2020上师大附中高三下英语四月阶段测试
说明：（1）本场考试时间为 120 分钟，总分 140 分；
（2）请认真答卷，并用规范文字书写。
I Listening Comprehension（满分 25 分）
Section A（共 10 题，每小题 1 分，满分 10 分）
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.
1. A. Journalist. B. Architect. C. Teacher. D. Accountant.
2. A. 15. B. 50. C.90. D.60.
3. A. In a restaurant. B. In a coffee shop.
C. At a concert. D. In the studio.
4. A. Global warming makes people feel horrible.
B. She doesn’t want to see a film about global warming.
C. She is in high spirits before watching the film.
D. The film about global warming is worth watching.
5. A. Star and assistant. B. Manager and staff.
C. Director and actress. D. salesman and customer.
6. A. To the man’s school. B. To the metro station.
C. To the bus station. D. To her home.
7. A. The man should have seen a doctor.
B. Volleyball players often injure their hands.
C. The man needs to check his schedule.
D. She hasn’t heard about the man’s problem.
8. A. The man doesn’t do any work at weekends.B. The man probably works in a financial company.
C. The man fully relaxes himself at weekends.
D. It’s quite easy to get his mind off work at weekends.
9. A. Talented. B. Unreliable. C. Enthusiastic. D. impractical.
10. A. She will certainly enjoy herself during the trip.
B. She has made a plan for the next trip.
C. She will travel alone during the trip.
D. She will travel with others during the trip.
Section B（共 10 题，每小题 1.5 分，满分 15 分）
Directions: In Section B, you will hear two short passages and a longer conversation, and you
will be asked some questions on the passages and the conversation. The passages and theconversation 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. Endless fighting in this area. B. The danger from the desert.
C. The lack of traces about the species. D. Insufficient funding for research.
12. A. To observe the wildlife in the two national parks.
B. To study the habitat of lions in Sudan and Ethiopia.
C. To find evidence of the existence of the “missing lions” .
D. To identify the reasons for the lions’ disappearance.
13. A. Traps set by local hunters.
B. Lions walking.
C. Some camping facilities.
D. Lions’ traces.
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.
14. A. All sectors of industry will be reformed by Technology.
B. More information will be available.
C. All services will be individualized.
D. A lot of knowledge-intensive jobs will be replaced.
15. A. In the personal care sector.
B. In the robotics industry.
C. In the information service.
D. In high-end manufacturing.
16. A. The rising demand in education and health care in the next 20 years.
B. The destruction caused by technology in traditionally well-paid jobs.
C. The great changes new technology will bring to people’s lives.
D. The amazing amount of personal attention people would like to have.Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following passage.
17. A. TV. B. couch. C. chairs. D. kitchen table.
18. A. The man hasn’t bought any new shirt for over 10 years.
B. The woman gave old clothes to others to wear.
C. The woman doesn’t have enough money to buy second-hand furniture.
D. The woman doesn’t prefer plastic furniture.
19. A. They donate clothes.
B. They never buy new furniture.
C. They buy second-hand furniture.
D. They know that lightning can break electronic items.
20. A. Second-hand items. B. Throwing things out.
C. Buying new furniture. D. Recycling old stuff.
II Grammar and Vocabulary（满分 20 分）
Section A（共 10 题，每小题 1 分，满分 10 分）
Directions: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages 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.
Paw-Shaped Starbucks Mug Sparks Coffeehouse Catfights(激烈的争辩)
Starbucks’ limited-edition “cat paw” mugs are 21_____ cute and hard to find that people in China
are literally fighting over them.
Within a minute of the last batch of 3,000 cups 22_____ (go) on sale Friday, netizens（ 网民 ）had
snatched them all up, according to online news outlet Yicai Global. Earlier the same day, the American
coffee giant had announced on Chinese social media 23_____ it would be selling an additional 3,000
mugs after the first 1,000 had sold out so quickly.
“The ‘cup is hard to find’ situation is rather unexpected,” Starbucks said in Friday’s statement, 24
_____(refer) to a trending hashtag on microblogging platform Weibo 25_____ (inspire) by the
coveted cup—or double-walled glass tumbler, technically. The company’s initial plan had been to sell
1,000 of the mugs, 26 are molded to make any liquid poured in them take the shape of a cat’s paw—
per day online 27 Thursday to Sunday.
