D Someone who often makes trouble for other people
Passage 3
Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage:
Chokwe Selassie is on a mission to help drivers avoid potholes(路面坑洼）。The Eight-grader was inspired to kick off his mission on a recent morning, when his mother was driving him to school. Their car was damaged as it went over a huge pothole in the middle of the street in their hometown of Jackson, Mississippi. “I decided I was going to do something about the pothole problem in my city,” Chokwe says. His solution: an app (手机应用）that warns drivers when there is a pothole ahead. Chokwe developed the app with his friends Rodriguez Ratliff and Emmanuel Brooks. “When the app detects a pothole, it is highlighted (突出显示）in red,”Chokwe says.
“And if you get close to the pothole, your phone will warn you.”Drivers can also use the app to report any potholes they encounter, and to look for other routes they can take to avoid roads that have them.
The app relies on current available information about the street of Jackson.\works by using the city’s 311 call system, so it uses information already stored in a database,”Chokwe
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says. (79)Through the call system, citizens dial 3-1-1 to report non-emergency problems ----which include potholes. Chokwe and his friends determined that focusing on the 10 busiest streets in Jackson would give them a large enough sample size to test the prototype(原型）。
（80）Although the app isn’t yet available for sale, Chokwe is already looking for ways to improve it. The prototype remains limited to 10 streets in Jackson, but he hopes to add more, so that it includes every street in the city. And then he wants to go even farther. “I want to keep working on the app until it’s nationwide,” Chokwe says.
11. Which of the following is the best title for the passage? A. A solution to Traffic Jams B. An App to Detect Potholes C. Pothole problems in Big Cities D. Poor Road Conditions 12. The phrase kick off in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ___
A leave B invent C begin D shift 13. People use the 311 call system to report ____. A emergencies B terrorist attacks C non-emergencies D children abuse
14. The prototype focuses on ___ streets in Jackson.
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A. 10 B. 15 C.20 D. 25
15. According to the passage ,which of the following statements is true?
A. Chokwe developed the app all by himself. B. People can buy the app from the online store.
C. His mother’s car was damaged by using the city’s 911 call system
D. The app works by using the city’s 911 call system
Part Ⅱ Vocabulary and Structure （30%）
Directions: In this part, there are 30 incomplete sentences. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
16. “Can your brother and sister understand the English teacher?” “No, ____ of them can.
“ A. Not either B. not one C. neither D. no one
17. Someday in the future they are bound to ____ for the crimes they have committed today.
A. pay B. cost C. catch D. spend
18. a true friend is one who offers you a helping hand when you are ______.
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A. in order B. in public C. in time D. in trouble
19. Young boys and girls stood on _____ sides of the street to welcome
the president from Africa. A. every B. each C. both D. all
20. Last night a big fire _____ in the suburbs of the town, causing huge losses to the area.
A. broke down B. came down C. broke out D. came out
21. Customers: Waiter, a table for two, please. Waiter: Yes, sir. There’s one but it’s close to the door. Customer: ____. We’ll take it. A. Excuse me B. Not at all C. Well, it doesn’t matter D. Not really 22. A child’s five year is important as far as learning is ______. A. touched B. worried C. concerned D. affected 23. The man fell in love with her at first ______. A. scene B. sight C. look D. sign 24. They key ____ success is hard work and persistence. A. on B. to C. for D. of
25. We are all very grateful ______ you for your help. A. on B. from C. with D. to
26. If Jack ____ to the office tomorrow, give him the letter please. A. come B. comes C. came D. come
27. ____ Yellow River is known to be ____ second longest river in China. A. The, the B. /, / C. The, / D. /, the
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28. Neither Jane nor Ted ______ going to meet Professor Jones next Friday because both of them will be busy with their classes then. A. are B. were C. is D. was
29. By the year 2020, China’s population probably _____ 1.4 billion. A. will be reaching B. are reaching C. will have reached D. has reached 30. Mary is the only student in my class _____ speaks Chinese. A. who B. which C. where D. what
31. Anna complained the hotel was too expensive. It had ____ her 1,000 dollars for the night.
A. spent B. charged C. offered D. bought
32. ____ was in a completely different way that he played the game. A. That B. It C. There D. As
33. ____ all his homework for today, Tom felt very much relaxed and went out for a walk aroundhis neighborhood.
A. to finish B. To have finished C. Finished D. Having finished 34. The weather forecast says there’s going to be a heavy storm here in two or three hours, so we have to hurry back home _____ it comes. A. before B. unless C. although D. until 35. He was _____ drunk that he could hardly stand. A. ever B. only C. such D. so
36. All students are required to translate this poem _____ English into Chinese.
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