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考试时间：120分钟 分值:150分
本试卷分卷I和卷II两部分。卷I为选择题，卷II为非选择题。
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。
例: Hw much is the shirt?
A. ₤19.15. B.₤9.18. C.₤9.15.
答案是C。
1. When des the swimming lessn start?
A. At 4:30. B. At 4:45. C. At 5:15.
2. Why is the man late?
A. Because f the heavy traffic.
B. Because f the bad weather.
C. Because f a basketball match.
3. What is the wman gd at?
A. Singing. B. Playing the pian. C. Playing the drums.
4. What kind f mvies des the wman prbably like?
A. Actin mvies. B. Cmedy mvies. C. Rmantic mvies.
5. What des the man think f the training?
A. Disappinting. B. Satisfying. C. Wrrying.
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. Which is the special ffer tday?
A. Bacn. B. Chicken rlls. C. Fried eggs.
7. What des the wman prbably d?
A. A waitress. B. A ck. C. A salespersn.
听第7段材料,回答第8、9题。
8. What is the man trying t d?
A. Make an appintment with a dctr.
B. Ask the wman fr sme advice.
C. Cmplain abut a dctr.
9. What will the man prbably d next?
A. Take mre medicine. B. Avid wrking t hard. C. See the dctr right away.
听第8段材料,回答第10至13题。
10. Hw des Jhn feel abut Amy’s petry?
A. It is very classic. B. It is very rmantic. C. It is very unique.
11. When is the cnversatin prbably taking place?
A. On Mnday. B. On Tuesday. C. On Thursday.
12. What tpic f petry will the speakers read abut this Thursday?
A. Lve. B. Nature. C. Friendship.
13. Whse wrks will the speakers read this week?
A. Jhn Keats’. B. Emily Dickinsn’s. C. William Wrdswrth’s.
听第9段材料,回答第14至17题。
14. What des the wman just want t buy first?
A. A few rcks. B. A small bttle. C. Sme beautiful fish.
15. Where des the cnversatin mst prbably take place?
A. At hme. B. On a flight. C. In a shp.
16. Why shuld a few rcks be put int the tank accrding t the man?
A. T decrate the tank.
B. T keep the water clean.
C. T allw the fish t swim arund.
17. What des the man advise the wman t d?
A. Keep the fish in a rund bttle.
B. Cmpare the prices f fishes.
C. Put sme underwater plants in the tank.
听第10段材料,回答第18至20题。
18. Wh is the speaker talking t?
A. Librarians. B. Freshmen. C. Teachers.
19. What is scheduled in the first week?
A. Sme talks. B. Sme games. C. Sme turs.
20. What d we knw abut the library cmputers?
A. They are cnnected t printers.
B. They are limited in number.
C. They have access t the Internet.
第二部分 阅读理解(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，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Wnderful trip arund the Mediterranean
Days 1-2 Barcelna, Spain
Discver the interesting buildings, Catalan culture and Gthic Quarter in Gaudi’s city f Barcelna.
Day 3 Bard Regal Princess
Day 4 Relaxing at sea
Day 5 Gibraltar
Yu’ve gt a full day t get t knw this British territry (领土), hme t many cultures. Chse t ride the cable car (缆车) fr great views f the Rck f Gibraltar r discver the beautiful lighthuse.
Day 6 Relaxing at sea
Day 7 Marseille, France
Enjy a full day discvering all that Prvence has t ffer — flwer fields, fishing bats r Rman ruins (遗迹). City r cuntryside, yu decide.
Day 8 Gena, Italy
Get t knw this busy twn by walking thrugh the wnderful streets and piazzas (public squares, especially in an Italian twn).
Day 9 Flrence / Pisa
Chse t visit wnderful wineries (酒庄) in Tuscany r the famus Leaning Twer f Pisa n yur last day in Italy.
Day 10 Disembark (下船) Regal Princess
G t the airprt fr yur flight hme.
Yur hliday includes
• Direct flights
• 2 nights 4 star Barcelna htel incl breakfast
• 7 nights abard Regal Princess
• Private guide
10 day hliday frm
Single rm £1,199
Mini duble rm £1,949
1. What can a visitr d n Day 5?
A See a lighthuse.B. G rck climbing.
C. Enjy Catalan fd.D. Visit the English cuntryside.
2. Hw lng can a visitr stay in Italy?
A. One day.B. Tw days.C. Three days.D. Eight days.
3 Where is the text prbably frm?
A. A tur diary.B. A business reprt.
C. A travel magazine.D. A gegraphy textbk.
B
Frederick Phiri is the junk-art king f Zambia: at just 22, he started t earn an internatinal reputatin fr being able t make cmplex and elegant sculptures frm scrap (废弃的) metal fund in his cmmunity.
Phiri’s father died when he was starting primary schl. Then his mther abandned him and he had t stay with his grandfather. His grandfather paid fr his schling thrugh primary schl but when he entered secndary schl, he had t get varius jbs t pay fr his fees. Yet even in schl, he was always drawing and making things in class.
