福建省师大附中2015-2016学年高二英语上学期期末考试试题

福建师大附中2015－2016学年第一学期期末模块测试
高二英语
（完卷时间：120分钟；满分：150分）
第Ⅰ卷 (共84分)
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第一部分：听力（共20题；每小题1分, 满分20分）
第一节（共5小题；每小题1分, 满分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小题。

每段对话仅读一遍。

1. Why doe s the woman want the blue sweater?
A. It is cheaper.
B. It is more fashionable.
C. She likes blue best.
2. Where are the speakers?
A. In a library.
B. In a hospital.
C. In a classroom.
3. What is the weather usually like in May?
A. It’s colder and rainier.
B. It’s cooler and drier.
C. It’s hotter and sunnier.
4. What will the man do tonight?
A. Meet his friends.
B. Watch TV at his house.
C. Look after the woman’s children.
5. What do we know about the man?
A. He will stop doing his job.
B. He is looking for a new job.
C. He doesn’t like his present job.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1分, 满分15分）
听下面五段对话或独白。

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至8题。

6. What was the man’s weight before?
A. About 235 pounds.
B. About 250 pounds.
C. About 265 pounds.
7. How did the man lose weight this time?
A. He kept on a diet.
B. He took slim pills.
C. He did exercise.
8. What does the man think of the woman?
A. Energetic.
B. Strong.
C. Slim.
听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。

9. How does the man feel about living in Ecuador?
A. Bored.
B. Unhappy.
C. Satisfied.
10. What did the man miss most about England?
A. His family.
B. The food.
C. His friends.
11. What does the man think the strangest thing was in Ecuador?
A. There are few rich men.
B. The cost of living is low.
C. People can only fly somewhere on weekends.
听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。

12. What special offer will the man get if he takes a course this month?
A. A 50-pound discount.
B. A 15 percent discount.
C. A 15-pound discount.
13. Why does the man want to study Spanish?
A. He has to speak it at work.
B. He often goes to Spain for holiday.
C. He thinks it is easy to learn.
14. What does the woman give the man in the end?
A. A telephone number.
B. The address of the college.
C. Her mobile phone number.
听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。

