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1、He urged that she ___________ the Great Wall on Monday.
A.would visit B.shall visit C.visit D.visited
2、The hot, damp weather didn’t ________ him.
A. be suitable B. fit for
C. agree with D. fit in
3、The thief_____ the papers all over the room while he was searching.
A．abandoned
B．disappeared
C．scattered
D．deserted
4、The question occurred to me ____ the book was worth reading.
A．what
B．whether
C．which
D．if
5、_____ of the people here are immigrants and not accustomed to using the local _____.
A.Millions; equipments B.Million; equipment C.Millions; equipment D.Million; equipments
6、That was not the first time he ____ us. I think it's high time we ____ strong actions against him.
A．betrayed, take
B．had betrayed, took
C．has betrayed, took
D．has betrayed, take
7、--- My little evil totally wears me out?
--- Well, babies are lovely, but sometimes they ________ be tiresome.
A.should B.will C.can D.shall
8、—What a surprise! I _____________ you still away on holiday.
—But it __________only a fortnight before our new voluntary project begins.
A.think; is B.thought; will be C.had thought; was D.thought; is
9、The school dining room ______ as a meeting place for teachers and students.
A.treats B.admits C.uses D.functions
10、Mum always ______ great ways to celebrate our birthday.
A. puts up with B. comes up with C. keeps up with D. catches up with
11、We should consider the students' request _____ the school library provide more books on popular science.
A. that B. when
C. which D. where
12、He wished he ____ in his house that day. If he hadn’t, he ____ everything overnight in the fire.
A. didn’t smoke; wouldn’t lose B. hadn’t smoked; wouldn’t have lost
C. didn’t smoke; wouldn’t have lost D. hadn’t smoked; wouldn’t lose
13、Fully _______ in looking after three small children, she cannot speak to you at the moment.
A.occupied B.being occupied C.occupying D.being occupying
14、In Beijing Marathon, I experienced what runners call “hitting the wall” at around the 36-kilometer point. A _______pain stabbed(刺) in my hip, my pace slowed down and every brain cell seemed to be screaming “Stop!”
A. aggressive B. specific
C. sharp D. diverse
15、Much to her disgust, his confidence________ on arrogance.
A.edges B.borders
C.splits D.emphasizes
16、Ten minutes earlier, _____we could have saved the boy.
A.or B.otherwise C.and D.so
17、________ on a famous novel, the TV play presents a colorful picture of the 196os’ China to the viewers.
A.Basing B.Based C.To base D.Being based
18、Some false ads are taking the countryside women as their targets, because they are easy to ________.
A．take on
B．take in
C．take down
D．take over
19、________ to resemble a lotus flower, it appears ________above the waterfront promenade and the water that surrounds it.
A．To shape, floating
B．Being shaped, to float
C．Shaping, floating
D．Shaped, to float
20、At one time, dozens of candidates were running for president in 2020, mostly on the Democratic(民主的) side with a few Trump challengers, but more and more of them______
A.came out B.left out C.dropped out D.dropped off
21、_____ she was sick, I was expected to take his place greatly surprised me, for I didn’t have much work experience.
A.That if B.That C.If that D.If
22、It's surprising that this innocent-looking person should have _____ such a crime.
A.committed B.acted C.made D.performed
23、“The living-room television is replaced and gets in the kids’ room, and suddenly one day, you have a TV in every room of the house,” said one researcher.
A.planting B.planted C.processing D.processed
24、Is this university ______you visit last time?
A.that one B.which C.the one D.the one what
25、There is consensus among Chinese people no country or individual can develop without copyright protection.
A.where B.who C.whether D.that
26、 It seemed like a typical November day two years ago, as I walked out of Walgreens, a store near my house. It was just a month after my grandmother had passed away and I spent my days running useless errands (杂事) hoping to fill the emptiness in my heart and distract me from the pain.
