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第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）略第二部分阅读（共两节，满分50分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
A1. Top dealers compete for your business by offering lower prices. TrueCar spends a lot of money and resources on making sure the entire car renting experience is simple and straightforward. If you’re in the market for a new car, give this site a try first.TrueCar’s network checks many of the prices in your area and gets you the best price for the car you’re looking for.2. It offers more control by allowing you to “build your car” and select your rental plan. The “build your car” option is one of the better options for those looking to add on features to their car. If you’re looking for cars with options like a sunroof or navigation(导航), it’s Carvoy that makes it very easy to get started with the process.3. They have a large collection of new and used cars, and also provide resources for car comparisons. In the business for many years, they are one of the first online car outlets. They have a staff that can usually help you if you give them a call. Their phone support is very good and they are mostly located in the United States.4. It delivers your rental car to the door, which is actually a huge selling point. Many people don’t like to go to a dealership or even drive somewhere to pick up a car. Imagine renting a car and having it delivered right to your doorstep, no driving necessary!5. It offers member-only savings, many car selections and an easy sign-up process. The deals through Costco are great and unique. Many times they have deals with General Motors cars like Chevrolet. There are a lot of deals to be done, but the one thing that Costco does not do is negotiate the price.21. What’s the selling point of ?A. Its most reasonable prices for cars.B. The diversity of its used cars.C. Its delivery service to your door.D. The special offers to its members.22. What is the special service that provides?A. You can have other functions added to your car.B. You can rent a car more easily than elsewhere.C. You can design the whole car by yourself.D. You can have better operation over your car.23. If you are a good bargainer, it’s wise to avoid dealing with _______.A. B. C. D. BRome is recognized across the globe for its classical artwork, but recently the city’s street art has been drawing attention. While many urban artists stick to painting murals(壁画), one Italiansculptor is resisting the trend with his wonderful works made from an unusual material. Andrea Gandini, a native of Rome in his early twenties, has been recognized for his wood carvings of old tree trunks scattered across the city’s landscape.Gandini’s Trocomorto, or “dead trunk” project, began in 2018, when the artist ran out of sculpting clay. That’s when he noticed the remains of an old tree stump in his neighborhood. He realized that Rome was full of potential canvases(画布) just waiting to be given a new life. “Bringing trees back to life” is exactly how Gandini and others describe his art.Due to years of poor care by the city, many trees became diseased and had to be cut down. This resulted in lots of old stumps that degraded the streets of Rome, which were costly to remove. However, they have been a perfect canvas of Gandini, who has completed over 50 carvings across the city.Gandini gives each old tree trunk a face and personality of its own. By recognizing each formerly living tree as individual, he hopes to give them some dignity in death and respect each of them with their own headstone of sorts. For those that can’t make the trip to Rome, Gandini documents his works of art on Facebook.Gan dini’s “dead trunk” project reminds us of what Auguste Rodin says, “There is no t lack of beauty in the world, but a lack of eyes to find it.” All is beautiful in the eyes of the artist, for his keen eye sees through the heart of all living things. To discover its character is to pierce its outer form and touch its inner truth. This “truth” is also “beauty”.24. What has drawn people’s attention recently in Rome according to the passage?A. Its classical artwork.B. Its traditional murals.C. Its street wood carvings.D. Its unusual material.25. Which statement is NOT correct about Gandini’s works?A. They are full of life.B. They follow the trend of murals.C. They beautify the city.D. They are appreciated by some artists.26. What does Gandini try to put in his works?A. Dignity and respect.B. Beauty and kindness.C. Hope and personality.D. Death and art.27. What can we learn from this passage?A. Beauty is always around for keen eyes.B. Inner truth is difficult to find.C. We live in a world lacking beauty.D. Grandini is a person who loves nature and truth.CAmazon is opening its 12th high-tech convenience store Tuesday in New York. The spot will be the first of the chain to allow customers to pay with cash. The move comes with growing resistance against cashless stores, which critics say refuse to serve people who don’t have bank accounts.At other locations of the