1、 The7th week (第第 7 周）周） 作业 1 The good seaman is known in bad weather. 惊涛骇浪，方显英雄本色。 1 第一卷（选择题第一卷（选择题 共共 100 分）分） 第一部分第一部分 听力听力 (共两节，满分共两节，满分 30 分分) 第一节第一节 听下面听下面 5 段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的的段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的的 A、B、C 三个选项中选三个选项中选 出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有出最佳选项。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秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下
2、一小题 每段对话仅读一遍。每段对话仅读一遍。 1. How was the mans vacation? A. Pleasant. B. Exhausting. C. Terrible. 2. When is the project due? A. In one week. B. In two weeks. C. At the end of this semester. 3. Where does the conversation take place? A. In a cafe. B. On a plane. C. In an office. 4. What is Mr. Oliver li
3、ke? A. Polite. B. Helpful. C. Frank. 5. What do we know about Jane? A. She is often late. B. She is a bad driver. C. She hates waiting. 第二节第二节 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。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。 听第听第 6 段材料，回答第段材料，回答第 6、7 题。题。 6. What d
4、oes the woman want the man to do? A. Put off spring break. B. See some western art. C. Drive her to the exhibit. 7. What is the relationship between the speakers? A. Taxi driver and Passenger. B. Brother and Sister. C. Mother and Son. 听第听第 7 段材料，回答第段材料，回答第 8 至至 9 题。题。 8. What happened to the woman?
5、A. She was robbed. B. Her house was broken into. C. She lost her purse somewhere. 9. What color is the womans purse? A. Blue. B. Yellow. C. Red. 听第听第 8 段材料，回答第段材料，回答第 10 至至 12 题。题。 10. What does the man want to do? A. He wants to withdraw his money. B. He wants to open an account. C. He wants to buy
6、 some products. 11. Which of the statement is true? A. A Silver account can provide a interest rate of 5%. B. A Gold account allows the card holder to withdraw money at any time. C. A minimum of $500 deposit is needed for both silver and gold account. 12. Why does the man have to come back tomorrow?
7、 A. He is not interested in the product. B. He doesnt have enough money. C. He forgets to take any proofs of ID. 听第听第 9 段材料，回答第段材料，回答第 13 至至 16 题。题。 13. Which game does the man like best? A. Chinese chess. B. Cards. C. Bridge. 14. What does the woman think of Chinese chess? A. Complicated. B. Simple
8、. C. Boring. 15. Why does the woman only play bridge occasionally? A. She doesnt like it. B. She isnt good at it. C. Its hard to find four players. 16. What does the man look forward to? A. Learning to play bridge. B. Setting up a cards game. C. Arranging a bridge game with the woman. 听第听第 10 段材料，回答
9、第段材料，回答第 17 至至 20 题。题。 17. How long has the zoo been open? A. For about 60 years. B. For about 110 years. C. For about 120 years. 18. What is a feature of the zoo? A. It has the largest collection of animals. B. The animals are displayed cagelessly. C. It covers an area of 120 hectares. 19. What is
10、forbidden in the zoo? A. Opening the cages. B. Feeding the animals. C. Playing with animals. 20. When does the zoo close on weekends? A. At 4:00 p.m. B. At 5:00 p.m. C. At 6:00 p.m. 第二部分 阅读理解（共 20 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、D）中，选出最佳选项。 A 开周亮剑（Assignment1） The7th week (第第 7 周）周）
11、作业 1 The good seaman is known in bad weather. 惊涛骇浪，方显英雄本色。 2 Each time you are about to visit a Schengen(申根) country like France and Italy, you as a foreigner will be asked to prove yourself to have a booked flight itinerary and/or flight reservation for a Schengen visa. Sometimes, you might have to
12、 present the actual flight ticket for your intended destination. Yet, you risk losing your money from paying the real flight ticket, even by knowing that your visa can be denied. You are also questioning: Where and how to get this flight itinerary and confirmed flight reservation? Is it possible to
13、pay for the flight reservation and flight ticket after I get awarded a visa? Can I reserve a flight ticket without paying the full price? And many other serious questions! Go easy, because all your above worries will be gone, once you read our simple explanations in the following parts of this artic
14、le! 21. From this passage what might well be required to present for your Schengen visa application each time? A. Your credit cards. B. Your bank information. C. Your real flight ticket. D. Proof of your booked flight ticket. 22. What information is NOT printed in the ticketitinerary in the picture?