After graduating, he did what he culd t supprt himself by making animal sculptures frm wires and sld them t turists. His wrk was s ppular that it caught the eye f Karen Beattie, directr f Prject Luangwa, a nnprfit rganizatin dedicated t educatin and ecnmic develpment in central Africa.
“I intrduced him t a lcal welder (焊工),” Beattie tld Newsweek.
In 2017, Phiri wrked with welder Mses Mbewe during the rainy seasn, helping t make a cmplex set f drs fr Prject Luangwa. The piece sparked an idea in Beattie’s mind: “I handed him a bunch f scrap metal and said, ‘Make smething with this.’ And he did. It was wnderful.”
Tday, Phiri cntinues his art, using pieces f junk peple bring him—keys, brken bike chains, ld metal plugs and whatever scrap metal is lying arund. He then turns the junk int abstract animals—elephants, cranes, giraffes, chamelens—and sells them at Prject Luangwa headquarters. The cmmunity has recgnized his talents.
“My dream is t earn enugh t study art at the Evelyn Hne Cllege in Lusaka and be able t make a living frm it,” Phiri said “and then t make very large sculptures.”
4. What is Phiri knwn fr?
A. Serving his cmmunity.B. Cllecting wrks f art.
C. Being the king f Zambia.D. Turning trash int treasure.
5. What can we learn abut Phiri frm paragraph 2?
A. He had an unhappy childhd.B. He paid fr his primary schl.
C. He had t supprt his grandfather.D. He missed schl t d part-time jbs.
6. Hw des Phiri feel abut his future?
A. Uncertain.B. Cnfident.
C. Depressed.D. Satisfied.
7. What can be a suitable title fr the passage?
A. A Successful Path f Art.B. The Junk-art King f Zambia.
C. A Yung Man’s Wildest Dream.D. The Mdern Junk Wrks f Art.
C
Whm shuld yu marry? Where shuld yu live? Hw shuld yu spend yur time? Fr centuries, peple have relied n their gut instincts (直觉) t figure ut the answers t these life-changing questins. Nw, thugh, there is a better way. We are living thrugh a data explsin, as vast amunts f infrmatin abut all aspects f human behavir have becme mre and mre accessible. We can use this big data t help determine the best curse t chart.
There has lng been verwhelming- and ften surprising- evidence that algrithms (算法) can be much better than peple at making difficult decisins. Researchers have cllected data n varius kinds f chices peple make, the infrmatin they base thse chices n, and hw things turn ut. They have fund, fr example, that a simple data-driven algrithm wuld have been better than judges at deciding whether a defendant shuld stay in jail (监狱) r be released; better than dctrs at deciding whether a patient shuld get a prcedure; and better than schl principals at deciding which teachers shuld be prmted.
The pwer f data analysis has been prved in the sprts and business wrlds, t. As made famus by the bk and mvie Mneyball, baseball teams fund that algrithms were better than scuts (物色优秀运动员的人) at picking players, and better than managers at picking strategies. In finance, the hedge fund (避险基金) Renaissance Technlgies dramatically defeated cmpetitrs by seeking ut patterns in stck market data and using them t infrm its investment strategy. Tech firms in Silicn Valley have fund that data frm experiments prvides better insights int hw t design their websites than designers culd.
These are the early days f the data revlutin in decisin-making. I am nt claiming that we can cmpletely utsurce (外包) ur lifestyle chices t algrithms, thugh we might get t that pint in the future. I am claiming instead that we can all dramatically imprve ur decisin-making by cnsulting evidence mined frm thusands r millins f peple wh faced dilemmas similar t urs. And we can d that nw.
8. What makes peple better at finding answers t life-changing questins?
A. Peple’s better gut instincts.B. Changed human behavir.
C The mdern infrmatin era.D. Varius curses accessible.
9. Accrding t paragraph 2, algrithms might NOT defeat peple in ______.
A. curt rulingsB. jb prmtins
C. perative estimatinD. teaching practices
10. What can we learn frm paragraph 3?
A. The plt f the mvie Mneyball is related t successful data analysis.
B. Scuts and managers are nt needed in successful baseball teams.
C. The hedge fund Renaissance Technlgies had sme financial prblems.
D. Tech firms in Silicn Valley mainly relied n data t design websites.
11. Which f the fllwing will the authr mst prbably agree with?
A. The mdern infrmatin era is mature enugh t take advantage f.
B. Peple shuld utsurce all the lifestyle chices t algrithms.
C. With big data peple can learn frm cuntless similar examples.
D. Face-t-face cnsultatin will be the majr trend in the future.
D
Gardeners wh use pesticides are cntributing t the decline f British sngbirds, a study suggests. Scientists have urged peple t stp “spraying their gardens with pisns” in rder t halt bird decline and adpt instead wildlife-friendly practices. The results f the University f Sussex study, which researchers call the first f its kind, were published in the jurnal Science f the Ttal Envirnment.
