上海市松江区2020届高三下学期二模英语试卷

上海市松江区2020届高三下学期二模英语试卷

松江区2019学年度第二学期模拟考质量监控试卷 高三英语 ‎(满分140分,完卷时间120分钟)‎ ‎2020.05‎ I. Listening Comprehension ‎ Section A Directions: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.‎ ‎1. A. The broadcast. B. The weather. C. The latest news. D. The holiday ‎2. A. She enjoyed her holiday very much. B. She needn't have worked hard for the exam.‎ C. She did a good job in the exam. D. She worked hard and earned a lot of money.‎ ‎3. A. Playing a game B. Riding a horse. C. Taking a photo. D. Watching TV ‎4. A. The woman didn't get the result of the match.‎ B. There was little about the soccer match on TV.‎ C. The result of the soccer match wasn't announced.‎ D. The result was not available in the newspaper.‎ ‎5. A. In a grocery store. B. At a bank. C. In a repair shop. D. At a hotel.‎ ‎6. A. Lend his car. B. Drive her there. C. Telephone Lisa. D. Call her a taxi.‎ ‎7 A.Boss and secretary. B. Interviewer and interviewee.‎ C. Manager and clerk. D. Teacher and student.‎ ‎8. A. Their taste in books is different. B. She doesn't like to read.‎ C. She only reads books that he doesn't like . D. The library isn't open lately.‎ ‎9. A. She is tired of driving in heavy traffic.‎ B. She enjoys it because she is good at driving.‎ C She doesn't mind it as the road conditions are good.‎ D She is quite unhappy to have to drive such a long way.‎ ‎10. A. He can't get the books on the list. B. He lacks time to take the course.‎ C. He doesn't like history at all. D. He must read a lot of books.‎ Section B Directions: In Section B, you will hear two short passages and one longer conversation, and you will be asked several questions on each of them. The passages and the conversation will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.‎ Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.‎ ‎11. A. Wash his hands thoroughly. B. Practice eating pie quickly.‎ C. Avoid eating much food. D. Prepare the right taste of pic ‎12. A. On the table. B. Under the bottom. C. On his lap. D. Behind his back.‎ ‎13. A. Swallowing the pie with water.‎ B. Holding the pie in the right position.‎ C. Eating from the outside toward the middle.‎ D. Looking sideways to see how fast your neighbour eats.‎ Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.‎ ‎14. A. How to do the gardening B. How to get birds to a garden.‎ C. How to take care of birds. D. How to feed birds in a garden.‎ ‎15. A. Shelter. food and water. B. Fruit water and insects C. Plants. shelter and food. D. Plants. seeds and insects.‎ ‎16. A. Not to observe them. B. Not to approach them.‎ C. Play with them regularly. D. Play some music for them.‎ Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.‎ ‎17. A. They are planning activities for the weekend.‎ B. They are looking for an apartment in the city.‎ C. They are complaining about the urban living environment D. They are discussing living places and children's education.‎ ‎18. A. The natural environment is beneficial to children.‎ B The countryside is a perfect place for weekends.‎ C There is much to do besides work and study.‎ D. It's convenient for people to go anywhere.‎ ‎19. A. There is a lot to see and do for children and adults.‎ B. The children are too young to benefit from city life.‎ C. There isn't enough for children to see and do in the city.‎ D. Even adults themselves cannot go everywhere in the city.‎ ‎20. A She is a full-time housewife.‎ B She does not care for her children.‎ C. She lived in the suburbs as a child.‎ D. She will go to a museum next weekend.‎ II. Grammar and Vocabulary ‎ Section A Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank. ‎ After graduation, Susan was asked to become the executive director of the Floating Hospital. She hesitated at first, as it was a demanding job and she wondered whether she could handle it. But on second thoughts, she agreed to take the job. (21)________ this job turned out rewarding. she soon got tired of it. (22)__________ (seat) at her desk one day, she wanted to go down to the New School for Social Research all of a sudden. Since she always believed instinct was an advantage she (23)_______ trust, she decided to have a go.‎ Without any plan, she titled the course 'Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway', Susan was nervous as she faced the first session of the twelve-week course. The two hours went on smoothly, but she then (24)_______ (challenge) with a new fear, for she didn't know what to present the next week. But surprisingly, every week she found she had more to say. Her confidence level growing, she realized. she had equipped (25)________ so much over the years about getting over fear and her students were drinking it up. At the end of the course. they were amazed at (26)_______ shifting their thinking really changed their lives.