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上海市金山区2024届高三下学期4月二模试题 英语 Word版含答案
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（考试时间120分钟，总分140分） 2024年4月
I. Listening Cmprehensin
Sectin A
Directins: In Sectin A, yu will hear ten shrt cnversatins between tw speakers. At the end f each cnversatin, a questin will be asked abut what was said. The cnversatins and the questins will be spken nly nce. After yu hear a cnversatin and the questin abut it, read the fur pssible answers n yur paper, and decide which ne is the best answer t the questin yu have heard.
1.A. A shp assistant.B. A waiter. C. A receptinist. D. A travel agent.
2.A. 10 minutes.B. 20 minutes. C. 30 minutes.D. 40 minutes.
3.A. In a university.B. In a gallery. C. In a bkstre. D. In a library.
4.A. Happy.B. Exhausted. C. Disappinted. D. Curius.
5.A. Read the speech t her. B. Give a different speech.
C. Finish writing the speech. D. Stp wrrying abut the speech.
6. A. Get his car windw clsed. B. Lend his umbrella t the wman.
C. Brrw the wman’s car key. D. Listen t the weather frecast.
7. A. He’s nt feeling fine. B. He can’t see very well.
C. His eye desn’t hurt much. D. His eye isn’t healing quickly.
8. A. They need t dress similarly. B. The wman shuld avid jeans.
C. They had better dress frmally. D. The man is lking fr a new jacket.
9. A. The jb is well-paid.B. He has just wrked fr a day.
C. The weather is nt a prblem.D. He has truble riding a bicycle.
10. A. The wman sld her car because she hates driving.
B. The wman thinks it is nt cnvenient t drive a car.
C. The wman will be travelling by subway frm nw n.
D. The wman mved because she didn’t want t drive anymre.
Sectin B
Directins: In Sectin B, yu will hear tw shrt passages, and ne lnger cnversatin and yu will be asked several questins n each f the passages and the cnversatin. The passages and the cnversatin will be read twice, but the questins will be spken nly nce. When yu hear a questin, read the fur pssible answers n yur paper and decide which ne wuld be the best answer t the questin yu have heard.
Questins 11 thrugh 13 are based n the fllwing passage.
11.A. 5%.B. 80%.C. 40%.D. 10%.
12. A. Plluting the envirnment.
B. Destrying wildlife habitats.
C. Endangering new species.
D. Hunting t a great extent.
13. A. T appeal t peple t prtect wildlife.
B. T emphasize the imprtance f the Earth.
C. T describe different ways t stp pllutin.
D. T analyze the reasns fr wildlife’s disappearing.
Questins 14 thrugh 16 are based n the fllwing passage.
14.A. Because it is his nickname.
B. Because he is ften called t put ut fires.
C. Because he brings mre technical technlgy t each prject.
D. Because he is the ne wh gets called t address trubled prjects.
15.A. He cntributes mre value than thers.
B. He struggled t settle prblems but failed.
C. He interfered with the distributin service prjects.
D. He learns frm past mistakes and successes cnsciusly.
16.A. T ask fr a pay raise. B. T becme a fireman.
C. T be the team leader.D. T present a better image.
Questins 17 thrugh 20 are based n the fllwing cnversatin.
17.A. Black r white cffee. B. Their teachers in classes.
C. Wrld histry classes. D. The beginning f the semester.
18.A. She has t take the curse. B. She finds it interesting.
C. The prfessr gives gd instructins. D. There are many discussins.
19.A. She hlds big lectures. B. She takes her students seriusly.
C. She lves the subject s much. D. She gives a usual test in class.
20.A. Talk t the man’s teacher. B. Take anther histry curse.
C. Meet the man next day. D. G t the man’s wrld histry class.
II. Grammar and vcabulary
Sectin A
Directins: Read the fllwing passage. Fill in the blanks t make the passage cherent. Fr the blanks with a given wrd, fill in each blank with the prper frm f the given wrd. Fr the ther blanks, fill in each blank with ne prper wrd. Make sure that yur answers are grammatically crrect.
DNA analysis reveals tw waves f migratin
The results f the study, published in the Science Bulletin, revealed tw majr migratin waves in histry. In this pineering study, scientists frm Fudan University (21) ______ (dig) int the ancient DNA f individuals buried in Gansu prvince, revealing interesting insights int the genetic makeup f Hexi Crridr residents dating back ver 12 centuries. The research emplyed ancient DNA data (22) ______ (explre) human migratin alng the Hexi Crridr.
The Hexi Crridr, was a narrw yet crucial link (23) ______ (cnnect) the heartland f ancient China t the Western Territry. Characterized by its lfty muntains and deserts, the ancient pathway was dtted with cities (24) ______ (fund) alng shrt rivers.
Histrical dcuments attest (证实) t the Hexi Crridr’s significance as a crssrads (25)_______ Western and Eastern civilizatins mixed thrugh trade, religin and ccasinal cnflicts fllwing the establishment f the Silk Rad during the Han Dynasty.
(26) ______ technlgical advances in bilgy pen new avenues fr explratin, archaelgists are increasingly drawn t analyzing DNA samples. Led by Wen Shaqing frm Fudan University’s Institute f Archaelgical Science, the team successfully extracted DNA data (27) ______ the teeth and bnes fund at tw sites near Dunhuang.
The DNA analysis pinpinted tw utliers (异常样本) dating t the Wei Dynasty and the Tang. Further examinatin revealed ne had apprximately 50 percent western Eurasian ancestry and (28) ______ ______ 30 percent, suggesting the individuals were likely descendants f unins between western Eurasian wmen and lcal men.
(29) ______ the team cncluded was that the genetic mix culd be partially attributed t thse migratins. Experts said the secnd majr migratin perid (30) ______ (mark) by a significant shift in the gene pl. Histrical recrds say migratin facilitated by Chinese explrer Zhang Qian’s visit t the Western Territry frm 138 BC resulted in the creatin f the Silk Rad.
Sectin B
Directins: After reading the passage belw, fill in each blank with a prper wrd given in the bx. Each wrd can be used nly nce. Nte that there is ne wrd mre than yu need.
Will AI allw humans t play a part?
Rebecca used t have a regular jb, translating a fashin brand’s website int German. One day a big change happened. The cmpany (31) ______ t using machine translatin. She kept the jb, and it still paid the bills; hwever, she was nw there t check and (32) ______ whatever was prduced by the cmputer. But there was a cmplaint.
“What it meant, (33) ______, was that we humans were training a machine,” she says. Each crrected captin fr a mid-priced T-shirt, each pair f skinny jeans, was a data pint fr the rbt that was ging t replace her. With the (34) ______ f chat prgrams that can imitate humans, the wrld is nw beginning t cnsider what the cming f artificial intelligence means. What will it d fr ur jbs if many nce (35) ______ prfessins — law, accuntancy, medicine — disappear? What des it mean t be a human when the thing that humans mst (36) ______— intelligence — has becme the cheapest prduct n the planet? Translatrs, fr gd and ill, dn’t have t wnder. “Yu can take the wrld f translatrs and interpreters as a (37) ______ f the wrld,” says Nicki Bne, chairwman f the bard f the Institute f Translating and Interpreting. Nt all f them are adjusting. “Of curse, we have ur (38) ______,” but she adds, “There are als pprtunities, and ptimists.”
The speed f change, thugh, has been (39) ______. Increasingly, says Bne, she and her clleagues are acting as editrs f a machine’s first pass, rather than translatrs f the raw material.
Fr sme, that’s fine. “Peple will say, ‘OK, instead f wrking at ne rate fr this number f wrds per hur, I’m wrking at many mre wrds per hur, but fr a much lwer rate.’ Sme are happy t take n. Sme wn’t, as a matter f principle.”
As we are (40) ______ at ChatGPT and its great ability t imitate human writing, translatrs are, cmpared with the rest f the prfessins, sensitive. Anyway, this technlgy is here t stay.
III. Reading Cmprehensin
Sectin A
Directins: Fr each blank in the fllwing passage there are fur wrds r phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the wrd r phrase that best fits the cntext.
Sandhya Sriram is impatient. The stem-cell (干细胞) scientist wanted t put her knwledge t use, develping cultivated seafd. Yet n ne was ding that in Singapre. S fur years ag, she set up a cmpany t create lab-grwn crustacean (甲壳纲动物) meat. (41) ______, she registered her cmpany, Shik Meats in August 2018. “Nbdy was ding crustaceans,” says Sriram, Shik’s Grup CEO and c-funder. “What d Asians eat the mst? Seafd. It was a simple answer. And they’re s delicius.” A lifelng (42) ______, she had never tried real shrimp, but she sampled it the week she registered the cmpany.
