2023年上海市金山区高三上学期一模英语试卷含答案

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(时间120分钟，分值140分)
2022年12月
Ⅰ. Listening Cmprehensin
Sectin A
Directins: In Sectin A, yu will hear ten shrt cnversatins between tw speakers. At the end f each cnversatin, a questin will be asked abut what was said. The cnversatins and the questins will be spken nly nce. After yu hear a cnversatin and a questin abut it, read the fur pssible answers n yur paper, and decide which ne is the best answer t the questin yu have heard.
1. A. By train.B. By taxi.C. By bus.D. By bike.
2. A. A lawyer.B. A cach.C. A teacher.D. A bss.
3. A. March 31st.B. April 4th.C. April 2nd.D. April 1st.
4. A. ¥180.B. ¥280.C. ¥380.D. ¥560.
5. A. It’s beautiful.B. It’s a Greek campus.
C. It’s a small campus.D. It’s ppular with peple.
6. A. Mr. Smith’s curse is difficult.
B. Mr. Smith ften makes mistakes.
C. The curse prves t be quite easy.
D. The curse is mistaken fr nthing.
7. A. He is shrt f mney.
B. He has been in truble recently.
C. He desn’t want t miss any wrk.
D. He is unwilling t stay at hme alne.
8. A. She has t remve the virus.
B. She can’t meet the deadline.
C. She can’t put up with the cmputer.
D. She’s infected with a certain disease.
9. A. He hates t buy tickets all the times.
B. They can affrd t buy a ticket next Octber.
C. Buying a yearly ticket can save him much mney.
D. The wman is t busy t visit the garden again within a year.
10. A. They are cmfrting each ther.
B. They are telling a jke abut ftball.
C. They are exchanging ideas as ftball fans.
D. They are expressing what they think abut the match.
Sectin B
Directins: In Sectin B, yu will hear tw shrt passages and ne lnger cnversatin, and yu will be asked several questins n each f the passages and the cnversatin. The passages and the cnversatin will be read twice, but the questins will be spken nly nce. When yu hear a questin, read the fur pssible answers n yur paper and decide which ne wuld be the best answer t the questin yu have heard.
Questins 11 thrugh 13 are based n the fllwing passage.
11. A. 6.B. 7.C. 8.D. 9.
12. A. Because it pstpnes peple’s bilgical clck.
B. Because it keeps peple energetic in the afternn.
C. Because it makes peple nt drink enugh water.
D. Because it causes damage t yur bdy’s functins.
13. A. The effective ways t get enugh sleep.
B. The disadvantages f lacking enugh sleep.
C. The prper amunt f sleep peple shuld get every day.
D. The reasn fr the tiredness despite lng and gd sleep.
Questins 14 thrugh 16 are based n the fllwing speech.
14. A. Reasns fr busyness.B. Slutins t busyness.
C. Imprtance f busyness.D. Disadvantages f busyness.
15. A. T intrduce the imprtance f strategic thinking.
B. T prve sme peple are really t busy t think.
C. T lead in the tpic by presenting sme interesting facts.
D. T demnstrate peple’s attitude twards strategic thinking.
16. A. Mre phenmena abut busyness.
B. Mre reasns fr peple’s busyness.
C. Hidden relatinship between busyness and lneliness.
D. Prpsal fr changes and suggestins fr beating back busyness.
Questins 17 thrugh 20 are based n the fllwing cnversatin.
17. A. Why ancient philsphers thught the Earth was nt a flat disc.
B. Hw ancient philsphers measured the distance between planets.
C. Why ancient philsphers thught the Earth mved arund the Sun.
D. Hw ancient philsphers explained the cause f sme unusual phenmena.
18. A. When they traveled suth.
B. When they stayed in nrthern cuntries.
C. When they saw earth’s shadw n the mn during eclipses.
D. When they saw the Nrth Star’s different psitins in the sky.
19. A. By analyzing the data cllected during the eclipses.
B. By cmparing the different psitins f the Nrth Star.
C. By measuring the distances between different cuntries.
D. By traveling between suthern and nrthern cuntries repeatedly.
20. A. The careful bservatins in their life.
B. The traditinal beliefs f their ancestrs.
C. The writings f philsphers frm ther scieties.
D. The measurements made with scientific instruments.
Ⅱ. Grammar and Vcabulary
Sectin A
Directins: Read the fllwing passage. Fill in the blanks t make the passage cherent. Fr the blanks with a given wrd, fill in each blank with the prper frm f the given wrd. Fr the ther blanks, fill in each blank with ne prper wrd. Make sure that yur answers are grammatically crrect.
