Section C

Directions: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.

The carmaker is in the pioneer of a materials revolution, which is powered by a growing understanding of the properties of substances at the smallest scale. In roughly five years from now, scientists will have set out what some call the “materials genome”—a database with the properties of all known and predicted compounds. Instead of searching for materials that have the right qualities for a job—a quest(探索) that has usually depended mostly on trial and error—researchers will first define what they want, and their computers will then develop a list of materials that seem to fit the bill.

The new science will improve today’s materials, too, leading to stronger steels, new kinds of alloy and hybrid materials(合金和混合材料) that may be part metal, part plastic. On the far horizon are bigger breakthroughs still: batteries that would double the range of electric cars or store solar and wind power, transforming the economics of renewable energy.

As well as revolutionising products, these new materials could also revolutionise how they are made. There will always be room for the mass production of some low-value, commodity items. But as a rule, when materials are different, manufacturing processes will be different, too. BMW’s carbon fibre is made to its own specifications in a series of new joint ventures across the world. However, some of the products could be domestically made in their new factories. Airbus, Boeing, GE and a growing number of other firms are already 3D-printing some parts where they need them. Nike’s Flyknit trainers are made with knitting machines that use a special micro-engineered thread. As a result, the firm no longer needs to send the job like sewing to factories overseas.

The world has got used to the idea that the most important innovation is virtual. The technology representatives of Silicon Valley—such as Google and Facebook—have built their businesses on intangibles(无形的), such as software, data and new business models. By contrast, the world of new materials marries the virtual and the physical. It, too, depends on code, because researchers need powerful computer-design systems to model materials and make them into new designs. But eventually the aim is to turn virtual ideas into matter. Some advances are overlooked. These ones are material.

(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN NINE WORDS.)

78. What is the driving force of the materials revolution according to the first paragraph?

79. New materials will revolutionise not only products but also ____________________.

80. Instead of contracting overseas, Nike is able to ____________________ with its special knitting machines and materials available.

81. In contrast to Internet companies which build business on intangibles, new materials companies aim at _____________________________.

第 II 卷(共47分)

I. Translation

Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.

develop)

2. 我认为在做最终决定前有必要和父母讨论一下这个问题。()

3. 由于对一无所知他最终未能通过面试。()照片的展出非常成功，个月后就辞职做了专职摄影师。()

5. 与往届会议不同的是，本次会议各国并无明显分歧，新的协议有望达成。(expect)

II. Guided Writing

Directions: Write an English composition in 120—150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.

请以“Misunderstanding”为主题写一篇短文，内容包括：

简要描述右图内容

结合生活谈谈你的感想

参考答案

Section A

25. creating 26. is growing/grows 27. were treated 28. What

29. where 30. cheaper 31. drawn 32. may/might/can/could

33. because/as/since/for 34. fixing 35. as 36. that / which

37. that / who 38. the 39. To expand 40. Although/While/Though

Section B

41. B 42. I 43. K 44. D 45. H 46. C 47. G 48. J

49. E 50. A

III.

Section A

51?55 BCABC 56?60 ACBAD 61?65 CADAD

Section B

66—69 CABC 70—72 BCB 73—77 DAADD

Section C

78. Understanding the properties of substances at the smallest scale.

79. how the products are made

80. make products domestically/at home

81. turning virtual ideas into matter/marrying/combining the virtual and the physical

第II卷

I. Translation

1.Have you developed a /the habit of listening to English news every day?

2.I think it (is) necessary for us to discuss this problem with our parents before we make a final decision.

3.Because he was ignorant of the software developed by the company, he finally failed in the interview/failed to pass the interview.

4. So successful was the exhibition of the photos that a month later John quit(quitted) his job/resigned and became a professional photographer, realizing his dream/making his dream come true.

5. Different from the previous meetings/conferences, there are not any/no obvious differences/disagreements among/between the countries at this meeting/conference, and a new agreement is expected to be reached/arrived at.

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