I would rather all of you ______ at once. A) go B) will go C) have gone D) went

A.to get worse

B.getting worse

C.to have got worse

D.to be getting worse

QUESTIONS 16-20

For questions 16-20, mark the correct letter A-H on your answer sheet.

Receptionist: I'm afraid all our single rooms are full. How long de you want to stay？

Tom: 16 ______

Receptionist: I have a double room for ￡60.

Tom: 17 ______

Receptionist: I'm sure they're full too. There are a lot of tourists in town at the moment.

Tom: 18 ______

Receptionist: I'm afraid the restaurant is closed. Breakfast starts at 7 tomorrow.

Tom: 19 ______

Receptionist: Your room must be empty by 12 o'clock. But you can put your luggage in reception.

Tom: 20 ______

Receptionist: Would you write your name in the book, please？

A. I see. Can I get something to eat in this hotel？

B. Would you show me the room？

C. I'm looking for a single room.

D. What time does it finish？

E. If I stay here, can I leave my suitcase in my room tomorrow afternoon？

F. That's rather expensive. Are there any other hotels near here？

G. Just for one night.

H. OK. I'll take the room.

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下列短文译成汉语。

It is generally known mat our dajly life is divided into two phases：work and recreation.Howover,few people know the distinctiOn between actiVe play and passive entertainment.We have to participate i n and ptactice it if we would enj oy an actiVe play. We to paint rather than 100k at paintings，to play instruments rather than go to Concerts,to dance and sing and act ourselves，engaging all our seilsos in fun and rules of The active play.Then someming may begin to happen to us：to Work upon our bodies And our souls.

A．If you had ＄ 50 , 000 in emergency savings I would not feel comfortable investing it in stocks．

B．Pre - ordered items are shipped directly o nce they come into stock．

C．The shop stocks all kinds of interesting gadgets, accessories, and furnitur

E．

refer to live in the country away from the dirt and noise of a large city. I have managed to convince myself that if it weren't for my job I would immediately head out for the open spaces and go back to nature in some sleepy village buried in the country. But how realistic is the dream？

2 Cities can be frightening places. The majority of the population live in massive tower blocks, noisy, dirty and impersonal. The sense of belonging to a community tends to disappear when you live fifteen floors up. All you can see from your window is sky, or other blocks of flats. Children become aggressive and nervous -- cooped up at home all day, with nowhere to play; their mothers feel isolated from the rest of the world. Strangely enough, whereas in the past the inhabitants of one street all knew each other, nowadays people on the same floor in tower blocks don't even say hello to each other.

3 Country life, on the other hand, differs from this kind of isolated existence in that a sense of community generally binds the inhabitants of small villages together. People have the advantage of knowing that there is always someone to turn to when they need help. But country life has disadvantages too. While it is true that you may be among friends in a village, it is also true that you are cut off from the exciting and important events that take place in cities. There's little possibility of going to a new show or the latest movie. Shopping becomes a major problem, and for anything slightly out of the ordinary you have to go on an expedition to the nearest large town. The city-dweller who leaves for the country is often

oppressed by a sense of unbearable stillness and quiet.

4 What, then, is the answer？ The country has the advantage of peace and quiet, but suffers from the disadvantage of being cut off; the city breeds a feeling of isolation, and constant noise batters the senses. But one of its main advantages is that you are at the centre of things, and that life doesn't come to an end at half-past nine at night. Some people have found (or rather bought) a compromise between the two: they have expressed theirpreference for the "quiet life" by leaving the suburbs and moving to villages within commuting distance of large cities. They generally have about as much sensitivity as the plastic flowers they leave behind -- they are polluted with strange ideas about change and improvement which they force on to the unwilling original inhabitants of the villages.

5 What then of my dreams of leaning on a cottage gate and murmuring "morning" to the locals as they pass by？ I'm keen on the idea, but you see there's my cat, Toby. I'm not at all sure that he would take to all that fresh air and exercise in the long grass. I mean, can you see him mixing with all those hearty males down the farm？ No, he would rather have the electric imitation-coal fire any evening.

We get the impression from the first paragraph that the author______.

A．used to live in the country.

B．used to work in the city.

C．works in the city.

D．lives in the country.

er to live in the country away from the dirt and noise of a large city. I have managed to convince myself that if it weren't for my job I would immediately head out for the open spaces and go back to nature in some sleepy village buried in the country. But how realistic is the dream？

Cities can be frightening places. The majority of the population lives in massive tower blocks, noisy, dirty and impersonal. The sense of belonging to a community tends to disappear when you live fifteen floors up. All you can see from your window is sky, or other blocks of flats. Children become aggressive and nervous—cooped up at home all day, with nowhere to play; their mothers feel isolated from the rest of the world. Strangely enough, whereas in the past the inhabitants of one street all knew each other, nowadays people on tire same floor in tower blocks don't even say hello to each other.

