2017-2018学年江苏省邗江中学高二下学期期中考试英语试题 Word版

2017-2018学年江苏省邗江中学高二下学期期中考试英语试题 Word版

江苏省邗江中学2017-2018学年度第二学期 高二英语期中试卷 ‎ 命题人: 徐小凡 ‎ 第I卷 (三部分 共85分)‎ 第一部分 听力 (共两节，满分20分) ‎ 第一节(共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分) 听下面5 段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，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。听完每段对话后，你都有l0 秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。 1. What does the man mean?‎ A. He will not open the window. B. The window can’t be opened. C. The window is already open.‎ ‎2. Which is the quickest way to the airport?‎ ‎ A. By taxi. B. By bus. C. By underground ‎3. Why does the woman want to change the shoes?‎ ‎ ‎ A. They are not the right color. B. They are not the right style.C. They are not the right size.‎ ‎4. What is the woman going to do this evening?‎ ‎ A. Go to dinner. B. Visit her sister. C. Go to the airport ‎5. What can we learn from the conversation?‎ ‎ A. The woman had a photo shop of her own.‎ B. The woman developed her photos all by herself.‎ C. The woman developed part of her own film.‎ 第二节(共15小题； 每小题1分，满分15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至8题。‎ ‎6. How old is the house?‎ A. 30 years old. B. More than 30 years old. C. About 30 years old.‎ ‎7. The woman wanted to sell it because ______ .‎ A. she was tired of living there B. she has retired and couldn’t pay for that much money C. she now really needs a quiet and small place in the country ‎8. The man maybe can decide to buy the house except that ______ .‎ A. the woman can bring down the price of it B. the man’s wife can get a view of it C. they can find someone to help them 听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。‎ ‎9. What are the two speakers talking about?‎ A. A visit to their relatives. ‎ B. A call to their close friends. ‎ C. A plan for the party.‎ ‎10.Why was the woman thinking of calling on Ann?‎ A. Because Ann just got out of the hospital.‎ B. Because she wanted to invite Ann to the party.‎ C. Because Ann just got a new house.‎ ‎11.They will have a little party at Rick’s, won’t they?‎ A. Yes, as they are very happy together. ‎ B. No, as Rick doesn’t feel well.‎ C. We don’t know.‎ 听第8段材料，回答第12至13题。‎ ‎12.Why did the man stay in the hospital?‎ A. Because his left arm was broken. ‎ B. Because he had an accident. ‎ C. Because he drove too fast.‎ ‎13.How did the accident happen?‎ A. Someone knocked into his car. ‎ B. He had drunk too much wine. ‎ C. He drove too carelessly.‎ 听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。‎ ‎14.Before entering the house, the doctor ______ .‎ A. asked the lawyer for 500 dollars B. didn’t know if the lawyer would keep his word C. was reassured (使消除疑虑) by the lawyer ‎15.Because the lawyer’s wife was badly ill, the doctor ______ .‎ A. did nothing for her B. spent a lot of time on her C. found it impossible to cure her ‎16.After the lawyer’s wife died, the doctor got ______ .‎ A. nothing but the money for medicine B. ＄500 C. no money at all ‎17.If the doctor had cured the lawyer’s wife, he would have got ______ .‎ A. more than ＄500 B. nothing C. the payment 听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。‎ ‎18.The man sold his parrot for ______ .‎ A. ＄100 B. ＄200 C. ＄1000‎ ‎19.Tom thought of a way ______ .‎ A. to sell turkeys B. to make his turkey more smart C. to make some money ‎20.At last, Tom probably ______ .‎ A. sold the turkey B. didn’t sell the turkey C. killed the turkey 第二部分 英语知识运用 (共两节, 满分35分)‎ 第一节 单项填空 (共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)‎ ‎21. At ______sight of ____ large collection of books John owns, Lucy knows what a person he is. ‎ ‎ A. the; the B. a; a C. a: the D .不填, the ‎22. A(n) _________ identification card is required when you purchase foreign money from the Bank of China.‎ ‎ A. evident B. valid C. diverse D. specific ‎ ‎23. —Have you got used to the Chinese food，Robert? ‎ ‎—Yes. But I don’t like ________when a Chinese host keeps serving me the food I don’t like.‎ A. this B. that C. those D. it ‎24. ________ the previous approach to offering low-cost models for the market, Chinese car makers are focusing on displaying alternative energy-driven vehicles to meet environmental concerns. ‎ A. In reference with B. In comparison to ‎ C. In tune with D. With regard to ‎25. You could have watched the movie Transformers 3 last night. Why _____ you?