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18．Imagine you've finally landed a job of your dreams in another city．It's everything you'd hoped for，but there's only one problem-housing costs in the area are so high that you're forced to live in a parking lot．
While this sounds like an impossible situation，this predicament is a reality for one man．Brandon，25，is a software engineer for Google at its San Francisco，California campus．
"I realized I was paying too large an amount of money for the apartment I was staying in，and I was almost never home．"He told Business Insider，"It's really hard to justify throwing that money away．You're not putting money into anything and you are not building it up for a future．"
Since scoring his job in May 2015 following a successful internship，he's been living in a truck on a parking lot a short distance from his workplace．
The tech worker makes up for the lack of facilities by eating，using the bathroom and showering at work，also charging his phone and computer there．
San Francisco is home to the most expensive rental market in the US，with the aver age rental for a one-bedroom apartment coming to $3，590（24，900 yuan）a month，according to property site Zumper．
And while some may not be able to handle giving up life's luxuries just to put aside some cash，Brandon estimates that he's saved almost $28，000 since he moved in just over 18 months ago．
"Not only do I get to invest all of that redirected rent money，but I get to invest all the money I'm not spending on furniture，facilities and buying food．"Brandon wrote on his blog．

29．Which of the following can replace the underlined word"predicament"in paragraph 2？C
A．possibility       
B．disappointment        
C．dilemma       
D．mess 
30．Why does Brandon prefer to live in a truck on a parking lot？B
A．Because he has no time to go back to an apartment．
B．Because the rent is too high and he thinks it isn't worthwhile．
C．Because his workplace provides him with what he needs   
D．Because he wants to save money for an apartment of his own．
31．What does Brandon think of his choice？D
A．Difficult        
B．Embarrassing            
C．Painful         
D．Wise．

分析 本文属于说明文阅读，作者通过这篇文章主要向我们描述了大城市普遍出现的问题，由于房租太高而选择住在停车场．

解答 29．C．词义猜测题．根据第二段While this sounds like an impossible situation，this predicament is a reality for one man可知虽然这听起来像是一个不可能的情况，但这种困境对一个人来说是现实的；可知意为困难，困境；故选C．
30．B．细节理解题．根据第三段"I realized I was paying too large an amount of money for the apartment I was staying in，and I was almost never home．"He told Business Insider，"It's really hard to justify throwing that money away可知布兰登喜欢住在停车场的卡车上是因为房租太高，他认为不值得；故选B．
31．D．推理判断题．根据最后一段Not only do I get to invest all of that redirected rent money，but I get to invest all the money I'm not spending on furniture，facilities and buying food．"Brandon wrote on his blog可知布兰登认为他的选择很明智；故选D

点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力，做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句，和题干进行比较，再做出正确的选择．在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实，要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断．