Yur Smell Culd Attract Msquites
A new study finds that sme peple attract msquites much mre than thers, and it prbably invlves the way they smell.
The researchers have fund that peple wh attract msquites the mst (21) ________ (prduce) a lt f certain chemicals n their skin. These chemicals (22) ________ (cnnect) t the smell that attracts the msquites.
Leslie Vsshall is ne f the researchers in New Yrk. She said, “If yu have high levels f this stuff n yur skin, yu’re ging t be the ne at the picnic (23) ________ (get) all the bites.”
Fr the study, researchers designed an experiment t have peple’s smells cmpete against each ther. They asked 64 vlunteers t wear stckings arund their frearms t absrb the smell frm their skin. The stckings were put in separate traps at the end f a lng tube. Then, dzens f msquites were released. The msquites came t sme traps much mre than thers. The scientists did the experiment several times, always changing which stckings were cmpeting against each ther. At the end, they discvered a huge difference between stckings. (24) ________ (attractive) stcking was arund 100 times mre attractive t the msquites than the last-place finisher.
By testing the same peple fr ver a year, the study shwed that these big differences remain. “Msquit magnets (招蚊子喜欢的人) seem (25) ________ (remain) msquit magnets,” Researchers said. One cmmn factr they fund was (26) ________ msquit magnets had high levels f certain acids n their skin.
“The research culd help find new ways t drive away msquites,” said Jeff Riffell, a scientist nt (27) ________ (invlve) in the study, “There (28) ________ be ways t affect the skin bacteria and change the smell that attracts msquites.” Hwever, he said that wuld be hard t d. Researchers als did the experiment with msquites (29) ________ genes were changed t damage their sense f smell. But they still flew t the same msquit magnets. Vsshall said msquites have ways t find us (30) ________ ________ we change sme cnditins. “They have many backup plans t be able t find us and bite us,” she said.
Sectin B
Directins: Cmplete the fllwing passage by using the wrds in the bx. Each wrd can nly be used nce. Nte that there is ne wrd mre than yu need.
Leg: One Step Clser t Being Sustainable
The Leg Grup is ne step clser t reaching its gal f making all its prducts frm sustainable materials by 2030.
The Danish tymaker revealed a prttype (雏形) brick made frm (31) ________ plastic. In a news release, Leg said the PET plastic frm (32) ________ bttles makes up the first brick t meet the cmpany’s “strict quality and safety requirements.” One way the cmpany (33) ________ safety is by surcing materials frm suppliers that use prcesses apprved by the US Fd & Drug Administratin and Eurpean Fd Safety Authrity.
“The biggest (34) ________ n ur sustainability jurney is rethinking and innvating new materials that are as lng-lasting, strng and high quality as ur existing bricks—and fit with LEGO elements made ver the past 60 years,” Leg Grup Vice President f Envirnmental Respnsibility Tim Brks said. “With this prttype we’re able t (35) ________ the prgress we’re making t the public.”
It will be “sme time” befre bricks made frm used materials can be (36) ________, Leg said. The cmpany will cntinue t test and develp the PET frmulatin (配方) and decide whether t mve t the (37) ________ prductin phase, which is expected t take at least a year. One factr the cmpany is testing is hw the material can be (38) ________.
“Experimentatin and failing is an imprtant part f learning and (39) ________. Just as kids build, unbuild and rebuild with LEGO bricks at hme, we’re ding the same in ur lab,” Brks said.
The mve fllws last year’s annuncement that the cmpany was making a $400 millin investment ver three years int sustainability (40) ________. It included phasing ut the single-use plastic bags frm its bxes and instead using recyclable paper fr its packaging.
Ⅲ. Reading Cmprehensin
Sectin A
Directins: Fr each blank in the fllwing passage there are fur wrds r phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the wrd r phrase that best fits the cntext.