Tday, the results f her (43) ______ can be seen at the headquarters f her cmpany. During a fall 2022 visit, a biprcess engineer lked int a micrscpe carefully. He had taken samples frm a bireactr in the rm next dr, where the cmpany is (44) ______ crustacean cells. Under the lens, he was checking t see if the cells were ready t harvest.
Shik Meats has already revealed shrimp, lbster, and crab prttypes (最初形态) t a select grup f tasters, and it plans t (45) ______ regulatry apprval t sell its lab-grwn shrimp by April 2023. That culd make it the first in the wrld t bring cultivated shrimp t diners, putting it at the leading psitin f the cultivated-meat (46) ______. As f this writing, nly ne cmpany has gained regulatry apprval t sell lab-grwn animal-prtein prducts: Eat Jus’s cultured chicken is (47) ______ but nly in Singapre. Shik Meats still needs t submit all the paperwrk necessary and get regulatry apprval, but the cmpany hpes t see its prducts in restaurants by mid-2024, ffering fdies a mre envirnmentally friendly ptin free f (48) ______ than crustaceans frm farms.
But even if that ambitius (49) ______ is met, it will likely be a while befre the average persn is eating cultivated crustaceans. It will require nt just regulatry apprval but als mre funding and a bigger factry, alng with (50) ______ cnsumers and gvernments arund the wrld t accept lab-grwn seafd.
“We’re at an interesting stage f a startup; it’s called the Valley f Death,” says Sriram. “We are in the space where we haven’t submitted fr regulatry apprval yet, but we’re lking t cmmercialize in the next tw years.” Nevertheless, the impatient entrepreneur is (51) ______. Sriram hpes t have the cmpany’s next manufacturing plant ready by the end f 2023, where a 500-liter and a 2,000-liter bireactr will be a majr (52) ______ frm its current 50- and 200-liter bireactrs. The gal is fr her prducts t enter the mainstream in Singapre in five t seven years.
(53) ______ these prducts culd help tackle sme f the envirnmental impacts f crustacean prductin. Organic waste, chemicals, and antibitics frm seafd farms can pllute grundwater. Shik Meats says the way it prduces crustacean meat minimizes animal cruelty, as grwing prtein in a lab helps avid (54) ______ animals. And cultivating shrimp clser t where it’s (55) ______ cuts emissins frm fishing-bat fuel and shipping prducts arund the wrld.
In a wrd, when science meets seafd, many wnderful things happen naturally.
41. A. Eagerly B. Hurriedly C. Incidentally D. Interestingly
42. A. dieter B. fdie C. taster D. vegetarian
43. A. disciplineB. enthusiasm C. discvery D. mindset
44. A. grwing B. investigating C. increasing D. targeting
45. A. accept B. adpt C. grant D. seek
46. A. farmB. raceC. sectinD. line
47.A. available B. affrdableC. cmpetitiveD. prfitable
48. A. additiveB. cruelty C. meat D. salt
49. A. guideline B. transfrmatin C. cnditin D. timeline
50. A. demanding B. directing C. persuading D. training
51. A. delightful B. insightful C. pen-minded D. ptimistic
52. A. difference B. emergenceC. sacrificeD. leap
53. A. Tracking B. Supervising C. Ppularizing D. Sampling
54.A. feeding B. killing C. mistreating D. trapping
55. A. captured B. strandedC. cnsumed D. prduced
Sectin B
Directins: Read the fllwing three passages. Each passage is fllwed by several questins r unfinished statements. Fr each f them there are fur chices marked A, B, C and D. Chse the ne that fits best accrding t the infrmatin given in the passage yu have just read.
(A)
There is n knwn date fr when the ancient Greeks r Rmans first shared their stries abut gds, mnsters and heres. But fr the mdern myth knwn as Star Wars, that date is May 25,1977, when the riginal mvie pened in theaters and kicked ff a glbal phenmenn that spanned films, TV shws, nvels, cmic bks, tys, lunchbxes, bed sheets and mre. Even tday, Star Wars remains an enduring tuchstne (检验标准) f pp culture. Critically praised r nt, the mvies cntinue t be a big hit.
And just as we knw when the mythlgy began, we als knw wh invented it: writer-directr Gerge Lucas. His inspiratin, he tld TIME in 1977, was “all the bks and films and cmics that I liked when I was a child… My main reasn fr making it was t give yung peple an hnest, whlesme fantasy life, the kind my generatin had.”
N ne culd predict just hw much Lucas’ creatin wuld catch n — nt even Lucas himself r the film’s star Mark Hamill, wh played yung her Luke Skywalker. “I had n idea it wuld be as successful as it was,” Hamill said in 2017, marking the riginal film’s 40th anniversary. “I just thught I wuld be a fan f this even if I weren’t invlved.”
Befre Lucas created Star Wars, he had an even mre ambitius gal — t blw up the ways f Old Hllywd. And he did. Star Wars intrduced a new era f mviemaking, ne that saw the develpment f amazing special effects and the tls t achieve them. After this legend, filmmakers felt free t bring their wildest ideas t life in ttally realistic ways that left audiences thrilled.
Why did Star Wars becme such a pwerful frce? Hamill credits its ability t satisfy the human need fr escapism. “Peple value the idea f ging away t sme happy place,” he said, “whether it’s Oz r Narnia r Middle Earth r Hgwarts. I think it appeals t children f all ages. It desn’t matter if yu’re 6 r 60. It appeals t the ptimistic yung idealism that I think every persn has, hwever buried it might be.”
56. What can we learn frm the first paragraph?
A. Peple shuld keep digging int the histry f ancient myths.
B. Mre prducts assciated with Star Wars have been created.
C. Sme peple’s criticism f Star Wars made it less ppular than befre.
D. Star Wars is mre successful in the business field than in the entertainment field.
57. Why did Gerge Lucas invent Star Wars?
A. T break the ld rules and traditins f making films.
B. T appeal t the ptimistic yung men t pursue their dreams.
C. T encurage ther filmmakers t bring their wild ideas t life.
D. T ffer yung peple an as gd and healthy fantasy life as he had.
58. Star Wars can have such a great influence mainly because ______.
A. it meets peple’s pursuit fr a place t escape
B. it symblizes the beginning f the mdern myth
C. the special effects ffer amazing viewing experience
D. the main actrs in this film are very ppular amng the public
59. This passage is written t _____________.
A. inspire peple t be ptimistic and ideal
B. intrduce the basic infrmatin abut Star Wars
C. recmmend the talented writer-directr Gerge Lucas
D. criticize the fact that Star Wars is nt as well made as befre
(B)
Lking fr a career change? Check ut these uncnventinal ptins!
The Waterslide Tester
When the pl where he wrked as a lifeguard was clsed during the COVID-19 pandemic, Guillaume Pp tk jbs at varius ther pls that were virtually deserted. In ne vide n the scial platfrm, he pretended t be a “prfessinal waterslide tester”. Unexpectedly, Pp became a scial media sensatin. He was then hired t “test” slides and ther facilities at water parks and swimming pls all ver France. “It’s the best jb in the wrld,” declares Pp, whse vides have received 80 millin views. “I’m nt behind a desk. I’m active and utside in the sun. In fact, all the children tell me they want t be a waterslide tester!”
The Reindeer Herder
Finnish Lapland is hme t arund 200,000 wild reindeer. Anne Ollila, ne f the 4,000 wners f these animals, wrks in this harsh but beautiful regin with her big family. She gave up her jb as a scilgy researcher in 2010 t devte herself t reindeer herding full time. In summer, Ollila sleeps during the day and walks up t 12 miles a night thrugh marsh and frest, enduring all kinds f insects. In deepest winter there is little daylight. Grasslands are frzen and the reindeer mve int the frest fr prtectin. “Life here isn’t easy but it’s hw nature wrks,” says Ollila, “I lve the envirnment, the animals and the freedm. Als, I have a sense f belnging t smething bigger than me, t the chain f life thrugh the generatins.”
The Zmbie Trainer
Stevie Duglas, a 52-year-ld Sct, has taught peple hw t behave like all varieties f the undead. A big fan f hrrr mvies, Duglas nticed the zmbies he saw in films were ften uncnvincing. “Their mvement was pr and I thught I culd d better.” S, in 2012, he frmed ScareSctland t prvide zmbies fr films and events such as hrrr cnventins. A year later they started a zmbie training prgram, which tk ff when they received a request fr 300 zmbies fr a three-week-lng interactive prductin. “What we d is very specific.” says Duglas. Many peple enjy being frightened, and he’s happy t blige them.
