高三英语周测题

周测七2021.4I. Listening Comprehension (25%)Section A: Short ConversationsDirections: 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. $20 B. $15 C. $10 D. $52. A. Head for the library B. Give the woman a rideC. Meet TimD. Go in the woman’s direction3. A. Someone has borrowed it. B. Someone has bought it.C. It will soon be returned.D. It is sold out at the moment.4. A. He doesn’t have time to answer the woman’s question.B. The bus station moved to another place 3 days ago.C. He doesn’t know where the bus station is.D. The woman had better repeat her question5. A. He wants to know what the woman specializes in.B. He wonders how people there think of being on time.C. He is surprised that people in this country can’t understand them.D. He can’t believe that the woman knows so much about the country.6. A. He thinks Mary should have been more confident.B. He isn’t surprised that Many feels confident.C. He doubts if Mary will do well in the contest.D. He didn’t expect Mary to win the contest.7. A. He shouldn’t have taken any medicine.B. He has already had a good rest.C. He doesn’t feel well.D. He needs to see a doctor.8. A. The price of the book is too high.B. The book is as good as thought.C. The book is reasonable in price.D. The quality of the book is unsatisfactory.9. A. She didn’t hope to look differentB. The man hardly needs any haircut.C. She met the man three days ago.D. Few people have noticed her haircut.10. A. Go to the library to do research for the field trip.B. Ask the woman for direction to the library.C. Call for the latest weather report.D. Tell his professor about the field trip.Section BDirections: 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 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11. A. He was bored with it. B. He wasn’t interested in it.C. He was eager to watch it.D. He wasn’t surprised at it.12. A. His reference to having a new baby.B. The jokes he told about recent events.C. The dance he taught the audienceD. His imitating a performer.13. A. The material wasn’t totally new.B. It didn’t keep the audience laughing.C. He didn’t look as good as he did on TVD. There wasn’t much chance to get the ticket.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. Apes can learn from human beings in an unexpected way.B. Apes have the ability previously thought to belong only to humans.C. Apes are able to recognize just some of human beings’ feelings.D. Apes appear to be as intelligent and quick-minded as humans.15. A. They showed the researcher the direction in which the monkey left.B. They looked at the house where the monkey had been hiding.C. They looked for the monkey that had attacked the researcher.D. They reminded the researcher that the monkey wasn’t there.16. A. Apes’ IQ level is similar to average human babies’.B. Apes can tell as precisely which information is false as humans.C. Humans and their relatives have more in common than expected.D. Eye tracking methods can work well in animal behaviour research.Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation17. A. A study group. B. Art classes.C. The man’s painting.D. A professional artist.18. A. Go to her father’s art exhibit.B. Study paintings by other artists.C. Observe the natural world more carefully.D Change the color of the sky in his painting.19. A. By listening to her father. B. By working for an artist.C. By talking to art instructor.D. By taking several art courses.20. A. Take a history exam. B. Go to an art exhibit.C. Meet some classmates.D. Help the man with his painting.II. Grammar and Vocabulary (20%)Section ADirections: 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 ofthe given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.NASDAQ, acronym for the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation system, is one of the largest markets in the world for the trading of stocks. The number of companies listed on NASDAQ is more than ____21____ on any of the other stock exchange in the United States, with both the New York Stock Exchange(NYSE) and the American Stock Exchange (AMSE) ____22____(include). The majority of companies listed on NASDAQ are smaller than most of those on the NYSE and AMSX. NASDAQ has become known as the home of new technology companies, computer and computer-____23____(related) businesses. Trading on NASDAQ is started by stock brokers acting on behalf of their clients. The brokers negotiate with market makers who concentrate on trading specific stocks ____24____(reach) a price for the stock.____25____ other stock exchange, NASDAQ has no central location for trading to take place. Instead, its market makers are located all over the country and make trades by telephone and via the Internet. ____26____ brokers and market makers trade stocks directly instead of on the floor of a stock exchange, NASDAQ is called an over-the-counter market. The term over-the-counter refers to the direct nature of the trading, as in a store ____27____ goods are handed over a counter.Since its inception in 1971, the NASDAQ Stock Market ____28____(be) the innovator. As the world’s first electronic stock market, NASDAQ long ago set ____29____ precedent for technological trading innovation that is unrivaled. Now ready to become the world’s first truly global market, the NASDAQ Stock Market is the market of choice for business industry leaders worldwide. By providing an efficient environment for raising capital NASDAQ has helped thousands of companies achieve their desired growth and successfully ____30____(make) the leap into public ownership.Section BDirections: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only beNew York is suing Amazon over pandemic labor conditionsNew York Attorney General Letitia James filed a lawsuit against Amazonon Tuesday evening, claiming that the company did not do enough to protect its warehouse workers during the pandemic and unlawfully fired or ____31____ two employees who spoke out about safety issues.The suit claims that Amazon violated state law with respect to its sanitation practices during the pandemic and “_____32____ an inadequate COVID- 19 tracing program that failed to consistently identify workers who came into close contact with employees who tested positive for COVID- 19.”The 64-page ____33____ also contains a nugget that could hurt Amazon’s defense against firing one of the whistleblowers: Two of Amazon’s own Human Resources employees agreed that their firing “did not seem ____34____,” the AG’s office claims.The legal battle comes as Amazon continues to find itself at the center of the mostcontentious labor battlein its history.In the first few months of the pandemic, Amazon fired at least six employees who were involved in worker ____35____ or who spoke out about working conditions at Amazon package facilities. The National Labor Relations Board has found merit in ____36____ by one of them, Courtney Bowden, and she will get a hearing in March. Thousands of workers at a giant Amazon warehouse in Alabama are also currently voting by mail on whether to unionize. Union organizers are arguing that, even before the pandemic turbocharged the volume of products flowing through Amazon facilities, the compulsory pace of work inside Amazon’s warehouses has been ____37____.“Amazon’s total disregard for health and safety ____38____ has threatened serious illness and grave harm to the thousands of workers in these facilities and poses a continued substantial and specific danger to the public health,” the lawsuit reads.Amazon spokesperson Kelly Nanteltold the Washington Postin an emailed statement: “We care deeply about the health and safety of our employees, as ____39____ in our filing last week, and we don’t believe the Attorney General’s filing presents an accurate picture of Amazon’s industry-leading response to the pandemic.”The lawsuit wants Amazon to offer Smalls his job back and provide back pay as well as emotional stress ____40____ to him and Palmer. It also calls for Amazon to “take all affirmative steps, including changing policies, conducting training, and undergoing monitoring, among others, to ensure that Amazon reasonably and adequately protects the lives, health, and safety of its employees.”III. Reading Comprehension (45%)Section ADirections: 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.America’s eating habits have changed radically over the past 40 years. We consume more and more food of less and less nutritional value. The nation’s adult obesity rate is now 42.4%.Why have our habits changed? Part of the reason is demographic(人口学的). When women moved into the workplace, ____41____, there was less time at home to devote to cooking. The result has been more eating out or store-bought prepared meals. ____42____ has played a role, too: The microwave oven ____43____ an industry of highly processed foods larded with fats and oils.In Hooked, Michael Moss, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, raises a question — What if the foods we’re swallowing have been designed and marketed to become addictive? While presenting his case, Mr. Moss offers an appealing tour of America’s food landscape, taking side trips into biology and psychology and, not least, into the world of food compounds.Mr. Moss begins with the science of addiction. The definition of addiction he likes best—“a repetitive behavior that some people find difficult to quit”—comes from a one-time chief executive of Philip Morris.As for the ____44____ that affects