2020-2021学年大同中学高三上英语期中考练习题

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高三英语 120分钟 满分 140分
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 the questin abut it, read the fur pssible answers n yur paper, and decided which ne is the best answer t the questin yu have heard.
1. A. Enjying the sunset. B. Having an afternn talk.
C. Taking a picture. D. Fix their hair.
2. A. 6:00 pm. B. 8:00 pm. C. 4:00 pm. D. 10:00 pm.
3. A. The class has kept the party a secret frm Peter.
B. Peter is rganizing a party fr the retiring teacher.
C. Peter is surprised t learn f the party fr him.
D. The teacher will cme t Peter's birthday party.
4. A. He didn't watch much f thse ld cmedies.
B. He watched nly thse cmedies by famus directrs.
C. TV cmedies have nt imprved much since the 1980s.
D. New cmedies are nt as entertaining as thse in the 1980s.
5. A. On a bus B. In a clinic C. On a ship D. On a plane
6. A. The wman pssesses a natural talent fr art.
B. He hasn't acquired the skills in abstract painting.
C. Abstract painting is a piece f cake fr him.
D. He desn't like abstract painting.
7. A. Get his shwer fixed. B. Ask t be mved t anther building.
C. Take a shwer at the gym. D. Fetch sme ht water frm the gym.
8. A. Meet the wman at the library. B. Cntinue t read.
C. Enjy a cup f cffee. D. Attend his lecture class.
9. A. Mst plants grw better in direct sunlight.
B. The wman can help the man take care f the plants.
C. The man has watered the plants t frequently.
D. The plants shuld be placed in shady spt.
10. A. Speak t her prfessr abut the cnditin f the lecture hall.
B. Organize a team f students t clean the lecture hall.
C. Find ut wh has been making the mess.
D. Discuss with her prfessr abut hw t slve the prblem.
Sectin B
Directins: In Sectin B, yu will hear several shrt passage(s) and lnger cnversatin(s), and yu will be asked several questins n each f the passage (s) and the cnversatin(s). The passage(s) and cnversatin(s) 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.
Questin 11 thrugh 13 are based n the fllwing passage.
11. A. Perseverance bring hpe. B. A clear cnscience laughs at false accusatins.
C. Practice makes perfect. D. Dn't put ff till tmrrw what shuld be dne tday.
12. A. The thief. B. The dg. C. The little by. D. The candle
13. A. Masters can be anywhere. B. Stick t yur dream and success will fllw.
C. Knwledge is pwer. D. The nly thing we have t fear is fear itself.
Questin 14 thrugh 16 are based n the fllwing passage.
14. A. Reading literature pens ne's mind.
B. Reading literature enhances ne's pwer f imaginatin.
C. Reading literature imprve ne's ability f decisin-making.
D. Reading literature helps cultivate a sharp mind.
15. A. An impulsive actress in a film. B. An imaginative reader f a nvel.
C. A psychlgist in a fictinal stry. D. A character in a famus nvel.
16. A. A negative attitude twards prblems and difficulties.
B. A keen perceptin f thers' thughts and behavir.
C. A clsed mental cnditin in frustratin and anxiety.
D. A leap t cnclusin withut much discussin.
Questins 17 thrugh 20 based n the fllwing cnversatin.
17. A. Their cmpany. B. Their clleague. C. A party D. Their bss.
18. A. Mexican fd B. Star Wars suvenirs. C. A mvie pster. D. Star Wars bks.
19. A. The party will take place when Frank has a business lunch with his client.
B. The party will be held in the cmpany canteen.
C. Frank will nt knw the party in advance.
D. Frank will shw his appreciatin f the cmpany at the party.
20. A. He will give a perfrmance.
B. He will give Frank a memrable gift.
C. He will praise Frank n behalf f the cmpany.
D. He will deliver a speech n lyalty and wrk efficiency.
II. Grammar and Vcabulary
Sectin A
Directins: After reading the passage belw, fill in the blanks t make the passages cherent and grammatically crrect. Fr the blanks with a given wrd, fill in each blank with the prper frm f the given wrd; fr the ther blanks, use ne wrd that best fits each blank.