The experiment, which surveyed 615 gardens in Britain, fund 25% fewer huse sparrws when glyphsate (草甘膦) was used regularly. This is an ingredient fund in cmmnly used herbicide (除草剂) brands such as Rundup r Gallup. Slug pellets (鼻涕虫杀虫剂) als seemed t have an impact n bird sightings; in gardens where Slug pellets were used, huse sparrw numbers were dwn by almst 40%.
Prf. Dave Gulsn, f the schl f life sciences at the University f Sussex, said, “The UK has 22 millin gardens, which cllectively culd be a fantastic refuge fr wildlife, but nt if they are verly tidy and sprayed with pisns. We just dn’t need pesticides in ur gardens. Many twns arund the wrld are nw pesticide free. We shuld simply ban the use f these pisns in urban areas, fllwing the example f France.” The Ryal Hrticultural Sciety, the UK’s leading gardening charity, said the use f pesticides and herbicides shuld be avided if pssible and they shuld nly be used, if ever, in small and targeted applicatins.
The research als fund that thse wh adpted wildlife-friendly practices such as planting native shrubs and flwers, r digging a wildlife pnd, saw mre birds than thse wh did nt. Cannelle Tassin de Mntaigu, a PhD researcher within the schl f life sciences and an authr f the study, said, “It’s encuraging t find that simple measures, such as planting native shrubs and trees and creating a pnd, tgether with aviding the use f pesticides, really make a measurable difference t the number f birds yu will see in yur garden.”
12. What des the underlined wrd “halt” in paragraph 1 mst prbably mean?
A. Stp.B. Attract.C. Nte.D. Witness.
13. Why are the statistics mentined in paragraph 2?
A. T reveal the severe influence f pesticides n birds.
B. T cmpare the effects f tw kinds f pesticides.
C. T cnvince readers f the imprtance f huse sparrws.
D. T help gardeners chse the prper pesticides.
14. What can be inferred frm Prf. Dave Gulsn’s wrds?
A. The ideal places fr wildlife in the UK are extremely tidy gardens.
B. The gardens in the UK are s tidy that pesticides are nt needed.
C. Pesticides shuld be prhibited frm use thrughut the UK.
D. Sme cuntries like France have made urban areas pesticide free.
15. What is the last paragraph mainly abut?
A. Alternative methds t keep gardens tidy.
B. Assistant ways t increase the number f birds.
C Gardeners’ attitudes twards the experiment.
D. Other researchers’ interest in the experiment.
第二节(共5小题：每小题2.5分，满分12.5分)
阅读下面短文，从选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。
There are things we all d, r dn’t d, that lead us t waste far mre time than we realize in the mment. The biggest time regret, I think, is dwelling n (沉湎于) mistakes and shrtcmings.
____16____ In a study, researchers asked subjects t spend mney during an imaginary trip t the mall. Befre “shpping”, sme subjects were asked t recall a past financial mistake. They fund thse subjects were mre likely t incur (招致) debt. Dwelling made them feel like a failure and tld them there was n need t try, because they already sucked. S, they gt further int debt when already feeling like an ver spender. Of curse, we dn’t want t skip ver ur mistakes r ignre them either. ____17____
I als missed t much fr fear f my wn shrtcmings. ____18____ I wanted t travel after high schl, but I went t university clse t hme instead, because I was t shy t meet new peple and was afraid I culdn’t make it in anther city. After university, I wanted t be a writer, but I decided t find a mre stable, accessible jb instead, because that’s easier. ____19____ I decided t find wrk I actually enjyed, travel mre and live smewhere else. I made a tn f mistakes alng the way, but the bigger mistake was nt trying sner.
____20____ S, never beat yurself up ver yur mistakes and shrtcmings. The sner yu learn frm them, the sner yu can free up yur time and energy t live the life yu want.
A. Eventually, I gt tired f this.
B. Regret is anther big waste f time.
C. I was ding it fr the wrng reasn that I was afraid t fail.
D. Fr years, I stayed in a cmfrtable place, ding things I disliked.
E. The gal is t learn smething frm them, and then release the failure.
F. When yu finally relate it t yur wn past experiences, it prbably becmes easier.
G. Dwelling n mistakes wastes time and, wrse still, makes us mre likely t repeat mistakes.
第三部分：语言知识运用(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。
The Munfrds were mving int a huse they bught. They wanted t see if all the furniture was in gd cnditin befre they used it. James Munfrd was____21____ the built-in drawers in the clset last mnth, when he fund tw cases hlding 46 gld Liberty $5 cins and 18 Mrgan silver dllars that were made in the 1800s. They lked really ld, like they were really wrth a lt f ____22____.
James and his wife, Clarrisa, wh are bth retired thught the cins are ____23____a family heirlm (传家宝), s they went ahead and made sure the wner ____24____them back. James texted pictures f the ____25____t the hme’s frmer wner and made plans t ____26____them.
