七宝 2025学年 第一学期 高三英语开学练习 2025. 9
I. Listening Comprehension
Section A (1*10=10)
Directions: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.
1. A. On the bus. B. On the ship. C. On the plane. D. On the train.
2. A. 54 dollars. B. 66 dollars. C. 60 dollars. D. 17.6 dollars
3. A. Get up slowly. B. Adjust her position.
Stretch legs for a while. D. Shake her body frequently.
4. A. Lily will drive her to the airport. B. She won’t skip the special meeting.
C. She backs up the manager’s plan. D. Lily is available to attend the meeting.
5. A. To be a certified doctor. B. To pursue advanced studies.
C. To get promotion in work. D. To make full preparations for pregnancy.
6. A. The result of the survey is precise. B. There are many errors in the survey.
C. Consumers are confident in themselves. D. The statistics are relatively reliable.
7. A. It is costly but convenient. B. He prefers a furnished one.
C. Its decoration is rather old. D. He doesn’t like the paint and the carpet.
8. A. The woman is outspoken and straightforward.
B. Her letter of resignation is rejected by the boss.
C. Her boss is anxious about his poor management.
D. Nearly all the employees can’t live with the boss.
9. A. The new computer program is out of date.
B. He is used to the changing technology.
C. Learning a program through computer is outdated.
D. Ever-changing technology accounts for the problem.
10. A. Negotiate the deadline to postpone it.
B. Gather more information with the man.
C. Prepare the presentation with the material at hand.
D. Tailor the contents of the presentation to hit the deadline.
Section B
Directions: In Section B, you will hear two short passages and one longer conversation, and you will be asked several questions on each of the passages and the conversation. The passages and the conversation will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.
Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.
11. A. In 1909. B. In 1911. C. In 1913. D. In 1915.
12. A. It was fashionable to have a bare head. B. Women were forced to remove hairs.
C. A wide forehead was a symbol of beauty. D. It helps distinguish the painting from others.
13. A. The identity of Mona Lisa remains to be confirmed.
B. Leonardo is good at creating mysterious portrait of men.
C. The painting is doomed to be damaged as time passes by.
D. Mona Lisa was painted in memory of a woman from Italy.
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.
14. A. Parking capacity has nearly tripled. B. Severe accidents happened there before.
C. It is supervised by a human-shaped robot. D. Cars are better managed than other garages.
15. A. The robot. B. The garage. C. The driver. D. The attendant.
16. A. The favorable service. B. The convenience of parking.
C. The safety and reliability. D. The discountable parking fees.
Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.
A. It lies in seizing opportunities. B. It partly depends on human effort.
C. It comes out of one’s determination. D. It is more than an element of success.
18. A. It is a must towards success. B. It pales in comparison with practice.
It contributes to success in some way. D. It is something that people are born with.
19. A. Being passionate can generate wealth.
B. Passionate people care little about money.
C. Money comes automatically with success.
D. Love makes a person passionate and hardworking.
20. A. What brings about success. B. Why passion is important.
C. How luck affects a person. D. A fantastic video on success.
II. Grammar and Vocabulary
Section A
Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.
Humanoid Robots Just Raced in a World-First Half-Marathon.
On Saturday, Beijing hosted (21) ________ is being called the world’s first humanoid half-marathon. While technologically impressive, the outcome of the event should reassure those who fear robots will one day overrun humanity (22) ______ it appears they won’t be outrunning us any time soon.
Twenty-one humanoids of various shapes and sizes raced (23) ______ thousands of humans, closely followed by their operators. But just six of the robots successfully reached the finish line. To participate in the race, the robots (24) ______ ______ run on two legs, like humans. However, the participating tech companies and universities were allowed to bring their robots in for battery-replacing pit stops, like racecars, sometimes even (25) ______ (replace) the whole robot with a new one.
“The robots are running very well, very stable … I feel I (26) ______ (witness) the evolution of robots and A.I.,” said He Sishu, a spectator who works in artificial intelligence. Alan Fern, a researcher at Oregon State University, however, says that so far Chinese companies (27) ______ (focus) on showing off walking, running, and dancing but they don’t demonstrate much regarding any type of basic intelligence.
The 13.1-mile racetrack had a dedicated humanoid-only lane—which is probably a good idea, given that the robot contestants regularly fell over, lost their heads or even (28)______ (spin) out of control. Nevertheless, Fern was actually very impressed that some humanoids completed the race within a given time limit, since he would have bet that (29) ______ of them would finish.
