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本卷卷面总分100分，考试时间为90分钟。
I. Listening Cmprehensin (20)
Sectin A (10)
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. Interesting. B. Exciting. C. Disappinting D. Tuching
2. A. $9. B. $6. C. $4. D. $8.
3. A. Mther and child. B. Manager and custmer.
C. Nurse and child. D. Bss and clerk.
4. A. Mike has changed his schedule. B. The plane has already landed.
C. Mike is unlikely t cme. D. The plane will prbably arrive late.
5. A. Attend a lecture. B. Visit her sister. C. G skating. D. G t the library.
6. A. A pleasant hliday. B. A bad accident
C. The man’s luck. D. The man’s attitude.
7. A. He verdid his part. B. He played his part quite well.
C He was nt dramatic enugh. D. He perfrmed better than the secretary.
8. A. Heavy traffic. B. Leaving hme a bit late.
C. Giving help t an ld man. D. A car accident.
9. A. She is at an interview fr a jb. B. She has applied fr a schlarship.
C. She wrks as an engineer. D. She graduated frm university with hnrs.
10. A. Teaching her sn by herself. B. Asking the teacher fr extra help.
C. Having cnfidence in her sn. D. Telling her sn nt t wrry.
Sectin B (10)
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. Because peple need fresh vegetables all year rund
B. Because vegetable farms d gd t the envirnment
C. Because it des nt cst much t set up vegetable farms
D. Because vegetable farms make mney quickly.
12. A. In sil. B. On trees. C. In water. D. On the grund.
13. A. The gurds (葫芦) are different in size and taste.
B. The gurds are different in taste and shape.
C. The gurds are different in shape and clr.
D. The gurds are different in size and shape.
Questins 14 thrugh 16 are based n the fllwing passage.
14. A. It has been ppular in Lndn.
B The gds in the shp are free fr everyne in Lndn.
C. Custmers can try it nce a mnth.
D. Custmers can get abut E250 wrth f gds every mnth.
15. A. They need t pay E250 fr their annual membership.
B. They need t cnduct surveys amng friends fr the shp.
C. They need t help prmte the prducts.
D. They need t cmplete a 10-pint questinnaire.
16. A. T help imprve the prducts and build brand lyalty.
B. T raise peple’s living standards.
C. T sell gds at a lw price but in large quantities.
D. T draw the attentin f gvernment fficials.
Questins 17 thrugh 20 are based n the fllwing cnversatin.
17. A. His health is getting wrse. B. He can n lnger wrk at sea.
C. His wife passed away last year. D. He isn’t qualified as a mdel.
18. A. She has made lts f mney as a dctr B. She is ging t take care f her ld dad.
C. She has never gt n with her father. D. She is kind and generus by nature.
19. A. A dctr. B. A physicist. C. A mdel. D. A teacher.
20. A. He dines ut with his wife every weekend.
B. He is excellent but lks bad-tempered.
C. He des nt care abut his appearance.
D. He is a little careless and lazy in his wrk.
Ⅱ. Grammar and Vcabulary (20)
Sectin A (10)
Directins: After reading the passage belw, fill in the blanks t make the passage cherent and grammatically crrect. Fr the blanks with a given wrd, fill in each blank with the prper frm f the given wrd; fr the ther blanks, use ne wrd that best fits each blank.
A plice training academy in Lianing prvince is lking fr permanent hmes fr ver 50 canines (警犬) that failed the exam t jin the fficial canine team.
The 54 dgs, mst f ____1____ did nt qualify t wrk with the plice team, will be auctined (拍卖) n July 7. The animals were cnsidered unfit fr the frce ___2___ nt meeting the plice’s strict size, strength, persnality, r age requirements.
Accrding t the auctin’s rules, the starting bid fr each dg is 200 yuan but participants ___3___ first watch a vide abut their favured animal befre being able t bid (出价) . They are als required t take them hme the same day and sign a written cmmitment ___4___ (state) that they will fllw the lcal regulatins and will nt resell the dgs r transfer wnership.
“The wner must treat the adpted dg kindly and feed and manage it prperly ___5___ its natural death, and shulder full respnsibility ___6___ they fail t fulfill this prmise,” the annuncement reads.
On its website, details f the animals ___7___ (dwnlad) ver 60, 000 times, while the web page has attracted ver 150, 000 views.
Fllwing the attentin ___8___ (draw) nline, a plice fficer reminds peple ___9___ (fllw) lcal guidelines n raising these breeds. He says sme cities d nt allw peple t keep large-sized dgs, while ____10____ require dgs t be micr chipped fr “civilized dg-raising”. In shrt, d nt be ht-headed. Think carefully befre yu bid.
Sectin B (10)
Directins: Cmplete the fllwing passage by using the wrds in the bx. Each wrd can nly be used nce. Nte that there is ne wrd mre than yu need.
