江苏省南通市高二英语下学期期末考试试题(含解析)

江苏省南通市2016—2017学年末学业质量监测
高二英语
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1。

本试卷共12页,包含第I 卷（选择题）和第II 卷（非选择题）两部分，共120分。

考试时间120分钟。

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第I 卷(三部分，共85分)
第一部分:听力（共两节，满分15分)
第一节听下面5段对话。

每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项,并标在试卷的相应位置。

听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。

每段对话仅读一遍。

1。

What is the man looking for？
A。

A book.
B。

His iPhone.
C。

A pay phone。

2.Where is the woman going next？
A.To a snack bar.
B。

To a movie theater.
C。

To her friend Simon’s house.
3.What will the man do next？
A。

Fill out another form.
B.Correct his mistake on the form.
C.Tell the woman his medical history.
4.When will the man most likely get home？
A。

At 7：00.
B.At about 7:30.
C。

After 8：00.
5。

Where does the conversation probably take place?
A.On a farm.
B.At a fruit market。

C.At customs。

第二节听下面几段材料。

每段材料后有几个小题，从题中做给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

听每段材料前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟，听完后，每小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间.每段材料读两遍。

听第6段材料,回答第6、7小题。

6。

What are the speakers talking about?
A。

Using the right hand。

B.Operating machines。

C。

Designing machines.
7。

What can we learn from the conversation?
A。

Left—handers can't run the machines.
B。

The woman only uses her right hand。

C.The woman is more skillful than the man。

听第7段材料，回答第8、9小题。

8。

What does the man spend most of his pocket money on？
A. Food.
B. Books.
C. Clothes.
9。

How much money does the man receive from his uncle every month？
A. ＄15。

B. $60。

C. $80.
听第8段材料,回答第10至第12小题。

10. Where might the speakers be?
A。

At a toy store.
B. At a game center。

C。

At the man’s house。

11. What did the man play yesterday?
A. Spider—Man.
B. A racing game.
C. An airplane game。

12。

What vehicle will the woman choose in the game?
A。

A racecar.
B。

A motorcycle。

C. A monster truck。

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. What has the man been doing lately?
A. Traveling to a seaside town.
B. Playing the piano for a group.
C。

Looking for a job in Germany.
14。

Why doesn't the man want to take the new job?
A。

The salary is not good.
B。

He hates working in hotels。

C。

He dislikes playing the same old music all the time。

15。

How does the woman probably feel about the new job?
A。

Bored。

B. Satisfied。

C。

Disappointed.
16。

What’s the probable relationship between the speak ers？
A. Friends.
B。

Husband and wife。

C。

Manager and employee.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What was Annie Oakley famous for？
A。

Her perfect shooting skill。

B。

Her adventures while traveling。

C. Her friendship with native Americans。

18。

What is true about Annie Oakley?
A. She grew up in the Wild West.
B。

She fought in a battle before。

C. She was born in Ohio。

19。

Why did Annie Oakley begin to learn how to hunt?
A. To support her family.
B. To become famous in her town。

C。

To make her grandfather’s dream come tru e.
20。

At what age did Annie Oakley die?
A。

46.
B. 56。

C。

66。

第二部分：英语知识运用(共两节，满分35分）
第一节单项填空(共10小题：每小题0。

5分。

满分5分)
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项.
1。

Her friendliness soon overcame the of her stepchildren.
A。

reservation B. characteristic
C。

restriction D。

prejudice
【答案】D
【解析】选D。

考察名词辨析.reservation n.预订 characteristic n. 特征restriction n。

限制 prejudice n。

偏见她的友好很快战胜了继子对她的偏见。

2. She fully to continue her sporting career once she has recovered
from her injuries.
A. undertakes
B. intends
C。

bothers D。

hesitates
【答案】B
【解析】选B。

考察动词短语。

她打算一旦伤病恢复了就再次全力投入运动生涯。

intend to do sth. 打算做…，想要…
3。

Although living on a income, the Smiths lead a happy life。

A。

modest B。

mild
C. evident
D. acute
【答案】A
【解析】选A。

modest在此处为not very great, big， or expensive之意，不太大的;不很贵的。

modest income 收入居中,不太高的收入。

尽管收入不太高,Smith一家过着幸福的生活。

4. In response to increasing accidents involving e-bikes， the new traffic regulation states that the speed limit for e—bikes is 30 kph, unless
stated 。

