江苏省如皋市2019-2020学年高二英语下学期教学质量调研试题（二）.doc

1、江苏省如皋市2019-2020学年高二英语下学期教学质量调研试题（二）第一部分听力(共两节20题，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。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. What is the man going to do? A. To see Lucy. B. To go to the theatre.C. To join in Janes party.2. Why does the woman want to buy the c

2、lock? A. Because it is very cheap. B. Because she is often late for work recently. C. Because she wants to give it to someone as a gift.3. What subject does the woman dislike most? A. Physics. B. Chemistry.C. Mathematics.4. What did the man promise to do? A. To return some magazines for Alice. B. To

3、 buy some magazines for his office. C. To give some magazines back to Alice.5. What does the man plan to do first? A. To borrow a CD.B. To go to the bank.C. To return home.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

4、白读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6. What are the speakers mainly talking about? A. A festival.B. A birthday party.C. A class reunion.7. What does the girl decide to do? A. To stay with her family.B. To go to a party with the man.C. To go on vacation.听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。8. What does the man think of the news? A. Excit

5、ing. B. Sad. C. Unbelievable.9. What do the speakers plan to do next? A. To go to the store.B. To attend the wedding. C. To buy some flowers.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. How does the man feel about the coming exam? A. Confident.B. Peaceful.C. Anxious.11. Which subject is the man good at? A. English.B. Histo

6、ry.C. Geography.12. What does the woman advise the man to do? A. To work harder.B. To talk with others.C. To be relaxed.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. Who is a good cook? A. The man.B. Mrs Black.C. The woman.14. What is the relationship between Mrs Black and the man? A. Hostess and guest.B. Teacher and studen

7、t.C. Mother and son.15. What was the weather like when they had the picnic? A. Terrible.B. Lovely.C. Rainy.16. Where did the man have the picnic? A. In a boat.B. In a house.C. On an island.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What is the weather like in the city now? A. Sunny and hot.B. Cool and cloudy.C. Warm and

8、 windy.18. Where would be a good place to go hiking this afternoon? A. The coast.B. The central valley.C. The city.19. What will the temperature drop down to tonight? A. The high 30s.B. The low 40s. C. The high 40s.20. Where might this talk be heard? A. On the radio.B. On TV.C. On the Internet.第二部分

9、阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)第一节(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 A The Docklands Light Railway(DLR) took just three years to build at a cost of 77 million. It is Londons first Light Rail System, but its route follows that of a number of older lines, which carried the nineteenth century railwa

10、ys through the crowded districts of the East End. The section of the line from the Tower Gateway Station to Poplar follows the line of one of Londons earliest railways, the London & Blackwell(1840), a cable-drawn railway(later converted to steam) which carried passengers to steam ships at Blackwell

11、Pier, and provided transport for the messengers and clerks who went backwards and forwards between the docks and the city every day. From Poplar to Island Gardens, a new line crosses high above the dock waters, and then joins the old track of the Millwall Extension Railway, built to service the Mill

12、wall Docks(1868) and to provide transport for workers in the local factories. This line was horse-drawn for part of its route, until the 1880s. The Poplar to Stratford section of the DLR route was first developed by the North London Railway, built in the 1850s to link the West and East India Docks w

13、ith the manufacturing districts of the Midlands and North of England. There were major railway works and sidings(岔线) at Bow until recently. The trains are automatically controlled from a central computer, which deals with all signaling and other safety factors, as well as adjusting speeds to keep wi

14、thin the timetable; on board each vehicle, Train Captains, who are also fully qualified drivers, are equipped with two-way radios to maintain contact with central control. There are passenger lifts, and self-service ticket machines, at every station.21. The history of the railway tells us that the D

15、LR _.A. was begun in the nineteen centuryB. follows some of the original lineC. will be finished in three years timeD. took three years longer than expected to complete22. It appears that the Poplar to Stratford section of the DLR route was originally developed to _. A. make the transport of goods e

16、asierB. encourage trade abroad C. promote the transport in EnglandD. create employment at home23. The trains on the DLR are controlled by _. A. drivers on the trains themselvesB. two-way radios operated by the drivers C. a computer on board the trainD. a computer based elsewhereB Californias attack

