1 . A new suburban neighborhood, Oberbillwerder, is being planned just 15-minute outside of Hamburg. It has all the facilities that most neighborhoods have except driveways and cars. Unlike typical American suburbs where houses have driveways and a garage, this community isn’t banning cars but you will not be able to park at home, and you may not want to drive at all.

Karres en Brands is a Dutch design company that is working with the Danish firm Adept on this new community that will have 7,000 homes and 5,000 office spaces. The new planned development will have schools, stores and offices that residents can walk or bike to on the green loops (圈) that connect the neighborhoods with public spaces.

The parking structures will feature ground level community spaces like gyms and indoor farming. These parking areas will also store and collect energy for the community and as demand for parking spaces decrease, the developers expect them to evolve into new structures.

Oberbillwerder will be an exciting urban area that will be built around the existing landscape and will include a series of canals in low lying areas. The water system will become one of the central qualities of the new community. This combines nature instead of blocking or changing it to fit a traditional neighborhood. The community will also be energy neutral and use the most environmental technologies including reusing waste water, green roofs, and farming space for residents who want to grow their own food.

The developers expect to break ground in 2025 and the entire project is expected to be completed by 2040 according to Fast Company. While most people will be driving electric cars by then, this urban plan is more about a more natural use of space and better quality of life rather than just about reducing greenhouse gases from car emissions.

1. What can residents do in the new planned community?

A．Drive cars.

B．Take buses.

C．Walk dogs.

D．Go biking.

2. What is the third paragraph mainly about?

A．The parking areas.

B．Ground spaces.

C．Parking decrease.

D．Indoor farming.

3. What can we infer from the fourth paragraph?

A．The existing canals will be kept.	B．Energy will be provided for free.
C．The water system will be a bright spot.	D．Growing food will be forbidden completely.

4. What’s the advantage for people to live in Oberbillwerder?

A．Live better.

B．Lower costs.

C．Have more water.

D．Rid car emissions.

2 . When it comes to a public library, you usually think of books and computers for people to use. You can even think of educational lectures and concerts that are often held in the library. But few people would expect to have a farm in the library.

But why not? After all, with rising costs, food safety is a community-wide issue. The Cicero Public Library near Syracuse in New York solved this problem by building a farm on its land. When Meg Backus saw all the open space in the library across the street from the building, he realized it could be used to benefit the community.

The farm was created in 2011 and in the beginning, 40 members of the library brought seeds (种子), water, and supplies to see if they could grow food on the land. It turned out that they could. To get the needed supplies for a larger farm, the library began to work with the organization Syracuse Grows Agency.

The community farm donates (捐赠) over 200 pounds of fresh produce (农产品) to local food banks every year. Half of the growing area is used as the Food Educational Garden. The other half is used by growers themselves. During the year, there are educational programs held at the library to teach people how to garden. There are also a lot of gardening books that can be used at the library.

Lauren Rosenstein, a worker of the library, said that she felt like she was giving something back to the community. “You’re really making a difference as a local community because you’re growing the food that people are eating.”

1. Why did Meg Backus build the farm?

A．To earn money.

B．To attract more readers.

C．To improve food safety.

D．To teach readers how to grow food.

2. How did the 40 members feel at first?

A．Doubtful.

B．Stressed.

C．Hopeless.

D．Confident.

3. What are educational programs held at the library mainly about?

A．Farmers’ life.

B．Food donation.

C．Gardening skills.

D．Food banks.

4. What’s the best title for the text?

A．Make a Farm Popular	B．Turn a Library into a Farm
C．Meet the First Library Farm	D．Find a Job on a Library Farm

3 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. Why doesn’t Ann like her current apartment?

A．Too expensive.

B．Noisy.

C．Far from school.

2. How much money does Ann want to pay for rent?

A．Around $200.

B．No more than $200.

C．A little more than $200.

3. How is Roger going to help her?

A．To see the apartment building on his way to class.

B．To plan on calling a friend who owns an apartment building.

C．To check the newspapers to see if he can find an apartment for rent.

4 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. How did the speakers find the restaurant?

A．From a friend.

B．From a website.

C．From the newspaper.

2. What does the woman want to do after the meal?

A．Eat some pizza.

B．Get another drink.

C．Talk to the owner of the restaurant.

3. What will the woman do this weekend?

A．Phone Susan.

B．Go back to the restaurant.

