2018-2019 学年第二学期向明中学 3 月质量监控考
高三年级英语试卷
(完卷时间:120 分钟 满分:140 分)
第 I 卷(共 100 分)
I. Listening Comprehension
Section A
Directions: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end
of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the
questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read
the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question
you have heard.
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A. It is not as good as she has expected. B. It needs improving.
C. It is just so-so. D. It’s wonderful.
2.【此处有音频,请去附件查看】
A. He is not very enthusiastic about his English lessons.
B. He has made great progress in his English.
C. He is a student of the music department.
D. He is not very interested in English songs.
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A. He didn’t get the book he needed.
B. He had no idea where the book was.
C. The library is closed on weekends.
D. He didn’t have time to go to the library.
4.【此处有音频,请去附件查看】A. The man can see a different view. B. The food is not tasty enough.
C. The man cannot afford the food. D. The food is worth the prices.
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A. To protect her from getting scratches. B. To help relieve her of the pain.
C. To prevent mosquito bites. D. To avoid getting sun-burnt.
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A. The furnished apartment was inexpensive.
B. The apartment was provided with some old furniture.
C. The furniture he bought was very cheap.
D. The furniture in the market was on sale every Sunday.
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A. It’s not as hard as expected.
B. It’s too tough for some students.
C. It’s much more difficult than people think.
D. It’s believed to be the hardest course.
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A. They are probably art students. B. They both like elephants.
C. They won’t go to the zoo together. D. They are making an appointment.
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A. The tickets are more expensive than expected.
B. The tickets are sold in advance at half price.
C. It’s difficult to buy the tickets on the spot.
D. It’s better to buy the tickets beforehand.10.【此处有音频,请去附件查看】
A. The woman’s father likes her present very much.
B. The woman had better not buy a shirt this time.
C. It’s a good idea for the woman to buy her father a shirt.
D. The woman should buy a shirt as soon as possible.
Section B
Directions: In Section B, you will hear two longer conversations and one short passage, and you
will be asked several questions on each of the conversations and the passage. The conversations
and the passage will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a
question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best
answer to the question you have heard.
Questions are based on the following dialogue.【此处有音频,请去附件查看】
11.
A. Zero degrees Celsius. B. Minus fifteen degrees Celsius.
C. Minus twenty degrees Celsius. D. Minus fifty degrees Celsius.
12.
A. For up to one year. B. For twenty-four hours.
C. For a few hours. D. For a few weeks.
13.
A. After foods have been unfrozen, they can be frozen again.
B. Whether the freezing process is fast has nothing to do with the taste of the food.
C. To start the freezing process, it is important to lower the temperature to Zero degrees Celsius.
D. Generally, if frozen food is left unfrozen for more than twenty-four hours without being eaten, it must be thrown
away.
Questions are based on the following dialogue.【此处有音频,请去附件查看】
14. A. He was an anti-apartheid activist
B. He was also the leader of the African National Congress.
C. He spent many years in prison.
D. He won his presidency in a fully representative democratic election.
15.
A. The winning of the Nobel Peace Prize.
B. The transition towards multi-racial democracy in South Africa.
C. The honorary title of Madiba.
D The reconciliation and negotiation between the African countries.
16.
A. To honor the multi-racial democracy in South Africa
B. To celebrate Mandela’s being elected as President
C. To mark Mandela’s contribution to world freedom.
D. To mourn Mandela’s death
Questions are based on the following dialogue.【此处有音频,请去附件查看】
17.
A. Medicine. B. Education.
C. World history. D. Foreign commerce
18.
A. Because she wants her daughter to be a doctor or a teacher.
B. Because few people choose foreign commerce as their major nowadays.
C. Because she has seen the bankruptcy of many big companies.
D. Because the world is under economic crisis and commerce is not hot any more.
19.
A. A life in which she can enjoy people’s respect.
B. A life without stress and worry.
C. A life in which she can foresee her future.
D. A life full of different chances.
.20.