‎ ‎ A. didn't B. haven't C. hadn't D. shouldn't ‎26. As a newcomer to this apartment________, you and your family need to contact the apartment administration and ensure those safety standards. ‎ A. complex B. component C. competition D. competence ‎27. The climate here is quite pleasant, the temperature rarely, ______, reaching 30C in summer.‎ ‎ A. if not B. if so C. if any D. if ever ‎28. They need to reduce their dependence on borrowed money, for it is a painful and drawn-out process that can credit and economic growth. ‎ A. put off B. choke off C. drop off D. take off ‎29. It is required that under no circumstances ______ ourselves even if there are temptations like money or beauty.‎ A. we will betray B. should we betray ‎ C. should betray we D. will we betray ‎30 . ---How are you getting along with your study in France, Jay?‎ ‎---Well, I find a very mixed group of individuals here, some of whom I could ______ and others with whom I had very little in common.‎ A. relate to B. correspond to C. turn to D. subscribe to ‎ ‎31. Traditional exercises like sit-ups, press-ups and pull-ups are great for strengthening the body,________ you do them properly.‎ A. since B. unless C. assuming D. considering ‎32. Giving is a universal opportunity _______ regardless of your age, profession, religion, and background, you have the capacity to create change.‎ ‎ A. when B. that C. where D. which ‎33. ——Isn’t it time you went to bed, Mike ?‎ ‎——I ________ painting all afternoon, so I have to finish my homework now.‎ A. was practicing B. have practiced C. have been practicing D. had practiced ‎34. ---What made your daughter interested in writing?‎ ‎ ---______ classical literary works in her childhood.‎ ‎ A. Having exposed B. Being exposed to C. Exposing to D. Exposed to ‎ ‎35. One night in 1905, Frank accidentally left his drink outside on the overnight. ? It was absolutely delicious.‎ ‎ A. What for B. How come C. Why bother D. Guess what ‎ 第二节 完形填空（共20小题！每小题1分，满分20分）‎ 请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。‎ ‎ Think about the last time you felt a negative emotion—like stress, anger, or    36   . What was going through your    37  as you were going through that negativity? Was your mind cluttered (混乱的) with thoughts? Or was it paralyzed, unable to    38   ?‎ ‎ The next time you find yourself in the    39  of a very stressful time, or you feel angry or frustrated, stop. Whatever you’re doing, stop and sit for one minute. While you’re sitting there,    40   immerse yourself in the negative emotion.‎ ‎ Allow that emotion to  41 you. Allow yourself one minute to truly feel that emotion. Don’t  42  yourself here. Take the entire minute—but only one minute—to do  43  else but feel that emotion.‎ When the minute is over, ask yourself, “Am I willing to keep  44  to this negative emotion    45    I go through the rest of the day?”‎ ‎ Once you’ve allowed yourself to be totally immersed in the emotion and really    46  it, you will be surprised to find that the emotion    47    rather quickly.‎ ‎ This exercise seems simple—almost too simple.    48   , it is very effective. By allowing that negative emotion the  49   to be truly felt, you are dealing with the emotion  50    stuffing it down and trying not to feel it. You are actually    51    the power of the emotion by giving it the space and attention it needs. When you immerse yourself in the emotion, and realize that it is only emotion, it  52    its control. You can clear your head and proceed with your task.‎ ‎ Try it. Keep a piece of paper with you that says the following:   53   . Immerse for one minute. Do I want to keep this negativity? Breathe deeply, exhale, release. Move on! This will    54    you of the steps to the process. Remember; take the time you need to really immerse yourself in the emotion. Then, when you feel you’ve felt it    55   , release it—really let go of it. You will be surprised at how quickly you can move on from a negative situation and get to what you really want to do!‎ ‎36.  A. sadness   B. frustration     C. regret D. sorrow ‎37.  A. heart   B. thought C. mind D. body ‎38.  