楊紅東
本試卷滿分150分(不含聽力),考試時間120分鐘。
第一部分聽力(共兩節(jié),滿分30分)
第一節(jié)(共5小題;每小題1.5分,滿分7.5分)
聽下面5段對話。每段對話后有一個小題,從題中所給的A、B、C三個選項中選出最佳選項。
1. What does the man do first?
A. Drive home.
B. Have a haircut.
C. Have his car serviced.
2. What’s wrong with Mark?
A. He got a headache.
B. He had a slight fever.
C. He caught a bad cold.
3.Whichdaywillthespeakersmakeareservationfor?
A. Monday.
B. Friday.
C. Saturday.
4. What is the relationship between the speakers?
A. Couple.
B. Classmates.
C. Colleagues.
5. How will the speakers go to the zoo?
A. By car.
B. By train.
C. By subway.
第二節(jié)(共15小題;每小題1.5分,滿分22.5分)
聽下面5段對話或獨白。每段對話或獨白后有幾個小題,從題中所給的A、B、C三個選項中選出最佳選項。
聽第6段材料,回答第6、7題。
6. Why does the woman make the call?
A. To offer help.
B. To make an appointment.
C. To ask for more information.
7. How does the woman find the event?
A. Interesting.
B. Funny.
C. Just so-so.
聽第7段材料,回答第8至10題。
8. What does the woman like about the apartment?
A. The furniture.
B. The room.
C. The night table.
9. Which of the following can the woman do in the apartment?
A. Do some cooking.
B. Do some washing.
C. Do some collections.
10. How long does the man wait to move?
A. For three days.
B. For four days.
C. For five days.
聽第8段材料,回答第11至14題。
11. What is the speakers talking about?
A. Sports.
B. Health.
C. Education.
12. Which team does the woman play for?
A. Junior school team.
B. Senior school team.
C. Both junior and senior school team.
13. What will the woman probably do later?
A. Learn to play volleyball.
B. Join the man’s baseball team.
C. Prepare for the next competition.
14. Who has no interest in watching TV?
A. The man.
B. The woman.
C. Neither of them.
聽第9段材料,回答第15至17題。
15. What’s the weather like these days?
A. Sunny.
B. Cloudy.
C. Smoggy.
16. Which way can effectively reduce air pollution according to the passage?
A. By wearing a mask.
B. By self-driving.
C. By taking public transport.
17. What can we know from the man’s words?
A. He hopes to see the sun soon.
B. He always uses the public transport.
C. He seldom listens to the weather report.
聽第10段材料,回答第18至20題。
18. Why did the speaker become interested in photography?
A. She was inspired by her love of painting.
B. She was born with interest in photography.
C. She sees photography as a means to make money.
19. What qualities does a professional photographer need?
A. Patience and Brave.
B. Creative and patience.
C. Talented and creative.
20. What’s the speaker’s next goal?
A. Seeing the smile on customer’s face.
B. Traveling to different places to take pictures.
C. Getting her photos published in top magazines.
第二部分閱讀理解(共兩節(jié),滿分60分)
第一節(jié)(共15小題;每小題3分,滿分45分)
閱讀下列短文,從每題所給的A、B、C和D四個選項中,選出最佳選項。
A
Military Museum of Chinese People’s Revolu原tion
The Military Museum consists of one main museum and two branches at three venues. The main museum features the display of the PLA history and the military history of Chinese nation. Currently, Tongzhou and Huairou branches are under construction.
Access Information
Opening Hours: 9:00-17:00(Ticketing stops at 16: 00); closed on Monday except during China’s national holidays.
Transportation and Location
1. Location of the main museum: No.9 Fuxing Road, Haidian District, Beijing.
2. Means of transportation: Subway Line 1 and Line 9; Bus No. 1, 21, 52, 65, 68, 78, 85, 94 and 308.
Notice to Visitors
All visitors are required to make a real-name reservation. No group reservation and visit are accepted. Visitors may use their second-generation ID card or passport to make a real-time reservation for 1-10 days in advance on the official website(http://eng.jb.mil.cn)or the WeChat official account of the Museum(jsbwgdyh), etc.
Before entering, show your real-time health code, and accept health examination and body temperature check. Mask wearing is required throughout the visit.
Here are two exhibitions introduced as follows:
Exhibition of Chinese Military History
It takes place in the three exhibition halls with a total space of 3,152 square meters on the eastern side of F1 of the exhibition building, featuring more than 470 photos, charts and tables, 1,300 cultural relics, 60 works of art and 130 rolls of calligraphy. It demonstrates the millennia of military civilization from Pre-Qin Period to the founding of the Republic of China in 1912 by tracing the wars and army buildings over the ages, with the focus laid on the war practice, military systems, etc.
