2017年高三英语考试英语考试时间：____分钟简答题（综合题）（本大题共9小题，每小题____分，共____分。

）Delivering Food by DroneA Singapore restaurant plans to use drones(遥控飞机) to transport food and drinks from the kitchen to a wait station near customers’ tables.Infinium Robotics, the Singapore company that’s developing the drones for restaurant chain Timbre, has spent the past two weeks testing the technology at the restaurant before it opens each night____ business and hopes to have it in place by the end of the year.But how does the drone know where to hover (盘旋)? What if someone bumps into the drone or is standing in its way? “There’s no chance at all ____ it will hit anything,” says Infinium Robotics chief executive Junyang Woon.The drones automatically charge while ____ (wait) in the kitchen. ____ the chef puts an order on the drone, he hits a button on a keypad and the drone automatically flies to one of two wait stations. Sense-and-avoid technology ____ (build) into the drone won’t allow it to land at the wait station if anything is in its way. The drones are equipped with sonar(声纳系统) and an infrared sensor(红外线传感器), too.A waiter then removes the food or drink from the drone and hits a button ____ sends it back to the kitchen. The drones, weighing a little over five pounds, ____ carry just over four pounds of food. Infinium Robotics is working on a model that will carry twice as ____ (much) food.“Its job is to help the waiters to reduce some of their boring tasks, ” Woon said. “If they let the robots ____ (do) the job, they can concentrate on interacting with customers to bring about higher customer satisfaction and dining experience.”Since it drew recent media attention, Woon ____ (hear) from resorts and restaurants in 10 countries, including the United States.【语篇导读】:本文是一篇说明文讲述了一家餐厅计划用遥控飞机送餐的事，以及对遥控飞机送餐的具体介绍。

21.22.23.24.25.26.27.28.29.30.Section BDirections: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.FDA OKs Genetically Modified Salmon for Human ConsumptionThe Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday approved genetically modified salmon(转基因的三文鱼), the first such altered animal allowed for human consumption in the United States.The government had tried to ____ approving the fast-growing salmon for more than five years due to consumer concerns about eating genetically modified foods. But the agency said Thursday the fish is safe to eat.In announcing the approval, the FDA said that there are “no biologically____ differences in the nutrition of AquAdvantage Salmon compared to that of other farm-raised Atlantic salmon.”AquAdvantage Salmon was created by the Massachusetts-based company AquaBounty. Ron Stotish, the company’s CEO, said in a statement that the fish is a “game changer that brings healthy and nutritious food to consumers in an environmentally____ manner without damaging the ocean and other marine habitats.”The fish grows twice as fast as normal salmon, so it reaches ____ size more quickly. It has an added growth hormone(激素) from the Pacific Chinook salmon that allows the fish to produce growth hormone all year long. The engineers were able to ____ the hormone active by using another gene from an ocean pout (a kind of fish) that acts like an “on” ____ for the hormone. Typical Atlantic salmon produce the growth hormone for only part of the year.There is no evidence that the foods would be unsafe, but for some people, it’s an ethical (伦理的)____. Some people have promised not to sell the salmon, and it’s still unclear whether the public will____ an appetite for the fish if it is approved. Genetic engineering is already widely used for crops, but the government until now has not considered allowing the consumption of modified animals. Although the potential benefits and profits are huge, many people have doubts about controlling the genetic ____ of other living creatures.Critics worry that it could cause human allergies(过敏) and the eventual extinction of the ____salmon population if it escapes and breeds in the wild.【语篇导读】:本文引出食物药监局对转基因三文鱼表示赞同开头，介绍了转基因三文鱼的特点和优缺点。

31.32.33.34.35.36.37.38.39.40.III. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.More Parents Shifting Careers to Achieve Work-life BalanceAs a television news host, Cynthia Demos’ schedule made her home life a challenge. Working nights and weekends meant she rarely put her 3-year-old son and 5-year-old daughter to bed, or spent Saturdays at the park. So, three years ago, Demos began testing the waters to see if operating her own business making marketing videos would create an option for more ____ time.Last month, Demos took a leap. Instead of renegotiating her ____, she left her job to take her venture to the next level — building her own video production/media training company. It’s a career shift on a path to work-life balance that more ____ are making.New research shows the top reason why people l____ say there almost always is a main cause, either work- or home-related. It could be a life-changing event like the birth of a child, or it could be a new demanding boss, change in job responsibilities, or too many missed milestone events. It might even be a more ____ job offer.For Denie Harris, the main cause was the attraction of a better ____ situation for a mom with young daughters. Harris had been marketing director for two companies in South Florida when an opportunity came her way to hold a similar position at her daughters’ school. It was a decision that required ____ all factors. The upside included seeing her children during the workday and sharing the same ____ with them. The downside was leaving the corporate world and earning less. “Everything in life is a give-and-take,” Harris says. “For a mom, working at your children’s school is the best possible place to be.”In the ____ to achieve work-life balance, working mothers having been “quitting”jobs for more than a decade, choosing to stay at home with their children when ____ possible. But today, both men and women are making job changes, choosing work options that better fit their ____ lifestyle. The shift often means serious consideration of ____, including salary, advancement and fulfillment.Doug Bartel, who left his job as a TV news producer more than a decade ago, says that what working fathers often look for is predictability and control over their schedules. They are starting their own law firms or becoming self-employed consultants to gain that ____.Big salaries aren’t necessarily the golden handcuffs(手铐) they used to be. With the traditional 40-hour workweek becoming out of date, a survey of nearly 9,700 full-time workers by the global firm of Ernst & Young found that most parents are willing to make ____ and financial concessions (让步)for work-life balance.【语篇导读】:很多人为了减轻工作负担而换工作，讲述了其中的具体原因，和人们现代的想法。