2024年上海高考英语模拟试卷及答案

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（一）
I. Listening Cmprehensin 25%
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. A shp assistant. B. A dentist. C. A clwn. D. A bank clerk.
2. A. The exam scre. B. The wrld news.
C. A sccer match. D. A basketball team.
3. A. She likes the perfrmance very much.
B. She thinks the pian perfrmance awful.
C. She enjys the perfrmance but thinks the ticket price is t high.
D. She thinks the pian perfrmance is nt t bad.
4. A. Living expenses are t high fr her in the city.
B. She wants t buy a new flat very much.
C. She is cnsidering renting a rm in the city.
D. She can affrd a new flat nw.
5. A. She ttally agrees t the man’s suggestin.
B. She wants t enjy the sunshine with the man.
C. She prefers t stay indrs.
D. She thinks summer is the best seasn in a year.
6. A. He was t nervus during the interview.
B. He was t relaxed during the interview.
C. He did a gd jb in the interview.
D. He wanted the jb very much.
7. A. Take a bus. B. Take a taxi. C. Walk. D. Take a train.
8. A. In a htel. B. In an ffice. C. In a theater. D. In a bar.
9. A. He is unapprachable. B. He is very busy.
C. He lacks patience. D. He always keeps peple waiting.
10. A. A physics exam. B. An experiment.
C. A physical check. D. A physics lessn.
Sectin B 15%
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. In 1971. B. In 1998. C. In 1999. D. In 1940.
12. A. Because f its price. B. Because f its envirnment.
C. Because f its cffee quality. D. Because f its fd safety.
13. A. The stres are bigger.
B. The stres have mre seating space.
C. The stres ffer lcalized fd.
D. The stres have lwer prices cmpared with ther markets.
Questins 14 thrugh 16 are based n the fllwing passage.
14. A. There are mysterius stries behind his wrks.
B. There are many misunderstandings abut him.
C. His wrks have n match wrldwide.
D. His persnal histry is little knwn.
15. A. He had a miserable childhd.
B. He failed t g beynd grammar schl.
C. He was a member f the twn cuncil.
D. He nce wrked in a well-knwn acting cmpany.
16. A. Because writers f his time had n means t prtect their wrks.
B. Because pssible surces f clues abut him were lst in a fire.
C. Because his wrks were adapted beynd recgnitin.
D. Because peple f his time had little interest in him.
Questins 17 thrugh 20 are based n the fllwing cnversatin.
17. A. It is mre difficult t learn than English.
B. It is used by mre peple than English.
C. It will be as cmmnly used as English.
D. It will eventually becme a wrld language.
18. A. Its brrwed wrds frm many languages
B. Its ppularity with the cmmn peple.
C. The influence f the British Empire.
D. The effect f the Industrial Revlutin.
19. A. It includes a lt f wrds frm ther languages.
B. It has a grwing number f newly cined wrds.
C. It can be easily picked up by verseas travelers.
D. It is the largest amng all languages in the wrld.
20. A. English grammar is as cmplicated as Latin’s.
B. French was the fficial language when the French ruled England.
C. French was spken by the cmmn peple when the French ruled England.
D. English grammar is very difficult t learn.
II. Grammar and Vcabulary 20%
Sectin A 10%
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.
Of the many factrs that cntribute t pr perfrmance n standardized tests like the SAT, nerves and exhaustin, surprisingly, (21) ______ nt rank very high. In fact, accrding t a new paper published in Jurnal f Experimental Psychlgy, a little anxiety – nt t mentin fatigue – might actually be a very gd thing.
The study was cnducted by psychlgy prfessrs Phillip Ackerman and Ruth Kanfer. They recruited 239 cllege freshmen, each (22) ______ (agree) t take three different versins f the SAT reasning test (23) ______ (give) n three cnsecutive Saturday mrnings. The tests wuld take three-and-a-half hurs, fur-and-a-half hurs and five-and-a-half-hurs, and wuld be administered (24) ______ a randm rder t each f the students. (25) ______ (bst) the stress level in the students – wh had already taken the SAT in the past and gtten int cllege – Ackerman and Kanfer ffered a cash bnus t any vlunteers wh (26) ______ (beat) their high-schl scre.
(27) ______ the test began n each f the three Saturdays, the students filled ut a questinnaire that asked them abut their fatigue level, md and cnfidence. They cmpleted the questinnaire again at a break in the middle f the test and nce mre at the end. Tgether, all f these prvided a srt f fever chart f the students’ energy and anxiety during the experience.
When the researchers scred the results, it came as n surprise that vlunteers’ fatigue and stress rse steadily (28) ______ the test gt lnger. (29) ______ was unexpected was their crrespnding perfrmance: as the length f the test increased, s (30) ______ the students’ scres. The average scre n the three-and-a-half-hur test was 1209 ut f 1600. On the fur-and-a-half-hur versin it was 1222; n the five-and-a-half-hur test it was 1237.
Sectin B 10%
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 Danger f Sharenting
Fr the vast majrity f peple, checking scial media invlves a mix f expectatin and curisity. The app feeds n a cllective ____31____ that we are missing ut n smething, whether it’s a fabulus party, a pp-up sale, r the mere cncept f vacatin. But the same cncept desn’t quite ____32____ t parents sharing pictures f their yung children nline. There certainly may be an element f prud basting: “Admire my little sn’s taste in jazz,” etc. But these carefully chsen phts ften d little mre than help parents escape frm a harsh day _____33_____. The islatin f parenthd delivers ne t strange places, and yu need yur tribe. Sharing images n scial media makes the experience ____34____, cnnecting ne t a larger wrld.
In his new bk Why We Shuld Think Befre We Talk Abut Our Kids Online, Leah Plunkett, a Harvard psychlgy prfessr, argues that “sharenting” happens when an adult transmits private details abut a child via digital channels. It ____35_____ a child’s entry int “digital life.” Studies estimate that by 2030 nearly tw-thirds f identity-fraud cases affecting tday’s children will have been caused by sharenting.
Fr Plunkett, there are a cuple f reasns t be cncerned abut sharenting. On a philsphical level, sharenting expses children t the larger digital wrld withut their permissin, ____36_____ them f a kind f privacy. This feeds int Plunkett’s secnd, much brader cncern. The _____37_____ prblem with sharenting is the same with many adult-wrld privacy issues: the bargain we have made in exchange fr these services is that we surrender ur data and chse nt t imagine the wrst-case scenaris. Culd things that parents pst abut children prduce real-wrld ____38_____, in terms f bullying, prfessinal reputatin, r future prspects? Tday, lng befre children take their first step, their digital data already travels t “thusands, likely tens f thusands, f human and machine users.” Hw lng will it be until smene ___39_____ the pwer t predict wh a child will becme as an adult based n these data pints?
Plunkett’s cncerns made parents recnsider their chices. In the end, Plunkett’s advice is t “make mre mindful chices” abut digital lives thugh parenthd is ften s ____40____ vague that mindfulness seems impssible.
III. Reading Cmprehensin 45%
Sectin A 15%
Directins: Fr each blank in the fllwing passages 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.
(A)
Yu can actually catch a gd md r a bad md frm yur friends, accrding t a recent study in the jurnal Ryal Sciety Open Science. But that shuldn’t stp yu frm ___41___ with pals wh are dwn in the dumps, say the study authrs: ___42___, the effect isn’t large enugh t push yu int depressin.
The new study adds t a grwing bdy f research suggesting that happiness and sadness—as well as lifestyle and behaviral factrs like smking, drinking, besity, fitness habits and even the ability t cncentrate—can ___43___ acrss scial netwrks, bth nline and in real life. But while many ___44___ studies have nly lked at friendship data at ne pint in time, this is ne f the few that measured scial and md changes ver time.
The new research invlved grups f junir-high and high-schl students wh tk part in ___45___ screenings（筛查） and answered questins abut their best friends, many f whm were als enrlled in the study. In ttal, 2,194 students were included in the ___46___, which used a mathematical mdel t lk fr cnnectins amng friend netwrks.
Overall, kids whse friends suffered frm bad mds were mre ___47___ t reprt bad mds themselves—and they were less likely t have imprved when they were screened again six mnths t a year later. When peple had mre happy friends, ___48___, their mds were mre likely t imprve ver time.
Sme symptms related t depressin—like helplessness, tiredness and lss f interest—als seemed t fllw this ___49___, which scientists call “scial cntagin.” But this isn’t smething that peple need t ___50___, says lead authr Rbert Eyre, a dctral student at the University f Warwick. Rather, it’s likely just a “___51___ empathetic respnse that we’re all familiar with, and smething we recgnize by cmmn sense,” he says. In ther wrds, when a friend is ging thrugh a rugh patch, it makes sense that yu’ll feel sme f their ___52___, and it’s certainly nt a reasn t stay away.
The study als fund that having friends wh were clinically depressed did nt ___53___ participants’ risk f becming depressed themselves. “Yur friends d nt put yu at risk f illness,” says Eyre, “s a gd curse f actin is simply t ___54___ them.” T bst bth f yur mds, he suggests ding things tgether that yu bth ___55___—and taking ther friends alng t further spread thse gd feelings, t.”
41. A. keeping upB. making ffC. hanging utD. getting away
42. A. ThankfullyB. ParticularlyC. ApprximatelyD. Ttally
43. A. increaseB. generateC. delayD. spread
44. A. grwingB. previusC. realD. large-scale
45. A. depressinB. anxietyC. angerD. friendship
46. A. assessmentB. examinatinC. analysisD. exercise
47. A. willingB. reluctantC. ableD. likely
48. A. therwiseB. henceC. hweverD. besides
49. A. predictinB. patternC. reprtD. imprvement
50. A. wrry abutB. lk frC. rely nD. put frward
51. A. scialB. nrmalC. rughD. certain
52. A. symptmsB. respnsesC. recgnitinD. pain
53. A. eliminateB. cncealC. increaseD. sugarcat
54. A. enlightenB. cnsultC. empwerD. supprt
55. A. enjyB. understandC. adviseD. permit
Sectin B 22%
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)
Fr mst city peple, the elevatr is an unremarkable machine that inspires nne f the enthusiasm r interest that Americans affrd trains, jets，and even bicycles. Dr. Christpher Wilk is a member f a small grup f elevatr experts wh cnsider this a misunderstanding. Withut the elevatr, they pint ut, there culd be n dwntwn skyscrapers r tall buildings, and city life as we knw it wuld be impssible. In that sense, they argue, the elevatr’s rle in American histry has been n less significant than that f cars. In fact, accrding t Wilk, the car and the elevatr have been lcked in a “secret war” fr ver a century, with cars making it pssible fr peple t spread hrizntally (水平地), and elevatrs pushing them tward life in clse grups f twering vertical (垂直的)clumns.
