12．A Dangerous Journey On July 2.1937.Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan left New Guinea for Howland Isl——青夏教育精英家教网—

On July 2，1937，Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan left New Guinea for Howland Island in the Pacific．This was the longest and most dangerous part of their trip around the world．Earhart had trouble shortly after takeoff．The weather was stormy，so she had to fly at 3，000 meters （10，000 feet）．Going this high，the plane used gas quickly．
After about twenty hours，Earhart and Noonan approached Howland Island．The island was only about 105 kilometers （65 miles） away，but the bright sun was shining in their faces so they couldn't see it．Near Howland，a ship，the Itasca，was waiting．Earhart contacted the ship："Gas is low，"she said．The Itasca tried to maintain contact with her but got no response．Finally，the Itasca called for help．People searched for Earhart and Noonan for days．Despite the searchers'efforts，they found nothing．
Missing!
What happened to Amelia Earhart？No one knows for sure．During the flight，she probably headed in the wrong direction because the sun was bright and it was hard to see．So she got lost； soon after，her plane ran out of gas，and she died at sea．Another idea is that she survived the plane crash，swam to an uninhabited （无人居住的） island，and later died there．Still others think she survived the crash and secretly returned to the U．S．with a new identity．
Although the first theory seems most likely，none of these ideas has been proven．Today，people are still looking into Earhart's and Noonan's disappearance．（Noonan's body has also never been found．） Whatever happened，Amelia probably died as she wished．"When I go，"she said，"I'd like best to go in my plane．"

46．Why was flying to Howland Island difficult？D
A．Earhart was sick after takeoff．
B．The sun was too bright and shining．
C．Their plane was damaged．
D．It was very far from New Guinea．
47．Which statement would the writer most probably agree with？A
A．Amelia's plane probably ran out of gas and she died at sea．
B．It is possible that Fred Noonan killed Amelia Earhart．
C．Amelia Earhart probably died on an island in the Pacific．
D．Fred Noonan might still be alive today．
48．What does the underlined word"go"in the last paragraph mean？C
A．fly
B．leave
C．die
D．travel．

11．Located in the northeast part of the Jiayi County in Taiwan Province，Ali Mountain is in fact the general name of the 18hills including Zhu Hill and Tower Hill．The highest peak of Ali Mountain is Tower Hill with the height of 2，663meters （about 8，736feet）．Ali Mountain is world famous for its"five rare sites"including the Sunrise，the Ali Mountain Forest Railway，the famous Alishan Sacred Tree，the Grand Sea of Clouds，and the Flamboyant Cherry Blossom．It is said that one who has not been to Ali Mountain will never know its wonderful beauty．
The sunrise is a must for everyone who travels the Ali Mountain．Many have said，"To miss viewing the sunrise on Ali Mountain is like returning empty after entering the Golconda，a source of great wealth．"The best place to view the sunrise is on the top of Zhu Hill．The place and time of the sunrise are different due to the changes of the four seasons．If you plan to view the sunrise，it is best to ask the local people the time of sunrise，so you don't miss this magnificent opportunity．
The Ali Mountain Forest Railway is regarded as one of three mountain climbing railways．Traveling along the 72-kilometer-long railway，the train climbs from 30meters （about 98feet） to 2，450meters （about 8，038feet） above sea level．Its gradient（坡度）is so great that it is rarely seen in the whole world．From the bottom of Ali Mountain to the top，the train crosses four forest areas-tropical，subtropical，temperate and frigid zones．
There is a Chinese juniper （杜松） within the Ali Mountain forest area，with some 53meters （about 174feet） high，and 23meters （about 75feet） wide．This juniper is so huge that more than ten people can surround it．It has a history of more than 3，000years，thus is called Alishan Sacred Tree．The most wondrous tree is a"three-generation"tree．The three generations of this tree exist in the same trunk．While the first and second generations have faded，the third generation is stillflourishing．This tree is really a wonder of nature．
The sea of clouds and the cherry blossom should not be overlooked．If you want to avoid sunstroke，the comfortable climate in mid-summer on Ali Mountain will be a good choice．

