眉山市彭山区第一中学2024-2025学年高二下学期4月月考英语试卷（含答案，含听力原文无音频）
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彭山区第一中学高 2026 届第四学期 4 月月考试卷
英语 第一部分 听力（共两节，满分 30 分）
第一节（共 5 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 7.5 分）
听下面 5 段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中 选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有 10 秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读 下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1. Which room is the Human Resource Office
A. Room 118. B. Room 120. C. Room 119.
2. Why will the man go to see the White House first
A. He wants to see the famous president.
B. The historical museums are closed.
C. It’s the most famous historical building there.
3. What does the man think of the newspaper
A. Boring. B. Attractive. C. Meaningful.
4. What will the man do today
A. Meet his friends. B. Clean his room. C. Go boating.
5. What are the speakers mainly talking about
A. The U. S. history.
B. The U. S. presidents.
C. Max’s homework.
第二节（共 15 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 22.5 分）
听下面 5 段对话或独白。每段对话和独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、 C 三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题， 每小题 5 秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出 5 秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两 遍。
听第 6 段材料，回答第 6、7 题。 6. Why does the man feel sad
A. He didn’t get the role.
B. He gained some weight.
C. He missed the director’s call.
7. What does the woman advise the man to do
A. Find a new job.
B. Buy some new clothes.
C. Make some changes about his diet.
听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 10 题。
8. What is Peter
A. A pupil. B. A teacher. C. An accountant.
9. What fails to help Peter fall asleep
A. Sleeping pills.
B. Counting sheep.
C. Lying in bed early.
10. What will Peter do next
A. Stay up. B. Play computer games. C. Go to bed.
听第 8 段材料，回答第 11 至 13 题。
11. How did the woman book the movie tickets
A. Through the Internet.
B. On the phone.
C. At the ticket office.
12. When was the appointment originally scheduled
A. At 11:30. B. At 12:00. C. At 2:00.
13. Where will the speakers go first
A. To the cinema.
B. To the restaurant. C. To the bookstore.
听第 9 段材料，回答第 14 至 17 题。
14. What interests the woman most about the job
A. The training. B. The high pay. C. The work
experience.
15. What did the woman major in
A. Writing. B. Journalism. C. German.
16. How many languages can the woman speak
A. Three. B. Four. C. Five.
17. What does the woman do to relax herself
A. She goes swimming.
B. She climbs mountains.
C. She listens to light music.
听第 10 段材料，回答第 18 至 20 题。
18. Which of the following can’t be used to describe Fuller
A. An inventor. B. A thinker. C. An actor.
19. What did Fuller spend most of his life doing
A. Searching for new ideas. B. Thinking about good life. C. Publishing books.
20. In which year was Fuller born
A. In 1886. B. In 1896. C. In 1906.
第二部分 阅读（共两节，满分 50 分）
第一节（共 15 小题；每小题 2.5 分，满分 37.5 分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
Viator, a trip advisor company, offers a variety of tourism programs near London. The following are some of its programs.
Thames River Sightseeing Cruise (乘船游览) with Afternoon Tea (Aug. 18)
While in London, you can add the moment of enjoying British tradition to an afternoon tea cruise. You can have a unique dining experience with family and friends on the Thames River. As you cruise from Tower Pier to Westminster, you can enjoy tea, freshly prepared cakes and sandwiches, and view London’s great landmarks, including the Tower of London, St. Paul’s Cathedral and the London Eye.
Lowest Price: $ 57. 7 Duration: 1. 5 hours
Kid-Friendly Private Tour (Aug. 20)
This tour is a private tour of the Tower of London with pre-booked admission
tickets. It is specially designed for families with children, including interesting stories from over the centuries. You can enjoy a visit to the Crown Jewels, red-uniformed Beefeaters, and a stop at the Beasts of the Royal Menagerie.
Lowest Price: $ 309. 35 Duration: 6 hours
Walking Tour (Aug. 22)
This action-packed walking tour covers London’s two most historic areas: the City of London and Westminster. See more than 30 sights, including the Tower of London, Big Ben, Buckingham Palace and so on.
Lowest Price: $19. 35 Duration: 5 hours
Night Open-Top Bus Tour with Christmas Lights (Nov. 18)
You will see a different side of London on an open-top bus tour that discovers the best of the city’s Christmas lights. Sitting on the top deck gives you overall views of England’s capital, including top attractions such as Buckingham Palace, the Tower of London and St. Paul’s Cathedral.
Lowest Price: $ 30. 97 Duration: 2 hours
21. What can visitors enjoy during the Kid-Friendly Private Tour
A. Interesting stories. B. Christmas lights.
C. A Cruise experience. D. Freshly prepared cakes.
22. How long does the Walking Tour last
A. 1. 5 hours. B. 2 hours.
C. 5 hours. D. 6 hours.
23. Which of the four programs starts the latest
A. Walking Tour.
B. Night Open-Top Bus Tour with Christmas Lights.
C. Kid-Friendly Private Tour.
D. Thames River Sightseeing Cruise with Afternoon Tea.
B
Ann Halloran has loved mountains since she was five or six, when her mother
took her to Ireland during the summer holidays. They lived overlooking Annascaul
Lake on the Dingle Peninsula. “It’s a lovely viewpoint. I used to sit there as a child. I loved the freedom of going up the mountain alone, when I was nine or ten. I cried for days before going back to London because I felt I would be in a rabbit hutch(笼子).”
For Halloran, life had settled into a comfortable rhythm. But then her four-year-old son died in a car accident; six years later, her husband also passed away. After the loss, she became a workaholic. She went into the office at 5 a. m., and worked until 10 p. m., which was her stability. And it was time to make a change.
One day last September, Ann Halloran made her way to her nearest bus stop in Hove, East Sussex. She had done plenty of traveling but, at 65, was setting off alone on her first backpacking adventure. Somewhere between her first stop in Turkey and her final destination---a yoga retreat(静 居 所 ) in Mazunte, Mexico---she found a new perspective.
In Nepal, climbing the 5,400m Gokyo Ri in the Himalayas, Halloran broke her walking stick. She has osteoporosis(骨质疏松症), which makes bones more likely to break, so the stick was essential in the mountains. Losing it was a blow, but she found reserves of inner strength.
Now, she says: “Whenever I get scared, I think of myself on top of that mountain, looking out over Gokyo Lakes-and beyond those, Qomolangma. I say, if you can do that, you can do anything.”
