1. What is the man?
| A．A fresh graduate. | B．A software engineer. | C．A computer repairman. |
| A．He has great leadership skills. |
| B．He is a good team player. |
| C．He pays attention to detail. |
| A．Motivated. | B．Creative. | C．Industrious. |
| A．The employment situation. |
| B．The internal promotion. |
| C．The company culture. |
1. Who might the woman be?
| A．A hostess. | B．A director. | C．An actress. |
| A．It is her personal favorite. |
| B．It is worthy of the award. |
| C．It is terribly disappointing. |
| A．Call a meeting. | B．Watch a video. | C．Have a job interview. |
3 .
| Babysitter Wanted We need a babysitter to look after our boys aged 5 and 7 after school from 4 pm to 6 pm on weekdays. Pay: $40 per week. Call Lisa at 678-34521. |
| Times Coffee Shop We’re looking for waiters and waitresses for breakfast time and lunchtime to work in our shop on Sundays. Call Bella at 612-39875 (8 am-4 pm). |
| Holiday Job Do you want to make some extra money this summer? Can you speak another language? We need French, Spanish or German speakers to work for us in the City Museum Shop from Tuesday to Friday. Send your CV (简历) to citymuseumshopjob@163.com. |
| Deliver Newspapers We need young people to deliver newspapers on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings before school. Newspapers must be delivered before 8 am and you must have your own bike. Interested? Send your CV to postoffice@cranbrook.com. |
Dear Jenny, Thanks for remembering my birthday. I almost forgot it. When your gift arrived, I was really happy. I love the cookbook. It seems very interesting. I will learn to cook today’s dinner from it. Thanks again. Yours, Lisa |
Dear Cindy, The trousers you gave me are great! I can’t believe you made them by yourself. They look like the ones from a fashion store. With a gift like this, I don’t mind being one year older. If you have free time, please show me how to make them. Yours, Julia |
Dear friends and neighbors, Thank you for turning my birthday party into a concert. I always like listening to music. And this time when I shared the beautiful music with you, I felt so happy! I’ll never forget this special day. I’m very lucky to have friends and neighbors like you! Yours, Peter |
| A．About $40. | B．About $60. | C．About $80. | D．About $100. |
| A．To have your own bike. | B．To be interested in history. |
| C．To be at work before 8 am. | D．To be able to speak another language. |
| A．If you want to work in Times Coffee Shop, you can call 678-34521. |
| B．Lisa needs a babysitter who can look after her boys on Sundays. |
| C．If you are interested in delivering newspapers, you must have your own bike. |
| D．You can get no money by working in the City Museum Shop. |
4 . If you think of the jobs robots could never do, you would probably put doctors and teachers at the top of the list. But, in some cases, they already perform better than doctors at diagnosing (诊断) illness. Also some patients might feel more comfortable sharing personal information with a machine than a person. Could there be a place for robots in education after all?
British education expert Anthony Seldon thinks so. And he even has a date for the robot takeover of the classroom: 2027. He believes robots will do the main job of transferring information and teachers will be like assistants. Intelligent robots will read students’ faces, movements and maybe even brain signals. Then they will transfer the information to each student. It’s not a popular opinion and it’s unlikely robots will ever have empathy (共情) and the ability to really connect with humans like another human can.
One thing is certain, though. A robot teacher is better than no teacher at all. In some parts of the world, there aren’t enough teachers and 9—16 percent of children under the age of 14 don’t go to school. Teachers all over the world are leaving because it is a difficult and lower-paid job and they feel overworked. That problem could be partly solved by robots.
Perhaps the question is not “Will robots replace teachers?” but “How can robots help teachers?”. Teachers waste a lot of time doing non-teaching work, including more than 11 hours a week marking homework. If robots could cut the time teachers spend marking homework and writing reports, teachers would have more time and energy for the parts of the job humans do best.