Black Mamba a Legend That Will Never Die
It's hard t believe Kbe is gne.
The NBA superstar, (21) ________ great talent and win-at-all-csts spirit made him ne f the mst distinguished athletes in histry, was the rare celebrity wh didn't need a last name.
Still yuthful at 41, Bryant -- wh died in a helicpter crash n January 26 Califrnia - lked (22) ________ ________ he culd suit up any minute and drp 30 pints n a rival（竞争对手）NBA team. It desn't seem that lng ag that he was scring 60 pints in his final NBA game.
With a highly decrated career spanning 20 years -- all with the Lakers -- Bryant is all but (23) ________ (assure) f being a first-ballt inductee（第一候选人）int the Naismith Memrial Basketball Hall f Fame, alngside Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett, later this year.
Bryant, (24) ________ 18-time All-star, was famus fr his astnishing scring ability and his champinship pedigree（总冠军血统）. He teamed up with fellw All-Star Shaquille O'Neal (25) ________ (win) three cnsecutive NBA titles frm 2000 t 2002, and later wn tw mre rings, in 2009 and 2010.
Knwn as the "Black Mamba", Bryant finished his career with 33,643 pints in the regular seasn, which put him at N. 3 amng NBA's scring leaders, behind nly Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (38,387) and Karl Malne (36,928) (26) ________ LeBrn James surpassed him just ne day befre Bryant's untimely death.
"Kbe was s much mre than an athlete. He was a family man, which was (27) ________ we had mst in cmmn. Whenever we gt tgether, I wuld hug his kids and he wuld embrace (28) ________ 'O'Neal wrte n Twitter.
"Kbe was ne f the mst extrardinary players in the histry f ur game with accmplishments that are truly legendary（传奇般的）," NBA Cmmissiner Adam Silver said in a statement. "But he (29) ________ (remember) mst fr inspiring peple arund the wrld t pick up a basketball and cmplete (30) ________ the very best f their ability."
Sectin B
Directins: Fill in each blank with a prper wrd chsen frm the bx. Each wrd can nly be used nce. Nte that there is ne wrd mre than yu need.
On Jan. 22, tw days after Chinese fficials first publicized the serius threat psed by the new virus ravaging the city f Wuhan, the chief f the Wrld Health Organizatin held the first f what wuld be mnths f almst daily media briefings, __31__ the alarm, telling the wrld t take the utbreak seriusly.
But with its fficials __32__ the W. H. O., still seeing n evidence f sustained spread f the virus utside f China, declined the next day t declare a glbal public health emergency. A week later, the rganizatin reversed curse and made the declaratin.
Thse early days f the epidemic __33__ the strengths and weaknesses f the W. H. O., an arm f the United Natins that is nw under fire by President Trump, wh n Tuesday rdered a cutff f American funding t the rganizatin.
With limited, cnstantly __34__ infrmatin t g n, the W. H. O. shwed an early, cnsistent determinatin t treat the new cntagin（接触性传染病）like the threat it wuld becme, and t persuade thers t d the same. At the same time, the rganizatin repeatedly praised China, acting and speaking with a plitical __35__ brn f being an arm f the United Natins, with few resurces f its wn, unable t d its wrk withut internatinal cperatin.
It was n the day f the lckdwn in Wuhan that the W. H. O. at first declined t declare a glbal emergency, its fficials split and expressing cncern abut __36__ a particular cuntry as a threat, and abut the impact f such a declaratin n peple in China. Such cautin is a standard -- if ften __37__ -- fact f life fr United Natins agencies, which perate by cnsensus（共识）and have usually avided even a hint f criticizing natins directly.
It is impssible t knw whether the natins f the wrld wuld have acted sner if the W. H. O. had called the epidemic a glbal emergency a week earlier than it did.