Since the backpacking adventure, she understands more fully the role that work has played in her life for so long. “Work was reliable.I knew what I was doing. I’m a workaholic to this day,” she says. “I’ve just realized in this yoga retreat that I have to let go of all that. The penny is dropping for me now.”
24. Why did Halloran cry before returning to London
A. She didn’t enjoy living alone.
B. She was unwilling to live with rabbits.
C. She wasn’t used to traveling for a long time.
D. She couldn’t bear to part from the freedom in the mountain. 25.What made Halloran a workaholic
A. Her desire to earn more.
B. Her goal to settle comfortably.
C. Her wish to overcome sorrow.
D. Her plan to save money for traveling.
26. What can we draw from Halloran’s experience in Nepal
A. Success belongs to the persevering.
B. An idle youth, a needy age.
C. East or west, home is the best.
D. It is never too old to learn.
27. What does the underlined sentence in the last paragraph mean
A. Money is not necessary for Halloran any more.
B. Halloran has realized something more meaningful.
C. Halloran will make a tighter budget for her next trip.
D. Nothing can be equal to Halloran’s salary from work.
C
A new study reveals that pigeons(鸽 子 )can tackle some problems just like artificial intelligence(AI), enabling them to solve difficult tasks that might challenge humans. Previous research has theorized that pigeons employ a problem-solving strategy, involving a trial-and-error approach, which is similar to the approach used in AI models but differs from humans’ reliance on selective attention and rule use. To examine it, Brandon Turner, a psychology professor at The Ohio State University, and his colleagues conducted the new study.
In the study, the pigeons were presented with various visual images, including lines of different widths and angles, and different types of rings. The pigeons had to peck(啄) a button on the right or left to indicate the category to which the image belonged. If they got it correct,they received food; if they were wrong, they received nothing. Results showed that, through trial and error, the pigeons improved their accuracy in categorization tasks, increasing their correct choices from about 55% to 95%.
Researchers believed pigeons used associative learning, which is linking two phenomena with each other. For example, it is easy to understand the link between “water” and “wet” . “Associative learning is frequently assumed to be far too
primitive(简单的) to explain complex visual categorization like what we saw the
pigeons do,” Turner said. But that’s exactly what the researchers found.
The researchers’ AI model tackled the same tasks using just the two simple mechanisms that pigeons were assumed to use: associative learning and error correction. And, like the pigeons, the AI model learned to make the right predictions to significantly increase the number of correct answers. For humans, the challenge when given tasks like those given to pigeons is that they would try to come up with rules that could make the task easier. But in this case, there were no rules, which upset humans.
“What’s interesting, though, is that pigeons use this method of learning that is very similar to AI designed by humans,” Turner said. “We celebrate how smart we are that we designed AI; at the same time,weregard pigeons as not clever animals.”
28. What is the purpose of the new study
A. To test a theory. B. To evaluate a model.
C. To employ a strategy. D. To involve an approach.
29. What were the pigeons expected to do in the experiment
A. Draw circles. B. Identify images.
C. Copy gestures. D. Correct errors.
30. What do pigeons and AI have in common according to the study
A. They are of equal intelligence.
B. They are good at making rules.
C. They respond rapidly to orders from humans.
D. They employ simple ways to get things done.
31. What can be a suitable title for the text
A. Pigeons’ Trial and Error Method Is Revealed
B. Pigeons Outperform Humans in Tough Tasks
C. “Not Smart” Pigeons May Be as Smart as AI
D. AI Models After Pigeons’ Learning Approach
D
Recently, I accidentally found a set of Hanfu I only wore once from the bottom of the cupboard. I remember buying them simply to match the ancient-style hair accessories（配饰）a friend gave me. It occurred to me that I had been trapped in the “birdcage effect”.
“Birdcage effect” means that when you get an item one day, you will prepare more things to match it. Weeks ago, I was in the company of friends engaged in shopping. One said that she wanted to buy a good writing pen to match the delicate notebook that her sister gave her, so that she would fall in love with taking notes on reading, and thus love reading, not just reading. I joked that she must have fallen for the “birdcage effect”. But the friend said with a smile: “Why not use the ‘birdcage effect’ instead ”
For the first time, I heard that the “birdcage effect” can be used in reverse(反 向). However, this can’t help but remind me of middle school, and I seem to have used the “birdcage effect”. Passing by a bookstore one day, I purchased a magazine and saw the call for contributions published in the magazine, so I started writing with eager hands, and then I fell in love with writing.
After shopping with my friends that time, I began to proceed to use the “birdcage effect”. I bought a small fresh tablecloth to decorate my desk, and a beautiful notebook to record my inspiration. When everything was ready, I started writing again.
But how can we get rid of the “birdcage effect” in many things, and even use the “birdcage effect” in the opposite way Various “birdcages” unavoidably appear in life, but we can distinguish them. If it is not in line with the actual situation, it is a “negative birdcage”, and then we must learn to stop losses in time and maintain a heart of abandonment and separation. If it is a “positive birdcage” that motivates us to develop upward, we can clarify our goals, shop or decorate appropriately, and motivate ourselves to move toward our goals. At this time, you will find that the “birdcage effect” is actually not so terrible!
32. What is paragraph 2 mainly about
A. The application of the “birdcage effect” in life.
B. The necessity of using the “birdcage effect” in life.
C. The author heard the “birdcage effect” for the first time.
D. The author’s conflict with her friend over the “birdcage effect”.
33. What is the author’s purpose of mentioning her middle school experience
A. To recall her delightful days at school.
B. To explain the reason for her love for writing.
C. To confirm the positive of the “birdcage effect”.
D. To prove her knowledge of the “birdcage effect”.
34. How can we make use of the “birdcage effect” positively
A. By realizing this effect has two sides.
B. By guiding our acts to go with reasonable goals.
C. By recognizing this effect is not so terrible.
D. By promoting our personal consumption.
35. What can be a suitable title for the text
A. Getting Rid of the Birdcage Effect Confidently
B. Motivating Ourselves to Move Toward Our Goals
C. The Birdcage Effect: Influence on Consumer Behavior
D. The Birdcage Effect: How to Use It to Your Advantage
第二节（共 5 小题；每小题 2.5 分，满分 12.5 分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项 为多余选项。
How to Remember What You Read
Reading is important. But the next step is making sure that you remember what you’ve read! 36 You may have just read the text, but the ideas, concepts and images（形象）may fly right out of your head. Here are a few tricks for remembering what you read.
