江苏省百校联考高三年级第二次考试英语试卷 答案 解析 写作评标 听力原文 2023.12.14
江苏省百校联考高三年级第二次考试
英 语 试 卷 2023.12.14
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,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。
1. Which person does the man want to follow?
A. The man on the bus. B The woman in the taxi. C. The man on the motorcycle.
2.Where should the man put used envelopes?
A. In the biggest box. B In the medium-sized box. C. In the smallest box.
3. What record did the woman just break?
A. Her personal record. B The school record. C. The national record.
4. When will the flight take off?
A. At 4 o'clock. B At 5 o'clock. C. At 6 o'clock.
5. Where does the conversation most likely take place?
A. At a cinema. B At the speakers' home. C. At a restaurant.
第二节（共 15 小题; 每小题 1.5分 , 满分 22.5分 )
听下面5 段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有2 至 4 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。听每段对话或独白前,你将有5 秒钟的时间阅
读各个小题;听完后,各小题将给出5 秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6 段材料,回答第6 、7 题。
6. What time will the man use the car?
A. At 3:00. B. At 4:00. C. At 4:30.
7.What does the woman have to do if she wants the car?
A. Do some housework later.
B Drive her brother somewhere.
C. Finish her schoolwork before leaving.
听第7 段材料,回答第8 至 10 题。
8. What are the speakers doing?
A. Attending a party. B. Discussing a lecture. C. Working part-time at a hospital.
9. Which job has the woman applied for?
A. Waitress. B. Volunteer. C. Salesgirl.
10. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?
A. Father and daughter. B. Teacher and student. C. Classmates.
听第8 段材料,回答第 11至 13 题。
11. Why did the man's aunt and uncle leave their home?
A. To visit family. B. To have a vacation. C. To escape the natural disaster.
12.How do the man is relatives.
A. They call their relatives. B They read the newspaper. C. They watch news programs.
13. What do the man's aunt and uncle think about San Francisco?
A. It isn't very fun. B It's too cold. C. It's scary to visit.
听第9 段材料,回答第 14至 17题 ,
14. What are the speakers talking about?
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A. Their trip abroad. B. Vacation plans. c. Cultural differences
15. Why doesn't the woman want to go to Mexico?
A. She's afraid of flying.
B She hates the food there.
C. She went there with her cousin last summer.
16.What does the man say about Spanish?
A. It's not easy to learn.
B. He's been learning it for a year.
C. He can only say a few words.
17. What probably makes the woman change her mind?
A. The beauty of the beaches in Mexico.
B. The possibility of learning some Spanish.
C. Many people speaking English in Mexico.
听第 10 段材料,回答第 18至 20 题。
18.In which year did Ritchie Valens make his first record?
A.1950. B 1958. C.1959.
19. What was Ritchie Valens's most famous song?
A. La Bamba.B. American Pie. C. Donna.
20. Who got a seat on the plane because of illness?
A. Don MeLean. B Buddy Holly. C. J.P.Richardson.
第二部分 阅读 (共两节, 满分 50分 )
第一节(共 15 小题; 每小题 2.5分 , 满分 37.5分 )
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A 、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
Where to eat in Malaysia
Malaysia offers a wide range of food choices, ranging from fine dining to street food.
Elsewhere，restaurants and food stalls are readily available.
Old China Cafe
Eating here is a little like dining in a museum as the walls are lined with photos and
memorabilia of the local Chinese laundryman's association. Chinese and Asian dishes keep regulars
and travellers coming back for more. The menu changes monthly.
San Pedro
This restaurant serves Portuguese cuisine. Try the baked fish (seabass or red snapper), curry
debal chicken (can be quite spicy),fried brinjals and the black pepper crabs, Call ahead to reserve a
table (and your fish), because once their fish runs out，they will close for the day.
The Bungalow
Facing the hotel pool and the beach，this restaurant has indoor and outdoor seating. At night,
the atmosphere is very romantic. The Chinese menu concentrates on traditional Hainanese dishes.
but includes dishes such as fish curry, chicken rice and filet mignon.
No. 7 Sup Corner
Even if you miss this buffet-style restaurant at the road bend, you will not miss the number of
cars parked at the road shoulder or the locals heading to it during lunchtime. It serves Malay dishes.
