2017文科高考英语答案_2017年英语高考全国卷答案

1.求2016-2017外研版英语周报高三第七期答案

2.河北英语高考题2017年

2017年高考英语3500词解析版C

　1.●calculate v. 计算， 核算 It has been calculated that ?

　eg. It has been calculated that at least 47000 jobs were lost last year.

　(be) calculated to do sth. eg. The speech was calculated to win votes.

　2. call v. 叫;喊;打电话 a girl called Mary a girl calling herself Mary

　call on call at sp. call for call up call off call in

　3. calm adj. 镇静的、沉着的 calm down v.使镇静 keep calm

　4. camp n.营 v.野营;宿营 summer camp 夏令营 go camping 去野营

　5. can 否定：cannot= can?t

　can?t help doing = can?t help but do 禁不住

　can not?too? = can never?too? 越?越好/再?也不为过

　You can never be too careful when crossing the street.

　6. care n. 照料;保管 take care of 照顾、保管 take care (that)?当心

　v. 在乎;介意 I don?t care. 我不在乎/我不放在心上。

　care for 喜欢;照顾 care about 关心;在乎

　7. careful adj. 仔细的;小心的 be careful of? 当心,小心 listen carefully

　8. carry v. 拿;搬;运;背 carry on 继续、进行 carry out 实施、执行

　9. case n. 情况;案件;病例 in case +句子/in case of +名词 万一

　in this/that case 如果这样/那样的话 in no case 绝不

　as is often the case 事实往往如此 eg: As is often the case, women live longer than man.

　10. ◎cash n. 现金 pay in cash /by check vt. 兑现 ~ a check

　cash in on?从...获得利润 The shop are cashing in on temporary shortage by raising prices.

　11.●cast v. 扔，抛，撒

　cast your net wide cast about/ around for sth cast sb./ sth out

　cast sb./ sth aside be cast away be cast down cast sth off

　12. catch?caught?caught catch up with 赶上

　catch sight of 看见 catch sb. doing 撞见/捉住某人做某事

　catch one?s eye= attract one?s attention 引起某人注意;引人注目

　13.●cater v. 提供(承办)酒席，满足需求

　cater for sth/sb : The class caters for all ability ranges.

　cater to sth/ sb: It catered for all tastes.

　14. cattle n. 牛(总称)单复同形 The cattle are in the shed. 牛在牛棚里。

　15. cause n. 原因、起因 cause and effect 因果

　the cause of fire/cancer 火灾/癌症的起因

　v. 引起;促使 The storm left, ____ a lot of damage to this area.

　16. ◎cautious adj. 谨慎的 小心的 be cautious of/ about...

　caution n. 谨慎 小心 with caution 小心地

　vt. 警告...小心... caution sb. to do caution sb. against... 警告某人警惕 We were cautioned not to drive too fast.

　17. celebrate v. 庆祝 celebrate one?s birthday celebrate Christmas

　18.◎central adj. 中心的，中央的 central bank/government

　1) 主要的，首要的 play a central role in? 在?起着主导作用。

　centre n. in the centre of the room

　v. centre on /upon/ round /around?把?当中心 使?成为中心

　19.◎ceremony n. 典礼，仪式 1) attend a wedding ceremony

　2) stand on ceremony 拘于礼节 without ceremony 粗鲁无礼，不拘礼节

　20. certain adj. 确定的;无疑的 certainly adv.

　be certain of= be sure of 对?确信的' be certain to do =be sure to do 一定会、必然

　make sure/certain of? 保证、弄清楚 * It is certain that?

　21.◎challenge face/ take up a challenge 面对/接收挑战

　challenging adj 具有挑战性的 a challenging job

　22. chance n. 机会;可能性 give sb. a chance 给?一次机会;

　take a chance/chances 冒险;碰运气 by chance/accident 偶然;

　There is a/no chance that? 有可能/不可能?

　23. change v. 改变、变化; n. 变化;零钱(不可数)

　change?into? 把变成; change one?s mind 改变主意

　Great changes have taken place in China. Do you have any change on/with you ?

　24.●characteristic adj. 独特的 n. 特征 特点 a key characteristic of?

