1、第一部 分听力(共两节,满分30分)做题时,先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后,你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。第一节(共5小题:每小题1.5分,满分7.5分)听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后,你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。例:How much is the shirt?A. 19.15. B.9.18. C. 9.15.答案是C。1.What is the man doing?A. Asking the way.B.Giving directions.C. Correcti
2、ng a mistake.2.What dress size does the woman want?A.8.B.10.C.12.3.What is the woman likely to do?A. Make a phone call.B. Handle the problem.C. Have a rest.4.Which tour does the man seem to be interested in?A. The evening tour.B. The half-day tour.C.The full-day tour.5.Where are the speakers?A.At a
3、canteen.B.At a clinic.C.At a bank.第二节(共15小题,每小题1.5分,满分22.5分)听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前,你将有时间阅读各个小题,每小题5秒钟;听完后,各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料,回答第6、7题。6. What does the woman think of the match?A.Entertaining.B.Discouraging.C. Boring.7.What do the speakers plan to do on
4、 Tuesday afternoon?A.Watch a game.B. Play tennis.C. Go to the cinema.听第7段材料,回答第8至10题。8. What does the man advise Mrs.White to do?A.Go on a diet.B. Do more exercise.C. Get enough sleep.9.Which can be included in Mrs. Whites breakfast?A.Eggs.B.Sausages.C.Porridge.10.What is the man?A. A teacher.B.A ph
5、ysician.C.A chef.听第8段材料,回答第11至14题。11.How does Nancy look to Daniel?A.Confused.B. Excited.C. Anxious.12.Why does Daniel mention his performance in a play?A.To comfort Nancy.B. To express his regretC. To show his pride.13.What is Nancy going to do next week?A.Take a school testB.Have a check-up.C.Go i
6、n for a competition.14.What does Daniel offer to do for Nancy?A.Rewrite her lines.B.Drive her to the theatre.C.Help her with the practice.听第9段材料,回答第15至17题。15.What was Prof. Stones grandfather afraid of?A.Leaving his home.B.Parting from his son.C.Taking early retirement.16.What does old age mean to m
7、any elderly Americans?A.Lack of moral support.B. Loss of self-worth.C. Change of living habits.17.What will Prof Stone talk about next concerning elderly people?A.Public services they ask for.B.Health care available to them.C.Contributions they can make.听第10段材料,回答第18至20题。18.What does the speakers mo
8、ther want her to be?A.A confident person.B. A warm-hearted person.C. A humorous person.19.Why did the speaker feel lonely in her childhood?A.She often traveled by herselfB.Her family moved frequently.C.Her mother was busy working.20.What does the speaker mainly talk about?A.Importance of home school
9、ing.B.Mother-daughter relationship.C.A role model in her family.第二部分 阅读理解(共两节,满分40分)第一节(共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分)阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。AThe Biggest Stadiums in the WorldPeople have been pouring into stadiums since the days of ancient Greece. In around 8 A.Q., the Romans built the Colosseum, whic
10、h remains the worlds best known stadium are continues to inform contemporary design. Romes Colosseum was 157 feet tall and had 80 entrances, seating 50,000 people. However, that was small fry compared with the citys Circus Maximus, which accommodated around 250,000 people.These days, safety regulati
11、ons-not to mention the modern sports fans desire for a good view and a comfortable seat-tend to keep stadium capacities(容量)slightly lower. Even soccer fans tend to have a seat each; gone are the days of thousands standing to watch the match.For the biggest stadiums in the world, we have used data su
12、pplied by the World Atlas list so far, which ranks them by their stated permanent capacity, as well as updated information from official stadium websites.All these stadiums are still functional, still open and still hosting the biggest events in world sport.Rungrado 1st of May Stadium, Pyongyang, D.
