2020届第一学期期中考试
高三英语试题
注意事项：1．答卷前，考生在答题卡上务必用直径0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔将自己的姓名、准考证号填写清楚。
2．在试题卷上作答无效。
第一部分：听力（共两节，满分20分）
做题时，先将答案标在试卷上，录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。
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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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 will the woman do this Saturday?
A. Go to see her sister. B. Go to the concert. C. Look after her brother’s son.
2. What has the man been doing?
A. Reading a book. B. Writing a report. C. Fixing the power.
3. Why does Rick want to buy a bicycle?
A. To train for a race. B. To join a bicycle club. C. To get some exercise.
4. When will the man be free?
A. On Tuesday afternoon. B. On Wednesday morning. C. On Wednesday afternoon.
5. What does the boy think the girl should do?
A. Eat more breakfast. B. Wake up earlier. C. Take a different bus.
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2至4个小题, 从题中所给的A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话前，你将有5秒钟的时间阅读各个小题；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的做答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6. What is the woman doing?
A. Returning a phone. B. Repairing a phone. C. Buying a new phone.
7. What is the man asking for?
A. SIM card. B. The receipt. C. Phone cover.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8. What size of the car does the man intend to rent?
A. Large. B. Middle. C. Small.
9. How much need the man pay for the rented car for the weekend?
A. $80. B. $89. C. $120.
10. Where can the man find his rented car?
A. In the Hotel. B. On Peter Street. C. In the parking lot.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。
11. How did the woman try to get tickets?
A. By going to a website.
B. By waiting in line outside.
C. By buying someone’s extra tickets.
12. What will happen when it’s the woman’s turn to get tickets?
A. She will get a text message. B. Her sister will call her. C. She will receive an email.
13. What is Hamilton?
A. A TV show. B. A musical. C. A concert.
听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。
14. Why won’t the robot newsreader be successful according to the man?
A. People will find it funny.
B. People will think it strange.
C. People will not concentrate on the news.
15. What problem does the man see from robots?
A. They will take jobs. B. They will take control. C. They will become smart.
16. What is said to be robots’ weakness?
A. They are expensive. B. They aren’t creative. C. They aren’t reliable.
17. How does the woman feel about the future?
A. Sad. B. Indifferent. C. Optimistic.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
18. What is the cause of playground injuries?
A. The playgrounds are overcrowded.
B. The playgrounds are in poor condition.
C. Children are keen on dangerous games.
19. What should parents do to prevent playground injuries?
A. Keep a watchful eye on their children.
B. Stop their children from climbing ladders.
C. Teach their children how to use the equipment.
20. What does the speaker say about young children?
A. The can be creative when they feel secure.
B. They may panic in front of some playground equipment.
C. They should be aware of the potential risks in the playground.
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. Those who violate school rules should be punished according to their _____ of their improper behavior.
A. gravity B. fraternity C. equality D. purity
22. He was so regretful after their heated quarrel that he made every effort to _____ their relations.
A. mourn B. mend C. settle D. salute
23. There is a new trend of rubbish classification in China, _____is paving the way for hundreds of
waste-related applications,
A. when B. who C. where D. which
24. Though it _____ many changes in its century-long history, the Palace of Versailles still keeps its beauty.
A. has gone through B. got through C. went through D. has got through
25. Self-image is a foundation _____ your entire personality, behavior and even circumstances are built.
A. in which B. by which C. with which D. upon which
26. We wish each other a long life so as to share the beauty of this graceful moonlight, _____ we are miles apart.
A. in that B. as though C. now that D. even though
27. — Hi, what’s the noise? Are you OK?
— Thanks for caring, sir. Wish I could tell you about the noise. But I _____ a thing.
A. don’t hear B. haven’t heard C. didn’t hear D. hadn’t heard
28. _____ its splendid location, its green gardens and traditional architecture add to the charm of the Xiamen University campus.
A. On account of B. On top of C. On behalf of D. On grounds of
29. We can go to climb mountains, or go to the seaside to enjoy the leisure. Our plans are fairly _____.
A. fragile B. flexible C. tentative D. subjective
30. The Daxing International Airport covers an area of about 1,400,000 square meters, _____ it the largest sing-structure airport in the world.
