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武汉市洪山高级中学2027届高一第一学期9月考试 英 语 试 卷 命题人： 试题分值：150分 考试时长：120分钟 2024.09.18 ★祝考试顺利★ 注意事项： 1．答题前，先将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在试卷和答题卡上，并将准考证号条形码贴在答题卡上的指定位置。 2．选择题的作答：每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。写在试卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。 3．非选择题的作答：用黑色签字笔直接答在答题卡上对应的答题区域内。写在试卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。 4．考试结束后，请将本试卷和答题卡一并上交。 第一部分　听力(共两节，满分30分) 做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。 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。 例：How much is the shirt? A. £ 19. 15. B. £ 9. 18. C. £ 9. 15. 答案是 C。 1. How will the man go to the train station tonight? A. By car. B. On foot. C. By bus. 2. How did the woman feel about her life? A. Worried. B. Bored. C.Satisfied. 3. What has led Amy to success? A. Her intelligence. B. Her luck. C. Her effort. 4. What do we know about the woman? A. She works as a tutor at night. B. She got a pay raise recently. C. She has a well-paid job. 5. What hat is the man looking for? A. The one with stars. B.The cowboy hat. C. The one with a baseball logo. 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。 听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。 6. Where does the conversation take place? A. At a hotel. B. At an airport. C. At a travel agency. 7. What day is it today? A. Thursday. B. Wednesday. C. Tuesday. 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。 8. What do we know about Westminster Abbey? A. It's the oldest building in Britain . B. It was built in various styles. C. The prime minister lives in it. 9. What is happening to the Tower Bridge? A. It is moving down. B. It is giving way to a ship. C. It is blocking a ship. 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。 10. How long did the man study in Australia? A. For a year. B. For 3 years. C. For 5 years. 11. Where is the man from? A. Canada. B. Japan. C. America. 12. Where do American teenagers like to hold parties? A. In their classrooms. B. At their own houses. C. In the local pubs. 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。 13. Who is likely to be at the top of his class this year? A. Jason. B.Jack. C. Mark. 14. What is Jason’s dream? A. Becoming a professor. B. Making money from sports. C. Going to Harvard University. 15. What is Mark interested in? A. Law. B. Baseball. C. Football. 16. What is the woman's suggestion for the man? A. To make future plans for Jason. B. To have a talk with Mark. C. To have a talk with his wife. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。 17. Where can you most probably hear this talk? A. In a class of the Greek language. B. In a class of the French language. C. In a class of the English language. 18. How long does the class last? A. 30 weeks. B. 15 weeks. C. 13 weeks. 19. What is “the shortcut” to learning words according to the speaker? A. Taking more courses. B. Learning how words are formed. C. Reading basic words aloud. 20. Why is the class popular? A. It helps to master useful rules. B. It’s taught by Professor Morris. C. It is offered at a given time. 第二部分 阅读 (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, 从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A At Cambridge, rather than choosing a hall of residence or dormitory, you live in a Cambridge College. There are 29 undergraduate Colleges. Each College has its own services. facilities and community. Applying for accommodation You don't need to apply for accommodation separately. If you're offered a place to study, you will automatically get a room in College accommodation for your first year. Accommodation is guaranteed for 3 or 4 years for international students. This accommodation will be in College-owned property. Typically, you won't have to pay 12 months of rent per year. Our accommodation contracts (合同) are around 27 to 39 weeks. Cost of accommodation Accommodation costs vary from College to College. They also usually depend on the size of your room. Your accommodation costs will usually cover: •water, electricity and heating •cleaning •internet access •basic self-catering (自助膳食) facilities Where you will live During term time, you will need to live within a 3-mile radius (半径) of Cambridge city centre. You can live outside of this area if you get permission from your College or if you're studying abroad as part of your course. If you think you'll need to live outside of the 3-mile radius, you should contact a College to talk about your options before you apply. College student life and support Your College is where you do a lot of your studying and socializing. Register and click to find out about College facilities and student life on the College pages. 