our food choices, Mr. Moss notes that, while it takes 10 seconds for the brain to feel the effects of cigarettes, sugar’s effects are felt 20 times faster—and salt and fat don’t take much longer than that. The difference ____45____ nicotine(尼古丁) needing to enter the bloodstream to reach the brain, while sugar and salt take a ____46____ through the taste buds(味蕾). But the tongue is ____47____ by the nose when it comes to driving our eating decisions. While there are 10,000 taste buds, there are 10 million olfactory receptors(嗅觉受体), and they can detect hundreds of scents. “Flavor is the combination of taste and smell,”writes Mr. Moss, “and the lion’s share of the ____48____ in this goes to smell.”Of all the substances that can get us hooked, Mr. Moss says, “nothing is faster than food when it comes to ____49____ the brain chemistry. Certain kinds of food, that is.” The consumption of the highly processed and sweetened concoctions(调制品) that dominate the American diet: cereals, sodas, fruit juices, cookies, packaged meats, as well as salad dressings and pasta sauces delivers intense and immediate pleasure and creates a need that fits Mr. Moss’s broad definition of addiction.Why are we only now seeing the harmful effects of the food-induced brain chemistry? Mr. Moss summarizes the thinking of one of the scientists he profiles: “We simply haven’t had the ____50____ we would need, in relation to evolution, to catch up with the dramatic changes in food production and our eating habits of the past forty years.”One major theme of “Hooked” is that the food industry exploits this ____51____—even creates it. Mr. Moss argues that the industry’s growth has been enabled by its “manipulation of our ____52____ desires,” not least through marketing and sales strategies. He describes companies super-sizing their products (such as the “Double Stuf” Oreo) and creating packaging that can remain ____53____ (thus easing consumption while, say, driving). One byproduct of these strategies, observes Mr. Moss, is that snacks—often processed products with high ____54____ but low nutritional value—now account for about 25% of daily calorie consumption. Social norms have adjusted themselves ____55____: It has become “socially acceptable to eat anything, anywhere, anytime,” Mr. Moss writes.41. A. for instance B. after all C. vice versa D. in addition42. A. Marketing B. Service C. Technology D. Efficiency43. A. made up for B. cast light on C. gave birth to D. went in for44. A. biology B. psychology C. mindset D. mentality45. A. hides from B. stems from C. shifts from D. emerges from46. A. shortcut B. bow C. twist D. chance47. A. compared B. paralleled C. leveled D. overtaken48. A. decision B. route C. credit D. benefit49. A. checking out B. stirring up C. paying off D. responding to50. A. temper B. limit C. gap D. time51. A. mismatch B. consumption C. rate D. pride52. A. intellectual B. rebellious C. instinctual D. conditional53. A. distinctive B. stylish C. upright D. appetizing54. A. quality B. convenience C. rank D. price55. A. positively B. progressively C. unexpectedly D. accordingly Section BDirections: 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)Humans produce more than 300 million tons of plastic every year. Almost half of that winds up in landfills(垃圾填埋场), and up to 12 million tons pollute the oceans. So far there is no effective way to get rid of it, but a new study suggests an answer may lie in the stomachs of some hungry worms.Researchers in Spain and England recently found that the worms of the greater wax moth can break down polyethylene, which accounts for 40% of plastics. The team left 100 wax worms on a commercial polyethylene shopping bag for 12 hours, and the worms consumed and broke down about 92 milligrams, or almost 3% of it. To confirm that the worms’ chewing alone was not responsible for the polyethylene breakdown, the researchers made some worms into past and applied it to plastic films. 14 hours later the films had lost 13% of their mass — apparently broken down by enzymes from the worms’ stomachs. Their findings were published in Current Biology in 2017.Federica Bertocchini, co-author of the study, says the worms’ ability to break down their everyday food — beeswax — also allows them to break down plastic. “Wax is a complex mixture, but the basic bond in polyethylene, the carbon-carbon bond, is there as well, ” she explains, “The wax worm evolved a method or system to break this bond.”Jennifer DeBruyn, a microbiologist at the University of Tennessee, who was not involved in the study, says it is not surprising that such worms can break down polyethylene. But compared with previous studies, she finds the speed of breaking down in this one exciting. The next step, DeBruyn says, will be to identify the cause of the breakdown. Is it an enzyme produced by the worm itself or by its gut microbes?Bertocchini agrees and hopes her team’s findings might one day help employ the enzyme to break down plastics in landfills. But she expects using the chemical in some kind of industrial process — not simply “millions of worms thrown on top of the plastic.”56．What can we learn about the worms in the study?A. They take plastics as their everyday food.B. They are newly evolved creatures.C. They can consume plastics.D. They wind up in landfills.57. According to Jennifer DeBruyn, the next step of the study is to _________.A. identify other means of the breakdownB. find out the source of the enzymeC. confirm the research findingsD . increase the breakdown speed58．It can be inferred from the last paragraph that the chemical might ________.A. help to raise worms.B. help make plastic bagsC. be used to clean the oceans.D. be produced in factories in future59．What is the main purpose of the passage?A. To explain a study method on worms.B. To introduce the diet of a special worm.C .To present a way to break down plastics.D.To propose new means to keep eco-balance.(B)Last-Minute ShoppingONLINE VIDEO PROVIDES A LIFT EVEN LATER IN THE CONSUMER JOURNEY. BY KOIMWe all know online video works. Content is king. Customers use video throughout the entirejourney.Online video drives the early stages of the purchase journey with a 24% lift in ad recall and a 9% boost in purchase intent. But a new study from Google and the 4A’s found key performance metrics were high for both early-and late-stage consumers. The late-stage online video also provided a 21% increase in ad recall and a 7% gain in purchase intent.“In an era when video influences people at every step, marketers need to catch up. As people now use video at every stage of the consumer journey, advertisers should too,” said Marla Kaplowitz, president and CEO, 4A’s.Marketers and brands should use video at varying stages. Brands can optimize creatively. Comparison, demo and review videos are popular. Side-by-side comparisons reveal positive results too. Analysts also found ad impact of search is much stronger when video is added.60. According to the given information, which of the following is NOT the reason for the effectiveness of video?A. Video acts as the boost for people’s willingness to purchase.B. Video enjoys its popularity in people’s life today.C. Videos make clear comparisons between products.D. Videos divided into different stages meet consumers’ needs.61. If an advertiser wants to multiply consumers’ consideration of purchase, he should ________.A. put emphasis on the early stage of the ad videoB. follow the guidelines offered by GoogleC. beautify the video with creativityD. post video on YouTube for consumers to search the product62. All these analyses are intended for ________.A. consumersB. sellersC. manufacturersD. advertisers(C)First two hours, now three hours-this is how far in advance authorities are recommending people show up to catch a domestic flight, at least at some major U.S. airports with increasingly massive security lines.Americans are willing to tolerate time-consuming security protocols in return for increased safety. The crash of Egypt Air Flight 804, which terrorists may have downed over the Mediterranean Sea, provides another tragic reminder of why. But demanding too much of air travelers or providing too little security in return undermines public support for the process. And it should: Wasted time is a drag on Americans' economic and private lives, not to mention making people angry.Last year, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA)found in a secret check that undercover investigators were able to sneak weapons --both fake and real-past airport security nearly every time they tried. Enhanced security measures since then, combined with a rise in airline travel due to the improving economy and low oil prices, have resulted in long waits at major airports such as Chicago's O'Hare International. It is not yet clear how much more effective airline security has become--but the lines are obvious.Part of the issue is that the government did not anticipate the steep increase in airline travel so the TSA is now rushing to get new screeners on the line. Part of the issue is that airports have only so much room for screening lanes. Another factor may be that more people are trying to overpack their carry-on bags to avoid checked-baggage fees, though the airlines strongly dispute this.There is one step the TSA could take that would not require remodeling airports or rushing to hire: Enroll more people in the PreCheck program. PreCheck is supposed to be a win-win