英语寒假作业4
第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5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 was Matt running slowly today?
A. He ate a big breakfast. B. He stayed up late last night. C. He worried about his schoolwork. 2. How does the woman want to travel?
A. By plane.
3. Where does the conversation take place?
A. In an office. 4. Who is Jeremy?
A. The man's coach. 5. What did the man want to do?
A. Buy a new battery.
B. Charge his phone.
C. Use a laptop.
B. The man's father.
C. The man's friend.
B. At a gift shop.
C. On a beach.
B. By train.
C. By car.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
听下面5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。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、7题。 6. Why is the man given the test?
A. Because he failed the last test. B. Because he was sick yesterday. C. Because he wants to get extra points. 7. How many problems are there in Eddie's test?
A. 7. B. 12. C. 16. 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。 8. Where will the project be?
A. In Russia.
9. What does the man hope to do?
A. Set up more hidden cameras.
B. In China.
C. In India.
B. Read more about rare big cats. C. See a rare cat with his own eyes. 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. What will the man do on the first day of his new work?
A. Meet some workmates. B. Take a training course. C. Have an examination. 11. What career will the man do?
A. He will be a teacher.
B. He will be an engineer. C. He will be a tour guide.
12. What does the woman say about getting a senior position in the university?
A. It took a longer time. B. It meant more to her. C. It was easier to achieve.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。 13. What are the speakers mainly discussing?
A. The prices of food. 14. What are in the woman's basket?
A. Fresh carrots.
B. Frozen peas.
C. Fast food.
B. Healthy eating habits. C. Ways to cook meals.
15. Why does the man prefer frozen food?
A. It's cheap.
B. It's healthy.
C. It's convenient.
16. When does the woman get off work every day?
A. At 5:00 p.m.
B. At 6:00 p.m.
C. At 7:00 p.m.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. How many African countries has Mr. Xie Yanshen visited?
A. 30.
B. 40.
C. 54.
18. What does Mr. Xie Yanshen probably like to do?
A. Collect art.
B. Create art.
C. Sell art.
19. What did Mr. Xie Yanshen do in 2012?
A. He donated pieces of art to a Chinese museum. B. He was encouraged to worked at a museum. C. He founded a museum in Africa by himself. 20. What does the National Museum of China hope to do?
A. Encourage people to collect African artworks. B. Raise money to buy more African artworks. C. Introduce African culture to Chinese people. 第二部分阅读（共两节，满分50分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
Better known by his stage name KUN, Cai Xukun is a phenomenon, opening up the music industry in China.
Last year, after participating in the reality TV show Idol Producer, receiving the most votes from fans, the singer-songwriter rose to fame overnight. At just 21 years old, Cai has topped Chinese music charts with multiple singles.
On July 26, KUN released his newest single Young. Within just 20 seconds, it reached a million sales. KUN wrote the song to share his understanding of youth. He mixed R&B and electronic beats（节拍）to make it more cheerful. A reviewer wrote on QQ Music, \go back to youth again.\
The song was an early birthday present to himself which he celebrated on Aug 2. KUN also hopes that he always has the courage to pursue（追求）his love of music, no matter what people think. \like my children and I have put my best effort into them.\Global Times.
Indeed, KUN has written and produced most of his songs on his own. \to have my own spirit in it,” he told music website Soundigest, \feel more enjoyment when I'm performing my own work.\
Although KUN loves performing onstage, when the lights go down, he prefers to fall back into his own world and darkness at night. \“It's a great moment for me to create new things. Sometimes, I can write songs with a melody（旋律）I heard in a dream.”
To develop his introspection（反思）and find new inspiration, KUN attends different kinds of musical performances—from festivals to opera houses. \he told I-D.
With such talent and dedication to music, it seems that KUN will continue to make his mark in the competitive Chinese music industry.
21. What do we know about KUN's newest single?
A. It earns him a birthday present.
B. It makes people feel happy and energetic. C. It shows how he pursues his dream. D. It combines jazz and electronic music.
22. What does KUN usually do to get inspiration for music?
A. He goes to music shows. B. He talks to famous singers. C. He attends music classes. D. He finds melodies in his dreams. 23. Which would best describe KUN?
