河南焦作市博爱英才学校2020-2021学年高二第五次考试英语试卷
英语
第二部分阅读理解(共两节,满分40分)
第一节(共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂。
A
Love sugar-white sand beaches? Whether you’re looking to ski down the side of a mountain or surf in the sunshine, you'll find the following four places in the best winter travel destination (目的地) list.
Best for: Families and water babies
The newly-built Coral Towers at the Atlantis resort (旅游胜地) in Paradise Island, Bahamas, with new next-door neighbor Marina Village, an open-air shopping and dining marketplace, are just two of the newest reasons to visit this Caribbean popular travel destination. Don't forget about Aquaventure, the world's largest open-air water park. With the average winter temperatures between the mid 60°F and high 70°F, it’s a perfect place t o escape the cold.
Best for: Winter sports lovers
Known as “Ski City” because of its position as the gateway to “the Greatest Snow on Earth” at four of the U. S.A.'s best ski resorts---Alta, Brighton, Snowbird, and Solitude---Salt Lake City welcomes winter sports lovers all around the world. In addition to wonderful skiing and snowboarding tracks, Utah Olympic Park offers an unforgettable experience that will make you feel like an Olympian in training.
Best for: Adventurers
Iceland in the winter is simply dreamy and temperatures aren't as cool as you might think. Plus, there's no better time than winter to view the Northern Lights. Short winter days mean you'll have an even greater chance to catch the magic. An increasing number of flights in and out of Reykjavik make it easier than ever to visit.
Best for: Families and theme park lovers
Whether you come for the Pro Bowl in January, the new Toy Story land at Disney's Hollywood Studios, or Supercharged ride at Universal Studios Florida, Orlando is yet another warm-weather destination for winter travel. The weather is at its best and the crowds are at their thinnest.
21. Which of the following is a good place for shopping?
A. Iceland
B. Aquaventure
C. Marina Village.
D. Ski City
22. What makes Iceland become one of the best winter travel destinations?
A. The new Toy Story land
B. Sugar-white sand beaches
C. An open-air dinning marketplace.
D. The magic of the Northern Lights
23. To escape the cold in winter, you can go to ______
A. Salt Lake City
B. Orlando
C. Reykjavik
D. Brighton
B
After the Gold
Congratulations! You’ve won the gold medal! Stand still while the photo flashes (闪光灯) pop and TV journalists ask how it feels. Thousands of new followers on social media, meanwhile, are waiting for what you have to say.
Then, prepare for a different kind of downhill.
Diann Roffe knows the experience well. The American Alpine ski racer (高山滑雪运动员) won a gold medal at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Olympics after winning a silver at the 1992 Albertville Games. She immediately announced her retirement. She was 26, an age when most people have just begun a career.
Joining society at 26 can be tough. A professional athlete’s life is remarkably self-centered. You wake up taking your heart rate. You think of your own workout goals. You write down what you eat. After years of self-focus, if everything works out just right, you win. Most people will never experience a high that high. But there’s a downside.
“It was like being taken up to the highest mountain peak to see the view, and then being brought down, never to be there again,” said Roffe. In the first years after her win, Roffe thought, “Here I am struggling with the masses to make ends meet and get school done, seeking that extraordinary feeling again.”
Roffe’s friend, speed skater Cathy Turner, was the darling after she won a gold at the 1992 Albertville Games. “I woke up every day with a long to-do list,” she recalled her early days after retiremen t. “It was like, ‘What speech am I giving? What company am I going to address?’ I was Cathy the skater, the Olympian. Then I was Cathy the motivational speaker.”
Turner found it difficult to make a transition out of the sport. She returned to compete at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Olympics, where she won another gold. She retired again, turned her attention to computers, but soon found herself with marital (婚姻的) troubles. Turner escaped her troubles the only way she knew —she trained for the 1998 Games, w here she didn’t win a medal.
If their stories illustrate how difficult post-gold years can be, Roffe and Turner also show why winning athletes often eventually succeed.