13、P.R-Korea. Capacity. 150,000. Opened. May 1,1989.Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S. Capacity: 107,601. Opened. October 1, 1927.Beaver Stadium, State College, Pennsylvania, U.S. Capacity: 106,572. Opened: September 17, I960.Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio, U.S. Capacity: 104,944. Opened: Octobe
14、r 7, 1922.Kyle Field, College Station, Texas, U.S. Capacity: 102,512. Opened: September 24,1927.21.How many people could the Circus Maximus hold?A.104,944. B. 107,601. C. About 150,000. D. About 250,000.22.Of the following stadiums, which is the oldest?A. Michigan Stadium.B. Beaver Stadium.C. Ohio S
15、tadium.D. Kyle Field.23.What do the listed stadiums have in common?A. They host big games.B. They have become tourist attractionsC. They were built by Americans.D. They are favored by architectsBWhen almost everyone has a mobile phone, why are more than half of Australian homes still paying for a la
16、ndline (座机)These days youd be hard pressed to find anyone in Australia over the age of 15 who doesnt own a mobile phone. In fact plenty of younger kids have one in their pocket. Practically everyone can make and receive calls anywhere, anytime.Still, 55 percent of Australians have a landline phone a
17、t home and only just over a quarter (29%) rely only on their smartphones, according to a survey (调查).Of those Australians who still have a landline, a third concede that its not really necessary and theyre keeping it as a security blanket - 19 percent say they never use it while a further 13 percent
18、 keep it in case of emergencies. I think my home falls into that category.More than half of Australian homes are still choosing to stick with their home phone. Age is naturally a factor (因素)-only 58 percent of Generation Ys still use landlines now and then, compared to 84 percent of Baby Boomers who
19、ve perhaps had the same home number for 50 years. Age isnt the only factor; Id say its also to do with the makeup of your household.Generation Xers with young families, like my wife and I, can still find it convenient to have a home phone rather than providing a mobile phone for every family member.
20、 That said, to be honest the only people who ever ring our home phone are our Baby Boomers parents, to the point where we play a game and guess who is calling before we pick up the phone (using Caller ID would take the fun out of it).How attached are you to your landline? How long until they go the
21、way of gas street lamps and morning milk deliveries?24. What does paragraph 2 mainly tell us about mobile phones?A. Their target users.B. Their wide popularity.C. Their major functions.D. Their complex design.25. What does the underlined word concede in paragraph 3 mean?A. Admit.B. Argue.C. Remember
22、.D. Remark.26. What can we say about Baby Boomers?A. They like smartphone games.B. They enjoy guessing callers identity.C. They keep using landline phones.D. They are attached to their family.27. What can be inferred about the landline from the last paragraph?A. It remains a family necessity.B. It w
23、ill fall out of use some day.C. It may increase daily expenses.D. It is as important as the gas light.CYouve heard that plastic is polluting the oceansbetween 4.8 and 12.7 million tonnes enter ocean ecosystems every year. But does one plastic straw or cup really make a difference? Artist Benjamin Vo
24、n Wong wants you to know that it does. He builds massive sculptures out of plastic garbage, foreing viewers to re-examine their relationship to single-use plastic products.At the beginning of the year, the artist built a piece called“Strawpocalypse,” a pair of 10-foot-tall plastic waves, frozen mid-
25、crash. Made of 168,000 plastic straws collected from several volunteer beach cleanups, the sculpture made its first appearance at the Estella Place shopping center in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.Just 9% of global plastic waste is recycled. Plastic straws are by no means the biggest source (来源)of plast
26、ic pollution, but theyve recently come under fire because most people dont need them to drink with and, because of their small size and weight, they cannot be recycled. Every straw that s part of Von Wongs artwork likely came from a drink that someone used for only a few minutes. Once the drink is g
27、one, the straw will take centuries to disappear.In a piece from 2018, Von Wong wanted to illustrate (说明) a specific statistic: Every 60 seconds, a truckloads worth of plastic enters the ocean. For this work, titled Truckload of Plastic, Von Wong and a group of volunteers collected more than 10,000 p
28、ieces of plastic, which were then tied together to look like theyd been dumped(倾倒)from a truck all at once.Von Wong hopes that his work will also help pressure big companies to reduce their plastic footprint.28. What are Von Wongs artworks intended for?A. Beautifying the city he lives in.B. Introduc
29、ing eco-friendly products.C. Drawing public attention to plastic waste.D. Reducing garbage on the beach.29. Why does the author discuss plastic straws in paragraph 3?A. To show the difficulty of their recycling.B. To explain why they are useful.C. To voice his views on modern art.D. To find a substi
