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2023届陕西省西安市周至县高三下学期二模英语试题

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一、阅读理解

Dance drama is a kind of stage art which fuses (

融合

) dance

，

drama and music. There

are many excellent original Chinese dance dramas, bringing audience visual feasts. Here are

four representatives.

The Red Detachment of Women

Premiered (

首映

)

：

in 1964

The National Ballet of Chin

The dance drama of a story is adapted from the movie of the same name. It narrates the

tale of a serv-ant girl growing into a female soldier with firm Communist faith. Combining

the Western ballet with Chinese ethnic dances, it is a milestone in the history of Chinese

ballet.

Dunhuang Dream

Premiered: in 2000

Lanzhou Song and Dance Theater

Dunhuang Dream is a legendary four act dance drama which sets the thousands of years’

creation his-tory of Dunuang art treasure as the background. It follows the storyline of the

emotional journey of a poor young painter (Mogao) and the daughter of a senior general

(Yueya).

Confucius

Premiered: in 2013

China National Opera Dance Drama Theater

The dance drama Confucius is directed by Kong Dexing, a direct descendent of

Confucius. The six-part dance drama describes Confucius’ journey of spreading his

philosophy and his efforts to preserve traditional culture and history. The dance drama has

been staged in a number of countries including the U-nited States, Japan, Italy and Australia.

Princess Zhaojun

Premiered:in 2016

China National Opera Dance Drama Theater

Princess Zhaojun is an epic stage production that is adapted from a true historical event,

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bringing to life a household story of one of China’s “Four Great Beauties”, Wang

Zhaojun.

She helped bring peace to the northern border over 2,000 years ago in the Han

Dynasty.

1

．

Which of the following is the highlight in the history of Chinese ballet?

A

．

The Red Detachment of Women.

C

．

Confucius.

B

．

Dunhuang Dream.

D

．

Princess Zhaojun.

2

．

When was the dance drama about a legend premiered?

A

．

In 1964.

C

．

In 2013.

B

．

In 2000.

D

．

In 2016.

3

．

What did Confucius and Princess Zhaojun have in common?

A

．

They had more than one act.

B

．

They were adapted from classical novels.

C

．

They were well-received home and abroad.

D

．

They were staged by the same theatre.

In the lead-up to the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, educators across Qatar Foundation

(QF) have found creative ways to take advantage of the global sporting event in the

classroom to teach both physical and social skills, and to bring their lesson plans to life.

“Apart from encouraging them to take part in the physical aspect of the game, it’s a

perfect opportunity to teach social skills, such as team spirit, fair play, respect for rules,

cooperation, discipline and tolerance, etc. These are all essential skills for future participation

in group activities and professional life,” explained Sara Hal Hajri, assistant director of QF.

The topics include learning about the event, the sport of football, stadiums and how they

link to Qatari culture and heritage, and the positive impact the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022

will have on the local community, etc. Classes will also be designing and creating a

sustainable football in honor of the landmark year.

At the heart of the activities are friendly football matches organized to simulate the

match experience where students will engage as either football players or audience. They will

create cheers for their favourite team, use a match ticket, and purchase refreshments to mirror

the experience at a match.

Football in Qatar Academy Sidra (QAS), a QF school, has been included in the

curriculum across the age groups to teach subjects like geography, art writing,math and others

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in creative ways. For example, Grade 4 students are using maps to determine the distances

between stadiums while Grades 11 and 12 en-gage in redesigning the FIFA World Cup using

recycled materials.

Fatima Saad Mohannadi, a Grade 10 student from QAS said, “Everyone is pumped up

about the World Cup-it’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and there are so many activities

being linked to it. And when we also have it included in our day-to-day learning, it just makes

school that much more fun and something that, like the World Cup, we all look forward to.”

4

．

What does Sara want to stress concerning integrating football into class?

A

．

Its significance. B

．

Its prospect. C

．

Its diversity. D

．

Its efficiency.

5

．

What does the underlined word “simulate” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?

A

．

Guarantee. B

．

Preserve. C

．

Model. D

．

Recall.

6

．

What’s Fatima’s attitude to football-related activities?

A

．

Resistant. B

．

Excited. C

．

Doubtful. D

．

Tolerant.

7

．

What’s the best title of the text?

A

．

The Cultures Behind the Football Event

B

．

The Postive Impacts of Playing Football

C

．

Qatar Plays Host to the 2022 FIFA World Cup

D

．

QF Schools Use Football As a Novel Teaching Tool

A spoonful of pickles (

腌菜

) can sometimes make a meal taste better. Recently, a new

type of pickle is being discussed: “digital pickled vegetables”. It refers to the videos people

watch while eating that make their food more appetizing.

