2017年周考英语试卷本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分, 满分120分，考试用时90分钟。

第Ⅰ卷（85分）第二部分阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)第一节(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

AApple SeedsCirculation: 1 Year,9 IssuesCover Price: MYM44.55Price For You: MYM 33.95Product Description: Apple Seeds is an award winning magazine filled with stories for kids aged from 7 to 9. The cover is very soft, providing durability(耐用性) that allows each issue to be enjoyed for many years to come. Besides, there is a big surprise for you—it’s being sold at a more favorable discount than usual.Better LifeCirculation: 1 Year, 12 IssuesCover Price: MYM44.55Price For You: MYM 15.00Product Description: Designed for those who have a strong interest in personal lifestyle, Better Life is America’s complete home and family service magazine. It offers help with food, recipes, decorating, building, gardening, family health, money management, and education.Humor TimesCirculation: 1 Year, 12 IssuesCover Price: MYM36.00Price For You: MYM 11.95Product Description: Humor Times Magazine is for those who love to laugh! Full of cartoons and humor columns, it shows up in your mailbox once a month and keeps you smiling all year round! In today’s world, you need a reason to laugh. So let’s find it in Humor Times.News ChinaCirculation: 1 Year, 12 IssuesCover Price: MYM 47.88Price for You: MYM 19.99Product Description: News China Magazine is the English edition of China Newsweek. The magazine covers the latest Chinese domestic news in politics, business, society, environment, culture, sports and travels, etc. It is the first comprehensive news magazine for readers interested in China.21. What is the purpose of the text?A. To tell us why these magazines popular.B. To help us make right decisions.C. To advise us to subscribe the magazines.D. To encourage us to contribute articles to the magazines.22. Better Life can probably help you in .A. making your house beautifulB. ordering food from restaurantsC. finding interesting stories for your kidsD. learning about sports and travels23. Which magazine may best help relieve your work stress?A. Apple Seeds.B. Better Life.C. Humor Times.D. News China.BIt was a bad time for me. I was low emotionally and tired physically. Probably because of this I hadn’t shaved for a few days. Also, because I had been doing some repairs at my daughter’s house, I was dressed quite scruffily. Boarding the bus to go home I saw it was almost full so I found a rail to lean against.That was when a young woman, sitting with her child, stood up and offered me her seat. “Wow!”I thought. Out loud I said, “Do I look that old and tired?”She replied,” You look like you’ve had a tough day.” I thanked her sincerely and stayed standing.A moment later a man rose from his seat at the back of the bus and made his way towards me, squeezing past several people on the way. Then he told me about his addiction problems, asked my advice, and just chatted about life for a few minutes. Then he went back to his seat, very random!Watching him go, I also looked at the bus-load of people between me and his seat. He hadn’t chosen to talk to those strangers. He chose to talk to this stranger, for whatever it meant to him and whatever comfort it brought him. Why?That’s when it occurred to me. I must have looked like I had been where he was.I probably looked like a man who would understand a difficult life. I was humbled and uplifted at the same by the realization that even when we are at our lowest we can still help others—if we look like we might be able to meet them where they live or walk a while in their world.24. Why did the young woman offer her seat to the writer?A. Because she thought the writer looked very old.B. Because the writer looked very friendly.C. Because the writer looked humorous.D. Because the writer looked exhausted.25. What can we learn about the man from Paragraph 3?A. He was an acquaintance of the writer.B. He felt familiar with the writer.C. He might take drugs heavily.D. He lacked confidence in life.26. The underlined words “his stranger” in Paragraph 4 probably refers to “”.A. the young womanB. one passengerC. the writerD. the driver27. Which of the following may be the best title for the text?A. Unusual Appearance Interests Strangers.B. Meet Them Where They Live.C. Small Take a Difference.D. Accept What They Are.CImagine that 7 out of 10 working Americans got fired tomorrow. What would they all do? It’s hard to believe it would happen. But that is what the industrial revolution did to the labor force of the early 19th century.Two hundred years ago, 70 percent of American workers lived on the farm. Today automation has eliminated all but one percent of their jobs, replacing them with machines. But