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2023学年第一学期江浙高中（县中）发展共同体高三年级10月联考 英语 注意事项: 1.答卷前,考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。 2.回答选择题时,选出每小题答案后,用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动,用橡皮擦干净后,再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时,将答案写在答题卡上,写在本试卷上无效。 3.考试结束后,将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。 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。 1. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 Why did the man go to China last year? A. To visit his friends. B. To go sightseeing. C. To do business. 【答案】B 【解析】 【原文】M: Have you been to China? W: Yes, I’ve been there four times on business. What about you? M: Last year, I went there with two of my friends. I visited the Great Wall and the summer palace. 2. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 What is the relationship between the speakers? A. Parent and child. B. Employer and employee. C. Teacher and student. 【答案】C 【解析】 【原文】W: Come on, stretch your hands to reach the notes. You have quite small hands. It helps if piano players have larger hands. M: Mom says I got her brain and my dad’s small hands. W: You’ll be okay. Let’s try that last piece of music again. 3. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 Where does the conversation probably take place? A. In a classroom. B. In a canteen. C. In a library. 【答案】B 【解析】 【原文】M: Excuse me, I had lunch here with two classmates and I may have left my history textbook here. I hope you have got it. W: Yeah, here it is. M: Thank you. 4. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 When did the train leave? A. At 10:00. B. At 10:30. C. At 10:45. 【答案】C 【解析】 【原文】M: Did you manage to reach the station in time to catch the 10:30 train? W: Yes, in fact, I was there 30 minutes early, only to find out that the train would depart 15 minutes later than the usual time. 5. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 What is the conversation mainly about? A. Rescheduling a meeting. B. Solving a problem at work. C. Sharing some latest news. 【答案】A 【解析】 【原文】M: Hey Jamie, sorry for the last minute call. I’m stuck at work. There’s no way I can make it to our six o’clock pm meeting. W: No worries, I would have had to arrive really late anyway. We can reschedule it for another time. M: Thanks, Jamie. See you soon. 第二节（共15小题;每小题1.5分,满分22.5分） 听下面5段对话或读白,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 will the woman probably do for the man? A. Become his lawyer. B. Stimulate his competition. C. Improve his business practice. 7. How does the man probably feel in the end? A. Scared. B. Relieved. C. Stressed. 【答案】6. A 7. B 【解析】 【原文】W: In a court of law, you’re innocent until proven guilty. I’m defending your case because I know that you didn’t do anything wrong. M: Thank you. You’re an angel. I promise I’ve done nothing but follow the law. W: So about these companies that are accusing you of bad business practice, do they have any reason to wish you harm? M: They’re my competitors. They’re clearly trying to push my company out of the market. W: I see, my law firm loves representing smaller businesses. You’re in good hands. M: Thanks, you’ve released a lot of my stress. 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. How long will the speakers stay in the hotel? A. Four nights. B. Five nights. C. Six nights. 9. What will the woman do first? A. Book hotel rooms. B. Phone the print shop. C. Make a conference call. 10. What are the speakers doing? A. Preparing for a business trip. B. Making a hotel reservation. C. Planning for a holiday. 【答案】8. C 9. C 10. A 【解析】 【原文】M: Let’s see, what have we done so far? Have you made the hotel reservation? W: Yes, I’ve just received the confirmation email. We booked for six nights from Wednesday to next Monday. M: Good, Julie, do we have the brochures yet? W: No, not yet. The print shop says they might be ready tomorrow. M: Tomorrow is too late. The company car will take us to the airport before nine o’clock. Why don’t you give them a call right now and get on their case? We need to have the brochures ready today. W: Okay, I have a conference call in five minutes. But as soon as that’s over, I’ll give the print shop a call. M: Excellent. Is there anything else? W: No, I think that’s it. M: Great, thanks. 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】 11. Who is Mark's math teacher? A. Ms. Patel. B. Ms. Martin. C. Ms. Walker. 12. What grade is Mark in? A. The 6th. B. The 7th. C. The 8th. 13. When does summer school start? A. In June. B. In July. C. In August. 【答案】11. C 12. B 13. A 【解析】 【原文】M: What do you think we can do to improve Mark’s grade in math? W: I think the best way would be if Mark can stay back after class every Wednesday for some extra help. I’ve already talked to the teacher, Miss Walker, and she would be more than happy to help him out. M: Thank you. I spoke to Ms Patel about science. She said he’s doing okay, he can manage on his own for now. W: Oh, that’s great. I think we should also speak to Miss Martin about next year. Mark’s going to be in the eighth grade and we need to make sure we do everything we can for his grades from the very start. M: I agree. I think we may have to think about summer school as well. He could join from June. W: Can’t he join summer school from July instead and stay till August? M: No, they don’t allow that. You have to attend from the beginning. 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】 14. What are the speakers mainly talking about? A. How birds grow. B. How animals can fly. C. How animals' lives are affected. 15. What color of bird feather has the woman found? A. Black. B. Blue. C. Dark green. 16. What cr eature is the woman afraid of? A. Insects. B. Birds. C. Bats. 17. What is the man trying to tell the woman? A. Humans can achieve anything. B. Humans should value all creatures. C. Humans can overcome challenges. 【答案】14. B 15. B 16. C 17. B 【解析】 【原文】W: Look, dad, I found this bird feather. Isn’t it pretty? M: It is. It looks black, but if you look closely, you’ll see that it’s actually a dark shade of blue. W: How do birds manage to fly? M: They have powerful wings that can beat very fast. W: Like this. M: Yes, but much faster. When they spread their wings, they increase the size of their wings, which creates more lift. W: And that allows them to fly into the sky. M: Exactly. W: I wish we could fly. M: We can, but we need to use airplanes and helicopters and other technological solutions. W: Do any other animals fly? M: Well, insects are able to fly, but there are certain animals that fly as well. Bats can fly. W: Bats are scary. M: But they are actually very smart creatures. They use sound waves to see in the dark so they can avoid objects while flying. W: I didn’t know that. M: Indeed, humans were inspired by how bats use sound to create lots of different technologies. That’s how we detect planes in the sky. W: So the bats taught us how to see while we fly. That’s cool. M: Indeed it is. That’s why we should respect all forms of life. 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】 18. What is the main purpose of the talk? A. To gain funding. B. To launch a new app. C. To warn against screen addiction. 19. How much was the pre-2017 fine for using a phone while driving? A. 60. B. 100. C. 200. 20. What does the SUD app do in “driving mode”? A. Make sure messages are answered automatically. B. Make Internet available under hand control only. C. Make phone’s social media apps totally unavailable. 【答案】18. A 19. B 20. C 【解析】 【原文】M: I’m managing director of Chen innovations, a software company that is focused on how technology can improve safety, the environment and daily life. I’m here today to tell you about our newest phone APP SUD, which means shut up and drive. And I’m looking for an investment of 80,000 pounds in return for a 20% share in our company. SUD is an APP aimed at preventing dangerous driving caused by mobile phone use. This is a huge problem. Over the past five years, we’ve had 579 serious traffic accidents linked to phone use, with 133 of them causing the death of one or more people. And despite punishments having doubled in 2017 meaning offenders now lose six points on their license and receive a 200 pound fine, a recent survey showed that 11 million British people still admit to using their mobiles while driving. The cause is screen addiction. We know we shouldn’t, but we simply can’t stop. This is where SUD comes in, the APP uses the phone’s GPS technology to discover how quickly the device is moving. If you drive above 10 miles per hour, the APP begins driving mode, which prevents any Internet and social media functions being used. Incoming calls are blocked and the caller is automatically informed that the user is unavailable. Map functions are available VIA voice control only. 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,从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出最佳答案。 