上海市2016届高三年级第一学期期中英语质量检测试卷(校对版)

上海南汇中学2015-2016学年高三10月月考卷

英语试卷

(满分150分，考试时间120分钟)

第I卷（共103分）

I. Listening Comprehension (30%)

Section A

Directions: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.

1. A. 4:45. B. 5:15. C. 5:30. D. 5:45.

2. A. At a reception desk. B. At a trade fair.

C. At a “Lost and Found”.

D. At an exhibition.

3. A. Colleagues. B. Classmates.

C. Manager and secretary.

D. Mother and son.

4. A. Talking loudly on the phone. B. Listening to some loud music.

C. Preparing for the speech contest.

D. Testing the earphone.

5. A. He enjoyed reading the novel.

B. He hasn?t started reading the novel yet.

C. He doubts the woman will like the novel.

D. He will lend the woman the novel.

6. A. Buy a car from the woman. B. Help the woman paint her car.

C. Buy a new car.

D. Bargain for the old car.

7. A. His request was made too late.

B. He can delay handing in the paper..

C. He should ask a different person.

D. The paper should be handed in in no time.

8. A. They need a new radio. B. They don?t need to replace the batteries.

C. The batteries should be taken out.

D. The radio should be repaired.

9. A. He has got everything set for the trip.

B. He has a heavier workload than the woman.

C. They might have to change their plan.

D. They could stay in the mountain until June.

10. A. The man regrets being absent-minded.

B. The woman saved the man some trouble.

C. The man placed the reading list on the desk.

D. The woman emptied the dust-bin.

Section B

Directions:In Section B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passages. The passages will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.

Questions11 through 13 are based on the following passage.

11. A. He cannot have a check card now. B. He earns a high salary.

C. He runs a computer company.

D. He lives with his parents.

12. A. To learn driving a car. B. To release a new computer game.

C. To spend money like an adult.

D. To find a highly-paid job.

13. A. Because he might be fired by the firm one day.

B. Because computer games might not always sell well.

C. Because one has to be young to program computer games.

D. Because he can earn enough money to support the rest of his life.

Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.

14. A. Understanding how to cooperate.

B. The beginning of how to communicate.

C. Considering what others need.

D. The first day at the family day-care home.

15. A. Children should be taught to share as early as possible.

B. By the age of four, most children are ready to share what they have.

C. A care provider should never say the toy belongs to a certain child.

D. Children can learn to share when playing with other children.

16. A. In a group game, the care provider may decide who the toy belongs to,

B. If a child wants a toy back, he will have to ask the care provider for it.

C. It?s important for the care provider to explain the importance of sharing to children.

D. Care providers need to be patient and explain everything in a way children understand.

Section C

Directions: In Section C, you will hear two longer conversations. The conversations will be read twice. After you hear each conversation, you are required to fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard. Write your answers on your answer sheet.

Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation·

Complete the form. Write ONE WORD for each answer.

Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.

Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

II. Grammar and vocabulary (26%)

Section A

Directions: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

(A)

People in all par ts of the world are observing “No Tobacco Day”. It is the day (25) _____ the World Health Organization (WHO) appeals to people to stop using tobacco products. The WTO hopes (26) _____ people stop smoking cigarettes or chewing tobacco for one day, they will stop permanently. The day includes special ceremonies and awards ceremonies in 166 countries. The target group for this year?s “ No Tobacco Day ” is women. Organizers want to make sure women know the danger of smoking.

Health experts have warned for years that smoking (27) _____ lead to heart disease, cancer and other problems. The WTO says diseases linked to smoking kill at least 2,500,000 persons each year. Still, many people find it difficult to stop smoking. One reason is nicotine, a substance found in cigarettes. Nicotine is a drug. The effects of it are similar to the effects of cocaine and heroin.

“No Tobacco Day” is aimed at smokers and those (28) _____ earn money from tobacco sales. So businesses are asked to stop selling tobacco products for 24 hours. Newspapers are required not (29) _____ (publish) advertisements for cigarettes.

