Module 3
2012-04-29
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。
1. How long will they have to wait before the film starts?
A. 5 minutes.B. 20 minutes.C. 15 minutes.
2. What does the man mean?
A. He finished it last semester.B. He’ll finish it in a few minutes.C. He never does assignments early.
3. Where are the two speakers?
A. In a classroom.B. In a restaurant.C. In a hospital.
4. What’s the man’s present cellphone number?
A. 7678482.B. 13425045539.C. 13835630628.
5. What should the woman first do in order to get to the library?
A. Go around the corner.B. Cross the street.C. Make a right turn.
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至8题。
6. What’s the man’s problem?
A. He doesn’t know how to get on with Jane. B. He always forgets to pass on important messages.
C. He doesn’t want others to help him with his work.
7. Why does the man want to talk to Jane?
A. Because he wants to ask her for help. B. Because he tries to invite her to dinner.
C. Because he wants to help Jane out of her problem.
8. What is the woman probably going to do?
A. To have a chat with Jane. B. To ask the man to have dinner together.
C. To ask the man and Jane to do some shopping together.
听第7段材料,回答第9至10题。
9. What are the speakers doing?
A. Watching a movie.B. Having dinner.C. Making soup.
10. What does the man complain about?
A. The woman doesn’t cook very well. B. The woman seldom talks to him at dinner.
C. The woman watches too many commercials.
听第8段材料,回答第11至14题。
11. What is Timmy most interested in?
A. Playing the piano.B. Playing the violin.C. Classical music.
12. What’s Timmy’s main purpose at the moment?
A. Make some new friends.B. Go to some concerts.C. Learn from others.
13. What are they both weak at?
A. Sports.B. Music.C. Theory of music.
14. Whom will they turn to?
A. Timmy’s uncle.B. Lily’s uncle.C. Their teacher.
听第9段材料,回答第15至17题。
15. What does the man think of the car first?
A. It’s too old.B. It’s too small.C. It’s too expensive.
16. What does the man have to do before he has the car?
A. Sign the paper. B. Examine the car again. C. Examine his check again.
17. What can we learn from the conversation?
A. The car was sold at $3,200. B. The man is not satisfied with the car.
C. The woman took $500 off the asking price.
听第10段材料,回答第18至20题。
18. What does the sentence “Behind every successful man there is a woman” mean?
A. Every success depends on women.
B. There is a woman standing behind every successful man.
C. Women’s support to men is a most important factor of men’s success.
19. Which of the following still exists in the US today?
A. Men can get the best jobs but women can’t. B. Women can’t get equal pay for equal work.
C. Both A and B.
20. Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. Men support women in the women’s liberation movement.
B. Not all women want to have the same chance for success.
C. The government supports women in the women’s liberation movement.
第二部分 英语知识运用(共两节,满分45分)
第一节 单项填空(共15小题;每小题1分,满分15分)
从A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
21. Although she has made many efforts to exercise more, by no means ___ with her progress in health.
A. the doctor is not satisfiedB. is the doctor not satisfied
C. is the doctor satisfiedD. the doctor is satisfied
22. The beautiful sunset ___ our attention, so we stopped to watch it.
A. caughtB. paid
C. fixedD. slipped
23. — Help yourselves to the beef and chicken, children. ___ !
— OK! Thank you!
A. Just feel at homeB. Please pay attention
C. Take it easyD. Take your time
24. Not only are my parents and teachers strict with me, but also ___ for me at the same time.
A. did they careB. they cared
C. do they careD. they care
25. I need two more stamps before my collection is ___ .
A. finishedB. accomplished
C. achievedD. completed
26. With a lot of difficult problems ___ , I have a long way to go in my English learning.
A. overcomeB. overcoming
C. to overcomeD. being overcome
27. After thinking for a long time, she still didn’t get to know ___ made her husband so angry last evening.
A. what it was thatB. how was it that
C. why it was thatD. what was it that
28. As a mother, ___ was most important to her, she told me, was the health and happiness of all the people she love and care for.
A. itB. this
C. whatD. as
29. As we Chinese know, ___ the houses in Sichuan were knocked down in the Wenchuan earthquake.
A. a great many ofB. a great many
C. a great amount ofD. The great number of
30. It was ___ his father who had not been at home for years.
A. not until he came back home did he seeB. until he came back home that he didn’t see
C. not until he came back home that he sawD. until he came back home when he didn’t see
31. ___ when getting the English score of their son that they didn’t know how to help to improve his English.
