湖北黄冈中学2011—2012学年度高二上学期期中考试英语试题

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湖北省黄冈中学2011—2012学年度高二上学期期中考试英语试题
本试卷共四部分。满分150分。考试时间120分钟。
第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）
听下面5段对话，每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1．Where does the man work?
A. In a shop. B. In a market. C. In a restaurant.
2．What will the man do in the future?
A. Get further education. B. Work as a teacher. C. Be a doctor.
3．How does Mary probably feel?
A. She feels very happy. B. She feels very sad.
C. She feels that everything is OK.
4．What are the speakers talking about?
A. Tooth protection. B. Cooking skills. C. Eating habits.
5．What does the man mean?
A. He used to be an NBA player.
B. He used to be an NBA fan like Betty's son.
C. He always liked to play games.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1. 5分，满分22. 5分）
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话或独白前，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秒钟的做答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。
6．Where is the man smoking?
A. In a place where smoking is allowed.
B. In a non-smoking area.
C. At home.
7．Under what condition will the man give up smoking?
A. When his health becomes poor. B. When he is out of work.
C. When he becomes very old.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8．How does the man feel about the delay of his flight?
A. Calm. B. Glad. C. Angry.
9．Which is the correct boarding gate?
A. Gate 5. B. Gate 20. C. Gate 38.
10．When will the plane take off?
A. At about 3:30. B. At about 3:40. C. At about 3:50.
11．What's the relationship between the speakers?
A. Garage owner and customer. B. Strangers. C. Neighbors.
12．What's wrong with the car?
A. There was a flat tire.
B. There is something wrong with the battery.
C. The engine broke down.
13．What do we know about the man?
A. He sells batteries. B. He is helpful. C. He works in a garage.
听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。
14．What is the woman worried about?
A. The man earns too little.
B. The man seldom stays at home. .
C. The man often works long hours.
15．How long has the man worked this week?
A. About 60 hours. B. About 48 hours. C. About 40 hours.
16．Why does the man work so hard?
A. To earn more money.
B. To satisfy his boss.
C. To get a higher position.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17．What class did Jim take on Wednesday evenings?
A. Cooking. B. Flower arranging. C. Painting.
18．What was wrong with the cake Jim baked?
A. It was too hard. B. It was too sweet. C. It was too big.
19．What did Jim try to paint during the weekend?
A. A Christmas tree covered with snow.
B. A dog with mud all over it.
C. A snow-covered landscape.
20．What did the art teacher think of the painting?
A. It was terrible. B. It was wonderful. C. It was so-so.
第二部分：词汇知识运用（共两节，满分40分）
第一节：多项选择（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
21．She has mastered English grammar and ________ a large vocabulary without the help of a teacher.
A. solved B. explored C. acquired D. removed
22．What satisfies us is that the position of the house combines quietness and ________.
A. convenience B. efficiency C. variety D. settlement
23．After retirement, Steven ________ painting, which he had always loved but had not had time for.
A. left out B. took up C. made up D. picked up
24．It is said that this plan will be ________ by the Department of Education, which will be of great help to the students in the poor areas.
A. approved B. assisted C. submitted D. updated

25．They’re ________ choosing a cautious policy in order to avoid a risk in such an important event.
A. thoroughly B. deliberately C. carelessly D. naturally
26．I’m facing a(n) ________ about this job offer, so I intend to turn to my friends for advice.
A. dilemma B. case C. combination D. adjustment
27．It is hard for people in the country to believe that the soldier could survive in such ________ weather conditions.
A. serious B. severe C. positive D. sceptical
28．Jim is in great need of money, but he has ________ my help.
A. denied B. assessed C. rejected D. challenged
29．It was not until the boat was ________ that they stopped waving their hands.
A. out of sight B. out of place C. out of control D. out of date
30．Their products are a little more expensive but they’re really of high ________.
A. feature B. quality C. quantity D. process

第二节：完型填空（共20小题；每小题1. 5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
The moment happened 30 yours ago but it was still fresh in my memory. I was a college freshman and had 31  up most of the night before laughing and talking with friends. Now just before my first 32 of the day my eyelids were feeling heavier and heavier and my head was drifting down to my desk to make my textbook a 33 . A few minutes nap（小睡）time before class couldn’t  34 , I thought.