15. What h elped Nick to produce so many CDs?
A. A period of free time.
B. The thought of earning much.
C. The opportunity to change himself.
16. How long did it take Nick to record a CD?
A. Five years.
B. Two years.
C. A month.
17. What does Nick say about writing new songs?
A. He often writes a song in the kitchen.
B. He needs peace to write a new song.
C. He sometimes tries out his children’s ideas.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18. Where are call centres usually set up?
A. In downtown areas.
B. In areas with cheap land.
C. In nature parks.
19. What makes companies operate effectively?
A. Comfortable working environment.
B. Good management skills.
C. New telephone technology.
20. What percentage of employees will work in call centres in the near future?
A. 1% .
B. 2% .
C. 20% .
第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分34分）
第一节（共 12 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 24 分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、和 D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A
The United States government wants to know what the public thinks about its finding on the safety of cloned animals.
The Food and Drug Administration says meat and milk from clones of adult animals are safe to eat. They called them “as safe to eat as the food we eat every day.” And when those clones reproduce sexually(有性繁殖), the agency says, their offspring(后代)are safe to eat as well.
The United States this year could become the first country to allow the sale of foods from cloned animals. First，however，the public will have ninety days to comment on three proposed documents. On December 28th the F.D.A. released a long report, called a draft risk assessment, along with two policy documents. The agency says it must receive comments by April 2nd. The F.D.A. seemed ready to act several years ago，but an advisory committee called for more research.
For now，the government will continue to ask producers to honor a request that they do not sell foods from cloned animals.
Clones are still rare. They cost a lot and are difficult to produce. The F.D.A. says most food from cloning is expected to come not from clones themselves, but from their sexually reproduced offspring. It says clones are expected to be used mostly as breeding animals to spread good qualities.
Public opinion studies show most Americans do not like the idea of food from cloned animals. But this research also shows the public know little about cloning. Cloning differs from genetic engineering.
A cell taken from a so­called donor animal is grown into an embryo(胚胎)in the laboratory. Next, the embryo is placed into the uterus(子宫)of a female animal. If the process is successful, the pregnancy reaches its full term and a genetic copy of the donor animal is born.
21. From the passage, we know ________.
A. the US government is very cautious about the safety of cloned foods
B. foods from cloned animals are popular in America
C. cloned animals will be easy to produce
D. most foods from cloning are expected to come from clones themselves
22. Who believes that foods from cloning are safe to eat?
A. Most Americans.
B. An advisory committee.
C. Critics.
D. The F.D.A. .
23. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that _______.
A. cloning has much in common with genetic engineering
B. not every cell taken from a donor animal can grow into a genetic copy
C. the donor animal should be a female one
D. cloned animals grow faster than normal ones
24. Whether the sale of cloned foods is allowed in the US depends on ________.
A. cloning technology
B. the advisory committee’s research
C. public comments
D. the documents of the F.D.A.
B
I am 26. I’m clear that I’m never going to catch up with Mother Teresa. But I want to do something to help people every single day like her.
Everybody thinks we just serve food and soda. The safety training is serious and stressful. Caring for 49 people in a business class in 90 minutes is not easy. I had a roommate who was a waitress; she just left a candle and a table cloth burning, and I used a fire extinguisher (灭火器) to put out the fire. If something goes bad at her job, she calls the police. But if something happens up in the air, it’s up to us.
I’m single and have no kids. I’ve flown every Christmas since 1995. If I fly, someone else can be with their kids. Christmas in an airport can be depressing, but it’s the little things that make a difference.
We’re not robots. It’s hard to put on a smile and just pretend everything is great when it isn’t. I’ve seen co-workers lose a family member the day before a trip and just pull themselves together (take control of their feelings and behave in a calm way). At the end of a 14-hour flight, it’s like, “It was really nice to help you, but I’m ready for you to get off the plane.” Those last 15 minutes can be the longes t 15 minutes of your life. You can’t wait to turn off the flight attendant’s voice and get something to eat without anyone saying “Excuse me.”
Sometimes I go all day and never hear a “please” or a “thank you.” When you say thank you, it’s huge. It makes us feel like you act ual ly see us as fellow humans. We’re up there together at a height of 30,000 feet, enjoying the miracle (奇迹) of the modern fl ight.
25. What’s the author’s attitude towards Mother Teresa?
A. Grateful.
B. Fearful.
C. Doubtful.
D. Admiring.
26. How did the author like her roommate’s job?
A. It was the same as hers.
B. It was more interesting than hers.
C. It was easier than hers.
D. It was more serious than hers.
27. Why does the author fly every Christmas?
A. Because she has nowhere to go.
B. Becaus e she’s trying to be a helpful co-worker.
C. Because she owes her co-workers some favors.
D. Because she’d like to earn more money.
28. What does the author imply by saying the underlined sentence “We’re not robots”?
A. Flight attendants are not stronger than robots.
B. Flight attendants also experience emotions.
C. Flight attendants get tired while robots don’t.
D. Flight attendants need to rest now and then.
C
While you may think that being smart and talented would logically make someone successful in running a business, unfortunately, this is often not the case.
This problem starts back in school when the stressful “group projects” are first assigned .The smartest don’t want to risk their grade in the class by dividing the work equally and hoping that a n average student does his part well. They just take over and do the whole project themselves.
And thus begins the smart-people work cycle. The smartest people do just about everything better than most everyone else until it comes to running a business. They are not bette r; they are screwed(束缚).
A smart person who can’t stand someone else doing a job badly does everything himself. Then, he is stuck with the one-man band “job-business” and ends up not being able to grow. However, it is quite interesting and strange that some slackers(偷懒的人) ar e better suited to be a business leader than the “smart” people. They figured out early on to surround themselves with smart people who would do the work that they themselves don’t want to do.
Smart and talented people often have a gift for the unusual, co mplicated or different. They don’t like to follow the KISS principle (keep it simple, stupid), which is required to make a business succeed. Maybe you think the global presence of Mc Donald’s complex, but in fact, in the company, every single task is broken down into easy-to-follow steps and everything has been standardized. These successful companies have just a few smart enough people to run the majority of the tasks in a way that can’t be screwed up by their average employees. So, being smart or talented isn’t going to help you unless you can use your talent to figure out a way to simplify those tasks that will make a business successful.
Another issue with the smart people starting businesses is that they often have the most to lose. The smarter you are, the more choices you have available to you. You will be able to make a lot of money in various fields and have room in your career to become promoted. This means that when you start a business, you have a lo t more to risk than those who are not equally smart. This is often referred to as the “golden handcuffs” dilemma.
So, don’t be surprised when the person “MOST Likely to Succeed” from high school ends up as an employee and it is one average student that finds success in his or her own business.
29. In group work, smart students often take ov er the whole project because they believe ______.
A. the work is not divided equally
B. they can perform better than others
C. the group projects are too stressful
D. average students are unwilling to take part
30. McDonald’s is used as an example to prove that ______.
A. a business calls for smart people’s talent
B. average employees can perform complex tasks
C. smart people are important for a successful business
D. simplified tasks are required for the success of a business
31. The underlined expression in Paragraph 5 refers to the situation where smart people ______.
A. have fewer choices in a company
B. risk more when starting business
C. are unwilling to put money to a business
D. can have a good income in many different fields
32. What is the best title for the passage?
A. Potentials for Success
B. Bases for Business
C. The Ordinary Achieve Bigger Success?
D. Talent Means Successful Business?
第二节（共 5 小题，每小题 2 分，满分 10 分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。