60. What d the three peple intrduced in the passage abve have in cmmn?
A. Their jbs are dangerus, unstable and lw-paid.
B. Their jbs are well received thrughut the wrld.
C. They have great passin and pride in what they d.
D. They need prfessinal qualificatins t d their jb.
61. What des Guillaume Pp like mst abut his jb?
A. It has a sense f freedm.
B. It is full f vigr and energy.
C. It is what he has been ding fr decades.
D. It satisfies peple’s wishes t be frightened.
62. Wh is mst prbably interested in this passage?
A. Emplyees wh are cnsidering switching jbs.
B. Students wh are applying fr ideal universities.
C. Children wh are interested in unusual activities.
D. Graduates wh are deciding n their essay tpics.
(C)
The phrase “cin tss” is a classic equivalent t randmness. But since at least the 18th century, mathematicians have suspected that even fair cins tend t land n ne side slightly mre ften than the ther. Prving this tiny bias (偏见), hwever, wuld require hundreds f thusands f carefully recrded cin tsses, making labratry tests a nightmare.
František Bartš, currently a Ph.D. candidate at the University f Amsterdam, became fascinated by this challenge fur years ag. He culdn’t rund up enugh vlunteers t investigate it at first. “Nbdy was stupid enugh t spend a cuple f weekends tssing cins,” he says. But after he began his Ph.D. studies, he tried again, recruiting 47 vlunteers (many f them friends and fellw students) frm six cuntries. Multiple weekends f cin tssing later, the team had perfrmed 350,757 tsses, breaking the previus recrd f 40,000.
The tssed cins, accrding t previus findings, landed with the same side facing upward as befre the tss 50.8 percent f the time. The large number f thrws allws statisticians t cnclude that the nearly ne percent bias isn’t a fluke. “We can be quite sure there is a bias in cin tsses after this data set,” Bartš says.
The leading thery explaining the subtle advantage cmes frm a 2007 physics study by statistician Persi Diacnis and his clleagues, whse calculatins predicted a same-side bias f 51 percent. Frm the mment a cin is launched int the air, its entire path in the air — including whether it lands n heads r tails — can be calculated by the laws f mechanics. The researchers determined that cins in the air barely turn arund their symmetrical axis (对称轴); instead they tend t mve ff-center unsteadily, which causes them t spend a little mre time in the air with their initial “up” side n tp.
Fr day-t-day decisins, cin tsses are as gd as randm because a ne percent bias isn’t perceptible with just a few cin tsses, says anther statistician wh wasn’t invlved in the new research. Still, the study’s cnclusins shuld eliminate any dubt that still exists regarding the cin tss’s slim bias.
It isn’t difficult t prevent this bias frm influencing yur cin-tss matches; simply cncealing the cin’s starting psitin befre tssing it shuld d the trick. Alternatively, yu can d away with tssing altgether by shaking the cin between yur palms. But if yur friends are unaware f the tiny bias, yu may as well benefit frm yur slight advantage. After all, 51 percent dds beat a lt.
63. Why was it difficult t prve the tiny bias in cin tsses?
A. Because it required a large number f trials and lads f tests.
B. Because few scientists and researchers were interested in this tpic.
C. Because scientists lacked the ability and technique t cnduct this study.
D. Because previus researches failed many times and scientists lst cnfidence.
64. The meaning f the underlined wrd fluke in paragraph 3 mst prbably refers t smething that ____________.
A. happens by accidentB. can be planned in advance
C. ccurs under specific cnditinsD. can be gained by practice
65. What can we imply frm the last paragraph?
A. This ne percent bias matters little in real life.
B. We shuld rely n this ne percent bias t help us.
C. Thugh unnticeable, we may still take advantage f this bias.
D. Relying n the ne percent bias t win a cin-tss match is unfair.
66. What is the best title f this passage?
A. Risk-takers? Experts recmmend cin-tss matches.
B. Luck r Maths? Here’re sme tips n tssing cins.
C. Cin cllectrs? There’re stries behind each cin.
D. Heads r Tails? Research suggests it’s nt 50-50.
Sectin C
Directins: Read the fllwing passage. Fill in each blank with a prper sentence given in the bx. Each sentence can be used nly nce. Nte that there are tw mre sentences than yu need.
The yung lead new trends in cnsumptin market
With the pst-1990 generatin becming a vibrant (充满活力的) frce in sciety and the pst-2000 generatin gradually entering the wrkfrce, the purchasing pwer f the new generatin f cnsumers has been steadily grwing.
(67) _______________________ Grwing up in the internet era, the yung cnsumers generally have higher educatin levels and a brader glbal utlk, and cme frm a relatively strng ecnmic backgrund. As such, their cnsumptin behavir is different frm that f the earlier generatins.
In terms f cnsumptin pattern, nline shpping has becme the tp chice fr yung peple. Yung peple nt nly cmprise a cmparatively high percentage f internet users but als tend t shp nline. (68) _______________________ This makes them easily influenced by prduct prmtins and influencers n scial media.
And yet a trend tward ratinal cnsumptin has been grwing rapidly ver the past few years. (69) _______________________ Instead, they fcus mre n prduct quality and functinality. They tend t cmpare prducts and services, and d sme research befre making purchasing decisins, in rder t get the best ut f their purchase. Accrding t a study cnducted by the Scial Survey Center f China Yuth Daily, 90.1 percent f the 1,000 yung respndents said their cnsumptin decisin is based n the “spending where necessary and saving where pssible” principle. Besides, yung cnsumers seek mre persnalized and diversified prducts, reflecting their emtinal needs and increasing sense f self-wrth. (70) _____________________
When it cmes t brand cgnitin, yung cnsumers seem t favr dmestic prducts. Thanks t infrmatin nline, yung cnsumers n lnger blindly pursue freign brands and instead prefer lcal brands, highlighting their cnfidence in Chinese-made prducts. Frm Li-Ning, Anta t Warrir shes, dmestic brands in varius fields are being warmly welcmed by yung cnsumers.
IV. Summary Writing
Directins: Read the fllwing passage. Summarize the main idea and the main pint(s) f the passage in n mre than 60 wrds. Use yur wn wrds as far as pssible.
The ingredients f lve
In mdern times, finding lve seems mre central t peple’s lives. Then, researchers wnder, can lve, a highly valued emtinal state, be created?
T help determine the ingredients f attractin, ne research paired 164 cllege classmates and had them talk fr 3, 6 r 10 minutes t get a sense f each ther’s individuality. Then students were asked t predict what kind f relatinship they might build with their partners. After nine weeks, they reprted what happened. Reprts shwed their initial judgments ften held true. All these students seemed t distinguish at an early stage wh wuld best fit int their lives.
Scientists have als turned t nnhumans t increase understanding f attractin. Many animals give ff phermnes — natural chemicals that can be detected by, and then can prduce a respnse in, ther animals f the same species. Phermnes can signal that an animal is either ready t fight r is feeling pen t partnerships. In cntrast, humans d nt seem t be as gifted as ther animals at detecting such chemicals. Smell, hwever, des seem t play a part in human attractin. Althugh we may nt be aware f chemicals like phermnes cnsciusly, we give and receive lads f infrmatin thrugh smell in every interactin with ther peple.
Being fnd f smene seems t have a number f factrs, including seeing smething we find attractive. Researchers had peple judge faces fr attractiveness. The participants had 0.013 secnds t view each face, yet smehw they generally cnsidered the images the same as peple wh had mre time t study the same faces. The way we assess attractiveness seems t be smewhat autmatic. When shwn an attractive face and then wrds with gd r bad assciatins, peple respnded t psitive wrds faster after viewing an attractive face. Seeing smething attractive seems t cause happy thinking.
V. Translatin
Directins: Translate the fllwing sentences int English, using the wrds given in the brackets.
72. 中国文化产业充当着文化交流的桥梁。(act)
73. 滑雪的魅力在于追求速度，突破极限。(charm)
74. 消费复苏的初步迹象对资本市场有积极的影响。(initial)
75. 值得一提的是，这个城市的权力部门迅速而有效地解决游客的投诉，这被认为是成功的危机管理。(address)
VI. Guided Writing
Directins: Write an English cmpsitin in 120—150 wrds accrding t the instructins given belw in Chinese.