The Best Cmpany t Wrk Fr
Every year, Frtune magazine publishes a list f the “100 Best Cmpanies t Wrk Fr”. Hwdes the magazine chse the cmpanies? Firstly, it uses a survey: 350 emplyees answer 57 questins abut their cmpany. Secndly, Frtune lks at imprtant ___11___ f cmpanies: fr example, pay, benefits, and cmmunicatin between wrkers and management. Finally, the magazine must ___12___ the results t find its Tp 100.
Wegmans Fd Markets, which ranks N. 1 n the list, has a mtt (座右铭) , “Emplyees first, custmers secnd”, and it is als ne f the 50 largest private cmpanies in the US, with annual sales f $3. 6 billin, accrding t Frbes magazine. Apparently, being gd t yur emplyees is n ___13___ t making mney.
Hw much f Wegmans’ success is due t the cmpany’s plicies? “Up t a pint, the success is because f the freedm they give us,” says ne emplyee. “On the ther hand, n cmpany gets rich just by nt being ___14___ t its emplyees. Wegmans has great marketing strategies and it’s ___15___ within the cmmunity. I’ve been here fr 15 years. Lking back, I’d say that the cmpany’s ___16___ fr custmers’ benefits, such as the Shppers’ Club electrnic discunt prgramme in the 1990s, have been just as imprtant as the benefits t staff.”
But the emplyee benefits are ___17___. Fundamentally, Wegmans believes in ___18___ develpment. As well as schlarships, the cmpany gives its emplyees business pprtunities. Fr years, ne emplyee made delicius ckies fr her clleagues. She ___19___ started selling the ckies in Wegmans. ‘I just asked the manager,’ she says. ‘While lking back, I think I shuld have asked earlier. I culd have made mre mney!’
The staff’s freedm t make decisins is anther thing yu wn’t find everywhere. Essentially, Wegmans wants its wrkers t d almst anything t ____20____ the custmers. Believe it r nt, an emplyee nce cked a Thanksgiving turkey in the stre fr a custmer because the wman’s turkey, bught in Wegmans, was t big fr her ven.
Ⅲ. Reading Cmprehensin (37)
Sectin A (15)
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.
“Lk bth ways befre yu crss the street! Lk left, right and left again!” These classic childhd ___21___ lessns are passed n frm generatin t generatin. Yet traffic accidents remain ne f the mst cmmn ___22___ f injuries and deaths fr children arund the wrld.
Past studies have fund that yungsters are less gd at ___23___ rad dangers than adults, but Anat Meir, a lecturer in industrial engineering and management at Ben-Gurin University f the Negeve and the Hln Institute f Technlgy in Israel, wanted t decide exactly which behavirs lead t accidents, with the gal f finding ways t ___24___ them.
T d that withut putting anyne in danger, she turned t virtual reality. In 2019 Meir and her clleagues simulated (模拟) 18 streets in Israel and used an eye-tracking device t study hw 46 adults and children (ranging in age frm seven t 13) evaluated when it was safe t crss. Children aged seven t nine, they fund, exhibited the least ___25___ when crssing, typically deciding t step int the virtual rad with little r n hesitatin, even when their field f visin was limited. “We had parents lking n wh were saying, ‘Ww, I cannt believe my child just crssed there!” Meir says.” It caused them t ___26___ their child’s rad-crssing abilities.” The lder children did nt perfrm much ___27___ , thugh fr different reasns. They ften stayed n the curb (路缘) fr an imprper amunt f time— a (n) ___28___ that they are less able t distinguish between safe and dangerus situatins than adults— and in interviews did nt express an understanding f hw ___29___ such as car speed and field f visin affect crssing safety.
Sme ____30____ d seem t imprve crssing success. In Meir’s mst recent study, described in Accident Analysis & Preventin, tw dzen seven- t nine-year-lds experienced 40 minutes f danger-detectin training. Afterward, Meir and her clleagues ____31____ trainees’ and cntrl kids’ perfrmances in the virtual rad-crssing task. The children wh ____32____ safety instructins were significantly better at crssing than the cntrl subjects.
Next Meir and plicy makers aim t figure ut hw t ____33____ these findings t the real wrld. “These results are imprtant because yu cannt find slutins withut a (n) ____34____ f the prblem,” says Jseph Kearney, a prfessr f cmputer science at the University f Iwa. “Nw it’s up t peple t determine hw they can develp ____35____ prgrams fr children and fr parents abut gd rad-crssing habits.”
21. A. visinB. scienceC. safetyD. educatin
22. A. surcesB. cnclusinsC. levelsD. results
23. A. simplifyingB. identifyingC. presentingD. designing
24. A. perfrmB. ignreC. crrectD. define
25. A. cautinB. interestC. emtinD. relief
26. A. remveB. recallC. reinventD. reassess
27. A. wrseB. betterC. mre quicklyD. mre slwly
28. A. decisinB. indicatinC. predictinD. instructin
29. A. examplesB. ideasC. factrsD. insights
30. A. suspicinsB. bservatinsC. permissinsD. measures
31 A. cmbinedB. limitedC. cmparedD. separated
32. A. designedB. revealedC. emphasizedD. received
33. A. predictB. questinC. applyD. declare
34. A. preventingB. develpingC. imaginingD. understanding
35. A. testingB. learningC. trainingD. selling
Sectin B (14)
Directins: Read the fllwing tw 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)
I used t think my little crner f urban England was smewhere I culd get away frm the stress and strain f mdern-day life — until they mved in next dr. There are tw f them. They are white, wlly and prbably have sharp teeth as well as lud bark. But every time their cnstant barking interrupts my sleep, I remind myself that, in many respects, I am lucky. The neighbrs dn’t hld all-night parties, nr d they shut r thrw crckery at each ther, and thugh their dgs may bark, they dn’t bite.