A. regardless B。

however
C. otherwise D。

instead
【答案】C
【解析】选C。

考察固定词组。

鉴于电动自行车事故频发,新交规规定电动自行车的时速限制是30公里每小时，除非另做说明。

unless otherwise 除非， unless stated otherwise 除非另做说明。

5。

Due to the rising rents, the new graduate has decided to leave Beijing for
his hometown， have many other classmates。

A. so B。

as
C. which D。

nor
【答案】B
【解析】选B。

考察as引导的非限制性定语从句。

在句中，as为关系代词,在从句中作主语,代表整个主句。

在形式上，从句与主句用逗号隔开。

在实际做题时,许多学生错误地选择了答案A项，原因在于他们没有搞清楚此类句型的特点。

由于租金上涨，新毕业的大学生决定离开北京回家乡,这正如许多其他同学做的.
【名师点睛】为了更好地理解和掌握as引导的非限制性定语从句,现举例予以说明：
(1）The compass, as is well—known to all, was invited in ancient China. 众所周知，指南针是中国古时发明的.
（2）He seems a farmer， as in actual fact he is。

他看上去像个农民，事实上他就是农民。

(3）As we know, Taiwan is a part of China.正如我们所知道的，台湾是中国的一部分。

（as在从句中作know的宾语，代表主句Taiwan is a part of China）从以上句子可以看出，as引导的非限制性定语从句具有以下特点：
(1)其先行词可为整个主句，也可为某一个名词.
(2)as在从句中可以作主语、表语或宾语。

用作主语时，谓语动词用单数形式.
(3）其从句可以放在主句的前面或后面，也可以放在整个句子中间.也就是说从句可以位于句首、句中或句末，但习惯用逗号隔开.
(4)as仍有“正如……那样；像……一样;由……而知”等作连词时的词义。

（5）在句法上，as常被用作一些实义动词的表语及其被动语态的主语,如see, know, say, report， imagine， show, remember， point out等动词。

常见的词组有：
as is well known to all / as we all know 众所周知
as has been said before 如上所说
as you expected 如你所料
as has been already reported 据报道可知
as she imagined 如她所想像的那样
as it showed 正如所反映的那样
as anybody can see 正如人们所看到的那样
as除了能引导非限制性定语从句外，还能引导限制性定语从句。

常与the same或such 连用，构成：the same…as，such…as。

as引导限制性定语从句时，在从句中同样可以作主语、表语或宾语。

如：
（1）Such Chinese as is spoken in Shanxi is not Putonghua. We call it the Shanxi dialect。

在陕西说的汉语不是普通话，我们称为陕西方言。

（as在从句中作主语）（2)I have the same book as you have。

我的书和你的一样.(as在从句中作have的宾语）
（3）He is not such a clever person as she is。

他不像她那样聪明。

(as在从句中作is的表语)
6. The Belt and Road Initiative is viewed by many as a history—making project，applauded by the Chinese and those along the route as well.
A. one
B. one that
C。

the one D. the one that
【答案】A
【解析】选A.考察代词one的用法。

one做a history-making
project的同位语，是泛指一个创造历史的项目，故不用加the，排除C项，其后接过去分词短语作定语，而不是定语从句，因此B、C两个选项错误。

一带一路的倡议被许多人看作是历史性的项目,受到不仅中国而且还有那些沿路国家的交口称赞。

7. —--She her driving license when she drove her car into a river。

-——What a terrible road killer!
A。

was just getting B。

was just about to get
C. had just got
D. has just got
【答案】C
【解析】选C。

考察固定句型ha d done … when … 刚一… 就…。

---她刚拿到驾照就把车开到了河里.———好一个个马路杀手啊！when在此处为并列连词，意为and at that time就在那时。

常用句型还有was/were about to do … when …正打算要做某事，就在这时…. was/were doing … when …正做某事，就在这时…。

