1 . 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。

Don't remember sending that text? Maybe you were sleep texting. A new study from Villanova University found that the habit of using smart phones     1    (message) friends while still asleep — and having no memory of doing it — is a growing trend among young adults. " They are attached     2     their phones," said Elizabeth B. Dowdell, professor of nursing at Villanova and the lead author of the study. Young adults can average 60 to 100 text messages a day. Texting while sleeping is     3     (usual) caused by sounds. It's the buzz(嗡嗡声), beep or tweet     4     makes them reach for their phone. That sound gives them     5     sense of happiness.

The researchers     6     (survey) 372 students at two northeast colleges with an average age of 19. 7 — 75 percent were women, 25 percent men. All of the     7     (interview) had a smart phone and 93 percent kept their cellphone with them at night. Twenty-five percent of the students admitted     8     (text) while asleep.

The majority of the study's participants were not getting enough quality sleep. The late nights, early morning     9     (class) and 24/7 nature of college life can leave students     10     (tire)

2 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内打你的正确形式。

What is the most popular communication tool today?    1    your answer is QQ or MSN, I must say you are a bit old-fashioned. Today, a new form of communication “WeChat”, which    2    (own) a Chinese name Weixin, is becoming the most influential text and useful tool all over the world.

What advantages do WeChat have? First, WeChat is    3    relatively cheap way of communication; that is    4    (say), it uses network traffic instead of telephone fare. Next, we can know what is going on at any time. And we can have    5    (easy) access (通道) to information available than other messaging tools.

What roles does it play    6    our daily life? According to the latest report, the registered (登记的) users on WeChat platform has topped 200 million and expanded its business to overseas market. Can you imagine that a mobile phone “app” is so    7    (attract) that it reaches 200 million users within 8 months? WeChat itself has become the most popular mobile chat application in the world. A large number of people have become ‘WeChat alcoholic’, which means they keep staring at the mobile phone all the time and can’t live without    8    .

However, while enjoying its great    9    (convenient), people should not ignore the danger of    10    (cheat), for information on WeChat is publicly known.

3 . Can you imagine     1    (sing) together with hundreds of other people while you are alone at home? You can do this in a virtual choir．All you need is a video camera and an Internet     2    (connect)．A virtual choir     3    (enable) people to add their voices     4    those of other individuals．

The virtual choir was the idea of Eric Whitacre     5     is an American composer and conductor．He began to study music in the university and got     6    master’s degree in 1997．After that, he accomplished many well received compositions．In 2009,     7    (inspire) by a video he received from a girl singing one of his     8    (work), he created his first virtual choir, LuxAurumque．Later, his song What If was first put on a     9    (perform) on 23 July 2014 in the UK．

The virtual choir is a wonderful way to sing with one voice and thus make the world a     10    (good) place．

4 . Max Vernon Mathews has been called the father of computer music. He created electronic tools so that people could use computers as musical instruments. He had a huge influence on the development of electronic music and how it is written, recorded and played.

In 1957, Max Mathews wrote the first computer program that enabled a computer to create sound and play it back. At the time, he was working as an engineer at Bell Laboratories in New Jersey. His computer program was called Music. It enabled a large IBM computer to play a seventeen-second piece of music that he had written.

The computer was so slow that it would have taken an hour to play the piece of music in seventeen seconds. For that reason, Mathews moved the work to a tape player, which could be sped up to play the music at a normal speed. He later said that the sound quality of the musical notes was not great, but the technical importance of the music was huge.

The science fiction writer Arthur C.Clarke visited Bell Laboratories in the 1960s. He heard a computer “sing” the song “Daisy Bell” on devices and programs developed by Max Mathews and other engineers. Clarke noted this technology in his book 2001: A Space Odyssey, which was later made into a movie.

Mathews continued creating other versions of the Music program. He became interested in how computers could help musicians outside recording studios. The Groove program he developed was the first computer program made for live performances. He also developed an electronic device he called the Radio Baton. The device looks like two drum sticks. It enables the user to control the speed and sound levels of orchestral music played on a computer. The user does this by moving the two sticks on a special electronic surface.