‎ Susan eventually decided to write a book based on the course she had taught. She faced many obstacles. And after (27)______ (reject) by four agents and various publishers. she unwillingly put the proposal in a drawer.‎ One day after three years of writing. she went through the drawer (28)______ she held her much-rejected book proposal. Picking it up. she had a sharp sense that she held something in her hands many people needed to read. She set out with much determination, therefore. (29)_______(find) a publisher who believed in her book the same way she did. This time, she succeeded. She succeeded beyond her wildest dreams.‎ She was so happy that she followed her heart and never gave up overcoming fears which stood (30)__________ her way.‎ Section B Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in each blank with a proper word given in the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one more word than you need. ‎ A. released G. fascination B. eventually C. delivering D.address E. act F. formerly H. sighting I. inquiring J. undertaken K. misidentified From the early 1950s until 2009, a department in the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence (MoD) documented and investigated reports of UFOs. Now, more than a decade after the program ended, many of those __31__ classified files about UFO will be made available to the public for the first time.‎ Previously, some MoD files about UFOs had been published online at the U.K. National Archives (国家档案馆) website. The Telegraph reported. However, all of the agency's UFO reports will be __32__ this year on “a dedicated gov.uk web page.” spokesperson for the British Royal Air Force (RAF) told The Telegraph.‎ The decision came after PA Media, a British news agency, filed a request for the UFO files under a/an __33__ on information, according to The Telegraph. MoD officials decided “it would be better to publish these records, rather than continue __34__ documents to the National Archives.”the RAF spokesperson said.‎ ‎ The U.K.'s __35__ with UFOs began around 1950. urging the MoD to form the Flying Saucer Working Party to __36__ the phenomenon. according to the UK. National Archives. UFOs in the early 1950s even captured the attention of Prime Minister Winston Churchill, who sent a memo to his air minister in 1952 __37__ .“What does all this stuff about flying saucers amount to? What can it mean? What is the truth?”‎ ‎ The flying saucer group concluded that UFOs were delusions (错觉) or 38 objects. recommending “that no further investigation of reported mysterious phenomenon in the air be __39__.”Nevertheless, other MoD divisions continued the work of official UFO investigation in the U.K After MoD enacted a policy change on Dec.1st, 2009, the agency no longer recorded or investigated any UFO __40__, according to the report. But what they did find-including many recent UFO reports that were previously available only as hard copies-will be published online within the nest few months. said Nick Pope. a former UFO investigator for the MoD.‎ III. Reading Comprehension Section A Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context. ‎ An artificial intelligence can accurately translate thoughts into sentences, at least for a limited vocabulary of 250 words. The system may bring us a step closer to ___41____ speech to people who have lost the ability.‎ Joseph Makin at the University of California, San Francisco, and his colleagues used deep learning algorithms(算法) to study the brain ___42___ of four women as they spoke. The women, who all suffer from a certain kind of brain disorder, already had electrodes attached to their brains to monitor disease attacks.‎ Each woman was asked to read aloud from a set of sentences as the team ___43___ brain activity. The largest group of sentences ___44___ 250 unique words. The team fed this brain activity to a network algorithm related to nerves, training it to ___45___ regularly occurring patterns that could be linked to repeated aspects of speech. These patterns were then fed to a second network, which tried to turn them into words to ____46____ a sentence.