2022年上海市奉贤区6月线下高考二模英语试题（含答案）

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2022届上海市奉贤区高考二模英语试题 (Q2022. 6)
考生注意：
1. 考试时间120分钟，试卷满分140分。
2. 本次考试设试卷和答题纸两部分。所有答题必须涂（选择题）或写（非选择题）在答题纸上，做在试卷上一律不得分。
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I. Listening Comprehension
Section A
Directions: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and 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. Alice B. Antonio C. Sara D. Sam
2. A. A big travel agency. B. A job opportunity.
C. An inexperienced salesman. D. A position as general manager.
3. A. His phone was disconnected outside the country.
B. He needs to make phone calls to his friends.
C. Using the e-mail will decrease his telephone expenses.
D. His friends would rather hear his sound on the phone.
4. A. Cleaning his car. B. Dressing himself for a party.
C. Looking for the basement. D. Searching for his suitcase.
5. A. Her handbag. B. Her notebook. C. A novel. D. A lamp.
6. A. He doesn’t have anything to do.
B. He believes the pick-up time is wrong.
C. Before lunch is a great time.
D. Time passes very quickly.
7. A. Switch off the refrigerator for a while.
B. Have someone repair the refrigerator.
C. Ask the man to fix the refrigerator.
D. Buy a refrigerator of better quality.
8. A. When she will return home.
B. Whether she can go by herself.
C. Whether she can travel by air.
D. When she will completely recover.
9. A. Her new responsibilities in the company.
B. What her job prospects are.
C. What the customers’ feedback is.
D. The director’s opinion of her work.
10. A. Her overcoat is as stylish as Jill’s.
B. Jill wore the overcoat last week.
C. Jill missed her class last week.
D. She is in the same class as the man.

Section B
Directions: In Section B, you will hear two short passages and one longer conversation, and you will be asked several questions on each of the passages and the conversation. The passages and the conversation will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.
Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.
11. A. To treat eating disorder during high school.
B. To increase confidence in herself.
C. To achieve external perfection.
D. To try to lose some weight.
12. A. She felt pleased to find a good husband.
B. She was upset about her unsatisfactory image.
C. She was anxious to read about the story of ancient Italians.
D. She was stressed about the tight wedding schedule.
13. A. Getting well along with friends.
B. Improving self-image through various ways.
C. Being devoted to meaningful activities.
D. Relying on people around her.

Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.
14. A. To inform parents and schools. B. To pick out good students. C. To compare teachers. D. To expose poor school.
15. A. They have no trust in doctors.
B. They cannot afford the medical fee.
C. They fear things like injections.
D. They doubt the medical treatment.
16. A. Teachers’ difficult life.
B. Harm of divorce to families.
C. Ways to become lovable kids.
D. Kids’ attention-seeking behavior.

Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.
17. A. Computer sales negotiation.
B. A preliminary interview.
C. An Internet seminar meeting.
D. A business meeting.
18. A. She managed the sales department.
B. She gave seminars on the Internet.
C. She worked as a guardian.
D. She worked as a seller.
19. A. Java is a webpage authoring program.
B. Java is a kind of beverage.
C. Java is a computer game software.
D. Java is very easy to learn.
20. A. He will call Mrs. Taylor in the next few days.
B. He will talk over their discussion with others.
C. He will not contact her for further consideration.
D. He will employ her at once.


