2020上海崇明高三英語(yǔ)一模試卷附答案

2020上海崇明高三英語(yǔ)一模試卷附答案

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1.ListeningComprehension

SectionA

Directions:?In?Section?A,?you?will?hear?ten?short?conversations?between?two?speakers.?At?

the?end?of?each?conversation,?a?question?will?be?asked?about?what?was?said.?The?

conversations?and?the?questions?will?be?spoken?only?once.?After?you?hear?a?conversation?

and?the?question?about?it,?read?the?four?possible?answers?on?your?paper,?and?decide?which?

one?is?the?best?answer?to?the?question?you?have?heard.?

1.????

A.A?housewife.?B.?A?fashion?model.?

C.????

A?shirt?designer.?????

D.????

A?shop?assistant.?

2.????

A.In?a?bank.???

B.?In?a?school.?

C.????

Ina?travel?agency.???D.????

In?a?stock?exchange.?

3.????

A.It's?not?good?enough.?

B.It's?none?of?the?woman's?business,

C.?It's?not?true.?

D.It's?out?of?expectation.?

4.????

A.?He?decided?to?try?a?new?barbershop.?

B.The?woman?mistook?him?for?another?guy.?

C.?A?different?personcut?his?hair?this?time.?

D.?Anotherfriend?also?commented?on?his?hair.?

5.????

A.The?tipping?rule?in?America.?

B.????

Importantaspects?in?American?culture.?

C.?The?general?tax?ratein?America.?

D.????

Tips?onunderstanding?American?culture.?

6.????

A.She?doesn't?know?where?it?is.?

B.????

She'sangry?with?the?man?for?forgetting?it.?

C.?She'd?like?the?man?toreturn?it?tomorrow.?

D.?She?didn'trealize?the?man?had?borrowed?it.?

7.????

A.Book?a?hotel?on?the?campus.?????

B.????

Reserve?a?hotel?a?little?far?away.?

C.?Call?the?local?hotelsagain?a?few?days?later.??????

D.????

Ask?her?parents?to???

come?at?a?different?weekend.?

8.????

A.She?took?a?history?class?last?term.?

B.????

Shedoesn't?trust?the?mail.

C.?She?didn't?l?like?hergeography?professor.

D.????

She?won^?take?any?history?classes.?

9.????

A.She?doesn't?think?it?will?snow.?

B.Themeeting?place?has?been?changed.?

C.?The?meeting?has?beencanceled.??

D.She?MI?be?too?tired?to?walk?tothe?meeting.?

10.???A.He?is?not?an?experienced?skier?at?all.?

A.He?is?not?an?experienced?skier?at?all.?

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B.????

He?has?never?been?to?Central?Mountain.?

C.????

He?doesn't?plan?to?go?skiing?during?springbreaks.?

D.?lie?doesn't?recommendgoing?to?Central?Mountain.

SectionB

Directions:?In?Section?B,?you?willhear?two?short?passages?and?one?longer?conversation,?and?

you?will?be?askedseveral?questions?on?each?of?them.?The?passages?and?the?conversation?will?

beread?twice,?but?the?questions?will?be?spoken?only?once.?When?you?hear?aquestion,?read?

the?four?possible?answers?on?your?paper?and?decide?which?one?isthe?best?answer?to?the?

question?you?have?heard.?

Questions11through13arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

11.???A.The?history?of?moviepopcorn?relationship.?

B.????

The?reasons?for?moviegoers?loving?popcorn.?

C.????

The?functions?of?popcorn?in?moviewatching.?

D.????

The?special?smell?of?popcorn?in?movietheaters.?

12.???A.?It?was?considered?an?unhealthy?food.??????

A.?It?was?considered?an?unhealthy?food.?

B.It?could?lower?the?movie?ticket?prices.?

C.?It?was?unpopular?withtheater?owners.???????

D.?It?could?spoil?theluxurious?atmosphere.?

