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2．One afternoon in December 2013，Lauren Robinson walked into her eighth-grade science class，and immediately knew something was wrong．A wave of dizziness washed over her and she started to vomit（呕吐）．Worst of all，Lauren was soon struggling to breathe．
Since birth，Lauren has suffered from an allergy（过敏症）to dairy products．But she had not eaten any dairy products that day，and in her science class，there were no dairy products in sight．Hours earlier；there had been a pizza party in the room，but every surface had been wiped down．What no one realized was that invisible particles of cheese still hung in the air．
After her attack in science class，Lauren was rushed to the hospital．She made a full recovery，but the idea of returning to school seemed so dangerous that Lauren and her family decided she would not go back．Instead，a teacher started coming to her house．Lauren was safe，but she missed her friends．
Then Lauren and her family learned about a possible solution：a remote-controlled robot that Lauren could send to school in her place．Lauren became excited by the way the robot-called VGO-allowed her to interact with others．
Here's how the VGO works：Using art app on her laptop（笔记本电脑），Lauren controls the VGO from home．The robot's video camera and microphones allow her to see and hear what's going on at school as she drives the robot from class to class．Her teachers and classmates can see and hear her too；her face appears on a screen and speakers project her voice．She has figured out a way to"raise her hand"using the robot's headlights．"I flash them on and off until the teacher sees me，"she explains．

32．What happened to Lauren in her science lesson？B
A．She ate some dairy products．
B．She go till for some reason．
C．she held a pizza party．
D．She did something wrong．
33．Who was sent to school in Lauren's place？C
A．Lauren's family．
B．A teacher of Lauren's．
C．A Robot called VGO．
D．Lauren's friend．
34．How did Lauren manage to attract her teacher's attention？C
A．By driving the robot from class to class．
B．By using the robot's camera．
C．By flashing the robot's headlights．
D．By raising her hand on a screen．
35．What is mainly talked about in the passage？A
A．A solution to Lauren's problem．
B．An allergy to dairy products．
C．A new invention．
D．Lauren's school days．

1．Barack Obama urged congressional leaders on Monday to act quickly to pass a huge stimulus package for the U．S．economy．He met with a bipartisan （concerning or involving two different political parties） group of lawmakers on Capitol Hill．Later he met individually with Democratic and Republican House and Senate leaders and spoke to a bipartisan leadership gathering．In comments to reporters early on Monday，he emphasized the urgency of finalizing economic legislation （立法）．"We have got an extraordinary economic challenge ahead of us，"he said，"We are expecting a sobering job report at the end of the week．Nancy Pelosi and her staff have been extraordinarily helpful in working with our team so that we can shape an economic recovery and reinvestment plan that starts putting people back to work．"
Mr．Obama wants tax cuts for individual Americans and businesses to make up a significant portion of expected legislation．This could involve as much as 300 billion dollars of a bill that is likely to go beyond 700 billion dollars and include aid to cash-poor U．S．states，and money for alternative energy and a range of infrastructure （基础设施） projects．Later，Mr．Obama said he expects to be able to sign legislation as soon as the end of this month，adding that quick action is necessary to"break the drive of the U．S．economic depression"．
Emerging later from bipartisan talks with Mr．Obama，Nancy Pelosi said lawmakers discussed with the president how to pass a stimulus package as quickly as possible．"An economic recovery package that will create jobs immediately and will grow the economy and that is what we talked about today，"said Nancy Pelosi．"How we could do this fast，deliberatively and to act upon it soon．"Just how soon that would be，Pelosi would not say．
How much support Democrats can obtain from Republicans will depend on the details．But the severity of the U．S．economic depression has created considerable bipartisan backing for quick action．Senate Majority Leader，Harry Reid said："There are investments that we need to make on behalf of the American people to turn around this economy．We felt very good about the meeting； we are confident that we can do this and we have to do this．"
"I think the best thing I can do is to decline to comment on what they are going to do going forward，"said Dana Perino．"Obviously，we think that tax cuts were the right way to help our economy get out of the economic depression that this president inherited and we know that tax cuts can stimulate innovation．"Asked by reporters how large the economic stimulus package might be，Senate Majority Leader Reid said Obama indicated that all but one of some 28 economists advising him had said it should range from 800 billion dollars to 1.3trillion dollars．