A. He thinks it is hopefully on the way of recovery.
B. He thinks it is getting worse sooner or later.
C. He thinks nobody can foresee how the world economy will be.
D. He thinks the world economy is not bad at all.
II. Grammar and Vocabulary
Section A
Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically
correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other
blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.
Trust is a tricky business. On the one hand, it’s a necessary condition for many worthwhile things such as child
care or friendships. On the other hand, ___21___ (put) your faith in the wrong place often carries a high price.
Then, why do we trust at all? Well, because it feels good. ___22___ people place their trust in an individual or an
institution, their brains release oxytocin, a hormone that produces pleasurable feelings and triggers the herding
instruction that leads sheep to flock together for safety and promote humans ___23___(connect) with one another.
Swiss Scientists have found that exposure ___24___ this hormone puts us in a trusting mood: In a study,
researchers sprayed oxytocin (催产素) into the noses of half the subjects; those subjects were ready to lend
significantly ___25___(high) amounts of money to strangers than were their counterparts ___26___inhaled
something else.
Lucky for us, we also have a sixth sense for dishonesty that ___27___ protect us. A Canadian study found that
children as young as 14 months can differentiate between a credible person and a dishonest ___28___. Sixty toddlers
were each introduced to an adult tester holding a plastic container. The tester would ask, “What’s in here?” before
looking into the container, smiling, and exclaiming, “Wow!” Each subject was then invited to look inside. Half of
them found a toy; the other half discovered the container was empty-and realized the tester ___29___(fool) them.
Among the children who had not been tricked the majority were willing to cooperate with the tester in learning
a new skill, demonstrating that they trusted his leadership. In contrast, only five of the 30 children ____30____(pair)
with the “inflexible” tester participated in a follow-up activity.
Section B
Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that
,there is one word more than you need.
A. hooked B. lifeline C. enroll D. pull E. plus F. exclusively
G. delicate H. popularized I. experiment J. specifically K. boom
China’s male beauty vloggers go viral as gender attitudes shift
Blushes, eyeshadows and concealers are no longer ___31___ found in a woman’s cosmetic bag as more and
more men in China discover the power of makeup.
The popularity of male beauty vloggers is leading a(n) ___32___ in China’s male cosmetics market, estimated to
grow to a huge $2.4 billion in 2022. It’s also paving the way for more young Chinese men to ___33___ with
gender-bending makeup and clothes, in a culture with a long history of swaggering, masculine stereotypes, and where
the trope of the ancient male emperor with multiple wives is still going strong.
Even in 2018, parents can ___34___young sons in training camps to teach them to be tough and manly. Single
men looking to marry face pressure to fit certain norms – be the breadwinner and own property; multiple houses are
a(n) ___35___.
The change in gender ideals has been influenced by South Korean pop culture, where male celebrities and boy
bands have ___36___ a softer, effeminate look. With Chinese celebrities and regular boy-next-door types adopting a
more ___37___ appearance, the fad has its own slang – xiaoxianrou, or “little fresh meat.”
Wang Zilu, 22, has used makeup for three years –___38___ after realizing how just a little could “change the
shape of your eyebrows, the style of your lips”. He learned via other vloggers before starting a social media account
to post his own before-and-after videos.
“The first time I put on makeup, it took me an entire afternoon,” he recalled. “The most difficult part was eye
shadow – how to mix and match different colors without making it ugly.”
Makeup, for some, has gone from a fun hobby to a profitable ___39___ –China’s most popular beauty vloggers
reportedly can _____40_____ in as much as 10 million yuan a year (£1.2 million).
But even with more young Chinese men trying out a bit of blush, not everyone’s used to it just yet.
III. Reading ComprehensionSection A
Directions: For each blank in the following passages there are four words or phrases marked A,
B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
Is Helicopter Parenting Necessary?
We’ve all heard the dangers of helicopter parenting. Remaining too ___41___ in a kid’s life, especially
throughout college, can lead to depression, lack of self-reliance and feelings of entitlement.
Superficially, this wisdom is sound. But some academics and educators now say they see signs of a troubling
backlash(反冲). The concern: warnings that moms and dads should ___42___ “the over parenting trap”—are
discouraging parents from getting involved at all.
