1 . 听下面一段材料，回答下列小题。
1. What's the cause of the accident?| A．Too much traffic on the road. |
| B．High speed and wet road. |
| C．The engine is out of order. |
| A．The young woman. | B．The speaker. | C．A policeman. |
| A．He took the driver out of his car. |
| B．He questioned the speaker carefully. |
| C．He immediately sent the driver to hospital. |
2 . When young children are learning to ride a bicycle, they require that their parents hold on to the back of the bike so that they gain confidence and won’t fall off.
Whether children leave to go to college, or get married, there is a time when parents must accept that their children are riding off into their own future. At this time, parents can’t stand back a few yards: they are left, instead, with an empty nest(空巢). How can parents get through this period of life?
Rest
The first thing you should do is nothing at all. You should actually take some time to rest since your child was born. Just relax and reward(奖励) yourself for the work you put into your child.
Taking some time for yourself will allow you to adjust（适应） to the change and figure out how you really feel about your child’s departure(离开). You shouldn’t compare how you feel with how other people feel, as everyone’s experience of an empty nest is different.
Exercise
Exercise is a great mood lifter. A physical fitness program may have been one of the first sacrifices(牺牲)you made when your child came along; now, with fewer duties, you’ll have time to hit the gym regularly. If you have a friend who also has become an empty nester recently, you may have found a new companion．Not only will you get the chance to share dealing with tips, you’ll also create social opportunities for yourself, which will get you out of that empty house if you need to.
Follow your dream
We all have those things that we say we’ll do or learn “someday”. If you’re an empty nester, the “someday” might just be now.
If you’re not sure exactly what to do in all your spare time, take your time and think about it．It will, however, probably be easier to figure out your dream when you’re out. Try exploring a nearby museum or attraction you’ve never visited.
Set a schedule for communication
Many parents may fear an empty nest because they worry that their little birds have flown away forever．Try setting up a regular phone date with your child. A once-a-week call, however, may make you feel satisfied when you know that your child is healthy and happy, and at the same time it may give your child freedom to some degree.
| Phenomenon | •Small children •Children will leave home after growing up and parents are left with an empty nest. |
| Empty nest adjusting tips | Just •The work you put into your child should be •It takes |
| Do exercise. •Fewer duties allow you to do some exercise •You can make new | |
| Follow your dream. •In the past you can’t put your dream into •Figuring out your dream in your | |
| Set a schedule for communication. •It may give you the •Your child will feel |
3 . What should a university education be in today’s world and what should it mean? And what indeed is a university? How do we think about its duties and our duties?
First, universities are about knowledge and the pursuit (追求) of truth. We believe in facts and in the power of the human mind to find them out. We regard education and learning as a way to human betterment and democratic government. Harvard is a research (研究) university, which means that people working here are making every effort to push the limits of knowledge in their fields. And as you learn, you are invited to be part of this adventure of discovery — in and beyond classrooms, laboratories, libraries, and museums. You may finally write an essay when you graduate — about 40 percent of last year’s students did — a project in which you develop an interest, a problem of your own independent research — or perhaps you will spend a summer as part of our students research village, living on campus together with other student researchers while you work closely with professors in order to get new knowledge.
We believe that the pursuit of truth needs a series of testing, of discussion, and of debate. We are never so complacent as to believe we have perfectly gained the truth. We know there is always more to know, so we must be open to new ideas, to the possibility of being wrong. This needs all of us to work with courage and generosity — to be willing to take part in the great debate, open to others’ ideas and willing to change our views based on reason. But these are not just brain skills that we hope to develop in each of you. These are human abilities as well, and the willingness to be open to learning and growth while new truths gradually appear and become known and understood to all.
1. According to the author, a research university is a place where .| A．progress can be made for human betterment and democratic government |
| B．students must write an essay when they graduate from the university |
| C．people work hard to make new discoveries in various fields of research |
| D．students live on campus with professors in order to get new knowledge |
| A．quite pleased | B．too proud |
| C．pretty sure | D．very impatient |
| A．It takes both a long time and carefulness to complete the pursuit of truth. |
| B．Making mistakes is acceptable because there is no end to knowledge learning. |
| C．Human abilities are more important than brain skills in the pursuit of truth. |
| D．We should be willing to change our views if others point out they are wrong |
| A．To describe what a research university is like. |
| B．To give suggestions to those who are graduating. |
| C．To encourage those what eve just entered college. |
| D．To express the importance of looking for truth. |
4 . What will you do if you can’t eat everything bought in the canteen?
