精品解析：福建省福州四中、二中、连江一中2023-2024学年高三上学期12月三校联考英语试卷(含听力)

2023-2024学年度第一学期 福州二中、福州四中、连江一中三校12月联考 高三英语试卷 考试日期：12月26日 完卷时间：120分钟 满分：150分 第Ⅰ卷 第一部分 听力(共两节，满分30分) 第一节 (共5小题，每小题1.5分，满分7.5分) 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10 秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。 1. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 Which tourist spot does the woman highly recommend? A. The Great Wall. B. The Forbidden City. C. The Summer Palace. 2. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 What does the man mean? A. He wants to have a rest. B. He agrees to go to the cinema. C. He will have a basketball game. 3. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 What does Ann think of the path chosen? A. Smooth. B. Narrow. C. Scenic. 4. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 What is the relationship between the speakers? A. Buyer and seller. B. Husband and wife. C. House owner and designer. 5. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 What is the date today? A February 13th. B. February 20th. C. February 27th. 第二节 (共15小题，每小题1.5分，满分22.5分) 听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟;听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 6. What does the man want to be? A. An actor. B. A film producer. C. A film director. 7. What is the man’s plan after working for some years? A. To seek a new job. B. To move to Los Angeles. C. To pursue a higher degree. 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 8. Why does Linda talk to Andrew? A. To congratulate him. B. To invite him. C. To encourage him. 9. What does Linda intend to do on Saturday? A. To collect rubbish. B. To visit a recycling station. C. To hold an art exhibit. 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 10. Why does Roy apply for the job? A. To earn some money. B. To gain work experience. C. To get the local news quickly. 11. When is Roy especially needed? A. On weekends. B. On Fridays. C. On Wednesdays. 12. What should Roy do first? A. Have a talk with Mr. Smith. B. Take some training courses. C. Fill in an application form. 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 13. Where are the speakers? A. At a restaurant. B. At a shopping mall. C. At a party. 14. What did Sue get during her travel to Europe? A. Pictures. B. Furniture. C. Vases. 15. How long will Sue stay in China? A. Ten months. B. Two months. C. One month. 16. What are the speakers mainly talking about? A. Sue’s new house. B. A travel experience. C. A shopping list. 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 17. Who is the speaker talking to? A Club staff. B. Football players. C. Parents and children. 18. When will the junior teams play? A. On Wednesday afternoons. B. On Saturday mornings. C. On Saturday afternoons. 19. How many teams will enter the senior competition? A. Four. B. Five. C. Ten. 20. What does the speech focus on? A. A schedule for the club meeting. B. Rules for soccer competitions. C. Changes for the coming season. 第二部分 阅读理解(共两节，满分50分) 第一节 (共15小题，每小题2.5分，满分37.5分) 阅读下列短文，从题中所给的 A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A Fantastic Animals Phaya Khan Khak Museum, Nai Mueang, Thailand Is it a statue? In Phaya Thaen Public Park in Thailand’s Yasothon Province, this 19m- high sitting toad (蟾蜍) is actually a museum built in 2015. Here, visitors can gain a good knowledge of toads, including their importance to biodiversity and their part in the food chain. They can also view the city and the Thuan River from the toad’s mouth before hearing about the myth of the Toad King. The Kelpies, Falkirk, UK The impressive Kelpies, located in the Helix Park, are the largest horse sculptures in the world. Made of structural steel, the two horse- head sculptures stand 30m high. The name refers to a water- loving, shape- changing spirit that is said to have incredible strength. The works of art, by Glasgow sculptor Andy Scott and unveiled in 2014, were modelled on a couple of Clydesdale horses called Baron and Duke. The Merlion, Marina Bay, Singapore With a fish’s body and a lion’s head, the Merlion is the national symbol of Singapore. The creature is thought to represent the city- state’s humble roots as a fishing village, as well as acknowledging its original name, which means Lion City. Set on Singapore’s waterfront, the statue of this animal was sculpted by Lim Nang Seng and unveiled in 1972. Hachiko Statue, Tokyo, Japan This dog statue that stands near Tokyo’s Shibuya Station is of a Japanese Akita called Hachiko. First made by sculptor Teru Ando in1934 and remade by his son, Takeshi, in 1948, it honours a four- legged friend who faithfully waited each evening for his owner to return home by train. At work one day, his master suddenly fell ill and died, but the loyal dog continued to keep watch for another nine years. Hachiko inspired a yearly festival in Shibuya and a 2009 film, starring Richard Gere. 21. What can visitors do at Phaya Khan Khak Museum? A. Learn about the role of toads in nature. B. Have a bird’s- eye view of Falkirk. C. Dress themselves as a toad. D. Meet with the Toad King. 22. What do we know about the Kelpies? A. They are named Baron and Duke. B. They are made of metal and 30m tall. C. They are located next to the Helix Park. D. They are the largest sculptures in the world. 23. Who created a sculpture based on a loyal creature? A. Andy Scott. B. Richard Gere. C. Lim Nang Seng. D. Teru Ando and Takeshi. B Clay speakers? It might sound far- fetched, but now speakers formed from Mother Earth have been brought to market. Its maker — Mapu Speakers — says the product is around 80 percent sustainable. Yet despite the speakers’ sustainability, those behind them did not initially set out to make the speakers more sustainable. The main inspiration was to bring traditional Chilean crafts and ancestral knowledge into the 21st century. In Chilean regions, specifically in rural Chile, where Mapu co- founder Pablo Ocqueteau was born, the crafts were dying out. There Ocqueteau noticed how most traditional craftspeople were getting on a bit. “There was nobody to succeed them,” he says. As a result, pottery workshops went into liquidation. Ocqueteau and his partner, German- born Philine von Düszeln, wondered how they could help. This thought occupied them for some time. One night, an idea came to Ocqueteau. “I had this moment when the light turned on,” he told Positive News. The story goes that he was lying on the sofa at home in Chile. Music was playing and his eyes wandered around the room. Eventually they landed on a clay jug known as a tinaja, which is used to cool water. Such pots are common in Chilean households. “I thought: ‘Maybe we could make a speaker out of that,’” he says. So that’s what he and Düszeln did. Craftspeople in rural Chile were only too happy to help the pair realize their vision. Finally, the pair built their speaker out of local materials and called it Mapuguaquén, which means “sound of the earth” in the Mapuche language. Now the pair are bringing the handmade speakers to market. More recently, Mapu has started working with craftspeople in Molelos, Portugal, on another line of speakers. “We want to help make the crafts more attractive to young people again,” says Düszeln. “Our mission goes beyond making speakers. We dream of a crafts revolution to highlight traditional handerafts in our industrialized world, building a bridge between ancestral knowledge and technology,” write Ocqueteau and Düszeln on the company’s website. 24. What was the main vision behind clay speakers? A. To show respect for Mother Earth. B. To keep traditional Chilean crafts alive. C. To create environmentally sustainable products. D. To help traditional craftspeople improve their crafts. 25. What does the underlined part “went into liquidation” in paragraph 3 mean? A. Burnt down. B. Settled down. C. Closed down. D. Slowed down. 26. What inspired Ocqueteau to make a speaker? A. An ordinary clay pot. B. The story about Chile. C. A report from Positive News. D. The gentle light music in his room. 27 What do the pair expect of their speakers? A. They can appeal to craftspeople around the world. B. They can mix technology with ancestral knowledge. C. They can encourage young people to become artists. D. They can promote technology in the industrialized world. C A United Airlines flight from Chicago to Washington D.C. made a bit of aviation (航空) history last December, completing a 600-mile trip that the airline hopes will prove the first leg of a journey to a greener future. In a first, one of the two engines on the 737 Max 8 was powered entirely by fuel made from used cooking oil and waste fat from beef, pork and chicken. Refined (提炼) at a Southern California plant, the fuel produces about 80% less emissions (排放) than conventional aviation fuel. Biofuel had been mixed with conventional fuel in the past, but United Airlines said it had never been used by itself in the engine of a commercial flight. The Chicago carrier made the flight to show the progress it has made toward its goal of getting rid of greenhouse gas emissions by2050. It’s a goal shared by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). For now, the biggest challenge is producing enough low-emission, sustainable aviation fuel that can be used in existing commercial planes without adjustment to power the world’s airlines. The world’s refineries now produce about 26.4 million gallons of low-emission, sustainable aviation fuel a year. That is only a tiny part of the 18.3 billion gallons of fuel burned by U.S. carriers alone in 2019. “There is no question there is a challenge,” Gene Gebolys, chief executive of World Energy, a Boston biofuel energy company, said. “It’s all about scale (规模).” World Energy’s Paramount, California, facility now has the capacity to refine cooking oil and animal fat into 15 million gallons of sustainable aviation fuel a year. The company is investing $1.5 billion to modernize the facility and enable it to produce up to 370 million gallons a year. “Standing where we are right now, it is going to be an extremely ambitious goal to get to net zero by 2050,” Gebolys said. “Do I think it’s possible? Absolutely.” 