18. A) To transport stones to block floods.

B) To provide services for the stone pit. C) To link the various monument sites. D) To connect the villages along the Nile.

Questions 19 to 21 are based on the recording you have just heard.

19. A) Dr. Gong didn't give him any conventional tests.

B)Dr. Gong marked his office with a hand-painted sign. C)Dr. Gong didn't ask him any questions about his pain. D)Dr. Gong slipped in needles where he felt no pain.

20. A) He had heard of the wonders acupuncture could work.

B)Dr. Gong was very famous in New York's Chinatown. C)Previous medical treatments failed to relieve his pain. D)He found the expensive medical tests unaffordable.

21. A) More and more patients ask for the treatment.

B)Acupuncture techniques have been perfected. C)It doesn't need the conventional medical tests. D)It does not have any negative side effects.

Questions 22 to 25 are based on the recording you have just heard.

22. A) They were on the verge of breaking up.

B)They were compatible despite differences.

C)They quarreled a lot and never resolved their arguments. D)They argued persistently about whether to have children.

23.

A) Neither of them has any brothers or sisters.

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B)Neither of them won their parents' favor. C)They weren't spoiled in their childhood.

D)They didn't like to be the apple of their parents' eyes.

24. A) They are usually good at making friends.

B)They tend to be adventurous and creative. C)They are often content with what they have. D)They tend to be self-assured and responsible.

25. A) They enjoy making friends.

B)They tend to be well adjusted. C)They are least likely to take initiative. D)They usually have successful marriages.

Part Ⅲ

Section A

Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)

Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices, Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.

When Elon Musk says that his new priority is using artificial intelligence to build domestic robots, we should look forward to the day in admiration.

Mr. Musk is a guy who gets things done. The founder of two tech companies, Tesla Motors and SpaceX, is bringing electric vehicles to mass market and (26)_______ humans to live on other planets. This sounds like so much hot air, but the near $13 billion fortune this entrepreneur has (27)_______ comes from practical achievements rather than hypothetical ones.

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A lot of clever people are (28)_______ about artificial intelligence, fearing that robots will one day become so (29)_______ that they’ll murder all of us. These fears are mostly (30)_______ : as with hysteria about genetic modification, we humans are generally wise enough to manage these problems with speed and care.

And just think of how wonderful it would be if you had a live-in robot. It could, (31)_______, be like having a babysitter and a nurse rolled into one—or, if that required (32)_______ intelligence beyond the power of Mr. Musk’ s imagined machine, at least someone to chop the carrots, wash the car and mow the lawn. Once purchased and trained, this would allow the (33)_______user to save money and time, freeing up 34)_______space in our busy lives to read a good book.

That is why we welcome Mr. Musk' s latest (35)_______ , and wish him well. As long as robots add to the sum of human happiness, reduce suffering, and create time to read world-class journalism, we should be their fans. Especially since journalism is one job robots will never do. 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。

A) amassed F) exaggerated K) reward

B) casual G)extravagant L) smart C) emotional H) generously M) sphere D) enabling I) misleading N) terrified E) eventually J) precious O) venture Section B

Directions: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.

In the Real World, Nobody Cares that You Went to an Ivy League School

[A] As a high school junior, everything in my life revolved around getting into the right college. I diligently attended my SAT, ACT, and Advanced Placement test preparation courses. I juggled (尽力应付）cross-country and track schedules, newspaper staff, and my church's youth group and drama team. I didn't drink,

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party, or even do much dating. The right college, I thought, was one with prestige, one with a name. It didn't have to be the Ivy League, but it needed to be a \

[B] Looking back now, nine years later, I can't remember exactly what it was about these universities that made them seem so much better. Was it a curriculum that appeared more rigorous, perhaps? Or an alumni network that I hoped would open doors down the line? Maybe. \with more recognition,\Marybeth Gasman, a professor of higher education at the University of Pennsylvania. \

[C] In reflection, my firm belief in the power of the brand was naive, not to mention a bit snobby. I quickly passed over state schools and southern schools, believing their curriculums to be automatically inferior to northeastern or western counterparts. Instead, I dreamed of living in New York City and my parents obliged me with a visit to New York University's (NYU) campus. During the tour, tuition fees were discussed. (NYU is consistently ranked one of the country, s most expensive schools, with room and board costs totaling upwards of $64,000 a year. ) Up until then, I hadn't truly realized just how expensive an education can be. Over the next few months, I realized not only could I not afford my dream school, I couldn't even afford the ones where I'd been accepted. City University of New York (CUNY)，Rutgers University, and Indiana University were out of reach as were Mississippi State and the University of Alabama, where I would have to pay out-of-state fees. Further complicating my college search was a flourishing track career—I wanted to keep running but my times weren't quite fast enough to secure a scholarship. [D] And so, at 11 pm on the night of Georgia State University's (GSU) midnight deadline, I applied online. Rated No. 466 overall on Forbes' Lists Top Colleges, No. 183 in Research Universities, and No. 108 in the South, I can't say it was my top choice. Still, the track coach had offered me a walk-on spot, and I actually found the urban Atlanta campus a decent consolation prize after New York City.

[E] While it may have been practical, it wasn't prestigious. But here's the thing： I loved my \lower-tier (低层次的)university. (I use the term \cautiously, because GSU is a well-regarded research institution that attracts high quality professors and faculty from all over the country. ) We are taught to believe that only by going to the best schools and getting the best grades can we escape the rat race and build a better future. But what if lower-tier colleges and universities were the ticket to escaping the rat race? After all，where else can you leave school with a decent degree—but without a lifetime of debt? [F] My school didn’t come pre-packaged like the more popular options, so we were left to take care of ourselves, figuring out city life and trying to complete degree programs that no one was championing for

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