Module 3 Adventure in Literature and the Cinema

第一部分 聽力（共兩節，滿分30分）

第一節（共5小題；每小題1.5分，滿分7.5分）

聽下面5段對話。每段對話后有一個小題，從題中所給的A、B、C三個選項中選出最佳選項，并標在試卷的相應位置。聽完每段對話后，你都有10秒鐘的時間來回答有關小題和閱讀下一小題。每段對話僅讀一遍。

1. What are the two speakers talking about？

A. A book. B. A film. C. A match.

2. How much was the bicycle？

A. $60. B. $90. C. $120.

3. How does the woman feel？

A. Excited. B. Somewhat disappointed. C. Thankful.

4. What will the woman do？

A. Stay indoors. B. Have a walk. C. Get a coat.

5. What did the man mean？

A. He had a terrible vacation. B. He remained at home all the time. C. The woman asked a silly question.

第二節 （共15小題；每題1.5分，滿分22.5分）

聽下面5段對話或獨白。每段對話或獨白后有幾個小題，從題中所給的A、B、C三個選項中選出最佳選項，并標在試卷的相應位置。聽每段對話或獨白前，你將有時間閱讀各個小題，每小題5秒鐘；聽完后，各小題將給出5秒鐘的作答時間。每段對話或獨白讀兩遍。

聽第6段材料，回答第6至7題。

6. What does the man ask the woman to do？

A. To work for her former employer. B. To introduce a customer. C. To join his company.

7. What is the woman doing now？

A. Working for a company. B. Running a business. C. Hunting for a job.

聽第7段材料，回答第8至9題。

8. What makes the man so tired？

A. Playing computer games. B. Surfing the Internet. C. Searching for interesting people.

9. Whom did the man chat with？

A. People from Canada. B. People in need of his help. C. People on the same project.

聽第8段材料，回答第10至12題。

10. What is the relationship between the two speakers？

A. Workmates. B. Neighbors. C. Strangers.

11. What cant the man wait to do？

A. Go shopping with his wife. B. Look after his children. C. Work in his garden.

12. When does this conversation most probably take place？

A. On Wednesday. B. On Friday. C. On Sunday.

聽第9段材料，回答第13至16題。

13. What are the two speakers mainly talking about？

A. Where Bill met his wife. B. How Bill loves his wife. C. What Bills wife is like.

14. Why do the speakers think Bill is a lucky man？

A. He has a good job. B. He has a good wife. C. He has been to London.

15. Where is Bill from？

A. Australia. B. America. C. Britain.

16. What do we know about Bill？

A. He first met his wife in London. B. He once lived in America.

C. He talked about his job with the man the other day.

聽第10段材料，回答第17至20題。

17. What can we learn from the news？

A. No villager was killed. B. 14 houses were badly damaged.

C. Over 200 people were made homeless.

18. How many people were badly injured in the storm？

A. Seven. B. Nine. C. Fifteen.

19. What do we know about the farmer？

A. His house was destroyed. B. His wife was missing. C. One of his children was killed.

20. What did the woman do when she saw her house shaking？

A. She tried to take something out. B. She rushed out with her children. C. She told her husband not to leave.

第二部分 閱讀理解（共兩節，滿分40分）

第一節（共15小題；每小題2分，滿分30分）

閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

A

Napoleon， as a character in Tolstoys War and Peace， is more than once described as having “fat little hands”. Nor does he “sit well or firmly on the horse”. He is said to be “undersized”， with “short legs” and a “round stomach”. The issue here is not the accuracy（準確性）of Tolstoys description—it seems not that far off from historical accounts but his choice of facts： other things that could be said of the man are not said. We are meant to understand the difference of a warring commander in the body of a fat little Frenchman. Tolstoys Napoleon could be any man wandering in the streets and putting a little of powdered tobacco up his nose—and that is the point.

It is a way the novelist uses to show the moral nature of a character. And it turns out that， as Tolstoy had described it， Napoleon was a crazy man. In a scene in Book Three of War and Peace， the wars having reached the critical year of 1812， Napoleon received a representative from the tsar（俄國沙皇）， who had come with peace terms. Napoleon was very angry： didnt he have more army？ He， not the tsar， was the one to make the terms. He would destroy all of Europe if his army was stopped. “That is what you will have got by engaging（參加）me in the war！” he shouted. And then， Tolstoy wrote， Napoleon “walked silently several times up and down the room， his fat shoulders moving quickly.”

Still later， after reviewing his army among cheering crowds， Napoleon invited the shaken Russian to dinner. “He raised his hand to the Russians face，” Tolstoy wrote， “taking him by the ear and pulled it gently...” To have ones ear pulled by the Emperor was considered the greatest honor and mark of favor at the French court. “Well， well， why dont you say anything？” said he， as if it was ridiculous in his presence to respect anyone but himself， Napoleon.

Tolstoy did his research， but the composition was his own.

21. Tolstoys description of Napoleon in War and Peace is ___ .

A. far from the historical facts B. based on the Russian history

C. based on his selection of facts D. related to history in every detail

22. Why was Napoleon angry when receiving the Russian representative？

A. He thought he should be the one to make the peace terms.

B. The Russians stopped the movement of his armies.

C. He didnt have any more army to fight with.

D. The tsars peace terms were hard to accept.

23. What did Napoleon expect the Russian representative to do？

A. To walk out of the room in anger. B. To show agreement with him.

C. To say something about the tsar. D. To express his admiration.

24. Tolstoy planned to present Napoleon as a man who is ___ .

A. ill-mannered in dealing with foreign guests B. fond of showing off his strong will

C. determined in destroying all of Europe D. crazy for power and respect

B

If you look for a book as a present for a child， you will have many choices even in a year when there is no new Harry Potter. J. K. Rowlings wizard is not alone： the past ten years have been a harvest for good childrens books， which has set off a large quantity of films and in turn led to increased sales of classics such as The Lord of the Rings.

Yet despite that， reading is increasingly unpopular among children. According to statistics， in 2008， 23% said they didnt like reading at all. In 2014， 35% did. And around 6% of children leave primary school each year unable to read properly.

Maybe the drop is caused by the increasing availability of computer games. Maybe the books boom（激增）has affected only the top of the educational group. Either way， Chancellor Gordon Brown plans to change things for the bottom of the class. In his report of the plan for cost， he announced the national project of Reading Recovery to help the children struggling most.

Reading Recovery is aimed at six-year-olds， who receive four months of individual daily half-hour classes with a specially trained teacher. An evaluation（評估）earlier this year reported that children on the project made 20 months progress in just one year， while similarly weak readers without special help made just five months progress， and so ended the year even further below the level expected for their age.

International research frequently find that when British children leave primary school they read well， but read less—often for fun than those elsewhere. Reading for fun matters because children who love reading can expect lifelong pleasure and loving books is an excellent indicator of future educational success. According to the OECD， being a regular and enthusiastic reader is of great advantage.