A Poetry Foundation Poetry Explorers Join us online for a weekly family program! Each week, participate in live, interactive activities all about poetry life. We’ll learn to use the power of poetry and imagination to explore the world from home. These workshops are designed for children aged 5 to 11 and their families. Email families@poetryfoundation.org to register. Date: Wednesday, 12:00 PM — 12:30 PM Teen Poetry Lab All teens of grades 6-12 are invited to a weekly online exploration of poetry. Participants will read and discuss a wide range of contemporary poems and receive guidance in the creation of their own work. Sessions are free, but space is limited; to reserve a space, please email teens@poetryfoundation. org. Date: Thursday, 5:00 PM — 6:00 PM Forms & Features Online: Pantoum All are welcome to a poetry discussion workshop. In this session, we will explore the pantoum, a form born of Malaysian oral poetry that draws heavily upon repetition and rhyme. Registration is required; space is limited. To register, email forms@poetryfoundation.org with the time of the session you would like to attend. Date: Monday, 2:00 PM — 4:00 PM; Wednesday, 10:00 AM — 12:00 PM; Friday, 1:00 PM — 3:00 PM Library Book Club Online: Victoria Chang All adults are welcome to a monthly book group hosted by library staff. Next month, we will read and discuss Obit by Victoria Chang. Registration is required; space is limited. To register, email library@poetryfoundation.org. Date: Friday, 12:00 PM — 1:30 PM 21. What do these four activities have in common? A. Including regular poetry creation. B. Being held online. C. Charging registration fee. D. Being aimed at children. 22. Which of the following offers guided poetry writing sessions? A. Teen Poetry Lab. B. Poetry Explorers. C. Forms & Features Online: Pantoum. D. Library Book Club Online: Victoria Chang. 23. Where should they email to register if a couple with their child aged 5 attend? A. teens@poetryfoundation.org. B. forms@poetryfoundation.org. C. library@poetryfoundation.org. D. families@poetryfoundation.org. 【答案】21. B 22. A 23. D 【解析】 【导语】本文是应用文。文章主要诗歌基金会的四项在线活动。 【21题详解】 细节理解题。根据Poetry Explorers部分中的“Join us online for a weekly family program!(加入我们的网上每周家庭节目！)”，Teen Poetry Lab部分中的“All teens of grades 6-12 are invited to a weekly online exploration of poetry. (所有6-12年级的青少年都被邀请参加每周一次的在线诗歌探索活动。)”，第三个标题Forms & Features Online: Pantoum(网上表格及特点: Pantoum)和第四个标题Library Book Club Online: Victoria Chang(图书馆书友会网站: Victoria Chang)可知，这四项活动都是在线举行的，故选B。 【22题详解】 细节理解题。根据Teen Poetry Lab部分中的“All teens of grades 6-12 are invited to a weekly online exploration of poetry. Participants will read and discuss a wide range of contemporary poems and receive guidance in the creation of their own work.(所有6-12年级的青少年都被邀请参加每周一次的在线诗歌探索活动。与会者将阅读和讨论广泛的当代诗歌，并在创作自己的作品接受指导。)”可知，Teen Poetry Lab提供诗歌写作指导课程。故选A。 【23题详解】 细节理解题。根据Poetry Explorers部分中的“These workshops are designed for children aged 5 to 11 and their families. Email families@poetryfoundation.org to register.(这些讲习班是为5至11岁的儿童及其家庭设计的。发电子邮件到families@poetryfoundation.org来注册。)”可知，如果一对夫妇带着5岁的孩子来到这里，他们发电子邮件到families@poetryfoundation.org.来登记，故选D。 B Terasa Hill did not intend to do something unplanned. It began when Terasa was observing a horse auction (拍卖). A chestnut: racehorse was for sale? “She was the most beautiful thing I’d ever seen, though it had an injured leg,” said Terasa. When the bidding started, Terasa surprised herself by stepping in. Finally, Terasa became the new owner of Sierra, and Sierra, limping (跛) and hurt with pain from a broken knee, became a labour of love for Terasa. After three long months of nursing her under the guidance of a local animal doctor, the leg recovered. It wasn’t only Sierra’s leg that needed to recover; Sierra needed to relearn how to trust people. Terasa thought the best way to win Sierra’s trust and fondness was to feed her treats. Terasa kept providing Sierra with many treats, but none passed the sniff (嗅) test. Desperate, Terasa experimented by making her own mixture of molasses and grains, which she baked in her own kitchen. The cookies were a hit with Sierra and other horses, sending Terasa’s life in a new direction. Her treats, called “Barnies”, were sold to a local store and like hotcakes, within months local businessmen began demanding for more. Terasa’s kitchen was no longer big enough for the increased demand, moving her operation to an Oshawa company. Then a serious health problem threatened to ruin her plans. Terasa called upon the same resolution that had helped her save Sierra to help her overcome her own illness. Family and friends came to her rescue and kept Barnies Ltd. going. Almost a year later, healthy and more resolute than ever, Terasa found a national distributor and Bainies began selling in 144 stores across Canada. And what about Sierra, the inspiration for all this success and change? The horse has fully recovered and has become a wonderful riding horse. 24. Why did Terasa create her own cookies? A. To show superb cooking skills. B. To provide a special diet for Sierra. C. To find a way to bond with the horse. D. To lay the foundation for her business. 25. Which best describes Terasa according to paragraph 3? A. Inflexible. B. Pessimistic. C. Confident. D. Determined. 26. Why is the last paragraph an effective conclusion? A. It raises a valuable question. B. It provides surprising information. C. It returns to the topic of the opening paragraph. D. It continues the focus of the paragraph before it. 27. What is the text mainly about? A. A remarkable encounter. B. A famous food company. C. A rescue of a weak horse. D. A career from previous devotion. 【答案】24. C 25. D 26. C 27. D 【解析】 【导语】本文为一篇记叙文，讲述了Terasa Hill在一场拍卖会上拍下赛马Sierra，并在之后救治了她受伤的身体和心灵，同时促使她成功开创了自己的公司的故事。 【24题详解】 细节理解题。根据文章第三段“Terasa thought the best way to win Sierra’s trust and fondness was to feed her treats.(Terasa认为赢得塞拉信任和喜爱的最好方法就是喂她吃东西)”及“Desperate, Terasa experimented by making her own mixture of molasses and grains, which she baked in her own kitchen. The cookies were a hit with Sierra and other horses, sending Terasa’s life in a new direction.(绝望之下，Terasa尝试自己制作糖蜜和谷物的混合物，并在自己的厨房里烘烤。这些饼干很受塞拉和其他马的欢迎，让Terasa的生活进入了一个新的方向)”可知，Terasa自己做饼干是为了建立一种与马联系的方式，她认为通过食物能获得Sierra的喜欢和信任。故选C项。 【25题详解】 推理判断题。根据文章第三段“Terasa kept providing Sierra with many treats, but none passed the sniff (嗅) test. Desperate, Terasa experimented by making her own mixture of molasses and grains, which she baked in her own kitchen. The cookies were a hit with Sierra and other horses, sending Terasa’s life in a new direction.(Terasa不停地给塞拉提供许多食物，但没有一个通过嗅觉测试。绝望之下，Terasa尝试自己制作糖蜜和谷物的混合物，并在自己的厨房里烘烤。这些饼干很受塞拉和其他马的欢迎，让Terasa的生活进入了一个新的方向)”可推知，虽然刚开始Terasa并没有获取马的信任，但是她通过自己尝试做饼干，最后Sierra喜欢上了她做的饼干，可以看出，Terasa是一个坚定的人。故选D项。 【26题详解】 推理判断题。根据文章第一段“Terasa Hill did not intend to do something unplanned. (Terasa Hill并没有打算做一些没有计划的事情)”及““She was the most beautiful thing I’d ever seen, though it had an injured leg,”said Terasa.(“她是我见过的最美丽的东西，尽管她的一条腿受伤了，”Terasa说)”及最后一段“And what about Sierra, the inspiration for all this success and change? The horse has fully recovered and has become a wonderful riding horse.(那Sierra呢，她是所有这些成功和改变的灵感来源？这匹马已经完全康复，成为了一匹了不起的鞍马)”可推知，第一段讲述Terasa是一个有计划的人，但是一匹受伤的马的出现让她打破了常规，最后一段描述这匹马恢复了，这匹马也是Terasa事业上成功和自我改变的来源。文章最后一段回到了开头一段的主题。故选C项。 【27题详解】 主旨大意题。根据文章第三段描述Terasa做饼干与马Sierra建立起联系及第四段“Terasa’s kitchen was no longer big enough for the increased demand, moving her operation to an Oshawa company.(Terasa的厨房已经无法满足不断增长的需求，于是她把厨房搬到了奥沙瓦的一家公司)”和第五段“Family and friends came to her rescue and kept Barnies Ltd. going. Almost a year later, healthy and more resolute than ever, Terasa found a national distributor and Bainies began selling in 144 stores across Canada.(家人和朋友来救她，让巴尼有限公司继续经营下去。大约一年后，在比以往任何时候都更健康、更坚定的情况下，Terasa找到了一个全国经销商，巴尼开始在加拿大各地的144家商店销售)”并结合全文内容可知，本文介绍了Terasa全心投入救了一只马，在这其中开创了公司Barnies Ltd.的故事，即，她从之前的投入和奉献中获得了她的事业，并且成功了。故选D项。 C The sound of leaves underfoot is usually associated with autumn. But this year, it was the soundtrack to summer walks across Europe, as maximum temperature records fell and the continent suffered its worst drought in 500 years. The drought had been building for months after a dry winter and spring, but it was worse by a series of fierce heatwaves over the summer, says Sim on Parry at the UK Centre for Ecology &Hydrology. In France, nuclear power plants were forced to reduce their output as low river flows meant there wasn’t enough water to cool their reactors. Water levels on the Rhine river dropped so far that ships loaded with goods in Germany and the Netherlands, including coal and petrol, were unable to travel. Besides, farmers saw crops wither(枯萎). Harvests of soya-beans and sunflower seeds were predicted to fall by between12 and 16 percent. This was a crisis caused in large part by climate change, says Richard Allan, who is also at the University of Reading. “Warming due to human-caused climate change made this event much more extreme,” he says. Studies suggest that the drought was made at least 20 times more likely by global warming. However, that missing rainfall ends up somewhere, says Peter Gleick at the Pacific Institute in California. This year’s disastrous floods in countries including Australia and Pakistan are the “flip side” of the droughts, he says. “The droughts and the extreme floods that we are seeing are tied together, and are part and parcel of the broader challenge of climate change,” says Gleick. In the wake of a drought, it is critical that nature gets time to recover. But for Europe, this was the second severe drought in four years. “My grass has already recovered from this summer... but if I had a tree that survived it, that would take 10 years or more to get back to a normal state,” says Niko Wanders at Utrecht University in the Netherlands. 28. What is the author’s purpose in mentioning the sound? A. To show the seasonal cycle. B. To describe the beauty of autumn. C. To emphasize the dry weather. D. To clarify trees’ survival mode. 29. What is paragraph 2 of the text mainly about? A. The reduction of river water. B. The duration(持续)of the drought. C. The causes of various losses. D. The consequences of the disaster. 