A. having made B. to make C. making D. made
31. On the weekends, I _____ reading the daily newspapers because I don’t have time during the week.
A. split off from B. date back to C. make sense of D. catch up on
32. No one knows _______ she is acting that way. Nothing in particular happened today to make her upset.
A. why B. when C. how D. whether
33. The government hopes to help preserve and repair these historic sites by getting them ______ by the rest of the world.
A. be recognized B. to recognize C. recognized D. recognizing
34. The meanings of many idioms _____ be very different from the apparent meanings of its components.
A. should B. must C. can D. will
35. Don’t divide your focus over too many goals. Remember that _____.
A. practice makes perfect
B. you reap what you sow
C. you can kill two birds with one stone
D. the hunter who chases two rabbits catches neither
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。
In life, once on a path, we tend to follow it, for better or worse. What’s sad is that even if it’s the latter, we often 36 it anyway because we are so accustomed to the way things are that we don’t even recognize that they could be 37 .
The inability to think in new ways 38 people in every corner of society. The theorist Hannah Arendt coined the phrase frozen thoughts to describe deeply held ideas that we no longer question but 39 . In Arendt’s eyes, the 40 on such accepted “truths” also made people blind to ideas that didn’t fit their worldview, 41 when there was ample evidence for them.
If you land in the hospital, it’s 42 to want to be treated by the most experienced physicians. But according to a 2014 study in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), you’d be 43 being treated by the relative beginners. The study found that the death rate among high-risk patients was a third lower when the top doctors were 44 . Most errors made by doctors are 45 to a tendency to form opinions quickly, based on 46 . In unusual cases, the expert doctors may 47 important aspects of the problem that are not 48 their initial analysis. However, junior doctors can be more 49 although they may be slower and less confident in treating 50 cases.
Fortunately, psychologists have found that anyone can 51 his or her thinking. Here are some techniques that could help you think outside the box.
1. Being open to 52 opinions. Talking to people who disagree with you can broaden your thinking in countless ways.
2. Change environments. A(n) 53 in your everyday life may provide the force needed to change the direction of your thinking.
3. Approach even 54 situations as if you were meeting them for the first time. “Beginner’s mind” allows you to remain open to new experiences 55 any skills you may have.
36. A. reject B. deny C. accept D. improve
37. A. different B. unusual C. complicated D. specific
38. A. ruins B. concerns C. transforms D. affects
39. A. would B. should C. could D. might
40. A. reflection B. impression C. judgment D. reliance
41. A. mainly B. just C. even D. mostly
42. A. natural B. impractical C. ridiculous D. helpful
43. A. worse off B. more often C. better off D. less often
44. A. around B. away C. available D. active
45. A. connected B. restricted C. attached D. exposed
46. A. symptoms B. experience C. observation D. inquiries
47. A. spot B. study C. notice D. miss
48. A. centered around B. essential to C. consistent with D. responsible for
49. A. open-minded B. outgoing C. enthusiastic D. quick-witted
50. A. rare B. exceptional C. extreme D. common
51. A. form B. unfreeze C. shape D. clarify
52. A. conflicting B. personal C. minority D. informed
53. A. assistance B. disturbance C. occurrence D. balance
54. A. unexpected B. strange C. routine D. unlikely
55. A. unlike B. alongside C. despite D. through
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。
A
The Heights of Abraham
Cable Cars, Caverns(洞穴) & Hilltop Park
The first Georgian visitors walked up the steep paths to marvel at the beautiful views, and now our 21 st century guests arrive in style on board modern cable cars, offering spectacular views across the Derwent Valley. Once you arrive at the summit by cable car you have free access to all the attractions.
The cable car is just the start …
60 acres of landscaped grounds, multi-media exhibitions, adventure playgrounds, woodland walks and trails, plus two famous show caverns with guided tours, audio-visual effects and remarkable stories to tell.
Where to Eat and Drink
The Vista Bar and Restaurant provides a table service with a wide variety of dishes available throughout the day. Our afternoon teas are a house speciality. Indoor and outdoor seating offers breathtaking views across the Derwent Valley.
