核心素养提升Module 2

1、核心素养提升(Module 2)(时间:120分钟满分:150分)第一部分听力(共两节,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个小题。每段对话仅读一遍。(Text 1)W:The flight for Seattle left 15 minutes ago.M:Thats right.Its already 12:05.1.When did the plane leave?(C)A.At 12:05.B.At

2、 12:20.C.At 11:50.(Text 2)W:Did you all enjoy the film yesterday?M:John was the only one who didnt.2.Who enjoyed the film yesterday?(B)A.John.B.Everyone except John.C.Everyone,including John.(Text 3)W:I dont understand how you got a ticket.I always thought you were a careful driver.M:I usually am,bu

3、t I thought I would make it before the light turned red.3.Why did the man get a ticket?(B)A.Because he was speeding.B.Because he ran a red light.C.Because he turned a corner too fast.(Text 4)W:Why is Bob so tired and upset?M:Hes been studying day and night for his final exam.I warned him many times

4、to prepare earlier but he wouldnt listen.4.What does the man mean?(C)A.Bob is too tired to study any more.B.He told Bob not to study late at night.C.He often advised Bob to study.(Text 5)W:The movie next Tuesday has been cancelled due to lack of interest.M:What do you mean?W:Well,by last night only

5、a few tickets had been sold.5.What can we conclude about the movie?(A)A.The movie will not be shown.B.All the tickets for the movie are sold.C.The movie is very interesting.第二节(共15小题;每小题1.5分,满分22.5分)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

6、的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料,回答第6-7小题。(Text 6)M:Hi,Im your neighbor,Fergus West.I live next door.W:Oh,hi,Im Jennie.M:So,you just moved in?Do you need anything?W:Thanks,but not right now.M:Well,let me know if you do.Um,by the way,would you mind turning your radio down?The walls are really thin so the soun

7、d goes right through to my apartment.W:Oh,Im sorry!I didnt realize that.Ill make sure to keep the volume down.Oh,by the way,is there a good Italian restaurant in the neighborhood?M:Yeah.Theres a great one a couple of blocks away from here.Try their spaghetti.Its delicious!6.Why does the man visit th

8、e woman?(B)A.Because he wants to help the woman do something.B.Because he wants to ask the woman to turn down the radio.C.Because he needs some help from the woman.7.What excuse does the man make?(C)A.The apartment is too small.B.He doesnt like stereo sound.C.The walls are thin.听第7段材料,回答第8-9小题。(Text

9、 7)W:Good afternoon,sir.Would you like to have dinner in the dining car?M:Yes,certainly.And what have you got to offer?W:Oh,we have very good Chinese dinners at ten,fifteen,and twenty yuan per person.Of course Western food is also available.What would you like,sir?M:Well,I think well take Chinese di

10、nners at ten yuan per person.and for three people.W:Very good.Three Chinese dinners at ten per person.And what time would you like to have your dinners?M:I think seven will be all right.W:Yes,sir.Dinner is at seven then.Thank you.8.Where does this conversation probably take place?(B)A.In the departm

11、ent store.B.In the dining car.C.In the library of a school.9.How much does the man have to pay in all?(C)A.Ten yuan.B.Twenty yuan.C.Thirty yuan.听第8段材料,回答第10-12小题。(Text 8)M:What does your father grow,Mary?W:He grows potatoes and cabbages,and other things like that,but he grows more wheat than vegetab

12、les.M:What do you keep in that building?W:Cows.Would you like to see inside?Its more modern than the house.M:Youve got a lovely house,Mary.W:Yes,it was built almost 300 years ago.Its very old,but my parents dont want to change it.They have lived here since 1938.M:Theyre right.Its much more attractiv

13、e than a modern house.W:But its not convenient,is it?M:When are we going to get the horses,Mary?I want to go for a ride.W:Well go there when weve seen everything here.10.What does Marys father grow the most?(C)A.Potatoes.B.Cabbages.C.Wheat.11.What does Marys father keep in the building?(A)A.Cows.B.H

14、orses.C.Vegetables.12.Why dont Marys parents change the old house?(C)A.Because it is very convenient.B.Because it is very modern.C.Because theyre used to living there.听第9段材料,回答第13-16小题。(Text 9)M1:Do you think you could possibly work late this evening,Miss Frost?Im afraid theres some work we really m

15、ust finish this evening.I cant possibly do it myself.W:Work late?I.I suppose so,if you really think its necessary.M1:Thank you.We will have to work about an hour of overtime.Thats all.W:Oh,dear.Now Ill have to call Jim and tell him.He wont like it.M2:Hello?26721.W:Is that you,Jim?This is Julia.Look.

