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Sectin B (22分)
Directins: Read the fllwing three passages. Each passage is fllwed by several questins r unfinished statements. Fr each f them there are fur chices marked A, B, C and D. Chse the ne that fits best accrding t the infrmatin given in the passage yu have just read.
(A)
Fr Western designers, China and its rich culture have lng been an inspiratin fr Western creative.
“It’s n secret that China has always been a surce(来源) f inspiratin fr designers,” says Amanda Hill, chief creative fficer at A+E Netwrks, a glbal media cmpany and hme t sme f the biggest fashin(时尚) shws.
Earlier this year, the China Thrugh A Lking Glass exhibitin in New Yrk exhibited 140 pieces f China-inspired fashinable clthing alngside Chinese wrks f art, with the aim f explring the influence f Chinese aesthetics(美学) n Western fashin and hw China has fueled the fashinable imaginatin fr centuries. The exhibitin had recrd attendance, shwing that there is huge interest in Chinese influences.
“China is impssible t verlk,” says Hill. “Chinese mdels are the faces f beauty and fashin campaigns that sell dreams t wmen all ver the wrld, which means Chinese wmen are nt just cnsumers f fashin — they are central t its mvement.” Of curse, nt nly are tday’s tp Western designers being influenced by China—sme f the best designers f cntemprary fashin are themselves Chinese. “Vera Wang, Alexander Wang, Jasn Wu are taking n Gallian, Albaz, Marc Jacbs—and beating them hands dwn in design and sales,” adds Hill.
Fr Hill, it is impssible nt t talk abut China as the leading player when discussing fashin. “The mst famus designers are Chinese, s are the mdels, and s are the cnsumers,” she says. “China is n lnger just anther market; in many senses it has becme the market. If yu talk abut fashin tday, yu are talking abut China—its influences, its directin, its breathtaking clthes, and hw yung designers and mdels are finally acknwledging that in many ways.”
36. What can we learn abut the exhibitin in New Yrk?
A. It prmted the sales f artwrks.B. It attracted a large number f visitrs.
C. It shwed ancient Chinese clthes.D. It aimed t intrduce Chinese mdels.
37. What des Hill say abut Chinese wmen?
A. They are setting the fashin.B. They start many fashin campaigns.
C. They admire super mdels.D. They d business all ver the wrld.
38. What d the underlined wrds “taking n” in paragraph 4 mean?
A. learning frmB. lking dwn nC. wrking with D. cmpeting against
39. What can be a suitable title fr the text?
A. Yung Mdels Selling Dreams t the Wrld
B. A Chinese Art Exhibitin Held in New Yrk
C. Differences Between Eastern and Western Aesthetics
D. Chinese Culture Fueling Internatinal Fashin Trends
(B)
Cmments n the March Issue f Reader 's Digest
40. What happened t Anita Lawrence after her husband's diagnsis?
A. She felt very painful.
B. She gained sme life lessns.
C. She paid mre attentin t her wn health.
D. She shwed deep sympathy fr her husband.
41. Accrding t Sam Kieffer's letter, what can we learn abut Jhn All?
A. He is an expert in muntaineering.
B. He wrte the article entitled Trapped Inside a Glacier.
C. Few peple culd survive in the same situatin as he did.
D. His stry is the best ne that Sam Kieffer has ever read in Reader's Digest.
42. In her letter, Janet Tle quted tw examples f Switzerland and Italy in rder t___________.
A. advise chefs t stp cking live lbsters
B. shw hw cruel it is t ck lbsters live
C. raise chefs' awareness f prtecting animals
D. share with readers these cuntries' laws regarding cking
(C)
The newspaper must prvide fr the reader the facts, pure, unprejudiced, bjectively selected facts. But in these days f cmplex news it must prvide mre: it must supply interpretatin, the meaning f the facts. This is a very imprtant assignment facing American jurnalists - t make clear t the reader the prblems f the day, t make internatinal news understandable as cmmunity news, t recgnize that there is n lnger any such thing as "lcal" news, because any event in the internatinal area has a lcal reactin in the financial market, plitical circles, in terms, indeed, f ur very way f life. There is in jurnalism a widespread view that when yu start an interpretatin, yu are entering dangerus waters, the rushing tides f pinin. This is nnsense.
The ppnents f interpretatin insist that the writer and the editr shall limit themselves t the "facts". This insistence raises tw questins: What are the facts? Are the bare facts enugh?
As fr the first questin, cnsider hw a s-called "factual" stry cmes abut. The reprter cllects, say, fifty facts; ut f these fifty, his space being necessarily restricted, he selects the ten which he cnsiders mst imprtant. This is Judgment Number One. Then he r his editr decides which f these ten facts shall make up the beginning f the article, which is an imprtant decisin because many readers d nt prceed beynd the first paragraph. This is Judgment Number Tw. Then the night editr determines whether the article shall be presented n page ne, where it has a large influence, r n page twenty fur, where it has little. Judgment Number Three.
Thus in the presentatin f a s-called "factual" r"bjective" stry, at least three judgments are invlved. And they are judgments nt at all unlike thse invlved in interpretatin, in which reprters and editrs, calling upn their research resurces, their general backgrund, and heir "news neutralism", arrive at a cnclusin as t the significance f the news.
The tw areas f judgment, presentatin f the news and its interpretatin, are bth bjective and subjective prcesses. If an editr is determined t give a prejudiced view f the news, he can d it in ther ways and mre effectively than by interpretatin. He can d it by the selectin f thse facts that supprt his particular viewpint. Or he can d it by the place he gives a stry - prmting it t page ne r dragging it t page thirty.
43. Accrding t the first paragraph, which f the fllwing statements is TRUE?
A. If a reprter makes clear the facts he writes, he will n dubt get int truble.
B. Jurnalists must select facts bjectively t make current events clear t the readers.
C. The mst imprtant task f reprters is t prvide unprejudiced facts fr the readers.
D. Fr reprters, interpretatin f facts is n less imprtant than presentatin f the facts.
44. The beginning f the article shuld present the mst imprtant fact because________.
A. it will influence the reader t cntinue
B. many readers read nly the first paragraph
C. it details the general attitude f the writer
D. it's the best way t write accrding t the schls f jurnalism
45. Where a stry is presented in a newspaper shws________.
A. the editr's prejudice
B. the reprter's backgrund
C. the stry's factual matter
D. the stry's effect n the readers
46. Which f the fllwing can best express the authr's attitude tward bjectiveness?
A. Objectiveness is cntrlled by editrs rather than writers.
B Prperly chsing facts prepares a slid grund fr bjectiveness.
C. He desn't think there exists cmplete bjectiveness in news writing.
D. T make clear the news is a way t be bjective and respnsible fr the readers.
【答案】36. B 37. A 38. D 39. D 40. B 41. C 42. A 43. D 44. B 45. D 46. C
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Sectin B (22分)
Directins: Read the fllwing three passages. Each passage is fllwed by several questins r unfinished statements. Fr each f them there are fur chices marked A, B, C and D. Chse the ne that fits best accrding t the infrmatin given in the passage yu have just read.
(A)
Wh wuld win in a fight, a lin r a tiger? Well, if size has anything t d with the matter, the tiger wuld win. That’s because tigers are the largest f all cat species. Tigers are nt nly large, they are als fast. They can sprint as fast as 40 miles per hur fr shrt distances and leap as far as 30 feet hrizntally. Yu might nt think that such large, fast, and fierce creatures need help t survive, but they d.
It is estimated that at the start f the 20th century, there were ver 100,000 tigers living in the wild. By the turn f the century, the number f tigers utside f captivity dwindled t just ver 3,000. Interestingly, the mst serius threats that tigers face cme frm a much smaller species, ne with an average weight f arund 140 lbs. That species is Hm sapiens, better knwn as humans. Humans threaten tigers in primarily tw ways: hunting and destrying habitat.
Tigers are hunted fr many reasns. Peple have lng valued the famus striped skins. Thugh trading tiger skins is nw illegal in mst parts f the wrld, tiger pelts are wrth arund $10,000 n the black market. Thugh the fur wuld be incentive enugh fr mst pachers, ther parts f the tiger can als fetch a pretty penny. Sme peple in China and ther Asian cultures believe that varius tiger parts have healing prperties. Traditinal Chinese medicine calls fr the use f tiger bnes, amngst ther parts, in sme prescriptins.
Tigers have als been hunted as game. In ther wrds, peple hunted tigers slely fr the thrill and achievement f killing them. Such killings tk place in large scale during the 19th and early 20th centuries, when an English hunter might claim t kill ver a hundred tigers in their hunting career. Thugh this practice is much less ppular tday than it was in the past, it has nt ceased entirely.
Humans have dne cnsiderable damage t the wrld’s tiger ppulatin thrugh hunting, but perhaps mre damage has been caused thrugh the destructin f habitat. Tigers nce ranged widely acrss Asia, all the way frm Turkey t the eastern cast f Russia. But ver the past 100 years, tigers have lst 93% f their histric range. Instead f spanning all the way acrss Asia, the tiger ppulatin is nw islated in small pckets in suthern and sutheastern Asia. This is because humans have drastically changed the envirnments. Humans have built twns and cities. Rad and transit systems were created t cnnect these twns and cities. T feed the peple living in these areas, frests and fields have been cleared t create farmland.
A majr bstacle t preserving tigers is the enrmus amunt f territry that each tiger requires. Each wild tiger demands between 200 and 300 square miles. Tigers are als bth territrial and slitary animals. This means that they are prtective f the areas that they claim and they generally d nt share with ther tigers. Because tigers need s much territry, it is really difficult fr cnservatinists t acquire enugh land t supprt a large ppulatin f tigers.
56. Which f the fllwing is NOT a reasn in the article explaining why tigers are hunted?
A. Because tiger skins are wrth a lt f mney.
B. Because tiger parts are used as medicines in sme cultures.
C. Because sme tigers attack lcal villages.
D. Because tigers are hunted fr enjyment by sme peple.
57. The underlined wrd “incentive” in the third paragraph prbably means ________.
A. attractive B. innvative C. alternative D. respective
58. Which best explains why tigers have lst s much f their habitat accrding t the text?
A. Because tigers are under threat frm ther animals.
B. Because tiger skins are extremely valuable.
C. Because the envirnment has been changed.
D. Because tigers need s much space t survive.
59. Which f the fllwing best describes the authr’s main purpse in writing this article?
A. T prvide readers with interesting infrmatin abut the lifestyles f tigers.
B. T persuade readers t help the wrld’s tiger ppulatin and t ffer ways t help.
C. T entertain readers with stries abut hw tigers hunt and are hunted.
D. T explain t readers why the wrld’s tiger ppulatin is endangered.
(B)
60. Frm the passage we can cnclude that “Learning English Vide Prject” is mst prbably______.
A. an nline curse fcusing n language and culture
B. audi dcuments n language learning
C. a series f English learning vide prgrams
D. a set f films n English-speaking cuntries
61. If smene is interested in the cmparisn between English and ther languages, he might be interested t watch __________.