Our Terrace Café offers a self-service option of snacks, light meals and drinks. Indoor and outdoor seating available.
We’re great for groups
Special group & school visit rates available (12 + guests). Free educational resources containing information, activities and work sheets (key stage 1 & 2) available to download. We recommend you book your group visit in advance via the Groups Bookings page on our website.
Disabled Access
The Heights is only suitable for some disabled visitors as restrictions are dictated by the cable car, caverns and steepness of the site. Do phone to avoid disappointment.
How to Find Us
The Heights of Abraham is located on the edge of the Peak District, in the picturesque village of Matlock Bath, a short walk from the railway station.
By car: situated on the A6, 18 miles north of Derby, and 9 miles south of Chatsworth. Signposted from M1 junction 28 and A6 approach roads.
By Rail or Bus: Frequent train services from Nottingham and Derby to Matlock Bath station, which is a short walk from the cable cars.
Travel by train or bus to beat the traffic and save money!
56. Which of the following is mentioned about the Heights of Abraham?
A. Considerable size and cheap souvenirs.
B. Marvelous cable cars and superb hilltop views.
C. Target visitors and varied food.
D. Convenient transportation and long history.
57. Which of the following statements is true?
A. Student group can visit the Heights for free.
B. The Vista Bar and Restaurant is self-service.
C. Visitors are encouraged to travel by public transport.
D. Disabled people are restricted access to the Heights.
B
① Chimpanzee cultures are disappearing. In places where their habitats have been heavily changed by humans, chimp groups are abandoning unique behaviours and returning to a core set of activities.
② The loss of chimpanzee cultural diversity could make life harder for chimps in the long run as many of the lost behaviours would have allowed them to obtain additional food.
③ For example, some chimps in Uganda have learned to use moss(苔藓) to soak up water, which they can then drink. Those same species elsewhere don’t do this.
④ In 2002, Carel van Schaik at the University of Zurich in Switzerland suggested that human interference could destroy this cultural diversity. Now, a decade-long study has found strong evidence that van Schaik was right. A team co-led by Hjalmar Kuhl at the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research in Leipzig, Germany, tracked 31 cultural behaviours, such as using branches to catch termites(白蚁), in 144 chimpanzee communities across Africa.
The researchers used camera traps to record behaviours, looked for the remains of tools and studied faeces(粪便) to see if the chimps had eaten things like termites that can be obtained only by using tools. The team then placed the different communities on a map and overlaid a measure of human disturbance, which combined factors like the density(密度) of human population and the amount of infrastructure. In areas with a greater human footprint, the chimps were found to have fewer cultural behaviours. Each behaviour was 88 percent less likely to occur in these human-dominated landscapes.
It is thought that the loss of culture comes from older chimps being killed and there being less interaction between groups, so that if one group dies out, their ideas die with them.
Losing some of the behaviours poses a real risk to the chimps because if they stop fishing for termites or cracking nuts, they can no longer access those foods. Conservationists must now ensure that, as well as keeping animal populations up, they preserve behavioural diversity, says Kuhl.
58. Where does the following sentence fit best?
“Chimpanzee culture refers to groups’ differing behavioural traditions, which are passed on by learning and copying rather than genes.”
A. ① B. ② C. ③ D. ④
59. Chimps are losing their cultural diversity because ______.
A. genes can’t play a decisive role in preserving their culture
B. human disturbance affects their feeding behaviors
C. adult chimps are overhunted for their meat
D. humans’ growing population threatens their species
60. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that _____.
A. a nature reserve should be built to preserve chimpanzee cultural diversity
B. conservationists do a brilliant job in protecting chimpanzee cultural diversity
C. more foods chimps feed on should be provided to keep their behavioral diversity
D. equal attention should be paid to the number and behavioral diversity of chimps
C
As a shooter in Christchurch, New Zealand, set about shooting dozens of worshippers at two mosques(清真寺), on March 15, the video of the mass shooting was streamed live online. Soon after, YouTube put thousands of human beings to work finding and removing the video. It was already late. Nearly two months later, CNN reported still finding it online.