30. Which is probably the best way to tackle climate change according to the text? A. Expanding climate monitoring. B. Improving human behavior. C. Promoting natural restoration. D. Balancing water distribution. 31. What is the author’s attitude toward the climate change trend in Europe? A. Conservative. B. Unclear. C. Concerned. D. Hopeful. 【答案】28. C 29. D 30. B 31. C 【解析】 【导语】本文为一篇说明文，全文介绍了欧洲干旱情况日益加重导致的一系列后果。 【28题详解】 推理判断题。根据文章第一段“The sound of leaves underfoot is usually associated with autumn. But this year, it was the soundtrack to summer walks across Europe, as maximum temperature records fell and the continent suffered its worst drought in 500 years.(脚下树叶的声音通常与秋天联系在一起。但今年，随着最高气温记录的下降和欧洲大陆遭遇500年来最严重的干旱，它成为了欧洲夏季徒步旅行的背景音乐)”及第二段描写干旱现状可推知，第一段作者提及树叶落下的声音是为了强调干旱天气这种自然现象。故选C项。 【29题详解】 主旨大意题。根据文章第二段“The drought had been building for months after a dry winter and spring, but it was worse by a series of fierce heatwaves over the summer, says Sim on Parry at the UK Centre for Ecology &Hydrology. In France, nuclear power plants were forced to reduce their output as low river flows meant there wasn’t enough water to cool their reactors. Water levels on the Rhine river dropped so far that ships loaded with goods in Germany and the Netherlands, including coal and petrol, were unable to travel. Besides, farmers saw crops wither(枯萎). Harvests of soya-beans and sunflower seeds were predicted to fall by between12 and 16 percent.(英国生态与水文中心的西蒙·帕里说，在经历了干燥的冬季和春季之后，干旱已经持续了好几个月，但夏季一系列强烈的热浪使情况变得更糟。在法国，核电站被迫减少发电量，因为河水流量过低意味着没有足够的水来冷却反应堆。莱茵河的水位下降得如此之大，以至于在德国和荷兰装载货物（包括煤炭和汽油）的船只无法通行。此外，农民看到庄稼枯萎。大豆和葵花籽的收成预计将下降12%至16%)”可知，文章第二段主要描述了持续干旱造成的一系列后果。故选D项。 【30题详解】 推理判断题。根据文章第三段“This was a crisis caused in large part by climate change, says Richard Allan, who is also at the University of Reading. “Warming due to human-caused climate change made this event much more extreme,” he says.(雷丁大学的理查德·艾伦说，这场危机在很大程度上是由气候变化引起的。他说:“人类引起的气候变化导致的气候变暖使这一事件更加极端。”)”可推知，这种干旱很大程度上是由于人类导致的气候变化引起的，所以为了处理气候问题，人们需要改善自己的行为。故选B项。 31题详解】 推理判断题。根据文章第一段“But this year, it was the soundtrack to summer walks across Europe, as maximum temperature records fell and the continent suffered its worst drought in 500 years.(但今年，随着最高气温记录的下降和欧洲大陆遭遇500年来最严重的干旱，它成为了欧洲夏季徒步旅行的背景音乐)”及最后一段“But for Europe, this was the second severe drought in four years. “My grass has already recovered from this summer... but if I had a tree that survived it, that would take 10 years or more to get back to a normal state,” says Niko Wanders at Utrecht University in the Netherlands.(但对欧洲来说，这是四年来的第二次严重干旱。“我的草已经从这个夏天恢复过来了……但如果我有一棵幸存下来的树，那将需要10年或更长时间才能恢复到正常状态，”荷兰乌得勒支大学的尼科·旺德斯说)”可推知，作者认为欧洲的干旱情况很严重，影响很恶劣，所以他对于欧洲的气候变化趋势持有担忧态度。故选C项。 D Most of us would like to be more creative, but we assume there is little we can do about it. Psychology professor K. Anders Ericsson claims that with enough practice, any of us can become experts. However, he is quick to add that this requires a specific kind of practice that Ericsson calls ‘deliberate practice’: that is, pushing beyond one’s comfort zone and setting goals that are above one’s current level of performance. He says he has yet to find the limits on being successful and he doesn’t believe them to be real. Ericsson has looked primarily at artistic and athletic skills, but can these findings apply to creativity? Most experts agree that even if most people cannot hope to become creative geniuses, they can learn to become more creative through practice. Psychologists claim that there are actually two levels of creativity, which they refer to as’Big C’ and ‘small c’. Big C creativity applies to breakthrough ideas, ones that may change the course of a field or even history. Small c creativity refers to everyday creative problem solving, like creating a new recipe or improving a process, which psychologists subdivide further into similar and different thinking. Similar thinking involves examining all the facts and arriving at a single solution. In contrast, different thinking involves coming up with many possible solutions. What most people think of as creativity generally involves different thinking and can be taught, practised and learnt. Even with practice, different thinking alone cannot make one creative, however. Scott Barry Kaufman, a cognitive psychologist, says that most creative people share one personality quality: openness to new experience. Since this quality and these processes have been identified, less creative people can try to emulate them. Normally, we tend to reproduce what we already know because creative ideas move us into unfamiliar territory involving risks and following the usual behaviors is comfortable. Moving outside of our comfort zone, engaging indeliberate practice and tolerating contradictory ideas, risk and failure are all things we can learn to do better. It is unlikely that doing so will transform any of us into creative geniuses, but it does have the potential to increase our level of creativity. 32. Why does Ericsson think he can’t find the limits? A. No restrictions exist. B. Practice makes perfect. C. Each one can succeed. D. The goal is ambitious. 33. Which of the following is an example of ‘small c’? A. Settling in outer space. B. Building a plastic doghouse. C. Developing robots to look after the old. D. Explaining the theory of evolution in class. 34. What does the underlined word “emulate” in paragraph 3 mean? A. Justify. B. Limit. C. Copy. D. Assess. 35. What message does the author seem to convey in the text? A. We can learn to be more creative. B. Life is full of various challenges. C. It’s better to take deliberate practice. D. Most can become creative geniuses. 【答案】32. A 33. B 34. C 35. A 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文，主要讲的是通过练习，我们可以提高我们的创造力。 【32题详解】 细节理解题。根据第一段“He says he has yet to find the limits on being successful and he doesn’t believe them to be real. (他说他还没有找到成功的限制，他不相信这些限制是真的。)”可知，埃里克森认为他找不到极限是因为不存在任何限制。故选A。 【33题详解】 推理判断题。根据第二段“Small c creativity refers to everyday creative problem solving, like creating a new recipe or improving a process, which psychologists subdivide further into similar and different thinking. (小创造力指的是日常创造性地解决问题，比如创造一个新配方或改进一个过程，心理学家将其进一步细分为相似和不同的思维。)”可知，建一个塑料狗窝是“小c”的例子，因为这是创造一个新东西的过程，故选B。 【34题详解】 词句猜测题。根据倒数第二段的“Normally, we tend to reproduce what we already know because creative ideas move us into unfamiliar territory involving risks and following the usual behaviors is comfortable. (通常情况下，我们倾向于复制我们已经知道的东西，因为创造性的想法会把我们带入一个充满风险的陌生领域，而遵循通常的行为是舒适的。)”可知，划线词所在句子的意思是“由于这种品质和这些过程已经被确定，缺乏创造力的人可以尝试模仿他们”，划线词的意思是“模仿，复制”，和copy意思相近，故选C。 【35题详解】 主旨大意题。根据最后一段的“Moving outside of our comfort zone, engaging indeliberate practice and tolerating contradictory ideas, risk and failure are all things we can learn to do better. It is unlikely that doing so will transform any of us into creative geniuses, but it does have the potential to increase our level of creativity. (走出我们的舒适区，进行不经意的练习，容忍矛盾的想法，风险和失败，这些都是我们可以学会做得更好的事情。这样做不太可能把我们中的任何一个人变成有创造力的天才，但它确实有可能提高我们的创造力水平。)”可知，本文主要讲的是通过练习，我们可以提高我们的创造力，因此本文主要想表达的是“我们可以学着更有创造力”。故选A。 第二节（共5小题:每小题2分,满分12.5分） 根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 Go on a 15-minute Tour Didn’t someone say that life is about the journey, not the destination? ___36___ when you are focused only on getting to the next meeting, starting your next class period, or hurrying to send an email, you’re missing all of the people between Points A and B. To commit some time to the journey, take some time to walk around where you work and notice your surroundings. ___37___ Also, some of the smaller yet critical social clues that exist right under your nose will be concentrated on again. ___38___ Things to look for include the look and feel of people’s work spaces, the timing of when different people move around the office, and which people seek interaction versus those who stay at their desks all day. After your first observation tour, select a different day to tour your workspace for moods. Other people’s moods can provide you with critical clues about how things are going. ___39___ Focus on what you see, hear, and pick up on in other people. Schedule 15 minutes to tour your workplace twice a week for a month and be sure to avoid making too many assumptions or conclusions — just simply observe. ___40___ A. You’ll be amazed at what you see along the way. B. Spare a little time to closely monitor each person’s progress. C. Notice what people may be feeling when you drop by to talk briefly. D. During any workday, take just 15 minutes to observe neglected things. E. You generally love the breathtaking landscape and people’s performances. F. Going on a short tour will help you get in tune with other people and their emotions. G. To become socially aware, remember to enjoy the journey and notice people along the way. 【答案】36. G 37. F 38. D 39. C 40. A 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了一个关于社交意识的建议，即在工作时间中抽出15分钟的时间，对自己所处的工作场所进行观察和考察，以便更好地了解周围人的情况、情绪和活动，并且享受旅程中的乐趣。文章同时也强调了观察过程中不要过于臆断或武断，而是保持客观的态度进行观察。 【36题详解】 根据后文“when you are focused only on getting to the next meeting, starting your next class period, or hurrying to send an email, you’re missing all of the people between Points A and B.(当你只想着参加下一个会议，开始下一节课，或者赶着发邮件时，你就会错过A点和B点之间的所有人)”可知，此处强调在人生的旅途中，如果只想着参加下一个会议，开始下一节课，或者赶着发邮件，你会错过很多东西。前文应该指出要避免这样的行为应该怎样做。