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2017年12月英语六级考试试题第3套

2017年12月英语六级考试试题第3套

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(40 minutes)
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Section
Section AA
Directions:In thisthissection,there
Directions: In section, thereisisaapassage
passagewith
withten
ten blanks.You
blanks. Youarearerequired
requiredtotoselect one word
sekct one word for
for
each
eachblank
b/,ankfrom
froma alist
list of choicesgiven
of choices giveninina aword
word bank
bank following
following the passage.
the pas Read the
sage. Read the
passage
passagethrough
throughcarefully
carefullybefore
before making
makingyour
yourchoices.Each choice
choices. Each choiceininthe
thebank
bankisisidentijfed
identified
bybyaaleter.Please
ktter. Please marh
mark the correspondingletter
the correspondi leterfor
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for each Answer Sheet
Sheet 22 with
with aa
single
singl,e line through the
line through the centre.
centre.You
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may not
not use
use any
any ofof the
thewords
words inin the
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bank more
more than
than
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once.

Many
ManyEuropean countries
European have
countries beenbeen
have making the the
making shift
shifttotoelectric vehiclesand
electric vehicles and Germany
Germany has
has just
just
stated
stated that
that they
they plan to ban
plan to ban the
the sale
sale ofofvehicles
vehiclesusing
usinggasoline
gasolineand
anddiesel
dieselasasfuelfuelby by2030.
2030.The country
The country
isis also planningtotoreduce
also planning reduceitsits carbon
carbon footprint
footprint by 80-95?
by 80-95% 2050,---±L
by 2050, 26 a shift
a shifttotogreen
green energy
energy in
in
thethecountry.
country.Effectively, the ban
Effectively, the ban will include the
will include the registration
registrationofofnew
new cars
cars inin the
the country
country asas they
they will
will
not
notallow
alow any
l
any gasoline
gasoline 2727vehicle to be
vehicle registered
to be registeredafter 2030.
after 2030.
Part
Partof
ofthe
the reason thisban
reason this banisisbeing
beingdiscussed
discussedandand 2828 is because energy
is because officials
energy officials see
see that
that
they
they will not rea
will not reach theiremissions
ch their emissionsgoals
goals
by by 2050if if
2050 thethey
y do do
notnot 29
29 a large
a largeportion
portion of
of vehicle
vehicle
emissions.
emissions. The
Thecountry
country is till___lQ_
is still 30 thatthat
it will
it willmeet
meetits
its emissions
emissions goals,like reducing emissions
goals, like reducing emissions byby
40 y 2020,but the 31 of electric cars in the country has not occurred as fast as expected.
40% by 2020, but the 31 of electric cars in the country has not occurred as fast as expected.
Other
Otherefforts
effortstoto increase
increase the
the use
use ofofelectric vehicles include
electric vehicles include plans
plans toto build
build over
over 11 million
million hybrid
hybrid
and
andelectric car battery
electric car batterycharging
chargingstations
stationsacross
acrossthethe country.By
country. 2030,Germany
By 2030, Germany plans
plans onon having
having over
over
6 6million
million charging
charging stations
stations 32.32According to theto International
. According Business
the International Tines,
Business electric
Times, electric car
car sales
sales
are
areexpected
expectedtotoincrease
increase as
as Volkswagen
Volkswagenis isstill recovering from
still recovering from its emissions scandal.
its emissions scandal.
There are 33 around 155,000 registered hybrid and electric vehicles on
There are 33 around 155,000 registered hybrid and electric vehicles on German
German roads,
roads,
dwarfed
dwarfedbybythe
the4545million
milliongasoline
gasoline and
anddiesel
diesel cars
cars driving there now.
driving there now.AsAscountries
countries continue
continue setting
setting
goals
goals of
of reducing emissions,greater
reducing emissions, greaterstepssteps
need need
to beto taken
be taken
to haveto have
a a3434 effect on the
effect on the
surrounding
surrounding environment.
environment. While
While the
the efforts are certainly
efforts are certainlynotnot 3535 , the
, theresults
results of
of such
such bans
bans will
will
likely
likely only
onlystart to be
start to be seen
seen by
by generations
generations down
downthetheline,
line,bettering
bettering the
the world
world for
for the
the future.
future.

