2021 届七宝中学高三第一学期暑假作业检测
考试时间：120 分钟 满分：150 分
I. Listening Comprehension 25%
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. A. She's too sick to have any visitor. B. Her sister's flight was canceled.
C. Her sister has changed her plans. D. She picked up her sister last night.
2. A. The library closes at five o'clock. B. She'll get the things the man needs.
C. Mary wants to go to the classroom too. D. There isn't enough time to go to the classroom.
3. A. Take less medicine each day. B. Visit him as often as possible.
C. Have more stretching exercises. D. Try a new kind of headache medicine.
4. A. The next bus leaves in 15 minutes.
B. The man can go to the exhibition by bus.
C. The man missed the subway train to the exhibition.
D. The subway will arrive at the exhibition before 11:30.
5. A. The cellphone cannot be repaired.
B. The woman misunderstood what he said.
C. He doesn't know what's wrong with the cellphone.
D. The problem is different from what he thought it was.
6. A. She wished she had gone to sleep earlier.
B. She missed the beginning of the program.
C. She fell asleep before the program ended.
D. She was awakened in time to see the program.
7. A. More copies of the letter are needed.
B. It's too late to apply for the university.
C. The man should get a more recent reference letter.
D. The principal is the best person to write the letter of reference.
8. A. He wants to talk to Sally and Mark.
B. The woman should not let out others' secret.
C. He will explain to the woman what happened.
D. The woman shouldn't get involved in the situation.
9. A. He wants the woman to postpone the lecture.
B. He hasn't finished preparing for his lecture.
C. He can't explain the simple concepts of economics.
D. He regularly gives lectures to high school students.
10. A. Hire a tutor before the mid-term exam. B. Avoid making any mistake in the exam.C. Turning to the same tutor that she had. D. Work hard to catch up with others.
Section B
Directions: In Section B, you will hear two passages and a longer conversation, and you will be asked several
questions on each of the passages and the conversation. The passages and the conversation will be read twice, but
the question 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 lecture.
11. A. Most canals were not wide enough for the boats.
B. Other means of transportation became accessible.
C. The boats were no longer considered fashionable.
D. They learned the boats were bad for the environment.
12. A. Some people get frustrated with their speed.
B. They are mainly used for transportation.
C. People can have easy access to them.
D. A license is needed to operate them.
13. A. The changing role of narrow boats.
B. The uniqueness of the design of narrow boats.
C. The importance of narrow boats in the 18th century.
D. The reason why British people say hello to strangers.
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.
14. A. To get new design ideas.
B. To make furniture used in space.
C. To take part in scientific training.
D. To create an environment similar to Mars.
15. A. It is operated by NASA.
B. It offers people a taste of isolated life on Mars.
C. It is used to train people for an educational purpose.
D. It helps people to get used to living with limited resources.
16. A. How to store things.
B. How to think creatively.
C. How to live in space.
D. How to cut down the cost.
II. Grammar(1*10=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 proper form of the given word; for the other
blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.
***A new study shows that ___21 ____(good) your short-term memory, the faster you feel fed up and decide
you5ve had enough. The findings appear in the Journal of Consumer Research.
Noelle Nelson, assistant professor of marketing and consumer behavior at the University of Kansas School of
Business. She and her colleague Joseph Redden at the University of Minnesota tried to think outside the lunch box. "Something that was interesting to me is that some people get tired of things 22 very different rates. When
you think about pop songs on the radio, some people must still be enjoying them and requesting them even after
hearing them a lot. But a lot of other people are really sick of those same songs. The difference, the researchers
supposed, might have to do with memories of past consumption.
The researchers tested the memory capacity of undergraduates. The students then viewed a repeating series of
three classic paintings... like The Starry Night： American Gothic： and The Scream ...or listened and re-listened
to a series of three pop songs ...or three pieces of classical music. Throughout the test, the participants were asked
to rate their experience on a scale of zero to ten. "We found that people with larger capacities remembered more
about the music or art, which led to them 23 (get) tired of the music or art more quickly. So remembering more
details actually made the participants feel like they'd experienced the music or art more often] The findings suggest
that marketers 24 cope with our desire for their products by figuring out ways to distract us and keep us from
fully remembering our experiences. We could also trick _________________25 _________into eating less junk
food by recalling the experience of a previous snack. As for kids easily bored, just tell them to forget about it---it
might help them have more fun.