If we tend t ignre the significance f elevatrs, it might be because riding in them tends t be such a brief, bring, and even awkward experience--ne that can invlve unexpectedly meeting peple with whm we have nthing in cmmn, and an unpleasant awareness f the fact that we’re hanging frm a cable in a lng passage.
In a new bk, Lifted, German jurnalist and cultural studies prfessr Andreas Bernard directed all his attentin t this experience, studying the rigins f elevatr and its relatinship t humankind and finding that riding in an elevatr has never been a ttally cmfrtable experience. “After 150 years, we are still nt used t it,” Bernard said. “We still have nt exactly learned t cpe with the mixture f clseness and displeasure.” That mixture, accrding t Bernard, sets the elevatr ride apart frm just abut every ther situatin we find urselves in as we g abut ur lives.
Tday，as the wrld’s urban ppulatin expldes, and cities becme mre denser, taller, and mre crwded, America’s ttal number f elevatrs—900,000 at last cunt, accrding t Elevatr Wrld magazine’s “2012 Vertical Transprtatin Industry”--are a frce that’s becming mre imprtant than ever. And fr the peple wh really, really lve them, it seems like high time that we lked seriusly at just what kind f frce they are.
56. What des the underlined wrd “this” in Paragraph 1 refer t?
A. The general view f elevatrs.
B. The particular interests f experts.
C. The desire fr a remarkable machine.
D. The enthusiasm fr transprt vehicles.
57. The authr’s purpse in mentining cars is ______
A. t cntrast their functins with elevatrs’
B. t emphasize the imprtance f elevatrs
C. t reveal their secret war against elevatrs
D. t explain peple’s preference fr elevatrs
58. Accrding t Prf. Bernard, what has made the elevatr ride different frm ther life experiences?
A. Vertical directin B. Lack f excitement.
C. Little physical space. D. Uncmfrtable cnditins.
59. The authr urges readers t cnsider______.
A. the exact number f elevatr lvers
B. the serius future situatin f elevatrs
C. the rle f elevatrs in city develpment
D. the relatinship between cars and elevatrs
(B)
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Hw t use yur NatWest Cashcard
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Using yur card abrad
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We take a charge f 2.25% f each cash withdrawal yu make (up t £4) and a charge f 75 pence every time yu use Maestr t pay fr gds r services. We als apply a freign-exchange transactin fee f 2.65%.
Hw t use yur Nat West Credit Card
With yur credit card yu can d the fllwing:
*Pay fr gds and services and enjy up t 56 days interest-free days.
*Pay in ver 24 millin shps wrldwide that display the Mastercard r Visa lgs.
*Cllect ne AIR MILE fr every £20 f spending that appears n yur statement (对账单).
(This des nt include freign currency r traveler's cheques bught, interest and ther charges.)
60. If yu carry the Servicecard r the Cashcard, _____.
A. yu can use it t guarantee things as yu wish
B. yu can draw yur mney frm cash machines cnveniently
C. yu can spend as much mney as yu like withut a limit
D. yu have t pay sme extra mney when yu pay fr dmestic services.
61. If yu withdraw £200 frm a cash machine abrad yu will be charged ______.
A. £4 B. £4.5 C. £5.25 D. £2.25
62. Which f the fllwing is TRUE abut using yur NatWest Credit Card?
A. Yu have t pay ff the debt with interest within 56 days.
B. Yu will be charged sme interest beynd tw mnths.
C. Yu can use the card in any shp acrss the wrld.
D. Yu will gain ne air mile if yu spend £20 n traveler’s cheques.
(C)
In the spring f 1878, Vincent van Ggh turned 25. As he lked back ver his shrt life, the Dutchman fund little t celebrate amng the endeavrs f his faltering career. By cnventinal, middle-class standards, he was a failure. After a cuple f dead-end teaching jbs in England, as well as a shrt, frgettable spell wrking in a bkshp in Drdrecht, he mved t Amsterdam t becme a minister f religin, fllwing in his father’s ftsteps. At the end f 1878, he set ff fr the depressed calmining district f the Brinage t the west f the city f Mns in Belgium, determined t establish himself as a preacher(牧师) t the wrking class.
There, he lived in a humble hut, gave away much f his mney, and changed his smart clthes int the practical wrk-wear f the “Brins.” Unfrtunately, he was nt a gifted speaker, s his meetings were sparsely attended. His inability t cnnect with the lcal calminers was cmpunded by a practical, linguistic difficulty: he culdn’t make head r tail f their quick-fire reginal dialect knwn as “Walln French,” while they were mystified by his wn attempts at French, which t their ears sunded verly frmal. In July 1879, nly half a year after he had arrived in the regin, he received anther setback: the authrities terminated his trial religius appintment.
Yet it was at this rck-bttm mment that van Ggh, nw 26, started t draw. “I ften feel hmesick fr the cuntry f paintings,” he wrte t his brther The in the summer f 1880. He felt sympathy fr the wrking-class miners. Fr the first time in his life, middle-class van Ggh was friends with pr, wrking-class peple. The peple were pr and illiterate, and their wrk was hard and dangerus. Yet fr van Ggh, there was sme kind f bigger truth in their simple way f life. After he became an artist, he chse t find his subject matter there. Like artists that he admired, such as Jean-Francis Millet, he wanted t prtray the life f wrking-class peple, and he remained interested in ding s certainly fr the first half f his career. Really, it stayed imprtant t him frever. In additin t this general cncern fr everyday reality and the rural pr, particular themes that van Ggh encuntered in the Brinage wuld later feature prminently in his art. As he nce put it in a letter: “It was in the Brinage that I began t wrk frm nature fr the first time.”
Few wrks frm van Ggh’s Brinage perid survived, because the artist burned mst f them. As he revealed in a letter t a friend, he felt they were t clumsy r related t an uncertain time when he was still develping his wn style and artistic vice.
63. What happened t Vincent van Ggh in 1878?
A. He learned a lt frm different jbs.
B. He felt dissatisfied with his career.
C. He was a member f the wrking class.
D. He became the apprentice f his father.
64. Why did van Ggh have difficulty cmmunicating with the lcal miners?
A. The miners didn’t appreciate his dressing style.
B. Their French wasn’t agreeable in each ther’s ear.
C. His French prnunciatin wasn’t standard.
D. He had truble in making a speech.
65. What can we infer frm the passage?
A. Van Ggh interacted with wrking-class peple all thrugh his life even thugh he was brn middle-class.
B. Van Ggh and Jean-Francis Millet bth fund inspiratin frm the rural peple in the Brinage.
C. Van Ggh’s paintings in the Brinage mirrred the life f wrking-class peple.
D. Van Ggh ruined many f his wrks in the Brinage because his artistic vice was unheard then.
66. What is the prper title f the passage?
A. The Subject f van Ggh’s Wrks.
B. The Turning Pint f Van Ggh’s Life.
C. The Way van Ggh Viewed His Art.
D. The Wrking Class and Van Ggh’s success.
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.
Guns have a special place in American culture, and thugh nt everyne agrees n whether r nt they are a gd thing, there is n mistaking that they will be part f the cultural landscape fr sme time. T answer the questin, n, nt everyne has a gun._____67_____. Americans use guns fr ne f tw uses: either fr sprt, where they can use them n firing ranges r fr hunting in apprved areas, r fr self-prtectin. The latter is where mst peple begin t take sides, either arguing fr the remval f guns frm sciety r allwing mre peple t have them. There are rganizatins and cmmunity grups fr bth sides and bth sides have strng feelings.
Legally, there are restrictins n gun wners._____68_____. Only certain kinds f weapns can be purchased by the public, and that excludes autmatic weapn and military grade weapnry Gun wners must transprt their weapn in a safe way, unladed and in mst cases, ut f sight. Special—cncealed carry permits frm the plice statin must be btained fr peple wh want t wear weapn, and mst peple are rejected fr this kind f permit. ______69______. Criminals steal guns r buy them illegally t cmmit crimes, and the news is terrible stries f what happened next. Occasinally a child will get a hld f legal weapn and accidentally hurt themselves r thers.
It is imprtant t remember, hwever, that the news stries that make the United States seem like a dangerus place are deceiving; guns are nt everywhere r cnstant.______70_____. After all. America is a safe place t live.
IV. Summary Writing 10%
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.
Shyness
If yu suffer frm shyness, yu are nt alne, fr shyness is a universal phenmenn. It is nt surprising that scial scientists are learning mre abut its causes.
The first envirnmental cause f shyness many be a child’s hme and family life. Tday’s children are grwing up in smaller and smaller families, with fewer and fewer relatives living nearby. Grwing up in hmes in which bth parents wrk full time, children may nt have the scializing experience f frequent visits by neighburs and friends. Because f their lack f scial skills, they may begin t feel scially inhibited, r shy, when they start schl.
A secnd envirnmental cause f shyness in an individual may be ne’s culture. In a large study cnducted in Japan, 57 percent f participants rated themselves as shy. Researchers Hendersn and Zimbard say, “One expectatin is that in Japan an individual perfrmance success is credited externally t parents, teachers, and thers, while failure is entirely blamed n the persn.” Therefre Japanese learn nt take risks in public and rely instead n grup-shared decisins.
Technlgy may als play a rle. In the United States, the number f yung peple wh reprt being shy has risen frm 40 percent t 50 percent in recent years .Due t ur huge advances in technlgy, watching televisin, playing vide games, and surfing the Web have replaced recreatinal activities that invlve scial interactin fr many yung peple. Adults, t, are becming mre islated as a result f technlgy. Face-t-face interactins with bank clerks, gas statin attendants, and shp assistants are n lnger necessary because peple can use machines t d their banking, fill their gas tanks, and rder gds. In shrt, they becme shy.
It appears that mst peple have experienced shyness at sme time in their lives. Therefre, if yu are shy, yu have lts f cmpany.
V. Translatin 15%
Directins: Translate the fllwing sentences int English, using the wrds given in the brackets.
72. 你是否介意代替我去开会吗？（substitute）
73. 为了让妈妈睡个好觉，小王把水槽和橱柜擦得干干净净的。（in rder）
74. 春暖花开的四月，是领略这个江南小镇美景的最佳时机。（when）
75. 面对网店的挑战，这家百年老店多措并举，化危为机，最终再创辉煌。（turn）
VI. Guided Writing 25%
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学生王磊，你的好友李宏今年暑期将赴英国参加为期两个月的海外交流活动。如果选择主办方安排的住宿，他需要额外支付较高的费用。但他也可以通过为当地养老院提供每月三十小时的义工服务，获得在养老院免费住宿的机会。李宏通过邮件向你征求意见。写一封回信，内容须包括：
你对此事的明确的态度；
你的理由。
答案
Listening
1-10 CCBAC ACCBC
11-13 CBD 14-16 DCB 17-20 BCAB
Grammar
21. may 22. agreeing
23. given 24. in
25. T bst26. (wuld) beat
27. Befre 28. as
29. What30. did
Vcabulary
31—40 FCHED BGKIA
Clze
41-55CADBA CDCBA BDCDA
Reading
56-59 ABCC 60-62 BAB 63-66 BBCB
67-70 D A F C
Summary：(高考原题)
Shyness is cmmn and it has envirnmental causes, including hme and family life, culture and technlgy. Firstly, with smaller families and wrking parents, children lack scial interactins. Secndly, blaming failure n individuals causes peple in sme culture t be shy in public. Finally, with the develpment f technlgy, peple have fewer pprtunities t scialize in persn.