Food waste, which has become a global issue, serves as a mirror that reflects various cultural and social issues in different countries. In the West, for instance, consumerism, the belief that it’s good to use a lot of goods and services, is often to blame for food waste.
| A．Students waste is extremely serious, |
| B．To reduce food waste is a big task, and it needs time. |
| C．China, in turn, features its own eating culture. |
| D．But canteen waste is merely the tip of the iceberg. |
| E．So we shouldn’t waste our food. |
| F．Students can never realize the serious food waste situation. |
| G．Most of us would simply throw away any leftover food. |
5 . LAS VEGAS—It was different in the light of day.
There was no ‘pop, pop, pop’ of gunfire, no screams. Just a quiet lot of cars abandoned by those, like Kassidy Owen, who escaped with their lives.
“It’s strange to hear the silence,” Owen said, “because all I remember was the noise.”
The 22-year-old was one of dozens of concertgoers who returned to the scene of the Route 91 Harvest festival on Wednesday morning to fetch the vehicles they left behind as they fled from a gunman raining down bullets from high above in the tower of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino across the street.
Survivors of the deadly mass shooting in Las Vegas on Sunday needed their cars to move on with their lives—to get back to work, to school, home. It was the first time they were returning to a scene that would forever change them, when joy and celebration and music turned into killing and horror.
Before they could move forward, they had to go back to the place where they thought they were going to die.
Owen had run to her car to hide and had tried to drive away, but she couldn’t. People were running, bodies dropped to the ground, and cars bottlenecked in the parking lot. During a brief pause after more than 10 minutes of gunfire, she worried the lights of her SUV made everyone inside a shining target.
“They’re shooting again!” her best friend’s brother screamed. “Turn off the car!”
That’s when she got out and fled.
“I just remember shutting the door and running.” Owen said.
Now, nearly three days later, she was back, sitting in the driver’s seat of her SUV. Her eyes were swollen and red. This was a long way from over.
“You just keep hearing the gunshots in your head,” Owen said.
1. Why did Kassidy Owen return to the scene of terror?| A．To get back her car for daily life. | B．To show sympathy to the victims. |
| C．To search for her missing friends. | D．To look into the cause of the shooting. |
| A．Behind a car. | B．in the parking lot. |
| C．On the stage. | D．In a tall building. |
| A．Because she had escaped being caught. |
| B．Because she wanted to find the gunman. |
| C．Because she couldn’t rid herself of those terrible scenes. |
| D．Because she had saved others’ lives by turning off the car. |
| A．A story book. | B．A newspaper. |
| C．A guide book. | D．A research report. |
6 . Four years ago, Chris Nagele did what many other technology CEO have done before—he moved his team into an open concept office.
His staff had been working from home, but he wanted everyone to be together. It quickly became clear, though, that Nagele had made a huge mistake. Everyone was distracted, productivity(生产率) suffered and the nine employees were unhappy, not to mention Nagele himself.
In April 2015, about three years after moving into the open office, Nagele moved the company into a 10,000-square foot office where everyone now has their own space — complete with closing doors.
Numerous companies have accepted the open office. But we’re 15% less productive, we have great trouble concentrating.
Since moving, Nagele himself has heard from others in technology who say they long for the closed office lifestyle. It’s unlikely that the open office concept will go away anytime soon, but some companies are following Nagele’s example and making a return to private spaces.
There’s one big reason we’d all love a space with four walls and a door that shuts: focus. The truth is, we can’t multitask(多任务化) and small distractions can cause us to lose focus for upwards of 20 minutes.
What’s more, certain open spaces can negatively impact our memory. We retain(保留) more information when we sit in one spot, says Sally Augustin, an environmental and design psychologist in La Grange Park, Illinois. It’s not so obvious to us each day, but we offload(卸下) memories — often little details — into our surroundings, she says.
