江苏省南通如皋市2024-2025学年高三上学期期中考试英语试卷

这是一份江苏省南通如皋市2024-2025学年高三上学期期中考试英语试卷，共19页。
第一节
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1.Hw far des the man have t run in the race?
A.100 meters.B.400 metersC.1600 meters
2.Hw des the man sund?
A. Cnsiderate.B. Grateful.C. Stubbrn.
3.Why desn’t the wman eat ice cream?
A. She desn’t like it.B. It is t expensive.C. It is bad fr her health.
4. What are the speakers prbably ding?
A. Enjying the weekend.
B. Arranging a vacatin.
C. Turing in a wnderful city.
5. Hw many cups f cffee des the wman drink every week nw?
A. One.B. Three.C. Seven.
第二节
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟; 听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6. What did the man d last year?
A. He finished his lessns and lectures.
B. He jined the student unin.
C He fund an ffice jb.
7. What makes the wman lve the place?
A. The great classes.B. The friendly peple.C. The beautiful buildings.
听第7段材料，回答第 8至 10题。
8. What is the relatinship between the speakers?
A. They are family.B They are neighbrs. C They are strangers.
9. What animal did the speakers see?
A.A fish. B. A snake. C. A muse.
10. Hw did the wman feel at last?
A. Bred. B. Frightened. C. Interested.
听第 8 段材料，回答第11 至13题。
11. Wh is the man prbably?
A. An actr. B. An editr.C.A cmpany wner.
12. Where des the cnversatin take place?
A. At a cinema.B. At a bkshp.C. At a newspaper ffice.
13. What will happen t the wman’s stry?
A. It will be published n the frnt page.
B. It will be read by Tm Cruise.
C. It will be turned int a mvie.
听第9段材料，回答第 14 至 17 题。
14. Wh listed the number ne htel in the wrld?
A. A ppular website.B. A famus newspaper.C. A high-quality magazine.
15. What d all the rms in the htel have?
A. Fashin magazines.B. Super large beds. C. Private pls.
16, What is the neighbrhd f the htel like?
A. There is a shpping center.
B. There are lts f clubs.
C. It is nt crwded there.
17. What may have changed the wman's attitude tward the htel?
A. Its price. B. Its fd. C. Its surrundings.
听第 10 段材料，回答第 18 至 20 题。
18. What can we knw abut Jim accrding t the speaker?
A. He wrks with the speaker.
B. He lves gardening.
C. He is a science expert.
19, What happened t Jim and his team in the trip?
A. They discvered a new animal.
B. They had been apart fr sme nights
C. They planted varius trees in the rainfrest.
20. What will Jim d n the shw?
A. Answer sme questins.
B. Talk abut his adventures.
C. Give sme tips n studying
第二部分 阅读 (共两节，满分50分)
第一节 (共15小题; 每题2.5分，满分37.5分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
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21. Hw lng des it take t g frm Halifax t Brighuse by train?
A. 10 minutes.B.20 minutes.C. Half an hur. D. An hur.
22, When des the last train leave Sunderland fr Lndn Kings Crss?
A.14:50.B.17:30.C.18:05. D. 21:06.
23. Which ptin shuld yu select after calling t buy a ticket?
A. Optin 4.B. Optin 3.C. Optin 2.D. Optin 1.
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My decisin t take Prfessr Brwne’s histry class 14 years ag was abut as randm as drawing a name ut f a hat fr the ffice Christmas gift exchange. I had ne class I needed t take t graduate. It had t be a night class because I had begun wrking fulltime fr a Member f Parliament. With few ptins fr my histry majr, unwillingly registered fr a Wednesday night seminar (研讨班) n Cnfederatin.
I had been a gd but lazy student in high schl. University was a rude awakening. Spending much time n partying, I remained a slid B and C student, Nw I just wanted that diplma(毕业文凭).
Prfessr Brwne was a slight man wearing glasses, with a British accent. He always wre the same jacket. He referred t us frmally. I was Miss Switcz, which he prnunced crrectly, first try. And he was demanding. Tw majr papers were required, as were weekly assignments.
Prfessr Brwne was a well-regarded schlar f Canadian cnstitutinal histry. But he liked discussing grammar and language even mre than the natin’s past. He referred t Henry Fwler’s A Dictinary f Mdern English Usage ften as the final authrity n all written English. He returned ur assignments full f red markings. Every grammar failure was crrected, many sentences were imprved and ur thinking was challenged.
