2021-2022学年高二上学期牛津上海版英语期中练习卷（word版含答案，无听力音频无文字材料）
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2021学年牛津上海版英语高二期中复习练习卷
第I卷（共110分）
▲I. Listening Comprehension (30分)
Section A (10分)
Directions: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.
( ) 1． A. A writer． B. A teacher C. A journalist． D． A student．
( ) 2. A. All day. B. Only in the morning．
C. Only in the afternoon．D． The same as during the week
( ) 3. A. $30. B. $35. C. $60. D. $70.
( ) 4. A. About 7:15. B. About 7:30.C. About 7:45. D. About 8:00.
( ) 5. A. The man knew the woman would come here.
B. The woman took the place of Betty to work today.
C. The man asked the woman to come to work.
D. Betty has gone abroad.
( ) 6. A. The department will pay for the trip.
B. She’s not sure if she paid for the trip.
C. Some people may not go on the trip.
D. Everyone paid for the trip.
( ) 7. A. He was seriously injured in a car accident.
B. He was absent all week because of sickness.
C. He called to say that his wife had been injured.
D. He had to be away from school to look after his wife.
( ) 8. A． The woman is planning a trip to Austin．
B． The woman hasn’t been to Austin before．
C． The woman likes Austin very much．
D． The woman has been to Austin before．
( ) 9． A． She’s too busy to run for class president． B. She wants to run for class president．
C． She plans to apply for a part-time job.D． She hopes the man can help her.
( ) 10. A. They can’t speak English． B. He’s speaking too quickly．
C. They are not familiar with his topic．D． He’s using a defective microphone．
Section B （20分）
Directions: In Section B, you will hear two longer conversations and two short passages, and you will be asked two or three questions on each of them. The conversations and passages will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.
Questions 11 through 12 are based on the following conversation.
( ) 11. A. The manager and customer.B. Husband and Wife.
C. Workmates.D. Friends.
( ) 12. A. 1707. B. 1708. C. 2002. D. 2004.
Questions 13 through 14 are based on the following conversation.
( ) 13. A. At the airport. B. On the phone.C. On the plane. D. In the street.
( ) 14. A. He wants to attend his brother’s wedding.
B. He loves to see the scenery on the ground while flying.
C. The number of the flight is 102.
D. The flight will arrive at Paris local time 12:00 Noon.
Questions 15 through 17 are based on the following passage.
( ) 15. A. By teaching. B. By writing.C. By translating. D. By working as a lawyer.
( ) 16. A. Eatonton Georgia. B. Atlanta.C. Sarah Lawrence.D. Spelman College.
( ) 17. A. A pile of books. B. A letter.C. A prize. D. Some oranges.
Questions 18 through 20 are based on the following passage.
( ) 18． A． They think travel has become a trend.
B． They think travel gives them their money’s worth．
C． They find many of the banks untrustworthy．
D． They lack the knowledge to make capital investments．
( ) 19. A． Lower their prices to attract more customers．
B． Introduce travel packages for young travellers．
C． Design programmes targeted at retired couples．
D． Launch a new programme of adventure trips．
( ) 20． A． The role of travel agents． B． The number of last-minute bookings．
C． The way people travel． D． The prices of polar expeditions．
II． Grammar and Vocabulary
Section A (10分)
Directions: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.
For the Stone Age people, ___21___ (hunt) was an important way to get food. Stone Age hunter had only crude weapons ___22___ (make) of stone and wood. When they went hunting, their weapons were not powerful enough ___23___ (kill) big animals so they had to rely more upon their wisdom than weapons. Stone Age hunters often cooperated with each other in hunting big animals. Some hunters drove a herd of animals like horses or buffaloes over steep cliffs, and ___24___ waited at the bottom of the cliffs to finish ___25___ kill. Another popular method was to dig a deep pit. The pit then was covered with branches and dirt. ___26___ an animal walked over the pit, it fell in and was trapped. The hunters rolled heavy stones on the animal and killed it.
Modern hunters are equipped ___27___ powerful weapons, but for most of them, hunting is more for pleasure than for food. Because many big animals like lions, tigers and elephants are decreasing in number rapidly, they ___28___ no longer be hunted at will. Nowadays in many countries, hunting ___29___(prohibit) in national environments. And even in some countries ___30___ hunting is permitted, a hunter has to get a license for hunting particular game in a particular season; otherwise he will be punished as poacher.
▲Section B (10分)
Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
A. cultivate B. apparently C. essential D. significance E. pick F. differently
G. suitable H. actually I. relationship J. ends K. care
Berlin: At nine most mornings the same scene is repeated in office buildings around the world. An employee walks into the elevator with his boss and apart from a mumbled “good morning” the junior is lost for other words. That’s an opportunity missed, says experts, who believe that such an ___31___ dull 30-second conversation can be invaluable for those who want to climb the career ladder.
“Small talk can help establish a ___32___upon which you can build,” says Dusseldorf communication advisor Thorsten Knobble, whose company customize curriculum vitas and job references.
As a matter of fact, the ___33___ of small talk goes far beyond the relationship to one’s boss. People who fail the art of speaking a lot without ___34___ saying anything find it harder to ___35___ relationships in the workplace, believes Ulrich Goldschmidt, director of the senior management association VDF Essen“Small talk is an ___36___ part of networking,” he says.
Virtually every conversation begins and ___37___ with small talk, according to Wolf Lasko, who has written a book on the topic and its bearing on career prospects.
Not everyone is good at small talk. It takes skill to ___38___ the right moment and the right topic with which to start a conversation. There are plenty of topics although some are not ___39___ for informal chat. “Anything to do with sex is taboo,” cautions Knobble. “___40___ is needed with politics, religion, money and health.” Safe topics include the holidays, the movies, or sports.
III． Reading Comprehension
Section A (15分)
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
For most people today, their GPS (Global Positioning System) has become a lifeline, giving directions to the nearest bathroom or restaurant. But the ___41___ we pay for the convenience could be our sense of ___42___.
“I do think GPS devices cause our navigational skills to atrophy (萎缩),” said Nora Newcombe, a psychologist at Temple University in the US who studies how the human brain ___43___. “The problem is that you don’t see an overview (概貌) of the area and where you are in relation to other things.”
To understand the risk, you first need to ___44___ how our brain keeps us from getting lost. Through experiments, researchers have found that our navigational strategies usually fall into two groups.
The first involves a spatial (空间的) map inside your brain. As you ___45___ an area, you think about how the streets fit together and the best way to get between different locations. ___46___, the map lets you navigate between any two points in the area.
The second involves a series of landmarks and steps: Turn right at the gas station and your school is on the left. It’s quick and reliable, ___47___ less flexible—it doesn’t help you get from your school to a totally new place, even if it’s nearby.
These two methods might not sound all that different, but according to Newcombe’s research, people who are bad at navigation have trouble with the first strategy—creating spatial maps. ___48___, through further studies Newcombe has come to believe that people’s ability to create spatial maps is decided by how ___49___ we use the skill.
That helps ___50___ what happens when people trust themselves with GPS devices. According to Veronique Bohbot of McGill University, people using navigation based on direction show more activity in their caudate nucleus (尾状核)—the part of the brain that is good at following directions—but less activity in the hippocampus (海马体), which creates the spatial maps.