A. So worried they feltB. So worried did they feel
C. So worriedly they feltD. So worriedly did they feel
32. It was only with the help of many local villagers ___ in such a heavy snow.
A. we were savedB. that we were saved
C. when we were savedD. then we were saved
33. Lulu said nothing to me and sat there quietly as if ___ in thought.
A. lostB. losing
C. was losingD. was lost
34. Students should balance their study and rest well, and only by doing that, as parents and teachers think, ___ a good state of mind.
A. can they haveB. they can have
C. need they haveD. they need have
35. ___ I first heard of my new classmate talked about as a wonderful writer and singer.
A. It was from my neighbor thatB. It was my neighbor who
C. That was from my neighborD. It was my neighbor that
第二节 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,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A school was across the street near our home and from my window I would often watch the kids play basketball. Once, among the children a girl 36 me. She seemed so 37 as she pushed her 38 through the crowd of boys. Running circles around the other kids, she 39 to shoot jump shots just over their heads and into the 40 with no one to stop her. Sometimes, I saw her play 41 . She would practice dribbling(运球)and shooting over and over again until dark.
One day I asked her why she 42 so much. Without hesitation, she said, “I want to go to college. The only way I can go is that I get a 43 . If I were good enough, I would get a scholarship. I like basketball. My Daddy told me if the 44 is big enough, the facts don’t count.” Then she smiled and 45 the court to go on with practice.
I 46 her through junior high school and into senior high school. Every week, she led her school team to victory. However, one day in her 47 year, I saw her sitting in the grass, face hidden in her arms. I went over and sat down beside her. The coach told her that as a 48 as tall as 5'5''(5 尺5寸)she would probably never get to play for a top college team— 49 offered a scholarship—so she should stop dreaming about 50 .
She was heartbroken and I also felt very sad for her as I 51 her disappointment. I asked her if she had 52 her dad about it yet. She told me that her father said those 53 were wrong. They did not understand the 54 of a dream. He told her that if she really wanted to play for a good college and if she truly wanted a scholarship, nothing could stop her except that she herself gave it up. He told her again, “If your dream is big enough, your 55 isn’t important.”
The next year, when she and her team went to the Northern California Championship game, she was seen by a college recruiter(招聘人员), and was offered a full scholarship, to a NCAA women’s basketball team.
36. A. attractedB. watchedC. caughtD. saw
37. A. tallB. thinC. smallD. big
38. A. wayB. streetC. roadD. path
39. A. triedB. managedC. succeededD. failed
40. A. goalB. ringC. circleD. net
41. A. hardB. happilyC. aloneD. lonely
42. A. playedB. practicedC. dreamedD. wanted
43. A. basketballB. prizeC. degreeD. scholarship
44. A. dreamB. courtC. collegeD. wish
45. A. ran awayB. ran outC. ran afterD. ran toward
46. A. watchedB. sawC. attractedD. noticed
47. A. earlyB. lateC. juniorD. senior
48. A. studentB. girlC. kidD. player
49. A. muchB. littleC. much moreD. much less
50. A. basketballB. scholarshipC. collegeD. school
51. A. feltB. sensedC. touchedD. thought
52. A. talkedB. spokenC. saidD. told
53. A. boysB. girlsC. coachesD. players
54. A. powerB. forceC. strengthD. will
55. A. skillB. abilityC. interestD. height
第三部分 阅读理解(第一节15小题,第二节5小题;每小题2分,满分40分)
第一节 阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
LOS ANGELES: The world’s oldest person celebrated her 115th birthday on Monday with music, cakes and a letter of congratulation from US President Barack Obama. Gertrude Baines, who became the planet’s longest living human in January following the death of Portuguese woman, Maria de Jesus, also 115, marked her birthday at Los Angeles Western Convalescent Hospital. Baines —who owes her longevity(长寿)to her belief and clean living — attracted worldwide headlines last November when she became the oldest African-American to vote for Obama.
She made her latest statement on Monday by declaring that she hopes to be around to vote for Obama again in 2012. Monday’s low-key(低调的)birthday party saw a group of friends sing Happy Birthday to Baines before the reading of a statement from The Guinness Book of World Records saying she is the world’s oldest person. “The only thing she is not satisfied with, well, there are two things. One thing, she doesn’t like meat. It’s not delicious enough,” her doctor, Charles Witt, told KCAL9 local television. “And the other thing is she worries about her pains of her knees. She told me that she owes her longevity to the Lord, that she never did drink, that she never did smoke and that she never did fool around.”