“We really didn’t knw anything abut the ____27____f the cins. We really didn’t ____28____, t be hnest with yu. We knew they were nt urs,” said Clarrisa Munfrd, wh runs a restaurant business.
The hme’s ____29____wner wh asked nt t be _____30_____, estimated (估算) that the cins were wrth abut $25,000. He said he’d put the cntainers in the back f his sck drawer a few mnths ag fr safe keeping and didn’t see it in his_____31_____ t get packed up and mved ut f the huse. The rest f his cin cllectin was in his safe. He didn’t realize the cins were _____32_____until the Munfrds cntacted him. He added that he wuld never have knwn if they had _____33_____t sell the cins and keep the mney fr themselves.
The Munfrds are still unpacking and their furniture just arrived last week, s they haven’t had a _____34_____t see if there are any ther _____35_____.
21. A. tryingB. repairingC. remvingD. checking
22. A. trubleB. mneyC. effrtD. time
23. A. speciallyB. actuallyC. prbablyD. exactly
24. A. gtB. putC. gaveD. held
25. A. clsetsB. drawersC. casesD. cins
26. A. returnB. cllectC. sellD. examine
27. A. numberB. riginC. valueD. use
28. A. believeB. careC. understandD. agree
29. A. generusB. realC. kindD. frmer
30. A. namedB. paidC. rewardedD. praised
31. A. attemptB. hpeC. hurryD. demand
32. A. missingB. ldC. dangerusD. secure
33. A. struggledB. decidedC. helpedD. prmised
34. A. placeB. meansC. chanceD. desire
35. A. chicesB. prblemsC. suggestinsD. surprises
第二节(共10小题：每小题1.5分，满分15分)
语法填空。
It was raining lightly when I ___36___(arrive) in Yangshu just befre dawn. But I didn’t care. A few hurs ___37___, I’d been at hme in Hng Kng, with ___38___(it) chking smg. Here, the air was clean and fresh, even with the rain.
I’d skipped nearby Guilin, a dream place fr turists seeking the limestne muntain tps and dark waters f the Li River ___39___ are pictured by artists in s many Chinese ___40___(painting). Instead, I ‘d head straight fr Yangshu. Fr thse wh fly t Guilin, it’s nly an hur away ___41___ car and ffers all the scenery f the better-knwn city.
Yangshu ___42___(be) really beautiful. A study f travelers ___43___(cnduct) by the website TripAdvisr names Yangshu as ne f the tp 10 destinatins in the wrld. And the twn is fast becming a ppular weekend destinatin fr peple in Asia. Abercrmbie & Kent, a travel cmpany in Hng Kng, says it ___44___(regular) arranges quick getaways here fr peple _____45_____(live) in Shanghai and Hng Kng.
第四部分 写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节 应用文写作(满分15分)
46. 假定你是李华．你的英国笔友Jenny询问你进入高中后的学习和生活情况。请用英语给他 回一封信，主要内容包括：
1．学校印象；
2．校园活动；
3．学习情况。
注意：
1．词数100左右；
2．可适当增加细节，使行文连贯。
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第二节 读后续写(满分25分)
47. 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。续写的词数应为150左右。
When I was in seventh grade, my parents paid a tutr(家庭教师) frty dllars a week fr her cming t my huse and helping me with math. It ended up raising my marks frm fifty t fifty-five.
I had t admit it was mainly my fault. Maybe I shuld have cncentrated my math frm the beginning. But studying math was a tugh thing. Sitting n a chair t wrk n cnfusing math prblems fr tw hurs was a slw and painful prcess. During the prcess, I wuld fidget(坐立不安) and have many trips t the refrigeratr in an attempt t get ff that chair fr at least five minutes.
During math tests, my teachers wuld always stay by my desk. My teachers and friends wuld frequently ask the questin after tests,” Hw’s yur math this time?" S I became extremely afraid f math. While nrmal peple f my age were scared f sme insects and adventurus travels, I feared anything t d with numbers. The thught f a teacher picking n me in class made me feel scared. The red marks n the test paper were als terrifying.
My fear f math gt wrse in ninth grade. Every reprt card I received frm my new math teacher Ms Rbbins had the cmment t encurage me, "I'm glad t d what I can t help yu.” But I culdn't tell her the real reasn why I didn't ask fr help-I didn’t want t be cnsidered stupid. Every questin I had was, in my pinin at the time, smething that the whle class had understd but I. S instead, I ended up nt caring abut anything related t math, withut wrking hard n math at all. And I cncluded everything wuld wrk ut in the end
Eventually, my classmates and I tk the final test that wuld lead t ur graduatin frm middle schl and stepping int high schl. Days after the exam-- n a rainy summer mrning, Ms. Rbbins called me.
Paragraph 1:
With wrry and uncertainty, I entered her ffice.
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Paragraph 2:
After I tk the curage t tell my parents the bad news, they were silent.