It turns out that our sense of direction isn’t the only thing we could lose.
One thing that could go is our ___51___ to the environment we travel through. Researchers have found that when people ___52___ GPS directions while driving, their memory of their trip is of a route on a ___53___, rather than the landscape they travelled through.
___54___, researchers believe that active navigation ___55___ the type of thinking used in all kinds of spatial processes. “It’s things like urban planning, and looking at a map to see where resources are. That’s not replaceable by your phone,” Newcombe said.
( ) 41. A. price B. serviceC. attention D. curiosity
( ) 42. A. balance B. direction C. control D. satisfaction
( ) 43. A. works B. thinks C. learns D. navigates
( ) 44. A. decide B. calculateC. understand D. predict
( ) 45. A. explore B. coverC. travel D. map
( ) 46. A. Unfortunately B. Eventually C. Slowly D. Reluctantly
( ) 47. A. even B. althoughC. but D. much
( ) 48. A. For example B. As a result C. In fact D. What’s more
( ) 49. A. often B. much C. long D. soon
( ) 50. A. move B. evaluate C. explain D. detect
( ) 51. A. judgment B. connection C. decision D. treatment
( ) 52. A. rely on B. focus on C. object to D. adapt to
( ) 53. A. window B. key C. press D. screen
( ) 54. A. However B. Therefore C. Moreover D. Above all
( ) 55. A. displays B. improvesC. provides D. involves
Section B (22分)
Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.
A
Not too many decades ago it seemed “obvious” both to the general public and to sociologists that modern society has changed people’s natural relations, loosened their responsibilities to relatives and neighbors, and substituted in their place loose relationships with passing acquaintances (相识之人). However, in recent years a growing body of research has revealed that the “obvious” is not true. It seems that if you are a city resident, you typically know a smaller proportion of your neighbors than you do if you are a resident of a smaller community. But, for the most part, this fact has few significant consequences. It does not necessarily follow that if you know few of your neighbors you will know no one else.
Even in very large cities, people maintain close social ties within small, private social worlds. Indeed, the number and quality of meaningful relationships do not differ between more and less urban people. Small-town residents are more involved with relatives than big-city residents are. Yet city residents make up for it by developing friendships with people who share similar interests and activities. Urbanism may produce a different style of life, but the quality of life does not differ between town and city. Nor are residents of large communities more likely to display psychological symptoms of stress or alienation, a feeling of not belonging, than residents of smaller communities are. However, city residents do worry more about crime, and this leads them to a distrust of strangers.
These findings do not imply that urbanism makes little or no difference. If neighbors are strangers to one another, they are less likely to sweep the sidewalk of an elderly couple living next door or keep an eye out for young trouble makers. Moreover, as Wirth suggested, there may be a link between a community’s population size and its social heterogeneity (多样性). For instance, sociologists have found much evidence that the size of a community is associated with bad behavior including gambling, drugs, etc. Large-city residents are also more likely than small-town residents to have a cosmopolitan (见识广的) outlook, to display less responsibility to traditional family roles, to vote for leftist political candidates, and to be willing to accept nontraditional religious groups and unpopular political groups. Everything considered, heterogeneity and unusual behaviour seem to be outcomes of large population size.
( ) 56. According to paragraph 1, it was once a common belief that people in modern society _________.
A. tended to acquaint themselves with people passing by
B. couldn’t develop very close relationships with others
C. bore great responsibilities to neighbors and relatives
D. usually had more friends than small-town residents
( ) 57. One of the consequences of urbanism is that the city residents _________.
A. suffer from the lack of friendship
B. lower the quality of relationships
C. show little concern for other people
D. become suspicious of each other
( ) 58. We can learn from the passage that the bigger a community is, _________.
A. the more tolerant and open-minded it isB. the more similar its interests is
C. the more likely it is to display stressD. the better the quality of life is
( ) 59. What is the passage mainly about
A. Advantages and disadvantages of living in big cities or small towns.
B. Minor differences in interpersonal rela-tionships between cities and towns.
C. The positive role that urbanism has been playing in our modern society.
D. The strong feeling of alienation that city residents are suffering.
B
( ) 60. How much will a passenger pay if he wants to alter his ticket to three days later
A. 25% of the original price.
B. 20% of the original price.
C. 15% of the original price.
D. 10% of the original price.
( ) 61. The limit of luggage for a single passenger is _________.
A. one suitcase, one handbag and one 15kgs check-in luggage
B. one handbag, two pieces of 15kgs check-in luggage
C. one handbag and two pieces of 15kgs check-in luggage
D. one suitcase, one handbag and one 30kgs check-in luggage
( ) 62. What does the Train Company guarantee
A. Students, children, senior citizens and groups can get 25% discount of the original price.
B. Passengers get the full price of the tickets back if the train is delayed over five minutes.
C. Same-day-returns can be fully refunded if they are cancelled two minutes before departure.
D. People with Globe-trotter tickets can take any kind of the discounts listed in the brochure.
C
How do predators (猎食动物) affect populations of the prey (猎物) animals The answer is not as simple as might be thought. The moose (麋鹿) reached Isle Royale in Lake Superior by crossing over winter ice and bred freely there in isolation without predators. When wolves later reached the island, naturalists widely assumed that the wolves would play a key role in controlling the moose population. Careful studies have demonstrated, however, that this is not the case. The wolves eat mostly old or diseased animals that would not survive long anyway. In general, the moose population is controlled by food availability, disease and other factors rather than by wolves.
When experimental populations are set up under simple laboratory conditions, the predator often wipes out its prey and then becomes extinct itself. However, if safe areas like those prey animals have in the wild are provided, the prey population drops to low level but not extinction. Low prey population levels then provide inadequate food for the predators, causing the predator population to decrease. When this occurs, the prey population can rebound. In this situation the predator and prey population may continue in this cyclical pattern for some time.
Population cycles are characteristic of small mammals, and they sometimes appear to be brought about by predators. Ecologists studying hare populations have found that the North American snowshoe hare follows a roughly ten-year cycle. Two factors appear to be generating the cycle: food plants and predators.
The preferred foods of snowshoe hares are tender willow branches. As the hare population increases, the quantity of these branches decreases, forcing the hares to feed on low-quality high-fiber food. Lower birth rates and low growth rates follow, so there is a corresponding decline in hare quantity. Once the hare population has declined, it takes two to three years for the quantity of branches to recover.
A key predator of the snowshoe hare is the Canada lynx. The Canada lynx shows a ten-year cycle of abundance (大量) that parallels the abundance cycle of hares. As hare numbers fall, so do lynx numbers, as their food supply decreased.
Predators are an essential factor in maintaining communities that are rich and diverse in species. Without predators, the species that is the best competitor for food, shelter, and other environmental resources tends to dominate and exclude the species with which it competes. This phenomenon is known as “competitor exclusion”. However, if the community contains a predator of the strongest competitor species, then the population of that competitor is controlled. Thus even the less competitive species are able to survive. From the stand point of diversity (多样性), it is usually a mistake to eliminate a major predator from a community.