　25. charge n./vt charge?for? 收/要价多少;

　charge sb. with sth/doing 指控某人做了 get the phone charged 手机被充电;

　The soldiers were charging forward bravely.战士们勇敢地向前冲。

　take charge of 负责、管理 in charge of 负责;

　in the charge of 被/由? 负责; free of charge 免费

　26. chat v./n. 聊天;闲谈 chat?chatted?chatted?chatting

　have a chat with sb. 与某人聊天; chat room 聊天室

　27. check v./ n. 检查;核对;批改; 支票 by check 用支票支付

　辨析： check examine

　check 指核对某事物是否正确, examine 表检查、调查、审查等

　check the answers check the mailbox 核实邮箱(看有没有信)

　examine your body/eyes examine the machine

　28. cheer n./vi. 欢呼;喝彩A great cheer went up from the crowd.

　cheer sb on 为某人加油 cheer up 振作起来;高兴起来 Cheers ! 共同举杯

　29. ◎cheerful adj 兴高采烈的，高兴地 a cheerful smile

　30. cheque= check(美) 支票 in cash 付现金 by check/cheque 用支票支付

　31. chicken c/n. 小鸡 u/n. 鸡肉 Would you like some chicken? 来点鸡肉怎么样? Don?t count your chickens before they are hatched.

　不要在还没孵出小鸡之前先数鸡。(别指望过早;别打如意算盘)

　32. chief adj. 主要的;首要的 n. 首领;*** chiefs (复数)

　33. choice c/n. 选择; choose v. 选择 choose?chose?chosen

　make a choice /make choices 做选择 have no choice but to do 除了?别无选择

　We chose Bill as chairman. There are a lot of books to choose from.

　34. Christmas Merry Christmas! on Christmas Eve;

　at Christmas 圣诞节期间 on Christmas 在圣诞节这天

求2016-2017外研版英语周报高三第七期答案

一、。 1.A 2.C 3.A 4. B 5. D

二、 1. Have you ever swum 2. he hasn’t visited 3. hasn’t won any prizes 4. I’ve alwayswanted to help you 5. has already invite us to travel 三、 1. It’s over 550metres. 2. To take in thebreath-taking view. 3. By rotating once every 72 minutes. 4. Three. / 3. 5. Some information about the CN Tower.

四、。 1.D 2.B 3.D 4.A 5.B 6.B 7.D 8.A 9.B 10.B

五、

Dear Tony, How are you? I’m having a wonderful timein Beijing now. I have done many interesting things here. I have been to manyplaces of interest. I have visited the Tian’anmen Square, the Palace Museumand the Great Wall. I have taken many nice photos of these famous places. I’llsend some to you with this email. I have also enjoyed different kinds ofChinese food. I’ve tried dumplings, noodles and roast duck. They are all verydelicious. I think Beijing is one of the biggest and busiestcities in the world. There’s a lot to see and do here. I hope we can visit Beijing together nexttime. Yours, Tom

河北英语高考题2017年

2016-2017外研版英语周报高三第七期答案

Book 3 Modules 1-2

参考答案及部分解析

参考答案

1-5 BACAC 6-10BCBAB

11-15 CBABA 16-20CBBAC

21-25 AABBD 26-30BBCBA

31-35 DCCDA 36-40BDAFC

41-45 BADDC 46-50CDABB

51-55 DACCB 56-60DBAAC

61. wearing 62.a

63. of 64.were sentenced

65. really 66.to teach

67. who / that 68. what

69. known 70.shows

短文改错：

71. ... we live are ... are → is

72. ... the most comfort ...

comfort → comfortable

73. ... on better terms ... better → good

74. ... with an 4-year-old ... an → a / their

75. Learned that they ...

Learned → Learning

76. ... wherever I was free.

wherever → whenever

77. ... what I can help ... help前加to

78. ... anything as return ... as → in

79. ... young couple who ... 去掉who

80. ... some small gift ... gift→ gifts

One possible version:

Recently a survey has been done to find outthe average number of books each person reads every year in Israel, Japan,Iceland, France and China. According to the survey, Israel comes first with 64books; Japan, second with 40. Iceland ranks the third with 24, while Francecomes fourth with 11. It's a pity that China comes last with a miserable 0.7.

The survey shows there's a great differencein terms of people's reading rate in different countries, and Chinese people inparticular lack the good habit of reading.

In my view, this is a very serious problem.Knowledge is now recognized as the driving force behind economic growth. If wedon't read, how can we acquire the knowledge necessary to keep up with othercountries?

