2017-2018学年福建省师大附中高二下学期期中考试英语试题(平行班）（Word版）

2017-2018学年福建省师大附中高二下学期期中考试英语试题(平行班）（Word版）

福建师大附中2017-2018学年下学期期中考试 高二（平行班）英语试卷 时间：‎ ‎120分钟 满分：‎ ‎150分 第Ⅰ卷 (共79分)‎ 第一部分：听力（共20题；每小题1分, 满分20分）‎ 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ABC 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. According to the man, who wrote the poem? A. John Keats. B. William Wordsworth. C. T. S. Eliot. 2. What does the woman suggest they do? A. Join a tour group. B. Explore on their own. C. See some tour routes online. 3. How does the man probably feel? A. Angry. B. Surprised. C. Understanding. 4. Where are the speakers? A. In a stadium. B. In a company.   C. In a hotel. 5. What are the speakers mainly talking about? A. A book. B. A vacation. C. The man’s job.‎ 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，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. Why are the neighbors complaining? A. The leaves are falling in their yard. B. Their fence was damaged by the storm. C. The tree is about to fall over into their yard. 7. What will the speakers probably do for their neighbors? A. Cut down the whole tree. B. Pick up leaves in their yard.‎ ‎ C. Cut off the branches on their side. 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。 8. What did the woman think about the race? A. It was awful. B. It was a lot of fun. C. It was very serious.‎ ‎9. How fast was the woman going when she crashed? A. 190 miles per hour. B. 90 kilometers per hour. C. 20 miles per hour.‎ 听第8段材料，国答第10至12题。‎ ‎10. What's wrong with the woman?‎ A. She got lost. B. She hurt her ankle. C. She is tired from walking.‎ ‎11. What does the woman ask the man for?‎ A. A stick. B. Some water. C. Some medicine.‎ ‎12. What do the speakers plan to do?‎ A. Wait there for help. B. Continue on after a while. C. Go back the way they came.‎ 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。 ‎ ‎13. What has happened to the woman recently?‎ A. She was fired.‎ B. She got a pay raise.‎ C. She was transferred to another bank branch.‎ ‎14. How many branches has Garret worked for in total?‎ A. Three. B. Four. C. Five.‎ ‎15. What did the woman find out about Garrett?‎ A. He will leave soon.‎ B. His customers don’t like him.‎ C. He doesn’t have much experience.‎ ‎16. How does the man probably feel in the end?‎ A. Confused. B. Surprised. C. Understandable.‎ 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。‎ ‎17. Where will flight AC30 land?‎ A. In Canada.‎ B. In the United States.‎ C. In Britain.‎ ‎18. Which flight leaves in one hour?‎ A. The one to Seattle.‎ B. The one to New York.‎ C. The one to Vancouver.‎ ‎19. Where should passengers check in for flight AS190?‎ A. Counters D8 to D14 B. Counters C8 to C18. C. Counters Cl9 to C26.‎ ‎20. What are passengers advised to do?‎ A. Give their seats to the elderly.‎ B. Get their travel documents ready.‎ C. Throw away large batteries at the boarding gate.‎ 第二部分 阅读理解（共两节, 满分29分） ‎ 第一节 （共 12 小题；每小题 2 分, 满分 24 分） ‎ A What do literary tourists look for when they visit the British Isles? Often it’s the charmingly old-fashioned bookshops that provide the perfect excuse to read uninterruptedly and to disconnect from the world. Until recently, the trend for fine coffee and high-speed Wi-Fi was considered by some in the city’s bookish crowd to be ruining London’s centuries-old tradition of disconnected reading.‎ But a crop of bookshops is fighting against crazy online engagement and is creating environments where the real-life, Internet-free book reading is the most effective way to expand your social and professional networks. Leading the fighting is Libreria Books, which is in the company of Tenderbooks, Buchhandlung Wakther, Lutyens&Rubinstein etc., all independent book shops without high-speed Wi-Fi and coffee.‎ Mr. Silva of Libreria was inspired to open his shop after experiencing a common suffering for London’s book-lovers—the repeated ring tones of smart phones ruining the peace of his bookshop experience. He wanted to get people reading without interruption. He said, “You can get Wi-Fi anywhere now, it’s not necessary in a bookshop.”‎ Their mantra(原则) has drawn a wise, brainy crowd. The bookshop should be an escape from an ‎ information overload. “ If someone gets a phone call, they leave the shop. It’s the same with the Internet—people just know this isn’t the space for being on line.” said Tamsin Clark, owner of Tender books. And in face of the Internet overload, some stores are proving to be among London’s hottest places.