A few weeks int the term, I wrked harder n every assignment. As stressed as I was abut the wrk the curse required, I came t lk frward t the class. I was awestruck that anyne culd he s passinate abut language and wrds.
When l received my grade at the end f the curse, I was excited t receive my first A. I had measured up t Prfessr Brwne’s expectatins, Frm Prfessr Brwne, I learned t lve language and the written wrd. I discvered the intense satisfactin f digging deep t prduce my best. And I never had anther teacher like him.
24. Why did the authr take Prfessr Brwne’s histry class?
A. T btain a degree.B. T start a new majr in university.
C. T meet her jb requirements.D. T make up fr her academic failures,
25. What can we learn abut Prfessr Brwne?
A. He disliked written assignments.
B. He was particular abut language
C. He was an English grammar schlar.
D. He disagreed with Henry Fwler's many thughts.
26. Hw did the authr change after taking the class fr weeks?
A. She decided t give it up.B. She became a slid A student.
C. She develped a liking fr it.D. She felt mre and mre stressed,
27. What influence did Prfessr Brwne have n the authr?
A. She became a language teacher.
B. She learned t set realistic expectatins.
C. She began t find satisfactin frm small things.
D. She became a pursuer f highest pssible attainments.
C
There’s a wise, highly accurate saying I’ve heard frm track caches ver the years: The best wrkut fr yu is the ne yu least want t d. As a runner, l feel stressed abut lng intervals (长距离间歇训练). But I’ve survived the prcess enugh times ver the years t register just hw gd they are fr me. They wrk wnders fr my legs and lungs, and despite w tired I am when it’s ver, I can always walk hme with my head held high.
This kind f stress is called “eustress”, By definitin, eustress is perceived as within ur capacity t handle. Eustress arises frm challenging yet manageable situatins; it pushes us past ur cmfrt znes, enhances ur life satisfactin, and cntributes t ur psychlgical and physilgical develpment.
Mst f us are experts at eustress avidance. In rder t get thrugh a wrkweek, we’d rather nt rck the bat with anything t ambitius, let alne mildly frightening. But accepting and actively pursuing eustress is a gd idea.
Accrding t the Berkeley Well-Being Institute, eustress prmtes happy hrmnes (荷尔蒙), which makes sense: There’s an bvius excitement at play nce yu defeat yur latest difficulty, But the impact is far-reaching, t — victries can help encurage hpe. When yu let eustress in, yu’re encuraging yurself t view challenges as pprtunities fr grwth, rather than threats. When we hug eustress, we apprach difficult situatins with a mre psitive utlk, enhancing ur ptimism abut the future.
Perhaps the mst interesting aspect f eustress is its clse link t the psychlgical cncept f flw, The “flw state” is a studied phenmenn that accunts fr an individual’s cmplete immersin (沉浸) in an activity, Sme have called flw the happiest mments f life. Thse wh’ve studied the relatinship between flw and eustress have called flw “the ultimate eustress experience”. It’s easier t enjy yur wrk when yu feel fulfilled (满足的) by it. And if yu want t feel fulfilled by it, well, it shuld stress yu ut a little.
Stress is painful, but eustress has the ptential t be exciting. Try t acknwledge it, name it and even champin it.
28, What des the authr intend t d in paragraph 1?
A. Offer advice t runners.
B. Give an example f eustress.
C. Shw the widespread nature f stress.
D. Demnstrate the effectiveness f lng intervals.
29. What is the authr’s attitude twards eustress avidance?
A. Supprtive.B. Tlerant.C. Uncertain.D. Disapprving
30. What is paragraph 4 mainly abut?
A. Why eustress is psitive. B. The way t deal with eustress.
C. Hw eustress differs frm stress.D. The impact f eustress n health.
3 1. What rle des eustress play in achieving the flw state?
A. It facilitates entry int the flw state.
B. It shapes hw the flw state is achieved.
C. It determines when the flw state happens
D. It fllws the achievement f the flw state.
D
Smelling wmen's tears reduces male aggressin(侵略性), scientists have fund, in a breakthrugh that may help slve the mystery f why humans cry. Humans and drugs are the nly animals that shed (流)tears when vercme with emtin, but scientists such as Charles Darwin believed the release served n useful functin. Nw researchers at the Weizmann Institute f Science have fund that tears cntain scial signals which appear t act as a “chemical blanket” t prtect the weeper.
