2023-2024学年湖北省部分重点中学高三上学期11月第一次联考英语试题含答案

这是一份2023-2024学年湖北省部分重点中学高三上学期11月第一次联考英语试题含答案，共18页。试卷主要包含了选择题的作答，非选择题的作答，15等内容，欢迎下载使用。

试卷满分：150分
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第一部分 听力(共两节，满分30分)
做题时，请先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。
第一节 (共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分)
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
例：Hw much is the shirt?
A. £19.15.B. £9.18.C. £9.15.
答案是C。
1. What will the wman d?
A. Wipe the table.B. Wash the dishes.C. Clean the flr.
2. Hw ften are the meetings held?
A. Once a day.B. Once a week.C. Once a mnth.
3. What des the man mean?
A. He is ging blind B. He likes darkness.C. He can’t bear the strng light.
4. Where des the cnversatin prbably take place?
A. On a muntain.B. In a gym.C. At the speakers’ hme.
5. What did the man think f the garden?
A. It was beautiful.B. It was crwded.C. It was inspiring.
第二节(共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6. Hw will the wman give the lucky mney t William?
A. By We Chat Pay.B. By bank transfer.C. In cash.
7. What will William prbably d during the hliday?
A. Attend classes.
B. Jin his family fr dinner.
C. Travel t his grandparents’ huse.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8. Why des the wman think yung peple prefer public transprtatin?
A. Decrease in incme.
B. Difficulty f parking.
C. Cnvenience f public transprtatin.
9. Why des the wman like cars?
A. They run fast.B. They are cheap.C. They can g anywhere.
10. When did the man get rid f his vehicle?
A. A year ag.B. Half a year ag.C. One mnth ag.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。
11. Why des Lisa want the new jb?
A. It pays mre mney.
B. It ffers her career prmtin.
C. It will be easy as she’s dne it befre.
12. Hw did Lisa find ut abut the jb?
A. Frm a c-wrker.B. Frm an advertisement.C. Frm smene wrking there.
13. Hw many children des Lisa have?
A. Tw.B. Three.C. Fur.
听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。
14. What is the cnversatin mainly abut?
A. Suggestins abut adpting a pet.
B. Ways f learning t lk after a dg.
C. Jb applicatins t an animal shelter.
15. What des the wman like best abut wrking at a shelter?
A. Cleaning the cages.
B. Getting alng with pets.
C. Interacting with ther vlunteers.
16. What des the wman regret abut her vlunteering wrk?
A. The lack f pay.
B. The lng wrking hurs.
C. The inability t adpt all the pets.
17. What will the man prbably d next?
A. Buy a dg.B. Talk t his rmmate.C. Cntact a shelter near him.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
18. What made sweet fds special in ancient civilizatins?
A. They were hard t make.
B. They were the safest fds.
C. They were nly fr imprtant persns.
19. When was the cupcake invented?
A. In the 1800s.B. In the 1300s.C. In the 1200s.
20. Why did it take s lng fr mre recipes t be published?
A. The materials were t expensive.
B. Peple perfected desserts early n.
C. Mre demand fr sugar was needed.
第二部分 阅读理解(共两节，满分50分)
第一节(共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
Of Special Interest t Freshman
Freshman Seminars
Freshman Seminars are small classes just fr freshmen, with sme f Yrk’s mst distinguished teachers. Sme seminars prvide an intrductin t a particular field f study; thers take an interdisciplinary(跨学科的) apprach t a variety f tpics. All seminars prvided a friendly envirnment fr develping relatinships with teachers and ther students.
STARS
STARS (Science, Technlgy, and Research Schlars) prvides undergraduates f every year with an pprtunity t cmbine research and curse-based study. The prgram ffers research pprtunities and supprt t students histrically disadvantaged in the fields f natural science and quantitative reasning, such as racial and ethnic minrities, wmen, and the physically challenged. Mre than 100 students each year participate in STARS, during the academic year r ver the summer mnths.
Academic Advising
Academic Advising is a cllective effrt by the residential clleges, academic departments and varius ffices cnnected t Yrk University Dean(院长)’s ffice. Students’ primary academic advisrs are their residential cllege deans, t whm they may always turn fr academic and persnal advice. The deans live in residential clleges and supervise the advising netwrks in the cllege. Each academic department has a directr f undergraduate studies (DUS) wh can discuss with students the department’s curse fferings and requirements fr majrs.
