三. 阅读理解 (共15小题，计20分)

第一节： 阅读下面一篇短文，判断下列句子是否符合短文内容，符合的用“A”表示，不符合的用“B”表示。(共5小题，计5分)

A

Think about your favourite tween (8-12岁青少年) TV shows. Is there a girl on them who isn’t pretty, or who doesn’t worry about what she looks like?

According to a recent study, tween TV shows send the message that girls should be beautiful, no matter what other abilities or talents they have.

The American researchers studied 40 different popular tween TV shows from 2011. They found that most of the man or boy characters in the shows looked normal, but more than half of the female (女性的) characters in the show were described as “very beautiful”. The girls on the shows also worried more about what they looked like.

The researchers say this difference suggests (暗示) that “boys with common looks can still be a part of the story, but if you are a girl, you must be beautiful.”

Some of the female characters on these shows were talented or acted bravely. But even if girls can do everything boys can do, they still have to look pretty.

Tweens are at an age when they are forming ideas about who they are and how they should look and act. It means these shows are likely to make them develop a very narrow (狭隘的) idea.

The researchers suggested that parents should help reduce the negative (负面的) influence of these shows by watching TV with their children and talking to them about what they see.

( )21. The passage is about a study that was on boy characters.

( )22. The American researchers studied 40 different popular characters.

( )23. From the study we learn that in tween TV shows there are a lot of women or girls looking pretty.

( )24. The tween TV shows may tell us that girls should be more talented.

( )25. The main idea of the passage is that tween TV shows may have a bad influence on girls.

第二节： 阅读下面三篇短文，从各小题所给的四个选项中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的一个最佳答案。(共10小题，计15分)

B

The Coca Cola Company has an invention—the “PlantBottle”. It is partly made from plants and can be recycled (循环). It shows how businesses can help to deal with the problem of climate (气候) change.

Now the UK has a new light bulb that can last 25 years or more. It is green and environment-friendly (环保的), and as bright as the old light bulbs, but it costs￡30.

Good news for swimmers. Do you want to talk to your friends under the water? Rich Stachowski invented this Water Talky at the age of 10. This invention can amplify (扩大) voices underwater for up to 15 feet.

If you sit in a chair for too long or in a bad position (姿势), your back may begin to hurt. Now there is a new chair that can help you avoid that. It was developed by German scientists. It makes noises to tell users when they need to move.

( )26. Which of the following statements is TRUE about the “PlantBottle”?

A. The bottle is completely made of plants.

B. It was a product of the Coca Cola Company.

C. It costs much money.

D. People can’t recycle it.

( )27. The new light bulb 　　　　.

A. is brighter than the old ones

B. isn’t good for the environment

C. can last at least 25 years

D. can last less than 25 years

( )28. The Water Talky was invented by 　　　　.

A. German scientists B. a young child

C. a UK company D. some swimmers

( )29. What will happen if you sit in the chair for too long?

A. Your head will hurt.

B. You will be very nervous.

C. The chair will move.

D. The chair will warn you to move.

C

Google and Toyota have worked together to create a new smart car. It can run on the road without a driver. It drives itself. The self-driving car hasn’t been on sale to the public, so we don’t know how much it costs. Another thing most people want to know is whether it will be safe enough to run on the road.

The self-driving car uses electricity as its power, and it can’t drive very quickly—the top speed would be 25 miles per hour. It is actually controlled by a computer system (系统) on the car. The system keeps on collecting information by some video cameras inside the car and a LIDAR sensor (激光雷达传感器) on top of it. A computer processes the information and decides what to do. “The self-driving car has only buttons (按钮) for go and stop, so it’s very easy to use,” an engineer of Google says. “And what’s more, it will make car accidents less and make the world a safer place.” The self-driving car has driven hundreds of thousands of miles in California, and it has only gotten into two accidents by human mistake.

According to CNN, self-driving cars will also help to reduce (减少) the number of cars in big cities. “Self-driving cars would be able to send you to the workplace and then pick up another person instead of stopping in a parking lot.”

( )30. We don’t know the price of the self-driving car because 　　　　.

A. it is on sale only in America

B. it isn’t made for sale 

C. people can get it for free

D. it hasn’t been on sale to the public

( )31. The self-driving car can collect information using 　　　　.

①video cameras ②a computer

③a LIDAR sensor ④a computer system

A. ①② B. ①③

C. ①②③ D. ①②③④

( )32. According to CNN, self-driving cars will 　　　　.

A. send us more quickly to the workplace

B. lead to heavier traffic

C. improve traffic condition in big cities

D. carry more people than a normal car