A. Courageous and patient. B. Talented and humorous. C. Hardworking and creative. D. Optimistic and outgoing.
B
Reading books and looking at pictures is great, but nothing facilitates（促进）learning like travel, especially for teenagers. Not only do they get to see a world beyond their neighborhood, they also get to experience it—feel it, taste it, hear it and better understand the world around them.
After nearly four decades in the classroom and traveling the world, Phyllis Duvall Bailey knew this perhaps better than anyone else.
Becoming involved in the work in AKA Sorority Inc in US, she worked to educate children about the United Nations. There was no doubt in Bailey's mind that the lessons would mean so much more if the students could see things for themselves.
Starting in 2015, Bailey, 82, set out to take her students to the UN Headquarters in New York City to give them a \
Indeed, it is a great opportunity to give students national and international exposure. Since Bailey saw the students as future leaders, she was desperate to expose them to the UN, its mission, its agendas（议程）and its supporting organizations.
She decided to give $10, 000 of her own money to pay for the late June trip, enough to take 10 students aged 14-17 on a four-night stay in New York. There, they had guided tours of the UN Headquarters and the New York City Harbor（海港）.
It was Quenyaun Payne's first trip to the city and Taylor Sappington's second. Payne, 17, is a senior at Mceachem High School in the state of Georgia, US. Sappington, 15, is a junior at Therrell High School in Atlanta, Georgia, US. Both said their visit to the UN was inspiring.
\warming and keeping peace,\
Payne commented, \Actually, there are a lot of people grateful for the retired teacher's effort. The United Nations
Association of Atlanta recently gave Bailey its Humanitarian Award, and the United Nations Association of the US-awarded her with the National Education Award.
But Bailey wasn't looking for recognition or even gratitude. Over those four days in New York, she'd already felt it and seen it in the eyes of those 10 teenagers, Payne and Sappington included, who made the trip.
“It has been a real joy to get to see and watch their reaction to new experiences,\24.
The underlined word \____________ . A. the benefits of traveling
B. good reading habits
C. new teaching methods 25. How did Bailey help students?
D. the things teenagers like
A. She offered them voluntary opportunities at the UN. B. She paid for trips that helped students see the world. C. She paid for them to go to school in other countries. D. She taught them some useful life-long reading skills. 26. What can we infer from Sappington's words?
A. He determines to work for the UN in the future. B. He shows no interest in global affairs at all. C. He finds the trip to the UN greatly instructive. D. He wants to visit New York City once again. 27. What made Bailey most joyful according to the passage?
A. Students' gratitude. C. Students' gains.
B. Social recognition. D. Official awards. C
Nature calms our stressed-out soul. Nature is the best medicine, but new research is showing how little time we need to set aside to harvest the benefits.
In one new study, researchers tried to find the most effective \（药剂）of nature within the context of normal daily life. As more doctors prescribe（开药方）nature experiences for stress relief and other health benefits—sometimes referred to as a \pill\—the study's authors hoped to make the details of these treatments clear.
\how often to do it, or even what kind of nature experience will benefit us,\Hunter in a statement. \of the stress hormone cortisone（压力荷尔蒙激素），you should spend 20 to 30 minutes sitting or walking in a place that provides you with a sense of nature.\
A nature pill can be a low-cost, low-risk way to curb the negative effects of urbanization and indoor lifestyle. To find the most efficient dosage, Hunter and her co-authors asked 36 city citizens to have nature experiences of at least 10 minutes three times per week over eight weeks.
Every two weeks, the researchers collected saliva（唾液）samples to measure levels of the stress hormone cortisone, both before and after the participants took a nature pill. The data showed that just a 20-minute nature experience was enough to significantly reduce cortisone levels. The effect was more efficient between 20 and 30 minutes, after which benefits continued to increase but at a slower rate.
That fits with the findings of another recent study, which found that spending 20 minutes in an urban park can make you happier, no matter whether you use that time to exercise.
For this study, 94 adults visited 3 urban parks in Mountain Brook, Alabama, completing a