● 37
If the plot, characters, or word usage is confusing for you, you likely won’t be able to remember what you read. It’s a bit like reading a foreign language. If you don’ t understand what you’re reading, how would you remember it But there are a few things you can do... Use a dictionary; look up the difficult words.
● Are you connected
Does a character remind you of a friend Does the setting make you want to visit the place Does the book inspire you, and make you want to read more With some books, you may feel a connection right away. 38 How willing are you to make the connections happen
● Read it; hear it; be it!
Read the lines. Then, speak them out loud. And, put some character into the words. When he was writing his novels, Charles Dickens would act out the parts of the characters. He’d make faces in the mirror, and change his voice for each character. 39
● How often do you read
If you read frequently, you’ll likely have an easier time with remembering what you’re reading and what you’ve read. 40 As you make reading a regular part of your life, you’ll make more connections, stay more focused and understand the text better. You’ll learn to enjoy literature---as you remember what you read!
A. Are you confused
B. Practice makes perfect.
C. What’s your motivation
D. Memory is sometimes a tricky thing.
E. Marking helps you remember what you read.
F. But other books require a bit more work on your part.
G. You can do the same thing when you are reading the text!
第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分 30 分）
第一节（共 15 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 15 分）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的 最佳选项。
When I was in High School, our gym class focused on swimming. I was happy to be a fish in the 41 area of the pool although I would sometimes venture to a middle area that reached my nose.
One day, the gym teacher 42 the class. “Anyone with courage could try to swim across to the short side of the pool. Give it a 43 !” I was encouraged. Then the teacher 44 and along with the others I dived into the water, pushing myself forward. Suddenly, my swimming motions stopped and began to 45 . Pushing madly against the pool 46 launched my body upwards, and in second my head 47 the water surface to take a mouthful of air. I needed more air but
was still far from the pool’s edge. I was sinking again. One classmate jumped into the water and 48 for my arms. With great effort he 49 me back and helped me out of the water. I never returned to that swim class again.
When I was teaching a university speech class, one student, who 50 to have been a life guard（救生员） for years, volunteered to share her experience. Standing
in the room, she illustrated the basic breathing techniques and made swimming seem so easy that all of us were 51 . The emphasis on relaxation of the body, and short practices of specific techniques, were points driven home.
I hurried to the local swim pool. Learning to 52 while practicing inhaling (吸气) and exhaling(呼气), I knew how to trust myself. Finally, I was able to swim several laps non-stop and my 53 grew to the point where I could add four different strokes (游泳姿势) to my swimming.
Learning to swim has become a(n) 54 hobby as swimming skills have afforded me opportunities for fun and adventures. It is 55 simply “playing” in water.
41. A. deep B. shallow C. remote D. empty
42. A. instructed B. reminded C. challenged D. commanded
43. A. try B. play C. start D. thought
44. A. nodded B. smiled C. cheered D. signaled
45. A. sink down B. roll down C. fall down D. lie down
46. A. side B. edge C. surface D. bottom
47. A. approached B. broke C. struck D. touched
48. A. pushed B. called C. ran D. reached
49. A. turned B. drove C. pulled D. held
50. A. claimed B. promised C. pretended D. remembered
51. A. moved B. amused C. impressed D. shocked
52. A. relax B. focus C. float D. adapt
53. A. devotion B. happiness C. patience D. confidence
54. A. amusing B. demanding C. rewarding D. convincing
55. A. other than B. more than C. rather than D. less than
第二节（共 10 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 15 分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入 1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
San Diego’s newest giant pandas made their public appearance on Thursday in
the San Diego Zoo’s Panda Ridge habitat. The pair, Yun Chuan and Xin Bao, are the first giant pandas 56 (enter) the United States in 21 years, according to the zoo.
“Our newest residents will bring joy to our visitors 57 symbolize the enduring spirit of international conservation efforts.” said Paul Baribault, President and CEO of San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, in a July statement.
The Panda Ridge habitat 58 the pair will live is four times larger than the previous panda enclosure, the zoo said, and takes cues (仿效) from China’s landscape, 59 features imitating canyons (峡 谷 ), mountains and cliffs. There’s also a new
shade tree for climbing. Visitors to the zoo can make reservations for 60 80-minute early morning walking tour to see pandas, which is not included in the price of 61 (admit).
China loans (借 出 ) pandas to more than 20 countries under a program often 62 (refer) to as “panda diplomacy” (“熊 猫 外 交 ”). Its panda loans to the US
stretch back to 1972. Since 1994, the San Diego Zoo 63 (work) with the Sichuan conservation center to carry out cooperative research on the species’ behavior and disease prevention.
The zoo has said that, it is working 64 (close) with Chinese experts to cater to (满足) the pandas’ dietary needs, 65 ( provide) a variety of fresh bamboo and a local adaptation of panda bread.
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分 40 分） 第一节（满分 15 分）
66. 假定你是李华，你校英语俱乐部开展主题为“The beauty of China”的短视频
(short video)征集活动，请写信给留学生朋友 Chris 告知他相关信息。内容包括：
1. 活动介绍；
2. 视频要求；
3. 鼓励参加。 注意：
1. 写作词数应为 80 个左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Dear Chris,
____________________________________
Yours, Li Hua
第二节（满分 25 分）
67. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整 的短文。
Charlie was a little boy of ten. He was such a good boy that everyone loved him a lot. Due to his father’s job, his family shifted to a new city, where he was admitted into a new school. As Charlie was a good boy, most of his new classmates became his good friends soon. The teachers also praised Charlie for his intelligence and good behavior.
But there was one boy in the class who did not like Charlie at all! His name was Bill and he was a very naughty boy, so no one liked him at all. He found that Charlie was a quiet boy, so he started making trouble for his new classmate. But Charlie still kept quiet and did not complain to the class teacher. When Charlie’s parents learned about Bill, they wanted to go to school and complain about this naughty boy’s behavior. But Charlie stopped them and said, “Mom, Dad, please do not worry. Everything will be all right.”
Days went by and the time came for the annual sports meeting at the school.
Charlie was also good at sports and he was participating in a number of events. Bill was participating in the sack race (套袋跑), though he could not run very fast due to his fat body. When Bill saw that Charlie won first prize in the 100-meter race, he felt very jealous (妒忌的) and decided that he would not let it happen in the sack race.
As planned, Bill tried to push Charlie while jumping on the track during the sack race. But he lost his balance and fell down! His leg was badly injured and he could not even stand up by himself. But as he was unpopular among his friends, no one turned up to help him!