8. After arriving in Suzhou, the representatives first their hotel before going to the conference center。

A。

ran into B。

burst into
C。

pulled into D。

checked into
【答案】D
【解析】选D。

考察词义辨析.checked in/into 入住，登记,报到。

到苏州后,代表们在去会议中心之前先去他们的宾馆入住。

与之相对的另一个表达是check out结账离开。

9. It was in 1981 Robert Redford changed the focus of the festival.
A。

which B。

that
C。

when D. who
【答案】B
【解析】选B。

考察强调句型。

此处强调时间状语in 1981。

强调句型的结构为：It is/was
+被强调的部分+that/who +其它部分。

因此判断强调句型的规则就是，去掉it is/was和that/who以后,仍然是一个完整的句子.
10。

Few people can why a pretty-looking woman like her would fall in love with an old and ugly man like him。

A. held up B。

subscribe to
C. went for D。

who
【答案】D
【解析】选D。

考察动词短语词义辨析。

make out理解。

极少有人理解为什么像她那么美貌的女子会爱上像他又老又丑的男人。

11。

He sold me the house at a cheap price and threw in some of the
furniture .
A。

on the spot B. subscribe to
C. went for D。

made out
【答案】D
【解析】选D。

考察固定短语.for a song非常便宜地，廉价地。

他以很低的价格卖给我这所房子还扔下了几件廉价的家具。

for a change换换口味 ,for my part就我而言，对我来说，for good measure作为额外增添，另外,附加，
12. —-—Those senior citizens cheated should have been warned of illegal fund-raising.
-—- 。

But few could resist the temptation。

A. They were
B. They should
C. They must D。

They did
【答案】A
【解析】选A。

考察交际用语。

They were属于承前省略，补全为They were warned of illegal fund-raising.他们得到过警告。

但是很少有人能抵的住诱惑。

13. ， we can take some measures to minimize the losses。

A。

As earthquakes are difficult to be predicted
B. As earthquakes are difficult to predict
C. Difficult as earthquakes are to predicted
D。

Difficult as earthquakes are to predict
【答案】D
【解析】选D。

考察as引导让步状语从句。

as conj。

尽管，虽然。

作此意讲时，从句须将表语、状语或动词原形提到as之前，有此用法的还有though。

尽管地震很难预测,我们还是能够采取一些措施将损失最小化.
【名师点睛】as/though引导让步状语从句常用语以下句型：
1。

名词 + as / though + 主语 + 动词
2。

形容词 + as / though + 主语 + 动词
3。

副词 + as / though + 主语 + 动词
4.动词原形 + as / though + 主语 + 动词
5。

分词 + as / though + 主语 + 动词
14. Chinese scientists have made great advances in satellite technology，
I suppose is of great significance to all mankind.
A。

in which case B. for which reason
C。

which D. what
【答案】C
【解析】选C。

考察which引导非限制性定语从句。

which在从句中作主语，代指主句的内容，用逗号隔开，从句中I suppose为插入语.中国科学家在卫星技术方面取得了巨大进步，我想这对于整个人类都是有重要意义的。

【名师点睛】as 和which都可以引导非限制性定语从句，究竟用 as 引导还是用 which 引导呢?现归纳如下：
１． as ／ which 位置不同
as 和 which 都可以指代主句中的一部分或整个句子的内容，有时可以互换，但 as 引导的非限制性定语从句位置比较灵活，可以位于主句前面，中间或后面，一般用逗号与主句隔开,而 which 所引导的非限制性定语从句只能放在主句之后。

例如：
As is expected， our school team won the football match。

２．as ／ which 在句子中意义不同
as 在引导非限性定语从句中有时有“正如”、“正像”之意，而 which 则无此意。

常用句型有: As we all know, as is known to all, as everybody can see, as is expected 等。

