1. What does Ann say about her performance in the World Championships?
| A．She did better than she had expected. |
| B．She regretted not preparing well enough. |
| C．She was disappointed to win a silver medal. |
| A．Once a week. | B．Every day. | C．Six days a week. |
| A．She avoids close contact with them. |
| B．She likes to communicate with them. |
| C．She has made good friends with them. |
| A．Flying kites. | B．Reading. | C．Skiing. |
1. What is unique about Hamlet?
| A．The female lead. | B．The stage design. | C．The modern adaptation. |
| A．Disappointed. | B．Angry. | C．Hesitant. |
3 . Automation is a widespread term. Nearly everyone agrees that people will be working less once automatic machinery came in. For optimists, this is a promise of liberation: At last humanity would be freed from constant toil, and we could all devote our days to more refined pursuits. But others see a threat: Millions of people would be thrown out of work, and desperate masses would roam the streets. Looking back from 50 years hence, the controversy over automation seemed a quaint and curious episode. The dispute is never resolved.
A. J. Hayes, a leader (and no relation to me), wrote in 1964: Automation is not just a new kind of mechanization but a revolutionary force capable of overturning our social order. Whereas mechanization made workers more efficient—and thus more valuable—automation threatens to make them superfluous (过剩的)—and thus without value. The opinions I have cited here represent extreme positions, and there are also many milder views. But I think it’s fair to say that most early students of automation, including both critics and enthusiasts, believe the new technology would lead us into a world where people worked much less.
As for economic consequences, worries about unemployment have certainly not gone away—not with job losses in the current recession approaching 2 million workers in our country alone. But recent job losses are commonly attributed to causes other than automation, such as competition from overseas or a roller-coaster financial system. In any case, the vision of a world where machines do all the work and people stand idly by has simply not come to pass.
The spread of automation outside of the factory has altered its social and economic impact in some curious ways. In many cases, the net effect of automation is not that machines are doing work that people used to do. Instead we’ve dispensed with the people who used to be paid to run the machines, and we’ve learned to run them ourselves. These trends contradict almost all the expectations of early writers on automation, both optimists and pessimists. So far, automation has neither liberated us from the need to work nor deprived us of the opportunity to work. Instead, we’re working more than ever.
What about trades closer to my own vital interests? Will science be automated? Technology already has a central role in many areas of research; for example, genome sequences could not be read by traditional lab-bench methods. Replacing the scientist will presumably be a little harder than replacing the lab technician, but when a machine exhibits enough curiosity and tenacity, I think we’ll just have to welcome it as a companion in zealous research. And if the scientist is elbowed aside by an automaton, then surely the science writer can’t hold out either. I’m ready for my 15-hour workweek.
1. What does the writer mainly want to convey in paragraph 1?| A．automation results in unemployment on |
| B．the issue of automation is still in discussion |
| C．automation does more harm than good |
| D．automation brings in much convenience in life |
| A．automation is more valuable than what we imagine |
| B．the disadvantages of automation far outweigh the advantages |
| C．automation is a revolutionary force may causing people worthless. |
| D．the new technology would lead people into working much less |
| A．put…down for. | B．set…free from. |
| C．bring…into. | D．take…away from. |
| A．People needn’t work so hard due to automation. |
| B．Automation should be accepted reasonably in development. |
| C．Traditional labor force will be replaced in the near future. |
| D．Automation results in more job losses in the writer’s country. |
1. What are the speakers talking about?
| A．Mount Tai. | B．Mount Hua. | C．Mount Huang. |
| A．He reached the top of the mountain. |
| B．He stopped halfway. |
| C．He met many famous people. |
| A．She doesn’t like climbing mountains. |
| B．She wants to climb the famous mountain, too. |
| C．She has been to the famous mountain before. |
1. What can we learn about the man?
| A．He’s lost his way. | B．He’s lost something. | C．He’s going to the hospital. |
| A．In a town. | B．In London. | C．In a hospital. |
| A．To do business. | B．To have a holiday. | C．To find a job. |
| A．On the way to the hospital. | B．On the way to London. | C．On the way to a town. |
1. When did the speaker buy his ticket?
| A．Fourteen days ago. | B．Thirteen days ago. | C．On Monday morning. |
| A．On a bus. | B．In a car. | C．On a train. |
| A．He had never been in a plane before. |
| B．He is often in a plane. |
| C．He had been in a plane only twice. |
| A．Playing a ball game. | B．Cheering for Oxford. | C．Watching a football match. |
8 . Climate change is driving increasing wildfires, and those burns make up a large share of planet-heating pollution. Now, a company in Berlin uses AI with sensors (传感器) in forests to find minor (微小的) burns before they spread into big fires.
With nose-like sensors, fires can be discovered in their early stages, making it easier to put out them before they become too large or difficult to control. The company Dryad has set up 50 sensors across various locations, from the Middle East to California. Recently, the sensors discovered a small fire in Lebanon within just 30 minutes.
