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Section II Reading Comprehension Part A

21.【题干】Copper and her colleague argue that a "town of culture" award would _____.

A.consolidate the town city ties in Britain

B.promote cooperation among Brains towns

C.increase the economic strength of brain s towns

D.focus Brain's limited resources on cultural events

22.【题干】According to paragraph 2, the proposal might be regarded by some as _____.

A.a sensible compromise

B.a self-deceiving attemp

C.an eye-catching bonus

D.an inaccessible target

23.【题干】The author suggests that a title holder is successful only if it _____.

A.endeavor to maintain its image

B.meets the aspiration of its people

C.brings its local arts to prominence

D.commits to its long-term growth

24.【题干】Glasgow is mentioned in Paragraph 3 to present _____.

A.a contrasting case

B.a supporting example

C.a background story

D.a related topic

25.【题干】What is the author 's attitude towards the proposal?

A.Skeptical

B.Objective

C.Favorable

D. Critical

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Section III Translation

Following the explosion of creativity in Florence during the 14th century known as the

Renaissance, the modern world saw a departure from what it had once known. It turned from God and the authority of the roman Catholic Church and instead favoured a more humanistic approach to being. Renaissance ideas had spread throughout Europe well into the 7th century, with the arts and sciences flourishing extraordinarily among those with a more logical disposition.(46)With (the gap between) the Church's teachings and ways of thinking being eclipsed by the Renaissance, the gap between the Medieval and modern periods had been bridged, leading to new and unexplored intellectual territories.

During the Renaissance, the great minds of Nicolaus Copernicus, Johannes Kepler and Galileo Galilei demonstrated the power of scientific study and discovery.(47)Before each of their revelations, many thinkers at the time had sustained more ancient ways of thinking, including the Ptolemaic and Aristotelian geocentric view that the earth was at the centre of our universe. Copernicus theorized in 1543 that in actual fact, all of the planets that we knew of revolved not around the earth, but the Sun, a system that was later upheld by Galileo at his own expense. Offering up such a theory during a time of high tension between scientific and religious minds was branded as heresy, and any such heretics that continued to spread these lies were to be punished by imprisonment or even death. Galileo was excommunicated by the Church and imprisoned for life for his astronomical observations and his support of the heliocentric principle.

(48)Despite attempts by the Church to strong-arm this new generation of logicians and rationalist, more explanations for how the universe functioned were being made, and at a rate that the people-including the Church-could no longer ignore. It was with these great revelations that a new kind of philosophy founded in reason was born.

The Church's long-standing dogma was losing the great battle for truth to rationalists and scientists. This very fact embodied the new ways of thinking that swept through Europe during most of the 17th century.(49)As many took on the duty of trying to integrate reasoning and scientific philosophies into the world. The Renaissance was over and it was time for a new era-the Age of Reason.

The 17th and 18th centuries were times of radical change and curiosity. Scientific method, reductionism and the questioning of Church ideals was to be encouraged, as were ideas of liberty, tolerance and progress.(50)Such actions to seek knowledge and to understand what information we already knew were captured by the Latin phrase "sapere aude" or "dare to know", after Immanuel Kant used it in his essay. An Answer to the Question: What is Enlightenment? It was the purpose and responsibility of great minds to go forth and seek out the truth, which they believed to be founded in knowledge.

46.【题干】With (the gap between) the church's teachings and ways of thinking being eclipsed by the Renaissance the gap between the medieval and modern periods had been bridged, leading to new and unexplored intellectual territories.

47.【题干】Before each of their revelations, many thinkers at the time had sustained more ancient ways of thinking, including the geocentric view that the earth was at the centre of our universe.

48.【题干】Despite attempts by the chuch to sop suppress this new generation of logicians and rationalists, more explorations for how the universe functioned were being made at a rate that people could no longer Ignore.

49.【题干】As many took duty of trying to integrate reasoning scientific philosophies into the world, the Renaissance was over it was time for a new era.

50. 【题干】Such actions to seek knowledge and to understand what information we already knew were captured by the Latin phrase "sapere aude" or "dare to know".

作文

　　大作文：

　　标题：习惯

　　两幅图：

　　第一幅图：一个小女孩在看书，图里写着 尽早完成才安心

　　第二幅图：一个孩子瘫坐在沙发上，写着 不到最后不动手

Section IV Writing

51.【题干】The Student Union of your university has assigned you to inform the international students an upcoming singing contest. Write a notice in about 100 words. Write your answer on the ANSWER SHEET. Do not use your name in the notice.

　　【答案】Notice

Dec. 21, 2019

In order to enrich the campus life and provide the colorful life for you, the Students’Union is preparing the upcoming singing contest, which will be held in the auditorium in our university on the evening of December 31, 2019. Now, the Union is recruiting contestants for this competition.

Anyone who are fond of signing or interested in the competition, please send his or her application to students' union @sohu.com before next Wednesday. Besides, there are generous awards in gratitude for this activity. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any queries concerning the singing contest. Meanwhile, volunteers for this activity are badly needed to assist us in organizing the relevant affairs.

We are looking forward to your participation.

The Students' Union

　　【解析】通知

2019年12月21日

　　为了丰富校园生活，为大家提供丰富多彩的生活，学生会正在筹备即将于2019年12月31日晚在我校大礼堂举行的歌唱比赛。现在，学生会正在为这次比赛招募选手。

　　有意报名或有意报名的同学请于下周三之前将报名表发送至学生会邮箱@sohu.com。此外，本次活动还设有丰厚的奖励。如果您对歌唱比赛有任何疑问，请随时与我们联系。同时，我们也非常需要这次活动的志愿者来协助我们组织相关的事务。

　　我们期待您的参与。

　　学生会

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