【正文】 注意： 1. 詞數(shù) 100 左右； 2. 可以適當(dāng)增加細節(jié)，以使行文連貫。請你給美國朋友 Bruce Alpert 寫一封郵件，邀請他參加。 2. 只允許修改 10 處，多者（從第 11 處起）不計分。 修改：在錯的詞下劃一橫線，并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。 增加：在缺詞處加一個漏字符號（ /\），并在其下面寫出該加的詞。 Will cash disappear from our neighborhoods? Not so fast. Cash will likely bee less popular, thanks to the high cost of using cash and the 61 (grow)number of alternatives. The future will be “l(fā)ess cash,” rather than cashless. Cash is unique among payment instruments in that anyone can transact（交易） , any time, any place, with no third parties 62 (involve). With this freedom 63 (e) strong privacy protection. Currency neither knows nor cares who holds it or when and where a transaction occurrs. People have 64 sense of security when they have cash with them. These entries will, of course, evolve as our societies bee more 65 (digital) native. However, old habits and viewpoints will take a long time 66 (turn) over. Some 67 (merchant) will resist the costs of new equipment or fees that acpany cash alternatives. Cash 68 (consider) more convenient and universal, while with digital transactions there are always concerns about hacking and fraud（詐騙） . So, no matter where we are in the world, let us celebrate the ATM?s halfcentury of service. Though cash may bee less popular, the rest assure that there will always be someone 69 will stop you in the street, asking for directions 70 the nearest ATM. 第四部分 寫作（共二節(jié)，滿分 35 分） 第一節(jié) 短文改錯（共 10 小題；每小題 1 分，滿分 10 分） 假定英語課上老師要求同桌之間交換修改作文，請你修改你同桌寫的作文。 Home from Home: Host Family Life Moving to a foreign country is an amazing, lifechanging experience. There are some practical decisions that need to be made. 36 For me, choosing to live with a French family was the best choice I made, and here is why. 37 When you?re in a new environment with people you don?t know who are speaking a language you?re still not fluent in, you might feel lost, tired and homesick—I know I did. 38 They showed me which buses to take to get to work, cooked dinner for me so we could eat together, and took with them on trips to the beach, the theatre and even a bullfight. These were great opportunities to experience French culture and build relationships. They helped me feel more fortable and wele. Living with French people has improved my language skill. Being constantly exposed to real French conversation has allowed me to learn new phrases, widen my vocabulary and even improve my accent. My host family are happy to answer my questions and correct me when I say things wrong. 39 The experience of living abroad is one that you will remember forever. Perhaps the friendships, like the memories, will also last. 40 You might return for their birthdays, weddings, holidays, and much more. I hope to remain in contact with my host family long after I leave France because when I was away from my friends and loved ones, they weled me and made me part of their family. A. One such decision is choosing where to live. B. You can stay in your own space and privacy. our host family might bee your lifelong friends. D. It makes me a better and more confident French speaker. E. However, my host family was wonderful and weling. F. A family can help you settle in, stopping you from feeling lonely. G. It?s an opportunity to meet new people, a different culture and another language. 第三部分 語言知識運用（共兩節(jié)，滿分 45 分） 第一節(jié)（共 20 小題；每小題 分，滿分 30 分） 閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的 A、 B、 C 和 D四個選項中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項。s only flying mammals municate? Researchers have observed young bats adopting new “dialects” simply by hearing them repeatedly, making them one of the few animals known to have a capacity for vocal（聲音的） learning. “These bats may help us clarify the evolution of speech acquisition（習(xí)得） skills,” says Yosef Prat, a PhD at Tel Aviv University (TAU). For one year, researchers raised 14 Egyptian fruit bat pups with their mothers in controlled area, exposing each young bat to two different vocalizations: the natural call of its mother and a separate recording that varied in pitch（音高） or frequency. They found that the pups in each group developed a dialect like the recording. “The general assumption in this field is that most animals develop their born vocalizations regardless of what they hear, and that human vocal learning abilities have developed during evolution,” says Mr