2023届上海市金山区高三下学期高考二模英语试题含答案

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 2022学年第二学期质量监控
高三英语试卷
(时间120分钟，分值140分)
2023年4月
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 a 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. To his office. B. To a meeting room.
C. To the front desk. D. To the bus stop.
2. A. At a school B. In a hospital. C. At a restaurant. D. In a swimming pool.
3. A. On foot. B. By car. C. By bus. D. By bike.
4. A. To join a club. B. To register for school.
C. To organize a charity event. D. To go on a trip to the theater.
5. A. It’s clean there. B. It’s relaxing there.
C. It’s beautiful there. D. It’s noiseless there.
6. A. Law. B. Art. C. History. D. Children’s education.
7. A. Trip plans. B. Ticket prices.
C. Tourist destinations. D. Holiday celebrations.
8. A. She will be busy with her study.
B. She will go hiking with her family.
C. She will meet her new partners online.
D. She will browse through the Internet for fun.
9. A. She enjoys traveling this summer vacation.
B. She is considering whether to travel abroad.
C. She speaks highly of her experience last year.
D. She had an unpleasant experience in Chicago.
10. A. How customers could be best served.
B. What kind of stores can offer lower prices.
C. Whether online stores will replace high-street stores.
D. Why some people prefer to buy products in physical stores.

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 the passages and the conversation. 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 would be the best answer to the question you have heard.

Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.
11. A. A host. B. A patient. C. A doctor. D. A volunteer.
12. A. Lawyer. B. Driver. C. Researcher. D. Government officer.
13. A. By reading books regularly.
B. By changing your demanding job.
C. By developing some challenging hobbies.
D. By exercising regularly and eating healthily.

Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.
14. A. About 150. B. About 12. C. About 15. D. About 5.
15. A. They have limited access to friends’ updates.
B. They get pressure from their friends in real life.
C. They make virtual friends with their employers.
D. What they post online may offend their friends.
16. A. Online friendship is of significance for teenagers.
B. Teenagers interact with their friends mostly on line.
C. Teenagers’ online friendship is superior to that in real life.
D. A majority of teenagers prefer to make new friends online.

Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.
17. A. Repainting the walls. B. Furnishing the kitchen.
C. Renting an apartment. D. Discussing the pipe system.
18. A. It is in a rural area. B. The fridge works well.
C. It is next to the office. D. Laundry is included in the rent.
19. A. For a week. B. For a month.
C. For about three years. D. For at least a year.
20. A. $200. B. $180. C. $720. D. $800.
II. Grammar and Vocabulary
Section A
Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word. For the other blanks, fill in each blank with one proper word. Make sure that your answers are grammatically correct.
OpenAI Announces ChatGPT Successor GPT-4
OpenAI has released GPT-4, the latest version of its hugely popular artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT.
The new model can respond to images by providing recipe suggestions from photos of ingredients as well as writing captions and descriptions. It can also process up to 25,000 words, about eight times as many as ChatGPT. Millions of people have used ChatGPT since it (21) __________ (launch) in November 2022. Popular requests for it include writing songs, poems, marketing copy, computer code, and helping with homework, (22) __________ teachers say students shouldn’t use it. ChatGPT answers questions (23) __________ (employ) natural human-like language, and it can also imitate other writing styles such as songwriters and authors, using the Internet as its knowledge database.
There are concerns that it could one day take over many jobs currently (24) __________ (do) by humans. OpenAI said it (25) __________ (spend) six months on safety features for GPT-4, and on human feedback. However, it warned that it (26) __________ still be subject to sharing disinformation.
GPT-4 will initially be available to ChatGPT Plus subscribers, (27) __________ pay $20 per month for easy access to the service. It’s already powering Microsoft’s Bing search engine platform. The tech giant has invested $10b (28) __________ OpenAI.
GPT-4 has “(29) __________ (advanced) reasoning skills” than ChatGPT, OpenAI said. The model can, for example, find available meeting times for three schedules.
OpenAI also announced new partnerships with language learning app Duolingo and Be My Eyes, an application for the visually impaired, (30) __________ (create) AI Chatbots which can assist their users using natural language.
However, like its predecessors (被替代的事物), OpenAI has warned that GPT-4 is still not fully reliable and it may invent facts or make reasoning errors.

