Module 3

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(jié) （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 can’t 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 Bill’s 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 America.

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 英語知識運用（共兩節(jié)，滿分45分）

第一節(jié) 單項選擇（共15小題；每小題1分，滿分15分）

第二節(jié) 完形填空（共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分）

閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

第三部分 閱讀理解（共20小題；每小題2分，滿分40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 Tolstoy’s 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 Tolstoy’s 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. Tolstoy’s 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 used 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： didn’t 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 Russian’s face，” Tolstoy wrote，“taking him by the ear and pulled it gently...” To have one’s ear pulled by the Emperor was considered the greatest honor and mark of favor at the French court. “Well， well， why don’t 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.

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. Rowling’s wizard is not alone： the past ten years have been a harvest for good children’s 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 1997 23% said they didn’t like reading at all. In 2003， 35% did. And around 6% of children leave primary school（小學）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 Cordon Brown planned 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 fighting 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 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 tends to（傾向于）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.

60. Which of the following is TRUE of Paragraph 1？

A. Many children’s books have been adapted from films.

B. The sales of classics have led to the popularity of films.

C. The sales of presents for children have increased.

D. Many high—quality children’s books have been published.

61. What do we know about Reading Recovery？

A. Weak readers on the project were the most hardworking.

B. An evaluation of it will be made sometime this year.

C. It aims to train special teachers to help children with reading.

D. Children on the project showed noticeable progress in reading.

C

James Cleveland Owens was the son of a farmer and the grandson of black slaves. His family moved to Cleveland when he was 9. There， a school teacher asked the youth his name.

“J. C.”， he replied.

She thought he had said “Jesse”， and he had a new name.

Owens ran his first race at age 13. After high school， he went to Ohio State University. He had to work part—time so as to pay for his education. As a second—year student， in the Big Ten games in 1935， he set even more records than he would in the Olympic Games a year later.

A week before the Big Ten meet， Owens accidentally fell down a flight of stairs. His back hurt so much that he could not exercise all week， and he had to be helped in and out of the car that drove him to the meet. He refused to listen to the suggestions that he give up and said he would try， event by event. He did try， and the results were in the record book.

The stage was set for Owens’ victory at the Olympic Games in Berlin the next year， and his success would come to be regarded as not only athletic but also political.

Hitler did not congratulate any of the African—American winners. “It was all right with me.” he said years later， “I didn’t go to Berlin to shake hands with him， anyway.”

Having returned from Berlin， he received no telephone call from the president of his own country， either. In fact， he was not honored by the United States until 1976， four years before his death.

Owens’ Olympic victories made little difference to him. He earned his living by looking after a school playground， and accepted money to race against cars， trucks， motorbikes， and even dogs.

“Sure， it bothered me.” he said later， “But at least it was an honest living. I had to eat.”

In time， however， his gold medals（獎牌）changed his life. “They have kept me alive over the years.” he once said， “Time has stood still for me. That golden moment dies hard.”

D

Although hurricane season doesn’t begin until June 1， a Pacific storm has already struck. El Salvador， which was ruined by a Caribbean storm in 1995， was hit by Hurricane Adrian on Friday. This is the first Pacific—born hurricane to ever reach land in this Central American country.

Some 14，000 people left from the western coast of El Salvador. The storm weakened as it crossed land， heading east. Heavy rains created deadly flooding problems in the hurricane’s wake.

Adrian is the first Pacific storm of the season. It reported the maximum（最大的）continuous winds of 75 miles per hour， the minimum strength of a hurricane. As a Category 3 hurricane， Adrian also caused damage and flooding in Honduras. It is expected to break up before reaching the Caribbean Sea on the eastern coast of Central America.

Hurricane season typically begins on June 1st and lasts through November 30. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration （NOAA） has predicted seven to nine hurricanes for the 2012 season.

“It is difficult to make any kind of an exact prediction of how many of these will strike land，”NOAA administrator Conrad Lautenbacher said. He predicts two to three hurricanes will strike the US this season.

Last year， six of nine hurricanes reached Category 3 strength or higher. Four of those hit Florida within a six—week period. Altogether，Hurricanes Charley， Frances， Ivan， and Jeanne caused more than $40 billion in damage in the Sunshine State.

This year’s forecast is based on ocean temperatures. Warmer temperatures produce more tropical（熱帶的）storms， which can then turn into hurricanes.

“The issue， really， this year is the unusually warm sea surface temperatures in the Atlantic，”said Frank Lepore of the National Hurricane Center.

E

Why do some people flush when they drink alcohol（酒）？ This effect is a common reaction to alcohol among East Asians. It affects about 36 percent of Japanese， Chinese and Koreans.

For many of them， even a small amount of alcohol can cause unpleasant effects. Most commonly， their faces， necks and sometimes their whole bodies turn red. People might also feel uncomfortable and sick to their stomachs. They might experience a burning sensation， increased heart rate， shortness of breath and headaches.

The cause is a genetic difference that they are born with an illness called ALDH2 deficiency（缺乏）. It prevents their bodies from treating alcohol the way other people do. But the effects might be more serious than just a red face. Researchers warn of a link between this condition and an increased risk of cancer of the esophagus（食道）from drinking alcohol.

The more alcohol people with this deficiency drink， the greater their risk is. In Japan and South Korea， for example， many people have the deficiency but still drink heavily. Researchers found that these drinkers develop a form of esophageal cancer six to ten times more often than those without the deficiency.

Esophageal cancer is one of the deadliest cancers. It can be treated when found early， but once it grows the chances of survival drop sharply. The researchers estimate that at least five hundred forty million people have the deficiency， about eight percent of the world’s population.

Philip Brooks is a researcher at the National Institute in the United States. He says it is important to educate people about the link between the alcohol flushing effect and esophageal cancer. He says doctors should ask East Asian patients about their experiences with facial flushing after drinking alcohol. Those with a history of it should be advised to limit their alcohol use. They should also be warned that cigarette smoking works with the alcohol in a way that further increases the risk of esophageal cancer.

第四部分 寫作（共兩節(jié)， 滿分35分）

第一節(jié) 短文改錯（共10小題；每小題1分，滿分10分）

此題要求改正所給短文中的錯誤。對標有題號的每一行作出判斷：如無錯誤，在該行右邊橫線上畫一個鉤（√）；如有錯誤（每行只有一個錯誤），則按下列情況改正：

此行多一個詞：把多余的詞用斜線（＼）劃掉，在該行右邊橫線上寫出該詞，并也用斜線劃掉。

此行缺一個詞：在缺詞處加一個漏字符號（∧），在該行右邊橫線上寫出該加的詞。

此行錯一個詞：在錯的詞下劃一橫線，在該行右邊橫線上寫出改正后的詞。

注意：原行沒有錯的不要改。