Module 3?The Violence of Nature

滿分150分，時(shí)間120分鐘。

第一部分 聽力（共兩節(jié)，滿分30分）

第一節(jié) （共5小題;每小題1.5分，滿分7.5分）

聽下面5段對(duì)話。每段對(duì)話后有一個(gè)小題，從題中所給的A、B、C三個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并標(biāo)在試卷的相應(yīng)位置。聽完每段對(duì)話后，你都有10秒鐘的時(shí)間來回答有關(guān)小題和閱讀下一小題。每段對(duì)話僅讀一遍。

1. When does the woman prefer to go to the zoo？

A. On Sunday. B. On Friday. C. At weekends.

2. What are the speakers talking about？

A. A football match. B. Todays news.

C. An accident.

3. Where is Mary now？

A. At home. B. In the office. C. In the park.

4. What can we learn about the man？

A. He doesnt think it cold.

B. He likes the cold weather.

C. He is used to the cold weather.

5. How will the man go to work？

A. By car. B. By bus. C. On foot.

第二節(jié) （共15小題;每小題1.5分，滿分22.5分）

聽下面5段對(duì)話或獨(dú)白。每段對(duì)話或獨(dú)白后有幾個(gè)小題，從題中所給的A、B、C三個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并標(biāo)在試卷的相應(yīng)位置。聽每段對(duì)話或獨(dú)白前，你將有時(shí)間閱讀各個(gè)小題，每小題5秒鐘;聽完后，各小題將給出5秒鐘的作答時(shí)間。每段對(duì)話或獨(dú)白讀兩遍。

聽第6段材料，回答第6至8題。

6. What is the probable relationship between the speakers？

A. Sister and brother. B. Teacher and student.

C. Husband and wife.

7. How many children does the woman have？

A. 3. B. 4. C. 5.

8. Where will the man go next week？

A. Paris. B. London. C. California.

聽第7段材料，回答第9至12題。

9. What time does the early flight get to Paris？

A. At 7：50. B. At 9：00. C. At 11：05.

10. Which country does the woman want to visit？

A. France. B. America. C. Canada.

11. How often does the bus go to the downtown？

A. Every 14 minutes. B. Every 30 minutes.

C. Every hour.

12. How long does it take the bus to get to the downtown？

A. 4 minutes. B. 14 minutes. C. 40 minutes.

聽第8段材料，回答第13至14題。

13. When does the conversation take place？

A. In the morning. B. In the afternoon.

C. In the evening.

14. What would the man like to drink now？

A. Water. B. Coffee. C. Orange juice.

聽第9段材料，回答第15至17題。

15. What is the womans problem？

A. She has lost her job. B. She has to work late.

C. She is poor at computer.

16. How does the man think about the boss decision？

A. Reasonable. B. Unfair. C. Unbelievable.

17. What can we know about the woman？

A. She works hard. B. She is clever.

C. She doesnt learn new things.

聽第10段材料，回答第18至20題。

18. What is an ideal way to relax for a few minutes in England？

A. A cup of tea. B. A cup of coffee.

C. A glass of beer.

19. When did the English custom of drinking tea begin to form？

A. In the 16th century. B. In the 19th century.

C. In the 17th and 18th centuries.

20. Which Coffee House first offered tea？

A. Lynns. B. Toms. C. Timings.

第二部分 閱讀理解（共兩節(jié)，滿分40分）

第一節(jié) 閱讀理解（共15小題;每小題2分，滿分30分）

A

Leeds Castle Tour

Leeds Castle is in Kent， England， 5 miles （8 km） southeast of Maidstone. It is built on islands in a lake formed by the River Len to the cast of the village of Leeds. It has been open to the public since 1976.

Opening time：

April to September， 10：00—18：00

October to March， 10：00—17：00

Tickets： Tickets are valid for one year from the date of purchase， giving free repeat visits to the Castle， grounds and attractions （excluding special ticketed events and Christmas Day）.

Adult tickets： ￡24 single

Child tickets： ￡16 single （4—15 years old）

Kid ticket： free （under 4）

Transportation：

Coach or express： National Express from London to Leeds Castle directly

Train： Any train from southern cities to Bearsted; transfer by Spot Travel to Leeds Castle， 15 minutes ride， goes by each hour.

