1、湖北省“荆、荆、襄、宜”四地七校考试联盟2019-2020学年高二英语下学期期中联考试题第一部分 听力（共两节，满分 30 分）做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。第一节（共 5 小题;每小题 1.5 分，满分 7. 5 分）听下面 5 段对话。每段对话后有一个小题,从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后,你都有 10 秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1. Where did the man put the womans bike?A. Under a street lamp.B. In
2、 a garage.C. In a backyard.2. Which floor is the Committee Room on?A. The second floor.B. The third floor.C. The fourth floor.3. How does the man feel about the article in the end?A. Satisfied.B. Annoyed.C. Bored.4. Where does the conversation probably take place?A. In a library.B. In a bookstore.C.
3、 In a teaching building.5. Why does the man call the woman?A. To ask for a sick leave. B. To ask about English classes.C. To discuss tomorrows schedule.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
4、遍。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6. How will the woman send the package?A. By air.B. By sea.C. By express mail.7. How much should the woman pay?A. 20.B. 23.C. 26.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. What problem does the woman have?A. Shes lost.B. Her shoes are broken.C. Her feet are uncomfortable.9. Why did the speakers come to the
5、city?A. To attend a meeting.B. To buy some shoes.C. To make a tour.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. Why does the man want to get a summer job?A. To save money for a course. B. To pay his brother back. C. To save for a trip.11. How will the woman get money?A. By borrowing from her brother. B. By doing a part-tim
6、e job.C. By asking her parents.12. What does the man decide to do in the end?A. Study in Spain. B. Get a job in Portugal. C. Go to Latin America with the woman.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. What are the speakers discussing?A. How to form clouds.B. How to present their research.C. How to explain different typ
7、es of clouds.14. Why does the man suggest having small cards?A. To make the presentation more interesting.B. To remind him of what to say.C. To organize all the research.15. What will the man do?A. Prepare the cards.B. Make the presentation slides.C. Look for pictures of clouds online.16. What part
8、will the woman do?A. The low-level clouds part.B. The medium-level clouds part.C. The high-level clouds part.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What problem will the motorway bring to the village?A. Children will find it hard to go to the Streeve Beach.B. The well-known beauty spot will be destroyed.C. Fewer vil
9、lagers will live there.18. What will be built on farmland?A. A swimming pool.B. A steel factory.C. Houses.19. Where will the high-tech park be built?A. In the north of the village. B. In the south of the village. C. In the west of the village.20. What is most villagers attitude towards the governmen
10、t plans?A. Fully satisfied.B. Rather worried.C. Quite unexpected.第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分35分）第一节（共10小题；每小题2.5分，满分25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。AKieron Graham always knew he had an older brother. His adoption papers, signed and sealed when he was three months old, listed a sibling named Vincent but no
11、 last name. Though Kieron spent years thinking about Vincent, he could never track him down.That changed in December 2017, when Kierons adoptive parents gave their four adopted children AncestryDNA tests as Christmas gifts. Kieron, now 21, sent his saliva sample in for analysis. When his results cam
12、e back, he was stunned to find he had a slew of DNA matches for relatives who had also taken the test. Most were distant connections, but one match was so strong that it was labeled “close family”. His name was Vincent Ghant. Kieron looked for him on Facebook and soon made a possible connection. “Th
13、is is going to sound so wild but I think youre my brother,” Kieron wrote on Facebooks Messenger app. “I was given up for adoption in 1997 and it says on my paperwork that my mother has a son with your name and your birth date. Her name is Shawn.”“OMG do you know your real name?” wrote Vincent, now 3
14、0.“I think it was Tyler.”“OMG YES! You are my brother.”“Wow,” wrote Kieron.“This is crazy,” said Vincent.The craziness was just beginning. As they talked, the brothers realized they lived about 20 minutes from each other, outside of Atlanta. More mind-blowing, they attended the same university and m
