河南省南阳市2021届高三上期期终质量评估英语试题

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6. What does the woman like about the new design?

A. The red walls.

A. Have a meal.

B. The new piano.

C. The new floor.

B. Repair the piano. C. Listen to live music.

7. What does the man want to do at the end?

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8. What are the speakers doing?

A. Travelling in France.

9. Who is the man speaking to?

A. His sister.

B. His friend.

C. An actress.

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10. What does the man say about being a salesman?

A. He didn't enjoy it. B. He wasn't good at it. C. He was satisfied with it.

B. Seeing a movie. C. Attending a party.

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11. What kind of a person is the man according to the conversation?

A. Serious.

A. In Paris.

B. Outgoing.

B. In Chicago.

C. Careful.

C. In Los Angeles.

12. Where will the man work?

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13. How much does one Coke usually cost?

A. $$1.

B. $$2.

C. $$6.

14. Why is the woman using so many special deals?

A. She only buys items on sale.

B. She is trying to save money.

C. She is a regular customer of the store.

15. What do we know about the man?

A. He works two jobs.

B. He can't help the woman.

C. He is going to quit his job soon.

16. What does the man tell the woman to do?

A. Study business at Harvard.

B. Come by his company's office.

C. Apply for a job at the grocery store.

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17. When did Fred McGill start the competition?

A. In 2014.

A. At least 100.

B. In 2017.

B. At least 120.

C. In 2018.

C. At least 200.

18. How many people took part in the competition this year?

19. Who is the competition intended for?

A. Students in music school.

B. Teens with musical talents.

C. Songwriters.

20. What will the audience do next?

A. Join the speaker on stage.

B. Sing a song together.

C. Listen to a song

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C

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D

四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

After the election day in the United States, there is a period of uncertainty. Both candidates

（候

选人）

could claim victory, and misinformation about the result would go viral. Anger, fake news and hate speech

on social media could cause tensions. So what is Big Tech planning to do about it?

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Twitter

Twitter

says

after

election

day

candidates

will

not

be

permitted

to

claim

they

have

won

the

election

before a declared result. And candidates can't tweet or retweet content that affects with the election process.

What will it do if that happens?

Twitter will direct people to resources with accurate, up- to-date information about the election status. It

won't take down tweets. But these tweets

（推文）

will be labelled.

Reddit

Reddit

appears

to

go

much

further

than

Twitter.

It

says

information

that

seeks

to

mislead

or

misrepresent the election results is not allowed and would be removed from the site.

Reddit also has an entire page committed to what happens after the election. The site will host a series

of “Ask Me Anything” events fro

m the day after the election. Voting experts will be on hand to answer

questions about the vote, and what people can expect in the coming days.

YouTube

YouTube says it will not allow

（干扰）

in the process”.

It also says it will remove false content that aims to change the results of an election. That goes further

than

Twitter

and

Reddit.

Users

will

face

the

biggest

punishment.

YouTube

will

shut

down

the

account

permanently that posts misleading information if necessary.

TikTok

TikTok says it is working with independent fact checkers during the election period.

It

says

it

will

remove

misinformation

related

to

the

2020

election

including

the

vote

itself.

It

is

also

adding an election misinformation option to in-app reporting so that users can flag content.

In

short,

all

these

social

media

companies

are

treating

the

election,

and

its

aftermath

（后果）

very

seriously. We may know in a few days whether these measures are enough.

21. What does Twitter do with the tweets?

A. It takes down tweets.

B. It permits any tweets.

C. It removes misinformation.

D. It guides people to reliable resources.

22. What makes Reddit different from other Apps?

A. To encourage users to flag the content.

B. To connect users with voting experts.

C. To remove misleading information.

D. To be working with independent fact checkers.

23. Which of the following Apps will give the most serious punishment?

A. Twitter

B. Reddit

C. YouTube

D. TikTok

I need help! I have to fix a leaking pipe in my bathroom but I'm not sure where to begin. I know I lack

the necessary DIY skills, but luckily there are numerous books and online videos that will hopefully give

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me the information

I need. Publications that help us to help ourselves are nothing new, but the range of

them is increasing with advice being given far beyond practical tasks around the house.

Bookshops these days are full of titles which claim

to

boost

your self-confidence, your wealth,

your

love

life

or

your

career.

Some

claim

to

improve

your

life

within

seven

days!

It's

big

business

and

it's

thought that the self-help industry is worth $$10bn in the US alone.

