上海市静安区2014届高三上学期期末考试英语试题
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静安区2013学年第一学期高三年级模拟检测
英语试卷 2014. 1.
I. Listening Comprehension
Section A
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 conversation 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. In a sports center. B. At a birthday party.
C. At a gift shop. D. In a department store.
2. A. Turn the alarm off. B. Live near his work place.
C. Go to bed earlier. D. Move his alarm clock far away.
3. A. The man could watch the ballet with her.
B. She happened to have bought two tickets.
C. She can get a ticket for the man.
D. Her sister can go to watch the ballet herself.
4. A. She doesn’t know anything about it.
B. A good name hasn’t been found for it.
C. They decided to postpone building it.
D. It hasn’t been designed yet.
5. A. At 5:35. B. At 5:25. C. At 4:40. D. At 5:50.
6. A. Chicken is tasty. B. Roast beef is tasty.
C. Not very satisfactory. D. Very satisfactory.
7. A. He will continue his work on vacation.
B. Papers piled while he was on vacation.
C. He has too much work to do.
D. He has made his vacation plans.
8. A. Dr Smith usually sees patients at once.
B. Dr Smith is very busy on Mondays.
C. Dr Smith didn’t put the man on his schedule.
D. Dr Smith is hard to see.
9. A. Colleagues. B. Husband and wife.
C. Employer and employee. D. Mother and son.
10. A. The man should change his plan.
B. The man can go camping tomorrow.
C. Weather forecasts are not available.
D. The man won’t have to go camping.
Section B
Directions: In Section B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passages. The 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 13 are based on the following passage.
11. A. The poor places are getting richer. B. The rich places are getting richer.
C. The poor places are getting poorer. D. Both B and C.
12. A. The poor are unemployed. B. All the poor have no land.
C. The poor have no houses in big cities. D. There is no hope for the poor in the village.
13. A. Rural unemployment. B. Urban unemployment.
C. No housing in the villages. D. No foreign aid in the villages.
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.
14.A. She could never overcome difficulties.
B. She had problems with other children.
C. She had trouble communicating with others.
D. She suffered from severe learning disability.
A. A person whose experience can inspire others,
B. A person with a remarkable memory,
C. A person who has a better understanding,
D. A person with special education,
A. Always listen to doctor’s advice. B. Never give up in face of difficulties.
C. Always get encouragement from others. D. Never compare yourself with others.
Section C
Directions: In Section C, you will hear two longer conversations. The conversations will be read twice. After you hear each conversation, you are required to fill in the numbered blanks with information you have heard. Write your answers on your answer sheet.
Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.
Complete the message. Write ONE WORD for each answer.
The man’s problem
Doesn’t know how to__17__ the numbers on.
The woman’s suggestion
First, press Shift F- __18__.
Second, press __19__.
Thirdly, print.
Explanation
Numbers don’t show up on the screen but they will be on the printed __20__.
Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.
Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.
What does the man complain about?
The quality of ____21____.
What is the problem?
The screen always ___22___.
Where is the repair center?
On the 7th Floor, ____23____.
What will the company do if there is any
problem concerning the quality?
To let the customer ____24____.
II. Grammar and Vocabulary
Section A
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.
( A )
Mother Teresa was born in Yugoslavia, on August 27, 1910. She attended the government school near her home until she was eighteen. At that time, some doctors and nurses from Yugoslavia were working in India, and they often (25)_______(write) to the school about their work. She decided to join them one day.
When she left school, she first went to Britain. Then a year later she went to India, where she began(26)_______(train)to be a teacher. After training, she was sent to Calcutta, (27)_______she taught geography at a school and soon after became headmistress.
However, (28)_______she loved teaching, in 1946 Mother Teresa left the school and went to work in the poor parts of Calcutta. Later she was trained to become a nurse in Patna, and then began her work helping the poor and comforting the dying in the streets of the city. Slowly, (29)_______ came to help her, and her work spread to other parts of India.
Mother Teresa is now a well-known person. Many photos (30)_______ (take) of her, (31)_______ she travels around the world to open new schools and hospitals in poor countries. In 1979, she was given the Nobel Prize for the lifetime of love and service she has given to the poor.
( B )
On any collecting trip, obtaining the animals is, as a rule, the simplest part of the job. As soon as the local people discover that you are willing to buy live wild creatures, the stuff comes (32)_______ (pour) in; ninety percent is, of course, the more common types, but they do bring (33)_______occasional rarity. If you want the really rare stuff, you generally have to go out and find it yourself.
The chief difficulty you have when you have got a newly (34)______ (catch) animal is not so much the shock it might be suffering, but the fact (35)_______being caught forces it to exist close to a creature it regards as an enemy of the (36)_______ (bad) possible sort: yourself. On many occasions an animal may take beautifully to being in a cage but (37)_______ (get) used to the idea of living with people is another matter. This is the difficulty you (38)_______only deal with by patience and kindness. For month after month an animal may try to bite you every time you approach its cage, (39)_______you despair of ever making a favorable impression on it. Then, one day, sometimes without any preliminary warning, it will trot forward and take food from your hand, or allow you to tickle it behind the ears. (40)_______ such moments you feel that all the waiting in the world was worthwhile.
Section B
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. change B. repeatedly C. dependent D. limited E. flexible F. proper
G. respect H. concepts I. explained J. freely K. figure
In giving advice, you must learn to understand the person’s level of judgment. There will be some people who come to you with unconnected knowledge, talking about, say, Vitamin B12 and other modern__41__. When they ask advice, begin at that level. Unless you start at their own level, they will not be able to understand. You must explain to them in scientific terms the effects of the food they eat, and how they need to __42__it.
You have to train yourself to be very__43__. Staying at one level is not being a free man. If we stay at a very high level all the time, that is not practical. A limitless person goes __44__from one level of thinking to another, according to his circumstances. To do this we must get rid of our unwillingness to change our way of thinking or behavior, become friends with everyone, and have the same loving feelings for everyone. Then we can give advice to all kinds of people. If there is someone or something you dislike, you are still__45__, and your ability to give advice is reduced. For anyone, the same. A free person acts like that.
You cannot stay with a sick person all the time. You must __46__ a person’s freedom as much as you can. If people really want to die, let them—it is their freedom. The point is never to become an authority__47__; remain a friend or advisor. People should not come back __48__for consultation; if they do, your advice has been incomplete—you did not know how to give the __49__advice about freedom. If they do not understand that, sick people become slaves; they are still afraid inside, and are__50__. That is no way to build a healthy world and help people become happy and free.
III. Reading Comprehension
Section A
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.