G选项“To become socially aware, remember to enjoy the journey and notice people along the way.(要有社会意识，记得享受旅程，注意沿途的人)”指出，避免错过人生旅途中的风景就要有社会意识，享受旅程，注意沿途的人，符合语境。故选G。 【37题详解】 根据前文“To commit some time to the journey, take some time to walk around where you work and notice your surroundings. (为了在旅途中花点时间，花点时间在你工作的地方走走，注意一下周围的环境)”可知，此处强调在人生旅途中要花点时间在你工作的地方走走，注意一下周围的环境。后文应该指出这样做带来的好处。F选项“Going on a short tour will help you get in tune with other people and their emotions.(短暂的旅行将帮助你与他人和他们的情绪保持一致)”承接前文，指出花点时间在你工作的地方走走，注意一下周围的环境，将帮助你与他人和他们的情绪保持一致，符合语境。故选F。 【38题详解】 根据后文“ Things to look for include the look and feel of people’s work spaces, the timing of when different people move around the office, and which people seek interaction versus those who stay at their desks all day.(需要注意的事项包括人们工作空间的外观和感觉，不同人在办公室走动的时间，以及哪些人寻求互动，而哪些人则整天坐在办公桌前)”可知，此处陈述的是拿出时间观看的具体事物。D选项“During any workday, take just 15 minutes to observe neglected things.(在任何工作日，花15分钟观察被忽视的事情)”中的neglected things与后文中具体观察的事物形成呼应，即花15分钟观察被忽视的事情——人们工作空间的外观和感觉，不同人在办公室走动的时间，以及哪些人寻求互动，而哪些人则整天坐在办公桌前。D选项符合语境。故选D。 【39题详解】 根据前文“Other people’s moods can provide you with critical clues about how things are going. (别人的情绪可以为你提供事情进展的关键线索)”可知，此处强调观察别人情绪可以为你提供事情进展的关键线索。C选项“Notice what people may be feeling when you drop by to talk briefly.(当你顺道拜访时，注意一下别人的感受)”承接前文，构成因果关系即因为观察别人情绪可以为你提供事情进展的关键线索，所以当你顺道拜访时，注意一下别人的感受。故选C。 【40题详解】 根据前文“Schedule 15 minutes to tour your workplace twice a week for a month and be sure to avoid making too many assumptions or conclusions — just simply observe.(在一个月的时间里，每周安排两次15分钟参观你的工作场所，确保不要做太多的假设或结论——只是简单地观察)”可知，此处强调在一个月的时间里，每周安排两次15分钟参观你的工作场所，后文应该提出这样做的结果和影响。A选项“You’ll be amazed at what you see along the way.(你会惊讶于你一路上所看到的)”承接前文，指出每周安排两次15分钟参观你的工作场所，则你会惊讶于你一路上所看到的，A选项符合语境。故选A。 第三部分语言知识运用（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,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 When I was little, I often helped my mother plant our family’s garden. In April, I would kneel by Mum’s side for hours, carefully digging holes and ___41___ seeds into the earth. When I grew up, I was unwilling to do any planting. ___42___, my mother never said much about my decision until two years ago. I was leaving home when Mum ___43___ me. “Would you please help me with the planting today?” she asked, I mumbled (咕哝) something along the ___44___ of, “Uh, maybe … I’ll see. By the time I left the house, Mum was already in the garden. She ___45___ for a moment as I walked past, and from the corner of my eye I saw a certain ___46___ in her stare. A few hours later, I decided to head back home to help her and felt very ___47___ for my selfless decision. But I was too late. I ___48___ little about that day until nearly a year later, Mum unexpectedly ___49___ her friend Sara to cancer. She went to see how the two children were ___50___ the sudden loss. There Mum learned the answer. “Mummy made me my own garden,” Rachel said ___51___, leading her outdoors to see the masterpiece. Sara had decided to plant her children something that would ___52___ long after she was gone. As I listened to my mother tearfully tell Sara’s story, I realized the true ___53___ of a garden. Our annual planting was about kneeling together, planting potential life and creating the best ___54___ together. I won’t ever ___55___ the planting day again. 41. A. packing B. driving C. pushing D. directing 42 A. Naturally B. Surprisingly C. Awkwardly D. Obviously 43. A. stopped B. followed C. grabbed D. reminded 44. A. roles B. scenes C. clues D. lines 45. A. turned around B. slowed down C. burned out D. looked up 46. A. peace B. panic C. puzzle D. pain 47. A. calm B. noble C. guilty D. crazy 48. A. thought B. forgot C. talked D. inquired 49. A. exposed B. tied C. lost D. left 50. A. perceiving B. suffering C. approaching D. encountering 51. A. seriously B. proudly C. bitterly D. brokenly 52. A. die out B. run out C. catch on D. live on 53. A. cost B. style C. power D. test 54. A. memories B. wonders C. prospects D. services 55. A. spend B. miss C. recall D. waste 【答案】41. C 42. B 43. A 44. D 45. D 46. D 47. B 48. A 49. C 50. C 51. B 52. D 53. C 54. A 55. B 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者长大后不愿再像小时候一样和妈妈一起栽种花园，但得知了妈妈的朋友Sara的故事后，作者意识到了家人一起栽种花园的意义，决定不再拒绝和妈妈一起做这件事。 【41题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：四月份，我会跪在妈妈身边好几个小时，小心翼翼地挖洞，把种子推到地里。A. packing收拾；B. driving驾驶；C. pushing推；D. directing指导。根据空前的“digging holes”、空后的“seeds into the earth”并结合常识可知，种东西时需要先挖洞，把种子推到土里埋好。故选C。 【42题详解】 考查副词词义辨析。句意：令人惊讶的是，我妈妈对我的决定从没有说太多意见，直到两年前。A. Naturally自然地；B. Surprisingly令人吃惊地；C. Awkwardly尴尬地；D. Obviously明显地。上文“When I grew up, I was unwilling to do any planting.(当我长大的时候，我不愿意做任何种植)”讲述了作者长大后不愿意种东西了，后文“my mother never said much about my decision”说妈妈对作者这种行为没有表示任何不满，而按常理说妈妈会有失望、生气等情绪，所以妈妈什么话也没说是很令人惊讶的。故选B。 【43题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：我正要离开家，妈妈拦住了我。A. stopped(使)停止；B. followed跟随；C. grabbed抓住；D. reminded提醒。根据下文中的“‘Would you please help me with the planting today?’ she asked.(‘你今天能帮我种吗？’她问道)”可知，妈妈拦住了作者并询问作者是否愿意帮忙种东西。故选A。 【44题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：我咕哝着说，“嗯，也许……我看看。”A. roles角色；B. scenes场面；C. clues线索；D. lines言语。根据空后的“Uh, maybe ... I’ll see.(嗯，也许……我看看)”可知，这是作者咕哝的话。故选D。 【45题详解】 考查动词短语辨析。句意：当我走过时，她抬头看了一会儿，从我的眼角，我看到她的凝视中有一种痛苦。A. turned around(使)翻身，转身；B. slowed down(使)放慢；C. burned out烧尽；D. looked up抬头往上看。根据第一段中的“I would kneel by Mum’s side for hours, carefully digging holes and___1___seeds into the earth”可知，在花园里栽种子的时候需要跪在地上挖洞埋土，所以妈妈在花园里看作者的时候需要抬头看。故选D。 【46题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意参考上题。A. peace和平；B. panic惊恐；C. puzzle疑问；D. pain痛苦。根据空后的“in her stare”和上文母亲的询问可知，作者的妈妈希望能够和作者一起栽种，所以当作者没有和妈妈一起做这件事的时候，妈妈会很难过。故选D。 【47题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：几个小时后，我决定回家帮助她，并为我无私的决定感到非常高兴。A. calm镇静的；B. noble高贵的；C. guilty愧疚的；D. crazy疯狂的。根据前面的“I decided to head back home to help her”可知，作者决定回家帮妈妈，作者觉得自己很无私，为自己的行为感到开心。故选B。 【48题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：我没怎么想过那一天，直到将近一年后，妈妈意外地因为癌症失去了她的朋友Sara。A. thought想；B. forgot忘记；C. talked谈论；D. inquired询问，打听。根据空后的“little about that day”并结合下文Sara为自己的孩子们留下了一个花园可知，那一天关于种花园的事情过去后，作者就没怎么想过它。故选A。 【49题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意参考上题。A. exposed暴露；B. tied系，拴；C. lost失去；D. left离开。根据空后的“her friend Sara to cancer”和下文中的“the sudden loss”可知，Sara去世了，妈妈失去了这个朋友。故选C。 【50题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：她去看看两个孩子是如何面对（自己母亲）突如其来的去世的。A. perceiving察觉到；B. suffering遭受；C. approaching处理；D. encountering遭遇。根据下文中的“Mummy made me my own garden”可知，Sara的孩子Rachel说妈妈给自己造了一个花园，她就是靠这个花园来熬过母亲去世这件事的。故选C。 【51题详解】 考查副词词义辨析。句意：“妈妈给我造了一个我自己的花园，”Rachel自豪地说，领着她到户外去看这个杰作。A. seriously严肃地；B. proudly自豪地；C. bitterly伤心地；D. brokenly不流利地。根据Rachel的话“Mummy made me my own garden”和句中的“the masterpiece”可知，Sara为Rachel制造了一个美妙的花园，Rachel为此感到自豪。故选B。 【52题详解】 考查动词短语辨析。句意：Sara决定给她的孩子们种一些在她离开后能存在很久的东西。A. die out灭绝；B. run out用完；C. catch on流行起来；D. live on继续存在。根据空后的“long after she was gone”可知，Sara去世后，她给孩子们留下的花园能够存在很久，这给孩子们一个念想。故选D。 【53题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：当我听着母亲含泪讲述Sara的故事时，我意识到花园的真正力量。A. cost代价；B. style风格；C. power力量；D. test测试。根据上一段内容可知，由于Sara给孩子们留下了一个花园，这给孩子们留下了美好的回忆，让他们能够应付母亲逝世的沉重打击，而作者听到这个故事后，也意识到了花园的力量。故选C。 【54题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：我们每年的种植都是跪在一起，种植有潜力的生命，一起创造最美好的回忆。A. memories回忆；B. wonders奇迹；C. prospects前景；D. services服务。根据前面的“kneeling together, planting potential life”可知，和妈妈一起跪在地上种东西，这可以创造美好的回忆。故选A。 【55题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：我再也不会错过种植的日子了。A. spend花（时间或金钱）；B. miss错过；C. recall回忆起；D. waste浪费。根据句中的“again”并结合上文作者逃避和妈妈一起种花园可知，作者听到了这个感人的故事后，下定决心以后不会再错过和妈妈一起种植的日子了。故选B。 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。 The cheongsam, or Qipao, is the classic dress for Chinese women, which combines the ____56____ (elegant) of Chinese tradition with unique elements of style. This close-fitting dress,____57____ (feature) by stand collar, right side opening, fitting waist and slip bottom, which can fully set off the beauty of the female shape, ____58____ (come) from China’s Manchu Nationality and became popular among ladies of the royal family in the Qing Dynasty. In the 1920s. the cheongsam experienced a change with the influence of Wester styles, including its length ____59____ (shorten), which allowed the beauty of the female body to be fully displayed. Starting from the 1940s, cheongsams became closer-fitting and ____60____ (practical) and in summer, women wore sleeveless dresses. It didn’t become standard female clothes ____61____the 1960s. Today, with its variety of styles, the cheongsam shows its charm at many markets. More and more wonen in China appreciate its beauty. For instance, when____62____ (wife) of China’s ambassadors attend important social gatherings, the cheongsam is their first choice among dresses. In fact, quite a number of ____63____ (influence) people have suggested that cheongsam should become the national dress for women in China. Many foreign women are eager to get ____64____ (they) a cheongsam should they visit China. Cheongsam is no longer an article of clothing particular to Chinese women, ____65____is adding to the vocabulary of beauty for women all over the world. 【答案】56. elegance 57. featured 58. comes 59. being shortened 60. more practical 61. until 62. wives 63. influential 64. themselves 65. but 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇说明文。旗袍是中国女性的经典服饰，文章对其历史和特色进行了介绍。 【56题详解】 考查名词。句意：旗袍，又称“旗装”，是中国女性的经典服饰，它将中国传统的优雅与独特的时尚元素完美融合在一起。作动词的宾语，用名词elegance，故填elegance。 