Accrding t a recent cnsumer magazine reprt n “nightmare neighbrs”, dgs are the fifth mst cmmn surce f bad relatins between neighbrs. Nise f any descriptin heads the list f cmplaints, fllwed by DIY enthusiasts, parking quarrelling, and arguments ver huse extensins.
S what alternatives are there? One is t take legal actin. But this can be time-cnsuming and expensive and des nthing t imprve already difficult relatinships. The ther alternatives are t sell up and g, r t try t reach a slutin with the help f smene neutral. Mediatin UK— the United Natins equivalent f garden fence cnflicts — was set in 1984 t help reslve cmmunity disagreements.
In mst cases, the lack f cmmunicatin is fund the main cause f cnflict. David Natin f Plymuth Mediatin pints t pr public husing and widespread unemplyment as additinal factrs. He als reprts mre cases f cmplaints frm peple wh live in flats. Large huses built in the nineteenth century and designed as single-ccupatin family hmes have, he says, been changed int flats with little r n attentin t sund insulatin. Dividing walls are paper thin and hardly blck ut sund at all.
Buyers can als be put ff by the external appearance f neighbring huses. Anything frm wild, uncared fr gardens t unusual external clr schemes can put ff buyers — even thugh the ffending prperty is next dr. But it culd be wrse. Jhn Gladden, f Nrbury in Surrey upset his neighbrs in St Oswald’s Rad by munting a huge fish in fiberglass (玻璃纤维) and putting it n the rf f his huse. The lcal cuncil argued that he shuld have gt planning permissin; residents thught the fish did nthing t imprve the appearance f the neighbrhd, and war brke ut. Sightseers pured in and hmes near the suburban prperty can nw be hard t sell.
36. Why desn’t the writer like her next-dr neighbr’s dgs?
A. They wake her up.B. They smetimes bark.
C. They are aggressive.D. They remind her f sheep.
37. What des “it” in the last paragraph refer t?
A. the clr schemeB. the gardenC. the situatinD. the huse
38. The purpse f this passage is t _______.
A. infrm peple what t d if they have prblems with their neighbrs
B. describe the writer’s wn prblems with her neighbrs.
C. illustrate the types and causes f prblems between neighbrs
D. explain the activities f the rganizatin Mediatin UK
(B)
Visitrs t HENN-NA, a restaurant utside Nagasaki, Japan, are greeted by an dd sight: their fd being prepared by a rw f humanid rbts that lk like the Terminatr. H. I. S., the cmpany that runs the restaurant, as well as a nearby htel where rbts check guests int their rms and help with their luggage, turned t autmatin partly ut f necessity. Japan’s ppulatin is shrinking, and its ecnmy is bming; the unemplyment rate is nly 2.8 percent. “Using rbts makes a lt f sense in a cuntry like Japan,” said CEO Hide Sawada.
Sawada predicts that 70 percent f the jbs at Japan’s htels will be autmated in the next five years. “It takes abut a year t tw t get yur mney back,” he said. “But since yu can wrk them 24 hurs a day, and they dn’t need vacatin, eventually it’s mre cst-efficient t use the rbt.”
This may seem like a visin f the future best suited—perhaps nly suited—t Japan. But accrding t Michael Chui, a partner at the McKinsey Glbal Institute, many tasks in the fd-service and accmmdatin industry are exactly the kind that are easily autmated. Chui’s latest research estimates that 54 percent f the tasks wrkers perfrm in American restaurants and htels culd be autmated using currently available technlgies.
The rbts, in fact, are already here. Chwbtics, a cmpany in Redwd City, Califrnia, manufactures Sally, a bxy rbt that prepares salads rdered n a tuch screen. Btlr, a rbt butler, nw brings guests extra twels and tiletries in dzens f htels arund the cuntry.
This seems t be wrrying. America’s ecnmy isn’t develping nearly as smthly as Japan’s, and ne f the few bright spts in recent years has been emplyment in restaurants and htels, which have added mre jbs than almst any ther industry. That grwth, in fact, has helped dull the blw that autmatin has delivered t ther industries. The fd-service and accmmdatin industry nw emplys 13. 7 millin American. Since 2013, it has accunted fr mre jbs than manufacturing.
