2023-2024学年上海市黄埔新区高三上册期末英语模拟试卷（附答案）

这是一份2023-2024学年上海市黄埔新区高三上册期末英语模拟试卷（附答案），共18页。
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. G t catch the next train.B. Listen t the traffic reprt.
C. G t the city by ther transprtatin.D. Check the weekend schedule.
2.A. It desn’t take a lng time t get there.B. The lectures have been put ff.
C. There is n need t hurry.D. The lectures have already started.
3.A. The wman shuld have gne t Paris earlier.
B. He studied French in a diferent way in high schl.
C. Life in Paris helped imprve the wman’s language skills.
D. The wman must have had a gd teacher in Paris.
4.A. She thinks the pst ffice is nearby.B. She is als lking fr the pst ffice.
C. She thinks the man’s guess is right.D. She desn’t knw where the pst ffice is.
5.A. Her cat is similar t the man’s.B. The man needn’t have brught the cat.
C. Her sweater is nt warm enugh.D. The man shuldn’t have wrn a sweater.
6.A. Make sure the registratin ffice didn’t make a mistake.
B. Decide whether t drp the curse in the first week.
C. Find ut if a place pens up in the curse later.
D. Take the curse f the creative writing next year.
7.A. He recently spent a mnth in New Yrk.B. He can recmmend many things t d.
C. He suggests the wman extend her trip.D. He bets the wman will have fun there.
8.A. Disappinted.B. Excited.C. Prud.D. Embarrassed.
9.A. He talks less than he used t.B. He hasn’t had time t play tennis recently.
C. He shuldn’t have behaved s prudly.D. He has never talked t her after the game.
10.A. The man shuld have had his car inspected earlier.
B. There are always a lt f peple at the aut inspectin center.
C. She waited lnger than the man did t have her car inspected.
D. The aut inspectin center will clse at the end f the mnth.
Sectin B
Directins: In Sectin B, yu will hear tw shrt passages and ne lnger cnversatin, and yu will be asked three questins n each f the passages and the cnversatins. The passages and the cnversatins 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. The truck’s ver speeding.B. The truck’s heavy lad.
C. The terrible weather.D. The pedestrians’ carelessness.
12.A. The relcatin fseveral factries.B. The cmpany’s pay ffer.
C. The high rate f unemplyment.D. The unin’s demand.
13.A. They will increase by a third this year.
B. They have been rising in the last five years.
C. The average price f a huse in the UK is £255,900
D. They make it extremely diffcult fr thse n the prperty ladder t buy a huse.
Questins 14 thrugh 16 are based n the fllwing passage.
14.A. What causes fearfulness externally.B. Why mice are particularly fearful animals.
C. Whether fearfulness is inherited r nt.D. Hw animals react t frightening situatins.
15.A. They wandered arund the bx.B. They bred again and again.
C. They culdn’t find a hiding place.D. They remained clse t ne wall.
16.A. Sme changes in the nervus system.B. The interference frm human beings.
C. The size f nerve cells in the brain.D. The existence f certain nerve cells.
Questins 17 thrugh 20 are based n the fllwing cnversatin.
17.A. In the wman’s hmetwn.B. In the man’s hmetwn.
C. Outside their hmetwn.D. In a small twn.
18.A. Chse whichever friend can give the best tast.
B. Chse whichever friend can plan the receptin.
C. Chse whichever friend knws all their in-laws.
D. Chse whichever friend knws a lt abut weddings.
19.A. The bride’s family.B. A wedding planner.
C. The grm’s family.D. The new cuple.
20.A. She desn’t think it is a traditin.
B. She thinks her mther-in-law can plan the wedding well.
C. She thinks it will cst t much t have a wedding planner.
D. She desn’t want her wedding t be in the charge f smene unknwn t her.
II. Grammar and Vcabulary
Sectin A
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.
Are yu afraid f getting ld? (21)________ ________ ________ we get past the age f 25, many f us immediately feel the urge t stp the signs f ageing — especially the visible nes. Men and wmen are nw using tpical “anti-ageing” creams, treatments and medical prcedures (22)________(ppse) many f them.
