2021年全国新高考II卷
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。
A
Things to Do in Yorkshire This Summer
Harrogate Music Festival
Since its birth,Harrogate Music festival has gone from strength to strength.This year, we are celebrating our 50th anniversary. We begin on 1st June with Manchester Camerata and Nicola Benedetti,presenting an amazing programme of Mozart pieces.
Dates:1 June-31 July
Tickets:£12-£96
Jodie's Fitness summer Classes
As the summer months roll in, our Georgian country estate makes the perfect setting for an outdoor fitness session. Come and work out with our qualified personal trainer, Jodie McGregor,on the grounds of the Middleton Lodge estate.
We will be holding a free taster session on 23rd May,at 10 am, to demonstrate the variety of effective and active exercises. There are eight spaces available for the taster session. advance bookings are required(info@middletonlodge.co.uk.paris)
Dates:23 May-11 July
Tickets: £7.50 per session
Felt Picture Making
Working from an inspirational picture,this workshop at Helmsley Arts Centre will teach you the techniques you will need to recreate your picture in wool.
We will also discuss the origins of felt(毛毡)，what enables wool fibres to become felt and how the processes we use work.
Dates: 12 June-12 July
Tickets: £40 including materials
Figure It Out!-Playing with Math
A new exhibition in Halifax uses everyday activities to explain the hidden math principles we all use on a regular basis. Pack a bag, cut a cake, guess which juice container holds the most liquid,and much more.Discover how architects, product designers and scientists use similar skills in their work.
Dates:7 May-10 June
Tickets:Free
21.What should you do if you want to attend the taster session of Jodie's fitness classes?
A. Join a fitness club. B.Pay a registration fee.
C.Make a booking. D.Hire a personal trainer.
22. How much is the ticket for Felt Picture Making?
A.£7.50. B.£12. C.£40. D.£96.
23.Which of the following starts earliest?
A.Harrogate Music Festival. B. Jodie's Fitness Summer Classes.
C.Felt Picture Making. D.Figure It Out!-Playing with Math.
答案解析：
21. C. 根据Jodie's Fitness Summer Classes部分中的"We will be holding a free taster session on 23rd May, at 10 am, to demonstrate the variety of effective and active exercises. There are eight spaces available for the taster session. Advance bookings are required (info@middletonlodge.co.uk)"可知，想要参加体验课需要提前预订。
22. C. 根据Felt Picture Making部分中的"Tickets: £40 including materials"可知，Felt Picture Making的票价是40英镑，包括材料费。
23. D. 根据各个活动的日期，我们可以比较出哪个活动开始得最早：
Harrogate Music Festival: 1 June - 31 July
Jodie's Fitness Summer Classes: 23 May - 11 July
Felt Picture Making: 12 June - 12 July
Figure It Out!-Playing with Math: 7 May - 10 June
Figure It Out!-Playing with Math从5月7日开始，是四个活动中开始最早的。
B
I have worked as a keeper at the National Zoo.paris for 11 years. Spot and Stripe are the first tiger cubs(幼兽)that have ever been born here. Globally， a third of Sumatran cubs in zoos don't make it to adulthood, so I decided to give them round-the-clock care at home.
I've got two children - the younger one, Kynan, was extremely happy about the tigers arriving - but all of us really looked forward to being part of their lives and watching them grow. I wasn't worried about bringing them into my home with my wife and kids. These were cubs. They weighed about 2.5 kg and were so small that there was absolutely no risk.
As they grew more mobile, we let them move freely around the house during the day, but when we were asleep we had to contain them in a large room, otherwise they'd get up to mischief. We'd come down in the morning to find they'd turned the room upside down, and left it looking like a zoo.
Things quickly got very intense due to the huge amount of energy required to look after them. There were some tough times and I just felt extremely tired. I was grateful that my family was there to help. We had to have a bit of a production line going, making up “tiger milk”, washing baby bottles, and cleaning the floors.
When Spot and Stripe were four months old, they were learning how to open doors and jump fences, and we knew it really was time for them to go. It was hard for us to finally part with them. For the first few days, Kynan was always a bit disappointed that the cubs weren't there.