51．What's the main idea of the first paragraph？D
A．Location of Ali Mountain．B．Five rare sites of Ali Mountain．
C．Hills of Ali Mountain．D．An introduction to Ali Mountain．
52．What does the underlined word"flourishing"in the fourth paragraph mean？A
A．Growing well．B．Surrounding．C．Disappearing．D．Dying．
53．What's the best time to appreciate the sea of clouds and the cherry blossom？C
A．April．B．February．C．August．D．December．
54．According to the passage，which of the following is TRUE？D
A．The place and time of the sunrise are the same despite the changes of the four seasons．
B．The best place to view the sunrise is on the top of Tower Hill．
C．The highest peak of Ali Mountain is Tower Hill with the height of 2，450meters．
D．The juniper has a history of more than 3，000years，thus it is called Alishan Sacred Tree．

10．Do you have a spare room in your house？Do you like to share your driveway in front of your garage with others？（36）B Many people are benefiting from this new business of renting．
Perhaps the best-known example of a company in this field is Airbnb-an American web business which allows you to rent out your spare room to holidaymakers．It says it operates in34，000cities and it has 800，000listings of rooms and apartments．（37）A
A British company is doing something with parking spaces．JustPark's founder，Anthony Eskinazi，says，"when I had the original idea．I spotted a driveway close to a spots stadium．It would have been so convenient if I could have just parked in that driveway rather than in a commercial car park．"（38）DAround 20，000people have advertised their spaces on the website，and he says around half a million drivers use it．
（39）EThey are people who run things like traditional hotels and commercial car parks．They are afraid of ending up losing money．
（40）C Regulations for these new businesses are unclear．How will renting out your driveway affect your neighbour？Because this is a new business world，those rules aren't there yet．

A．They seem to have occupied the majority of the market．
B．Both of these can help you make money．
C．And there is another problem．
D．And his great idea has proved a success．
E．But the new business of renting has its competitors．
F．There are many ways to earn money．
G．A commercial car park is inconvenient．

9．

Can you imagine a world without chocolate？It's not something I'd 1ike to do．so I was relieved to read that there's a university with a program me to safeguard the future of chocolate!
The University of Reading，in England，has just opened a new clearing house for all the world's new cocoa varieties．They must be quarantined（隔离检疫）before they can be grown．Why？Cocoa production hit a record high of 4.4million tons last year but about 30%of the precious crop is regularly lost to pests and diseases．Now we don't want that，do we？
Demand for chocolate has been increasing faster than the world supply of cocoa and researchers think that new varieties are key to solving this problem．
The University of Reading has been protecting the quality of the new crops since 1985，after it took over the task from the Royal Botanical Gardens in Kew，London．And it has improved its facilities．The leader of the institution's cocoa project，Professor Paul Hadley，says，"One of the main issues concerning cocoa improvement is the supply of reliably clean，healthy，interesting cocoa material．"
The cocoa centre has a collection of 400plant varieties and their greenhouse uses a lot of  energy to keep them in tropical conditions．After up to two years in quarantine，clean and safe  seeds are sent to some 20countries，including several in West Africa．That's where 75%of the  cocoa used for chocolate worldwide comes from．The crop is extremely important for the local  economy：it employs about two million people．
Professor Hadley says he works with a small team of skilled technicians who look after the collection．And more of us seem to count on them now．
The scientist says，"there is some concern within the industry that demand is increasing constantly，particularly in countries like China，where the standard of living is increasing and  people are getting a taste for different chocolates．"

28．What is the text mainly about？A
A．Safeguarding cocoa seeds．     B．Planting cocoa worldwide．
C．Keeping cocoa in greenhouse． D．Finding the new market for cocoa．
29．The institution's cocoa project is toC．
A．have cocoa skin removed      B．offer more jobs to people
C．ensure the quality of cocoa  D．supply cocoa for two million people
30．What does the last paragraph tell us？B
A．The taste of chocolates is changing．
B．Demand for cocoa is increasing fast．
C．People are concerned about cocoa varieties．
D．Chinese have a long history of eating chocolates．
31．What's the purpose of the text？D
A．To educate．    B．To advertise．    C．To warn．  D．To inform．

8．For decades，the San Francisco Bay area has been the heart of the computer technology industry．Many of the biggest technology companies have their headquarters in the area called Silicon Valley．But the area has not always been associated with charity（慈善）．
Now，a new generation of entrepreneurs（企业家）appears to be changing Silicon Valley．One example is Marc Benioff，a donor（捐赠者），who has called on wealthy donors to give more to their communities．He also is the founder of Salesforce．com，a computer services company in San Francisco who has helped build a children's hospital and given millions of dollars to non-profit organizations in the city．
Money from the technology industry has also started to change the face of charity．Benjamin Soskis writes about the history and ideas behind charity in America．His articles have appeared in The Atlantic magazine and a number of major publications．He says，traditionally，donors have given after they spent much of their lives building up wealth．Usually donors are in their 70s．But an increasing number of people appearing on the list of top donors are younger than 40years of age．Benjamin Soskis says that is something new．"There's a whole new model that's appearing in which people give and accumulate at the same time．"
Some of the young donors on this year's top 50 list have started to change in the way people see charity．That is especially the case in the San Francisco area，where giving money and making money appear to be coming together．"I think it's fair to say that charity is now a part of the Silicon Valley identity．"

