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2023年秋期中期考试
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分 30分）
第一节（共 5小题，每小题 1.5分，共 7.5分））
1 Why does the man look happy
A. He has bought a new book.
B. He has finished his newbook.
C. His poem is being published.
2 What will the speakers do on Saturday
A. Hold a party.
B. Clean up the backyard.
C. Send out invitations.
3 How does the woman feel about the news
A. Disappointed. B. Surprised. C. Worried.
4 Where does the conversation takeplace
A. At a clothing store. B. At the tailor’s. C. At the cleaner’s.
5 What are the speakersmainly talking about
A. A TV programme. B. A talent show. C. An actor.
第二节(共 15题，每小题 1.5分，满分 22.5分）
听第 6 段材料，回答第 6、7 题。
6 Why does the mansuggest leaving at 7:00
A. There will be little traffic.
B. There will be an earlier fight.
C. They want to have tea at the airport.
7 How will the speakers go to the airport
A. By car. B. By train. C. By bus.
听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。
8 Where are the two speakers
A. In a library. B. In a café. C. In a classroom.
9 What does the woman like about the summer school
A. The size of the class. B. The maths course. C. The teachers.
听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。
10 What happened to the woman
A. The manbroke her dress.
B. The man was rude to her.
C. The mandirtied her dress.
11 What does the woman think of the manafterwards
A. He is generous. B. He is wellmannered. C. He is kind.
12 What is the man’s advice at last
A. To have dinner together.
B. To exchange phone numbers.
C. To buy the woman a newdress.
听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。
13 What is the mandoing
A. Placing a order. B. Selling insurance. C.Conducting an interview.
14 Why did Leaney apply for the job
A. The job description appealed to her.
B. Her educational background is related to it.
C. It has flexible hours.
15 What is an advantage of a smaller businessaccording to
Leaney
A. Greater contributions to the neighbourhood.
B. Closer employer-employee relationship.
C. More flexibility in providing services.
16 What is Leaney’s planfor the nexttwo weeks
A. To staywith her parents. B. To call on her relatives. C. To
finish her work
听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。
17 Who would like to make small talk according to the speaker
A. Relatives. B. Strangers. C. Visitors.
18 Why do people have small talk
A. To express opinions.
B. To avoid arguments.
C. To show friendliness.
19 Which of the following can be a regular topic in small talk
A. A hit film. B. Family life. C. Incomes.
20 What does the speaker recommend at the end of the lecture
A. Feeling free to change topics.
B. Asking open-ended questions.
C. Making small talk interesting.
第二部分 阅读理解(共两节，满分 40分)
第一节 (共 15小题；每小题 2分，满分 30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
In the coming months, we are bringing together artists from all over the globe, to
enjoy speaking Shakespeare’s plays in their own language, in our Globe, within the
architecture Shakespeare wrote for. Please come and join us.
National Theatre of China Beijing | Chinese
This great occasion(盛会)will be the National Theatre of China’s first visit to the UK.
The company’s productions show the new face of 21st century Chinese theatre. This
production of Shakespeare’s Richard Ⅲ will be directed by the National’s Associate
Director, Wang Xiaoying.
Date & Time: Saturday 28 April, 2.30pm & Sunday 29 April, 1.30pm & 6.30pm
Marjanishvili Theatre Tbilisi | Georgian
One of the most famous theatres in Georgia,the Marjanishvili,founded in 1928,
appears regularly at theatre festivals all over the world. This new production of As You
Like It is helmed(指导) by the company’s Artistic Director Levan Tsuladze.
Date & Time: Friday 18 May, 2.30pm & Saturday 19 May, 7.30pm
Deafinitely Theatre London | British Sign Language(BSL)
By translating the rich and humourous text of Love’s Labour’s Lost into the physical
language of BSL, Deafinitely Theatre creates a new interpretation of Shakespeare’s
comedy and aims to build a bridge between deaf and hearing worlds by performing to
both groups as one audience.
Date & Time: Tuesday 22 May, 2.30pm &Wednesday 23 May,7.30pm
Habima National Theatre Tel Aviv | Hebrew
The Habima is the centre of Hebrew-language theatre worldwide. Founded in
Moscow after the 1905 revolution, the company eventually settled in Tel Aviv in the
late 1920s. Since 1958, they have been recognised as the national theatre of Israel.