“Think of what these people develop!” said California sports psychologist Doug Gardne r. “Perseverance. Tenacity in dealing with failure. These skills are very useful in other aspects of life.”
Turner combined her perseverance with her love of computer technology. She finally became a valued database (数据库) manager at a company in New York state. Roffe, 23 years after her retirement, runs a successful business which makes locker (储物柜) systems for team locker rooms, resorts and gyms.
24. Which of the following statements about Diann Roffe is true?
A. She won her first Olympic gold medal in 1992.
B. She was invited to address many big companies after her retirement.
C. She has taken part in the Olympic Games three times in all.
D. She has become a successful businesswoman.
25. According to the article, what is the “downside” of winning Olympic gold medals?
A. Athletes will have many sleepless nights as TV journalists pour in.
B. Athletes will have a hard time deciding what to say to new followers on social media.
C. Athletes will find it challenging to relive such great feelings in daily life.
D. Athletes earn small salaries and most of them will find it hard to make ends meet after
retirement.
26. Doug Gardner thinks winning athletes can achieve success in life as well because
______.
A. they focus remarkably well on themselves
B. most of them are very strong and healthy
C. they tend to keep trying despite difficulties
D. they know how to motivate others
27. We can tell from the article that Roffe felt happy after returning from the 2014
Sochi Winter Games because ____.
A. American Alpine ski racers won many gold medals
B. she felt she had finally made a transition out of her sport
C. the U.S.A. team used the products of her company
D. her husband and kids accompanied her to the races
C
Tutoring a New Normal
It's not piano lessons or dance classes. Nowadays, the biggest extracurricular activity in the West is going to a tutor. “I spend about 800 [Canadian] dollars a month on tutors. It’s costly,” says Pat, a mother in Canada. However, she adds,“After finding out half my daughter’s class had tutors, I felt like my child was going to fall behind because everyone else seemed to be ahead.”
Shelley, a mother of three, also has tutors constantly coming in and out of her home.“When I used to sit down with my children, it was hard to get them focused. I was always yelling. When I got a tutor once a week, they became focused for one entire hour and could get most of their homework done.”
Tutoring isn’t simply a private school phenomenon. Nor is it geared only toward lower-achieving students. In Canada alone, seven percent of high school students reported using a tutor in 2010. That increased to 15 percent in five years.
Overall, parents hire tutors because they are worried that schools are not meeting their expectations, but there is also a cultural shift. A special value is placed on education in Asia, where tutoring is viewed as an extension of the school day. With a large number of Asians emigrating（移民）to the West in recent years, their attitudes towards education have had an impact.
Another reason for the growth in business is parental frustration and their packed schedules.“A lot of parents just don’t have time to help their children with homework,” says Julie Diamond, president of an American tutoring company. “Others couldn’t help their children after Grade Three. ”
There has been a shift in the attitudes, too. “Children used to get bullied （欺侮）for having a tutor，” Diamond says.“Now it’s becoming the norm to have one.”
Children themselves don’t seem to mind that they have a tutor. One parent feels surprised that so many of her child’s classmates have tu tors. “For the amount we pay in tu ition, they should have as much extra help as they need,”she says. Still, she’s now thinking of getting a tutor. Why? Her daughter has actually asked for one.
28. The tutoring business in the West has seen growth in recent years because_______.
①immigrants from Asia have had an impact on people’s attitudes toward tutoring
②a lot of parents are too occupied to help their children with homework
③children no longer get bullied for getting extra help from a tutor
④many schools cannot offer as much extra help as their students need
A.①②③
B. ①②④
C.①③④
D.②③④
29. Between 2010 and 2015 in Canada, the number of high school students using a
tutor grew by_______.