28. What is the experiment of United Airlines? A. Using fuel from fat and oil alone in engines. B. Refining cooking oil and waste fat. C. Mixing biofuel energy with conventional fuel. D. Developing biofuel-powered carriers. 29. What barrier does the new energy promotion face? A. The stability of the refined cooking oil. B. The lack of raw materials. C. The limited production capacity. D. The energy consumption in production. 30. What is the author’s attitude to the popularization of the new energy? A. Favorable. B. Intolerant. C. Doubtful. D. Unclear. 31. What can be a suitable title for the text? A. Energy Company Discovers a New Green Fuel B. Global Airlines Promise a Low-emission Future C. Is Biofuel Energy Ready for Mass Production? D. Could Cooking Oil Help Airlines Reach Zero Emissions? D A rogue wave measuring 58 feet tall was recorded off the coast of Vancouver Island in November 2020. It amazed the scientific community for being proportionally the most extreme rogue wave ever recorded. Rogue waves are those waves that are greater than twice the size of surrounding waves. So the size doesn’t matter; the comparison in size to other waves does. Thus, while a wave achieving a four- story height is impressive, its tallness being three times that of its surrounding waves is what landed it in the record books. The first rogue wave recorded was measured in 1995 off the coast of Norway at 84 feet (25.6 meters) with surrounding waves of about40 feet (12 meters). The record- breaking rogue wave recorded in 2020 measured almost 58 feet (17.6 meters) in comparison to surrounding waves of around 20 feet (6 meters). The rogue wave was measured by a Marine Labs buoy (浮标) about 4.3 miles off of the coast of Ucluelet, British Columbia. But how to continuously track rogue waves is a big science question. “Most research is based on a single buoy, a single location, which the wave just passes through, so we know at this moment it was this high, but we don’t know how long,” noted lead researcher Johannes Gemmrich. MarineLabs has just 26 buoys placed in the oceans surrounding North America. Rogue waves can present a danger to ships as well as the public. They often come unexpectedly, so the ship operator has little warning. If it is high enough that it can cause some damage to the ship, the operator has no time to change course. One common wrong belief Gemmrich wanted to explain is rogue waves are not to be mistaken for tsunamis. Although both are known for being large waves the way they come about is completely different. “Rogue waves are created by wind. A tsunami is caused most commonly by an earthquake, underwater earthquake, or as we’ve seen recently a volcano eruption,” Gemmrich stated. 32. What can we say about the 2020 rogue wave? A. It is taller than the first rogue wave recorded. B. It has reached an impressive three- story height. C. It has caused more damage than the 1995 one. D. It is about three times the size of surrounding waves. 33. What makes it difficult to further study rogue waves? A. It is risky to track them. B. It is hard to measure their sizes. C. The number of buoys is very low. D. A rogue wave does not often happen. 34. Which of the following best describes a rogue wave? A. It causes many ship disasters. B. It slowly becomes out of control. C. It can be avoided by experienced operators. D. It is hard to say when it is likely to appear. 35. In what way are a rogue wave and a tsunami different from each other? A. How tall they can be. B. How they are formed. C. How they will damage ships. D. How far they’ re from the coast. 第二节 (共5小题，每小题2.5分，满分12.5分) 阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 A wildfire is an uncontrolled fire that burns among wild land plants. Wildfires can burn in forests, grasslands, and other ecosystems, and have been doing so for hundreds of millions of years. Wildfires can start naturally or be human-made. ___36___ Wind, high temperatures, and little rainfall can all leave trees, shrubs, and fallen leaves dried out, causing a fire easily. Wildfires that burn near communities can become dangerous and even deadly if they grow out of control. For example, the 2018 Camp Fire in Butte County, California destroyed almost the whole town of Paradise. ___37___ Still, wildfires are important to the continued survival of some plants. For example, some tree cones need to be heated before they open and let out their seeds. Plants depend on wildfires in order to pass through a life cycle. ___38___ And others require fire just a few times a century for the species to continue. ___39___ They can kill insects and diseases. Fires can make way for new grasses and shrubs that provide food and living space for animal sand birds. Fires can clean up pieces of woods on the forest floor and open up space to let sunlight through to the ground. While many plants and animals need wildfires, climate change has left some ecosystems more sensitive to fires. ___40___ The historic practice of putting out all fires also has caused an unnatural buildup of shrubs, which can be riskier in causing wildfires. A. 86 people died in total. B. Ground fires can last for a long time. C. Some plants require fire every few years. D. Wildfires also help keep ecosystems healthy. E. That sunlight can give larger trees room to grow. F. Warmer temperatures have caused drought and dried-out forests. G. However, it is often weather conditions that influence a wildfire. 第三部分 语言运用(共两节，满分30分) 第一节 (共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分) 阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 I like travel photography. It is a huge part of my trip and I’m ___41___ without my camera. So please ___42___ how worried I was while sailing around the Thai Islands, when my camera was out of ___43___! The very minute I stepped off that boat I was off to find a new ___44___. It was clear that I couldn’t ___45___ without a decent (像样的) camera. I had ___46___ at a store just before I set off for Cambodia. When I arrived at Angkor Wat I took out my new camera ___47___ and went to ___48___ my first photo of the beautiful temples. But when I checked the photos, the screen was black. Every photo I took was black! I had been very ___49___ and had gotten a broken camera! Being very ___50___, I argued with the seller over the phone, but in the end, I ___51___ and bought a third camera. It was a ___52___ decision, as it cost me $700, but it turned out to be the best decision I made on that trip, especially since I went on safari in East Africa and had a good time ___53___ wildlife. Those photos were very good. I ___54___ that it’s worthwhile to spend time and money on something you really ___55___ on that trip. Sometimes things don’t always go as planned, but it’s important to keep doing what you like. 41. A. nervous B. excited C. ashamed D. confident 42. A. decide B. record C. imagine D. explain 43. A. order B. date C. sight D. production 44. A. camera B. job C. boat D. place 45. A. get up B. carry on C. hold back D. run away 46. A. plans B. fun C. questions D. success 47. A. secretly B. suddenly C. mistakenly D. carefully 48. A. show B. sell C. take D. watch 49. A. honest B. uncertain C. kind D. unlucky 50. A. relaxed B. bored C. angry D. amazed 51. A. grew up B. gave in C. set off D. looked around 52. A. wrong B. smart C. difficult D. quick 53. A. photographing B. feeding C. protecting D. studying 54. A. doubted B. heard C. replied D. learned 55. A. forget B. enjoy C. regret D. own 第Ⅱ卷 第二节 (共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分) 阅读下列短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 I read a book called You’ re Not Listening by Kate Murphy. It was designed ___56___(make) the reader a better listener. You know when you catch yourself ___57___(do) something you remember your own parents doing? ___58___(I) was a “mmhmm” sort of noise. I made it when my son was talking about the___59___(high) of the Spinosaurus. “Mmhmm.” Out it came. The noise. From me. I did that to pretend I was listening, but I wasn’t. At that moment, I realized my parents hadn’t really listened to anything I had said ___60___I was about 32. ___61___(apparent), the people who are in our lives every day are the ones we become the least curious ___62___, so they are the first people we stop really listening to. In addition, listening to a child ___63___(be) like visiting a museum: full of ___64___(fantasy) things. I had been terrible at listening, so I decided to improve this after reading the book. Now I’ve realized how few of the people I talk to are paying attention to me. Surely life was far ____65____(sweet) before I noticed this. 