This production of Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice marks their first visit to the
UK.
Date & Time: Monday 28 May, 7.30pm & Tuesday 29 May, 7.30pm
21. Which play will be performed by the National Theatre of China
A. Richard Ⅲ. B. Love’s Labour’s Lost.
C. As You Like It. D. The Merchant of Venice.
22. What is special about Deafinitely Theatre
A. It has two groups of actors.
B. It is the leading theatre in London.
C. It performs plays in BSL.
D. It is good at producing comedies.
23. When can you see a play in Hebrew
A. On Saturday 28 April.
B. On Sunday 29 April.
C. On Tuesday 22 May.
D. On Tuesday 29 May.
B
I have worked as a keeper at the National Zoo for 11 years. Spot and Stripe are
the first tiger cubs（幼兽）that have ever been born here. Globally, a third of Sumatran
cubs in zoos don’t make it to adulthood, so I decided to give them round-the-clock
care at home.
I’ve got two children — the younger one, Kynan, was extremely happy about the
tigers arriving — but all of us really looked forward to being part of their lives and
watching them grow. I wasn’t worried about bringing them into my home with my
wife and kids. These were cubs. They weighed about 2.5 kg and were so small that
there was absolutely no risk.
As they grew more mobile, we let them move freely around the house during the
day, but when we were asleep we had to contain them in a large room, otherwise
they’d get up to mischief. We’d come down in the morning to find they’d turned the
room upside down, and left it looking like a zoo.
Things quickly got very intense due to the huge amount of energy required to
look after them. There were some tough times and I just felt extremely tired. I was
grateful that my family was there to help. We had to have a bit of a production line
going, making up “tiger milk”, washing baby bottles, and cleaning the floors.
When Spot and Stripe were four months old, they were learning how to open
doors and jump fences, and we knew it really was time for them to go. It was hard for
us to finally part with them. For the first few days, Kynan was always a bit
disappointed that the cubs weren’t there.
I’m not sad about it. I’m hands-on with them every day at the zoo, and I do look
back very fondly on the time that we had them.
24. Why did the author bring the tiger cubs home
A. To ensure their survival. B. To observe their differences.
C. To teach them life skills. D. To let them play with his kids.
25. What do the underlined words “get up to mischief’ mean in paragraph 3
A. Behave badly. B. Lose their way.
C. Sleep soundly. D. Miss their mom.
26. What did the author think of raising the tiger cubs at home
A. Boring. B. Tiring. C. Costly. D. Risky.
27. Why did the author decide to send Spot and Stripe back to the zoo
A. They frightened the children. B. They became difficult to contain.
C. They annoyed the neighbours. D. They started fighting each other.
C
Some parents will buy any high-tech toy if they think it will help their child, but
researchers said puzzles help children with math-related skills.
Psychologist Susan Levine, an expert on mathematics development in young
children at the University of Chicago, found children who play with puzzles between
ages 2 and 4 later develop better spatial skills. Puzzle play was found to be a
significant predictor of cognition(认知 ) after controlling for differences in parents’
income, education and the amount of parent talk, Levine said.
The researchers analyzed video recordings of 53 child-parent pairs during
everyday activities at home and found children who play with puzzles between 26 and
46 months of age have better spatial skills when assessed at 54 months of age.
“The children who played with puzzles performed better than those who did not,
on tasks that assessed their ability to rotate(旋转)and translate shapes,” Levine said in
a statement.
The parents were asked to interact with their children as they normally would,
and about half of the children in the study played with puzzles at one time.
Higher-income parents tended to have children play with puzzles more frequently, and
both boys and girls who played with puzzles had better spatial skills. However, boys
tended to play with more complex puzzles than girls, and the parents of boys provided
more spatial language and were more active during puzzle play than parents of girls.
The findings were published in the journal Developmental Science.
