Section C

　　Passage 1

　　第一篇短文同样也紧贴社会热点，借助一台“家居收纳”类的电视节目讲述了令现代人头疼的“断舍离”问题。文章难度适中，答案分布区间也比较合理。第16题的答案落在题干定位词Marie Kondo后的同位语上，关键词是tidying up和home improvement，其他选项干扰性不大。第17题考查学生的词汇积累，要能够识别出spark joy等同于选项的make one happy。第 18题难度不大，同样也是donation和donated这样简单的词性类同义替换。

　　原文：

　　Do you have too much stuff? Are you dare we say it “untidy”? [16] Say hello to a TV show called “Tidying Up with Marie Kondo”, a home improvement show based on her widely popular book The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up. In the show, Marie Kondo acts as a tiny garbage fairy for messy people, visiting their houses to share the wisdom of the "KonMari" method. This method is simple in theory but can be endlessly complex in practice. You divide all the stuff in your house – all of it – into several categories, and then examine each item -- all of them – [17] to see if it sparks joy. If it does, you keep it. If it doesn't, you thank it, and neatly discard it.

　　So, is the TV show inspiring people to tidy up? Firsthand accounts seem to indicate a small wave of people bringing piles of donation bags to used good stores. One store received thousands of bags of used possessions in one day. January is usually the store’s slow season for donations, because it's cold and people don't want to bother. But not this January. People seemed determined to clean up their homes. [18] One used bookstore received a month's worth of books in donations in a week when a man gave over 50 boxes of books from his home. It seems Marie’s TV show is having a big impact after all.

　　Q16. What is Maire Kondo’s TV show about?

　　Q17. What things can be kept in one’s home, according to Maire Kondo?

　　Q18. What do we learn about one used bookstore this January?

　　Passage 2

　　第二篇篇章讲的是一位男士的善举以及他在公众当中激起的反响。本篇难度不大，答案句的定位点也基本原文重现，注意区分题目问的是男士的做法还是人们的做法。第19题抓住关键词meals和homeless即可。第20题需要做一点推理，把influence others to spread positive actions和选项follow his example联系起来。第20题考生可能对原文handcraft不是很熟悉，但可以很容易联想到它与hand-made的关系，也比较容易定位。

　　原文：

　　At just twelve years old, Mike Hannon is making a difference in his community — one lunch at a time. “Mike’s Lunches of Love” has fed more than 2,000 of the town’s most vulnerable residents. [19] Mike delivers meals to the homeless. “It’s like a way to give people joy, maybe spark something in them that can change them,” Mike told WBZ-TV. The mayor of Mike’s town feels that Mike is a great community leader, especially in such times of so much negative news. While his father commented on how proud he was of his son, yet Mike isn’t looking for praise, but kindness in return. [20] He hopes his active charity will influence others to spread positive actions in their own towns. Mike includes a handwritten message of joy on each bag. His message and star power has spread all over the country. To date, his online page to raise funds has brought in more than 44,000 dollars and counting, raising more than 17,000 dollars in just one day, with the hope of many famous actors and others. [21] People from all over the county are sending special handcraft bags to help the young man with his mission to help those in need. Many are hoping the simple active kindness spreads. Mike is seemed as the hope for the future of the town, the country and the world.

　　Q19: What does Mike Hannon do to help people in his town?

　　Q20: What does Mike hope others will do?

　　Q21: How are people all over the country responding to what Mike is doing?

　　Passage 3

　　本篇文章通过一个心理学实验引出了作者对于现代科技对人们生活影响的关注。篇幅较长，且由于实验设置了两个组别，因此需要万分小心题目所询问的是first group还是second group。对于这种较易于混乱的信息，考生最好有边听边速记关键词的习惯，因为你无法预知题干会问哪一组，第23题就是如此。第24题询问的是实验的结论，因此答案靠后。听力中，考生应该关注类似于the most dramatic impact等表最高级、比较级的词语，这也是答案的常出现处。最后一题的答案，也遵循听力的重要技巧——转折词however等的出现处，也很可能是答案的落点。

　　原文：

　　In a recent study carried out by psychologists on the disruptive effects of smart phones, [22] two groups of college students were given word-search puzzles. The first group was told to complete the puzzles with its participants' smart phones in their line of sight. The second group, however, was told that the phones would interfere with the equipment in the experiment and would need be moved away from the testing area. Midway through the second group's solving of the puzzles, the experiment called one of the phones and let it ring for a while before hanging up. [23] Many of the students in that group were unable to focus from then on, becoming anxious and performing more poorly than the first group.

　　Use of electronics has also been known to lead to a decline in human interactions. Rather than having real-life conversations, many express emotions and engage in deep conversations through social media sites. Many students use their phones and computers during class for non-academic activities, which leads to poor grades. [24] Perhaps the most dramatic impact is the reduction in amount of sleep, which lead to poor health and weight gain.

　　Technology is a great tool. [25] However, it's important to recognize its downsides. Lack of sleep, reduction of productivity, and weight gain are only a few. If we are not careful about all these mind problems right now, the effect on the future generation is going to be much bigger.

　　Q22 What were the college students in both groups required to do in the study?

　　Q23 What do we learn about many of the students in the second test group after the phone ring?

　　Q24 According to the passage, what is the most dramatic impact of smart phone use?

　　Q25 What does the speaker suggest people do?

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