1. Why did the speaker buy a new umbrella?
| A．His old one was damaged. | B．He really loved that one. | C．He failed to bring one. |
| A．It is beside the Eiffel Tower. | B．It is very close to a bakery. | C．It is within walking distance to Louvre. |
| A．To see some artworks. | B．To eat some French food. | C．To meet some good friends. |
1. Where does the conversation take place?
| A．At school. | B．At the zoo. | C．At an amusement park. |
| A．John was busy. | B．John arrived late. | C．John changed his mind. |
| A．He wanted to come alone. | B．He was afraid of roller coasters. | C．He wanted to give her a surprise. |
| A．Considerate. | B．Brave. | C．Reliable. |
1. Why does the man turn to the woman?
| A．He has to work late. | B．He has to get groceries. | C．He has a package to come. |
| A．A box of fruit. | B．Some alcohol. | C．Some sports equipment. |
| A．They are under the age of 21. | B．They’ll return home by 3:00 p.m. | C．They’ll practice soccer at 5:00 p.m. |
| A．A concert hall. | B．A stadium. | C．A gallery. |
5 . The right paint can add appeal to your walls and now it can also make them smarter. Researchers recently transformed a wall into an outsize trackpad and motion sensor by using low-cost conductive paint to create a large grid of electrodes（电极）.
Such a smart wall can sense human touch and track gestures from a short distance. It can also detect where electrical equipment is and whether it is switched on. The technology could someday turn on lights when a person enters a room, track a player's motion in an interactive video game or monitor a child's television use. "Walls are everywhere, so why not turn them into sensors for smart homes?" says Yang Zhang, a computer science doctoral student at Carnegie Mellon University. who helped to develop the concept.
To create the high-tech surface, Zhang and his colleagues applied painter's tape in a lattice（格子结构）pattern to a twelve-by-eight-foot wall, and then coated it with commercially available conductive paint. Removing the tape left a pattern of diamond-shaped electrodes, which the researchers connected using thin copper tape strips. Finally, they wired the strips to a custom-built circuit board and covered the wall with standard latex（胶乳） paint. The entire project took four hours and cot less than $200. In theory, Zhang says "Anyone can use the technique to make a wall smart. "
In the wall's appliance-detection mode, the power is turned off. The researchers detected iPads up to 6. 5 feet away from the wall; fans and floor lamps could be sensed from about 10 feet. Zhang and his colleagues presented the wall in April at the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems.
"Engineers have long dreamed of technologies that blend into our surroundings, "says Christiar Holz, a research scientist at Microsoft Research in Redmond, who did not participate in the work. "It nicely questions our understanding of what a device might be and demonstrates how rich sensing technology can combine with everyday objects."
1. What can a smart wall do now according to the passage?| A．Detect people' locations. | B．Turn on lights automatically. |
| C．Track humans' movements at close range. | D．Monitor a person's television use. |
| A．It is easy to build. | B．It benefits people in many ways. |
| C．1t is cheap but time-consuming. | D．It adds appeal to the buildings. |
| A．Painter's tape and standard latex paint. |
| B．A lattice pattern and conductive paint. |
| C．A custom-built circuit board and iPads. |
| D．Diamond-shaped electrodes and copper tape strips. |
| A．Neutral. | B．Negative. |
| C．Positive. | D．Unknown. |
6 . Along with the standard pigments（颜料）and paintbrushes，artist Sean Yoro(known as Hula), requires an unconventional piece of equipment for his particular brand of mural（壁画） making: a paddleboard.
The Hawaian muralist, balanced on the top of the floating platform, describes women from various sites across the world, whose homelands are often threatened by the effects of global warming.
For his most recent project, titled "What If You Fly", Hula traveled to Baffin Island, off the coast of Nunavut, Canada, to paint a portrait of local Inuit woman Jesse Mike, who lives there with her daughter.
In a short film telling of the artist's process, Mike explains her frustrating previous experiences working with filmmakers who reported on the terrible circumstances troubling her endangered landscape. "For most people, it's about the polar bears, it's not about the people. "she said. "Well, let's make it about the people. "
Hula and his team spent 14 hours searching for the perfect iceberg canvas（油画布）,knowing all the while that the ice itself, and any image created on the top of it,would soon melt away into nothing.
"It's a little ambitious to do this larger than life ice mural in the Arctic, and somehow, at the same time, make a connection to the human culture, "climber and filmmaker Renan Ozturk said of the project.
When Hula found his proper ice, he painted a portrait of Jesse he took earlier on his camera. Working against the power of time and Mother Nature, the artist aimed to finish as much of Jesse's portrait as he could before the iceberg disappeared.
The massive image, Hula's most remote and technically challenging piece yet, communicates a memorable reality—the consequences of climate change, first and foremost, affect people.
1. What is "What If You Fly"?| A．A film about the muralist. | B．A project conducted by Hula |
| C．A painting based on a local Inuit. | D．A woman called Jesse Mike. |
| A．They only reported on terrible circumstances. |
| B．They didn't focus on human beings. |
| C．They just reported on frustrating experiences. |
| D．They showed no sympathy to the endangered landscape. |
| A．He made an attempt to paint on varieties of materials. |
| B．He was ambitious enough to explore Mother Nature. |
| C．He warned people of the consequences of global warming. |
| D．He wanted to show his unconventional painting. |
| A．A Muralist and an Inuit |
| B．Arctic Ice Painting, Memorable Reality |
| C．Mother Nature, Massive Images |
| D．Standard Tools, Unconventional Paintings |
7 . I am graduating from high school, excited to enter a college to study history further. I have been
My grandfather was very excited about the chance to
My vacation in Mexico was
All I need to say about England is the British Museum. We spent four hours there. My parents say they saw everything.