But day after day, Dr. Tedrs, in his rambling（冗长含糊的）style, was delivering less frmal warnings, telling cuntries t cntain the virus while it was still pssible, t d testing and __38__ tracing, and islate thse wh might be infected.
The rganizatin was criticized fr nt __39__ calling the cntagin a pandemic, meaning an epidemic spanning the glbe. The __40__ has n fficial significance within the W. H. O., and fficials insisted that using it wuld nt change anything, but Dr. Tedrs began t d s n March 11, explaining that he made the change t draw attentin because t many cuntries were nt taking the grup's warnings seriusly enugh.
III. Reading Cmprehensins
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.
On Aug 29, 1988, the University f Wiscnsin - Madisn junirs Tim Keck and Christpher Jhnsn published the first-ever issue f The Onin. The tw funders claimed it was the US' "finest news surce".
Nearly thirty was later, the news utlet has becme ne f the mst __41__ media presences in the US. But dn't expect __42__ and timeliness frm it, because The Onin, which is nw a website, nly publishes fake news, r news satire. Its aim is t make readers __43__, and perhaps make them see things frm a different angle.
The Onin's articles cmment n current events bth real and fictinal. Using a traditinal newspaper layut, it __44__ traditinal newspapers with stries, editrials, p-ed pieces, and street-talk interviews.
Its humr ften depends n presenting rdinary, everyday events as __45__. Stries with headlines such as "Area man knws all the shrtcut keys", r "Area man t pr t affrd mvers, t ld t get help frm his friends" are gd __46__. "Yu knw smebdy like that," Will Tracy, The Onin's editr-in-chief, tld the NPR in an interview. Their stries are presented "in that srt f news vice which __47__ them t a certain level f imprtance that they dn't actually deserve.
__48__ The Onin is mst famus fr its plitical reprting. An article in New Republic magazine says The Onin is the US' "best p-ed page", because it has "an ability t __49__ lcate and address a prblem with an ecnmy with an ecnmy f wrds". Fr example, when Gerge W. Bush became the US president in 2001, The Onin published a satire piece predicting massive debt and a huge bst in military spending. The article __50__ a speech Bush delivered t the public; its headline said it all: "Bush: 'Our lng natinal nightmare f peace and prsperity is finally ver'."
While traditinal media utlets are __51__ when reprting n sensitive tpics such as religin and race, Tracy says nthing is ff limits fr The Onin, "n matter hw uncmfrtable they may make sme readers."
But editrs at The Onin d tread a fine line（如履薄冰）, as Tracy explains: "What yu have t be really careful abut is what the target f the jke is. If the target f the jke is wrng, if yu're targeting the victim r smene wh desn't __52__ ur anger, then it desn't feel right and it als desn't feel funny." The Onin caused public __53__ when earlier this year, it tried t make fun f a 9-year-ld Oscar-nminated actress by using highly ffensive language. It later aplgized.
Fr thse unfamiliar with the cncept f fake news stries, their satire and humr can easily be __54__. The Onin published a fake pll last year annuncing that rural white Americans had a mre favrable pinin f Iran's then-president, Mahmud Ahmadinejad, than f Barack Obama. An Iranian state news agency cvered this as __55__ news. The news agency immediately became an internatinal laughing stck.