15、ajored and minored in the same subjects: political science and legal studies.“We were like, what are the odds were separated our entire lives and then end up at the same school with the same interests?” says Kieron.Vincent was nine when Kieron was born and remembers caring for his baby brother. But
16、times were tough, and Shawn, who worked 15-plus hours a day as a nurse, decided that placing Kieron for adoption would give him the best chance to succeed.Now the brothers had the chance to make up for lost time. They decided to meet at a local tea shop that week. “I was really nervous,” says Kieron
17、. “I was wondering what I should say, what I should do.” As he waited outside the shop, he heard someone call his name, and he suddenly found himself in a hug with the brother hed thought about his entire life.The men went inside and talked. “We connected,” says Vincent, “like we already knew each o
18、ther.”21. The underlined word “mind-blowing” is closest in meaning to “_”.A. desperate B. grateful C. ridiculous D. surprising22. Which of the following statement is true about the two brothers?A. Kieron was given up for adoption as soon as he was born.B. They grew in different environment but had a
19、 similar educational background.C. Kieron had met Vincent before as they lived quite close to each other.D. It was rather difficult for Kieron to track down his own brother after the AncestryDNA test.23. What can be inferred from the passage?A. Adopted children usually show deeper affection for thei
20、r birth family.B. Vincent lives with his mother all the time.C. Kierons mother was unwilling to give him up but she had no choice.D. The four adopted children have found their birth family after the AncestryDNA tests.BMore than one billion people currently live in environments where water is in shor
21、t supply, making water one of the most highly prized natural resources. Scientists are always searching for ways to increase access to this valuable resource. They may have found a solution in an unlikely area: one of the driest places on Earth.The Namib desert in Africa is one of the worlds driest
22、places, while Namib beetle is a unique organism that grows in this environment because of its amazing physical adaptation. The wings on the Namib beetle are filled with bumps and grooves(槽) that help it collect water from the air. The top of each bump is smooth like glass and attracts water. But the
23、 slopes of each bump and the grooves in between the bumps have waxy (带蜡的) surfaces that repel water . Each time the fog occurs, the beetle positions its body at a 45-degree angle to the wind. As the wind pushes the fog across the desert, each bump on the beetles back collects water. When enough mois
24、ture has been collected from the fog, a drop rolls off the bumps into the waxy grooves and then into the mouth of the beetle.Scientists are using the Namib beetles wing design as a guide for creating their own water-collection surfaces. They have inserted dozens of glass globes into thin layers of w
25、ax. Similar to the bumps and grooves on the wings of the beetle, the smooth glass bubbles collect water, while the wax repels it. By placing the glass-andwax panels in environments with high-moisture air, the scientists think they will be able to collect water. The Namib beetles wing design may also
26、 provide unexpected solutions to other problems. In areas where thick fog causes chaos, panels of these water-gathering surfaces may be able to remove the fog. This could potentially reduce travel delays at airports and prevent fog-related accidents on roadways. It seems that studying this little be
27、etle may lead to a variety of benefits for humans.24. What will the Namib beetle do when fog appears in the desert?A. It will release a waxy substance to cover its back.B. It will place its body in a particular way to collect water.C. It will create bumps and grooves on its wings.D. It will open its
28、 mouth to drink the water in the air.25. The author focuses on a unique feature of the Namib beetle in order to highlight how the beetle _.A. could serve as a source of water for desert travelers B. struggles to survive in the dry part of the worldC. uses its wings to stay cool in a dry environmentD
