1、1. Listening ComprehensionSection A Short ConversationsDirections: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a co
2、nversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.1. A. At an airport B. In a hotel C. At a police station. D. At a restaurant2. A. At4:20 B. At4:40 C. At4:50. D. At4:303. A. Its price B. Its loc
3、ation C. Its comfort D. Its facilities4. A Employer and employ B. Husband and wifeC. Teacher and student D. Patient and doctor5. A. To cancel his trip. B. To go to bed earlyC. To catch the later flight D. To ask for a morning call.6. A. Cathy already knows about the exhibit. B. Cathy has to act in a
4、 play.C. He did show her one of the signs. D. There will be an exhibit in the theatre.7. A. The critic has a very funny comment on the musicalB The woman agrees with the mans opinion of the musical.C. The woman has a very positive comment on the musical.D. The man and the woman differ in their opini
5、on of the musical.8. A. David never likes to play tennis. B. Davids unable to play tennis with them.C. David isnt a very good tennis player. D. David is in town for a game of tennis.9. A. Satisfied. B. Impatient. C. Exhausted. D. Amused.10. A. He wants to get a new job. B. He is asking the woman for
6、 help.C. He has left the woman a good impression. D He enjoys letter writing.Section BDirections: In Section B, you will hear two short passages and one longer conversation, and you will be asked questions on each of them. The passages and conversation will be read twice, but the questions will be s
7、poken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11. A. She wanted to have a garden similar to their neighbours.B. Her husban
8、d would like to have a beautiful backyard.C. She was going to make the rented house her own home.D. The community required them to keep the backyard lovely.12. A. By getting involved in doing voluntary work.B. By picking up mails for their neighbours.C. By keeping an eye on their neighbours children
9、.D. By planting trees along the street with others.13. A. Her husband volunteered to work in the neighbourhood.B. They took on new responsibilities for their neighbours.C. She was planning to plant a new garden in the backyard.D. She enjoyed the relationship they built with the community.Questions 1
10、4 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. To find out what covers the Earth. B. To list all living things on Earth.C. To work out the number of birds. D. To save the existing plants.15. A. It is run by school students. B. It focuses on different types of grass.C. It provides different l
11、evels of information. D. It allows non-scientists to review its data.16. A. We may know just a small part of all the living creatures of Earth.B. We have learnt most of the living creatures on Earth.C. Only scientists can help to make the Encyclopedia of Life.D. It wont be long before scientists col
12、lect all the data they need.Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.17. A. It is a club for people from different countries to socialize.B. It is a club for British people to socialize in Washington.C. It is a club for people from different countries to discuss business.D. It
13、 is a club which arranges for people from different countries to do sports together.18. A. Monday. B. Tuesday. C. Wednesday. D. Thursday.19. A. She can study and practise German free of charge.B. She can have a meal in a restaurant with anyone from different countries.C. She can communicate with all
14、 the sixty members at the moment.D. She doesnt need to pay for her first month in the club.20. A No activity is organized by International Friends Club on Wednesday.B. The woman came to America three months ago.C. International Friends Club organizes sports events for its members.D. If one wants to
15、join in International Friends Club, he should fill in a form.II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the giv
16、en word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.Time to End LonelinessUS author Henry Rollins once wrote: “Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better. Indeed, in the eyes of artists, loneliness never seems to go out of sty
17、le. There are paintings that portray loneliness, songs that (21)_ (inspire) by loneliness, and many works of literature that center around this theme.In the eyes of UK economist Rachel Reeves, however, loneliness is far from romantic. Instead, its a “giant evil“ thats become a serious problem in the
18、 country.On Jan 17, UK Prime Minister Theresa May appointed politician Tracey Crouch as the countrys very first “Minister for Loneliness“. Her job is (22)_ (deal) with the loneliness that the countrys been feelinga problem which, according to UK government research, is affecting more than 9 million
19、people in the country, and (23)_ be more harmful to ones physical and mental health than smoking 15 cigarettes a day.Back in 2014, the UK was given the title of the “loneliness capital of Europe“ by The Telegraph. A survey carried out by the newspaper found that British people were (24)_ (likely) to
20、 get to know their neighbours or build strong relationships with people than those from other European countries.But this doesnt mean it is the problem (25)_ (affect) Britons only. In fact, were all suffering from loneliness now more than ever, in spite of most of the world now being linked to the i
21、nternet, (26)_ has enabled us to be more connected than ever.(27)_ we need, according to Kim Leadbetter, sister of the late UK politician Jo Cox, is to have “proper human connections“.“Our lives nowadays are so busy. We spend the vast majority of our time on our phones, on our laptops. (28)_ _ _ bus
22、y we are, we need to press pause on that and actually sit down and speak to human beings,“ Leadbetter said at an event last year.But the first steps toward (29)_ (fight) this problem are to accept its existence and not be ashamed or frightened by it. After all, (30)_ loneliness, many beautiful paint
23、ings, songs, and literary works wouldnt even exist. Whether it is “evil“ or not, being lonely is simply part of the experience of being humman.Section BDirection: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you nee
24、d.A. analyzing B. maintain C. designed D. covered E. capable F. figures G. recently H. weighing I. undoubtedly J. release K. postsRobots Writing NewspapersWhether its robots working as hotel receptionists or artificial intelligence creating poetry, its becoming more and more common to read about tec
25、hnology doing the jobs of humans. And now, it seems that software is even 31 of writing news storiessuch as the very one youre reading.BBC News 32 reported that the Press Association(PA), a UK news service, has created a computer program thats competent to create articles that are almost impossible
26、to tell apart from those written by human journalists. Called “robo-journalism“ by BBC News, such software “teaches“ itself by 33 thousands of news stories written by humans. The PAs software is already so advanced that many UK newspapers and websites publish articles created by it.According to the
27、Reuters Institute of Journalism, many publishers are using robo-journalism to 34 interesting information quickly, from election results to official 35 on social issues. For example, US news organization The Washington Post has its own robo-journalism software, Heliograf.According to tech website Dig
28、iday, Heliograf “wrote“ over 850 articles in 2017, as well as hundreds of social media 36 .So what does this mean for regular journalists? “Were naturally cautious about any technology that could replace human beings.“ Fredrick Kunkle, a Washington Post reporter, told Wired. “But this technology seems to have taken over only some of the work that nobody else wants to do.“Indeed, it appears that robo-journalism software is 37 to help humans, rather than take away their jobs. “In the future, Heliograf could do things like searching the web to see what people are talking about, ch