Tiangong Ultra, the winner developed by the Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center (BHRIC) came in at 2 hours, 40 minutes and 42 seconds. That’s more than an hour and a half behind the winner of the men’s race but still within the minimum for human runners, (30) ______ was 3 hours and 10 minutes.
“If the aim is to demonstrate useful real-world applications for humanoid technology, perhaps the organizers should consider a house-cleaning or laundry-folding race for the next competition. And maybe they will,” said Tang Jian, chief technology officer for the BHRIC.
Section B
A. dismissed B. frontier C. weigh D. leap E. lock F. narrowed
G. predetermined H. rigid I. routine J. sheltered K. still
Facing Uncertainty in the Future
The future is an unknown that many of us fear. Throughout childhood, many of us are innocent, (31) ________ by the safety of home. We are fed ideals and taught principles by caretakers—parents, teachers, adults who shape our early beliefs. Time passes until, without warning, we’re eighteen and pushed into adulthood, expected to find our way in a world we don’t yet understand.
Higher education often feels like the final (32) _______ before full adulthood—a stormy space of doubt. Questions arise: What path should I take Will I find happiness These uncertainties (33) __________ heavily, leaving one mentally exhausted and weakening confidence as the “real world” approaches. Yet, within this fear lies a hidden beauty: the realization that life isn’t as (34) _______ as we’re taught. We assume that our early choices (35) _______ us in, and that taking a different route only results in failure. But the truth is, we hold more power over our lives than we think. Still, many give up that power, softening their ambitions to fit expectations.
There’s much to say for consistency, but standing (36) ________ limits potential for growth. Holding tightly to a (37) ________ route risks wasting not just days, but an entire lifetime that could have been extraordinary. I know this fear well. Raised to believe success meant perfect grades, a degree from a top university, and a high-paying job, I never questioned the path—until high school, when doubts slowly entered my mind. What if I wanted something else The pressure (38) ________ my world into a small, dark tunnel that I felt I had no choice but to follow.
But security doesn’t guarantee happiness. By university, I felt trapped, convinced I’d failed for not meeting expectations. Then, I took a (39) _________: I switched my major to East Asian Studies, a field (40) _________ as impractical. Initially, the decision seemed illogical, contrary to everything I was taught to believe in. Yet, instead of regret, I found relief. For the first time, I loved learning, freed from pressures I put on myself. The “right” path isn’t the same for everyone—it’s the one that awakens passion, not fear.
III. Reading Comprehension
Section A
Sufficient research has shown that when people believe that their managers are truly listening to their ideas and concerns, work relationships grow stronger, engagement rises, and performance improves. That’s why bosses have regular oneon-ones with their (41) ________ reports, and new division heads go on listening tours.
However, studies also show that such practices often are (42) ________—in part because many managers simply aren’t good listeners. When we conducted a comprehensive review of 117 academic papers on workplace listening, we found that this skill is far easier to describe than to (43) _______.
Why Because listening is an (44) ________ activity that requires empathy, patience, and the ability to respond to what you hear. And because it can be so (45) ________ demanding, particularly when the subject matter is complex or emotionally charged, people often take shortcuts.
Take Google’s all-company Friday meetings. For years these were biweekly open forums where company leaders would share (46) ________, discuss strategic developments, and take questions from employees. They played a critical role in maintaining a culture of (47) ________ at the company. As Laszlo Bock, Google’s former vice president of people operations, once explained, they (48) ________ “everything from whether the mix of food in the cafés is too healthy to really significant questions around whether our strategy with a particular country or product is good or evil.” (49) ________, in 2019 Sundar Pichai, Google’s CEO, decided that the meetings were no longer working. Employees wanted to talk about controversial issues like the company’s handling of hate speech, and discussions were often (50) ________ to the press. Pichai made them less regular and changed their (51) ________. It seems that listening to everyone had gotten too difficult.
Similar situations have played out at Activision Blizzard, where an attempt to address misconduct claims during a company town hall led to a massive strike, with workers complaining that leaders were (52) ________ rather than meaningfully addressing their concerns, and at Amazon, where employees said that a daily survey designed to evaluate staff well-being was being prejudiced by managers’ direct pressure to give (53) ________ answers and by worries that responses wouldn’t be kept privately protected.