【57题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：这种紧身连衣裙源自中国满族，在清代时流行于皇室女性之间。其特点为立领、右侧开襟、收腰与下摆开叉，能够充分衬托出女性的身形之美。此处feature与dress构成被动关系，故用过去分词作定语。故填featured。 【58题详解】 考查时态。句意：这种紧身连衣裙源自中国满族，在清代时流行于皇室女性之间。其特点为立领、右侧开襟、收腰与下摆开叉，能够充分衬托出女性的身形之美。陈述事实用一般现在时，主语为This close-fitting dress，谓语用三单形式。故填comes。 【59题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：20世纪20年代，旗袍在西方风格的影响下发生了变化，旗袍的长度被缩短，女性身体的美得以充分展现。非谓语动词shorten意为“缩短”，和逻辑主语length构成被动关系，在介词including后应用动名词的复合结构形式作宾语，即动名词的被动式。故填being shortened。 【60题详解】 考查比较级。句意：从20世纪40年代开始，旗袍变得更为修身合身且更加实用。到了夏天，女性会穿无袖连衣裙。根据上文closer-fitting可知为比较级，在前面加more。故填more practical。 【61题详解】 考查固定句型。句意：直到20世纪60年代，这种服装才成为女性常见服饰。固定句型not…until…表示“直到……才”。故填until。 【62题详解】 考查名词的数。句意：例如，中国大使夫人参加重要社交活动时，旗袍是她们首选的服装。设空处为从句主语，根据后文their可知数量大于一用复数形式。故填wives。 【63题详解】 考查形容词。句意：事实上，有不少有影响力人物曾提议，旗袍应成为中国女性的国服。修饰名词people用形容词influential。故填influential。 【64题详解】 考查代词。句意：许多外国女性若到访中国，都渴望为自己添置一件旗袍。此处指为“她们自己”用反身代词themselves。故填themselves。 【65题详解】 考查连词。句意：旗袍不再是中国女性的专属服装，而是为世界各地的女性增添了美丽的词汇。根据“Cheongsam is no longer an article of clothing particular to Chinese women”和“is adding to the vocabulary of beauty for women all over the world”可知，此处是指而是为世界各地的女性增添了美丽的词汇，no longer...but意为“不再……而是”，所以此处应用并列连词but。故填but。 第四部分写作（共两节,满分40分） 第一节（满分15分） 66. 假定你在一份面向学生的国际英语杂志上看到一则征文告示，请依据要求写一篇短文投稿。 注意 1.写作词数应为80个左右；2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答： My Favorites __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】 My Favourites I used to ride my bike a lot when I was a kid. At nine, I joined an after-school cycling club and regularly took part in races. Cycling would really bring a great sense of freedom. However, after going to high school, I stopped it. After all, every day I had a lot more homework to do, and I rarely won races because I didn’t ride that fast. Now I’ve got a new hobby-skateboarding! I can do it at any time, so it fits in better with school. It’s just as much fun as cycling, but I’m much better at skateboarding. 【解析】 【导语】本篇书面表达属于应用文。要求考生给国际英语杂志写一篇关于“My Favourites”的短文投稿，分享自己曾经和现在的爱好。 【详解】1.词汇积累 经常：regularly → frequently 感觉：sense → feeling 很少：rarely → seldom 适合：fit in → suit 2.句式拓展 简单句变复合句 原句：Now I’ve got a new hobby-skateboarding! 拓展句：Now I’ve got a new hobby, which is skateboarding! 【点睛】【高分句型1】After all, every day I had a lot more homework to do, and I rarely won races because I didn’t ride that fast. (运用了and连接并列句和because引导的原因状语从句) 【高分句型2】I can do it at any time, so it fits in better with school. (运用了so连接并列句) 第二节（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，使之构成一篇完整短文。 Despite their genetic similarities, my twin sisters Lenna and Elsa were quite different. Lenna was a recognized athlete in our community. We all expected her to attain a scholarship on one field or another, but she lacked a certain edge to her reasoning. Elsa got along well with everyone who works in the library, but she had the grace (优雅) of a two-legged table. They had found few occasions to relate with one another and grew distant. Had I not lived with them, I would not have known them to be sisters. They did, however, share a drive for success that seemed to become more successful around the same time during senior year. After a track and field season, Lenna was offered full scholarship at a reputable state university near our home, so long as she maintained a 3.0 GPA. Elsa had a more important thing to do: she was one perfect report card away from seizing the chance of making a speech at a graduation ceremony from her opponent, Chet Goodweather. At the end of the sixth Wednesday of the fourth marking period, as the sisters unfolded the printed report cards, their smiles turned to tears: Lenna was getting a “D” in science and Elsa was getting a “C” in gym class. Lenna and Elsa came home at the same time and were surprised to find one another disappointed. As they argued with one another about who had suffered the greater misfortune, they realized that the other’s problem sounded easy to solve. Elsa barked, “Your problem isn’t even a problem. I could pass that test easily and 1 can show you how to as well.”Lenna retorted(反驳), “Well, all you need to do to get an ‘A’ is to shorten your mile time to five or ten minutes. Two weeks of training with me and the coach will try to have you on the track team.” The girls exchanged glances and came to a quick agreement. 注意: 1.续写词数应为150左右: 2.请按如下格式在答题纸的相应位置作答。 Every morning for the next two weeks, Lenna woke Elsa up at 4:30 to run. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Final report cards were distributed the Monday before graduation. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】范文 Every morning for the next two weeks, Lenna woke Elsa up at 4:30 to run. At first Elsa didn’t want to move and Lenna was able to review her vocabulary while jogging alongside her, but by the end of the two weeks, Lenna actually had to sweat a bit to keep up with her. Every day after school, Elsa would drag Lenna into the school library. The girls would talk as Lenna periodically caught on to a difficult concept during these marathon study sessions. Final report cards were distributed the Monday before graduation. Lenna and Elsa agreed to meet up at the library after school to open their report cards together. To their surprise, when Lenna unfolded her report card, she got a “B” in science class and would meet the terms of her scholarship. Elsa got an “A” in gym class. With another perfect report card in hand, she would surely edge out Chet Good weather to become the top student. 【解析】 【导语】本文以人物为线索展开，讲述了莱娜和艾尔莎是两姐妹，她们很少有机会互相交流，因此变得疏远了。某天两人都遭遇了挫折，于是两人达成协议，互相监督，互相支持，最终两人都达成了自己的目标。 【详解】1.段落续写： ①由第一段首句内容“在接下来的两个星期里，每天早上，莱娜都会在4:30叫醒艾尔莎跑步”可知，第一段可描写莱娜和艾尔莎两人互相监督学习和运动。 ②由第二段首句内容“最后的成绩单在毕业前的那个星期一分发”可知，第二段可描写公布两人所取得的成就。 2.续写线索：叫醒艾尔莎跑步——艾尔莎叫莱娜去图书馆——互相交谈——拿到成绩单——得知成绩——感悟 3.词汇激活 行为类 能够：be able to /be capable of 理解：catch on/take in 打开：unfold/open 情绪类 困难：difficult /hard 惊讶：surprise /astonishment 【点睛】[高分句型1] At first Elsa didn’t want to move and Lenna was able to review her vocabulary while jogging alongside her, but by the end of the two weeks, Lenna actually had to sweat a bit to keep up with her. (运用了状语从句的省略和but连接并列句) [高分句型2] To their surprise, when Lenna unfolded her report card, she got a “B” in science class and would meet the terms of her scholarship. (运用了when引导时间状语从句) 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$ 2023学年第一学期江浙高中（县中）发展共同体高三年级10月联考 英语 注意事项: 1.答卷前,考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。 2.回答选择题时,选出每小题答案后,用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动,用橡皮擦干净后,再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时,将答案写在答题卡上,写在本试卷上无效。 3.考试结束后,将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。 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。 1. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 Why did the man go to China last year? A. To visit his friends. B. To go sightseeing. C. To do business. 2. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 What is the relationship between the speakers? A. Parent and child. B. Employer and employee. C. Teacher and student. 3. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 Where does the conversation probably take place? A. In a classroom. B. In a canteen. C. In a library. 4. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 When did the train leave? A. At 10:00. B. At 10:30. C. At 10:45. 5. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 What is the conversation mainly about? A. Rescheduling a meeting. B. Solving a problem at work. C. Sharing some latest news. 第二节（共15小题;每小题1.5分,满分22.5分） 听下面5段对话或读白,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 will the woman probably do for the man? A. Become his lawyer. B. Stimulate his competition. C. Improve his business practice. 7. How does the man probably feel in the end? A. Scared. B. Relieved. C. Stressed. 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. How long will the speakers stay in the hotel? A. Four nights. B. Five nights. C. Six nights. 9. What will the woman do first? A. Book hotel rooms. B. Phone the print shop. C. Make a conference call. 10. What are the speakers doing? A. Preparing for a business trip. B. Making a hotel reservation. C. Planning for a holiday. 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】 11. Who is Mark's math teacher? A. Ms. Patel. B. Ms. Martin. C. Ms. Walker. 12. What grade is Mark in? A. The 6th. B. The 7th. C. The 8th. 13. When does summer school start? A. In June. B. In July. C. In August. 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】 14 What are the speakers mainly talking about? A. How birds grow. B. How animals can fly. C. How animals' lives are affected. 15. What color of bird feather has the woman found? A. Black. B. Blue. C. Dark green. 16. What cr eature is the woman afraid of? A. Insects. B. Birds. C. Bats. 17. What is the man trying to tell the woman? A. Humans can achieve anything. B. Humans should value all creatures. C. Humans can overcome challenges. 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】 18. What is the main purpose of the talk? A. To gain funding. B. To launch a new app. C. To warn against screen addiction. 19. How much was the pre-2017 fine for using a phone while driving? A. 60. B. 100. C. 200. 20. What does the SUD app do in “driving mode”? A. Make sure messages are answered automatically. B. Make Internet available under hand control only. C. Make phone’s social media apps totally unavailable. 