Two important developments (30) _____ (observe) in recent years. In industrial countries, the number of smokers has been falling about 1% a year. But in developing countries, the number of smokers has been rising 2% a year. This is the result of increased efforts by tobacco companies? (31) _____ (sell) their products in developing countries.

The WTO has approved plans to help reach its goal o f a “smoke-free” world. (32) _____ governments ought to offer tobacco farmers is the chance to earn money by growing other crops. Another involves improved public information campaigns about the dangers of smoking.

(B)

In cinema?s earliest days, the film industry was based in the nation?s theatrical center, New York, and most films were made in New York or New Jersey, (33) _____ a few were shot in Chicago, Florida, and elsewhere. Beginning in 1908, however, a growing number of filmmakers located in southern California, drawn by cheap land and labor, and a climate ideal for year-round outdoor filming.

By the early 1920?s, Hollywood (34) _____ (become) the world?s film capital. It produced v irtually all films (35) _____ (show) in the United States. During the 20s, Hollywood established its position as world leader (36) _____ recruiting many of Europe?s most talented camera operators, lighting technicians, and set designers, as well as actors, actresses and directors, (37) _____ _____ Greta Garbo , Hedy Lamar, Ernst Lubitsch and Josef von Sternberg, etc. By the end of the decade, Hollywood had claimed to be the nation?s fifth (38) _____ (large) industry in the world, (39) _____ (attract) 83 cents out of every dollar Americans spent on amusement.

Hollywoo d had also come to symbolize “the new morality” of the 1920?s —a mixture of puzzle, hedonism（快乐主义）, and fun. During the 1920s, movie attendance soared. By the middle of the decade, 4 million people a week went to the movies —(40) _____ equivalent of hal f the nation?s population. In Chicago, in 1929, theaters had enough seats for half the city?s population to attend a movie each day.

Section B

Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

Spending on digital healthcare services in China will grow more than 36-fold from $3 billion in 2014 to $110 billion in 2020, according to a report published on Thursday.

The report by Boston Consulting Group said that investors poured nearly $700 million into the digital healthcare industry in China in 2014, ___41___ e-commerce and online physician-and-patient communication devices, and these figures will grow.

“The growth of digital in China presents ___42___ to address some of the key issues ___43___ healthcare delivery in China,” said John Wong, a BCG senior p artner and co-author of the report, in a

release about the report. “It should make the delivery of care more efficient while also giving people broader and easier ___44___ to high quality care.”

In the report —China’s Digital Health Care Revolution, ___45___ on Thursday —the firm said widespread adoption of technologies like mobile devices, cloud computing and big-data analytics is driving digital healthcare.

Companies are offering these digital services to Chinese patients in a sector where the government is continuing to implement reform and address unmet consumer needs. Many Chinese patients, for example, go to the hospital for simple needs like renewing a prescription, leading to ___46___ hospitals, and digital healthcare can relieve such problems, the report said.

There is also an increasingly ___47___ regulatory environment in China allowing healthcare companies can expand their businesses. The National Health and Family Planning Commission invested $9.5 billion to develop electronic medical records, and it has boosted digital healthcare, making it easier to ___48___ online pharmacies（药店）and sell certain types of drugs online in the coming years.

The report recommended digital companies looking to enter the healthcare sector to do so by ___49___ with local hospitals and physicians.

Drug companies need to build e-commerce capacities of their own, and pharmaceutical companies should use digital tools to improve sales and provide disease management. More digital tools will allow hospitals and physicians to lower wait time and big crowds, and ___50___ of things like electronic medical records will allow facilities to share information in real time. As a result, it will improve diagnosis and treatment, the report said.

III. R eading Comprehension (47%)

Section A

Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.

The famous American inventor Thomas Alva Edison once claimed that genius was one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration（汗水）. Now, it seems, there is scientific evidence to ___51___ his claim. The idea that geniuses such as Shakespeare, Mozart, and Picasso possessed certain inborn talents is a false belief, according to a study by a British psychologist and his colleagues.

