Module 5 The Great Sports Personality

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. Who had a good time？

A. The man. B. The woman only. C. The woman and her guests.

2. What are the speakers going to do？

A. Learn some Chinese. B. Print the menu in English. C. Have dinner.

3. Why doesnt the man go into the room？

A. He has lost the key. B. He cant unlock the door. C. He is waiting for the woman.

4. Where is the woman？

A. In a shop. B. At a restaurant. C. In a bank.

5. What time is it now？

A. 9：55. B. 10：05. C. 10：15.

第二節（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7题。

6. Why does the woman phone the man？

A. To borrow a recorder. B. To invite him to a party. C. To ask for his advice.

7. What kind of tapes will the man bring？

A. Classical music. B. Dancing music. C. Popular music.

听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8. What happened to the speakers？

A. They missed the train. B. They misunderstood the conductor. C. They got off at the wrong stop.

9. How will the speakers go to the Book Building？

A. By taxi. B. On foot. C. By bus.

10. What will the girl do this evening if she keeps her promise？

A. Watch Superman. B. Play tennis. C. Get a big cake.

听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11. Where was the woman born？

A. In Britain. B. In the US. C. In Canada.

12. In which year did the womans first book come out？

A. 1930. B. 1949. C. 1959.

13. Which book has come out recently？

A. My Father. B. My Heart. C. Nature.

听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。

14. Why didnt the man come to the classes？

A. He was writing his homework. B. He was too tired to go out. C. He lost his interest.

15. Whats the relationship between the speakers？

A. Classmates. B. Teacher and student. C. Boss and clerk.

16. What can we know about the woman？

A. She is from an English-speaking country. B. She had studied Chinese before.

C. She has a gift for language.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What do we know about the Great Salt Lake？

A. Its as salty as the ocean. B. Its far away from the ocean. C. Its near the ocean.

18. Where does the water of the Great Salt Lake come from？

A. Oceans. B. Rivers. C. Lakes.

19. Why couldnt the speaker stand on the ground？

A. The water held him up. B. The lake was too deep. C. He was too heavy.

20. How does the speaker describe his experience of opening eyes while swimming in the lake？

A. Exciting. B. Interesting. C. Painful.

第二部分 閱读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A

Do you love running？ It is a good exercise， yet many people find it boring. But what if making your morning jog a creative one？ Like jumping from walls and over gaps， and ground rolls？ Just like the James Bond in the movie Casino Royale？ Bond jumps down from a roof to a windowsill （窗台） and then runs several blocks over obstacles （障碍物） on the way. It is just because of Bonds wonderful performances that the sport has become popular worldwide.

Yes， thats Parkour， an extreme street sport aimed at moving from one point to another as quickly as possible， getting over all the obstacles in the path using only the abilities of the human body. Parkour is considered an extreme sport. As its participants dash （飞奔） around a city， they may jump over fences， run up walls and even move from rooftop to rooftop.

Parkour can be just as exciting and charming as it sounds， but its participants see Parkour much more than that.

Overcoming all the obstacles on the course and in life is part of the philosophy behind Parkour. This is the same as life. You must determine your destination， go straight， and jump over all the barriers as if in Parkour and never fall back from them in your life， to reach the destination successfully. A Parkour lover said， “I love Parkour because its philosophy has become my life， my way to do everything.”

Another philosophy weve learnt from Parkour is freedom. It can be done by anyone， at any time and anywhere in the world. It is a kind of expression of trust in yourself that you earn energy and confidence.

21. What can we learn about Parkour？

A. It is a team sport. B. It needs special training.

C. It is a good but boring sport. D. It challenges human abilities.

22. Moving around a city， Parkours participants ___ .

A. should run to extremes B. may choose to escape

C. must learn to survive D. can ask for help

23. What does the philosophy of Parkour involve？

A. Dreams and success. B. Sports and extremes.

C. Excitement and popularity. D. Determination and freedom.

24. What is the passage mainly about？

A. How Parkour does us good. B. What Parkour is.

C. Where we can do Parkour. D. When we can do Parkour.

B

My father was a manager of a sugar cane plantation （种植园） in Rio Piedras， Puerto Rico. My first job was to drive the oxen that ploughed the cane fields. I would walk behind an ox， guiding him with a broomstick. For $1 a day， I worked eight hours straight， with no food breaks.