13.???A.The?higher?reputation?of?popcorn.?????

A.The?higher?reputation?of?popcorn.?

B.The?increase?of?popcorn?prices.?

C.?The?rise?of?lessluxurious?theaters.?????

D.?The?improvementof?popcorn?smell.?

Questions14through16arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

14.???A.Pearson's?plan?to?publish?electronic?books?in?the?U.S.?college?market.?

A.Pearson's?plan?to?publish?electronic?books?in?the?U.S.?college?market.?

B.????

Pearson's?publishing?history?and?its?futurein?the?U.S.?college?market.?

C.????

The?reasons?for?the?drop?of?Pearson^?salesin?the?U.S.?college?market.?

D.????

The?reaction?of?the?U.S.?college?market?toPearson's?digital?publishing.

15.???A.Parts?of?Pearson?have?been?sold.??????????????

A.Parts?of?Pearson?have?been?sold.?

B.????

Pearsonhas?been?trying?to?save?money.?

C.?Some?employees?haveleft?Pearson.??????????

D.????

Pearson's?newtextbooks?have?been?costly.

16.???A.Their?publishing?time?is?more?predictable.?

A.Their?publishing?time?is?more?predictable.?

B.?They?are?moreadaptable?than?its?printed??ones.?

C.?They?will?be?updatedmore?timely.????

D.????

1?heir?extra?learning?tools?will?be?free.?

Questions17through20arebasedonthefollowingconversation.

15.???A.Opening?social?media?accounts.B.?Postingpersonal?photos?online.?

A.Opening?social?media?accounts.B.?Postingpersonal?photos?online.?

C.?Interacting?with?onlinefollowers.??????

D.?Finding?friendships?onsocial?media.?

16.???A.Essential.??????????

A.Essential.???

B.?Impolite.????????????

C.?Comfortable.?????

D.?Unwise.?

17.???A.Urging?people?to?make?nice?comments.?

A.Urging?people?to?make?nice?comments.?

B.?Encouraging?people?tobecome?volunteers.?

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C.????

Providing?people?with?job?opportunities.?

D.?Helping?peopleestablish?lifelasting?friendships.?

18.???A.The?man?is?cautious?about?sharing?online.?

A.The?man?is?cautious?about?sharing?online.?

B.?The?man?is?ignorant?ofonline?opportunities.?

C.?The?woman?thinks?itsafer?to?hide?the?identity?online.?

??D.????

The?woman?loves?sharing?secrets?with?onlinefriends.?

Ⅱ.GrammarandVocabulary

SectionA

Directions:?After?reading?thepassage?below,?fill?in?the?blanks?to?make?the?passage?coherent?

andgrammatically?correct.?For?the?blanks?with?a?given?word,?fill?in?each?blankwith?the?

proper?form?of?the?given?word?for?the?other?blanks,?use?one?word?thatbest?fits?each?blank.

A14-year-oldGirlBuiltanApptoHelpAlzheimer'spatients年癡呆癥患者）

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Formany?teenagers,?their?lives?typically?might?circle?around?schoolwork?andspending?

time?with?friends.?Not?so?for?Emma?Yang.?Though?the?Hong?Kongborngirl?is?only?14,?she?

(21)________(create)?her?own?mobile?app?for?Alzheimer's?patientsalready.

TheTimeless?app,?which?Yang?spent?two?years?(22)________(develop),?comes?

withseveral?important?features.?It?is?an?artificial?intelligencepowered?facialrecognition?

system?in?the?app?(23)________helps?Alzheimer's?patients?identifypeople?in?photos?and?

remember?who?they?are.?It?also?allows?photos?(24)________(group)by?individuals?as?well?

as?provides?a?picturebased?phone?book,?which?enables?auser?to?tap?on?photos?to?call?or?text?

a?person.?

