精品解析：江西省新建区第一中学2024-2025学年高三上学期12月模拟训练（二）英语试题

You have reached the student union activity hotline. The following is a list of information for thursday, Carol burg will be speaking on the topic equal pay for women. It's still not here. He will speak in the oak room from nine o'clock until ten o'clock. The student council will meet in room twenty seven from noon until one thirty. Elections will be held for all major offices. All students are welcome. The campus folk dance club meets in the Green room in the afternoon. All are welcome to attend that midler will be performing live in the campus corner coverage. The show begins at eight o'clock. All seats are seven dollars. Tonight's movie, the experimental dial tones will be shown in the union theatre at seven P. M and nine P. M. I take IT for the movie is five dollars if you have missed anything on this recording, please press the pound key for the message to repeat. Thank you for calling. You have reached the student union activity hotline. The following is a list of information. For thursday, Carol burg will be speaking on the topic equal pay for women. It's still not here. SHE was speaking in the oak room. From nine o'clock until ten o'clock, the student council will meet in room twenty seven. From noon until one thirty, elections will be held for all major offices. All students are welcome. The campus folk dance club meets in the Green room in the afternoon. All are welcome to attend that Miller will be performing live in the campus corner cover. The show begins at eight o'clock. All seats are seven dollars. Tonight's movie, the experimental dial tones will be shown in the union theory at seven P, M and nine P. M. I take IT for the movie is five dollars. If you have missed anything on this recording, please press the pound key for the message to repeat. Thank you for calling. That was such an interesting english program. I hope you enjoy da as much . as I did, I must tell you the truth that I fell asleep after the first few minutes as I couldn't understand many of the words in the program. 高三英语12月模拟训练卷（二） 一、听力选择题 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】 1. What does the man think of the video? A. Amazing. B. Traditional. C. Boring. 2. What makes the dancing special according to the woman? A. The music. B. The costumes. C. The creativity. 3. 此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 What will the woman probably do? A. Meet the engineer. B. Make a call. C. Talk to Mr. Black. 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】 4. Which of the following does the man think is important to him? A. The home’s space. B. A nice view. C. A quiet neighborhood. 5. How many bedrooms would the man’s dream home have? A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. 6. Where would the guest bathroom be? A. On the first floor. B. On the second floor. C. On the third floor. 7. When would the man watch the news on TV? A. In the morning. B. In the afternoon. C. In the evening. 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 What does the man promise the woman to do? A. Take some pictures. B. Fix her tent. C. Teach her basketball. 9. What will the woman take? A. A camera. B. A flashlight. C. A compass. 10. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 When are the speakers going to leave? A. At 3:45. B. At 3:15. C. At 2:45. 11. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 What does the man ask the woman to do? A. Solve a problem. B. Write a report. C. Send an e-mail. 12. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 What does the man feel about the news? A. He is sad. B. He is happy. C. He is surprised. 13. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 How does the woman find the English program? A. A little difficult. B. Very important. C. Quite interesting. 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】 14. Where will Carole Berg give a talk? A. In the Oak Room. B. In the Green Room. C. In the Union Theatre. 15. What can people do in the Campus Comer Cabaret? A. Attend a dance party. B. Watch a great film. C. Enjoy a live show. 16. How much does a film ticket cost? A. $7. B. $5. C. $3. 17. What should people do to hear the recording again? A. Press the pound key. B. Call the Hotline. C. Dial the Theater. 听下面一段对话，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 probable relationship between the speakers? A. Classmates. B. Teacher and student. C. Librarian and library user. 19. What is harming the environment in Yucatan according to the man? A. Agriculture. B. Mining. C. Tourism. 20. How did the man first know about the environmental damage in Yucatan? A. From a lecture. B. From a magazine. C. From his brother. 21. What in the magazine is useful to the man? A. The interviews. B. The photos. C. The news stories. 二、阅读理解 Shared Development Connectivity is a priority in the BRI (the Belt and Road Initiative). Over the past decade, under the BRI connectivity framework, the following infrastructure projects have helped participating countries realize their dream of shared prosperity. 74,000 trips China-Europe Railway Express The China-Europe Railway Express has now reached more than 200 cities in 25 European countries, comprising 86 routes passing through the main regions of the Eurasian hinterland at an average speed of 120 kilometers per hour. By the end of June, 2023, the cumulative volume of the China-Europe Railway Express had exceeded 74,000 trips, transporting nearly 7 million TEUs (集装箱) and over 50,000 types of goods in 53 categories. 20.79m passenger trips China-Laos Railway The railway is an electrified railway directly connecting Kunming City in China’s Yunnan Province with Vientiane, capital of Laos. The railway officially opened for business on December 3rd, 2021. On April 13th, 2023, the railway started cross-border passenger services. By August1st, 2023, the railway had recorded a total of 20.79 million passenger trips and carried 25.22 million tons of cargo. 2% to Kenya’s economic growth Mombasa-Nairobi Railway As from August 31st, 2023, the railway in Kenya is operating an average of six passenger trains per day; a total of million passengers have been carried and the average occupancy rate is above 95 percent; an average of 17 freight (货运) trains operate daily, and a total of 28 million tons of goods have been transported. According to the Kenyan government’s estimates, the railway has added 2 percent to Kenya’s economic growth. 7.43m tons of goods Addis Ababa-Djibouti Railway The railway in Ethiopia has delivered a total of 7.43 million tons of goods and nearly 53,000 passenger trips over the past five years. Total transportation revenue has maintained an average annual growth rate of more than 35 percent. 22. Which railway project has the largest number of passenger trips? A. China-Europe Railway Express. B. China-Laos Railway. C. Mombasa-Nairobi Railway. D. Addis Ababa-Djibouti Railway. 23. How many routes does China-Europe Railway Express comprise? A. 25. B. 53. C. 86. D. 200. 24. What can be learned about Mombasa-Nairobi Railway? A. It took 6 years to be built. B. It links China and Ethiopia. C. It contributes to Kenya’s economy. D. It runs more passenger trains than freight trains. My dad passed away yesterday and I am processing everything. It's hard to try and find positivity in my pain, but my Dad taught me so much when he was healthy, and when he wasn't, I wanted to share some of the lessons. Be on the phone less. This one seems strange but in his final moments I was all in, no checking my phone because it really didn't matter.___25___This was a moment I needed to remember and I would have regretted it if I was distracted in this part of his journey. ___26___Sometimes we need people to lean on My mom and dad needed a lot of help. I needed a lot of help. We were surrounded by people willing to help us and instead of shutting them out like we've done in the past, we let them in and it was exactly what we needed. Not everyone will understand your experience.___27___Just knowing people are here for us means a lot, but I also know that no one will fully understand my experience and that's okay as we are all different. Family is not necessarily the people who brought you into this world. I am adopted and I know we chose each other.___28___ I also loved my father very much. There's nothing more important than being with the ones you love I was able to hold my Dad when he took his last breath. My mom and I made sure that my dad knew he was loved through this journey.