全国高考英语模拟试题三 20页

‎2017年全国高考英语模拟试题（三）‎ 英　　语 本试题共12页，满分150分，考试时间120分钟。‎ ‎（原创：王海峰）‎ 第I卷 第一部分 听力(共两节，满分30分)‎ 第一节 ‎（共5小题，每小题1.5， 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 T-shirt?‎ A. ‎$19.15 B. $18.7 C. $13.57‎ 答案是C。‎ 1. What does the man imply?‎ A. He is not hungry. B. He wants to cook. C. He wants to dine out.‎ 2. What is the woman most probably occupied with?‎ A. A shop assistant. B. A librarian C. A waitress.‎ ‎3. What does the man mean?‎ A. The food is worth the price.‎ B. The man cannot afford the food.‎ C. The food is not tasty enough.‎ ‎4. What do you learn from the conversation?‎ ‎ A. The man will go to the post office.‎ ‎ B. The post office doesn’t try its best.‎ ‎ C. The woman is expecting her parcel.‎ ‎5. What does the man think of the book?‎ A. Quite boring. B. Very interesting. C. Too simple.‎ 第一节 ‎（共15小题，每题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。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每个小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将有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 do the two speakers most probably work?‎ A. At a store. B. At a school. C. At a hotel.‎ ‎7. Where does the woman come from?‎ A. Australia‎. B. Brazil. C. Hong Kong.‎ 听第7段材料，回答第8至第10题。‎ ‎8. What did the man plan to do at first?‎ A. Study at the library. B. Stay at the dormitory. C. Go to the cinema.‎ ‎9. When does the movie start?‎ A. ‎9:15 B. 8:30 C. 8:45‎ ‎10. Where are the two speakers going to meet?‎ A. In the town hall. B. At the cinema. C. In the post office.‎ 听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。‎ ‎11. What helps to impress the interviewer in the first place?‎ A. Proper body language. B. Wonderful appearance. C. Appealing voice. ‎ ‎12. What should the woman do before the interview?‎ A. Practice handshaking now and then.‎ B. Recite the answers to the questions.‎ C. Get some information about the firm.‎ ‎13. What advice does the man offer about the topic of salary?‎ A. Not to bring it up in a straight way. ‎ B. Not to mention it at the first interview.‎ C. Have the interviewer mention it next time.‎ 听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。‎ ‎14. What’s the woman going to do in Shanghai?‎ A. She’s going on business. ‎ B. She’s going to a meeting.‎ C. She’s going to teach English.‎ ‎15. How are the two speakers going to Shanghai? ‎ A. They’ll go by air. B. They’ll take a train. C. They’ll rent a car.‎ ‎16. What topic is the woman going to talk about?‎ A. How to talk business efficiently.‎ B. How to elevate her English level.‎ C. How to improve English teaching.‎ ‎17. What does the woman think of English teaching reform?‎ A. It’s a piece of cake. B. It’s quite tough. C. It’ll succeed easily.‎ 听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。‎ ‎18. What is the biggest advantage for the students to study on-line?‎ A. It’s convenient. B. It’s efficient. C. It’s inspiring.‎ ‎19. Why some students hate to ask questions in class?‎ A. Because they want to study at home.‎ B. Because they like to learn actively.‎ A. Because they hate to lose dignity.‎ ‎20. What does the listening material intend to tell you?‎ A. How students in Australia have their education.‎ B. Why students in rural areas like to study at home.‎ C. Where students ask questions if they have any.‎ 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，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。‎ A Tea and coffee are the two most universal beverages in the world. People believe tea, especially green tea, has a lot of benefits for the health. It’s said that it has an effect to resist cancer and protect the heart. However, good clinical studies are quite few. Although physicians often tell patients to drink green tea, there hasn’t been any dependable proof of the value of that advice.‎ However, a team of Japanese researchers found drinking green tea can clearly decrease death rate. They followed 40,530 healthy adults aged 40 to 79 for up to 11 years in a region of northeastern Japan where most people drink green tea. They found the death rate of those who drank five or more cups of green tea a day is evidently lower than those who drank less than one cup a day, especially, in disease related with heart and blood vessels.‎ But no such association was seen with deaths from cancer, nor between oolong or black tea and any decrease in death rate. Those teas are easier to be combined with oxygen in processing, which not only darkens the color of the leaves and changes their flavor but also reduces their beneficial content.