第二节 （共5小题，每小题2分，满分10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。
Parents usually teach their children how to cross the street safely, by looking both ways for cars. 36 The city of Honolulu, Hawaii wants everyone to learn that lesson.
37 Beginning on October 24, you will be fined from $15 to $99 if you step into a Honolulu street while looking at your phone. Honolulu is the first major U.S. city to ban what is called “distracted walking”. It recently passed a law in a seven to two vote. The law says, “No pedestrian shall cross a street or highway while viewing a mobile electronic device.” 38
The law includes all electronic devices with screens: cellphone, tablets, gaming devices, digital cameras and laptop computers. 39 Pedestrians may use such devices in the street to call emergency services and rescue workers, such as firefighters and police officers.
Pedestrian deaths have been increasing as the use of cellphones rises. The Governors Highway Safety Association, or GHSA, says pedestrian deaths in the United States increased 25 percent between 2010 and 2015. That trend continued in 2016 with the number of pedestrian deaths rising to almost 6000, 11% higher than in 2015.
40 The state of Washington was the first to outlaw distracted driving back in 2007. Now, 46 other states as well as D. C. , Puerto Rico, Guam and the U. S.Virgin Islands, have laws against texting while driving.
If you still want to text while walking, you could avoid being fined in Honolulu by using a voice-controlled digital assistant such as Siri or Google Assistant. Or you could just wait until you are again, safely, off the street.
A. The law does permit an exception.
B. Other U. S. cities may follow Honolulu.
C. But do they also teach them to put away their cellphones?
D. Texting while crossing the street will soon be banned in the city.
E. Do you like Honolulu’s new law that bans texting while walking?
F. In other words, do not look at a screen when you cross the street or you could be fined.
G. The law’s creator hope it will lower the number of people hit and killed by cars in the city.
第二部分 英语知识运用 （共两节，满分45）
第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题15分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
There was a businessman who was deep in debt and could see no way out. He sat on the park bench, head in hands, 41 if anything could save his company from bankruptcy (破产).
Suddenly an old man appeared before him. “I can see that something is 42 you,” he said. After listening to the businessman’s troubles, the old man said, “I believe I can help you.” He asked the man his name, wrote out a 43 , and pushed it into his hand saying, “Take this money. Meet me here exactly one year from today, and you can pay me back at that time.” Then he turned and disappeared as 44 as he had come.
The businessman saw in his hand a check for $500,000, 45 by John D. Rockefeller, then one of the richest men in the world! “I can 46 my money worries in an instant!” he realized. But 47 , he decided to put the uncashed check in his safe. Just knowing it was there might give him the 48 to work out a way to save his business, he thought.
With renewed 49 , he negotiated better deals. Within a few months, he was out of debt and making money once again.
Exactly one year later, he returned to the 50 with the uncashed check. At the 51 time, the old man appeared. But just as the businessman was about to 52 the check and share his success story, a 53 came running up and grabbed the old man. “I’m so delighted I 54 him!” she cried. “I hope he hasn’t been bothering you. He’s 55 escaping from the rest home and telling people he’s John D. Rockefeller.” And she led the old man away 56 the arm.
The businessman just stood there, 57 . All year long he’d been buying and selling, 58 he had half a million dollars behind him.
Suddenly, he realized that it wasn’t the money, real or 59 , that had turned his life around. It was his 60 self-confidence that gave him the power to achieve anything he went after.
41. A. wondering B. suspecting C. estimating D. hesitating
42. A. attacking B. disturbing C. interrupting D. amusing
43. A. number B. note C. letter D. check
44. A. calmly B. quietly C. quickly D. proudly
45. A. signed B. handed C. drawn D. deposited
46. A. lose B. remove C. face D. ignore
47. A. instead B. therefore C. rather D. meanwhile
48. A. weakness B. belief C. urge D. strength
49. A. creativity B. permission C. optimism D. curiosity
50. A. hospital B. company C. street D. park
51. A. advanced B. appointed C. announced D. delayed
52. A. hand back B. give out C. put out D. turn over
53. A. policeman B. banker C. nurse D. guard
54. A. beat B. cheated C. pushed D. caught
55. A. never B. seldom C. always D. occasionally
56. A. on B. in C. by D. at
57. A. exhausted B. astonished C. disappointed D. excited
58. A. convinced B. informed C. reminded D. warned
59. A. created B. imagined C. discovered D. donated
60. A. long-lost B. non-existent C. ever-lasting D. newly-found