安徽省黄山市2020届高三毕业班第二次质量检测英语试题

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阅读下列短文 ，从每题所给的四个选项（

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Theatres of the past

The Greek theatre

Theatres developed in many parts of Greece. Ancient Greek theatres were built in natural open air sites on

conveniently shaped hills. This allowed a great mass of people to enjoy a show at a time. Due to this, actors placed

emphasis on exaggerated

（夸张的）

action and speech. And, colorful symbolic masks and costumes were used.

The Medieval theatre

The Medieval theatre started in churches. That’s why medieval plays were about Bible stories. At first, it

became a custom for priests

（牧师）

to act out brief scenes during Christmas and Easter. These acts attracted large

crowds. Finally, the church refused to allow priests to participate in any such events again, so ordinary people

began these performances outside. Performances were set in the town square, with several stage settings around it.

The Elizabethan theatre

The England’s theatre developed rapidly in the years following the defeat of the Spanish Navy. The distinctive

feature of Elizabethan theatre was the stage. It has three parts: the fore stage for outside scenes; the inner stage for

scenes inside a building; an upper stage or balcony for various purposes. The reason for this design is that there

were no scene changes or breaks during the play. Very little scenery was used, so the actors had to create a scene

through their voices and dialogues. This led to a more poetic script

（剧本）

, and poets became the main source of

script writing.

The Restoration theatre

Some of the plays told sad stories, but the majority of the plays were really funny. Many specialized machines

were used to create the scene. The stage was a very clever idea, in that on the sides of the stage large back shutters

（百叶窗）

painted with the scene.

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) 21. Why did actors in ancient Greek theatres use exaggerated action and speech?

A. To build the theatres in open

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air sites on hills.

B. To develop a brand

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new way of performance.

B. To develop a brand

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new way of performance.

C. To make a big audience easy to enjoy the show.

D. To match colorful symbolic masks and costumes.

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) 22. In which theatre was scenery seldom used during the play?

A. The Greek theatre.

B. The Elizabethan theatre.

C. The Medieval theatre.

D. The Restoration theatre.

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) 23. What is special about the Restoration theatre?

A. The stage was smartly designed.

B. The actors wore colorful costumes.

C. The performers were the ordinary people.

D. Most of the plays were about Bible stories.

B

My nephew came for a visit one hot, July weekend. I persuaded him to stay inside by joining him in a

Nintendo game. After being mercilessly defeated by a more experienced player, I suggested that we relax for a

while. He slipped out of the room and I caught a few moments of peace and quiet.

“Look, Alice,” he said enthusiastically as he ran over to the chair where I was recovering. “I found a kite.

Could we go outside and fly it?”

Glancing out of a nearby window, I noticed there was not a breeze

（微风）

. “I’m sorry Tripper,” I said, sad to

see his disappointed eyes, but thankful for the short period of rest from more activities. “The wind is not blowing

today. The kite won’t fly.”

The determined 10

year

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old replied. “I think it’s windy enough. I can get it to fly,” he answered, as he hurried

out through the back door. I peeked

（窥视）

through the curtains to watch determination in action. Up and down the

yard he ran, pulling the kite attached to a small length of string. The plastic kite, proudly displaying a picture of

Batman, remained about shoulder level. He ran back and forth, as hard as his ten

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year

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old legs would carry him,

looking back hopefully at the kite trailing behind. After about ten minutes of unsuccessful determination, he came

back in.

I asked, “How did it go?” “Fine,” he said, “I got it to fly some.” As he walked past me to return the kite to the

closet shelf, I heard him say under his breath, “I guess I’ll have to wait for the wind.”

At that moment I heard another voice speak to my heart. “Alice, sometimes you are just like that. You want to

do it your way instead of waiting for the wind.” And the voice was right. We usually want to use our own efforts to

accomplish what we want to do. We wait for the wind only after we have done all we can and have exhausted our

own strength. We must learn how to rely on Him in the first place!

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) 24. Why did the writer refuse to fly the kite with his nephew that day?

A. Because he preferred to relax himself.

B. Because he was not good at flying kites.

C. Because he wanted to stay peaceful and quiet.

D. Because he found the weather was not suitable.

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) 25. What can we infer from Paragraph 5?

A. Tripper was unwilling to admit defeat.

B. Tripper felt unhappy and hopeless.

C. Tripper was hesitant to try it again.

D. Tripper lost interest in flying the kite.

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) 26. Which words can best describe Tripper?

A. Naughty and active.

B. Determined and insistent.

C. Brave and bright.

D. Weak and sensitive.

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) 27. What is the best title for the text?

A. Fly a Kite in Life

B. Try Your Best

C. Wait for the wind

D. Determine to Succeed

C

The daughter of a friend of mine recently left university and entered into the world of work, taking on a

temporary office job. At the end of her first week at work, she phoned home in tears. “It’s horrible,” she

complained to her mother, “there’s no time to do anything else, I’m so tired when I get home in the evenings that all

I can do is watching TV. And then I have to get up early the next morning and do it all again! If this is what work is

like, I don’t want to spend my whole life doing it!”

We take it for granted that work must be a major part of our lives

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in fact, for many people, it’s the primary

aspect of our lives. We define ourselves, and other people, by our job roles

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“So what do you do?”

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and measure our

happiness in terms of how successful we are in these roles. Forty hours a week, 48 weeks a year, for up to 50

years

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not including traveling time, and the time we spend resting and recovering from the efforts of our working

lives.

Of course, if you’re lucky, you might have a job which is satisfying, which suits your interests and skills, and

which you find challenging and thrilling. In that case, your job may provide you with what psychologists call

“flow”

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a state of intense

（强烈的）

absorption, which makes you feel busy and alive. Perhaps the majority of people

aren’t so lucky and do jobs which are repetitive and boring. But I would argue that, even if your job does provide

you with “flow”, work should just be an aspect of our lives. Working 40 hours a week makes our lives become

constricted, so that we lose sight of whole vista

（前景）

of possibility. There’s so much to learn in life, so many

different ways to develop, so many activities to enjoy

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including doing nothing

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, but while we spend so much time

working it’s difficult to find time and energy for these.

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) 28. Why does the writer mention the daughter of his friend?

A. To introduce the topic.

B. To show his sympathy.

C. To confirm his opinion.

D. To raise the readers’ interest.

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) 29. What did the daughter of the writer’s friend complain about?

A. The demanding boss.

B. The tiring work routine.

C. The unfriendly workmates.

D. The challenging goals.

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) 30. Which of the following can best replace the underlined word “constricted”?

A. steady

B. complete

C. careful

D. narrow

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) 31. Which of the following about “flow” will the writer agree with?

A. Most of the people have jobs that provide “flow”.