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考试时间：120分钟 分值:150分
本试卷分卷I和卷II两部分。卷I为选择题，卷II为非选择题。
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。
例: Hw much is the shirt?
A. ₤19.15. B.₤9.18. C.₤9.15.
答案是C。
1. When des the swimming lessn start?
A. At 4:30. B. At 4:45. C. At 5:15.
2. Why is the man late?
A. Because f the heavy traffic.
B. Because f the bad weather.
C. Because f a basketball match.
3. What is the wman gd at?
A. Singing. B. Playing the pian. C. Playing the drums.
4. What kind f mvies des the wman prbably like?
A. Actin mvies. B. Cmedy mvies. C. Rmantic mvies.
5. What des the man think f the training?
A. Disappinting. B. Satisfying. C. Wrrying.
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. Which is the special ffer tday?
A. Bacn. B. Chicken rlls. C. Fried eggs.
7. What des the wman prbably d?
A. A waitress. B. A ck. C. A salespersn.
听第7段材料,回答第8、9题。
8. What is the man trying t d?
A. Make an appintment with a dctr.
B. Ask the wman fr sme advice.
C. Cmplain abut a dctr.
9. What will the man prbably d next?
A. Take mre medicine. B. Avid wrking t hard. C. See the dctr right away.
听第8段材料,回答第10至13题。
10. Hw des Jhn feel abut Amy’s petry?
A. It is very classic. B. It is very rmantic. C. It is very unique.
11. When is the cnversatin prbably taking place?
A. On Mnday. B. On Tuesday. C. On Thursday.
12. What tpic f petry will the speakers read abut this Thursday?
A. Lve. B. Nature. C. Friendship.
13. Whse wrks will the speakers read this week?
A. Jhn Keats’. B. Emily Dickinsn’s. C. William Wrdswrth’s.
听第9段材料,回答第14至17题。
14. What des the wman just want t buy first?
A. A few rcks. B. A small bttle. C. Sme beautiful fish.
15. Where des the cnversatin mst prbably take place?
A. At hme. B. On a flight. C. In a shp.
16. Why shuld a few rcks be put int the tank accrding t the man?
A. T decrate the tank.
B. T keep the water clean.
C. T allw the fish t swim arund.
17. What des the man advise the wman t d?
A. Keep the fish in a rund bttle.
B. Cmpare the prices f fishes.
C. Put sme underwater plants in the tank.
听第10段材料,回答第18至20题。
18. Wh is the speaker talking t?
A. Librarians. B. Freshmen. C. Teachers.
19. What is scheduled in the first week?
A. Sme talks. B. Sme games. C. Sme turs.
20. What d we knw abut the library cmputers?
A. They are cnnected t printers.
B. They are limited in number.
C. They have access t the Internet.
第二部分 阅读理解(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，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Wnderful trip arund the Mediterranean
Days 1-2 Barcelna, Spain
Discver the interesting buildings, Catalan culture and Gthic Quarter in Gaudi’s city f Barcelna.
Day 3 Bard Regal Princess
Day 4 Relaxing at sea
Day 5 Gibraltar
Yu’ve gt a full day t get t knw this British territry (领土), hme t many cultures. Chse t ride the cable car (缆车) fr great views f the Rck f Gibraltar r discver the beautiful lighthuse.
Day 6 Relaxing at sea
Day 7 Marseille, France
Enjy a full day discvering all that Prvence has t ffer — flwer fields, fishing bats r Rman ruins (遗迹). City r cuntryside, yu decide.
Day 8 Gena, Italy
Get t knw this busy twn by walking thrugh the wnderful streets and piazzas (public squares, especially in an Italian twn).
Day 9 Flrence / Pisa
Chse t visit wnderful wineries (酒庄) in Tuscany r the famus Leaning Twer f Pisa n yur last day in Italy.
Day 10 Disembark (下船) Regal Princess
G t the airprt fr yur flight hme.
Yur hliday includes
• Direct flights
• 2 nights 4 star Barcelna htel incl breakfast
• 7 nights abard Regal Princess
• Private guide
10 day hliday frm
Single rm £1,199
Mini duble rm £1,949
1. What can a visitr d n Day 5?
A See a lighthuse.B. G rck climbing.
C. Enjy Catalan fd.D. Visit the English cuntryside.
2. Hw lng can a visitr stay in Italy?
A. One day.B. Tw days.C. Three days.D. Eight days.
3 Where is the text prbably frm?
A. A tur diary.B. A business reprt.
C. A travel magazine.D. A gegraphy textbk.
B
Frederick Phiri is the junk-art king f Zambia: at just 22, he started t earn an internatinal reputatin fr being able t make cmplex and elegant sculptures frm scrap (废弃的) metal fund in his cmmunity.
Phiri’s father died when he was starting primary schl. Then his mther abandned him and he had t stay with his grandfather. His grandfather paid fr his schling thrugh primary schl but when he entered secndary schl, he had t get varius jbs t pay fr his fees. Yet even in schl, he was always drawing and making things in class.