for travelers and the TSA. Passengers who pass a background check are qualifies to use expedited(加速的)screening lanes. This allows the TSA to focus on travelers who are higher risk, saving time for everyone involved. TSA wants to enroll 25 million people in PreCheck.It has not gotten anywhere close to that, and one big reason is sticker shock: Passengers must pay $85 every five years to process their background checks. Since the beginning, this price tag has been PreCheck's fatal flaw. Upcoming reforms might bring the price to a more reasonable level. But Congress should look into doing so directly, by helping to finance PreCheck enrollment or to cut costs in other ways.The TSA cannot continue diverting resources into underused PreCheck lanes while most of the traveling public suffers in unnecessary lines. It is long past time to make the program work.63. The crash of Egypt Air Flight 804 is mentioned to ________ .A. stress the urgency to strengthen security worldwideB. highlight the necessity of upgrading major U.S. airportsC. explain American's tolerance of current security checksD. emphasize the importance of privacy protection64. Which of the following contributes to long waits at major airports?A. Frequent unexpected secret checks.B. New restrictions on carry-on bags.C. The declining efficiency of the TSA.D. An increase in the number of travellers.65. One problem with the PreCheck program is ________ .A. a dramatic reduction of its scaleB. its wrongly-directed implementationC. government’s reluctance to back itD. an unreasonable price for enrollment66. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?A. Less Screening for More SafetyB. PreCheck—a Belated SolutionC. Getting Stuck in Security LineD. Underused PreCheck LanesSection CDirections: Read the following passage. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box.“Reciprocity(对等) ” is their mantra(原则) , isn’t it? But I want to remind you of a few facts.First, China has never instituted any caps on the number of offices and employees of US media in China. (67)________________. As far as I know, since 2018, the US has been restricting Chinese journalists going to the US by rejecting and delaying issuance of their visa.(68)________________. On top of all that, this time, the US has decided to “expel” 60 Chinese employees of these Chinese media in the US, under the pretext of capping their number. Can this be called “reciprocity”?Second, there are only 9 Chinese media agencies in the US while we have 29 American media groups here in China. Can this be called “reciprocity”?Third, regarding the policy of visas for members of the media and visa fees, American journalists stationed in China can make multiple entries as long as their visa remains valid. But Chinese journalists have to reapply for visa if they leave for a short stay or for visiting family back in China, because of their single-entry visa, thanks to the discriminatory policies the US specifically instituted for the Chinese journalists stationed in the US. (69)________________. Can this be called “reciprocity”?Fourth, the US wants “reciprocity” with us. Does it also want that with other countries’ media?The reciprocity they cannot stop talking about is in fact their prejudice, discrimination and aversion against Chinese media. The US is guilty of foul play first. (70)________________.IV ．Summary (10%)71.Are your children getting on your last nerve? Did a coworker’s comment rub you the wrong way? There’s no need to plug the steam coming out of your ears. In fact, science now gives you full permission to release those emotions; you might actually be happier for it. If that seems counterintuitive, hear us out. A new study suggests that people tend to be happier if they can feel and express emotions as they want. That goes for unpleasant emotions like anger and hatred, too.An international team of researchers recruited 2,300 university students from the United States, Brazil, China, Germany, Ghana, Israel, Poland, and Singapore. They then asked the participants to tell them which emotions they desired and which ones they actually felt, and then compared those responses to how the participants rated their overall happiness or life satisfaction.The results showed an interesting trend. While participants wanted to experience more pleasant emotions, they reported higher life satisfaction if the emotions they experienced matched those they desired. More surprising still, 11 percent of people wanted to feel less of positive emotions, such as love and empathy, and 10 percent of people wanted to feel more negative emotions, such as hatred and anger.At first glance, these results might seem confusing. But there’s a simple explanation, according to the study’s authors. Happiness is “more than simply feeling pleasure and avoiding pain,” they write. It is also learning to release negative emotions when you feel them, instead of ignoring them or bottling them up.“If you feel emotions you want to feel, even if they’re unpleasant, then you’re better off,” lead researcher Dr Maya Tamir from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem told the BBC News website.Writing in the mid- 19th century, Charles Dickens described the soundscape of London as a “distant ringing hum, as if the city were a vast glass, vibrating." This vibration has come to define modern day metropolises, from the racket of jackhammers to the ping of phone notifications.But silence is staging a comeback, as scientists, meditation advocates and even car makers begin to see it as a way to promote physical and mental health.Urbanization and a rapidly developing digital life have boosted a need for sound-free rests. It has grown more ____1____ since the coronavirus pandemic left millions of people juggling(同时应对) their private and professional lives in ____2____, noisy spaces, she says. “People are desperate for silence,” she says.Long-term exposure to aircraft and road traffic noise increases the risk of developing hypertension and cardiovascular disease. Studies suggest that periods of silence could encourage the development of brain cells and that two-minute pauses in passages of music could decrease blood pressure and lead to a(n) ____3____ state.Already, noise ____4____ is showing up as a feature in consumer goods and experiences. Range hoods pack electronic chips that suppress the growl of fan motors. Cars come with thicker windows, smoother tires and audio systems that ____5____ sound levels in the cabin.As noise awareness grows, more public venues and workplaces could develop soundproof, electronics-free spaces for people to unwind in a silent setting. These spaces could be lighted with natural light, painted with soothing colors and ____6____ with yoga mats and flexible cushions, he says.Relaxx, an app launched last year, offers guided meditation sessions centered on the concept of intermittent(断续的) silence, 10-minute silent breaks that users incorporate into their ____7____. “Eighty-six billion neurons in your brain will thank you for giving them some rest," says Krishna Bhatta, a Maine urologist who created the app. Intermittent silence has the ____8____ of making meditation less intimidating to non-practitioners, he says.Future advances in acoustic(声音的) science could go a long way toward creating more ____9____ environments, says Ms. McGroarty. Engineers at the University of Boston have designed and 3-D-printed a plastic material that blocks up to 94% of sound frequencies when placed in front of a noise source.One day, flicking a switch might be enough to go noise-free. Researchers in Singapore have developed a system that cancels out at least 10 decibels of the urban noise that invades apartments. The apparatus consists of 24 speakers that ____10____ sound waves to counter some of the incoming noise, according to a study published in the journal Nature last year.VI. Translation (15%)Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.72. 既然选择了远方，便只顾风雨兼程。

2020-2021学年上师大附中高三第二学期英语周测卷I. Listening ComprehensionII. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections: 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.Life SaversWillie the parrot saved the life of two-year-old Hannah Kuusk. The young child (21)_______ (eat) when something got stuck in her throat. Hannah's babysitter. Megan Howard, was in the bathroom at the time. She suddenly heard the bird screaming and making noises with its wings. “Then he started saying 'mama baby' over and over and over again (22) _______ I came out,” Kuusk said. Kuusk saw that Hannah's face was blue. Kuusk was quickly able to remove the food from Hannah's throat, but she says that it is Willie (23) _______ is the real hero. Willie was the one who later received an award for saving Hannah's life!When he was eight weeks old. Buddy the German shepherd came to live with Joe Stalnaker.Stalnaker suffers from seizures—sudden attacks (24) _______ make him unable to move easily.