A. move B. survive C. talk D. think ‎39.  A. beginning     B. end   C. middle   D. start ‎40.  A. completely B. immediately C. hardly D. never ‎41.  A. destroy   B. load    C. consume  D. escape ‎ ‎42.  A. abandon   B. cheat     C. blame D. doubt ‎43.  A. anything      B. something C. everything D. nothing ‎44.  A. holding on B. giving in C. looking forward D. adding up ‎45.  A. till   B. as C. before D. once ‎46.  A. defeat B. fight C. feel D. forget ‎47.  A. clears B. escapes C. releases D. runs ‎48.  A. Therefore  B. Otherwise C. Moreover D. However ‎49.  A. space   B. reason    C. chance   D. time ‎50.  A. other than   B. more than C. rather than D. less than ‎51.  A. adding to   B. taking away C. subjecting to    D. objecting to ‎52.  A. gains B. takes C. keeps D. loses ‎ ‎53.  A. Calm B. Relax C. Wait D. Stop ‎54.  A. inform B. warn C. convince D. remind ‎55.  A. already   B. enough C. gone D. long 第三部分：阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30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，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。‎ A The University of Tennessee’s (UT’s) International Undergraduate Merit Scholarship is a competitive award for freshman and transfer student applicants whose tuition is not supported by sponsorships from governments, organizations, or corporations.‎ Students who are dual citizens and/or permanent residents are not qualified.‎ The award is 5,000 to 15,000 US dollars (USD) per year (2,500 USD to 7,500 USD per ‎ semester). It is renewable for:‎ ‎• Freshmen for up to eight semesters OR ‎• Transfer students for up to four semesters ‎ How to Apply All qualified international undergraduates who are offered regular (non-conditional) admission are automatically considered.‎ Due to limited availability, it is highly recommended that you apply at least two months before the deadline.‎ ‎ Preserve Your Scholarship Find out the requirements to preserve your International Undergraduate Merit Scholarship after it is initially awarded to you.‎ Priority Deadlines If you are awarded a scholarship, you must inform UT and confirm your enrollment (注册) by December 1. Students who decide earlier than December 1 receive priority for housing.‎ Requirements to be Considered ‎ You must be an international student who:‎ ‎• Is completing high school in a foreign country or in the US OR ‎• Is entering UT directly from a foreign or US university OR ‎• Has completed (or is completing) an associate’s (准学士) degree from an officially recognized US college ‎ Requirements to Receive the Scholarship Applicants must be degree-seeking international students on a temporary visa to study in the US.‎ Students must not be qualified for: US federally funded financial aid or in-state (resident) tuition.‎ Questions?‎ Please contact: Dr. Thomas Broadhead Office of Undergraduate Admissions ‎1331 Circle Park Dr. Knoxville, TN 37996-0230, 865-974-1111 broadhea@utk.edu ‎56. Which of the following requirements must an international student meet if he wants to receive the scholarship?‎ A. He is a student of Dr. Thomas Broadhead.‎ B. He is receiving US federally funded financial aid.‎ C. He is studying for his degree in the US on a temporary visa.‎ D. He is completing an associate’s degree in a foreign university.‎ ‎57. The passage is intended to .‎ A. stress the priority for housing in the University of Tennessee B. introduce sponsorships from governments, organizations and corporations C. teach students how to preserve their International Undergraduate Merit Scholarship D. inform students of the application for UT’s International Undergraduate Merit Scholarship ‎ B ‎ Garlic is one of the most common cooking ingredients around the world. Many dishes in Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas use this strong-flavored vegetable.‎ Garlic is similar to other bulb-shaped plants, including onions, chives, leeks and scallions. But garlic is special. For centuries, people have used garlic not only for cooking, but also for medicine.‎ Medicinal garlic throughout time.‎ Researchers at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and Cornell University studied the medicinal use of garlic throughout history. They found references to garlic in ancient texts from Egypt, Greece, Rome, China and India.