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There is difference between reading for information and reading for understanding. 33
The first sense is the one in which we read newspapers, magazines, or anything else. 34 Such materials may increase our store of information, but they cannot improve our understanding. And clearly
we don’t have any difficulty in gaining the new information, for our understanding was equal to them before we started. Otherwise, we would have felt the shock of puzzlement.
The second sense is the one in which we read something that at first we do not completely understand. Here the thing to be read is at the first sight better or higher than the reader. The writer is communicating something that can increase th e reader’s understanding. 35 Otherwise one person could never learn from another. Here, learning means understanding more, not remembering more information.
What are the conditions in this kind of reading? First, there is inequality in understanding. 36 Besides, his book must convey something he possesses and his potential readers lack. Second, the reader must be able to overcome this inequality in some degree. And he should always try to reach the same level of understanding with the writer. If the equality is approached, success of communication is achieved.
37 It is the least demanding and requires the least amount of effort. Everyone who knows how
to read can read for entertainment if he wants to. In fact, any book that can be read for understanding
or information can probably be read for entertainment as well.
A. The writer should have a better communicating skill.
B. Such communication between unequals must be possible.
C. We can get access to the content of those materials easily.
D. The writer must be superior to the reader in understanding.
E. Thus, we can employ the word reading in two different senses.
F. Reading for entertainment can increase our understanding of information.
G. Besides gaining information and understanding, there’s another goal of reading— entertainment.
第三部分英语知识运用( I ) ----完形填空（共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A terrifying exa mple of the sea’s power saw 125,000 people die in 12 different countries. The destruction(破坏) was caused when a very big 38sent tsunamis smashing into Indian Ocean
Communities in Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand, India, Malaysia and East Africa have been 39 by the huge waves. Whole towns were simply swept aside by the power of the water. Cars, trains and buildings
could not 40 , let alone the people who stood 41
The earthquake 42 9.0 on the Richter scale(里氏震级) and occurred 43 the coast of Indonesia. It was 44 as the fifth strongest since 1900. Scientists said the quake was as 45 as a million of
the atomic bombs that were 46 onto Japan during World War Ⅱ. It may be the worst natural disaster in recent history 47 it is affecting so many heavily populated coastal areas.
Because such waves 48 happen in the Indian Ocean, there is no system in place to 49 coastal
Tsunami is Japanese for “harbor wave”. They are usually caused by a sudden50 or fall of part of the Earth’s crust(地壳) under the ocean. Tsunamis often happen in oceans and they are most 51 in the Pacific.
Tsunamis can be very long—as much as 100 kilometers—and be as far as one hour apart. They are able to 52 entire oceans without losing much energy. One of the most striking 53 about tsunamis is that an earthquake on one side of the Pacific Ocean can cause giant waves and destruction on the other side. When the ocean is deep, tsunamis can travel unnoticed 54 speeds of up to 800 kilometers per hour.
The wave may only be a few meters high in the ocean. 55 when it is near the shore and reaches shallow (浅) water, the wave 56 very quickly in height. Witnesses(目击者) in some areas of Indonesia reported seeing up to 10-
Tsunamis travel 57 in all directions from the center of an earthquake and attack coastlines. They can easily suck people out to sea, cause flooding and destroy property.
38. A. storm B. hurricane C. wave
39. A. threatened B. shaken C. destroyed D. transformed
40. A. remain C. exist
41. A. in the way B. in C. on the way
42. A. equaled B. ranged C. measured
43. A. on C. off D. at
44. A. adopted B. noticed C. marked D. recorded
45. A. powerful B. big C. huge
46. A. found B. consumed C. aimed
47. A. if C. when D. as
48. A. never C. rarely
49. A. convince C. protect
50. A. exchange B. rise C. increase
51. A. usual B. common C. ordinary
52. A. spread B. extend C. cross
53. A. facts B. data C. stories
54. A. in B. on C. at D. for
55. A. And C. Therefore
56. A. goes down B. comes about C. runs out D. builds up
57. A. outward C. upward D. downward
第II卷（共 66分）
（请将该部分答案写在答题卷上）
第四部分：基础知识（共两节, 满分21分）
第一节根据所给首字母或汉语提示,写出正确的单词来完成句子(共8小题；每小题1分, 满分8分)
1. To be honest, Nick’s performance isn’t interesting and it didn’t a to me much.
2. I would rather they ________(任命) Mr. Smith to the post, but I am afraid he will not get 50% of
the vote.
3. Under no c should we take risks with other people’s lives.
4. Although a good education doesn’t g a good job, it is better than getting no education.
5. Many people are o to building the motorway. It is not a wise decision.
6. It is not a for us to attend a formal wedding with the sports clothes.
7. Her mother b the girl from leaving the house before she finished her homework.
8. Father had great faith in me, which ___________(增强) my resolve to win the game.
第二节根据中文意思完成句子 (每条横线上只能填写一个单词) (共26小题；每小题0.5分，满分13分)
1. 我睡得正香突然我的床开始摇晃。

