1、 1. Listening Comprehension Section A Short Conversations Directions: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a
2、 conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard. 1. A. At an airport B. In a hotel C. At a police station. D. At a restaurant 2. A. At4:20 B. At4:40 C. At4:50. D. At4:30 3. A. Its price B. I
3、ts location C. Its comfort D. Its facilities 4. A Employer and employ B. Husband and wife C. Teacher and student D. Patient and doctor 5. A. To cancel his trip. B. To go to bed early C. To catch the later flight D. To ask for a morning call. 6. A. Cathy already knows about the exhibit. B. Cathy has
4、to act in a play. C. He did show her one of the signs. D. There will be an exhibit in the theatre. 7. A. The critic has a very funny comment on the musical B The woman agrees with the mans opinion of the musical. C. The woman has a very positive comment on the musical. D. The man and the woman diffe
5、r in their opinion of the musical. 8. A. David never likes to play tennis. B. Davids unable to play tennis with them. C. David isnt a very good tennis player. D. David is in town for a game of tennis. 9. A. Satisfied. B. Impatient. C. Exhausted. D. Amused. 10. A. He wants to get a new job. B. He is
6、asking the woman for help. C. He has left the woman a good impression. D He enjoys letter writing. Section B Directions: In Section B, you will hear two short passages and one longer conversation, and you will be asked questions on each of them. The passages and conversation will be read twice, but
7、the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard. Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage. 11. A. She wanted to have a garden similar to their
8、 neighbours. B. Her husband would like to have a beautiful backyard. C. She was going to make the rented house her own home. D. The community required them to keep the backyard lovely. 12. A. By getting involved in doing voluntary work. B. By picking up mails for their neighbours. C. By keeping an e
9、ye on their neighbours children. D. By planting trees along the street with others. 13. A. Her husband volunteered to work in the neighbourhood. B. They took on new responsibilities for their neighbours. C. She was planning to plant a new garden in the backyard. D. She enjoyed the relationship they
10、built with the community. Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage. 14. A. To find out what covers the Earth. B. To list all living things on Earth. C. To work out the number of birds. D. To save the existing plants. 15. A. It is run by school students. B. It focuses on different t
11、ypes of grass. C. It provides different levels of information. D. It allows non-scientists to review its data. 16. A. We may know just a small part of all the living creatures of Earth. B. We have learnt most of the living creatures on Earth. C. Only scientists can help to make the Encyclopedia of L
12、ife. D. It wont be long before scientists collect all the data they need. Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation. 17. A. It is a club for people from different countries to socialize. B. It is a club for British people to socialize in Washington. C. It is a club for people f
13、rom different countries to discuss business. D. It is a club which arranges for people from different countries to do sports together. 18. A. Monday. B. Tuesday. C. Wednesday. D. Thursday. 19. A. She can study and practise German free of charge. B. She can have a meal in a restaurant with anyone fro
14、m different countries. C. She can communicate with all the sixty members at the moment. D. She doesnt need to pay for her first month in the club. 20. A No activity is organized by International Friends Club on Wednesday. B. The woman came to America three months ago. C. International Friends Club o
15、rganizes sports events for its members. D. If one wants to join in International Friends Club, he should fill in a form. II. Grammar and Vocabulary Section A Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a
16、given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank. Time to End Loneliness US author Henry Rollins once wrote: “Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better. Indeed,
17、 in the eyes of artists, loneliness never seems to go out of style. There are paintings that portray loneliness, songs that (21)_ (inspire) by loneliness, and many works of literature that center around this theme. In the eyes of UK economist Rachel Reeves, however, loneliness is far from romantic.
18、Instead, its a “giant evil“ thats become a serious problem in the country. On Jan 17, UK Prime Minister Theresa May appointed politician Tracey Crouch as the countrys very first “Minister for Loneliness“. Her job is (22)_ (deal) with the loneliness that the countrys been feelinga problem which, acco
19、rding to UK government research, is affecting more than 9 million people in the country, and (23)_ be more harmful to ones physical and mental health than smoking 15 cigarettes a day. Back in 2014, the UK was given the title of the “loneliness capital of Europe“ by The Telegraph. A survey carried ou
20、t by the newspaper found that British people were (24)_ (likely) to get to know their neighbours or build strong relationships w ith people than those from other European countries. But this doesnt mean it is the problem (25)_ (affect) Britons only. In fact, were all suffering from loneliness now mo
21、re than ever, in spite of most of the world now being linked to the internet, (26)_ has enabled us to be more connected than ever. (27)_ we need, according to Kim Leadbetter, sister of the late UK politic ian Jo Cox, is to have “proper human connections“. “Our lives nowadays are so busy. We spend th
22、e vast majority of our time on our phones, on our laptops. (28)_ _ _ busy we are, we need to press pause on that and actually sit down and speak to human beings,“ Leadbetter said at an event last year. But the first steps toward (29)_ (fight) this problem are to accept its existence and not be asham
23、ed or frightened by it. After all, (30)_ loneliness, many beautiful paintings, songs, and literary works wouldnt even exist. Whether it is “evil“ or not, being lonely is simply part of the experience of being humman. Section B Direction: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Eac
24、h word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need. A. analyzing B. maintain C. designed D. covered E. capable F. figures G. recently H. weighing I. undoubtedly J. release K. posts Robots Writing Newspapers Whether its robots working as hotel receptionists or artificial int
25、elligence creating poetry, its becoming more and more common to read about technology doing the jobs of humans. And now, it seems that software is even 31 of writing news storiessuch as the very one youre reading. BBC News 32 reported that the Press Association(PA), a UK news service, has created a
