湖北省武汉市重点中学5G联合体2022-2023学年高一下学期期中考试英语试题

湖北省武汉市重点中学5G联合体2022-2023学年高一下学期

期中考试英语试题

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一、阅读理解

Football: Designing the Beautiful Game

Whether you are a crazy fan or sideline supporter, visitors to this exhibition will enjoy discovering the remarkable design stories behind the world’s beautiful game.

What to expect

The exhibition explores the story behind football, showing how design has been used to push the game to new limits. Take a journey through over 500 objects, films and interviews in sporting performance, equipment development and stadium design, and involve yourself in the stories of clubs and game legends(传奇人物)including Messi, Pelé, George Best and Diego Maradona.

Held by the Design Museum and the National Football Museum in Manchester, the show reveals the master planning of the world’s most significant football stadiums, the design innovation used in today’s equipment, how the graphic design of team badges(徽章) and posters shapes a club’s identity and how grassroots’ efforts are pushing the sport’s commercialization.

Ticket information

※Online booking is advised but tickets will also be available in the booking office. Last entry to the exhibition is 90 minutes before the museum closes.

※Adult tickets are charged from £ 16 and student tickets from £ 12. Meanwhile, you can save 25% on family and group tickets.

※Present your exhibition entry ticket for 10% off food and drink at London Grade Coffee on the ground floor.

1．What can visitors do at the exhibition?

A．Design a team badge.B．Interview master designers.

C．Put on football equipment.D．Learn about famous football players. 2．How much should a couple with their 11-year-old son pay at least for admission? A．£ 33.B．£ 36.C．£ 44.D．£ 48. 3．What will visitors enjoy with the ticket?

A．A special discount on goods at a cafe.B．A photo of a significant football stadium. C．A free visit to the National Football Museum.D．An invitation to a club’s sporting performance.

On February 13, 2023, Wu Yibing made history, beating John Isner in a thrilling

three-set final at the Dallas Open to become the first man from China to win an ATP title.

Brought to a tennis court for the first time at just five, initially encouraged by his parents as an exercise to lose weight, Wu soon had his talent discovered by his provincial junior team, kicking off a journey that would change the face of men’s tennis in China. In 2017, Wu Yibing shot to prominence after winning the US Open boys’ tournament at 18 to become the first Chinese to win a major junior title, raising high hopes for the “Wonder Boy” to change the fortune of Chinese men in a sport long dominated by women’s success on the pro stage.

In 2018, Wu won his first ATP Challenger title in Shanghai. However, the cruelly competitive nature of men’s pro tennis hit the rising Wu with a tough reminder after multiple injuries — to his elbow, lower back, shoulder and wrist — forced him to be away from the ATP Tour for close to three years.

He made his return last year and won three ATP Challenger titles before qualifying for the US Open. “Looking back, I feel like I wouldn’t have been here if not for the ups and downs over the past few years. I take all the setbacks and struggles as an treasure that helps me mature mentally now,” said Wu. “Of course there were a lot of doubts because I had surgery and the recovery wasn’t going well. The championship today was a payoff for all the hard work and everyone who’s supported me along the way.”

4．What do the underlined words “shot to prominence” in paragraph 2 probably mean? A．Lost weight.B．Came back to the top.

C．Became famous instantly.D．Dropped out of the competition. 5．Why was Wu absent from the ATP Tour for nearly three years?

A．He wanted to change his career.

B．He suffered from serious physical injuries.

C．He didn’t stand out in training for the match.

D．He can’t handle the pressure of the ATP Tour.

6．What can we learn from Wu Yibing’s statement?

A．No cross, no crown.B．Well begun is half done.