Section B
Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. breakthroughs B. core C. driver D. empower E. fully F. increasingly
G. mounting H. potential I. promoting J. seeks K. serves

Companies Help Integrate (整合) Digital Real Economies
Chinese platform companies are doubling down on the most advanced digital technologies to seek new drivers in revenue (财政收入) growth, as the country puts greater emphasis on (31) _________ the in-depth integration of the digital and real economies, experts and company executives said.
Despite the depressing global outlook and (32) __________ uncertainties, China’s platform economy is playing a(n) (33) _________ vital role in boosting technological innovation and high-quality development.
During an earnings conference with investors on Thursday, Zhang Yong, chairman and CEO of Alibaba Group, said that cloud computing is one of the company’s (34) ________ strategies for the future, and Alibaba Cloud is also the foundation through which the company (35) _________ the real economy and drives the integration of the digital and real economies.
Noting that this is a critical period for technological (36) __________ and development in cloud computing and AI, Zhang said he believed in the vast (37) ____________ of industrial digitalization and the role of cloud computing as the focus of the digital economy.
Revenue in the cloud business, Alibaba’s main growth (38) __________ besides e-commerce, reached 20.18 billion yuan during the October-December period, an increase of 3% year-on-year, mainly driven by public cloud growth.
The company is making efforts to make use of digital technologies to help small and medium-sized enterprises and speed up industrial transformation (工业转型) in an effort to (39) __________ the real economy.
The tone-setting Central Economic Work Conference in mid-December said that platform companies will be supported to “(40) _________ display their capabilities” in encouraging economic growth, job creation and international competition. The conference also emphasized the need to energetically develop the digital economy.

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.

It is Nobel Prize week, the one week every year when people from all corners of the globe celebrate science, read about ribosomes (核糖体), and give their best shot at trying to understand particle physics. It is also the one week when science is guaranteed some prime headline space on mainstream news outlets. And yet the science Nobels (in medicine, physics, and chemistry) present a(n) (41) ______ view of science.
The problem starts with the (42) ______ of prize-winners selected every year. The rules governing the Nobel Prize (43) ______ it to just three winners in each category. This means that for every discovery that is awarded a Nobel, the majority of contributing scientists end up being (44) ______.
As a matter of fact, science has never been a(n) (45) ______ effort. Isaac Newton stood on the “shoulders of giants”; Neil Armstrong’s “one small step” was a dream realized by hundreds of thousands of engineers and scientists. Science is, and always has been, and repetitive process where individuals draw on discoveries made by others to (46) ______ advance the boundaries of human knowledge. Yes, Albert Einstein famously won the Nobel Prize all by himself for a paper he alone authored, but he could not have made his discoveries without (47) ______ work by Max Planck, James Maxwell, and several others.
To make matters worse, typical of the Nobel Prizes, none of the (48) ______ was a first author on any of the publications cited by the prize announcements. The first author of a scientific paper is typically the person who did the hands-on laboratory work, usually a graduate student or young post-doctoral researcher. It is precisely these (49) ______ researchers who are in greater need of the Nobel Prize money than their generally tenured (终身的) supervisors.
More basically, awarding the prizes to only three scientists spreads a vision of science as an individual enterprise. By ensuring that graduate students are not given (50) ______ recognition, the prizes reinforce (加强) the mistaken image of a scientist as an old white man in a lab coat. This can only (51) ______ gender and racial inequalities in science, especially further along in an academic career.
Any one of these reasons is sufficient to (52) ______ the Nobel Prizes. Here is one idea: Award the Nobel Prizes not to (53) ______ but for discoveries; donate the prize money to an international science fund to promote further exploration in each year’s prize-winning field of research.
A science-oriented Nobel, rather than a scientist-oriented one, would educate the public in the most important scientific developments and, (54) ______, stimulate new scientific progress by using the prize money to fund the next generation of researchers. Science works best when the (55) ______ of one generation of scientists are paid forward to drive the next to even greater heights. That is to say, scientists of different generations work with joint efforts to support future scientific advancements for the betterment of society as a whole.
41. A. strange B. outdated C. all-round D. advanced
42. A. quality B. diversity C. discipline D. figure
43. A. restrict B. extend C. relate D. apply
44. A. employed B. ignored C. respected D. nominated
45. A. terrific B. constant C. intellectual D. individual
46. A. naturally B. rapidly C. gradually D. personally
47. A. previous B. subsequent C. physical D. commercial
48. A. employees B. addressees C. awardees D. refugees
49. A. chief-position B. early-career
C. senior-management D. academic-world
50. A. due B. immediate C. literary D. governmental
51. A. turn down B. level off C. take away D. step up
52. A. claim B. reform C. present D. announce
53. A. organizers B. researchers C. sponsors D. supervisors
54. A. in fact B. in comparison C. in theory D. in turn
55. A. legends B. spirits C. achievements D. mysteries