72．Barack Obama urged congressional leaders and met with bipartisan leaders toB．
A．take over the White House
B．end economic decline
C．understand each other better
D．negotiate political issues
73．If the stimulus package is passed quickly and successfully，it canD．
A．obtain support from Republicans
B．finalize economic legislation
C．enhance America's international position
D．provide job opportunities
74．What is the bipartisan leaders'attitude towards this meeting？B
A．Uncertain．
B．Hopeful．
C．Disappointed．
D．Indifferent．
75．What can we infer from the passage？C
A．The best way out of the economic depression is tax cuts．
B．The Republic Party plays the key role in coping with the economic depression．
C．Democrats and Republicans will team up in the economic depression．
D．When the stimulus package will be passed is known to the lawmakers．

20．Humans have sewn by hand for thousands of years．It was said that the first thread was made from animal muscle and sinew．And the earliest needles were made from bones．Since those early days，many people have been involved in the process of developing a machine that could do the same thing more quickly and with greater efficiency．
Charles Wiesenthal，who was born in Germany，designed and received a patent on a double-pointed needle that eliminated the need to turn the needle around with each stitch（缝合） in England in 1755．Other inventors of that time tried to develop a functional sewing machine，but each design had at least one serious imperfection．
Frenchman Barthelemy Thimonnier finally engineered a machine that really worked．However，he was nearly killed by a group of angry tailors when they burned down his garment factory．They feared that they would lose their jobs to the machine．
American inventor Elias Howe，born on July 9，1819，was awarded a patent for a method of sewing that used thread from two different sources．Howe's machine had a needle with an eye at the point，and it used the two threads to make a special stitch called a lockstitch．However，Howe faced difficulty in finding buyers for his machines in America．In frustration，he traveled to England to try to sell his invention there．When he finally returned home，he found that dozens of manufacturers were adapting his discovery for use in their own sewing machines．
Isaac Singer，another American inventor，was also a manufacturer who made improvements to the design of sewing machines．He invented an up-and-down-motion mechanism that replaced the side-to-side machines．He also developed a foot treadle（脚踏板） to power his machine．This improvement left the sewer's hands free．Undoubtedly，it was a huge improvement of the hand-cranked machine of the past．Soon the Singer sewing machine achieved more fame than the others for it was more practical，it could be adapted to home use and it could be bought on hire-purchase．The Singer sewing machine became the first home appliance，and the Singer company became one of the first American multinationals．
However，Singer used the same method to create a lockstitch that Howe had already patented．As a result，Howe accused him of patent infringement（侵犯）．Of course，Elias Howe won the court case，and Singer was ordered to pay Howe royalties（版税）．In the end，Howe became a millionaire，not by manufacturing the sewing machine，but by receiving royalty payments for his invention．

72．Barthelemy Thimonnier's garment factory was burned down becauseD．
A．people did not know how to put out the fire
B．Elias Howe thought Thimonnier had stolen his invention
C．the sewing machines was couldn't work finally
D．workers who feared the loss of their jobs to a machine set fire
73．Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage？B
A．Singer is an American inventor and manufacturer．
B．The Singer sewing company became more practical．
C．The foot treadle helped to make the sewer's hands free．
D．Singer made improvements to the design of sewing machines．
74．Why did the court force Isaac Singer to pay Elisa Howe a lifetime of royalties？B
A．Because the judge was against Singer for his surly attitude．
B．Because Howe had already patented the lockstitch used by Singer．
C．Because Singer had borrowed money from Howe and never repaid it．
D．Because Singer and Howe had both invented the same machine．
75．Which of the following would be the best title for this passage？D
A．A Stitch in Time Saves Nine
B．The Case between Howe and Singer
C．Patent Laws on the Sewing Machine
D．The Early History of the Sewing Machine．