如:As we all know， paper was first made in China.
试比较：
（１） She did the experiment successfully， as had been expected。

（２） She failed in the experiment, which was unexpected.
15. --—Hey, man！ Carrying so many bags！
———Oh，it’s OK。

I can manage myself. Thanks anyway.
A. May I do you a favor? B。

Do you need a hand?
C。

Can I take your order? D. Would you let me have a go？
【答案】B
【解析】选B。

考察交际用语。

--—嗨，拿那么多包啊！要帮忙吗？-—哦，还好，我还可以。

还是要谢谢。

第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下列短文，掌握大意，然后从16—35各题所给的A、 B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项.
Jaguar （美洲虎）is an endangered animal。

It is said that there are less than 20 jaguars in the world currently， one of which is living in the national zoo of Peru. To protect this jaguar， Peruvians ____16____ a zone in the zoo for it, where there are groups of cattle， sheep and deer for the jaguar to eat。

Anyone who has visited the zoo ____17____ it to be the “Heaven of Tiger”。

___18___, strange enough， no one has ever seen the jaguar ___19___the animals。

What we could see is it’s lying in its house sleeping and eating the meat ____20____by the zoo staff.
Some people thought that the jaguar felt too ____21____, so they collected money and rented a female tiger to accompany it。

Nonetheless， it did not make too much sense。

“It is ___22___ for the jaguar to be lazy in this environment. Tiger is the king of forest but you ___23___ put some small animals around him. That is why the jaguar shows no ___24___ in going out。

Why don’t you put some
___25___ around him？”a visitor suggested. The zoo ___26___his advice and put five wolves into the jaguar’s territory(领地）。

Since then, it either stands on top of the hill roaring ___27___goes down from the hill running without sleeping
all day，totally getting back to its ___28___。

In our world， one creature ___29___ any rival(对手) is lifeless。

Actually，this principle also ____30____to human beings. If a man lives without competitors, he is sure to be satisfied with the present and will ___31___before all difficulties. Difficult environment tends to ___32___successful people。

Therefore， we need some rivals to push us with strict requirements and standards， leaving us going ahead in all ____33____and challenges. Due to our rivals， we can ___34___the best in us. Due to our rivals, we will continuously
___35___our capabilities when competing with them！
16. A. condemn B。

grab C。

overlook D。

circle
17. A。

praised B. classified C。

claimed D. related
18。

A。

Therefore B. Consequently C. However D。

Moreover
19。

A. feed B. hunt C. shoot D. obey
20. A. wrapped B。

provided C. equipped D. abandoned
21. A。

lonely B。

merciful C. disturbing D. awesome
22. A. understandable B。

changeable C. reliable D. unbelievable
23. A. possibly B。

truly C。

simply D。

actually
24。

A. competence B。

interest C。

qualification D。

attempt
25. A. cattle B. sheep C. deer D. wolves
26。

A。

adopted B. demanded C. delayed D。

reformed
27。

A. nor B。

but C。

or D. and
28. A。

reality B. nature C. world D。

position
29。

A。

over B。

with C. without D。

for
30。

A。

appeals B。

agrees C。

sticks D。

applies
31。

A. break down B. hold on C。

hold back D. break out
32。

A. shape B. conquer C。

resemble D. acknowledge
33. A。

instructions B。

curriculums C. arrangements D. competitions
34. A. bring on B。

bring out C。

bring up D. bring on
35. A. evaluate B. appreciate C. decrease D. promote
【答案】16。

