47. A. mathematical B. subjective C. inevitable D. impressive 48. A. invisibly B. clearly C. objectively D. blindly 49. A. deals B. discounts C. situations D. decisions 50. A. inaccessibility B. failure C. illiteracy D. dependence 51. A. equip B. connect C. confuse D. motivate 52. A. bargaining B. pricing C. advertising D. retailing 53. A. deceptive B. aggressive C. logical D. convincing 54. A. fall B. usage C. volume D. increase 55. A. reasonable B. well-educated C. flexible D. good-tempered
Section B
Direction：Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished sattments. For each of them there are four choices markedA, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.
(A)
What are pillows really stuffed with? Not physically, but symbolically? The question occurred to me with the photos in the news and social media from the 50 cities around the world that staged public celebrations for International Pillow Fight Day. Armed with nothing more than bring-our-own sacrificial cushions, strangers struck heavily each other in playful feather from Amsterdam to Atlanta, Warsaw to Washington DC. But why? Is there anything more to this delightful celebration?
As a cultural sign, the pillow is deceptively soft. Since at least the 16th Century, the humble pillow has been given unexpected meanings. The Chinese playwright Tang Xianzu who tells a famous story about a wise man who meets a depressed young scholar at an inn and offers him a magic pillow filled with the most vivid dreams of a seemingly more fulfilling life. When the young man awakens to discover that his happy 50-year dream has in fact come and gone in the short space of an afternoon’s nap, our impression of the pillow’s power shifts from wonder to terror.
Subsequent writers have likewise seized upon the pillow. When the 19th-Century English novelist Charlotte Bront? poetically observed ―a ruffled(不平的) mind makes a restless pillow‖, she didn’t just change the expected order of the adjectives and nouns, but instead she made it unclear the boundaries between mind and matter – the thing resting and the thing rested upon.
It’s a trick perhaps Bront? learned from the Renaissance philosopher Montaigne, who once insisted that ―ignorance is the softest pillow on which a man can rest his head‖. On Montaigne’s thinking, intelligence and happiness confront each other forever in a pillow fight that only one can win. With the words of Tang, Bront?, and Montaigne, we can perhaps more easily measure the attraction of the global pillow fight. Like a ritual of release, the annual international pillow fight amounts to a kind of cleansing, a brushing off of daily worries: an emptying of the world’s collective mind. Rather than a launch-pad for weightless rest, the pillow is a symbol of heavy thought: an anchor that drags the world’s soul down – one that must be lightened.
56. The example of Tang Xianzu is used to illustrate that__________. A. pillows gives people satisfactory dreams B. dreams are always wonderful while the real world is cruel C. people’s impression of pillows changes from wonder to terror
D. pillows symbolically conveys the meaning in contrast to their soft appearance 57. Which of the following is TRUE about Charlotte Bront? according to the passage? A. She wrote poems about pillows. B. She regarded pillows as reflections of our minds.
C. She shared same viewpoint with Tang Xianzu on pillows. D. She was likely influenced by the thoughts of Renaissance.
58. The underlined phrase in the 4th paragraph ―ignorance is the softest pillow on which a man can rest his head‖ most probably means __________? A. Pillows give us comforts. B. Ignorant people can easily fall asleep. C. Pillows make people more intelligent. D. People can win happiness in the pillow fight. 59. According to the author, why is Pillow Fight Day so popular around the world? A. Because it is a ritual release. B. Because it makes life delightful. C. Because it comforts restless minds D. Because it contains profound meaning of life.
(B)
Seek Out a Unique Beach
VISIT
Oregon. For sun and fun away from the crowded beaches of Florida, check out the Oregon coast and its 363 miles of gorgeous shoreline, stretching from the Columbia River south to the redwood forests of California. Every beach is public and free. ―The coast is a perfect place to watch sea lions sun themselves or simply see the mighty Pacific waves crash in the sunset followed by a seafood feast in one of the busy fishing communities located between the coves(小海湾),‖ says Bramblett. July and August aren’t peak gray whale migration season, but there’s still a good chance you could catch a glimpse of some of the 200 whales that spend the summers off the Oregon coast. SLEEP
Next to a lighthouse. Imagine yourself an ancient mariner when you book a room overlooking the Pacific Ocean at the Heceta Head Lighthouse Bed and Breakfast in Yachats, Oregon. The working lighthouse, which dated to 1894, cast a bright beam 21 miles out to sea, making it the brightest light on the Oregon coast. The cliff-top rooms at the Light Keeper’s home nearby aren’t cheap—you’ll shell out up to $385 for a weekend night during peak season (price includes a seven-course breakfast). BEWARE
Dangerous currents. Unless you love cold water (or wear a wet suit), you may not want to venture into the sea off the Oregon coast, even during the summer. But if you do, be prepared for tip currents. To get out of a dangerous current, don’t panic, warns Tom Grill, a spokesman for the U.S. Lifesaving Association. Swim parallel to the beach until you’re no longer being pulled out to sea, then swim diagonally(成对角线地) toward the shore. BRING
Baby powder. Use a generous amount of baby powder to remove sand from your hands, feet or hair. The powder quickly absorbs moisture, allowing sand to fall off easily. 60. It can be inferred from the section SLEEP that __________. A. the price of one night stay remains the same all the year around B. those who stay there can have a free access to the beach and the lighthouse C. those who want to stay there have to pay more during a tourist season D. the price includes the breakfast for seven people.
