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1、Doctors are fighting a________battle to save the little girl’s life.
A.modest B.flexible C.compulsory D.desperate
2、We still haven’t got the sponsor________ the fact that we’ve written to dozens of companies.
A．regardless of
B．in view of
C．in spite of
D．on account of
3、The change of a job can be a very challenging and ______ experience for most people.
A．inspiring
B．disturbing
C．motivating
D．fascinating
4、The beauty of a tournament like the World Cup is ________ it can be wildly unpredictable.
A．whether
B．how
C．that
D．why
5、In my opinion, his perseverance may ______his great achievement in his research work
A．make up for
B．account for
C．stand for
D．call for
6、Nowadays mobile internet devices are pushing up demands for online education, which makes businessmen see it as one of the most _______ new market.
A. demanding B. damaging C. promising D. leading
7、The bottle is quite difficult to open; the _________ is to pour hot water on it first.
A．focus
B．target
C．function
D．trick
8、The purpose of the article is to draw public attention ______ the traffic problem.
A. to B. on C. in D. for
9、Was it in June 2016 ______ Shanghai Disney land ______ you have been dreaming of visiting was opened to the public.
A.when; that B.that; which C.that; where D.when; where
10、He_________himself advanced English all by himself by the time he turned 18.
A.taught B.had taught C.has taught D.would teach
11、Katherine is not ________ in the way to treat her children. Sometimes she is too hard on them and sometimes she just ignores what they do.
A.conventional B.consistent C.considerate D.controversial
12、___ the machine’s enormous size, it runs smoothly and noiselessly.
A. For good B. For ever
C. For all D. For sure
13、Don’t mention that at the beginning of the story, or it may the shocking ending.
A.give out B.give off
C.give up D.give away
14、You needn’t be too concerned about what to wear to the party—it’s all _____ anyway, because you haven’t even been invited yet.
A. academic B. painful C. physical D. Economical
15、The thief_____ the papers all over the room while he was searching.
A.abandoned B.vanished C.scattered D.deserted
16、________ the mistake in the beginning, the problem could have been prevented at its source.
A.Had not the company ignored B.If the companydidn't ignore
C.Had the company not ignored D.Would the companynot ignore
17、You ________ see a doctor because you have got a high fever.
A.will B.must C.may D.might
18、--He didn’t feel a bit nervous when ________．
--No．He’d had a lot of time ________ for it after all．
A．interviewing; to prepare
B．interviewed; to prepare
C．interviewing; preparing
D．being interviewed; preparing
19、--- You didn't sleep well yesterday?
--- No, it was so cold. The fire in the fireplace________.
A．burnt out
B．put out
C．died out
D．went out
20、In Britain today women ________ 44% of the workers and nearly half the mothers with children are in paid work.
A.go up B.bring up C.hold up D.make up
21、 A book is so much more than mere ink and paper. So insist French booksellers, who for nearly four decades successfully persuade the government to keep the forces of the free market at bay. A law passed in 1981 bans the sale of any book at anything other than the price decided by its publisher. Authorities are cracking down on those trying to sell the latest Thomas Piketty or J.K Rowling at a discount.
The fixed-price rule is meant to keep customers loyal to their local bookshop and out of the control of supermarkets and corporations. But the arrival of e-commerce and e-readers has promoted questions worthy of their own tomes(大部头著作). Can you fix the price of a book if it is part of an all-you-can-read subscription service? Are audio-books books at all? And what of authors who self-publish?
Changes have been made to preserve the principle of “one book, one price”. In 2011, the rule began to apply to digital tomes. Free delivery by online sellers was prohibited because it implied a subsidy(补贴) on the delivered books (encouraging online sellers to charge only €0.01 for postage). But a new challenge to the policy is proving more difficult to deal with.
Used books are exempted from the pricing rule. Third-party sellers on Amazon are accused of using this as a way to apply forbidden discounts: selling brand-new books as “second hand” to make them cheaper. So fans can purchase a copy of the latest Michel Houellebecq novel Serotonine for 11.71 pounds on Amazon, roughly half of its original price. Its seller claims it is in “perfectly new” condition.