Theinspiration?to?develop?an?app?that?would?help?Alzheimer's?patients?connect?

withtheir?loved?ones?came?to?Yang?at?the?age?of?12,?when?her?grandmother?

startedforgetting?things?like?(25)________she?lived?and?Yang's?birthday.?

"Iwanted?to?create?something?to?help?people?like?my?grandmother?stay?

(26)________(connect)with?her?family,"?Yang?said.?It?was?a?task?she?was?wellprepared?to?

undertake,(27)________venture?capitalists?didn't?take?her?work?seriously.?Yang?started?

acrowd?finding?campaign?in?March?last?year?to?support?her?37/we/es^?app?project.That?

effort?raised?more?than?$10,000.?

Atpresent?Yang?works?with?an?international?team?that?includes?a?designer?inCalifornia?

and?a?developer?in?Cologne,?Germany.?The?chief?technology?officer?ofKairos,?the?AI?

company?(28)________?technology?is?used?in?the?Timeless?app,?is?nowYang's?adviser.

Yangurged?other?young,?ambitious?people?to?believe?in?(29)________because?

theteenagers?of?today?will?be?tomorrow's?leaders.?"Technology?has?been?able?tomake?kids?

put?their?ideas?into?action，''?she?said?"(30)???_______?________?_______yon?get?out?

________?

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thereand?put?yourself?out?there,?tell?people?about?your?idea?and?find?out?who's?onboard?and?

can?get?behind?it，you'lleventually?findthat?team?of?people."

SectionB

Directions:?After?reading?thepassage?below,?fill?in?each?blank?with?a?proper?word?given?in?

the?box.?Eachword?can?only?be?used?once.?Note?that?there?is?one?word?more?than?you?need.

A.?drew?????B.?allowed?????C.??result?????????

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D.?transformed?????.?physical??????discovered

E

E.?

??F.?

G.?effort?????????figure???I.?respect?????

H.?

J.?fundamental???????K.?mutual?

???K.?

StephenHawking:TheExtraordinaryScientistWhoChangedOurUnderstandingof

Physics

Therearen't?very?many?scientists?who?achieved?rock?star?status.?Stephen?Hawking?

wasdefinitely?one?of?them.?

Hawkingwas?a?theoretical?physicist?whose?early?work?on?black?holes?__31__?

howscientists?think?about?the?nature?of?the?universe.?Lawrence?Krauss,?atheoretical?

physicist?from?Arizona?State?University?and?a?friend?and?colleagueof?Hawking's,?says?that?

at?a?young?age.?Hawking?__32__?something?"trulyremarkable".?Krauss?says?before?

Hawking，

?physicists?thought?thatthe?large?gravity?of?a?black?hole?__33__?everything?in?and?

nothing?couldescape.?But?by?combining?quantum?mechanics?(量子力學(xué)）and?the?theory?

ofrelativity,?Hawking?showed?something?and?changed?everything?about?the?way?wethink?

about?gravity.?Krauss?says?Hawking?pointed?out?a(n)?__34__?problem?in?theway?physicists?

understand?our?world一a?problem?that?Krausssays?has?yet?to?be?resolved.?

Buthis?fame?wasn't?just?a(n)?__35__?of?his?research.?Hawking,?who?had?a?raredisease?

that?made?it?impossible?for?him?to?move?or?speak,?was?also?a?popularpublic____36____?and?

bestselling?author.?When?he?came?to?scientificconferences，the?audience?focused?

theirattention?on?him.?And?it?wasn't?just?the?scientists?but?the?general?public?aswell?who?

showed?great?__37__?for?him.?His?popular?book?about?his?work,?A?BriefHistory?of?Time,

was?a?bestseller.?But?he?agreed?that?that?book?was?probablythe?leastread,?mostbought?

book?ever.?This?showed?Hawking's?sense?of?humor.?

Thatsense?of?humor,?along?with?his?fame,?__38__?Hawking?to?appear?on?The?