Listening without (54) ________ action or explanation leads employees to believe their efforts—and yours—have been pointless. There is a fix for this: Always complete the communication cycle. Before ending a conversation, restate what you’ve heard, identify the next steps for action, and (55) ________ a timeline for checking back in. That emphasizes forward momentum (势头) and ensures accountability.
41. A. direct B. external C. former D. temporary
42. A. chaotic B. beneficial C. ineffective D. innovative
43. A. document B. debate C. define D. display
44. A. automatic B. adaptive C. instant D. intentional
45. A. mentally B. physically C. financially D. visually
46. A. policies B. updates C. successes D. gossips
47. A. competition B. trust C. excellence D. diversity
48. A. advocated B. highlighted C. covered D. transferred
49. A. Therefore B. However C. Similarly D. Alternatively
50. A. leaked B. announced C. recommended D. assigned
51. A. agenda B. duration C. format D. theme
52. A. denying B. minimizing C. justifying D. resolving
53. A. honest B. random C. positive D. vague
54. A. dynamic B. periodic C. urgent D. subsequent
55. A. agree on B. comment on C. leave out D. stretch out
Section B
(A)
As the sun set he remembered, to give himself more confidence, the time in the tavern at Casablanca when he had played the hand game with the great negro from Cienfuegos who was the strongest man on the docks. They had gone one day and one night with their elbows on a chalk line on the table and their forearms straight up and their hands gripped tight. Each one was trying to force the other’s hand down onto the table. There was much betting and people went in and out of the room under the kerosene lights and he had looked at the arm and hand of the negro and at the negro’s face. They changed the referees every four hours after the first eight so that the referees could sleep. Blood came out from under the finger-nails of both his and the negro’s hands and they looked each other in the eye and at their hands and forearms and the bettors went in and out of the room and sat on high chairs against the wall and watched. The walls were painted bright blue and were of wood and the lamps threw their shadows against them. The negro’s shadow was huge and it moved on the wall as the breeze moved the lamps.
The odds would change back and forth all night and they fed the negro rum and lighted cigarettes for him. Then the negro, after the rum, would try for a tremendous effort and once he had the old man, who was not an old man then but was Santiago El Campeon, nearly three inches off balance. But the old man had raised his hand up to dead even again. He was sure then that he had the negro, who was a fine man and a great athlete, beaten. And at daylight when the bettors were asking that it be called a draw and the referee was shaking his head, he had unleashed his effort and forced the hand of the negro down and down until it rested on the wood. The match had started on a Sunday morning and ended on a Monday morning.
Many of the bettors had asked for a draw because they had to go to work on the docks loading sacks of sugar or at the Havana Coal Company. Otherwise, everyone would have wanted it to go to a finish.But he had finished it anyway and before anyone had to go to work.
For a long time after that everyone had called him The Champion and there had been a return match in the spring. But not much money was bet and he had won it quite easily since he had broken the confidence of the negro from Cienfuegos in the first match. After that he had a few matches and then no more. He decided that he could beat anyone if he wanted to badly enough and he decided that it was bad for his right hand for fishing. He had tried a few practice matches with his left hand. But his left hand had always been a traitor and would not do what he called on it to do and he did not trust it.
Quoted from The Old Man and the Sea written by Ernest Hemingway
56. Since the old man is the main character, in the hand game, why does Hemingway put more efforts in describing his opponent the negro
A. Because Hemingway himself is an anti-racist who wants to support the coloured race.
B. By doing so, he indirectly shows how strong and determined the old man is to readers.
C. He shifts readers’ attention to a new character to neutralize the nervous atmosphere.
D. There is no need to describe the old man because he is well-known to all readers.
57. What does the underlined word “unleashed” in paragraph 2 mean
A. spare B. restrict C. reduce D. loose
58. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage
A. Many bettors were afraid of losing their money so they wanted to call the game a draw.
B. The old man had owed his victory over the negro more to his will than to his strength.
C. The referee had been convinced by the bettors that the game be considered a draw.
D. Regular hand games should be a good practice to enhance the old man’s fishing skills.
59. What can be inferred from the whole passage
A. The old man could have ended the game earlier but he had withheld his power.
B. Many workers working on the decks had showed no respect towards the old man.
C. The old man had to self-feed himself a lot so as to stay competitive in the game.
D. The negro was not as strong and athletic as the old man had expected him to be.
(B)
Cornell Note-Taking Method: A Simplified Guide
The Cornell Note-Taking Method, created by Professor Walter Pauk in the 1950s, is a structured way to organize notes and enhance learning. It divides a page into three main sections: a cue column on the left, a note-taking area on the right, and a summary section at the bottom.