( ) 63. The author uses the example of the moose and wolves on Isle Royale to _________.
A. provide evidence that predators influence prey populations
B. question the belief in the effect of predators on prey populations
C. demonstrate predator population grows faster than that of the prey
D. prove that the studies of isolated populations tend to be useful
( ) 64. The word “rebound” in the passage is closest in meaning to _________.
A. react B. resistC. remain D. recover
( ) 65. Which of the following is true according to the passage
A. Laboratory results can’t explain the changes in predator and prey populations of the wild.
B. The growth of hare population may lead to a corresponding increase in its birth rates.
C. The experimental environments can promote the growth of predator and prey populations.
D. The existence of a major predator in a community is a threat to the diversity of species.
( ) 66. What can we conclude from the passage about the cycle of the Canada lynx
A. When hare numbers decrease, lynx numbers increase.
B. It has a great effect on the number of snowshoe hares.
C. It closely follows the cycle of the snowshoe hare.
D. It is not directly related to the availability of lynx food.
Section C (8分)
Directions: Choose from the sentences A—F to complete the passage. There are two extra sentences which you do not need to use.
“After you finish your homework.” You have probably heard your mum or dad say these words. It might seem like all the good stuff has to wait until your homework is done. There’s a good reason why adults make a big deal out of homework. 67. _________ And getting a good education can help you build the kind of future life that you want. So homework is important, but how can you get it done 68. _________ Writing on top of potato chip crumbs while talking on the phone is not going to help you finish your history lesson. Turn off the TV and other distractions. You’ll be better able to concentrate, which usually means you’ll finish your work more quickly and it’s more likely to be correct.
Set aside enough time to finish your work without rushing. You can’t just squeeze your science assignment into the commercials during your favourite TV show. 69. _________ But if you find that you’re struggling even after putting in the time, you’ll want to ask for help.
Aside from just not understanding the lesson or assignment, kids might need homework help for other reasons. Some kids are out sick for a long time and miss a lot of work. 70. _________
Personal problems can cause trouble with your work, too. Some kids may be dealing with stuff outside of school that can make homework harder, like problems with friends or things going on at home.
A. Homework helps you learn.
B. Some kids don’t like to do their homework.
C. Really learning something takes time.
D. First, you need a quiet place without clutter and confusion.
E. Others get so busy that they don’t spend enough time on homework.
F. Ask your friends or teacher to help you when you have problems.
Section D (15分)
Directions: Write the summary of the passage in no more than 130 words and the original sentences in the passage are not all owed to use.
It has been found that fewer than one shopper in five makes a complete shopping list before going to the store. The reason for this is that seven out of ten of today’s purchases are decided in stores where shoppers tend towards impulse buying. Buying groceries on impulse has risen for the past forty years, and this rise has coincided with the growth of self-service shopping. However, in grocery stores where clerks wait on customers, there is much less impulse buying. It is hard for people to buy on impulse if they have to address a clerk.
Psychologists have joined forces with merchandising experts. It is their job to persuade people to buy products which they may not need or even want until they see them attractively presented. It was discovered by the psychologists that shoppers want help with their purchases. Having so many choices confuses them, but they are affected most by attractive package designs. Attraction also depends a lot on the products position on the shelf, however, and persuading shoppers to buy is easier when the product is located at eye-level.
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第II卷（共40分）
I． Translation (15分)
Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.
我们被教了很多发展我们的语言和学习技能的好方法。(method)
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最重要的事情是你是否愿意去学并努力学习。(whether)
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在如此糟糕的天气里，出去散步，还不如待在家里。（It’s better to ...）
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公司从这个新产品中盈利了两年了。（现在完成进行时）
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II． Guided Writing (25分)
Directions: Write an English composition in 120—150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.
你班将召开一次主题班会，探讨高中生在成长过程中遇到的烦恼。请根据自己实际生活中遇到的学习、交友、代沟、同龄人攀比等现象进行思考，写一篇发言稿。文章需包括：
1. 你在实际生活中遇到的至少两种烦恼并简要介绍；
2. 你应对这些烦恼所采取的举措和建议。
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听力录音原文与参考答案
第I卷
I. Listening Comprehension
Section A
1． M： My name is John Smith. I’m with the local newspaper. Do you mind if I ask you a few questions
W： Not at all. Go ahead, please.
Q： What is John Smith
2． M： I hope the post office will be open now．
W： The sign says：9 am to 5 pm week days, 9 am to 12 at noon Saturdays．
Q： When will the post office open on weekends
3． M： How much are these trousers
W： They’re on sale, sir. One pair for 35 dollars or two pairs for 30 dollars each．
Q： How much does one pair of trousers cost
4． W： It’s already half past seven. Shall we go out now
M： No, I just had breakfast about 15 minutes ago. But we will try to get to the training centre within two hours．
Q： When did the man have breakfast
5． M： I didn’t expect to meet you here.
W： Betty is sick and asked me to work today instead.
Q： Which of the following statements is true
6. M： I believe the whole department is going to take the trip this weekend.
W： I’m not so sure. Not everyone paid for the trip．
Q： What does the woman imply
7． M： John missed class again, didn’t he I wonder why．
W： Well, I knew he had been absent all week. So I called him this afternoon to see if he was sick. It turned out that his wife was badly injured in a car accident．
Q： What does the woman say about John
8． M： I’m thinking of going to Austin for a visit. Do you think it’s worth seeing
W： Well. I wish I had been there.
Q： What do we learn from the conversation
9． M： You know, I really think you should run for class president. Everybody knows you and likes you. And you got some great ideas．
W： Thanks. I have thought about it. I’m taking six classes and working a part-time job. That’s about all I can handle right now.
Q： What does the woman mean
10. M： There must be something wrong with the microphone the speaker is using. I can hardly catch a word he is saying．
W： Yeah, I can’t understand anything myself. Does he speak English
Q： Why are these people probably having trouble understanding the speaker
Section B
Questions 11 through 12 are based on the following conversation.
W： Could I see the manager, please
M： Yes. I’m the manager here. What can I do for you
W： Did you have the room checked before we moved in
M： Which room are you in, madam
W： 1707. The toilet doesn’t work properly, the water doesn’t run in the shower, but the tap was leaking the whole night, and there is water all over the bathroom floor．
M： I’m very sorry to hear that. These days we’ve been extremely busy with an international meeting. I’ll check it right away．
W： I never expected this sort of thing to happen in such a four-star hotel．
M： I do apologize. We’ll change your room to 2003. It has a beautiful view of the harbour. And you’ll enjoy a three-day free stay in our hotel．
Questions:
11. What is the relationship between the two speakers
12. What is the woman’s room number
Questions 13 through 14 are based on the following conversation．
M: Hello. I’d like to buy a ticket to Paris, France.
W: When would you like to travel
M: Today, if possible.
W: Hmmm... We have a flight leaving this afternoon, but it’s fully booked.
M: It’s very important that I get there as quickly as possible. Is there an evening flight
W: Yes. There is a “red-eye” flight at 1:00 tomorrow morning, but I’m afraid there’s no space left on that flight, either. Let me check again.
M: Oh, no. I just found out that my brother is getting married tomorrow, and I don’t want to miss his wedding!