Simpsonsseveral?times?as?well?as?on?a?number?of?other?popular?shows.?

Towardthe?end?of?his?life,?Hawking's?disease?left?him?almost（癱瘓的）.Itlook?an?

enormous?__39__?for?Hawking?to?communicate,?using?the?tiny?movements?hecould?make?to?

control?a?computer.?It's?tempting?to?say?that?Hawking?achievedhis?fame?in?spite?of?his?

__40__?challenges.?

Ⅲ.ReadingComprehension

SectionA

Directions:?For?each?blank?in?the?followingpassage?there?are?four?words?or?phrases?marked?

A,?B,?C?and?D.?Fill?in?eachblank?with?the?word?or?phrase?that?best?fits?the?context.

Whatdid?we?do?to?deserve?cats?and?dogs??Not?only?are?they?super?cute?and?make?

ussmile?on?a?daily?basis,?scientists?from?Washington?State?University?have?nowproved?that?

touching?our?favourite__41__?friendsgently?for?just?ten?minutes?is?an?effective?way?to?

reduce?stress?levels.?

Infindings?published?in?A?ERA?Open?—an?open?access?journal?published?by?

theAmerican?Educational?Research?Association?—last?month,?scientists?showed?thatthe?

general?__42__?of?students?improves?quickly,?with?even?those?who?are?highlystressed?

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showing?''significant"?reduction?in?cortisol?levels?—?a?chemicalproduced?by?our?bodies?in?

limes?of?stress.?

Manyuniversities?have?adopted?"Pet?Your?Stress?Away"?programs?wherestudents?can?

__43__?cats?or?dogs?and?it?appears?to?be?showing?bothpsychological?and?physiological?

benefits?now.?

Theresearch,?conducted?by?Washington?State?University?(WSU),?shows?that?

petsimprove?students'?moods,?and?their?__44__?as?stressrelieving?physiologicalbenefits.?

"Just?10?minutes?can?have?a?significant?__45__,"?said?Patricia?Pendry,an?associate?

professor?in?WSU's?Department?of?Human?Development.?

Thisis?the?first?study?that?has?demonstrated?reductions?in?students'?cortisollevels?

during?a?__46__?intervention?(介入).?

Theteam?chose?249?college?students?and?put?them?into?tour?random?groups?

andcompared?the?effects?of?different?__47__?to?animals.?The?first?group?wereprovided?10?

minutes?of?actual?interaction?with?dogs?and?cats.?The?second?groupwaited?in?line?

while??????

?__48__??others?petting?the?animals.?The?third?groupwatched?a?slideshow?of?the?

others?petting?the?animals.?The?third?groupwatched?a?slideshow?of?the?

same?animals,?while?the?fourth?group?had?to?__49__and?was?told?they?would?be?allowed?to?

sec?the?animals?after?10?minutes.?

Salivarycortisol?__50__?were?collected?from?each?participant?starting?from?the?

momentthey?woke?up?in?the?morning.?There?was?significantly?less?cortisol?in?thesaliva?of?

students?who?had?__51__?interaction?with?the?pets.?

Manyuniversities?have?started?these?__52__?where?students?can?interact?with?cats?

ordogs?to?help?relieve?the?pressures?of?higher?education.?"We?already?knew?thatstudents?

enjoy?interacting?with?animals,?and?that?it?helps?them?experience?more__53?__?emotions,"?

Dr?Pendry?said.?"What?we?wanted?to?learn?was?whether?thisexposure?would?help?students?

reduce?their?stress?in?a?less?__54__?way.?And?itdid,?which?is?__55__because?the?

reductionof?stress?chemicals?may,?over?time,?have?significant?benefits?for?physical?

andmenial?health."

41.?A.?new??????

B.?furry???????????????

C.close?????????????

??????????

D.?personal?

42.?A.?endurance?????B.awareness?????????

C.?education????

D.?wellbeing?

43.?A.?glance?at??????