28 In which aspect do children benefit from puzzle play
A. Building confidence. B. Developing spatial skills.
C. Learning self-control. D.Gaining high-tech knowledge.
29.What did Levine take into consideration when designing her experiment？
A. Parents’ age. B. Children’s imagination.
C. Parents’ education. D. Child-parent relationship.
30. How do boys differ from girls in puzzle play
A. They play with puzzles more often.
B. They tend to talk less during the game.
C. They prefer to use more spatial language.
D. They are likely to play with tougher puzzles.
31. What is the text mainly about
A. Amathematical method. B. A scientific study.
C. Awoman psychologist D. A teaching program.
D
Terrafugia Inc. said Monday that its new flying car has completed its first flight,
bringing the company closer to its goal of selling the flying car within the next year.
The vehicle — named the Transition — has two seats, four wheels and wings that fold
up so it can be driven like a car. The Transition, which flew at 1,400 feet for eight
minutes last month, can reach around 70 miles per hour on the road and 115 in the air.
It flies using a 23-gallon tank of gas and burns 5 gallons per hour in the air. On the
ground, it gets 35 miles per gallon.
Around 100 people have already put down a $10,000 deposit to get a Transition
when they go on sale, and those numbers will likely rise after Terrafugia introduces
the Transition to the public later this week at the New York Auto Show. But don’t
expect it to show up in too many driveways. It’s expected to cost $279,000. And it
won’t help if you’re stuck in traffic. The car needs a runway.
Inventors have been trying to make flying cars since the 1930s, according to
Robert Mann, an airline industry expert. But Mann thinks Terrafugia has come closer
than anyone to making the flying car a reality. The government has already permitted
the company to use special materials to make it easier for the vehicle to fly. The
Transition is now going through crash tests to make sure it meets federal safety
standards.
Mann said Terrafugia was helped by the Federal Aviation Administration’s
decision five years ago to create a separate set of standards for light sport aircraft,
which are lower than those for pilots of larger planes. Terrafugia says an owner would
need to pass a test and complete 20 hours of flying time to be able to fly the Transition,
a requirement pilots would find relatively easy to meet.
32. What is the first paragraph mainly about
A. The basic data of the Transition.
B. The advantages of flying cars.
C. The potential market for flying cars.
D. The designers of the Transition.
33. Why is the Transition unlikely to show up in too many driveways
A. It causes traffic jams.
B. It is difficult to operate.
C. It is very expensive.
D. It burns too much fuel.
34. What is the government’s attitude to the development of the flying car
A. Cautious. B. Favorable.
C. Ambiguous. D. Disapproving.
35. What is the best title for the text
A. Flying Car at Auto Show B. The Transition’s First Flight
C. Pilots’ Dream Coming True D. Flying Car Closer to Reality
第二节 (共 5小题；每小题 2分，满分 10分)
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有
两项为多余选项。
If you are already making the time to exercise, it is good indeed! With such busy
lives, it can be hard to try and find the time to work out. 36 Working out in the
morning provides additional benefits beyond being physically fit.
Your productivity is improved. Exercising makes you more awake and
ready to handle whatever is ahead of you for the day. 37
Your metabolism(新陈代谢) gets a head start. 38 If you work out
in the mornings, then you will be getting the calorie(卡路里) burning benefits for
the whole day, not in your sleep.
39 Studies found that people who woke up early for exercise slept
better than those who exercised in the evening. Exercise energizes you, so it is
more difficult to relax and have a peaceful sleep when you are very excited.
40 If you work out bright and early in the morning, you will be
more likely to stick to healthy food choices throughout the day. Who would want
to ruin their good workout by eating junk food You will want to continue to
focus on positive choices.
There are a lot of benefits to working out, especially in the mornings. Set your
alarm clock an hour early and push yourself to work out! You will feel energized all
day long.
A. You will stick to your diet.
B. Your quality of sleep improves.
C. You prefer healthy food to fast food.
D. There is no reason you should exercise in the morning.
E. You can keep your head clear for 4-10 hours after exercise.
F. After you exercise, you continue to burn calories throughout the day.
G. If you are planning to do exercise regularly, or you’re doing it now, then listen
up!
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）
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。
Like many young people, Jessica wants to travel the globe. Unlike most of them,
this 25-year-old is doing it 41 . She and her husband have spent the last two
years traveling the world, stopping everywhere from Paris to Singapore. It might
sound like one long, expensive 42 , but the couple has an unusual way to make
their travel 43 .