***Clearly if we are to participate in the society in which we live, we must communicate with other people. A
great deal of communicating is performed on a person-to-person basis by the simple means of speech. If we travel
in buses, buy things in shops, or eat in restaurants, we are likely to have conversations 26 we give information
or opinions, receive news or comment and very likely have our views 27 (challenge) by other members of
society.
Face-to face contact is by no means the only form of communication and during the last two hundred years
the art of mass communication __________________28___(become) one of the dominating factors of current
society. Two things, above others, have caused the enormous growth of the communication industry. Firstly,
inventiveness has led to advances in printing, telecommunications, photography, radio and television. Secondly,
speed has revolutionized the transmission and reception of communications 29 local news often takes a back
seat to national news, which itself is often almost eclipsed (失去优势)by international news.
No longer is the possession of information restricted to a wealthy minority. In the last century the wealthy
man with his own library was indeed fortunate, but today there are public libraries. Forty years ago, people used to
go to the cinema, but now far more people sit at home and turn on the TV to watch a program that 30 (channel)
into millions of homes ____
Vocabulary 10'
Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can only be used once. Note
that there is one word more than you need.
A. bay B. target C. exhibit D. impressive AB. account AC. fertile
AD. unsuspecting BC。. pinpoint BD. scratch CD. mean ABC . concentrations
You're trying your best to enjoy an evening cookout, but a constant swarm of mosquitoes follows you from grill
to poolside. The threat? A pierce to your skin, leaving behind an itchy red welt and possibly even a serious illness.
As you swat madly at the pests, you notice that others seem completely unbothered. Could it be that mosquitoes
prefer to bite some people over others?
The short answer is yes. Mosquitoes do ___31___ blood-sucking preferences, say the experts. "One in 10 people are highly attractive to mosquitoes," reports Jerry Butler, PhD, professor emeritus at the University of Florida. But
it's not dinner they're sucking out of you. Female mosquitoes -- males do not bite people -- need human blood to
develop ___32___ eggs. And apparently, not just anyone's will do.
Who Mosquitoes Like Best? Although researchers have yet to ___33___ what mosquitoes consider an ideal hunk
( 大 块 ) of human flesh, the hunt is on. "There's a tremendous amount of research being conducted on what
compounds and odors people exude that might be attractive to mosquitoes," says Joe Conlon, PhD, technical advisor
to the American Mosquito Control Association. With 400 different compounds to examine, it's an extremely
laborious process. "Researchers are just beginning to ___34 the surface," he says.
Scientists do know that genetics _____35 ____ for an overwhelming 85% of our susceptibility to
mosquito bites. They've also identified certain elements of our body chemistry that, when found in excess on the
skin's surface, make mosquitoes swarm closer.
"People with high ____36 ___ of steroids or cholesterol on their skin surface attract mosquitoes,"
Butler tells WebMD. That doesn't necessarily mean that mosquitoes prey on people with higher overall levels of
cholesterol, Butler explains. These people simply may be more efficient at processing cholesterol, the byproducts
of which remain on the skin's surface.
Mosquitoes also __37___ people who produce excess amounts of certain acids, such as uric acid, explains
entomologist John Edman, PhD, spokesman for the Entomological Society of America. These substances can trigger
mosquitoes' sense of smell, luring them to land on ___38___victims.
But the process of attraction begins long before the landing. Mosquitoes can smell their dinner from a(n)
________39___ distance of up to 50 meters, explains Edman. This doesn't bode well for people who
emit large quantities of carbon dioxide.......Luckily, there are chemical-based mosquito repellents and the
soybean oil-based repellent that can help to keep the bite at___40 ___.
III. Reading comprehension
Section A Cloze: 15
I recently met a Texan couple whose son was still in diapers. They were seeking to get him into a preschool that
___41___ a private preparatory school with a great record for college admissions.
The couple were ambivalent (uncertain) about doing this. They were from immigrant and working-class
backgrounds, and had thrived in public schools. In theory, they believed that all children should have an equal
chance to succeed. But I ___42___ that if they got their son a spot in the preschool, they'd take it.