21. What is an advantage of Cambridge College accommodation? A. It is eco-friendly. B. It is money-saving. C. It is self-tailored. D. It is energy-efficient. 22. A student can live outside of the required area during term time if he/she_________. A. plans to travel abroad B. prefers more privacy C. takes an optional course D. gains college approval 23. Where is the text probably taken from? A. A college brochure. B. An admission letter. C. A university website. D. A property rental ad. B Several years ago, I read about William Helmreich walking every street in New York City. I thought, “I can do that for Montreal.” With little hesitation, I devoted the next five years of my life to the project. I never walked through any shabby (破旧的) neighborhoods. From one end of my map to the other, all houses were well looked after. People went to great lengths to decorate their homes, and with this came one of the great pleasures of my walks: the different measures they took to decorate their frontage(正面). I discovered that pigs are a popular decorative element throughout the city. The type that is dressed up as humans, I mean. I saw pigs wearing dresses, shirts, and even swimming costumes. Every outing has its wonders. Never assume a neighborhood has little of interest to offer. You must be trained to seek out strange things. Otherwise, you might never spot the clothes on the sidewalks. If I stopped to collect everything I saw lying around abandoned, I could fit out a small country. Where did they come from? How did people lose their shoes while walking out ? A puzzle. As my project progressed, I felt like I owned the city. I could get off at any subway station and my feet remembered the route to the best shops. There was enough fun in my walks that I’d have a few laughs and feel more light-hearted than when I left. Anyone can get in on this walking game. I admit with some shame. I used to huddle (蜷缩) in my part of town, feeling isolated, but walking its streets has truly opened my eyes to Montreal’s full menu. Now I’m quite satisfied with what I obtain. So just head to a neighborhood to nose around. I can assure you that you’ll feel like a pioneer with the discoveries you bring back. 24. Why did the author decide to walk the streets of Montreal? A. She wanted to collect strange things. B. She wanted to do some research. C. She had to conduct a project. D. She drew inspiration from an article. 25. What do we know about the neighborhoods in Montreal? A. The shabby houses are abandoned. B. People enjoy dressing up as pigs. C. People enjoy decorating their houses. D. All the houses are equal in length. 26. What amazed the author during her trips? A. The houses in good condition. B. The clothes left on sidewalks. C. The routes of subway stations. D. The animals walking on the streets. 27. How did the author feel on her walk? A. Cheerful and content. B. Excited and energetic. C. Relieved and grateful. D. Puzzled and upset. C What if you threw a party and nobody came, but that's exactly what you expected? That's precisely what famous physicist Stephen Hawking did on June 28, 2009. He rented a space at Cambridge University and got balloons and decorations. Then he sat in the empty room for a few hours and left. Essentially, Hawking's time travel party was held for our future generations, should they ever solve the mystery of time travel, one of the biggest challenges in modern physics. The setup may seem silly, but Hawking was actually experimenting. That's because our current knowledge of physics does not strictly forbid time travel. Indeed, in some cases, it's clearly allowed. The general theory of relativity provides several situations that might enable time travel into the past. One involves a limitlessly long cylinder（圆柱体）, which rotates（旋转）fast enough to allow you to travel a path around it and end up in the past. Another is the creation of a worm hole with different time at each end, allowing you to travel down one end and exit into the past. Since nobody showed up to Hawking's time travel party, we have a few possible conclusions: 1. Time travel into the past is allowed, but we figure it out so far into the future that Hawking's invitation doesn't survive long enough. 2. Time travel into the past is allowed, but we never figure it out. Maybe our human intelligence isn't quite powerful enough to detect the deeper mysteries of the universe. 3. Time travel into the past is allowed, but there are rules. Maybe it is exceptionally complicated to build a time machine, or we can send signals into the past, but not entire persons. Of course, if someone from the future had shown up, it would've been a big deal. But, as experiments go, Hawking's party wasn't a total failure. In this case, it showed that the mystery of time travel will remain unsolved-at least for the time being. 