(25) _______ Stalnaker taught his new dog was to bring him the phone when he started to experience a seizure. Stalnaker also trained Buddy (26) _______ (hit) the speed dial button on the phone to call 911. So when Stalnaker had a really bad seizure, Buddy was the one who called for help and began making sounds into the phone. Emergency rescue workers arrived (27) _______ minutes and found Stalnaker. They took him to the hospital where he recovered, Stalnaker later said this about Buddy: "He's my world. He's my friend, no question. He’s always there, and I just hope I can be as good to him as he's been to me."One night, a water pump (28) _______ (power) by gas at the Keesling home began to leak.The family was sleeping. Their cat Winnie, began to push her owners and made loud meowing sounds. It was a crazy meow, almost like “she was screaming”. said Cathy Keesling. Keesling woke up, (29) _______ (feel) sick. It was hard for her to wake up her husband and son because they already breathed in a large amount of gas. But thanks to their heroic cat Winnie. Keesling was able to call 911 and get help before anyone (30) _______ (hurt). The family says that Winnie is the one who saved their lives.Section BDirections: 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.Making the Most of MuseumsNowadays there is an increasing emphasis on the idea of life-long education, that is to say, education that continues through the whole of adulthood. One way in which adults can develop their interest in a new subject is to search the Internet. A potentially much richer way is to wander through a learning environment, such as a science museum, _____31 _____out in a systematic way to introduce visitors to particular subjects. With the help of audiovisual aids, computer-_____32_____ instruction and other devices, a museum can bring a subject alive in ways that compare _____33_____ with a television programme, or a book. The kind of help that museums can give to adults can equally well be given to children, and to teachers whose pupils have come to the museum for specific _____34_____ .At a time when the demand for public accountability has never been greater, it is worth remembering that many museums receive substantial grants towards what is supposed to be stimulating educational _____35_____ for the general public.Museums accepting these grants, yet offering little more than the_____ 36_____ public lecture, or very minimal help to schoolteacher arriving at the museum with their pupils, therefore risk having such financial support severely cut back, or even _____37_____.Why is this done? The idea is that museums should not simply be aiming to be popular and entertaining, they should also be truly _____38_____ learning environments. Given that this is their aim, they should not just spread facts and theories. They should show the visitor exactly what to do with the information provided. Isolated pieces of information, _____39_____ as they may be. do not encourage museum visitors to use their intelligence. For example, if told that some fleas can jump 130 times their own height, visitors simply have no idea of how to apply this _____40_____ unless they are clearly pointed in the right direction.III. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: 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.At a time when scientists know more than they ever have before about the inner lives of animals and when concerns about animal rights become large—many experts think that zoos need a major change if they're going to last.To some leaders in the field, the Philadelphia Zoo is the best model out there, but on the other side of the country; a _____41_____ vision of the future is playing out. At Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo, the elephant exhibit, where countless children have watched elephants play, now sits _____42_____ . The zoo, long _____43_____ as a world leader in innovative design, built a $3 million state-of-the-art facility for the species in the 1980s. But in recent years, animal-rights advocates had criticized the exhibit as inhumane for being too small and not _____44_____ the elephants' natural living area. Under pressure from activists following the death of an elephant in 2014, and thanks to new guidelines from the nation's main zoo organization, Woodland Park officials decided to _____45_____ one of its most popular exhibits and place the elephants elsewhere.Nearly two centuries after the first modern zoo opened in London's Regent's Park, the very concept of a place where families can visit and observe animals is being _____46_____ like never before. Across the US and around the world, zoos are finding that balancing the demands of entertainment, education and conservation is increasingly _____47_____. Ethical(伦理的）concerns have been coupled with _____48_____ fears—both for people and for animals—following an incident in May when officials at the Cincinnati Zoo shot and killed a 17-year-old gorilla named Haram be to protect a child who'd fallen into the exhibit. More _____49_____, there's a greater sensitivity to the environmental implications of zoos.Ask a dozen zoo directors why these places should exist today and you'll get a different answer every time. Education, conservation and science all _____50_____. But the _____51_____ answer -cultivating sympathy for animals—is becoming harder to do while providing humane care to these animals.Study after study has shown that many animal species are far smarter and more _____52_____ than previously understood, giving new insights into how they may suffer from anxiety and depression when they are removed from _____53_____. That has forced a difficult existential question: If we acknowledge that creatures suffer when they're trapped, should they be kept in zoos? Not even those who have _____54_____ the cause for more humane exhibits have an answer. "Even the best zoos today are based on captivity and coercion(囚禁与胁迫)”，says Jon Coe, the legendary zoo designer "To me. that's the _____55_____ fault.”41. A. shared B. traditional C. clear D. different42. A. modern B. crowded C. empty D. up-dated43. A. predicted B. criticized C. recognized D. recalled44. A. famous for B. dependent on C. certain about D. reflective of45. A. close B. sustain C. open D. advertise46. A. established B. questioned C. promoted D. accepted47. A. possible B. difficult C. unnatural D. beneficial48. A. culture B. economy C. environment D. safety49. A. broadly B. strangely C. luckily D. amazingly50. A. take in B. get off C. come up D. set out51. A. most common B. most complex C. rarest D. quickest52. A. grateful B. feeling C. disappointing D. annoying53. A. research B. nature C. existence D. shelter54. A. opposed B. located C. advanced D. twisted55. A. fundamental B. manageable C. minimum D. maximumSection BDirections: 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)A 27-year-old graphic designer from Oxfordshire in England completed a record-breaking journey across Australia yesterday. It was a 5,800 kilometre journey—and he travelled the whole distance on a skateboard. David Cornthwaite, who started skateboarding less than two years ago, decided on his journey after waking up one morning and realising he hated his job. 'I thought the only thing keeping me going is the skate to and from work. I was looking for something new/ he said. "I saw a Lonely Planet guide to Australia. There was a map on the back. Perth was on one side and Brisbane on the other and I thought, 'that'll do”.He decided to prepare by skateboarding from John O'Groats to Lands End: the two points further apart on the British mainland. That 1,442 kilometre journey, which he finished in June, took just over a month, during which an infected blister (水泡)swelled to the 'size of a tennis ball’. Crossing Australia on a skateboard brough unique challenges. The wind caused by huge road trains, the lorries that thunder across the Outback, was so powerful that he was sometimes blown off his board. Multiple blisters and aching ankles, toes and feet, have kept him in almost constant pain for the last six weeks. ,I feel like an old man. I'm not sure that anyone has ever had this many blisters/ he said. Temperatures of 40cC and above mean that he has used more than a dozen tubes of factor 30 sunscreen. 'There have been moments where I thought "this is ridiculous. I have to rest”，but I never considered giving up.’Skating an average of 50 kilometres a day and hitting speeds of up to 50kph on downhill runs, he left Perth. Western Australia, and skated across the fearsome Nullarbor Plain into South Australia. After reaching Adelaide he made his way to Melbourne and from there to Sydney A support team of seven people trailed from all the way in a four-wheel drive vehicle, which included camping equipment for night shops. The journey has smashed the previous record for a long-distance skateboard, set by an American, Jack Smith, who covered 4,800 kilometres across the US in 2003. David Comthwaite was less than three kilometres from the end of his epic journey when he hit a hole and was thrown off his skateboard, suffering cuts and bruises to his shoulders, knees, hips and elbows. ‘I was only going to 40km at the time, so although it wasn't pretty; it could have been a lot worse,’ he said.56. Why did David Comthwaite decide to skateboard across Australia?A. He wanted to break a world record.B. He was an experienced skateboarderC. He wanted to try something different.D. He was given a guidebook about Australia.51. What made David fall of his skateboard several times in Australia?A. The injuries on his feet.B. The thunderstorms in the Outback.C. The trains that race across the Outback.D. The wind created by huge lorries going past.58. Which of the following statements is true of David while he was on the journey?A. He slept in a tent during the journey.B. He skated at an average speed of 50 kph.C. He thought of giving up the journey halfway.D. He was sunburned due to the misuse of sunscreen.