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上海市英语高考模拟试卷 (四)
I. Listening Comprehension
Section A (10%)
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 mill 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.
1. A. Summer. B. Winter. C. Autumn. D. Spring.
2. A. She doesn't have a bike. B. Her mother made up the story.
C. She didn’t tell the man the truth. D. She knows nothing about the accidcnt.
3. A. A clerk. B. A librarian. C. A waitress. D. A weatherman.
4. A . Canada. B. Turkey. C. Italy. D. France.
5. A. He doesn’t, want the woman to open the window.
B. He has caught a cold.
C. It’s too cold outside.
D. He doesn’t like the fresh air.
6. A. $60. B. $120. C. $90. D. $30.
7. A. Tom was talking with the postman.
B. Tom was running around the corner.
C. Tom was helping the postman with his work.
D. Tom was always wasting his time.
8. A. Buy a fan. B. Use electricity.
C. Cool himself down. D. Travel to a cold place.
9. A. He was late for work.
B. He quarreled with the man speaker.
C. He criticized the man speaker too seriously.
D. He criticized the man speaker out of no reason.
10. A. The woman speaker. B. Thompson’s sister.
C. Daisy’s sister. D, Thompson's niece.
Section B (15%)
Directions ： In Section B，you will hear two passages and one longer conversation. After each
passage and conversation，you will be asked several questions. The passages and the conversation
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 is the best answer to the question you
have heard.
Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.
11. A. South Korea. B. Japan. C. USA. D, Germany.
12. A. How many students reach what level of education.
B. Students’ abilities in reading, maths and science.
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C. Students' self-evaluation.
D. Teachers' feedback.
13. A. Germany occupies the 19th place out of 24 nations in the study.
B. Germany was strong in its educational tradition.
C. Learning can be encouraged by a loving, stimulating environment.
D. Educational disadvantage is born not in the home but at school.
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.
14. A. A policeman. B. A clerk. C. A news reporter. D. A tour guide.
15. A. 3. B. 4. C. 5. D. 6.
16. A. Buy alcohol in this country at the age of 13.
B. Use the crossing for walking.
C. Buy cigarettes or tobacco at the age of 14.
D. Throw away waste materials in a public place.
Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.
17. A. A job interview. B. A chat between friends.
C. A visa interview. D. A spoken English test.
18. A. To make friends. B. To help his job.
C. To satisfy his interest. D. To live in America.
19. A. Grammar. B. Vocabulary.
C. Pronunciation. D. Writing.
20. A. The job back in China. B. His mother’s cooking.
C. The soap operas. D. The school he once studied in.
II. Grammar and Vocabulary
Section A (10%)
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 pro per form of
the given word ； for the other blanks，use one word that best fits each blank.
If you take the bus or subway to school every workday, chances are (21) ____ you will be
wearing headphones. And if you take a look around, you will notice that they are everywhere.
Sol Republic, a US audio manufacturer, carried out a survey among millennials (千禧一代）
in 2014. It found that 53 percent of them owned three or more pairs of headphones and wore them
for nearly four hours every day to enjoy music.
In fact, headphones are (22) ____ common nowadays that men’s fashion magazine GQ says
that they're an important part of a man's wardrobe (衣柜）.“The newest fashion accessory (饰品）
isn’t a fashion accessory at all. It’s high-style headphones that make as much of a statement as
anything else you’re wearing,” it said.
Besides those (23) ____ wear headphones just for fashion, does this mean people really love
music?
It’s perhaps the privacy (隐私），alongside the music, (24) ____ we enjoy when we put on
headphones. “They give us control over our audio-environment，allowing us to make our public 3
spaces private,” noted The Atlantic.
In fact, the magazine called headphones the most important change of tones in music history.
“Radio (25) ____ (make) music transmittabLe (可传播的）.Cars made music mobile. Speakers
made music big, and silicon chips (硅芯片）made music small,” (26) ____ wrote. “Headphones
did for music (27) ____ writing did for language. They made it private. ”
It also seems that headphones are a way to block other people out. In the earlier-mentioned
survey, 73 percent said they wear them so that they don’t have to talk with other people. So it comes
as no surprise (28) ____ some people call headphones “anti-social”.