‎ For example, in ancient Greece and Rome, people considered garlic an aid to strength and endurance.‎ The original Olympic athletes in Greece ate garlic to improve their performance. The ancient Romans fed garlic to the soldiers and sailors.‎ Workers who built the pyramids in Egypt ate garlic. In fact, this is a theme throughout early history -- workers eating garlic to increase their strength.‎ Some researchers in China have gone so far as to call hydrogen sulfide the key to a longer life.‎ ‎__________________!‎ In a 2007 study, researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham studied how garlic increased hydrogen sulfide and how that, in turn, affected red blood cells.‎ David Kraus led that study.‎ In 2013, scientists were finally able to see this process happen. Chemists Alexander Lippert of Southern Methodist University in Dallas and Vivian S. Lin discovered how to observe this process in living human cells.‎ Their discovery has opened the door to more research into the health benefits of garlic and the production of hydrogen sulfide in the body.‎ In a 2015 experiment at Penn State University, researchers injected a solution that would create hydrogen sulfide in the arms of healthy young adults. They wanted to see what hydrogen sulfide would do to a small area of blood vessels.‎ The initial findings are that hydrogen sulfide widened blood vessels, which then increased the flow of blood. These researchers plan to continue their research. They published their findings in The Journal of Physiology.‎ Older garlic may be even healthier.‎ But let’s leave the laboratory and go to the kitchen. Don’t throw out older garlic that has sprouted. You may have thought that garlic growing light green sprouts was past its prime or old and on its way to the trash bin.‎ But not so fast.‎ Scientists have reported in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry that this older garlic has even more properties that are good for our bodies than fresh garlic. When researchers tested garlic that had sprouted for five days, they found it had higher antioxidant activity than fresher bulbs of garlic.‎ Also, to get the full effect of garlic’s health benefits, do not add it to food or cook with it immediately. Cutting, crushing or mincing garlic releases the healthy compound found in the vegetable. But heating the garlic or adding it to other ‎ ingredients prevents the release of this healthy compound. So cut or crush or mince the garlic, and let it rest by itself for a couple minutes.‎ So, are there any downsides to garlic? Well, the same reason garlic is good for us and good in dishes -- that strong sulfur odor -- is the same reason it gives us bad breath.‎ But there might be a cure for that, too. Yet another study found that eating an apple or lettuce after eating garlic cuts down on the strong garlic smell on one’s breath.‎ ‎58. According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true?‎ A. Garlic can be used not only for cooking, but also for medicine.‎ B. Workers would eat garlic to increase their strength in the past.‎ C. Garlic growing light green sprouts was past its prime or old and should be thrown to the trash bin.‎ D. Heating the garlic or adding it to other ingredients would reduce the health benefit of garlic.‎ ‎59. Which sentence could be filled in the blanks?‎ A. So many studies on garlic B. Medicinal garlic throughout time C. Garlic is such a healthy food D. Study about garlic ‎60. Where can you probably find the text?‎ A. In a popular magazine. B. In a story book.‎ C. In a biology textbook. D. In a health report.‎ C Two things that Starbucks has discovered about mothers: first, our bodies are 90 per cent made up of milky coffee, which requires constant refilling; and second, we very much want to be wanted. Hence, its new “parent-friendly” pledge.‎ With the help of the National Childbirth Trust, baristas at more than 800 Starbuck outlets around Britain are being trained in how to handle tired and emotional parents. Breastfeeding will be encouraged; bottles will be warmed on request; high chairs and changing tables will be supplied in abundance; there will even be emergency nappies ‎ on hand, for when your baby’s having one of those hundred-poo days and you only packed supplies for 99. “It’s important that parents feel reassured they have the support of staff and won’t be judged,” says an NCT spokeswoman.