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闽侯县第一中学2023-2024学年高二上学期12月月考
英语试卷
试卷满分：150分 完整时间：120分钟
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，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，作都有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。
1. What does the man buy online
A. Books. B. Clothes. C. shoes.
2. What is the man's boss like
A. She is serious. B. She is humorous. C. She is sociable.
3. What are the speakers talking about
A. Healthy food.
B. Eating habits.
C. Weight loss.
4. Why did the woman leave her former job
A. It required professional skills. B. It was a badly-paid job. C. It wasn’t challenging.
5. How will the man deal with the printer
A. Exchange it. B. Return it. C. Have it fined.
第二节(关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。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题3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 do we know about the woman
A. She likes watching movies. B. She enjoys outdoor activities.
C. She is pleased with the rainy weather.
7. What did the man do last weekend
A. He did some gardening. B. He did weekend shopping. C. He went to a restaurant.
听第7段村料，回答第8至10题。
8. Where does the conversation probably take place
A. Over the phone. B. In a company. C. At a bookstore.
9. What language is required for the job
A. German. B. Chinese. C. Spanish.
10. What will the man da next week
A. Start work. B. Attend an interview. C. Complete an application form.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。
11. What was the man doing when the argument broke out
A. He was talking with the woman. B He was driving home. C. He was sleeping.
12. What does the man think of Tara’s words
A. Doubtful. B. Reliable. C. Surprising.
13. What was the cause of the argument
A. The cars crashed into each other. B. A driver was going the wrong way.
C. The drivers didn’t let each other through.
听第9段材料。回答第14至16题。
14. What excited Greg’s interest in reading
A. His parents’ encouragement. B. His grandmother’s books.
C. His summer vacation.
15. Who inspired Greg to become a writer
A. His parents. B. His grandmother. C. His teacher.
16. How did Greg feel about his first novel
A. Proud. B. Content. C. Disappointed.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. Whom is the speaker addressing
A. University graduates. B. University freshmen. C. High school students.
18. What did the speaker do in his first year of university
A. He served as a part-time reporter. B .He studied history as a researcher.
C. He worked at a local radio station.
19. Why does the speaker encourage students to join clubs
A. They can find their true interest. B. They can enrich their university life.
C. They can improve their communication skills.
20. What is the purpose of the talk
A. To introduce a club. B. To give some advice. C. To share experiences.
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)
阅读下列组文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Cannes(戛纳) is a place that offers lots of different ways to spoil yourself. During the Cannes Film Festival in May, nothing changes, except that there are more people doing this, and that they talk about film. Here’s a guide to what you should do during the festival, both film-related and not.
Hotei Intercontinental Carlton
The film festival is a busy time for Cannes. The best way to appreciate the crowds might be having a dinner on a terrace(露天平台). Head to the Hotel Intercontinental Carlton and wander the lobby to take it all in. If you’re lucky you might be able to secure a table in the restaurant. Dress to impress or you won't stand a chance of getting in.
Cinema de la Plage
Throughout the Cannes Film Festival, one of the best places to soak up some of the wonderful atmosphere is the open-air Cinema del a Plage at Mace beach. If you haven’t secured a ticket in advance for a seat, there’s no need to worry. You can spread a blanket out on the ground, open up your pre-prepared picnic, and enjoy the movie.
Marché Forville
The Marché Forville is a must-see for any visitor to Cannes and a foodie’s delight. On most days, vendors sell home-made fruits and vegetables as well as local specialties to eat for lunch. But don’t go on Mondays, unless you want to browse for bargains, as that’s when the flea market is on instead.
La Croisette
La Croisette is the most famous walk in Cannes and is listed under the cultural inventory of France itself. Stroll the whole length, stop for a coffee, and end your walk by sitting on one of the free blue chairs along the way while taking in the view. It is also a great place to admire Cannes’ sculptures.
21. What is probably the intention of the teat
A. To introduce French culture. B. To present dining locations.
C. To publicize a film festival. D. To suggest tourism activities.
22. Which place best suits people who enjoy shopping
A. Hotel Intercontinental Carlton. B. Cinema de la Plage.
C. Marché Forville. D. La Croisette.
23. What can be expected in Cannes during the festival
A. Attending fashion shows. B. Watching movies outdoors.
C. Tasting imparted farm produce. D. Experiencing sculpture production.
B
Parents often think that their kids should be good at studies and do well in sports. That’s usually the case because parents feel that could get their children admission to top colleges. However, Melissa and Mark Wimmer think differently.