‎ Each woman repeated the sentences at least twice, and the final repetition didn’t form part of the training data, ___47___ the researchers to test the system.Each time a person speaks the same sentence, the brain activity associated will be similar but not exactly the sane. “Memorizing the brain activity of these sentences wouldn’t help, ___48___ the network instead has to learn what’s similar about them so that it can generalize to this final example,” says Makin. Across the four women, the AI’s best performance was an average translation error rate of 3 per cent.‎ Makin says that using a small number of sentences made it ___49___ for the AI to learn which words tend to follow others. For example, the AI was able to ___50___ that the word “Bear” was always likely to follow the word “Teddy” in a certain set of sentences, from brain activity alone.‎ The team tried transforming the brain signal data into ___51___ words at a time, rather than whole sentences, but this ___52____ the error rate to 38 per cent even for the best performance. “So the network clearly is learning facts about which words go together, and not just which brain activity ___53____ with which words,”says Makin.‎ This will make it hard to scale up the system to a/an ___54____ vocabulary because each new word increases the number of possible sentences, reducing ___55____. Sophie Scott at University College London says we are a long way from being able to translate brain signal data comprehensively.‎ ‎41. A. assigning B. conveying C. restoring D. introducing ‎42. A. systems B. signals C. signatures D. symbols ‎43. A. illuminated B. discovered C. measured D. stopped ‎44. A. consisted of B. adjusted to C. agreed with D. focused on ‎45. A. simplify B. identify C. intensify D. justify ‎46. A. understand B. form C. describe D. judge ‎47. A. allowing B. inspiring C. instructing D. advising ‎48. A. because B. so C. if D. but ‎49. A. quicker B. slower C. easier D. tougher ‎50. A. split B. reflect C. decode D. tear ‎51. A. individual B. common C. modified D. technical ‎52. A. increased B. decreased C. leveled D. degraded ‎53. A. furnished B. mixed C. associated D. armed ‎54. A. passive B. active C. limited D. expanded ‎55. A. tendency B. currency C. accuracy D. fluency Section B Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage your have just read. ‎ ‎(A)‎ Have you ever heard of Nollywood? Nollywood is the name of the Nigerian (尼日利亚的) film industry: Nigeria is one of the largest film industries in the world based on the quantity of films produced. placing them right below India's Bollywood and above USA's Hollwood!‎ Born in around 1992. Nollywood is the youngest compared with the other two “woods”, and uses new forms of financing and production, Now it's in adulthood. and bigger productions have become more regular. However. this was not always the case. Although movie theaters were rare in Nigeria during earlier period. original stories were not. Despite lack of funds and experience. self-made directors began to use commercial video cameras to shoot their movies and sold them for home viewing. Even though this resulted in movies with low production value, the original stories instantly made them a hit. Today, the film industry is the largest employer after agriculture and makes up 5% of Nigeria's GDP.‎ Nigeria is a big player in the industry and it is constantly improving its craft, taking on new challenges. Nollywood is known mainly for its comedies and dramas. but we are increasingly seeing horror movies and musicals.‎ Although sometimes heavily criticized for low production values. Nollywood continues to grow fans worldwide. Nigerian movies now make up 11% of Nigeria's non-oil exports! The average movie is produced in 7-10 days on a budget between ￡7,000-12,000 (Hollywood's average is around ￡60 million per movie with one year production time).This is changing. however, as more filmmakers are receiving proper training and are aiming to make films up to the international standard.‎ ‎56. What is the advantage of Nollywood?‎ A. Commercial support. B. Original stories.‎ C. Dominant comedies. D. Fast production.‎ ‎57. Which of the following statements about “woods” is NOT true according to the passage?‎ A. Bollywood produces more films than the other two “woods”.‎ B. Nollywood is known as the youngest among the three “woods”.‎ C. Hollywood' s budget for an average movie is much less than Nollywood's.‎ D. It takes much less time to produce a Nollywood film than a Hollywood one.‎ ‎58. We can infer from the passage that _________.‎ A. Nollywood's contribution to Nigera's GDP is second only to agriculture B. Nollywood makes fewer comedies and dramas than horror movies and musicals C movies made by Nollywood occupy more than 11% of Nigeria' s export industry D. more filmmakers in Nollywood are attempting to improve the quality of its films ‎59. The passage mainly talks about _______.