湖北省武汉市江岸区2023-2024学年度第二学期期末高二英语试题（附参考答案）

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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 did the wman d yesterday?
A. She played ftball. B. She watched a game. C. She wrked in the lab.
2. Where is Jhn’s father?
A. In the dining rm. B. In the living rm. C. In the garden.
3. What des the wman say abut the curse?
A. It is tugh, B. It is bad. C. It is easy.
4. When will the man leave fr the airprt?
A. At 2: 30 pm. B. At 4: 30 pm C. At 6: 30 pm.
5. Hw will the speakers g t the exhibitin?
A. By bicycle, B. By subway. C. By car.
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. What are the speakers mainly talking abut?
A. An activity hliday. B. Their hbbies. C. The teamwrk spirit.
7. What did the wman get a prize fr?
A. Climbing. B. Walking. C. Sailing.
听第 7段材料，回答第 8 至 10题。
8. What des the wman think f the bk?
A. It is bring. B. It is stimulating. C. It is serius.
9. Wh wrte the bk?
A. Lri Gttlieb. B. Aarn Estersn. C. Erik Eriksn.
10. What will the man prbably d next?
A. Read the bk. B. Recmmend the bk. C. Find smene t cnsult.
听第 8 段材料，回答第 11 至 13 题。
11. What is the wman ding in Sydney?
A. Traveling. B. Studying. C. Teaching.
12. What is purpse f the curse?
A. T evaluate students? reading difficulty.
B. T enhance teachers’ reading techniques.
C. T imprve teachers’ ability t teach reading.
13. Why des the wman chse the curse?
A. It is multi-task. B. It is cst-effective. C. It is time-cnsuming.
听第 9 段材料，回答第 14 至 17 题。
14. What is the prbable relatinship between the speakers?
A. Trainer and trainee. B. Bss and advisr, C. Hst and guest.
15. Why des the wman mentin lsing weight?
A. T shw hw t achieve a gal.
B. T stress the imprtance f healthy fd.
C. T express her wish t imprve her health.
16. What can friends d t help in gal-setting?
A. Find prblems. B. Tell the truth. C. Give supprt.
17. What makes mst peple d badly at reaching gals?
A. Failing t keep fcused. B. Having many missins. C. Lsing their way.
听第 10 段材料，回答第 18 至 20 题。
18. What made Chai Lin get his first bike?
A. His wn effrts. B. His family’s help. C. His successful business.
19. What is the museum intended fr?
A. Educatin. B. Fame. C. Recreatin.
20. What des Chai Lin expect t d?
A. Cllect mre antiques. B. Prduce new brand bikes. C. Expand the exhibitin area.
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 和 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
“The days that make us happy make us wise.”—Jhn Masefield
When I first read this line by England’s Pet Laureate, it startled me. What did Masefield mean? Withut thinking abut it much, I had always assumed that the ppsite was true. But his calm assurance was arresting. I culd nt frget it.
Finally, I seemed t grasp his meaning and realized that here was a prfund bservatin. The wisdm that happiness makes pssible lies in clear perceptin, nt fgged by anxiety nr dimmed by despair and bredm, and withut the blind spts caused by fear.
Active happiness---nt mre satisfactin r cntentment—ften cmes suddenly, like an April shwer r the unflding f a bud. Then yu discver what kind f wisdm has accmpanied it. The grass is greener; bird sngs are sweeter; the shrtcmings f yur friends are mre understandable and mre frgivable. Happiness is like a pair f, eyeglasses crrecting yur spiritual visin.
Nr are the insights f happiness limited t what is near arund yu. Unhappy, with yur thughts turned in upn yur emtinal sadness, yur visin is cut shrt as thugh by a wall. Happy, the wall crumbles.
The lng vista (展望) is there fr the seeing. The grund at yur feet, the wrld abut yu-peple, thughts, emtins, pressures—are nw. fitted int the larger scene. Everything assumes a fairer prprtin. And here is the beginning f wisdm.