Translatin （高考原题）
72. D/Wuld yu mind substituting fr me t attend the meeting?
73. Xia Wang cleaned the sink and cupbard thrughly in rder that his mther culd have a gd sleep.
74. April, when warm spring cmes and flwers blssm, is the best time t appreciate the beautiful scenery f the suthern twn.
75. Faced with/Facing the challenges frm nline shps, this century-ld / time-hnred/ this shp with a histry f almst 100 years tk many measures t turn the crisis int pprtunities, and eventually achieved anther remarkable success.
Guided Writing
考生原作1
I’m glad t hear that yu have access t participating in an verseas cmmunicatin activity in Britain which will last tw mnths. I suggest that yu shuld chse wrking as a vlunteer thirty hurs every mnth fr the lcal cmmunity aging, hspital t gain a chance t stay in it fr free. My reasns are as fllws.
Nt nly can yu enhance yur scial experiences, but als yu can reduce yur csts. Cntrary t the accmmdatin arranged by the hst, yu can save a lt f mney. Undubtedly, the cst must have been high if yu chse it. Staying in the aging hspital, the cntrast culdn’t be greater. On the ne hand, nly by wrking as a vlunteer can yu gain a free stay. It sunds great! Yur arrival will add clrs t the atmsphere there. On the ther hand, during ur spare time, we will als spend time helping thers in that ur sciety teaches us t be a warm-heated persn. Yur arrival will als reduce the burdens there. As an ld saying ges, “ We can gain bth things at the same time.” S why nt chse it?
I hpe that yu will take my advise. Best wishes that yu will have a gd time there. It is a glden chance that yu will gain in summer vcatin. In shrt, enjy yurself.
考生原作2
It is said that yu will g abrad t England fr a tw-mnth verseas cmmunicatin activity in this summer vcatin. I hear that yu are hesitating whether t spend higher price chsing arranged drmitry r t spend 30 hurs every mnth serving the ld t get a free living.
In my pinin, I think yu shuld chse the first ne. If yu chse the secnd ptin, yu will use t much time t d service instead f studying the lcal culture. Althugh cmmunicatin with the ld can get a lt f lively experience and avid many mistakes in life, yur mst imprtant respnsibility is t learn hw verseas students study and what they will learn. Arranged rm can save yu time and have mre chances t live with peers wh may have the same interest with yu. By this, yu can make a lt f yung friends and if yu are in truble in future, they may give yu sme suggestins and a helping hand.
I wish that yu wuld take my advice and I’m waiting t hear frm yu.
听力文本：
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.
W: Hw d yu feel abut yur new jb?
M: I feel it an hnr t wrk in a circus and brings laughter t kids.
Q: What is the man?
M: The tw teams were s clse even t the last minute in the first half f the game.
W: Yes, it is unbelievable that they had five penalty kicks in the secnd half f the game.
Q: What are they talking abut?
M: The pian cncert sunds terrible.
W: I wish I culd ask fr my mney back.
Q: What des the wman think f the cncert?
W: Rita, are yu getting a new flat in the city?
M: Are yu kidding me? I can hardly affrd t rent a rm, let alne buy a new flat.
Q: What des the wman mean?
M: Why dn’t we g utside t enjy sunshine? What abut ging fr a ride t the beach？
W: I dn’t feel like it. Summer is fr being lazy.
Q: What des the wman mean?
W: I heard Ben has been t the interview tday. Hw did it g?
M: Well, if he had just relaxed, he wuld have dne fine.
Q: What can we learn abut Ben?
W: Excuse me, can yu tell me hw t get t the train statin? I heard that it’s in this directin.
M: Yes, it is. Yu can either take a bus r taxi heading suth, but it is nt t far. If I were yu, I’d prefer t walk.
Q: What des the man suggest the wman d?
W: Hw lng is the interval? I am very thirsty.
M: Yu have twenty minutes t grab a drink smewhere.
Q: Where des the cnversatin mst prbably take place?
W: Have yu apprached Mr. Bnd abut this particular prblem?
M: I have tried, but it seems he just has n time fr me?
Q: What can we learn abut Mr. Bnd?
M: Did yu get yur result frm the lab?
W: Yes, my bld pressure is a little high, but ther than that everything is nrmal.
Q: What are the speakers talking abut?
Sectin B
Directins: In Sectin B, yu will hear several lnger cnversatin(s) and shrt passage(s), and yu will be asked several questins n each f the cnversatin(s) and the passage(s). The cnversatin(s) and the passage(s) 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.
The desire fr caffeine is what attracts crwds and makes cffee such a huge business. Mre than frty years f perseverance makes Starbucks a pretty slid cmpany in the wrld. Why is Starbucks s successful? Obviusly, it’s nt because f the price. It’s nt the cheapest place t get a cup f cffee, but the envirnment f Starbucks makes it a tp lcatin. Its stres acrss the wrld lk pretty similar, s yu knw exactly what t expect when yu walk inside a Starbucks. This makes it a familiar place fr turists r peple n business trips t get smething familiar.
Starbucks pened its first stre in Seattle in 1971. It entered the Taiwan market in 1998 and the Chinese mainland in 1999. The beginning was difficult. China has a culture f tea drinking that dates back t 3,000 years ag. With this fact in mind, Starbucks came up with a strategy t cnquer the Chinese market.
Here are sme key elements f Starbucks’ success in China:
The stres are bigger and with mre seating space. In China, peple dn’t just g t cffee shps t buy a cup f cffee; they prefer t sit back and chat with friends and family. Sme Chinese even have business meetings with their clients there. Besides, Starbucks stres in China ffer a lcalized menu, which includes lcal Chinese teas and treats like mncakes. Starbucks in China is up t 20% mre expensive than ther markets. This is t target the upper class f the Chinese ppulatin. Furthermre, the fd sld at Starbucks is labeled with the cuntry where it was imprted frm t address Chinese cnsumers’ cncerns abut fd safety.
Questins:
11. When did Starbucks enter the Chinese mainland?
12. Why is Starbucks successful acrss the wrld?
13. Which f the fllwing is nt part f Starbucks’ strategy in China?
Questins 14 thrugh 16 are based n the fllwing passage.
Mst peple are familiar with the wrks f William Shakespeare, ne f the greatest English writers f the 16th and 17th centuries. Yet hw many knw Shakespeare the persn, the man behind the wrks?
After centuries f research, schlars are still trying t discver Shakespeare’s persnal histry. It is nt easily fund in his writings. Authrs f the time culd nt prtect their wrks. An acting cmpany, fr example, culd change a play if they wanted t. Nwadays, writers have s that prtect their wrk.
Many myths arse abut Shakespeare. Sme said he had n frmal educatin. Others believe that he began his career by tending the hrses f wealthy men. All f these myths are interesting, but are they true? Prbably nt. Shakespeare’s father was a respected member f the twn cuncil. He sent yung William t grammar schl. Mst peple at that time did nt cntinue beynd grammar schl; s, Shakespeare did have, at least, an average educatin.
Sme parts f Shakespeare’s life will always remain unknwn. The Great Lndn Fire f l666 burned many imprtant dcuments that culd have been a surce f clues. We will always be left with many questins and few facts.
Questins:
14. What des the speaker say abut William Shakespeare?
15. What d we learn abut Shakespeare’s father?
16. Why des the speaker say parts f Shakespeare’s life will remain a mystery?
Questins 17 thrugh 20 are based n the fllwing cnversatin.
W: Prfessr Lee, why d yu think English has becme the language f the wrld?
M: Well, fr ne thing, it’s very cmmnly used. The nly language that is used by mre peple is Chinese.
W: Why is English spken by s many peple?
M: It’s spken in many cuntries f the wrld because f the British Empire. And nw f curse is the influence f America as well.
W: Many students find English a difficult language t learn.
M: Oh, all languages are difficult t learn. But English des have tw greatest advantages.
W: What are they?
M: Well, first f all, it has a very internatinal vcabulary. It has many German, Dutch, French, Spanish and Italian wrds in it. S speakers f thse languages will find many familiar wrds in English. In fact, English has wrds frm many ther languages as well.
W: Why is that?
M: Well, that’s partly because English speakers have travelled a lt, they bring back wrds with them. S English really des have an internatinal vcabulary.
W: And what is the ther advantage f English?
M: It’s that English grammar is really quite easy. Fr example, it desn’t have dzens f different endings fr its nuns, adjectives and verbs, nt like Latin, Russian and German fr example.
W: Why is that?
M: Well, the reasn is quite interesting actually. It’s because f the French. When the French ruled England, French was the fficial language, and nly the cmmn peple spke English. They tried t make their language as simple as pssible. S they made the grammar easier.
Questins:
17. What des the man say abut Chinese？
18. What made English a widely used language？
19. What is said t be special abut English vcabulary？
20. Which f the fllwing statements is true?
（二）
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．At 8:00.B．At 8:15.C．At 8:30.D．At 8:45.
2．A．A prfessr.B．A cach.C．An engineer.D．A nurse.
3．A．In a restaurant.B．In a hairdresser’s.C．At a cinema.D．At a tailr’s.
4．A．Ways t visit a university.B．Tw student tur guides.
C．A tur f Fudan University.D．The campus f Fudan University.
5．A．They did nt make it there finally.
B．They were nt well received there.
C．They experienced smething unpleasant n the way.
D．They had a wnderful time befre they arrived there.
6．A．Excited.B．Interested.C．Cnfused.D．Annyed.
7．A．Practice the presentatin in frnt f him.B．Watch hw he makes a presentatin.
C．Reduce the time spent in practicing.D．Find ut wh her audience will be.
8．A．She is always absent-minded.B．She frgt t tell the man abut it.
C．She is unclear abut Sphie’s plan.D．She slipped in the neighbring twn.
9．A．Because it tk him much time t g t wrk.
B．Because he had t save mney fr his jurney.
C．Because the jb arranged many business jurneys.
D．Because he cnsidered it unlucky t have that jb.
