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1、Friendship does not ________ involve a sharing of activities; it is a sharing of the self on a very persona level.
A.casually B.equally C.eventually D.merely
2、He is said to ________ to his country because a new president comes into power.
A. be allowed to return B. allow to return
C. allow returning D. be allowed returning
3、Agatha didn’t tell me ______ she would pick up her son from school.
A．which
B．when
C．where
D．what
4、At present, acupuncture has become popular round the world, ________ other traditional Chinese medicines.
A.so are B.as are C.so have D.as have
5、I____________ go to a summer camp during the summer vacation, but I am not sure.
A．might
B．can
C．must
D．need
6、Look at the timetable (时刻表). Hurry up! Flight 4026 _______ off at 18:20.
A．takes
B．took
C．will be taken
D．has taken
7、He speaks English well indeed, but of course not ________ as a native speaker.
A. as fluent B. more fluent C. so fluently D. much fluently
8、The old couple ________for more man 40 years and never once have they quarreled with each other.
A．married
B．have married
C．have got married
D．have been married
9、Mrs. Milton says she would like to share everything she has with others ____ are too greedy.
A. except those who B. except for those
C. but for who D. but those that
10、___ all the time is the key to ___ progress in English .
A.Practice; making B.To practice; making
C.Practicing; make D.To practice; make
11、A travelling mother’s worst nightmare had come true. I ran to the car so fast that the heel of my shoe _______ .
A. broke up B. broke off
C. broke out D. broke away
12、As he works in a remote (遥远的) area, he visits his mother only ________.
A．anxiously
B．urgently
C．likely
D．occasionally
13、---Did you have any trouble catching the professor’s lecture?
---No. He spoke very slowly and clearly to make it easy _____.
A. to understand B. understand
C. understanding D. understood
14、After a long discussion, we finally ______ a plan that sounded practical.
A. came across B. came about
C. put up with D. came up with
15、She seems to be always finding fault, ___________ on making life difficult for me.
A.bending B.to be bent C.bent D.being bent
16、In modern society，internet and digital technology is a tool that can carry and ___________emotion.
A.contradict B.covey C.classify D.claim
17、The best books are treasures of good words and golden thoughts, ______ , remembered and cherished, become our constant companions.
A.that B.which C.where D.where
18、____________ should we prevent the students from exploring new ideas and technology.
A.In no case B.In case C.In case of D.In this case
19、With the old man ___ the way, we had no trouble in ___ that cave.
A.leading; finding B.leads; find C.led; to find D.was leading; found
20、I am interested in_________ you have improved your spoken English in such a short time.
A.how B.which C.when D.if
21、But for the fact that he ______ the truth, he ______ for a week's imprisonment.
A.didn't know; would be punished B.hadn't known; might have punished
C.didn't know; would have been punished D.hadn't known; could be punished
22、Hibernating animals have stored ________ fat in their bodies during the summer and autumn.
A．a good many
B．supplies of
C．a large quantity of
D．a few
23、We were delayed at the airport. _________ we would have been here by lunch time.
A. However B. Instead
C. Probably D. Otherwise
24、The doctor ______ a piece of muscle from my leg and looked at it under a microscope.
A.cut out B.cut across C.cut in D.cut up
25、____, Mary couldn’t get the door open.
A.Try as she might B.As she might try C.She might as try D.Might she as try
26、 Most people feel lonely sometimes, but it usually lasts only between a few minutes and a few hours. This kind of loneliness is not serious. In fact, it is quite normal. For some people, though, loneliness can last for years. Now researchers say there are three different types of loneliness.
The first kind of loneliness is temporary. This is the most common type. It usually disappears quickly and does not require any special attention. The second kind, situational loneliness, is a natural result of a particular situation－for example, the death of a loved one, or moving to a new place. Although this kind of loneliness can cause physical problems, such as headaches and sleeplessness, it usually does not last for more than a year.
The third kind of loneliness is the most severe. Unlike the second type, chronic(长期的) loneliness usually lasts more than two years and has no specific cause. People who experience habitual loneliness have problem socializing and becoming close to others unfortunately, many chronically lonely people think there is little or nothing they can do to improve their condition.