16、Im afraid I wont be able to meet you at seven this evening.Ill have to come later.M2:What?You mean youre going to be late again?W:Now listen,Jim,please.It isnt my fault.Ill have to work late this evening and then Ill have to go home.I cant possibly go to the restaurant straight from work!M2:Its alwa

17、ys something,isnt it?When will you be able to come,then?W:Dont worry.You wont have to wait long.Ill be there at eight.M2:At eight?But were going to see a film after dinner.Remember?W:I know.and it starts at 8:30.Well just have to miss it this evening.Well be able to see it some other time.M2:Oh,no!T

18、onights the last night if you dont come on time!W:Oh dear.I suppose Ill have to come straight from work.Thats all.M2:Yes,you will.Meet me at the restaurant at seven!W:All right,Jim.Ill be there.13.Whats the probable relationship between the first man and the woman?(B)A.Doctor and patient.B.Boss and

19、employee.C.Husband and wife.14.What was the woman and the second mans original plan?(A)A.They planned to go to see a movie after having dinner together.B.They planned to go to dinner after seeing a movie together.C.They planned to go to a concert after seeing a movie.15.When do the second man and th

20、e woman decide to meet at last?(A)A.At 7:00 p.m.B.At 8:00 p.m.C.At 8:30 p.m.16.Which one is right according to the dialogue?(B)A.The boss will be happy that the woman will follow his orders.B.The woman is often late for her date with the second man.C.The woman will not go to see a movie tonight.听第10

21、段材料,回答第17-20小题。(Text 10)This is Radio in Los Angeles.Its nine oclock on Friday and its time for the morning weather report,brought to you by Mary Smith Company.This morning will be cloudy,but it wont rain today.By noon the sun will be shining.The temperature is now seventy-two,with a high of about e

22、ighty-five for this afternoona good day for swimming.Tomorrow will be sunny.The low will be sixty,with a high of eighty-six.There may be a little rain in the afternoon.Winds will be westerly and soft.This weather report has been brought to you by Mary Smith Company.17.What time is the weather report

23、?(B)A.At 9:00 p.m.on Friday.B.At 9:00 a.m.on Friday.C.At 9:00 p.m.on Saturday.18.Which of the following is TRUE according to the weather report?(A)A.It will be sunny and dry this afternoon.B.It will be cloudy and rainy this morning.C.It may be sunny and windy tomorrow afternoon.19.Whats the highest

24、temperature this afternoon?(C)A.Seventy-two.B.Eighty-six.C.Eighty-five.20.Which day is good for swimming?(A)A.Friday.B.Saturday.C.Both Friday and Saturday.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A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。AReading is very important to help you learn English.To learn as much a

25、s you can from reading,you need to read different kinds of English.This book provides not only different kinds of English but also a good way to check your reading ability.There are four parts in the book:Part 1 is Messages: In this part somebody wants to wad (填充) information in writing to somebody

26、else.There is a test on timetables and a test on text messages.Part 2 is People: In this part all the tests are about people.For example,there is an informal letter between friends.There is formal English in biography (传记).There is a job application as a model to help with your writing,as well as te

27、sting your reading.Part 3 is Places: In this part,too many different kinds of English are shown,some informal and some formal.There is the informal English of a holiday postcard.There is also the formal English in a letter of complaint.Part 4 is Things: You will find some descriptive writing in this

28、 part.There are descriptions of clothes and of a computer.You can do these tests in any order you like,or you can do all the tests with a formal or informal text.I enjoyed writing this book and I hope you enjoy using it.21.Which of the following is most probably written in informal English?A.A lette

