M:I’d go on a boat trip around the world.
W:Oh, I wouldn’t. I’d get so bored. I’d rather fly or drive.
M:No, I’d like to relax on the boat, sunbathe all day long, and have a waiter bring me a cold drink just when
I want one.
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M:Have you got the time? I forgot to bring my watch. It must be over 3 o’clock. W:Yes, actually it’s twenty past three.
M:Oh, that means the meeting will begin in twenty minutes.
W:Don’t worry. I heard the meeting has been put off. We still have forty minutes left.
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W:Everything here looks really good. What are your specials today?
M:We have our usual soup and salad. They are potato soup and vegetable salad. W:Those are my favourites. It will be very difficult to make a choice.
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M:That’s quite a lot of books you’re carrying. Let me help you with those.
W:I’m just going to put them on the desk just around the corner. I shall be able to manage without help. Thanks anyway.
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W:OK, dinner’s ready. Owen.
M:This looks delicious. The chicken smells great. W:How was your first day at the summer job?
M:Pretty good. The factory is kind of big and noisy, but the people seem nice. This lady, Gloria, showed me around and told me all the rules. W:Is Gloria the boss?
M:No, a guy named Carson is the head. He wasn’t there today. W:Oh, Owen, you were saying that you haven’t met the boss yet.
M:No, but I met his son, Mark. He will be the boss once he gets more experience. He spent last summer loading the delivery trucks, but this year he’s going to be operating the machines with me. W:Great.
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W:We need to have a serious talk. M:About what?
W:Your attendance — or rather, lack of it. M:OK, so I’ve missed a few classes.
W:A few classes? I’ve been told you’ve missed six out of eight times in two different classes! That’s really setting yourself up to fail. You’re about to be in big trouble. M:What’s the big deal about missing some classes?
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W:The big deal is that you’re here on a student visa. M:So?
W:So if you don’t attend classes regularly, you won’t be a full-time student — which your visa requires. M:What are you going to do? Turn me into the Police?
W:Oh, of course I’ll have to report you if you continue missing your classes. Then I’m afraid you’ll have to pack your things.
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W:You look very anxious this evening. Is there anything wrong? M:I am worried about my 15-year-old niece, Helen. W:What’s worrying you?
M:I’ve seen a big change in her. She used to be very outgoing and sociable but now she is having problems withother children at school. Now she is totally someone else. W:Really?
M:Yes, now she is quiet and doesn’t want to talk to anyone else. Her teacher said things are going backward in her study.
W:Her parents must be very anxious about her.
M:No, not really, both of them are too busy to worry about their daughter. I think I need to talk to them and ask them to spend more time with Helen.
W:Take it easy. It is something natural. I was outgoing when I was a little girl, but became very shy in teenage years, so don’t be nervous about your niece.
M:Maybe you are right, but I will talk with my brother anyway.
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W:Welcome back everyone. Now I’m talking to Nick Parker, the singer with the band Krispy. Hello, Nick, welcome to our show. M:Hello.
W:Nick, I have one question. Your sister, Mel, is in the band too, isn’t she?
M:Yeah. We’ve been playing and singing together since we were young. Dad took us to hear the great bands playing live. Mel and I put onshows at school. But Mum didn’t want us to get too serious about our music. She thought we should concentrate on our study. However, we were still enthusiastic about our music.
W:Then how was your band formed?
Two musicians from music schools saw us playing in a concert. They asked if we’d like to form a band M:
with them. We agreed to try it out. W:How about the band in the first year?
M:To our surprise, the audiences enjoyed our performance in the local concert. Then we recorded two songs and sent them to a music company. They asked us to join them, but our parents said we had to finish college first.
W:Have you had any disappointments?
M:Everything we’ve recorded has done well. Three singles have gone to number one, and our first album has sold over a million copies. We have got thousands of fans. However, I’ve been ill recently so we’ve
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started recording our second album late, which is a pity.