76. 假设你是明启中学的学生吴磊，你在英语一考中取得了118分的成绩，现在你正面临着是否参加6月份二考的选择，请谈谈你的想法。内容需包括：
1）说明你的选择；
2）阐述你的理由。
听力部分现在开始
I. Listening cmprehensin
Sectin A
Directins: In Sectin A, yu will hear ten shrt cnversatins between tw speakers. At the end f each cnversatin, a questin will be asked abut what was said. The cnversatins and the questins will be spken nly nce. After yu hear a cnversatin and questin abut it, read the fur pssible answers n yur paper, and decide which ne is the best answer t the questin yu have heard.
W: We have never been here befre. D yu have anything special t recmmend?
M: Well, madam, ur seafd pizza is really gd.
Q: Wh is mst prbably the man?
M: When des the next train leave fr Shanghai?
W: The train leaves every thirty minutes and the last train left ten minutes ag s yu wn’t
have t wait fr lng.
Q: Hw lng will the man have t wait?
M: I have a map f the campus, but I still can’t find the library with a sculpture exhibit in it.
Can yu tell me hw t get there?
W: That lks like an ld map. Fllw me. I’m ging that way myself.
Q: Where des the cnversatin mst prbably take place?
W: I can’t believe that I went thrugh the truble f arranging everything fr the party and then
n ne came.
M: Hw cme?
Q: Hw des the wman feel?
M: I’m s tired. I spent all last night thinking abut the graduatin speech I have t give next
week.
W: Cme n, yu will be fine. Just dn’t stress yurself ut.
Q: What des the wman suggest the man d?
W: I think I frgt my umbrella. Did yu ntice that it was raining utside?
M: Yeah, it is. And I just realize that I left my car windw pen.
Q: What will the man mst prbably d next?
W: What n earth did yu d t yur eye?
M: Oh, nthing. It lks a lt wrse than it feels.
Q: What des the man mean?
W: It’s all right t wear jeans fr a class presentatin, isn’t it?
M: That’s what I’m wearing. But if we wear jackets t, maybe we wn’t lk s casual.
Q: What is the man’s suggestin?
W: I hear that yu are wrking as a pizza deliverer this summer. It’s gt t be awfully ht riding
a bicycle all day t every crner f the twn.
M: Well, t tell the truth, but fr the pay, I culdn’t even wrk fr a day.
Q: What des the man imply?
M: Yu’ve sld yur car. Yu dn’t need ne?
W: Nt really. I’ve never liked driving anyway. Nw that we have mved t a place near the
subway, we can get abut quite cnveniently withut a car.
Q: What d we learn frm the cnversatin?
Sectin B
Directins: In Sectin B, yu will hear tw shrt passages and ne lnger cnversatin, and yu will be asked several questins n each f the passages and the cnversatin. The passages and the cnversatin will be read twice, but the questins will be spken nly nce. When yu hear a questin, read the fur pssible answers n yur paper and decide which ne wuld be the best answer t the questin yu have heard.
Questins 11 thrugh 13 are based n the fllwing passage.
Huge numbers f unknwn plants and animals are in danger. The Earth, accrding t varius estimates, supprts between 5 millin and 80 millin species. “Species,” says Dr Lvejy, “are disappearing befre we have a chance t learn hw they might benefit the rest f the wrld.”
Thusands f kinds f plants culd help feed a grwing wrld ppulatin. Abut fur ut f every ten medicines cme frm ingredients fund in plants. Sme animals als prvide medicines.
“It’s natural fr species t becme extinct ver millins f years,” says Dr Lvejy. What’s unnatural is that humans are speeding up the prcess many times ver.” Actually, humans have a great impact n ther living things that share the Earth. And peple are ding this in fur main ways: making the living places f wildlife less habitable, hunting excessively, intrducing new species that endanger native wildlife, and making the envirnment dirty and plluted. These activities affect all species in ne way r anther, because all life is intercnnected.
Is there time t prevent disaster? “Just barely,” say scientists. Wrldwide actin will be difficult and cstly. But scientists agree that actin must be taken quickly. Time is running ut.
(Nw listen again，please)
Questins:
11. What percentage f plants prvide medicines fr humans?
12. Which f the fllwing is nt respnsible fr the disappearing f wildlife?
13. What is the main purpse f the passage?
Questins 14 thrugh 16 are based n the fllwing passage.
During the seven years that I’ve been wrking with the aircraft parts marketing team, I’m familiar with each new prject assignment. I think it’s fair t say that I cntribute a lt mre value tday than I did abut seven years ag.
One reasn is that, with each technical prject, I bring mre technical knw-hw than I did befre. I make a cnscius effrt t learn frm past mistakes and successes and t make sure that each new prject benefits frm the lessns that I have learned in the previus nes.
Anther factr is leadership – the ability t lead trubled prjects t success. When ur Brazilian passenger aircraft prject was in truble last year, I stepped in. When distributin service prjects in Germany nearly fell thrugh this year, I stepped in. I think yu’re familiar with my nickname, “the fireman.” I’m the “g-t” guy wh gets called in t put ut fires and get trubled prjects ging again.
I culd g n, but I think yu get the picture. Business tday is abut creating value at all levels. And I’m all abut value.
S, I think yu’ll agree that I’m due fr a pay raise. Thank yu.
(Nw listen again，please)
Questins:
14. Why is the speaker called “the fireman”?
15. What can we learn abut the speaker?
16. Why des the speaker make the speech?
Questins 17 thrugh 20 are based n the fllwing cnversatin.
W: Mm. this cffee is really strng.
M: It is s strng. I like white cffee.
W: S d I. But I like black cffee tday. During my last class I was thinking abut cming here and culd almst taste the cffee.
M: Sunds like it wasn’t t interesting.
W: I was bred t death. I’m in that psychlgy class nly because it is a requirement s I have t stick it ut. The prblem is, the prfessr desn’t knw hw t aruse ur interest. She just walks in, gives us lectures and assignments. There is n discussin. D yu have any classes like that?
M: I have nly ne big lecture class—wrld histry—and the prfessr’s the best. It’s s appealing that I’m always n the edge f my seat. And when we have discussins, the rm is filled with electricity.
W: I’m jealus. It is s bad. I have already taken wrld histry.
M: Yu knw, ne day it ccurred t me that I was lucky t be in her class because I fund myself thinking a lt abut what she said. Did yu ever have a teacher like that?
W: I’d have t think abut it.
M: Yu shuld cme with me t class smetime, just t see what I mean. I guess what it really cmes dwn t is her enthusiasm fr the subject. I remember at the beginning f this semester; I was nt taking anything in schl very seriusly. I bmed the first histry test, but then I started really enjying schl, especially her class.
W: Yu have gt me really curius abut this teacher. I think I will visit yur class. When des it meet?
(Nw listen again，please)
Questins:
What are the tw speakers mainly talking abut?
Why des the wman take psychlgy curse?
In what way des the man’s wrld histry teacher impress him mst?
What des the wman plan t d?
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参考答案
Listening cmprehensin
1—10 BBACD ACCAC 11-13 CCA 14-16 DDA 17-20 BACD
Grammar
21. dug/ have dug 22. t explre 23. cnnecting 24. funded 25. where
26. As 27. frm 28. the ther 29. What 30. was marked
Vcabulary
31~40 KJAHI FGDCB
Clze
41~55 ADBADBABDC DDCBC
Reading
56~70BDAB CBA AACD EBAF
Summary
71. Researchers are studying what may create lve. One pssible factr is the first impressins when peple meet and talk t each ther, n matter hw lng the talk lasts. The secnd key is the smell, thrugh which peple get infrmatin abut thers, just like what animals d with phermnes. Last, gd appearance als matters and can cause psitive thinking.
Translatin
72. The Chinese cultural industry / China’s cultural industry acts as a bridge fr cultural exchanges.
73. The charm f skiing lies in pursuing speed and pushing ne’s limits (pushing beynd limits).
74. The initial signs f recvery in cnsumptin has a psitive effect n the capital market.
75. It is wrth mentining that the city authrities quickly and effectively addressed turists’ cmplaints, which is regarded/cnsidered/seen as successful crisis management.
Writing
76. 略
A. actually
B. amazed
C. breathtaking
D. critics
E. gradually
F. prize
G. reflectin
H. release
I. slid
J. standardize
K. switched
A. Yung cnsumers n lnger blindly chase trendy r luxury items.
B. They excel in using mbile devices and scial media fr getting infrmatin.
C. Their tendency t pay much leads t the develpment f prducts and services.
D. Their changing behavirs in cnsumptin have prmted high-quality prducts.
E. In fact, yung peple are slwly becming the main frce in the cnsumer market.
F. They are willing t pay fr prducts with unique features and innvative services.
（考试时间120分钟，总分140分） 2024年4月
I. Listening Cmprehensin
Sectin A
Directins: In Sectin A, yu will hear ten shrt cnversatins between tw speakers. At the end f each cnversatin, a questin will be asked abut what was said. The cnversatins and the questins will be spken nly nce. After yu hear a cnversatin and the questin abut it, read the fur pssible answers n yur paper, and decide which ne is the best answer t the questin yu have heard.
