1 . Silk Road countries celebrated at a forum
I was honored to be invited to the International Forum on the Silk Roads at the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Headquarters in April.
Before
UNESCO was
I had high expectations for this event, which
| A．introducing | B．attending | C．reviewing | D．recording |
| A．replaced | B．decorated | C．noticed | D．created |
| A．sport | B．research | C．practice | D．shopping |
| A．founded | B．bothered | C．controlled | D．separated |
| A．villages | B．libraries | C．governments | D．banks |
| A．turn down | B．look for | C．turn over | D．put down |
| A．industry | B．education | C．agriculture | D．transport |
| A．cities | B．companies | C．communities | D．countries |
| A．original | B．unrealistic | C．unimportant | D．strange |
| A．invention | B．convenience | C．peace | D．honesty |
| A．promised | B．agreed | C．learned | D．dared |
| A．doors | B．beds | C．tables | D．seats |
| A．copied | B．written | C．displayed | D．taught |
| A．extremely | B．barely | C．likely | D．slightly |
| A．regulations | B．climates | C．resources | D．cultures |
2 . It happens in every disaster (灾难): For those in need, people often donate (捐赠) things that turn out to be more of a trouble.
Juanita Rilling remembers it happened in 1988 when she was a disaster expert trying to help people suffering from a hurricane (飓风) in Honduras. “One morning I received a call from one of our logistic operators (物流运营商), and he explained to me that there was a plane carrying medical supplies that needed to land,” says Rilling. “But the ground was full, with lots of donations that no one had required. The plane—full of needed supplies—had to find someplace else to go. And it ended up stopping everyone’s plans by about 48 hours, which is important time in a disaster.”
Rilling now runs the Center for International Disaster Information, which is trying to make sure things like that don’t happen again. So when Superstorm Sandy hit, Rilling’s group started a project to encourage money donation. “Even a small donation can make a big difference and can quickly become exactly what people affected by a disaster need most,” Rilling says. But despite this, donators do that over and over. About 60% of the things donated after a disaster couldn’t be used. Often it’s old clothing or food.
Meghan Hara, who deals with kind donations for the American Red Cross, says she knows that some people are careful with giving money. And she doesn’t think that the need to give something concrete (实物) should be completely stopped.
“Part of what people are doing is that they’re helping, and they’re trying to help. What we need to work out is how to effectively deal with that,” Hara says.
1. What caused needed supplies to be put off after the hurricane in 1988?| A．Workers on the plane. | B．A weather report. |
| C．Useless donations on the ground. | D．The call from the operator. |
| A．Clothing. | B．Money. | C．Medicine. | D．Food. |
| A．Supportive. | B．Doubtful. | C．Uncaring. | D．Worried. |
| A．Studies on natural disasters. |
| B．The benefits of helping others. |
| C．Tips on choosing useful donations. |
| D．The ways of managing people’s donations. |
3 . Now, a growing number of companies are offering subscriptions (订购) for something most people are used to owning: cars.
Car subscription plans are mainly aimed at drivers who do not want to have long-term agreements for one single car. Many people using the services say they like being able to use a number of different kinds of vehicles depending on their needs.
Steve Barnes uses a car subscription service in Atlanta, Georgia. He says that every time he orders a new car “it feels like New Year’s morning”. Barnes signed up for the service in 2018 to be able to use many kinds of vehicles for different purposes. He says for some activities with his children, he chooses a large SUV. But when he wants to have fun or go out at night, he chooses a Tesla or some other kinds of sports car. But the comfort of such services can come at a high cost. Barnes pays $1,400 a month for his subscription. This is much higher than the $ 900 a month he used to pay to hire an SUV with insurance. Sill, he has no desire to own or hire a car again. He says his subscription has allowed him to drive many different vehicles which would have cost more than $1 million to own.
Some of the world’s biggest automakers are currently offering subscription plans for vehicles. One of them is Ford Motor Company. The company signed a deal last year with the San Francisco-based Monthly subscription service-Canvas. Canvas offers several models, including used vehicles. Monthly subscriptions start at $379 for small cars and go up to $1,125 for large SUVs. But these plans limit drivers to 800 kilometers per month. For another $100, users can get unlimited travel.
Adela Spulber works at the U.S. -based Center for Automotive Research in Michigan. She said that the effects of vehicle subscription services remain unknown.