Their 14-year-olds on, Mike, is a prodigy. He is a member of Mensa, which is the world’s top IQ chub. He completed his high school, associate’s and bachelor’s degrees all in three years. That’s not all. He also ran two tech companies, founded a third one that works towards controlling the population of lionfish, an invasive (入侵的) species.
But the parents are proud that they were able to help Mike with his social skills along with his intellectual skills. Melissa told CNBC that people expected “Young Sheldon” before they met her son. Young Sheldon is a television show about a child talent who is an indoor man and lacks social skills. “But once they talk to Mike, they understand that he’s just a normal 14-year-old that happens to be able to do amazing things,” said Melissa.
Mark and Melissa got to know about their child’s intelligence when he entered preschool. A child psychologist told them that their son would need a different course to support his fast-track development. Many parents aren’t comfortable with putting their children with 18-year-olds, but Mike’s parents saw the value in letting their child go through it. “I wanted him to be social and be able to deal with all the different personalities in the classrooms with older children,” said Melissa.
The parents shared that they were able to do this by letting Mike find his own voice and put it to use. “We let him order food when he’s 3 or 4 from the waiter or waitress and introduce himself to people. Those kinds of things are done to encourage him to engage with everyone else and be more comfortable talking to others outside of our environment,” said Melissa.
Thanks to his parents, Mike has learned to get along with young and old alike.
24. What do the underlined words “a prodigy” in paragraph 2 refer to
A. A gifted person. B. A famous student.
C. A brilliant biologist. D. A successful businessman.
25. What can we infer about the child in the show Young Sheldon
A. He likes to make friends. B. He is a well-rounded man.
C. He is a popular child actor. D. He is poor at dealing with people.
26. How did Mark and Melissa discover Mike’s high intelligence
A. Through a recommendation from a child psychologist.
B. Through observing Mike's behavior in preschool.
C. Through participating in a special educational program.
D. Through the information provided by Mike's schoolteachers.
27. What do Mike's parents do to improve his social skills
A. Teach him some communication rules. B. Encourage him to speak in class.
C. Place him in social situations. D. Let him go to school alone.
C
In nature, octopuses (章鱼) hunt mainly with their sense of touch, using their eight arms to feel out their environment for hidden creatures. Researchers at the University of Minnesota recently studied a different way octopuses hunt—when they identify prey (猎物) based on sight. The study findings show that the marine creatures are quite consistent and methodical in how they approach prey.
Lead researcher Trevor Ward ill and his team placed California two-spot octopuses into water tanks, hiding them in caves where they would have one eye looking out. They then placed either fiddler crabs or white shrimp in the tanks to see how the octopuses would try to catch them, capturing the interactions on video. The crabs and shrimp behave differently when trying to escape from predators(捕猎者), so using both species gave the researchers an opportunity to see whether this led the octopuses to use a different arm for hunting depending on the prey.
Wardill’s team found that the octopuses almost always used the same arm to grab their prey. Specifically, the second arm from the middle of the octopuses’ body, on the same side of their body as the eye, caught the prey. If they needed more arms to grab prey, they would use the ones next to the second arm.
The octopuses also attacked differently depending on the prey. When faced with crabs, an octopus would move suddenly on top of the crab with its whole body. However, when catching shrimp, the octopuses would take one arm and reach out very slowly toward the shrimp, then grab it and latch(缠住) on to it with its other arms to pull it in.
Ward ill and his team hope to do more research. They want to study the octopus’s brain as it attacks prey to develop a better understanding of what role the creature’s nervous system plays in selecting the arms it uses.
28. What is the recent study mainly about
A. Octopuses’ ability to hide itself. B. Octopuses’ way to track prey.
C. Octopuses’ hunting mode via eyes. D. Octopuses’ method of perceiving the environment.
29. What can we learn about the octopuses in the study
A. They adopt different strategies to hunt. B. They stretch arms slowly to catch crabs.
C. They move suddenly to prey on shrimps. D. They use the second arm to catch prey anytime.
30. What does the follow-up test aim to find out about the octopuses
A. Whether they’re nervous in hunting. B. How their nerves work during hunting.
C. How they choose their arms in hunting. D. Whether they use their brain during hunting.
31. Which of the following can be a suitable title for the text
A. Octopuses: Skillful Hunters B. Octopuses: One-armed Predators
C. Octopuses: A Sharp-eyed Species D. Octopuses: A Mysterious Creature
D
Despite all the efforts students make to graduate with a science major, research has shown that most college science courses provide students with only a fragmented (碎片化的) understanding of fundamental scientific concepts. The teaching method improves memorization of separate facts, proceeding from one textbook chapter to the next without necessarily making connections between them, instead of learning how to use the information and connect those facts meaningfully.
