【英语】江苏省常州市2019-2020学年高二下学期教育学会学业水平监测

【英语】江苏省常州市2019-2020学年高二下学期教育学会学业水平监测

江苏省常州市 2019-2020 学年高二下学期 教育学会学业水平监测 注意:本试卷分第一卷(选择题)和第二卷(非选择题)两部分.答案全部做在答题纸上. 满分为 150 分.考试时间 120 分钟. 第一部分 听力(共两节,满分 30 分) 第一节(共 5 小题:每小题 1.5 分,满分 7.5 分) 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, 并标在试卷的相应位置.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. Why is there noise downstairs? A. Because there is someone downstairs. B. Because the TV is on downstairs. C. Because the wind is blowing. 2. What does the woman think of the movie? A. Terrible. B. Boring. C. Funny. 3. How does the woman feel? A. Happy. B. Surprised. C. Angry. 4. Where is Dorothy now? A. In the washing room. B. In the woman’s house. C. In the apartment. 5. What does the woman mean? A. She doesn’t agree. B. She never goes fishing. C. She agrees with the idea. 第二节(共 15 小题;每小题 1.5 分,满分 22.5 分) 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,并标在试卷的相应位置.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. Where does the woman live? A. In Derby. B. In Dresden. C. In Berlin. 7. What’ Mr. Bean’ opinion about Derby? A. Excellent. B. Just so-so. C. Terrible. 听第 7 段材料,回答第 8-9 题; 8. Why does the woman complain a lot? A. Her husband is very lazy. B. She has too many hard days at work. C. She has to feed her husband every day. 9. How will the woman deal with the situation? A. Quarrel with her husband. B. Just let it go on like this. C. Divorce her husband. 听第 8 段材料,回答第 10-12 题 10. Where are the speakers probably now? A. In a college. B. In a company. C. In their neighbor’s house. 11. How long has the woman lived here? A. For two years. B. For four years. C. For six years. 12. What’ the woman’ job? A. An accountant. B. A maths teacher. C. A college student. 听第 9 段材料,回答第 13-16 题 13. What is the probable relationship between the speakers? A. Reporter and director. B. Employee and employer. C. Director and actor. 14. Where does the man get his inspiration? A. From his father. B. From his wife. C. From his childhood. 15. When did the man make the first movie? A. At 11. B. At 12. C. At 13. 16. How did the man deal with his father’s camera? A. He broke it.B. He went on using it. C. He returned it to his father. 听第 10 段材料,回答第 17-20 题 17. How old is the oldest part of London? A. One thousand years old. B. Nearly two thousand years old. C. More than nine hundred years old. 18. Where does the Buckingham Palace lie? A. In the City of Westminster. B. In the Square Mile. C. In the Tower of London. 19. Which city was the most visited city in the world in 2014? A. London. B. Paris. C. Hong Kong. 20. Which of the following is not among London’ attractions? A. Famous museums. B. Beautiful parks. C. Roman settlement. 第二部分 阅读理解(共三节,满分 44 分) 第一节(共 12 小题;每小题 2 分,满分 24 分) 请认真阅读下列短文,从短文后各题所给的A,B,C,D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题 卡上将该项涂黑. A After winning five Grammy trophies( 格 莱 美 奖 ) at this year’ awards ceremony, Finneas O'Connell became a name at the tip of everybody’s tongue - mostly in relation to his younger sister, pop superstar Billie Eilish, but increasingly in his own right too. The 22-year-old Los Angeles native is most famously known to have produced and co-written his sister Eilish’s album, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?. Along the way, O'Connell has marched to his own beat and presented a sound that is unlike anything else that can be found currently on official music charts or on the airwaves. Weird-pop, Gothic-pop, Avant-pop(先锋派流行音乐), Art-pop. Even by using these definitive terms(称号), critics still can't pin down(解释清楚) O'Connell. And even if they try, be simply rejects the terms. O'Connell and Eilish were home -schooled by their actor- musician parents. O'Connell entered show business as a child actor. From Bad Teacher and his mother’s Life Inside Out to comedy favorite Modern Family and musical TV series Glee, he knew not to let his personality get in the way of his acting roles. Talent definitely runs in the family. O'Connell’s fondness for music was instilled(逐渐灌输) in him from a young age. “We have never stressed getting a job and making a living,” his father said, “If we modeled anything, it was being broke and artsy(附庸风雅的).” Not forgetting his acting roots, O'Connell uses film as a metaphor( 隐 喻 ) to describe the current climate of music and has expressed this with singles-only releases. “Music singles are like [blockbuster] movies made by film studios to carry the independent films. There’s Avengers music. Even though I think Avengers is great, my favorite movie is The Social Network, I’d rather make music that feels kind of like that.” O’Connell is working in music full-time now, preparing Eilish s next album and his own full-length album while experimenting and learning more production ideas and sounds. But Finneas the actor will not turn down acting gigs(临时工作) if an ideal role is offered. 