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1、用签字笔直接答在答题卡上对应的答题区域内。写在试题卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。4.考试结束后，请将本试题卷和答题卡一并上交。第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题：每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AAfter two years of careful consideration, Robert Mc Crum has reached a conclusion on his selection of the 100 greatest novels written in Englis

2、h. Take a look at a few in his list:The Pilgrims Progress by John Banyan （1678）A story of a man in search of truth told with the simple clarity and beauty of Bunyans prose makes this an English classic.Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe （1719）By the end of the 19th century, no book in English literary

3、history had enjoyed more editions and translations. This world-famous novel is a complex literature that one cannot resist.Gullivers Travels by Jonathan Swift （1726）A great work thats been repeatedly printed, Jonathan Swifts Gullivers Travels comes third in our list of the best novels written in Eng

4、lish.Clarissa by Samuel Richardson （1748）Clarissa is a tragic heroine, pressured by her dishonorable family to marry a wealthy man she dislikes, in the book that Samuel Johnson described as “the first book in the world that shows the knowledge about the human heart”.Tom Jones by Henry Fielding （1749

5、）Tom Jones is a classic English novel that gets the spirit of its age and whose characters are well-known since they have come to represent the society at that time.Emma by Jane Austen （1816）Jane Austens Emma is her most outstanding work, mixing the best parts of her early books with a deep sense of

6、 feelings.The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket by Edgar Allan Poe （1838）Edgar Allan Poes only novela classic adventure story with supernatural elementshas fascinated and influenced generations of writers.21. Which English book has got the most translations before the 20th century?A. Robin

7、son Crusoe. B. Gullivers Travels.C. Tom Jones. D. Emma.22. What does Samuel Johnson think we can learn about from the book Clarissa?A. A love story. B. Quarrels in a family.C. The human heart. D. The spirits of the lime.23. What makes the characters in Tom Jones famous?A. Their classic lifestyles. B

8、. Their different nationalities.C. Their typical spirits of the age. D. Their representation of the society. BIn our everyday lives we meet situations in which we take many things for granted（不去重视）.We only treasure things when they are gone. This is a sad truth of human nature. One day, I found myse

9、lf as a witness to a similar situation.One evening, I left work and boarded the train. After entering, I noticed something unusual. The center of the car had a few empty seats while both ends were crowded with people standing. I didnt pay much attention and sat down on one of the empty seats. I sens

10、ed a funny smell. It wasnt long before I noticed a homeless person sleeping on three seats in front of me. He was bleeding from his nose. Why wasnt anyone helping him?His clothes were torn and he was giving off a strange smell. Along with the smell, his eyes were dull, watery and red. Occasionally h

11、e scratched himself and people looked at him as if he had committed a crime. As the train stopped at stations and more people came in they covered their noses and faced away from him. All the seats around him were empty.Suddenly, he began to swear at the people around him. A plain clothes policeman

12、who looked like a construction worker took out his certificate and showed it to the homeless man. The officer, not wanting to touch the homeless man, told him his rights and directed him to exit the train. As the officer walked the man out of the train, the homeless man turned around and said MY HOM

13、E! and started crying.A man doesnt value things until they are gone. If he didnt have a home, at least he had freedom. Now he has neither. No one wants to help someone who wont help himself.24. When entering the car, how did the author feel at first?A. Annoyed. B. Puzzled. C. Sad. D. Calm.25. How di

14、d people react to the homeless man?A. They caught him and called the police.B. They covered him with clean clothes.C. They disliked and avoided him.D. They stared at him curiously. 26. It can be learned that the policeman .A. was very rude to the manB. sent the man back to his hometownC. forced the

15、man to leave the cityD. went off the train with the man 27. What does the author think of the homeless man?A. He is a loser of life. B. He is worth our respect.C. He is very funny. D. He is a fearless fighter. C3D printing is becoming more and more popular. We are now able to create things we need v