(B)Often enough the craft worker's place of employment in ancient Greece was set in rural isolation. Potter, for instance, found it convenient to locate their workshops near their source of clay, regardless of its relation to the center of settlement. At Corinth and Athens, however, two of the best-known potters' quarters were situated on the cities’ outskirts, and potters and makers of terra-cotta figurines (陶制俑)were also established well within the city of Athens itself Athenian black-figure and red-figure decoration, which emphasized human figures rather than animal images, was adopted between 630 and 530 B.C.: its distinctive color was the result of the skillful adjustments of the kiln’s (窑) temperature during an extended three-stage period. Whether it was the potters or the vase-painters who initiated changes in firing is unclear; the functions of making and decorating were usually divided between them, but neither group can have been so specialized that they did not share in the concerns of the other.The broad use of terra-cotta was such that workers in clay could generally afford to limit . themselves to either decorated ware and housewares like cooking pots and storage jars or building materials. Some sixth-and fifth-century B.C. Athenian pottery establishments are known to have concentrated on a limited range of fine ware, but a rural pottery establishment on the island of Thasos produced many types of pottery and roof tiles too, presumably to meet local demand. Molds were used to create particular effects for some products or to facilitate mass production. There were also a number of poor-quality figurines and painted pots produced in quantity by easy, inexpensive means, as numerous featureless statuettes and unattractive cases testify.60. The passage mainly discusses ancient Greek pottery and its__________.A. unusual materialsB. production techniquesC. similarity to other craftsD. resemblance to earlier pottery61 . Which of the following advantage did terra-cotta have?A. It had a lasting shine on the surface.B. It could be used for many purposes.C. It did not break during the firing process.D. It was less expensive than other available materials.62. Which of the following statements is true of ancient Greek potters and vase painters?A. They seldom produced inferior ware.B. They stuck to their way of producing pieces.C. It is almost impossible to draw a clear line between them.D. It is hard to explain why they didn't make any human images’(C)How does one protect elephants from ivory poachers (象牙偷猎者)in an African reserve the size of a small country? This task typically falls to park rangers who may spend weeks patrolling the bush on foot sometimes lacking basic devices such as radios, tents or even socks. They are largely losing to poachers.To stop the losses, conservationists are increasingly turning to technology. The latest tools include real-time tracking collars, developed by the Kenya-based nonprofit Save the Elephants and currently being used on more than 325 animals in 10 countries--- The organization's researchers wrote algorithms (算法)that use signals from the collars to automatically detect when an animal stops moving (indicating it may be dead), slows down (suggesting it may be injured) or heads toward a danger zone, such as an area known for poaching. Unlike traditional tracking collars, many of which send geographical coordinates infrequently or store them onboard for later retrieval, these devices' real-time feeds enable rangers to react quickly. In several cases, they have led to arrests.The amount of data produced by the new collars quickly became overwhelming, however. So Save the Elephants partnered with Vulcan- a company created by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen—which engineered an open-source tracking application for iOS and the Web called the Domain Awareness System. The DAS app sends alerts when a potential problem arises—if field sensors pick up on human intruders, for example. It also integrates a wealth of other information, including the positions of nearby rangers, vehicles and aircraft, as well as detected gunshots, camera trap feeds, arrest and crime-scene records, weather, and more.Some of the technologies used in the collars—GPS, onboard data storage, phone or satellite receivers—are found in everyday devices, including smartphones. Yet in this case these tools are being applied in an exceptional way, according to Jake Wall, geospatial science adviser for Save the Elephants. It is the first time all the data that DAS uses have been presented in one neat feed and map, he says.An early version of the program is being tested at four sites in Africa, with a 10-site expansion planned for September. At Lewa Wildlife Conservancy in Kenya, DAS is already seen as a game changer after its launch less than a year ago, says Batian Craig, director of 51 Degrees, a private company that oversees security operations at Lewa.63. The latest tracking collars are different from traditional ones in that __________.A. they can send signals immediatelyB. they withdraw information at any timeC. they can store more information onboardD. they send geographical coordinates infrequently64. Why did Save the Elephants partner with Vulcan?A. It has met with financial problems.B. It hopes to make a big profit in the future.C. It doesn't know how to advance its collar.D. It can't handle the collected data very well.65. What does Batian Craig say about DAS?A. It will make a big difference.B. It was launched in September.C. It will have a new version soon.D. It needs to be tested at more sites.66. Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?A. How Elephants LiveB. Find My ElephantC. Elephant-Friendly AreasD. Elephants VS PoachersSection CDirections: Complete the following passage by using the sentences given below. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.Ancient China's Terracotta Army （兵马俑）One of the greatest archaeological（考古的）finds of all time is the Terracotta Army of ancient China. Discovered accidentally in 1974, in Xi'an Province, in China, when local farmers were digging for water, over 8.000 baked clay figures have since been found.__________67__________ Emperor Qin was one of the most important rulers in Chinese history. After becoming emperor of the state of Qin at the age of 13. he conquered six other states over the next 25 years, and became the first emperor of a united China.In Qin's time, the ancient Chinese believed that their "afterlife" was very similar to the life on earth. Consequently, when they died and were buried, objects which would be useful to them in the next life were buried with them. __________ 68__________ In addition, the emperor ordered an army to be built so that his palace would be protected.__________69__________ In ancient China, however, they used a completely different method.A huge production line was established to make the tens of thousands of individual human and animal statues which Emperor Qin demanded. All the different pails of the body such as legs, arms, and heads were made separately and then assembled. The same process was also used for other pieces such as ears, beards, and armour. When the whole figure was completed, it was baked in an oven.The terracotta figures are life-like and life-sized. Each one has a different facial expression and hairstyle, as well as uniforms which indicate their job and rank. Among the figures there are ordinary soldiers, archers, and officers, together with horses. They were discovered arranged in military formation ready to protect the emperor in the afterlife.In 1987, the tomb and army of Emperor Qin were declared a World Heritage site by UNESCO. __________70__________ The Terracotta Army clearly deserves this honour, as nearly two million people from all over the world visit it each year.IV. Summary WritingDirections: Read the following passage. Summarize in no more than 60 words the main idea of the passage and how it is illustrated. Use your own words as far as possible.Common Characteristics of FolktalesMost of us know some very old folktales. People shared these stories orally for years before writing them down. Since people told stories instead of writing them, the stories changed in between places and with each storyteller. Each new storyteller made changes to the stories based on his own traditions and culture. For example, many cultures have stories like the raven tale about how people got light. In these tales, though, the main character is another type of animal.Next the characters in folktales are similar They are usually ordinary characters who do extraordinary things. They usually have only one or two strong characteristics. For instance, thechief in the Raven story is selfish and not very smart. But Raven is very generous—he wants to help people. And he's very clever as he finds a way to get the light . In addition, often the characters in folktales are not people but animals with human qualities. They talk, make plans, and have strong emotions. Small animals such as the popular spider and turtle play this role in West African stories. In summary, the characters of folktales are simple but often clever in achieving their goals. Finally, the plot, or what happens in the folktale, is usually exciting. Most folktales begin with an expression like “a long time ago" and then move very quickly into the story, which starts with a problem. For instance, a strong, bad character often gives a weaker character a task and promises something if he completes the task. The weaker character often uses clever tricks, special skills, or magic to complete the task. In the end of a folktale, the good characters usually win and the bad characters lose. In conclusion, the plot of a folktale is interesting.So, in summary, we know that the tradition of folktales is very old. They are told all over the world, but they share several of the same features, as said above.V. TranslationDirections: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.72.专家认为，野火突然増多有好几个原因。

