XXXXXXXXXXX学年度高一英语上学期期末调研考试试卷
第I卷（共85分）
第一部分：听力（共两节，满分20分） 第一节 听下面5段对话,回答第1至5题。 1. When will the man be able to visit Mr. Black? A. On November 1st.
B. On November 2nd. C. On November 3rd.
C. A story.
C. Go to the post office. C. Sally’s brother.
2. What are the two speakers talking about? A. A Football match. B. Today’s news 3. What is the woman going to do first? A. Go to the cinema A. Mark.
B. Attend a party. B. Sally's friend.
4. Who beat Sally in the tennis match yesterday? 5. What can be said about the man? A. He likes the shoes very much. B. He doesn't like the shoes.
C. He won't buy the shoes because the size is not right. 第二节 听下面5段对话或独白,回答第6至20题。 听第6段材料,回答第6至8题。
6. According to the woman, what day is April Fools' Day? A. Friday.
B. Thursday.
C. Sunday.
7. What is the man going to do on Friday? A. To have an exam. dinner.
8. When is the man going to celebrate April Fools' Day? A. On Thursday.
B. Next Thursday.
C. At the weekend.
听第7段材料,回答第9至10题。 9. What did the woman do just now?
A. She went shopping. B. She visited a friend. C. She drew a picture. 10. Where was the man just now? A. In a shop.
B. In a restaurant.
C. At his own home.
听第8段材料,回答第11至13题。 11. Where was the woman born? A. In Montreal.
B. In Harbin.
C. In Calgary.
12. Why did the woman move from Calgary to Montreal? A. Because her parents moved there when she was a child. B. Because she went to college in Montreal.
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B. To play a joke on his girlfriend. C. To invite his girlfriend to a
C. Because she worked in Montreal.
13. Which city is the coldest one according to the dialogue? A. Harbin.
B. Calgary.
C. Montreal.
听第9段材料,回答第14至17题。 14. What's happening outside? A.A young couple are moving in. B. A young couple are quarreling loudly.
C. A young couple are playing with their children. 15. What are they mainly talking about?
A. Their moving plan. B. Their future house. C. Their new neighbors. 16. When did the conversation happen?
A. In the morning. B. In the afternoon. C. In the evening. 17. Who could be John?
A. The new neighbor's son. B. The speakers' child. C. The new neighbor. 听第10段材料,回答第18至20题。 18. Where was the school the writer wrote to?
A. In Beijing. B. In New York. C. In Paris. 19. Why didn't the boy write to the writer?
A. Because the teacher didn't want him to. B. Because he was ill.
C. Because he had moved to another town.
20. Which of the following is TRUE according to the test? A. The writer made many pen friends at last. B. The writer got a girlfriend.
C. The writer received no reply finally. 第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节, 满分35分）
第一节：单项选择（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）
请认真阅读下面各题，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
21. The astronauts were so struck by ______beauty of nature that they took lots of pictures in _______space.
A. the ; / B. the; the C. /; the D. /;/ 22.---Why can’t you and Mary go to the movie tonight? ---We _______ to have a maths test tomorrow.
A. are supposed B. have supposed C. are supposing D. will suppose
23. After the earthquake in Sichuan in 2008, people around the world began to _____ their clothes, food and money to the disaster areas.
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A. buy B. get C. donate D. sell
24. A computer is so useful a machine ________ we can use everywhere. A. that B. which C. as D. what
25. For the last two years, he ________ a book on the Second World War, but he hasn’t finished it. A. has written B. has been writing C. wrote D. has been written 26. ---I regret ________ you John has been fired.
--- I can hardly believe my ears. He’s such a fine worker. A. telling B. having told C. to tell D. to have told
27. It was a pity that the great writer died ________ his work unfinished. A. of B. from C. for D. with
28. They are trying to ________ the project to meet the deadline. A. step up B. set up C. look up D. pick up
29. The accident is reported ________ the workers’ misusing the machine.
A. to have been resulted in B. to be resulted from C. having resulted in D. to have resulted from
30. ---Will you be free next week, Mr. Chairman?