“I wouldn’t stop someone wearing those white wires to ask for directions. It’s like they’re
putting up a big closed sign,” wrote Telegraph columnist Bryony Gordon.
And just how commuters (通勤者) used to hide behind their copy of a newspaper to avoid
conversation, headphones do the same thing for commuters.
“It (29) ____ be lonely travelling through public spaces. Using music warms it up，”
Michael Bull, professor in sound studies at the University of Sussex, UK, told the BBC. “The
bad thing is that while the individual feels warmer, the public space becomes a (30) ____ (social)，
colder space. ”
Section B (10%)
Directions： Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be
used once. Note that there is one -word more than you need.
A. accuracy B. effective C. signs D. gracefully E. highlights F. capture
G. maintain H. quickly I. separate J. unique K. identifying
Forget fingerprints or the color of your eyes, airport security could soon be looking at the shape
of your ears when deciding whether to allow you into the country.
Researchers have discovered that each person’s ears have a(n) (31) ____ shape and have
created a system that is able to scan them. The scans can then be compared with a database of ear
shapes to identify whose they are.
Professor Mark Nixon led the research team of scientists from the University of South-ampton.
They tested 252 images of different ears and found the system was able to match each ear to a(n) (32)
____ image held in its database with 99 percent (33) ____.
“There are a whole load of structures in the ear that you can use to get a set of measurements
that are unique to an individual,” said Professor Nixon. “With biometrics, the problem is what
happens when people get old. With facial recognition, the systems are often confused by crow's feet
(鱼尾纹）and other (34) ____ of aging.” Our ears, however, age very (35) ____. They grow
proportionally larger and the earlobes get a bit longer, but otherwise they are fully formed from birth,
according to Professor Nixon.
The U. K. Identity and Passport Service has been testing facial recognition at an airport since
2008. But facial recognition software is often confused by changes in expression.
Therefore, people need to (36) ____ a neutral expression and in some eases even avoid wearing
make-up. And fingerprints, one of the best ways we have of (37) ____ an individual at the moment,
can be “not so (38) ____” according to the professor. “Bakers and brick layers tend not to have
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obvious fingerprints as the distinctive whirls rub off. It is hard to do that with your ears. ”
Ear scanning uses a technology that (39) ____ all the tubular structures of the ear and measures
them. Professor Nixon believes it could take place as passengers walk through security gates, for
example, by placing camera on either side to (40) ____ an image of their ears.
III. Reading Comprehension
Section A (15%)
Directions： For each blank in the following passage 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.
Everyone hates to wait in lines. But our behavior when waiting is only partly defined by the
length of the wait. “Often the psychology of queuing is more important than the statistics of the wait
itself，” notes the MIT researcher Richard Larson, an expert on waiting lines.
Some people are (41) ____ to camp outside Apple stores for an entire night just to get their
hands on the latest product. But waiting 10 minutes in a grocery store just to buy a drink? Forget it.
One apparent aspect of queuing psychology is that we get (42) ____ when we wait in line. This
issue is tackled (处理）in many ways, from magazines in hospital waiting rooms to mirrors in
elevators so that we can check our (43) ____. But we really hate it when we expect a short wait and
then get a(n) (44) ____ one. But studies show that we are much more patient when we are given a(n)
(45) ____ of how long we'll be waiting.
Scientists have invited 200 people to do a simple experiment. While a group of 100 people are
given an exact time of waiting, another group people are left (46) ____. It turns out that more people
from the first group than the second one refuse to (47) ____.
Walt Disney Co. knows this better than anyone else. It (48) ____ waiting times for attractions
in its theme parks. But according to Larson, these times are overestimated so that visitors get to the
front of the queue more (49) ____ than they expect. It keeps them happy.