29、. is able to get access to water in the absence of rain 26. Whats the writing purpose of this passage?A. To prove that water can be obtained from moist air.B. To explain how the Namib beetle adapts to living in a hostile environment.C. To show how people can apply designs from nature to create solut
30、ions to global problems.D. To stress that water is a valuable resource in many areas on Earth.CEver called a movie theater to find out showtime? Or called a customer service center for help? Chances are you didnt speak to a human being. You probably gave commands to an Automated Speech Recognition (
31、ASR) system. These types of systems are efficient money-saving tools that allow companies to address many customer concerns with minimum human intervention.The technology for such a system has advanced greatly since its appearance in the 1950s. One significant recent achievement is the launching of
32、virtual personal assistants (VPAs) on mobile phones. The most well-known of these is Apples iPhone VPA, Siri. If you tell Siri that you want to schedule lunch with a friend, “she” can set the appointment on your phone in seconds. The VPA can also hold a basic “conversation” with a sense of humor. Ho
33、wever, it can only be set off when the human user speaks certain key phrases or words.While the potential for communication between a human and a machine may seem exciting, this possibility concerns some people. Some experts worry about peoples attachment to these machines and fear that the art of s
34、uccessful human-to-human conversation will be undeveloped in younger generations. They worry that people wont be able to display the right emotion or tone in conversations because they havent been practicing those skills. Others fear that machines will take over functions that were traditionally per
35、formed by humans, such as customer service.Another concern often associated with the development of new technology is the invasion of privacy. When people use certain speech recognition applications, they leave behind an audio track of their speech. When you ask a VPA for directions, your speech is
36、often sent and saved to a remote server for processing. This digital information may lead to data mining, or the collection of large quantities of personal data.For now, however, the continuing evolution of ASR software is thrilling to behold. Asking for and acquiring information from an automated s
37、ource has never been easier. Leading companies in the speech recognition world will make human communication with machines as seamless as possible in other words, just like communicating with another human.27. What can we say about Apples Siri?A. Its a helpful VPA. B. It first appeared in the 1950s.
38、C. Its the most advanced ASR system. D. It has the same sense of humor as humans.28. What are Paragraphs 3 and 4 mainly about? A. The broad definition of ASR. B. Potential problems with ASR.C. The fast development of ASR. D. Movements against using ASR.29. What is the authors attitude towards the fu
39、ture of ASR?A. Worried. B. Doubtful. C. Hopeful. D. Indifferent.30. What is the best title for the text? A. Talking to Technology B. The Application of SiriC. The Art of Conversation D. VPAs on Mobile Phones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。 Weight is defined as the quant
40、ity of matter contained by a body or object. 31 . So many girls are struggling with the numbers associated with their body image and its really sad seeing such beautiful girls become discouraged over a few numbers that dont measure anything of true significance.Yes, it is important to live a healthy
41、 lifestyle. 32 . Neglecting either your mental or physical health will cause problems for the other. Its very easy to get caught up in the idea that youre too heavy or too thin, which results in your mistreating your body in some way. 33 . It harbors all of your thoughts, feelings, characteristics,
42、and ideas. Without it, you wouldnt be you. If you wish to change it in a healthy way, then, by all means, go ahead. With that being said, dont make changes to impress or please someone else. 34 . 35 . You are more than the number on the scale (磅秤). You are more than the number on your jeans and dres
