常州田家炳高级中学2019届高三10月阶段调研
高三年级英语试卷
2018年10月
第一部分 听力(共两节,满分20分)
第一节 (共5小题;每小题1分,满分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. What is coming to Louise?
A. Her big party. B. Her birthday. C. The first day of work.
2. What is the man doing?
A. Watching a game. B. Preparing the dinner. C. Introducing his wife to the woman.
3. What are the speakers mainly talking about?
A. Selling cars B. Going home early. C. Celebrating Thanksgiving.
4. What is Anna’s uncle doing now for a living?
A. Reporting weather. B. Raising sheep. C. Running a hotel.
5. Where might the speakers be right now?
A. In an elevator. B. In an eye doctor’s office. C. On the fourteenth floor.
第二节(共15小题;每小题1分,满分15分)
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题,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. What does the man want to do?
A. Buy some books. B. Start a small company. C. Do some research for a paper.
7. What is the man like?
A. Careless. B. Impatient. C. Cautious.
听第7段材料,回答第8、9题。
8. What’s the relationship between the speakers?
A. Boss and employee. B. Co-workers. C. Reporter and passer-by.
9. When should the report be finished?
A. By Thursday morning B. By Friday morning. C. By Friday afternoon.
听第8段材料,回答第10-12题。
10. When does the man want to go for a trip?
A. In June. B. In July. C. In August.
11. How many tourist attractions are mentioned by the woman?
A. Two. B. Three. C. Four.
12. How will the man buy his ticket?
A. On the phone. B. On the bus. C. Online.
听第9段材料,回答第13-16题。
13. What did the man think of Americans?
A. Health-conscious. B. Ignorant. C. Lazy.
14. Why does the man mention organic food?
A. To show how influential American food culture is.
B. To show how people’s attitudes have changed.
C. To show that Americans are spending more on food.
15. According to the woman, why are things different now?
A. People have access to more information.
B. People are more active in general. C. People are more positive.
16. What does the woman try to avoid?
A. Watching too much TV. B. Eating fast food. C. Driving her car.
听第10段材料,回答第17-20题。
17. Where did the shark attacks occur recently?
A. In North Carolina. B. In California. C. In Florida.
18. Who is Graham Schwartz?
A. A writer for a magazine. B. A researcher from a museum.
C. A shark expert from a university.
19. What can people do to avoid being attacked?
A. Only swim where the water is warm. B. Make their presence known in the water.
C. Avoid wearing certain types of bathing suits.
20. What did the Department of Parks and Reservation do?
A. They closed down the beaches. B. They conducted a study on shark attacks.
C. They forced boats and fishermen to stop all activities.
第二部分:英语知识运用(共两节,满分35分)
第一节:单项填空(共15小题;每小题1分,满分15分)
请认真阅读下面各题,从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
21. One of the true tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem _______ it becomes an emergency.
A. when B. before C. after D. unless
22. Speaking of the US-China trade war, Ministry of Commerce (MOC) spokesperson stressed that ______ can only be settled by negotiations on an equal footing between the two sides.
A. frictions B. relationships C. balances D. claims
23. --I forgot all about yesterday’s party.
--I ______, too, but for my secretary’s vocal reminder.
A. did B. could C. have had D. would have
24. --Do you know that guy?
--Not much, perhaps. He _____ with my cousin for a time, though.
A. has worked B. had worked C. worked D. was working
25. --It’s frustrating that my father rejects everything that I demand.
--Well, both of you must learn some art of ______ in that case.
A. compromise B. command C. argument D. settlement
26. It’s widely acknowledged _______ public awareness is _______ the key to better environment lies.
A. how; how B. why; because C. that; where D. what; in which
27. People should be taught the importance of conservation if sites like Acropolis ______ kept in good condition.
A. are B. will be C. is going to be D. are to be
28. It’s increasingly ______ that the White House’s purpose is little about unfair trade, but about the dominance of the whole Asia-Pacific region.
