第一部分 阅读（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A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项
A
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Schedule a first free class with LOI English and talk to the teacher about it. After that, you can arrange to take our 20 - class conversation English course. 1. What do the classes mainly focus on?
A. Daily conversations. B. Work - related topics. C. Grammar rules. D. Area - based accents. 2. Which is NOT offered to the students?
A. Native English - speaking teachers. B. Personalized courses. C. Choice of class time and teacher. D. Offline learning materials. 3. What should a student do first if he decides on either of the packages? A. Arrange a free class with LOI English. B. Bargain with LOI English for lower fees. C. Choose an experienced LOI English teacher. D. Make a promise to sit through each class.
B
Those who are concerned that robots are taking over the world can rest easy—for now. Though the androids have proved useful at performing ordinary tasks, they are not ready for the greatest time. At least that appears to be the case atJapan’s Henn-na Hotel chain where over half of the robot staff are being replaced by humans. The first location of the unique hotel opened in July 2015 was atNagasaki’s Huis Ten Bosch Theme Park. The hotel’s owner, Hideo Sawada, promised the hotel to be managed primarily by robots. Guests were greeted and checked-in by a dinosaur robot, while a cute android called Churi, placed inside each room, provided information about attractions. Not surprisingly, the lodging, recognized in 2016 as the world’s first robot-staffed hotel by Guinness World Records, drew in curious visitors from all around the world.
But as the years have passed, the hotel’s main draw is becoming less novel and more unsatisfactory. Also as the robots are “aging”, they are costing more to repair. Among the 283 androids being replaced are the chain’s two dinosaur receptionists. In addition to scaring young guests, they are also unable to photocopy guests’ passports, forcing human employees to step in each time. Also out are the cute Churi robots, which annoyed guests by interrupting their conversations. For example, one guest told The Wall Street Journal that Churi mistook his snoring for a command and kept asking him to repeat his request all night.
Sawada told The Wall Street Journal, “When you actually use robots you realize there are places where they aren’t needed—or just annoy people.” While Sawada may be cutting back on his use of androids, the recently-opened Smart LYZ Hotel and the Fly Zoo Hotel inChina, are run entirely by robots, with not a human in sight. Whether the employees have more competence than those “hired” by the Henn-na Hotel chain remains to be seen. 4. What makesJapan’s Henn-na Hotel unique?
A. Its robot employees. B. Its advanced equipment. C. Its convenient location. D. Its successful management. 5. What is the author’s purpose with the example in paragraph 3?
A. To entertain readers. B. To prove Churi’s drawback.
C. To introduce Churi’s functions. D. To persuade people not to book the hotel. 6. What does the owner ofJapan’s Henn-na Hotel think of his robot staff now? A. Attractive. B. Costly. C. Pioneering. D. Disappointing. 7. What is the best title for the text? A. Robots Are Taking Over the World. B. The Boom of Robots-staffed Hotel. C. Robot Staff Are Fired For No Competence.
D. The First Robots-staffed Hotel Won Guinness World Record.
C
Parents and math teachers regularly asked by their school-aged charges whether math matters inreal life now have an answer.
In a study published by the National Bureau of Economic Research this week, Harvard Kennedy School Policy Professor Joshua Goodman took a look at what happened to students whose high schools were required in the 1980s to increase the minimum level of coursework required to graduate. What he found is that the students were more likely to increase the number of math courses they took as a result of the change in standards and that translated into higher earnings down the line.
Put simply: About 15 years after they graduated, the high school graduates who went to school when these changes took effect saw their average earnings increase about 10% for every extra year of math coursework. The findings may add fuel to the steady drum of education experts, policy makers and others calling for an increased focus on science and math education.
The increase in required math courses didn’t necessarily produce rocket scientists, Goodman notes, because the extra coursework wasn’t at a particularly high level. But becoming familiar with and practicing ly basic math skills allowed high school graduates to pursue and excel at jobs that required some level of computational knowledge, he said.
Goodman acknowledged that the earnings boost for the students connected with the up tick （上升）in math education may be dependent on the state of the economy. When Goodman checked in the late 1990s and early 2000s on the earnings of the students who graduated in the late 1985，he found that their earnings increased significantly if they took more math.
8. What does Joshua Goodman’s study find? A. High school graduates earn more. B. High school students prefer math. C. Math matters a lot in one’s income. D. Math is a compulsory course in school. 9. Why is increase in required math courses useful? A. It produced rocket scientists. B. It makes high school students smarter. C. It meets the requirements of the government. D. It enables high school graduates to get better jobs. 10. What might be the author’s purpose in writing the text? A. To give a warning to policy makers.
