【正文】 red by the copper coils he39。t make anything anymore, he told Fox News, while defending his own madeinMexico clothing line.Without question, manufacturing has taken a significant hit during recent decades, and further trade deals raise questions about whether new shocks could hit manufacturing.But there is also a different way to look at the data.Across the country, factory owners are now grappling with a new challenge: instead of having too many workers, they may end up with too few. Despite trade petition and outsourcing, American manufacturing still needs to replace tens of thousands of retiring boomers every years. Millennials may not be that interested in taking their place, other industries are recruiting them with similar or better pay.For factory owners, it all adds up to stiff petition for workers－and upward pressure on wages. They39。s inevitable presence in human life is an attitude crucial to developing the laws, policies, and practices that make it as safe as possible, she says.We39。s already a huge problem from a public expenditure perspective for the whole country, he says. We need to take a magnifying glass to that. Like, Wait a minute, is this OK？Do we want instead to redirect those funds to concentrate on lowerhazard parts of the landscape?Such a view would require a corresponding shift in the way US society today views fire, researchers say.For one thing, conversations about wildfires need to be more inclusive. Over the past decade, the focus has been on climate change－h(huán)ow the warming of the Earth from greenhouse gases is leading to conditions that worsen fires.While climate is a key element, Moritz says, it shouldn39。s financial burdensD．relieve freshmen of pressures【答案】D
33.【題干】The word acclimation （Line 8, Para. 3） is closest in meaning to_____.【選項(xiàng)】A．a(chǎn)daptationB．a(chǎn)pplicationC．motivationD．petition【答案】A
34.【題干】A gap year may save money for students by helping them_____.【選項(xiàng)】A．a(chǎn)void academic failuresB．establish longterm goalsC．switch to another collegeD．decide on the right major【答案】D
35.【題干】The most suitable title for this text would be_____.【選項(xiàng)】A．In Favor of the Gap YearB．The ABCs of the Gap YearC．The Gap Year Comes BackD．The Gap Year: A Dilemma【答案】A
Text 4Though often viewed as a problem for western states, the growing frequency of wildfires is a national concern because of its impact on federal tax dollars, says Professor Max Moritz, a specialist in fire ecology and management.In 2015, the US Forest Service for the first time spent more than half of its $ billion annual budget fighting fires－nearly double the percentage it spent on such efforts 20 years ago. In effect, fewer federal funds today are going towards the agency39。s always a constant fear of falling behind everyone else on the socially perpetuated race to the finish line, whether that be toward graduate school, medical school or lucrative career. But despite mon misconceptions, a gap year does not hinder the success of academic pursuits－in fact, it probably enhances it.Studies from the United States and Australia show that students who take a gap year are generally better prepared for and perform better in college than those who do not. Rather than pulling students back, a gap year pushes them ahead by preparing them for independence, new responsibilities and environmental changes－all things that firstyear students often struggle with the most. Gap year experiences can lessen the blow when it es to adjusting to college and being thrown into a brand new environment, making it easier to focus on academics and activities rather than acclimation blunders.If you39。t academic.But while this may be true, it39。t it? And after going to school for 12 years, it doesn39。s use of screens【答案】C
30.【題干】According to Tronick, kid39。 moodD．parents need to respond to children39。 verbal developmentD．reduces motherchild munication【答案】D
28.【題干】Radesky39。 appetiteB．distracts children39。s foodtesting exercise shows that mothers39。t mean there39。re failing to expose your child to 30,000 words you are neglecting them. Tronick believes that just because a child isn39。 use of screens are born out of an oppressive ideology that demands that parents should always be interacting with their children: It39。s attention. Parents don39。 faces to try to understand their world, and if those faces are blank and unresponsive—as they often are when absorbed in a device－it can be extremely disconcerting foe the children. Radesky cites the still face experiment devised by developmental psychologist Ed Tronick in the 1970s. In it, a mother is asked to interact with her child in a normal way before putting on a blank expression and not giving them any visual social feedback。s use of screens, it39。s imageD．increase sport hours in schools【答案】B
23.【題干】Parkrun is different from Olympic games in that it_____.【選項(xiàng)】A．a(chǎn)ims at discovering talentsB．focuses on mass petitionC．does not emphasize elitismD．does not attract firsttimers【答案】C
24.【題干】With regard to mass sport, the author holds that governments should_____.【選項(xiàng)】A．organize grassroots sports eventsB．supervise local sports associationsC．increase funds for sports clubsD．invest in public sports facilities【答案】D
25.【題干】The author39。s Olympic legacy is failing. Ten years ago on Monday, it was announced that the Games of the 30th Olympiad would be in London. Planning documents pledged that the great legacy of the Games would be to level a nation of sport lovers away from their couches. The population would be fitter, healthier and produce more winners. It has not happened. The number of adults doing weekly sport did rise, by nearly 2 million in the run－up to 2012－but the general population was growing faster. Worse, the numbers are now falling at an accelerating rate. The opposition claims primary school pupils doing at least two hours of sport a week have nearly halv