30、tute for them.30. What effect would Truckload of Plastic have on viewers?A. Calming.B. DisturbingC RefreshingD. Challenging.31. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?A. Artists Opinions on Plastic SafetyB. Media Interest in Contemporary ArtC. Responsibility Demanded of Big Compan
31、iesD. Ocean Plastics Transformed into SculpturesDDuring an interview for one of my books, my interviewer said something I still think about often. Annoyed by the level of distraction(干扰)in his open office, he said, “Thats why I have a membership at the coworking space across the street so I can focu
32、s. His comment struck me as strange. After all, coworking spaces also typically use an open office layout (布局). But I recently came across a study that shows why his approach worksThe researchers examined various levels of noise on participants as they completed tests of creative thinking. They were
33、 randomly divided into four groups and exposed to various noise levels in the background, from total silence to 50 decibels(分贝),70 decibels, and 85 decibels. The differences between most of the groups were statistically insignificant; however,the participants in the 70 decibels groupthose exposed to
34、 a level of noise similar to background chatter in a coffee shop-significantly outperformed the other groups. Since the effects were small, this may suggest that our creative thinking does not differ that much in response to total silence and 85 decibels of background noise.But since the results at
35、70 decibels were significant, the study also suggests that the right level of background noisenot too loud and not total silencemay actually improve ones creative thinking ability. The right level of background noise may interrupt our normal patterns of thinking just enough to allow our imaginations
36、 to wander, without making it impossible to focus. This kind of distracted focus appears to be the best state for working on creative tasks.So why do so many of us hate our open offices? The problem may be that, in our offices, we cant stop ourselves from getting drawn into others conversations whil
37、e were trying to focus. Indeed, the researchers found that face-to-face interactions and conversations affect the creative process, and yet a coworking space or a coffee shop provides a certain level of noise while also providing freedom from interruptions.32. Why does the interviewer prefer a cowor
38、king space?A. It helps him concentrate.B. It blocks out background noise.C. It has a pleasant atmosphere.D. It encourages face-to-face interactions.33. Which level of background noise may promote creative thinking ability?A. Total silence.B. 50 decibels.C. 70 decibels.D. 85 decibels.34. What makes a
39、n open office unwelcome to many people?A. Personal privacy unprotected.B. Limited working space.C. Restrictions on group discussion.D. Constant interruptions.35.What can we infer about the author from the text?A. Hes a news reporter. B. Hes on office manager.C. Hes a professional designer. D. Hes a
40、published writer.第二节(共5小题;每小题2分,满分10分)根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项According to Jessica Hagy, author of How to Be Interesting, its not difficult to make yourself interesting at a dinner party._36_, if youre out of your comfort zone or if youre wandering into somebodys house for the first
41、time. So the main thing is just to show up and be adventurous, trying different foods and talking to strangers.People love to talk about themselves. If you can start the conversation with a question other than “What do you do for a living?, youll be able to get a lot more interesting conversation ou
42、t of whomever it is youre talking to. _37 _. it can bring in I have this old, broken-down vehicle or I rode the bus with these crazy people who were laughing at silly jokes in the back. It just opens up conversation._38_? If you cant take their wine away, you should certainly try to take away their
43、soapbox (讲台).If youre the host, you can ask them to help you in the kitchen with something and just remove them from the situation. _39_And what about that other dinner-party killer: awkward silence? If youre faced with an awkward silence at a dinner party, the only thing that always gets everyone t
44、alking again is to give the host a compliment (赞扬)._40_. Just quickly tun around and say, This cake is extremely delicious and you have to tell me all about it.”So being interesting at a dinner party isnt that hard.A. How do you know the hostB. The first step is to go exploringC. If you ask the ques
45、tion How did you get here?,D. Be prepared to have awkward conversations with strangersE. Or turn the conversation into a topic where they have little to sayF. What about that person who has had too much to drink or wont stop talkingG. He or she is the person who is feeling the weight of that awkward
46、ness the most第三部分 语言知识运用(共两节,满分45分)第一节(共20小题,每小题1.5分,满分30分)阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A 、B、C和D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。Simply saying thank you doesnt seem enough in certain situations. I was considering this while working as a _41_ Just a few weeks ago. And it came to me then how much easier it would be if we had a range of words that express different _42_ of gratitude (感谢).My thoughts were soon _43_. We had a woman patient who was _44_ from a knee replacement operation. One afternoon, whi