33. Why did Pete send his guitar to the first HRC in London?

　A. He wanted to occupy a seat.

　B. He wanted to pay his bill with it.

　C. He wanted his guitar to be assessed.

　D. He wanted his guitar to be put on its wall.

34. What do we know about the HRC's collection?

　A. It is related to rock 'n' roll. 　B. It is housed in the first HRC. 　C. It was advocated by Eric Clapton. 　D. It was financed by regular customers. 35. What does the HRC's service philosophy imply?

　A. HRC welcomes everyone to the cafe.

　B. HRC is operated for a charitable purpose.

　C. HRC offers various activities to its customers.

　D. HRC provides the best service at the lowest price.

第二节（共5小题，每小题3分，满分15分）

　　根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

　　When you write a message or an email, you might put a smiling face or other pictures at the end to make the message more fun. These pictures are emojis (表情符号). ____36____ Later, they were used on Apple's iPhone and Android phones. Now they are everywhere!

　　Emoticon or emoji?

　　Before emojis, there were emoticons, which can be made from the signs you can find on your keyboard, for example :-) for a smiley. Emoji is a Japanese word which means photograph. e ("picture") + moji ("character"). ____37____ There are all kinds of emojis, from faces and weather pictures to things in the kitchen and animals.

　　What are emojis for?

　　In English, we have a saying: A picture paints a thousand words. For many people, an emoji is like a punctuation mark, or smiling at someone across the room. ____38____ It is like the tone (语气) of voice when we speak on the phone, or gestures used in conversation.

　　____39____

　　When someone speaks and looks serious, we try to look serious, too, and when someone smiles, we smile as well. This is how we show empathy (共鸣) and make friends.

　　But when we are online, we can't see the person's face and there is no emotion. ____40____ Scientists in Australia have discovered that when we look at a smiley face online, the same parts of the brain start working as when we look at a real smiley face. Our mood changes, and we try to change our face to match the emoji.

A. How do they affect us?

B. Emojis are real pictures.

C. Why are emojis important?

D. The invention of emojis changed that!

E. This means that emojis have created a new brain pattern in us.

F. The first emojis appeared on Japanese mobile phones in the 1990s.

G. A written message is black and white, but an emoji adds emotions to our messages.

第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分55分）

第一节 （共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

　　阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

　　The first time 10-year-old Jordie Rowland came into the barber shop, it was a disaster.

　　Jordie, who has autism (自闭症), ___41___ with his parents to run outside the moment he entered the shop. I ended up ___42___ around the shop with him that day. I got in a few cuts ___43___ stopped the haircut when I saw Jordie was ___44___. Cutting hair can be ___45___ for some children with autism. Jordie was no different. I felt I'd ___46___ and it made me ___47___ to learn more about autism so I could connect with him and take away his ___48___.

　　After the first ___49___ haircut, I suggested to Jordie's parents they bring him back every two weeks at closing time. That went on for a few months. His hair was long. I could ___50___ cut it properly. I'd get a couple of cuts in, and then he'd just go crazy. That was a really ___51___ time. But I knew we had to just keep going.

　　I even went to his house to give it a try. No ___52___. Then the owner of the barber shop ___53___ me for allowing a customer to come in after closing time. Discouraged, I ___54___ that job, and soon opened my own shop. Every two weeks, Jordie would ___55___ my shop after it was closed. This lasted about eight months.

　　A few weeks ago, we made ___56___. I sang "The Wheels on the Bus" to him. I didn't know he was ___57___ nursery rhymes (儿歌). I was just trying to ___58___ him. He looked at me as if he were mesmerized (迷住). I gave him a full haircut for the first time. I realized our slow, two-year effort had ___59___.

　　Two weeks later, Jordie let me do it again. I often don't charge them the cost of the haircut. Maybe the reason I do something like this is to increase my ___60___ of the kids like him.

41. A. struggled B. agreed C. talked D. played 42. A. jumping B. walking C. seeing D. rushing 43. A. before B. or C. so D. but 44. A. curious B. nervous C. excited D. surprised 45. A. painful B. pleasant C. interesting D. harmful 46. A. finished B. changed C. failed D. tried 47. A. refuse B. want C. manage D. regret