B. To seek help for high school students’ problems. C. To show the great importance of learning math. D. To tell a struggling history of high school students. 11. What could be the best title for the text? A. Efforts matter most B. Math makes money
C. Earnings of different graduates D. Changes of high school courses
D
There is an old Chinese proverb that states “One generation plants the trees; another gets the shade,” and this is how it should be with mothers and daughters. The relationship between a mother and a daughter is sometimes confusing. The relationship can be similar to friendship. However, the mother and daughter relationship has unique characteristics that distinguish it from a friendship. These characteristics include responsibilities and unconditional love, whichprecludemothers and daughters from being best friends.
Marina, 27 years old, said, “I love spending time with my mom, but I wouldn’t consider her my best friend. Best friends don’t pay for your wedding. Best friends don’t remind you how they carried you in their body and gave you life! Best friends don’t tell you how wise they are because they have been alive at least 20 years longer than you.” This doesn’t mean that the mother and daughter relationship can’t be very close and satisfying. This
generation of mothers and adult daughters has a lot in common, which increases the likelihood of shared companionship. Mothers and daughters have always shared the common experience of being homemakers, responsible for maintaining(保持) and passing on family values and traditions. Today contemporary mothers and daughters also share the experience of work and technology, which may bring them even closer together.
Best friends may ormay not continue to be best friends, but for better or worse; the mother and daughter relationship is permanent, even if for some unfortunate reason they aren’t speaking. Sometimes this is not an equal relationship. Daughters don’t always feel responsible for their mother’s emotional well-being. But mothers never stop being mothers, which includes frequently wanting to protect their daughters and often feeling responsible for their happiness. The mother and daughter relationship is a relationship that is not replaceable by any other. Mothers always “trump(胜过)” friends.
12. What does the underlined word “preclude” in paragraph 1 probably mean? A. differ. B. benefit. C. prevent. D. change. 13. What can we learn from what Marina said? A. Best friends will not spend money on her wedding. B. Best friends will not remind her of important issues in life. C. Her mother is wiser on account of her age. D. Her mother is definitely not her best friend.
14. Why can a mother and a daughter build a even closer relationship today? A. Because they share advanced technology with each other. B. Because they work together to support the whole family. C. Because they experience the same values and traditions. D. Because they have common experience in life and work. 15. What is the text mainly about?
A. How to build a good mother and daughter relationship. B. A mother-daughter relationship is irreplaceable. C. Mothers want to be daughters’ friends. D. A daughter is a mother’s best friend.
第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项
Coloring booksare no longer just for children! In fact adult color1 ing books are topping bestseller lists. Why
have adults decided to start color1 ing again?___16___
It is to relieve stress and anxiety.
___17___They take on full-time jobs that often demand more than 40 hours a week, equally as part-time jobs, family responsibilities. For many, there just aren’t enough hours in the day, which explains why practising mindfulness becomes so popular. It’s important to set aside some time to calm the thoughts. Coloring can bean escape from everyday stress.
It is to go back to their childhood.
A trend among adults is to seek out childhood experiences. That’s why summer camps for adults are cropping up (大量出现) across the country.___18___A brand new color1 ing book with bright markers, crayons, and color1 ed pencils provide endless possibilities. Adult color1 ing books are much more detailed than color1 ing books for children, but the emotions are similar and allow adults to feel as if they are “a kid again”.
___19___
Adults are constantly staring at screens: Desktops, laptops, tablets, phones, TVS, etc. Whether for business or personal use, it has become very difficult to “put down”. Even some readers have e-readers and tablets to consume books, magazines, and newspapers.___20___Of course, to truly realize the benefit of stepping away from the devices for a period of time, you can’t constantly be checking them while you color1 ! Turn them off and leave them in another room. A. Adults lead busy, tiring lives. B. Coloring books are expensive. C. It is to put down the technology.
D. Here are 3 reasons to let you deeply understand it.
E. Perhaps nothing is more equal to childhood than a color1 ing book. F. It is to practise the patience and improve their relation with children.
G.An adult coloring book provides a great outlet to escape from all of the screens.
第二部分 语言运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项
Last year, I took an improvisational (即兴的) comedy class. I made a successful attempt to___21___my comfort zone and to have fun. One of the first things our teacher, Myles Goldin, told us to do whenever anyone made a mistake during an exercise was to___22___our hands high in the air and___23___, “Wahoo!” Within a couple of minutes of starting our first game, some students___24___to catch the virtual (虚拟) ball. Suddenly,
Goldin was leading us in a round of yelling “Wahoo!” Goldin was conveying a central___25___; Mistakes are not only okay, they’re necessary building blocks of learning and creativity. “We should embrace and___26___mistakes, because we couldn’t grow and create cool things without them,” she said.
An increasing number of teachers are also doing so by encouraging students to___27___in direct experimentation. They are replacing the traditional “sage (智者) on stage” teaching style with“___28___on the side.” Students must instead attempt to think___29___, guided by a teacher’s careful questioning. This requires a lot of_____30_____and error. Along the way, students learn to_____31_____how failure often leads – inadvertently (无意中) — to new discoveries and inventions.
