四川省南充高中2021届高三英语上学期第二次月考试题（Word版附答案）

四川省南充高中2021届高三英语上学期第二次月考试题（Word版附答案）

南充高中2018级高三第二次月考 英 语 试 题 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。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. How old is Jessica now?‎ ‎ A. 22. B. 27. C. 29.‎ ‎2. What does the man imply?‎ ‎ A. Carbel’s a good player. B. Carbel’s not an ideal player. C. Carbel’s not feeling well.‎ ‎3. What time is it now according to the conversation?‎ ‎ A. 6:08. B. 6:00. C. 5:52.‎ ‎4. When does the conversation take place?‎ ‎ A. In the early morning. B. In the late morning. C. In the afternoon.‎ ‎5. Where are the speakers most probably?‎ ‎ A. At an airport. B. At a hotel. C. At a bus station.‎ 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。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. How long does the man draw and paint each day?‎ ‎ A. For half an hour. B. For an hour. C. For one and a half hours.‎ ‎7. When did the man learn to draw and paint?‎ ‎ A. From primary school. B. From middle school. C. From high school.‎ ‎ 听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。‎ ‎8. What is the man now?‎ ‎ A. An athlete. B. A student. C. A postman.‎ ‎9. What language can the man speak?‎ ‎ A. German, French and Russian.‎ ‎ B. German, English and French.‎ ‎ C. French, English and Russian.‎ ‎10. What sports does the man love?‎ ‎ A. Court tennis and football. B. Basketball and bicycle. C. Court tennis and bicycle.‎ ‎ 听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。‎ ‎11. What is the man complaining about?‎ ‎ A. Not receiving any answer from his friend.‎ ‎ B. Not receiving any gift from his friend.‎ ‎ C. Not hearing any good news from his friend.‎ ‎12. When should you write a thank-you card in the woman’s eyes?‎ ‎ A. When you receive a gift from your friend.‎ ‎ B. When you are invited to a birthday party.‎ ‎ C. When you spend a holiday with your friend.‎ ‎13. What’s the speakers’ attitude toward writing thank-you cards?‎ ‎ A. They think it out-dated.‎ ‎ B. They think it good to keep the custom.‎ ‎ C. They think it inconvenient.‎ ‎ 听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。‎ ‎14. What is the relationship between the speakers?‎ ‎ A. Classmates. B. Teacher and student. C. Mother and son.‎ ‎15. Why didn’t the man come to the class?‎ ‎ A. He had been writing reports all day long.‎ ‎ B. He hardly has interest in it.‎ ‎ C. He was too tired to go out.‎ ‎16. What do we know about the man?‎ ‎ A. He is probably from an English-speaking country.‎ ‎ B. He is interested in learning foreign languages.‎ ‎ C. He had studied German before he came.‎ ‎17. Who had learnt French before?‎ ‎ A. Mayor. B. Jasmine. C. Baker.‎ ‎ 听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。‎ ‎18. What is the speaker’s favorite memory?‎ ‎ A. She beat her sister in a quarrel contest.‎ ‎ B. Her sister saved money to buy her a bike.‎ ‎ C. She felt best when she first learned how to ride a bike.‎ ‎19. Who gave the speaker a bike as a birthday gift?‎ ‎ A. Her sister. B. Her mother. C. Her grandmother.‎ ‎20. How did the speaker feel when her sister gave her a hand?‎ ‎ A. She felt it a good chance for them to make up.‎ ‎ B. She knew she would have a quarrel with her again.‎ ‎ C. She didn’t believe she would help her and felt uneasy.‎ 第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）‎ 第一节 ‎（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）‎ ‎2018级英语试题 第13页 （共10页） 2018级英语试题 第14页 （共10页）‎ ‎ 阅读下面短文，从每题所给出的A,B,C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。‎ A Four Inspiring Movies Forrest Gump（1992）‎ Forrest Gump is a simple man with a low IQ but good intentions. This movie follows the fictional story in which the simple man makes his way through some of the more turbulent（动荡的）times from the 1960s through 1980s. This film took home six Oscars, inspired a “Weird Al” song, and proves that a big heart is the most important thing. ‎ It's a Wonderful Life（1946）‎ No movie list would be complete without a nod to the past. Let's go with this Christmas classic, about a man with serious financial troubles who intends to commit suicide（自杀）by jumping off a bridge. His guardian angel Clarence Odbody stops him and tells him what life would have been like for those close to him had he never been born. Realizing how much he means to others, he rushes back home and all sorts of happy, inspirational, Christmassy things happen. ‎ Dead Poet's Society（1990）‎ John