2021届江苏省东台中学高二英语周末练习试题

2021届江苏省东台中学高二英语周末练习试题阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

AHow cold is too cold to keep schools open? The question is being raised, at least in the Northeast, where the temperature is way below zero.Keith Marty, superintendent（主管）of the Parkway School District in Missouri, published a letter to parents saying: “it is always challenging to balance my desire to have children in school and also my desire to keep them safe.” Location can affect closure decisions: children in Minnesota are accustomed to cold winter temperatures, but kids in the South aren’t. Also at play are concerns about state student attendance requirement and traffic issues, such as how long students have to wait outdoors for a bus, as well as health dangers caused by the cold and the condition of many old or poorly equipped school buildings.And many districts worry about students who receive most or all of their meals at school and who have working parents who can't stay home with them. Matt Guilfoyle, spokesman for Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) in Virginia, said in an email that his school system “strongly believes students are better served by being in school. FCPS also considers the nearly 56,000 students who receive free and reduced-price meals each day at school. If schools are open and a parent does not believe it is safe for his or her child, the parent should keep the child at home for an excused absence.”A few years ago, Chicago public schools closed when the National Weather Service said temperatures would feel, with wind chill（风寒）, like 30 degrees below zero. But they opened the next day even though the temperature didn't rise much. A Chicago lawyer named William Choslovsky wrote an opinion piece in Chicago Tribune mocking the schools for closing when Milwaukee schools s tayed open with cold temperatures. “Consider this the continued wussification （娘娘腔）of society,” he wrote. “Our kids can go to school. Considering that so few even walk anymore, what difference does the temperature make?”Still, sometimes, the temperatures demand school closure, at least in the eyes of school district officials. Buffalo officials decided to close schools for Friday, with the forecast calling for temperatures at around zero degrees, with wind chill making it feel more like 20 degrees below zero.1. What can be learned from Paragraph 2?A. Waiting for a school bus can be dangerous.B. Many school buildings are too old to function.C. Parents and schools differ on school closure.D. School closure decisions are made on a case-by-case basis.2. What was Matt Guilfoyle trying to express in his email?A. Opening school is good for students.B. FCPS offers excellent food for students.C. Some parents are irresponsible caregivers.D. Some parents prevent schools from opening.3. What's the best title for the text?A. Are students strong enough?B. When is it too cold for school?C. Is the weather getting colder and colder?D. What are the schools doing to face cold weather?BUK consumers spent a record £7.2bn in 2017 on all forms of music, video and games, for CDs, DVDs, and vinyl records（黑胶唱片）to console（控制台）software and subscriptions to music and TV streaming services. That surpassed the £7.1bn spent by consumers on "printed word" books, magazines and newspapers for the first time, accordi ng to figures published by the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA).The research, prepared by the Leisure Industries Research Centre (LIRC) at Sheffield Hallam University, credits the “dramatic growth” in the popularity of paid-for digital services such as Netflix, Amazon, Apple, Deezer and Spotify as the key factor behind booming sales of entertainment.ERA Chief Executive Officer Kim Bayley said: “It is an extraordinary proof of the appeal of digital entertainment services that they have helped home entertainment to his this milestone since the invention of the printing press.“The success of the UK entertainment market is ultimately the result of collaboration between the creatives, studios and labels that produce compelling（扣人心弦的）content and the retailers and services that bring it to the public. Dr. Themis Kokolakakis from the LIRC added: “The 2008—2009 recession hurt both the entertainment and reading market. Since 2012, the entertainment market has recovered very strongly, producing record 2017 results. “Traditional media is under pressure, partly because of the growth of streaming services, partly because there is so much competition for people’s time and attention. Entertainment has grown while reading has stagnated（停滞）.”The ERA said the statistics showed the dramatic change in consumer habits as they shifted form buying physical products to digital consumption and formats.Five years ago, 80% of revenues were generated by “buy to own” formats such as DVDs and CDs. Now 56% of revenues come from digital sources including video streaming, electronic movie rental, subscriptions, online multiplayer games and in-app and mobile purchases.Two physical products, however, have bucked the downward sales trend. The vinyl revival（重新流行）is still going strong with sales up 34 percent to £87.7m. Sales of boxed software for games consoles have also made a comeback, rising by 5% to £750m— the first growth in a decade.The ERA’s Bayley commented: “Digital services may be grabbing the headlines, but physical retaile rs continue to identify new opportunities to drive sales of discs.“Vinyl is a prime example of retailers nurturing demand for a product most people had long written off. It would be foolish to underestimate consumers' continuing affection for the physical products.”4. What is the main idea of Paragraph 1?A. There are various entertainments for UK consumers.B. The printing press has to find ways to satisfy consumers.C. More attention must be paid to the development of traditional media.D. Revenues from entertainment are more than those of the printed word in 2017.5. According to the LIRC, what plays a critical role in the increase of home-entertainment consuming?A. The growth of digital services.B. The change in people's consumption habits.C. The economic support from the government.D. The improvement of people's living standards.6. The underlined sentence in Paragraph 9 implies that ______.A. the sales of some physical products have gone upB. the popularity of digital services falls into declineC. the entertainment market has recovered stronglyD. the prices of some traditional media have been reduced7. What can we infer from Bayley’s words in the last two paragraphs?A. It is not wise for the public to ignore traditional media.B. It is not easy to win the public's affection for physical products.C. There will be a rise in consumer spending on physical products.D. Retailers of physical products have made efforts to push the sales of vinyl up.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。