It was very tedious work， but it prepared me for life and taught me many lasting lessons. Because the plantation owners were always watching us， I had to be on time every day and work as hard as I could. Ive never been late for any job since. I also learned about being respectful and faithful to the people you work for. More importantly， I earned my pay； it never entered my mind to say I was sick just because I didnt want to work.

I was only six years old， but I was doing a mans job. Our family needed every dollar we could make because my father never earned more than $18 a week. Our home was a three-room wood shack with a dirty floor and no toilet. Nothing made me prouder than bringing home money to help my mother， father， two brothers and three sisters. This gave me self-esteem （自尊心）， one of the most important things a person can have.

When I was seven， I got work at a golf course near our house. My job was to stand down the fairway and spot the balls as they landed， so the golfers could find them. Losing a ball meant you were fired， so I never missed one. Some nights I would lie in bed and dream of making thousands of dollars by playing golf and being able to buy a bicycle.

The more I dreamed， the more I thought. Why not？ I made my first golf club out of guava limb （番石榴樹枝） and a piece of pipe. Then I hammered an empty tin can into the shape of a ball. And finally I dug two small holes in the ground and hit the ball back and forth. I practiced with the same devotion and intensity. I learned working in the field—except now I was driving golf balls with a club， not oxen with a broomstick.

25. What was the writers first job？

A. Watching over the sugar cane plantation. B. Standing down the fairway at a golf course.

C. Driving the oxen that ploughed the cane fields. D. Spotting the balls for the golfers as they landed.

26. What does the underlined word “tedious” in Paragraph 2 most probably mean？

A. Boring. B. Unusual. C. Well-paid. D. Interesting.

27. What gave the writer self-esteem？

A. Helping his father with the work on the plantation. B. Bringing money back home to help the family.

C. Having a family of eight people. D. Owning his own golf course.

28. Which of the following statements is TRUE about the writer？

A. He wanted to be a successful golfer. B. He ran a golf course near his house.

C. He was satisfied with the job he got on a plantation. D. He made money by guiding oxen with a broomstick.

C

Beloit Summer Language

If youre serious about learning a language， come to one of the nations finest language summer camp programs， the Center for Language Studies （CLS） at beautiful Beloit College in Wisconsin. CLS is a four- or eight-week language program in Arabic， Chinese， Japanese， or Russian that is open to high school students and people who are studying or working at college.

Phone： 608-363-2500

Email： admiss@beloit.edu

Website： https：//www.beloit.edu

Georgetown University： Summer Medical Program

If youre a teen thinking about learning medicine in college， explore the medical summer camp program offered at Georgetown University. In this 20-day course， you will get a brief idea of the first-year medical school curriculum. The course includes lectures， laboratory work and fieldwork.

Phone： 202-687-7087

Email： highschool@georgetown.edu

Website： http：//scs.georgetown.edu

Bard College at Simons Rock： Young Writers Workshop

In the summer of 1983， Bard College at Simons Rock began offering a three-week writing workshop for high school students. Each year 84 academically motivated students are chosen to participate in the Simons Rock program. Former participants have gone on to such colleges as Bard， Harvard， Princeton， Yale and so on.

Phone： 413-528-7231

Email： jamieh@simons-rock.edu

Website： https：//simons-rock.edu

Art： Summer at Penn

Each summer， the University of Pennsylvanias School of Design offers an unparalleled （絕无仅有的） four-week summer art program for artistically gifted high school students. This pre-college art program in Philadelphia prepares you for the college admissions （招生） process as you experience university life. Courses are held within the School of Designs fine art studios and you can develop your technical skills and expand your styles of creative expression.