I'm not sad about it. I'm hands-on with them every day at the zoo, and I do look back very fondly on the time that we had them.
24.Why did the author bring the tiger cubs home?
A.To ensure their survival. B. To observe their differences.
C.To teach them life skills. D.To let them play with his kids.
25. What do the underlined words “get up to mischief' mean in paragraph 3?
A.Behave badly. B.Lose their way.
C.Sleep soundly. D.Miss their mom.
26.What did the author think of raising the tiger cubs at home?
A.Boring. B.Tiring. C.Costly. D.Risky.
27.Why did the author decide to send Spot and Stripe back to the zoo?
A.They frightened the children. B.They became difficult to contain.
C.They annoyed the neighbours. D.They started fighting each other.
答案解析：
24. A. 根据第一段中的"Globally, a third of Sumatran cubs in zoos don't make it to adulthood, so I decided to give them round-the-clock care at home."可知，作者将虎崽带回家是为了确保它们的生存，因为全球有三分之一的苏门答腊虎崽在动物园无法成年。
25. A. 根据第三段中的"We'd come down in the morning to find they'd turned the room upside down, and left it looking like a zoo."可知，画线词"get up to mischief"指的是虎崽们将房间弄得乱七八糟，因此它的意思是在房间里淘气、行为不良。
26. B. 根据第四段中的"Things quickly got very intense due to the huge amount of energy required to look after them. There were some tough times and I just felt extremely tired."可知，作者认为在家养育虎崽非常累人。
27. B. 根据第五段中的"When Spot and Stripe were four months old, they were learning how to open doors and jump fences, and we knew it really was time for them to go."可知，作者决定将Spot和Stripe送回动物园是因为它们学会了开门和跳栏，变得越来越难以控制。
C
A British woman who won a S1 million prize after she was named the World's Best Teacher will use the cash to bring inspirational figures into UK schools.
Andria Zafirakou,a north London secondary school teacher, said she wanted to bring about a classroom revolution (变革). “We are going to make a change，"she said."I've started a project to promote the teaching of the arts in our schools."
The project results from the difficulties many schools have in getting artists of any sort - whether an up-and-coming local musician or a major movie star - into schools to work with and inspire children.
Zafirakou began the project at Alperton community School, her place of work for the past twelve years. “I've seen those magic moments when children are talking to someone they are inspired by - their eyes are shining and their faces light up,” she said. “We need artists . more than ever in our schools."
Artist Michael Craig-Martin said: “Andria's brilliant project to bring artists from all fields into direct contact with children is particularly welcome at a time when the arts are being downgraded in schools." It was a mistake to see the arts as unnecessary, he added.
Historian Sir Simon Schama is also a supporter of the project. He said that arts education in schools was not just an add-on. “It is absolutely necessary. The future depends on creativity and creativity depends on the young. What will remain of us when artificial intelligence takes over will be our creativity, and it is our creative spirit, our visionary sense of freshness,that has been our strength for centuries."
28.What will Zafirakou do with her prize money?
A. Make a movie. B.Build new schools.
C.Run a project. D. Help local musicians.
29.What does Craig-Martin think of the teaching of the arts in UK schools?
A. It is particularly difficult. B. It increases artists' income.
C. It opens children's mind. D.It deserves greater attention.
30.What should be stressed in school education according to Schama?
A. Moral principles. B. Interpersonal skills.
C.Creative abilities. D.Positive worldviews.
31.Which of the following is a suitable title for the text?