‎ Mr. Silva said “an old-fashioned space” is clearly appealing to book lovers. He said his shop has had twice as many customers as expected, with visitors from as far as Australia and China. Faced with a bookshelf recommended by the Queen or surrounded by first editions, who wants to download a morning full of emails?‎ ‎1. What would literary tourists like to find in an old-fashioned bookshop?‎ A. High-speed Wi-Fi. B. Social networks.‎ C. Peaceful reading time. D. Free coffee.‎ ‎2. Why did Mr. Silva of Libreria decide to open his own bookshop?‎ A. He saw the trend of running bookshops.‎ B. He aimed at banning Wi-Fi in bookshops.‎ C. He had an unpleasant reading in a bookshop.‎ D. He was inspired by other bookshop owners.‎ ‎3. What do London’s bookish crowd think of the Internet-free bookshops?‎ A. Attractive. B. Outdated.‎ C. Fashionable. D. Professional.‎ ‎4. What does the underlined part in the last paragraph mean?‎ A. You can still work efficiently.‎ B. People prefer reading to being connected.‎ C. Emails keep coming in all morning.‎ D. People have no access to downloading emails.‎ B As PhD research goes, Brian Wisenden might be envied: watching baby fish swimming swiftly through the clear waters in the Costa Rican tropical dry forest. By recording their growth and numbers, he hoped to look at their risks of being eaten. Instead, he witnessed something strange. Many groups were increasing in numbers. In these groups, some were smaller than others, suggesting they weren’t sibling（兄弟姐妹）. Wisenden had accidentally discovered that the fish, called convict cichids, adopt each other’‎ s babies. Why would they do that, he wondered?‎ ‎ In the human world, we think of adoption as a selfless act. But in nature, its presence is puzzling. Taking on the burden of bringing up babies with no genetic link would seem to reduce an animal’s chance of survival or at least provide no gain. Yet, adoption is surprisingly common in the natural world. ‎ ‎ Take the eastern grey kangaroo. Between 2008 and 2013, Wisenden followed the fates of 326 baby kangaroos in the Wilsons Promontory National Park in Victoria and recorded 11 cases of pouch（育儿袋）swapping. The circumstances behind some of these adoptions aren’t known, but four were straight swaps and another four occurred after a mother had lost her own baby. How come? Before independence, baby kangaroos go through a period inside and outside their mother’s pouch. Following out-of-pouch attempts, mothers normally sniff their young before allowing them back in, but Wisenden’s team suspect that during an emergency they may omit the sniff test, allowing a weak baby to quickly climb in before fleeing from danger. ‎ ‎ Some of nature’s adoptions are, actually, driven by young. In burrower bugs （土蝽）, for example, females lay a nest of eggs close to those of unrelated bugs. Mother bugs tend their developing eggs before they hatch, and them feed their babies nuts form weedy mint plants. Finding nuts is a competitive business, so not every mother bug gets her fair share. And if the delivery rate isn’t up to the standard, clever young may abandon their mothers to join a better-fed group. ‎ ‎ The consequences of adoption following mistaken identity can be horrible. The true babies of adopting mothers were abandoned. But it can have remarkable benefits, not just for adoptees but also for adoptive parents. ‎ 5. What can we learn about Wisenden’s research about baby fish?‎ A. It was beyond his expectations. B. It put many rare species at risk. ‎ C. It showed a genetic similarity in fish. D. It found a new way to protect forest. ‎ ‎6. What does the underlined word “omit” mean in the passage?‎ A. Confirm. B. Repeat. C. Adopt. D. Skip. ‎ ‎7. Why would some burrower bugs abandon their mothers?‎ A. To live in warmer nests. B. To reproduce themselves. ‎ C. To seek for better parenting. D. To adapt to competition earlier. ‎ ‎8. What may the author most probably talk about next?‎ A. The causes of accident adopting. B. The processes of accidental adoption. ‎ C. The drawbacks of accidental adoption. D. The advantages of accidental adoption. ‎ C The subtitle of my 1995 book Emotional Intelligence(EI) reads, “Why It Can Matter More Than IQ.” That subtitle, unfortunately, has led to misunderstandings of what I actually say. Some people even make the absurd claim that “EI accounts for 80 percent of success.” ‎ I was reminded this again when looking through comments on an Australian study that fails to find much of a connection between teenagers’ level of emotional intelligence and their academic achievements. For me, there’s no surprise here. But for those misguided people who think I claim EI matters more than IQ for academic achievement, it would be a “Gotcha!” moment.