After examining outstanding performance in the arts and sports, these researchers concluded that ___52___ is determined by opportunity, encouragement, training, motivation, self-confidence, and — most important of all — ___53___. Even people who were not thought to be 54___ with any special talent could, after having received training, reach levels ___55___ considered attainable（可获得的）only by gifted individuals. …Talent is a false belief, and it is time that people got rid of it,” they said.

This theory —a dramatic ___56___ with traditional beliefs —has been ___57___ by academics worldwide. In fact, studies of accomplished artists and mathematicians, and top tennis players and swimmers, have reported few early signs of ___58___ in these people before any parental encouragement. No case has been found of anyone reaching the highest levels of achievement without ___59___ himself or herself to thousands of hours of serious training. Even those who are believed to be exceptionally talented — whether in music, mathematics, chess, or sports — have needed lengthy periods of instruction and practice to achieve their highest level of success. …The persistent false belief that some people reach high levels of performance without spending numerous hours practising ___60___ much to the fact that their practice is usually outside the casual observer?s view,? stated one scientist.

The importance of practice has been noticed in athletics. For instance, differences in the composition of certain muscles were once thought to be ___61___ predictors of athletic performance. However, the differences in the proportion of certain muscle fibers（组织）that are ___62___ for success in long-distance running are largely the result of extended practice in running.

…What makes a genius then?? one may ask. ___63___, there is no clear answer. What is known, however, is that …nurture? is at least as important as …nature.? ___64___, a supportive environment will do far more for

a child?s prospects of success than any inborn gifts. This is a message that most of us will find ___65___ —even if we haven?t won the gene lottery, our fate is still in our own hands.

51. A. make B. challenge C. support D. dismiss

52. A. excellence B. harmony C. negotiation D. response

53. A. education B. practice C. fortune D. character

54. A. satisfied B. concerned C. decorated D. gifted

55. A. preciously B. practically C. previously D. primarily

56. A. break B. association C. partnership D. relief

57. A. doubted B. concluded C. mentioned D. applauded

58. A. accomplishment B. treasure C. diligence D. inspiration

59. A. adapting B. attaching C. linking D. devoting

60. A. carries B. leaves C. owes D. connects

61. A. creative B. reliable C. natural D. active

62. A. essential B. suitable C. possible D. feasible

63. A. Unlikely B. Similarly C. Hopefully D. Unfortunately

64. A. To sum up B. In other words C. For example D. In addition

65. A. misleading B. puzzling C. comforting D. amusing

Section B

Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.

(A)

The turning point of my life was my decision to give up a promising business career and study music. My parents, although sympathetic, and sharing my love of music, disapproved of it as a profession. This was understandable in view of the family background. My grandfather had taught music for nearly forty years. Though much respected in the community, he earned barely enough to provide for his large family. As a consequence of this example in the family, the very mention of music as a profession carried with it a picture of a risky existence with uncertain financial rewards. My parents insisted on college instead of a conservatory of music, and to college I went —quite happily, as I remember, for although I loved my violin and spent most of my spare time practicing, I had many other interests.

Before my graduation, the family met with severe financial reverses and I felt it my duty to leave college and take a job. Thus I launched upon a business career — which I always think of as the wasted years.

Now I do not for a moment mean to disparage（藐视）business. My whole point is that it was not for me. I went into it for money, and aside from the satisfaction of being able to help the family, money is all I got out of it. It was not enough. From being merely discontented I became miserable. I continued to make money, and finally, bit by bit, accumulated enough to enable me to go abroad to study music. The family being once more solvent（有偿付能力的）, and my help no longer necessary. I resigned from my position and, feeling like a man released from jail, sailed for the world of music. I stayed in Europe for four years and enjoyed every minute of it.

“Enjoyed” is too mild a word. I walked on air. I really lived. I was a free man and I was doing what I loved to do and what I was meant to do.

If I had stayed in business, I might be a comparatively wealthy man today, but I do not believe I would have made a success of living. I would have given up all those inner satisfactions that money can never buy.

66.Which of the following statements about the writer?s parents is TRUE?