A. ambiguous B. appropriate C. fundamental D. apparent
29. There is always something in the way ______ before we realize the real goal of education.
A. having got through B. to be got through
C. got through D. getting through
30. Riders should signal your intention to change the lane in good time by using the blinker and ______, by hand signalling.
A. if so B. if not C. if any D. if necessary
31. The company has begun with the ready-mix concrete business, ______ cement mixers with GPS sensors and cell-phone data communicators.
A. equipped B. equipping C. to equip D. being quipped
32. Some netizens urge people boycott tours to Sweden until the police have ______ and learnt to respect different cultures.
A. made their way B. earned their way C. mended their ways D. had it both ways
33. All right, ladies and gentlemen. I’ll call it a day if no one ______ the arrangement.
A. objects to B. appeals to C. submits to D. corresponds to
34. --Putting on a happy face not only helps to make friends, but also makes yourself feel better.
--_______.
A. I’d love to B. It’s my pleasure
C. It’s up to you D. I’m with you on that
35. If the US insisted upon settling the Syrian conflicts with war, they would be as good as opening ______.
A. a closet with a skeleton B. Pandora’s Box
C. Noah’s ark D. Sphinx’s riddle
第二节:完形填空(共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分)
请认真阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Mrs. Walker sat down at her desk and sighed. “OK. Tell me, Winston, how your homework became part of the ecosystem.”
“Yesterday,” he began, “after I finished my math homework, I needed a(n) __36__. So I took out my bubblegum tape to __37__. Michael and I are having a contest.
“Yes.” __38__ Michael, “We are.”
“I thought the more gum, the bigger the bubble. I kept __39__ gum and my bubble kept growing. Pretty soon I was blowing bubbles so big they __40__ my face.”
“Wow!” one girl behind him exclaimed in whisper.
“Then it __41__. I blew a bubble as big as a beachball.” He __42__ his arms over his head to show how big it was.”
Some kids murmured in disbelief. But Winston __43__ them and went on.
“All of a sudden a gust of wind __44__ the bubble right out of my mouth! The bubble __45__ over my desk and out the window. As it sailed away, I noticed something yellow stuck to it. Like paper. Then I noticed my __46__ was missing.”
“So?” Mrs. Walker asked.
“I ran after it into Mrs. Roosevelt’s garden—she lives next door. I saw her cat __47__ the bubble. The bubble broke. All I saw then was the cat running madly away.
“Mrs. Roosevelt helped me search the __48__. But my homework was nowhere to be seen.”
Mrs. Walker did not look __49__. Shaking her head, she said, “__50__, Winston, why didn’t you just tell me that the homework was __51__ and…”
Just then, the office assistant walked in with an envelope addressed to Winston.
Everyone watched him open the envelope and take out his __52__ homework page and a note that said, “For Winston’s teacher.”
Mrs. Walker __55__. “It was all true!”
“Yes, Ma’am”. Winston said quietly.
36. A. reward B. break C. change D. surprise
37. A. play B. eat C. practice D. research
38. A. confirmed B. complained C. replied D. claimed
39. A. chewing B. pressing C. adding D. twisting
40. A. covered B. touched C. brushed D. reached
41. A. expanded B. changed C. exploded D. happened
42. A. spread B. curved C. crossed D. waved
43. A. accused B. respected C. ignored D. noticed
44. A. tore B. seized C. burst D. snatched
45. A. hung B. floated C. jumped D. skipped
46. A. desk B. beachball C. homework D. gum
47. A. hold B. attack C. swallow D. stretch
48. A. garden B. cat C. paper D. bubble
49. A. touched B. amused C. surprised D. impressed
50. A. Honestly B. Ridiculously C. Generally D. Unfortunately
51. A. missing B. hard C. torn D. finished
52. A. fascinating B. shining C. preserved D. wrinkled
53. A. forgotten B. promised C. wanted D. refused
54. A. excuse B. apology C. introduction D. explanation
55. A. looked up B. looked down C. looked away D. looked out
第三部分: 阅读理解(共15 小题; 每小题2 分, 满分30 分)
请认真阅读下列短文, 从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中, 选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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Course Type
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Number of Lessons
Course Timetable
Standard Course
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Mon-Fri
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9:00-12:30
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56. Which of the following does the programme NOT feature?