43、ses. You are way more than the number of pounds youve gained or lost in whatever amount of time. So, as hard as it may seem sometimes, understand that the number doesnt measure the amount or significance of your contributions to this world. The fact that a dress doesnt fit you like you had hoped doe
44、snt mean that youre any less of a person.A. Overweight and obesity may increase the risk of many health problems.B. Your body is your special, beautiful temple.C. You are the only person who is in charge of your body.D. Your physical health may play an important part in your life.E. Weight does not
45、define your self-worth, ambition or potential. F. Taking care of yourself includes your mental health as well, however.G. Its not about the size of your jeans, but the size of your heart, soul, and spirit.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。“I
46、ts time to celebrate!”Hundreds of volunteers who 36 the search and rescue of Amanda Eller will celebrate at a barbecue 37 by the “Findaman da” Facebook page. The party reflects the 38 and joy being expressed by the friends and family of Eller, who 39 walked into a Hawaiian forest on May 8 and was no
47、t 40 again for more than two weeks.Eller, 35, survived on wild fruit, water, 41 and determination. On Friday, searchers in a helicopter 42 her near a river, and she was airlifted 43 safety about two hours later. Eller was sunburned and hungry, and had a broken leg, but was 44 in good shape.Eller, fr
48、om her hospital bed, thanked the hundreds of volunteers who conducted 45 searches. She said her 17 days in Mauis Makawao Forest Reserve were the most 46 of her life. “There were times of total fear and 47 and wanting to die,” she said. “It did 48 to life and death, and I had to choose. I chose lifeI
49、 wasnt going to take the 49 way out.”Ellers mother, Julia, said her daughter 50 into the woods, stopped to meditate (冥想), then couldnt find her way back to her car, which was 51 in the parking lot, her wallet and phone inside. Eller lost 15 pounds. She broke a bone in her 52 and lost her shoes in a
50、flash flood. But she did not 53 . “I often heard this 54 that said, If you want to live, keep going,” Eller said.“Its just a miracle (奇迹),” Julia said. “Miracles do happen 55 you believe in yourself.”36. A. aided B. reported C. discussed D. guided 37. A. indicated B. accomplished C. updated D. promo
51、ted38. A. faith B. relief C. hope D. regret39. A. again B. seldom C. alone D. never40. A. served B. mentioned C. recognized D. seen41. A. kindness B. preference C. courage D. freedom42. A. placed B. attached C. seized D. spotted43. A. to B. with C. beyond D. under44. A. therefore B. instead C. other
52、wise D. besides 45. A. practical B. apparent C. thorough D. energetic 46. A. interesting B. difficult C. satisfying D. peaceful47. A. loss B. disappointment C. shame D. confidence48. A. get across B. come backC. come down D. get down49. A. tough B. accurateC. original D. easy50. A. hiked B. jumped C
53、. rode D. flew51. A. painted B. controlled C. repaired D. found52. A. arm B. leg C. foot D. hand53. A. give off B. give up C. give away D. give out54. A. voice B. comment C. forecast D. noise 55. A. whether B. if C. what D. that第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。Instead of just
54、using their billboards (广告牌) for marketing, McDonalds is putting their signs to good use by 56 (attach) “bee hotels” to the backs of roadside ads. As 57 means of helping decreasing honeybee populations in Sweden, the restaurant chain 58 (start) drilling holes into their own billboards since July so
55、that the structures can provide shelter 59 honeybees. 60 (addition), the Swedish branch of the company has partnered with outdoor advertising firm JCDecaux in order to attach small honeybee 61 (house) to the backs of other unused roadside billboards as well.This is not the first time that McDonalds
56、has used tiny structures to help 62 (struggle) honeybees. In addition to several of the Swedish branches building beehives (蜂巢) on the rooftops of their restaurants, the company sold a fully-functioning beehive that was built inside of “the worlds 63 (small) McDonalds” back in May. The “McHive” 64 (
