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1、第I卷第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节 （共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。A In New York City public schools, 176 different languages are spoken among the more than 1 million students. For 160,000 children, English is not their first language. New Yorks Department of Education make

2、s learning better for these students by providing dual-language programs, in which students are taught in two languages, English and another one, like Russian or Chinese. Math, social studies, science and all other regular courses are taught in both languages. And they learn about the culture of the

3、 other country. Milady Baez, Deputy Chancellor of English Language Learners and Student Support, says these dual-language programs will help children succeed in the future. The jobs of the future require that our students know more than one language. They are going to be traveling abroad; they are g

4、oing to be communicating with people from all over the world. This will open doors for them. Middle-schoolers might not have jobs on their minds yet. For Kequing Jaing, she likes keeping up her first language, Mandarin.It makes me feel that I am home because I can speak in Chinese, learn in Chinese,

5、 while learning in English. So it makes me feel better and makes me understand more about the task Im learning. Anastasia Hudikova came to the United States when she was 2 years old. She says the Russian-English program keeps her connected to her heritage and her parents happy.Theyre really happy ab

6、out the program. They are really happy that I can preserve my culture and my language, and that I can speak it fluently in school. The New York schools also offer dual-language programs in seven other languages: Arabic, French, Haitian Creole, Hebrew, Korean, Polish and Spanish. There are plans to a

7、dd even more languages in the future.While these dual-language programs are popular, some organizations in the U.S. say teaching English comes first. U.S. Studies show that children who learn English early will be more successful later. 1. Dual-language programs in New York aim to _. A. help the stu

8、dents learn better B. rid the students of homesickness C. attract more international students D.prevent the students forgetting their culture2. Who may not quite agree with dual-language programs? A. Milady Baez B. Kequing Jaing C. Anastasia Hudikovas parents D. some organizations in the U.S3. The a

9、uthor writes the passage in order to_. A. encourage us to learn more languages B. introduce dual-language programs in New York schools C. advertise the dual-language programs D. inspire more students to study in New York BWriting one or two articles a day is a fair goal for a human writer. By contra

10、st, the Wordsmith platform can produce up to 2,000 articles a second! Wordsmith is one example of natural language-generation software, often referred to as a robot journalist. To be fair, the software doesnt start from the beginning, like a human writer might. Instead, the software takes a set of s

11、tructured data and transforms it into readable text.Natural language-generation software, such as Wordsmith and Quill, does its work by identifying trends and highlights in sets of data. The software then searches its own dictionary for the words to express its findings.Why keep human writers around

12、 Although this type of software writes faster than any human, it requires sets of structured data to work. Thats why its especially useful for writing earnings reports and other types of “dry” writing. Humans, on the other hand, are good at turning their unstructured thoughts directly into prose. Th

13、e reports produced by Wordsmith and Quill read naturally, and they can match the tone of human writers. But for now, the robot journalists probably wont steal many jobs or win any Pulitzer Prizes!（普利策奖）Current applications of natural language-generation softwareFinancial reports: The software is com

14、monly used by banks or traders to analyze large amounts of financial data and then produce reports in plain English. Health and fitness: The software can turn data gathered from wearable devices or fitness trackers into personalized reports. The writing tone can even be adjusted to sound more encour

15、aging!Sports reporting: The software is often used to turn real baseball, basketball and football statistics into exciting stories. 4. What does natural Language-generation software refer to? A. The Wordsmith platform. B. A robot journalist. C. A special dictionary. D. Articles written by computer.5

16、. Natural language-generation software can_. A. discover the worlds focuses through the Internet B. write well enough to win Pulitzer Prizes C. produce articles in a tone similar to humans D. write such beautiful prose as human writers6. We can learn from the passage that natural Language-generation

17、 software _. A. has taken the place of human writers currently B. is only able to turn structured data into dry reports C. is widely used in all the fields D. works properly only with the help of sets of structured data7. Nowadays Natural language-generation software is seldom used by_. A. schools B