Max Mathews believed modern musicians are not making full use of the power of computer music. He said a violin always sounds like a violin. But with a computer, the way a violin sounds is unlimited. He said he did not want computer sounds to replace live music. But he said he hoped laptop computers would one day be considered serious instruments.

1. How did the program Music work according to the text?

A．It helped design a computer program.

B．It created sound by using computers.

C．It could record a seventeen-second piece of music.

D．It enabled a large IBM computer to work faster.

2. Why did Mathews turn to a tape player？

A．It was of light weight.

B．Its sound was of great quality.

C．It could play the music faster than the computer.

D．It could play more pieces of music than the computer.

3. Why did Max Mathews’ Music appear in Clarke’s book?

A．The book dealt with music.	B．Music added sound to the book.
C．The book was recorded by Music.	D．Music was a new invention at that time.

4. What is the fifth paragraph mainly about?

A．Devices and programs Max Mathews created.

B．The characteristics of Max Mathews’ works.

C．How Max Mathews’ program was applied.

D．How Max Mathews developed computer programs.

5. What do we know about Max Vernon Mathews?

A．He is the father of music.

B．He is influential as an engineer.

C．He made great contributions to computer music.

D．He wanted computer sounds to take the place of live music.

5 . It has been two months since I moved to China, but its digital advancement hasn't stopped impressing me ever since. One of the major things that I cannot imagine living without anymore is mobile payment. There are two major mobile payment apps here, Alipay and WeChat Pay. Both have similar payment features, though WeChat has more like a social media. That's why I will focus on this "super app".

So far, I've been shocked by how efficient life can be with WeChat. It is present in every aspect of people's daily life, from paying water and electricity bills, meals, cinema tickets to calling a taxi, following news, and chatting with friends. Most merchants have adopted it, from tiny local street food stalls to high-end（高端的）stores. A cashier may be surprised if you do not pay with WeChat or Alipay at the grocers or in restaurants. And it seems like the entire payment industry has encouraged this shift to mobile payment, equipping payment terminals with QR code scanners to simplify payments. Mobile payments are so common here that I realize that I can perfectly survive if I forget my wallet at home one day because most days I just don't take it out of my bag！

As mentioned earlier, WeChat is also a major social media platform with about one billion daily users, which is more than the entire population of European Union. So I have to say Chinese technological and digital development is a real miracle.

1. What impresses the author most since he came to China?

A．The rapid progress of digital technology in China.

B．The living condition of the Chinese people.

C．The similar features of Alipay and WeChat Pay

D．The efficient life brought by WeChat.

2. What can be inferred from the second paragraph?

A．Nowadays wallet is unnecessary in China.

B．Cashiers refuse to accept cash in China.

C．Mobile payment are very popular in China.

D．QR code scanners are very expensive in China.

3. What's the author's attitude to WeChat?

A．Doubtful.

B．Favorable.

C．Opposed.

D．Uncaring.

4. What is the main idea of the text?

A．Two major mobile payment apps.

B．The development of mobile payment.

C．The different opinions about mobile payment.

D．The miracle of Chinese mobile payment.

6 . One Australian state government has become the first in the world to carry out a statewide camera program to automatically detect (探测) drivers using their cell phones while driving.

The program came into effect in the state of New South Wales on December 1 following a six-month trial earlier this year, which the government claims caught over 100,000 drivers. Similar technology has been tested in England and Saudi Arabia, but the NSW program marks the first time it has been widely carried out.

There won’t be any signs signalling the cameras’ presence, either. “We have to unfortunately use the element of surprise to get people to think ‘well, I could get caught at any time,’” said NSW Roads Minister Andrew Constance. “I want behaviour to change and I want it changed immediately.”

The cell phone detection camera can’t actually discover people using their phones in time. Instead, it takes photographs of every single vehicle that passes by it, using artificial intelligence (AI) to analyse them later. If the software detects a likely offender (违法者), the image is then checked by an employee before a punishment notice is sent out.

