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1、It is one thing to enjoy listening to good music, but it is ________ another to play it well yourself.
A. quite B. very C. rather D. much
2、You probably have noticed that people express similar ideas in different ways, _______ the situation they are in.
A. bringing about B. depending on
C. getting into D. leading to
3、Some new ideas sometimes have to wait for years before _______.
A．fully accepting
B．are fully accepted
C．being fully accepted
D．having fully accepted
4、— David was late for the biology class this morning.
—________? As far as I know, he never came late to class.
A．So what
B．How come
C．Why not
D．What for
5、Now my time is almost up. In a few days, someone else will arrive to _______, and the tireless work of MSF members around the world will go on.
A．step into my shoes
B．pull my weight
C．take my breath
D．come to my aid
6、Invited by China’s First Lady Peng Liyuan, US First Lady Michelle Obama visited China with her daughters in March this year, and the two ladies definitely attracted attention ________ fashion.
A． in favour of B． in honor of
C． in terms of D． in case of
7、—I’m sorry. I________to your birthday party if……
—Forget it. I know you were in Shanghai on business then.
A.had come B.would have come C.needn’t have come D.came
8、His opening up _____ food processing factory is _____ comfort to his parents．
A． 不填；a B． a；不填
C． a；a D． the；不填
9、—Shall I inform him of the change of the schedule right now?
—I am afraid you _______,in case he comes late for the meeting.
A．will
B．must
C．may
D．can
10、— Can you lend me a couple of dollars? I’m a little ________.
— By no means. I just got my salary yesterday.
A．short
B．tough
C．blank
D．mean
11、At the ceremony, the president delivered a thank-you speech ________ the company.
A．in favor of
B．in charge of
C．on behalf of
D．in terms of
12、It is important for people to have the __________ that care and sympathy for people with AIDS/HIV makes a difference to the quality of their lives.
A. remark B. awareness
C. assumption D. compromise
13、For me, ______ I care about most now is winning another title for my club and also getting the gold medal at the next Asian Games.
A. that B. what C. whether D. when
14、It sounds like a wonderful match. How I wish I _________ it like you.
A. watch B. have watched
C. would watchD. had watched
15、---What do you think of Nicks performance last night?
---To be honest, his singing didn’t ______ to me.
A. appeal B. belong
C. refer D. occur
16、— Did you stay at the party until the very end last night？
— No，I left as early as was ________ with politeness．
A．content B．consistent
C．patient D．Permanent
17、This is an age so many foreigners are crazy about teachings of Confucius.
A.in which B.as C.where D.that
18、The first decade of the 21stcentury _____ the breathtaking and non-stop development of China．
A. witnesses B. witnessed
C. will witness D. had witnessed
19、---Six o’clock in the morning? –
---No, don't call me that early in the morning. I _________.
A. sleep B. will be sleeping
C. am sleeping D. will sleep
20、（题文）（2014·福建） no modern telecommunications, we would have to wait for weeks to get news from around the world.
A. Were there B. Had there been
C. If there are D. If there have been
21、 It was the beginning of 2011. I had just finished filming the first season of Game of Thrones（《权利的游戏》). With almost no professional experience, I had been given the role of Daenerys Targaryen. The show was so successful that young girls would dress themselves up as Daenerys for Halloween.
And yet, terrified of the attention, terrified of trying to make good on the faith that the creators had put in me, I worked much harder.
On the morning of February 11, 2011, I was getting dressed in a gym when I started to feel a bad headache. I was so exhausted that I could barely put on my sneakers. I tried to ignore the pain, but I couldn’t. I reached the toilet and sank to my knees. A woman came to help me. Then everything became unclear. I only remember the sound of an ambulance.
That operation lasted three hours. When I woke, the pain was unbearable. After four days, they moved me out of the I.C.U. (重症监护室). But one day when a nurse asked me, as part of a series of cognitive (认知的) exercises, “ What’s your name?”, I couldn’t remember my name and I felt terrified: I am an actor; I need to remember my lines. Now, I couldn’t recall my name.
The phenomenon is called aphasia. Then I was sent back to the I.C.U. and, after about a week, I was able to speak and know my name. And I was also aware that there were people in the beds around me who didn’t make it out of the I.C.U. I was continually reminded of just how fortunate I was.
I rarely gave a thought to my health. Nearly all I thought about was acting. I thought of myself as healthy. Once in a while, I would get dizzy. When I was fourteen, I had a migraine (偏头痛) that kept me in bed for a couple of days. But it all seemed manageable — part of the stress of being an actor. Now I think I might have been experiencing warning signs of what was to come.
Anyway, there is something pleasant about coming to the end of Thrones. And I’m so happy to be here to see the beginning of whatever comes next.
【1】The author felt terrified after acting in the first season of Game of Thrones because _____.
①she felt nervous about the public attention.
②she had been criticized for her lack of experience.
③she was experiencing some warning signs of a serious illness.
④she wasn’t sure if she had performed well in Season 1.