17、on second-hand smoke reached its historic high this New Year, when even indoor areas in bars and casinos became smoke-free by force of law. The rules on smoke exposure have taken a 180-degree turn in less than a generation. In the United States of my youth, every citizen was hostage（人质）to other peop

18、les cigarettes in airplanes, in offices and in almost every other public place. Now the indoor areas of public life are all nonsmoking zones an inconvenience for the 25% of adults who smoke, but a benefit of large proportions to the breathing system of the 75% who do not. In the cold and flu, the gr

19、eatest risk of appearing in public is not tobacco smoke, but rather contagious（接触传染的）disease. And strangers who would not dream of blowing smoke in your face seem happy enough about coughing and sneezing whenever they see you coming. Isnt there a double standard here, when the same folks prohibited

20、from smoking in my office building can sneeze me home for a week of hell with the ruling bacterium of the season? Why dont the contagious among us stay home or wear those cut little paper nose and mouth covers or at least feel bad about putting the rest of us at risk of sharing their misery? Could i

21、t be that the similarity passing a law that requires germ-free public spaces. But two smaller lessons do come from the contrasting treatment of germs and cigarettes. The first lesson is that what we accept in public is much more a matter of particular social expectation than scientific studies. The

22、French read scientific journals just as diligently as do Americans, yet the average French cafe contains more smoke than a forest fire. You are more likely to encounter a face full of tobacco smoke if you go to Japan this year than you would in Los Aneles. But you will also notice hundreds of people

23、 on the subway in Japan who wear paper mask to avoid spreading contagious disease that they carry. Which culture is more considerate depends on the particular subject of the inquiry. The standard for what is polite in public varies tremendously from one social setting to another.24. The first paragr

24、aph tells us _. A. the rules on smoke exposure have become less strict B. in the past people exposed to other peoples cigarettes complained a lot C. in California, smoke-free zones in public places have existed for a long time D. most people can benefit from banning indoor smoking in public places25

25、. What can be inferred from the passage? A. People think coughing and sneezing are less harmful than smoking in public. B. Sick people should live alone and stay home wearing paper masks all winter. C. Strangers will feel bad when they cough and sneeze in front of other people. D. Those with contagi

26、ous diseases feel bad sharing their misery with others.26. The tone of the passage is best described as _. A. encouragingB. worryingC. carefreeD. suspicious27. What does the author want to express in this passage? A. Learn from Japan.B. Dont smoke indoors. C. Pay attention to environmental germs.D.

27、Stay home all winter.C Google “information overload” and you are immediately overloaded with information: more than 7m hits in 0.05 seconds. Some of this information is interesting: for example, the phrase “information overload” was popularised by Alvin Toffler in 1970. Some of it is mere noise: obs

28、cure companies promoting their services and even more obscure bloggers sounding off. The overall impression is at once overwhelming and confusing. “Information overload” is one of the biggest irritations in modern life. There are e-mails to answer, YouTube videos to watch and, back in the physical w

29、orld, meetings to attend and papers to shuffle（翻动）. A survey by Reuters once found that two-thirds of managers believe that the data deluge（泛滥）had made their jobs less satisfying or hurt their personal relationships. One-third thought that it had damaged their health. Another survey suggests that mo

30、st managers think most of the information they receive is useless. Some researchers raise three big worries. First, information overload can make people feel anxious and powerless: scientists have discovered that multitaskers produce more stress hormones. Second, overload can discourage creativity.

