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1、绝密启用前河南省2021年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试英语（宁夏卷）注意事项:1答卷前,考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。2回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上,写在本试卷上无效。3.考试结束后,将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。第一部 分听力（共两节,满分30分)做题时,先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。第一节(共5小题:每小题1.5分，满分7.5分)听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出

2、最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。例：How much is the shirt?A. 19.15. B.9.18. C. 9.15.答案是C。1.What is the man doing?A. Asking the way.B.Giving directions.C. Correcting a mistake.2.What dress size does the woman want?A.8.B.10.C.12.3.What is the woman likely to do?A. Make a phone call.B. Han

3、dle the problem.C. Have a rest.4.Which tour does the man seem to be interested in?A. The evening tour.B. The half-day tour.C.The full-day tour.5.Where are the speakers?A.At a canteen.B.At a clinic.C.At a bank.第二节(共15小题，每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读

4、各个小题，每小题5秒钟;听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料,回答第6、7题。6. What does the woman think of the match?A.Entertaining.B.Discouraging.C. Boring.7.What do the speakers plan to do on Tuesday afternoon?A.Watch a game.B. Play tennis.C. Go to the cinema.听第7段材料,回答第8至10题。8. What does the man advise Mrs.White to

5、 do?A.Go on a diet.B. Do more exercise.C. Get enough sleep.9.Which can be included in Mrs. Whites breakfast?A.Eggs.B.Sausages.C.Porridge.10.What is the man?A. A teacher.B.A physician.C.A chef.听第8段材料，回答第11至14题。11.How does Nancy look to Daniel?A.Confused.B. Excited.C. Anxious.12.Why does Daniel mentio

6、n his performance in a play?A.To comfort Nancy.B. To express his regretC. To show his pride.13.What is Nancy going to do next week?A.Take a school testB.Have a check-up.C.Go in for a competition.14.What does Daniel offer to do for Nancy?A.Rewrite her lines.B.Drive her to the theatre.C.Help her with

7、the practice.听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。15.What was Prof. Stones grandfather afraid of?A.Leaving his home.B.Parting from his son.C.Taking early retirement.16.What does old age mean to many elderly Americans?A.Lack of moral support. B. Loss of self-worth. C. Change of living habits.17.What will Prof Stone talk

8、 about next concerning elderly people?A.Public services they ask for.B.Health care available to them.C.Contributions they can make.听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18.What does the speakers mother want her to be?A.A confident person.B. A warm-hearted person.C. A humorous person.19.Why did the speaker feel lonely i

9、n her childhood?A.She often traveled by herselfB.Her family moved frequently.C.Her mother was busy working.20.What does the speaker mainly talk about?A.Importance of home schooling.B.Mother-daughter relationship.C.A role model in her family.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A、B、

10、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。AThe Biggest Stadiums in the WorldPeople have been pouring into stadiums since the days of ancient Greece. In around 8 A.Q., the Romans built the Colosseum, which remains the worlds best known stadium are continues to inform contemporary design. Romes Colosseum was 157 feet tall and

11、had 80 entrances, seating 50,000 people. However, that was small fry compared with the citys Circus Maximus, which accommodated around 250,000 people.These days, safety regulations-not to mention the modern sports fans desire for a good view and a comfortable seat-tend to keep stadium capacities（容量）

12、slightly lower. Even soccer fans tend to have a seat each; gone are the days of thousands standing to watch the match.For the biggest stadiums in the world, we have used data supplied by the World Atlas list so far, which ranks them by their stated permanent capacity, as well as updated information

13、from official stadium websites.All these stadiums are still functional, still open and still hosting the biggest events in world sport.Rungrado 1st of May Stadium, Pyongyang, D.P.R-Korea. Capacity. 150,000. Opened. May 1,1989.Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S. Capacity: 107,601. Opened. Oct

14、ober 1, 1927.Beaver Stadium, State College, Pennsylvania, U.S. Capacity: 106,572. Opened: September 17, I960.Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio, U.S. Capacity: 104,944. Opened: October 7, 1922.Kyle Field, College Station, Texas, U.S. Capacity: 102,512. Opened: September 24,1927.21.How many people could th

