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英 语 试 题
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，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
72 hours in Beijing
Traveling to China is no longer a luxury for many foreign passport holders. The Chinese government has permitted a 72-hour visa free policy that offers access to visitors from 53countries including the US, France and Austria. Let's start with the capital of China, Beijing.Here's a pick of the best in Beijing.
Mutianyu Great Wall
Your trip to Beijing isn't really complete without seeing one of the“New Seven Wonders of theWorld”——the Great Wall of China. The Mutianyu section of the Great Wall is by far the most well-preserved of all. Taking a one-hour bus ride, Mutianyu would be your ideal location for a half-day of hiking away from the large crowds in the city. Also, the authorities have allowed tourists to paint graffiti on a specific section of the Great Wall since 2014. The Great Wall was designated(把……定名为) a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1987.
Summer Palace
Located in northwestern Beijing, the Summer Palace is by far the city's most well-preserved royal park. With its huge lake and hilltop views, the palace offers you a pastoral escape into the landscape of traditional Chinese paintings. The Summer Palace was added to the UNESCO WorldHeritage List in 1998.
798 Art Zone
This would be on the top of my list! Named after the 798 factory that was built in the 1950s, the art zone is home to various galleries, design studios, art exhibition spaces, fashionable shops and bars. You could easily spend half your day wandering around the complex, feeling the contrast of the present and the past.
Sichuan Provincial Restaurant
While in Beijing, apart from trying the city's best-known Peking duck, the Sichuan provincial restaurant is one of places where you can enjoy regional delicious food. It offers one of China's eight great cuisines, Sichuan Cuisine, which ranges from Mapo tofu to spicy chicken.
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21. When was the Summer Palace added to the UNESCO World Heritage List
A. In 1950. B. In 1987. C. In 1998. D. In 2014.
22. Which place is the author's first choice when visiting Beijing
A. Mutianyu Great Wall. B.798 Art Zone.
C. Summer Palace. D. Sichuan Provincial Restaurant.
23. Who is the passage intended for
A. The tourists who prefer to travel for free.
B. The foreigners to stay in Beijing for 4 days.
C. The visitors coming from every corner of China.
D. The foreigners coming to Beijing for three days.
B
In Scotland, 600,000 tonnes of food are thrown away every year. This amount of food, which could feed about 1.2 billion poor people, is almost a third of household(家庭的) waste. And food waste isn't just a big problem in Scotland.
Money, time, and resources are often wasted by throwing away good food. It also causes very harmful greenhouse gas, which is perilous to the planet.
In the production stage, some foods do not enter the food chain for many reasons. Supermarkets usually care about the quality of food from farms. They often refuse strange-looking and unusually sized produce. However, they seem to forget that it is almost impossible to grow the perfect produce. Food waste at the consumption(消费) stage includes food going out of date and leftovers(剩饭) because of too much food. In households, even mostly fresh fruit and vegetables are thrown away.
In order to reduce food waste, here is what we can do:
Understand the terms“use by”and“best before”dates.“Use by”dates are there for your safety.It is dangerous to eat food after the use-by date and doing so risks your health.“Best before”dates tell you how long the food will be at its best quality. Once the food passes the date, it isn't necessarily bad, but you should still check, just to be sure.
Every time you go shopping and bring back new food, put them at the back of your fri dge and bring the food that will expire(到期) soon closer to the front. That way, you know what needs to be eaten first.
If you have any food that will expire soon, give it to charity if you aren't going to eat it. They will really appreciate the food you have given.
24. What can we infer from Paragraph 1
A. Food waste is the biggest part of household waste.
B. Household waste hasn't drawn much attention.
C. People in Scotland waste the most food.
D. Food waste is a common problem.
25. What does the underlined word“perilous”in Paragraph 2 mean
A. valuable. B. dangerous. C. different. D. unnecessary.
26. What should people do to reduce food waste according to the text
A. Pick usually sized produce.
B. Improve the quality of farm produce.
C. Order produce directly from farmers.
D. Avoid buying too much food at a time.
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27. What advice does the author offer to people
A. Buy food that will expire soon to reduce waste.
B. Place food carefully according to its expiry date.
C. Throw away food that passes the best-before date.
D. Give food that has passed its use-by date to charity.
C
The world may have a new supercontinent within 200 million to 300 million years as the PacificOcean shrinks and closes.
