S1= (2)An 81-year-old man ended up in Germany by accident after trying to get from Newcastle,GreatBritain, to Rome,Italy. S2=(1)The old age pensioner was on a mission to see the Pope, who is head of the Catholic Church,anddecided to make his way there by car. S3=He was surprised when his GPS system told him he had arrived, although there were no signs of any of thefamous buildings or architecture. S4=The man parked but didn't put on the handbrake of his car properly. S5=His car rolled backwards, and in a striking display of iròny, hit a sign saying “Rom”-the small town inNórth Germany he had mistakenly plugged into the GPS system. S6=Police said that the car had come to a halt after hitting the sign, but did not appear to be seriouslydamaged, although an ambulance was called to check on the pensioner. S7=The man, who lives in the UK and is originally Italian, might have been confused by the fact that Rome iswritten “Roma” in Italian and “Rom" in German.

Q1= 1. What did the old age pensioner plan to do?

Q2= 2. What finally happened to the old man?

正确答案: 1. A 2. D

S1= (3)Glasgow has pledged to become the first carbon neutral city in the UK. S2=The city's council andScottishPower have announced a range of strategies in an attempt to reduce carbon emissions ahead of the newnational target of 2045. S3=First Minister Nicola Sturgeon welcomed the pledge and said:"Today's announcement betweenScottishPower and Glasgow City Council-to makc Glasgow the UK's first net-zero city-is a very welcomestep. S4=Rcaching our goals will need exactly this kind of partnership approach-with government,business,localauthorities and citizens all playing their part.” S5=(4)Speaking ahead of the All Energy Conference being held in Glasgow,ScottishPower chief executiveKeith Anderson said:"We have a large supply of renewable energy on our doorstep and one of the only two lowemission zones in action across the UK. S6=Now,we need to invest in the technologies and programmes thattransform the rest of Glasgow's economy and make us net zero before anyone else.”

Q3= 3. What do we learn from the news report?

Q4= 4. What did ScottishPower's chief executive say ahead of the All Energy Conference?

正确答案: 3. C 4. A

S1=(5-1)A Japanese IT firm has officially introduced an “office cat” policy to combat the stressful environmentof the workplace. S2=A total of nine furry friends freely wander around in the office and do whatever their little hearts desire. S3=(5-2)Hidenobu Fukuda, who heads the firm, introduced the pet policy, upon request from one of hisemployces, allowing staff to bring their own cats to work. S4=Employee'Eri Ito is grateful for their animals' comforting ways. S5=“Cats arc slecpingjust beside us. It'shealing." she said. S6=(6)Not only does Fukuda encourage bringing cats to the job, but he also encourages hisemployccs to rescue cats from overpopulated shelters or strects. S7=He gives 5,000 yen, about 45 US dollars amonth to those who rescue a cat. S8=While the positives are many, there are still some obstacles. S9=“Sometimes a cat will walk on a phone and cutoff the call, or they shut down the computers by walking onto the off switch. " Ito says. S10=(7)Still, cats in the workplacc have been a tremendous sueccss for the company. S11=The policy has led tovarious other companies doing the same.

Q5= 5. What do wc learn from the news report about the

Q6= 6. What does the news report say about Eggs&Bread cafe?

Q7= 7. What happens when people start to know each other according to Guy Wilson?

正确答案: 5. B 6. B 7. C

S1=M:(8-1)Has Jimmy been coming in lately? S2=W: No, I haven't secn him around. S3= Why? Has he been causing any trouble? S4=M: Not that I know of. S5=(8-2)But I need to see him, because my friends and I lent him some money last month.We haven't heard from him since. S6=I heard he comes here a lot, so I thought I'd come in and checkwith you. S7=W: Well, that's funny. S8=Some other fellow came in asking for Jimmy just yesterday, (9)a real nervous, pushytype of fellow, saying he needed Jimmy for some study project they were working on. S9=But I can't quiteremember what it was all about. S10=Is this a lot of money we're talking about here? S11=M: No, just 60 pounds between the three of us, but still a bit too much to just let go. S12=(10)He told us he'd gotinto an accident. S13=Nothing serious, mind you, but he damaged someone's car and wanted to get some moneytogether to make up for the damage he'd caused. S14=W: Hmm, isn't that sort of thing usually covered by insurance? S15=And then, if you still wanted to give money assome sort of apology or something, he probably shouldn't have to go around borrowing it from people. S16=M:You think Jimmy's just making it all up? S17=See, I did think it was a bit weird for him to be asking for moncyfor that sort of thing. S18=And his story was a bit vague to begin with. S19=(11)But I thought maybe he doesn't wanthis parents to know about what happened. S20=So he'd rather come to us and keep things quiet. S21=Anyway,Jimmy is a good guy. So we didn't makc a fuss about it.

Q8= 8. What docs the man want to do?

Q9= 9. What do we learn about the man who came to secthe woman yesterday?