How to Use It:
Title Header: Write the topic at the top of the page. Include the date or objective for reference.
Cue Column: Use this narrow left section for key terms, questions, or main ideas. Think of it as a glossary to help you quickly find important points later.
Note-Taking Area: Record detailed notes here during lectures or reading. Focus on important facts and references.
Summary Section: At the bottom, summarize the main ideas in one or two sentences. This reinforces your understanding and makes review easier.
Tips for Effective Use:
Self-Quiz Questions: Write simple questions in the cue column to test yourself later.
Summarize Even if Incomplete: Reflect on key points in your own words, even if your notes aren’t perfect.
Color Coding: Use colors to highlight key terms, definitions, and examples. This makes your notes clearer and more engaging.
Next Steps: Add actions you need to take in the summary to keep learning proactive.
Versatile Uses:
Meetings and Interviews: Record key points in the note-taking area, highlight themes in the cue column, and summarize takeaways.
Brainstorming: Jot down ideas in the main section, categorize them in the cue column, and identify top ideas in the summary.
Project Planning: Note goals and milestones in the main area, deadlines in the cue column, and create an action plan in the summary.
The Cornell Note-Taking Method represents a robust and versatile framework for organizing information across diverse learning and professional contexts. By promoting active engagement, critical thinking, and structured review, it enhances the efficiency of knowledge acquisition and retention. Whether employed by students in lecture halls or professionals in meetings, the Cornell Method remains a valuable tool for those seeking to optimize their note-taking practices.
60. What is the main purpose of the passage
A. To introduce the history of the Cornell Note-Taking Method.
B. To explain how to effectively use the Cornell Note-Taking Method.
C. To compare different note-taking methods for various learning styles.
D. To describe the benefits of using visual aids in note-taking.
61. What is the advantage of adding a “next steps” section in the summary of Cornell notes
A. It helps to quickly identify the main ideas of the material.
B. It allows for a more organized and visually appealing set of notes.
C. It transforms notes into actionable tools for further learning.
D. It reduces the mental load when testing yourself with self-quiz questions.
62. Imagine you are the student council president organizing a charity event at your high school. How would you apply the Cornell Method to capture the most important information during the planning meeting
A. Write the event schedule in the cue column.
B. Note key points and tasks in the note-taking area.
C. Summarize the main goals in the summary section.
D. List potential sponsors in the summary section.
(C)
In the early 2000s, Merlin Mann, a Web designer and devoted Macintosh enthusiast, was working as a freelance project manager for software companies. He had held similar roles for years, so he knew the ins and outs of the job; he was surprised, therefore, to find that he was literally buried under—not by the mentally challenging aspects of his work but by the many small administrative tasks, such as scheduling conference calls, that surfaced up from a chaotic stream of e-mail messages.
Mann wasn’t alone in his frustration. Work lives that had once been orderly—two or three blocks of work, broken up by meetings and phone calls—became wildly busy, unplanned, and impossibly overloaded. “E-mail is a ball of uncertainty that represents anxiety,” Mann said, reflecting on this period.
Things have not since changed much. Most of us are not our own bosses, and therefore lack the ability to dramatically rebuild the structure of our work responsibilities, but imagine if, through some combination of new management thinking and technology, we could introduce processes that minimize the time required to talk about work or fight off random tasks thrown our way by equally stressed co-workers, and instead let us organize our days around a small number of separate and specific objectives. This vision is attractive, but it cannot be realized by individual actions alone. It will require management intervention.
Up until now, there has been little will to shift the responsibility for productivity from the person to the organization. Most knowledge-work companies have been more focused on keeping up with technological breakthroughs that might open up new markets, without addressing the fundamental issues that underlie workplace inefficiency. To get more done, it’s been sufficient to simply encourage employees to work harder. Laptops and smartphones helped these efforts by enabling office workers to find extra hours in the day to get things done, providing a productivity balance against the inefficiencies of overload culture.