Beside the cheaper cost, one main argument for the open workspace is that it increases teamwork. However, it’s well documented(记载) that we rarely brainstorm brilliant ideas when we’re just talk casually in a crowd.
1. How did Nagele feel three years after moving into the new office?| A．He felt satisfied with it | B．He felt doubtful about it |
| C．He regretted his decision | D．He was confused about it |
| A．The suggestions from his friends | B．The cheaper cost of the new office |
| C．The complaints from his employees | D．The negative results of the open office |
| A．The majority of US companies choose open offices |
| B．Nagele influenced some companies to move offices |
| C．Many US companies are moving into private offices |
| D．Open offices will soon be replaced by traditional ones |
| A．We will retain more information | B．We will become more productive |
| C．We will obtain more brilliant ideas | D．We will have trouble concentrating |
7 . If you see a group of people dancing and singing on the street or in the railway station, you don’t need to feel surprised. They are a flash mob (快闪族), which is a group of people who come together suddenly in a public place, do something unusual for a brief period of time, and then quickly break up. They are usually organized with the help of the Internet or other digital communication network. At a predetermined (预先决定的) time, they gather and perform some distractions (消遣) such as waving their hands and exchanging books. Then, they quickly break up before the police can arrive. Using mobile phones, the flash mob can change its location if the first one has been replaced for any reason.
Bill Lasik, senior editor of Harper’s Magazine, organized the first flash mob in Manhattan in May 2003 and the first successful flash mob came together on June 3, 2003 —after the first attempt failed at Macy’s department store. Lasik claimed that the activity was designed to make fun of hipsters (赶时髦的人), and call attention to the cultural atmosphere.
Flash mob gatherings can sometimes shock people. Such an activity might seem amusing and untrue, but it also might frighten people who are not aware of what is taking place. Undoubtedly, flash mobs can serve as good political tools in any direction. They also have great economic potential, such as using flash mobs to advertise a product.
The flash mob is now becoming more and more popular. People use it to do many things. For example, in 2009, Michael Jackson’s fans took part in a flash mob to remember him. Hundreds of his fans gathered singing and dancing Michael’s famous song “Beat It” together. Flash mobs give people from all walks of life an opportunity to come together to create a memory.
1. What can you learn about the flash mob from the passage?| A．The flash mob usually breaks up quickly for lacking enough time. |
| B．Once the place for the activity is determined, it can’t be changed. |
| C．The flash mob can be made use offing many fields just for fun. |
| D．It gives people the chance to come together to do something unusual． |
| A．to suggest | B．to encourage |
| C．to introduce | D．to persuade |
| A．negative | B．positive |
| C．objective | D．doubtful |
假定你是李华，你于2016年1月5日搭乘了某航空公司航班（the flight BA736），回家后发现遗失了一个行李箱。现在用英文给该航空公司写一封信，请他们帮你寻找。
信件要点包括：
1. 陈述写信原因；
2. 简要描述该行李；
3. 说明该行李的重要性；
4. 期待回复并表示感谢。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。
Dear Sir/Madam,
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Yours truly,
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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项 （A 、B 、C 和 D ）中，选出最佳选项。
A recent announcement by scientists that they have successfully cloned the first human embryo(胚胎) has caused much debate and has shocked many people around the world. On the one hand, some scientists point out that if you clone an embryo, you can produce valuable tissues(组织) and organs that could be used to save human lives. On the other hand, many people, including some scientists, disagree and fear that if mankind interferes with (干涉) nature in this way, they may be on their way to producing a real-life Frankenstein's monster.
Cloning is producing an exact copy of a plant or an animal using its cells. The first mammal to be cloned successfully from an adult cell was Dolly—the sheep. She was born in 1996 and died in early 2003, at a much younger age than normal. When she was born, many people were angry because they thought cloning would create more diseases in the animal world. However, in general the scientists were praised for their wonderful scientific breakthrough.