In a series f experiments, men were expsed t either wmen’s emtinal tears r saline (盐水), withut knwing what they were sniffing nr being able t distinguish between the tw, since bth are durless. Next they were asked t play a game designed t trigger (引发) revenge-seeking aggressive behaviur in ne player twards anther. The team fund that after the men sniffed wmen’s emtinal tears, their revenge-seeking aggressin during the game drpped by nearly half — 44 per cent, Brain scans during the experiments als shwed that regins related t aggressin were less active while the men were snifting tears, the finding suggest that tears are a chemical blanket ffering prtectin against aggressin and that this effect is cmmn t rdents and humans, and perhaps t ther mammals as well.
All land mammals have tear glands in their eyes, but in mst ther animals it was thught they were nly used t keep eyes mist and clean. Recent studies. hwever, have shwn that tears f female mice cntain chemicals that affect aggressin netwrks in the brain f male mice reducing fighting. Subrdinate males f blind mle rats will als smear (涂) themselves in tears t reduce a dminant male’s aggressive behaviur twards them.
Prf Sbel’s team als previusly shwed that sniffing wmen’s emtinal tears reduced teststerne ( 睾酮)levels in men, resulting in diminished levels f sexual arusal. Dctral student Shani Agrn, f Sbel’s lab, said: “We knew that sniffing tears lwers teststerne, and that lwering teststerne has a greater effect n aggressin in men than in wmen, s we began by studying the impact f tears n men because this gave us higher chances f seeing an effect “Nw, hwever, we must extend this research t include wmen, t btain a fuller picture f this impact.”
32. What des the underlined wrd “durless” in paragraph tw mean?
A. Tasting gd.B. Smelling terrible.
C Having n smell.D. Lking different,
33. What can we learn frm these studies?
A. Humans are the nly animals that can cry.
B. Wmen’s tears can trigger revenge in men.
C. Tears f female mice act as a weapn against aggressin.
D. Tear glands have n use except keeping eyes clean and wet.
34. What may the researchers d next?
A. T paint a big picture.
B. T take wmen as their subjects.
C. T apply their findings t ther fields.
D. T find ut sme disadvantages f their research.
35. What's the best title f the passage?
A. Say Gdbye t Tears
B. Just Like Humans, Animals Can Shed Tears
C. Wmen’s Tears Lead t Men’s Aggressive Behaviur
D, Sniffing Wmen's Tears Reduces Aggressin in Men
第二节 (共5小题; 每小题2.5分，满分12.5分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Bruner’s scafflding ( 脚手架) thery suggests that children need supprt and active help frm their teachers and parents t becme independent learners. 36 As they gain mre independence and cnfidence, the help frm teachers and parents decreases until the students are independent learners. 37 It is used t supprt cnstructin wrkers and is remved as a building prject nears cmpletin.
In a primary schl classrm, fr example, Bruner’s scafflding thery can be applied as children learn hw t read. At first, the teacher might d mst r all f the reading alud t students, prnuncing all wrds fr them, defining unfamiliar vcabulary wrds, and explaining the meaning f the text. 38 They might read alud in small grups, tackling wrds and meanings but still asking questins when needed. As they gain mre independence, students will take n mre f the respnsibility fr learning hw t read. They start respnding t the text
verbally and in writing, seeking ut the meaning f new vcabulary wrds and reading fluently 39 The mre that students practice reading and becme cnfident and prficient (熟练的) at it, the less they will depend n help frm their teachers.
Bruner’s scafflding thery can be used acrss all ages, grade levels and subjects. By applying this apprach cnsistently, educatrs can help students handle increasingly cmplex tasks n their wn. This gradual release f respnsibility prepares learners t face new challenges independently, prmting cntinuus grwth and develpment. Thrugh scafflding students can acquire specific skills and knwledge. 40
A. This is similar t scafflding.
B. Scafflding is an essential part f cnstructin.
C. Reading is nt the nly way t acquire knwledge.
D. After sme time, students will begin t read mre independently
E. They als develp the cnfidence and strategies fr lifelng learning
F When they start learning, children rely n thse with mre knwledge.
G. They can even use higher-level thinking strategies t understand the text.
第三部分 语言运用 (共两节，满分 30分)
第一节 (共15小题: 每小题1分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Imagining a human being withut histrical sense is scary. 41 still is the thught f an entire generatin perating frm a psitin f histrical ignrance. And yet that is exactly the 42 in which we find urselves tday.
The peple and events f histry may be 43 in the past, but hw we talk abut thse things, what we write abut them, and hw we 44 them tell us a lt abut wh we are and what we 45 right nw. Thinking f urselves as a chapter in an unwritten histry bk is likely t frce deep 46 . Whse stries will we champin? What values will we defend? What mdels will we ffer ensuing(随后的)generatins? N ther subject helps us t understand s 47 what it is t be human.
