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2024年浙江省五校聯(lián)盟高三3月聯(lián)考

杭州二中 溫州中學

金華一中 紹興一中 衢州二中

命題：浙江省溫州中學

英語試題

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 part of maths is the woman bad at?

A. Shapes.B. Numbers.C. Angles.

2. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?

A. Friends.B. Brother and sister.C. Doctor and patient.

3. What industry does the woman hope to work in?

A. Travel.B. Finance.C. Medicine.

4. Where are the speakers probably?

A. In a classroom. B. In the wild. C. In a hospital.

5. When will the woman's mother probably arrive?

A. At about 12:00 p. m.B. At about 3:00 p. m.C. At about 6:00 p. m.

第二節(jié)(共15小題：每小題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、7題。

6. What upsets the woman?

A. Her campus life.

B. Her friends' attitude.

C. Her recent schoolwork.

7. What is the man like according to the woman?

A. Strict. B. Positive. C. Knowledgeable.

聽第7段材料，回答第8、9題。

8. What is the man's job probably?

A. A tour guide.

B. A ship captain.

C. A seaport manager.

9. Which country is the woman from?

A. China. B. Singapore. C. Italy.

聽第8段材料，回答第10至12題

10. What do the speakers mainly talk about?

A. Robots will take jobs from humans.

B. Robots will replace humans entirely.

C. Robots will be introduced into homes.

11. How does the man think about robots?

A. They are not very friendly.

B. They break down regularly.

C. They do more with less cost.

12. What percentage of jobs will be at risk during the next decade?

A.3% B.15%. C.33%

聽第9段材料，回答第13至16題

13. What is the man's job about?

A. Observing the planets.

B. Doing research in space.

C.Teaching others knowledge.

14. What is the man looking at today?

A. Mars. B. Venus. C. The Moon.

15. Where will the woman have lunch?

A. At the man's office.B. At a cafe. C. At her home.

16. What will the woman do next?

A. Go home. B. Use the telescope.C. Have lunch.

聽第10段材料，回答第17至20題

17. During which season did the speaker's journey take place?

A. Winter. B. Fall. C. Summer.

18. What is the speaker's biggest challenge?

A. Traveling alone.

B. Bearing the heat.

C. Cycling for long.

19. What did the family do for the speaker?

A. They invited him to their house.

B. They taught him a new language.

C. They guided him through the desert.

20. What offers inspiration for the speaker's new book?

A. New friends. B. The landscape. C. Local food.

第二部分閱讀理解(共兩節(jié)，滿分50分)

第一節(jié)(共15小題;每小題2.5分，滿分37.5分)

閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C和D四個選項中，選出最佳答案。

A

Oklahoma School Testing Program for English Language Arts

Purpose

This testing assessment system utilizes different types of assessment to gather multiple pieces of evidence to provide timely, relevant, actionable, and reliable information about what students know and can do relative to a set of standards.

Test Structure, Format, and Scoring

The English Language Arts operational test is meant to be administered in two sessions within one day with a break between sessions or on two instructional days in a row. Each section of the test consists of 25 operational items and 5 field-test items.

Short constructed-response items provide students with the opportunity to respond to items in their own words. A typical response is 1-3 sentences. Each multiple-choice item is scored as correct or incorrect. Technology-enhanced items are worth one point and are scored as correct or incorrect.

Test Administration Details

Paper/pencil testing is administrated in this test. Due to the nature of a paper test booklet, students may have to flip pages to read passages and to read the associated test items.

Students will be able to use scratch paper and/or unmarked grid(方格) paper for the paper. The scratch paper must be collected and destroyed by the test administrator immediately following the test.

21. How many test items are there in total?

A.25 B.30 C.50 D.60

22. What is prohibited in the test?

A. Taking away scratch paper. B. Using a Pencil.

C. Using unmarked grid paper. D. Flipping pages.

23. Where is the text probably taken from?

A. A textbook.

B. A course plan.

C. An exam paper.

D. An exam guideline.

B

It is October again. It has been a year since my mother was diagnosed with lung cancer, a year since she started her good, brave fight. It has been a year marked with so many milestones, so many shared smiles and secret fears.