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M:Good afternoon, everybody. Thank you for your listening. I’m Doctor Reid. Today I will discuss the effect of sleep on school students with you. The first thing is whether a lack of sleep affects teenagers. The answer is ―Yes‖. Many teenagers are getting little sleep and there are concerns that this could have a serious long-term effect on their health but we don’t know for sure yet. Researchers are also looking into how far a lack of sleep affects young people with low spirits. But one study has clearly shown that high school students getting low grades also get on average one hour less sleep than students getting As. Then why aren’t teenagers getting enough sleep? It’s a problem that seems to affect all teenagers, not just the ones who eat the wrong things or who don’t take any exercise. I think too many teenagers watch TV in their rooms or play computer games until very late. Some students say they stay up late because they can’t get to sleep if they go to bed earlier. Well, don’t have any soft drinks or any drinks that include hot chocolate before sleeping. Reading a book you know well or listening to a story, rather than music, should help your brain to relax. So you shouldn’t do your homework just before going to sleep. It would be better for schools to stay open for longer so that pupils can do their homework before they get home. Another thing that some schools have tried successfully is to begin the school day half an hour later and end the school day half an hour later, which seems like a good idea to me, and I really recommend that.
单选的识记部分以词义辨析,固定搭配,熟词僻义为主, 比如第21题, make sth plain把?说清楚，第24题，retire 表示不再使用，第27题，hold out hope,表示仍然有希望。第34题，follow one’s nose 表示根据直觉。而语法部分对孩子们分析句子的能力要求很高，比如第29题利用了表语倒装，第23题表面上看起来用了if的虚拟，实际上是if的虚拟后面选择了省略，If I were in your shoes, I would?. 对考生的还原能力要求很高。
单选
21-25ACBBD 26-30AADBC 31-35CBDDA
第21题 考查形容词辨析和熟词僻意。A一般意思为平坦的，僻意为清楚的，明白的，B完美，C简单，D模糊的，Thomas“表明”了他的顾虑，根据句意选A。 第22题 考查副词辨析。A艰难地，B仅仅，C值得注目地；巨大地（in an important way or to an important degree），D平等地。句意：在过去的四十年里，中国人用坚实的信念极大程度地提升了自己的劳动力水平。根据句意选C。
第23题 考查虚拟语气。句意：——能给我点建议如何对付那个难搞的顾客吗？——要是我是你的话我会直接给她写信而不是尝试在电话里跟她解释。对现在的虚拟，用would do，选B。
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第24题 考查动词辨析。A删除，B不再使用，C使恢复，D表明。句意：我的打印机已经用了五年了，我准备不再使用它再在网上买个新的。根据句意选B。 第25题 考查名词词义辨析。A询问打听，B特权，C命令，D同意，句意：——你听说Tom昨天的事了吗？——当然听说了，他因为没有经过人家同意就开人家的车被罚款了。经过他人的同意（consent），选D。
第26题 考查固定搭配。nowhere near ready 表示远非准备好， 第27题 考查介词短语以及固定搭配。Hold out坚持说某事好的会发生（to think or say that something is possible or likely to happen, especially something good，常用搭配，hold out hope of，选A。
第28题 考查介词短语。A有需求，B安逸，C最终，D未来有?在等着某人（常考重要考点），what the future has in store，选D。
第29题 考查固定搭配和表语倒装。固定搭配：sb be devoted to doing?。原文是Mr. T is devoted to finding ways to make music accessible to all children .把be动词后面的东西提前就变成了devoted to ... is，选A。
第30题 考查定语从句。句意：到2017年12月，中国的网民数量已经达到了7亿7千万人，其中7亿5千万都在用手机上网。在这里of which，表示在?之中。选C。
第31题 考查连词。空格后时间状语从句，用when引导时间状语从句，在他们长大的时候，选C。
第32题 考查时态语态。常考考点，根据句意，时间为过去，表示如果这个人过去过着一种安逸的生活就无法创作牛逼的作品，过去生活已经结束，就用lived。选B。
第33题 考查同位语从句。首先排除BC，先行词assumption为名词，用that，衣得D。
第34题 考查俗语俚语。我通过我的直觉找到了这间房子，follow my nose跟着直觉，选D。
第35题 考查情景交际。句意：-华尔街英语研发了微信免费学习平台 -不会吧？我们来看看，用you don't say表示难以置信。选A。
完型总评
盐城这套完型讲霍金身残志坚，且在物理界树立了各种丰功伟绩。此文非常注重熟词僻义的考察，比如，第48空,fail表示辜负，47空表示他的科学研究成果变得越来越厚，53空，生活对你不公平life throw drawbacks at you. 54空bonus表示额外的好处。而且结合双宾结构，对学生的搭配要求非常严格，因为考到了call A B, 而A与B的长度又非常长，所以学生读起来会很有困难。所以，持之不渝积累熟词僻义和分析长难句是攻破模拟卷必须走的一条道路。
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