第I卷(选择题，共125分)
I . Phonetics(5 points)
Directions：In each of the following groups of words, there are four underlined letters or letter combinations marked A, B, C and D. Compare the underlined parts and identify the one that is different from the others in pronunciation. Mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
1. A. game
B. late
C. trade
D. have
2. A. there
B. diick
C.也ank
D. thirty
3. A. useless
B. endless
C. unless
D. hopeles
4. A. cool
B. flood
C. foot!
D. moon
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5. A. easy
B. noisy
C. busy
D. fantasy
n . Vocabulary and Structure (15 points)
Directions：There are 15 incomplete sentences in this section. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose one answer that best completes the sentence and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
6. This test is
designed for students native language is not English.
A. whose
B. whom
C. to whom
D. to whose
7. While _
—along the shore, I found a lot of sea shells.
A. walk
B. walking
C. to walk
D. walked
8. The sweater she received in the end differed ihe one she had seen online.
A. by B. in
C. with D. from
9. There are numerous websites on the Internet you can learn how to cook.
A. that B. when
C. where D. which
10. The writer* s first book is popular than his second one.
A. so B. less
C. such D. much
11. Tom is a careless person. He forgot the door again when he went out yesterday.
A. to lock B. locking
C. to have locked D. having locked
12. We generally have four people working in the shop, but at periods we employ extra hands.
A. top B. rush
C. tip D. peak
13. It is expected that by 2049 the population of the city two million.
A. would reach B. will have reached
C. will be reaching D. would have been reached
14. As the manager of this new company, Charles lots of work and almost liad no time for pleasure.
A. took to B. took after
C. look on D. took off
15. If John had entered the office ten niinules ago, he what we were talking about just now.
A. should know B. had known
C. would know D. would have known
16. Your brother Frank doesn * I eal cheese, ?
A. is he B. isn' t he
C. does he D. doesn * t he
17. Pels constant care are not suitable for people with little spare lime.
A. require B. requiring
C. required D. to require
18. Newspapers, magazines, televisions and computers all fight to our atlention.
A. hold B. bring
C. carry D. pull
19. My friend John didn51 like my suggestion we should share ihe rent.
A. that B. what
C. how D. why
20. The old man's clothes, old and worn, looked clean and of good quality.
A. if B. when
C. though D. since
DI. Cloze(30 points)
Directions:For each blank in the following passage, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that is most suitable and mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
Many of us rely on our smart phones for our everyday cameras. Our phones, however, collect lots of data 2〕 us, and camera software can automatically make a 22 of our location when we take a photo. This is more often a potential safely 23 than a benefit.
Let* s start with the 24 . When you allow your camera lo mark your location, photo management apps, 25 Apple's Photos and Google Photos, can automatically 26 pictures into albums based on location. Thal * s 27 when you go on vacation and want to remember 28 you were when you took a picture.
Bui when you' re not traveling, 29 your location marked on photos is not great. Let's say you just connected with 30 on a dating app and shared a photo of your dog. 31 you had the location feature turned on when you took the photo, that person could 32 the data to see where you live.
Just to be 33 , make sure the photo location feature is off by defaull (默认情况下).You 34
choose to tum the location feature on 35 to document your vacation, but remember to turn it off when your trip is over.
21. A. with
B. above
C. about
D. besides
22. A. note
B. choice
C. focus
D. call
23.A. harm
B. advantage
C. test
D. risk
24. A. records
B. positives
C. satisfactions
D. points
25. A. of
B. as
C. with
1). like
26. A. sort
B.shape
C. reach
D. work
27. A. helpful
B. succeWul
C. doublful
D. painful
28. A. which
B. where
C. why
D. how
29. A. letting
B. hiding
C. having
D. allowing
30. A. none
B. everyone
C.anyone
D. someone
31. A. If
B. Though
C. Unless
1). Whether
32. A. edit
B. analyze
C. copy
D. erase
33. A. h叩py
B. easy
C. safe
D. active
34. A. might not
B. niighl
C. must not
D. must
35. X. quickly
B. permanently
C. temporarily
D. slowly
Reading Comprehension (60 points)
Directions：There are five reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by four questions. For each question there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
Passage One
When my daughter first began competing in school chess tournaments, 1 often (halted with other parents. Sometimes, I ' cl ask if they played chess themselves. Usually, the reply was no. When I volunteered that 1 was learning to play , their tone was cheerfully joking： “Cowl luck with If this game is so good for kids, why are adults ignoring it? Seeing someone playing smart phone games, I wanted to say： '*Why are you having your kids do chess while you do that?”