In 2007, a grup f researchers began testing a cncept that seems as if it wuld never need testing: Is mre happiness always better than less? The researchers asked cllege students t rate their feelings n a scale frm “unhappy” t “very happy” and cmpared the results with academic and scial utcmes. Althugh the “very happy” participants had brilliant scial lives, they perfrmed (41) ________ in schl than thse wh were merely “happy”.
The researchers then examined a data set frm anther study that rated cllege freshmen’s “cheerfulness” and (42) ________ their incme nearly tw decades later. They fund that the mst (43) ________ were nt the highest earners. That distinctin (荣誉) nce again went t the secnd-highest grup, which rated their cheerfulness as “abve average.”
As with everything in life, happiness has its (44) ________. Pursuing happiness t the exclusin f ther gals-knwn as psychlgical hednism (享乐主义)—is(45) ________. It gives a life where yu d nt reach yur full ptential, where yu are (46) ________ t take risks, where yu chse temprary pleasures ver challenging experiences that give life meaning.
When I talk with peple abut their fear f negative utcmes in life, their true surce f fear, in many cases, (47) ________ hw they will feel abut having failed, nt abut the cnsequence f the failure itself. This is similar t the way that discmfrt with (48) ________ causes mre anxiety than guaranteed bad news. T (49) ________ these bad feelings, peple give up kinds f pprtunities that invlve the pssibility f failure.
Hwever, bringing gd things int yur life, whether lve r career success, usually invlves risk. Risk des nt, f curse, (50) ________ make us happy. A risky life will very likely bring disappintment, but it can bring greater (51) ________ than a life played safe, as the studies abve suggested.
Nne f this is t say that we are flish fr wanting t be happy. (52) ________, the desire fr happiness is natural and nrmal. Making the pursuit f psitive feelings yur highest r nly gal, hwever, is a cstly life strategy. Endless happiness is impssible t achieve, and ding s (53) ________ many f the elements f a gd life. As the Canadian-American psychlgist Paul Blm wrte, “It’s the (54) ________we chse that affrds the mst pprtunity fr pleasure, meaning, and persnal grwth.”
Thugh pain shuld never be anyne’s gal, each f us can strive fr a rich life in which we nt nly seek the sunshine but fully (55) ________ the rain that inevitably falls as well. This is the paradx (悖论) f being fully alive.
41. A. unwillinglyB. unpleasantlyC. admirablyD. incredibly
42. A. generatedB. increasedC. trackedD. drained
43. A. jyfulB. wealthyC. successfulD. distinctive
44. A. advantageB. balanceC. pprtunityD. preference
45. A. fruitfulB. significantC. pricelessD. rewardless
46. A. desperateB. hesitantC. likelyD. tempted
47. A. centers nB. wrks nC. takes nD. passes n
48. A. perfrmanceB. disciplineC. uncertaintyD. ignrance
49. A. cncealB. createC. tlerateD. avid
50. A. necessarilyB. inevitablyC. similarlyD. deliberately
51. A. fascinatinB. rewardsC. depressinD. challenges
52. A. On the cntraryB. That is t sayC. Fr instanceD. In turn
53. A. harvestsB. encuntersC. designsD. sacrifices
54. A. happinessB. wealthC. dishnrD. suffering
55. A. escapeB. predictC. experienceD. prduce
Sectin B
Directins: Read the fllwing three passages. Each passage is fllwed by several questins r unfinished statements. Fr each f them there are fur chices marked A, B, C and D. Chse the ne that fits best accrding t the infrmatin given in the passage yu have just read.
(A)
Ten years ag, the cyclist’s riding hard thrugh the first snw strm f the year was a rare sight, ften captured fr the evening news. Tday, hwever, it is estimated that 4-5% f cyclists ride bikes year-rund.
Being prepared is key t a gd ride in the winter. The increasing ppularity f winter cycling is due t the creatin f muntain bike and its imitatin. Equipped with mre stable bicycles, nthing seems t be able t stp the adventurus winter cyclists. Many f them wear running shes and prtect themselves frm the cld by wearing dwnhill-skiing clthes. On wet days, they wear special water-prf ver their shes.