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 you have just read.
(A)
On the track for the 400-meter dash at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, Mikha Singh shot from the start as fast as possible, but then, in a second, sensed Malcolm Spence of South Africa over his shoulder. At the line, with six inches between them, Singh won the gold. The audience broke into applause. To them, however, he was just a village boy who ran with his arms gracefully waving. They did not know that, for him, running was not a sport. It was everything, his religion, his beloved, and his life.
As a child, Singh ran to get an education outside his home village. The school was ten kilometers away. But at the age of 18, Singh ran to save his very life. In 1947, the village was being split between India and Pakistan. Crowds of Muslim outsiders suddenly arrived in his village, ordering his family to convert to Islam or die. His father, dying, shouted, “Run, Milkha, run!” He raced for the forest, crying.
There followed a time when Singh hopped trains as a refugee, shoeless and starving. Eventually the army took him on. There he discovered running of a new kind, with coaching, races over set lengths, and prizes. The first race he won rewarded him with a daily glass of milk.
As a result, Singh began the hard, necessary work, six hours a day. He pushed his body to the limit out of pride—and for India. His iron discipline finally paid off. In 1960, he was invited to compete against Pakistan’s champion runner. At first, Singh refused to go since his childhood home was there and now he was still covered in his mind with the blood of his family. However, the moment Singh crossed the border, to his surprise, he was welcomed with flags and flowers. When he won his race, the then Pakistani prime minister said, “Pakistan bestows on (授予) you the title of The Flying Sikh. ” Despite everything that had happened, Singh had two countries.

56. Milkha Singh _________ at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.
A. narrowly won the 400-meter dash
B. broke the world record for the 400 meters
C. was already a household name before the 400-meter dash
D. had little confidence in himself before the 400-meter dash
57. Put the following things in the time order of their appearance in Singh’s life.
① milk as a prize ② gold medal ③ school education ④ the title of The Flying Sikh
A. ①②③④ B. ①③②④ C. ③①②④ D. ③①④②
58. Singh’s success as an athlete lies in his _______________.
A. good luck B. rare talent C. constant effort D. patient coaches
59. What is the best title of the passage?
A. War and Peace B. Lifelong Running
C. A Fierce Competition D. Running for Education
(B)
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60. If Mike is considering developing a tax-efficient retirement strategy, which tip can he turn to for reference?
A. Tip #10. B. Tip #23. C. Tip #40. D. Tip #85.
61. What is “Fisher Investments”?
A. An app. B. A book. C. A website. D. A company.
62. What is the main purpose of this passage?
A. To give investment advice to anyone planning to retire.
B. To provide a free guide on retirement planning to everyone.
C. To seek potential customers who are interested in retirement planning.
D. To offer a special bonus report on maximizing Social Security benefits for retirement.

(C)
A baby born today will be thirty-something in 2050. If all goes well, that baby will still be around in 2100, and might even be an active citizen of the 22nd century. What should we teach that baby to help them survive and flourish in the world of 2050 and beyond? What kind of skills will they need in order to get a job, understand what is happening around them, and navigate their tough life?
At present, too many schools across the world focus on providing pupils with a set of predetermined skills, such as writing computer code in C++ and conversing in Chinese. Yet since we have no idea how the world and the job market will look in 2050, we don’t really know what particular skills people will need. We might invest a lot of effort in teaching kids how to write in C++ or to speak Chinese, only to discover sooner or later that AI will have been able to code software far better than humans, and that a new translation app will have enabled you to conduct a conversation in almost flawless Mandarin, Cantonese or Hakka, even though you only know how to say ni hao.
So what should we be teaching? Many experts argue that schools should downplay technical skills and emphasize general-purpose life skills: the ability to deal with change, to learn new things, and to preserve your mental balance in unfamiliar situations. In order to keep up with the world of 2050, you will above all need to reinvent yourself again and again.
To succeed in such a demanding task, you will need to work very hard on getting to know your operating system better—to know what you are and what you want from life. This is, of course, the oldest advice in the book: know thyself. This advice was never more urgent than in the mid-21st century, because unlike in the days of Laozi or Socrates, now you have serious competition. Coca-Cola, Amazon and Facebook are all racing to hack you.
Right now, the algorithms (算法) are watching where you go, what you buy, and who you meet. Soon they will monitor all your steps, breaths and heartbeats. They are relying on big data and machine learning to get to know you better and better. And once these algorithms know you better than you know yourself, they could control and manipulate (操纵) you. In the end, authority will shift to them.
Of course, you might be perfectly happy giving up all authority to the algorithms and trusting them to make decisions for you and for the rest of the world. If, however, you want to maintain some control over your personal existence and over the future of life in general, you have to run faster than the algorithms. To run fast, don’t take much luggage with you. Leave all your illusions (幻想) behind. They are very heavy.