Sure, we parents had work to do, work that helped pay for the lessons our kids were enjoying. But I
also wondered if we were sending a subtle message ： that learning was (or the young. During one
tournament, I saw a group of parents. They were playing chess! Just then, a gn)up of kids passed me.
*'Why are adults learning chess?" one asked, in a vaguely teasing tone.
I was lired of silting on the sidelines. I wanled in. And that is how I got a membership card and started throwing myself in. Early on, I was nervous, even though I really had nothing to lose, except my pride. M A master can sometimes play badly,” as one grandmaster (国 际象棋大师)put it, “a fan, never!" And fan 1 was. It was three hourH of concentration and thinking, with my phone turned off. It felt like a gym for lln; brain.
Being a beginner can be hard al any age, but it gets harder as you get older. The phrase **adult beginner'* has an air of gentle pity. It implies the learning of something ihal you should have perhaps already leanied.
36. Whal can we learn about other parents from their remarks in Para. 1 ?
A. They were indiflerenl to adult learners.
B. They agreed on the idea of learning chess.
C. They gave congratulations to the adult learner.
D. They thought it odd for an adult to learn chess.
37. What was a group of parents doing during one tournament in Para. 2?
A. Playing chess. B. Enjoying chatting.
C. Watching kids play chess. D. Helping kids with their lessons.
38. Which of the following is closest in meaning to ,4 sitting on the sidelines*' in Para. 3?
A. Not being noticed. B. Expressing vague ideas.
C. Not being involved. D. Following what others do.
39. What did the wriler ihink of his experience of learning to play chess?
A. It helped him remain calm. B. It helped him train his brain.
C. It made him proud of himself. D. It made him quest ion himself.
Passage Two
There's an old fixed understanding about the difference helween cals and dugs. Dogs are loving and loyal, while cats are aloof (冷漠离群的)and indiflerenl. Most cat people, however, probably disagree. Overall, cat research suggests cats do fonn emotional bonds with their owners. Cals seem to experience separation anxiety, respond to their owners * voice* more ihan to strangers * and look for comfort when scared.
But a new sludy reveals a more complicated picture of our ndalionship with cats. Adapting a method previously used to study dogs, the scienlisls found cats—unlike dogs—don't avoid strangers who refuse to help their owners. This doesn * I mean ihal the cats in this study were selfish, Inil they simply didn' t understand how human beings respond to each other. They weren * I aware that some of the strangers were being unhelpful.
In an experiment, a cal watched as her owner tried to open a box to gel at something inside. Two strangers sat on either side of the owner and the owner turned Io one of them and asked for help. In "helper" trials, the stranger helped the owner to open the box. In " non-helper” trials, the stranger refused. The other stranger sal passively, doing nothing. Then, both strangers offered the cat a treat, and the scientists watched to see which stranger the cal approached first. Did she prefer Io take food from a helpful stranger over a passive one? Or did she avoid taking food from the non-helper?
When this method was used to test dogs, they showed a clear preference. The dogs preferred not to lake food from a stranger who refused to help their owner. In contrast, the cats in the sludy were completely indifferent. They showed no preference for the helpful person and no avoidance (避开)of ihe unhelpful person. Apparently, as far as cats are concerned, food is food.
What should we take from this? An attractive conclusion would be that cats are selfish and don' ( care about hew their owners are treated at all. Tliis is an example of human-centered thinking of animals. To really understand cats, we have to get out of this view and think of them as cats.