Born in 1894 in Shellman, Georgia, Baines’ father is the son of slaves, and she has lived longer than her entire family. Her only daughter died of fever when she was a child just learning to walk. Baines, who worked in University of Ohio dormitories until she retired, has lived at the Convalescent Hospital for more than 10 years.
56. How many reasons are mentioned in the passage which lead to Baines’ long life?
A. One.B. Two.
C. Three.D. Four.
57. Which of the following is TURE about Gertrude Baines’ birthday?
A. Her daughter sang Happy Birthday to her.
B. President Barack Obama came to attend her birthday party.
C. She and Maria de Jesus both became the oldest living person in the world that day.
D. She was recognized as the oldest person by The Guinness Book of World Records.
58. According to the text Gertrude Baines is anxious about ___ .
A. her daughterB. Obama’s election
C. her kneesD. her life
59. What is the best title for the passage?
A. Oldest Person Keen to Vote for Obama AgainB. Grand 115th Birthday Celebrations
C. A Noble Old Woman in the WorldD. Clean Living Makes You Live Long
B
One of Aesop’s fables(伊索寓言)describing a thirsty crow(乌鸦)which was able to drink from a half-full container after raising the water level by adding little stones may have had a basis in real life.
Scientists have found that rooks(白嘴鸦)— a member of the crow family—were able to figure out how to raise the water level in a lab container by dropping stones inside to get a tasty worm floating on the surface, just like the crow in the fable, which shows the power of imagination and how necessity is the mother of invention. The only other animal shown to be able to perform the same task is the ape(猿), which was able to seize a floating nut by throwing out water into a big bottle. Scientists believe it shows that, in many aspects, rooks and crows have intelligence comparable to apes when it comes to the use of tools.
“We have performed a large number of studies on both the crow family and apes, and have found that the crow’s performance is equal to or often higher than apes. However, it is not particularly useful to say that one kind is more or less sensible than another because often the playing fields aren’t even,” said Nathan Emery, who carried out the work with Christopher Bird at Cambridge. “This study suggests that they can not only think through hard problems requiring the use of tools, but imagine the results of their actions without trying and making mistakes, and produce proper ways to these problems that have never been met before.”
“We believe that the intelligence in rooks and other crows is developed mainly to solve social problems, as almost all crow species live in large social groups, but they also mainly form pair relations, like human marriages, and some of their knowing abilities appear to have developed to help them guess what others are going to do next — so-called mind reading.”
60. An ape is a kind of animal that ___ .
A. can get a tasty worm in a containerB. can grasp a floating nut in a bottle
C. has the intelligence different from rooks and crowsD. can satisfy his needs by using some tools
61. According to the text, we learn ___ .
A. apes are sure to be cleverer than crows
B. crows and apes can simply think through hard problems by using tools
C. crows and apes can find a way out only after trying
D. crows and apes have thought of the result before action
62. It can be inferred from the text that the intelligence in crows ___ .
A. is their born qualityB. makes them live in pairs
C. develops from their social lifeD. comes from their predicting ability
63. What’s the author’s purpose of writing this text?
A. To introduce the research discovery.B. To help readers understand the crow family.
C. To describe an Aesop’s story.D. To compare crows and apes.
C
Most parents do not like their children’s music. For example, today’s parents do not like rap(说唱)music. But what the parents do not understand is that people who make rap music have important abilities.
Think about the words in a rap song. Many of the words in the songs sound the same. For example, each word at the end of a line in the song usually has the same sound. Say that a singer used the word “eat”, he might also want to use the words “feet” and “meat” in the song. This is because these words end in the same sound as “eat”. So the person who writes the song has to know many words to find words that have the same sound and make sense in the song. Many people who do not like rap music do not think about rap singers’ abilities and the clever way that they use words.
Another thing that rappers do well is putting songs together. Rap singers mix songs from older records with their own music. A good rap song has many different songs in it. So, a rapper has to know a lot about older music. In fact, rappers can mix different kinds of music into their songs, not just rap music. Many times, rappers will put famous parts of old rock and roll, old pop, or old disco songs into a rap song. As long as the rap singer tells people who made the older songs, the rock, pop, or disco singers do not mind. If a rap singer does not say where he or she got the music from, then the other singers get mad.
Some parents think that rap is not really music. But that does not mean that the people making rap music do not have any special abilities.
64. This passage is mainly about ___ .
A. making rap music B. words in rap music
C. old songs used in rap music D. mixing songs in rap music
65. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the writer?