You’ve now heard it so many time, you can probably repeat it in your sleep. President Obama will no doubt __51__the point publicly when he gets to Beijing: the Chinese need to __52__more; they need—believe it or not—to become more like Americans, for the sake of the global economy.
And it’s all true. __53__the other side of that equation is that the U.S. needs to save more. For the moment, American households actually are doing so. After the personal-savings rate __54__to zero in 2005, the shock of the economic __55__last year prompted people to snap __56__their wallets. In China, the household-savings rate exceeds 20%. It is partly for policy__57__. As we’ve seen, wage earners are expected to __58__not only their children but their aging parents. And there is, to date, only the?flimsiest?(脆弱的) of publicly-funded health care and pension systems, which increases incentives for individuals to save __59__they are working. But China is a society that has __60__esteemed personal financial?prudence?(谨慎). There is no __61__that will change anytime soon, even if the government creates a better social safety net and successfully encourages greater consumer spending.
Why does the U.S. need to learn a little frugality (节俭)？Because healthy savings rates are one of the surest indicators of a country’s long-term financial health. High savings lead, over time, to increased investment, which in turn generates productivity gains, __62__and job growth. __63__, savings are the seed corn of a good economic harvest.
The U.S. government thus needs to act as well. By running __64__deficits, it is dis-saving, even as households save more. Peter Orszag, Obama’s Budget Director, __65__called the U.S. budget deficits unsustainable and he’s right. To date, the U.S. has seemed unable to see the consequences of spending so much more than is taken in. That needs to change.
51. A. play B. take C. make D. give
52. A. concern B. process C. promote D. consume
53. A. But B. Therefore C. However D. Furthermore
54. A. drained B. dipped C. discounted D. dissolved
55. A. issues B. crisis C. troubles D. questions
56. A. cut B. put C. shut D. get
57. A. reasons B. situations C. areas D. zones
58. A. take off B. break out C. make up D. care for
59. A. unless B. before C. after D. while
60. A. long B. short C. good D. bad
61. A. doubt B. wonder C. chance D. problem
62. A. condition B. action C. innovation D. location
63. A. In general B. In short C. In addition D. In a sense
64. A. significant B. constant C. conscious D. stable
65. A. occasionally B. consequently C. recently D. accidentally
Section B
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)
When people think of improving their diet, they often talk about eating more fruits and vegetables. Others want to eat more fish and less red meat, in addition to reducing the amount of food they eat. But, they can improve their diets even more with just a simple addition. American researchers have found that a diet rich in spices can help reduce the harmful effects of eating high fat meals.
Pennsylvania State University Associate Professor Shiela West led an investigation of the health effects of a spice-rich diet. Her team knew that a high-fat meal produces high levels of triglycerides（甘油三脂）, a kind of fat, in the blood. She said, “If this happens too frequently, or if triglyceride levels are raised too much, your risk of heart disease is increased.”
As part of the study, her team prepared meals on two separate days for six men between the ages of 30 and 65. The men were overweight, but healthy. The researchers added about 30 milliliters of spices to each serving of the test meal, which included chicken curry, Italian herb bread and a cinnamon(肉桂树皮)biscuit. The meal for the control group was the same, but it did not include any spices.
During the experiment, the researchers removed blood from the men every 30 minutes for three hours. They found that antioxidant activity(抗氧化活性) in the blood of the men who ate the spicy meal was 13 percent higher than it was for the men who did not. In addition, insulin(胰岛素) activity dropped by about 20 percent in the men who ate the spicy food.
Shiela West says many scientists think that oxidative stress leads to heart disease. And what exactly is oxidative stress? Think of an apple that has been cut in half and set aside for half an hour or so. The cut side of the apple turns brown. That is a simple explanation of what happens when oxidative stress comes in contact with the inside and outside of our bodies.
Professor West says, “Antioxidants, like spices, may be important in reducing oxidative stress and thus reducing the risk of chronic disease.” She adds that the level of spices used in the study provided the same amount of antioxidants found in 150 milliliters of red wine or about 38 grams of dark chocolate.
66. What does the author advise people to do in their diets?
A. Eating large amount of food. B. Eating less fruits and vegetables.
C. Eating more vegetables and fish. D. Eating small amount of food with spices.
67. What is the fun_ction of spices according to the passage?
A. To help people lose weight. B. To cure chronic disease.
C. To reduce the risk of heart disease. D. To cause oxidative stress.
68. What happened to the men who ate the spicy meal according to the experiment?
A. The antioxidant activity in their blood became increased.
B. The insulin activity in their body became increased.
C. The level of triglyceride in their blood was increased.
D. The oxidative stress in their body was strengthened.
69. What does Professor West show by citing the example of a half apple?
A. The whole thing can be divided into two parts.
B. It implies oxidative stress is harmful to our health.
C. An apple is the only food that contains antioxidants.
D. We can keep diseases away if we have an apple a day.
( B )
Which tablet computer should YOU be buying: They are this year's must have... and there's a style to suit everyone？
Best for young children
LeapPad Explorer 2, ￡68?
Aimed at children between three and nine (though a nine-year-old might find it a little simple), it comes in pink or blue and with five built-in education games (you can buy more). Besides, the LeapPad does not allow access to the internet — so it is impossible for your child to stumble across anything inappropriate.
Pros: The education games are well-designed, the built-in video camera is a fun way to play at being a film director.
Cons: Some of the games are shockingly expensive. And the power adaptor is not included.
Best for teenagers
iPad 4th generation, ￡399-￡659?
The iPad is still the market leader, and for good reason. If the teenager in your house enjoys playing computer games, the latest offering from Apple is the one to choose.
Pros: No other tablet can compete with the near one million ‘apps’ (the name Apple created for specially-designed downloadable programs) available for the iPad.?Simple to use, even for those who usually struggle with technology.
Cons: Considerably more expensive than most competitors.?
Best for working parents
Microsoft Surface, ￡399-￡559
Tablets are brilliant for leisure — but what if you want to do a bit of work? No tablet can yet compete with? a full-size laptop computer, but? this is the only tablet? that allows you to use Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint (they are all pre-installed and included in the price) and you? can buy a pretty lovely mini- keyboard for typing letters and emails, which also doubles up as the cover.
Pros: The Surface is good for watching movies — a bonus when stuck in the airport on a business trip — and surfing the internet.
Con: The keyboard is an expensive add-on — costing up to ￡109. It might be cheaper to buy a laptop (though a tablet is much smaller and lighter).
Best for bookworms
Amazon Kindle Paperwhite, ￡109
Nearly all tablets let you download books. It's a great way to take a mountainous pile of hardbacks on holiday without stuffing your suitcase.?