Many researchers agree that the loneliest people are between the ages 18 and 25, so a group of psychologists decided to study a group of college students. They found that more than 50% of the students were situationally lonely at the beginning of the term as a result of their new circumstances, but had adjusted after a few months, 13% were still lonely after seven months due to shyness and fear. They felt very uncomfortable meeting strangers, even though they understood that their fear was not reasonable. The situationally lonely students overcame their loneliness by making new friends, but the chronically lonely remained unhappy because they were afraid to do so.
Psychologists are trying to find ways to help habitually lonely people for two reasons: they are unhappy and unable to socialize and there is a connection between chronic loneliness and serious illness such as heart disease. While temporary and situational loneliness can be a normal, healthy part of life, chronic loneliness can be a very sad, and sometimes dangerous condition.
【1】How would you treat temporary loneliness according to the passage?
A. Talk to friends. B. Go to see a doctor.
C. Just ignore it. D. Ask your teacher for guidance.
【2】In the last sentence of the second paragraph, “it” refers to _______.
A. temporary loneliness B. sleeplessness
C. a new place D. situational loneliness
【3】All of the following are true EXCEPT that ________.
A. situational loneliness can cause physical problems
B. temporary loneliness does not need special attention
C. chronic loneliness can cause problems in socializing
D. 37% of the students can overcome loneliness easily
【4】Where can we probably read the passage?
A. Comic books. B. A novel.
C. A magazine. D. A diary.
27、 In 1974, after filling out fifty applications, going through four interviews, and winning one offer, I took what I could get — a teaching job at what I considered a distant wild area: western New Jersey. My characteristic optimism was alive only when I reminded myself that I would be doing what I had wanted to do since I was fourteen — teaching English.
School started, but I felt more and more as if I were in a foreign country. Was this rural area really New Jersey? My students took a week off when hunting season began. I was told they were also frequently absent in late October to help their fathers make hay on the farms. I was a young woman from New York City, who thought that “Make hay while the sun shines” just meant to have a good time.
But, still, I was teaching English. I worked hard, taking time off only to eat and sleep. And then there was my sixth-grade class — seventeen boys and five girls who were only six years younger than me. I had a problem long before I knew it. I was struggling in my work as a young idealistic teacher. I wanted to make literature come alive and to promote a love of the written word. The students wanted to throw spitballs and whisper dirty words in the back of the room.
In college I had been taught that a successful educator should ignore bad behavior. So I did, confident that, as the textbook had said, the bad behavior would disappear as I gave my students positive attention. It sounds reasonable, but the text evidently ignored the fact that humans, particularly teenagers, rarely seems reasonable. By the time my boss, who was also my taskmaster, known to be the strictest, most demanding, most quick to fire inexperienced teachers, came into the classroom to observe me, the students exhibited very little good behavior to praise.
My boss sat in the back of the room. The boys in the class were making animal noises, hitting each other while the girls filed their nails or read magazines. I just pretended it all wasn’t happening, and went on lecturing and tried to ask some inspiring questions. My boss, sitting in the back of the classroom, seemed to be growing bigger and bigger. After twenty minutes he left, silently. Visions of unemployment marched before my eyes.
I felt mildly victorious that I got through the rest of class without crying, but at my next free period I had to face him. I wondered if he would let me finish out the day. I walked to his office, took a deep breath, and opened the door.
He was sitting in his chair, and he looked at me long and hard. I said nothing. All I could think of was that I was not an English teacher; I had been lying to myself, pretending that everything was fine.
When he spoke, he said simply, without accusation, “You had nothing to say to them.”
“You had nothing to say to them”. he repeated. “No wonder they are bored. Why not get to the meat of literature and stop talking about symbolism. Talk with them, not at them. And more important, why do you ignore their bad behavior?” We talked. He named my problems and offered solutions. We role-played. He was the bad student, and I was the forceful, yet, warm, teacher.
As the year progressed, we spent many hours discussing literature and ideas about human beings and their motivations. He helped me identify my weaknesses and strengths. In short, he made a teacher of me by teaching me the reality of Emerson’s words: “The secret to education lies in respecting the pupil.”
Fifteen years later I still drive that same winding road to the same school. Thanks to the help I received that difficult first year, the school is my home now.
【1】It can be inferred from the story that in 1974 __________.
A.the writer became an optimistic person
B.the writer was very happy about her new job
C.it was easy to get a teaching job in New Jersey
D.it was rather difficult to get a job in the USA
【2】According to the passage, which of the following is most probably the writer’s problem as a new teacher?