10．A．Buy a new printer with less nise.B．Ask the man t brrw a printer.
C．Read a bk n hw t fix the printer.D．Get smene t repair the printer.
Sectin B
Directins: In Sectin B, yu will hear tw passages and ne lnger cnversatin. After each passage r cnversatin, yu will be asked several questins. 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 is the best answer t the questin yu have heard.
Questins 11 thrugh 13 are based n the fllwing passage.
11．A．Hw encres came int existence.B．Hw bands perfrm encres prperly.
C．Why audiences used t need encres.D．Why encres are part f a perfrmance.
12．A．The 17th century.B．The 18th century.C．The 19th century.D．The 20th century.
13．A．French peple were mre interested in encres than thers.
B．Bands usually prepare mre than tw encres fr each shw.
C．Recrding technlgy bsted audiences’ needs fr encres.
D．Musicians can get recharged during the break befre encres.
Questins 14 thrugh 16 are based n the fllwing passage.
14．A．Because f the rule fr the class.B．Because f the curse materials.
C．Because the speaker changed his tpics.D．Because the speaker disliked technlgy.
15．A．The students d nt assess the speaker’s class fairly.
B．The students are satisfied with the class envirnment.
C．The speaker did nt favr leaving technlgy at the dr.
D．The speaker were wrried abut students’ evaluatin n him.
16．A．It will stp students getting n well tgether.
B．It may help students better understand themes.
C．It will imprve teaching effect by giving students mre help.
D．It may distract students frm digging deep within themselves.
Questins 17 thrugh 20 are based n the fllwing cnversatin.
17．A．Dctr and patient.B．Salesman and custmer.
C．Teacher and student.D．Emplyer and emplyee.
18．A．Fishing industry.B．Statistics.C．Cmputer mdeling.D．Nte-taking.
19．A．She is gd at making mdel cmputers.B．She has decided n the title f the essay.
C．She is uninterested in cping with statistics.D．She has always been weak at nte-taking.
20．A．Learn t take ntes immediately.B．Find ut pssible strategies alne.
C．Read fr mre useful infrmatin.D．Wrk n her weaknesses by herself.
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.
Remte Wrk Slws Senir Husing Market Recvery
With the rise f remte wrk, the market fr senir husing has met with prblems in its recvery. Only a few ld peple chse t live in senir-living cmmunities （21）______the grwing senir ppulatin and the cancelatin f COVID-19 restrictins nce making family visits difficult.（22）______ this trend suggests is that peple’s shift t remte wrk cntributes t the slw rebund f the senir husing market. That is, remte wrk is keeping many lder Americans frm mving int senir-living cmmunities nce warmly （23）______（welcme）.
When mre adults began wrking remtely during the pandemic（流行病）, they were able t check in n aging parents easily —they （24）______ take care f their parents’ issues n shrt ntice.
Experts have been analyzing the phenmenn in different ways. Sme fund that the greater flexibility t care fr parents （25）______（mean） peple’s delay in sending aged parents t expensive senir-husing accmmdatins. Therefre, markets with high levels f peple wrking frm hme usually have lwer senir-husing ccupancy rates. Others said remte wrk might have sme effect but als pinted t different factrs. Fr instance, many senirs think that their family wallets are getting thinner, making sme f them reluctant （26）______（send） t senir-living cmmunities.
The age at which peple enter senir husing is als increasing, （27）______serves as anther sign that shws peple are chsing t delay transitining. The rising cst f senir living weighs heavily n that decisin. The CPI （cnsumer-price index） fr nursing hmes and adult day services rse 4.5% last May cmpared with （28）______in May, 2022.
Still, many senir-husing peratrs are ptimistic. When （29）______（illustrate） their pint, they shwed an increase in the number f peple turning 80 years ld ver the fllwing years and the actual wealth they have cllected. Mrever, they find remte wrk arrangements are decreasing in sme parts f the cuntry, （30）______ emplyees there have seen their lwered prductivity while wrking frm hme.
Sectin B
Directins: After reading the passage belw, fill in each blank with a prper wrd chsen frm the bx. Each wrd can be used nly nce. Nte that there is ne wrd mre than yu need.
Brain Signals fr Lasting Pain
Brain signals that reveal hw much pain a persn is in have been discvered by scientists wh say the wrk is a step twards new treatments fr peple living with lasting pain.
It is the first time researchers have decded the brain activity 31 patients’ lasting pain. That has raised the hpe that brain stimulatin treatment already used fr Parkinsn’s and majr depressin can help thse running ut f any ther 32 . “We’ve learned that lasting pain can be tracked and predicted in the real wrld,” said Prasad Shirvalkar, lead researcher n the prject at the University f Califrnia.
Lasting pain affects nearly 28 millin adults in the UK alne, and the causes are 33 . ranging frm cancer t back prblems. That being the case, lasting pain has 34 a rise in taking pwerful painkillers. But n medical treatments wrk well fr the cnditin, 35 experts t call fr a cmplete rethink in hw health services handle patients with lasting pain.
Fr the latest study, Shirvalkar and his clleagues 36 implanted electrdes（电极） int fur patients with lasting pain hard t deal with after the lss f legs. The devices 37 the patients t recrd activity and cllect data in tw brain regins— the ACC and the OFC—at the press f ne buttn n a remte handset. Several times a day, the vlunteers were asked t cmplete shrt surveys n the 38 f pain, meaning hw strng the pain was, and then recrd their brain activity. These scientists, armed with the survey respnses and brain recrdings, fund they culd use cmputers t predict a persn’s pain based n the electrical signals in their OFC. “We fund very different brain activity 39 severe pain and have develped an bjective bimarker fr that kind f pain,” said Shirvalkar. The finding may explain, at least in part, why 40 painkillers are less effective fr lasting pain. “The hpe is that we can use the infrmatin t develp persnalized brain stimulatin treatment fr the mst severe frms f pain.”
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.
The way f recrding things has never ceased t develp. In the 1980s, as sales f vide recrders went up, ld 8mm hme mvies were gradually replaced by VHS （vide hme system）tapes. Later, vide tapes f family hlidays lst their appeal and the use f DVDs 41 . Thse, t, have had their day. Even thse hlding their childhd memries in digital files n their laptps nw knw these files face the risk f 42 .
Digitising histrical dcuments brings huge benefits—files can be 43 and distributed, reducing the risk f their entire lss thrugh physical damage caused by fire r flding. And develping digital versins reduces 44 n the riginal items. The Internatinal Dunhuang Prject, 45 , has digitised items like manuscripts（手稿） frm the Mga caves in China, enabling schlars frm arund the wrld t access recrds easily withut tuching the real items.
But the news that the Ministry f Justice f the UK is prpsing t scan the 110 millin peple’s wills it hlds and then destry a handful f 46 after 25 years has shcked histrians. The ministry cites this as a way f prviding easier access fr researchers. But that nly justifies digitisatin, nt the 47 f the paper cpies. The fficials nte the change will be ecnmically efficient （saving arund £4.5m a year） while keeping all the essential infrmatin.
Schlars 48 . Mst significantly, physical recrds can themselves carry imprtant infrmatin — the kind f ink r paper used may be part f the histry that histrians are 49 . and errr s are ften made in scanning. Besides, digital cpies are arguably mre 50 than the material items, just in different ways. The attack frm the Internet n the British Library last Octber has prevented schlars frm 51 digitised materials it hlds: imagine if researchers culd nt return t the riginals. Sme even think digitised infrmatin can easily be lst within decades n matter what 52 are put in place.
The gvernment says that it will save the riginal wills f “famus peple fr histric recrd”, such as that f Princess Diana’s. Hwever, assuming that we knw wh will 53 t future generatins is extrardinarily prud. Mary Seacle, a pineering nurse wh nw appears n the natinal schl curse in the UK, was largely 54 fr almst a century.
The digitisatin f ld dcuments is a valuable, even essential measure. But t destry the riginals nce they have been scanned, is nt a matter f great 55 , but f huge damage.
41．A．pausedB．bmedC．recveredD．disappeared
42．A．getting utdatedB．cming int styleC．being finedD．making an errr
43．A．deletedB．namedC．cpiedD．altered
44．A．fight r flightB．life r deathC．wear and tearD．awe and wnder
45．A．unfrtunatelyB．additinallyC．in summaryD．fr example
46．A．the riginalsB．the essentialsC．the visualisedD．the digitised
47．A．preservatinB．classificatinC．publicatinD．destructin
48．A．applaudB．disagreeC．discriminateD．withdraw
49．A．revisingB．abandningC．uncveringD．enduring
50．A．meaningfulB．favurableC．resistantD．delicate
51．A．inventingB．adjustingC．accessingD．damaging
52．A．utcmesB．safeguardsC．deadlinesD．byprducts
53．A．matterB．respndC．lseD．live
54．A．sparedB．discussedC．frgttenD．prtected
55．A．sacrificeB．curageC．efficiencyD．admiratin
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）
Charles Rbert Darwin was brn n 12 February 1809 in Shrpshire, England. Darwin’s childhd passin was science, and his interest in chemistry, hwever, was clear; he was even nicknamed ‘Gas’ by his classmates.
In 1825, his father sent him t study medicine at Edinburgh University, where he learned hw t classify plants. Darwin became passinate abut natural histry and this became his fcus while he studied at Cambridge. Darwin went n a vyage tgether with Rbert Fitzry, the captain f HMS Beagle, t Suth America t facilitate British trade in Patagnia. The jurney was life-changing. Darwin spent much f the trip n land cllecting samples f plants, animals and rcks, which helped him t develp an understanding f the prcesses that shape the Earth’s surface. Darwin’s analysis f the plants and animals that he gathered led him t express dubts n frmer explanatins abut hw species frmed and evlved ver time.
Darwin’s wrk cnvinced him that natural selectin was key t understanding the develpment f the natural wrld. The thery f natural selectin says that individuals f a species are mre likely t survive when they inherit（经遗传获得） characteristics best suited fr that specific envirnment. These features then becme mre widespread and can lead eventually t the develpment f a new species. With natural selectin, Darwin argued hw a wide variety f life frms develped ver time frm a single cmmn ancestr.
Darwin married his cusin, Emma Wedgwd, in 1839. When Darwin’s eldest daughter, Annie, died frm a sudden illness in 1851, he lst his belief in Gd. His tenth and final child, Charles Waring Darwin, was brn in 1856．Significantly fr Darwin, this baby was disabled, altering hw Darwin thught abut the human species. Darwin had previusly thught that species remained adapted until the envirnment changed; he nw believed that every new variatin was imperfect and that a struggle t survive was what drve species t adapt.
Thugh rejected at the beginning, Darwin’s thery f evlutin by natural selectin is nwadays well accepted by the scientific cmmunity as the best evidence-based explanatin fr the diversity and cmplexity f life n Earth. The Natural Histry Museum’s library alne has 478 editins f his On the Origin f Species in 38 languages.