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12．最近一段时间，共享单车在城市的大街小巷随处可见，它给人们带来便利的同时，各种问题及不文明现象也随之而来．请你根据所见所闻，说说自己的看法并提出建议，以"Bike Sharing"为题写一篇英语短文．
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Nowadays bike sharing is increasingly popular in some cities as it provides an effective solution to the"last mile"problem to schools or to workplaces．It is not only a greener method of transportation but also provides a user-friendly experience．However，the new form has also led to problems such as arbitrary parking，deliberate destruction and theft．
I think the bike-sharing service companies have faced a challenge to improve the offline business management to meet the demand of the users．More importantly，every user has responsibility to obey the rules to make the bike-sharing develop in a more standard way．All in all，I hope the new win-win trend could have a bright future．．
9．Once，when I was a teenager，my father and I were standing in line to buy tickets for the circus．Finally，there was only one family between us and the ticket counter．
This family made a big impression on me．There were eight children，all probably under the age of twelve．You could tell they didn't have a lot of money．
Their clothes were not expensive，but they were clean．The children were well-behaved，all of them standing in line，two-by-two behind their parents，holding hands．They were excitedly talking about the clowns，elephants，and other acts they would see that night with their brothers or sisters in a low voice．
One could sense they had never been to the circus before．It promised to be highlight of their young lives．The father and mother were at the head of the pack，standing proud as could be．The mother was holding her husband's hand，looking up at him as if to say，"You are my knight in shining armor．"
He was smiling and responding in pride，looking back at her as if to say，"You got that right．"The ticket lady asked the father how many tickets he wanted．He proudly responded，"Please let me buy eight children's tickets and two adult tickets so I can take my family to the circus．"
The ticket lady gave the price．The man's wife let go of his hand，her head dropped，and his lips began to shake．The father leaned a little closer and asked，"How much did you say？"
The ticket lady again quoted the price．The man didn't have enough money．
How was he supposed to turn and tell his eight children that he didn't have enough money to take them to the circus？
Actually we were not wealthy in any sense．So I understand how the kids would feel．I felt sorry for them．
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Paragraph 1
Seeing what was going on，my dad put his hand in his pocket，pulled out a﹩20 bill and dropped it on the ground．Then he picked it op and tapped the man on the shoulder and said，"Excuse me，sir，this fell out of your pocket．'The man turned around and saw the money．He knew what was going on，he looked straight into my dad's eyes，took my dad's hand in both of his，squeezed tightly onto the $20 bill，and with his lip shaking and a tear running down his cheek，he replied，"Thank you，thank you，sir．This really means a lot to me and my family．"
Paragraph 2
That day my father and I went back to our car and drove home without any tickets．We didn't go to the circus that night，when I asked dad why he did so，Dad said，"My child，it was a desperate，heartbreaking and embarrassing situation for a father．Surely he wasn't begging for a handout，but he reminded me of my father，when I was young．"He paused for a while，as if wandering in his memory．"We should appreciate what we have obtained from life and seize every opportunity to help others．We didn't go to the circus tonight，but we didn't go without．Now，who wants an ice cream？"．
6．
Memorandum（备忘录）
To：Members of all departments
From：Annette Derringer
Subject：Year-end party
Date：November 26
  This is just a quick note to let you all know the arrangements for next month's year-end party．As you know，the party will be held at the Green Vale Country Club，which we have reserved between 6：00 pm and 10：00 pm on the evening of December 21st.1 have received replies from almost all of you confirming attendance，but if you have not let me know yet，please do so in the next day or two．Tickets for all employees have been covered by the company．
  The manager of Green Vale has asked me to explain one or two things to those of you who have not been there before．Basically，there is enough parking space for only 100 vehicles，so he would like to ask those of you planning to drive to try car pool（拼车）as much as possible．Also，the number of lockers available is small，so guests should try to keep belongings to a，minimum．
Thanks in advance，
Annette
To：Annette Derringer aderringer@belway．com
From：Kype Berwick
Subject：Year-end party
Date：November 28
Annette，
  I will be able to attend the year-end party at the Green Vale Country Club on December 21st although I do not think I will be able to arrive before 7：30．I was wondering if it would also be possible to bring a couple of guests．I know it is a bit of a last-minute request，but my brother and his wife are planning to visit us at that time，and they would love to see the Green Vale．If it is not a problem，then could you let me know how much I should pay for their tickets？Also，assuming this is OK，we are planning to drive down in a single car to reduce the need for paring and also to allow us to keep our belongings in the ear．I will have a couple of days off before the party，and I will not be in my office December 17th，so could you get back to me before then？
Thanks a lot，
Kyle
1．Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the memorandum？A
A．Payments for extra guests．
B．Time of the year-end party
C．Parking restrictions．
D．Storage of personal items．
2．Kyle Berwick writes to Annette Derringer mainly toD．
A．ask the price of movie tickets
B．explain why he cannot to the party
C．confirm the route to the hotel．
D．ask if he can bring guests to the party．
3．What can we infer from the passage？B
A．The manager of the Green Vale doesn't want the members to go there by car．
B．Annette is in charge of making arrangements for the year-end party．
C．The members can take as many belongings as they can with them．
D．Kype Berwick won't bring guests to the party if he as to pay for the tickets．
13．Cigarette ends are everywhere-littering our streets and beaches-and for decades they've been thought of as"unrecyclable"．But a New Jersey based company，called TerraCycle，has taken on the challenge，and has come up with a way to recycle millions of cigarette ends and turn them into industrial plastic products．Its aim is to recycle things that people normally consider impossible to reuse．
Obviously it would be even better for the environment if everyone just stopped smoking，but the statistics show that although there has been an increase in anti-smoking ads and messaging，between 2000 and 2014，global sales of cigarettes increased by 8 percent，and a whole lot of those cigarette ends are ending up as trash．Since most of our litter eventually ends up in waterways，cigarette ends can surely pollute the surrounding environment．"It only takes a single cigarette end to pollute a liter of water，"TerraCycle founder，Tom Szaky，said．"Animals can also mistake littered cigarette ends for food．"
So how do you go about turning all those poisonous ends into something useful？TerraCycle does this by first breaking them down into separate parts．They mix the remaining materials，such as the tobacco and the paper，with other kinds of rubbish，and use it on non-agricultural land，such as golf courses．The filters （过滤嘴） are a little harder．To recycle these，TerraCycle first makes them clean and cuts them into small pieces，and then combines them with other recycled materials，making them into liquid for industrial plastic products．
They're now also expanding their recycling offerings to the rest of the 80 percent of household waste that currently can't be recycled，such as chocolate packaging，pens，and mobile phones．The goal is to use the latest research to find a way to stop so much waste ending up in landfill （垃圾填埋），and then get companies to provide money for the process．And so far，it's working．