Perspectives n Science and Engineering
Perspectives n Science and Engineering is a lecture and discussin curse fr abut 75 selected freshmen wh have exceptinally strng backgrunds in science r mathematics. The yearlng curse explres abrad range f tpics. expses students t questins at the frntiers f science, and cnnects the first-year students t Yrk’s Scientific cmmunity.
21. An African female freshman seeking pprtunities f research is mst likely t chse .
A. Freshman Seminars B.STARS
C. Academic Advising D. Perspectives n Science and Engineering
22. Which freshman may have pririty t attend Perspectives n Science and Engineering?
A. The ne wh has already gt a nvel published.
B. A medalist f the Internatinal Mathematical Olympiad.
C. The ne wh has designed an riginal engineering prject.
D. An applicant fr Yrk’s Scientific Cmmunity.
23. Which f the fllwing is TRUE abut the residential clleges?
A. Deans f mst academic departments live with students there.
B. Directrs f undergraduate studies f mst majrs wrk tgether there.
C. The cllege deans serve as the central figures in an advising netwrk.
D. The cllege deans engage in scientific research with selected freshmen.
B
Mving t a new city and state was difficult fr me, especially in winter. Little did I knw that a Clrad snwstrm wuld greet me after I had been in my new hme fr nly a week. I just missed hme. But mre than the ld huse and the beach, I missed Stacey, my best friend. And I missed ur lvely tea. Ging t a sweet little tearm, we had discvered a special treat fr us. The place was a Victrian dream, with delicate teacups and tableclths with flwer prints. The hat shelf near the frnt dr swept us back t childhd. Stacey and I became little girls, trying n different hats until we fund the perfect ne fr ur dress-up tea party. We wuld then chse a lvely table and rder ur tea. That was a precius time, filled with laughter between scnes(煎饼) and sharing ur lives between tiny cucumber sandwiches.
Springtime descended upn Denver, and the sun lightened my heart. But I still fught lneliness almst every day. I decided t explre the Denver area. While my husband went t the ffice, I tk time t see what ur new area had t ffer.
One day, I was walking alng the street when suddenly the wrds “Tea Leaves” caught my eye. A tea rm? Here, in the land f lneliness and pain?
I walked thrugh the drs, and tears came t my eyes. It was a beautiful rm, nt Victrian, but simple and lvely. I sat dwn and rdered a pt f tea, a cucumber sandwich, and sme scnes. It felt silly and wnderful—and it felt like hme. Fr the first time since mving, I felt as if this new city and state culd be, wuld eventually be, my hme. I wuld cme back here and bring new friends. When Stacey visited, we wuld cme here.
I lifted my cup and made a silent tast. I tasted Stacey, whm I missed, and I tasted the sweet little tearm that lessened my pain.
24. The underlined wrd “treat” in Paragraph 2 prbably means .
A. delicius fd B. service C. smething pleasant D. a kind f tea party
25. Which f the fllwing abut “Tea Leaves” is true?
A. It tuched the authr.
B. It lks silly and wnderful.
C. Cucumber sandwiches and scnes are its specialties.
D. It made the authr recall her childhd.
26. We can infer frm the text that the authr wuld prbably .
A. pen her wn teahuse
B. ask the wner f the teahuse t decrate it like a hme
C. g back t her hmetwn t visit Stacey
D. want t actively adapt t the new envirnment
27. What wuld be the best title fr the passage?
A. East and West, Hme Is the Best B. A Cup f Cmfrt
C. A Difficult Settlement D. A Friend in Need Is A Friend Indeed
C
Imagine that an alien species landed n Earth and, thrugh their mere presence, thse aliens caused ur art t fade, ur music t standardize, and ur technlgical knw-hw t disappear. Actually, that is what humans have been ding t ur clsest relatives—chimps(大猩猩).
Back in 1999, a team f scientists led by Andrew Whiten shwed that chimps frm different parts f Africa be have very differently frm ne anther. Sme grups wuld get each ther’s attentin by tapping branches with their knuckles(指关节), while thers did it by ludly tearing leaves with their teeth. The team identified 39 f these traditins that are practiced by sme cmmunities but nt thers—a pattern that, at the time, hadn’t been seen in any animal except humans. It was evident, the team said, that chimps have their wn cultures.