A. Encunters in the UK B. Stries frm Mrcc
C. Thughts frm Brazil D. Insights frm China
62. What can we knw abut English learning in Sa Paul, Brazil?
A. Classrm teaching is mre interactive and cmmunicative.
B. Hmestay arrangement prvides psitive experience fr learners.
C. The Internet and games plays a majr rle in language learning.
D. The principle f learning by ding is widely accepted by learners.
(C)
The Paris climate agreement finalised in December last year indicated a new era fr climate actin. Fr the first time, the wrld’s natins agreed t keep glbal warming well belw 2℃.
This is vital fr climate-vulnerable natins. Fewer than 4% f cuntries are respnsible fr mre than half f the wrld’s greenhuse gas emissins. In a study published in Nature Scientific Reprts, we reveal just hw deep this injustice runs.
Develped natins such as Australia, the United States, Canada, and Eurpean cuntries are essentially climate “free-riders”: causing the majrity f the prblems thrugh high greenhuse gas emissins, while paying few f the csts such as climate changes impact n fd and water. In ther wrds, a few cuntries are benefiting enrmusly frm the cnsumptin f fssil fuels, while at the same time cntributing disprprtinately t the glbal burden f climate change.
On the ther hand, there are many “frced riders”, wh are suffering frm the climate change impacts despite having scarcely cntributed t the prblem. Many f the wrld’s mst climate-vulnerable cuntries, the majrity f which are African r small island states, prduce a very small quantity f emissins. This is much like a nn-smker getting cancer frm secnd-hand smke, while the heavy smker is frtunate enugh t smke in gd health.
The Paris agreement has been widely cnsidered as a psitive step frward in addressing climate change fr all, althugh the details n addressing “climate justice” can be best described as incmplete.
The gal f keeping glbal temperature rise “well belw” 2℃ deserves t be praised but the emissins reductin prmises submitted by cuntries leading up t the Paris talks are very unlikely t deliver n this.
Mre than $100 billin in funding has been put n the table fr supprting develping natins t reduce emissins. Hwever, the agreement specifies that there is n frmal distinctin between develped and develping natins in their respnsibility t cut emissins, effectively ignring histrical emissins. There is als very little detail n wh will prvide the funds r, imprtantly, wh is respnsible fr their prvisin. Securing these funds and establishing wh is respnsible fr raising them will als be vital fr the future f climate-vulnerable cuntries.
The mst climate-vulnerable cuntries in the wrld have cntributed very little t creating the glbal disease frm which they nw suffer the mst. There must urgently be a meaningful mbilizatin f the plicies utlined in the agreement if we are t achieve natinal emissins reductins while helping the mst vulnerable cuntries adapt t climate change.
And it is clearly up t the current generatin f leaders frm high-emitting natins t decide whether they want t be remembered as climate change tyrants (暴君) r pineers.
63. The authr is critical f the Paris climate agreement because ________.
A. it is unfair t thse climate-vulnerable natins
B. it aims t keep temperature rise belw 2℃ nly
C. it is beneficial t nly fewer than 4% f cuntries
D. it burdens develped cuntries with the full respnsibility
64. Why des the authr call sme develped cuntries climate “free-riders”?
A. They needn’t wrry abut the fd and water they cnsume.
B. They are better able t cpe with the glbal climate change.
C. They hardly pay anything fr the prblems they have caused.
D. They are free frm the greenhuse effects affecting “frced riders”.
65. What des the authr say abut the $100 billin funding?
A. It will mtivate all natins t reduce carbn emissins.
B. There is n final agreement n where it will cme frm.
C. There is n clarificatin f hw the mney will be spent.
D. It will effectively reduce greenhuse emissins wrldwide.
66. What urgent actin must be taken t realize the Paris climate agreement?
A. Encuraging high-emitting natins t take the initiative.
B. Calling n all the natins cncerned t make jint effrts.
C. Pushing the current wrld leaders t cme t a cnsensus.
D. Putting in effect the plicies in the agreement at nce.
【答案】56. C 57. A 58. C 59. D 60. C 61. B 62. D 63. A 64. C 65. B 66. D
上海松江区2017-2018第一学期高三英语期末质量监控试卷
Sectin B (22分)
Directins: Read the fllwing three passages. Each passage is fllwed by several questins r unfinished statements. Fr each f them there are fur chices marked A, B, C and D. Chse the ne that fits best accrding t the infrmatin given in the passage yu have just read.
(A)
Men are as likely as wmen t suffer frm pstnatal (产后的) depressin, a study shws. One in ten fathers — the same ratis as mthers — are fund t suffer befre r after birth. By the time their child reaches 12 weeks, as many as ne in fur are feeling dwn.
The symptms bserved in the American study are nt thught t be hrmnal — as they are in wmen — and are instead prbably a respnse t the pressures f fatherhd. These include the expense f having children, changed relatinship with partners and fear f paternal (父亲的) respnsibility. In the early weeks, the lack f sleep and extra dmestic chres als take the tll.
The study put the verall rate f depressin amng new fathers at 10.4 percent — duble the estimated 4.8 percent fr all men in any 12-mnth perid. Arund 8 percent were affected in the 12 weeks befre and after birth, accrding t the Eastern Virginia Medical Schl Research. The study fund parents were mre likely t be dwn if their partner was t.
It is estimated that arund ne in ten wmen suffers pstnatal depressin, even if they have never had mental health prblems. Withut treatment the cnditin can last fr mnths. Althugh mst wmen have a few days f “Baby Blues” shrtly after birth, pstnatal depressin can kick in up t six mnths later. Experts say that paternal depressin is serius because it can have “substantial emtinal, behaviural and develpmental” effects n children.
56. The “Baby Blues” effect amng fathers may be caused by the fllwing except _____.
A. dmestic chres
B. fatherhd pressure
C. paternal respnsibility
D. hrmne imbalance
57. What des the underlined phrase“take the tll”in paragraph 2 mean?
A. Cst a lt f mney.
B. Take the lead.
C. Have a bad effect.
D. Have n links.
58. Which culd be the best title fr the passage?
A. Therapy fr Depressin
B. Father Getting Baby Blues
C. Effects f Father Blues
D. Pstnatal Recvery
(B)
59. Which way is mst suitable fr Mary, wh can just spare ne day t travel arund Singapre?
A. Night SafariB. DUCK.
C. City Sightseeing.D. Flyer.
60. If David and his 9-year-ld sn are bth animal lvers, they had better dial ______ fr mre infrmatin befre their tur.
A. 6338-6877B. 6338-6859
C. 6338-3311D. 6338-6826
61. Mr. Smith is ging t take his wife, his 13-year-ld daughter and his 1-year-ld sn t visit Singapre at their wn leisurely pace, he shuld get at least ______ ready.
A. $89B. $99
C. $91D. $101
62. Which rganizatin in Singapre is mst likely t issue the infrmatin abve?
A. Educatin Cmmissin.B. Health Department.
C. Transprtatin Bureau.D. Turism Bureau.
(C)
Antibitics, vaccines, rgan transplant and HIV/AIDS treatments are all medical milestnes that have indisputably made life better and saved millins f lives. But all these advances and cuntless thers were develped using animals. The latest eye shadw and ther csmetics and industrial chemicals are als develped with animal testing.
The lab animal issue has received attentin in China in recent years as mre peple are cncerned abut animals’ rights. China has n animal welfare laws prhibiting cruelty t animals, but there are standards (1986 and 2006) fr humane treatment f lab animals, thugh these are difficult t enfrce.
Wrld Day fr Labratry Animals was established in 1979 by the British Natinal Anti-Vivisectin Sciety, memrializing millins f animals that cntributed t pure science, medicine, industry, fashin and the csmetics industry. It’s als a day f actin t prtest the use f live animals fr experiments frm lab rats and dgs t cattle and primates (灵长类动物).
Thusands f activists wrldwide are campaigning t raise awareness and demand an end t experimentatin with animals, thugh there are few effective alternatives. The British Unin fr the Ablitin f Vivisectin estimates that 100 millin vertebrates (脊椎动物) are used in experiments every year, 10 t 11 millin in the Eurpean Unin. This desn’t include mice, rats, frgs and animals nt yet weaned. There are n reliable figures fr China where specially bred animals are used extensively fr research. Sme date indicate arund 16 millin vertebrates were used in 2006.
Three Rs principle
The three Rs are principles fr lab animal welfare prpsed by micrbilgist RL Burch and zlgist Russel in 1959. They are “reductin, refinement and replacement” and scientists are encuraged t fllw them.
*Reduce the number f animals by imprving experimental techniques and increasing infrmatin sharing amng researchers.
*Refine experiments and treatment t reduce suffering; use less invasive techniques, imprve care and living cnditins.
*Replace experiments n live animals with alternative testing where pssible.
“But the three Rs suggests general acquiescence (默许) in animal experimentatin,” says astatement by Animal Rights in Chine (ARC), set up in 2006 by ver 3000 campaigners wh have been urging the use f alternatives.
The alternatives activists advcate include using cell cultures instead f whle animals, using phttxicity tests n chemicals t predict their effects n humans, using cmputer mdels, studying human vlunteers and wrking n islated tissues. These appraches can be useful but they can’t prvide the answers that animal research can.
“Animal experimentatin is a basic, very imprtant methd in life science study and bimedical research and in sme specific fields, s it is irreplaceable,” says Yang Fei, deputy directr f the Animal Experimentatin Department f Fudan University. Yang has wrked n regulating and standardizing animal testing fr ver 15 years.
He says testing n primates is still necessary because their immune system is very similar t that f humans. They are needed t develp drugs fr malaria, HIV/AIDS and infectins such as SARS, he says, thugh admitting the apprach is nt perfect.
63. Accrding t the passage, ______ may nt be related t animal testing.
A. Cugh mixturesB. Genetically mdified rice
C. Dir LipsticksD. Artificial livers
64. Wrld Day fr Labratry animals was set up fr the fllwing reasns except ______.
A. t call fr better experimental techniques t reduce sufferings
B. t memrialize the animals sacrificed in the labs
C. t raise awareness f animal right
D. t ffer the activists a chance t raise their bjectins t the use f animals’ frexperiments
65. Why W.M.S Russel advcated researchers t share mre infrmatin?
A. Because researchers can better cperate with each ther t eliminate animal testing.
B Because researchers can turn t alternatives t replace animal testing.
C. Because researchers can avid repeating similar testing n animals.
D. Because researchers can make the animal testing mre effective.
66. ______ is the biggest bstacle t cancelling animal testing.