store, shoppers enter by scanning the Amazon Go app. That’s still the case for customers paying with a credit card, but people paying with cash will have an “entry associate” scan them through the turnstiles(旋转栅门). Once they’ve finished, those shoppers will check out with an Amazon Go employee and receive a paper receipt. Cashless customers can still walk out by scanning a phone that has the Amazon Go app at the turnstiles. Customers using the Go app can exit without waiting and get a digitized receipt.The 1,300-square-foot New York store — the first Amazon Go store on the East Coast — will offer prepared foods, such as sandwiches and salads. It will also have Amazon Meal Kits and locally made options.Amazon says it will begin accepting cash at its other Go stores “over time”. A number of retailers(零售商) and restaurants, such as Sweetgreen and Dos Toros Taqueria, are facing roadblocks to their cashless recommendations.New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy recently signed a law banning cashless stores in that state. Philadelphia also passed a law to prohibit cashless stores earlier this month, and officials in New York City, Washington and San Francisco are considering similar moves. The federal government does not require retailers to accept cash.“While card-only may be convenient for some businesses, it can actually be discriminatory against poor communities that don’t have as much access to banks or lines of credit,” said New Jersey State Senator Nellie Pou, who sponsored the state’s new law. Not accepting cash could alsobe bad for business. Americans use it in 30% of all business deals, according to a 2017 report from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.28. Why is Amazon opening a new store accepting cash?A. To persuade those critics.B. To obey the local regulations.C. To improve its retail service.D. To compete with cashless stores.29. What will shoppers paying with cash do at the new store?A. Exit in line with a digitized receipt.B. Walk out by scanning a phone with the Go app.C. Enter through the turnstiles by scanning a phoneD. Check out with an employee and get a paper receipt.30. How did some states and cities react to cashless stores?A. By making laws to stop them.B. By requiring retailers to run them.C. By learning from Amazon to improve them.D. By following the federal government to accept them.31. What is the main idea of the last paragraph?A. It s necessary to make cashless stores easily accessible.B. More banks should be built in poor communities.C. Card-only payment is convenient for business.D. Not accepting cash has its disadvantages.DThis new packaging material looks like conventional plastic, but it’s actually made from fish waste and algae(海藻)and unlike plastic, if it escapes into the ocean, a fish could likely eat it safely. The material, called MarinaTex, is the winner of this year’s James Dyson Award.“It began with my desire to work with waste,”says Lucy Hughes, a recent graduate from University of Sussex, who once visited a fish processing factory to see the massive quantity of waste generated by the industry and find new ways to use it. She focused on fish skins and scales(鳞片).“When I had it in my hands, I realized this has got potential,”she says. “It’s super strong and flexible.”Hughes spent months experimenting with fish waste in her kitchen, running more than 100 experiments to find a binder and a process that could hold together the proteins in the fish skins and scales. “I had a lot of failed attempts — a lot of things either were too easily broken or too soft or easily went bad,” she says. She finally landed on a type of algae that can be locally got.The material can be used to replace oil-based plastic in packaging such as bags or the half transparent windows used to show products in boxes. As her research continues, Hughes says that she’ll be studying how MarinaTex works and how long it could be used to store food.Unlike some “compostable” plastics, which need to be processed in an industrial composting facility to break down, the new material can break down in four to six weeks in a backyard compost bin. “All the ingredients are food-grade safe,” Hughes says. “So, this breaks down much like a piece of food would break down.”32. Why did Hughes develop MarinaTex?A. She wanted to look for a new plastic.B. She would like fish to eat it safely.C. She wanted to win James Dyson Award.D. She wanted to make use of fish skins and scales.33. What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 2 refer to?A. The fish processing factory.B. The fish waste.C. Fish scales.D. Fish skins.34. What is the main advantage of MarinaTex compared with conventional plastic?A. It is stronger and more flexible.B. It can be used as plastic bags.C. It has the nutritional value for fish.D. It can break down very easily and fast.35. Which one is the best title for the passage?A. Working with WasteB. Developing New IdeasC. Making Bags from Fish WasteD. Getting Rid of Plastic Pollution第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。