Soon after the mugs debuted（首次推出）at brick-and-mortar Starbucks locations across China on
Tuesday, however, the hype （ 大 肆 宣 传 ）around them 28 (reach) a fever pitch—and even sparked a
few coffeehouse conflicts. 29_____ 1,000 of the vessels were made available for purchase Thursday on
Alibaba-owned e-commerce site Tmall, they sold out in less than one-tenth of a second. The cups’ near-instantaneous disappearance inspired netizens 30_____ (rewrite) the word “meow” into the characters
miao and wu—which together mean “gone in a second”.
Section B（共 10 题，每小题 1 分，满分 10 分）
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. professional B. exclude C. consider D. restlessness E. essential F. especially
G. relatively H. rethink I. distraction J. personal K. literally
Do you ever draw? Most of us don’t, and the reason we usually leave drawing to the artists is
because we’re not very good at it. Who wants to do something they’re bad at? But maybe we
should 31 this assumption, especially since drawing has so many benefits, artist or not.
We should 32 this idea: What if drawing was just a low-stakes thing we did because
we enjoyed it and it helped us see the world better?
“We have misfiled the significance of drawing because we see it as a 33 skill instead
of a 34 capacity,” writes design historian D.B.Dowd in his book, “Stick Figures:Drawing
as a Human Practice.” “This 35 confusion has hindered our understanding of drawing and
kept it from being seen as a tool for learning above all else.”
Here’s an example: You might enjoy eating at a restaurant that boasts an incredible chef, and
you may also enjoy a great pasta dish you make at home. One doesn’t 36 the other; you
can appreciate a meticulously assembled meal as much as a homemade one—they’re just different.
The same is true for drawing.
Sitting(or standing!) with a pad and pencil, drawing something you see or imagine requires
focus and a 37 quiet mind, something many of us are looking to cultivate. The first few
minutes into the composition might be a bit frustrating and distracting, but keep going.I’ve found
that once I settle into it, I get better at the actual drawing part, and it’s more enjoyable. But
38 if you aren’t used to drawing, you might be itching to run away and do something-anything-
else at the start. To deal with your 39 , give yourself a time limit. Set a timer for 20 minutes; that
should give you enough time to put in a genuine effort and get to the point where your mind will
quiet down. You can always keep going if you want, but that timer will at the very least allow you
to take your mind off outside 40 .III Reading Comprehension（满分 45 分）
Section A（共 15 题，每小题 1 分，满分 15 分）
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.
The question of whether our government should promote science and technology or the
liberal arts in higher education isn’t an either/or proposition( 命 题 )，although the current emphasis
on preparing young Americans for STEM related fields can make it seem that way.
The latest congressional( 国 会 的 ）report acknowledges the critical 41 of technical training,
but also 42 that the study of the humanities and social sciences must remain
43 components of America’s educational system at all levels. Both are critical to producing
citizens who can participate 44 in our democratic society, become innovative leaders, and
benefit from the 45 enrichment that the reflection on the great ideas of mankind over time provides.
Parents and students who have invested heavily in higher education 46 graduates’ job
prospects as technological advances and changes in domestic and global markets transform
professions in ways that reduce wages and cut jobs. Under these circumstances, it’s natural to look
for what may appear to be the most “ 47 ” way out of the problem. Major in a subject
designed to get you a job seems the 48 answer to some, though this ignores the fact that
many disciplines in the humanities characterized as “soft” often, in fact, lead to employment and
success 49 . Indeed, according to surveys, employers have expressed a 50 for
students who have received a 51 education that has taught them to write well, think
52 , research creatively, and communicate easily.
53 , students should be prepared not just for their first job, but for their 4th and 5th jobs,
as there’s little reason to doubt that people entering the workforce today will be called upon to play
many different roles over the course of their careers. The ones who will do the best in this new
environment will be those whose educations have prepared them to be 54 . The ability to
draw upon every available tool and insight— 55 from science, arts and technology—to solve the
problems of the future, and take advantage of the opportunities that present themselves, will be
helpful to them and United States.