56．What made Darwin recnsider the rigin and develpment f species?
A．Examining plants and animals cllected.
B．His desire fr a vyage t different cntinents.
C．Classifying samples in a jurney t Suth America.
D．His passin fr natural histry at Edinburgh University.
57．We can learn frm paragraphs 1 t 3 that Darwin ______.
A．used natural selectin t develp new species
B．enjyed being called nicknames related t science
C．learned sme knwledge abut plants when studying medicine
D．argued with thers ver the diversity f life frms fr a lng perid
58．Which f the fllwing changed Darwin’s view n the human species?
A．That he had ten children in all.B．His yungest sn’s being disabled.
C．That he lst his eldest daughter.D．His marriage with Emma Wedgwd.
59．This passage is mainly abut ______.
A．Darwin’s passin fr medical scienceB．Darwin’s thery and experiments
C．Charles Darwin’s changing interestD．Charles Darwin’s life and wrk
（B）
Welcme t Muir Wds! This rare ancient frest is a kingdm f cast redwds, many ver 600 years ld.
Hw t get here?
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What’s yur path?
Enjy a walk n the paved Redwd Creek Trail （als called Main Trail）. Chse shrt, medium, r lng lps（环线）. Other trails g deep int Muir Wds and Munt Tamalpais State Park.（Refer t the map f Muir Wds n the right fr details.）
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Muir Wds Natinal Mnument Mill Valley, CA 94941-2696
60．Muir Wds will prbably attract ______.
①redwd lvers②hunting lvers③fishing lvers④hiking lvers
A．①②B．③④C．①④D．②③
61．What can be learned frm the passage?
A．Muir wds is surrunded by highland and cean beaches.
B．Visitrs can read electrnic maps using Wi-Fi in Muir Wds.
C．Visitrs are advised t call Visitr Center fr safety tips and regulatins.
D．Reservatins shuld be made if visitrs drive private cars t Muir Wds.
62．Accrding t the map f Muir Wds, ______.
A．Bridge 4 is the farthest frm the parking lts f all bridges
B．Mill Valley is lcated n the suthwest side f Muir Beach
C．Btjack Trail can lead ne t Visitr Center frm Bridge 3
D．fd and gifts can be bught n varius sites in Muir Wds
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Precgnitive dreams are dreams that seemingly predict the future which cannt be inferred frm actually available infrmatin. Frmer US President Abraham Lincln nce revealed the frightening dream t his law partner and friend Ward Hill Lamn, “…Then I heard peple weep… ‘Wh is dead in the White Huse?’ I demanded. ‘The President,’ ‘he was killed!’…” The killing did happen later.
Christpher French, Prfessr in the Department f Psychlgy at Gldsmiths, stated the mst likely explanatin fr such a phenmenn was cincidence （巧合）. “In additin t pure cincidences we must als cnsider the unreliability f memry”, he added. Asked what criteria wuld have t be met fr him t accept that precgnitive dreams were a reality, he said, “The primary prblem with tests f the claim is that the subjects are unable t tell when the event（s）they’ve dreamed abut will happen.”
Hwever, sme claimed t make such tests practicable. Prfessr Carline Watt at the University f Edinburgh, has cnducted studies int precgnitive dreaming. She stated that knwing future thrugh dreams challenged the basic assumptin f science — causality （relatinship f cause and effect）.
Dick Bierman, a retired physicist and psychlgist, wh has wrked at the Universities f Amsterdam, Utrecht and Grningen, has put frward a thery that may explain precgnitive dreams. It is based n the fact that when scientists use certain mathematical descriptins t talk abut things like electrmagnetism（电磁学）, these descriptins favur the belief that time nly mves in ne directin. Hwever, in practice the wave that is running backwards in time des exist. This cncept is called the time symmetry, meaning that the laws f physics lk the same when time runs frward r backward. But he believes that time symmetry breaks dwn due t external cnditins. “The key f the thery is that it assumes that there is a special cntext that restres the brken time-symmetry, if the waves running backwards are ‘absrbed’ by a cnsistent multi-particle（多粒子） system. The brain under a dream state may be such a system where brken time-symmetry is partially restred. This is still nt a full explanatin fr precgnitive dreams but it shws where physics might be adjusted t accmmdate the phenmenn,” he explains.
Althugh Bierman’s explanatin is still based n guesses and has nt accepted by mainstream science, Watt des think it is wrth cnsidering. Fr nw, believing that it’s pssible t predict future with dreams remains an act f faith. Yet, it’s pssible that ne day we’ll wake up t a true understanding f this fascinating phenmenn.
63．Accrding t French, what makes it difficult t test precgnitive dreams?
A．Unavailability f peple’s dreams.
B．That cincidences happen a lt in reality.
C．That criteria fr dream reliability are nt trustwrthy.
D．Peple’s inability t tell when dreamt events will happen.
64．Believers in precgnitive dreams may questin the truth f ______.
A．the assumptin f causalityB．the time symmetry
C．memries f rdinary pepleD．mdern scientific tests
65．We can infer frm the passage that ______.
A．Lincln was warned f the killing by his friend
B．Watt carried ut several experiments n causality
C．researches n electrmagnetism are based n the time symmetry
D．time’s mving in tw directins may justify precgnitive dreams
66．Which might be the best title f the passage?
A．Shuld Dreams Be Assessed?
B．Can Dreams Predict the Future?
C．Hw Can Physics Be Changed t Explain Dreams?
D．Why Shuld Scientists Study Precgnitive Dreams?
Sectin C
Directins: Read the fllwing passage. Fill in each blank with a prper sentence given in the bx. Each sentence can nly be used nce. Nte that there are tw sentences mre than yu need.
Addictin t Labeling
Maybe yu’ve nticed it in the cmments sectin f ppular scial media psts abut anxiety. depressin r things alike, with a number f peple claiming t pick these labels fr themselves.
These days, labeling is everywhere. （67） ______ Hwever, the negative part is that it’s easy fr smene t identify with the characteristics withut truly recgnizing the cntext in which these characteristics wuld require diagnsis, accrding t Charltte Armitage, a registered integrative psychtherapist and psychlgist.
If yu have dne yur research and genuinely feel that yu have sme frm f mental health cncern, then finally having a name fr yur behavirs can be great. But the risk is that many peple will seek labels and interventin fr any behavir, pattern r emtin that is utside f the permanent happy grup that sciety has set as the nrm. “（68） ______ Then the saying ‘a little bit f knwledge is dangerus’ springs t my mind,” Armitage adds.
（69） ______“Children are still develping and evlving, and many childhd behaviral features may seem like thse f a disrder when there’re ther ptential explanatins fr that behavir,” Armitage ntes. Ideally, a diagnsis fr a child shuld be carried ut by a qualified mental health prfessinal. S it is with an adult.
Nevertheless, the mst imprtant thing t bear in mind is that diagnsis desn’t mean t indicate that yu are brken r less capable.（70） ______ And if yu g deeper, it can alert yu t the fact that yu are nt alne, and that many peple experience life in the same way as yu d.
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.
71．
Why Willing t Wait?
First it was the fried chicken. Then a variety f fancy milkshakes. N matter what time it is r hw bad the streets smell, there are plenty f peple waiting in line fr hurs t get their hands n the fd that everyne’s talking abut. If yu are nt the type f persn crazy fr trendy fds, yu prbably wnder why smene wuld like t wait in a lng line just t get a taste f a ppular cream tea. There is a bit f psychlgy behind the craze f waiting befre getting ne’s chpsticks n a trendy fd.
Peple are brn curisity hunters, especially fr fresh ideas, accrding t sme experts. At the sight f a lng waiting line, they just can’t help having a try. And when the trendy fds are nvel in lks and favrs, even innvative in their sales envirnment, the desire fr them is upgraded. All thse stimulate peple t investigate mre—t deal with their curisity.
In additin, having access t smething that is sught ut but hard t pssess equips peple with a feeling that imprves their self-definitins. When smene is envied due t smething he gained with effrts, his self-wrth gets enhanced. Althugh it is yet t be determined whether the number f likes he receives n the phts f fds he’s psted nline is cnnected with the level f envy frm n-lkers, that feeling autmatically becmes strnger.
Even mre, “mb psychlgy” cmes int play: when many peple are ding smething—waiting in line fr the sught-after milkshakes, fr instance —thers are eager t be part f the grup and share such a type f scial familiarity, kind f like the natural pursuit f a sense f belnging. Tasting the same wait-wrthy fd has smething in cmmn.
Ⅴ．Translatin
Directins: Translate the fllwing sentences int English, using the wrds given in the brackets.
72．大多数中国人喜欢在生日的时候吃碗面。（tend）
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73．这家软件公司会从技术上保护设计师的创意。（perspective）
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74．她原以为没多少人会来体育馆看比赛，结果看台上座无虚席。（it）
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75．这位摄影师觉得去热门景点拍照没意思，他已计划好要去沙漠找灵感。（instead）
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Ⅵ．Guided Writing
Directins: Write an English cmpsitin in 120—150 wrds accrding t the instructins given belw in Chinese.
76．你是新华中学的高三学生张敏。临近毕业，同学间正在互留赠言。假设李华是你的同班好友，请给他/她写一封邮件，你需要在邮件中：
1）写明你给他/她的临别赠言；
2）结合李华的高中生活经历，谈谈你送他/她该赠言的理由。
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答案
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．W: What time des the bus leave?
M: Nt until 8:30, but I want t get t the statin 15 minutes earlier in rder t get a gd seat.
Q: When will the man’s bus prbably leave?
2．M: It seems like I’m running a fever.
W: Dn’t wrry. I’ll give yu a bld test first.
Q: What is mst prbably the wman’s jb?
3．W: Gd afternn, sir. Take a seat, please.
M: Thank yu. I want a haircut and a shave, please.
Q: Where des the cnversatin mst prbably take place?
4．M: I heard yu made a trip t Fudan University last Sunday.
W: Yes, we arrived at 9 a. m. and then tw senir students shwed us arund the campus. We were deeply impressed.
Q: What are the speakers mainly talking abut?
5．W: Hi! Welcme back. Have yu had a gd time?
M: Well, we did when we eventually gt there.
Q: What des the man imply?
6．M: Which basketball team are yu ging t supprt?
W: Yu are nt ging t talk abut basketball again, are yu? That’s it.
Q: Hw des the wman feel abut discussing basketball?
7．W: I have t give my ral presentatin in class tmrrw, and I am s nervus.
M: Maybe yu just need sme practice. Why dn’t yu use me as yur audience?
Q: What des the man suggest the wman d?