Researchers at Curtin University in Australia and Peking University in China used a supercomputer to model the evolution of Earth's tectonic plates(地质构造板块) and the formation of a future supercontinent. Their findings were published in the journal National science Review.
“Over the past two billion years, Earth's continents have collided(相撞) together to form a supercontinent every 600 million years, known as the supercontinent cycle. This means that current continents are due to come together again in a couple of hundred million years' time,”said lead author Dr. Chuan Huang, a research fellow in Curtin's Earth Dynamics Research Group and theSchool of Earth and Planetary Sciences.
The team's simulation showed that due to the fact that Earth has been cooling for billions of years since its formation, the thickness and strength of the tectonic plates beneath the oceans have reduced over time. As a result, the formation of a new supercontinent is more likely to happen by the closing up of the Pacific Ocean. Reducing by a few centimeters per year, the Pacific Ocean's current reach of 10,000 kilometers will close up in less than 300 million years.
“The resulting new supercontinent has already been named Amasia because some believe that the Pacific Ocean will close when America collides with Asia. Australia is also expected to play a role in this important Earth event, first colliding with Asia and then connecting America and Asia once the Pacific Ocean closes,”Huang said.
Changes in the distribution of continents and oceans will cause changes in climates,“particularly when ocean currents are stopped by continental collision, or new ocean currents are formed when continents break apart,” said study coauthor Zheng-Xiang Li, distinguished professor in Curtin's School of Earth and Planetary Sciences. “Earth, as we know, will be completely different when Amasia forms. The sea level is expected to be lower, and the vast interior(内陆) of the supercontinent will be very dry with high daily temperature ranges.”
Researchers expect more earthquakes as the continental plates collide. Surrounded by a new super ocean, the newly formed supercontinent will also have decreased biodiversity.
Scientists are still trying to understand Earth's supercontinent cycle, which is driven by heat and gravity. The research team wants to establish how Earth's tectonic plates started and when the first continents formed, as well as what kicked off the supercontinent cycle.“We are only starting to look at the entire Earth system, from its core to its atmosphere, as a closely linked system that evolved together,”Li said.
28. What leads to the formation of the new supercontinent
A. The rising temperature of the Earth.
B. The expansion of the Pacific Ocean.
C. The reduced strength of the tectonic plates.
D. The appearance of many new tectonic plates.
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29. What is believed by some scientists about the new supercontinent
A. The involving parts. B. Its climate pattern.
C. The way it breaks apart. D. Its distance from Australia.
30. What will probably happen to the newly formed supercontinent
A. There will be a rise in the sea level.
B. There will be lots of water in its interior.
C. The variety of its living things will be reduced.
D. Its temperature will stay the same all year around.
31. What does the last paragraph mainly want to show
A. The entire Earth system faces an uncertain future.
B. The origin of the supercontinent cycle is hard to trace.
C. The Earth's supercontinent cycle will pose a big threat.
D. There is more to discover about the supercontinent cycle.
D
Dangerous drivers can be anywhere. Drunk, sleepy and distracted driving can sometimes end tragically, notes Jeesung Lee, 17. This rising high-school junior in South korea attends St.Johnsbury Academy Jeju. He wondered whether AI could help warn people of such drivers. Asystem he's designed can now warn drivers when other drivers near them are acting dangerously.
Jeesung’s system can find cars traveling at dangerous speeds or suddenly switching lanes(车道).His computer program then sends a message to cellphones in the area. It can text drivers to watch out. Live video surveys many major roads around the globe, often for traffic reports, especially to assess what happened after an accident occurs, Jeesung notes. His AI-based program instead aims to head off accidents.
It monitors streaming video in real time. Jeesung trained his computer program with publicly available videos showing car accidents. He then tested his system using video it hadn't seen. It correctly identified dangerous driving some 80, percent of the time, the teen now reports. It also sends out warnings less than two seconds after spotting risky driving.