28. Why did Stephen Hawking throw the party? A. To celebrate a breakthrough. B. To benefit future generations. C. To welcome certain visitors. D. To test a physics assumption. 29. What does paragraph 3 mainly discuss about time travel into the past? A. Its vital significance. B. Its possible methods. C. Its potential influence. D. Its practical applications. 30. What possibly led to nobody coming to Hawking's party? A. Lost invitation. B. Disturbed signals. C. Powerful intelligence. D. Insufficient attention. 31. What does the author think of Hawking's party? A. It was valuable. B. It was impractical. C. It was confusing. D. It was frightening. D Since the mid-1990s, tourists have paid storm-chasers to take them to places in the American Great Plains where they expect to see tornadoes (龙卷风), whose winds may top 250 miles an hour and can clear a pathway a mile wide and 50 miles long. Why, a reasonable follow-up question might go, would anyone want to get so close to something so disruptive? These tourists, a study found, characterized their relationship to severe weather as a “passion”, describing their feelings about tornadoes using words like “enjoyment”, “fascination” and “love”. But the main motivator seemed to be simple: Twisters are cool. America has many more tornadoes than any other country, and its people have long regarded twisters with a mix of fear, awe and thrilled pleasure. Fast-moving and dramatic, tornadoes have been irresistible parts for popular entertainment. One needn’t be an extreme-weather enthusiast, however, to take a brief and far-less dangerous tour: of culture tornadoes have inspired and of the transformation of American society’s feelings about these storms from fear to excitement. European colonists (殖民者) in the future United States were fascinated - and sometimes horrified - by their new land’s weather. In the Early Republic, some people began to write about tornadoes in terms of awe, and to produce art that explored the phenomenon’s natural beauty. Since the 1930s, American tornadoes have been less deadly: the country has much better early-warning systems, fewer people live in rural areas and tornado activity has largely shifted from the southeast to the thinly-populated Great Plains. Storm-chasing-a scientific, thrill-seeking activity that most Americans found out about via the 1996 film Twister, is still incomprehensible to many who don’t practice it. “I find it difficult to explain to someone who hasn’t chased what forces us to seek pleasure from risk,” wrote Jennifer Henderson, a crazy storm-chaser, characterizing her feelings while chasing as “a sense of exposure and revelation (揭露) tightly coupled”. 32. What does the underlined word “disruptive” in the first paragraph mean? A. Amazing. B. Ruinous. C. Essential. D. Complicated. 33. What do we learn about tornadoes in America? A. They are small high-speed weather events. B. They are less common in American history. C. They have aroused interest in weather tours. D. They are less dangerous than normally supposed. 34. Why did tornadoes become less harmful in America? A. The population of America declined dramatically. B. The tornadoes didn’t exist in the southeastern area. C. The natural disaster warning got improved. D. The environment was damaged by colonists. 35. Which of the following is the best title for the text? A. The Thrill of Storm Chasing B. The Tour of Watching Tornadoes C. The Formation of Tornadoes D. A Unique Phenomenon in Nature 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。选项中有两项为多余选项。 How to handle changes in your friendship group? Friends are important. From time to time, however, the balance in friendships can change. One of the biggest reasons is that someone new joins the group. 36 The good news is that there are ways to navigate the ups and downs of friendships while remaining part of a positive, happy, and supportive circle. Keep an open mind Changes in friendship groups can be unsettling, especially if everything had been going well beforehand. You might be concerned things feel awkward or different, or that you might become jealous if a new person joins your circle. 