8．M: Why dn’t yu tell me Sphie is cming t twn?
W: I’m srry. It cmpletely slipped my mind.
Q: What des the wman mean?
9．W: Then why did yu decide t quit yur frmer jb?
M: That’s because f the jurney. It tk me abut tw hurs t get t wrk. And yu are lucky—yur firm is within walking distance.
Q: Why did the man want t change his jb?
10．M: That nise frm the printer sunds quite strange. Why nt have it fixed?
W: Yu are right. Perhaps I’ve put it ff t lng.
Q: What will the wman mst prbably d?
Sectin B
Directins: In Sectin B, yu will hear tw passages and ne lnger cnversatin. After each passage r cnversatin, yu will be asked several questins. 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 is the best answer t the questin yu have heard.
Questins 11 thrugh 13 are based n the fllwing passage.
If yu’ve attended a cncert, yu might wnder why the band perfrmed an encre, an added shrt perfrmance at the end f a shw. There are actually varius reasns.
First, there is a histrical reasn. The encre has its rts in the 19th-century perfrmances, where audiences wuld repeat the wrd ‘encre’, a French wrd fr ‘again’, s as t hear a sectin f the perfrmance again. Since recrding technlgy was nt t be invented until 1877, live perfrmance was the nly way t listen t music. Therefre, talented musicians wuld always receive ‘encre’ requests thrughut a perfrmance. As recrded music later well develped in the 20th century, encres became reserved fr the very end f a live shw. Nwadays, mst prfessinal bands and musicians will feature at least ne encre.
And encres can give the band a break. As we knw, live perfrmance is very physically-demanding. Often, an encre simply serves as an excuse fr the musicians t have a quick break nce they’re almst near the end f their set. During the brief break between the main set and the encre, musicians will usually have a drink r use the bathrm. While the shrt break is usually nly a cuple f minutes, it’s just enugh time fr musicians t re charge t cntinue the perfrmance.
（Nw listen again please.）
Questins:
11．What is the speaker mainly talking abut?
12．Which century can encres be traced back t?
13．What can we learn frm the passage?
Questins 14 thrugh 16 are based n the fllwing passage.
Like many ther peple, I lve my smartphne, which keeps me cnnected with the larger wrld. I als lve my laptp, because it hlds all f my writing and thughts. Hwever, there are times when I need t mve away frm these devices and truly cmmunicate with thers.
I teach a curse called Histry Matters. My gals fr the class include a full discussin f histrical themes and ideas. In rder that my students can thrughly study the materials and exchange their ideas in the classrm, I have a rule — n laptps, tablets, phnes, etc. When the students first learned the rule, sme f them were nt happy.
Mst students think that my reasns fr this rule include unpleasant experiences with students misusing technlgy. There’s a bit f truth t that. Sme students think that I am anti-technlgy. There’s n truth in that. The real reasn why I ask students t leave technlgy at the dr is that there are very few places in which we can have deep cnversatins and truly engage in cmplex ideas. Interruptins by technlgy ften break cncentratin and allw fr t much dependence n utside infrmatin. I want my students t dig deep within themselves.
I’ve been teaching my class this way fr many years and the evaluatins frm students reflect their satisfactin with the envirnment I create. Students realize that with deep cnversatin and challenge, they learn at a level that helps them keep the curse materials beynd the classrm.
（Nw listen again please.）
Questins:
14．Why were sme f the speaker’s students unhappy?
15．What can be learned frm this passage?
16．What can we infer abut the use f technlgy in classrms?
Questins 17 thrugh 20 are based n the fllwing cnversatin.
M: Hi, Amanda. Cme int the ffice and sit dwn here.
W: Thank yu, Dr. Lee.
M: S hw is yur essay planning ging?
W: Well, Dr. Lee, I’m still having a lt f truble deciding n a title.
M: What we’ll d is t take dwn sme pints that might help yu with yur decisin. First f all, yu have chsen yur general tpic area, haven’t yu?
W: Yes, it’s the fishing industry.
M: Oh, yes. Nw, what aspects f the curse are yu gd at?
W: Well, I think I’m cping well with statistics, and I’m never bred with them.
M: Gd. Anything else?
W: I als fund cmputer mdeling fascinating.
M: That’s great. D yu think these might be areas yu culd bring int yur essay?
W: Yeah, if pssible. But I am afraid I dn’t have sufficient backgrund infrmatin.
M: I see. Well, d yu take ntes?
W: I am very weak at nte-taking — ther teachers have always been making such a cmment.
M: I think yu really need t wrk n these weaknesses befre yu g any further.
W: May I ask fr yur suggestin?
M: I can g thrugh the pssible strategies in nte-taking with yu. But yu’d better read these bks first t gather valuable infrmatin.
（Nw listen again please.）
Questins:
17．What is the pssible relatinship between the tw speakers?
18．What is the tpic area f the wman’s essay?
19．What can be learned abut the wman?
20．What des the man finally suggest the wman d?
1-5 CDBCC 6-10 DABAD 11-13 DCD 14-16ABD 17-20 CADC
21．despite 22．What 23．welcmed 24．culd 25．meant 26．t be sent
27．which 28．that 29．illustrating 30．because/since/as
31-35 JFKDG36-40IBEAH
41-45 BACCD46-50 ADBCD51-55CBACC
56-59 ACBD60-62 CDA63-66 DADB67-70 BEAF
71．Many peple are keen n lining up fr ppular fds fr sme psychlgical reasns. First, peple have the tendency t satisfy their curisity, especially fr smething new. Additinally, peple find themselves mre valued when wning smething hard t get. Last, peple naturally want t be part f a cmmunity.（49 wrds）
72．Mst Chinese peple tend t （1.5） eat a bwl f ndles n their birthdays.（1.5）
73．The sftware cmpany will prtect designers’ creativity/creative（2）
frm a technical perspective / frm a perspective f technlgy.（1）
74．She （had） suppsed that nt many peple wuld cme t the stadium t watch the game,（2）but it turned ut that all the seats n the stand（s） were ccupied.（2）
75．The phtgrapher finds it meaningless/ bring t sht / take pictures in ppular turist destinatins,（2.5）
and instead he has planned t lk fr inspiratin / inspiring ideas/ things that can inspire him in the desert.（2.5）
76．略
（三）
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. Clleagues.B. Mther and sn.
C. Emplyer and emplyee.D. Husband and wife.
2. A. The effects f the fld.B. The fight against the fld.
C. The cause f the fld.D. The ten flds f the year.
3. A. They were bth busy ding their wn wrk.
B. They waited fr each ther at different places.
C. They went t the street crner at different times.
D. The man went t the cncert but the wman didn’t.
4. A. At Mary Jhnsn’s.B. At a painter’s studi.
C. In an exhibitin hall.D. Outside an art gallery.
5. A. He saw the big twer n TV.B. He has visited the TV twer nce.
C. He has visited the TV twer twice.D. He will visit the TV twer in June.
6. A. She is nt interested in the article.B. She has given the man t much truble.
C. She likes t have a cpy f the article.D. She has difficulty reading the article.
7. A. The man’s huse is very dirty.B. The man has t get rid f the ld furniture.
C. The furniture is cvered with lts f dust.D. The furniture the man bught is inexpensive.
8. A. New students are usually unfair. B. The teacher lacks teaching experience.
C. She desn’t agree with the man. D. The man had better talk with the students.
9. A. He has fund a very gd jb.B. He desn’t feel at ease in the firm.
C. He has been cnsidered as a fl.D. He desn’t get n with the thers.
10. A. A plane ticket.B. A shpping experience.
C. An imaginary situatin.D. A vacatin by the sea.
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. The film is made up f wrld classics.
B. Mamma Mia has mved frm the stage t the screen.
C. Mamma Mia tells Sufi’s search fr her mther.
D. The stry f Mamma Mia has a lt t d with the band.
12. A. In Sweden.B. In Shanghai.
C. In Lndn.D. In America.
13. A. The mature cast.
B. The stry with ABBA music.
C. The Eurpean Sng Cntest 1984 champin.
D. The Chinese versin f Mamma f 2011.
Questins 14 thrugh 16 are based n the fllwing passage.
14. A. Leisure activities.B. Ppular TV stars.
C. Outdr sprts. D. Family time.
15. A. Driving. B. Gardening.
C. Eating ut.D. Surfing.
16. A. Ging t the bars. B. Playing nline games.
C. Watching TV. D. Reading nvels.
Questins 17 thrugh 20 are based n the fllwing cnversatin.
17. A. At a travel agency.B. At a lcal restaurant.
C. At a htel receptin.D. At an Australian airprt.
18. A. Free wine is ffered.B. The price is reasnable.
C. She carries a lt f luggage.D. She travels with her family.
19. A. One week. B. Tw weeks.
C. Fur nights. D. Five nights.
20. A. She can cme back fr Christmas.
B. She can drink the best wine f Australia.
C. She can chse the activities she likes.
D. She can bk a hliday anywhere.
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.
What If Yu’re Nt Gd at English?
Researchers whse first language is nt English can spend arund twice as lng reading an English scientific jurnal article as native speakers. Fr a PhD student, that can mean (21) ______ (spend) up t 19 additinal wrking days per year just reading papers.
These statistics, (22) ______ (publish) tday in PLOS Bilgy, might nt be shcking, researchers say, but it’s imprtant t measure the effects f language barriers n the careers f academics (23) ______ are nt fluent in English. “It is the first step fr the scientific cmmunity (24) ______ (make) mre effrts t slve this prblem”, says Tatsuya Aman, a bidiversity researcher at the University f Queensland in Brisbane, Australia, and a c-authr f the study.
The team fund that amng scientists wh had published nly ne paper in English, scientists frm cuntries (25) ______ English is generally pr spent 29.8 percent mre time writing papers than native English speakers; (26) ______ frm cuntries with mderate English prficiency(能力) spent 50.6% mre time. Similarly, the researchers fund that peple frm cuntries with lw English prficiency spent an average f 90.8 percent mre time reading scientific articles (27) _______ native English speakers.
At cnferences, even thse wh vercme bstacles face difficulties in presenting their wrk in English. Germana Barata, a researcher wh (28) ______ (specialize) in science cmmunicatin at the State University f Campinas in Brazil, says that despite being fluent in English, she still feels uncmfrtable at times. “We (29) ______ (give) the same amunt f time t present, but all that we can say in 10 minutes is different frm (30) ______ a native speaker can say,” she pints ut.
Sectin B
Directins: Fill in each blank with a prper wrd chsen frm the bx. Each wrd can be used nly nce. Nte that there is ne wrd mre than yu need.