部分解析

阅读理解：

A篇（个人情感）

本文是记叙文。作者在准备卖掉充满回忆的农场时感慨颇深。

21. A。篇章结构题。由第一段及第三段中的I was packing up boxes and other belongings可知，作者和家人早在2009年初就开始了清理农场的工作。故A项正确。

22. A。段落大意题。第二段主要讲作者的家人之前在农场的幸福生活，即关于农场的回忆。

23. B。推理判断题。由第三段中引用的作家的话及I am not sure what this new gift will be. Perhaps the pleasure ...the new family可知，作家的话令感伤的作者感到欣慰。

24. B。细节理解题。由第三段中的it is time to let go及文章最后一句May it befilled with love again, and with new gifts to be shared by the family who willcall it home可知，作者将放弃这个美丽的农场。

B篇（学校生活）

本文是议论文。文章论述了书法教育的重要性。

25. D。细节理解题。由第二段中的I can't read this及It was my bestcursive可知，该学生不会读草书。

26. B。细节理解题。由第四段中的John Hancock's was so robust and original ... It is a work of art可知，John Hancock的签名得到了高度评价，200多年后仍被一家同名保险公司用作标识。

27. B。词义猜测题。由上下文可知，受预算的影响，学校常放弃音乐和艺术课，却保留危险的足球课。如果草书成为另外一个课程牺牲品，那对学生会是一大损失。故划线词的意思应该是“放弃”。

28. C。推理判断题。由最后一段Thank you, Mrs. Shaw, for seeing so much in my handwriting. I neededthat push可推断，老师表扬作者的话令作者很受鼓舞。

C篇（饮食）

本文是说明文。不完美的食物正越来越受重视。

29. B。细节理解题。由第一段中的It's always been a rule in my family, spoken or unspoken, that youdon't waste food及this subject is deep inmy genes and upbringing可知，作者小时候不被允许浪费食物。

30. A。写作手法题。第二段中用六个数据说明当前浪费食物的现象严重。

31. D。词义猜测题。由上文的Luckily及下文的Nowsupermarkets feature the ugly. It's fashionable. More artful terms are favored可推断，关于丑食物的运动正越来越受欢迎。故D项正确。

32. C。细节理解题。由最后一段中的we've taken the line that rather than throw away things ... we wouldjust give them to you and you could decide可知，the Kretschmann Farm CSA尽力把不完美的食物交给消费者自己选择。

D篇（文娱）

本文是应用文。文章介绍了适合儿童参与的四项有趣的活动。

33. C。细节理解题。由Super Kids Breakfast部分的$15 perperson for members可知，两个会员共需支付30美元。

34. D。细节理解题。由Super Kids Earth Day Evening部分的Learn about where your food comes from可知，通过这项活动，孩子们可以了解食品生产的过程。

35. A。细节理解题。由Egg Roll部分的In the greattradition of the White House, The Magic House is inviting children to ... 可知。

七选五：

话题：日常活动

本文是说明文。文章给出了四点建议帮助读者爱上周一。

36. B。B项与上文的I used to spend thesecond half of Sunday dreading Monday morning相呼应。

37. D。D项与上文的When you get readyto exercise, you warm up first相呼应，且下文的Geteverything you need for the morning ready to go ... a long hot bath是对D项的具体说明。

38. A。A项与下文的can help withgetting up a little early Monday morning及gently settle into the day and keep that weekend feeling of ease asyou start your new week相呼应。

39. F。F项是对上文的a quote的举例说明。

40. C。C项与本段小标题Look at theweek's tasks as opportunities instead of problems相呼应，且与空前和空后的句子是并列关系，举例说明如何积极看待未来一周的工作任务。

完形填空：

话题：健康

本文是说明文。文章介绍了一些食物对健康的影响。

41. B。由下文的let tomorrow take care of itself可推测，此处是说要“快乐（merry）”。

42. A。43. D。由下文的with feelings ofguilt about what we should or shouldn't eat可知，如今人们享受生活的本能被罪恶感“代替（replaced）”，这是“可悲（Sadly）”的。