‎ In return for these efforts, Starbucks branches will be able to display a special NCT window sticker bearing the logo: “Parent Friendly Place.” This has the double advantage of implying that other cafes, lacking the official sticker, might be Parent Unfriendly, or at least a little Parent Standoffish. And indeed, some are. Who can blame them? Where there are parents, there are children – crying, running about, pouring out salt into little mounds, sucking their fingers and then sticking them in the sugar bowl. ‎ On the other hand, there’s always money to be made from society’s desperate. Catering to parents, literally or figuratively, makes sense for those businesses already paying rents on the high street. It brings in customers all through the day, instead of just at lunch and supper. Cinemas have cottoned onto this too: the big chains have all introduced daytime “parent and baby” screenings, where you and your screaming bundle of reflux can pretend to watch a whole grown-up film and no one is allowed to tut.‎ Even the swankiest restaurants are getting in on the act. The Michelin-starred Pollen Street Social in London, and the equally feted Delaware and Hudson in New York, have both hosted “dining clubs for mothers”. You take your child along with you to eat posh food from posh plates, and pretend the last two years of living off cold fish fingers and squirts of Ella’s Kitchen straight from the sachet were just a bad dream.‎ There is, I can’t help feeling, something slightly depressed about all this. Why are we so reluctant to give up our old habits? Is it because so many of us come to motherhood late, by which time our habits have come to define us? I remember, soon after having my first child, fretting that I had “lost myself”, as if I’d left my ID somewhere along with my car keys. I tried all sorts of things to recover it: spa weekends with girlfriends, date nights with the husband, writing book proposals in a vain attempt to restart my ambition.‎ But, after eight years and two more children, I have come to realize – you can’t ever get your old life back. It’s no use looking for it in restaurants and cinemas and down the back of the sofa. That person – the one who could leave the house without having to hire someone to take her place, and gossip at leisure without being tugged at on all sides by tiny, insistent hands, like a bosomy, Breton-striped Gulliver – is no more. And the strangest thing is, you don’t even miss her.‎ ‎61. How do you understand the sentence “We very much want to be wanted" in the first paragraph?‎ A. Mothers want society to be considerate of the uniqueness of their identity.‎ B. Mothers hope to get rid of traditional roles and go to work.‎ C. Mothers expect their kids to think of them frequently when they grow up.‎ D. Mothers desire to have the same social position as men.‎ ‎62. Which of the following measures is used to attract mothers to restaurants? ‎ A. Some businesses pay rents on the high street.‎ B. Free spa weekends and date nights are provided for them.‎ C. They can enjoy cold fish fingers and squirts of Ella’s kitchen in restaurants.‎ D. Dining clubs are hosted and nappies are even supplied on request.‎ ‎63. Which of the following has the closest meaning to the underlined phrase “getting in on the act”?‎ A. responding accordingly B. joining the lineup of business ‎ C. taking the critical attitude D. preventing the act happening ‎64. Which is the best title for the passage? ‎ ‎ A. Mother’s New Appeal: Cozier Life B. A Study on Mothers’ Likings and Dislikings ‎ C. Easy Money from New Parents D. On Restaurants’ Marketing Strategies D Once upon a time(in the early 1900s) , radium was thought of as a miracle substance, enhancing all it touched. And so companies flooded the market with products like radium makeup. The young women used some now and then to paint their nails, their dresses, even sometimes their teeth and faces. They had no idea, of course, that they were ‎ poisoning themselves, and the story of the harm that poison did to their bodies, and their fight for compensation from the companies who knew of the substance’s danger make for heartbreaking reading in Kate Moore’s carefully researched The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women.