????B.?focus?on??????????

C.?interact?with??????D.?escape?from?

44.?A.?presence???????

???B.?performance?

???????.?intelligence?????D.perseverance?

C

C.?intelligence?????

45.?A.?potential????????B.?problem?????????????

???B.?problem?

?C.?chance????????????

D.?impact?

46.?A.?reallife????????

B.parttime?????????????

C.?firstrate?????????????

D.?highquality?

47.?A.?responses??????B.exposures????????????

C.?contributions??????D.?approaches?

48.?A.?keeping????????

B.preventing???????????

C.?observing???????????

D.?catching?

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49.?A.?swear????

B.?wait????????????????

C.?supervise????

D.?appreciate?

50.?A.?samples??????B.levels????????????????

C.?injections????

D.?tips?

51.?A.?little?????

???????B.?harmonious?????

C.?informal?????

D.?direct?

52.?A.?campaigns????B.programs?????????????

C.?researches???????????

D.?majors?

53.?A.?complex???????

???B.?intense??????????????????

C.?familiar??????

D.?positive?

54.?A.?subjective?????B.risky????????????????

C.?mysterious??????????

D.effective?

55.?A.?demanding???B.challenging?????????

C.?exciting??????

D.?disappointing?

SectionB

Directions:?Read?the?followingthree?passages.?Each?passage?is?followed?by?several?

questions?or?unfinishedstatements.?For?each?of?them?there?are?four?choices?marked?A,?B.?C?

and?D.Choose?the?one?that?fits?best?according?to?the?information?given?in?the?passageyou?

have?just?read.?

(A)

Everyyear，the?Palace?of?Fine?Arts?Theatre?inSan?Francisco?fills?up?with?dance?lovers.?

They?come?to?take?in?experimentalworks?of?art?that?all?have?one?thing?in?commonhip?hop.?

—

This?weekend?the?SanFrancisco?International?Hip?Hop?DanceFest?celebrates?20?years?of?

presentingelectrifying?hip?hop?performances.?

EachDanceFest?has?diversity?(多樣化）of?style?and?group?size,and?a?balance?of?local?

and?outoftown?companies.?From?Vietnam?to?Brazil?toUganda?to?the?Czech?Republic,?the?

festival?has?drawn?impressive?internationaltalent.?

Aftera?long?process,?only?the?most?exceptional?companies?are?flown?in?for?

DanceFest.In?fact,?outstanding?technical?dance?skills?are?only?a?basic?standard?that?

thefestival?organizers?are?looking?for.?They?look?for?much?more—groups?or?artiststhat?

think?outside?the?box.?Artists?that?use?hip?hop?in?a?theatrical?way?or?toaddress?social?issues?

are?sure?to?stand?out.?For?instance,?the?2010?performance"Tables?and?Chairs"?served?to?

underline?the?negative?effects?of?alcoholismon?society.?

Itwould?be?terribly?irresponsible?not?to?mention?the?founder,?Micaya，inany?

introduction?to?DanceFest.?A?popular?hip?hop?dance?instructor,?Micayabegan?producing?

high?energy?dance?shows?in?the?heart?of?San?Francisco?in?1993.Students?of?all?ages?and?

backgrounds?love?her?classes?so?much?that?a?SanFrancisco?newspaper?once?described?her?as?

"Best?Dance?Instructor".

However.Micaya?was?concerned?about?the?then?dubious?reputation?of?hip?hop.?She?

made?ither?goal?to?get?hip?hop?the?same?recognition?and?respect?as?other?dance?forms.In?

1999?she?started?DanceFest.?It?was?the?first?festival?of?its?kind?to?honorthe?creativity?of?hip?

hop?dance?in?a?noncompetitive?atmosphere.?To?Micaya,competitive?Riles?leave?little?room?

