2023届上海市卢湾高级中学高三下学期三模英语试题含答案

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 2023届第二学期高三英语模拟考试

(完成试卷时间：120分钟 总分：140)
I. Listening Comprehension (25%)
Section A(10%)
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. At 2:30 p.m. B. At 3:00 p.m. C. At 3:30 p.m. D. At 4:00 p.m.
2. A. To the Main Hall. B. To the library.
C. To the theatre. D. To the Administration building.
3. A. A camera. B. A store. C. A form. D. A table.
4. A. He will drive her home. B. He doesn’t like red wine.
C. He will drink wine later. D. He can’t drink any wine.
5. A. They have recently visited the park.
B. They are going camping this weekend.
C. They will join the outdoor club next year.
D. They have to change their weekend plans.
6. A. The woman will go to China this weekend.
B. The woman offers to treat the man to dinner.
C. The man prefers other food than Japanese food.
D. The woman refuses to join the man for dinner.
7. A. Take the mirror back to the store next week.
B. Look for a bigger mirror on sale.
C. Leave without buying the mirror.
D. Hang a picture next to the mirror.
8. A. Negative. B. Neutral. C. Uninterested. D. Supportive.
9. A. He is studying to be a doctor. B. More research needs to be carried out.
C. Some new medicine may be available soon.
D. He has already tried the new wonder drug.
10. A. He didn’t hear about the survey.
B. He just got the results of the survey.
C. He wants to-make the dorm a better place for students.
D. He doesn’t want the woman to fill out the survey form.

Section B(15%)
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. He produced a hit movie. B. He learned from a talented artist.
C. He played a starring role in a play. D. He became the manager of a theatre.
12. A. Screen writer. B. Radio broadcaster.
C. Film director. D. Magician.
13. A. He performed persuasively. B. He performed in panic.
C. He performed too violently. D. He performed unconsciously.

Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.
14. A. He established some professorships. B. He set up the administration system.
C. He founded the first modem university.
D. He ordered students to learn Greek and Latin.
15. A. They talk with each other. B. They read books to seek truth.
C. They play tricks on each other. D. They improve the way of reasoning.
16. A. The use of the abstract. B. The nature of universals.
C. The way to tell right from wrong. D. The importance of individual acts.

Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.
17. A. An actor. B. A trainer. C. A TV host. D. An athlete.
18. A. To go to China. B. To celebrate his birthday.
C. To prepare for a competition. D. To see a friend.
19. A. He is persevering. B. He is immature.
C. He is modest D. He is dominant.
20. A. He has already won a gold medal. B. He feels a great sense of purpose.
C. He has just become an adult. D. He likes daydreaming.

II. Grammar and Vocabulary(20%)
Section A(10%)
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.

A New Way to Learn Languages
Nowadays, the Internet is changing the way people learn languages. There is still no way to avoid the hard work through vocabulary lists and grammar rules, but since the birth of the Internet, books, tapes and even CDs (21) _____ (replace) by email, video chat and social networks.
Livemocha, a Seattle-based company, has created a website helping people learn more than 38 languages by exchanging messages over the Internet and then (22) _____ (correct) each other’s messages. The lessons, (23) _____ form they are in, are delivered online.
The CEO of Livemocha says the website’s advantage is the context (24) _____ you may practice speaking with a real person. “The great irony is that even if you have learned a foreign language in the classroom for years, you are not confident (25) _____ (go) into a restaurant, striking up a conversation,” he said. The casual connections with real people throughout the world are not just fun and surprising but reveal more about (26) _____ the language is really used.
Livemocha is now experimenting with many ways that resemble the games (27) _____ (find) on other social websites to motivate people. Besides, each person can set up a profile (28) _____ includes a short self-description and what language he or she would like to learn. Therefore, if you want to learn one language, you will easily find many people fluent in this language. And it becomes (29) _____ (challenging) to find a study partner. An email or two is all it takes.
There are more and more companies like Livemocha offering online language learning to students throughout the world. (30) _____ _____ merely helping people practice different languages, they also enable people to share interests and make new friends

Section B(10%)
Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. adaptable B. classic C. determined D. effectively E. fundamentally
F. immediately G. sideways H. stretched I. survival J. underside K. upright