It seems likely that any successful effort to reform professional life must start by making it easier to figure out who is working on what, and how it’s going. Because so much of our effort in the office now develops in rapid exchanges of digital messages, it’s tempting to allow our in-boxes to become an informal storage place for everything we need to get done. This strategy, however, covers up many of the worst aspects of overload culture.
Consider instead a system that externalizes work. Following the lead of software developers, we might use virtual task boards, where every task is represented by a card that indicates who is doing the work, and is pinned under a column indicating its status. With a quick glance, you can now determine everything going on within your team and ask meaningful questions about how much work any one person should tackle at a time. With this setup, improvement becomes possible.
63. What does the author try to illustrate with the example of Merlin Mann
A. More and more people have started to hop from one job to another.
B. Creative design is very demanding mentally when done individually.
C. Too many job responsibilities to perform could make people depressed.
D. Small tasks could emerge at random to keep people disorganized at work.
64. What is the author’s view of email use in the workplace
A. It helps employees keep track of the work that has been piled up.
B. It contributes to the difficulty and inefficiency of task management.
C. It facilitates emotional support in times of uncertainty and anxiety.
D. It provides an opportunity for employees to communicate informally.
65. What change does the author try to introduce in the workplace
A. Enhancing work flow with the aid of technology.
B. Reducing workload and lowering the stress level.
C. Setting distinct attainable goals for individuals.
D. Redistributing work duties among employees.
66. What can be inferred about the system the author suggests
A. New software can help to hire workers from outside.
B. Teamwork will become easier with a big picture.
C. Division of labor will be negotiated within a team.
D. Virtual reality can help to do on-the-job training.
Section C
Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.
Keeping Fit Without Exercising
Incorporating (合并) physical activity into our everyday lives is more likely to protect us from heart disease than buying a gym membership, according to the authors of a new global study.
The study was published in the Lancet(《柳叶刀》)medical journal last September. It is the first to compare physical activity and heart disease levels in both wealthy and poor countries—the researchers compared 130,000 people in 17 countries, from Canada and Sweden, to Bangladesh and Zimbabwe.
Thirty minutes of exercise per day for five days a week, which most guidelines recommend, does reduce heart disease. However, there appears to be no ceiling to the health benefits of taking exercise. ____67____ One to two hours a day is the ideal amount of physical activity, said lead author Professor Scott Lear of Canada’s Simon Fraser University.
____68____ Most people think they cannot incorporate that much physical activity into their lives, said Professor Lear. “They will think ‘I’m stressed out after a day’s tiring work. Exercising for two hours That’s totally out of the question!” he added. But most people who have the highest activity levels are those for whom exercising is part of their everyday working out. In contrast, almost 40 percent of highly active participants benefited from an active lifestyle.
“By including low-and middle-income countries in this study, we were able to determine the benefits of activities such as active commuting, having a physically-active job or even doing housework,” said Professor Lear. ____69____ “Going to the gym is great, but we only have so much time we can spend there. If we can walk to work or school, or take a walk at lunchtime, that will help, too,” they said.
“In an age where we’re living increasingly busy but often sedentary (久坐的) lives, weaving physical activity into our daily lives has never been more important,” Professor Lear continued. “____70____.” He also suggests we take the stairs rather than the elevator. Another good idea is to increase the walk by getting off the metro or bus one stop early.
IV. Summary Writing
Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.
Your Alarm Sound May Be the Reason Why You Feel Sleepy After Waking Up
A team of Australian scientists from RMIT University in Melbourne found that melodic alarms were linked to reductions in "sleep inertia”, (SI) according to a study published in the journal PLOS ONE.
SI is the reduction in alertness experienced up to four hours after waking, the researchers said. This phenomenon can affect human performance in a variety of ways. “If you don't wake properly, your work performance can be degraded for periods up to four hours, and that has been linked to major accidents," Stuart McFarlane, an author of the study from RMIT, said in a statement. “You would assume that a loud 'beep beep beep' alarm would improve alertness. However, our data revealed that melodic alarms may be the key element. This was unexpected.”
“Although more research is needed to better understand the precise combination of melody and rhythm that might work best, considering that most people use alarms to wake up, the sound you choose may have important consequences,” he said. “This is particularly important for people who might work in dangerous situations shortly after waking, like firefighters or pilots, but also for anyone who has to be rapidly alert, such as someone driving to hospital in an emergency.”