41. A. speed B. focus C. reform D. importance
42. A. replies B. boasts C. maintains D. claims
43. A. central B. global C. similar D. competitive
44. A. directly B. effectively C. typically D. deliberately
45. A. material B. personal C. cultural D. spiritual46. A. worry about B. inquire about C. talk about D. think about
47. A. formal B. traditional C. affordable D. practical
48. A. common B. obvious C. rare D. strange
49. A. in the right position B. in the long run
C. in great need D. in practical term
50. A. responsibility B. hesitation C. consideration D. preference
51. A. socially-based B. capability-based C. broadly-based D. mass-based
52. A. consciously B. effectively C. properly D. critically
53. A. However B. Moreover C. Therefore D. Instead
54. A. responsible B. independent C. flexible D. aggressive
55. A. pick up B. make up C. set up D. draw up
Section B （共 11 题，每小题 2 分，满分 22 分）
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)
They say a cat has nine lives, and I think that possible since I am now living my third life
and I’m not even a cat. My father died when I was 15, and we had a hard struggle to make a living.
And my mother, who was seriously ill in her last years, died while still in her 60s. My sister
married soon after, and I followed her example within the year.
This was when I began to enjoy my first life. I was very happy, in excellent health. I had a
good job in San Jose and a beautiful home up the peninsula in San Carlos. Life was a pleasant
dream. Then the dream ended. I became afflicted（ 使 苦 恼 ） with a slowly progressive disease of
the motor nerves, affecting first my right arm and leg, and then my other side. Thus began my
second life...
In spite of my disease I still drove to and from work each day, with the aid of special
equipment installed in my car. And I managed to keep my health and optimism, to a degree,
because of 14 steps. Crazy? Not at all. Our home was an affair with 14 steps leading up from the
garage to the kitchen door. Those steps were a standard measure of life. They were my yardstick, my challenge to continue living. I felt that if the day arrived when I was unable to lift one foot up
one step and then drag the other painfully after it—repeating the process 14 times, I would be
through—1 could then admit defeat and lie down and die.
Then on a dark night in August, 1971, I began my third life. It was raining when I started
home that night; strong winds and slashing rain beat down on the car as I drove slowly down one
of the less-traveled roads. Suddenly the steering wheel jerked（ 猝 然 一 动 ）. In the same
instant I heard the bang of a blowout. It was impossible for me to change that tire! Utterly
impossible!
I started the engine and thumped（ 砰 然 地 响 ） slowly along until I came to the dirt road,
where I turned in and where I found lighted windows welcomed me to a house and pulled into the
driveway and blared the horn.
The door opened and a little girl stood there. When she knew what happened to me, she went
into the house and a moment later came out, followed by a man who called a cheerful greeting. I
sat there comfortable and dry, and felt a bit sorry for the man and the little girl working so hard in
the storm.
About an hour later, the manʼs voice was heard, “This is a bad night for car trouble, but
youʼre all set now.” “Thanks,” I said. “How much do I owe you?” He shook his head, “Nothing.
Cynthia told me you were a cripple（跛者）. Glad to be of help. 1 know youʼd do the same for
me. There’s no charge, friend.” I held out a five-dollar bill, “No! I like to pay my way.” He made
no effort to take it and the little girl stepped closer to the window and said quietly, “Grandpa can’t
see it. ”
56. “A cat has nine lives” here means .
A. a cat can live nine times longer than any other animal
B. a cat can die ninth
C. a lucky man cannot die easily
D. the writer will live nine times
57. What do you think of the man who helped change the tire? .
A. Warm-hearted but pitiable
B. Warm-hearted and happy
C. A blind old man that has nothing to do every day
D. A poor old man that is always ready to help others
58. How will the story be ended?
A. The writer paid the little girl but the old man did not accept.
B. The writer drove away with tears running down his cheek.
C. The writer stayed there, without knowing what to do and how to do.D. In the next few frozen seconds the writer felt the shame and astonishment he had never felt
before.