Amazon claims its practices are legal. But books sellers are upset, and their political allies with them. “This is a major concern,” said Franck Riester, the culture minister, at a bookseller’s conference this week. He says new laws may be needed.
Defenders of the fixed-price principle (which has spread to other parts of Europe) say it helps keep independent bookshops alive. Others are not so sure. Books are expensive in France — an odd way to encourage people to buy more.
【1】What was the function of the law passed in 1981?
A.To stop publishers from publishing poor books.
B.To prevent the random price of books in the market.
C.To help book consumers benefit from the free market.
D.To encourage French booksellers to sell cheaper books.
【2】What’s implied about the arrival of e-commerce and e-readers in Paragraph 2?
A.It greatly changed people’s reading habits.
B.It challenged the principle of “one book, one price”.
C.It weakened the ties between publishers and authors.
D.It provided local booksellers with some new opportunities.
【3】What does the underlined part “are exempted from” in Paragraph 4 mean?
A.are involved in. B.are threatened by.
C.are consistent with. D.are unrestricted by.
【4】What is Franck Riester’s attitude towards those third-party sellers’ practices on Amazon?
A.He is hopeful of them. B.He is uncertain of them.
C.He disapproves of them. D.He is indifferent to them.
22、 Human beings learn technology from nature. They tend to imitate it. 【1】 It did take us a while to learn, though. However, not until the mid-twentieth century was the word “biomimicry (仿生学)” first introduced.
One of the first examples would be the invention of Velcro (魔术贴), a material that was born after a walk in the countryside by an engineer and his dog. On returning home, he found his socks were filled with little burrs (刺果). 【2】 They were covered by many tiny hooks (勾). He used those qualities for some kind of fabric. And then Velcro was born.
【3】 A high-speed train used to create great noise while exiting a tunnel because of the air pressure. Eiji Nakatsu, an engineer and bird-lover, was inspired by the kingfisher’s beak (鸟嘴), able to dive into the water at great speed with almost no friction, to create a new design. That’s how the modern bullet train, much more efficient and quieter, was born.
Secondly, there would be the imitation of Nature’s strategies and mechanisms. For instance, dolphins have mastered the art of sending out ultrasound (超声波) without disturbing each other. A team of researchers have analyzed the way dolphins adjust these frequencies. 【4】
Finally, there’s the imitation of the efficiency within an ecosystem. 【5】 For example, the street is full of tiny holes to empty water in flooding seasons and the foundations of buildings grasp the hillsides like the roots of trees.
A.One is the imitation of shapes.
B.People imitate forests to build cities.
C.For instance, birds taught people to fly.
D.He decided to get rid of these little burrs.
E.Then he bent down to inspect them closely.
F.Urban areas consume more energy than rural areas.
G.Based on the analysis, they designed a tsunami alarm system.
23、 Copenhagen, voted as the "Best City for Cyclists" and "World's Most Livable City", has a profound bicycle culture, one that is rooted in almost every Copenhagener's daily life.
For Copenhageners, bicycles are one of the best means of transportation. They are convenient, fast and environmentally friendly. Every morning, when I head to school, I can see a great many cyclists from all age groups riding their well-equipped and beautifully designed bicycles to school or work. What is most unbelievable for me is that even those aged 70 or 80 still prefer biking as their main mode of transportation.
The Danes' passion for bicycles is similar to the Chinese craze for ping-pong or Brazilians' love of football; many great cyclists arise in Denmark who have already achieved great success in the international sporting arena. One example is Larsen Norman Hansen, a Danish professional road and track racing cyclist, who won one gold medal and two silver medals in big events. In addition, bikes are also huge part of the recreational life of many young Danes. One of my Danish friends, Laurits Genz, a 21-year-old Chinese studies student from Copenhagen University, has a hobby of rebuilding old bicycles. He has collected many old bikes from a recycling station near his home and completely restored them, giving them new parts and a fresh coat of paint. He believes that eventually, all of these bikes with that "classic" look are going to be very sought after and valuable.
