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A.Watchingamovie.B.Buyingaticket.C.WaitingforJames.

（　　）4.Whatdoesthewomansayaboutthenewclothesshop?

A.It'

scrowdedonSaturday.　　　　B.Theclothesareexpensive.

C.Therearemanychangingroomsthere.

（　　）5.Whatwillthemanprobablydo?

A.Havethefaxmachinerepaired.　　　　B.CallMr.SteveninWashington.

C.Getthepaperfaxednextdoor.

第二节

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，各小题将给出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.Whydoesthemancallthewoman?

A.Tomakeanappointment.B.Tochangeanappointment.

C.Tocancelanappointment.

（　　）7.Whatdoesthewomanaskthemantodo?

A.Haveherpipeschecked.B.Repairherfrontstairs.C.Replaceherbackdoor.

听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

（　　）8.Wheredoestheconversationtakeplace?

A.Inarestaurant.B.Overthephone.C.Intheoffice.

（　　）9.Whencanthemanorder?

A.At10：

30p．m.B.At10：

00p．m.C.At8：

00p．m.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

（　　）10.Whatdoesthewomanplantodo?

A.Rentahouse.B.Buysomefurniture.C.Moveherhouse.

（　　）11.What'

stherelationshipbetweenthetwospeakers?

A.Landlordandrenter.B.Agentandcustomer.C.Neighbors.

（　　）12.Howmuchshouldthewomanpayaltogether?

A.$260.B.$390.C.$650.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

（　　）13.Whatcanweknowaboutthecouple'

sTVset?

A.Ithasbeensold.B.Ithasbeengivenaway.C.Itisbeingrepaired.

（　　）14.WhatkindoffilmwillbeonattheSilverStarTheater?

A.Awarmovie.B.Awesternfilm.C.Acomedy.

（　　）15.WhydoesthemanrefusetoseethefilmTheKiller?

A.Hehasnomoneytopayforit.　　　　B.Thefilmisnothispreference.

C.Thetheaterisfarfromtheirhome.

（　　）16.Whattimeisitnow?

A.8：

00p．m.B.7：

30p．m.C.7：

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

（　　）17.Whatistheseasonnowaccordingtothetext?

A.Winter.B.Spring.C.Autumn.

（　　）18.Whichplacedoesthespeakersuggestvisiting?

A.Abeach.B.Anationalpark.C.Acamp.

（　　）19.Howmanypeoplediedin2014innationalparks?

A.1，025.B.129.C.145.

（　　）20.Whatmaygetpeopleintotrouble?

A.Extrabatteries.B.Poorjudgment.C.Overpreparation.

第二部分：

阅读理解（共两节，满分35分）

第一节（共10小题，每小题2.5分）

请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A

Islandsthatcoulddisappearinyourlifetime

Islandvacationsaredreamsformanytourists,butclimatechangehasliftedoceantemperatures,raisedsealevelsandworsenedstormseverity.Asaresult,someislandsarethreatenedandcoulddisappearinthecomingdecades.

FederalStatesofMicronesia

2019Population:

112，640

Theaveragerateofsealevelriseworldwidehasbeen3.1mmperyearsince1993.ButtheratearoundFederatedStatesofMicronesiaisthreetimesfaster.Thecountryisatriskofdisappearingbecauseofcoastalflooding,erosion,andfrequentstorms.

Tuvalu

11，508.

TuvaluisasmallchainofislandsinthePacificOcean.Formorethan25years,itsrepresentativeshaveraisedalarmsthatclimatechangecouldraisesealevelsenoughtofloodtheislands.Evenifwatersnevergetthathigh,Tuvalucouldstillbecomeuninhabitableasrisingsealevelshavepollutedthenation'

sgroundwaterresourceswithsalt.

MarshallIslands

58，413

ResidentsofMarshallIslands,achainofvolcanicislandsandcoralatollsinthecentralPacificOcean,haveknownforyearsthattheyhavetoeitherbuildnewartificialislandstorelocateorraisetheexistingones.

Shishmaref,Alaska

617

In2016,peoplelivinginShishmaref,Alaska,locatedneartheBeringStrait,votedtorelocatebeforemeltingiceandlanderosionwouldforcedthemto.Alaskahadgrantedthecity$8milliontowardthemove,butofficialssayitwillcost$200million.

（　　）21.ThesealevelaroundFederalStatesofMicronesiaisrisingasmuchas________orsoayear.

A.1.1mmB.3.1mmC.6.6mmD.9.3mm

（　　）22.Whichislandhasbeengrantedsomefundstorelocatebythestategovernment?

A.FederalStatesofMicronesiaB.Tuvalu

C.MarshallIslandsD.Shishmaref

B

Theterm“crocodiletears”referstoinsinceresadness.Thistermhasanetymologydatingbackseveralcenturies.Asearlyasthefourthcentury,crocodiletearsarereferencedintheliteraturewiththemeaningofinsinceresorrow.Itissaidthatcrocodilesweepwhileeatingtheirhuntedanimalsbecausetheyaresad;

however,thissadnessisnothonest.

ThetermcrocodiletearsbecamewidelypopularafteritwasdocumentedinafifteenthcenturybooktitledTheVoyageandTravelofSirJohnMandeville,Knight.Apassagefromthebookreads:

“Thesecrocodileskillmenandtheyeatthemweeping.”