A. Lack f enugh fundB. Lack f human awareness
C. Lack f supprtive statisticsD. Lack f effective alternatives
【答案】56. D 57. C 58. B 59. C 60. D 61. B 62. D 63. B 64. A 65. C 66. D
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Directins: Read the fllwing three passages. Each passage is fllwed by several questins r unfinished statements. Fr each f them there are fur chices marked A, B, C and D. Chse the ne that fits best accrding t the infrmatin given in the passage yu have read.
(A)
Researchers have develped a methd t activate electrnic implants in the bdy and eliminate bacterial infectins using a wireless signal. When triggered by remte technlgy, the device delivers heat t infected tissue. And it culd lead t technlgies that enable drugs and
treatment t be delivered t patients at the press f a buttn.
The technlgy was develped by researchers at Tufts University in Massachusetts and the University f Illinis. Mice were given electrnic implants that, when a signal was sent, heated up t treat tissue that was infected with staphylcccus, which can cause life-threatening infectins f the bld. Tissues cllected frm the mice 24 hurs after treatment shwed n sign f the infectin, while the device disslved in 15 days, prving it can nt nly treat infectins but als be dispsed f easily.
The research, which als eliminated E. cli bacteria, was published in the Prceedings f the Natinal Academy f Sciences. Each device, made f silk and magnesium (镁元素)，harmlessly disslved in the animals after the tests. The heating device in the implants has a resistr and pwer-receiving cil made f magnesium, and the magnesium is wrapped in ‘packet’ f silk, keeping it safe and cntrlling its disslutin time. The ability f the device t disslve is imprtant, as it means such implants wuld nt need t be remved. Implantable medical devices nrmally use nn-degradable materials that have limited peratinal lifetimes and must eventually be remved r replaced. But these new wireless therapy devices can handle the surgical prcess, and can then disslve in minutes r weeks, depending n the time needed.
"This is an imprtant demnstratin step frward fr the develpment f n-demand medial devices that can be turned n remtely t perfrm a therapeutic functin in a patient and then safely disappear after their use, requiring n retrieval,” said senir authr Firenz Omenett, prfessr f bimedical engineering at Tufts Schl f Engineering. “These wireless strategies culd help manage pst-surgical infectin, fr example, r pave the way fr eventual Wi-Fi drug delivery.”
56.What is special functin abut the new discvery?
A. It can favurably be used while-treatment stage f a disease.
B. The device has ffered drugs at the press f a buttn.
C. Implantable devices ften use materials that have limited peratinal lifetimes.
D. The implant can be cntrlled t treat infectin and will disslve later in the bdy.
Staphylcccus is mst prbably _______.
A. a virus which can cst a persn his life
B. a therapy which can make a persn’s life lnger
C. a device which can cure a persn’s disease
D. a prcess which can lead t the infectin f a virus
We can infer frm the passage that _______.
A. Wi-Fi prmises a new way f treatment
B. research brings abut new discveries
C. technlgy ffers new pprtunities
D. medicine requires persistent effrts
(B)
Prices determine hw resurces are t be used. They are als the means by which prducts and services that are in limited supply are shared amng buyers. The price system f the United States is a very cmplex netwrk cmpsed f the prices f all the prducts bught and sld in the ecnmy as well as thse f a myriad (无数）f services, including labr, prfessinal transprtatin, and public-utility services. The interrelatinship f all thse prices makes up the “system” f prices. The price f any particular prduct r service is linked t a brad, cmplicated system f prices in which everything seems t depend mre r less upn everything else.
If ne were t ask a grup f arbitrarily individuals t define “price”, many wuld reply that price is an amunt f mney paid by the buyer t the seller f a prduct r service r, in ther wrds that price is the mney value f a prduct r service as agreed upn in a market transactin (交易). This definitin is, f curse, valid as far as it ges. Fr a cmplete understanding f a price in any particular transactin, much mre than the amunt f mney invlved must be knwn. Bth the buyer and the seller shuld be familiar with nt nly the mney amunt but the amunt and quality f the prduct r service t be exchanged, the time and place at which the exchange will take place and payment will be made, the frm f mney t be used, and the credit terms and discunts that supply t the transactin, guarantees n the prduct r service, delivery terms, return privileges, and ther factrs. In ther wrds, bth buyer and seller shuld be fully aware f all the factrs that make up f the ttal “package” being exchanged fr the asked-fr amunt f mney in rder that they may evaluate a given price.
59.Accrding t the passage, the price system is related primarily t _______.
A. Labr and educatinB. transprtatin and insurance
C. Utilities and repairsD. prducts and services
All the fllwing are the factrs in the cmplete understanding f price except _______.
A. instructins that cme with a prductB. the quantity f a prduct
C. the quality f a prductD. guarantees that cver a prduct
61.In the last line f the passage, the wrd “they” refers t _______.
A. Return privilegesB. guarantees n the prduct r service
C. Buyers and sellerD. delivery and credit terms
62.The paragraph fllwing this passage will mst likely discuss _______.
A. unusual ways t evaluate prices f prducts
B. types f payment plans fr prduct and service
C. theries abut hw prducts affect different levels f sciety
D. hw certain elements f price “package” influence its market value
(C)
There will eventually cme a day when the New Yrk Times ceases t publish stries n newsprint. Exactly when that day will be is a matter f debate. “Smetime in the future,” the paper’s publisher said back in 2010.
Nstalgia (怀旧) fr ink n paper, there are plenty f reasns t abandn print. The infrastructure (基础设施) required t make a physical newspaper -- printing presses, delivery trucks -- isn’t just expensive; it’s excessive at a time when nline-nly cmpetitrs dn’t have the same set f financial restrictins. Readers are migrating away frm print anyway. And thugh print ad sales still vershadw their nline and mbile cunterparts, revenue (收入) frm print is still declining.
Cst may be high and circulatin lwer, but rushing t eliminate its print editin wuld be a mistake, says BuzzFeed CEO Jnah Peretti.
Peretti says the Times shuldn’t waste time getting ut f the print business, but nly if they g abut ding it the right way. “Figuring ut a way t accelerate that transitin wuld make sense fr them,” he said, ‘‘but if yu discntinue it, yu’re ging t have yur mst lyal custmers really upset with yu.”
Smetimes that’s wrth making a change anyway. Peretti gives the example f Netflix discntinuing its DVD-mailing service t fcus n streaming (流媒体). “It was seen as a mistake,” he said. The mve turned ut t be fresighted. “If I were in charge at the Times, I wuldn’t pick a year t end print,” Peretti said “I wuld raise prices and make it int mre f a legacy prduct.”
The mst lyal custmers wuld still get the prduct they favur, the idea ges, and they’d feel like that they were helping maintain the quality f smething they believe in. “S if yu’re verpaying fr print, yu culd feel like that yu were helping,” Peretti said. “Then increase it at a higher rate each year and essentially try t generate additinal revenue.” In ther wrds, if yu’re ging t print prduct, make it fr the peple wh are already bsessed with it, which may be what the Times is ding already. Getting the print editin seven days a week csts nearly $500 a year -- mre than twice as much as a digital-nly subscriptin.
“It’s a really hard thing t d and it’s a tremendus luxury that BuzzFeed desn’t have a legacy business," Peretti remarked. “But we’re ging t have questins like that where we have things we're ding that dn't make sense when the market changes and the wrld changes. In thse situatins, it's better t be mre aggressive than less aggressive.
63.The New Yrk Times is cnsidering ending its print editin partly due t _______.
A. the high cst f peratinB. the pressure frm its investrs
C. the cmplaints frm its readersD. the increasing nline ad sales
64.Peretti suggests that in face f the present situatin the Times shuld _______.
A. seek new surces f readershipB. end the print editin fr gd
C. aim fr efficient managementD. strategic adjustments
Peretti believes that in a changing wrld _______.
A. legacy businesses are becming utdated
B. cautiusness helps prblem-slving
C. traditinal luxuries can stay unaffected
D. aggressiveness better meets challenge
Which f the fllwing wuld be the best title f the text?
Shift t Online Newspapers All At Once.
Cherish the Newspapers Still in Yur Hand.
C. Make Yur Print Newspapers a Luxury Gd.
D. Keep Yur Newspapers Frever m Fashin.
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上海松江区2015-2016第一学期高三英语期末质量监控试卷
Sectin B （24分）
Directins: Read the fllwing three passages. Each passage is Fllwed by several questins r unfinished statements. Fr each f them there are fur chices marked A, B, C and D. Chse the ne that fits best accrding t the infrmatin given in the passage yu have just read.
(A)
Technlgical change is everywhere and affects every aspect f life, mstly fr the better. Hwever, scial changes brught abut by new technlgy are ften mistaken fr a change in attitudes.
An example at hand is the invlvement f parents in the lives f their children wh are attending cllege. Surveys n this tpic suggest that parents tday cntinue t be “very” r “smewhat” verly-prtective even after their children mve int cllege drmitries. The same surveys als indicate that the rate f parental invlvement is greater tday than it was a generatin ag. This is usually interpreted as a sign that Tday’s parents are trying t manage their children’s lives past the pint where this behavir is apprpriate.
Hwever, greater parental invlvement des nt indicate that parents are failing t let g f their “adult” children.
In the cntext f this discussin, it seems valuable t first find ut the cause f change in the case f parents’ invlvement with their grwn children. If parents f earlier generatins had wanted t be in tuch with their cllege-age children frequently, wuld this have been pssible? Prbably nt. On the ther hand, des the pssibility f frequent cmmunicatin tday mean that the impulse t d s wasn’t present a generatin ag? Many studies shw that lder parents -- tday’s grandparents - wuld have called their children mre ften if the means and cst f ding s had nt been a barrier.
Furthermre, studies shw that finances are the mst frequent subject f cmmunicatin between parents and their cllege children. The fact that cllege students are financially dependent n their parents is nthing new; nr are requests fr mre mney t be sent frm hme. This phenmenn is neither gd nr bad; it is a fact f cllege life, tday and in the past.
Thanks t the advanced technlgy, we live in an age f bettered cmmunicatin. This has many implicatins well beynd the rle that parents seem t play in the lives f their children wh have left fr cllege. But it is useful t bear in mind that all such changes cme frm the technlgy and nt sme imagined desire by parents t keep their children under their wings.