注意： 1 ．续写词数应为 150 左右；
2 ．请按如下格式在相应位置作答。 Charlie noticed what had happened.
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
Charlie took Bill to the school doctor.
高二英语 4 月月考答案 【听力】（每小题 1.5 分，共 30 分）
1-5 BCABC 【短文填空】（每小题 1.5 分，共 15 分）
6-10 ACABC 56. to enter
11-15 ABCAB 57. and
16-20 BCCAA 58. where
【阅读】（每小题 2.5 分，共 50 分） 59. with
21-23 ACB 60. an
24-27 DCAB 61. admission
28-31 ABDC 62. referred
32-35 ACBD 63. has worked/has been working
36-40 DAFGB 64. closely
【完型】（每小题 1 分，共 15 分）
41-45 BCADA 46-50 DBDCA 51-55 CADCB
【小作文】 Dear Chris, I hope this letter finds you well. I am writing to inform you about the “The Beauty of China” short video contest being organized by our school’s English club and I strongly recommend you give it a shot. Participants are required to create a short video that captures the essence of the country’s beauty, highlighting its rich cultures and inspiring others to appreciate its charm. The video must be no longer than three minutes and the deadline for the video submission is March 29th. I strongly encourage you to participate in this contest as it provides an excellent opportunity to showcase your creativity, learn more about Chinese culture, and potentially win a prize. I’m looking forward to your excellent performance in the contest! Yours, Li Hua 【大作文】 Charlie noticed what had happened. At that moment, he was far ahead of the other racers and was close to winning the race. However, the moment he saw Bill got injured was struggling to get up, he abandoned the race and turned back to help him. The little boy had to make a great effort to pull Bill up, as he was much larger in size. As a result, Charlie lost the race, which made his classmates a little disappointed. Charlie took Bill to the school doctor. At the doctor’s, Bill was carefully checked and was given some treatment. “You lost this sack race only because of me!” said Bill, after coming out of the doctor’s. “My mom tells me that helping a friend is more important than winning a race,” answered Charlie. Deeply touched by his reply, Bill promised to be a good boy like Charlie. After that, they became good friends and everybody was quite surprised at Bill’s big change.
听力解析 1. 【答案】B
【原文】W: Where is the Human Resource Office, please
M: It’s on the first floor, next to Room 118, that is Room 120. W: I’ve got it. Thanks!
2. 【答案】C
【原文】W: I think we can go to see some museums today.
M: Of course, we can. But I feel like seeing the White House first. It’s the most famous historical building here.
3. 【答案】A
【原文】W: Is there anything exciting in the newspaper M: No. These are the same old stories.
W: In that case, I don’t want to waste my time reading it.
4. 【答案】B
【原文】M: My mother won’t let me go out until I clean my room up. So I’m afraid I can’t go boating with you today.
W: But we’ve promised our friends, remember
M: I know, but tidying the room up needs at least one hour. I’m sorry.
5. 【答案】C
【原文】W: Max, what is your history report about
M: It’s about the U.S. presidents. I have to write a short essay about each of them. It’s due tomorrow.
W: That needs a lot of work. Are you sure you’ll be able to finish the report by then 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
【答案】6. A 7. C
【原文】W: Hey, you look a little down.
M: The director just told me I didn’t suit the role I wanted. He said I was too heavy for the role. W: Don’t let it get you down.
M: I know I have put on some weight because none of my clothes fit me well any longer. W: Maybe it’s because you are working in a restaurant.
M: No, I don’t think so. The actual reason is that I like to eat junk food such as hamburgers and French fries.
W: Why don’t you eat some rice or noodles instead M: I’m considering of that.
【答案】8. A 9. B 10. C
【原文】W: It’s time for bed, Peter.
M: I’m not tired and I don’t want to go to sleep, Mom.
W: It’s quite late, and you have to get up early for school tomorrow. M: I’m afraid I can’t fall asleep even if I lie in bed now.
W: Why don’t you try counting sheep
M: I’ve tried that, but it really doesn’t work for me.
W: That’s beside the point. You still need to go to bed. M: Why can’t I just stay up until I feel sleepy
W: IfI let you do that, you’re probably going to be up all night, playing computer games. M: I promise I’ll go to sleep soon.
W: No, you shall sleep now. Good night. M: OK. Good night, Mom.
【答案】 11. A 12. B 13. C
【原文】M: Sally, could you make a call to the cinema W: For what
M: To make sure if there are some tickets left for the movie.
W: We needn’t do that. I have already booked the tickets online for the 2 o’clock movie. M: Really Why didn’t you tell me earlier !
W: I want to give you a surprise. Now I am thinking of picking them up from the ticket office after we have lunch at the restaurant.
M: Great. But something more, the Smiths want to move our appointment forward by half an hour. W: That means we should be there at 11:30 and we have to start now.
M: That’s right. Is there something more we need to do
W: Oh, yes. Please stop by the bookstore on the way. I want to buy an interesting book there. M: No problem.
【答案】 14. A 15. B 16. B 17. C
【原文】M: Good e in and sit down. Now, I wonder if you could tell us why you are interested in this job.
W: Well, it’s my dream to become a writer. And you offer higher pay than my previous job. What attracts me most is that your magazine provides training.
M: Thank you for the answer. What qualities do you have for this job
W: I learned journalism in college. I’m good at writing and expressing myself. I have my own
ideas and opinions on the things that I am faced with and I’m imaginative. And most importantly, I have great enthusiasm for the job. Besides, I can speak three foreign languages: German, French and Chinese, except our native language.
M: Now, I’d like to listen to your ideas about yourself. Do you have any hobbies
W: Yes, I like swimming very much. I also spend some time climbing mountains. I turn to some light music when I want to relax.
M: Well, that just about finishes this interview for the moment. If you want to wait in the library for about ten minutes, we’ll let you know whether we need you or not.
【答案】 18. C 19. A 20. B
【原文】Richard Buckminster Fuller was an American. Fuller had many titles. He was a building designer, an engineer, an inventor, a thinker and a poet. Fuller, as is known, was one of the most unusual thinkers of the twentieth century. He published more than 30 books and he developed numerous inventions, mainly architectural designs. His aim in life was to make the human race a success in the universe. Fuller spent most of his life searching for new ideas. He also searched for
unusual connections between the existing ideas. He described himself like this: “A complete, future-thinking design-science explorer.” Fuller believed deeply in technology. Through technology, he said, people can do anything they want to do. Richard Buckminster Fuller died in 1983 at the age of 87. During his long life, he discussed his idea about technology and human survival.