These are only three
| A．strong | B．lucky | C．relieved | D．accurate |
| A．cheap | B．tiring | C．short | D．attractive |
| A．go on | B．break off | C．stand out | D．start off |
| A．travelled | B．graduated | C．escaped | D．raced |
| A．reveal | B．track | C．imagine | D．appreciate |
| A．history | B．resource | C．literature | D．nature |
| A．force | B．warn | C．invite | D．teach |
| A．avoid | B．admit | C．remember | D．suggest |
| A．ignore | B．read | C．publish | D．imitate |
| A．cold | B．heat | C．electric | D．culture |
| A．broadcast | B．researched | C．encouraged | D．impacted |
| A．information | B．virus | C．poverty | D．secret |
| A．lack | B．usage | C．popularity | D．importance |
| A．strict | B．interested | C．weak | D．experienced |
| A．strange | B．amazing | C．different | D．boring |
| A．Fortunately | B．Gradually | C．However | D．Thus |
| A．hope | B．meaning | C．honor | D．reward |
| A．colleagues | B．relationships | C．creations | D．ancestors |
| A．examples | B．periods | C．answers | D．regulations |
| A．hide | B．learn | C．judge | D．escape |
8 . In the United States, most cities have public libraries. Inside most libraries are thousands of books — and sometimes more — many of which are available for taking home. Of course, you have to bring any book you borrow back to the library when you’re done.
Libraries help people find information. As the ways people find information change, libraries also need to do something. The Internet is a tool that helps people find information much faster than if they were to look up in books. That transforms libraries, and a lot of libraries have begun using computers and technology to help people keep learning.
The New York Public Library (NYPL) is the most famous library in New York City. It was opened in 1911. Since the library is old, bringing in new technology is not easy. However, it now has computers in every building. You can use the computers to go on the Internet or to write a paper. The librarians will help if you have a question and there are even free classes to help people learn how to use new computer programs. But this is only the beginning of how the library wants to use technology.
In the basement of the library, there is a room filled with computer programmers and designers who are bringing new technology to the library. This place is called the NYPL Labs. Ben runs the NYPL Labs and wants to help the library reach more people. He runs projects using “crowdsourcing”. For example, Ben is currently using the Internet to find people to deal with the library’s collection of menus. The library has thousands and thousands of old menus. You can see what people ate in the year 1900 and find out how much that food cost.
In the past, only people in New York could use the New York Public Library. Now, the library is online and everyone can enjoy it. Thanks to technology, we have a new kind of library.
1. Why has US libraries turned to technology?| A．Paper books are less popular now. |
| B．The Internet makes information easily found. |
| C．More and more people don’t visit libraries. |
| D．Their complex procedure causes inconvenience. |
| A．is the most well-known in the US |
| B．has a nearly 100-year-long history |
| C．meets much opposition to new technology |
| D．helps people to follow its transformation |
| A．Getting people to assist in the project. |
| B．Researching old menus in the library. |
| C．Teaching people how to use the Internet. |
| D．Updating the library by advanced technology. |
| A．The new NYPL influences people’s life. |
| B．Online libraries replace traditional ones. |
| C．Technology and computers change the NYPL. |
| D．US public libraries are under transformation. |
9 . Learn more about where your food comes from the next time you dine out… Well, thanks to these food apps, you can find the right food with minimal effort.
Seafood Watch was born out of the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Its primary goal is to help people eat seafood with less impact on the environment. It functions by helping you understand which types of fish are considered sustainable. For example, blue point oysters from Florida are considered a “best choice”, whereas Pacific bigeye tuna is rated “avoid”.
HappyCow is one of the most convenient apps I’ve come across. You can be anywhere and with a click of a button, find a restaurant near you that offers vegetarian food for people who don’t eat fish or meat. I’ve used this while traveling in big cities like Toronto or remote areas like St. Moritz. It also has a great recipe section if you’re in the mood for cooking.
GoodGuide is a tool that rates food and other products on safety, health and moral principles. They take a look at the product’s ingredients(成分), its environmental impact and the company’s attention to labor rights and helping its community. Products are then scored from a low of 0 to a high of 10. The higher the rating, the better the product from a health perspective.
EWG’s Food Scores is a database created to let consumers make healthier, greener food choices. It was launched in 2014 and has ratings for more than 80,000 products. Their database rates foods on a scale of 1.0 to 10.0, with 1.0 being the best product, based on nutrition, ingredients and how it is processed. Since 2014, there have been over 32 million searches on the site.
1. Which app is best for someone who avoids meat?| A．Seafood Watch. | B．HappyCow. |
| C．GoodGuide. | D．EWG’s Food Scores. |
| A．It helps people eat environment-friendly food. |
| B．It focuses on social responsibilities. |
| C．The lower the rating, the worse the product. |
| D．The more nutritious the food, the higher the rating. |
| A．To introduce knowledge about food. |
| B．To encourage healthy eating habits. |
| C．To advertise four green phone apps. |
| D．To recommend some food-related apps. |