41. A. established B. prgressive C. reliable D. authritative
42. A. cmprehensiveness B. accuracy C. uniqueness D. cmplexity
43. A. mtivated B. entertained C. awakened D. infrmed
44. A. makes imprvements f B. makes use f C. makes fun f D. makes sense f
45. A. newswrthy B. trustwrthy C. creditwrthy D. praisewrthy
46. A. materials B. instructins C. pinins D. examples
47. A. expses B. cmmits C. attaches D. elevates
48. A. But B. Mrever C. Instead D. Therefre
49. A. elegantly B. intensively C. earnestly D. instantly
50. A. criticized B. invented C. carried D. reviewed
51. A. cnsiderate B. inefficient C. imprecise D. cautius
52. A. value B. tlerate C. deserve D. cmprehend
53. A. alarm B. dubt C. cnfusin D. anger
54. A. missed B. remved C. accused D. imitated
55. A. inspiring B. remarkable C. misleading D. real
Sectin B
Directins: Read the fllwing tw passage. 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)
There have been many great vilinists but nne culd hld a candle t Kuznetsv, a miraculus yung Russian. On his emergence while still in his teens, his playing was filled with timeless wisdm beynd his years; the hw hlds the stage with immense authrity. S it cmes n surprise that he is abut t add a new string t his bw. When he perfrms with the English Chamber Orchestra, it will be as bth slist（独奏者）and cnductr. "It's smething I've ften thught abut," he says.
Other musicians wh have traded the bw r pian fr the batn（指挥棒）have failed; the transitin is nt easy, f which he is aware. "The mst crucial thing is the human chemistry between cnductr and players. Yu must avid at all csts being an utsider, as thugh saying t the rchestra. 'Yu make yur music while I imagine mine.' "
He is quite relaxed abut nt yet having his wn hand-language --- every cnductr is different .Kuznetsv believes the cnnectin between ntes is nt just physical, but als spiritual. Spiritually is, fr Kuznetsv, the cnductrs' key characteristic. "And it shuld ideally be repressed thrugh beauty f mvement," he says. Sme cnductrs thrw themselves abut, thers hardly mve a muscle. Where will Kuznetsv fit n that scale? "We must wait and see," he says.
Kuznetsv himself mved straight as an arrw tward his gal. His father was an bist（双簧管演奏者）and his mther cnducted a chir, but at the age f fur, yung Lenid settled n the vilin. "The vilin is lcated at the frnt f the rchestra. It seemed very desirable t sit there and shw ff." He gave his first cncert at the age f five. "When I went n stage, I bwed s deeply and s lng that the audience laughed --- but I knew that this was what great artists always did. I felt it was an hnur fr the audience t listen t me." His prgramme that day included Paganini variatins, "which were very easy fr me."
What is his view nw f the recrdings he made at the age? "I didn't have the technique I have nw but acrss the years the intuitin has nt changed. I still feel every time I g n stage as thugh I'm newbrn."
Kuznetsv cautiuly paces his wn develpment. He didn't give his first perfrmance f Beethven's Vilin Cncert until he felt ready fr it, and he'll let Bach's wrks stay in his mind fr sme years.
One f Kuznetsv's admires wnders whether he is in danger f nt hanging nt "the fearlessness f yuth". On the evidence f Kuznetsv's bravely assured new interpretatin f the Brahms Cncert, which he plays n a new CD release, I'd say that his fearlessness is in n danger yet.
56. Kuznetsve thinks ________ is mst imprtant in cnducting.
A. the players' recgnitin f the cnductr
B. the understanding between the cnductr and the rchestra
C. whether the cnductr has cperated with the players befre
D. the cnductr's and the rchestra's knwledge f the cmpsitin
57. What can be learned abut Kuznetsv frm the passage?
A. He isn't as enthusiastic as befre abut the vilin.
B. He was cnfident while giving his first cncert.
C. He didn't start t play the vilin until five.
D. He plans t give Bach's wrks a try first.
58. What can be inferred frm the passage?
A. It's easy fr pian r vilin players t becme cnductrs.
B. Vilin players are usually thse wh like t shw ff in an rchestra.
C. The writer thinks highly f Kuznetsv's perfrmance as a cnductr.
D. Kuznetsv hasn't decided which cnductr's hand-language t fllw.
59. What is the passage mainly abut?
A. A vilinist's understanding f music.
B. Kuznetsv's effrts that have led t his success.
C. A vilinist's new attempts in his musical ambitins.
D. Kuznetsv's insight int hw techniques matter in perfrmance.
(B)
Climate change is caused by the extremely high levels f dangerus chemicals in the atmsphere, particularly carbn dixide (CO2). It is estimated that average glbal temperatures will rise between tw and six degrees by the end f this century. We all knw the effects culd be disastrus, but are we aware f the pssible slutins?
