第一节 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的4个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中，选出最佳选项。
A
Bull Run Regional Park
Thus family- friendly park is around 30 miles from the District. Bull Run is a history fan's delight：It provides access to the nearly 20-mile Occoquan Trail, which was used during the war. The trail is one of many hiking options on the 1,500-acre grounds. Each cabin($85 to $95 per night) accommodates six people and offers such luxuries（奢华）as electricity, heat and swing.
Savage River Lodge
Savage River Lodge-about three hour drive from the District-- specializes in a solid roof and a side of luxury. Savage River is surrounded by more than 700 acres of thick forest, and popular activities include fly-fishing. biking, hiking and cross -country skiing. Cabins start at $250 per night.
Cherry Hill Park
Given its proximity (邻近) to the District, this family-owned campground is particularly appealing to visitors who are traveling to the area via recreational
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vehicle. It also offers buses to the subway and organizes sightseeing tours as well as daily educational sessions. Guests can play mini golf, go fishing, or hit the basketball court. Cabins start at $99 per night.
Maple Tree Campground
Maple Tree Campground is about a 90-minute drive from the District. Come to this campground for nature's evening show: It always has really pretty sunsets. While there's no electricity, guests can use a wood stove for heat and cooking. Field tent sites start at $8 per night and tree cottages $65 per night.
1. What's the minimum cost for a group of 10 to stay at Bull Run Regional Park for one night?
A. $85 B. $95 C. $170 D. $850
2. Which tour spot is suitable for people traveling by public transport?
A. Cherry Hill Park. B Savage River Lodge.
C. Bull Run Regional Park. D. Maple Tree Campground.
3. The passage most probably appeals to those who are __________.
A. planning a business trip B. seeking a weekend getaway
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C. fond of online shopping D. interested in geography study
B
In the trailer (拖车式房屋), Sischo was refreshing the snails’ (蜗牛）accommodations—an ongoing routine that takes days of careful work. He had found a dozen of Achatinella bulimoides—a third of the world’s population of the species. Once every individual was accounted for, he cleaned the cage and packed in new leaves. The work took much trouble, but the responsibility, he said, was like “a heavy weight sitting on you.”
The trailer is very vulnerable. It’s designed to keep away would-be thieved, and to resist hurricanes. But a fire could easily destroy it, or a disease could sweep through it. Last September , a mystery pathogen (病原体) appeared to have entered the trailer on leaves fed to the snails, killing almost an entire species. As sad as the event was, there’s no good way to insure against future catastrophe. The snails can’t simply be spread among zoos or other facilities: they need special equipment, experienced handlers, and a diet of native Hawaiian plants.
Consequently, it can be hard for the snails' minders to relax, even when they are outside the trailer. “How do you switch off when your decisions mean existence or extinction?\" Sischo said. While action lightens the burden, yet with animals whose natural history is largely unknown, that action can be dangerous. \"If you do it wrong, the snails die.”
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Snails are neither intelligent nor beloved. Sischo's friends sometimes tease him about being \"the strange snail guy’; strangers ask why he cares. It's hard to convince people, but he insists that if he can just get them in the trailer, they will understand why the Achatinella bulimoides are worth saving. \"People melt,\" he said. “When you show them that the entire population is in this chamber, it hits them.\"
4. What is the trailer used for?
A. Accommodating guests B. Sheltering snails
C. Planting vegetables. D. Alarming thieves.
5. What does the underlined word “vulnerable\" mean in paragraph?
A. Quite. B. Safe. C. Easily affected. D. Well protected.
6. What is the snail minders' attitude towards their job?
A. Relaxed. B. Confident. C. Cautious D. Disapproving
7. Which of the following could be the best title for the text?
A. The Last of Its Kind B. The Worst of Times
C. Mourn Its Loss
D. Resist Possible Dangerous
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C
In the old days, when you had to drive to a movie theater or to a video store to get some entertainment, it was easy to see how your actions could have an impact on the environment. You were hopping into your war, driving across town and coughing out emissions（排放）and using gas all the way.
But now that we’re used to staying at home and streaming movies, we might get a little cocky. After all, we’re just picking up our phones or maybe turning on the TV. You’re welcome Mother Nature.
Not so fast, says a recent report from the French-based Shit Project. Watching a half-hour show would lead to 3.5 pounds of CO2 emissions. That’s like driving 3.9 miles. According to \"Climate Crisis: The Unsustainable Use of Online Video,\" digital technologies are responsible for 4% of greenhouse gas emissions, and that energy use is increasing by 9% a year. Stored in data centers, videos are transferred to our terminals such as computers, smart phones, etc. via networks: all these processes require electricity whose production consumes resources and usually involves CO2 emissions.
In the European Union, the Eureca project lead scientist, Rabih Bashroush, calculated that 5 billion downloads and streams of the song \"Despacito\" consumed as much electricity as the countries of Chad, Guinea-Bissau, Somalia, Sierra Leone and the Central African Republic used in a single year.