I was _________ ________ ________ suddenly my bed began shaking.
2. 长白山的高度从海拔700米到2000多米不等。

The height of Changbaishan ________ ________ 700 metres above sea level to over 2,000 metres
3. 树能够吸收空气中的二氧化碳，当你看着树时还会使你精神振奋。

Trees can absorb carbon dioxide from the air and ________ _________ _________ when you look at them.
4. 我在少年时期对吸烟上了瘾。

During adolescence I became __________ _________ ___________.
5. 我确实希望你过和我一样健康的生活。

I do hope you can live as ________ _________ ________ as I do.
6. 要是没有透视法，就没有人能画出如此真实的画来。

If it hadn’t been ________ perspective, no one _______ ______ _______ such realistic pictures. 7. 直到我被校足球队开除，我才意识到我该戒烟了。

It was _________ until I was taken ________ the school football team ________ I knew it was time that I ________ up smoking.
8. 听到一声尖叫，我冲下楼，发现女房东躺在地板上，失去了意识。

________ a scream, I rushed downstairs only ________ ________ my hostess lying __________ on the floor.
第五部分英语知识运用( II) ----语法填空（共 10小题；每小题 1 分，满分 10 分）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

For the writers in Western cultures, autumn is a difficult season to describe. On one hand, it is
the end of the summer, and therefore a little sad. Winter is 1 the corner. As Ernest Hemingway 2 (write), you expected to be sad in the fall. On the 3 hand, autumn has its good side. French writer Albert Camus even thought autumn was a second spring: “ Autumn is a second spring 4 every leaf
is a flower.” Anoth er autumn theme is wisdom. The 5 (arrive) of the season is thought to be similar
to a person 6 (become) mature. The great Irish poet W.B. Yeats conveyed this theme in his poem The Wild Swans at Coole. 7 (inspire) by the swans, he is moved to think about them and life in the 8 (real). He doubts whether he can still love like the lover swans do. Of course, many other 9 (theme)
can play a part in the literature of autumn. But autumn writing usually focuses on the changes in nature, which writers often compare 10 changes in human life.
第六部分写作（共两节满分 35）
第一节短文改错（满分10 分）
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。