Another big influence on our feelings about waiting in a line has to do with our perception of
fairness. When it comes to queues, the universally acknowledged (50) ____ is first come，first
served. Any deviation (背离)from this is regarded as (51) ____ and can lead to violent queue rage.
Sometimes, however, we are willing to make (52) ____. In hospitals，(53) ____，priority (优
先权）is given to those with a more critical condition—we can also understand that.
Waiting is inevitable in life, but a better understanding of the (54) ____ of waiting can help
make it a bit more bearable. When all else fails, bring a book or a smartphone will also (55) ____.
41. A. unlikely B. willing C. supposed D. expected
42. A. bored B. excited C. angry D. interested
43. A. body B. appearance C. time D. mood
44. A. ideal B. short C. opposite D. happy
45. A. grasp B. understanding C. idea D. range
46. A. helpless B. uncovered C. hopeless D. unknown
47. A. give in B. run away C. hold up D. pull through
48. A. issues B. maintains C. posts D. fulfills
49. A. quickly B. suddenly C. slowly D. steadily 5
50. A. principle B. routine C. preference D. habit
51. A. improper B. unequal C. inaccurate D. unfortunate
52. A. guesses B. exceptions C. exchanges D, references
53. A. as a result B. for instance C. in other words D. on the contrary
54. A. rule B. belief C. psychology D. results
55. A. work B. fail C. make D. count
Section B (22%)
Directions： Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by severed questions or
unfinished statements. Fur each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C arid D. Choose the
one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.
(A)
Every night after dinner, my mother and I would sit at the kitchen table. She would present new
tests, taking her examples from stories of amazing children she had read in Ripley’s Believe It or
Not, or Good Housekeeping, Reader’s Digest, and a dozen other magazines she kept in a pile in our
bathroom. My mother got these magazines from people whose houses she cleaned. And since she
cleaned many houses each week, we had a great assortment. She would look through them all,
searching for stories about remarkable children.
The first night she brought out a story about a three-year-old boy who knew the capitals of all
the states and even most of the European countries. “What’s the capital of Finland?” my mother
asked me, looking at the magazine story.
All I knew was the capital of California, because Sacramento was the name of the street we
lived on in Chinatown. “Nairobi!” I guessed, saying the most foreign word I could think of. She
checked to see if that was possibly one way to pronounce “Helsinki” before showing me the answer.
The tests got harder. One night I had to look at a page from Bible for three minutes and then
report everything I could remember. “Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance and. . .
that’s all I remember, Mother,” I said.
Seeing my mother’s disappointed face once again，something inside of me began to die. I hated
the tests，the raised hopes and failed expectations. Before going to bed that night, I looked in the
mirror above the bathroom sink and when I saw only my face staring back—and that it would
always be this ordinary face -- I began to cry. I made high-pitched noises like a crazed animal，
trying to scratch out the face in the mirror.
56. The passage is mainly about _____.
A. how Mother taught “me” the basic skills
B. how Mother tried to find “my” talent
C. the result of Mother’s stimulation
D. how Mother changed “my” life
57. It can be concluded from the passage that “other magazines” (Para. 1) ____.
A. focused only on talented young kids
B. was bought by Mother to find stories
C. was the source of the stories of remarkable children
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D. was gained by cleaning Mother’s house
58. Which one of the following statements is TRUE?
A. Nairobi is the capital city of California.
B. Mother didn’t know the capital of Finland clearly as well.
C. “My” guess of the capital turned out to be the right answer to Mother’s question.
D. Mother was satisfied with “my” performance.
59. Which of the following words best describes “my” overall reaction to Mother's stimulation?
A. Contented and thankful. B. Bored and unbearable.
C. Contented yet anxious. D. Plain and ordinary.
(B)
ATTENTION, ALL OUR NEW STUDENTS!
Welcome to West Lakes Institute of Technology. You are strongly advised to adhere to the
following three basic rules on your first day of the second semester：
1. Wear your pre-admission student number on your lapel (衣服的翻领）at all times.
2. Do not enter any classroom where classes are already in progress.
3. When asked to provide basic information about yourself, be ready to show your green
enrollment acceptance advice slip.