37 You can’t stop your friends having new people in their lives, so try to see encounters with fresh faces as an exciting opportunity. Widen your circle If your best friends seem to stop being interested in you and appear to be investing all their time in a new friend, take time to think about the situation before rushing to confront（对峙）them. 38 Having different friends is a positive thing, so if it’s the case that they’re welcoming new people into the fold, try to make peace with it and think about how you can make other friends, too. 39 Recognize that they and you will have a mixture of pals and they’ll enhance your life in different ways. Know your worth Friends are amazing and can carry you through good and bad times, but you’re not defined by others, and you deserve people who want to be in your life. Everyone changes, and there might come a time when friends no longer wish to spend time with you. 40 Keep your head held high, walk tall, and stay true to your authentic self. Remember that real friends value you for who and what you are. A. Help your friends be open-minded. B. Imagine how you’d feel if you were left alone. C. This doesn’t mean giving up on your best friends. D. Even if you can’t change their minds, you can keep your dignity. E. Remind yourself that friendships develop throughout life - it’s natural. F. You might dislike the change, wishing things had stayed as they were. G. Ask yourself if they’re really ignoring you or just widening their circle? 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。 A dozen children ran around laughing and playing in the yard, while we parents sat chatting. The barbecue had been cleared away when our host announced a(an) ___41___. A huge movable rock wall was loaded in with indented footholds(凹陷的立足点) that stretched straight up for what looked like at least a hundred feet. The ___42___ kids rushed towards the wall. They swiftly ___43___ to give it a try, and with the complete ___44 ___ most children have, climbed to the top and rang the bell that hung at the highest point. There wasn’t really anything to be ___ 45___ of since they were belted into place. “Come on, let’s go get in line,” my husband Neil ___46___, “No, you go ahead without me.” I had all sorts of good ___47___: I didn’t have the right shoes; I forgot my sunglasses. I have a unique talent for ___48___ unthinkable danger in almost every situation, and this scene seemed ___49___ to me. I watched everyone else having fun, though, and finally ___50___ myself to try it. With all the ___51___ I could gather, I started the climb. The belt wrapped around me so there was no way to ___52___. “Yes,” I thought, “this is safe!” I ___53___ made my way up, concentrating on each foothold. I ___54___ looking down to prevent any sudden fear, and finally I made it to the top and proudly rang the bell. I enjoyed my success. It was such a relief that I ___55___ my fear and reached the goal. 41. A. game 42. A. angry 43. A. turned back 44. A. aimlessness 45. A. aware 46. A. urged 47. A. choices 48. A. forgetting 49. A. precious 50. A. forced 51. A. courage 52. A. move 53. A. immediately 54. A. kept 55. A. doubted B. race B. annoying B. ran around B. carelessness B. proud B. promised B. intentions B. seeing B. dangerous B. forbade B. wisdom B. escape B. steadily B. tried B. overcame C. danger C. cautious C. moved off C. fearlessness C. afraid C. complained C. excuses C. creating C. interesting C. commanded C. inspiration C. fall C. unwillingly C. began C. gained D. emergency D. enthusiastic D. lined up D. restlessness D. ashamed D. whispered D. experiences D. ignoring D. dull D. persuaded D. confusion D. skip D. hesitantly D. avoided D. presented 第二节（共10小题：每小题1.5分, 满分15分） 阅读下面短文, 在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 In the final of the men’s 100m freestyle at the 2024 Paris Olympics, Chinese athlete Pan Zhanle achieved an astonishing time of 46. 40 seconds, breaking the world record and 56 (successful) winning the gold medal. This is the 57 (nine) gold medal for the Chinese delegation (代表团) at this Olympics and it is the first time that a Chinese athlete 58 (win) an Olympic championship in the men’s 100m freestyle event. He has become the fastest man in the world at present and the 59 (shining) Asian star in the swimming pool. Pan Zhanle not only won honor for the Chinese swimming team 60 also proved the strength of Chinese athletes. His success inspires more Chinese swimmers 61 (pursue) excellence continuously and win more honors for the country, 62 will certainly help to enhance the international influence and competitiveness of Chinese swimming in the future. After the competition, Pan Zhanle said that this gold medal is 63 great importance to the country. 64 (face) with the disregard and arrogance (傲慢) of foreign athletes, he responded with strength, winning the 65 (recognize) of foreign audiences and athletes. 第四部分 写作（共两节, 满分40分） 第一节（满分15分） 66．上周你校学生会开展了主题为“汉服游园会，文化共传承”的校园汉服节活动（the Hanfu Festival)。请你给校园英文报写一篇报道，内容包括： 1.