Yes, parents can be intrusive. ___43___, there are increasing examples of parents refusing to step up when
students genuinely need their family. One mom kept ___44___ about her son’s signs of depression until right before
he failed a semester. She did not want to “helicopter in.”
That means colleges, which have spent the past decade learning to ___45___ parents who get too involved, now
have a different ___46___. But the solution to both is the same: devising ways to channel moms and dads into the
right kind of ___47___ role.
Much of this began because schools were forced to cope with a generation of students ___48___ with their
parents like never before, thanks to smartphones. And with ___49___ in education soaring, university leaders have
started to view parents as investment partners. Most of them have paid for this education for their children or gone
into debt for this education. And in some sense, they’re entitled to know and be assured that colleges are ____50____
their children’s welfare.
Crucially, parent-outreach programs have also served as buffers(缓冲), ____51____ students—or worse, their
professors—the discomfort of the nagging. At the University of Maryland, for example, the parent office has handled
____52____ for weekly academic-progress reports, which do not exist in higher education. Parents just want to know
they have a place to go where someone will listen to their concerns.
But now, with some moms and dads cautious of even contacting the school in the first place, those same
programs are being used to encourage a more balanced approach, often via blogs, email and Facebook. Parents are
now advised to be a guide, while acknowledging that the ____53____ owns the journey. That means asking questions,
listening to answers, being patient and trusting kids to resolve their own problems. But if issues ____54____, or if a
student is in serious mental or physical danger, it also means hopping in the chopper, at least for a little while. “When you think about it, helicopters are useful tools,” says Chelsea Petree, who is launching a parent-outreach program.
“They can see things we on the ____55____ can’t see and get to emergencies quicker than we can. They can swoop in
when needed. The key is that they go back up.”
41. A. independent B. involved C. attached D. enclosed
42. A. set B. sense C. avoid D. ensure
43. A. Besides B. Similarly C. Actually D. However
44. A. alert B. quiet C. informed D. concerned
45. A. cope with B. identify with C. turn down D. settle down
46. A. attitude B. problem C. approach D. nature
47. A. supportive B. informative C. neutral D. superior
48. A. communicated B. matched C. obsessed D. connected
49. A. complaints B. costs C. demands D. sufferings
50. A. taking care of B. keeping track of C. looking forward to D. taking part in
51. A. costing B. winning C. granting D. sparing
52. A. demands B. passion C. distraction D. priorities
53. A. professor B. parent C. student D. college
54. A. persist B. exist C. arise D. decline
55. A. surface B. ground C. panel D. craft
Section B
Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions
or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D.
Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just
read.
(A)
Shipwrecked Prayers
A voyaging ship was wrecked during a storm at sea and only two of the men aboard were able to swim to a small,
desert-like island. Not knowing what else to do, the two survivors agreed that they had no alternative but to pray to
God.
However, to find out whose prayers were more powerful, they agreed to divide the territory between them and stay on opposite sides of the island.
The first thing they prayed for was food. The next morning, the first man saw a fruit-bearing tree on his side of
the island, and he was able to eat its fruit. But the other man’s parcel of land remained barren.
After a week, the first man became lonely and decided to pray for a wife. The next day, another ship was
wrecked and the only survivor was a woman who swam to his side of the island. But on the other side of the island,
there was nothing.
Soon thereafter the first man prayed for a house, clothes and more food. The next day, like magic, all of these
things were given to him. However, the second man still had nothing.
Finally, the first man prayed for a ship so that he and his wife could leave the island, and in the morning he found
a ship docked at his side of the island.
The first man boarded the ship with his wife and decided to leave the second man on the island, considering the
other man unworthy to receive God’s blessings since none of his prayers had been answered.
As the ship was about to leave, the first man heard a voice from Heaven booming, “Why are you leaving your
companion on the island?”
“My blessings are mine alone since I was the one who prayed for them,” the first man answered. “His prayers
were all unanswered and so he doesn’t deserve anything.”