Keating（Robin Williams）is a high school English literature teacher at a famous all-male boarding school who gets into trouble with the school administration after encouraging his students to challenge authority and think for themselves. It is certainly inspirational, if not also frustratingly sad. ‎ A Beautiful Mind（2001）‎ This movie tells the story of John Nash（Russell Crowe）, a professor at Princeton, a US university, who revolutionized the field of game theory and fell into madness as a result of paranoid schizophrenia（精神分裂症）. With the love and support of his family as well as the help of medical professionals, he managed to overcome his mental illness and continued to make contributions to the field of mathematics.‎ ‎21．What can we know about It's a Wonderful Life?‎ A．It proves a big heart important. B．It has a happy ending.‎ C．It tells a story of friendship. D．It is famous for the leading role.‎ ‎22．Which film are Robin Williams' fans more likely to watch?‎ A．Forrest Gump. B．I's a Wonderful Life.‎ C．Dead Poet's Society. D．A Beautiful Mind.‎ ‎23．At the end of A Beautiful Mind，the professor___________.‎ A．became a famous expert in psychology B．got his family's support for studying game theory C．gained lots of experience in treating schizophrenia D．defeated the disease and went on to pursue maths B I was 16 years old the day I skipped school for the first time. It was easily done: Both my parents left for work before my school bus arrived on weekdays, so when it showed up at my house on that cold winter morning, I simply did not get on. The perfect crime!‎ And what did I do with myself on that glorious stolen day, with no adult in charge and no limits on my activities? Did I get high? Hit the mall for a shoplifting extravaganza（狂欢）?‎ Nope. I built a warm fire in the wood stove, prepared a bowl of popcorn, grabbed a blanket, and read. I was thrilled and transported by a book—it was Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises—and I just needed to be alone with it for a little while. I ached to know what would happen to Jake Barnes and Lady Brett Ashley and Robert Cohn. I couldn’t bear the thought of sitting in a classroom taking another biology exam when I could be traveling through Spain in the 1920s with a bunch of expatriates ‎ ‎(异乡客).‎ I spent that day lost in words. Time fell away, as the room around me turned to mist, and my role—as a daughter, sister, teenager, and student—in the world no longer had any meaning. I had accidentally come across the key to perfect happiness: I had become completely absorbed by something I loved.‎ Looking back on it now, I can see that some subtle things were happening to my mind and to my life while I was in that state of absorption. Hemingway’s language was quietly braiding itself into my imagination. I was downloading information about how to create simple and elegant sentences, a good and solid plot. In other words, I was learning how to write. Without realizing it, I was hot on the trail of my own fate. Writing now absorbs me the way reading once did and happiness is their generous side effect.‎ ‎24．Why did the author skip school on that day?‎ ‎ A．Because her parents left home early. B．Because she was fascinated by a novel.‎ ‎ C．Because it was a cold winter morning. D．Because she hated to take the biology exam.‎ ‎25．What did the author think is the source of true joy?‎ ‎ A．Reading by the fire. B．Travelling in Spain.‎ ‎ C．Breaking the regulations. D．Being occupied by one’s passion.‎ ‎26．Which can best replace the underlined phrase “braiding itself into” in the last paragraph?‎ ‎ A．Maintaining. B．Entering. C．Mending. D．Blocking.‎ ‎27．What can we infer from the passage?‎ ‎ A．I was tired of my real-life roles.‎ ‎ B．I learnt how to write on the Internet.‎ ‎ C．Becoming a writer was my childhood dream.‎ ‎ D．Hemingway skipped school when he was young.‎ C The other day, I bought an expensive anti-aging cream that promised to make my face look several ‎ ‎2018级英语试题 第13页 （共10页） 2018级英语试题 第14页 （共10页）‎ years younger than other women by fighting free radicals. It made me curious about what free radicals are. Is the anti-aging cream the only way I need to protect myself?‎ ‎“As a scientific term, free radicals are essentially unstable atoms”, says Arizona-based doctor, Natasha Bhuyan, M. D．“In medicine, they cause cells to break down over time and are linked to aging.”