21．What does TerraCycle intend to do？D
A．Search for recyclable materials for use．
B．Deal with as many cigarette ends as possible．
C．Produce new kinds of industrial plastic products．
D．Recycle what used to be considered unrecyclable．
22．The underlined word"trash"in Paragraph 2 probably meansA．
A．rubbish
B．poison 
C．disaster  
D．ruin
23．What does Paragraph 3 mainly talk about？B
A．The effective use of cigarette ends．
B．The process of recycling cigarette ends．
C．The difficulty in recycling cigarette ends．
D．The reason for breaking down cigarette ends．
3．When other nine-year-old kids were playing games，she was working at a petrol station．When other teens were studying or going out，she struggled to find a place to sleep on the street．But she overcame these terrible setbacks to win a highly competitive scholarship and gain entry to Harvard University．And her amazing story has inspired a movie，"Homeless to Harvard：The Liz Murray Story"，shown in late April．
Liz Murray，a 22-year-old American girl，has been writing a real-life story of willpower and determination．Liz grew up in the shadow of two drug-addicted parents．There was never enough food or warm clothes in the house．Liz was the only member of the family who had a job．Her mother had AIDS and died when Liz was just 15years old．The effect of that became a turning point in her life．Connecting the environment in which she had grown up with how her mother had died，she decided to do something about it．
Liz went back to school．She threw herself into her studies，never telling her teachers that she was homeless．At night，she lived on the streets．"What drove me to live on had something to do with understanding，by understanding that there was a whole other way o f being．I had only experienced a small part of the society，"she wrote in her book Breaking Night．
She admitted that she used envy to drive herself on．She used the benefits that come easily to others，such as a safe living environment，to encourage herself that"next to nothing could hold me down"．She finished high school in just two years and won a full scholarship to study at Harvard University．But Liz decided to leave her top university a couple of months earlier this year in order to take care of her father，who has also developed AIDS．"I love my parents so much．They are drug addicts．But I never forget that they love me all the time．"
Liz wants moviegoers （who often see films） to come away with the idea that changing your life is"as simple as making a decision"．

