【正文】 ore operated by the online retailer（零售商） Amazon, with currently one location in Seattle, Washington. Shoplifting has been one of the major concerns that people have raised when questioning the sustainability（可持續(xù)性） of this new shopping model. “Risk control is probably the first word that es to mind when talking about unmanned stores. But with the support of technology, the rate of stolen or damaged goods in our automatic stores is far lower than in traditional retailers,” said Chen Zilin, founder and CEO of BingoBox, at TechCrunch Shanghai. Another concern is the safety of personal information. Some industry insiders warned that since there is not going to be just one type of facial recognition technology in the future and each of them collects different information at different times, the issue of information security shouldn’t be ignored. 60. Why are Alibaba and JD Daojia mentioned in the first paragraph? A. To show that selfservice business is developing very quickly in China. B. To suggest they are more petitive pared with smaller panies. C. To indicate they have earned much money in selfservice business. D. To inform people that they are popular in the fashion industry. 61. How is a book purchased in an unmanned bookstore? A. Customers place an order online and fetch the book in the bookstore. B. Customers need to find a FRID on the book to pay the money. C. Customers need to scan QR twice before a book is bought. D. Customers scan QR to make a purchase and have the book delivered to them. 62. Which of the following are the advantages of unmanned stores? ① fewer workers ② higher costs ③ less shoplifting ④ safer information A. ①② B. ③④ C. ②④ D. ①③ 63. What is Chen Zilin’s attitude towards this new shopping model? A. Passive. B. Objective. C. Confident. D. Doubtful. 64. What can be inferred from this passage? A. Different types of facial recognition technology will be applied in the future. B. In the selfservice business, how to ensure information security remains a problem. C. All people have doubts whether this new shopping model will continue to exist. D. Unmanned stores will take the place of the traditional ones sooner or later. C Not long ago my daughter’s shoes were scratched（劃損） by someone39。 6. What is on now? A. Local news. B. A talk show. C. A fashion show. 7. What does the man suggest the woman do? A. Change the channel. B. Take design classes. C. Check the TV Guide. 聽(tīng)第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 9 題。每段對(duì)話后有一個(gè)小題，從題中所給的 A、 B、 C 三個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并標(biāo)在試卷的相應(yīng)位置。聽(tīng)完每段對(duì)話后，你都有 10秒鐘的時(shí)間來(lái)回答有關(guān)小題和閱讀下一小題。 8. Why does Cindy go to the airport? A. To catch a flight. B. To pick up Mr Black. C. To say goodbye to Mr Black. 9. What did Mr Black do these days? A. Visiting relatives. B. Taking a trip. C. Climbing the Great Wall. 聽(tīng)第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 題。s knife. She burst into tears. I took the shoes to the shoemaker to get them repaired. The young apprentice（學(xué)徒） glanced at the opening and said, “There is nothing I can do but to replace the upper.” His master looked at them and said to me, “If you trust me, I will add more scratches on both of the shoes.” I was confused and asked why. “As if the openings were made on purpose for the sake of a special style and reuse,” he explained. I didn’t fully understand him, but I decided to leave the shoes there. Two days later I dropped by from work to fetch the shoes. At the first sight I found there were indeed five or six more scratches on each shoe, but all the openings were patched（打補(bǔ)?。?by red soft leather in red with edges sewed by thick thread。 【寫(xiě)作要求】 1. 不必寫(xiě)標(biāo)題； 2. 作文中不能出現(xiàn)真實(shí)姓名和學(xué)校名稱。請(qǐng)你以李明的名義寫(xiě)一封信給 21st Century 報(bào)的編輯，說(shuō)明該情況并附帶表明你自己的觀點(diǎn)。 it is my robot. Oh, no! My date is tomorrow and if I do not stop this nonsense, I will not be 53 my date。 聽(tīng)第 6 段材料，回答第 6 至 7 題。 第一節(jié)（共 5 小題；每小題 1 分，滿分 5 分） 聽(tīng)下面 5段對(duì)話。每段對(duì)話僅讀一遍。 10. What can we learn from the conversation? A. The woman couldn’t get into the house. B. The man left his roommate in the house. C. The man couldn’t get out of the house. 11. Who helped the man out? A. His roommate. B. His neighbour. C. His friend. 12. What does the woman think of the man39。 the stitches（縫線） were twisted with the appearance of roughness and plainness which was a perfect match for the quality of leather, more unique and interesting than ever. I couldn’t help admiring the shoemaker’s skills. Another time, my sister’s white blouse was torn a large opening on the back. My wife took it over and checked carefully, and then said, “Let me take it home and mend it.” Three days later, seeing the blouse again, I was shocked: all the cracks and openings were sewed up by thin and white thread and they took on a look of branches, like the ice crystal on winter’s branches in the north. In order to intensify the effect, she attached a snowman made of flowery cotton rags on the shirt .I sighed with praise, “It’s just as beautiful as a piece of art.” I was inspired by it. In reality, patches are unavoidable, so is human’s life, which will appear in the form of injury, disability or disease. Since you can’t change the existence of wound, you should not expect people’s sympathy（同情） by the wound. All you can do and have to do is to sew the wound by patches and try your best to bloom a most beautiful flower on the wound, and that is the significance of life. 65. From the passa