1 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。请将答案填写在文后指定位置。

Have you ever imagined singing together with hundreds of other people while you are at home alone? You can do this in a virtual choir, where members record themselves while     1    (perform) alone on video. These videos     2    (upload) onto the Internet and then put together into one video that can be seen online.

The virtual choir was the idea of Eric Whitacre,     3     award-winning composer and director. Having received a master's degree in     4    (music) composition from the Juilliard School in New York, he applied himself to creating compositions,     5     became quite popular among choirs and singers. This led to the creation of the virtual choir. His first virtual choir, “Lux Aurumque”, had 185 singers from 12 different     6    (country). Since then, the virtual choir has become a worldwide phenomenon and proved to influence the lives of many people     7    (positive).

A virtual choir helps connect ordinary people together, enabling them     8    (add) their voices to those of other individuals and become part of the global community. In addition, it is a wonderful way     9    people around the world to sing with one voice and thus make the world an even     10    (good) place.

3 . There is a famous story about how Walt Disney was inspired to build Disneyland. The story goes that during an afternoon visit to Griffith Park located near the Burbank Studios, Walt took a seat while his two young daughters rode the merry-go-round. Walt thought there should be a place where both children and their parents could enjoy spending some time together in an environment that would be both entertaining and pleasing to the eye, so with this thought came the idea for Disneyland.

Walt's original plan was to build an eight-acre park located near the Burbank Studios that would be a place for his employees and their families. Those plans were put on hold because of the start of World War II. By 1952, Walt had created a special department that was devoted to planning his dream.

Finally in 1953, the first steps in building the park happened when Walt employed the Stanford Research Institute to make a survey to determine the best possible location for the future park. Considering population growth and the future freeway construction(建设),they finally found a location in Anaheim and 160 acres of land were bought for the site of the new park.

The building of the park was very expensive and to collect money for the project, Walt developed the idea of the ''Walt Disney's Disneyland'' television show. It turned out to be a marvelous idea—not only gaining the money to build the park but also presenting the park to the American public.

Construction officially began on July 21,1954, and it was an ambitious(野心勃勃的)building schedule of less than one year to complete the new park for the projected opening day. Walt watched over the park's construction and progress continued with just a few minor hold-ups. Finally，the park was ready for the Opening Day on July17,1955.

1. What inspired Walt Disney to build Disneyland?

A．The special design of Griffith Park.	B．A trip to a park with his daughters.
C．Requests from his family and employees.	D．The idea to build a park for his daughters.

2. What is mainly considered in choosing the location of Disneyland?

A．Walt Disney's personal preference.	B．The natural environment.
C．The advice of the public.	D．Local traffic.

3. What can we learn about the construction process?

A．It was smooth generally.	B．It was affected by World War II.
C．It was completed later than expected.	D．It was influenced by a shortage of money.

4. Where is the text most likely from?

A．A diary.

B．A novel.

C．A magazine.

D．A guidebook.

4 . Internet firms should help deal with the threat of terrorism or face terror tax , the security minister has said. Ben Wallace said such profiteers as Facebook and Google were failing to play their part, forcing the government to spend hundreds of millions to police internet extremism. The minister added, “If they continue to be less than co-operative, we should look at things like tax as a way compensating for their inaction. Because content is not taken down as quickly as they could do, we have to spend millions. WhatsApp, owned by Facebook, was turning the internet into a violent space.”

Mr Wallace did not give more details about a possible terror tax, but it would probably take the form of a windfall tax. The minister also accused internet companies of putting profit before public safety.

Simon Milner, Facebook’s UK policy director, said: “Mr Wallace is wrong to say that we put profit before safety, especially in the fight against terrorism. We’ve invested millions of pounds in people and technology to identify and remove terrorist content.” YouTube, which is owned by Alphabet, Google’s parent company, said: “Violent extremism is a complex problem and addressing it is a critical challenge for us all. We are committed to being part of the solution and we are doing more every day to deal with these issues. “Over the course of 2017 we have made significant progress through investing in machine learning technology, recruiting more reviewers, building partnerships with experts and collaboration with other companies”.

Anthony Glees, an intelligence expert at Buckingham University, told The Times: “What the government is proposing makes excellent theoretical sense when it comes to making us more secure from the appalling things that are broadcast by the service providers.” He added: “But in practice it may not be enough, because we are dealing with Goliaths here and the United Kingdom is increasingly becoming a lone David.”

1. What do we know from Ben Wallace’s words?

A．The internet firms have been put on a terror tax.

B．The internet companies only concentrate on profit.

C．The profit of the Internet firms should be cut down.

D．The internet companies are not cooperative enough.

2. What did “they” in the first paragraph refer to?

A．internet firms	B．internet extremism
C．violent spaces	D．terror taxes

3. Anthony Glees thought the government’s behavior was ______.

A．unpractical	B．positive
C．unexpected	D．disapproving

4. What’s the best title of the passage?

A．Profit or Safety?