29、r to a friend.B.A computer handbook.C.A letter of complaint.D.A story of a president.22.The passage is most probably written for . A.test designersB.test-takersC.students D.teachers23.What is the best title of the book?A.Practice English in Different WaysB.Help with Your WritingC.Learn Differen

30、t Kinds of EnglishD.Test Your Reading语篇导读:本文介绍了一本书,讲述如何测试自己的阅读能力。21.A推理判断题。用非正式英语写的东西,而且根据(part 2) an informal letter between friends 可判断出选项A正确。22.C写作意图题。从第一段“Reading is very important to help you learn English”和“To learn as much as you can from reading”均用了learn这个词,因此推断是给学生用的书。23.D主旨大意题。从第一段“This bo

31、ok provides not only different kinds of English but also a good way to check your reading ability.”可以看出选D。BAt the age of ten,my parents thought that I should learn to play an instrument.They chose guitar lessons for me.I had no interest in playing it.All that I wanted to do was to improve my soccer

32、skills.However,my parents believed that playing soccer was a waste of my valuable time.They thought I should use the time to focus on school and develop my brain by taking on a difficult task,such as learning to play music. However,since the first day of the lessons,I disliked the guitar.While learn

33、ing to play the guitar,I just wanted to play soccer as much as I could.But what could a ten-year-old do when his parents said they would punish him if he didnt do what they told him to do? Even though I loathed the guitar lessons with all my heart,I went to the instructor week after week.And week af

34、ter week,I would come back and be tired of the lessons and of the amount of practice hours required. After wasting a year of my life learning how to play the guitar,I still had not made much progress.My parents began to realize that I was not born to play the guitar and that I was not having fun try

35、ing to learn,either.They finally understood how much I wanted to play soccer.So after one bad year,my parents called the music instructor and told him I would no longer take guitar lessons. I was very happy.Now I play soccer every day and I play it very well.I do think parents should let their child

36、ren do what theyre good at and what they truly love.24.The writer took guitar lessons because . A.he was afraid of being punishedB.he wanted to learn an instrumentC.he had too much free time to killD.he thought he would love playing the guitar25.What does the underlined word “loathed”in Paragra

37、ph 3 mean?A.forgot B.dislikedC.learned D.improved26.The writers parents called the writers instructor to . A.tell him that they were really sorryB.ask about the writers performance in classC.tell him the writer had given up the lessonsD.ask him to spend more time teaching the writer27.At the en

38、d of the passage,the writer shows that. A.playing sports is more important than playing an instrumentB.we will finally fall in love with something we hate at firstC.parents should let their children do what they really loveD.children should know what theyre really good at语篇导读:作者喜欢足球,而父母偏要他学习弹吉他

39、,结果,一年后也没有大的进步。最后,父母做出了让步,作者高兴地去学习踢足球了。答案及剖析:24.A细节理解题。根据第二段中 “But what could a ten-year-old do when his parents said they would punish him.”可知,作者害怕被惩罚,不得不去学习弹吉他,故A项正确。25.B猜测词义题。根据“Even though I.,I went to the instructor week after week”可知,尽管作者不喜欢吉他,但还得去学习。dislike 不喜欢,符合语境。26.C细节理解题。根据第四段中“my parent

40、s called the music instructor and told him I would no longer take guitar lessons”可知C项正确。27.C细节理解题。根据文章最后“I do think parents should let their children do what theyre good at and what they truly love”可知C项正确。CPeople from East Asia tend to have more difficulty than those from Europe in distinguishing fa

41、cial expressionsand a new report published online in Current Biology explains why.Rachael Jack,University of Glasgow researcher,said that rather than scanning evenly (均匀地) across a face as Westerners do,Easterners fix their attention on the eyes.“We show that Easterners and Westerners look at differ

42、ent face features to read facial expressions,” Jack said.“Westerners look at the eyes and the mouth in equal measure,whereas Easterners favor the eyes and neglect (忽略) the mouth.”According to Jack and her colleagues,the discovery shows that human communication of emotion is more complex than previou

43、sly believed.As a result,facial expressions that had been considered universally recognizable cannot be used to reliably convey emotion in cross-cultural situations.The researchers studied cultural differences in the recognition of facial expressions by recording the eye movements of 13 Western Cauc

