1 . Classical Chinese poetry is traditional Chinese poetry     1     (write) in Classic Chinese and typified by certain traditional forms. Many     2     (poem) come from particular historical periods, such as the poetry of the Tang Dynasty and the verse of Song Dynasty.     3     (it) existence dates back to at least as early as the publication of the Classic of Poetry or Shijing. There are     4     (vary) combinations of forms and genres, most of     5     arose at the end of the Tang Dynasty.

Development of Classical Chinese poetry     6     (active ) continued up to the year of 1919, when the May Fourth Movement     7     (take) place, and is still popular even today. Classical Poetry created during this 2,500 year period has been developing continuously,     8     (produce) a great deal of diversity - classified by both major historical periods     9     dynastic periods.

Of the key aspects of Classical Chinese poetry is its close inter - relationship with other forms of Chinese art, such as Chinese painting and Chinese calligraphy (书法). Classical Chinese poetry has proven lo have a strong influence     10     poetry worldwide.

2 . Have you ever lost your direction? Then you might find satellite navigation(satnav) systems(卫星定位系统) helpful.

A satnav system uses groups of satellites. They send information to a receiver(接收器), such as your smartphone. Then they can find where you are.

The earliest satnav system is the Global Positioning System(GPS) of the United States. The US has put 24 satellites into space to make sure GPS can locate(定位) a person correctly and globally. Likewise, Russia’s GLONASS and European Union’s Galileo can also work globally.

But China is catching up, building its own BeiDou Navigation Satellite System. BeiDou is China’s homegrown satnav system, reported Xinhua. It was set up in 2000, when China sent BeiDou’s first navigation experiment satellite into space. With it, China became the third country to build a satnav system after the US and Russia.

BeiDou can find you wherever you are. It helps you go faster by finding shortcuts(捷径) and using correct directions. When you are in trouble and call the police, they will know exactly where you are if you have a cellphone that uses BeiDou.

Today, there are more than 20 BeiDou satellites above our heads. And the system is able to offer open services to the Asia-Pacific region(亚太地区).

In November, China plans to send more BeiDou-3 satellites into space. BeiDou-3’s position accuracy(准确度) is less than five meters, Ran Chengqi, a senior designer of the satellite navigation system, told China Daily.

By 2020, BeiDou is planned to have 35 satellites and begin serving globally, reported Xinhua.

1. A satnav system works correctly and globally by using .

A．a satellite	B．a group of satellites
C．a receiver like a smartphone	D．a group of receivers

2. How many satellites does GPS of the US use to find a person’s position?

A．7	B．24
C．20	D．35

3. Which country does NOT have its own satnav system?

A．The United States	B．South Korea
C．Russia	D．China

4. What can we tell from the story?

A．There are 35 BeiDou satellites above our heads

B．BeiDou now is able to Serve globally

C．BeiDou satellites are made in China

D．Everyone needs to have a cellphone that can use BeiDou

3 . The sharing economy, represented by companies like Airbnb or Uber, is the latest fashion craze. But many supporters have overlooked the reality that this new business model is largely based on escaping regulations and breaking the law.

Airbnb is an Internet-based service that allows people to rent out spare rooms to strangers for short stays. Uber is an Internet taxi service that allows thousands of people to answer ride requests with their own cars. There are hundreds of other such services.

The good thing about the sharing economy is that it promotes the use of underused resources. Millions of people have houses or apartments with empty rooms, and Airbnb allows them to profit from these rooms while allowing guests a place to stay at prices that are often far less than those charged by hotels. Uber offers prices that are competitive with standard taxi prices and their drivers are often much quicker and more trustworthy.

But the downside of the sharing economy has gotten much less attention. Most cities and states both tax and regulate hotels, and the tourists who stay in hotels are usually an important source of tax income. But many of Airbnb’s customers are not paying the taxes required under the law.

Airbnb can also raise issues of safety for its customers and trouble for hosts’ neighbors. Hotels are regularly inspected to ensure that they are not fire traps and that they don’t form other risks for visitors. Airbnb hosts face no such inspections.

Since Airbnb is allowing people to escape taxes and regulations, the company is simply promoting thefts. Others in the economy will lose by bearing an additional tax burden or being forced to live next to an apartment unit with a never-ending series of noisy visitors.

The same story may apply with Uber. Uber is currently in disputes over whether its cars meet the safety and insurance requirements imposed on standard taxis. Also, if Uber and related services flood the market, they could harm all taxi drivers’ ability to earn a minimum wage.