You can't get those warnings just yet. To do so, Jeesung wants to use GPS to pinpoint the locations of phone users. That would require permission from South Korea's government, he notes.But the system should prove quick and reliable, Jeesung says. And it should cost little, he adds. It needs no additional hardware. And his system can be used with existing cameras.
Car accidents are a leading cause of death and injuries. Jeesung hopes a system like his can limit these. He aims to continue improving and testing the system in Jeju and eventually go global.
32. What caused Jeesung to design the system
A. Feeling sleepy in class. B. Playing computer games.
C. Seeing dangerous drivers. D. Acting wrongly after drinking.
33. What is the purpose of Jeesung's design
A. To speed up cars. B. To stop accidents.
C. To report accidents. D. To survey main roads.
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34. What can we infer from paragraph 4
A. The system will be cheap.
B. Existing hardware is of little use.
C. Jeesung can know the locations of phone users.
D. South Korea's government has given Jeesung permission.
35. What can we learn about Jeesung
A. He is warm-hearted. B. He is ambitious.
C. He has a lot of money. D. He has an expensive car.
第二节(共5 小题;每小题2.5分, 满分 12.5分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Kitchen robot is a robotic device designed to provide assistance with common kitchen tasks.These robots can handle work ranging from food preparation to dish washing and general cleanup.36 They are also meant to serve as assistants to people who are unable by reason of age or illness to manage daily kitchen tasks without assistance.
Ordinary kitchen robots are usually designed to wash dirty dishes. Working as a dishwasher in a kitchen environment requires a set of skills. A successful robot must be able to grasp and clean dishes, and store them appropriately. 37
More advanced kitchen robot designs focus on the preparation and serving of food. 38Robots designed to serve as mechanical chefs need to be able to evaluate different food products to ensure freshness and quality. They also need to make appropriate selections from various ingredients, and perform a large number of different physical tasks as part of the cooking process.
39 Such devices are perfect for people who get a high salary but have very little free time.A kitchen robot could potentially take over many common kitchen tasks, allowing its owner to focus on other matters or to cook only on those occasions when they have the time to enjoy cooking.
Kitchen robots have more practical applications as well. The population of many Western nations is aging, often quite rapidly. 40 A robot could potentially provide that assistance for them without causing any discomfort.
A. This requires an entirely different set of skills.
B. Convenience is one selling point of kitchen robots.
C. Some kitchen robots are designed for other special usages.
D. Older people may require some assistance with daily tasks.
E. They are intended to reduce the heavy housework of daily living.
F. Nowadays more and more robots walk into people's work and daily life.
G. It also has to avoid breaking them while making sure of a thorough clean.
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第三部分：语言运用(共两节，满分30分)
第一节(共 15 小题，每小题1分，满分 15分)
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Young boys often dream of superpowers to solve their problems. It was 1933, while the country was still 41 the Great Depression, Jerry Siege l and Joe Shuster put their 42down on paper. In the process, they created the world's most popular superhero, Superman.
Joe was the artist and sketched all the time, 43 out at newsstand s absorbed in magazines, especially“Amazing Stories,”and then 44 to recreate them at home. Jerry was the storyteller. The idea of Superman 45 upon him in the middle of a sleepless summer night. When the Superman's origin story started 46 , he dashed over to Joe's place and showed it to him. Then they just sat down, and worked straight out.
As is often the case, when we experience something 47 in life, we deal with the feeling through 48 expression. Jerry's father had died during a robbery. A young child might 49 that experience by wishing something could have 50 it. For Jerry,out came the Man of Steel, who was 51 to bullets and protecting innocent people was his 52 .
The story of Superman has inspired kids for generations. It has 53 their fears and driven their dreams. Most 54 , the Man of Steel has inspired us all to find our superpower and use them to help others. Therefore, the next time you are inspired to55 a friend from being bullied, or help the wi do w next door with your superpower smile,thank Joe and Jerry, two awkward high school kids who dreamt up Superman—making the world a little more safe and fair.