26、computer program thats competent to create articles that are almost impossible to tell apart from those written by human journalists. Called “robo-journalism“ by BBC News, such software “teaches“ itself by 33 thousands of news stories written by humans. The PAs software is already so advanced that m
27、any UK newspapers and websites publish articles created by it. According to the Reuters Institute of Journalism, many publishers are using robo-journalism to 34 interesting information quickly, from election results to official 35 on social issues. For example, US news organization The Washington Po
28、st has its own robo-journalism software, Heliograf. According to tech website Digiday, Heliograf “wrote“ over 850 articles in 2017, as well as hundreds of social media 36 .So what does this mean for regular journalists? “Were naturally cautious about any technology that could replace human beings.“
29、Fredrick Kunkle, a Washington Post reporter, told Wired. “But this technology seems to have taken over only some of the work that nobody else wants to do.“ Indeed, it appears that robo-journalism software is 37 to help humans, rather than take away their jobs. “In the future, Heliograf could do thin
30、gs like searching the web to see what people are talking about, checking The Washington Post to see if that story is being 38 , and, if not, alerting editors or just writing the piece itself, Wired reporter Joe Keoha wrote. However, Joshua Benton at Harvard universitys Nieman Journalism Lab believes
31、 that while robo-journalism is 39 going to become more present in newsrooms, nothing can replace traditional human creativity. “Good journalism is not just a matter of inputs and outputs, it is a craft that has developed over decades,“ he told BBC news. “The really difficult part of what professiona
32、l journalists do carefully 40 information and presenting balanced, contextualized(全景式的 ) stones will be very hard for machines to master.“ III. Reading Comprehension Section A Direction: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank
33、with the word or phrase that best fits the context. Why do some people live to be older than others? You know the standard 41 : keeping a moderate diet, engaging in regular exercise, etc. But what effect does your personality have on your longevity? Do some kinds of personalities 42 longer lives? A
34、new study in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society looked at this question by 43 the personality characteristics of 246 children of people who had lived to be at least 100. The study shows that those living the longest are more outgoing more 44 and less neurotic (神经质的 ) than other people, l
35、ong-living women are also more likely to be sympathetic and cooperative than women with a(n) 45 life span. These findings are in agreement with what you would expect from the evolutionary theory: Those who like to make friends and help others can gather enough 46 to make it through tough times. Inte
36、restingly, 47 , other characteristics that you might consider advantageous had no impact on whether study participants were likely to live longer. Those who were more self-disciplined, 48 , were no more likely to live to be very old. Also, being 49 to new ideas had no relationship to long life, whic
37、h might explain all those bad-tempered old people who are fixed in their ways. Whether you can successfully change your 50 as an adult is the subject of a longstanding psychological debate. But the new paper suggests that if you want long life, you should 51 to be as outgoing as possible. Unfortunat
38、ely, another recent study shows that your mothers personality may also help 52 your longevity. That study looked at nearly 28, 000 Norwegian mothers and found that those moms who were more anxious, depressed and angry were more likely to feed their kids 53 diets, Patterns of childhood eating can be
39、hard to break when were adults, which may mean that kids of depressed moms end up dying younger. Personality isnt destin(命运 ), and everyone knows that individuals can learn to change. But both studies show that long life isnt just a matter of your physical health but of your mental health. Therefore
40、, it might be 54 to form those personality traits contributing to longevity through health-related behaviours, stress reduction and 55 to the challenging problems. 41. A. statements B. definitions C. applications D. explanations 42. A. result from B. lead to C. rely on D. consist of 43. A. assessing
41、 B. interviewing C. examining D. diagnosing 44. A. active B. extensive C. persuasive D. sensitive 45. A. agreeable B. normal C. changeable D. formal 46. A. resources B. associations C. procedures D. interactions 47. A. therefore B. however C. furthermore D. otherwise 48. A. in other words B. as usua
42、l C. in addition D. for instance 49. A. resistant B. open C. blind D. alert 50. A. perspective B. ambition C. personality D. philosophy 51. A. reject B. strive C. claim D. oppose 52. A. extend B. restrict C. shorten D. determine 53. A. unhealthy B. nutritious C. adequate D. moderate 54. A. predictab
43、le B. advisable C. sustainable D. enjoyable 55. A. temptation B. introduction C. adaptation D. objection Section B Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choo
44、se the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read. ( A ) One Friday morning, before Michael was leaving for work he told his wife that he had finally determined to ask his boss for a salary raise. All day Michael felt nervous and anxious as he thought abo
45、ut the upcoming showdown. What if Mr. Duncan refused to grant his request? Michael had worked so hard in the last 18 months and brought some great benefits to Braer and Hopkins Advertising Agency. Of course, he deserved a wage increase. The thought of walking into Mr. Duncans office left Michael wea
46、k in the knees. Late in the afternoon he was finally courageous enough to approach his superior. To his delight and surprise, the ever- frugal (一 惯节省的 ) Rowland Duncan agreed to give Michael a raise! Michael arrived home that evening-despite breaking all city and state limits-to a beautiful table se
47、t with their best china, and candles lit. His wife, Cassie, had prepared a delicate meal including his favourite dishes. Immediately he thought someone from the office had tipped her off! Next to his plate Michael found a beautiful lettered note. It was from his wife. It read: “Congratulations, my l
48、ove! I knew youd get the raise! I prepared this dinner to show just how much I love you. I am so proud of your accomplishments!“ He read it and stopped to think about how sensitive and caring Cassie was. After dinner, Michael was on his way to the kitchen to get dessert when he observed that a second card had slipped out of Cassies pocket onto the floor. He ben