A. Participants are ranked by their initial English levels.
B. Slower participants are offered an extra package of 10 lessons.
C. Participants are looked after throughout the programme.
D. The organizer will collect the participants directly from the airport.
57. Which of the following may require an extra payment?
A. Additional lessons B. Overweigh luggage.
C. Packed lunch D. Special diet.
B
One hundred years ago, British women were given the vote for the first time. How did it come about?
The first appeals for women’s right to vote in Britain date from the early 19th century. In 1818, in his Plan of Parliamentary Reform, Jeremy Bentham insisted that women should be given the vote. Women at the time had no political rights at all – they were deemed to be represented by their husbands or fathers. Women, it was said, were mentally less able than men; their “natural sphere” was in the home; they were unable to fight for their country, and thus undeserving of full rights; moreover, they simply didn’t want the vote. This was at least partly true. “I have never felt the want of a vote,” declared Florence Nightingale in 1867, while Queen Victoria condemned the “mad, wicked folly of women’s rights”. Even George Eliot was reluctant to back the cause.
It wasn’t until the second half of the 19th century that the first campaigning women’s groups were formed. Initially they focused on the lack of education, employment opportunities and legal rights for women (married women, at the time, had no independent legal standing); but the question of the vote gradually became central to their demands – both symbolically, as a recognition of women’s rights, and practically, as a means of improving women’s lives.
However, the women’s campaigning was still a subject of debate. While most historians agree that the campaigns were initially very effective in mobilizing (发动) women and highlighting injustices, a series of mass processions followed; more than 250,000 women protested (抗议) in Hyde Park in 1908. Many were arrested and ill-treated; prisoners who went on hunger strike were brutally force-fed. Over time they became steadily more militant – smashing shop windows, setting fire to letter boxes, libraries and even homes. The PM, Herbert Asquith, an opponent of women’s votes, was attacked with a dog whip. Such use of violence was thought, certainly at the time, to have been unfavorable.
With the sacrifices of the First World War strengthening support for widening the right to vote generally, women stopped campaigning. More than a million women were newly employed outside the home – in factories and engineering works. Crucially, Asquith was replaced as PM by David Lloyd George, a supporter of votes for women. The Representation of the People Act 1918 was introduced by the government and passed by a majority of 385 to 55, gaining the Royal Assent on 6 February 1918. Women over 30, who were householders or married to one, or university graduates, were given the vote.
58. Which of the following is NOT the reason why women were not qualified to vote?
A. Women were supposed to do housework and serve their husbands.
B. Women were too weak to fight against enemies in time of war.
C. Women had already enjoyed many rights in and out of home.
D. Women were born inferior to men especially in intelligence.
59. According to the passage, why did women’s campaigning arouse debate?
A. Because it failed to mobilize women and emphasize injustices.
B. Because women were put in prison and abused during the protest.
C. Because most women didn’t want the vote but a chance to complain.
D. Because all the emotional behaviors were regarded as improper.
60. What can be inferred from the passage?
A. Women stopped protesting for their vote when they had more job opportunities.
B. The PM, Herbert Asquith, an opponent of women’s votes, committed suicide.
C. The first campaigning women groups were formed originally for legal rights.
D. All women can enjoy their right to vote since the introduction of People Act.
C
“Two centuries ago, Lewis and Clark left St. Louis to explore the new lands acquired in the Louisiana Purchase,” George W. Bush said, announcing his desire for a program to send men and women to Mars. “They made that journey in the spirit of discovery. America has ventured forth into space for the same reasons.”
Yet there are vital differences between Lewis and Clark’s expedition and a Mars mission. First, they were headed to a place where hundreds of thousands of people were already living. Second, they were certain to discover places and things of immediate value to the new nation. Third, their venture cost next to nothing by today’s standards. A Mars mission may be the single most expensive non-wartime undertaking in U.S. history.
