河南省南阳市第一中学校2023-2024学年高三上学期第五次月考英语试题

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第二部分阅读(共两节，满分 50 分)

第一节 (共 15 小题;每小题 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。

The Internet makes your work or study more convenient and efficient, and there are many apps that are

beneficial both in your life and study. Below are some examples that you may find easy to download.

◆App Detox(Android)

To prevent you spending too much time browsing the web, App Detox blocks your access to the Internet or to

apps of your choosing for a certain period of time to allow you to get things done without distractions.

Price: $3 per month

◆Studious(iOS)

Studious is an efficient homework planner that helps you achieve your maximum potential. You can input

your class schedules in Studious, and it saves them and organizes them by their due dates in order to help you

better be prepared for what's up next. It can be set to remind you of when homework assignments are due and

when your tests are approaching.

Price: $20 per year

◆Streaks(iOS and Android)

This award-winning app is an addicting goal-tracking app that challenges you to achieve a “victory” by

tracking the number of continuous days you've stayed focused and completed specific tasks. It works well for

goals like turning in homework on time or reading chapters in assigned books.

Price: Yearly Fee: $24

◆Remember the Milk (iOS and Android)

This is a smart to-do list app. You can create lists of things you need to accomplish on a specific day and

organize these lists. The app breaks down all your tasks by the day, and organizes them the way you want to with

priorities, due dates, repeats, lists and more.

Price: Monthly Fee: $4

21. Which app should you choose to break the Internet connection temporarily?

A. App Detox. B. Studious. C. Streaks. D. Remember the Milk.

22. What is the lowest annual cost to use one of the apps for Android?

A.$20. B.$24. C.$36. D.$48.

23. In which category can you find these apps?

A. Smart Finance B. Developer Tools.

C. Social Networking. D. Time Management.

A few years ago, I stood underneath a red overhanging cliff near my hometown. The weather was amazing.

Deer chewed on the brown grasses by the river below. An eagle rode the wind. Townsfolk and visitors wandered

in a nearby hot spring.

I was tied in, ready to climb. I was attempting to do a route first try, “onsight,” as we call it, which means I

didn't know what I was climbing into. It would have been a hard on sight for me to onsight hard climbs. You need

clarity. No interference.

Just as I was about to climb, nerves in my body, which I hadn't felt yet, said hello. That's not good for any

athlete. Desperate, I painted a coat of confidence on my inner walls of doubt. I visualized myself at the top,

celebrating. “You can do this,” I firmly told myself. “If you believe, success is certain.”

It didn't work. I fell near the top. Defeated, I lowered to the ground and realized powerfully that the desire to

climb the route had kept me from doing it. My self-worth was bound together by my success or failure at that

moment, and that set off a chain reaction: unnatural desire, pressure, performance anxiety, anticipation, a mind

fascinated with the top but a body struggling below, bad decision-making, irregular movement, distraction,

frustration. All in that order, too.

In a flash, 1 told myself that on my next attempt, success or failure was irrelevant. “Make one move at a

time. That's all.” I gave myself a pass from whatever would happen. It worked. I floated to the top with self-

control and clarity.

That moment got me thinking. At some point, I framed this experience for myself in terms of simple

mathematics. When I added determination, courage, self-confidence and desire, I failed. When I took away the

desire for success, I improved. I enjoyed it more as well, which, as an athlete of 30 years, I didn't think was

possible. Eventually, I discovered the power of subtraction.

24. What can we infer from the author's first attempt?

A. He managed to reach the top of the cliff.

B. He fully knew what he was climbing into.

C. He was confident in his own ability to get over obstacles.

D. He employed mental practice in order to overcome his nervousness.

25. What is the author's purpose in writing Paragraph 4?

A. To list his shortcomings. B. To give background information.

C. To describe a social phenomenon. D. To explain the reason for his failure.

26. Which of the following can best describe the author?

A. Determined and sensible. B. Optimistic and humorous.

C. Modest and conservative. D. Aggressive and stubborn.

27. What is conveyed in the text?

A. Every dog has its day. B. Sharp tools make good work.

C. Go into battle with a light pack. D. Every cloud has a silver lining.

As athletes get stronger and faster, the pace of play continues to increase. The burden of making sure games

are played according to the rules and that the officiating(裁判) is accurate is now being taken out of human hands

and falling more and more into the lap of technology. It's called the video replay.

The National Football League is expanding its replay system this upcoming season to include pass

interference(传球干扰). Major League Baseball now relies on it for safe-or-out and home run calls. If you've been

watching the FIFA World Cup, you may have noticed that the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) played a key role in

almost every game. And in the Kentucky Derby, a horse was disqualified for knocking another horse. No one

knew why until a video replay confirmed the call and controversy was avoided.

However, many purists—those who want people to follow rules carefully and do things in the traditional way

—especially in soccer, argue it's not the way the game was invented, and that the video replay is tainting the sport.

But don't you want to see the proper application of the rules throughout the games? I know I do. Yes, it can slow

the game down, but I feel it is worth it. If technological advancements allow fans watching from home to spot

mistakes instantly, those same views need to be available to the officiating crews. Another example occurred in

the most recent National Football Conference(NFC) Championship Game between the Los Angeles Rams and the

New Orleans Saints. When obvious pass interference was committed by the Los Angeles Rams player Nickell

Robey-Coleman, with just 109 seconds to play, no flag was raised on the field. It weakened the New Orleans

Saints spirits. The Los Angeles Rams won a 26-23 overtime victory. The no-call deeply angered the public. The

video replay showed the referees had just missed one of the most apparent pass interference calls.

There are no easy answers regarding replay technology and whether it is a curse( 魔咒). But for me, keeping

the officiating honest and on task is the right step in limiting controversy.

28. What trend in sports can be observed in paragraph 2?

A. The video replay has been widely used.

B. League games have become competitive.

C. Rules of professional games are becoming stricter.

D. People are showing more interest in sports than before.

29. What does the underlined word “tainting” in paragraph 3 mean?

A. Tricking. B. Promoting. C. Damaging. D. Restoring.

30. What might the New Orleans Saints think of the referees in the NFC Championship Game?

A. They relied a lot on the video replay.

B. They cared too much about details.

C. They were definitely stressed out.

D. They were terribly disqualified.

31. What would be the best title for the text?

A. Video replays: high-end technology in sports

B. Is technology like VAR a blessing in sports?

C. Officiating: a duty that requires honesty

D. What do qualified referees really mean?

It's good to be smart. After all, intelligent people earn more money, accumulate more wealth, and even live

longer. But there's another side to the story. The brightest people and strongest leaders sometimes make errors

others don't, especially in situations that require common sense.

Travis Bradberry, president at Talent Smart, explained in his post Why Smart People Act So Stupid that

“Rational thinking(理性思维) and intelligence don't tend to go hand in hand. Intelligent people are more likely

to make silly mistakes because of blind spots in how they use logic. These blind spots exist because smart

people tend to be overconfident in their reasoning abilities.” They are so used to being right and having quick

answers that they don't even realize when they're making a mess by answering without thinking things through.

A lifetime of praise leads smart people to develop too much faith in their intelligence and abilities. They

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