59. The best title for this passage perhaps will be .
A. The Old Man and His Daughter B. Heart Leaping Up
C. Never Lose Heart D. Good Will Be Rewarded Good
( B )
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will help make your home not only smart but energy efficient. With just a few manual adjustments,
the Nest Thermostat can learn your habits and start to save you money by automatically adjusting
the temperature.
• READ THE DISPLAY FROM ACROSS THE ROOM: The Nest Thermostat does
something new. It’s called Farsight, and it lights up to show you the temperature, weather or time.
You can even choose a digital or analog（ 模 拟 的 ）clock face. Farsight is big and bright on the
beautiful display—you can see it from across the room.
• A STYLE FOR EVERY HOME: The Nest Learning Thermostat now comes in four
fantastic colors; Copper, Stainless Steel, Black, and White. Choose copper to add a warm touch.
Stainless steel is perfect for a classic, versatile look. Black blends in with dark walls and stylish
décor（装饰）. And white looks great in simple, modern homes.
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60. Which description about the product is TRUE?
A. It sells best in Memory and Storage Products section.B. It is equipped with electronic system.
C. It needs to be plugged in when being used.
D. It has various colors available on Amazon.com.
61. Which benefit does the produce NOT have?
A. You can control it from your phone remotely.
B. It helps to save energy efficiently.C. It will learn your schedule and adjust the temperature.
D. It is resistant to pressure and shake.
62. How much should you pay at least if you have a 2-floor house and want your thermostat to
work independently?
A. $385.93. B. $325.84. C. $320.98. D. $356.93.
(C)
New molecules（ 分 子 ）engineered by Weill Cornell Medicine researchers can enable rapid,
direct “editing” of genes in a wide range of cell types, creating an series of research and
therapeutic possibilities.
The molecules, known as base editors, can attach to a target DNA sequence and chemically
alter a single DNA letter. Base editing technology, just two years old, developed from the better
known CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing technology. CRISPR/Cas9 molecules allow scientists to cut
almost any piece of DNA in a cell and in this way disable or remove a gene. By contrast, a base
editor molecule, using essentially the same DNA-targeting mechanism, chemically modifies a
gene rather than cutting it out.
Base editing is better suited for making or correcting single-base “point mutations（基因突
变 ）” in DNA—the cause of many inherited diseases and cancers—and in principle involves less
risk of having collateral impact on other normal DNA. However, first-generation base editors
operate efficiently in relatively few cell types. Together, the team systematically re-engineered the
principal existing set of base editors, known as BE3, BE4Gam and xBE3, to boost their production
in cells—low production had been a problem in many cell types. The optimized editors, unlike the
first generation version, work efficiently in a wide variety of cell types and model systems,
including mouse and human cell lines, and even liver cells in live mice.
“These new base editors allow us to model and study diseases such as cancer in new ways,
but they really have applications all the way across biomedical research,” said senior study author
Dr. Lukas Dow, an assistant professor of biochemistry in medicine and a member of the Sandra
and Edward Meyer Cancer Center at Weill Cornell Medicine，and a paid advisory board member
for Mirimus, Inc., a company focused on genome（基因组）editing technologies to develop animal
models.
The Weill Cornell Medicine scientists now plan to use the new editors for several research
applications, including the investigation of mutations associated with cancers to find suitable
targets for therapies. “There is a huge list of cancer-linked mutations whose precise roles in cancer
are unknown, and now with these optimized tools we can study them affordably and in a feasible
time frame,” Dr. Dow said.
The optimized editors are also being studied by researchers working on other applications,
including potential therapies for genetic diseases.63. How many types of molecules are mentioned in the first two paragraphs?
A. 1 B. 2. C. 3 D. 4
64. Which of the following is the closest in meaning to the underlined word collateral in
paragraph 3?
A. connected B. immediate C. positive D. healing
65. According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?A. It found the more they used social media, the more likely they are to be depressed.
