developer’s conference in San Francisco, California. The company first announced plans to build a fully foldable phone five years ago.
The phone is designed to fold open to make the device the size of a small tablet. It can also perform some operations of a tablet. When folded closed, the device looks and works like a normal smartphone. The device will permit users to keep up to three apps open at one time. With normal size smartphones, users have to keep changing between apps.
Justin Dension is Samsung’s senior vice president. He introduced the device to people at the conference. He said it marked a major breakthrough in future smartphone technology. Denison said the design of the foldable device was very complex. One of the biggest difficulties was finding a material that was not only flexible but also strong enough to support repeated folding and unfolding of the device. Denison said Samsung would be ready to start mass production in the coming months.
Technology experts see the new foldable design as a way to get users to buy a new device seen as revolutionary. More people are deciding to hold onto smartphones longer because newly launched models do not offer major improvements and can be very costly. This behavior is one reason for a steady decrease in worldwide smartphone sales over the past year.
It remains to be seen whether foldable phones will become popular quickly. The device is expected to cost more than $1,000. The company has not yet announced when its FlexPai device will be available in America. B ut it is planning to launch the product in China starting next month, at a price of about $1,300. 24. What did Samsung company do on Wednesday in San Francisco? A. It announced plans to build a foldable pho ne. B. It introduced its foldable phone to the public. C. It started to sell its foldable phone in America. D. It held a conference to deal with new challenges. 25. What can we learn about the foldable smartphone?
A. It can run only one app at a time. B. The material for it was hard to find. C. It is popular worldwide now. D. It will take the place of the tablet.
26. What does the underlined part “This behavior” in Paragraph 4 refer to? A. Recycling their old smartphones. B. Repairing their old smartphones. C. Keeping their old smartphones. D. Replacing their old smartphones. 27. Where does the passage probably come from?
A. A brochure. B. A newspaper. C. A research paper. D. A shopping guidebook. 此处缺页
characters who seem like someone you might know? Do you like to feel scared or do you like a story that makes you laugh until you cry? Think about the types of writing you like best, and try to identify the qualities that attract you.
2. 32 It’s easy to forget a good idea if you do not record it immediately. If you get in the habit of carrying a notebook or journal with you everywhere you go, you can write down anything you want to remember. When you are talking to friends in the cafeteria or waiting for the bus, something might give you an idea for a character or a scene in a story. You might have a dream you don’t want to forget, or you might just write down the lyrics of a song you love. 33
3. Do your homework. If you decide that you would like to submit your work for publication, make sure you do your research. If you are sending your writing to a magazine, look through old issues. 34 If you are submitting to a book publisher, explore their website to make sure your material is similar to (but not exactly the same as) other books they publish.
4. Stay positive. A writer’s life can be frustrating. Sometimes it’s hard to sit down and write. 35 This is why perseverance is an important quality for a writer to have. A. Talk to friends. B. Keep a notebook.
C. As you read, pay attention to what speaks to you.
D. You may get many refusals before you receive a single acceptance. E. Does it seem like your writing fits in with other stories or articles?
F. These everyday thoughts and observations can be material for your writing one day. G. Writing is a good way to clear your mind and make room for more of the “good stuff”. 第三部分：语言应用(共两节，满分35分)
第一节：完形填空(共20个小题，每小题1分，满分20分)
Jadav Payeng, an Indian, has been planting a tree every day since he was just 16 years old. Now, almost 40 years later, he has created a 36 of 1,360 acres on what was once a 37 land.
Growing up on Majuli, the world’s largest river island, he once 38 hundreds of animals dying from drought among the 39 greenery on the island, so he was 40 to plant one tree every day.
After almost four 41 of growth, his forest is now home to hundreds of elephants, tigers,
deer and birds. Payeng says he has lost 42 of how many trees he has planted-but he 43 there are now thousands of trees providing 44 to the wildlife.
“It’s not as if I did it 45 ,” Payeng said. “You plant one or two trees, and they have to seed. And once they seed, the wind knows how to plant them, the birds here know how to 46 them, cows know, elephants 47 , and even the river knows. The entire 48 knows.”
Island locals used to call Payeng “crazy” for his 49 , but since he was accidentally 50 by a wandering wildlife journalist in 2007, the “Forest Man of India” has been 51 as a role model for protecting the environment.
Payeng doesn’t plan on 52 any time soon-he wants to continue planting trees “until his last 53 ”. He hopes to one day 54 the entire island with 5,000 acres of trees. “Nature is everything. It 55 me. It gives me power…As long as it survives, I survive.”
36. A. lake B. forest C. park D. hole 37. A. big B. fertile C. poor D. flat 38. A. witnessed B. imagined C. reported D. rescued 39. A. remote B. amazing C. fresh D. decreasing 40. A. delighted B. moved C. determined D. convinced
41. A. decades B. years C. months D. weeks 42. A. interest B. count C. control D. sight 43. A. argues B. dreams C. hopes D. believes 44. A. food B. care C. water D. shelter
45. A. by accident B. by myself C. by mistake D. by all means 46. A. eat B. pass C. repair D. sow 47. A. know B. work C. rest D. run
48. A. village B. ecosystem C. planet D. desert 49. A. confidence B. position C. ambition D. experiment 50. A. discovered B. connected C. decided D. regarded 51. A. ordered B. observed C. praised D. studied 52. A. stopping B. returning C. hiding D. waiting 53. A. purpose B. view C. breath D. picture 54. A. tighten B. restart C. arrange D. save 55. A. improves B. inspires C. changes D. forbids
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第二节(10个小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。 Swedish businessman Nile Bergqvist is delighted with his new hotel, the world’s first igloo (冰屋) hotel.
56 (build) in a small town, it has been attracting lots of visit ors, but soon the fun will be over. In two weeks’ time Bergqvist’s ice creation 57 (be) nothing more than a pool of water. “We don’t see it as a big problem,” he says. “We just look forward to replacing 58 .
Bergqvist built his first igloo in 1991 for an art exhibition. It was 59 successful that he designed the present one, 60 measures roughly 200 square meters. Six workmen spent more than eight weeks 61 (pile) 1, 000 tons of snow onto a wooden base. When the snow froze, the base 62 (remove).
After their stay, all visitors receive a survival certificate recording their success. Without 63 (window) and places to hang clothes, it may seem more like
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