1.A. A shp assistant.B. A waiter. C. A receptinist. D. A travel agent.
2.A. 10 minutes.B. 20 minutes. C. 30 minutes.D. 40 minutes.
3.A. In a university.B. In a gallery. C. In a bkstre. D. In a library.
4.A. Happy.B. Exhausted. C. Disappinted. D. Curius.
5.A. Read the speech t her. B. Give a different speech.
C. Finish writing the speech. D. Stp wrrying abut the speech.
6. A. Get his car windw clsed. B. Lend his umbrella t the wman.
C. Brrw the wman’s car key. D. Listen t the weather frecast.
7. A. He’s nt feeling fine. B. He can’t see very well.
C. His eye desn’t hurt much. D. His eye isn’t healing quickly.
8. A. They need t dress similarly. B. The wman shuld avid jeans.
C. They had better dress frmally. D. The man is lking fr a new jacket.
9. A. The jb is well-paid.B. He has just wrked fr a day.
C. The weather is nt a prblem.D. He has truble riding a bicycle.
10. A. The wman sld her car because she hates driving.
B. The wman thinks it is nt cnvenient t drive a car.
C. The wman will be travelling by subway frm nw n.
D. The wman mved because she didn’t want t drive anymre.
Sectin B
Directins: In Sectin B, yu will hear tw shrt passages, and ne lnger cnversatin and yu will be asked several questins n each f the passages and the cnversatin. The passages and the cnversatin will be read twice, but the questins will be spken nly nce. When yu hear a questin, read the fur pssible answers n yur paper and decide which ne wuld be the best answer t the questin yu have heard.
Questins 11 thrugh 13 are based n the fllwing passage.
11.A. 5%.B. 80%.C. 40%.D. 10%.
12. A. Plluting the envirnment.
B. Destrying wildlife habitats.
C. Endangering new species.
D. Hunting t a great extent.
13. A. T appeal t peple t prtect wildlife.
B. T emphasize the imprtance f the Earth.
C. T describe different ways t stp pllutin.
D. T analyze the reasns fr wildlife’s disappearing.
Questins 14 thrugh 16 are based n the fllwing passage.
14.A. Because it is his nickname.
B. Because he is ften called t put ut fires.
C. Because he brings mre technical technlgy t each prject.
D. Because he is the ne wh gets called t address trubled prjects.
15.A. He cntributes mre value than thers.
B. He struggled t settle prblems but failed.
C. He interfered with the distributin service prjects.
D. He learns frm past mistakes and successes cnsciusly.
16.A. T ask fr a pay raise. B. T becme a fireman.
C. T be the team leader.D. T present a better image.
Questins 17 thrugh 20 are based n the fllwing cnversatin.
17.A. Black r white cffee. B. Their teachers in classes.
C. Wrld histry classes. D. The beginning f the semester.
18.A. She has t take the curse. B. She finds it interesting.
C. The prfessr gives gd instructins. D. There are many discussins.
19.A. She hlds big lectures. B. She takes her students seriusly.
C. She lves the subject s much. D. She gives a usual test in class.
20.A. Talk t the man’s teacher. B. Take anther histry curse.
C. Meet the man next day. D. G t the man’s wrld histry class.
II. Grammar and vcabulary
Sectin A
Directins: Read the fllwing passage. Fill in the blanks t make the passage cherent. Fr the blanks with a given wrd, fill in each blank with the prper frm f the given wrd. Fr the ther blanks, fill in each blank with ne prper wrd. Make sure that yur answers are grammatically crrect.
DNA analysis reveals tw waves f migratin
The results f the study, published in the Science Bulletin, revealed tw majr migratin waves in histry. In this pineering study, scientists frm Fudan University (21) ______ (dig) int the ancient DNA f individuals buried in Gansu prvince, revealing interesting insights int the genetic makeup f Hexi Crridr residents dating back ver 12 centuries. The research emplyed ancient DNA data (22) ______ (explre) human migratin alng the Hexi Crridr.
The Hexi Crridr, was a narrw yet crucial link (23) ______ (cnnect) the heartland f ancient China t the Western Territry. Characterized by its lfty muntains and deserts, the ancient pathway was dtted with cities (24) ______ (fund) alng shrt rivers.
Histrical dcuments attest (证实) t the Hexi Crridr’s significance as a crssrads (25)_______ Western and Eastern civilizatins mixed thrugh trade, religin and ccasinal cnflicts fllwing the establishment f the Silk Rad during the Han Dynasty.
(26) ______ technlgical advances in bilgy pen new avenues fr explratin, archaelgists are increasingly drawn t analyzing DNA samples. Led by Wen Shaqing frm Fudan University’s Institute f Archaelgical Science, the team successfully extracted DNA data (27) ______ the teeth and bnes fund at tw sites near Dunhuang.
The DNA analysis pinpinted tw utliers (异常样本) dating t the Wei Dynasty and the Tang. Further examinatin revealed ne had apprximately 50 percent western Eurasian ancestry and (28) ______ ______ 30 percent, suggesting the individuals were likely descendants f unins between western Eurasian wmen and lcal men.
(29) ______ the team cncluded was that the genetic mix culd be partially attributed t thse migratins. Experts said the secnd majr migratin perid (30) ______ (mark) by a significant shift in the gene pl. Histrical recrds say migratin facilitated by Chinese explrer Zhang Qian’s visit t the Western Territry frm 138 BC resulted in the creatin f the Silk Rad.
Sectin B
Directins: After reading the passage belw, fill in each blank with a prper wrd given in the bx. Each wrd can be used nly nce. Nte that there is ne wrd mre than yu need.
Will AI allw humans t play a part?
Rebecca used t have a regular jb, translating a fashin brand’s website int German. One day a big change happened. The cmpany (31) ______ t using machine translatin. She kept the jb, and it still paid the bills; hwever, she was nw there t check and (32) ______ whatever was prduced by the cmputer. But there was a cmplaint.
“What it meant, (33) ______, was that we humans were training a machine,” she says. Each crrected captin fr a mid-priced T-shirt, each pair f skinny jeans, was a data pint fr the rbt that was ging t replace her. With the (34) ______ f chat prgrams that can imitate humans, the wrld is nw beginning t cnsider what the cming f artificial intelligence means. What will it d fr ur jbs if many nce (35) ______ prfessins — law, accuntancy, medicine — disappear? What des it mean t be a human when the thing that humans mst (36) ______— intelligence — has becme the cheapest prduct n the planet? Translatrs, fr gd and ill, dn’t have t wnder. “Yu can take the wrld f translatrs and interpreters as a (37) ______ f the wrld,” says Nicki Bne, chairwman f the bard f the Institute f Translating and Interpreting. Nt all f them are adjusting. “Of curse, we have ur (38) ______,” but she adds, “There are als pprtunities, and ptimists.”
The speed f change, thugh, has been (39) ______. Increasingly, says Bne, she and her clleagues are acting as editrs f a machine’s first pass, rather than translatrs f the raw material.
Fr sme, that’s fine. “Peple will say, ‘OK, instead f wrking at ne rate fr this number f wrds per hur, I’m wrking at many mre wrds per hur, but fr a much lwer rate.’ Sme are happy t take n. Sme wn’t, as a matter f principle.”
As we are (40) ______ at ChatGPT and its great ability t imitate human writing, translatrs are, cmpared with the rest f the prfessins, sensitive. Anyway, this technlgy is here t stay.
III. Reading Cmprehensin
Sectin A
Directins: Fr each blank in the fllwing passage there are fur wrds r phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the wrd r phrase that best fits the cntext.
Sandhya Sriram is impatient. The stem-cell (干细胞) scientist wanted t put her knwledge t use, develping cultivated seafd. Yet n ne was ding that in Singapre. S fur years ag, she set up a cmpany t create lab-grwn crustacean (甲壳纲动物) meat. (41) ______, she registered her cmpany, Shik Meats in August 2018. “Nbdy was ding crustaceans,” says Sriram, Shik’s Grup CEO and c-funder. “What d Asians eat the mst? Seafd. It was a simple answer. And they’re s delicius.” A lifelng (42) ______, she had never tried real shrimp, but she sampled it the week she registered the cmpany.