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,从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出最佳答案。 A Poetry Foundation Poetry Explorers Join us online for a weekly family program! Each week, participate in live, interactive activities all about poetry life. We’ll learn to use the power of poetry and imagination to explore the world from home. These workshops are designed for children aged 5 to 11 and their families. Email families@poetryfoundation.org to register. Date: Wednesday, 12:00 PM — 12:30 PM Teen Poetry Lab All teens of grades 6-12 are invited to a weekly online exploration of poetry. Participants will read and discuss a wide range of contemporary poems and receive guidance in the creation of their own work. Sessions are free, but space is limited; to reserve a space, please email teens@poetryfoundation. org. Date: Thursday, 5:00 PM — 6:00 PM Forms & Features Online: Pantoum All are welcome to a poetry discussion workshop. In this session, we will explore the pantoum, a form born of Malaysian oral poetry that draws heavily upon repetition and rhyme. Registration is required; space is limited. To register, email forms@poetryfoundation.org with the time of the session you would like to attend. Date: Monday 2:00 PM — 4:00 PM; Wednesday, 10:00 AM — 12:00 PM; Friday, 1:00 PM — 3:00 PM Library Book Club Online: Victoria Chang All adults are welcome to a monthly book group hosted by library staff. Next month, we will read and discuss Obit by Victoria Chang. Registration is required; space is limited. To register, email library@poetryfoundation.org. Date: Friday, 12:00 PM — 1:30 PM 21. What do these four activities have in common? A. Including regular poetry creation. B. Being held online. C. Charging registration fee. D. Being aimed at children. 22. Which of the following offers guided poetry writing sessions? A. Teen Poetry Lab. B. Poetry Explorers. C. Forms & Features Online: Pantoum. D. Library Book Club Online: Victoria Chang. 23. Where should they email to register if a couple with their child aged 5 attend? A. teens@poetryfoundation.org. B. forms@poetryfoundation.org. C. library@poetryfoundation.org. D. families@poetryfoundation.org. B Terasa Hill did not intend to do something unplanned. It began when Terasa was observing a horse auction (拍卖). A chestnut: racehorse was for sale? “She was the most beautiful thing I’d ever seen, though it had an injured leg,” said Terasa. When the bidding started Terasa surprised herself by stepping in. Finally, Terasa became the new owner of Sierra, and Sierra, limping (跛) and hurt with pain from a broken knee, became a labour of love for Terasa. After three long months of nursing her under the guidance of a local animal doctor, the leg recovered. It wasn’t only Sierra’s leg that needed to recover; Sierra needed to relearn how to trust people. Terasa thought the best way to win Sierra’s trust and fondness was to feed her treats. Terasa kept providing Sierra with many treats, but none passed the sniff (嗅) test. Desperate, Terasa experimented by making her own mixture of molasses and grains, which she baked in her own kitchen. The cookies were a hit with Sierra and other horses, sending Terasa’s life in a new direction. Her treats, called “Barnies”, were sold to a local store and like hotcakes, within months local businessmen began demanding for more. Terasa’s kitchen was no longer big enough for the increased demand, moving her operation to an Oshawa company. Then a serious health problem threatened to ruin her plans. Terasa called upon the same resolution that had helped her save Sierra to help her overcome her own illness. Family and friends came to her rescue and kept Barnies Ltd. going. Almost a year later, healthy and more resolute than ever, Terasa found a national distributor and Bainies began selling in 144 stores across Canada. And what about Sierra, the inspiration for all this success and change? The horse has fully recovered and has become a wonderful riding horse. 24. Why did Terasa create her own cookies? A. To show superb cooking skills. B. To provide a special diet for Sierra. C. To find a way to bond with the horse. D. To lay the foundation for her business. 25. Which best describes Terasa according to paragraph 3? A. Inflexible. B. Pessimistic. C. Confident. D. Determined. 26. Why is the last paragraph an effective conclusion? A. It raises a valuable question. B It provides surprising information. C. It returns to the topic of the opening paragraph. D. It continues the focus of the paragraph before it. 27. What is the text mainly about? A. A remarkable encounter. B. A famous food company. C. A rescue of a weak horse. D. A career from previous devotion. C The sound of leaves underfoot is usually associated with autumn. But this year, it was the soundtrack to summer walks across Europe, as maximum temperature records fell and the continent suffered its worst drought in 500 years. The drought had been building for months after a dry winter and spring, but it was worse by a series of fierce heatwaves over the summer, says Sim on Parry at the UK Centre for Ecology &Hydrology. In France, nuclear power plants were forced to reduce their output as low river flows meant there wasn’t enough water to cool their reactors. Water levels on the Rhine river dropped so far that ships loaded with goods in Germany and the Netherlands, including coal and petrol, were unable to travel. Besides, farmers saw crops wither(枯萎). Harvests of soya-beans and sunflower seeds were predicted to fall by between12 and 16 percent. This was a crisis caused in large part by climate change, says Richard Allan, who is also at the University of Reading. “Warming due to human-caused climate change made this event much more extreme,” he says. Studies suggest that the drought was made at least 20 times more likely by global warming. However, that missing rainfall ends up somewhere, says Peter Gleick at the Pacific Institute in California. This year’s disastrous floods in countries including Australia and Pakistan are the “flip side” of the droughts, he says. “The droughts and the extreme floods that we are seeing are tied together, and are part and parcel of the broader challenge of climate change,” says Gleick. In the wake of a drought, it is critical that nature gets time to recover. But for Europe, this was the second severe drought in four years. “My grass has already recovered from this summer... but if I had a tree that survived it, that would take 10 years or more to get back to a normal state,” says Niko Wanders at Utrecht University in the Netherlands. 28. What is the author’s purpose in mentioning the sound? A. To show the seasonal cycle. B. To describe the beauty of autumn. C. To emphasize the dry weather. D. To clarify trees’ survival mode. 29. What is paragraph 2 of the text mainly about? A. The reduction of river water. B. The duration(持续)of the drought. C. The causes of various losses. D. The consequences of the disaster. 30. Which is probably the best way to tackle climate change according to the text? A. Expanding climate monitoring. B. Improving human behavior. C. Promoting natural restoration. D. Balancing water distribution. 31. What is the author’s attitude toward the climate change trend in Europe? A. Conservative. B. Unclear. C. Concerned. D. Hopeful. D Most of us would like to be more creative, but we assume there is little we can do about it. Psychology professor K. Anders Ericsson claims that with enough practice, any of us can become experts. However, he is quick to add that this requires a specific kind of practice that Ericsson calls ‘deliberate practice’: that is, pushing beyond one’s comfort zone and setting goals that are above one’s current level of performance. He says he has yet to find the limits on being successful and he doesn’t believe them to be real. Ericsson has looked primarily at artistic and athletic skills, but can these findings apply to creativity? Most experts agree that even if most people cannot hope to become creative geniuses, they can learn to become more creative through practice. Psychologists claim that there are actually two levels of creativity, which they refer to as’Big C’ and ‘small c’. Big C creativity applies to breakthrough ideas, ones that may change the course of a field or even history. Small c creativity refers to everyday creative problem solving, like creating a new recipe or improving a process, which psychologists subdivide further into similar and different thinking. Similar thinking involves examining all the facts and arriving at a single solution. In contrast, different thinking involves coming up with many possible solutions. What most people think of as creativity generally involves different thinking and can be taught, practised and learnt. Even with practice, different thinking alone cannot make one creative, however. Scott Barry Kaufman, a cognitive psychologist, says that most creative people share one personality quality: openness to new experience. Since this quality and these processes have been identified, less creative people can try to emulate them. Normally, we tend to reproduce what we already know because creative ideas move us into unfamiliar territory involving risks and following the usual behaviors is comfortable. Moving outside of our comfort zone, engaging indeliberate practice and tolerating contradictory ideas, risk and failure are all things we can learn to do better. It is unlikely that doing so will transform any of us into creative geniuses, but it does have the potential to increase our level of creativity. 