Why Are Trees Tree-shaped?
While running through a leafy park days ago, I passed dozens of tree species of different sizes and ages, and I was suddenly struck by how 31 similar they were. Wide trunks split into smaller branches in the same sort of way. You could guess the height of a tree just by looking at how wide its trunk is. We would notice 32 if someone drew a tree with branches that were too wide or a trunk that was too thin. What makes a tree look like a tree?
Maximising the sunlight hitting the tree’s leaves is obviously critical for the tree’s 33 . But the size and shape of the branches is largely 34 by a different standards: a tree must be strong enough to stay standing 35 , possibly for centuries.
Imagine an oak tree, with branches reaching 36 off the main trunk. Each branch has to support its own considerable weight, so the wood in its lower half is slightly compressed and the top half is being 37 . That top layer of a branch takes the weight of the branch. And a particular type of wood has grown there to do that job. It’s called reaction wood, because it formed as reinforcement (增强) to take the increasing weight as the branch grew. The trees that reinforce on top the branches are the “lollipop” ones: 38 branching species like oaks.
But there is another way of solving that problem. Some trees grow their reinforcing reaction wood on the 39 instead, so the branch is pushed up, rather than pulled from above. It works, but not as 40 , so these trees can’t support large side branches. The ones that reinforce underneath have a thick trunk with much smaller side branches, and they grow to be conical—some examples of these trees are pines and firs.



oak



pine



fir

III. Reading Comprehension(45%)
Section A(15%)
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.

For a start, we’re not sure what artificial intelligence (AI) is, which complicates our every conversation about what effect it will have on our lives. We can’t even really 41 what intelligence is in humans, where the conversation inevitably goes away from science and into philosophy.
As neither a scientist nor a philosopher, but with decades of personal experience on the front lines of both human and machine cognition (认知), I prefer to focus on the 42 . AI will be the greatest technological advance since the Internet turned the world into a living stream of data. It will eventually be more 43 than the Internet, changing every part of our lives in seen and unseen ways. And it’s already 44 .
From medical diagnosis to investment banking, from hiring staff to educating our children, these increasingly 45 systems are changing the world. Whether you find this terrifying or wonderful is important, because public 46 drives education, investment, and regulation, making the outcome a type of self-fulfilling promise. 47 , if people find the rapid advance of intelligent machines terrifying instead of wonderful, it won’t stop it, but it could make the outcome much worse. Powerful new technology nearly always causes distress before producing broad benefits. By slowing down our progress out of unreasoning 48 , we lengthen the distress stage by delaying the next waves of breakthroughs needed to produce the broader benefits.
There are real and immediate 49 about the increase in intelligent machines, especially autonomous ones. Rising inequality if automation hits lower-income people harder, personal data being used improperly by companies… None of these issues come anywhere close to an existential threat – the killer robots of Hollywood or the super-intelligent AI that sees no reason to 50 . It’s as if everyone were curious about how we might all one day be killed by robots.
As a member of the executive board of the Foundation for Responsible Robotics and as a security ambassador for Avast Software, I’ve become all too 51 the real threats we may be faced with due to these AI-enhanced machines. And I’m glad that great minds like Stephen Hawking and Elon Musk are voicing their concerns, and that top AI authorities like Nick Bostrom are mapping out the 52 possibilities. After all, we live with nuclear power that could literally destroy the planet, and we certainly want it to be monitored and used 53 .
But like all our inventions, AI is capable of being used for good or evil. 54 matters, and so making better humans will always be more important than making smarter machines. Above all, we must keep 55 , because the only solution for the problems caused by today’s technology is tomorrow’s.

