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▲ Allerton, Liverpool £590,000 A large-area lawn would look at home on a traditional red-brick campus. Six miles south of the University of Liverpool and the “knowledge quarter”, it is part of Allerton Priory, designed and built by Victorian gothic architect Alfred Waterhouse in the early 1800s for a local merchant and now separated into apartments. There’s a three-bedroom duplex (复式) on the lower ground and ground floor. The living room has floor-to-ceiling windows and views of the grounds, and there’s a private gate for residents leading to Allerton Manor sports car club. Fine & Country, 0151-947-0810
▲ Halton, Lancashire £285,000 This environmentally-friendly home is in the eco-settlement of Forgebank in the village of Halton on the outskirts of Lancaster. It may suit the buyers—with conscience and cash—who have chosen to settle close to the city they studied in. The complex sits on the banks of the River Lune and next to the Forest of Bowland. A two-bedroom home covers 1,050 sq ft with a balcony. The funky yellow kitchen cabinetry is by local carpenters. The Modern House, 0203-795-5920
▲ Eddington, Cambridge £689,950 The local government of Cambridge is developing a new sustainable residential district two miles north of the city centre with 3,000 homes, 2,000 postgraduate rooms for the University of Cambridge, sports facilities, a market square and park lot. One of the newest phases is Knights Park. There’s a two-bedroom, two-bathroom luxury flat on the fourth floor of the Florey building with no stamp duty to pay. Hill, 01223-607-200
▲ City centre, Bristol £565,000 This two-bedroom, first-floor apartment is in a pastel-coloured, period townhouse (老式联排别墅指ancientness)on the waterfront in the heart of Bristol’s nightlife,(夜生活中心指modernity)with a parking space, a lift and views of the Floating Harbour and the Arnolfini arts centre. Beyond is the tree-lined Georgian gardens of Queen Square in the old town. The University of Bristol is a 30-minute walk away. Knight Frank, 0117-317-1996

1. Which of the following is TRUE about the house in Allerton?

A．It enjoys an open and broad view of nearby grounds.

B．It is located on the campus of the University of Liverpool.

C．It houses the Allerton Manor sports car club on the second floor.

D．It was designed in the early 18th century by a local merchant.

2. Which house advertised boasts a combination of modernity and ancientness?

A．Allerton, Liverpool	B．Halton, Lancashire
C．Eddington, Cambridge	D．City centre, Bristol

3. Alex and Susan, a newly married couple who love sports and own a car, are looking for a two-bedroom house property. They may contact _______ to ask for more information.

A．Fine & Country	B．The Modern House
C．Hill	D．Knight Frank

2 . 当被信息轰炸时， 我们越保持冷静，就越能客观地看待情形。（the +比较级，the + 比较级）（汉译英）

3 . 一位著名的学者说过，阅读书籍就像吃东西，我们可能不记得几天前吃了什么，但却吸收了营养，读书也是一样。（put）（汉译英）

4 . 虽然我们与外界世界暂时隔绝，但在社区里我们从来没有这么联系紧密过。（never）（汉译英）

5 . 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. commit B. core C. expose D. appeal E. instrument F. lectures G. rarely H. second I. surprisingly J. sustainability K. theme

One of the biggest decisions college students make is what subject to major in. This post-high-school decision will help undergraduates to     1     themselves to an area of study, determining the courses they'll take and setting them on a path toward their careers. Let's take a(n)     2     to step into their shoes and kick around some options, like communications, computer science, playing the bagpipes (风笛).

Playing the bagpipes? In fact, that's one of several…well…unusual majors available to college students today.

Believe it or not, Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, offers a bachelor of fine arts degree in bagpipe performance. Not     3    , it's the only program of its kind in the U.S. For those of you who are unfamiliar with this lively woodwind     4     ， bagpipes are most often heard in Scotland and Ireland, in American parades and special ceremonies, in music practice rooms at Carnegie Mellon (obviously), and     5    anywhere else. So there's probably a scarcity of full-time jobs awaiting a newly graduated bagpiper, which makes this major one of the most unusual offerings in U.S. college catalogs.