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A)A)acceptance
acceptance I)I) incidenally
incidentally
B)B) urntly
currently J)J) intaled
installed
C)disupting
C) disrupting K)K)noticeable
noticeable
D) eliminate
D) eliminate L)L) powered
powered
E)E) exhaust
exhaust M)M)restoration
restoration
P)ftil
F) futile N)N)skeptical
skeptical
) G)hopefil
hopeful O)0) sparking
sparking
H)H)implemented
implemented

Section
Section BB
Directions:
Directions:InInthis section,you
this section, you are going toto read
are going read aa pas
passage wih ten
sage with statementsattached
ten statements attachedtotoit.Each
it. Each
statement
statementcontains
containsinformation
information given
given in
in one
one of the paragraphs.
of the paragraphs.Identifjy theparagraph
Identi,fy the paragraphfrom
from
which
whichthe
the information
information isis derived.
derived.YouYoumaymaychoose
choosea aparagraph
paragraphmore
morethan
thanonce.
once.Each
Each
paragraph
paragraphis ismarked
markedwithwitha letter.Answer
a letter. Answerthe
thequestions
questions by
by marking
markingthe
thecorresponding
correspondingletter
ktter
on Answer Sheet 2.
on Answer Sheet 2.

Apple's
Apple's Stance
Stance Highlights
Highlights aa More
More Confrontational Tech Industry
Confrontational Tech Industry
[A][A]The
Thebattle
battlebetween
betweenApple
Appleandand
lawlaw
enforcement officials
enforcement officialsover
overunlocking
unlockinga aterrorist's smartphone is
terrorist's smartphone is
thetheculmination
culminationofofaa slow
slow turning
turning of
of the tables between
the tables between the
the technology
technology industry
industry and
and the
the United
United
States govemnment.
States government.

[B]
[B]After
After revelations
revelations byby the
theformer
formerNational
NationalSecurity
SecurityAgency
Agencycontractor
contractorEdward
Edward JJ. Snowden in
. Snowden in 2013
2013
that
that the govemment both
the government cozied upupto(讨好)certain
bothcozied to ( -if M-) certain tech companies and
tech companies and hacked
hackedintointo others
others toto
gain
gainaccess
accesstoto private data on
private data on an
an enormous
enormous scale,tech
scale, techgiants
giants began
began toto recognize
recognize the United States
the United States
govemment
governmentas aashostile actor.
a hostile ButBut
actor. if the confrontation
if the confrontationhashas
crystallized
crystallizedin inthis
thislatest
latest battle,
battle, ititmay
may
already
already be
be heading
heading toward
towarda apredictable
predictable conclusion:
conclusion: InIn the long run,
the long run, thethe tech
tech companies
companies are are
destined
destined to
to emerge
emergevictorious.
victorious.

[C]
[C] It
It may
may not
not seem
seemthat
that way
way atat the
the moment.
moment. OnOnthetheone
oneside,
side, you
youhave
havethe
theUnited
United States
States
govemment's
government's mighty legallegalandand
mighty security apparatus
security apparatusfighting
fightingfor
for data
data of
of the
the most
most sympathetic
sympathetic sort:
sort:
thethesecrets
secrets buried
buried in
in aa dead
dead mass
mass murderer's
murderer's phone.
phone. The
Theaction
action stems
stems from
fromaafederal
federal court order
court order
issued
issuedononTuesday
Tuesdayrequiring
requiringApple
Appletotohelp
helpthe
theFederal
Federal Bureau
BureauofofInvestigation (FBI) to
Investigation (FBI) to unlock
unlock an
an
iPhone
iPhoneused
usedbybyone
oneofofthe
thetwo
twoattackers
attackers who
whokilled
killed1414people
peopleininSan
SanBernardino,
Bernardino,California,
California, in
in
December
December.

[D][D]InInthe
the other
other comer
comer is the world's
is the world'smost
mostvaluable
valuablecompany,
company,whose
whose chief
chiefexecutive,
executive,Timothy Cook,
Timothy Cook,
has
hassaid
saidhehewill
willappeal
appealthe
thecourt's
court's order.
order. Apple
Appleargues
arguesthat
thatitit isis fighting
fighting to
to preserve
preserve aa principle
principle
that
that most
mostofofus
us who
whoare
areaddicted
addicted to our smartphones
to our smartphones can
can defend: Weaken aasingle
defend: Weaken single iPhone
ihone so
P
so that
that

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itsits contents can bebe viewed
contents can viewed byby the
theAmerican
American government
govemment andandyouyourisk
riskweakening
weakeningall
all iPhones
iPhones for
for
anyanygovermment
governmentintruder, anywhere.
intruder, anywhere.

[E][E]There
Therewill
willprobably
probablybebemonths
monthsof of
legal
legalconfrontation,and it itisisnotnotatatall
confrontation, and all clear which side
clear which side will
will
prevail
prevailinincourt,nor
court, norininthe
thebattle
battle for
for public
public opinion
opinionand
andlegislative
legislative favor.
favor. Yet
Yet underlying
underlyingall
all of
of this
this
isis aa simple
simple dynamic:
dynamic:Apple,
Apple,Google,
Google,Facebook
Facebookandandother
othercompanies
companieshold most
hold of ofthethecards
most cardsinin this
this
confrontation.They
confrontation. Theyhave
haveourourdata,
data,and
andtheir
theirbusinesses
businessesdepend
dependononthetheglobal
globalpublic's
public'scollective
collective
belief
beliefthat
that they
they will do everything
will do everything they
they can
cantoto protect
protect that data.
that data.

