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　　News Report One

　　A NASA satellite orbiting over Portugal took photographs that reveal the effects of pollution from ships. One of the photos shows the thin film of clouds above the brilliant blue of North Atlantic cut by white lines of thicker clouds that look like scars. [1] NASA officials explained those thicker clouds are signs of ship traffic blow. when ships power their ways through the ocean, they pump exhausts into the atmosphere, just as cars do. And those massive amounts of particles can cause clouds to form. Get enough of those particles in one place, as from the exhausts of the ship, and they can lead to the creation of new clouds easily visible from space, these clouds can be huge. Some of them stretch hundreds of kilometers from end to end, NASA officials said. [2] It’s likely that these sorts of clouds are having some effect over global climate, according to NASA officials. But scientists are not yet sure what effects it has.

　　Q1: What has caused the thick clouds in the photos taken by a NASA satellite?

　　【答案】ship traffic in the Atlantic

　　【解析】本题考查文章中因果逻辑这一重要细节，答案关键句为NASA officials explained those thicker clouds are signs of ship traffic below. NASA官员解释说，这些较厚的云层是下面船只往来的迹象。

　　Q2: What do NASA officials think about the thick clouds?

　　【答案】They may be affecting the world’s climate.

　　【解析】本题考查引言细节，答案关键句为It s likely that these sorts of clouds are having some effect on the global climate, 这些云可能对全球气候产生了一些影响，world’s 和global 进行了同义替换。

　　News Report Two

　　Staff at a suburban supermarket in Melbourne say they feel unsafe at work after security guards were removed. This came after a series of physical attacks and verbal abuse by customers. [3] More than 50 workers at the store have signed a letter calling for a permanent security guard following a series of incidents, including a customer threatening to attack a supervisor with a knife. "A security worker had guarded the store each night from 7pm until 12am, but that had stopped suddenly on Monday,” employees said. One worker said an angry customer had thrown a chicken at his head after complaining about how long she had waited to be served. Another worker said the lack of protection at the store made her feel uncomfortable at work. [4] However, the spokesman of the supermarket said the store had taken strong action in response to incidents, "We have found very few instances of bad customer behavior at our store in the past year. In the rare cases, we have seen bad behavior, we have taken strong action in response, including banning a customer from the store."

　　Q3: For what purpose, did the staff at the supermarket in Melbourne sign a letter?

　　【答案】To call for a permanent security guard.

　　【解析】本题考查同学们归纳总结能力，答案关键句为More than 50 workers at the store have signed a letter calling for a permanent security guard allowing a series of incidents. 大家呼吁设立一名永久的保安。

　　Q4: What did the spokesman of the supermarket say, regarding the employees’ demand?

　　【答案】it had already taken strong action.

　　【解析】本题考查转折逻辑，答案关键句为However, the spokesman of the supermarket said the store had taken strong action in response to incidents.该超市的发言人表示，该超市已经采取了强有力的措施来应对这些事件。

　　News Report Three

　　[5] Drivers on their way to the Polish capital of Warsaw on Wednesday morning found the road blocked by an unusual obstacle, tons of liquid chocolate that spilled onto the motorway. [6] A track carrying the sweet load hit a road barrier and overturned, blocking two lames. The cracked tank spilled a pool of rapidly hardening chocolate which quickly covered the width of the road. While the drives was taken to hospital with the broken arm, firefighters struggled to remove a reported 12 tons of solid chocolate from the road. A representative for the firefighters told the local TV that [7] removing the chocolate was worse than dealing with snow. After contacting the chocolate manufacturer, the firefighter resorted to spraying hot, pressurized ice water to get rid of the sticky substance. The local TV also noted that the clean-up spanned more than a mile because drivers simply drove through the chocolate after the crash, leaving a long chocolate trail. But despite the sticky situation, firefighters and police attending to the clean-up were reportedly cheerful about the long task ahead. After all, who could be mad about 12 tons of chocolate?

　　Question 5: What did drivers on the motorway to Warsaw find?