英语 第一部分 听力（共两节，满分 30 分）
第一节（共 5 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 7.5 分）
听下面 5 段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中 选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有 10 秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读 下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1. Which room is the Human Resource Office
A. Room 118. B. Room 120. C. Room 119.
2. Why will the man go to see the White House first
A. He wants to see the famous president.
B. The historical museums are closed.
C. It’s the most famous historical building there.
3. What does the man think of the newspaper
A. Boring. B. Attractive. C. Meaningful.
4. What will the man do today
A. Meet his friends. B. Clean his room. C. Go boating.
5. What are the speakers mainly talking about
A. The U. S. history.
B. The U. S. presidents.
C. Max’s homework.
第二节（共 15 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 22.5 分）
听下面 5 段对话或独白。每段对话和独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、 C 三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题， 每小题 5 秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出 5 秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两 遍。
听第 6 段材料，回答第 6、7 题。 6. Why does the man feel sad
A. He didn’t get the role.
B. He gained some weight.
C. He missed the director’s call.
7. What does the woman advise the man to do
A. Find a new job.
B. Buy some new clothes.
C. Make some changes about his diet.
听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 10 题。
8. What is Peter
A. A pupil. B. A teacher. C. An accountant.
9. What fails to help Peter fall asleep
A. Sleeping pills.
B. Counting sheep.
C. Lying in bed early.
10. What will Peter do next
A. Stay up. B. Play computer games. C. Go to bed.
听第 8 段材料，回答第 11 至 13 题。
11. How did the woman book the movie tickets
A. Through the Internet.
B. On the phone.
C. At the ticket office.
12. When was the appointment originally scheduled
A. At 11:30. B. At 12:00. C. At 2:00.
13. Where will the speakers go first
A. To the cinema.
B. To the restaurant. C. To the bookstore.
听第 9 段材料，回答第 14 至 17 题。
14. What interests the woman most about the job
A. The training. B. The high pay. C. The work
experience.
15. What did the woman major in
A. Writing. B. Journalism. C. German.
16. How many languages can the woman speak
A. Three. B. Four. C. Five.
17. What does the woman do to relax herself
A. She goes swimming.
B. She climbs mountains.
C. She listens to light music.
听第 10 段材料，回答第 18 至 20 题。
18. Which of the following can’t be used to describe Fuller
A. An inventor. B. A thinker. C. An actor.
19. What did Fuller spend most of his life doing
A. Searching for new ideas. B. Thinking about good life. C. Publishing books.
20. In which year was Fuller born
A. In 1886. B. In 1896. C. In 1906.
第二部分 阅读（共两节，满分 50 分）
第一节（共 15 小题；每小题 2.5 分，满分 37.5 分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
Viator, a trip advisor company, offers a variety of tourism programs near London. The following are some of its programs.
Thames River Sightseeing Cruise (乘船游览) with Afternoon Tea (Aug. 18)
While in London, you can add the moment of enjoying British tradition to an afternoon tea cruise. You can have a unique dining experience with family and friends on the Thames River. As you cruise from Tower Pier to Westminster, you can enjoy tea, freshly prepared cakes and sandwiches, and view London’s great landmarks, including the Tower of London, St. Paul’s Cathedral and the London Eye.
Lowest Price: $ 57. 7 Duration: 1. 5 hours
Kid-Friendly Private Tour (Aug. 20)
This tour is a private tour of the Tower of London with pre-booked admission
tickets. It is specially designed for families with children, including interesting stories from over the centuries. You can enjoy a visit to the Crown Jewels, red-uniformed Beefeaters, and a stop at the Beasts of the Royal Menagerie.
Lowest Price: $ 309. 35 Duration: 6 hours
Walking Tour (Aug. 22)
This action-packed walking tour covers London’s two most historic areas: the City of London and Westminster. See more than 30 sights, including the Tower of London, Big Ben, Buckingham Palace and so on.
Lowest Price: $19. 35 Duration: 5 hours
Night Open-Top Bus Tour with Christmas Lights (Nov. 18)
You will see a different side of London on an open-top bus tour that discovers the best of the city’s Christmas lights. Sitting on the top deck gives you overall views of England’s capital, including top attractions such as Buckingham Palace, the Tower of London and St. Paul’s Cathedral.
Lowest Price: $ 30. 97 Duration: 2 hours
21. What can visitors enjoy during the Kid-Friendly Private Tour
A. Interesting stories. B. Christmas lights.
C. A Cruise experience. D. Freshly prepared cakes.
22. How long does the Walking Tour last
A. 1. 5 hours. B. 2 hours.
C. 5 hours. D. 6 hours.
23. Which of the four programs starts the latest
A. Walking Tour.
B. Night Open-Top Bus Tour with Christmas Lights.
C. Kid-Friendly Private Tour.
D. Thames River Sightseeing Cruise with Afternoon Tea.
B
Ann Halloran has loved mountains since she was five or six, when her mother
took her to Ireland during the summer holidays. They lived overlooking Annascaul
Lake on the Dingle Peninsula. “It’s a lovely viewpoint. I used to sit there as a child. I loved the freedom of going up the mountain alone, when I was nine or ten. I cried for days before going back to London because I felt I would be in a rabbit hutch(笼子).”
For Halloran, life had settled into a comfortable rhythm. But then her four-year-old son died in a car accident; six years later, her husband also passed away. After the loss, she became a workaholic. She went into the office at 5 a. m., and worked until 10 p. m., which was her stability. And it was time to make a change.
One day last September, Ann Halloran made her way to her nearest bus stop in Hove, East Sussex. She had done plenty of traveling but, at 65, was setting off alone on her first backpacking adventure. Somewhere between her first stop in Turkey and her final destination---a yoga retreat(静 居 所 ) in Mazunte, Mexico---she found a new perspective.
In Nepal, climbing the 5,400m Gokyo Ri in the Himalayas, Halloran broke her walking stick. She has osteoporosis(骨质疏松症), which makes bones more likely to break, so the stick was essential in the mountains. Losing it was a blow, but she found reserves of inner strength.
Now, she says: “Whenever I get scared, I think of myself on top of that mountain, looking out over Gokyo Lakes-and beyond those, Qomolangma. I say, if you can do that, you can do anything.”
Since the backpacking adventure, she understands more fully the role that work has played in her life for so long. “Work was reliable.I knew what I was doing. I’m a workaholic to this day,” she says. “I’ve just realized in this yoga retreat that I have to let go of all that. The penny is dropping for me now.”