B. Maybe you feel comforted by the notification sound that someone has sent you a message.
C. Some experts now fear this habit could be damaging our mental health.
D. The issue is how much time spent on social media is too much.
E. Teenagers are affected by the 24-hour demands of their social media accounts.
F. But depression is a more serious condition.
A. Scientists think it’s better to remove a gene than to edit it.
B. The first-generation base editors fail to work in cells.
C. Base editing technology is of great value only in biomedical research.
D. It is unknown why mutations cause cancer.
66. Which is the best title for this passage?
A. DNA Editing Just Got Easier
B. Say Goodbye to Genetic Disease
C. The Birth of a New Technology: Base Editing
D. Mutations in DNA
Section C（共 4 题，每小题 2 分，满分 8 分）
Directions: Choose from the sentences A—F to complete the passage. There are extra sentences
which you do not need to use.
Are you a social media addict? Are you always checking your smartphone to see how many
ʽlikesʼ youʼve received for your latest post?
Donʼt worry, youʼre not alone. We check our phones an average of 150 times a day, and
around 30% of the total time spent online is dedicated to social media. 67.
This is something particularly afflicting(折磨)young adults, according to a study from the
University of Pittsburgh. 68. In tests, those people who checked social
media frequently were 2.7 times more likely to be depressed compared to those who spent most of
their time generally surfing the internet, who had just 1.7 times the risk. The study found that
exposure to “highly idealised representations of peers on social media elicits feelings of envy and
the distorted belief that others lead happier, more successful lives.”Some of us certainly feel sad when weʼre ignored on social media sites, or when we see
someone else having a better time than us. 69. Clinical psychologist,
Abigael San, recently told the BBC that, “It’s a real issue, and it’s been getting significantly worse
over the last 5-6 years. You can get so hooked that it takes you away from your real relationships.”
However, Abigael does admit that social media is more likely to worsen pre-existing issues than
directly cause them.
70. It found that those with higher levels of emotional investment in
social media, and who use it at night, were more likely to feel depressed and anxious.
Despite these warning signs, why do some of us continue to keep clicking? Well, I suppose
we all want to be liked and we donʼt want to miss out on a conversation thatʼs taking place online.But we need to know when to switch off our virtual online world and connect with the real world
instead.
IV 71. Summary Writing（满分 15 分）
Directions: Write a summary of the passage in more than 60 words and the original sentences in
the passage are not allowed to use.
Who is in control of your life? Who is pulling your strings? For the majority of us, it’s other
people—society, colleagues, friends, or our family. We learned this way of operating when we
were very young, of course. We were brainwashed. We discovered that feeling important and
feeling accepted was a nice experience and so we learned to do everything we could to make other
people like us. As Oscar Wilde puts it, “Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone
else’s opinions, their lives a mimicry(模仿), their passions a quotation.”
When people tell us how wonderful we are, it makes us feel good. We long for this good
feeling like a drug—we are addicted to it and seek it out wherever we can. Therefore, we are so
eager for the approval of others that we live unhappy and limited lives, failing to do the things we
really want to. Just as drug addicts and alcoholics live worsened lives to keep getting their drug,
we worsen our own existence to get our own constant drug of approval.
But, just as with any drug, there is a price to pay. The price of the approval drug is freedom—
the freedom to be ourselves. The truth is that we cannot control what other people think. Everyone
has a different way of thinking, and people change their opinions all the time. Moreover, people
have their own business, and in the end, they’re more interested in themselves than in you. The
person who tries to please everyone will only end up getting exhausted and probably pleasing no
one in the process.
So how can we take back control? I think thereʼs only one way—make a conscious decision
to stop caring what other people think. We should guide ourselves by means of a set of values—
not values imposed( 强 加 )from the outside by others, but values which come from within. If we are
driven by these values and not by the changing opinions and value systems of others, we will live a
more authentic, effective, purposeful and happy life.
V Translation（共 4 题，71-72 题每题 3 分；73 题 4 分；75 题 5 分，满分 15 分）
Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.
1. 他对这次竞赛结果充满信心。（confident）2. 案发时，他正好在现场。（happen）
3. 直到看见躺在床上的弥留之际的母亲，他才意识到自己是多么地爱她。（Not until）
4. 对于各国政府来说，如何能有效合作并尽快摆脱世界金融危机至今还是个难题。（get rid
of）
VI Guided Writing（满分25分）
Directions: Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions given in1
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Chinese.