Phone： 610-265-9401

Email： imagine@jkcp.com

Website： http：//www.jkcp.com

29. What program accepts college students？

A. Simons Rock： Young Writers Workshop. B. Summer Medical Program.

C. Beloit Summer Language. D. Art： Summer at Penn.

30. If you want to improve your writing skill， you can send an email to ___ .

A. admiss@beloit.edu B. imagine@jkcp.com

C. jamieh@simons-rock.edu D. highschool@georgetown.edu

31. What website can give you more information about the art program？

A. http：//scs.georgetown.edu B. https：//simons-rock.edu

C. https：//www.beloit.edu D. http：//www.jkcp.com

D

Shopping is not as simple as you may think！ There are all kinds of tricks at play each time we reach out for a particular brand of product on the shelf.

Coloring， for example， varies according to what the producers are trying to sell. Health foods are packaged in greens， yellows or browns because we think of these as healthy colors. Ice cream packets are often blue and expensive goods， like chocolates， are gold or silver.

When some kind of pain killer was brought out recently， researchers found that the colors turned the customers off because they made the product look weak and ineffective. Eventually， it came on the market in a dark blue and white package—blue because we think of it as safe， and white as calm.

The size of a product can attract a shopper. But quite often a bottle doesnt contain as much as it appears to.

It is believed that the better-known companies spend， on average， 70 percent of the total cost of the products itself on packaging！

The most successful producers know that its not enough to have a good product. The founder of Pears Soap， who for 25 years has used pretty little girls to promote their goods， came to the conclusion： Any fool can make soap， but it takes a genius to sell it.

32. What may trick a shopper into buying a product？

A. The cost of its package. B. The price of the product.

C. The color of its package. D. The brand name of the product.

33. The underlined part “the colors turned the customers off” in Paragragh 3 means that the colors ___ .

A. attracted the customers strongly B. had weak effects on the customers

C. tricked the customers into shopping D. caused the customers to lose interest

34. What is the key to success in product sales according to the text？

A. The way to promote goods. B. The discovery of a genius.

C. The team to produce a good product. D. The brand name used by successful producers.

35. What would be the best title for this text？

A. Choice of Good Products B. Disadvantages of Products

C. Effect of Packaging on Shopping D. Brand Names and Shopping Tricks

第二節（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。

The Writers Block

Whatever you have to write， the idea of a blank page can be very discouraging. Here are a few easy tips to help you overcome your writers block.

1. Think before you write.

Before you actually start， think about what you want to say. The most important question to ask is： what response do I want to get？

36 It may be a memo （备忘录） at work. In that case， your main aim is that your reader will be able to get the most important information quickly.

2. Keep it short and to the point.

Use short， simple sentences， written for maximum effect. Make sure that everything you say is connected to your main aim or message. If you cant， its probably because youre not really sure of exactly what you want to say. 37

3. Avoid repetition.

You may feel that a point needs stressing， and that you therefore want to repeat it just to make sure it sinks in. Dont. Its much better to make sure you expressed yourself clearly and simply the first time round. 38

4. Choose your style carefully.

This takes us back to the first point. 39 If you know them personally， then youll also know how best to write to them. Make sure your style reflects both your relationship with your readers and your attitude to what youre writing. Remember that first impressions are important. 40 And of course， the wrong choice can do quite the opposite！

A. Remember your readers！

B. Try reading your text aloud to yourself.

C. Itll make your text much easier to process.

D. And if you dont know， your readers definitely dont， either.

E. The answer to that obviously depends on what youre writing.

F. The right choice of words and tone can help you get off to a great start.

G. If something really needs to be said again， at least find a different way to do so.

36. 37. 38. 39. 40.

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 grew up poor—living with my wonderful mother. We had little money， but plenty of love and attention. I was 41 and energetic. I understood that no matter how poor a person was， he could still 42 to have a dream.