Some people might wonder why bike-related culture is so universal and popular in Copenhagen, but not as much so in other parts of the world. I would name a couple of reasons: First of all, the infrastructure constructed in Copenhagen is very cyclist friendly. On many roads in Copenhagen, if cyclists can ride their bikes at the speed of 20 kph and remain stable, they can surf through on a wave of green traffic lights through the city without putting a foot down. It's absolutely a great environment. Another factor is the government's friendliness to cyclists. Because of this government policy, bikers enjoy a sort of encouraged state of privilege（特权）, meaning they will stick to this means of transportation even during the coldest winter season. Danes' tendency toward a healthy and environmentally friendly lifestyle also lends itself to choosing cycling.
【1】What makes the author feel most surprised according to Paragraph 2?
A．People aged 70 or 80 preferring biking.
B．The advantages represented by bicycles.
C．The passion for bicycles shown by Danes
D．Bike-related culture rooted in Danes' daily life.
【2】How many factors contribute to the popularity of riding bikes in Copenhagen?
A．1.
B．2.
C．3.
D．4
【3】What can we learn from the text?
A．Larsen Norman Hansen won three gold medals in big events.
B．Bicycles are the best means of transportation in Copenhagen.
C．Everyone in Denmark can rebuild old bicycles by themselves.
D．The government policy is in favor of this kind of transportation.
【4】What does the underlined phrase "sought after" in Paragraph 3 refer to?
A．Fashionable.
B．Newly-designed.
C．Popular.
D．Well-equipped.
24、 The world is literally a greener place than it was 20 years ago, and data from NASA satellites has revealed a source for much of this new greening phenomenon: China and India. This new insight was made possible by a nearly 20yearlong data record from a NASA instrument orbiting the Earth on two satellites.
Taken all together, the greening of the planet over the last two decades represents an increase in leaf area on plants and trees equal to the area covered by all the Amazon rainforests. There are now more than two million square miles of extra green leaf area per year, compared to the early 2000s—a 5% increase.
“China and India account for onethird of the greening, but contain only 9% of the planet's land area covered in vegetation—a surprising finding, considering the common phenomenon of land degradation in populous countries from overuse, ” said Chi Chen, lead author of the study.
“This longterm data lets us dig deeper, ” said Rama Nemani, a coauthor of the new work. “When the greening of the Earth was first observed, we thought it was due to a warmer, wetter climate and fertilisation from the added carbon dioxide(CO2) in the atmosphere, leading to more leaf growth in northern forests. Now, with the data that lets us understand the phenomenon at really small scales, we see that humans are also contributing.”
China's outsized contribution to the global greening trend comes in large part(42%) from programmes to conserve and expand forests. These were developed in an effort to reduce the effects of soil erosion, air pollution and climate change. Another 32% there—82% of the greening seen in India—comes from intensive growing of food crops. How the greening trend may change in the future depends on numerous factors, both on a global scale and the local human level. For example, increased food production in India is promoted by groundwater irrigation. If the groundwater is running out, this trend may change.
The researchers point out that the gain in greenness seen around the world and led by India and China does not offset the damage from loss of natural vegetation in tropical regions, such as Brazil and Indonesia. The consequences for sustainability and biodiversity in those ecosystems remain.
Nemani is pretty excited about the findings, and not just because the greener, the better. “Once people realise there's a problem, they tend to fix it, ” he said. “In the 70s and 80s in India and China, the situation around vegetation loss wasn't good; in the 90s, people realised it; and today things have improved. Humans are incredibly adaptable.”
【1】The Earth is getting greener mainly because of ________.
A．the expanding of leaf area in tropical countries
B．the determined efforts to preserve Amazon rainforests
C．the treeplanting programmes and intensive agriculture
D．a favourable climate and increased CO2 in the atmosphere
【2】Which of the following statements may the researchers agree with?