This downside of the sharing needs to be taken seriously, but that doesn’t mean the current tax and regulatory structure is perfect.

1. What is the positive thing about the sharing economy?

A．It is a global trend.	B．It is beyond regulations.
C．It draws on spare resources.	D．It brings in modest profits.

2. What is the problem with Airbnb customers according to the passage?

A．They are not regularly inspected.	B．They are likely to commit thefts.
C．They are allowed not to pay taxes.	D．They can be noisy to hosts’ neighbors.

3. What is the argument over Uber according to the passage?

A．Whether it guarantees customers, safety.

B．Whether it provides reliable services.

C．Whether it lowers customers’ expenses.

D．Whether it can compete with standard taxis.

4. What will be talked about in the following paragraphs?

A．Existing regulations and laws.

B．Necessary improvements of current laws.

C．Further development of Airbnb and Uber.

D．More downsides of Airbnb and Uber.

4 . Researchers at Stanford University have developed a new material that can move heat out of buildings and send it into space. The researchers say the material can cool buildings even on hot days. The cooling material is a very thin sheet with many layers that could be placed on a roof like solar panels (板). However, instead of turning sunlight into energy as solar panels do, the material turns heat into radiation.

Shanhui Fan is an electrical engineering professor at Stanford University. He says that the panels have a layer of material that is like sand. The panels act like a mirror. They take heat out of buildings and reflect the light from the sun. And he says both the heat and sunlight are sent 100 kilometers into outer space. It’s a structure that cools itself without electricity input, even under the sun. So, what it does is basically radiate heat to outer space and also reflect the sunlight so it doesn’t get heated up by the sun. Mr. Fan says it is like having a window into space. The heat is sent directly into space without warming the air.

He says buildings in developing countries that do not have electricity or air conditioning could use the panels. “In areas where electricity is out of reach for many people, there is a significant potential benefit for storing medicine or even food. In many of these situations, being able to reduce the temperature is important. And this would provide a way to do it.”

The researchers say the main problem is creating actual cooling systems using the high-tech panels. They say it may be possible to develop a cooling spray (喷涂) that could be used on existing solid structures. They believe the cooling spray technology could be developed in the next three to five years. They say as much as 15 percent of the energy used in the United States is spent providing power to air conditioning systems.

1. The first paragraph mainly tells us       .

A．living on hot days is no longer a big problem now

B．new material is created to cool the buildings

C．researchers are developing new solar panels on roofs

D．the new material is a very thin sheet with many layers

2. How does the panel work?

A．It absorbs the heat and cools it down.

B．It uses a mirror to reflect the sunlight.

C．It sends heat away right into space.

D．It has a window to let out the heat.

3. The new material is especially useful in areas that       .

A．suffer high temperature	B．have poor air conditioning
C．have plenty of food	D．are short of power

4. What can you infer from the passage?

A．The appliance of the new panel is still under research.

B．Some people got benefits from producing the panels.

C．People may have problems in using the new material.

D．The new panels may save 15 percent of the energy.

5 . Tayka Hotel De Sal

Where: Tahua, Bolivia

How much: About $95 a night

Why it’s cool: You’ve stayed at hotels made of brick or wood, but salt? That’s something few can claim. Tayka Hotel de Sal is made totally of salt—including the beds (though you’ll sleep on regular mattresses (床垫) and blankets).The hotel sits on the Salar de Uyuni, a prehistoric dried-up lake that’s the world’s biggest salt flat. Builders use the salt from the 4,633-square-mile flat to make the bricks, and glue them together with a paste of wet salt that hardens when it dries. When rain starts to dissolve the hotel, the owners just mix up more salt paste to strengthen the bricks.

Green Magic Nature Resort

Where: Vythiri, India

How much: About $240 a night

Why it’s cool: Riding a pulley(滑轮)-operated lift 86 feet to your treetop room is just the start of your adventure. As you look out of your open window—there is no glass!—you watch monkeys and birds in the rain forest canopy. Later you might test your fear of heights by crossing the handmade rope bridge to the main part of the hotel, or just sit on your bamboo bed and read. You don’t even have to come down for breakfast—the hotel will send it up on the pulley-drawn “elevator”.