(23)________ these methds can smewhat affect the way yu lk, ageing is an internal prcess. A new study has fund exactly when during yur lifetime this prcess peaks.
A grup scientists based ut f the Stanfrd University Schl f Medicine have discvered that (24)________ ________ being a smth, cntinuus prcess, ageing surges frward at three distinct stages f life: first, at the age f 34, then at age 60, and finally at 78.
The study, published in Nature Medicine, (25)________(reveal) that scientists can nt nly predict yur age by studying the prteme (prtein levels in the bld) but als determine which rgans are ageing faster than the thers, and which age-related diseases yur bdy is (26)________(likely) t develp. The study measured plasma prteins(血浆蛋白) cllected frm 4,263 adults between the ages f 18-95 years and studied the changes in the prteme that ccurred with age.
Their ultimate gal was t understand hw t identify the changes assciated with cardivascular issues and age-related discases like Alzheimer’s (27)________ ________ therapeutic treatments can be devised t ppse their attack while there’s still time.
Dr Tny Wyss-Cray, ne f the leading members f the study, tld Stanfrd Medicine News Center, “We’ve knwn fr a lng time that (28)________(measure) certain prteins can give yu infrmatin abut a persn’s health status — lipprteins(脂蛋白) fr cardivascular(心血管的) health, fr example. But it hasn’t been appreciated that s many different prteins’ levels — rughly a third f all the nes we lked at — change markedly with advancing age.”
This difference between the chrnlgical(按时间计算的) and physilgical(生理的) age, accrding t the scientists’ “plasma-prtein clck", shwed that a lt f peple in the study seemed yunger than they actually are. What’s mre, the study als cnfirmed that men and wmen, thugh equally (29)________(represent) in the study, age differently.
Des this mean medicafins and lifestyle methds, with further research, can als be devised t help (30)________ ages t rapidly and is at risk f cntracting age-related diseases like hypertensin and Alzheimer’s? Yu never knw.
Sectin B
Directins: Cmplete the fllwing passages 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 Beneficial Effects f Frest Fires
Frest fires are undubtedly a threat. In the mid-1900s, all frest burns were cnsidered __31__, and firefighters respnded t all f these fires whether r nt they were burning clse t where humans lived. This __32__ t frest fires was bth expensive and risky, Hwever, mre __33__ frest managers began t see that frest fires did have benefits. Fresters saw that frest fires were beneficial fr trees and sil.
Previusly, peple believed that frest fires caused __34__ damage t trees, hwever, nw frest managers knw that trees are the majr __35__ f fires. Many __36__ ccuring frest fires, ften caused by lightning strikes, are surface fires that burn the understry---the shrubs and herbs frm the frest---withut damaging the trees in the verstry, In this way, the fire __37__ cmpetitin frm the smaller trees, allwing the larger trees t flurish. Once the understry has been burned away, the frest is less likely t burn frm high-temperature fires that can d real damage t the tall trees.
In the past, it was nt bvius hw frest fires enriched the sil. Tday, fresters understand that frest fires imprve sil quality by changing the ‘litter’----dead leaves and branches n the frest flr----t nutrient-rich sil. Nrmally, litter decmpses very slwly. Hwever, fire releases the __38__ in the litter immediately. This creates an increase in the amunt f phsphrus and ptassium which are key elements that prmte tree grwth.
As frest managers have leared mre abut the lng-term effects f frest fires, they have realized that frest fires can have beneficial effects and have changed their frest management __39__ t reflect this new pinin. It is nw recgnized that frest fires, are a natural part f frest ecsystems and are beneficial t the trees and sil. As lng as fires are n __40__ t hmes and cmmunities, fresters nw ften chse t d nthing t stp the fires.
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.