21. What was the authr’s initial reactin t the line in the 1st paragraph?
A. Deep agreement B. Casualness C. Shck D. Cmplete cnfusin
22. What des the authr believe happiness brings in terms f wisdm?
A. A reductin in fear and anxietyB. Pessimistic expectatins fr the future
C. Discntent and cmplaints abut lifeD. An unclear understanding f the surrunding wrld
23. When the authr mentins “The wall crumbles,” what des he refer t?
A. A physical bstacle disappearsB. Emtinal distress and trubles fade away
C. Fears and wrries abut the future decreaseD. The pursuit f happiness becmes easier
B
I write this n a spring mrning, in the van I have called hme fr tw years nw.
Frm ne small windw, I have a view f jggers punding the sunny path by the Oxfrd Canal, and the ther lks nt the busy railway line alng which trains travel frm Suthamptn Dcks t Birmingham.
The wds where I’ve parked my van have grwn up between them. This ancient van, a vehicle designed fr freedm and the pen rad, has prved a stable slutin fr surviving the current husing crisis.
I became a travel writer after my studies ended, cmmitting t brief “residencies” with museums and artcentres—where temprary accmmdatin is ften prvided in exchange fr prducing new wrk abut a cmmunity. Over the years that fllwed, living and wrking n lcatin in the plar regins r Scandinavia r the Alps, nt settling dwn fr very lng, meant wherever I landed was always “hme”.
During the pandemic it was necessary t adpt a mre permanent engagement with lcality. Oxfrd had ften drawn me back. It’s a crssrads f reality and the imaginatin, the perfect city fr a writer.
It takes a surprising amunt f wrk t keep a tiny hme in rder: buying a used van nline; ensuring the smth running f a gas cker and car batteries; fetching water and emptying the mbile tilet. I began t enjy taking care f my immediate surrundings. Over the summer, I wrked t turn waste-grund int a wild garden, replacing weeds with wild plants.
I made friends with the self-sufficient baters living nearby, always ready t share knwledge n the lw-carbn simplicity f life withut electricity. I’ve learnt that cmfrt can be fund away frm the bright infrastructure f urban life: in watching the birds that nest in the tree and the fxes playing in the wds at dawn, in making a cup f cffee n a spring mrning. My step away frm cnventinal husing has been a necessary act f persnal ecnmy, but the benefits include taking nthing fr granted, and unexpected delight.
24. What d the jggers and the railway line represent in the authr’s view?
A. Tw surces f inspiratin fr writing. B. Tw bstacles t the authr’s daily life.
C. Tw places the authr visits regularly. D. Tw ways the authr travels arund.
25. What des “immediate surrundings” in Paragraph 6i refer t?
A. a used van B. a gas cker C. a wild garden D. a mbile tilet
26. What des the authr enjy mst abut his living style?
A. Driving his van arund different places. B. Transfrming the waste-grund int a garden.
C. The pprtunity t meet new friends. D. The sense f accmplishment and self-reliance.
27. Which f the fllwing is the main benefit f uncnventinal husing?
A. Prviding temprary shelter. B. Keeping a tiny hme in rder easily.
C. Embracing delightful surprises. D. Allwing fr mbility and flexibility.
C
Nt all birds sing, but several thusand species d. They sing t defend their territry and crn (柔声唱) t impress ptential mates. “Why birds sing is relatively well-answered,” says Iris Adam, a behaviral neurscientist. Hwever, the big questin fr her was why birds sing s much.
“As sn as yu sing, yu reveal yurself,” Adam says. “Like, where yu are and where yur territry is.” In a new study published in the jurnal Nature Cmmunicatins, Adam and her c-wrkers ffer a new explanatin fr why birds take that risk. They may have t sing a lt every day t give their vcal (发声的) muscles the regular exercise they need t prduce tp- quality sngs. T figure ut whether the muscles that prduce birdsngs require daily exercise, Adam designed an experiment n zebra finches-the little Australian sngbirds.
She prevented them frm singing fr a week by keeping them in the dark cage almst arund the clck. Light is what galvanizes the birds t sing, s she had t wrk t keep them frm warbling (鸣叫). “The first tw r three days, it’s quite easy,” she says. “But the lnger the experiment ges, the mre they are like, “I need t sing. ““. At that pint, she’d tap the cage and tell them t stp singing.