___29___Everything else is secondary. A. All that mattered was him. B. Love is what truly matters. C. Surround yourself with a support system. D. And he loved me more than anyone on this Earth. E. It's okay not to remember the reason for everything F. Really, we can handle more than we ever thought possible. G. This was a long and hard journey for my mom and I and all of those who care about us. Are Food Miles Really Important? A popular narrative with food is simple: “eating local” is one of the best ways to reduce your carbon footprint. It seems quite reasonable intuitively, but how reliable is it? Well, it is indeed true that the food sector uses a lot of energy, contributing 20 to 30 percent of all greenhouse gases. But how much of this is directly connected to moving food around the globe from farm to fork? Perhaps less than you might think. In one of the most comprehensive studies, researchers at Carnegie Mellon University in Pennsylvania have reported that the shipment of food around the world only contributes around 4 percent of global carbon emissions. The report is in line with much research from around the world, which suggests that transportation only generates between 4 to 6 percent of the food system’s carbon footprint. Many studies revealed that most emissions were actually generated from other aspects of food production, such as agriculture, processing and cooking. In fact, it is the end consumer that used by far the most energy. Transport? The least. One UK government study found that tomatoes trucked hundreds of kilometers from sunny Spain had a carbon footprint that was less than a third of that of those grown in heated glasshouses in chilly UK. In contrast to the simple “local=more eco-friendly” narrative, the authors therefore concluded that: “A single indicator based on total food kilometers travelled would not be a valid indicator of sustainability.” When it comes to our carbon footprint, transport methods vary enormously too. For example, as air freight produces more than 75 times more emissions than sea freight, shipping food to the UK all the way from South-East Asia would involve far less carbon than the same product popped on a short flight from Italy. In this context, the emissions that come from shipping food by air freight one mile, is equal to the emissions from shipping food for more than 9 miles by road, and 75 miles by sea, making the concept of distance as a direct indicator of emissions highly problematic. So is eating local really a better option? It depends. There are many reasons why you might be choosing to do so, aside from environmental concerns. Indeed, there are many other ways to measure environmental impact other than carbon emissions. But when we look at the evidence, only one thing is clear: food miles alone really aren’t a good proxy(指标)for sustainability. In fact, sometimes they are incredibly misleading. While we can’t disregard them entirely, we should view them in the context of a suite of other factors, recognizing that they often make up a tiny fraction of food’s carbon impact. 30. The data mentioned in the second paragraph are used to ______ . A. illustrate that “food miles” has nothing to do with carbon emissions B. encourage readers to consume imported food without guilt C. prove that blaming carbon emissions on “food miles” only is unwise D. warn readers that food transport is to blame for global warming 31 The author is likely to agree that _______ . A. eating local actually doesn’t help cut down on the carbon footprint of food B. cutting transport distance always helps to cut down on food’s carbon footprint C. food transport has more to do with carbon emissions than food processing does D. food’s carbon footprint depends both on the distance and the method of transport 32. What’s the author’s attitude towards “food miles” as an indicator for sustainability? A. neutral B. serious C. opposing D. supportive Though researchers have long known that adults build unconscious (无意识的) preferences over a lifetime of making choices between things that are essentially the same, the new finding that even babies engage in this phenomenon demonstrates that this way of justifying choice is intuitive (凭直觉的) and somehow fundamental to the human experience. “The act of making a choice changes how we feel about our options,” said Alex Silver, a Johns Hopkins researcher. “Even infants who are really just at the start of making choices for themselves have this preference.” The findings are published today in the journal Psychological Science. People assume they choose things that they like. But research suggests that’s sometimes backwards: we like things because we choose them. And, we dislike things that we don’t choose. “Adults make these inferences unconsciously,” said co-author Lisa Feigenson, a Johns Hopkins scientist in child development. “We justify our choice after the fact.” This makes sense for adults in a consumer culture who must make random choices every day, between everything from toothpaste brands to styles of jeans. The question was when exactly people start doing this. So they turned to babies, who don’t get many choices so, as Feigenson puts it, are “a perfect window into the origin of this tendency.” The team brought 10-to 20-month-old babies into the lab and gave them a choice of objects to play with; two equally bright and colorful soft blocks. They set them far apart, so the babies had to crawl to one or the other — a random choice. After the baby chose one of the toys, the researchers took it away and came back with a new option. The babies could then pick from the toy they didn’t play with the first time, or a brand new toy. Their choices showed they “dis-prefer the unchosen object.” To continue studying the evolution of choice in babies the lab will next look at the idea of “choice overload.” For adults, choice is good, but too many choices can be a problem, so the lab will try to determine if that is also true for babies. 33. What is people’s assumption about the act of making choices? A. They like what they choose. B. They choose what they like. C. They base choices on the fact. D. They make choices thoughtfully. 34. Why were babies selected as subjects for the study? A. To help them make better choices. B. To guide them to perceive the world. C. To track the root of making random choices. D. To deepen the understanding of a consumer culture. 35. What does the study on the babies show? A. They like novel objects. B. Their choices are mostly based on colors. C. Their random choices become preferences. D. They are unable to make choices for themselves. 36. What will the following study focus on? A. The law of “choice overload”. B. The problem of adults’ many choices. C. Why too many choices can influence adults. D. Whether babies are troubled with many choices. NASA has a new job listing, and it’s no joke. The US space agency is looking for a “joker” to join their planned mission to Mars. A mission to Mars is no laughing matter. On average, the red planet is 140 million miles (225 million kilometers) away from Earth. A trip there would take around eight months in a small spacecraft. And Mars has a communications delay of 20 minutes. This means that astronauts will have to wait 20 minutes for a reply, when an emergency happens. “When you’re living with others in a confined space for a long period of time, such as on a mission to Mars, problems are likely to occur,” Jeffrey Johnson, a scientist at the University of Florida, told the Guardian. This is probably why NASA wants an astronaut with a sense of humor. “These are people that have the ability to pull everyone together,” Johnson said. In stressful situations, perhaps humor is a way to know we aren’t alone. By laughing together, we share our stress. Then we can focus on our jobs instead of just worrying. There are other examples of team “clowns”. One example is the journey to the South Pole led by Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen. It was a difficult journey, full of danger. Adolf Lindstrom, a cook at Amundsen’s team, was a “clown”. He made people laugh through the whole journey. Amundsen later wrote that Lindstrom was the most valuable member of the team. But if you’re hoping that your favorite TV comedian will fly to Mars, that probably won’t happen. “Being funny won’t be enough to land somebody the job,” Johnson said. “They also need to be an excellent scientist and engineer.” Besides, they must be in top physical condition. 37. What is NASA’s new job listing? A. A funny engineer. B. A talented clown. C. A good cook. D. A popular comedian. 38. What does “a confined space” in Paragraph 3 refer to? A. A crowded space. B. An empty space. C. An open space. D. A small space. 39. How does the author think humor can help astronauts? A. It can stop them from feeling worried. B. It can encourage teamwork on a mission. C. It can help them feel less homesick. D. It can help them know themselves better. 40. What point does the author want to make with the example of the cook? A. What explorers eat on their journey is very important. B. An amateur can play a more important role than a professional. C. Humorous people can cheer people up in difficult situations. D. A mission to Mars is more difficult than a journey to the South Pole. 41. What could be the best title of the passage? A. Keeping the Spirits Up B. A Mission to Mars C. A New Job Listing of NASA D. Humorous Astronauts in NASA 三、完形填空 My job is to provide at-home services for the elderly and those who are disabled. My client (客户) was an 86-year-old woman who had been ___42___ cancer for the past four years. The last few months of her life took all her ___43___ but none of her joy in life. Each day I appeared at her ___44___, she would ask, “Have you heard any good ___45___ lately?” I’m not good at remembering jokes and ___46___ had a funny story to tell her, besides it always seemed that the only joke that would come to my mind sound ___47___ to her. Then, I got the bright idea to copy Grace’s Kid Stories that I ___48___ on my bookshelf at home. Every day I would have one more ___49___ thing to tell my wonderful friend. She would ___50___ quietly to herself, and my heart was____51____. Today, her daughter told me she had ____52____ on Sunday. One of the things the daughter told me was that one of her mother’s last ____53____ was “Have you heard any good jokes lately?” The daughter told her mother that she couldn’t ____54____ anything funny. Her mother replied that I always ____55____ with a joke and that she had ____56____ wailing for me to arrive with each new “joke”. We ____57____ for a few minutes together, then I got on with my ____58____, but I couldn’t seem to down to work. Finally, I ____59____ the daughter and asked, “Would you like to hear today’s joke?” I am grateful (感激的) to the stories for ____60____ me to make an old woman’s last days a little more ____61____. Goodbye, my old friend, I hope you continue to get a joke every day in heaven! 