Appealing as the thought of travel to Mars is, it does not mean the journey makes sense, even considering the human calling to explore. And Mars as a destination for people makes absolutely no sense with current technology.
Present systems for getting from Earth’s surface to low-Earth orbit are so fantastically expensive that merely launching the 1,000 tons or so of spacecraft and equipment a Mars mission would require could be accomplished only by cutting health-care benefits, education spending, or other important programs—or by raising taxes. Absent some remarkable discovery, astronauts, geologists, and biologists once on Mars could do little more than analyze rocks and feel awestruck(敬畏的) staring into the sky of another world. Yet rocks can be analyzed by automated probes without risk to human life, and at a tiny fraction of the cost of sending people.
It is interesting to note that when President Bush unveiled his proposal, he listed these recent major achievements of space exploration pictures of evidence of water on Mars, discovery of more than 100 planets outside our solar system, and study of the soil of Mars. All these accomplishments came from automated probes or automated space telescopes. Bush’s proposal, which calls for reprogramming some of NASA’s present budget into the Mars effort, might actually lead to a reduction in such unmanned science—the one aspect of space exploration that’s working really well.
Rather than spend hundreds of billions of dollars to hurl tons toward Mars using current technology, why not take a decade or two or however much time is required researching new launch systems and advanced propulsion (推进力)? lf new launch systems could put weight into orbit affordably, and advanced propulsion could speed up that long, slow transit to Mars, the dream of stepping onto the red planet might become reality. Mars will still be there when the technology is ready.
61. The author cited George Bush’s comparison of a Mars mission to Lewis and Clark’s expedition only to ______.
A. show that both are of the same and immediate value.
B. to encourage the American people to venture into space.
C. to display the same spirit of discovery in space exploration.
D. to stress that a Mars mission lacks sound and solid basis.
62. Bush’s proposal is challenged for the following reasons except that ______.
A. its expenditure is too huge for the government to afford.
B. American people’s well-being will suffer a lot if it is implemented
C. great achievements have already been made in Mars exploration in America
D. unmanned Mars exploration sounds more practical and economical for the moment
63. Which cannot be concluded from the passage?
A. Going to Mars using current technology is quite unrealistic.
B. A Mars mission will in turn promote the development of unmanned program.
C. Bush’s proposal is based on three recent great achievements of space exploration
D. The achievements in space exploration show how well unmanned science has developed.
64. What is the main argument of the author?
A. Risky as it is, a Mars mission helps to retain Americas position as a technological leader.
B. A Mars mission is so costly that it may lead to an economic disaster in America.
C. Someday people may go to Mars but not until it makes technological sense.
D. A Mars mission is unnecessary since the scientists once there won’t make great discoveries.
D
Yet again, I won’t be moving up at my high school
① The high school graduation season is ended on Long Island. Summer’s moving into high gear. The seniors have moved on, ready to begin the next stages of their lives. All the students in my junior English class are looking forward to senior year. All of them, but not me. I’ve been left back. Again. Stuck in junior English for the 32nd time.
② I’ve been close to advancement a few times. One year I even spoke at graduation. It was a great honor. People applauded. And still, they didn’t let me graduate. September came around, and I was in the same classroom, reading the same books, knowing all the endings. Everybody else was a stranger. Everything was new for everyone else. I had no friends. Didn’t know a soul except Gatsby and Hamlet and Emily Webb.
③ At the start of the school year, everybody else talked so much that the noise reminded me of an orchestra (交响乐队) warming up. Looking round the classroom, I felt alone and hopeful. I comforted myself with the thought that this might be the year. This might be my June. I might finally move up and get out of junior English class.
④ But it didn’t happen. And now all the people in my class whom I gradually came to know and even like are gone. Moved ahead without me. I’ve been left back. Again.
⑤ So, a strange thing has happened. I’ve grown old in high school. I’ve become an old man. True, far from decrepit – I’m not ready for the Guinness Book of Records – but still, unnaturally old for high school.
⑥ I mean, isn’t high school supposed to be a passage? A journey rather than a destination? You endure it. You overcome it. Nowadays, before they even leave it, students become nostalgic (怀旧), remembering the good times.