Not long before the attack, Justin Kosslyn, who was then an executive at Jigsaw, had published an article on Vice.com called “The Internet Needs More Friction.” The Internet, he argued, was built for immediate communication, but the absence of even brief delays in transmission had proved an advantage to disinformation, phishing, and other security threats. “It’s time to bring friction back,” he wrote. “Friction buys time, and time reduces risk.”
For a long time, people naturally assumed that faster must be better; slowness was a technological barrier to be overcome. What they missed is that slowness is a social technology, one that protects humans from themselves.
Take, for example, old-media publications such as The Atlantic, The New Yorker, and The New York Times. The digital operations of all three are speedy. But almost nothing goes online without first being checked by at least one pair of editorial eyeballs. That costs money and slows down the content flow, of course, but such old-style editing is anything but outdated. After all, consumers are terrible editors. Many are poorly informed, inaccurate, unfair, careless, thoughtless, or self-serving.
Still, the lessons of old media remain relevant. Social-media companies do, after all, practice a certain kind of editing. They have rules that promote some types of content and prohibit other types, and they maintain systems to delete violations. So edition is happening. It’s just happening after publication, instead of before, partly, because immediate communication allows no time for prior checking — even by the user herself.
Imagine a simple change. A user creates a post or video on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, or wherever. She presses the button to post it. And then ... she waits. Only after an interval does her post go live. The interval might be 10 minutes, or it might be an hour, or it might be user-selected.
During that interval, something might happen. The user might receive a warning that a factual claim in her post had been questioned by leading fact-checkers. Or, if she chose, her post might be routed to a handful of trusted friends, who might advise her that she was about to tweet herself out of a job.
Even if nothing at all — no checking or reviewing — were done in the interval before a post or video went live, the waiting period itself would offer an important advantage. It would allow thought.
61. The underlined word “friction” (in Para 2) means _____
A. minor disagreement B. security check
C. brief communication D. short interval
62. The “customers” in Paragraph 4 refer to _____.
A. the editors who work in social-media companies
B. the people who post messages online
C. the publications that use old-style editing
D. the people who visit websites for information
63. The example of old-media publications is used to _____.
A. illustrate checking before publication is necessary
B. show slowness can prevent inappropriate contents
C. stress edition after publication is a remedy for errors
D. suggest checking slows the speed of digital operations
64. It can be concluded from the passage that _____.
A. social media brings destructive consequences
B. slowness keeps people from communicating speedily
C. digital platforms need to make time for second thoughts
D. immediate communication is a bonus of online life
D
We don’t stop again at any town, for days and days; kept right along down the river; a long way from home. So now the cheaters (King and Duke) thought they were out of danger, and they began to work the villages again.
First they started a dancing-school; but they knew no more how to dance than a kangaroo does. Then in another village they tried to go at yellocution; but they didn’t yellocute long till the audience gave them a solid good cursing, and made them skip out. So at last they got just about being penniless, and lay around the raft(筏), thinking, and never saying anything, and blue and desperate.
And at last they took a change and began to lay their heads together in the hut and talk low and confidential two or three hours at a time. Jim and I got uneasy. We judged they were studying up some kind of worse actions than ever. We turned it over and over, and at last made up our minds they were going to break into somebody’s house or store, or were going into the counterfeit-money(假钞) business, or something. So then we were pretty scared, and made up an agreement that we wouldn’t have anything in the world to do with such actions, and if we ever got a chance we would clear out and leave them behind. Well, early one morning we hid the raft in a good, safe place about two miles below a little bit of a village, and King went ashore and told us all to stay hid when he went up to town and smelt around to see if anybody had got any wind of the Royal Nonesuch there yet. (“House to rob, you mean,” say I to myself; “and when you get through robbing it you’ll come back here and wonder what has become of me and Jim and the raft.”) And he said if he wasn’t back by midday Duke and I would know it was all right, and we were to come along.