57、design) by award-winning artist Nicklas Nilsson sold for more than $10,000, all of 65 was donated to charity. Now, McDonalds has partnered with the same designer in order to produce as many of the “bee hotels” as possible.第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）第一节 应用文写作（满分15分）假定你是李华，你班同学打算本周日一起去远足。请你用英语给班里新来的交换生Anna写一封邮
58、件，邀请她到时一同前往，内容包括：1. 活动时间及地点；2. 注意事项；3. 远足的益处。注意：1. 词数80左右；2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。_第二节 读后续写（满分25分）阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。It was Saturday afternoon. Martin and his sister Pam were looking at the beautiful old buildings of Cambridge for the day. Pam had a camera with her. She likes taking photos. “L
59、ets have a last photo of you,” said Pam. “Its the last one. I want to finish the film in my camera.” “Oh, all right,” said Martin. He stood in front of the flowers. “Look at me.” Said Pam and took a photo. A man with a big rucksack(背包) and a tent on his back walked between Pam and Martin.“Oh no,” sa
60、id Pam. “Now Ive got a picture of that man, not of you, Martin.” The man looked at Pam. He was angry. He went across the road without a word. “That man isnt very nice, is he?” said Martin. “No,” said Pam. The man with the rucksack on his back went into the bus station. He had got sunglasses and a bl
61、ue hat. “Come on,” said Martin. “Lets find our bus.” They went into the bus station. “Look,” said Martin. “Theres that man again. Hes getting into that bus. Hes going to Aberdeen. Thats in Scotland.” “Good,” said Pam. “Far from here and far from me!” Three days later, Pam had got her photos from the
62、 shop. “Look at these photos of us in Cambridge,” she said to Martin. “They are all very good but this last one. Look, its that man with the rucksack.” “Wait a minute,” said Martin. “I know that face. Its in the newspaper. Have you got it?” “Todays newspaper?” said Pam. “Yes, its here. Why?”“Yes, he
63、re he is. Look at this picture,” said Martin.Pam looked at the picture in the newspaper. “Whos that?” she asked. “It says in the paper that his name is Alan Rook,” said Martin. “And he works in a bank in London. But on Monday morning no Alan Rook! The people at the bank dont know where he is. And th
64、ey say hes got a hundred thousand pounds with him. The police are looking for him, too.”“Come on,” said Martin. “Lets take the photo and the newspaper to the police.”注意：1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右；2. 应使用5个以上短文中标有下划线的关键词语；3. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；4. 续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。Paragraph 1:At the police station Pam
65、and Martin met a policeman. Paragraph 2:The next day the police in Aberdeen found Alan Rook in a tent in the mountains near Aberdeen. 2020年春“荆、荆、襄、宜四地七校考试联盟”高二期中联考英语试题参考答案听力：1 -20 ACABACBCAC ACBBCBACBB阅读：21-23DBC 24-26BDC 27-30ABCA 31-35EFBCG完形：36-40 ADBCD 41-45 CDACC 46-50 BACDA 51-55 DBBAB 语法填空56.
66、 attaching 57.a 58.has started 59.for 60.Additionally 61.houses 62.struggling63.smallest 64.designed 65.which应用文Dear Anna,Our class will go hiking in a natural park this Sunday, and Im writing to invite you to join us. We are supposed to meet at our school gate at 8:30 this Sunday morning. Besides,
67、please remember to bring adequate food because we will stay there until 6:00 in the afternoon. Water is also necessary. During the activity not only can we enjoy the beauty of nature, but we can also build up our fitness and relax our mind. Please take my invitation into consideration. Im looking fo
68、rward to your reply. Yours, Li Hua 内容要点 1. 活动时间及地点；2. 注意事项；3. 远足的益处。评分原则：1.上文仅供参考，学生可用不同的语言表达形式来表述要点。2.本题总分为15分，按以下5个档次给分。评分时，先根据文章的内容和语言初步确定其所属档次，然后以该档次的要求来衡量，确定或调整档次，最后给分。第一档：（1-3分）只能写出一两个要点；语言错误很多，只有个别句子正确；第二档：（4-6分）能写出部分要点；语言错误多，影响意思表达；第三档：（7-9分）能写明基本要点；语言虽有较多错误，但能基本达意；第四档：（10-12分）能写明全部或绝大部分要点；语
69、言有少量错误；行文不够连贯，表达基本清楚；第五档：（13-15 分）能写明全部要点；语言基本无误；行文连贯，表达清楚。3.词数少于80和多于100的，从总分中减去2分。4.评分时，应注意的主要内容为：时态、人称、内容要点、应用词汇和语法结构的数量和准确性、上下文的连贯性、语言的得体性及应用文体裁格式。5.拼写与标点符号是语言准确性的一个方面，评分时，应视其对交际的影响程度予以考虑。英、美拼写及词汇用法均可接受。6.如书写较差，以至影响交际，将分数降低一个档次。续写作文范文 At the police station Pam and Martin met a policeman. They pu
70、t Pams photo and the newspaper on the table and they told their story. “Thats Alan Rook,” said the policeman. “The big question is where is he now?” Pam and Martin told the policeman about the man and the bus to Aberdeen. “Hes got a rucksack and a tent on his back in the photo,” said the policeman.
71、“He isnt living in a hotel. He is camping. If were lucky, hes still in Scotland. I must make a telephone call.” The next day the police in Aberdeen found Alan Rook in a tent in the mountains near Aberdeen. The money from the bank was in his rucksack. The next morning Pam and Martins story was in all
72、 the newspapers. There was Pams photo of Alan Rook at the bus station. There was a picture of Martin and Pam, too. In the newspaper it said, Camera Girl Gets Photo of Rook. Police in Aberdeen Find Bank Money.续写评分原则：1.本题总分为25分，按以下5个档次给分。评分时，先根据文章的内容和语言初步确定其所属档次，然后以该档次的要求来衡量，确定或调整档次，最后给分。第一档：（1-5分）与段落
73、开头衔接较差，产出内容太少，很少使用短文中标出的关键词语，全文内容不连贯；第二档：（6-10分）与所给短文有一定的关系，与段落开头有一定程度的衔接，写出了一些有关内容，应用了3个以上短文中标出的关键词语，较少使用语句间连接成分，全文内容缺少连贯性；第三档：（11-15分）与所给短文关系较为密切，与段落开头有一定程度的衔接，写出了若干有关内容，应用了4个以上短文中标出的关键词语，应用简单的语句间连接成分，使全文内容连贯；第四档：（16-20分）与所给短文融洽度较高，与段落开头衔接较为合理，内容比较丰富，应用了5个以上短文中标出的关键词语，比较有效地使用了语句间连接成分，所续写短文结构紧凑；第五档
74、：（21-25分）与所给短文融洽度高，与段落开头衔接合理，内容丰富，应用了5个以上短文中标出的关键词语，有效地使用了语句间连接成分，使所续写短文结构紧凑。2.词数少于150的，从总分中减去2分。3.评分时，应注意的主要内容为：与所给短文及段落开头语的衔接程度；内容的丰富性和对所标出关键词语的应用情况；应用语法结构和词汇的丰富性和准确性；上下文的连贯性。4.拼写与标点符号是语言准确性的一个方面，评分时，应视其对交际的影响程度予以考虑。英、美拼写及词汇用法均可接受。5.如书写较差，以至影响交际，将分数降低一个档次。6.如果文章中所用关键词没有下划线，从总分中扣除2分。听力录音稿 (Text 1)
75、W: Karl, where did you place my bike? I cant find it. M: Oh, I put it under a street lamp, the one beside our backyard. (Text 2) W: Oh, sorry. I must have the wrong room. M: Which room do you want? W: The Committee Room. I thought it was here on the third floor. M: Its on the fourth floor and, anywa
76、y, you are lost, this is the second floor. (Text 3) W: The article in this mornings paper made me angry! M: I felt the same way when I first read it, but the more I thought about it, the more I agreed with it. Its an excellent article. (Text 4) W: Welcome. What kind of book would you like? M: Someth
77、ing about history. W: Theyre over there. All the books are on sale this week. (Text 5) W: Hello. English Language CenterM: Hello, Sarah. This is Jacob. I have a bad cold. Could I take today off? I think Ill be ready for tomorrow. W: Sure. Well see if we can get another teacher to cover your classes.
