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1、训练题1Test 1Part III Reading Comprehension (40 minutes) Section ADirections: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage Read the passage through carefully before making your ch

2、oices Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre You may not use any of the words in the bank more than onceQuestions 36 to 45 are based on the following passageVermont has become the fi

3、rst US state to require that food containing genetically modified ingredients be labelled The law is presented as increasing consumers (36) to information, but it is unclear how it will help because scientists believe these widely-used (37) are harmless From 1 July 2016, all genetically modified (GM

4、) food sold in Vermont must have the words produced with genetic (38) emblazoned on the packaging in a clear and conspicuous way The bill was signed into law on 8 May by the states (39) Peter Shumlin Connecticut and Maine have passed similar laws, but these will only take effect once other states jo

5、in in Vermont is the first state to require that GM food be labelled (40) Almost everything in an (41) grocery store in the US contains an ingredient with some level of genetic modification Most US-grown corn and soy is genetically modified, and these are present in a wide(42) of foods The chemical

6、used to break down milk to make cheese, chymosin, was previously made from the processed stomachs of young calves, but is now mostly produced using genetically-engineered bacteriaPlant geneticist Patrick Byrne of Colorado State University in Fort Collins says he is (43) of any evidence that GM foods

7、 are harmful to humans Given all the hype and the fearful messages being circulated, I think a label would likely be (44) as a warning that you might want to avoid this product, not a neutral message, he says You would think there would be more concern over (45) residues, or whether manure was used

8、to produce this food, says Byrne注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答A average B access C intentionally D interpreted E pesticide F engineering G however H ingredients I governor J engineer K types L variety M unaware N aware O unconditionallySection BDirections: In this section, you are going to read a passage with te

9、n statements attached to it Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs, Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived You may choose a paragraph more than once Each paragraph is marked with a letter Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on An

10、swer Sheet 2 Apps Designed for Distracted DriversA Marry Williams recalls the conversations he and his wife would have with their two daughters about the dangers of talking and texting while drivingIts always a concern, said Williams We just drilled it into their heads over and over until they said

11、Okay, we get it, and when we saw something about the dangers of drivers texting on TV we made sure they saw it, tooB Parents like Williams have good reason to worry Half of teens say they tall on a cell phone while driving, a third say they swap text messages, and almost half say theyve been a passe

12、nger in a vehicle with a teen driver whose phone use put them at risk, according to federal statistics Teen drivers are more likely to get into a fatal crash than anyone under the age of 80, in part because their brains are still developing the system that evaluates riskC These days, however, theres

13、 an app for that, several of them, in fact There are apps that prevent mobile-device use while driving, and some of them alert parents or employers when a user tries to beat the systemTheyve emerged on the market as alarm grows over the carnage caused by distracted drivingD More than 3,300 people di

14、e and 420,000 are injured annually in crashes attributed to distracted drivers But those numbers may be low because, other than a drivers admission of fault, its a challenge to prove that distraction caused a crash Among all drivers involved in fatal crashes, teens were the most likely to have been

15、distracted, National Highway Traffic Administration data show They feel invincible, said Jurek Grabowski, director of research at the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety They have large social networks and they want to stay in contact with themE Conversations on the go, texting, surfing the Internet a

16、nd taking selfies (自拍) are such a habit among teens that studies show they underestimate the risk Teens make up a significant percentage of the approximately 660,000 drivers who are having phone conversations or manipulating electronic devices while driving at any given moment during daylight hours

17、in the United States And most teenagers who chat, text or surf while driving are breaking the law The District and 37 states-including Maryland and Virginia-ban novice drivers from talking on the phone while driving The three local jurisdictions (管辖区) and 41 other states bar all drivers from sending

18、 and receiving text messages while driving But respect for those laws is similar to that given the speed limitF We need to almost turn this thing into a brick, David Coleman said recently, holding up his cell phone while sitting in a Bowie Starbucks It cant just be about texting It has to be about e

19、-mail, Facebook and no inappropriate calls Coleman is marketing director for Louisiana-based Cellcontrol, one of several companies competing for the chance to shut down peoples mobile devices while theyre driving Most of the companies that sell cell phone service-Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and others-als

20、o provide apps that can limit accessG Many of the apps are triggered when a GPS sensor detects that a vehicle is in motion, and somesuch as AT&Ts DriveMode-will alert parents or employers when the app has been turned off or disabledIndependent experts consider that a feature buyers should look for E

21、specially for younger drivers As clever as you can be, they will be more clever, said Leo McCloskey, a tech specialist for the Intelligent Transportation Society of America The best way to do it is to integrate the device with the vehicle so that you could have more precise controlH That precise con

22、trol means that parents or employers can select the features they want to allow their drivers to use and block those that worry them Its important to have a solid oversight function so that use can be monitored by a fleet (车队) manager or parent, said Russ Rader of the Insurance Institute for Highway

23、 Safety Cellcontrol is one of the better, most complete systems TeenSafer is another one that weve looked at that works pretty wellThese products are going to be the most useful for fleet operators and for parents trying to control phone use by their driving teens Both Cellcontrol and TeenSafer will

24、 report attempts to disrupt the systemI Businesses that send fleets of cars, vans or trucks onto the streets have shown increasing interest in those products, as juries have issued multimillion-dollar rewards to those injured or killed by distracted drivers who were on the jobJ Systems integrated in

25、to the vehicle are triggered when the car or truck begins to move Were not guessing based on a satellite, were depending on the vehicle to tell us, said Cellcontrols Coleman as he spent a morning demonstrating his companys product in Prince Georges County Otherwise, how do I know youre not on a Grey

26、hound bus or on a plane that has landed and is taxiing (滑行) to the gate?K Cellcontrol provides two options for connecting to a vehicle One is a device the size of an E-Zpass transponder (电子收费应答器) that is glued to the windshield with the same adhesive material used to secure rearview mirrors The more

27、 sophisticated choice plugs in to a vehicles diagnostic computer port The $129-system works with iPhones, Androids, BlackBerrys and Windows MobileL The system involves an app that is downloaded to the phone of the driver-teenager or employee The key to the system is software that can be installed on

28、 a home computer, tablet or mobile device that allows an authorized person-parent or boss-to customize what the driver is permitted to do, and to monitor compliance (遵从) Were not blocking the signal, were allowing a protective policy to be brought into the device, he said The administrator has the o

29、ption to make the policy as restrictive as possible, or not For example, phone use could be restricted to a hands-free device Or calls could be restricted to an emergency number or a parent or office Or parents could attempt to mandate (命令) that all passengers in the car driven by their teenager dow

30、nload the app You could decide this is the kids car and we dont want a stupid sitting in the passengers seat showing the driver YouTube videos, Coleman saidM Coleman demonstrated how his phone was pre-programmed to go into safe mode when he drove, but when handed to a passenger it was fully operativ

31、e A second phone he brought along went into safe mode when the car was moving, regardless of whether it was in his hands or those of a passenger Acknowledging that parents are dealing with a technology-savvy (精通科技的) generation and that employers exist in a technologically smart world, Coleman said,

32、Weve built in some traps and fail-safes (故障安全装置) to notify the parent or employerN McCloskey said that companies like Cellcontrol that provide integrated services are where we need to go The operating system of the phone itself can interact with the operating system of the vehicle in such a way that services can be authorized, services can be presented, and services can be consumed all in a safe and predictable manner, McCloskey sa