19．Men and women are still treated unequally in the workplace．Women continue to earn less，on average，for the same performance，and they remain underrepresented in top jobs．Research has shown that both conscious and subconscious biases （偏见） contribute to this problem．But we've discovered another，subtler source of inequality：Women often don't get what they want and deserve because they don't ask for it．In three separate studies，we found that men are more likely than women to negotiate for what they want．This can be costly for companies-and it requires management intervention．
The first study found that the starting salaries of male MBAs who had recently graduated from Carnegie Mellon were 7.6%，or almost 4，000dollars，higher on average than those of female MBAs from the same program．That's because most of the women had simply accepted the employer's initial salary offer； in fact，only 7% had attempted to negotiate．But 57% of their male counterparts-or eight times as many men as women-had asked for more．
Another study tested this gender difference in the lab．Subjects were told that they would be observed playing a word game and that they would be paid between 3dollars and 10dollars for playing．After each subject completed the task，an experimenter thanked the participant and said，"Here's 3dollars．Is 3dollars OK？"For the men，it was not OK，and they said so．Their requests for more money exceeded the women's by nine to one．
The largest of the three studies surveyed several hundred people over the Internet，asking respondents about the most recent negotiations they'd attempted or initiated and when they expected to negotiate next．The study showed that men place themselves in negotiation situations much more often than women do and regard more of their interactions as potential negotiations．
There are several reasons accounting for the phenomenon．First，women often are socialized from an early age not to promote their own interests and to focus instead on the needs of others．The messages girls receive-from parents，teachers，other children，the media，and society in general-can be so powerful that when they grow up they may not realize that they've internalized this behavior，or they may realize it but not understand how it affects their willingness to negotiate．Women tend to assume that they will be recognized and rewarded for working hard and doing a good job．Unlike men，they haven't been taught that they can ask for more．

72．According to this passage，what causes the inequality in the workplace？D
A．social bias
B．women's poorer working ability
C．women's worse academic background
D．women's less negotiating
73．Which can be the result of the following survey，according to Para 4？When do you expect to negotiate next？A

74．Which of the following statements is not true？D
A．Women accept the employer's initial salary offer willingly．
B．Men tend to ask for more money than woman．
C．Women care more about other's interest instead of themselves'．
D．Men believe that the better they work，the better they're paid．
75．What will be discussed in the following paragraph？C
A．The suggestions given to women．
B．The warnings to men．
C．Another reason for women's not asking．
D．Another reason for men's asking．

18．A cold and wet summer across the UK has caused a"dramatic fall"in the amount of honey produced by British bees，a survey of beekeepers has revealed．
Yields are down 72% compared to 2011，research by the British Beekeepers'Association （BBKA） suggested．The majority of those surveyed said the rain and cold weather was the main reason the harvest was poor．More than 2，700beekeepers in England，Wales and Northern Ireland were surveyed in the BBKA's annual Honey Survey．The honey harvest was lowest in London，where hives produced an average of 2.5kg of honey．In Northern Ireland，hives yielded the highest average of 11.7kg of honey-but the figure is only half the amount normally produced by bees in the area．Earlier this year，the cold and wet conditions forced the organization to issue a mid-summer warning to feed honey bee colonies with sugar syrup if necessary to avoid starvation．
A hard summer in 2012may mean there are fewer honey bees in 2013．Honey bees produce honey as a food store．Normally，this store would be enough to see them through the winter months．The BBKA warned the worst may be yet to come，as a lack of food for bees and wet conditions mean breeding queens have been unable to produce a large enough brood to see colonies through the winter．Bad weather in spring prevented honey bees in many areas from collecting nectar （花蜜） from early flowering crops such as oil seed rape，and the rain continued in many places throughout June and July preventing honey bees from feeding on later crops．
In London，where yields were hardest hit，beekeeping experts said that in addition to the bad weather there was a lack of food for bees in the city．Angela Woods，secretary of the London Beekeepers'Association，said："Rather than putting beehives on office roofs，we encourage companies in London who want to help to look at different ways of supporting bees and beekeepers．
Tim Lovett，the BBKA's public affairs director said，"there has been greater emphasis on"training and developing"beekeepers in recent years．We need more resources to put into training，education and bee health research，to continue to support our honey bees and other pollinators．Well trained beekeepers are better equipped to deal with the adverse conditions we have seen this year．Without training，this year's situation might have been a lot worse．

