Last year, 138,000 San Francisco residents used Airbnb, a popular app designed to connect home renters and travelers. It’s a striking number for a city with a population of about 850,000, and it was enough for Airbnb to win a major victory in local elections, as San Francisco voters struck down a debatable rule that would have placed time restrictions and other regulations on short-term rental services.

The company fiercely opposed the measure, Proposition F, with a nearly $10 million advertising campaign. It also contacted its San Franciscan users with messages urging them to vote against Proposition F.

Most people think of Airbnb as a kind of couch-surfing app. The service works for one-night stays on road trips and longer stays in cities, and it often has more competitive pricing than hotels. It’s a textbook example of the “sharing economy”, but not everyone is a fan.

The app has had unintended consequences in San Francisco. As the San Francisco Chronicle reported last year, a significant amount of renting on Airbnb is not in line with the company’s image: middle-class families putting up a spare room to help make ends meet. Some users have taken advantage of the service, using it to turn their multiple properties into vacation rentals or even full-time rentals. Backers of Proposition F argued that this trend takes spaces off the conventional, better-regulated housing market and contributes to rising costs.

“The fact is, widespread abuse of short-term rentals is taking much needed housing off the market and harming our neighborhoods,” said ShareBetter SF, a group that supported Proposition F. Hotel unions have protested the company’s practices in San Francisco and other cities, saying that it creates an illegal hotel system.

San Francisco is in the middle of a long-term, deeply rooted housing crisis that has seen the cost of living explode. Actually, explode is a generous term. The average monthly rent for an apartment is around $4, 000. Located on a narrow outcropping of land overlooking the bay, San Francisco simply doesn’t have enough space to accommodate the massive inflow of young, high-salaried tech employees flocking to Silicon Valley.

As the Los Angeles Times reported, some San Francisco residents supported the measure simply because it seemed like a way to check a big corporation. Opponents of Proposition F countered that the housing crisis runs much deeper, and that passing the rule would have discouraged a popular service while doing little to solve the city’s existing problems.

8. The intention of Proposition F is to ________.

A．place time limits in local election.	B．set limits on short-term rental.
C．strike down a controversial rule.	D．urge users to vote against Airbnb.

9. What is the negative consequence of Airbnb on San Francisco?

A．It shrinks the living space of middle-class families.

B．Users are taken advantage of by the service financially.

C．It makes the house market more competitive.

D．It indirectly leads to high house rental price.

10. The housing crisis in San Francisco results from ________.

A．explosion of the living cost	B．its geographic characteristics
C．generosity of local enterprises	D．inflow of migrant population

11. The author’s attitude toward Proposition F is ________.

A．objective	B．supportive
C．negative	D．indifferent

Fear of missing out or FOMO is characterized by “a desire to stay continually connected with what others are doing”.

Researchers have found that FOMO leads us to check social media more frequently, leading to a negative cycle that can be hard to break.     16     Your mood will be easily influenced by others and your life starts to be controlled by the outside world. However, the situation can be improved if you take the following advice.

    17     Try to reduce our screen time, focus on building your own path to success and do what you like. Live in the moment, you will find nothing is missing out in our life!

It is common to post on social media to keep a record of the fun things you do.     18     If this is the case, you may try to keep a personal journal of your best memories, either online or on paper. Keeping a journal can help you to shift your focus from public approval to private appreciation of the things that make your life great.     19    

You may find yourself seeking a greater connection when you are feeling depressed or anxious, and this is healthy. Feelings of loneliness are actually our brain’s way of telling us that we want to seek out greater connections with others and increase our sense of belonging.     20     Talking with families, making plans with a good friend, or creating a group outing that can help you to shake that feeling that you are missing out.

A．You actually can’t miss anything.

B．Especially the young are addicted to the social media.

C．Rather than focusing on what you lack, try noticing what you have.

D．This shift can sometimes help you to get out of the cycle of FOMO.

E．As a result, it will lead to feelings of depression, loneliness, and boredom.

F．However, you may find yourself noticing too much about people’s opinion on your experiences online.

G．Rather than connect with people on social media, why not arrange to meet up with someone in person?

Judy Heumann grew up in Brooklyn, New York. She ______ Polio(小儿麻痹症) at just 18 months old. Although she ______ , the virus paralyzed her, making her have ______ use of her hands and legs. At the time, it wasn`t ______ for parents send their disabled children to an institution. However, her parents refused to send their daughter ______ . They just decided that they were going to ______ their daughter. Her mother tried getting her ______ to kindergarten, but many schools rejected her, claiming Heumann was a potential danger. ______ , she received 2 hours of homeschooling a week until she was in the 4th grade.