Besides all these mentined abve, there is ne thing that has made winter riding mre ppular these years. In the past, cyclists need t clean and il their bicycle chains nce a week, which is n easy task. But ne bicycle stre wner tackled this weekly challenging task with an innvated cmplete chain cver. With bicycle chains cmpletely cvered, cyclists wuld need t d the trublesme wrk nce every six mnths. Despite this amazing inventin, the stre wner still advises cyclists t take a taxi r bus when it’s really snwing heavily, nt because cnditins are t hard fr bicycles, but because she is afraid that many bikers may lse cnfidence in themselves n snwy days f reduced discernibility, which is very dangerus.
56. What is the main idea f this passage?
A. Winter Muntain cycling cmpetitins.
B. Suitable clthing fr winter cycling.
C. Ppularity f winter cycling and its reasns.
D. Increases in winter cycling equipment.
57. Accrding t the passage, what has made winter cycling n lnger a rare sight?
A. Cnstructin f bicycle paths.B. A decrease in equipment prices.
C. The inventin f stable bicycles.D. Milder weather in recent years.
58. Hw did ne bicycle stre wner help the winter cyclists?
A. She sells bicycles at a very lw price.
B. She makes cycling in winter less dangerus.
C. She helps imprve cyclists’ cnfidence when riding.
D. She invents a new way t reduce the frequency f maintenance.
59. The underlined wrd “discernibility” in the last paragraph is clsest in meaning t
A. visibilityB. ppularity
C. cngestinD. creativity
(B)
60. The bk “mindset” is intended t ________.
A. tell readers that tw different mindsets lead t different results
B. illustrate that peple with different mindsets hld different beliefs
C. help readers believe peple act differently when facing challenges
D. persuade peple t learn t change s as t enjy a mre fruitful life
61. Generally speaking, peple with fixed mindsets are mstly ________.
A. successfulB. straightfrward
C. intelligentD. narrw-minded
62. A persn with a grwth mindset is likely t say ________.
A. “If I win, I’ll be smebdy; if I lse, I’ll be nbdy.”
B. “T be gd at sprts, yu need t be naturally gifted.”
C. “Learn techniques and skills and practice them regularly, and yu will always imprve.”
D. “Yu have a certain level f ability in sprts and yu cannt really d much t change it.”
(C)
Venus (金星) has lng played secnd t its redder, smaller and mre distant neighbr. Given hw inhspitable (不宜居住的) Venus has appeared t be, we have spent the majrity f the last century pinning sme f ur biggest hpes f finding signs f life n Mars.
That all changed n September 15, 2020. It was annunced that a strange gas called phsphine had been sptted in the cluds abve Venus. The gas is prduced by micrbes, extremely small living things, here n Earth, s the discvery has renewed hpes that there might be life n Venus. Nw we need t knw fr sure.
There is, after all, nly s much we can d with grund-based instruments. Venus is extremely bright. This brightness, caused by the intense reflectin f sunlight frm its thick cluds and highlighted because f its clser distance t Earth, basically blinds ur instruments frm making mre detailed bservatins f the planet. It is like trying t lk at the rad while anther car’s high beams (远光灯) are pinted in yur directin.
“T really get t the heart f this questin, we need t g t Venus,” says Paul Byrne, a planetary scientist at Nrth Carlina State University. But f curse, that is easier said than dne. Temperatures at the surface reach 464℃, and pressures are 89 times higher than n Earth. Only the Sviet Unin has successfully landed n the Venusian surface—its Venera 13 lander functined fr 127 minutes befre succumbing t the bad weather in 1982. It is nt easy t justify spending hundreds f millins r even billins f dllars n a missin that culd be ver in a matter f hurs withut giving us what we need.
An rbiter is the mst sensible start. Unlike grund-based bservatins, rbiters can peer int the atmsphere and wuld have a better time bserving hw phsphine levels change ver time r ver what regins they are mst cncentrated. An rbiter als presents the pprtunity t cmplete mre challenging prjects by ptentially venturing directly int the planet’s atmsphere. A sample return missin culd be pssible, in which a spacecraft flies int the atmsphere and bttles up sme gas t bring back t Earth fr labratry analysis.
Trying t find life n anther planet, hwever, is nt simply a walk frm pint A t pint B. N single missin t Venus will be able t finish all the wrk necessary t answer the questin. It might be time t think nt just abut what the next missin t Venus shuld be, but what a whle new era f Venus explratin wuld lk like: a grup f multiple missins that explre Venus in jint effrts—the way we currently d with Mars.