“You are mistaken!” the voice rebuked him. “He had only one prayer, which I answered. If not for that, you
would not have received any of my blessings.”
“Tell me,” the first man asked the voice, “what did he pray for that I should owe him anything?”
“He prayed that all your prayers would be answered.”
For all we know, our blessings are not the fruits of our prayers alone, but those of another praying for us. So what
you do for others is more important than what you do for yourself.
56. The first man’s wife is _____.
A. a swimmer who got to the island by accident
B. an angel sent by God to keep him company
C. a survivor from another wrecked ship
D. a native person on the desert-like island
57. The underlined word “barren” in Paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to _____.
A. isolated B. unproductive C. fertile D. dry58. Which of the following is true about the second man?
A. He didn’t deserve any blessing from God.
B. None of his prayers was answered by God.
C. He is not brave enough to tell God his needs.
D. His prayer helped his companion get out of trouble.
59. What’s the moral of the story?
A. Never judge a person by appearance.
B. Don’t lose heart in trouble.
C. Helping others is helping ourselves.
D. Greed is the root of all evil.
(B)
Scholarship Application Tips in 2018 for college students
• Before you apply
Work hard to get good grades. Don’t sweat about one bad grade, but always strive to do your best.
Get involved, and stay involved, in out-of-class activities. Sports, clubs, drama, bands and orchestras — these often
count toward a student’s overall scholarship application evaluation. The same goes for paid (or unpaid) work
experience.
Begin your scholarship research early — by your sophomore or junior year of high school, if possible. Make
special note of application deadlines, as they can vary from late summer to late spring.
Apply for as many scholarships as you are eligible for — several smaller scholarships can add up to a lot of money.
• During the application process
Read the supplementary materials that come with scholarship application forms to better understand the program’s
focus (community service, subject interest). Try to answer the questions with the focus area in mind.
Answer questions as they are asked. Don’t go off topic.
If there is a financial section to the application, make sure you get accurate and complete information from all
appropriate sources to ensure your eligibility.
Take your time. Write down everything you can think of for each question, then set the application aside for a day so you can look everything over again before you send it off.
Don’t wait until the last minute to complete your application, especially if you are applying online. Computer
systems can get blocked with the large volume of applicants hoping to submit their qualifications during the last few
days and hours before a deadline.
If a third party has to complete part of your application, such as providing a letter of recommendation, make sure
you ask them early on and remind them as often as necessary to ensure they provide you with the necessary materials.
Last but not least, review your application with your parents to make sure you haven’t left out any important
details.
Good luck to the students applying for the 2018 scholarship programs!
60. Before you apply for a scholarship, it’s best to ______.
A. pay more attention to grades than to out-of-class activities
B. focus on only one scholarship application
C. get as much work experience as possible
D. begin your preparation as early as possible
61. When you are answering questions on the application form you should ______.
A. focus on the subject you are interested in
B. answer to the point
C. list your advantages
D. prove your abilities
62. The author suggests that applicants should ______.
A. submit the application in the last few days
B. double-check their application with their parents
C. complete and submit the application in one day
D. avoid submitting the application online
(C)
In the early decades of the United States, the agrarian(土地的) movement promoted the farmer as society’s hero.
,In the minds of agrarian thinkers and writers, the farmer was a person on whose well-being the health of the new
country depended. The period between the Revolution, which ended in 1783, and the Civil War, which ended in 1865,
was the age of the farmer in the United States. Agrarian philosophers, represented most eloquently by Thomas
Jefferson, celebrated farmers extravagantly for their supposed centrality in a good society, their political virtue, and
their Superior morality. And virtually all policy makers, whether they subscribed to the tenets of the philosophy held
by Jefferson or not, recognized agriculture as the key component of the American economy. Consequently,
government at all levels worked to encourage farmers as a social group and agriculture as economic enterprise.
Both the national and state governments developed transportation infrastructure, building canals, roads, bridges,
and railroads, deepening harbors, and removing obstructions from navigable streams. The national government
imported plant and animal varieties and launched exploring expeditions into prospective farmlands in the West. In
addition, government trade policies facilitated the exporting of agricultural products.
