2 . 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。

Many European countries have been making the shift to electric vehicles and Germany has just stated that they plan to ban the sale of vehicles     1    (consume) gasoline and diesel (柴油) as fuel by 2030. The country is also planning to reduce its carbon footprint by 80-95% by 2050, sparking a shift to green energy in the country.     2     (effect), the ban will include the registration of new cars in the country as they will not allow any gasoline powered vehicles     3     (register) after 2030.

Part of the reason for     4    this ban is being discussed and implemented is that energy     5     (office) see that they will not reach their emissions goals by 2050 if they do not eliminate a large portion of vehicle emissions. The country is still hopeful that it will meet its emissions goals, like reducing emissions by 40% by 2020. But in the past few years, the acceptance of electric cars in the country     6     (occur) more slowly than expected.

Other efforts to increase the use of electric vehicles include plans to build over 1 million electric car battery charging stations across the country. According to the International Business Times, electric car sales     7    (expect) to increase as Volkswagen is still recovering     8     its emissions scandal (丑闻).

As countries continue setting goals of reducing emissions, greater steps need to be taken to have     9     noticeable effect on the surrounding environment.     10    the efforts are certainly not useless, the results of such bans will likely only start to be seen by generations down the line, bettering the world for the future.

5 . 假如你是李华，你的美国笔友Jenny正在做一份关于中国移动支付( mobile payment)的问卷调查( survey)，你是她的重点采访对象，采访内容如下;请你就这些问题给她回一封邮件完成采访。
采访内容:
1.你或你身边的人在日常生活中使用移动支付的情况；
2.移动支付带来的好处
3.你的看法。
参考词汇: 微信: Wechat   支付宝: Alipay 二维码: QR code
注意:1.词数120左右;
2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯
Dear Jenny,

How is your survey on mobile payment going？ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours faithfully

Li Hua

6 . 读下面材料，根据其情节和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一个完整的故事。

One weekend in July, Jane and her husband, Tom, had driven three hours to camp overnight by a lake in the forest. Unfortunately, on the way an unpleasant subject came up and they started to quarrel. By the time they reached the lake, Jane was so angry that she said to Tom, “I'm going to find a better spot for us to camp” and walked away.

With no path to follow, Jane just walked on for quite a long time. After she had climbed to a high place, she turned around, hoping to see the lake. To her surprise, she saw nothing but forest and, far beyond, a snowcapped mountain top. She suddenly realized that she was lost.

“Tom!” she cried. “Help!”

No reply. If only she had not left her mobile phone in that bag with Tom. Jane kept moving, but the farther she walked, the more confused she became. As night was beginning to fall, Jane was so tired that she had to stop for the night. Lying awake in the dark, Jane wanted very much to be with Tom and her family. She wanted to hold him and tell him how much she loved him.

Jane rose at the break of day, hungry and thirsty. She could hear water trickling (滴落) somewhere at a distance. Quickly she followed the sound to a stream. To her great joy, she also saw some berry bushes. She drank and ate a few berries. Never in her life had she tasted anything better.

             Feeling stronger now, Jane began to walk along the stream and hope it would lead her to' the lake.

As she picked her way carefully along the stream, Jane heard a helicopter. Is that for me? Unfortunately,the trees made it impossible for people to see her from above. A few minutes later, another helicopter flew overhead. Jane took off her yellow blouse, thinking that she should go to an open area and flag them if they came back again.

注意：
1)所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2)续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；
3)请在答题卡的相应位置作答；
4)字体端正，格式规范，卷面整洁。
Paragraph l:
        But no more helicopter came and it was getting dark again.
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Paragraph 2:
       It was daybreak when Jane woke up.
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7 . 阅读下面文章，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一个完整短文，续写词数应为150左右。

My great-grandfather, my grandfather and my father are farmers, and so are all my family. My father has a fixed idea that I would become a farmer too. Although I respect him and am indeed skilled at doing some farm work, I don’t agree that I should automatically follow in my father’s footsteps.

When I was a teenager, my father happened to take me to an airport which belonged to one of his friends. It was the first time I had seen an aeroplane in real life. Knowing that I had never been on board, my father’s friend Tom offered me an opportunity to fly with him in his small aeroplane. I quickly accepted his offer! When we took off, I felt nervous but thrilled. Being up in the clouds and looking at the view below was unlike anything I had ever felt. I was just enjoying it. I assumed being a pilot would be the most awesome thing in the whole world. From that day a thought crept into my mind that I wanted to become a pilot, but I doubted whether my father would support me. After all, it was a totally different path from what he had planned for me. Therefore, I put the thought to the back of my mind, because I knew he would still insist on holding onto his previous idea.

Anyway, besides helping my father on the farm, I would frequently visit Tom’s airport. Gradually, I got familiar with every button and switch on the aircraft and I learned a lot about planes, such as how to fill the plane with fuel, how to check the engines and so on. But what I had learned just left me wanting more, so I decided to go to college to become a professional pilot.

Paragraph 1:

This time I would not hide my desire any more.