[F]
[F]Any
Anycrack
crackininthat
thatfront
front could
could be
be fatal fortech
fatal for techcompanies
companies that
thatmust
mustoperate
operateworldwide.
worldwide.If Apple is
If Apple is
forced to open up an iPhone for an American law enforcement investigation, what is to prevent itit
forced to open up an iPhone for an American law enforcement investigation, what is to prevent
from
fromdoing
doingsosofor
foraarequest
request from
fromthe
theRussians
Russiansororthe
theIranians?
Iranians? If Apple isis forced
If Apple to write
forced to write code
code
that
thatlets the FBI
lets the FBI get
get into
intothetheiPhone
iPhone5c5cused
usedbybySyed
Syed Rizwan
Rizwan Farook,the
Farook, the male
maleattacker
attacker in the San
in the San
Bernardino
Bernardinoattack,
attack,who
whowould
would be beresponsible
responsibleififsome
somehacker
hackergot
gothold
holdofofthat code and
that code and broke
broke into
into
itsits other devices?
other devices?

[G]
[G]Apple's
Apple'sstance
stance on
on these issuesemerged
these issues emerged post-Snowden,
post-Snowden, when
whenthe
thecompany
companystarted
startedputting
putting in place
in place
a aseries
seriesofoftechnologies
technologiesthat,
that, by
by default, make use
default, make use of
of encryption(加密) to limit
encryption (;an !Sf) to limit access
access toto people's
people's
data.
data. More
Morethan
thanthat, Apple —-and,
that, Apple and,inin different ways, other
different ways, other tech
tech companies,
companies, including
including Google,
Google,
Facebook,
Facebook,Twitter
Twitter and
and Microsoft — have
Microsoft - have made
madetheir
their opposition
opposition toto the
the government's
govemment's claims
claims aa
point
point ofofcorporate
corporate pride.
pride.

[H]
[H]Apple's
Apple'semerging
emergingglobal brand
global is isprivacy;
brand privacy;itithas
hasstaked
stakedits
its corporate
corporate reputation, not toto mention
reputation, not mention the
the
investment
investment of
of considerable
considerable technical and financial
technical and resources,onon limiting
financial resources, limiting the
the sort
sort ofof mass
mass
surveillance thatwas
surveillance that was ununcovered byMr.
covered by Mr.Snowden.
Snowden. So
So now,
now,for
for many
manycases
cases involving governmental
involving governmental
intrusions into data,
intrusions into data,once-lonely
once-lonely privacy
privacy advocates
advocates find
find themselves
themselves fighting
fighting alongside
alongside the
the most
most
powerful
powerful company
companyininthe
the world.
world.

[I]"A
[I] "Acomparison point
comparison pointis isininthe
the 1990s
1990sbattes
battlesover
overencryption,"
encryption," said
said Kurt
Kurt Opsahl,
Opsahl, general counsel
general counsel
ofofthe
the Electronic FrontierFoundation,
Electronic Frontier Foundation,a privacy
a privacy watchdoggroup.
watchdog group."Then you had
"Then you had aa few
few companies
companies
involved,
involved, but
but not
not one
one of
of the
the largest companies
largest compa in the
ies in n
the world
world coming
coming out
out with
with aa lengthy
lengthy
and
and impassioned
impassioned post, like we
post, like we saw
saw yesterday
yesterday from
from Timothy
TimothyCook.
Cook.ItsItsprofile
profile has
has really
really
been
beenraised.
raised.""

[J]
[J] Apple
Apple and
andother
other tech
tech companies
companieshold
holdanother
another ace:
ace: the
the technical means to
technical means keep making
to keep making their
their
devices
devices more
moreand
andmore inaccessible.
more inaccessible. Note
Notethat
that Apple's
Apple's public
public opposition
opposition to the government's
to the government's
request
requestisis itself
itself aahindrance
hindrancetotomass
mass government
government intrusion.And
intrusion. Andtotoget
getatat the
the contents
contents of
of aa single
single
iPhone,the
iPhone, thegovermment sayssaysit itneeds
government needsa acourt
courtorder
orderand
andApple's
Apple'shelp
helptotowrite
write new
newcode;
code;ininearlier
earlier
versions
versionsofofthe
theiPhone,
iPhone, ones
ones that were created
that were created before
before Apple found
Applefound religionon(热衷于)privacy,,
religion on ( /& � T) privacy,
the
theFBI
FBImight
mighthave
havebeen ableabletotobreak
been breakinto
intothe
thedevice
devicebybyitself.
itself.