Usually, children, with eyes that see all and minds that are still free to wonder, are extraordinarily accepting the changes in routine, the shift in seasons. This week, however, when I took my two younger boys with me for a visit to Mom's without telling her in advance, Sean ran into her bedroom to greet her, then quickly returned to the living room to talk to me. "Mom," my four-year-old whispered, careful not to be overheard or offending, "Grandma has no hair.” Mom came through her surgery that removed the tumor(腫瘤) in her lung with faith and grace. She also came through thin and tired. And the side effect was total hair loss. It should grow back eventually, but my mother decided to have a wig(假發(fā)) to cover her head. She wears it mostly for the comfort of others. When she is alone, she usually leaves her head uncovered, finding the wig uncomfortable when unnecessary.

"Grandma has no hair," Sean said, because we had caught her by surprise.

"I know, Sean. Isn't it funny?" I asked him as my mom joined us in the living room. We explained to him that Grandma had to take medicine that made her hair go away, but it would come back. "Would you like to touch my head, Sean?" my mother asked as my son stared at her, his blue eyes filled with questions and curiosity. It is surprising to see your mother-or anyone you love-without hair, but surprisingly it's something that you can get used to quickly. We are, after all, not really these bodies-these are just the shells that transport who we are, and no matter what the physical changes, those connected by love seem to be able to recognize their own.

24. What has happened to Grandma over the year?

A. She has refused others' visits.

B. She has pulled through the cancer.

C. She has lost her fight with the tumor.

D. She has recovered without side effects.

25. Why was Sean surprised when visiting Grandma?

A. Because he found Grandma tired and thin.

B. Because just overheard Grandma's cancer.

C. Because he couldn't accept Grandma's appearance.

D. Because he had never seen Grandma hairless before.

26. Which of the following can best describe Grandma?

A. Loving and optimistic. B. Loyal and honest.

C. Humble and committed. D. Generous and humorous.

27. What message does the author convey in the text?

A. Every cloud has a silver lining.

B. Never judge a book by its cover.

C. Love goes beyond physical changes.

D. What doesn't kill us makes us stronger.

C

Users of Google Gemini,the tech giant's artificial-intelligence model, recently noticed that asking it to create images of Vikings, or German soldiers from 1943 produced surprising results: hardly any of the people depicted were white. Other image-generation tools have been criticized because they tend to show white men when asked for images of entrepreneurs or doctors. Google wanted Gemini to avoid this trap; instead, it fell into another one, depicting George Washington as black. Now attention has moved on to the chatbot's text responses, which turned out to be just as surprising.

Gemini happily provided arguments in favor of positive action in higher education, but refused to provide arguments against. It declined to write a job ad for a fossil-fuel lobby group(游說團體)， because fossil fuels are bad and lobby groups prioritize "the interests of corporations over public well-being". Asked if Hamas is a terrorist organization, it replied that the conflict in Gaza is "complex"; asked if Elon Musk's tweeting of memes had done more harm than Hitler, it said it was "difficult to say". You do not have to be a critic to perceive its progressive bias.

Inadequate testing may be partly to blame. Google lags behind OpenAl, maker of the better-known ChatGPT. As it races to catch up, Google may have cut corners. Other chatbots have also had controversial launches.

Releasing chatbots and letting users uncover odd behaviors,which can be swiftly addressed, lets firms move faster,provided they are prepared to weather(經(jīng)受住) the potential risks and bad publicity, observes Ethan Mollick, a professor at Wharton Business School.

But Gemini has clearly been deliberately adjusted, or "fine-tuned", to produce these responses. This raises questions about Google's culture. Is the firm so financially secure, with vast profits from internet advertising, that it feels free to try its hand at social engineering? Do some employees think it has not just an opportunity, but a responsibility, to use its reach and power to promote a particular agenda? All eyes are now on Google's boss, Sundar Pichai. He says Gemini is being fixed. But does Google need fixing too?