With that in mind, we developed a series of cross-disciplinary (跨学科的) activities. In our most recent study, we investigated how well college students could use their chemistry knowledge to explain real-world biological phenomena. To begin with, we interviewed 28 first year college students majoring in sciences or engineering. All had taken both introductory chemistry and biology courses. We asked them to identify connections between the content of these courses and what they believed to be the take-home messages from each course. The students responded with extensive lists of topics, concepts, and skills that they’d learned in class. Following that, a set of cross-disciplinary activities were designed to guide students in the use of core chemistry ideas and knowledge to help explain real-world biological phenomena. One activity explored the impacts of ocean acidification on seashells. Here, the students were asked to use basic chemistry ideas to explain how the increasing level of carbon dioxide in seawater is affecting shell-building marine animals such as corals, clams and oysters.
Overall, the students felt confident of their chemistry knowledge. However, they had a harder time applying the same chemistry knowledge to explaining the biological phenomena. These findings highlight that a big gap remains between what students learn in their science courses and how well prepared they are to apply that information.
The students in our study also reported that these activities helped them see links between the two disciplines that they wouldn’t have perceived otherwise. The ability to make these connections is important beyond the classroom as well, because it’s the basis of science literacy(科学素养). So we also came away with evidence that our chemistry students at least would like to have the ability to have a deeper tinder standing of science and how to apply it.
32. What does the existing science education fail to do according to the research
A. Extend students’ theoretical knowledge.
B. Engage students in more outdoor activities.
C. Encourage students to enjoy the learning process.
D. Teach students to make connections among different subjects.
33. What can we learn about the student interviewees
A. They have rich academic knowledge.
B. They pay little attention to biology courses.
C. They hardly identify the core ideas of science.
D. They fully understand their major’s importance.
34. What does the activity about ocean acidification expects students to do
A. Analyse the exact composition of seawater.
B. Study some unusual phenomena under the sea.
C. Come up with practical methods to protect sea life.
D. Explain the effects of carbon dioxide on sea creatures.
35. What does the author see from the result of the study
A. The need to remove the unfairness in education.
B. The difficulties of cross-disciplinary study.
C. The potential to promote students’ science literacy.
D. The method of increasing students’ practical skills.
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。
We are masters of distraction especially when we feel an uncomfortable emotion surfacing. And our society makes it easier than ever. 36 Those range from videos on TikTok to online shopping.
But does distraction really help deal with emotions Or does it merely worsen the problem 37 In some ways it can help, and oftentimes distraction avoids the root of the problem.
In the loud world in which we live nowadays, avoiding an emotion is easier than processing it. During the sequencing of an emotion, distraction occurs when we first notice it. The emotion in question causes physiological changes and often causes action. 38 It isn’t always a bad thing. There’s pretty good evidence that distraction can help downregulate the anxiety around a negative emotion.
39 There are longer mood states that last days or months, although most emotions only last a few minutes before they pass. That’s why, if you're seeking long-term solutions, learning to process emotions is the only way. When you slowdown and make space for your emotions, you can start to process them.
Jacobs Hendel, a psychotherapist, uses a process, which involves connecting your feet to the floor, deep belly breathing, slowing down and then identifying where different emotions are felt in the body. 40 -once anxiety goes down, you can identify the other emotions that are coming up in your body. If the same emotions keep coming up and causing you stress, learning to sit with them and work through them. Facing your emotions may help you see that they aren’t as scary as you thought.
A. According to experts, the answer is a mixed bag.
B. Grabbing your phone isn’t necessarily a bad thing.
C. And feeling them in the body is a good place to start.
D. We feel like emotions are going to get bigger when we focus on them.
E. For example, if you're sad, you drawback; if you’re angry, you approach.
F. But distraction isn’t a true fix either, because it only works in the short-term.
G. Once a negative emotion sets in, we may reach for various digital di tractions.
第三部分 语言知识运用(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。
There are countless reasons to stay up late in college. Here’s one good reason to go to bed.
The less a student sleeps every night, the lower their grade-point average will be, according to a two-year study of the sleep habits of more than 600 college freshmen.
Researchers found that every lost hour of average nightly sleep at the start of an academic term was associated with a 0.07-point 41 in a student’s end-of-term GPA. When a student slept less than six hours a night, the 42 of lost sleep on a student’s grades was even more 43 said David Creswell, the lead author of the study.
