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此题为听力题，解析略。 【15题详解】
此题为听力题，解析略。 【16题详解】
此题为听力题，解析略。
Questions are based on the following passage. 17.
A. She bumped into a coffee table. B. She chatted with the cafe owner. C. She talked with someone she knew. D. She was listening to a lively debate. 18.
A. Newspapers were given out to customers. B. An entrance fee was charged for getting in. C. It was the meeting place for debating clubs. D. It was first started in Oxford in the 16th century. 19.
A. Partly right. C. Very unfair. 20.
A. By providing free laptops for use. B. By making sofas comfortable to sit on. C. By engaging them in stimulating conversation. D. By transporting customers to various destinations. 【答案】17. C 18. B 19. D 20. B 【解析】
W: Here’s your cup of coffee, Bob.
M: Thanks! But what took you so long, Catherine?
B. Extremely interesting. D. A bit unreasonable.
W: Sorry, Bob. I bumped into somebody I knew in the cafe and stopped for a chat. M: OK, well. Catherine, did you know that coffee houses were originally a meeting place for lively debates and intellectual discussions?
W: Really? I didn’t know that, Bob. So how long ago was this debating society formed? M: The first coffee house was set up in Oxford in 1650. But they quickly became popular and soon they were all over London too. You paid a penny to get in, and this included access to newspapers—and stimulating conversation!
W: But I have to say, while I was getting our coffees earlier, there was nobody else in the cafe talking except me and my friend. Everybody was sitting on their own, tapping away on their laptops. So the spirit of those 17 century coffee houses has disappeared then? No more lively debates and intellectual discussions?
M: It seems so. As Douglas Fraser, BBC Business and Economy Editor says, the coffee shop’s free Wi-Fi is transporting its customers to different destinations far from the person beside them. As you can see, so many people sit along plugged into their laptops—and they’re all doing different things—working, writing, messing about on social media. W: I think the cafe owners should turn off the free Wi-Fi. I don’t think people should be allowed to sit all day using the Internet—occupying tables—and not talking to anybody! Especially when some of them don’t even buy a coffee!
M: That’s a bit extreme, Catherine. Cafe owners need customers—and they encourage people to stay by having comfortable sofas and newspapers to read and the free Wi-Fi! W: I suppose you’re right. Questions:
Why did it take Catherine a long time to bring back the coffee?
What can be learned about the earlier coffee house from this conversation? What does Bob think of the idea of turning off the Wi-Fi? How do the cafe owners attract customers? 【17题详解】
此题为听力题，解析略。 【18题详解】
此题为听力题，解析略。 【19题详解】
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此题为听力题，解析略。 【20题详解】
此题为听力题，解析略。
II. Grammar and Vocabulary Section A
Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.
The Best Way of Losing Weight
Forget what the skinny movie stars and the TV adverts say - losing weight is hard work. ___21___ you do it through exercise, diet, or a bit of both, it’s extremely challenging to lose those pounds and then to keep them off. Sometimes it can involve ___22___ (change) huge parts of your day-to-day life and it can mean breaking decades-old habits.
But it turns out there’s one little thing you ___23___ do to help you achieve your goal and it’s got nothing to do with food or exercise. The experts at Weight Watchers did research which shows many of their members were more successful and ___24___ (discouraged) when they shared regular updates on their new healthy lifestyle online. They found people who shared a diary of their daily lives with friends and followers were stimulated and inspired by positive feedback ___25___ they lost some pounds and kept them off.
More than 50 per cent of people said the support of a weight loss community was crucial when it came ___26___ changing their eating habits and 53 per cent shared photos of their meals on social media. With this knowledge under their belts, Weight Watchers ___27___ (launch) a series of short films lately which show people recording their daily weight loss journey.
One of the members who shared her journey was Danielle Duggins, and her video shows her enjoying a range of healthy meals and a few treats, while ___28___ (play) with her children.
The company’s marketing director Claudia Nicholls said: “The support of a community has always proved to be an effective way of forming and sustaining healthy habits, but
there has never been an easier or more affordable way ___29___ (tap) into the power of the crowd for support and inspiration with the explosion of online communities. Weight Watchers owns a social community for members, Connect, ___30___ sees over 14,000 daily posts in the UK alone, and provides our members with instant access to a community of people who are on similar journeys to them. 【答案】21. Whether 22. changing
23. can 24. less discouraged 25. that 26. to 27. has launched 28. playing 29. to tap 30. which 【解析】
本文属于新闻，介绍减肥以及维持体重最有效的方式不是锻炼，也不是节食，而是与他人分享自己的成功经历，Weight Watchers专门建立了一个会员专属的社交平台。 【21题详解】
考查连词。句意：不管你是通过锻炼还是饮食，也或是两者兼备，都很难减掉体重并且维持减掉后体重。分析句子可知，you do it through exercise, diet, or a bit of both属于选择关系，故用whether…or不管是…还是，故用whether。 【22题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意：有时，这需要改变大部分的日常生活。本句为involve的用法involve doing sth需要做某事，故用changing。 【23题详解】
考查情态动词。句意：结果是只需要做一件小事就可以帮你达成目标，这与饮食和锻炼没有关系。分析句子可知，本句结构完整，谓语动词为do 原形，故用情态动词can可以。 【24题详解】
考查比较级。句意：专家做了一份研究发现，当成员们在网上定期分享他们新的健康生活方式的时候，减肥更容易成功，更少泄气。根据文章可知，介绍减肥的最好方法，效果最好的方式，由于前面有more successful，故用比较级，less discouraged。 【25题详解】
考查同位语从句。句意：当他们与朋友们分享自己的日常生活的时候，他们的跟随者会受到他们积
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