你的朋友 Mike 想选择电竞(E-sports)作为他将来的职业，而他的父母建议他选择医生的工作，他
非常苦恼，不知道怎么选择，写信向你求助。请你就此事给出自己的看法，并提出 合理的建议。
高三英语学能检测试卷四听力文字与答案
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.
1. M: Hi, Susan, how is your preparation for the job interview on Saturday?
W: No problem. I might just have to review a few economic terms.
Q: What job does the woman probably apply for?
2. W: How many people are going to attend the lecture on Wednesday?
M: We have to cross off fifteen names from our original list of 75 people.
Q: How many people do they expect to attend the lecture?
3. M: Tonight there is a special guest from Café Einstein, Welcome!
W: Hi, thanks for having me on your show.
Q: Where does this conversation probably take place?
4. M: There’s a film about global warming. Does it sound good to you?
W: Well, it sounds really awful, but I’m not in the mood for anything depressing.
Q: What does the woman mean?
5. M: You have a make-up session starting at 6:00 and then filming starts at 8:00, which is going to take the
whole morning.
W: Oh, terrific. Listen, I cannot miss that.
Q: What is the probable relationship between the man and the woman?
6. W: Thank you for offering to drop me off at the metro station. But I can also go home by bus if it’s not 1
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convenient.
M: That’s all right. The station is next to the school where I work.
Q: Where is the woman most probably going next？
7. M: My hand has been aching ever since I started playing volleyball last Friday.
W: Haven’t you had that checked out yet?
Q: What does the woman imply?
8. W: How do you relax at weekends?
M: I seldom do anything work-related so it’s easy to escape “The Markets”.
Q: What can we learn from the conversation?
9. M: Why don’t you get Jim to take your place?
W: Well, Jim is a great violinist, but he is always showing up late for rehearsals.
Q: What does the woman think of Jim?
10. M: Do you like traveling with somebody or travel alone?
W: I prefer to travel with someone, but on my next trip I will actually plan the whole trip by myself.
Q: How is the woman’s next trip?
Section B
Directions: In Section B, you will hear two short passages and a longer conversation, and you will be asked
some questions on the passages and the conversation. 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.
Lions have disappeared from much of Africa, but for the past few years scientists have wondered if the big
cats were hanging on in remote parts of Sudan and Ethiopia. Continuous fighting in the region has made surveys
difficult. But scientists released a report Monday documenting, with hard evidence, the discovery of “lost lions”.
A team with Oxford University’s Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, supported by a charity organization,
spent two nights in November camping in a national park in northwest Ethiopia, on the Ethiopia-Sudan
border.The researchers set out six camera traps, capturing images of lions, and they identified lion tracks.
The scientists concluded that lions are also likely to live in a neighboring national park across the border in
Sudan.The International Union for Conservation of Nature had previously considered the area a “possible range”
for the species, and local people had reported seeing lions in the area, but no one presented convincing evidence.
(Now listen again, please.)
Lions have disappeared from much of Africa, but for the past few years scientists have wondered if the big 2
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cats were hanging on in remote parts of Sudan and Ethiopia. Continuous fighting in the region has made surveys
difficult. But scientists released a report Monday documenting, with hard evidence, the discovery of “lost lions”.
A team with Oxford University’s Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, supported by a charity organization,
spent two nights in November camping in a national park in northwest Ethiopia, on the Ethiopia-Sudan
border.The researchers set out six camera traps, capturing images of lions, and they identified lion tracks.
The scientists concluded that lions are also likely to live in a neighboring national park across the border in
Sudan.The International Union for Conservation of Nature had previously considered the area a “possible range”
for the species, and local people had reported seeing lions in the area, but no one presented convincing evidence.
Questions:
11. What has made it difficult to survey lions in remote parts of Sudan and Ethiopia?
12. What was the main purpose of the research?
13. What did the researchers find in the National Park?
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.