First get your plate of rice, and then take whatever you would like to eat. Present your food plate to
the lady at the counter and pay for it. Closed on Fridays and during Ramadan. Come early as there's
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always a crowd outside. 江苏省海安高级中学 景苏华 QQ:771515126
21. What do Old China Cafe and the Bungalow have in common?
A. They are based in hotels. B They have seasonal set menus.
C. They have atmospheric settings. D. They adopt modern cooking methods.
22.Which restaurant serves western cuisine?
A. Old China Cafe. B No.7 Sup Corner.
C. The Bungalow. D. San Pedro.
23. What do we know about No. 7 Sup Corner?
A. It is inconveniently located. B It is a self-service restaurant.
C. It requires a restaurant booking. D. It opens every day except the weekends.
B
It's 1:30 am in Kenya's populated north, and 50 people are lying on their backs on the shore of
a dried-up river, staring up at the night sky. These stargazers have travelled 250miles to Samburu
to witness the Perseid meteor shower（英仙座流星雨). They are not disappointed: Every few
minutes, arrows of light shoot across the sky like silent fireworks.
The Star Safari is organised by a Kenyan astronomer, Susan Murabana, who has brought a 50
kg,170 cm-long telescope to allow the group to view Mars and deep-sky objects. But here in
Samburu, where light pollution is minimal, the Perseid meteors—visible with the naked eye（裸
眼)—steal the show.
Every two months, Murabana and her husband load their telescope on to the roof of their44
and set off to rural communities, where they give up to 300 children a chance to view the planets
and learn about constellations (星座) and the basics of astrophysics. They primarily targets schools
in remote areas because of her mission to give girls an opportunity that she wishes had been
available to her.
“When I started this work, I didn't see people who looked like me. I was a lone ranger and I
wanted to change that.” says Murabana.
“There is a common misconception in Kenya that astronomy in general is hard, boring, and
only for boys,” she adds. “I’d like to teach young girls that astronomy is neither of these things and
that they, too, can become astronomers,” says Murabana.
Murabana's passion for astronomy began in her early 20s when her uncle invited her to join a
similar outreach session organized by the Cosmos Education. “That was a gamechanger. If an
outreach group had come to me when I was a young teenager.my attitude towards a career in
astronomy would have been positive. I ended up studying sociology and economics, but maybe I
would have desired to be an astronomer,” she says.
Inspired by the Cosmos Education, Murabana completed an online master's degree in
astronomy with the James Cook University in 201l and set up her own outreach programme. She
looked to Dr Mae Jemison, the first black woman in space, as a role model. “I hope that one day,
through this work, I will spark a chain reaction that leads to the first African woman in space.”
24.What do the underlined words “steal the show” in paragraph 2 mean?
A. Ruin the effort. B. Face the challenge.
C. Attract more attention. D. Keep the promise.
25. Why does Murabana target girl students in remote areas?
A. To help them out of poverty. B To inspire their love of astronomy.
C. To look for assistants for her work. D. To give them an edge over boys in studies
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26.What can we learn about Murabana from paragraph 6?
A. She enjoyed playing games.
B. She longed to be an astronomer.
C. She is an initiator of Cosmos Education.
D. She regretted not taking astronomy earlier.
27.What‘s the passage mainly about?
A. The birth of a Kenyan woman astronomer.
B. The prejudice against girls in rural Kenyan.
C. The Kenyan astronomer bringing astronomy to the people.
D. The Kenyan stargazers watching the Perseid meteors shower.
C
Often overlooked as a nuisance (讨厌), pigeons are actually highly intelligent animals. In a
study, 24 pigeons were shown different stimuli, like lines of different width and placement, as well
as sectioned rings. Each bird had to peck (啄) a button on the right or left to decide which category
they belonged to. If they got it correct, they got food; if they got it wrong, they got nothing.
“Pigeons don’t need a rule,” said Brandon Turner, lead author of the study. Instead they learn
through trial and error. For example, when they were given a visual, say “category A”, anything that
looked close to that they also classified as “category A”.
Over the course of the experiments, pigeons improved their ability to make right choices from
55% to 95% of the time when it came to some of the simpler tasks. Presented with a more complex
challenge, their accuracy went up from 55% to 68%.