高三英语周测题Book4Unit 2一．单词英汉互译3×101 vi&n斗争；拼搏_________________2 vi&vt．使变大；伸展________________3 3vt摆脱；除去_________________ 4.adv因此；所以；因而_________________ 5 vi&vt输出出口_________________ 6 regret______________7 reduce________________ 8 comment_________________ 9. focus________________ 10 equip______________ 二．短语翻译4×511. 集中（精力，注意力等）于__________ 12 逐渐增强，建立，开发______________13.使...免受（影响，伤害等）_____________ 14另外__________________15 被认为是__________三．完成句子4×516．Jane宁愿呆在家里也不愿参加那样的聚会。

Jane _____ _____stay at home than go to such parties.17. 校长对我的教学工作很满意The headmaster ______ ____________ ________ my teaching work.18 多亏了你的帮助，我们及时完成了工作______ ____your help, we finished the job in time.19. 过量的工作和过少的休息会引起疾病。

Too much work and too little rest often _______ ______ illness.20.摆脱一种坏习惯不是件易事。

It is hard to __________ a bad habit.四．完型填空2×15How important is sleep for children? Getting too little could leave them more emotional and excited. As a nation, we don’t get enough -1___ And we're passing along our night-o-l (夜猫子) habits to members of the next _2 , which could leave children with less . 3 . over their emotion_ and have a tendency of excitement, according to the latest study.Lead author Rob, a psychologist at McGill University, describes in the Science a study in which he either added or 4 _ healthy children aged 7 t0 11 0f one hour of sleep a night over five nights. His 5-, says Rob, was to see if such modest changes in the amount of sleep children get could affect their 6 . The children's teachers were asked to fill out a l0-item _standard questionnaire to 7 the children's attention, impulsivity, bad temper and emotional reactivity at the end of the 8 .Compared with their same ratings during an initial five days of uncontrolled sleep - in which the researcher asked parents to allow the 9 to sleep as they normally would to establish a baseline those who were reduced an hour's sleep had worse scores on behavior measures than those who were allowed to sleep an hour more. (The parents were asked to 10 their children's bed times. and while they were able to put the kids to bed an hour earlier when 11_, the youngsters ended up sleeping only about 30 minutes more. ) In terms of how 12 reactive, or sensitive. and how attentive the children were, teachers rated the sleep-restricted students on average4 points higher than their baseline meaning they showed more 13 temper, frustration and had more 14 paying attention. In contrast, the children who slept more showed an average 3-point 15 in these problems.1. A. emotion B. sleep C. excitement D. education2. A. generation B. situation C. proposition D. combination3. A. challenge B. effect C. control D. test4. A. increased B. reduced C. departed D. obtained5. A. ambition B. standard C. solution D. goal6. A. feature B. belief C. confidence D. behavior7. A. assess B. answer C. know D. think8. A. night B. day C. study D. class.9. A. students B. children C. teachers .D. teenagers10. A. record B. remember C. meet D. change11. needed B woken C shaken D. heard12 essential B particularly C actually D. emotionally13 sensitive B gentle C bad g D. good14 problem B differences C effects D. chance15 raise B drop C change D. float一单词英汉互译3×101 ____________2 _____________3 ______________4 ______________5 ______________6 ____________7 ____________ 8______________ 9 ______________10 ______________ 二．短语翻译4×511____________________________12 ______________________13 ______________14 ___________________________ 15___________________________三．完成句子4×516 ______________ ______________ 17 ______________ _____________ _______________ 18______________ ______________ 19 ______________ ______________20______________ ______________ ______________四．完型填空2×15课后练习完形填空It was a lazy morning during the Christmas week. We were enjoying breakfast when the doorbell rang. It was a little girl, standing at the doorway with a piece of paper and a face that carried an expression of want ,rather a common ___1___ during Christmas. She murmured that the paper was her booklist and that she was going around ___2___ money to buy her schoolbooks. My children went inside and brought some __3____ for her, This kind of incident happens very often in my hometown, __4___ during Christmas.From where I was seated I could see her clearly. She looked about ten years old and she wore a dress too big for her. She spoke in a __5__voice and looked at me straight in the eye. Something made me get up and __6__ her.In answer to my questions,she said that her mother made hoppers and she __7__them before going to school. But the hopper money was not adequate to __8__the list; therefore, she was going from house to house asking for help.Her voice told me the story; her eyes told me that it was __9__. I said I'd buy her what was in the list.We drove to a nearby bookstore. She sat __10__, with a strange look on her face.When the clerk was taking all the things on the list, the little girl kept staring as if confused. Perhaps she had never __11__so many new things before. They were merely exercise books,pencils,pens and such things. She whispered her __12__to us. Strange, I hadn't been aware that giving such __13__ things to one in need,could bring me such a lot of happiness.As we drove back I could see the little girl in the mirror. All the gifts I had given in my life never __14__ a face so much. She was grasping the parcel, smiling to herself. The total event made us all very _15__. Our Christmas became more meaningful.1. A. sight B. appearance C. moment D. experience2. A. borrowing B.begging C. receiving D.lending3. A. coins B. books C. food D. clothes4. A. absolutely B. especially C. casually D. hardly5. A. strange B. loud C. serious D.polite6. A. speak to B. care for C.smile at D.hold to7. A. needed B. sold C. collected D. used8. A.buy B.make C. control D. cover9. A.painful B.interesting C.moving D.true10. A. silently B.eagerly C. Anxiously D.happily11. A.seen B. bought C. possessed D. accepted12. A. surprise B. satisfaction C.pleasure D. thanks13. A. wonderful B.simple C.expensive D. useful14. A. made up B. lit up C. put up D. shut up15. fortable B.amazed C.happy D.relieved语法填空According to the Hong Kong-based newspaper Ta Kung Pao, Jackie Chan has participated in the 1 （promote）of many famous brands of clothing, shoes and food in recent years. Several days ago, he showed the public a 32 (limit) edition four-wheel drive car, 3 is especially made 4 his personal taste.At the press conference in Singapore a few days ago, Jackie said that he should have cooperated with Parjero, 5 the plan was suspended because of the sudden death of the car 6 (design). Later he decided to work with his old partner Ralliart, one of the brands of Mitsubishi, and finally rolled out (正式推出) this limited edition car with a storage capacity of 3,500 cubic centimeters of oil. Only 50 such cars will be available in the world.As a car fan, Jackie has participated in 7 car design himself. The car, 8 (decorate) with the symbols of “dragon”, is said to be comfortable and powerful. Jackie said that making this car was 9 (fulfill) his dream, not to make money. The price of the car has not been announced yet due to 10 status of the limited edition and different taxation systems all over the world.高三英语周测题Book4Unit 2一单词英汉互译3×101 struggle2 expand3 rid4 therefore5 export 6遗憾，惋惜7 减少，减缩8 评论，议论9 焦点，集中10 配备，装备二．短语翻译4×511 focus on 12 build up 13 keep free from 14 in addition 15 be considered as三完成句子16. would rather 17. felt /was satisfied with 18. Thanks to 19. lead to20. get rid of四完型填空这是一篇说明文。