A.①④ B.②③
C.①② D.③④
【2】When did the author lose consciousness?
A.After she took an operation.
B.After a woman came to her rescue in a gym.
C.When trying to ignore a headache while working out.
D.When knowing many patients wouldn’t survive the illness.
【3】A patient who is suffering from aphasia ______.
A.cannot move his or her body
B.will fall into serious depression
C.must undergo brain surgery at once
D.is not able to remember things from the past
【4】What can you infer from the end of the passage?
A.The author feels very lucky to be an actress.
B.The author is quite confident about her role.
C.The author can’t go on acting due to the illness.
D.The author will pay more attention to her health.
22、Ai-Da sits behind a desk, a paintbrush in her hand. She looks up at the person posing for her, and then back down as she applies another drop of paint onto the canvas(画布). A lifelike portrait is taking shape. If you didn’t know a robot produced it, this portrait could pass as the work of a human artist.
Ai-Da produces portraits of sitting subjects using a robotic hand attached to her lifelike figure. She’s also able to talk, giving detailed answers to questions about her artistic process and attitudes towards technology. She even gave a TEDx talk titled “The Intersection of Art and AI” in Oxford several years ago. Ai-Da’s creators have also been experimenting with having her write and perform her own poetry.
But how are we to interpret Ai-Da’s output? Should we consider her paintings and poetry original and creative? Are these works actually art?
What discussions about AI and creativity often overlook is the fact that creativity isn’t an absolute quality that can be defined, measured and reproduced objectively. When we describe an object-for instance, a child’s drawing—as being creative, we project our own assumptions about culture onto it. Indeed, art never exists in isolation. It always needs someone to give it “art” status. And the criteria for whether you think something is art are formed by both your expectations and broader cultural conceptions.
If we extend this line of thinking to AI, it follows that no Al application or robot can objectively be “creative”. It is always we—humans—that decide whether works created by AI are art.
Some may see robot-produced paintings as something coming from creative computers, while others may be skeptical, given the fact that robots act on clear human instructions. In any case, attribution (归属)of creativity never depends on technical arrangement alone—no computer is objectively creative. Rather, the attribution of computational creativity is largely inspired by contexts of reception. Through particular social information, some people are inspired to think of AI output as art, systems as artists, and computers as creators. Therefore, as with any piece of art, your appreciation of AI output ultimately depends on your own interpretation.
【1】What can we learn about Ai-Da?
A．She has a complex many-sided personality
B．She beat others in the debate on art and AI.
C．She is capable of drawing high-quality portraits.
D．She can write poems without being programmed.
【2】What fact do discussions about AI and creativity often ignore?
A．That art is content-based.
B．That art can take many forms.
C．That creativity is closely related to cultures.
D．That creativity is often measured subjectively.
【3】What idea does the author want to convey in the last paragraph?
A．Every coin has two sides.
B．Great minds think alike.
C．Four eyes see more than two.
D．Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
【4】What would be the best title for the text?
A．Is AI-created Art Really Art?
B．Will People Accept AI Artists?
C．Can We Use AI to Create Portraits?
D．Do We Need to Improve AI’s Creativity?
23、Humans are responsible for 25% to 40% more of the total share of methane emissions(甲烷排放)than previously estimated, according to a new study in Nature.
Methane is one of the most powerful and effective greenhouse gases: about 28 times more effective than carbon dioxide at trapping heat in the atmosphere. It's responsible for about a quarter of global warming. It's produced naturally by animals, volcanoes, and wetlands, but it's also a byproduct of oil and gas production. It's this last form of methane that the study focused on.
Researchers used ice core measurements from Greenland from 1750 to 2013, plus previous data from Antarctica. They melted the ice to let the small quantities of ancient air trapped inside come out. These act a bit like time capsules,allowing us to learn about the methane in the atmosphere at the time. They used carbon-14, which comes from living things, as a substitute(替代物)to determine whether the methane they found came from biological sources. Until 1870, around the time when we started using fossil(化石)fuels, almost all methane came from these sources. After that, there was a rise in methane that didn't have any carbon-14, from ancient fossil sources in which carbon-14 had disappeared. That allowed the researchers to compare natural methane with methane caused by human activity.
If more methane is created by humans, there's an even bigger opportunity to control how much we release. Methane stays in the atmosphere for only a decade(compared with 200 years for carbon dioxide). So efforts to cut methane, which mostly comes from the production and transportation of gas and oil, could bring great benefit right away.
【1】Which methane source does the study focus on?
A．Animals.
B．Wetlands.
C．Volcanoes.
D．Fossil fuels.
【2】What can we learn from this text?
A．Methane comes mainly from animals and wetlands.
B．There is more methane than carbon dioxide in the air.
C．Fossil fuels have been used about a century and a half.
D．Methane will remain permanently in the atmosphere.
【3】What is the author's attitude towards methane control?
A．Optimistic.
B．Skeptical.
C．Disappointed.
D．Unconcermed
【4】What can be the best title for the text?