W: Wait ... You’re in luck! There’s been a cancellation! Do you mind sitting in the last row of our economy class
M: Well, I’d rather not, but if it’s the only seat available, of course, I’ll take it. Is it a window seat by any chance
W: Yes, it is. Will that be a problem
M: No, not at all. I love to see the scenery on the ground while I fly.
W: Could I have your name please, sir
M: Sure. John Smith. That’s S-M-I-T-H.
W: Great. I’m glad I could help you, Mr. Smith. Here’s your ticket. You will be on Flight 201 leaving here at
1:00 am, arriving Paris local time 12:00 Noon. The plane will begin boarding at 12:45 am at Gate 19 in terminal 3.
M: Thanks for all your help.
W: Thank you for flying with us!
Questions:
13. Where does this conversation most probably take place
14. Which of the following statements is not true
Questions 15 through 17 are based on the following passage.
Alice Walker makes her living by writing, and her poems, short stories, and novels have won many prizes for her. She was born in Eatonton, Georgia. She went to public schools there, and then to Spelman College in Atlanta before coming to New York to attend Sarah Lawrence College, from which she graduated in 1966. For a time she lived in Jackson, Mississippi, with her lawyer husband and small daughter. About Langston Hughes, American Poet, her first book for children, she says, “After my first meeting with Langston, I promised I would write a book for children someday. Why Because I, at 22, knew next to nothing of his work, and he didn’t scold me；he just gave me a pile of his books. And he was kind to me；I will always be thankful that in his warmth he filled my deepest dream and need of what a poet should be”.
“To me, he is not dead at all. Hardly a day goes by that I don’t think of him or speak of him. Once, just before he died, when he was sick with the flu, I took him a basket full of oranges. The joy I felt in giving that simple gift never dies away with time. He said he liked oranges, too．”
Questions：
15． How does Alice Walker make a living
16. Where did Alice graduate in 1966
17． What did Alice give Langston Hughes when he was sick
Questions 18 through 20 are based on the following passage.
Everyone is looking for a good investment these days. And with stocks and companies all crashing, some are finding that taking the trip of a lifetime is actually a smart move right now. Prices are good, crowds are fewer and the benefits like expanded worldview, lifelong memories, the satisfaction of boosting the global economy—can’t be easily ignored. Taylor and Paul, a retired couple from Cambridge, England, recently took a 16-day vacation to Namibia, where they went on bird-watching excursions. Later this year, they are planning a trip to Tibet. “We’re using our capital now’”says Taylor, “And why not We’re not getting any interest in the bank. If it’s a place we really want to go, then we will go. We may as well travel while we’re fit and healthy.”
Some travel agents are thriving in spite of the economy. “We’ve had more people booking in the first quarter of this year than last,” says Robert, founder of Fun Travel, which is planning to introduce a new programme. of longer adventure trips, including polar expeditions. “We’re treating things like, we don’t know what the situation will be in six months so let’s travel now”, Ashley, managing director of the U.K. tour operator. Explore has been surprised to see an increase in last-minute bookings of high-priced trips to such places as India, Thailand and Nepal. “It seems people would rather give up something else than the big trip,” he says. Travel has become a necessity. It’s just how we travel that is changing.
Questions:
18. According to the speaker, why are some people willing to spend their money on travel these days
19． What is Fun Travel planning to do, according to its founder
20. According to Ashley, managing director of Explore, what is changing now with regard to travels
Key: 1—5 CBBAB
6—10 CDBAD
11—15 AAACB
16—20 CDBDC
S2A Unit 2 (I) 同步测试题参考答案与解析
II． Grammar and Vocabulary
21. hunting 22. made 23. to kill 24. others 25. the
26. When 27. with 28. can 29. is prohibited 30. where
31—35 BIDHA 36—40 CJEGK
III． Reading Comprehension
41. A。pay price 付出的代价。
42. B。sense of direction方向感。
43. D。navigate 航行，本段一开头有提到。
44. C。需要理解大脑如何使我们不迷失。
45. A。探索某一区域。
46. B。过程的最终。
47. C。but 强调连接其后的从句，although 强调另一句,即主句。
48. D。递进关系。
49. A。频率程度。
50. C。解释。
51. B。与环境的连接。
52. A。当人们驾驶时依赖GPS。
53. D。屏幕上路线图。
54. C。此外，另一方面的列举，above all 为总结用语。
55. B。improve提高改善。
56. B。根据第一段第二句可知。
57. C。A、B、D项原文均未提到， 多处语境暗示C项。
58. A。根据第三段第三、四、五句可知，小区越大越多样化包容性强。
59. B。第一段第二句以及文章二三两段主要表达的是城市居民与城镇居民人际关系的细微差异。
60. D。在CHANGES AND REFUNDS 那一段，the journey may be changed to another day for a charge of 10% of the ticket price。
61. A。根据INFORMATION OF INTEREST TO TRAVELLERS的第三段可知。
62. B。根据OUR TIMETABLE IS GUARANTEED 那一段可知。
63. B。举例佐证第一段首句How do predators (猎食动物) affect populations of the prey (猎物) animals The answer is not as simple as might be thought。
64. D
65. A。第二段前两句说明实验室的数据并不能适用于野外猎食动物与猎物的数量变化。
66. C。根据倒数第二段第二句可知。
67—70 ADCE
Less than one in five shoppers make a complete shopping list before going shopping. Seven out of ten purchases are impulse buys. Impulse grocery buying has increased in the last forty years because of self-service shops. In shops with shop assistants, impulse buying is less frequent.
Psychologists and merchandising experts try to find ways to make products look attractive so that people will buy them on impulse because they look good. Shoppers want advice when shopping, but with so many choices, they usually just go with the one that’s most attractive to them. Food manufacturers pay a lot of attention to attractive packaging, and placing items on shelves at eye-level also works as a tool to persuade shoppers to buy on impulse.
第II 卷
I. Translation
1. We have been taught many good methods to develop our language and study skills.
2. What matters most is whether you are willing to learn and to study hard.
3. In such awful weather, it’s better to stay at home rather than go out for a walk.
4. The company has been profiting from the new product for two years.
II． Guided Writing
Recently, with the phenomenon of chasing celebrities becoming more and more common in our class, we felt it a necessity to hold a class meeting to talk about this. Yesterday we had one. Everybody was involved in the discussion and it reached a heated point. Let’s take a good look at how students’ opinions vary from person to person.
Some students are crazy about celebrities for the following reasons. To begin with, they gain quite a lot of fun by listening to music or watching movies. They regard it as a way to relax from a heavy study burden on them. Music or movies about celebrities can bring them extraordinary happiness. What’s more, some works of celebrities are educational. They really enjoy them a great deal. In addition, they are inclined to beauties. After all, they are adolescents who are fond of whatever or whoever looks nice. Nevertheless, others argue that it’s bad for the general development of the students who are in adolescence. As far as I’m concerned, I’m for the latter one. Adolescence is a time for them to develop their character, fall into the good habit and prepare for their future. They should spend too much time not chasing or imitating others, but learning knowledge so that they can have a bright future. Besides, some celebrities aren’t what they appear to be, which in some way, may lead fans of celebrities to the wrong direction of life.