BOOM! I lifted my head suddenly and my eyes opened wider than saucers. I looked around with my  35 beating wildly trying to find the cause of the 36 . My young professor was looking at me with a boyish（孩子气的）smile on his face. He had 37 dropped the textbooks he was carrying onto his desk. “Good morning!”, he said still  38 . “I am glad to see everyone is  39 . Now let’s get started. ”
For the next hour I wasn’t sleepy at all. It wasn’t from the  40 of my professor’s textbook alarm clock either. It was instead from the  41 discussion he led. With knowledge and good   42
he made the material come 43 . His insight was full of both wisdom and loving-kindness. And the enthusiasm and joy that he  44 with were contagious（有感染力的）. I 45 the classroom not only wide awake, but a little 46 and a little better as well.
I learned something far more important than not  47 in class that day too. I learned that if you are going to do something in this life，do it well，do it with 48  . What a wonderful place this would be if all of us did our work joyously and well. Don’t sleepwalk（梦游）your way through  49 then. Wake up! Let your love fill your work. Life is too 50 not to live it well.
31．A. took B. divided C. stayed D. put
32．A. class B. test C. task D. lecture
33．A. platform B. pillow C. carpet D. wall
34．A. benefit B. help C. last D. hurt
35．A. heart B. mind C. thought D. head
36．A. trouble B. noise C. failure D. incident
37．A. angrily B. carelessly C. deliberately D. accidentally
38．A. smiling B. talking C. complaining D. shouting
39．A. active B. curious C. present D. awake
40．A. sound B. shock C. interruption D. blow
41．A. fascinating B. convincing C. puzzling D. encouraging
42．A. gesture B. sense C. humor D. design
43．A. strange B. natural C. handy D. alive
44．A. taught B. spread C. combined D. started
45．A. decorated B. filled C. left D. entered
46．A. clearer B. smarter C. quieter D. stronger
47．A. discussing B. speaking C. cheating D. sleeping
48．A. joy B. speed C. aim D. determination
49．A. work B. life C. journey D. college
50．A. hard B. complex C. short D. simple

第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题：每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下列短文，从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，
并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A
I still remember my first day at school in London and I was half-excited and half-frightened. On my way to school I wondered what sort of questions the other boys would ask me and practiced all the answers: “I am nine years old. I was born here but I haven’t lived here since I was two. I was living in Farley. It’s about thirty miles away. I came back to London two months ago.” I also wondered if it was the custom for boys to fight strangers like me, but I was tall for my age. I hoped they would decide not to risk it.
No one took any notice of me before school. I stood in the center of the playground, expecting someone to say “hello”, but no one spoke to me. When a teacher called my name and told me where my classroom was, one or two boys looked at me but that was all.
My teacher was called Mr. Jones. There were 42 boys in the class, so I didn’t stand out there, either, until the first lesson of the afternoon. Mr. Jones was very fond of Charles Dickens and he had decided to read aloud to us from David Copperfield, but first he asked several boys if they knew Dickens’ birthplace, but no one guessed right. A boy called Brian, the biggest in the class, said: “Timbuktu”, and Mr. Jones went red in the face. Then he asked me. I said: “Portsmouth”, and everyone stared at me because Mr. Jones said I was right. This didn’t make me very popular, of course.
“He thinks he’s clever,” I heard Brian say.
After that, we went out to the playground to play football. I was in Brian’s team, and he obviously had Dickens in mind because he told me to go in goal. No one ever wanted to be the goalkeeper.
“He’s big enough and useless enough.” Brian said when someone asked him why he had chosen me.
I suppose Mr. Jones, who served as the judge, remembered Dickens, too, because when the game was nearly over, Brian pushed one of the players on the other team, and he gave them a penalty (惩罚). As the boy kicked the ball to my right, I threw myself down instinctively (本能地) and saved it. All my team crowded round me. My bare knees were injured and bleeding. Brian took out a handkerchief and offered it to me.
“Do you want to join my gang (帮派)?” he said.
At the end of the day, I was no longer a stranger.
51．The writer prepared to answer all of the following questions EXCEPT “ ”.