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[K] You
【K】 You can
can expect
expect that noose(束缚)to
that noose continue toto tighten.
(At�) to continue tighten.Experts said that
Experts said thatwhether
whether oror not
notApple
Apple
loses
losesthis
this specific case, measures
specific case, measures that
that it could put
it could put into
into place
place in the future
in the future will
will almost
almost certainly
certainly be
be
able
abletoto further limitthethegovernment's
further limit govemment's reach.
reach.

[L]
[L]That
Thatisis not
not to
to say
say that the outcome
that the outcome of
of the San Bernardino
the San Bernardino case
case is
is insignificant.
insignificant. AsAsApple
Apple and
and
several
severalsecurity
security experts have argued,
experts have argued, an
an order
order compelling
compelling Apple
Appletoto write
write software
software that gives the
that gives the
FBIFBIaccess
accesstotothe
theiPhone
iPhoneininquestion
questionwould
wouldestablish
establishananunsettling
unsettling precedent.
precedent. The
Theorder
orderessentially
essentially
asks
asksApple to tohack
Apple itsitsownowndevices,and
hack onceonce
devices, and it isit isininplace,
place,the
the precedent
precedentcould
couldbebeused
usedtotojustify
justify
lawlawenforcement
enforcement efforts
effortstotoget
get around
aroundencryption
encryptiontechnologies
technologiesinin other
other investigations farremoved
investigations far removed
from
fromnational
nationalsecurity
securitythreats.
threats.

[M]
[M]Once
Oncearmed withwitha method
armed forforgaining
a method gainingacess
accesstotoiPhones,
iPhones,the
the government
governmentcould
couldask
ask to
to use
use it
it
proactively (�� tl A.�), before
proacively(先发制人地), before aa suspected
suspected terrorist attack-— leaving
terrorist attack leavingApple
Apple inin aa bind
bind as
as to
to
whether
whethertotocomply
complyororrisk
riskananattack
attack and
andsuffer
suffer aa public-relations nightmare."This
public-relations nightmare. "This is
is aa brand­
brand-
new
newmove in inthethewarwaragainst
move against encryption,"Mr.
encryption," Mr. Opsahl
Opsahl said."We
said. "Wehave
havehad
hadplenty
plentyofofdebates
debates in in
Congress
Congressand
andthethemedia
mediaover
overwhether
whetherthe
the govenment
governmentshould
shouldhave
havea abackdoor,and
backdoor, andthis
this is an end
is an end
run (it WI� ;i() around
run(迂回战术)around that
that—-here
herethey
theycome
comewith
withananorder
ordertotocreate
create that backdoor."
that backdoor."

[N]
[N]Yet
Yetitit isis worth
worthnoting
notingthat
that even
evenififApple
Appleultimately
ultimately loses
loses this
this case,it
case, it has
has plenty
plenty of
of technical
technical
means
means to toclose
closea abackdoor
backdoorover
overtime."If theytheyareareanywhere
time. "If nearnearworth
anywhere their
worth theirsalt
saltasas engineers,
engineers, II
betbetthey
theyarearerethinking
rethinking their threatmodel
their threat model asas we
we speak,"said
speak," saidJonathan
JonathanZdziarski,
Zdziarski,aadigital expert
digital expert
whowhostudies
studiesthetheiPhone andanditsitsvulnerabilities.
iPhone vulnerabilities.

[O][O]OneOnerelatively
relatively simple
simple fix,Mr.Zdziarski
fix, Mr. Zdziarskisaid,
said, would
wouldbebefor
for Apple
Appletoto modify
modifyfuture
future versions
versions of the
of the
ihone
iPhoneto torequire
requirea auser
usertotoenter
enter aa passcode
passcode before
before the
the phone
phonewill
will accept
accept the
the sort of modified
sort of modified
operating
operating system
system that
that the
the FBI
FBI wants
wants Apple
Appletotocreate.
create. That
That way,
way,Apple
Applecould
couldnot
notunilaterally
unilaterally
introduce
introduce aa code
code that
that weakens
weakensthe
the iPhone
iPhone—-a auser
user would
wouldhave
havetotoconsent
consenttotoit.
it.