Taking the above into consideration, I do believe we’d better off chasing celebrities.
第I卷（共110分）
▲I. Listening Comprehension (30分)
Section A (10分)
Directions: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.
( ) 1． A. A writer． B. A teacher C. A journalist． D． A student．
( ) 2. A. All day. B. Only in the morning．
C. Only in the afternoon．D． The same as during the week
( ) 3. A. $30. B. $35. C. $60. D. $70.
( ) 4. A. About 7:15. B. About 7:30.C. About 7:45. D. About 8:00.
( ) 5. A. The man knew the woman would come here.
B. The woman took the place of Betty to work today.
C. The man asked the woman to come to work.
D. Betty has gone abroad.
( ) 6. A. The department will pay for the trip.
B. She’s not sure if she paid for the trip.
C. Some people may not go on the trip.
D. Everyone paid for the trip.
( ) 7. A. He was seriously injured in a car accident.
B. He was absent all week because of sickness.
C. He called to say that his wife had been injured.
D. He had to be away from school to look after his wife.
( ) 8. A． The woman is planning a trip to Austin．
B． The woman hasn’t been to Austin before．
C． The woman likes Austin very much．
D． The woman has been to Austin before．
( ) 9． A． She’s too busy to run for class president． B. She wants to run for class president．
C． She plans to apply for a part-time job.D． She hopes the man can help her.
( ) 10. A. They can’t speak English． B. He’s speaking too quickly．
C. They are not familiar with his topic．D． He’s using a defective microphone．
Section B （20分）
Directions: In Section B, you will hear two longer conversations and two short passages, and you will be asked two or three questions on each of them. The conversations and passages will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.
Questions 11 through 12 are based on the following conversation.
( ) 11. A. The manager and customer.B. Husband and Wife.
C. Workmates.D. Friends.
( ) 12. A. 1707. B. 1708. C. 2002. D. 2004.
Questions 13 through 14 are based on the following conversation.
( ) 13. A. At the airport. B. On the phone.C. On the plane. D. In the street.
( ) 14. A. He wants to attend his brother’s wedding.
B. He loves to see the scenery on the ground while flying.
C. The number of the flight is 102.
D. The flight will arrive at Paris local time 12:00 Noon.
Questions 15 through 17 are based on the following passage.
( ) 15. A. By teaching. B. By writing.C. By translating. D. By working as a lawyer.
( ) 16. A. Eatonton Georgia. B. Atlanta.C. Sarah Lawrence.D. Spelman College.
( ) 17. A. A pile of books. B. A letter.C. A prize. D. Some oranges.
Questions 18 through 20 are based on the following passage.
( ) 18． A． They think travel has become a trend.
B． They think travel gives them their money’s worth．
C． They find many of the banks untrustworthy．
D． They lack the knowledge to make capital investments．
( ) 19. A． Lower their prices to attract more customers．
B． Introduce travel packages for young travellers．
C． Design programmes targeted at retired couples．
D． Launch a new programme of adventure trips．
( ) 20． A． The role of travel agents． B． The number of last-minute bookings．
C． The way people travel． D． The prices of polar expeditions．
II． Grammar and Vocabulary
Section A (10分)
Directions: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.
For the Stone Age people, ___21___ (hunt) was an important way to get food. Stone Age hunter had only crude weapons ___22___ (make) of stone and wood. When they went hunting, their weapons were not powerful enough ___23___ (kill) big animals so they had to rely more upon their wisdom than weapons. Stone Age hunters often cooperated with each other in hunting big animals. Some hunters drove a herd of animals like horses or buffaloes over steep cliffs, and ___24___ waited at the bottom of the cliffs to finish ___25___ kill. Another popular method was to dig a deep pit. The pit then was covered with branches and dirt. ___26___ an animal walked over the pit, it fell in and was trapped. The hunters rolled heavy stones on the animal and killed it.
Modern hunters are equipped ___27___ powerful weapons, but for most of them, hunting is more for pleasure than for food. Because many big animals like lions, tigers and elephants are decreasing in number rapidly, they ___28___ no longer be hunted at will. Nowadays in many countries, hunting ___29___(prohibit) in national environments. And even in some countries ___30___ hunting is permitted, a hunter has to get a license for hunting particular game in a particular season; otherwise he will be punished as poacher.
▲Section B (10分)
Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
A. cultivate B. apparently C. essential D. significance E. pick F. differently
G. suitable H. actually I. relationship J. ends K. care
Berlin: At nine most mornings the same scene is repeated in office buildings around the world. An employee walks into the elevator with his boss and apart from a mumbled “good morning” the junior is lost for other words. That’s an opportunity missed, says experts, who believe that such an ___31___ dull 30-second conversation can be invaluable for those who want to climb the career ladder.
“Small talk can help establish a ___32___upon which you can build,” says Dusseldorf communication advisor Thorsten Knobble, whose company customize curriculum vitas and job references.
As a matter of fact, the ___33___ of small talk goes far beyond the relationship to one’s boss. People who fail the art of speaking a lot without ___34___ saying anything find it harder to ___35___ relationships in the workplace, believes Ulrich Goldschmidt, director of the senior management association VDF Essen“Small talk is an ___36___ part of networking,” he says.
Virtually every conversation begins and ___37___ with small talk, according to Wolf Lasko, who has written a book on the topic and its bearing on career prospects.
Not everyone is good at small talk. It takes skill to ___38___ the right moment and the right topic with which to start a conversation. There are plenty of topics although some are not ___39___ for informal chat. “Anything to do with sex is taboo,” cautions Knobble. “___40___ is needed with politics, religion, money and health.” Safe topics include the holidays, the movies, or sports.
III． Reading Comprehension
Section A (15分)
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
For most people today, their GPS (Global Positioning System) has become a lifeline, giving directions to the nearest bathroom or restaurant. But the ___41___ we pay for the convenience could be our sense of ___42___.
“I do think GPS devices cause our navigational skills to atrophy (萎缩),” said Nora Newcombe, a psychologist at Temple University in the US who studies how the human brain ___43___. “The problem is that you don’t see an overview (概貌) of the area and where you are in relation to other things.”
To understand the risk, you first need to ___44___ how our brain keeps us from getting lost. Through experiments, researchers have found that our navigational strategies usually fall into two groups.
The first involves a spatial (空间的) map inside your brain. As you ___45___ an area, you think about how the streets fit together and the best way to get between different locations. ___46___, the map lets you navigate between any two points in the area.
The second involves a series of landmarks and steps: Turn right at the gas station and your school is on the left. It’s quick and reliable, ___47___ less flexible—it doesn’t help you get from your school to a totally new place, even if it’s nearby.
These two methods might not sound all that different, but according to Newcombe’s research, people who are bad at navigation have trouble with the first strategy—creating spatial maps. ___48___, through further studies Newcombe has come to believe that people’s ability to create spatial maps is decided by how ___49___ we use the skill.
That helps ___50___ what happens when people trust themselves with GPS devices. According to Veronique Bohbot of McGill University, people using navigation based on direction show more activity in their caudate nucleus (尾状核)—the part of the brain that is good at following directions—but less activity in the hippocampus (海马体), which creates the spatial maps.