The topic received more than 16 million clicks on Sina Weibo and about 100,000 people

participated in the discussion. Instead of being accompanied by friends and family during a

meal, many young people in China are kept company by TV shows or short videos. Many

believe that their food is tastier with the “digital pickles”.

Can this habit affect your diet? According to a research paper published in 2019, you

may eat more unconsciously. The international research team asked 62 volunteers to follow

different eating patterns on four different days. The patterns included eating while looking at

the mobile phone, reading magazines and without distraction. After analyzing their diets, the

team discovered that eating with a distraction increased caloric intake by about 15 percent.

To explore the reason, the team also invited two groups of people: one group ate while

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listening to an audio clip about another person eating and the other listened to a clip that

helped them imagine themselves eating. The results showed that the second group ate less

since they were more focused on their meals. When eating with the “digital pickles”, our

attention can be distracted, which leads to eating more than expected.

This works not only for eating meals but other demanding tasks as well. A research

project led by the University of Sussex, UK, pointed out that activities which require lots of

attention trick many participants into overeating. The team invited 120 participants to do

various tasks while providing them with drinks and snacks. “Our study suggests that if you’re

eating or drinking while your attention is distracted by a highly engaging task, you’re less

likely to be able to tell how full you feel” one of the authors Martin Yeomans explained.

8

．

What do “digital pickles” refer to?

A

．

A new type of vegetables.

B

．

Electronic products popular online.

C

．

Videos people watch while eating.

D

．

Digital games suitable for families.

9

．

Why do people eat more with “digital pickles’ according to the text?

A

．

They are more focused on their meals.

B

．

They are distracted by “digital pickles”.

C

．

The food tastes better with “digital pickles”.

D

．

The “digital pickles” make them feel hungrier.

10

．

What can we learn from the experiment carried out by the research team?

A

．

It explores the reason why people prefer “digital pickles” while having meals.

B

．

Eating while hearing another person eating can keep one more focused on his meal.

C

．

Eating while imaging oneself eating can keep one more focused on his meal.

D

．

When eating without the “digital pickles”, we are bound to eat less.

11

．

Why does the author mention a different study in the last paragraph?

A

．

To give another case that causes overeating.

B

．

To describe the effects of “digital pickles”.

C

．

To explain how to judge you are full.

D

．

To present how to avoid being distracted.

How will this age be remembered? What material or innovation will most define the

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current era? According to a new exhibition at London’s Design Museum, the typical feature

isn’t a game-changing material but rubbish.

Waste Age, the theme of the exhibition, is a wake-up call, not so much to the consumers

but to the producer and most importantly the government. lt is not intended to be a criticism

of buying that take away coffee on your way to the museum or forgetting your cotton bag, but

an eye opening look at the people working on creative solutions. “We want to show how

design is best placed to address rubbish issues,” says Justin McGuirk, the exhibition leader.

A striking item on display is created by Ibrahim Mahama, who has built a giant wall of

old TV monitors that play videos where workers burn abandoned electrical cables (

电缆

) to

harvest precious metal. Mahamahas asked them to cast the recycled metal in the form of

surrounds, which surround the giant wall on poisonous burning scenes in the

videos are desperate, but the message is clear; waste is precious.

“In many ways ‘waste’ is a category error,” says McGuirk. It’s often perfectly good

material that simply undervalued.” The exhibition attracts designers who are already working

on what a future of above-ground mining might look like and exploring how objects and

buildings can be taken apart and their parts reused. There is the work of the pioneering

Belgian group Rotor, a team of architects who set up a company to carefully remove materials

and components from buildings scheduled for the breaking hammer.

The final section of the exhibition moves beyond fixing and recycling to imagine a

post-waste world where materials are grown rather than extracted (

提炼

), like sea stone “on

display, a concrete-like material made from seashell pieces. But such biodegradable (

可生物

降解的

) solutions come with a problem: how many times have you thrown a biodegradable

container in the garbage can before realizing it is actually compost (

混合肥料

)? However, we

can adjust behaviour and expectations to meet the promising new bio-future.

12

．

What is the purpose of the exhibition?

A

．

To display the most widely used material.

B

．

To criticize the current throwaway culture.

C

．

To show possible solutions to waste problems.

D

．

To inform the customers of the harm from rubbish.

13

．

How does Mahama prove that waste is precious?

A

．

He collects old TV monitors for the exhibition.

B

．

He shows the way to recycle waste into new surrounds.

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