It's a familiar story. Psychologists, sociologists and journalists have spent over a decade critiquing（评论；评
判）the habits of “helicopter parents” and their school 43 . They insist that
hyper-parenting backfires — creating a generation of stressed-out kids who can't ___44___ alone. Parents
themselves alternate between feeling guilty, panicked and ridiculous.
But a new research shows that in our unequal era, this kind of parenting brings life-changing benefits. According
to the research, when inequality hit a low in the 1970s, there wasn't that much of a gap between what someone
earned with or without a college degree. Strict parenting ___45___ an era of “permissive parenting” — giving
children lots of freedom with little oversight.
In the 1980s, however, inequality increased sharply in Western countries, especially the United States, and the
gap between white- and blue-collar pay widened. Permissive parenting was replaced by helicopter parenting.
Middle- and upper-class parents who'd gone to public schools and spent evenings playing kickball in the neighborhood began elbowing their toddlers into fast-track preschools and spending evenings monitoring their
homework and driving them to activities.
American parents eventually increased their ___46 ______ caregiving by about 12 hours a week, compared
with the 1970s.
Not all the changes were rational. But___47___, the new parenting efforts seemed effective. When the researchers
analyzed the 2012 PISA, an academic test of 15-year-olds around the world, along with reports from the teenagers
and their parents about how they interact, they found that an “intensive parenting style” correlated with higher scores
on the test.
It's not enough just to ___48___ over your kids, however. If you do it as an “authoritarian” parent — defined as
someone who ___49___ directives, expects children to obey and sometimes hits those who don't — you won't get
the full benefits.
The most effective parents, according to the authors, are “authoritative.” They use reasoning to persuade kids to
do things that are good for them. Instead of strict obedience, they emphasize ___50 _________________,
problem-solving and independence — skills that will help their offspring in future workplaces that we can't even
imagine yet.
And they seem most successful at helping their kids achieve the holy grails（圣杯）of modern parenting:
college and postgraduate degrees, which now have a huge financial payoff.
The benefits aren't just ___51 _____. In a British study, kids raised by authoritative parents reported
better health and higher self-esteem. In the American study, they were less likely to use drugs, smoke or ___52
_________ alcohol.
So why wouldn't everyone just become a（n） ___53___ parent? Religious people, regardless of their income,
are more likely to be authoritarian parents who expect obedience and believe in corporal punishment, the authors
found. Working-class and poor parents might not have the leisure time to hover or the budget to pay for activities
and expensive schools. And they may __54___ feel that they need to prepare their children for jobs in which rule-
following matters more than debating skills. Those who can afford to helicopter are probably making things even
more unequal for the next generation. Since there's apparently no ___55___ to how much people will do for their
kids, the prognosis for parenting doesn't look good. Yet another reason to elect people who'll make America more
equal: We grown-ups can finally stop doing homework.
41. A. changes into B. feeds into C. turns into D. transforms into
42. A. claimed B. doubted C. suspected D. questioned
43. A. obsessions B. associations C. observations D. investigations
44. A. mention B. action C. transition D. function
45. A. objected to B. contributed to C. gave rise to D. gave way to
46. A. hands-down B. hands-off C. hands-on D. hands — over
47. A. for all the attention B. for the most part C. within defined areas D. under right supervision
48. A. look B. hover C. take D. protect
49. A. issues B. figures C. employs D. evaluates
50. A. reliability B. probability C. regularity D. adaptability
51. A. financial B. physical C. academic D. mental
52. A. abuse B. refuse C. counter D. command53. A. permissive B. authoritative C. authoritarian D. helicopter
54. A. neutrally B. formally C. rightly D. reluctantly
55. A. link B. proof C. comparison D. limit
Section B 22
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)
As more and more people speak the global languages of English, Chinese, Spanish, and Arabic, other
languages are rapidly disappearing. In fact, half of the 6,000-7,000 languages spoken around the world today will
likely die out by the next century, according to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
(UNESCO).
In an effort to prevent language loss, scholars from a number of organizations —— UNESCO and National
Geographic among them—have for many years been documenting dying languages and the cultures they reflect.
Mark Turin, a scientist at the Macmillan Centre Yale University, who specializes in the languages and oral
traditions of the Himalayas, is following in that tradition. His recently published book, A Grammar of Thangmi
with an Ethnolinguistic Introduction to the Speakers and Their Culture, grows out of his experience of living,
working, and raising a family in a village in Nepal.