If you are young and thinking about your career, you’ll want to know where you can make a living. Well,
there’s going to be a technological replacement of a lot of knowledge-intensive jobs in the next twenty years,
particularly in the two largest sectors of the labor force with professional skills. One is teaching, and the other,
health care. You have so many applications and software and platforms that are going to come in and provide
information and service in these two fields, which means a lot of health care and education sectors will be
radically changed and a lot of jobs will be lost.
Now, where will the new jobs be found? Well, the one sector of the economy that can’t be easily duplicated
by even smart technologies is the caring sector, the personal care sector. That is, you can’t really get a robot to do
a great massage or physical therapy, or you can’t get the kind of personal attention you need with regard to
therapy or any other personal service. There could be very high-end personal services. Therapists do charge a lot
of money.
I think there’s no limit to the amount of personal attention and personal care people would like if they could
afford it. But the real question in the future is how come people afford these things if they don’t have money,
because they can’t get a job that pays enough. That’s why I wrote this book, which is about how to reorganize the
economy for the future when technology brings about destructive changes to what we used to consider high-
income work.
(Now listen again, please.)2
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If you are young and thinking about your career, you’ll want to know where you can make a living. Well,
there’s going to be a technological replacement of a lot of knowledge-intensive jobs in the next twenty years,
particularly in the two largest sectors of the labor force with professional skills. One is teaching, and the other,
health care. You have so many applications and software and platforms that are going to come in and provide
information and service in these two fields, which means a lot of health care and education sectors will be
radically changed and a lot of jobs will be lost.
Now, where will the new jobs be found? Well, the one sector of the economy that can’t be easily duplicated
by even smart technologies is the caring sector, the personal care sector. That is, you can’t really get a robot to do
a great massage or physical therapy, or you can’t get the kind of personal attention you need with regard to
therapy or any other personal service. There could be very high-end personal services. Therapists do charge a lot
of money.
I think there’s no limit to the amount of personal attention and personal care people would like if they could
afford it. But the real question in the future is how come people afford these things if they don’t have money,
because they can’t get a job that pays enough. That’s why I wrote this book, which is about how to reorganize the
economy for the future when technology brings about destructive changes to what we used to consider high-
income work.
Questions:
14. What does the speaker say will happen in the next twenty years?
15. Where will young people have more chances to find jobs?
16. What is the speaker’s book about?
Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.
M: Yesterday I was talking to my students and they were surprised when I admitted that the shirt I was wearing,
I had had for over 10 years. Do you like to keep your clothes a long time?
W: It depends on the clothes. If I really like them, I might. M:
How often do you throw away your clothes?
W: Once or twice a year. I’ll go through my wardrobe and throw out things that are too small or have started to
look shabby.
M: So you donate them or just toss them?
W: I put them in the recycling, and hope they’re going to be remade into something else. I don’t think anyone
else wants to wear them.
M: What about furniture? How often do you try to get new furniture?
W: Almost never. I’ll put up with what I’ve got. It seems like such a waste to throw out such large things. 2
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M: Yeah, but you never want to replace the couch or the chair?
W: The couch has been replaced three or four times, but we’ve still got the same kitchen table. We had got to
get some new chairs.
M: I’ve never been a big furniture guy, but when I see something that’s really cheap, I will buy it. I wouldn’t
buy new furniture.
W: Who buys new furniture? It’s so expensive! Why would you pay hundreds or even thousands of dollars for
that when you can just buy one used or whatever for ten bucks or twenty bucks?
M: When we moved into our house, we did go to a furniture store and bought all new furniture. It’s kind of nice.
But I almost exclusively buy second-hand furniture now.
W: Yeah. That’s why I like something that’s made with metal or wood because I think it’s going to age well.
Plastic, not so much.
M: Yes. What about electronic goods, like getting a new TV, a new refrigerator, stuff like that? How often do
you buy?
W: We just wait until the old one breaks down.
M: What about the TV though? The TVs don’t break down. They go on forever. How often do you think, oh I
want a new TV, I want a new nicer TV?
W: Our last TV broke.
M: It did?
W: Well, we had lightening hit the house, and we lost several electronic items. M:
Wow. I did not know that could happen.
(Now listen again, please.)
M: Yesterday I was talking to my students and they were surprised when I admitted that the shirt I was wearing,
I had had for over 10 years. Do you like to keep your clothes a long time?