42. A. fighting B. studying C. treating D. facing 43. A. stress B. glory C. confidence D. energy 44. A. office B. door C. mind D. eyes 45. A. jokes B. stories C. news D. messages 46. A. nearly B. simply C. hardly D. easily 47. A. formal B. unique C. impressive D. terrible 48. A. edited B. found C. borrowed D. kept 49. A. amazing B. funny C. lively D. adventurous 50. A. think B. speak C. smile D. sing 51. A. warm B. broken C. awkward D. confused 52. A. died away B. passed away C. turned away D. got away 53. A. words B. questions C. presents D. requests 54. A. think of B. make up C. find out D. concentrate on 55. A. forwarded B. commented C. survived D. arrived 56. A. avoided B. suggested C. enjoyed D. allowed 57. A. dieted B. cried C. walked D. packed 58. A. path B. challenge C. business D. competition 59. A. looked up at B. got along with C. took control of D. looked forward to 60. A. preventing B. encouraging C. attracting D. helping 61. A. organized B. civilized C. pleasant D. comfortable 四、语法填空 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。 As there have been so many different styles of Western art, perhaps the best way____62____(understand) Western art is to look at the development of Western painting over the centuries. During the Middle Ages, the purpose of Western art was to teach people about Christianity. This began to change in the 13th century with Giotto di Bondone. His paintings are set apart____63____ other paintings by their ____64____(reality) human faces and deep emotional impact. Painters concentrated____65____(little) on religious themes during the Renaissance. ____66____ important breakthrough was the use of perspective by Masaccio and another innovation was the use of oil paints. In subject matter, the emphasis ____67____(increase) shifted from religious themes to people and the world around us. Photography was invented in the mid-19th century, after ____68____ paintings were no longer needed to preserve what people and the world looked like. Hence, Impressionism ____69____(emerge) in France. The name of this new movement came from the painting by Claude Monet ____70____(call) Impression, Sunrise. After Impressionism, subsequent artists began to ask what they would do next. What they attempted to do was no longer show reality, _____71_____instead to ask the question, “What is art?” 五、书信写作 72. 假定你是学校官网英语版学生编辑李华，校学生会将举行送你一朵花“A Flower for You”活动，请你写一则倡议，内容包括： 1.活动目的； 2.活动内容； 3.呼吁参加。 注意： 1.词数80左右； 2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 Dear fellow students, ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The Student Union 六、书面表达 73. 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。 Every time my family makes special plans, they end up getting canceled due to some incidents. Every time that happens, my parents would tell us to look on the bright side and make the best of a bad situation. However, I never managed to do that until this spring. On a sunny morning last month, my aunt Jen invited us to the annual outdoor spring celebration at her farm. Since my family hadn’t done anything different for ages, the whole family was very excited and everyone pulled his own weight to make sure everything goes as planned. In order to add more fun to this exciting trip, my little sister Indi and my little brother Tex even joined me to make an extra-special treat — cupcakes. The picnic was intended to go from twelve to three. After double checking the car, my parents loaded books, games, picnic blanket, and a whole big pack of food into the car. The moment of our departure finally arrived as the clock struck 11. However, everything went wrong the instant we bravely drove off. First, we had to stop and wait for Tex to find his shoes. Next, as we were driving down the road, we had to go back to the house because my mom forgot her wallet. Then, about halfway to Aunt Jen’s house, we had to drive far out of our way to find a place for Indi to use the bathroom. After that, my parents decided it’d be quicker to take this one little side country road as a shortcut. But the shortcut ended up turning into a long cut! We drove forever on a winding road with wildflower field spreading endlessly out on both sides and the deep green pine trees going on and on within our sight. Spotting hundreds of birds flying in the sky, I was seized by a growing sense of desperation for I entirely had no idea when we could hit our destination. 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。 Just then, our car started making a strange noise. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ At first, we kids weren’t excited about the idea. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $Hey, kate, are you looking forward to the campaign this weekend? Yes, but there's something wrong with my tent. Don't worry, I can help you get IT fixed this week. That's really nice of you. By the way, what are you going to . take a camera? I want to take some pictures. but I think I should take a compass. Yes, if we get lost, we might need one. And maybe I can take a flashlight. Yeah, you're right. So see you then. Hey, kate, are you looking forward to the campaign this weekend? Yes, but there's something wrong with my tent. Oh, don't worry, I can help you get IT fixed this week. That's really nice of you. By the way, what are you going to take camera? I want to take some pictures. but I think I should take . a compass. Yes, if we get lost, we might need one. And maybe I can take a flashlight. Yeah, you're right. So see you then. 听力部分到此结束。 Did you hear that Susan is going to marry tom? Your joking Susan isn't going to marry tom. is he? Yes, he is. But SHE never told me he had a boyfriend. We're making progress. I think we're almost finished with this project. Kelly, can you write a report while we solve the last problem? I think that's all . we have left. sure. Then i'll send IT to the teacher by email. 高三英语12月模拟训练卷（二） 一、听力选择题 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】 1. What does the man think of the video? A. Amazing. B. Traditional. C. Boring. 2. What makes the dancing special according to the woman? A. The music. B. The costumes. C. The creativity. 【答案】1. A 2. B 【解析】 【原文】M: Have you seen the video for the band’s new song yet? W: Yes, I watched it last night. It’s really not like their other stuff, but I couldn’t stop listening to it. M: Maybe I’ll start to like it once I’ve heard it a few more times. I don’t think I’ve ever seen such an incredible video, though. W: I guess they’ve hired a Hollywood director to make it. You can tell from the quality. M: The dancing looks like something from another planet. W: I think it’s the costumes that created that effect. The routines themselves are quite like other videos I’ve seen. 3. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 What will the woman probably do? A. Meet the engineer. B. Make a call. C. Talk to Mr. Black. 【答案】B 【解析】 【原文】W: Excuse me, Mr. Smith. M: What’s the matter? I don’t want to be disturbed while I’m talking to Mr. Black. W: But you have a meeting scheduled with the engineer. M: Call him please, and put off our meeting. 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】 4. Which of the following does the man think is important to him? A. The home’s space. B. A nice view. C. A quiet neighborhood. 5. How many bedrooms would the man’s dream home have? A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. 6. Where would the guest bathroom be? A. On the first floor. B. On the second floor. C. On the third floor. 7. When would the man watch the news on TV? A. In the morning. B. In the afternoon. C. In the evening. 【答案】4. B 5. C 6. A 7. A 【解析】 【原文】W: Have you ever thought about what your dream home would be like? M: I have, actually. I’ve always wanted to build my dream home myself. W: What would it be like? M: Well, it would be large, at least three floors, and located in a quiet neighborhood...next to a park, because having a good view is important to me. W: How many rooms would it have? M: I’d want to have three bedrooms on the second floor with French windows in each and one main bedroom on the third floor with its own bathroom. The first floor would have a large living room and kitchen connected to each other so that there would be one large open space for people to spend time with each other. W: How many bathrooms would your dream home have? M: I’d have one guest bathroom off the living room, one on the second floor for the three bedrooms, and the one attached to the main bedroom, so a total of three. W: How many TVs would your dream home have? M: I think TV is a great waste of time, so I would have only one small TV in the kitchen to watch the news in the morning. 