For their study, the researchers surveyed 50 people using an online questionnaire, asking various questions about the types of sounds that they used for their alarms and how alert they tended to feel after waking up. The results revealed that the participants who rated their alarm sound as being “melodic” tended to report reductions in SI compared to “unmelodic” or harsh sounds.
The study is limited by the fact that the results are based on self-reported survey responses and, thus, the researchers did not directly test how SI is linked to the type of alarm tone. However, they do suggest a potential mechanism to explain the results that they recorded.
V. Translation
Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.
哲学在多大程度上曾被视为男性的领域？(domain)
虽然已是古稀之年，你依旧眼不花耳不聋，何其幸运！ (bless)
刷好评的现象太普遍了，普通消费者很难分辨电商平台上的产品质量好坏。(so…that)
75. 刚铺好的道路蜿蜒36个弯，全长18.7公里，是游客领略当地美景的必经之路。(very)
VI. Guided writing
Directions: Write an English composition in 180-200 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.
假如你是明启中学的高三学生李明，负责你们学校“排忧解难”TROUBLESHOOTER专栏。你的校友Lynn发出求助，请你根据他的来信写封回信。写信要求如下：
1. 提出你的建议 2. 说明你的理由
I’m a Senior Three student. I want to ride to Hangzhou alone for my graduation trip, but my parents don’t allow me to do so. How can I change their minds
高三第一学期开学练习答案 202509
Listening
1-5 CBCAB 6-10 DCADC 11-13 CCA 14-16 ABD 17-20 BBAA
Grammar
21. what 22. because/since/as/that23. among/against 24. had to 25. replacing
26. am witnessing 27. have focus(s)ed/ have been focusing 28. spun 29. none/few 30. which
Vocabulary
31-40 J, B, C, H/G, E, K, G/I, F, D, A
Cloze
41-55 ACDDA BBCBA CBCDA
Reading 2分
56-59 BDBA 60-62 BCB 63-66 DBAB
67-70 EDBF
Summary
Main Idea (主旨)：
Melodic alarms reduce sleep inertia more effectively than harsh alarms.
Key Points (要点)：
A study found that melodic alarm sounds reduce sleep inertia—decline in alertness after waking—more effectively than harsh tones. This is critical for those in high-risk jobs or emergency situations. Despite results based on self-reported data from 50 participants, researchers offer a possible explanation for the recorded results and further research is needed to identify optimal alarm sounds.
Translation
72. To what extent did philosophy use to be considered a male domain
73. How blessed you are to have keen eyesight and sharp hearing though (you are) in your seventies!
74. The phenomenon of brushing good reviews is so common that it is difficult for ordinary consumers to distinguish the quality of products on e-commerce platforms. / Fake reviews are so common/ prevalent/ widespread that ordinary consumers cannot tell whether the quality of products/ tell good products from bad ones on e-commerce platforms is good.
75. The freshly/newly paved road, which winds 36 bends/ winds its way through 36 bends/ winds along in 36 turns/ winds through 36 turns and stretches 18.7 kilometers/ is 18.7 kilometers long/ reaches 18.7km in length is the very route that tourists can take to enjoy the local beauty/ beautiful scenery/ is the very route for tourists to experience the beautiful local landscape.
录音文本
Listening Comprehension
Section A
1. W: I'm afraid I'm a little bit airsick. I feel dizzy.
M: Close your eyes and relax. You'll be all right as soon as we arrive.
Q: Where are the two speakers
2. M: The lunch we had today cost us sixty dollars. Did you tip the waiter
W: Of course, I left him 10% of our bill.
Q: How much did the woman pay in all
3. W: Oh, I must have been sitting in the same position too long. My legs have fallen asleep.
M: Shake them a little before you get up.
Q: What does the man suggest the woman do
4. M: I promised to drive you to the airport tomorrow, but I'm afraid something has come up. The manager plans to call a special meeting.
W: No big deal. Lily said she was available as a back-up.
Q: What does the woman imply
5. W: Have Lisa and Eric started a family yet They've been married for two years now.
M: Eric told me that they postponed having children until he gets his doctoral degree.
Q: Why did Eric postpone having children
6. M: Let's look at the survey on consumer confidence we conducted last week. How reliable are these figures
W: They have a 3% margin of error, which is acceptable.
Q: What can we learn from the conversation
7. W: This is one of our best and least expensive apartment. It's located in a quiet building and it is close to bus lines.
M: That may be true. But look at it. The paint has peeled off and the carpet is worn.
