1 . 不论种族、出生、文化和教育背景的差异有多大，我们都应该学会宽容，学会尊重他人的观念和想法。（No matter）(汉译英）

2 . 看到员工们认真负责的态度和独具匠心的制作工艺，我突然明白这家老字号店铺为什么会经营几个世纪而经久不衰。（It）   （汉译英）

3 . 他在会上的发言引起了专家和网民的热议。（arouse）（汉译英）

4 . 本次“城市公共交通周”的活动旨在提高公众节能环保的意识。(aim) (汉译英）

5 . 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.

Oscar Envelope

The shining Oscar statue is a celebrated symbol of the Academy Awards,but there is another symbol on the Oscars scene.

    1    (weigh) a quarter of a pound and seen by millions of viewers around the world, it’s the Oscar envelope. It bears, after all, the Oscar winner’s name. The golden envelope was initially developed as a safeguard     2     leaks to the media of the winners’ name. Yet the envelope holds some secrets of its own.

While 24 envelopes appear on the Academy Award telecast----one for the winner of each category, three sets are produced, totaling 72 envelopes. That’s because the two extra sets are emergency backups,     3         4     the first set gets delayed in its delivery.

The production team also construct 363 heavyweight cream color winner cards     5    (print) with all the nominees’ names. Yet the stuffing of the envelopes takes place outside of the studio, in a top-secret process     6    protects the Academy’s picks of the year until the formal presentation.

Although 72 envelopes are made,only one third of them     7     （make) it to the Oscar stage. The winner of each category takes home both a golden statue and the winning envelope, but the extra sets of envelopes    8     (destroy) .

＂The elimination is to prevent leftovers from appearing on some online stores or markets and    9    (preserve) the honor of the winners,"Mare Friedland, designer of the Oscars envelope said. "The value of each envelope as a souvenir is priceless. Hopefully a winner looking back at the envelope will recall that moment in time when     10     was watching, and the hosts announced in that particular second     11     the Oscar winner was.”

6 . When educators think of literacy — the ability to read and write — they often place more importance on a student’s ability to read and fully comprehend a piece of writing. But experts say critical and creative writing skills are equally important. And, they are too often _________ in the classroom.

Compared to reading, writing is more _________. It helps students be independent thinkers, take _________ of their stories and ideas and communicate them clearly to others. Unless we want an education system just focused on making people _________ and not focused on helping them to be producers, this _________ on reading only — which does happen in so many places — is very short-sighted.

Students’ writing work now usually _________ on examining a text, instead of presenting a new idea. Writing should be the central thing you’re learning, rather than writing in response to a text on a test or writing to demonstrate you’ve learned what someone has taught you.

Writing improves reading skills

Teaching reading together with writing improves both skills, says Rebecca Wallace-Segall, who _________ a New York City writing center, Writopia Lab. She said writing affects a person’s ability to read. More than 90 percent of young people in the Writopia program do not _________ their writing abilities when they start, Wallace-Segall said. But she said they learn to enjoy the writing process and become more effective _________, too.

Employers today seek workers all the time who can write well. Digital tools __________ mean that people are interacting with the internet through writing. Young people are __________ writing all the time — through text messages, emails and on social media. Every young person today is a writer if they are connected to the internet.

Working through __________ by writing

Supporters of writing-centered teaching add that writing __________ young people. When students own their __________ and tell their stories, they become not only stronger and more confident writers, but also stronger and more confident individuals.

Writing also helps students work through difficulties they face in life. They’re not writing a story about a difficult father or directly about a bully in class, but they are creating a __________ scenario that might feel distant enough for them to explore some of these problems at a deeper level. Thus, teaching students to write well can have an effect on the larger world. Those adults can see that the stories they’re telling themselves about those young people are often wrong and doing a lot of harm in the world.

1.

A．emphasized

B．overlooked

C．concealed

D．exhibited

2.

A．active

B．educative

C．possessive

D．idealistic

3.

A．ownership

B．governorship

C．readership

D．authorship

4.

A．purchasers

B．customers

C．consumers

D．inventors

5.

A．influence

B．emphasis

C．concentration

D．insistence

6.

A．carries

B．feeds

C．centers

D．takes

7.

A．hosts

B．occupies

C．revolves

D．heads

8.

A．show

B．boost

C．boast

D．trust

9.

A．listeners

B．writers

C．readers

D．publishers

10.

A．unexpectedly

B．increasingly

C．intentionally

D．surprisingly

11.

A．barely

B．reluctantly

C．skillfully

D．already

12.

A．efforts

B．individuals

C．problems

D．opinions

13.

A．authorizes

B．drains

C．teaches

D．empowers

14.

A．voices

B．rights

C．confidences

D．freedoms

15.

A．mysterious

B．fictional

C．dramatic

D．realistic

7 . 昔日贫困闭塞的村落如今大力发展生态旅游，游客们对那儿的农家乐趋之若鹜，（so that）(汉译英）

8 . 政府规定，返沪的人员一律在家隔离十四天。（it）(汉译英）

9 . When experts ponder the future of automobiles. they tend to focus on two novel modes of transportation: driverless cars and flying cars. At this years CES technology show in Las Vegas, Hyundai has introduced a third vision for how vehicles might traverse the world around them ---one that does not rely solely on wheels.