31、Teresa Amabile of Harvard Business School has spent more than a decade studying the work habits of 238 people. She finds that focus and creativity are connected. People are more likely to be creative if they are allowed to focus on something for some time without interruptions. If constantly interru

32、pted or forced to attend meetings, they are less likely to be creative. Third, overload can also make workers less productive. David Meyer of the University of Michigan has shown that people who complete certain tasks in parallel take much longer and make many more errors than people who complete th

33、e same tasks in sequence. What can be done about information overload? One answer is technological: rely on the people who created the fog to invent filters（过滤器）that will clean it up. Xerox promises to restore “information purity” by developing better filtering and managing devices. A second answer

34、involves willpower. Turn off your mobile phone and WiFi from time to time. Most companies are better at giving employees access to the information superhighway than at teaching them how to drive. This is starting to change. Management consultants have spotted an opportunity. Derek Dean and Caroline

35、Webb of McKinsey urge businesses to apply three principles to deal with data overload: find time to focus, filter out noise and forget about work when you can. Business leaders are chipping in. David Novak of Yum! Brands urges people to ask themselves whether what they are doing is constructive or a

36、 mere “activity”. Cristobal Conde of SunGard, an IT firm, preserves “thinking time” in his schedule when he cannot be disturbed. This might sound like common sense. But common sense is rare amid the cacophony（不和谐的声音）of corporate life. 28. According to the survey conducted by Reuters, most managers b

37、elieve _. A. the data deluge does harm to their health. B. most information they receive is of great use. C. information overload destroys their personal relationship. D. their jobs are satisfying thanks to the rich information on the Internet.29. Which of the following is NOT a damaging effect of i

38、nformation overload? A. Making people unproductive.B. Causing people to lack creativity. C. Arousing peoples negative feelings.D. Leaving people bad at multitasking.30. The technological way to deal with information overload is to _. A. improve the technique for filtering dataB. limit the uploading

39、of information C. provide limited access to the InternetD. develop better search engines31. Which of the following action may Derek Dean and Caroline Webb approve of?A. Listening to music while working.B. Finishing several tasks at the same time.C. Taking your mind off work occasionally.D. Avoiding

40、using your common sense in your work.D In my high school English class in a small Mississippi town, Miss Denman tried to insert our sleepy heads that every novel had to do one of the three things: tell something; show something; prove something. She then read us one she considered a piece of perfect

41、 writing because it achieved all the three things: The Lottery by Shirley Jackson, whose remaining stories and essays have now been published. As Miss Denman began reading “The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full summer day; the flowers were blossoming（开花）freely

42、 and the grass was richly green” we were calmed into “the square between the post office and the bank” of a small American town, where all 300 citizens are met. Theyve come to draw lots（抽签）for the lottery of each year that ends before noon. The person holding the paper with a black mark is then led

43、to a clearing and stoned to death by all the towns citizens. When The Lottery first appeared in The New Yorker in 1948, the magazine was flooded with letters from angry readers demanding to know what it was about. Unlike those confused The New Yorker readers, Miss Denmans students werent confused by

44、 a story in which foolish violence was passed down through the generations. Ours was a Gothic world and Shirley Jackson seemed to our ears like Flannery OConnor without the Georgia accent. Forty years passed before I read anything else by Shirley Jackson. Then I happened upon her final novel We Have

45、 Always Lived in the Castle, published in 1962, three years before her death in 1965 a true excellent work whose young main female character, Merricat Blackwood, is as precocious（早熟的）and worth remembering as any young people in the 20th-century American novels. She describes: “I dislike washing myse

46、lf, and dogs, and noise. I like my sister Constance, and my uncle Julian, and the poisonous mushroom. Everyone else in my family is dead.” Six years ago Blackwoods parents, an aunt, and a younger brother were murdered poisoned with arsenic（砒霜）. Fifty years after her untimely death, Let Me Tell You,

47、a new reminder of how excellent a writer Shirley Jackson came out. The stories, essays, and lectures in this brilliant new collection include some published before and some able to the public for the first time. The title comes from the books only unfinished story, about two 14-year-old friends, the

48、 spoiled daughters of rich fathers. Their snobbery（势利）performances counteract beliefs of classlessness in American: “My father is a lawyer. Its important what your father is. Also its important to have a swimming pool, only not the biggest swimming pool of all and of course no one would dream of goi

49、ng near it.” The reader is eager to know what happens but even Jacksons finished stories are rarely tied up with appropriate endings. She counted on the reader to make an effort. Let Me Tell You feels like a direct communication from beyond the tomb with the writer. This is especially true of her es

