1 . What will the man do first?

A．Learn more about prices.

B．Find a supplier.

C．Do reports.

2 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. What did the man study in university?

A．Law.

B．Medicine.

C．Economics.

2. What fruit has something in common with cocoa beans?

A．Apples.

B．Bananas.

C．Grapes.

3. What is the most difficult part of making chocolate?

A．Melting it correctly.

B．Cooling it in time.

C．Testing it regularly.

4. What is the speaker’s key to success?

A．Growing high-quality cocoa beans.

B．Keeping a diary of his experiments.

C．Trying to test various chocolate.

3 . Language Engineer Wanted

Are you a linguist（语言学家）with technical skills? Or are you an engineer with a passion for（human）languages? Come work on Alexa! We're building the speech and language solutions behind Amazon Echo and other Amazon products and services. Our goal is to delight our customers by adding new features to Alexa. We also improve our existing speech recognition and natural language processing systems.

Specifically, you will:

●design the natural language processing components of new Alexa experiences and features;

●discover and solve production issues that are impacting the Alexa customer experience;

●work with other language engineers in creating the best solutions to improve customer satisfaction.

Basic qualifications:

●Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

●Experience in computational linguistics(计算语言学), language data processing, etc.

●Experience working with speech and text language data in several languages

●Experience in Python, Perl, or other programming languages

Primary qualifications:

●Advanced degree in a relevant field

●Familiarity with database queries（数据库查询）and data analysis processes

●Experience with statistical language modeling

●Fluency in a language other than English

Application instructions:

Please click "Apply Now" and follow our online application process

Deadline: September 30, 11:59 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time（EDT）. We highly recommend that candidates submit résumés up to two weeks in advance of the deadline. Submitting on the deadline day is NOT recommended, and applications received late will not be accepted.

You must submit the name of your résumé in this exact format: LastName_FirstName_CV_Language Engineer

1. What does a language engineer do?

A．Build speech and language solutions for Google

B．Work with linguists to improve customer satisfaction.

C．Add new features to Alexa to satisfy the customers' needs.

D．Invent speech recognition and natural language processing systems

2. What kind of person would probably apply for the position?

A．One with a bachelor's degree in literature

B．One familiar with data analysis processes

C．One fluent in spoken and written English.

D．One with years' of experience in customer service.

3. Where is the passage most likely to be found?

A．A webpage.	B．A newspaper.
C．A textbook.	D．A report.

4 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What is the purpose of the call?

A．To accept a position.

B．To advertise a job opening.

C．To check on a job application.

2. For what day is the man’s appointment scheduled?

A．Tuesday.

B．Thursday.

C．Friday.

3. What does the woman ask the man to do?

A．Call her later.

B．Meet with Victoria Smith.

C．Wait at the front desk.

5 . Hearing my name called, I stepped up on stage to give my first public speech. Steadying my trembling hands, I _________ the sea of people and wanted to _________. Then a question flashed into my mind, “Do you still remember _________ it took to get here?”

It all started with a(n) _________ I had written in reply to a radio host’s slanderous (诋毁的) comments about _________ rights. I had stayed up for days _________ information to oppose his point. Content with my final essay, I submitted it to my _________ for publication. Later, I received a text stating that he _________ not to publish it because the subject matter was “too controversial”. Hurt, I _________ with my two weeks’ work.

I tried to submit my essay to others, believing someone would be __________ to get it out while the subject was still topical.However, after days of “thanks, but no thanks” replies, I felt __________. No one was interested in a no-name writer with a __________ opinion that was against that of a celebrity.Had my boss been right?

________, I received a “YES” from a small, yet powerful online blog that __________ women.

My essay had thousands of __________ and I rose to fame overnight. In less than a day, my world changed and people started to __________. Then one day, I received a call asking me to give a(n) ______________ in Washing D. C. . My eyes teared up in __________. Me? A middle-aged single mother with only high school education?

Taking a deep breath, I dived into the speech I had __________ many times, nervous but __________ to make my voice heard.

1.

A．cheered for

B．looked at

C．pointed to

D．relied on

2.

A．sing

B．bow

C．escape

D．continue

3.

A．any

B．little

C．some

D．all

4.

A．sentence

B．song

C．essay

D．book

5.

A．women’s

B．workers’

C．children’s

D．animals’

6.

