贵州省2021年普通高等学校招生适应性测试
英 语 （后附答案）
注意事项：
1.答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。
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3.考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
第一部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
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。
A
Start Something You Won't Want To Stop
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1. Who is the character in Sandra Freeman's book?
A. Dany. B. Laurel. C. David. D. Edward.
2. Which of the following is the cheapest in paperback?
A. The Cure. B. Presidential Spirit.
C. Finding Your (Lost) Joy. D. Steerage And Amour.
3. What kind of book is Presidential Spirit!
A. A history textbook. B. A real-life bad novel.
C. A travel brochure. D. A science fiction.
B
When Ma Hu was chon for a baball training camp in Beijing, the 12-year-old didn't have the slightest idea how baball was played or even what a baball field looked like.
The son of a migrant worker in Ningxia, northwest China didn't have enough warmth of family. In the past, he was a headache for the teachers at school, acting up in the class and fighting with classmates during break time.
“I was lost at the street crossing and got picked up by the camp people" is how Ma describes how he came to join the training camp run by the Power Baball Angel project. It was launched by Sun Lingfeng, former captain of the men's national baball team, in 2015 to provide professional training to children from poor houholds and remote areas.
When Ma joined the camp, it had only 16 boys. They were （old tho who could get into
the national top three would qualify for college admission. Other good players could join professional baball teams. Still others could work at the ba, leaching the newcomers.
Ma, now 15, has become a professional baball player with a bright future. His story, including his early days when he fought with his teammates and ignored the coaches' instructions, is part of an award-winning documentary Tough Out on the young baball players at the camp, which was relead in December 2020.
The documentary focus on the team of underprivileged and abandoned children who struggled to learn a new sport and build a new life for themlves while fighting low lf-esteem （自尊）and pursuing their dreams. It is dedicated to people who work hard silently, ize every opportunity and refu to admit defeat.
4. Why did Sun Lingfeng start the Power Baball Angel project?
A. To promote baball in big cities of China.
B. To train children who are fond of baball.
C. To lect players for the national baball team.
D. To offer poor kids professional baball training.
5. Which word can best describe Ma Hu?
A. Promising. B. Independent. C. Caring. D. Honest.
6. What does the underlined word "underprivileged" in paragraph 6 probably mean?
A. Naughty. B. Disadvantaged. C. Outgoing. D. Ambitious.
7. What can be a suitable title for the text?
A. A Moving Story of a Baball Camp Founder
B. An Award-winning Documentary on Baball
C. Potential Boys Fighting Hard for College Dreams
D. Poor Youngsters Staying Ahead through Baball
C
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