66. The surveys infrm us f ____________.
A. the cnditins f cllege drmitries
B. the sign f parent’s management in their wn behavirs
C. the develpment f cmmunicatin technlgy
D. the parents’ ver-prtectin f their cllege children
67. Which f the fllwing statement des the authr mst prbably agree with?
A. Technlgy explains greater parental invlvement with their children.
B. Parents’ changed attitudes lead t cllege children’s delayed independence.
C. Parents tday are less prtective than thse in the past.
D. The disadvantages f new technlgy utweigh its advantages.
68. What is the meaning f the wrd “impulse” in this passage?
A. Desperatin. B. Admiratin. C. Urge. D. Depressin.
69. Which f the fllwing wuld be the best title fr the passage?
A. Dependence r Independence.
B. Technlgy r Attitude.
C. Family Influence r Scial Changes.
D. Cllege Management r Cmmunicatin Advancement.
(B)
Spanish-American Institute
Student Cub Ntes
Free and Lw Cst Gyms, Health Clubs and Pls
NYC Department f Parks Recreatin Centers
Recreatin Centers: The NYC Department f Parks has many Recreatin Centers thrughut New Yrk City. Recreatin Centers ffer a wide range f free and membership prgrams and services. Sme have indr swimming pls. Almst all have weight rms, basketball curts, dance studis, bxing rings, art studis, game rms, etc.
All Recreatin Centers ffer a wide range f prgrams such as aerbics, dance, tai chi, fencing, cmputer classes, and art. Many prgrams are free and pen t the general public but many require membership.
Yu d nt need t be a New Yrk City resident t use a Recreatin Center. Yu may use yur annual membership at any and all Centers. Use ne near the Spanish-American Institute and then use ne near yur hme.
Csts: Free and membership prgrams. Standard annual membership is $50 fr Recreatin Centers and $75 fr Recreatin Centers with pls. (D yu knw anyne 55 and lder? The senir membership is nly $10 a year.)
Standard annual membership prvides scheduled access t the gym, pl, and all the ther facilities. Instructr-led curses such as aerbics, martial arts, music, r yga may require an additinal fee.
Membership and Prgram Infrmatin: G t the hme page. On the “Facilities” menu, click n “Recreatin Centers.” On the “Recreatin Centers” page, yu will find infrmatin abut membership and fees. Yu will als see links t Recreatin Facilities by brugh (Brnx, Brklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island).
On the “Facilities” menu, yu may als want t check ut ther NYC Department f Parks facilities such as beaches, ice skating rinks, nature centers, running tracks, sccer fields, etc.
Recreatin Centers: There are several Parks Department Recreatin Centers in each brugh. After yu g t the “Recreatin Centers” page and click n a brugh, yu will find a list f the centers in that brugh with their addresses, phne numbers, and web links. The list will lk like that fr Manhattan belw. Click n the link fr a particular Center t learn mre abut its services, schedules, and prgrams.
70. What special benefits can an annual member f Recreatin Centers enjy?
A. Having access t all the facilities all year.
B. Experiencing all prgrams and services free.
C. Taking free Instructr-led curses.
D. Using nly the center near yur hme free.
71. If yur parents and grandparents (bth ver sixty) want t get the memberships, hw much will they pay?
A. At least $20. B. At least $120. C. At least $180.D. At least $220.
72. Yu will prbably fail t find ____________ n the hme page.
A. the cst fr varius membershipsB. the lcatins f recreatins centers
C. the staff and prvided servicesD. the facilities, phnes and web links
(C)
Just hw much des the Cnstitutin（宪法）prtect yur digital data? The Supreme Curt will nw cnsider whether plice can search the cntents f a mbile phne withut a warrant（授权令）if the phne is n r arund a persn during an arrest.
Califrnia has asked the justices t restre the practice that the plice may search thrugh the cntents f suspects’ smartphnes at the time f their arrest. It is hard, the state says, fr judges t assess the implicatins f new and rapidly changing technlgies.
The justices wuld be careless if they fllwed Califrnia’s advice. They shuld start by rejecting Califrnia’s weak argument that explring the cntents f a smart phne is similar t say, ging thrugh a suspect’s wallet. The curt has ruled that plice dn’t ffend against the Furth Amendment（修正案）when they g thrugh the wallet, f an arrestee withut a warrant. In fact, explring ne’s smartphne is mre like entering his r her hme. A smartphne may cntain an arrestee’s reading histry, financial histry, medical histry and cmprehensive recrds f recent crrespndence.
Americans shuld take steps t prtect their wn digital privacy and shuld avid putting imprtant infrmatin in smartphnes. But keeping sensitive infrmatin n these devices is increasingly a requirement f nrmal life. Citizens still have a right t expect private dcuments t remain private and prtected by the Cnstitutin’s prhibitin n unreasnable searches.
In many cases, it wuld nt be very difficult fr authrities t btain a warrant t search thrugh phne cntents. They culd still trump（打出王牌）the Furth Amendment prtectins when facing severe and dangerus circumstances, such as the threat f immediate harm, and they culd take reasnable measures t ensure that phne data are nt deleted r altered while a warrant is n the way. The justices, thugh, may want t allw rm fr plice t cite situatins where they are entitled t mre flexibility.
But the justices shuld nt swallw Califrnia’s argument whle. New technlgy smetimes demands fresh applicatins f the Cnstitutin’s prtectins. Orin Kerr, a law prfessr, cmpares the explsin and accessibility f digital infrmatin in the 21st century with the establishment f autmbile use as a digital necessity f life in the 20th. At that time, the justices had t explain new rules fr the new persnal dmain（领域）f cars. Similarly, the justices must srt ut hw the Furth Amendment f the Cnstitutin applies t digital infrmatin nw.
73. The Supreme Curt will wrk ut whether, during an arrest, it is legal t ____________.
A. search fr suspects’ mbile phnes withut a warrant
B. check suspects’ phne cntents withut being authrized
C. prevent suspects frm deleting their phne cntents
D. prhibit suspects frm using their mbile phnes
74. The authr’s attitude tward Califrnia’s argument is ne f ____________.
A. tlerance B. indifference C. disapprval D. carefulness
75. The authr believes that explring ne’s phne cntent is cmparable t ____________.
A. getting int ne’s residence
B. handing ne’s histrical recrds
C. scanning ne’s crrespndences
D. ging thrugh ne’s wallet
76. In Paragraph 4 and 5, the authr shws his cncern that ____________.
A. principles are hard t be clearly expressed
B. the curt is giving plice less rm fr actin
C. phnes are used t stre sensitive infrmatin
D. citizens’ privacy is nt effectively prtected
77. Orin Kerr’s cmparisn is quted t indicate that ____________.
A. the Cnstitutin shuld be carried ut flexibly
B. New technlgy als requires reinterpretatin f the Cnstitutin
C. Califrnia’s argument ges against principles f the Cnstitutin
D. Principles f the Cnstitutin shuld never be altered
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40 Smart Ways t Save at the Supermarket
Yur cautin nt t fall fr fake sales reminded me f the days when I was a stck by at my neighbrhd grcery in the 1950s. One time, we gt a delivery f ff-brand vegetables. I priced them at ten cents a can. I dn't think we sld mre than six cans - until I put up a sign that said "Special: Nine fr $1." I set them ut Thursday evening, and by nn n Saturday they were gne.
EDWARD DECKERD,
Perryville, Missuri
Bill's Last, Best Gift
Tracy Grant's article resnated (引起共鸣) deeply with me. Twelve years ag, my husband, Dn, was fund t have terminal brain cancer. As his caregiver, I, t, learned t appreciate the peple and things arund me and nt t sweat the small stuff, and in the lng run, I became a much better persn, Dn als gave me his last, best gift f lve and peace.
ANITA LAWRENCE,
Diceg, Califrnia
Trapped Inside a Glacier
Reading abut Jhn All's experience n Munt Himlung was very inspiring t me. A man with 15 brken bnes and bleeding internally being able t climb up a 70-ft wall f ice and survive fr 18 hurs at 20,000 feet is smething that I wuld have thught t be impssible. I am 16 years ld and a lifelng reader. Out f all the great cntent in Reader's Digest, stries like his are the nes I enjy the mst.
SAM KIEFFER,
Richardsn, Texas
Dishes Prfessinal Chefs Ck in the Micrwave
Micrwaving live lbsters is cruel. Because lbsters feel pain, Switzerland has recently utlawed the practice f biling then alive. A similar law was passed in Italy, where it is nw illegal t put lbsters n ice befre cking them. I hpe yu prvide an update t yur stry prmting humane(人道的) practices instead f very cruel and vilent nes.
JANET TOOLE,
Phenixville, Pennsylvania
Learning English Vide Prject
1. Encunters in the UK (17 minutes)
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Encunters in the UK is the first film in this dcumentary mini-series. It tells the stry f fur girls frm different cuntries wh travel t Cambridge in England t study English and stay with lcal families in what is called a “hmestay” arrangement. Fr the fur girls the hmestay arrangement is a psitive experience. As ne f the hmestay hsts explains: “It’s ging t be a great experience, nt nly in terms f learning English, but in learning abut life.”
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2. Insights frm China (18 minutes)
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Never say die
Based in the busy, csmplitan city f Shanghai, Daniel Emmersn’s latest film Insights frm China takes us inside the wrlds f English language learning and teaching and the airline industry in China. “Insights frm China” fcuses largely n the staff and management f a Chinese airline cmpany that has recently cmmitted t learning English. Spring Airlines is the first lw-cst airline in China.
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3. Stries frm Mrcc (16 minutes)
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Set in Casablanca, Mrcc, this film features ftage and interviews fcusing n key questins such as “Why are peple learning English?” and “What tips and advice can learners ffer?” Staff and learners discuss the advantages and challenges f English language learning in Mrcc. Interviewees tuch n a variety f tpics including British vs. American accents, multi-level classrms, and the similarities f English t French and Spanish.
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4. Thughts frm Brazil (17 minutes)
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Like Insights frm China, Thughts frm Brazil als lks at mdern trends in learning English, especially fr children and teens. It will be f particular interest t all thse wh lng fr a learning experience that is mre interactive and cmmunicative. Teens and yung adults will find new ideas fr cmbining persnal interests such as music, gaming and scial media with self-study. As Daniel Emmersn talks t learners and teachers f English in Sa Paul, Brazil, he discvers that many f them have fund fr themselves the principle f learning by ding and have readily adapted it t the Internet era.
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Sectin B (22分)
Directins: Read the fllwing three passages. Each passage is fllwed by several questins r unfinished statements. Fr each f them there are fur chices marked A, B, C and D. Chse the ne that fits best accrding t the infrmatin given in the passage yu have just read.
(A)
Fr Western designers, China and its rich culture have lng been an inspiratin fr Western creative.
“It’s n secret that China has always been a surce(来源) f inspiratin fr designers,” says Amanda Hill, chief creative fficer at A+E Netwrks, a glbal media cmpany and hme t sme f the biggest fashin(时尚) shws.
Earlier this year, the China Thrugh A Lking Glass exhibitin in New Yrk exhibited 140 pieces f China-inspired fashinable clthing alngside Chinese wrks f art, with the aim f explring the influence f Chinese aesthetics(美学) n Western fashin and hw China has fueled the fashinable imaginatin fr centuries. The exhibitin had recrd attendance, shwing that there is huge interest in Chinese influences.