These new psitins nce seemed safe frm rbts because they required a human tuch in a way that manufacturing r mining jbs did nt. When rdering a cffee r checking int a htel, human beings want t interact with ther human beings—r s we thught. The cmpanies bringing rbts int the service industry are betting that we’ll be happy t trade ur relatinship with rbtic waiters r clerks fr greater efficiency. They’re als cnfident that adding rbts wn’t necessarily mean cutting human jbs.
39. Accrding t the writer, why was it partly ut f necessity that H. I. S. turned t autmatin?
A. It’s hard t find emplyees in Japan.
B. The Japanese are used t using rbts.
C. Rbtic technlgy is advanced in Japan.
D. Japan’s ecnmy develps less fast than expected.
40. Accrding t Michael Chui, which f the fllwing statements is true?
A. It is n easy jb t autmate tasks in the htel industry.
B. Restaurant wrkers can be easily replaced by rbts.
C. Technlgies need upgrading t pave the way fr rbtic waiters.
D. Rbts nw perfrm 54% f the tasks in American restaurants and htels.
41 Why des the autmatin in American restaurants and htels seem wrrying?
A. The manufacturing industry is waiting t be autmated.
B. America’s ecnmy is develping at an unexpected rate.
C. Autmatin has already had a negative effect n the service industry.
D. These tw industries cntribute much t America’s emplyment rate.
42. It can be inferred that cmpanies bringing rbts int the service industry think that ________.
A. the human tuch may nt matter that much
B. prfit is mre imprtant than custmer satisfactin
C. manufacturing r mining jbs require human interactin
D. rbts will rb humans f their jbs at the cst f efficiency
Sectin C (8)
Directins: Cmplete the fllwing passage by using the sentences given belw. Each sentence can be used nly nce. Nte that there are tw mre sentences than yu need.
Despite the fact that American cmpanies have been “glbal” fr a very lng time nw, many peple tday inside cmpanies still misunderstand cultural differences. They misperceive ptential freign-brn wrkers, fr example, as t “shy” r nt “cnfident” enugh. ____43____
In many cultures, it is just nt apprpriate t make small talk with smene yu dn’t knw, especially smene abve yu in the crprate level. ____44____ Fr example, if yu express yur lyalty t a particular team withut knwing that f yur clleagues, yu might put them in the uncmfrtable psitin f having t either cnceal their wn preference r express smething that cnflicts with yurs. S, yu can imagine hw challenging it can be fr smene frm a nn-small talk culture t try t fit int a US crprate setting.
In additin, the US is basically a “straight-shter (坦率的人)” style culture, where it is cultural valued t tell it like it is. But this isn’t necessarily true wrldwide. Fr example, in Japan, peple prefer t cmmunicate indirectly, especially when it cmes t a sensitive tpic. T avid accidentally damaging a relatinship, peple apprach prblems thrugh subtle hints r general statements. If smene were t directly state a prblem, it wuld make them lk ungraceful, immature, and untrustwrthy. ____45____
Americans tend t be relatively infrmal in a business cntext. ____46____ Many cultures are quite frmal, especially when interacting with superirs. In general, Indian culture, fr example, is very frmal. Indians typically greet their elders and superirs by title (Sir, Mr. , Dr. , Prfessr) and never by their first name. This is als the case at the university, where students act with extreme levels f respect twards their prfessrs.
The abve discussin just hits the tip f the iceberg f the different cultural misinterpretatins in crprate America. Fr American emplyers t succeed in selecting, training, inspiring and keeping their tp freign-brn talent, it is high time that they started taking accunt f these cultural differences in their leadership selectin prcess.
A. There is a significant prblem in crprate America tday with freign wrkers.
B. In fact, many peple are quite surprised at the level f infrmality in American businesses.
C. Smene wh avids making small talk can be seen as unfriendly r nt a team player.
D. Hwever, in reality, with a mderate amunt f training, these high-perfrming individuals culd be crprate leaders f tmrrw.
E. It can als be implite and even dangerus t penly express yur pinin.
F. But frm the perspective f American culture, this mre indirect style appears as if smene is “hiding” the truth.
IV. Translatin (3+3+3+4=13)
Directins: Translate the fllwing sentences int English, using the wrds given in the brackets.
47. 因为缺乏资金，这个投资项目可能要推迟了。 (likely) (汉译英)
48. 理解一部小说，是需要些背景知识以及耐心的。 (invlve) (汉译英)
49. 很多学生直到高中毕业了才意识到没有好好利用学校的图书馆。 (It) (汉译英)
50. 成天看短视频不但占据我们的宝贵时间还会让我们接触到很多负面新闻，这对我们的心理健康是有害的。 (nt nly... ) (汉译英)
V. Guided Writing (10)
51. Directins: Write an English cmpsitin in 120-150 wrds accrding t the instructins given belw in Chinese.
明启中学将举办一次校园摄影展，拟采用线下布展(校图书馆)或者线上布展(校园网站)的方式。请谈谈你的选择，说明做此选择的理由。(提示：可从体验感、互动性、影响力等方面进行分析)
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A. literally B. innvatins C. eventually D. prfessinal E. examine
F. features G. barrier H. mean I. please J. impressive K. well-psitined
本卷卷面总分100分，考试时间为90分钟。
I. Listening Cmprehensin (20)
Sectin A (10)
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. Interesting. B. Exciting. C. Disappinting D. Tuching
