英语高考模拟卷 五 英语高考模拟卷 五 1 Let s look at the movies we can t wait to watch in 2019 Dumbo March 29 Dumbo is a 1941 American film produced by Walt Disney Productions The main character is an elephant who is nicknamed Dumbo Dumbo is always laughed at for his big ears and he is rejected by the other elephants With no parent to care for him he is alone But in fact he is capable of flying by using his ears as wings A live action adaptation of the film directed by Tim Burton is scheduled to be released on March 29 2019 Shazam April 5 Shazam is an upcoming American superhero film based on the DC Comics character of the same name Directed by David F Sandberg the film is set to star Asher Angel as Billy Batson a teenage boy who can transform via the magic word Shazam into an adult superhero played by Zachary Levi It will be the first film version of the character since the 1941 series Adventures of Captain Marvel the character s original name Aladdin May 24 Aladdin is a fictional character and the role of the film Aladdin 1992 based on Aladdin a folk tale of Middle Eastern origin He is voiced by Scott Weinger while his singing voice is provided by Brad Kane Aladdin never received a formal education and has only learned by living on the streets of Agrabah He has to steal food in the local market in order to survive Mena Massoud is set to play a live action version of the character in a live action adaptation of the 1992 film Godzilla King of the Monsters May 31 Godzilla King of the Monsters is a 1956 Japanese American science fiction film co directed by Terry O Morse and Ishiro Honda It is a heavily re edited American adaptation For this new version of Godzilla some of the original Japanese dialogue was translated into English and some of the political social and anti nuclear themes were removed completely 1 Which one will be shown to the audience as a form of film for the first time A Dumbo B Shazam C Aladdin D Godzilla King of the Monsters 2 Who is the actor of the newest version of Aladdin A Scott Weinger B Brad Kane C Terry O Morse D Mena Massoud 3 On which day can you watch a film about a pitiful animal according to the text A March 29 B April 5 C May 24 D May 31 2 Many of us listen to music while we work thinking that it will help us to concentrate on the task at hand And in fact recent research has found that music can have beneficial effects on creativity When it comes to other areas of performance however the impact of background music is more complicated The idea that listening to music when working is beneficial to output probably has its roots in the so called Mozart effect Put simply this is the finding that spatial rotation performance 空间 旋转能力 is increased immediately after listening to the music of Mozart compared to no sound at all How sound affects performance has been the topic of research for over 40 years and is observed through a phenomenon called the irrelevant sound effect To study irrelevant sound effect participants in the research are asked to complete a simple task which requires them to recall a series of numbers or letters in the exact order in which they saw them The tricky thing is being able to do this while ignoring any background noise Two key characteristics of the irrelevant sound effect are required for its observation First the task must require the person to use their rehearsal abilities 复述能力 and second the sound must contain acoustical variation 声学变化 Where the sound does not vary much acoustically the performance of the task is much closer to that observed in quiet conditions The irrelevant sound effect itself comes from attempting to process two sources of ordered information at the same time one from the task and one from the sound Unfortunately only the former is required to successfully perform the recall task and the effort in ensuring that irrelevant order information from the sound is not processed actually hinders 阻碍 this ability A similar conflict is also seen when reading while in the presence of lyrical music In this situation the two sources of words from the task and the sound are in conflict The cost is poorer performance of the task in the presence of music with lyrics What this all means is that whether having music playing in the background helps or hinders performance depends on the task and on the type of music and only understanding this relationship will help people maximize their productivity levels 1 Mozart effect is mentioned to A explain how music can relax people B show music can improve performance C advise people to listen to Mozart music D stress Mozart music gains wide attention 2 It can be inferred that participants in the research A have improved their rehearsal ability B perform better in the quiet conditions C ignore the background noise successfully D prefer the music with great sound variation 3 Paragraph 6 is written to A support an idea B make a contrast C introduce a topic D describe a fact 4 What is the best title for the passage A Music shapes