第四部分 写作(共两节，满分40分) 第一节 应用文写作(满分15分) 66. 假定你是李华，上周日你校举行了第六届校园科技节。请你为校英文报写一篇英文报道，内容包括： 1．活动目的; 2．活动内容; 3．活动反响。 注意： 1．写作词数应为80词左右。 2．可以适当补充细节，使行文连贯合理。 The 6th Campus Sci- Tech Festival ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 第二节 读后续写 (满分25分) 67. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。 A New Addition to the Family For the initial ten years of his life, Victor was the prince of the household. As he was an only child, his parents petted him and showered all their love and attention on him. Whatever toys his parents bought, they were always meant for him. Whatever food was in the refrigerator, there was no one to compete with him to polish it off first. Victor could leave his toys or books around the house with complete ease of mind, knowing that there was no one who would get their hands on his belongings and cause any damage. However, all that was to change overnight when Victor’s parents brought back his new baby sister, Lina, from the hospital. With her rosy cheeks, wide open eyes and angelic smile, Lina caught the hearts of her parents, grandparents and relatives. Everyone focused their attention on the cute bunch of joy. Whenever she cried, her mother or father would rush to her bed. She simply cried because she wanted to be carried. There was little time left for Victor. Now that Victor’s mother had his baby sister to take care of, she expected Victor himself to do most of the chores he can do. Victor was asked to clean his own room, iron his own school uniform and clean his own shoes. Before Lina’s arrival, he had never lifted a finger to help out with these tasks. The whole family also went out less because it was unhealthy to expose Lina to the bacteria(细菌) being in the outside world too often. Victor felt neglected by his parents. He felt that they loved Lina more than him. As a result, he tried to attract his parents’ attention by becoming resistant. One evening, Victor’s parents were called up by his teacher because Victor had got into a fight at school. His teacher had noticed Victor’s behaviour and work attitude changing downwards in the past two months. Before that, he had been a model student. 注意：1.续写词数应为150左右； 2.请按如下格式在答题卡相应位置作答。 Upon hearing the teacher’s feedback, Victor’s parents got lost in thought. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Victor realized that his parents still cared for him. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$ 2023-2024学年度第一学期 福州二中、福州四中、连江一中三校12月联考 高三英语试卷 考试日期：12月26日 完卷时间：120分钟 满分：150分 第Ⅰ卷 第一部分 听力(共两节，满分30分) 第一节 (共5小题，每小题1.5分，满分7.5分) 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10 秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。 1. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 Which tourist spot does the woman highly recommend? A. The Great Wall. B. The Forbidden City. C. The Summer Palace. 【答案】A 【解析】 【原文】M: We are planning to visit some places of interest in Beijing. Do you have some advice? W: The Great Wall is a must, since you have toured around the Forbidden City and the Summer Palace before. M: Thank you. 2. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 What does the man mean? A. He wants to have a rest. B. He agrees to go to the cinema. C. He will have a basketball game. 【答案】A 【解析】 【原文】W: Would you like to go to the cinema this evening? M: I wish I could make it. But I have had a basketball match. I am really exhausted 3. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 What does Ann think of the path chosen? A. Smooth. B. Narrow. C. Scenic. 【答案】C 【解析】 【原文】M: Which path do you prefer, the smooth one or the adventurous one? W: The latter. It is a shortcut to the mountain top. Besides, we can get a breathtaking view of the lake alongside. M: That’s a good idea Anne. 4. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 What is the relationship between the speakers? A. Buyer and seller. B. Husband and wife. C. House owner and designer. 【答案】B 【解析】 【原文】M: I’d like to buy the house with such a good design and it’s also close to your workplace. W: Oh yes. I couldn’t agree more, but I’m afraid we don’t have enough savings. 5. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 What is the date today? A. February 13th. B. February 20th. C. February 27th. 【答案】A 【解析】 【原文】M: This is to confirm the appointment we made to meet at your office at ten am on Monday February twentieth. W: Thanks. I’ve made the time available. It’s just in a week. 第二节 (共15小题，每小题1.5分，满分22.5分) 听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟;听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 6. What does the man want to be? A. An actor. B. A film producer. C. A film director. 7. What is the man’s plan after working for some years? A. To seek a new job. B. To move to Los Angeles. C. To pursue a higher degree. 【答案】6. B 7. C 【解析】 【原文】M: Have you thought much about your future career? M: I would love to work in the film industry. I love the movies. W: Do you want to be an actor, director or something else? M: Actually, I’m more interested in the business part of making movies. I’d like to be a producer. W: Great, do you plan to apply for a job in film after graduation? M: Yes. I plan to move to Los Angeles and apply for film jobs. After a few years, I’d like to go back to university for a master’s degree to enhance my capability. W: Sounds like a good plan. Wish you all the best. 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 8. Why does Linda talk to Andrew? A. To congratulate him. B. To invite him. C. To encourage him. 9. What does Linda intend to do on Saturday? A. To collect rubbish. B. To visit a recycling station. C. To hold an art exhibit. 【答案】8. B 9. A 【解析】 【原文】W: Andrew, would you like to join our beach clean up this Saturday? Some college friends and I organized it. M: Maybe, Linda. I’ve never done a beach cleanup before. What do you do? W: We walk around the beach collecting trash that people have left behind. We pick up plastic bags glass bottles and more. M: What do you do with the trash? W: We used to take it to a recycling station, but this time we are giving it to our colleges art department. They will use the trash for an art exhibit later. M: What time are you leaving for the beach on Saturday? W: We’ll meet at the downtown train station at seven thirty am. M: That’s early, but I’m sure it would be a great cause sign me up. 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 10. Why does Roy apply for the job? A. To earn some money. B. To gain work experience. C. To get the local news quickly. 11. When is Roy especially needed? A. On weekends. B. On Fridays. C. On Wednesdays. 12. What should Roy do first? A. Have a talk with Mr. Smith. B. Take some training courses. C. Fill in an application form. 【答案】10. B 11. A 12. C 【解析】 【原文】W: Hello, MK Television Studios. May I help you? M: Hello, this is Roy! I’m calling because I saw an ad in the school newspaper. It says there is some work available for a student who wants to work on your local news program. W: Right. But do you know the student we want for the job is a volunteer? It’s an unpaid job. M: Oh, sure. I know that. I just want to gain some work experience. W: Are you available on weekends? We are extremely busy at that time and need more hands(帮助). M: Of course. I am free on weekends and I have no classes on Wednesday and Friday. W: That’s great! Well, is your major media? M: No, journalism. But I’ve taken some media courses. W: I see. First you need to fill in an application form. Could you come here later this afternoon? M: Of course. W: That’s great. Then you have to talk with Mr. Smith. He is in charge of the program. M: I know, and actually I can’t wait to see him. W: Wish you good luck! 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 13. Where are the speakers? A. At a restaurant. B. At a shopping mall. C. At a party. 14. What did Sue get during her travel to Europe? A. Pictures. B. Furniture. C. Vases. 15. How long will Sue stay in China? A. Ten months. B. Two months. C. One month. 16. What are the speakers mainly talking about? A. Sue’s new house. B. A travel experience. C. A shopping list. 【答案】13. C 14. B 15. C 16. A 【解析】 【原文】W: Hi Steve, thanks for coming to my house warming party. M: Hello Sue, thanks for inviting me to see your lovely new home. It’s beautiful. W: Thank you. I’m really excited to have a house of my own after living in this city for ten years and I’m glad you like it. M: Did you decorate your house all by yourself? W: Yes, I did. I traveled around Europe for two weeks last year. I got some beautiful furniture for my house there. M: That’s great. I also heard that indoor decorations with Chinese elements are quite popular these days. Maybe you can have a try. W: Yeah, my friend in China sent me some pictures of beautiful faces the other day and I am planning to visit China for a month this summer. It will be fun to go shopping there and find something for my new house. By the way, please help yourself to the refreshments. M: Thanks. The food looks delicious. 