41. A. tell apart B. disapprove of C. glance at D. agree on
42. A. theoretical B. practical C. physical D. mental
43. A. specialized B. transformative C. predictable D. irrelevant
44. A. happening B. misleading C. worsening D. changing
45. A. intense B. annoying C. capable D. simple
46. A. health B. image C. service D. opinion
47. A. In short B. What’s more C. That is D. As a result
48. A. fear B. deed C. manner D. passion
49. A. rumors B. remarks C. mysteries D. concerns
50. A. take humans in B. keep humans around C. give humans up D. put humans away
51. A. familiar with B. ignorant of C. superior to D. unhappy about
52. A. newest B. best C. oldest D. worst
53. A. occasionally B. responsibly C. immediately D. genuinely
54. A. Technology B. Morality C. Intelligence D. Automation
55. A. moving forward B. looking upon C. calming down D. running away

Section B(22%)
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)
As a boy, when Jonny Kinkead wasn’t making things using the tools in his dad’s garage, he was messing about with a guitar. And the two pre-occupations have been his living for the past four decades: building steel-string guitars by hand. ‘The guitar still appeals to me,’ he says. ‘Making a sound out of wood—it’s amazing what you can do.’
Jonny learned to play his brother’s guitar when he was eleven. Then, when he was sixteen, he wanted to learn the bass guitar. ‘Some people would have got a holiday job and saved up and bought one,’ he says. ‘But I was of a mindset that if you wanted something, you made it.’
Although the bass was the first instrument Jonny built from nothing, he and his brothers had long been doing essentially the same thing with other items. ‘I made model boats and aeroplanes as a child, so I was familiar with that process. My father had taught me and my brothers how to use tools, and we had free materials in the garage.’ Jonny had also been customizing and repairing instruments for his mates.
Jonny’s bass guitar turned out well, but the idea of a career building guitars had yet to cross his mind. ‘My ambition then was to be a sculptor,’ he says. His interests evolved further and on finishing school, he chose to study architecture at university. Halfway through the course, however, he dropped out, but left with a clearer idea of what he wanted to do and started to think seriously about guitar making. ‘I was still interested in painting and sculpture but I realized that when you are building guitars, you’re actually sculpting sound.’ In addition, he explains, ‘I thought this might be more reliable than being an artist as it’s craft-based.’
Ever since then, Jonny has made guitars for a living. For the first ten years, he added to his income by cleaning windows part-time. The first guitars he sold only went for the cost of the materials, but as he developed a reputation as one of the best guitar-makers around, he was able to charge a little more. But even now, almost forty years later, Jonny describes what he does as ‘still scratching a living’. He admits he can never actually turn out more than ten guitars a year, which inevitably restricts his earnings.

56. Why did Jonny choose to make a bass guitar for himself in his teens?
A. He regarded it as the natural thing to do.
B. He feared that he would not be able to afford one.
C. He saw it as good practice for making other guitars.
D. He thought he could ensure it was in the style he wanted.

57. In paragraph 3, “that process” refers to _____.
A. doing some favours for friends B. cooperating with his brothers
C. creating something from nothing D. getting tools and materials ready

58. What does Jonny say about the architecture course he attended?
A. It gave him the chance to explore different types of art.
B. It helped him become financially independent.
C. It provided him with ideas for guitar design.
D. It enabled him to decide on a career path.

59. Jonny suggests that the main reason for his low income is _____.
A. the high cost of the materials he makes guitars with
B. the small number of guitars that he produces
C. the limited demand for hand-made guitars
D. the competition between guitar-makers

(B)
When a sharp chest pain woke me up around 3 A.M., I had the obvious question: Was this truly panic-worthy?
I thought about dialing 911, but then I noticed that… well, the pain was on the right side of my chest rather than the left. My breathing wasn’t labored. My heart wasn’t beating fast. So like millions before me, I compared my symptoms with those on the search engine. On top of the screen was an article entitled “16 Causes of Right Side Chest Pain.” Bingo, I thought—except it was an ad. I moved on to the actual search results, which were headlined “17 Causes of Pain in the Right Side of the Chest” and “26 Causes of Chest Pain & Tightness.” When I got to “3 Types of Chest Pain That Won’t Kill You,” I started wondering: What were all these weird articles?
The titles were about making use of search engine’s algorithm (算法) to grab people’s attention at their weak moments. This is called search-engine optimization, or SEO: the art and science of engineering for higher placement in the search results and getting people to click on the links. Unlike a lot of “medical information” online, SEO itself is in fact based on the scientific method called stand-out. We notice things that stand out—like oddly precise numbers.
I still needed information, though, so I clicked on a result from WebMD. I had seen that site before, and it didn’t seem like it contained fake information. I was barely a paragraph or two in when I noticed links about lung cancer symptoms. Huh? Lung cancer often causes no pain until its later stages. Then I realized that the information about lung cancer was an ad, but the “ad” sign was barely noticeable. During an emergency it is obviously not the best time to scare people into clicking links for unlikely diseases. Indeed, if you clicked on these “lung cancer symptoms,” the browser took you eventually to a site advertising a lung cancer medicine. Ugh.
Having medical information online be financed by advertisers or drug companies—or supplement manufacturers—is certainly not healthy. They often have an incentive (动机) to scare us. It’s a lose-lose situation. Sometimes we do need to be worried and seek medical care. Other times it’s just fearmongering clicks. But who can tell when one is in crisis?