Students who have pre-paid the enrollment fee
9:00 a. m. to 10：00 a. m. (no later) you should visit the foyer of the Old Chapel building to
receive your new student information kit. Once you have your kit, you are not required until 10:30 a.
m.，so you can relax in the Student Centre until you are called over the PA system.
Students who are yet to pay the enrollment
Go directly to the Admissions Centre and be prepared to pay your enrollment fee ( $ 150 cash
only) to the New Admissions Officer. You will be asked for your address and your preadmission
student number (the number on your green enrollment acceptance advice slip). Note that this is
NOT the number which is later displayed on your student card. Once you have paid your enrollment
fee, follow the instructions above for students who have pre-paid their fee.
Student Cards
Student cards will not be issued until Thursday. Photographs, however, will be taken on
Monday afternoon. Make your way to the Library at the following times ：
1:00 p. m. — Film and Photographic Arts 3:15 p. m. — Hotel Hospitality
1:45 p. m. — Marketing 4： 00 p. m. 一 Fashion & Design
2:30 p. m. — Travel &- Tourism 4 ： 45 p. m. 一 all other Art students
Photographs of students in all other courses will be taken Tuesday afternoon.
Welcome Address
The Director of the college will address all new students in the Main Hall at around 10:45 a. m.
When you hear the announcement that directs you to assemble in the Main Hall, make your way
swiftly past the canteen area, through the courtyard and into the Hall. No food or drinks are allowed
in the Main Hall.
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The canteen is situated on the ground floor of the student building. Since the canteen is also
used by members of the public, you will be asked to produce your enrollment acceptance advice slip.
Failure to do this will result in all purchases being charged for at non-discount prices. Cooked
lunches are served only between 12:15 p. m. and 1:30 p. m.
60. According to the passage, students who have already paid the fee ________.
A. should give their address and student number to the New Admissions Officer
B. can enter any classroom to have a rest
C. are required to receive their kit before 9 o'clock
D. can have a minimum of 30 minutes to relax after getting the kit
61. We can learn from the text that “students’ enrollment acceptance advice slip” ____.
A. displays the same number as that on the student card
B. allows students to buy things in the canteen at a lower price
C. is only essential to students who haven’t paid the fee in advance
D. is required when taking the pictures used for the student cards
62. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the text?
A. Marketing students can get their student cards al 1:45, Monday afternoon.
B Students are allowed to have their lunch at 12； 30 p. m. in the Hall.
C. The assembly call will be made before the welcome address begins.
D. Students can get their student cards from the Library.
(C)
Bad luck always seems to strike at the worst possible moment. A man about to interview for his
dream job gets stuck in traffic. A law student Taking her final exam wakes up with a blinding
headache. A runner twists his ankle minutes before a big race. These are all perfect examples of
cruel fate (命运）.
Or are they? Psychologists who study such common accidents now believe that in many
instances they may be carefully arranged schemes of the subconscious mind and that people often
engage in a form of self-defeating behavior known as self-handicapping—or, in plain terms,
excuse-making. It’s a simple process： By taking on a crippling handicap, a person makes it more
likely that he or she will fail at an endeavor (努力，事业）.Though it seems like a crazy thing to do,
researchers say it is actually a clever trick of the mind, one that sets up a win-win situation by
allowing a person to save face when he or she does fail.
A classic self-handicapper is the French chess player Deschapelles who quickly became
champion of his region. But when competition grew tougher, he adopted a new condition for all
matches： He would compete only if his opponent would remove one of Deschapelles’ pawns (〈国
际象棋中的〉兵，卒）and make the first move，increasing the odds (概率)that Deschapelles would
lose. If he did lose, he could blame it on the other player's advantage； but if he won against such
odds, he would be more respected for his amazing talents. Psychologists now use the term
“Deschapelles coup” to refer to acts of self-handicapping prevailing in today’s world.