[P]"Nothing
[P] "Nothingisis100
100percent
percenthacker-proof,"Mr.Zdziarski said,
hacker-proof," Mr. Zdziarski said,but
buthehepointed
pointedout
outthat
that the
the judge's
judge's
order
orderin
in this case required
this case required Apple
Apple toto provide
provide"reasonable
"reasonable security assistance"to
security assistance" unlock Mr.
to unlock Mr.
Farook's
Farook's phone.
phone. IfIf Apple
Applealters
alters the
the security model of
security model of future iPhones so
future iPhones so that
that even
even its
its own
own
engineers'"reasonable
engineers' "reasonable assistance"will
assistance" will not be able
not be able toto crack
crackaagiven
givendevice
devicewhen
when compelled
compelled byby
thethegovernment,a
government,precedent setsetin inthisthiscase
a precedent casemight
mightlose
loseits
its lasting
lasting fforce.In otherwords,
rce. In other
o
words,even
even if the
if the
FBI
FBIwins thisthiscase,
wins case,ininthe
thelong
longrun,
run,itit loses.
loses.

36.It
36. Itisisaa popular
popularbelief
belief that tech companies
that tech companies are
are committed
committedtotoprotecting
protecting their customers'private
their customers' private data.
data.

37.The US US
37. The govemment believes
government that that
believes its itsaccess to topeople's
access people'siPhones
iPhonescould
couldbebeused
usedtotoprevent
preventterrorist
terrorist
atacks.
attacks.

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38.A federal
38. A federalcourt
courtasked
askedApple to tohelphelpthetheFBIFBIaccess
Apple datadatain ina terrorist's
access iPhone.
a terrorist's iPhone.

39.Privacy
39. Privacyadvocates
advocatesnow
nowhave Apple
have fighting
Apple fightingalongside
alongsidethem
themagainst
against govermment
governmentaccess
access to
to personal
personal
data.
data.

40.
40. Snowden
Snowdenrevealed
revealed that
that the American govemment
the American governmenthadhadtried
triedhard
hardtotoaccess
access private data on
private data on aa
massive
massive scale
scale.

41.
41. The
TheFBI
FBImight have
might beenbeen
have ableable
to toaccess private
access privatedata
dataininearlier iPhones without
earlier iPhones without Apple's
Apple's help.
help.

42.After
42. Afterthe
theSnowden
Snowdenincident,
incident,Apple
Applemade clearclearitsitsposition
made position to
to counter
counter govermment
governmentintrusion
intrusion into
into
personal
personal data
data by
by means
meansofofencryption.
encryption.

43.43.According
Accordingtotoone
onedigital
digital expert, no iPhone
expert, no iPhone can
can bebeentirely free from
entirely free from hacking.
hacking.
44.44. Timothy
TimothyCook's
Cook'slong
longweb
webpost
posthas
has helped
helped enhance
enhance Apple's image.
Apple's image.

45.
45. Apple's
Apple'sCEO
CEOhashasdecided to toappeal
decided thethefederal
appeal federalcourt's
court's order
order to
to unlock
unlock aa user's iPhone.
user's iPhone.

Section
Section CC
Directions: Thereare
Directions:There are2 2passages
passagesininthis
this section.Each
section. Eachpassage
passageisis followed
followed by
by some
some questions
questions or
or
unfinished statements.ForForeach
unfinished statements. eachof ofthem
themthere
there
are are
fourfour choices
choices marked
marked B ) , C) and
A ) , A),B),C) and
D).You should
D) . You decide
should decideononthe
thebest
best choice and mark
choice and mark the corresponding letter
the corresponding letteron on Answer
Answer
Sheet
Sheet2 with a single
2 with a si leline
line through
ng throughthe
the centre.
centre.

Passage One
Passage One
Questions
Questions46
46to
to 50
50 are
are based
based on
on the
the following passage.
following passage.

AtAtthethebase
baseof ofaa mountain
mountain in in Tanzania's Gregory Rift,
Tanzania's Gregory Rift,Lake
Lake NatrNatron
on burns bright red,
burns bright red,surrounded
surrounded
by the remains of animals that were unfortunate enough to fall into the salty water.Bats, swallows
by the remains of animals that were unfortunate enough to fall into the salty water. Bats, swallows
and
andmore
moreare arechemically
chemicallypreserved
preservedininthe the pose
poseininwhichwhichthey theyperished,
perished, sealed
sealed inin the
the deposits
deposits ofof
sodium
sodiumcarbonate
carbonateininthe the water.The
water. Thelake's
lake's landscape
landscape is isbizarre
bizarreandanddeadly
deadly-—andandmade made even
even more
more so
so
bybythethefact
factthat
that it's theplace
it's the placewhere
where nearly
nearly 75
75 percent
percent of of the
the world's flamingos ((火烈鸟)are
world's flamingos born.
*.ill ii,) are born.
The water is so corrosive that it can burn the skin and eyes of unadapted animals. Flamingos,
The water is so corrosive that it can burn the skin and eyes of unadapted animals. Flamingos,
however,
however, arearethetheonlyonlyspecies
speciesthat
thatactually
actuallymakes
makeslife lifeinin the
the midst
midst ofof all thatdeath.
all that death.OnceOnce every
every three
three
or four years, when conditions are right, the lake is covered with the pink birds as theyeystop flight to
or four years, when conditions are right, the lake is covered with the pink birds as th stop flight to
breed.Three-quarters
breed. Three-quartersofofthe theworld's
world'sflamingos
flamingosfly fly over
overfromfromother
othersalt
salt lakes
lakes inin the Rift Valley
the Rift Valley and
and
nest
nestononsalt-crystal islands that
salt-crystal islands that appear
appear when
when the
the water
waterisis at at aa specific
specific level
level-— too too high
high an
andd the
the birds
birds
can't
can't build
build their nests,tootoolow
their nests, lowandandpredators
predatorscan canmove
move briskly
briskly across
across ththe lakebed
e lake bedandand attack.
attack.When
When
thethewater
waterhits
hits the
the right
right level, the baby
level, the baby birds
birds are
are kept
kept safe
safe from
from predators
predators by by aa corrosive
corrosive ditch.
ditch.