44. D。由上文的we should or shouldn't eat及damaging可推断，此处是说那些所谓的“有害的（harmful）”食物到底有多大危害。

45. C。下文详细介绍了人们通常喜欢的食物的优缺点，故填closely。look moreclosely at ... 更仔细地看。

46. C。由上文的mild stimulants可知，巧克力中所含的兴奋剂有助于“集中精力（concentration）”。

47. D。由下文的if eaten in the evenings可知，晚上吃巧克力可能会“妨碍（interrupt）”睡眠。

48. A。由下文的it is hard for the body to store it as fat可推断，糖能较快地转变为“能量（energy）”。

49. B。50. B。糖能更快地使你感到“吃饱了（full）”，所以你不太可能“吃得过多（overeat）”。

51. D。由下文的tooth decay可知，接下来要讲的是“坏（bad）”消息。

52. A。糖能“引起（causes）”蛀牙。

53. C。由下文的as it is a major source of protein, vitamin B and essential minerals可知，肉是一种“重要的（important）”食物。

54. C。上文讲肉营养丰富，下文讲肉含脂肪且牛肉会引起一种疾病。前后是转折关系，故选However。

55. B。人们将一种影响人类大脑的疾病“归咎于（blamed）”牛肉。

56. D。咖啡因使人们更“活跃（active）”。

57. B。由上文的they can disturb sleep可知，晚上不宜“喝（drunk）”咖啡或茶。

58. A。由上文对各种食物的优缺点的介绍及下文的eat small amounts of these foods可知，“健康（health）”的关键在于适度饮食。

59. A。 “少量食用”与“忘记罪恶感”之间是并列关系，故选and。

60. C。此处与文章第一段的with feelings of guilt相呼应，故选guilty。

语法填空：

61. wearing。考查动词-ing形式作定语的用法。women后跟后置定语，因women与wear之间是逻辑上的主谓关系，且wear表示的是正在进行的动作，故填wearing。

62. a。考查不定冠词。town为可数名词，且在此表泛指，故填a。设空处所在句意为“那时，这座城市只是马萨诸塞英属殖民地的一座小镇。”

63. of。考查介词。accuse sb. of ... 意为“因……指控某人”。

64. were sentenced。考查一般过去时的被动语态。sentence所表示的动作发生在过去，且people与sentence之间是被动关系，故填weresentenced。

65. really。考查副词。设空处修饰系动词，故填really。

66. to teach。考查不定式作状语的用法。city与teach之间是逻辑上的主谓关系，且设空处表目的，故填to teach。

67. who / that。考查关系词。设空处引导限制性定语从句修饰people，且在从句中作主语，故填who / that。

68. what。考查连接词。设空处引导宾语从句，在从句中作主语且指代事物，故填what。

69. known。考查过去分词作表语的用法。be known as意为“被称为”。

70. shows。考查名词。and连接并列成分，且由Films可知设空处需填名词的复数形式，故填shows。

　许多在眼前看来天大的事，都不是人生一战，而只是人生一站。确实高考备战让你们很辛苦，可是已经坚持了这么久，这就已经是胜利。祝高考成功!下面是我为大家推荐的河北英语高考题2017年，仅供大家参考!

河北英语高考题2017年

　第I卷

　注意事项：

　1.答第I卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上

　2.选出每小题答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。不能答在本试卷上，否则无效

　第一部分听力(共两节，满分30分)

　做题时，先将答案标在试卷上，录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上

　第一节(共5小题;每小题1.5分，满分7.5分)

　听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题题。每段对话仅读一遍。

　例：How much is the shirt?

　A.￡19.15. B.￡9.18. C.￡9.15.

　答案是C。

　1. Where is Mary?

　A. In the classroom. B. In the library. C. On the playground.

　2. How much should the man pay for the tickets?

　A. $16. B. $12. C. $6

　3. Why can?t the woman give the man some help?

　A. She is quite busy now.

　B. She doesn?t like grammar.

　C. She is poor in grammar，too.

　4. What happened to Marx?

　A. He lost his way.

　B. He found his bike missing.

　C. He lost his wallet.

　5. Why did the man fail to attend the party?

　A. He forgot it.

　B. He didn?t know about the party.

　C. He wasn?t invited to the party.

　第二节(共15小题;每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)

　听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟;听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。