28. What do the words"this trap" underlined in the first paragraph refer to?

A. Having a racial bias.

B. Responding to wrong texts.

C. Criticizing political figures.

D. Going against historical facts.

29. What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?

A. Gemini's refusal to make progress.

B. Gemini's failure to give definite answers.

C. Gemini's prejudice in text responses.

D.Gemini's avoidance of political conflicts.

30. What does Ethan Mollick think of Gemini's early launch?

A. Creative. B. Promising. C. Illegal. D. Controversial.

31. What can we infer about Google from the last paragraph?

A. Its security is doubted.

B. It lacks financial support.

C. It needs further improvement.

D. Its employees are irresponsible.

D

"Tie an Italian's hands behind his back," runs an old joke, "and he'll be speechless." This rests on a national stereotype: Italians are talkative and emotional, and all that arm-waggling supposedly goes to prove it.

Susan Goldin-Meadow of the University of Chicago has a rather different view. Emotions come out in lots of ways: facial expressions, posture, tone of voice and so on. But people are doing something different when they use gestures with speech, which she sums up in the title of her new book, "Thinking with Your Hands". It is a masterly tour through a lifetime's research.

Virtually everyone gestures, not just Italians. Experimental subjects, told after a research session that they were being watched for gestures, apologize for not having made any-but were doing so the entire time. People born blind gesture when they speak, including to each other. A woman born without arms but with"phantom limb syndrome(幻肢綜合征)"describes how she uses her phantom arms when she talks-but not when she walks. All this suggests that cognition is, to some extent, "embodied"; thinking is not all done in your head.

In fact, gestures that accompany speech are a second channel of information. Subjects watch a film in which a cat runs but are told to lie and say it jumped. They do so in words-while their hands make a running motion.People who say they believe in sexual equality but gesture with their hands lower when talking about women are not indicating women's height; they can be shown to have biases of which they may be unaware.

In "The Crown",a historical drama series, Lady Diana is warned that her hands may betray her real emotions, which could be dangerous; they are tied together so she can learn to speak without gesticulating. No one who reads Susan's book could ever again think that gesturing shows only a lack of control. It is about thinking and communication, and is a sophisticated aid to both.

32. Why does the author mention the old joke in Paragraph 1?

A. To present an argument.

B. To describe a scene.

C. To lead in the topic.

D. To clarify a doubt.

33. Which statement will Susan Goldin-Meadow probably agree with?

A. The disabled seldom use gestures.

B. Gestures literally embody cognition.

C. Thinking only occurs inside the brain.

D. Gestures are improper in communication.

34. What does the author try to prove in the last two paragraphs?

A. Gestures may express what the speaker really thinks.

B. People are unaware of the meanings of their gestures.

C. Gesturing during speech shows only a lack of control.

D. Speakers can lie more easily with the help of gestures.

35. Which of the following is the best title for the text?

A. Speech: A Direct Channel of Information

B. Gestures: A Vital Form of Communication

C. Italian's Body Language: A National Stereotype

D. Thinking with Your Hands: A Lifetime's Research

第二節(jié)(共5小題：每小題2.5分，滿分12.5分)

根據(jù)短文內容，從短文后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。選項中有兩項為多余選項。

We watch our salt and fat intake to protect our hearts. We exercise and take calcium to protect our bones. We use sunscreen to protect our skin. But what can we do to protect our eyes, all year round? A lot. 36

Invest in quality sunglasses

To shield your eyes, wear sunglasses certified to block out 99 to 100 per cent of UVA and UVB light. 37 "In fact, if the lenses are dark but not UV-protected, that's worse for your eyes, because when you're looking through dark lenses your pupils dilate, which lets more UV light inside to do damage," says Dr Esen Akpek, a professor at Johns Hopkins University.

Wear safety glasses when needed

You don't have to be doing construction work or factory work to need protective eyewear. 38. It's estimated that up to 90 per cent of sports-related eye injuries are actually preventable with proper eye protection. "I see people who've been gardening, leaned forward and got poked in the eye by a branch," says Dr Davinder Grover, an ophthalmologist at Glaucom a Associates of Texas.

Invest in an air purifier.