Histry has nt yet __41__ what we will definitively call the pstmillennial chrt (2000年后出生的人) that nw mre than 60 millin peple in the U.S. These kids and __43__ with n cncept f life __44__ the Intemet have s far been called the App Generatin and Generatin Z. They’ve been referred t as Hmelanders, having grwn up under the ghst f terrism. They’ve als been __45__ the Plurals, fr their histric diversity, as well as the Funders, at least by MTV.
Whatever we __46__ naming them, marketers and academies are tuming their attentin t this grup, which has billins in __47__ and is already shaping the culture, This generatin is grwing up “ttally and utterly cnnected,” says Califrnia State University psychlgist Larry Rsen. Experts like Rsen have cncerns abut these kids’ Ggle-inspired expectatins that everything be __48__. They wrry abut their inability t __49__ even five secnds f bredm, And they wrry abut the demands that cme with __50__ several identities nline, frm t t Snapchat. “There’s s much pressure n yung peple, wh are still __51__ their identities, t present this crystallized, idealized identity nline,” says the University f Washingtn’s Katie Davis.
Histrian Neil Hwe sees __52__ with the Silent Generatin, the spilt, risk-aviding, “nice” generatin f kids wh grew up during the Great Depressin and Wrld War ll, althugh sme marked differences are fund. Tday’s yuths are als cming f age amng geplitical truble and fears abut the ecnmy, he says, __53__ schls emphasize an intense far-reaching sensitivity t ther kids. He suspects this __54__ will be knwn fr being well behaved and perhaps bring the culture by playing it safe. “There are typical examples that ccur repeatedly,” Hwe says, “even if they g by different __55__.”
41. A. remarkedB. cnvincedC. guaranteedD. revealed
42. A. numbersB. husesC. accmmdatesD. cntains
43. A. peersB. adlescentsC. flksD. guys
44. A. verB. withutC. besidesD. beynd
45. A. diagnsedB. dismissedC. labeledD. cined
46. A. end upB. cnsider abutC. appeal frD. apprve f
47. A. distributin frceB. purchasing pwer
C. glbal viewD. unique utlks
48. A. vividB. instructiveC. instantD. prfitable
49. A. feed up withB. put up withC. make up frD. identify with
50. A. fakingB. revisingC. illustratingD. maintaining
51. A. supervisingB. frmingC. representingD. prmting
52. A. parallelsB. cntrastsC. cmparisnsD. reservatins
53. A. becauseB. althughC. whileD. when
54. A. emphasisB. generatinC. intensityD. cultivatin
55. A. rutesB. schemesC. namesD. definitins
Sectin B
Directins: Read the fllwing three passages. Each passage is fllwed by several questins r unfinjshed 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
these.culturesear I tk a trip t England and France t g see sme friends, It was a wnderful trip; l really lved it. But ne thing that struck me was hw different these cultures are frrn ur wn. l guess this wuld strike any traveler because that is the first thing yu ntice and it is what makes travel s exciting. Of curse, these.cultures are als similar t urs in many respects, but it’s the differences that really stand ut.
the.differentings that struck me in particular was the.different attitudes twards smking. As yu knw, there’s a grwing anti-smking sentiment in Eurpe. Hwever, when I went t England and France, I gt a new perspective n this issue. Peple seem t smke anywhere and everywhere, even thugh anti-smking signs are all ver public places. On the radi, I heard abut a member f the Wrld Cup sccer team wh smked. And peple were actually saying, “Well, he shuld nt be n the team because he’s a bad example fr ur children.” I think, if they want t lk at bad examples fr their children, they shuld just g ut n the street, r g int the subways, r lk in the mirrr, even, because s many f them are smking in very inapprpriate places. I visited a restaurant buffet in Lndn and saw an Enplish wman scping up the fd with a lit cigarette in her hand. Smke rising int the air. Actually, when I talked t English peple later, they were pretty shcked t, and they said that smking in a restaurant is rude even by British standards.
This did nt give me a bad impressin f English peple. It gave me, n the cntrary, a psitive feeling tward American smkers. There are a lt f Amercan smkers wh will prclaim their right t smke whenever they want, but they will fllw the rules, generally, because they have cnsideratin fr nnsmkers. S this experience in Eurpe gave me mre f a respect fr this kind f smker.