‎ Compared with tea, coffee is more controversial. It has received both gold stars and black marks. It, too, contains a matter that is good for health. Evidence for the health benefits ‎ of coffee is increasing, however. A group of researchers report that coffee seems to protect against age-related decline in mental ability. They studied 676 healthy men born from 1900 to 1920 and followed them for 10 years, using scientific measures of brain function. ‎ Their conclusion shows the men consuming coffee had clearly less decline in mental ability than those who didn’t. Three cups a day seemed to provide the most protection.‎ 21. Physicians often tell patients to drink green tea because_______.‎ A. its medical values has been proved B. it’s believed to be good for health C. it has long been applied in clinic D. its effect has been shown in animals 22. The Japanese study seems to have confirmed the positive effect of green tea on _______.‎ A. people with mental disabilities B. patients with various cancers B. people with physical disabilities D. patients with heart disease 23. The text indicates that black tea differs from green tea because _________.‎ A. it can keep the color of its leaves B. it can reduce cancer-related deaths C. it contains less effective content D. it is stronger in flavor than the latter 24. Coffee is beneficial to one’s health because _______.‎ A. it slows down the rate of brain aging B. it is more beneficial than green tea C. it lowers the rate of natural death rate D. it keeps system of the body active B As the rapid development of artificial intelligence(AI), there are growing concerns that robots could become a threat. This danger can be avoided, according to Stuart Russell, a ‎ computer science professor, if we figure out how to turn human values into a computer program.‎ ‎　　Russell argues that as robots take on more complicated(复杂的) tasks, it’s necessary to have them act on human values. For example, if a robot does chores around the house, you wouldn’t want it to put the pet cat on the stove to make dinner for the hungry children. “To prevent the tragedy, you must have it programmed with a good set of values,” said Russell.‎ ‎　　At present, some robots are already programmed with basic human values. For example, mobile robots have been programmed to keep a comfortable distance from humans. Obviously there are cultural differences, but if you were talking to another person and he came up close in your personal space, you wouldn’t think that’s the kind of thing a properly brought-up person would do.‎ ‎　　It will be possible to create more human-friendly moral machines, if only we can find a way to set out human values as clear rules. This isn’t too difficult in technology if humans do resolve to have robots behave according to human moral criteria. After all robots have ability to learn values from drawing patterns from large sets of data on human behavior. They are dangerous only if programmers are careless.‎ ‎　　The biggest concern with robots going against human values is that human beings fail to do enough testing and they’ve produced a system that will break some kind of taboo(禁忌). Therefore, it’s necessary to have the robot go through a self-check program to make sure it will react by following human values when presented with an unusual situation.‎ ‎25. What does Russell think about the threat of robots?‎ A. It is a big challenge to computer programmers.‎ ‎　 B. It’ll push the development of high technology.‎ ‎　 C. It can be avoided if robots act on human values.‎ ‎　 D. It’ll be a must as technology gets more complicated.‎ ‎26. What do you think of a person who gets into your personal space according to the author?‎ A. Aggressive. B. Outgoing. C. Friendly. D. Bad-mannered.‎ ‎27. Based on the passage, robots learn human values by _________.‎ A. communicating with humans in everyday life situations B. following the daily routines of civilized human beings C. picking up patterns from huge data on human behavior D. copying the behavior of properly brought-up humans ‎28. How can we make sure that robots’ behavior isn’t affected by humans’ careless?‎ A. Put in a moral self-check program.‎ B. Stop to seek advice from a human being.‎ C. Keep a distance from possible dangers.‎ D. Do sufficient testing before taking action.