But most tablets have a shiny screen — which can be very distracting when you're trying to read. The Paperwhite is different: its matt screen and crisp black lettering imitate the look of words on paper brilliantly. And yet you can still read the words in the dark.
Pros: Easy on the eye, excellent battery life, 180,000 free books (if you subscribe to the Amazon Prime customer loyalty service) plus hundreds of thousands more to buy.
Cons: No TV, films, games, internet or camera.?
70.?The underlined phrase ‘stumble across’ most probably means ‘___________’.
A. meet with B. quarrel with C. compare with D. compete with
71. Which of the following about Surface is NOT TRUE?
A. The keyboard will add to the cost.
B. The keyboard can serve as a cover.
C. You have to pay extra to install Microsoft Word.
D. You can watch movies or surf the Internet with it.
72. If you are a game lover, which tablet is least likely to be your choice?
A. LeapPad Explorer 2. B. iPad 4th generation.
C. Microsoft Surface. D. Amazon Kindle Paper
73. If you want to add something to your prepared PPT for a presentation at a meeting, which tablet is most helpful?
A. LeapPad Explorer 2. B. iPad 4th generation.
C. Microsoft Surface. D. Amazon Kindle Paper.
(C )
We are not who we think we are.
The American self-image is suffused with the golden glow of opportunity. We think of the United States as a land of unlimited possibility, not so much a classless society but as a place where class is mutable—a place where brains, energy and ambition are what counts, not the circumstances of one's birth.
The Economic Mobility Project, an ambitious research initiative led by Pew Charitable Trusts, looked at the economic fortunes of a large group of families over time, comparing the income of parents in the late 1960s with the income of their children in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Here is the finding: "The 'rags to riches' story is much more common in Hollywood than on Main Street. Only 6 percent of children born to parents with family income at the very bottom move to the top.
That is right, just 6 percent of children born to parents who ranked in the bottom fifth of the study sample, in terms of income, were able to bootstrap their way into the top fifth. Meanwhile, an incredible 42 percent of children born into that lowest quintile are still stuck at the bottom, having been unable to climb a single rung of the income ladder.
It is noted that even in Britain-a nation we think of as burdened with a hidebound class system-children who are born poor have a better chance of moving up. When the three studies were released, most reporters focused on the finding that African-Americans born to middle-class or upper middle-class families are earning slightly less, in inflation-adjusted dollars, than did their parents.
One of the studies indicates, in fact, that most of the financial gains white families have made in the past three decades can be attributed to the entry of white women into the labor force. This is much less true for African-Americans.
The picture that emerges from all the quintiles, correlations and percentages is of a nation in which, overall, "the current generation of adults is better off than the previous one", as one of the studies notes.
The median income of the families in the sample group was $55,600 in the late 1960s; their children's median family income was measured at $71,900. However, this rising tide has not lifted all boats equally. The rich have seen far greater income gains than have the poor.
Even more troubling is that our notion of America as the land of opportunity gets little support from the data. Americans move fairly easily up and down the middle rungs of the ladder, but there is "stickiness at the ends" —four out of ten children who are born poor will remain poor, and four out often who are born rich will stay rich.
74. What did the Economic Mobility Project find in its research?
A. Children from low-income families are unable to bootstrap their way to the top.
B. Hollywood actors and actresses are upwardly mobile from rags to riches.
C. The rags to riches story is more fiction than reality.
D. The rags to riches story is only true for a small minority of whites.
75. It can be inferred from the undertone of the writer that America, as a classless society, should ________.
A. perfect its self-image as a land of opportunity
B. have a higher level of upward mobility than Britain
C. enable African-Americans to have exclusive access to well-paid employment
D. encourage the current generation to work as hard as the previous generation
76. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The US is a land where brains, energy and ambition are what counts.
B. Inequality persists between whites and blacks in financial gains.
C. Middle-class families earn slightly less with inflation considered.
D. Children in lowest-income families manage to climb a single rung of the ladder.
77. What might be the best title for this passage?
A. Social Upward Mobility. B. Incredible Income Gains.
C. Inequality in Wealth. D. America Not Land of Opportunity.
Section C
Directions: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.
It is 2035. You have a job, a family and you are about 40 years old! Welcome to your future life.
Getting ready for work, you pause in front of the mirror. “Turn red,” you say. Your shirt changes from sky blue to deep red. Tiny preprogrammed electronics are rearranged in your shirt to change its color. Looking into the mirror, you find it hard to believe you’re 40. You look much younger. With amazing progress in medicine, people in your generation may live to be 150 years old. You are not even middle-aged!
As you go into the kitchen and prepare to pour your breakfast cereal into a bowl, you hear, “To lose weight, you shouldn’t eat that,” from your shoes. They read the tiny electronic code on the cereal box to find out the nutrition details. You decide to listen to your shoes. “Kitchen, what can I have for breakfast?” A list of possible foods appears on the counter as the kitchen checks its food supplies.
“Ready for your trip to space?” you ask your son and daughter. In 2005 only specially trained astronauts went into space—and very few of them. Today anyone can go to space for day trips or longer vacations. Your best friend even works in space. Handing your children three strawberries each, you add, “The doctor said you need these for space travel.” Thanks to medical progress, vaccination shots(防疫针) are a thing of the past. Ordinary foods contain the vaccines. With the strawberries in their mouths, the kids head for the front door.
It’s time for you to go to work. Your car checks your fingerprints and unlocks the doors. “My office, Autopilot,” you order. Your car drives itself down the road and moves smoothly into traffic on the highway. You sit back and unroll your e-newspaper. The latest news downloads and fills the viewer. Looking through the pages, you watch the news as video film rather than read it.
(Notes: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN TWELVE WORDS.)
78. What changes the color of your shirt?
79. The shoes know that you shouldn’t eat the breakfast cereal by__________.
80. What do the strawberries the children eat serve as?
81. In the future, when you look through the pages in the e-newspapers, ___________.
第II卷 （共47分）
I. Translation
Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.
1. 这份工作这么难, 没几个人能胜任。(qualify)
2. 每天只允许五百名游客进入这座宏伟的博物馆。(admit)
3. 你看的书越多，你犯的错误就越少。 (the more…)
4. 直到上世纪60年代人们才实现了探月梦想。(Not until)
5. 很多珍稀动物已经灭绝的原因是它们无法适应新的环境，因此我们必须更加注重保持生态平衡。 (so)
II. Guided writing
Directions: Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions given in Chinese.
近十几年，某市有越来越多的人选择出境旅游。你的文章请包括以下内容：
描述图表，进行对照
分析其中变化的原因
谈谈可能产生的影响
录音文字
I. Listening Comprehension
Section A
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 conversation 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. W: Sports wears are on the third floor.
