第I卷（80‘）

I. ListeningComprehension (25')

Section A (10')

Directions: InSection A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. Al theend of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Theconversation and the question will be spoken only once. After you hear aconversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on yourpaper; and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have

heard.

I. A. The womandidn't know the man was going away.

B. He didn't know that the woman was leaving.

C. He didn't tell the woman about the party beforehand.

D.D. The woman didn't tell the man about the surprise party.

2, A. Jane has prettyeyes,

B. Jane hasn'tcollected posters.

C. Jane looks likesomeone in the posters.

D. The posters arcattractive.

3. A. Leave his wifeanother dish.

B. Don't wash the dishes.

C. Wash his wife's dishes.

D.Help his wife wash dishes

4. A. He had a baby.

B. His wife wassick.

C. He went to see a doctor.

D. He was seeing his sister.

5. A. The tape recorder doesn't need batteries.

B. The batteries inthe tape recorder need to be changed.

C. They would get anew tape recorder.

D. The tape playeris made of plastic.

6. A. She doesn'tunderstand the question.

B. She will not be graduating.

C. She likes to travel.

D. She does not plan to travel.

7. A. They shouldtum the fan off first.

B. He has to go to his music class.

C. He wonders what kind of fan the woman is.

D.He'd like to listen to classical music.

9. A. He was wrongabout Carol's wedding date.

B. Carol's wedding has been postponed till July.

C. He can't remember when Carol got married.

D. Carol has only been married since June.

Section B (15')

Directions: In Section B, you will hear two short passages and a longerconversation, and you will he asked some questions on the passages and theconversation. The passage and the conversation will be read twice, but thequestions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the fourpossible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer tothe question you have heard.

Questions 11 through13 are based on the following passage.

11. A. To take a shower. B. To meet friends.

C. For comfortable sleep. D. Forenjoyable meals.

12. A. Ringing hisway to sell telephones.

B. Encouraging strangers to shop with credit cards.

C. Working his way for potential buyers.

D. Persuading strangers into a credit card debt.

13. A. A homeless beggar'slife. B. Acurrent journalist's life.

C. A former urbanprofessional's living. D. Adiplomat's economic condition.

Questions 14 through16 are based on the following passage.

14. A. Over $100million.B. Over $4. 5 billion.

C. It has almost tripled onthe past decade. D. It has almostquadrupled since 1995.

15.A. The source of tuition. B.The arrival of more students.

C. Subjectsstudents major in. D.The rise of students' wealth.

16. A. Growth ofthe Chinese economy.

B, Exchange ofculture, ideas and skills between China and the U. S.

C.Dramatic growth of Chinesestudents in the U. S.

D. Chinese students' favorite subjects: business, education and film.

Questions 17 through20 are based on the following conversation.

19. A. It's easierto go to college on football.

B. A good chess-player helps to play football better

C. A good footballer helps to play chess better

D. It's easier to go to college on chess.

20. A.Chess-playing is a waste of tine.

B. Chess playing will ensure a scholarship.

C. Childrenshould keep playing chess even without a scholarship.

D. Children should keep playing chess if they can win a scholarship.

II Vocabulary (10')

Directions: Pill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box, Each wordcan be used only once. Note that there is one more word than you need.

No, YouWere Not Happier Way Back Then

Wesometimes get stuck thinking that everything was so much better, and easier, inthe past. It's one of the tricks our minds play on us, especially when we arefeeling vulnerable or overwhelmed.

However,21 is itthe case that things were "objectively"' better in the past.Psychologists refer to this flawed thought patten as rosy retrospection. Ithappens because when we think about the pas, we are more likely to think aboutpeople, events, places, and things in the 22 And,when we do so, we are more likely to focus on positive generalities than theunpleasant details.

Here'san example: If you think back to a holiday you had with your family say, fiveyears ago, you're likely to remember the enjoyable conversations you had, thegood food you ate, and the great family photos you were able to take. You'reprobably not going to remember how uncomfortable the couch was that you slepton for five nights 23 how you had a cold for the entire trip, howyour travel plans were 24 by bad weather, and, not to mention, howstressful it was being with your 25 family for a whole week.