A. How old are you? B. Where are you from?
C. Do you want to join my gang? D. When did you come back to London?
52．We can learn from the passage that .
A. boys were usually unfriendly to new students
B. the writer was not greeted as he expected
C. Brian praised the writer for his cleverness
D. the writer was glad to be a goalkeeper
53．The underlined part “I didn’t stand out” in paragraph 3 means that the writer was not .
A. noticeable B. welcome C. important D. foolish
54．The writer was offered a handkerchief because .
A. he threw himself down and saved the goal B. he pushed a player on the other team
C. he was beginning to be accepted D. he was no longer a newcomer

B
Ladies and Gentlemen, some strange, wild and wonderful stories colored the news in 2010, you may like them.
★A Copenhagen bus company has put "love seats" on 103 of its buses for people looking for a partner. "Even love at first sight is possible on the bus," said a spokesman for the company to explain the two seats on each bus that are covered in red cloth and a "love seat" sign.
★Shoppers at an international luxury fair in Italy, found a cell-phone-equipped golden coffin among the items on display. The phones will help "the dead" contact relatives if they have been buried alive by mistake.
★A man in New York came up with a disarming（手无寸铁的）way to perform his latest bank heist , approaching the clerk’s window with a large bunch of flowers and handing over a note saying “give me the money!”
★ An Englishman who lost all his legs and arms in an electrical accident successfully swam across the Channel, a challenge he had been preparing for two years. The whole cost is 400 dollars.
★A set of artificial teeth(假牙) made for Britain's war-time prime minister Winston Churchill known as "the teeth that saved the world" sold for nearly 18,000 pounds (21,500 euros, 24,000 dollars) at auction（拍卖）.
★A British woman caused an Internet hate campaign after she was caught on camera dumping（抛弃）a cat in a rubbish bin. She was fined 250 pounds (400 dollars, 280 euros) after pleading guilty.
★The BBC apologized completely and without any doubts after a radio presenter jokingly announced that Queen Elizabeth II had died.
★Two Australian men needed surgery（手术）after shooting each other in the bottoms during a drinking session to see if it would hurt and they were charged 400 dollars separately.
★ A Kuwaiti MP(议员) suggested state-aid for male citizens to take second wives, in an effort to reduce the large number of unmarried women in the oil-rich state.
55．What is special about the coffin in the second news?
A. It is golden. B. It has a cell phone. C. It is new. D. It has many items.
56．What is the probable meaning of the underlined word “heist” in the third news?
A. robbery B. love C. discussion D. repair
57．Who has to spend 400 dollars to do the surgery?
A. A British woman who dumped a cat in a rubbish bin.
B. One who bought Winston Churchill’s artificial teeth.
C. An Australian man who was shot in bottom to test the hurt.
D. An Englishman crossing the Channel without legs and arms.
58．From the last news we can infer that _________.
A. In Kuwait many men are eager to get married
B. A lot of rich single men lived in Kuwait
C. There are quantities of oil in Kuwait
D. There are many single women in Kuwait

C
Don’t you think your schoolbag is too heavy to bear? The e-schoolbag will free you from the weight.
It is said that e-schoolbags are going to be brought into use in Chinese middle schools soon. An experiment with several hundred e-schoolbags will begin in seven cities: Beijing, Shanghai, Dalian, Shenzhen, Chongqing, Taiyuan and Shijiazhuang. And the e-schoolbags are going to cover all over China if the experiment shows to be successful. In fact, the e-schoolbag should perhaps be called an e-notebook. It is a small hand-held computers for school students.
Heavy schoolbags have long been a serious problem for school students. The average schoolbag of middle school students weighs up to 5 kilos. But the e-schoolbag will change everything. It is much lighter than a usual schoolbag, weighing under 1 kilo.
Also, it is no bigger than a usual book, but it can still hold all the things for study, such as a textbook, a notebook and exercise book. They could be made into chips that are as small as a stamp. The students can read the text page by page on the screen. They can still take notes using a special electronic pen. If they want to know the meaning or the pronunciation of a new word, or even e-mail their teachers, it’s just a press of a button.
In some foreign countries, it is becoming common. But it is hard to tell when people will receive this new form of study. Some say that e-textbooks can easily be broken, some say that it is not good to students’ eyesight to look at the screen for long. But only time will tell.