As I attempted to walk out of the store, I felt exhausted and hopeless and began walking to my car. Suddenly, a woman driving right by my side rolled down her window. “Excuse me, excuse me, excuse me,” she said loudly. Thinking she was going to ask for my parking spot, I simply pointed to my car. “No, excuse me,” she said again. At this point, 1 felt I had no choice but to see what this annoying lady wanted. Under a clutter of makeup, money, pens, and other belongings, she finally reached to the very bottom of her bag and handed me a three -page booklet. “It looks like you need this,” she said calmly with a warm smile on her face. I looked down at the mysterious and obviously used pamphlet and on the front cover in big bold letters read “What Hope for Dead Loved Ones?” It took me only a few seconds to understand the exchange with this woman, but by the time I looked up, she was gone. I felt a sense of relaxation as I opened the first page. It explained how people pass away, but their spirit remains with us. This was the first time since my grandma had passed that I felt her with me, just like I had wanted. I didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but I did know that I finally felt happiness from the surprising change in events.
I couldn't, and still can't, believe what had happened to me on that day. It was a random day in November when my life turned back around and I began to feel hope again. It was real. It was a miracle. And, I'll remember it for the rest of my life.
【1】Why did the author spend days doing useless things?
A.To kill her spare time. B.To relieve the suffering.
C.To reflect on herself. D.To make herself fulfilled.
【2】Why did the woman say “Excuse me” so loudly?
A.To catch the author's attention. B.To get the author's parking space.
C.To share her experience with the author. D.To complain about the author's improper behavior.
【3】What can be learned about the three- page booklet?
A.It included some mysterious stories.
B.It was a gift from her grandmother.
C.It gave people some advice on how to find happiness.
D.It showed that people's spirit would stay after death.
【4】What can be the best title for the text?
A.Love from My Grandma B.A Random Day in November
C.A Miracle at the Parking Lot D.Comfort from a Woman Stranger
27、
If you see a group of people dancing and singing on the street or in the railway station, you don’t need to feel surprised. They are a flash mob. Don’t be confused by their name. Actually, a flash mob, organized with the help of the Internet or other digital communications networks, is a group of people who assemble suddenly in a public place, do something unusual for a period of time, such as exchanging books, coming together to look at the sky, waving their hands and shouting something at the top of their lungs for 30 seconds, and then quickly disappear before the police can arrive.
Bill Wasik, senior editor of Harper’s Magazine, organized the first flash mob in Manhattan in May 2003 and the first successful flash mob assembled on June 3, 2003 at Macy’s department store involving 100 people gathering on Macy’s Department Store. Following this, about 200 people flooded the lobby of the Hyatt hotel, applauding in one voice for fifteen seconds, and next participants pretending to be tourists on a bus trip invaded a shoe boutique in Soho. A later mob saw hundreds of people in Central Park making bird noises.
Wasik claimed that he created flash mobs as a social experiment designed to tease hipsters（追逐时尚的人）, and highlight the cultural atmosphere of agreement and of being part of “the next big thing”.
Many Web logs, chat rooms and Web groups are devoted to the craze. Though flash mobs were originally regarded as pointless, the concept has already developed for the benefit of political and social events. Flash mobbing takes advantage of the efficiency of communicating information on Websites and by email, and protesters can similarly use the “on and off” concept to be involved in political events. Such flash mob gatherings can sometimes shock or frighten people who are not aware of what is taking place. They also have enormous economic potential, such as using flash mobs to advertise a product.
The flash mob is now becoming more and more popular. People use it to do many things. For example, in 2009, hundreds of Michael Jackson’s fans took part in a flash mob to remember him, gathering outside the railway station in Liverpool, singing and dancing Michael’s famous song Beat It together. In another example, some people took part in a flash mob to warn people against negative words. Flash mobs give people from all walks of life an opportunity to come together to create a memory.
【1】The purpose of flash mobs created by Wasik is to __________.
A. make flash mobs a social experiment with political, social and economic potential
B. give people an opportunity to assemble and perform some distraction
C. make fun of hipsters and emphasize the cultural atmosphere of agreement and participation
D. make communicating information efficient and help people create a memory
【2】People took part in the following activities of flash mobs except that __________.