So we stayed where we were. Duke was worried and sweated around. He scolded us for everything, and we couldn’t seem to do nothing right. Something was about to happen, sure. I was glad when midday came and no King; we could have a change, anyway. So I and Duke went up to the village, and hunted around there for King, and by and by we found him in the back room of a little low bar, very drunk, and a lot of loafers(游手好闲之徒) bullying him for sport, and he was cursing, and so drunk he couldn’t walk, and couldn’t do anything to them. Duke began to abuse him for an old fool, and King began to shout back, and the minute they were fairly at it I slipped out of the bar, and ran down the river road like a deer, for I saw our chance; and I made up my mind that it would be a long day before they ever saw me and Jim again. I got down there all out of breath but with joy, and sang out:
“Set her loose, Jim, we’re all right now!”
But there was no answer, and nobody came out of the hut. Jim was gone! I set up a shout and then another; and ran this way and that in the woods, shouting and screaming; but it was no use — old Jim was gone. Then I sat down and cried. But I couldn’t sit still long. Pretty soon I went out on the road, trying to think what I better do.
65. Which of the following statements best describes what happens in the passage?
A. “I” argued with Jim on a big issue.
B. “I” was planning an action with Jim.
C. Jim finally betrayed the set plan.
D. Jim and “I” discussed the travel route.
66. What does the underlined phrase “work the village” (in Para 1) mean?
A. decide to leave town and work in the village
B. find employment opportunities in the village
C. take the village as their cheating target
D. move from town to village for a living
67. Jim and “I” became very uneasy (in Para 3) because King and Duke _____.
A. had no source of income
B. attempted to make ends meet
C. were planning to commit robbery
D. were desperate to plot something evil
68. The underlined sentence in Para 3 functions mainly to _____.
A. explain what “Royal Nonesuch” really means
B. describe the character’s thinking of the escape plan
C. emphasize how “I” was confused by what he said
D. indicate the criminal nature of the cheaters’ plan
69. Why did “I” believe that it would be a long day before Duke and King found out about their leaving (in Para 4)?
A. Probably they would be caught in the bar fight.
B. Chances are that they would ignore such a flight.
C. Perhaps the raft could travel with high speed that day.
D. Maybe they would have a good drink in the bar.
70. How did the character “I” feel about the fact that Jim was gone?
A. Confused and angry. B. Worried and disappointed.
C. Amazed and reflective. D. Desperate and astonished.
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。
What lies behind the pay-for-knowledge boom?
These years have seen Chinese people are crazy about a trend — “paying for knowledge,” a newborn economy enjoying its popularity. The content of its products ranges from economics, psychology, and finance to skills of talking, body-building, and baby-caring. It includes everything one possibly thinks of or something that never occurs to one’s mind.
Then what accounts for this craze on “knowledge”? First of all, the Internet serves as a precondition. Compared with traditional business models, online business has broken the limits of space and the barriers to entry are much lowered. Meanwhile, in this age of information, a fear of missing out is generated by information explosion and information asymmetry(不对称). On one hand, there is ever more desire for useful information. On the other hand, such information is usually at the hands of professionals and experts serving well-known companies and schools with high walls. Moreover, the need to update skills constantly in this growingly competitive job market also pushes the mode hard. Faced with a higher level of requirements of institutions, not a few candidates and employees feel the threat of being replaced, therefore longing to seek a better self.
Admittedly, this “knowledge-based” payment fashion has proved to be money-making. With regard to the whole society, information is motivated to flow relatively free and, to some extent, monopoly(垄断) of information is broken. Besides, as a newborn industry, this economy gradually puts vigor into the development of our country. Sellers can reap rich profits from it; buyers can enjoy self-growth and a broader horizon. Plus, this is also a reflection of respect for knowledge and talents.
As with all the newborn industry, however, the “pay-for-knowledge” boom betrays a few problems. For one thing, the market is flooded with exaggerated slogans such as “How to Be an Industry’s Elite in 5 Hours”, which sounds like once you pay for it, you are sure to succeed immediately. Also, most “knowledge” products cannot be counted as knowledge at all. They are at most media of information. For another, a lot of consumers believe such nonsense and buy them just for showing off. A paradox is noteworthy: Those who have really obtained self-growth after buying online classes are probably the kind of people who need them least. In other words, with or without these classes, they can make it anyway, because they are people capable of learning by themselves.
In conclusion, the best is the one that suits you best. Knowledge-based payment should be used as a good start for individual exploration. Otherwise, great expectations may turn out to be damned dreams.