56. What surprised the writer during his trip t England and France?
A. The wnderful trip t England and France.
B. Cultural differences that he nticed during his trip.
C. Similarity between cultures stands ut mre than differences.
D. Grwing anti-smking views in Eurpe.
57. What did the speaker find in England and France abut the smking issue?
A. Peple discuss the smking issue r the radi.
B. Smkers are allwed t smke anywhere and anytime.
C. Peple are encuraged t smke in inapprpriate places.
D. Many smkers pay n attentin t the “N Smking” signs.
58. The wrd ''sentiment"’ in the secnd paragraph means ____________.
A. feelingB. mvementC. ffenseD. regulatin
59. What kind f smkers des the speaker respect?
A. Thse wh are frm America and Eurpe.
B. Thse wh respect thers’ feelings.
C. Thse wh defend the right t smke.
D. Thse wh set rules f smking in public places.
B
One f the mst well-knwn figures f American histry, Thmas Jeffersn was the third President f the United States and the authr f the Declaratin f Independence. His life was an inspiring ne and at the same time a little bit cntradictry t his statements and way f living life, and thus he has frmed the subject f a lt f authrs’ bks.
60. If ne wants t knw Thmas Jeffersn’s experience in his whle life, ______ is mst highly recmmended.
A. “Jeffersn and His Time”
B. “American Sphinx”
C. “The Art f Pwer”
D. nne f the abve
61. Having read “American Sphinx”, yu may ______.
A. learn hw Thmas gt thrugh his childhd in details
B. understand why Thmas’ wrds and deeds were nt always matched
C. knw hw rdinary peple criticize r idlize him
D. learn hw Jeffersn frmed the wrld arund him and addressed situatins
62. One prblem abut “The Art f Pwer” is that readers ______.
A. may feel bred while they are reading it
B. cannt get a cmplete descriptin f Thmas’ life
C. learn Thmas’ plitical life mainly frm histrians’ perspective
D. cannt get an bjective pint f view abut Thmas’ gift
C
The United Natins Fd Systems Summit(峰会) held last September was vershadwed by a pwerful cunter-mblilizatin effrt led by farmers and scientists and small-scale fd prducers acrss the wrld.
Oppsitin t the summit had been munting since July, when hundreds f grassrts rganizatins challenged the rganizers fr framing the prblem f fd systems in narrw, techncratic ways and ffering “false slutins” such as bitechnlgical interventins(干预)instead f prmting mre sustainable, just and peple-first ways f farming. Als in July the Philippines apprved cmmercial cultivatin f Bt eggplant, a genetically mdified (GM) fd that prduces a prtein that kills eggplant fruit and “Glden Rice” changed t prduce beta-cartene, the frerunner f vitamin A. The Philippines thus became the first cuntry in Suth and Sutheast Asia f apprve GM rice.
Advcates f GM crps praised the Philippines’ mve as a victry f science. Since the U. N.’s fd summit was annunced tw years ag, different grups have steadily reduced applicatins f science t glbal prblems t a limited set f investr-riented innvatins. Within this rbit, agricultural bitechnlgy and digitalizatin are basted as vital t achieving the U. N.’s sustainable develpment gals. As gvernments nw debate the way frward frm the summit, it is critical t recgnize that a narrw fcus n technlgy t address the cmplex structural prblems f farming and fd has an astnishingly pr track recrd.
At its base, GM crps are rted in a clnial-capitalist mdel f agriculture based n theft f lcal land and n expliting farmers’ and fd wrkers’ labr, native knwledge and the web f lift itself. Tday this agricultural mdel is respnsible nt nly fr increasing farm debt, depleted sils, and threats t native seeds and bidiversity but als the destructin f farmers’ knwledge and skills. Fr the wrld t achieve sustainability, this clnial mdel f agriculture must be dismissed, and prmising agreclgical appraches based n wrking with bidiversity and farmers’ knwledge and skills shuld be brught t center stage.