Inother words, the negative details about past events 26 out of our memory over 26 time while thepositive aspects of our past experiences remain. I's good that this happens, asit keeps us in a positive frame of mind in the present. In fact, people whotend to remember negative experiences more than positive ones are likely toexhibit mood disorders such as depression. In other words, rosy retrospectionis a cognitive bias--but, like many cognitive biases, it is one 27 an important purpose.

Itcan, however, lead to mistakes in 28decision-making. So it'salways a good idea to approach our nostalgic 怀旧的) feelings with ahealthy degree of caution.

Psychologicalresearch generally suggests that our best days are ahead of us, not behind, Theresearchers found that optimism was lowest in people's twenties, then rosegradually through people's thirties and forties, 29 in people's fifties, and gradually decliningafter that.

Inother words, there's good evidence to suggest that your happiest days are stillto come. And, even if they're not, it's still important to assume that theyare. Don't 30 away from looking upon the past with a certaindegree of fondness. But, for the same reason, don't use the past as an excuseto be unhappy in the present. Ill. Reading Comprehension (45" )

Section A

Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words orphrases marked A, B, C

and D. Fill in eachblank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.

Hewas wandering in a rice field of dreams. The plants were taller than a man.Their panicles(散穗花序full asbrooms, and each 31 was as big as a peanut. After walking a while he laydown in the leaf- 32 with a friend, quite hidden. A rest was a goodidea, because the wonder-plants went on and on. In fact, they 33 the world.

ThenYuan Longping woke up, laughing. 'The rice plants he had 34 for decades at Anjiang and then Changsha inHunan province, sowing and nurturing them, visiting daily on his motorbike to 35 them, were not quite there yet. But they stilldeserved their name of super rice. The leaves were straighter and thanordinary. They had all the vigour of the wild strain that he and his team hadfound, after much 36 . beside a railwayline in Hainan in 1970 and had crossbred, over careful years, with the 37 variety. Some told him he was wasting histime, since rice was a self-pollinator. He believed that cross-breeding was 38 ， and, besides, that it always made the offspringstronger.

Thefigures 39 forthemselves. With his new hybrid rice the annual yield was 20-30% higher. Thismeant that at least 60 million more people could be fed every year. China'srice crop had risen from 57m tones in 1950 to 195m in 2017; from fooddeficiency, to food 40 Higherrice-yields allowed farmers to turn more land to other uses--fruit, vegetables,fishponds— 41 people not only ate more, butate well. Once his rice grew well, he sent seeds to the International Rice Research Institute in thePhilippines. Then he travelled 42 all across Asia and to Africa and America, aswell as inviting foreign students to the Hunan, Hybrid Rice Research Centre inChangsha to instruct them. A fifth of all rice grown globally now comes fromhybrids that were his.

Forthis he won the Medal of the Republic, China's highest, and the World FoodPrize. An asteroid was named after him. There was talk of the Nobel, too. Allthat seemed just smoke to him. Though he was rich, from his 43 in a seed company that used his name, helooked like a peasant, with his face leathered by sun and his big hands roughfrom "playing in the mud" all day.

Outsidethe funeral home in Changsha on the day after his death, crowds came to lay a 44 of yellow and white chrysanthemums (菊花),Several of the mourners said that 45they sat down to a meal, or merely smelled thefragrance of rice, they would remember "Grandfather Yuan"

Among the flowerswere the traditional bowls of boiled rice, super-food for his journey.

Section B

Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage I followed byseveral questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are fourchoices marked A, B, c and D. Choose the one that fits best according to theinformation given in the passage you have just read.

Everybodyloves a fat pay rise. Yet pleasure at your own can disappear if you learn thata colleague has been given a bigger one. Indeed, if he has a reputation forlaziness, you might even be more angry. Such behavior is regarded as "alltoo human", with the underlying assumption that other animals would not becapable of this finely developed sense of grievance（不满、不平

) . But a study by Sarah Brosnan and Frans de Waal of EmoryUniversity in Atlanta, Georgia, which has just been published in Nature, suggests that it is all too monkey, as well.