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Paragraph 2:

At the graduation ceremony, with my father present, I, as “Best Pilot”, had to deliver a speech.

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8 . Since the 1970s, scientists have been searching for ways to link the brain with computers. Brain­computer interface (BCI) technology could help people with disabilities send commands to machines.
Recently, two researchers, Jose Millan and Michele Tavella from the Federal Polytechnic School in Lausanne, Switzerland, demonstrated (展示) a small robotic wheelchair directed by a person's thoughts.
In the laboratory, Tavella operated the wheelchair just by thinking about moving his left or right hand. He could even talk as he watched the vehicle and guided it with his thoughts.
“Our brain has billions of nerve cells. These send signals through the spinal cord (脊髓) to the muscles to give us the ability to move. But spinal cord injuries or other conditions can prevent these weak electrical signals from reaching the muscles.” Tavella says. “Our system allows disabled people to communicate with external world and also to control devices.”
The researchers designed a special cap for the user. This head cover picks up the signals from the scalp (头皮) and sends them to a computer. The computer interprets the signals and commands the motorized wheelchair. The wheelchair also has two cameras that identify objects in its path. They help the computer react to commands from the brain.
Prof. Millan, the team leader, says scientists keep improving the computer software that interprets brain signals and turns them into simple commands. “The practical possibilities that BCI technology offers to disabled people can be grouped in two categories: communication, and controlling devices. One example is this wheelchair.”
He says his team has set two goals. One is testing with real patients, so as to prove that this is a technology they can benefit from. And the other is to guarantee that they can use the technology over long periods of time.
1. BCI is a technology that can ________.

A．help to update computer systems

B．link the human brain with computers

C．help the disabled to recover

D．control a person's thoughts

2. How did Tavella operate the wheelchair in the laboratory?

A．By controlling his muscles.

B．By talking to the machine.

C．By moving his hand.

D．By using his mind.

3. Which of the following shows the path of the signals described in Paragraph 5?

A．scalp→computer→cap→wheelchair

B．computer→cap→scalp→wheelchair

C．scalp→cap→computer→wheelchair

D．cap→computer→scalp→wheelchair

4. The team will test with real patients to ________.

A．make profits from them

B．prove the technology useful to them

C．make them live longer

D．learn about their physical condition

5. Which of the following would be the best title for the text?

A．Switzerland, the BCI Research Center

B．New Findings About How the Human Brain Works

C．BCI Could Mean More Freedom for the Disabled

D．Robotic Vehicles Could Help to Cure Brain Injuries

9 . 阅读下面短文，在空格处填入适当的内容（1个词）或括号内单词的正确形式（不多于3个单词），并将答案填写在答题卡标号为61-70的相应位置上。

Kate got into a panic when her car ran out of gas on a highway one night six weeks ago, “I thought I could make it all the way home, but     1     (obvious) was wrong,” Kate recalled. “I drove to the side of the road and got out,    2     (plan) to walk to the nearest gas station. That’s when I met Johnny, a homeless man sitting nearby. Johnny stopped me. Concerned about my     3     (safe), he told me to get back in the car and lock the doors. I obeyed. A few minutes later, he came back with a gas can that he bought with his last $20.”

“    4     was crazy that he should use all his money on someone he didn’t even know,” Kate added.     5     (repay) Johnny, Kate returned many times and gave him some money, food and clothes. But she wanted to do more    6     this man. “Johnny is generous indeed,” said Kate. “He’s got such positive energy,     7     he’s in that situation.”

    8     (touch) by Johnny’s selflessness, Kate is now raising money online for him. “To my great joy, donations keep pouring in,” said Kate. “So far, over $100,000     9     (collect). He’s indeed a good guy and deserves everything     10     is coming to him.”

10 . In 2014，AIA（American Institute of Architects）launched a large-scale awareness-building effort to educate the public about architects' impact on society. Five years later，the Blueprint for Better campaign has become an institute-wide program     1     seeks to connect architects with the public. Through innovative partnerships with the Architecture and Design Film Festival，Wired magazine，and Chicago Ideas Week，AIA has engaged plenty of individuals，ranging     2     working architects to government leaders to school children，encouraging them to design a Blueprint for Better together. The AIA Film chrallenge now in its     3    （five）year，is a good example of success，     4     （yield）   more than 240 documentary short films and hundreds of thousands of people's choice votes. Each summer，filmmakers and architects     5    （invite）to tell stories about the important design work happening in their communities. Winning films in recent challenges have explored affordable housing     6     （solve） in cities like Philadelphia and Los Angeles. Others have shed light on the need to save important     7    （culture）spaces and practices from Cleveland to Hawaii. Films     8    （submit） from around the world have shown how design can overcome challenges related to public health，homelessness，climate change and equity（公平）.

But what about these films really speak to viewers? As     9     audiovisual medium，film is     10    （probable）the only one that comes close to conveying the experience of the built environment. When pictures of the spaces we live in is layered with stories，the power of architecture can be understood in a new way.