Slutin ne: ________?________
Crazy as it sunds, a grup f academics frm British universities is making a plan t build a 12-mile pipe, held up by a huge balln, that wuld let enrmus quantities f pisnus chemicals, such as sulphur dixide (SO2), g int the atmsphere. Surprisingly, there is gd science behind the idea. The chemicals wuld frm a prtective layer arund the earth that wuld reflect sunlight and s cl the earth, much like the effects f a vlcanic eruptin.
Cst: arund $10 billin a year.
Benefits: this plan wuld prduce almst instant results.
Risks: vlcanes have almst wiped ut humanity in the past thrugh the pisnus chemicals released in the atmsphere, and the same thing culd happen again with this plan.
Slutin tw: stir up the ceans
Intellectual Ventures, a cmpany that invests in prjects t cmbat glbal warming, has prpsed building a millin plastic tubes, each abut 100 metres lng, and using them t stir up the cean. Why, yu might be wndering, wuld we want t d this? Again, the answer is scientifically valid. The bttm f the cean is almst freezing and by stirring it up, cld water wuld cme t the surface and absrb heat and CO2, and s cl that planet.
Cst: tens f millins f dllars.
Benefits: this plan is relatively cheap and technically pssible nw.
Risks: the tubes wuld disrupt and pssibly destry sea life, and the plan may nt wrk.
Slutin three: stp burning fssil fuels
This is undubtedly the best slutin but is it really like t happen in the near future?
Cst: unknwn, but in the shrt term it wuld prbably invlve glbal ecnmic cllapse.
Benefits: it's a simple and effective plan.
Risks: it may already be t late. Withut real actin, this plan culd just mean "d nthing".
60. Slutin ne is mst likely t be ________.
A. pump even mre chemicals int the atmsphere
B. frm a prtective layer with vlcanic eruptins
C. build a pipe t get rid f pisnus chemicals
D. draw as much sunlight as pssible
61. What can be learned abut slutin tw?
A. It needs mre valid scientific experiment.
B. It aims t cl the warm surface water in the cean.
C. It may d harm t animals and plants living in the sea.
D. It is much mre expensive t carry ut than slutin ne.
62. What des the writer think f slutin three?
A. It is effective because it will benefit wrld ecnmy.
B. Whether it will cme true remains t be seen.
C. Putting it int practice many cst nthing.
D. Actin has been taken t carry it ut.
(C)
A new survey by Harvard University finds mre than tw-thirds f yung Americans disapprve f President Trump's use f Twitter. The implicatin is that Millennials prefer news frm the White Huse t be filtered thrugh ther surce, nt a president's scial media platfrm.
Mst Americans rely n scial media t check daily headlines. Yet as distrust has risen tward all media, peple may be starting t beef up their media literacy. Such a trend is badly needed. During the 2016 presidential campaign, nearly a quarter f web cntent shared by Twitter users in the plitically critical state f Michigan was fake news, accrding t the University f Oxfrd. And a survey cnducted fr BuzzFeed News fund 44 percent f Facebk users rarely r never trust news frm the media giant.
Yung peple wh are digital natives are indeed becming mre skillful at separating fact frm fictin in cyberspace. A Knight Fundatin fcus-grup survey f yung peple between ages 14 and 24 fund they use "distributed trust" t verify stries. They crss-check surces and prefer news frm different perspectives -- especially thse that are pen abut any bias（偏向）. "Many yung peple assume a great deal f persnal respnsibility fr educating themselves and actively seeking ut ppsing viewpints," the survey cncluded.
Such active research can have anther effect. A 2014 survey cnducted in Australia, British, and the United States by the University f Wiscnsin-Madisn fund that yung peple's reliance n scial media led t greater plitical engagement.