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 17. Who is the speaker talking to? A. Club staff. B. Football players. C. Parents and children. 18. When will the junior teams play? A. On Wednesday afternoons. B. On Saturday mornings. C. On Saturday afternoons. 19. How many teams will enter the senior competition? A. Four. B. Five. C. Ten. 20. What does the speech focus on? A. A schedule for the club meeting. B. Rules for soccer competitions. C. Changes for the coming season. 【答案】17. C 18. A 19. A 20. C 【解析】 【原文】Good evening, everyone. Thank you for coming to the Soccer Club meeting. It’s good to see so many parents and children here tonight, and I know you are looking forward to a great football season. Now I’d like to take a few minutes to tell you about some changes to the Soccer Club for the coming season. This season we’ll have more teams than ever. We hope to have ten teams instead of five, in the junior competition and they will play on Saturday mornings, beginning at 8:30 a. m. Training sessions will be held in King’s Park on Wednesday afternoons for the juniors and they will be wearing red shirts again this year. In the senior competition, there will be four teams, the same as last year, and their games will be played on Saturday afternoons, starting at 2: 30. No, sorry, it will be a 2 o’clock start, and the training session for seniors is planned for Sunday afternoons. Now before we finish, does anyone have any questions to ask the new committee? 第二部分 阅读理解(共两节，满分50分) 第一节 (共15小题，每小题2.5分，满分37.5分) 阅读下列短文，从题中所给的 A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A Fantastic Animals Phaya Khan Khak Museum, Nai Mueang, Thailand Is it a statue? In Phaya Thaen Public Park in Thailand’s Yasothon Province, this 19m- high sitting toad (蟾蜍) is actually a museum built in 2015. Here, visitors can gain a good knowledge of toads, including their importance to biodiversity and their part in the food chain. They can also view the city and the Thuan River from the toad’s mouth before hearing about the myth of the Toad King. The Kelpies, Falkirk, UK The impressive Kelpies, located in the Helix Park, are the largest horse sculptures in the world. Made of structural steel, the two horse- head sculptures stand 30m high. The name refers to a water- loving, shape- changing spirit that is said to have incredible strength. The works of art, by Glasgow sculptor Andy Scott and unveiled in 2014, were modelled on a couple of Clydesdale horses called Baron and Duke. The Merlion, Marina Bay, Singapore With a fish’s body and a lion’s head, the Merlion is the national symbol of Singapore. The creature is thought to represent the city- state’s humble roots as a fishing village, as well as acknowledging its original name, which means Lion City. Set on Singapore’s waterfront, the statue of this animal was sculpted by Lim Nang Seng and unveiled in 1972. Hachiko Statue, Tokyo, Japan This dog statue that stands near Tokyo’s Shibuya Station is of a Japanese Akita called Hachiko. First made by sculptor Teru Ando in1934 and remade by his son, Takeshi, in 1948, it honours a four- legged friend who faithfully waited each evening for his owner to return home by train. At work one day, his master suddenly fell ill and died, but the loyal dog continued to keep watch for another nine years. Hachiko inspired a yearly festival in Shibuya and a 2009 film, starring Richard Gere. 21. What can visitors do at Phaya Khan Khak Museum? A. Learn about the role of toads in nature. B. Have a bird’s- eye view of Falkirk. C. Dress themselves as a toad. D. Meet with the Toad King. 22. What do we know about the Kelpies? A. They are named Baron and Duke. B. They are made of metal and 30m tall. C. They are located next to the Helix Park. D. They are the largest sculptures in the world. 23. Who created a sculpture based on a loyal creature? A. Andy Scott. B. Richard Gere. C. Lim Nang Seng. D. Teru Ando and Takeshi. 【答案】21. A 22. B 23. D 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍四座世界上著名的动物塑像。 【21题详解】 细节理解题。由Phaya Khan Khak Museum, Nai Mueang, Thailand中“Here, visitors can gain a good knowledge of toads, including their importance to biodiversity and their part in the food chain.(在这里，游客可以很好地了解蟾蜍，包括它们对生物多样性的重要性以及它们在食物链中的作用。)”可知，游客可以在Phaya Khan Khak博物馆了解蟾蜍在自然界中的作用。故选A项。 【22题详解】 细节理解题。由The Kelpies, Falkirk, UK中“Made of structural steel, the two horse- head sculptures stand 30m high. (这两座马头雕塑由结构钢制成，高30米。)”可知，Kelpies由金属制成，高30米。故选B项。 【23题详解】 细节理解题。由Hachiko Statue, Tokyo, Japan中“First made by sculptor Teru Ando in1934 and remade by his son, Takeshi, in 1948, it honours a four- legged friend who faithfully waited each evening for his owner to return home by train. At work one day, his master suddenly fell ill and died, but the loyal dog continued to keep watch for another nine years. (这座雕像最早由雕塑家Teru Ando 于1934年制作，1948年由他的儿子Takeshi重新制作，是为了纪念一位四足朋友，他每天晚上都忠实地等待主人乘火车回家。有一天，在工作中，他的主人突然生病去世了，但这只忠诚的狗又继续守望了九年。)”可知，Teru Ando 和Takeshi根据一个忠诚的狗创作了一件雕塑。故选D项。 B Clay speakers? It might sound far- fetched, but now speakers formed from Mother Earth have been brought to market. Its maker — Mapu Speakers — says the product is around 80 percent sustainable. Yet despite the speakers’ sustainability, those behind them did not initially set out to make the speakers more sustainable. The main inspiration was to bring traditional Chilean crafts and ancestral knowledge into the 21st century. In Chilean regions, specifically in rural Chile, where Mapu co- founder Pablo Ocqueteau was born, the crafts were dying out. There Ocqueteau noticed how most traditional craftspeople were getting on a bit. “There was nobody to succeed them,” he says. As a result, pottery workshops went into liquidation. Ocqueteau and his partner, German- born Philine von Düszeln, wondered how they could help. This thought occupied them for some time. One night, an idea came to Ocqueteau. “I had this moment when the light turned on,” he told Positive News. The story goes that he was lying on the sofa at home in Chile. Music was playing and his eyes wandered around the room. Eventually they landed on a clay jug known as a tinaja, which is used to cool water. Such pots are common in Chilean households. “I thought: ‘Maybe we could make a speaker out of that,’” he says. So that’s what he and Düszeln did. Craftspeople in rural Chile were only too happy to help the pair realize their vision. Finally, the pair built their speaker out of local materials and called it Mapuguaquén, which means “sound of the earth” in the Mapuche language. Now the pair are bringing the handmade speakers to market. More recently, Mapu has started working with craftspeople in Molelos, Portugal, on another line of speakers. “We want to help make the crafts more attractive to young people again,” says Düszeln. “Our mission goes beyond making speakers. We dream of a crafts revolution to highlight traditional handerafts in our industrialized world, building a bridge between ancestral knowledge and technology,” write Ocqueteau and Düszeln on the company’s website. 24. What was the main vision behind clay speakers? A. To show respect for Mother Earth. B. To keep traditional Chilean crafts alive. C. To create environmentally sustainable products. D. To help traditional craftspeople improve their crafts. 25. What does the underlined part “went into liquidation” in paragraph 3 mean? A. Burnt down. B. Settled down. C. Closed down. D. Slowed down. 26. What inspired Ocqueteau to make a speaker? A. An ordinary clay pot. B. The story about Chile. C. A report from Positive News. D. The gentle light music in his room. 27. What do the pair expect of their speakers? A. They can appeal to craftspeople around the world. B. They can mix technology with ancestral knowledge. C. They can encourage young people to become artists. D. They can promote technology in the industrialized world. 【答案】24. B 25. C 26. A 27. B 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述Ocqueteau和Düszeln用黏土制作扬声器，从而让手工艺品再次对年轻人更有吸引力。 24题详解】 细节理解题。由文章第二段“The main inspiration was to bring traditional Chilean crafts and ancestral knowledge into the 21st century. (主要的灵感是将智利传统工艺和祖先知识带入21世纪。)”可知，粘土扬声器背后的主要愿景是保持智利传统工艺的活力。故选B项。 【25题详解】 词句猜测题。由文章第三段“There Ocqueteau noticed how most traditional craftspeople were getting on a bit. ‘There was nobody to succeed them,’he says. As a result, pottery workshops went into liquidation.(在那里，Ocqueteau注意到大多数传统手工艺人都有些老了。‘没有人能接替他们，’他说。因此，陶器作坊 。)”可推测，这里表示没有后继之人，陶器作坊将慢慢“关闭”了，所以推测went into liquidation表“关闭”的意思。故选C项。 【26题详解】 细节理解题。由文章第四段“Eventually they landed on a clay jug known as a tinaja, which is used to cool water. Such pots are common in Chilean households. ‘I thought: ‘Maybe we could make a speaker out of that,’ he says.(最终，他们降落在一个被称为tinaja的陶罐上，用来冷却水。这种花盆在智利家庭中很常见。他说：‘我想：‘也许我们可以把它变成一个演讲者。’)”可知，一个普通的陶罐激发了Ocqueteau制作扬声器的灵感。故选A项。 【27题详解】 推理判断题。由文章最后一段“Our mission goes beyond making speakers. We dream of a crafts revolution to highlight traditional handerafts in our industrialized world, building a bridge between ancestral knowledge and technology,(我们的使命不仅仅是做扬声器。我们梦想着一场手工艺革命，以突出我们工业化世界的传统手工艺品，在祖先的知识和技术之间架起一座桥梁，)”可知，这对夫妇希望他们的扬声器能够将技术与祖传知识相结合。故选B项。 