Upstairs Tour

See the State bedrooms， not normally on show to the public. Hear about the guests of the roaring 1920s. See the bedrooms where Edward and Simpson stayed and where Pavarotti was accommodated during his visit.

Time： Tuesday， 21st April， 11：30 am

Price： ￡5 per person. A valid entrance ticket is required per person.

Embroidery （刺繡） Taster Workshop

Learn the basics with expert supervision from members of the Embroiderers Association and sew your own small piece of embroidery and frame to turn into a cushion or handmade greeting card.

Time： Friday， 5th June， 10：30 am

Price： ￡20 per person. A valid entrance ticket is required per person （including refreshments and all materials）.

21. How much should an adult with a 10-year-old child pay to enter Leeds Castle？

A. ￡10. B. ￡16. C. ￡24. D. ￡40.

22. What can visitors see during the Upstairs Tour？

A. The State bedrooms. B. A portrait of Pavarotti.

C. A show. D. Artworks.

23. To visit the Embroidery Taster Workshop， you have to ___ .

A. get an entrance ticket B. show your greeting card

C. know about embroidery D. join an association

B

I was watching my kids play on the sidewalk when I looked up and saw a crow sitting on the telephone wire. The crow sat with its head turned to one side， observing us with one friendly black eye.

Im not a bird expert or a birdwatcher， but crows intrigue me. Since that day， I have become friends with the neighborhood crows， and Ive learned a thing or two along the way.

The best way to introduce yourself to a crow is by feeding it. Im sure there are other ways to go about it， but the easiest and fastest way to a crows heart is food. Some may argue that a crow is a wild animal and by feeding it， you encourage the unnatural dependence. And to most wildlife， this is an excellent philosophy. But crows and humans have been living side by side for centuries， and researchers like Marzluff and Angell， who wrote In the Company of Crows and Ravens， point to many examples of cultural co-evolution （共同進(jìn)化） between us. Its been a rather symbiotic （共生的） relationship for quite a while.

Certainly， humans and crows lives and histories have become closely related. I moved to this neighborhood in this small city 5 years ago. Im relatively new here， but the crows in my neighborhood may have lived here for many years. Theyve watched people come and go for years—people who may have watched them right back.

So anyway， were neighbors， and feeding is the neighborly thing to do.

24. It can be inferred form the Paragraph 2 that the writer ___ .

A. lives close to the crows

B. wants to be a birdwatcher

C. doesnt get interested in crows

D. has learned something about crows

25. What does the writer think is the best way to get the crows to like you？

A. To play with them. B. To give food to them.

C. To watch them closely. D. To make friends with them.

26. What is the purpose of Paragraph 3？

A. To introduce a book. B. To develop a philosophy.

C. To correct peoples ideas. D. To share personal experience.

27. What can we learn about the crows in the writers neighborhood？

A. They like watching kids playing.

B. They have not enough food to eat.

C. They are used to living with humans.

D. They havent lived there for a long time.

C

Earthquake rescue （救援） robots have experienced their final tests in Beijing. Their designers say that with these robots， rescue workers will be able to have more time to save more lives during an earthquake.

This robot looking like a helicopter， is called the detector-bot. Its about 4 meters long， and it took about 4 years to develop the model. Its main functions （作用） are to collect information from the air， and send goods of up to 30 kilos to people stuck in an earthquake.

This robot has a high-quality 360-degree panoramic camera. It can work day and night and will also be able to send the latest pictures from the quake area. Dr Qi Juntong， from Shenyang Institute of Automation， Chinese Academy of Science， said， “Unlike other automatic machines， the most important feature of this robot is that it doesnt need a distant control. We just set the information of the earthquake-struck area on it， and then it takes off， and lands by itself. It flies as high as 3，000 meters， and as fast as 100 kilometers per hour.”

This robot has a different function—it can change as the environment changes. Its main job is to search for any signs of life in places where human rescuers are unable to go.

As well as a detector （探測(cè)器） that finds victims and detects poisonous gas， a camera is placed in the 40-centimeter-long robot， which can work well even in the dark to send clear pictures.

Another use for the rescuers is the supply bot， with its 10-meter-long pipe. People who are caught in the ruins will be able to get supplies including oxygen and liquids.

Experts have said that the robots will enter production， and serve as part of the national earthquake rescue team soon.