It tk a lng time t cnvince unbelievers that such cultures exist, but nw we have plenty f examples f animals learning lcal traditins frm ne anther. Hwever, when many scientists have cme t accept the existence f animal cultures, many f thse cultures might disappear. Ammie Kalan and her clleagues have shwn, thrugh years f intensive field wrk, that the very presence f humans has gradually reduced the diversity f chimp behavir. Where we grw, their cultures weaken. It is a bitterly irnic thing t learn n the 20th anniversary f Whiten’s classic study.
“It’s amazing t think that just 60 years ag, we knew next t nthing f the behavir f ur sister species in the wild,” Whiten says. “But nw, just as we are truly getting t knw ur primate(灵长类) cusins, the actins f humans are clsing the windw n all we have discvered.”
N ne knws whether the destructin f chimp culture is getting wrse. Obviusly, cnservatinists need t think abut saving species in a cmpletely new way—by preserving animal traditins as well as bdies and genes. “Instead f fcusing nly n the cnservatin f genetically based beings like species, we nw need t als cnsider culturally based nes,” says Andrew Whiten.
28. What des the authr say we humans have been ding t chimps?
A. Ruining their culture.B. Accelerating their extinctin.
C. Treating them as alien species.D. Standardizing their living habits.
29. What is the finding f Andrew Whiten’s team?
A. Chimps demnstrate highly develped skills f cmmunicatin.
B. Chimps rely heavily upn their bdy language t cmmunicate.
C. Chimps behave in ways quite similar t thse f human beings.
D. Different chimp grups differ in their way f cmmunicatin.
30. What did Ammie Kalan and her clleagues find thrugh their intensive fieldwrk?
A. Whiten’s classic study has little impact n the diversity f chimp behavir.
B. Chimp behavir becmes less varied with the increase f human activity.
C. Chimps transfrm their culture t quickly adapt t the changed envirnment.
D. It might already be t late t prevent animal cultures frm extinctin.
31. What des the authr suggest cnservatinists d?
A. Fcus entirely n culturally-based beings rather than genetically-based nes.
B. Place mre stress n animal traditins than n their physical cnservatin.
C. Cnserve animal species in a nvel and all-rund way.
D. Explre the cultures f species befre they disappear.
D
Yu can’t see it, smell it, r hear it, and peple disagree n hw precisely t define it, r where exactly it cmes frm. It isn’t a schl subject r an academic discipline, but it can be learned. It is a quality that is required f artists, but it is als present in the lives f scientists and entrepreneurs. All f us benefit frm it and we succeed mentally and spiritually when we are able t handle it. It is a delicate thing, easily wiped ut; in fact, it blssms mst fully when peple are playful and childlike. Meanwhile, it wrks best in meeting with deep knwledge and expertise.
This mysterius—but teachable—quality is creativity, the subject f a recently-published reprt by Durham Cmmissin n Creativity and Educatin. The reprt cncludes that creativity shuld nt exist in the schl curriculum nly as it relates t drama, music, art and ther bviusly creative subjects, but that creative thinking ught t run thrugh all f schl life, infusing(充满) the way humanities and natural sciences are learned.
Nevertheless, it is arts subjects thrugh which creativity can mst bviusly be prmted. The value placed n them by the independent educatin is clear. One nly has t lk at the remarkable arts facilities at Britain’ stp private schls t understand this. But in the state educatin the extreme fcus n English, maths and science threatens t destry arts subjects; meanwhile, reduced schl budgets mean decreasing extracurricular activities.
This difference between state and private educatin is a matter f scial justice. It is simply wrng and unfair that mst children have a small part f the access t chirs, art studis and drama that their mre privileged peers enjy. As lives are affected by any number f threatening challenges—climate crisis, autmatin in the wrkplace—humans are ging t need creative thinking mre than ever. Fr all f ur sakes, creativity in educatin, and fr all, must becme a pririty，
