatc
6、reativeartist.B・HelivesneartheGreatSaltLake.C.HemadethemostfamousLandArt.［）•HewasapioneerincreatingLandArt.attractivenessintheeyesoftheartists.1.WhatdoweknowaboutRobertSmithson?2.OneoftheuniquecharacteristicsofLandArt1iesinA.itshowstheextremebeautyofnature
7、B.itdevelopsanddecaysgraduallyovertimeC.itcombinesthelandscapesaroundcompletelyA.itofferstheartistsachancetogetclosetonature3.Whatisthepassagemainlyabout?A.WorksofLandArt.B.HistoryofLandArt.C.ChangesofLandArt.D.TntroductionofLandArt.BIfyouhaveachancetogoto
8、Finland,youwillprobablybesurprisedtofindhow“foolish”theFinnishpeopleare.Takethetaxidriversforexample.TaxisinFinlandaremostlyhigh-classBenz（奔驰）withafareoftwoUSdoIlarsakilometer.Youcangoanywhereinone,tel1thedri