60. When the author searched her symptoms online, she was trying to find out whether _____.
A. she needed to call for an ambulance immediately
B. she should visit a medical professional for advice
C. there was an effective medicine for her chest pain
D. her pain was a sign of some kind of heart problem

16 Causes of Pain in the Right Side of the Chest that Won’t Kill You
61. According to SEO, which part of the following article title makes it stand out?


A. “16.” B. “Causes of Pain.”
C. “Right Side of the Chest.” D. “Kill You.”

62. What is the main problem of the WebMD according to the author?
A. Its information is too scary and worrying for browsers.
B. It is not a specialized website of lung cancer symptoms.
C. It is not designed for treating emergency situations.
D. It is probably sponsored by medical companies.

(C)
On June 22, 1927, Charles Lindbergh flew into Dayton, Ohio of the US, for dinner at Orville Wright’s house. It had been just a month since the young aviator (飞行家) completed the first ever solo nonstop crossing of the Atlantic, and he felt he ought to pay his respects to the celebrated pioneer of flight.
Forty-two years later, on July 16, 1969, Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong was allowed to bring a personal guest to the Kennedy Space Center to witness the launch of NASA’s towering Saturn V rocket. Armstrong invited his hero, Charles Lindbergh.
One man, Lindbergh, could be the living link between the pilot of the first powered flight and the commander of the first mission to another world.
In our century, for better or worse, progress isn’t what it used to be. Northwestern University economist Robert Gordon argues that by 1970, all the key technologies of modern life were in place: electricity, mechanized agriculture, highways, air travel, telecommunications, and the like. After that, innovation and economic growth simply couldn’t keep going at the breakneck pace set over the previous 100 years—a period Gordon calls “the special century.”
Since 1970 the only notable creation has been the ever-growing increase in computing power in the form of the Internet and our mobile devices. But in most other ways, Gordon argues, the lives of people in developed nations look and feel the same in 2019 as they did in 1979 or 1989.
Consider consumer robotics. There’s enormous potential for robots to help us with housework, education, entertainment and medical care. But home robotics companies seem to keep folding. So far, the only commercially successful home robot, the Roomba vacuum cleaner, hit the market in 2002.
Or consider access to space. In 2007 the XPRIZE Foundation offered $30 million in prizes to commercial teams that would compete to land a robotic rover on the moon by 2018. Although five teams had built rovers, all had trouble raising enough money to buy launch contracts.
Meanwhile the list of potentially world-changing technologies that get lots of press ink but remain stubbornly in the prototype (雏形) phase is very long. Self-driving cars, flying cars, gene therapy, nuclear fusion. Need I continue?
Granted, these are all hard problems. But historically, solving the really big problems—rural electrification, for example—has required sustained, large-scale investments, often with private markets and taxpayers splitting the burden. In this century, we urgently need to undo some of the consequences of the last great boom by developing affordable zero- and negative-emissions technologies. That’s another hard problem—and to solve it, we’ll need to recapture some of what made the “special century” so special.

63. In the beginning of the passage, the author used the story Charles Lindberg to _____.
A. explain technology advanced fast in the past 100 years
B. infer most aviators are likely to know each other well
C. prove this man was a key historic figure of the past century
D. point out we should be grateful to such a pioneering inventor

64. Why does Robert Gordon call the past 100 years “the special century”?
A. Computing power keeps growing at a high speed.
B. New things keep coming up to make life easier.
C. Human life has become highly mechanized.
D. People have been trained to be more creative.