A. seven percent
B. eight percent
C. ten percent
D. fifteen percent
30. Shelley decided to equip her children with a tutor because cause_________.
A. her children’s school was not meeting her expectations
B. over half of her children’s classmates had tutors
C. her children’s homework was too difficult for her
D. she had a hard time getting her children focused
31. According to the article, which of the following statements is true?
A. Pat got a tutor because she couldn’t help her child with homework.
B. Shelley spends about 800 Canadian dollars on tutors every month.
C. Most students who use a tutor have poor scores at school.
D. Asians usually place more emphasis on education than Westerners.
D
Do big sporting events make us do more sport?
I recently spent half a weekend sitting on the sofa watching the Davis Cup. I thought about going for a run, but I did not want to miss the rest of the match. Soon it was starting to get dark, so I did not bother. Whenever I watch tennis, I think how nice it would be to play it regularly. But I have been thinking that for almost 20 years without actually setting foot on a court. The evidence would suggest that I’m not the only one.
When a country or city bids to host an international sporting event, it often promises that more people will take up sports as a result. London was no exception. Tessa Jowell, who helped to secure the 2012 Olympics for London, said they would be the first to set challenging but achievable targets as a measure of their ambition: By 2012 two million more people would be physically active. And 60 percent of young people would be doing at least five hours of sports per week.
In the end it did not turn out quite like that. Just over one-third of people in Britain take part in sports once a week. A report on Olympic and Paralympic legacy has said that a big change in participation levels simply has not happened.
Why isn’t there a big increase in people taking part in sports after most sporting events? Perhaps it is a mistake to assume an automatic link between watching sports and playing it. While the games are on, they actually encourage people to do just the opposite — to spend whole sunny days not out playing sports, but inside sitting on the sofa with the
curtains shut to stop the sun shining on the TV screen and spoiling the view. We don’t expect half the audience of a hit musical to apply to drama school the next day, yet we seem to expect it of sporting events.
We might have sat on the sofa doing an impression of Usain Bolt’s bow-and-arrow signature pose. But how many of us have been inspired by watching him sprint（短跑）100 meters? The high-level performances on show only remind people that they could never match the elite athletes in their sporting achievements even if they trained full time.
Maybe participation in sports is not the right legacy to expect after a major sporting event. It’s not so much that the Olympics failed to get people to participate but rather that this was never going to be the result. The Olympics can do many things, but maybe this cannot necessarily be one of them.
32. What can we learn from the first paragraph?
A. The author prefers playing tennis to running.
B. The author watches tennis matches very rarely.
C. The author hasn’t played tennis in nearly two decades.
D. The author didn’t go for a run because the match lasted longer than expected.
33. The underlined word “secure” in Paragraph 2 probably means “_________
A. to fasten
B.to protect
C. to obtain
D. to promise
34. According to the article, there is no noticeable rise in sport participation after
most events because .
①it takes people a longer time to play sports than watch it
②watching sports actually discourages people from going out
③sporting events make people aware that they could never be as good as elite athletes
④people are too busy to get into the habit of taking part in sports
A.①②
B.②③
C.③④
D.①④
35. According to the author, to expect more citizens to play sports after a country
hosts the Olympics is .
A. important
B. natural
C. harmful
D. unnecessary
第二节(共5小题:每小题2分，满分10分)
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
How Disney grew its $3 billion Mickey Mouse business–by selling to adults
In March 2019, Gucci began selling a $4,500 purse in the shape of Mickey Mouse’s head. Between the creature’s round black ears is a small handle embossed (凸印) with the word “Gucci.” On the brand’s website, a male model stares seriously into the camera without the slightest trace of irony (讽刺) that he is, in fact, carrying around the head of a children’s cartoon character.
It’s perhaps the most luxurious Mickey Mouse products designed for adults. ____36____ Maybelline created makeup sets with packaging covered in Mickey’s face. Uniqlo made dozens of graphic T-shirts with Mickey in various poses. So as not to miss out on the action, Apple launched $300 Beats headphones that paid homage to (向……致敬) the Mouse.
According to The Wall Street Journal, Mickey Mouse and his friends sold $3 billion in merchandise (周边商品) in 2018, a figure that includes both adult and children’s products.