M: Yes. After we pick out a birthday gift for Mary, we can get some running shoes for ourselves.
Q: Where are the two speakers? (D)
2. M: I missed the bus again today because I turned the alarm clock off in my sleep.
W: Try putting it far enough away from your bed, so that you’ll have to get up to turn it off.
Q: What does the woman suggest the man do? (D)
3. M: A famous Russian ballet is coming to town next Sunday. But I can’t find a ticket anywhere.
W: Don’t be upset. My sister just happened to have one and she can’t go that day.
Q: What does the woman mean? (Ｃ)
4. M: What have they decided to name the stadium?
W: No one’s come up with anything yet.
Q: What does the woman say about the stadium? (A)
5. W: It’s five to five. In another half hour, we’ll be home.
M: I’m glad we’ll be home soon.
Q: When will they be home? (B)
6. M: You know that was a great dinner. But I don’t think her Chicken is as good as my roast beef.
W: To tell you the truth, I thought it was tough.
Q: How did the woman feel about the dinner? (Ｃ)
7. W: I’m afraid you’ve been working too hard. You should take a vacation.
M: Tell that to the pile of papers on my desk.
Q: What does the man imply?(C)
8. M: Last Monday when I was at Doctor Smith’s Office, I spent over an hour in the waiting room.
W: Really? Something must have come up that day.
Q: What does the woman imply? (A)
9. W: Mike, what are you doing on your computer? Don’t you remember your promise?
M: This is not a game. It’s only a crossword puzzle that helps increase my vocabulary.
Q: What is the probable relationship between the speakers? (D)
10. M: You see, it’s still raining. I have planned to go camping tomorrow. If it goes on like that, perhaps my plan will be spoiled.
W: Oh, I don’t think it will last long. The weather forecasts say it will be sunny tomorrow.
Q: What does the woman mean? (B)
Section B
Directions: In Section B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passages. The 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 13 are based on the following passage.
In many places in the world today, the poor are getting poorer while the rich are getting richer, and the programs of development planning and foreign aid appear to be unable to reverse this trend. Nearly all the developing countries have a modern part, where the patterns of living and working are similar to those in developed countries. But they also have a non-modern part, where
the patterns of living and working are not only unsatisfactory, but in many cases are even getting worse.
What is the typical condition of the poor in developing countries? Their work opportunities are so limited that they cannot work their way out of their situation. They are underemployed, or totally unemployed. Some of them have land, but often too little land.
Many have no land, and no prospect of getting any. There is no hope for them to live in the rural areas, and so they drift into big cities. But there is no work for them in big cities, of course no housing. All the same, they flock into the cities because their chances of finding some work appear to be greater there than in the villages. Rural unemployment then becomes urban unemployment.
(Listen again, please.)
Questions:
11. What is the trend in the world today? (D)
12. Which of the following statement is not true ? (B)
13.What is the main reason that causes the poor to move into the big cities? (A)
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.
Have you had to overcome difficulties in your life? Your difficulties may appear small compared to those of Alice. Doctors said she had a memory problem and severe learning disability. They said she would never learn to read or write. She has been suffering from a growth hormone problem since she was 3 years old.
Alice refuses to let learning challenges hold her back. She expressed her attitude this way: "Even if it’s dark sometimes, in my mind the stars are there." So she receives special education services, but in the meantime, she has also worked her way into advanced classes at a high school. With her persistence and the help of others, she has learned to develop her memory and become a top student. She rarely gets things right for the first time, but she keeps trying and often ends up with a better understanding than other students. For being such a good example, Alice was featured as an All-Star Kid. She also received $27500 in scholarships from state and national awards.
Alice isn’t satisfied with just improving herself. She tries to help others, too. She collected food for the poor and did housework for the elderly. She organized a Christmas event where poor children receive donated gifts.
(Listen again, please.)
Questions:
14. What did doctors say about Alice? (D)
15. Who most probably could be featured as an All-star Kid? (A)
16. What can we infer from the passage? (B)
Section C
Directions: In Section C, you will hear two longer conversations. The conversations will be read twice. After you hear each conversation, you are required to fill in the numbered blanks with information you have heard. Write your answers on your answer sheet.
Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.
Complete the form. Write ONE WORD for each answer.
W: What's the problem?
M: I can't figure out how to put the page numbers on. I've done everything and they aren't showing up.
W: Let's see. Did you press Shift, F-8?
M: Yes, I did.
W: That's good. Did you press Enter?
M: I did that. But no numbers showed up on the screen.
W: Unhuh. Did you print it?
M: No, I don't want to print it until I see the numbers.
W: Well, that's the problem then. The numbers don't show up on the screen. But they will be on the printed copy. Let's try that.
M: Okay. You do it this time, and I'll watch.
W: Well, it would be better if you let me talk you through it. Really. Once you've done it
with someone coaching you, it's easier to do it on your own. Don't worry. This is my job.
M: Oh, all right.
(Listen again, please.)
Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.
Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.
W: NET Company. Good morning.
M: I am making the phone call to complain about the digital camera of your company.
W: What seems to be the problem?
M: The screen always gets black.
W: Could you tell me how long this has been happening?
M: It happened about a week ago.
W: Then is the camera still under guarantee?
M: Yes, I bought it only a month ago.
W: You can bring it to our repair center to have it checked on first. If there is any problem with the camera itself, you can have it replaced.
M: Then where is your repair center?
W: It’s on the 7th Floor, 1553 Palace Street. We apologize for causing you inconvenience.
(Listen again, please.)
答案
1—10 DDCAB CCADB 11—13 DBA 14—16 DAB
17 put 18. 8 19. Enter 20. copy
21. a digital camera 22. gets black 23. 1553 Palace Street 24. have it replaced
25. wrote 26. to be trained 27. where 28. although/though 29. others
30. have been taken 31. as/when
32. pouring 33. an 34. caught 35. that 36. worst 37, getting
38. can 39. until 40. At
41—50 HAEJD GKBFC
51—65 CDABB. CADDA CCBBC
66—69 CCAB 70—73 ACDC 74—77 CABD
78. The shirt itself./ Tiny preprogrammed electronics in your shirt.
79. checking the nutrition details of the food
80. Vaccines.
81. you watch the news as video film rather than read it
1. The job is so difficult that few people are qualified for it.
2. Only 500 visitors are admitted to this magnificent museum every day.
3. The more books you read, the fewer mistakes you will make.
4. Not until the 60s last century did people’s dreams of moon exploration come true.
5. The reason why many rare animals became extinct was that they were not able to adapt (themselves) to the new environment, so we must pay more attention to keeping the balance of nature.
