6. It is difficult to know why a work of art produces some emotions,but it has been known for a very long time that paintings,music and poetry have the power to touch us,to repel us and to ______ intense pleasure or displeasure.
7. Care providers also need to help patients to manage their feelings of uncertainty and ______ them of the benefits of modern medicine and technology which can substantially aid in health improvement.
9. Almost 70% of the information we gather is also available online around the world,with the______30%coming from our contacts,from direct growers and wholesalers.
10. We have launched a campaign called Together Science Can,which brings together people from absolutely around the world to______for those things that we care about.
A.stand on
B.stand up
C.stand against
D.stand by
A B C D
B
[考点] 介词和固定搭配 [解析] 考查固定搭配。句意:我们发起了一项名为“Together science can”的运动,它使来自世界各地的人们聚集在一起,共同______那些我们关心的事情。stand up for“支持;坚持;拥护”,是固定搭配,其他几个选项均不能和for搭配。故本题选B。
11. Education about consumption taxes is more likely to boost growth,______the growth effects of income and capital taxes ale ambiguous.
12. In the booming city of Rio de Janeiro,a luxury hotel______trash into treasure for more than a decade,long before food waste was at the forefront of anyone’a mind.
16. ______we have noticed,family planning is one of the most effective ways to control population growth.
A.That
B.What
C.Which
D.As
A B C D
D
[考点] 定语从句 [解析] 考查非限定性定语从句。句意:正如我们所注意到的那样,计划生育是控制人口增长最有效的方法之一。因为后半句中不缺少成分,且逗号前后无连词,所以前半句是一个从句。因为后半句中不缺少主语、宾语、表语、同位语成分,所以前半句不可能是名词性从句,排除B项(what引导名词性从句);that,which,as都可以引导定语从句。that不能引导非限定性定语从句,且引导定语从句时不能放在句首;which可以引导非限定性定语从句,只能放在主句后面,且无“正如”之意;as可以引导非限定性定语从句,有“正如,像”之意,可以放在主句前,也可以放在主句后。该题中,As we have noticed为as引导的非限定性定语从句,修饰后面的主句,意为“正如我们所注意到的那样”。综合所述,本题选D。
17. The movement of consumers from public social media to private messaging has been so rapid that Business Insider reposed that the combined usage of the top four messaging apps now exceeds the combined usage of the top four social media apps.Falling data prices,cheaper devices,and improved features are helping propel this growth.What is NOT the reason for the growth of private messaging apps?______
A.People are tired of social media.
B.People are demanding for real communication.
C.App's improved features.
D.Cheaper data and devices.
A B C D
A
[考点] 细节题 [解析] 细节题。题干:哪一个不是私人信息应用软件使用量增长的原因?根据第一段最后一句“Falling data prices,cheaper devices,and improved features are helping propel this growth”可知,C项“应用软件的改进的功能”和D项“便宜的数据信息和器件”是增长的原因;再根据第二段第二句话“Perhaps people are becoming more interested in actually communicating rather than broadcasting.”可知,B项“人们需要真正的交流”是增长原因之一,而A项“人们厌倦了社交媒体”文中并未提及。故本题选A。
18. A public spat between two warring and wildly popular Chinese apps bus had the feel of a teenage dance-off "Sorry,Douyin Fans", ran at article from the short video app on its WeChat account.in which it accused the mobile-messaging service of disabling links to Douyin's most popular videos. "All bail Douyin the drains queen," retorted Tencent. WeChat's parent,which said it had acted because the content was "inappropriate".Why does the author describe at the beginning of the article that the spat between Douyin and Tencent is like a "teenage dance-off"?______
A.Tencent and Douyin both asked their employees to break off possible communications with the other company.
B.Both Tencent and Douyin make statements to denounce each other's action.
C.Tencent blocked its users from registering on Douyin through WeChat account.
D.Douyin wanted to take the full responsibilities in the argument, while Tencent still accused Douyin’s act as an affectation.