For their part, farmers seemed to meet the social expectations agrarian philosophers had for them, as their
broader horizons and greater self-respect, both products of the Revolution, were reflected to some degree in their
behavior. Farmers seemed to become more scientific, joining agricultural societies and reading the farm newspapers
that sprang up throughout the country. They began using improved implements, tried new crops and pure animal
breeds, and became more receptive to modern theories of soil improvement.
They also responded to inducements by national and state governments. Farmers streamed to the West, filling
frontier lands with stunning rapidity. But farmers responded less to the expectations of agrarians and government
inducements than to growing market opportunities. European demand for food from the United States seemed
insatiable. War, industrialization, and urbanization all kept demand high in Europe. United States cities and industries
grew as well; even industries not directly related to farming thrived because of the market, money, and labor that
agriculture provided.
63. What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. The agrarian philosophy of Thomas Jefferson
B. The role of the national government in the development of agriculture
C. Improvements in farming techniques
D. The impact of the increased importance of the farmer
64. The author mentions Thomas Jefferson in paragraph 1 as an example of ________.
A. a leader during the RevolutionB. an inventor of new farming techniques
C. a philosopher who believed farmers were essential to the creation of a good society
D. a farmer who guided the agrarian movement toward an emphasis on economic development
65. According to the passage, the national and state governments did all of the following EXCEPT ________.
A. build roads
B. import new plant varieties
C. give farmers money for their crops
D. develop policies that helped farmers export their products
66. Which of the following statements is best supported by paragraph 4?
A. Agricultural development contributed to development in other parts of the economy.
B. European agricultural products were of a higher quality than those produced in the United States.
C. The growing settlement of the West led to a decrease in agricultural production.
D. Farmers were influenced more by government policies than by market opportunities.
Section C
Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can
be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.
“My work is done.” Those words were some of the last penned by George Eastman. He included them in his
suicide note. They mark an ignoble end to a noble life, the leave taking of a truly great man. The same words could
now be said for the company he left behind. Actually, the Eastman Kodak Company is through. It has been
mismanaged financially, technologically and competitively. ___67___ One of America’s bedrock brands is about to
disappear, the Kodak moment has passed.
But George Eastman is not how he died, and the Eastman Kodak Company is not how it is being killed. Though
the ends are needless and premature, they must not be allowed to overshadow the greatness that came before. Few
companies have done so much good for so many people, or defined and lifted so profoundly the spirit of a nation and
perhaps the world. ___68___
Kodak served mankind through entertainment, science, national defense and the stockpiling of family memories.
Kodak took us to the top of Mount Suribachi and to the Sea of Tranquility. It introduced us to the merry old Land of
Oz and to stars from Charlie Chaplin to John Wayne, and Elizabeth Taylor to Tom Hanks. ___69___ When that sailor kissed the nurse, and when the spy planes saw missiles in Cuba, Kodak was the eyes of a nation. From the deck of the
Missouri to the grandeur of Monument Valley, Kodak took us there. Virtually every significant image of the 20th
Century is a gift to generation from the Eastman Kodak Company. ___70___ Yes, there were photographers, and for
relatively large sums of money they would take unnatural pictures in studios and formal settings. But most people
couldn’t afford photographs, and so all they had to remember distant loved ones, or earlier times of their lives, was
memory. Children could not know what their parents had looked like as young people, grandparents far away might
never learn what their grandchildren looked like. Eastman Kodak allowed memory to move from the uncertainty of
recollection, to the permanence of a photograph. But it wasn’t just people whose features were savable; it was events,
the precious times that families cherish. The Kodak moment, was humanity’s moment.
A. It showed us the shot that killed President Kennedy, and his brother bleeding out on a kitchen floor.
B. George Eastman was not only interested in commercial profits, but also in the improvement of other people’s lives.
C. In an era of easy digital photography when we can take a picture of anything at any time, we cannot imagine what
life was like before George Eastman brought photography to people.
