河南省漯河市2022-2023学年高一上学期期末考试英语试题.docxVIP

河南省潦河市2022-2023学年高一上学期期末考试英语试题 学校:姓名：班级：考号： 一、阅读理解 On Nov 20, the worlds biggest international soccer tournament（大赛）kicked off in Qatar, in which 32 national teams compete with each other for about a month. Different from previous World Cups, is the first held in the northern hemisphere^匕半球）during winter. Does the change influence players and fans? European Leagues face challenges FIFAs decision to move this years World Cup may upset European Leagues. Teams in European Leagues usually play their seasons from August to the following May. During the last two months, they would be busy with domestic（国 内的）competitions and group matches in the Champions and Europa League. But to prepare for the World Cup in the winter, many soccer clubs in Europe could face a six-week shutdown to provide players with enough time to recover. During this time, fans will be upset about the delay of domestic soccer matches. Is a “black horse95 likely to appear? The answer is “yes”. Though the weather gets cooler in the winter, the conditions in Qatar are challenging for some teams. Take some players from European teams for example. They must transition（过渡）from much colder playing conditions, which will increase their sweat loss and influence their performance. But this influence will likely not change the final result. “This yeas World Cup falls on the world stop leagues9 mid-season. That means players are coming into this World Cup after playing 25 games. So they will be arriving fresh and excited. Their energy is going to beat the top level,“ former England captain David Beckham told the AI Jazeera website. He added that the players from the elite（精英的）soccer clubs will perform better. Watching matches with coldness Traditionally, many Chinese soccer fans gather together in restaurants in the summer, with beer and peanut. But now the matches are in the deep night during winter, with the cold weather making it hard for friends to gather to watch matches together. To solve the problem, some C