After graduating, he did what he culd t supprt himself by making animal sculptures frm wires and sld them t turists. His wrk was s ppular that it caught the eye f Karen Beattie, directr f Prject Luangwa, a nnprfit rganizatin dedicated t educatin and ecnmic develpment in central Africa.
“I intrduced him t a lcal welder (焊工),” Beattie tld Newsweek.
In 2017, Phiri wrked with welder Mses Mbewe during the rainy seasn, helping t make a cmplex set f drs fr Prject Luangwa. The piece sparked an idea in Beattie’s mind: “I handed him a bunch f scrap metal and said, ‘Make smething with this.’ And he did. It was wnderful.”
Tday, Phiri cntinues his art, using pieces f junk peple bring him—keys, brken bike chains, ld metal plugs and whatever scrap metal is lying arund. He then turns the junk int abstract animals—elephants, cranes, giraffes, chamelens—and sells them at Prject Luangwa headquarters. The cmmunity has recgnized his talents.
“My dream is t earn enugh t study art at the Evelyn Hne Cllege in Lusaka and be able t make a living frm it,” Phiri said “and then t make very large sculptures.”
4. What is Phiri knwn fr?
A. Serving his cmmunity.B. Cllecting wrks f art.
C. Being the king f Zambia.D. Turning trash int treasure.
5. What can we learn abut Phiri frm paragraph 2?
A. He had an unhappy childhd.B. He paid fr his primary schl.
C. He had t supprt his grandfather.D. He missed schl t d part-time jbs.
6. Hw des Phiri feel abut his future?
A. Uncertain.B. Cnfident.
C. Depressed.D. Satisfied.
7. What can be a suitable title fr the passage?
A. A Successful Path f Art.B. The Junk-art King f Zambia.
C. A Yung Man’s Wildest Dream.D. The Mdern Junk Wrks f Art.
C
Whm shuld yu marry? Where shuld yu live? Hw shuld yu spend yur time? Fr centuries, peple have relied n their gut instincts (直觉) t figure ut the answers t these life-changing questins. Nw, thugh, there is a better way. We are living thrugh a data explsin, as vast amunts f infrmatin abut all aspects f human behavir have becme mre and mre accessible. We can use this big data t help determine the best curse t chart.
There has lng been verwhelming- and ften surprising- evidence that algrithms (算法) can be much better than peple at making difficult decisins. Researchers have cllected data n varius kinds f chices peple make, the infrmatin they base thse chices n, and hw things turn ut. They have fund, fr example, that a simple data-driven algrithm wuld have been better than judges at deciding whether a defendant shuld stay in jail (监狱) r be released; better than dctrs at deciding whether a patient shuld get a prcedure; and better than schl principals at deciding which teachers shuld be prmted.
The pwer f data analysis has been prved in the sprts and business wrlds, t. As made famus by the bk and mvie Mneyball, baseball teams fund that algrithms were better than scuts (物色优秀运动员的人) at picking players, and better than managers at picking strategies. In finance, the hedge fund (避险基金) Renaissance Technlgies dramatically defeated cmpetitrs by seeking ut patterns in stck market data and using them t infrm its investment strategy. Tech firms in Silicn Valley have fund that data frm experiments prvides better insights int hw t design their websites than designers culd.
These are the early days f the data revlutin in decisin-making. I am nt claiming that we can cmpletely utsurce (外包) ur lifestyle chices t algrithms, thugh we might get t that pint in the future. I am claiming instead that we can all dramatically imprve ur decisin-making by cnsulting evidence mined frm thusands r millins f peple wh faced dilemmas similar t urs. And we can d that nw.
8. What makes peple better at finding answers t life-changing questins?
A. Peple’s better gut instincts.B. Changed human behavir.
C The mdern infrmatin era.D. Varius curses accessible.
9. Accrding t paragraph 2, algrithms might NOT defeat peple in ______.
A. curt rulingsB. jb prmtins
C. perative estimatinD. teaching practices
10. What can we learn frm paragraph 3?
A. The plt f the mvie Mneyball is related t successful data analysis.
B. Scuts and managers are nt needed in successful baseball teams.
C. The hedge fund Renaissance Technlgies had sme financial prblems.
D. Tech firms in Silicn Valley mainly relied n data t design websites.
11. Which f the fllwing will the authr mst prbably agree with?
A. The mdern infrmatin era is mature enugh t take advantage f.
B. Peple shuld utsurce all the lifestyle chices t algrithms.
C. With big data peple can learn frm cuntless similar examples.
D. Face-t-face cnsultatin will be the majr trend in the future.
D
Gardeners wh use pesticides are cntributing t the decline f British sngbirds, a study suggests. Scientists have urged peple t stp “spraying their gardens with pisns” in rder t halt bird decline and adpt instead wildlife-friendly practices. The results f the University f Sussex study, which researchers call the first f its kind, were published in the jurnal Science f the Ttal Envirnment.