63. Venus is cnsidered inhspitable t humans mainly because ________.
A. the pressure f the planet is t lw
B. the surface f the planet is t bright
C. the density (密度) f the cluds is t lw
D. the surface temperature f the planet is t high
64. The underlined phrase “succumbing t” in paragraph 4 is clsest in meaning t “________”.
A. giving in tB. keeping away frm
C. making up frD. putting up with
65. Accrding t the article, scientists will be better able t reveal the secret abut Venus by ________.
A. sending astrnauts t the planet
B. using a mre advanced space telescpe
C. launching an rbiter t the planet
D. redesigning their grund-based instruments
66. What can we infer frm the article?
A. We have little hpe f successfully finding life n Venus.
B. We have a firm determinatin t discver life n ther planets.
C. We have spent much time studying phsphine in the past century.
D. We have attempted t land n the Venusian surface in the last century.
Sectin C
Directins: Read the fllwing passage. Fill in each blank with a prper sentence given in the bx. Each sentence can be used nly nce. Nte that there are tw mre sentences than yu need.
I Am Nt a Rbt
An annyance, an imprtant security feature, an uncmfrtable request: hwever yu feel abut being asked t prve yu are nt a rbt, it has becme a daily ccurrence fr mst f us, but perhaps nt ne we wuld miss if it were t suddenly g away.
A new feature in the latest versins f iOS and macOS, Apple’s perating systems fr smartphnes and cmputers, prmises t give the bt t “captchas” nce and fr all. (67) ________
“Smetimes a captcha is just a buttn t press,” said Apple engineer Tmmy Pauly. “But ther times it can be a challenge t fill ut.”
The term captcha is in fact an acrnym (首字母缩略词) fr “cmpletely autmated public Turing test (图灵测试) t tell cmputers and humans apart.” T help stp fraud (欺诈), these little tests ften pp up when yu’re signing up fr r nt a website.
(68) ________ If yu get it wrng, it may ask yu t start again, leading yu t wnder if yu really knw what a traffic light lks like—r if yu might really be a rbt after all.
But captchas are nw fast becming unusable, making the Internet a wasteland f difficult puzzles. Users must struggle t d the mst basic things. “We’ve literally all fund urselves at ne time r anther cmplaining: ‘Thse were all the pictures with traffic lights,” said Effie Le Mignan, a researcher in scial cmputing at Newcastle University.
Internet users struggle t tell the difference between a wear f paint n a sidewalk and a frmalized crsswalk that’s ften requested in a traditinal captcha, and wrry that ne wrng answer may lck them ut f an accunt. (69) ________
“Yu likely dn’t enjy being interrupted by these,” said Apple’s Tmmy Pauly. “I certainly dn’t. The reasn these experiences exist is t prevent dishnest activity. If yu run a server, yu dn’t want it t be defeated by fraud. (70) ________”
The cmpany wrked with Fastly and Cludflare t build the new feature. It wrks by allwing yur device t send a statement cnfirming it is being used by a human t the requesting website.
Ⅳ. Summary Writing
Directins: Read the fllwing passage. Summarize the main idea and the main pint(s) f the passage in n mre than 60 wrds. Use yur wn wrds as far as pssible.
71.
“Digital Harding” Culd Be an Increasing Prblem
As data strage has becme mre accessible than ever, the amunt f digital “stuff” we all have put aside is n the rise, t.
In a recent paper published in the jurnal Infrmatin & Management, we have investigated a rising phenmenn called “digital harding”, which happens when an individual cnstantly acquires digital cntent, feels difficulty in getting rid f it, and gradually gets mre and mre digital cntent withut an intended purpse.
Digital harding can quickly increase ut f cntrl, t—perhaps even mre quickly than in the physical wrld, due t several reasns. First, the digital harder is less likely t ntice the space limitatins in the digital wrld. While the bundaries f a physical space are clear, such bundaries are less nticeable in digital spaces. Secnd, harding f physical bjects happens in fixed bundaries, while digital spaces are “expandable”—yu can get additinal digital strage with minimum effrt at very little r zer cst. Third, t hard physical items, a persn needs t expend sme effrt, such as purchasing them. By cntrast, mst digital cntents are either self-created, free, r available n a subscriptin (订阅) basis. Furth, cmpared with physical stuff, digital cntents can be multiplied, fr example, by making cpies, with very minimal effrt.
