38. A. remembering 39. A. debate 40. A. academic 41. A. spirit

B. agreeing

C. choosing C. comment

D. waiting D. discussion

B. complaint B. honest B. history

C. attractive

C. mystery

D. enthusiastic

D. story D. worry D. tired

D. down D. listed

42. A. embarrassment 43. A. afraid 44. A. away 45. A. admitted 46. A. response 47. A. roles

B. impatience B. sure B. out

C. disappointment C. aware C. alone C. counted C. return C. efforts

B. exchanged B. information B. explanations B. Amazingly B. hours B. covered B. held up B. thinking B. pain B. knowing

D. communication D. excuses D. Certainly D. chances D. filled D. blocked up D. arguing D. hope D. praising D. problems

48. A. Fortunately 49. A. trips

C. Approximately C. choices C. cleaned C. lit up C. doubting C. luck C. finding

50. A. linked

51. A. opened up 52. A. talking 53. A. fun

54. A. recognizing 55. A. lessons

B. opportunities C. challenges

第三部分：阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。

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Pretty much anyone can book a trip, but not everyone can plan an ultimate adventure that’s affordable, accommodating, and fun for everyone in your group. At Tripslnsider.com, we aim to provide you with the best insider secrets in the travel business and a state-of-the-art travel

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Japanese researchers say they have developed a new type of glass that can heal itself from cracks and breaks. Glass made from a low weight polymer (聚合物)called “polyether-thioureas” can heal breaks when pressed together by hand without the need for high heat to melt the material.

The research, published in Science, by researchers led by Professor Takuzo Aida from the University of Tokyo, promises healable glass that could potentially be used in phone screens and other fragile (易碎的) devices, which they say are an important challenge for sustainable (可持续的) societies.

While self-healing rubber and plastics have already been developed, the researchers said that the new material was the first hard substance of its kind that can be healed at room temperature. The new polymer glass is “highly robust mechanically yet can readily be repaired by compression (压紧) at broken surfaces”.

The characteristics of the polyether-thioureas glass were discovered by accident by a graduate school student named Yu Yanagisawa, who was preparing the material as a glue. Yanagisawa found that when the surface of the polymer was cut, the edges would adhere to each other, healing to form a strong sheet after being manually compressed for 30 seconds at 21°C. Further experiments found that the healed material regained its original strength after a couple of hours.

Yanagisawa told NHK that he didn’t believe the results at first and repeated his experiments several times to confirm the finding. He said, “I hope the repairable glass becomes a new environment-friendly material that avoids the need to be thrown away if broken.”

This is not the first time a polymer has been suggested as a healable screen for devices such as smartphones. Researchers at the University of California suggested the use of polymer that could stretch to 50 times its original size and heal breaks within 24 hours.

Smartphone manufacturers have already used self-healing materials in devices. LG’s G Flex 2 shipped in 2016 with a coating on its back was capable of healing minor scratches over time, although failed to completely repair heavier damage.

According to the research conducted by repair firm iMend, over 21% of UK smartphone users were living with a broken screen, with smashed displays being one of the biggest issues

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alongside poor battery life.

58. What is the main characteristic of the new glass? A. It can be healed at room temperature. B. It can heal heavy damage of phone screens. C. It can make smartphones and other devices lighter. D. It can be used as a glue at an extremely high temperature. 59. The underlined word “adhere” in Paragraph 4 means . A. stick

B. add

C. decline

D. damage

60. We can learn from the passage that .

A. self-healing materials haven’t been used in devices now B. the smartphone users only care about the issue of battery C. the repairable glass will be an environment-friendly material D. scientists in Japan found the features of the glass by accident

C

A man had a dream in which he was told where he could find fantastic wealth in a remote place. When he awoke, he immediately set off to find it. After a long journey full of danger and hardship, he arrived at the place in his dream. A local man who had heard about the dreamer’s purpose laughed loud and long, saying that he had dreamed three times about a house where great treasure was buried under a fountain. It made the dreamer realize that the place the local was describing was his very own yard. He returned home and found the treasure.

Like the man in this tale, the Chinese movie industry has been on a long journey to find its place in the world. In 1994, “The Fugitive” became the first major Hollywood film to be shown in the country in decades. Audiences were attracted by the movie’s fast pace and sound effects, and it proved to be a great success. Since then, the Chinese film industry has balanced a complex (复杂的) relationship with Hollywood.

Although there has been a sharp slowdown in China’s box-office numbers—movie-ticket revenue rose just 3.7 percent in 2017 after growing by an average of 35 percent per year from 2011 to 2016~the country still has a huge movie market, with theaters continuing to expand into more rural areas and audiences proving that they have a strong desire for Hollywood action films. So much so that recently, Hollywood has even started to make movies with China in mind, casting

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