1 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. Which road will stay closed?

A．M43.

B．M30.

C．M16.

2. Why is North Street closed to all cars?

A．The snow hasn’t been cleared.

B．There is an accident.

C．It is under repair.

3. How can passengers get the latest information about trains?

A．By visiting a website.

B．By reading a magazine.

C．By making a phone call.

4. What is the weather going to be like in the evening?

A．Snowy

B．Windy

C．Sunny

2 . You’re standing at a city bus stop, waiting for a bus to arrive. You wait and wait.     1     But you haven’t seen one for at least 20 minutes. Finally, a bus full of people arrives. Just as you try to squeeze yourself in, you see another bus coming down the street, and another one behind it!

What’s going on? Why do buses always seem to come in bunches (成群) instead of at regular intervals (间隔) ?

    2     They say that passengers tend to remember the few times when more than one bus arrives at a stop and to forget the many more times when a bus arrives alone.

However, experts who study traffic say that bunching really can happen quite easily.     3     If each stop had the same number of passengers waiting, the buses would keep to their schedule. But usually there are many people at a few stops and no one at others.

Suppose many people happen to gather at a particular stop.     4     So it gets delayed and the bus behind it catches up a bit. When the second bus arrives at the same stop, there has been less time for passengers to assemble (聚集), so the bus goes on its way quickly. Meanwhile, the first bus arrives at its next stop a little later than usual, so there’s been more time for passengers to join the crowd.     5     Once one bus catches up with the other bus, the two buses end up travelling together. If the route is a long one, a third bus could eventually catch up with the first two.

Check it out the next time you hop (跳上) a bus!

A．There’s supposed to be a bus every 10 minutes.

B．But you don’t know the exact time the bus will arrive.

C．The problem is the different numbers of people at the stops.

D．Some people claim that bus bunching doesn’t happen very often.

E．And soon after several more stops, the second bus catches up with the first.

F．Find the probability that the waiting time is longer than you expected.

G．It takes longer than usual for the passengers to board the first bus that arrives.

3 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. How many countries will tourists visit on the 10-day trip?

A．Two.

B．Four.

C．Five.

2. What is included in the price for the 10-day trip?

A．Meals.

B．Entrance tickets.

C．Local transportation.

3. What will tourists do on the 6th day of the cruise trip?

A．Fly back from Alaska.

B．Tour the city of Alaska.

C．Watch a live performance in Alaska.

4. Where are the speakers?

A．In Germany.

B．In Canada.

C．In Switzerland.

4 . 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。

My family and I have managed     1     (cross) the North American continent, from western to eastern Canada in two weeks! I can’t wait to share the stories     2     you.

We started from Vancouver in a home on wheels with Dad driving.     3     he has such     4     poor sense of direction that we had got lost many times before we finally crossed the Rocky Mountains to see fantastic view. On the     5     (eight) day, we reached Quebec, where the funniest thing happened. Dad left Mom behind after     6     (get) some petrol and it was not until mom called that we realized it! To cheer my mom up, we     7     (go) to a typical Quebec restaurant for some delicious French food.

Now we’re in the very eastern part of Canada. We went on a boat trip yesterday in celebration of our trip. My mom dropped Dad’s phone into the sea when seeing an     8     (amaze) killer whale, which drove Dad mad.     9     (luck), we met another family from Quebec who will send some great     10     (photo) of the whale to us.

5 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. Who is the speaker talking to?

A．Students.

B．Athletes.

C．Historians.

2. What will the listeners visit in the morning?

A．Wildlife park.

B．Cardiff Council Building.

C．Cardiff Castle.

3. What will the member of Cardiff City Council do?

A．Talk about medicine in ancient days.

B．Introduce the history of a Roman wall.

C．Show improvements in wildlife protection.

4. What do we know about the trip?

A．The whole journey takes three hours.

B．People will stay in a hotel for two nights.

C．Cardiff's famous stadium is the destination.

6 . Carmakers, including BMW, Fiat, Chrysler and Peugeot, warned that the worldwide semiconductor processor shortage will continue in 2021 and beyond. The shortage has affected both production and sales of automobiles.

Automobiles have become increasingly dependent on processors, also known as chips. They are needed for computers to help engines with better fuel economy and assist drivers in emergency braking. Without a good supply of chips, carmakers have centered production on higher-profit models. The higher prices keep their businesses going even though they are selling fewer cars.

Richard Palmer is the chief financial officer of Stellantis. The company sells cars, under 14 brands including Fiat, Chrysler and Peugeot. He said the company did not expect chip supply to improve before the last three months of the year. That would mean a production loss of around 1.4 million vehicles for 2021.

The German carmaker warned that there will be more problems during the second half of this year. "The longer the supply bottlenecks last, the more tense the situation is likely to become," BMW chief financial officer Nicolas Peter said in a statement. “We expect production restrictions to continue in the second half of the year. Those restrictions will cause a lower number of sales,” he added.

German chipmaker Infineon Technologies confirmed the shortage. The company said the latest wave of COVID-19 cases slows the production of materials in Asia. And the amounts of goods available have now hit all-time lows. Reinhard Ploss is the Chief Executive Officer of Infineon. He told economists that a sharp limit of supplies is hurting the recovery of worldwide car markets. He observed that "it will take time to get back" to a balance between supply and demand. "In our view, this will take until well into 2022," he added.

1. How do carmakers deal with reduced sales?

A．By improving production technology.	B．By selling cars with lower fuel consumption.
C．By offering better emergency braking systems.	D．By producing high-priced cars.