Dog Bark Park Inn B&B

Where: Cottonwood, Idaho

How much: $92 a night

Why it’s cool: This doghouse isn’t just for the family pet. Sweet Willy is a 30-foot-tall dog with guest rooms in his belly. Climb the wooden stairs beside his hind leg to enter the door in his side. You can relax in the main bedroom, go up a few steps of the loft in Willy’s head, or hang out inside his nose. Although you have a full private bathroom in your quarters, there is also a toilet in the 12-foot-tall fire hydrant outside.

Gamirasu Cave Hotel

Where: Ayvali, Turkey

How much: Between $130 and $475 a night.

Why it’s cool: This is caveman cool! Experience what it was like 5,000 years ago, when people lived in these mountain caves formed by volcanic ash. But your stay will be much more modern. Bathrooms and electricity provide what you expect from a modern hotel, and the white volcanic ash, called tufa, keeps the rooms cool, about 65℉in summer.(Don’t worry—there is heat in winter.)

1. What is the similarity of the four hotels?

A．Being expensive.	B．Being beautiful.
C．Being natural.	D．Being unique.

2. What does the underlined part “Sweet Willy” refer to?

A．The building of Dog Bark Park Inn B&B.

B．The name of a pet dog of the hotel owner.

C．The name of the hotel.

D．The name of the hotel owner.

3. Which of the hotel makes you have a feeling of living in the far past?

A．Tayka Hotel De Sal

B．Green Magic Nature Resort

C．Dog Bark Park Inn B&B

D．Gamirasu Cave Hotel

6 . Choose Your One-Day-Tours!

Tour A - Bath &Stonehenge including entrance fees to the ancient Roman bathrooms and Stonehenge -￡37 until 26 March and ￡39 thereafter. Visit the city with over 2,000 years of history and Bath Abbey, the Royal Crescent and the Costume Museum, Stonehenge is one of the world’s most famous prehistoric monuments dating back over 5,000 years.

Tour B - Oxford & Stratford including entrance fees to the University St Mary’s Church Tower and Anne Hathaway’s -￡32 until 12 March and ￡36 thereafter. Oxford: Includes a guided tour of England’s oldest university city and colleges. Look over the “city of dreaming spires(尖顶）” from St Mary‘s Church Tower. Stratford: Includes a guided tour exploring much of the Shakespeare wonder.

Tour C - Windsor Castle &Hampton Court: including entrance fees to Hampton Court Palace -￡34 until 11 March and ￡37 thereafter. Includes a guided tour of Windsor and Hampton Court, Henry VILL’s favorite palace. Free time to visit Windsor Castle(entrance fees not included).With 500 years of history, Hampton Court was once the home of four Kings and one Queen. Now this former royal palace is open to the public as a major tourist attraction. Visit the palace and its various historic gardens, which include the famous maze(迷宫) where it is easy to get lost!

Tour D –Cambridge including entrance fees to the Tower of Saint Mary the Great -￡33 until 18 March and ￡37 thereafter. Includes a guided tour of Cambridge, the famous university town, and the gardens of the 18th century.

1. Which tour will you choose if you want to see England’s oldest university city?

A．Tour A	B．Tour B
C．Tour C	D．Tour D

2. Which of the following tours charges the lowest fee on 17 March?

A．Windsor Castle & Hampton Court	B．Oxford & Stratford
C．Bath & Stonehenge	D．Cambridge

3. Why is Hampton Court a major tourist attraction?

A．It used to be the home of royal families	B．It used to be a well-known maze
C．It is the oldest palace in Britain	D．It is a world-famous castle

7 . 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。
David will never forget what happened to him the day before yesterday．He(eat)something at home when he received a strange phone call from a hospital．The caller said that his son (fall) to the ground unconscious on the way to schoo1．It was hetook him to the hospital．David hung up his cell phone and rushed to his son’s classroom，only to find him listening to the teacher attentively．He suddenly realized that he had been cheated，but he felt(relieve)．Just at that time the phone rang again，saying，“Your son is in great danger and he needsimmediate operation which costs 48，000 yuan．The doctors here say they will not operateyour son until they receive the money．’’When (ask) from where the caller had taken his son to hospital，the caller rang off．David gave a big smile and said．“What a pity!”
If the cheater thought he could get money from David in such a(honest)way, he was wrong．Such phone calls are common these days．A few of them might have fallen victims to such tricks．Most parents are sensitive to．It was really silly to cheat well—educated men like David．
Believe it or not，it’s a true story．The(colleague)in his office can confirm it，such as Tom，Peter and so on．