Scial media allws users t experience news events mre intimately（密切地）and immediately while als permitting them t re-share news as a prjectin f their values and interests. This frces users t be mre cnscius f their rle in passing alng infrmatin. A survey by Barna research grup fund the tp reasn given by Americans fr the fake news phenmenn is "reader errr" mre s than made-up stries r factual mistakes in reprting. Abut a third say the prblem f fake news lies in "misinterpretatin r exaggeratin f actual news" via scial media. In ther wrds, the chice t share news n scial media may be the heart f the issue. "This indicates there is real persnal respnsibility in cunteracting（抵制）this prblem," says Rxanne Stne, editr in chief at Barna Grup.
S when yung peple are critical f an ver-tweeting president, they reveal a mental discipline in thinking skills - and in their chices n when t share n scial media.
63. Accrding t the Paragraph 1 and 2, many yung Americans cast dubts n ________.
A. the justificatin f the news-filtering practice
B. peples preference fr scial media platfrms
C. the administratin's ability t handle infrmatin
D. the reliability f scial media as a surce f news
64. Accrding t the Knight Fundatin survey, yung peple ________.
A. prefer biased perspectives n news
B. tend t vice their pinins in cyberspace
C. check ut news by referring t diverse resurces
D. like t exchange views thrugh "distributed trust"
65. The Barna survey fund that a main cause fr the fake news prblem is ________.
A. reader's lack f knwledge B. jurnalist's mistaken reprting
C. reader's misinterpretatin D. jurnalists' made-up stries
66. Which f the fllwing wuld be the best title fr the text?
A. A Rise in Critical Skills fr Sharing News Online
B. A Cunteractin Against the Over-tweeting Trend
C. The Accumulatin f Mutual Trust n Scial Media
D. The Platfrms fr Prjectin f Persnal Values and Interests
Sectin C
Directins: Read the passage carefully. 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.
The Slw Death f Spain's Menu del Dia
Fd is at the heart f Spanish culture. Frm scial life t business deals, everything revlves arund fd -- abve all, lunch. Hw did Marian Rajy, then prime minister, react in 2018 when faced with an unprecedented（前所未有的）vte f n cnfidence? He went t lunch ... fr eight hurs.
The three-curse menu del dia (menu f the day) has been the crnerstne f Spanish fd and scial life fr generatins. ________67________ Nw, thugh, their existence is partly threatened by changing wrking hurs.
The fixed-price menu del dia as we nw knw it was first intrduced in the mid-1960s as the "turist menu," which helped t ensure that an affrdable meal wuld be within the financial reach f all Spaniards. ________68________ These family-run restaurants sn became a fixture fr millins f Spaniards wh had lng days, typically wrking frm 9 a.m. t 2 p.m. t 4 p.m. t 7:30 p.m., but wh culdn't g hme fr lunch.
But nw wrking life has changed. Fewer peple split the wrkday with a tw-hur break fr lunch. "Peple are realizing that an hur is lng enugh fr lunch," says Jse Luis Caser. Furthermre, a decreasing percentage f Spaniards have full-time jbs. Trade unins（工会）estimate 33 percent f jbs that have been created since 2012 are temprary. New prfessins such as delivery riders d nt receive paid lunch breaks. Thrughut many Spanish cities tday, what may have nce been restaurants serving menu del dia have already been rebrn as kebab（烤肉串）shps r, in mre turisty ares, tapas bars（西班牙小食吧）. ________69________
These days, the traditin nly cntinues t endure in small numbers f restaurants in Spain. Just arund the crner frm city hall and with mayr Ada Clau ne f its regulars, Cervantes has been a family-run restaurant since the early 1980s. It is nw managed by the Esteve sisters: Glria, Cristina and Gemma. The C13 menu f classic Spanish dishes is chalked up n a bard. ________70________
"I ck mre r less what my mther cked." says Glria. "I knw what I knw and peple like that. It's all hmemade." "All kinds f peple eat here, frm fficials t builders," adds Gemma. "There're peple wh cme t Cervantes fr the first time and say: 'Ww, I didn't knw this srt place still existed.' 'Well,' I say, 'we've always been here.'"