39 . Outdoor cold and wind can be drying, too, while pollution and allergens can cause irritation. In addition to lubricating eye drops, "air purifiers and humidifiers are our friends," says Akpek.

See an eye specialist regularly

Routine checkup helps maintain good eye health, so please don't forget to see an eye specialist for a checkup regularly, if possible. 40

A. Safety comes first for various outdoor activities

B. Surprisingly, dark lenses aren't necessarily the most protective

C. Indoor heating and air conditioning can dry out the air-and the eyes

D. Gardening, home repairs and sports all pose the risk of trauma to the eye

E. Not all eye problems are noticeable, and all are best treated when found early

F. By incorporating these lifestyle steps, your eyes will stay healthy throughout the year

G. We have asked experts what lifestyle steps people should take to protect their vision and eye health

第三部分語言知識運用(共兩節(jié)，滿分30分)

第一節(jié)(共15小題;每小題1分，滿分15分)

閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的A、B、C和D四個選項中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項。

Forty years ago, Mrs. Austen was my first-grade teacher,an old lady with salt-and-pepper hair, firm but kind, patient and 41. She let us bake gingerbread men in the school cafeteria-a delightful 42 that amazed me. And whenever we read the "Jack and Janet" books, she wouldn't let the other kids 43 my classmate Jack or me.

But I came to truly 44 Mrs. Austen when a dress-up day was 45. On that day, we were encouraged to wear clothes in the 46 of the mid-1800s. My mother, a superb tailor, made a pioneer-style dress for me. I was so proud 47 itas I walked to school that day. When I got there, however, I was the only one in my class who had dressed up, feeling kind of 48 .Mrs. Austen oohed and aahed over my 49 and then went to her office. It didn't take long before she 50 in a frontier-style dress! She explained that she had asked her husband to bring the costume.

We moved away two years later, and I still 51 that I never told Mrs. Austen how 52 I was to her, teacher who went out of her way, and even 53 her husband's help, to keep a little girl from feeling 54. I had many wonderful teachers throughout the years, but Mrs. Austen has always held a(n)55.

41. A. neighborly B. cowardly C. grandmotherly D. scholarly

42. A. treat B. view C. Journey D. story

43. A. call on B. relate to C. laugh at D. engage with

44. A. remember B. appreciate C. believe D. approach

45. A. appointed B. canceled C. established D. scheduled

46. A. field B. style C. course D. show

47. A. making B. holding C. wearing D. owning

48. A. surprised B. frightened C. disappointed D. embarrassed

49. A. cookies B. present C. costume D. material

50. A. reappeared B. displayed C. announced D. modeled

51. A. assume B. regret C. imagine D. pretend

52. A. dedicated B. important C. attached D. grateful

53. A. sought B. deserved C. offered D. declined

54. A. at ease B. in order C. out of place D. under control

55. A. typical B. special C. obvious D. ideal

第二節(jié)(共10小題：每小題1.5分，滿分15分)

閱讀下面短文，在空白處填入1個適當?shù)膯卧~或括號內單詞的正確形式。

For thousands of years, Chinese people_56 (value) the large family with three, four, or even five generations living under the same roof. In this way of life, the older generation can enjoy a happy and easy late life with their children, grandchildren or great-grandchildren growing up beside them and keeping them _57. being lonely. However, as society advances and people enjoy a_58_(comfortable) life, the big families begin to break up. Along with the growth of so-called "empty nestles", which means the young birds have flown away and only_59 old are left alone, young parents are living with their own nuclear families. It goes without saying 60 the collapse of big families and the popularity of smaller ones are the result of our times.

It is a time when people think highly of individual freedom_61_happiness. Young people like to have a space all alone to themselves, which helps avoid conflicts_62 (cause) by different living habits from their parents. It's also a time when problems of old age and childcare have been socialized gradually. Senior citizens can live together and_63 (take) good care of by specialized nurses.

Therefore, there is every reason to believe that this trend of families in reduced size is_64_(agree) to our times. To create a brighter future, we should do our best to build our society into one in_65_every member lives healthily and harmoniously.