28. What is TRUE about the robot according to the text？

A. It weighs about 30 kilos.

B. It is a 10-meter-long machine.

C. It is a machine carried by a helicopter.

D. It sends supplies to the earthquake area.

29. Dr Qi Juntong thinks the robot is different mainly because? ___ .

A. it has more functions

B. it has a high-quality camera

C. it can change as the environment changes

D. it can work by himself once given the information

30. The underlined word “which” in Paragraph 5 refers to “___”.

A. a camera B. a detector C. a rescuer D. a robot

31. What is the text mainly about？

A. An introduction to the robot.

B. The reason for making the robot.

C. Some rescue tips after earthquakes.

D. Some information about earthquakes.

D

If an emperor penguin wants to survive in the worst of an Antarctic winter， there is no such thing as personal space. The large birds are known to stay very close to each other， feather to feather， in groups of thousands to keep out the cold.

For the first time， German researchers show that these gatherings are carefully organized structures， in which single penguins can cause mass movements within the group that is similar to the movements of cars in a traffic jam.

“If one penguin starts a wave， perhaps walking too close to its neighbor， it travels like a Mexican wave in a football stadium，” said physicist Daniel Zitterbart. The Mexican wave happens when all the people watching a sport stand up， move their arms up and down， and sit down again one after the other in a continuous movement looking like a wave on the sea.

Emperor penguins gather in formation when the temperatures drop below -18℃， using each others bodies to keep warm. They arrived at an arrangement that physicists recognize as a “triangular lattice structure”， with a penguin at each point of the triangle. “They gather just by their natural ability，” said Zitterbart who filmed and then analyzed the movements of the penguins.

The researchers explain that the movements of a single bird within the huddle （擠作一團(tuán)的動(dòng)物） can set off a chain reaction that travels through the rest of the group.

That movement is similar to what happens when a single car in a traffic jam moves forward， setting off a chain reaction of tiny movements by all of the cars behind it. But theres a difference： only the first car in the jam can start off the group movement. On the ice， any penguin among the crowd can cause a wave of small movements.

“This is one case where a traffic jam is very useful，” said Zitterbart.

32. Penguins formations ___ .

A. are well arranged

B. often cause trouble

C. are taught by physicists

D. usually move in a square shape

33. What do we know about the Mexican wave？

A. It is the major cause of penguins movements.

B. It is a complex structure organized by penguins.

C. It is a dangerous incident that happens in stadium.

D. It works like the movements of cars in a traffic jam.

34. What will happen if a penguin moves in the huddle？

A. Other penguins will move one after another.

B. The whole group will move to another place.

C. Other penguins will just stay where they are.

D. The penguins will spread out on the ice.

35. What does the text mainly talk about？

A. Traffic jams.

B. Mexican waves.

C. Penguins movements

D. Penguins gathering structures.

第二節(jié) 閱讀七選五（共5小題;每小題2分，滿分10分）

Have you wanted to try an e-book？ Has the cost of e-books stopped you？ Well， there are e-books that you can download （下載）.

36? ? ? ? Others share information about where to find free or discounted e-books.

There are several reasons some e-books are free. In some cases， the books copyright （版權(quán)） has come to an end. In other cases， writers offer books for free to grow a readership.? ? ? ? 37

The writer hopes you will like the first book enough to buy those that follow. Similarly， Amazon is filled with free books， with a list of the top 100 free e-books. This list changes frequently， based on how well the books are “selling” and whether they become or remain free.

When you find a free e-book you want to read， get it right away.? ? ? ? 38? ? ? ? If you wait too long， you may discover the book now has a price attached.

39? ? ? ? They offer free e-book files to download directly from the sites. These files could have bad software designed to infect your computer. It is best not to download e-books， or any file， from an unknown site.

Some free e-book sites offer referral （推薦） links to other websites.? ? ? ? 40? ? ? ? These referral sites help you find free e-books of interest to you. They also let you know when an e-book is free or goes on sale.

