【正文】 more popular than The Beatles D．can find connections between things that humans cannot find 30．Which of the following could be the best title of the passage? A．The Telenoid，future robot musician． B．How to teach robots to perform music． C．The right music the robots should listen to．D．Differences between a human singer and a robot musician．31．In which part of a newspaper would we most probably read this passage? A．Arts． B．Entertainment． C．Science． D．Education． D I am reading a novel at the moment，a s tory set in Britain and India in the 19th century．It was written by an Indian author who now lives in Denmark，but neither in the language of Hindi nor Danish．Although the paperback edition I’m holding was published in New Delhi，India，four years ago，I(an American)purchased it recently from a secondhand bookshop in Tokyo，Japan．That’s quite a history already．But there’s more．The novel is a tale of various mysteries，all expertly put into a wellstructured story by a very，skillful author．Yet my particular copy presents even more mysteries than the tale．One summer morning in the year of my paperback’s publication—on July 15，2012—someone else was reading it while eating breakfast in a restaurant in Mumbai，India．I know this because I found a receipt(收據(jù))of coffee and bread inside．I also know that this person was not the owner of the paperback immediately before me．In fact，the owner before me was not Indian at all，but Japanese．I know this because in the book there are handwritten notes in Japanese—translations of English words which the reader was unfamiliar．Japanese being a language of characters，not letter，it is not easy to determine if the note writer was a man or a woman．But the care taken to write the translations neatly in the limited spaces available on each page bespeaks a woman’s hand．So let us agree that it is a woman．What can we say of her? Well educated，obviously，and probably a university student，who would keep a dictionary at hand while reading a novel．But why did she suddenly stop reading? The last translation in my paperback appears on Page 83，less than a．Did she give up because the book was proving too difficult? Or was there some other reason? Many a novel presents mysteries，all of which are solved by the end of the tale．The mysteries presented by my little paperback，however，remain mysteries，all expertly put into a wellstructured story，not by a skillful writer，but this time by the numberless vagaries(變幻莫測)of life itself． 32．What can we learn about the novel? A．It is well written．B．It is about a world trip．C．It was written in an American res taurant． D．It was first published in the 19th century．33．The author assumes the Japanese owner of the book was a woman based ．the pretty handwriting B．the food written on the receipt C．the good co ndition of the book D．the effort taken in writing the notes 34．Which of the following can best describe the author? A．