英语试卷 2014. 1.
I. Listening Comprehension
Section A
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 conversation 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. In a sports center. B. At a birthday party.
C. At a gift shop. D. In a department store.
2. A. Turn the alarm off. B. Live near his work place.
C. Go to bed earlier. D. Move his alarm clock far away.
3. A. The man could watch the ballet with her.
B. She happened to have bought two tickets.
C. She can get a ticket for the man.
D. Her sister can go to watch the ballet herself.
4. A. She doesn’t know anything about it.
B. A good name hasn’t been found for it.
C. They decided to postpone building it.
D. It hasn’t been designed yet.
5. A. At 5:35. B. At 5:25. C. At 4:40. D. At 5:50.
6. A. Chicken is tasty. B. Roast beef is tasty.
C. Not very satisfactory. D. Very satisfactory.
7. A. He will continue his work on vacation.
B. Papers piled while he was on vacation.
C. He has too much work to do.
D. He has made his vacation plans.
8. A. Dr Smith usually sees patients at once.
B. Dr Smith is very busy on Mondays.
C. Dr Smith didn’t put the man on his schedule.
D. Dr Smith is hard to see.
9. A. Colleagues. B. Husband and wife.
C. Employer and employee. D. Mother and son.
10. A. The man should change his plan.
B. The man can go camping tomorrow.
C. Weather forecasts are not available.
D. The man won’t have to go camping.
Section B
Directions: In Section B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passages. The 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 13 are based on the following passage.
11. A. The poor places are getting richer. B. The rich places are getting richer.
C. The poor places are getting poorer. D. Both B and C.
12. A. The poor are unemployed. B. All the poor have no land.
C. The poor have no houses in big cities. D. There is no hope for the poor in the village.
13. A. Rural unemployment. B. Urban unemployment.
C. No housing in the villages. D. No foreign aid in the villages.
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.
14.A. She could never overcome difficulties.
B. She had problems with other children.
C. She had trouble communicating with others.
D. She suffered from severe learning disability.
A. A person whose experience can inspire others,
B. A person with a remarkable memory,
C. A person who has a better understanding,
D. A person with special education,
A. Always listen to doctor’s advice. B. Never give up in face of difficulties.
C. Always get encouragement from others. D. Never compare yourself with others.
Section C
Directions: In Section C, you will hear two longer conversations. The conversations will be read twice. After you hear each conversation, you are required to fill in the numbered blanks with information you have heard. Write your answers on your answer sheet.
Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.
Complete the message. Write ONE WORD for each answer.
The man’s problem
Doesn’t know how to__17__ the numbers on.
The woman’s suggestion
First, press Shift F- __18__.
Second, press __19__.
Thirdly, print.
Explanation
Numbers don’t show up on the screen but they will be on the printed __20__.
Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.
Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.
What does the man complain about?
The quality of ____21____.
What is the problem?
The screen always ___22___.
Where is the repair center?
On the 7th Floor, ____23____.
What will the company do if there is any
problem concerning the quality?
To let the customer ____24____.
II. Grammar and Vocabulary
Section A
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.
( A )
Mother Teresa was born in Yugoslavia, on August 27, 1910. She attended the government school near her home until she was eighteen. At that time, some doctors and nurses from Yugoslavia were working in India, and they often (25)_______(write) to the school about their work. She decided to join them one day.
When she left school, she first went to Britain. Then a year later she went to India, where she began(26)_______(train)to be a teacher. After training, she was sent to Calcutta, (27)_______she taught geography at a school and soon after became headmistress.
However, (28)_______she loved teaching, in 1946 Mother Teresa left the school and went to work in the poor parts of Calcutta. Later she was trained to become a nurse in Patna, and then began her work helping the poor and comforting the dying in the streets of the city. Slowly, (29)_______ came to help her, and her work spread to other parts of India.
Mother Teresa is now a well-known person. Many photos (30)_______ (take) of her, (31)_______ she travels around the world to open new schools and hospitals in poor countries. In 1979, she was given the Nobel Prize for the lifetime of love and service she has given to the poor.
( B )
On any collecting trip, obtaining the animals is, as a rule, the simplest part of the job. As soon as the local people discover that you are willing to buy live wild creatures, the stuff comes (32)_______ (pour) in; ninety percent is, of course, the more common types, but they do bring (33)_______occasional rarity. If you want the really rare stuff, you generally have to go out and find it yourself.
The chief difficulty you have when you have got a newly (34)______ (catch) animal is not so much the shock it might be suffering, but the fact (35)_______being caught forces it to exist close to a creature it regards as an enemy of the (36)_______ (bad) possible sort: yourself. On many occasions an animal may take beautifully to being in a cage but (37)_______ (get) used to the idea of living with people is another matter. This is the difficulty you (38)_______only deal with by patience and kindness. For month after month an animal may try to bite you every time you approach its cage, (39)_______you despair of ever making a favorable impression on it. Then, one day, sometimes without any preliminary warning, it will trot forward and take food from your hand, or allow you to tickle it behind the ears. (40)_______ such moments you feel that all the waiting in the world was worthwhile.
Section B
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. change B. repeatedly C. dependent D. limited E. flexible F. proper
G. respect H. concepts I. explained J. freely K. figure
In giving advice, you must learn to understand the person’s level of judgment. There will be some people who come to you with unconnected knowledge, talking about, say, Vitamin B12 and other modern__41__. When they ask advice, begin at that level. Unless you start at their own level, they will not be able to understand. You must explain to them in scientific terms the effects of the food they eat, and how they need to __42__it.
You have to train yourself to be very__43__. Staying at one level is not being a free man. If we stay at a very high level all the time, that is not practical. A limitless person goes __44__from one level of thinking to another, according to his circumstances. To do this we must get rid of our unwillingness to change our way of thinking or behavior, become friends with everyone, and have the same loving feelings for everyone. Then we can give advice to all kinds of people. If there is someone or something you dislike, you are still__45__, and your ability to give advice is reduced. For anyone, the same. A free person acts like that.
You cannot stay with a sick person all the time. You must __46__ a person’s freedom as much as you can. If people really want to die, let them—it is their freedom. The point is never to become an authority__47__; remain a friend or advisor. People should not come back __48__for consultation; if they do, your advice has been incomplete—you did not know how to give the __49__advice about freedom. If they do not understand that, sick people become slaves; they are still afraid inside, and are__50__. That is no way to build a healthy world and help people become happy and free.
III. Reading Comprehension
Section A
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.