63. What does the underlined word “downplay” in paragraph 3 most probably mean?
A. Give too much emphasis on something.
B. Make people think that something is less important.
C. Offer your reasons why something is right or wrong.
D. Decide something in advance so that it does not happen.
64. According to the article, ___________ plays a vital role in children’s bright future.
A. imagination B. adaptability C. self-discipline D. a good sense of balance
65. It’s important to know our operating system because ___________.
A. if we don’t, algorithms will hack all our devices.
B. it is an essential skill for us to succeed in the world of 2050.
C. we need to learn how algorithms work and make full use of them.
D. we need to outrun algorithms to keep some control over our personal life.
66. The article mainly talks about _________.
A. the importance of knowing yourself
B. the threats and dangers of technology
C. what kind of skills we might need in the future
D. some potential benefits algorithms would bring to humankind

Section C
Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.

A. Tailor Vitamin C intake to your weight.
B. The subjects who couldn’t perform this had a higher risk of death.
C. Vitamin C supplements are always safe and effective for everyone.
D. Regular exercise can improve your balance and reduce the risk of falls.
E. Both are harmless and don’t require treatment unless their appearance is an issue.
F. But these products can contain a large amount of salicylic acid (水杨酸) and could leave you with permanent scars.


News From The
World of Medicine
The balance challenge
Can you stand on one leg for ten seconds? This question could help doctors assess the overall health of their middle-aged and older patients, argues a Brazilian-led study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. (67) ____________________ During a follow-up period of seven years, the researchers drew the above conclusion after accounting for basic factors like age and sex.
Besides causing falls, poor balance can also signal underlying medical issues, such as declining eyesight or nerve damage caused by diabetes (糖尿病). Much like grasp strength and walking speed, balancing ability doesn’t tell the whole story of your health, but it’s a useful clue.
Don’t remove skin tags and moles yourself.
Two of the most common types of skin spots among adults are dark spots known as moles and the growths known as skin tags. (68) ____________________
In some places, mole- and skin-tag removal kits are sold for home use. (69) ____________________ US FDA recently issued a warning about these kits after receiving reports about consumers who had injured themselves. You’re better off visiting a dermatologist, who are experts in treating skin diseases. Plus, they can perform the all-important screening for skin cancer.
(70) ____________________
Researchers from New Zealand recommend a 60-kilogram person consume 110 milligrams of vitamin C per day through a balanced diet, while someone weighing 90 kilograms needs 140 milligrams. That is to say, when taking vitamin C, it’s best to take your weight into account. Eating foods like oranges—which contain on average 70 milligrams of vitamin C each—can really help.

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.
71.
A Montessori Education
There are now at least 60,000 schools across the world using the Montessori method. There are different kinds of Montessori schools, but certain fundamental principles have remained the same.
One is the idea of teachers encouraging the children to complete the activities with as little adult involvement as possible. Take the Ecoscuola Montessori on the Italian island of Sicily. At the school, there is a subject called “Practical Life”. It involves real-life practical tasks, such as serving drinks to their classmates. For safety, teachers would take charge of boiling the water, but the children would play active roles in cleaning the work surface and then presenting the drinks to others. “During breakfast and lunch, they are also self-directed, taking it in turns to lay the table and serve their classmates,” says Miriam Ferro, the headteacher of Ecoscuola.
The method encourages not only independence, but also cooperation. Children of different ages are taught in the same classroom, so that the six-year-olds, for example, can help the three-year-olds. In addition, each session is three hours long so as to allow the children to bury themselves in what they are doing. The learning materials are also designed for being handled and explored with all the senses. For example, letters and numbers are made of sandpaper, which the child can trace with their finger.
This concept may sound sensible. But does it bring about any tangible (实际的) benefits, beyond those seen in a typical classroom?
Angeline Lillard, a professor of psychology, found some benefits for children’s development while looking at a Montessori school in Milwaukee, in the United States. Analyzing their progress at age five, she found that the children tended to have better literacy, numeracy, executive function and social skills, compared to those who had attended the other schools. And at age 12, they showed better story-telling abilities.