活动的内容 2.活动的意义 注意：1.词数80左右； 2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 Young Chinese bring Hanfu to the world 第二节（满分25分） 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。 Shoes are made for walking. But Aamir, a homeless Indian boy, doubted it. Wandering the noisy railway platform, he found one of his flip-flops (人字拖鞋) broken again. He hurried to a corner, sat down and tried to fix it, his bare foot pressing awkwardly against the ground. However, it was beyond repair. He gave up and looked around aimlessly, staring at people’s shoes. Suddenly, his eyes were drawn to two boyish legs wearing perfectly white socks and equally perfect black leather (皮) shoes, which were shining in the mid-day sun. It was a boy of his age. He treasured his shoes so much, obviously, because every ten seconds, he stopped, bent down and carefully wiped his shoes. His father was constantly glancing over and saying, “Hurry up! The train is coming!” Aamir’s eyes followed the father and son, but mostly the beautiful shoes, as if enchanted (被施魔法的). Imagining himself wearing them, the comfort from the good leather, jaw-dropping look on his friends’ faces, he couldn’t help cracking a big smile. The bell of the train drew him back; the fancy-shoe boy and his father were about to get aboard. They tried to crowd into the doorway. However, the instant the boy entered the compartment (车厢), one of his shoes fell off and before he could pick it up, the train began to pull away. The shoe was now lying alone on the platform. Aamir’s eyes lit up with excitement. Like an arrow, he shot for the shoe and then picked it up, holding it with both hands as if holding the Queen’s crown. After a few seconds of hesitating and looking from the shoe to the train and back, he began racing--with only one good shoe, his flip-flop. He held the leather shoe up, trying to pass it to the boy through the window, who was desperately reaching out his hand as well. However, it was never close enough. 注意： 1. 续写词数应为150左右： 2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。 That left Aamir no choice but to throw the shoe onto the train. To his surprise, Aamir saw the other shoe thrown out of the window. 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$null 高一英语月考答案 1—5 CBCBA 6—10 ACBBC 11—15 ABACC 16—20 BCCBA 21-23 BDC 24-27 DCBA 28-31 DBAA 32-35 BCCA 36-40 FEGCD 41-45 ADDCC 46-50 ACBBD 51-55 ACBDB 语法填空 56．successfully 57．ninth 58．has won 59．most shining 60．but 61．to pursue 62．which 63．of 64．Faced 65．recognition 应用文写作 Last weekend, our school organized a meaningful event named “the Hanfu Festival”, which draw a lot of students’ attention, especially those who are keen on the hanfu show. “The Hanfu Festival” began with a lively loong-lion dance. A series of well-designed performances caught students’ eye, showcasing the elaborate hanfu clothing and graceful dance. Besides, an exhibition on hanfu history and culture was given by our history teacher, whose introduction gave us a deeper insight into our traditional culture. We viewers also took part in the hands-on activity through which we got the unforgettable experience of wearing and making hanfu. The event turned out to be a great success, as it not only enabled us to derive a thorough comprehension of the clothing culture, but also promoted our appreciation of the unique charm of Chinese traditional culture. 读后续写 That left Aamir no choice but to throw the shoe onto the train. With his eyes fixed on the window, Aamir put all his strength in his right hand and made a powerful throw. However, he abruptly fell off because of the broken flip-flop. Without a second thought, he tried again, the shoe just flew past the window frame and fell on the platform like a dead leaf. Seeing this, Aamir stamped his feet, wearing a frustrated look. “Are shoes really made for walking?” Aamir thought with depression. He drooped his head, not knowing what to do next. To his surprise, Aamir saw the other shoe thrown out of the window. Miraculously, it landed on the platform several steps away from him. Before he could look up again and seek out the fancy-shoe boy, the train sped on, vanishing in the distance. What remained in sight was the meandering rail track and the rolling mountains far away. Twenty years later, when he was launching his new footwear product at a press conference, wearing a pair of shining leather shoes, Aamir started his presentation with a simple sentence: “Shoes are made for walking.” 