1、英 语 试 题 卷 英语试题卷共 10 页,满分 150 分,考试时间 120 分钟。注意事项：1.答题前,务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡规定的位置上。2.答 选择题 时,必须使用 2B 铅笔将答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑 ,如需改动,用橡皮擦擦干净后,再选涂其他答案标号。3.答非 选择题 时,必须使用 0.5 毫米黑色签字笔,将答案书写在答题卡规定的位置上。4.所有题目必须在答题卡上作答,在试题卷上答题无效。第卷第一部分 听力 （共两节,每小题 1.5 分,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
2、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. What will the man do during the summer vacation?A. Read some books. B. Visit his uncle. C. Travel with his friends.2. What are the speakers talking about?A. A fire. B. A flood. C. An earthquake.3. What is Buddy probabl
3、y?A. A dog. B. The mans son. C. A kind of plant.4. Where does the conversation take place?A. At a hotel. B. At a barbers. C. At a clothes shop.5. How does the woman pay the bill?A. In cash. B. By cheque. C. By credit card.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,并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前, 你
4、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。听下面一段对话,回答第 6 和第 7 小题。6. Who wants to speak to Tom?A. Jack. B. Mike. C. Betty.7. Why does Alice fail to contact Tom?A. He didnt take his phone.B. His phone is powered off.C. She doesnt know his number.听下面一段对话,回答第 8 至第 10 三个小题。8. Why is the woman ca
5、lling?A. To pay a visit to the man.B. To invite the Whites to a party.C. To ask about Mr. Whites schedule.9. What will the man do?A. Reply the woman later.B. Go to pick up his wife.C. Move to a new place.10. When will Mr. White go to Hong Kong?A. Next Sunday. B. Next Saturday. C. Next Friday.听下面一段对话
6、,回答第 11 至第 13 三个小题。11. What does the man want to do tonight?A. Play tennis. B. Finish work earlier. C. Go shopping.12. When will the speakers meet?A. At 6:30. B. At 7:00. C. At 7:30.13. What will the speakers have for dinner?A. Mexican food. B. Chinese food. C. American food.听下面一段对话,回答第 14 至第 16 三个小
7、题。14. What does the man ask the woman to get?A. A chair. B. Some newspapers. C. A glass of water.15. Where is the table?A. Beside the door. B. At the window. C. In a smoking area.16. What will the man do after the meal?A. Meet his friend. B. Catch fish. C. Go shopping.听下面一段对话,回答第 17 至第 20 四个小题。17. W
8、hy does the speaker give this talk?A. To remind the listeners to bring some stuff.B. To announce some changes of the trip.C. To attract more people to the trip.18. How long will the trip last?A. Two weeks. B. One week. C. Two days.19. What special activity will be prepared?A. A dressing party. B. A
9、dinner party. C. A dancing party.20. What does the speaker suggest wearing at the party?A. Formal clothes. B. Suitable clothes. C. Fashionable clothes.第二部分 阅读理解（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, 从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中, 选出最佳答案选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 AGo Green Without a Green ThumbIf youre anyt
10、hing like me, you manage to kill absolutely every plant that comes your way. No matter how hard I try, I cant manage to keep flowers alive for more than a few days. So Ive made a list of plants that even I couldnt kill and decided to share it with everyone who also lacks a green thumb.1.JadeWe commo
11、nly think of jade as a beautiful stone, but it also happens to be a plant that requires hardly any care and will give your apartment an air of elegance. There are only two things you need to do to take care of this plant:? Water the plant when the soil becomes moderately dry.? Wipe down the leaves e
12、very once in a while to remove dust.2.African VioletWant to add a little color to your apartment? That can be challenging if you dont have a green thumbmost flowering plants require a ton of care. Fortunately, African violets are not one of those plants.Simply water them once a week and enjoy their
13、beautiful blue, pink and purple hues! Just do your best to avoid getting any water on the plants leaves, as this can cause water spots (污渍).3.AloeAloe is also a plant that even the worst gardener among us can manage to keep alive. Step one: Acquire plant.Step two: Water it when the soil is completel
14、y dry, about every two to three weeks.Note: Aloe can be poisonous for your pet. If you have pets, make sure to only plant pet-friendly plants. 4. Lucky BambooTo bring some good fortune into your apartment, purchase some lucky bamboo. This houseplant does best in dim lighting, so keep it away from wi
15、ndows. Other than that, all you need to do is make sure the roots are always covered in water (an inch or two should do the trick).21. What can we learn from the text?A. Jade is only a kind of beautiful stone. B. You should spray(喷洒) water on the leaves of African violet. C. Aloe is a pet-friendly p
16、lant. D. Lucky bamboo can bring good luck to you. 22. Which of the following plants needs watering frequently? A. Jade. B. African violet. C. Lucky bamboo. D. Aloe.23. What is the authors purpose in writing the text?A. To introduce several plants that require little special care.B. To share with rea
17、ders the authors opinion on growing plants.C. To attract readers to buy some of their products on the list.D. To call on readers to protect the environment in daily life.BAs a youngster, there was nothing I liked better than Sunday afternoons at my grandfathers farm in western Pennsylvania. Surround