⑦ But what if you’ve never left? How can I look back when it’s right here all round me each and every year? Again. Over and over.
⑧ The people changed, but the place remains basically the same.
⑨ Oh, I’ve endured the cosmetic changes: celluloid film (胶片电影) to VHS to DVD; the evolution of chalkboard to white board to Smart Board; the transformation from handwritten grade books and pocket calculators to online grade book programs; and the rise of the ubiquitous smartphone. But the bell schedule, the calendar, the cheers at athletic events, the applause at concerts and plays, the snow days , the meetings, the crowded hallways, the excited chatter, the lines of yellow school buses in the mornings and afternoons, the American flag flapping atop the pole in front of the building, these things don’t change. After all these years, that sameness provides comfort.
⑩ So, July and August will heal my bruised ego (自我). I have not been promoted. Again. No matter. A couple of trees in the backyard need trimming. A new path off the back deck needs building. I can awaken to the sound of the birds rather than before them. Sit by the fire pit and watch the stars appear in the darkening sky. Hopefully, by September I’ll be ready to meet some new faces. And I’ll start renewed. I’ll work real hard and do my best. I guess I’ll be OK, even if I get left back…again.
65. The author didn’t graduate because ______.
A. he didn’t do well in his lessons B. he was not given a chance to
C. he liked the junior English class D. he didn’t behave well enough
66. Paragraphs 2 - 4 convey the sense that ______.
A. the author was not good at communicating with others
B. the author treasured the friendships with other students
C. the author was sad to stay in the same grade year after year
D. the author treasured the friendship with Gatsby, Hamlet and Emily Webb
67. What does the underlined “it” refer to?
A. the life in the high school B. the junior English class
C. memory of the good times D. being alone in high school
68. What does the author intend to convey by Paragraph 9?
A. The reality of an American high school.
B. His nostalgia for the life in the school.
C. His change in attitude toward the life in the school.
D. What has changed and what has not in the school.
69. What will “heal the bruised ego” of the author?
A. The chance for him to speak at graduation
B. The belief that he will eventually be promoted.
C. The hope that he will soon meet some new faces.
D. Things that he can do during the summer vocation.
70. What might the author most probably be?
A. A teacher who is trapped in his communication problems
B. A teacher who has been teaching at junior grade for many years.
C. A student who is bitter about being unfairly treated in his school.
D. A student who has been struggling to graduate from high school.
第四部分:任务型阅读(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)
请认真阅读下面短文,并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。
注意:请将答案写在答题卡上相应题号的横线上。每个空格只填一个单词。
When a thought has found words
Poetry is the forgotten child of literature. Few people read it for pleasure and modern poets are looked upon as odd creatures from a strange universe. In Western high schools, poetry is seldom taught because it is considered old-fashioned and not relevant to the needs of today’s students.
In China, however, poetry is still an important part of the curriculum and, with recent changes announced by the Ministry of Education, the number of poems students will have to memorize and recite is being increased from fourteen to seventy-two. Now, before you gasp in horror, let’s think about the reasons why studying so many poems, especially ancient poems, is important.
First of all, poetry is an essential part of traditional Chinese culture. It is a pathway to understanding your history and your society. It is also the key to understanding the thoughts and emotions that are common to everyone but which we may be unable to express—the joy of Li Bai dancing with the moon, for example. Everyone has feelings of joy, love, loneliness, sadness and even anger, and a good poem can put those emotions into words and bring us self-understanding.
Poems can also express beauty. In a few short lines, even something commonplace can become beautiful. Here is a poem called “Fog” by Carl Sandberg: The fog comes / on silent haunches (弓腰蹲着) / and then moves on. Yes, fog does move smoothly, silently and mysteriously like a cat, and Sandberg captures that feeling and image, and makes it beautiful.