25．What is true of Marc Benioff？D
A．He joined a non-profit organization．     B．He advised donors to build hospitals．
C．He made San Francisco a city of charity． D．He set up the company of Salesforce．com．
26．What is special about the donors of Silicon Valley？C
A．They prefer to give rather than make money．
B．They give after accumulating a lot of wealth．
C．They are much younger than the usual donors．
D．They donate more money to their communities．
27．Which of the following can be the best title for the text？B
A．The age of charity       B．The changing faces of charity
C．In search of new faces   D．From computer base to charity centre．

7．Shake Shack is a new kind of restaurant becoming more popular in the U S．The restaurants are not"fast food．"They are known as"fast casual．"
Observers say Americans want more choices and fresh food when choosing where and what to eat．This trend is one reason why the fast food restaurant McDonald's has struggled  financially．In the last quarter of 2014，McDonald's net income dropped by about﹩300million．The January earnings report brought more bad news．Worldwide sales dropped for the eighth month in a row and even more than expected．While McDonald's is struggling to get their customers back，Shake Shack，is doing well in making money．The New York-based burger chain had a very successful IPO，or initial public offering，of shares at the end of January．On its first day of trading，Shake Shack went from﹩21a share to just under﹩46a share．Being part of the"fast casual"trend has helped Shake Shack．Other fast casual restaurants in the U．S．include Chipotle and Panera．
Bonnie Riggs，a restaurant expert with NPD has studied Americans'restaurant habits for almost 30years．She says one reason why Americans like fast casual food is that it's new．It is creative，it is something different and people like to try new things．Her study shows Americans made 61billion visits to restaurants last year．Three out of four visits were to fast food restaurants，like McDonald's．Fast casual is still a small percentage of restaurant visits，but it has developed fast．Just as Ms．Riggs says，"It's growing by leaps and bounds，because they meet consumers'needs．They know it's being prepared while they wait，it's fresh，quality food，good tasting food at what they say are reasonable and affordable prices．"
Many Americans still like their fast food．They just are not going as often．They are finding other ways to have a meal．

21．What is the trouble with McDonald's？D
A．Its share goes down to﹩21．           B．Shake Shack has taken its place．
C．It's not popular with Americans．     D．Its sales and income have dropped．
22．We can learn from Bonnie Riggs that AmericansA．
A．1ike to try something new             B．care only about the quality
C．don't like fast food any more         D．pay more restaurant visits to fast casual
23．What does the underlined phrase"by leaps and bounds"in Paragraph 3mean？B
A．Steadily．    B．Rapidly．    C．Slowly． D．Normally．
24．Which of the following best describes fast casual？A
A．Fresh-made and tasty．
B．High-quality and expensive．
C．Farm-to-table and traditional．
D．Time-consuming and special．

6．

We've been covering standing desks for a long time now because experts agree that sitting all day is killing us．We want to be productive while also keeping our bodies healthy．Over the years，there have been several solutions to this from fixed standing desks to adjustable ones，portable desks to ones that change into shelves．
However，the most high tech and elegant solution has to be this new smart desk called The Stir Kinetic Desk．The desk learns your daily behaviors and moves between a sitting and standing height regularly throughout the day to keep you moving without interrupting your work flow．
You can program specific sitting and standing intervals or let the desk set the schedule．If you tend to sit while returning emails in the morning，but always want to stand during that afternoon conference call，the desk will learn those regular habits and adjust the schedule to fit them．Of course，the desk can always be manually lowered or raised by using the touch screen on the lower left comer of the desk．
When switching positions，the desk gently dips and rises to let you know that a change is coming up．If you're not ready to switch positions at that time，you can tap the touchscreen to stay sitting or standing for a while longer．
The built．in touchscreen also keeps track of your daily sitting and standing times and tells you how many calories you've burned．You can even set goals for how long or often you want to stand．The desk also works with fitness devices like the FitBit to track your movements．
All of that smart tech doesn't come cheap though．The M1 desk，which is the everyday model，runs a steep 2，990，whilethemoreexecutivemodelwithaddedfeatures，theF1，goesfor4，190．
While expensive，it's worth thinking of how much time we spend at our desks．Much like a good mattress（床垫），a good desk that works with you is worth the investment．Hopefully in a few years these smart，integrated desks will be more common and less expensive．