In the mdern wrld, it is unavidable that digital cntent plays an imprtant rle in ur lives. Therefre, the ptential f serius mental health impacts frm digital harding is a real pssibility.
If yu think yu’re hlding nt t much digital cntent, yu can try cleaning yur digital ftprint, reducing unnecessary digital cntent, cming up with simple methds t rganize yur files, pictures and vides. What’s mre, reassess the imprtance f many scial netwrks, including grups in many cmmunicatin apps, and keep nly thse essential t yu.
Ⅴ. Translatin
Directins: Translate the fllwing sentences int English, using the wrds given in the brackets.
72. 一位有影响力的专家建议多加关注自身的心理健康。(attentin)
73. 那栋刚落成的大楼是为了纪念一位毕生致力于医学事业的科学家。(dedicate)
74. 每次我拿到快递，我都迫不及待地在半路把它拆了，这是司空见惯的现象。(every time)
75. 设计者把旧梯子改造成了花架子，他的环保意识和对美好生活的热爱一览无遗，吸引了众多游客的眼球。(transfrm)
Ⅵ. Guided Writing
Directins: Write an English cmpsitin in 120—150 wrds accrding t the instructins given belw in Chinese.
76.
假设你是光明中学高三学生李明。近期，年级组正在策划18岁成人礼仪式，其中一个环节为“说说你的故事”，筹备组现面向本校全体高三学生征集真实故事案例。请给筹备组写一封邮件，内容须包括：
1) 你印象最深的一件事情；
2) 此事对你的启发和影响。
2022学年第一学期质量监控
高三英语试卷（参考答案）2022. 12
Ⅰ. Listening cmprehensin (共25分。1-10，每题1分；11-20，每题1. 5分。)
1-10 DAADAACBDD
11-13 BAD14-16 ACD17-20 ACBA
Ⅱ. Grammar and Vcabulary (共20分。每小题1分。)
21. prduce22. are cnnected23. getting24. The mst attractive
25. t remain26. that27. invlved28. may
29. whse30. even if/thugh
31-40 JAEBDIHCGF
Ⅲ. Reading Cmprehensin (共45分。41-55，每题1分；56-70，每题2分。)
41-55 BCABDBACDABADDC
56-59 CCDA
60-62 DDC63-66 DACB67-70 DEBC
Ⅳ. Summary Writing (共10分)
Digital cntent is imprtant t us, and meanwhile, verstcking digital materials is ppular. Hwever, digital harding becmes uncntrllable because harders seldm knw the space limitatins in the expandable digital space. Mrever, digital cntents are easy t get and sht up. T keep mentally healthy, yu shuld reduce digital ftprint and avid sme unimprtant scial netwrks.
Ⅴ. Translatin (共15分) 3+3+4+5
72. An influential expert says mental health shuld be paid mre attentin t.
73. The newly-built building is in memry f a scientist wh (has) dedicated his life t medicine.
74. Every time I get a package, I can’t wait t pen it halfway, which is very cmmn.
75. The ld ladder has been transfrmed int a flwer shelf, which fully displays the designer’s awareness f envirnmental prtectin and lve fr a beautiful life, and has attracted many turists’ attentin.
Ⅵ. Guided Writing (共25分)
听力文本
Ⅰ. Listening Cmprehensin
Sectin A
Directins: In Sectin A, yu will hear ten shrt cnversatins between tw speakers. At the end f each cnversatin, a questin will be asked abut what was said. The cnversatins and the questins will be spken nly nce. After yu hear a cnversatin and a questin abut it, read the fur pssible answers n yur paper, and decide which ne is the best answer t the questin yu have heard.
1.
W: Shuld I take a taxi r a bus t the twn center?
M: Yu can take either, but why nt ride yur wn bicycle there? It’s much mre cnvenient.
Q: Hw will the wman mst prbably g t the twn center?
2.
M: What is the chance f winning the case if I make an appeal?
W: I’m nt ging t lie t yu. Nt very big.
Q: What’s the wman?
3.
M: I hpe I can see yu at my birthday party.
W: I’m s glad t be invited, but when is it?
M: Well, n April 2nd, just the day after tmrrw.
Q: What’s the date tday?
4.
M: D yu have any seats fr this Saturday evening’s talk shw?