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. What does the man promise the woman to do? A. Take some pictures. B. Fix her tent. C. Teach her basketball. 9. What will the woman take? A. A camera. B. A flashlight. C. A compass. 【答案】8. B 9. C 【解析】 【原文】M: Hey Kate, are you looking forward to the camping this weekend? W: Yes, but there’s something wrong with my tent. M: Oh, don’t worry. I can help you get it fixed this week. W: That’s really nice of you. By the way, what are you going to take? M: A camera. I want to take some pictures. W: But I think I should take a compass. M: Yes, if we get lost we might need one and maybe I can take a flashlight. W: Yeah, you’re right. So see you then. 10. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 When are the speakers going to leave? A. At 3:45. B. At 3:15. C. At 2:45. 【答案】C 【解析】 【原文】W: Shall we go at a quarter past three? M: No, let’s go at a quarter to three. 11. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 What does the man ask the woman to do? A. Solve a problem. B. Write a report. C. Send an e-mail. 【答案】B 【解析】 【原文】M: We’re making progress! I think we’re almost finished with this project. Kelly, can you write the report while we solve the last problem? I think that’s all we have left. W: Sure! Then I’ll send it to the teacher by e-mail. 12. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 What does the man feel about the news? A. He is sad. B. He is happy. C. He is surprised. 【答案】C 【解析】 【原文】W: Did you hear that Susan is going to marry Tom? M: You’re joking! Susan isn’t going to marry Tom, is she? W: Yes, she is. M: But she never told me she had a boyfriend. 13. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 How does the woman find the English program? A. A little difficult. B. Very important. C. Quite interesting. 【答案】A 【解析】 【原文】M: That was such an interesting English program. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did. W: I must tell you the truth that I fell asleep after the first few minutes, as I couldn’t understand many of the words in the program. 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】 14. Where will Carole Berg give a talk? A. In the Oak Room. B. In the Green Room. C. In the Union Theatre. 15. What can people do in the Campus Comer Cabaret? A. Attend a dance party. B. Watch a great film. C. Enjoy a live show. 16. How much does a film ticket cost? A. $7. B. $5. C. $3. 17. What should people do to hear the recording again? A. Press the pound key. B. Call the Hotline. C. Dial the Theater. 【答案】14. A 15. C 16. B 17. A 【解析】 【原文】 M: You have reached the Student Union Activity Hotline. The following is a list of information for Thursday. Carole Berg will be speaking on the topic “Equal pay for Women: It’s Still Not Here”. She will speak in the Oak Room from 9 o’clock until 10 o'clock. The Student Council will meet in Room 27 from noon until 1:30. Elections will be held for all major offices. All students are welcome. The campus folk dance club meets in the Green Room in the afternoon. All are welcome to attend. Bette Milder will be performing live in the Campus Corner Cabaret. The show begins at 8 o’clock. All seats are $7. Tonight’s movie, The Experimental Dial Tones will be shown in the Union Theater at 7:00 pm and 9:00 pm. A ticket for the movie is $5. If you have missed anything on this recording, please press the pound key for message to repeat. Thank you for calling. 听下面一段对话，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 probable relationship between the speakers? A. Classmates. B. Teacher and student. C. Librarian and library user. 19. What is harming the environment in Yucatan according to the man? A. Agriculture. B. Mining. C. Tourism. 20. How did the man first know about the environmental damage in Yucatan? A. From a lecture. B. From a magazine. C. From his brother. 21. What in the magazine is useful to the man? A. The interviews. B. The photos. C. The news stories. 【答案】18. A 19. A 20. C 21. A 【解析】 【原文】W: I saw you get to the library at 8 a.m. M: Yeah, I’ve been there all day. I’ve been writing the paper that I will have to hand in on Thursday. W: What’s your paper about? M: It’s about the environmental damage in Yucatan. It’s a state in southeast Mexico. W: So what’s happening there? M: Agriculture is having a harmful impact on the environment. Farmers are doing too much farming. It’s destroying the forests and ruining the soil. W: How did you learn about this? I don’t recall Dr. Shine saying anything about it in his lectures. M: Well, my brother went there last month. You know to look at the old cities? He told me how few trees there were now and how much empty ground that grew almost nothing. So I started looking for materials in the library. Here, look at this magazine. W: What’s in it? M: It includes interviews with tourists who’ve been there in the past few years. The conditions there are pretty bad. 二、阅读理解 Shared Development Connectivity is a priority in the BRI (the Belt and Road Initiative). Over the past decade, under the BRI connectivity framework, the following infrastructure projects have helped participating countries realize their dream of shared prosperity. 74,000 trips China-Europe Railway Express The China-Europe Railway Express has now reached more than 200 cities in 25 European countries, comprising 86 routes passing through the main regions of the Eurasian hinterland at an average speed of 120 kilometers per hour. By the end of June, 2023, the cumulative volume of the China-Europe Railway Express had exceeded 74,000 trips, transporting nearly 7 million TEUs (集装箱) and over 50,000 types of goods in 53 categories. 20.79m passenger trips China-Laos Railway The railway is an electrified railway directly connecting Kunming City in China’s Yunnan Province with Vientiane, capital of Laos. The railway officially opened for business on December 3rd, 2021. On April 13th, 2023, the railway started cross-border passenger services. By August1st, 2023, the railway had recorded a total of 20.79 million passenger trips and carried 25.22 million tons of cargo. 2% to Kenya’s economic growth Mombasa-Nairobi Railway As from August 31st, 2023, the railway in Kenya is operating an average of six passenger trains per day; a total of million passengers have been carried and the average occupancy rate is above 95 percent; an average of 17 freight (货运) trains operate daily, and a total of 28 million tons of goods have been transported. According to the Kenyan government’s estimates, the railway has added 2 percent to Kenya’s economic growth. 7.43m tons of goods Addis Ababa-Djibouti Railway The railway in Ethiopia has delivered a total of 7.43 million tons of goods and nearly 53,000 passenger trips over the past five years. Total transportation revenue has maintained an average annual growth rate of more than 35 percent. 22. Which railway project has the largest number of passenger trips? A. China-Europe Railway Express. B. China-Laos Railway. C. Mombasa-Nairobi Railway. D. Addis Ababa-Djibouti Railway. 23. How many routes does China-Europe Railway Express comprise? A. 25. B. 53. C. 86. D. 200. 24. What can be learned about Mombasa-Nairobi Railway? A. It took 6 years to be built. B. It links China and Ethiopia. C. It contributes to Kenya’s economy. D. It runs more passenger trains than freight trains. 【答案】22. B 23. C 24. C 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇应用文。文章主要介绍了四条铁路的情况。 【22题详解】 细节理解题。根据表格第一部分没有提到客运量；根据第二部分“20.79m passenger trips；China-Laos Railway (2079万人次；中老铁路)”；第三部分“a total of million passengers have been carried(总共运送了百万乘客)”以及第四部分“The railway in Ethiopia has delivered a total of 7.43 million tons of goods and nearly 53,000 passenger trips over the past five years.(过去5年，埃塞俄比亚铁路共运送货物743万吨，运送旅客近5.3万人次)”可知，China-Laos Railway的客运量最大。故选B。 【23题详解】 细节理解题。根据表格第一部分“The China-Europe Railway Express has now reached more than 200 cities in 25 European countries, comprising 86 routes passing through the main regions of the Eurasian hinterland at an average speed of 120 kilometers per hour.(中欧班列已通达欧洲25个国家的200多个城市，共86条线路，穿越欧亚大陆腹地的主要地区，平均时速120公里)”可知，中欧班列有86条线路。故选C。 【24题详解】 细节理解题。根据表格第三部分“According to the Kenyan government’s estimates, the railway has added 2 percent to Kenya’s economic growth.(据肯尼亚政府估计，这条铁路为肯尼亚经济增长贡献了2%)”可知，蒙内铁路对肯尼亚的经济有贡献。故选C。 My dad passed away yesterday and I am processing everything. It's hard to try and find positivity in my pain, but my Dad taught me so much when he was healthy, and when he wasn't, I wanted to share some of the lessons. Be on the phone less. This one seems strange but in his final moments I was all in, no checking my phone because it really didn't matter.___25___This was a moment I needed to remember and I would have regretted it if I was distracted in this part of his journey. ___26___Sometimes we need people to lean on My mom and dad needed a lot of help. I needed a lot of help. We were surrounded by people willing to help us and instead of shutting them out like we've done in the past, we let them in and it was exactly what we needed. Not everyone will understand your experience.