32．The Stir Kinetic Desk has been designed toC．
A．help users with their work
B．keep users moving all the time
C．get users to exercise while working
D．remind users of their working schedule
33．Which is the feature of the touchscreen of the deskB？
A．It can tell users when to change positions．
B．It can track users'changes of positions．
C．It can keep users in a fixed position．
D．It can detect users'health condition．
34．Which of the following can best describe the deskD？
A．Productive but challenging．
B．Convenient but unaffordable．
C．Complex and impractical．
D．Multi-functional and intelligent．
35．What does the author intend to tell us in the last paragraphA？
A．To spend money on such a desk is rewarding．
B．We should get such a desk as soon as possible．
C．It won't be long before the desk is widely used．
D．Desks play a very important role in our daily life．

5．Since ninety-eight percent of Hong Kong people are Chinese，half of them from Mainland China who know little English，there seems to be no valid reason why Chinese should not be one of the official languages of Hong Kong．
Generally，none-English speaking Chinese make out very well．It is mostly the courts that they experienced any great difficulty-Hong Kong's law and court proceedings are in English-because，apparently，not sufficient attention is given to translating laws and procedures into Chinese．
One other difficulty lies in the field of official communication-from Government offices．It seems no more than reasonable that such communications addressed to Chinese people should be in both Chinese and English．
The Chinese Language Committee has，in its four reports to Government，proposed that the Chinese language should have equal status with the English language in meetings of the Legislative Council，the Urban Council and Government Boards and Committees； in oral and written communications between Government and the public； in court-proceedings and the language of the law； and in the Hong Kong School Certificate of Education Examinations-all that by 1974 or 1975．
The key-word in the recommendation is status，as Judge T．L．Yang，Chairman of the Legal Sub-committee of the government-appointed Chinese Language Committee，pointed out．He is not happy with the term Fat Ting U Men which the Committee adopted to indicate the official status of the Chinese language．His Honor preferred Kun Fong U Men，meaning a language used by the government．
In other words，such official language，whether Chinese or English，need not necessarily be used in every instance．Consequently，situations may occur in which only Chinese is used by the government and，again，other communication situations in which only English is used．As one Chinese newspaper editorial pointed out，equal status does not necessarily mean equal use-whether in law or any other official communication．
The result of the Chinese Language Committee's four Reports seems to be that Chinese and English are now used in the Urban Council and the Legislative Council meetings and are likely to be used shortly in other circumstances prospected by that Committee．Let it be noted，however，that in Hong Kong，as everywhere else，new ideas take hold very slowly-unless pressure is exerted from some quarter or another．
For instance，after the demonstrations by post-secondary students in favor of Chinese as an official language，Government communicated with the public in both Chinese and English．However，when such communication appeared in writing，the Chinese translation was often so inadequate that the receivers，if they were able，read the English to understand the meaning of the Chinese．

74．According to the writer，Chinese should be made an official language becauseC．
A．most Hong Kong citizens have an adequate command of Chinese
B．some Hong Kong citizens find considerable difficulty in legal language
C．the population of Hong Kong is predominantly Chinese
D．the national pride of the Hong Kong Chinese urges them to demand it．
75．The main idea of the sixth paragraph is thatD．
A．equal status of English and Chinese means equal use
B．only Chinese should be used in official communication
C．both English and Chinese should be employed in all official communication
D．both English and Chinese or either language should be used as the situation demands
76．The phrase or word nearest in meaning to take hold in the seventh paragraph isD．
A．fasten upon the mind
B．grasp
C．are rejected
D．are accepted
77．The writer，in his conclusion，implies thatC．
A．the government will be forced to accept Chinese as an official language
B．good translators are definitely inadequate in Hong Kong
C．many difficulties will arise from translating English into Chinese
D．a person has to be bilingual （双语的） before he understands translations in Chinese．