59．The e-schoolbag has many functions EXCEPT _______.
A. It can pronounce the words. B. It can send e-mails.
C. It can be used as a dictionary. D. It can phone somebody.
60．According to the passage, the e-schoolbags _______.
A. are not heavy as before but still large
B. are used as an experiment in Tianjin
C. are made of metal
D. are going to cover China if it shows to be successful
61．Which of the following statement is TRUE?
A. All the students in China will use this new schoolbag.
B. We can do a lot of work based on the programmers of the chips.
C. The e-notebooks are very perfect.
D. We will not make notes because the e-notebook can make all by itself.
62．Which of the following can be the general title of the passage? ______
A. An Experiment In China B. Please Change Your Schoolbag
C. A New Invention, A New Schoolbag D. Chips

D
“If you talk to the plants, they will grow faster and the effect is even better if you’re a woman.” Researchers at Royal Horticultural Society carried out an experiment to find that the voice of a woman gardener makes plants grow faster.
  The experiment lasted a month and by the end of the study scientists managed to discover that tomato plants grew up two inches taller when women gardeners talked to them instead of male.
  Sarah Darwin was the one making the plants registered the best growth. Her voice was the most “inspiring” for plants than those of nine other gardeners when reading a passage from The Origin of Species. The great-great-granddaughter of the famous botanist Charles Darwin found that her plant grew about two inches taller than the plant of the best male gardener.
  Colin Crosbie, Garden Superintendent at RHS, said that the finding cannot yet be explained. He assumes that women have a greater range of pitch and tone which might have a certain effect on the sound waves that reach the plant. “Sound waves are an environmental effect just like rain or light ,”said Mr Grosbie.
The study began in April at RHS Garden Wisley in Survey. Scientists started with open auditions(听力) for the people who were asked to record passages from John Wyndham's The Day of the Triffids, Shakespeare’s A Midsummer's Night Dream and Darwin's The Origin of Species.
Afterwards researchers selected a number of different voices and played them to 10 tomato plants during a period of a month. Each plant had headphones connected to it. Through the headphones the sound waves could hit the plants. It was discovered that plants that “listened” to female voices on average grew taller by an inch in comparison to plants that heard male voices.
Miss Darwin said, “I think it is an honor to have a voice that can make tomatoes grow, and especially fitting because for a number of years I have been studying wild tomatoes from the Galapagos Island at the Natural History Museum in London.”
63．What does the passage talk about?
A. Plants enjoy men’s voices than women’s.
B. A botanical experiment in a museum.
C. Voice’s influence on plant growing.
D. Strange phenomenon at Royal Horticultural Society.
64．What does the underlined sentence in paragraph 4 mean?
A. Plants need sound as well as rain and light.
B. Sound is basic for the plant to grow.
C. Sound has a good effect as rain or light does.
D. Plants can’t live without sound, rain or light.
65．Sarah Darwin is most likely a (an)_____.
A. botanist B. gardener C. astronomer D. environmentalist
66．What can we learn from the passage?
A. The experiment ended in May.
B. Scientist can explain the findings clearly.
C. Plants enjoy listening to the passages from masterpieces.
D. The findings are of great importance to human beings.
E
One day, my friend Jimmy told me a story. Farmer Joe was in his cart when he was hit by a truck．He decided his injuries from the accident were serious enough to take the trucking company (which caused the accident)to court. In court the trucking company’s lawyer was questioning Farmer Joe. “Didn’t you say, at the same scene of the accident, ‘I’m fine’?” said the lawyer．
Farmer Joe responded, “Well, I will tell you what happened. I had just loaded my favorite mule(骡子)Bessie into the ．．．” “I didn’t ask for any details,” the lawyer interrupted, “Just answer the question．Did you not say, at the scene of the accident, ‘I’m fine? ’”
Farmer Joe said, “Well, I had just got Bessie into the cart and I was driving down the road．．．”
The lawyer interrupted again and said, “Judge, I am trying to make clear the fact that, at the scene of the accident, this man told the police on the scene that he was just fine．Now several weeks after the accident he is trying to cover the fact．I believe he is telling lies．Please tell him to simply answer the question.”