24. Why did Halloran cry before returning to London
A. She didn’t enjoy living alone.
B. She was unwilling to live with rabbits.
C. She wasn’t used to traveling for a long time.
D. She couldn’t bear to part from the freedom in the mountain. 25.What made Halloran a workaholic
A. Her desire to earn more.
B. Her goal to settle comfortably.
C. Her wish to overcome sorrow.
D. Her plan to save money for traveling.
26. What can we draw from Halloran’s experience in Nepal
A. Success belongs to the persevering.
B. An idle youth, a needy age.
C. East or west, home is the best.
D. It is never too old to learn.
27. What does the underlined sentence in the last paragraph mean
A. Money is not necessary for Halloran any more.
B. Halloran has realized something more meaningful.
C. Halloran will make a tighter budget for her next trip.
D. Nothing can be equal to Halloran’s salary from work.
C
A new study reveals that pigeons(鸽 子 )can tackle some problems just like artificial intelligence(AI), enabling them to solve difficult tasks that might challenge humans. Previous research has theorized that pigeons employ a problem-solving strategy, involving a trial-and-error approach, which is similar to the approach used in AI models but differs from humans’ reliance on selective attention and rule use. To examine it, Brandon Turner, a psychology professor at The Ohio State University, and his colleagues conducted the new study.
In the study, the pigeons were presented with various visual images, including lines of different widths and angles, and different types of rings. The pigeons had to peck(啄) a button on the right or left to indicate the category to which the image belonged. If they got it correct,they received food; if they were wrong, they received nothing. Results showed that, through trial and error, the pigeons improved their accuracy in categorization tasks, increasing their correct choices from about 55% to 95%.
Researchers believed pigeons used associative learning, which is linking two phenomena with each other. For example, it is easy to understand the link between “water” and “wet” . “Associative learning is frequently assumed to be far too
primitive(简单的) to explain complex visual categorization like what we saw the
pigeons do,” Turner said. But that’s exactly what the researchers found.
The researchers’ AI model tackled the same tasks using just the two simple mechanisms that pigeons were assumed to use: associative learning and error correction. And, like the pigeons, the AI model learned to make the right predictions to significantly increase the number of correct answers. For humans, the challenge when given tasks like those given to pigeons is that they would try to come up with rules that could make the task easier. But in this case, there were no rules, which upset humans.
“What’s interesting, though, is that pigeons use this method of learning that is very similar to AI designed by humans,” Turner said. “We celebrate how smart we are that we designed AI; at the same time,weregard pigeons as not clever animals.”
28. What is the purpose of the new study
A. To test a theory. B. To evaluate a model.
C. To employ a strategy. D. To involve an approach.
29. What were the pigeons expected to do in the experiment
A. Draw circles. B. Identify images.
C. Copy gestures. D. Correct errors.
30. What do pigeons and AI have in common according to the study
A. They are of equal intelligence.
B. They are good at making rules.
C. They respond rapidly to orders from humans.
D. They employ simple ways to get things done.
31. What can be a suitable title for the text
A. Pigeons’ Trial and Error Method Is Revealed
B. Pigeons Outperform Humans in Tough Tasks
C. “Not Smart” Pigeons May Be as Smart as AI
D. AI Models After Pigeons’ Learning Approach
D
Recently, I accidentally found a set of Hanfu I only wore once from the bottom of the cupboard. I remember buying them simply to match the ancient-style hair accessories（配饰）a friend gave me. It occurred to me that I had been trapped in the “birdcage effect”.
“Birdcage effect” means that when you get an item one day, you will prepare more things to match it. Weeks ago, I was in the company of friends engaged in shopping. One said that she wanted to buy a good writing pen to match the delicate notebook that her sister gave her, so that she would fall in love with taking notes on reading, and thus love reading, not just reading. I joked that she must have fallen for the “birdcage effect”. But the friend said with a smile: “Why not use the ‘birdcage effect’ instead ”
For the first time, I heard that the “birdcage effect” can be used in reverse(反 向). However, this can’t help but remind me of middle school, and I seem to have used the “birdcage effect”. Passing by a bookstore one day, I purchased a magazine and saw the call for contributions published in the magazine, so I started writing with eager hands, and then I fell in love with writing.
After shopping with my friends that time, I began to proceed to use the “birdcage effect”. I bought a small fresh tablecloth to decorate my desk, and a beautiful notebook to record my inspiration. When everything was ready, I started writing again.
But how can we get rid of the “birdcage effect” in many things, and even use the “birdcage effect” in the opposite way Various “birdcages” unavoidably appear in life, but we can distinguish them. If it is not in line with the actual situation, it is a “negative birdcage”, and then we must learn to stop losses in time and maintain a heart of abandonment and separation. If it is a “positive birdcage” that motivates us to develop upward, we can clarify our goals, shop or decorate appropriately, and motivate ourselves to move toward our goals. At this time, you will find that the “birdcage effect” is actually not so terrible!
32. What is paragraph 2 mainly about
A. The application of the “birdcage effect” in life.
B. The necessity of using the “birdcage effect” in life.
C. The author heard the “birdcage effect” for the first time.
D. The author’s conflict with her friend over the “birdcage effect”.
33. What is the author’s purpose of mentioning her middle school experience
A. To recall her delightful days at school.
B. To explain the reason for her love for writing.
C. To confirm the positive of the “birdcage effect”.
D. To prove her knowledge of the “birdcage effect”.
34. How can we make use of the “birdcage effect” positively
A. By realizing this effect has two sides.
B. By guiding our acts to go with reasonable goals.
C. By recognizing this effect is not so terrible.
D. By promoting our personal consumption.
35. What can be a suitable title for the text
A. Getting Rid of the Birdcage Effect Confidently
B. Motivating Ourselves to Move Toward Our Goals
C. The Birdcage Effect: Influence on Consumer Behavior
D. The Birdcage Effect: How to Use It to Your Advantage
第二节（共 5 小题；每小题 2.5 分，满分 12.5 分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项 为多余选项。
How to Remember What You Read
Reading is important. But the next step is making sure that you remember what you’ve read! 36 You may have just read the text, but the ideas, concepts and images（形象）may fly right out of your head. Here are a few tricks for remembering what you read.
● 37
If the plot, characters, or word usage is confusing for you, you likely won’t be able to remember what you read. It’s a bit like reading a foreign language. If you don’ t understand what you’re reading, how would you remember it But there are a few things you can do... Use a dictionary; look up the difficult words.