2. A. $9. B. $6. C. $4. D. $8.
3. A. Mther and child. B. Manager and custmer.
C. Nurse and child. D. Bss and clerk.
4. A. Mike has changed his schedule. B. The plane has already landed.
C. Mike is unlikely t cme. D. The plane will prbably arrive late.
5. A. Attend a lecture. B. Visit her sister. C. G skating. D. G t the library.
6. A. A pleasant hliday. B. A bad accident
C. The man’s luck. D. The man’s attitude.
7. A. He verdid his part. B. He played his part quite well.
C He was nt dramatic enugh. D. He perfrmed better than the secretary.
8. A. Heavy traffic. B. Leaving hme a bit late.
C. Giving help t an ld man. D. A car accident.
9. A. She is at an interview fr a jb. B. She has applied fr a schlarship.
C. She wrks as an engineer. D. She graduated frm university with hnrs.
10. A. Teaching her sn by herself. B. Asking the teacher fr extra help.
C. Having cnfidence in her sn. D. Telling her sn nt t wrry.
Sectin B (10)
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. Because peple need fresh vegetables all year rund
B. Because vegetable farms d gd t the envirnment
C. Because it des nt cst much t set up vegetable farms
D. Because vegetable farms make mney quickly.
12. A. In sil. B. On trees. C. In water. D. On the grund.
13. A. The gurds (葫芦) are different in size and taste.
B. The gurds are different in taste and shape.
C. The gurds are different in shape and clr.
D. The gurds are different in size and shape.
Questins 14 thrugh 16 are based n the fllwing passage.
14. A. It has been ppular in Lndn.
B The gds in the shp are free fr everyne in Lndn.
C. Custmers can try it nce a mnth.
D. Custmers can get abut E250 wrth f gds every mnth.
15. A. They need t pay E250 fr their annual membership.
B. They need t cnduct surveys amng friends fr the shp.
C. They need t help prmte the prducts.
D. They need t cmplete a 10-pint questinnaire.
16. A. T help imprve the prducts and build brand lyalty.
B. T raise peple’s living standards.
C. T sell gds at a lw price but in large quantities.
D. T draw the attentin f gvernment fficials.
Questins 17 thrugh 20 are based n the fllwing cnversatin.
17. A. His health is getting wrse. B. He can n lnger wrk at sea.
C. His wife passed away last year. D. He isn’t qualified as a mdel.
18. A. She has made lts f mney as a dctr B. She is ging t take care f her ld dad.
C. She has never gt n with her father. D. She is kind and generus by nature.
19. A. A dctr. B. A physicist. C. A mdel. D. A teacher.
20. A. He dines ut with his wife every weekend.
B. He is excellent but lks bad-tempered.
C. He des nt care abut his appearance.
D. He is a little careless and lazy in his wrk.
Ⅱ. Grammar and Vcabulary (20)
Sectin A (10)
Directins: After reading the passage belw, fill in the blanks t make the passage cherent and grammatically crrect. Fr the blanks with a given wrd, fill in each blank with the prper frm f the given wrd; fr the ther blanks, use ne wrd that best fits each blank.
A plice training academy in Lianing prvince is lking fr permanent hmes fr ver 50 canines (警犬) that failed the exam t jin the fficial canine team.
The 54 dgs, mst f ____1____ did nt qualify t wrk with the plice team, will be auctined (拍卖) n July 7. The animals were cnsidered unfit fr the frce ___2___ nt meeting the plice’s strict size, strength, persnality, r age requirements.
Accrding t the auctin’s rules, the starting bid fr each dg is 200 yuan but participants ___3___ first watch a vide abut their favured animal befre being able t bid (出价) . They are als required t take them hme the same day and sign a written cmmitment ___4___ (state) that they will fllw the lcal regulatins and will nt resell the dgs r transfer wnership.
“The wner must treat the adpted dg kindly and feed and manage it prperly ___5___ its natural death, and shulder full respnsibility ___6___ they fail t fulfill this prmise,” the annuncement reads.
On its website, details f the animals ___7___ (dwnlad) ver 60, 000 times, while the web page has attracted ver 150, 000 views.
Fllwing the attentin ___8___ (draw) nline, a plice fficer reminds peple ___9___ (fllw) lcal guidelines n raising these breeds. He says sme cities d nt allw peple t keep large-sized dgs, while ____10____ require dgs t be micr chipped fr “civilized dg-raising”. In shrt, d nt be ht-headed. Think carefully befre yu bid.
Sectin B (10)
Directins: Cmplete the fllwing passage by using the wrds in the bx. Each wrd can nly be used nce. Nte that there is ne wrd mre than yu need.