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for?the?magic?that?comes?from?trueexpression.?One?review?said,?Micaya's?festival?

challenges?us?"to?reconsiderjust?how?diverse?and?embracing?hip?hop?can?now?be."?Indeed,?

Micaya?brings?outthe?best?in?dancers,?and?has?given?San?Francisco?one?of?its?finest?

festivals.?

56.???Whatis?the?passage?mainly?about??

Whatis?the?passage?mainly?about??

A.????

Thecreativity?of?hip?hop.??????

B.?Thecharacteristics?and?the?history?of?DanceFest.?

C.?The?best?instructor?of?hip?hop.???

D.?The?unique?Riles?and?the?challenge?ofDanceFest.?

57.???Hiphop?dancers?are?more?likely?to?be?chosen?for?Dancefest?if?they?can?not?onlydance?

Hiphop?dancers?are?more?likely?to?be?chosen?for?Dancefest?if?they?can?not?onlydance?

skillfully?but?also?

A.????

danceon?the?outside?of?the?box?????

B.?give?updrinking?alcohol?before?dancing?

C.?handle?social?problems?withtheir?dance?D.?show?their?technical?dance?skills?in?theaters?

58.???By"dubious?reputation"?in?the?last?paragraph，the?author?means?hip?hop???

By"dubious?reputation"?in?the?last?paragraph

back?then.?

A.????

wasforbidden?in?public?????????

B.?was?considered?something?bad?

C.?received?too?much?attention??????

D.?lacked?creativity?and?competition?

59.???Whatcan?be?concluded?about?DanceFest??

Whatcan?be?concluded?about?DanceFest??

A.????a?competition?for?hip?hop?dancers.??B.It?is?a?dance?festival?for?various?dance?

Itis?

forms.?

C.?It?is?successful?in?popularizinghip?hop.????It?is?better?respected?thanother?dance?

D.?

festivals.?

(B)

1.Admissionand

SchoolPolicies

4.Fees

The?enrolment?of?a??prospective?pupiSchool?Fees?are?listed??on?the?Fee?S

l?to?the?School?is?subject?to?the?Schchedule?and?subject?to?variation?from

ool's?Admissions?and??Entry?policies

time?to?time.?A?full?term's??tuition

and?other?policies?and?procedures?(i

is?payable?for?any?term?during?whi

ncluding?those?relating?to??discipline?ch?the?pupil?is?in?attendance??irrespe

and?curriculum)?as?modified?by?the?

School?from?time?to?time

2.WithdrawalbyParent/Guardi

an

Parents?/?Guardians??shall?give?a?mi

nimum?of?6?weeks?written?notice?of

ctive?of?the?number?of?days?attende

d.?If?tuition?fees?have?not?been??pai

d,?they?shall?remain?due?and?payable

and?the?Refundable?Deposit?shall?b

e??used?to?pay?the?tuition?fees?and?t

he?parents?/?guardians?remain?respon

sible??for?the?rest.

The?School?reserves??the?right?to?exc

lude?a?pupil?where?tuition?or?other?f

ees?are?not?paid?in?full??by?the?due

withdrawal?from?the?School.??Notice

received?during?a?school?holiday?wi

ll?be?considered?to?have?been??receiv

ed?on?the?first?day?of?the?following

session.

date.?The?School?may?also?keep?ba

ck?any?information,?pupil?reports??or

property?in?such?circumstances.

3.RefundableDeposit

On?the?offer?of?a??place?at?the?Scho

ol,?the?Refundable?Deposit?becomes?

payable.?This?is?to??secure?enrolment

5.Terminationbytheschool

The?school?may??terminate?this?agree

ment?when?permanent?exclusion?or?r

emoval?is?required.?The??School?shall

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at?the?School?until?the?termly?or?a

nnual?fees?have?been??paid.?The?Ref

undable?Deposit?is?refundable,?and?s

hall?be?without?interest?and??without

taking?into?account?changes?in?exch

ange?rates.

not?take?such?action?without?good?

cause?and?full?consultation??with?par

ents?/?guardians?and?the?pupil.?Paren

ts?/?guardians?have?the?right?to??app

eal?to?the?Orbital?Education?Internati

onal?Schools?Development?Officer?on

?a?decision?to?permanently?exclude?

a?pupil.