II. Grammar and vocabulary
Section A
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.

Obstacles for Female Scientists in Africa
Female scientists in Africa are entrepreneurial and resourceful. They (21) _________ (seek) innovative solutions to problems that affect their communities, and many are actively appealing to engage others in their work. But for more women on the continent to achieve in science, they need policies that help to lower the barriers to their success and that enhance international collaborations.
Women in Africa experience greater barriers to developing careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) than (22) _________ in high-income countries do, with lack of funding a particular problem. Africa’s researchers badly need long-term, stable investment from internal and external funding sources, including venture capital. In the latest poll, 56% of respondents working in science in Africa cited a lack of funding as their (23) _________ (great)career challenge, and it was the top concern for both men and women. If only Africa’s governments and the international donor community (24) _________ do more to help scientists to realize their ambitions: even modest funding increases might go a long way (25) _________ accelerating nation-building.
Work–life balance is the second-most mentioned concern for women. It is clear (26) _________ many of the women have made huge personal sacrifices to obtain their PhDs — those who study overseas and are mothers, for example, often spend months at a time away from their children, (27) _________ (leave) them in the care of others, such as fathers and grandparents.
Moreover, some women have not been promoted as quickly as their male counterparts, (28) _________ _________ they are publishing at the same rate and bringing in as much research funding and equipment to their institutions as men. The reasons vary, but include (29) _________ (evaluate) according to outdated standard.
In that case, international collaboration needs to be more common in helping African women scientists. (30) _________ the COVID-19 pandemic has shown, such exchanges can happen on virtual platforms. Africa’s female scientists are on the rise — and partnering with them could give sky-high returns.

Section B
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. urgent B. transformative C. presents D. grabbed E. declaration
F. collective G. capacity H. worsening I. determined J. foundation K. responsibility

Save the World
The United Nations issued a report last week warning that humans are destroying nature at such a rate that life on Earth is at risk. When the report came out, it naturally (31) _________ headlines. But obviously it did not hijack the news agenda in the manner of a major terrorist attack or (32) _________ of war.
The report from the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) is clear on what’s at stake and what needs to change. IPBES chair Robert Watson says the “overwhelming evidence” (33) _________ an “ ominous (凶兆的)picture”. “The health of ecosystems on which we and all other species depend is (34) _________more rapidly than ever,” Robert Watson said. “We are biting the very (35) _________of our economies, livelihoods, food security, health and quality of life worldwide.” The report says it’s not too late if we make “(36) _________ changes” ----fundamental, system-wide reorganization ----- at every level from local to global, we need to focus on how to make that happen.
First, don’t immerse yourself in despair, because despair leads to inertia (惰性) and doing nothing means certain disaster. Every action to save nature will improve our (37) _________and personal futures and the only action to respond to a threat of this scale is with (38) _________action rooted in optimism. Second, we need focus, just like when rescue teams arrive on a scene and use the concept of “triage(伤员鉴别分类)” to ensure the most (39) _________cases get treated first. Saving the natural world needs that kind of thinking. We don’t have the (40) _________to do everything at once. We need to make hard choices.

III. Reading Comprehension
Section A
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recommends that adults do at least 150 minutes of moderate to higher-intensity physical activity each week, and it should be in (41) _________of at least 10 minutes each for substantial health benefits, which has led many to (42) _________ about the inefficacy of brief activities. Why people take two minutes going up the stairs if more than 10 minutes is (43) _________ to make it worthwhile for health?
But now a study suggests something else: go ahead, take the stairs! Every minute (44) _________toward reaching the 150-minute goal, whether it’s part of a 10-minute period of activity or not. The purpose of the study conducted at the University of Utah was to see if moderate to vigorous physical activity in less than 10-minute episodes was (45) _________ to weight outcomes. The study, published in the American Journal of Health Promotion, found that each minute spent (46) _________ in some kind of moderate to vigorous physical activity — be it walking the dog, vacuuming, or taking the stairs — was associated with lower BMI and lower weight.
“The idea here is, you can do a minute at a time and that’s not a problem,” Jessie Fan, lead author of the new paper and a family and consumer studies professor at the University of Utah, told Today.
For the women who participated in the study, each minute spent in higher-intensity activity was associated with a 0.7 drop in body mass index (BMI). For a 5'4" woman, that means a (47) _________ of nearly half a pound, which may not sound like much, but that’s just for one minute. Little by little, they add up.
The authors concluded that the current 10-minute (48) _________  guideline was based on health benefits other than weight outcomes and that their findings showed that for weight gain (49) _________, accumulated higher-intensity physical activity bouts of less than 10 minutes are quite (50) _________, supporting the message that “every minute counts.”
When it comes to your brain, it also rings true. An April 2019 study in Jama Network Open looked at how exercise affected the brain, and even short bursts (51) _________22% greater brain volume.
“Our study results don’t (52) _________moderate or vigorous physical activity as being important for healthy ageing. We are just adding to the science, (53) _________ that light-intensity physical activity might be important too, especially for the brain,” Dr. Nicole Spartarno, first author of the study from Boston University said.
“I think it’s easier for people to (54) _________ that message,” Fan says. “Otherwise, if they don’t have a block of time they might be (55) _________, and they don’t do anything.”