If you're looking for a major that's truly outside the box—or literally about the box—how about a bachelor of science in packaging at Michigan State University? The     6     areas of study in this multidisciplinary program include packaging materials (glass, plastic, paper, and metals), packaging processes and systems, design and environmental impact and     7    . With all that knowledge, packaging majors may have their future career all wrapped up and "in the bag" by graduation day.

Are you more the outdoor action-adventure type? Then get out your hiking boots for a bachelor of science degree in adventure education at Plymouth State University in New Hampshire. This too-cool-to-be-true program teaches you how to use the great outdoors to     8     children and adults to adventures that promote self-discovery, personal growth, and a fabulous time. And that means wilderness expeditions, whitewater kayaking, and rock climbing among the natural wonders of the Granite State. Talk about great school field trips!

If none of these options     9     to you but you still want to study something offbeat, don't you worry. There are plenty of other programs to choose from: puppet arts, citrus, comedy,     10    park design, turfgrass science, nautical archaeology, bakery science, and floral management, to name just a few. And if you're finding it hard to make up your mind, then you might want to consider working toward a PhD in decision sciences at Indiana University. This program will teach you how to apply research, data, and analytical tools to make informed business decisions. And it might even help you decide what to minor in.

6 . Directions: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

Katherine Johnson has never had a hit song or given an Oscar-winning performance, nor has she been an Olympic athlete or a fashion icon. Instead, Johnson’s greatness comes from her work as a math expert.

Math directly impacts all our lives,     1     we’re aware of it or not. Johnson’s math, too, directly affects your life, in the legacy of her work for NASA — the U.S. space agency — which she performed from the 1950s until the 1980s.     2    NASA’s space program, which her calculations helped advance, we wouldn’t have the technology necessary for things like satellite TV, sophisticated meteorology, and small computers (like laptops and iPhones). So     3     Johnson may never be on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, you could say she’s quite a hero.

You may be familiar with Johnson’s name and work if you’ve seen the 2016 movie Hidden Figures, which tells the story of Johnson and two other African American women who worked behind the scenes at NASA as “human computers.” They did things like     4    (calculate) orbital trajectories — vital work when you’re preparing to send people into space. Remarkably, they did this work at a time     5     women and minorities were often dissuaded from pursuing high-level jobs.

To get a job as a “human computer,” of course, Johnson had to be extremely proficient at math — and she was.     6    (bear) in West Virginia in 1918, Johnson was a prodigy who skipped several grades in school. After graduating from college with high honors and a degree in mathematics, she began teaching at a public school. In 1953, after hearing that jobs for African American women with math and science backgrounds were available at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA, which later became part of NASA), Johnson applied and     7     (offer) a position.

Johnson worked on numerous space missions, and by 1962, she     8    (earn) a reputation for the accuracy of her calculations. That year, NASA was preparing for Friendship 7, a mission that would put astronaut John Glenn into orbit around Earth. NASA had programmed computers with the necessary equations to calculate the trajectory of Glenn’s space capsule.     9     has ever used a computer knows how fast and accurate they are, but Glenn wondered what would happen if the computers broke down or malfunctioned.     10    (guard) against this, he requested a human computer — specifically, Katherine Johnson — to run the equations that had been programmed into the computers.

“If she says they’re good,” Johnson later remembered Glenn saying, “then I’m ready to go.” Johnson did the equations, and the mission was a success.

7 . 莫言是首位中国诺贝尔文学奖获得者，迄今写了几十本小说，能引起读者的共鸣。(which, identify) （汉译英）

8 . 多亏高效的交通工具，全球各地的人们在日益全球化的世界里容易享用到来自不同文化的佳肴。(access   n.) （汉译英）

9 . 大学一毕业，她就全身心投入到治疗疟疾中，这点值得好好学习。 (Barely,   commit)（汉译英）

10 . 得知检测结果是阴性的消息后，我爸松了口气，继续参加志愿者活动。（inform）（汉译英）