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B. To make general readers aware of the problems of retired people. C. To point out the need for government support for old people. D. To instruct retired people on how they can have a happier life. 25. What does the underlined word “viable” most probably mean? A. Impossible. B. Practical. C. Useful.

D. Successful.

26. According to the passage, how can the government help to improve the lives of retired people?

A. Set aside some profits to help people with problems after they retire. B. Increase savings levels of people during their working years. C. Increase the discounts for food and transport for the old. D. Make available pensions for those who have retired. 27. What can be concluded from the passage? A. Taking care of the old is mainly an issue of money. B. Employers should allow their workers to retire at a later age. C. Becoming independent should be the goal of most old people. D. There is no single solution to the problems of the old.

C

The sea was quiet and the island did not look too far off, rising from the sea like a

rocky loaf. But the grey small boats were low in the water.

It was the first time I had seen the sea. The first time for everything — travelling on

a plane, in a train, leaving my parents, staying in a hotel and now going in a boat! Back in Aleppo I had hardly ever left our fifth-floor apartment. We had heard from those who had gone before that, on a fine summer day like this with a working motor, a small boat takes just over an hour to cross the strait. It was one of the shortest routes from Turkey to Greece — only eight miles. The problem was that the motors were often old and cheap and exhausted for power with loads of 50 or 60 people, so the trips took three or four hours.

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Here is a fact I don’t think anyone should like. Did you know that 1 in every 113

people in the world today are refugees(难民)? Lots of them are escaping wars like the one that has destroyed our country, Syria. In 2015, more than million came to Europe. I was one of them. I hate the word refugee more than any word in the English language. What it really means is a second-class citizen with a number scrawled(潦草地写) on your hand, who everyone wishes would somehow go away. The year 2015 was when I became a fact, a statistic, a number. Much as I like facts, we are not numbers, we are human beings and we all have stories.

The day got hotter. Though the smuggler had arrived with boats for us and the other

groups, he said we couldn’t go until the coastguard changed shift. As the afternoon came, the waves started to get higher, making a slapping sound on the shore. None of us wanted to go at night, as we’d heard stories of pirates who board boats in the dark to steal motors and the valuables of refugees.

For the first time, I felt scared. Some call that crossing the route of death. It would

either deliver us to Europe or swallow us up, so I began practising breathing deeply and telling myself over and over that I was strong. did the writer intend to go by boat?

A. Aleppo

B. Syria

C. Turkey

D. Greece

did the writer make this journey?

A. To visit his/ her relatives

B. To escape from wars D. To see the sea

C. To break away from his/ her parents

writer hates the word “refugee” because _______. A. the writer is looked down upon by the Europeans B. the writer believes he/ she isn’t a refugee C. the word “refugee” is hard to pronounce D. the word “refugee” will be scrawled on the hand would be the best title for the story?

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A. Searching For the New Life B. Crossing the Route of Death C. Achieving My Dream D. Failing to Cross the Strait

D

Many people don’t consider their breakfast without a glass of milk. Right now, cows, buffalos, goats and sheep provide most of the world’s milk. But soon, people could get milk from roaches(蟑螂).

That isn’t as crazy as it might sound. New research shows this “milk” is super-nutritious. What’s more, some scientists have already begun referring to a lot of insects as source of milk.

In 2004, Subramanian Ramaswamy started studying milk crystals found inside the roach. At the time, he was teaching biochemistry at the University of Iowa City.

To learn more about the milk crystal from roaches, the scientists used X-rays to look at the atoms in it. The data basically revealed the chemical recipe of the roach crystal. They showed that roach milk is a “complete food”. It contains sugar with a fatty acid stuck to it. Fatty acids are the building blocks of fats. The protein in the milk is also full of essential amino(氨基的) acids, which are the building blocks of proteins. Since our bodies can’t produce the “essential” ones, we need to get them from our food. And so do baby roaches.

Barbara Stay, a biologist at Iowa University, also worked on the new study. She says the new data show that the roach milk is “three times more nutritious than cow’s milk and four times more nutritious than buffalo’s milk”.

Ramaswamy would like to see roach milk turned into a protein supplement to feed hungry people. But not everyone is confident that it can be done.

Marcel Dicke studies insects as a potential source of human food at Wageningen University in the Netherlands. Dicke says this is a “sound study”. However, in his opinion, “Extracting(提取) milk from roaches can only likely be done in a destructive way with only small quantities”. That means you’d have to raise and kill many bugs to get even tiny

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quantities of the milk.

28. What is the opinion of the scientists about milk in Paragraph 2?

A. Many insects are sources of milk. B. Milk is an important part of breakfast. C. Milk from insects is the most nutritious. D. Milk from insects is well accepted now. 29. What can we know about the use of roach milk in life? A. It will replace the milk from animals like cows. B. Scientists think it the key to solving world hunger. C. All people don’t think it can be used in life soon. D. Most people depend on roach milk from protein.

30. According to Marcel Dicke, extracting insect milk on a large scale is ________. A. simple

B. challenging

C. safe

D. necessary

31. What should be the best title for the text? A. Roach milk has been found scientifically B. Roach milk could be produced industrially C. Roach milk could be a new super food D. Roach milk will be widely used soon

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。

Are you as confident as you'd like to be? Few people would answer \according to Becky Blalock, author and former Fortune 500 executive, anyone can learn to be more confident as it's a skill we can teach ourselves.

36 . In fact, research shows that being shy and cautious is the natural human state. \pool,\she says. How do you teach yourself to be more confident? Here's Blalock's advice:

Think positively. 37__. You're not cheating yourself one way or another -- don't worry that you're being silly for thinking positively -- you're just taking control. So get on thinking those happier thoughts!

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Do what you can do． 38 ．For example, stop complaining about something that you are not willing to change. Begin dieting and exercising if you are overweight. Change your hairstyle, have your nails done or arch (使成弓形)your eyebrows.

39 . Let your hands swing, keep your neck straight and hold your shoulders back. Walking confidently will make you feel more attractive and be more confident.

Don’t compare yourself to others. You don’t have to look like a model or a host on TV. However, you can learn to love yourself as you are. 40 . Make a list of your attractive qualities, and think about those each time you want to compare yourself with someone else.

A. Walk confidently．

B. If you feel confident, you are. C. It will make you feel more attractive.

D. Focus on the areas over which you have control． E. Learn how to be attractive and confident from models． F. Confidence is not a kind of ability people are born with.

G. You will be happier when you don’t need to compare with others． 第三部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分） 第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题分，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。

As we all know, people often make a living by making the most of local surroundings. A small village by the sea depended on 41 to survive. Each year the villagers had to go farther and farther from shore to catch enough fish to 42 the population.

But as the villagers went farther away, they 43 a problem. Their usual 44 was to put the fish they caught in big tanks to keep them 45 until they returned home. But the fish grew inactive in the tanks, and many 46 before the boat could reach shore again.

After much 47 , one villager 48 a solution. On their next fishing trip, they caught a 49 shark and placed it in the tank along with the fish. The shark ate only a few

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