Red Memory: Exhibition of Artistic Works
The exhibition is housed in the three halls on the third floor in the northern side of the exhibition building. The exhibits are largely artworks on military themes in the museum’s collection and are divided to the halls of oil painting, sculpture and traditional Chinese painting, which occupy an area of 3,693 square meters and display a total of 140 items.
21. Which public means of transport can take you to the Military Museum?
A. Bus 56.
B. The Subway Line 7.
C. Bus 49.
D. The Subway Line 1.
22. What does Exhibition of Chinese Military History mainly center on?
A. Weapons in ancient times.
B. The Pre-Qin Period Civilization.
C. The war practice and military systems.
D. The cultural exchanges in different periods.
23. Where can you enjoy themes on Red Memory?
A. On the eastern side of F1.
B. On the western side of F1.
C. On the second floor in the south side.
D. On the third floor in the northern side.
B
Poetryisthe secret story, the story behind the story—or, as Wordsworth puts it, what is“felt in the blood and felt along the heart.”Even though most Americans today don’t acknowledge the art form all that much, no person doesn’t respect or—if only from a distance—admire the magic in it.
Around this time of year, I always think of William Faulkner. Here’s why: For all of his achievements, his Nobel Prize for Literature, his Pulitzers and National Book Awards, his face on a 22-cent postage stamp—the man still fell short. And it wasn’t that he dropped out of high school and did only a few semesters of college, or that he was once fired by an employer for reading on the job. These were small missteps and shortcomings that were not to blame in the long run. The larger issue is that, in his own view, William Faulkner was a failed poet.
“Maybe every novelist wants to write poetry first,”he said in 1956,“finds he can’t, and then tries the short story, which is the most demanding form after poetry. And, failing at that, only then does he take up novel writing.”
The world of letters is filled with writers who started out as poets and went a different direction later on in their careers. Hans Christian Andersen, immortal for stories like“The Little Mermaid”and“The Ugly Duck原ling,”only turned to fairy tales after failing as a poet and playwright(劇作家). The late Chilean writer Roberto Bolano too began as a poet. The difference between Bolano and Faulkner, however, is that Bolano was actually pretty good at it. His reasons for taking up fiction were monetary: With a family to support, Bolano believed he could earn more by writing novels and short stories, a decision that proved to be wise and true. But he always saw poetry as superior. Once, when asked,“What makes you believe you’re a better poet than a novelist?”Bolano answered,“The poetry makes me blush(臉紅)less.”
24.What is poetry like in Wordsworth’s mind?
A.It tells stories after stories.
B.It has a power to excite people.
C.It is not much highly thought of.
D.It encourages us to follow the heart.
25.Why does the author mention William Faulkner?
A.To prove Faulkner was into reading.
B.To stress poem writing is never easy.
C.To indicate Faulkner enjoys a high status.
D.To show celebrities are not always well-behaved.
26.What can we infer from the last paragraph?
A.Hans Christian Andersen was better-known as a playwright.
B.Poetry is the most demanding form of writing for all writers.
C.Roberto Bolano took up novel writing after failing as a poet.
D.Most writers showed their admiration to the magic of poetry.
27.Which section is the text most likely from?
A. Arts and design.
B. Author interviews.
C. Science and technology.
D. Book news and features.
C
Canadian-Iranian designer Roya Aghighi wants you to imagine that your shirt is alive. Far from dreaming up a horror movie plot, she hopes we can develop a closer relationship with fashion—by treating clothes as living beings that need our help to survive.
Working with a group of scientists at the University of British Columbia(UBC), she has invented a living, biodegradable fabric named Biogarmentry. Made from algae, the bio-fabricated garment photosynthesizes(起光合作用), which purifies the air around it.
Fashion is one of the world’s most polluting industries. It’s responsible for more carbon emissions than international flights and shipping combined, amounting to 10% of all greenhouse gasses on a global basis. US consumers are buying more garments than ever, wearing each item fewer times and sending almost 70% of the clothes and footwear produced each year to landfill, according to the US Environmental Protection Agency. Changing our relationship with clothing,from one of neglectful fast-fashion consumption to a caring connection, is one of Aghighi’s main drivers.
In recent years, environmental startups have proposed a number of alternative natural fibers. Many of these have the potential to sequester carbon but none have been shown to achieve net-zero emissions over the lifecycle of a garment, especially when washing and drying clothes significantly add to their overall footprint. Instead, so-called“carbon-negative”brands turn to carbon offsetting(補償)—planting trees—to bring their net emissions down.