A. Be careful of some websites.

B. So visit Amazons list quickly.

C. Several websites offer free e-books.

D. Referral links provide lists of best sellers.

E. Often the offer is open only for a short time.

F. Often a free book will be the first in a series.

G. Therefore， you can download free e-books there.

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第三部分 語言知識(shí)運(yùn)用（共兩節(jié)，滿分45分）

第一節(jié) 完形填空（共20小題;每小題1.5分，滿分30分）

Long ago there was a poor farmer in Russia. He had been very? with everything he had. However， when he found his elder brother was? than he， he felt disappointed. So he? hard about how he could also get richer. Finally he got an idea. He started to spend less money on food and clothes to? some money to buy more land. Once he had enough money， he started? for land.

He? that on the neighboring land， there were some nomads （游牧民） living there. He bought some gifts and went to? their head. He presented the gifts to the head and told him the purpose of his visit. The head? him， accepted the gifts， and agreed to his? to get the land. The head told him that he could have the land? giving him anything. He can take as much land as he could? by walking through the land before sunset. He should start in the morning and whatever distance he could travel during the ， he could have it.

The farmer felt very? when he heard this offer. Now he could have lots of land without? anything. He came? the next morning and started running， not walking， so that he could cover the? area. To reach his goal， he neither ate food， nor drank water， nor had any rest. He just continued . Without eating， or drinking， or resting he just got very . When he came back to the head in the evening， he? on the spot. Sadly his son? him in a piece of land about 6×4 feet.

Dont be greedy or you will lose everything finally.

41. A. careful B. pleased C. bored D. busy

42. A. healthier B. stronger C. richer D. cleverer

43. A. thought B. learned C. fought D. worked

44. A. borrow B. get C. make D. save

45. A. heading B. looking C. preparing D. caring

46. A. believed B. hoped C. noticed D. guessed

47. A. see B. follow C. help D. thank

48. A. cheated B. doubted C. refused D. welcomed

49. A. promise B. request C. suggestion D. order

50. A. for B. by C. without D. before

51. A. cover B. farm C. buy D. have

52. A. year B. month C. week D. day

53. A. nervous B. disappointed C. happy D. proud

54. A. paying B. moving C. changing D. saying

55. A. quietly B. early C. worriedly D. suddenly

56. A. largest B. longest C. deepest D. highest

57. A. dreaming B. walking C. speaking D. running

58. A. angry B. excited C. tired D. sad

59. A. sat B. died C. cried D. rested

60. A. buried B. hid C. kept D. left

第二節(jié) 語法填空（共10小題;每小題1.5分，滿分15分）

Earthquakes are quite common. In fact， thousands of earthquakes are happening almost at every moment. However， most of them are too weak? （feel）. During a big earthquake， there is often? big noise first. Then the earth shakes? （terrible） and many houses fall down.

As one of the most deadly? （nature） disasters in the world， the earthquake often result? many people being injured or killed. In 2008， a severe earthquake hit Chinas Sichuan Province，? （kill） more than 80，000 people there.

Besides the great damage and deaths? （cause） by the earthquake， other accidents such as fires often follow. More buildings may be damaged and more injuries may be caused. For centuries， people have been making? （study） of earthquakes. About 2，000 years ago， for example， a Chinese scientist named Zhang Heng? （invent） a machine which could find out the direction? the earthquake waves came.

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第四部分 寫作（共兩節(jié)，滿分35分）

第一節(jié) 短文改錯(cuò)（共10小題;每小題1分，滿分10分）

Many people cross streets without watch out for traffic lights. So traffic accidents often happen to those who runs the red lights. They havent realized an importance of traffic safety. Actually， not obeying traffic lights can be danger. Besides， some people are in so a hurry that they dont want to wait for the green lights. What shall we do？ Firstly， all of us should develop into the habit of obeying traffic laws. Secondly， anyone which breaks traffic laws should be severely punished. Lastly， we should be teaching how to cross streets safely. If so， there will be fewer traffic accident， and it will be easy for us get around.

第二節(jié) 書面表達(dá)（滿分25分）

地震是一種可怕的自然災(zāi)害。請(qǐng)你用英語寫一篇短文，談?wù)勗谙旅鎺追N情況下發(fā)生地震時(shí)，我們應(yīng)該如何保護(hù)自己。

1﹒課堂上;

2﹒在家中;

3﹒在街上。

注意：

1﹒詞數(shù)100左右;

2﹒開頭已給出，不計(jì)入總詞數(shù)。

As we all know， an earthquake is one of the most terrible disasters. So what should we do when an earthquake comes？