to emphasize here is that not all shopping centers are made equal, just like not all e-merce retailers (零售商) are made equal. Both shopping malls and e-merce sites can lose business if they fail to maintain productivity through improvements and innovations. When you visit shopping centers that are serious about their business, you would see their shops and parking lots packed.
On the other hand, even e-tailers like Amazon have experimented with pop-up shopping concepts. It is important to bear in mind that consumers prefer face-to-face interactions instead of online interactions during shopping, meaning that physical stores are going to stay there.
Still, e-merce retailers are seeing all of their excitement disappear as they settle the sales tax problem associated with e-tailing. As of now, five states of America have already imposed sales tax on purchases through e-merce sites, and e-tailers in those states have already witnessed 6 to 12 percent decrease in sales.
This reinforces the fact that physical stores are here to stay, and if you are still undervaluing their growth, you are omitting (省略) a huge chunk of the retail representation. 28. The underlined word “projections” in Paragraph 2 probably means “ ”. A. predictions
B. assessments
C. performances
D. intentions
29. What can we infer from the passage? A. E-tailers are more creative businesses. B. Fresh concepts help build good business. C. Fewer consumers will visit physical stores. D. Physical stores can’t stand the blow of e-merce.
30. Which of the following shows the development of the passage?
31. What is the best title for this passage?
A. Will Physical Stores Replace E-merce in the Near Future? B. I s Offline Spending Greater than Online Spending?
C. Online Stores V. S. Physical Stores—What’s the Difference? D. Does E-merce Success Mean Physical Stores Will Disappear?
D
Self-driving vehicles will rely on cameras, sensors and artificial intelligence (AI) to recognize and respond to road and traffic conditions, but sensing is the most effective for
objects and movement in the neighborhood of the vehicle. Not everything important in a car’s environment will be caught by the vehicle’s camera. Another vehicle approaching at high speed on a collision (碰撞) track might not be visible until it’s too late. This is why vehicle-to-vehicle munication is undergoing rapid development. Our research shows that cars will need to be able to chat and cooperate on the road, although the technical challenges are considerable.
Applications for vehicle- to-vehicle munication range from vehicles driving together in a row, to safety messages about nearby emergency vehicles. Vehicles could alert each other to avoid collisions or share notices about passers-by and bicycles.
From as far as several hundred meters away, vehicles could exchange messages with one another or receive information from roadside units (RSUs) about nearby incidents or dangerous road conditions through 4G network. A high level of AI seems required for such vehicles, not only to self-drive from A to B, but also to react intelligently to messages received. Vehicles will need to plan, reason, strategize and adapt in the light of information received in real time and to carry out cooperative behaviors. For example, a group of autonomous vehicles might avoid a route together because of potential risks, or a vehicle could decide to drop someone off earlier due to messages received, a foreseen crowding ahead.
Further applications of vehicle- to-vehicle munication are still being researched, including how to perform cooperative behavior. 32. What is the first paragraph mainly about?
A. The reasons for the accidents by self-driving vehicles. B. The research about applications of self-driving vehicles.
C. The importance of artificial intelligence of self-driving vehicles. D. The reasons for developing munication between self-driving vehicles. 33. What does the underlined word “alert” mean in Paragraph 2% A1Alarm1 B1Condemn1 C1Ignore1 D1Govern1
34. What can we learn about roadside units (RSUs)? A. They classify the vehicles on the road. B. They can improve bad road conditions. C. They take over the passing vehicles.
D. They serve as efficient information stations. 35. What is the best title for the text?
A. When do vehicles municate?
B. The reasons why a high level of AI is important C. Vehicle-to-vehicle munication is ing
D. What do applications for vehicle-to-vehicle munication need? 第二节（共5小题;每小题1.5分，满分7. 5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。
You often find somebody who works around you plaining all the time, don’t you? 36 . About 70% of Americans say being around nonstop plainers sometimes has a bad influence on them. Luckily, here are 4 tips to help form positive patterns.
? Self-awareness
When a negative thought pops into your mind, immediately correct it. Instead of telling yourself “That’s a nice shirt, but I can’t afford it,” change the message to “That will look great with my black pants when I can afford it.” 37 .
Of course, everyone plains sometimes. But the less frequently you plain, the better you will feel.
? Distance yourself
38 . Excuse yourself and go somewhere quiet, somewhere outdoors in the fresh air. Think of something pleasant before returning. You have to take this seriously because negative people can and will pull you into the quicksand (难以摆脱的困境).
? Don’t try to change plainers
If you find yourself trapped in a group of plainers in a meeting or at a social event, simply choose silence. Let their words bounce off you while you think of something else. Attempting to stop the plaining can make you a target. 39 . If someone says, “I hate Mondays; weekends are too short,” try to think, “I’m glad I rested over the weekend, so I’m ready to make some improvement on that big project.”
? 40
When someone is shouting at you angrily, throw the responsibility back at them by asking, “So what do you intend to do about it?” In most cases, plainers don’t really want a solution. They just want to speak them out. If you make them aware that they themselves have to find the solutions, they will leave you alone and find someone else to plain to. If so, you will be happy. A. Find solutions
B. Change the responsibility C. You have got a lot of pany
D. By doing this, it will lead to positive behavior E. But you can redirect the discussion in your own mind F. Whenever possible, escape from negative conversations G. You will never know what they are going to talk about 第三部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分30分） 第一节（共20小题;每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面的短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，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。
A lovely little girl was holding two apples with both hands. Her mum came in and 41 asked her little daughter with a smile, “My sweetie, could you give your mum one of your two apples?” The girl looked 42 at her mum for some seconds, then she suddenly took a quick 43 on one apple, and then quickly on the other.
The mum felt the smile on her face 44 . She tried hard not to show her 45 . Then the little girl handed one of her 46 apples to her mum, and said, “Mummy, here you are. This is the 47 one.”
No matter who you are, how experienced you are, and how knowledgeable you think you are, always 48 judgment. Give others the privilege to 49 themselves. What you see may not be the 50 . Never conclude for others, which is why we should never only 51 the surface and judge others without understanding them 52 .
Those who like to pay the bill, do so not because they are loaded, but because they value 53 above money.
Those who 54 first after a fight, do so not because they are wrong but because they value the people around them.
Those who often text you, do so not because they have 55 better to do but because you are in their heart.
One day, all of us will get 56 from each other；we will miss our conversations of everything & nothing； we will miss the 57 that we had. Days will pass by, months, years, 58 this contact bees rare — One day our children will see our 59 and ask “Who are these people?”And we will smile with invisible tears because a heart is touched with a strong word and you will say, “ 60 WAS THEM THAT I HAD THE BEST DAYS OF MY LIFE WITH.” 41. A. quickly 42. A. up 43 A look
B. softly B. down B taste
C. curiously
D. sadly
C. out C bite
D. around D try
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