A．deleting

B．changing

C．researching

D．providing

7.

A．assistant

B．boss

C．editor

D．colleague

8.

A．chose

B．agreed

C．struggled

D．promised

9.

A．interrupted

B．resigned

C．possessed

D．violated

10.

A．foolish

B．responsible

C．careful

D．willing

11.

A．discouraged

B．confident

C．terrified

D．optimistic

12.

A．common

B．strong

C．subjective

D．low

13.

A．Therefore

B．Instantly

C．Obviously

D．Finally

14.

A．learned from

B．dealt with

C．focused on

D．apologized to

15.

A．views

B．explanations

C．endings

D．translations

16.

A．shudder

B．listen

C．scold

D．distribute

17.

A．order

B．instruction

C．performance

D．speech

18.

A．sadness

B．disbelief

C．anger

D．relief

19.

A．delivered

B．attended

C．ended

D．practiced

20.

A．determined

B．amazed

C．satisfied

D．amused

6 . What is the relationship between the speakers?

A．Colleges.

B．Classmates.

C．Strangers.

7 . It’s a high-risky, multibillion-dollar industry with tight deadlines, demanding customers and lives in danger.
The business is ____ And it’s booming.
The number of jobs for translators and interpreters doubled in the past 10 years while their wages steadily ____ before, during and after the recession. During a period of stagnating (停滞的) wages across the labor market, the language-service industry with its 50,000 jobs is a ____ spot in the jobs outlook.
Lillian Clementi is a French translator working in corporate communications from her home in Arlington, Massachusetts and is routinely on tight deadlines to hand in translated material. “The risks can be huge,” said Clementi, “There’s tons of ____ pressure.”
In some cases, a(n) ____ translation or interpretation is also vital. If a user’s guide for medical equipment is not translated well, it could lead to ____ during an emergency. Soldiers in conflict areas require excellent interpreters to speak with community members. Any change of tone or context could put lives ____
Translators’ and interpreters’ immunity (免疫力) to the nation’s economic downturn also ____ the growing demand for people who can speak several languages in an increasingly globalized economy, experts said.
“Good translators who ____ a particular subject and become really good at it can really make six-digit figures annually,” said Jiri Stejskal, spokesman for the American Translators Association.
Multinational corporations, U.S. demographic (人口的) changes and the Internet economy raise the need for translated and localized information. Companies increasingly want their content ____ to the tongue of the town, even between dialects of the same language.
“As more people ____ the worldwide economy, that’s going to drive more commerce, and that’s going to drive more language services,” said Bill Rivers, executive director of the National Council for Language and International Studies in the Washington region.
____, qualifications for translators and interpreters are not as simple as they may seem. Speaking two languages does not mean a person can work in the language-service industry, experts said. Learning how to translate or interpret is a ____ skill beyond knowing the language.
Furthermore, the most successful translators and interpreters maintain a ____, such as legal documents, quarterly earnings reports or a special knowledge of industry.
Technological advances may cut jobs in some industries, but online translation services like Google Translate ____ raise demand for human translators and interpreters, experts said. Online sales companies also drive demand for translation.1.

A．tourism

B．language

C．technology

D．economy

2.

A．shrank

B．changed

C．grew

D．remained

3.

A．bright

B．scenic

C．historic

D．tough

4.

A．money

B．peer

C．blood

D．time

5.

A．proper

B．quick

C．direct

D．innovative

6.

A．disease

B．depression

C．violence

D．confusion

7.

A．in order

B．at risk

C．under control

D．out of state

8.

A．highlights

B．understands

C．increases

D．resists

9.

A．set up

B．depend on

C．specialize in

D．object to

10.

A．limited

B．accustomed

C．related

D．tailored

11.

A．agree with

B．have access to

C．are confident of

D．insist on

12.

A．Instead

B．Therefore

C．However

D．Otherwise

13.

A．separate

B．genetic

C．learnable

D．worthwhile

14.

A．certificate

B．diploma

C．strategy

D．specialty

15.

A．automatically

B．respectively

C．actually

D．immediately

8 . What are the two speakers mainly talking about?

A．The man’s last job.

B．Their favorite jobs.

C．The woman’s new job.

9 . Several recent studies examined how machine automation and artificial intelligence (AI) will change the future of work.