The Scottish scientist who created Dolly, Ian Wilmut, is shocked that some scientists are now considering cloning human beings. Although he researches cloning, he has never thought of creating copies of humans. Instead, he thinks the scientists should concentrate on creating new tissues and organs that could eventually be used to cure diseases like cancer. However, some people consider that cloning human embryos with the intention of destroying them shows no respect for human lives.
While cloning human embryos is illegal in many countries, some scientists are already pushing ahead with the research so as to deliver a cloned human baby. Severino Antinori, an Italian doctor, is one of the leaders in this field of research. He has declared that he wants to be the first to clone a human being.
In China, scientists have focused their efforts on cloning animals, as well as stem cells to be used in medical research. China has succeeded in producing clones of cows and goats, and continues to research ways in which cloning can benefit mankind.
1. Which of the following statements about cloning is TRUE according to the passage?
| A．Cloning technology can only be applied to animals. |
| B．A cloned animal can live longer than a normal one. |
| C．People all over the world are happy about the birth of Dolly. |
| D．Cloning can produce valuable tissues and organs to cure human diseases. |
| A．cloning may produce a real-life Frankenstein's monster |
| B．cloning might create more diseases in the animal world |
| C．cloning human embryos shows no respect for human lives |
| D．cloning can't help those who want to clone their dead children |
| A．Ian Wilmut. |
| B．Severino Antinori. |
| C．The author. |
| D．The Chinese scientists. |
10 . The aggressive spread of market economics and communication technologies—often under the control of Western multinational companies—brings new challenges to local cultures and values in non-Western societies. Sometimes it seems as if a tidal wave of the worst Western culture is creeping across the globe like a giant strawberry milkshake spill oat and over the planet, with a flavor that is distinctly sweet, sickly and apparently homogeneous (同质的).
For some, especially the young, change may mean escape from oppressive traditions. It may also bring new opportunities for cultures to be combined in creative ways. However, there is genuine cause for concern about the rate at which cultures are being worn away in such a globalized world.
Perhaps by far the most important far-reaching effect of cultural globalization is the commercialization of culture, which has a disturbing impact on local people’s existing values. They are increasingly bombarded with new images, new music, new clothes and new values. The familiar and old are to be abandoned. While there was cultural change long before globalization, there is a danger that much will be lost simply because it is not valued by global markets. In West Africa for example, traditional values have been overtaken by Coca-Cola culture which the local people don’t yet have the values to deal with successfully.
Another common aspect of the globalized culture is that it pursues (追求) the same “one size fits all” American ideal. The result of this cultural process of homogenization is that a large section of the world’s population dreams of living like Cosby & Co. or like the characters in any other stereotype American soap opera. In addition, the dream of living a better life causes thousands of people to move to already overcrowded cities whose population has boomed by millions within the last decades. The majority of these new immigrants end up in slums leading to poverty, pollution and misery.
Such gradual aggression against people’s existing values and cultures has a destructive impact on their sense of who they are, what they want and what they respect. It attacks spiritual values and faith traditions. The accumulative (累积的) effect in non-Western societies is a crisis of cultural confidence, combined with the increased economic uncertainty and crime which global integration (一体化) may bring. This creates real problems for social stability» whether it is at the level of nation, community or family.
In conclusion, cultural globalization, or worldwide McDonaldization, destroys diversity and displaces the opportunity to sustain decent life through a mixture of many different cultures. It is more a consequence of power concentration in the global media and manufacturing companies than the people’s own wish to abandon their cultural identity and diversity.
1. It can be learned from Paragraph 1 that ______.| A．non-Western societies willingly accept economic globalization |
| B．Western culture unites the world、economies and technologies |
| C．the booming of Western culture destroys non-Western societies |
| D．despite its appeal, westernization shows an unpleasant uniformity |
| A．McDonald receives more criticism abroad than at home. |
| B．Many Africans dream of a middle class American lifestyle. |
| C．Chinese food wins great approval in the United Kingdom. |
| D．Some western young people fancy a visit to African countries, |
| A．Cautious. | B．Critical. |
| C．Positive. | D．Neutral. |
| A．cultural diversity in globalization |
| B．challenges to non-Western cultures |
| C．drawbacks of cultural globalization |
| D．disappearance of non-Western cultures |
