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1、英语试题第一部分 听力 (共两节，满分30分) 做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。 第一节 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。第二部分 阅读理解(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和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 ALast summer, more than 12,000 fans packed Londons Wembley A
2、rena. Thousands more watched online. They shouted and cheered. Were they watching soccer? No, they were watching esports, or competitive PC gaming.Millions of people in the United Kingdom play PC games for fun. Some of them have become professionals, playing games as their full-time job. The prize a
3、t the Wembley event totaled 3 million pounds.Its not easy being a professional gamer, though. They practice for 10 or more hours a day, five or six days a week. They do exercises like typing something and then trying to type it faster and faster. They also study videos of other players and plan ways
4、 to beat them.Many people who play games also enjoy watching them. They often watch games on video sites like Twitch and YouTube, and in the UK theres even a TV channel showing esports 24 hours a day. Matches can be exciting to watch. Just like in other sports, there are close games, last-minute vic
5、tories and creative strategies. Sometimes online viewers can interact with the players through instant messaging. For example, some pros (支持者) rename characters in the game with the names of their biggest supporters.But are esports really sports? Are the players athletes? Its easy to say, “No way.”
6、After all, professional gamers dont need to run, jump or throw a ball. At the moment, the UK government classifies esports as a kind of game, not as a sport.But many people think that esports are sports. They say that players do need physical skills, especially hand-eye coordination, quick reflexes
7、(反应能力), accuracy and timing. If darts (掷镖游戏) and snooker (斯诺克) are classified as sports, then perhaps esports should be too. In fact, the governments of China and South Korea do classify esports as sports, and pro gamers will soon be able to compete for medals at the 2022 Asian Games.For many esport
8、s fans and players, though, the most important thing is that esports are growing in popularity and prestige (声望). If esports are not important at the moment, they probably will be soon.21. What are the first four paragraphs mainly about?A. The fun of playing esports.B. The popularity of esports in t
9、he UK.C. How to start a career as a professional esports gamer.D. How esports are different from traditional sports.22. According to the text, why do some people believe esports are sports? A. It takes players time and energy to learn them. B. They excite people as much as other sports do. C. They s
10、hare rules and strategies with other sports. D. Players need to develop physical skills to perform well.23. What is the authors attitude toward the future of esports? A. Optimistic. B. Negative.C. Doubtful. D. Unconcerned. BIndias richest man is rolling out a $20 billion mobile network that could br
11、ing lightning-fast Internet to hundreds of millions of people. Indian consumers are already celebrating the arrival of Mukesh Ambanis new Reliance Jio service, seizing on the billionaires promise to deliver rock bottom prices and download speeds that will enable streaming video. The 4G network, whic
12、h reaches more than 80% of the country, officially went live Monday with a set of generous introductory offers. Indians will be able to use Jio for free until the end of 2016, and pay as little as 149 rupees ($2.25) a month for data after that. Anything and everything that can go digital is going di
13、gital - at an exponential rate, Ambani told investors last week at his companys annual general meeting. Life is going digital. Only one fifth of adults in India have access to the Internet. Few public Wi-Fi spots exist, and fast broadband connections require infrastructure that is rarely found in po
14、orer urban areas, much less rural ones. But that is changing fast. If the Jio network succeeds, Ambani will be able to capitalize on a seismic shift that could see hundreds of millions of Indians come online in the coming years - in most cases via a smartphone. Google has installed free Wi-Fi at tra
15、in stations across India, and Facebook tried to offer a free version of its platform. Many other international companies are also trying to share the great market in India. Ambani has invested billions constructing nearly 100,000 telecoms（电信）towers across India. He estimates that Jio already covers
16、some 18,000 cities and 200,000 villages. By March 2017, his aim is to reach 90% of the population. Building a national 4G network from scratch represents a major risk for Ambani, who got out of telecoms about 15 years ago after a dispute with his brother, Anil Ambani, who controls Reliance Communications. The brothers, who together are estimated to be worth $26