32. Why does Ericsson think he can’t find the limits? A. No restrictions exist. B. Practice makes perfect. C. Each one can succeed. D. The goal is ambitious. 33. Which of the following is an example of ‘small c’? A. Settling in outer space. B. Building a plastic doghouse. C. Developing robots to look after the old. D. Explaining the theory of evolution in class. 34. What does the underlined word “emulate” in paragraph 3 mean? A. Justify. B. Limit. C. Copy. D. Assess. 35. What message does the author seem to convey in the text? A. We can learn to be more creative. B. Life is full of various challenges. C. It’s better to take deliberate practice. D. Most can become creative geniuses. 第二节（共5小题:每小题2分,满分12.5分） 根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 Go on a 15-minute Tour Didn’t someone say that life is about the journey, not the destination? ___36___ when you are focused only on getting to the next meeting, starting your next class period, or hurrying to send an email, you’re missing all of the people between Points A and B. To commit some time to the journey, take some time to walk around where you work and notice your surroundings. ___37___ Also, some of the smaller yet critical social clues that exist right under your nose will be concentrated on again. ___38___ Things to look for include the look and feel of people’s work spaces, the timing of when different people move around the office, and which people seek interaction versus those who stay at their desks all day. After your first observation tour, select a different day to tour your workspace for moods. Other people’s moods can provide you with critical clues about how things are going. ___39___ Focus on what you see, hear, and pick up on in other people. Schedule 15 minutes to tour your workplace twice a week for a month and be sure to avoid making too many assumptions or conclusions — just simply observe. ___40___ A. You’ll be amazed at what you see along the way. B. Spare a little time to closely monitor each person’s progress. C. Notice what people may be feeling when you drop by to talk briefly. D. During any workday, take just 15 minutes to observe neglected things. E. You generally love the breathtaking landscape and people’s performances. F. Going on a short tour will help you get in tune with other people and their emotions. G. To become socially aware, remember to enjoy the journey and notice people along the way. 第三部分语言知识运用（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,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 When I was little, I often helped my mother plant our family’s garden. In April, I would kneel by Mum’s side for hours, carefully digging holes and ___41___ seeds into the earth. When I grew up, I was unwilling to do any planting. ___42___, my mother never said much about my decision until two years ago. I was leaving home when Mum ___43___ me. “Would you please help me with the planting today?” she asked, I mumbled (咕哝) something along the ___44___ of, “Uh, maybe … I’ll see. By the time I left the house, Mum was already in the garden. She ___45___ for a moment as I walked past, and from the corner of my eye I saw a certain ___46___ in her stare. A few hours later, I decided to head back home to help her and felt very ___47___ for my selfless decision. But I was too late. I ___48___ little about that day until nearly a year later, Mum unexpectedly ___49___ her friend Sara to cancer. She went to see how the two children were ___50___ the sudden loss. There Mum learned the answer. “Mummy made me my own garden,” Rachel said ___51___, leading her outdoors to see the masterpiece. Sara had decided to plant her children something that would ___52___ long after she was gone. As I listened to my mother tearfully tell Sara’s story, I realized the true ___53___ of a garden. Our annual planting was about kneeling together, planting potential life and creating the best ___54___ together. I won’t ever ___55___ the planting day again. 41. A. packing B. driving C. pushing D. directing 42. A. Naturally B. Surprisingly C. Awkwardly D. Obviously 43. A. stopped B. followed C. grabbed D. reminded 44. A. roles B. scenes C. clues D. lines 45. A. turned around B. slowed down C. burned out D. looked up 46. A. peace B. panic C. puzzle D. pain 47. A. calm B. noble C. guilty D. crazy 48. A. thought B. forgot C. talked D. inquired 49. A. exposed B. tied C. lost D. left 50. A. perceiving B. suffering C. approaching D. encountering 51. A. seriously B. proudly C. bitterly D. brokenly 52. A. die out B. run out C. catch on D. live on 53. A. cost B. style C. power D. test 54 A. memories B. wonders C. prospects D. services 55. A. spend B. miss C. recall D. waste 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。 The cheongsam, or Qipao, is the classic dress for Chinese women, which combines the ____56____ (elegant) of Chinese tradition with unique elements of style. This close-fitting dress,____57____ (feature) by stand collar, right side opening, fitting waist and slip bottom, which can fully set off the beauty of the female shape, ____58____ (come) from China’s Manchu Nationality and became popular among ladies of the royal family in the Qing Dynasty. In the 1920s. the cheongsam experienced a change with the influence of Wester styles, including its length ____59____ (shorten), which allowed the beauty of the female body to be fully displayed. Starting from the 1940s, cheongsams became closer-fitting and ____60____ (practical) and in summer, women wore sleeveless dresses. It didn’t become standard female clothes ____61____the 1960s. Today, with its variety of styles, the cheongsam shows its charm at many markets. More and more wonen in China appreciate its beauty. For instance, when____62____ (wife) of China’s ambassadors attend important social gatherings, the cheongsam is their first choice among dresses. In fact, quite a number of ____63____ (influence) people have suggested that cheongsam should become the national dress for women in China. Many foreign women are eager to get ____64____ (they) a cheongsam should they visit China. Cheongsam is no longer an article of clothing particular to Chinese women, ____65____is adding to the vocabulary of beauty for women all over the world. 第四部分写作（共两节,满分40分） 第一节（满分15分） 66. 假定你在一份面向学生的国际英语杂志上看到一则征文告示，请依据要求写一篇短文投稿。 注意 1.写作词数应为80个左右；2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答： My Favorites __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 第二节（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。 Despite their genetic similarities, my twin sisters Lenna and Elsa were quite different. Lenna was a recognized athlete in our community. We all expected her to attain a scholarship on one field or another, but she lacked a certain edge to her reasoning. Elsa got along well with everyone who works in the library, but she had the grace (优雅) of a two-legged table. They had found few occasions to relate with one another and grew distant. Had I not lived with them, I would not have known them to be sisters. They did, however, share a drive for success that seemed to become more successful around the same time during senior year. After a track and field season, Lenna was offered full scholarship at a reputable state university near our home, so long as she maintained a 3.0 GPA. Elsa had a more important thing to do: she was one perfect report card away from seizing the chance of making a speech at a graduation ceremony from her opponent, Chet Goodweather. At the end of the sixth Wednesday of the fourth marking period, as the sisters unfolded the printed report cards, their smiles turned to tears: Lenna was getting a “D” in science and Elsa was getting a “C” in gym class. Lenna and Elsa came home at the same time and were surprised to find one another disappointed. As they argued with one another about who had suffered the greater misfortune, they realized that the other’s problem sounded easy to solve. Elsa barked, “Your problem isn’t even a problem. I could pass that test easily and 1 can show you how to as well.”Lenna retorted(反驳), “Well, all you need to do to get an ‘A’ is to shorten your mile time to five or ten minutes. Two weeks of training with me and the coach will try to have you on the track team.” The girls exchanged glances and came to a quick agreement. 注意: 1.续写词数应为150左右: 2.请按如下格式在答题纸的相应位置作答。 Every morning for the next two weeks, Lenna woke Elsa up at 4:30 to run. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Final report cards were distributed the Monday before graduation. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$江浙高中发展共同体2023学年第一学期高三年级十月联考英语试卷。听力部分第一节听下面5段对话，每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三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。现在你有5秒钟的时间阅读第一小题的有关内容。Have you been to china? Yes, i've been there four times on business. What about you? Last year, I went there with two of my friends. I visited the great wall and the summer palace. Come on. Stretch your hands to reach the notes. You have quite small hands. IT helps if piano players have larger hands. Mom says, I got her brain and my dada's small hands. You'll be. O, K. Let's try that last piece of music again. Excuse me, I had lunch here with two classmates, and I may have left my history textbook care. I hope you've got IT. Yeah, here. IT is. Thank you. Did you manage to reach the station in time to catch the ten thirty train? Yes, in fact, I was there thirty minutes early, only to find out that the train would depart fifteen minutes later than the usual time. Hi Jimmy. Sorry for the last minute call and stuck at work. There's no way I can make IT to our six o'clock pm meeting. No worries. I would have had to arrive really late anyway. We can reschedule IT for another time. Thanks, Jimmy. See you soon. 