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Streaming is only expected to increase as we become more attached to our devices. Online video use is expected to account for 80%of all internet traffic by 2022 according to CISCO. By then, about 60% of the world's population will be online.
You're probably not going to give up your streaming services, but there are things you con do to help lessen the impact of your online use.
Here are some tips:
※ Disable auto-play for video on social media.
※ Stream over Wi-Fi, not mobile networks.
※ Watch on the smallest screen you can.
※ Don’t use high-definition (高清) video on devices.
8. It can be inferred from paragraph 2 that people think .
A. they should welcome Mother Nature
B. watching movies at home is more fun
C. it is inconvenient to drive to a movie theater
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D. streaming at home avoids possible emissions
9. We may learn from the text that .
A. 3.9 miles may produce 3.5 pounds of CO2
B. digital technologies account for 4% of electricity use
C. Online video use makes up 80% of all internet traffic
D. 60% of the world’s population watch videos online
10. Why are the five countries mentioned in paragraph 4?
A. To praise their energy-efficient practice.
B. To prove the poverty of the five countries
C. To stress the popularity of the song “Despacito”
D. To show the high energy use of downloads and streams
11. How can people help to save energy when streaming?
A. Use high-definition videos. B. Turn off video autoplay
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C. Stream over mobile networks. D. Watch movies on bigger screens.
D
Picture a lecture session at a business school and your probably imagine students gazing at screens filled with equations（方程式）.What you might not expect is students attempting to sing “O clap your Hands”. But Bartleby was treated to this delight on a visit to Saïd Business School in Oxford earlier this year.
There was a catch. Some of the students had to try conducting the chorus. The first to take the challenge was a rather self-confident young man. It didn’t take long for him to go wrong. His most obvious mistake was to start conducting without asking the singers how they would like to be directed, though they had the expertise and he was a complete beginner.
The session, organized by Pegram Harrison, a senior fellow in entrepreneurship（企业家精神）, cleverly allowed the students to absorb some important leadership lessons. For example, leaders should listen to their teams, especially when their colleagues have specialist knowledge.
Other business schools have also realized that their students can learn from the arts. At Carnegie Mellon University , Leanne Meyer has introduced a leadership-training programme that includes poetry and a book club. She believed that involvement in such pursuits can help develop empathy（同理心） in future leaders and that the programme benefits students in terms of how they promote
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themselves to recruiters（招聘人员）.
The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) has trained many great dramatists. It also offers training courses for managers. “Acting about finding the truth in the character and in yourself.” says Walker-Wise, one of RADA'S tutors. Being a manager involves a lot more than just setting targets. It requires empathy and a knowledge of human nature. An education in the arts might help develop those qualities. Above all, the students on Harrison's Course were experiencing something Bartleby never expected to see in those attending an MBA lecture they were having fun.
12. What does “this delight\" in paragraph 1 refer to?
A. Singing in a business class. B. Visiting Said Business School
C Picturing a lecture session. D. Gazing a screens full of equations.
13. Which of the fallowing best describes the session by Pegram Harrison?
A. Common and influential. B. Educational and effortless.
C. Challenging and instructive. D. Controversial and practical.
14. What should a leader do based on the conducting experience?
A. Offer promotion opportunities. B. Value team members’ opinion.
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C. Set specific targets. D. Control every step.
15. How does acting contribute to being a manager?
A. It provides entertainment. B. It develops goal-setting skills.
C. It exposes the truth in business. nature.
D. It helps understand human
第二节 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Put on new set of gasses for a new view
Today I visited San Francisco’s modern-art museum. I was there to see a new exhibit about spaceflight. 16 I like to “visit” this particular painting every time I go to the museum not only because it evokes（唤起）strong feelings, but because I always find something new.
There's real pleasure to be found in revisiting a museum replaying a game or rewatching a movie. Some of that enjoyment comes from the feeling of familiarity of course. 17 There’s always plenty more to see, hear, taste, smell, feel, of understand the second or third time around. But how do your discover the exciting new thing in the familiar?
One way is approaching whatever task is at hand by searching for the things
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that you you didn't see in the first time around. First, recognize that everything is always changing. 18 Second, remove judgment from the experience, if possible, and just observe what's new. For example, look for the ways in which a change in your neighborhood is interesting or exciting.
19 That could mean removing sugar, coffee, a certain kind of media from your life for a specified time. Once the break is over, that same thing will have more of its former interest or excitement. 20 So is true that novelty is fun, but given enough of a break in between, repeated experiences regain that initial excitement.
A. Repeated experiences like this are valuable.
B. Visiting a new country brings fresh experience.
C. Coffee will never taste better if you quit it for a month.
D. But the piece of art that made me cry was a familiar one.
E. But in also comes from noticing new things in what is so familiar.
F. So the second experience is never exactly the same as the first one.
G. Another way is changing your routine and taking a break of some kind.
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