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"Flamingos
"Flamingoshavehaveevolved veryvery
evolved leathery skinskinon ontheir
leathery theirlegs
legssosothey
theycan
cantolerate the salt
tolerate the saltwater,"
water,"says
says
David
DavidHarper,a
Harper, professor
a professoratatthe
the University
University of Leicester."Humans
of Leicester. "Humanscannot,
cannot,and
andwould
woulddiedieififtheir
their legs
legs
were
wereexposed
exposedfor
forany
anylength
lengthofoftime."So
time." Sofarfarthis
thisyear,
year, water
water levels have been
levels have been too
too high
high for
for the
the
flamingos
flamingos toto nest.
nest.
Some fish,
Some fish,too,have
too, havehad
hadlimited
limitedsuccess
successvacationing
vacationingatatthe
thelake
lakeasasless
less salty lagoons (泻湖)
salty lagoons form
( � i\lJJ) form
ononthe
theouter
outer edges
edges from
from hot
hot springs
springs flowing
flowing into Lake Natron.Three
into Lake Natron. Threespecies
species ofoftilapia(罗非鱼)
tilapia ( � ,If it)
thrive
thrive there part-time."Fish
there part-time. have aa refuge
"Fish have in the
refuge in the strstreams and can
eams and can expan
expandd into
into the
thelagoons
lagoons when
when the
the
lake
lake is
is low
low and
and the
the lagoons
lagoons are separate,"Harper
are separate," Harper said."All
said. "All the
the lagoons
lagoons join
join when
whenthe
the lake
lake is high
is high
and
andfish
fish must
mustretreat
retreat to their stream
to their stream refuges
refuges oror die."
die."Otherwise,
Otherwise, no
no fish
fish are
are able
able to
to survive
survive in
in the
the
naturally
naturally toxic
toxic lake.
lake.
This unique ecosystem
This unique ecosystem may
maysoon
soonbebe under
under pressure. The Tanzanian
pressure. The Tanzanian government
goverment has
has once
once again
again
started
started mining
mining the
the lake
lake for soda ash,
for soda ash, used
used for
for making
making chemicals,
chemicals, glass and detergents.
glass and Although the
detergents. Although the
planned
planned operation
operation will be located
will be located more
more than
than 4040 miles away, drawing
miles away, drawing the
the soda
soda ash
ash in
in through
through
pipelines,
pipelines, conservationists
conservationists worry
worryitit could
could still upsetthethenatural
still upset naturalwater
watercycle
cycleand
andbreeding
breedinggrounds.
grounds. For
For
now,
now,though, lifelifeprevails
though, prevails —
-even
evenininaalake
lake that
that kils
kills almost
almost everything
everything it touches.
it touches.

46.
46. What
Whatcan
can we
welearn about Lake
learn about Lake Natron?
Natron?
A)
A)ItIt is simply uninhabitable
is simply uninhabitable for for most
most animals.
animals.
B)B)ItIt remains
remainslittle known to
little known to the outside world.
the outside world.
C)C)ItIt isis aa breeding
breeding ground
groundfor foraavariety
variety of
of birds.
birds.
D)D)ItItmakes
makesananideal
idealhabitat
habitatfor
forlots
lots of
of predators.
predators.

