1 . 阅读下面短文，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。

There is no doubt that humankind dreams of making Mars our second home. However, sending people there will require all the skills, courage and     1     (intelligent) of the human race. While the Moon can be reached within days, it would take months to reach Mars,     2     (travel) through dangerous solar radiation. And even if the first settlers do reach Mars safely, staying alive will be     3    daily challenge, but as proved by the Biosphere experiment, not impossible.

As early as the 1980s, scientists were building Biosphere 2 in the Arizona desert. It consisted of a closed space    4     people, animals and plants could live together. The “closed” concept meant that the space was designed     5     (function) with its own oxygen, food and water, needing nothing from the outside world.     6     the two-year experiment was not a success, it did provide us with a better understanding of how humans might be able to live on another planet. More recently, scientists     7     (succeed) in growing a variety of plants in an environment similar to that on Mars. That     8     (definite) is a big step forward.

For now, human settlement of Mars is still     9     (decade) away. In the meantime, scientific research shows that the planet Earth is getting     10     (warm). This change is having a terrible effect on the biosphere.

2 . "Changing the world" might seem like an unrealistic goal. When faced with huge problems such as air pollution or energy shortages, where do you start? Taoyuan-based Gogoro believes you start with a scooter.

Proof of concept In 2015, Gogoro broke onto the scene by releasing an electric scooter called the Smartscooter. Unlike most electric scooters, this one wouldn't need to be plugged in to recharge. Instead, users would stop by GoStations to exchange drained batteries for fully charged ones. Gogoro was taking a risk. If people were not happy with the system of changing batteries the whole project could fail. They didn't need to worry, though. Only one year later Gogoro sold their 10,000th Smartscooter!

Setting the bar Fast forward to 2019 and the release of the Series 3 Smartscooter. Gogoro scooters are as popular and revolutionary as ever. Their bright colors are chosen by Beatrice Santiccioli, a famous color designer who helped shape major brands like Apple, Nike and Swatch. In addition to the scooters' bright colors, plenty of cool accessories (配件) are available so you can make your scooter your own. But most important of all, Gogoro continues to pave the way toward a future of responsible energy consumption.

Looking forward Multiple cities and countries have committed to making their transportation all-electric in the coming years, and Gogoro is helping make that possible. Ordered a package? Companies like DHL and Taiwan Post now have fleets of Smartscooters to make deliveries. Need a ride? Unlock a Gogoro in Berlin, Paris or Madrid, thanks to scooter sharing services. The Smartscooter is definitely ingenious, but there's more "At Gogoro, I think the essential thing is that we want to change how people use energy. And the Smartscooter is only the beginning," says Horace Luke, Gogoro co-founder and CEO. This is where the GoStation comes in.

Tomorrow's energy Gostations are Al-equipped. They track battery health to maximize each battery's life. They recharge batteries during off-peak hours to reduce strain on the city's power grid (输电网). But they also learn when users usually visit and prioritize supplying charged batteries at those times. The fact of the matter is, cities are only getting bigger. There are already dozens of megacities (特大城市) in the world, and there will only be more in the future. Gogoro's dream is the transformation of megacities into smart cities, where power is plentiful and responsible. They hope to be a big part of that transformation.

1. Compared with other electric scooters, the Smartscooter ______.

A．can recharge itself in Gostations in megacities

B．only needs to change batteries in Gostations

C．wouldn't need to be recharged at all in life

D．can be recharged by its users in Gostations

2. Gogoro scooters are popular and revolutionary mainly because ______.

A．their colors are chosen by a famous color designer

B．their colors are different from those of others

C．it is a good way for people to consume energy

D．it can help us solve the problem of energy shortage

3. What can we conclude from the passage?

A．The more megacities there are, the more GoStations may appear.

B．GoStations will soon entirely take the place of traditional stations.

C．People need not go to GoStations especially during peak hours.

D．More megacities will appear throughout the world in the future.

3 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。续写的词数应为150左右。

I have seen amazing things.

My first visit was to a space station considered the most modern in space. Described as an enormous round plate, it spins slowly in space to imitate the pull of the earth’s gravity. Inside was an exhibition of the most up-to-date inventions of the 31^st century. A guide showed us around along a moveable path.

Guide: Good morning to all our visitors from 2008. First we’re going to examine one of the latest forms of communication among our space citizens! Messages can now be sent using a “thoughtpad”. You place the metal band over your head, clear your mind, press the sending button, think your message and the next instant it’s sent. It’s stored on the “thoughtpad” of the receiver. It’s quick, efficient and environmentally friendly. The only limitation is if the user does not think his or her message clearly, an unclear message may be sent. But we cannot blame the tools for the faults of the user, can we?