C A United Airlines flight from Chicago to Washington D.C. made a bit of aviation (航空) history last December, completing a 600-mile trip that the airline hopes will prove the first leg of a journey to a greener future. In a first, one of the two engines on the 737 Max 8 was powered entirely by fuel made from used cooking oil and waste fat from beef, pork and chicken. Refined (提炼) at a Southern California plant, the fuel produces about 80% less emissions (排放) than conventional aviation fuel. Biofuel had been mixed with conventional fuel in the past, but United Airlines said it had never been used by itself in the engine of a commercial flight. The Chicago carrier made the flight to show the progress it has made toward its goal of getting rid of greenhouse gas emissions by2050. It’s a goal shared by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). For now, the biggest challenge is producing enough low-emission, sustainable aviation fuel that can be used in existing commercial planes without adjustment to power the world’s airlines. The world’s refineries now produce about 26.4 million gallons of low-emission, sustainable aviation fuel a year. That is only a tiny part of the 18.3 billion gallons of fuel burned by U.S. carriers alone in 2019. “There is no question there is a challenge,” Gene Gebolys, chief executive of World Energy, a Boston biofuel energy company, said. “It’s all about scale (规模).” World Energy’s Paramount, California, facility now has the capacity to refine cooking oil and animal fat into 15 million gallons of sustainable aviation fuel a year. The company is investing $1.5 billion to modernize the facility and enable it to produce up to 370 million gallons a year. “Standing where we are right now, it is going to be an extremely ambitious goal to get to net zero by 2050,” Gebolys said. “Do I think it’s possible? Absolutely.” 28. What is the experiment of United Airlines? A. Using fuel from fat and oil alone in engines. B. Refining cooking oil and waste fat. C. Mixing biofuel energy with conventional fuel. D. Developing biofuel-powered carriers. 29. What barrier does the new energy promotion face? A. The stability of the refined cooking oil. B. The lack of raw materials. C. The limited production capacity. D. The energy consumption in production. 30. What is the author’s attitude to the popularization of the new energy? A. Favorable. B. Intolerant. C. Doubtful. D. Unclear. 31. What can be a suitable title for the text? A. Energy Company Discovers a New Green Fuel B. Global Airlines Promise a Low-emission Future C. Is Biofuel Energy Ready for Mass Production? D. Could Cooking Oil Help Airlines Reach Zero Emissions? 【答案】28. A 29. C 30. A 31. D 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。主要介绍了去年12月，美国联合航空公司从芝加哥飞往华盛顿特区的航班创造了一段航空历史，使用生物燃料为飞机的发动机提供动力，该公司希望这将是通往更绿色未来旅程的第一段。 【28题详解】 细节理解题。根据第二段“In a first, one of the two engines on the 737 Max 8 was powered entirely by fuel made from used cooking oil and waste fat from beef, pork and chicken.(首先，737 Max 8两个发动机中的一个完全由用过的食用油和牛肉、猪肉和鸡肉的废脂肪制成的燃料提供动力)”以及“Biofuel had been mixed with conventional fuel in the past, but United Airlines said it had never been used by itself in the engine of a commercial flight.(生物燃料过去曾与常规燃料混合，但联合航空公司表示，它从未单独用于商业航班的发动机)”可知，联合航空公司的尝试是在发动机中单独使用来自脂肪和油的燃料。故选A项。 【29题详解】 细节理解题。根据第四段“For now, the biggest challenge is producing enough low-emission, sustainable aviation fuel that can be used in existing commercial planes without adjustment to power the world’s airlines. The world’s refineries now produce about 26.4 million gallons of low-emission, sustainable aviation fuel a year. That is only a tiny part of the 18.3 billion gallons of fuel burned by U.S. carriers alone in 2019. (目前，最大的挑战是生产足够的低排放、可持续的航空燃料，使其可以无需调整在现有商用飞机上使用，为世界航空公司提供动力。目前，全球炼油厂每年生产约2640万加仑低排放、可持续的航空燃料。这仅仅是2019年美国航空公司燃烧的183亿加仑燃油的一小部分)”可知，目前，低排放、可持续的航空燃料生产量不足，新能源的推广面临的挑战是生产能力有限。故选C项。 【30题详解】 推理判断题。根据最后一段““Standing where we are right now, it is going to be an extremely ambitious goal to get to net zero by 2050,” Gebolys said. “Do I think it’s possible? Absolutely.”(“站在我们现在的位置，到2050年实现净零将是一个极其雄心勃勃的目标，”Gebolys说。“我觉得有可能吗？当然。”)”可知，作者在文中介绍了Gebolys的观点，新能源是可能在2050年实现净零的，推测作者对于新能源的普及是支持的。故选A项。 【31题详解】 主旨大意题。根据第二段“In a first, one of the two engines on the 737 Max 8 was powered entirely by fuel made from used cooking oil and waste fat from beef, pork and chicken.(首先，737 Max 8两个发动机中的一个完全由用过的食用油和牛肉、猪肉和鸡肉的废脂肪制成的燃料提供动力)”以及最后一段““Standing where we are right now, it is going to be an extremely ambitious goal to get to net zero by 2050,” Gebolys said. “Do I think it’s possible? Absolutely.”(“站在我们现在的位置，到2050年实现净零将是一个极其雄心勃勃的目标，”Gebolys说。“我觉得有可能吗？当然。”)”可知，本文主要介绍了联合航空公司的一列航班使用用过的食用油和牛肉、猪肉和鸡肉的废脂肪制成的燃料为飞机的发动机提供动力，这种新能源有可能在2050年实现净零，所以“食用油能帮助航空公司实现零排放吗？”可以作为文章标题。故选D项。 D A rogue wave measuring 58 feet tall was recorded off the coast of Vancouver Island in November 2020. It amazed the scientific community for being proportionally the most extreme rogue wave ever recorded. Rogue waves are those waves that are greater than twice the size of surrounding waves. So the size doesn’t matter; the comparison in size to other waves does. Thus, while a wave achieving a four- story height is impressive, its tallness being three times that of its surrounding waves is what landed it in the record books. The first rogue wave recorded was measured in 1995 off the coast of Norway at 84 feet (25.6 meters) with surrounding waves of about40 feet (12 meters). The record- breaking rogue wave recorded in 2020 measured almost 58 feet (17.6 meters) in comparison to surrounding waves of around 20 feet (6 meters). The rogue wave was measured by a Marine Labs buoy (浮标) about 4.3 miles off of the coast of Ucluelet, British Columbia. But how to continuously track rogue waves is a big science question. “Most research is based on a single buoy, a single location, which the wave just passes through, so we know at this moment it was this high, but we don’t know how long,” noted lead researcher Johannes Gemmrich. MarineLabs has just 26 buoys placed in the oceans surrounding North America. Rogue waves can present a danger to ships as well as the public. They often come unexpectedly, so the ship operator has little warning. If it is high enough that it can cause some damage to the ship, the operator has no time to change course. One common wrong belief Gemmrich wanted to explain is rogue waves are not to be mistaken for tsunamis. Although both are known for being large waves, the way they come about is completely different. “Rogue waves are created by wind. A tsunami is caused most commonly by an earthquake, underwater earthquake, or as we’ve seen recently a volcano eruption,” Gemmrich stated. 32. What can we say about the 2020 rogue wave? A. It is taller than the first rogue wave recorded. B. It has reached an impressive three- story height. C. It has caused more damage than the 1995 one. D. It is about three times the size of surrounding waves. 33. What makes it difficult to further study rogue waves? A. It is risky to track them. B. It is hard to measure their sizes. C. The number of buoys is very low. D. A rogue wave does not often happen. 34. Which of the following best describes a rogue wave? A. It causes many ship disasters. B. It slowly becomes out of control. C. It can be avoided by experienced operators. D. It is hard to say when it is likely to appear. 35. In what way are a rogue wave and a tsunami different from each other? A. How tall they can be. B. How they are formed. C. How they will damage ships. D. How far they’ re from the coast. 【答案】32. D 33. C 34. D 35. B 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍2020年11月，温哥华岛海岸记录到一个58英尺高的有史以来最极端的巨浪。 【32题详解】 细节理解题。由文章第一段“Thus, while a wave achieving a four- story height is impressive, its tallness being three times that of its surrounding waves is what landed it in the record books.(因此，虽然达到四层楼高的波浪令人印象深刻，但它的高度是周围波浪的三倍，这就是它被载入记录的原因。)”可知，2020年的巨浪大约是周围海浪的三倍大。故选D项。 【33题详解】 推理判断题。由文章第四段“‘Most research is based on a single buoy, a single location, which the wave just passes through, so we know at this moment it was this high, but we don’t know how long,’ noted lead researcher Johannes Gemmrich. Marine Labs has just 26 buoys placed in the oceans surrounding North America.(首席研究员Johannes Gemmrich指出：‘大多数研究都是基于一个浮标，一个波浪刚刚穿过的位置，所以我们现在知道它有这么高，但我们不知道有多长时间。’MarineLabs在北美周围的海洋中只有26个浮标。)”可推知，浮标的数量非常少，这使得进一步研究巨浪变得困难。故选C项。 【34题详解】 细节理解题。由文章第五段“Rogue waves can present a danger to ships as well as the public. They often come unexpectedly, so the ship operator has little warning. (巨浪会对船只和公众构成危险。他们经常出其不意地来，所以船主几乎没有任何预警。)”可知，巨浪经常出其不意地来，所以很难说何时会出现巨浪。故选D项。 【35题详解】 推理判断题。由文章最后一段“Although both are known for being large waves, the way they come about is completely different. (虽然两者都以巨浪而闻名，但它们的形成方式完全不同。)”和“Rogue waves are created by wind. A tsunami is caused most commonly by an earthquake, underwater earthquake, or as we’ve seen recently a volcano eruption,(巨浪是风造成的。海啸最常见的原因是地震、水下地震，或者我们最近看到的火山爆发，)”可知，巨浪和海啸形成的方式不同。故选B项。 