A. they pretended to take a bus trip and invaded a shoe shop in Soho
B. they got together in central Park and played birdsong
C. they gathered upon the railway station in Liverpool, singing Beat It and dancing
D. they assembled in the department store and applauded together for 15 seconds
【3】Which of the following could most possibly be a flash mob according to the passage?
A. Sixteen people get together quickly on the square and do jumping and singing and leave there suddenly.
B. A group of people are busy giving out leaflets of a limousine of a brand to those walking in front of them.
C. Some tourists plan for months and go mountaineering on the first day of Horse Year.
D. Protesters from different factories sit for days in front of the city hall for low wage.
【4】Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?
A. Flash mob: the political potential
B. Flash mob: the pop culture
C. Flash mob: the source of information
D. Flash mob: the short-term memory
28、The Top 4 Restaurants of 2018
No. 4
Kuya Ja’s Lechon Belly (4 stars): 5268-H Nicholson Lane, Rockville, Md. 240-669-4383. kuyajas. com.
Open: Breakfast, lunch and dinner Wednesday through Monday; breakfast and lunch Tuesdays.
Prices: Sandwiches, bowls and combination meals, $ 6.99-$ 12.59.
Sound check: 74 decibels（分贝）/ Must speak with raised voice.
No. 3
Little Havana（41/2 stars): 3704 14th St. NW. 202-758-2127. littlehavanadc. com.
Open: Dinner daily.
Prices: Sandwiches and mains $ 9-$ 25.
Sound check: 70 decibels / Conversation is easy.
No. 2
Three Blacksmiths (41/2 stars): 20 Main St., Sperryville, Va. 540-987-5105. threeblacksmiths. com.
Open: Dinner Thursday—Saturday.
Prices: Small plates $ 5 - $ 20, large plates and family-style plates $ 24 - $ 94.
Sound check: 81 decibels / Extremely loud.
No. 1
Momofuku（5 stars): 1090 I St. NW. 202-602-1832. ccdc. momofuku. com.
Open: Lunch Monday through Friday, dinner daily, breakfast Saturday and Sunday.
Prices: Small plates $ 5 - $15.
Sound check: 75 decibels / Must speak with raised voice.
【1】Which restaurant should you go to for breakfast on weekdays?
A．Kuya Ja’s Lechon Belly.
B．Little Havana.
C．Three Blacksmiths.
D．Momofuku.
【2】What’s the biggest advantage of Little Havana?
A．Its foods.
B．Its prices.
C．Its address.
D．Its atmosphere.
【3】How much can you only spend on your lunch if you want to save money?
A．$24.
B．$9.
C．$6.99.
D．$5.
29、My brother, Michael and I are crazy about houses. On Aug 1, 2016, I was driving through the Northern Neck of Virginia with him. We had found an abandoned Italianate farmhouse with weeds up to our waist. When admiring the property my brother rolled up the unlocked garage door. “Holy smokes!” There sat this Mercedes. Seeing the number 6.9 on its back, I immediately recognized this to be a rare and unique find.
The car’s door was unlocked and in the glovebox, I found insurance papers. It turned out that the owner was a dead country doctor.It took me a year to find his widow’s(寡妇的) address, in Richmond. Twice I made the two-hour drive just to knock on her door, striking out both times. On the third try her neighbor was outside and I was able to get the widow’s phone number.
I logged approximately 25 voice mails,and still nothing.It was, I thought, just bad luck. I called one last time and heard a voice: “Hello?” From that point on, we struck up a friendship.
In July 2018, two years after finding the car, I was ready to buy it from her. We met in the middle — somewhere around what a new Toyota might cost. Still,the night before, I called my brother and said, “I am getting cold feet.” What was I doing buying an old Mercedes? He said, “You are buying that great car. And I promise you, the friendship you will make as a result will make this car worth every penny.” And he was right.
【1】Why did the author go to the Northern Neck?
A．To visit his brother.