　　【答案】the road was blocked

　　【解析】本题考查新闻导语部分的内容，答案关键句为Drivers on their way to the Polish capital of Warsaw on Wednesday morning found the road blocked by an unusual obstacle. 周三早上，前往波兰首都华沙的司机们发现道路被一个不寻常的障碍物堵塞了。

　　Question 6: What does the report say about the accident?

　　【答案】a truck hit a barrier and overturned.

　　【解析】本题答案关键句为A truck carrying the sweet load hit a road barrier and overturned.一辆装着巧克力糖浆的卡车撞上了一个公路路障并翻车了。

　　Question 7: What did the firefighters representative tell the local TV?

　　【答案】it was a hard task to remove the spilled substance.

　　【解析】本题考查引言细节，答案关键句为A representative for the firefighters told the local TV that removing the chocolate was worse than dealing with snow.消防队员的代表告诉当地电视台，清理巧克力比处理雪更糟糕。

　　Conversation One

　　Man: Lisa, why did you pay for you meal with cash instead of the payment apps on your phone?

　　Woman: Well, I’ve gone back to cash. I’m only using payment apps if that’s the only option. [8] I’m trying to save money for a new phone, and I find that using cash rather than payment apps helps me to save.

　　Man: But how? Money is money, isn’t it? I don’t think it matters whether you take it out to the bank and put it into wallet, or simply transfer from your bank account to the sellers’ bank account using an app.

　　Woman: No, I believe it does matter. It’s a psychological phenomenon. [9] I believe we have less connection with a value of our money, when we just tap the approve buttons on our phones.

　　Man: You might have a point, since I stop carrying cash around, and start to using my phone apps to pay, [10] I may have developed a tendency to buy more small or non-essential items.

　　Woman: That’s highly possible, think about the amount of time we spend with our phones in our hands, and all the things we do with our phones. It sometimes seems that our phone is buying the product for us, not ourselves.

　　Man: So, cash is the payment affects our ability to budget?

　　Woman: I believe so. If we spend a hundred Yuan in cash, we realize that we don’t have that hundred Yuan to spend on something else. But if we spend in electronically, we’re less likely to make that mental calculation.

　　Man: [11] I stopped using my credit card because I’m fond of spending excessively. Perhaps I should take the same approach of paying using my phone.

　　Woman: It’s worth considering.

　　Q8: Why did the woman decide to go back to cash for payment?

　　【答案】she wanted to save a new phone

　　【解析】本题考查开头处重要细节，答案关键句为I’m trying to save money for a new phone 女生表示想攒钱买一部新手机。

　　Q9: what happens when people use apps for payment according to the woman?

　　【答案】they are less aware of the value of their money.

　　【解析】本题答案关键句为I believe we have less connection with the value of our money when we just tapped the approve buttons on our phones. 女生认为如果用手机付钱会减少和金钱的联系。

　　Q10: what might the man tend to buy with payment apps?

　　【答案】more non-essential things

　　【解析】本题答案关键句为 I may have developed a tendency to buy more small or non-essential items.男士表示可能会买一些小东西或非必需品。

　　Q11: what does the man think of electronic payment?

　　【答案】it may lead to excessive spending.

　　【解析】本题考查文章中因果逻辑这一重要细节，答案关键句为I stopped using my credit card because I'm fond of spending excessively. 男士说我不再使用信用卡了，因为我喜欢过度消费。

　　Conversation Two

　　W: Hello Mr. Brown. I was expecting your call. My secretary told me you were having some problems with the wooden table, is that right?

　　M: No, no, the table is fine. The problem is the chairs.

　　W: Oh, the chairs, so, what exactly is the issue?

　　M: Well, put simply, [12] these are not the chairs my wife and I selected in your store last week. There must be some confusion with our order.

　　W: Oh, I see. I’m looking through my files now. And I see that the delivery was this morning. Is that correct?

　　M: Yes.

　　W: [13] Do you mind describing the chairs that were delivered to your apartment, Mr. Brown?

　　M: Sure. These have a flat back with a round top and very heavy. They are light brown and look kind of cheap. The ones we ordered were dark brown to match the table.