‎ A. films worth enjoying in Nigeria.‎ B. major differences among the “woods”.‎ C. promising future of Nollywood.‎ D. features and changes of Nollywood.‎ ‎(B)‎ Here's the bad news: Men are hurting, and, according to many researchers. masculinity (男子气) is what is hurting them and making it hard for them to maintain friendships. Society tells men to hide their feelings and expects them to be aggressive, so many men lose their friendship when growing up. The good news is that those skills can be recovered!‎ There are a lot of experts who can help. and here's what they recommend:‎ ‎1.Accept your own desire and normalize it for the people in your life. Way, an expert, ‎ recommends sharing articles about masculinity and friendship so that you can start these conversations! Concentrate on them and don't forget you have the entire Internet at your fingertips, friend! ‎ ‎2. Model vulnerability. Say the thing that frightens or worries you. like “I'm afraid nobody will go to my party,”or“I miss my grandma every day.”Doing so will make it easier for other people to follow your lead. We are all on the elevator to a society where emotional availability is normalized, and I want you to press “door open”.‎ ‎3. Ask more questions. People sometimes feel they might be prying (爱打听的) if they ask someone about themselves-especially when their friend is sharing something tough. But if you get curious in moments of vulnerability you will open the door to all kinds of growth in your relationship. Take the opportunity to really see your friend and show them they matter by following up.‎ ‎4. Get close with the children in your life. Way's research says that the top priority that helps children (especially boys) grow up to have enriching friendships is to be close with an adult relative who was not afraid to express emotions. So. if you are a father. stepfather. or thinking about becoming one. or if you have nieces or nephews, take the opportunity to be close to them and help them grow up to be good friends, too.‎ ‎60. What is the common concept of being a man?‎ A. To have no friends at all.‎ B. To maintain friendships.‎ C. Not to show true feelings.‎ D. Not to hurt others aggressively.‎ ‎61. Which is NOT recommended according to the passage?‎ A. A man should show his vulnerability in front of his fellows.‎ B. A man should accept and normalize people's desire in his life.‎ C. A man should take the opportunity to be close to child relatives.‎ D. A man should show his friends they matter by asking questions.‎ ‎62. What might be the best title of the passage?‎ A. Ways to Help Men Have Friendship.‎ B. How to Express True Feelings.‎ C. Ways to Become a True Man.‎ D. How to Be Brave to Have Friends.‎ ‎(C)‎ No student of a foreign language needs to be told that grammar is complex. By changing the order of the words and by adding a range of auxiliary verbs (助动词) ,we are able to communicate variations in meaning. We can turn a statement into a question,state whether an action has taken place or is soon to take place,and perform other word tricks to convey delicate differences in meaning. Besides. grammar is universal and plays a part in every language. no matter how widespread it is. So the question which has confused many linguists is: who created grammar?‎ At first, this question would appear impossible to answer. To find out how grammar is created. someone needs to be present at the time of a language's creation, documenting its emergence. Some linguists are able to trace modern complex languages back to earlier languages, but to know the forming of complex languages, ‎ the researcher needs to observe how languages are started from scratch. Amazingly, however, this is possible.‎ ‎ Some recent languages evolved due to the Atlantic slave trade. At that time. slaves from different nations were forced to work together. Since they could not learn each other's languages. they developed a pidgin. Pidgins are strings of words copied from the language of the landowners. Little grammar is found in them. and in many cases it is difficult or a listener to infer when an event happened, and who did what to whom. Speakers need to use circumlocution (迁回曲折的说法) in order to make themselves understood. Interestingly. however, all it takes for a pidgin to become a complex language is for a group of children to be exposed to it. Slave children did not simply copy words from their elders, they adapted them to create a language. It included new word orders and grammatical markers. Complex grammar systems merging from pidgins are termed creoles, which are invented by children.