41.A. figures
B. bursts
C. turns
D. cheers
42.A. wonder
B. suppose
C. believe
D. wish
43.A. alerted   
B. subjected
C. required
D. committed     
44.A. refers
B. impresses
C. reveals
D. matters
45.A. opposed
B. related
C. switched
D. exposed
46.A. devoting
B. adapting
C. exposing
D. engaging
47.A. loss
B. gain
C. accumulation
D. push
48.A. possibility
B. activity
C. capacity
D. responsibility
49.A. damaging
B. protection     
C. prevention
D. hurting
50.A. infectious
B. comfortable
C. harmful    
D. beneficial
51.A. resulted in
B. arose from
C. came out
D. gave in
52.A. exaggerate
B. discount
C. describe
D. regard
53.A. addressing
B. referring
C. suggesting
D. mentioning
54.A. process
B. select  
C. store 
D. ignore  
55.A. deprived
B. disappointed
C. depressed  
D. discouraged

Section B
Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.

(A)

Eradajere Oleita thinks she may have a partial solution for two of American’s persistent problems: garbage and poverty. It’s called the Chip Bag Project. The 26-year-old student and environmentalist from Detroit is asking a favor of local snack lovers: Rather than toss your empty chip bags into the trash, donate them so she can turn them into sleeping bags for the homeless.
Chip eaters drop off their empty bags from Doritos, Lay’s, and other favorites at two locations in Detroit: a print shop and a clothing store, where Oleita and her volunteer helpers collect them. After they sanitize the chip bags in soapy hot water, they slice them open, lay them flat, and iron them together. They use padding and liners from old coats to line the insides.
It takes about four hours to sew a sleeping bag, and each takes around 150 to 300 chip bags, depending on whether they’re single-serve or family size. The result is a sleeping bag that is “waterproof, lightweight, and easy to carry around,” Oleita told the Detroit News.
Since its start in 2020, the Chip Bag Project has collected more than 800,000 chip bags and, as of last December, created 110 sleeping bags. Sure, it would be simpler to raise the money to buy new sleeping bags. But that’s only half the goal for Oleita—whose family moved to the United States from Nigeria a decade ago with the hope of attaining a better life—and her fellow volunteers. They are dedicated to making an impact not only socially, but environmentally,” she says.
And, of course, there’s the symbolism of salvaging bags that would otherwise land in the trash and using them to help the homeless. It’s a powerful reminder that environmental injustice and poverty often go hand in hand. As Oleita told the media: “I think it’s time to show connections between all of these issues.”

56. What does the Chip Bag Project call on people to do?
A. To throw empty chip bags into dustbins
B. To bring empty chip bags to appointed locations
C. To donate them to those homeless
D. To sanitize empty chip bags for recycle

57. The underlined word “line” in the 2nd paragraph probably means _________?
A. charge B. protect C. load D. fill

58. What is the motivation of Oleita to carry out the Chip Bag Project?
A. To lead a better life with her immigrated family in U.S.A
B. To launch a charity project with other volunteers in school time.
C. To make a difference both socially and environmentally.
D. To help those homeless by giving them handmade sleeping bags.