第四部分寫作(共兩節(jié)，滿分40分)

第一節(jié)(滿分15分)

假定你是李華，外教Brian要求同學們在課上推薦一款兼顧趣味與英語學習的app,請你寫一篇發(fā)言稿。內容包括：1。介紹這款app;2.分享使用體驗。

注意：

1.詞數(shù)80左右：

2.可適當增加細節(jié)，使內容充實，行文連貫，

Hi, everyone!

That's all. Thanks for listening.

第二節(jié)(滿分25分)

閱讀下面材料，根據(jù)其內容和所給段落開頭語續(xù)寫兩段，使之構成一篇完整的短文。

Our school holds an annual book fair each January, where new and used books are available for students to purchase. Our librarian, Mr. Egan, is the school sponsor(主辦者) for it. Traditionally, the tenth-grade students are responsible for the planning, set-up, and selling at the fair. I am sure that Mr.Egan consulted our teacher, Ms. Cates, for suggestions as to who would be the student directors, and I was pleasantly surprised when he approached me to be one of the students in charge. I was even more surprised when he told me that the student I would be working Charlie and I have known each other since kindergarten but have never been close. Ever since we were partners for the science project last year, there is very little we choose to say to each other. Needless to say, the science project fell short of our expectations. In light of that event, I was shocked that Mr. Egan and Ms. Cates found us a suitable match.

At the meeting with Mr. Egan, we divided the responsibilities between us. I would be in charge of setting up the room and getting the volunteers to work the sale for all three days. Charlie would be in charge of all the books. We were both quite satisfied with our jobs, and even more satisfied that there would be little contact between us.

With only two weeks to plan, I knew I could not waste time. I asked John and Rachel to help me with the set-up and twelve other classmates to work at the fair. I figured that, between Mr. Egan, the friends who volunteered to help, and me, we would be just fine.

Meanwhile, I tried on two separate occasions to start a conversation with Charlie about the progress he was, “Everything’s cool”.

On the day of the set-up, my friends and I arrived, only to find Charlie with his head in his hands, surrounded by a million boxes of books. I asked him, "Charlie, what's wrong?"

注意：

1.續(xù)寫詞數(shù)應為150左右;

2.請按如下格式在答題卡的相應位置作答。

Paragraph 1:

He responded in despair, "There are a lot more books here than I expected."

Paragraph 2:

After the book fair was over, I couldn't stop wondering why Mr. Egan put us together.

2024年浙江省五校聯(lián)盟高三3月聯(lián)考英語試題參考答案

第一部分：聽力(共20小題：每小題1.5分，滿分30分)

1-5 BACBC 6-10 BBCBA 11-15CCACB

第二部分：閱讀理解(共兩節(jié)，滿分50分)

第一節(jié)(共15小題，每小題2.5分，滿分37.5分)

21-23 DAD 24-27 BDAC 28-31 ACDC 32-35 CBAB

第二節(jié)(共5小題，每小題2.5分，滿分12.5分)

3640GDCE

第三部分，語言運用(共兩節(jié)，滿分30分)

第一節(jié)(共15小題：每小題1分，滿分15分)

41-45CACBD 46-50BCDCA51-55 BDACB

第二節(jié)(共10小題：每小題1.5分，滿分15分)

56.,have valued57.from58.,more comfortable 59.the

60.that61.and 62 caused 63.be taken64agreeable65which

第四部分：寫作(共兩節(jié)，滿分40分)

第一節(jié)，應用文寫作(滿分15分)

Hi , everyone . Today I ' d like to recommend an app called " Duolingo " to all of you . It is an excellent app that combines fun and effective English learning methods . Duolingo offers a wide range of interactive lessons , such as vocabulary exercises , grammar quizzes , and speaking and listening tasks . What ' s more , it uses game - like elements to make learning more engaging and enjoyable .

I ' ve been using Duolingo for a while now , and I ' ve found it to be an incredibly useful tool for improving my English skills . The variety of exercises and the app ' s user - friendly interface have made my learning experience pleasurable and productive . I highly recommend giving Duolingo a try .