A．The greening trend in India will continue to go upwards.
B．More “greening” means better control of climate change.
C．Land overuse threatens the success in the greening on the Earth.
D．The sustainability in global ecosystems will be greatly improved.
【3】What does the underlined word “offset” in the last but one paragraph probably mean?
A．Prevent.
B．Survive.
C．Interrupt.
D．Balance.
【4】How does Nemani feel about the findings?
A．They are a positive indicator of overall human nature.
B．Their accuracy and reliability need to be further proved.
C．They undervalue humans' contribution to the environment.
D．Their significance for future research cannot be overemphasised.
25、 Developments in artificial intelligence, robotics and sensors (传感器) are making houses and apartments smarter than ever.
IT’S 6 A.M., and the alarm clock is ringing earlier than usual. It’s not a malfunction: the smart clock scanned your schedule and_______ because you’ve got that big presentation first thing in the morning. Your shower automatically turns on and warms to your preferred temperature. The electric car is_______ to go, charged by the solar panels. When you get home later, there’s a(n) _______package waiting, delivered by drone. You open it to find cold medicine. It turns out that health sensors in your bathroom detected _______of an approaching illness and placed an order automatically.
That at least is the ideal version of the smart home that exists 10 years out. Swedish research firm Berg Insight says 63 million American homes will_______as “smart” by 2022,with everything from Internet-connected light bulbs to cameras that let us spy on our pets from the office. But a decade from now, experts say, we’ll move from turning the lights on and off with our voices to total engagement in the Internet of Things (IoT)._______advancements in artificial intelligence, the smartest homes will be able to truly learn about their owners, eventually foretelling their_______. Developments in robotics will give us machines that offer a helping hand with cleaning, cooking and more. New sensors will be_______watching our well-being._______ to all of this will be the data that smart homes collect, analyze and act upon, helping to turn the houses of the future from a mere collection of devices and accessories into truly “smart” homes.
Of course, as our homes learn more about us, keeping them________will become all the more important. Every________ that’s connected to the Internet is a potential target for hackers. Therefore, cybersecurity will become all the more vital.
A range of technological developments will drive smart-home technology well beyond what’s available on store shelves today. Innovations in artificial intelligence, ________, stand to reverse almost everything in our lives, including our homes. You might already be using some kind of Al-powered voice-assistant device to get the latest news or weather forecast every morning. But in the smart home of the future, those AI platforms could serve as the brain for entire homes, learning about________and organizing and automating all of their various smart devices. IT company Crestron, for example, is working on software that________ a person’s habits, like which music they want to hear in the morning or which lights they want to be on at a certain time of the day. Then, once it knows a user’s________ automatically plays just the right playlists or dims the lights before bedtime.
【1】A.attempted B.adjusted C.approved D.assisted
【2】A.free B.likely C.ready D.eager
【3】A.unexpected B.disconnected C.unsealed D.misplaced
【4】A.symbols B.signals C.codes D.signs
【5】A.serve B.qualify C.behave D.model
【6】A.In spite of B.Instead of C.In addition to D.Thanks to
【7】A.needs B.dangers C.instincts D.responses
【8】A.deeply B.barely C.closely D.manually
【9】A.Accessible B.Central C.Relative D.Objective
【10】A.personal B.special C.specific D.secure
【11】A.camera B.bulb C.device D.model
【12】A.by contrast B.for example C.in turn D.at least
【13】A.residents B.operators C.relatives D.consumers
【14】A.transforms B.tracks C.treats D.trains
【15】A.conditions B.features C.preferences D.characters
26、假定你是学校的外教助理李华。因“五一”假期安排，学校调整了课表(class schedule)，由你负责通知外教 Peter。请你给Peter写一封邮件，告知放假时间，并提醒他查看新课表。
注意:
1. 写作词数应为80左右；
2. 请在答题卡的相应位置作答。
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