But the 48 isn’t entirely surprising given the dwngraded status f histry in mst schls. Histry is 49 its place in the curriculum with gegraphy, but its attentin t time, place and cntext is what makes it really 50 , In ther wrds, histry desn’t simply tell us hw t be gd citizens, It 51 us with the knwledge we need t cmprehend ur wrld clearly, and the ability t 52 it accurately.
Clearly, in an age f “fake news”, we need t be 53 thinkers. There is n better subject than histry t develp a(n) 54 f cntext and an ability t examine evidence. Just as we anticipate a math curriculum that systematically builds n blcks f knwledge, we shuld als 55 a lgical histry curriculum fr ur children.
41. A. Funnier B. Scarier C. Rarer D. Harder
42. A. situatin B. atmsphere C. relatinship D. experience
43. A. transfrmed B. rted C. understd D. absrbed
44. A. cmpse B. design C. teach D. recrd
45. A. abandn B. pssess C. witness D. value
46. A. self-awareness B. self-cntrl C. self-reflectin D. self-management
47. A. cmprehensively B. instantly C. readily D. independently
48. A. argument B. cmment C. cnclusin D. ignrance
49. A. getting back B. fighting fr C. hlding nt D. putting aside
50. A. precise B. cnvincing C. distinctD. bring
51. A. equips B. cnnects C. mtivates D. impresses
52. A. develp B. cntrl C. analyze D. shw
53. A. leading B. critical C. mdern D. ptimistic
54. A. appreciatin B. evaluatin C. visin D. belief
55. A. admit B. identify C. fllw D. expect
第二节 (共10小题: 每小题1.5分， 满分15分)
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
The Chinese prk-and-flatbread sandwich, knwn as Rugam, has been called “the wrld’s ldest hamburger”. It is a street fd that 56 (carry) an atmsphere f ancient dynasties, the Silk Rad and far-ff desert frntiers. And it is clsely assciated 57 the city f Xi’an, the easter terminal f the Silk Rad.
Every family has its wn Rugam recipe, but there are sme cnstants, amng 58 the lazhi r stck is a critical ingredient, The mst legendary examples f the “aged” stck 59 (claim) t have been lvingly tended t and bubbling away fr decades, if nt centuries. Once the stck is made, thick slices f prk belly take 60 (they) turn in the pt, simmering (炖) fr hurs. The meat is later chpped and stuffed int the flatbread, 61 (serve) with a little gravy (肉汁) frm the stck. The flatbread used fr Rcugam is called “Bai Ji M”, which is made frm wheat flur first 62 (tast) n a flat pan and then baked in 63 mud ven.
Rugam is still much-lved in China and its enduring 64 (ppular) has given rise t numerus natinwide chains. Even in busy cities like Shenzhen, it’s ften pssible t find 65
Rugam vendr (小贩)smewhere deep within the lcal fd curts.
第四部分 写作 (共两节，满分40分 )
第一节 (满分15分)
目前，你校有许多学生因为各种原因很少参加体育锻炼。假定你是李华，请你代表学生会向你校英语报写一封倡议书，倡导同学们积极参与体育锻炼。内容包括:
(1)发出倡议的背景;
(2)倡议的具体内容:
(3)发出倡议。
注意:
(1)词数为80左右:
(2)开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数
第二节 (满分 25 分)
阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
My father was a trader wh was knwn fr his hnesty and wisdm. He was different frm all ther men in ur village. He valued educatin and I was ne f the very few girls wh received educatin thugh my family wasn’t well ff then.
I lved learning new things as a girl and my favurite day f a week was Thursday, fr I wuld sit beside my grandfather wh wuld recite many pems by famus pets. My favurite pet f all was Lrd Byrn whse pems made me dive int anther wrld f beauty. I lved the way he chses wrds that can easily lift me up and make me frget everything arund me. I imitated him and started writing pems by myself, I felt it was smething I culd cntinue ding fr the rest f my life. With several years’ effrt, I had written a stack f(一沓) pems. I fund my heart in wrds and enjyed writing, pems mre and mre.