‎ My argument is actually that emotional and social skills give people advantages in areas where such abilities make the most difference, like love and leadership. EI does better than IQ in “soft” areas, where intelligence matters relatively little for success. That said, another such area where EI matters more than IQ is in performance at work, when comparing people with roughly the same educational backgrounds like MBAs or accountants.‎ IQ is a much stronger predictor than EI of which jobs or professions people can enter. However, having enough intelligence to hold a given job does not by itself predict whether one will be a star performer or rise to management or leadership positions in one’s field. In part this is because everyone at the top level of a given profession has already been examined for intelligence. At those top levels a high IQ becomes a basic ability, one needed just to get into and stay in the game.‎ The one place I expect we will be seeing more data showing a relationship between skills in the emotional and social area and school performance will be in studies of children who have gone through social/emotional learning (SEL) programs. These courses give students the self-management skills they need to learn better. And so to the degree that advantage promotes learning, they should do better on academic achievement scores. A study from the University‎ of ‎Illinois finds around a 10 percent increase in achievement test scores among these students. Probably, the SEL programs would also have meant higher scores on the particular assessment of EI used in the Australian study, and so if they had tested such children, there may well have been a positive connection.‎ So learning seems to be another area where EI may matter—whether more than IQ is a question based on experience. ‎ ‎9. The author writes the passage to ________.‎ A. state his new opinion on IQ and EI B. clear up some misreading of his book ‎ C. explain the importance of IQ and EI D. argue for his study into school learning ‎10. According to the author, EI matters more than IQ for ________.‎ A. winning a quiz; becoming a star performer B. being a leader; receiving an MBA degree C. family relations; being promoted at work ‎ D. becoming an accountant; getting an interview ‎11. The author might agree that ________.‎ A. intelligence matters greatly for success B. the subtitle of his book is easily misunderstood C. IQ determines one’s basic ability to enter a certain field ‎ D. EI matters more than IQ for academic achievement ‎12. We can learn from Paragraph 5 that ________.‎ A. the two same studies have opposite findings ‎ B. the SEL programs attempt to promote learning with EI ‎ C. students’ school performance is decided by their EI D. the SEL programs improve students’ scores rapidly 第二节 （共 5 小题, 每小题 1 分, 满分 5 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。‎ Technological innovation (创新)may not give you a warm feeling. 1 Messaging apps are examples of technology that are helping bring people together. It’s ready to continue improving our lives as innovation allows technology to really understand how we live. ‎ ‎ 2 ‎ Some of the most popular and widely adopted innovations make things we’re already doing easier. A well-designed piece of technology can transform something that consumes time into a worry-free swipe of your finger, giving you more time to spend with friends and family. ‎ Proving that you really are you Developers keep finding new and brilliant ways to prove our identities online. With fingerprints and voice recognition, technology keeps getting better at proving we are who we say we are. 3 . The more trust we have, the easier it will be to fully embrace the empowering（授权的）aspects of fintech ‎ ‎(金融科技) and having control of our financial data. ‎ Helping make good ideas a reality Crowdfunding (众筹) technology keeps breaking down barriers that may have previously kept good ideas from being realized. Here’s how it works: You pitch (拋) your project to people through an online platform. 