15、 A. Flight information. B. Ticket price. C. Special meal needs. D. A bank account. 23. The following parts of this article will mainly _ A. help with worries about a flight itinerary/reservation B. explain why applicants need a booked flight ticket C. teach how to protect your money in application D
16、. list all the other requirements for a Schengen visa B My 11- year- old daughter has been awarded an academic scholarship to a private school. Its only a small discount, but the scholarship means shell skip the waiting list - - - provided my husband and I can cover $20,000 a year. Should we pay the
17、 private school fees, or choose free education instead? I always assumed my children would go to a private school, like I did. Not because my family is wealthy, but because I believe that the best education is private. It took years for me to make peace with the fact that my two children attended ou
18、r local public primary school. Theyll go to a private high school, I told myself. Yet here we are. My eldest is now in her last year of primary school, and my husband and I will struggle to afford private school. If so, I could increase my work hours. My law degree was supposed to be my ticket to a
19、good job and a solid income, but thats not quite how it turned out. During many sleepless nights, I felt troubled by the decision. Although I want the best for my daughter, I have my own dreams too. I cant sacrifice everything for my precious girl. I explain that I want to be a positive role model f
20、or my daughter, and an unhappy parent is a terrible strain on a family. I point out that not even the privilege of private school will protect my children from disappointment or struggle. And finally, its decided. My daughter is going to the public school behind our home. She couldnt be more pleased
21、. Its taken me a little longer, but now Im content. More than my fancy private school education, its my family that shaped me. With high school now 25 years in the past, I can no longer remember the mathematical problems and Shakespearean quotes I once knew so perfectly. The lessons from my childhoo
22、d home, however, have proved impossible to forget. 24. From the passage we know that _. A. the scholarship her daughter won could cover most of her school fees B. her two children attended their local private primary school C. the writer had a good job and a solid income D. it took a long time for h
23、er to make the final decision The7th week (第第 7 周）周） 作业 1 The good seaman is known in bad weather. 惊涛骇浪，方显英雄本色。 3 25. Why did the writer want her daughter to go to a private school at first? A. Because her daughter earned an academic scholarship. B. Because she wanted her daughter to receive the bes
24、t education. C. Because she wanted her daughter to skip the waiting list. D. Because her daughters potential was wasted at the public primary school. 26. The underlined word “strain” in Paragraph 3 refers to _. A. anger B. comfort C. burden D. relief 27. What does the passage indicate? A. Parents sh
25、ould make every sacrifice for their children. B. Finance should be taken into account when it comes to education. C. Private school education is not as good as public school education. D. Rather than school education, family influences a person most. C On Aug 12, as white nationalists were in confli
26、ct with anti- racists over whether a statue of a leader in the American Civil war should be removed from a park in Charlottesville, a speeding car drove into the crowd, killing one and injuring dozens of others, reported The Washington Post. The car driver was a 20- year- old white nationalist. Actu
27、ally many of the white nationalists were young men. Some may wonder how the younger generation could have become caught up in racism, yet its believed that racist groups are using modern techniques to appeal to them. “Younger people have access to many more forms of information than ever before in h
28、uman history- - - social media,” Oren Segal, director of the anti- defamation (诽谤) leagues Center on Extremism in the US, told Newsweek. According to Segal, racist groups introduce people to “hate” by finding ways to communicate with them online. And Paul Becker, a sociology professor at the Univers
29、ity of Dayton, US, believes that some young people may even be using this to fill a “void (空虚感)” in their life. “These groups provide a place to belong, and give their lives a goal or purpose,” he told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Meanwhile, the changing of the US population structure is causin
30、g concern for some people after experts predicted that minority groups in the US could become the majority by 2050, leading to discontent and anger, according to Newsweek. The problem of racism has been on the rise in the US for some time. According to a Gallup poll in March, 42 percent of Americans
31、 worry a great deal about race relations, while the figure was only 13 percent in 2010. But like most problems, its unlikely to be solved overnight. “Even the best policy wont stop every attack. But they could, at the very least, help make events like Charlottesville less likely,” wrote Vox. 28. Whi