　　W: Right. Of course. It says here you purchased the Arlington table and four Milano chairs. As you said. There must be some confusion with the order. I’m terribly sorry. [14] We’ll send a van to collect those four and replace them with the Milano you purchased. Will tomorrow 9 a.m. be ok Mr. Brown?

　　M: Yes. That would be great. Thank you.

　　W: Good. Did everything else you ordered from us arrive ok?

　　M: Yes. I think so. Let me check. The mirror and two paintings are here. The two coffee tables are also here. And the sofa. Yes. We haven’t noticed anything else wrong or missing. But if we do, we’ll certainly let you know.

　　W: OK. Great. Once again. [15] I’m sorry for the confusion and trouble caused.

　　Q12: Why did the man call the woman?

　　【答案】he had a problem with furniture delivered.

　　【解析】本题考查对话开头的所提的问题，答案关键句为 these are not the chairs my wife and I selected in your store last week. There must be some confusion with our order。

　　Q13: What did the woman ask the man to do?

　　【答案】describe the furniture he received.

　　【解析】本题考查对话中重要的动作细节，答案关键句为Do you mind describing the chairs that were delivered to your apartment, Mr. Brown? 女生要求男生描述一下送到公寓里的椅子。

　　Q14: What did the woman promise to do for the man?

　　【答案】correct the mistake.

　　【解析】本题考查对话中重要的动作细节，答案关键句为 We’ll send a van to collect those four and replace them with the Milano you purchased.女生提出会派一辆面包车将之前送的家具收回来并给男生换新的家具，指的是要更正之前的错误。

　　Q15: What did the woman do at the end of the conversation?

　　【答案】she apologized the man again.

　　【解析】本题考查对话结尾信息，答案关键句为I’m sorry for the confusion and trouble caused. 对话结尾女生表示很抱歉给男生造成困扰。

　　Passage One

　　Do you have too much stuff? Are you dare we say it “I am tidy”? [16] Say hello to a TV show called “Tidying Up with Marie Kondo”, a home improvement show based on her widely popular book The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up. In the show, Marie Kondo acts as a tiny garbage fairy for messy people, visiting their houses to share the wisdom of the "KonMari" method. This method is simple in theory but can be endlessly complex in practice. You divide all the stuff in your house – all of it – into several categories, and then examine each item -- all of them – [17] to see if it sparks joy. If it does, you keep it. If it doesn't, you thank it, and neatly discard it.

　　So, is the TV show inspiring people to tidy up? Firsthand accounts seem to indicate a small wave of people bringing piles of donation bags to used good stores. One store received thousands of bags of used possessions in one day. January is usually the store’s slow season for donations, because it's cold and people don't want to bother. But not this January. People seemed determined to clean up their homes. [18] One used bookstore received a month's worth of books in donations in a week when a man gave over 50 boxes of books from his home. It seems Marie’s TV show is having a big impact after all.

　　Q16. What is Maire Kondo’s TV show about?

　　【解析】本题为细节考察题。原文为：a home improvement show based on her widely popular bookThe Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up.译为：这是一个居家环境提升节目，根据 Maire Kondo广受欢迎的《生活焕新魔法——居家环境提升》改编。

　　Q17. What things can be kept in one’s home, according to Maire Kondo?

　　【解析】本题为细节考察题。原文为：You divide all the stuff in your house – all of it – into several categories, and then examine each item -- all of them – to see if it sparks joy. If it does, you keep it. 译为：您将屋中的所有物品分类，然后检查所有物品。如果一些物件能让你开心，那么留下它。如果不能，则丢弃。

　　Q18. What do we learn about one used bookstore this January?