‎ Some linguists believe that many of the world's most established languages were creoles at first. The -ed ending in English past tense may have evolved from “did”,“It ended”,which was first used by kids, may once have been “It end-did”. Therefore. it would appear that even the most widespread languages were partly created by children. Children appear to have been born with grammatical machinery in their brains. which can serve to create logical, complex structures, even when there is no grammar present for them to copy.‎ ‎63. What does paragraph 1 mainly tell us?‎ A. Language learners know that grammar is of complexity.‎ B. One cal do a lot with his good command of grammar.‎ C. Grammar is both complex and universal in languages.‎ D Linguists face a question in creating confusing grammars ‎64. The underlined expression “from scratch” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _________‎ A. from the very beginning B. in ancient cultures C. by copying something else D. by using written information ‎65. What can be inferred about the slaves' pidgin language?‎ A. It contained a complex grammar system.‎ B. It was first created by the slaves' landowners.‎ C. It was based on a lot of different languages.‎ D. It was difficult to understand, even among slaves.‎ ‎66. What can be concluded from the last paragraph?‎ A. The English past tense system is inaccurate.‎ ‎8. English was probably once a kind of creole.‎ C. Linguists have proven that English was created by children.‎ D. Children use English past tenses differently from adults.‎ Section C Directions: Complete the following passage by using the sentences in the box. Each sentence can only be used once. Note that there are two sentences more than you need. ‎ A. This could add desired nutrients to the soil thanks to the rich variety of crops.‎ B. Over centuries, the growth of agriculture contributed to the rise of civilizations.‎ C. In experiments with pea plants, he learned how traits were passed from one generation to another.‎ D In the 1830s Cyrus McCormick's harvesting machine helped modernize the grain-cutting process.‎ E. This helped to produce extra food to trade for other goods and allowed people to work at other tasks.‎ F. New agricultural inventions dramatically increased food production in Europe and European colonies.‎ ‎ A period of important agricultural development began in the early 1700s in Great Britain and the Low Countries(Belgium, Luxembourg. and the Netherlands, which lie below sea level). (67)________‎ ‎ One of the most important of these developments was an improved horse-drawn seed drill invented by Jethro Tull in England. Until that time. farmers sowed seeds by hand. Tull's drill made rows of holes for the seeds. By the end of the 18th century, seed drilling was widely practiced in Europe. Many other machines were developed in the United States. (68)_______ At about the same time. John and Hiram Pitts introduced a horse-powered thresher (脱粒机) that shortened the process of separating grain and seed from straw. John Deere's steel plow (犁), introduced in 1837,made it possible to work the tough soil with much less horsepower.‎ ‎ Along with new machines. there were several important advances in selective farming. By selectively breeding animals (breeding those with desirable traits), farmers increased the size and productivity of their livestock. Plants could also be selectively bred for certain qualities. In 1866, Gregor Mendel's studies in heredity ‎ (遗传) were published in Austria. (69)_______ His work paved the way for improving crops through genetics.‎ ‎ New crop planting methods also evolved during this time. Many of these were adopted over the next century or so throughout Europe. For example. the Norfolk four-field system, developed in England. proved quite successful. It involved the yearly rotation (轮作) of several crops, including wheat, turnips, barley, clover, and ryegrass. (70)________ Moreover, this method enabled farmers to grow enough to sell some of their harvest without having to leave any land unplanted.‎ ‎ Not all parts of the world benefited from these developments instantly. however. Farmers in other parts such as Australia and Africa continued to use old ways of agriculture for a long time.‎ IV. Summary Writing ‎ Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible. ‎ Now,it may seem strange to learn from someone who writes about pretty dresses every day,but:you don't have to be pretty and you don't have to spare no effort to be pretty just to please others.You don't have to feel bothered for your plain looking that makes you unnoticed. After all, every one of us,whether charming or not, is a drop in the ocean and you don't owe prettiness to anyone.