The experiment, which surveyed 615 gardens in Britain, fund 25% fewer huse sparrws when glyphsate (草甘膦) was used regularly. This is an ingredient fund in cmmnly used herbicide (除草剂) brands such as Rundup r Gallup. Slug pellets (鼻涕虫杀虫剂) als seemed t have an impact n bird sightings; in gardens where Slug pellets were used, huse sparrw numbers were dwn by almst 40%.
Prf. Dave Gulsn, f the schl f life sciences at the University f Sussex, said, “The UK has 22 millin gardens, which cllectively culd be a fantastic refuge fr wildlife, but nt if they are verly tidy and sprayed with pisns. We just dn’t need pesticides in ur gardens. Many twns arund the wrld are nw pesticide free. We shuld simply ban the use f these pisns in urban areas, fllwing the example f France.” The Ryal Hrticultural Sciety, the UK’s leading gardening charity, said the use f pesticides and herbicides shuld be avided if pssible and they shuld nly be used, if ever, in small and targeted applicatins.
The research als fund that thse wh adpted wildlife-friendly practices such as planting native shrubs and flwers, r digging a wildlife pnd, saw mre birds than thse wh did nt. Cannelle Tassin de Mntaigu, a PhD researcher within the schl f life sciences and an authr f the study, said, “It’s encuraging t find that simple measures, such as planting native shrubs and trees and creating a pnd, tgether with aviding the use f pesticides, really make a measurable difference t the number f birds yu will see in yur garden.”
12. What des the underlined wrd “halt” in paragraph 1 mst prbably mean?
A. Stp.B. Attract.C. Nte.D. Witness.
13. Why are the statistics mentined in paragraph 2?
A. T reveal the severe influence f pesticides n birds.
B. T cmpare the effects f tw kinds f pesticides.
C. T cnvince readers f the imprtance f huse sparrws.
D. T help gardeners chse the prper pesticides.
14. What can be inferred frm Prf. Dave Gulsn’s wrds?
A. The ideal places fr wildlife in the UK are extremely tidy gardens.
B. The gardens in the UK are s tidy that pesticides are nt needed.
C. Pesticides shuld be prhibited frm use thrughut the UK.
D. Sme cuntries like France have made urban areas pesticide free.
15. What is the last paragraph mainly abut?
A. Alternative methds t keep gardens tidy.
B. Assistant ways t increase the number f birds.
C Gardeners’ attitudes twards the experiment.
D. Other researchers’ interest in the experiment.
第二节(共5小题：每小题2.5分，满分12.5分)
阅读下面短文，从选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。
There are things we all d, r dn’t d, that lead us t waste far mre time than we realize in the mment. The biggest time regret, I think, is dwelling n (沉湎于) mistakes and shrtcmings.
____16____ In a study, researchers asked subjects t spend mney during an imaginary trip t the mall. Befre “shpping”, sme subjects were asked t recall a past financial mistake. They fund thse subjects were mre likely t incur (招致) debt. Dwelling made them feel like a failure and tld them there was n need t try, because they already sucked. S, they gt further int debt when already feeling like an ver spender. Of curse, we dn’t want t skip ver ur mistakes r ignre them either. ____17____
I als missed t much fr fear f my wn shrtcmings. ____18____ I wanted t travel after high schl, but I went t university clse t hme instead, because I was t shy t meet new peple and was afraid I culdn’t make it in anther city. After university, I wanted t be a writer, but I decided t find a mre stable, accessible jb instead, because that’s easier. ____19____ I decided t find wrk I actually enjyed, travel mre and live smewhere else. I made a tn f mistakes alng the way, but the bigger mistake was nt trying sner.
____20____ S, never beat yurself up ver yur mistakes and shrtcmings. The sner yu learn frm them, the sner yu can free up yur time and energy t live the life yu want.
A. Eventually, I gt tired f this.
B. Regret is anther big waste f time.
C. I was ding it fr the wrng reasn that I was afraid t fail.
D. Fr years, I stayed in a cmfrtable place, ding things I disliked.
E. The gal is t learn smething frm them, and then release the failure.
F. When yu finally relate it t yur wn past experiences, it prbably becmes easier.
G. Dwelling n mistakes wastes time and, wrse still, makes us mre likely t repeat mistakes.
第三部分：语言知识运用(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。
The Munfrds were mving int a huse they bught. They wanted t see if all the furniture was in gd cnditin befre they used it. James Munfrd was____21____ the built-in drawers in the clset last mnth, when he fund tw cases hlding 46 gld Liberty $5 cins and 18 Mrgan silver dllars that were made in the 1800s. They lked really ld, like they were really wrth a lt f ____22____.
James and his wife, Clarrisa, wh are bth retired thught the cins are ____23____a family heirlm (传家宝), s they went ahead and made sure the wner ____24____them back. James texted pictures f the ____25____t the hme’s frmer wner and made plans t ____26____them.