　　【解析】本题为细节考察题。原文为：One used bookstore received a month's worth of books in donations in a week when a man gave over 50 boxes of books from his home. It seems Marie’s TV show is having a big impact after all.译为：一位男士在一个星期内向一家二手书店捐赠了50多箱书，这相当于书店一个月的受捐数量。可见玛丽的电视节目还是产生了大很的影响。

　　Passage Two

　　At just twelve years old, Mike Hannon is making a difference in his community — one lunch at a time. “Mike’s Lunches of Love” has fed more than 2,000 of the town’s most vulnerable residents. [19] Mike delivers meals to the homeless. “It’s like a way to give people joy, maybe spark something in them that can change them,” Mike told WBZ-TV. The mayor of Mike’s town feels that Mike is a great community leader, especially in such times of so much negative news. While his father commented on how proud he was of his son, yet Mike isn’t looking for praise, but kindness in return. [20] He hopes his active charity will influence others to spread positive actions in their own towns. Mike includes a handwritten message of joy on each bag. His message and star power has spread all over the country. To date, his online page to raise funds has brought in more than 44,000 dollars and counting, raising more than 17,000 dollars in just one day, with the hope of many famous actors and others. [21] People from all over the county are sending special handcraft bags to help the young man with his mission to help those in need. Many are hoping the simple active kindness spreads. Mike is seemed as the hope for the future of the town, the country and the world.

　　Q19: What does Mike Hannon do to help people in his town?

　　【解析】本题为细节考察题。原文为：“Mike’s Lunches of Love” has fed more than 2,000 of the town’s most vulnerable residents. Mike delivers meals to the homeless. 译为：“爱的午餐”已经惠及了该镇2000多名弱势群体，迈克还向那些无家可归送饭菜。

　　Q20: What does Mike hope others will do?

　　【解析】本题为细节考察题。原文为：He hopes his active charity will influence others to spread positive actions in their own towns.译为：他希望自己的慈善行为能够影响他人，让他们也能在镇子中传播爱心。

　　Q21: How are people all over the country responding to what Mike is doing?

　　【解析】本题为细节考察题。原文为：People from all over the county are sending special handcraft bags to help the young man with his mission to help those in need. 译为：全县人民都给迈克寄送一些特别手袋，来助力迈克完成助人任务。

　　Passage Three

　　In a recent study carried out by psychologists on the disruptive effects of smart phones, [22] two groups of college students were given word-search puzzles. The first group was told to complete the puzzles with its participants' smart phones in their line of sight. The second group, however, was told that the phones would interfere with the equipment in the experiment and would need be moved away from the testing area. Midway through the second group's solving of the puzzles, the experiment called one of the phones and let it ring for a while before hanging up. [23] Many of the students in that group were unable to focus from then on, becoming anxious and performing more poorly than the first group.

　　Use of electronics has also been known to lead to a decline in human interactions. Rather than having real-life conversations, many express emotions and engage in deep conversations through social media sites. Many students use their phones and computers during class for non-academic activities, which leads to poor grades. [24] Perhaps the most dramatic impact is the reduction in amount of sleep, which lead to poor health and weight gain.

　　Technology is a great tool. [25] However, it's important to recognize its downsides. Lack of sleep, reduction of productivity, and weight gain are only a few. If we are not careful about all these mind problems right now, the effect on the future generation is going to be much bigger.

　　Question 22: What were the college students in both groups required to do in the study?

　　【解析】本题为细节考察题。原文为：The first group was told to complete the puzzles with its participants' smart phones in their line of sight. The second group, however, was told that the phones would interfere with the equipment in the experiment and would need be moved away from the testing area. 译为：第一组参与者要用其智能手机完成谜题，而第二组参与者不能用手机，理由是手机会影响设备正常运转。

　　Question 23: What do we learn about many of the students the second test group after the phone ring?

　　【解析】本题为细节考察题。原文为：Many of the students in that group were unable to focus from then on. becoming anxious and performing more poorly than the first group. 译为：手机铃响后，第二组中的许多学生无法集中精力，略显焦躁，且表现不如第一组好。

　　Question 24: According to the passage, what is the most dramatic impact of smart phone use?

　　【解析】本题为细节考察题。原文为： Perhaps the most dramatic impact is the reduction in amount of sleep, which lead to poor health and weight gain.译为：也许，智能手机最大的危害是睡眠时间减少，这也导致健康状况不佳和体重增加。

　　Q25: What does the speaker suggest people do?

　　【解析】本题为细节推断题。原文线索为：If we are not careful about all these mind problems right now, the effect on the future generation is going to be much bigger.译为：如果我们现在不重视这些心理问题，那么智能手机对下一代的影响将更大。

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