Mst GM crps are engineered with resistance t herbicides(除草剂)and insects, which has nt nly cntributed t the emergence f “super-weeds” and increasing pesticide use but has driven the glbal grwth f seed and chemical industries. These kinds f crps have principally benefited large-scale farmers, grain traders and multinatinal crpratins invlved in selling seeds and pesticides.
Multinatinal agribusinesses have understd Glden Rice and Bt eggplant as pr-pr technlgies t win ver smallhlder farmers and cnsumers in the Glbal Suth. The Internatinal Rice Research Institute has led Glden Rice’s develpment with supprt frm the Bill & Melinda Gates Fundatin and in partnership with Syngenta (which wns rights t the rice) t address vitamin A deficiency (VAD) amng the pr, especially children and pregnant wmen.
63. The recent Fd Systems Summit was greeted with distrust because the rganizers ________.
A. didn’t take the interests f peple cncerned int accunt
B. didn’t attach imprtance t the blssming f agriculture
C. failed t cme up with the effective initiatives with jint effrts
D. emplyed the inapprpriate appraches t farming
64. What is the purpse f mentining the Philippines’ case?
A. T prve the victry fr the supprters f GM fd.
B. T illustrate the Philippines’ ppsitin t the summit.
C. T argue it is a waste f mney in the GM fd.
D. T intrduce hw many nutrients GM fd may cntain.
65. ________ is advcated fr the develpment f agriculture in the lng run.
A. Expliting farmers’ and fd wrkers’ labr
B. Develping crps resistant t insects
C. Remving the clnial-capitalist mdel
D. Establishing partnership t address VAD
66. What can be inferred frm the passage?
A. The Philippines is a cuntry with cutting-edge technlgies.
B. The applicatin f GM fd will slve the prblem f envirnment.
C. Gvernments have initiated int the cmplex structural farming prblems.
D. The bming pesticide industry is credited t the cultivatin f GM fd.
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.
Mdern cmputer technlgy has made a new kind f human relatinship pssible: nline friendship. __67__ Are nline friendships as beneficial as face-t-face friendships? What are the advantages and disadvantages f having virtual friends? Can peple frm strng bnds nline? Tday these questins are the subject f lively debate.
Sme peple believe that the Internet is the best way t make new friends. It’s cnvenient, it’s fast, and it allws making cntact with different kinds f peple frm all verhe wrld. When yu use scial netwrking, websites and chat rms, yu can easily find peple with interests and hbbies similar t yurs. Infrmatin updates and phts add t the experience. Making friends n the Internet is especially gd fr shy peple wh feel uncmfrtable in scial situatins. It’s ften easier t share thughts and feelings nline. __68__ They can make peple feel less lnely and help them slve prblems.
Althugh the Internet can encurage friendship, it has a majr disadvantage. __69__ Online friends nly tell yu what they want yu t knw. They smetimes exaggerate their gd qualities and hide the less psitive nes, s yu can’t be sure f what they really like. That is why yu shuld nt give persnal infrmatin t anyne nline unless yu’re ttally sure f wh that persn is.
friends.__ friendship be as meaningful as face-t-face nes? There are different pints f view. Researchers at the University f Suthern Califria surveyed 2,000 husehlds in the United States. The results shwed that mre than 40 percent f participants feel “as strngly abut their nline buddies” as they d abut their “ffline” friends.__70__. In cntrast, there are many peple wh believe that it’s nt pssible t have deep relatinships with nline friends, A yung Indian sftware engineer, Lalitha Lakshmipathy, says, “it’s gd t feel cnnected with many peple, but all my e-buddies are nt necessarily my clse friends.” They say that it’s hard t develp feelings f trust and cnnectin when yu dn’t share experiences in persn.
Peple cntinue t express different pinins abut nline friendship. Hwever, mst f them wuld agree that virtual friendships must nt replace face-t-face friendships. As ne life cach says, “a scial netwrking site shuld nly be the ‘add n’ in any relatinship.”
