beginning a new one together. I have 55 seen my uncle happier. He is still in love and she loves him as much as he loves her. Love is never too late. 36. A. cold-hearted B. warm-hearted C. kind-hearted D. broken-hearted 37. A. unshakable B. unbearable C. unbreakable D. unchangeable 38. A. protect B. accompany C. comfort D. spoil 39. A. talked B. forced C. fooled D. tricked 40. A. deal B. part C. do D. stay 41. A. even B. so C. still D. yet 42. A. recalled B. remembered C. reminded D. reconnected 43. A. style B. religion C. music D. address 44. A. previously B. afterwards C. exactly D. approximately 45. A. come out B. turn out C. bring out D. take out 46. A. brothers B. sisters C. lovebirds D. twins 47. A. annoyed B. suspicious C. content D. sociable 48. A. conflict B. simplicity C. potential D. commitment 49. A. despite B. except C. without D. but 50. A. manner B. extreme C. habit D. temper 51. A. realized B. decided C. promised D. regretted 52. A. embarrassed B. inspired C. impressed D. concerned 53. A. Truth B. Wonder C. Price D. Theme 54. A. declared B. admitted C. announced D. thought 55. A. not B. never C. rarely D. scarcely
第三部分 阅读理解 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
请认真阅读下列短文, 从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中, 选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A During the fifth episode of the most recent season of House of Cards, President Underwood immersed himself in a beautiful mobile game. You may wonder what this colorful creation was. Well, it‘s the puzzle game Monument Valley. Just five hours after its appearance on the hot TV series, the game‘s sales began to increase sharply, according to App Figures, an organization that tracks app sales. The app, first released in last April, has won many awards, including taking the best overall game prize at the 11th International Mobile Gaming Awards held in San Francisco, US, and also three prizes at the Game Developers Choice Awards last month, including Best Visual Art, Innovation, and Best Mobile Game. The rules of the game are simple. You play as a silent princess named Ida. All you need to do is explore the three-dimensional world through touching where you want to go. But the challenge is you can‘t trust your eyes. Many times you will feel stuck in one place, but suddenly after you move one object, the path will be revealed to you. More than that, the joy of playing the game comes from its visual design. It builds on concepts from the art of Dutch graphic artist MC Escher, Japanese woodblock prints and temple architecture from around the world, according to cnet.com, a technology news website. Filled with colorful objects, everything appears to pop out of the screen. But no two stages are alike, even within the same world.
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―Every screenshot looks like a little work of art, and seeing how pieces of the levels move is a treat all on its own,‖ wrote Shaun Musgrave, an editor of gaming website toucharcade.com. Its eerie soundtrack also wins fans‘ hearts. As the gaming website polygon.com commented: ―Every interaction you have with the screen is enhanced with a musical sound effect—rotating blocks sound like a wind-up music box, gears like the strings of an guitar—all adding to the relaxed atmosphere.‖ Its success revealed that ―there was still a place for beautifully-crafted mobile games on the app stores,‖ said to The Guardian. Ken Wong, the lead designer of the game, believes developers should be true to their games. ―Don‘t listen to all these marketing. Just make the game how you want to make it,‖ he told polygon.com. 56. Why did the writer mention House of Cards at the beginning of the passage? A. To arouse TV viewers‘ interest. B. To introduce a new TV series. C. To show how the software became popular. D. To criticize politicians who play mobile games.
57. This software appeals to most users mainly because of its ________. A. popular theme B. unique name C. visual effect D. sound effect
B
Most of us are taught to pay attention to what is said—the words. Words do provide us with some information, but meanings are derived from so many other sources that it would hinder our effectiveness as a partner to a relationship to rely too heavily on words alone. Words are used to describe only a small part of the many ideas we associate with any given message. Sometimes we can gain insight into some of those associations if we listen for more than words. We don't always say what we mean or mean what we say. Sometimes our words don‘t mean anything except ―I'm letting off some steam. I don‘t really want you to pay close attention to what I'm saying. Just pay attention to what I'm feeling.‖ Mostly we mean several things at once. A person wanting to purchase a house says to the current owner, ―This step has to be fixed before I'll buy.‖ the owner says, ―It's been like that for years.‖ Actually, the step hasn't been like that for years, but the unspoken message is: ―I don't want to fix it. We put up with it. Why can't you?‖ The search for a more expansive view of meaning can be developed by examining a message in terms of who said it, when it occurred, the related conditions or situation, and how it was said. When a message occurs can also reveal associated meaning. Let us assume two couples do exactly the same amount of kissing and arguing. But one couple always kisses after an argument and the other couple always argues after a kiss. The ordering of the behaviors may mean a great deal more than the frequency of the behavior. We would do well to listen for how messages are presented. The words, ―It sure has been nice to have you over,‖ can be said with emphasis and excitement or ritualistically(例行公事地). The phrase can be said once or repeated several times. And the meanings we associate with the phrase will change accordingly. Sometimes if we say something infrequently it assumes more importance; sometimes the more we say something the less importance it assumes. 58. The passage mainly tells us that ________.
A. words provide listeners with the most important information B. listeners can gain insight if they listen for words carefully C. the comprehension of a message is influenced by a few factors
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D. when messages are presented is of great importance 59. Why shouldn‘t people rely too much on words alone?