D 17. A 18. C 19。

B 20. B 21. A 22. A 23. C 24。

B 25. D 26. A 27。

C 28。

B 29. C 30. D 31。

C 32。

A 33. D 34。

B 35。

C
【解析】养在动物园保护区里的濒危的美洲虎在领地里总是萎靡不振，失去了天性,有人建议引进一只狼来做对手,于是美洲虎又有了往日的生气.
16. 选D。

circle v. 圈出。

在动物园圈出一块区域给美洲虎.
17. 选A。

每个参观过动物园的人都称赞（praise）这真是“老虎的天堂”.
18。

选C.此处为转折关系,用however。

然而，奇怪的是，没有人看到这只美洲虎猎捕（hunt)动物。

19. 选B.见上。

20. 选B。

provide v. 提供。

provided在此处做后置定语，跟修饰的词之间是被动关系。

人们能看到的是它总是躺在虎舍里睡觉或者吃动物管理员喂的肉。

21。

选A。

一些人认为这只老虎感觉太孤独，于是借来一只母老虎跟他作伴。

22. 选A。

下文提到,虎是森林之王，人们只是在它周围放几只小动物。

老虎在这种环境下懒惰也是可以理解的(understandable)。

23。

选C。

simply adv。

仅仅，只是.
24。

选B。

这也是为什么老虎对走出虎舍不感兴趣。

show interest in sth. 对…感兴趣。

25. 选D.下文提到动物园采纳了建议,把五只狼放进了老虎的领地.
26. 选A。

adopt v. 接受,采纳。

27. 选C。

从那时起,老虎要么站在山丘顶上咆哮,要么就是从山上俯冲下来而不是整天睡大觉了，完全回归了天性。

either … or … 表选择关系，或者… 或者…。

28。

选B。

这里指老虎又回归了天性（nature）。

29。

选C。

在我们的世界上，没有了对手的动物是没有活力的。

30. 选D。

事实上，这条规则也适用于人类。

apply to 适合于，适用于。

31。

选C。

hold back 退缩。

没有了竞争对手，一个人必定会满足于现状，在困难面前止步不前。

32. 选A.困境会塑造(shape）成功的人。

shape v。

塑造，打造。

33。

选D。

因此，我们需要靠一些竞争来给我们以严格的要求和标准，让我们迎头面对所有的竞争(competition）和挑战。

34. 选B。

由于我们的对手，我们才能拿出最好的自己。

bring out 使显示，呈现。

35。

选D。

与上一句句式并列。

由于我们的对手，我们才会在与他们竞争的时候不断地提高（promote)我们的能力.
第三部分阅读理解（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A、 B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。

A
Connecting the best chefs and restaurants in the world with their fans.
For True Foodies Only puts the world of food in your pocket. It is a global app and social platform where lovers of the art of food and wine come to connect, be inspired and share that love。

What makes the For True Foodies Only app different?
·It is exclusive （专一的)。

A “food Facebook” for only the best chefs and restaurants in the world and their fans.
·Users of the app from around the world can find out where to eat when they travel, giving restaurants and chefs free advertising and making sure that your vacation is full of wonderful meals at the restaurants your favorite chefs would eat at。

·New restaurants and chefs can only be ch osen by chefs in the app， so together we build a trusted community of the highest quality.
·There is no cost to restaurants to be included or to users –the app is free。

·Buy recipes the way you buy music on the internet –one recipe, a bitebook or a whole cookbook。

Restaurants and chefs make more profits by selling digital recipes through the app。

The story behind the app
Cordon Bleu Chef Ted and his foodie partner Joanne love eating in great restaurants around the world. But they spent a lot of time researching where to go, in guidebooks, online and from friends, and looking for news about what their favorite chefs were creating。

They wished they could easily see where their favorite chefs and foodie loved to eat， and find the latest about the best chefs and restaurants all in one place。

And so the idea was born. They wanted to build a trusted community of those who love the art of food and wine， with chefs and true foodies at its heart。

Ted and Joanne spent the next two years using all their experience—Ted as a
chef in Michelin star restaurants， and Joanne as an international food marketer—to build a truly amazing app that included only the top restaurants and chefs。

Fortunately， their work also included a lot of fine dining， which made it all worthwhile.
36. How does the For True Foodies Only app differ from other apps？
A. It tries to include as many chefs and restaurants as possible.
B. It only charges restaurants a small amount of money to be included.
C。