This brings up the question: Why would adults wear items decorated with the face of a smiling rodent in the first place? What accounts for the enduring appeal of this anthropomorphized (拟人化的) mouse, while other Disney characters, such as Anna from Frozen, hardly ever appear in adult products?
Mickey Mouse was big business almost as soon as he made his debut (首次亮相) in Walt Disney’s animated short Steamboat Willie (《汽船威利号》) in 1928. Within five years, Mickey was earning $1 million a year in merchandise sales. These products were largely targeted at children, including stuffed toys, trains, and nursery (托儿所) wallpaper.
Everything changed in the years after World War II. ____37____ For one thing, Mickey was nearly twenty years old, which meant that the first audience, who enjoyed the cartoons as children, were now in their thirties. Disney was willing to transform Mickey into a symbol of innocence in the postwar years, when people were desperate for something hopeful to cling to.
All the marketing worked. In 1947, products featuring Disney characters brought in $100 million in revenue (收益) in merchandise. In addition to kids’ products, many of the items sold were for adults, such as radios and phonographs (留声机).
____38____ He made Mickey’s face and body rounder, and eyes larger, like those of a baby. Scientists have shown that adults are more drawn to childlike faces. That look is more likely to subconsciously (潜意识地) produce a greater level of attachment in the viewer.
____39____ . For instance, the company has done everything in its power to ensure that they do not use images of Mickey drinking and smoking.
By and large, though, the symbolism Mickey represents is the one Disney has put forth: that of innocence and positivity. ____40____ . In World War II, people used Mickey to help cope with the horrors before them. This might also help explain why Mickey Mouse has been popular over the past few years when many people are experiencing political instability.
A. Over the decades, Disney is always sensitive about how brands portray Mickey when it
licenses his face.
B. Why was this effective at getting adults’ attention?
C. This is perhaps why adults seem drawn to him during times of trouble.
D. At that point, demand for products bearing Micke y’s face among adults decreased.
E. But it’s just one of many that has flooded the market.
F. Disney kept developing the character to make him more and more universally appealing.
G. Disney’s goal was clearly to make the character universally known and loved.
第三部分英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分)
第一节完形填空(共20小题:每小题1.5分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I have the bad habit of skipping to the last pages of a book to see how it ends while I’m still in the middle of it. This habit 41 people around me. Often my 42
wouldn’t be confined(局限) just to the books I read but also to what others were 43 as well. Finally, one day my daughter told me with a little 44 . “Dad, please just read a book one page at a time like everyo ne else!”
At times I didn’t 45 this bad habit to just reading books either. I also tried to skip ahead in my life and 46 what to do months and even years from now instead of 47 each day as it is intended. I knew that the book of my life wasn’t d one yet and that I had many 48 left to go. 49 , that didn’t stop me from trying to write the 50 half-way through. Time and again, I would 51 jump ahead and try to solve every potential problem before it 52 so I could reach that storybook happily ever after ending. Life, however, doesn’t 53 like that. It loves to 54 us, and you never know what new problem or opportunity each new day will bring.
Life has often had to 55 me to slow down. Recently, when I found myself 56 to that bad habit of rushing ahead and living in the 57 again, I felt a special voice gently telling me, “ Live one day at a time.” Then I smiled, and turned the book of my life back to the 58 page. Each of us has to live the book of life one page and one day at a time. Each of us has to write it 59 and moment by moment. We have to trust that it will bring our 60 to its perfect end.