‎ A super simple chemistry review for you: Atoms from different elements are the building blocks that make up water, nitrogen and more. Electrons (电子) are the negatively charged atoms, and they like to be in pairs. When an electron loses its partner, it creates a free radical, which is usually unstable and highly reactive. Free radicals typically go through the body to seek out a replacement for their missing electron, and that can result in damage to cells,proteins and DNA．‎ So how do free radicals form and why do they happen? Bhuyan says, “Scientifically, free radicals are unpaired electrons that are seeking a mate to bond with. The theory behind free radicals is that they can lead to the imbalance between free radicals and antioxidants (抗氧化剂).” Another mini-science lesson for you: Antioxidants are natural or man-made matters that can help delay or prevent some types of cell damage. They’re often found in fruits and vegetables.‎ A lot of the aspects of modern life — our diet, lifestyle and environmental factors like pollution, can cause oxidative stress. Over time, oxidative stress weakens cell and tissues and can leave you more easily to certain health issues including cancer. And, as beauty marketers are keenly aware, oxidative stress can also speed up the aging process. Now that your know free radicals can weaken your health, you’re probably wondering if there are any ways to prevent them from forming or at least to minimize their negative effects.‎ ‎28．What does the author intend to do in paragraph 1?‎ ‎ A．Explain the process of aging. B．State the formation of free radicals.‎ ‎ C．Introduce the topic of free radicals. D．Describe the harm of anti-aging cream.‎ ‎29．Which of the following do free radicals refer to?‎ ‎ A．Steady atoms. B．Unpaired electrons.‎ ‎ C．Replacements of atoms. D．Functions of electrons.‎ ‎30．What can we learn about antioxidants from the text?‎ ‎ A．They can slow down the damage of some cells.‎ ‎ B．They do harm to cells, proteins and DNA．‎ ‎ C．They have never been found in nature.‎ ‎ D．They always keep balance with free radicals.‎ ‎31．What will the author probably tell us next?‎ ‎ A．What exactly oxidative stress is. B．How beauty marketers promote sales.‎ ‎ C．Where a variety of diseases come from. D．Whether free radicals can be prevented.‎ D Has the volume in a restaurant ever made you finish your meal early? If so, you're not alone. Restaurants handle diners in various ways to influence food choices and consumption, from lighting to menu to server presentation. Unfortunately for those headache-prone restaurant goers, some places also choose to turn up the tunes and the background noise.‎ Chef Mario Batali is often blamed for the phenomenon of very loud or noisy restaurants in the 1990s, when he decided to flood the dining room with the same loud tunes he was playing in his kitchen. And other chefs followed suit. Some restaurateurs felt a "livelier" atmosphere encouraged more customers to dine there, and a side "benefit" was quicker table turnover, thus increasing the number of people who could dine in a specific evening.‎ A 1985 study out of Fairfield University looked at how chewing speed varied according to the type of music being played. Although the volume level was kept the same for both musical situations, it's important to note that fast-tempo (节奏) music often gives the impression of being louder than slower music.‎ ‎“A significant increase in the number of bites per minute was found, and the effect was largest for fast music”, the researchers wrote in the study. So, the faster, louder music gets people to down their food more quickly, relieving the table for future customers.‎ There are opinions about whether or not this is a sound practice.“A restaurant that places profit above dining experience often plays loud music with a fast tempo that puts diners under pressure to eat more quickly, even if that means they're less able to enjoy their meal”, writes Dr. Neel Burton in Psychology Today, adding that loud, fast music reduces appetite.‎ What's more, some would-be repeat diners will shy away for fear of another very loud meal. The non-profit group Action on Hearing Loss found in a 2016 survey of nearly 1,500 people that 91% of those who view a restaurant as too noisy would choose not to return.‎ ‎32．Why did some bosses of the restaurants favour loud music?‎ ‎ A．It could increase the popularity of their chefs.‎ ‎ B．