Drivers will only receive warnings for the first three months the cell phone detection cameras are in operation. After that, drivers who are caught will be fined 344 dollars, as well as losing five points from their driver’s license.

According to the NSW government, if the AI doesn’t detect any phone use in a photo it will be deleted without any human seeing it, usually within an hour.

1. Why does the NSW government carry out the camera program?

A．To detect the number of drivers using cell phones.

B．To help drivers avoid being caught in surprise.

C．To change drivers’ behavior of using cell phones while driving.

D．To test similar technology like some European countries.

2. What does the underlined word “them” in paragraph 4 refer to?

A．Cameras.

B．Drivers.

C．Photos.

D．Passers-by.

3. What may happen to the offenders detected by the camera?

A．Some regular written warnings.	B．No punishment in the limited time.
C．A heavy fine without point loss.	D．A make-up test of the driver’s license.

4. What is the text mainly about?

A．A road Al camera system in Australia.

B．A test of world-first AI camera system.

C．The behaviors of Australian drivers.

D．The development of AI camera system.

7 . Educators today are more and more often heard to say that computer literacy is absolutely necessary for college students. Many even argue that each incoming freshman should have his or her own microcomputer. What advantages do computers offer the college students?

Any student who has used a word processor will know one compelling reason to use a computer: to write papers. Although not all students feel comfortable composing on a word processor, most find revising and editing much easier on it. One can alter, insert, or delete just by pressing a few keys, thus ridding students of the need to rewrite or retype. Furthermore, since the revision process is less difficult, students are more likely to revise as often as is necessary to end up with the best paper possible. For these reasons, many freshman English courses require the use of a word processor.

Computers are also useful in the context of language courses, where they are used to drill students in basic skills. Software programs strengthen ESL (English as a Second Language) instruction, as well as instruction in French, German, Spanish, and other languages. By using these programs on a regular basis, students can improve their skills in a language while proceeding at their own pace.

Similarly, business and accounting students find that computer spreadsheet (电子表格) programs are all but important to many aspects of their work, while students pursuing careers in graphic arts, marketing, and public relations find that knowledge of computer graphic (绘图) is important. Education majors learn to develop grading systems using computers, while social science students use computers for analyzing and graphically displacing their research results.

It is no wonder then, that educators support the purchase and use of microcomputers by students. A useful tool, the computer can help students learn. And that is, after all, the reason for going to college.

1. What does the underlined phrase “computer literacy” in Paragraph 1 probably mean?

A．The purchase of computers.	B．The ability to use computers well.
C．The computer hardware and software.	D．The computer science and technology.

2. According to the author, a word processor can be used to___________.

A．revise and edit papers	B．rewrite or retype papers
C．complete a freshman’ course	D．improve students’ writing skills

3. According to the author, the reason for students to go to college is__________.

A．to learn something	B．to perfect themselves
C．to improve computer skills	D．to find one's passions

4. What is the main idea of Paragraph 4?

A．Educational experts have developed grading systems.

B．The computer has fund its way into social science.

C．Rarely do accounting students use computers.

D．Computers benefit various majors in college.

5. Which of the Allowing is TRUE according to the passage?

A．More college students should major in computer science.

B．Machine learning and big data is the future of computer application.

C．Some computer progams can be employed to aid language learning.

D．Educators are reluctant to increase computer use in their own classroom.

8 . The Amazon Echo, a voice-driven computer that sits on a table top and answers to the name Alexa, can call up music tracks and radio stations, tell jokes, answer simple questions and control smart appliances. Even before Christmas it was already resident in about 4% of American households. Voice assistants are being widely used in smart phones, too: Apple’s Siri handles over 2 billion commands a week, and 20% of Google searches on Android-powered handsets in America are input by voice. Dictating e-mails and text messages now works reliably enough to be useful. Why type when you can talk?

Simple though it may seem, voice has the power to transform computing, by providing a natural means of interaction. Windows, icons and menus, and then touch screens, were welcomed as much easier ways to deal with computers than entering complex keyboard commands. But being able to talk to computers abolishes the need for a “user interface(界面)” at all. Just as mobile phones were more than existing phones without wires, and cars were more than carriages without horses, so computers without screens and keyboards have the potential to be more useful, more powerful than people can imagine today.