It provides a free download service through the app for digital recipes.
D。

It doesn’t accept new restaurants unless recommended by trusted chefs.
37。

What can we learn about the app from the last three paragraphs？
A。

It is the idea that was created by two famous chefs。

B. It has enabled foodies to eat with their favorite chefs.
C. Developers spent a lot of time and energy building it。

D. Most of its material comes from travel guidebooks。

【答案】36。

D 37。

C
【解析】本文介绍了一款应用软件For True Foodies Only的开发和它背后的故事。

这款软件不同于其他软件的特点在于它只能是通过信任的厨师推荐才可以接受新的饭店加入这款App。

37. 选C.细节理解题。

这款软件的诞生花了设计者很多的时间和精力。

有了想法之后，Ted and Joanne spent the next two years using all their experience他们花了两年的时间和心血开发出这个软件。

B
Are you sick of going to bed late and waking up tired？ Then grab your hiking boots and a tent. A new study suggests that camping in the great outdoors for a couple of days can reset your body clock and help you get more sleep。

The body clock is an internal system that tells our bodies when it’s time to go to sleep and when it’s time to wake up。

Scientists track this clock by measuring the amount of melatonin （褪黑激素)circulating in a person’s blood at any given time。

In a healthy sleeper， melatonin levels rise a few hours before bedtime, stay high through the night，and then settle back down when it’s time to wake up。

In our modern society，however，most of us stay up many hours past sunset and would probably sleep in many hours after sunrise if we could。

And the trouble is,your melatonin levels may still be high when your alarm clock goes off in the morning, which leads to fatigue. It may also have other health consequences as well, such as diabetes （糖尿病)，overweight and heart disease.
Professor Kenneth Wright of the University of Colorado in the US wanted to see if our body clocks can be reset by a short stay in nature。

His team recruited (招募）fourteen physically active volunteers in their 20s and 30s。

Nine went on a weekend camping trip, while the other five stayed home. At the end of the weekend, the researchers reported that in just two days，the campers’ body clocks had shifted so that their melatonin levels began to rise more than an hour earlier than they did before they left on the trip. By contrast， the body clocks of the group that stayed home shifted even later over the course of the weekend.
“This tells us we can reset our c locks fast," Wright said.
Therefore， if you want to change your sleep patterns you could try to increase your exposure to natural light during the day and decrease the amount of artificial light you see at night. And if that doesn't work,there’s always camping。

38。

The underlined word “fatigue” in Paragraph 4 probably means _
A. excitement
B. tiredness
C。

relief
D. disappointment
39. What did Wright's team discover from their experiment?
A. Those staying outdoors reset the clock inside their bodies over a short period。

B。

The body clocks of the two groups didn’t show much difference.
C. The body clocks of those who stayed at home remained the same。

D。

Changes to the body clock don't necessarily affect melatonin levels in our bodies。

40. According to the passage, to change our sleeping habit，we’ d better_ . A。

stay home to reset our body clock and get more sleep
B. stay up late long past sunset and sleep long after sunrise
C. get exposed to more natural light but less artificial light
D。

try to reduce melatonin levels as much as possible at night
41. What is the author’s main purpose of writing the passage?
A。

To inform us of a possible way to adjust the body clock。

B。

To explain how a lack of sleep is bad for our health。

C. To analyze how the body clock influences our sleeping habits。

D. To explore how the body clock is connected with melatonin levels.
【答案】38。

B 39。

A 40。

C 41。

A
【解析】睡眠不好的人有福了，一项新研究称几天的户外露营便可以重启你的生物钟，帮助你改善睡眠.
38. 选B.猜测词义题。

第四段your melatonin levels may still be high when your alarm clock goes off in the morning，早上闹钟响起的时候，体内的褪黑色素还依然保持较高水平，因此就会使人感到劳累。

39. 选A.细节理解题。

根据五六两段，Wright的团队经过对比两组人群的睡眠表现发现，我们可以在短时间内调整生物钟。

40。

选C。

细节理解题。

根据最后一段if you want to change your sleep patterns you could try to increase your exposure to natural light during the day and decrease the amount of artificial light you see at night得知，白天暴露在自然光下，晚上减少可见的人造光线，就可以改善我们的睡眠习惯。