After a week, the birds’ singing muscles lst half their strength. But Adam wndered whether that impacted the quality f sngs. When she played a male’s sng befre and after the seven days f darkness, she culdn’t hear a difference. But when Adam played it t a grup f female birds, six ut f nine preferred the sng that came frm a male wh’d been using his singing muscles daily.
Adam’s cnclusin shws that “sngbirds need t exercise their vcal muscles t prduce tp-perfrmance sngs. If they dn’t sing, they lse perfrmance, and their sngs get less attractive t females.” This may help explain sngbirds’ cntinuus singing.
It’s a gd rule t live by, whether yu’re a bird r a human-practice makes perfect, at least when it cmes t singing ne’s heart ut.
28. Accrding t Iris Adam, birds sing s much t ____________.
A. warn ther birds f risks B. prduce mre sngs
C. perfrm perfectly in singing D. defend their territry
29. What des the underlined wrd “galvanizes” in Paragraph 3 mean?
A. Prepares. B. Stimulates. C. Frbids. D. Frightens.
30. Why did Adam cnduct an experiment n zebra finches?
A. T understand their mating behavir. B. T study their singing patterns.
C. T test the effects f darkness n their singing muscles. D. T analyze the quality f their sngs.
31. What is the verall message f the passage?
A. Singing is beneficial fr thse that d. B. Zebra finches are fr studying singing patterns.
C. Singing is a risk fr birds, but they have t. D. Sngbirds need t sing regularly fr attractin,
D
We may weep fr the dd, but culd and shuld we bring this lvely bird back frm the dead? De-extinctin is the science f restring lst species and it has been in the news fr decades.
The stry in mdern times began in 1990 when Michael Crichtn published his science fictin nvel Jurassic Park, in which he imagined a wrld where scientists were able t bring dinsaurs back t life. Crichtn imagined that plymerase chain reactin (PCR) technlgy culd be a way t amplify (放大) tiny quantities f dinsaur DNA and thus build a living embry.
Sadly, bilgists sn realized that DNA in fact breaks dwn super-fast; even after 10 years, DNA frm museum skins f dds was decayed (腐烂) beynd repair. They culd be sequenced (测 定序列) using massive cmputatinal pwer, but then nly with cnsiderable uncertainty. And even if yu capture a DNA sequence, there’s still the prblem f hw yu get living cells t read that sequence and express prteins that make the dinsaur r the dd.
But why wuld anyne want t see mammths, r smething like them, raming (漫游) present-day Siberia? Well, they were undubtedly amazing beasts. As well as hunting them, ur distant ancestrs painted their likenesses in caves acrss Eurpe. Fascinating as they may be, there’s sme eclgical justificatin fr the prject t.
It was this diversity f land surface, brken up by heavy limbs and randmly fertilized by faeces (排泄物), that supprted s much flra (植物群) . Withut the mammths, that diversity disappeared. Return them and landscapes wuld nce again be with a variety f species, including flwers and bushes.
True, it’s nt de-extinctin in the sense f bringing a lng-dead species back t life. Instead it’s mre like making a “dd” by engineering a mdern pigen, its clsest relative, t becme huge and flightless. The result wuld be a big, fatty pigen that, whether it lked like a dd r nt, wuld prbably fulfill sme f its eclgical rles.
As a palentlgist, I wuld f curse lve t see living dinsaurs, mammths and dds. In sme ways, thugh, I am relieved that the ptimistic claims fr clning and genetic technlgies have nt been brne ut. The slwdwn gives us time t cnsider the utcmes—and hpefully avid sme f Michael Crichtn’s mre fevered imaginings.