It turns out that our sense of direction isn’t the only thing we could lose.
One thing that could go is our ___51___ to the environment we travel through. Researchers have found that when people ___52___ GPS directions while driving, their memory of their trip is of a route on a ___53___, rather than the landscape they travelled through.
___54___, researchers believe that active navigation ___55___ the type of thinking used in all kinds of spatial processes. “It’s things like urban planning, and looking at a map to see where resources are. That’s not replaceable by your phone,” Newcombe said.
( ) 41. A. price B. serviceC. attention D. curiosity
( ) 42. A. balance B. direction C. control D. satisfaction
( ) 43. A. works B. thinks C. learns D. navigates
( ) 44. A. decide B. calculateC. understand D. predict
( ) 45. A. explore B. coverC. travel D. map
( ) 46. A. Unfortunately B. Eventually C. Slowly D. Reluctantly
( ) 47. A. even B. althoughC. but D. much
( ) 48. A. For example B. As a result C. In fact D. What’s more
( ) 49. A. often B. much C. long D. soon
( ) 50. A. move B. evaluate C. explain D. detect
( ) 51. A. judgment B. connection C. decision D. treatment
( ) 52. A. rely on B. focus on C. object to D. adapt to
( ) 53. A. window B. key C. press D. screen
( ) 54. A. However B. Therefore C. Moreover D. Above all
( ) 55. A. displays B. improvesC. provides D. involves
Section B (22分)
Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.
A
Not too many decades ago it seemed “obvious” both to the general public and to sociologists that modern society has changed people’s natural relations, loosened their responsibilities to relatives and neighbors, and substituted in their place loose relationships with passing acquaintances (相识之人). However, in recent years a growing body of research has revealed that the “obvious” is not true. It seems that if you are a city resident, you typically know a smaller proportion of your neighbors than you do if you are a resident of a smaller community. But, for the most part, this fact has few significant consequences. It does not necessarily follow that if you know few of your neighbors you will know no one else.
Even in very large cities, people maintain close social ties within small, private social worlds. Indeed, the number and quality of meaningful relationships do not differ between more and less urban people. Small-town residents are more involved with relatives than big-city residents are. Yet city residents make up for it by developing friendships with people who share similar interests and activities. Urbanism may produce a different style of life, but the quality of life does not differ between town and city. Nor are residents of large communities more likely to display psychological symptoms of stress or alienation, a feeling of not belonging, than residents of smaller communities are. However, city residents do worry more about crime, and this leads them to a distrust of strangers.
These findings do not imply that urbanism makes little or no difference. If neighbors are strangers to one another, they are less likely to sweep the sidewalk of an elderly couple living next door or keep an eye out for young trouble makers. Moreover, as Wirth suggested, there may be a link between a community’s population size and its social heterogeneity (多样性). For instance, sociologists have found much evidence that the size of a community is associated with bad behavior including gambling, drugs, etc. Large-city residents are also more likely than small-town residents to have a cosmopolitan (见识广的) outlook, to display less responsibility to traditional family roles, to vote for leftist political candidates, and to be willing to accept nontraditional religious groups and unpopular political groups. Everything considered, heterogeneity and unusual behaviour seem to be outcomes of large population size.
( ) 56. According to paragraph 1, it was once a common belief that people in modern society _________.
A. tended to acquaint themselves with people passing by
B. couldn’t develop very close relationships with others
C. bore great responsibilities to neighbors and relatives
D. usually had more friends than small-town residents
( ) 57. One of the consequences of urbanism is that the city residents _________.
A. suffer from the lack of friendship
B. lower the quality of relationships
C. show little concern for other people
D. become suspicious of each other
( ) 58. We can learn from the passage that the bigger a community is, _________.
A. the more tolerant and open-minded it isB. the more similar its interests is
C. the more likely it is to display stressD. the better the quality of life is
( ) 59. What is the passage mainly about
A. Advantages and disadvantages of living in big cities or small towns.
B. Minor differences in interpersonal rela-tionships between cities and towns.
C. The positive role that urbanism has been playing in our modern society.
D. The strong feeling of alienation that city residents are suffering.
B
( ) 60. How much will a passenger pay if he wants to alter his ticket to three days later
A. 25% of the original price.
B. 20% of the original price.
C. 15% of the original price.
D. 10% of the original price.
( ) 61. The limit of luggage for a single passenger is _________.
A. one suitcase, one handbag and one 15kgs check-in luggage
B. one handbag, two pieces of 15kgs check-in luggage
C. one handbag and two pieces of 15kgs check-in luggage
D. one suitcase, one handbag and one 30kgs check-in luggage
( ) 62. What does the Train Company guarantee
A. Students, children, senior citizens and groups can get 25% discount of the original price.
B. Passengers get the full price of the tickets back if the train is delayed over five minutes.
C. Same-day-returns can be fully refunded if they are cancelled two minutes before departure.
D. People with Globe-trotter tickets can take any kind of the discounts listed in the brochure.
C
How do predators (猎食动物) affect populations of the prey (猎物) animals The answer is not as simple as might be thought. The moose (麋鹿) reached Isle Royale in Lake Superior by crossing over winter ice and bred freely there in isolation without predators. When wolves later reached the island, naturalists widely assumed that the wolves would play a key role in controlling the moose population. Careful studies have demonstrated, however, that this is not the case. The wolves eat mostly old or diseased animals that would not survive long anyway. In general, the moose population is controlled by food availability, disease and other factors rather than by wolves.
When experimental populations are set up under simple laboratory conditions, the predator often wipes out its prey and then becomes extinct itself. However, if safe areas like those prey animals have in the wild are provided, the prey population drops to low level but not extinction. Low prey population levels then provide inadequate food for the predators, causing the predator population to decrease. When this occurs, the prey population can rebound. In this situation the predator and prey population may continue in this cyclical pattern for some time.
Population cycles are characteristic of small mammals, and they sometimes appear to be brought about by predators. Ecologists studying hare populations have found that the North American snowshoe hare follows a roughly ten-year cycle. Two factors appear to be generating the cycle: food plants and predators.
The preferred foods of snowshoe hares are tender willow branches. As the hare population increases, the quantity of these branches decreases, forcing the hares to feed on low-quality high-fiber food. Lower birth rates and low growth rates follow, so there is a corresponding decline in hare quantity. Once the hare population has declined, it takes two to three years for the quantity of branches to recover.
A key predator of the snowshoe hare is the Canada lynx. The Canada lynx shows a ten-year cycle of abundance (大量) that parallels the abundance cycle of hares. As hare numbers fall, so do lynx numbers, as their food supply decreased.
Predators are an essential factor in maintaining communities that are rich and diverse in species. Without predators, the species that is the best competitor for food, shelter, and other environmental resources tends to dominate and exclude the species with which it competes. This phenomenon is known as “competitor exclusion”. However, if the community contains a predator of the strongest competitor species, then the population of that competitor is controlled. Thus even the less competitive species are able to survive. From the stand point of diversity (多样性), it is usually a mistake to eliminate a major predator from a community.
( ) 63. The author uses the example of the moose and wolves on Isle Royale to _________.