More than 2,000 years after the wheelbarrows debut in classical Greece, ushering in a newer of locomotion. Hyundai s latest concept car is designed to walk as easily as it rolls, Called "Elevate, the daddy-long-legs-like machine has wheels at the end of long robotic legs that would allow" users to drive, walk or even climb over the most treacherous terrain, " according to the company

The company-which labels the machine a UMV, or "ultimate mobility vehicle-said the concept was inspired by the need for "resilient transportation" in disaster zones, where conventional vehicles are often rendered useless. "When a tsunami or earthquake hits, current rescue vehicles can only deliver first responders to the edge of the debris field, "John Suh, Hyundai vice president and head of Hyundai CRADLE, said in a statement on the company's website “ They have to go the rest of the way by foot. Elevate can drive to the scene and climb right over flood debris or crumbled concrete. "Suh added the vehicle's usefulness would not be limited to emergency situations. For people living with disabilities without access to an ADA ramp, the statement said, an autonomous version of the Elevate could walk to a front door and position itself so a wheelchair could “roll right in.”

             How realistic is the Elevate concept?

David Bailey, a professor at Aston Business School in England, told the BBC that although concept cars may not make it to the factory floor. they can help generate valuable new ideas. “For most of us, it's going to be wheels and roads, but in extreme situations there may be scope for this sort of thing. " Bailey said. “There may well be applications in terms of emergency services--- but there are very big technological challenges to make this sort of thing.”

Hyundai's vision is undeniably ambitious. The company said it envisions being able to switch out different Elevate body types for different situations. The vehicle is designed to use “both mammalian and reptilian walking gaits”, giving it the ability to travel in any direction, the company said, noting the legs fold up into a "stowed drive-mode" to save power.

Those legs. the company said, would be able to climb over a five- foot wall and step across a five-foot gap. A concept video produced by Hyundai shows the vehicle performing a mixture of driving and walking. When the surface is relatively flat, the vehicle turns to conventional wheels, but when the terrain grows craggy, the vehicle's wheels appear to lock into place and its legs extend, taking synchronized steps forward.

When surrounded by massive chunks of concrete from what appears to be a collapsed structure, Elevate is shown leveling itself on an incline so rescuers can load a stretcher inside. “Imagine a car stranded in a snow ditch just 10 feet off the highway being able to walk or climb over the treacherous terrain, back to the road, potentially saving its injured passengers---this is the future of vehicular mobility, " said David Byron, industrial design manager at Sundberg-Ferar, a Detroit-based design firm that partnered with Hyundai to create the Elevate.

1. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the article about where "Elevate" can be used?

A．In a tsunami.

B．In an earthquake

C．In severe weather conditions

D．In some situations where the disabled need help

2. The underlined word "terrain" in the second paragraph from bottom probably mean

A．road	B．geography
C．condition	D．situation

3. Which can best explain why "Elevate" may have a promising future according to the text?

A．Because it can help disabled people better their life in many ways.

B．Because the research funds for this kind of car are available and sufficient.

C．Because it has a wide range of uses in many fields as well as in people’ life.

D．Because it is nothing but a technological challenge to make this sort of thing.

4. Which of the following best describes the authors main purpose in writing this article?

A．To introduce readers an interesting technological product.

B．To persuade readers to buy this kind of new product.

C．To entertain readers with this new product.

D．To explain to readers why the Elevates invention is difficult.

10 . The bell rang. Jada sighed, slowly moved from the lockers where she had been leaning, and headed down the hall to her chemistry class. Honors Chemistry! Jada couldn't believe that her mom was making her take the class because Jada's counselor had said that she had real talent in science.

Jada had to admit that she liked science and that last year's class was a breeze, but come on, Honors Chemistry? She wouldn't know anyone in the class, and they probably wouldn't know anyone like her.

The good thing about being late is that it shortened the period a bit. The bad thing is that it made her seem like she was making a grand entrance. To make matters worse, the only two seats left in class were at the lab table at the very front of the room.

Jada held her breath and walked in. Everyone's eyes were on her. She just knew it. They were staring at her coal black hair（freshly dyed）, her black lipstick, her black fingernail polish, and her thrift-store black leather jacket. All she saw were polo shirts and khaki pants.

This can't get any worse, Jada thought. But at least she didn't get shouted at by the teacher. He was too busy talking to a new kid. A HUGE new kid, maybe 6'4". He had to weigh at least 250 pounds. A football player, probably. She hated football players. They thought they were so great. That group of jocks that hung out by the cafeteria always made fun of her.

The new kid made his way over to her table with his head down. He had to squeeze into the seat, and his legs wouldn't fit under the lab table. He shot Jada a glance and turned red.

Mr. Martin, the teacher, began class with this announcement: "Okay, everyone. I know most of you know each other from last year's Honors Physical Science class." Jada sighed loudly. "But just take a minute and introduce yourself to the person sitting at your table. You'll be partners. You'll be working closely together all year."

Jada rolled her eyes and stared straight ahead. Then she heard a surprisingly soft voice from next to her. "Hi, I'm Robert. I'm new here."…

1. What can be learned about Jada from the first two paragraphs?

A．She thought this year's chemistry class would be a breeze.

B．She wasn't willing to take the Honors Chemistry class.

C．She was angry that her mother made her go to school.

D．She found she didn't like science as she thought.

2. The writer described Jada's appearance in paragraph 4 in order to________.

A．reveal how different she was from her classmates

B．explain why she was late for school that morning

C．give readers a general impression of science students

D．imply that she felt sorry for making a grand entrance

3. In paragraph 5, the phrase "that group of jocks" refers to________.

A．the new kid

B．Jada's classmates

C．Jada's teacher

D．football players

4. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true of the new kid?

A．He was rude.

B．He liked sports.

C．He was shy.

D．He looked sad.