One day, while I was helping my grandfather milk the cw, I verheard ur neighburs telling my father abut a petry cmpetitin, whse winner wuld get 3,000 punds. That was gd news! At that time my mther became very ill, and the dctr wh diagnsed ( 诊断) her with a serius disease said her cnditin was grwing wrse and wrse. He suggested that she shuld have an peratin as sn as pssible. Unfrtunately, ur financial state kept deterirating (恶化); we didn’t have enugh mney fr such an peratin. I thught if I wn the prize f this petry cmpetitin, I culd easily have the mney fr my mther’s surgery.
Hearing my ambitius idea, my father expressed full supprt fr it. S I tk ut all my pems that were put under my bed, selected ne pem frm them and registered fr the cmpetitin. I culd barely wait fr the cmpetitin results.
注意:
1. 续写词数应为 150 左右;
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
【参考答案】
第一部分：听力（共两节20题 满分30分 每题1.5分）
1-5 BACAC 6-10 ABACB 11-15 BCACB 16-20 CABBA
第二部分 阅读（共两节 满分50分）
第一节（共15题 满分37.5分 每题2.5分）
21-23 ABD 24-27 ABCD 28-31 BDAA 32-35 CCBD
第二节（共5题 满分12.5分 每题2.5分）
36-40 FADGE
第三部分 语言知识（共两节 满分30分）
第一节 完形填空（共15题 满分15分 每题1分）
41-45 BABCD 46-50 CADBC 51-55 ACBAD
第二节 语法填空（共10题 满分15分 每题1.5分）
56. carries 57. with 58. which 59. are claimed 60. their
61. served 62. tasted 63. r 64. ppularity 65. a
第四部分 写作 （共两节 满分40分）
第一节 应用文（15分）
Dear schlmates,
Nwadays, mst students dn’t d sprts fr all kinds f reasns. They think that it is a waste f time r they may get injured in the prcess.
In respnse, the Student Unin is launching an initiative called “Vibrant Campus, Healthy Us” . We encurage everyne t dedicate at least half an hur each day t physical activities, whether it’s running, playing ball games, ding exercises, r skipping rpes. These activities can strengthen ur bdies and help relieve stress, enhancing study efficiency.
Let’s take actin, nurishing ur yuth with sweat and embracing the future with gd health!
The Student Unin
第二节 读后续写（25分）
The big day came — my father and I went t the studi where the prize distributin was taking place. I never felt mre anxius and nervus. The mment the man n stage annunced me as the winner f the 3.000 punds, I was filled with an incredible sense f excitement. As I made my way frm the stage, I culd see tears f jy in my dad’s eyes and I culd feel hw prud he was f me. “If nly my mther were here t witness me receiving the award!” I thught.
Then we rushed t the hspital t deliver the great news t my mther. Learning abut the gd news, she hugged me tightly. The peratin afterwards went well and my mther’s cnditin gt better and better. A deep sense f relief and satisfactin washed ver me because I had made the right decisin. Encuraged by my family, I have firmly reslved t pursue a prfessinal career as a pet, devting myself t writing mre pems that bring jy and enrichment t thers.
听力原文
Text 1
M: I’m s nervus abut the race tmrrw.
W: Dn’t be. Yu’ve practiced s much with yur team. Hw far d yu have t run?
M: It’s a 1600-meter race, and my part is 400 meters. (1) I’m s wrried abut the first 100 meters as it’s where I’m the slwest.
Text 2
M: Yu lk very tired. Cme here and take a seat. (2)
W: Many thanks. But I feel dizzy when sitting n the bus. I think I’ll just stay standing here.
Text 3
W: Whenever I see yu eating an ice cream, I want t take a bite f it myself! It always lks s tasty!
M: Then why wuldn’t yu buy sme t eat?
W: My dctr advised me nt t eat frzen fds! (3)
Text 4
M: I’ve always liked staying away frm phne calls, emails and city nises.
W: Yeah. It’s wnderful t spend the weekend this way, lying n the beach, enjying the peace and quiet. (4)
Text 5
M: I feel that many peple cannt live withut cffee. Sme peple I knw get thrugh tw cups a day!
W: I used t drink three cups a day! After seeing my dctr, I still need ne cup every day. (5)
Text 6
M: Hi, I’m a member f the student unin at the university. My ffice is in the frnt building. Any prblems, then let me knw and I’ll be sure t lk int it.
W: Thanks. The buildings here are quite impressive. Hw lng have yu been at this university?
M: This is my fifth year. I cmpleted my histry degree last year, s this is my first year withut lessns and lectures t g t! (6)
W: Oh, that must be great! Well, I’ve nly been here fr three days! The classes are said t be hard, but I think I can deal with them. The peple here are just s enthusiastic! That’s why I lve the place. (7)
M: Glad t hear that! Well, hpefully, I’ll see yu arund!