___27___Just knowing people are here for us means a lot, but I also know that no one will fully understand my experience and that's okay as we are all different. Family is not necessarily the people who brought you into this world. I am adopted and I know we chose each other.___28___ I also loved my father very much. There's nothing more important than being with the ones you love. I was able to hold my Dad when he took his last breath. My mom and I made sure that my dad knew he was loved through this journey.___29___Everything else is secondary. A. All that mattered was him. B. Love is what truly matters. C. Surround yourself with a support system. D. And he loved me more than anyone on this Earth. E. It's okay not to remember the reason for everything F. Really, we can handle more than we ever thought possible. G. This was a long and hard journey for my mom and I and all of those who care about us. 【答案】25. A 26. C 27. G 28. D 29. B 【解析】 【分析】这是一篇说明文。作者讲述了和家人在爸爸最后的时刻里一直陪伴爸爸，并用自己的亲身经历给我们分享了一些经验。 【25题详解】 根据上一句This one seems strange but in his final moments I was all in, no checking my phone because it really didn't matter. 这条似乎很奇怪，但在他最后的时刻，我全神贯注，没有查看手机，因为这真的不重要。以及下一句This was a moment I needed to remember and I would have regretted it if I was distracted in this part of his journey. 这是我需要记住的时刻，如果我在他的这段旅程中分心了，我会后悔的。可知，此处内容与此时重要的是作者的爸爸有关，选项A“重要的是他。”符合题意。故选A。 【26题详解】 根据下文Sometimes we need people to lean on My mom and dad needed a lot of help. I needed a lot of help. We were surrounded by people willing to help us and instead of shutting them out like we've done in the past, we let them in and it was exactly what we needed. 有时我们需要人们让我妈妈依靠，我的爸爸需要很多帮助。我需要很多帮助。我们周围都是愿意帮助我们的人，我们没有像过去那样把他们拒之门外，而是让他们进来，这正是我们所需要的。可知，此处内容与让周围那些愿意帮忙的人帮助自己有关，选项C“给自己一个支持系统。”符合题意。故选C。 【27题详解】 根据下一句Just knowing people are here for us means a lot, but I also know that no one will fully understand my experience and that's okay as we are all different. 知道有人在身边对我们来说意义重大，但我也知道没有人会完全理解我的经历，这没关系，因为我们都是不同的。可知，此处内容与这是一个漫长且辛苦的旅程有关，选项G“对我和我的母亲以及所有关心我们的人来说，这是一个漫长而艰难的旅程。”符合题意。故选G。 【28题详解】 根据下一句I also loved my father very much. 我也非常爱我的父亲。可知，此处内容与作者的爸爸非常爱作者有关，选项D“他爱我胜过世上任何人。”符合题意。故选D。 【29题详解】 根据下一句Everything else is secondary. 其他一切都是次要的。可知，此处内容与爱才是真的重要的有关，选项B“爱才是真正重要的。”符合题意。故选B。 Are Food Miles Really Important? A popular narrative with food is simple: “eating local” is one of the best ways to reduce your carbon footprint. It seems quite reasonable intuitively, but how reliable is it? Well, it is indeed true that the food sector uses a lot of energy, contributing 20 to 30 percent of all greenhouse gases. But how much of this is directly connected to moving food around the globe from farm to fork? Perhaps less than you might think. In one of the most comprehensive studies, researchers at Carnegie Mellon University in Pennsylvania have reported that the shipment of food around the world only contributes around 4 percent of global carbon emissions. The report is in line with much research from around the world, which suggests that transportation only generates between 4 to 6 percent of the food system’s carbon footprint. Many studies revealed that most emissions were actually generated from other aspects of food production, such as agriculture, processing and cooking. In fact, it is the end consumer that used by far the most energy. Transport? The least. One UK government study found that tomatoes trucked hundreds of kilometers from sunny Spain had a carbon footprint that was less than a third of that of those grown in heated glasshouses in chilly UK. In contrast to the simple “local=more eco-friendly” narrative, the authors therefore concluded that: “A single indicator based on total food kilometers travelled would not be a valid indicator of sustainability.” When it comes to our carbon footprint, transport methods vary enormously too. For example, as air freight produces more than 75 times more emissions than sea freight, shipping food to the UK all the way from South-East Asia would involve far less carbon than the same product popped on a short flight from Italy. In this context, the emissions that come from shipping food by air freight one mile, is equal to the emissions from shipping food for more than 9 miles by road, and 75 miles by sea, making the concept of distance as a direct indicator of emissions highly problematic. So is eating local really a better option? It depends. There are many reasons why you might be choosing to do so, aside from environmental concerns. Indeed, there are many other ways to measure environmental impact other than carbon emissions. But when we look at the evidence, only one thing is clear: food miles alone really aren’t a good proxy(指标)for sustainability. In fact, sometimes they are incredibly misleading. While we can’t disregard them entirely, we should view them in the context of a suite of other factors, recognizing that they often make up a tiny fraction of food’s carbon impact. 30. The data mentioned in the second paragraph are used to ______ . A. illustrate that “food miles” has nothing to do with carbon emissions B. encourage readers to consume imported food without guilt C. prove that blaming carbon emissions on “food miles” only is unwise D. warn readers that food transport is to blame for global warming 31. The author is likely to agree that _______ . A. eating local actually doesn’t help cut down on the carbon footprint of food B. cutting transport distance always helps to cut down on food’s carbon footprint C. food transport has more to do with carbon emissions than food processing does D. food’s carbon footprint depends both on the distance and the method of transport 32. What’s the author’s attitude towards “food miles” as an indicator for sustainability? A. neutral B. serious C. opposing D. supportive 【答案】30. C 31. D 32. A 【解析】 【分析】本文是说明文。关于食物，一个流行的说法很简单:“吃本地食物”是减少碳足迹的最好方法之一。然而，宾夕法尼亚州卡内基梅隆大学(Carnegie Mellon University)的研究人员报告称，把碳排放量归咎到食物运输上是不明智的。 【30题详解】 推理判断题。根据第二段“In one of the most comprehensive studies, researchers at Carnegie Mellon University in Pennsylvania have reported that the shipment of food around the world only contributes around 4 percent of global carbon emissions. The report is in line with much research from around the world, which suggests that transportation only generates between 4 to 6 percent of the food system’s carbon footprint. ”（在一项最全面的研究中，宾夕法尼亚州卡内基梅隆大学(Carnegie Mellon University)的研究人员报告称，世界各地的食品运输只占全球碳排放量的4%左右。这份报告与世界各地的许多研究一致，这些研究表明，交通运输产生的碳足迹只占食品系统碳足迹的4%到6%。）可知，第二段提及的数据被用来证明把碳排放量归咎到食物运输上是不明智的。故选C。 【31题详解】 推理判断题。根据第四段“When it comes to our carbon footprint, transport methods vary enormously too. In this context, the emissions that come from shipping food by air freight one mile, is equal to the emissions from shipping food for more than 9 miles by road, and 75 miles by sea, making the concept of distance as a direct indicator of emissions highly problematic.”（谈到我们的碳足迹，运输方式也千差万别。在这种情况下，空运食品一英里所产生的排放量相当于9英里以上的公路运输和75英里的海上运输所产生的排放量，这使得作为排放量直接指标的距离的概念存在很大问题。）可知，作者很可能同意食物碳足迹既依赖于距离又依赖于运输方法。故选D。 【32题详解】 推理判断题。根据最后一段“ While we can’t disregard them entirely, we should view them in the context of a suite of other factors, recognizing that they often make up a tiny fraction of food’s carbon impact.”（ 虽然我们不能完全忽视它们，但我们应该在一系列其他因素的背景下看待它们，认识到它们往往只占食品碳排放影响的一小部分。）可知，作者客观地介绍食物里程，所以他对食物里程作为可持续发展的指标的态度是中立的。故选A。 【点睛】 Though researchers have long known that adults build unconscious (无意识的) preferences over a lifetime of making choices between things that are essentially the same, the new finding that even babies engage in this phenomenon demonstrates that this way of justifying choice is intuitive (凭直觉的) and somehow fundamental to the human experience. “The act of making a choice changes how we feel about our options,” said Alex Silver, a Johns Hopkins researcher. “Even infants who are really just at the start of making choices for themselves have this preference.” The findings are published today in the journal Psychological Science. People assume they choose things that they like. But research suggests that’s sometimes backwards: we like things because we choose them. And, we dislike things that we don’t choose. “Adults make these inferences unconsciously,” said co-author Lisa Feigenson, a Johns Hopkins scientist in child development. “We justify our choice after the fact.” This makes sense for adults in a consumer culture who must make random choices every day, between everything from toothpaste brands to styles of jeans. The question was when exactly people start doing this. So they turned to babies, who don’t get many choices so, as Feigenson puts it, are “a perfect window into the origin of this tendency.” The team brought 10-to 20-month-old babies into the lab and gave them a choice of objects to play with; two equally bright and colorful soft blocks. They set them far apart, so the babies had to crawl to one or the other — a random choice. After the baby chose one of the toys, the researchers took it away and came back with a new option. The babies could then pick from the toy they didn’t play with the first time, or a brand new toy. Their choices showed they “dis-prefer the unchosen object.” To continue studying the evolution of choice in babies, the lab will next look at the idea of “choice overload.” For adults, choice is good, but too many choices can be a problem, so the lab will try to determine if that is also true for babies. 