D. For 20 years, its leaders have foolishly spent down the patrimony(祖传的财物) of a century’s prosperity.
E. Before George Eastman brought photography to people, painting was the only way for people to keep a record of
their ancestors.
F. It is impossible to understand the 20th Century without recognizing the role of the Eastman Kodak Company.
IV.Summary Writing
71.Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more
than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.
The Possible Health Dangers of Air-conditioners
Although many of us may feel air-conditioners bring relief from hot, humid or polluted outside air, they pose
many potential health hazards. Much research has looked at how the movement of air inside a closed
environment—such as an office building—can spread disease or expose people in the building to harmful chemicals.
One of the more widely publicized dangers is that of Legionnaire’s disease, which was first recognized in the
1970s. This was found to have affected people in buildings with air-conditioning systems in which warm air pumped
out of the system’ cooling towers was somehow sucked back into the air intake, in most cases due to poor design. The
warm air, filled with bacteria, was combined with cooled, conditioned air and was then circulated around various
parts of the building. Studies showed that even people outside such buildings were at risk if they walked past air
,exhaust pipes.
Large air-conditioning systems add water to the air they circulate by means of humidifiers. In older systems, the
water used for this process is kept in special reservoirs, the bottoms of which provide breeding grounds for bacteria
which can find their way into the ventilation system. The risk to human health from this situation has been
highlighted by the fact that the immune systems of approximately half of workers in air-conditioned office buildings
have developed the ability to fight off the organisms found at the bottom of system reservoirs. But chemicals called
“biocides” are added to reservoirs to make them germ-free, and they are dangerous in their own right in sufficient
quantities, as they often contain compounds strongly linked to cancers.
Finally, it should be pointed out that the artificial climatic environment created by air-conditioners can also
affect us. In a natural environment, whether indoor or outdoor, there are small variations in temperature and humidity.
Indeed, the human body has long been accustomed to these normal changes. In an air-conditioned living or working
environment, however, body temperatures remain well under 37℃, our normal temperature. This leads to a weakened
immune system and thus greater exposure to diseases such as colds and flu.
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第 II 卷(共 40 分)
I. Translation
Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.
72. 学习是一个不断适应环境的过程。(adapt)
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73. 随着世界人口的增长,我们对于更多食物的需求也随之增长了。(so)
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74. 没有他的镇静和勇敢,一个九岁的男孩不可能在地震中虎口脱险的。(narrowly)
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75. 精明的生意人同别人讨价还价时,脸上不动声色,所以他们对价格是否满意令人无从得知。(show)
__________________________II. Guided Writing
76.Directions: Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions given below in English.
每所学校都有自己传统的学校活动,请你就你们学校的一个你最感兴趣的活动写一篇短文,你的文章需包
括:
1. 对活动 大致介绍。
2. 这一活动为什么吸引你。
3. 对完善该活动提些建议。
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参考答案
21. putting
22. When/If
23. to connect
24. to 25. higher
26. who 27. may/can
28. one 29. had fooled
30. paired
31. F 32. K
33. I 34. C
35. E 36. H
37. G 38. A
39. B 40. D
41. B 42. C 43. D 44. B 45. A 46. B 47. A 48. D 49. B 50. A 51. D 52.
A 53. C 54. A 55. B
56. C 57. B 58. D 59. C
的60. D 61. B 62. B
63. D 64. C 65. C 66. A
67. D 68. F
69. A 70. C
Air-conditioners bring many potential health risks. First, air-conditioners will lead to Legionnaire’s disease, caused
by bacteria in the warm air being circulated due to poor design of the system. Second, chemicals used to kill bacteria
in the reservoir are related to cancers. Third, people’s immune system is weakened due to the artificial climatic
environment.
72. Learning is a process in which we adapt ourselves to our surroundings.
73. As the world’s population rises, so does the need to grow more food.
74. Without his calmness and bravery, it could (be/ have been) impossible for a nine-year-old boy to narrowly escape
from death in the earthquake. / … couldn’t have escaped narrowly death.
75. When smart /clever dealers / businessmen bargain with others, they show no facial expression, so it’s hard to tell
whether they are satisfied with the price.