Tday, the results f her (43) ______ can be seen at the headquarters f her cmpany. During a fall 2022 visit, a biprcess engineer lked int a micrscpe carefully. He had taken samples frm a bireactr in the rm next dr, where the cmpany is (44) ______ crustacean cells. Under the lens, he was checking t see if the cells were ready t harvest.
Shik Meats has already revealed shrimp, lbster, and crab prttypes (最初形态) t a select grup f tasters, and it plans t (45) ______ regulatry apprval t sell its lab-grwn shrimp by April 2023. That culd make it the first in the wrld t bring cultivated shrimp t diners, putting it at the leading psitin f the cultivated-meat (46) ______. As f this writing, nly ne cmpany has gained regulatry apprval t sell lab-grwn animal-prtein prducts: Eat Jus’s cultured chicken is (47) ______ but nly in Singapre. Shik Meats still needs t submit all the paperwrk necessary and get regulatry apprval, but the cmpany hpes t see its prducts in restaurants by mid-2024, ffering fdies a mre envirnmentally friendly ptin free f (48) ______ than crustaceans frm farms.
But even if that ambitius (49) ______ is met, it will likely be a while befre the average persn is eating cultivated crustaceans. It will require nt just regulatry apprval but als mre funding and a bigger factry, alng with (50) ______ cnsumers and gvernments arund the wrld t accept lab-grwn seafd.
“We’re at an interesting stage f a startup; it’s called the Valley f Death,” says Sriram. “We are in the space where we haven’t submitted fr regulatry apprval yet, but we’re lking t cmmercialize in the next tw years.” Nevertheless, the impatient entrepreneur is (51) ______. Sriram hpes t have the cmpany’s next manufacturing plant ready by the end f 2023, where a 500-liter and a 2,000-liter bireactr will be a majr (52) ______ frm its current 50- and 200-liter bireactrs. The gal is fr her prducts t enter the mainstream in Singapre in five t seven years.
(53) ______ these prducts culd help tackle sme f the envirnmental impacts f crustacean prductin. Organic waste, chemicals, and antibitics frm seafd farms can pllute grundwater. Shik Meats says the way it prduces crustacean meat minimizes animal cruelty, as grwing prtein in a lab helps avid (54) ______ animals. And cultivating shrimp clser t where it’s (55) ______ cuts emissins frm fishing-bat fuel and shipping prducts arund the wrld.
In a wrd, when science meets seafd, many wnderful things happen naturally.
41. A. Eagerly B. Hurriedly C. Incidentally D. Interestingly
42. A. dieter B. fdie C. taster D. vegetarian
43. A. disciplineB. enthusiasm C. discvery D. mindset
44. A. grwing B. investigating C. increasing D. targeting
45. A. accept B. adpt C. grant D. seek
46. A. farmB. raceC. sectinD. line
47.A. available B. affrdableC. cmpetitiveD. prfitable
48. A. additiveB. cruelty C. meat D. salt
49. A. guideline B. transfrmatin C. cnditin D. timeline
50. A. demanding B. directing C. persuading D. training
51. A. delightful B. insightful C. pen-minded D. ptimistic
52. A. difference B. emergenceC. sacrificeD. leap
53. A. Tracking B. Supervising C. Ppularizing D. Sampling
54.A. feeding B. killing C. mistreating D. trapping
55. A. captured B. strandedC. cnsumed D. prduced
Sectin B
Directins: Read the fllwing three passages. Each passage is fllwed by several questins r unfinished statements. Fr each f them there are fur chices marked A, B, C and D. Chse the ne that fits best accrding t the infrmatin given in the passage yu have just read.
(A)
There is n knwn date fr when the ancient Greeks r Rmans first shared their stries abut gds, mnsters and heres. But fr the mdern myth knwn as Star Wars, that date is May 25,1977, when the riginal mvie pened in theaters and kicked ff a glbal phenmenn that spanned films, TV shws, nvels, cmic bks, tys, lunchbxes, bed sheets and mre. Even tday, Star Wars remains an enduring tuchstne (检验标准) f pp culture. Critically praised r nt, the mvies cntinue t be a big hit.
And just as we knw when the mythlgy began, we als knw wh invented it: writer-directr Gerge Lucas. His inspiratin, he tld TIME in 1977, was “all the bks and films and cmics that I liked when I was a child… My main reasn fr making it was t give yung peple an hnest, whlesme fantasy life, the kind my generatin had.”
N ne culd predict just hw much Lucas’ creatin wuld catch n — nt even Lucas himself r the film’s star Mark Hamill, wh played yung her Luke Skywalker. “I had n idea it wuld be as successful as it was,” Hamill said in 2017, marking the riginal film’s 40th anniversary. “I just thught I wuld be a fan f this even if I weren’t invlved.”
Befre Lucas created Star Wars, he had an even mre ambitius gal — t blw up the ways f Old Hllywd. And he did. Star Wars intrduced a new era f mviemaking, ne that saw the develpment f amazing special effects and the tls t achieve them. After this legend, filmmakers felt free t bring their wildest ideas t life in ttally realistic ways that left audiences thrilled.
Why did Star Wars becme such a pwerful frce? Hamill credits its ability t satisfy the human need fr escapism. “Peple value the idea f ging away t sme happy place,” he said, “whether it’s Oz r Narnia r Middle Earth r Hgwarts. I think it appeals t children f all ages. It desn’t matter if yu’re 6 r 60. It appeals t the ptimistic yung idealism that I think every persn has, hwever buried it might be.”
56. What can we learn frm the first paragraph?
A. Peple shuld keep digging int the histry f ancient myths.
B. Mre prducts assciated with Star Wars have been created.
C. Sme peple’s criticism f Star Wars made it less ppular than befre.
D. Star Wars is mre successful in the business field than in the entertainment field.
57. Why did Gerge Lucas invent Star Wars?
A. T break the ld rules and traditins f making films.
B. T appeal t the ptimistic yung men t pursue their dreams.
C. T encurage ther filmmakers t bring their wild ideas t life.
D. T ffer yung peple an as gd and healthy fantasy life as he had.
58. Star Wars can have such a great influence mainly because ______.
A. it meets peple’s pursuit fr a place t escape
B. it symblizes the beginning f the mdern myth
C. the special effects ffer amazing viewing experience
D. the main actrs in this film are very ppular amng the public
59. This passage is written t _____________.
A. inspire peple t be ptimistic and ideal
B. intrduce the basic infrmatin abut Star Wars
C. recmmend the talented writer-directr Gerge Lucas
D. criticize the fact that Star Wars is nt as well made as befre
(B)
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When the pl where he wrked as a lifeguard was clsed during the COVID-19 pandemic, Guillaume Pp tk jbs at varius ther pls that were virtually deserted. In ne vide n the scial platfrm, he pretended t be a “prfessinal waterslide tester”. Unexpectedly, Pp became a scial media sensatin. He was then hired t “test” slides and ther facilities at water parks and swimming pls all ver France. “It’s the best jb in the wrld,” declares Pp, whse vides have received 80 millin views. “I’m nt behind a desk. I’m active and utside in the sun. In fact, all the children tell me they want t be a waterslide tester!”
The Reindeer Herder
Finnish Lapland is hme t arund 200,000 wild reindeer. Anne Ollila, ne f the 4,000 wners f these animals, wrks in this harsh but beautiful regin with her big family. She gave up her jb as a scilgy researcher in 2010 t devte herself t reindeer herding full time. In summer, Ollila sleeps during the day and walks up t 12 miles a night thrugh marsh and frest, enduring all kinds f insects. In deepest winter there is little daylight. Grasslands are frzen and the reindeer mve int the frest fr prtectin. “Life here isn’t easy but it’s hw nature wrks,” says Ollila, “I lve the envirnment, the animals and the freedm. Als, I have a sense f belnging t smething bigger than me, t the chain f life thrugh the generatins.”
The Zmbie Trainer
Stevie Duglas, a 52-year-ld Sct, has taught peple hw t behave like all varieties f the undead. A big fan f hrrr mvies, Duglas nticed the zmbies he saw in films were ften uncnvincing. “Their mvement was pr and I thught I culd d better.” S, in 2012, he frmed ScareSctland t prvide zmbies fr films and events such as hrrr cnventins. A year later they started a zmbie training prgram, which tk ff when they received a request fr 300 zmbies fr a three-week-lng interactive prductin. “What we d is very specific.” says Duglas. Many peple enjy being frightened, and he’s happy t blige them.