A New Era f Creative Partnerships
In a new paper in a Nature Human Behavir special issue n AI, researcher Janet Rafner frm Aarhus Institute f Advanced Studies and Center fr Hybrid Intelligence at Aarhus University and Prf. Jacb Shersn, directr f the Center fr Hybrid Intelligence, tgether with internatinal partners, discuss research and scietal (31) ______ f creativity and AI.
The team f researchers argue that we shuld direct ur attentin t understanding and develping c-creativity, the interactin between humans and machines twards what is (32) ______ a human-centered AI and hybrid intelligence. In this way we will be able t develp interfaces(界面) that at the same time ensure bth high degrees f autmatizatin thrugh AI and human cntrl and hereby supprting a relatinship that best (33) ______ each ther.
Rafner cmments: T date, mst studies n human-AI c-creativity cme frm the field f human-cmputer (34) ______ and fcus n the abilities f the AI, and the interactin design and dynamics.
While these (35) ______ are key fr understanding the dynamics between humans and algrithms(算法) and human attitudes twards the c-creative prcess and prduct, there is an urgent need t enrich these applicatins with the insights abut creativity (36) ______ ver the past decades in the psychlgical sciences.
“Right nw, we need t mve the cnversatin away frm questins like Can AI be creative? One reasn fr this is that (37) ______ creativity is nt set in stne. When investigating human nly, machine nly, and human-AI c-creativity, we need t cnsider the type and level f creativity under (38) ______, frm everyday creative activities that are perhaps mre suitable t machine autmatizatin t cntributins that may require higher-level human interventin; (39) ______, it is much mre meaningful t cnsider sme questins like, what are the similarities and differences in human cgnitin, behavir, mtivatin and self-efficacy(自我效能) between human-AI c-creativity and human creativity?”explains Rafner.
We, (40) ______, dn’t knw enugh abut c-creativity between humans and machines, because the line between humans and artificial intelligence isn’t always clear. Lking ahead, researchers shuld balance predictive accuracy with theretical understanding, twards the gal f develping intelligent systems t bth measure and enhance human creativity.
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.
Many f the wrld’s islands were previusly unexplred places, but ver time, peple have cme t these places with far-reaching effects, including defrestatin, ver-hunting and the intrductin f invasive species. (41) ______, mst f the bird species disappeared.
While the death f many birds since the 1500s has been (42) ______, ur knwledge f the fate f species befre this relies n fssils(化石), and these recrds are limited because birds’ lightweight bnes are (43) ______ ver time. This cnceals the true (44) ______ f glbal extinctins.
Researchers nw believe 1,430 bird species — almst 12 per cent — have died ut ver mdern human histry since arund 130,000 years ag, with the vast majrity f them becming extinct directly r indirectly (45) ______ human activity.
The study, led by the UK Centre fr Eclgy & Hydrlgy (UKCEH) and published in Nature Cmmunicatins, used statistical mdelling t (46) ______ the undiscvered bird extinctins.
Lead authr Dr Rb Cke, an eclgical mdeler at UKCEH, says:“Our study demnstrates there has been a far higher (47) ______ impact n diversity than previusly recgnized. Humans quickly destryed bird ppulatins thrugh habitat lss, ver-explitatin, and the intrductin f rats, pigs, and dgs, which attacked the birds’ nests, and (48) ______ with birds fr fd. We shw that many species became extinct befre written recrds and left n (49) ______, lst frm histry.”
Dr Søren Faurby f the University f Gthenburg, a c-authr f the study, adds: “These histric extinctins have had a majr impact n the current bidiversity crisis. The wrld may nt nly have lst many fascinating birds but als their varied (50) ______ rles, which are likely t have included key functins such as pllinatin(授粉). This will have had knck-n effects n ecsystems, s, (51) ______ bird extinctins, we will have lst a lt f plants and animals that (52) ______ these species fr survival.”
Observatins and fssils shw 640 bird species have been driven extinct — 90 per cent f these n islands (53) ______ by peple. These (54) ______ frm the icnic(标志性的) Dd f Mauritius t the Great Auk f the Nrth Atlantic t the lesser-knwn Saint Helena Giant Hpe. But the researchers estimate there have been further 790 unknwn extinctins, meaning a ttal f 1,430 lst species — leaving just under 11,000 tday. Therefre, frm the perspective f prtecting species (55) ______, the prtectin f birds is an urgent issue fr mankind.
41. A. T sme extentB. On averageC. As a resultD. In shrt
42. A. cnfirmedB. recrdedC. cncealedD. discussed
43. A. distractedB. dispsedC. dismissedD. disintegrated
44. A. extentB. cntextC. utcmeD. influence
45. A. due tB. ther thanC. instead fD. in spite f
46. A. declareB. illustrateC. estimateD. emphasize
47. A. climate B. humanC. envirnmental D. natural
48. A. cnnectedB. cpedC. livedD. cmpeted
49. A. traceB. ruteC. changeD. prpsal
50. A. interactive B. eclgicalC. prductiveD. scial
51. A. in terms fB. because fC. except frD. in additin t
52. A. depend n B. interact with C. fight against D. stay away
53. A. inhabitedB. remvedC. develpedD. killed
54. A. resultB. rangeC. sufferD. date
55. A. riginB. prjectC. grwthD. diversity
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)
In bringing up children, every parent watches eagerly the child’s acquisitin f each new skill— the first spken wrds, the first independent steps, r the beginning f reading and writing. It is ften tempting t hurry the child beynd his natural learning rate, but this can set up dangerus feelings f failure and states f wrry in the child. This might happen at any stage. A baby might be frced t use a tilet t early, a yung child might be encuraged t learn t read befre he knws the meaning f the wrds he reads. On the ther hand, thugh, if a child is left alne t much, r withut any learning pprtunities, he lses his natural enthusiasm fr life and his desire t find ut new things fr himself.
Parents vary greatly in their degree f strictness twards their children. Sme may be especially strict in mney matters. Others are severe ver times f cming hme at night r punctuality fr meals. In general, parents’ demands and scial values are as imprtant as children’s wn well-being. Therefre, parents als need t cnstantly bserve the wrld and explre the unknwn s as t give the children gd persnalized educatin in their grwth.
As regards the develpment f mral standards in the grwing child, cnsistency is very imprtant in parental teaching. T ban a thing ne day and excuse it the next is n fundatin fr mrality. Als, parents shuld realize that “example is better than precept(训诫)”. If they are nt sincere and d nt practice what they say, their children may grw cnfused, and emtinally insecure when they grw ld enugh t think fr themselves, and realize they have been t sme extent fled.
A sudden awareness f a marked difference between their parents’ principles and their mrals can be a dangerus disappintment. Parents must pay mre attentin t their wn behavir and language, passing n the right values and cgnitin t their children. In this way, children can grw up healthily n the right track.
56. What d parents usually d when their children are grwing up?
A. Speed up their children’s learning.
B. Watch their children learn new skills.
C. Put their children int a state f islatin.
D. Make their children live n their wn.
57. What’s right abut parents’ being strict with their children?
A. Parents shuld nt expect t much f them.
B. Parents shuld encurage them t read faster than thers.
C. Parents shuld create as many learning pprtunities as pssible.
D. Parents shuld find a balance between being strict and leaving them alne.
58. The secnd paragraph mainly tells us that ______.
A. parents shuld be strict with their children
B. parents need t be strict with themselves
C. different parents treat their children differently
D. parents set strict limits n their children’s spending
59. In mral matters, parents shuld ______.
A. keep in line in wrds and deeds
B. demand that their children listen t them
C. knw the difference between adults and children
D. cnsistently ensure the security f their children
(B)
Preschler r grade-schler? Start saving early
It’s never t early t start saving fr cllege. One way t get a jump is t use cllege savings plans like the 529 r Cverdell t start a pl f mney t draw frm later. Yu can pen an accunt while yur student is a child. And with an accunt like a 529, the mney can be invested t grw tax-free, as lng as it’s used fr qualified educatin expenses.
Early high schl? Time t check thse expectatins
Setting realistic expectatins with yur high schler is an imprtant part f the cllege readiness timeline. In fact, yu can start talking abut cllege and the future when yur student is in junir high. Even if yu have cllege savings t help pay fr cllege—r mst f yur savings—speaking with yur student abut expectatins is imprtant.
High schl junir? Apply fr schlarships and financial aid
The time t start applying fr schlarships is during yur student’s junir year f high schl. Sprts, music, perfrmance, and clubs can enhance an applicatin alng with grades. It can help create a general essay that can be adjusted fr each schlarship. Put tgether a résumé that includes activities, jbs, and accmplishments. Dn’t frget t fill ut a CSS prfile with the cllege bard. Sme schls and ther rganizatins use the CSS prfile fr utstanding schlarship applicatins.
Federal financial aid
In rder t qualify fr federal financial aid, including grants(助学金) and student lans, it’s imprtant t fill ut the Free Applicatin fr Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Yur student shuld fill ut their first FAFSA in Octber f their senir year f high schl. The FAFSA shuld be updated and submitted every subsequent year in Octber t keep the infrmatin up t date and t receive nging federal financial aid.
Other pprtunities t hld back the csts … r add t them
When planning ahead fr cllege, it’s als imprtant t cnsider ther pprtunities and expect the unexpected. Sme additinal pprtunities t cnsider while yur high schler is a junir r senir include:
Study abrad. If there’s a chance fr yur student t take a semester r year abrad, that can be a gd experience, but it might als require extra paperwrk and additinal csts.
Additinal educatin. Sme schls might ffer additinal certificatins n tp f regular degree cursewrk. A special certificatin might require a summer semester that might nt be included in the traditinal financial aid award.
Lnger time in schl. Nt every student will finish in the traditinal fur-year time frame. Changing majrs, duble majrs, and extracurricular(课外的) activities can extend yur student’s time in schl.
…
60. What des the underlined part in Para.1 refer t?
A. Cllege savings plan. B. Schlarship applicatin methd.
C. Educatin savings accunt.D. Educatinal certificatin agency.
61. What d yu need t d first if yu want t get federal financial aid?
A. T update yur materials. B. T apply fr schlarships.
C. T cntact the gvernment.D. T fill ut the free applicatin.
62. What des the authr want t tell the readers t d?
A. T plan a brand-new cllege life.
B. T think ahead abut the cst f cllege.
C. T wrk t make mney as early as pssible.
D. T think abut the significance f majr chices.
(C)
The emergence f black hles undubtedly marks the beginning f a revlutin. Black hles have many peculiar prperties, such as the alteratin f space and time, the radiatin f gravitatinal waves and s n. Scientists are still trying t study the prperties and evlutin f black hles in rder t better understand the rigin and evlutin f the universe.
Recently, a team f astrnmers may have fund a sl-wandering black hle using a strange trick f gravity called micrlensing(微透镜效应), but the results still have t be cnfirmed.