‎ C Every year Hollywood will turn out more blockbusters. The following ones are supposed to feed your visual addictions if you are film fans. ‎ Beauty and the Beast Directed by Bill Condon, Beauty and the Beast is starred by Dan Stevens and Luke Evans. Bill, trapped in the beast castle, decides to run away but runs into wolves. To save her, the beast gets badly wounded. Seeing the kind beast dying, she gives him a sad kiss. Unexpectedly he becomes a handsome prince. Its premiere(首映) is scheduled in April 2017.‎ Justice League ‎ Directed by Zack Snyder and starred by Jason Momoa and Amy Adams, Justice League tells a story of a team of super heroes. Facing the alien invasion, Batman fights bravely. Yet however he tries, he finds it difficult to win by fighting alone. So he gathers all the Super Heroes and form an ally and successfully protects the human beings. Its premiere is scheduled in June 2017.‎ The Dark Tower ‎ The Dark‎ ‎Tower, directed by Nikolaj Arcel and adapted from the series of novels of the same name by Stephen King, is starred by Katheryn Winnick and Idris Elba. To repair the ray passage and preserve the world, the hero starts to search for the fabled(传说的) Dark Tower, where lies the joining point of the universe. Its premiere is scheduled in September 2017.‎ Death Note Death Note, directed by Adam Wingard, is starred by Margaret Qualley and Willem Dafoe. Light Turner accidentally picks up a notebook that has the power to kill any person whose name he writes in it. So he decides to rid the streets of criminals but soon he is pursued by a detective. Then a game of cat and mouse begins. Its premiere is scheduled in October 2017.‎ 29. Which of the following films most probably ends up in a romantic comedy?‎ A. Beauty and the Beast B. Just league C. The Dark‎ ‎Tower D. Death Note ‎30. We can learn from the passage that ________.‎ A. Bill is badly wounded by the beast B. Justice Ally highlights teamwork C. Dark‎ ‎Tower‎ is filled with treasure D. Light Turner is a famous detective ‎31. The film in which the hero tries to save the world is starred by _______.‎ A. Dan Stevens and Luke Evans B. Jason Momoa and Amy Adams ‎ C. Margaret Qualley and Willem Dafoe D. Katheryn Winnick and Idris Elba ‎ 32. This passage is intended to ___________.‎ A. make a few films stars more famous B. introduce some American directors C. attract more film fans to the cinemas D. state the influence of blockbusters D Some of the world’s most important problems never hit headlines. One example comes from agriculture. Food shortage(短缺) and hunger make news. But no one has ever reported the trend of world grain production. This is the decline in the growth in production of some of the world’s major crops. A new study by the University of Minnesota and McGill University in Montreal looks at where, and how far, this decline is occurring.‎ The authors take a vast number of data for the four most important crops: rice, wheat, corn and soyabean(大豆). It shows that between 24% and 39% of all the farming areas which contributed grain production growth before 1980s witnessed a decline in grain production growth in the 1990s and 2000s.‎ There are two worrying points of the slowdown. One is that it has been particularly sharp in India and China, which have the largest population. They are able to feed themselves, which make the food markets relatively stable, both within the countries and on the world. However, their ability can not be taken for granted if their growth in production continues to slow down. ‎ Second, production growth has been lower in wheat and rice than in corn and soyabean. This is because wheat and rice are pure food grains, compared with which, corn and soyabean are also commercial. Their rate of deep processing is much higher than rice and wheat and the prediction of a higher income drives more farmers to turn to corn and soyabean production.‎ The report also let out some optimistic findings which suggest that the world will not have to dig up a lot more land for farming in order to feed 9 billion people in 2050. This is in ‎ agreement with the argument of the Food and Agriculture Organization. Moreover, it says, thanks to the slowdown of population growth, land at present used for crops might be likely to be turned back to forest land. ‎ 33. The underlined word most probably means ________.‎ A. acceleration B. slowdown C. progress D. prosperity C. new headlines in the leading media D. the food supply in populous countries 34. India‎ and China are mentioned in particular just to show_______.