60. What d the three peple intrduced in the passage abve have in cmmn?
A. Their jbs are dangerus, unstable and lw-paid.
B. Their jbs are well received thrughut the wrld.
C. They have great passin and pride in what they d.
D. They need prfessinal qualificatins t d their jb.
61. What des Guillaume Pp like mst abut his jb?
A. It has a sense f freedm.
B. It is full f vigr and energy.
C. It is what he has been ding fr decades.
D. It satisfies peple’s wishes t be frightened.
62. Wh is mst prbably interested in this passage?
A. Emplyees wh are cnsidering switching jbs.
B. Students wh are applying fr ideal universities.
C. Children wh are interested in unusual activities.
D. Graduates wh are deciding n their essay tpics.
(C)
The phrase “cin tss” is a classic equivalent t randmness. But since at least the 18th century, mathematicians have suspected that even fair cins tend t land n ne side slightly mre ften than the ther. Prving this tiny bias (偏见), hwever, wuld require hundreds f thusands f carefully recrded cin tsses, making labratry tests a nightmare.
František Bartš, currently a Ph.D. candidate at the University f Amsterdam, became fascinated by this challenge fur years ag. He culdn’t rund up enugh vlunteers t investigate it at first. “Nbdy was stupid enugh t spend a cuple f weekends tssing cins,” he says. But after he began his Ph.D. studies, he tried again, recruiting 47 vlunteers (many f them friends and fellw students) frm six cuntries. Multiple weekends f cin tssing later, the team had perfrmed 350,757 tsses, breaking the previus recrd f 40,000.
The tssed cins, accrding t previus findings, landed with the same side facing upward as befre the tss 50.8 percent f the time. The large number f thrws allws statisticians t cnclude that the nearly ne percent bias isn’t a fluke. “We can be quite sure there is a bias in cin tsses after this data set,” Bartš says.
The leading thery explaining the subtle advantage cmes frm a 2007 physics study by statistician Persi Diacnis and his clleagues, whse calculatins predicted a same-side bias f 51 percent. Frm the mment a cin is launched int the air, its entire path in the air — including whether it lands n heads r tails — can be calculated by the laws f mechanics. The researchers determined that cins in the air barely turn arund their symmetrical axis (对称轴); instead they tend t mve ff-center unsteadily, which causes them t spend a little mre time in the air with their initial “up” side n tp.
Fr day-t-day decisins, cin tsses are as gd as randm because a ne percent bias isn’t perceptible with just a few cin tsses, says anther statistician wh wasn’t invlved in the new research. Still, the study’s cnclusins shuld eliminate any dubt that still exists regarding the cin tss’s slim bias.
It isn’t difficult t prevent this bias frm influencing yur cin-tss matches; simply cncealing the cin’s starting psitin befre tssing it shuld d the trick. Alternatively, yu can d away with tssing altgether by shaking the cin between yur palms. But if yur friends are unaware f the tiny bias, yu may as well benefit frm yur slight advantage. After all, 51 percent dds beat a lt.
63. Why was it difficult t prve the tiny bias in cin tsses?
A. Because it required a large number f trials and lads f tests.
B. Because few scientists and researchers were interested in this tpic.
C. Because scientists lacked the ability and technique t cnduct this study.
D. Because previus researches failed many times and scientists lst cnfidence.
64. The meaning f the underlined wrd fluke in paragraph 3 mst prbably refers t smething that ____________.
A. happens by accidentB. can be planned in advance
C. ccurs under specific cnditinsD. can be gained by practice
65. What can we imply frm the last paragraph?
A. This ne percent bias matters little in real life.
B. We shuld rely n this ne percent bias t help us.
C. Thugh unnticeable, we may still take advantage f this bias.
D. Relying n the ne percent bias t win a cin-tss match is unfair.
66. What is the best title f this passage?
A. Risk-takers? Experts recmmend cin-tss matches.
B. Luck r Maths? Here’re sme tips n tssing cins.
C. Cin cllectrs? There’re stries behind each cin.
D. Heads r Tails? Research suggests it’s nt 50-50.
Sectin C
Directins: Read the fllwing passage. Fill in each blank with a prper sentence given in the bx. Each sentence can be used nly nce. Nte that there are tw mre sentences than yu need.
The yung lead new trends in cnsumptin market
With the pst-1990 generatin becming a vibrant (充满活力的) frce in sciety and the pst-2000 generatin gradually entering the wrkfrce, the purchasing pwer f the new generatin f cnsumers has been steadily grwing.
(67) _______________________ Grwing up in the internet era, the yung cnsumers generally have higher educatin levels and a brader glbal utlk, and cme frm a relatively strng ecnmic backgrund. As such, their cnsumptin behavir is different frm that f the earlier generatins.
In terms f cnsumptin pattern, nline shpping has becme the tp chice fr yung peple. Yung peple nt nly cmprise a cmparatively high percentage f internet users but als tend t shp nline. (68) _______________________ This makes them easily influenced by prduct prmtins and influencers n scial media.
And yet a trend tward ratinal cnsumptin has been grwing rapidly ver the past few years. (69) _______________________ Instead, they fcus mre n prduct quality and functinality. They tend t cmpare prducts and services, and d sme research befre making purchasing decisins, in rder t get the best ut f their purchase. Accrding t a study cnducted by the Scial Survey Center f China Yuth Daily, 90.1 percent f the 1,000 yung respndents said their cnsumptin decisin is based n the “spending where necessary and saving where pssible” principle. Besides, yung cnsumers seek mre persnalized and diversified prducts, reflecting their emtinal needs and increasing sense f self-wrth. (70) _____________________
When it cmes t brand cgnitin, yung cnsumers seem t favr dmestic prducts. Thanks t infrmatin nline, yung cnsumers n lnger blindly pursue freign brands and instead prefer lcal brands, highlighting their cnfidence in Chinese-made prducts. Frm Li-Ning, Anta t Warrir shes, dmestic brands in varius fields are being warmly welcmed by yung cnsumers.
IV. Summary Writing
Directins: Read the fllwing passage. Summarize the main idea and the main pint(s) f the passage in n mre than 60 wrds. Use yur wn wrds as far as pssible.
The ingredients f lve
In mdern times, finding lve seems mre central t peple’s lives. Then, researchers wnder, can lve, a highly valued emtinal state, be created?
T help determine the ingredients f attractin, ne research paired 164 cllege classmates and had them talk fr 3, 6 r 10 minutes t get a sense f each ther’s individuality. Then students were asked t predict what kind f relatinship they might build with their partners. After nine weeks, they reprted what happened. Reprts shwed their initial judgments ften held true. All these students seemed t distinguish at an early stage wh wuld best fit int their lives.
Scientists have als turned t nnhumans t increase understanding f attractin. Many animals give ff phermnes — natural chemicals that can be detected by, and then can prduce a respnse in, ther animals f the same species. Phermnes can signal that an animal is either ready t fight r is feeling pen t partnerships. In cntrast, humans d nt seem t be as gifted as ther animals at detecting such chemicals. Smell, hwever, des seem t play a part in human attractin. Althugh we may nt be aware f chemicals like phermnes cnsciusly, we give and receive lads f infrmatin thrugh smell in every interactin with ther peple.
Being fnd f smene seems t have a number f factrs, including seeing smething we find attractive. Researchers had peple judge faces fr attractiveness. The participants had 0.013 secnds t view each face, yet smehw they generally cnsidered the images the same as peple wh had mre time t study the same faces. The way we assess attractiveness seems t be smewhat autmatic. When shwn an attractive face and then wrds with gd r bad assciatins, peple respnded t psitive wrds faster after viewing an attractive face. Seeing smething attractive seems t cause happy thinking.
V. Translatin
Directins: Translate the fllwing sentences int English, using the wrds given in the brackets.
72. 中国文化产业充当着文化交流的桥梁。(act)
73. 滑雪的魅力在于追求速度，突破极限。(charm)
74. 消费复苏的初步迹象对资本市场有积极的影响。(initial)
75. 值得一提的是，这个城市的权力部门迅速而有效地解决游客的投诉，这被认为是成功的危机管理。(address)
VI. Guided Writing
Directins: Write an English cmpsitin in 120—150 wrds accrding t the instructins given belw in Chinese.