33 What is people’s assumption about the act of making choices? A. They like what they choose. B. They choose what they like. C. They base choices on the fact. D. They make choices thoughtfully. 34. Why were babies selected as subjects for the study? A. To help them make better choices. B. To guide them to perceive the world. C. To track the root of making random choices. D. To deepen the understanding of a consumer culture. 35. What does the study on the babies show? A. They like novel objects. B. Their choices are mostly based on colors. C. Their random choices become preferences. D. They are unable to make choices for themselves. 36. What will the following study focus on? A. The law of “choice overload”. B. The problem of adults’ many choices. C. Why too many choices can influence adults. D. Whether babies are troubled with many choices. 【答案】33. B 34. C 35. C 36. D 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章讲述了成年人在一生中在本质上相同的事物之间做出选择时会产生无意识的偏好，科学家就“婴儿在选择的过程中会基于自己的喜好吗”展开了研究。 【33题详解】 细节理解题。由第一段“Though researchers have long known that adults build unconscious (无意识的) preferences over a lifetime of making choices between things that are essentially the same, the new finding that even babies engage in this phenomenon demonstrates that this way of justifying choice is intuitive (凭直觉的) and somehow fundamental to the human experience. (尽管研究人员早就知道，成年人在一生中在本质上相同的事物之间做出选择时会产生无意识的偏好，但即使是婴儿也会参与这一现象的新发现表明，这种证明选择合理性的方式是凭直觉的，而且在某种程度上是人类经验的基础)”和第三段中的“People assume they choose things that they like. (人们认为他们选择自己喜欢的东西)”可知，人们对选择行为的假设就是人们选择自己喜欢的。故选B项。 【34题详解】 细节理解题。由第四段中的“So they turned to babies, who don’t get many choices so, as Feigenson puts it, are “a perfect window into the origin of this tendency.”(因此，他们转向了婴儿，婴儿没有太多选择，所以，正如费根森所说，这是“一个了解这种倾向起源的完美窗口”)”可知，选择婴儿作为研究对象是因为婴儿是追踪随机选择的根源。故选C项。 【35题详解】 推理判断题。由第五段“The team brought 10-to 20-month-old babies into the lab and gave them a choice of objects to play with; two equally bright and colorful soft blocks. They set them far apart, so the babies had to crawl to one or the other — a random choice. After the baby chose one of the toys, the researchers took it away and came back with a new option. The babies could then pick from the toy they didn’t play with the first time, or a brand new toy. Their choices showed they “dis-prefer the unchosen object.”(研究小组将10到20个月大的婴儿带进实验室，让他们选择玩的物品；两块同样明亮多彩的软块。他们把它们隔开很远，所以婴儿们不得不爬到其中一个或另一个——随机选择。当婴儿选择了其中一个玩具后，研究人员将其拿走，并带着一个新的选择回来。然后，婴儿们可以从他们第一次没有玩过的玩具中挑选，或者挑选一个全新的玩具。他们的选择表明，他们“不喜欢未被选择的对象”)”可知，婴儿们不喜欢自己没有选过的玩具，说明他们喜欢自己选过的东西，可得出他们的随机选择变成了偏好。故选C项。 【36题详解】 细节理解题。由最后一段中的“For adults, choice is good, but too many choices can be a problem, so the lab will try to determine if that is also true for babies. (对于成年人来说，选择是好的，但选择太多可能是一个问题，因此实验室将尝试确定婴儿是否也是如此)”可知，接下来实验室研究重点是“婴儿是否会被太多选择困扰”。故选D项。 NASA has a new job listing, and it’s no joke. The US space agency is looking for a “joker” to join their planned mission to Mars. A mission to Mars is no laughing matter. On average, the red planet is 140 million miles (225 million kilometers) away from Earth. A trip there would take around eight months in a small spacecraft. And Mars has a communications delay of 20 minutes. This means that astronauts will have to wait 20 minutes for a reply, when an emergency happens. “When you’re living with others in a confined space for a long period of time, such as on a mission to Mars, problems are likely to occur,” Jeffrey Johnson, a scientist at the University of Florida, told the Guardian. This is probably why NASA wants an astronaut with a sense of humor. “These are people that have the ability to pull everyone together,” Johnson said. In stressful situations, perhaps humor is a way to know we aren’t alone. By laughing together, we share our stress. Then we can focus on our jobs instead of just worrying. There are other examples of team “clowns”. One example is the journey to the South Pole led by Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen. It was a difficult journey, full of danger. Adolf Lindstrom, a cook at Amundsen’s team, was a “clown”. He made people laugh through the whole journey. Amundsen later wrote that Lindstrom was the most valuable member of the team. But if you’re hoping that your favorite TV comedian will fly to Mars, that probably won’t happen. “Being funny won’t be enough to land somebody the job,” Johnson said. “They also need to be an excellent scientist and engineer.” Besides, they must be in top physical condition. 37. What is NASA’s new job listing? A. A funny engineer. B. A talented clown. C. A good cook. D. A popular comedian. 38. What does “a confined space” in Paragraph 3 refer to? A. A crowded space. B. An empty space. C. An open space. D. A small space. 39. How does the author think humor can help astronauts? A. It can stop them from feeling worried. B. It can encourage teamwork on a mission. C. It can help them feel less homesick. D. It can help them know themselves better. 40. What point does the author want to make with the example of the cook? A. What explorers eat on their journey is very important. B. An amateur can play a more important role than a professional. C. Humorous people can cheer people up in difficult situations. D. A mission to Mars is more difficult than a journey to the South Pole. 41. What could be the best title of the passage? A. Keeping the Spirits Up B. A Mission to Mars C. A New Job Listing of NASA D. Humorous Astronauts in NASA 【答案】37. B 38. D 39. B 40. C 41. C 【解析】 【分析】这是一篇记叙文。美国宇航局有一份新的工作。它正在寻找一个“小丑”来加入前往火星的任务中。文章分析了美国宇航局这么做的原因，还以Adolf Lindstrom为例，突出了幽默感在该项任务中重要性。 【37题详解】 细节理解题。根据第一段中的“The US space agency is looking for a “joker” to join…”可知， NASA想要一个幽默的人加入前往火星的任务中，即第六段中提到的“clown”(诙谐的人)。根据倒数三段可知，仅仅幽默是不够的，这个人还必须也要身体特别棒，而且必须是优秀的科学家和工程师，即他必须是专业方面很优秀的人。综上，B选项切题：一个有才能的诙谐的人。 【38题详解】 词义猜测题。根据第二段中的“A trip there would take around eight months in a small spacecraft”可知，前往火星的行程非常的漫长，而且是在一个小的宇宙飞船中。而第三段中以火星之旅为例（such as on a mission to Mars），表明长时间在“a confined space”中很容易出问题。那么，很明显，a confined space应该指的是像a small spacecraft这样的小空间。故D选项正确。 【39题详解】 细节理解题。根据第四段中的“…with a sense of humor. These are people that have the ability to pull everyone together”可知，幽默的人具备将所有的人团结在一起的能力。据此可以推断出这样可以促进人们的团队精神。故B选项正确。A选项错在stop上。根据第五段中的内容可知，在充满压力的情况下，幽默可以使我们分享压力。这样，我们就会集中注意力工作而不仅仅担心了。由此可知，幽默可以减轻人们的担心，而不是阻止人们担心。故可排除A选项。 【40题详解】 推理判断题。前五段提到幽默可以帮助宇航员减轻压力。根据第六段中的“It was a difficult journey, full of danger. ….He made people laugh through the whole journey…the most valuable member of the team”可知，Adolf的幽默感使队员们在整个旅程中哈哈大笑，成功地完成了艰难的旅程，所以，他被认为是最有价值的队员。该段以此为例来证明幽默感在困难处境下的重要性。故C选项“在困境中，幽默的人可以振奋人心”正确。 【41题详解】 标题归纳题。文章第一段开门见山，直入主题：美国宇航局有一份新的工作。它正在寻找一个“小丑”来加入前往火星的任务中。下文分析了美国宇航局这么做的原因：幽默感可以缓解宇航员的压力，从而专心工作。文章还以Adolf Lindstrom为例，证明了这一点。最后，文章强调了对“小丑”的要求。文章是围绕美国宇航局的这份新工作为中心展开的。故C选项适合作标题。 【点睛】依据例证猜测词义： 采用事实说理（即例证）以加强观点的说服力或使观点更加明朗清楚是文章写作的常用手法。借助例证获取更多信息，即可实现猜词的目的。常用的例证信号词有： like/for example/for instance/such as; include/consist of 等。 例如在47题中，学生可以根据例证：such as on a mission to Mars来推测出“a confined space”的意思。 三、完形填空 My job is to provide at-home services for the elderly and those who are disabled. My client (客户) was an 86-year-old woman who had been ___42___ cancer for the past four years. The last few months of her life took all her ___43___ but none of her joy in life. Each day I appeared at her ___44___, she would ask, “Have you heard any good ___45___ lately?” I’m not good at remembering jokes and ___46___ had a funny story to tell her, besides it always seemed that the only joke that would come to my mind sound ___47___ to her. Then, I got the bright idea to copy Grace’s Kid Stories that I ___48___ on my bookshelf at home. Every day I would have one more ___49___ thing to tell my wonderful friend. She would ___50___ quietly to herself, and my heart was____51____. Today, her daughter told me she had ____52____ on Sunday. One of the things the daughter told me was that one of her mother’s last ____53____ was “Have you heard any good jokes lately?” The daughter told her mother that she couldn’t ____54____ anything funny. Her mother replied that I always ____55____ with a joke and that she had ____56____ wailing for me to arrive with each new “joke”. We ____57____ for a few minutes together, then I got on with my ____58____, but I couldn’t seem to down to work. Finally, I ____59____ the daughter and asked, “Would you like to hear today’s joke?” I am grateful (感激的) to the stories for ____60____ me to make an old woman’s last days a little more ____61____. Goodbye, my old friend, I hope you continue to get a joke every day in heaven! 42. A. fighting B. studying C. treating D. facing 43. A. stress B. glory C. confidence D. energy 44. A. office B. door C. mind D. eyes 45. A. jokes B. stories C. news D. messages 46. A. nearly B. simply C. hardly D. easily 47. A. formal B. unique C. impressive D. terrible 48. A. edited B. found C. borrowed D. kept 49. A. amazing B. funny C. lively D. adventurous 50. A. think B. speak C. smile D. sing 51. A. warm B. broken C. awkward D. confused 52. A. died away B. passed away C. turned away D. got away 53. A. words B. questions C. presents D. requests 54. A. think of B. make up C. find out D. concentrate on 55. A. forwarded B. commented C. survived D. arrived 56. A. avoided B. suggested C. enjoyed D. allowed 57. A. dieted B. cried C. walked D. packed 58. A. path B. challenge C. business D. competition 59 A. looked up at B. got along with C. took control of D. looked forward to 60. A. preventing B. encouraging C. attracting D. helping 61. A. organized B. civilized C. pleasant D. comfortable 【答案】42. A 43. D 44. B 45. A 46. C 47. D 48. B 49. B 50. C 51. A 52. B 53. D 54. A 55. D 56. C 57. B 58. C 59. A 60. D 61. C 【解析】 【分析】本文是记叙文。