4 . By connecting dreamers and inventors to a new type of capital, technology is giving more creative ideas their opportunity to become a reality. ‎ Adding even more quality to quality time As technology continues improving, it becomes easier to build and maintain a connection with someone who isn’t in the same location as you. 5 . And think about how great it will be when you can interact with your friends and relatives in virtual reality. It will be the next best thing to being together in person. ‎ A. Sparing some time to make researches B. Freeing up more time for friends and family C. However, when at its best, it opens our eyes to many things D. Actually, it can do wonders to deepen our interpersonal connections E. That technology can make it easier to trust the connections we make online F. If they are interested in your project, they donate money to fund your project G. Think about how much easier it is to connect via video conferencing than before 第三部分 完形填空（共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分, 满分 30 分） ‎ I am not a class president or a homecoming queen in my high school. However, I hope to believe that I may still be 1 for the smiles. I may have entered high school 2 , but I am leaving high school a strong, confident, and determined young lady.‎ I am a(n) 3 who spends too much time thinking about the future and not 4 time thinking about today. I am a perfectionist who spends too much time worrying about the 5 and not enough time looking at the big picture. I am a writer who makes 6 flow more smoothly through her pen than through her voice. I am a bookworm who gets too 7 to fictional characters.‎ In addition to my 8 as a person, I have taken many of the AP classes( 大学先修课) that my school offers, specialized in the science and health-related classes, and have 9 my hardest in all I have done. However, it in no way 10 me from the thousands of extraordinarily talented applicants that I am being 11 to. What I hope sets me apart is that, in high school, not only did I concentrate on becoming an 12 ‎ ‎ individual, but I also have tried to grow to be a well 13 person in all areas of my life.‎ When 14 the past four years of high school, I am equally 15 and shocked by my growth as an individual. And now, as this chapter of my life comes to a(n) 16 , I can’t help but look forward to and be excited by the new challenges and adventures that 17 has to offer me. These 18 experiences in the college will continue my individual development and further my love of 19 . This next step in my life is one that I am 20 for and excited to take.‎ ‎1. A. challenged B. thanked C. appreciated ‎ D. informed ‎2. A. quickly B. carefully C. quietly D. patiently ‎3. A. dreamer ‎ B. reporter C. teacher D. organizer ‎4. A. previous B. adequate C. specific D. proper ‎5. A. comments B. goals C details D methods ‎6. A. hopes B. liquid C. words D. difficulty ‎7. A. similar B. close C. accustomed D. attached ‎8. A. growth B. responsibility C. request D. figure ‎9. A. checked B. measured C. used D. tried ‎10. A. prevents B. separates ‎ C. concludes D. protects ‎11. A. compared ‎ B. referred C. changed D. connected ‎12. A. interested B. important C. energetic D. educated ‎13. A. understood B. impressed C. prepared D. preserved ‎14. A. using up B. looking back on C. looking down on ‎ D taking down ‎15. A. relaxed B. embarrassed C. pleased D. alarmed ‎16. A. result B. term C. idea D. end ‎17. A. status B. work C. family D. college ‎18. A. new B. same C. usual D. complex ‎19. A. acting ‎20.A. grateful[]‎ B. learning B. famous C. judging C. anxious D. choosing D. ready ‎ 第II卷 （共 71分）‎ 第四部分：基础知识（共四节, 满分41分）‎ 第一节 根据所给首字母,写出正确的单词来完成句子(共9小题；每小题1分, 满分9分)‎ 1. Karl Marx researched into the fact that the world’s wealth wasn’t equally d___________, with 10 percent of the world’s population possessing most of it while the other 90 percent owned almost nothing. ‎ 2. Our army has always insisted on the importance of o__________ orders in all actions and of consciously observing revolutionary discipline. ‎ 3. The a_________of drought management policies and early warning systems has been disturbing agricultural production in African countries, Namibia's agriculture minister expressed his concern.‎ 4. If you voluntarily p_____________ in the clinical trial to be conducted tomorrow, you would be given $100 as a reward from our medical department.‎ 5. A tourist guide must be responsible for arranging tour activities, and offering service of transportation, a___________, sightseeing and entertainment.