these workers did not sit, doing nothing. Instead, automation created hundreds of millions of jobs in completely new fields. Those who once farmed were then working in factories that produced farm equipment, cars, and other industrial products.It may be hard to believe, but before the end of this century, 70 percent of today’s jobs will likely be replaced by automation. Yes, dear reader, even you will have your job taken away by machines. In other words, robot replacement is just a matter of time. First, speedy robots being able to lift 150 pounds all day long will carry boxes, sort them, and load them onto trucks. Fruit and vegetable picking will continue to be robotized until no humans pick outside of specialty farms. Next, work of cleaning in offices and schools will be taken over by late-night robots. The trucks will be driven by robots.We need to let robots take over. They will do jobs we have been doing, and do them much better than we can. They will do jobs we can’t do at all. They will do jobs we never imagined even needed to be done, and they will help us discover new jobs for ourselves and new tasks that expand who we are. They will let us focus on becoming more human than we were.28. What happened in the early 19th century?A. Some working Americans in factories got fired.B. Jobless workers had no choice but to sit there doing nothing at all.C. Many American workers had to leave factories to work on the farm.D. The industrial revolution caused many Americans to lose their jobs.29. How does the author support the underlined statement in Paragraph 3?A. By giving advice.B. By giving examples.C. By following the order of time.D. By explaining cause and effect.30. How does the author feel about robots taking over our jobs?A. Afraid.B. Happy.C. Puzzled.D. Angry.31. What does the author want to tell us in the text?A. Why robots should take over our jobs.B. 70% of working Americans will be jobless.C. The industrial revolution led to the automation.D. Robots will do more things for us to live better.DIn many countries, schools have long summer holidays, with shorter holidays in between. However, a new report suggests shortening school holidays to stop children forgetting what they have learnt during the long summer break. Instead of threeschool terms, it says, there should be five eight-week terms. And there should be just four weeks off in the summer, with a two-week break between the other terms.Sonia Montero has two children at primary school and works full-time. She supports the idea. “The kids,” she says, “have much longer holidays than me and I can’t afford to take several weeks off work, so I need someone to take care of them. But nobody wants the work in the summer months — they all have holidays of their own.”Not surprisingly, some young people disagree. Student Jason Panos says “It’s a stupid idea. I would hate staying at school in the summer. It’s unfair, too. The people who suggest this had long school holidays when they were young, but now they want to stop us enjoying the summer. The kids in Spain and America have much longer holidays than here, but they don’t forget everything they’ve learnt in a few months.”Nadia Salib agrees. “Sure,” she says, “the first week at school after the summer is never easy, but you soon get back into it. The real problem round here is that kids get bored after so many weeks out of school, and then some of them start causing trouble. But the answer is to give them something to do, not make everyone stay in school longer.”32. Why is Sonia in support of shorter school holidays?A. She doesn’t get any summer holidays in her job.B. She is worried that her children will forget what they’ve learnt.C. She can’t afford to pay someone to look after her children.D. She can’t get anyone to look after her childr en in summer.33. What does Jason say about long summer holidays?A. They can help children forget about school.B. Schools in other countries don’t have them.C. These days many older people have them too.D. They have little influence on children’s education.34. What does Nadia say about young people on summer holidays?A. They would like to spend more time at school.B. Long holidays are very bad for their education.C. They need something to do to enrich themselves.D. Long holidays should be shortened to stop them causing trouble.35. Which of the following statements best explains the text?A. It has been decided that summer holidays should be shortened.B. Students are angry that school holidays have been changed.C. Some people want to change school holidays but not everyone agrees.D. Teenagers are worried that they will be busy during summer holidays.第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10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，选项中有两项为多余选项。