B．To check the house.
C．To buy the unique car.
D．To enjoy the beautiful sights.
【2】What can we infer from the second and third paragraphs?
A．The author had trouble finding the car owner.
B．The car was the doctor’s only possession.
C．The widow was unwilling to sell the car.
D．The car was in bad conditions.
【3】What does the underlined sentence in the last paragraph mean?
A．He was shocked by the price.
B．He was hesitating to make the decision.
C．He cared about money more than the car.
D．The weather that day was quite cold.
【4】What did Michael think of buying the car?
A．It was a waste of money.
B．It would cost a great deal.
C．Buying the car brought good friendship.
D．His brother made a good bargain buying it.
30、When Leah was 10, she saw a need for change in the world. “People are supposed to show________and sympathy,” she says. “But that wasn't happening.”
Leah decided to________her hand-made bracelets at a local event and asked each person who got one to do a kind deed for someone else. A note________to each bracelet said, “Let's just show other people they are ________.”
As Leah gave out bracelets,________spread. She began to receive bracelet requests worldwide, and to hear from people who'd delivered kind deeds. One person________a tired store clerk with sandwiches. Another paid for a stranger's coffee. “A story that________touched my heart was that someone established a homeless camp!” she says.
When Leah couldn't________requests for the bracelets, she began selling wristbands with "Kindness Travels" on the outside and "kind" on the inside in________languages.
So far, she has sent out 10,000 wristbands. She has________a party for kids at a homeless shelter, paid rent for hurricane________and more, using the money from wristbands________and donations.
Leah hopes to________other kids who want to help others. “Just come up with ideas! Never be________,” she says. “Age is just a________. You always have the power to do something.”
【1】
A．pleasure
B．patience
C．love
D．curiosity
【2】
A．pick up
B．put away
C．show off
D．hand out
【3】
A．compared
B．attached
C．opened
D．connected
【4】
A．ignored
B．infected
C．valued
D．engaged
【5】
A．word
B．passion
C．anxiety
D．happiness
【6】
A．bothered
B．surprised
C．upset
D．embarrassed
【7】
A．genuinely
B．hardly
C．slightly
D．relatively
【8】
A．deny
B．advance
C．meet
D．delay
【9】
A．native
B．complex
C．natural
D．different
【10】
A．attended
B．organized
C．canceled
D．postponed
【11】
A．victims
B．researchers
C．reporters
D．observers
【12】
A．sales
B．funds
C．designs
D．advertisements
【13】
A．respect
B．contact
C．recommend
D．encourage
【14】
A．mean
B．scared
C．content
D．proud
【15】
A．gap
B．problem
C．number
D．barrier
31、 One day, Taylor received a random Facebook message: “I’m Willie from Liberia. I need some ________ assistance.” Taylor didn’t ________ it and thought it was some Internet scam（诈骗）. But he wanted to see what the ________ were. So he replied with a small ________, saying that he owned a photography business and could use some ________. Soon came Willie’s shots of people in shabby neighborhoods. For Taylor, the images were ________. He’d never seen such poverty. He thought “Oh, no, now I have to find a ________ to reward him for his work. ________, I would be the scammer.”
Taylor ________ a crowd-funding site, where he tried ________ copies of Willi’s photos. Surprisingly, sales ________. In no time he raised $1,000. He sent Willie the money but asked him to ________ half of it. It was a test. In Liberia $500 is a big fortune, so Taylor didn’t ________ much. But pictures arrived showing joyful ________ with new book bags and notebooks—Willie had bought out a market and blessed five schools with ________.
“He came through.” Taylor eventually set aside his ________ and traveled 6,500 miles to meet Willie. “I’ve changed. I set out to ________ a man, but ended up helping him. Sometimes people ________ you when you give them a chance.”
Willie has changed, too. “I used to ________. Now I’m the one who’s giving. When you ________ that, you come from nobody to somebody. I’ve come from zero to hero.”