40. What do most cat people probably disagree with, according to Para. I ?
A. Cats are strange. B. Cats are loving.
C. Cats are caring. D. Cats are cold.
41. What does most research about cats show ?
A. They don't need their owners' attention.
B. They are emotionally attached to iheir owners.
C. They don't experience separation anxiety as dogs do.
D. They respond to their owners * voices less than dogs do.
42. What can be learned from the study?
A. Cats take food no mailer who feeds them.
B. Cats refuse food from unhelpful strangers.
C. Dogs refuse food from those who anger them.
I. . Dogs take food no matter how they are treated.
43. What should we do to beller understand cats, according to the last paragraph?
A. To treat them as friends. B. To compare them with dogs.
C. To regard them as animals. D. To care about their behavior.
Passage Three
Scientists have shown that exercise is linked to brain changes llintughout all stages of life and can help the brain develop and stay healthy. Babies, G)r example, need regular exercise to fonn connections in the brain. In children, research suggests that exercise improves attention, focus and school perfonnance. In the elderly, exercise has been shown to help slow memory loss.
Tlien how does exercise help ihe brain? Over the last 20 years, scientists have learned that exercise can help keep the mind sharp in a number of ways. Exercise improves blood flow to the brain. The blood carries oxygen, contributing Io more efficient connections Izween brain cells. Increasing blood flow is one way that exercise can improve mental abilities. Tlie positive effects of exercise on ihe brain can be seen in babies, pre-teenagers and adults.
Babies arc in near-constant movement, which is extremely important for development. This movement not only strengthens their muscles, but also helps their brains G)nn connections. The process condnues thnnighoul life but is most intense in infancy (婴儿期)and toddlerhood (学步期)，when children are mastering brand-new skills like sitting, standing, walking, running and jumping.
Exercise is also healthy for pre-teenagers* brains. In fact. some research suggests thal regular exercise can improve school perfomiance. A slucly found that the effects depended on how much kids exercised. Ilie more days the children attended the exercise program, the more their focus improved.
Finally, exercise helps keep the mind sharp during adulthiMxl. Research suggests exercise can increase the size of the hippocampus, an important area of the brain, which becomes smaller wilh age, and can increase levels of a protein(蛋白质)that aids the growth of new brain cells. This can help prevent older adulls from losing mental abilities and memory.
44. How does exercise help the elderly?
A. By improving attention. B. By slowing memory loss.
C. By conneding with others. D. By controlling cell growth.
45. How does exercise sharpen the mind according to Para. 2?
A. By increasing the brain size.
B. By decreasing the protein level.
C. By extending the time of concentration.
I. . By strengthening brain cells * connections.
46. What is crucial in the development of babies' brains?
A. Babies' ability Io focus.
C. Babies' muscle strength.
47. What is the main idea of ihe passage?
A. Exercise slrenglhens people * s body.
C. Exercise improves people * s life.
Passage Four
In 1542, Francisco de Orellana led the first European voyage down the Amazon River. During【his voyage the explorers met a lot of resistance (抵抗)from ihe local Indians. In one particular tribe the women fighters were so fierce ihal ihey drove iheir male fighters in front of them with spears. Thus the river was named after the famous women fighters of ihe ancient Greek stories, the Amazons.
This voyage also started our wonder of the greatest river and ihe largest area of rainforest in the world. Alxiut 20% of all fresh water carried to the oceans is from the Amazon River. 'Ilie Amazon basin is the world1 s largest, about the size of Europe. The river is a product of the rainy season. which brings huge rains every summer. This also produces a large area of rainforest, which supports the largest number of diverse plants and animals of any area in the world.
The Amazon rainforest is also important when it comes to ihe future of global uarming, as it is a huge natural store of carbon. Up until recently it was thcughl thal the Amazon hud fully grown and thus could not take up any more CO2. Experiments have shown this could be wrong and that the Amazon rainforest might be sucking up an additional five tons of CO2 from the atmosphere per hectare (公顷)per year. This is because plants react favorably to increased CO,; because it is the raw material for photosynthesis (光合作 用)，the more of it the better. So having more CO2 in the atmosphere acts like a fertilizer, slimulating plant gn)wth. Because of the size of the Amazon rainforest, it seems that presently il is taking up a large percentage of our CO2 pollution in the atmosphere, about 75% of the world * s car pollution.