50、says on the skill of writing. With the publication of Let Me Tell You, Shirley Jackson can now enjoy a peace with a new world of readers. The woman of Gothic psychological novel can truly rest in peace.32. Miss Denman chose to read her students The Lottery mainly because _. A. its one of her favorit

51、e novels B. its a good example to explain the features of novels C. it has skillfully-arranged plots and beautiful statements D. its a masterpiece of an American literary writer, Shirley Jackson33. What can we learn about The Lottery? A. It has a beautiful beginning but a sad ending. B. Whoever got

52、the lottery in the story was a lucky dog. C. Living in the Gothic world, its writer was good Gothic novels. D. It confused The New Yorker readers as well as Denmans students.34. According to Shirley Jacksons final novel, _. A. Merricat was a quiet girl full of love for everything B. only Merricat an

53、d her two sisters survived the murder C. Merricat became as mature as her peers after the murder D. altogether four people in the family died from being poisoned35. What does the underlined word “counteract” in Paragraph 5 most probably mean? A. Act against.B. Make stronger.C. Make clear.D. Throw do

54、ubt on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。 The factors that cause youth unemployment often differ among regions and labor systems. 36 Since firing full-time workers is so complicated and expensive, employers are unwilling to take on new staff, while people who are already

55、employed, mainly older workers, often keep their jobs for life. In developing countries with high birthrates and very young populations, like the Philippines, growth isnt strong enough to absorb the wave of youngsters entering the workforce each year. 37 Young people entering the workforce are often

56、 the most vulnerable（易受伤害的）in economic downturns new employees are often the first to get sacked, while college graduates find few employers willing to hire. 38 In Spain, Italy and Japan, for instance, companies looking to gain flexibility in regulated labor markets often offer new, young staffers o

57、nly short-term contracts. These contracts, which sometimes last for only a few days, usually come with low salaries and few benefits. Since such staff is temporary, employers have little intention to invest in training. Facing such obstacles, young people everywhere are finding that traditional rout

58、e to success education isnt paying off as much as in the past. 39 They will often be offered low-skilled jobs from waiters to supermarket clerks. A March report form the UKs Office for National Statistics showed that the share of recent college graduates in Britain working in lower-skilled jobs rose

59、 to nearly 35% in 2011 form less than 27% a decade earlier. 40 Typical is Cairos Ahmed Said. He graduated from college with a business degree, and after performing the obligatory（义务的）year of military service, he applied for jobs in accounting and data entry. But Said, 24, had no luck, and today he w

60、orks as a waiter at a cafe near Tahrir Square. “This was my last choice,” he says, “and this is the job that I got.”A. Young graduates often find themselves competing with more-experienced workers.B. More and more college graduates are forced to take jobs below their skill level.C. They started appl

61、ying for any positions they could find in other countries.D. In some parts of the world, such jobs are all that is available to college graduates.E. Yet youth unemployment also has common roots throughout the world.F. Those young workers who do find employment are often trapped in awful contracts.G.

62、 In much of Western Europe overemphasized labor protection makes it more difficult for youths to land good jobs.第三部分语言知识运用(共三节，满分40分)第一节完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 People have been saying great things about my dad lately. They keep telling me that my dad is a

63、 hero because of his 41 . My dad is a surgeon, and like many other doctors in China, he 42 to go to Wuhan to care for patients there. But the hospital where he works only asked him to make sure that 43 patients are still able to receive regular treatment. So my dad just follows his normal 44 , analy

64、zing patients diseases and performing chest operations. With all kinds of compliments toward my dad, I became 45 . My dad has been a doctor long before this COVID-19 outbreak; why has no one else praised him as a hero before? Didnt he 46 such compliments when this disease wasnt around? When we talk

65、about heroes, what kind of 47 often jumps into our minds? War leaders who conquered everything that stood 48 their way? Historic characters who 49 a strong kingdom? Or our dear movie stars: the Avengers? Well, they are indeed heroes, and they made marvelous achievements. 50 , are the pages of heroes

66、 just prepared for these so-called “supermen” and “superwomen”? I dont think so. Heroes exist in our real lives. They can be seen and they are 51 just like you and I. Now many streets of Chinese cities are almost 52 , the schools are closed and the shops are shut. But in this world, some things rema