21. What can we say about Finneas O'Connell? A. He has his own musical style. B. He prefers acting to writing music. C. He is a hardworking and considerate man. D. He will only focus on music in the future. 22. Which of the following is right? A. Billie Eilish’s father loves her more. B. Billie Bilish is an actor and singer now. C. Finncas O'connell’s parents educated him at home. D. Finneas O'connell’s mother wanted him to live on music. 23. What can we infer from the article? A. A good medicine tastes bitter. B. The role of gene is powerful. C. Music is the mother of all arts. D. School education often ruins a talent. 24. The author writes this article to__________. A. express his admiration for a famous star B. report entertaining information to readers C. emphasize the importance of family love D. discuss the secret to success with readers B Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890) is one of the most popular of the Post-Impressionist painters. He is famed for the great vitality of his works which are characterized by expressive and emotive use of brilliant color and energetic application of impastoed (厚原料的) paint. Below are some famous pictures painted by Vincent and the poetic lyrics( 歌 词 ) to Don McLean’s hit song Vincent (Starry, Starry Night) in the famous cartoon film 《Loving Vincent》 . Vincent Starry, starry night, Paint your palette( 画 板 ) blue and grey, Look out on a summer’s day, With eyes that know the darkness in my soul. Shadows on the hills, Sketch the trees and the daffodils, Catch the breeze and the winter chill, In colors on the snowy linen land. Now I understand What you tried to say to me How you suffered for your sanity(精 神正常) How you tied to set them free. They would not listen They did not know how Perhaps they'll listen now. Starry, starry night. the sunflowers Self Portrait with Bandaged Ear the Yellow House Flaming flowers that brightly blaze, Swirling clouds in violet haze(阴霾, 疑惑), Reflect in Vincent’s eyes of china blue. Colors changing hue,morning. field of amber(黄色的) grain, Weathered faces lined in pain, Are soothed(抚慰) beneath the artist’s loving hand. For they could not love you, But still your love was true. And when no hope was left in sight On that starry, starry night, You took your life, as lovers often do. But I could have told you, Vincent, This world was never meant for one As beautiful as you. Now I think I know what you tried to say to me, How you suffered for your sanity, How you tried to set them free. They would not listen, They're not listening sill Perhaps they never will… Starry Night Head of a Peasant Woman The Potato Eaters 25. What attitude does the writer of the song have towards Van Gogh? A. Prejudiced and changeable. B. Admiring and understanding. C. Doubtful but respectful. D. Positive but contradictory. 26. According to the song, Van Gogh was__________. A. good at drawing on starry nights B. murdered by one of his lovers C. a person full of love and beauty D. popular with people when be was alive 27. Which of the following belong to the four famous pictures of Van Gogh’s mentioned in the underlined parts in 4th paragraph? A. The sunflowers, the Potato Eaters B. Self Portrait with Bandaged Ear, Head of a Peasant Woman C. the Potato Eaters, the Yellow House D. Self Portrait with Bandaged Ear, Wheat Field with Crows C Victor Hugo, 1802 -1885, was a celebrated French literary giant. After the British and French invaders(入侵者) bad burnt the Winter Palace(圆明园) in October, 1860, he wrote a reply to an officer named Bartlette one year later. Sir, you ask me what I think of the expedition(远征) to China. You must feel that it was laudable. In your opinion, the expedition, performed under the joint banner(联合旗帜) of Queen Victoria and Emperor Napoleon, was nothing short of a British-French glory. Therefore, you would like to know to what extent