So far, while Aghighi’s innovative garment is now only at the proof-of-concept stage and consumption habits will take a long time to change, buyers may one day be instructed to stretch the fabric out in front of a window before putting it on. With sunlight and a spray of water, its single-cell algae come to life.
28.What is special about the clothes designed by Roya Aghighi?
A.They help us live a long life.
B.They are made of living materials.
C.They last long and are fashionable.
D.They are inspired by horror movie plots.
29.What is Roya Aghighi’s major concern in her fashion design?
A.Achieving low carbon footprint.
B.Changing people’s spending habits.
C.Extending the lifecycle of a garment.
D.Encouraging fast-fashion consumption.
30.What does the underlined word“sequester”in Paragraph 4 mean?
A.Trap.
B. Fuel.
C. Release.
D. Increase.
31.What can be inferred about Aghighi’s garment from the last paragraph?
A.It will soon come onto the market.
B.It shows some promise to our future.
C.It may increase buyers’daily expenses.
D.It needs to be worn carefully as instructed.
D
Plastic makes great food packaging. It’s waterproof and flexible. And best of all, it is unaffected by all known bacteria—until now. Researchers have found a new bacterium called Ideonella sakaiensis, growing in some plastic pieces around a recycling plant that can feed off a common type of plastic used in clothing, plastic bottles and food packaging.
Most plastics are difficult items for microbes(微生物)because plastics are large chains of repeating molecules called polymers(聚合物). The entire chain is far larger than the individual microbe.“So the organism can’t take it inside the cell to digest it,”says John Coates, a microbiologist at the University of California, Berkeley. Imagine a baby trying to eat an enormous pizza from the middle. It can’t do it. The pie is too big. But“the polymer eater,”has two enzymes(酶)that can break the plastic polymer into smaller pieces. In other words, the baby gets a pizza cutter. The bacterium can then take the pieces and eat them, eventually converting the plastic into carbon dioxide and water.
It would be great if we could culture the bacteria, spray landfills down with them and let them deal with our mountains of plastic refuse. But that may never happen.“It grows very fast,”a researcher explains,“because it eats very slowly.”But with more research, Coates thinks that the bacterium might be engineered for such a purpose.“It’s certainly a move in the right direction. Having an organism that seems to be capable of biodegrading these components directly will help us develop a bio-repairing technology,”he says.
That doesn’t mean we’ll ever be able to handle our plastic without care. Recycling will likely remain a better option anyway, Coates adds.“Environmentally, I would prefer recycling if it can work effectively,”he says. Biodegrading materials still releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, which would contribute to global warming. But in cases where recycling is not practical, he says, maybe this little bacterium could one day prove a useful alternative.
32. According to researchers, what’s the value of the newly-found bacterium?
A. It makes food packaging easy.
B. It can get plastic bottles recycled.
C. It breaks down certain plastic materials.
D. It helps plastic bottles waterproof and flexible.
33. Why does the author mention a baby trying to eat pizza?
A. To highlight some similarity.
B. To help develop a new theme.
C. To introduce a great experience.
D. To show a measure of disapproval.
34. What can we expect of the bacterium in the future?
A. It will cut global warming gases.
B. It could take the place of recycling.
C. It might help deal with plastic refuse.
D. It allows us to handle plastic casually.
35. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?
A. Can we handle our plastic without care one day?
B. How do we live with mountains of plastic waste?
C. Could plastic-eating bacteria help deal with waste?
D. How is a bacterium engineered for a recycling purpose?
第二節(jié)(共5小題;每小題3分,滿分15分)
根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容,從短文后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項,選項中有兩項為多余選項。
I have become the type of person that used to mystify me—a fitness enthusiast.36 .
So what changed? For starters, I reframed what I thought of as exercise.“The research does now show that basically all movement counts.37,”says Michelle Segar, a psychologist and director of the University of Michigan Sport, Health and Activity Research and Policy Center.“I’ve been astonished that even up until today, very educated people don’t know—don’t believe—that walking actually‘counts’as good exercise,”she says.
38 . I used to think if I wasn’t sweaty or out of breath for at least a half-hour straight, why bother? But so much more counts as moderate exercise, science now tells us. According to a scientific resource called the Compendium of Physical Activities(體力活動綱要), which uses a value called a MET, or metabolic equivalent(代謝當量). To count as moderately intense exercise, the magic number you want to hit is between 3 and 6 METS. 39 . Climb the stairs slowly and that’s 4 METs. Climb them quickly and it’s nearly 9 METS, which means you’re burning nearly nine times as many calories as you would just sitting.
Knowing this really changed the way I think about exercise. I started with small bursts of movement throughout my day. Instead of sending an email to a co-worker, I’d walk over and talk to them.40 . The more I did, the stronger I felt—and the more I wanted to do.