67、in 53 . If theres a fire, just call 119, and you know that the firefighters will be there within minutes. If you happen to go out on the road, youll come across police officers waving their flags to 54 the traffic. 55 , in hospitals, from doctors to nurses, cleaners to security guards, these people

68、still 56 their jobs, doing the same services as they 57 did. The reason why they are still dedicated is not a 58 for compliments, but out of a willingness for their 59 . These people, who are or were 60 themselves to the job, do not need to be praised as heroes only now because they are heroes all t

69、he time.41. A. ambitionB. qualificationC. occupationD. passion42. A. offeredB. claimedC. plottedD. intended43. A. terminalB. acuteC. stubbornD. local44. A. sectionB. routineC. trendD. criterion45. A. proudB. confusedC. contentD. disappointed46. A. demandB. adoreC. deserveD. undertake47. A. imageB. o

70、ccasionC. scriptD. scene48. A. onB. forC. inD. against49. A. enlargedB. seizedC. soughtD. ruled50. A. ThereforeB. HoweverC. Eventually D. Moreover 51. A. ordinaryB. consistentC. clumsyD. fragile52. A. evidentB. broadC. diverseD. empty53. A. dynamicB. holyC. unchangedD. abundant54. A. directB. addres

71、sC. classifyD. convey55. A. Universally B. Similarly C. Partly D. Originally 56. A. stick toB. show offC. touch onD. live up to57. A. neverB. seldomC. rarelyD. ever58. A. tendencyB. desireC. substituteD. preference59. A. reputation B. growth C. duty D. opportunity60. A. withdrawingB. exposing C. sub

72、mitting D. committing第二节综合填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 Dinosaurs 61. _ (doubt) ruled the land and sky in their time, but there was little evidence of their presence in water until now. According to a new study published in the journal Nature, 62. _ international team of rese

73、archers uncovered a well-preserved skeleton (骨架) of a dinosaurs tail in 63. _ is now known as the Saharan desert a region 64. _ (believe) to have been an oasis (绿洲) 100 million years ago. The remains belong to a dinosaur species named Spinosaurus aegyptiacus. Through reconstruction 65. _ the tail sk

74、eleton, scientists found that the tail had a fin-like (鳍状的) shape, 66. _ propelled (推进) the dinosaur forward. Its bones were very dense (密实的), allowing 67. _ to control its body position in the water. The structure of the tail bones also indicated that the animal could grow up to 15 meters long and

75、68. _ (weight) up to 20 tons. The team made a model 69. _ (copy) Spinosaurus swimming movements, and the result supported the idea of a tail-propelled “river monster”. David Unwin, a scientist at the University of Leicester, UK, considered the discovery as “game changing” 70. _ it fundamentally alte

76、rs (改变) our understanding of how this dinosaur species lived and hunted.第三节 单词拼写（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分） 根据句意及首字母或中文提示写出单词的完全形式。71. His workmates demanded that he never c_ with the boss on the issue of salary.72. Paul is making s_ progress in English, making his parents relieved.73. Union leaders and com

77、pany bosses will meet tomorrow in an attempt to reach a s_.74. Take the road running _(平行) to the main road just after the village, and you will reach your destination soon.75. From the point of the manager, c_ what effect all these changes will have on the company is really a hard job.76. Upon hear

78、ing the news that her mother was badly injured, the girl g_ her bag and ran out of the classroom.77. U_ due to unforeseen circumstances, this years show has been cancelled.78. The new law will ensure that habitual _ (罪犯) receive tougher punishments than first-time offenders.79. To have dinner in tha

79、t restaurant, you are advised to make seat _ (预订) well in advance.80. In this way we can train our students to speak English fluently and _ (准确). 第四部分 写作(共两节，满分40分)第一节应用文写作（满分15分）假定你是李华，是一名不久前经历了地震的中学生。请你就一下内容向报社写一封信，反映灾后情况，并对提供各方面帮助的爱心人士表达谢意。要点如下：1. 目睹了人们奋不顾身救人，及时运送救援物资；2. 在众多陌生人的帮助下，找回自己的父母，正在重建家园