W: Yes, we’ve gt tickets at ¥180, ¥280 and ¥380.
M: I’d like t reserve tw tickets at ¥280, please.
Q: Hw much shuld the man pay?
5.
W: Ww! I d like this campus: the green lawns, and the ld buildings with tall clumns. It’s really beautiful.
M: It sure is. The architecture f these buildings is in the Greek style. It was ppular in the eighteenth century here.
Q: Hw abut the campus?
6.
W: D yu knw anything abut Mr. Smith’s class?
M: Well, if yu think the curse is ging t be easy, yu’re mistaken.
Q: What cnclusin can we draw frm the cnversatin?
7.
W: Hi, Jack. Hw are yu tday? What seems t be the truble?
M: I feel a sharp pain in my knees.
W: Yu’d better g and see the dctr.
M: He’ll prbably put me t bed and I can’t miss any wrk.
Q: Why desn’t Jack want t g t see the dctr?
8.
M: Hw is yur prject ging n? The deadline is just arund the crner.
W: My lap-tp is infected with a virus and all my effrts are gne.
Q: What des the wman imply?
9.
W: The scenery is s beautiful.
M: Yes, it’s really a nice autumn.
W: Wuld it nice t buy a yearly ticket? It’s relatively cheaper every time we visit this garden.
M: Why bther? Can yu spare the time befre next Octber?
Q: What des the man mean?
10.
M: Did yu enjy the ftball match last night?
W: Are yu kidding? I’m nt a crazy ftball fan like yu. Anyway, many Chinese elements are seen everywhere at this Wrld Cup.
M: That’s true. Maybe it makes us feel a little better, right?
Q: What are the speakers talking abut?
Sectin B
Directins: In Sectin B, yu will hear tw shrt passages and ne lnger cnversatin, and yu will be asked several questins n each f the passages and the cnversatin. The passages and the cnversatin will be read twice, but the questins will be spken nly nce. When yu hear a questin, read the fur pssible answers n yur paper and decide which ne wuld be the best answer t the questin yu have heard.
Questins 11 thrugh 13 are based n the fllwing passage.
“What’s wrng with me?” It’s a questin many f us have asked urselves when, despite getting seemingly adequate sleep the previus night, we’ve wken up feeling exhausted. A lt Britns reprted feeling tired mst f the time accrding t a survey earlier this year. That makes sense, given that nly a third f us get the seven hurs f sleep a night, which is recmmended by mst scientists. But there are still many wh feel tired n matter hw well r lng they sleep. There are pssible reasns fr this sleepiness.
The first is the caffeine intake. Thugh tea and cffee are necessities f the British wrkfrce, caffeine is a duble-edged swrd. It can keep yu mtivated fr the whle wrking afternn, but it can als rb yu f a quality night’s sleep because caffeine may delay the timing f yur internal bdy clck, leading t yur falling asleep later. The secnd is nt drinking enugh water. Surveys shw that Britns cnsume just 850ml f water per day, less than half f the recmmended daily intake. Withut enugh water, yur bdy can’t functin smthly, which results in tiredness. Other reasns include the habit f snring, suffering frm sme diseases and nt cnsuming enugh red meat r dark green vegetables during the day.
(Nw listen again.)
Questins:
11. Hw many hurs f sleep is recmmended by mst scientists?
12. Why can caffeine make peple fall asleep later?
13. What is the passage mainly abut?
Questins 14 thrugh 16 are based n the fllwing speech.
We live in a time-pressed culture. There is never enugh time. We’re pushed. We’re driven tward achievement and actin and creatin. And that’s great, but there’s als a disadvantage. And that’s smething that I think is wrth talking abut.
There was a study, where 97 percent f senir leaders said lng-term strategic thinking is key t their rganizatin’s success. And yet in a separate study, 96 percent said they dn’t have time fr strategic thinking. (Laughter) What is ging n? Why is it—hw can it be that 96 percent f peple are nt ding the ne thing that they say is mst critical t their success?
Well, I think we knw the answer. The average prfessinal attends 62 meetings every mnth, and spends 28 percent f their time just respnding t email. Of curse that makes us busy.