---I’m afraid not. I ________ a meeting on global warming from Monday to Friday. A. am having B. will be having C. will have D. will have had
31. It was Yang Liwei’s high scores on the psychological tests _______ finally won him his position as China’s first astronaut.
A. which B. that C. what D. as 32. ---Whom should I give this dictionary to? ---You may give it to ____.
A. whoever you think needs it most B. whomever you think needs it most C. no matter who you think needs it D. no matter whom you think needs it most 33. He arrived in Yangzhou in 2001, ___ , some years later, he became a professor. A. when B. that C. where D. which
34. ____ you know when an idiom is being used, you can’t easily understand what you read. A. Unless B. Until C. If D. Once 35. ---The story is very interesting. ---Tell me quickly. ____.
A. That’s a no-brainer. B. Don’t be a wet blanket. C. I’m all ears. D. Don’t pull my leg.
第二节 完型填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
One day before Christmas, all of us children from the Children's Home Society Orphanage(孤儿院) were taken to the Mayflower Hotel in downtown to attend a Christmas party.
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After the man on the stage said a prayer（祈祷）, we were told to __36__ . Within minutes we were __37__ a meal which was fit for a king. I ate __38__ I could eat no more. As we ate, Santa Clause came walking out onto the __39__. The kids cheered with __40__. Everyone began clapping their hands and yelling as __41__ as they could. I too was excited __42__ but I knew better than to yell out loud or to jump up and scream. Mrs. Winters, the head matron, sat only three seats from me. She had __43__ it very clear to everyone that we were to __44__ ourselves in \"a proper manner\" and that there was to be \"no yelling or shouting\".
One orphan at a time was led up onto the stage and each kid was handed a __45__ by Santa Claus himself.
As the line became shorter and shorter my __46__ finally came. He smiled at me. Then he reached over and handed me a __47__ box which had two gold ribbons(丝带) on it. As I leaned(向前倾) to take the box I tripped and I __48__to my knees. Santa reached over and helped me to my feet.
\"Move __49___ Kiser.\" called out Mrs. Winters. I was now leaning against Santa Claus' leg and I was looking __50__ into his eyes. His face was less than an inch from mine.
\"Can I __51__ you Santa?\" I asked him. The next thing I knew Mrs. Winters had caught me up by my shirt collar and was __52__ me away from the line of children.
I sat down in my chair just crying. Once in a while I would __53__ at the stage to see if my gift was still sitting by Santa Claus.
When we all lined up waiting, \"HO HO HO\" I__54__ coming from behind me. As I __55__ , there stood Santa Claus holding my large box. Then he knelt down and he hugged my neck as hard as he could. 36. A. stand up 37. A. taken 38. A. until 39. A. table
B. go out B. served B. unless B. hotel B. big
C. sit down C. brought C. before C. seat
D. keep silent D. supplied D. after D. stage D. low D. inside D. warned D. act D. medal D. gift D. large D. turned
40. A. encouragement B. excitement C. disappointment D. astonishment 41. A. loud 42. A. outside 43. A. took 44. A. behave 45. A. favor 46. A. turn 47. A. golden 48. A. sat
C. high C. aside C. practice C. gift C. chance C. small
B. beside
B. made B. perform B. box B. way B. yellow B. fell
C. demanded
C. dropped
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49. A. by 51. A. tell
B. on B. call B. keeping B. jump
C. in
D. out D. finally D. leave D. pulling D. stand D. observed D. turned down
50. A. quickly B. directly 52. A. pushing 53. A. look
C. immediately C. hug C. stopping C. put C. heard
54. A. watched B. found 55. A. turned around
B. turned up C. turned away
第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每题2分，满分30分）
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A Natural ways of keeping time
In ancient times, people had to use the sun and the moon to tell time. They got up when the sun came up and worked in the fields until the sun went down.
Man-made things
The sand clock is made of two glass balls joined by a narrow neck. The top ball was filled with sand. The sand slowly moved through the neck into the bottom ball. People knew how much time had passed when all the sand had fallen to the bottom ball.
People also made the water clock. They made a small hole near the bottom of a pot. Then they filled the pot with water. Markings inside the pot showed how much time passed as the water dripped (滴) out of the hole.