V. Translation
Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.
72. 你要学会用具体的例子来更清晰地阐述你的观点。(quote)
73. 这部新片取材于老百姓的日常生活，很受欢迎。(anchor)
74. 帮助孩子学会解决传统习俗和现代技术之间的冲突是有挑战性的，但这是一项孩子必须 掌握的技能。(grasp)
75. 成功人士都有一个共同点：尽管历经可怕的挫折，他们依然对生活抱以积极的态度，并 凭着顽强的意志力实现自己的理想。(What)

VI. Guided Writing
Directions: Write an English composition in 120 —150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.
76. 假如你是明启中学的学生李明，学校准备开展“发现春天”的社会实践活动，并在校园网上征集大家的意见，请你发贴简要阐述你的设计方案。内容需要包括：
1） 活动线路与内容。
2） 推荐理由。
2022学年第二学期质量监控
高三英语试卷 （参考答案） 2023.4
I. Listening comprehension（共25分。1-10，每题1分；11-20，每题1.5分。）
1-10 BBCDA BAADC
11-13 ABD 14-16 ADA 17-20 CBCB
II. Grammar and Vocabulary（共20分。每小题1分。）
21. was launched 22. although 23. employing 24. (being) done
25. had spent 26 may/might 27. who 28. in/ on
29. more advanced 30. to create
31-40 IGFBK AHCDE
III. Reading Comprehension（共45分。41-55，每题1分；56-70，每题2分。）
41-55 BDABD CACBA DBBDC
56-59 ACCB 60-62 CDC 63-66 BBDC 67-70 BEFA
IV. Summary Writing（共10分）
According to the basic principles of Montessori schools, children are encouraged to finish tasks with little or no help of adults. It cultivates not only their independence but also cooperation ability. Besides, children can learn to stay focused on their task with all their senses. Children can also develop their abilities in reading, writing, calculating and interactive skills.

V. Translation（共15分）3+3+4+5
72. You should learn to quote some specific examples to illustrate your points more clearly.
You should learn to illustrate your points more clearly by quoting some specific examples.
73. The newly-released film is anchored in ordinary people’s daily life, so/ and it is warmly welcomed.
74. Helping children learn how to deal with the conflict between traditional customs and modern technology is challenging, but it is a skill that they must have a good grasp of/grasp.
75. What successful people have in common is that despite terrible setbacks/ despite the fact that they have suffered terrible setbacks, they still have a positive attitude towards life and realize their dreams with a strong will.
VI. Guided Writing（共25分）
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2022学年第二学期质量监控
高三英语听力

II. 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 a 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.
W: Excuse me. I’m new here. It’s my first day actually. I’m looking for my office, but...
M: Oh, hello. Look I’m really sorry, but I can’t stop, you see, I’m late for a meeting. You can go to the front desk for help.
Q: Where is the man hurrying to go?

2.
M: Everything’s done. Shall we leave the hospital now and get some lunch? Then I will drop you off at school. Is that okay?
W: Sounds great. I feel like some fish.
Q: Where does the conversation probably take place?

3.
M: If you walk through the rain, you will get very wet. So take my car.
W: Don’t bother. I think I’ll go home by bus.
M: OK, it’s up to you. See you tomorrow, then.
W: See you.
Q: How will the woman go home?

4.
W: Could you sign this form for school, please, Dad?
M: Let’s see it. Oh, you’re going on a theater trip?
W: Yes, everybody from Shakespeare Club is going. We raised the money for it by doing a charity bike ride.
Q: Why does the woman want the man to sign the form?

5.
W: What do you think of this park? I think it is one of the most beautiful places in the city. I also like how quiet it is.
M: I agree, but what I like best is that you don’t see any waste paper or plastic bags on the ground. Everyone is doing their part to protect the environment here.
Q: What does the man like most about the park?