文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。

每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（ ），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

There are various reasons why p eople write poetry. Some poems tell a story and describe something in a way that will give the reader a strong impression. Others try to convey certain emotion. Poets use different forms of poetry to express them. The nursery rh ymes may not make sense of and even seem contradictory. List poems have a flexible line length and repeating phrases what give both a pattern and a rhythm to the poem. The cinquain and haiku can give clear picture use the minimum of words. English speakers also enjoy some forms of Asian poetry--Tang poems from China in particularly. With so many different forms of poetry to choose, students may eventually want to write poems of their own.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
近年来雾霾天气在中国许多城市频频发生。

雾霾天气引起大家极大的关注。

请你用英语写一篇有关雾霾的短文向校刊“英语角”投稿,内容包括：
1. 雾霾的危害
2. 雾霾产生的原因
3. 应对雾霾的措施
提示：雾霾 smog
注意：1. 词数120左右； 2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 开头语已为你写好（不计入总词数）。

In recent years, many cities in China have been hit by smog frequently, which has aroused great concern among people.
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福建师大附中2015－2016学年高二第一学期期末考英语参考答案
第I卷（84分）
I. 听力（20分）1-5 BABCA 6-10 CCACA 11-15 BCBAA 16-20 CBBCB
II. 阅读（34分）
第一节：21-24 ADBC 25-28 DCBB 29-32 BDBD
第二节：33-37 ECBDG
III. 完形 (30分)
38-42DCBAC 43-47CDADD 48-52CBBBC 53-57ACBDA
第II卷（66分）
I.单词（8分）
1. appeal
2. appointed
3. circumstances
4. guarantee
5. opposed
6. appropriate
7. banned
8. strengthened
II. 完成句子（13分）
1. fast/ sound asleep(sleeping soundly), when
2. varies/ ranges from
3. refresh your spirit/ make
you refreshed 4. addicted to smoking 5. healthy a life 6. for, could have drawn/painted
7. not, off, that, gave 8. Hearing, to see/find, unconscious
III. 语法填空（10分）
1. around
2. wrote
3. other
4. when
5. arrival
6. becoming
7. Inspired
8. reality
9. themes 10. to
IV. 短文改错（10分）
There are various reasons why people write poetry. Some poems tell a story and describe something Or
in a way that will give the reader a strong impression. Others try to convey certain emotion. Poets use
emotions
different forms of poetry to express them. The nursery rhymes may not make sense of and even
themselves
seem contradictory. List poems have a flexible line length and repeating phrases what give both a pattern repeated which/that
and a rhythm to the poem. The cinquain and haiku can give clear picture use the minimum of words.
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English speakers also enjoy some forms of Asian poetry---Tang poems from China in particularly. With particular
so many different forms of poetry to choose, students may eventually want to write poems of their own.
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V. 书面表达（25分）
In recent years, many cities in China have been hit by smog frequently, which has aroused great concern among people.
Smog has a bad e ffect on people’s health. Many people, children and the old in particular, suffer from illnesses caused by smog. Consequently, citizens are warned not to go out without wearing masks.
How does it come about? Scientists have found that it is human activity that has caused this. The poisonous matters in the air mainly come as a resu lt of people’s burning coal, driving cars, industry production and so on.
What should we do to stop the situation from worsening? First, cleaner fuels for cars and stricter emission standards for factories are of vital importance. Second, for us individuals, living a green life like going to work or school by public transport is a good choice. Also planting more trees to increase green areas is necessary. I believe every contrib ution counts. Only if we work together will smog weather disappear completely.
听力原文：
(Text 1)
(Text 1)
M: Why do you want to return that sweater, Beth? It’s cheap. And you like red.
W: It’s nice, but I want something more fashionable. And I think blue lo oks better on me.
(Text 2)
W: Haven’t seen you for a long time. Where have you been?
M: In hospital. I was badly ill. So I have to stay here in the library to make up the missed lessons. (Text 3)
W: What a hot day! Do you always have weather like this in May?
M: Generally it’s much better than this. And I can’t remember when we had such a rainy day. (Text 4)