They're part of a new form of the 44 economy: an online group of house
sitters. Throughout their no-cost stays in 45 homes, they feed pets and water
plants in the homeowner's 46 .
It's not all sightseeing. The two travelers carefully 47 their trips,
scheduling their days around the pets that are sometimes difficult to 48 . But
house sitting also offers a level of 49 they can't find in a hotel. "It's like 50
at a friend's house," Jessica says.
The couple has a high 51 rate in getting accepted as house sitters and they
always go beyond the homeowner's 52 . For Jessica, that means 53 plenty
of pictures of happy pets, keeping the house 54 and leaving a nice small gift
before heading to the next house. "You want to make the homeowner feel that they
made the right 55 ," she says.
41. A. indoors B. online C. single-handed D. full-time
42. A. game B. service C. vacation D. procedure
43. A. safe B. busy C. helpful D. affordable
44. A. local B. private C. sharing D. agricultural
45. A. strangers' B. parents' C. co-workers' D. neighbors'
46. A. favor B. defense C. honor D. absence
47. A. plan B. explain C. compare D. complete
48. A. buy B. transport C. choose D. please
49. A. support B. comfort C. control D. attention
50. A. cooking B. staying C. waiting D. studying
51. A. success B. survival C. growth D. unemployment
52. A. budget B. abilities C. expectations D. understanding
53. A. admiring B. donating C. sending D. borrowing
54. A. clean B. open C. simple D. empty
55. A. guess B. decision C. response D. impression
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。
Diets have changed in China — and so too has its top crop. Since 2011, the
country 56 （grow）more corn than rice. Corn production has jumped nearly 125
percent over 57 past 25 years, while rice has increased only 7 percent.
A taste for meat is 58 (actual) behind the change: An important part of its
corn is used to feed chickens, pigs, and cattle. Another reason for corn’s rise: The
government encourages farmers to grow corn instead of rice 59 (improve) water
quality. Corn uses less water 60 rice and creates less fertilizer(化肥 ) runoff.
This switch has decreased 61 (pollute) in the country’s major lakes and
reservoirs and made drinking water safer for people.
According to the World Bank, China accounts for about 30 percent of total 62
(globe) fertilizer consumption. The Chinese Ministry of Agriculture finds that
between 2005 — when the government 63 (start) a soil-testing program 64
gives specific fertilizer recommendations to farmers — and 2011, fertilizer use
dropped by 7.7 million tons. That prevented the emission(排放) of 51.8 million tons
of carbon dioxide. China’s approach to protecting its environment while 65 (feed)
its citizens ＂ offers useful lessons for agriculture and food policymakers
worldwide.＂ says the bank’s Juergen Voegele.
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分 40分）
第二节 书面表达（满分 15分）
你校正在组织英语作文比赛。请以值得尊敬和爱戴的人为题，写一篇短文参
赛，内容包括：
1. 人物简介；
2. 尊敬和爱戴的原因。
注意：1. 词数 100左右；2.题目 “The Person I Admire Most”
第二节 （满分 25分）
When I was in Grade 8. I had a heated argument with my classmate. Tony. I have
forgotten what the argument was about, but I have never forgotten the lesson I learned
that day.
I believed that I was right and he was wrong, and Tony believed that I was wrong
and he was right. Our teacher, a kind and smart lady, decided to teach us a lesson. She
brought us to the front of the class and placed him on one side of her desk and me on
the other. In the middle of her desk was a large and round object. I could clearly see
that it was black. The teacher asked us what colour the object was. To my surprise,
Tony answered “white I couldn't believe he said the object was white!“Clearly, it was
black!”Another argument started between Tony and me, this time about the colour of
the object.
The teacher told me to go and stand where Tom was standing and told him to go
and stand where I was standing.
My teacher taught me a very important lesson that day.
参考答案
听力 CABBC AABCC BACAC ABCAB
阅读 ACD AABB BCDB ACBD GEFBA
完型 DCDCA DADBB ACCAB
填空
56Has grown 57.the 58.actually 59. to improve 60. than 61.pollution
62.global 63.started 64.which/that 65.feeding

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