60.???Thepassage?can?most?probably?be?found?in?the?part?"_______"?in?a?schools?

admissionsbooklet.?

A.?Application?Procedures?????B.Terms?and?Conditions?

C.?Frequently?Asked?Questions??????

D.?Acknowledgement?and?Declaration?

61.???Whatcan?be?learned?about?tuition?fees??

Whatcan?be?learned?about?tuition?fees??

A.????

Tuitionfees?are?usually?paid?after?pupils?gel?their?school?reports.?

B.????

Tuitionfees?can?be?paid?according?to?the?number?of?days?attended.?

C.????

Therefundable?deposit?can?be?used?to?pay?the?tuition?after?the?due?date.?

D.????

Apupil?may?be?removed?from?school?if?part?of?his?tuition?fees?is?overdue.?

62.???Itcan?be?inferred?from?the?passage?that_______.?

Itcan?be?inferred?from?the?passage?that_______.?

A.????

apupil?can?withdraw?from?the?school?as?soon?as?his?guardian?gives?a?writtennotice?

B.????

therefundable?deposit?should?be?paid?after?the?pupil?begins?study?in?the?school?

C.????

boththe?school?and?the?guardian?can?determine?the?pupils?place?in?the?school?

D.?the?school's?admissions?and?entry?policiesremain?the?same?all?these?years

(C)?

Datacentres?and?smartphones?will?be?the?most?damaging?information?

andcommunications?technologies?(ICT)?to?the?environment?by?2040,?according?to?

newresearch?from?W?Booth?School's?Lotfi?Belkhir.?

Atthe?end?of?winter?term?in?2014,?Lotfi?Belkhir?was?approached?by?a?studenttaking?

his?Total?Sustainability?and?Management?course?who?asked,?"What?doessoftware?

sustainability?mean?"?The?Entrepreneurship?and?Innovation?AssociateProfessor?at?the?W?

Booth?School?of?Engineering?Practice?and?Technology?didn'thave?an?answer.

Belkhirteaches?students?to?think?creatively?about?sustainability?tools?that?can?

beapplied?to?their?ventures.?But?his?tools,?at?the?time,?mainly?applied?tohardware,?not?

software.?

Thestudent's?question?inspired?Belkhir's?latest?research?on?the?global?

emissionsfootprint?of?information?and?communications?technology.?

Belkhir,along?with?Ahmed?Elmeligi,?a?recent?W?Booth?graduate?and?cofounder?of?

HINT(Healthcare?Innovation?in?Neuro?Technology),?studied?the?carbon?footprint?

ofconsumer?devices?such?as?smartphones,?laptops,?tablets,?desktops?as?well?asdata?centres?

and?communication?networks?as?early?as?2005.?Their?findings?were?publishedin?the?Journal?

of?Cleaner?Production.?

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Notonly?did?they?discover?that?software?is?driving?the?consumption?of?ICI,?theyalso?

found?that?ICI?has?a?greater?impact?on?emissions?than?we?thought?and?mostemissions?come?

from?production?and?operation.?

"Forevery?textmessage,?for?every??phone?call,?every?video?you?upload?or?

download,there's?a?data?centre?making?this?happen."?Belkhir?explains.'Telecommunications?

networks?and?data?centres?consume?a?lot?of?energy?to?serveyou?and?most?data?centres?

continue?to?be?powered?by?electricity?produced?bytraditional?fuels.?It's?the?energy?

consumption?we?don't?see."

Amongall?the?devices,?ti*ends?suggest?that?by?2020,?the?most?damaging?devices?to?

theenvironment?are?smartphones.?While?smartphones?consume?little?energy?tooperate.?