A. Making rap songs is not very difficult.
B. Rappers have to know lots of different words.
C. Rap music has nothing to do with old rock and roll.
D. Parents usually enjoy the same music as their children.
66. From this passage we know that ___ .
A. rap singers often borrow music from older songs
B. rappers do not need to make sense for their songs
C. putting older songs together to make rap music is quite easy
D. rappers do not usually know much about other kinds of music
D
It’s a question that every college student must answer. Both choices have their advantages and disadvantages so it is important for you to weigh them before you make a final decision.
◆◆On-Campus
Pros:
Convenience to go to school. If you live on campus, you can easily walk to classes, libraries, computer labs, etc. You don’t have to waste time and money in driving to school, finding a parking space and so on.
Simplicity. You don’t have to worry about monthly rent payment, bills and shopping. Most students living in a dorm get convenient meals.
Increased social life. Living on campus will allow you to meet more people and build more friendships. You will also usually know about campus activities and how to be involved in them.
Cons:
Little privacy(隐私). The close living space means little privacy. You may never have quiet time in your dorm because there will always be something going on.
Limited space. At most colleges, the dorm life is very social, so your grades may be affected in a negative way. If you often choose hanging out with your dorm fellows over studying at the library, then your GPA will suffer.
◆◆Off-Campus
Pros:
Independence. Living off campus will give you freedom from those rules and allow you to set your own.
Privacy. Living off campus means that you will be more than likely to have your own bedroom so you can have a place to sneak off and have time alone away from your roommates.
Sense of responsibility(责任). If you live off campus, you will be in charge of paying bills, cleaning house, shopping, and cooking.
Cons:
More expenses. Public service can be an extra monthly bill. You will need to buy furniture, kitchen and bath necessities, etc., which can be a big start-up cost. Traffic, whether you drive or use public transportation, is still going to cost you money.
Separation from others. You may be less involved with campus activities, and this could cause you to feel a sense of separation from your college.
67. This passage is written to ___ .
A. introduce what college life is like to students
B. help students choose to live on or off campus
C. explain different opinions about college life
D. offer some advice on how to start college life
68. The underlined word “weigh” in Paragraph 1 probably means ___ .
A. readB. compare
C. decideD. learn
69. According to this passage, which of the following is TRUE?
A. All the students living on campus can get easy meals.
B. Students may improve their grades by living on campus.
C. You need to pay extra tax if you live off campus alone.
D. Students may become responsible by living off campus.
70. Living on campus may be the best choice for a student who ___ .
A. wants to get good school gradesB. is very particular about private space
C. likes to make friendsD. is fond of all kinds of sports
第二节 下面文章中有5处(第71—75题)需要添加小标题。请从以下选项(A、B、C、D、E和F)中选出符合各段意思的小标题。选项中有一项是多余选项。
A. Gift giving proven to be valuable
B. Memories from gift giving
C. Moments and events for gift giving
D. Various functions of gift giving
E. Gift giving as a wasteful practice
F. Gift giving as a two-way social activity
Gift Giving
71. ______________________
There are many occasions for giving gifts in modern industrialized societies: birthdays, naming ceremonies, weddings, anniversaries, New Year. It is common to give gifts on many of these celebrations in western cultures. In addition, special events, such as one’s first day of school or graduation from university, often require gift giving.
72. ______________________
What is happening when we give gifts? Most important, we are exchanging gifts. If someone gives me a gift for my birthday, I know that I am usually expected to give one on his or her next birthday. A gift builds up or confirms a social obligation.
73. ______________________
Gifts tighten personal relationships and provide a means of communication between loved ones. People say that a gift lets the recipient(接受者)know we are thinking of him, and that we want to make the person “feel special”. We want people to feel wanted, to feel part of our social or family group. We give presents to say “I’m sorry”. Sometimes it is difficult for us to find a present that someone will like. Sometimes we give things that we like or would feel comfortable with. In all these cases, the gifts are sending out messages—often very expressive ones.
74. ______________________
People tend to talk about presents in a fairly loving way. A woman whose mother had died years ago described the many gifts around her house. These were gifts that her mother had given her over the years: “I appreciate these, and they mean something to me,” the woman said, “because I remember the occasions they were given on, and that they were from my mother, and the relationship we’ve had.” The gifts remain and keep the relationship alive in mind. This woman felt the same way about the gifts she gave to others. She hoped that the recipients would look at her gifts in years to come and remember her.
75. ______________________
Emotions like these suggest that a positive spirit still lies behind gift giving. They prove that the anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss was wrong to say that modern western gift giving is highly wasteful. Studies in Canada and elsewhere have also shown that this is not the case. Each gift is unique even if so many are given. The emotional benefit for those who exchange gifts is the very reason for the tradition to continue.