A B C D
B
[考点] 推断题 [解析] 推断题。题干:为什么在文章的开头,作者描述了抖音和腾讯之间的口角就像青少年打闹?根据题干关键词teenage dance-off定位到文章第一段第一句A public spat between two warring and wildly popular Chinese apps has had the feel of a teenage dance-off.中国两款流行的应用程序之间发生了一场公开的口角,这让人产生一种青少年打闹的感觉。接下来就介绍了腾讯与抖音相 互指责的具体内容,由此可知B项“腾讯和抖音都发表声明,相互指责对方的行为”最符合原文意思。故本题选B。
19. People differ greatly in their readiness to try new products. In each product area, there are "consumption pioneers" and early adopters. Other individuals adopt new products much later. After a slow start, an increasing number of people adopt the new product. The five-adopter groups have different values. Innovators are venturesome—they try new ideas at risk. Early adopters are guided by respect—they are opinion leaders in their communities and adopt new ideas early but carefully. The early majority are deliberate—although they rarely are leaders, they adopt new ideas before the average person. The late majority skeptical—they adopt an innovation only after a majority of people have tried it. Finally, laggards are tradition bound—they are suspicious of changes and adopt the innovation only when it has become something of a tradition itself.What is this excerpt about?______
A.The five—adopter classification.
B.The consumption pioneers.
C.How people adopt the new product.
D.The different phases of adopting new ideas.
A B C D
A
[考点] 主旨题 [解析] 主旨题。题干问的是文章的主要内容。从第一段频繁出现的adopter以及第二段的中心句The five-adopter groups have different values.可以判断文章介绍的是五类新产品采用者。A项中的five-adopter classification是对原文中five-adopter groups的同义替换。B项“消费先驱”只涵盖早期试用者,以偏概全;原文并未谈论使用新产品的过程,故排除C项;D项“采用新想法的不同阶段”与文章内容无关。故本题选A。
20. Zhang Qiaoli uses her spare bedroom for storing her stock of ladies' fashion-wear and photo shoots. She is one of more than five million small online stores operating across China, some from small apartments or even college dormitories. She buys dresses and accessories wholesale, at prices under $5; using the website Taobao. she sells them on as the Kitty Lover range for about $10. Taobao is owned by Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba and the brainchild of founder Jack Ma.It is a free-to-use online marketplace with some 800 million product lines—from food to clothes to technology. Across China, online companies large and small are learning how to be effective e-commerce players—or fail like US goliath eBay, which was trounced by upstart Taobao back in 2006. In 2010, China's online shopping industry had a turnover of $80 bn, and grew 87% year-on-year. China's 420 million internet users spend around a billion hours each day online—and last year, 185 million made at least one online purchase. According to Boston Consulting Group, the volume is expected to increase fourfold by 2015. E-commerce is changing the way Chinese consumers think about shopping: online. It is more social than a hard sell. It's a new engaging experience to savor. In Chinese retail, trust is a rare commodity, There are plenty of fakes online, and buyers are often cursed by seams or shoddy goods. Still. consumer faith in e-commerce stores is remarkably robust. That's because,apart from its convenience, online shopping has shifted the balance of power from sellers to buyers. Online shopping in China is more than clicking on the "buy" button.The experience includes exchanging tips with other shoppers, discussing trends, and rating both products and service. The interaction and communication generates trust. "The ability of social networking combined with e-commerce or social commerce as I like to call it—where people are able to rate their providers, provide information to other purchasers—that level of experience is really overcoming the big weaknesses," says Duncan Clark, Chairman of BDA(China),an expert on China’s e-commerce industry. "Basically. there is a one-to-one connection being established.And that’s breaking through the mistrust barrier if you will. So I think we can learn. actually—the West can learn from some of the developments happening in the Chinese e-commerce sector." says Mr.Clark.What is the author's attitude towards e-commerce?______