Phenomenon
“Paying for knowledge” is becoming the latest craze in China, whose content includes everything one can think of or even something? 71 ? imagination.
72 of the craze on “knowledge”
● People have easy 73 to online materials thanks to the Internet.
● To 74 being missed out with the explosion of information, people desire more useful information, which, however, is out of 75 of the general public.
● 76 the growing competition in the job market, employees feel the need to update skills constantly to survive.
Benefits of
paying-for-knowledge economy
● profitableness
● freeflow of information
● promoting the development of the country
● encouraging buyers’ self-growth and 77 their horizons
● showing respect for knowledge and talents
Problems with the “pay-for-knowledge” boom
● The market is full of false knowledge.
● Consumers 78 believe knowledge products and purchase them to show off.
● Online classes can’t guarantee self-growth; It’s the ability to learn 79 that really matters.
Conclusion
Don’t depend totally on knowledge-based payment to seek a better self, or you’ll be 80 .
第五部分：书面表达（满分25分）
81.请阅读下面文字及图表，并按照要求用英语写一篇 150 词左右的文章.
Forty-eight hours after the Brazilian government banned the burning of the Amazon rainforest, almost 4,000 new fires were spotted. The burning of the Amazon seemed terrible enough. It is even more painful to learn that most of these fires are deliberately set. They are started by farmers looking to expand farmland, or companies looking to exploit natural resources from the forest. Brazil's government loosened restrictions on forest cleaning in 2012 and now, hundreds of square miles a month are being cleared to make way for cattle production and mining projects.
【写作内容】
1. 用约 30 个单词概述上述信息的主要内容；
2. 简要阐述保护亚马逊雨林的重要性(不少于两点)；
3. 就如何平衡经济的发展和亚马逊雨林的保护，谈谈你的看法(不少于两点)。
【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。
2020届武进区高三英语期中考试答案
听力（每题1分，共20分）
1-5 CACCB 6-10 ABBBC 11-15 ACBCA 16-20 BCBAA
单选选择（每题1分，共15分）
21-25 ABDAD 26-30 DCBBC 31-35 DACCD
完型填空（每题1分，共20分）
36-40 CADBD 41-45 CACBA 46-50 BDCAD 51-55 BABCC
阅读理解（每题2分，共30分）
56-57 BC 59-60 CBD 61-64 DBAC 65-70 BCDBAD
任务型阅读（每题1分，共10分）
71. beyond 72. Causes 73. access 74. avoid 75. reach 76. Facing
77. broadening/expanding/widening 78. blindly 79. independently 80. disappointed
书面表达（共25分）
Deforestation of the Amazon rainforest has reached a record level in 2019. (2019 sees a sharp increase in deforestation of the Amazon rainforest.) To make it worse, disastrous fires have started there, which is thought to be caused deliberately by man. (30字)
It’s known to us all that Amazon rainforest plays an important role in people’s life. For one thing, it’s home to numerous species so that countless resources are provided for people to make a living or profit. For another, rainforest functions as the lung of the earth, purifying polluted air and producing fresh air to maintain the healthy environment for the earth.
However, people are so careless in using this resource. And in fact it’s necessary for them to strike a balance between environmental protection and economic development. Governments should strengthen their supervision to avoid deliberate damage done to rainforest or over-exploitation of its resources. In addition, sustainable development should be put on the high agenda. Local people’s awareness of protecting the rainforest should be raised so that they will use it in a more environment-friendly way.
听力原文：
Text 1
M: If you’d like to go to the concert this Saturday, my sister will give me two front row tickets.
W: Thank you, but I promised my brother that I’d watch his son.
Text 2
M: Oh, no! The power goes off again. I haven’t finished this novel yet.
W: You can read the book tomorrow morning.
M: But I have to write a report then.
Text 3
M: Hi, Lisa. What are you doing here?
W: Hey, Rick! I'm buying a bicycle for my bicycle race. What about you?
M: Well, I'm here looking for a bike too. I thought i should do some exercise instead of taking the bus all the time.
Text 4
W: Are you busy this week?