A.She took too much time off to eat and sleep.
B.She didn’t ask experienced teachers for advice.
C.She had blind trust in what she learnt at college.
D.she didn’t like teaching English literature.
【3】What’s the writer’s biggest worry after her taskmaster’s observation of her class?
A.She might lose her students’ respect.
B.She might lose her teaching job.
C.She couldn’t teach the same class any more.
D.She couldn’t ignore her students’ bad behavior any more.
【4】Which of the following gives the writer a sense of mild victory?
A.Her talk about symbolism sounded convincing.
B.Her students behaved little better than usual.
C.She managed to finish the class without crying.
D.She was invited for a talk by her boss after class.
【5】The students behaved badly in the writer’s classes because __________.
A.she didn’t really understand them
B.they were eager to embarrass her
C.she didn’t have a good command of English
D.they didn’t regard her as a good teacher
28、At the office that day, Martha was left to keep her eyes open until after the lunch hour. Then Mr Max Cohen brought her a document to copy. She was so anxious she had to start afresh three times. And when he came to fetch it, all that had been achieved were the words “Memorandum of an Agreement of Sale” typed across the top of the sheet. She shrank under his impatient assurance that it did not matter in the least, and she must take her time. Her fingers were heavy and trembling, and her head was thick. To type two pages of his small neat writing into something clean and pleasant to look at seemed to her, just then, an impossibly difficult task. He went home without coming to her desk again, and she decided she would come early next morning and do it before anyone else arrived.
Mrs Buss, on her way out, asked, “Have you got any certificates?” Martha said no. She had learned to type at home. Mrs Buss said nothing, but merely nodded absent-mindedly, for her eyes were on the elegant Mrs Jasper Cohen. Martha could barely see where she was going as she left the office. What she said to herself was, “I won’t spend the rest of my life typing this stupid jargon”.
She then went into the building of the ZambesiNews. She was going to see if Mr Spur, an old journalist whom she had known as a child, could offer her any kind of position. She was in the building about half an hour, and when she came out, her face was hot with embarrassment. It had been so painful she could not bear to remember what had happened. What she must remember was that she had no qualifications at all.
【1】Why did Martha find her first day at the office difficult?
A．She was too nervous to think.
B．Mr Cohen was not easy to please.
C．The task given to her was very difficult.
D．She was not used to working under pressure.
【2】By the end of the day, which of the following was true of Martha?
A．She had decided to work overtime.
B．She hadn't finished her typing work.
C．She hadn't thought she would be blamed.
D．She knew Mr Cohen was disappointed in her.
【3】What might be Mrs Buss's attitude towards Martha?
A．She seemed eager to help her.
B．She seemed uninterested in her.
C．She seemed to have taken a dislike to her.
D．She seemed concerned about her lack of qualifications.
29、Everyone’s different. We all have different parents, different upbringings and different values. However, we also need to be around and work with other people to function in society. 【1】.
Active Listening
Although speaking is the first action that comes to mind when one hears the word “communication”, it’s actually just half of the equation. Equally important is listening. Rather than passively listening and just letting information flow at you, listen actively. Relax your body, maintain eye contact and keep interruptions to a minimum. 【2】, do so at a pause and only to paraphrase (释义) to clarify what the person is saying.
Body Language
Keep your body open. Don’t cross your arms or legs, but keep both outstretched, indicating receptiveness.
【3】.
Show empathy and take responsibility. The person you’re speaking to needs to feel that you understand what he means. One of the best ways to do the former is to use the paraphrasing strategy mentioned above. Taking responsibility relies on one word: “I” Never use “you” when discussing something negative.
Clarity
You need to use enough words to get your point across. 【4】. Clarity is so important in effectively communicating that it deserves its own section.
Comfort
【5】, don’t try to find out the cause of or a solution to the anger until he has calmed down. People usually just need to be heard out when they are angry, so let them talk, only speaking to give comfort. A resolution can be pursued later.
A．If someone is angry
B．When you do interrupt
C．Effective communication
D．Although his message is the same
E．Empathy and Personal Responsibility
F．The key to bridging this gap is effective communication
G．You also need to save time so that your point isn’t lost in a sea of unnecessary words
30、 Jayce Crowder began noticing when he was in kindergarten that he looked different from his classmates. They had two hands. He had one. He'd return home with questions: “Why am I different? Why?”