By this time the Judge was fairly interested in Farmer Joe’s answer and said to the lawyer, “I’d like to hear what he has to say about his favorite mule Bessie.”
Joe thanked the Judge and went on, “Well, as I was saying, I had just loaded Bessie, my favorite mule, into the cart and was driving her down the road when this huge truck ran into the stop sign and pushed my cart right in the side．I was thrown into one side and Bessie was thrown into the other.”
“I was hurt so badly that I didn’t want to move．However, I could hear old Bessie breathing loudly and groaning (呻吟)．I knew she was in great pain．Shortly after the accident a traffic policeman came to the scene．He could hear Bessie groaning so he went over to her．After he looked at her, he took out his gun and shot her between the eyes．Then the patrolman came across the road with his gun and looked at me．He said, “Your mule was in such pain that I had to shoot her. How are you feeling?”
67．Farmer Joe and his mule were_______．
A. taking a rest by the road when the truck ran over and hit them
B. just on their way when the truck hit a sign on the roadside and then hit them
C. going to stop by the road when they were hit by the truck
D. going so fast that they ran into a truck
68．The trucking company’s lawyer insisted Farmer Joe answer his question______．
A. because he knew Farmer Joe was not hurt in the accident at all
B. so as to prove that Farmer Joe was a man who could not tell right from wrong
C. because he believed Farmer Joe could not remember what he had said at the scene
D. because he believed the answer should be in his favor
69．Farmer Joe______．
A. did say “I’m fine.” at the scene of the accident
B. couldn’t have said “I’m fine.” at the scene of the accident
C. could not remember whether he had said “I’m fine.” at the scene of the accident
D. tried to cover the fact in the court but no one would believe him
70．_______,the Patrolman shot the mule．
A. In order to let Farmer Joe keep silent about the accident
B. As the mule’s groan was too loud
C. Thinking it was the best way to stop the mule from suffering
D. To make Farmer Joe feel better

第四部分：书面表达（共两节，满分40分）
第一节：完成句子（共10小题；每小题1. 5分，满分15分）
阅读下列各小题，根据括号内的汉语提示，用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子，并将答案写在答题卡上的相应题号后。
71．The young man ________________________ (控告) robbing an old woman of her necklace in the street last month. (accuse)
72．The library demanded that all the books ___________________ (返回) before Friday. (return)
73．He got his _______________ (阐明立场) to encourage more young people to support this solution. (clarify)
74．As soon as she entered her own room, she caught sight of the gift __________ (由父亲买的). (buy)
75．In front of the house ________________________ (坐着一位男孩), whose father was killed in the war, when we arrived there. (sit)
76．Little ________________________ (人们意识到) how much money it costs to bring up a child. (realise)
77．_________________ (到达) a strange-looking house, he showed me into a large, bright clean room. (arrive)
78．The investigation found ten government officials _______________ (卷入) the case. (involve)
79．She can’t ________________________ (忍受居住在) in a noisy environment. (tolerate)
80．_________________ (一旦发生火灾), open this safety door and ring the alarm bell.(case)

第二节：短文写作（共1题；满分25分）
假设你是李明，常常与英国网友Jim通信，以提高各自的外语水平。最近你收到他的电子邮件，他对现在网络热词“淘课”不太理解，还混淆了“淘课”与“逃课”。请根据下列要点，用英文回一封电子邮件。
1．解释这两个词的区别；
2．介绍“淘课”现在很受学生欢迎；
3．谈谈“淘课”的作用。
（背景知识：现在在网上“淘课”已成为一种时尚，美国很多知名高校都纷纷在网上开课，满足全世界好学者的求知欲。很多年轻白领不再像从前那样花钱参加各种培训班，而是到网上“淘课”，以此进行充电。许多学生也在课余时间“淘课”，自己喜欢什么课程，就淘什么课程，也不花什么钱，足不出户就可以打开眼界。）
注意：
1．词数为100左右；
2．参考词汇：逃课—be absent from some lectures，淘课—search for some lectures；
3．除以上两个词语外，邮件中不得使用其他汉字或拼音；
4．电子邮件的开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。
Hi Jim,
Nice to read your e-mail today. I notice you’ve begun to pay much attention to Chinese learning.