Theresearchers studied the behavior of female brown capuchin monkeys . They lookcute. They are good-natured, co-operative creatures, and they share their foodreadily. Above all, like their female human counterparts, they tend to pay muchcloser attention to the value of "goods and services^” than males.

Suchcharacteristics make them perfect candidates for Dr. Brosnan's and Dr. deWaal's study . The researchers spent two years teaching their monkeys toexchange tokens for food. Normally, the monkeys were happy enough to exchangepieces of rock for slices of cucumber. However, when two monkeys were placed inseparate but adjoining chambers, so that each could observe what the other wasgetting in return for its rock, their behavior became markedly different.

Inthe world of capuchins, grapes are luxury goods (and much preferable tocucumbers) . So when one monkey was handed a grape in exchange for her token,the second was reluctant to hand hers over for a mere piece of cucumber. And ifone received a grape without having to provide her token in exchange at all,the other either tossed her own token at the researcher or out of the chamber,or refused to accept the slice of cucumber. Indeed, the mere presence of agrape in the other chamber (without an actual monkey to eat it) was enough tocause hatred in a female capuchin.

Theresearchers suggest that capuchin monkeys, like humans, are guided by socialemotions In the wild, they area co-operative, group-living species. Suchcooperation is likely to be stable only when each animal feels it is not beingcheated. Feelings of righteous indignation ) it seems, are not the preserveof people alone. Refusing a lesser reward completely makes these feelingsabundantly clear toother members of the group. However, whether such a sense of fairness evolved independently incapuchins and humans, or whether it stems from the common ancestor that the species had 35 millionyears ago, is, as yet, an unanswered question.

46. In the openingparagraph, the author introduces his topic by

A. making a comparison

B.justifying an assumption

C.making a conclusion

D. explaining a phenomenon

47. The statement"it is all too monkey”(Last line, Paragraph 1) implies that

A. being angry at unfairness is also monkeys' nature

B. monkeys are also outraged by slack rivals

C. monkeys, like humans, tend to be jealous of each other

D. no animals other than monkeys can develop such emotions

48. Dr. Brosnan andDr. de Waal have eventually found in their study that the monkeys

A. prefer grapes to cucumbers

B.will not be co-operative iffeeling cheated

C.can be taught to exchangethings

D. are unhappy when separated from others

49.What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A. Monkeys can be trained to develop social emotions.

B. Cooperationamong monkeys remains stable only in the wild.

C.Animals usually show their feelings openly as humans do.

D.Human indignation evolved from an uncertain source.

(B)

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D. pay Eastern Energy for the electricity in advance

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B.Passwords are needed whenEastern Energy staff visit occupants' home

C.Complaints can be done orallyor in written word

D. Eastern Energy supplies electricity only in Eastern Britain

(C)

Freedomschallenge in the Digital Age is a serious topic. We are facing today a strangenew world and we are all wondering what we are going to do with it.

Some2, 500 years ago Greece discovered freedom. Before that there was no freedom.There were great civilizations, splendid empires, but no freedom anywhere.Egypt and Babylon were tyrannies, one very powerful man ruling over helplessmasses.

InGreece, in Athens a little city in a little country, there were no helplessmasses. And Athenians willingly obeyed the written laws which they themselvespassed, and the unwritten, which must be obeyed if free men livetogether, They must show each other kindness and pity and the many qualitieswithout which life would be very painful unless one chose to live alone in thedesert. The Athenians never thought that a man was free if he could do what hewanted A man was free if he was self-controlled. To make yourself obey what youapproved was freedom. They were saved from looking at their lives as their ownprivate affair. Each one felt responsible for the welfare of Athens, notbecause it was forced on him from the outside, but because the city was hispride and his safety. The essential belief of the first free government in theworld was liberty for all men who could control themselves and would takeresponsibility for the state.