‎ 6. Foreign language teaching shouldn’t be d___________ from cultural background input, or this learning process will become dull and unattractive.‎ 7. Our aim is to make sure all the information on the website is readily a_________ to the general public and frequently updated as well.‎ 8. A special purpose would be to provide a___________ electrical energy in the power-starved areas of the world. ‎ 9. According to the Ministry of Education, the newly released curriculum standard for high schools has r____________ 72 ancient poems or articles being recited, up from 14.‎ 第二节 根据句意从方框中选出合适的短语, 用其适当的形式完成句子,有一个多余选项。 (共9小题；每小题1分, 满分9分) ‎ set aside, settle in, be relevant to, meet with, leave…alone stick out, hold up, be occupied with, sit around, reflect on 1. After a snow in winter, the trees in the garden are covered with snow. The ground is all white with only some green leaves of vegetable______________ from beneath.‎ 2. As we know when ____________ a lot of homework and papers everyday, we hardly do sports which makes us poor in health and low in spirits.‎ 3. As well as __________in my flat, this annoying visitor gossiped about other neighbors’ privacies.‎ 4. The experts in finance urge that a certain number of salaries _____________ for retirement life or potential investment.‎ 5. The loss of friendship might be worthy of _____________. Knowing when a friendship is over and why ‎ it ends may help you build stronger friendships in the future.‎ 1. The express train was scheduled to pull in at 5:00 pm sharp, only ______________ by heavy fog.‎ 2. His proposal was said to ____________objection, which accounted for his frustrated appearance.‎ 3. ‎________________ in the deserted cottage, the little girl was scared to death and terrified of being attacked by the wild beasts. ‎ 4. I really wish the subjects I am teaching now ________________ these poor students’ present basic living requirements. ‎ 第三节 根据课文内容填空（注意:每空一词或多于一词；共10小题；每小题1分, 满分10分)‎ ‎1. The few who cannot see the real person inside my body do not __________________________, and I just __________________________.‎ ‎2. So Claire borrowed __________________________ from the library for him to read, __________________________, scan.‎ ‎3. And those others are stopping it diving or __________________________ sea," George told me, __________________________ the hunt.‎ ‎4. I’m still trying to __________________________. However, one thing is __________________________, I've become more imaginative in my teaching.‎ ‎5. First of all, he told me, I couldn't write what other people had said__________________________. Besides, __________________________, what other people thought was not the most important thing.‎ 第四节 单句改错（共8小题；每小题1分, 满分8分）‎ 每句中有一处错。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。‎ ‎1. Lots of studies have been shown that global warming has already become a very serious problem. ‎ ‎2. In 1963 the UN set up the World Food Programme, one of which purposes is to relieve worldwide starvation. ‎ ‎3. The film star wears sunglasses. Therefore, he can go shopping without recognized .‎ ‎4．The fruits are small in size, but juicy and taste. ‎ ‎5. Would you mind staying afterward to help cleaning up? ‎ ‎6. They’ve done well so far. I just wonder how long they can keep up. ‎ ‎7. The food ran out early, but also the party was a success. ‎ ‎8. How are we going to construct the house, so that it will be accessible to people of all types of disability?‎ 第五部分 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1分, 满分10分）‎ 阅读下列材料, 在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的适当形式。‎ China‎, which takes pride in four inventions in ancient times, has once again shown its ability 1 ‎ ‎ (change) the world with its “new four great inventions”: high-speed railways, electronic payment, shared bicycles and online shopping.‎ Recently, the “new four great inventions” 2 (improve) the quality of people’s lives. Thanks to online shopping and mobile payment, people can buy what they want 3 (simple) with a tap of the phone within doors. High-speed trains have shortened 4 journey from Beijing to the coastal city Tianjin to half an hour. As for the bikes, they themselves are not new. It is the operating model of bike-sharing 5 (base) on satellite navigation (导航) system, mobile payment as well as big data 6 has surprised the world. Shared bicycles are bringing cycling back 7 people’s lives and they are making public transport more 8 (attract).