● Are you connected
Does a character remind you of a friend Does the setting make you want to visit the place Does the book inspire you, and make you want to read more With some books, you may feel a connection right away. 38 How willing are you to make the connections happen
● Read it; hear it; be it!
Read the lines. Then, speak them out loud. And, put some character into the words. When he was writing his novels, Charles Dickens would act out the parts of the characters. He’d make faces in the mirror, and change his voice for each character. 39
● How often do you read
If you read frequently, you’ll likely have an easier time with remembering what you’re reading and what you’ve read. 40 As you make reading a regular part of your life, you’ll make more connections, stay more focused and understand the text better. You’ll learn to enjoy literature---as you remember what you read!
A. Are you confused
B. Practice makes perfect.
C. What’s your motivation
D. Memory is sometimes a tricky thing.
E. Marking helps you remember what you read.
F. But other books require a bit more work on your part.
G. You can do the same thing when you are reading the text!
第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分 30 分）
第一节（共 15 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 15 分）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的 最佳选项。
When I was in High School, our gym class focused on swimming. I was happy to be a fish in the 41 area of the pool although I would sometimes venture to a middle area that reached my nose.
One day, the gym teacher 42 the class. “Anyone with courage could try to swim across to the short side of the pool. Give it a 43 !” I was encouraged. Then the teacher 44 and along with the others I dived into the water, pushing myself forward. Suddenly, my swimming motions stopped and began to 45 . Pushing madly against the pool 46 launched my body upwards, and in second my head 47 the water surface to take a mouthful of air. I needed more air but
was still far from the pool’s edge. I was sinking again. One classmate jumped into the water and 48 for my arms. With great effort he 49 me back and helped me out of the water. I never returned to that swim class again.
When I was teaching a university speech class, one student, who 50 to have been a life guard（救生员） for years, volunteered to share her experience. Standing
in the room, she illustrated the basic breathing techniques and made swimming seem so easy that all of us were 51 . The emphasis on relaxation of the body, and short practices of specific techniques, were points driven home.
I hurried to the local swim pool. Learning to 52 while practicing inhaling (吸气) and exhaling(呼气), I knew how to trust myself. Finally, I was able to swim several laps non-stop and my 53 grew to the point where I could add four different strokes (游泳姿势) to my swimming.
Learning to swim has become a(n) 54 hobby as swimming skills have afforded me opportunities for fun and adventures. It is 55 simply “playing” in water.
41. A. deep B. shallow C. remote D. empty
42. A. instructed B. reminded C. challenged D. commanded
43. A. try B. play C. start D. thought
44. A. nodded B. smiled C. cheered D. signaled
45. A. sink down B. roll down C. fall down D. lie down
46. A. side B. edge C. surface D. bottom
47. A. approached B. broke C. struck D. touched
48. A. pushed B. called C. ran D. reached
49. A. turned B. drove C. pulled D. held
50. A. claimed B. promised C. pretended D. remembered
51. A. moved B. amused C. impressed D. shocked
52. A. relax B. focus C. float D. adapt
53. A. devotion B. happiness C. patience D. confidence
54. A. amusing B. demanding C. rewarding D. convincing
55. A. other than B. more than C. rather than D. less than
第二节（共 10 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 15 分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入 1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
San Diego’s newest giant pandas made their public appearance on Thursday in
the San Diego Zoo’s Panda Ridge habitat. The pair, Yun Chuan and Xin Bao, are the first giant pandas 56 (enter) the United States in 21 years, according to the zoo.
“Our newest residents will bring joy to our visitors 57 symbolize the enduring spirit of international conservation efforts.” said Paul Baribault, President and CEO of San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, in a July statement.
The Panda Ridge habitat 58 the pair will live is four times larger than the previous panda enclosure, the zoo said, and takes cues (仿效) from China’s landscape, 59 features imitating canyons (峡 谷 ), mountains and cliffs. There’s also a new
shade tree for climbing. Visitors to the zoo can make reservations for 60 80-minute early morning walking tour to see pandas, which is not included in the price of 61 (admit).
China loans (借 出 ) pandas to more than 20 countries under a program often 62 (refer) to as “panda diplomacy” (“熊 猫 外 交 ”). Its panda loans to the US
stretch back to 1972. Since 1994, the San Diego Zoo 63 (work) with the Sichuan conservation center to carry out cooperative research on the species’ behavior and disease prevention.
The zoo has said that, it is working 64 (close) with Chinese experts to cater to (满足) the pandas’ dietary needs, 65 ( provide) a variety of fresh bamboo and a local adaptation of panda bread.
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分 40 分） 第一节（满分 15 分）
66. 假定你是李华，你校英语俱乐部开展主题为“The beauty of China”的短视频
(short video)征集活动，请写信给留学生朋友 Chris 告知他相关信息。内容包括：
1. 活动介绍；
2. 视频要求；
3. 鼓励参加。 注意：
1. 写作词数应为 80 个左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Dear Chris,
____________________________________
Yours, Li Hua
第二节（满分 25 分）
67. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整 的短文。
Charlie was a little boy of ten. He was such a good boy that everyone loved him a lot. Due to his father’s job, his family shifted to a new city, where he was admitted into a new school. As Charlie was a good boy, most of his new classmates became his good friends soon. The teachers also praised Charlie for his intelligence and good behavior.
But there was one boy in the class who did not like Charlie at all! His name was Bill and he was a very naughty boy, so no one liked him at all. He found that Charlie was a quiet boy, so he started making trouble for his new classmate. But Charlie still kept quiet and did not complain to the class teacher. When Charlie’s parents learned about Bill, they wanted to go to school and complain about this naughty boy’s behavior. But Charlie stopped them and said, “Mom, Dad, please do not worry. Everything will be all right.”
Days went by and the time came for the annual sports meeting at the school.
Charlie was also good at sports and he was participating in a number of events. Bill was participating in the sack race (套袋跑), though he could not run very fast due to his fat body. When Bill saw that Charlie won first prize in the 100-meter race, he felt very jealous (妒忌的) and decided that he would not let it happen in the sack race.
As planned, Bill tried to push Charlie while jumping on the track during the sack race. But he lost his balance and fell down! His leg was badly injured and he could not even stand up by himself. But as he was unpopular among his friends, no one turned up to help him!
注意： 1 ．续写词数应为 150 左右；
2 ．请按如下格式在相应位置作答。 Charlie noticed what had happened.