One such program involves the design and construction of a pinhole (针孔) camera. Students use materials such as an old shoebox and oatmeal container, and must apply concepts from all four STEM_____32_____— science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Despite the apparent_____33_____of the materials provided, the challenge requires knowledge of light and optics (光学), engineering design processes (such as meeting the customer needs), mathematical modeling and scientific experimentation.
The researchers found that learning outcomes were higher for students in science classes that take a student-centered_____34_____. Some of these effects were both significant and sustainable (可持续的). For instance, a_____35_____influence was measured onscores for tests taken 5.5 months after the original instruction. And the results appear to_____36_____to all students — from kindergarten through college.
Learning from mistakes is hardly a(n)_____37_____teaching or life philosophy. A century ago, after live months and more than 9,000 experiments, famed inventor Thomas Edison still wasn’t able to make a new type of storage battery_____38_____, according to a 1910 authorized biography. When a colleague_____39_____all that effort had failed to produce any results, Edison retorted (反驳): “Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of_____40_____! I know several thousand things that won’ t work.”
21. A.stretch B.convey C.establish D.cover 22. A.shake B.reach C.throw D.clap 23. A.roar B.yell C.cheer D.crow
24. A.struggled B.failed C.pretended D.managed 25. A.note B.report C.speech D.message 26. A.celebrate B.approve C.support D.avoid 27. A.take B.engage C.enter D.occupy 28. A.competitor B.trainer C.guide D.partner
29. A.positively B.critically C.personally D.honestly 30. A.intention B.attempt C.judgment D.trial 31. A.appreciate B.enjoy C.value D.observe 32. A.exercises B.regulations C.disciplines D.tests 33. A.rarity B.hardship C.variety D.simplicity 34. A.approach B.access C.test D.chance
35. A.primitive B.predictable C.potential D.positive 36. A.fit B.contribute C.apply D.occur 37. A.new B.unique C.advanced D.unknown 38. A.solve B.move C.work D.promote
39. A.took out B.pointed out C.handed out D.picked out 40. A.inventions B.experiments C.batteries D.results 第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式
Researches____41.____(identify) two main ways in which we learn a foreign language since the 1950s. Firstly, experts talk of us acquiring (习得)language. This means____42.____same as picking up language. They say that to learn a foreign language successfully, we need lots of exposure to it and that we learn when we____43.____(surround) by language. We need to hear and read language which is rich in variety, interesting to us and just difficult enough for us (for example, just beyond our level)____44.____not too difficult. We acquire language over a period of time without realizing that we are learning. Secondly, experts believe that to learn language successfully, we need to use it in communication____45.____other people. We need to use language to express____46.____(we) and make our meanings clear to them, and to understand them. The person we are talking to will let us know, directly or indirectly, if they have understood us or not. If they have not understood, we need to try again,____47.____(use) other language until we manage to communicate____48.____(effective). It is this process of struggling to make meaning clear____49.____helps learners experiment with language and try out structures and vocabulary_____50._____(learn) in daily interactions to see if they help them get their message across.
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分） 第一节短文改错（满分10分）
51.假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。 删除：把多余的词用斜线（∧）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。 注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
As we all know, communication is of great important, which helps to improving people’s relationship. When deal with others, we use no more than spoken and written words. We use body language as well, though not all body language is conscious. As body language vary from culture to culture, we are requested know more about it when in a foreign country.
In my opinions, we are not supposed to be on guard wherever we come from. Otherwise, the others involving in the conversations will not feel comfortably.
On summary, what counts is that everyone should be sincere. 第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假定你是李华，你的英国网友Peter上周在邮件中提到想阅读中国著名的小说，就此请你用英语给他写封回信。内容包括：
1.推荐一本小说； 2.此书内容简介； 3.给出阅读建议。 注意:1.词数100左右；
2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 Dear Peter,
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours, Li Hua
参考答案
1. B 2. D 3. A
4. A 5. B 6. D 7. C
8. C 9. D 10. C 11. B
12. C 13. D 14. D 15. B
16. D 17. A 18. E 19. C 20. G
21. A 22. C 23. B 24. B 25. D 26. A 27. B 28. C 29. B 30. D 31. A 32. C 33. D 34. A 35. D 36. C 37. A 38. C 39. B 40. D 41. have identified
42. the 43. are surrounded 44. but 45. with 46. ourselves
47. using 48. effectively 49. that 50. learnt##learned
51.(1).important→importance (2). improving→improve (3). deal→dealing
(4).去掉no (5).vary→varies (6).know前加to
(7). opinions→opinion (8).involving→involved
(9).comfortably→comfortable (10).On→In 52.略
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