Hope my explanations can help you and that you will make more progress in Chinese study.
Yours,
Li Ming




参考答案
Text 1
M: Will there be anything else?
W: No, thanks, we don't want ice cream or cake. Please bring the bill.
Text 2
W: We're so proud of you, dear. You've nearly finished college!
M: Well, I'Il be glad to get my degree next year. Of course, with all of my education requirements completed, I'Il also be able to apply for my teaching credential(证书).
Text 3
M: What's the matter, Mary?
W: Oh, I just failed English again.
Text4
M: Do you have a sweet tooth?
W: Yes, I do. I love to eat all sorts of sweet things—candy, ice cream, cookies, and cake. How about you?
M: I don't like sweets. I really don't like desserts.
Text 5
W: Betty is always complaining about her son.
M: Why?
W: Her son is an NBA fan, and he's always watching games, so he has been doing worse at school.
M: Oh! That's just how I used to be.
Text 6
W: You can't smoke here.
M: l'm sorry I'm bothering you. But this is the smoking section.
W: Smoking is very unhealthy. .
M: But I feel refreshed when I smoke.
W: Since you won't stop smoking, do you mind if I open the window?
M: Not at all. Go ahead.
W: People who smoke are more likely to cough when they get sick.
M: I'II try to give it up when I can't stand the coughing.
Text 7
M: I'm trying to get on Flight FA 3036. Am I on time?
W: Not exactly. It's 3:20 now. But luckily, that flight's been delayed.
M: I never thought I'd be happier about a delay, but hey, that's great news.
W: Okay, may I check your luggage and your tickets please?
M: Here you are. Which gate do I leave from?
W: Gate 38, but I'm sorry to tell you that it's been changed to gate 5 and your plane is taking off in 20 minutes.
M: Whoops, we've got to hurry! Come on, kids, let's run ! .
Text 8
M: Hi. May I help you?
W: Oh, I'm sorry to bother you, but my car won't start. Can you help me?
M: Ahh, well, let's take a look, shall we? Let me give it a try. Do you have the key?
W: Oh, yes. Here you are.
M: Thank you. Ahh, I found the problem. It seems to be the battery.
w: Oh? Will that cost a lot to fix?
M: I think I can get it started.
W: Thank you so much. You seem to know a lot about cars.
M: Not really. I just know the basics: how to change the oil, replace a battery, fix a flat tire... the easy stuff. OK. It should be fine now.
W: Thank you very much for your help. Here, let me give you this for your trouble.
M: No, no. What are neighbors for if not to help out in an emergency?
Text 9
M: Hi, it's me. I can't make it home for dinner tonight. I'm working overtime.
W: Again? That's the third time this week.
M: Don't get mad. I know I've been working long hours, but I don't want to turn down the work. You know that I'm getting paid time and a half, and we need the money.
W: I know we do, but we're getting by. What happened to a 40-hour workweek? You've been working at least 60.
M: I know. I know. It's just that morale(土气) around this place is pretty low and I'm just trying to do my part. Just don't complain. Okay?
W: I'm not complaining. I'm just worried about you. You come home after a long day, and you're over-worked and tired. That's not fair to the kids.
M: You're right, but could we talk about it this weekend? I've really got to go. I promise we’ll work it all out then
W: Okay, what time are you coming home tonight?
M: I'm not sure, but I'll try to make it home in time to put the kids to bed.
W: All right. I'II see you then.
M: Bye.
Text 10
Jim decided he would like to learn something new, so he checked out his local community college for evening classes, and he signed up for a cooking course on Tuesday nights, a flower arranging class on Wednesdays, and a painting class on Thursdays.
During the second week, Jim baked a cake in his cooking class. It was a disaster. The cake was so hard that the teacher suggested Jim use it to hold the door open on hot days. Jim was no better at flower arranging. His first creation included so many plants that his teacher wondered if Jim was trying to make a rainforest instead of a decoration.
That weekend, Jim painted a picture at home. He had intended to paint a snow-covered landscape, but the painting just looked like a white piece of paper. Then his dog came in from outside and shook mud all over the painting. Disappointed, Jim took it to class anyway the following Thursday. To Jim’s surprise, the art teacher praised him for his "original talent". Jim learned that he had talent after all.