The first self-help book called 'How to Win Friends and Influence People' was published in 1936, and

has since sold 30 million copies and is still popular now. It includes guidance on how to make people like

you and how to make your life happier. It might seem strange to think that we need a book to tell us how to

live our lives but self-help books remain a go to remedy for those of us looking for enlightenment.

There are, of course, trends in what we need help with. Emma Marshall, who works at British bookshop

Waterstones, says “at the moment we're in the tidying up, getting rid of things trend... I think the trend right

now

is

about

slowing

down

in

your

life.

It

seems

there

is

always

something

we

need

help

with,

and

reading about it can be very therapeutic - it makes us feel good, even if we don't do anything about it.

Of

course,

the

internet has become

the

place

to

go

to

for

salvation.

We've

got

used

to

searching

for

solutions

online,

and

now

these

solutions

even

include

how

to

fix

or

improve

our

lives.

Interestingly,

psychologist Caroline Beaton, says people called 'millennials' are self-critical - they are aware of their own

faults - which also means they're more likely to spend time and money on self-help. There's also a theory

that the self- help industry does well during a recession - people are perhaps even more likely to reach for

self-help to improve their situation.

Whatever the reason for the continued interest in self-help, it's good to know help is at hand when we

need it. The alternative to finding a happier life is just to come to terms with yourself as you are -I know, I

read about it in a book! Do you believe in self-help books?

24. Where else can you get self-help advice apart from books?

A. From teachers

B. From friends

C. From the Internet

D. From parents

25. What do you know about self-books?

A. They may offer you some keys to success.

B. They hasn't gained great popularity.

C. All of us enjoy them very much.

D. They can certainly improve your life within seven days.

26. Why do millennials spend more money on self-help books according to Caroline Beaton?

A. They are stuck in a recession.

B. They realize they are not perfect.

C. They are more likely to have access to books.

D. They haven't got used to searching for solutions online.

27. What can we infer from the passage?

A. People don't have interest in self-help books.

B. Accepting yourself as you are makes you happier.

C. The self-help industry makes little difference during a recession.

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D. The current trend in self-help books is about rushing around and taking things easier.

C

What

makes

a

person

become

an

Olympic

champion?

In

reality,

a

combination

of

biological

environmental, and psychological factors as well as training and practice, all go into making a super athlete.

Perhaps

the

most

important

factor

involved

in

becoming

a

super

athlete

is

genetics.

Most

Olympic

competitors are equipped with certain unique physical characteristics. Take a super athlete's muscles, for

example. In most human skeletal muscles

（骨骼肌）

,there are fast- twitch fibers and slow

—

twitch fibers.

Fast-twitch fibers

（快肌纤维）

help us move quickly. They allow weightlifters to lift hundreds of kilos from

the ground and over their heads in seconds. The legs of a super marathon runner, on the other hand, might

contain up to 90 percent slow

—

twitch muscle fibers, which generate energy efficiently and enable people

to control tiredness and keep moving for a longer period of time when they exercise long or hard.

Some athletes' abilities are naturally enhanced by their environment. Those raised at high altitudes have

blood that is rich in hemoglobin, which enables these athletes to run better. Cultural factors also help Tegla

Loroupe, a young woman from northern Kenya, won several marathons. She attributes some of her success

to

her

country’s

high

altitude

and

her

cultural

background.

As

a

child,

she

had

to

run

ten

kilometers

to

school every day.

Although genetics, environment, and even culture play a part in becoming a super athlete, training and

practice

are

needed

to

succeed.

Weightlifters

and

gymnasts

perfect

their

skills

by

repeating

the

same

motions

again

and

again

until

they

are

automatic.

Training

this

way

requires

an

athlete

to

be

not

only

physically fit but psychologically healthy as well.

How do athletes adjust to such intense pressure? Louganis explains how he learned to control his anxiety

during a competition:

worked for me was humor. I remember thinking about what my mother would say if she saw me do a bad

dive. She'd probably just compliment me on the beautiful splash.

—

twitch

muscle fibers is particularly important for.

A. Weightlifters.

B. Divers.

A. Devotes.

B. Compares.

C. Cyclists.

D. Table tennis players.

C. Exposes.

D. Owes.

B. By training hard.

29. What does the underlined word “attributes

30. How does Louganis deal with his anxiety according to the passage?

A. By thinking too much.

C. By laughing at the amusing things

D. By speaking out.

31. Which of the following can be the best title of the text?

A. Healthy Olympic Champions.

B. Olympic Champions in the Making.

C. Factors in Becoming Physically and Psychologically Healthy.

D. Difference between an Athlete and an Average Person.

D

In the 1966 science-fiction film

The Fantastic Voyage,

a team of scientists and doctors are shrunk to

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