A.Two. B.Three. C.Four.

20.What is the speaker’s opinion on the generation gap between the young and the old?

A.It will continue to exist for some time.

B.It will disappXear sooner or later.

C.It will be filled little by little.

第Ⅰ卷(选择题 共115分)

第二部分 阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)

第一节(共15 小题;每小题2 分，满分30 分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Traffic jams cost average Beijinger $1,126 annually

By Meng Jing (chinadaily.com.cn)

Beijingers(北京人) lost as much as 7,972 Yuan on average to traffic jams last year, the highest in the country, said a report.

Published by Didi Kuaidi, China's largest ride-hailing application and its partners, the report revealed Beijingers on average spent 52 minutes travelling 19.2 kilometers daily between their home and office.

White-collar workers in China's mega cities - Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Shanghai - were those who lost most money to congestion.

The cost ranged between 7,972 yuan and 6,324 yuan per person in the four cities whose residents are among the best paid employees in China.

Research based on data collected on Didi Kuaidi's online platform showed that not only those in mega cities suffered from poor traffic conditions.

So, ____________________ For instance, the Fourth Ring Road in Beijing in a morning rush hour. City authorities are working on solutions to ease the pressures on traffic in the city.

21. According to the passage, People live in Beijing usually lost about _________ Yuan each month.

A. 664.3 B.7,972 C.22.14 D.1,126

22. What is cause the congestion based on the text?

A. Car numebers is increasing.

B. Too many people live in the city.

C. Drivers don’t obey the laws.

D. Poor traffic conditions.

23. What does the underlined sentence “mega” means? ___________.

A. big B. develop C. beautiful D. livable

24. At last paragraph , which sentences can be written in the black?

A. How to ease the pressure in the road?

B. People try their best to desrease the pressures on traffic.

C. The Fourth Ring Road in Beijing is crowed.

D. Citizens lost most money to congestion.

B

It all began with a stop at a red light.

Kevin Salwen was driving his 14-year-old daughter, Hannah, back from a sleepover in 2006 . While waiting at a traffic light, they saw a black Mercedes Coupe on one side and a homeless man begging for food on the other.

“Dad, if that man had a less nice car, that man there could have a meal.” Hannah protested. The light changed and they drove on, but Hannah was too young to be reasonable. She pestered(纠缠)her parents about inequity, insisting that she wanted to do something.

“What do yowant to do?” her mom responded. “Sell our house?”

Warning! Never suggest a grand gesture to an idealistic teenager. Hannah seized upon the idea of selling the luxurious family home and donating half the proceeds to charity, while using the other half to buy a more modest replacement home.

Eventually, that’s what the family did. The project —crazy, impetuous (鲁莽的) and utterly inspiring — is written down in detail in a book by father and daughter scheduled to be published next month: “The Power of Half.” It’s a book that, frankly, I’d be nervous about leaving around where my own teenage kids might find it. An impressionable child reads this, and the next thing yoknow your whole family is out on the street.

At a time of enormous needs in Haiti and elsewhere, when so many Americans are trying to help Haitians by sending everything from text messages to shoes, the Salwens offer an example of a family that came together to make a difference — for themselves as much as the people they were trying to help. In a column a week ago, it described neurological (神经生物学的)evidence from brain scans that unselfishness lights up parts of the brain normally associated with more primary satisfaction. The Salwens’ experience confirms the selfish pleasures of selflessness.