‎ A. their food production decreases sharply in recent years B. their self-feeding ability makes the food market stable C. their big populations are causing worldwide concerns D. their self-feeding ability has been taken for granted.‎ 35. What makes corn and soyabean enjoy a higher growth than rice and wheat?‎ A. Food production isn’t as efficient as before the 1980s.‎ B. The food market isn’t as stable as two decades ago.‎ C. Some big countries no longer produce enough grain.‎ D. Farmers tend to grow what brings in a higher income.‎ 第一节 ‎（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选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。‎ How to Choose a Career Making money is difficult, but choosing a career is even more difficult as it is concerned with your life. If you choose a wrong one, you will probably not be able to make money but even end up jobless. 36 Bellow are some tips which might help you to choose a right career.‎ ‎* Make a list of your hobbies and interests. Once you know where your hobbies and interests are, you’ll know where to find your career. 37 Therefore, it’s best for you to ‎ combine your hobbies with your career. ‎ ‎* 38 If you do what you’re good at, you’ll be more easily to get interested in it. And your interest will drive you work with more enthusiasm. You’ll be certain to devote yourself to it. Otherwise, if you start with something you’re weak at, you’ll have to consume too much effort to get practiced. This might get you tired with it before you make it. ‎ ‎* Just think which industry is promising and which business is declining. A promising industry stands for the trend of future. 39 If so, do everything you can to become a member of it. It holds many chances in store.‎ ‎* Prepare your cover letter(求职信) carefully. 40 Thus, you should try your best to account your strengths as they stand to meet the requirements of your employer. Most of all, never make any spelling mistakes, which might steal away your offer. ‎ A. Think of your strength. ‎ B. Choosing a career is very important.‎ C. A good cover letter is a stepping stone to success. ‎ D. It is lucky if you happen to be interested in it. ‎ E. A career in which your parents make a success is your best choice.‎ F. Usually, doing what you like will make you a born winner. ‎ G. Let alone enjoy the pleasure of working.‎ 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，并在答题卡上把该项涂黑。‎ The story of Moses has been moving the Jews for thousands of years. Moses was born to a poor 41 when the king of Egypt ordered to kill all the Hebrew(犹太的) baby boys because he feared their 42 population would threaten the existence of Egypt.‎ The couple, 43 , decided to keep the baby secretly, for he was so lovely and cute. Three months went by; the atmosphere in the village got 44 . Egyptian soldiers appeared for inspections more 45 . ‎ One afternoon, in came a prophet(先知), worried. The couple knew 46 he was here for, as they too had heard that a couple in a nearby village had been thrown into the Nile just for 47 the law. Showing the prophet off, the couple made a 48 and covered it with tar so that water couldn’t 49 . They put the baby in it and then placed it in the tall grass at the edge of the river, with their small daughter 50 it in the distance.‎ Before long there came a 51 . She was here to bathe with her servants. 52 they heard a baby crying. They looked around only to 53 a basket. She went over and saw a cute baby boy. “What a 54 baby! Go get a wet nurse for him. I’ll bring him to the palace.” She said to her 55 seriously. ‎ Soon a woman was brought. Actually she was the baby’s mother. “Please take this baby and 56 him for me, and I will pay you.” The princess said 57 . So the woman carried the baby in her arms happily and 58 the king’s daughter into the palace. Under her careful parenting, the baby boy grew a well-built and 59 young man. So the princess 60 him as her son and named him Moses, which means “pull out” in Hebrew language. ‎ ‎41. A. family B. house C. home D. couple ‎42. A. inspiring B. amazing C. growing D. reducing ‎43. A. however B. therefore C. otherwise D. anyway ‎44. A. lighter B. tenser C. easier D. quieter ‎45. A. accidentally B. seriously C. frequently ‎ D. usually ‎46. A. which B. how C. why D. what ‎47. A. breaking B. observing C. admitting D. minding ‎48. A. basin B. boat C. basket D. box ‎49. A. take in B. get in C. fill in D. cut in ‎50. A. watching B. carrying C. showing D. touching ‎51. A. prince B. emperor C. queen D. princess ‎52. A. Finally B. Suddenly C. Actually D. Hardly ‎53. A. catch B. throw C. notice D. lose ‎54. A. pitiful B. clever C. kind D. simple ‎55. A. parents B. villagers C. sisters D. servants ‎56. A. treat B. nurse C. serve D. milk ‎57. A. worriedly B. embarrassedly C. earnestly D. doubtfully ‎58. A. followed B. chased C. modeled D. drove ‎59. A. awkward B. conventional C. desperate D. handsome ‎60. A. reserved B. adopted C. deserved D. adapted 第II卷 第三部分 英语知识运用 第一节 ‎ （共10小题，每题1.5分， 满分15分）‎ ‎ 阅读小面短文，再空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或填入所给单词的正确形式。