Q10= 10. What did Jimmy say happen to him one day?

Q11= 11. Why did Jimmy borrow money according to the man?

正确答案: 8. A 9. B 10. C 11. D

S1= W:Hi,Max. How are you? Listen. S2=(12)I wanted to ask you about ordering shopping online. S3=I've never doneit before and I know that' you've been doing it for ages. S4=M:Sure. I love getting my shopping delivered. S5=It makes life so much simpler-(13)no carrying heavy shoppingbags in the rain, or trying to park the car on those huge supermarket car parks then not being able to findit again after you come out of the shops. S6=W:(14)But there must be some problems. S7=I mean, how do you know that you won't get bad fruit, or that thecggs won't be broken? S8=M: Oh, come on. The food is exactly the same as the stuff you buy in a conventional shop. S9=They aren't going to deliver you food that is out of date. S10=And if you get a broken egg, well, that could happen in aconventional shop, too. S11=If anything is really wrong, you can just take photographs of the damage, and theywill give you the money back or replace the item. S12=W: How about delivery fees? S13=Is it not more expensive to get everything.delivered? S14=M: (15)I actually found that it was cheaper for me, as I live quite far away from my local supermarket. S15=So withthe deliveries, I'm actually saving on petrol. S16=W: I've never thought of that. S17=If you aren't driving your own car, then you are saving on fuel. S18=Right, you'veconvinced me. S19=I'm going to go on the computer now and give it a try. S20=So, which supermarket do you thinkis the best to order from? S21=M: Oh, no. That's definitely up to you. S22=Otherwise, we'll be here all day.

Q12= 12. What did the woman want to ask Max about?

Q13= 13. What does the man think is a problem with shopping in supermarkets

Q14= 14. What is the woman's concern about shoppingonline?

Q15= 15. What does the man find about shopping online?

正确答案: 12. B 13. D 14. C 15. A

S1=(16)A recent study found that 10 percent of British children suffer from math anxiety. S2=This means theyhave overwhelming negative emotions towards the subject, ranging from rage to despair. S3=Other cmotionstriggered by math include feclings of tension and frustration. S4=Physical symptoms include a racing heart orstruggling to catch breath. S5=The phenomenon of math anxiety is characterized as a general sense of feeling that the subject is hardcomparcd-with-other subjects leading-to a subsequcnt-lack-or-loss of-confidence. S6=Rescarchers said they investigated individuals' attitudes towards mathematics because of what could bereferred to as a mathematics crisis in the UK. S7=(17) There's a widespread misunderstanding that only low performing children suffer from math anxicty. S8=Pcople automatically assume childrcn are anxious about mathbecause they are poor achicvers. S9=In fact, more than three quarters of children with high levels of math anxiety are normal to highachicvers. S10=Probably their math anxiety will go unnoticed because their performance is good. S11=But in the long term theirperformance is negatively affected. S12=So the real danger here is that children who will completcly ablc to do math at a normal level may kecpaway from it becausc they fecl anxious. S13=Math anxiety can severely disrupt students' performance in the subject in both primary and secondaryschool. S14=(18) But importantly-and surprisingly--this new study suggests that the majority of students experiencingmath anxicty have normal to high math ability.

Q16= 16. What did a recent study find about some Britishchildren?

Q17= 17. What is the widespread misunderstanding about math anxiety?

Q18= 18. What docs the passage say about British studentswith math anxiety?

正确答案: 16. B 17. A 18. D

S1=People spend a lot of time using phones and computers. S2=Much of that time is devoted to text messages andsocial media. S3=But many people choose to spend their time playing computer games. S4=For years, parents and teachers have worried that these games might be addictive. S5=(19)And now, theWorld Health Organization has recognized addiction to computer gamcs as a discase. S6=The organization explainsthat this decision reflects general agreement among experts around the world that some people have a problemwith these games. S7=They show a pattern of behavior characterized by a lack of control. S8=(20)Such people makecomputer games a priority over their responsibilities. S9=They may play games instead of attending school, orwork, or socializing: S10=According to the World Health Organization experts, people's use of computer games is different fromtheir use of the Internet, social media and onlinc shopping. S11=These experts claim there is not sufficient data toindicate that people's reliance on those other activities is an addiction. S12=But they argue that playing-computergames to access is different. S13=This behavior can become a disorder. S14=To meet the new definition for addiction,thc bchavior must damagc a person's relationships or performancc at school or work, and this must last for atleast a year. S15=(21)Still not all behavior experts agree. S16=Some argue that there's not enough research on thesubject. S17=Thus, thcy claim it is too early to call computer game addiction a disorder.

Q19= 19. What conclusion has the World Health Organization come to recently?

Q20= 20. What is said of people with addictive behavior?

Q21= 21. What do some behavior experts think of addiction to computer games?

正确答案: 19. C 20. A 21. D