18．Don'twaste（浪费） your money on silly things．

17．I．TranslationDirections：TranslatethefollowingsentencesintoEnglish，usingthewordsgiveninthebrackets．
1．调查的结果给我们提供了许多值得思考的东西．（food）
2．除非他在半决赛中被淘汰，否则冠军一定非他莫属．（champion）
3．我们只有确定了合理的目标之后才能全力以赴去实现它．（Only）
4．一幢几天前刚检修过的楼房整体突然倒塌，这一新闻令许多人感到非常震惊．（astonish）
5．火车站发生了爆炸案之后，政府呼吁当地群众不要去人群聚集的公共场所．（appeal）

16．--Did you get the last bullet train to Fuzhou yesterday？
--No．The road to the station is being widened．Otherwise I ______there twenty minutes earlier．（　　）

	A．	would be		B．	should be
	C．	would have been		D．	should have been

15．In a world of diverse civilizations，we should all seek to live______．（　　）

A．

.in harmony

B．

in trouble

C．

in action

D．

in danger

14．____ everyone felt the task was tough，I never thought of giving up．（　　）

A．

While

B．

Once

C．

If

D．

Until

13．A flying camera？Sounds （61）impossible（possible）？Well，think again because Nixie here will change your mind．
Nixie is a wearable camera．It is very tiny （62）in size and you can wear it on the wrist．It is amazing （63）that it flies and takes pictures and videos，and comes back to you when the work is done．
（64）The camera will be smart enough to identify you and the view．It will keep you in the frame and take some amazing shots．It can help you take pictures when you are climbing rocks，skating and （65）cycling （cycle）．It can also take midair photos or even videos when you are climbing （66）cliffs （cliff）or experiencing bungee jumping．It lets you （67）enjoy（enjoy）the moment rather than worrying about capturing （拍摄）it．
If Nixie ends up （68）winning（win）Intel's"Make it wearable"competition，the product is（69）expected（expect）to release within one year with a price tag of （70）less（little）than 1，000．

12．With the（61）development（develop） of industry，air pollution is getting more and more serious．In Beijing，many people suffer different kinds of illnesses because（62）ofair pollution．
　  Air pollution is caused by the（63）following （follow ） reasons：about half of the problem is caused by vehicles．There are more and more cars，buses on the roads，and they give off（64）poisonous（poison） gases.25% of air pollution is caused by factories．Another factor is the smokers．Smoking not only does harm to their health but to others．（65）Besidesthese，about 10% of air pollution is caused by other reasons．
       We （66）shouldtake some measures to fight（67）againstpollution．New fuel can be used to take（68）theplace of gas．We can also plant more trees．If everybody realizes the （69）importance（important） of environment and does something to stop pollution，the problem will（70）be solved（solve）．

11．The date of birth may affect one's chance to climb up to the topmost position in future career，a Canadian study shows．The study is based on （61）a sample of 375CEOs．
The study found that only 6.13percent and 5.87percent of the CEOs （62）were born （bear） in June and July．By comparison，people born in March and April represented 12.53percent and 10.67percent of the sample，it said．Professor Maurice Levi said their （63）findings （find） indicate that summer babies are （64）less likely （likely） to be CEOs due to a"birth-date effect"．
In the United Sates，cut-off dates for school admission fall between September and January．Students born between June and July are the youngest in their class，（65）and/while those born in March and April are the oldest，（66）taking （take） into account that children with （67）birthdays （birthday） too close to the cut-off dates often start their school behind or ahead  （68）of schedule．
"With advantages on intellectual development，older children in the same grade tend（69）to perform （perform） better than the younger ones，"explained Levi．"Early success is often rewarded with leadership and learning opportunities，leading to future advantages （70）that/which  are magnified （扩大）throughout life．"

10．Almost a decade after the hit Finding Nemo made clownfish seem totally warm and lovable，environmentalists are now looking for a real-life sequel：Saving Nemo．
    In the United States，a request has been made to extend the protections of the Endangered Species Act to marine species including the clownfish．
But before you start shedding tears for Nemo and his buddies，keep in mind that this request is not based on any evidence of a decline in the clownfish population．Instead，what has sparked concern is the worsening health of coral reefs，which more than one million aquatic species including the clownfish depend on to thrive，even survive．
    In ways it makes more sense to move to protect a species when its habitat declines rather than its actual population．The most important mission of the Endangered Species Act is the protection of species'habitats； without their habitats，there's almost no hope of saving endangered animals，except perhaps in a zoo．
　  Earlier this year，alarming news came about the world's largest coral reef system，Australia's Great Barrier Reef （GBR，大堡礁）．A study has shown the Reef is in sharp decline，with half of its coral cover gone in the past 27 years．
　   Katharina Fabricius，an Australian coral reef ecologist co-authoring the study，has been diving and working on the GBR since 1988-and has watched the decline．"There are still a lot of fish…but not the same color and diversity as in the past，"she said．
　  The study team used information from more than 2，000 surveys to determine the rate of decline between 1985 and 2012．That overall 50-percent decline，they estimate，is a yearly loss of about 3.4 percent of the Reef．If the trend continued，the coral cover could halve again by 2022．
　  Several main factors are responsible for the decline，the study found．Intense tropical cyclones （热带气旋），believed to be fueled by global warming，have caused massive damage to reefs in the central and southern parts of the Reef．Meanwhile，population explosions of the coral-consuming crown-of-thorns starfish （长棘海星） have affected coral populations along the length of the Reef．Two severe coral bleaching （变白） events，caused by ocean warming，have also had major damaging impacts in northern and central parts of the GBR．
72．A request has been made in the United States to save the clownfish becauseB．
A．it is a totally warm and lovable species        
B．the health of its habitat is worsening
C．its population has dropped sharply          
D．few clownfish can be found in zoos
72．What does the underlined word"thrive"in Paragraph 3 probably mean？C
A．To feed oneself
B．To keep oneself safe．
C．To grow and develop well
D．To attract attention．
74．According to the article，what is the AUTHOR'S attitude toward the request in the U．S．？A
A．He/she supports it．
B．He/she finds it ridiculous．
C．He/she thinks it is reasonable but needs revising．
D．There's no WAY to tell．
75．According to the article，all of the following factors contribute to the decline of Great Barrier Reef's coral cover exceptA．
A．the growing popularity of scuba （水肺）diving around the Reef
B．stronger tropical cyclones fueled by global warming
C．the rapidly growing population of type of coral-eating starfish
D．coral bleaching caused by rising temperature of the ocean water．

9．She is busydesigning（设计）a website for the new company．