32. What is the primary functin f the first paragraph in the passage?
A. It ffers a histrical verview f creative thinking.
B. It intrduces the precise definitin and benefits f creativity.
C. It guides the reader n t the tpic f creativity in educatin.
D. It prvides evidence fr the imprtance f science educatin.
33. What is the cnclusin f a recently-published reprt?
A. Natural sciences shuld be learned the way humanities curses are.
B. Grwth f creativity shuld run thrugh the entire schl curriculum.
C. Art curses shuld be made required fr all students，
D. Students shuld learn mre bviusly creative subjects.
34. What d we learn abut the private schls in the UK?
A. They encurage extracurricular activities.
B. They attach great imprtance t arts educatin.
C. They priritize arts subjects ver maths and sciences.
D. They meet the needs f students frm different family backgrunds.
35. What shuld be dne t meet the future challenges?
A. Increasing gvernment investment in schl educatin.
B. Narrwing the existing gap between the rich and the pr.
C. Prviding all children with equal access t arts educatin.
D. Fcusing n meeting the needs f under-privileged students.
第二节(共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Review Our Wrries
We spend a lt f ur lives wrrying, but there’s ne basic thing we almst never remember t d. 36 Fr example, ne week, we might be wrried abut running ut f mney, the next f having ffended a friend, and the third abut being brught dwn by a rumur n scial media. The wrries g n and n, shifting unstppably frm ne target t anther. 37
What we seldm spend time ding is pausing t cmpare the scale f the wrry with what actually happened in the end. We are t taken up with the next wrry t return fr a cmpsed review.
Hwever, if we frce urselves t perfrm ne, a strange discvery is likely t dawn n us. 38 We almst lst ur minds t wrry, but we didn’t run ut f mney in the end, ur friend wasn’t ffended, and sn. 39 Mark Twain’s famus saying cmes t mind: “I have lived thrugh many disasters, nly a few f which actually happened.”
40 If we gt it s wrng in the past, we’re highly likely t get it wrng nw t. Of curse, we’re cnvinced that this is really and truly the end, but such a certainty was with us n many ther situatins which we appear t have sailed thrugh well enugh.
Perhaps the wrld is nt quite as awful as we assume. Perhaps mst f the drama is ultimately unflding in a place we need t explre and heal as fast as we can: ur wn minds.
A. Our wrries are nearly always ut f line with reality.
B. They ruin ur precius time n Earth in the prcess.
C. Ignre ur wrries and fcus n mre prductive things.
D. G back and check hw ur wrries matched up t reality.
E. We might say that nly 1%f ur wrries truly becme awful.
F. Our wrries are caused by external factrs beynd ur cntrl.
G. We shuld use the data abut the unreliability f ur fears as a guide t the future.
第三部分 语言运用(共两节，满分30分)
第一节(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
Kimberly and I had planned a trip t Eurpe fr a lng time, but we encuntered sme curveballs. Getting the departure time wrng, we had t 41 frm the riginal train trip t a ship ne.
Barding the ship, we 42 it was nt like a spacius htel. The rm was incredibly tight. The 43 in the small bathrm was asp ut(喷头) cnnected t the sink. Yu turned it n and sprayed yurself, 44 the rest f the rm.
The week-lng ship travel was full f 45 .There were peple frm diverse backgrunds speaking different languages. We had stpvers n 46 f all sizes, where we cycled 30-40 kilmeters. Then there were whle gales(狂风)—s fierce that even the buses culdn’t pass fr safety 47 .S finally we 48 back hme.
We still appreciated the experience, Our real passin was abut the 49 rather than the destinatin—the missed rides, the 50 ship, the mixture f cultures, and all the 51 .
Smetimes peple are s 52 t their cmfrtable life that its cares them t be ff the beaten track. Yet, nce ut f their cmfrt zne, the different experiences are what actually 53 .Mixing things up, trying new things, seeing smething thrugh anther persn's eyes, being 54 t adventure—this is hw yu create 55 .
41. A. shift B. range C. break D. deliver
42. A. admitted B. regretted C. fancied D. realized
43. A. twel B. shwer C. drier D. cupbard
44. A. rather than B. let alne C. alng with D. in particular
45. A. risks B. barriers C. cnflicts D. adventures
46. A. islands B. harbrs C. malls D. decks
47. A. measures B. cnsequences C. cncerns D. expectatins
48. A. emerged B. jgged C. returned D. headed
49. A. jurney B. emtin C. sceneryD. culture
50. A. vacantB. luxuriusC. vercrwded D. expensive
51. A. listed B. recmmended.C. canceled D. unsettled
52. A. clse B. accustmed C. ppsed D. accessible
53. A. fall ver B. standut C. set ff D. g by
54. A. pen B. alert C. blind D. limited
55. A. hpe B. life C. passin D. changes
第二节(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
A recent shrt vide series, Escape frm the British Museum, which tells the stry f 56 a Chinese cultural relic escapes frm the British Museum and finds it swayback t China, has sparked 57 (heat) discussins abut the return f Chinese cultural relics frm verseas.
