2019年北京卷高考英语试题与答案(4)

　　第二节 (共5小题;每小题2分，共10分)

　　根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

　　Much of the work in today’s world is accomplished(完成)in teams. Most people believe the best way to build a great team is to gather a group of the most talented individuals. 46 Companies spend millions hiring top business people. Is their money well spent?

　　47 They focused on football, basketball and baseball. The results are mixed. For football and basketball, adding talented players to a team proves a good method, but only up to the point where 70% of the players are top talent; above that level, the team’s performance begins to decline. Interestingly, this trend isn’t evident in baseball, where additional individual talent keeps improving the team’s performance.

　　To explain this phenomenon, the researchers explored the degree to which a good performance by a team requires its members to coordinate(协调)their actions. 48 In baseball, the performance of individual players is less dependent on teammates. They conclude that when task interdependence is high, team performance will suffer when there is too much talent, while individual talent will have positive effects on team performance when task interdependence is lower. If a basketball star is, for example, trying to gain a high personal point total, he may take a shot himself when it would be better to pass the ball to a teammate, affecting the team’s performance. Young children learning to play team sports are often told, "There is no I in TEAM." 49

　　Another possibility is that when there is a lot of talent on a team, some players may make less effort. Just as in a game of tug-of-war(拔河比赛), whenever a person is added, everyone else pulls the rope with less force.

　　50 . An A-team may require a balance—not just A players, but a few generous B players as well.

　　A. It’s not a simple matter to determine the nature of talent.

　　B. Sports team owners spend millions of dollars attracting top talent

　　C. The group interaction and its effect drew the researchers’ attention.

　　D. Stars apparently do not follow this basic principle of sportsmanship.

　　E. Several recent studies examined the role of talent in the sports world.

　　F. Building up a dream team is more complex than simply hiring the best talent.

　　G. This task interdependence distinguishes baseball from football and basketball.

　　第三部分：书面表达(共两节，35分)

　　第一节 (15分)

　　假设你是红星中学高三学生李华。你的英国好友Jim打算暑假期间来北京、天津和上海旅游，发来邮件询问相关信息。请你给他回复邮件，内容包括：

　　1. 交通出行;

　　2. 必备衣物。

　　注意：

　　1. 词数不少于50;

　　2. 开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数。

　　Dear Jim，

　　_________________________________________________

　　Yours,

　　Li Hua

　　(请务必将作文写在答题卡指定区域内)

　　第二节(20分)

　　假设你是红星中学高三学生李华。你们班上周组织了一次以"劳动最光荣"为主题的社会实践活动。请根据以上四幅图的先后顺序，写一篇英文周记，记述整个过程。

　　注意：词数不少于60。

　　提示词：西瓜watermelon

　　(请务必将作文写在答题卡指定区域内)