“You’re 44 this sleep debt,” Creswell said. “And that has a pretty negative role 45 people’s academics.”
Sleep, especially undisturbed sleep, helps the brain 46 and retain information it has learned. And when someone is sleep-deprived, attention span and memory are also impaired(受损的).
But students face a variety of “ 47 pressure” that keep them up late in college, which is often the first time students are living away from home, Creswell said. The average student in the sample group typically fell asleep at about 2:30 a.m. 48 any of the students went to bed before midnight. And, on average, they slept 6.5 hours a night.
It’s not clear why less sleep would cause someone to have a lower GPA, Creswell said. Sleeping for longer, 49 periods of time allows for REM sleep, a period of unconscious rapid eye movement that corresponds with high activity in the brain. Creswell said he 50 that a regular pattern of 51 sleep creates a “sleep debt” overtime, leaving students unable to concentrate. “These college students are going to class with a ton of sleep debt, and they’re having trouble staying focused and 52 in college classrooms,” Creswell said. “Those thing can
really harm your ability to really 53 with the material.”
Obviously, the findings could inform systemic changes at university campaigns or workshops to help students have a better night’s sleep. There are multiple pathways to get to a GPA, and sleep is like the 54 that holds students’ lives together in lots of domains.
“Fundamentally, it 55 If we’re not sleeping well, all systems are not a go,” Creswell said. “Our body is not prepared for the day ahead of us and what we're asking it to do if we don’t have that good, basic chunk of night-time sleep.”
41. A. consistent B. parallel C. rise D. drop
42. A. efficiency B. account C. effect D. edge
43. A. contradictory B. noticeable C. promoted D. abstract
44. A. accumulating B. handling C. estimating D. motivating
45. A. in accordance with B. in terms of C. in line with D. in a state of
46. A. intervention B. produce C. process D. privilege
47. A. investigating B. comprehending C. achieving D. competing
48. A. Briefly B. Brilliantly C. Barely D. Bitterly
49. A. unpredicted B. uninterrupted C. undetermined D. underlined
50. A. suspects B. decreases C. sustains D. subscribes
51. A. improper B. insufficient C. adequate D. extraordinary
52. A. building B. returning C. learning D. enrolling
53. A. engage B. shift C. evolve D. evaluate
54. A. glance B. gossip C. grade D. glue
55. A. comes down with B. comes down to C. attends to D. gets down to
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。
The long-awaited moment arrived. As an epic(史诗) 56 brings back to life some of the most iconic poets from the Tang Dynasty (618-907), the highly 57 (expect) animated movie Chang’an held its premiere (首映) in 58 was once its namesake city, now known as Xi’an, the provincial capital of Shaanxi province on July 2.
Produced by Light Chaser Animation, 59 Beijing-based animated studio known for its focus on tales inspired by traditional culture and legends, the film 60 (schedule) for a nationwide release on July 8.
61 a runtime of 168 minutes, the longest of any Chinese animated movie to date, Chang’an describes the decades-long friendship of Li Bai, arguably the country’s most beloved poet, and Gao Shi, his close friend and a noted poet as well, and also 62 (reveal) the dynasty’s transition from peak prosperity to decline due to the unrest caused by An Lushan, who was once one of Emperor Xuanzong’s most favored 63 (general).
Xie Jun wei, who co-directs the movie with Zou Jing, says that he made multiple trips to Xi’an in search of inspiration during the production, 64 (add) that the small statues and ancient paintings exhibited at the Shaanxi History Museum provided them with 65 (value) ideas for the film.
第四部分 课内知识(共三节，满分25分)
第一节 根据语境选择下框中的单词，替换句中划线部分的词使意思一致。(共七小题，每小题一分，共7分)
提醒：请将所选答案对应的字母序号填涂到答题卡相应位置。
A. brilliant B. expand C. proof D. substantial E. severe F. conventional G. fault
66. This hybrid enabled farmers to increase their output greatly.
petition is often stronger at the start of the game, and this contributes to more serious injuries.