第二节 (共5小题，每小题2.5分，满分12.5分) 阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 A wildfire is an uncontrolled fire that burns among wild land plants. Wildfires can burn in forests, grasslands, and other ecosystems, and have been doing so for hundreds of millions of years. Wildfires can start naturally or be human-made. ___36___ Wind, high temperatures, and little rainfall can all leave trees, shrubs, and fallen leaves dried out, causing a fire easily. Wildfires that burn near communities can become dangerous and even deadly if they grow out of control. For example, the 2018 Camp Fire in Butte County, California destroyed almost the whole town of Paradise. ___37___ Still, wildfires are important to the continued survival of some plants. For example, some tree cones need to be heated before they open and let out their seeds. Plants depend on wildfires in order to pass through a life cycle. ___38___ And others require fire just a few times a century for the species to continue. ___39___ They can kill insects and diseases. Fires can make way for new grasses and shrubs that provide food and living space for animal sand birds. Fires can clean up pieces of woods on the forest floor and open up space to let sunlight through to the ground. While many plants and animals need wildfires, climate change has left some ecosystems more sensitive to fires. ___40___ The historic practice of putting out all fires also has caused an unnatural buildup of shrubs, which can be riskier in causing wildfires. A. 86 people died in total. B. Ground fires can last for a long time. C. Some plants require fire every few years. D. Wildfires also help keep ecosystems healthy. E. That sunlight can give larger trees room to grow. F. Warmer temperatures have caused drought and dried-out forests. G. However, it is often weather conditions that influence a wildfire. 【答案】36. G 37. A 38. C 39. D 40. F 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了野火的概念、成因、危害以及其在生态系统中的作用，同时提到了气候变化对野火和生态系统的影响。 【36题详解】 上文“Wildfires can start naturally or be human-made.(野火可以是自然发生的，也可以是人为造成的)”介绍野火可以由自然因素或人为因素引发，下文“Wind, high temperatures, and little rainfall can all leave trees, shrubs, and fallen leaves dried out, causing a fire easily.(风、高温和少雨都会使树木、灌木和落叶干燥，容易引起火灾)”介绍了天气条件对野火的影响。G选项“然而，通常是天气条件影响野火”承上启下，既承接了上文野火的成因，又引出了下文天气条件对野火的具体影响，上下文语意连贯。故选G项。 【37题详解】 上文“For example, the 2018 Camp Fire in Butte County, California destroyed almost the whole town of Paradise.(例如，2018年加利福尼亚州巴特县的营火几乎摧毁了整个天堂镇)”提到2018加利福尼亚州巴特县野火案例。A选项“86 people died in total(总共有86人死亡)”承接上文，说明这场野火带来的人员伤亡，与上文内容紧密相连。故选A项。 【38题详解】 上文“some tree cones need to be heated before they open and let out their seeds. Plants depend on wildfires in order to pass through a life cycle.(有些树的球果需要加热才能打开并释放种子。植物依靠野火来度过生命周期)”提到一些植物依赖野火来完成生命周期。下文“And others require fire just a few times a century for the species to continue.(而另一些物种一个世纪只需要几次火就能延续下去)”则提到其他植物需要火灾的频率不同。C选项“一些植物每隔几年就需要火灾”承接上文，既承接了上文植物依赖野火的情况，又引出了下文其他植物对火灾的不同需求，上下文语意连贯。故选C项。 【39题详解】 设空句是段首主题句。根据下文“They can kill insects and diseases. Fires can make way for new grasses and shrubs that provide food and living space for animal sand birds. Fires can clean up pieces of woods on the forest floor and open up space to let sunlight through to the ground.(它们可以杀死昆虫和疾病。火灾可以为新的草和灌木让路，为动物和鸟类提供食物和生活空间。火可以清理森林地面上的木头碎片，打开空间让阳光照射到地面)”可知，本段主要介绍了野火对生态系统的积极作用。故障D选项“野火也有助于保持生态系统的健康”很好地总结了本段内容。故选D项。 【40题详解】 上文“climate change has left some ecosystems more sensitive to fires.(但气候变化使一些生态系统对火灾更加敏感)”提到气候变化使一些生态系统对火灾更加敏感，F选项“Warmer temperatures have caused drought and dried-out forests.(气温升高导致了干旱和森林干燥)”对此进行了举例说明，说明气候变化给生态系统带来的影响，上下文语意连贯。故选F项。 第三部分 语言运用(共两节，满分30分) 第一节 (共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分) 阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 I like travel photography. It is a huge part of my trip and I’m ___41___ without my camera. So please ___42___ how worried I was while sailing around the Thai Islands, when my camera was out of ___43___! The very minute I stepped off that boat I was off to find a new ___44___. It was clear that I couldn’t ___45___ without a decent (像样的) camera. I had ___46___ at a store just before I set off for Cambodia. When I arrived at Angkor Wat, I took out my new camera ___47___ and went to ___48___ my first photo of the beautiful temples. But when I checked the photos, the screen was black. Every photo I took was black! I had been very ___49___ and had gotten a broken camera! Being very ___50___, I argued with the seller over the phone, but in the end, I ___51___ and bought a third camera. It was a ___52___ decision, as it cost me $700, but it turned out to be the best decision I made on that trip, especially since I went on safari in East Africa and had a good time ___53___ wildlife. Those photos were very good. I ___54___ that it’s worthwhile to spend time and money on something you really ___55___ on that trip. Sometimes things don’t always go as planned, but it’s important to keep doing what you like. 41. A. nervous B. excited C. ashamed D. confident 42. A. decide B. record C. imagine D. explain 43. A. order B. date C. sight D. production 44. A. camera B. job C. boat D. place 45. A. get up B. carry on C. hold back D. run away 46. A. plans B. fun C. questions D. success 47. A. secretly B. suddenly C. mistakenly D. carefully 48. A. show B. sell C. take D. watch 49 A. honest B. uncertain C. kind D. unlucky 50. A. relaxed B. bored C. angry D. amazed 51. A. grew up B. gave in C. set off D. looked around 52. A. wrong B. smart C. difficult D. quick 53. A. photographing B. feeding C. protecting D. studying 54. A. doubted B. heard C. replied D. learned 55. A. forget B. enjoy C. regret D. own 【答案】41. A 42. C 43. A 44. A 45. B 46. D 47. D 48. C 49. D 50. C 51. B 52. C 53. A 54. D 55. B 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者喜欢旅行摄影，旅行时相机坏了，买了一台新相机又坏了，和店家理论后又买了一台新相机，虽然心疼价钱，但最终拍到了好照片，这次旅行经历让作者明白了坚持做热爱的事有多重要。 【41题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：这是我这次旅行的重要组成部分，没有相机我很紧张。A. nervous紧张的；B. excited兴奋的；C. ashamed羞愧的；D. confident自信的。根据上文“It is a huge part of my trip(这是我旅行中很重要的一部分)”和下文“how worried I was while sailing around the Thai Islands(在泰国群岛航行时我有多担心)”可知，旅途中没有相机会让作者感到紧张不安。故选A项。 【42题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：所以请想象一下，当我在泰国群岛航行时，当我的相机坏了的时候，我有多担心!A. decide决定；B. record记录；C. imagine想象；D. explain解释。根据下文“how worried I was while sailing around the Thai Islands(在泰国群岛航行时我有多担心)”可知，此处是指请“想象”一下这种情况。故选C项。 【43题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. order顺序、条理；B. date日期；C. sight视力；D. production生产。根据空格前的out of和下文“I took out my new camera(我拿出我的新相机)”可知，作者的相机坏了，此处用名词order构成短语out of order表示“出故障”。故选A项。 【44题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：我一下船就去找新相机了。A. camera相机；B. job工作；C. boat船；D. place地方。根据下文“I took out my new camera(我拿出我的新相机)”可知，此处是指去找新的“相机”。故选A项。 【45题详解】 考查动词短语辨析。句意：很明显，没有一台像样的相机，我无法继续工作。A. get up起床；B. carry on开展；C. hold back阻止；D. run away跑开。根据下文“without a decent (像样的) camera(没有像样的相机)”可知，此处是指没有相机很难“开展”工作。故选B项。 46题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：就在我动身去柬埔寨之前，我在一家商店成功了。A. plans计划；B. fun乐趣；C. questions问题；D. success成功。根据下文“I took out my new camera(我拿出我的新相机)”可知，作者应该是指成功找到了新的相机。故选D项。 【47题详解】 考查副词词义辨析。句意：当我到达吴哥窟时，我小心翼翼地拿出我的新相机，去拍我的第一张美丽的寺庙照片。A. secretly秘密地；B. suddenly突然地；C. mistakenly错误地；D. carefully仔细地。根据上文第5题可知，作者应该很重视相机，再根据上文“I took out my new camera(我拿出我的新相机)”，此处应该是“小心翼翼地”拿出相机，符合语境。故选D项。 【48题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. show展示；B. sell出售；C. take拍照；D. watch观看。结合上文第7题分析，再根据下文的photo可知，拿出相机后应该是“拍”照片。故选C项。 【49题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我真是太倒霉了，相机坏了!A. honest诚实的；B. uncertain不确定的；C. kind友好的；D. unlucky倒霉的、不幸的。根据下文“a broken camera”可知，相机坏了，所以就认为是“倒霉的”。故选D项。 【50题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我很生气，在电话里和卖家吵了起来，但最后我还是让步了，买了第三台相机。A. relaxed放松的；B. bored厌倦的；C. angry生气的；D. amazed惊讶的。根据下文“I argued with the seller over the phone(我在电话里和卖家吵了起来)”可知，作者很“生气”。故选C项。 【51题详解】 考查动词短语辨析。句意：同上。A. grew up成长；B. gave in屈服、让步；C. set off 启程；D. looked around四处看看。根据下文“and bought a third camera(买了第三台相机)”可知，最后作者还是“让步”了。故选B项。 【52题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：这是一个艰难的决定，因为它花了我700美元，但事实证明这是我在那次旅行中做出的最好的决定，特别是因为我在东非进行了狩猎旅行，并在拍摄野生动物方面度过了愉快的时光。A. wrong错误的；B. smart聪明的；C. difficult困难的；D. quick迅速的。根据下文“as it cost me $700(因为它花了我700美元)”可知，此处是指一个“艰难的”决定。故选C项。 【53题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. photographing摄影；B. feeding饲养；C. protecting保护；D. studying学习。根据下文“Those photos were very good.(那些照片拍得很好。)”可知，此处是指“拍摄”野生动物。故选A项。 【54题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：我学到了在旅行中花时间和金钱在你真正喜欢的事情上是值得的。A. doubted怀疑；B. heard听到；C. replied回答；D. learned学习。根据下文“it’s worthwhile to spend time and money on something(在某事上花时间和金钱是值得的)”可知，这应该是作者在旅行中“学到”的。故选D项。 【55题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. forget忘记；B. enjoy喜欢；C. regret后悔；D. own拥有。根据上文第14题分析和空格前的something可知，此处指在旅途中“喜欢”的事情。故选B项。 第Ⅱ卷 第二节 (共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分) 阅读下列短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 I read a book called You’ re Not Listening by Kate Murphy. It was designed ___56___(make) the reader a better listener. You know when you catch yourself ___57___(do) something you remember your own parents doing? ___58___(I) was a “mmhmm” sort of noise. I made it when my son was talking about the___59___(high) of the Spinosaurus. “Mmhmm.” Out it came. The noise. From me. I did that to pretend I was listening, but I wasn’t. At that moment, I realized my parents hadn’t really listened to anything I had said ___60___I was about 32. ___61___(apparent), the people who are in our lives every day are the ones we become the least curious ___62___, so they are the first people we stop really listening to. In addition, listening to a child ___63___(be) like visiting a museum: full of ___64___(fantasy) things. I had been terrible at listening, so I decided to improve this after reading the book. Now I’ve realized how few of the people I talk to are paying attention to me. Surely life was far ____65____(sweet) before I noticed this. 