61. What is suggested by the leaflet if you want to enjoy your stay at the beach? A. Avoid wearing wet suits.
B. Never dive into the cold water off the coast.
C. Bring baby powder to protect your skin from sand scratches. D. Don’t swim straight toward the shore when there’re dangerous currents.
62. Oregon coast will provide you with all the following experiences except __________.
A. a perfect view of sea lions
B. a mariner like stay in the more than 100-year-old lighthouse C. a seafood feast in the popular local community D. sun and fun of the less crowded beach.
(C)
With the coming of big data age, data science is supposed to be starved for, of which the adaption can point a profound change in corporate competitiveness. Companies, both born in the digital era and traditional world are showing off their skills in data science. Therefore, it seems to have been creating a great demand for the experts of this type.
Mr Carlos Guestrin, machine learning professor from University of Washington argues that all software applications will need inbuilt intelligence within five years, making data scientists — people trained to analyze large bodies of information — key workers in this emerging ―cognitive‖ technology economy. There are already critical applications that depend on machine learning, a subfield of data science, led by recommendation programs, fraud detection systems, forecasting tools and applications for predicting customer behavior.
Many companies that are born digital — particularly internet companies that have a great number of real-time customer interactions to handle — are all-in when it comes to data science. Pinterest, for instance, maintains more than 100 machine learning models that could be applied to different classes of problems, and it constantly fields requests from managers eager to use this resource to deal with their business problem. The factors weighing on many traditional companies will be the high cost of mounting a serious machine-learning operation. Netflix is estimated to spend $150m a year on a single application and the total bill is probably four times that once all its uses of the technology are taken into account.
Another problem for many non-technology companies is talent. Of the computer science experts who use Kaggle, only about 1,000 have deep learning skills, compared to 100,000 who can apply other machine learning techniques, says Mr Goldbloom. He adds that even some big companies of this type are often reluctant to expand their pay scales to hire the top talent in this field.
The biggest barrier to adapting to the coming era of ―smart‖ applications, however, is likely to be cultural. Some companies, such as General Electric, have been building their own Silicon Valley presence to attract and develop the digital skills they will need.
Despite the obstacles, some may master this difficult transition. But companies that were built, from the beginning, with data science at their center, are likely to represent serious competition. 63. Which one is obstacle for many traditional companies to popularize learning operation? A. Technological problem. B. Expert crisis. C. High cost. D. Customer interactions.
64. What can not be inferred from the passage about the machine learning? A. Machine learning operations are costly in Netflix.
B. Machine learning plays an important role in existent applications.
C. Machine learning experts are not highly paid in some non-technology companies. D. Machine learning models are not sufficient to solve business problems in Pinterest. 65. The underlined word in the 3rd paragraph ―fields‖ most probably means __________. A. avoids B. creates C. solves D. classifies 66. Which of the following is the best title for this passage? A. Data science: a forefront force in tech business
B. Corporate competition: an obstacle to the transition C. Machine learning : a key to smart technology
D. Technique experts: a decisive factor of the coming era
Section C
Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need. A. B. C. D. E. However, Uber deny this was the intention. Uber was criticized of deliberately ordering rides of rival companies. Silicon Valley’s culture seems hostile to humane and democratic values. Uber wanted to know as much as possible about the people who use its service, and those who don’t. Uber is a transportation network company headquartered in San Francisco, operating in 570 cities worldwide. F. In fact, it makes people wonder what would happen to someone carrying a knife who promised never to stab a policeman with it. Time to Tame Silicon Valley
The company Uber brings into very sharp focus the question of whether corporations can be said to have a moral character. If any human being were to behave with the single-minded and greed of the company, we would consider them anti-social.
__67__ Therefore, it has an arrangement with Unroll.me, a company which offered a free service for unsubscribing from junk mail, to buy the contacts Unroll.me customers had had with rival taxi companies. Beyond that, it keeps track of the phones that have been used to book its services even after the original owner has sold them, but attempts this with Apple’s phones is forbidden by the company.
Uber has also adjusted its software so that regulatory agencies that the company regarded as hostile would, when they tried to hire a driver, be given false reports about the location of its cars. Uber management booked and then cancelled rides with a rival company which took their vehicles out of circulation. __68__ The punishment for this behavior was so small that it was not worth worrying about.
Uber promised not to use this software against law enforcement. __69__ Travis Kalanick of Uber got a personal criticism from Tim Cook, who runs Apple, but the company did not prohibit the use of the app. Too much money was invested in that.
The ―sharing economy‖ encourages the insecure and exploited to exploit others equally insecure to the profit of a tiny group of billionaires. __70__ The outgoing CEO of Yahoo, Marissa Mayer, who is widely judged to have been a failure, is likely to get a $186m payout. This may not be a cause for panic. Yet there’s an urgent political task to tame these companies, to ensure they are punished when they break the law, that they pay their taxes fairly and that they behave responsibly.
Section D．Summary Writing
Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.
Bicycle Sharing
For years, bike-sharing plans have been common in big cities around the world, including in China. Examples include Paris’s Vélib and London’s Santander Cycles (―Boris bikes‖). But these require customers to return the bicycles to docking stations (泊车位). In China, a more user-friendly approach is spreading rapidly. It involves bikes that can be paid for using a smartphone and left anywhere. GPS tracking enables them to be located with a mobile app. A ride typically costs only one yuan ($0.15) on a bike in an eye-catching colour.
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