1、第I卷(选择题)第一部分:听力(共两节,满分30分)第二部分:阅读理解(共两节,满分40分)第一节(共15小题;每小题2.5分,满分37.5分)阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。AWhere to stay during an art holiday in St Ives, CornwallSt Ives, one of the most impressive locations in the world, has long been attracting artists. Since 1938 we have been running art classes
2、in Cornwall in Porthmeor studios overlooking the ocean. There is a plentiful selection of places to stay, with the majority within walking distance to St Ives School of Painting. NO RISK POLICY: Please reserve your place for a course and if you dont find suitable accommodation within 48 hours we wil
3、l refund you in full. Cohort Hostel (旅社):Cool,contemporary hostel accommodation in the centre of St Ives. Beds from 20/night. WiFi, Courtyard, Bar, Lounge, TV Room, Fully equipped kitchen, Safe dorms and Private rooms. Tel: 01736 791664 Beachside Guest House: 50 yards from the School and Porthmeor B
4、each. 4 Rooms, all ensuite rooms (浴室套房). Prices from 75/night for a double en-suite room. 07810 127812 West by Five: Impressive Edwardian townhouse built above Porthmeor Beach to take full advantage of the ocean views. Five minutes walk from the school. Offering four beautifully appointed en-suite r
5、ooms. Visit England 5-star guest accommodation award. Prices from 70 per night. 01736 794584 Tregony : A 4-star townhouse with spectacular panoramic (全景的)sea-views, overlooking Porthmeor Beach and The Island. Offering 5 stylish rooms (4 en-suite), only 5 minutes walk from the School. Prices for sing
6、le occupancy start from 60 per night. 01736 791851 The Sail Lofts : Self-catering apartments, a few steps to the beach and just around the corner from the School. Tel: 01736 799175 Grannys: Self-catering fishermans holiday cottage,2 beds,situated in the heart of St Ives. Tel;01736 797139 Wallis Cott
7、age: Stay in the home of the famous artist Alfred Wallis (1855 1942). Comfortable self-catering cottage, perfect for two and very close to the School. 01252 7032721Where would you most probably stay when traveling to St Ives on a tight budget?AIn Tregony. BIn West by Five. CIn Cohort Hostel. DIn Bea
8、chside Guest House.2What do West by Five, Tregony and The Sail Lofts have in common?AThey all have comfortable en-suites.BThey are all 4 or 5-star accommodation places.CThey are all close to St Ives School of Painting.DThey all provide spectacular panoramic sea-views.3Which number will you call if y
9、ou want to stay at a late artists home?A07810 127812. B01736 794584.C01736 799175. D01252 703272.BThree passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind. These passions, like great wind
10、s, have blown me hither and thither, in a wayward course over a deep ocean of anguish, reaching to the very verge of despair.I have sought love, first, because it brings ecstasyecstasy so great that I would often have sacrificed all the rest of my life for a few hours for this joy. I have sought it,
11、 next, because it relieves lonelinessthat terrible loneliness in which one shivering consciousness looks over the rim of the world into the cold unfathomable lifeless abyss. I have sought it, finally, because in the union of love I have seen, in a mystic miniature, the prefiguring vision of the heav
12、en that saints and poets have imagined. This is what I sought, and though it might seem too good for human life, this is whatat lastI have found.With equal passion I have sought knowledge. I have wished to understand the hearts of men. I have wished to know why the stars shine. And I have tried to a
13、pprehend the Pythagorean (毕达哥拉斯) power by which number holds sway above the flux. A little of this, but not much, I have achieved.Love and knowledge, so far as they were possible, led upward toward the heavens. But always pity brought me back to earth. Echoes of cries of pain reverberate in my heart
14、. Children in famine, victims tortured by oppressors, helpless old people a hated burden to their sons, and the whole world of loneliness, poverty, and pain make a mockery (嘲弄) of what human life should be. I long to alleviate (减少) the evil, but I cannot, and I too suffer.This has been my life. I ha
15、ve found it worth living, and would gladly live it again if the chance were offered me.4Which would be the best title of the essay?AThe suffering of life. BThe truth about love.CThe forces driving me. DThe power of knowledge.5What does the author compare his lifes passion to?AThe shining stars. BGre
16、at winds.CA bottomless abyss. DA boundless ocean.6Which is NOT a reason why the author has sought love?AIt relieves loneliness. BIt brings ecstasy.CIt provides a glimpse of heaven. DIt leads to a marriage.7What would the author most probably agree with?AHe regrets that he could not free himself of p