A. They had no passion for music at all.

B. Both of them used to be the music teachers.

C. They felt sorry for not supporting the writer.

D. They insisted sending the writer to a music school.

67. The reason why the writer started a business career is that his family met with _______.

A. a financial problem

B. a separation of the members

C. a natural disaster

D. a disagreement in opinion

68. Which of the following is NOT a reason for the writer to give up the business career?

A. He could gain no inner satisfaction except the financial benefits.

B. The money he earned was far from enough to support his dream.

C. His family recovered from the financial reverse years later.

D. He had earned sufficient wealth to go broad for further study.

69.Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?

A. My criticism on business

B. Life in a violin case

C. The essence of money

D. Freedom from struggle

70. Which of the following information is LEAST likely to be included in a job application?

A. Previous working experience.

B. Particular capability and skill.

C. Relationship with ex-coworkers.

D. Contact details.

71. Why isn?t it advisable to make up a story in your application?

A. Because your former employer will be invited to answer detailed questions.

B. Because your lie is easy to reveal in a face-to-face interview.

C. Because your resp onsibility can?t be proved in this case.

D. Because the specific examples on your resume will betray you.

72.Which of the following may leave a bad impression on the potential employers?

A. Listing the needed qualities that can be found on the job ad.

B. Sending the application only two days ahead of the deadline.

C. Leaving the telephone number and the e-mail address in the application.

D. Copying whatever on the job ad without giving examples.

73. The main idea of the passage is how to_______.

A. succeed in a job interview

B. fill in a job application form

C. demonstrate your qualifications

D. organize a resume

(C)

Nearly 30 years ago cartoonist Bill Tidy depicted two football fans, one wearing Liverpool?s colours, the other Everton?s, at a bookstall fe aturing such titles as Football Monthly, Football Weekly and Football Daily. The woman behind the counter was being asked a searching question, “Have you got Football Hourly?” Rarely has one city?s obsession with soccer been summed up so well.

There are many magnificent buildings in Liverpool. All of them, however, take second place to football. The game surely is the first thing most people think about when the city?s name is spoken.

There is no logical way in which the title of Top Spot for Football can be granted to any one place, but Liverpool has one claim that no other can make: It is the only city in England which has had at least one club in the top division every year since the Football League?s foundation in 1888.

Everton were one of the 12 original members, having been formed 10 years earlier by young men from a Sunday School. Then a dispute over alcohol led to a split. Some members objected to the fact that the club HQ and changing rooms near the ground were in a public house. The dispute escalated, and eventually the majority of members left and helped to create a new club and new ground less than a mile away.

So Goodison Park came into being, on one edge of the newly-opened Stanley Park, while the owner of the club, John Houlding, and his supporters remained at Anfield, on the other edge of the park, and adopted a new title: Liverpool.

For more than a century the clubs have remained in these homes, much altered over the years but always among the best grounds in the country. In 1938 Goodison became the first to have two-tier accommodation on all four sides, with seats above some of the terracing. Liverpool have Spion Kop, built in 1906 as an open area but later extended to hold 28,000 under a roof with no central pillars.

The Kop was much imitated but remained a thing apart, a match-day mass of heaving humanity, singing and chanting. From the 1960s, the Kop was the symbol of the club?s domination.

If you can go to a local derby（同城球队的对抗）, so much the better. The Big Two pioneered the side-by-side entry of the teams at such meetings and have followed that ritual ever since, while the fans make the occasion memorable for sheer excitement.

74. In the 1st paragraph, the author mentioned the question of “Have you got Football Hourly?” in order

to show _______.

A. the mass have a great passion for the publishing industry

B. newspapers and magazines about soccer are in great shortage

C. local people are quite keen on the latest news of football

D. city bookstalls are not enough to meet the public needs

75.According to the passage, the underlined word escalated (Para. 4) is closest in meaning to ______.

A. settled

B. relieved

C. collapsed

D. intensified

76. Which of the following is implied about Goodison Park?

A. It?s located inside the Stanley Park and alongside Anfield.

B. It was the first to have two-tier accommodation with no central pillars.

C. It was widely recognized by the fans after gaining a new name: Liverpool.

D. It was the outcome of the dispute between the two groups of members in Everton.

77. This passage is mainly about _______.

A. Liverpool?s two distinguished football teams

B. the development and popularity of soccer in Liverpool

C. Goodison Park?s uniqu e framework design

D. an exciting derby between Liverpool and Everton

Section C

Directions: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.