He is a great reader of historical fiction． B．He is a hardworking university student． C．He is a productive writer with sensibility． D．He is a careful observer with imagination． 35．W hat’s the best title of the text?A．The Tale of a Paperback B．Different Life Experiences C．Unsolved Mysteries of Life D．A Book’s Exciting Adventure 第二節(jié)(共5小題；每小題2分，滿分10分)根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。18．How late is Flight NA115 to Las Vegas? A．15 minutes． B．30 minutes． C．45 ．What will happen to the bags left at the airport? A．They will be destroyed．B．They will be removed to a safe place． C．They will be looked at by the police．20．From which gate are passengers boarding the flight to Hong Kong? A．Gate 40． B．Gate 41． C．Gate 閱讀理解(共兩節(jié)，滿分40分)第一節(jié)(共15小題；每小題2分，滿分30分)閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C和D四個選項中，選出最佳選項。8．What is the man doing? A．Attending a concert． B．Waiting for his train． C．Waiting to buy tickets． 9．When does the conversation take place? A．In the morning． B．In the afternoon． C．In the evening． 10．What will the woman probably do next? A．Give up what she’s doing． B．Continue standing in line．C．Place a telephone order． 聽第8段材料，回答第11至14題。每小題5秒鐘；聽完后，各小題將給出5秒鐘的作答時間。每段對話僅讀一遍。血 狼 精 神 與 我 同 在第三篇：河北衡水中學(xué)20172017—2018學(xué)上學(xué)期高三年級六調(diào)考試英語試卷本試卷分第I卷(選擇題)和第Ⅱ卷(非選擇題)兩部分，共150分，考試時間120分鐘。縣委書記給這所中學(xué)送了塊匾，上書“人才的搖籃”。李強(qiáng)說，他也私下“敲打”那些“告狀的”學(xué)校：你們那里的孩子都跑了，他們背井離鄉(xiāng)到別的地方求學(xué)，付出了更多的成本，這是你們的罪過。河北省教育廳基礎(chǔ)教育處正處級調(diào)研員李強(qiáng)，專注高中教育研究10多年了。踐踏教育成就高考？“衡水”軍事化備考亦引發(fā)爭議；專家稱，只要高考不改，衡水模式就會存在 “衡水現(xiàn)象”，吸引了周邊地市的大量“尖子生”前來就讀，甚至還有北京的學(xué)生。她說一評上特教，馬上收到了北京朝陽區(qū)的邀請函，承諾解決全家北京戶口，提供住房，安排丈夫工作和孩子就讀。除高考、暑假和春節(jié)，在“五一”、“十一”以及周末，老師們基本不能休息。除了備課，老師們要出很多習(xí)題，并判卷。因?qū)W生大部分時間是自習(xí)，每門課每天一節(jié)正課40分鐘，老師們需要在極短時間內(nèi)講清楚必講內(nèi)容。老師節(jié)假日基本不休息月薪三四千元，超過當(dāng)?shù)毓珓?wù)員(微博)，但工作時間是公務(wù)員的兩倍王亞玉是去年河北省的理科高考狀元，她說其實我沒什么特別，在衡水中學(xué)，真正值得關(guān)注的是那些老師。前任校長李金池說，北京海淀的高中校長團(tuán)曾到該校參觀。隊伍緊湊，間距一致，步伐一致，速度一致。在不放假的周末，學(xué)生們要和平時一樣學(xué)習(xí)。在衡水中學(xué)高二年級的教學(xué)樓，大廳墻上有三句話：我來衡中做什么，我要做一個什么樣的人，我今天做得怎么樣。王奕文說，大聲朗讀，會幫助提神。跑步前，有大概5分鐘的集結(jié)時間。李秋宇喜歡“有規(guī)律的生活”：早上5:30起床，然后跑早操?！霸瓉碜?套題才能達(dá)到的效果，現(xiàn)在做一套就行了”。復(fù)習(xí)有三輪，各有重點。除學(xué)科自習(xí)外，其他自習(xí)課，老師不允許進(jìn)教室。衡水中學(xué)，每天13節(jié)課，6節(jié)正課，由老師上課講解；7節(jié)自習(xí)課，大部分時間用來做題。張永笑稱，衡水中學(xué)為衡水的賓館作出了很大貢獻(xiàn)。這跟衡水經(jīng)濟(jì)在河北省的排名非常不相稱。2011年的高考，該校的成績近乎瘋狂：除包攬河北省文理科第一名，還有7人、6人分別進(jìn)入省文理科前10名。李梓華想上清華，所以到衡水中學(xué)，咨詢是否能來讀高中。作為高考制度下的蛋，衡中的秘訣在哪，高強(qiáng)度訓(xùn)練適應(yīng)考試，是否扼殺學(xué)生創(chuàng)造力，是否踐踏教育本身——“衡水模式”被輿論關(guān)注和解析。去年高考(微博)，衡水中學(xué)考取清華、北大70人，占兩所學(xué)校在河北招生人數(shù)的一半左右?！迸懿贂r喊的口號：“超越自我，挑戰(zhàn)極限”、“放飛青春，勇攀高峰”、“自強(qiáng)不息，志與天齊”樓道上的橫幅：“萬念歸一，用虔誠追求夢想”信息時報訊 據(jù)《新京報》報道，6月5日，臨近中午，衡水中學(xué)高三430班，教室里偶有翻書聲，學(xué)生們低頭學(xué)習(xí)。但河北省教育廳一位官員并不認(rèn)同：你別說培養(yǎng)的是人才，充其量只是一個大學(xué)生的加工廠。邢臺的高中老師認(rèn)為，“衡中的教學(xué)模式嚴(yán)重踐踏了中國的高中教育”，但讓他矛盾的是，在目前