17、ity.BHuman love is ultimately disappointing.CHeaven is merely a poetic invention.DA loving person naturally wants to relieve the suffering of others.C Luo Xinlin, 22, experienced her first ride in a self-driving taxi in Changsha, the capital of Chinas Hunan Province “I made an appointment soon after
18、 setting the starting and ending points in the app,” said Liu. “A safety supervisor contacted me and the taxi arrived in about 10 minutes.”“The taxi drove very smoothly by itself. and the safety supervisor and technician sitting in the front basically didnt have any manual control of it,” said Liu a
19、fter a 10-minute-long test ride. “The taxi passed through three or four intersections and it was a safe ride without any unexpected situations.”The self-driving taxi, named Robotaxi, is operated by Hunan Apollo Intelligent Transportation Co., Ltd. based in Xiangjiang New Area in the city. On April 2
20、1, the company announced that a group of 30 self-driving taxis had entered public use in the city and users can hail one for a free ride.“The in-car touch screen can display barriers and dynamic predictions within the 360-degree field of vision and clearly present the conditions of passing vehicles,
21、 intersections and traffic lights,” said Cheng Li, director of the test and vehicle operation department of the company. Cheng added users can learn information such as the vehicles sped and remaining distance through the screen in real time.In September 2019, the company launched a trial service fo
22、r a group of citizens, who had to first complete training and other procedures. The technical personnel have started testing self-driving taxis and accumulated a lot of test data since the second half of last year.China allowed local governments to arrange road tests for intelligent connected vehicl
23、es (ICVs), which cover different degrees of autonomous driving, in April 2018. An increasing number of cities, including Beijing, Shanghai and Chongqing, have issued license plates for road tests of ICVs.8What is Lius attitude to self-driving taxis?AMixed. BCautious. CUncertain. DSupportive.9What do
24、 we know about the Robotaxis test ride?AIt had unchanging routes BNo one but the passenger was in it.CIt allowed passengers to have free use. DA safety supervisor controlled it.10Which of the following is unavailable on the in-car touch screen?AVehicle operation. BThe vehicles speed.CRoad conditions
25、 DRemaining distance.11In which section of a newspaper may this text appear?AFashion. BTechnology CSociety. DBusiness.D Free school meals are back in the news. Footballer Marcus Rashfords petition(请愿书) to extend free school meals provision(供给) into the school holidays has collected 1.1 million signa
26、tures, causing the government to reverse policy. It has restarted the debate over free school meals, fuelled, most recently, by figures forecasting that if the government ends as planned the current 20 top-up(附加款), another 200,000 children will slip into poverty. This is in addition to the 550,000 c
27、hildren already living in poverty previous to Covid-19.The roots of the current school meals system lie in the mid-19th century. In Manchester, independent charities as well as official bodies started to provide free meals for undernourished children in the 1870s. When education became compulsory in
28、 the following decades, the extent of the issue became apparent. Proponents of feeding starving children pointed out that it was due to government order that children were in school, not working and contributing to the family food budget, so the government should pay.Reception was mixed. Then, as no
29、w, children rejected foods they werent used to. Diaries of the time talk of “little bags of mystery” (sausages). Some children were put off brassicas(芥菜类) for life. Finding the balance between cheap and good proved hard. The chief medical officer talked about the lack in calorie value and elements o
30、f a well-balanced diet which a needy child does not get at home, such as milk, cheese, eggs, green vegetables, fruit and meat”. In 1980, the Tory government, desperate to cut costs, made provision largely optional and abolished nutritional standards. Over the next 15 years convenience and cost becam
31、e the most important.Today, school meals provision is linked to benefits: in England around 17 per cent of children are entitled to free school meals. Provision is outsourced(外包), leading to huge variation. In the last year, weve seen all of the age-old debates repeated once more. How do we decide who is entitled? How do we guarantee quality? Who decides what children eat? Who pays? Undernutrition does not just have physical effects, but also affects behavior and ability to learn. It has a lifelong impact. The arguments around free sc
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