“Using more humble animals like pigeons, we can test how far they can go with a mind that is
solely or mostly associative,” said Turner. “This paper shows how incredibly strong associative
systems can be, how true cognition-like (认知) they are.”
In an AI model, the main goal is to recognize patterns and make decisions. Pigeons, as research
shows, can do the same. When not given food, pigeons have a remarkable ability to correct their
errors. Similarity function is also at play for pigeons, by using their ability to find resemblance (相
似) between two objects. 江苏省海安高级中学 景苏华 QQ:771515126
“With just those two mechanisms alone, you can define a neural network or an artificial
intelligent machine to basically solve these categorization problems,” said Turner. “It stands to
reason that the mechanisms that are present in the AI are also present in the pigeon.”
The researchers now aim to co-operate with scientists who study pigeons and their brains. They
are hoping that these findings can have practical applications in better understanding human brain
damage. “Maybe we can get some further insight into what is going on in that little bird brain,” said
Turner.
28.What task did researchers set for pigeons?
A. Identify similarities. B. Select food.
C. Tell right from left. D. Do simple calculation.
29.How did pigeons improve accuracy in the experiment?
A. By working with fellow pigeons. B. By turning to AI technology.
C. By learning from consequences. D. By observing others’ behaviour.
30.What’s the finding of the study?
A. Pigeons use toolset to complete complex tasks.
B. Pigeons may be able to decide on their reflection.
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C. Pigeons problem-solve similarly to artificial intelligence.
D. Pigeons can use AI to recognize resemblance between objects.
31.What does the last paragraph mainly talk about concerning the study?
A. Its appeal to the public. B. Expectations for future studies.
C. Its underlying logic. D. Scientists with new perspectives.
D
We may weep for the dodo, but could and should we bring this lovely bird back from the dead?
De-extinction is the science of restoring lost species and it has been in the news for decades.
The story in modern times began in 1990 when Michael Crichton published his science fiction
novel Jurassic Park, in which he imagined a world where scientists were able to bring dinosaurs
back to life. Crichton imagined that polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technology could be a way to
amplify (放大) tiny quantities of dinosaur DNA and thus build a living embryo.
Sadly, biologists soon realized that DNA in fact breaks down super-fast; even after 100 years,
DNA from museum skins of dodos was decayed (腐烂) beyond repair. They could be sequenced
(测定序列) using massive computational power, but then only with considerable uncertainty. And
even if you capture a DNA sequence, there’s still the problem of how you get living cells to read
that sequence and express proteins that make the dinosaur or the dodo.
But why would anyone want to see mammoths, or something like them, roaming (漫游 )
present-day Siberia? Well, they were undoubtedly amazing beasts. As well as hunting them, our
distant ancestors painted their likenesses in caves across Europe. Fascinating as they may be, there
s some ecological justification for the project too.
It was this diversity of land surface, broken up by heavy limbs and randomly fertilised by
faeces (排泄物), that supported so much flora (植物群). Without the mammoths, that diversity
disappeared. Return them and landscapes would once again be with a variety of species, including
flowers and bushes. 江苏省海安高级中学 景苏华 QQ:771515126
True, it’s not de-extinction in the sense of bringing a long-dead species back to life. Instead
it’s more like making a “dodo” by engineering a modern pigeon, its closest relative, to become huge
and flightless. The result would be a big, fatty pigeon that, whether it looked like a dodo or not,
would probably fulfil some of its ecological roles.
As a palaeontologist, I would of course love to see living dinosaurs, mammoths and dodos. In
some ways, though, I am relieved that the optimistic claims for cloning and genetic technologies
have not been borne out. The slowdown gives us time to consider the outcomes—and hopefully
avoid some of Michael Crichton’s more fevered imaginings.
32.What is paragraph 2 of the text mainly about?
A.A science fiction review. B. The development of DNA.
C. An inspired guess of de-extinction. D. The application of PCR technology.
33.What’s the barrier to cloning a living embryo?
A. DNA is hard to keep for long. B. Computational power is limited.
C. Biologists are opposed to it. D. Living cells cant be sequenced.
34.Why are people interested in cloning extinct species?