Another way to stop big fires is to set “controlled burns” outside of fire season to clean some trees and grass that may become fuel for fires. These controlled burns are usually carefully planned and monitored by burn managers to make sure that they are safe and do not get out of control.
But to do the work, burn managers need to know how the fire might behave so it doesn’t lose control. “They need to know things like the weather patterns, road conditions and the amount of moisture (水分) in the plants,” says Yolanda Gil, a researcher at the University of Southern California.
After interviewing fire scientists, Gil and their team used AI to create a smart assistant to help burn managers decide where and when to make controlled burns. “It’s kind of like Apple’s Siri. But for burn managers, the technology can help them understand the situation in an area and provide a way to make a safe controlled burn.” Gil says.
1. What is the purpose of AI from the Berlin company?| A．To monitor climate change. | B．To work out the causes of a wildfire. |
| C．To cut down on pollution in forests. | D．To prevent fires in their early stages. |
| A．They can promote the growth of trees. | B．They can hurt burn managers anytime. |
| C．They can help clear away fuel for wildfires. | D．They are often carried out during fire season. |
① Road conditions. ② Weather patterns. ③ The number of plants. ④ The temperature of the burns.
| A．①② | B．②③ | C．②④ | D．③④ |
| A．It is difficult to operate. | B．It is a helpful tool. |
| C．It is smarter than Siri. | D．It needs to be improved. |
9 . When I was a small child, my grandparents would take me to blackberry
My grandparents always chose the same
Nana
When at last we were finished, the bright scenery had
| A．processing | B．canning | C．picking | D．preserving |
| A．developed | B．ripe | C．fresh | D．prepared |
| A．drive | B．fetch | C．move | D．transform |
| A．journey | B．adventure | C．destination | D．purpose |
| A．path | B．direction | C．route | D．spot |
| A．bushes | B．branches | C．forests | D．leaves |
| A．instructed | B．warned | C．encouraged | D．begged |
| A．collected | B．gathered | C．picked | D．ate |
| A．talent | B．taste | C．admiration | D．hunger |
| A．tasteless | B．unbeatable | C．unpleasant | D．delicious |
| A．took on | B．burst on | C．made up | D．turned to |
| A．carried | B．filled | C．delivered | D．passed |
| A．poured | B．bled | C．pressed | D．tipped |
| A．throat | B．head | C．stomach | D．bones |
| A．colored | B．washed | C．dried | D．coated |
10 . Trent Kersey says he has known since he was a little kid that he wanted to be a police officer.
On Halloween, his longtime dream came true, about an hour after he and his wife Victoria Kersey welcomed their second child, a baby boy named Theo, at Memorial Medical Center in Modesto, California.
Theo’s arrival, about a week earlier than his expected due date of Nov.6, threw a wrench into Trent Kersey’s original plan — to graduate from San Joaquin Delta College this week and get sworn in (宣誓就职) as a Modest o police officer.
“The day before, we were practicing rehearsals (排练) at the academy for our graduation, and then I came home that afternoon and talked to my wife. And then, next thing you know, we had to go down to the hospital that night, and I had to call the academy staff and my department and let them know I wasn’t going to make it to graduation,” Trent Kersey, 25, told Good Morning America (GMA).
The father of two said it felt “bittersweet” to not be able to share the milestone with his fellow classmates, but at the same time, he was “excited” to meet his son and be there for his family. But what happened next was another big surprise.
“My sergeant (中士) was just checking in on me, making sure things were OK. And then he reached out to me and said, ‘Hey, how would you feel about me, the chief and other higher-ups in the department coming by and swearing you in at the hospital?’” he recalled.
“I said, ‘That’d be awesome. I’d be honored,’” Trent Kersey told GMA.
With the hospital’s approval, the Modesto Police Department brought the ceremonial swearing-in event to Victoria Kersey’s hospital room.
Frank Inacio, one of the Modesto Police Department staffers, said the unusual swearing-in ceremony was an example of how the Modesto Police Department tries to emphasize a “family-first” approach for their community. “Policemen are people too. We’re not just out there doing a job. It proves that we care about families and what’s going on in the community. It shines a positive light on people working in law enforcement (执行),” he said.
1. What do the underlined words “threw a wrench into” probably mean in Paragraph 3?| A．Made up. | B．Messed up. | C．Stuck to. | D．Brought forth. |
| A．Disappointed. | B．Angry. | C．Optimistic. | D．Complicated. |
| A．This gesture will warm other officers’ hearts. |
| B．Family should be put in the first place at any time. |
| C．It is lucky enough for Kersey to swear in at a hospital. |
| D．He felt surprised to attend this special ceremony. |
| A．A police officer benefited from the policy of “family-first”. |
| B．A police officer realized his childhood dream. |
| C．A police officer got sworn in with his newborn son at a hospital. |
| D．A police officer’s son was born on the day when he was scheduled to be sworn in. |