It was the favorite kind of music of them.‎ ‎ C．It made the restaurants softer and sweeter.‎ ‎ D．It might help attract more customers.‎ ‎33．What plays the most important role in the effect of music on diners according to the passage?‎ ‎ A．Its content. B．Its speed. C．Its length. D．Its quality.‎ ‎34．What is Dr. Neel Burton's attitude towards flooding restaurants with noisy music?‎ ‎ A．Doubtful. B．Positive. C．Disapproving. D．Objective. ‎ ‎35．What could be a suitable tile for the text?‎ ‎2018级英语试题 第13页 （共10页） 2018级英语试题 第14页 （共10页）‎ ‎ A．What People Think of Loud Restaurants? ‎ ‎ B．Are Customers to Blame?‎ ‎ C．How Restaurants Improve Themselves? ‎ ‎ D．Does Loud Music Really Benefit Restaurants?‎ 第二节 ‎（共5小题；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。‎ Do you want to learn to dance the highly expressive Spanish dance form—flamenco? 36 ‎ Learning flamenco dancing takes time, patience and determination.‎ The first step is to find a good teacher. 37 Talk with people who have already taken lessons from the teacher to find out if they were satisfied customers.‎ Once you have chosen your teacher or class, you then need to buy dancing shoes. Female dancers also need a practice skirt.‎ ‎ 38 The dance style includes special hand and arm movements, the zapateado (stepping movements that create sounds), and practice body movements. It takes a lot of practice to learn flamenco dance steps and to perform them rapidly with the music the dance requires.‎ As the movements become more familiar, you must learn the most important part of flamenco—dancing with heart! 39 ‎ Once you are ready to perform, you will need a costume. In addition to dancing shoes, female dancers usually wear long dress. Male dancers often wear trousers and shirts. If you are in doubt about your costume decision, check with your teacher to find out what he or she suggests. 40 ‎ You must have the courage to let your passion for the dance shine.‎ ‎ A. Research lesson prices and the teacher.‎ ‎ B. It is very important to choose a dance skirt right.‎ ‎ C. This is not a dance you can learn in a day or a week.‎ ‎ D. Flamenco dancing can have many different purposes.‎ ‎ E. To win over people, you will need more than a costume.‎ ‎ F. In your class, you will learn how to move your whole body the flamenco way.‎ ‎ G. Flamenco dancers must have a deep understanding of music and dance with all their hearts.‎ 第三部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分45分）‎ 第一节 ‎（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）‎ ‎ 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A，B，C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。‎ ‎      From June to September, the temperature in Phoenix is so high that it can easily hit the century mark. But that doesn’t stop hikers from    41  the 1.3-mile hiking to the top of the city’s famed Camelback Mountain.    42  warn that the path is extremely difficult --- If you continue,   43  a liter of water per person is    44  . And another sign declares: If you’re halfway tout of your water, turn    45  !‎ ‎   Unfortunately, many people    46  the warnings .    47  , Scott Cullymore doesn’t. When he’s not working, the 53-year-old Cullymore can be    48  hiking up and down Camelback a couple of times a day, giving    49  cold bottles of water to worn-out hikers. He has helped so many hikers that he has    50  a heavenly nickname: the Water Angel.‎ ‎   Cullymore was on Camelback Mountain one day in 2015 when a British    51  died after being lost for nearly six hours in the July    52  . That experience    53  him to start helping people badly affected by Arizona’s    54  form of Mother Nature. If a hiker has a red face and is not sweating anymore, he    55  his backpack, pulls out a bottle, and hands it to the person, one hiker who was    56  water says. “You think you know the heat, but then you get out here in the    57  and it surrounds you like a blanket,” said Austin Hill, who was hiking with a high school friend. “We were    58  ,” he said, pointing to Cullymore. “We    59  into this kind man here.” And with that, the Water Angel leaves in    60  of another hiker in need.‎ ‎41.  A. refusing  B. booking C. attempting D. finishing ‎ ‎42.  A. Signs B. Signals  C. Offices D. officials ‎ ‎43.  A. at most B. at least  C. at all  D. in all ‎ ‎44.  A. supplied B. suggested C. warned D. wasted ‎ ‎45.  A. up B. down  C. over  D. around ‎ ‎46.  