Documenting the Thangmi language and culture is just a starting point for Turin, who seeks to include other
languages and oral traditions across the Himalayan reaches of India , Nepal, Bhutan, and China . But he is not
content to simply record these voices before they disappear without record.
At the University of Cambridge Turin discovered a wealth of important materials—— including photographs,
films, tape recordings, and field notes—— which had remained unstudied and were badly in need of care and
protection.
Now, through the two organizations that he has founded ——the Digital Himalaya Project and the World Oral
Literature Project ——Turin has started a campaign to make such documents available not just to scholars but to
the younger generations of communities from whom the materials were originally collected. Thanks to digital
technology and the widely available Internet, Turin notes, the endangered languages can be saved and reconnected
with speech communities.
56. Many scholars are making efforts to ___.
A. promote global languages B. rescue disappearing languages
C. search for language communities D. set up language research organizations.
57. What does “that tradition” in Paragraph 3 refer to ?
A. Having full records of the languages
B. Writing books on language teaching.
C. Telling stories about language users
D. Living with the native speaker.
58. What is Turin's book based on?
A. The cultural studies B. The documents available at Yale.C. His language research in Bhutan. D. His personal experience in Nepal.
59. Which of the following best describe Turin's work?
A. Write, sell and donate. B. Record, repair and reward.
C. Collect, protect and reconnect. D. Design, experiment and report.
(B)
The global energy crisis is approaching. What can we do? Here are some steps you can take.
Cooling puts the greatest stress on your summer energy bill and the power grid. Just as a tune-up for your car
can improve your gas mileage, a yearly tune-up of your heating and cooling system can improve efficiency and
comfort. Clean or replace filter monthly or as needed.
For central air conditioning systems and room air conditioners, look for the ENERGY STAR, the federal
government's symbol for energy efficiency. For central air, purchase the system with the highest possible Seasonal
Energy Efficiency Ratio. (SEER)
Use energy efficient ceiling fans either alone or with air conditioning. Ceiling fans do a great job of circulating
air. When used with air conditioning, fans allow you to raise the thermostat and cut costs. Ceiling fans cool people,
not rooms, so before you leave, turn off the ceiling fan.
Let a programmable thermostat “remember for you” to automatically adjust the indoor climate with your daily
and weekend patterns to reduce cooling bills by up to 10 percent. You can come home to a comfortable house
without wasting energy and creating pollution all day while you are at work.
Try to make your home airtight enough to increase your comfort, make your home quieter and cleaner and
reduce your cooling costs up to 20 percent.
Cut your air conditioning load, and reduce pollution by planting leafy trees around your home and fixing
reflective bricks on your roof.
Close blinds or shades on south — and west-facing windows during the day, or fix shading equipment to avoid
heat build-up.
Turn off everything not in use: lights, TVs, computers. And use fluorescent bulbs, which provide bright, warm
light while using at least two-thirds less energy, producing 70 percent less heat and lasting up to 10 times longer
than incandescent bulbs.
Drive the car that gets better gas mileage whenever possible if you own more than one vehicle. If you drive
12,500 miles a year, switching 10 percent of your trips from a car that gets 20 miles per gallon to one that gets 30
mpg will save you more than £65 per year.
Carpool. The average U.S. commuter could save about £260 a year by sharing cars twice a week with two
other people in a car that gets 20.1 mpg-assuming the three passengers share the cost of gas.
60. According to the passage, the thermostat is used to ________.
A. make rooms quieter B. control room temperature
C. turn off the air conditioner D. reduce room air pollution
61. We can conclude from the passage that the author probably discourages ________.
A. planting leafy trees around your home
B. turning off the ceiling fan before you leave your house
C. keeping your south-facing windows open during the day
D. using fluorescent bulbs instead of incandescent bulbs62. According to the passage, you can save fuel by ______.
A. using energy-efficient ceiling fans
B. sharing cars with others on workdays
C. turning off everything not in use
D. reducing 10% of your car trips every year
（C）
Earlier this year a series of papers in The Lancet reported that 85 percent of the $265 billion spent each year
on medical research is wasted because too often absolutely nothing happens after initial results of a study are
published. No follow-up investigations to replicate （复制）or expand on a discovery. No one uses the findings to
build new technologies.