B．Policing Internet Extremism.

C．Internet Giants Threatened with Tax.

D．Demonstrating the Government’ Determination.

5 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

The International Horticultural Exhibition(世界园艺博览会) 2019 Beijing opened to the public on Monday at the foot of the Great Wall in the Chinese capital’s Yanqing District. Chinese President Xi Jinping declared the     1     (open) of the Beijing expo on Sunday evening.

Sharing with the world the concept and approach of green development, the expo demonstrates Chinese people’s     2       (determine) and confidence in building a beautiful China and a beautiful world.

The Beijing expo       3     (schedule) between April 29 and Oct.7, lasting 162 days.    4     is the second time that China has held such a horticultural expo. The southwestern Chinese city of Kunming held the horticultural expo in 1999.The Beijing expo has drawn participation of about 110         5     (country) and international organizations as well as more than 120 non-official exhibitors. About 2,500     6     (culture) activities, such as parades and performances of world ethnic cultures, will be held throughout the expo,     7     average of 15 for each day.

Over the past 40 years, China’s forest area and forest stock volume have both doubled and its forest coverage rate     8     (increase) to 21.66 percent. The country is home     9       the world’s largest man-made forest in scale, with a preserved area of 69 million hectares. A recent Boston University study     10     (base) on NASA satellite data shows that China alone accounts for 25 percent of the global net increase in leaf area over the last two decades.

6 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Since the beginning of the 21st century, artificial intelligence (Al)     1    (find) its way in different areas in the entertainment industry. Disney, which is one of the world’s leading entertainment     2    (company), has decided to make use     3     the technology in its theme parks,where robot cartoon characters will soon walk among guests. Disney will also make     4     (it) robots Micky Mouse and Donald Duck communicate with tourists.

“I think Al is going to be     5    (immense) important for what we do,” said Jon Snoddy, an official of the entertainment company. “Robot characters that can move around among our guests need to understand where they're going and know     6     to behave in a world with humans.”

However, the company also knows some of the fears surrounding Al. “    7     （scare）kids won't be part of what we do,” said Mr. Snoddy. “We will go and do tests in our parks to find out what kids find     8    （interest）about these things. We will carry out tests     9    （make） sure the robot characters make     10       positive impression on kids. ”

7 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. When do members in the book club normally gather?

A．On Saturdays or Sundays.

B．On Mondays or Tuesdays.

C．On Fridays or Saturdays.

2. What does the man think of the annual membership fees?

A．High.

B．Low.

C．Reasonable.

8 . In San Francisco, where the number of the homeless has risen by 7% in the last decade, a non-profit organization is putting bathrooms on wheels and driving them to those in need. The group, Lava Mae, is improving retiring city buses and bringing them into different neighborhoods, currently providing about 200 showers each week.

Doniece Sandoval, the founder of Lava Mae, first became interested in the issue in 2012, when she passed a young woman under an overpass near the San Francisco Design Center who was repeating to herself that she'd never get clean. ''It made me wonder what her chances were, '' said Sandoval, who was then inspired to research exactly how many public shower stalls(淋浴间)existed in the city. Her findings were disheartening.

So Lava Mae came together when she heard the city would be retiring cold city buses. ''I told myself, I want those buses!'' she said.

Each bus has two private bathrooms, one of which is wheelchair accessible. Along with the basic shower, sink and toilet, the spaces have soft lighting, digital controls for water, and hair dryers.

''Though you're only going to be on the bus for 20 minutes or so, it's 20 minutes of complete privacy,'' Said Sandoval.

The buses are parked near agencies that already serve the homeless. ''If we can reduce the amount of time people have to run from place to place to get essential services, we'll be able to make things better, '' said Sandova.

What's next for lava Mae? The group is starting a program so that others can mimic their process. ''What we're hoping to do is to get people to follow what we do, so they can recreate it.'' she said.

1. We know from Paragraph One that in San Francisco, _______.

A．the homeless' poor life has come to the government's attention

B．the number of the people who have no house to live has increased

C．many houses are being built for the homeless

D．city buses are equipped with bathrooms

2. What made Doniece Sandoval start the idea of founding Lava Mae?

A．Her deep love for city buses.

B．Her hearing homeless woman's problem by chance.

C．The number of the homeless has risen in the last decade.

D．Her talk with a young woman.

3. In Doniece Sandoval’s opinion, what is the disadvantage of their services?

A．Each user is given only twenty minutes.

B．Each bus has a limited number of bathrooms.

C．Some people have to travel far to use the buses.

D．The bathrooms are not intended for the disabled.

4. The underlined word ''mimic'' in the last paragraph can be replaced by _________.

A．copy

B．improve

C．praise

D．study

5. What can be a suitable title for the text?

A．The Current Situation of the Poor People in San Francisco

B．How Doniece Sandoval Founded Lava Mae

C．Lava Mae Offers Homeless People Showers on Wheeled Bathroom.

D．Doniece Sandoval's Dream