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M: Keep watching the lake and yu’ll see mvement.
W: But we’ve been lking at it fr the past five minutes, Grandpa, (8) and we haven’t seen a thing.
M: That’s the truble with yung peple these days — n patience.
W: But it’s bring. Wait! What was that? Smething came t the surface f the water and disappeared again! There it is again!
M: I didn’t see that. Why dn’t yu try describing it?
W: It was s scary! (10) It had big ears and sharp teeth, s it wasn’t a fish… It was dark brwn. The eyes were n the side f the animal’s head, nt n tp, s it wasn’t a frg. Maybe it was a snake! Or a dragn!
M: N, it’s a baby muse. I can see it swimming t the ther side. (9) Yu are funny!
W: Oh. Well, it freaked me ut! (10)
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M: Cme in. Take a seat.
W: Thank yu, sir. What is it yu wanted t see me abut?
M: Yu remember the stry yu wrte abut that famus actr’s latest film?
W: Yu mean the ne abut Tm Cruise? But yu said n ne wuld want t read such ld news.
M: Er…yes, that stry.
W: S, what is it?
M: It is excellently written and I’m ging t run it n the frnt page f the newspaper. (11)
W: Really? What’s changed? Why d yu like it nw?
M: The cmpany wner tk a lk arund the newspaper ffice tday and nticed yur stry. He’s a huge Tm Cruise fan. He lved yur stry and tld me t run it n tmrrw’s frnt page. (13)
W: Well, that’s wnderful news. I can get extra mney if ne f my stries is used n the frnt page.
M: Yes, well, let’s hpe ur readers are as crazy abut Tm Cruise as ur wner. That will be all.
W: Thank yu, sir.
★ 汤姆·克鲁斯（Tm Cruise）是美国电影演员及制片人。1986年，他因主演励志片《壮志凌云》被观众所熟知。
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M: This htel in India is thught f as the number ne htel in the wrld. (14) (15) (16) (17)
W: What? By sme silly website that lists the tp ten just t sell mre ads? (14)
M: N, by Travel + Leisure magazine. (14)
W: Oh, really? They d knw their stuff. (14) Hey! That lks mre like a palace!
M: It’s designed after the ancient palaces.
W: It seems that a lt f rms have amazing views.
M: Yeah, thse are the suites(套房) that have direct access t private pls. But all the rms have Wi-Fi, flat screen TVs, king-size beds, daily newspapers, and... (15)
W: OK, stp talking! We’ve gt t bk ur rms there!
M: Well, hang n a secnd. Yu dn’t really like Indian fd.
W: But I thught they ffer ther chices besides Indian fd.
M: Maybe. Als, this part f India is pretty quiet. (16) There’s n shpping r clubbing. Peple g there t relax.
W: That’s OK. I can g shpping anywhere.
M: The rms start at $350 per night, and thse suites are $750 per night. (17)
W: Wha! I thught htels in India were suppsed t be inexpensive! Let’s give it a secnd thught! (17)
★ 《私家地理》（Travel + Leisure）是全球首屈一指的旅游杂志，隶属于著名的美国运通集团旗下。全球共九个版本，它作为精致奢华旅行的倡导者，深入报道独一无二的旅行线路和极致享受之旅。
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Welcme t Gardener’s Questins! We’re bradcasting live n the Internet. But if yu haven’t gt time t watch the whle thing right nw, click n the recrding anytime n ur website.
OK, well, here with us in the studi tday is wildlife expert, adventurer, and garden-lver Jim Smith! (18) (20) Jim spent fur weeks n a science trip in Suth America studying plants f the rainfrest. (19) I bet that was ht! Nt nly did he and his team discver new and exciting plants, (19) but Jim had all srts f adventures while he was there. He was attacked by a bear, had a fever, and gt separated frm his team fr almst three nights! (19) Hw scary that is!
But this shw isn’t just abut big-time adventures, (20) it’s abut the thing yu and I lve — gardening. This time, Jim will be giving sme f his best tips t get the mst ut f the plants we dn’t nrmally see in this cuntry. If yu have any questins, he’ll be taking calls and messages frm viewers in abut five minutes. (20)
But first, let’s meet ur wnderful guest. Welcme t Gardener’s Questins, Jim Smith!
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Dear schlmates,
The Student Unin
The big day came — my father and I went t the studi where the prize distributin was taking place.
Then we rushed t the hspital t deliver the great news t my mther.