Nature’s Clocks in Living Things ◆Animals’ Body Clock
Animals do not need clocks to know time. They have a way of telling time by their bodies. Birds know when to fly to warmer places before winter. Some animals know when to keep more food for the cold winter months. Some fish know when it is time to move up the river and lay eggs.
◆Plants have their own clocks
Plants also have their own clocks to keep time. Plants know when to open flowers or when to drop their leaves.
◆The Body Clock in Human Beings
People also have their own body clocks. When we get used to our lives, our body clocks can be
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very accurate (准确的). It can tell us when it is time to wake up. It can also tell us when to eat or to go to sleep.
56. How could an ancient farmer know when to go back home in the daytime?
A. By looking at the moon. B. By looking at the stars. C. By looking at the sun. D. By feeling whether tired or not. 57. How many kinds of living things with nature’s clocks are mentioned here?
A. 2. B. 3. C. 5 D. 6.
58. From the passage, we know what man-made things have in common is that_______.
A. both of them have a hole.
B. both of them are designed with glass balls. C. both of them can be used only once. D. both of them tell time in the same way
B AVERAGE RESOURCES If we put fresh water and sea water together, we can each have 620 620 mwater 3 m3 water. But remember, sea water is too salty for us to drink if the factories don’t process it first. So, 620 m3 is little. Saving water in daily use is important. There are 3.869 billion hectares(公顷) of forests on Earth. But we 0.5 hectares of forests are losing them mainly because we cut trees too much. If we calculate（计算）at the size of a football field, we are losing 343,000 football fields every day, or 1,431 per hour, or 24 per minute! All the corals that we have now spread for about 100,000 km in 109 countries. But each of us can only have such a little piece, because seas are getting polluted and corals are dying. According to the latest report, there are 200 billion stars in the Milky Way. Each of us can have 33 of them. Unfortunately, we cannot see most 1.5 centimeters long corals(珊瑚) 33 stars of the 200 billion stars from Earth. We can only see about 6,000 stars. If we don’t use telescopes or we have bad weathers, we can only see about 2,000 stars. On average, we harvest 0.54 billion tons of rice each year round the 90kg rice 1 iceberg world and each of us can have 90 kg. Asia produces and eats 90% of all the rice. How long will it take you to eat up this 90 kg rice? Luckily, we still have icebergs to share when Earth gets warmer and 用心 爱心 专心
warmer. Each of us can have an iceberg of 170m×170m×170m. Up to 10% of Earth surface is covered by ice. There is 31,000,000km3 of ice on Earth in all. 59. On average we each probably have ________ fresh water in the world.
A. 620m3 B. more than 620m3 C. far less than 620m3 D. no more than 620m3 60. We are losing the forests on Earth because of________. A. the man-made damage
B. the climate change
C. the construction of many football fields D. the environmental pollution
61. When we use telescopes or the weather is fine, we can see ________ stars from Earth. A. all the stars C. about 2,000 A. less water
B. about 200 billion D. about 6,000 B. fewer icebergs D. less rice
62. According to the table above, we each can only have _____ because of pollution. C. fewer corals
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In Brazil, soccer is considered an art form. So it is only fitting that the sport Brazilians call “the beautiful game” gets its own museum.
This is the land that produced football greats such as Garrincha, Zico, Romario, Ronaldo, Kaka, and the most famous of all, Pele. It is the only country to have qualified for every World Cup, and the only one to win it five times.
But until now, Brazil has never had a truly national museum honoring the sport that stands for Brazilian culture. That changed last month when the Museu do Futebol, or Football Museum, opened at Pacaembu Stadium in Sao Paulo.
Upon entering the museum, visitors are greeted in Portuguese, Spanish and English by a life-size image of Pele, who is so respected in Brazil that he is known as \"The King.\"
\"The Louvre has the Mona Lisa. We have our own piece of art -- Pele,\" said Hugo Sukman of the Roberto Marinho Foundation, which helped fund the construction of the museum.
In many ways, the museum is a shrine (圣祠)to Pele.