78、 第一节到此结束。 第二节 听下面 5 段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳 选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题 5 秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出 5 秒钟 的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听下面一段对话，回答第 6 和第 7 两个小题。现在，你有 10 秒钟的时间阅读这两个小题。 (Text 6) W: Excuse me. Id like to have the package and the letter posted. M: Would you like to mail by air or by sea? W:
79、How long will it take to mail things to the U.S. by air? M: About 10 days. You can send it by express mail if you need it faster. It will only take three or four days. W: Then, express mail for the package. Its urgent. The faster, the better. And the letter by registered mail. M: OK. The package is
80、3 kilograms. Thatll be 20 for postage. W: Yes. And the letter? M: Registered. That is 3. So you should give me 23. W: Here you go. 听下面一段对话，回答第 8 和第 9 两个小题。现在，你有 10 秒钟的时间阅读这两个小题。 (Text 7) W: I really shouldnt have worn high heels today. M: No kidding. Who knew wed all be on a walking tour of the city
81、 before the meeting? W: Maybe they think its the first time weve come to the city, so they arranged it. I remember seeing a shoe store just around the corner from here. Do you think we have enough time to stop by? I honestly wont be able to walk back unless I get some relief for my feet. M: It shoul
82、d be fine. We can get you some shoes and then eat a quick lunch at the fast food restaurant. Were almost back at the meeting center anyway. W: OK. 听下面一段对话，回答第 10 至第 12 三个小题。现在，你有 15 秒钟的时间阅读这三个小题。 (Text 8) W: Do you have any plans during this summer? M: Well, I want to get a summer job. Id like to sa
83、ve money for a vacation. W: Really? Where would you like to go? M: Id love to travel to Latin America. What about you, Melissa? W: Well, Im not going to get a job right away. First, I want to go to Spain and Portugal. M: Sounds great, but how are you going to pay for it? W: I know I cant ask my pare
84、nts for money any more, so Ill borrow some money from my brother. I have a good excuse. I plan to take courses in Spanish and Portuguese. M: Oh, Im tired of studying! W: So am I. But I also hope to take people on tours to Latin America. Why dont you come on my first tour? M: Count me in! 听下面一段对话，回答第
85、 13 至第 16 四个小题。现在，你有 20 秒钟的时间阅读这四个小题。 (Text 9) W: OK, weve got all our cloud research so lets decide how to organize it. M: We should probably start by saying how clouds are formed, and then move on to the different types of clouds. We can separate them into low-level, medium-level and high clouds.
86、W: Great, and we should also make a PowerPoint to make the presentation more interesting. M: Right. We should have small cards, too. Im useless at remembering what to say without them. W: Me too. Well, Im quite happy to organize everything weve found out about clouds and make sure it fits into our p
87、resentation times. M: Actually, Id better do that. How about if you make the presentation slides? W: OK. M: Then Ill also look on the Internet for pictures of different types of clouds. W: Thatll be great. Ill prepare the cards so we dont forget what were saying. M: Sounds great. What section do you
88、 want to talk about? W: I hate speaking in front of people so Id prefer not to do the introduction. M: Ill do that. If you dont want to talk much, then why dont you just do the middle bit about the medium-level clouds? W: Thats OK. 听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20四个小题。现在，你有 20 秒钟的时间阅读这四个小题。 (Text 10) M: And now fo
89、r our main headlines on Southern Local News for today. First of all, the report about the government plans on developments around the village of Tartlesbury was published this morning. The new motorway will pass along the north side of the village. It will cross the River Teeme from the well-known b
90、eauty spot, Streeve Beach, to the north-east of the village. The motorway will cut the village off from the Streeve Beach, where many children play. But that is not the end of it. There are also plans to build a thousand houses on farmland west of the village. And on top of that is the plan to build
91、 a high-tech park for new technology companies. It will be built in the south of the village, where the old steel factory used to be. A new center with a swimming pool and a large supermarket are also planned next to the park. And, as has been expected, the plans have created quite a lot of interest
92、. Not all people are for them. Mr. Khan, a local shopkeeper said, “Most of us in the village are absolutely concerned about what is being planned here. This is just a chance for some people to make money quickly. Of course, we welcome the jobs that the new technology park will bring, but we feel more worried that the large increase in housing and the planned motorway will destroy the character of the area.” I think this is a debate that is going to run on for quite some time and we here on Local News will keep you informed.