16、ery quickly and easily using 3D printers. But can you imagine printing food?Some scientists are trying to revolutionize the dining experience by doing this. They hope that having a 3D printer in the kitchen will be as common as the microwave oven or blender.Scientists say that itll be quite easy: yo

17、u simply have to select a recipe and put the raw food inks into the printer. You can also modify the instructions to make the food exactly how you want it. This means that it would be very quick and easy to create tasty and nutritious meals.Using 3D printers to create your meals would also be saving

18、 the environment. There would be less need for traditional growing, transporting and packaging processes as food production would be a lot more efficient. For example, alternative ingredients （ 原料 ） such as proteins from algae, beetroot leaves and insects could be converted into tasty products.Print

19、ing food could also help people who suffer from dysphasia （a swallowing disorder）. They could program the printer to print softer versions of their favorite foods so that they would not have trouble in swallowing them.However, some people think that a future of 3D food printing would be a disaster.

20、It could take away many jobs, including those for growing, transporting and packaging food. Imagine a world where there was no need for farming or growing crops and the same tastes could be printed from a raw “food ink”. Likewise, traditional cafes and restaurants might lose business. Also, there ar

21、e concerns about the nutritional value of printed food: is it really possible to be get the nutrients we need from food based inks and gels （ 凝胶 ）?Whats more , cooking and eating together with family and friends has long been a traditional and enjoyable activity. It is hard to imagine a world where

22、the pleasure of cooking is dead and meals can be created at the touch of a button.28. Which of the following best describes 3D food printing?A. Quick and popular. B. Easy and efficient.C. Nutritious and tasty. D. Soft and convenient.29. Why do some think that 3D food printing would be a disaster?A.

23、Traditional food would disappear. B. Many people could lose their jobs.C. It would affect the peoples health. D. We could all eat the same food.30. What can we infer from the last paragraph?A. 3D food printing will replace traditional cooking.B. The future of 3D food printing is uncertain.C. It woul

24、d hurt our tradition of food culture.D. 3D food printing would be a failure. 31. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?A. 3D food “printing”: coming to the kitchenB. Can 3D printing create everything?C. 3Dprinting food will be in fashion!D. The disadvantage of 3D food printing DA

25、t your next meeting, wait for a pause in conversation and try to measure how long it lasts.Among English speakers, chances are that it will be a second or two at most. But while this pattern may be universal, our awareness of silence differs dramatically across cultures.What one culture considers a

26、confusing or awkward pause may be seen by others as a valuable moment of reflection and sign of respect for what the last speaker has said. Research in Dutch （荷兰语）and also in English found that when a silence in conversation stretches to four seconds, people start to feel uneasy. In contrast, a sepa

27、rate study of business meetings found that Japanese people are happy with silences of 8.2 seconds-nearly twice as long as in Americans meetings.In Japan, it is recognized that the best communication is when you dont speak at all. Its already a failure to understand each other by speaking because you

28、re repairing that failure by using words.In the US, it may originate from the history of colonial（殖民地的）America as a crossroads of many different races. When you have a complex of difference, its hard to establish common understanding unless you talk and theres understandably a kind of anxiety unless

29、 people are verbally engaged to establish a common life. In contract, when theres more homogeneity, perhaps its easier for some kinds of silence to appear. For example, among your closest friends and family its easier to sit in silence than with people youre less well acquainted with.32. Which of th

30、e following people might have the longest silence in conversation?A. The Dutch B. Americans C. The English D. The Japanese33. What might the Japanese agree with in a conversation?A. Speaking more gives the upper handB. Speak out what you have in your mindC. Great minds think alike without wordsD. Th

31、e shorter talking silence, the better 34. What can we learn from the text?A. A four second silence in conversation is universalB. Its hard for American to reach a common agreementC. English speakers are more talkative than Japanese speakersD. The closer we and our family are, the easier the silence appears 35. What does the underlined word “homogeneity” in the last paragraph mean?A. Similarity B. Contradiction C. Diversity D. Misunderstanding 第二节 （共 5 小题，每小题 2 分，满分 10 分） 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项