15、e Circus Maximus hold?A.104,944. B. 107,601. C. About 150,000. D. About 250,000.22.Of the following stadiums, which is the oldest?A. Michigan Stadium.B. Beaver Stadium.C. Ohio Stadium.D. Kyle Field.23.What do the listed stadiums have in common?A. They host big games.B. They have become tourist attra

16、ctionsC. They were built by Americans.D. They are favored by architectsBWhen almost everyone has a mobile phone, why are more than half of Australian homes still paying for a landline (座机)These days youd be hard pressed to find anyone in Australia over the age of 15 who doesnt own a mobile phone. In

17、 fact plenty of younger kids have one in their pocket. Practically everyone can make and receive calls anywhere, anytime.Still, 55 percent of Australians have a landline phone at home and only just over a quarter （29%） rely only on their smartphones, according to a survey （调查）.Of those Australians w

18、ho still have a landline, a third concede that its not really necessary and theyre keeping it as a security blanket - 19 percent say they never use it while a further 13 percent keep it in case of emergencies. I think my home falls into that category.More than half of Australian homes are still choo

19、sing to stick with their home phone. Age is naturally a factor （因素）-only 58 percent of Generation Ys still use landlines now and then, compared to 84 percent of Baby Boomers whove perhaps had the same home number for 50 years. Age isnt the only factor; Id say its also to do with the makeup of your h

20、ousehold.Generation Xers with young families, like my wife and I, can still find it convenient to have a home phone rather than providing a mobile phone for every family member. That said, to be honest the only people who ever ring our home phone are our Baby Boomers parents, to the point where we p

21、lay a game and guess who is calling before we pick up the phone （using Caller ID would take the fun out of it）.How attached are you to your landline? How long until they go the way of gas street lamps and morning milk deliveries?24. What does paragraph 2 mainly tell us about mobile phones?A. Their t

22、arget users. B. Their wide popularity.C. Their major functions. D. Their complex design.25. What does the underlined word concede in paragraph 3 mean?A. Admit. B. Argue.C. Remember. D. Remark.26. What can we say about Baby Boomers?A. They like smartphone games.B. They enjoy guessing callers identity

23、.C. They keep using landline phones.D. They are attached to their family.27. What can be inferred about the landline from the last paragraph?A. It remains a family necessity.B. It will fall out of use some day.C. It may increase daily expenses.D. It is as important as the gas light.CYouve heard that

24、 plastic is polluting the oceansbetween 4.8 and 12.7 million tonnes enter ocean ecosystems every year. But does one plastic straw or cup really make a difference? Artist Benjamin Von Wong wants you to know that it does. He builds massive sculptures out of plastic garbage, foreing viewers to re-exami

25、ne their relationship to single-use plastic products.At the beginning of the year, the artist built a piece called“Strawpocalypse,” a pair of 10-foot-tall plastic waves, frozen mid-crash. Made of 168,000 plastic straws collected from several volunteer beach cleanups, the sculpture made its first app

26、earance at the Estella Place shopping center in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.Just 9% of global plastic waste is recycled. Plastic straws are by no means the biggest source (来源)of plastic pollution, but theyve recently come under fire because most people dont need them to drink with and, because of thei

27、r small size and weight, they cannot be recycled. Every straw that s part of Von Wongs artwork likely came from a drink that someone used for only a few minutes. Once the drink is gone, the straw will take centuries to disappear.In a piece from 2018, Von Wong wanted to illustrate (说明) a specific sta

28、tistic: Every 60 seconds, a truckloads worth of plastic enters the ocean. For this work, titled Truckload of Plastic, Von Wong and a group of volunteers collected more than 10,000 pieces of plastic, which were then tied together to look like theyd been dumped(倾倒)from a truck all at once.Von Wong hop

29、es that his work will also help pressure big companies to reduce their plastic footprint.28. What are Von Wongs artworks intended for?A. Beautifying the city he lives in.B. Introducing eco-friendly products.C. Drawing public attention to plastic waste. D. Reducing garbage on the beach.29. Why does t

30、he author discuss plastic straws in paragraph 3?A. To show the difficulty of their recycling. B. To explain why they are useful.C. To voice his views on modern art.D. To find a substitute for them.30. What effect would Truckload of Plastic have on viewers?A. Calming.B. DisturbingC RefreshingD. Chall