41。

选A。

写作意图题。

作者写作目的是告诉我们一个调整生物钟的可行的办法.
C
The death of the plastic credit card could be a step closer as high street names including McDonald's and the Co-op prepare to test a breakthrough finger—scanning payment technology.
FingoPay， developed by British start-up Sthaler， uses a biometric reader to
scan the veins of a shopper’s finger, building up a “map” that is unique to each individual.
By connecting this pattern with a credit card or bank account， the company plans to let shoppers pay simply by placing their finger in a pocket—sized scanner， doing away with cash and credit cards。

Sthaler， founded by former music industry executive Nick Dryden, will begin testing the technology next month in Proud， a London nightclub. Mr。

Dryden said McDonald's is experimenting with a pilot of the technology, and that Sthaler is also planning a project with Co-op’s food stores。

It comes amid growing interest in using biometric identification in payments，which backers believe are more secure and efficient than passwords and PINs. Apple Pay，which uses the iPhone’s fingerprint technology， launched in the UK in 2015 and was followed by the Android equivalent in May 2016。

Hendrik Kleinsmiede， the director of Visa Europe's innovation arm Collab，which is backing Sthaler, said the Fingopay technology was less immune to problems such as wet and dusty fingers or fraud. “People are ready to accept biometrics as a secure au thentication mechanism,” he said。

Sthaler says the chance that two people have the same vein structure is 3.4bn-to-one， making it virtually impossible to crack. The vein scanner， developed by Hitachi， is already being used by Barclays to identify business customers as well as in cash machines in Japan, but Sthaler has the unique rights to license
it to retailers。

In the trial at Proud set to begin in September, the technology will be used
to speed up waiting times at the bar both by cutting down on cards and by being able to suggest drinks based on what a patron has previously ordered。

42。

Which of the following is TRUE about Fingopay?
A。

It works by identifying shoppers’ fingerprints。

B. It scans the finger veins to identify shoppers。

C. It was first test ed on Barclays’ cash machines in Japan。

D。

It is currently being tested in the Co-op Group's food stores.
43. According to Hendrik Kleinsmiede， .
A. it is impossible to find two people who share the same vein structure
B。

people have to clean their hands before they use Fingopay
C. it won’t be long before biometrics are more widely used
D. Fingopay technology is much more effective than passwords and PINs
44。

What can we conclude from the last paragraph?
A。

The use of Fingopay technology has bought in more customers.
B。

Fingopay technology helps businesses to meet customers’ needs.
C. Fingopay technology could increase the sales of certain drinks.
D。

The use of Fingopay technology wasn’t allowed in the trial at Proud。

45. What might be the best title of the passage?
A。

Pay with your vein: Fingopay。

B。

Cedit cards vs. Fingopay。

C。

Different ways of payment.
D. A new technology: fingerprints.
【答案】42. B 43. C 44。

B 45。

A
【解析】随着一种叫FingoPay的指纹扫描支付技术的突破,塑料信用卡的死期可能更近了.这
项技术正在包括McDonald's 和 the Co—op等在内的零售行业试验，并引起了广泛的关
注。

42. 选B.细节理解题.文章2、3两段讲述了FingoPay的工作原理,它扫描指纹来识别购物
者。

43. 选C.细节理解题。

根据Hendrik Kleinsmiede所说，人们已经准备好接受生物识别技术
作为一个安全的身份验证机制，过不了多久，该项技术就会更广泛使用.
44. 选B。

推理判断题。

根据最后一段话可以得出结论，这项技术将通过减少信用卡的使用而缩短等待时间，并且可以根据先前所点的饮品给出建议，故能帮助商家满足顾客需求.
45。

选A.主旨大意题.本文主要介绍了FingoPay指纹识别支付技术。

D
Author Norman Mailer published an essay in which he declared the graffiti(涂鸦) of the New York subway to be ”The Great Art of the 70s”。