32、ch statement is NOT why racism in the US is going from bad to worse? A. The statue of a leader in the American Civil war has been removed from a park. B. Participation of racism may give the racists a purpose and a sense of belonging. C. Minority groups may make up a larger part of the population in
33、 less than 40 years. D. The advance of technology is making it easier for more people to get involved in racism. 29. What might Paul Becker agree with? A. Certain social media should be cut off from young people. B. Its common for the young in the US to feel empty and aimless. C. Involvement in raci
34、sm gives some young people a purpose. D. The Internet plays a positive role in keeping the young free from racism. 30. What can we learn from the last paragraph? A. Its impossible to stop racism. B. Good policies can contribute to the decrease of racial problems. C. Events like Charlottesville are c
35、aused by drawbacks of policies. D. Efforts should be made to solve racism in a short time. 31. Which can serve as the best title of the passage? A. No racism. B. Racism on the rise. C. Bloodshed(流血事件) in Charlottesville. D. Who are white nationalists and what do they want? D Blue Planet IIs latest e
36、pisode focuses on how plastic is having a devastating effect on the ocean and slowly poisoning our sea creatures. Researchers recently also found that sea creatures living in the deepest place on Earth, the Mariana Trench, have plastic in their stomachs. Indeed, the oceans are drowning in plastic. T
37、hough it seems now that the world couldnt possibly function without plastics, consumer plastics are a remarkably recent invention. The first plastic bags were introduced in the 1950s, the same decade that plastic packaging began gaining in popularity in the United States. This growth has happened so
38、 fast that science is still catching up with the change. Plastics pollution research, for instance, is still a very early science. We put all these plastics into the environment and we still dont really know what the outcomes are going to be. What we do know, though, is disturbing. Ocean plastic is
39、estimated to kill millions of marine animals every year. Nearly 700 species, including endangered ones, are known to have been affected by it. One in three leatherback turtles, which often mistake plastic bags for jellyfish, have been found with plastic in their bellies. Ninety percent of seabirds a
40、re now eating plastics on a regular basis. By 2050, that figure is expected to rise to 100 percent. The7th week (第第 7 周）周） 作业 1 The good seaman is known in bad weather. 惊涛骇浪，方显英雄本色。 4 And its not just wildlife that is threatened by the plastics in our seas. Humans are consuming plastics through the
41、seafood we eat. I could understand why some people see ocean plastic as a disaster, worth mentioning in the same breath as climate change. But ocean plastic is not as complicated as climate change. There are no ocean trash deniers(否认者), at least so far. To do something about it, we dont have to rema
42、ke our planet energy system. This is not a problem where we dont know what the solution is. We know how to pick up garbage. Anyone can do it. We know how to dispose(处理) of it. We know how to recycle. We can all start by thinking twice before we use singleuse plastic products. Things that may seem or
43、dinary, like using a reusable bottle or a reusable bagwhen taken collectively, these choices really do make a difference. 32. Why is plastics pollution research still a very early science? A. The plastics pollution research is too difficult. B. Plastics have produced less pollution than coal. C. The
44、 world couldnt possibly function without plastics. D. Plastics have gained in popularity too fast for science to catch up. 33. How did the author support his opinion in Paragraph 3? A. He presented statistics. B. He cited quotes from leading experts. C. He used examples from his own experience. D. H
45、e used the strategy of comparison and contrast. 34. What can we infer about climate change? A. Climate change is caused by human activities. B. Some people cast some doubts about climate change. C. Climate change is less important than ocean pollution. D. Ocean plastic is more complicated than clima
46、te change. 35. What is the main idea of this passage? A. Ocean plastic is a global issue. B. The oceans become choked with plastic. C. Blue Planet II has left viewers heartbroken. D. Plastics gain in popularity all over the world. 第二节第二节 根据短文内容，从短文后选项中选根据短文内容，从短文后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。出能填入空白处
47、的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 College is the time when youre expected to focus on your path in life. But its also the time youre the least equipped to have any long- term plan. 36 . The whole process can be divided into three stages. The first is “gathering fuel”. This means building up your skills, learning f
48、rom different experiences and developing a network of people who you trust and who trust you. And this is a stage that requires patience and a willingness to identify your own weaknesses and work on them. If you complete this stage with a growing sense of what you love to do and what you are good at, 37 . The second stage is “burning fuel”. This is the time to improve the skills you