4．When e-mail first came into general use about twenty years ago，there was a lot of talk about the arrival of the paperless office．However，it seems that e-mail has yet to revolutionize office communication．According to communications analyst Richard Metcalf，some offices have actually seen an increase in paper as a result of e-mail．"Information in the form of e-mail messages now floods our computer screens．These messages can be sent so quickly that memos tend to be distributed in the hundreds．For those secretaries whose bosses ask them to print out all their e-mails and leave them in their in-trays，this means using up a great deal of paper every month，"Metcalf says．
Metcalf has found that because some e-mails get lost in cyberspace，important documents are increasingly likely to be asked by clients and colleagues to send all important documents both by e-mail and by fax．This highlights a further potential problem with e-mail in today's offices─it is taking up time rather than saving it．"With e-mail，communication is much easier，but there is also more room for misunderstandings，"says psychologist Dr David Lewis．Generally，much less care is taken with e-mails than with letters or faxes and the sender will probably print the document and reread it before putting it in an envelope or sending it by fax．
More worrying is still the increasing misuse of e-mail for sending"flame-mail"─inappropriate e-mail messages．Recent research in several companies suggests that aggressive communications like this are on the increase．E-mail has become the perfect medium for conveying workplace dissatisfaction because it is so instant．
E-mail can also be a problem in other ways．Staffs all too often make the mistake of thinking that the contents of the e-mail，like things said over the phone，are private and not permanent．But it is not only possible for an employer to read all your e-mails，it is also perfectly legal．E-mail messages can be traced back to their origin for a period of at least two years，so you might want to rethink e-mailing your dissatisfaction about your boss to your friends．The advice is to keep personal e-mails out of the office．
（Note：Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN 12WORDS）

78．The promise of paperless office has not come true in many offices mainly because many secretaries are asked toprint out all their bosses'me-mails．
79．Why has e-mailing taken up time rather than saved itBecause important documents are sent both by e-mail and by fax．？
80．There is an increasing concern that e-mails are misused by some employees to expressworkplace dissatisfaction．
81．It is advised that employees should not use company e-mails as a way ofprivate communication．

3．The vast majority of fitness trackers count your steps and are worn around the wrist，but now there's a device that's designed to be worn like a necklace and monitors tiny movements to improve your posture．
The Fineck device aims to address neck pain by tracking tiny movement，spotting bad habits and suggesting exercises via an accompanying app．Made from silicone（硅）and titanium（钛），Fineck monitors a wearer's movement，balance，posture and movement thanks to sensors inside．The Mountain View California-based firm says that a high percentage of people suffer from neck pain and associated problems，probably caused by more individuals doing office jobs，which generally involve leaning over computer keyboard．
The device contains sensors，several different types of instruments to monitor movement，plus a monitor to shake．It connects to an iOS app via Bluetooth so that wearers can see their bad habits and play"neck training"games．The app warns of health risks and records a user's activity to build up a customer personal health description．The necklace shakes to give smart advice，such as reminding wearers to sit up straight．The app also allows users to set goals，like many other wearables do．"Fineck is the first wearable device for your neck that tracks your neck activity and warn you when you are in a bad posture for too long．You can also exercise your neck with Fineck's interactive games．"The company writes on Kickstarter．"No matter where you are and what you are doing at office，on the go，or simply just feeling bored，Fineck will bring you enriched exercise experience through motion sensing games and therapies．"
It also claims that it is"the world's first titanium wearable device"．The metal is widely used in fashion stuff that you can wear or carry to match your clothes because it is lightweight，durable and does not tend to cause allergic（过敏的）reactions．It also offers additional features such as shaking to indicate alerts on a user's smartphone，but it is not currently clear whether it can also be used like bands，to count steps，and so on．
The Fineck has a battery life of around seven days and takes one hour to charge．It is available to pre-order via Kickstarter from＄69（￡44）and is due to ship in March next year．

74．What helps the Fineck device to deal with neck painA？
A．An accompanying app．
B．A necklace
C．Computer keyboard．
D．A remote control
75．Besides allowiong people to set goals，the iOS app alsoC．
A．improves your posture and suggests exercises
B．exercise your neck and does office jobs
C．alerts you to health risk and records your activity
D．counts your steps and addresses neck pain
76．Which of the following statements is trueD？
A．The Fineck takes an hour to charge and is available at any time．
B．Movie stars like to wear necklace made of silicone to match their clothes．
C．The device count the steps to help wearers to see their bad habits．
D．Neck-ache is something caused by using computers too much．
77．We can infer from the passage that the Fineck device willD．
A．actually not cause allergic reactions．
B．enrich your life by providing"neck training"games
C．monitor a wearer's movement due to the material it is made of
D．help to correct your improper postures．

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