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Charlie took Bill to the school doctor.
高二英语 4 月月考答案 【听力】（每小题 1.5 分，共 30 分）
1-5 BCABC 【短文填空】（每小题 1.5 分，共 15 分）
6-10 ACABC 56. to enter
11-15 ABCAB 57. and
16-20 BCCAA 58. where
【阅读】（每小题 2.5 分，共 50 分） 59. with
21-23 ACB 60. an
24-27 DCAB 61. admission
28-31 ABDC 62. referred
32-35 ACBD 63. has worked/has been working
36-40 DAFGB 64. closely
【完型】（每小题 1 分，共 15 分）
41-45 BCADA 46-50 DBDCA 51-55 CADCB
【小作文】 Dear Chris, I hope this letter finds you well. I am writing to inform you about the “The Beauty of China” short video contest being organized by our school’s English club and I strongly recommend you give it a shot. Participants are required to create a short video that captures the essence of the country’s beauty, highlighting its rich cultures and inspiring others to appreciate its charm. The video must be no longer than three minutes and the deadline for the video submission is March 29th. I strongly encourage you to participate in this contest as it provides an excellent opportunity to showcase your creativity, learn more about Chinese culture, and potentially win a prize. I’m looking forward to your excellent performance in the contest! Yours, Li Hua 【大作文】 Charlie noticed what had happened. At that moment, he was far ahead of the other racers and was close to winning the race. However, the moment he saw Bill got injured was struggling to get up, he abandoned the race and turned back to help him. The little boy had to make a great effort to pull Bill up, as he was much larger in size. As a result, Charlie lost the race, which made his classmates a little disappointed. Charlie took Bill to the school doctor. At the doctor’s, Bill was carefully checked and was given some treatment. “You lost this sack race only because of me!” said Bill, after coming out of the doctor’s. “My mom tells me that helping a friend is more important than winning a race,” answered Charlie. Deeply touched by his reply, Bill promised to be a good boy like Charlie. After that, they became good friends and everybody was quite surprised at Bill’s big change.
听力解析 1. 【答案】B
【原文】W: Where is the Human Resource Office, please
M: It’s on the first floor, next to Room 118, that is Room 120. W: I’ve got it. Thanks!
2. 【答案】C
【原文】W: I think we can go to see some museums today.
M: Of course, we can. But I feel like seeing the White House first. It’s the most famous historical building here.
3. 【答案】A
【原文】W: Is there anything exciting in the newspaper M: No. These are the same old stories.
W: In that case, I don’t want to waste my time reading it.
4. 【答案】B
【原文】M: My mother won’t let me go out until I clean my room up. So I’m afraid I can’t go boating with you today.
W: But we’ve promised our friends, remember
M: I know, but tidying the room up needs at least one hour. I’m sorry.
5. 【答案】C
【原文】W: Max, what is your history report about
M: It’s about the U.S. presidents. I have to write a short essay about each of them. It’s due tomorrow.
W: That needs a lot of work. Are you sure you’ll be able to finish the report by then 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
【答案】6. A 7. C
【原文】W: Hey, you look a little down.
M: The director just told me I didn’t suit the role I wanted. He said I was too heavy for the role. W: Don’t let it get you down.
M: I know I have put on some weight because none of my clothes fit me well any longer. W: Maybe it’s because you are working in a restaurant.
M: No, I don’t think so. The actual reason is that I like to eat junk food such as hamburgers and French fries.
W: Why don’t you eat some rice or noodles instead M: I’m considering of that.
【答案】8. A 9. B 10. C
【原文】W: It’s time for bed, Peter.
M: I’m not tired and I don’t want to go to sleep, Mom.
W: It’s quite late, and you have to get up early for school tomorrow. M: I’m afraid I can’t fall asleep even if I lie in bed now.
W: Why don’t you try counting sheep
M: I’ve tried that, but it really doesn’t work for me.
W: That’s beside the point. You still need to go to bed. M: Why can’t I just stay up until I feel sleepy
W: IfI let you do that, you’re probably going to be up all night, playing computer games. M: I promise I’ll go to sleep soon.
W: No, you shall sleep now. Good night. M: OK. Good night, Mom.
【答案】 11. A 12. B 13. C
【原文】M: Sally, could you make a call to the cinema W: For what
M: To make sure if there are some tickets left for the movie.
W: We needn’t do that. I have already booked the tickets online for the 2 o’clock movie. M: Really Why didn’t you tell me earlier !
W: I want to give you a surprise. Now I am thinking of picking them up from the ticket office after we have lunch at the restaurant.
M: Great. But something more, the Smiths want to move our appointment forward by half an hour. W: That means we should be there at 11:30 and we have to start now.
M: That’s right. Is there something more we need to do
W: Oh, yes. Please stop by the bookstore on the way. I want to buy an interesting book there. M: No problem.
【答案】 14. A 15. B 16. B 17. C
【原文】M: Good e in and sit down. Now, I wonder if you could tell us why you are interested in this job.
W: Well, it’s my dream to become a writer. And you offer higher pay than my previous job. What attracts me most is that your magazine provides training.
M: Thank you for the answer. What qualities do you have for this job
W: I learned journalism in college. I’m good at writing and expressing myself. I have my own
ideas and opinions on the things that I am faced with and I’m imaginative. And most importantly, I have great enthusiasm for the job. Besides, I can speak three foreign languages: German, French and Chinese, except our native language.
M: Now, I’d like to listen to your ideas about yourself. Do you have any hobbies
W: Yes, I like swimming very much. I also spend some time climbing mountains. I turn to some light music when I want to relax.
M: Well, that just about finishes this interview for the moment. If you want to wait in the library for about ten minutes, we’ll let you know whether we need you or not.
【答案】 18. C 19. A 20. B
【原文】Richard Buckminster Fuller was an American. Fuller had many titles. He was a building designer, an engineer, an inventor, a thinker and a poet. Fuller, as is known, was one of the most unusual thinkers of the twentieth century. He published more than 30 books and he developed numerous inventions, mainly architectural designs. His aim in life was to make the human race a success in the universe. Fuller spent most of his life searching for new ideas. He also searched for
unusual connections between the existing ideas. He described himself like this: “A complete, future-thinking design-science explorer.” Fuller believed deeply in technology. Through technology, he said, people can do anything they want to do. Richard Buckminster Fuller died in 1983 at the age of 87. During his long life, he discussed his idea about technology and human survival.
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