65．Which of the following may have the closest meaning to the underlined word"colonies"in P2？D
A．areas
B．territories
C．possessions
D．groups
66．What is the most probable cause of a great decline in honey yield？C
A．Bees are not well kept．
B．Bees can not adapt the natural change．
C．The weather is bad and bees lack food．
D．Bees can hardly collect nectar from flowering crops．
67．According to Tim Lovett，to continue to support our honey bees and other pollinators，people shouldA．
A．put more resources into training
B．focus on usual training and developing
C．train bees to adapt different weather conditions
D．educate people to protect bees and take better care of them
68．The passage is mainly aboutB．
A．the fall of the yield of honey
B．the cause of the fall of honey
C．the supposed solution to honey fall
D．the research on honey producing．

17．In late October，officials in West Africa began reporting some good news in the battle against Ebola（埃博拉）．The number of new cases was dropping．But Anthony Banbury，the UN official responsible for emergency Ebola response efforts，warned that the fight against Ebola was far from over．
A health worker checks the temperature of a man entering Mali from Guinea at the border checkpoint，Oct.2，2014，saying，"We need NGOs （ non-governmental organizations） and others to come in and run these facilities．We are building the care centers．We are getting the equipment，everything we need to go in them．The patients are there in far too great numbers．What we don't have are the partners to run the facilities and we need them now．"
Lausanne's University Hospital in Switzerland began testing the vaccine on Tuesday in healthy volunteers．A doctor who only gave her name as"Tina"agreed to take part in the study．She said that a safe vaccine that worked was needed to prevent the spreading of Ebola．
Experts said there was no danger of getting Ebola from the vaccine．At the same time，they said，"What we measure is anti-bodies to the protein which is produced by the vaccine，and we also do some specific and detailed analysis on the white blood cells in the blood to ask the question whether the cells exposed to vaccine have a different biology than those who have not been exposed to the vaccine．"
French researchers are developing an Ebola test that would give results in 15minutes．The current test used to test for Ebola takes 24hours．Faster tests are also being developed in Japan and the United States．
32．Which of the following can be the best title of the passage？D
A．Ebola is spreading to many countries
B．We have won the battle against Ebola
C．The vaccine against Ebola has been developed
D．The battle against Ebola is on the way
33．What does the second paragraph suggest？D
A．Ebola is out of control in Mali．
B．Mali is in great need of equipment．
C．Ebola is not very serious in Mali．
D．More health workers are needed in Mali．
34．What is"Tina"in Para 3？C
A．A kind of vaccine against Ebola．
B．A new NGO made up of many countries．
C．A volunteer taking part in the test of the vaccine．
D．An Ebola test developed by researchers．
35．What can we infer from the last three paragraphs？B
A．Switzerland is the first country to test the vaccine．
B．Many countries are fighting against Ebola together．
C．We have managed to put the vaccine into use．
D．Japan's Ebola test is developed as fast as that in the US．

16．Mustafa Kemal Atatürk，the founder of the Turkish Republic，devoted April 23to the children of the World，to stress that（61）they were the future of nation．Since 1920，Turkey has been（62）celebrating（celebrate） April 23as National Sovereignty and Children's Day．
Children's Day provides（63）a unique opportunity to contribute to international peace and solidarity（团结）．In Dubai over the last four years，（64）with the help of the Consulate General of the Turkish Republic in Dubai，we have organized four（65）successful （success） charity celebrations to mark April 23Children's Day．Many international schools and performance groups of different countries in Dubai took part．We reached an audience of nearly 4，000people and the（66）participation（participate） of more than 50different children performance groups，（67）including（include） more than 800children．
This year，I am （68）honored/honoured （honor） to announce our fifth celebration happening today．The success of this event lies with the dedicated volunteer work of all organization （69）partners（partner） as well as the generous donations of the sponsors．In order to support Dubai Autism Center's annual autism（自我中心主义） awareness campaign（70）which/thatis organized for the whole month of April，it has been decided to donate the income of the event to the Dubai Autism Center （DAC）

15．The Greater China region has become a key engine room of the（61）growth/growing （grow）of Australian tourism these years and China mainland has made（62）a  great contribution of about 4billion Australian dollars（63）to  Australian tourism．
Chinese tourists will feel at home in Australia （64）because/since/as  there are many Chinese migrants and there are many China Towns in many cities．Chinese diet，language and culture have a deep and （65）lasting  （1ast）effect on Australian life and many Australians have been used to （66）having    （have）dinner in Chinese restaurants once a week．
The increase in Chinese visitor arrivals has helped the tourism industry make up for not only a decline in visitors from Western Europe（67）but  also holiday makers in Australia．
It is predicted that the number of Chinese tourists （68）will pass  （pass）600，000this year with the Chinese tourists （69）continuing  （continue）to arrive in Australia．Australian tourism department says that they have not taken measures to make the demand and need to meet as（70）quickly  （quick）as possible．