You’ve now heard it so many time, you can probably repeat it in your sleep. President Obama will no doubt __51__the point publicly when he gets to Beijing: the Chinese need to __52__more; they need—believe it or not—to become more like Americans, for the sake of the global economy.
And it’s all true. __53__the other side of that equation is that the U.S. needs to save more. For the moment, American households actually are doing so. After the personal-savings rate __54__to zero in 2005, the shock of the economic __55__last year prompted people to snap __56__their wallets. In China, the household-savings rate exceeds 20%. It is partly for policy__57__. As we’ve seen, wage earners are expected to __58__not only their children but their aging parents. And there is, to date, only the?flimsiest?(脆弱的) of publicly-funded health care and pension systems, which increases incentives for individuals to save __59__they are working. But China is a society that has __60__esteemed personal financial?prudence?(谨慎). There is no __61__that will change anytime soon, even if the government creates a better social safety net and successfully encourages greater consumer spending.
Why does the U.S. need to learn a little frugality (节俭)？Because healthy savings rates are one of the surest indicators of a country’s long-term financial health. High savings lead, over time, to increased investment, which in turn generates productivity gains, __62__and job growth. __63__, savings are the seed corn of a good economic harvest.
The U.S. government thus needs to act as well. By running __64__deficits, it is dis-saving, even as households save more. Peter Orszag, Obama’s Budget Director, __65__called the U.S. budget deficits unsustainable and he’s right. To date, the U.S. has seemed unable to see the consequences of spending so much more than is taken in. That needs to change.
51. A. play B. take C. make D. give
52. A. concern B. process C. promote D. consume
53. A. But B. Therefore C. However D. Furthermore
54. A. drained B. dipped C. discounted D. dissolved
55. A. issues B. crisis C. troubles D. questions
56. A. cut B. put C. shut D. get
57. A. reasons B. situations C. areas D. zones
58. A. take off B. break out C. make up D. care for
59. A. unless B. before C. after D. while
60. A. long B. short C. good D. bad
61. A. doubt B. wonder C. chance D. problem
62. A. condition B. action C. innovation D. location
63. A. In general B. In short C. In addition D. In a sense
64. A. significant B. constant C. conscious D. stable
65. A. occasionally B. consequently C. recently D. accidentally
Section B
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)
When people think of improving their diet, they often talk about eating more fruits and vegetables. Others want to eat more fish and less red meat, in addition to reducing the amount of food they eat. But, they can improve their diets even more with just a simple addition. American researchers have found that a diet rich in spices can help reduce the harmful effects of eating high fat meals.
Pennsylvania State University Associate Professor Shiela West led an investigation of the health effects of a spice-rich diet. Her team knew that a high-fat meal produces high levels of triglycerides（甘油三脂）, a kind of fat, in the blood. She said, “If this happens too frequently, or if triglyceride levels are raised too much, your risk of heart disease is increased.”
As part of the study, her team prepared meals on two separate days for six men between the ages of 30 and 65. The men were overweight, but healthy. The researchers added about 30 milliliters of spices to each serving of the test meal, which included chicken curry, Italian herb bread and a cinnamon(肉桂树皮)biscuit. The meal for the control group was the same, but it did not include any spices.
During the experiment, the researchers removed blood from the men every 30 minutes for three hours. They found that antioxidant activity(抗氧化活性) in the blood of the men who ate the spicy meal was 13 percent higher than it was for the men who did not. In addition, insulin(胰岛素) activity dropped by about 20 percent in the men who ate the spicy food.
Shiela West says many scientists think that oxidative stress leads to heart disease. And what exactly is oxidative stress? Think of an apple that has been cut in half and set aside for half an hour or so. The cut side of the apple turns brown. That is a simple explanation of what happens when oxidative stress comes in contact with the inside and outside of our bodies.
Professor West says, “Antioxidants, like spices, may be important in reducing oxidative stress and thus reducing the risk of chronic disease.” She adds that the level of spices used in the study provided the same amount of antioxidants found in 150 milliliters of red wine or about 38 grams of dark chocolate.
66. What does the author advise people to do in their diets?
A. Eating large amount of food. B. Eating less fruits and vegetables.
C. Eating more vegetables and fish. D. Eating small amount of food with spices.
67. What is the fun_ction of spices according to the passage?
A. To help people lose weight. B. To cure chronic disease.
C. To reduce the risk of heart disease. D. To cause oxidative stress.
68. What happened to the men who ate the spicy meal according to the experiment?
A. The antioxidant activity in their blood became increased.
B. The insulin activity in their body became increased.
C. The level of triglyceride in their blood was increased.
D. The oxidative stress in their body was strengthened.
69. What does Professor West show by citing the example of a half apple?
A. The whole thing can be divided into two parts.
B. It implies oxidative stress is harmful to our health.
C. An apple is the only food that contains antioxidants.
D. We can keep diseases away if we have an apple a day.
( B )
Which tablet computer should YOU be buying: They are this year's must have... and there's a style to suit everyone？
Best for young children
LeapPad Explorer 2, ￡68?
Aimed at children between three and nine (though a nine-year-old might find it a little simple), it comes in pink or blue and with five built-in education games (you can buy more). Besides, the LeapPad does not allow access to the internet — so it is impossible for your child to stumble across anything inappropriate.
Pros: The education games are well-designed, the built-in video camera is a fun way to play at being a film director.
Cons: Some of the games are shockingly expensive. And the power adaptor is not included.
Best for teenagers
iPad 4th generation, ￡399-￡659?
The iPad is still the market leader, and for good reason. If the teenager in your house enjoys playing computer games, the latest offering from Apple is the one to choose.
Pros: No other tablet can compete with the near one million ‘apps’ (the name Apple created for specially-designed downloadable programs) available for the iPad.?Simple to use, even for those who usually struggle with technology.
Cons: Considerably more expensive than most competitors.?
Best for working parents
Microsoft Surface, ￡399-￡559
Tablets are brilliant for leisure — but what if you want to do a bit of work? No tablet can yet compete with? a full-size laptop computer, but? this is the only tablet? that allows you to use Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint (they are all pre-installed and included in the price) and you? can buy a pretty lovely mini- keyboard for typing letters and emails, which also doubles up as the cover.
Pros: The Surface is good for watching movies — a bonus when stuck in the airport on a business trip — and surfing the internet.
Con: The keyboard is an expensive add-on — costing up to ￡109. It might be cheaper to buy a laptop (though a tablet is much smaller and lighter).
Best for bookworms
Amazon Kindle Paperwhite, ￡109
Nearly all tablets let you download books. It's a great way to take a mountainous pile of hardbacks on holiday without stuffing your suitcase.?