But what happened to the artists and why is there no subway graffiti any more？
”It started with someone just writing their name — someone saw that, and added on to it,” recalls New York graffiti artist Nicer， born Hector Nazario。

"Letters going in front of letters, coming back through a letter， behind a
letter， going across a letter。

. the subways became our playground，” adds
Riff170。

New York in 1974 was a city in crisis. The Mayor, Abe Beame， slashed the
city's budget in a bid to stave off bankruptcy（破产）, which meant laying off school teachers， police officers and subway staff.
"They were taking the money from the schools， there was a lot of corruption
here， in this community, and so they took the after—school programmes away, and there was no outlets for this. So the outlet became our city，" says Bronx-born designer Eric Orr.
"It was like an explosion. The graffiti explosion. All of a sudden it took over the whole city. I don't know what happened, but overnight in the early 70s
it was from no graffiti to all graffiti,” says another former artist， Flint Gennari.
Eric Felisbret, author and former graffiti artist， says graffiti culture was in a way a product of the civil rights movement。

”It was never political,” he says, "but many people were brought up with that， and to express yourself by breaking the law became a natural process for them."
The graffiti pioneers came from all races, however。

”There were writers that were African American， Latino — Puerto Rico， Dominican, Cuban — Jewish, Asian， and it became one unit — one family," says another graffiti pioneer，Roberto Gualtieri。

Prof Gregory Snyder, sociologist and author of Graffiti Lives, says：”For lots of people, graffiti is ugly, vandalistic, and I'm not denying that. It's vandalism。

. now, oftentimes it’s very clever vandalism。

It can be written on a dumpster， like a garbage bin, and if someone’s attempting to make a garbage bin look a little prettier maybe that’s not the worst thing in the
world.”Although Mailer was not alone in welcoming the flowering of creativity, the authorities hated it, as did many passengers。

So when Mayor Ed Koch took office， he was determined to clean up the city and
set about targeting graffiti。

”I remember in 1982 he brought everyone out to a train yard and there was a single train painted white,” says former New York Daily News reporter Salvatore Arena。

Trains were taken out of service and cleaned as soon as graffiti was spotted. Carriages were protected at night and the city agreed to ban the sale of spray cans.
If in 1984 80％ of subway carriages contained graffiti by May 1989 the network was graffiti-free. “Graffi ti has gone through an evolution， and it will
continue to evolve。

It’s now socially accepted in places where 20-30 years ago that would have been impossible. It’s now showcased(展示)in certain museums –
and let’s say in another 30 years from now it may be han ging in the White House，” says Nicer。

Nowadays painted graffiti is largely gone from the New York subway trains themselves and is seen instead on the walls and tunnels of the city。

It has been replaced by scratchiti(刮擦艺术) created onto carriage windows using keys, knives. Unlike the vivid images of 40 years ago, these ghostly patterns are somehow easy
to ignore. After all， graffiti has faded quietly into the background。

46. What caused the graffiti’s sudden appearance in New York in the 1970s?
A. The worse economy in New York then。

B。

It is a product of the civil rights movement。

C。

The support and encouragement of the Mayor。

D。

Publishment of Norman Mailer’s essay on graffiti.
47. In the 1970s, New York's graffiti artists .
A。

could only do graffiti on trains
B。

organized a political movement
C。

often left their own names on their works
D。

realized they were actually against the laws
48。

What’s Gregory Snyder’s attitude towards graffiti?
A. Negative。

B。

Critical.
C。

Objective。

D。

Approving.
49. The main reason why Mayor Ed Koch took measures to stop graffiti may be that .
A. all passengers were against graffiti
B。

it wasn't the art that Ed Koch was fond of
C. it became out of date because of scratchiti
D。

it didn’t benefit most subway passenger s
50。

What is the last but one paragraph mainly about?
A。

Graffiti evolution makes New York subways graffiti—free。

B. Graffiti has evolved and is widely accepted in some places.
C。

It took 5 years to clean 80% of the graffiti in New York city.
D。

Graffiti will sure appear on the walls of the White House.
【答案】46。

A 47. D 48. C 49. D 50. B。