1、A. Cold. B. Cloudy. C. Rainy.2. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. A lecture. B. A course. C. A hall3. Where are the speakers?A. On a bus. B. On a plane. C. In a car.4. When is the man meeting the woman tomorrow?A. At 1:00 a.m. B. At 11:00 a.m. C. At 2:00 p.m.5. Which shop are the speaker
2、s going to first?A. The chemists. B. The sports shop. C. The bookshop.第二节(共15小题;每小题1.5分,满分22.5分)听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项,并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前,你将有时间阅读各个小题,每小题5秒钟;听完后,各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料,回答第6、7题。6. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Salesman an
3、d shopper. B. Waiter and customer. C. Neighbors.7. What does the woman need?A. Two eggs. B. Some coffee. C. A cake.听第7段材料,回答第8、9题。8. How long should the man talk in the speech?A. 20 minutes. B. 15 minutes. C. 5 minutes.9. What does the woman advise the man to do?A. Give more examples. B. Talk about
4、the images. C. Simplify his speech.听第8段材料,回答第10至12题。10. What is the woman?A. A librarian. B. A student. C. A teacher.11. Where is the open PC zone?A. In the north of the hall.B. In the middle of the library.C. On the left of the stairs.12. Which place does the man prefer to study in?A. The library c
5、afe. B. The training hall. C. The silent zone.听第9段材料,回答第13至16题。13. Why does the man make the phone call?A. To ask for a colored picture.B. To confirm the delivery time.C. To order some machines.14. What will the woman do this afternoon?A. Fax the man a brochure. B. Work out the agreement. C. Attend
6、a meeting.15. Why cant the machines be delivered by the end of this month?A. There arent enough machines.B. The distance is too long.C. The time is too limited.16. When will the man sign the agreement?A. This evening. B. Tomorrow morning. C. Tomorrow noon.听第10段材料,回答第17至20题。 17. What did the speakers
7、 parents suggest he do?A. Camp near home. B. Stay at home. C. Take a raincoat.18. How does the speaker plan to go to the campsite from the village?A. By bus. B. By car. C. On foot.19. What should Polly bring?A. Food. B. A tent. C. Drinks.20. How long will it take to get to the village by bus?A. Abou
8、t one hour. B. About four hours. C. About five hours.第二部分:阅读理解(百强校英语解析团队专供)(共两节,满分35分)第一节(共10小题;每小题2.5分,满分25分)阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。ARecently, a word foxi - or “Buddhist”- is sweeping the Internet, which encourages young people to remain calm and peaceful and avoid conflict as
9、 much as possible - in other words, to live like a Buddha.The phrase was reportedly created in Japan in 2014 to describe young men who no longer bother to start relationships with women or follow someone elses life path. They prefer to stay in their own peaceful world without being disturbed and car
10、e little about passion and success.Now, Chinese internet users are pairing the phrase with other words to describe a similar mindset. For example, “Buddhist students” are those who study just the right amount - they dont cut class, but they dont bum the midnight oil, either. There are also “Buddhist
11、 parents”, who interfere little with their childrens lives and let them develop however they like - the opposite of “helicopter parents”.In this fast-changing and competitive world, its only natural that people are seeking a spiritual anchor.However, some would compare foxi with “demotivational cult
12、ure” a phrase that describes young people who feel aimless and powerless. They say that foxi actually reflects the reality that young people We losing their will to fight. They are pretending to keep a healthy and wise attitude toward failure simply because theyre incapable of succeeding. But no mat
13、ter what, there is one thing that “Buddhist youngsters” should keep in mind. You want to keep a calm mindset regarding failure, but you should also be passionate and positive school, work and life.21. Which groups was the word “Buddhist” originally created to describe in Japan?A. Those young men who
14、 feel aimless and powerless.B. Those young men who are incapable of succeeding.C. Those young men who care little about passion and success.D. Those young men who are completely cut off from the outside.22. What can we infer from paragraph 3?A. Buddhist parents dont care for their children at all.B.
