20xx温州高三(上)八校联考英语试题(编辑修改稿)

20xx温州高三(上)八校联考英语试题(编辑修改稿)内容摘要：

e session is held. Courses: 第 5 页 65. The ABE Department serves an aim to___________. A. provide learners with basic knowledge and skills to fit in with society B. help learners successfully get a job in a changing world C. offer diplomas to those who fail to finish secondary education D. provide students with opportunities to prepare for the GED exams 66. A 17yearold is not accepted to ABE classes only because he_____________. A. is below 18 B. can39。 t offer a high school diploma C. has left school without official permission D. is assessed as poor in learning performances 67. What is the Educational Planning Session intended for? A. Providing special help to disabled students. B. Helping students be better at the four basic skills. C. Finding out whether they can be accepted to ABE classes. D. An assessment of students39。 basic skill levels. 68. Different courses are offered to different students according to ___________. A. their own choices B. the assessments during the Educational Planning Session C. their performances in school D. how much they pay for the courses C Starry Night Have you ever seen a real night sky that looks like Van Gogh’s Starry Night? I hope not! So, why would an artist paint the sky this way? Perhaps I can answer that with another question. When you’re happy, why do you sing instead of speaking? Or when you’re in love, why do you speak of roses and honey? When we do these things, we, too are artists. We’re using something that goes beyond a mere scientific description in order to municate our feelings more powerfully than straightforward words can. So consider for a moment that Van Gogh might not have been hallucinating (产生幻觉的 ) on the night he painted this. Maybe he felt something so powerful that he had to go beyond the familiar to express it. I hope I’m reminding you of something you already know as I describe the experience of being outside at night under a crystal clear sky that makes everything seem clean and refreshing. So you look up. And suddenly you see the sky that you’ve seldom seen before. It’s not just the same old dark night sky tonight. Instead, the blackness is a deep, rich blue that is more bottomless than any ocean. The stars are not spots of light but brilliant, magical diamonds that dance like tiny angels. In just this special moment, the sky is somehow alive, and it seems to speak to you silently about the meaning of infinity (无限 ). ABE0742: Beginning Literature ABE0742: Beginning ABE0743: Intermediate I ABE0744: Intermediate II ABE0745: Secondary I ABE0746: Secondary II (Includes preparation for the GED Test) 第 6 页 Now look at the painting again. Can you see something of what makes this such a famous and wellloved image? But there’s more here than that. Van Gogh painted this while he was quite struck down by a mental disease. It is natural to imagine that he frequently battled the fear that he would never escape his prison to true freedom. It is natural for us to imagine this because each of us has faced our own personal prison, whether it be disease, the loss of a loved one, serious financial problems … In such moments it is tempting to give up to despair (绝望 ) and collapse in hopelessness. Looking at this painting, I imagine Van Gogh in just such a moment of despair, when he is struck by the memory of one of those amazing night skies. He recalls the sense that he is not alone, that there is a living, infinite world with rich colorful creatures and scenes all around. And so the sky flows across the canvas (画布 ) full of vitality (活力 ) and power. The stars don’t just sparkle。 they explode. Looking closer, we notice that the earth itself seems to respond to the movement in the sky, forming its own living waves in the mountain and rolling trees. In the sleepy village, the windows of the houses glow (发光 ) with the same light that brightens the universe. The giant trees at the left seem to capture the joy by stretching upwards toward the sky. What a tremendous message of hope there is in this masterpiece! Even if our troubles persist, the world around us assures us that life is worth living. That’s what the angels sing about. Doesn’t it make you want to sing, too? 69. Looking at the painting Starry Night, we can see all the following except________. A. The singing angels B. the giant trees C. the sleepy village D. the sparkling stars 70. Van Gogh does NOT describe a feeling of _______ through the Starry Night. A. happiness B. vitality C. power D. despair 71. The underlined word “prison” in the 3rd paragraph probably means _______. A. trouble in one’s life B. mental illness C. control from the authority D. a place where criminals are kept 72. What is the main purpose of this passage? A. To explain how Van Gogh painted the Starry Night. B. To tell us how to appreciate the Starry Night. C. To prove Van Gogh was in a hallucinating state of mind while painting the picture. D. To show us the beauty of the sky on a starry night. D How often one hears children wishing they were grown up, and the old wishing they were young again! Each age has its pleasure and its pains, and the happiest person is the one who enjoys what each agc gives him without wasting any time in useless regrets. Children is a time when there are few duties to make life hard. If a child has good parents, he is fed, looked after, and loved whatever he may do. It’s impossible for him to be given so much again in his life without having to do anything in return. Besides, life is always giving new things to the child. A child fi。