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，回答第六和第7两个小题。现在你有10秒钟的时间阅读这两个小题。In a quarter law, your innocent until proven guilty. I'm defending your case because I know that you didn't do anything wrong. Thank you. Hear in Angel, I promise i've done nothing but all of the law. So about these companies that are accusing you of bad business practice, do they have any reason to wish you harm? They are my competitors. They're clearly trying to push my company out . of the market. I see my law firm love representing smaller businesses. You're in good hands. thanks. You've released a lot of my stress. In a quarter law, your innocent until proven guilty. I'm defending your case because I know that you didn't do anything wrong. Thank you hear in Angel, I promise i've done nothing but follow the law. So about these companies that are accusing you of bad business practice, do they have any reason to wish you harm? There are my competitors. They're clearly trying to push my company out . of the market. I see my law firm loves representing smaller businesses. You're in good hands. thanks. You've released a . lot of my stress. 听下面一段对话，回答第八至第13个小题。现在你有15秒钟的时间阅读这三个小题。Let's see. What have we done so far. Have you made the hotel reservation? Yes, i've just received the confirmation email we booked for six nights from wednesday to next monday. good. Julie. Do we have the procures yet? No, not yet. The print shop says they might be ready tomorrow. Tomorrow is too late. The company car will take us to the airport before nine o'clock. Why don't you give them a call right now and get on their case? We need to have the brochures ready today. Okay, I have a conference call in five minutes, but as soon as that's over, i'll give the print shop a call. excEllent. Is there anything else? No, I think . that's IT right. thanks. Lets see what have we done so far. Have you made the hotel . reservation? Yes, i've just received the confirmation email we booked for six nights from wednesday to next monday. Good, Julie. We have the brochures yet? No, not yet. The print shop says they might be ready tomorrow. Tomorrow is too late. The company car will take us to the airport before nine o'clock. Why don't you give them a call right now and get on their case? We need to have the brochures ready today. Okay, I have a conference call in five minutes, but as soon as that's over, i'll give the print shop a call. excEllent. Is there anything else? No, I think . that's IT right. thanks. 听下面一段对话，回答第11至第13 3个小题。现在你有15秒钟的时间阅读这三个小题。What do you think we can do to improve mark's grade and math? I think the best way would be if mark can stay back after class every wednesday for some extra help. I've already talked to the teacher, miss Walker and SHE would be more than happy to help him out. Thank you. I spoke to miss patel about science. SHE said. He's doing okay. You can manage on a zone for now. Oh, that's great. I think we should also speak to miss Martin about next year. Mark is going to be in the eighth grade, and we need to make sure we do everything we can for his grades. From the very start. I agree. I think we may have to think about summer school as well. He could join from june. Can he join summer school from july instead and state August? No, they don't allow that. You have to attend from the beginning. What do you think we can do to improve mark grade and math? I think the best way would be if mark can stay back after class every wednesday for some extra help. I've already talked to the teacher, miss Walker and SHE would be more than happy to help him out. Thank you. I spoke to miss patel about science. SHE said. He's doing okay. You can manage on a zone for now. Oh, that's great. I think we should also speak to miss Martin about next year. Mark is going to be in the eighth grade, and we need to make sure we do everything we can for his grades. From the very start. I agree. I think we may have to think about summer school as well. He could join from june. Can he join summer school from july instead and state August? No, they don't allow that. You have to attend from the beginning. 听下面一段对话，回答第14至第17 4个小题。现在你有20秒钟的时间阅读这四个小题。Look dead. I found this bird feather isn't IT pretty. IT is IT looks black. But if you look closely, you'll see that it's actually a dark shade of blue. How do birds manage to fly? They have powerful wings that can beat very . fast like this. yes, but much faster. When they spread their wings, they increase ed the size of their wings, which creates more lift. And that allows them to fly into the sky. exactly. I wish we could fly. we can, but we need to use airplanes and helicopters and other technological solutions. Do any other animals fly? Well, insects are able to fly, but there are certain animals that fly as well. Bats can fly. Bats are scary. but they're actually very smart creatures. They use sound waves to see in the dark so they can avoid objects while flying. I didn't know that. indeed, humans were inspired by how bats use sound to create lots of different technologies. That's how we detect plains in the sky. So the bets taught us how to see while we fly. That's cool. Indeed, IT is. That's why we should respect all forms of life. Look dead. I found this bird feather isn't IT pretty. IT is IT looks black. But if you look closely, you'll see that it's actually a dark shade of blue. How do birds manage to fly? They have powerful wings that can beat very fast. like this. yes, but much faster. When they spread their wings, they increase the size of their wings, which creates more lift. And that allows them to fly into the sky. exactly. I wish we could fly. We can, but we need to use airplanes and helicopters and other technological solutions. Do any other animals fly? Well, insects are able to fly, but there are certain animals that fly as well. Bats can fly. Bats are scary. but they are actually very smart creatures. They use sound waves to see in the dark so they can avoid objects while flying. I didn't know . that indeed, humans were inspired by how bats use sound to create lots of different technologies. That's how we detect plains in the sky. So the bets taught us how to see while we fly. That's cool. Indeed, IT is. That's why we should respect all forms of life. 听下面一段独白，回答第18至第23个小题。现在你有15秒钟的时间阅读这三个小题。I'm managing director of chene innovations, a software company that is focused on how technology can improve safety, the environment and daily life. And here to date, tell you about our newest phone, APP, SU, D, which means shut up and drive. And i'm looking for ign investment of eighty thousand pounds in return for a twenty percent share in our company. SUD is an APP aimed at preventing dangerous driving caused by mobile phone news. This is a huge problem. Over the past five years, we've had five hundred seventy nine serious traffic accidents, link to phone news, with one hundred thirty three of them causing the death of one or more people, and despite punishments having doubled in two thousand seventeen, meaning offenders now lose six points on their license and receive a two hundred pound fine. A recent survey showed that eleven million british people still admit to using their mobiles while driving because is screen addiction. We know we shouldn't, but we simply can't stop. This is where SU, D comes in. The APP uses the phones G, P, S technology to discover how quickly the devices moving. If you drive above ten miles per hour, the APP begins driving mode, which prevents any internet and social media functions being used. Incoming coals are blocked, and the color is automatically informed that the user is unavailable. Map functions are available via voice control only. I'm managing director of chen innovations, a software company that is focused on how technology can improve safety, the environment and daily life. I'm here to date tell you about our newest phone, APP S, U, D, which means shut up and drive. And i'm looking for an investment of eighty thousand pounds in return for a twenty percent share in our company. SUD is an APP aimed at preventing dangerous driving cause by mobile phone news. This is a huge problem. Over the past five years, we've had five hundred seventy nine serious traffic accidents. Link to phone news with one hundred thirty three of them causing the death of one or more people, and despite punishments having doubled in two thousand seventeen, meaning offenders now lose six points on their license and receive a two hundred pound fine. A recent survey showed that eleven million british people still admit to using their mobiles while driving because is screen addiction. We know we shouldn't, but we simply can't stop. This is where SUD comes in. The APP uses the phone's GP, S technology to discover how quickly the devices moving. If you drive above ten miles per hour, the APP begins driving mode, which prevents any internet and social media functions being used. Incoming calls are blocked, and the color is automatically informed that the user is unavailable. Map functions are available via voice control only.