“China is impssible t verlk,” says Hill. “Chinese mdels are the faces f beauty and fashin campaigns that sell dreams t wmen all ver the wrld, which means Chinese wmen are nt just cnsumers f fashin — they are central t its mvement.” Of curse, nt nly are tday’s tp Western designers being influenced by China—sme f the best designers f cntemprary fashin are themselves Chinese. “Vera Wang, Alexander Wang, Jasn Wu are taking n Gallian, Albaz, Marc Jacbs—and beating them hands dwn in design and sales,” adds Hill.
Fr Hill, it is impssible nt t talk abut China as the leading player when discussing fashin. “The mst famus designers are Chinese, s are the mdels, and s are the cnsumers,” she says. “China is n lnger just anther market; in many senses it has becme the market. If yu talk abut fashin tday, yu are talking abut China—its influences, its directin, its breathtaking clthes, and hw yung designers and mdels are finally acknwledging that in many ways.”
36. What can we learn abut the exhibitin in New Yrk?
A. It prmted the sales f artwrks.B. It attracted a large number f visitrs.
C. It shwed ancient Chinese clthes.D. It aimed t intrduce Chinese mdels.
37. What des Hill say abut Chinese wmen?
A. They are setting the fashin.B. They start many fashin campaigns.
C. They admire super mdels.D. They d business all ver the wrld.
38. What d the underlined wrds “taking n” in paragraph 4 mean?
A. learning frmB. lking dwn nC. wrking with D. cmpeting against
39. What can be a suitable title fr the text?
A. Yung Mdels Selling Dreams t the Wrld
B. A Chinese Art Exhibitin Held in New Yrk
C. Differences Between Eastern and Western Aesthetics
D. Chinese Culture Fueling Internatinal Fashin Trends
(B)
Cmments n the March Issue f Reader 's Digest
40. What happened t Anita Lawrence after her husband's diagnsis?
A. She felt very painful.
B. She gained sme life lessns.
C. She paid mre attentin t her wn health.
D. She shwed deep sympathy fr her husband.
41. Accrding t Sam Kieffer's letter, what can we learn abut Jhn All?
A. He is an expert in muntaineering.
B. He wrte the article entitled Trapped Inside a Glacier.
C. Few peple culd survive in the same situatin as he did.
D. His stry is the best ne that Sam Kieffer has ever read in Reader's Digest.
42. In her letter, Janet Tle quted tw examples f Switzerland and Italy in rder t___________.
A. advise chefs t stp cking live lbsters
B. shw hw cruel it is t ck lbsters live
C. raise chefs' awareness f prtecting animals
D. share with readers these cuntries' laws regarding cking
(C)
The newspaper must prvide fr the reader the facts, pure, unprejudiced, bjectively selected facts. But in these days f cmplex news it must prvide mre: it must supply interpretatin, the meaning f the facts. This is a very imprtant assignment facing American jurnalists - t make clear t the reader the prblems f the day, t make internatinal news understandable as cmmunity news, t recgnize that there is n lnger any such thing as "lcal" news, because any event in the internatinal area has a lcal reactin in the financial market, plitical circles, in terms, indeed, f ur very way f life. There is in jurnalism a widespread view that when yu start an interpretatin, yu are entering dangerus waters, the rushing tides f pinin. This is nnsense.
The ppnents f interpretatin insist that the writer and the editr shall limit themselves t the "facts". This insistence raises tw questins: What are the facts? Are the bare facts enugh?
As fr the first questin, cnsider hw a s-called "factual" stry cmes abut. The reprter cllects, say, fifty facts; ut f these fifty, his space being necessarily restricted, he selects the ten which he cnsiders mst imprtant. This is Judgment Number One. Then he r his editr decides which f these ten facts shall make up the beginning f the article, which is an imprtant decisin because many readers d nt prceed beynd the first paragraph. This is Judgment Number Tw. Then the night editr determines whether the article shall be presented n page ne, where it has a large influence, r n page twenty fur, where it has little. Judgment Number Three.
Thus in the presentatin f a s-called "factual" r"bjective" stry, at least three judgments are invlved. And they are judgments nt at all unlike thse invlved in interpretatin, in which reprters and editrs, calling upn their research resurces, their general backgrund, and heir "news neutralism", arrive at a cnclusin as t the significance f the news.
The tw areas f judgment, presentatin f the news and its interpretatin, are bth bjective and subjective prcesses. If an editr is determined t give a prejudiced view f the news, he can d it in ther ways and mre effectively than by interpretatin. He can d it by the selectin f thse facts that supprt his particular viewpint. Or he can d it by the place he gives a stry - prmting it t page ne r dragging it t page thirty.
43. Accrding t the first paragraph, which f the fllwing statements is TRUE?
A. If a reprter makes clear the facts he writes, he will n dubt get int truble.
B. Jurnalists must select facts bjectively t make current events clear t the readers.
C. The mst imprtant task f reprters is t prvide unprejudiced facts fr the readers.
D. Fr reprters, interpretatin f facts is n less imprtant than presentatin f the facts.
44. The beginning f the article shuld present the mst imprtant fact because________.
A. it will influence the reader t cntinue
B. many readers read nly the first paragraph
C. it details the general attitude f the writer
D. it's the best way t write accrding t the schls f jurnalism
45. Where a stry is presented in a newspaper shws________.
A. the editr's prejudice
B. the reprter's backgrund
C. the stry's factual matter
D. the stry's effect n the readers
46. Which f the fllwing can best express the authr's attitude tward bjectiveness?
A. Objectiveness is cntrlled by editrs rather than writers.
B Prperly chsing facts prepares a slid grund fr bjectiveness.
C. He desn't think there exists cmplete bjectiveness in news writing.
D. T make clear the news is a way t be bjective and respnsible fr the readers.
【答案】36. B 37. A 38. D 39. D 40. B 41. C 42. A 43. D 44. B 45. D 46. C
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Sectin B (22分)
Directins: Read the fllwing three passages. Each passage is fllwed by several questins r unfinished statements. Fr each f them there are fur chices marked A, B, C and D. Chse the ne that fits best accrding t the infrmatin given in the passage yu have just read.
(A)
Wh wuld win in a fight, a lin r a tiger? Well, if size has anything t d with the matter, the tiger wuld win. That’s because tigers are the largest f all cat species. Tigers are nt nly large, they are als fast. They can sprint as fast as 40 miles per hur fr shrt distances and leap as far as 30 feet hrizntally. Yu might nt think that such large, fast, and fierce creatures need help t survive, but they d.
It is estimated that at the start f the 20th century, there were ver 100,000 tigers living in the wild. By the turn f the century, the number f tigers utside f captivity dwindled t just ver 3,000. Interestingly, the mst serius threats that tigers face cme frm a much smaller species, ne with an average weight f arund 140 lbs. That species is Hm sapiens, better knwn as humans. Humans threaten tigers in primarily tw ways: hunting and destrying habitat.
Tigers are hunted fr many reasns. Peple have lng valued the famus striped skins. Thugh trading tiger skins is nw illegal in mst parts f the wrld, tiger pelts are wrth arund $10,000 n the black market. Thugh the fur wuld be incentive enugh fr mst pachers, ther parts f the tiger can als fetch a pretty penny. Sme peple in China and ther Asian cultures believe that varius tiger parts have healing prperties. Traditinal Chinese medicine calls fr the use f tiger bnes, amngst ther parts, in sme prescriptins.
Tigers have als been hunted as game. In ther wrds, peple hunted tigers slely fr the thrill and achievement f killing them. Such killings tk place in large scale during the 19th and early 20th centuries, when an English hunter might claim t kill ver a hundred tigers in their hunting career. Thugh this practice is much less ppular tday than it was in the past, it has nt ceased entirely.
Humans have dne cnsiderable damage t the wrld’s tiger ppulatin thrugh hunting, but perhaps mre damage has been caused thrugh the destructin f habitat. Tigers nce ranged widely acrss Asia, all the way frm Turkey t the eastern cast f Russia. But ver the past 100 years, tigers have lst 93% f their histric range. Instead f spanning all the way acrss Asia, the tiger ppulatin is nw islated in small pckets in suthern and sutheastern Asia. This is because humans have drastically changed the envirnments. Humans have built twns and cities. Rad and transit systems were created t cnnect these twns and cities. T feed the peple living in these areas, frests and fields have been cleared t create farmland.
A majr bstacle t preserving tigers is the enrmus amunt f territry that each tiger requires. Each wild tiger demands between 200 and 300 square miles. Tigers are als bth territrial and slitary animals. This means that they are prtective f the areas that they claim and they generally d nt share with ther tigers. Because tigers need s much territry, it is really difficult fr cnservatinists t acquire enugh land t supprt a large ppulatin f tigers.
56. Which f the fllwing is NOT a reasn in the article explaining why tigers are hunted?
A. Because tiger skins are wrth a lt f mney.
B. Because tiger parts are used as medicines in sme cultures.
C. Because sme tigers attack lcal villages.
D. Because tigers are hunted fr enjyment by sme peple.
57. The underlined wrd “incentive” in the third paragraph prbably means ________.
A. attractive B. innvative C. alternative D. respective
58. Which best explains why tigers have lst s much f their habitat accrding t the text?
A. Because tigers are under threat frm ther animals.
B. Because tiger skins are extremely valuable.
C. Because the envirnment has been changed.
D. Because tigers need s much space t survive.
59. Which f the fllwing best describes the authr’s main purpse in writing this article?
A. T prvide readers with interesting infrmatin abut the lifestyles f tigers.
B. T persuade readers t help the wrld’s tiger ppulatin and t ffer ways t help.
C. T entertain readers with stries abut hw tigers hunt and are hunted.
D. T explain t readers why the wrld’s tiger ppulatin is endangered.
(B)
60. Frm the passage we can cnclude that “Learning English Vide Prject” is mst prbably______.
A. an nline curse fcusing n language and culture
B. audi dcuments n language learning
C. a series f English learning vide prgrams
D. a set f films n English-speaking cuntries
61. If smene is interested in the cmparisn between English and ther languages, he might be interested t watch __________.
A. Encunters in the UK B. Stries frm Mrcc
C. Thughts frm Brazil D. Insights frm China
62. What can we knw abut English learning in Sa Paul, Brazil?
A. Classrm teaching is mre interactive and cmmunicative.
B. Hmestay arrangement prvides psitive experience fr learners.
C. The Internet and games plays a majr rle in language learning.
D. The principle f learning by ding is widely accepted by learners.
(C)
The Paris climate agreement finalised in December last year indicated a new era fr climate actin. Fr the first time, the wrld’s natins agreed t keep glbal warming well belw 2℃.
This is vital fr climate-vulnerable natins. Fewer than 4% f cuntries are respnsible fr mre than half f the wrld’s greenhuse gas emissins. In a study published in Nature Scientific Reprts, we reveal just hw deep this injustice runs.