Directed by tw Chinese vlggers, the three-episde series circles arund the persnificatin f a Chinese jade(玉) teapt. The female v lgger wh plays the rle 58 the jade teapt cmes acrss a Chinese jurnalist in Lndn whm she believes t be her lng-lst family and asks him t take her back hme. The series nt nly entertains but als 59 (tuch) n a pwerful message that Chinese peple are lnging 60 (desperate) fr the return f cultural heritage.
61 (release) ver August 30 t September 5, the series had received mre than 20 millin likes n Duyin, the Chinese versin f TikTk, and each episde 62 (play) ver 5 millin times n Bilibili, anther Chinese vide platfrm, by September 8. Millins f viewers made 63 (cmment) expressing the hpe that the cultural relics culd return with dignity and hnr.
The 64 (ppular) f this shrt series demnstrates the enthusiasm f yung peple fr histry and traditinal culture, their emphasis n cultural heritage and preservatin, 65 the hpe f the Chinese peple fr the return f their lst cultural relics.
第四部分 写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节(满分15分)
中国古典诗词是中华民族的文化瑰宝，为鼓励同学们讲好中国故事，你校正在组织英语作文比赛。请以“我最喜欢的诗人”为题，写一篇短文参赛，内容包括：
1.该人物及其主要贡献简介；
2.该人物对你的影响。
注意：
1.写作词数应为80左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
第二节(满分25分)
阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
Birthday Bx
I was ten years ld when my mther was seriusly ill. Still, she gave me a birthday party. Sick as she was, Mama had seen t it, rganizing it at the hspital.
She made sure the dctrs and nurses all brught me presents. We were gd friends with them all by that time because Mama had been in the hspital fr s lng.
The head nurse, Luise, gave me a little bx. I pened the little present first. It was a funtain pen, are alne.
“Nw yu can write beautiful stries, Katie,” Luise said t me.
“Thanks, Luise,” I said plitely.
Patty and Tracey gave me a present tgether. It was a diary and had a picture f a little girl in pink, reading in a garden swing.
“It’s great,” It ld them. “I’ll write in it with my new pen.” And I wrte my name n the first page just t shw them I meant it.
They hugged me and winked at Mama. She tried t wink back but was just t tired and shut bth here yes instead.
Then Dr. Dann and Dr. Pucci gave me a big bx filled t the tp with little presents, each wrapped up individually. All things they knew I’d lve—paperback bks and writing paper and erasers.
There was ne bx, thugh, they held ut till the end. It was abut the size f a large tp hat. The paper was deep blue and cvered with stars; nt fake stars but real stars, I mean, like a map f the night sky. The ribbn was tw shades f blue with silver lines running thrugh. There was n name n the card. “Wh’s it frm?” I asked.
N ne spke. The nly sund fr the lngest time was Mama’s breathing machine ging in and ut and in and ut. At last, Luise said, “It’s frm yur mama, Katie.”
1.续写词数应为150左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
参考答案
第一部分 听力
第一节 1-5 BCCAB
第二节 6-10 BAACB 11-15 BCABB 16-20 CCCAA
第二部分 阅读
第一节 21-23 BBC 24-27 CADB 28-31 ADBC 32-35 CBBC
第二节 DBAEG
第三部分 语言运用
第一节 41-45 ADBCD 46-50 ACDAC51-55 DBBAC
第二节
56.hw 57.heated 58.f 59.tuches 60.desperately
61.Released 62.had been played 63.cmments 64.ppularity 65.and
第四部分 写作（范文仅供讲解试题时参考使用，不能作为阅卷的依据）
第一节
My favurite pet
Many celebrated Chinese pets f the Tang dynasty have displayed their extrardinary talents and unique intelligence in Tang petry. Amng all these pets, Li Bai has always held a special place in my heart.
