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Every year, IBM Corporation chooses five new technologies it believes will change the world within the next five years. The IBM list is called “Five in Five.” The company says it considers its own research and the new directions of society and business when identifying the technologies. This year, the list describes some future machines that will extend our five senses. Imagine looking for clothes online and touching your computer or smartphone to feel the cloth. IBM Vice President Bernie Meyerson predicts that technology could be available in the next five years.
Touch is just one of the senses that computers will help to extend. IBM says smart machines will soon be able to listen to the environment and give us information about the sounds they hear. For example, Bernie Meyerson says an advanced speech recognition system will tell new parents why their baby is crying.
“From the sound the baby is creating, that particular frequency in the voice of the child, you know the difference between a child for example who is sick as opposed to a child who is just lonely. That kind of understanding would be of great importance for parents. This kind of thing isn’t available today, but with an advanced enough system, it actually is possible.”
Smart machines will also help identify medical conditions. If you sneeze on your computer or cell phone, the machine will study thousands of molecules in your breath. Then it can tell you whether you need to see a doctor.
In the near future, built-in cameras in our personal computers will be able to examine and name colors and recognize images. Mr. Meyerson says IBM scientists are also developing a computer system that can examine and combine food molecules to create the most popular flavors and smells.
28. What does the underlined word “identifying” in Paragraph 1 probably mean?
A. Choosing.
B. Studying.
C. Inventing.
D. Distinguishing.
29. According to the passage, in five years you can ________.
A. touch the cloth that you can’t see B. design your own clothes on a computer C. buy cloth on line that is designed by a computer D. tell how the cloth feels by touching your computer
30. The speech recognition system will distinguish a sick child from a lonely one by ________.
A. extending information
B. listening to the environment
D. recognizing the frequency in a child’s crying
C. analyzing the way a child cries
31. The five future technologies have something to do with ________.
A. the camera
B. the computer
C. the smart machine D. the speech recognition system
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Most artists have a favorite material they like to work with. For 28-year-old Kristen Alice, it happens to be garbage. The eco-friendly designer uses her incredible talent to change garbage like empty drink bottles and candy wrappers into charming dresses that sell for thousands of dollars.
Kristen says the idea came to her after she saw how much vaster she and her three college roommates generated on a daily basis. The Fine Arts student began to dream about changing the deserted bags and packages into beautiful garments. Her first dress made from plastic bags and rolled magazines was strange, fun and even charming. However, she only made it to test her creativity.
The young designer didn’t consider starting a commercial firm until she spent a week working at Couture Fashion Week, in New York City, where she observed the excitement generated by new and old-fashioned looks and decided to see if her unusual idea would result in as much enthusiasm. She began by creating a line of 12 garbage-inspired dresses. They were a huge success.
Today her company that has offices in Palm Beach, Florida and New York City, produces a wide variety of dresses ranging from cocktail dresses to ball gowns (礼服). Kristen, of course, doesn’t search garbage cans for her material anymore. Instead, she seeks it from companies that have produced more than they need and are planning to throw away the extras.
However, if you think the garbage-inspired dresses come cheap, think again. The price for ready-made creations sells from $500 to $1,500. Though that may appear expensive, the designer says she has no shortage of customers. In fact, she now even has garbage-inspired clothing for men that includes jackets, ties, trousers and even board shorts! While most of the clothes are strong enough to resist repeated wears, whether they can be cleaned is a little unclear.
32. What made Kristen think of using garbage as her favorite material?
A. Her poor living conditions at college.
B. The education from her parents not to waste anything useful. C. Her consciousness of environmental protection and trained eyes. D. Her roommates’ advice of using garbage to replace ordinary material. 33. Kristen decided to start a commercial firm because ________.
A. she just wanted to test her creativity
B. she was driven by the huge profits brought by new fashion
C. she found there were no special-looking but affordable clothes in New York D. she was inspired by the enthusiasm caused by new and old-fashioned dresses 34. The last two paragraphs are mainly about ________.