If your resolutions for the new year are typical, they probably include a determination to lose weight. But if you are like most Americans, any success you have losing pounds will be short-lived, and you?ll end the year weighing more than you do right now.

So why are Americans obsessed with weight loss? Many people say they want to lose weight to improve their health, but this may not actually be their primary motivation. In one of the more interesting polls (民意测验) I?ve seen, more than three-fourths of the 231 dieters surveyed said that they would take a pill that would guarantee they would achieve or maintain their desired weight even if it would lowers their life expectancy. On average, they were willing to give up 5.7 years.

These findings may seem puzzling, but they are not so surprising when you consider weight-loss attempts for what they really are: efforts to protect against weight-based discrimination. Yale researchers have shown that weight discrimination in the US has increased dramatically in the last decade especially among women. Multiple studies have documented weight bias in employment, healthcare, education and public spaces —unequal treatment based on labeling fat people as lazy, unmotivated, and lacking self-discipline and competence. Heavy women are routinely ridiculed in advertisements, television and film.

Of course, there are genuine health risks associated with higher body mass. The clearest case is that of Type 2 diabetes, which becomes more likely as weight goes up. Yet as many medical researchers have pointed out, this association may not be causal. It has become increasingly clear that the link between weight and health is complicated. In some cases, higher body mass seems to protect against death rate. For instance, there is growing evidence documenting an “obesity paradox (肥胖矛盾)”, in which elevated body mass is associated with lower death rate among people with heart disease and among those with Type 2 diabetes. But it is clear that anti-fat bias in and of itself has a serious effect on public health in ways many may not suspect. Fear of ridicule leads many heavier women to avoid exercising in public or even — when

they are very heavy — to avoid leaving their homes, depriving themselves of social interaction. And the fear of becoming fat can lead women of all sizes to develop eating disorders that can diminish their lives and be dangerous to their health. What should be done about weight-based discrimination? The answer is to call for increasing tolerance and appreciation of different body types.

This year, before starting yet another diet, ask yourself why you want to lose weight. If it is to improve your health, perhaps you should focus on health-enhancing behaviors that are more directly linked to health.

（Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN TEN WORDS.）

78. According to some interesting polls, what actually may be people?s primary motivation to lose weight?

79. Why do many people in America take the risk of lowering their life expectancy to lose weight?

80. Fat people are thought of as ____________________________________________, which results in

the unequal treatment of them.

81. No doubt that anti-fat bias has a bad effect on public health because they stop fat people ___________

_______________________________.

第II卷（共47分）

I. Translation (22%)

Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.

1. 政府正呼吁市民合理处理垃圾。(appeal)

2. 考试时碰到难题，保持冷静和信心是成功的关键。（key）

3. 毫无疑问没有什么东西能替代健康，所以我定期做运动。(substitute)

4. 网络在我们日常生活中起了举足轻重的作用，以至于当不能上网时人们感到无所适从。（vital）

5. 直到高中毕业，大部分学生才开始意识到没有充分利用在校的时间。（Not until…）

II. Guided Writing (25%)

Directions: Write an English composition in 120 to 150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.

开学已经一个月了，请你谈谈对高三生活的感受和以后的打算。

上海南汇中学2015学年度高三10月月考卷

英语试卷参考答案

第I卷（共103分）

I. Listening Comprehension

1-5 ACDBA 6-10 CDACB 11-13 BCB 14-16 CDD 17. tired 18. energy 19. store 20. portable 21. clothes and money 22. a/the private airfield/ airport

23. His wife 24. Change his appearance

（大小写都给分）

II. Grammar and Vocabulary

25. when 26. if 27. can / could / may / might 28. who 29. to publish 30. have been observed 31. selling 32. What 33. although / though 34. had become 35. shown / showed 36. by 37. such as 38. largest 39. attracting 40. the