The Best Cmpany t Wrk Fr
Every year, Frtune magazine publishes a list f the “100 Best Cmpanies t Wrk Fr”. Hwdes the magazine chse the cmpanies? Firstly, it uses a survey: 350 emplyees answer 57 questins abut their cmpany. Secndly, Frtune lks at imprtant ___11___ f cmpanies: fr example, pay, benefits, and cmmunicatin between wrkers and management. Finally, the magazine must ___12___ the results t find its Tp 100.
Wegmans Fd Markets, which ranks N. 1 n the list, has a mtt (座右铭) , “Emplyees first, custmers secnd”, and it is als ne f the 50 largest private cmpanies in the US, with annual sales f $3. 6 billin, accrding t Frbes magazine. Apparently, being gd t yur emplyees is n ___13___ t making mney.
Hw much f Wegmans’ success is due t the cmpany’s plicies? “Up t a pint, the success is because f the freedm they give us,” says ne emplyee. “On the ther hand, n cmpany gets rich just by nt being ___14___ t its emplyees. Wegmans has great marketing strategies and it’s ___15___ within the cmmunity. I’ve been here fr 15 years. Lking back, I’d say that the cmpany’s ___16___ fr custmers’ benefits, such as the Shppers’ Club electrnic discunt prgramme in the 1990s, have been just as imprtant as the benefits t staff.”
But the emplyee benefits are ___17___. Fundamentally, Wegmans believes in ___18___ develpment. As well as schlarships, the cmpany gives its emplyees business pprtunities. Fr years, ne emplyee made delicius ckies fr her clleagues. She ___19___ started selling the ckies in Wegmans. ‘I just asked the manager,’ she says. ‘While lking back, I think I shuld have asked earlier. I culd have made mre mney!’
The staff’s freedm t make decisins is anther thing yu wn’t find everywhere. Essentially, Wegmans wants its wrkers t d almst anything t ____20____ the custmers. Believe it r nt, an emplyee nce cked a Thanksgiving turkey in the stre fr a custmer because the wman’s turkey, bught in Wegmans, was t big fr her ven.
Ⅲ. Reading Cmprehensin (37)
Sectin A (15)
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.
“Lk bth ways befre yu crss the street! Lk left, right and left again!” These classic childhd ___21___ lessns are passed n frm generatin t generatin. Yet traffic accidents remain ne f the mst cmmn ___22___ f injuries and deaths fr children arund the wrld.
Past studies have fund that yungsters are less gd at ___23___ rad dangers than adults, but Anat Meir, a lecturer in industrial engineering and management at Ben-Gurin University f the Negeve and the Hln Institute f Technlgy in Israel, wanted t decide exactly which behavirs lead t accidents, with the gal f finding ways t ___24___ them.
T d that withut putting anyne in danger, she turned t virtual reality. In 2019 Meir and her clleagues simulated (模拟) 18 streets in Israel and used an eye-tracking device t study hw 46 adults and children (ranging in age frm seven t 13) evaluated when it was safe t crss. Children aged seven t nine, they fund, exhibited the least ___25___ when crssing, typically deciding t step int the virtual rad with little r n hesitatin, even when their field f visin was limited. “We had parents lking n wh were saying, ‘Ww, I cannt believe my child just crssed there!” Meir says.” It caused them t ___26___ their child’s rad-crssing abilities.” The lder children did nt perfrm much ___27___ , thugh fr different reasns. They ften stayed n the curb (路缘) fr an imprper amunt f time— a (n) ___28___ that they are less able t distinguish between safe and dangerus situatins than adults— and in interviews did nt express an understanding f hw ___29___ such as car speed and field f visin affect crssing safety.
Sme ____30____ d seem t imprve crssing success. In Meir’s mst recent study, described in Accident Analysis & Preventin, tw dzen seven- t nine-year-lds experienced 40 minutes f danger-detectin training. Afterward, Meir and her clleagues ____31____ trainees’ and cntrl kids’ perfrmances in the virtual rad-crssing task. The children wh ____32____ safety instructins were significantly better at crssing than the cntrl subjects.
Next Meir and plicy makers aim t figure ut hw t ____33____ these findings t the real wrld. “These results are imprtant because yu cannt find slutins withut a (n) ____34____ f the prblem,” says Jseph Kearney, a prfessr f cmputer science at the University f Iwa. “Nw it’s up t peple t determine hw they can develp ____35____ prgrams fr children and fr parents abut gd rad-crssing habits.”
21. A. visinB. scienceC. safetyD. educatin
22. A. surcesB. cnclusinsC. levelsD. results
23. A. simplifyingB. identifyingC. presentingD. designing
24. A. perfrmB. ignreC. crrectD. define
25. A. cautinB. interestC. emtinD. relief
26. A. remveB. recallC. reinventD. reassess
27. A. wrseB. betterC. mre quicklyD. mre slwly
28. A. decisinB. indicatinC. predictinD. instructin
29. A. examplesB. ideasC. factrsD. insights
30. A. suspicinsB. bservatinsC. permissinsD. measures
31 A. cmbinedB. limitedC. cmparedD. separated
32. A. designedB. revealedC. emphasizedD. received
33. A. predictB. questinC. applyD. declare
34. A. preventingB. develpingC. imaginingD. understanding
35. A. testingB. learningC. trainingD. selling
Sectin B (14)
Directins: Read the fllwing tw 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)
I used t think my little crner f urban England was smewhere I culd get away frm the stress and strain f mdern-day life — until they mved in next dr. There are tw f them. They are white, wlly and prbably have sharp teeth as well as lud bark. But every time their cnstant barking interrupts my sleep, I remind myself that, in many respects, I am lucky. The neighbrs dn’t hld all-night parties, nr d they shut r thrw crckery at each ther, and thugh their dgs may bark, they dn’t bite.