59. According to the passage, what is Oleita like?
A. adaptable and extroverted
B. creative and warm-hearted
C. aggressive and capable
D. modest and generous
























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It’s no surprise that Jennifer Senior’s insightful magazine cover story “I love My Children, I Hate My Life” is arousing much chatter – nothing gets people talking like the suggestion that bringing up a child is not a completely fulfilling, life-enriching experience. Rather than concluding that children make parents either happy or miserable, Senior suggests we need to redefine happiness: instead of thinking of it as something that can be measured by moment-to-moment joy, we should consider being happy as a past-tense condition. Even though the day-to-day experience of raising kids can be extremely hard, Senior writes that “the very things that in the moment damage our moods can later be sources of intense content and delight.”
The magazine cover showing an attractive mother holding a cute baby is hardly the only Madonna-and-child image on newsstands this week. There are also stories about newly adoptive – and newly single – mom Sandra Bullock, as well as the usual “Jennifer Aniston is pregnant” news. Practically every week features at least one celebrity mom, or mom-to-be, smiling on the newsstands.
In a society that so persistently celebrates procreation（繁衍）, is it any wonder that admitting you regret having children is equivalent to admitting you support kitten-killing? It doesn’t seem quite fair, then, to compare the regrets of parents to the regrets of the children. Unhappy parents rarely are encouraged to wonder if they shouldn’t have had kids, but unhappy childless folks are bothered with the message that children are the single most important thing in the world: obviously their misery must be a direct result of the wide-open baby-size holes in their lives.
Of course, the image of parenthood that celebrity magazines like US Weekly and People present is hugely unrealistic, especially when the parents are single mothers like Bullock. According to several studies concluding that parents are less happy than childless couples, single parents are the least happy of all. No shock there, considering how much work it is to raise a kid without a partner to lean on; yet to hear celebrities tell it, raising a kid on their “own” (read: with round-the-clock help) is a piece of cake.
It is hard to imagine that many people are stupid enough to want children because it looks so fantastic — most adults understand that a baby is not a haircut. But it is interesting to wonder if the images we see every week of stress-free, happiness-enhancing parenthood aren’t in some small, subconscious way contributing to our own dissatisfactions with the actual experience, in the same way that a small part of us hoped getting a part of the way celebrities live might make us look just a little bit like them.

63. Jennifer Senior suggests in her article that raising a child can bring ________.
A. very temporary delight
B. great enjoyment in progress
C. happiness in one’s memory
D. concern over love and hatred

64. Paragraph 2 is intended to show that ________.
A. celebrity moms are a permanent source for gossip.
B. single mothers with babies deserve greater attention.
C. news about pregnant celebrities is entertaining.
D. having children is highly valued by the public.

65. According to the passage, those childless folks________.
A. are less likely to be satisfied with their life
B. are largely ignored by the media.
C. fail to fulfill their social responsibilities.
D. are constantly exposed to criticism.

66. Which of the following can be inferred from the last paragraph?
A. Having children contributes little to the glamour of celebrity moms.
B. Celebrity moms have influenced our attitude towards child raising.
C. Having children intensifies our dissatisfaction with life.
D. We sometimes neglect the happiness from child raising.
Section C
Directions: Read the passage carefully. 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. For these reasons he went to Italy.
B. Pythagoras was taken prisoner and was transported to Babylon.
C. It was in Egypt that he reached perfection in mathematics.
D. Many of the customs he learnt in Egypt he came to adopt.
E. Both men and women were allowed to be members of the society.
F. What we do know is that he was the leader of a society which was half scientific and half religious.