‎ Admittedly, I'm not saying that you shouldn't be pretty if you want to.Being pretty is pleasant,fun,refreshing and satisfying.making people feel delighted and smile at you unconsciously.But in terms of importance,prettiness stands several steps down from happiness,is way below health,and if done as an obligation,can be far away from independence.‎ But what does you-don't-have-to-be-pretty mean in everyday terms?It means you don't have to blame your parents for not giving you the world-desired appearance and that you don't have to apologize for wearing things that arc held to be "unflattering" or "unfashionable"-especially if, in fact,they make you happy on some level deeper than just being pretty does.As long as you are clean,covered enough,and have bandaged any open wounds.you can wear any color or style you please,holding your heads high. if it makes you happy.‎ Prettiness,it's sad to say,can have a shelf life.It's so tied up with youth that,at some point (if you're lucky),you're going to have to graduate from prettiness,sometimes before you know it.But you won't even get there if you think you have to follow all the signs that say "this way to prettiness". You get there by travelling the route you find most interesting.‎ V. Translation Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets. ‎ ‎72.她感觉太无聊了，于是把这本杂志从头到尾看了一遍。 (So..)‎ ‎73.没有良好的信用记录，你将无法从银行获取贷款。(qualify)‎ ‎74.每周六早晨,我们都雷打不动地去郊区远足，以增通体质,磨练意志,。(a rule)‎ ‎75.全国上下团结一心，科学家们夜以继日地研制药品，相信战胜灾难的日子近在咫尺。 (before)‎ VI. Guided Writing ‎ Directions: Write a English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.‎ 你是李明,你在读高一的表弟张丰依旧在进行居家学习。他在学习时容易分心,总是忍不住打网络游戏或看网络小说,于是发电子邮件向你求助,请你结合自己的经验回复他一封电子邮件,谈谈你是如何集中精力开展居家学习(homeschool yourself during the COVID-19 outbreak)的。‎ 听力文本 ‎1. W: The broadcast says there's going to be a thunderstorm today.‎ M: I don't believe it, Look, the sun is out.‎ Q: What are they discussing?‎ ‎2. M: Congratulations. You certainly did quite well and I must say you deserve that grade.‎ W: Well. I really studied hard for that exam. I've been preparing for it for more than a month Now, I can relax for a while.‎ Q: Why was the woman so happy?‎ ‎3. W: Raise your head a little bit and smile a little. You look wonderful posing like that.‎ M: Wait a minute, Let me put on a cowboy hat.‎ Q: What are the speakers doing?‎ ‎4. M: Mary. have you heard who won the soccer match?‎ W: I missed it and I haven't had enough time to read a newspaper.‎ Q: What can we learn from the conversation?‎ ‎5. W: How long will it take you to fix the TV M: I'll call you when it's ready.‎ Q: Where does this conversation most probably take place?‎ ‎6. W: If Lisa doesn't return my car in 15 minutes time. I'm afraid I'll be late for the baseball game.‎ M: Would you like me to get a taxi for you?‎ D: What did the man offer to do?‎ ‎7. M: Now, you applied for the job as a secretary. Why do you choose our company?‎ W: Well, first, your company enjoys a good reputation and I hope I can improve my ability in every aspect.‎ D: What's the probable relationship between the two speakers?‎ ‎8. M: Read any thing interesting lately?‎ W: Nothing you would like.‎ O: What does the woman mean?‎ ‎9. M: I hear you drive a long way to work every day.‎ W: Oh. yes. It's about 60 miles. But it doesn't seem that far, the road is not bad and there's not much traffic.‎ O: How does the woman feel about driving to work?‎ ‎10. M: I think this history course is interesting. but it's very difficult. I'll never get through the reading list W: Don't worry. You'll find the time somehow.‎ Q: Why is the man worried?‎ ‎11-13‎ County fairs are a tradition in New England towns. They offer great entertainment. One popular event is the pie-eating contest. If you want to take part in the contest, it is a good idea to remember these guidelines: First. make sure your stomach is nearly empty of food. Eating a whole pie can be hard if you have just finished a meal. Next, it is helpful to like the pie you are going to cat. The cream types are a good choice. They slide down the throat more easily. Placing your hands in the right position adds to the chances of winning. There is a temptation to reach out and help the eating process. This will result in becoming disqualified Don't just sit on your hands If your hands are tied behind your back you will not be tempted to make use of them. Now you are reads to show your talent at eating pies. The object. of course is to get to the bottom of the pie plate before the other people. It is usually better to start at the outside and work toward the middle. This method gives you a goal to focus on. Try not to notice what the other people near you are doing. Let the cheers from the crowd spur you on. But do not look up. All you should think about is eating that pie.