A. provide evidence that predators influence prey populations
B. question the belief in the effect of predators on prey populations
C. demonstrate predator population grows faster than that of the prey
D. prove that the studies of isolated populations tend to be useful
( ) 64. The word “rebound” in the passage is closest in meaning to _________.
A. react B. resistC. remain D. recover
( ) 65. Which of the following is true according to the passage
A. Laboratory results can’t explain the changes in predator and prey populations of the wild.
B. The growth of hare population may lead to a corresponding increase in its birth rates.
C. The experimental environments can promote the growth of predator and prey populations.
D. The existence of a major predator in a community is a threat to the diversity of species.
( ) 66. What can we conclude from the passage about the cycle of the Canada lynx
A. When hare numbers decrease, lynx numbers increase.
B. It has a great effect on the number of snowshoe hares.
C. It closely follows the cycle of the snowshoe hare.
D. It is not directly related to the availability of lynx food.
Section C (8分)
Directions: Choose from the sentences A—F to complete the passage. There are two extra sentences which you do not need to use.
“After you finish your homework.” You have probably heard your mum or dad say these words. It might seem like all the good stuff has to wait until your homework is done. There’s a good reason why adults make a big deal out of homework. 67. _________ And getting a good education can help you build the kind of future life that you want. So homework is important, but how can you get it done 68. _________ Writing on top of potato chip crumbs while talking on the phone is not going to help you finish your history lesson. Turn off the TV and other distractions. You’ll be better able to concentrate, which usually means you’ll finish your work more quickly and it’s more likely to be correct.
Set aside enough time to finish your work without rushing. You can’t just squeeze your science assignment into the commercials during your favourite TV show. 69. _________ But if you find that you’re struggling even after putting in the time, you’ll want to ask for help.
Aside from just not understanding the lesson or assignment, kids might need homework help for other reasons. Some kids are out sick for a long time and miss a lot of work. 70. _________
Personal problems can cause trouble with your work, too. Some kids may be dealing with stuff outside of school that can make homework harder, like problems with friends or things going on at home.
A. Homework helps you learn.
B. Some kids don’t like to do their homework.
C. Really learning something takes time.
D. First, you need a quiet place without clutter and confusion.
E. Others get so busy that they don’t spend enough time on homework.
F. Ask your friends or teacher to help you when you have problems.
Section D (15分)
Directions: Write the summary of the passage in no more than 130 words and the original sentences in the passage are not all owed to use.
It has been found that fewer than one shopper in five makes a complete shopping list before going to the store. The reason for this is that seven out of ten of today’s purchases are decided in stores where shoppers tend towards impulse buying. Buying groceries on impulse has risen for the past forty years, and this rise has coincided with the growth of self-service shopping. However, in grocery stores where clerks wait on customers, there is much less impulse buying. It is hard for people to buy on impulse if they have to address a clerk.
Psychologists have joined forces with merchandising experts. It is their job to persuade people to buy products which they may not need or even want until they see them attractively presented. It was discovered by the psychologists that shoppers want help with their purchases. Having so many choices confuses them, but they are affected most by attractive package designs. Attraction also depends a lot on the products position on the shelf, however, and persuading shoppers to buy is easier when the product is located at eye-level.
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第II卷（共40分）
I． Translation (15分)
Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.
我们被教了很多发展我们的语言和学习技能的好方法。(method)
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最重要的事情是你是否愿意去学并努力学习。(whether)
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在如此糟糕的天气里，出去散步，还不如待在家里。（It’s better to ...）
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公司从这个新产品中盈利了两年了。（现在完成进行时）
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II． Guided Writing (25分)
Directions: Write an English composition in 120—150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.
你班将召开一次主题班会，探讨高中生在成长过程中遇到的烦恼。请根据自己实际生活中遇到的学习、交友、代沟、同龄人攀比等现象进行思考，写一篇发言稿。文章需包括：
1. 你在实际生活中遇到的至少两种烦恼并简要介绍；
2. 你应对这些烦恼所采取的举措和建议。
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听力录音原文与参考答案
第I卷
I. Listening Comprehension
Section A
1． M： My name is John Smith. I’m with the local newspaper. Do you mind if I ask you a few questions
W： Not at all. Go ahead, please.
Q： What is John Smith
2． M： I hope the post office will be open now．
W： The sign says：9 am to 5 pm week days, 9 am to 12 at noon Saturdays．
Q： When will the post office open on weekends
3． M： How much are these trousers
W： They’re on sale, sir. One pair for 35 dollars or two pairs for 30 dollars each．
Q： How much does one pair of trousers cost
4． W： It’s already half past seven. Shall we go out now
M： No, I just had breakfast about 15 minutes ago. But we will try to get to the training centre within two hours．
Q： When did the man have breakfast
5． M： I didn’t expect to meet you here.
W： Betty is sick and asked me to work today instead.
Q： Which of the following statements is true
6. M： I believe the whole department is going to take the trip this weekend.
W： I’m not so sure. Not everyone paid for the trip．
Q： What does the woman imply
7． M： John missed class again, didn’t he I wonder why．
W： Well, I knew he had been absent all week. So I called him this afternoon to see if he was sick. It turned out that his wife was badly injured in a car accident．
Q： What does the woman say about John
8． M： I’m thinking of going to Austin for a visit. Do you think it’s worth seeing
W： Well. I wish I had been there.
Q： What do we learn from the conversation
9． M： You know, I really think you should run for class president. Everybody knows you and likes you. And you got some great ideas．
W： Thanks. I have thought about it. I’m taking six classes and working a part-time job. That’s about all I can handle right now.
Q： What does the woman mean
10. M： There must be something wrong with the microphone the speaker is using. I can hardly catch a word he is saying．
W： Yeah, I can’t understand anything myself. Does he speak English
Q： Why are these people probably having trouble understanding the speaker
Section B
Questions 11 through 12 are based on the following conversation.
W： Could I see the manager, please
M： Yes. I’m the manager here. What can I do for you
W： Did you have the room checked before we moved in
M： Which room are you in, madam
W： 1707. The toilet doesn’t work properly, the water doesn’t run in the shower, but the tap was leaking the whole night, and there is water all over the bathroom floor．
M： I’m very sorry to hear that. These days we’ve been extremely busy with an international meeting. I’ll check it right away．
W： I never expected this sort of thing to happen in such a four-star hotel．
M： I do apologize. We’ll change your room to 2003. It has a beautiful view of the harbour. And you’ll enjoy a three-day free stay in our hotel．
Questions:
11. What is the relationship between the two speakers
12. What is the woman’s room number
Questions 13 through 14 are based on the following conversation．
M: Hello. I’d like to buy a ticket to Paris, France.
W: When would you like to travel
M: Today, if possible.
W: Hmmm... We have a flight leaving this afternoon, but it’s fully booked.
M: It’s very important that I get there as quickly as possible. Is there an evening flight
W: Yes. There is a “red-eye” flight at 1:00 tomorrow morning, but I’m afraid there’s no space left on that flight, either. Let me check again.
M: Oh, no. I just found out that my brother is getting married tomorrow, and I don’t want to miss his wedding!