Smetimes it’s tugh being an astrnmer. Nature likes t hide the mst interesting things frm easy bservatin. Take, fr example, black hles. Except fr the strange quantum(量子) phenmenn f Hawking radiatin, black hles are cmpletely black. They dn’t emit a single bit f radiatin – they nly absrb, hence their name.
T date, the nly way astrnmers have been able t spt black hles is thrugh their influence n their envirnments. Fr example, if an rbiting star gets a little t clse, the black hle can absrb the gas frm that star, causing it t heat up as it falls. We can watch as stars dance arund the giant black hle at the center f the Milky Way.
Even the famed pictures f the black hles in the center f the Milky Way and the M87 galaxy(星系) aren’t phtgraphs f the black hles themselves. Instead, they are radi images f everything arund them.
But surely nt all black hles have ther light-emitting bjects arund them t help us find them. T find these wanderers, astrnmers have tried their luck with micrlensing. We knw that heavy bjects can bend the path f light arund them. This is a predictin f Einstein’s general thery f relativity, and the slight bending f starlight arund ur wn sun was ne f the first successful tests f the thery.
Micrlensing is pretty much what the name suggests. When astrnmers get extremely lucky, a wandering black hle and pass between us and a randm distant star. The light frm that star bends arund the black hle because f its gravity, and frm ur pint f view, the star will appear t temprarily flare in brightness.
And when I say “extremely lucky” I mean it. Despite trying this technique fr ver a decade, it is nly nw that astrnmers have fund a candidate black hle thrugh micrlensing. Tw teams used the same data, a micrlensing event recrded frm bth the OGLE (Optical Gravitatinal Lensing Experiment) telescpe in Chile and the MOA (Micrlensing Observatins in Astrphysics) telescpe in New Zealand. One team fund that the mass was smewhere arund seven times the mass f the sun – definitely black hle territry. But the ther team estimated a much smaller mass, arund 2-4 times the mass f the Sun. If the true mass f the bject is at the lwer end f that spectrum(光谱), then the wanderer is prbably nt a black hle.
63. Why des the authr say it is hard t be an astrnmer?
A. Einstein’s thery is hard t understand.
B. Many things in nature are nt easy t bserve.
C. Understanding the evlutin f the universe is nt easy.
D. Whether the black hle has been fund remains t be seen.
64. What is the example in Para. 4 trying t prve?
A. Stars’ wandering in black hles.
B. Black hles’ absrbing the star’s gas.
C. The relatinship between stars’ heating and black hles.
D. Finding black hles by bserving envirnmental changes.
65. What des the authr tell us abut the discvery f black hles?
A. Peple can ften find black hles with glwing bjects.
B. Research grups can wrk tgether t find black hles.
C. Glwing bjects arund black hles help us find them smetimes.
D. Understanding the prperties f black hles helps find them.
66. What cnclusin can we draw frm the last paragraph?
A. T persevere in the end is t win.
B. Facts speak luder than wrds.
C. Failure is the mther f success.
D. Things are nt always what they seem.
Sectin C
Directins: Read the passage carefully. 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.
Hanwengng Shrine
Nw we cme t Hanwengng Shrine, which is beside Hangjiang river and west f Bijia muntain. (67) __________ In the square in frnt f the hall, an ancient bk-shaped stne is carved with tw famus sayings f Han Yu n it, meaning hard wrk is the precnditin fr success, and deep thught is the guarantee f success.
In the year f A.D. 819, fr sme plitical reasn, Han Yu was exiled(流放) t Chazhu, a backland at that time. But he was nt depressed by this, and he helped lcal peple t develp educatin, agriculture, irrigatin and release slaves. (68) ____________
The shrine was built against the muntain and divided int tw parts, the frnt part and the back part. Nw we play a small game: cunt the stne steps, and later I’ll tell yu a secret. Hw many steps are there? Yes, 51 steps! Why? (69) ___________ The first time Han Yu came t Chazhu, he was impressed by the beautiful scenery and hspitality f lcal peple. Yu see that ld tree? Peple say the mre flwers in the tree, the mre well-educated students are. But in Qing Dynasty, this magic tree, planted by Han Yu himself, died, s peple planted this tree instead.
(70) __________ Here is ne: when Han Yu was living in Chazhu, there was a very fierce and cruel crcdile in the Hanjiang river, which was a big scial harm. One day, Han Yu drafted a statement against the crcdile and made it public by the river. Incredibly, frm the next day n, the crcdile was gne. Later, the statue, made f a prtrait f Han Yu, was built and his wrds were left n the mnument t mark his achievements.
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.
71. Hw t Stay n Task
“In many activities, it is difficult t maintain a high level f fcus ver time. Our research asks why this is the case,” said Matthew K. Rbisn, assistant prfessr f psychlgy at the University f Texas at Arlingtn. Althugh humans generally perfrm fine in situatins that require sustained attentin, they are ften distracted, which can lead t inattentin. Cmmn distractins can be anything frm thinking abut a new rmantic interest t reacting t a car hnking. Mst inattentin has minr cnsequences like frgetting t frward an email r pick up an item at the grcery stre. Hwever, ther inattentin can lead t serius cnsequences, such as a train peratr nt reacting t an incident, a surgen frgetting a step in an peratin r an individual frgetting t turn ff an ven.
“Sustaining attentin can be easier said than dne, as attentin fluctuates(波动) acrss shrt and lng intervals,” Rbisn said. One f the mst cmmn appraches t studying inattentin has been t examine respnse time t a variety f tasks. Fr this study, Rbisn and clleagues emplyed mre than 100 participants t cmplete reactin time tasks fr abut 25 minutes. In a standard cntrl cnditin, participants were simply tld t respnd as quickly as pssible n each trial. “In this cnditin, reactin times systematically increased acrss time, cnsistent with the idea that task fcus was decreasing,” Rbisn said. “Hwever, when we gave them specific gals t pursue and made thse gals harder ver time, they did nt shw that effect.”
The drp in cncentratin ges sme way t explaining why we remember r frget the mment and why sme peple remember better than thers. Rbisn and clleagues at the University f Oregn have als published a new study n maintaining attentin. The results prvide evidence that a simple and easily implementable change in behavir — setting specific gals fr neself — can significantly imprve ur ability t maintain task fcus ver time. “Setting a specific gal will increase sustained attentin and reduce inattentin,” said Rbisn based n his studies.
V. Translatin
Directins: Translate the fllwing sentences int English, using the wrds given in the brackets.
72. 这个摄影师坚持每天用一张照片记录生活。(dcument)
73. 上海是一座迷人的城市，因此市民和游客昵称上海为“魔都”。(nickname)
74. 人们常常抱怨飞机餐难吃，主要是因为在飞机上人们的味觉和嗅觉都会暂时失灵。(cmplain)
75. 这部电影充满正能量，它用一个女孩的成长经历激励人们在人生道路上不断挑战自我，努力成为更好的自己。（which）
VI. Guided Writing
Directins: Write an English cmpsitin in 120-150 wrds accrding t the instructins given belw in Chinese.
76. 假设你是明启中学高三学生张磊，你的英国朋友Michael来信说他打算今年暑期来中国度假，你想邀请他去你的家乡游览。请你给他回信，内容需包括：
1）你最想带他去的几个地方，以及参与的活动；
2）你所提建议的理由。
参考答案
I. Listening Cmprehensin
Sectin A
1-5 B A B D B 6-10 C D C A C
Sectin B
11-13 B C A14-16 A C B 17-20 A D B C
II. Grammar and Vcabulary
Sectin A
21. spending 22. published 23. wh/that 24. t make 25. where
26. thse 27. than 28. specializes/is specialized 29. are given 30. what
Sectin B
31-35 D B A C E 36-40 G K F H J
III. Reading Cmprehensin
Sectin A
41-45 C B D A A 46-50 C B D A B 51-55 D A A B D
Sectin B
56-59 B D C A 60-62 C D B 63-66 B D C D
Sectin C
67-70 D E A B
IV. Summary fr reference
Research shws that setting a specific gal increases sustained attentin. It is hard t maintain a high level f cncentratin in many activities. Peple are ften distracted, resulting in pr cncentratin, with minr r serius cnsequences. Attentin fluctuates between shrt and lng intervals, and the shrter the reactin time is, the greater the cncentratin will be. (56 wrds)
V. Translatin
72. The phtgrapher insists n dcumenting his life with a pht every day.
73. Shanghai is a charming city, s citizens and turists nickname Shanghai as “Mdu”.
74. Peple ften cmplain abut airline fd, mainly because peple’s sense f taste and smell will be temprarily lst n the plane.
75. This film is full f psitive energy, which uses a girl’s experience f grwing up t inspire peple t challenge themselves in life and try t be a better versin f themselves.
cnfusingly B. rbbing C. apply D. accelerates E. bearable
F. fear G. underlying H. temprarily I. claims J. bargain
K. utcmes
Yu are nly allwed t purchase a firearm if yu have had a backgrund check and meet certain legal requirements.
There have been many enlightening articles n gun cntrl in America.
If yu were t visit the United States fr tw mnths, the nly gun yu might see is in a museum r n a plice fficer.
Less than fifty percent f hmes in the United States wn weapns, and many f thse hmes are in rural areas where guns may have a greater use.
Mre peple are deciding t legalize their gun transactins instead f buying them n the black market.
F. What alarms peple the mst abut American gun culture are the illegal guns and shting.
A．accmpaniedB．allwedC．feasiblyD．fueled
E．intensityF．ptinG．prmptingH．rutine
I．surgicallyJ．underlyingK．varied
A．Labeling pses even mre f a prblem when it cmes t kids.
B．It can be helpful fr thse nt quite able t understand why they feel the way they d.
C．There seems t be a desire t see negative emtins as smething requiring interventin r diagnsis.
D．Labeling leads t children’s vercming their addictin t what is psted nline.
E．Smene has had nly a certain experience and judges all behavir with that experience.
F．The basic functin f a diagnsis is t give yu a name fr thse behavirs nce felt unusual.
A. empwers B. termed C. interactin D. implicatins E. advances
F. questin G. btained H. additinally I. pressure J. currently K. defining
A. When Han Yu came t Chazhu, he was 51 years ld.
B. Han Yu was a Cnfucian figure, and there are many stries abut him in Chazhu.
C. Althugh Han Yu’s ideas had n bvius practical effect at the time, they had a great impact n sciety decades later.
D. Built in the Sng dynasty, the shrine is the ldest and best preserved mnument t Han Yu, ne f the greatest literary men in the Tang dynasty.
E. T memrize what he had cntributed t the develpment f Chazhu, peple cnstructed this shrine and named him Hanwengng respectfully.
F. There are s many turists that, t relieve the pressure n the mnuments, the scenic spt requires that a maximum f 500 peple visit at a time.