During the explanation I looked at the pair of small objects called “thoughtpad” on a table. They just looked like metal ribbon. So ordinary but so powerful! While I was observing them, the path moved us on.

Guide: And now ladies and gentlemen, we are in the “environment area”. People used to collect waste in dustbins. Then the rubbish was sent to be buried or burned, am I right?（We nodded.）Well, now there’s a system where the waste is disposed of using the principles of ecology. A giant machine, always greedy for more, swallows all the waste available. The rubbish is turned into several grades of useful material, such as “fertilizer” for the fields and “soil” for deserts. Nothing is wasted, and everything, even plastic bags is recycled. A great idea, isn’t it?

I stared at the moving of the waste machine, absorbed by its efficiency. But again we moved on.

Part 1

Our third stop shows the changes that have happened to work practices. Manufacturing no longer takes place on earth but on space stations like this one.

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Part 2

My mind began to wander. What job would I do? My motivation increased as I thought of the wonderful world of the future.

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4 . Those who are concerned that robots are taking over the world can rest easy—for now. Though the androids have proved useful at performing ordinary tasks, they are not ready for the greatest time. At least that appears to be the case at Japan’s Henn-na Hotel chain where over half of the robot staff are being replaced by humans.

The first location of the unique hotel opened in July 2015 was at Nagasaki’s Huis Ten Bosch Theme Park. The hotel’s owner, Hideo Sawada, promised the hotel to be managed primarily by robots. Guests were greeted and checked-in by a dinosaur robot, while a cute android called Churi, placed inside each room, provided information about attractions. Not surprisingly, the lodging, recognized in 2016 as the world’s first robot-staffed hotel by Guinness World Records, drew in curious visitors from all around the world.

But as the years have passed, the hotel’s main draw is becoming less novel and more unsatisfactory. Also as the robots are “aging”, they are costing more to repair. Among the 283 androids being replaced are the chain’s two dinosaur receptionists. In addition to scaring young guests, they are also unable to photocopy guests’ passports, forcing human employees to step in each time. Also out are the cute Churi robots, which annoyed guests by interrupting their conversations. For example, one guest told The Wall Street Journal that Churi mistook his snoring for a command and kept asking him to repeat his request all night.

Sawada told The Wall Street Journal, “When you actually use robots you realize there are places where they aren’t needed—or just annoy people.” While Sawada may be cutting back on his use of androids, the recently-opened Smart LYZ Hotel and the Fly Zoo Hotel in China, are run entirely by robots, with not a human in sight. Whether the employees have more competence than those “hired” by the Henn-na Hotel chain remains to be seen.

1. What makes Japan’s Henn-na Hotel unique?

A．Its robot employees.	B．Its advanced equipment.
C．Its convenient location.	D．Its successful management.

2. What is the author’s purpose with the example in paragraph 3?

A．To entertain readers.	B．To prove Churi’s drawback.
C．To introduce Churi’s functions.	D．To persuade people not to book the hotel.

3. What does the owner of Japan’s Henn-na Hotel think of his robot staff now?

A．Attractive.	B．Costly.
C．Pioneering.	D．Disappointing.

4. What is the best title for the text?

A．Robots Are Taking Over the World.

B．The Boom of Robots-staffed Hotel.

C．Robot Staff Are Fired For No Competence.

D．The First Robots-staffed Hotel Won Guinness World Record.

5 . 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。

3D printing and virtual reality are cool, but when are we going to be able to clone ourselves? It'd be fantastic for    1    （we）to send our clone off to school or work and sit back and do    2    we really want to do. There have been important advances in cloning in the last several decades, leading to the    3    （success）cloning of various animals. So far, however, there    4    （be）no human clones.

In large part, cloning has been    5    victim of pop culture to the degree that the general public has grand notions of what it will be like. There is no    6    （possible）of cloning a grown version of ourselves in a matter of hours or days（like you see in the movies）.

    7    （general）, we already have the tools to make cloning happen today; we just have some moral problems     8    （overcome）before the world won't raise major alarms at scientists cloning someone. That leaves the question     9    us then, the general public, do you think cloning is okay? Would you clone a lost loved one to bring them back, or if you found yourself unable to have kids, would you clone yourself? These are the questions we must answer first before we succeed in    10    （create） human clones.