IV. Summary Writing
Directins: Read the fllwing passage. Summarize the main idea and the main pints) f the passage in n mre than 60 wrds. Use yur wn wrds as far as pssible.
Glbal Cperatin
In the 21st century, we’ve seen a new trend that is pushing the bundaries f human inventin and innvatin—glbal cperatin. Scientific and technical research and develpment is nw s cmplicated that n ne scientist can knw it all. S, increasingly, innvatin is cming frm the cmbining f cutting-edge expertise (专业知识) frm different scientific fields.
There are nw ver 8, 000 scientific jurnals wrldwide and it is impssible t be an expert in all areas. Therefre, in this highly specialized wrld, scientists, medics and engineers have t cperate in rder t innvate. Prfessr Bb Langer at Massachusetts Institute f Technlgy (MIT) has made significant breakthrughs in the field f bimedical engineering. But he hasn’t dne it n his wn. He has invited experts frm arund the wrld in different fields t frm a glbal team t design new substances which can g inside the bdy, deliver medicines and then disslve. Als at MIT, when Cesar Harada heard abut the il spill in the Gulf f Mexic in 2010, he quit his dream jb there and tried t develp a mre efficient way t remve the il. But rather than fcusing n prfit, he decided t ‘pen-surce’ the design. He shared his wn ideas n the web fr free and then gt experts frm all arund the wrld t cntribute ideas and even dnatins. Thanks t this free, nt-fr-prfit way f sharing ideas and intellectual prperty n the internet, a bat capable f cleaning il quickly came int being. Obviusly, internatinal cperatin based n sharing infrmatin freely has prduced innvative appraches t slving prblems.
It appears that the days f brilliant individuals wrking in their garages n their wn are ver. Glbal teams with a united purpse building n everyne’s expertise can cllectively d far mre than ne brilliant individual. Tday’s wrld calls fr glbal cperatrs, sharers, and nt prtectrs f ideas.
V. Translatin
Directins: Translate the fllwing sentence int English, using the wrds given in the brackets.
72. 人们通过在微信上分享照片让亲朋好友了解他们的近况。(keep)
73. 一般说来，交通繁忙的十字路口可能会发生交通事故。(happen)
74. 莫言曾在一次演讲中说到：许多发生在他身上的事情都让他相信真理和正义就在我们身边。(cnvince)
75. 毫无疑问，不管人类文明有多么发达，如果生态平衡被打破，过不了多久我们就会白食其果。(it)
VI. Guided Writing
Directins: Write an English cmpsitin in 120-150 wrds accrding t the instructins given belw in Chinese.
假设你是明启中学的高三学生李明，你校学生会就成人仪式(Cming-f-age Ceremny)的活动内容向全校学生征求意见。你决定写一封邮件给学生会，表达你的意见，内容包括：1.你建议成人仪式包含哪些活动；2.你提出这些建议的理由。
答案和解析
1-5 DCCDC6-10 CBBCA11-16 ABB, CDD17-20 AACD
21.As sn as22.t ppse23.Thugh24.instead f25.has revealed
26.mre likely27.s that28.measuring29.represented30.whever
31-40 IACGB KDEFH
41-55 DABBC ABCBD BACBC
56-59 BDAB60-62 ABD63-66 DACD
67-70 FABD
71-76 略
Keys:
1-5 DCCDC6-10 CBBCA 11-16 ABB, CDD 17-20 AACD
Listening Cmprehensin
Sectin A
1. M: D yu knw what time the train ges int the city?
W: Nrmally it’s every 20 minutes. But, this’s weekend, s I’m nt sure.
Q: What des the wman imply the man shuld d?
2. W: There yu are, finally. We’d better hurry up if we expected t get a seat. The lectures start in fifteen minutes.
M: These things never start n time. And anyway, I dn’t think it wuld be crwded.
Q: What des the man imply?
3. W: I studied French in high schl, but I never really learned it until I spent the summer in Paris.
M: Really using the language makes all the difference, desn’t it?
Q: Where des the man mean?