A. They expect to seek hunt fun. B. They lack sources of modern art.
C. They need them for research. D. They want to see biodiversity.
35.What’s the author’s attitude toward cloning extinct species?
A. Cautious. B. Unclear. C. Dismissive. D. Approving.
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第二节(共5 小题; 每小题 2.5分 , 满分 12.5分 )
阅读下面短文,从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多
余选项。
One of the cores of emotional intelligence is self-regulation, an important skill in the workplace.
Like any skill, mastery of emotional self-control requires intentionality and practice. 36.
Pause to Mentally Distance
When you notice your typical physiological experiences associated with strong negative
emotion, what should you do? Mentally step out of your immediate experience. Asking yourself
any question, or imagining what you might look like to others right now, will do the trick. At that
point, although still physiologically keyed up, you will be able to ask yourself, “What is the best
course of action right now?” or “What advice would I give someone else who is in my shoes?”
37.
Take Control of Your Self-Talk
We’re frequently unaware of how much self-chatter is going on in the background of our minds.
Such self-talk might not be in fully articulated (铰接式的) words or phrases, but instead little flashes
of thought. Becoming aware of your self-talk can be difficult. Why is this an important skill to
develop? 38. To genuinely ease a strong negative emotion requires tackling the source by
examining the underlying belief and how accurate, reasonable, or useful it is.
Seek Support from Partners
Ask others you trust to help you recognize when your emotions seem to be getting the best of
you. 39. Agree on a gesture or word that might serve as a signal that your trusted individual
wonders whether you’re riding the led-by-your-limbic-system train. Of course, there will be times
theyre wrong. So, it’s important not to respond defensively when you get that signal. Reacting
with anything other than gratitude ensures that your partner won’t take that risk again.
Cultivate (培养) Curiosity
Our brains are wired to draw conclusions and form judgments at lightning speed, and those are
frequently the cause of our negative emotions. 40, but we tend to run with them, sparking the
self-talk that follows. Generally working to be more curious about other people’s experiences,
including their self-identified motives for their behavior, helps avoid making hasty judgments.
A. They are comfortable with all emotions 江苏省海安高级中学 景苏华 QQ:771515126
B. Those judgments are not necessarily accurate
C. Doing so provides you with choices as to how to act
D. Explain your developmental goals and sincerely ask for help
E. Stay focused on coming up with an answer and following through on it
F. Because it is those background beliefs that fuel our emotional responses
G. Here are four ways you can develop greater emotional self-management
第三部分语言运用 (共两节, 满分 30分 )
第一节(共 15 小题;每小题1 分 ,满分 15分 )
阅读下面短文,从每题所给的A 、B、C、D 四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
I’m obsessed (迷恋) with music. As a teenager, I couldn’t leave the house without my 41.
My summers were filled with festivals, and my shelves with 42.
But one day last year something changed. I became aware of a faint tapping sound in my left
ear. It wasn’t loud enough to be 43, but the next day it turned into a whooshing sound. By the
weekend it had started to become hard to 44 in my left ear.
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I was then sent to see specialists. They said it was the mitochondrial disease that caused the
45, but they couldn’t say for sure. So 46, I am still undiagnosed (没有确诊).
I was given hearing aids, but they didn’t work. I’ve signed up for a lip-reading course and am
47 British Sign Language. My friends have been 48, some have offered to learn BSL, but I
feel it’s really me who has to 49 this new life. 江苏省海安高级中学 景苏华 QQ:771515126
Other deaf people have warned of feeling isolated (孤立) and I’m determined not to make that
my 50. I do get 51 when I have to go out of my comfort zone. Going to a bar and asking
for a drink is fine 52 they start making small talk—at that point I’ll declare I’m deaf.
I’ve always preferred to 53 ahead, but since this happened I take life day by day. The
doctors have speculated (推测) that my 54 might come back. The future is 55, but I’m at
peace with that.
