create animal-free milk in a laboratory!

Perumal Gandhi and Ryan Pandya founded the company in 2014 after becoming increasingly annoyed with the lack of cows’ milk-free alternatives, particularly for cheese. For Gandhi, who stopped consuming animal products five years earlier due to environmental and animal welfare concerns, the motivation to create a better alternative stemmed from his love of cheesy pizza. Pandya was spurred into taking action after being forced to eat some “really bad” dairy-free cream cheese on his sandwich

The two MIT biomedical engineering scientists decided to join forces to create a more realistic alternative to dairy-based products. In their university lab, the pair spent nine months first isolating cow DNA then inserting it into yeast(酵母). This genetic modification enabled the yeast to produce the necessary milk proteins. The final step of the process involved mixing the proteins with some plant nutrients and fats.

The dairy-free milk not only tastes like the real thing but is also healthier, has a longer shelf life and, most important of all, is Earth friendly. According to the company’s website, when compared to conventional milk production, their process uses 65% less energy, creates 84%o less greenhouse gas emissions and requires 91% less land and an amazing 98% less water! Best of all, since it contains real milk proteins, the product behaves like the cow-produced version, which means vegetarian consumers will no longer have to deal with soggy cheese on their sandwiches and pizzas.

The company plans to bring their creation to market later this year and their first product will most likely be cheese since there are already numerous good cows’ milk alternatives available to consumers.

32. The underlined word \

A. alternatives B. people C. products D. reasons 33. The company s founders were motivated to make the new product because of_______.

A. their deep concern for the environment

B. their worry that farm animals were poorly treated C the over-consumption of the dairy-based products D. the poor taste of dairy-free cheese presently available 34. What can be inferred from paragraph 4?

A. The dairy-free products cannot be stored for a long time. B. The new products will taste better than dairy-based ones. C. Cow farming causes considerable environmental damage. D. The dairy-free milk will be more expensive than cow’s milk. 35. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?

A. Healthier Cheese

B. New Milk Saves Planet C. Fresher Milk, Better Future D. Making Milk without Cows

第二节(共5小题;每小题2分,满分10分)

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。 Imagine that you are in a remote village somewhere with no medical clinic. 36 Once the doctors get to you, they examine you and take blood samples, but they won't be able to help you until

they take the samples back to the hospital to find out what is wrong. 37 Thanks to engineer Andy Ozcan, many people may never be in this situation. He has invented an app that turns your mobile phone into a diagnostic(诊断的)tool.

Ozcan's invention is important because it is very accurate and easy to use. In many remote places, even if doctors have microscopes and other instruments to help them make diagnoses, there may still be other problems. Many doctors, for example, don’t have enough training to correctly interpret what they see. 38 With Ozcan's mobile phone app, health workers can take a special photo of a blood sample and send it to a central computer at a hospital. The computer will then automatically interpret the photo and send a diagnosis back in a few minutes.

39 His technology only requires a mobile phone and an Internet connection. As more than four billion people already have cell phones, the cost of establishing the diagnostic system is fairly low.

By inventing a medical tool that uses existing technology---mobile phones---Ozcan has developed a medical tool that is both practical and economical. Therefore, it can be effectively almost anywhere. 40

A. Another reason that Ozcan's invention is important is that it is inexpensive.

B. Even though you may only have a simple infection (感染), you might die because of the delay.

C. People are trying to reduce the cost of this new medical tool.

D. Ozcan's simple, cost-effective tool might just save millions of lives around the world. E. This tool has become much more popular all around the world.

F. You become very sick and must wait days until a mobile medical unit arrives to help. G. As a result, they may diagnose illnesses incorrectly.

第三部分英语知识运用(共两节,满分45分) 第一节(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)

阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

One of' my teammates said it best on our last day of the season: “Guys, you are my family. We are all brothers.” Our tennis team is more than just a group of individual players thrown 41 ; there is a friendship 42 by no other group with which I have been involved. We are 43 , yet connected. We have student-athletes from all four years of high school, from different parts of the city, and from different families and social 44 . Nevertheless, we are all 45 by a shared love of tennis. The tennis team 46 to me because it contains two things that I treasure most: tennis and 47 . Ever since I was ten years old, the 48 aspect of tennis attracted me to an otherwise physical sport. My first tennis coach always used to say, “Tennis is 10% physical and 90% of mental.”