44、asian and 13 East Asian people while they observed pictures of expressive faces and put them into categories:happy,sad,surprised,fearful,disgusted,angry,or neutral.They compared how accurately participants read those facial expressions using their particular eye movement strategies.It turned out tha

45、t Easterners focused much greater attention on the eyes and made significantly more errors than did Westerners.“The cultural difference in eye movements that they show is probably a reflection of cultural difference in facial expressions,” Jack said.“Our data suggest that whereas Westerners use the

46、whole face to convey emotion,Easterners use the eyes more and mouth less.”In short,the data show that facial expressions are not universal signals of human emotion.From here on,examining how cultural factors have diversified these basic social skills will help our understanding of human emotion.Othe

47、rwise,when it comes to communicating emotions across cultures,Easterners and Westerners will find themselves lost in translation.28.The discovery shows that Westerners . A.pay equal attention to the eyes and the mouthB.consider facial expressions universally reliableC.observe the eyes and the m

48、outh in different waysD.have more difficulty in recognizing facial expressions29.What were the people asked to do in the study?A.To make a face at each other.B.To get their faces impressive.C.To classify some face pictures.D.To observe the researchers faces.30.What does the underlined word “they” in

49、 Paragraph 6 refer to?A.The participants in the study.B.The researchers of the study.C.The errors made during the study.D.The data collected from the study.31.In comparison with Westerners,Easterners are likely to . A.do translation more successfullyB.study the mouth more frequentlyC.examine th

50、e eyes more attentivelyD.read facial expressions more correctly语篇导读:文章首先指出科学研究的最新发现:东方人比西方人更难于读懂人的面部表情。之后更具体地介绍研究的结果及其研究过程,最后得出结论:文化差异丰富了理解情感的基本社会技巧,即:不同的文化背景使人理解他人情感的方式也不尽相同。答案及剖析:28.A细节理解题。根据第三段 “Westerners look at the eyes and the mouth in equal measure,whereas Easterners favor the eyes and negle

51、ct (忽略) the mouth.” 可以得出答案。29.C细节理解题。根据第五段 “.by recording the eye movements of 13 Western Caucasian and 13 East Asian people while they observed pictures of expressive faces and put them into categories:happy,sad,surprised,fearful,disgusted,angry,or neutral.”可以判断选C。30.A词义猜测题。定语从句 “that they show”所修饰

52、的 eye movements 在研究中为the participants所作,可判断选A。31.C细节理解题。根据第六段 “It turned out that Easterners focused much greater attention on the eyes and made significantly more errors than did Westerners.”可判断选C。DThe fight against drug use in the U.S.dates back to the late 1800s.Before then,the dangers of some dr

53、ugs were not fully known and the government did little to control them.Coca-Cola,first created in 1886,got its name from one of its main ingredients(原料):cocaine(可卡因).It was used to treat headaches.But it wasnt long before people realized that cocaine was dangerously addictive(使人上瘾的),and the company

54、took the drug away from its ingredients around 1900.Since then a lot has changed.New drugs have been discovered and invented,and public opinion has changed from time to time.In 1971,President Richard Nixon called drug use “public enemy number one”,and made laws to fight the importation(进口) of drugs.

55、11 years later,President Ronald Reagan announced the “War on Drugs”.But it was his wife,First Lady Nancy Reagan,who created the phrase of “Just Say No”.It was part of the “War on Drugs” and tried to stop children from using drugs by offering various ways of saying no.Many think the best way to reduc

56、e drug use is to help people understand how harmful it is.Drugs can destroy health,professions,marriages,families and whole neighborhoods.Almost every American teenager gets some drug education in school as early as elementary school.But some people,including a small number of police officers,say th

57、ese programs arent working very well.DARE a program teaches in 75 percent of schools in America to stop drug use,recently decided to change its program.Some people said the program,which mainly taught elementary-aged students about drugs,didnt help students stay away from drugs once they reached high school.The new DARE program will try to help older students to refuse drugs,especially when they feel they must do the same things as other students if they want to be accepted.32.What can we learn about cocaine from Paragraph 2?