Butdiscovering freedom is not like discovering computers. It cannot be discoveredonce for all. If people do not prize it, and work for it, it will go. Constantwatch is its price. Athens changed. It was a change that took place withoutbeing noticed though it was of theextreme importance a spiritual change which affected the whole state. It hadbeen the Athenians pride and joy to give to their city That they could getmaterial benefits from her never entered their minds. there had to be acomplete change of attitude before they could took at the city as an employerwho paid her citizens for doing her work. Now instead of men giving to thestate, the state was to give to them. What the people wanted was a governmentwhich would provide a comfortable life for them; and with this as the primaryobject, ideas of freedom and self-reliance and responsibility were neglected tothe point of disappearing: Athens was more and more looked on as a cooperativebusiness possessed of great wealth in which all citizens had a right to share

Athensreached the point when the freedom she really wanted was freedom fromresponsibility. There could be only one result.If men insisted on being free from the burden of self-dependence andresponsibility for the common good, they would cease to be free. Responsibilityis the price every man must pay for freedom. It is to be had on no other terms.Athens, the Athens of Ancient Greece, refused responsibility; she reached theend of freedom and was never to have it again.

But"the excellent becomes the permanent, Aristotle said. Athens lost freedomforever, but freedom was not lost forever for the world. a great American,James Madison, referred to the capacity of mankind for self-government. Nodoubt he had not an idea that he was speaking Greek. Athens was not in thefarthest background of his mind, but once man has a great and good idea, it isnever completely lost. The Digital Age cannot destroy it. Somehow in this orthat man s thought such an idea lives though unconsidered by the world ofaction. One can never be sure that it is not on the point of breaking out intoaction, only sure that it will do so sometimes

53. What does theunderlined word "tyrannies" in Para2 refer to?

A. Countries wheretheir people need help.

B. Powerful stateswith higher civilization.

C. Splendid empireswhere people enjoy freedom, D. Governmen ruled with absolute power.

54. What does theunderlined sentence" There could be onlyone result?" in Para 5 mean?

A. Athens would continue to be.

B.Athens would cease to havefreedom. C. Freedom would come from responsibility.

D. Freedom wouldstop Athens from self-dependence.

55. Why does theauthor refer to Aristotle and Madison?

A. He is hopeful about freedom.

B.He is cautious aboutself-government.

C. He is doubtful about Greek civilization.

D. He is critical of Greece's loss of freedom.

56. What is theauthor's understanding of freedom?

A. Freedom can be more popular in the digital age

B.Freedommay come to an end in the digital age

C. Freedom should have priority overresponsibility

D. Freedom should be guaranteed byresponsibility.

Section C

Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in each blank with a propersentence given in the box.

Each sentence canonly be used once. Note that there are two sentences more than you need. A. Heinspired our imagination and hoped we could use it to make the world a betterplace.

B. If all these entertainment products can be traced to one person, itwould be Stan Lee, who died last November at the age of 95.

C. Lee also appeared in a number of Marvel movies, watering his lawn,delivering the mail, and so on.

D.In order to keep multiple stories going at the same time, Lee wovethem together into a seamless(-YE fictional world.

E. Under Lee, Marvel transformed the comic book world by humanizing itscharacters.

F. Through the honesty of guys like Spider-Man, we learn aboutdifferent aspects of human nature.

Thinkof Spider-Man, Iron Man and Ant-Man. Think of Black Panther, the Mighty Thorand the X-Men. Think of the Incredible Hulk, the Fantastic Four and all theother superheroes that have stimulated the popular imagination. 57 . Froma small office in Manhattan in the 1960s, he helped create a lineup offictional heroes that have crossed from page to screen in a series of TV andmovie adaptations and changed the face of popular culture.

For many, he was the face of Marvel, if notcomic books in general, witnessing the company's rise to become anInternational media giant. As a writer, editor, publisher and Hollywoodexecutive, he played a critical role in what comic fans call one of themedium's golden ages.

58 . Lee gave the heroes flaws and insecurities,as well as an awareness of trends, social causes and a sense of humor, tryingto "make them real flesh-and-blood characters with personality, " hetold The Washington Post in 1992. "That's what any story should have, butcomics didn't have it until that point. They were all cardboard figures. '

59 . Iron Man, forexample, could join forces with the Fantastic Four, and Captain America couldfind himself a wedding guest alongside Doctor Strange. Lee created a fictionaluniverse for readers to explore one that made readers buy multiple series toget the whole story.

