The smart sticker system will rely on the good will of traffic policemen and in a way，a German law.The law states：an officer has to choose the most efficient and inexpensive way for the car owner to remove the vehicle.It could be cheaper for the government to call the driver than to tow his car.

Mail Online asked the Department of Transport whether the sticker could be used in the UK in a similar way.A spokesman said，“In England there is no legal duty to warn the motorist before issuing the ticket.However，a policeman does have the discretion not to issue a ticket if he doesn’t think the situation is that bad or he just wants to issue a warning.”

So far，Mr.Kalliontzis has raised just over￡2,362of his￡39,381goal.If he manages to raise the money，the stickers will be shipped in June 2015.But it appears that car owners using the smart system could get some unnecessary warning messages，because anyone could touch the smart sticker.

28.The author wrote the third paragraph to _______________.

A. explain how a smart car sticker works B. advise drivers to buy a car sticker

C. show the importance of a sensor D. tell drivers how to park a car

29.We may infer from the text that in Britain _______________.

A. car owners don’t have to worry about a parking ticket

B. smart car stickers wouldn’t work as well as in Germany

C. traffic policemen prefer to call a driver rather than tow his car

D. the Department of Transport thinks highly of smart car stickers

30.The underlined word “discretion” in Paragraph 5 can best be replaced by“____________”.

A. trouble      B. pressure        C. freedom  D. opportunity

31.What would be the best title for the text?

A. Daniel Kalliontzis — a great inventor    B. Environment-friendly car stickers

C. Parking systems in Europe                   D. End of the parking ticket?

D

With the development of science and technology, new inventions, especially new electronic products, have made people’s lives easy and convenient. But as the saying puts: A coin has two sides.

One day, I was walking in the park with a friend and his cell phone rang, interrupting our conversation. There we were, walking and talking on a beautiful sunny day and…I became invisible, absent from the conversation.

The telephone used to connect you to the absent. Now it makes people sitting next to you feel absent. Why is it that the more connected we get, the more disconnected I feel? Every advance in communications technology is a tragedy to the closeness of human interaction. With email and instant messaging over the Internet, we can now communicate without seeing or talking to one another. With voice mail, you can conduct entire conversations without ever reaching anyone. If my mom has a question, I just leave the answer on her machine.

As almost every contact we can imagine between human beings gets automated, the alienation(疏远) index goes up. You can't even call a person to get the phone number of another person any more. Directory assistance is almost always fully automated.

Pumping petrol at the station? Why say good morning to the attendant when you can swipe(刷)your credit card at the pump and save yourself the bother of human contact?

Making a deposit at the bank? Why talk to a teller who might live in the neighborhood when you can just insert your card into ATM?

Pretty soon you won’t have the burden of making eye contact at the grocery shop. Some supermarket chains are using a self-scanner so you can check yourself out, avoiding those check-out people who look at you and ask how you are doing.

I am not against modern technology. I own a cell phone, an ATM card, a voice mail system, and an email account. Giving them up isn't wise…they're a great help to us. It's some of their possible consequences that make me feel uneasy.

More and more, I find myself hiding behind e-mail to do a job meant for conversation. Or being relieved that voice mail picked up a call because I didn't really have time to talk. The communications industry devoted to helping me keep in touch is making me lonelier.

So I've put myself on technology restriction: no instant messaging, with people who live near me，no cell phoning in the presence of friends, no letting the voice mail pick up when I'm at home.

32. Which of the following would be the best title of the passage?

A. The Advance of Communications Technology

B. The Consequences of Modern Technology

C. The Process of Communications Revolution

D. The Automation of Modern Communications

33. Paragraphs 5 to 7 are listed as examples, which show that the use of modern communications is ___________.

A. encouraging     B. disappointing    C. satisfying    D. embarrassing

34. The passage implies that _______________.

A. modern technology is bridging the people

B. modern technology is separating the people

C. modern technology is developing too rapidly

D. modern technology is interrupting our lives

35. What does the writer think to do with the modern technology?

A. We may use them no matter what others are doing.

B. We can throw them away and return to the ancient.

C. We can be far away from them forever.

D. We can use them less and communicate with the people around us.

第二节(共5小题;每小题2分，满分10分)

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Some animals can be trained to help humans. For example, specially trained dogs help blind people walk around the town safely. Some kinds of monkeys can be taught things too.  36   The monkeys pick up the phone when it rings, carry shopping bags and do housework.

In the wild, animals and humans are not usually friends.  37  In Africa, the honey- guide bird works with humans to find food. The bird likes to eat the grubs (幼虫) — a type of insect that lives inside a beehive (蜂巢). It knows how to find beehives but it can’t open them and get the grubs. People like to eat honey, but they aren’t very good at finding beehives.  38     The bird flies to a beehive and people follow it. When the people open the beehive and take the honey, they give the grubs to the bird.

In Laguna in the south of Brazil, fishermen and dolphins work as a team. The ocean isn’t very clean, so the fishermen can’t see the fish.  39    When the dolphins find a large group of fish, they make a noise to tell the fishermen. Then the dolphins push the fish to the beach. The fishermen wait in the water near the beach and catch a lot of fish in their nets. The fishermen’s nets make it easier for the dolphins to catch fish too. In Laguna, fishermen and dolphins have been working together for many years.   40  Meanwhile, the dolphins must be happy to help because they teach their babies how to work with the humans!