I appreciate this glory. Since you ask, I will answer as follows: In a corner of the world there existed a man-made miracle - the Winter Palace. Art has two sources: one, an ideal, from which has come European art; two, fancy, from which has come Easter art. The Winter Palace belongs in the art of fancy. The Winter Palace, indeed, was the fruit of all of the art that an almost superman race could have fancied. For whom was the Winter Palace built, after all? Eventually, for the people. Because as time passes by, all that the people has made remains in the possession of mankind. Great artists, poets, philosophers - they all knew about the Winter Palace. Voltaire once talked about it. Many people at different times compared the Winter Palace to the Parthenon, the Pyramids, the Arena, the Notre Dame. If they could not see the Winter Palace with their own eyes, they could dream about it- as if in the distance they saw a breath-taking masterpiece of art as they had never known before – as if there above the horizon of European civilization was towering the outline of Asian civilization. Now, the miracle is no more! One day, two pirates broke into it One of them robbed; the other set every building and everything in it on fire! Judging by what they did, we know that the victors could degenerate into robbers. The two of them fell to dividing between themselves the treasure. What great victories they had won! What a heaven-sent fortune! One stuffed his pockets full to overflowing; the other filled in his bags with treasure. Then, hand in hand they made of, laughing happily. Incidentally, I must thank you for giving me the opportunity to accuse. The rulers commit crimes but the ruled do not. The government becomes a robber, but the people will never. France has gained a large portion of the treasure. Now, she thinks herself the rightful owner of the property 财物), and she is displaying the riches of the Winter Palace! I can only hope that there will come one day when France will disburden herself of the heavy load on her conscience and clean herself off the crime by returning to China all the treasure taken from the Winter Palace. Sit, such is my praise of the expedition to China. 28. Mr. Hugo wrote this letter mainly to_________. A. show his praise of the expedition to China in reply to Bartlette’s request B. persuade French officers to return the treasure taken from the Winter Palace C. prove people hold different attitudes towards the burning of the Winter Palace D. express his anger and condemnation over the burning of the Summar Palace 29. What does the underlined word “laudable” most probably mean? A. praiseworthy B. violent C. unreasonable D. abundant 30. In the 4th paragraph Victor Hugo mentioned the Parthenon, the Pyramids, the Arena and the Notre Dame in order to_________, A. compare different architectural styles B. praise European and African civilization C. introduce some more famous buildings to Bartlette D. emphasize the civilizational value of the Winter Palace 31. “Two pirates” in Paragraph 5 refers to__________. A. Bartlette and his fellow B. Bartlette and Great Britain C. France and Great Britain D. the rulers and the ruled 32. We can infer that when Batlette got the letter from Victor Hugo, he might have felt _________. A. satisfied B. proud C. disappointed D. frightened 第二节(共 5 小题;每小题 2 分,满分 10 分) 根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项.选项中有两项为多余选 项. Good books can be defined by the standard - classic, popular, encouraging, instructing, etc. Many categories can be classified for the good books. ___33___, for there is a companionship of books as well as of men; and one should always live in the best company, whether it be of books or of men. A good book may be among the best of friends. It is the same today that it always was, and it will never change. It is the most patient and cheerful of companions. It always receives us with the same kindness; amusing and instructing us in youth, and comforting and consoling us in age. Men often discover their affinity(密切关系) to each other by the mutual love they have for a book just as two persons sometimes discover a friend by the admiration which both entertain for a third.