广西桂林十八中2017届高三上学期第一次月考英语试卷及答案(2)

21. Which of the following is an example of the “extra minute” rule ?
   A. Start the car the moment everyone is seated. 
B. Leave the room for a minute with the iron working .
   C. Wait for an extra minute so that the steak tastes better.
   D. Move an object out of the way before it trips someone .
22. The author decided to go to her office on Good Friday to _______________.
   A. keep her appointment with the eye doctor       B. meet her father who was already an old man
   C. join in the holiday celebration of the company   D. finish her work before the deadline approaching
23. The underlined word “foregone” in Paragraph 3 is closed in meaning to “____________” .
   A. abandoned    B. lacked      C. avoided     D. wasted
24. What is the best title for the passage ?
    A. The Emotional Well-being        B. The Two Saddest Words
    C. The Most Useful Rule            D. The Peace of Mind
                                 B
     No one can deny that buttons are an important clothing device. But , can they rise to the level of art ? Organizers of an exhibit in New York think so.
Peter Souleo Wright organized “The Button Show” at Rush Arts Gallery in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan . Eleven artists used the small , ordinary objects to create sculptures , portraits and wearable art . Some of the works are political , some are personal and others are just fun.
Wright said each artist reimagines and repurposes the buttons to make art . “What I tried to do with this show,” he said , “ was to look at artists who were promoting that level of craft.”
He said he wanted the button art to be comparable to a painting “because of the amount of detail and precision in the work”.
Artist Beau McCall produced “A Harlem Hangover”. It looks like a wine bottle that fell over on a table . A stream of connected red buttons hang over the side, like wine flowing down . Similar red buttons form a small pool on the floor .
McCall layers buttons of different shapes and sizes to create the bottle. The stitching that holds them together is also part of the artistic design.
For San Francisco-based artist Lisa Kokin , buttons are highly personal . After her father died in 2001, she created a portrait of him using only buttons. That memorial to her father led to other button portraits , including those of activists Rosa Parks and Cesar Chavez .
Others use buttons for details. Artist Amalia Amaki of Tuscaloosa , Alabama , placed them on and around old photographs. Los Angeles artist Camilla Taylor attached buttons to three large sculptures that look like headless animals with long , narrow legs.
“The Button Show” ends at March 12. The Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation paid for the exhibition. The foundation was created in 1995 by the Simmons brothers: artist Danny , hip-hop producer Russell and rapper Rev﹒Run. The foundation seeks to bring the artists to urban youth and to provide support for new artists . 
25. Why did Wright organize “The Button Show”?
A. To show the importance of buttons .         B. To support the new artists .
C. To raise the button show to the level of art .   D. To create sculptures and portraits . 
26. Whose works are personal ?
A. Peter Souleo Wright .   B. Beau McCall .   C. Lisa Kokin .  D. Amalia Amaki .
27. If you want to see “The Button Show” , you should ____________.
A. buy tickets before March 12            B. phone Peter Souleo Wright before March 12
C. go to Rush Arts Gallery                D. go to the Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation
                                C
There’s a whole lot of things that people fill their stomachs with. Some of them keep people alive. Some of them taste good to people. Some of them help people win pie-eating contests. Alcohol does none of these things. Why do people keep drinking it ? And what does it do once it gets to their stomachs ?
There are all kinds of alcohol molecules  (分子), but the one that people most often pour down their throat is ethanol (乙醇). Ethanol is very tiny and it dissolves in water , so it gets into all sorts of places that it’s not supposed to. Alcohol heads for the digestive system . Because it dissolves in water , it can get into the water in the bloodstream . Because ethanol , to a certain extent , can pass through cell membranes (膜). It can go almost anywhere . It spreads through the muscles , and is sweated --- unmetabolized(未经新车代谢的) and whole --- through the skin. It gets into the heart . It even takes a walk through the brain , and this is the secret of its powers.
Alcohol depresses the nerves , and the nerves affect almost every area of the body . Enough alcohol makes people sleep , so people who become unconscious choke on their own vomit (呕吐物) . Most worryingly , enough alcohol can shut down those parts of the brain just like any other parts. People become unconscious and their brains simply forget to breathe.
Alcohol is broken down in the liver. Alcohol doesn’t destroy the liver , but products that the liver breaks the alcohol into do cause damage. A glass of wine per day can not do any harm . Instead , it can prevent heart attacks or can make someone functionally young. And it is kind of nice to know that sometimes, relaxation and cheer can be bottled . All that’s needed is to take care how much alcohol is let into a person’s brain .