1. What is the main purpose of car subscription plans?| A．To get people to buy cars more actively. |
| B．To encourage people to own their own cars. |
| C．To meet some people’s needs to drive different cars. |
| D．To reach an agreement with people having a single car. |
| A．He is satisfied with the car subscription service. |
| B．He always likes to use different types of sports cars. |
| C．He hopes to own another car some day. |
| D．The cost of a month for his subscription is lower. |
| A．Canvas doesn’t provide second-hand cars. |
| B．There are different monthly subscriptions to choose from. |
| C．A driver may drive Canvas cars without limitation. |
| D．Now the subscription services are welcome in San Francisco. |
| A．Hopeless. | B．Pessimistic. | C．Optimistic. | D．Uncertain. |
4 . Television has changed our lives in many ways. Many people now spend more time watching TV than doing anything else. Researchers in the USA has estimated (估计) that when most students leave school they have spent 11000 hours in the classroom and 22000 hours watching television. But what effect does this have?
Benefits (好处) of television:
1. Television helps us to learn more about the world and to know and see many new things. Television can offer present information to us in a more effective way than books. It can also make things more memorable.
2. It entertains (使欢乐) us. It is an enjoyable way to relax. For millions of people around the world, television is a source of companionship and helps them to cope with everyday life.
3. It has increased the popularity of sports and arts.
4. It has made us aware of our global responsibilities. In 2000, for example, 1.5 billion people in 147 countries watched a TV pop concert and helped to collect more than ＄100 million for people in Africa.
Dangers:
1. Television can make us passive (消极的). We don’t have to think and our brains become lazy.
2. It encourages us to buy things that we don’t need, and can make us unhappy with our own life.
3. It takes time away from activities such as reading, conversation, and games.
4. It gives a false picture of society. A study in 2003 showed that people who watch a lot of TV are more afraid of crime. They also think that there is a lot more crime than there really is.
5. Some critics (批评家) say that television make people violent. A ten-year study in the United States showed that children who watch violent television programmes are more likely to be violent themselves.
1. What’s the proper description of the time American students spend on TV and study?| A．They spend twice as much time on TV as in the classroom. |
| B．They spend twice as much time in the classroom as on TV. |
| C．They spend as much time on TV as in the classroom. |
| D．They spend less time on TV than in the classroom. |
| A．easy to be remembered | B．remembered forever | C．interesting | D．knowledgeable |
| A．People in more than 140 countries watched it on TV. | B．It helped to collect more than $100 million. |
| C．It was held in 2000. | D．1.5 million people watched it on TV. |
| A．television can make us active | B．television encourages us to buy things that we don’t need. |
| C．television gives us a worse picture of society | D．television takes time away from a lot of activities. |
5 . Today the car is the most popular sort of transportation in all of the United States. It has completely
| A．placed | B．reproduced | C．replaced | D．change |
| A．hardly | B．nearly | C．certainly | D．somehow |
| A．personal | B．personnel | C．manual | D．artificial |
| A．quickly | B．regularly | C．rapidly | D．recently |
| A．on | B．in | C．before | D．after |
| A．raising | B．making | C．reducing | D．improving |
| A．unusual | B．smallest | C．average | D．biggest |
| A．bringing | B．winning | C．finding | D．buying |
| A．part | B．half | C．number | D．quality |
| A．clearly | B．proportionally | C．fortunately | D．suddenly |
| A．income | B．work | C．plans | D．debts |
| A．month’s | B．year’s | C．family | D．year |
| A．running | B．notice | C．influence | D．affect |
| A．then | B．as | C．so | D．which |
| A．living | B．running | C．changing | D．selling |
| 观点 | 赞成 | 反对 |
| 理由 | 提高能力，培养爱好 补缺补差，提高成绩 | 时间长、项目多，压力大， 被父母强迫，不感兴趣，浪费时间、金钱 |
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3. 词数100左右，开头已给出，不记词数。
Whether it is necessary for students to take many extracurricular classes has aroused a wide concern of the society. Different people have different opinions about it.
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7 . Even though one out of three American children live within a mile of their schools, almost not half of those students often bike or walk to class, scientists report. Children who live in the South, in country areas, or who have college-educated parents, are among those least likely to bike or walk to school, which is reported in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
Sarah Martin and her workmates at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) studied materials from more than 7,000 children between 9 and 15 years of age. They found that almost 35 percent of the children lived within one mile of their schools. Children between 11 and 13 years old were more likely to walk or bike than 9-year-olds. Children whose parents had a high school education were more likely to ride a bike or walk than children with college-educated parents.