___34___But there is more wisdom in this. “Love me, love my bock.” A good book is often the finest urn(宝器) of a life containing the best that life could think out;___35___Thus the best books are treasuries of good words, the golden thoughts, which, remembered and cherished, become our constant companions and comforters. Books possess an essence of immortality.___36___Time is of no account with great thoughts, which are as fresh today as when they first passed through their author’s minds, ages ago. What was then said and thought still speaks to us as vividly as ever from the printed page. The only effects of time have been to sift out the bad products; for nothing in literature can long survive but what is really good. Books invite us into the best society;___37___We hear what they said and did; we see them as if they were really alive; their experience becomes ours, and we feel as if we were actors with them in the scenes which they describe. Books are what we always need to read or listen to. A good book is especially an intellect to which one never stops listening. A. There is an old proverb, “Love me, love my dog.” B. Temples and statues decay(腐烂),but books survive. C. We can tell what one is by the books he reads and the company he keeps. D. the world of a man’ life is, for the most part, the world of his thoughts. E. They are by far the most lasting products of human effort. F. they bring us into the presence of the greatest minds that have ever lived. G. They do not turn their back upon us in times of poverty or trouble. 第三节 语篇能力考查(共 5 小题;每小题 2 分,满分 10 分) Starring Sam Rockwell and Anna Kendrick, Mr. Right tells the story of a young woman named Martha (Kendrick) who’ having, as her friend puts it, a very early mid-life crisis. After being cheated on by her boyfriend, she falls into a low mood that only stops when she meets the equally bizarre and charming “Mr. Right” (Rockwell). The two hit it off so quickly that they're already head-over-heels for one another when a tricky obstacle(障碍) comes to the surface: Mr. Right is a hitman (职业杀手) who’s on the run from the same people who hire him to do jobs. So does it work? I anticipated that a movie like this would leave me with a definitive answer to that question. It seemed certain to either succeed or fail. But as it turns out, there’s both good and bad in Mr. Right. The bad really comes down to pacing and exposition. Simply put, the whole thing feels abrupt(突兀的). We're used to our rom-com(爱情喜剧) characters falling for one another in a matter of days, because there’ only so much time in a movie. But in this case, the relationship still felt sudden in a way you couldn't quite buy. ___40___ , the crime side of the story - the shady figures hunting down Mr. Right - is done in a surprisingly confusing fashion. Basically, there’ a network of villains(恶棍) doing evil things, and you know they're all after Mr. Right. However, their chain of command and respective motives all get a little disorderly along the way. The good, as it had to be, is entirely in the performance of Rockwell and Kendrick. The former is weird but attractive, presenting a character deeper than he would have been in most any other hands. Kendrick, meanwhile, is wonderfully unusual in her own special way. She actually makes you believe there’s a girl out there whose reaction to her boyfriend killing a rival killer would be “Ah, screw it, let’s get margaritas(玛格丽特酒).” In the end, the movie’s best scene defines it. Rockwell is good at making an energy flow of sorts that he’s able to tap into. He classifies all “things” as islands, and talks about learning to feel the water in between them to get a sense of where they are and how they're moving. It’s a poetic moment in the movie, and it's actually not a bad way to approach the experience. 38. This article is a________ of a film. 39. The first paragraph mainly talks about the ________ of the film. 40. Write a linking word for blank ___40___ to show the logic relationship of Para 3 and 4. 41. What or who does the underlined phrase “the former” in Para 5 refer to? 42. Which sentence in the article best presents the author’s comment on the film? 第三部分 语言知识运用(共两节,满分 51 分) 第一节 完形填空(共 20 小题;每小题 1.5 分,满分 30 分) Classical music deals with adult emotions and ideas.