2021年高三上学期英语周测卷（一）含答案II. Grammar and Vocabulary(26%)SectionADirections: Read the following two passages. Fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word. For the other blanks, fill in each blank with one proper word. Make sure that your answers are grammatically correct.ANo trip to South Korea is plete without a visit to its fascinating theme parks. For those who assume that amusement parks are just playgrounds teeming with kids, South Korea’s theme parks are sure (25)______(change) their minds.With their charming garden plantations, hot springs and exciting rides, they offer travellers a romantic and exciting getaway. Within the appropriate driving distance from the Korean capital Seoul, there are three theme parks worth (26)______ (visit)—Lotte World, Everland and Seoul Land.Everland, the (27)______(large) theme park in South Korea, covering various areas like Festival World, Caribbean Bay and Speedway. It is such (28)______ huge park that you will have to plan in advance where you are investing your time there.Lotte World, (29)_____ designer was determined to create a wonderland for fun-seekers, consists of Lotte World Adventure, and movie theatres. You (30)______ also take part in activities such as ice-skating or bowling there.(31)______ travellers want, South Korea is there to provide. Hop on aheart-stopping ride, amuse yourself in one of the theme parks or simply enjoy a (32)_____（relax） hot spring bath. e and visit South Korea now!(B)Some of young soldiers who had recently joined the army were being trained in modern ways of fighting. One of the lessons they should take was (33) ______ an unarmed man could trick an armed enemy, take his weapon away and have him (34) ______ (arrest). First one of their two instructors took a knife away from the other, using only his bare hands, and then he took a gun away from him in the same way.After the lesson, and before they went on to train the young soldiers to do these things themselves, the two instructors asked them a number of questions to see how well they had understood what (35) ______ (show). One of the questions was this, “Well, you now know (36) ______ an unarmed man can do against a man with a gun. Imagine that you (37) ______ (guard) a bridge at eight one night, and that you have a gun. Suddenly you see an unarmed enemy soldier (38) ______ (e) towards you, and what will you do?”The young soldier (39) ______ had to answer this question thought carefully for a few seconds (40) ______ he answered, and then said, “Well after what I have just seen, I think that the first thing I would do would be to get rid of my gunas quickly as I could so that the unarmed enemy soldier couldn’t take it from me and kill me with it!”Section BDirections: plete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.If this summer you pay a visit to Milan, the fashion center of Italy, make sure you’re not caught eating ice cream in the streets after midnight as doing so is now ___41___.A new law was passed by Milan’s city council banning the sale of take-away food and drinks after midnight in some districts which are famous for their nightlife ___42___. The purpose of this unusual move is, according to the city council, to discourage night gathering in downtown areas.The law inevitably has given rise to a number of protests, accusing that the government has ___43___ people’s normal lives. However, if you take into consideration the country’s ___44___ economy and its high unemployment rate, the local government’s fear of ‘night assembling’may be reasonable.In fact, Milan’s law is only the strangest of a host of restrictions on nightlife that have ___45___ up in European cities recently. Madrid’s citycenter was declared a ‘low-noise zone’ last September and the city council has been refusing to ___46___ bar and club licenses ever since.Why do European cities deal so strictly with nightlife? It may be because Europe’s population is getting older and can no longer ___47___ late night activities within the neighborhood.In the past, bars and clubs bloomed in European city centers, which were ___48___ to working class populations. But gradually, these people began to move out of the city centers and into the suburbs. Only the wealthy and the upper-class people can afford to live in ___49___ centers now. But these people don’t go to bars and clubs to socialize. Instead, they consider fun-seekers who wander in their neighborhoods annoying. They also worry that bars and clubs will make their neighborhoods less ___50___ and devalue their housing property.III. Reading prehension(47%)Section ADirections: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.Many of us have characteristics that are inherited from our families. Maybewe have our father’s eyes or our grandmother’s hair color – __51__ features that result from the genes we inherit. But there are other elements of our personalities such as behaviors and viewpoints that we pick up by __52__ our parents. Perhaps we have picked up our mother’s love of cleaning or our dad’s sense of humor. Now, researchers at the University of Michigan believe there may be a specific viewpoint we can thank our parents for: the way we __53__ work.The researchers referred to previous studies that identified three main ways of viewing work.First, there are job-oriented (以求职为目的的)people, those who __54__ to see their job as simply a way to make money. They __55__ to clocking out（打卡下班）every day and pursuing fun activities __56__ the office. If you have a job-oriented father, you may view work this way. __57__, if you grew up close to your mother you probably will not hold this viewpoint. One possible __58__ cited by the study: Youngsters that grow up close to their mothers are less likely to view work as just a job.Second, there are career-oriented（追求事业型的）people who see their job as a place to find __59__ and gain a sense of __60__. These are the people who don’t __61__ working overtime. In fact, some people love their jobs so much that they bee workaholics! They are more fortable in the office than at home. According tothe study, being close to a career- oriented father while growing up means there’s a good chance you’ll share his perspective. Oddly, having a mother with this viewpoint seems to have little __62__.Third, there are calling-oriented workers – folks who view their job as a way to make a (n) __63__ impact upon the world. They are more __64__ with improving the world around them than earning a large salary. In the study, those who expressed a strong calling (天职)orientation came from homes where both parents were calling-oriented. This suggests that adolescents need the support of both parents in order to have the confidence to put __65__ first and career success second.The good news is –we still have choice. Whether we share our parents’views of work or not, we can still find a career that suits us.51. A. medical B. physical C. biological D. mental52. A. stimulating B. neglecting C. implying D. modeling53. A. view B. think C. evaluate D. ment54. A. attempt B. manage C. tend D. offer55. A. pay attention B. are opposed C. look forward D. are devoted56. A. outside B. inside C. upside D.downside57. A. Otherwise B. Therefore C. However D. Moreover58. A. observation B. explanation C. negotiation D. instruction59. A. salary B. pany C. direction D. achievement60. A. trust B. identity C. despair D. urgency61. A. like B. resist C. mind D. consider62. A. influence B. evidence C. performance D. justice63. A. objective B. negative C. subjective D. positive64. A. familiar B. concerned C. anxious D. bined65. A. personal ideals B. economic profitsC. professional achievementsD. global developmentSection BDirections:Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices markedA, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.（A）On “Super Bowl Sunday”, millions of Americans are glued to their TVs. They are eating pizza, chicken wings and chips and cheering every move. They’re watching the Super Bowl.Why are Americans so crazy about American football? Well, it is more exciting than other sports. One team can lose possession of the ball in a minute, which may allow their opponents to make a touchdown(触地得分). Then that team may win the game unexpectedly.The Super Bowl also entertains its audience with a great halftime show. The football field is turned into a stage. Then an impressive performance of dancing and singing with special effects occurs.Since the Super Bowl is the most-watched TV program in America, mercial airtime is also very expensive. Big money is also spent on mercials. They draw the viewers’attention and advertise their image or products during the mercial break.After football season, the “March Madness”begins. The NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) petitions begin with 68 men’s collegebasketball teams. They play until the field is reduced to the “Final Four”. The winning team bees the national champion. The NBA (National Basketball Association) All-Star game is also held in February. The best players from all the teams play in this game.Baseball is no doubt American’s national sport. From grandpas to young kids, whole families go to ball games together. They wear their favorite team’s caps or even carry their mascot(吉祥物). Our family went to watch Wang Chien-Ming play in D.C. once. We ate hot dogs, waved flags and sang during the 7th inning(棒球的一局) stretch.If you are not a sports fan yet, e and pick a sport or a team. Go to a ball game with your family, and cheer your team on. Sports are definitely a part of American culture one should not miss.66. According to the passage, the Super Bowl is _____.A. a well-received American football gameB. an expensive American sportC. an impressive TV performanceD. a most-watched TV series67. Which of the following may be one of the reasons for the popularity of the Super Bowl?A. Its results are too exciting to meet viewers’ expectations.B. People can eat pizza, chicken wings and chips when watching it.C. Its mercials are expensive enough to draw viewer s’ attention.D. The performances during its halftime show are appealing to viewers.68. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A. Americans spend a large amount of money on ball games.B. American people of all ages like going to watch baseball games.C. All the American stars take part in the national basketball game.D. There are important national ball games in America almost every month.69. The passage is mainly written to _____.A. inform readers of the three popular sports in AmericaB. teach readers how to understand the sports culture in AmericaC. encourage readers to fit in with American culture through sportsD. show readers the importance of sports in young people’s life in America(B)Getting to work by bicycle has never been more ernments and nations are transforming their cities and highways to meet the needs of this new generation of cycling enthusiasts , and in a world where green alternatives (选择) are the new must-have, average citizens are eagerly seizing their chance to help make their streets and their bodies cleaner than ever before.Bee an EBTC Member-Click Here.The Edmonton Bicycle and Touring Club ( EBTC) is a recreationalnot-for-profit volunteer-run group devoted to promoting its members to cooperatively run bicycling trips during the spring, summer and fall, cross-country skiing trips in the winter, and social events all the year round. We wele both road bike and mountain bike riders !Benefits of Joining EBTC :·Opportunity to create the kinds of events you like: enjoy dozens of events all year round, organized by members like you !·Participation in the local cycling munity.·Use of club bicycle tools on tour and library materials.·Discounts at various bicycle shops.Why Cycle with a Group?·It's more FUN !·It encourages you to e out often and get healthy exercise without going to a gym.·Develop skills and gain through the experience of others.·Meet new and interesting people with a mon interest in cycling.·Meet a fun-loving, energetic and different group of individuals who enjoy a healthy lifestyle.·Enjoy the outdoors experience with the panionship and security of a group.·Group atmosphere provides challenge to strong cyclists and support and confidence to the novice .For more info on the EBTC:Phone the Club Hotline at 780-424-2453 (780-424-BIKE)E-mail: jprimeau@ edmontonbicycle.Mail us at : Edmonton Bicycle & Touring ClubP. O. Box 5xxGarneau Postal Stn.Edmonton, AB T6G 2T5 Canada70. The aim of EBTC is ______ .A. to call for governments to produce more bicyclesB. to make money by organizing bicycling tripsC. to popularize cycling by attracting more membersD. to look for young volunteers for sporting events71.What's the advantage of cycling with a group? ______A. Participating in whatever events.B. Meeting more new people.C. Having bicycles free of charge.D. Enjoying discounts in a gym.72.The underlined word "novice" in the passage probably means "________ .A. professional cyclistB. inexperienced riderC. event organizerD. healthy individual73.Apart from the website, how many other ways can people gain information from EBTC?A. Two.B. Three.C. Four.D. Five.(C)The Tourist Trade Contributes Absolutely Nothing to Increasing Understanding between Nations) The tourist trade is booming. With all this ing and going, you’d expect greater understanding to develop between the nations of the world. Not a bit of it! Superb systems of munication by air, sea and land make it possible for us to visit each other ’s countries at a moderate cost. What was once the ‘grand tour ’, reserved for only the very rich, is now within everybody ’s grasp? The package tour and chartered flights are not to be sneered at. Modern travelers enjoy a level of fort which the lords and ladies on grand tours in the old days couldn’t have dreamed of. But what ’s the sense of this mass exchange of populations if the nations of the world remain basically ignorant of each other? Many tourist organizations are directly responsible for this state of affairs. They deliberately set out to protect their clients from too much contact with the local population. The modern tourist leads a cosseted, sheltered life. He lives at international hotels, where he eats his international food and sips his international drink while he gazes at the natives from a distance. Conducted tours to places of interest are carefully censored. The tourist is allowed to see only what the organizers want him to see and no more. A strict schedule makes itimpossible for the tourist to wander off on his own; and anyway, language is always a barrier, so he is only too happy to be protected in this way. At its very worst, this leads to a new and hideous kind of colonization. The summer quarters of the inhabitants of the cite universitaire: are temporarily reestablished on the island of Corfu. Blackpool is recreated at Torremolinos where the traveler goes not to eat paella, but fish and chips.The sad thing about this situation is that it leads to the persistence of national stereotypes. We don’t see the people of other nations as they really are, but as we have been brought up to believe they are. You can test this for yourself. Take five nationalities, say, French, German, English, American and Italian. Now in your mind, match them with these five adjectives: musical, amorous, cold, pedantic, native. Far from providing us with any insight into the national characteristics of the peoples just mentioned, these adjectives actually act as barriers. So when you set out on your travels, the only characteristics you notice are those which confirm your preconceptions. You e away with the highly unoriginal and inaccurate impression that, say, ‘Anglo-Saxons are hypocrites’ of that ‘Latin peoples shout a lot ’. You only have to make a few foreign friends to understand how absurd and harmful national stereotypes are. But how can you make foreign friends when the tourist trade does its best to prevent you?Carried to an extreme, stereotypes can be positively dangerous. Wild generalizations stir up racial hatred and blind us to the basic fact—how triteit sounds! – That all people are human. We are all similar to each other and atthe same time all unique.74.The passage mainly wants to tell us________A.tourism contributes nothing to increasing understanding between nations.B.Tourism is tiresome.C.Conducted tour is dull.D. tourism really does something to one’s country.75.What is the author's attitude toward tourism?A.apprehensive.B.negative.C.critical.D. appreciative.76.The word”cosseted” (para 2 line 3) probably means_____A.over-protectedB.variedC.limitedD.luxurious77.What is ‘grand tour’ now?A. moderate cost.B. local sight-seeing is investigated by the tourist organization.C.people enjoy the first-rate forts.D.everybody can enjoy the ‘grand tour’.Section CDirections: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or plete the statements in the fewest possible words.Yes, but what did we use to do before there was television? How often we hear statements like this! Television hasn’t been with us all that long, but we are already beginning to forget what the world was like without it. Before we admitted the one-eyed monster into our homes, we never fond it difficult to occupy our spare time. We used to enjoy civilized pleasures. For instance, we used to have hobbies, we used to entertain our friends and be entertained by them, we used to go outside for our amusements to theatres, cinemas, restaurants and sporting events. We even used to read books and listen to music and broadcast talks occasionally. All that belongs to the past. Now all our free time is regulated by the goggle box. We rush home or gulp down our meals to be in time for this or that programme. We have even given up sitting at table and having a leisurely evening meal, exchanging the news of the day. A sandwich and a glass of beer will do – anything, providing it doesn’t interfere with the programme. The monster demands and obtains absolute silence and attention. If any member of the family dares to open his mouth during aprogramme, he is quickly silenced.Whole generations are growing up addicted to the telly. Food is left uneaten, homework undone and sleep is lost. The telly is a universal pacifier. It is now standard practice for mother to keep the children quiet by putting them in the living-room and turning on the set. It doesn’t matter that the children will watch rubbishy mercials or spectacles of sadism and violence – so long as they are quiet.There is a limit to the amount of creative talent available in the world. Every day, television consumes vast quantities of creative work. That is why most of the programmes are so bad: it is impossible to keep pace with the demand and maintain high standards as well. When millions watch the same programmes, the whole world bees a village, and society is reduced to the conditions which obtain in preliterate munities. We bee utterly dependent on the two most primitive media of munication: pictures and the spoken word.Television encourages passive enjoyment. We bee content with second-hand experiences. It is so easy to sit in our armchairs watching others working. Little by little, television cuts us off from the real world. We get so lazy, we choose to spend a fine day in semi-darkness, glued to our sets, rather than go out into the world itself. Television may be s splendid medium of munication, but itprevents us from municating with each other. We only bee aware how totally irrelevant television is to real living when we spend a holiday by the sea or in the mountains, far away from civilization. In quiet, natural surroundings, we quickly discover how little we miss the hypnotic tyranny of King Telly.78.What does a mother usually do to keep her children quiet?_______________________________________________________________________ ___79.what’s the author’s suggestion to forget TV?_________________________________________80.&81Please smmerize at least two harms of TV80.__________________________________________________________________________ __81.__________________________________________________________________________ __第II卷I. Translation (22%)Directions:Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.1.这位明星因为吸毒被警方逮捕。