2024-2025学年江苏省常州高级中学高二上学期强基班10月月考英语试题（含解析）.pdfVIP

2024-2025学年江苏省常州高级中学高二上学期强基班10月月考英语

试题

第一部分听力

略

第二部分阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)

第一节(共11小题；每小题2.5分，满分27.5分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和

D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。

A

TheMonaLisaisthefamousLeonardodaVincipaintingofawomanwithamysterioussmile.

Thisweek,thewomanpartedherlipstowhisperanancientsecret.

ScientistsusingX-raystoexaminethechemicalstructureofasmallpartofthepainting

discoveredatechniqueLeonardousedinthework.Anoilpaintusedforitwasaspecial,new

chemicalmixture,whichsuggeststhattheItalianartistwasinanexperimentalmoodwhenhe

workedonthepaintinginthe16thcentury.

“Helovedtoexperiment,andeachofhispaintingsiscompletelydifferenttechnically,”

saidVictorGonzalez,achemistwhohasstudiedthechemicalelementofseveralworksby

Leonardoandotherartists.Theresearchersfoundarareleadcompound(铅化合物)—

plumbonacrite,inLeonardo’sfirstlayerofpaint.ThediscoveryprovedthatdaVincimost

likelyusedleadoxidetothickenandhelpdryhispaint.Thepaintinthestudyisaboutthe

thicknessofahumanhair,lyinginthetoprightareaofthepainting.

Thescientistslookedintoitsatomic(原子的)structureusingX-rays,movingparticles

atthespeedoflight,permittingresearcherstolookdeeperintothepaintstructure.

“Plumbonacriteisreallyafingerprintofhisrecipe,asit’sthefirsttimewecan

chemicallyconfirmit,”Gonzalezsaid.

Rembrandt,theDutchmaster,mayhaveemployedasimilarblendinhis17th-centurypaintings.

Gonzalezandfellowresearchershavealsodetectedplumbonacriteinhisart.It’sbelieved

thatLeonardousedleadoxidepowder,whichhasanorangecolor,tothickenhisoilpaintand

speedupdrying.“Whatyouwillgetisanoilthathasaverynicegoldencolor,”Gonzalez

said.“Itflowsmorelikehoney