‎ Questions:‎ ‎11. What should a person do before entering a pie-eating contest?‎ ‎12. Where is the person advised to put his hands during the contest?‎ ‎13. What suggestion is offered for eating up the pie quickly?‎ ‎14-16‎ One of the great joys of gardening is to share a garden with birds. And it has become more and more popular in Britain. A few methods can help to attract birds to a garden.‎ All birds depend on plants for shelter and food. So as a general rule. the more plants in the yard, the more birds will come. They can turn to these plants when they need sleep and they can play between plants. And remember that different birds need different plants. Therefore. we should try to plant a variety of plants in our garden in order to invite birds.‎ Birds eat seed. fruit or insects. So the garden with such food is welcomed by the birds Besides. another sure way to attract birds to a garden is to provide water. The best way is to put water on the ground in the open. Most birds love to bathe and drink at this level. However, always remember they are very nervous all the time. Therefore. when they are drinking the water on the ground. you should keep a distance from them. or they will never come and visit again.‎ Questions:‎ ‎14. What is the main idea of the passage?‎ ‎15. What are the three general ways to attract birds?‎ ‎16. What are people encouraged to do when birds are drinking water in the yard?‎ ‎17-20‎ M: You like living in the city. don't you?‎ W: Oh. I love it. It's so convenient. I can take the bus to work. or the subway. or the taxi. And there is so much to do.‎ M: I know what you mean. I'd like to live in the city. but to live in the suburbs is better for children.‎ W: Well, there are a lot of things about suburban living. But, as a working woman. I think a city has all the conveniences, including the best food and fastest news M: But there are more trees. grass and fresh air in the suburbs.‎ W: Yeah, but living in the city. it's convenient to go everywhere. There are lots of movie houses. theaters and so on. You can take them to the suburbs on the weekends.‎ M: Yeah, children are the right age. There are lots of things for them here.‎ W: You are right. They are at the library in Brooklyn. And they come back home for lunch, then go uptown to the Museum of Natural History. There is so much for young people to see and do.‎ M: Not just for young people. What about me? I've never been to the Museum of Natural History W: Neither I have I. When I was a child. I used to go to the Museum of Art.‎ M: I've been there several times, twice with children.‎ W: Well. I have an idea. Next weekend. we go to the Museum of Natural Historv.‎ M: OK. that's really a very nice idea.‎ ‎(Now. listen again. please!)‎ Questions:‎ ‎17. What are the two speakers talking about'‎ ‎18. What does the man think of living in the suburbs?‎ ‎19. Which is true about the man's opinion of the city?‎ ‎20. What do we know about the woman according to the conversation?‎ 答案 ‎1. B 2.C 3.C 4.A 5.C 6.D 7.B 8.A 9.C 10.D ‎11.C 12.D 13.C 14.B 15.A 16.B 17.D 18.A 19.A 20.D ‎21-25 While / Though/ Although: Seated: could / should: was challenged: herself ‎26-30 low: being rejected: where: to find: in ‎31—35 FAECG ‎36—40 DIKJH ‎41—45 CBCAB ‎46—50 BABCC ‎51—55 AACDC ‎56—59 BCDD ‎60—62 CBA ‎63—66 CADB ‎67—70 FDCA ‎71‎ You needn't be obsessed with prettiness. Being pretty is inferior to being happy, healthy and independent. In daily life. don't feel sorry for not having pretty appearance or wearing pretty things. You can choose what you like as long as they keep you clean and decent. Prettiness has a lifespan and being yourself is the surest way to it.‎ ‎72. So bored did she feel /was she that she read the magazine from cover to cover.‎ ‎73. Without a good credit record, you won't be qualified to get/ for a loan from the bank ‎74. We make it a rule to go hiking/ go on an excursion in the suburbs every Saturday morning in order to build ourselves up physically / improve our health / promote our health and exercise willpower (build ourselves up physically and mentally.‎ ‎75. People all over the country are united and scientists are developing medicine(s) day and night / (a)round the clock, and/ so it is believed that it won't be long before the disaster is overcome.‎ Guided writing略