Accrding t a recent cnsumer magazine reprt n “nightmare neighbrs”, dgs are the fifth mst cmmn surce f bad relatins between neighbrs. Nise f any descriptin heads the list f cmplaints, fllwed by DIY enthusiasts, parking quarrelling, and arguments ver huse extensins.
S what alternatives are there? One is t take legal actin. But this can be time-cnsuming and expensive and des nthing t imprve already difficult relatinships. The ther alternatives are t sell up and g, r t try t reach a slutin with the help f smene neutral. Mediatin UK— the United Natins equivalent f garden fence cnflicts — was set in 1984 t help reslve cmmunity disagreements.
In mst cases, the lack f cmmunicatin is fund the main cause f cnflict. David Natin f Plymuth Mediatin pints t pr public husing and widespread unemplyment as additinal factrs. He als reprts mre cases f cmplaints frm peple wh live in flats. Large huses built in the nineteenth century and designed as single-ccupatin family hmes have, he says, been changed int flats with little r n attentin t sund insulatin. Dividing walls are paper thin and hardly blck ut sund at all.
Buyers can als be put ff by the external appearance f neighbring huses. Anything frm wild, uncared fr gardens t unusual external clr schemes can put ff buyers — even thugh the ffending prperty is next dr. But it culd be wrse. Jhn Gladden, f Nrbury in Surrey upset his neighbrs in St Oswald’s Rad by munting a huge fish in fiberglass (玻璃纤维) and putting it n the rf f his huse. The lcal cuncil argued that he shuld have gt planning permissin; residents thught the fish did nthing t imprve the appearance f the neighbrhd, and war brke ut. Sightseers pured in and hmes near the suburban prperty can nw be hard t sell.
36. Why desn’t the writer like her next-dr neighbr’s dgs?
A. They wake her up.B. They smetimes bark.
C. They are aggressive.D. They remind her f sheep.
37. What des “it” in the last paragraph refer t?
A. the clr schemeB. the gardenC. the situatinD. the huse
38. The purpse f this passage is t _______.
A. infrm peple what t d if they have prblems with their neighbrs
B. describe the writer’s wn prblems with her neighbrs.
C. illustrate the types and causes f prblems between neighbrs
D. explain the activities f the rganizatin Mediatin UK
(B)
Visitrs t HENN-NA, a restaurant utside Nagasaki, Japan, are greeted by an dd sight: their fd being prepared by a rw f humanid rbts that lk like the Terminatr. H. I. S., the cmpany that runs the restaurant, as well as a nearby htel where rbts check guests int their rms and help with their luggage, turned t autmatin partly ut f necessity. Japan’s ppulatin is shrinking, and its ecnmy is bming; the unemplyment rate is nly 2.8 percent. “Using rbts makes a lt f sense in a cuntry like Japan,” said CEO Hide Sawada.
Sawada predicts that 70 percent f the jbs at Japan’s htels will be autmated in the next five years. “It takes abut a year t tw t get yur mney back,” he said. “But since yu can wrk them 24 hurs a day, and they dn’t need vacatin, eventually it’s mre cst-efficient t use the rbt.”
This may seem like a visin f the future best suited—perhaps nly suited—t Japan. But accrding t Michael Chui, a partner at the McKinsey Glbal Institute, many tasks in the fd-service and accmmdatin industry are exactly the kind that are easily autmated. Chui’s latest research estimates that 54 percent f the tasks wrkers perfrm in American restaurants and htels culd be autmated using currently available technlgies.
The rbts, in fact, are already here. Chwbtics, a cmpany in Redwd City, Califrnia, manufactures Sally, a bxy rbt that prepares salads rdered n a tuch screen. Btlr, a rbt butler, nw brings guests extra twels and tiletries in dzens f htels arund the cuntry.
This seems t be wrrying. America’s ecnmy isn’t develping nearly as smthly as Japan’s, and ne f the few bright spts in recent years has been emplyment in restaurants and htels, which have added mre jbs than almst any ther industry. That grwth, in fact, has helped dull the blw that autmatin has delivered t ther industries. The fd-service and accmmdatin industry nw emplys 13. 7 millin American. Since 2013, it has accunted fr mre jbs than manufacturing.
