甘肃省天水市秦州区天水市第一中学2025-2026学年高二上学期开学英语试题

天水一中2024级高二英语开学考试检测

第一部分阅读(共两节，满分50分)

第一节(共15小题:每题2.5分，满分37.5分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

A

UW Student Classical Music Jacoby Competition

The worlds of competition and classical music meet head-on as the University of Wyoming’s finest student musicians will be chosen during the UW Symphony Orchestra’s Jacoby Competition at 7:30 pm on May 6 in the Buchanan Center for the Performing Arts concert hall.

Tickets are $19 for the general public, $15 for the elderly and $9 for students. To order tickets, call (307) 766-6666 or go online at www.tix.com/ticket-sales/uwyo/6984.

The concert is named after Dorothy Jacoby, a musical and founding member of the local Symphony Association and a longtime supporter of classical music in Laramie. After her death, her sons, Peter and Michael Jacoby, made a generous contribution in honour of their mother.

“The Jacoby Competition never fails to be one of the UW Symphony Orchestra’s most exciting events,” says UW Department of Music Professor Michael Griffith. “What you will hear is actually the finals of a two-stage competition.”

Several months ago, many UW music students played their selected pieces in the audition (试演) round. A group of well-known musicians served as judges and chose the seven top students to perform in the finals concert. Another set of judges will be at the performance and will decide the best two performances of the evening. The winners will get the $2,500 prize that is awarded at the performance.

1．What is the ticket price for students to attend the concert?

A．$5. B．$9. C．$15. D．$19.

2．What were the music students required to do in the first round?

A．Produce the original work. B．Practice with these musicians.

C．Perform their picked music. D．Play pieces written by judges.

3．What will the winners receive?

A．Recordings. B．Cash awards. C．Concert tickets. D．Singing auditions.

B

 Mallory Swanson, a 26-year-old soccer talent, became a household name when she scored the gold-medal-winning goal for the U.S. women’s national soccer team at the Paris Olympics. Her journey to the success was full of challenges that would lost her spirit and determination

Swanson’s educational journey began in her hometown of Highlands Ranch, Colorado, where she started playing soccer at the age of four. Swanson’s talent and commitment to the sport were evident from a young age, and her family’s background in sports provided a supportive environment for her to grow. Her father was a football player, and her mother was a long-distance runner.

Before her big win at the Olympics, Swanson had a serious knee injury that could have ended her career, for a long time, she couldn’t play, and her dreams of playing in the Olympics were uncertain. but she didn’t give up. She started a tough recovery process, pushing herself every day, believing she could play soccer again.

Swanson’s family’s support, especially their advice to “just keep on keeping on”, helped her stay strong. Her hard work paid off when she scored two goals in a game against the Republic of Korea showing she was ready for the Olympics.

Her comeback was not just about her body getting better; it was also about her mind. With strong will and a brave spirit, she overcame the challenges and returned to the national team. At the Paris Olympics, she played well, and her big goal won the gold medal for her team.

Swanson shows that with determination and hard work, we can overcome big challenges. She gives hope to young athletes that success comes with challenges, and those challenges can be turned into steps to greatness.

4．What do we learn about Swanson’s  soccer journey?

A．She started late in high school. B．She balanced running and soccer.

C．She trained under strict guidance. D．She received strong family support.

5．How did Swanson respond to her injury?

A．She got through. B．She beat Korea twice.

C．She gave up her dream. D．She turned to a new sport.

6．Which words can best describe Mallory Swanson?

A．Shy and honest. B．Fun and humorous.

C．Brave and determined. D．Social and friendly

7．What is the best title for the text?

A．Talent: The Key to Success B．Mallory Swanson: A Boom Star

C．A Path with Flowers and Fame D．From Struggles to Olympics lion

C

The goal of this book is to make the case for digital minimalism, including a detailed exploration of what it asks and why it works, and then to teach you how to adopt this philosophy if you decide it’s right for you.

To do so, I divided the book into two parts. In part one, I describe the philosophical foundations of digital minimalism, starting with an examination of the forces that are making so many people’s digital lives increasingly intolerable, before moving on to a detailed discussion of the digital minimalism philosophy.

Part one concludes by introducing my suggested method for adopting this philosophy: the digital declutter. This process requires you to step away from optional online activities for thirty days. At the end of the thirty days, you will then add back a small number of carefully chosen online activities that you believe will provide massive benefits to the things you value.

In the final chapter of part one, I’ll guide you through carrying out your own digital declutter. In doing so, I’ll draw on an experiment I ran in 2018 in which over 1,600 people agreed to perform a digital declutter. You’ll hear these participants’ stories and learn what strategies worked well for them, and what traps they encountered that you should avoid.

The second part of this book takes a closer look at some ideas that will help you cultivate (培养) a sustainable digital minimalism lifestyle. In these chapters, I examine issues such as the importance of solitude (独处) and the necessity of cultivating high-quality leisure to replace the time most now spent on mindless device use. Each chapter concludes with a collection of practices, which are designed to help you act on the big ideas of the chapter. You can view these practices as a toolbox meant to aid your efforts to build a minimalist lifestyle that works for your particular circumstances.

8．What is the book aimed at?

A．Teaching critical thinking skills. B．Advocating a simple digital lifestyle.