41-45 DAIBF46-50 GKHEC

III. R eading Comprehension

51-55 CABDC 56-60 ADADC 61-65 BADBC

66-69 CABB 70-73 CBDB 74-77 CDDB

78. To achieve or maintain their desired weight. / the desire to fit in or be “normal”.

79. To protect against over-weight / weight-based / weight discrimination. / To protect themselves from

over-weight / weight-based / weight discrimination.

https://www.360docs.net/doc/fa7082730.html,zy, unmotivated and lacking self-discipline and competence

81. (from) exercising in public and leading normal social life / leaving their homes

第II卷（共47分）

I. Translation

1.The government is / are appealing to citizens to deal with the waste / rubbish / trash/ garbage

properly.

2.When you meet / one meets with difficult problems in examinations, being / keeping calm and

confident is the key to success.

3. There’s no doubt that / No doubt / undoubtedly / without doubt nothing/ there is nothing that can

substitute for health, so I take / do / have exercise regularly.

There’s no doubt that / No doubt / undoubtedly / without doubt there is no substitute for health, so I take / do / have exercise regularly.

4 The Internet plays a vital role in our daily life so that people feel at a loss / don?t know when th ey can?t

go online/ surf the Internet/ don?t have access to the Internet.

The Internet plays such a vital/ so vital a role in our daily life that people feel at a loss / don’t know what to do when they can?t go online/ surf the Internet/ don?t have access to the Internet.

5. Not until they graduate / graduated from (senior) high school do / did most (of the) students come to

realize that they haven?t made good/ full /the best / most use of time at school.

Not until they graduate / graduated from (senior) high school do / did most (of the) students begin to realize that they haven?t made good/ full /the best / most use of time at school.

II. Guided Writing

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英语听力文本内容

I. Listening Comprehension

Section A

Directions：In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.

1.M: What?s the time for departure?

W: 5:30. That?s only leaves us 45 minutes to check our luggage and go through the customs.

Q: What time did this conversation take place?

2. M: Excuse me, miss, did anyone happen to turn in a new handbag?

W: Let me see. Can you give me more information, such as the color, the size and the trademark?

Q: Where does this conversation most probably take place?

3. W: Joh n, what are you doing on your computer? Don?t you remember your promise?

M: This is not a game. It?s only a crossword puzzle that helps increase my vocabulary.

Q: What?s the probable relationship between the two speakers?

4. W: Hey, if you can?t enjoy the music at a sensible volume, why not use earphones? I?m preparing for

the speech contest.

M: Oh, sorry. I didn?t realize I?ve been bothering you all the time.

Q: What?s the man probably doing?

5. W: I hope you like the novel I lent you. I was n?t sure whether it was the kind of book you would be

interested in.

M: You know, I have the same doubt at first. But once I started, I simply couldn?t put it down.

Q: What does the man mean?

6. W: Well, if you are seriously considering buying a c ar, I?m trying to get rid of mine. All it needs is

some new paint.

M: Thanks. But most used cars end up being more trouble than they are worth.

Q: What will the man probably do?

7. M: Could I hand in my paper a few days later?

W: I?m afraid that?s ou t of the question.

Q: What does the woman mean?

8. W: We really need to replace the batteries in that radio.

M: Why not the entire radio?

Q: What does the man suggest?

9. W: I just called the travel agency. It?s all set. On June 1st, we a re heading for the mountains, and we?ll

be camping there for a whole week.

M: Have you checked the academic calendar? My classes aren?t over until the 8th.

Q: What does the man imply?

10. M: I wish I hadn?t thrown away the reading list!.

W: I tho ught you might regret it. That?s why I picked it up from the waste paper basket and left it on the desk.

Q: What do we learn from the conversation?

Section B

Directions: I n Section B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passages. The passages will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.

Questions11 through 13 are based on the following passage.

Computer programmer David Jones earns￡55,000 a year designing new computer games, yet he

cannot find a bank prepared to let him have a check card. Instead, he has been told to wait another two years, until he is 18.