"Iused to think what I did was not very important, " Lee told the ChicagoTribune in 2014. "People are building bridges and participating in medicalresearch, and here I was working on stories about fictional people who do crazythings and wear costumes. But I suppose I have come to realize thatentertainment is not easily dismissed. "

StanLee was as extraordinary as the characters he created, said Disney chairman andCEO Boblger. Indeed, Lee worked tirelessly his whole life creating greatcharacters for the world to enjoy.

60 His legacy will outlive us all.

IV.Grammar (20') 第II卷(70)

Directions: Afterreading the passages below, fill in the blanks 10 make the passages coherentand grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blankwith the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word thatbest fits each other.

（A）

YoungChinese are rebelling against society through a simple act of resistance: lyingdown. Examples of the tangling, or "lying fat, " way of life includenot getting married, not having children, not buying a house or a car andrefusing to work extra hours or 1 (hold) a job at all.

Tangping.2 (emerge)over the last few months as the rallying call of Chinese millennials who havehad enough of the rat race. Some compare them to 3 1950sBeat Generation in the United States 4 call their behavior a form of nonviolentresistance or

"ideological emancipation" from consumerism. Supportersportray it. struggle and endless striving. Critics say it is defeatist. 5 arejection of struggle and endless striving Critics say it is defeatist.

Ultimately,observers say, tangling is a reflection of China's disenchanted（不抱幻想的）middleclass, faced with stagnant (141% fi%) wages in increasingly expensive andcompetitive cities.

Theterm developed after an April post on the Tieba forum 6 the author, unemployed for the last two years,described a low-effort, low-cos lifestyle that consisted of working just a fewmonths out of the year.

"Lyingflat is my sophistic movement, " he wrote, referring to the Greekphilosopher. Diogenes, who was known for living in a barrel. He posted apicture of himself lying in bed in the middle of the day with the curtains 7(draw).

Inthe 8 (follow) weeks, a"lying flat" group on the online forum Douban surged to 9, 000members. Internet users identified 9 as 'lying flatists , " posting photos ofcats and seals lying on the back.

Expertssay tangping is also a rejection of the attitude and behaviors--working andconsuming - promoted by the government to keep the Chinese economy running.When Chinese officials announced loosened family-size limits to allow allcouples to have up to three children, one comment went, "We are allthinking about how best to lie down 10 theyare pushing us to reproduce.

(B)

Itwas nearing midnight and the Prime Minister was sitting alone in his office,reading a long. memo that was slipping through his brain without leaving 11 (slight) trace of meaning behind.

Hewas waiting for a call from the President of a far distant country, and 12 wondering when he would telephone and tryingto put down unpleasant memories of what had been a very long, tiring, anddifficult week, there was not much space in his head for 13 else. The more he attempted to focus on theprint on the page before him, the more clearly the Prime Minister could see thegloating face of one of his political opponents.

Thisparticular opponent had appeared on the news that very day, not only to listall the terrible things that had happened in the last week (as though anyoneneeded reminding), 14 toexplain why each and every one of them was the government's fault.

ThePrime Minister's pulse quickened 15 hethought of these accusations, for they were neither fair nor true. How on earthwas his government supposed to have. stopped that bridge 16 (collapse)? It was outrageous for anybody tosuggest that they were not spending enough on bridges. The bridge was fewerthan ten years old, and the best experts were at a loss to explain 17 it had snapped cleanly in two, sending adozen cars into the watery depths of theriver below. And how dare anyone suggest that it was lack of policemen 18 had resulted in those two very nasty andwell-publicized murders? Or that the govemment 19 havesomehow foreseen the freak hurricane in the West Country that had caused somuch damage to both people and property? And was it his fault that one of hisJunior Ministers, Herbert Chorley, had chosen this week to act so peculiarly20 he wasnow going to be spending a lot more time with his family?