2. Why does the author mention Richard Palmer and Nicolas Peter?

A．To stress the seriousness of the present situation.

B．To provide a solution to the reduced sales.

C．To convey their expectation of the car production.

D．To highlight the importance of chips for carmakers.

3. What's Reinhard Ploss' attitude towards car production and sales?

A．Hopeful.

B．Indifferent.

C．Worried.

D．Doubtful.

4. What is the best title of the passage?

A．The Decline of Car Sales	B．Chip Shortage and its Influence
C．The Restrictions of Production	D．The Balance between Supply and Demand

7 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. How does the woman often get to work?

A．On foot.

B．By car.

C．By bike.

2. Why did the man sell his car?

A．He spent too much money repairing it.

B．He thought having a car made him lazy.

C．He thought it was bad for the environment.

3. What do we know about the woman?

A．She likes doing exercise.

B．She wants to lose some weight.

C．She has never ridden a bike to get around.

4. Where will the speakers go next?

A．To a car factory.

B．To a car repair shop.

C．To a car dealership.

8 . 阅读下面短文, 根据所给情节进行续写, 使之构成一个完整的故事。

Jennifer, a senior high school student, was driving the old blue sedan(轿车) owned by her father. She lived on a farm about ten miles away from downtown and used the car back and forth every day.

Jennifer had driven into town that night to see a basketball game between Rockets and Warriors. Now she was on her way home, thinking about the game-winning shot by Harden. As she pulled away from the stadium, she noticed a red pick-up truck follow her out of the parking lot. A few minutes later the truck was still behind her.

“I guess we're going in the same direction,” she whispered to herself. Anxious and suspicious, she began to watch the truck in her mirror. When she changed her speed, the driver of the truck changed his speed too! When she passed a car, so he did.

Then he turned on his high beams, flooding her car with light. He left them on for almost a minute. “He probably wants to pass me,” she tried to comfort herself. But this time she was becoming uneasy. Usually, Jennifer drove home over a back road. It was a narrow and bumpy country road with no few lights, so not too many people went that way. But when she turned onto that road, so did the truck.

“I’ve got to get away from him,” she was seized with sudden trembling and became deathly pale, feeling cold sweat flowing down her back, and without a second thought, Jennifer began to slam on the gas and picked up her speed. Then he turned his high beams on again. After a minute, he turned them off. Then he turned them on again and off again.

She changed gears(档位) and drove even faster, but the truck driver stayed right behind her. Then he turned his high beams on again. Once more her car was ablaze(明亮的)with light. “What is he doing?” she wondered. “What does he want?” Then he turned them off again. But a minute later he had them on again, and he left them on.

注意：
1.所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2.应使用5个以上短文中标有下划线的关键词语；
3.续写部分分为两段, 每段的开头语已为你写好；
4.续写完成后, 请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。

At last Jennifer pulled into her driveway, and the truck pulled right behind her.

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The driver of the truck explained that the man slipped into the girl’s car just before she left the parking lot.

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9 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. How is public transport affected by the coronavirus?

A．It is used less.

B．It is shut down.

C．It is in disorder.

2. Why did the UK see a sharp rise in cycling in June

A．Bike tax was low.

B．Personal savings are rising.

C．The government carried out a policy.

3. Which section is the least impacted by the lockdown?

A．Retail and service

B．Technology industry

C．Ways of living and working

10 . A road running through Accra, Ghana's capital, looks like any other blacktop（柏油路）. Yet what most drivers don't realize is that it is made from plastics—melted bags, bottles, and snack wraps--that otherwise would have ended up in a landfill.

In a developing nation, “it's difficult to recycle plastic,” noted Heather Troutman, program manager of the Ghana National Plastic Action Partnership. “It's expensive, and much easier just to burn it. But if you could put value on recycled plastic, it won't get buried or burned.”

First appearing two decades ago, plastic roads are being tested and built in more and more countries as the world's plastic pollution problem becomes more serious. India has built over 60,000 miles of these roads. The technology, meanwhile, is gaining ground in Britain, Europe, and Asia. Several countries—South Africa, Vietnam, Mexico, the Philippines, and the United States, among them—have built plastic roads recently. Roads containing waste plastic have the potential to perform as well or better than traditional roads. They can last longer, are stronger and more durable（更耐用的）in respect to loads, car tolerate wide temperature changes, and are more resistant to water damage and cracking.

Troutman views plastic roads as “a promising advance,” especially in a country like Ghana with more road projects in the future. And yet, with the prediction that by 2050 the world will produce over three times as much plastic waste as it ever has, she stresses it is vital to curtail Ghana's all unnecessary use of plastics. “This is the first step,” she noted. “If we keep pumping out more and more plastic, we'll never be able to manage it in a sustainable way.”

1. Why it's hard to recycle plastics in Ghana?

A．The plastics are hard to break down.

B．The country lacks related technology.

C．The whole recycling process costs much.

D．The government advocates burning plastics.

2. What can we infer about plastic roads from the third paragraph?

A．They are mainly promoted by India.

B．They are able to stand extreme weather.

C．They are being tested for better functioning.

D．They are becoming popular in some countries

3. What does the underlined word “curtail” in the last paragraph mean?

A．Reduce.

B．Cover.

C．Reward.

D．Delay.

4. What's Troutman's attitude towards plastic roads?

A．Tolerant.

B．Flexible.

C．Hopeful.

D．Pessimistic.