85%?of?their?emissions?impact?comes?from?production.?

Asmartphone's?chip?and?motherboard?(芯片牙口主板）require?the?most?amountof?

energy?to?produce?as?they?arc?made?up?of?precious?metals?that?are?mined?at?ahigh?cost.?

Smartphones?also?have?a?short?life?which?drives?further?productionof?new?models?and?an?

extraordinary??amount?of?waste.?

Belkirhas?made?policy?recommendations?based?on?his?findings.?

"Communicationand?data?centres?have?to?go?under?renewable?energy?now.?The?good?

news?is?Googleand?Facebook?data?centres?arc?going?to?am?on?renewable?energy.?But?there?

needsto?be?a?policy?in?place?so?that?all?data?centres?follow.?Also.?It's?notsustainable?to?have?

a?twoyear?plan?for?smartphones."

63.???Thestory?between?Lotfi?Belkhir?and?his?student?in?2014?was?mentioned?to_______.?

Thestory?between?Lotfi?Belkhir?and?his?student?in?2014?was?mentioned?to_______.?

A.????

explainthe?importance?of?software?sustainability?

B.????

illustratethe?inspiration?for?Belkliir's?latest?research?

C.????

revealthe?damaging?impact?of?ICT?on?the?environment?

D.????

showBelcher's?student's?creativity?and?critical?thinking

64.???Onereason?why?smartphones?may?be?the?most?damaging?devices?of?all?to?

theenvironment?by?2020?is?that?????

_______.?

A.?they?are?more?precious?thanother?devices????B.?they?drive?the?greatest?consumption?

ofICT?

C.?they?are?frequently?replaced?bynew?models?????

D.?they?need?large?amountsof?energy?to?

operate?

65.???Toreduce?the?emission?of?ICT,?Lotfi?Belkhir?suggests?that???

Toreduce?the?emission?of?ICT,?Lotfi?Belkhir?suggests?that???

_______.?

A.????

longerplans?be?made?to?create?renewable?data?centres?

B.????

sustainablematerials?be?invented?to?produce?smartphones?

C.????

policiesbe?established?to?advocate?everlasting?smartphones?

D.????

greenenergy?be?used?to?operate?communication?and?data?centres?

66.???Whatis?the?main?idea?of?the?passage??

Whatis?the?main?idea?of?the?passage??

A.????

ICTdoes?greater?harm?to?the?environment?than?thought.?

B.????

Softwarecan?do?irreversible?damage?to?the?environment.?

C.????

Softwareis?more?damaging?to?the?environment?than?hardware.?

D.????

ICTwill?have?the?greatest?impact?on?the?environment?by?2040.?

SectionC

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Directions:?Read?the?followingpassage.?Fill?in?each?blank?with?a?proper?sentence?given?in?

the?box.?Eachsentence?can?be?used?only?once.?Note?that?there?are?two?more?sentences?than?

youneed?

A.????

But?setting?up?the?aeroponic?farm?was?not?easy.

B.????

The?government?wants?to?greatly?expand?this?percentage.

C.????

Many?of?the?commercial?aeroponic?systems?are?relatively?costly.

D.????

Aeroponics,?however,?does?not?require?traditional?farm?work?or??much?

land.

E.????

Growing?with?aeroponics?is?not?difficult?and?its?benefits?far??outweigh

any?disadvantages.

F.????t?could?make?a?big?difference?in?places?where?huge?amounts?of??land

I

It?

have?been?made?unfarmable.

GrowingFoodfromAirinNigeria

Agroup?of?farmers?in?Nigeria?is?using?a?technologybased?method?to?grow?cropsfrom?

mist?(水汽)?in?the?air.?The?method,?known?asaeroponics,?does?not?involve?soil.?Instead,?

plant?roots?hang?in?the?air.?Theroots?take?in?nutrients?from?a?water