高考英语全国卷模拟试题附含答案解析及听力原文 13页

‎2018年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试模拟题 英 语 ‎ 本试卷分第Ⅰ卷和第Ⅱ卷两部分，共12页。满分150分。考试用时120分钟。考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。‎ 注意事项：‎ ‎1．答卷前，考生务必用0.5毫米黑色签字笔将自己的姓名、座号、准考证号、县区和科类填写到答题卡和试卷规定的位置上。‎ ‎2．第Ⅰ卷每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑；如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。‎ ‎3．第Ⅱ卷必须用0.5毫米黑色签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内的位置，不能写在试卷上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不能使用涂改液、胶带纸、修正带。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。‎ 第I卷 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，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。‎ 例：How much is the shirt?‎ A. ￡19.15. B. ￡9.18. C. ￡9.15.‎ 答案是 C。‎ ‎1. What’s John’s address?‎ A.1434 King Street‎. ‎ B.1344 Queen Street‎. ‎ C.1343 King Street‎.‎ ‎2. Where does the conversation most probably take place?‎ A. In a classroom. ‎ B. In a post office. ‎ C. In a restaurant. ‎ ‎3. What time is it now? ‎ A. 7:15. B. 7:30. C. 7:50.‎ ‎4. What does the woman think the man should do? ‎ A. Change the smaller offices into large ones.‎ B. Move the offices to another building.‎ C. Turn the meeting room into offices.‎ ‎5. How does the man feel at the moment? ‎ A. Better. B. Terrible. C. Great. ‎ 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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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. Where does the man want to live?‎ ‎　　A. In a big city. B. In the country. C. In the mountain.‎ ‎7. Why couldn’t the woman sleep well last night?‎ ‎　　A. She was not used to the silence.‎ ‎　　B. She was afraid of the noise made by the birds.‎ C. She was too tired to go to sleep.‎ 听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。‎ ‎8. What’s the relationship between the two speakers?‎ A. Secretary and boss. ‎ B. Teacher and student. ‎ C. Doctor and patient.‎ ‎9. Why was the woman late?‎ A. She got up late. ‎ B. She missed the bus. ‎ C. She got a telephone call.‎ ‎10. What can we know about the man?‎ A. He is strict with the woman. ‎ B. He dislikes the woman. ‎ C. He gets angry easily.‎ 听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。‎ ‎11. How old was James Dean when his family moved to California? ‎ A. Four years old. B. Five years old. C. Nine years old.‎ ‎12. When did Dean become more serious about acting? ‎ A. When he was a college student.‎ B. When he was in high school. ‎ C. After he moved to New York.‎ ‎13. Which aspect of Dean first attracted the man’s attention? ‎ A. His acting skills. B. His character. C. His cool appearance.‎ 听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。‎ ‎14. Who is Robert?‎ ‎ A. A new sportsman. B. A team director. C. A retired manager.‎ ‎15. What job does the man do?‎ ‎ A. He is a tennis instructor. ‎ B. He is a college teacher. ‎ C. He is a club manager.‎ ‎16. How does the woman think of herself?‎ ‎ A. She is good at management.‎ ‎ B. She is skilled at playing tennis.‎ ‎ C. She is unable to work under pressure.‎ 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。 ‎ ‎17. When did the story take place? ‎ A. On the weekdays.‎ B. On the weekend.‎ C. During a holiday. ‎ ‎18. What was the strangest thing about the man according to the speaker? ‎ A. He was riding a unicycle.‎ B. He was singing a love song.‎ C. All his clothes were pink. ‎ ‎19. Why did everyone start clapping? ‎ A. The guy did a trick on the unicycle.‎ B. The guy helped someone out.‎ C. The guy sang a song with some kids. ‎ ‎20. What might be the lesson of the story? ‎ A. Always do the right thing.‎ B. Be careful with your money.‎ C. Don’t judge people by their appearances.‎ 第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）‎ 第一节（共15分，每小题2分，共30分）‎ 阅读下列短文，从每题给出的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。‎ A For children living in Germany the first day of kindergarten is filled with sweets and surprises! It is a day of celebration for the whole family. Like American children, German children start the first day dressed in their best clothes. After that, their day is very different. ‎ In Germany parents go to the school with their children on the first day. That way the child is not alone. The parents stay at the school the whole day. ‎ When they arrive each child receives a zuckertute. A zuckertute is a cone-shaped goodie package filled with toys and sweets. The top is covered with flowers. It is usually large and sometimes stands as tall as the child! The zuckertute is brought to school by the parents before the school day begins. It is tradition for children to have their picture taken holding their zuckertute. Class pictures are also taken on the first day of school. The first day is spent exploring the classroom and getting to know one another. ‎ When the day is over, children and parents go home for a family party. The party usually takes place at home, but sometimes it is held at a restaurant. Brothers, sisters, grandparents, cousins, aunts and uncles are invited to the party. In small towns neighbors even come to congratulate the child. Everyone brings gifts for the guest of honor. ‎ This is how it was 60 years ago when my mother was a young girl in Germany, and these traditions are still observed today. It is a sweet celebration for everyone, especially for the children! ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ 21. What do Germany parents do on their children’s first day of school?‎ A. They celebrate the day with their children.‎ B. They send their children to school and then go to work.‎ C. They hold a family party in their children’s school.‎ D. They bring their children’s zuckertute to the school.‎ ‎22. What is a zuckertute?‎ ‎ A. A family party.‎ ‎ B. A bunch of flowers.‎ ‎ C. A class picture.‎ D. A package filled with gifts.‎ ‎23. What does the author think of the family party?‎ ‎ A. The teachers should be invited to the party.‎ ‎ B. The party is a surprise for everyone.‎ ‎ C. It is a good memory for the children.‎ ‎ D. It is out of date now.‎ ‎24. What does the underlined word “observed” in Paragraph 5 mean?‎ ‎ A. watched B. celebrated C. obeyed D. discussed ‎ B Ashley Power’s mother bought a computer for her when she was eight. When she was thirteen, she was surfing the Internet regularly, but she couldn’t find anywhere for teenagers to meet and talk. And one day she thought, “If I had my own website, I’d make it a really interesting site for teenagers.”‎ So, when Ashley was sixteen, she launched her own website, called GooseHead. She had no idea how big a success it would be, but three years later, the site was the most successful teen site in the USA! It was getting 100,000 hits every day, and Ashley had about 30 employees.‎ After a few years, the website closed down. Then Ashley, who lives in Los Angeles, was asked to write a book called The GooseHead Guide to Life. The book is about how to design a website and start a business. It begins with a section called “All About Ashley,” where Ashley tells readers what it is like to be the boss of a company when you are only sixteen. “I was so happy. But it was crazy in a lot of ways. I got very stressed. I mean, I was only sixteen—I didn’t even have a car! If you were sixteen and you had your own company, you’d be stressed, too!”‎ In an interview Ashley gave advice to teenagers who wanted to start their own business, “Just be strong and have your dreams and work hard at them. And don’t listen when hear ‘no’, because I heard ‘no’ a lot. Just keep going until you hear ‘yes’!”‎ ‎25. For what purpose did Ashley create GooseHead? ‎ A. She wanted to create an interesting site for teenagers.‎ B. She wanted to surf the Internet regularly. ‎ ‎ C. She wanted to launch a company. ‎ D. She hoped to earn much money.‎ ‎26. What is the main idea of Paragraph 2? ‎ A. Ashley had no idea how to run a company. B. Ashley’s website was a big success.‎ C. Why Ashley had so many employees. D. How Ashley designed her website.‎ ‎ 27. What can we know about Ashley?‎ A. She closed down her website because she was tired. ‎ B. She doesn’t follow the advice of other people. ‎ C. She regretted having started her business.‎ D. She is strong and always has her dream. ‎ C For a lot of people, winning the lottery is the American dream. But for many lottery winners, the reality can turn out to be more like a nightmare. William Post won $16.2 million in the Pennsylvania lottery in 1988 but now ‎ lives simply on his Social Security.‎ ‎ “I wish it’d never happened. It was a total nightmare”, explains Post. Both friends and family went as far as going to court to try and get their hands on his money. His brother Jeffery was arrested and imprisoned in Florida for hiring a hit man to kill him, hoping to inherit a share of the winnings. And as if that wasn’t bad enough, his other siblings bothered him until he eventually agreed to invest in their businesses. These ventures brought no money back, and resulted in further tension on his relationship with his brothers and sisters.‎ ‎ Post says after his win he went wild. He bought expensive cars and all sorts of electronic gadgetry. On bad advice, he also borrowed money in advance of actually receiving his lottery win. Within a year of winning his fortune, he was $1million in debt.‎ ‎ Post even spent time in jail for firing a gun over the head of a bill collector. Post admitted he was both careless and foolish, and tried too hard to please his family. He eventually declared bankruptcy.‎ ‎ Now he lives quietly on a $‎450 a month disability pension and food stamps. He spends much of his day watching classic movies on television. But Post isn’t complaining. He’s content. “I’ve got peace of mind and you never realize how valuable that is until you lose it,” he says. “Lotteries don’t mean anything to me.”‎ ‎28. Why was Post’s winning the lottery a nightmare ?‎ A. His former girlfriend accused him for the money.‎ B. His family got their hands on the money. ‎ C. His investment bought no money back. ‎ D. Winning the lottery ruined his life.‎ ‎29. Why was Post sent into prison? ‎ A. He got his money back by violence. ‎ B. He threatened a bill collector with a gun.‎ C. He failed to pay off his debt on time.‎ D. He tried to hurt his family members.‎ ‎30. We can infer from the last paragraph that _______.‎ A. Post isn’t content with his present life B. Post’s nightmare has come to an end C. Post gets on well with his family D. Post is addicted to watching movies ‎31. Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?‎ A. Evil Money B. Money Means Everything C. A Shameful Family D. Riches to Rags D Are you a messy eater, who always ends up with bits of food or stains splattered on their clothing? Then perhaps a new pocket washing machine - believed to be the world’s smallest - is the answer to your problems.‎ The newly designed Coton handy washer, produced by Chinese electronics firm Haier, is the same-size as an electric shaver and can remove anything from dirt to those dreaded red wine stains, according to People’s Daily Online.‎ It is powered by three AAA batteries and aims to prevent those frustratingly long waits in the dry cleaners by targeting troublesome stains such as coffee, grass or oil. The device, created by AQUA (a subsidiary of Haier Group in China), is already flying off the shelves in Japan where it costs 10,800 Yen or £60. ‎ The portable gadget - which weighs just ‎200g - uses a method called ‘squeeze washing’ which removes stains in 30 seconds. It works by first applying liquid detergent on a piece of kitchen paper, before washing over it with the nozzle of the Coton device. It then pumps a small amount of water over the stain at 700 beats a minute.   ‎ Although this pocket-sized device is thought to be the smallest washing machine created, it is not the first invention aimed at cleaning clothes on the go. In 2013, Australian Ash Newland created the ‘Scrubba’, a small bag that can wash laundry in just five minutes. ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ 32. What is Coton handy washer?‎ ‎ A. A small washing machine. B. A small bag that can wash laundry.‎ ‎ C. A newly designed electric shaver. D. A messy eater.‎ ‎33. What makes Coton handy washer very special?‎ ‎ A. It is small in size. B. It can clean clothes.‎ ‎ C. It is expensive. D. It is powered by batteries.‎ ‎ ‎ ‎34. What is the main idea of Paragraph 4?‎ ‎ A. How heavy the Coton handy washer is. B. Why people invent the Coton handy washer.‎ ‎ C. How the Coton handy washer works. D. Where people use the Coton handy washer.‎ ‎35. What can we know about the Coton handy washer?‎ ‎ A. It is invented in Japan. B. It works faster than the ‘Scrubba’.‎ ‎ C. It is useful for messy eaters. D. It uses a lot of water. ‎ 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。‎ Madam C. J. Walker was the first African American woman in the United States to make a million dollars. She was born Sarah Breedlove in 1867 on a farm in Delta, Louisiana. 36 They lived in a small house with a dirt floor and no windows. Sarah did not go to school. Every day she worked from morning to night in the cotton fields.‎ When Sarah was seven, her parents died. 37 Her sister’s husband was very mean to her. Sarah wanted to get away, so she got married when she was 14. 38 She moved to St. Louis‎, ‎Missouri. For the next 18 years, she worked washing clothes for $‎1.50 a day. When she was 38, Sarah was worried because her hair was falling out. 39 One night she had a dream about what to mix up and use for her hair. It worked! She went from door to door to sell her new hair product. Then she made other hair care products. Soon she had her own business.‎ Sarah Breedlove married Charles Joseph Walker and opened several beauty shops under the name of Madam C. J. Walker. By 1917, her company was the most successful African American-owned business in the United States. Madam Walker also gave a lot of money to charity. 40 Madam Walker died at the age of 52. Her will said that the head of the C. J. Walker Company must always be a woman.‎ A. When Sarah was only 20, her husband died.‎ B. Her family was very poor, and her life was very hard.‎ C. She had a mansion in New York.‎ D. She went to Mississippi to live with her married sister.‎ E. She wanted to help African Americans, especially women.‎ F. She tried different things on her hair, but nothing worked.‎ G. She started her business with only $1.50, but now she was rich.‎ 第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）‎ 第一节 完形填空（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四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。‎ My friend and I headed over to Toronto for a trip and we hired a car. We didn’t 41 any accommodation as it was at the beginning of September and we thought it would be 42 to find a hotel or hostel.‎ We had been 43 for five hours when the 44 changed and it looked like a thunderstorm was coming.‎ We got lost and were both 45 when I saw a lady parking her car. I 46 and asked if she knew a lodge (旅馆) or hotel nearby.‎ She said there was a hotel down the road but it would be 47 because it was late.‎ The 48 old lady looked at us - we must have had a really 49 look at our faces - and said: "Why don’t you girls just 50 at me and my husband’s house for a 51 . We’ll show you 52 you guys want to go and I’ll 53 you dinner."‎ We ended up 54 one of their boats to a little island in Lake‎ ‎Muskoka, 55 her husband, Clint, was just working on his boat.‎ Both Carol and Clint were lovely. We slept in the bunk beds (双层床) they 56 for their kids and grandchildren, they 57 the fridge with beer and cooked for us.‎ We stayed for three nights in total and also 58 their friends. Those days were the best part of our three-week 59 .‎ They were two 60 on an island. We were glad we got lost and met them. ‎ ‎41. A. book B. know C. hire D. expect ‎42. A. happy B. easy C. interesting D. useful ‎ ‎43. A. turning B. working C. talking D. driving ‎20080421‎ ‎44. A. mood B. weather C. condition D. state ‎45. A. successful B. nervous C. exhausted D. surprised ‎46. A. stopped B. interrupted C. bothered D. returned ‎ ‎47. A. passed B. removed C. destroyed D. closed ‎48. A. lovely B. crazy C. poor D. quiet ‎ ‎49. A. serious B. careful C. desperate D. natural ‎ ‎50. A. work B. stay C. arrive D. meet ‎ ‎51. A. night B. moment C. job D. walk ‎52. A. whenever B. whatever C. wherever D. however ‎ ‎53. A. show B. owe C. order D. cook ‎54. A. buying B. taking C. borrowing D. making ‎ ‎55. A. when B. which C. where D. what ‎ ‎56. A. built B. settled C. reached D. sent ‎ ‎57. A. took over B. looked into C. turned on D. filled up ‎58. A. called B. met C. found D. faced ‎ ‎59. A. trip B. course C. delay D. program ‎ ‎60. A. people B. members C. angels D. adults ‎ 第II卷 第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）‎ 第二节 （共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）‎ 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或所给单词的正确形式。‎ Jeremy Hampden has a large circle of friends and is very popular at parties. Everybody 61 (admire) him for his great sense of 62 (humorous)—everybody, that is, except his six-year-old daughter, Jenny. ‎ Recently, one of Jeremy’s closest friends asked him 63 (make) a speech at a wedding reception (结婚宴会). This is the sort of thing that Jeremy loves. He 64 (prepare) the speech 65 (careful) and went to the wedding with Jenny. He had included a large number of 66 (fun) stories in the speech and, of course, it was 67 great success. As soon as he had finished, Jenny told him she wanted to go home. Jeremy was a little 68 (disappoint) by this but he did as his daughter asked. 69 the way home, he asked Jenny 70 she had enjoyed the speech. To his surprise, she said she hadn’t. Jeremy asked her why this was so and she told him that she did not like to see so many people laughing at him!‎ 第四部分 写作（共两节，满分35分）‎ 第一节 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）‎ 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误， 每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。‎ ‎ 增加: 在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。‎ ‎ 删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。‎ ‎ 修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。‎ 注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；‎ ‎ 2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。‎ Tom wake up in the middle of the night and saw something white on his garden. It seemed to be moving towards the house. “That is a thief!” He thought, and he took his gun and shoot at him. Then he went back to bed, because of he was too afraid to go out of the house in the dark. ‎ The next morning Tom went out and saw one of his white shirt hanging on the clothes-line in the garden. His wife washed it the day before and hang it out to dry. Now it had a bullet-hole right through the middle of it. “My God,” said Tom, “I was luck last night. When I had been wearing that shirt, the bullet would have killed me! Then he called his neighbors together and asked them to thank God for save him.‎ 第二节 书面表达 假设你是新华中学的学生李华，你在报纸上看到一篇有关老虎数量日趋减少的报道，联想到近来看见有人在路边销售虎骨，你感到担忧。请你根据以下要点给《中学生英文报》的编辑写了一封信：‎ ‎　　1. 老虎目前数量日趋减少；‎ ‎　　2. 老虎减少的原因；‎ ‎　　3. 呼吁国家采取措施保护野生动物。‎ 注意：‎ ‎1. 词数100左右；‎ ‎ 2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；‎ 参考答案 第一部分 听力 （共两节，满分30分）‎ ‎1-5CBBCA 6-10 BABCA 11-15 CACBA 16-20 CACBC ‎ 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，共30分）‎ ‎21-25 ADCBA 26-30 BDDBB 31-35 DAACC 第二节 （共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）‎ ‎36-40 BDAFE 第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）‎ 第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）‎ ‎41-45 ABDBC 46-50 ADACB 51-55 ACDBC 56-60 ADBAC 第二节 （共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分） ‎ ‎61. admires 62. humor 63. to make 64. prepared 65. carefully ‎ ‎66. funny 67. a 68. disappointed 69. On 70. if/whether 第四部分 写作（共两节，满分35分）‎ 第一节 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）‎ Tom wake up in the middle of the night and saw something white on his garden. It seemed to be moving ‎ ‎ woke in towards the house. “That is a thief!” He thought, and he took his gun and shoot at him. Then he went back to bed, ‎ ‎ shot because of he was too afraid to go out of the house in the dark. ‎ The next morning Tom went out and saw one of his white shirt hanging on the clothes-line in the garden. ‎ ‎ shirts His wife ∧ washed it the day before and hang it out to dry. Now it had a bullet-hole right through the middle of ‎ ‎ had hung it. “My God,” said Tom, “I was luck last night. When I had been wearing that shirt, the bullet would have killed ‎ ‎ lucky If me! Then he called his neighbors together and asked them to thank God for save him.‎ ‎ saving 第二节 书面表达 Dear editor,‎ I’m a middle school student. I’ve just read an article about saving tigers in a newspaper. It says that the number of tigers is decreasing quickly in our country. However, just several days ago, I saw some people selling bones of tigers by the roadside. That’ s really terrible.‎ Tigers are protected animals in our country. But some people kill them in order to make money. Besides, too many trees have been cut down, which has destroyed the places where tigers used to live. Tigers are dying out. ‎ The government must take some measures to protect tigers and other wild lives. We should try our best to make our earth pleasant and peaceful, not only for human beings but for all living creatures.‎ Yours faithfully,‎ Li Hua 听力录音稿：‎ 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，从各题所给的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。‎ 现在，你有5秒钟的时间阅读第1小题的有关内容。‎ ‎(Text 1)‎ M: Sorry. I have forgotten John’s address.‎ W: You forgot again! It’s 1343 King Street.‎ ‎(Text 2)‎ M: I need some stamps and some envelopes as well.‎ W: Will you step right over to the second window, please?‎ Text 3‎ M: We have to hurry if we want to be on time for the lecture. It’s already 7:30.‎ W: Well, it takes only 15 minutes to get to the hall and the lecture won’t begin until 7:50.‎ Text 4 ‎ M: I was thinking of turning two of the larger offices into four smaller offices. What do you think about that?‎ W: Well, it seems to me that doing that would only solve part of the problem. Have you thought about turning the meeting room into offices?