68. Many schools have paid attention to the warnings and are working to correct their mistakes.
69. That is a very significant improvement in the present situation.
70. There is no evidence that the knife belonged to her.
71. Although these seeds currently cost more than traditional seeds, their cost is likely to decline.
72. She told me she’d had an awesome idea, which surprised us.
第二节 根据语境选择适当的短语，并用其正确形式填空。其中两个选项是多余的。(共八小题，每小题1分，共8分)
switch to be overwhelmed by suspect sb. of be comprised of be rich in
link...to break out attend to be exposed to engage in
73. The agricultural research team ______ two senior scientists, one professor and four researchers.
74. He got tired of teaching and ______ writing stories.
75. They had escaped to America shortly before the war ______ in 1939.
76. Since heart disease is often ______ our lifestyle choices, we need to make healthy living an important part of our lives.
77. You’ve got so many things to ______. Can you manage it all by yourself
78. Despite his poor living conditions, he remained actively ______ his scientific research.
79. The man ______ being behind the robbery was seen crossing the street.
80. It’s good to cat more animal livers(肝脏), which ______ Vitamin A.
第三节 根据提示，把下列句子翻译成中文或者英文(共五小题，每小题2分，共10分)
81.确实，他瘦削但结实的身躯看起来和他为之奉献了一生的千千万万的中国农民一样。(非限制性定语从句)
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82.斯诺首先在地图上标出所有死者住所的确切位置。(by + doing，定语从句)
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83.令她惊喜的是，仅仅几周时间，她就能在课堂上大胆发言了。(主语从句和表语从句)
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84. Given that Yuan’s hybrids made him quite wealthy, one might think he would have retired to a life of leisure.
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85. The first time that she had to write an essay, her tutor explained that she must acknowledge what other people had said if she cited their ideas.
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第五部分 作文(满分25分)
假如你是晨光中学的李华。你在英国游学期间曾寄宿在英国学生Chris家，他母亲Nancy通过电子邮件祝贺你顺利完成高中学业，并询问你将如何安排高中最后一个假期。请你用英语回复。
内容包括：(1)表示感谢并问候；(2)计划与家人一起做的事情；(3)你决定选择哪个专业，为学好该专业做何准备。
注意：(1)词数100左右；(2)可适当加入细节，使内容充实、行文连贯；(3)开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Nancy,
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Yours,
Li Hua
闽侯县第一中学2023-2024学年高二上学期12月月考
答案
1-5 AABCA 6-10 CBACB 11-15 CACBC 16-20 BBAAB
21-23 DCB 24-27 ADAC 28-31 CABA 32-35 DADC 36-40 GAEFC
41-45 DCBAB 46-50 CDCBA 51-55 BCADB
56. which/that 57. expected 58. what 59. a 60. was scheduled
61. With 62. reveals 63. generals 64. adding 65. valuable
66. B 67. E 68. G 69. D 70. C 71. F 72. A
73. is comprised of 74. switched to 75. broke out 76. linked to
77. attend to 78. engaged in 79. suspected of 80. are rich in
81. Indeed, his slim but strong body is just like that of millions of Chinese farmers, to whom he has devoted his life.
82. Snow began by marking on a map the exact places where all those who died had lived.
83. What surprised her was that she found herself speaking up in class after just a few weeks.
84.考虑到杂交水稻使袁隆平变得相当富有，人们可能认为他会退休享受闲适的生活。
85.她第一次写论文时，导师跟她解释说，如果引用别人的观点就一定要注明。
Dear Nancy,
I am very glad to receive your E-mail. I am very grateful to you and your family, for taking care of me during my study tour in the UK. And wish you all the best.
Now that I have finished my high school studies, my parents and I are going to travel to Beijing. I’m going to Tian’anmen to see the flag raising and climb the Great Wall.
In addition, I want to go to Qinghua Garden to enjoy the elegant demeanor of famous universities. I have decided to register for the computer major. With the rapid development of the Internet industry, the high-paying employment in IT industry attracts more and more people to join the Internet tide. Before choosing, consult people engaged in this major or go to training institutions for consultation. Only with a clear goal, we will have targeted learning in the future, which will be more efficient.
Yours,
LiHua
录音稿
(Text 1)
M: Where did you get that skirt It’s so cute.
W: Thanks! I bought it online. I buy many things online, like books and even shoes.
M: Really I buy books online, but I’ve never bought clothes online. I like to try things on before I buy them.
(Text 2)
W: How do you like your new boss
M: She’s OK. I just wish she'd learn to lighten up a little. She never enjoys a joke. It’s hard to even get a smile out of her.
(Text 3)
W: Do you have a New Year’s plan
M: A big one! I decide not to eat so much processed food. I’m going to focus on home-cooked meals.
W: Mine is very similar. I’m not going to go on a diet but I want to eat a balanced diet with more fruits and vegetables.