6 . 你们学校校报正在向学生征稿，稿件内容是关于未来的学校。请根据表格中记录的要点写一篇标题为“未来的学校（Future Schools）”的英语文章向校报投稿。
注意：1. 词数100左右；文章的开头已经为你写好，不计入总词数；
2. 可以适当增加细节，使行文连贯；
3. 文中不得透漏个人姓名和学校名称。

School Life: different activities; richer and more interesting; teachers and students get along well

Building and equipment: modern; easy to use; everything run by computer

Subjects: more subjects to choose from; most subjects offered on the Internet

Ways of learning: learn at school or at home; choose teachers

Future Schools

In the future, schools will be different in many ways from what they are now.

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7 . From self-driving cars to carebots for elderly people，the rapid development in technology has long represented a possible threat（威胁）to many jobs normally performed by people. But experts now believe that almost 50 percent of occupations（职业）existing today will be completely unnecessary by 2025 as artificial intelligence（AI）continues to change businesses.

“The next fifteen years will see a change in how we work，and a change will necessarily take place in how we plan and think about workplaces，”said Peter Andrew，director of Workplace Strategy for CBRE Asia Pacific. A growing number of jobs in the future will require creative intelligence，social skills and the ability to use artificial intelligence.

The report is based on interviews with 200 experts，business leaders and young people from Asia Pacific，Europe and North America. It shows that in the US technology already destroys more jobs than it creates. But the report states，“Losing occupations does not necessarily mean losing jobs—just changing what people do.”Growth in new jobs could occur as much，according to the research.“The growth of companies that have the speed and technological knowledge will directly challenge big companies，”it states.

A report by Pew Research Center found 52 percent of experts in artificial intelligence and robotics were optimistic about the future and believed there would still be enough jobs in the next few years.“The optimists pictured a future in which robots do not take the place of more jobs than they create，”according to Aaron Smith，the report’s co-author.

“Technology will continue to affect jobs，but more jobs seem likely to be created. Although there have always been people out of work，when we reach a few billion people there will be billions of jobs. There is no shortage of things that need to be done and that will not change，”Microsoft’s Jonathan Grudin told researchers.

1. What is the first paragraph mainly about?

A．The result of job reduction.

B．The fast development of Al.

C．The future life of elderly people.

D．The influence of technology on jobs.

2. What will people most probably do in the future?

A．Take the place of AI.

B．Work in a traditional way.

C．Take up jobs requiring creativity.

D．Enjoy life without working anymore.

3. What can be known from Grudin’s words in the last paragraph？

A．More people will not have a job.

B．More jobs tend to appear in the future.

C．Job competition is likely to grow sharper.

D．Technology will have less control over jobs.

4. What is the best title for the text？

A．Are People Losing Their Jobs？

B．The Requirements for Future Jobs

C．The Challenging Life in the Future

D．Does Technology Simplify Everything？

8 . Each of Apple’s products such as the iPhone and the iPad sounds cool and has become a fashion. Apple has cleverly taken advantage of the power of the letter “i”, and many other brands are following suit. The BBC iPlayer, which allows Web users to watch TV programs on the Internet, used the title in 2008. A lovely bear — popular in the US and the UK — that plays music and video is called iTeddy. A simplified version of The Independent was launched in 2010 under the name i.

In general, single-letter prefixes(前缀) have been popular since the 1990s, when terms such as e-mail and e-commerce first came into use.

Most “i” products are aimed at young people and considering the major readers of The Independent’s sister paper I, it’s no surprise that they’ve selected this fashionable name.

But it’s hard to see what’s so special about the letter “i”. Why not use “a” , “b”, or “c” instead? According to Tony Thorne, former Director of the Language Centre at King’s College London, “i” works because its meaning has become unclear. “When Apple uses ‘I’, no one knows whether it means the Internet, information, individual or interactive,” Thorne told BBC Magazines. “Even when Apple created the iPad, it seems it didn’t have one clear definition,” he said.

“However, thanks to Apple, the term is now connected with portability (轻便),” added Thorne.

Clearly the letter “i” also agrees with the idea that the Western world is centered on the individual. Each person believes they have their own needs, and they love personalized products for this reason.

Along with “Google” and “blog”, readers of BBC Magazines voted “i” as one of the top 20 words that have come to define the last decade.

But as history shows, people grow tired of fashion. From the 1900s to the 1990s, products with “2000” in their names became fashionable as the year was connected with all things advanced and modern.

However, as we entered the new century, the trend unavoidably disappeared.

1. Why do people use iPlayer?

A．To listen to music.

B．To make a call.

C．To watch TV programs online.

D．To read newspapers.

2. What is The Independent’s sister paper i aimed at?

A．Engineers.

B．Young readers.

C．Fashionable women.

D．Old readers.