28．In which order did the following things happen to Liz？A
a．Her mother died of AIDS．
b．She worked at a petrol station．
c．She got admitted into Harvard．
d．The movie about her life was put on．
e．She had trouble finding a place to sleep．
A．b，a，e，c，d 
B．a，b，c，e，d 
C．e，d，b，a，c  
D．b，e，a，d，c
29．The main idea of the passage isD．
A．how Liz managed to enter Harvard University
B．what a hard time Liz had in her childhood
C．why Liz loved her parents so much
D．how Liz struggled to change her life
30．What actually made her go towards her goal？B
A．Envy and competition．
B．Willpower and determination．
C．Decisions and understanding．
D．Love and respect for her parents．
31．When she wrote"What drove me to live on…I had only experienced a small part of the society"，she meant thatC．
A．she had little experience of social life
B．she could hardly understand the society
C．she would do something for her own life
D．she needed to travel more around the world．
10．请阅读下面短文，并按照要求用英语写一篇150词左右的文章．请阅读下面短文，并按照要求用英语写一篇150词左右的文章．
Our school gets wired
"By next term our school will have Wifi all over，"the teacher announced．We cheered with joy and applause．
Last semester my school embraced （引入） the Internet．We hand in our compositions online so that we can share our ideas and learn from each other．Presenting work over the Net has become quite popular．
However，many parents are worried about students'overusing the Internet on campus．After all，many of us are still deeply immersed （沉浸） in"F5"the Renren．com in class．Some are afraid to miss the latest news； some just want to jump on the bandwagon （潮流）．
To make sure students use the Internet properly，we will be given an account to log onto the Internet．Our online activities will also be monitored by the school．These measures will be effective and helpful to those who lack self-control．
Whether we have noticed or not，the Internet plays an important role in our lives．But we students need to be self-disciplined （自律的） so we can make full use of modern technology．
Opponents of WiFi in schools would have you believe that there is nothing lost by banning WiFi in schools and that the alternative to enable internet access in schools is wired internet connections．While this may sound like a reasonable compromise，it is a major step backwards for our education system．
WiFi restrictions reduce and，in some cases，eliminate access for our children to the largest educational resource ever created-the internet．It imposes limits on the types of tools our teachers can use，and negatively impacts the education of our children．
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1．用约30个单词写出上文概要；
2．用约120个单词阐述你对wifi进校园的看法，并用2～3个理由或论据支撑你的看法．
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Today，more and more schools provide Wi-Fi coverage for their students，which is popular with some students，as it is beneficial to their study，but some tend to take the"Against"side．
There is no denying middle school campuses should be covered with Wi-Fi，which will promote the development of web-based education．With the aid of Wi-Fi，teachers would be able to create more interesting and vivid classes and increase their interactions with students．In this way，their teaching would become more effective and students'interest in learning would be aroused．Meanwhile，it would also be helpful for students to develop their independence and creativity．In addition，it would be more convenient for students to surf the internet to acquire the necessary knowledge for their own learning．
Of c ourse，to make sure the internet connection had a positive influence on students'studying，the school could work out technical tools to guide them．．
7．Where does the conversation take place？
A．In a shop．        B．In a cinema．         C．In the woman's house．
6．Before leaving his job in Brooklyn，Brian Peter had one thing he wanted to do on his last day-say thank you to the city he loves．Peter decided to use the money he made for a day's work，as well as the﹩10 per year he earned for his service，to give back to his community．"I've got nothing but good things from the city and the citizens，"Peter said．"I take what I make in a day and add that﹩120 that the police association was going to give me，and I'll just add it up to﹩500 and get some gift cards for people．"
So after fourteen years'serving as a police officer，Peter spent his last day doing that．Using his own money，Peter purchased five gift cards from Target and five gift cards from the grocery chain Cub Foods worth﹩50 each and handed them out to strangers in Brooklyn Center．
It took him about two hours to give away the cards and that he could put smiles on a lot of people's faces，including one woman he stopped after noticing the condition of her car．"Her car was really old and really damaged．I saw her windshield wipers were stuck in the up position，"Peter recalled．"I explained what I was doing and gave her a gift card，and immediately，she lit up with a smile．"
Once people overcame the initial shock of what he was doing，Peter said he received a lot more hugs that day．Monique Drier，who stayed with Peter，said Peter has always wanted to give back and didn't really want the attention．"He didn't even have a going-away party，"Drier said．
Peter，who started his new job three days ago，said he still wanted to continue giving back to the community．"Community service is extremely important，and when you're fortunate in life，you should give back to others who aren't as fortunate as you，"Peter said．"That's what makes the world go round．"

8．We can learn from the passage that PeterC．
A．decided to retire from his position as a police officer
B．was interested in making friends with some strangers
C．showed his kindness to strangers before leaving his job
D．earned ten dollars a year for his service as a police officer
9．The woman in a car is mentioned in the passage in order to showB．
A．how Peter's gift card influenced her attitude
B．how Peter added happiness into others'daily life
C．how Peter found others in trouble and helped them
D．how Peter received hugs from those who were grateful
10．How does Peter think the world can go round according to the passage？B
A．By involving other in community service．
B．By sharing what we have with the unfortunate．
C．By giving rewards to those who help others．
D．By offering new jobs to unfortunate people．
11．What is the main idea of this passage？B
A．A police officer knew how to cheer up people in trouble．
B．Peter spent his last day giving gift cards to strangers．
C．The best way to help a community can be learnt from Peter．
D．Peter returned what he earned in his work to the police station．

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