__43__, you can still love aspects of it as a kid. If you continue to be attracted to what you have heard, your understanding will only___44___ as the years pass by. You don’t need to be ___45___ trained, or incredibly smart, to “get it.” As a boy growing up in New York City in the 1950s, I first heard the overture(序曲 ) to Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman as the ___46___ music for a science-fiction television show called Captain Video. It was absolutely exciting. When I first _ 47 上 the opera many years later, that childhood memory of the music was still somewhere in the ___48___ reaches of my mind. Music can be written to bring a(n) ___49___ sound, mood or scene into mind, yet can be heard differently in different contexts. Wagner’s overture gets our attention with a heroic-sounding ___50___ from the horns and then a description of a stormy sea. As a kid, I ___51___ knew the hero was Captain Video. When I grew up, I came to understand that the very first notes were ___52___ to represent the scream of a ghost seeking redemption(救赎). The notes were the same, but I certainly was not, and yet there was ___53___ in revisiting something from my childhood with the ___54__ of an adult’s knowledge. But does it still happen today? That question was ___55___ last summer when my two great nephews, ten-year-old twins, finished playing with Legos. One of them ___56___singing the Magic Flute from Mozart. The other joined in, singing in innocent ___57___ They kept going, but the words were__ 58__ “What’s that?” I asked. The answer was about a famous cartoon: “Captain Underpants(内裤超人)!” A time will come when they hear a performance of the Magic Flute and the weak memories of their youth will still be ___59___ to the classical music they heard from the cartoon, even though the original ___60___ of the music had nothing to do with it. Still, two boys born in 2010 ___61___ knew that a composition from Mozart was and ___62___ to be classical. No one is teaching them “how to love classical music.” 43. A. Besides B. However C. Instead D. Therefore 44. A. increase B. recover C. struggle D. fade 45. A. gradually B. firmly C. originally D. classically 46. A. theme B. rock C. festival D. folk 47. A. ruined B. conducted C. balanced D. opened 48. A. closest B. farthest C. highest D. lowest 49. A. specific B. disgusting C. accurate D. romantic 50. A. word B. figure C. voice D. melody 51. A. hardly B. mostly C. only D. even 52. A. said B. due C. advised D. meant 53. A. loss B. evidence C. comfort D. strength 54. A. example B. benefit C. need D. burden 55. A. raised B. answered C. heard D. predicted 56. A. imagined B. avoided C. began D. admitted 57. A. fun B. sorrow C. anger D. regret 58. A. gone B. long C. different D. similar 59. A. used B. committed C. connected D. contrary 60. A. version B. writer C. impression D. intention 61. A. possibly B. certainly C. particularly D. formally 62. A. continues B. tends C. occurs D. prefers 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. Chinese art is an important part of the country’s cultural heritage. It ___63___(distinguish) itself from Western painting in that it is drawn on Xuanpaper (or silk) with the Chinese brush and Chinese ink. ___64___ (attain) ability in this art, it is necessary to have a good control of the brush, and certain knowledge of Xuan paper and Chinese ink besides____65___(repeat) exercises. Before painting, the painter must have an outline in his mind and draw according to his imagination and experience. Once he starts to paint, he will___66___ (normal) have to complete the work at one go, leaving possibility of any change of wrong strokes. Many a Chinese painter ___67___(be) at the same time a poet who often adds a poem by his own hand on the painting, which always carries the impression of his seal. The resulting piece of work is usually___68___ integrated( 整 合 ) whole of four branches of Chinese art - poetry, calligraphy, painting and seal-cutting. Chinese paintings__69___ (divide) into two major categories, free band brushwork (Xie Yi) and detailed brushwork (Gong Bi). The former is characterized by simple and bold strokes representing the exaggerated(夸张的) likeness of the objects___70___ the latter is done by fine brushwork and close attention to detail. Employing different techniques, the two schools try to achieve the same end, the creation of beauty. It’s difficult to tell how long the art of painting___71___ (exist) in China. Pots from 5000-6000 years ago were painted in color with patterns of plants and animals,___72___ reflected various aspects of the life of primitive people. These may be the beginnings of Chinese painting. 