A. Words are used to describe a big part of the many ideas. B. Words always successfully represent what we say. C. Listeners may not develop healthy relationships. D. Listeners will fail to understand the unspoken language.
60. With the example of the couples‘ behavior of kissing and arguing, the writer ________.
A. places stress on the way messages are presented
B. points out examining the situation can improve comprehension C. emphasizes on the importance of the timing of a message
D. reminds the listeners to check their understanding more frequently 61. What is the most suitable title for the passage?
A. Words matter
B. The unspoken meaning C. The art of speaking D. Be a smart listener
C
A week after Halloween, a new speed limit of twenty-five miles per hour will go into effect on every surface road in the five boroughs of New York City, except where stated otherwise. The idea is to make the streets safer for cyclists and pedestrians, a particular aim of Mayor Bill de Blasio. Fourteen children were killed by drivers last year. You won‘t find a citizen who doesn‘t wish that this number were zero. Since 1964, the speed limit has been thirty m.p.h, but for a large number of the driving population it hasn‘t really ever been anything at all. Due to the ineffectiveness of law enforcement, drivers have often gone as fast as they can. Usually, that isn‘t very fast at all, thanks to congestion or the degraded condition of the road. But now and then the traffic clears up. Smooth open road is so rare, at least in the denser parts of the city, that a lead foot can hardly resist the urge to hit the gas. In a city where everyone is busy, any chance to save time is sweet. But now, supposedly, that‘s all coming to an end. The governor of New York State is the one who signed the speed limit into law. ―Governor‖ also happens to be the word for a device that regulates the speed of a machine, so the Mayor, you might say, has installed a governor on the engine that is New York. More cameras, more tickets, more police cars lying in wait. Now we believe speed is evil. This feels funny: a city that has long identified itself as sleepless and fast, aspiring to everything quickly, is being asked to slow down. Slow food, slow money, now slow cars–the New York minute will, from now on, be sixty seconds long. Manhattan is 13.4 miles in length. At twenty-five m.p.h., that‘s half an hour, end to end. This seems about right, considering that to the people from Manhattan the normal time span of a trip from any part of the borough to another, be it by car, bus, bike, skate board, or subway, is presumed (often correctly) to be thirty minutes. So maybe the new speed limit was devised with that in mind. Twenty-five m.p.h. is also about three times the running speed of a Norway rat. Cockroaches, darting for darkness, look awfully fast, at fifty body lengths per second, but if they are seen in the open and that‘s just around three miles per hour. As for the airways, a pigeon-keeper friend writes, ―Street pigeons are usually much healthier than the public thinks, but they‘re not exactly athletes.‖ Their cruising speed, he said, is ―probably thirty, thirty-five m.p.h. when they‘re really heading somewhere.
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The speed-limit change is another milestone in the ongoing struggle for control of the streets. The Bloomgerg administration began redesigning the streets, to decrease the car‘s dominion, and now de Blasio is continuing the campaign. The most persistent objections come from the people for whom driving is part of the job. Delivery, plumbing, construction. You‘re not going to use bicycles to build the Hudson Yards. ―Nobody drives around the city more than me,‖ a master on a construction site said. ―It‘s got worse with the people. It‘s not the cars. The cars have been going the same speed. We have this diesel pickup, and it‘s good to have a car with a big engine in the city, because when you come to a light the thing roars, and the people look up. And then they start to scatter.‖ He went on, ―This guy thinks speed‘s the problem? I think the people who are clueless with their head in their electronic devices is the problem. People are getting hit by bikes. They are walking into job sites, they‘re falling in holes, they‘re tripping on curbs. I‘d say it‘s time to give the city back to the cars.‖ 62. What is the purpose of the new speed limit?
A. To solve the problem of congestion on the road. B. To ensure the security of the people who drive cars.
C. To protect cyclists and pedestrians from being hit by cars. D. To cut down on the number of child victims in car accidents. 63. Why have the drivers often gone as fast as they can since 1964?
A. The traffic has cleared up every now and then. B. The road condition has been increasingly improved. C. There is no such rigid law to restrict drivers‘ behavior. D. Many drivers choose not to take the speed limit seriously.
64. What does the underlined part ?a lead foot‘ most probably refer to?
A. Someone who gets cold feet when driving. B. Someone who has a tendency of speeding.
C. The foot that is more skillful than the other one.
D. The foot that a driver stretches out first out of habit.
65. What can be inferred from ―give the city back to the cars‖ in the last paragraph?
A. It is not cars to blame for traffic problems.
B. Drivers should be under the supervision of the police.
C. Certain jobs should be taken into account when making traffic laws.
D. More and more people have raised persistent objection against speed limit.
D
Last year I ruined my summer vacation－a two-week vacation at my wife‘s family cabin on a lake in northern Ontario, located at the boundary of the US and Canada－by bringing along a modern convenience that was too convenient for my own good: the iPad. Instead of admiring the beauty of nature, I checked e-mail. Instead of paddling an old canoe, I followed my Twitter feed. Instead of devouring great (or merely amusing) novels, I stuck to my workday diet of four newspapers each morning. And that was the problem: I was behaving as if I were still in the office, sticking to the unending news cycle. My body was on vacation but my head wasn‘t. So this year I made up my mind to try something different, a social media experiment in reverse: withdrawal from the Internet. Could I manage to unplug? I knew it wouldn‘t be easy, since I‘m not good at self-denial. But I was determined. I started with a
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