W: Wait ... You’re in luck! There’s been a cancellation! Do you mind sitting in the last row of our economy class
M: Well, I’d rather not, but if it’s the only seat available, of course, I’ll take it. Is it a window seat by any chance
W: Yes, it is. Will that be a problem
M: No, not at all. I love to see the scenery on the ground while I fly.
W: Could I have your name please, sir
M: Sure. John Smith. That’s S-M-I-T-H.
W: Great. I’m glad I could help you, Mr. Smith. Here’s your ticket. You will be on Flight 201 leaving here at
1:00 am, arriving Paris local time 12:00 Noon. The plane will begin boarding at 12:45 am at Gate 19 in terminal 3.
M: Thanks for all your help.
W: Thank you for flying with us!
Questions:
13. Where does this conversation most probably take place
14. Which of the following statements is not true
Questions 15 through 17 are based on the following passage.
Alice Walker makes her living by writing, and her poems, short stories, and novels have won many prizes for her. She was born in Eatonton, Georgia. She went to public schools there, and then to Spelman College in Atlanta before coming to New York to attend Sarah Lawrence College, from which she graduated in 1966. For a time she lived in Jackson, Mississippi, with her lawyer husband and small daughter. About Langston Hughes, American Poet, her first book for children, she says, “After my first meeting with Langston, I promised I would write a book for children someday. Why Because I, at 22, knew next to nothing of his work, and he didn’t scold me；he just gave me a pile of his books. And he was kind to me；I will always be thankful that in his warmth he filled my deepest dream and need of what a poet should be”.
“To me, he is not dead at all. Hardly a day goes by that I don’t think of him or speak of him. Once, just before he died, when he was sick with the flu, I took him a basket full of oranges. The joy I felt in giving that simple gift never dies away with time. He said he liked oranges, too．”
Questions：
15． How does Alice Walker make a living
16. Where did Alice graduate in 1966
17． What did Alice give Langston Hughes when he was sick
Questions 18 through 20 are based on the following passage.
Everyone is looking for a good investment these days. And with stocks and companies all crashing, some are finding that taking the trip of a lifetime is actually a smart move right now. Prices are good, crowds are fewer and the benefits like expanded worldview, lifelong memories, the satisfaction of boosting the global economy—can’t be easily ignored. Taylor and Paul, a retired couple from Cambridge, England, recently took a 16-day vacation to Namibia, where they went on bird-watching excursions. Later this year, they are planning a trip to Tibet. “We’re using our capital now’”says Taylor, “And why not We’re not getting any interest in the bank. If it’s a place we really want to go, then we will go. We may as well travel while we’re fit and healthy.”
Some travel agents are thriving in spite of the economy. “We’ve had more people booking in the first quarter of this year than last,” says Robert, founder of Fun Travel, which is planning to introduce a new programme. of longer adventure trips, including polar expeditions. “We’re treating things like, we don’t know what the situation will be in six months so let’s travel now”, Ashley, managing director of the U.K. tour operator. Explore has been surprised to see an increase in last-minute bookings of high-priced trips to such places as India, Thailand and Nepal. “It seems people would rather give up something else than the big trip,” he says. Travel has become a necessity. It’s just how we travel that is changing.
Questions:
18. According to the speaker, why are some people willing to spend their money on travel these days
19． What is Fun Travel planning to do, according to its founder
20. According to Ashley, managing director of Explore, what is changing now with regard to travels
Key: 1—5 CBBAB
6—10 CDBAD
11—15 AAACB
16—20 CDBDC
S2A Unit 2 (I) 同步测试题参考答案与解析
II． Grammar and Vocabulary
21. hunting 22. made 23. to kill 24. others 25. the
26. When 27. with 28. can 29. is prohibited 30. where
31—35 BIDHA 36—40 CJEGK
III． Reading Comprehension
41. A。pay price 付出的代价。
42. B。sense of direction方向感。
43. D。navigate 航行，本段一开头有提到。
44. C。需要理解大脑如何使我们不迷失。
45. A。探索某一区域。
46. B。过程的最终。
47. C。but 强调连接其后的从句，although 强调另一句,即主句。
48. D。递进关系。
49. A。频率程度。
50. C。解释。
51. B。与环境的连接。
52. A。当人们驾驶时依赖GPS。
53. D。屏幕上路线图。
54. C。此外，另一方面的列举，above all 为总结用语。
55. B。improve提高改善。
56. B。根据第一段第二句可知。
57. C。A、B、D项原文均未提到， 多处语境暗示C项。
58. A。根据第三段第三、四、五句可知，小区越大越多样化包容性强。
59. B。第一段第二句以及文章二三两段主要表达的是城市居民与城镇居民人际关系的细微差异。
60. D。在CHANGES AND REFUNDS 那一段，the journey may be changed to another day for a charge of 10% of the ticket price。
61. A。根据INFORMATION OF INTEREST TO TRAVELLERS的第三段可知。
62. B。根据OUR TIMETABLE IS GUARANTEED 那一段可知。
63. B。举例佐证第一段首句How do predators (猎食动物) affect populations of the prey (猎物) animals The answer is not as simple as might be thought。
64. D
65. A。第二段前两句说明实验室的数据并不能适用于野外猎食动物与猎物的数量变化。
66. C。根据倒数第二段第二句可知。
67—70 ADCE
Less than one in five shoppers make a complete shopping list before going shopping. Seven out of ten purchases are impulse buys. Impulse grocery buying has increased in the last forty years because of self-service shops. In shops with shop assistants, impulse buying is less frequent.
Psychologists and merchandising experts try to find ways to make products look attractive so that people will buy them on impulse because they look good. Shoppers want advice when shopping, but with so many choices, they usually just go with the one that’s most attractive to them. Food manufacturers pay a lot of attention to attractive packaging, and placing items on shelves at eye-level also works as a tool to persuade shoppers to buy on impulse.
第II 卷
I. Translation
1. We have been taught many good methods to develop our language and study skills.
2. What matters most is whether you are willing to learn and to study hard.
3. In such awful weather, it’s better to stay at home rather than go out for a walk.
4. The company has been profiting from the new product for two years.
II． Guided Writing
Recently, with the phenomenon of chasing celebrities becoming more and more common in our class, we felt it a necessity to hold a class meeting to talk about this. Yesterday we had one. Everybody was involved in the discussion and it reached a heated point. Let’s take a good look at how students’ opinions vary from person to person.
Some students are crazy about celebrities for the following reasons. To begin with, they gain quite a lot of fun by listening to music or watching movies. They regard it as a way to relax from a heavy study burden on them. Music or movies about celebrities can bring them extraordinary happiness. What’s more, some works of celebrities are educational. They really enjoy them a great deal. In addition, they are inclined to beauties. After all, they are adolescents who are fond of whatever or whoever looks nice. Nevertheless, others argue that it’s bad for the general development of the students who are in adolescence. As far as I’m concerned, I’m for the latter one. Adolescence is a time for them to develop their character, fall into the good habit and prepare for their future. They should spend too much time not chasing or imitating others, but learning knowledge so that they can have a bright future. Besides, some celebrities aren’t what they appear to be, which in some way, may lead fans of celebrities to the wrong direction of life.
Taking the above into consideration, I do believe we’d better off chasing celebrities.
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