Develped natins such as Australia, the United States, Canada, and Eurpean cuntries are essentially climate “free-riders”: causing the majrity f the prblems thrugh high greenhuse gas emissins, while paying few f the csts such as climate changes impact n fd and water. In ther wrds, a few cuntries are benefiting enrmusly frm the cnsumptin f fssil fuels, while at the same time cntributing disprprtinately t the glbal burden f climate change.
On the ther hand, there are many “frced riders”, wh are suffering frm the climate change impacts despite having scarcely cntributed t the prblem. Many f the wrld’s mst climate-vulnerable cuntries, the majrity f which are African r small island states, prduce a very small quantity f emissins. This is much like a nn-smker getting cancer frm secnd-hand smke, while the heavy smker is frtunate enugh t smke in gd health.
The Paris agreement has been widely cnsidered as a psitive step frward in addressing climate change fr all, althugh the details n addressing “climate justice” can be best described as incmplete.
The gal f keeping glbal temperature rise “well belw” 2℃ deserves t be praised but the emissins reductin prmises submitted by cuntries leading up t the Paris talks are very unlikely t deliver n this.
Mre than $100 billin in funding has been put n the table fr supprting develping natins t reduce emissins. Hwever, the agreement specifies that there is n frmal distinctin between develped and develping natins in their respnsibility t cut emissins, effectively ignring histrical emissins. There is als very little detail n wh will prvide the funds r, imprtantly, wh is respnsible fr their prvisin. Securing these funds and establishing wh is respnsible fr raising them will als be vital fr the future f climate-vulnerable cuntries.
The mst climate-vulnerable cuntries in the wrld have cntributed very little t creating the glbal disease frm which they nw suffer the mst. There must urgently be a meaningful mbilizatin f the plicies utlined in the agreement if we are t achieve natinal emissins reductins while helping the mst vulnerable cuntries adapt t climate change.
And it is clearly up t the current generatin f leaders frm high-emitting natins t decide whether they want t be remembered as climate change tyrants (暴君) r pineers.
63. The authr is critical f the Paris climate agreement because ________.
A. it is unfair t thse climate-vulnerable natins
B. it aims t keep temperature rise belw 2℃ nly
C. it is beneficial t nly fewer than 4% f cuntries
D. it burdens develped cuntries with the full respnsibility
64. Why des the authr call sme develped cuntries climate “free-riders”?
A. They needn’t wrry abut the fd and water they cnsume.
B. They are better able t cpe with the glbal climate change.
C. They hardly pay anything fr the prblems they have caused.
D. They are free frm the greenhuse effects affecting “frced riders”.
65. What des the authr say abut the $100 billin funding?
A. It will mtivate all natins t reduce carbn emissins.
B. There is n final agreement n where it will cme frm.
C. There is n clarificatin f hw the mney will be spent.
D. It will effectively reduce greenhuse emissins wrldwide.
66. What urgent actin must be taken t realize the Paris climate agreement?
A. Encuraging high-emitting natins t take the initiative.
B. Calling n all the natins cncerned t make jint effrts.
C. Pushing the current wrld leaders t cme t a cnsensus.
D. Putting in effect the plicies in the agreement at nce.
【答案】56. C 57. A 58. C 59. D 60. C 61. B 62. D 63. A 64. C 65. B 66. D
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Sectin B (22分)
Directins: Read the fllwing three passages. Each passage is fllwed by several questins r unfinished statements. Fr each f them there are fur chices marked A, B, C and D. Chse the ne that fits best accrding t the infrmatin given in the passage yu have just read.
(A)
Men are as likely as wmen t suffer frm pstnatal (产后的) depressin, a study shws. One in ten fathers — the same ratis as mthers — are fund t suffer befre r after birth. By the time their child reaches 12 weeks, as many as ne in fur are feeling dwn.
The symptms bserved in the American study are nt thught t be hrmnal — as they are in wmen — and are instead prbably a respnse t the pressures f fatherhd. These include the expense f having children, changed relatinship with partners and fear f paternal (父亲的) respnsibility. In the early weeks, the lack f sleep and extra dmestic chres als take the tll.
The study put the verall rate f depressin amng new fathers at 10.4 percent — duble the estimated 4.8 percent fr all men in any 12-mnth perid. Arund 8 percent were affected in the 12 weeks befre and after birth, accrding t the Eastern Virginia Medical Schl Research. The study fund parents were mre likely t be dwn if their partner was t.
It is estimated that arund ne in ten wmen suffers pstnatal depressin, even if they have never had mental health prblems. Withut treatment the cnditin can last fr mnths. Althugh mst wmen have a few days f “Baby Blues” shrtly after birth, pstnatal depressin can kick in up t six mnths later. Experts say that paternal depressin is serius because it can have “substantial emtinal, behaviural and develpmental” effects n children.
56. The “Baby Blues” effect amng fathers may be caused by the fllwing except _____.
A. dmestic chres
B. fatherhd pressure
C. paternal respnsibility
D. hrmne imbalance
57. What des the underlined phrase“take the tll”in paragraph 2 mean?
A. Cst a lt f mney.
B. Take the lead.
C. Have a bad effect.
D. Have n links.
58. Which culd be the best title fr the passage?
A. Therapy fr Depressin
B. Father Getting Baby Blues
C. Effects f Father Blues
D. Pstnatal Recvery
(B)
59. Which way is mst suitable fr Mary, wh can just spare ne day t travel arund Singapre?
A. Night SafariB. DUCK.
C. City Sightseeing.D. Flyer.
60. If David and his 9-year-ld sn are bth animal lvers, they had better dial ______ fr mre infrmatin befre their tur.
A. 6338-6877B. 6338-6859
C. 6338-3311D. 6338-6826
61. Mr. Smith is ging t take his wife, his 13-year-ld daughter and his 1-year-ld sn t visit Singapre at their wn leisurely pace, he shuld get at least ______ ready.
A. $89B. $99
C. $91D. $101
62. Which rganizatin in Singapre is mst likely t issue the infrmatin abve?
A. Educatin Cmmissin.B. Health Department.
C. Transprtatin Bureau.D. Turism Bureau.
(C)
Antibitics, vaccines, rgan transplant and HIV/AIDS treatments are all medical milestnes that have indisputably made life better and saved millins f lives. But all these advances and cuntless thers were develped using animals. The latest eye shadw and ther csmetics and industrial chemicals are als develped with animal testing.
The lab animal issue has received attentin in China in recent years as mre peple are cncerned abut animals’ rights. China has n animal welfare laws prhibiting cruelty t animals, but there are standards (1986 and 2006) fr humane treatment f lab animals, thugh these are difficult t enfrce.
Wrld Day fr Labratry Animals was established in 1979 by the British Natinal Anti-Vivisectin Sciety, memrializing millins f animals that cntributed t pure science, medicine, industry, fashin and the csmetics industry. It’s als a day f actin t prtest the use f live animals fr experiments frm lab rats and dgs t cattle and primates (灵长类动物).
Thusands f activists wrldwide are campaigning t raise awareness and demand an end t experimentatin with animals, thugh there are few effective alternatives. The British Unin fr the Ablitin f Vivisectin estimates that 100 millin vertebrates (脊椎动物) are used in experiments every year, 10 t 11 millin in the Eurpean Unin. This desn’t include mice, rats, frgs and animals nt yet weaned. There are n reliable figures fr China where specially bred animals are used extensively fr research. Sme date indicate arund 16 millin vertebrates were used in 2006.
Three Rs principle
The three Rs are principles fr lab animal welfare prpsed by micrbilgist RL Burch and zlgist Russel in 1959. They are “reductin, refinement and replacement” and scientists are encuraged t fllw them.
*Reduce the number f animals by imprving experimental techniques and increasing infrmatin sharing amng researchers.
*Refine experiments and treatment t reduce suffering; use less invasive techniques, imprve care and living cnditins.
*Replace experiments n live animals with alternative testing where pssible.
“But the three Rs suggests general acquiescence (默许) in animal experimentatin,” says astatement by Animal Rights in Chine (ARC), set up in 2006 by ver 3000 campaigners wh have been urging the use f alternatives.
The alternatives activists advcate include using cell cultures instead f whle animals, using phttxicity tests n chemicals t predict their effects n humans, using cmputer mdels, studying human vlunteers and wrking n islated tissues. These appraches can be useful but they can’t prvide the answers that animal research can.
“Animal experimentatin is a basic, very imprtant methd in life science study and bimedical research and in sme specific fields, s it is irreplaceable,” says Yang Fei, deputy directr f the Animal Experimentatin Department f Fudan University. Yang has wrked n regulating and standardizing animal testing fr ver 15 years.
He says testing n primates is still necessary because their immune system is very similar t that f humans. They are needed t develp drugs fr malaria, HIV/AIDS and infectins such as SARS, he says, thugh admitting the apprach is nt perfect.
63. Accrding t the passage, ______ may nt be related t animal testing.
A. Cugh mixturesB. Genetically mdified rice
C. Dir LipsticksD. Artificial livers
64. Wrld Day fr Labratry animals was set up fr the fllwing reasns except ______.
A. t call fr better experimental techniques t reduce sufferings
B. t memrialize the animals sacrificed in the labs
C. t raise awareness f animal right
D. t ffer the activists a chance t raise their bjectins t the use f animals’ frexperiments
65. Why W.M.S Russel advcated researchers t share mre infrmatin?
A. Because researchers can better cperate with each ther t eliminate animal testing.
B Because researchers can turn t alternatives t replace animal testing.
C. Because researchers can avid repeating similar testing n animals.
D. Because researchers can make the animal testing mre effective.
66. ______ is the biggest bstacle t cancelling animal testing.
A. Lack f enugh fundB. Lack f human awareness
C. Lack f supprtive statisticsD. Lack f effective alternatives
【答案】56. D 57. C 58. B 59. C 60. D 61. B 62. D 63. B 64. A 65. C 66. D
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Directins: Read the fllwing three passages. Each passage is fllwed by several questins r unfinished statements. Fr each f them there are fur chices marked A, B, C and D. Chse the ne that fits best accrding t the infrmatin given in the passage yu have read.
(A)
Researchers have develped a methd t activate electrnic implants in the bdy and eliminate bacterial infectins using a wireless signal. When triggered by remte technlgy, the device delivers heat t infected tissue. And it culd lead t technlgies that enable drugs and
treatment t be delivered t patients at the press f a buttn.
The technlgy was develped by researchers at Tufts University in Massachusetts and the University f Illinis. Mice were given electrnic implants that, when a signal was sent, heated up t treat tissue that was infected with staphylcccus, which can cause life-threatening infectins f the bld. Tissues cllected frm the mice 24 hurs after treatment shwed n sign f the infectin, while the device disslved in 15 days, prving it can nt nly treat infectins but als be dispsed f easily.