But most tablets have a shiny screen — which can be very distracting when you're trying to read. The Paperwhite is different: its matt screen and crisp black lettering imitate the look of words on paper brilliantly. And yet you can still read the words in the dark.
Pros: Easy on the eye, excellent battery life, 180,000 free books (if you subscribe to the Amazon Prime customer loyalty service) plus hundreds of thousands more to buy.
Cons: No TV, films, games, internet or camera.?
70.?The underlined phrase ‘stumble across’ most probably means ‘___________’.
A. meet with B. quarrel with C. compare with D. compete with
71. Which of the following about Surface is NOT TRUE?
A. The keyboard will add to the cost.
B. The keyboard can serve as a cover.
C. You have to pay extra to install Microsoft Word.
D. You can watch movies or surf the Internet with it.
72. If you are a game lover, which tablet is least likely to be your choice?
A. LeapPad Explorer 2. B. iPad 4th generation.
C. Microsoft Surface. D. Amazon Kindle Paper
73. If you want to add something to your prepared PPT for a presentation at a meeting, which tablet is most helpful?
A. LeapPad Explorer 2. B. iPad 4th generation.
C. Microsoft Surface. D. Amazon Kindle Paper.
(C )
We are not who we think we are.
The American self-image is suffused with the golden glow of opportunity. We think of the United States as a land of unlimited possibility, not so much a classless society but as a place where class is mutable—a place where brains, energy and ambition are what counts, not the circumstances of one's birth.
The Economic Mobility Project, an ambitious research initiative led by Pew Charitable Trusts, looked at the economic fortunes of a large group of families over time, comparing the income of parents in the late 1960s with the income of their children in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Here is the finding: "The 'rags to riches' story is much more common in Hollywood than on Main Street. Only 6 percent of children born to parents with family income at the very bottom move to the top.
That is right, just 6 percent of children born to parents who ranked in the bottom fifth of the study sample, in terms of income, were able to bootstrap their way into the top fifth. Meanwhile, an incredible 42 percent of children born into that lowest quintile are still stuck at the bottom, having been unable to climb a single rung of the income ladder.
It is noted that even in Britain-a nation we think of as burdened with a hidebound class system-children who are born poor have a better chance of moving up. When the three studies were released, most reporters focused on the finding that African-Americans born to middle-class or upper middle-class families are earning slightly less, in inflation-adjusted dollars, than did their parents.
One of the studies indicates, in fact, that most of the financial gains white families have made in the past three decades can be attributed to the entry of white women into the labor force. This is much less true for African-Americans.
The picture that emerges from all the quintiles, correlations and percentages is of a nation in which, overall, "the current generation of adults is better off than the previous one", as one of the studies notes.
The median income of the families in the sample group was $55,600 in the late 1960s; their children's median family income was measured at $71,900. However, this rising tide has not lifted all boats equally. The rich have seen far greater income gains than have the poor.
Even more troubling is that our notion of America as the land of opportunity gets little support from the data. Americans move fairly easily up and down the middle rungs of the ladder, but there is "stickiness at the ends" —four out of ten children who are born poor will remain poor, and four out often who are born rich will stay rich.
74. What did the Economic Mobility Project find in its research?
A. Children from low-income families are unable to bootstrap their way to the top.
B. Hollywood actors and actresses are upwardly mobile from rags to riches.
C. The rags to riches story is more fiction than reality.
D. The rags to riches story is only true for a small minority of whites.
75. It can be inferred from the undertone of the writer that America, as a classless society, should ________.
A. perfect its self-image as a land of opportunity
B. have a higher level of upward mobility than Britain
C. enable African-Americans to have exclusive access to well-paid employment
D. encourage the current generation to work as hard as the previous generation
76. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The US is a land where brains, energy and ambition are what counts.
B. Inequality persists between whites and blacks in financial gains.
C. Middle-class families earn slightly less with inflation considered.
D. Children in lowest-income families manage to climb a single rung of the ladder.
77. What might be the best title for this passage?
A. Social Upward Mobility. B. Incredible Income Gains.
C. Inequality in Wealth. D. America Not Land of Opportunity.
Section C
Directions: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.
It is 2035. You have a job, a family and you are about 40 years old! Welcome to your future life.
Getting ready for work, you pause in front of the mirror. “Turn red,” you say. Your shirt changes from sky blue to deep red. Tiny preprogrammed electronics are rearranged in your shirt to change its color. Looking into the mirror, you find it hard to believe you’re 40. You look much younger. With amazing progress in medicine, people in your generation may live to be 150 years old. You are not even middle-aged!
As you go into the kitchen and prepare to pour your breakfast cereal into a bowl, you hear, “To lose weight, you shouldn’t eat that,” from your shoes. They read the tiny electronic code on the cereal box to find out the nutrition details. You decide to listen to your shoes. “Kitchen, what can I have for breakfast?” A list of possible foods appears on the counter as the kitchen checks its food supplies.
“Ready for your trip to space?” you ask your son and daughter. In 2005 only specially trained astronauts went into space—and very few of them. Today anyone can go to space for day trips or longer vacations. Your best friend even works in space. Handing your children three strawberries each, you add, “The doctor said you need these for space travel.” Thanks to medical progress, vaccination shots(防疫针) are a thing of the past. Ordinary foods contain the vaccines. With the strawberries in their mouths, the kids head for the front door.
It’s time for you to go to work. Your car checks your fingerprints and unlocks the doors. “My office, Autopilot,” you order. Your car drives itself down the road and moves smoothly into traffic on the highway. You sit back and unroll your e-newspaper. The latest news downloads and fills the viewer. Looking through the pages, you watch the news as video film rather than read it.
(Notes: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN TWELVE WORDS.)
78. What changes the color of your shirt?
79. The shoes know that you shouldn’t eat the breakfast cereal by__________.
80. What do the strawberries the children eat serve as?
81. In the future, when you look through the pages in the e-newspapers, ___________.
第II卷 （共47分）
I. Translation
Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.
1. 这份工作这么难, 没几个人能胜任。(qualify)
2. 每天只允许五百名游客进入这座宏伟的博物馆。(admit)
3. 你看的书越多，你犯的错误就越少。 (the more…)
4. 直到上世纪60年代人们才实现了探月梦想。(Not until)
5. 很多珍稀动物已经灭绝的原因是它们无法适应新的环境，因此我们必须更加注重保持生态平衡。 (so)
II. Guided writing
Directions: Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions given in Chinese.
近十几年，某市有越来越多的人选择出境旅游。你的文章请包括以下内容：
描述图表，进行对照
分析其中变化的原因
谈谈可能产生的影响
录音文字
I. Listening Comprehension
Section A
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 conversation 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. W: Sports wears are on the third floor.