A.Bring Artists to Schools B.When Historians Meet Artists
C.Arts Education in Britain D.The World's Best Arts Teacher
答案解析：
28. C. 根据第二段中的"Andria Zafirakou, a north London secondary school teacher, said she wanted to bring about a classroom revolution. 'We are going to make a change,' she said. 'I've started a project to promote the teaching of the arts in our schools.'"可知，Zafirakou计划用她的奖金来运行一个项目，以促进学校艺术教育的教学。
29. D. 根据第五段中的"Artist Michael Craig-Martin said: 'Andria's brilliant project to bring artists from all fields into direct contact with children is particularly welcome at a time when the arts are being downgraded in schools.' It was a mistake to see the arts as unnecessary, he added."可知，Craig-Martin认为艺术教育在英国学校中被降级了，因此他支持Zafirakou的项目，认为艺术教育应该得到更多的关注。
30. C. 根据最后一段中的"Historian Sir Simon Schama is also a supporter of the project. He said that arts education in schools was not just an add-on. 'It is absolutely necessary. The future depends on creativity and creativity depends on the young.'"可知，Schama认为学校教育应该强调创造力，因为未来依赖于创造力，而创造力依赖于年轻人。
31. A. 整个文章都在讲述Andria Zafirakou如何使用她获得的奖金来启动一个项目，将艺术家带入学校，以激发孩子们的艺术教育。因此，"Bring Artists to Schools"是一个合适的标题，它概括了文章的主要内容。其他选项要么太窄，要么太宽，没有准确地反映文章的主题。
D
An Australian professor is developing a robot to monitor the health of grazing cattle, a development that could bring big changes to a profession that's relied largely on a low-tech approach for decades but is facing a labor shortage.
Salah Sukkarieh, a professor at the university of Sydney, sees robots as necessary given how cattlemen are aging. He is building a four-wheeled robot that will run on solar and electric power. It will use cameras and sensors to monitor the animals. A computer system will analyze the video to determine whether a cow is sick. Radio tags (标签)on the animals will measure temperature changes. The quality of grassland will be tracked by monitoring the shape，color and texture (质地) of grass. That way， cattlemen will know whether they need to move their cattle to another field for nutrition purposes.
Machines have largely taken over planting, watering and harvesting crops such as com and wheat, but the monitoring of cattle has gone through fewer changes.
For Texas cattleman Pete Bonds, it's increasingly difficult to find workers interested in watching cattle. But Bonds doesn't believe a robot is right for the job. Years of experience in the industry - and failed attempts to use technology - have convinced him that the best way to check cattle is with a man on a horse. Bonds, who bought his first cattle almost 50 years ago, still has each of his cowboys inspect 300 or 400 cattle daily and look for signs that an animal is getting sick.
Other cattlemen see more promise in robots. Michael Kelsey Paris, vice president of the Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association, said a robot could be extremely useful given rising concems about cattle theft. Cattle tend to be kept in remote places and their value has risen, making them appealing targets.
32.What is a problem with the cattle-raising industry?
A. Soil pollution. B.Lack of workers.
C.Aging machines. D. Low profitability.
33. What will Sukkarieh's robot be able to do?
A.Monitor the quality of grass. B.Cure the diseased cattle.
C.Move cattle to another field. D.Predict weather changes.
34.Why does Pete Bonds still hire cowboys to watch cattle?
A. He wants to help them earn a living. B.He thinks men can do the job better.
C. He is inexperienced in using robots. D.He enjoys the traditional way of life.
35.How may robots help with cattle watching according to Michael Kelsey?
A.Increase the value of cattle. B. Bring down the cost of labor.
C.Make the job more appealing. D.Keep cattle from being stolen.
答案解析：
32. B. 根据第一段中的"but is facing a labor shortage"可知，畜牧业面临的一个问题是劳动力短缺。
33. A. 根据第二段中的"That way, cattlemen will know whether they need to move their cattle to another field for nutrition purposes."可知，Sukkarieh的机器人将能够监测草地的质量，从而帮助牧民知道是否需要为了营养目的将牛转移到另一个领域。
34. B.根据第四段中的"Bonds doesn't believe a robot is right for the job. Years of experience in the industry - and failed attempts to use technology - have convinced him that the best way to check cattle is with a man on a horse."可知，Pete Bonds仍然雇佣牛仔看牛是因为他认为人能更好地完成这项工作。
35. D.根据最后一段中的"a robot could be extremely useful given rising concerns about cattle theft"可知，根据Michael Kelsey的说法，机器人可能在防止牛被盗方面非常有用。