‎ There is no month in the whole year, in 61 nature wears a more beautiful 62 (appear) than in the month of August. Spring has many 63 (beauty), and May is a fresh month full of flowers, and it is more charming 64 (compare) with the winter season.‎ August has no such advantage. It comes when we remember nothing 65 clear skies, green fields and sweet smelling flowers. The memory of snow, and ice, and biting winds, has faded from our minds as 66 (complete) as they have disappeared from the earth. 67 pleasant a time it is! ‎ Farmlands ring with folk songs; trees bend beneath ripe fruits, which bow their branches to the ground. An 68 (appeal) ripeness appears to hang over the whole earth; 69 ‎ ‎ influence of the season seems to extend 70 (it) to the every wagon, whose slow motion, across the field, is visible only to the eye.‎ 第四部分 写作 （共两小题， 满分35分）‎ 第一节 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15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：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（^），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：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。‎ 注意：1.每处错误及修改均仅限一词;‎ ‎2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。‎ People in the US may live in one of the three areas: the city, the suburbs, or the country. ‎ In the early twenty century, farm workers left the country for big cities in order to get the higher salary. After World War II private cars begin to enter ordinary families. This made possible for people to move out of noisy cities to quieter suburbs, there they could enjoy more space. Today, most city workers live comfortably in suburbs. We drive into the city every morning but leave for suburbs every afternoon.‎ In the 1980s, Internet appeared. As a result of, many white-collars began moving back to the country and do their work at home.‎ 第三节 书面表达（满分25分）‎ 假如你是学校话剧社团的导演李华，为了庆祝第二届校园艺术节，准备周六上午在学校礼堂排练(rehearse)一部反映中学生校园生活的话剧。 请给来校交流生David写封邮件，请他在话剧中出演男主角。‎ 注意事项：‎ 1. 词数100左右；‎ 2. 可以适当增加细节，以便行文连贯；‎ 3. 开头已经为你写好。‎ Dear David, ‎ ‎_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ‎ Yours sincerely,‎ Li Hua 参 考 答 案 ‎01---05 CBACB 06—10 CAACB 11—15 ACBBA ‎16—20 CBACB 21—25 BDCAC 26—30 DCAAB ‎31—35 DCBAD 36—40 GFADC 41—45 DCABC ‎46—50 DACBA 51—55 DBCAD 56—60 BCADB ‎61. which 62. appearance 63. beauties 64. compared ‎65. but 66. completely 67. How 68. appealing ‎69. the 70. itself 短文改错 cities People in the US may live in one of the three areas: the city, the suburbs, or the country. ‎ ‎^ it ‎ where and They a began twentieth In the early twenty century, farm workers left the country for big cities in order to get the higher salary. After World War II private cars begin to enter ordinary families. This made possible for people to move out of noisy cities to quieter suburbs, there they could enjoy more space. Today, most city workers live comfortably in suburbs. We drive into the city every morning but leave for suburbs every afternoon.‎ ‎‎ doing In the 1980s, Internet appeared. As a result of, many white-collars began moving back to the country and do their work at home.‎ 书面表达范文 One possible version:‎ Dear David,‎ I’m Li Hua, director of the modern drama community in our school. In order to promote the development of campus culture, our school is going to hold the Second Campus Culture Festival in September. According to the arrangement of the organizing committee, each community in our school is to put on a program. So our community is going to perform a modern drama about the school life of the middle school students. I’ve learnt that you have got performance experience, so I’d like to invite you to act the hero in it and practice with us in the school hall on Saturday morning.. ‎ I’m looking forward to your reply.‎ Yours sincerely,‎ ‎ Li Hua ‎2017年全国高考英语模拟试题（三）‎ 听 力 文 稿 Text 1 ‎ W: Should we eat in or out tonight?‎ M: I’m too tired to do any cooking.‎ Text 2‎ W: Hello, may I help you?