4. M: Excuse me, culd yu tell me hw t get t the pst ffice?
W: Yur guess is as gd as mine. I’m new arund here.
Q: What des the wman mean?
5. M: Hey, that’s a great sweater yu’re wearing. It lks really warm.
W: Yeah, but I wish I brught a cat like yu did. It’s really freezing tday.
Q: What des the wman imply?
6. W: I just fund ut the registratin f the creative writing class is full. Nw I have t wait anther whle year t get in.
M: Why dn’t yu check again after the first week? Smebdy might drp it.
Q: What des the man suggest the wman d?
7. W: I’m ging t New Yrk n business and smebdy said yu were the right persn t talk t abut what I can d there fr fun.
M: Yu bet I am. But I hpe yu’ve gt at least a mnth.
Q: What des the man imply?
8. M: Wuld yu like t g t a lecture tnight in the meeting hall? It’s sme guy wh spent a year living in Antarctica.
W: N kidding! I’m ding a reprt n Antarctica fr my gegraphy class.
Q: Hw des the wman feel?
9. M: Yu knw, Tim is hard t talk t nw, ever since he wn that tennis game last week and gt the phtgraph in the lcal paper.
W: Yeah, I knw what yu mean. I guess it’s all ging t his head.
Q: What des the wman mean abut Tim?
10. M: Yu wuldn’t believe the line at the aut inspectin center. I waited mre than tw hurs t get thrugh it.
W: That’s what yu shuld get fr waiting until the last day f the mnth.
Q: What des the wman imply?
Sectin B
Questins 11 thrugh 13 are based n the fllwing passage.
Gd evening. I’m Peter Crane with the six ’clck news.
At least 17 peple have been injured in the rad accident that tk place n the M1 near Leeds last night. The plice said that the truck which caused the accident was travelling abut 85 miles an hur, well ver the 60-mile-an-hur speed limit fr heavy gds vehicles.
2,600 wrkers have walked ut f the Peuget car factry in Cnventry in prtest against the cmpany’s pay ffer. The unins have asked fr a rise f 8.5%. There’ll be a meeting between their leaders and management later tday.
The latest unemplyment figures have been released fr this year. They shw an increase f 150, 263 n last year’s figures. This brings the ttal number f the unemplyed t apprximately 1,490,000. The Emplyment Minister says this increase has been caused by the relcatin f several factries frm Britain t the Far East.
Estate agents are predicting that huse prices will cntinue t rise this year, making it extremely difficult fr first-time buyers t get nt the prperty ladder. It’s estimated that huse prices have increased by a third in the last five years. The average price f a three-bedrm huse in sutheast England is nw £255,900.
And, the weather fr the weekend…
Questins:
11. Which f the fllwing is a reasn fr the car accident n the M1?
12. What have wrkers in Cventry prtested against?
13. What d estate agents say abut huse prices?
Questins 14 thrugh 16 are based n the fllwing reprt.
This semester we’ve been lking at fear frm bilgical perspective. While smene asked whether the tendency t be fearful is genetic, sme studies dne with mice indicated that mammals d inherit fearfulness t sme degree. In ne study fr instance, a grup f mice were place in the brightly lit pen bxes with n hiding places. Sme f the mice wandered arund the bx and didn’t appear t be bthered abut being s expsed. But ther mice didn’t mve. They stayed up against ne wall, which indicates that they were afraid. When mice like this were bred with ne anther repeatedly, after abut 12 r s generatins, then all f the mice shw similar signs f fearfulness. And even when the new brn mice frm this generatin were raised by a mther and with ther mice wh were nt fearful, thse mice still tend t be fearful. Nw, why is this? Well, it’s thught that the specific gene in animal bdies have influenced the anxius behavir. These genes are assciated with particular nerve cells in the brain. And the degree f verall fearfulness in the mammal seems t depend in the large part n the presence r absence f these nerve cells. And this appears t apply t humans as well by the way.
Questins:
14. What is the talk mainly abut?
15. Hw did sme f the mice in the study shw that they were afraid?
16. Accrding t the speaker, what leads t a mammal’s tendency t be fearful?
Sectin C
Questins 17 thrugh 20 are based n the fllwing cnversatin.