Voice will not wholly replace other forms of input and output. Sometimes it will remain more convenient to converse with a machine by typing rather than talking (Amazon is said to be working on an Echo device with a built-in screen). But voice is sure to account for a growing share of people’s interactions with the technology around them, from washing machines that tell you how much of the cycle they have left to virtual assistants in corporate call centres. However, to reach its full potential, the technology requires further breakthroughs and a resolution of the tricky questions it raises around the trade-off between convenience and privacy.

Computer-dictation systems have been around for years. But they were unreliable and required lengthy training to learn a specific user’s voice. Computer’s new ability to recognise almost anyone’s speech dependably without training is the latest manifestation (证明) of the power of “deep learning”, an artificial intelligence technique in which a software system is trained to use millions of examples, usually selected from the Internet. Thanks to deep learning, machines now nearly equal humans in transcription accuracy, computerized translation systems are improving rapidly and text-to-speech systems are becoming less robotic and more natural-sounding. Computers are, in short, getting much better at handling natural language in all its forms.

Although deep learning means that machines can recognize speech more reliably and talk in a more natural manner, they still don’t understand the meaning of language. That is the most difficult aspect of the problem and, if voice-driven computing is truly to flourish, one that must be overcome. Computers must be able to understand context in order to maintain a coherent conversation about something, rather than just responding to simple, one-off (一次性的) voice commands, as they mostly do today (“Hey, Siri, set a timer for ten minutes”). Researchers in universities and at companies are working on this problem, building “bots” that can hold more detailed conversations about more complex tasks, from searching information to making travel arrangements.

Many voice-driven devices are always listening, waiting to be activated(激活). Some people are already concerned about the implications of internet-connected microphones listening in every room and from every smart phone. Not all audio is sent to the cloud - devices wait for a trigger phrase (“Alexa”, “OK, Google”, “Hey, Cortana”, or “Hey, Siri”) before they start passing the user’s voice to the servers that actually handle the requests - but when it comes to storing audio, it is unclear who keeps what and when.

1. According to Paragraph l, the Amazon Echo ________.

A．has been sold out before Christmas

B．has been used by most American families

C．came on the market later than Apple’s Siri

D．is more useful than smart phones in dictating e-mails

2. What can we learn about computers’ deep learning from the passage?

A．It is vital to accurate identification of human voices.

B．It is almost the same as the computer-dictation system.

C．It has helped machines understand the meaning of language.

D．It has helped machines beat humans in accuracy and reliability.

3. What are some users of voice-driven devices concerned about?

A．The devices will be in charge of their life.

B．The devices need to be activated before working.

C．They are in the dark about their data’s ownership.

D．Their voices can be recognized by every smart phone.

4. What’s the author’s attitude towards voice-driven technology?

A．Worried.	B．Doubtful.
C．Supportive.	D．Objective.

9 . More and more shoppers are buying things online these days, allowing them to avoid _______ sales people and long lines at checkout counters. In spite of online convenience, _______, there are some items - like clothes - that customers prefer to _______ before buying. In light of this, two companies are finding ways to modernize stores and _______ the gap between online and in-store retail(零售).

A software company that also happens to sell designer jeans, Hointer has created a fast and painless shopping _______ for its customers.

Shoppers walk into a Hointer store and select one of the many pairs of jeans _______ down from bars. Then they point their smart-phones at the tag and _______ the Hointer app, after which they select the size and press “try on”. The app then directs them to a specific dressing room. German-made robots bring out the _______ jeans and deliver them through a chute(斜槽) to the dressing room in about 30 seconds. Immediately after _______ pairs of jeans are dropped through another chute, the “outbox,” they disappear from the list in the app.

Purchases at Hointer are made with a swipe(刷卡) of a credit card. And interacting with a salesperson is optional! This allows Hointer to hire fewer people and focus on their ultimate goal: developing ________ that supports a retail revolution.