The research, which als eliminated E. cli bacteria, was published in the Prceedings f the Natinal Academy f Sciences. Each device, made f silk and magnesium (镁元素)，harmlessly disslved in the animals after the tests. The heating device in the implants has a resistr and pwer-receiving cil made f magnesium, and the magnesium is wrapped in ‘packet’ f silk, keeping it safe and cntrlling its disslutin time. The ability f the device t disslve is imprtant, as it means such implants wuld nt need t be remved. Implantable medical devices nrmally use nn-degradable materials that have limited peratinal lifetimes and must eventually be remved r replaced. But these new wireless therapy devices can handle the surgical prcess, and can then disslve in minutes r weeks, depending n the time needed.
"This is an imprtant demnstratin step frward fr the develpment f n-demand medial devices that can be turned n remtely t perfrm a therapeutic functin in a patient and then safely disappear after their use, requiring n retrieval,” said senir authr Firenz Omenett, prfessr f bimedical engineering at Tufts Schl f Engineering. “These wireless strategies culd help manage pst-surgical infectin, fr example, r pave the way fr eventual Wi-Fi drug delivery.”
56.What is special functin abut the new discvery?
A. It can favurably be used while-treatment stage f a disease.
B. The device has ffered drugs at the press f a buttn.
C. Implantable devices ften use materials that have limited peratinal lifetimes.
D. The implant can be cntrlled t treat infectin and will disslve later in the bdy.
Staphylcccus is mst prbably _______.
A. a virus which can cst a persn his life
B. a therapy which can make a persn’s life lnger
C. a device which can cure a persn’s disease
D. a prcess which can lead t the infectin f a virus
We can infer frm the passage that _______.
A. Wi-Fi prmises a new way f treatment
B. research brings abut new discveries
C. technlgy ffers new pprtunities
D. medicine requires persistent effrts
(B)
Prices determine hw resurces are t be used. They are als the means by which prducts and services that are in limited supply are shared amng buyers. The price system f the United States is a very cmplex netwrk cmpsed f the prices f all the prducts bught and sld in the ecnmy as well as thse f a myriad (无数）f services, including labr, prfessinal transprtatin, and public-utility services. The interrelatinship f all thse prices makes up the “system” f prices. The price f any particular prduct r service is linked t a brad, cmplicated system f prices in which everything seems t depend mre r less upn everything else.
If ne were t ask a grup f arbitrarily individuals t define “price”, many wuld reply that price is an amunt f mney paid by the buyer t the seller f a prduct r service r, in ther wrds that price is the mney value f a prduct r service as agreed upn in a market transactin (交易). This definitin is, f curse, valid as far as it ges. Fr a cmplete understanding f a price in any particular transactin, much mre than the amunt f mney invlved must be knwn. Bth the buyer and the seller shuld be familiar with nt nly the mney amunt but the amunt and quality f the prduct r service t be exchanged, the time and place at which the exchange will take place and payment will be made, the frm f mney t be used, and the credit terms and discunts that supply t the transactin, guarantees n the prduct r service, delivery terms, return privileges, and ther factrs. In ther wrds, bth buyer and seller shuld be fully aware f all the factrs that make up f the ttal “package” being exchanged fr the asked-fr amunt f mney in rder that they may evaluate a given price.
59.Accrding t the passage, the price system is related primarily t _______.
A. Labr and educatinB. transprtatin and insurance
C. Utilities and repairsD. prducts and services
All the fllwing are the factrs in the cmplete understanding f price except _______.
A. instructins that cme with a prductB. the quantity f a prduct
C. the quality f a prductD. guarantees that cver a prduct
61.In the last line f the passage, the wrd “they” refers t _______.
A. Return privilegesB. guarantees n the prduct r service
C. Buyers and sellerD. delivery and credit terms
62.The paragraph fllwing this passage will mst likely discuss _______.
A. unusual ways t evaluate prices f prducts
B. types f payment plans fr prduct and service
C. theries abut hw prducts affect different levels f sciety
D. hw certain elements f price “package” influence its market value
(C)
There will eventually cme a day when the New Yrk Times ceases t publish stries n newsprint. Exactly when that day will be is a matter f debate. “Smetime in the future,” the paper’s publisher said back in 2010.
Nstalgia (怀旧) fr ink n paper, there are plenty f reasns t abandn print. The infrastructure (基础设施) required t make a physical newspaper -- printing presses, delivery trucks -- isn’t just expensive; it’s excessive at a time when nline-nly cmpetitrs dn’t have the same set f financial restrictins. Readers are migrating away frm print anyway. And thugh print ad sales still vershadw their nline and mbile cunterparts, revenue (收入) frm print is still declining.
Cst may be high and circulatin lwer, but rushing t eliminate its print editin wuld be a mistake, says BuzzFeed CEO Jnah Peretti.
Peretti says the Times shuldn’t waste time getting ut f the print business, but nly if they g abut ding it the right way. “Figuring ut a way t accelerate that transitin wuld make sense fr them,” he said, ‘‘but if yu discntinue it, yu’re ging t have yur mst lyal custmers really upset with yu.”
Smetimes that’s wrth making a change anyway. Peretti gives the example f Netflix discntinuing its DVD-mailing service t fcus n streaming (流媒体). “It was seen as a mistake,” he said. The mve turned ut t be fresighted. “If I were in charge at the Times, I wuldn’t pick a year t end print,” Peretti said “I wuld raise prices and make it int mre f a legacy prduct.”
The mst lyal custmers wuld still get the prduct they favur, the idea ges, and they’d feel like that they were helping maintain the quality f smething they believe in. “S if yu’re verpaying fr print, yu culd feel like that yu were helping,” Peretti said. “Then increase it at a higher rate each year and essentially try t generate additinal revenue.” In ther wrds, if yu’re ging t print prduct, make it fr the peple wh are already bsessed with it, which may be what the Times is ding already. Getting the print editin seven days a week csts nearly $500 a year -- mre than twice as much as a digital-nly subscriptin.
“It’s a really hard thing t d and it’s a tremendus luxury that BuzzFeed desn’t have a legacy business," Peretti remarked. “But we’re ging t have questins like that where we have things we're ding that dn't make sense when the market changes and the wrld changes. In thse situatins, it's better t be mre aggressive than less aggressive.
63.The New Yrk Times is cnsidering ending its print editin partly due t _______.
A. the high cst f peratinB. the pressure frm its investrs
C. the cmplaints frm its readersD. the increasing nline ad sales
64.Peretti suggests that in face f the present situatin the Times shuld _______.
A. seek new surces f readershipB. end the print editin fr gd
C. aim fr efficient managementD. strategic adjustments
Peretti believes that in a changing wrld _______.
A. legacy businesses are becming utdated
B. cautiusness helps prblem-slving
C. traditinal luxuries can stay unaffected
D. aggressiveness better meets challenge
Which f the fllwing wuld be the best title f the text?
Shift t Online Newspapers All At Once.
Cherish the Newspapers Still in Yur Hand.
C. Make Yur Print Newspapers a Luxury Gd.
D. Keep Yur Newspapers Frever m Fashin.
56----58 DAA 59----62 DACD 63----66 ADDC
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Sectin B （24分）
Directins: Read the fllwing three passages. Each passage is Fllwed by several questins r unfinished statements. Fr each f them there are fur chices marked A, B, C and D. Chse the ne that fits best accrding t the infrmatin given in the passage yu have just read.
(A)
Technlgical change is everywhere and affects every aspect f life, mstly fr the better. Hwever, scial changes brught abut by new technlgy are ften mistaken fr a change in attitudes.
An example at hand is the invlvement f parents in the lives f their children wh are attending cllege. Surveys n this tpic suggest that parents tday cntinue t be “very” r “smewhat” verly-prtective even after their children mve int cllege drmitries. The same surveys als indicate that the rate f parental invlvement is greater tday than it was a generatin ag. This is usually interpreted as a sign that Tday’s parents are trying t manage their children’s lives past the pint where this behavir is apprpriate.
Hwever, greater parental invlvement des nt indicate that parents are failing t let g f their “adult” children.
In the cntext f this discussin, it seems valuable t first find ut the cause f change in the case f parents’ invlvement with their grwn children. If parents f earlier generatins had wanted t be in tuch with their cllege-age children frequently, wuld this have been pssible? Prbably nt. On the ther hand, des the pssibility f frequent cmmunicatin tday mean that the impulse t d s wasn’t present a generatin ag? Many studies shw that lder parents -- tday’s grandparents - wuld have called their children mre ften if the means and cst f ding s had nt been a barrier.
Furthermre, studies shw that finances are the mst frequent subject f cmmunicatin between parents and their cllege children. The fact that cllege students are financially dependent n their parents is nthing new; nr are requests fr mre mney t be sent frm hme. This phenmenn is neither gd nr bad; it is a fact f cllege life, tday and in the past.
Thanks t the advanced technlgy, we live in an age f bettered cmmunicatin. This has many implicatins well beynd the rle that parents seem t play in the lives f their children wh have left fr cllege. But it is useful t bear in mind that all such changes cme frm the technlgy and nt sme imagined desire by parents t keep their children under their wings.
66. The surveys infrm us f ____________.
A. the cnditins f cllege drmitries
B. the sign f parent’s management in their wn behavirs
C. the develpment f cmmunicatin technlgy
D. the parents’ ver-prtectin f their cllege children
67. Which f the fllwing statement des the authr mst prbably agree with?
A. Technlgy explains greater parental invlvement with their children.
B. Parents’ changed attitudes lead t cllege children’s delayed independence.
C. Parents tday are less prtective than thse in the past.
D. The disadvantages f new technlgy utweigh its advantages.
68. What is the meaning f the wrd “impulse” in this passage?
A. Desperatin. B. Admiratin. C. Urge. D. Depressin.
69. Which f the fllwing wuld be the best title fr the passage?
A. Dependence r Independence.
B. Technlgy r Attitude.
C. Family Influence r Scial Changes.
D. Cllege Management r Cmmunicatin Advancement.
(B)
Spanish-American Institute
Student Cub Ntes
Free and Lw Cst Gyms, Health Clubs and Pls
NYC Department f Parks Recreatin Centers
Recreatin Centers: The NYC Department f Parks has many Recreatin Centers thrughut New Yrk City. Recreatin Centers ffer a wide range f free and membership prgrams and services. Sme have indr swimming pls. Almst all have weight rms, basketball curts, dance studis, bxing rings, art studis, game rms, etc.
All Recreatin Centers ffer a wide range f prgrams such as aerbics, dance, tai chi, fencing, cmputer classes, and art. Many prgrams are free and pen t the general public but many require membership.
Yu d nt need t be a New Yrk City resident t use a Recreatin Center. Yu may use yur annual membership at any and all Centers. Use ne near the Spanish-American Institute and then use ne near yur hme.