“We really didn’t knw anything abut the ____27____f the cins. We really didn’t ____28____, t be hnest with yu. We knew they were nt urs,” said Clarrisa Munfrd, wh runs a restaurant business.
The hme’s ____29____wner wh asked nt t be _____30_____, estimated (估算) that the cins were wrth abut $25,000. He said he’d put the cntainers in the back f his sck drawer a few mnths ag fr safe keeping and didn’t see it in his_____31_____ t get packed up and mved ut f the huse. The rest f his cin cllectin was in his safe. He didn’t realize the cins were _____32_____until the Munfrds cntacted him. He added that he wuld never have knwn if they had _____33_____t sell the cins and keep the mney fr themselves.
The Munfrds are still unpacking and their furniture just arrived last week, s they haven’t had a _____34_____t see if there are any ther _____35_____.
21. A. tryingB. repairingC. remvingD. checking
22. A. trubleB. mneyC. effrtD. time
23. A. speciallyB. actuallyC. prbablyD. exactly
24. A. gtB. putC. gaveD. held
25. A. clsetsB. drawersC. casesD. cins
26. A. returnB. cllectC. sellD. examine
27. A. numberB. riginC. valueD. use
28. A. believeB. careC. understandD. agree
29. A. generusB. realC. kindD. frmer
30. A. namedB. paidC. rewardedD. praised
31. A. attemptB. hpeC. hurryD. demand
32. A. missingB. ldC. dangerusD. secure
33. A. struggledB. decidedC. helpedD. prmised
34. A. placeB. meansC. chanceD. desire
35. A. chicesB. prblemsC. suggestinsD. surprises
第二节(共10小题：每小题1.5分，满分15分)
语法填空。
It was raining lightly when I ___36___(arrive) in Yangshu just befre dawn. But I didn’t care. A few hurs ___37___, I’d been at hme in Hng Kng, with ___38___(it) chking smg. Here, the air was clean and fresh, even with the rain.
I’d skipped nearby Guilin, a dream place fr turists seeking the limestne muntain tps and dark waters f the Li River ___39___ are pictured by artists in s many Chinese ___40___(painting). Instead, I ‘d head straight fr Yangshu. Fr thse wh fly t Guilin, it’s nly an hur away ___41___ car and ffers all the scenery f the better-knwn city.
Yangshu ___42___(be) really beautiful. A study f travelers ___43___(cnduct) by the website TripAdvisr names Yangshu as ne f the tp 10 destinatins in the wrld. And the twn is fast becming a ppular weekend destinatin fr peple in Asia. Abercrmbie & Kent, a travel cmpany in Hng Kng, says it ___44___(regular) arranges quick getaways here fr peple _____45_____(live) in Shanghai and Hng Kng.
第四部分 写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节 应用文写作(满分15分)
46. 假定你是李华．你的英国笔友Jenny询问你进入高中后的学习和生活情况。请用英语给他 回一封信，主要内容包括：
1．学校印象；
2．校园活动；
3．学习情况。
注意：
1．词数100左右；
2．可适当增加细节，使行文连贯。
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第二节 读后续写(满分25分)
47. 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。续写的词数应为150左右。
When I was in seventh grade, my parents paid a tutr(家庭教师) frty dllars a week fr her cming t my huse and helping me with math. It ended up raising my marks frm fifty t fifty-five.
I had t admit it was mainly my fault. Maybe I shuld have cncentrated my math frm the beginning. But studying math was a tugh thing. Sitting n a chair t wrk n cnfusing math prblems fr tw hurs was a slw and painful prcess. During the prcess, I wuld fidget(坐立不安) and have many trips t the refrigeratr in an attempt t get ff that chair fr at least five minutes.
During math tests, my teachers wuld always stay by my desk. My teachers and friends wuld frequently ask the questin after tests,” Hw’s yur math this time?" S I became extremely afraid f math. While nrmal peple f my age were scared f sme insects and adventurus travels, I feared anything t d with numbers. The thught f a teacher picking n me in class made me feel scared. The red marks n the test paper were als terrifying.
My fear f math gt wrse in ninth grade. Every reprt card I received frm my new math teacher Ms Rbbins had the cmment t encurage me, "I'm glad t d what I can t help yu.” But I culdn't tell her the real reasn why I didn't ask fr help-I didn’t want t be cnsidered stupid. Every questin I had was, in my pinin at the time, smething that the whle class had understd but I. S instead, I ended up nt caring abut anything related t math, withut wrking hard n math at all. And I cncluded everything wuld wrk ut in the end
Eventually, my classmates and I tk the final test that wuld lead t ur graduatin frm middle schl and stepping int high schl. Days after the exam-- n a rainy summer mrning, Ms. Rbbins called me.
Paragraph 1:
With wrry and uncertainty, I entered her ffice.
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Paragraph 2:
After I tk the curage t tell my parents the bad news, they were silent.
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