The problem is not just what happens after publication — scientists often have trouble choosing the right
questions and properly designing studies to answer them. Too many studies test too few subjects to arrive at firm
conclusions. Researchers publish reports on hundreds of treatments for diseases that work in animal models but not
in humans. Drug companies find themselves unable to reproduce promising drug targets published by the best
academic institutions. The growing recognition that something has gone wrong in the laboratory has led to calls for,
as one might guess, more research on research — attempts to find rules to ensure that peer-reviewed studies are, in
fact, valid.
It will take a concerted effort by scientists and other stakeholders to fix this problem. We can do so by exploring
ways to make scientific investigation more reliable and efficient. These may include collaborative team science,
study registration, stronger study designs and statistical tools, and better peer review, along with making scientific
data widely available so that others can replicate experiments, therefore building trust in the conclusions of those
studies.
Reproducing other scientists' analyses or replicating their results has too often in the past been looked down
on with a kind of “me-too” derision（嘲笑）that would waste resources --- but often they may help avoid false
leads that would have been even more wasteful. Perhaps the biggest obstacle to replication is the inaccessibility of
data and results necessary to rerun the analyses that went into the original experiments. Searching for such
information can be extremely difficult. Investigators die, move and change jobs; computers crash; online links
malfunction. Data are sometimes lost --- even, as one researcher claimed when confronted about spurious（伪造
的）results, eaten by termites （白蚁）.
There has definitely been some recent progress. An increasing number of journals, including Nature and
Science, have adopted measures such as checklists for study design and reporting while improving statistical review
and encouraging access to data. Several funding agencies, meanwhile, have asked that researchers outline their plans
for sharing data before they can receive a government grant.
But it will take much more to achieve a lasting culture change. Investigators should be rewarded for
performing good science rather than just getting statistically significant （“positive”） but nonreplicable results.
Revising the present incentive （激励）structure may require changes on the part of journals, funders, universities
and other research institutions.
63. What is the problem reported in those papers in The Lancet?
A. Great achievements in medical research failed to get published.B. Money was wasted on follow-up investigations in medical research.
C. Too many new research findings are not put into use after publication.
D. Few scientists are devoted to building new technologies for mankind.
64. Which of the following situation is most similar to the problem described in paragraph 2?
A. A high school decides to cut its art programs due to the lack of fund.
B. A patient gets sicker because he does not follow the doctor's advice.
C. A marketing firm tests a website with participants that are not target population.
D. A drug company fails to produce the new drug due to no access to the latest data.
65. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?
A. Measures are taken to ensure publication of tested results only.
B. Scientific experiments must be replicable to be considered valid.
C. Experiment replication is unoriginal and not worthwhile.
D. Rewards should be given only to those nonreplicable findings.
66. The purpose of this article is to __________.
A. argue that scientific research lacks efficiency
B. explain the result of a recent scientific study
C. introduce some recent progress in medical research
D. highlight the possible problems of research studies
Section C （8 分）
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. Both the gorgeous and non- gorgeous improved by being with other people.
B. Sometimes the subjects in the pictures were shown as part of a three-person group.
C. It turns out that people don't even need to be in an actual group to look more attractive.
D. It's no secret that our definition of beauty is defined by a very clear set of physical norms.
AB. A big nose in the company of a small nose does not look bigger still; rather, both noses move closer to the
average.
AC. While being average-looking might seem like a bad thing, the research suggests that's not necessarily the case
for attractiveness.
According to a new study just published in Psychological Science, any one person seen in a group just seems
better looking than when viewed alone. The reason: human eyes average things out, and when it comes to faces,
average is usually good.
___67_________ Facial analysis studies show the symmetry （对称）is almost always regarded as prettier
that asymmetry and the most beautiful faces are the ones on which eyes are no more or less than a certain distance
apart, and the forehead, chin, cheeks and other features take up no more than a certain share of the whole. It's the
reason that models may be gorgeous but can prove awfully difficult to tell apart.
“Perhaps,” says psychological scientist Drew Walker of the University of California, San Diego, in a statement
that accompanied the release of the study, “beautiful people are all alike, but every unattractive person is unattractive
in their own ways.”
To test how that plays out in a group setting, Walker and his UCSD collaborator, psychological scientist Edward Vul, recruited 130 undergraduate students and showed them pictures of 100 different men and women. 68
Other times they were cut out to show just one face at a time.