W: Hello, Rob. Where you planning in meeting your friends tonight?
M: No, I was just going to watch some TV.
W: Well, why don’t you do it at my house? I’m going out with my husband, and I don’t want to leave the children at home alone.
M: OK.
(Text 5)
M: It’s good to see you again.
W: Me, too. I hear you’re still working. How soon will you leave your job?
M: In a couple of weeks. I will spend more time with my grandchildren after stopping working. (Text 6)
W: What’s your weight now?
M: 250 pounds. It’s about 15 pounds less than before.
W:Really? Congratulations. How did you make it? Did you keep on a diet? Or did the slim pills take effect on you?
M: Neither. I go to the body building class every day instead.
W: I think I’d better exercise my body too. My arms and legs are becoming slower and slower.
M: I don’t think so. You look full of energy every day. Time has stood s till with you.
(Text 7)
W: What was the best thing about living in Ecuador?
M: The best thing for me I think was the mountains. I loved the mountains.
W: And what was the worst thing?
M: I don’t think there was a worst thing really. I just liked everything about it.
W: What did you miss most about England?
M: First of all my family, second, food, and third my friends.
W: What was the strangest thing about living in Ecuador?
M: The strangest thing? Being rich! I mean even on my salary I could afford to do things, like, like … fly somewhere for the weekend.
W: What advice would you give someone going to live in Ecuador?
M: Travel around as much as they can. It’s an amazing place.
(Text 8)
M: I want to know what evening language courses you are running this year.
W: Well, we have a special offer on at the moment. If you join a language course this month, you will receive a 15-pound discount. This term you can choose from French, Italian, Spanish, as I go on holiday to Spain a lot.
M: What a choice! I think I’ll go for Spanish, as I go on h oliday to Spain a lot.
W: It’s a great course. All our teachers are native speakers.
M: Good. I think it’ll be a great challenge to learn a new language. I’ll sign up today! I have a friend who might be interested as well.
W: OK. I’ll take your details in a moment, but first let me give you the hotline number for your friend. It’s 2004001.
(Text 9)
W: Your new work is going to be published. A collection of 134 new songs in only two years. How did it come about, Nick?
M: I think it was because I was given a bit of space to do my own thing. When I first started, the only way I could get known was as a guy who sang quiet songs. It took five years of touring in a band as a guitarist, to change that. The only reason I stayed with rock was because that’s what brou ght in the crowds and made me earn much.
W: It must have been a marathon getting all the recording done.
M: Oh yeah. Each CD took a month to record – that was our limit.
W: How do you write new songs?
M: I just start thinking about it first thing in the mo rning. I’m in the kitchen, with the kids telling me jokes and things until they all head for the school bus. Then I pour a cup of coffee, put some music on in my study. Sometimes I would dance to the music. Something happens in that quiet hour without fail all of a sudden, and I try it out at the piano later.
(Text 10)
W: In today’s lecture I want to talk a little bit about call centres in the UK. Call centres are one of the fastest growing areas in the UK. As more and more financial service companies such as banks change to telephone-based business practices, they are setting up centralised phone centres which deal with all national calls. The call centres are usually set up in business parks and out-of-town locations, often in areas with cheap land such as Scotland or the Northeast. Open much longer than high street shops, the customer service centres offer an instant answer at almost any time of the day. New telephone technology allows companies to deal with a large number of calls quickly and check the quality of their service easily. The UK has more call centres than any other European country and at present about one in every 100 employees works in one. According to some researchers, this number is expected to rise to one in fifty in the near future.
试卷说明
本次考试考查范围为模块6的知识，年段正常平均分预估为107分左右，由于学生近阶段忙于准备会考科目，读英语的时间较少，考试会受到一定影响，预估成绩会有偏颇。

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