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A. Talk with her friends. B. Go out with him. C. Put on warm clothes.
3. How many members are there in Alice’s group now? A. Two.
B. Four.
C. Six.
4. What are the speakers talking about? A. Ways of cooking. B. Healthy food for kids. C. ids helping in the kitchen. 5. What is the woman? A. She’s a shop assistant. B. She’s a receptionist. C. She’s a secretary. 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，从题中所给出的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。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6、7题。 6. Why does the man sound surprised? A. Lily rejected a job offer. B. Lily was absent from school. C. Lily turned down a scholarship. 7. What has Lily decided to do? A. Travel to Dubai. B. Stay with her mom. C. Start a business.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8. What is the probable relationship between the speakers? A. Colleagues.
B. Relatives.
C. Classmates.
9. What is Sabrina’s sister doing? A. Touring in Africa.
B. Teaching in a village.
C. Working in a company.
10. How can Sabrina reach her sister now?
A. By phone. B. By email. C. By letter.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。 11. What does Maria think of the soup? A. Tasteless.
B. Just fine.
C. Thick.
12. What does arl say can be added to the soup? A. Salt.
B. Onions.
C. Pepper.
13. Where are the speakers? A. At home. B. At a restaurant. C. At a friend’s house.
听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。
14. When will someone come to check the hot water? A. This afternoon. B. Tomorrow. C. At the weekend.
15. How did the students know about the flat? A. From a friend. B. From a newspaper. C. From a house agency.
16. What will the woman do to settle the problem about the fridge? A. Pay the students for the new one. B. Get someone to fix the old one. C. Order one on the Internet. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。 17. Who is the speaker? A. An invited guest. B. A news reporter. C. A radio host.
18. In what way has the speaker changed? A. He speaks faster. B. He becomes heavier. C. He cooks more often.
19. What is difficult for the speaker to get used to?
A. The food. B. The weather. C. The language.
20. What does the speaker think of the French people? A. A bit cold. B. Generous. C. Easy-going.
1—5 ACBCB
6—10 CBABC
11—15 ACBAB
16—20 AABCA
第二部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分） 第一部（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
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Ecobee3 Smarter WiFi Thermostat
Smart thermostats have become the face of smart home technology for most, but depending on what your home is like, it’s possible to say the ecobee3 is superior.
Most of the smart thermostats carry the same benefits, including the ecobee3. They can learn your preferences and schedules, and then adjust the temperature accordingly. They’re better-looking and more enjoyable to use than the basic pieces of plastic that occupy most households. Their very presence will probably make you more conscious about saving energy. And once you’re able to heat up or cool down your house from your phone, without having to get out of bed, you won’t want to go back.
If you live in a larger household, the ecobee3 can be much more convenient—provided you pick up a couple more remote sensors. Yes, it gets pretty expensive at that point, but having those gives you effective control over the temperature in different rooms around your house. In comparison, other thermostats’ measurements are largely limited to the area in which they’ re installed (安装).
If you live in a smaller place, that’s no big deal; the ecobee3 still has distinct advantages. It is touch-enabled and more spacious, making it less annoying when you want to enter a WiFi password, see weather information, and so on. Still, all the smart thermostats are pretty great. Which one is best just depends on whether you need a whole-home solution or a more straightforward one. For now, if it’s the former, go with the ecobee3.
Ecobee3 Smarter WiFi Thermostat with Remote Sensor, available at all shopping websites. 21. What is the function of the ecobee3?
A. Planning schedules. B. Making decoration.
C. Adjusting temperatures. D. Storing information.
22. According to the passage, one of the advantages of the ecobee3 is that ______.
A. it can be operated easily by phone B. it has different sizes C. it is a product without using energy D. it follows the same pattern 23. What makes the ecobee3 superior?
A. It costs less than those similar products. B. It may work without access to WiFi networks. C. It is more effective with fewer remote sensors. D. It can control the temperature in a larger area. 【答案】CAD
B
It used to be a matter of fact when Peter Pan — a character from James Matthew Barrie’s 1911 book — said “All children, except one, grow up.”
But this “fact” doesn’t seem to apply to today’s world anymore.
According to the NPD Group, a US market research company, sales of toys to adults in the U increased by more than 20 percent in 2016, three times the pace of the children’s toy market itself. These toys ranged from puzzles and Lego building sets to vehicle models and action figures. And more than half of the sales came from millennials — people born between the 1980s and 2000s.
“Adults of the 21st century are channeling their inner child, one toy at a time,” commented website oreaboo. This is also why these adults are sometimes referred to as “kidults”.
According to Frederique Tutt, an analyst at NPD, the motivation of these grown-ups is to escape the stress of today’s fast-paced world. They are driven toward the more immediate pleasures brought by toys than those brought by, say, getting a promotion, which is far less easy to achieve.
“It reminds me of the playful side of life,” Rob Willner, a 25-year-old PhD student in the U, told The Telegraph when talking about his love for Lego, which he said brings him both comfort and entertainment.
Despite this, some social scientists see the trend as disturbing. To Frank Furendi, a professor at the University of ent in the U, the fact that so many adults are pursuing “the thrills of youth” is the evidence that “adulthood has got nothing attractive about it anymore”, he told The New York Times. “That’s actually quite sad.”
But scientists are probably just worrying too much. According to Canadian comic book artist Todd McFarlane, collecting toys could simply be a way for people to express their individuality. “It’s just pop culture stuff. It’s stuff that says, ‘I like a little of this and I like a little of that’,” he told ABC News. “It’s no big deal.”
So now that over 100 years have passed since Peter Pan, perhaps it’s time to introduce a new “fact”, as stated in the tagline (标语) of the U fashion brand IDULT “Growing old is mandatory (被迫的), but growing up is optional.”
24. What does the underlined sentence in paragraph 2 imply?
A. Many adults still have some childlike features. B. Something old is not suitable for a new world. C. All children grow up as they become adults.
D. It’s difficult for some children to grow up in today’s world. 25. Which of the following statements is true?
A. Rob Willner believes that the pleasure brought by toys is easier to achieve.
B. Frederique Tutt believes that some adults enjoy playing with children’s toys to escape the stress. C. Frank Furendi believes that the thrill of youth does not attract adults. D. Todd McFarlane is worrying too much about collecting toys. 26. What is the writer’s attitude towards the trend of growing kidults?
A. Supportive B. Doubtful C. Critical
D. Disapproval
27. What can be the best title for the passage?
A. Growing Old Or Growing Up B. Toys Sales On The Rise C. idults In Fashion Again 【答案】ABAD
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A British man who lived in the Alps as a goat for three days has won one of this year's Ig Nobel prizes. Thwaites had special articifical organs made so he could walk like an animal. The take-off
awards, which are not quite as famous as the real Nobels, were handed out during their annual ceremony at Harvard University, US. Other studies honoured during the event examined the personalities of rocks, and how the world looks when you bend over and view it through your legs. On the surface, all the celebrated research sounds a bit silly, but a lot of it - when examined closely - is actually intended to handle real-world problems. And nearly all of the science gets published in peer-reviewed(同行评议的), scholarly journals. The firm has been awarded the chemistry prize for the way it cheated emissions tests.
Goat-man Thwaites actually shares his biology prize with another Briton, Charles Foster, who also has spent time in the wild trying to experience life from an animal's perspective. Clearly, the practice is fast-becoming a national character. Mr Thwaites admits his effort was initially an attempt to escape the stress of modern living, but then became a passion. He spent a year researching the idea, and even
D. Staying Young Forever