The 16-year-old works for a small firm in Liverpool, where the problem of most young people of his age is finding a job. David?s firm releases two new games for the expanding home computer market each month. But David?s biggest headache is what to do with his money. Despite his salary, earned by inventing new programs within tight schedules, with profit-sharing, he cannot drive a car, take out a mortgage, or obtain credit cards.

David got his job four months ago, a year after leaving school and working for a time in a computer shop. He spends some of his money on records and clothes, and gives his mother ￡40 a week. But most of his spare time is spent working. He said: “Unfortunately, computing was not part of our studies at school, but I had been studying it in books and magazines for four years in my spare time. I knew what I wanted to do and never considered staying on at school. Most people in this business are fairly young, anyway” David added: “I would like to earn a million and I suppose early retirement is a possibility. You never know when the market might disappear.”

Questions:

11. How is David different from other young people of his age?

12. What is David?s biggest problem now?

13. Why does David think he might retire early?

Questions11 through 13 are based on the following passage.

Learning to share is hard for most children. Young children think about themselves and what they want or need. Thinking about the needs of others is the beginning to learning to share. Two or three-year-old children should not be expected to share. They are still working on meeting their own needs. By the age of four, many children will share some of their things. By the age of six or seven, children begin to understand how to cooperate with other children.

Playing in group gives children a chance to learn about sharing and taking turns. In your family day-care home, you may decide that all day-care toys and games belong to the group, not to any one child. As the care provider, you need to explain that to the children. Then show them what you mean. For example, when a child has finished using a group toy and another child picks it up, say out loud that it belongs to that child now. When he is done, it will belong to the next child, etc. Explain to the children that this is called “sharing”. If they want a toy back, they will have t o wait for anther turn. Explain this process to all the children. Then follow through with your promise. Tell the children rules in a way that they understand. You could say. “First you go down the slide, then John, and then Sandy.” This is clearer to chil dren than saying, “You must all take turns.”

14. What is the start of learning to share?

15. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

16. What can be concluded according to the passage?

Section C

Directions: In Section C, you will hear two longer conversations. The conversations will be read twice. After you hear each conversation, you are required to fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard. Write your answers on your answer sheet.

Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation·

M: Hello, how is everything with you?

W: I?m fine … but actually I?m feeling a little tired these days.

M: It?s because you don?t get much exercise.

W: I work so hard that I do not have the energy to exercise.

M: That is just an excuse. You can always find some time to exercise.

W: But I work all the time for long hours. Often I have no time for lunch. Yet, I am still getting fatter.

M: You know that work is not the same as exercise as it is stressful but not relaxing. And skipping meals will not help you lose weight. In fact your body will only store fat if you miss meals.

W: I know you?re right, but what can I do?

M: How about going for a walk instead of sitting on the sofa reading newspapers after dinner every night? W: But I?ll miss the news. It?s important in my business to keep up with the events in China.

M: I know, I know. Have you got a portable radio? You can listen to the news and get healthy at the same time.

W: That?s a good ide a.

Complete the form. Write ONE WORD for each answer.

Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.

W: No luck then, John?

M: Afraid not. Not yet, anyhow. We?re still checking on stolen cars.

W: Mm.

M: Where do you think he?ll head for?

W: Well, he definitely won?t try to leave the country yet. He may try to get a passport, and he?ll certainly need clothes and money. He?ll probably get in touch with Cornfield for those, so I expect he?ll make for Birmingham.

M: Right. I?ll put some men on the house.

W: Yes, do that. Mind you, I doubt if he?ll show up there in person. Hammond?s no food, you know. I should think he?ll probably telephone.

M: What about his wife?

W: Mm, I shouldn?t think he?ll go anywhere near her— though he might get he r to join him after he?s left the country. And when he does leave, he probably won?t use a major airport, either. So you?d better alert the coastguard, and keep an eye on the private airfields.

M: Right. I?d better get his description posted all over the city.

W: Yes. He may change his appearance, of course, but I don?t expect he?ll be able to do much about the cut in his face. … And John—be careful. He could be armed. And if I know Hammond, he certainly won?t give himself up without a fight.

Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.