But the truth is, it’s nt the full picture. There are als sme ther things ging n under the surface. What is ging n? In sme cultures, busyness is actually a frm f status. When we say, “Oh, I am s crazy busy,” what we’re really saying is a scially-accepted versin f “I am s imprtant!” (Laughter) “I am s in demand!” That’s nt the nly reasn, f curse. It turns ut it is very hard fr the human mind t deal with cnditins f uncertainty. And in mdern life, there’s a lt f it. Thirdly, smetimes we even use busyness t escape frm smething that we dn’t want t face.
But the truth is, it’s als nt a sustainable slutin. Mre ften, busyness lks like lneliness. It lks like having a life that’s nt really in yur full cntrl.
……
(Nw listen again.)
Questins:
14. What des the speaker mainly talk abut in this part f speech?
15. Why des the speaker cite the tw studies?
16. What is pssibly talked abut later n?
Questins 17 thrugh 20 are based n the fllwing cnversatin.
W: Our guest tday is Prfessr Duke, a distinguished schlar in science and histry. He will explain hw ancient Greeks changed their understanding f the earth. Prfessr Duke, welcme!
M: Thank yu. Actually, in ancient times, many believed the earth was a flat disc.
W: That’s very different frm what we knw nw.
M: Indeed. Over 2,000 years ag, ancient Greek philsphers were able t put frward tw arguments. D yu knw eclipses?
W: Yu mean the time when earth passes between the sun and the mn?
M: Yes. After peple saw the earth’s shadw n the mn was always rund during eclipses, they realized this culd be true nly if the earth was like a ball. This was the first argument.
W: If the earth were a flat disc, its shadw wuld be stretched ut.
M: Exactly. The secnd ne was based n what the Greeks saw n their jurneys. They nticed that the Nrth Star appeared lwer in the sky when they traveled suth, while in mre nrthern cuntries, the Star appeared much higher.
W: This wuld nt make any sense if earth were nt rund. It seems the ancient Greeks were really great bservers!
M: Yes! By the way, it was als frm this apparent difference in the psitins f the Nrth Star that Greeks first calculated its distance frm the earth...
(Nw listen again.)
Questins:
17. What is the talk mainly abut?
18. When did ancient Greeks develp their first argument?
19. Hw did the ancient Greeks calculate the distance between the earth and the Nrth Star?
20. Accrding t the speakers, what were the tw arguments f the Greeks based n?
(This is the end f listening cmprehensin.)A. abandned B. challenge C. clred D. demnstrate E. ensures
F. initiatives G. innvatin H. pilt I. purchased J. recycled K. tailrs
Peple with fixed mindsets believe that:
●Skill, intelligence and talents are natural.
●Failure is shameful and shuld be avided.
●Sme peple are naturally gd at things while thers nt.
●Yu are nt in cntrl f yur abilities.
Peple with grwth mindsets believe that:
●Yu have the capacity t learn and grw yur skills.
●Failure is a valuable lessn.
●Peple wh are gd at smething are gd because they build that ability.
●Yu are in cntrl f yur abilities.
have a desire t lk smart, s tend t:
—Avid challenges.
—Give up easily.
—See effrt as fruitless r wrse.
—Ignre useful negative feedback.
—Feel threatened by the success f thers.
have a desire t learn, s tend t:
—Embrace challenges.
—Persist in the face f setbacks.
—See effrt as the path t mastery.
—Learn frm criticism.
—Find lessns and inspiratin in the success f thers.
As a result, they may stay at the same level early and achieve less than their full ptential.
As a result, they reach ever-higher levels f achievement.
Change can be tugh, but I’ve never heard anyne say it wasn’t wrth it. Did changing t a grwth mindset slve all my prblems? N. But I knw that I have a different life because f it—a richer ne.
A. This is becming a bigger issue as captchas have grwn increasingly cnfusing.
B. Therefre, when faced with smething really cnfusing, many peple simply give up.
C. Mst attempts t create accunts r t buy prducts cme frm cmmn users, but sme attempts can als cme frm attackers.
D. Called “autmatic cnfirmatin,” the technlgy will allw sites t cnfirm yu are nt a rbt withut yu having t d anything at all.
E. These tests may ask yu t spt all the traffic lights in a picture r t type ut sme special letters and numbers.
F. Althugh the service is tied t Apple’s iClud netwrk, the requesting site will nt receive any persnal infrmatin abut the user r their device.