单项选择题
1、根据下列材料，请回答题：
Experts in the food industry are thinking a lot about trash these days. Food waste has been a serious problem for restaurants and grocery stores—with millions of tons lost along the way as crops are hauled hundreds of miles, stored for weeks in refrigerators and prepared on busy restaurant assembly lines. Restaurants, colleges, hospitals and other institutions are compensating for the rising costs of waste in novel ways. "We have all come to work with this big elephant in the middle of the kitchen, and he elephant is this ' It's okay to waste' belief system," said Andrew Shackman, president of LeanPath. A company that helps restaurants cut back food waste. Freshman students at Virginia Tech were surprised this year when they entered two of the campus’s biggest dining halls to find there were no cafeteria trays. “ You have to go back and get your silverware and your drink, but it's not that different,” said Caitlin Mew born, a freshman. “It's not a big deal. You take less food, and you don't eat more than you should. ” Getting rid of trays has cut food waste by 38 percent at the cafeterias, said Denny Cochrane, manager of Virginia Tech's sustainability program. Before the program began, students often grabbed whatever looked good at the buffet (自助餐), only to food at the table that their eyes were bigger than their stomachs, he said.

According to the first paragraph,
A． lots of food are wasted as crops are hauled from far away
B． food waste is the most serious problems for restaurants and stores
C． experts put forward many proposals to solve the issue of trash
D． .busy restaurant assembly lines produce millions of tons of trash


2、 根据材料，回答题：
        With the unemployment rate topping 8% and the government $16 trillion in debt, it's easy to question why taxpayers are spending $ 2.5 billion on an SUV- sized Mars rover (探测车) named Curiosity, which landed successfully on the red planet in the early hours of Monday.  Couldn't this money go toward something closer to home, such as providing shelter for the homeless or building roads? Yes, it could. But this kind of thinking is shortsighted.
        The Mars project is the latest manifestation of America's restless desire to answer previously unanswerable questions and take on new challenges. To paraphrase President John F. Kennedy, America does things like this not because they are easy, but because they are hard.
        Getting the probe down safely on Mars, after a 350 million mile journey, was certainly no easy feat. Virtually all the technology used in the approach and landing was new, or used in new ways. Once settled in, Curiosity should be a particularly awe-inspiring project. It is designed to shed light on big questions: Could life forms have ever existed on Mars? Might they still exist? And are we alone in the universe ?
        When budgets are tight, space projects such as Curiosity come in for particular abuse. They are often portrayed as complicated flights of odd ideas. They are not. They are both inspirational and immensely practical. Technology is, after all, an engine of economic growth. If that is a goal, as well it should be, why not support a program that makes science exciting and showcases some of the most interesting things that. technology can do? One of the main benefits of projects like this one is to promote a confident America. Throughout history, nations that explore, and engage in science, lead the world. Beginning in the 15th century, for example, European nations sent sailors around the globe and provided the impetus for thinkers such as Copernicus, Galileo and Newton to invent modern physics and astronomy. Not coincidentally, Europe came to dominate the world until the dawn of the 20th century.
        Those who would slash space program budgets apparently haven't learned history's lessons and don't see the great possibilities that the future presents--possibilities reflected in every image transmitted back from the rover.

Why is it easy to question why taxpayers' money is spent on Curiosity?
A．Because Curiosity costs too much money.
B．Because the economic situation is depressed.
C．Because the money should be spent on the people.
D．Because Curiosity is meaningless and impractical.


3、Passage One
Questions are based on thefollowingpassage．
The question of whether our government should promote science and technology or the liberal arts in higher education isn’t all either／or proposition(命题)，although the current emphasis on preparing young americans for STEM(science，technology,engineering，maths)-related fields can make it seem that way．
The latest congressional report acknowledges the critical importance of technicA． training，but alsoasserts that the study of the humanities(人文学科)and sociA． sciences must remain central components of America’s educational system at A．l levels．Both areas are critical to producing citizens who can participate effectively in our democratic society,become innovative(创新的)leaders，and benefit from the spiritual enrichment that the reflection on the great ideas of mankind over time provides．
Parents and students who have invested heavily in higher education worry about graduares’iob prospects as technologicA． advances and changes in domestic and globA． markets transform professions in ways that reduce wages and cut jobs．Under these circumstances，it’s natural to look for what may appear to be the most“practical”way out of the problem：“Major in a subject designed to get you a job”seems the obvious answer to some．though this ignores the fact that many disciplines in the humanities characterized as“soit”oRen，in fact，lead to employment and Success in the long run．Indeed，according to surveys，employers have expressed a preference for students who have received a broadly-based education that has taught them to write well，think critically，research creatively,and communicate easily．
Moreover,students should be prepared not just for their first job，but for their 4th and 5th iobs，as there’s little reason to doubt that people entering the workforce today will be called upon to play many different roles over the course of their careers．The ones who will do the best in this new environment will be those whose educations have prepared them to be flexible．The ability to draw upon every availaB．e tool and insight-picked up from science，arts，and technology-o solve the proB．ems of the future，and take advantage of the opportunities that present themselves，will be helpful to them and the United States．
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
What does the latest congressional report suggest?
A．STEM．related subjects help students find iobs in the information society．
B．The humanities and STEM subjects should be given equal importance．
C．The liberal arts in higher education help enrich students’spiritual life．
D．Higher education should be adjusted to the practical needs of society．


填空题
4、听音频，回答下面各题。
Twenty-four years and two days ago，on a Tuesday morning，the space shuttle Discovery(26)__________ to low Earth orbit from Cape Canaveral，Florida．As NASA's newest eye in the sky,the Hubble Space Telescope，is an(27)__________ which can peer deep into the cosmos and capture the universe’s inhabitants in exquisite detail．It had taken(28)__________ of design and planning to get the telescope ready for work．The next day,on April 25，astronauts delivered the telescope to space．
Then，scientists eagerly(29)__________ Hubble to start revealing cosmic secrets．We all know what happened next．A flaw in the telescope’s(30)__________ mirror meant the images weren’t sharp．(31)__________ incredibly faint objects，such as very distant galaxies，wasn’t possible．It would be three years before the first of five servicing missions let astronauts correct the defect and(32)__________ Hubble’s vision to what it should have been．
Since then，though，the Hubble space telescope has(33)__________ delighted Earthlings with its breathtaking views of stars，galaxies，and our planetary neighbors．Its impact on science has been no less important．Among other discoveries，Hubble helped scientists determine that the universe is expanding at an(34)__________ rate．This discovery,which happened in the late 1990s，is something we still can’t fully explain．
Here，(35)__________ Hubble’s 24th launchiversary,are 25 images that might be slightly less familiar…and I've added one to grow on，just for good measure．
__________


5、 第28题为（　　）


6、 __________

简答题
7、1．目前，网上订餐逐渐成了一种流行的生活方式
2．出现这一现象的原因及其影响
3．我的观点
My view on Online Meal Ordering
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8、Directions：For this part,　you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay based on the picture below．You should start your essay with a brief account ofpersonal information security and then explain who should be responsible for illegal use ofpersonal information．You should write at least 120 words and no more than180words．

注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。
PartⅡListening Comprehension(30 minutes)

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10、You shouM write a short essay entitled What Electives to Choose．
写作导航
1．各大学为大学生开设了多种多样的选修课；
2．学生出于各种原因选择不同的选修课；
3．提出自己的想法。