One of its most impressive displays is a temporary exhibit with 140 items from Pele's personal collection, including the wooden shoeshine box he used as a boy to earn spare change and the ball from his 1,000th goal in 1969.
The museum traces football's transformation from a sport for the noble to the passion of the 190 million common people. From the jungles of the Amazon to the slums(贫民窟) of cities like Rio de Janeiro and Recife, soccer unites Brazilians from all walks of life.
\"In general, a museum about football is also a museum about the history of Brazil and Brazilian culture,\" said Leonel Kaz, the museum's curator.
63.When visiting the museum, we can enjoy the displays except_______
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A. a life-size image of Pele B. the Mona Lisa
C. a wooden shoeshine box of Pele’s D. the ball symbolizing Pele’s 1000th goal 64. What can we know about the museum according to the passage?
A. People visiting the museum could be greeted just in Spanish and English. B. The building of the museum shows the popularity of the sport in Brazil. C. The museum is actually a shrine to Pele.
D. Until now, Brazil has never had a truly national museum honoring the sport that represents Brazilian culture.
65.At Pacaembu Stadium in Sao Paulo，the Museu do Futebol opened because________.
A. in the Brazilians’ opinion, as an art form, soccer represents their culture and should be worth the name.
B. Brazil is the only country to have qualified for every World Cup. C. many famous football stars were born in Brazil, including Pele. D. people in Brazil want to honor Pele. 66.The author mainly wants to tell us that________.
A. Brazil is a multiracial country full of passion for football.
B. the history of Brazil and Brazilian culture can be known in the museum. C. Brazil opened up its first football museum.
D. known as “The King”, Pele is thought highly of in Brazil.
D
Millions of youngsters across Europe could suffer permanent hearing loss after five years if they listen to MP3 players at too high a volume for more than five hours a week, EU scientists warned.
The scientists’ study, requested by the European Commission, attacked the concept of “leisure noise,” saying children and teenagers should be protected from increasingly high sound levels---with loud mobile phones also coming in for criticism（批评）.
“There has been increasing concern about exposure from the new generation of personal music players which can reproduce sounds at very high volumes without loss of quality,” the Commission, the EU’s executive arm, said in a statement.
“Risk for hearing damage depends on sound level and exposure time,” it said. More and more young people were exposed to the great threat(威胁)that leisure noise posed to hearing, it said.
Commission experts said that between 50 and 100 million people listen to portable music players on a daily basis.
If they listened for only five hours a week at more than 89 decibels(分贝), they would already be beyond EU limits for noise allowed in the workplace, they said. But if they listened for longer periods, they risked permanent hearing loss after five years.
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The scientists calculated the number of people in that risk category at between five and 10 percent of listeners, meaning up to 10 million people in the European Union.
Sales of personal music players have soared in EU countries in recent years, particularly of MP3 players.
\"I am worried that so many young people ... who are frequent users of personal music players and mobile phones at high acoustic levels, may be unknowingly damaging their hearing ,\" she said in the statement.
67. Which of the following can be the best title of the article?
A. Youngsters across Europe: suffer permanent hearing loss. B. MP3 players: sell best but do harm to youngsters C. The scientists’ study: requested by the EU D. EU warns youth: turn your MP3 players down! 68. This passage is most likely to be taken from a _________.
A. textbook B. medical report C. teen magazine D. governmental newspaper 69. The underlined part in the forth paragraph most probably means________. A. were uncovered B. felt C. realized D. were faced with 70. From the passage we know that________.
A. besides the high sound levels, scientists also criticized loud mobile phones.
B. if one listened for 5 hours more a week at 100 decibels, he would risk permanent hearing loss.
C. it is only the level of the sound that can do damage to hearing.
D. the scientists said there were 5-10 percent of MP3 listeners risking hearing loss around the world.
第II 卷（共35分）
第四部分 任务型阅读（共10小题； 每小题1分， 满分10分）
请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格中填入最适当的单词。每空格1个单词。
It is an all too familiar story. A natural disaster strikes in a remote part of the world, causing destruction and suffering. Villages are flattened and people are forced into camps. It is now happening in China, after the earthquake of magnitude（里氏）8 that was centered on Wenchuan but shook the entire country.