15、 Buddhist students are always staying up late to study.C. “Buddhist” refers to those who prefer to follow someone elses path.D. Helicopter parents involve themselves too much in their childrens life.23. Which of the following statements might the author most likely agree with?A. Young people are enc
16、ouraged to live like a Buddha.B. One should stay calm and be optimistic in face of failure.C. Young people today are actually losing their will to fight.D. To study just the right amount is a wise choice for a student.BChina became the first country to clone a monkey using non-reproductive cells, re
17、ducing the need for lab monkeys and paving the way for more accurate, effective, and affordable animal tests for new drugs, scientists said on Thursday.By December, the Institute of Neuroscience of the Chinese Academy of Sciences had created two clone monkeys named “Zhong Zhong” and “Hua Hua” by nuc
18、lear transferring of somatic (躯体的) cells - any cell in the organism other than reproductive cells. This was the similar technology used to create the famous clone sheep Dolly in 1996.Tetra, a rhesus monkey born in 1999, is the worlds first ever-cloned monkey, but it was done using a simpler method c
19、alled embryo splitting, and it could only produce four cloned babies at a time and cannot be genetically changed to suit experimental needs, said Pu Muming, an academician at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the director of Institute of Neuroscience, CAS. “Cloning a monkey using somatic cells has
20、 been a world-class challenge because it is a primate (灵长类) that shares its genetic makeup, therefore all of its complexity, with humans,” he said.“For drug and other lab tests, scientists have to purchase monkeys from all over the world, which is costly, bad for the environment and produces inaccur
21、ate results because each monkey might have different genes,” Pu said.“By cloning monkey using somatic cells, we can mass cultivate (培养) large number of genetically identical babies in a short amount of time, and we can even change their genes to suit our needs,” he added “This can save time, cut dow
22、n experiment costs, and produce more accurate results, leading to more effective medicine.”Sun Qiang, director of the non-human primate research facility at the institute, said, “Monkeys and humans are both primates, so they are much closely related and testing on monkeys is supposed to be as testin
23、g on humans,” he said. This is especially useful in testing drugs for neural diseases such as Parkinsons disease, metabolic and immune system disease, and tumor, he added.24. What makes cloning a monkey using somatic cells a big problem?A. Lack of lab monkeys. B. Complex genetic make-up.C. The high
24、expenses. D. The harm to the environment.25. Cloning monkeys with non-reproductive cells can bring benefits except .A. producing more effective medicine B. reducing experiment costsC. saving time on lab tests D. curing neural diseases easily26. What can we learn from the passage?A. Zhongzhong and Hu
25、ahua are the worlds first ever-cloned monkeys.B. Cloning a monkey using reproductive cells is a world-class challenge.C. Cloning a monkey using non-reproductive cells needs more lab monkeys.D. The sheep Dolly was ever cloned by nuclear transferring of somatic cells.CA new library in Tianjin - Tianji
26、n Binhai Public Library - recently became an online hit. The Daily Mail described it as the “worlds ultimate library”, while the word “breathtaking” was the choice of Newsweek magazine. One look at the library and youll see why. With its futuristic design and walls loaded with books, its the dream l
27、ibrary of every book lover.But as the awe continues, theres a burning question lying in the back of our minds: When physical bookstores are closing down one by one, what makes libraries immune (免除的) from the wave of digitalization? And do we really still need libraries now weve got the internet in o
28、ur hands?Reporter Ian Clark has the answer. “Libraries are not declining in importance - people are simply changing the way they use them,” he wrote on the Guardian website.What Clark means is that libraries have shifted from simply being storehouses of books to a medium to help bridge the gap betwe
29、en the haves and the have-nots”, according to website Libraries Are Essential, Since not everyone can afford a smartphone, a tablet or an internet connection, and not everyone knows how to search the internet correctly and efficiently, its public libraries that make sure that these resources and tec
30、hnologies are available to a larger group of people.And one of the pitfalls that come with online materials is that theyre not always reliable. “Google doesnt tell you what youre not getting, so people need to evaluate the quality and completeness of what they see on their screens,” Sarah Pritchard,
31、 dean of libraries at Northwestern University, told Northwestern Research Magazine. And libraries are usually where that “evaluation happens.But all of these practical functions aside, we still need the physical space that a library provides. Its something thats called a “third place”, according to the Seattle Times. This is a place in which we can fully concentrate on our
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