Pythagoras
Pythagoras is often described as a very important mathematician, yet we know little about his achievements. Many Greek mathematicians wrote books about their work, but we have nothing written by Pythagoras. ________67__________ It was a secret society and today Pythagoras is still a mysterious figure. We are not sure if the information we have about him is fact or legend.
We believe that Pythagoras was born on the Greek island of Samos: He was well educated. He learned music and poetry and had three philosophers to teach him. Two of these philosophers, Thales and Anaximander, introduced him to mathematics. Thales advised Pythagoras to travel to Egypt to learn more about mathematics and astronomy.
So, in 535 BC, Pythagoras travelled to Egypt, where he visited many temples and took part in discussions with priests（神父）. ________68__________ For example, the Egyptian priests refused to eat beans and wear animal skins, as did Pythagoras later in his life.
In 525 BC, the King of Persla invaded Egypt. ________69__________ We do not know when Pythagoras was set free, but we know that in 520 BC he left Babylon and returned to Samon, his birthplace.
In Samos he founded a school which was called The Semicle. It seems that the people of Samos did not appreciate the teaching methods of Pythagoras and they treated him rudely and improperly. Furthermore, the Samians wanted to involve Pythagoras in local politics against his will. ________70__________ And it was there that he founded a religious and philosophical society. This society contributed a great deal to the understanding of mathematics.
Pythagoras believed that numbers rule the universe and that numbers are present in all things. He also connected mathematics to music and recognized the healing power of music. He used it as a kind of therapy to help those who were ill. Another of his beliefs was that there are three types of men: those who love wisdom, those who love honor and those who love gain.



IV. Summary Writing
71. 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.

We don’t choose our siblings（兄弟姊妹）the way we choose our partners and friends. Of course, we don’t choose our parents either, but they usually make that up to us by accompanying us on the way to adulthood. Brothers and sisters are just sort of there. And yet, when it comes to our development, they can be more influential than parents.
Whether these relationships make our life better or worse is a more complicated question. On the upside, positive interactions with siblings during adolescence foster (培养) empathy, prosocial (亲社会的) behavior, and academic achievement. However, when a sibling relationship is bad, it can be really bad. Tense sibling relationships make people more likely to be depressed and anxious in adolescence. Moreover, sibling bullying makes a kid involved in self-harm as a teen and develop mental problems in adulthood.
Whether a person models himself after his siblings or tries to distinguish himself has particularly important consequences. One study found that siblings who felt positive about each other tended to achieve similar education levels while those who spent unequal time with their dad and got unequal parental treatment had different educational fortunes. That difference is changeable. On the other hand, following your sibling can be a mistake: teenagers are more likely to be involved in risky behavior if an older sibling did so first.
One way or another，sibling influence is lasting. A study of more than one million Swedes found that one’s risk of dying of a heart attack multiplies after a sibling dies of one, due not only to shared DNA but also to the stress of losing such a key figure. The findings make sense: Most of us are different people than we’d have been if our brothers or sisters were never born.





V. Translation
Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.

72. 姐姐在性格上与妹妹截然不同。（differ）


73. 正是谷爱凌(Eileen Gu)的坚持不懈让她在本届冬奥会上创造了奇迹。(It, enable)


74. 面对这一罕见的病毒，专家们正在紧锣密鼓地制定一系列紧急措施来应对这场大规模的社区传播。 (face)


75. 由于通信网络的快速发展，智能手机用户数量近年来以惊人速度增长，这极大地改变了人们的阅读方式。 （increase）



VI. Guided Writing
Directions: Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.
76. 假如你是明启中学高三学生李华，最近你校 “解忧”社团 (Anxiety Relieving Club)正在招新，旨在帮助同学们排忧减压。你很想成为其中一员，请给社长写封申请信，内容须包括：
1. 你想加入该社团的理由；
2. 你对如何开展解忧活动的建议。
2021学年第二学期高三英语练习卷
参考答案 Q2022.6
I. Listening Comprehension 25’ (1-10题 1分) (11-20题 每题 1.5分)
1-5 DBCDB 6-10 ABCDB
11-13 BBC 14-16 ACD 17-20 BCBC

II
Grammar 10’ (21-30题 每题 1分)
21. are seeking 22. those 23. greatest 24. could 25. towards/to
26. that 27. leaving 28. even though/even if 29. being evaluated 30. As