For me, exercise has become a bodily need. I just don’t feel right without it.
A.And anything is better than nothing
B.That was a big embarrassment for me
C.Remember, that’s just what’s kept me going
D.Just sitting, doing nothing, is a MET value of 1
E.Fortunately, lots of regular activities meet the magic mark
F.That was certainly not the case a year and a half ago, however
G.I’d do one-on-one meetings with co-workers while walking and talking
第三部分語言知識運用(共兩節(jié),滿分55分)
第一節(jié)(共20小題;每小題2分,滿分40分)
閱讀下面短文,從短文后各題所給的A、B、C和D四個選項中,選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項。
If not for the kindness of a stranger, Jamaican hurdler Hansle Parchment might not have been a Tokyo Olympic gold medalist. The 31-year-old athlete, who took a41 to his semifinal race, distracted while listening to music, didn’t realize what was happening until it was too42 .
“By the time I43 , I realized,‘No, this bus is going the wrong way.’I’m not44 with these surroundings,”he said in a video he posted online.
45 in Tokyo and quickly running out of time to 46another bus back, the hurdler explained how he met a stranger who47 his taxi fare to get him to his race. Because of her, he made it with enough48to warm up—and then compete in the men’s 110-meter race that 49 him gold and his best time of the season.
Later, Parchment, 50 to share the victory with the person who helped make it happen, boarded the bus that 51 him to the wrong area—this time 52—and rode back to find the stranger, a volunteer named Trijana Stojkovic. He53her, pulling out his medal, and thanked her for her kindness that day.“You were 54 in me getting to the final that day,”he told her, handing her the 55 for her to see.
Parchment also showed his appreciation by giving Stojkovic a Jamaican Olympic56and repaying the money she had given him. And the thanks didn’t57 there: Jamaica’s Ministry of Tourism sent a(n)58 invitation to visit the island.
Stojkovic later posted a picture of herself wearing the shirt.“I’m59 to everyone, too”she wrote.
You see, in the world today, the60 of strangers still matters.
第二節(jié)(共10小題;每小題1.5分,滿分15分)
閱讀下面短文,在空白處填入1個適當?shù)膯卧~或括號內(nèi)單詞的正確形式。
A study shows that the cleanliness of the home in which children grow up 61(predict)their educational achievement and earnings more than 25 years later.
The study is based on an 62(analyse)of data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, a longtime study of a sample of U.S. men, women and children, 63(conduct)since 1968. Home cleanliness 64(assess)every year from 1968 to 1972, rating overall home cleanliness 65 a five-point scale from 1(dirty)to 5(very clean).
Then,25 years later, the researchers found that young adults who grew up in homes rated clean to very clean had completed 13.6 years of school, compared with 12 years for those 66 childhood homes were rated as not very clean to dirty. Their wages reflected 67 same pattern, too.
“Parents 68(keep)their homes clean may be more 69(organize)and efficient than others,”says researcher Rachel Dunifon,“these characteristics may carry over to other aspects of their lives, such as parenting. As a result, children raised in clean homes may be more 70(success)in school and at work.”
第四部分寫作(共兩節(jié),滿分35分)
第一節(jié)短文改錯(共10小題;每小題1分,滿分10分)
假定英語課上老師要求同桌之間交換修改作文,請你修改你同桌寫的以下作文。文中共有10處語言錯誤,每句中最多有兩處。每處錯誤僅涉及一個單詞的增加、刪除或修改。
增加:在缺詞處加一個漏字符號(∧),并在其下面寫出該加的詞。
刪除:把多余的詞用斜線(\)劃掉。
修改:在錯的詞下畫一橫線,并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。
注意:
1.每處錯誤及其修改均僅限一詞;
2.只允許修改10處,多者(從第11處起)不計分。
Two days ago, an activity to experience one disability is held in my class. It was such special but meaningful. I, wearing on an earplug, was assigned to get a cup somewhere. At first, all students, including I, were excited and we communicated through our mouth. But soon I found it was quite inconvenience, as I could only see the speaker’s mouth moved but couldn’t hear anything. Then helpful we tried communicating with our hands. Meanwhile, I felt sense of helplessness.
Through this activity, I come to understand how a difficult life blind people lead and the challenges that they face in life.
第二節(jié)書面表達(滿分25分)
學校英文報征文,請你以“The Secrets to Joy”為題,寫一篇短文投稿。
提示如下:
1.簡述快樂的重要性;
2.竅門和建議。
注意:
1.詞數(shù)100左右;
2.可適當增加細節(jié),以使行文連貫。