3. Nowadays, the term “i” often makes people think of the products which are ________.

A．easy to carry

B．environmentally friendly

C．advanced

D．personalized

4. What is implied in the last paragraph?

A．“i” products are often of high quality.

B．Actually nobody likes products with “2000”.

C．Fashion is closely connected with time.

D．The popularity of “i” products may not last long.

9 . As I enter my 40s, I’ve noticed many of my parents’ generation think social networking is something they are simply unable to understand. They fear that, should they try, they will somehow get it wrong; they will say the wrong thing, do the wrong thing or behave in a way that causes embarrassment. But there are some secrets of social media for them to consider.

Here’s the first secret: everyone feels this way. I recently met a young actor who was complaining that her work demands that she join Microblog, but she always feels like she doesn’t have anything smart to say. It’s the same resistance (抵制). I hear from the older generation, who, however, have somehow believed that age is the barrier (障碍), rather than the differences of personal taste.

Here’s the second secret: everybody uses it for more or less the same reasons. Older generations often sign up to stay in touch with children and relatives. We talk about this kind of communication like it’s some old-fashioned activity, but it is exactly why younger people use social media. The truth is that most people use social media to gently keep an eye on one another, to see how those they care about are doing without needing to ring them up on the phone every night.

And this is the last secret: everyone gets to use them in their own way. Newcomers—younger and older—who worry about “getting it right” are thinking that there’s a right way to get them. But actually there isn’t. Personally, I talk a lot on Microblog. And some people post nothing and they use social media every day as readers. Social media companies would rather see people decorating their networks with pictures and posts, but there’s no rule against being a fly on the wall. It’s also a fine way to get involved.

Were quick to forget that the web wasn’t invented by 13-year-olds; it was created by today’s seniors. I’d never try forcing those with no interest in social networks to use Microblog. But don’t let the talk of age divides put you off. There’s nothing to stop the older generation from joining in the network their own generation created.

1. What’s the author’s purpose of writing this passage?

A．To share with us his personal experience using social media.

B．To explain why the old generation don’t use social media.

C．To free the old generation from fearing using social media.

D．To tell us a few secrets of social media that he discovered.

2. The expression “a fly on the wall” in the 4th paragraph refers to            .

A．people who prefer reading online books

B．people who cause trouble to others

C．people who post many fancy pictures

D．people who simply observe others’ posts

3. According to the author, which is a reason for old people’s fear using social media?

A．They believe they may be trapped in embarrassing situations.

B．They have no particular interest in social networking.

C．They prefer staying in touch with relatives in real life.

D．They have no idea which contents to post online.

4. Which of the following may best describe the structure of this passage?

A．	B．
C．	D．

10 . When people find out that I am a journalist, they often ask me: What do you think about the future of newspapers?

I tell them that I think the future of communications is moving online. People expect me to be fearful for the future of print. After all, in some people's minds I wouldn't be able to build a career in journalism if it all moves online. However, strangely enough, I’m actually comforted by the fact that online journalism is becoming usual. I am a blogger who has always been able to find a home for my writing online.

Since I began writing blogs, I have become aware of how many people you can reach with online writing. Compare this to the newspapers circulation base, and you will have a strong reason for online journalism.

In her successful blog post titled The Job I have spent the last year learning is not the one I will have, author Jenny Surane states, "Print is an expensive product to love. And general managers, publishers and editors must now figure out a profitable way to get their news into readers' heads.” She goes on to state that people don't feel like picking up a newspaper now and would rather scroll(滚屏) through their Twitter feed, and get news from many different sources.

If print is dying, then a new form of communicating information is being born. The need for information has not died. If anything, it has increased. What has died, rather, is the way in which information is presented.

Now more than ever, in this age of information, there is a desire for stories on the same topic from different points of view. The printing industry can keep pate with the need of providing a variety of sources, if it chooses to.

Is the future of print grim? Maybe, But is the future of journalism of communicating information to people, grim as well? Definitely not.

1. According to Paragraph 2, the author feels        .

A．confident about the future of his career

B．worried about the future of print

C．tired of being a newspaper journalist

D．embarrassed about online writing

2. What information is conveyed in Jenny's blog post?^,

A．Twitter is not very popular

B．It is hard to manage online journalism

C．Prim still has its advantages

D．People have more choices to get information

3. What does the underlined word “grim” in the last paragraph probably mean?

A．Promising	B．Depressing
C．Unforgiving	D．Encouraging

4. What is the author’s purpose in writing the text?

A．To explore the future of journalism

B．To analyze the cause of print decline

C．To explain the bright future of a journalist

D．To introduce a successful blog post about print