18、. banks C. hospitals D. newspapers C In 1959, when Jean Harper was in the third grade, her teacher gave the class an assignment to write a report on what they wanted to be when they grew up. She poured her heart into her report and expressed her dream of becoming an airline pilot. Her paper came bac

19、k with an F on it. The teacher told her it was a fairy tale. Jean was heartbroken and ashamed. As the years went by, Jean was beaten down by the discouragement and negativity she encountered whenever she talked about her dream. Girls cant become airline pilots; never have, never will. Youre crazy. T

20、hats impossible. Finally Jean gave up. In her senior year of high school, her English teacher was a Mrs. Dorothy Slaton, a demanding teacher with high standards. One day Mrs. Slaton asked this question: If you had unlimited finances, unlimited access to the finest schools, unlimited talents and abil

21、ities, what would you do? Jean felt a rush of the old enthusiasm, and with excitement she wrote down the very old dream. The next thing that Mrs. Slaton said changed the course of Jeans life. The teacher leaned forward over her desk and said, I have a little secret for you. You do have unlimited abi

22、lities and talents. When you leave school, if you dont go for your dreams, no one will do it for you. You can have what you want if you want it enough. The hurt and fear of years of discouragement disappeared all of a sudden. Jean felt thrilled and told her about her dream of becoming a pilot. Mrs.

23、Slaton slapped the desk top. Then do it! she said. So Jean did. It didnt happen overnight. In her l0 years of hard work, even facing varieties of laugh, frustration and opposition, she never gave up her dream. Instead, she went on doing everything her third-grade teacher said was fairy-tale.Eventual

24、ly, Jean Harper became a Boeing 737 captain for the United Airline Company.8. Jeans third-grade teacher thought her dream to be _. A. great B. impossible C. challenging D. reasonable9. Mrs. Slaton may hold the view that _. A. only some of her students have great potential B. her students are good en

25、ough to be admitted to the best schoolsC. belief contributes to realizing a dreamD. Jean was to have her dream realized10. According to the passage, we can infer that_. A. Jeans dream was always in her deep heart B. Jean owed her success to all her teachersC. most people around Jean approved of her

26、dreamD. Jean achieved her dream with ease11. Which is the best title of the passage? A. A Respectable Teacher B. How to Realize a Dream C. Hard Work Pays off D. Reach for the Sky DDo you suffer from cybersickness？The rise of mobile phones has been blamed for a number of social ills, but your smart p

27、hone may also be making you physically sick as well. Scientists have identified a condition called “cybersickness”, which they say is the digital version of motion sickness. The phenomenon, which affects up to 80 percent of the population who own smart phones or tablets, leads to feelings of sicknes

28、s and unsteadiness. It is caused by seeing fast motion on a screen, which covers anything from a car chase in a film to scrolling through web pages on your phone. The more realistic the visual content appears to you, the higher your chances of getting cybersickness are . The condition was identified

29、 in a piece in the New York Times in which British and US experts said that it needed solving. Motion sickness leaves sufferers feeling ill because they feel movement in your muscles and your inner ear but do not see it. The mismatch in digital sickness is the oppositeyou see movement on the screen

30、but do not feel it. The effect is the same and the symptoms include a headache, wanting to throw up, confusion and the need to sit down. Often cybersickness shows itself in a subtle way and sufferers put it down to stress or eyestrain.Steven Rauch, a professor of otolaryngology（耳鼻喉科学） at Harvard Med

31、ical School, said: “Your sense of balance is different from other senses in that it has lots of inputs. When those inputs dont agree, thats when you feel dizziness and sickness. ”Some studies that have been carried out into cybersickness found that women are more susceptible than men, the New York Times reported. Those who have Type A personalitiesmeaning they are confident and determinedare more likely to suffer from cybersickness as well. Among those who have reported experiencing