32. What is paragraph 2 f the text mainly abut?
A. A science fictin review. B. The develpment f DNA.
C. An inspired guess f de-extinctin. D. The applicatin f PCR technlgy.
33. Why are peple interested in clning extinct species?
A. They expect t seek hunt fun. B. They lack surces f mdern art.
C. They want t see bidiversity. D. They need them fr research.
34. What des the slwdwn in clning and genetic technlgies allw the authr t d?
A. Witness the birth f clned dinsaurs.
B. Avid Michael Crichtn’s imaginings,
C. Stp the prgress f genetic engineering.
D. Cnsider the ptential utcmes f these technlgies.
35. What’s the authr’s attitude tward clning extinct species?
A. Cautius. B. Unclear. C. Dismissive. D. Apprving.
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。
There are several ups and dwns in everyne’s life. N matter hw strng an individual is, there is usually a time when he finds the need f smene encuraging him t meet the challenges. 36 That may make him feel the pwer and the energy t deal with all srts f negativity in life.
The pwer f mtivatin is beynd explanatin. Hwever, the persn, wh benefits frm it, understands its imprtance instantly he hears it. 37 The fact is that there exists the gap between the speech f an expert and that f the average. And prbably the reasn is the experience f a life cach in dealing with the life f cuntless peple n the Earth in his entire career.
38 Or rather, whatever he says r advises is nt nly the utput f the wrds n the page, but als what he has learned frm the lives f peple arund. It is his real life experience that he uses t imprve the lives f ther peple n the glbe. Having met cuntless peple thrughut the career, the life cach becmes used t the prblems. 39 S, his every suggestin ges straight, tuches the heart and increases the energy f a listener, and eventually helps them address different prblems in life.
If yu think such speeches are mere wrds and sentences, yu are abslutely wrng. But actually they are the magical wrds that bring a great change in the life f disappinted and annyed peple n the glbe. With such speeches, life caches dig ut the prblems that the listener is facing in life, 40
A. Smetimes, it is nt difficult t define an expert.
B. In particular, a speech frm an expert is mtivatinal,
C. The knwledge f an expert is nt limited t the bks.
D. Especially when stuck in dilemma, yu really feel helpless.
E. Besides, he knws what kind f slutins will prve the best.
F. And they als find the rt cause t cme up with a final slutin.
G. If yu think anyne can deliver such a speech, yu might be wrng.
第三部分 语言运用 (共两节，满分30分)
第一节 完形填空 (共 15 小题：每小题 1 分，满分 15 分)
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
When Eugenie Gerge first heard that her friend passed a financial exam, her heart sank. She’d 41 the same test weeks earlier.
“Envy was eating me up,” recalls Gerge. But anyway she 42 her friend. “And I tld her I failed and admitted I was 43 ” she says. Gerge knew that being 44 wuld ease her envy, but she was surprised that it als enabled her t 45 her friend’ s happiness and experience her wn in turn.
Finding 46 in anther persn’s gd frtune is what scial scientists call freudenfreude, the great jy we feel when smene else succeeds, 47 it desn’t directly invlve us. Freudenfreude is like a kind f scial 48 says Catherine Chambliss, a prfessr f psychlgy. It makes relatinships “clser. “
T ften, we think ur friends 49 us mst during their hard times: a jb 50 getting divrced. In fact, hw friends 51 ur jy is even mre imprtant fr us than hw they respnd t ur 52 . T ften, we think f jy passively. We see it as smething that cmes t us, instead f smething we can 53 While it can be difficult in practice, freudenfreude can lift us up and 54 ur day. S celebrating ur friends’ 55 is a win-win t us all.
41. A. taken B. passed C. failed D. prepared
42. A. cngratulated B. frgave C. blamed D. ignred
43. A. badly-behaved B. ver-burdened C. shrt-sighted D. green-eyed
44. A. tugh B. hnest C. tlerant D. ptimistic
45. A. imagine B. understand C. share D. increase
46. A. hpe B. passin C. cnfidence D. pleasure
47. A. even if B. as if C. nw that D. s that
48. A. platfrm B. glue C. bster D. rutine
49. A. supprt B. anny C. upset D. need
50. A. lss B. change C. interview D. applicatin
51. A. lk frward t B. cntribute t C. get used t D. react t
52. A. envy B. cmplaints C. suffering D. mistakes
53. A. predict B. prduce C. judge D. measure
54. A. fill B. start C. brighten D. balance
55. A. survival B. success C. recvery D. genersity
第二节 短文填空 (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。
Desertificatin is a serius prblem ____________ (56) (face) numerus cuntries in the wrld. Shi Guangyin, an ec-warrir frm Shanxi Prvince, ____________ (57) (battle) desertificatin fr abut 40 years. Brn in a twn n the suthern edge f the Mu Us Desert, Shi remembers hw sandstrms easily destryed the crps the villagers had grwn and made their life ____________ (58) misery.