Overall, men are more likely than women to make excuses. Several studies suggest that men
feel the need to appear competent in all realms, while women worry only about the skills in which
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they’ve invested heavily. Ask a man and a woman to go scuba diving (水肺潜水）for the first time,
and the woman is likely to jump in, while the man is likely to first make it known that he's not
feeling too well.
In fact, the people most likely to become chronic excuse makers are those obsessed with
success, says the researcher. Such people are so afraid of being labeled a failure at anything that they
constantly develop one handicap or another in order to explain their failures.
Self-handicapping may be an effective way of coping with performance anxiety. In the end,
researchers say, it is a Faustian bargain (浮士德契约）.Over the long run, excuse makers fail to live
up to their true potential. And despite their protests to the contrary, they have only themselves to
blame.
63. Which of the following is the chief topic of the passage?
A. An analysis on how people avoid failure.
B. A comparison between the ways men and women avoid failure.
C. The story of a classic self-handicapper, Deschapelles.
D. The psychological tricks some people use to avoid failure.
64. It can be inferred from the passage that a student who wanted to engage in self-handicap-ping
would most probably __________.
A. work as hard as possible for an important exam
B. try to cheat on a test to get a high score
C. get drunk the night before a big exam
D. take down only the key points in the class
65. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Men are more competent than women in most trades.
B. Deschapelles’ way of self-handicapping was to give his opponents more advantages.
C. By self-handicapping, Deschapelles succeeded in showing the true limits of his ability.
D. Men are more ready to face new challenges than women.
66. By saying “it is a Faustian bargain,” researchers mean that _____.
A. self-handicapping is often an effective method of dealing with anxiety
B. chronic excuse-making is an indication of one's depression
C. excuse-makers will suffer from the destructive behavior eventually
D. self-handicapping behavior is a difficult and complex process to understand
Section C (8%)
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.
A. Informal workers can be self-employed or wage earners.
B. Immigrants are increasingly becoming the main labor source.
C. His small store offers many kinds of goods ranging from soap to sweets.
D. He is competing with a nearby store run by a family from Pakistan.
E. African countries are suffering from great poverty.
F. Immigrants are accused of taking jobs from South Africans. 9
Small markets are an important part of South Africa's economy； these businesses offer jobs in
the country with the unemployment rate of at least 25 percent. But immigrant-owned and
international businesses are increasing their share of South African markets, which has hurt local
traders who run little shops called spazas.
John Stheole has owned his spaza for more than ten years. It is a small grey building in Dube
village, in the Soweto area of the capital Johannesburg. (67) ____
Spaza means “just getting buy”. The shops are found in non-white communities where larger,
more official stores are not available or are too costly. There are about 100,000 spazas in South
Africa； they employ 290,000 people. But few have paid attention to the part these stores can play
in creating jobs.
Research shows that what is called the informal sector in Africa is very large. (68) ____ Last
year, the African Development Bank said the informal sector provides about 55 percent of the
economic productivity of African countries south of the Sahara desert.
But business has been slow for Mr. Stheole. (69) ____ “Last year, I am struggling…” said
Stheole. South Africa is the only country in the area where refugees and asylum- seekers can move
freely, and have the right to work. South Africa is the only hope of living and working in peace for
people who have fled countries like Somalia and Zimbabwe.
But reduced profits for native traders and high unemployment rates have caused tensions in the
country. (70) ____ Some also believe immigrants hurt South African shopkeepers by selling goods
at lower prices. In September，more than 100 Somali-owned spazas were attacked during the four
days of unrest in the city of Port.
IV. Summary Writing (10%)
Directions：Read the following passage. Summarize the mam idea and the main point (s) of the
passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.
A Father’s Influence Makes for Better Grades
Adolescents from low-income families in particular are more likely than their middle-class
peers to underachieve and to drop out of school. Studies have shown that a positive attitude towards
schoolwork and the support and encouragement from their parents can help at-risk youngsters to
overcome the economic barriers and lack of resources they face. Most of the evidence about the
effects of parental involvement comes from research on mothers. Little is known, however, about
how adolescents experience their fathers' warmth and the beliefs and behaviors that are most
affected by it.
