1 . If you had boarded a passenger plane in 1950, you would have seen five people in the cockpit (驾驶舱): two pilots, a radio operator, a navigator and a flight engineer. Over the years, technical advances have gradually removed the need for the last three, leaving just two pilots. That has been the norm (标准) in commercial aviation for decades.

However, things could be simplified further — one of the two remaining pilots could soon go. Many military aircraft are already manned by a single pilot, and for commercial aviation this would mean stepping into a brave new world.

But how will airlines make this brave innovation come true? One way is to greatly increase automation in the cockpit, devoting more tasks to computers. Another is to shift the same tasks from the cockpit to the ground. “The latter approach seems to be more workable, at least in the short term, because much of what is required already exists,” says Patrick Smith, an airline pilot flying Boeing 767 aircraft. “A trained ground operator could observe a number of flights at once and even fully control the plane remotely if needed.”

It’s true that single-pilot operations could help airlines save money, but there is another reason which makes them quicken their pace for this crucial breakthrough. Boeing predicts a need for 600,000 new pilots in the next two decades, but by some estimates, there will be a deficit (赤字) of at least 34,000 pilots globally by 2025. Reducing the number of pilots on some crews or aircraft could lessen the impact of this.

Perhaps the biggest barrier to a single pilot will be selling the idea to passengers. In 2019, Don Hairis, a professor at Coventry University, conducted a survey on the prospect of flying on an airliner with just one pilot. Just a minority of participants said they’d be willing to take that flight, and the general idea was that removing a pilot increased the possibility of accidents. In the study, Harris concluded that the single-crew airliner would be still probably 20 years away.

1. What is the potential trend in commercial aviation according to the text?

A．It will make air travel eco-friendly.

B．It will switch to single-pilot operations.

C．It will tighten its flight control for safety concerns.

D．It will bring in many military aircraft to the industry.

2. What does Patrick Smith think is a quick way to realize airlines’ brave innovation?

A．Raising the standards in admitting new pilots.	B．Making pilots adaptable to different situations.
C．Using computers to automate the flight process.	D．Gaining piloting support from ground operators.

3. What does the underlined word “this” in paragraph 4 refer to?

A．The shortage of pilots.	B．The need for new airlines.
C．The airlines’ brave innovation.	D．The financial problem airlines face.

4. What can be inferred from Don Harris’ study?

A．The prospect of single-crew airliners is bright.

B．It's urgent that airlines reduce airplane accidents.

C．Passengers are willing to try new types of airplanes.

D．Airlines have a long way to go before the innovation occurs.

2 . Many people are ________ (对……有偏见的) women，and they especially have ________(很强的偏见) women in politics.So we have been working hard to ________(克服他们的偏见)．Now the situation is improving. (根据汉语提示完成句子)

3 . The statistics ___________ a change in people’s spending habits.
这些统计资料显示出人们的消费习惯发生了变化。

4 . ______ that there is another football match on the air this evening.

A．It says

B．It was said

C．It is said

D．What was said

5 . ________(stretch) over 1,038 kilometers, the winding Binhai Avenue is an important sightseeing road in Yantai,along which visitors can enjoy the endless sea. (所给词的适当形式填空)

6 . 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。

When Zhi Yueying, then 19, went to the remote Niyang village in Fengxin County, Jiangxi Province,     1     (work) as a village teacher in 1980, villagers didn’t believe she would stay long because a number of voluntary teachers had left soon after their     2     (arrive) . However, it was not until three decades later     3     Zhi left the village and went to an even more remote village school in the mountains.

    4     (bear) in Nanchang city in 1961, Zhi applied to work as a teacher at the primary school in Niyang village after graduation, though her mother strongly disagree     5     her.

Over the past four decades, Zhi     6     (devote) herself to rural education. She won China Central Television’s Touching China awards that recognize the most     7     (inspire) role models in 2016. Besides, she     8     (award) as a model poverty fighter by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council, China’s Cabinet, earlier this year.

Zhi has a profound understanding of     9     importance of education in the mountains. “Education is a    10     (vital) important part of our efforts to help people escape poverty sand children who live in the mountains can only change their lives through schooling,” says Zhi.

7 . 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。

In Xixian county, located in Linfen, Shanxi province, a smart pear orchard (果园)     1     (stretch) 33.3 hectares (公顷) has been developed with the     2     (assist) of the Shanxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences.

In this orchard, every pear is given     3     unique QR code that enables monitoring of the entire growth process. “The QR code serves     4     an ID card, recording the life of a pear,” said Wang Yibo, an agriculture official from the county.

    5     (establish) in 2020, the smart orchard is operated with the help of cutting-edge technologies such as the internet, big data, cloud computing and the internet of things. There are 64 villages in the county     6     rely on pears as their primary industry,     7     (account) for 80 percent of the farmers’ income.