【1】A.technical B.financial C.medical D.legal
【2】A.buy B.grasp C.resist D.read
【3】A.rules B.comments C.messages D.tricks
【4】A.gin B.mistake C.lie D.parcel
【5】A.books B.tips C.cameras D.pictures
【6】A.heartbreaking B.painstaking C.well-developed D.old-fashioned
【7】A.person B.reason C.school D.way
【8】A.However B.Therefore C.Otherwise D.Instead
【9】A.broke into B.turned to C.put down D.longed for
【10】A.selling B.showing C.editing D.reviewing
【11】A.dived B.exploded C.slowed D.changed
【12】A.raise B.return C.donate D.earn
【13】A.think B.spend C.ask D.expect
【14】A.beggars B.photographers C.students D.neighbors
【15】A.abundance B.intelligence C.experience D.patience
【16】A.faith B.doubt C.wisdom D.loss
【17】A.confuse B.entertain C.assist D.embarrass
【18】A.disappoint B.respect C.surprise D.bother
【19】A.receive B.save C.cheat D.suspect
【20】A.say B.do C.imagine D.consider
32、A Teen's Story of Courage
The government of India issued a lockdown in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The _________ was badly affected by the pandemic. _________, millions of people lost their jobs, including Mohan Paswan-the _________ of 15-year-old Jyoti Kumari. They had no money for _________ and for food, so the landlord threatened to kick them out and _________ their electricity. Kumari and her father's only _________ was to return to their home village in Bihar, which was more than 1,200 kilometers away.
_____ there were special _________ for migrants who wished to return home, Paswan was not able to walk to the railway station due to a(n) _________ from a traffic accident. Out of __________, Kumari used the 20 dollars they had left to buy a pink bike and __________ on May 8th for the village.
Kumari would __________ in the front, while her father would sit on the back seat with heavy luggage. They traveled more than 100 kilometers a day and only __________ at gas stations to sleep at night. Along the way, they __________ kind strangers who gave them food and encouragement ; one truck driver even __________ the father and the daughter a ride for 30 miles.
They __________ arrived at the village on May 15th and were reunited with their family. This story of a __________ girl has moved the hearts of many people including the __________ of the national team and a director. Kumari has been invited to join the Indian __________ team in the 2024 and 2028 Olympics and has also received an offer to __________ as herself in an upcoming movie.
【1】
A．population
B．ecology
C．election
D．employment
【2】
A．Therefore
B．However
C．Furthermore
D．Anyway
【3】
A．uncle
B．boss
C．teacher
D．father
【4】
A．clothes
B．rent
C．tuition
D．recreation
【5】
A．cut out
B．cut up
C．cut off
D．cut in
【6】
A．hope
B．aim
C．effort
D．plan
【7】
A．Even though
B．As though
C．Now that
D．In case
【8】
A．bikes
B．trains
C．flights
D．buses
【9】
A．loss
B．sickness
C．injury
D．hurt
【10】
A．control
B．trouble
C．desperation
D．patience
【11】
A．set about
B．set aside
C．set in
D．set off
【12】
A．drive
B．pedal
C．lead
D．run
【13】
A．rested
B．stopped
C．refueled
D．sat
【14】
A．confronted
B．contacted
C．found
D．encountered
【15】
A．made
B．picked
C．gave
D．provided
【16】
A．finally
B．quickly
C．immediately
D．properly
【17】
A．wise
B．kind
C．brave
D．honest
【18】
A．actor
B．coach
C．nurse
D．educator
【19】
A．cyclist
B．motorist
C．tourist
D．journalist
【20】
A．film
B．perform
C．show
D．star
33、 The little boy with big brown eyes was waiting for us on the other side of the world. Ever since our adoption agency had _________ us, I’d been hurriedly _________ all the necessary paperwork. I made it a personal goal to never _________ the process. On one late afternoon in June. I rushed toward the closest FedEx office. I had some _________ to send overnight, and I wanted them to go out that day.
