have a vast impact on the look, feel, and function of the cities, and it could thoroughly change the crowded urban spaces.

“We aren’t going to need parking, definitely not in the places we have it now,” Alain L. Komhauser, a researcher at Princeton University, told Patrick Sisson at Curbed. “Having parking close to where people spend time is going to be a thing of the past. If I’m at the office, it doesn’t need to be there.” The extreme case of totally empty car parks and city streets with no stationary (静止的) vehicles would probably require people to fully let go of personal car ownership.

“Car sharing is already reducing the need for parking spaces,” Carlo Ratti told Curbed. “Self-driving vehicles will strengthen this trend and have a dramatic effect on urban life, because they will blur (使模糊) the distinction between private and public modes of transportation,” he added. “‘Your’car could give you a lift to work in the morning and then, rather than sitting useless in a parking lot, give a lift to someone else in your neighbourhood，social-media community, or city.”

In that case, we needn’t park our cars. They’ll park by themselves, so we would see a huge increase in the width of sidewalks, bike lanes, and space for any other kind of transportation.

In all likelihood, we won’t see these kinds of changes happening very soon. But it’s exciting to think of the benefits this technology could bring.

32. Why do the author mention the often-told advantages of self-driving cars? A. To draw a conclusion.

B. To make a comparison.

D. To introduce the topic.

C. To analyze the underlying reasons.

33. How can we achieve zero parking in cities? A. By producing more eco-friendly electric cars. B. By selling public vehicles to personal owners. C. By promoting car-sharing with self-driving vehicles. D. By allowing only self-driving vehicles to run on roads. 34. What will happen if we needn’t park our cars? A. More people will walk to work.

shrink.

B. Public transportation will

C. Urban areas will be less crowded. transportation.

D. We needn’t spend money on

35. What attitude does the author have towards self-driving technology? A. Indifferent. Disapproving.

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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。

How to Run for Student Council

So you want to run for student council, but aren’t quite sure how to get started? Here are some tips that might help you:

1. Have a good reason for running. Before you run for student council, make sure that you have the correct reasons for it. Some good reasons include you would sincerely like to serve your class and contribute a lot to the student body. _36_ Having a healthy reason for running will give you the positive energy and drive you will need to do your best during your campaign.

2. _37_ Remember, the campaign is not the end result of running for student council. You should know the responsibilities and tasks you will face once you have the position to make sure that you are indeed ready for it.

3. Know the rules. Campaign rules typically differ from one school to another. _38_ You have to follow school campaign rules and make sure that you are able to meet the basic requirements for candidates.

4. Have a certain policy you want to advocate. Make sure that this policy is indeed important for the student body and will bring about positive change. Also, your opinion should indeed be attainable and realistic. _39_ You can even make your slogan out of your opinion and design your campaign posters based on it.

5. Practice good manners. How you conduct yourself during the campaign is a reflection of your leadership and morality (品行) _40_ Maintain an attitude of respect to everybody一whether they’re on your side of the campaign or not.

If you truly want to be elected into the student council, give your campaign 100%

B. Favorable.

C. Ambiguous.

D.

of your effort. Good luck!

A. There are expenses involved with running a campaign. B. Know the positions and the basic responsibilities for them. C. Don’t run for student council just because you want the attention. D. Associate yourself with it so that your classmates will remember you. E. Therefore, you’d better know what is required and have an adviser to consult. F. Avoid bad-mouthing other candidates or destroying others’ campaign materials. G. Think about the words that best describe you and your advantages over the other candidates.

第三部分 语言知识运用（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A、B、C和D四个选项中，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。

Lukas Kusters grew up in Wilmington, Deleware, loving the sport of football! He was so good at it that he became _41_ to his team as “The Dutch Destroyer”. His _42_ was to play in the National Football League (NFL) one day for his favorite _43_ —the Philadelphia Eagles.

When Lukas was just 9, he _44_ that he had a rare form of cancer. His battle _45_ several months and he _46_ the disease as hard as ever.

During his fight with cancer, the quarterback of the Eagles, Carson Wentz heard about Lukas? illness. Wentz and his teammates decided to _47_ a video to send it to Lukas in the hospital, _48_ him well.

While receiving the video from the Eagles was _49_, it was Lukas’_50_ that was even more surprising. In the face of his massive and _51_ illness, all that Lukas wanted to do was to show _52_ to Carson Wentz by giving him one of his w Dutch Destroyer” wrist bands.

Through the Make a Wish Foundation, Wentz and his Eagle teammates _53_ to visit Lukas in the hospital. They spent a _54_ day together and Lukas thanked Wentz by giving him a wrist band. Not long after, Wentz took the _55_ wearing the bracelet (手环) in an NFL game! People around the world took _56_ in Lukas, his story of _57_ and

gratitude (感激) and his “Dutch Destroyer” bracelets. People started to buy that kind of bracelets. Thousands of dollars from _58_ the bracelets went to help other families battling childhood cancer.

_59_ cancer took Lukas from the world, he left a(n) _60_ legacy (遗产) that live on around the world. 41. A. held 42. A. origin 43. A. leader 44. A. learned 45. A. won

B. advised B. dream B. hero B. regretted B. prevented

C. punished G. opinion C. team C. predicted C. lasted C. fought for C. borrow C. fitting C. lucky C. question C. growing C. advantages C. allowed C. cold C. camera C. interest C. independence C. selling C. If

C. embarrassing

D. known D. order D. trainer D. assumed D. protected D. competed against D. donate D. serving D. exciting D. response D. betraying D. doubt D. continued D. great D. light D. attraction D. reputation D. wearing D. Although D. ambiguous

46. A. prepared for B. called on 47. A. create 48. A. forcing 49. A. amazing 50. A. spirit 51. A. returning 52. A. relief 53. A. arranged 54. A. long 55. A. audience 56. A. attention 57. A. wisdom 58. A. inventing 59. A. Unless 60. A. spiritual

B. buy B. wishing B. common B. health B. rewarding B. gratefulness B. expressed B. boring B. field B. prize B. courage B. improving B. Until B. disturbing

第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式，并将答案填写在答题卡上。

One of the things I like best about Beijing is the beautiful parks. One that is less well-known by Western visitors is called Taoranting. It _61_ (lie) to the west