A. notice B. ignore  C. give  D. take ‎47.  A. Fortunately B. Surprisingly C. Generally  D. Immediately ‎ ‎48.  A. found  B. kept  C. grabbed  D. set ‎ ‎49.  A. up B. off  C. out D. in ‎50.  A. made  B. created C. desired D. earned ‎ ‎51.  A. journalist B. scientist  C. artist D. tourist ‎ ‎52.  A. light    B. wind  C. heat D. rain ‎ ‎53.  A. required B. inspired C. advised D. allowed ‎54.  A. unforgiving  B. enjoyable  C. unforgettable  D. unwilling ‎ ‎2018级英语试题 第13页 （共10页） 2018级英语试题 第14页 （共10页）‎ ‎55.  A. picks up B. puts on  C. clears out D. reaches into ‎ ‎56.  A. offered B. awarded C. shown  D. lent  ‎ ‎57.  A. water B. sign  C. desert  D. city ‎ ‎58.  A. afraid B. sad  C. lucky  D. proud ‎59.  A. rushed B. broke C. changed D. ran ‎ ‎60.  A. danger B. search C. hope D. support ‎ 第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）‎ ‎ 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。‎ China has named 24,126 primary and middle schools across the country specialist football schools ‎ 61 (lead) youth football development, according to the Ministry of Education (MOE). It's required that at least one football class 62 (offer) each week in these schools so that they can encourage their students to 63 (active) participate in football training and matches.‎ China aims to have 50,000 schools specializing in youth football by the end of 2025, said Wang Dengfeng, an official with the MOE, 64 (add) that to realize this goal, the ministry will take various measures that include building school football fields, training football coaches and providing extra funding and policy support. 65 those measures in schools, 47 football training camps have also been built in 66 effort to promote the sport among young people. And outstanding or ‎ 67 (gift) players will also have the chance to join inter-school teams for regional 68 ‎ ‎(compete) and even national summer camps.‎ In the past four years, local education departments have trained about 40,000 football teachers, 8,000 of 69 have obtained coaching certificates. Moreover, the country 70 (step) up its efforts in promoting football in schools since it set up a seven-department joint task force, including the education, sport and finance authorities as well as the Chinese Football Association.‎ 第四部分 写作（共两节，满分35分）‎ 第一节 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）‎ ‎ 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。‎ 增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。‎ 删除：把多余的词用斜线（）划掉。‎ 修改：在错的词下面划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。‎ 注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；‎ ‎ 2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。‎ During the holiday, I tried a new way to explore the Forbidden City, where left me with deep impression. To avoid waste time buying a ticket on the spot, I made a reservation online. I got my ticket from a machine without difficulty and start the exploration. I was deep attracted by the grand architecture. To my excited, I could scan the QR codes to get detailed informations. With the VR glasses on, I even found me back to the time when the palace was under construction. How impressive! I found the Forbidden City both traditional or modern because of our history is made alive here.‎ 第二节 书面表达（满分25分）‎ ‎ 节约是中华民族的传统美德。然而，当前餐桌上的浪费现象却十分严重。假定你是校学生会主席李华，请你代表学生会给你校英语报投稿，写一封主题为“光盘行动”的倡议书，内容包括：‎ ‎ 1. 简述我校食堂餐桌浪费现象； ‎ ‎ 2. 提出解决办法；‎ ‎ 3. 倡议共同行动。‎ ‎ 注意：‎ ‎ 1. 词数100左右；‎ ‎ 2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。‎ ‎ 参考词汇：节约n. thrift；光盘行动 “Clean Your Plate” campaign Dear fellow students，‎ ‎____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________‎ ‎ The Student Union 南充高中2018级高三第二次月考英语答案 听力 ‎1—5 CACAB6—10 BCBCC11—15 AABAB16—20 ABCBC ‎2018级英语试题 第13页 （共10页） 2018级英语试题 第14页 （共10页）‎ 阅读 ‎21-23 BCD 24-27 BDBC 28-31 CBAD 32-35 DBCD 36-40 CAFGE 完形填空 ‎41-45 CABBD 46-50 BAACD 51-55 DCBAD 56-60 ACCDB 语法填空 ‎1.to lead 2. (should ) be offered 3. actively 4. adding 5. Besides ‎6. an 7. gifted 8. competitions 9. whom 10. has stepped 改错 ‎1. where 改为which 2. deep 前加a 3. waste改为wasting 4. start改为started 5.deep改为deeply 6. excited改为excitement 7. informations改为information ‎8.me改为myself 9. or改为and 10. 去掉of 书面表达（略）‎ 听力原文 Text 1‎ W: Samuel met Jessica nine years ago when he was 22 years old.‎ M: Jessica was only two years younger than Samuel, but she seemed much younger.‎ Text 2‎ M: Our club is lucky to have a player as good as Mr. Carbel.