In 1984, the gvernment issued new plicies t encurage individuals t plant trees in cntracted sand lands. Despite the ____________ (59) (ppse) f his family, Shi resigned frm his leadership psitin at a state-wned farm and began his fight against desertificatin.
____________ (60) (initial), Shi’ met with the challenge f lacking funds. He managed t raise RMB 12, 000 by selling all his sheep and brrwing mney frm dr t dr. ____________ (61) fllwed was tireless wrk by Shi and his team, planting several species f drught-enduring trees ver sand. Langwsha is an area f abut 400 hectares ____________ (62) strng winds blw hard all year rund. After failing ____________ (63) the first tw attempts, Shi realized scientific research was als imprtant. In 1988, Shi challenged Langwsha the third time. This time he ____________ (64) (equip) with a newly acquired technique, which enabled mst f the planted trees, well ver 80%, ____________ (65) (survive).
“My fight cntinues as lng as my life cntinues. I shall nt stp planting trees until my last breath,” said ShiGuangyin.
第四部分 写作 (共两节，满分40分)
第一节 (满分 15 分)
假定你是李华。你校图书馆计划布置一个英语读书角，需要一张图片作为背景。校方搜集了以下两张图片，向同学们征求意见。请你给图书馆馆长写封邮件，内容包括：
(1) 你的选择；
(2) 你的理由。
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。 Dear the head librarian,
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yurs,
Li Hua
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。
It was early spring and Nana was in the backyard with her grandchildren. Amy, Michael, and Justin were playing when Nana said, “I’m ging t start planting my garden. Wh wants t help me?”
“What are ging t plant, Nana?” asked Amy. “I like big, yellw sunflwers.”
“I’m ging t plant vegetables. That way we can have them t eat when they are ready,” said Nana.
“Hw lng des that take?” asked Michael. He liked vegetables smetimes, especially carrts.
“It will take a few mnths befre anything is ready t eat,” answered Nana. The children were surprised.
“Mnths? Why wuld yu d all that wrk and then have t wait s lng?” asked Amy. “Yu shuld just g t the stre and buy them.”
“Patience, my sweeties! Dn’t yu knw fd always tastes best when yu grw it yurself?” replied Nana. “And if all f yu cme t help, it wn’t be t much wrk.”
“I’ll help yu, Nana,” ffered Justin. He put dwn the sccer ball and went t lk at the gardening tls Nana had laid ut. “What d we d first?” Michael and Amy came ver t lk, t.
Nana taught Justin hw t use a-trwel (小铲子) t dig small rws f hles fr the seeds. Next, Nana shwed Amy hw t pur the seeds int each hle, And it was Michael’s jb t cver up the hles with sil. Finally, Amy wrte the vegetable names n sticks that Justin pushed int the grund. “This way we can remember which vegetable seeds we have planted.” said Nana.
When they had planted everything, the children tk turns filling up the watering can s that Nana culd make the sil nice and wet fr the seeds t start t grw.
“Nw we just water them a little every day, and with sme time and sunshine, we’ll have sme delicius things t eat in the summer,” said Nana,
注意：
1. 续写词数应为 150 词左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Whenever the grandchildren came t visit, they wuld dash int the garden. _________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Finally, Nana said it was time fr the first harvest. _____________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
湖北省武汉市江岸区2023-2024学年度第二学期期末高二英语试题参考答案
第一部分 听力理解 (共两节，满分30分)
1-5 CCABB 6-10 ABBAA 11-15 BCBCA 16-20 CABAC
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)
21-23 CAB 24-27. ACDC 28-31. CBBA 32-35. CCDA
第二节 (共 5 小题：每小题 2. 5 分，满分 12. 5 分)
36-40. BGCEF
第三部分 语言运用 (共两节，满分30分)
第一节 完形填空 (共 15 小题：每小题 1 分，满分 15 分)
41-45. CADBC 46-50. DABDA 51-55. DCBCB
第二节 短文填空 (共 10 小题：每小题 1. 5 分，满分 15 分)
56. facing 57. has been battling / has battled 58. a 59. ppsitin
60. Initially
61. What 62. where 63. at/n 64. was equipped 65. t survive
第四部分 写作 (共两节，满分40分)
第一节 (满分 15 分)
Dear the head librarian,
I’m delighted t have the chance t express my pinin abut the chice f the backgrund image fr the English crner. As far as I am cncerned, I chse the secnd ne. The reasns are as fllws.