Still other times, the faces were taken out of context and arranged on a simple grid （网格） of either four, nine or
16 faces.
Consistently, the researchers found, the sole shots were regarded as less attractive than the faces viewed in a
group 一 whether in a real setting or on the grid. This was true regardless of the gender of the subjects and
regardless of whether they would broadly be described as following most definitions of attractiveness or
unattractiveness. 69
The explanation for the phenomenon, they believe, is the averaging effect and how it works. 70
______“Individuals with complementary features — one person with narrow eyes and one person with wide eyes
— would enjoy a greater boost in attractiveness when seen together, as compared to groups composed of individuals
who have similar features,” Walker and Vul write.
VI: Summary （10'）
Directions: Read the passage carefully. Then write an English summary within 60 words in your own words
according to the passage given below.
“Parents today want their kids spending time on things that can bring them success, but ironically, we've stopped
doing one thing that's actually been a proven predictor of success — and that's household chores.” says Richard
Rende, a developmental psychologist in Paradise Valley, Ariz., and co-author of the forthcoming book “raising
Can-Do Kids” Decades of studies show the benefits of chores — academically, emotionally and professionally.
Giving children household chores at an early age helps to build a lasting sense of mastery, responsibility and
independence, according to research by Marty Rossmann, professor at the University of Minnesota. In 2002, Dr.
Rossmann analyzed data from a longitudinal （纵向的）study that followed 84 children across four periods in
their lives — in preschool around ages 10 and 15, and in their mid-20s. She found that young adults who began
chores at ages 3 and 4 were more likely to have good relationships with family and friends and to achieve academic
and early career success and to be self-sufficient, as compared with those who didn't have chores or who started
them as teens.
Chores also teach children how to be empathetic and responsive to others' needs, notes psychologist Richard
Weissbourd. In research, his team surveyed 10,000 high-school students and asked them to rank what they treasured
more: achievement, happiness or caring for others. Almost 80% chose either achievement or happiness over caring
for others. As he points out, however, research suggests that personal happiness comes most reliably not from high
achievement but from strong relationships. “We're out of balance,” says Dr. Weissbourd. A good way to start re-
adjusting priorities, he suggests, is by learning to be kind and helpful at home.
The next time that your child asks to skip chores to do homework, resist the urge to let him or her off the hook.
Being slack(懈怠的)about chores when they compete with school sends your child the message that grades and
achievement are more important than caring about others. What may seem like small messages in the moment add
up to big ones over time.
Translation
Part One Translate the following phrases 1' *20
1. 包办旅游 11.代我向你的父母问好 remember2. 学生会主席 12 .使我国摆脱贫困 rid
3. 挑食 particular 13.导致一系列的问题 rise
4. 随着时间的推移 passage 14.为了安全起见 sake
5. 在我看来 view 15.权衡利弊 weigh
6. 给委员会递交申请 present 16.掌握....线索 track
7. 把一半的工资储存起来以备不时之需 put 17.创造奇迹
8.不可能 question 18.为保持健康而每天锻炼 work
9. 理解字里行间的意思 read 19. 一位不速之客
10. 自立 stand 20.不辞辛劳做某事 trouble
Part Two Translate the following sentences (3+3+4+5)
1. 学生在英语写作中词不达意的现象值得每位英语教师关注。(worth)
2. 下周一整周都可以用肉眼观察到火星，这让很多天文(astronomy)爱好者欣喜若狂。
(visible)
3. 应当鼓励孩子从小接触音乐，音乐一直被认为是灵感的恒久源泉。source
4. 中日两国的共同利益远远大于分歧，对话与合作始终是两国关系的主流。 (outweigh)12 / 17
听力和答案
Keys:
Listening Comprehension
1.C 2.D 3.A 4.B 5.D 6.C 7.C 8.D 9.B 10.A 11.B 12.C 13.A
14.A 15.D 16.A 17.B 18.C 19.A 20.B
Grammar:
21. the better 22. at 23. getting 24. could /can 25. ourselves 26. where
27. challenged 28. has become 29. so that 30 is being channeled (（虹口 summary）
Vocabulary:
31 一 40: C AC BC BD AB // ABC B AD D A
Cloze:
41 一 55 B C A D D // C B B A D //C A B C D
Reading:
A: BADC B: BCB C: CCBD
4 out of 6 : D B A AB
Suggested version:
Parents today overlook the significance of kids sharing housework, but studies show chores help children
develop better in studies, mental health and even future careers. Besides, it enables kids to become responsible
and self- reliant. Still, by doing their share of chores, kids grow to be loving, caring and helpful. So it's important
for parents to let children take up housework. 60
Translation:
1. 包办旅游 package tour
2. 学生会主席 Chairman of the Students' Union
3. 挑食 be particular about food/what sb eats
4. 随着时间的推移 passage with the passage of time
5. 在我看来 from my point of view = in my view
6. 给委员会递交申请 present an application to the committee
7. 把一半的工资储存起来以备不时之需 Put aside half of one's salary for a rainy day
8. 不可能 out of the question
9. 理解字里行间的意思 read between the lines
10. 自立 stand on one's own feet
11. 代我向你的父母问好 remember me to your parents
12. 使我国摆脱贫困 rid our country of poverty
13. 导致一系列的问题 give rise to a series of problems
14. 为 了安全起见 for the sake of safety= for safety's sake13 / 17
15. 权衡利弊 weigh the pros and cons= weigh the advantages and disadvantages
17.仓 ll 造奇迹 do/perform/work/accomplish wonders/miracles
18.为保持健康而每天锻炼 work out every day to keep fit
19. 一位不速之客 an unexpected guest
20. 不辞辛劳做某事 take trouble to do sth
Part Two Translate the following sentences
1. 学生在英语写作中词不达意的现象值得每位英语教师关注。 (worth)
The phenomenon that students can't convey/express their ideas is worth paying attention to by every English
teacher.
2. 下周一整周都可以用肉眼观察到火星，这让很多天文(astronomy)爱好者欣喜若狂。
(visible)
Mars will be visible to the naked eye all week next week, which makes many astronomy lovers wild with joy.
3. 应当鼓励孩子从小接触音乐，音乐一直被认为是灵感的恒久源泉。source
Kids should be encouraged to be exposed to/ expose themselves to music from an early age because music is
regarded as an enduring source of inspiration.
4. 中日两国的共同利益远远大于分歧，对话与合作始终是两国关系的主流。 (outweigh)
The common interests between China and Japan far outweigh their differences, so dialogue and cooperation
should remain the main stream of their relations.
听力材料录音文字
1. Listening comprehension
Section A
Directions: In section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. Al 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 a 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: I thought you would be picking up your sister to the airport.
W: Oh, she called last night to say she had the flu.
Question: What does the woman imply?
2.
M: I think I' run down to the classroom and take up a few things
W: But aren't we going to meet Mary at the library, she is expecting us at five, it's almost that now. Question: What
does the woman mean?
3.
W: Doctor Smith, those stretching exercises you recommended are really helpful to my sore muscles, but the pills I
took are giving me a headache.
M: Let's try cutting back to just one pill a day.
Question: What does the man suggest the woman do?
4.M: Do you know where the nearest subway station is? I need to be at the industry exhibition by eleven thirty.
W: The number eight bus nearby will take you directly there, and it's only a fifteen-minute ride Question: What
does the woman imply?
5.
W: Two hundred dollars to fix my cell phone? I thought you said you could do it for forty dollars.
M: I did, but it's not the screen after all. The major part inside the phone does cost a lot more.
Question: What does the man mean?
6.
M: I really enjoyed that TV special about dolphins last night. Did you get home in time to see it?
W: Well, yes. But I wish I could have stayed awake long enough to see the whole thing.
Question: What does the woman mean?
7.
M: That university I am applying for requires a letter of reference, I guess the one my principal wrote for me last
term should be fine.
W: It's a little dated, though.
Question: What does the woman imply?
8
W: Sally and Mark haven't been talking to each other lately. I wonder what happened
M: I'd stay out of it if I were you.
Question: What does the man mean?
9
W: what's the problem, Paul?
M: I'm going to give a lecture about economics at a high school this afternoon, but I have no idea how I'm going to
simplify some of the concepts for them.
Question: What can be inferred about the man?
10.
M: I'm having a hard time keeping up my chemistry class. I am seriously considering hiring a tutor
W: A word of advice, don't make a mistake I made last term and wait until after mid-term exam to do it.
Question: What does the woman suggest the man do?