80、；3. 更加珍惜来之不易的学习机会，将来会努力学习，回报他人。注意：1. 词数100左右；2. 开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数。Dear editor, Im a senior student that has experienced a great earthquake. Im writing to you to express my thanks to those who helped us when we suffered the disaster. _Yours,Li Hua第二节 读后续写（满分25分）阅读下面材料, 根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。续写

81、词数应为150左右。 A tradesman was leading a caravan (商队) to another country to sell his goods. Along the way they came to the edge of a hot-sand desert. They learnt that during the daytime the sun heated up the fine sand until it was as hot as charcoal (木炭), so no one could walk on it not even camels! Then

82、 the caravan leader hired a desert guide, one who could follow the stars, so they could travel only at night when the sand cooled down. The guide sat on the first cart. And they began the dangerous night-time journey across the desert. A couple of nights later, after eating their evening meal and wa

83、iting for the sand to cool, they started out again. Later that night, the desert guide, who was driving the first cart, saw from the stars that they were getting close to the other side of the desert. He had been very tired, so when he relaxed, he fell asleep. Then the camels who, of course, couldnt

84、 tell directions by reading the stars, gradually turned to the side and went in a big wide circle until they ended up at the same place that they started from! By then it was morning, and the people woke up and realized they were back at the same spot where they started. They lost heart and began to

85、 cry about their condition. Since the desert crossing was supposed to be over by now, they had no more water, and they were worried about there was nothing to drink, and were extremely afraid they would die of thirst. They even began to blame the caravan leader and the desert guide. However, the lea

86、der himself didnt lose courage. He talked with the desert guide and then they began wandering, trying to work out a plan.Paragraph 1 Suddenly, the leader noticed a small clump (团) of grass. _Paragraph 2 A spring (泉源) was found at last. _202006高二英语参考答案一、听力 （20题 每题1.5分 共30分）1-5 BBCAB 6-10 AACAC 11-15

87、BCBAB 16-20 CBBBA二、阅读（20题 每题2分 共40分）（一）阅读 21-23 BAD 24-27 DABC 28-31 CDAC 32-35 BADA （二）七选五 36-40 GEFBD三、语言知识运用（满分40分）（一）完形 （每题1分）41-45 CADBB 46-50 CACDB 51-55 ADCAB 56-60 ADBCD（二）语法填空 （每题1分）61. undoubtedly 62. an 63. what 64. believed 65. of 66. which 67. it 68. weigh 69. to copy 70. since （三）单词拼写

88、（每题1分）71. compromise 72. steady 73. settlement 74. parallel 75. calculating 76. grabbed 77. Unfortunately 78. criminals 79. reservations 80. accurately四、写作（满分40分）（一）应用文写作（15分）Dear editor, Im a senior student that has experienced a great earthquake. Im writing to you to express my thanks to those who

89、 helped us when we suffered the disaster. During that time, I witnessed that many strangers devoted their efforts to saving lives, providing food and clothes regardless of their own safety. Without their help, I couldnt have found my parents in such a short time, which made me excited. besides, new

90、houses are also being rebuilt and I have returned to my classroom to attend classes as usual.Therefore, I treasure the opportunity of studying in the classroom again. The help from others lets me know how to take others needs into consideration. It also makes me realize the importance of helping and

91、 caring for those in need during disasters. Ill study harder and help more people in return.Yours, Li Hua（二）读后续写（25分） Paragraph 1 Suddenly, the leader notice a small clump of grass. So he was lost in thought: There must be water here. If there wasnt water, the grass couldnt live in the desert. There

92、fore, he asked his fellow travelers to dig up the ground on that very spot where the grass was. They dug and dug, and gradually they found a large stone. The guide jumped into the hole, put his ear to the stone, and heard the sound of flowing water. Paragraph 2 A spring (泉源) was found at last. All t

93、he people were extremely cheerful. They expressed their thanks to the leader. And then they hurried to drink water and cooked their food with it. Before they left, they raised a high flag so that other travelers could see the new spring in the hot-sand desert. Then they continued traveling safely to the end of their journey.