41.A. assignments B. headphones C. schoolbags D. uniforms
42.A. textbooks B. toys C. records D. flowers
43.A. annoying B. impressive C. pleasant D. heartbreaking
44.A. strike B. clean C. see D. hear
45.A. pain B. deafness C. awareness D. anxiety
46.A. technically B. gradually C. similarly D. confidently
47.A. teaching B. speaking C. promoting D. learning
48.A. great B. curious C. excited D. awkward
49.A. withdraw from B. leave behind C. break off D. adapt to
50.A. job B. hobby C. life D. aim
51.A. reward B. anxiety C. criticism D. pleasure
52.A. because B. if C. until D. when
53.A. plan B. contact C. depart D. write
54.A. memory B. appetite C. hearing D. sight
55.A. promising B. unbelievable C. predictable D. uncertain
第二节(共 10 小题;每小题 1.5分 ,满分 15分 )
阅读下面短文,在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Dazu Rock Carvings refers to all of the 102 cliffside carvings in Dazu district, Chongqing. The
56 (construct) of those rock carvings dates back to 650, and continued into the 17th century. The
scenic area 57 (add) to the World Heritage List in December 1999.
So far, 50,000 statues and 100,000 carved Chinese characters 58 (identify) and over 75
cliff statue sites are under state protection. The cliff statues are large in size, well carved and among
the best 59 (preserve) of their similarities. 江苏省海安高级中学 景苏华 QQ:771515126
The Dazu Rock Carvings have 60 important position in the history of Chinas grotto art.
Artisans created these rock carvings not simply by replicating (复制) images that their ancestors
had made 61 by combining religious figures with ordinary life, 62 recorded the transition
(过渡) of society. The statues show the evolution of carving and national features, 63 (break)
new ground in religious art and creating dynamic figures full of life. They stand on the peak of
Chinese rock carving art with their historical values and aesthetic (美学) quality.
According to the UNESCO description, the Dazu Rock Carvings are remarkable 64 their
rich diversity of subject matter and the light they cast on daily life in ancient China. Their existence
proved the 65 (harmony) synthesis (结合) of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism during
that period.
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第四部分写作 (共两节, 满分 40分 )
第一节(满分 15分 )
你校英文报正在举办主题为“用英语讲中国故事”的征文活动。请你以一个中国寓言故
事为题写一篇短文投稿,内容包括:
1.寓言故事简介;
2.意义或启示。
注意:
1.写作词数应为 80 左右;
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
The Fable Story in China
第二节(满分 25分 )
阅读下面材料,根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段,使之构成一篇完整的短文。
When I was a kid in Pennsylvania, my family rehabilitated (康复治疗) wild animals. I grew
up with raccoons (浣熊) and a fox running around the house. We would go travelling to Bermuda
and I would watch the whales off the shore. I fell in love with them and wanted to know more about
what they got up to underwater. Now I’ve been studying whales for more than 30 years and am the
president of the Center for Cetacean Research and Conservation.
In 2017, I was on a boat around Rarotonga in the Cook Islands, working on a film about whale
conservation. The crew wanted to get more footage (镜头) of me in the water with the humpback
whales—I often slip in quietly to record their behaviour for research. Seeing a couple of humpbacks
in the distance, I slid off the boat wearing a snorkel mask and a GoPro, and swam towards them.
As I was approaching, one of the male humpbacks came right up to me, nuzzling (用鼻爱抚)
me with his head and pushing me through the water. I felt a rush of pleasure mixed with fear. I tried
to keep calm, never taking my eyes off him. Then the whale swam underneath me and lifted me out
of the water on his flipper (鳍). I signalled to the boat, then—swoosh—I was pushed back under.
After seven and a half minutes of being pushed around by the humpback, I saw what I thought
was a second, smaller whale. But then I noticed the tail—whales move theirs up and down, and this
one was moving side to side. I realized with horror that it belonged to a huge, 18ft tiger shark! Tiger
sharks are known to attack people, sometimes fatally (致命的).
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。
The shark had arched its body in attack mode.
I told the whale that I loved him and thanked him as he was to swim off.
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英语试卷参考答案
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应用文写作
The Fable Story in China
Long long ago, the Foolish Old Man, or Yugong, and his family lived in mountains that blocked
their way in and out. To facilitate movement for themselves and the future generation, Yugong,
approaching his 90s, was determined to remove the mountains, shovel by shovel. In the end, God
was touched by Yugong’s perseverance and sent two titans from heaven to help move the mountains
away. 江苏省海安高级中学 景苏华 QQ:771515126
The fable Yu Gong Yi Shan has become a synonym for forging ahead while facing enormous
difficulties and persevering to the end.