V. SummaryWriting (10')

Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the mainpoints of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far aspossible.

"Parentstoday want their kids spending time on things that can bring them success, butironically, we've stopped doing one thing that's actually been a provenpredictor of success--and that's household chores. " says Richard Rende, adevelopmental psychologist in Paradise Valley, Ariz. , and co-author of theforthcoming book Raising Can -Do Kids. Decades of studies show the benefits ofchores academically emotionally and professionally.

Givingchildren household chores at an early age helps to build a lasting sense ofmastery, responsibility and independence, according to research by MartyRossmann, professor at the University of Minnesota. In 2002, Dr. Rossmann analyzeddata from a longitudinal (纵向的) study that followed 84 children across fourperiods. She found that young adults who began chores at ages 3 and 4 were morelikely to have good relationships with family and friends and to achieveacademic and early career success, as compared with those who didn't havechores or who started them as teens.

Choresalso teach children how to be empathetic and responsive to others' needs, notespsychologist Richard Weissbourd. In research, his team surveyed 10, 000high-school students and asked them to rank what they treasured more:achievement, happiness or caring for others. Almost 80% chose eitherachievement or happiness over caring for others. As he points out, however,research suggests that personal happiness comes most reliably not from highachievement but from strong relationships. "We're out of balance, "says Dr. Weissbourd. A good way to start readjusting priorities, he suggests,is by learning to be kind and helpful at home.

The next time that your child asks to skip chores to do homework,resist the urge to let him or her off the hook. Being slack (懈怠的)about chores when they compete with school sends your child the message that gradesand achievement are more important than caring about others. What may seem likesmall messages in the moment but add up to big ones over time.

VI. Translation(15' )

Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the word orphrase given in the brackets.

21.她一想到每天要批阅至少300份作文，禁不住瑟瑟发抖。(thought)

22．华为（Huawei）刚发布最新版本的操作系统鸿蒙（Harmomy0S）就引起了公众的。(No sooner)

23．作业是用来帮助学生发现问题和巩固知识的，那些不做作业只抄答案的人必将自食其果。

(intend)

24．从这次停电中，我吸取了教训，那就是最好养成随时在电脑上保存正在编辑的文件的习惯。(lesson)

VIl.Guided Writing（25'）

Directions: Write an English composition in 120一150 words according to theinstructions given below in Chinese.

你的朋友李华报名参加了北京某高校的暑期大学先修课程，该课程提供两种上课形式在线授课和线下授课。在线课程通过腾讯课堂进行直播授课，每天上半天课，课程持续四周线下授课要求学生去北京，在高校内集中上课，每天上8小时课，课程持续两周。李华对于选哪种上课形式犹豫不决，写邮件来想听听你的建议。请你回复邮件，内容包括你的想法和理由。

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6. where 7. drawn8. following 9. themselves 10. While 11.the slightest 12. between 13. anything 14. but also 15. as soon/long as

16. collapsing 17. why 18. that 19.should 20. that

Reference for Summary Writing:

Parents today overlook the significance of kids sharing housework,but studies show chores help children develop better in studies, mental healthand even future careers. Besides, it enables kids to become responsible andself- reliant. Still, by doing their share of chores, kids grow to be loving,caring and helpful. So it's important for parents to let children take uphousework.(61 words)

Translations:

21. She couldn't help trembling(0.5)at the thought of(0.5) having to grade(0.5) at least(0.5)300 compositions(0.5) every day(0.5).

22. No sooner(l) had Huawei launched(0.5)its latest version(0.5) of operating systemHarmonyOS than it attracted the attention(0.5)of the public(0.5).

23. Homework is intended to(0.5) help students find out problems (0.5) and strengthen the knowledge(0.5) and those who(0.5) copythe answers(0.5) instead of doing homework(0.5)are sure to(0.5) have a taste of their own medicine(0.5).

24. The lesson I learnt from(l ) this power failure(0.5) was that(0.5) I hadbetter/it was better for me to(0.5) formthe habit of(0.5) saving the file(0.5)I was compiling/editing/working on(0.5) onthe computer(0.5) anytime(0.5).