(Text 4)
M: Why did you stop working for Texon
W: The primary reason is that I couldn’t use my skills to the fullest extent although the pay is good.
M: Well, you can look forward to a lot of challenges here.
W: Great. That’s exactly what I'm looking for.
(Text 5)
W: We can come to your office and fix the printer, or you can bring it in.
M: It’s almost new and it doesn’t work. I think I’d rather have it replaced.
W: Certainly, sir. We’re open until 6:00 o’clock this evening.
第一节到此结束。
第二节
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。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。
听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7两个小题。现在，你有10秒钟的时间阅读这两个小题。
(Text 6)
M: I’m telling you, this rainy weather is driving me crazy. It always ruins my plans for outdoor activities.
W: I’m actually glad it’s finally been raining recently. It’s really good for my garden.
M: By the way, what do you think about the new shopping center
W: I don’t know. I haven’t shopped there yet. Have you
M: Yeah, I have. I went there last weekend. It has a ton of stores, lots of great restaurants, and a big movie theater.
W: Oh, it sounds so much better than the old one.
听下面一段对话，回答第8至第10三个小题。现在，你有15秒钟的时间阅读这三个小题。
(Text 7)
W: Hello, Delta Education.
M: Hello. I’m calling about the job you advertised for a salesperson. Is it still available
W: Yes. Our company sells educational books for children. We’re looking for part-time salespeople to promote our books to local bookstores.
M: That sounds interesting. I’m a student and looking for part-time work.
W: Well, perhaps you'd like to come in for an interview. Oh, just one thing we didn’t mention in the advertisement. Some of our books are in Spanish, so we’d like to hire someone who speaks Spanish.
M: Oh, as a matter of fact, I do. I can also speak a little German and Chinese.
W: Well, that’s impressive. We will call you next week to come for an interview.
听下面一段对话,回答第11至第13三个小题。现在,你有15秒钟的时间阅读这三个小题。
(Text 8)
W: Hi Phil. Did all that noise in the street wake you up last night
M: No, it didn’t. I’m a deep sleeper. What happened, Jess
W: Well, I didn’t see it myself but I heard that it was an argument between two car drivers and supposedly it got quite heated.
M: Really Who told you about it
W: Tara at number 42. It seems that both drivers got out of their cars and started shouting at each other. She says they almost started fighting.
M: Hmm... well I’d think whether what Tara said was completely true if I were you.
W: No, I believe her actually―people do get very annoyed by not being able to pass each other on this street.
M: Did the cars make contact
W: No... they were just coming in opposite directions and they met where the street gets narrow and neither one would move backwards to let the other pass. So they just stayed there, in them idle of the road, with neither one giving way.
M: How childish.
听下面一段对话，回答第14至第16三个小题。现在，你有15秒钟的时间阅读这三个小题。
(Text 9)
W: My guest today is the novel it Greg Field! Greg, were you into books and reading as a kid
M: Well, my parents were always on at me to read. They couldn’t understand why I didn’t like it much. One summer, though, I was in my grandma’s sitting room and she had this whole pile of books, which she let me play with because I liked the covers. And I started leafing through, and then maybe reading a word or two, and then a page, and then that was it.
W: And what about at school
M: Well, there was one particular teacher who at the end of everyday would read books to us. It was like music, like a film―these great pictures his voices tired up in my mind and that’s when I knew I had to be a writer, so I could make that happen too.
W: So how did it feel when you eventually achieved that
M: Well, I was so scared when I was writing my first novel — scared that nobody would read it, or that I’d never finish it. I can’t tell you what a relief it was to see it on the shelves in a bookshop. Then the next one was, by comparison, a bit of a disappointment and it never sold as well.
听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20四个小题。现在，你有20秒钟的时间阅读这四个小题。
(Text 10)
M: Hello, everyone. I hope you're enjoying your first day. The university asked me to come back and talk to you as one of you, giving you a student’s side of the story.
So with that in mind, I’d just like to say one thing really, which is: get involved in something other than your course as soon as you can. I remember when I first came here to study history, I had no idea of what job I’d end up doing. But in my first year, I joined the university broadcasting society. I was interested in reporting. Then in my second year, I got a holiday job, helping out as a researcher at the local radio station, and really it all led on from there, because first of all I was clear about what I wanted to do — which was to work in broadcasting — and secondly, I had some contacts, which in this line of work is a key thing.
So that’s really my message to you today. Don’t delay, join some clubs and societies and start developing your interests. Thanks for your time.

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