47.Flamingos nestnestonlyonlywhenwhen
47. Flamingos the the
lakelake
waterwater
is atis ata specific
a specificlevel
level so
so that theirbabies
that their babiescan
can ----
A)A)find
findsafe
safe shelter more easily
shelter more easily C)C)stay
stay away
away from
from predators
predators
B)B)grow
growthick
thickfeathers
feathers on
ontheir feet
their feet D)D)get
getaccustomed
accustomedtotothe
the salty water
salty water

48.48.Flamingos
Flamingos in
in the RiftValley
the Rift Valleyareareunique
uniquein that
in that _____
----
A)A)they
they can
can move
moveswiftly
swiftly across lagoons
across lagoons C)C)they
theybreed
breednaturally
naturally in
in corrosive
corrosive ditches
ditches
B)B)they
theycan
cansurvive
survive well
well in
in salty water
salty water D)D)they
they know
knowwhere
whereand
and when
whentoto nest
nest

49.
49.Why
Whycancancertain
certainspecies
species of
of tilapia sometimessurvive
tilap ia sometimes survivearound
aroundLake
LakeNatron?
Natron?
A)
A)They
Theycancan
take
takerefuge
refugeininthe
theless
less salty
salty waters.
waters.
B)B)They
Theycan
canflee
flee quick
quick enough
enough fromfrompredators.
predators.
C)C)They
Theycan
canmove
movefreely
freelyfrom
fromlagoon
lagoon to to lagoon.
lagoon.
D) They can stand the heat of the spring water.
D) They can stand the heat of the spring water.

50.
50. What
Whatmay
maybebethe
theconsequence
consequence of
of Tanzanian
Tanzanian govemment's
government's planned
planned operation?
operation?
A)The
A) Theaccelerated
acceleratedextinction
extinction of
of flamingos.
flamingos.
B)B)The
Thechange
changeofofflamingos'
flamingos'migration
migration route.
route.
C)C)The
Theovermining
overminingofofLake
LakeNatron's
Natron's soda
soda ash.
ash.

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D)D)The
Thedisruption
disruption of
of Lake
Lake Natron's ecosystem.
Natron's ecosystem.

Passage Two
Passage Two
Questions
Questions5151toto 55
55 are
are based
based on
on the
the following passage.
following passage.

ItIt isis the


the season
season for
for some
some frantic last-minute math
frantic last-minute math —- across
across the
the country,
country, employees
employeesofofall
all stripes
stripes
are
are counting
counting backward
backwardininananattempt
attempttotofigure
figure out
out just how much
just how muchpaid
paidtime-of
time-offthey
theyhave
haveleft
leftinin their
their
reserves. More ofofthem,
reserves. More them,though,
though,willwill skip
skip those
those calculations altogetherand
calculations altogether and just
justpower
power through
through the
the
holidays
holidaysinto
into 2017:
2017: More
Morethan
thanhalf
halfofofAmerican
Americanworkers
workersdon't useuseup upallallofoftheir
don't their allotted vacation days
allotted vacation days
each year
each year.
Not
Notsosolong
longago,
ago,people
peoplewould havehave
would turned up up
turned their
theirnoses at atthat
noses thatkind
kindofofdedication
dedication to
to the
the job.
job.
AsAsmarketing
marketingprofessors
professors Silvia
Silvia Bellezza, Neeru Paharia,
Bellezza, Neeru and Anat
Paharia, and Anat Keinan
Keinan recently
recently explained
explained in
in
HaroardBusiness
Harvard Business Review(HBR),leisure
Review ( HBR) , leisure
timetime
waswas
onceonce
seenseen
as an
as indicator of of
an indicator high social
high socialstatus,
status,
something
somethingattainable
attainable only
onlyfor
for those
those at
at the
the top. Since the
top. Since the middle
middle ofof the
the 20th
20th century,
century, though,
though, things
things
have
havetumed thetheopposite
turned oppositeway
way— -these days,
these days,punishing
punishinghours
hoursatatyour
yourdesk,
desk,rather
rather than
than days
daysoff,
off, are
are
seen
seen as
as the mark of
the mark someone important.
of someone important.
InIna aseries
series of
of several
several experiments, the researchers
experiments, the researchersillustrated
illustratedjustjust
howhowmuchmuchwe've
we'vecome
come toto
admire
admirebusyness,
busyness,ororatatleast the appearance
least the appearance of
of it.
it.Volunteers
Volunteersread
readtwotwopassages,
passages,oneoneabout
abouta man
a manwho
who
led
led aa life ofleisure
life of leisureandandanother
another about
about a manwho
a man whowas
wasover-worked
over-worked and
and over-scheduled;
over-scheduled;when
when asked
asked
toto determine
determinewhich whichof of thethetwotwo
hadhada higher social
a higher status,
social status,the
themajority
majorityofofthe theparticipants
participants said
said the
the
latter.
latter. TheThe same
same held
held true for people
true for people who
who used
usedproducts
products that
that implied
implied they were short
they were on time:
short on time: In In one
one
experiment,
experiment, for for example,
example, customers
customers of of the
the grocery-delivery
grocery-delivery serviceservicePeapod
Peapod were
were seen
seen asas of
of higher
higher
status than people who shopped at grocery stores that were equally expensive; in another, people
status than people who shopped at grocery stores that were equally expensive; in another, people
wearing
wearingwireless
wireless headphones
headphones were wereconsidered
consideredfurther
further upup ononthethe social
social ladder than those
ladder than those wearing
wearing
regular
regular headphones,
headphones, even evenwhenwhenbothbothwere
werejust
justused
usedtotolisten
listen toto music.
music.
InInpart, the authors
part, the authors wrote
wrote inin HBR,
HBR, this patternmay
this pattern may have
have toto do
do with
with the
the way
way work
workitself has
itself has
changed
changedover overthe thepast
past several decades.
several decades.
WeWethinkthinkthatthatthetheshift
shift from
fromleisure-as-status
leisure-as-status toto busyness-as-status
busyness-as-statusmay may bebe linked
linked to to the
the
development of lnowledge-intensive economies. In such economies,individuals who possess the
development of knowledge-intensive economies. In such economies, individuals who possess the
human
human capital
capitalcharacteristics
characteristics that thatemployers
employersororclients
clientsvaluevalue(e.g.,competence
(e.g. , competence and and ambition)
ambition)are are
expected
expectedtoto be beinin high
high demand
demandand andshort
short supply
supply onon thejob
the jobmarket.Thus,by
market. Thus, by telling
tellingothers
others that
that wewe are
are
busy
busyand andworking
working allallthethetime,
time,weweareareimplicitly
implicitly suggesting
suggesting that we are
that we sought after,
are sought which enhances
after, which enhances
ourourperceived
perceivedstatus.
status.
Even
Evenififyou youfeel
feeltempted
temptedtotosacrifice your own
sacrifice your own vacation
vacation days
days for
for fake
fake busyness,
busyness, though,at
though, at least
least
consider
consider leaving
leaving your
your weekends
weekendsunscheduled.
unscheduled.It's foryour
It's for yourown own good.
good.
51.
51.What
Whatdodomost
mostemployees
employeesplan
plantotododotowards
towardsthe
the end
end of
of the year?
the year?
A)A)GoGoforforaavacation.
vacation. C)C)Set
Setananobjective
objective for
for next
next year.
year.
B)B)Keep
Keepon
on working.
working. D)D)Review
Reviewthetheyear's
year's achievements.
achievements.