“He actually told us he was _________ at God for making him that way, "said his mother Lewis. Lewis _________ she didn't know what to do then. How could she _________ answers to her son's questions _________ she had never found those answers herself?
Several weeks later, Lewis watched TV and _________ that a 14-year-old boy Trashaun became an Internet _________ after posting videos of his slam dunks (扣篮), and, like Jayce, he was _________ most of his left arm. And it seemed that watching Trashaun would simply be a(n)_________ moment for Jayce.
A couple of months later, a meeting was set up with Trashaun to build Jayce's_________. The boys met, and __________ they bonded. They rode bikes and __________ baskets. Trashaun even gave Jayce a shirt that says “Ten __________ are not as good.”
At one point, Trashaun optimistically told Jayce he was __________ the way God made him. He said he would not let anyone drag him down and that __________ would not shake his confidence.
Since that meeting, Lewis has seen a clear __________ in her son. He recently started wrestling and loves it. Lewis often mentions Trashaun's __________. Meeting him, she said, made Jayce “__________ that there are others like him.”
“__________, it means a lot to know that I changed Jayce's life,” Trashaun says. Still, he never __________ that his videos would have such an impact. His __________ with Jayce made him look forward to helping more kids with limb differences.
A．good
B．mad
C．embarrassed
D．amazed
A．announced
B．insisted
C．admitted
D．denied
A．guess
B．hear
C．expect
D．provide
A．now that
B．as though
C．even though
D．in case
A．recalled
B．learned
C．showed
D．confirmed
A．hit
B．fan
C．figure
D．image
A．breaking
B．twisting
C．losing
D．hurting
A．depressing
B．challenging
C．tiring
D．inspiring
A．body
B．confidence
C．muscle
D．reputation
A．eventually
B．lately
C．instantly
D．hurried
A．watched
B．shot
C．delivered
D．carried
A．fingers
B．hands
C．bikes
D．baskets
A．unlucky
B．disappointed
C．courageous
D．perfect
A．words
B．events
C．risks
D．accidents
A．determination
B．difference
C．advantage
D．sign
A．function
B．report
C．influence
D．lecture
A．predict
B．claim
C．imagine
D．understand
A．Honestly
B．Generally
C．Hopefully
D．Fortunately
A．remembered
B．concluded
C．forgot
D．dreamed
A．argument
B．cooperation
C．relationship
D．appointment
31、 “Nice to see you again!” “How are you doing today?” “Great to see you, have a nice day!”
I ______ my book and looked around in my seat, watching the driver ______ passengers. I’d never heard a more cheerful bus driver.
At each stop, the bus driver flashed a wide ______ , nodding his head at familiar faces and greeting people onto his lowly bus.
I was just watching the flow of the bus, and the bus driver’s air of pleasant calm, like nothing could go wrong. It ______ me a bit. Most bus drivers I’d met are not so cheery. They’re always swimming up against a long list of complaints, communicating with nameless busy riders, and constantly racing the clock so as not to run late though it’s never so easy to control. This bus driver completely ______ my sense of what it means to drive a bus. It almost brought me back to my pre-school days, when we’d sing, “The wheels on the bus go round and round,” to images of smiling bus drivers greeting their ______ and serving society with each shinning spin of their wheel or honk of their horn.
I completely put my books away, ______ there in awe. A thought ______ my head that I should tell the driver how much I appreciated seeing all the small, bold, courageous moments of his ______ I’d run into in this bus.
____ the bus approached my stop, I walked to the front of the bus.
“Thank you so much for your kindness to passengers. It’s really nice to see you,” I offered.
“Aw, that’s really glad to hear. Thank you so much! It’s nice to know that someone ______.” the bus driver said.
“Well, I really appreciate seeing it. It is ______ and makes my day,” I told him with a smile.
“Thank you!” he ______ with an ever-shining bright smile.
We talked a little more, and any wave of doubt completely ______.
Stepping ______ the bus a little lighter, I remembered a quote: “Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.”