Actually, in the past centuries, there were hundreds of thousands of earthquakes in different parts of the world. In Sept. 1923, Tokyo and Yokohama were both destroyed by an earthquake and the fires that followed it. They had to be completely rebuilt. One of the most serious earthquakes was in China’s Shanxi Province in 1556. It claimed almost one million people.
We measure an earthquake’s strength on the Richter scale. The Richter scale was introduced in
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1935 in Southern California in the USA. It measures earthquakes on a scale of one to ten. Any earthquake measuring five or more is usually serious.
The earth’s crust (地壳) is made up of layers of rock called plates. As these plates move, they sometimes crash against each other, causing the crust to quake. In cities such as Tokyo, where small quakes happen quite often, many modern buildings are designed to be flexible so when the earth moves, they move with it.
Earthquakes can also break up gas or oil pipes. This can cause fires to break out, which can do as much damage as the earthquake itself.
Another effect of the earthquakes is tsunamis (海啸). These are huge waves created by earthquakes beneath the sea. They can be many meters high and cause great damage to costal towns and cities.
China, Japan, Russia and the USA have the highest occurrence of earthquakes in the world. Two serious earthquakes in (72)________ The Knowing about (71) _______ (75)_________ to measure an earthquake’s strength The (77)__________of earthquakes Some earthquakes
第五部分：单词拼写: 根据所给首字母或中文写出单词（共10小题；每小题0.5分，满分5分）
81.Is there any p_______ that none of the students will work out the problem?
82.The boy spent a lot of time s________ for all sorts of information about UFOs on the Internet. 83.The p________expression on his face suggested he didn’t understand what I had said. 84.Tom stayed inside his study all day, p________ for the coming examination.
85.A good suggestion has been put forward that middle school students should be f________to use mobile phones on campus.
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An earthquake and the (73)__________ fires destroyed both Tokyo and Yokohama in Sept. 1923. In 1556, a very serious earthquake (74) ___________ in China’s Shanxi Province, killing large numbers of people. People can measure an earthquake’s strength on the Richter scale of one to ten, introduced in 1935 in the USA. If an earthquake (76)________ five or more, it is usually serious. As the plates, which (78)_______ the earth’s crust, move, they sometimes crash against each other, causing the crust to quake. If earthquakes break up gas or oil pipes, (80)_______ will happen, Tsunamis. (79)_________of which can do as much damage as the earthquake itself.
86.They do not have enough food and medical_______(供应) for the whole winter.
87.This man has been sailing across the oceans throughout the year. Can you imagine living such an _________ (冒险的)life?
88.________(奇怪)enough, she didn’t cry out this time as usual when she found a snake . 89.This is a really ________ (具有挑战性的)task for so young a boy. 90.The most likely ________(解释)is that his plane is delayed. 第六部分：书面表达: （满分20分）
我校师生就是否应该举办元旦文艺汇演活动有不同的看法？请你根据下表中的提示写一篇短文，介绍情况。
大部分同学们认为 1．作业繁重,丰富课余生活,缓解学习压力. 2. 培养学生各方面能力 3. 赢得他人尊重,经历难忘. 大部分老师们认为 1．浪费时间,影响学业. 2.节目有限,表演的人数少. 3.组织体育活动,更多同学参与. 你的观点 注意：1．文章的开头已给出；
2．词数：120词左右（不包括已给的起始句）； 3．参考词汇：丰富 enrich
The teachers and students in our school have different opinions about whether it is necessary to hold a party to celebrate the Near Year.
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1—5 BBCCA 6—10 BACAC 11—15 CABAC 16—20 ABBCA 21—25 AACCB 26—30 CDADB 31—35 BACAC
36—40 CBADB 41—45 ADBAC 46—50 ADBBB 51—55 CDACA 56—60 CBDCA 61—65 DCBBA 65—70 CADCD
71. earthquakes 72. history 73. following 74. happened / occurred 75. way 76. measures 77. cause 78. form 79. effects /results 80. fires 81.possibility 82.searching 83. puzzled 84. preparing 85. forbidden
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86. supplies 87. adventurous 88. Strangely 89. challenging 90. explanation
One possible version:
The teachers and students in our school have different opinions about whether it is necessary to hold a party to celebrate the Near Year.