48. After whom was the Amazon River named?
A. The Indian women fighters.
B. The head of an Indian tribe.
C. The Grst explorer of ihe river.
D. The women fighters in ancient Greek stories.
49. Which of the following statements is true?
A. Tlie Amazon basin is the largest in the world.
B. 'Rie Amazon River causes huge rains every summer.
C. The Amazon rainforest supports about 20% of the world * s plants.
D. Ilie Amazon River carries 75% of the world * s water to the oceans.
50. Why is C02 compared to a fertilizer in Para. 3?
A. They both absorb light. B. They both store heat.
C. They both help plants grow. D. They both cause global warming.
51. Whal is implied in ihe last paragraph?
A. The Amazon rainforest may disappear soon.
B. The Amazon may take up more C02 in the future.
C. The size of the Amazon basin may become smaller.
D. People may change the name of the Amazon River.
Passage Five
Hie AIDA model is the Inundation of modem .marketing and advertising practice. It outlines the four bask steps that can be used lo |>ersuade potential customers to make a purchase. The first three steps lie in creating attention (A), developing interest (I), and building desire ( D) for the product, before the fourth step—the *'call to actionM (A)—tells them exactly how and where to buy. AIDA can channel the customer * s feelings through each stage of the communication process toward reaching a sale.
Attracting the customer * s attention is the first challenge, and this may be achieved by using an attractive phrase, offering a discount or something for free, or demonstrating how a problem can be solved. Once someone * s attention has been seized, il must be lumed into real interest. This is best done by providing a brief description of the product' s benefits to the consumer, rather than simply listing the pnxluct * s main fealures. Problem-solving claims, or results-based advice can be used to create desire, before finally laying out a simple way for that desire to be met—the means to buy. On website advertising, this might be a direct link; on TV or print, it may be a website or telephone number.
In the movie induslry, ihe stages of AIDA are used to great effect. Movie studios often begin their marketing campaigns months in advance with giant posters to attract attention to the new movie. Short attractive previews follow, which develop interest by offering an attractive glimpse of the movie without giving too much away. Desire is inspired by the release of the full preview, which is carefully designed to show the exciting moments of the movie, from special effects to humorous lines of dialogue. On the opening weekend, advertisements in newspapers and on television focus on the movie * s release, inviting the consumer to go and buy a ticket.
52. What is the purpose of creating the AIDA model?
A. To promote potential sales.
B. To simplify the daily business.
C. To describe the types of markets.
D. To lay the foundation for advertising.
53. Which of the following can tum customers' attention into real interest?
A. Listing the product's main features.
B. Describing the benefits of a product.
C. Selling a product at a great discount.
D. Offering free samples through a link.
54. In which stage of the AIDA model are giant posters used?
A. Attention. B. Interest.
C. Desire. D. Action.
55. What is the writer * s tone in introducing the AIDA model?
A. Surprised. B. Critical.
C. Objective. D. Hopeful.
V. Daily Conversation(15 points)
Directions：Pick out appropriate expressions from the eight choices below and complete the following dialogues by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
A. How can I help you
B. Where do you live
C. Can you arrange a wake-up call at 6 a. m.
D. Is that all
E. What else can I help you with
F. Have you finished
G. Who is that
H. What is your room number
Clerk ： Hello, ihis is the front desk. 56 ?
Brown： Hello. I need to catch a plane toinorrou at 9 a. m. 57 ?
Clerk ： Of course. 58 ?
Brown ： Room 423.
Clerk： OK, we will call you ihen. 59 ?
Brown ： Yes. I need a taxi for 7 a. in. Could you do me a favor?
Clerk ： problem. 60 ?
Brown： Yes, thanks br your help.
Clerk： It * s my pleasure.
第n卷(非选择题，共25分)
VI. Writing (25 points)
Directions：For this part, you are supposed to write an e-mail in about 100 -120 words based on the following situation. Remember to write it clearly.
61.你(Li Yuan)下周一因为要去参加演讲比赛,不能上外教(Prof. Smith)的写作课。请给他写 一封e-niail.内容包括：
•请假并表示歉意;
-解释不能上课的原因,如比赛的重耍性;
•承诺会自学所缺内容并按时交作业;
•祝他愉快一
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