Country life, on the other hand, differs from this kind of isolated existence in that a sense of community generally binds the inhabitants of small villages together. People have the advantage of knowing that there is always someone to turn to when they need help. But country life has disadvantages too. While it is true that you may be among friends in a village, it is also true that you are cut off from the exciting and important events that take place in cities. There's little possibility of going to a new show or the latest movie. Shopping becomes a major problem, and for anything slightly out of the ordinary you have to go on an expedition to the nearest large town. The city-dweller who leaves for the country is often oppressed by a sense of unbearable stillness and quietness.

What, then, is the answer？ The country has the advantage of peace and quiet, but suffers from the disadvantage of being cut off; the city breeds a feeling of isolation, and constant noise batters the senses. But one of its main advantages is that you are at the centre of things; and that life doesn't come to an end at half past nine at night. Some people have found(or rather bought) a compromise between the two: they have expressed their preference for the "quiet life" by leaving the suburbs and moving to villages within commuting distance of large cities. They generally have about as much sensitivity as the plastic flowers they leave behind—they are polluted with strange ideas about change and improvement which they force on to the unwilling original inhabitants of the village.

What then of my dreams of leaning on a cottage gate and murmuring "morning" to the locals as they pass by？ I'm keen on the idea, but you see there's my cat, Toby. I'm not at all sure that he would take to all that fresh air and exercise in the long grass. I mean, can you see him mixing with all those hearty males down the farm？ No, he would rather have the electric imitation-coal fire any evening.

One of the disadvantages of living in high-rise buildings is that ______.

A．the parents may become violent and difficult to put up with

B．the residents may not have a good view from their windows

C．the residents may become indifferent to their neighbors

D．the children may become too frustrated to be controlled

根据以下内容回答题：

When I was a boy，children always objected(1)wearing school uniform. but teacherswere(2)on it because they said all of US looked(3)．0therwise，they said，children would compete with(4)and the poorer children would be unhappy because people would see how poor they were．In recent years，however，many schools have(5)the idea of making children wear uniform. but funnily enough，now that children can wear(6)they like，they have adopted a uniform. of their own．When some journalists visited a London school，they found that aU the boys and girls were dressed in jcans．One girl said she would rather die than wear a coat instead of a jersey because(7)wants to look different(8)the other children in the class．Parents may not be as happy about th．is as children，but they(9)to be，because this new kind of uniform. is one that the children like，not something they have been forced to wear，and it is also(10)cheaper than school uniform. used to be．

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lligence to build domestic robots, we should not only take note, but look forward to the day we can put our legs up in admiration.

Mr. Musk is a guy who gets things done. The founder of two “moonshot” tech companies, Tesla Motors and SpaceX, is bringing electric vehicles to mass market and 26 humans to live on other planets. Lest this strike the amateur techie—not that readers of The Independent would ever count among them—as so much hot air, you can be reassured that the near $13bn (￡8.8bn) fortune this entrepreneur has 27 comes from practical achievements rather than hypothetical ones.

A lot of clever people are 28 about artificial intelligence, fearing that robots will one day become so 29 they’ll murder all of us. These fears are mostly 30 : as with hysteria about genetic modification, we humans are generally wise enough to manage these problems with alacrity and care.

And just think of how wonderful it would be if you had a live-in robot. It could — 31 — be like having a babysitter and masseuse rolled into one — or, if that required 32 intelligence beyond the ken of Mr. Musk’s imagined machine, at least some one to chop the carrots, wash the car and mow the lawn. Once purchased and trained, this would allow the 33 user to save money and time, freeing up 34 space in our busy lives to, for instance, read The Independent.

That is why we welcome Mr. Musk’s latest 35 , and wish him well. As long as robots add to the sum of human happiness, reduce suffering or cumbersome activity, and create time to read world-class journalism, The Independent will be their fans. Especially since journalism is one job robots will never do.

A) amassed

B) casual

C) emotional

D) enabling

E) eventually

F) exaggerated

G) extravagant

H) generously

I) misleading

J) precious

K) reward

L) smart

M) sphere

N) terrified

O) venture

第三节 短文理解2

阅读下列短文，从[A]、[B]、[C]三个选项中选择一个正确答案。

"I would almost rather see you dead. "Robert S. Cassatt, a leading banker of Philadelphia, shouted when his twenty-year-old eldest daughter announced that she wanted to become an artist.

In the 19th century, playing at drawing or painting on dishes was all right for a young lady, but serious work in art was not. And when the young lady's family ranked among the best of Philadelphia's social families, such an idea could not even be considered.

That was how Mary Cassatt, born in 1844, began her straggle as an artist. She did not tremble before her father's anger. Instead, she opposed him with courage and at last made him change his mind. Mary Cassatt gave up her social position and all thought of a husband and a family, which in those times was unthinkable for a young la- dy. In the end, after long years of hard work and perseverance, she became America's most important woman artist and the internationally recognized leading woman painter of the time.

How did Mr. Cassatt react when his daughter made her announcement？

A．He feared for her life.

B．He was very angry.

C．He nearly killed her.