‎ It is increasingly clear that China is no longer 9 (copy) western ideas and is leading in many new ways. A growing number of foreign 10 (company) hope to promote the development in their home country by highlighting the need for technological achievements like that of China.‎ 第六部分 改错（共10小题；每小题0.5分, 满分5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。每处错误仅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限一词;‎ ‎ 2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。‎ Stockholm, capital of the Sweden, hopes to stop using fossil fuel (化石能源) completely by ‎2040. Now the city wants larger lorries what cause more pollution to use bio-fuel, which are produced from waste. Stockholm is also working with Fortum, an energy company, to take advantage a city-wide heating system, use waste heat from supermarkets and stadiums to supply heat for homes. However, the city is trying to change people behavior, step by step. On one newly built estate (庄园), people are providing with signs that show its real-time energy usage. This is to help them good understand how they use and waste gas, water and electricity.‎ 第七部分 写作 （满分 20分） ‎ 假设你是李华， 你的英国国好友Chris对中国文化很感兴趣，计划到福建师大学习汉语六个月。他写信询问怎样快速适应在中国的生活，请写一封回信提出你的建议。‎ 注意： 1)建议应为3-4条。2)词数120左右。‎ Dear Chris, ‎ ‎ I’m glad to learn that you are coming to study Chinese in Fujian‎ Normal ‎University for six months. ‎ ‎________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________‎ ‎ Yours, ‎ ‎ Li Hua 福建师大附中2017-2018学年下学期期中考试 高二（平行班）英语答卷 第I卷（79分）‎ I.‎‎ 听力（20分）1-5 CAACA 6-10 CCBCB 11-15 CBBCB 16-20 AABAB II. 阅读（29分）第一节：1-4 CCAB 5-8 ADCD 9-12 BCCB 第二节：七选五 1-5 DBEFG III.完型填空 (30分) 1-5 CCABC 6-10 CDADB 11-15 ADCBC 16-20 DDABD 第II卷（71分）‎ I.给首字母写单词（9分）‎ ‎1. distributed 2.obeying 3.absence 4.participated 5.accommodation ‎ ‎6.divorced 7.accessible 8.abundant 9.recommended ‎ II.选动词填空（9分）‎ ‎1.sticking out 2.occupied with 3.sitting around 4.(should)be set aside ‎ ‎5.being reflected on 6.to be held up 7.have met with 8.Left alone 9.were relevant to ‎ III.根据课文内容填空（10分）‎ ‎1. make me annoyed , ignore them 2. a pile of books, or rather ‎ ‎3. fleeing out to, pointing towards 4.adapt to these conditions, for sure ‎5. without acknowledging them, as far as he was concerned IV.单句改错(８分)‎ ‎1. been 去掉　　2. whichàwhose　3. recognized àbeing recognized 4. tasteàtasty ‎5. cleaningà clean 6. keep up à keep it up 7. alsoà otherwise除去这一点 ‎ ‎8. disability à disabilities?‎ V.语法填空（10分）‎ ‎1. to change 2. have improved 3. simply 4. the 5. based ‎6. that 7. to 8. attractive 9. copying 10. companies VI. 短文改错 （5分）‎ ‎1. 第 1 句 Sweden前 the 删除 2. 第 2 句 whatàthat/which 3.第 2 句 areàis ‎ ‎4. 第 3 句 advantage 后加 of 5. 第 3 句 useàusing 6.第 4 句 However àBesides/Moreover/… 7. 第 4 句 peopleàpeople’s 8. 第 5 句 providingàprovided 9. 第 5 句 itsàtheir ‎ ‎10. 第 6 句 goodàbetter VII.书面表达范文（20分）‎ Dear Chris, ‎ ‎ I’m glad to learn that you are coming to study Chinese in Fujian‎ Normal ‎University for six months. Living in China might seem a little strange at first, but I’m sure you’ll soon fit in. And here’s my advice on how to get used to the life here quickly. ‎ ‎ First of all, I suggest you buy some books about Chinese culture and customs, from which you will have a good knowledge of China. The more you learn, the sooner you will be accustomed to the life here. Secondly, you may as well be open to sharing your background story with your classmates. Chinese people are very friendly and easygoing, so if you are sociable, it’ll be easy for you to make new friends. Thirdly, I advise you to attend campus events, go to parties, try some new food, see a movie, or visit other cities, which will be beneficial to your language study. If possible, show off your skills. ‎ ‎ I hope that my advice can help. I can’t wait to see you!‎ Yours,‎ ‎ Li Hua 听力原文：‎ Text 1‎ W: What a beautiful poem! Do you know who wrote it? Was it John Keats or William Wordsworth?‎ M: Oh, neither one. I think it was T.S. Eliot. (1) ‎ Text 2‎ M: Would you rather go to Italy with a tour group, or should we explore the country on our own?‎ W: Well, there is a lot to see. It might be hard to fit everything in if we don't take a tour. (2) ‎ M: Or we could just look on the Internet and see the routes that other people took…‎ Text 3‎ W: Wow! What happened to you hair? It looks so funny.