A．Fossil Fuels Cause Global Pollution
B．Humans Produce More Methane than We Thought
C．Methane Is the Biggest Cause for Global Warming
D．Carbon Dioxide Has Less Impact on Climate than Methane
24、One evening last summer, when I asked my 14 year old son, Ray, for help with dinner, his response shocked me．"What’s a colander(漏勺)?" he asked．
I could only blame myself．In the family, nobody else’s hands went in the sauce except my own．But that night, as I explained with a touch of panic that a colander is the thing with holes in it, I wondered what else I hadn’t prepared Ray for．
As parents, while we focus on our sons’ confidence and character, we perhaps don’t always consider that we are also raising someone’s future roommates, boyfriends, husbands, or fathers．I wanted to know that I’d raised a boy who would never ask the woman in his life, "What’s for dinner?" So I came up with a plan: I would offer Ray a private home economics course．I was delighted to find that he didn’t say no．For two hours, three days a week, Ray was all mine．One day, as his tomato sauce reduced on the stove, he washed and seasoned a chicken for roasting．Then he rolled out the piecrust (馅饼皮) and filled it with apples, all while listening to my explanation on the importance of preheating an oven．
I knew that he would rather have been shooting hoops in the driveway than learning to mend socks with his mother—he tried to beg not to have sewing lessons, even though I insisted that one day, someone would find the sight of him fixing his own shirt very attractive— but it couldn’t be denied that he was learning, and more than just housekeeping．"I appreciate what you do as a mom," he told me one day．Ray now understands the finer points of cooking, and more importantly, he realizes there’s nothing masculine (男子气概的) about being helpless．
Now, not only can he make his own dinner, but also he can make a big meal for his family．That’s what I call a man．I’m glad that I prepared so great a present for my future daughter in-law．
【1】Why was the author shocked at her son’s response?
A．Because he was not well behaved．
B．Because he refused to help with dinner．
C．Because he didn’t know the common kitchen tools．
D．Because he was very curious about kitchen tools．
【2】In the author’s opinion, some parents pay little attention to _______．
A．building up children’s confidence
B．telling kids what is right and wrong
C．preparing children for their future life
D．making children live a hard life
【3】After learning to do housework, Ray _______．
A．fell in love with sewing
B．did other work in the house
C．began to be more hardworking
D．acknowledged his mother’s efforts
【4】We can infer from the text that Ray _______．
A．made great progress in cooking．
B．always thought housework interesting．
C．preferred sewing to cooking．
D．was unwilling to learn cooking at first．
【5】What would the author like to convey in the text?
A．Useful education for boys
B．The importance of housework
C．Boys should be involved in housework．
D. Cooking and sewing make boys masculine．
25、When I was little and something difficult happened,I would look to my mother for comfort and guidance. She was always there for me, helping me _________the issue.No matter what,my mom had a _________outlook (人生观)．
At the time, I had no knowledge of the difficulties and _________she had experienced. Growing up during the Great Depression, my mom lost two sisters and had to _________her paraplegic (下身瘫痪的)youngest sister.
To me, my mother defines resilience (快速恢复的能力).She had such strong faith and was a very _________and positive person. Our house was like a central hub (核心)for family and friends; no one ever left hungry or without feeling a bit _________than they did when they arrived.
As a child, one thing my mother would often say to me was, “this too shall pass." At first, I found this _________ .What I was dealing with seemed like the most_________thing ever! How would it get better? As I matured, I_________she was right. Life moves on and we all have a_________to move forward or back. She always chose to move forward.
“This too shall pass" doesn't mean that the problem will magically________. Rather, it can lead to a very reflective thought process that _________you to find inner strength to_________the challenge at hand.
So as you face difficulties and challenges. I _________my mother's advice will help you choose to move forward, find_________and make the best of what life has to offer.
【1】
A．work through
B．believe in
C．focus on
D．worry about
【2】
A．simple
B．similar
C．positive
D．new
【3】
A．shame
B．losses
C．arguments
D．competition
【4】
A．remind
B．trust
C．respect
D．support
【5】
A．different
B．interesting
C．giving
D．normal
【6】
A．safer
B．busier
C．smarter
D．better
【7】
A．annoying
B．frightening
C．surprising
D．appealing
【8】
A．enjoyable
B．difficult
C．boring
D．valuable
【9】
A．realized
B．imagined
C．doubted
D．expected
【10】
A．right
B．choice
C．responsibility
D．way
【11】
A．change
B．develop
C．disappear
D．continue
【12】
A．forces
B．helps
C．warms
D．persuades
【13】
A．answer
B．accept
C．understand
D．address
【14】
A．agree
B．wonder
C．hope
D．remember
【15】
A．solutions
B．challenges
C．results
D．purposes
26、II. Guided Writing(25')
Directions: Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.
一家服装店的橱窗外,两只狐狸在对话：
——爸爸快看,妈妈在对我笑呐！
——走吧儿子,有人过来了。
请简要描述这幅图片,并就其传达的信息和意义谈谈你的看法。
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