‎ One of the many strengths of Moore’s book is the way in which she brings these young women alive, giving us glimpses into their lives, describing their “lively” walk or “twinkly blue eyes and fashionably bobbed hair,” their hopes and dreams, their families. Because of just how alive they are on the page, The Radium Girls is filled with moments of sorrow. ‎ This was no poetic turn of phrase. The girls literally glowed thanks to their work. At night they “glowed even brighter from the radium against the dark windows: a workshop of shining spirits laboring through the night.” Coming from the modern perspective of knowing just how dangerous radium is, each time you read of them giggling over the powder’s effect, or being called the “ghost girls” as the townspeople sometimes did, or of them painting their nails and cheeks, you want to reach into the book’s pages, reach through time and tell them to stop, warn them that they were killing themselves all the more quickly.‎ But of course you can’t. And so soon you reach the horrifying consequences, which — fair warning — Moore does not shy away from detailing. The effects first showed up in the teeth, and soon one girl after the other was visiting their dentist complaining of pain in their mouth. The dentists dutifully removed what seemed to be “the bad tooth,” but the pain continued, even spread, and soon the dentists were removing even more teeth, or worse, the teeth were falling out themselves, along with pieces of the their jaw. You can’t help but ache for them as they suffer for a reason that is a complete mystery to them.‎ As the medical problem increases, Moore’s attention turns to the two companies most involved and their attempts to disassociate themselves from any guilt. As much as the girls’ trouble breaks your heart, the companies’ actions will make you angry as Moore details their lies and stonewalling once the girls are forced to try and get some financial help for their steep medical costs.‎ The Radium Girls of style is tautly（紧凑）, sharply related in economical fashion., as Moore’s prose is vivid throughout and peppered with some beautifully lyric moments, such as one of the moments where she describes how the radium powder made the girls glow: “The girls shone like the watches did in the darkroom, as though ‎ they themselves were timepieces, counting down the seconds as they passed. They glowed like ghosts as they walked home through the streets of Orange.” ‎ The Radium Girls should be required reading for anyone arguing against “job-killing” workplace regulations, seeing as how the lack of such regulations made “killing” a reality rather than a metaphor. And in fact, the girls’ historic court case led to some of the earliest laws protecting workers from dangerous job conditions. But Moore doesn’t allow the women at the center of this story to simply stand as statistics or abstract examples. As they, one after the other, die horribly lingering deaths at 19, 22, or 24, you feel each loss of a living, breathing girl cut down in the prime of her life. Each its own tragedy that infuriatingly could have been prevented. I won’t soon forget the Radium Girls, either the book or the girls themselves.‎ ‎65. Why was radium regarded as a miracle substance?‎ ‎ A. Because it was dangerous to people’s health.‎ ‎ B. Because it could make people shining.‎ ‎ C. Because companies could make money from it.‎ ‎ D. Because young women liked to make up themselves with it.‎ ‎66. What’s the way Moore employs to have readers show pity on the radium girls?‎ ‎ A. Describing the girls’ wonderful life.‎ ‎ B. Presenting the girls’ real life in his book.‎ ‎ C. Filling the book with moments of sorrow.‎ ‎ D. Using poetic turn of phrase.‎ ‎67. Why does Moore give the reader a full description of terrible consequences?‎ ‎ A. To show the incompetence of the doctor. B. To show the complete mystery of radium.‎ ‎ C. To attract readers with suffering. D. To tell the reason for the terrible consequences.