第三节 单词拼写(共 6 题,每小题 1 分,满分 6 分) 根据所给汉语和开头字母提示,在空格出写出单词的正确形式. 73. It is said the boy has great p______(潜质). 74. She walked slowly down the road, e______ (显然) in pain. 75. The moon was casting a rainbow through the s______ (喷雾) from the waterfall. 76. A wise mother never e______ (暴露) her children to the slightest possibility of danger. 77. Do not u_______ (从事) exercise for a few hours after a meal to allow food to digest. 78. P_______ (诗歌) is usually full of symbols, and “A Red, Red Rose” is no different. 第四部分 书面表达(满分 25 分) 阅读下面一篇短文的开头和结尾,根据其内容续写其中缺失部分,使之构成一篇完整的短 文.续写部分词数应为 150 字左右. Mr. Dawson was always complaining about everything, and everyone in town knew it. Kids knew not to go into his yard to pick a delicious apple, even off the ground, because old Dawson, they said, would come after you with his ball bullet gun. One Friday, 12-year-old Janet was going to stay all night with her friend Amy. They had to walk by Dawson’s house on the way to Amy’s house, but as they got close Janet saw him sitting on his front porch and suggested they cross over to the other side of the street. Like most of the children, she was scared of the old man because of the story she’d heard about him. Amy said not to worry, Mr. Dawson wouldn't hurt anyone. Still, Janet was growing more nervous with each step closer to the old man’s house. When they got close enough, Dawson looked up with his usual frown, but when he saw it was Amy, a broad smile changed his entire face as he said, “Hello Miss Amy. I see you’ve got a little friend with you today.” Amy smiled back and told him Janet was staying overnight and they were going to listen to. music and play games. Dawson told them that sounded fun, and offered them each a fresh picked apple off his tree. They gladly accepted. Dawson had the best apples in town. When they got out of Dawson on earshot, Janet asked Amy, _______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________. If we remember what Amy’s grandma said, that everyone wears an invisible smile, we too will find that most people can’t resist our smile after a while. 【参考答案】 第一部分 听力 1-5 BCAAC 6-10 BAABC 11-15 CBACB16-20 BAACC 第二部分 阅读理解 21 -24 ACBA 25-27 BCA 28-32 DADCC 33-37 CADBF 38. review 39. plot 40. Additionally / Besides / Moreover / Furthermore / Also /Likewise / Similarly / Equally/ 41. Rockwell 42. But as it turns out, there’ both good and bad in Mr. Right. 第三部分 语言知识运用 完形填空 43-47 BADAB 48-52 BADCD 53-57 CBBCA58-62 CCDBA 语法填空 63. distinguishes 64. To attain 65. repeated 66. normally 67. is 68. an 69. are divided70. while 71. has existed72. which 单词拼写 73. potential 74. evidently 75. spray 76. exposes 77. undertake 78. Poetry 第四部分 书面表达 When they got out of Dawson on earshot, Janet asked Amy, “Everyone says he’s the meanest man in town. How come was he so nice to us?” Amy explained that when she first started walking past his house he wasn’t very friendly and she was afraid of him, but she pretended he was wearing an invisible smile and so she always smiled back at him. It took a while, but one day he half- smiled back at her, After some more time. he started smiling real smiles and then started talking to her. Just a “hello” at first then more. She said he always offers her an apple now, and is always very kind, “An invisible smile?” questioned Janet. “Yes.” answered Amy. “my grandma told me that if I pretended I wasn't afraid and pretended he was smiling an invisible smile at me and I smiled back at him, that sooner or later he would really smile. Grandma says smiles are contagious.” 听力原文资料 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, 并标在试卷的相应位置.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. Text 1 M: Listen. I can hear someone moving downstairs. W: Are you sure? M: Yes, listen to that noise. W: Let me check. M: Be careful! W: Don’t worry. Everything is all right. We forgot to turn off the TV. Text 2 M: Did you enjoy the movie? W: Yeah, it was terrific. It really made me laugh. M: So what’s the story about? W: It’s about this crazy guy who gets lost on the freeway. He gets off at the wrong exit and then everything starts to go wrong. Text 3 W: Guess what? I passed all the exams and won a prize of 100 dollars. M: Congratulations! How about going out to have dinner? Text 4 W: Hello, Tom! Pleased to meet you here in the theater. M: Me too. Do you come to the theater alone? W: Not really. I'm with Dorothy. She just went to the washing room. Text 5 M: How sunny and warm it is today! Why not stop staring at the computer and go fishing in the nearest lake with me? W: I can’t agree more. It must be fun. 