65. What can be inferred from the example of access to space in paragraph 7?
A. Big innovations can’t be achieved without constant financial support.
B. Technological development can’t be gained if it is not applied practically.
C. Scientific projects are not considered valuable unless commercially successful.
D. New creations are not worth making unless significantly improving people’s lives.

66. Which of the following best summarizes the passage?
A. Sustained and large-scale investments are harder to get now than before.
B. People are facing a time with more difficult problems than it used to be.
C. Major technological shifts are fewer and farther between than they were.
D. Solutions to the really big problems are fewer than we could expect.
Section C(10%)
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. Dreaming is only effective if you follow it up with action, whether you’re brainstorming a new business model or imagining how to grow your company.
B. Failure can be a driving force: one that frees you from fear and encourages you to pursue what you want most.
C. In today’s fast-moving world, one with great technological advancements and cultural shifts still needs to be prepared to learn, adapt, and start over if necessary.
D. It’s more important to develop creative business models that turn profits and solve problems.
E. The only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work.
F. Their words are guaranteed to motivate you to think critically about your business.

Lessons from Commencement Speeches
As a business owner, you probably don’t look to college commencement speeches as a source of inspiration when you’re feeling frustrated or defeated — but you should. Here are three university commencement speeches delivered by successful individuals from a variety of fields. 67

1. Get comfortable with change / Jimmy Iovine, USC, 2014
Music mogul (大亨) Jimmy Iovine’s main advice is to get comfortable with change and the fear that comes with it. In his speech, Iovine explains that he learned his greatest life lesson when he realized the successful record company, he built couldn’t compete with the new industry model of downloading free music. He had a choice: get on board or get left behind. 68
2. Build businesses that do good / Bill Gates, Harvard University, 2007
Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft, uses this speech to pose a question he asks himself: How can you do the most good for the greatest amount of people with the resources you have?
For years, Gates was unaware of the millions of people around the world living in poverty and battling diseases. Once he realized he could help, he changed his approach to business. Pursuing innovation and advancement is important. 69 Gates tells Harvard, “Humanity’s greatest advances are not in its discoveries—but in how those discoveries are applied to reduce inequity.”
3. Spend less time dreaming and more time doing / Shonda Rhimes, Dartmouth, 2014
If you feel beaten by the dreams you have for your business, this speech will set you straight.
Author and TV show producer Shonda Rhimes tells the Dartmouth graduates, “While some are busy dreaming, the really happy people, the really successful people, the really interesting, engaged, powerful people, are busy doing.” 70 You don’t even need to know exactly what you want to do. Rhimes says the most important thing is to stay open to possibilities and just start somewhere.

IV. Summary Writing(10%)
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. Wearing Helmet
Some kids ride through city bicycle lanes like a professional, and others set out alone down quiet country lanes. However, every day, an average of more than 500 children with bike-related injuries are treated in U.S. emergency departments, according to an analysis of injury data from 2006 to 2015. Those wearing helmets were significantly less likely to have head and neck injuries, the study found. And although children tend to wear helmets more consistently than adults, many still ride without one.
Along with calling for safer, more bike-friendly streets, it’s important to choose a helmet that will help protect your child from injury in a fall or a crash. When you’re choosing a helmet, focus primarily on ensuring the correct fit. “A poor fit will impact the protection a helmet can provide,” says Angela Lumba-Brown, an emergency medicine physician at Stanford Health Care.
The best way to find the right size is to take your child into a bike shop and have them try on helmets with a sales associate who’s familiar with the options, says Brad Bowman, product manager at Gregg’s Cycle. If you choose to buy online, Bowman suggests measuring your child’s head with flexible measuring tape about an inch above the eyebrows before choosing a size.
Helmet sizes are measured by head circumference (圆周), and helmets usually come with adjustable dials to accommodate a range of circumferences. For example, a 3-to-5-year-old child might wear a helmet with a 50-to-52-centimeter circumference. Bowman suggests choosing one that fits comfortably but also allows for a bit of growth. Once a sales associate helps you identify the right-sized helmet, adjust the dial until the helmet feels tight but isn’t causing the child discomfort. “After you dial in the fit, if you pull up lightly on top of the helmet, it shouldn’t come off their head,” he says.