41. A. concerned B. annoyed C. frightened D. embarrassed
42. A. impatience B. difficulty C. influence D. effort
43. A. demanding B. carrying C. writing D. reading
44. A. interest B. excitement C. anger D. sadness
45. A. extend B. spread C. limit D. devote
46. A. bring out B. let out C. try out D. figure out
47. A. fearing B. enjoying C. doubting D. imagining
48. A. pages B. things C. reports D. novels
49. A. Indeed B. Still C. Surely D. Finally
50. A. ending B. plot C. outline D. passage
51. A. happily B. carefully C. unwillingly D. foolishly
52. A. counted B. left C. happened D. backed
53. A. start B. finish C. work D. change
54. A. touch B. amuse C. worry D. surprise
55. A. allow B. force C. remind D. encourage
56. A. admitting B. returning C. responding D. referring
57. A. present B. memory C. dream D. future
58. A. right B. first C. new D. blank
59. A. more or less B. line by line C. one by one D. now and then
60. A. story B. job C. plan D. hope
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Is your dog always chasing (61) _________ (it)own tail around and around? It might look like a strange activity to humans, but tail-chasing is a way for (62) _________ (dog) to burn off some energy. In most cases, they're doing that for one of the two reasons: They're bored or they're stressed. If a dog doesn't have anything (or anyone) to play with, it might
please itself by (63) __________ (play) with its tail. There is also a possibility that the action could be a warning sign (64) _______ your dog is bored or stressed.
It's normal for dogs (65) _________ (chase) their own tails every now and then, (66) ______ watch out if your pet is doing it every day. A continuously bored or stressed dog might feel ignored, so make sure its basic needs (67) _________ (be) met, including exercise and socialization. A visit (68) _________ the animal clinic (动物诊所) is also a good idea, If the tail-chasing started (69) ___________ (sudden), your dog might need to see the doctor. The (70) ________ (soon) it gets a medical check, the better. With some treatment and training, you and your dog will both be happier.
第四部分写作(共两节，满分35分)
第一节短文改错(共10小题:每小题1分，满分10分)
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号（?）, 并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除:把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改:在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意: 1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;
2.只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
I have planned an autumn outing for my class next week, and I’m writing to ask your permission.
First, the place where we’ve decided to visit– the Forest Park is not far away from the city. We can take a bus and ride a bike to get there. Second, the trip would provide us with a great opportunity to get close to the nature. Third, we need to spare some time to take some physical exercises. Some teachers as well as Mr Wang is going to join us to make sure of our safe.
We are all looking forward to receive your permission. We will appreciate you if you can kindly give us an immediate reply.
第二节书面表达(满分25分)
假定你是李华，学生会主席。你校和英国某中学是友好学校。对方学校将举办“中国文化周”，邀请你校派学生参加。请你给负责该项目的老师Jason写一封电子邮件表示感谢邀请并询问相关事宜。内容如下：
1. 活动开始时间；
2. 活动内容；
3. 学生住宿安排。
注意：
1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Jason,
Yours sincerely
Li Hua
英语测试题答案
第二部分阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
21-23 CDB 24-27 DCCB 28-31 ABDD 32-35 CCBD 36-40 EDFAC 第三部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1?5分，满分30分）
41-45 BADCC 46-50 DBABA 51-55 DCCDC 56-60 BDABA
第二节语篇填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
61, its 62,dogs 63, playing 64, that 65,to chase 66, so 67, to be 68, to 69, suddenly 70, sooner
第四部分写作（共两节,满分35分）
第一节短文改错（共10处；每处1分，满分10分）
71.ask∧your ---for
72.where ---which or that
73.and---or
74.would---will
75.去掉the nature中的the
76.exercises---exercise
77.is---are
78.safe---(safety
79.receive---receiving
80.you---it
第二节书面表达(满分25分)
A Possible V ersion:
Dear Jason,
I'm Li Hua. chairman of the students' union. On behalf of the students, I'd like to express our heartfelt gratitude for inviting us to your school's upcoming Chinese Culture Week. To get further information, Pm writing to make some inquiries concerning the event.
Firstly, I'm wondering on what date the event is scheduled to start so that we can apply for visas and book air tickets in advance. Also, I want to ask about the specific activities throughout the week, because the information can help us make better preparations and promote our participation. Lastly, could you please tell us what type of accommodation(s) will be provided? If possible, we hope to stay in the school dormitory, which will offer us more opportunities for cultural exchange with your students.
Thanks again for your kind invitation. It would be highly appreciated if you could deal with my inquiries at your convenience. Looking forward to your early reply.
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua