2017年高考二卷英语,2017年高考二卷英语听力答案

1.浙江卷高考英语真题及答案(word精校版)(3)

2.2017年高考试题全国各个省试题都一样吗

3.2017年高考英语词汇分类讲解：数词的用法

4.2017年高考英语全国卷1 - 阅读理解B

5.河北英语高考题2017年

高考英语词汇详解：persuade陷阱题解析

persuade是“说服”还是“设法说服”呢?请看题：

I _____ him not to go abroad, but he wouldn’t listen.

A. persuaded B. tried to persuade

C. have persuaded D. was persuaded

陷阱 容易误选A。

分析 正确答案为B。persuade 的真正意思是“说服”，而不是“设法说服”，要表示后者的意思英语应用 try to persuade 。如：

Who persuaded you to join the club? 谁劝说好你参加这个俱乐部的?

The salesman persuaded us to buy his product. 推销员劝说好我们购买他的产品。

I couldn’t persuade him to change his mind. 我没法劝说他改变主意。

The salesman persuaded us to buy his product. 推销员说服我们买了他的产品。

Who persuaded you to join the society? 谁劝说你参加这个协会的?

Try as I would, I could not persuade him to give up the idea. 尽管我努力这样做，我却没能劝说他放弃这个想法。

He tried to persuade him to change his mind. 他设法劝说他改变主意。

I want to persuade her to overseas with me. 我想劝说她跟我到海外去。

类似地：

kill 的意思是“杀死”，不表示“设法杀死”，要表示后者的意思英语用 try to kill。

prevent 的意思是“阻止”，不表示“设法阻止”，要表示后者的意思英语用 try to prevent。

浙江卷高考英语真题及答案(word精校版)(3)

(1) too...to do sth.

例：Politics is too important to be left to the politicians.

(=Politics is so important that it can't be left to the politicians.)

政治太重要了，不能由政治家来决定。

(2) only too --- to do sth

例：I shall be only too pleased to get home. 我要回到家里就非常高兴。

(3) too + adj + for sth

例：These shoes are much too small for me. 我穿这双鞋太小了。

(4) too + adj + a + n.

例：This is too difficult a text for me. 这篇课文对我来说太难了。

(5) can't … too +形容词 无论……也不为过

例：We cannot emphasize the importance of protecting our eyes too much.

我们再怎么强调保护眼睛的重要性也不为过。

2017年高考试题全国各个省试题都一样吗

第三部分 语言运用(共两节，满分45分)

　第一节 完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分，满分30分)

　阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。

　Alia Baker is a librarian in Iraq. Her library used to be a 36 place for all who loved books and liked to share knowledge. They 37 various matters all over the world. When the war was near, Alia was 38 that the fires of war would destroy the books, which are more 39 to her than mountain of gold. The books are in every language ? new books, ancient books, 40 a book on the history of Iraq that is seven hundred years old. (kaoshi.yjbys.com)

　She had asked the for 41 to move the books to a 42 place, but they refused. So Alia took matters into her own hands. 43 , she brought books home every night, 44 her car late after work. Her friends came to 45 her when the war broke out. Anis who owned a restaurant 46 to hide some books. All through the 47 , Alia, Anis, his brothers and neighbours took the books from the library, 48 them over the seven-foot wall and 49 them in the restaurant. The books stayed hidden as the war 50 . Then nine days laters, a fire burned the 51 to the ground.

　One day, the bombing stopped and the 52 left. But the war was not over yet. Alia knew that if the books were to be safe, they must be 53 again while the city was 54 . So she hired a truck to bring all the books to the houses of friends in the suburbs(郊区). Now Alia waited for the war to end and 55 peace and a new library.

　36. A. meeting B. working C. personal D. religious

　37. A. raised B. handled C. reported D. discussed

　38. A. worried B. angry C. doubtful D. curious

　39. A. practical B. precious C. reliable D. expensive

　40. A. then B. still C. even D. rather

　41. A. permission B. confirmation C. explanation D. information

　42. A. large B. public C. distant D. safe

　43. A. Fortunately B. Surprisingly C. Seriously D. Secretly

　44. A. starting B. parking C. filling D. testing

　45. A. stop B. help C. warn D. rescue

　46. A. intended B. pretended C. happened D. agreed

　47. A. war B. night C. building D. way

　48. A. put B. opened C. passed D. threw

　49. A. hid B. exchanged C.burnt D. distributed

　50. A. approached B. erupted C. continued D. ended

　51. A. restaurant B. library C. city D. wall

　52. A. neighbours B. soldiers C. friends D. customers

　53. A. sold B. read C. saved D. moved

　54. A. occupied B. bombed C. quiet D. busy

　55. A. dreamed of B. believed in C. cared about D. looked for

非选择题部分 　第三部分 语言运用(共两节，满分45分)

　第二节(共10小题：每小题1.5分，满分15分)

　阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

　Last October , while tending her garden in Mora , Sweden , Lena Pahlsson pulled out a handful of small 56 (carrot) and was about to throw them away. But something made her look closer , and she noticed a 57 (shine) object. Yes, there beneath the leafy top of one tiny carrot was her long-lost wedding ring.

　Pahlsson screamed 58 loudly that her daughter came running from the house. ?she thought I had hurt 59 (I),?says Pahlsson

　Sixteen years 60 (early), Pahlsson had removed the diamond ring 61 (cook) a meal. When she wanted to put the ring back on later, it was gone. She suspected that one of her three daughters ?then ten, eight, and six? had picked it up, but the girls said they hadn't. Pahlsson and her husband 62 (search) the kitchen, checking every corner, but turned up nothing. ?I gave up hope of finding my ring again," she says. She never replaced it.

　Pahlsson and her husband now think the ring probably got 63 (sweep) into a pile of kitchen rubbish and was spread over the garden, it remained until the carrot?s leafy top accidentally sprouted (生长) through it. For Pahlsson, its return was 65 wonder.

第四部分 写作(共两节，满分40分)

　第一节 应用文写作(满分15分)

　假定你是李华，计划组织一次郊游，请给你的英国朋友Chris写封邮件邀请他参加。内容包括：

　1. 参加者;

　2. 时间、地点;

　3. 活动：登山、野餐等。

　注意：

　1. 词数80左右;

　2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

　第二节 读后续写(满分25分)

　阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。

　On a bright, warm July afternoon, Mac Hollan, a primary school teacher, was cycling from his home to Alaska with his friends. One of his friends had stopped to make a bicycle repair, but they had encouraged Mac to carry on, and they would catch up with him soon. As Mac pedaled (骑行) along alone, he thought fondly of his wife and two young daughters at home. He hoped to show them this beautiful place someday.

　Then Mac heard quick and loud breathing behind him. ?Man, that's a big dog!? he thought. But when he looked to the side, he saw instantly that it wasn?t a dog at all, but a wolf, quickly catching up with him.

　Mac?s heart jumped. He found out his can of hear spray. With one hand on the bars, he fired the spray at the wolf. A bright red cloud enveloped the animal, and to Mac's relief, it fell back, shaking its head. But a minute later, it was by his side again. Then it attacked the back of Mac's bike, tearing open his tent bag. He fired at the wolf a second time, and again, it fell back only to quickly restart the chase(追赶)。

　Mac was pedaling hard now. He waved and yelled at passing cars but was careful not to show down. He saw a steep uphill climbbefore him. He knew that zxxk once he hit the hill, he?d be easy caught up and the wolf?s teeth would be tearing into his flesh.

　At this moment, Paul and Beeky were driving their car on their way to Alaska. They didn?t think much of it when they saw two cyclists repairing their bike on the side of the road. A bit later, they spotted what they, too, assumed was a dog running alongside a man on a bike. As they got closer, they realized that the dog was a wolf. Mac heard a large vehicle behind him. He pulled in front of it as the wolf was catching up fast, just a dozen yards away now. (kaoshi.yjbys.com)

　注意：

　1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右;

　2. 应使用5个以上短文中标有下划线的关键词语;

　3. 续写部分分为两段，每段开头语已为你写好;

　4. 续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。

参考答案

　第一部分 听力

　1. C 2. A 3. C 4. B 5. A

　6. C 7. A 8. B 9. C 10 . B

　11. B 12. C 13. A 14. B 15. A

　16. B 17. C 18. A 19. C 20 . A

　第二部分 阅读理解

　21. C 22. D 23. B 24. D 25. A

　26. C 27. B 28. A 29. B 30. C

　31. D 32. C 33. B 34. A 35. F

　第三部分 语言运用

　36. A 37. D 38. A 39. B 40. C

　41. A 42. D 43. D 44. C 45. B

　46. D 47. B 48. C 49. A 50. C

　51. B 52. B 53. D 54. C 55. A

　56. carrots 57. shiny/shining 58. so

　59. myself 60. earlier 61. to cook

　62. searched 63. Swept . where

　65. a

　第四部分 写作

　(略)

更多2017年高考英语真题分享阅读：

2017年高考英语词汇分类讲解：数词的用法

不一样，试卷选用情况如下：

全国I卷（全国乙卷）：河南、河北、山西、安徽、湖北、湖南、江西、广东、福建、山东（注：2017年山东省仅英语、综合两科使用全国卷，语文、数学两科仍自主命题）

全国II卷（全国甲卷）：黑龙江、吉林、辽宁、内蒙古、宁夏、甘肃、新疆、青海、西藏、陕西、重庆、海南（注：2017年海南省仅语文、数学、英语三科使用全国卷，物理/政治、化学/历史、生物/地理三科仍使用教育部为其单独命题的分科试卷）

全国III卷（全国丙卷）：贵州、广西、云南、四川

自主命题：北京、天津、江苏、浙江、上海、山东（仅语文、数学两科）。

扩展资料

不得参加高考的情形：

（1）具有高等学历教育资格的高校的在校生；或已被高等学校录取并保留入学资格的学生；

（2）高级中等教育学校非应届毕业的在校生；

（3）在高级中等教育阶段非应届毕业年份以弄虚作假手段报名并违规参加普通高校招生考试（包括全国统考、省级统考和高校单独组织的招生考试）的应届毕业生；

（4）因违反国家教育考试规定，被给予暂停参加普通高校招生考试处理且在停考期内的人员；

（5）因触犯刑法已被有关部门采取强制措施或正在者。

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2017年高考英语全国卷1 - 阅读理解B

高考英语词汇分类讲解：数词的用法

1.表达编号

编号可用序数词或基数词表示，序数词位于名词之前，并加定冠词，基数词位于名词之后。一般情况下，用基数词较常见。

第8号：Number 8(读作number eight，缩写为No.8)

第109页：Page 109(读作page one hundred and nine)

第9行：Line 9(读作line nine或the ninth line)

第418房间：Room 418，Room No.418或the No.418 Room

12路公共汽车：Bus No.12，Bus 12 或the No.12 Bus

第5大街：Street No.5或the No.5 Street

电话号码009-902-435-7334：Tel.No.009-902-435-7334读作 telephone number zero，

zero，nine，(dash)，nine，zero，two，(dash)，four，three，five，(dash)，seven，double three，four.

邮政编码100089：postcode (或zip code) 100089

注意：

电话号码中的0可读作zero或o[?u]，双数如33可读作three，three或double three，中间的“-”号可读作dash，也可稍作停顿不读出。

2.表达年、月、日和年龄

公元前476年：476 B. C.读作four seven six B. C.或four seventy-six B. C.或four hundred seventy-six B. C.

公元381年：381 A. D.或 A. D.381读作three eighty-one A. D.或three hundred and eighty-one A. D.或three eight one A. D.

公元1900年：1900 读作nineteen hundred

公元1908年：1908 读作nineteen and eight或nineteen hundred and eight或one nine oh eight

2004年11月25日： November 25(th)，2004或，25(th) November，2004读作November (the) twenty-fifth，two thousand and four

在2004年12月22日：on December 22，2004

在20世纪90年代：in the 1990s或in the 1990's

在七岁时：at the age of seven，at seven，at age seven。

一个七岁的女孩：a girl who is seven，a girl who is seven years old，a girl aged seven，a seven-year-old girl，a seven-year old girl，a girl of seven，a girl of seven years old

比较：

在表示时间时，汉语中常以“年—月—日”的顺序，而英语中常以“日—月—年”或“月—日—年”的顺序。2004年6月1日在英语中可写为：June 1，2004或1 June，2004或1/6/2004或1. 6，2004。在美国英语中也可写作6/1/2004或6. 1，2004。

必背：

在英语中月份的省略写法如下：

January—Jan.

February—Feb.

March—Mar.

April—Apr.

May—May

June—June

July—July

August—Aug.

September—Sept.

October—Oct.

November—Nov.

December—Dec.

河北英语高考题2017年

I work with Volunteers for Wildlife, a rescue and education organization at Bailey Arboretum in LocustValley. Trying to help injured, displaced or sick creatures can be heartbreaking; survival is never certain. However, when it works, it is simply beautiful.

我在“野生动物志愿者”组织工作，这是蝗虫谷贝利植物园的一个援救教育组织，帮助受伤、流离失所或生病的动物。这样的工作可能会令人心碎；因为无法确定动物是否能活下来。然而，当救援起作用时，这种感觉真的很棒！

I got a rescue call from a woman in Muttontown. She had found a young owl on the ground. When I arrived, I saw a 2-to 3-week-old owl. It had already been placed in a carrier for safety.

我接到马特顿镇一位女士的求救电话，她在地上发现了一只猫头鹰幼鸟。当我到达时，我看见了一只两三周大的猫头鹰。为了安全起见，它已经被放在一辆大货车上。

I examined the chick and it seemed fine. If I could locate the nest, I might have been able to put it back, but no luck. My next work was to construct a nest and anchor it in a tree.

我检查了这只幼鸟，看起来还不错。如果我能找到鸟巢，我也许能把它放回去，但没那么幸运。接下来的工作就是建造一只鸟巢，并固定在一棵树上。

The homeowner was very helpful. A wire basket was found. I put some pine branches into the basket to make this nest safe and comfortable. I placed the chick in the nest, and it quickly calmed down.

房主非常乐于助人，给我找来了一只铁丝篮。为了让鸟巢安全舒适，我把一些松枝放进铁丝篮里，然后我把小猫头鹰放进鸟巢里，它很快安静了下来。

Now all that was needed were the parents, but they were absent. I gave the homeowner a recording of the hunger screams of owl chicks. These advertise the presence of chicks to adults; they might also encourage our chick to start calling as well. I gave the owner as much information as possible and headed home to see what news the night might bring.

现在最需要的是这只小猫头鹰的父母，但它们不在。我给了房主一份小猫头鹰饥饿尖叫声的录音。这些录音会让猫头鹰父母知道小猫头鹰的存在，也会鼓励小猫头鹰学着尖叫。我把尽可能多的消息告诉了房主，然后回家，看看晚上会有什么情况。

A nervous night to be sure, but sometimes the spirits of nature smile on us all! The homeowner called to say that the parents had responded to the recordings. I drove over and saw the chick in the nest looking healthy and active. And it was accompanied in the nest by the greatest sight of all — LUNCH！The parents had done their duty and would probably continue to do so.

这的确是一个紧张的夜晚，但有时大自然的神灵会眷顾我们！房主打电话说小猫头鹰的父母已经对这些录音做出了回应。我开车过去，鸟巢里的小猫头鹰看起来健康又活泼。鸟巢里出现了最令人感动的一幕——小猫头鹰的身边全是午餐！它的父母已经在尽职尽责，而且很可能会继续这样做。

　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.