W: Gsh, Jhn, I just lve being back in my hmetwn. It’s the perfect place t get married.
M: Yeah, I guess it’s pretty gd. I can’t wait fr the wedding. It’s ging t be a great party!
W: A party? Jhn, this wedding is suppsed t be a rmantic event fr yu and me.
M: Yeah, that’s fine. But I’m als definitely ging t party with the grmsmen at the wedding receptin!
W: That’s right. We have t plan the receptin t. Hw many peple d yu think will cme?
M: I dn’t knw…but we have a pretty big wedding party, and I have a really big family.
W: That’s true! I dn’t think I will be able t remember the names f all my in-laws.
M: Dn’t wrry. I ften frget sme f their names t!
W: Say, Jhn, d yu knw wh yur best man is ging t be?
M: N, I haven’t decided yet. I’ll prbably chse whichever friend can give the best tast. What abut yur maid f hnr?
W: I haven’t had time t decide because I’ve been s busy thinking abut all the ther planning. We haven’t even talked abut the rehearsal dinner yet!
M: Dn’t wrry. The grm’s family is suppsed t plan the rehearsal dinner. It’s the traditin. Let’s just get a wedding planner t d all the wrk fr us.
W: A wedding planner? N way! I dn’t want a stranger t plan ur wedding.
M: Well, if yu dn’t want t get a wedding planner, my mther said she wuld be happy t help yu plan the wedding.
Questins:
17. Where will the cuple get married?
18. Hw will the man prbably chse his best man?
19. Wh is suppsed t plan the rehearsal dinner?
20. Why desn’t the wman want t get a wedding planner?
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Jeffersn and his time
This is a Bigraphy f the life f Jeffersn published in 6 vlumes ver a very lng perid f 34 years staring frm 1948 till 1982.
Read it Fr:
It is an entire cllectin intrducing all aspects f Jeffersn’s life in great details frm his childhd till his last days. Fr histry enthusiasts, this is a wnderful bk that will give yu insight int the life f ne f the mst memrable American leaders.
Dn’t Read it Fr:
This series is a bigraphy and strictly a wrk f nn-fictin. It is reading abut the life f a persn and might get bring fr sme.
American Sphinx
An interesting yet strange bk, this piece f writing is nt an attempt t shed light n the life f Jeffersn but rather an attempt t understand his mind. Jeffersn was ne wh spke smething but did the cmplete ppsite f it.
Read it Fr:
This bk tries t analyze Jeffersn’s life but des nt d it in a way that criticizes him r idlizes him. This Natinal Award winning bk perfectly balances the act f examining smene’s acts and general behavir and trying t figure ut the reasn behind his cntradictry statements and acts.
Dn’t Read it Fr:
If yu are searching fr a bk abut Jeffersn’s life, this is nt fr yu. It cvers a few events f his life, nt his entire life.
This Plitical Bigraphy by Meacham takes yu n a jurney int the wrld that Jeffersn lived in and saw it thrugh his eyes. It shws hw Jeffersn frmed the wrld arund him and handled situatins and peple t shape the American plitical system as it is tday.
The Art f Pwer
Read it Fr:
The depth with which this bk is written is cmmendable. It is nted that the wrk dne by Meacham in this bk puts yu inside Jeffersn’s head and makes yu understand what it wuld be like t be Jeffersn.
Dn’t Read it Fr:
While this bk shws the genius f Jeffersn, it can cme ff as bias, shwing Jeffersn in a very psitive light and his ppnents in a very negative light.
A. In additin, virtual friends can ffer emtinal supprt.
B. When yu're nt face t face, it's much easier t deceive peple.
C. Many peple wuld agree.
D. Researchers als fund that it's nt unusual fr nline friends t becme face-t-face friend.
E. Online friends may be f help in many ways.
F. Online friends, r virtual friends, are peple wh have becme acquainted with each thethrugh the lnternet.