文章讲述了作者每天给一个与癌症抗争了几年的老人讲有趣的故事，让老人生命中最后的日子过得更愉快，作者也因为给别人带来欢乐而感到欣慰。 【42题详解】 本题考查语境判断之其他线索。句意：我的客户是一位86岁的女人，她在过去的四年里一直与癌症作斗争。A. fighting与……斗争；B. studying学习；C. treating对待，款待；D. facing面对。根据后文“The last few months of her life took all her _____ but none of her joy in life.”可知，在她生命的最后几个月，生活中没有乐趣，由此可知，她过去的四年里一直与癌症作斗争，受疾病的折磨，所以生活中没有乐趣。故选A。 【43题详解】 本题考查语境判断之其他线索。句意：她生命的最后几个月耗尽了她所有的精力，却没有一点生活的乐趣。A. stress压力；B. glory荣誉；C. confidence信心；D. energy精力。根据上文“who had been _____ cancer for the past four years.”可知，她在过去的四年里一直饱受疾病的折磨，由此可知，由于疾病，生命的最后几个月耗尽了她所有的精力。故选D。 【44题详解】 本题考查语境判断之其他线索。句意：每天我出现在她的门口，她都会问：“你最近听到什么好笑话了吗？”A. office办公室；B. door门，门口；C. mind头脑；D. eyes眼睛。根据上文“My job is to provide at-home services”可知，我的工作是提供上门服务，由此可知，我每天都会去她家，每天我出现在她的门口时，她都会问我问题。故选B。 【45题详解】 本题考查语境判断之其他线索。句意：每天我出现在她门口，她都会问：“你最近听到什么好笑话了吗？”A. jokes笑话；B. stories故事；C. news新闻；D. messages信息。根据下文“I’m not good at remembering jokes”可知，我不擅长记住笑话，由此可知，老人是问我最近听没听到好笑话。故选A。 【46题详解】 本题考查语境判断之其他线索。句意：我不善于记笑话，几乎没有一个有趣的故事可以告诉她，而且我脑海中唯一的笑话似乎对她来说很糟糕。A. nearly几乎；B. simply只，仅仅；C. hardly几乎不；D. easily容易地。根据句中“I’m not good at remembering jokes”可知，我不擅长记住笑话，由此可知，我几乎没有一个有趣的故事可以告诉她。故选C。 47题详解】 本题考查语境判断之感情色彩形容词。句意：我不善于记笑话，几乎没有一个有趣的故事可以告诉她，而且我脑海中唯一的笑话似乎对她来说很糟糕。A. formal正式的；B. unique独特的；C. impressive令人印象深刻的；D. terrible很糟的。根据句中“I’m not good at remembering jokes”可知，我不擅长记住笑话，由此可知，我脑海中唯一的笑话可能都不好笑，对她来说是糟糕的。故选D。 【48题详解】 本题考查语境判断。句意：后来，我有了一个聪明的主意，抄写我在家里书架上找到的《格蕾丝的孩子故事》。A. edited编辑；B. found找到；C. borrowed借；D. kept保持。根据句中“on my bookshelf at home”和生活常识可知，书是放在书架上，由此可知，我是在书架上找到这本书。故选B。 【49题详解】 本题考查语境判断之其他线索。句意：每天我都会有一件有趣的事告诉我的好朋友。A. amazing令人惊叹的；B. funny有趣的；C. lively活泼的；D. adventurous爱冒险的。根据上文可知，老人想让我给她讲笑话，由此可知，我每天都会给她讲有趣的事，“funny thing”和上文的“jokes”呼应。故选B。 【50题详解】 本题考查语境判断之其他线索。句意：她会静静地暗自微笑，我的心是温暖的。A. think想，认为；B. speak说话，讲话；C. smile微笑；D. sing唱（歌）。根据上文可知，老人想要听笑话，由此可知，当我给老人讲有趣的事时，她会微笑，很高兴。故选C。 【51题详解】 本题考查语境判断之感情色彩形容词。句意：她会静静地暗自微笑，我的心是温暖的。A. warm温暖的；B. broken破损的；C. awkward令人尴尬的；D. confused困惑的。根据上文“Every day I would have one more _____ thing to tell my wonderful friend.”可知，我把老人当作我的朋友，由此可知，看到老人高兴，我的心是温暖的。故选A。 【52题详解】 本题考查语境判断之其他线索。句意：今天，她女儿告诉我她在星期天去世了。A. died away（声音）变弱；B. passed away去世；C. turned away转过（脸）去；D. got away逃脱，离开。根据下文“her mother’s last _____ was “Have you heard any good jokes lately?””可知，老人最后的要求是希望女儿给她讲笑话，由此可知，老人去世了，所以才会有最后的要求。故选B。 【53题详解】 本题考查语境判断。句意：女儿告诉我的一件事是，她母亲最后的一个要求是：“你最近听到什么好笑话了吗？”A. words话语；B. questions问题；C. presents礼物；D. requests要求。根据句中“Have you heard any good jokes lately?”可知，老人想听笑话，这是老人提出的一个要求。故选D。 【54题详解】 本题考查语境判断之其他线索。句意：女儿告诉她妈妈，她想不出什么好笑的事。A. think of想起，想到；B. make up编造；C. find out发现，查明；D. concentrate on全神贯注于。根据下文可知，老人说我总是给她讲有趣的事，对比可知，老人的女儿不会讲笑话，她想不起来什么好笑的事。故选A。 【55题详解】 本题考查语境判断之其他线索。句意：她母亲回答说，我总是带着一个笑话来，她喜欢等我带着每个新的笑话到来。A. forwarded促进；B. commented发表评论；C. survived幸存；D. arrived到达，到来。根据下文“wailing for me to arrive with each new “joke””可知，老人喜欢等我带着每个新的笑话到来，由此可知，老人告诉女儿我总是带着一个笑话到来。故选D。 【56题详解】 本题考查语境判断之感情色彩动词。句意：她母亲回答说，我总是带着一个笑话来，她喜欢等我带着每个新的笑话到来。A. avoided避免；B. suggested建议；C. enjoyed喜欢；D. allowed允许。根据上文可知，老人喜欢作者讲的笑话，由此可知，她是喜欢等我带着每个新的笑话到来。故选C。 【57题详解】 本题考查语境判断之感情色彩动词。句意：我们一起哭了几分钟，然后我继续我的工作，但我似乎不能专心工作。A. dieted节食；B. cried哭；C. walked走，步行；D. packed收拾（行李）。根据上文可知，老人去世了，由此可知，因为伤心，我和老人的女儿哭了。故选B。 【58题详解】 本题考查语境判断之其他线索。句意：我们一起哭了几分钟，然后我继续我的工作，但我似乎不能专心工作。A. path小路；B. challenge挑战；C. business生意，工作；D. competition竞争。根据下文“but I couldn’t seem to down to work”可知，我似乎不能专心工作，由此可知，我是想继续我的工作。故选C。 【59题详解】 本题考查语境判断。句意：最后，我抬头看着女儿问：“你想听今天的笑话吗？”A. looked up at抬头看，往上看；B. got along with与……相处融洽；C. took control of控制……；D. looked forward to期待，盼望。根据句中“Would you like to hear today’s joke?”可知，我问女儿是否想听今天的笑话，由此可知，我应该是抬头看着女儿，然后问她问题。故选A。 【60题详解】 本题考查语境判断之其他线索。句意：我很感激这些故事帮助我让一位老妇人最后的日子过得更愉快一些。A. preventing阻止；B. encouraging鼓励；C. attracting吸引；D. helping帮助。根据上文可知，老人喜欢听作者的故事，由此可知，这些故事帮助了作者的工作。故选D。 【61题详解】 本题考查语境判断之其他线索。句意：我很感激这些故事帮助我让一位老妇人最后的日子过得更愉快一些。A. organized有组织的；B. civilized文明的；C. pleasant令人愉快的；D. comfortable舒服的。根据上文可知，老人期待每天听到作者的故事，由此可知，这些故事让老人最后的日子更加愉快。故选C。 四、语法填空 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。 As there have been so many different styles of Western art, perhaps the best way____62____(understand) Western art is to look at the development of Western painting over the centuries. During the Middle Ages, the purpose of Western art was to teach people about Christianity. This began to change in the 13th century with Giotto di Bondone. His paintings are set apart____63____ other paintings by their ____64____(reality) human faces and deep emotional impact. Painters concentrated____65____(little) on religious themes during the Renaissance. ____66____ important breakthrough was the use of perspective by Masaccio and another innovation was the use of oil paints. In subject matter, the emphasis ____67____(increase) shifted from religious themes to people and the world around us. Photography was invented in the mid-19th century, after ____68____ paintings were no longer needed to preserve what people and the world looked like. Hence, Impressionism ____69____(emerge) in France. The name of this new movement came from the painting by Claude Monet ____70____(call) Impression, Sunrise. After Impressionism, subsequent artists began to ask what they would do next. What they attempted to do was no longer show reality, _____71_____instead to ask the question, “What is art?” 【答案】62. to understand 63. from 64. realistic 65. less 66. An 67. increasingly 68. which 69. emerged 70. called 71. but 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章讲述了西方绘画艺术风格变化的发展过程。 【62题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：由于西方艺术有这么多不同的风格，也许理解西方艺术的最好方法是看看几个世纪以来西方绘画的发展。分析句子结构可知，句中已有谓语动词“is”，故空处需填非谓语动词，the best way to do sth表示“做某事的最好方法”，用动词不定式作后置定语。故填to understand。 【63题详解】 考查介词。句意：他的画与其他画的区别在于他们逼真的人脸和深刻的情感影响。短语set apart from表示“与……区别开来”。故填from。 【64题详解】 考查形容词。句意：他的画与其他画的区别在于他们逼真的人脸和深刻的情感影响。根据“human faces”可知，空处需填形容词作定语，realistic作形容词，表示“写实的，逼真的”。故填realistic。 【65题详解】 考查副词的比较级。句意：文艺复兴时期画家对宗教题材的关注较少。结合句意可知，文艺复兴时期与中世纪相比，画家对宗教题材的关注较少，需用副词的比较级。故填less。 【66题详解】 考查冠词。句意：一个重要的突破是马萨乔透视法的使用，另一个创新是油画颜料的使用。结合句意可知，此处指“一个重要的突破”，用不定冠词表示泛指，“important”以元音音素开头，位于句首，首字母大写。故填An。 【67题详解】 考查副词。句意：在主题上，重点从宗教主题逐渐转向了人和我们周围的世界。根据“shifted”可知，空处需填副词作状语，修饰动词，increasingly作副词，表示“日益，越来越”。故填increasingly。 【68题详解】 考查定语从句。句意：摄影术发明于19世纪中期，自那以后人们不再需要绘画来保存人和世界的样子。分析句子结构可知，空处是“介词+关系代词”引导的非限制性定语从句，从句缺介词“after”的宾语，先行词指的是发明于19世纪中期的摄影术，指物，故用关系代词which引导。故填which。 【69题详解】 考查时态。句意：因此，印象派在法国兴起。分析句子结构可知，空处缺谓语动词，描述过去的动作用一般过去时。故填emerged。 【70题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：这个新运动的名字来自克劳德·莫奈的画作《印象，日出》。分析句中结构可知，句中已有谓语动词“came”，空处需填非谓语动词，“the painting”和“call”之间是被动关系，故用过去分词作后置定语。故填called。 【71题详解】 考查连词。句意：他们试图做的不再是展示现实，而是提出一个问题:“什么是艺术？”根据句意可知，前后构成转折关系，用表示转折关系的连词but连接。故填but。 五、书信写作 72. 假定你是学校官网英语版学生编辑李华，校学生会将举行送你一朵花“A Flower for You”活动，请你写一则倡议，内容包括： 1.活动目的； 2.活动内容； 3.呼吁参加。 注意： 1.词数80左右； 2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 Dear fellow students, ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The Student Union 【答案】范文一 Dear fellow students, To spread joy and kindness, we plan to launch an initiative-A Flower for You. You can give flowers to whoever you believe deserves them-a friend, a family member, a teacher, or even a stranger. Your gesture can brighten their day and remind them that they are appreciated. You may either buy a bunch of flowers or just make artificial flowers yourself. Small gesture as it is, it can make a difference to the person who receives your heartfelt gift. Come and join us! Let’s make the world a little bit brighter with flowers! The Student Union 范文二 Dear fellow students, To make the world a place full of love, compassion and appreciation, the activity “A Flower for You” launched by the Students Union is to kick off. We strongly look to have you with us in this heartwarming spring. Running throughout next week, the activity come in different forms. You can give the flower to yourself, who have always been devoted to your learning with committed efforts. Also, the flower can go to the less fortunate students, showing your care and help spiritually. One particular flower should be intended for our parents and teachers who have been guiding us on our growth without expecting anything in return. More creative initiatives are also welcome/expected. Come and join us! Your participation will surely be a shining addition to the activity. The Student Union 【解析】 【导语】本篇书面表达属于应用文写作中的倡议书。要求考生呼吁所有学生参加校学生会举行的“送你一朵花”活动。 【详解】1.词汇积累 欢乐：joy → delight/happiness 计划、打算：plan→ intend 衷心的：heartfelt → genuine/sincere 明亮的：bright→ shining 2.句式拓展 简单句变复合句 原句：To spread joy and kindness, we plan to launch an initiative-A Flower for You. 拓展句：Since we want to spread joy and kindness, we plan to launch an initiative-A Flower for You. 【点睛】【高分句型1】You can give flowers to whoever you believe deserves them-a friend, a family member, a teacher, or even a stranger.（运用了whoever引导的宾语从句） 【高分句型2】Small gesture as it is, it can make a difference to the person who receives your heartfelt gift.