【1】A. put away B. put down C. put up D. put out
【2】A. assisting B. directing C. serving D. greeting
【3】A. smile B. look C. mouth D. face
【4】A. excited B. attracted C. confused D. cheered
【5】A. changed B. developed C. affected D. deepened
【6】A. conductors B. customers C. colleagues D. passengers
【7】A. running B. sitting C. standing D. waiting
【8】A. occurred B. came C. struck D. appeared
【9】A. kindness B. patience C. generosity D. encouragement
【10】A. Since B. As C. After D. Until
【11】A. noticed B. knew C. understood D. needed
【12】A. boring B. inspiring C. frustrating D. exciting
【13】A. replied B. said C. told D. shouted
【14】A. decreased B. formed C. arose D. faded
【15】A. on B. off C. out D. down
32、 On October 13, a small plane flying to Chile accidentally crashed into a mountain in the Andes. How some of the passengers ______ to live is one of the greatest survival stories ever told.
The survivors ____ inside the remains of the plane, using seat covers for blankets, and waited for a ______ that never came. Days turned into weeks. It was urgent to find a way to ______. Three of the passengers - Canessa, Parrado, and Vizintin volunteered to ______ through the mountains to search for help. When they left, each man wore similar clothes: three pairs of socks, a plastic bag ______ each foot to keep the water out, boots, four pairs of trousers, and four sweaters. Many of the clothes came from those who died in the crash. The three men ______ that they would survive and bring back help.
For part of the first day, they were glad to make some ______. But as the land and weather changed, climbing became ______. After several days, they reached what they thought was the top. They had ______ this moment for days. On the other side of the top, they hoped, would be a ______ leading down and out of the mountains. However, they saw the same snow-covered tops. All hope wasn’t ______. Although they were still in the middle of the mountains, Parrado ______ two low tops far away that didn’t have snow. If they get there, they would be out of the Andes.
Within the following days, they walked toward the two low tops. Little by little, the landscape began to change. Snow ______ completely, and flowers were everywhere. “This is the valley,” Canessa said. “This is the way ______.” Then things of humanity started to appear-a few cans on the ground, some farm animals in a field. By December 21, the extremely ______ men made it to the town of Los Maitenes, and a rescue team was sent immediately to ______ for the survivors who were still high in the Andes.
Finally all of the remaining survivors were ______. The memories of the crash in the Andes would be with the friends forever, but for now, their terrible ______ was over. They had made it out ______.
【1】A.learned B.expected C.decided D.managed
【2】A.stayed B.looked C.turned D.reached
【3】A.present B.rescue C.message D.danger
【4】A.prepare B.continue C.escape D.develop
【5】A.journey B.compare C.measure D.expand
【6】A.against B.under C.beside D.around
【7】A.admitted B.demanded C.informed D.promised
【8】A.plan B.effort C.progress D.suggestion
【9】A.tougher B.heavier C.sharper D.narrower
【10】A.appreciated B.arranged C.witnessed D.imagined
【11】A.court B.valley C.border D.channel
【12】A.lost B.left C.sent D.kept
【13】A.rejected B.counted C.spotted D.mentioned
【14】A.declined B.froze C.spread D.disappeared
【15】A.behind B.out C.apart D.off
【16】A.frightened B.disappointed C.tired D.puzzled
【17】A.fight B.call C.search D.ask
【18】A.listed B.saved C.picked D.treated
【19】A.performance B.experience C.challenge D.exploration
【20】A.alive B.cool C.free D.crazy
33、 It is a touching story which won’t be forgotten. An old gentleman reached the hospital at 9:00 am. I heard him saying to the nurse that he was in a hurry for an appointment at 10：00.
The nurse had him take a _______in the waiting area，______him it would be at least 35 minutes ______someone would be able to see him. I saw him _____his watch and decided，since I was_______busy — my patient didn't _______at the appointed hour，I would examine his wound. While taking care of his wound，I asked him if he had another doctor's appointment.
The gentleman said no and told me that he _______ to go to the nursing home to eat breakfast with his_______. He told me that she had been ______ for a while and that she had a special disease. I asked if she would be ______if he was a bit late. He replied that she _______knew who he was，that she had not been able to _____him for five years now. I was ______，and asked him，"And you ______go every morning，even though she doesn't know who you are?"
He smiled and said，"She doesn't know me，but I know who she is. " I had to hold back______as he left.
Now I_______that in marriages，true love is _______ of all that is. The happiest people don't _______have the best of everything；they just ________the best of everything they have. _____ isn't about how to live through the storm，but how to dance in the rain. I love the story and recommend it to you. Thank you for your time. Please spread the story to people around you if you are fond of it.