‎ W: He’s one in a million.‎ Text 3‎ W: Would you like to go out for a walk with me?‎ M: Oh, I’d love to, but I haven’t finished my project and it’s already six o’clock.‎ W: Don’t worry. Your clock is eight minutes fast.‎ Text 4‎ W: What a nice place it is! We don’t have to wait in line.‎ M: No, it’s quite early. There are few people at this moment.‎ W: Let’s go over and get some bread, eggs and milk for breakfast.‎ Text 5‎ W: Did you enjoy your stay with us?‎ M: Yes, very much. However, I have a flight that leaves in about two hours, so what is the quickest way to get there?‎ Text 6‎ W: What kinds of things do you like to do?‎ M: I’ve always liked to draw and paint.‎ W: I didn’t know you knew how to draw and paint.‎ M: ⑥I do it for an hour every day after school.‎ W: How long have you known how to do that?‎ M: ⑦I first learned how to do it in high school.‎ W: Did you take some sort of art class or something?‎ M: That was my favorite class.‎ W: You have got to be talented.‎ M: Thanks.‎ Text 7‎ W: What are you now?‎ M: ⑧Currently I’m a postgraduate(研究生) student at Emperor University in the UK.‎ W: You are going to graduate?‎ M: Yeah, and I will have defense of my graduation papers in a couple of weeks.‎ W: Do you have any part-time jobs?‎ M: ⑨At the same time I work part-time as translator of French, English and Russian, and a model at ‎2018级英语试题 第13页 （共10页） 2018级英语试题 第14页 （共10页）‎ ‎ one modeling agency.‎ W: May we know your hobby?‎ M: ⑩I adore(非常喜欢) sport, especially court tennis and bicycle.‎ W: Why do you like music rather than sports as a man?‎ M: Because music gives me a rhythm, it makes me feel calm and joyful.‎ Text 8 (第13题为总结题)‎ M: I am feeling unhappy. You know, I gave a good friend a minor gift two weeks ago, ⑪and I haven’t got any message received to the gift. I am still waiting to hear from her.‎ W: Aha, that’s probably one of my biggest problems right now. ⑫When I was a kid, my parents told me to write a thank-you card that moment. When someone gives you a gift to honor your arrival, your birthday, a holiday or any other occasion, it is best to write them a card, thanking them for the gift.‎ M: Immediately.‎ W: Yes, write the card, put it in the mail.‎ M: That’s right.‎ W: Nobody does it any more and it drives me crazy.‎ M: It’s gone out of style I guess. I think it’s very rude.‎ Text 9‎ W: Why weren’t you at the French class last night, Mayor? Have you given up?‎ M: Well, no... I came back late yesterday and found Baker sleeping on the bench. He’s been writing reports all day long and he was too tired to go out again, so we missed the lesson.‎ W: You’ve missed quite a lot of the lessons lately, haven’t you? ⑮Are you losing interest?‎ M: ⑮Yes, I’m afraid so. Neither Baker nor I have a gift for languages. ⑭Other students just laugh at us when we attempt to speak French. ⑰How did you and Jasmine pick it up so quickly and easily? You’ve hardly been in France a month.‎ W: It was neither quick nor easy. ⑰We’d both studied the language before we came, and we only needed to revise it.‎ M: Anyway, ⑯all our friends here speak English very well, so we don’t really need to learn French.‎ Text 10‎ W: Once upon a time, one of my teachers asked us what our favorite memory was. Some described winning a contest; others described a time when they were praised by one of their teachers. ⑱My answer, however, got a big laugh, because I said I felt best when I first learned how to ride a bike. But I didn’t mind their laughter at all. That’s because it improved the relationship between my sister and I.‎ ‎ I often had quarrels with my sister when I was young. We soon fell into a bad relationship — I avoided her and she ignored me. She was absolutely a sister in name.‎ ‎ ⑲One day, I received a birthday gift from my mother — a bike. I was very happy but I didn’t know how to ride it. My mom had no time to teach me, so I decided to learn by myself. Although I tried several ways, I still couldn’t manage it. I was so disappointed that I threw away my bike and began to cry. At that time, my sister approached me. ⑳At first, I turned my face away, doubtful and nervous, as I thought she would laugh at me. Surprisingly, she gently picked up my bike and offered to help me. Within three hours, she helped me learn to ride without any quarrels. Since that day, my sister stopped ignoring me and became my real sister.‎ ‎2018级英语试题 第13页 （共10页） 2018级英语试题 第14页 （共10页）‎