附听力原文 (Text 1) W: Would you like me to drive you to the train station this evening? M: No, thanks. I'll take the bus. But now I must walk to my office. (Text 2) M: So how did things go today. dear? W: The same old thing. Tidied up. Did some washing. Fetched the kids from school. Made dinner. Waited for you to come home. Nothing exciting. (Text 3) W: Mike, do you know that my sister Amy was admitted to Renmin University? M: Is that so? Her hard work finally paid off. (Text 4) W: I am thinking about finding a second job to earn a bit of extra money. M: Why? I thought you got a raise the other day. W: Yes. But I am still not paid well. I think I should find a part-time job as a tutor at night. (Text 5) M: Have you seen my brown hat? I've been looking for it everywhere. W: Which one? You have tons of brown hats...the warm one with stars, the one with a baseball logo，the cowboy hat with... M: I'm going skiing, so I need the warm one. (Text 6) M: Excuse me. Could you please check to see if we could stay till the day after tomorrow? We've found some extra things we'd like to do in this area. W: OK. But maybe you need to change to the second floor. M: All right. At least we don't have to pack up again. We'd like it if we could put off our check-out till Thursday morning instead of tomorrow morning. (Text 7) M: Now, this is Westminster Abbey. It's one of the oldest buildings in London, and in its architecture you will recognize different styles. W: Wow, it's really splendid. M: There, to the left, you will see a small street called Downing Street. No. 10, the last of its ten houses, has always been the living place of the British prime minister. W: Oh, is that the Tower Bridge? M: Yeah. Look! The bridge is parting in the middle, and the two halves are moving upwards. A big ship is passing underneath. (Text 8) W: Hi, Mike! Could you please tell me something about your study experiences? M: OK. I studied in Australia for five years, in America for a year, and in Japan for more than three years. W: Is that so? Did you also study in your home country, Canada? M: Yes, of course. I went to primary school in Canada. W: You've had quite a lot of experiences around the world. M: Yes, it's been interesting. W: So, what did you and your friends like to do for fun when you were in America? M: Well, teenagers all like to have parties, and American students like to have parties at their own houses. Every weekend different students would invite me to their places and we would have a great time. (Text 9) W: Jack, how have your two sons been doing at school recently? M: Don't ask! Mark never starts studying, and Jason never stops studying. W: You're joking! I heard that Jason is likely to be at the top of his class after the exams this year. M: Yes, so his teachers say. He's been buried in his books every evening for months on end recently. He is hoping to go to Harvard University. W: Great. Maybe he'll become a university professor himself in the future. M: Maybe. But sometimes I wish he'd go out and enjoy himself for a change. W: How about the younger one? M: Well, Mark's teachers say he has ability, but he rarely does his best. He does his homework in ten minutes every day and then rushes out to play football. W: But he can make his fortune at football. People can make a lot of money from sports now. M: My wife always worries about their future. She wants Mark to study law. I don't believe in forcing them, but I wonder how Mark will progress over the next few years. W: Perhaps you can have a talk with him now to find out what he is thinking about his studies and future plans. M: Good idea. I'll take your advice. (Text 10) M: Good morning everybody and welcome to this class on English words. I hope that all of you can hear me. If not, please let me know. I am Professor John Morris. I'll be your teacher for the next 13 weeks. As you can probably tell, this is one of the most popular and crowded classes. Indeed, every time this course is offered, this room is full. Why is that? Well, in order to use the English language, it's very important to have at least a basic understanding of how words are formed. Just to mention one figure and there are many; there are about one million words in English. If you are an English learner, you may wonder how you can possibly remember all of these words. Well, for one thing, you don't have to. No native speaker exists who knows all of the words in the English language. Besides, there are short cuts. Shortcuts? Yes, for example, if you know how words are formed by using parts of words from other languages, such as Greek and French, you'll understand a good number of English words when you first come across them. Let me put it this way. Knowing the rules will help you to master a large number of words. This is probably the No. 1 reason why this class is so popular. 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$