Men’s clothing retailer Bonobos has________ a more personalized shopping experience. Although it is -- in fact -- on online retailer, Bonobos had decided to open a handful of brick-and-mortar stores called Guide-shops. Shoppers make a(n) ________ online before arriving at a guide-shop, where they receive one-on-one ________ from a fitting guide. Because these shops have limited inventories(存货), shoppers aren’t able to take home the outfits they select. But guides help shoppers make online purchases before they leave, after which the items will be ________ to customers in one or two days.

While Hointer focuses on convenience, Bonobos Guide-shops focus on customer service. But both efforts have one thing ________: giving clothing retailers a new look for the 21st century.

1.

A．respectable

B．considerate

C．aggressive

D．violent

2.

A．however

B．therefore

C．anyway

D．moreover

3.

A．convince

B．guarantee

C．ensure

D．examine

4.

A．break

B．bridge

C．shallow

D．deepen

5.

A．experience

B．mall

C．direction

D．principle

6.

A．hiding

B．hanging

C．storing

D．labeling

7.

A．start

B．upload

C．save

D．download

8.

A．desired

B．well-designed

C．promoted

D．well-prepared

9.

A．qualified

B．wanted

C．chosen

D．unwanted

10.

A．employment

B．efficiency

C．technology

D．market

11.

A．come up with

B．looked forward to

C．looked up

D．brought up

12.

A．decision

B．appointment

C．contribution

D．impression

13.

A．contact

B．instruction

C．notice

D．attention

14.

A．presented

B．packaged

C．delivered

D．transferred

15.

A．in conclusion

B．in common

C．as usual

D．in general

10 . The Notre Dame (巴黎圣母院) fire has been put out, but its wooden roof have been largely damaged. The terrible accident causes a sudden sharp pain to people around the world, “What a pity that we cannot see the damaged parts of the wonder anymore.”

But the good news is that there is at least one way of seeing them, namely via a video game called Assassin's Creed: Unity. In this game, the player can travel to one city after another and enter the buildings exactly like what they are in reality, and see Notre Dame as it was before the fire. In addition, with VR technology, which is already quite mature, one can even look around the undamaged Notre Dame as if it is still there. Maybe digital technology could help to better protect architectural cultural heritage (建筑文化遗产).

The idea of digitizing ancient buildings, making digital models of them so their data can be saved, dates back to the 1990s and the necessary technology has continued to advance since then. By scanning the ancient buildings with lasers, building 3D models with hundreds of images, as well as measuring (测量) everything precisely, engineers can make a copy as “same” as the real one.

As computers and smartphones are hugely popular，the digital replica or digital copy has great pratical value. First, it allows tourists to feel the cultural relics (文物) without touching them, which helps protect them. The virtual tour of Dunhuang Grottoes in Gansu Province is a good example of this as tourists can view the paintings without standing near them. Furthermore, it can make the digitized cultural relics more famous by spreading awareness about them via the Internet. In 2000, a virtual tour of the Great Wall became very popular at the Hannover World Expo, which increased the number of foreign tourists visiting it in the following years. Above all, it preserves all the information of the cultural relics. Even if the original ones are damaged one day, people can still know what they were like and can build a replica if desired.

Time is the biggest problem to architectural heritage. Maybe we will have better technologies in the future, but the digital technology offers a practical way to preserve architectural cultural heritage at the moment.

1. What can we see about Notre Dame in the video game?

A．The big fire.	B．Its original look.
C．The damaged parts.	D．Its wooden shape.

2. What will engineers do to create a digital replica of the ancient buildings?

A．Improve the technology needed.	B．Build 3D models of full size.
C．Scan the photos of the buildings.	D．Measure all the parts precisely.

3. How does the author prove the digital copy has great practical value?

A．By comparison.	B．By listing data.
C．By giving examples.	D．By classification.

4. What is the best title of the passage?

A．The Damage of Notre Dame

B．The Value of Digital Replica

C．VR Technology Helps Repair the Cultural Relics

D．Digital Technology Helps Protect Ancient Buildings