My dream was 43 . By the time I was sixteen， I had started playing baseball. I could throw a ninety-mile-per-hour fastball and

44 anything that moved on the football field. I was also 45 ： My high school coach was John， who not only believed in me， but also taught me 46 to believe in myself. He 47 me the difference between having a dream and remaining true to that dream. One particular 48 with Coach John changed my life forever.

A friend recommended me for a summer job. This meant a chance for money in my pocket-money for a new bike， new clothes and the 49 of savings for a house for my mother. Then I realized I would have to 50 up summer baseball to handle the work schedule， and that meant I would have to tell John I wouldnt be playing.

When I told John， he was as 51 as I expected him to be. “You have your whole life to work，” he said. “Your 52 days are limited. You cant afford to waste them.” I stood before him with my head 53 ， trying to think of the 54 to explain to him why my dream of buying my mom a house and having money in my pocket was worth facing his 55 in me.

“How much are you going to make at this job？” he asked. “3.5 dollars an hour，” I replied.

“Well，” he asked， “is $3.5 an hour the price of a dream？”

That simple question made it 56 for me the difference between 57 something right now and following a 58 . I devoted myself to sports that summer and 59 the year I was chosen by the Pittsburgh Pirates to play baseball， and was 60 a $20，000 contract. My baseball scholarship got me through university and in 1984 I signed with Denver Broncos for $1.7 million and bought my mother the house of her dreams.

41. A. happy B. polite C. shy D. honest

42. A. run B. afford C. make D. need

43. A. athletics B. music C. business D. money

44. A. throw B. cross C. pass D. hit

45. A. right B. popular C. lucky D. wrong

46. A. how B. why C. when D. whether

47. A. sold B. taught C. brought D. asked

48. A. accident B. matter C. problem D. experience

49. A. aim B. idea C. start D. purpose

50. A. keep B. end C. give D. pick

51. A. mad B. puzzled C. frightened D. shameful

52. A. resting B. playing C. working D. learning

53. A. moving B. nodding C. shaking D. hanging

54. A. answers B. excuses C. words D. ways

55. A. sadness B. regret C. hopelessness D. disappointment

56. A. direct B. clear C. straight D. clean

57. A. wanting B. changing C. enjoying D. living

58. A. wish B. dream C. score D. desire

59. A. by B. for C. over D. within

60. A. paid B. got C. offered D. presented

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。

In order to know a foreign language thoroughly ， four things are necessary. Firstly， we must understand the language when we hear it 61 （speak）. Secondly， we must be able to speak it correctly with confidence and without hesitation. Thirdly， we must be able to read the language， 62 fourthly， we must be able to write it， making sentences that are grammatically correct.

There is no easy way to success 63 language learning. A good memory is very 64 （help）， but it is not enough only 65 （memorize） rules from a grammar book. It is not much use learning long list of words and 66 （they） meanings by heart， studying the dictionary and so on. We must learn by using the language. 67 we are satisfied with only a few rules we have memorized， we are not really learning the language. “Learn through use” is a good piece of 68 （advise） for those who 69 （study） a new language at present. Practice is important. We must practice speaking and 70 （write） the language whenever we can.

61. 62. 63. 64. 65.

66. 67. 68. 69. 70.

第四部分 寫作（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。

I gave my housekeeper an old pair trousers to wash and went into the study to reading books. My housekeeper usual looks through my pocket before washing my clothes， but for any reason she failed to do so this time. As I was reading， I suddenly remember that there was a five-pound note in the back pocket of the trousers I had told her to wash it. I dropped my book and rushed into a bathroom， for it was too late. My housekeeper said that her trousers had been in the washing machine for fifteen minutes yet.

第二节 书面表达（满分25分）

假定你是李华，计划和同学去敬老院陪老人们过重阳节。请给外教Lucy写封邮件，邀她一同前往，内容包括：

1.出发及返回时间；

2.活动（包饺子、表演节目等）。

注意：

1.词数100左右，邮件的开头与结尾已给出，不计入总词数；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

参考词汇：敬老院 nursing home；重阳节 the Double Ninth Festival

Dear Lucy，

Looking forward to your reply.

Yours，

Li Hua