Some people predict these technologies could replace up to 30 percent of workers worldwide by 2030. The possibility of being replaced will greatly increase for workers with less education, said Price Waterhouse Coopers, an international company providing financial and tax services. It estimated(估计) that in Britain, up to 46 percent of workers without a college degree could be in danger because of automation. This would drop to about 12 percent for workers with undergraduate degrees or higher.

“New smart machines have the hidden power to replace our minds and to move around freely in the world,” the study said. It added that the greatest job replacement is expected to come in the areas of transportation, storage, manufacturing (制造业)and retail（零售）.

The Rand Corporation recently published its own report on the future effects of automation and AI on jobs and the workplace. Osonde Osoba was a co-author of the report. He noticed that fears over machines taking jobs from humans goes back centuries. He agrees there will be major job disruptions(混乱) because of AI and automation, especially for lower skilled workers. But he believes the future problems have been overestimated(高估) without historical evidence to support the predictions. “It’s not so much that the jobs are getting replaced, but it’s more like tasks are getting replaced and jobs are reconfiguring(重新装备) over time to account for that automation.” He added that it will be very difficult for companies to completely automate most jobs, because they request a worker to perform many different duties and to respond to unexpected situations.

“If you are thinking about detailed things an individual(个人) might do to prepare themselves, I guess being more adaptable and being able to reeducate yourself to fit into a different job.” Osonde Osoba suggests.

1. According to the whole passage, _________are most likely to lose their job?

A．scientists in laboratories	B．teachers in colleges and universities
C．milkmen in milk companies	D．officers in governments

2. Which of the following is RIGHT according to the passage?

A．Companies have completely automated most jobs for saving cost.

B．Humans have feared to be replaced by AI and automation.

C．The job replacement has come in transportation and retail.

D．People with high degrees get higher danger of losing jobs than those with no college degree.

3. What do you think is the best title of the passage?

A．Future workers: what to do to keep the job.

B．Job replacement: who is to blame.

C．Automation and AI: how to replace the future job.

D．New studies: why the future job is replaced.

10 . While I was waiting to enter university, I saw in a newspaper a teaching job_______at a school about ten miles from where I lived. Being very short of_______and wanting to do something_______I applied (申请), _______as I did so, that without a degree and with no_______of teaching my chances of getting the job were_______.

However, three days later, a letter arrived, calling me to Croydon for a meeting with the headmaster. It proved to be a _______journey: a train to Croydon station, a ten-minute bus ride and then a walk of at _______a quarter of a mile. As a result I arrived there, feeling too hot to be nervous. It was clearly the_______himself that________the door. He was short and round.

"The school," he said, "is made up of one________of twenty-four boys between seven and thirteen." I should have to teach all the subjects except art, ________he taught himself. I should have to divide the class into ________groups and teach them in turn at three different ________, and I was________at the thought of teaching maths—a subject at which I wasn’t very ________at school. Worse perhaps was the idea of________to teach them on Saturday afternoon because most of my friends would be________themselves at that time.

Before I had time to ask about my salary, he got up to his________. "Now" he said, you’d better meet my wife. She is the one who really________this school.

1.

A．kept

B．lost

C．wanted

D．found

2.

A．money

B．time

C．students

D．clothes

3.

A．harmful

B．useful

C．funny

D．secret

4.

A．expecting

B．whispering

C．fearing

D．considering

5.

A．material

B．experience

C．means

D．books

6.

A．nice

B．great

C．slight

D．helpful

7.

A．difficult

B．pleasant

C．comfortable

D．short

8.

A．most

B．least

C．last

D．first

9.

A．teacher

B．door-keeper

C．student

D．headmaster

10.

A．shut

B．opened

C．repaired

D．kicked

11.

A．group

B．class

C．dozen

D．score

12.

A．which

B．that

C．what

D．this

13.

A．one

B．two

C．three

D．four

14.

A．classes

B．subjects

C．levels

D．places

15.

A．excited

B．angry

C．glad

D．disappointed

16.

A．poor

B．interested

C．weak

D．good

17.

A．forcing

B．having

C．forgetting

D．managing

18.

A．watching

B．studying

C．enjoying

D．helping

19.

A．letter

B．feet

C．hands

D．wife

20.

A．runs

B．starts

C．observes

D．likes