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When you stop smoking, a lot of these genes will return to normal within five years.

This means your body is trying to heal (治愈) itself of the harmful effects of smoking. But the changes in some of the genes stay for longer. They can stay for as long as 30 years, It’s almost like leaving a footprint on wet cement (水泥)-it will always be there, even when you’ve walked away and when the cement becomes dry.

Although the study results may make people unhappy, there is a bright side: the findings could help scientists invent medicine to treat genetic damage caused by smoking or find ways to tell which people have heart disease or cancer risks. 58. The function of Paragraph 1 is to______ .

A. introduce the topic of the passage B. give an example C. make an argument

D. show the main idea of the passage

59. Most genetic changes happen because of______ . A. people’s condition at birth C. heart disease and cancer

B. environmental pollution D. people’s bad living habit

60. The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 5 refers to______ . A. the footprint C. the harmful effect

B. the cement D. the genetic change

61. Which of the following statements is true?

A. The findings are the fruit of more than three years’ research. B. The findings have prevented more people from starting smoking C. The findings offer evidence that a damaged gene can heal itself. D. The findings help to find cures for genetic damage caused by smoking. D

Have you ever run into a careless cell phone user on the street? Perhaps they were busy talking, texting or checking updates on WeChat without looking at what was going on around them. As the number of this new “species” of human has kept rising, they have been given a new name — phubbers(低头族).

Recently, a cartoon created by students from China Central Academy of Fine Arts put this group of people under the spotlight. In the short film, phubbers with various

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social identities(身份)bury themselves in their phones. A doctor plays with his cell phone while letting his patient die, a pretty woman takes selfie in front of a car accident site, and a father loses his child without knowing about it while using his mobile phone. A chain of similar events eventually leads to the destruction of the world.

Although the ending sounds overstated, the damage phubbing can bring is real. Your health is the first to bear the effect and result of it. “Constantly bending your head to check your cell phone could damage your neck,” Guangming Daily quoted doctors as saying. “the neck is like a rope that breaks after long-term stretching.” Also, staring at cell phones for long periods of time will damage your eyesight gradually, according to the report.

But that’s not all. Being a phubber could also damage your social skills and drive you away from your friends and family. At reunions with family or friends, many people tend to stick to their cell phones while others are chatting happily with each other and this creates a strange atmosphere, Qilu Evening News reported.

It can also cost you your life. There have been lots of reports on phubbers who fell to their death, suffered accidents, and were robbed of their cell phones in broad daylight.

62. Why does the author give the example of a cartoon in Paragragh2? A. To advertise the cartoon made by students. B. To inform people of the bad effects of phubbing.

C. To indicate the world will finally be destroyed by phubbers. D. To warn doctors against using cell phones while treating patients. 63. Which of the following is NOT a risk a phubber may have? A. His social skills could be affected. B. He will cause the destruction of the world. C. His neck and eyesight will be gradually harmed. D. He might get separated from his friends and family.

64. Which of the following may be the author’s attitude towards phubbing? A. Supportive.

B. Opposed. C. Optimistic. D. Objective.

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65. What may the passage talk about next? A. Advice on how to use a cell phone. B. People addicted to phubbing.

C. Measures to reduce the risks of phubbing. D. Consequences of phubbing.

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。

Article writing has been a way of conveying information through the web. If you’re a writer, being able to let them stay on your article for more than two seconds is already a success. Your writing style can create more readers for your content if you know how to draw the attention of readers. 66

Be Direct-to-the-Point

Website writing differs from print writing. People do not want to spend much time on a website because they want to get the information they need. 67

Be Informative

Articles for web content are briefly written. They flesh out the information without decorations. Be sure that your articles are not confusingly worded. 68 Make sure you organize your facts logically so that your reader can effectively process them.

Be Conversational

69 Be conversational so that readers can grasp what you mean in your article. With quality content, engage your readers so that your article will have that personal and human touch.

Be Connected

Most article writers just place sentences that state a certain fact to form a paragraph. However, in readers’ hopes, these writers fail to establish a human connection. 70 So it is important to make the connection smooth and not abrupt. A. Stay away from decorations when writing online content.

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B. Most readers like to read articles that “speak” to them.

C. Connection will allow the readers’ minds to effectively process what is written.

D. Here are some important points to consider before writing online.

E. Get to your point directly so that your readers can process the information. F. Article writing is a fun way of establishing a connection with a reader and a writer.

G. Complex sentences tend to wrongly lead your reader and make them confused.

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第五部分:单词拼写 (共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)

写出下面句子括号中所给词的正确形式。 71. She entered the lab without ____(许可). 72. He ____(道歉) to her for being late.

73. The ability to keep calm is one of her many ____ (长处). 74. She told me she planned to ____(节食) and take more exercise.

75. For the____(利益) of these people who arrived late,I’ll just go over the plan again.

76. The reason he gave to ____ (解释) for his absence was unreasonable. 77. I was very sad ____(确实) to hear about the serious accident.

78. Because of the____ (猛烈的) natural disaster, a lot of people have lost their lives.

79. Smoking is____(有害的) to health, but there are still many people picking it up. 80. In the old times people had a____(理论) that the world was flat.

第六部分:语法填空(共10小题;每小题1.5分,满分15分)

阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的词或括号内单词的正确形式。

A man came to the USA from another country. After 81 (settle) down at an island, he went into a cafeteria to get something 82 (eat). He sat down at an empty table

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