41. A. evaluating B. undergoing C. controlling D. overcoming
42. A. concepts B. principles C. ideas D. disputes
43. A. hanging B. working C. running D. figuring
44. A. get out B. stand out C. set out D. put out
45. A. struck B. dawned C. fell D. occurred
46. A. taking action B. taking effect C. taking shape D. taking aim
47. A. tiresome B. tragic C. memorable D. grateful
48. A. creative B. personal C. academic D. skillful
49. A. remember B. commend C. judge D. process
50. A. defeated B. predicted C. prevented D. supported
51. A. subject B. resistant C. sensitive D. accustomed
52. A. responsibility B. disbelief C. command D. contribution
53. A. shared B. confirmed C. boosted D. calmed
54. A. unexpectedly B. importantly C. fortunately D. obviously
55. A. ban B. help C. save D. facilitate
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第二节 (共10小题; 每小题1.5分, 满分15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。
Shen Kuo(沈括) was a scientist of the Northern Song Dynasty. He was 56 all round scholar of astronomy, physics, chemistry, geology and medical science. 57 , Shen Kuo's reputation has been mostly in the field of scientific writing: he was the first 58 (build)graphic maps.
Thanks 59 his mother, Shen Kuo received a formal education in his childhood. He was diligent and he read so much that he suffered eye pain later in life. While in his 60 (thirty),Shen Kuo frequently dreamed of a place. In the dream, he climbed a hill, the top of 61 was covered with brightly colored flowers and trees. Clear waters 62 (flow) at the base of the hill, with trees on either side. Later on, when 63 (travel) around, he was shocked to find a piece of land that was 64 (exact) the one in his dream. There he settled and wrote of the discoveries he had made in his lifetime.
This extraordinary story is the origin of Shen's the Dream Rivulet Diary(《梦溪笔谈》). TheDream Rivulet Diary was a milestone in the history of Chinese science. So far, this amazing scientific work 65 (put) into a number of different languages, including English, French,German and Japanese.
第四部分 写作 (共两节，满分40分)
第一节 (满分 15分)
上周日，你校师生一起参观了你们市的历史博物馆。请你为校英文报写一篇报道，内容包括：
1.活动的过程；
2.你的收获与感想。
注意：1.写作词数应为80左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
A Meaningful Visit
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第二节 (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。
Lungs nearly bursting, I struggled to lift my head out of the water. Inch by inch, my tired body reached for the end of the pool.
The extent of my swimming career was purely recreational, while the competitive swimmers nearby thought noticing of the seemingly simple task of a 500-meter swim test. Pushing myself to finish what I had started, I could only think: why not take the easy way out
Earlier that week I had turned in my first job application at a local pool. Overqualified I was hired on the spot. However, the tasks were boring:helping confused visitors and measuring the height of children before they went down the slide, those sorts of things. I was capable of more.
So a swim test was required, establishing the me re fact that I was not completely helpless in a pool. Midway through, the manager administering the test remarked,“This looks really easy for you. Why aren't you applying to-become a guard ”
“The thought hadn't crossed my mind.”
"Well, lifeguarding demands more responsibility, strength and respect. Thus the position pays$2 more per hour. Your swimming skills are strong enough. All you need to do is complete a certification class.”
Inside I was unsure of myself, but his words inspired me You never know what you are capable of until you force yourself to do it.
Soon I passed the swim test. All left was to practice and learn first aid,CPR(心肺复苏), and procedures for different land and water-based emergencies.
Work started soon. A well-intentioned yet anxious feeling in me soon passed. Days, weeks, and months went by without incident;emergencies were rare. The skills and training I had so carefully studied and acquired seemed unnecessary.
Today appeared to be another uneventful day. However, shortly after the other guards signaled to the children to exit the pool,I noticed one boy was still in the middle while the others had climbed up.
注意：
1.续写词数应为150左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
“Something must have gone wrong with him,”I thought to myself.
Having the boy on the floor,I put my ear to his mouth and my fingers at his neck.
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