Vocabulary 10’ (31-40题 每题1分)
31-40 D E C H J B F I A G

III Cloze 15’ (41-55题 每题1分)
41-55 BACDB  DABCD ABCAD

IV Reading 30’ (56-70题 每题2)
56-59 BDCB
60-62 ACD
63-66 CDDB
67-70 FDBA



IV. Summary writing 10’
Sibling influence is strong and lasting, in a positive or negative way. A healthy relationship with siblings helps us to be a better person and do better at school, while a bad one might bring great harm to our physical and psychological health. Moreover, whether siblings set good examples matters a lot, because people might follow their siblings’ steps. (59 words)


参考评分标准：
1. 本题总分为10分, 其中内容5分, 语言5分。
2. 评分时应注意的主要方面: 内容要点、信息呈现的连贯性和准确性。
3. 词数超过60，酌情扣分。

各档次给分要求:
内容部分
A. 能准确、全面地概括文章主旨大意，并涵盖主要信息。
B. 能概括文章主旨大意，但遗漏部分主要信息。
C. 未能准确概括文章主旨大意，遗漏较多主要信息或留有过多细节信息。
D. 几乎不能概括文章的主旨大意，未涉及文中有意义的相关信息。

语言部分
A. 能用自己的语言连贯、正确地表述。
B. 基本能用自己的语言正确地表述，但连贯性较差，有少量不影响表意的语言错误。
C. 基本能用自己的语言表述，但连贯性较差，且严重语言错误较多。
D. 几乎不能用自己的语言连贯、正确地表述。


V. Translation（3+3+4+5 = 15分）
72. The elder sister differs completely from the younger one in character.
0.5 1 0.5 1
73. It was Eileen Gu’s persistence that enabled her to do/work/perform wonders/miracles in this
1 1.5
Winter Olympics.
0.5
74.Facing/ Faced with/In face of the rare virus, the experts are busy making a series of urgent
1 1.5
measures to cope with the large- scale community transmission.
1.5

75. Because of /Due to the rapid development of communication network, the number of
1
smartphone users has increased/has been increasing at an astonishing rate in
0.5 1 0.5
recent years, which has significantly changed the way that/in which /省 many people read.
1 1



VI. 作文 25’ (略)
2021学年第二学期高三英语练习卷听力文字(正式稿）
英语试卷听力原文


I. Listening Comprehension
Section A
Directions: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and 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. M: Hi, Sara. My cousin Sam from Alice Springs is coming to visit me. I want to take him out to dinner. Do you know a good restaurant?
W: How about Italian food? There’s a good one on Birch Street, Antonio’s Restaurant.
Q: Who is coming to visit the man?
2. W: Look, it says they want a junior sales manager and it seems like it’s a big company. That’ll be good for you.
M: Do they say anything about experience?
Q: What are they talking about?
3. W: We should write emails to our friends who live outside the country.
　M: Sounds like a great idea. I need to cut down on my phone bill
　Q: What does the man mean?
4. M: Betty, where’s my small suitcase? It’s not in the basement!
W: Isn’t it in the garage?
Q: What is the man doing?
5. W: Would you hand me the notebook from my handbag?
M: Sure. Is that your handbag next to the table lamp?
Q: What does the woman want?
6. W: The clerk said that we had to wait until after lunch to pick up the papers.
M: But what are we going to do to kill time before then?
Q: What does the man mean?
7. M: I’m no expert, but that noise in your refrigerator doesn’t sound right. Maybe you should have it fixed.
W: You’re right. And I suppose I’ve put it off long enough.
Q: What will the woman probably do?
8. M: I have an elderly mother and I’m worried about her going on a plane. Is there any risk?
W: Not if her heart is all right. If she has a heart condition, I’d recommend against it.
Q: What does the man want to know about his mother?
9. M: How’s the new job going?
W: Well, I’m learning a lot of new things, but I wish the director would give me some feedback.
Q: What does the woman want to know?
10. M: This is a stylish overcoat. I saw you wearing it last week, didn’t you?
W: Oh, that wasn’t me. That was my sister Jill. She’s in your class.
Q: What does the woman mean?