I thought I knew _________ the FedEx office was. I drove there as the minutes slipped away, only to find that the office was no longer _________ where I remembered it. Tears came to my eyes. This was _________ we all had a smartphone in our pockets. I had no way of _________ the correct location. _________ , I started driving toward home. I felt like a failure, as though I’d just __________ my new son to more days in an orphanage waiting for us.
Suddenly, I was __________ at a stoplight by an oversized box truck My anger turned to __________ when I saw the sign. It was a FedEx truck I __________ closely behind the truck. What were the __________ the truck would lead me straight to the FedEx office I was seeking?
It __________ the chances were good. Less than five minutes later, I saw a FedEx sign, and the truck made a turn into the parking lot. I had __________ in my eyes again.
Our documents went out that night. The truck driver __________ knew he was an angel for me that day. Three months later, we flew halfway around the world to __________ our son for the first time. We have been with him every day since.
Miracles are always around us __________ we are open to them. Sometimes, it’s a smile at the right time or a kind word. And every now and then, it’s even a big __________ that cuts us off in traffic.
【1】A.debated B.challenged C.matched D.scanned
【2】A.hiding B.completing C.evaluating D.underlining
【3】A.delay B.start C.repeat D.simplify
【4】A.gifts B.letters C.documents D.postcards
【5】A.how B.what C.which D.where
【6】A.locked B.located C.ranked D.repaired
【7】A.before B.after C.since D.when
【8】A.finding B.choosing C.describing D.showing
【9】A.Bored B.Delighted C.Disappointed D.Surprised
【10】A.compared B.sentenced C.appointed D.accompanied
【11】A.kept up B.put down C.taken in D.cut off
【12】A.guilt B.panic C.shock D.terror
【13】A.ran B.arose C.walked D.followed
【14】A.chances B.wonders C.doubts D.promises
【15】A.turned off B.turned out C.broke off D.broke out
【16】A.dust B.dirt C.tears D.sands
【17】A.just B.never C.exactly D.immediately
【18】A.free B.meet C.beat D.spoil
【19】A.if B.although C.unless D.until
【20】A.tree B.lie C.smile D.truck
34、阅读短文，根据短文内容及首字母提示，在空白处填入一个适当的单词。
Wearing face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic p【1】 the spread of the deadly virus. But it is also i【2】. For one, we can no longer unlock our phones using facial recognition since a good part of our face is c【3】.
F【4】, tech companies are working to solve the problem. Apple, for example, offered a new way to unlock your iPhone and iPad with its l【5】 software update, iOS13.5, w【6】 was released on May 20.
Even though the update still won’t recognize your masked face, it makes the whole process f【7】. While the old system wouldn’t allow access t【8】 the passcode screen before three failed face scan attempts, iOS13.5 will send you straight to the passcode screen when you swipe up.
It might only s【9】 you a few seconds, but those few seconds “benefit public health by eliminating the temptation for people to r【10】 their masks in order to unlock their device”.
35、Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
On a broiling afternoon when the men were away at work and all the women napped, I moved through majestic depths of silences, silences so immense I could hear the corn 【1】. Under these silences there was a / an orchestra of natural music playing notes no city child would ever hear. A certain cackle from the henhouse meant we had gained an egg. The creak of a porch swing told of a momentary breeze blowing across my grandmother’s yard. As I 【2】 along a mossy bank to surprise a frog, a 【3】splash told me the quarry had spotted me and slipped into the stream. Wandering among the sleeping houses, I learned that tin roofs crackle under the power of the sun, and when I tired and came back to my grandmother’s house, I padded into her dark cool living room, lay 【4】 on the floor, and listened to the hypnotic beat of her pendulum clock on the wall ticking the meaningless hours away.
I was enjoying the luxuries of a rustic nineteenth-century boyhood, but for the women Morrisonville life had few 【5】. Their lives were hard, endless, dirty labor.
For baths, laundry, and dishwashing, they hauled buckets of water from a spring at the foot of a hill. To heat it, they chopped kindling to fire their wood stoves. They boiled laundry in tubs, scrubbed it on washboards until knuckles were 【6】, and wrung it out by hand. Ironing was a business of lifting heavy metal weights heated on the stove top.
