1 . Officials of Detroit, Michigan, have equipped a piece of road with new technology designed to charge electric vehicles (EVs) on the path. The roadway is meant to serve as a demonstration project for the technology, which could be expanded to larger road systems.

The system uses a series of copper wires placed underneath the road. These wires have the ability to send electricity through a magnetic field to charge an EV’s battery. Charging can happen while the car is driving or sitting above the equipment. Electreon says the electric road system is safe for people and animals walking over it and does not harm drivers.

The technology was created by Electreon, a developer of wireless charging solutions for EVs. Stefan Tongur, Electreon’s vice president of business development, told The Associated Press EVs require special equipment to receive the wireless signal. “The technology is smart,” Tongur said, and “knows who you are...”

The electrified road stretches about one half-kilometer. It will be used to test and improve the technology in preparation for wider releases. Tongur said the project aims to “demonstrate how wireless charging unlocks widespread EV adoption, addressing limited range, grid (电网) limitations, and battery size and costs.” He looks forward to a future in which, in his words, “EVs are the norm, not the exception.”

Michigan’s Department of Transportation (DOT) signed a five-year agreement with Electreon to develop the roadway charging system. Officials have said they plan to build another electrified stretch of road in another part of the city. Michigan transportation officials say the wireless-charging roadway project has helped position the state and city of Detroit as national leaders in EV technology. “In Michigan, we want to stay ahead of the curve,” Michigan DOT Director Bradley C.Wieferich told the AP.

1. What is the new technology intended to do?

A．Improve EVs’ batteries.	B．Demonstrate a project.
C．Expand road systems.	D．Supply power to EVs.

2. What do we know about the electric road system?

A．People and animals may get an electric shock near it.

B．EVs are charged through contact with its copper wires.

C．It charges EVs only if they stay still on the equipment.

D．A special device is needed to pick up its wireless signals.

3. Which of the following can best replace the underlined phrase “stay ahead of the curve”?

A．Develop more smoothly.	B．Make progress in the industry.
C．Take the lead in the field.	D．Achieve a goal ahead of time.

4. What is Bradley’s attitude towards the project?

A．Positive.

B．Negative.

C．Objective.

D．Skeptical.

2 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入 1 个适合的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

I went to a classical music concert yesterday and I loved it.     1     I particularly experienced in a different way is how much I appreciated the musicians. I am so grateful for the gifts     2    (share) by the musicians with the audience     3     I’ll carry this special feeling along with me.

I have noticed how the music can change one’s view, and I am thankful for the way musicians work to the best of their     4     (able) to provide this music for their audience. This newfound appreciation is thanks to the kindness that I have been allowed     5     (develop) here on KindSpring and from   all of you KindSpringers.

On the topic of classical music, I always loved the clapping and the cheering     6     come at the end of a concert.     7     (specific) in classical music concerts the applause can last to six or seven minutes. It always     8     (lift) my spirit, but now I know that it’s    9     it is an act of gratitude (感激) to the musicians and the music. Thanks to classical music concerts, I’ll never fail to carry on     10    the act.

3 . On Monday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention predicted that 42% of Americans could be overweight by 2030. Our expanding bodies not only lead to a medical problem, but also endanger personal safety in some situations — in an airplane crash, for example, according to a recent article in The New York Times.

The New York Times’ Christine Negroni reports that engineers and scientists are questioning whether airplane seats are designed to protect overweight travelers. Government standards (标准) for airplane seat strength — first set more than 60 years ago — require that the seats be made for a passenger weighing 170 pounds. Today, the average American man weighs nearly 194 pounds and the average woman 165 pounds.

Negroni reports:

“If a heavier person completely fills a seat, the seat is not likely to behave as designed during a crash,” Robert Salzar, the leading scientist at the Center for Applied Biomechanics at the University of Virginia. “The energy that is built into the aircraft seat is likely to be overpowered and the passengers will not be   protected properly” .

“Nor would the injury be limited to that passenger only,” Dr. Salzar said. “If a seat or a seat belt fails,” he said, “those people who are seated nearby could not be safe from ‘the uncontrolled movements of the passenger’.”

Most complaints about airplane seats focus on their lack of comfort and high ticket price, and whether overweight passengers should be made to buy two seats. But The New York Times’ article brings up another reason to feel anxious about flying. Investigators got in touch with the airplane seat and seat belt makers, but they refused to talk about the problem. Experts agreed that crash testing should be done with over-weighted dummies (人体模型). Both airplane seats and seat belts should be tested, they said.

Fortunately, however, according to Nora Marshall, a senior adviser at the National Transportation Safety Board, the board’s investigators have never seen an accident involving a commercial plane in which the weight of a passenger was a problem.

1. What is the article in The New York Times mainly about?

A．The size of airplane seats and seat belts.

B．Safety of overweight airplane passengers.

C．Airplane crashes.

D．A medical problem caused by being overweight.

2. Robert Salzar would probably agree that ________.

A．overweight passengers should buy two seats

B．the government should help produce safer planes

C．standards for airplane seat strength should be raised

D．passengers should know how to protect themselves

3. We can learn from the text that ________.

A．airplane seat makers have taken action now

B．there are few complaints about airplane seats

C．those seated near the overweight may suffer, too

D．only a small number of airplane accidents result from the overweight

4. What is the best title for the text?

A．Why do passengers Feel Anxious about Flying?

B．Will 42% of Americans Be Overweight by 2030?