Asyoumayalreadyknow,crocodilians（鳄目动物）likelyfeelbadaboutlittle—especiallyfeeding.However,theassumptionofthecrocodiletearsmetaphormaybetrue.Ina2007paperpublishedinBioSciencetitled“CrocodileTears:

Andtheietenhemwepynge”（“CrocodileTears:

Andtheyeatthemweeping”）,researchersobserved7crocodiliansincagesduringfeedingtimeatareserve（4caimansand3Americanalligators）.Theresearchersobservedtheanimalsoutsideofwateratfeedingstationstobetterfindoutwhethertearingdeveloped.

Fiveofthe7crocodiliansdevelopedsomethingliketearsintheireyesbefore,duringorafterfeeding.Theresearcherssuggestthatthesecrocodiletearsoccurbecauseacrocodilianhisses（发出嘶嘶声）whileiteats,andthishissingforcesairthroughthespacesinthebonebehindthenoseandouttheeye,intheprocesspickingupnasolacrimalsecretions（鼻泪管分泌物）．

Inhumans,“crocodiletears”isamedicalconditionthatcausesapersontotearupwhileeating.Crocodiletearstypicallyoccurbecauseofatemporarylossoffacialcontrolduetodamageofthefacialnerve.Specifically,whenthefacialnervegrowsagain,itdoessoincorrectlythusresultingintearsduringchewingfood.

（　　）23.Theunderlinedword“etymology”inParagraph1refersto________．

A.areferencebookcontainingarticlesonvarioustopics

B.theoriginandhistoryofaparticularterm

C.aprintedsheetofpaperthataregivenfreetoadvertise

D.theapplicationandinfluenceofanewtheory

（　　）24.Theterm“crocodiletears”________．

A.isamedicalconditionthatcausesacrocodiletotearup

B.becamewidelypopularasearlyasthefourthcentury

C.referstopretendedsadness

D.provedtobeonlyanassumption

（　　）25.Fromthe2007paperpublishedinBioScience,wecanknowthat________．

A.crocodiliansespeciallyfeelbadaboutfeeding

B.notallthe7crocodiliansdevelopedtearing

C.thecrocodilianswerecarefullyobservedinsidewater

D.crocodiletearsoccurbecauseacrocodilianhissesafteriteats

（　　）26.Thepassageismainlyabout________．

A.whattherealtruthisaboutcrocodiletears

B.whentheterm“crocodiletears”gotpopularinliterature

C.howresearchersmadetheexperimentoncrocodilians

D.whycrocodiletearstypicallyoccurinhumans

C

Forseveraldecades,therehasbeenanorganizedcampaignintendedtoproducedistrustinscience,fundedbythosewhoseinterestsarethreatenedbythefindingsofmodernscience.Inresponse,scientistshavetendedtostressthesuccessofscience.Afterall,scientistshavebeenrightaboutmostthings,fromthestructureoftheuniversetotherelativityoftimeandspace.

Stressingsuccessesisn'

twrong,butformanypeopleit'

snotpersuasive.Analternativeanswertothequestion“Whytrustscience？

”isthatscientistsusethesocalledscientificmethod.Butwhatiscalledthescientificmethodisn'

twhatscientistsactuallydo.Scienceisdynamic:

newmethodsgetinvented;

oldonesgetabandoned;

andatanyparticularpoint,scientistscanbefounddoingmanydifferentthings.Falsetheoriessometimesleadtotrueresults,soevenifanexperimentworks,itdoesn'

tprovethatthetheoryitwasdesignedtotestistrue.

Ifthereisnospecificscientificmethod,thenwhatisthebasisfortrustinscience?

Theansweristhemethodsbywhichthoseclaimsareevaluated.Ascientificclaimisneveracceptedastrueuntilithasgonethroughalongprocessofexaminationbyfellowscientists.Scientistsdrafttheinitialversionofapaperandthensendittocolleaguesforsuggestions.Untilthispoint,scientificfeedbackistypicallyfairlyfriendly.Butthenextstepisdifferent:

therevisedpaperissubmittedtoascientificjournal,wherethingsgetawholelottougher.Editorsdeliberatelysendscientificpaperstopeoplewhoarenotfriendsorcolleaguesoftheauthors,andthejoboftherevieweristofinderrorsorotherfaults.Wecallthisprocess“peerreview”becausethereviewersarescientificpeers—expertsinthesamefield—buttheyactintheroleofasuperiorwhohasboththerightandtheresponsibilitytofindfault.Itisonlyafterthereviewersandtheeditoraresatisfiedthatanyproblemshavebeenfixedthatthepaperwillbeprintedinthejournalandentersthebodyof“science”．

Somepeoplearguethatweshouldnottrustsciencebecausescientistsare“alwayschangingtheirminds”.Whileexamplesoftrulysettledsciencebeingoverturnedarefarfewerthanissometimesclaimed,theydoexist.Butthebeautyofthisscientificprocessisthatscienceproducesbothcreativityandstability.Newobservations,ideas,explanationsandattemptstocombinecompetingclaimsintroducecreativity;

transformative