As a pet, Li Bai’s majr cntributin lies in the exquisite craftsmanship f his
pems, which effrtlessly blend vivid landscapes with deep philsphical musings. Besides, his ability t capture the beauty f nature and the human experience resnates deeply with readers wrldwide. His timeless verses f prfund imagery and emtin have left a lng-lasting mark n literature.
In essence, Li Bai’s petry serves as a timeless reminder, cntinuing t inspire generatins f readers, including myself. His pems have taught me t appreciate the fleeting mments f beauty, explre my wn creativity, and express my feelings thrugh writing.
第二节
One pssible versin:
I tk the paper f and pened the beautiful bx slwly. Inside, I fund a treasure trve f memries waiting t be unwrapped. It was a cllectin f letters, each tied with a ribbn, and labeled with a date. As I carefully untied the first letter and began t read, tears welled up in my eyes. The letters were frm my mther, written during her time in the hspital. They were filled with wrds f encuragement, lve, and wisdm. It was as if she was right there beside me, guiding me thrugh life’s challenges.
Then ne night, right after my first birthday withut Mama, I pened the birthday bx again. The letters had becme my surce f strength, and I revisited them whenever I needed guidance. Mama’s wrds had a timeless quality, ffering cmfrt and supprt even in her absence. I realized that her lve was a gift that wuld always be with me, and her unwavering belief in me had becme my guiding star. As I carefully placed the letters back in the bx, I knew that Mama’s legacy wuld live n thrugh me, in the stries I wrte with the funtain pen and the mments I recrded in the diary. The birthday bx was mre than just a cllectin f gifts; it was a testament t the enduring pwer f a mther’s lve, a lve that wuld stay with me thrughut my life’s jurney.
One pssible versin:
I tk the paper f and pened the beautiful bx slwly. It was empty. Is this a jke? I turned and lked at Mama then, and her eyes were pen again. Her eyes, which had been a deep, brilliant blue, were nw like the fall sky, bleached and sftened. She smiled a very small smile at me. I knew it was an effrt. “It’s yu,” she muthed. I read her lips. Befre I culd ask mre abut what that meant, Mm was gne. I mean, her bdy was there, but she wasn’t. It was as if she was as empty as the bx. I cried steadily fr a night, a week, a cuple f mnths, and fr abut a year. I felt empty, angry, and s alne.
Then ne night, right after my first birthday withut Mama, I pened the birthday bx again. It was as empty as the day I had put it away. “It’s yu,” I whispered t the bx. And then suddenly I knew. Mama had meant I was the bx, slid and sturdy, maybe even beautiful r at least interesting n the utside. But I had t fill up the bx t make it all it culd be. And I had t fill me up as well. I stpped crying, picked up a pen, began writing, and haven’t stpped since. The first thing I wrte was abut that birthday. I put it in the bx, and pretty sn that bx was verflwing with stries. And pems. And memries. And s was I.
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Questin 1
【原文】M: Right, we need t get this place tidy befre Mm gets hme r she will g crazy. Yu wash the dishes and I will clean the flr.
W: OK. Yu’d better wipe the table as well.
Questin 2
【原文】M: Why didn’t we discuss the new rder at ur last meeting?
W: It was t late t discuss it at the December meeting. I’ve carried it frward t the January meeting.
M: OK, s we shuld have a decisin in time fr the February meeting.
Questin 3
【原文】M: Eek, yu are blinding me. Turn that light away.
W: Srry, I frgt hw pwerful it is.
M: It’s OK. It was just a shck, stepping ut f darkness int that.
Questin 4
【原文】W: Hw much further d we have t walk? I thught we wuld be at the tp by nw.
M: What’s the matter? Haven’t all thse gym sessins strengthened yur legs? Cme n, we’ll be back hme in n time. Questin 5
【原文】W: Mark tk me t the btanical garden ver the weekend. All the plants were very pretty and clrful. They inspired me t paint later that day.
M: I went there last mnth, but it was s busy that I culdn’t enjy it.
Questin 6-7
【原文】W:Gd mrning, William. I wanted t wish yu a happy Lunar New Year. What time is it there?
M: Thanks, Mm. It’s 9:00 a, m. I wish I culd be there t jin the family celebratin.
W: Well, we still have sme lucky mney fr yu. Can I send it n WeChat?
M: That’s incnvenient t use that here. Can yu send it t my US accunt?