31、enging.31. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?A. Artists Opinions on Plastic SafetyB. Media Interest in Contemporary ArtC. Responsibility Demanded of Big CompaniesD. Ocean Plastics Transformed into SculpturesDDuring an interview for one of my books, my interviewer said somethi

32、ng I still think about often. Annoyed by the level of distraction(干扰)in his open office, he said, “Thats why I have a membership at the coworking space across the street so I can focus. His comment struck me as strange. After all, coworking spaces also typically use an open office layout (布局). But I

33、 recently came across a study that shows why his approach worksThe researchers examined various levels of noise on participants as they completed tests of creative thinking. They were randomly divided into four groups and exposed to various noise levels in the background, from total silence to 50 de

34、cibels(分贝),70 decibels, and 85 decibels. The differences between most of the groups were statistically insignificant; however,the participants in the 70 decibels groupthose exposed to a level of noise similar to background chatter in a coffee shop-significantly outperformed the other groups. Since t

35、he effects were small, this may suggest that our creative thinking does not differ that much in response to total silence and 85 decibels of background noise.But since the results at 70 decibels were significant, the study also suggests that the right level of background noisenot too loud and not to

36、tal silencemay actually improve ones creative thinking ability. The right level of background noise may interrupt our normal patterns of thinking just enough to allow our imaginations to wander, without making it impossible to focus. This kind of distracted focus appears to be the best state for wor

37、king on creative tasks.So why do so many of us hate our open offices? The problem may be that, in our offices, we cant stop ourselves from getting drawn into others conversations while were trying to focus. Indeed, the researchers found that face-to-face interactions and conversations affect the cre

38、ative process, and yet a coworking space or a coffee shop provides a certain level of noise while also providing freedom from interruptions. 32. Why does the interviewer prefer a coworking space? A. It helps him concentrate. B. It blocks out background noise. C. It has a pleasant atmosphere. D. It e

39、ncourages face-to-face interactions. 33. Which level of background noise may promote creative thinking ability? A. Total silence. B. 50 decibels. C. 70 decibels. D. 85 decibels. 34. What makes an open office unwelcome to many people?A. Personal privacy unprotected. B. Limited working space. C. Restr

40、ictions on group discussion. D. Constant interruptions.35.What can we infer about the author from the text?A. Hes a news reporter.B. Hes on office manager.C. Hes a professional designer.D. Hes a published writer.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According to Jessica Hagy,

41、author of How to Be Interesting, its not difficult to make yourself interesting at a dinner party._36_, if youre out of your comfort zone or if youre wandering into somebodys house for the first time. So the main thing is just to show up and be adventurous, trying different foods and talking to stra

42、ngers.People love to talk about themselves. If you can start the conversation with a question other than “What do you do for a living?, youll be able to get a lot more interesting conversation out of whomever it is youre talking to. _37 _. it can bring in I have this old, broken-down vehicle or I ro

43、de the bus with these crazy people who were laughing at silly jokes in the back. It just opens up conversation._38_? If you cant take their wine away, you should certainly try to take away their soapbox （讲台）.If youre the host, you can ask them to help you in the kitchen with something and just remov

44、e them from the situation._39_And what about that other dinner-party killer: awkward silence? If youre faced with an awkward silence at a dinner party, the only thing that always gets everyone talking again is to give the host a compliment (赞扬)._40_. Just quickly tun around and say, This cake is ext

45、remely delicious and you have to tell me all about it.”So being interesting at a dinner party isnt that hard.A.How do you know the hostB.The first step is to go exploringC.If you ask the question How did you get here?,D.Be prepared to have awkward conversations with strangersE.Or turn the conversati

46、on into a topic where they have little to sayF.What about that person who has had too much to drink or wont stop talkingG.He or she is the person who is feeling the weight of that awkwardness the most第三部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节（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。Simply sa

47、ying thank you doesnt seem enough in certain situations. I was considering this while working as a _41_ Just a few weeks ago. And it came to me then how much easier it would be if we had a range of words that express different _42_ of gratitude (感谢).My thoughts were soon _43_. We had a woman patient who was _44_ from a knee replacement operation. One afternoon, while _45_to get into bed she collapsed (倒下) from what was _46_ discovered to be a heart attack. The collapse was disastrous, _47_ the emerg