Section B
Directions: In section B, you will hear two passages and one longer
conversation, after each passage or 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
eleven through thirteen are based on the following passage
Do you know anything about narrow boats in Britain? Their boats you see in the British canals which are truly
narrow, about two meters wide. They are, however, long enough to have bedrooms, kitchens and bathrooms, where
people can live for weeks at a time. These days more and more people are spending their vacations on narrow boats.
We can trace the origin of the boats to the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. In the mid-eighteenth century, British people constructed many canals all over the island of Great Britain. The canals were narrow, and the boats
had to be narrow too. The boats were used to transport coal, iron and steel. After railroads became common, narrow
boats went out of fashion and were forgotten, only the canals remained. Why are the boats so popular today? First,
as there are canals all over Britain, narrow boats can be easily accessed. People do not have to travel far or rush to
an airport to start their vacations; Second, the boats are safe and easy to steer. Even though they have engines now,
they sail just a little faster than walking speed, so no license is required; Finally, the slow pace makes the voyage
fun. People on board enjoy saying hello to other boaters when they pass each other. Since most of the canals are for
leisure use, nobody is in a hurry. In this way, British people can refresh themselves and forget about their busy life.
What used to carry iron and steel now provides a slow, peaceful experience.
(Now listen again, please.)
Questions:
11. Why did people once stop using narrow boats?
12. According to the passage, what is true of modern narrow boats?
13. What is the passage mainly about?
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage
Ikea is known for designing furniture that people can put together themselves. Recently, five Ikea designers spent
three days inside a Mars Research Center to get new design ideas. The Mars Desert Research Station in the U.S.
State of Utah operated by the Mars Society attempts to create a Mars environment for humans taking part in
experiments and training. There are also separate areas for eating, sleeping and other activities to prepare future
space travelers for living in very small areas with limited supplies. Constance Adams, a space architect from NASA
said the experience was meant to show the team how conditions in space affect the whole design process. For
example, air is very limited in space and must be reused for many months, even years. Another consideration is the
huge cost of space transportation. Adam said it would currently cost about two million dollars to transport just one
kilo of mass to the surface of Mars. Marcus Engman Ikea'shead of design, ""my dream outcome would be to solve
the biggest problem on earth, I guess it's the same problem in space, and that is the thing about storage, how could
you make storage in a completely new way. Being put in such a different and demanding environment forces us to
think much morecreatively." The Ikea designers are also working with NASA to create apace-inspired furniture
collection to launch in 2019, and who knows. Ikea might even make it to Mars someday. If so, the company's
popular products could be discovered by new life forms we don't even yet know about
(Now listen again, please.)
Questions:
14. Why did Ikea send a team to a Mars Research Center recently?
15. What is true of the Mars Desert Research Station?
16. What's the biggest problem Ikea is facing when designing space-inspired furniture
Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.
M: Today our guest is Sarah Jones who recently did a survey of manners. I'll let her explain what she did. Welcome
W: Thank you! Many people are complaining lately that people are becoming very rude, so we try to find out if
that's true.
M: I see, but it'd be hard to test manners, how did you do it?W: We sent two reporters to large cities all around the world, to be exact, thirty five countries. We tested many
different people, men, women, business people, high school students, police officers, anyone and everyone.
M: So what's the test?
W: Well, the reporters did two things, a door test and a paper drop. First, we wanted to see if people would hold the
open for the reporters.
M: Hmm, that's simple, then a paper drop?
W: The reporters dropped a pile of papers to see if people would help pick them up.
M: So what did you find?
W: Ninety percent of the people passed the door test.
M: Wow!
W: But only fifty-five percent helped pick the papers up.
M: Only fifty-five? That's not very good. But sometimes you just can't help. What if your hands are full? W: Yes,
but one woman had two cups of coffee on a tray and her keys and wallet in the other hand, she put everything in
one hand and helped. The reporter wanted to help her
M: Did the reporter ask why she wanted to help?
W: Well, she said: ""I was standing there, of course, I would help."
M: Oh! What a warm story!
(Now listen again, please.)
Questions:
17. What is the survey mainly concerned about?
18. How did the reporter's test people in the survey?
19. How many countries were involved in the survey?
20. Why does Sarah Jones mention the woman at the end of the interview?
That's the end of listening comprehension.
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