This new study is part of a larger one focusing on low-income families conducted in four
middle schools in the southwestern United States. Data were analyzed from questionnaires
completed by 183 sixth-graders about how optimistic and motivated they were about their
schoolwork, and how they experienced their fathers’ warmth. The questionnaires wore completed
primarily by respondents of Mexican American, African American and European American descent.
Their maths and language arts grades were also obtained.
Their findings show how fathers can support their teenagers in ways that result in greater
optimism, self-efficacy，and, ultimately, higher achievement at school.
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These positive effects extend to both sons and daughters, while in different ways. Experiencing
their fathers’ warmth first influences daughters’ sense of optimism, and then spills over into their
feeling more determined and certain about their academic abilities. This in turn leads to better maths
grades. There is a more direct link between their fathers’ involvement and teenage boys’ belief in
their ability to succeed on the academic front. This heightened self- confidence increased their
success in English language arts classes.
Suizzo suggests that counselors and educators should encourage fathers to communicate
warmth and acceptance to their children, because of the positive influence these emotions have on
their well-being.
V. Translation (15%)
Directions ： Translate the following sentences into English , using the words given in the brackets.
72. 如果你能帮我买那条丝巾的话，我将很感激你。（appreciate)
73. 新来的校长规定全校师生应积极参加各种文体活动。（it 作形式宾语）
74. 不要太在意比赛的结果，真正要紧的其实是你的参与。（matter)
75. 毫无疑问，电子产品因其快捷、方便和高效而越来越受到各个年龄层次的人的欢迎。
（popular)
VI. Guided Writing (25%)
Directions ： Write an English composition in 120—150 words according to the instructions given
below in Chinese.
Jenny 是一个多才多艺的女孩。但最近她因为忙于参加各种才艺表演（talent shows)而多
次缺课，成绩也明显退步。假如你是她的好朋友 Sandy,请给她写封信，谈谈你的想法或建议。
(注意:信中不能谈及你的学校、姓名等真实个人信息。） 11
1-5: BCCBA 6-10: BACAB 11-15: ABDDC 16-20: DCBAB
21. that 22. so 23. who 24. that 25. made 26. it 27. what 28. that 29. can 30. less social
31-35: JIACD 36-40: GKBEF
41-45: BABCC 46-50: DBCAA 51-55: BBBCA
56-66：BCBBDBCDCBC
67-70: CADF
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Evidence has shown that mothers can help children overcome difficulties, but a recent study finds
that fathers also have positive influences. They can help children feel more optimistic and
self-confident, which boosts the maths scores of teenage girls and the language abilities of boys.
Therefore, fathers should be encouraged to convey care and recognition to their children. (57
words)
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I would appreciate it very much if you could help me buy the silk scarf.
The new headmaster makes / has made it a rule that all the teachers and students should take part in
/ participate in the recreational and sports activities actively.
Don’t care too much about the result of the contest, because / and what really matters is actually / in
fact your participation.
Without doubt / There is no doubt that electronic products are getting more and more popular
among / with people of different ages because they are fast, convenient and efficient / because of
their fast speed, convenience and efficiency.
version for reference:
It is a long time since I last wrote to you. Considering the fact that you have missed many classes
because of being occupied with a variety of talent shows, I suppose it necessary to offer you some
proposals to help you realize the importance of balancing your study and hobby.
As we all know, study is of the greatest importance to us all now. Nothing is more important than
obtaining sufficient knowledge and cultivating good study habits so as to face the changing
circumstances and the competitive society. Therefore, you’d better come back to class immediately
and make up for what you have missed these days with the help of the teachers and classmates.
However, I don’t mean you have to give up your hobby. Since you are particularly gifted with
music and dance, it is wise of you to spend some of your spare time on talent shows to yourself and
broaden your horizons. Maybe it is perfect for you to attend an art-specialized university with your
great efforts.
I really hope you can take into consideration my suggestion that you set aside your talent shows
for the time being and devote more time to study now.
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