First, the secnd image is easy t understand, highly symblic, with an riginality that anyne can swim in the cean f bks at the English crner. Its visual appeal can make peple spntaneusly cme t take part in the reading there, making students feel the atmsphere f the reading and learning English.
Secnd, the pattern is clear and smth, the clrs are simple and generus, with an apprpriate and prfund impressin t stimulate students’ interest in English learning.
I hpe my suggestin will be accepted by yu. Lking frward t yur reply.
Yurs,
Li Hua
第二节 (满分 25 分)
Pssible versin 1:
Whenever the grandchildren came t visit, they wuld dash int the garden. Nt surprisingly, they were ging t see hw the garden was grwing. After watering the vegetables, they wuld remve the weeds that ppped up arund the plants and apply rganic fertilizer under Nana’s instructin if necessary. As time went by, the plants were grwing taller and strnger. When they nticed the vegetables flwering and prducing fruits, their eyes were sparkling like diamnds. Never had they lked frward t summer like this befre. But they clearly knew that it’s wrthwhile t wait fr the inviting results.
Finally, Nana said it was time fr the first harvest. Hearing that, the children all jumped int the air and cheers filled the whle garden. Nana gave them each baskets and, tgether they gathered sme f the cucumbers, carrts and tmates, which were turned int delicacies. “Wh wants t help eat this fresh salad?” Nana asked. “Me!“” everyne respnded ludly. Tasting the salad, they thught nthing culd be mre delicius, because it was they wh grew these vegetables. They all learned that many hands make light wrk and patience really pays ff.
Pssible versin 2:
Whenever the grandchildren came t visit, they wuld dash int the garden. Eager t help grw the vegetables well, they first tk turns t water the plants. Then Nana shwed them which plants needed trimming r which needed tying up t grw tall and straight. Day after day, spring turned int summer and finally, the plants started revealing their clrful secrets. The children were thrilled t see the tmates turning red, the cucumbers hiding under the green leaves and the peppers grwing bigger. Nt until then did they realize that Nana was right—all they needed was patience.
Finally, Nana said it was time fr the first harvest. With baskets ready, Nana and the children started ut n their business. Nana tk them arund the garden and picked sme tmates, cucumbers, peppers and cabbages. Then fr the fllwing hur, they were busying making vegetable salad. The children helped wash the dirt ff the fd while Nana chpped up the vegetables. When Nana asked wh wanted t try the fresh salad, everyne expressed their willingness excitedly. “OK. Amy, get the plates. Justin, get the water and cups, and Michael, get the frks. Let’s celebrate the harvest!”
第一部分 听力 (共两节，满分 30分)
听力原文
Text 1.
M: Our schl ftball team played very well. Did yu watch it yesterday?
W: N, I culdn’t make it. I was stuck in the labratry.
Text 2.
W: Jhn, ask yur father t cme t have dinner nw.
M: Alright. But where is he? Is he in the living rm?
W: N, he must be watering the vegetables in the garden.
Text 3.
M: Is that physics curse really as hard as everybdy says?
W: Wrse, believe it r nt.
Text 4.
W: Steven, what time is yur flight?
M: It leaves at 6: 30 this evening. I’m starting ff at 4: 30 t avid rush-hur traffic.
W: OK, but dn’t frget yur vide cnference with Mr. Brwn at 2: 30 pm.
Text 5.
W: Yu knw what? An exhibitin f Picass’s paintings is being held in the Art Gallery. D yu want t g with me?
M: Hw can I miss it? But it is burning ht. We will melt if we cycle there.