V. Translation(15%)
Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.
72. 这条俄语俚语究竟是什么意思？(earth)



73. 他深深吸了口气，在大雾弥漫的泥泞山路中艰难前行。(Having…)



74. 饺子是中国的文化符号之一，其特点是皮薄馅嫩，味道鲜美，形状独特。(characterize)



75. 早在古埃及，园艺活动就用于医疗，当时的医生让暴躁的病人种花养草。(…when…)



VI. Guided Writing(25%)
Directions: Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.
76. 每年4月22日是世界地球日(World Earth Day)。为积极响应世界地球日活动，你校学生会开展了宣传海报的评比活动。现已初评得出如下的前三名海报，并在全校范围评选最佳海报。写封邮件给你校学生会，内容须包括：
l 你选出的最佳海报及其简介；
l 你的理由。



卢湾高级中学2023届第二学期高三英语模拟考试
答案
I. Listening Comprehension(25%)
1-10: CACDB BCDCC 11-13: CBA 14-16:AAB 17-20: DBAB
II. Grammar and Vocabulary(20%)
Section A
21. have been replaced 22. correcting 23. whatever 24. where 25. to go
26. how 27. found 28. which/that 29. less challenging
30. Instead of
Section B
31-35 EFICK 36-40 GHBJD

III. Reading Comprehension(45%)
Section A
41-45 DBBAC 46-50 DCADB 51-55 ADBBA
Section B
56-59 ACDB 60-62 DAD 63-66 ABAC
Section C
67-70 FCDA

IV. Summary Writing(10%)
71.
As there is an alarming number of kids’ bike-related injuries, apart from making securer and more rider-friendly streets, wearing a helmet while riding is critical. Bowman suggests consulting a sales associate for help or measuring your kid’s head circumference yourself when selecting a fit helmet. He also suggests allowing comfortable space to avoid discomfort caused by tightness.

V. Translation(15%)
72. What on earth does this Russian slang mean? (1+2)
73. Having taken a deep breath, he moved forward with great effort on the foggy and muddy road in the mountain. (1+2+1)
74. Dumplings, as one of Chinese cultural symbols, are characterized by their thin skin, tender filling, delicious taste and unique shape. (2+2)
75. Gardening was / Gardening activities were used for medical purposes as early as ancient Egypt, when doctors treated their ill-tempered patients by letting them grow flowers and plants. (2+2+1)

VI. Guided Writing (25%)
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听力原文
Section A Short Conversations
1. W: May I come to see you at 3 this afternoon, Professor Brown?
M: I'm sorry, Amy, but I’m meeting my students then. Why not come half an hour later?
Q: When can the professor meet Amy?
2. M: Excuse me. Can you help me? I'm looking for the Main Hall. Is it in the Administration
building?
W: I don’t think so. Actually, it’s in the building between the library and the theatre
Q: Where does the man want to go?
3. M: Excuse me, madam. Where can 1 find a declaration form? 1 have a camera to declare
W: Over there. On that table.
Q: What is the man looking for?
4. W: Would you like some red wine?
M: No, thanks. I have to drive home later.
Q: What does the man mean?
5. M: I’m very excited. The outdoor club is going camping in the park this weekend.
W: So am I. I've been looking forward to it all year.
Q: What can we learn about the speakers?
6. M: Susan, would you join me for dinner tonight?
W: You treated me last weekend. Now it’s my turn. Shall we try something Japanese?
Q: What can be learned from the conversation?
7. M: This mirror is the perfect size for our bathroom, and it’s half off.
W:We won’t have time to hang it today. It’l still be here next week
Q: What will the speakers most probably do?
8. M: Our neighbourhood is going to have a swimming pool soon
W: It is about time. I don’t know why it has taken so long
Q: What is the woman’s attitude towards the swimming pool?
9. W: Did you read today’s newspaper? 1 heard there is something about a new wonder drug
M: I did read an article about medical researchers being close to a major breakthrough.
Q: What does the man mean?
10. W: About this survey on the quality of life in the dorm. I feel sort of awkward because, well, I'm not really comfortable here. Are you sure you want me to fill out this survey form?
M: It's people like you who can help us target areas for improvement.
Q: What does the man mean?