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52.
52. How
Howwould people
would peopleview dedication
view dedicationtoto work
workinin the
the past?
past?
A)A)They
Theywould
would regardititasasaa matter
regard matter of
of course.
course.
B)B)They
Theywould
would considerititaa must
consider mustfor
for success.
success.
C) They
C)They would
would lookupon
look uponitit with
with contempt.
contempt.
D)D)They
Theywould
woulddeem
deemit ita atrick
trick of
of businessmen.
businessmen.

53.What diddidthetheresearchers
53. What researchersfind
find through
through aa series of experiments?
series of experiments?
A) The
A)The busierone
busier oneappears,
appears, the
the more
more respect
respect one
one earns.
ears.
B) The more one works, the more one feels exploited.
B)The more one works, the more one feels exploited.
C) The
C)The more
more knowledge
knowledge oneone has,the
has, themore
morecompetent
competentoneonewill
will be.
be.
D)D)The
Thehigher
higherone's
one'sstatus,
status, the
the more
more vacation
vacation time
time one
onewill
will enjoy.
enjoy.

54.What maymayaccount
54. What forforthethechange
account changeofofpeoplesattitude towards being
people's attitude towards being busy?
busy?
A) The
A)The fastfastpace
paceofoflife
life in
in modem society.
modern society.
B)B)The
Thefierce
fiercecompetition
competitionin
in the
the job
job market.
market.
C)C)The
Thewidespread
widespreaduse
useof
ofcomputer
computer technology.
technology.
D) Therole
D)The roleof
of knowledge
knowledge in
in modem
modern economy.
economy.

55.
55. What
Whatdoes
doesthe
theauthor
authoradvise
adviseusustoto do
do at
at the end of
the end the passage?
of the passage?
A)A)Schedule
Scheduleour
ourtime
timeproperly
properlyfor
forefficiency.
efficiency.
B)B)Plan
Plan our
our weekends
weekends in
in aa meaningful
meaningful way.
way.
C)C)Find
Findtime
time to
to relax
relax however busy we
however busy we are.
are.
D)D)Avoid
Avoidappearing
appearing busy
busy when
when we
weare
are not.
not.

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Translation (30
(30 minutes)
minutes)
Directions:
Directions For
: Forthis
thispart,you
part, youareareallowed
allowed3030minutes
minutestototranslate
translate aa passage from Chinese
passage from Chinese into
into English.
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You should write your answer on Answer Sheet 2.
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write atatI.east
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wordsbutbutnonomore
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