2021年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试（新高考1卷）
英语
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
Rome can be pricey for travelers, which is why many choose to stay in a hostel(旅社). The hostels in Rome offer a bed in a dorm room for around$25 a night, and for that, you’ll often get to stay in a central location (位置) with security and comfort.
Yellow Hostel
If I had to make just one recommendation for where to stay in Rome, it would be Yellow Host
el. It’s one of the best-rated hostels in the city, and for good reason. It’s affordable, and it’s got a fun atmosphere without being too noisy. As an added bonus, it’s close to the main train station.
Hostel Alessandro Palace
If you love social hostels, this is the best hostel for you in Rome. Hostel Alessandro Palace is fun. Staff members hold plenty of bar events for guests like free shots, bar crawls and karaoke. There’s also an area on the rooftop for hanging out with other travelers during the summer.
Youth Station Hostel
If you’re looking for cleanliness and a modern hostel, look no further than Youth Station. It offers beautiful furnishings and beds. Thereare plenty of other benefits, too; it doesn’t charge city tax; it has both air conditioning and a heater for the rooms; it also has free Wi-Fi in every room.
Hotel and Hostel Des Artistes
Hotel and Hostel Des Artistes is located just a 10-minute walk from the central city station and it’s close to all of the city’s main attractions. The staff is friendly and helpful, providing you with a map of the city when you arrive, and offering advice if you require some. However, you need to pay 2 euros a dayforWi-Fi.
21.What is probably the major concern of travelers who choose to stay in a hostel?
A.Comfort. B.Security. C.Price. D.Location.
22.Which hotel best suits people who enjoy an active sociallife?
A.YellowHostel. B. Hostel AlessandroPalace.
C. YouthStation Hostel. D. Hotel and Hostel DesArtistes.
23.What is the disadvantage of Hotel and Hostel DesArtistes?
高考一分一段2021年A.It gets noisy atnight.
B.Its staff is too talkative.
C.It charges forWi-Fi.
D.It’s inconvenientlylocated.
答案：21.C 22.B 23.C
21. C 细节理解题。根据文章第一段第一句“Rome can be pricey for travelers, which is why many choose to stay in a hostel (旅社)”中“pricey”可知，去罗马旅行花销昂贵，所以旅客选择住在旅社是因为价格相对便宜。故选C。
22. B 细节理解题。题干关键词sociallife位于第二个小标题Hostel Alessandro Palace
下第一句“If you love social…in Rome.”，由此可知最适合喜欢积极社交生活的人的旅社应该是Hostel Alessandro Palace，故选B。
23. C 细节理解题。由Hotel and Hostel Des Artistes中“However, you need to pay 2 euros a dayforWi-Fi.”，结合四个选项可知其唯一的一个缺点便是Wi-Fi需要每天支付2欧元，故选C。
B
By day, Robert Titterton is a lawyer. In his spare time though he goes on stage beside pianist Maria Raspopova — not as a musician but as her page turner. “I’m not a trained musician, but I’ve learnt to read music so I can help Maria in her performance.”
Mr Titterton is chairman of the Omega Ensemble but has been the group’s official page turner for the past four years. His job is to sit beside the pianist and turn the pages of the score so the musicians don’t have to break the flow of sound by doing it themselves. He said he became just as nervous as those playing instruments on stage.
“A lot of skills are needed for the job. You have to make sure you don’t turn two pages at once and make sure you find the repeats in the music when you have to go back to the right spot.” Mr Titterton explained.
Being a page turner requires plenty of practice. Some pieces of music can go for 40 minutes and require up to 50 page turns, including back turns for repeat passages. Silent onstage communication is key, and each pianist has their own style of “nodding” to indicate a page turn which they need to practise with their page turner.
But like all performances, there are moments when things go wrong. “I was turning the page to get ready for the next page, but the draft wind from the turn caused the spare pages to fall off the stand,” Mr Titterton said, “Luckily I was able to catch them and put them back.”
Most page turners are piano students or up-and-coming concert pianists, although Ms Raspopova has once asked her husband to help her out on stage.
“My husband is the worst page turner,” she laughed. “He’s interested inthe music, feeling every note, and I have to say: ‘Turn, turn!’ “Robert is the best page turner I’ve had in my entire life.”
24.What should Titterton be able to do to be a page turner?
A. Read music. B. Play the piano.
C. Sing songs. D. Fix the instruments.
25.Which of the following best describes Titterton’s job on stage?
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