76. 假设你是明启中学的学生吴磊，你在英语一考中取得了118分的成绩，现在你正面临着是否参加6月份二考的选择，请谈谈你的想法。内容需包括：
1）说明你的选择；
2）阐述你的理由。
听力部分现在开始
I. Listening cmprehensin
Sectin A
Directins: In Sectin A, yu will hear ten shrt cnversatins between tw speakers. At the end f each cnversatin, a questin will be asked abut what was said. The cnversatins and the questins will be spken nly nce. After yu hear a cnversatin and questin abut it, read the fur pssible answers n yur paper, and decide which ne is the best answer t the questin yu have heard.
W: We have never been here befre. D yu have anything special t recmmend?
M: Well, madam, ur seafd pizza is really gd.
Q: Wh is mst prbably the man?
M: When des the next train leave fr Shanghai?
W: The train leaves every thirty minutes and the last train left ten minutes ag s yu wn’t
have t wait fr lng.
Q: Hw lng will the man have t wait?
M: I have a map f the campus, but I still can’t find the library with a sculpture exhibit in it.
Can yu tell me hw t get there?
W: That lks like an ld map. Fllw me. I’m ging that way myself.
Q: Where des the cnversatin mst prbably take place?
W: I can’t believe that I went thrugh the truble f arranging everything fr the party and then
n ne came.
M: Hw cme?
Q: Hw des the wman feel?
M: I’m s tired. I spent all last night thinking abut the graduatin speech I have t give next
week.
W: Cme n, yu will be fine. Just dn’t stress yurself ut.
Q: What des the wman suggest the man d?
W: I think I frgt my umbrella. Did yu ntice that it was raining utside?
M: Yeah, it is. And I just realize that I left my car windw pen.
Q: What will the man mst prbably d next?
W: What n earth did yu d t yur eye?
M: Oh, nthing. It lks a lt wrse than it feels.
Q: What des the man mean?
W: It’s all right t wear jeans fr a class presentatin, isn’t it?
M: That’s what I’m wearing. But if we wear jackets t, maybe we wn’t lk s casual.
Q: What is the man’s suggestin?
W: I hear that yu are wrking as a pizza deliverer this summer. It’s gt t be awfully ht riding
a bicycle all day t every crner f the twn.
M: Well, t tell the truth, but fr the pay, I culdn’t even wrk fr a day.
Q: What des the man imply?
M: Yu’ve sld yur car. Yu dn’t need ne?
W: Nt really. I’ve never liked driving anyway. Nw that we have mved t a place near the
subway, we can get abut quite cnveniently withut a car.
Q: What d we learn frm the cnversatin?
Sectin B
Directins: In Sectin B, yu will hear tw shrt passages and ne lnger cnversatin, and yu will be asked several questins n each f the passages and the cnversatin. The passages and the cnversatin will be read twice, but the questins will be spken nly nce. When yu hear a questin, read the fur pssible answers n yur paper and decide which ne wuld be the best answer t the questin yu have heard.
Questins 11 thrugh 13 are based n the fllwing passage.
Huge numbers f unknwn plants and animals are in danger. The Earth, accrding t varius estimates, supprts between 5 millin and 80 millin species. “Species,” says Dr Lvejy, “are disappearing befre we have a chance t learn hw they might benefit the rest f the wrld.”
Thusands f kinds f plants culd help feed a grwing wrld ppulatin. Abut fur ut f every ten medicines cme frm ingredients fund in plants. Sme animals als prvide medicines.
“It’s natural fr species t becme extinct ver millins f years,” says Dr Lvejy. What’s unnatural is that humans are speeding up the prcess many times ver.” Actually, humans have a great impact n ther living things that share the Earth. And peple are ding this in fur main ways: making the living places f wildlife less habitable, hunting excessively, intrducing new species that endanger native wildlife, and making the envirnment dirty and plluted. These activities affect all species in ne way r anther, because all life is intercnnected.
Is there time t prevent disaster? “Just barely,” say scientists. Wrldwide actin will be difficult and cstly. But scientists agree that actin must be taken quickly. Time is running ut.
(Nw listen again，please)
Questins:
11. What percentage f plants prvide medicines fr humans?
12. Which f the fllwing is nt respnsible fr the disappearing f wildlife?
13. What is the main purpse f the passage?
Questins 14 thrugh 16 are based n the fllwing passage.
During the seven years that I’ve been wrking with the aircraft parts marketing team, I’m familiar with each new prject assignment. I think it’s fair t say that I cntribute a lt mre value tday than I did abut seven years ag.
One reasn is that, with each technical prject, I bring mre technical knw-hw than I did befre. I make a cnscius effrt t learn frm past mistakes and successes and t make sure that each new prject benefits frm the lessns that I have learned in the previus nes.
Anther factr is leadership – the ability t lead trubled prjects t success. When ur Brazilian passenger aircraft prject was in truble last year, I stepped in. When distributin service prjects in Germany nearly fell thrugh this year, I stepped in. I think yu’re familiar with my nickname, “the fireman.” I’m the “g-t” guy wh gets called in t put ut fires and get trubled prjects ging again.
I culd g n, but I think yu get the picture. Business tday is abut creating value at all levels. And I’m all abut value.
S, I think yu’ll agree that I’m due fr a pay raise. Thank yu.
(Nw listen again，please)
Questins:
14. Why is the speaker called “the fireman”?
15. What can we learn abut the speaker?
16. Why des the speaker make the speech?
Questins 17 thrugh 20 are based n the fllwing cnversatin.
W: Mm. this cffee is really strng.
M: It is s strng. I like white cffee.
W: S d I. But I like black cffee tday. During my last class I was thinking abut cming here and culd almst taste the cffee.
M: Sunds like it wasn’t t interesting.
W: I was bred t death. I’m in that psychlgy class nly because it is a requirement s I have t stick it ut. The prblem is, the prfessr desn’t knw hw t aruse ur interest. She just walks in, gives us lectures and assignments. There is n discussin. D yu have any classes like that?
M: I have nly ne big lecture class—wrld histry—and the prfessr’s the best. It’s s appealing that I’m always n the edge f my seat. And when we have discussins, the rm is filled with electricity.
W: I’m jealus. It is s bad. I have already taken wrld histry.
M: Yu knw, ne day it ccurred t me that I was lucky t be in her class because I fund myself thinking a lt abut what she said. Did yu ever have a teacher like that?
W: I’d have t think abut it.
M: Yu shuld cme with me t class smetime, just t see what I mean. I guess what it really cmes dwn t is her enthusiasm fr the subject. I remember at the beginning f this semester; I was nt taking anything in schl very seriusly. I bmed the first histry test, but then I started really enjying schl, especially her class.
W: Yu have gt me really curius abut this teacher. I think I will visit yur class. When des it meet?
(Nw listen again，please)
Questins:
What are the tw speakers mainly talking abut?
Why des the wman take psychlgy curse?
In what way des the man’s wrld histry teacher impress him mst?
What des the wman plan t d?
(听力测试到此结束，请继续答题。)
参考答案
Listening cmprehensin
1—10 BBACD ACCAC 11-13 CCA 14-16 DDA 17-20 BACD
Grammar
21. dug/ have dug 22. t explre 23. cnnecting 24. funded 25. where
26. As 27. frm 28. the ther 29. What 30. was marked
Vcabulary
31~40 KJAHI FGDCB
Clze
41~55 ADBADBABDC DDCBC
Reading
56~70BDAB CBA AACD EBAF
Summary
71. Researchers are studying what may create lve. One pssible factr is the first impressins when peple meet and talk t each ther, n matter hw lng the talk lasts. The secnd key is the smell, thrugh which peple get infrmatin abut thers, just like what animals d with phermnes. Last, gd appearance als matters and can cause psitive thinking.
Translatin
72. The Chinese cultural industry / China’s cultural industry acts as a bridge fr cultural exchanges.
73. The charm f skiing lies in pursuing speed and pushing ne’s limits (pushing beynd limits).
74. The initial signs f recvery in cnsumptin has a psitive effect n the capital market.
75. It is wrth mentining that the city authrities quickly and effectively addressed turists’ cmplaints, which is regarded/cnsidered/seen as successful crisis management.
Writing
76. 略
A. actually
B. amazed
C. breathtaking
D. critics
E. gradually
F. prize
G. reflectin
H. release
I. slid
J. standardize
K. switched
A. Yung cnsumers n lnger blindly chase trendy r luxury items.
B. They excel in using mbile devices and scial media fr getting infrmatin.
C. Their tendency t pay much leads t the develpment f prducts and services.
D. Their changing behavirs in cnsumptin have prmted high-quality prducts.
E. In fact, yung peple are slwly becming the main frce in the cnsumer market.
F. They are willing t pay fr prducts with unique features and innvative services.
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