‎ ‎68. Who were to blame for the terrible consequences except____________.‎ ‎ A. the radium girls themselves B. the radium makeup companies ‎ ‎ C. the doctors who treated the girls D. the society at that time ‎69. What’s the meaning of the underlined sentence in the sixth paragraph?‎ ‎ A. The radium girls lighted others like watch and killed themselves. ‎ ‎ B. The radium girls made themselves up at the cost of life.‎ ‎ C. The watch shone the radium girls in dark room and killed them.‎ ‎ D. The radium girls approached death with the shining of radium.‎ ‎70. Moore wrote the book with the main purpose to _____________.‎ ‎ A. show pity on the radium girls. B. tell us about the danger of radium ‎ C. reveal the evil of radium makeup companies D. call for safe job conditions 第II卷（非选择题，共两大题，35分）‎ 第四部分：任务型阅读（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） ‎ 请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。 ‎ 注意：每个空格只填1个单词。请将答案写在答题卡上相应题号的横线上。‎ Ownership used to be about as straightforward as writing a cheque. If you bought something, you owned it. If ‎ you broke it, you fixed it. If you no longer wanted it, you sold it or threw it away. Some firms found ways of ‎ squeezing out more profit in the after-sale services, using authorized repair shops, and strategies such as selling ‎ cheap printers and expensive ink, which, however, did not challenge the nature of ownership.  ‎ In the digital age ownership has become more ambiguous. Since the arrival of smart phones, consumers are ‎ forced to accept that they do not control the software in their devices; they are only licensed to use it. But as more ‎ digital devices are springing up, who owns and who controls which objects is becoming a problem. Buyers should be aware that some of their most basic property rights are under threat.  ‎ Needless to say, manufacturers seeking to restrict what owners do with increasingly complex technology have good reasons to protect their copyright, ensure that their machines do not malfunction (发生故障), maintain environmental standards and prevent hacking. Sometimes companies use their control over a product’s software for the owners’ benefit. When Hurricane Irma hit Florida this month, Tesla, a s tart-up for electric vehicles, remotely upgraded the software controlling the batteries of some models to give owners more range to escape the storm. ‎ The more digital strings are attached to goods, the more the balance of control tilts(倾斜) towards producers and away from owners. Already this has given rise to controversy (争议) over owners’ property rights. Items from smart phones to washing machines have become increasingly hard to fix, meaning that they are thrown away instead of being repaired. Privacy is also at risk. Users were alarmed when it came out that iRobot, a robotic vacuum cleaner, not only cleans the floor but creates a digital map of the home‟s interior that can then be sold on to advertisers though the manufacturer says it has no intention of doing so. ‎ Such issues should remind people how urgently they ought to protect their property rights. In America this ‎ idea has already taken root in the “right to repair” movement. In France appliance-makers must tell buyers how long a device is likely to last—a sign of how repairable it is. Regulators should encourage competition by, for instance, insisting that independent repair shops have the same access to product information, spare parts and repair tools as manufacturer-owned ones. ‎ Ownership is not about to go away, but its meaning is changing. Devices, by and large, are sold on the basis ‎ that they empower (授权) people to do what they want. To the extent they are controlled by somebody else, that freedom is compromised.‎ Fighting Back Control of  (71)  ▲  ‎ Ownership over ‎ time Controversial  (74)  ▲   ‎ over ownership The awareness  of ‎ protecting ownership Though profit used to be squeezed out through after sale ‎ service and strategies, the nature of ownership was not (72)  ▲‎ The ownership in the digital age is not clear . Most basic ‎ property rights of their digital devices are being (73)  ▲   .  ‎ With freedom (80)  ▲    and meaning changing, there‟s no sense in owning a digital device. ‎ Manufacturers exercise control of the software in the owners’ (76)  ▲   . However, the upset balance of control (77)  ▲    ‎ to be preferable to producers rather than consumers.‎ Consumers panicked when the truth came to (78)  ▲    that a ‎ robotic vacuum cleaner attempted to spy on people’s privacy . ‎ Action has been (79)  ▲     in different countries to protect consumers‟ property rights.‎ Manufacturers place (75)  ▲   on the rights of consumers over the software for the sake of protecting their copyright and the like.  ‎ 第五部分:单词拼写 (每空1分,满分10分)‎ ‎81. After the professor__________ (反对) carrying out the project made a comment on the report, the media focused on it. ‎ ‎82.When others were puzzled over what Jack said at the conference, I __________ (拼命) fought the urge to burst into laughter.‎ ‎83. The majority of the committee think that it’s high time they ________ (寻求)legal advice instead of arguing with each other.‎ ‎84. As is known to all, UN peacekeeping functions under the a___________ of the Security Council.. ‎ ‎85. Even a child knows that thunder and lightning are natural p_____________.‎ ‎86. It’s widely a____________ that students should be evaluated in terms of overall quality. ‎ ‎87. The Karen had been sailing in a convoy to Russia when she was torpedoed by an enemy_________. ‎ ‎88. In time, it became an accepted fact that the Cox brothers employed a ___________ ghost that did most of their work for them.‎ ‎89. This _______ wins them the love and respect of others, for they add colour to the dull routine of everyday life.‎ ‎90. To _________ for his unpleasant experiences in hospital, the man drank a little more than was good for him. ‎ 第六部分：书面表达（满分15 分） ‎ 请阅读下面短文，并按照要求用英语写一篇150词左右的文章。‎ There are hundreds of Western literary masterpieces translated and known in China, but Chinese classics, including Dream of the Red Chamber, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, The Water Margin and Journey to the West are hardly known or understood in the West. ‎ Opinions from foreign readers:‎ ‎● I read translations of these four books and found them heavy going, similar ‎ to reading an 18th century novel.‎ ‎● I have read the Dream of the Red Chamber; the English translation is very difficult to understand. The reader finds words that only make sense in Chinese. ‎ ‎● As to classic Chinese books, my favorite is The True Story of Ah Q. It translates well and still keeps its meanings.‎ ‎【写作内容】‎ ‎1．用约30个单词写出上文概要；‎ ‎2．用约120个单词就“让中国名著走向世界”这一主题，谈谈你的看法，内容包括：‎ ‎（1）分析外国人对中国名著了解甚少的原因；‎ ‎（2）提出如何使中国名著走向世界的建议（2－3点）。‎ ‎【写作要求】‎ ‎1．写作过程中不能直接引用原文语句；‎ ‎2．作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称；‎ ‎3．不必写标题。‎ ‎【评分标准】‎ 内容完整，语言规范，语篇连贯，词数适当。‎ ‎1—5 BCACC 6—10 BCBAC 11—15 BACCC 16—20 CCACB ‎21-35 ABDBA ADBBA CCABD ‎36-55 BCDCA CBDAB CADAC BDDDB ‎56-57 CD CAD ADBC BBCCDD ‎1 opposing 2 desperately 3 sought 4 authority 5 phenomena 6 acknowledged ‎ ‎7 submarine 8 conscientious 9 invariably 10 compensate ‎ ‎71. Ownership 72. challenged 73. threatened 74. issues 75. restrictions ‎76. favour/favor/interest(s) 77. tends 78. light 79. taken 80. compromised/ damaged One possible version One possible version 概括1：‎ Despite the fact that many western literary masterpieces are popular among Chinese readers, Chinese classics, however, remain unknown or hardly understood in the west. Many factors account for it.‎ 概括2：‎ While a lot of western literary masterpieces are increasingly popular in China, not many westerners like to read or come to understand Chinese classics. Opinions are divided over it.‎ 正文：‎ The reasons for the phenomenon may vary, but some are closely related to lack of active promotion. As is known to all, classics were written a long time ago, so their language characteristics are quite different from those of modern works. Moreover, much of the works’ original style is lost in translation. These make classics difficult and boring for people to read.‎ To help Western people have a good knowledge of Chinese classics and traditional culture, we should firstly translate the stories into as many languages as possible. Besides, the publishers should be urged to regularly bring out new editions of the ‎ translations. Finally, we can make our great works known to the west through new media or programs on TV.‎