【答案】56. to make 57. doing 58. Mine 59. height 60. until 61. Apparently 62. about 63. is 64. fantastic 65. sweeter 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。作者通过阅读Kate Murphy的书《You’re Not Listening》意识到自己之前不善倾听，并决定在之后的生活中改善这一问题。 【56题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：它被设计成让读者成为一个更好的倾听者。be designed to do是固定搭配，意为“被设计用于做某事”，其中不定式作目的状语。故填to make。 【57题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：你知道当你发现自己正在做你记得你父母做过的事情时吗？catch sb doing sth是固定短语，表示“发现某人正在做某事”，其中do应用动名词形式，作宾语补足语。故填doing。 【58题详解】 考查代词。句意：我的是“嗯嗯”之类的声音。提示词作主语，结合句意，指代“我所记得的父母做过的事情”，应用名词性物主代词mine作主语；句首单词首字母大写。故填Mine。 【59题详解】 考查名词。句意：当我儿子在谈论棘龙的身高时，我发出了“嗯嗯”的声音。根据句意及空前的定冠词the可知，空处需填名词height作宾语，意为“身高”。故填height。 【60题详解】 考查连词。句意：在那一刻，我意识到，在我大约32岁之前，我的父母从未真正听过我说的任何事情。not ...until...是固定搭配，意为“直到……才……；在……之前没有……”，until引导时间状语从句。故填until。 【61题详解】 考查副词。句意：显然，我们生活中每天都在接触的人，是我们最不好奇的人，所以他们是我们最先停止真正倾听的人。修饰整个句子，用副词apparently作评注性状语，意为“显然”；句首单词首字母大写。故填Apparently。 【62题详解】 考查介词。句意同上。(be) curious about是固定短语，表示“对……好奇”。故填about。 【63题详解】 考查时态和主谓一致。句意：此外，听孩子说话就像参观博物馆一样：充满了奇妙的东西。提示词be作谓语，是系动词，陈述客观事实，应用一般现在时，主语listening to a child是动名词短语，表示单数意义，be动词应用is。故填is。 【64题详解】 考查形容词。句意同上。提示词修饰名词things，用形容词fantastic作定语，意为“奇妙的”。故填fantastic。 【65题详解】 考查形容词比较级。句意：当然，在我注意到这一点之前，生活要甜蜜得多。根据“before I noticed this”可知，作者把现在与过去进行了对比，结合空格前副词far(非常；远远)可知，应使用形容词比较级sweeter作表语，表示“更甜蜜”。故填sweeter。 第四部分 写作(共两节，满分40分) 第一节 应用文写作(满分15分) 66. 假定你是李华，上周日你校举行了第六届校园科技节。请你为校英文报写一篇英文报道，内容包括： 1．活动目的; 2．活动内容; 3．活动反响。 注意： 1．写作词数应为80词左右。 2．可以适当补充细节，使行文连贯合理。 The 6th Campus Sci- Tech Festival ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】 The 6th Campus Sci- Tech Festival Aimed at increasing students’ knowledge and interest in science, the 6th Campus SciTech Festival kicked off last Sunday in our school. A diversity of activities were carried out during the festival. A series of lectures centered on the latest developments in science attracting hundreds of students. In addition, a large number of students’ works were showcased, such as model airplanes and a robot which can classify rubbish automatically. What’s more, a classroom- decoration competition was held, which was truly excellent and showed off students’ creative talent. The festival is an incredible platform for engaging students and teachers and has been spoken highly of. Not only has it broaden our scientific knowledge, but also it has stimulated our creativity and enthusiasm in science. 【解析】 【导语】本篇书面表达属于应用文，要求考生为校英文报写一篇英文报道上周日你校举行了第六届校园科技节。内容包括：活动目的、活动内容和活动反响。 【详解】1.词汇积累 吸引：attract →appeal to 此外：in addition→besides 能够：can→ be able to 难以置信的：incredible →unbelievable 2.句式拓展 简单句变复合句 原句： Aimed at increasing students’ knowledge and interest in science, the 6th Campus SciTech Festival kicked off last Sunday in our school. 拓展句：The 6th Campus SciTech Festival, which was aimed at increasing students’ knowledge and interest in science, kicked off last Sunday in our school. 【点睛】【高分句型1】 In addition, a large number of students’ works were showcased, such as model airplanes and a robot which can classify rubbish automatically. （运用了which引导的定语从句） 【高分句型2】 Not only has it broaden our scientific knowledge, but also it has stimulated our creativity and enthusiasm in science.（运用了not only放句首构成的部分倒装） 第二节 读后续写 (满分25分) 67. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。 A New Addition to the Family For the initial ten years of his life, Victor was the prince of the household. As he was an only child, his parents petted him and showered all their love and attention on him. Whatever toys his parents bought, they were always meant for him. Whatever food was in the refrigerator, there was no one to compete with him to polish it off first. Victor could leave his toys or books around the house with complete ease of mind, knowing that there was no one who would get their hands on his belongings and cause any damage. However, all that was to change overnight when Victor’s parents brought back his new baby sister, Lina, from the hospital. With her rosy cheeks, wide open eyes and angelic smile, Lina caught the hearts of her parents, grandparents and relatives. Everyone focused their attention on the cute bunch of joy. Whenever she cried, her mother or father would rush to her bed. She simply cried because she wanted to be carried. There was little time left for Victor. Now that Victor’s mother had his baby sister to take care of, she expected Victor himself to do most of the chores he can do. Victor was asked to clean his own room, iron his own school uniform and clean his own shoes. Before Lina’s arrival, he had never lifted a finger to help out with these tasks. The whole family also went out less because it was unhealthy to expose Lina to the bacteria(细菌) being in the outside world too often. Victor felt neglected by his parents. He felt that they loved Lina more than him. As a result, he tried to attract his parents’ attention by becoming resistant. One evening, Victor’s parents were called up by his teacher because Victor had got into a fight at school. His teacher had noticed Victor’s behaviour and work attitude changing downwards in the past two months. Before that, he had been a model student. 注意：1.续写词数应为150左右； 2.请按如下格式在答题卡相应位置作答。 Upon hearing the teacher’s feedback, Victor’s parents got lost in thought. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Victor realized that his parents still cared for him. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】 Upon hearing the teacher’s feedback, Victor’s parents got lost in thought. Since their second child Linda was born, they have devoted all their attention to her. To some degree, they neglected victor’s feelings. After all, he wanted to share the love from parents with Linda. So they made a decision that they should treat the two children equally. Gradually, something changed in the family. After school Victor often found some delicious food and new toys on his desk. When he did his homework, his father came to his room and sat beside him, reading a book quietly, which made him comfortable and warm. At that time, his mother was taking care of his sister Linda. After he finished his homework, his mother asked him to play with Linda. Seeing her sweet smile, he felt so happy. Victor realized that his parents still cared for him.So he was determined to help his parents take good care of his sister. Having finished his homework, he learned to clean their rooms and do all the chores that he could. While his mother was cooking, he played with his sister happily. He came to realize that he should take responsibility for the family because he grew up. 【解析】 【分析】本文以一个小男孩Victor的感受为线索展开，讲述了在Victor的妹妹Linda出生以后，父母将全部的注意力集中到她身上，这让他感到被忽略，因此他用对抗来引起父母的注意。最后父母也意识到这一点，就做出改变，让Victor重新感受到父母的爱。 【详解】1.段落续写： ①由第一段首句内容“听到老师的反馈，父母陷入沉思”可知，第一段可描写父母对自己行为的反省。 ②由第二段首句内容“Victor意识到父母仍旧关爱他”可知，第二段可描写Victor感受到父母仍旧爱他后的积极行动。 2.续写线索：沉思——反省——改变——陪孩子——感受到爱——回报 3.词汇激活 行为类 ①全身心投入：devote all one’s attention to / put one’s heart into ②决定：make a decision/ make up one’s mind ③.照看：take care of / look after 情绪类 ①感到高兴：feel happy/ feel pleased ②幸福地：happily / merrily 【点睛】[高分句型1]. So they made a decision that they should treat the two children equally.(运用同位语从句） [高分句型2]. Having finished his homework, he learned to clean their rooms and do all the chores that he could. (运用现在分词作状语以及定语从句） 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$听力部分，该部分分为第一第二两节。注意回答听力部分时，请先将答案标在试卷上。听力部分结束前，你将有两分钟的时间将你的答案转涂到客观题答题卡上。现在是听力试音时间。Hello, international friends club. can I help you? Oh, hello. I read about your club in the paper today, and I thought i'd phone to find out a bit more. Yes, certainly. Well, we're sort of a social club for people from different countries. It's quite a new club. We have about fifty members at the moment, but we're growing all the time. That sounds interesting. I'm british actually. And I came to washington about three months ago. I'm looking for ways to meet people, uh, what kinds of events to organize? Well, we have a social get togethers and sports events, and we also have language evenings. Could you tell me something about the language evenings? Yes, every day, except thursday, we have a language evening. People can come and practice their languages, you know, over a drinker, something we have different languages on different evenings, monday spanish, tuesday italian, wednesday german and friday french. On thursdays, we usually have a meal in a restaurant for anyone who wants to come. Well, that sounds great. I really need to practice my french. okay? Well, if you can just give me your name and address, i'll send you the form and some more information. If you join now, you can have . the first month free试音到此结束，听力考试正式开始。请看听力部分第一节，第一节听下面5段对话，每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的ABC3个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题，每段对话仅读一遍。例如现在你有5秒钟的时间看试卷上的例题。你将听到以下内容。