They scrubbed floors on hands and knees, thrashed rugs with carpet beaters, killed and plucked their own chickens, baked bread and parties, grew and conned their won vegetables, patched the family’s clothing on treadle-operated sewing machines, 【7】before the men to start the stove for breakfast and pack lunch pails, polished the chimneys of kerosene lamps, and even found time to tend the flowers that grew around every house. By the end of a summer day a Morrisonville woman had toiled like a serf.
At sundown the men drifted back from the fields exhausted and 【8】. They scrubbed themselves in enamel basins and, when supper was eaten, climbed up onto the porch to watch the night arrive. Presently the women 【9】 them, and the twilight music of Morrisonville began.
The swing creaking , rocking chairs 【10】 on the porch planks, voices murmuring approval of the sagacity of Uncle Irvey as he quietly observed for probably the ten-thousandth time in his life, “A man works from sun to sun, but a woman’s work is never done.”
36、Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
AI artwork sells for $432,500 — nearly 45 times its high【1】 — as Christie’s becomes the first auction house to offer a work of art created by an algorithm. This portrait, however, is not the product of a human mind. It was created by an【2】 intelligence, an algorithm defined by that algebraic formula with its many parentheses. And when it went under the【3】 in the Prints & Multiples sale at Christie’s on 23-25 October, Portrait of Edmond Belamy sold for an【4】 $432,500, signaling the arrival of AI art on the world auction stage.
From a distance, Portrait of Edmond de Belamy looks almost plausible. Up close, however, the paintwork becomes a grid of mechanical-looking dots, the man’s face a golden blur with black holes for eyes. Look into those eyes. They show no sign of feeling or life. Did a computer make this?
The answer is yes. The first artwork【5】 by AI to be sold at Christie’s, its【6】 price would seem to suggest that in future we will get computers to make art for us. Robot van Gogh will harmlessly cut its ear off and robot Picasso will be a genius.
Is this the future AI art visionaries such as the French collective Obvious, which programmed this “painter” by getting it to compare its own work with 15,000 pre-20th century portraits, have in mind? Or are they just, God forbid, making a fast buck from deceivable art collectors? Because believing the algorithm that knocked this up to be in any meaningful way an “artist” is like thinking your voice-interaction programme is out to get you. Dream on. Computers would need to replicate human consciousness before they could replicate the funny thing humans do called “art”.
Art is a way in which human 【7】 expresses itself, and is equally true of the earliest cave art, Rembrandt’s portraits and Duchamp’s urinal. And that is what is missing from Portrait of Edmond Bellamy. Art is a way humans communicate ideas, perceptions and feelings to each other. It has no 【8】 outside the human passion to communicate. So in what meaningful sense can an AI replica of certain【9】 traits of old master paintings be called art?
For a robot to really make art, it would need an autonomous mind that was emotional as well as【10】. No AI developer has yet claimed to be anywhere near achieving that and if they ever do, their creation will probably have better things to do than paint portraits — like destroy humanity.
Maybe afterwards robots will invent their own kind of art, but it won’t be some poor pastiche of human genius.
It will be beyond anything we organics could imagine.
37、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。
Smell the flowers before you go to sleep and you may just end up with rosy dreams. Have a whiff of rotten(腐烂的)eggs during the night and your dreams may be【1】(pleasant). So says researcher Dr. Boris Stuck, 【2】invited sleeping volunteers to a rose vs. rotten egg test in the University Hospital Mannheim in Germany. The subjects didn’t dream about roses【3】eggs, but rather he found that what they smelt affected the emotions of【4】(they) dreams.
And if you think【5】(smell) have a say in dreams, wait for what TV tells us. A UK study reveals that people exposed【6】black-and-white film and TV in their youth are to have monochromic(单色的)dreams throughout their life more【7】(probable). Eva Murzyn from the University of Dundee tested two age groups— one half 【8】(age) over 55 and【9】other half under 25.