1. What does Anthony Seldon think of robots in 2027?| A．Robots can do most teaching. | B．Robots will work as assistants. |
| C．Robots can only transfer information. | D．Robots will have empathy like humans. |
| A．Because robot teachers cost less. | B．Because robot teachers teach better. |
| C．Because there aren’t enough teachers. | D．Because there are already robot doctors. |
| A．接管 | B．负责 | C．安排 | D．上课 |
| A．Illness diagnosing | B．Robot teachers |
| C．Information transferring | D．Education problems |
5 . The email hit me like a punch in the gut. It came from my
But despite my
But then, I surprised myself by quickly
Sometimes life sucks and things happen, and we cannot
| A．housekeeper | B．parents | C．editor | D．customers |
| A．desperately | B．unfortunately | C．hopefully | D．thankfully |
| A．initial | B．endless | C．various | D．regular |
| A．moved | B．committed | C．disturbed | D．thrilled |
| A．laid off | B．approved of | C．seen through | D．looked into |
| A．remarkably | B．ambitiously | C．identically | D．negatively |
| A．promotion | B．threat | C．column | D．application |
| A．boundary | B．failure | C．tendency | D．distance |
| A．switching | B．objecting | C．adding | D．comparing |
| A．self-defense | B．self-respect | C．self-doubt | D．self-approval |
| A．suggestion | B．perspective | C．assistance | D．breath |
| A．commanded | B．allowed | C．warned | D．inspired |
| A．discover | B．track | C．forget | D．control |
| A．routine | B．dream | C．reflection | D．principle |
| A．goner | B．victim | C．delay | D．rank |
1. When is the woman supposed to arrive at the office?
| A．At 8:00. | B．At 8:30. | C．At 9:00. |
| A．The lst floor. | B．The 2nd floor. | C．The 5th floor. |
| A．Colleagues. | B．Classmates. | C．Customer and waiter. |
7 . I’m now at a special university where 46 speech and hearing impaired (受损) students graduate each year. Every morning, I made it a practice of setting the intention (意图) in my heart of “May I be a tool for them to get what they need right now?”.
Today, one girl came and sat down. I started with how we usually do. She can speak but cannot hear and lip-read. I asked one question, and she went on for 10 minutes straight, and in Tamil (泰米尔语). I understood a couple of words here and there, so I understood that she was not saying anything connected with what I asked. I just kept on listening to her without speaking a word. This went on for an hour and a half! Then, after a long pause, I told her to get back on track with another question. And then she shared for another half an hour straight! The whole time I was just looking in her eyes which would go here and there but come back to me. In the end, I just got up and hugged her and she was smiling wider.
Then I invited her to have juice with me. She said yes. What put me in a state of fear was realizing, just a few minutes later, that treating my new friend to some juice was the first celebration of my very first salary! A month ago, I started my first job, and what a blessing to have this important moment in my life be rooted in generosity.
1. What was the writer’s intention according to Paragraph 1?| A．A doubt. | B．A wish. | C．A struggle. | D．A guess. |
| A．required her to speak in English | B．discovered something strange about her |
| C．asked her questions as usual | D．began to teach her to lip-read |
| A．She asked the writer to speak. |
| B．She listened most of the time herself. |
| C．She stared at the writer’s eyes all the time. |
| D．She went on talking for 1.5 hours before a long pause. |
| A．Glad. | B．Regretful. | C．Bitter. | D．Grateful. |
1. What do we know about Mr Bannister?
| A．He is new to the company. |
| B．He works on the trade deal. |
| C．He is not experienced enough. |
| A．Mr Duncan. | B．Mrs Templeton. | C．Amelia. |
1. What is the man doing?
| A．Complaining about Anne’s behavior. |
| B．Asking for the woman’s assistance. |
| C．Giving the woman suggestions. |
| A．Impolite. | B．Friendly. | C．Unconcerned. |
| A．Write a report. | B．Send a form. | C．Talk with Dave. |
| A．She lacks experience. |
| B．She missed the interview. |
| C．She isn’t interested in the job. |