Most students think that as we students have too heavy homework, it can enrich our school life and relieve our pressure. In addition, by doing so, students’ abilities can be developed. It is an unforgettable experience for us and also a good chance to earn respect from others.
But some teachers argue that it is a waste of time to rehearse, thus having a bad effect on students’ study. Besides, there will not be too many programmes and only a limited number of students can get on stage. Instead, we can organize some sports activities for more students to take part in.
In my opinion,…
具体评分要求：
1、本题总分为20分，词数120词左右；低于110、高于140词的 扣2分。
2、批改要求：评分时要根据高考要求，先通读全文，初步确定一个档次，然后根据错误的多少，短语和句型的恰当使用，文章的连贯及文采等几个方面最后赋分；
3、大错（时态、语态、关键动词、主谓一致等语法、语用错误）每错1.5分；小错（标点、大小写每3处、单词拼写每2处算一个大错）；
4、批改符号：要点遗漏“△”；大错“—”，小错“○”，阅卷时划出。
5、凡不以一般现在时叙述的，从原得分中扣除2分；对紧扣主题的适当发挥不予扣分； 6、如果书写较差，卷面不洁、难以辨认扣3分；
7、内容要点：每个要点2.5分，要点需清晰可读；你的观点5分。 要点如下:
1.作业繁重,丰富课余生活,缓解学习压力. 2.培养学生各方面能力 3.赢得他人尊重,经历难忘. 4. 浪费时间,影响学业. 5 .节目有限,表演的人数少. 6 .组织体育活动,更多同学参与 7. 你的观点30词左右。
【评分标准】按5个档次给分；
第五档(很好)；(17-20分) 1. 完全完成了试题规定的任务。 2. 覆盖所有内容要点。 3. 应用了较多的语法结构和词汇。 4. 语法结构或词汇方面有些许错误，但为尽力使用较复杂结构
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或较高级词汇所致；具备较强的语言运用能力。 5. 有效地使用了语句间的连接成分，使全文结构紧凑。 6. 完全达到了预期的写作目的。
第四档(好)：(13-16分)
1. 完全完成了试题规定的任务。 2. 虽漏掉1、2个次重点，但覆盖所有主要内容。 3. 应用的语法结构和词汇能满足任务的要求。 4. 语法结构或词汇方面应用基本准确，些许错误主要是因尝试较复杂语法结构或词汇所致。 5. 应用简单的语句间的连接成分，使全文结构紧凑。 6. 达到了预期的写作目的。
第三档(适当)：(9-12分)
1. 基本完成了试题规定的任务。 2. 虽漏掉一些内容，但覆盖所有主要内容。 3. 应用的语法结构和词汇能满足任务的要求。 4. 有一些语法结构或词汇方面的错误，但不影响理解。 5. 应用简单的语句间的连接成分，使全文内容连贯。 6. 整体而言，基本达到了预期的写作目的。
第二档(较差)：(5-8分)
1. 未恰当完成试题规定的任务。 2. 漏掉或未描述清楚一些主要内容，写了一些无关内容。 3. 语法结构单调、词汇项目有限。 4. 有一些语法结构或词汇方面的错误，影响了对写作内容的理解。 5. 较少使用语句间的连接成分，内容缺少连贯性。 6. 信息未能清楚地传达给读者。
第一档(差)：(1-4分)
1. 未完成试题规定的任务。 2. 明显遗漏主要内容，写了一些无关内容，原因可能是未理解试题要求。 3. 语法结构单调、词汇项目有限。 4. 较多语法结构或词汇方面的错误，影响对写作内容的理解。 5. 缺乏语句间的连接成分，内容不连贯。 6. 信息未能传达给读者。
不得分：（0分）
未能传达给读者仟何信息：内容太少，无法评判；写的内容均与所要求内容无关或所写内容无法看清。
听力材料 Text 1
M: May I see Mr. Black the day after tomorrow?