W: It depends on the clothes. If I really like them, I might. M:
How often do you throw away your clothes?
W: Once or twice a year. I’ll go through my wardrobe and throw out things that are too small or have started to
look shabby.
M: So you donate them or just toss them?
W: I put them in the recycling, and hope they’re going to be remade into something else. I don’t think anyone
else wants to wear them.
M: What about furniture? How often do you try to get new furniture?
W: Almost never. I’ll put up with what I’ve got. It seems like such a waste to throw out such large things. 2
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M: Yeah, but you never want to replace the couch or the chair?
W: The couch has been replaced three or four times, but we’ve still got the same kitchen table. We had got to
get some new chairs.
M: I’ve never been a big furniture guy, but when I see something that’s really cheap, I will buy it. I wouldn’t
buy new furniture.
W: Who buys new furniture? It’s so expensive! Why would you pay hundreds or even thousands of dollars for
that when you can just buy one used or whatever for ten bucks or twenty bucks?
M: When we moved into our house, we did go to a furniture store and bought all new furniture. It’s kind of nice.
But I almost exclusively buy second-hand furniture now.
W: Yeah. That’s why I like something that’s made with metal or wood because I think it’s going to age well.
Plastic, not so much.
M: Yes. What about electronic goods, like getting a new TV, a new refrigerator, stuff like that? How often do
you buy?
W: We just wait until the old one breaks down.
M: What about the TV though? The TVs don’t break down. They go on forever. How often do you think, oh I2
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want a new TV, I want a new nicer TV?
W: Our last TV
broke. M: It did?
W: Well, we had lightening hit the house, and we lost several electronic
items. M: Wow. I did not know that could happen.
Questions:
17. Which of the following items hasn’t been replaced by the woman?
18. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
19. What do the two speakers have in common?
20. What is the conversation mainly about?
（That’s the end of listening. 听力部分到此结束，请同学们继续答题。）
I. Listening Comprehension
1—5 DDDBA
6—10 BABBC
11-13 ACD
14-16 DAB
17-20 DDCB
II. Grammar and
Vocabulary
Section A2
5
31-35 HCAJE
36-40 BGFDI
Section A
41-45 DCABD
46-50 ADBBB
51-55 CDBCA
Section B
56-59 CBDB
60-62 BDC
63-66 BADA
Section C
67-70 CAFE
IV. Summary Writing 71
Our life is controlled by other people because we want their approval and appreciation. However, this
can cost us our freedom to be ourselves since people’s opinions change frequently and they have more
interest in themselves. Therefore, we need to stop caring others’ opinions and guide ourselves by our
own inside values. (54words)
V. Translation
72. He’s much confident of the competition result.
73. It just so happened that he was there when the case took place/He happened to be there when the
case took place.
74. Not until he saw his mother lying in bed, dying, did he realize how much he loved her.
75. For the government of different countries, how to cooperate efficiently and get rid of the world
21 so 22. going 23. that 24. referring 25. inspired
26. which 27. from 28. reached 29. When 30. rewrite
Section B2
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financial crisis as soon as possible is still a difficult problem up to now.
VI. Guided Writing
Dear Mike,
It has been a long time since I last wrote to you. As for your worry about whether to be a doctor as
your parents hope or to take up E-sports as your career, I have some suggestions.
I can see from your letter that you are eager to choose E-sports as your future career. If you are
quite confident that as an E-sports player, you can live a comfortable life in the future, I suggest you
make a detailed introduction of E-sports to your parents, let them know what E-sports is and that E-
sports is your lifelong dream. If you are forced to give it up, you’ll certainly be regretful in the future.
Communicate with your parents like a mature person instead of quarreling with them, and they will
understand you finally.
But to be frank, if you are not actually very talented with E-sports, it is wise of you to regard it only
as a hobby. After all, the market of E-sports is always very competitive. What your parents look forward
to is nothing but a bright future of you. Have you ever heard a saying that you will suffer if you don’t
take an old man’s advice?
So think twice, judge yourself and make a wise choice. Hope you will not be worried about it any
more.
Your sincerely,
May
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