That ' s all . Thanks for listening .

大家好。今天，我想向大家推薦一款名為“多鄰國”的應用程序。這是一個優(yōu)秀的應用程序，結合了有趣和有效的英語學習方法。多鄰國提供廣泛的互動課程，如詞匯練習，語法測驗，口語和聽力任務。更重要的是，它使用了類似游戲的元素來使學習更有吸引力和樂趣。

我使用多音機已經(jīng)有一段時間了，我發(fā)現(xiàn)它是提高我的英語技能的一個非常有用的工具。各種各樣的練習和應用程序的用戶友好的界面讓我的學習體驗感到愉快和富有成效。我強烈建議你試試多鄰國。

第二節(jié)讀后續(xù)寫(滿分25分)

One possible version :

He responded in despair ," There are a lot more books here than I expected ." My initial impulse was to say ," This is your mess . Figure it out yourself ." But instead I said ," Let me see if I can get some help ." Charlie nodded , appreciating the support . Then , we , together with other helpers , rolled up our sleeves and started sorting them by genre . Hours passed by as we worked side by side . Slowly but surely , the chaos began to transform into a perfect fair , and our avoidance of contact into smooth communication . I was surprised that the book fair was a success and even more surprised that we could actually work well together .(98 words )

After the book fair was over , I couldn ' t stop wondering why Mr . Egan put us together . I approached him , eager to figure out his intention of this unlikely pairing . However , his reply was quite simple ," I knew that this would be a great experience for both of you . It wasn ' t so much about running the book fair as it was a lesson in how important it is to communicate and to work alongside others when necessary ." Hearing what he said and thinking of what happened between Charlie and me , I couldn ' t help but smile . Sometimes , the most valuable lessons are learned amidst the challenges we face and the people we least expect to be our allies .(100 words )

他絕望地回答說：“這里的書比我想象的要多得多.”我最初的沖動是要說，“這就是你的爛攤子。你自己弄清楚?！钡覅s說：“讓我看看我能不能得到一些幫助。”查理點了點頭，感謝大家對他的支持。然后，我們和其他助手一起卷起袖子，開始按類型進行分類。.幾個小時過去了，我們一起工作了。慢慢地，混亂開始轉變?yōu)橐粋€完美的集市，而我們的避免接觸變成了順利的交流。.幾個小時過去了，我們一起工作了。慢慢地，混亂開始轉變?yōu)橐粋€完美的集市，而我們的避免接觸變成了順利的交流。

書展結束后，我不禁想知道為什么伊根把我們放在了一起。我走近他，急于想弄清楚他對這對不太可能的配對的意圖。然而，他的回答很簡單，“我知道這對你們倆來說都是一次很好的經(jīng)歷。這與其說是為了舉辦書展，而是為了教訓，在必要時交流和與他人一起工作是多么重要?！甭牭剿f的話，想到我和查理之間發(fā)生的事情，我忍不住笑了。有時，在我們面臨的挑戰(zhàn)和我們所面臨的最不希望成為我們的盟友中吸取最寶貴的教訓

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M : The thing I love about maths is all the problems you have to work out .

W : I know what you mean , but numbers aren ' t my thing .(1) I ' m better at shapes and angles .

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W : My shoulder has been hurting for three days . Do you think I should go see a doctor ?

M : Have you tried taking some medicine ?

W : My brother bought some types of medicine , but I don ' t know which one to take .(2) Text 3

M : I don ' t get it . You ' re always reading travel books , yet you never actually go anywhere !

W : Well , I can ' t afford it right now ... Not everybody is the son of a banker , you know . But when I finish studying and have a doctor ' s salary ,(3) I ' ll travel the world . You ' ll see !

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M : From what I ' ve learmed in lectures , to cure an infection , we have to clean the wound first . Then , we must close it .

W : But we don ' t have medical tools outdoors , and Michael is getting worse .(4) Run back to the car and call an ambulance .

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M : What time is your mother arriving ?