C．Get some money from Brian.

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。

Morgan’s Inspiration Island is a water park in San Antonio, Texas. It is accessible to people with disabilities. The attractions, which include Rainbow Reef, Shipwreck Island, and even a boat ride,    1     (be) all wheelchair accessible. Though all people are welcome, the park offers free     2     (admit) to anyone with a disability.

The water park    3    (found) by Gordon and Maggie Hartman. Their daughter, Morgan, has special needs, and they were     4    (concern) about how inaccessible many theme parks were to her. So they set out to create a park of their own    5    people with disabilities could play. Before the water park’s official opening, the Hartmans invited members of the disabled community     6     (try) out the park. Teaming up     7    doctors, theme park experts, and special education teachers, they’ve created a seriously creative experience.

The University of Pittsburgh helped create a new kind of wheelchair particularly for     8    park. To make it convenient for guests sensitive (敏感的) to the cold, the park has a feature that     9     (rapid) warms up the water. In addition, recycling the water it uses is one of the park’s     10    (way) to make the park environmentally friendly.

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。

A 150,695-square-foot organic rooftop (屋顶) garden will open in the heart of Paris.

More than 30 different plant species will be grown on the roof and gardeners will be able to harvest lots of fruit every day. The fresh produce will be used     1     (feed) local communities and supply a restaurant in the building. The project will use     2    (advance) watering technology and doesn’t require soil, making the farming process     3    (incredible) resource-efficient.

This farming project will provide a window into a rapidly growing form of agriculture that could significantly improve global food security, fight against climate change, and reduce air    4    (pollute).

“The goal     5     (be) to make the farm a globally recognized model for sustainable production,” said Pascal Hardy, founder of Agripolis, the urbanfarming company behind the project.

    6    is obvious that urban farming has become increasingly popular in recent years. Countries such as Singapore are betting big    7    the success of urban farming to improve food security.

In 2016, the Parisian government     8    (launch) a program called Parisculteurs,    9     objective is to create 100 hectares (公顷) of green space in the capital by 2020.

Once Agripolis’ farms start producing fruits and vegetables, the city will be well on its way to     10    (achieve) this goal.

7 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What does the man often talk about?

A．The news in the paper.

B．The trouble with his roommate.

C．The trouble with the apartment owner.

2. Who left the front door open for the whole night?

A．The man.

B．The woman.

C．The man's roommate.

3. What kind of house does the man want to move into?

A．A house near town.

B．A quiet house far from town.

C．A big house in the countryside.

4. What does the woman think of the manager of her building?

A．Careful.

B．Mean.

C．Friendly.

8 . 根据语境和所给词汇, 用本单元所学的时态填空

Our school was built in 1902. When I studied there, it     1     (be)famous throughout the country. By 1978, the school’s use     2     (change) several times. By the end of last century, our school     3     (become) a provincial model high school. When I graduated, our school     4     (win) many honors both at home and abroad. Before last year’s anniversary of the founding of our school, all the school buildings     5     (rebuild) and it is now larger and more beautiful than before.

9 . 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。

Beijing is a city bridging the ancient and the modern. From Buddhist temples to museums, narrow hutong     1     royal palaces, it is home to more than 3,000 years of glorious history even down to its layout, with the city keeping its carefully     2     (build) system of ring roads.

But for all its ancient buildings, Beijing is also a place     3     welcomes the fast-paced development of modern life, with 21st-century architectural     4     (wonder) standing side by side with historical buildings of the past.

It is a distinct visual contrast (反差) that shouldn’t work,     5     somehow these two very different worlds make a good combination.     6     (visit) several times over the last 10 years, I     7     (amaze) by the co-existence of old and new, and how a city was able to keep such a rich heritage (遗产) while constantly growing. As a photographer, I have spent the last two years     8       (record) everything I discovered.

The     9     (remark) development of this city, which is consciously designed to protect the past while stepping into the modern world,     10     (mean) there is always something new to discover here, and I could be photographing Beijing for the next 50 years.

10 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What kind of apartment does the woman want?

A．An apartment within driving distance from her office.

B．An apartment where pets are not allowed.

C．An apartment with two bedrooms.

2. Who has two dogs?

A．Dave.

B．The man.

C．The woman.

3. How will the man help the woman?

A．Call the agent for her.

B．Ask around for her.

C．Move into his cousin’s apartment.