M: Not particularly. I’m reviewing my lessons until Wednesday because I’ve got an exam, but that only lasts until midday and then I’m free.
Text 5
M: You are almost ready to go, Samantha? The bus is leaving in fifteen minutes.
W: Not quite. Mom said I have to eat all this before I can go to school.
M: You’ll have to change your alarm setting. We don’t want to be late every day!
Text 6
M: How can I help you?
W: I am returning the problem phone i bought yesterday. It keeps turning off on its own.
M: Alright, do you have the receipt? I can't take care of this and return your money without it.
W: I have it right here.
M: Here are your SIM card and mobile phone cover.
W: Thank you for your help.
Text 7
W: Good morning, sir. How can I help you?
M: I’d like to rent a car for the weekend.
W: Certainly. Do you have a reservation?
M: No, I’m afraid I don’t.
W: Well, let me see...You’re in luck. I have a few cars left. What size car would you like?
M: Let’s see...We’ve four adults. Have you got any mid-size cars?
W: Yes, I have. I’ve got a Ford. We have a special rate this weekend...$89, including tax. You get 800 kilometers free. Then it’s 15 cents for each additional kilometer.
M: That sounds reasonable.
W: May I see your driver’s license and a major credit card?
M: Here you are.
W: Would you like to buy traffic accident insurance?
M: No, thanks. I won’t need any insurance. My credit card covers it.
W: May I have your local address?
M: I’m staying at the Hotel St. Square on Peter Street.
W: Can you sign this agreement in these three places? Thanks. You can pick up your car in the parking lot. Yours is the white Ford.
M: Thank you.
Text 8
W: I can’t believe this! I waited in line all day, and everything is sold out!
M: What are you talking about? You’re just sitting here at your computer.
W: I’ve been waiting in line to buy tickets to Hamilton. The only way to get them is to wait in line on their website.
M: You mean like “pretending” to wait in line with the help of a computer? But do you have to keep your eye on the screen the whole time?
W: No. When it’s your turn, they send you an email. But I kept checking back every couple of minutes.
M: And now they’re all sold out?
W: Well, not completely. There are a few single tickets in different places for different dates. But that does me and my sister no good.
M: What is Hamilton, anyway?It’s a concert?
W:You’ve never heard of Hamilton? It’s only the most famous musical to come out of Broadway in the last thirty years!
Text 9
W: Did you see the news today? China has introduced a robot newsreader on TV.
M: That sounds strange! Who will believe it? All the viewers’ attention will be focused on the robot but not on the news.
W: It’s not an actual robot. It doesn’t have a physical presence. It’s a computer picture, based on a real person and brought to life through artificial intelligence. I think it’s funny.
M: You won’t think it’s funny when cheap robots start taking over your job…and my job. At the speed progress is going, everything will be done by reliable robots soon, and everything will be produced by robots. Where will we humans earn the money to buy the things the robots produce?
W: Don’t be so desperate. Perhaps it will be a lovely world in the future, with robots doing all the hard work so people can do the things they really want to do.
M: Or maybe it will go the way it is already going, where a few smart business people gradually control more and more.
W: Try to look on the bright side. Robots can’t think original thoughts. They can’t produce original art. Creativity — that is where value will be found in the future.
Text 10
M: Welcome to Morning News. “Go to the playground and have fun,” parents will often say to their kids. But theyshould remember playgrounds can be dangerous. Each year about 200,000 children end up in hospital emergencyrooms with playground injuries. Many injuries involve falls from too high equipment on too hard surfaces. Nearly70% of the injuries happen on public playgrounds. Recent studies show they may be badly designed, theirprotective surfaces are inadequate, and their equipment is poorly maintained. Parents should make sure that theequipment in the playground is safe and the children are playing safely. Last year, the national program forplayground safety gave the nation’s playgrounds a grade of C for safety after visiting more than 3,000playgrounds nationwide. Parents should watch closely. They should always be within shouting and runningdistance of their children. Young children don’t understand cause and effect. So they may run in front of movingswings. They’re also better at climbing up than at getting down. So they may panic at the top of a ladder. It’simportant for children to know you’re watching them. Once they feel that sense of security, that’s when they canbe creative.