A. the success of Kristens’ career B. what clothing Kristen mainly designed C. where Kristen got garbage for her clothing
D. the advantages and disadvantages of the garbage-inspired clothing 35. What is the best title of the passage?
A. New Use of Garbage.
B. A Talented and Ambitious Fashion Designer. D. Transforming Rubbish into Amazing Dresses.
C. A New Trend of Fashion.
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第二节（共5小题：每小题2分，满分10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 To many people even the word “work” sounds unpleasant, not necessarily because they are lazy. The same man, who dislikes his job in the factory or even in the office, 36 , painting the house or digging the garden. What is the reason, then? In most cases, it is because these people simply don’t enjoy the job they are doing. __37__. It may be quite easy, like making up wooden boxes, but it is very boring. Very often they are doing a job which is just a small part of a much larger one, such as attaching a door handle to a car. But the part they play in actually making the car is so small that they can never say: 38 ! 39 . Somebody has to do ordinary jobs such as cleaning streets because this is the way society is organized. No matter how ordinary a job is, it plays a part in society and therefore deserves our due respect. __40__. These jobs, with essential functions separately, contribute to the achievement of various ecological, economic, and social goals that people have set for themselves. These jobs, which are worth our enthusiasm and respect, also provide a chance to realize our value or make our dream come true.
A. I have made something B. may work hard at the weekend C. It doesn’t give them any real satisfaction D. consider an ordinary job boring or even valueless E. Cleaners are the most “well-known” “ordinary” workers F. Ordinary jobs are anything but ordinary in contemporary society
G. Yet modern society cannot function a single day without the “dull and boring” jobs
第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Five-year-old Jocelyn was playing outside her apartment building. Her mom, Jaimee, kept an eye on the __41__ from a window.
At about 4 pm, Jocelyn walked around the corner of the building to get her bike and 42 . “I took my eyes 43 her for five minutes, and she was gone,” says Jaimee. “I knew something was
__44__,” she adds, 45 when she saw that Jocelyn’s bike was 46 there and found an old credit card her daughter had been playing with 47 near the bike. Jaimee called 911.
Policemen came soon, blocking off streets and 48 the neighborhood. Officers handed out a photo of the
girl. Many people joined in.
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Temar, 15, was playing with some friends when one searcher 49 them and asked if they’d seen the girl.
__50__ the boys, none of them had seen her. Temar was approached with a photo of Jocelyn. “I 51 that I was going to find her,” he says. He borrowed a bike and searched without a plan, 52 keeping a sharp eye out as he rode on.
Then Temar 53 a car driving down a side street and turning back, 54 the driver was unfamiliar
with the neighborhood. He followed it.
The car pulled a(n) 55 U-turn at the checkpoint — a group of policemen had gathered there.
The car passed the boy as it circled back down the checkpoint. Then Temar 56 a tiny girl in the
passenger seat. Temar 57 knew “it was her, for sure.”
The boy 58 fast after the car, but the driver kept moving, slowly 59 his way through the
neighborhood.
60 , the driver stopped the car and Jocelyn slipped out. The kidnapper (绑架者) sped away but was
caught soon. 41. A. bike
B. building B. escaped B. to
C. card C. hid C. for
D. girl D. left D. off D. wrong D. probably D. yet D. presented D. exploring D. invited D. As to D. proved D. simply D. spotted D. in case D. steady D. warned D. anxiously D. circled D. finding D. Wildly
42. A. disappeared 43. A. above
44. A. dangerous 45. A. approximately 46. A. also
B. difficult C. special C. formally C. still
B. especially B. even B. brought B. entering
47. A. deserted 48. A. disturbing 49. A. annoyed
C. placed
C. searching C. inspired
B. approached B. Thanks to B. agreed B. carefully B. passed
50. A. According to 51. A. learned 52. A. hurriedly 53. A. followed 54. A. so that 55. A. sudden 56. A. watched 57. A. certainly 58. A. ran
C. Regardless of C. felt
C. properly C. missed C. as if C. special C. spied C. nearly C. rode C. losing
B. even though B. perfect
B. reminded B. instantly B. drove B. forcing B. Finally
59. A. winding
60. A. Cautiously C. Gradually
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