Csts: Free and membership prgrams. Standard annual membership is $50 fr Recreatin Centers and $75 fr Recreatin Centers with pls. (D yu knw anyne 55 and lder? The senir membership is nly $10 a year.)
Standard annual membership prvides scheduled access t the gym, pl, and all the ther facilities. Instructr-led curses such as aerbics, martial arts, music, r yga may require an additinal fee.
Membership and Prgram Infrmatin: G t the hme page. On the “Facilities” menu, click n “Recreatin Centers.” On the “Recreatin Centers” page, yu will find infrmatin abut membership and fees. Yu will als see links t Recreatin Facilities by brugh (Brnx, Brklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island).
On the “Facilities” menu, yu may als want t check ut ther NYC Department f Parks facilities such as beaches, ice skating rinks, nature centers, running tracks, sccer fields, etc.
Recreatin Centers: There are several Parks Department Recreatin Centers in each brugh. After yu g t the “Recreatin Centers” page and click n a brugh, yu will find a list f the centers in that brugh with their addresses, phne numbers, and web links. The list will lk like that fr Manhattan belw. Click n the link fr a particular Center t learn mre abut its services, schedules, and prgrams.
70. What special benefits can an annual member f Recreatin Centers enjy?
A. Having access t all the facilities all year.
B. Experiencing all prgrams and services free.
C. Taking free Instructr-led curses.
D. Using nly the center near yur hme free.
71. If yur parents and grandparents (bth ver sixty) want t get the memberships, hw much will they pay?
A. At least $20. B. At least $120. C. At least $180.D. At least $220.
72. Yu will prbably fail t find ____________ n the hme page.
A. the cst fr varius membershipsB. the lcatins f recreatins centers
C. the staff and prvided servicesD. the facilities, phnes and web links
(C)
Just hw much des the Cnstitutin（宪法）prtect yur digital data? The Supreme Curt will nw cnsider whether plice can search the cntents f a mbile phne withut a warrant（授权令）if the phne is n r arund a persn during an arrest.
Califrnia has asked the justices t restre the practice that the plice may search thrugh the cntents f suspects’ smartphnes at the time f their arrest. It is hard, the state says, fr judges t assess the implicatins f new and rapidly changing technlgies.
The justices wuld be careless if they fllwed Califrnia’s advice. They shuld start by rejecting Califrnia’s weak argument that explring the cntents f a smart phne is similar t say, ging thrugh a suspect’s wallet. The curt has ruled that plice dn’t ffend against the Furth Amendment（修正案）when they g thrugh the wallet, f an arrestee withut a warrant. In fact, explring ne’s smartphne is mre like entering his r her hme. A smartphne may cntain an arrestee’s reading histry, financial histry, medical histry and cmprehensive recrds f recent crrespndence.
Americans shuld take steps t prtect their wn digital privacy and shuld avid putting imprtant infrmatin in smartphnes. But keeping sensitive infrmatin n these devices is increasingly a requirement f nrmal life. Citizens still have a right t expect private dcuments t remain private and prtected by the Cnstitutin’s prhibitin n unreasnable searches.
In many cases, it wuld nt be very difficult fr authrities t btain a warrant t search thrugh phne cntents. They culd still trump（打出王牌）the Furth Amendment prtectins when facing severe and dangerus circumstances, such as the threat f immediate harm, and they culd take reasnable measures t ensure that phne data are nt deleted r altered while a warrant is n the way. The justices, thugh, may want t allw rm fr plice t cite situatins where they are entitled t mre flexibility.
But the justices shuld nt swallw Califrnia’s argument whle. New technlgy smetimes demands fresh applicatins f the Cnstitutin’s prtectins. Orin Kerr, a law prfessr, cmpares the explsin and accessibility f digital infrmatin in the 21st century with the establishment f autmbile use as a digital necessity f life in the 20th. At that time, the justices had t explain new rules fr the new persnal dmain（领域）f cars. Similarly, the justices must srt ut hw the Furth Amendment f the Cnstitutin applies t digital infrmatin nw.
73. The Supreme Curt will wrk ut whether, during an arrest, it is legal t ____________.
A. search fr suspects’ mbile phnes withut a warrant
B. check suspects’ phne cntents withut being authrized
C. prevent suspects frm deleting their phne cntents
D. prhibit suspects frm using their mbile phnes
74. The authr’s attitude tward Califrnia’s argument is ne f ____________.
A. tlerance B. indifference C. disapprval D. carefulness
75. The authr believes that explring ne’s phne cntent is cmparable t ____________.
A. getting int ne’s residence
B. handing ne’s histrical recrds
C. scanning ne’s crrespndences
D. ging thrugh ne’s wallet
76. In Paragraph 4 and 5, the authr shws his cncern that ____________.
A. principles are hard t be clearly expressed
B. the curt is giving plice less rm fr actin
C. phnes are used t stre sensitive infrmatin
D. citizens’ privacy is nt effectively prtected
77. Orin Kerr’s cmparisn is quted t indicate that ____________.
A. the Cnstitutin shuld be carried ut flexibly
B. New technlgy als requires reinterpretatin f the Cnstitutin
C. Califrnia’s argument ges against principles f the Cnstitutin
D. Principles f the Cnstitutin shuld never be altered
66-69 DACB 70-72 ABC 73-77 BCADB
40 Smart Ways t Save at the Supermarket
Yur cautin nt t fall fr fake sales reminded me f the days when I was a stck by at my neighbrhd grcery in the 1950s. One time, we gt a delivery f ff-brand vegetables. I priced them at ten cents a can. I dn't think we sld mre than six cans - until I put up a sign that said "Special: Nine fr $1." I set them ut Thursday evening, and by nn n Saturday they were gne.
EDWARD DECKERD,
Perryville, Missuri
Bill's Last, Best Gift
Tracy Grant's article resnated (引起共鸣) deeply with me. Twelve years ag, my husband, Dn, was fund t have terminal brain cancer. As his caregiver, I, t, learned t appreciate the peple and things arund me and nt t sweat the small stuff, and in the lng run, I became a much better persn, Dn als gave me his last, best gift f lve and peace.
ANITA LAWRENCE,
Diceg, Califrnia
Trapped Inside a Glacier
Reading abut Jhn All's experience n Munt Himlung was very inspiring t me. A man with 15 brken bnes and bleeding internally being able t climb up a 70-ft wall f ice and survive fr 18 hurs at 20,000 feet is smething that I wuld have thught t be impssible. I am 16 years ld and a lifelng reader. Out f all the great cntent in Reader's Digest, stries like his are the nes I enjy the mst.
SAM KIEFFER,
Richardsn, Texas
Dishes Prfessinal Chefs Ck in the Micrwave
Micrwaving live lbsters is cruel. Because lbsters feel pain, Switzerland has recently utlawed the practice f biling then alive. A similar law was passed in Italy, where it is nw illegal t put lbsters n ice befre cking them. I hpe yu prvide an update t yur stry prmting humane(人道的) practices instead f very cruel and vilent nes.
JANET TOOLE,
Phenixville, Pennsylvania
Learning English Vide Prject
1. Encunters in the UK (17 minutes)
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Encunters in the UK is the first film in this dcumentary mini-series. It tells the stry f fur girls frm different cuntries wh travel t Cambridge in England t study English and stay with lcal families in what is called a “hmestay” arrangement. Fr the fur girls the hmestay arrangement is a psitive experience. As ne f the hmestay hsts explains: “It’s ging t be a great experience, nt nly in terms f learning English, but in learning abut life.”
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2. Insights frm China (18 minutes)
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Never say die
Based in the busy, csmplitan city f Shanghai, Daniel Emmersn’s latest film Insights frm China takes us inside the wrlds f English language learning and teaching and the airline industry in China. “Insights frm China” fcuses largely n the staff and management f a Chinese airline cmpany that has recently cmmitted t learning English. Spring Airlines is the first lw-cst airline in China.
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3. Stries frm Mrcc (16 minutes)
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Set in Casablanca, Mrcc, this film features ftage and interviews fcusing n key questins such as “Why are peple learning English?” and “What tips and advice can learners ffer?” Staff and learners discuss the advantages and challenges f English language learning in Mrcc. Interviewees tuch n a variety f tpics including British vs. American accents, multi-level classrms, and the similarities f English t French and Spanish.
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4. Thughts frm Brazil (17 minutes)
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Like Insights frm China, Thughts frm Brazil als lks at mdern trends in learning English, especially fr children and teens. It will be f particular interest t all thse wh lng fr a learning experience that is mre interactive and cmmunicative. Teens and yung adults will find new ideas fr cmbining persnal interests such as music, gaming and scial media with self-study. As Daniel Emmersn talks t learners and teachers f English in Sa Paul, Brazil, he discvers that many f them have fund fr themselves the principle f learning by ding and have readily adapted it t the Internet era.
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The Best Way t See Singapre. See Mre fr Less!
City Sightseeing
$33/A, $23/C, FREE/T
24 hrs f Unlimited Turing — 9 am t 6 pm
Duratin: 1 Day (unlimited rides)
Attractins: Civic District, Orchard Rad, Btanic Gardens, Little India, Chinatwn & mre alng the City & Heritage rutes
It is easy t enjy Singapre with the City Sightseeing pen-tp turing system. Spt an interesting place r sight? Simply hp ff and walk arund and yu can cntinue the tur later by hpping n the next bus. With 1 bus arriving every 20 minutes, the City Sightseeing system links yu t majr sights, attractins and htels!
* Guests Helpline: 6338-6877
DUCK
$33/A, $23/C, $2/T
Daily: 9:30 am — 5:30 pm
Duratin: 60 minutes
Ride the riginal DUCK! Hp n this amphibius(两栖的) craft fr a sightseeing tur which cvers bth land and sea!
* Free bus transfer; mst ppular tur; 1st and riginal DUCK; unique land & sea adventure
* Fr Mre Infrmatin, call 6338-6859
Night Safari(旅行)
$49/A, $33/C, FREE/T
Tur Time: 6:00 pm — 10:00 pm
Duratin: 4 hurs
Observe the night activities f the 1,000 ver ncturnal(夜行的) animals in the Night Safari – the wrld’s first wildlife night park, fr an adventure yu’ll never frget.
* Free & Easy with 2-way bus transfer
* Fr Mre Infrmatin, call 6338-6826
Flyer
$53/A, $37/C, FREE/T
Open HursursHu: Daily 9:00 am — 9:00 pm
Duratin: 30 minutes
Feast yur eyes n Singapre’s magnificent cityscape frm a height f 165m n the wrld’s largest bservatin wheel Get yur cameras ready as yu experience a 360-degree panramic view f the city and the Marina Bay area.
* Free bus transfer; free river transfer
* Fr Mre Infrmatin, call 6338-3311
☆ A — adult, C — children (3-12), T — tddler (2 & belw)
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