A. They attack each other for food or something else.

B. So the bird and the people help each other.

C. They can learn how to help people who can’t use their arms or legs.

D. In fact, they usually help to get enough food for their babies.

E. The fishermen teach their children how to work with the dolphins.

F. However, there are a few interesting examples where they can work together.

G. However, dolphins can find them easily by using sounds.

第三部分  英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分)

第一节：完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分，满分30分)

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

One man was to meet his wife downtown and spend some time shopping with her. He waited    41    for 15 minutes. Then he waited impatiently for 15 minutes more. After that, he became    42   . When he saw a photograph booth (照相亭) nearby, he had   43  . He wore the most unhappy expression he could manage, which was not   44   in the situation. In a few moments, he was holding four small prints that   45   even him.

He wrote his wife’s name on the back of the photos and handed them to a   46  behind the desk in the booth. “ 47   you see a small, dark lady with brown eyes and an apologetic expression, obviously  48    someone, would you please give her this?” he said. He then   49  his office in Morrison Building,   50  that if a picture is worth a thousand words, then the four photos must be a good   51   ! He sat down with a smile.

Of course his wife received those pictures and she even   52   them. She carries them in her purse now and shows them to anyone who asks if she is married, “See? This is my husband!”

How are you with 53   ? One person calls it “wait training.” It seems that there is always something we are  54  . We wait on traffic and we wait in lines. We wait to hear about a new job. We wait to complete school. We wait for someone to change his or her mind.

Patience is an important   55   of a happy and rewarding life.   56  some things are worth waiting for.   57    presents many opportunities for wait training.

We can hate waiting,   58   it or even get good at it! But one thing is   59   —we cannot avoid it. How is your   60   coming along?

41.A. proudly  B. respectfully C. patiently D. curiously

42.A. angry  B. hungry                     C. frightened    D. thirsty

43.A. a question B. a reason　 C. an opinion  D. an idea

44.A. serious B. difficult　 C. sensitive D. convinced

45.A. hurt B. encouraged　　 C. attracted D. shocked

46.A. clerk  B. customer C. passer-by D. friend

47.A. Since B. Before C. As D. If

48.A. looking for B. working for　　 C. sending for D. paying for

49.A. called up  B. returned to　 C. picked up D. took in

50.A. worried B. disappointed　 C. satisfied D. surprised

51.A. value B. preparation　　 C. excuse  D. lecture

52.A. tore B. saved　　 C. developed D. destroyed

53.A. courage B. determination C. patience D. decision

54.A. hoping for B. waiting for　　 C. searching for D. fitting for

55.A. lesson B. experience　　 C. purpose D. quality

56.A. For example B. After all　 C. Right now D. So far

57.A. Every age B. Every shop　　 C. Every day D. Every office

58.A. accept B. control　　 C. change D. improve

59.A. certain B. interesting　    C. precious D. easy

60.A. photo taking B. job hunting　 C. decision making D. wait training

第二节(共10小题;每小题1.5分，满分15分)

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式(不多于3个单词)。

This Saturday morning I was having a walk around, enjoying the quiet morning, beautiful weather and lovely life, with my dog Jett  61   (run)enjoyably  beside me.

At one home I passed, I noticed a newspaper that    62  (lie) by the roadside instead of near the door. Thinking I would make someone else’s life a little   63   (easy), I picked up the paper and gently threw it towards their door.   64   instead of landing on the doorstep, the paper sailed in the wrong direction because of the strong wind and landed on the roof of a big truck in the driveway.

No one saw the funny scene but me and I burst out laughing. It was very quiet and they were    65    (probable) still sleeping. It was too early to knock on the door and tell the homeowner   66  their newspaper was.  So, instead I walked home, got dressed and went to the store to make it right.

I returned a little later with a new newspaper and a basket of strawberries freshly

67  (pick) from my garden. I found the homeowner in the driveway with some of his friends. With a deep breath I came up to him and said, “I hope you have a great sense of humor.” I explained what had happened   68   his newspaper.

Hearing this they all laughed loudly and I couldn’t help but   69   ( smile )all day. I’ve heard it said. “Character is what you do   70    nobody is looking.” I should be a man of character!

第四部分写作(共两节;满分35分)

第一节  短文改错(共10小题;每小题1分，满分10分)

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。每次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：在错的词下画一横线，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;

2. 只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

Dear editor,

My English teacher has been collecting opinions on the reform which the English test will be removed from China’s college Entrance examination by 2020 and tests will be holding several times a year. And the opinions are different.

Some students are for it. They think this reform can reduce our study pressure and change China’s once-in-a-lifetime exams system. What’s more, they can spend many time on the subjects that they are interested in.

However, some students argue a reform wouldn’t reduce the students’ burden of learning English, because of schools may reduce English classes and not being strict with English teachers. If so, their parents may ask them to attend the training class outside the school. Not only they spend more money and also it may become a burden.

Yours,

Chen Hao

第二节   书面表达(满分25分)

假如你是李华。你们学校最近开通了英语广播站，旨在让同学们提高英语水平。现在请你以广播站播音员的身份，用英语写一篇英文播音稿，号召同学们收听。

要点：1.自我介绍;

2.播音的方式、内容和意义;

3.号召同学们积极参与。

注意：1.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯;

2.词数100左右。

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