“The majority of children are missing an opportunity to increase daily physical activity,” Martin said in a prepared statement. According to the CDC, nearly one in five (18.8 percent) children between 6 and 11 years old are overweight. Increased daily physical activity is one of the methods the CDC gives to help deal with the problem among children.
According to Martin, there are all kinds of reasons why children in city areas might be more likely to bike or walk to school. They pointed out the fact that if schools are in places where there are fewer safe sidewalks, the students will be less likely to ride or walk to school. The students should try to ride or walk to school as much as possible and parents are advised to pay great attention to their children’s health.
1. Sarah Martin and her workmates found that ________.| A．younger children would like to bike or walk to school |
| B．kids whose parents received less education walk more |
| C．older children are stronger than the younger ones |
| D．parents are worried about their children’s health |
| A．eating less every day |
| B．having healthy diets |
| C．living in the countryside |
| D．having enough physical activities |
① Children’s age. ② Children’s health. ③ Parents’ education.
④ The family income. ⑤ The number of safe sidewalks.
| A．①②③ | B．①③⑤ | C．②③⑤ | D．②④⑤ |
| A．Education. | B．Culture. | C．Sports. | D．Health. |
注意：
1. 不要逐句翻译，可适当发挥，以使行文连贯；
2. 词数：100左右。
3. 参考词汇：无车日 Car-free Day；开展launch
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9 . Shake Shack is a new kind of restaurant becoming more popular in the U.S. The restaurants are not “fast food.” They are known as “fast casual”.
Observers say Americans want more choices and fresh food when choosing where and what to eat. This trend is one reason why the fast food restaurant McDonald's has struggled financially.
McDonald's is one of the best-known restaurants in the U.S. and even around the world. Their ads say “I’m loving it.” But in the last quarter of 2014, McDonald's net income dropped by about $300 million. Worldwide sales dropped for the eighth month and even more than expected.
Bonnie Riggs is a restaurant expert. She says one reason Americans like fast casual food is because it's new. They are creative, they are innovative, they are something different and we like to try new things.
Ms. Riggs says Americans made 61 billion visits to restaurants last year. Three out of four visits were to fast food restaurants, like McDonald's. Fast casual is still a small percentage of restaurant visits. She says it's “growing quickly” because they meet consumers' needs.
“They know it’s being prepared while they wait, it's fresh, uh, fresh ingredients, quality food, good tasting food at reasonable and affordable prices.”
Many Americans still like their fast food, Ms. Riggs says, they just are not going as often. And, she says, some people buy prepared foods at stores and take them home to eat. Others like to cook at home.
1. The writer mentioned McDonald's to prove that _______.| A．It is the most famous restaurant in the US |
| B．a good company has a good advertisement. |
| C．fast food is the most popular food in America |
| D．the sales of its fast food is falling fast |
| A．it satisfies the need of customers |
| B．its food is really a king of fast food |
| C．it provides eaters with much cheaper food |
| D．it lies where people can easily find it |
| A．Americans suffer from their love for fast food. |
| B．Americans eat more fast casual and less fast food |
| C．Americans leave McDonald’s for healthy food |
| D．Americans have a habit of eating fast food |
10 . If you’re taking a high school chemistry class, you’re likely to spend some time in your school’s science laboratory. Although the lab work is fun, you have to observe the safety rules if you don’t want to hurt yourself or your lab partner.
The first rule is to become familiar with your lab assignment(任务) before you start working with it. This means reading everything the teacher has written down and asking questions if you don’t understand an instruction.
Do not try to work alone. If your partner is absent, let you teacher know so he can assign another student to work with you. And don’t do any other experiments other than what you have been assigned. Keep your hands away from your skin, face, eyes and mouth when you have been working with dangerous chemicals.
You will be working with fire in the lab with an alcohol lamp(酒精灯). Use gloves when handling hot lab equipment. If you have long hair, pull it back in a ponytail and roll up long sleeves. Don’t put paper, chemicals, lab equipment or any part of your body in the flame.
When you use a sharp instrument, treat it with care. Do not point it at yourself or any of your fellow classmates during the experiment.
1. The underlined word “observe” in Paragraph 1 means “_______”.| A．bring up | B．make | C．follow | D．write down |
| A．Work alone if your partner is absent. |
| B．Learn the lab assignment well. |
| C．Always wear safety gloves. |
| D．Keep away from dangerous chemicals. |
| A．roll up long sleeves | B．work with dangerous chemicals |
| C．use a sharp instrument | D．use an alcohol lamp |