W: Let me see… Er…it's November the first today …Oh, sorry. You can’t .But what about tomorrow afternoon?
M: That’s OK. Thank you. Text 2
W: What's in the news today?
M: There's a story about a football match. W: Is there anything else interesting? M: No, nothing much. Text 3
M: Mary, how about going to the cinema tonight?
W: I’d love to, but I have to go to the post office and then my sister and I must attend my aunt's birthday party tonight.
M: What a pity! It's really a good film. Text 4
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W: Who took you the tennis match yesterday afternoon? M: My friend Mark took me there. W : Who beat Sally in tennis? M: Her brother beat her. Text 5
M: These are very nice shoes. W: Yes, they are new arrivals. M: What size are they? W: What size do you take? M: Eight.
W: They are size eight: M: Oh, great. Text 6
M: Is April Fools' Day on Friday or Saturday this year? W: I’m almost certain it’s on Thursday.
M: My God. I thought it was on the weekend. I was going to play a joke on my girlfriend and then invite her to a restaurant.
W: Why can’t you invite her out on Thursday? M: Because I have an exam on Friday.
W: Well, you could invite her out on the weekend to celebrate this interesting and late April Fools’
Day.
M: I guess I’11 have to do that. Text 7
W: I’ve just bought a new dress. What do you think of it? M: It suits you. You look good in blue.
W: Do you really think so? You don't think I should have chosen a brighter color? M: Oh, no, I prefer you in a darker color.
W: All right, if you say so. Well.... what have you been doing while I’ve been out shopping? M: Oh, nothing much. I’ve written some letters, that’s all.
W: I thought you said you had to go and see someone this afternoon. M: That’s right. I was going to see Martin W: What made you change your mind? M: I simply forgot all about it. W: Won't he be worried?
M: I don' t think so. After all, he borrowed a lot of money from me and didn't return it. Text 8
W: Where do you come from, Chen?
M: I am from Harbin in the north. How about you. Betty?
W: I have lived in Montreal most of my life, but I am originally from Calgary. M: Originally?
W: I mean where I was born. M: I see.
W: My parents moved here when I was a child, and I have been here ever since. M: How far is Calgary from here, Betty?
W: Roughly 3,580 km. It takes about five hours by plane. M: Canada is very large, even.1arge r than China. W: But our population is much smaller than yours. M: Canada is also a little colder.
W: Don’t kid yourse1f. It’s much colder.
M: I believe the winters in Harbin are as cold as the winters in Montreal. Beijing is a little warmer, not as clod as Harbin, but much colder than Guangzhou in the south.
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W: But Montreal is warmer than Calgary.
M: Oh, I see. It’s nice talking to you. Thank you, Betty. Text 9
W: Steve. what's all that noise outside?
M: Just a minute. I'll have a look … Oh! It looks as if the new next-door neighbors are moving in. W: Oh, it's a bit early, isn't it? Well, I guess we'd better get up.
M: It’s amazing how quickly the houses are selling round here. The Browns only put it on the market a month ago.
W: Where did they move to?
M: I think he told me they were buying a house in Surbiton. W: Sounds nice. I hope the new neighbors are nice.
M: Well, I was speaking with Mr Brown last week. He told me they were a young couple with two daughters. They liked the house because it was near a good school. W: Two daughters! That will please John.
M: Ha! Maybe we’d better go next door and say hello.
W: Yes, and maybe we’d better start thinking of selling too. I’d like a house in Surbiton as well. M: Hmm. Text 10
I like making friends bu writing letters. I am from Beijing. I thought it would be interesting to have a pen friend
in America. So I wrote a letter to a school in New York. I received a nice letter from a teacher. She said that she had found a boy who would like to be my pen friend. She gave me the boy’s name and wrote something about him. I expected a letter from the boy for nearly a month, but he never wrote. I wrote to the teacher again. She told me that the boy had moved to another town with his parents and that she would try to find another pen friend for me.
She told me that she had shown my letter to the class and that they wanted to know about China. Now many students write to me. I have lots of friends in America.
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