　听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

　6. Why must the man drive to work?

　A. It is the quickest way.

　B. He has to use his car after work.

　C. He lives too far from the subway.

　7. What?s the relationship between the speakers?

　A. Boss and employee.

　B. Grandmother and grandson.

　C. Teacher and student.

　听第7段材料，回答第8～9题。

　8. When is Alice?s birthday?

　A. Tomorrow. B. The day after tomorrow. C. Today.

　9. What will the two speakers buy for Alice?

　A. A recorder. B. Some flowers. C. A box of chocolates.

　听第8段材料，回答第10~12题。

　10. What does the woman do in the group?

　A. Play the piano. B. Play the violin. C. Sing for the group.

　11. Who is Miss Pearson?

　A. Leader of the group.B. Director of the group. C. Teacher of the group.

　12. How often does the group meet?

　A. Once a week. B. Twice a week. C. Every third week.

　听第9段材料，回答第13~16题。

　13. Who possibly is the woman?

　A. An air hostess. B. A native Indian. C. A travel agent.

　14. How long does the trip last?

　A. Seven days. B. Eight days. C. Nine days.

　15. What will the man probably do at the second stage?

　A. Do some shopping. B. Visit the Taj Mabal. C. See wild animals.

　16. What will the speakers do next?

　A. Say goodbye to each other.B. Find out the price. C. Go to India by air.

　听第10段材料，回答第17~20题。

　17. In what way does Jack like to travel?

　A. With a lot of people.

　B. With one or two good friends.

　C. All by himself.

　18. What does Helen prefer on holiday?

　A. Staying at home.

　B. Seeing famous places.

　C. Enjoying nature quietly.

　19. What does Bob like the best about travel?

　A. Making more friends. B. Buying what he wants. C. Seeing and learning.

　20. Who prefers to do shopping while traveling?

　A. Jack. B. Helen. C. Bob.

　第二部分阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)

　第一节(共15小题;每小题2分，满分30分)

　阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

　A

　We have designed all our bank cards to make your life easier.

　Using your NatWest Service Card

　As a Switch card, it lets you pay for all sorts of goods and services, whenever you see the Switch logo. The money comes straight out of your account, so you can spend as much as you like as long as you have enough money (or an agreed overdraft (透支) to cover it). It is also a cheque guarantee card for up to the amount shown on the card. And it gives you free access to your money from over 31,000 cash machines across the UK.

　Using your NatWest Cash Card

　You can use your Cash Card as a Solo card to pay for goods and services wherever you see the Solo logo. It can also give you access to your account and your cash from over 31,000 cash machines nationwide. You can spend or withdraw what you have in your account, or as much as your agreed overdraft limit.

　Using your cards abroad

　You can also use your Service Card and Cash Card when you?re abroad. You can withdraw cash at cash machines and pay for goods and services wherever you see the Cirrus or Maestro logo displayed.

　We take a commission charge (手续费) of 2.25% of each cash withdrawal you make (up to￡4) and a commission charge of 75 pence every time you use Maestro to pay for goods or services. We also apply a foreign-exchange transaction fee of 2.65%.

　Using your NatWest Credit Card

　With your credit card you can do the following:

　* Pay for goods and services and enjoy up to 56 days? interest-free credit.

　* Pay in over 24 million shops worldwide that display the MasterCard or Visa logos.

　* Collect one AIR MILE for every￡20 of spending that appears on your statement (结算单). (This does not include foreign currency or traveler?s cheques bought, interest and other charges.)

　21. If you carry the Service Card or the Cash Card, ________.

　A. you can use it to guarantee things as you wish

　B. you can draw your money from cash machines conveniently

　C. you can spend as much money as you like without a limit

　D. you have to pay some extra money when you pay for services in the UK

　22. If you withdraw￡200 from a cash machine abroad, you will be charged ________.

　A. ￡4 B. ￡4.5 C. ￡5.25 D. ￡5.3

　23. Which of the following is TRUE about using your NatWest Credit Card?

　A. You have to pay back with interest within 56 days.

　B. You can use the card in any shop across the world.

　C. You will be charged some interest beyond two months.

　D. You will gain one air mile if you spend ￡20 on traveller?s cheques.

　24. The purpose of the passage is to show you how to ________.

　A. pay for goods with your cards B. use your cards abroad

　C. draw cash with your cards D. play your cards right

　B

　Once when I was facing a decision that involved high risk, I went to a friend. He looked at me for a moment, and then wrote a sentence containing the best advice I?ve ever had: Be bold and brave ? and mighty (强大的) forces will come to your aid.