The result? Under 5% of the dreams of the under-25s were in black and white. 【10】(watch)color TV in childhood seems to be the reason why.
38、阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。 续写的词数应为150左右。
You never know the difference you might make if you take the time to encourage someone. I gave up the idea of being a writer the summer before I started college. I’d been writing since I was five years old. My little friends wanted toys at that time, but I just wanted paper. Childhood passed and a box of short stories gave way to my middle school days. I wrote for a magazine and by the time I was in my eighth grade, half of the annual publications were written by me. Sometimes I'd dream about being a novelist, writing books that everyone might read. My dad was always sure that it would happen. When he read my poems or stories, his eyes welled up. "That's beautiful, honey,” he always told me. "One day, the entire world will know what a gift you have.” Those words encouraged me through high school to keep believing that writing was my calling.
But somewhere along the months of my senior year, I became disappointed. The crazy injustice in this world — bad guys getting buck out on the street and doing harm again and again, changed my mind.”I m going to be a lawyer in the future,” I told my parents. My dad’s face fell, but he kept his smile. "Whatever you do, you'll be brialliant at it," he said to me.
One of my first classes at college was Journalism 100. One day, the professor, Bob Scheibel, assigned us a story about an apartment fire. He gave us the facts and we had a few days to write a news story.
I was sure that I had gotten the facts right when I wrote the story. I didn’t expect much feedback. But a few days later, Bob Scheibel asked me to talk to him after class. Questions raced through my mind. What had I done wrong? Had I gotten the facts mixed up? Did I miss anything critical in the details? Five minutes after the class, I found myself in front of the professor. His eyes met mine with great seriousness.
39、假定你是李华，你的英国好友Josh想了解你校学生课外活动开展情况。请你给他回信，内容应包括：
1.课外活动的意义；
2.课外活动的内容；
3.你最喜欢的课外活动及原因。
注意： 1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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40、假如你是一名高二的学生,名叫李华。请你就本校食堂存在的问题,向校长写一封投诉信。内容包括:
1.投诉的原因；
2.投诉的具体问题(2-3点)；
3.提出合理的建议。
注意：1.词数100左右；开头和结尾已经给出,不计入字数；
2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
Dear Headmaster,
I'm Li Hua,a Senior 2 student.
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Sincerely Yours
Li Hua
41、阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
In July 2019, to celebrate his 45th birthday, Colin Dowler booked off a week from his job as a maintenance manager for the Vancouver Island Health Authority. He planned to spend two days on his own, finding a route he would eventually use to climb Mount Doggie Dowler.
His wife Jenifer didn't like the sound of her husband's latest plan. She was used to Dowler going on adventures by himself, but this time he'd boat to an unknown bay, bike an unpopulated road , hike through grizzly bear country, and camp overnights alone. There was too much room for disaster.
The night before his journey Colin packed the necessities. He filled the remaining pockets of his bag with a handheld GPS, hiking poles, his homemade sausage, and a few other essentials. Instead of his usual Swiss Army knife, he took a three-inch stainless steel pocket knife given to him by his dad.
The weather that Sunday, July 28 was nice. Colin pulled his car into the Campbell River port and quickly launched and set off in his motorboat with a mountain bike on board. About eight o'clock in the morning, he arrived at Ramsay Arm, and found a spot to tie the boat near a logging （伐木）camp where he chatted with some logging workers.
One of the workers , Vito, gave him a ride in his truck until the forest got too thick. Colin took off his bike and backpack from the truck and started his hiking and route searching. In order not to lose the way back, he marked his trail with blue ribbons （布条）.
As he made his seven-kilometer marker, he came around a bend and suddenly put on the brakes—a dirty grizzly bear stood right in the middle of the narrow road, 30 meters away. Colin calculated his chances of turning around for a quick escape, but the bear could easily catch up and stop him before he picked up speed.
注意：
1.续写词数应为150左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
The bear suddenly stood up in a threatening way.
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After what seemed like hours, Colin came to himself.
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