14．In Silicon Valley，it's never too early to become an entrepreneur．Just ask 13-year-old David Moore．The eighth-grader has launched a company last October to develop low-cost machines to print Braille（布莱叶盲文）．David built a Braille printer with a Lego Mindstorms EV3 kit as a school science fair project last year after he asked his parents a simple question：How do blind people read？"Google it，"they told him．David then did some online research and was shocked to learn that Braille printers cost at least 2，000-too expensive for most blind readers．"I just thought that price should not be there．I know that there is a simpler way to do this，"said David，who demonstrated how his printer works at the kitchen table where he spent many late nights building it．David wants to improve the"Braigo"-a name that combines Braille and Lego-and develop a  Braille printer that costs around 350 and weighs just a few pounds，compared with current models that can weigh more than 20 pounds．"My end goal would probably be having most of the blind people…using my Braille printer，"said David，who lives in the Silicon Valley suburb of Santa Clara，just minutes away from Intel headquarters．
     After the Braigo won numerous awards and enthusiastic support from the blind community，David started Braigo Labs last summer with an initial 35，000 investment from his dad．"We as parents started to get involved more，thinking that he's on to something and this new way process has to continue，"said his father，Matthew Moore，an engineer who works for Intel．
Intel officials were so impressed with David's printer that in November they invested an undisclosed sum in his start-up．They believe he's the youngest entrepreneur to receive venture capital money invested in exchange for a financial stake in the company．"He's solving a real problem，and he wants to go off and challenge an existing industry，"said Edward Ross，director of Inventor Platforms at Intel．Now the company is using the money to hire professional engineers and advisers to help design and build Braille printers based on David's ideas．It aims to have a prototype （样机） ready for blind organizations to test this summer and have a Braigo printer on the market later this year．

66．Which of the followings is NOT the description of Braigo？C
A．The name"Braigo"comes from Braille and Lego．
B．The blind are in favor of the new type of printer．
C．It costs less money and weighs just a few pounds．
D．David planned to improve Braigo and make it lighter but easier to use．
67．Which of the following words can best describe David's personalities？D
A．Adventurous and enthusiastic．
B．Trustworthy and active．
C．Childish and outgoing．
D．Creative and independent．
68．Which of the following is the correct order？A
①Intel officials invested money in David's start-up．
②David launched a company．
③David got an initial 35，000 investment from his dad．
④David created a new Braille printer model called Braigo．
⑤Braigo Labs hired professional engineers and advisers to help design and build Braille
Printers．
A．④③②①⑤
B．④②⑤①③
C．③⑤④②①
D．②①④⑤③
69．What can we learn from Paragraph 4？A
A．Intel didn't announce the amount of money it invested．
B．No one else has ever received venture capital from Intel．
C．Intel purchased David's ideas to design and build Braille printers．
D．Braigo printers have been on the market and proved a great success．
70．The passage is most probably taken fromB．
A．a sports section
B．a science section
C．a culture section
D．an entertainment section．

13．Travelling by subway can be quite an adventure，especially during rush hours．You have to fight your （76）way into the carriage，and that's not the end．You also have to protect yourself from big backpacks and fight for space with （77）those who sit and stretch their legs．
To deal with this problem，New YorkC ity has （78）started（启动） a campaign making people take off their backpacks on the subway．The movement is also （79）aimed（针对） at male riders who like spreading their legs to take up two，or even three seats．
Some people say that the campaign （80）limits（限制） everyone's freedom．Male travelers even feel it is unfair，saying that women who cross their legs also take up too much space．（81）But the campaign has been supported by people who are concerned abou （82）personal（个人的）behavior in public spaces．
In fact，all countries have written or unwritten （83）rules/regulations（规则） that travelers are expected to follow．For example，eating and drinking on the subway are banned in many cities，（84）including WashingtonD C in the US andB russels inB elgium．
So （85）next time you take public transportation，avoid bad behavior．

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