18、ed by miles of winding stone walls, the house and field provided endless hours of fun for a city kid like me.Since my first visit to the farm, I had wanted more than anything to be allowed to climb the stone walls surrounding the houses. My parents would never approve because the walls were so old t
19、hat some stones were loose and falling. Still, my idea to climb across those walls grew so strong that finally I had all my courage to enter the living room, where the adults had gathered after Sunday dinner.“I want to climb the stone walls,” I said. “Heavens, no! Youll hurt yourself!” the response
20、was just as Id expected. But before I left the room, I was stopped by my grandfathers loud voice. “Now hold on just a minute,” I heard him say. “Let the boy climb the stone walls. He has to learn to do things for himself. ”“Go,” he said to me, “and come and see me when you get back.” For the next tw
21、o and a half hours I climbed those old wallsand had the time of my life. Later I met with my grandfather to tell him about my adventures. Ill never forget what he said. “Fred,” he said, smiling, “You made this day a special day just by being yourself. Always remember, theres only one person in this
22、whole world like you, and I like you exactly as you are.”Many years have passed since then, and today I host the television program Mister Rogers Neighborhood, seen by millions of children throughout America. There have been changes over the years, but one thing remains the same: my message to child
23、ren at the end of almost every visit. “Theres only one person in this whole world like you.” the kids can count on hearing me say, “and people can like you exactly as you are.”24. The writer enjoyed his visits to the farm because _.A. there were old stone walls B. it was an exciting place for himC.
24、he liked his grandfather D. he was allowed to climb the stone walls25. Hearing the writers idea to climb the stone walls, _.A. all the adults were shocked B. his parents agreedC. none of the adults responded D. his grandfather backed him up26. We can describe the writer as _.A. adventurous B. reliab
25、le C. smart D. considerate27. What is probably the best title for the text?A. An Unforgettable Experience B. Do Whatever You LikeC. Just Be Yourself D. Remain Adventurous CA robot called Bina48 has successfully taken a course in the Philosophy of Love at Notre Dame de Namur University (NDNU), in Cal
26、ifornia.According to course instructor William Barry, associate professor at NDNU, Bina48 is the worlds first socially advanced robot to complete a college course, an achievement he described as “remarkable”. The robot took part in class discussions, gave a presentation with a student partner and pa
27、rticipated in a debate with students from another institution.Before becoming a student, Bina48 appeared as a guest speaker in Barrys classes for several years. One day when addressing Barrys class, Bina48 expressed a desire to go to college, a desire that Barry and his students enthusiastically sup
28、ported. Rather than enrolling(报名) Bina48 in his Robot Ethics: Philosophy of Emerging Technologies course, Barry suggested that Bina48 should take his course Philosophy of Love instead. “Love is a concept Bina48 doesnt understand,” said Barry. Therefore the challenge would be great for Barry and his
29、students to teach Bina48 what love is.“Some interesting things happened in the class,” said Barry. He said that his students thought it would be straightforward to teach Bina48 about love, which, after all, is fairly simpleits a feeling. But the reality was different. “Bina48 ended up learning 31 di
30、fferent versions of love,” said Barry, highlighting some of the challenges humans may face when working with artificial intelligence in future.Bina48 participated in class discussions via Skype and also took part in a class debate about love and conflict with students from West Point. Bina48s contri
31、bution to the debate was filmed and posted on YouTube. It was judged that Bina48 and NDNU classmates were the winners of this debate.In the next decade, Barry hopes Bina48 might become complex enough to teach a class, though he says he foresees robots being used to better the teaching and learning e
32、xperience, rather than replacing instructors completely.28. What was Bina48s performance like in class?A. Extraordinary. B. Insignificant.C. Discouraging. D. Average.29. What does the underlined word “addressing” in paragraph 3 probably mean? A. Dealing with. B. Competing with. C. Giving a speech to
33、. D. Sending a letter to. 30. What can we learn from the passage?A. Barry refused to enroll Bina48 for his course. B. Bina48 felt it interesting to learn about love.C. Artificial intelligence is definitely superior to man.D. Sometimes it can be challenging to work with artificial intelligence.31. Wh
34、at does Barry think of the future development of Bina48?A. It will surely be able to serve as a better teacher.B. It will be able to promote learning and teaching.C. It will completely take the place of instructors.D. It will be smart enough to control human beings.DBlue Planet IIs latest episode（剧集
35、）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 plastics.Though
36、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 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