Q: What does the man think of the apartment
8. M: I think your boss will be very upset when he gets your letter of resignation.
W: That may be so. But in the letter, I just told him frankly I could no longer live with his poor management and stupid decisions.
Q: What can be inferred from the conversation
9. W: I'm so frustrated with this new computer program.
M: I know what you mean. It can be overwhelming, especially since the technology is always changing. By the time you learn one program, it's outdated.
Q: What does the man mean
10. M: I don't think we have enough information for our presentation, but we have to give it tomorrow. There doesn't seem to be much we can do about it.
W: Yeah, at this point we'll have to make do with what we've got.
Q: What might the woman do next
Section B
Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.
When the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre Museum in 1911, newspaper headlines around the world claimed that the most famous painting in the world had been taken. It was recovered two years later. The Mona Lisa is the portrait of a woman from Florence, Italy, painted by Leonardo da Vinci between 1503 and 1506. Despite knowing this information, art historians have no knowledge of whom Mona Lisa was. They think she may not be a single woman at all; Leonardo may have combined the features of many women, or simply imagined her.
If you spend some time studying the Mona Lisa, you will begin to understand what makes it so special. First, you will see how alive the woman in the painting appears. It seems that Leonardo devised some technique that blurred parts of the painting and used softened colours. This makes Mona Lisa's features slightly unclear. This can be particularly seen in her smile, which gives different impressions on different days. Her mysterious smile has been studied and discussed for centuries. Mona Lisa has no eyebrows because it was fashionable for a beautiful person to have a wide forehead. So, women removed the hairs from their eyebrows as part of a fad.
Unfortunately, owing to its age, the painting is now beginning to show some signs of damage. This concerns art historians and art lovers alike, who hope that the painting will survive to provide mystery and beauty for centuries to come.
11. When was the Mona Lisa recovered
12. Why does Mona Lisa have no eyebrows
13. What might the art historians agree with according to the passage
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.
Would you trust a robot to park your car The question will confront New Yorkers in February as the city's first robotic parking opens in Chinatown. The technology has been successfully applied overseas, but the only other public robotic garage in the United States has been troublesome, dropping vehicles and trapping cars because of technical problems. Nonetheless, the developers of the Chinatown garage are confident with the technology and are counting on it to squeeze 67 cars in an apartment-building basement that would otherwise fit only 24, accomplished by removing a space normally required. A human-shaped robot won't be stepping into your car to drive it. Rather, the garage itself does the parking. The driver stops the car on a flat platform and gets out. The platform is lowered into the garage, and it is then transported to a vacant parking space by a computer-controlled device similar to an elevator that also runs sideways. There is no human supervision, but an attendant will be on hand to accept cash and explain the system to new users. Parking rates will be attractive, about $400 monthly or $25 per day, according to Ari Milstein, the director of planning for Automation Parking Systems, which is the US subsidiary of a German company. This company has built automated garages in several countries overseas and in the United States for residents of a Washington, D.C. apartment building.
14. What can we know about the robotic parking in Chinatown in New York
15. What on earth does the parking
16. What might attract users most according to Ari Milstein
Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.
W: I have many business English students. We often end up talking about things like success and what leads to success. And it's interesting that many of them mention the element of luck.
M: Right.
W: Luck is important to success. But since you've seen that fantastic video on the TED Talks website by Richard St. John, he doesn't mention luck at all.
M: Well, I'm a firm believer that people can make their own luck. I mean what people regard as luck, you can actually create, to a degree.
W: Sure. I think a lot of what people consider luck is attributed to how you respond to the opportunities that come your way.
M: Yes. Very good point.
W: Seizing the opportunities. But was there any point in the video that you thought was particularly interesting
M: Yes. Actually there was. What impresses me most is that many people think luck is important and that natural talent is something you must have in order to be successful. And in the video we saw, the point about getting good at something is not about having some natural talent. It's all about practice, practice, practice.
W: Definitely yeah. Natural talent helps in some way but at the end of the day you really do need to work hard and get really really good at what you do.
M: Sure.
W: I thought one interesting thing in the video was the idea of passion being so important. And the funny thing is that if you love what you do and are really passionate about it and work really hard, the money kind of comes automatically.
17. What's the man's opinion on luck
18. What does Richard St. John say about natural talent in TED Talks
19. What is the funny thing according to the woman
20. What does the speakers mainly talk about