Section B
Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.
Orson Welles was an American actor, radio broadcaster, screen writer, film and theatre director magician and film producer. He spent his childhood in Chicago, but at the age of15, left his home and travelled around Ireland, walking and painting.(He was a talented artist.) When he reached Dublin, the capital of Ireland, he walked into the Gate Theatre and claimed to be a star of the American stage. Whether or not the manager of the theatre believed the story, he gave Welles a starring role in a new play. Welles was a hit with both the public and the critics
After returning to the USA, he worked on a series of books called The Mercury Shakespeare, which were bestsellers for decades. But he achieved worldwide fame in 1938 with his radio adaption of the famous science fiction story ,The War of the Worlds. The programme was in the style of a news bulletin. and thousands of listeners panicked believing that creatures from Mars really had invaded the Earth.
At the age of 26, Welles wrote, directed, produced and starred in a film named Citizen Kane. which many film critics consider to be the greatest film ever made. His acting was powerful and convincing. In one scene, his character becomes so angry that he destroys a room with his bare hands. After this scene, Welles apparently walked off the set with blood on his hands, saying to himself 'I felt it. I felt it.’
11. What did Orson Welles do in Ireland?
12. Which of the following jobs brought Orson Welles worldwide fame in 1938?
13. How did Orson Welles perform in the film of Citizen Kane?

Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.
I’d like to turn to thinking about, broadly, how the modern university emerged. And I’m going to go right the way back to the classical inheritance of Greco-Roman education. Classical learning was very complicated. In 70 AD, the Emperor Vespasian even established some professorships- some chairs, of Geek and Latin, because he recognized the importance of a well-educated population to the administration of the empire
Now I bring this up because the way that learning was done in the classical world, through a process of dialectic, is still really important in the way that we create knowledge today. Dialectic. quite a tricky word. Urn, dialectic basically means establishing something as correct, or true through a dialogue between people who hold different opinions on it. So they are using reasoning to try and establish the truth on a subject.
Some of these subjects remain until now, even in the modern day, which started off as classical debates. A famous one, which links classical thinkers with modern philosophers, is the nature of universals. By universals, I mean things like is goodness something you can only see in individual acts of being good? Or is goodness something that exists in the abstract? Can we decide that something is good or bad without having an example of it? Now, that’s something that we still discuss today but was the debate which separated the thinking of Plato from his student, Aristotle.
14. What did the Emperor Vespasian do in 70 AD?15. What do people do in the process of dialectic?
16. What separated the thinking of Plato from his Aristotle?

Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.
W: Hello, Noah. Thanks for sitting down for an interview today, as I know, you have a busy training schedule
M: That's OK! I’ll take a couple of days off anyway because it’s my birthday tomorrow. I’m going
to be 18-an adult at last.
W: Only 18 and you’ve accomplished so much already! You won a bronze medal at the European
Championships last year, and 1 know you’ll be hoping to win gold at the next Olympics
M: That’s my dream. I’ll never give up until I’ve done all can to achieve it. That’s what keeps me
going through the hours of training. I keep telling myself it’ bell worth it if1 win gold. Failure isn't an option.
W: You’re very tough on yourself, Noah. That’s a lot of commitment and hard work. You’re still
young. Surely you must spend time with friends
M: No, gymnastics is everything to me. I’ll have been training intensively for six years by the next
Olympics, and every minute of practice will help.
W: The World Championships are held in China next year. How are you preparing for this
competition?
M:Well, I’m good at the pommel horse and the parallel bars, so by the time the Championships
start, I will have concentrated on them most. I think the bars will be my best event W: Will you be hoping for a medal? M: Yes, I will. Maybe silver or bronze.
W: You’re such a role model for young people today. Do you have any advice for other young
hopefuls?
M: Yes, never lose sight of your dream. If you work hard, you will be successful. W: Thank you, Noah. I wish you all the best, and Happy Birthday for tomorrow.
17. Who is Noah?
18. Why will Noah have a few days off?
19. Why does the woman say Noah is such a role model for young people today?
20. What can be learned about Noah from the passage?