　Those words made me see clearly that when I had fallen short in the past, it was seldom because I had tried and failed. It was usually because I had let fear of failure stop me from trying at all. On the other hand, whenever I had plunged into deep water, forced by courage or circumstance, I had always been able to swim until I got my feet on the ground again.

　Boldness means a decision to bite off more than you can eat. And there is nothing mysterious about the mighty forces. They are potential powers we possess: energy, skill, sound judgment, creative ideas ? even physical strength greater than most of us realize.

　Admittedly, those mighty forces are spiritual ones. But they are more important than physical ones. A college classmate of mine, Tim, was an excellent football player, even though he weighed much less than the average player. ?In one game I suddenly found myself confronting a huge player, who had nothing but me between him and our goal line,? said Tim. ?I was so frightened that I closed my eyes and desperately threw myself at that guy like a bullet ? and stopped him cold.?

　Boldness ? a willingness to extend yourself to the extreme?is not one that can be acquired overnight. But it can be taught to children and developed in adults. Confidence builds up. Surely, there will be setbacks (挫折) and disappointments in life; boldness in itself is no guarantee of success. But the person who tries to do something and fails is a lot better off than the person who tries to do nothing and succeeds.

　So, always try to live a little bit beyond your abilities?and you?ll find your abilities are greater than you ever dreamed.

　25. Why was the author sometimes unable to reach his goal in the past?

　A. He faced huge risks. B. He lacked mighty forces.

　C. Fear prevented him from trying. D. Failure blocked his way to success.

　26. What is the implied meaning of the underlined part?

　A. Swallow more than you can digest. B. Act slightly above your abilities.

　C. Develop more mysterious powers. D. Learn to make creative decisions.

　27. What can be learned from Paragraph 5?

　A. Confidence grows more rapidly in adults. B. Trying without success is meaningless.

　C. Repeated failure creates a better life. D. Boldness can be gained little by little.

　C

　The wallet is heading for extinction. As a day-to-day essential, it will die off with the generation who read print newspapers. The kind of shopping-where you hand over notes and count out change in return?now happens only in the most minor of our retail encounters，like buying a bar of chocolate or a pint of milk from a corner shop. At the shops where you spend any real money, that money is increasingly abstracted. And this is more and more true, the higher up the scale you go. At the most cutting-edge retail stores?Victoria Beckham on Dover Street, for instance?you don't go and stand at any kind of cash register when you decide to pay. The staff are equipped with iPads to take your payment while you relax on a sofa.

　Which is nothing more or less than excellent service, if you have the money. But across society, the abstraction(抽象) of the idea of cash makes me uneasy. Maybe I'm just old-fashioned. But earning money isn't quick or easy for most of us. Isn't it a bit incredible that spending it should happen in half a blink(眨眼)of an eye? Doesn't a wallet?that time-honoured Friday-night feeling of pleasing, promising fatness?represent something that matters?

　But I'll leave the economics to the experts. What bothers me about the death of the wallet is the change it represents in our physical environment. Everything about the look and feel of a wallet?the way the fastenings and materials wear and tear and loosen with age, the plastic and paper and gold and silver, and handwritten phone numbers and printed cinema tickets?is the very opposite of what our world is becoming. The opposite of a wallet is a smartphone or an iPad. The rounded edges, cool glass, smooth and unknowable as pebble(鹅卵石). Instead of digging through pieces of paper and peering into corners, we move our fingers left and right. No more counting out coins. Show your wallet, if you still have one. It may not be here much longer.

　28. What is happening to the wallet?

　A. It is disappearing. B. It is being fattened.

　C. It is becoming costly. D. It is changing in style.

　29. What makes the author feel uncomfortable nowadays?

　A. Saving money is becoming a thing of the past.

　B. The pleasing Friday-night feeling is fading.

　C. Earning money is getting more difficult.

　D. Spending money is so fast and easy.

　30. Why does the author choose to write about what's happening to the wallet?

　A. It represents a change in the modern world.

　B. It has something to do with everybody's life.

　C. It marks the end of a time-honoured tradition.

　D. It is the concern of contemporary economists.

　31. What can we infer from the passage about the author?

　A. He is resistant to social changes.

　B. He is against technological progress.

　C. He feels reluctant to part with the traditional wallet.

　D. He feels insecure in the ever-changing modern world.