Of course, to really appreciate poetry, it has to be really aloud. After all, a poem is really just a song without music. Most ancient poetry, especially Western poetry, was actually spoken before it was written. Take Homer’s Iliad (伊利亚德), the story of the Trojan War (特洛伊战争), for example. That epic saga (史诗般的故事) of Helen’s kidnapping and the war that followed was apparently told for hundreds of years in palaces, taverns (客栈) and on street corners before Homer wrote it down and was given credit for it.
The American poet Robert Frost said, “Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.” And poems are very concise—there is not a wasted word. You are lucky that you now have seventy-two poems to learn!
Passage outline
Detailed information
Awkward situation
Poetry is thought to be (71)______ from the life of people and poets beyond the understanding of ordinary people.
China’s recent (72)______
(73)______the number of poems for school students to memorize and recite
(74)______ behind
Poetry is a reflection of Chinese culture.
Learning poems help with the (75)______ of history and society.
Poems enable people to express thoughts and feelings which would otherwise be (76)______ to express.
Poetry conveys the beauty that (77) is ______ in common things.
Poems use as (78)______ words as possible.
A tip on (79)______
Poetry is to read out.
Poems are songs without music;
Many ancient poems first appeared in (80)______ form.
Conclusion
Chinese students should feel lucky to have seventy two poems to learn!
第五部分: 书面表达(满分25分)
81. 请阅读下面文字,并按照要求用英语写一篇150 词左右的文章。
A man's passion for ancient Chinese houses drives him to buy many, with the aim of restoring them.
Qin Tongqian, owner of a Shanghai-based real estate company, buys entire houses, mostly homes built in ancient China.
He doesn't resell them, though. Instead, he restores anything that needs renovation and gives the public a chance to view them once they have been restored to their former glory.
At a warehouse Qin has stored hundreds of rosewood beds, chairs, dining tables, rows of corbels, pillars, windows and all other things required to rebuild the houses-some more than several centuries old.
"They are my source of pain and happiness," Qin, 52, says of the ancient houses.
Old Chinese architecture is a mix of philosophy, culture and craftsmanship. Qin loves the legendary stores, fairy tales and scenes of daily life engraved on pillars, corbels, windows and doors of the antique houses.
“It’s true that ancient houses are not comfortable enough to live in. But we can transform their inner environment to meet modern living standards instead of dismantling them altogether.”
Chinese wooden houses have to have people living in them, or they will quickly decay, says Qin. That’s why he is restoring some of them into hotels where people can experience traditional Chinese architecture.
【写作内容】
1. 用约30个词概括上列语篇;
2. 谈谈你对保护古建的认识,并用至少两点理由支撑你的观点。
【写作要求】
1. 写作过程中不能直接引用原文语句;
2. 作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称;
3. 不必写标题。
【评分标准】
内容完整,语言规范,语篇连贯,词数适当。
2019届高三10月调研英语答案 2018.10.
听力:
1-5 BBABA, 6-10 BABCA, 11-15 BCCBA, 16-20 CACCA
单选:
21-25 BADCA, 26-30 CDDBD, 31-35 BCADB
完形
36-40 BCACA, 41-45 DBCAB, 46-50 CBADA, 51-55 BDCDA
阅读
56-57 BD, 58-60 CDA, 61-64 DCAC, 65-70 BCACDB
任务型
71.far, 72.measure, 73.Increasing, 74.Reasons, 75.understanding,
76.hard, 77.exists, 78.few, 79.appreciation, 80.spoken/oral
书面表达:
A wealthy businessman buys many ancient buildings, restores them and even put some into practical use, as part of an attempt to protect this magnificent heritage of ancient Chinese culture.
Personally, I’d give credit to him for such a generous idea / deed. To some, those ancient Chinese houses may just be broken buildings, no longer fit to live in, the restoration and preservation of which consumes not only lots of labour but huge sums of money. But in fact, they are symbols of the glory of Chinese culture and an extraordinary expression of the Chinese history as well.
The architecture of our cities makes them look as if they are just copies of the concrete jungle that features any city all round the world, lacking in the cultural characteristic of what makes us Chinese. I hope Mr Qin’s attempt can inspire our city designers put some efforts in displaying Chinese elements in a Chinese city.