6.
M: I’ve decided I’m going to study art at university. I want to draw the pictures in children’s books.
W: You would be so good at that. I can’t decide what to do. My father wants me to study law like he did, but I would rather study history.
Q: Which major will the man choose?

7.
W: It’s so cold here. Let’s go to the beach for the holiday. I found cheap tickets to Hainan in December.
M: I was thinking about a ski trip to one of the northern provinces, but we can save that for February.
Q: What are the speakers mainly discussing?

8.
M: Do you want to join us to go hiking this weekend?
W: No. thanks. I need to surf the Internet for information and communicate with my classmates about the project on weekends.
Q: Why does the woman refuse the man’s invitation?

9.
M: I know you are keen on travelling. What do you plan to do this summer vacation?
W: Considering the experience I had in Chicago last year, I prefer to stay at home.
Q: What does the woman imply?

10.
M: I think online shopping will replace going out to shops. Online stores can offer much lower prices than the high-street stores.
W: I doubt it. I think we’ll always want to touch some things physically and see them before we buy them.
Q: What are the speakers mainly discussing?

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 the passages and the conversation. 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 would be the best answer to the question you have heard.

Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.
Welcome, everyone. This is Allan from Doctors’ Research. As we all know, your job not only affects your income, quality of life, and happiness, but it also affects your health. A new study has suggested that having an interesting job in your forties may reduce your risk of getting Alzheimer’s disease in old age. After examining over 100, 000 volunteers, the researchers found that people like government officers and lawyers are a third less likely to suffer from Alzheimer’s disease than vehicle drivers and machine operators. Although lots of studies have suggested that keeping the brain active by challenging yourself regularly likely reduces the risk of Alzheimer’s disease, none of the studies has found that mentally demanding hobbies, like doing puzzles, have the same effect. Nor does reading. On the contrary, regular exercise and a healthy diet are recommended in helping lower the risk to some degree.
(Now listen again.)
Questions:
11. What is the speaker?
12. Which of the following jobs is more likely to lead to Alzheimer’s disease?
13. How can people probably reduce the risk of getting Alzheimer’s disease?

Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.
When it comes to friendship, Dunbar Number is worth our attention. The theory behind this number is that the average person can only have a maximum of about 150 friends. These are more casual friends who you don’t think of or see very much, but you’d still feel comfortable inviting them to a large event like a wedding. It further states there are only about 5 close friends that you have much contact with on a weekly basis and then 12 to 15 people that you are still very close to and trust.
So is it always good to have many friends? Well, it looks like having too many friends online and through social media might not be the greatest. A study showed that the more online friends people have, the more stress they have. The researchers found that the more friends a person has on social media, the greater chance they have at offending people when they post things online. And this can lead to stress and anxiety, especially when people are virtual friends with their employers and parents.
But online friends are still great things to have. While there haven’t really been any studies comparing online friends to those in real life, meeting friends online is still important. About 47% of teenagers have met a good friend online and around half of those teenagers made more than 5 new friends online. But remember: online friends can be wonderful, yet it might not be the best idea to have too many friends.
(Now listen again.)
Questions:
14. How many friends can the average person have at most according to the Dunbar Number theory?
15. Why does the speaker say “the more online friends people have, the more stress they have”?
16. What can we learn about teenagers’ online friendship?

Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.
W: May I come in?
M: Yeah, please do. Now let me show you the apartment.
W: This seems a pretty nice room, I should say.
M: You bet. This is the nicest room in the district. You know what, I just had all the walls repainted last month.
W: What about the kitchen?
M: It’s a well-furnished eat-in kitchen. The stove and the ice-box are in good order, and the system of pipes is OK, too.
W: I see. How much is the rent?
M: 200 dollars a week, excluding laundry.
W: 200 dollars a week? No, I’m not really interested in this place. It isn’t big enough. What’s more, it isn’t close enough to my office.
M: Rents are very high in downtown areas, you know. This is a nice rent. How long will you live here?
W: I’d like to live here for about three years.
M: Wonderful! Then I can give you a discount of 10%.
W: Really? You are so nice.
M: When are you moving in?
W: Next Saturday at the earliest.
(Now listen again.)

Questions:
17. What is the conversation mainly about?
18. What can be learned about the apartment?
19. How long does the woman plan to live in the apartment?
20. How much will the woman pay for the apartment weekly?



(This is the end of listening comprehension.)