M: Yes. After we pick out a birthday gift for Mary, we can get some running shoes for ourselves.
Q: Where are the two speakers? (D)
2. M: I missed the bus again today because I turned the alarm clock off in my sleep.
W: Try putting it far enough away from your bed, so that you’ll have to get up to turn it off.
Q: What does the woman suggest the man do? (D)
3. M: A famous Russian ballet is coming to town next Sunday. But I can’t find a ticket anywhere.
W: Don’t be upset. My sister just happened to have one and she can’t go that day.
Q: What does the woman mean? (Ｃ)
4. M: What have they decided to name the stadium?
W: No one’s come up with anything yet.
Q: What does the woman say about the stadium? (A)
5. W: It’s five to five. In another half hour, we’ll be home.
M: I’m glad we’ll be home soon.
Q: When will they be home? (B)
6. M: You know that was a great dinner. But I don’t think her Chicken is as good as my roast beef.
W: To tell you the truth, I thought it was tough.
Q: How did the woman feel about the dinner? (Ｃ)
7. W: I’m afraid you’ve been working too hard. You should take a vacation.
M: Tell that to the pile of papers on my desk.
Q: What does the man imply?(C)
8. M: Last Monday when I was at Doctor Smith’s Office, I spent over an hour in the waiting room.
W: Really? Something must have come up that day.
Q: What does the woman imply? (A)
9. W: Mike, what are you doing on your computer? Don’t you remember your promise?
M: This is not a game. It’s only a crossword puzzle that helps increase my vocabulary.
Q: What is the probable relationship between the speakers? (D)
10. M: You see, it’s still raining. I have planned to go camping tomorrow. If it goes on like that, perhaps my plan will be spoiled.
W: Oh, I don’t think it will last long. The weather forecasts say it will be sunny tomorrow.
Q: What does the woman mean? (B)
Section B
Directions: In Section B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passages. The 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 13 are based on the following passage.
In many places in the world today, the poor are getting poorer while the rich are getting richer, and the programs of development planning and foreign aid appear to be unable to reverse this trend. Nearly all the developing countries have a modern part, where the patterns of living and working are similar to those in developed countries. But they also have a non-modern part, where
the patterns of living and working are not only unsatisfactory, but in many cases are even getting worse.
What is the typical condition of the poor in developing countries? Their work opportunities are so limited that they cannot work their way out of their situation. They are underemployed, or totally unemployed. Some of them have land, but often too little land.
Many have no land, and no prospect of getting any. There is no hope for them to live in the rural areas, and so they drift into big cities. But there is no work for them in big cities, of course no housing. All the same, they flock into the cities because their chances of finding some work appear to be greater there than in the villages. Rural unemployment then becomes urban unemployment.
(Listen again, please.)
Questions:
11. What is the trend in the world today? (D)
12. Which of the following statement is not true ? (B)
13.What is the main reason that causes the poor to move into the big cities? (A)
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.
Have you had to overcome difficulties in your life? Your difficulties may appear small compared to those of Alice. Doctors said she had a memory problem and severe learning disability. They said she would never learn to read or write. She has been suffering from a growth hormone problem since she was 3 years old.
Alice refuses to let learning challenges hold her back. She expressed her attitude this way: "Even if it’s dark sometimes, in my mind the stars are there." So she receives special education services, but in the meantime, she has also worked her way into advanced classes at a high school. With her persistence and the help of others, she has learned to develop her memory and become a top student. She rarely gets things right for the first time, but she keeps trying and often ends up with a better understanding than other students. For being such a good example, Alice was featured as an All-Star Kid. She also received $27500 in scholarships from state and national awards.
Alice isn’t satisfied with just improving herself. She tries to help others, too. She collected food for the poor and did housework for the elderly. She organized a Christmas event where poor children receive donated gifts.
(Listen again, please.)
Questions:
14. What did doctors say about Alice? (D)
15. Who most probably could be featured as an All-star Kid? (A)
16. What can we infer from the passage? (B)
Section C
Directions: In Section C, you will hear two longer conversations. The conversations will be read twice. After you hear each conversation, you are required to fill in the numbered blanks with information you have heard. Write your answers on your answer sheet.
Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.
Complete the form. Write ONE WORD for each answer.
W: What's the problem?
M: I can't figure out how to put the page numbers on. I've done everything and they aren't showing up.
W: Let's see. Did you press Shift, F-8?
M: Yes, I did.
W: That's good. Did you press Enter?
M: I did that. But no numbers showed up on the screen.
W: Unhuh. Did you print it?
M: No, I don't want to print it until I see the numbers.
W: Well, that's the problem then. The numbers don't show up on the screen. But they will be on the printed copy. Let's try that.
M: Okay. You do it this time, and I'll watch.
W: Well, it would be better if you let me talk you through it. Really. Once you've done it
with someone coaching you, it's easier to do it on your own. Don't worry. This is my job.
M: Oh, all right.
(Listen again, please.)
Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.
Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.
W: NET Company. Good morning.
M: I am making the phone call to complain about the digital camera of your company.
W: What seems to be the problem?
M: The screen always gets black.
W: Could you tell me how long this has been happening?
M: It happened about a week ago.
W: Then is the camera still under guarantee?
M: Yes, I bought it only a month ago.
W: You can bring it to our repair center to have it checked on first. If there is any problem with the camera itself, you can have it replaced.
M: Then where is your repair center?
W: It’s on the 7th Floor, 1553 Palace Street. We apologize for causing you inconvenience.
(Listen again, please.)
答案
1—10 DDCAB CCADB 11—13 DBA 14—16 DAB
17 put 18. 8 19. Enter 20. copy
21. a digital camera 22. gets black 23. 1553 Palace Street 24. have it replaced
25. wrote 26. to be trained 27. where 28. although/though 29. others
30. have been taken 31. as/when
32. pouring 33. an 34. caught 35. that 36. worst 37, getting
38. can 39. until 40. At
41—50 HAEJD GKBFC
51—65 CDABB. CADDA CCBBC
66—69 CCAB 70—73 ACDC 74—77 CABD
78. The shirt itself./ Tiny preprogrammed electronics in your shirt.
79. checking the nutrition details of the food
80. Vaccines.
81. you watch the news as video film rather than read it
1. The job is so difficult that few people are qualified for it.
2. Only 500 visitors are admitted to this magnificent museum every day.
3. The more books you read, the fewer mistakes you will make.
4. Not until the 60s last century did people’s dreams of moon exploration come true.
5. The reason why many rare animals became extinct was that they were not able to adapt (themselves) to the new environment, so we must pay more attention to keeping the balance of nature.
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