Eventually, Heumann was accepted into a New York City public school program for students with disabilities, but her life was ______ normal, disconnecting from the rest of the school. She persisted, becoming the first ______ from her grade school program to go to high school and eventually college. Her dream was to become a teacher. But since there'd never been a teacher hired in New York City who used a ______ , she knew there would be more ______ to overcome. She was ______ her teaching license by the Board of Education. Fortunately, a reporter ______ to her, and soon, two articles about her experience were ______ . Then, at age 22, Judy became the first teacher using a wheelchair hired in New York City.

21.

A．had

B．brought

C．touched

D．infected

22.

A．escaped

B．hurt

C．survived

D．recovered

23.

A．little

B．limited

C．full

D．flexible

24.

A．impossible

B．abnormal

C．immoral

D．uncommon

25.

A．away

B．out

C．off

D．over

26.

A．care

B．leave

C．abandon

D．support

27.

A．adjusted

B．addicted

C．admitted

D．adopted

28.

A．Instead

B．Besides

C．Moreover

D．Otherwise

29.

A．nearly

B．more than

C．rather

D．far from

30.

A．teacher

B．student

C．volunteer

D．visitor

31.

A．walking stick

B．wheelchair

C．deaf-aid

D．guide dog

32.

A．barriers

B．weaknesses

C．differences

D．failures

33.

A．presented

B．offered

C．denied

D．awarded

34.

A．broke in

B．reached out

C．came over

D．took apart

35.

A．covered

B．delivered

C．published

D．made

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。

Wild Chinese sturgeon ( 鲟) are thought to have lived at the same time as dinosaurs and among the first class of protected animals in China. Last week, a wild Chinese sturgeon, which is believed to be the     36     (large) ever found in the past two decades, arrived in Beijing for better treatment. The species is one of the     37     (critical) endangered fish species in China and can be found only in the Yangtze and Pearl rivers.

The Chinese sturgeon “Houfu” ,     38     literally means “good fortune for ever after”, arrived at the Beijing Aquarium on Monday after 22 hours of transport     39     Hubei Province.

When the fish     40     (find) by a fisherman in the Yangtze River Basin, it had been suffering from multiple     41     (injury). It was sent to the Yangtze River Fisheries Research Institute for treatment immediately. As she was so weak, local care takers had difficulty     42     (feed) it. The Yangtze River Fisheries Research Institute decided to move it to Beijing to receive further treatment.

Nicknamed “Aquatic giant pandas” and     43     (list) as a wild creature under state protection, the species has been struggling due to water projects, busy waterway traffic     44     pollution in recent years. The number of Chinese sturgeon living in the wild     45     (fall) sharply to about 50 now from about 1,000 in 1982, according to researchers' estimates.

47. 阅读下面材料, 根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段, 使之构成一篇完整的短文。

Aram and Rossi’s Bakery

Walking along the narrow brick sidewalk, Aram took a deep breath. The air smelled of lemons and baked bread and coffee, coming from Rossi’s Italian Bakery. He was almost there.

Aram still couldn’t believe his luck. All his friends were working boring summer jobs—waiting tables and babysitting. And here he was, about to start as an actual baker’s assistant, doing what he loved. It was all thanks to his Aunt Rita. She knew Mrs Rossi and had arranged everything. It was the perfect experience for his future career. Rossi’s Bakery, he was sure, would one day be known as the place where he got his start.

Ah, here he was—the bakery. A faded wooden sign over the door read “Rossi’s Bakery.” Aram straightened his shoulders and entered. Mrs Rossi was sitting at the counter, looking old and wise. Aram greeted her and stuck out his hand. Mrs Rossi looked at it for a second before turning around and waving him inside. “I’m ready to learn everything,” Aram said.

“Great. Let’s start with the cash register,” Mrs Rossi said, “because that’s what you’ll be doing.” She showed him how to use the cash register. It wasn’t hard. The pastry trays were all marked by price, and there weren’t that many choices anyway. “That’s it?” Aram said, his heart sinking. “But when do we bake?”

“Bake? I order wholesale now. No more baking. I’m too old.” Then Mrs Rossi silently held up her hands. Aram took in her knotted, swollen fingers, and he understood. A wave of disappointment struck him. Sadness overwhelmed him so suddenly that he couldn’t think of a word to say.

He sighed, and Mrs Rossi sighed, too. “I used to bake it all. Bread and cakes. And no one did it better than me. But that was when these things worked,” said Mrs Rossi holding up her hands once more and glancing across the shelves filled with empty bottles labelled with names of the various ingredients (配料) she once used. Suddenly she came alive, waving her arthritic (关节炎的) hands. “People used to line up around the corner. Everyone wanted my baked bread.”

注意：
1. 续写词数应为150左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

Then a thought occurred to Aram that he could ask Mrs Rossi to teach him.

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Mrs Rossi finally said, “Let’s buy the ingredients first.”

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