49 the mental strength to stay 50 and controlled under pressure, skills are 51 . Sometimes I feel like I have two 52 in a match: me against the person on the other side of the net, and me against the person inside my head, telling me to hit a better shot.

However, despite the 53 pressures of tennis, the brotherhood 54 by working together as a team helps spread the _ 55 of the pressure over an entire group. We 56 each

other on and off the court. We do this because we have become a/an 57 away from home. I play my best tennis when I have my teams full support, 58 in the knowledge that they are always backing me 59 . I know that each one of us puts everything we have into every 60 whether we are playing or cheering. 41. A. around B. back C. forward D. together 42. A. earned B. followed C. matched D. noticed 43. A. courageous B. diverse C. motivated D. skillful 44. A. activities B. backgrounds C. responsibilities D services 45. A. disturbed B. sponsored C. trained D. united 46. A. continues B. returns C. matters D. occurs 47. A. brotherhood B. childhood C. entertainment D society 48. A. physical B. environmental C mental D. technical 49. A. According to B. Beyond C. In spite of D. Without 50. A. active B. calm C hopeful D. silent 51. A. contradictory B. difficult C. useless D powerful 52. A. opponents B. friends C. goals D. risks 53. A. unavoidable B unreasonable C. unexpected D unwelcome 54. A. allocated B. created C. imagined D. suspected 55. A. area B. control C. value D. weight 56. A. support B. fight C. recognize D. teach 57. A. audience B family C. reason D. surprise 58. A. anxious B. curious C. sensitive D. secure 59. A. enthusiastically B. differently C gradually D. intentionally 60. A. dream B. person C match D. team

第II卷

第三部分英语知识运用(共两节;满分45分) 第二节(共10小题:每小题1.5分,满分15分)

阅读下面材料,在空白处填写1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

More than 700 years ago, a 17-year-old Italian youth followed his father and uncle on a journey to the East, dreaming about the mysteries of China. The three set 61 on a path that might have frightened even the most ambitious travellers. The young adventurer was Marco Polo.

Having a talent for languages, Marco Polo learned to speak Mongolian and Chinese. Later under the orders of Kublai Khan, he 62 (travel) far and wide across China. Along the way, he stopped 63 (record) detailed notes about the local customs, geography and values of the people, so as to report back to the Khan.

Marco Polo returned to Venice 24 years later. With 64 (count) treasures brought back from the East, he became 65 wealthy man overnight. 66 he witnessed in China aroused much interest among his countrymen. Marco polo's journey to China and the contents of his 67 (vivid) written book, The Travels of Marco Polo, which 68 (think)to be a fairy tale in Europe at the time, triggered a wave of European interest in the Orient.

Marco Polo’s story is both one about an explorers search for riches and a Westerner 69 (follow ) his dream to reach China. More than 700 years later, China, the once mysterious Oriental nation, is igniting the Chinese dream of many modern Marco Polos, attracted by its rapid 70

(develop )and its growing importance in the world.

第四部分写作(共两节,满分35分)

第一节短文改错(共10小题；每小题1分,满分10分)

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文,请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共 有10处语言错误,每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(^),并在其下面写出该加的词。 删除：把多余的词用斜线(\\)划掉。

修改：在错的词下画一横线,并在该词下面写出修改后的词。 注意：

1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2.只允许修改10处,多者(从第11处起)不计分。

The summer job is a tradition among American university students. Long after the end of the school year, students start their summer vacation job search. They send letters to businesses, going to job interviews, and ask our friends and relatives for help. By June the students usually have been found their jobs and then they begin preparing to enter the world of works

Reasons for wanting a summer job differs from student to student. Some work help pay their school expenses, others work to gain experience in their chosen professions: still others work just for the funny of it. Salesmen or waiters are two of the much common jobs that students try to find during the summer months.

第二节书面表达(满分25分)

假定你是李华,收到英国朋友Alice的邮件,以下是邮件内容: Dear Li Hua, How are you doing these days? I’m having some problems and would like to get your advice. My parents want me to spend my summer with them this year but I would prefer to go somewhere with my friends. I love my parents but sometimes they are overprotective. I feel that I am old enough and responsible enough to go away without their supervision(监护). Any suggestions you could give me about this issue would be greatly appreciated. Yours, Alice

请给Alice回一封邮件,内容包括: 1.感谢她的信任； 2.回应她的请求； 3.说明你的理由。 注意

1.词数100左右

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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