读后续写
The shark had arched its body in attack mode. I yelled out to the boat but, before I knew it, the
whale had positioned me on the front of his head and was gracefully racing through the water. It
was terrifying and yet peaceful. Within 10 minutes, he had safely returned me to the boat and out
of the sharks way. I think the whale had seen the shark and was trying to push me away from it.
My emotions were high by the time I took off my mask and I felt love, concern and care from the
whale.
I told the whale that I loved him and thanked him as he was to swim off. He looked me in the
eye. I slid overboard and swam towards him; I rubbed his face and he extended his pectoral fin. I
swam back to the boat and he stayed around for about 20 minutes after I got back on it. Then he
disappeared underwater. It was a touching moment. I gasped in relief and then proceeded to sob,
overcome. I felt more motivated than ever to protect these beings.
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Text 1
M: I need to talk to that man. Let’s grab a taxi and follow him!
W: Which man? The one that just got on a bus?
M: No. The one that rode away on a motorcycle. (1)
Text 2
M: How do I separate my recycling material again?
W: The big blue box is for paper products, (2) the medium-sized one is for metal waste, and the
small one is for plastic.
Text 3
M: Wow, Jennifer! You just ran a new personal record! (3) If you were three seconds faster, you
would have broken this year’s school record.
W: My time is 10 seconds slower than the national record. I still have a lot of work to do.
Text 4
W: It is already 4 o’clock. My flight leaves in two hours. (4)
M: You’d better leave now. Rush hour starts at 5 o’clock.
Text 5
W: Can you turn off the light in the kitchen, please? I can see the reflection on the screen.
M: No problem. Do you want me to make us something to eat for the movie? (5)
Text 6
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W: Dad? Can I borrow the car? (7) I need to go out for a little while.
M: Well, that depends on where you’re going.
W: I’m just going over to Melanie’s house. We have to finish some homework that is due on
Monday.
M: How long will you be gone? I have to take your brother to his swimming lesson at 4:30. (6)
W: I’ll only be gone for a couple of hours. I’ll be home around 4:00, OK?
M: OK, but only if you clean your room and sweep the kitchen floor when you get home. (7)
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M: And be careful on the roads. It has been raining for the last three hours.
Text 7
W: How are you, Mr. Smith?
M: Fine. It’s nice to see you. So, are you enjoying the party? (8)
W: Yeah, it’s great. The music, the decorations, the food...everything.
M: How time flies! I can’t believe all you kids are graduating. (10) I don’t know when we can meet
again.
W: Right. I will miss you. I’ll never forget your lively lectures and your sense of humor. (10)
M: Thanks. Do you have any plans this summer before you go to college?
W: I’ve applied for a job at a store as a salesgirl. (9) Who else has plans for the vacation?
M: Mary is applying for a part-time job at a restaurant, and Peter is going to volunteer at a hospital.
W: Wonderful! Oh, excuse me. Peter seems to be leaving. I just want to tell him something.
M: No problem.
Text 8
W: Have your aunt and uncle left their home yet? (11)
M: Yes, they arrived in San Francisco two weeks ago. (13) It seems like they’ll be staying with us
for a while.
W: I hope it isn’t too long before they can return to Hawaii. Is their community in danger?
M: No, it isn’t anywhere near the volcanic activity. It’s actually on the other side of the island. They
left just in case the volcano erupts in a very big way. (11) All the recent activity has been
relatively slow. If the volcano explodes suddenly, it will be too late.
W: How long do your relatives plan to stay?
M: I have no idea. Maybe another month, maybe two months... We watch the news every day to
find out what the volcano is doing. (12)
W: They must be afraid!
M: Not my aunt and uncle! They’ve lived in Hawaii all their lives. They’ve experienced a few major
eruptions, too. They think it’s fun living with my family. They only complain that it’s too cold.
(13)
Text 9 (第 14 题为推断题)
M: Do you know what you’re going to do for spring break?
W: My parents want to take my brother and me to Mexico. But I don’t really want to go outside the
country.
M: Why not? Mexico is supposed to be amazing! (15)
W: To tell you the truth, I’m a little scared of flying. (15)
M: Have you been on a plane before?
W: Yeah, a few times...and I hated it every time!
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