第二节 听下面一段对话,回答第 6 和第 7 两个小题.现在,你有 10 秒钟的时间阅读这两个小题. Text 6 W: Do you come from Derby, Mr. Bean? M: Yes, that’s right. W: What’s it like? M: It’s a big city in the Midlands. It’s a really nice city to live in, and the people there are very friendly. I don’t think I can find a better one. What’s Dresden like? W: Dresden is a very large city in the East of Germany. It’s beautiful in parts but quite ugly in others. There have been a lot of changes recently. I have been living there since I left Berlin. 听下面一段对话,回答第 8 和第 9 两个小题.现在,你有 10 秒钟的时间阅读这两个小题. Text 7 M: Hey Stacy. What’s going on? W: I’m pretty tired these days. M: Why? You're not working, so don’t you have a lot of time on your hands? W: I have so much housework to do. I have to take care of the kids, cook, clean and the cycle never ends. M: How about your husband? Does he help much? W: Not at all. He comes home and complains about his hard day at work. He expects me to do everything. He even wants me to feed him sometimes. Can you believe that? M: That sucks. W: If he weren’t so lazy, I wouldn’t have any complaints. He mows the lawn, but can you believe he tried to convince me to do it? M: That’s crossing the line. W: Oh well. I’ll have to live with him. What else can I do? 听下面一段对话,回答第 10 至第 12 三个小题.现在,你有 15 秒钟的时间阅读这三个小题. Text 8 M: Hello! W: Oh, hi! M: Please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Tom. W: Pleased to meet you. My name is Alice. Did you just move in next door? M: Yes, I did. Have you lived here long? W: Me? I guess so. I’ve lived here for about six years. Have you lived in America very long? M: No, not really. When I left Vietnam, I came to America and I lived with a cousin in Dallas for two years. Where do you work, Alice? W: I teach mathematics at a college. What do you do? M: I am an accountant in a company. W: Well, Tom. It’s good to meet you. I have to go now. I will teach a class this evening, and I need to get to the college. M: It’s nice to meet you too, Alice. W: See you around! M: Goodbye, Alice. 听下面一段对话,回答第 13 至第 16 四个小题.现在,你有 20 秒钟的时间阅读这四个小题. Text 9 W: Hello, Mr. Green. I have a couple of questions. Would you mind my taking up several minutes? M: Not at all. Go ahead. W: Where did you get ideas for your fantasy movies? M: Well, I had all the fears that a lot of kids have. I was frightened of the dark and the wind of the trees. I imagined horrible monsters living in my bedroom. Even Snow White gave me a nightmare. But as I grew older, these kinds of fears gradually changed to fascination. This fascination gave me inspiration for my movies. W: How did you get interested in making movies? M: My father had a movie camera. He would take pictures of my family. At twelve, I borrowed my father’s camera and started making movies: writing scripts for my family and filming family events. That’s how I started my first movie. You know what? Actually, I didn’t ever give that camera back to my father. 听下面一段独白,回答第 17 至第 20 四个小题.现在,你有 20 秒钟的时间阅读这四个小题. Text 10 London is actually made up of two ancient cities that are now joined together. The first is the city of London, which was part of the original Roman settlement in England. This means that the oldest parts of London were already a thousand years old when the Tower of London was built more than 900 years ago. Today, London is referred to simply as “the City” or the Square Mile and it is made up of the business and financial districts. The second city is the City of Westminster, which is where most of the government offices, Parliament and Buckingham Palace are located. Together, these two cities make up the region known as Greater London. London is one of the most visited cities in the world. With just over 17.4 million international visitors in 2014, London ranked the second most visited city in the world, beaten by only Hong Kong. It’s not hard to see why so many people visit London when you consider the amount of attractions that are located there. The city has many of the most famous museums, musicals and plays, world-class shopping and dining and even some of the most beautiful parks in Europe.