W: S we have n chice but t take the subway. If nly we had a car!
Text 6.
M: Hw was the activity hliday?
W: It really wre me ut. There were many activities: climbing, walking, sailing and s n. Every day was smewhat different, and then n the last day they gave ut prizes t the best peple at each activity.
M: Did yu get ne?
W: Yeah. I was surprised t get ne. Climbing was awful - I culdn’t reach the tp f the wall. My team was the best at the walking, thugh. We were left in a place and had t find ur way back. We were first because luckily I culd read the map.
Text 7.
M: What are yu up t lately?
W: I have been reading a bk named Maybe Yu Shuld Talk t Smene.
M: Hw d yu feel abut it?
W: It is wnderful. I gt t this bk by chance. Then I was attracted frm the very first page. M: Tell me mre!
W: Lri Gttlieb, the writer, helps the readers becme aware f his r her wn barriers and strengths. I culd even relate t sme f the situatins in the bk. It is very real and nt bring at all.
M: S it is nthing like the serius bks written by AarnEstersn r Erik Eriksn.
W: Yu bet! Lri Gttlieb is an excellent stryteller. Plus, the chapters are bite-sized, bth laugh ut-lud funny and inspiring.
M: Sunds gd. I will give it a sht.
W: I am sure yu will find smene t talk t after reading the bk.
Text 8.
M: Are yu traveling in Sydney, t?
W: N. I’m here t attend a three-week curse.
M: What are yu studying, then?
W: It’s mre like a training curse. I’m a schl teacher, and the curse is abut a special teaching methd. It’s fr helping children wh have difficulty in reading.
M: What des that mean?
W: Well, it’s nt that they dn’t knw hw t read, but rather, they can’t understand what they read.
M: Okay. I thught it was fr kids wh can’t see clearly. Anyway, it sunds very meaningful. W: Thanks.
M: Is Sydney the nly place where yu can take this curse?
W: N, but it’s much cheaper here. It als lasts lnger, which means it prvides mre infrmatin.
Text 9.
M: Gd mrning. Tday we’ll talk abut gal-setting and we have a special guest here, Kate Warwick. Welcme t ur prgram, Mrs. Warwick.
W: Thank yu!
M: S Mrs. Warwick, can yu tell us abut yur wrk in gal-setting?
W: Well. When it cmes t gal-setting, I’m really fcused. Fr example, if I want t lse weight, I will get a grup f clse friends arund me and tell them I want t lse weight and increase my health. Then I’ll take actin t achieve this gal by stpping eating unhealthy fds, etc.
M: Why d yu gather sme clse friends tgether?
W: It is imprtant fr me because I need supprt. I knw I can’t d it n my wn. Als it helps, because I am able t share my prblems with them. And by telling ther peple “I really want t d this and I seek yur help”, they can keep yu hnest, I suppse.
M: And why is it that mst peple d s badly at reaching gals?
W: They lse fcus. Everybdy’s life is busy. There is s much happening in everybdy’s life that what happens is that they might have a gal, and then smething will get in the rad f that.
Text 10.
Hw many bicycles d yu need in yur life? Fr 67-year-ldChai Lin, the answer is 1, 300. Chai’s passin fr bicycles dates back t the 1960s. Hwever, a bicycle was very expensive then. Thanks t all the effrts and supprt in his family, Chai gt his first bike in 1980. After becming a successful businessman years later, Chai began t cllect bikes f varius brands and ages, especially antiques, frm arund the wrld. Hard-wn items have brught Chai great satisfactin. With his cllectin grwing, there was n space big enugh t keep it. In 2009, he invested 200 millin yuan fr a museum just fr his bikes. After 10 years’ effrts, the Gansu Sanmu Bicycle Museum finally pened t the public in January 2019 free f charge. The museum stres nt nly bikes, sme 200 years ld, but als sme 13, 500 bike-related parts, bks and phts. The museum has been used as an ff-campus research center fr lcal primary and middle schl students and is als ppular with turists. Chai has equipped the museum with the latest technlgy. Due t limited space, a large part f Chai’s cllectin is nt yet exhibited. Chai hpes t enlarge the displaying area.