IV. Summary Writing
Directins: Read the fllwing three passages. 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. Pedestrians nly
The cncept f traffic-free shpping areas ges back a lng time. During the Middle Ages, traffic-free shpping areas were built t allw peple t shp in cmfrt and, mre imprtantly, safety. The mdern, traffic-free shpping street was brn in Eurpe in the 1960s, when bth city ppulatins and car wnership increased rapidly. Dirty exhaust fumes frm cars and the risks invlved in crssing the rad were beginning t make shpping an unpleasant and dangerus experience. Many believed the time was right fr experimenting with car-free streets, and shpping areas seemed the best place t start.
At first, there was resistance frm shpkeepers. They believed that such a mve wuld be bad fr business. They argued that peple wuld avid streets if they were unable t get t them in their cars. When the first streets in Eurpe were clsed t traffic, there were even nisy demnstratins, as many shpkeepers predicted they wuld lse custmers.
Hwever, research carried ut afterwards in several Eurpean cities revealed sme unexpected statistics. In Munich, Clgne and Hamburg, visitrs t shpping areas increased by 50 percent. On Cpenhagen's main shpping street, shpkeepers reprted sales increases f 25-40 percent. Shpkeepers in Minneaplis, USA, were s impressed when they learnt this that they even ffered t pay fr the cnstructin and maintenance csts f their wn traffic-free streets.
With the arrival f the traffic-free shpping street, many shps, especially thse selling things like clthes, fd and smaller luxury items, prspered. Unfrtunately, it wasn't gd news fr everyne, as shps selling furniture and larger electrical appliances actually saw their sales drp. Many f these were frced t mve elsewhere, away frm the city centre. Tday they are a cmmn feature n the utskirts f twns and cities, ften situated in ut-f-twn retail znes with their wn car parks and ther lcal facilities.
V. Translatin
Directins: Translate the fllwing sentences int English, using the wrds given in the brackets.
72. 这次事故及时地提醒了人们登山运动会有多么危险。(serve; reminder)
73. 没过多久，教练就用Tm替换了那位表现欠佳的球员。(befre; substitute)
74. 虽然物理学家们进行了无数次尝试，但这个谜团直到最近才被解开。(remain)
75. 谈判双方只关心各自利益，且对各自应承担的责任意见相左，至今未在该问题上达成共识。(result)
VI. Guided Writing
Directins:Write an English cmpsitin in 120-150 wrds accrding t the instructins given belw in Chinese.
76. 在我们的日常生活中，我们常常会因为某些事情与家长发生冲突，请你具体描述一次你与家长间所发生的冲突，并谈谈感想。
参考答案
I. listening Cmprehensin
1-10 CDACC DCBDA 11-20 ABC ADC CBCC
II. Grammar and Vcabulary
21. whse 22. as if 23. assured 24. an 25. t win 26. until 27. what
28. mine 29. will be remembered 30. t
31-40 HIFBJ EKAGD
II. Reading Cmprehensin
Sectin A 41-55 ABBCA DDAAB DCDAD
Sectin B 56-66 BBCC ACB DCCA
Sectin C 67-70 FEBA A. cntact B. shifting C. precisely D. term E. identifying F. illustrated
G. initially H. sunding I. divided J. cautin K. frustrating
A. It changes with the seasns, but nly slightly.
B. They are less likely t hnr the menu traditin.
C. They ften make just enugh t maintain the families that run them.
D. Peple see changes in a place like this as an attack n their lifestyle.
E. All f these types f restaurants had t ffer at least ne f these n its menus until the law was changes in 2010.
F. Cnsequently, the restaurants serving these menus -- generally lw n aesthetics（美观性）and high n value fr mney -- have been a feature f the urban landscape.