So far, Xixian     8     (build) a smart agriculture integration platform made up of 12 systems, including water-fertilizer     9     (integrate) management, disease and insect monitoring, and the monitoring and evaluation of the quality of the land.

According to Wang, the platform not only helps with production but also promotes sales, as its tracking system can collect first-hand marketing feedback data. Pear farmers can learn about the market demand through the system to     10     (accurate) identify their customers and carry out targeted promotions.

8 . People will tell you the only way to really learn a language is to completely immerse(浸入)yourself in a country where that language is spoken. Not all language learners, of course, will have the opportunity to spend some time in an immersion environment. But if you can't actually fly across the world to learn a new language, you can always create an immersion environment where you can talk to native speakers.

That's where Babbel comes in. Babbel is one of the most popular language learning apps on the market for studying new languages at your own pace. The app emphasises real-life conversational skills, so you won't be stopped by grammatical structures and verb patterns.

And right now, you can get 15%off a lifetime subscription (订阅)to Babbel Language Learning（$150; stacksocial. com）.A lifetime subscription is huge when it comes to getting the most out of the app, since you'll be able to return to lessons time and time again and brush up on whichever section or topic you might need.

So how does it all work? First, you'll choose one of the 14 languages. While Babbel offers familiar languages like Spanish and Italian, it also offers less commonly studied ones like Polish, Indonesian and more. Once you pick your language, you'll choose a wide range of real-life topics. Each course takes about 10 to 15 minutes, so you can pick one up on the way to work, during your lunch break, or really at any point you have some time to kill.

Beyond this, Babbel includes a ton of additional features tailored to making sure you learn the language in a real, practical and accurate way. The app uses speech recognition technology to make sure your pronunciation is accurate compared with how native speakers would say certain words.

1. What does Paragraph 1 mainly tell us?

A．The terrifying experiences of travelling.	B．The importance of language learning environment.
C．Different ways to learn a new language.	D．Opportunities to communicate with native speakers.

2. What can we know about Babbel?

A．It's a tool for learning languages.	B．It is designed in various types.
C．It focuses more on grammar structures.	D．It's the most popular app in the market.

3. What should the users do first to learn with the app?

A．Choose the place to learn a course.	B．Pick the language they want to learn.
C．Calculate the reading time.	D．Choose a proper topic.

4. Why does Babbel use speech recognition technology?

A．To represent its additional features.	B．To meet the needs of native speakers.
C．To compare differences between words.	D．To make the pronunciation correct.

9 . 汉译英
1. transmit   v.传输；发送→     __________     n. 传送；传输，播送
2. disappoint   v.使失望；使破灭→     __________   adj.失望的；沮丧的→     __________   adj.令人失望的；令人沮丧的→     __________   n.失望；沮丧
3. desire   n.渴望；欲望vt.渴望；期望→     __________     adj.值得拥有的；值得做的；想望的
4. depend   v.依赖；依靠→       __________   adj.依赖的；依靠的→     __________     n.依赖；依靠→     __________   adj.独立的；自立的→     __________       n.独立；自立；自主
5. globe   n.地球；世界；地球仪→     __________     adj.全世界的; 全球的
6. argue   v.论证；争辩；争论→   __________     n.争论；争吵；论点
7. prepare   v.准备→   __________   adj.愿意的；作好准备的→ __________ n.准备；预备；准备工作
8. analyze     v.分析→     __________   n.(对事物的）分析；分析结果（复数 __________）
9. regular   adj.定期的；经常的；正常的→     __________     adv.经常；定期地
10. limit v.限制；限定→ __________ n.限制；限度；界限→   __________ adj.有限的→   __________ adj.无限的，无尽的
11. mystery     n.神秘事物；迷→     __________     adj.神秘的；难以理解得；不可思议的
12. attach   vt.系；绑；贴→   __________   adj.非常喜欢……的；从属于……的→   __________   n.附属物；附件；依恋，爱慕

10 . 根据课文内容填空

Lifestyles differ from person to person. Some people, known as     1     natives, do a wide     2     of things online, such as     3     with friends, watching misreading updated news and interesting articles and so on. Take shopping as an example--it’s so     4     to compare quality and prices before buying. Some other people live their lives as go-getters. They tend to     5     goals when setting out to do something. Then they make a schedule and try hard to achieve it. As for life choices, in the case of Zhang Tian, he chose to be a     6     teacher in Guizhou province instead of going to big cities. Despite the poor facilities and unstable supplies of power and water, he has improved the learning lives for the students by introducing more attractive subjects like music, art and PE to the school.

    7     made him feel satisfied was that his students were able to read, speak and write in English and became more     8     in learning. Besides all these, he contacted charity organizations to set up a library and help sell local products online. As a result of the     9     he made, he became very popular among the villagers and was treated as one of them. Zhang Tian intended to stay for another year. He feels so happy that he     10     his heart, even though it may not be what others expected of him.