1 . 用方框中的单词完成下列短文，每个单词只能使用一次。

A. pleasant B. worthwhile C. lanes D. complaints E. appreciate F. hit G cold H. sample   I. rising , J . differently K. identically

I am not an enthusiastic air traveler. Bustling through airports, getting checked by security, and standing in lines leave me     1    . But road trips are different. While the transit time is longer, opportunities to get off the beaten path(常走的路) make it     2    . I see places and interact with people and cultures that I otherwise tend to miss, rediscovering how far you can go and how much you can experience without leaving the United States. So, when my son said he wanted to tour the Kansas State University campus after receiving an admission offer, we threw our luggage and a case of bottled water in the car and     3     the highway. One attraction of traveling at the speed of a car is the transitions. Arizona's Meteor Crater(陨石坑), Two Guns, and Painted Desert give way to New Mexican villages, then farm towns. Red rocks become open plains and grain elevators are the only features     4     above endless miles of flatness.

That flatness poses an unexpected challenge when there's nothing to step behind. Eating on the road can also be a challenge. For basic food, Anthony and I relied on Subway sandwich shops, which offer the same reliable fare(饭菜) at every location. While not exactly a     5     of local cuisine, they didn't leave us regretting lunch when we returned to clocking miles. Salads were curiously difficult to find in the college town of Manhattan, Kansas, although we had no     6     about the burgers and barbecue.

In contrast to airport excursions, which often feature conflicts and even confrontations, our trip was entirely     7    . When you meet folks in their natural environment after hours of changing scenery, it's easier to remember just how big the world is and to     8     that many of its inhabitants are perfectly happy living     9    , and there's no reason they shouldn't be.

As it turned out, the greatest source of stress was the frequent reminder that my son changes     10     like he's afraid of missing a sharp turn. Fortunately, that's a travel headache that can be fixed.

3 . 选词填空

creation   composer   view   inspire   graduate   with   study   make   musical   effort   stage   clerk   see   function   board

The virtual choir was the idea of award-winning     1     and conductor Eric Whitacre. Born in the USA on 2 January 1970, Whitacre began studying music at the University of Nevada in 1988. He fell in love     2     Mozart’s classical music when he sang for the university choir. Moved by this music, he said, “It was like seeing color for the first time.” He     3     from university in 1995, and then received a master’s degree in     4     composition from the Juilliard School in New York in 1997. Over the next 10 years, Whitacre’s original compositions began to become quite popular among choirs and singers. This led to the     5     of the virtual choir.

In 2009, Whitacre received a video of a girl who was singing one of his works.     6    , he asked his fans to     7     videos, which he then joined together into one performance. His first virtual choir, “Lux Aurumque”, had 185 singers from 12 different countries. It has received millions of     8     on the Internet. Since then, the virtual choir has become a worldwide phenomenon. Whitacre’s next     9     was the Virtual Youth Choir for UNICEF, which was first seen on     10     on 23 July 2014 in the UK. Altogether, 2,292 young people from 80 countries joined in to sing Whitacre’s song “What If”.

4 . Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in each blank with a proper word given in the box.Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one more word than you need.

A. locals       B decrease       C. experienced       D.positive     E.popularity     F.efficiently G. focus       H. increase     I. respectful     J. protect        K.fiercely

Eco-tourism involves people travelling to beautiful but environmental sensitive place. Such trips are usually carried out with a(n)    1    guide. Over recent years, this type of travel has been steadily gaining    2    as more people search for new travel experiences.

It is obvious that eco-tourism is beneficial in many aspects. First, all the money spent by the tourists is used to    3    the important environmental spots they visit. Second,it helps visitors to better understand the environment, which is sure to    4    their knowledge of the world. Furthermore, this style of travel is also more    5    of the local culture.

Compared to normal tourists, eco-tourist use energy more    6    , save water and produce less rubbish by finding ways to recycle it. These behaviors have a(n)    7    and lasting effect on the local environment.

Two things are needed to make eco-tourism a success. First, it should be done in small groups. And second, because it requires great effort, both eco-tourists and    8    must be sincere in their devotion to improving the environment. Green travel provides local people with jobs in parks, hotels and shops. One great achievement of eco-tourism has been the    9    of ilegal hunting. Former hunters can now work as guides to help keep the animals safe in their natural surroundings. Peru is one country using eco-tourism to promote respect for the environment. It's able to take better care of its rainforests because of    10    on more sustainable travel. In addition to this, local people's living-standards have improved. Many others are now following Peru's example and using eco-tourism to preserve their environment for the future generations.

6 . Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A.kill   B.connection   C.powered   D.manufacturer   E. potential   F.expected   G.catch   H.developed   I. reported J. react K.measured

Love it or hate it, flying is necessary if we want to get to a faraway destination (目的地). For those of us who love to read e-books or listen to music on our phone to     1     the time, however, taking a flight in China can be a boring experience.

This is because Chinese airlines didn’t allow smartphones to be     2     on during flights, even in flight mode (模式). The reason behind the ban is something called electronic interference (电磁干扰). According to a study by plane     3     Boeing in 2014 published by CNN, electromagnetic interference can sometimes cause flight equipment to     4    .

During the study, Kenny Kirchoff, a Boeing engineer,     5     the radio signals sent out by a laptop’s (笔记本电脑的) Wi-Fi radio. He found that some of the signals from the laptop actually jump over the limit, which means there’s a     6     that this piece of equipment could interfere with [plane instruments]. This issue is worse with mobile phones, which constantly send and receive strong signals while they search for a     7     to the network. Even in flight mode, many phones still do this. Despite this, there were just 29 cases of electromagnetic interference caused by mobile phones     8     worldwide between 2003 and 2009, according to CNN. Besides, the instruments in modern planes are protected from electronic interference by metal “shields (护罩)”.

Many Chinese airlines are now     9     to allow passengers to use their smartphones freely, meaning that we can finally     10     up on our favorite books and songs while at 30,000 feet in the air.

8 . 选词填空

A. Kindness B. saved C. stopped D. surprise E. daughter F. stranger G. unable H. dead I. pulled J. mechanic K. explained

I was halfway across Indiana headed home to Kentucky when my car broke down. My phone was     1    , too. I managed to get to a gas station, but it was Sunday in the early fall, and there was no     2     on duty. I was working my way through university then and had little money for maintaining the car.

I sat alongside my car for several hours trying to beat the heat when an older gentleman     3     to fuel his car. He asked about my car, and I     4     my predicament (困境). To my     5    , the gentleman told me that he had a daughter my age, and then he opened his trunk and pulled out a tool set.

Right then and there, this total     6     examined my engine, explaining as he worked that my spark plugs (火花塞) hadn’t been changed for so long that they were     7     to function. After about an hour, he pronounced that my car was safe to finish the trip.

    8     came at the hands of a stranger. Soiling his clothes, working on a hot September afternoon, this man     9     a college student from disaster, just because she could have been his     10    .