1—5 CBBCB 6—10 AABAB 11—15 CBBCA 16—20 ABACB 21—25 CABAB 26—30 ABCAB
31．C 下一句提到作者的眼皮越来越沉，由此可知作者在晚上在大部分时间都是在“熬夜”与朋友嬉笑、交谈。stay up表“熬夜”。
32．A 作者由于昨晚熬夜，在第二天的第一节“课”前就打瞌睡。
33．B 作者难以睁开双眼，头不由自主地垂到了课桌上，把教材当成限“枕头”。
34．D 作者认为上课前小睡几分钟不会“产生不良影响”。
35．A 作者正在小睡，突然被一种声音惊醒，“心跳”加速，所以环顾四周，想搞清楚是怎么回事儿。
36．B 根据本段开关提到的响声可知作者想找到“噪音”的起因。
37．C 上一句中提到这位年轻的教授正用孩子般的微笑看着作者，由此可知他是“有意”把携带的教科书重重地放在讲桌上的。deliberately“故意地”。
38．A 他仍然“微笑”着问候学生。此处与上文的“…with a boyish smile…”相呼应。
39．D 上文提到作者在昏睡中被教授故意制造的噪音惊醒，由此可知此处表示教授看到每个人都“清醒”后感到非常高兴，然后开始上课。
40．B 在随后的一小时中，作者不再困倦，但这并不是教授的教科书把作者“惊”醒的。此处shock是名词，表示“震惊”。上文提到的是作者从“噪音”中惊醒，所以A项不恰当。
41．A 下文提到他知识渊博，富有感染力，由此可知他引入的讨论非常“吸引人”。fastinating“极有吸引力的”。
42．C 根据第44空前面的joy一词可知他不但知识渊博，而且很有“幽默”感。
43．D 他用渊博的知识和幽默让材料“生动”起来，come alive“变得兴味盎然，生动起来”。A项表示“奇怪的”，B项表示“自然的”，C项表示“方便的”，均不符合语境。
44．A 他用热情和快乐“授课”的方式富有感染力。that he taught with是定语从句，修饰先行词the enthusiasm and joy。
45．C 在这一个小时中，作者完全沉浸在教授的讲课中，所以“离开”教室时无比清醒。
46．B 受到博学多才的教授的感染，作者离开教室时不但非常清醒，而且“聪明”了一些，并且感觉好多了。A项与本句前半部分中的内容重复，故可排除。
47．D 上文提到作者在上课前睡着了，后来被教授以独特的方式惊醒，而且深受感染，由此可知作者学到的东西远比在课堂上不要“睡觉”重要得多。教授用热情和快乐感染了学生，所以作者感悟到的是“快乐地”把想要做的事情做好。下一句中的joyously也是线索提示。
48．A 教授用热情和快乐感染了学生，所以作者感悟到的是“快乐地”把想要做的事情做好。下一句中的joyously也是线索提示。
49．B 结合本段第二句中的“…going to do something in this life…”以及本段最后一句的开头部分可知作者所要强调的是不要在“人生”中梦游。
50．C 此处作者感叹人生“短暂”。其余选项都不符合语境。
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71．was accused of 72．be returned或should be returned 73．position clarified
74．bought by her father或which was bought by her father 75．sat a boy 76．do people realise
77．Arriving at 78．involved in 79．tolerate living 80．In case of fire (In case a fire breaks out)
Hi Jim,
Nice to read your e-mail today. I notice you’ve begun to pay much attention to Chinese learning.
I found you are confused to the two words“逃课”and“淘课”.The former means being absent from some lectures that you need to attend and the latter means searching for some favorite lectures after class so that you can get more knowledge you want to know.
Nowadays, with many famous American universities giving their online lectures on the Internet, “淘课”is becoming more and more popular in China. Many students can have the chance to attend their favorite lectures given by the world-famous professors in their spare thime. Besides, some white-collars don’t need to spend some extra money on courses as usual. Instead, they can search for some useful online lectures to study, which can help to improve themselves.
Hope my explanations can help you and that you will make more progress in Chinese study.
Yours,
Li Ming