excuse me, can you tell me how much the shirt is? Yes, it's nine pounds, fifteen pints. 你有5秒钟的时间将正确答案标在试卷上。衬衫的价格为九磅15便士，所以你选择C项并在试卷上将其标出。现在你有5秒钟的时间阅读第一小题的有关内容。We are planning to visit some places of interest in beijing. Do you have some advice? The great wall is a must since you have toured around the forbidden city and the summer palace before. Thank you. Would you like to go to the cinema this evening? I wish I could make IT, but I have had a basketball match. I am really exhausted. Which path do you prefer? The smooth one or the adventurer one? The matter IT is a shortcut to the mountain top. Besides, we can get a breath taking view of the lake alongside. That's a good idea. and. I'd like to buy the house with such a good design, and it's also close to your workplace. Oh, yes, I couldn't agree more, but i'm afraid we don't have enough savings. This is to confirm the appointment we made to meet at your office at ten AM on monday, february twenty fifth. thanks. I've made the time available. It's just in a week. 第一节到此结束，第二节听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的ABC3个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟。听完后各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间，每段对话或独白读两遍。听下面一段对话，回答第六至第7两个小题。现在你有10秒钟的时间阅读这两个小题。Have you thought much about your future career? I would love to work in the film industry. I love the movies. Do you want to be an actor, director or something else? Actually, i'm more interested in the business part of making movies. I'd like to be a producer. great. Do you plan to apply for a job in film after graduation? Yes, I planned to move to los Angeles and apply for film jobs after a few years. I'd like to go back to university for a masters degree to enhances my capability. Sounds like a good plan. Wish you all the best. Have you thought much about your future career? I would love to work in the film industry. I love the movies. Do you want to be an actor, director or something else? Actually, i'm more interested in the business part of making movies. I'd like to be a producer. great. Do you plan to apply for a job in film after graduation? Yes, I plan to move to los Angeles and apply for film jobs after a few years. I'd like to go back to university for a masters degree to enhance my capability. Sounds like a good plan. Wish you all the best. 听下面一段对话，回答第八至第9两个小题。现在你有10秒钟的时间阅读这两个小题。Andrew, would you like to join our beach clean up this saturday, some college friends and die organizing IT maybe. Linda, i've ever done a beach cleanup before. What do you do? We walk around the beach collecting trash that people have left behind. We pick up plastic bags, glass bottles and more. What do you do with the trash? We usually take IT to a recycling station, but this time we are giving IT to our colleges art department. They will use the trash for an art exhibit later. What time are you leaving for the beach on saturday? We'll meet at the downtown train station at seven thirty A. M. That's early, but i'm sure IT would be a great cause. Sign me up. Andrew. Would you like to join our beach? Clean up this saturday, some college friends and die organizing IT. Maybe, Linda, i've ever done a beach cleanup before. What do you do? We walk around the beach collecting trash that people have left behind. We pick up plastic bags, glass bottles and more. What do you do with the trash? We usually take IT to a recycling station, but this time we are giving IT to our colleges art department. They will use the trash for an art exhibit later. What time are you leaving for the beach on saturday? We'll need at the downtown train station at seven thirty AM. That's early, but i'm sure IT would be a great cause. Sign me up. 听下面一段对话，回答第十至第十二三个小题。现在你有15秒钟的时间阅读这三个小题。Hello, M. K. Television studios. May I help you? Hello, this is roy. I'm calling because I saw an ad in the school newspaper. IT says there is some work available for a student who wants to work on your local news program. right? But do you know the student we want as a volunteer? It's an unpaid job. Oh, sure. I know that. I just want to gain some work experience. Are you available on weekends? We are extremely busy at that time and need more hands. Of course, I am free on weekends and I have no classes on wednesday and friday. That's great. Well, is your major media? No journalism, but i've taken some media courses. I see. First, do you need to fill in an application form? Could you come here later this afternoon? Of course . that great. Then you have to talk with mr. smith. He is in charge of the program. I know, and actually I can't wait to see him. Wish you good luck. Hello, M. K. Television studios. May I help you? Hello, this is roy. I'm calling because I saw an ad in the school newspaper. IT says there is some work available for a student who wants to work on your local news program. right? But do you know the student we want is a volunteer? Is an unpaid job? Oh, sure. I know that. I just want to gain some work experience. Are you available on weekends? We are extremely busy at that time and need more hands. Of course, I am free on weekends, and I have no classes on wednesday and friday. That's great. Well, is your major media? No journalism. But i've taken some media courses. I see. First, do you need to fill in an application form? Could you come here later this afternoon? Of course. that great. Then you have to talk with mr. smith. He is in charge of the program. I know. And actually I can't wait to see him. Wish you good luck. 听下面一段对话，回答第13至第16 4个小题。现在你有20秒钟的时间阅读这四个小题。Hi, Steve. Thanks for coming to my housewarming party. Hello, sue. Thanks for inviting me to see your lovely new home. It's beautiful. Thank you. I'm really excited to have a house of my own after living in the city for ten years, and i'm glad you like IT. Did you decorate your house all by yourself? Yes, I did. I traveled around europe for two weeks last year. I got some beautiful furniture for my house there. That's great. I also heard that indoor decorations with chinese elements are quite popular these days. Maybe you can have a try. yeah. My friend in china sent me some pictures of beautiful faces the other day, and I am planning to visit china for a month this summer. I will be fun, go shopping there and find something for my new house. By the way, please help yourself to the refreshments. thanks. The food looks delicious. Hi, Steve. Thanks for coming to my housewarming party. Hello, sue. Thanks for inviting me to see your lovely new home. It's beautiful. Thank you. I'm really excited to have a house of my own after living in the city for ten years. And i'm glad you like IT. Did you decorate your house all by yourself? Yes, I did. I traveled around europe e for two weeks last year. I got some beautiful furniture for my house there. That's great. I also heard that indoor decorations with chinese elements are quite popular these days. Maybe you can have a try. yeah. My friend in china sent me some pictures of beautiful faces the other day, and I am planning to visit china for a month this summer. I will be fun, go shopping there and find something for my new house. By the way, please help yourself to the refreshments. thanks. The food looks delicious. 听下面一段独白，回答第17至第24个小题。现在你有20秒钟的时间阅读这四个小题。Good evening, everyone. Thank you for coming to the soccer club meeting. It's good to see so many parents and children here tonight, and I know you are looking forward to a great football season. Now i'd like to take a few minutes to tell you about some changes to the soccer club for the coming season. This season, we'll have more teams than ever. We hope to have ten teams instead of five in the junior competition, and they will play on saturday mornings beginning. And eight thirty AM training sessions will be held in king's park on wednesday afternoon for the juniors, and they will be wearing red shirts again this year. In the senior competition, there will be four teams the same as last year, and their games will be played on saturday afternoons, starting at two thirty. No, sorry, IT will be a two o'clock start and the training session for seniors as planned for sunday afternoons. Now before we finish, does anyone have any questions to ask the new committee? Good evening, everyone. Thank you for coming to the soccer club meeting. It's good to see so many parents and children here tonight, and I know you are looking forward to a great football season. Now i'd like to take a few minutes to tell you about some changes to the soccer club for the coming season. This season, we'll have more teams than ever. We hope to have ten teams instead of five in the junior competition, and they will play on saturday mornings beginning. And eight thirty AM training sessions will be held in king's park on wednesday afternoon for the juniors, and they will be wearing red shirts again this year. In the senior competition, there will be four teams the same as last year, and their games will be played on saturday afternoons, starting at two thirty. No, sorry, IT will be a two o'clock start, and the training session for seniors is planned for sunday afternoon. Now before we finish, does anyone have any questions to ask the new committee? 第二节到此结束，现在你有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到客观题答题卡上。听力部分到此结束。