C．When Will the Overweight Enjoy Their Flight?

D．Are Airplane Seats Safe Enough for the Overweight?

4 . 假定你是李华，上周你校举办了主题为“阳光校园，魅力足球”（Sunshine Campus, Charming Football）的足球赛活动。请你为校英文报写一篇报道，内容包括：
1. 时间和地点；2. 活动情况；3. 活动反响。
注意：1. 写作词数应为80左右；
2. 请在答题卡的相应位置作答。
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5 . “Everything happens for the best,” my mother said whenever I faced disappointment. “If you can carry on, one day something good will happen. And you’ll realize that it wouldn’t have happened if not for that previous disappointment.”

Mother was right, as I discovered after graduating from college in 1932. I had decided to try for a job in radio, then work my way up to sports announcer. I hitchhiked (搭便车) to Chicago and knocked on the door of every station-and got turned down every time. In one studio, a kind lady told me that in most cases big stations couldn’t risk hiring inexperienced person. “Go out in the remote areas and find a small station that’ll give you a chance,” she said. I went back home to Dixon, Illinois.

While there was no radio-announcing jobs in Dixon, my father said Montgomery Ward had opened a store and wanted a local athlete to manage its sports department. Since Dixon was where I had played high school football, I applied. The job sounded just right for me.

But I wasn’t hired. My disappointment must have shown. “Everything happens for the best,” Mom reminded me. Dad offered me the car to hunt for jobs. I tried WOC Radio in Davenport, Iowa. The program director, a wonderful Scotsman named Peter MacArthur, told me they had already hired an announcer.

As I left his office, my frustration boiled over (沸溢，发怒). I asked aloud, “How can a fellow get to be a sport announcer if he can’t get a job in a radio station?” I was waiting for the elevator when I heard MacArthur calling, “What was that you said about sports? Do you know anything about football?” Then he stood me before a microphone and asked me to broadcast an imaginary game. The preceding autumn, my team had won a game in the last 20 seconds with a 65-yard run. I did a 15-minute boost to that play, and Peter told me I would be broadcasting Saturday’s game!

On my way home, as I have many times since, I thought of my mother’s words: “If you carry on, one day something good will happen. Something wouldn’t have happened if not for that previous disappointment”.

1. What is concluded from the passage is that ______.

A．the frustration of the author prevented him from performing well at WOC Radio

B．both of the author’s parents showed support when he was trying to search for a job

C．Peter MacArthur recognize the author’s talent in broadcasting after reading his resume

D．the author lost all his hope and courage when he was turned down by Montgomery Ward

2. The reason why the author wasn’t hired in Chicago was probably that ______.

A．he showed no confidence at the stations	B．there were no job available at the stations
C．he had no experience in radio broadcasting	D．there were too many people competing with him

3. What does the word “boost” in the last but one paragraph mean?

A．requirement

B．encouragement

C．enjoyment

D．amazement

4. What lesson can you learn from the author’s experience in the passage?

A．No cross, no crown	B．Prevention is better than cure
C．Well begun is half done	D．Rome was not built in a day

6 . Mary Dickins had been a member of the audience at poetry nights before and knew “the poetry clap”. She made a polite tapping of fingers. But when she made her debut (首次演出) as a performer at the age of 62 at the legendary Bang Said the Gun night in south London, she said, “It was so wild — like nothing I had ever seen before.” The audience stamped their feet and shook shakers. “It felt transformative. I thought, ‘I’ve got to have more of this,’ ” Dickins said. Becoming a performance poet has given her a place on a stage of her own making.

All her life she has written is mostly without being seen or heard. Her mother died when she was nine, and, after she went into a care home at 13, Dickins’ writing stayed in notebooks. Really, she says, a lot of her adult life has been about getting over childhood shyness. At university — she studied education — she met her husband of 40 years, but in three years of seminars she did not say a word. Some of these results from her years at the children’s home. She says, “It gave me a sense of what it’s like to be excluded. I never fitted in anywhere.”

After she graduated, she discovered that she loved working with people with learning disabilities. She became an expert in inclusive education. “That was my niche (称心的职业),” she says. She published books and returned to the University of North London as a senior lecturer in early childhood studies.

Dickins now sees that in adulthood she has been giving herself permission to be silly. “The sillier I allow myself to be, the better the writing is,” she says. Her observations are humorous.

“Putting things into words and giving shape to your emotions is an important part of coming to terms with the things that happen in life,” she says.

Does she still feel like an outsider?

“I think I’ve made it into a virtue. I celebrate the fact that I don’t fit into a box. Finally! You have to wait till you’re 62 to feel confident!” she says. “But I have a sense of who I am and I’m proud of it. I wouldn’t be anyone else now — and it took me a long time to say that.”

1. How did Dickins feel about her debut?

A．Nervous.

B．Anxious.

C．Encouraged.

D．Relieved.

2. Why was Dickins lacking in a sense of belonging?

A．Her early stay at the care home.

B．Her inexperienced writing skills.

C．Her struggle with her university studies.

D．Her poor relationship with her husband.

3. How does writing benefit Dickins?

A．It helps her land a good job.

B．It develops her sense of humor.

C．It makes her overcome her learning disabilities.

D．It enables her to get on well with her life.

4. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?

A．Mary Dickins’ First Performance

B．Mary Dickins’ New Start after 60

C．Mary Dickins’ Troubled Writing Career

D．Mary Dickins’ Influence on Performance Poets