‎ M: Yes, I haven’t finished the book yet. So I’m here to get it renewed.‎ Text 3‎ W: I don't like the prices on the menu. They are too high.‎ M: Well, the price seems high, but the food is delicious.‎ Text 4‎ W: Why haven’t we received our parcel yet?‎ M: Well, usually it takes at least two days to travel on the way.‎ Text 5‎ W: I hope you like the book I lent you. ‎ M: Well, at first I had some doubt whether it would make me bored, but once I started, I simply couldn’t put it down.‎ 听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。‎ Text 6 ‎ W: Hi, I’m Jane. Are you new here? I haven’t seen you around? ‎ M: Yes, I only started on Monday.‎ W: Great! So what department are you in?‎ M: Sales department.‎ W: Oh, yeah. I work on reception.‎ M: I see. Are you American? ‎ W: No. I’m from Sydney‎, ‎Australia. How about you?‎ M: I’m from Brazil. How long have you been here in Hong Kong?‎ W: Nearly three months now. I like it here a lot.‎ M: Me, too.‎ 听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。‎ Text 7 ‎ W: Hi, Frank. What are you going to do tonight?‎ M: Well, I was thinking of studying in the library. What about you?‎ W: Oh, I hear say there is a new movie in town. Will you come with me? ‎ M: Sounds great. But when does it start?‎ W: A quarter to mine.‎ M: Good idea! But where are we going to meet?‎ W: It would be easier if we meet at the cinema.‎ M: OK, but which cinema?‎ W: Er… the one near the town hall, just opposite the post office.‎ M: I see. Let’s meet there at 8:30.‎ W: Sure. See you then.‎ 听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。‎ Text 8‎ W: Can you give me some tips on my coming interview?‎ M: The first thing is try to make a good impression.‎ W: How do I do that?‎ M: First, firmly shake the interviewer’s hand while greeting him or her with a smile. Be sure to keep an eye contact.‎ W: Ah, body language is really important, isn’t it?‎ M: Yes. The second thing is to have confidence. You get confidence from being prepared.‎ W: What should I do for that?‎ M: Learn a little bit about the company before the interview. Also think of the possible questions and answers.‎ W. Should I recite my answers?‎ M: No, you should sound natural when you speak.‎ W: Should I ask about the salary?‎ M: No. You should let them bring up the topic, or else wait for a second interview.‎ 听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。‎ Text 9‎ W: Hi, David. It’s the last thing that I could expect to see you in here.‎ M: Hi, Linda. Nice to see you again. I’m going to Shanghai on business. What about you?‎ W: I’m going to Shanghai, too, attending a meeting for exchange of ideas. ‎ M: Wonderful. Which flight are you taking?‎ W: MU521, China Eastern. How about you?‎ M: That’s fantastic. You see, two friends with the same middle school are taking the same flight of the same airline to the same destination.‎ W: You’re right. It’s really a surprise. ‎ M: I can’t agree with you any more. Well, what topic are you talking about?‎ W: About the reform of English teaching. ‎ M: That’s a good theme. The traditional English teaching method truly needs some change. The students spend too much time on it, yet few of them can communicate in English freely, especially orally.‎ W: Yes. The problem lies in the conventional idea, which takes exam for everything. ‎ M: Do you think it is easy to change? ‎ W: Well, everyone knows it needs a change, but it’s difficult to make a change.‎ 听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。‎ Text 10 (150)‎ Recently home classrooms are becoming popular with the students who live on distant farms in Australia. More and more of them no longer need to get up early in the morning and pack up their books to make for school. They choose to have their education at home.‎ Home classrooms have many advantages, and the most important point is that students no more have to waste hours on the road. They can use the time for other meaningful activities, like reading books at home. Another important advantage is connected with the quality of education. Home schooling encourages students to learn by themselves. It has been proved that students who learn by themselves are often more clever and have a better memory. ‎ Most of all, home classrooms encourage students to ask questions on-line. They no longer need to worry that they will lose face in front of their classmates. So they are more willing to say that they don’t understand something. This will help them become more active learners.‎