Section B
Directions: In Section B, you will hear two passages and one longer conversation. After each passage or conversation, you will be asked several questions. 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 is the best answer to the question you have heard.
Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.
Listeners, do you look at yourself in the mirror every day? Kjerstin Gruys, a 29-year-old PhD student in sociology, has mastered the art of avoiding her own reflection. For months, her daily schedule began with the typical teeth brushing, but a curtain covered the bathroom mirror. She inserted her contact lenses and applied her makeup by touch, not sight.
Her action was part of a unique experiment that Gruys hopes will help improve her own self-confidence and inspire others to stop focusing on external perfection.
The project had its roots in Gruys’ struggles with body image and her experience overcoming an eating disorder. In high school, she had insecurities about her appearance and suffered from depression.
Gruys launched her no-mirrors project when she was planning her wedding. At that time, wedding dress shopping was not a pleasant experience for her but a source of stress. She saw herself in the mirror and was rather critical. Thinking of losing weight all the time makes her low-spirited. Then Gruys read about ancient Italians who were forbidden to look at each other on particular occasions. She was tempted to follow suit.
At the beginning of her mirror-free lifestyle, Gruys admits there were a few difficulties.
But quickly, she learned to adapt. She trained herself to avoid eye contact with her own image in windows, trusted friends to tell her what looks good when buying clothes and she put complete faith in her hair stylist.
Now, she is getting back to paying attention to the real meaningful things in life such as planting and reading rather than the misleading appearance or reflection. And she is finally having peace.

(Now listen again, please.)

Questions:
11. What was Gruys’ aim to carry out “no-mirror” project?
12. How did Gruys feel when she was trying her wedding dress?
13. What is Gruys’ life focus?

Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following news.
Now it’s ten o’clock and time for a summary of the news. Schools where children are failing in reading and writing tests will publicly identified under new government plans. The government also plans to introduce six new tests including mathematics and science for all school children. Education minister David Camp said no schools should be afraid of being exposed. The main purpose is to inform parents and schools. They’ll have exact information and the students’ problems will be known.
A psychologist has found one in ten students fears injections, blood and injury so much that they run away from doctors. These young patients may miss out on treatment. They are more likely to have fainted when they face with injections, blood and injury. The fear could disturb appropriate medical care.
Research has been done on kids who were making trouble all the time at school. They made the teachers’ life very difficult. Researchers found that many of those troublemakers were from divorced families. What they really want is the attention from parents and teachers. Once they could get attention from parents and teachers, those kids could be very appealing.
(Now listen again, please.)

Questions:
14.What is the main purpose of introducing the new tests?
15.Why do some young patients run away from doctors?
16.What is the last piece of news mainly about?

Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.
M: Okay, Mrs. Taylor, let’s go ahead and begin. First of all, tell me about your last job.
W: Well, as stated on my resume, you know, I worked for five years at Hi Tech Computers.
M: Okay. That sounds very good, Hi Tech. And what do you know about computer networks and operating systems including DOS, Windows, Macintosh OS, and UNIX?
W: Umm…well… I did come into contact with computers every night at my last job.
M: Hmm! And how about website authoring skills? We are looking for someone to create and manage our company’s website which would include the development, configuration, as well as the use of CGI scripts.
W: Umm... uh, webpage. webpage. Huh… I don’t think I have already read that book, and I’m afraid that I’ve never used those CGI things.
M: Huh! And what about experience with Java or Java Script?
W: Well… I think I’ve tried Java at a foreign coffee shop one time, if that’s what you mean.
M: Okay, Mrs. Taylor, now, I think I have all the information I need from our short conversation.
W: Oh, and I really like computer games. I play them every day.
M: Right, right. Thanks Mrs. Taylor. We’ll be in touch.
(Now listen again, please.)

Questions:
17. What is the main topic of this conversation?
18. From the discussion, what did Mrs. Taylor probably do for her previous company?
19. What does Mrs. Taylor think of Java?
20. What does the man mean when he says, “We’ll be in touch” at the end of the conversation?