（运用了as引导的让步状语从句和who引导的定语从句） 六、书面表达 73. 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。 Every time my family makes special plans, they end up getting canceled due to some incidents. Every time that happens, my parents would tell us to look on the bright side and make the best of a bad situation. However, I never managed to do that until this spring. On a sunny morning last month, my aunt Jen invited us to the annual outdoor spring celebration at her farm. Since my family hadn’t done anything different for ages, the whole family was very excited and everyone pulled his own weight to make sure everything goes as planned. In order to add more fun to this exciting trip, my little sister Indi and my little brother Tex even joined me to make an extra-special treat — cupcakes. The picnic was intended to go from twelve to three. After double checking the car, my parents loaded books, games, picnic blanket, and a whole big pack of food into the car. The moment of our departure finally arrived as the clock struck 11. However, everything went wrong the instant we bravely drove off. First, we had to stop and wait for Tex to find his shoes. Next, as we were driving down the road, we had to go back to the house because my mom forgot her wallet. Then, about halfway to Aunt Jen’s house, we had to drive far out of our way to find a place for Indi to use the bathroom. After that, my parents decided it’d be quicker to take this one little side country road as a shortcut. But the shortcut ended up turning into a long cut! We drove forever on a winding road with wildflower field spreading endlessly out on both sides and the deep green pine trees going on and on within our sight. Spotting hundreds of birds flying in the sky, I was seized by a growing sense of desperation for I entirely had no idea when we could hit our destination. 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。 Just then, our car started making a strange noise. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ At first, we kids weren’t excited about the idea. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】参考范文： Just then, our car started making a strange noise. Obviously, there was something wrong with it and we had to pull over and call roadside service. Dad comforted us and claimed that help would arrive soon. But help did not arrive soon at all. So frustrated was I that I felt the whole world crumbled with tears streaming down my cheeks. Then came my dad’s voice. “Look on the bright side,” said dad. Our car couldn’t have picked a prettier place to break down. Mom agreed, getting out the picnic blanket and suggested walking over to that gorgeous wildflower field and have our own springtime celebration. At first, we kids weren’t excited about the idea. We carried stuff over to the field, dragged ourselves down, and grumbled. But as we started looking around, cool things started happening. Hundreds of butterflies were dancing on the boundless wildflower field, looking like a beautiful scroll spreading out just for us. With a whooshing sound, a flock of birds rose up out of the pine trees, and flew around and around in the most amazing wavelike patterns, right over our heads! Just right there, we enjoyed our hand-made special treats, which were so delicious! It ended up one of the most amazing picnics in my life. 【解析】 【导语】本文以人物为线索展开，讲述了作者一家应邀参加一个春天庆祝活动，全家人都很兴奋地做准备，但出发时还是出现了很多小插曲，最终作者父母选择的一条乡间小路却似乎开不到尽头，作者倍感沮丧，不知道什么时候才能到达目的地。 【详解】1.段落续写： ①由第一段首句内容“就在这时，我们的车开始发出一种奇怪的声音。”可知，第一段可描写车坏了之后救援未到之前父母决定自行举行活动来庆祝春天。 ②由第二段首句内容“起初，我们这些孩子对这个想法并不感兴趣。”可知，第二段可描写一家人庆祝春天活动的过程以及对这次庆祝活动的感悟。 2.续写线索：车坏了——呼叫救援——作者感到沮丧——父母建议举行自己的春天庆祝活动——活动过程——感悟 3.词汇激活 行为类 ①到达：arrive/reach ②建议：suggest/advise ③发生：happen/occur 情绪类 ①沮丧：frustrated/depressed ②兴奋：excited/thrilled 【点睛】[高分句型1] So frustrated was I that I felt the whole world crumbled with tears streaming down my cheeks. （由so…that结果状语从句的部分倒装结构） [高分句型2] But as we started looking around, cool things started happening.（由as引导时间状语从句） [高分句型3] Just right there, we enjoyed our hand-made special treats, which were so delicious! （由关系代词which引导非限制性定语从句） 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $Have you ever thought about what your dream home would be like? I have, actually, i've always wanted to build my dream home myself. What would IT be like? Well, that would be large, at least three floors, and located in a quiet neighborhood next to a park, because having a good view is important to me. How many rooms would I have? I'd want to have three bedroom on the second floor with french windows in each, and one main bedroom on the third floor with its own bathroom. The first floor would have a large living room and kitchen connected to each other, so that there would be one large open space for people to spend time with each other. How many bathrooms would your dream home have? I'd have one guest bathroom of the living room, one on the second floor for the three bedrooms, and the one attached to the main bedroom. So a total of three. How many tvs would your dream home have? I think TV is a great waste of time, so I would have only one small T, V in the kitchen to watch the news in the morning. Have you ever thought about what your dream home would be like? I have, actually, i've always wanted to build my dream home myself. What would IT be like? Well, IT would be large, at least three floors, and located in a quiet neighborhood next to a park, because having a good view is important to me. How many rooms would I have? I'd want to have three bedroom on the second floor with french windows in each, and one main bedroom on the third floor with its own bathroom. The first floor would have a large living room and kitchen connected to each other, so that there would be one large open space for people to spend time with each other. How many bathrooms would your dream home have? I'd have one guest bathroom of the living room, one on the second floor for the three bedrooms, and the one attached to the main bedroom. So a total of three. How many tvs would your dream home have? I think . TV is a great waste of time, so I would have only one small T, V in the kitchen to watch the news in the morning. Shall we go at a quarter past three? No, let's go at a quarter two, three. Excuse me, mr. Smith. what's the matter? I don't want to be disturbed while i'm talking to mr. Black. but you have a meeting scheduled with the engineer. Call him please and put off our meeting. Have you seen the video for the band's new song yet? Yes, I watched last night. It's really not like the other stuff, but I couldn't stop listening to IT. Maybe i'll start to like IT once. I've heard that a few more times. I don't think i've ever seen such an incredible video, though. I guess they've hired a hollywood director . to make IT. You can tell from the quality. the dancing looks like something from another planet. I think it's the costumes that created that effect. The routines themselves are quite like other videos i've seen. Have you seen the video for the band's new song yet? Yes, I watched last night. It's really not like their other stuff, but I couldn't stop listening to IT. Maybe i'll start to like IT once. I've heard that a few more times. I don't think i've ever seen such an incredible video, though. I guess they've hired a hollywood director . to make IT. You can tell from the quality. the dancing looks like something from another planet. I think it's the costumes that created that effect. The routines themselves are quite like other videos i've seen. I saw you get to the library at AAM. Yeah. i've been there all day. I've been writing the paper that will have to hand in on thursday. What's your paper about? It's about the environmental damage in ukaz, a state in southeast mexico. So what's happening there? Agriculture is having a harmful impact on the environment. Farmers are doing too much farming. It's destroying the forests and rulin ing the oil. How did you learn about this? I don't recall doctor chinese saying anything about IT in his lectures. Well, my brother went there last month, you know, to look at the old cities. He told me how few trees there were now and how much empty ground that grew. Almost nothing. So I started looking for materials in the library here. This magazine. what's in IT IT. includes interviews with tourists who've been there in the past few years. The conditions there are pretty bad. I saw you get to the library at AAM. Yeah. i've been there all day. I've been writing the paper that will have to hand in on thursday. What's your paper about? It's about the environmental damage in ukaz, a state in southeast mexico. So what's happening there? Agriculture is having a harmful impact on the environment. Farmers are doing too much farming. It's destroying the forests and rulin ing the oil. How did you learn about this? I don't recall doctor chinese saying anything about IT in his lectures. Well, my brother went there last month, you know, to look at the old cities. He told me how few trees there were now and how much empty ground that grew. Almost nothing. So I started looking for materials in the library here. Look at this magazine. What's in IT? IT includes interviews with tourists who've been there in the past few years. The conditions there . are pretty bad. 听力考试正式开始。