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　　广东省肇庆市2017年高考英语二模试卷
　　学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________
　　I、阅读理解(本大题共15小题，共30.0分)
　　A
　　Master painter Zhang Daqian （1899-1983）was well known for having a large number of friends and students．Among them，painter Li Qiujun was special．
　　They got to know each other through Li's elder brother，who was one of Zhang's best friends．
　　They admired each other's artistic talent and became confidants，which resulted in a romantic relationship．
　　In 1948，Zhang produced Spring Clouds Amid Autumn Landscape，a mountain-and-water ink painting featuring gongbi （meticulous brushwork），as a gift for Li's 50th birthday．
　　A year later，Zhang permanently departed from the mainland，and traveled and exhibited around the world before settling down in Taipei in 1976．
　　After leaving the mainland，he often said that he missed Li，who died in Shanghai in 1973．
　　Spring Clouds Amid Autumn Landscape will be auctioned in Hong Kong on Oct 4．
　　The painting not only marks a friendship between the two painters，but it deserves special attention because it shows Zhang at the top of his game as he sought to master the mountain-and-water style，according to C．ng，head of Sotheby's Chinese painting department．
　　Sotheby's will auction the work at its major autumn sale，which runs from Oct 1to 5．
　　Cheung says the painting's composition and Zhang's attention to details reflect his incorporation of traditional touches，especially from Song Dynasty （960-1279）paintings，while also developing his own style．
　　1.The underlined word"confidants"in paragraph 3 probably means ______ ．
　　A.enemies         B.colleges         C.friends          D.painters
　　2.How old was Li Qiujun when she died？ ______
　　A.50               B.75               C.78               D.84
　　3.According to the passage，which of the following is NOT true？ ______
　　A.Spring Clouds Amid Autumn Landscape was originally a gift for Li's 50th birthday．
　　B.Zhang Daqian permanently departed from the mainland in 1949．
　　C.Sotheby's will auction Spring Clouds Amid Autumn Landscape in Hong Kong．
　　D.Li Qiujun's elder brother was also one of ZhangDaqian's students．
　　B
　　A new international study shows that some people's biological clock plays a powerful role for their life expectancy，regardless of lifestyle choices．
　　Published in the latest issue of Aging on Wednesday，the study has found the most definitive evidence to explain why some people keep healthy lifestyle but die younger than others．
　　Geneticist Steve Horvath from the University of California，Los Angeles （UCLA），led a team of 65scientists around the world to record age-related changes to human DNA，analyse blood samples collected from 13，000 people and estimate their lifespan．
　　A higher biological age，regardless of actual age，consistently predicts an earlier death，the study says．
　　"You get people who are vegan，sleep 10hours a day，have a low-stress job，and still end up dying young，"Horvath said in a statement．"We have shown some people have a fast