W: I’d lve t give yu a red envelpe as usual, but that’ll wrk, instead.
M: Thanks, Mm. I still have schl these weeks. Unfrtunately, I wn’t have much time ff.
W: I’m srry. We’ll call yu frm yur grandma’s huse when we get there!
Questin 8-10
【原文】W: Did yu knw it is mre cmmn fr yung peple t take taxis and public transprtatin than t wn a car.
M: I saw that this mrning in the newspaper as well.
W: I guess it’s because incme levels have really drpped since the last decade. Can yu imagine taking a bus everywhere?
M: Traffic has gtten s bad in the city. Since last year, it’s been nearly impssible t park anywhere. That must have led t the fact that nbdy is buying cars. Als, peple can rder taxis n their phnes nw—it’s s cnvenient.
W: But when yu are driving, yu feel s free. There are s many places a bus can’t take yu t.
M: Well, I haven’t had a car fr six mnths till nw and have never lked back. Getting arund has nt gtten any harder, either by bus r taxi.
W: Dn’t yu have t wait a lng time when getting a taxi?
M: N way. These days they cme s fast. The last time I had t wait mre than 10 minutes was ver a mnth ag. Questin 11-13
【原文】M: S, Lisa, what makes yu believe that yu’re the best persn fr the jb?
W: Well, I have five years f experience in a similar psitin at anther cmpany.
M: And why is it yu are lking t leave that cmpany?
W: Well, the pay is better, but I’m lking fr a place where I can grw.
M: And yu think that is with us?
W: Yes. One f my friends wrks fr yu. She tld me abut the rle. She’s always talking abut hw the cmpany supprts her in learning new skills and pushing her t advance.
M: We d have a skills training schl and we expect ur emplyees t try and better themselves.
W: Well, I’m definitely eager t learn.
M: We als ffer flexible wrking hurs if that suits.
W: It wuld. We have tw girls aged three and fur.
M: Lvely. We like t think f urselves as a family, s as lng as yu d the wrk, we’re happy fr yu t set yur wn schedule.
W: That sunds perfect,
Questin 14 - 17
【原文】M:Hi. My rmmate wants t get a dg but I have never wned ne befre. Where can I learn hw t take care f a dg?
W: Yu might try vlunteering at a lcal animal shelter.
M: Oh? Hw will that help me?
W: It will teach yu hw t prperly feed, exercise and clean up after a dg. Yu get t wrk with abandned animals, helping them becme used t human beings s they can find new hmes.
M: Is wrking at a shelter expensive?
W: N, ther than maybe buying sme clthes yu can get dirty. Cleaning-up can be messy and smelly.
M: What is the best part abut wrking at a shelter frm yur experience?
W: Yu get t interact with dgs and cats, while cleaning their cages. Yu get t give them lve and attentin, and they will give yu far mre f bth than yu give them.
M: Is there anything yu regret abut vlunteering at a shelter?
W: Only that I am unable t adpt every animal. I learned a lt and enjyed it.
M: Thank yu fr the advice. I will lk int helping a shelter near me.
Questin 18-20
【原文】If yu’re anything like me, then yur favrite fds are the sweet nes. But d yu knw that these fds have a culture as rich as their tastes? In ancient civilizatins, sweets were special because they were nly given t the mst imprtant peple. Dried fruits and hney were amng the first things used t sweeten meals. The sweet fds were nt able t spread arund until the “sugarcane” began t be develped in India. Once peple fund a way t transprt sugar easily, they were able t bring it t ther cuntries. Macednia received this type f sugar in 300 BC, and then ver 1000 years later, it spread t China. It wasn’t until the 12th century that its uses spread t Eurpe. Hwever, even after sugar became well-knwn, it was still t expensive fr mst peple t buy n special ccasins. Sme f the desserts that we still eat and lve tday were designed hundreds f years ag. The first recrded recipe f an apple pie was published in 1381. The first cupcake recipe happened nearly 450 years later. Due t the expensive materials needed t ck desserts, mst peple didn’t try t experiment with new techniques. In the present, pen trade and access t infrmatin and resurces has brught us the wrld’s knwledge f desserts. Sweet fds, candies and desserts can be fund almst anywhere.
My favurite pet
I tk the paper ff and pened the beautiful bx slwly.
Then.ne night, right after my first birthday withut Mama, I pened the birthday bx again.