These new psitins nce seemed safe frm rbts because they required a human tuch in a way that manufacturing r mining jbs did nt. When rdering a cffee r checking int a htel, human beings want t interact with ther human beings—r s we thught. The cmpanies bringing rbts int the service industry are betting that we’ll be happy t trade ur relatinship with rbtic waiters r clerks fr greater efficiency. They’re als cnfident that adding rbts wn’t necessarily mean cutting human jbs.
39. Accrding t the writer, why was it partly ut f necessity that H. I. S. turned t autmatin?
A. It’s hard t find emplyees in Japan.
B. The Japanese are used t using rbts.
C. Rbtic technlgy is advanced in Japan.
D. Japan’s ecnmy develps less fast than expected.
40. Accrding t Michael Chui, which f the fllwing statements is true?
A. It is n easy jb t autmate tasks in the htel industry.
B. Restaurant wrkers can be easily replaced by rbts.
C. Technlgies need upgrading t pave the way fr rbtic waiters.
D. Rbts nw perfrm 54% f the tasks in American restaurants and htels.
41 Why des the autmatin in American restaurants and htels seem wrrying?
A. The manufacturing industry is waiting t be autmated.
B. America’s ecnmy is develping at an unexpected rate.
C. Autmatin has already had a negative effect n the service industry.
D. These tw industries cntribute much t America’s emplyment rate.
42. It can be inferred that cmpanies bringing rbts int the service industry think that ________.
A. the human tuch may nt matter that much
B. prfit is mre imprtant than custmer satisfactin
C. manufacturing r mining jbs require human interactin
D. rbts will rb humans f their jbs at the cst f efficiency
Sectin C (8)
Directins: Cmplete the fllwing passage by using the sentences given belw. Each sentence can be used nly nce. Nte that there are tw mre sentences than yu need.
Despite the fact that American cmpanies have been “glbal” fr a very lng time nw, many peple tday inside cmpanies still misunderstand cultural differences. They misperceive ptential freign-brn wrkers, fr example, as t “shy” r nt “cnfident” enugh. ____43____
In many cultures, it is just nt apprpriate t make small talk with smene yu dn’t knw, especially smene abve yu in the crprate level. ____44____ Fr example, if yu express yur lyalty t a particular team withut knwing that f yur clleagues, yu might put them in the uncmfrtable psitin f having t either cnceal their wn preference r express smething that cnflicts with yurs. S, yu can imagine hw challenging it can be fr smene frm a nn-small talk culture t try t fit int a US crprate setting.
In additin, the US is basically a “straight-shter (坦率的人)” style culture, where it is cultural valued t tell it like it is. But this isn’t necessarily true wrldwide. Fr example, in Japan, peple prefer t cmmunicate indirectly, especially when it cmes t a sensitive tpic. T avid accidentally damaging a relatinship, peple apprach prblems thrugh subtle hints r general statements. If smene were t directly state a prblem, it wuld make them lk ungraceful, immature, and untrustwrthy. ____45____
Americans tend t be relatively infrmal in a business cntext. ____46____ Many cultures are quite frmal, especially when interacting with superirs. In general, Indian culture, fr example, is very frmal. Indians typically greet their elders and superirs by title (Sir, Mr. , Dr. , Prfessr) and never by their first name. This is als the case at the university, where students act with extreme levels f respect twards their prfessrs.
The abve discussin just hits the tip f the iceberg f the different cultural misinterpretatins in crprate America. Fr American emplyers t succeed in selecting, training, inspiring and keeping their tp freign-brn talent, it is high time that they started taking accunt f these cultural differences in their leadership selectin prcess.
A. There is a significant prblem in crprate America tday with freign wrkers.
B. In fact, many peple are quite surprised at the level f infrmality in American businesses.
C. Smene wh avids making small talk can be seen as unfriendly r nt a team player.
D. Hwever, in reality, with a mderate amunt f training, these high-perfrming individuals culd be crprate leaders f tmrrw.
E. It can als be implite and even dangerus t penly express yur pinin.
F. But frm the perspective f American culture, this mre indirect style appears as if smene is “hiding” the truth.
IV. Translatin (3+3+3+4=13)
Directins: Translate the fllwing sentences int English, using the wrds given in the brackets.
47. 因为缺乏资金，这个投资项目可能要推迟了。 (likely) (汉译英)
48. 理解一部小说，是需要些背景知识以及耐心的。 (invlve) (汉译英)
49. 很多学生直到高中毕业了才意识到没有好好利用学校的图书馆。 (It) (汉译英)
50. 成天看短视频不但占据我们的宝贵时间还会让我们接触到很多负面新闻，这对我们的心理健康是有害的。 (nt nly... ) (汉译英)
V. Guided Writing (10)
51. Directins: Write an English cmpsitin in 120-150 wrds accrding t the instructins given belw in Chinese.
明启中学将举办一次校园摄影展，拟采用线下布展(校图书馆)或者线上布展(校园网站)的方式。请谈谈你的选择，说明做此选择的理由。(提示：可从体验感、互动性、影响力等方面进行分析)
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A. literally B. innvatins C. eventually D. prfessinal E. examine
F. features G. barrier H. mean I. please J. impressive K. well-psitined
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