‎ Text 5‎ W: Is your stomach still upset?‎ M: I took some medicine. I am doing much better than I was before. ‎ W: Oh, that’s good to hear. ‎ M: Yesterday, I could hardly move. I guess I ate some bad vegetables.‎ 第一节到此结束。‎ 第二节（共15个小题；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，从各题所给的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和第7题。现在，你有10秒钟的时间阅读这两个小题。‎ Text 6‎ M: I think I was very lucky to get that job. Now we are able to live in a little village.‎ W: Ah, but it won’t be a little village forever. This is a developing area. There will be a lot more people here in about five years’ time.‎ M: Yes, but there won’t be any factories. Just two or three office buildings, and they will be far behind that woodland over there.‎ W: How did you sleep last night, by the way?‎ M: Very nice. Never slept better. It was so quiet!‎ W: I didn’t sleep well. Couldn’t get used to the silence. The only noise I heard last night was some birds at about two o’clock in the morning.‎ M: Well, the silence was wonderful for me.‎ 听第7段材料，回答第8至第10题。现在，你有15秒钟的时间阅读这三个小题。‎ Text 7‎ M: What’s the matter, Alice?‎ W: Sorry, Mr Harrison. I missed my train.‎ M: Why did you miss the train?‎ W: Because I left home a little late.‎ M: Did you get up late or something?‎ W: No. My aunt called me at the last minute.‎ M: Tell her not to call you in the morning.‎ W: I will, Mr Harrison. I’m really sorry for being late.‎ M: If you are late again, I can’t let you pass for this class.‎ W: Oh, please.‎ 听第8段材料，回答第11至第13题。现在，你有15秒钟的时间阅读这三个小题。‎ Text 8‎ W: Good evening, Edward.‎ M: Hello, Tina.‎ W: Edward, tell us what you know about James Dean’s early life.‎ M: He was born in Indiana in 1931, but his parents moved to California when he was five. He wasn’t there long because his mother passed away just four years later. After that, his father sent him back to Indiana to live with his aunt.‎ W: So how did he get into acting?‎ M: Well, first he acted in plays in high school, and then he went to college in California where he got more serious about acting. In 1951, he moved to New York to do more stage acting.‎ W: Then when did his movie career really start?‎ M: In 1955. His first starring role was in East of Eden. It was an excellent movie. Dean became a huge success.‎ W: How did you get interested in James Dean?‎ M: Well, I just thought he was handsome and always looked so cool on the screen, I guess. ‎ 听第9段材料，回答第14至第16题。现在，你有15秒钟的时间阅读这三个小题。‎ Text 9‎ M: Hey, have you heard? Robert is retiring.‎ W: Oh, really? Well, maybe you’ll be made director?‎ M: Oh, I hope not. I’m the wrong person for that job!‎ W: Why do you say that? I mean, what kind of person does it take?‎ M: Someone that gets on well with everyone.‎ W: Oh, come on. You seem to like someone who could manage anything.‎ M: Me? You’ve got to be joking. That job would make me much too nervous. Besides, I’m happy with things the way they are. I consider teaching tennis a challenge.‎ W: So don’t you really think you’re cut out for it?‎ M: No, I really don’t. I just can’t imagine myself managing a team and often worrying about money.‎ W: That’s how I’d describe myself.‎ 听第10段材料，回答第17至第20题。现在，你有20秒钟的时间阅读这四个小题。‎ Text 10‎ The other day after work, I was walking down the street and I saw the strangest thing. I saw a guy riding a unicycle, you know, one of those bicycles with only one wheel. It’s not every day you see that. But that wasn’t even the weirdest thing about this guy. He was dressed in all pink from head to toe — pink shoes, pink socks, pink pants, pink shirt... even a pink hat! And that’s not all. The guy was singing as he rode down the street! Some kind of song about flying or something... I didn’t recognize it, but it sounded like a kid’s song. So all these people in suits and ties who had just left their offices were just staring at this guy, and the whole time I was thinking, “This guy must be totally crazy.” Just then, some guy dropped a 20-dollar bill on the ground, but he didn’t realize it and started to walk away. The guy in pink picked up the money, caught up to the guy, and gave it back to him! He even sang a little song, and everyone laughed and clapped their hands. After that, the man rode his unicycle down the street, turned a corner, and disappeared. I never saw him again. But every time I see someone drop some money on the ground by accident, I always think of that strange guy dressed in pink who made everybody happy that day.‎ 第二节到此结束。‎