W : She was supposed to catch thenoonbs , bsecalledetosaysemissed it . So she plans to take

the 3:00 bus , which will get her here around dinner time .(5)

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W : My friends have good intentions , but sometimes they ' re so negative . Honestly , it brings me down sometimes .(6)

M : That ' s common at your age , Gina . I think life in high school is great . However , with life changing so quickly,it’s easy to be at a loss.

W : But you ' re always in such a good mood . How do you maintain such an optimistic attitude ?(7)

M : Situations aren ' t necessarily good or bad . It just depends on how you look at them !

W : You ' re right , Papa . I ' ll try to convince my friends of this .

M : Just show them a positive example . Eventually , they ' ll follow !

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M : Welcome to the busiest seaport in the world - the Port of Shanghai is essential to the connection of our planet .

W : I ' m just a student now , but I hope to manage a shipping port like you one day .(8)

M : Great - I was just like you , at your age . I ' d love to explain this port ' s role in global trade more clearly .

W : Thanks . I ' ve only studied the Port of Singapore in my hometown .(9)

M : Yes , that city ' s port , from which you just arrived , is an important link for Shanghai ' s trade . This critical route connects through Singapore , onto India and Africa , and ends in ltaly or beyond .

W : I heard this port dates back to 1842- is that true?

M : Exactly . Now , over 30 million units are processed yearly , with a couple thousand ships departing every month .

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M : In the future , many of our current jobs will be done by robots .

W : The future is closer than you think . Several of my friends were fired in a car factory , because robots are now replacing them .

M : Robots do offer better output (產量) for less cost .(11) They can operate all day and night .

W : This is true , but my friends are no longer earning any money .

M : Hopefully they will be able to find other jobs .

W : It is getting harder to find a job that will not be replaced in a few years ' time .

M : This is true . I read a report that said in this decade ,3% of jobs were at risk from machines .(12)

W : I read the same report . That number would jump to 33% during the next decade .(12)

M : Yes , but they also pointed out that robots and artificial intelligence could boost the global economy by $15 trillion .

W : Do you think they will replace lawyers like us ?

M : Not anytime soon .

W : We have to work long hours , but at least we have job security .

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W : What do you think when you look through your telescope ?

M : Well , I think about my job , which is to look into space , look at planets and discover what

knowledge they offer .(13)

W : Yes , but what are your private thoughts about what you see ?

M : That is a good question . What is your name ?

W : Jenny .

M : Well , Jenny , even after a quarter of a century in this job , I am still filled with wonder when I look at planets and stars .

W : Do you wonder whether there is life there ?

M : It depends . When I look at Mars , Venus or the planet I am viewing today , the Moon ,(14) I am pretty sure there is nothing living there . Further away ... well , maybe .

W : At my school , we had a competition to draw what we thought a space creature would look like .

M : Ha - ha . That is fun , as long as it doesn ' t scare you too much . Because the fact is , scientists and explorers have never found evidence that such things exist .

W : Oh , I see .

M : So , Jenny , what will you and your friends be doing next ? Going back to school , or going home ?

W : I think we are going to have our lunch at the caf é here .(15)

M : Would you like to look through my telescope before you go ?(16)

W : Ooh , yes please .(16)

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Dear diary , it ' s the 10th day of my bicycle journey from Beijing to Mongolia .(17)(19) Tomorrow will be one of the hardest days . To be honest , it ' s not the physical challenge of cycling 10 hours per day , nor is it the burning July sun in this desert - like part of northern China .(17) The real challenge is the loneliness of cycling for days without any company (1).(18) The local people in the cities are so friendly , but I ' ve only just been able to make friends with people who can speak English . But tomorrow morning I ' ll have to say goodbye to the lovely family that housed me . I stayed here for an extra two days after this family helped me order food at a restaurant and invited me to stay at their home .(19) They generously offered me a ride around their town , and amazing introductions to local food and tradition . I ' ll miss them a lot as I continue riding north through the desert . I write this now , not just to motivate myself to continue , but to remind myself that each new friend I make on this trip could provide materials for my new book .(20) As I sit here , looking out into an empty desert road , I feel so thankful for the friends I ' ve made and so inspired by the experience of traveling .