‎ M: Ugh…don't even talk about it. It's this new barber I went to. I kept telling him to stop, but I don't think he understood me. (3)‎ Text 4‎ M: Wow, what a beautiful view! How did you find a place like this, so close to the stadium?‎ W: My boss's company owns this hotel.(4) Let's go down soon. The game starts in half an hour.‎ Text 5‎ W: I think you'd like this new bestseller-- it's a very fast-paced adventure, and the writer has a really wild imagination. (5)‎ M: Really? Maybe I'll try to read it in June when I'm on vacation. I'm too busy with work right now.‎ Text 6‎ M: I just came back from the neighbor's house. They're complaining about that tree again.(6)‎ W: What can we do with it? It's been there since we moved in.‎ M: Well, ever since that big storm, it has really started to fall over into their yard. (6)‎ They're scared it’s going to fall over and damage the fence.‎ W: Well, it seems to be a big problem to them.‎ M: Although the tree is in our yard, every year, all its leaves fall in their yard. I think we should just cut off the branches on their side.(7)‎ W:You’re right.(7)‎ Text 7‎ W: What an exciting race! I never knew NASCAR racing could be so entertaining! (8) I hope no was seriously injured in that accident, though.‎ M: Of course someone was injured! Both of the cars were on fire.‎ W: It was just so unexpected, and everyone was cheering. I guess I didn't realize how dangerous it was.‎ M: These cars are going 190 miles per hour. When they crash, it is awful. Do you remember that time you crashed going 20 miles per hour? (9)‎ W: Yeah, we had to repair the entire front end of the car. It cost us a couple thousand dollars, at least.‎ M: Well, that crash cost over a million, I guarantee it. And don't forget about the people involved. It's a dangerous sport. ‎ Text 8‎ W; Just hold on a minute, Jeff. I think I hurt my ankle back there on a root on the ground. (10)‎ M: You really have to watch where you're walking on this dry path.‎ W: What am I going to do? I can't really walk on it. Maybe you guys should go on and I'll catch up in a bit.‎ M: I'm not going to leave you down here. Hey, why don't you take this stick here and use it as a walking stick? I'll run up to the other two and tell them to wait for us at the next lookout point. (12)‎ W: OK, but give me some medicine first. (11) My foot is killing me.‎ M: Here you go. And here's the water. I'll be back in a second. Just stay here and don't wander off. (12)‎ W: I don't think I could go anywhere, anyway. Hurry up! (12)‎ Text 9‎ M: So Mary, did you ever get that position you were talking about?‎ W: No, I didn't. I was given a small pay raise, (13) but they ended up giving the manager position to someone named Garrett from the other branch.‎ M: That's not fair. You've been working at that bank for three years now. How could they pass you over for ‎ some new person?‎ W: Well, there is a bit of a story there. The man who got the job has worked for four other branches, and he managed every one of them. (14) So, I thought it was because of his experience.‎ M: Oh. Then you shouldn't feel so bad. It sounds like he knows what he is doing.‎ W: But I found out that Garrett was not a popular guy. Either his co-workers or his customers were complaining about him. (15)‎ M: What do you mean? If he was unpopular, then why would they give him the position? (16)‎ W: I just don't know.‎ Text 10‎ ‎ Attention, all passengers. It is two o'clock. Please listen to the following announcement. All counters in check-in areas A and B are closed. For passengers on Air Canada flight AC30 to Vancouver, (17) check-in counters C8 to C18 have just opened. This is an international flight, and check-in time is three hours before takeoff. Passengers heading to New York on British Airways flight BA440, please go to check-in counters C19 to C26, which will close in 15 minutes. Your flight is on time, and it leaves in one hour. (18) Alaska Airlines fight AS190 to Seattle, please go to check-in counters D8 to D14.(19) As with all domestic flight, check-in time is two hours before takeoff. We once again remind all passengers that liquids over 300 milliliters, as well as cigarette lighters and large batteries, cannot be checked in and must be thrown out before entering security. Once you check in, please follow the boarding gate signs located overhead. Most importantly, please have all your travel documents ready.(20) For the elderly, the disabled, and other passengers requiring help, we have shuttles that will transport you to your gates upon request. ‎