【答案与解析 36.D细节题。根据US Transatlantic,￡629per-person 和 “Paying extra￡l77..Ocean View..”可知，每人的基本费 用是￡629，如果住海景房，每人需额外再付￡177，所以两人的 费用是（￡629十￡177）×2=￡1612。 37.C细节题。根据Cuba部分“Sail five nights on board Majes ty of the Seas with stops in Havana,Cuba and Mexico.”可知 答案。 38.D 细节题。根据European cities,￡579per-person部分中 MSC's all-inclusive drinks package including coffees, cocktails,wine,beer,spirits and soft drinks可知答案 。 39.B 细节题。根据最后一段第1句可知，虽然有很多优惠活动 可供顾客选择，但游轮行业通常会提前几个月推出一些最优惠

When you lie down on the couch after a long workday and start scrolling through social media,you're not doing your tired brain any favors,says author Celeste Headlee."Your brain sees your phone as work.To your brain,any time that phone is visi- ble,part of your brain is expending part of its energy on prepar- ing for a notification to come in.It's like a runner at the starting gate. In her new book,Do Nothing,Headlee,a longtime journa- list and public radio host,encourages readers to be intentional a- bout protecting their downtime. Headlee observes that in an age of social media,some Amer- icans are comparing themselves with celebrities-people far out-

B.Jobs and education. C.OECD and STEM. D.Career and gender. 52.What is implied in the second paragraph? A.Teenagers know little about traditional professions. B.One's job preference and prospect may be mismatched. C.Teenagers have no ability to make right choices in jobs. D.Traditional professions are expected to be more promis ing. 53.What is one of the findings of the OECD survey? A.Teenagers are focusing on well-known jobs. B.More women wish to move into technology. C.Young people prefer fastest-growing occupations.

57.What does Paragraph 5 mainly talk about?(no more than 10 words) 58.How did Maria Sharapova become the world's highest-earning female athlete?(no more than 20 words) 59.What does the underlined sentence mean in the last para- graph?(no more than 10 words) 60.Do you think perseverance is always our greatest tool?Give your reason.(no more than 20 words)

58.A.chance B.company C.place D.way 59.A.busy B.happy C.sorry D,curious 60.A.competing B.arriving C.appearing D.working

【答案】 One possible version: The Father of Hybrid Rice Born into a poor farmer's family in 1930,Professor Yuan Longping graduated from Southwest Agricultural College e in 1953.Since then,finding ways to grow more rice has been his life goal. Professor Yuan devotes himself to doing research on the rice output.Thanks to his great research,many less developed coun- tries have got rid of hunger.Professor Yuan has shared his knowledge and technology with foreign scientists.Farmers from other countries,including the United States,have thus benefited from his work.

(Text 6) W:Excuse me,sir.I have to go downtown.Does the No.16 bus go directly to the City Hall? M:Yes,it does,but it only comes by every 30 minutes,or so. You'd better take the underground. W:OK,thanks.Actually,I'm here to attend a conference.I need to be downtown by 3 o'clock.So I think I'll take your advice.Where is the nearest underground station? M:Walk straight down this street for a block,and you'll see an underground station between the Grand Hotel and the Book Plaza. (Text 7) W:So,how did you do on your English final,Raymond?

the 1930s meant traveling muddy,poorly maintained roads by mule (or on foot.Inns often provided food that could be polluted,and there was always risk from wild animals. Their greatest discovery was the Temple of Buddha's Light, in Wutai County,Shanxi Province.The breathtaking wooden temple was built in 471 AD,making it the oldest building known in China at the time. Liang and Lin crawled into the temple's most forbidden,for gotten areas to determine its age,including one hideaway con- trolled by thousands of bats and millions of bedbugs(臭虫)，cov- ered in dust and littered with dead bats."In complete darkness and among the awful smell,hardly breathing,with thick masks covering our noses and mouths,we measured,drew,and photo-

35.What's the last paragraph mainly about? A.Cheetahs'abilities to run faster. B.Lessons runners can learn from cheetahs. C.A running form different from other animals. D.Differences between two animals'running frequency

学不到。 56.B考查名词。作者告诉他们，这些孩子知道他们的产品不受 欢迎，但这并不意味着他们应该放弃。 57.D考查动词。根据下文qut可知答案。 58.B考查动词。如果没有人买他们的产品，或者没有人欣赏他 们的努力，可能他们下次就会放弃。 59.A考查副词。 60.C考查名词。有时候一个小小的善意的谎言也能起到很大的 推动作用。