【1】A.seat B.test C.breath D.break
【2】A.persuading B.telling C.declaring D.promising
【3】A.if B.before C.since D.after
【4】A.taking off B.fixing C.winding D.looking at
【5】A.not B.also C.seldom D.very
【6】A.show off B.turn up C.come on D.go away
【7】A.forgot B.needed C.agreed D.happened
【8】A.daughter B.wife C.mother D.sister
【9】A.late B.well C.there D.around
【10】A.lonely B.worried C.scared D.hungry
【11】A.so far B.neither C.already D.no longer
【12】A.answer B.recognize C.believe D.envy
【13】A.moved B.disappointed C.surprised D.satisfied
【14】A.only B.then C.thus D.still
【15】A.tears B.curiosity C.encouragement D.judgment
【16】A.realize B.suggest C.hope D.prove
【17】A.agreement B.expression C.acceptance D.exhibition
【18】A.necessarily B.completely C.naturally D.frequently
【19】A.learn B.try C.favor D.make
【20】A.Disease B.Life C.Trust D.Dignity
34、课文填空
Yet, some people are【1】 They claim that surfing the Internet is a waste of time. They make the 【2】 that children spend too much time chatting and playing games instead of 【3】 on their school work. However, a recent survey conducted in the USA shows that 80 per cent of Internet users 【4】 it mostly to search for answers to questions. The second most common use of the Internet, for 79 per cent of Internet users, is to find out information about hobbies. These statistics prove that gathering information is the 【5】 use for the Internet.
35、A: Excuse me, do you know where the chemistry lab is?
B: Yes. It’s just on the fifth floor of this b【1】.
A: How often do you do c【2】experiments there?
B: Twice a week.
A: Can you go there without a t【3】?
B: No. That’s not allowed.
A: What does the teacher often tell you to do when you are doing an e【4】?
B: He often tells us to look c【5】and follow the i【6】.
A: What will you do when you finish the experiment?
B: We must put e【7】back in the cupboards and wash our hands.
A: Right. It is very i【8】to keep the lab clean.
B: Yes, safe as well. We must turn off the e【9】before l【10】the lab.
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、阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。
Cell phones are used everywhere, but on the road they are a dangerous distraction (分心) to drivers and should be forbidden.
The New England Journal of Medicine reported that "drivers using a cell phone were four times more likely to have an accident than those not using a phone." The major problem is that the driver is not focused on the road, but on his or her conversation. Cell phone drivers are very unpredictable: they drive too fast or too slow, make improper turns, run red lights and even stop at green ones. It's not only annoying; it's dangerous. Accidents related to cell phones include off a road and crashing into a tree, fences, and buildings and even turning over.
In October at the California Traffic Safety Summit, experts showed that "cell phones used by drivers lead to at least 1,000 deaths per year in California." These are the same problems that occur with drunk driving, which is against the law and strictly enforced. For the same reasons, California needs laws that ban the use of cell phone in cars.
Until we take action to pass new laws, drivers at least need to be more responsible when using cell phones. The American Automobile Association recommends that drivers pull off the road before using a cell phone, have a passenger use it for them, or use voice mail to answer calls. Another suggestion is to keep the phone off while moving or simply not to use it in the car. Before using a cell phone, drivers should ask themselves, "Is this call really that important?"
Cell phones can be a very important link in emergencies, but drivers need to use them wisely. As professional NASCAR racer John Andretti says, "Driving safely is your first responsibility." The best road to safety is to just hang up and drive.
39、校戏剧队(School Drama Troupe) 经过三个月的排练，近期将推出一场英文短剧 (playlet)，是根据沙翁的著名悲剧《罗密欧与朱丽叶》（Romeo and Juliet）改编的。该剧将在下周与广大师生见面。请用英文为本次活动写一则海报。要点如下：
1．该剧富有新创意，很值得观看。
2．演员、导演和其他工作人员一律由学生自己承担。
3．演出时间：周四（5月15日）下午3：00。地点： 音乐厅。
4．届时将请广大师生评选最佳演员。假如您的看法与最终结果一致，您将获得意外惊喜。
5．请大家热情参与。
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40、假如你是李华，你的朋友Tom写信给你说每次遇到重要考试，他都会感到焦虑。请你用英语给他写一封回信并提出建议：
1.正确认识考试
2.考前制定好合适的复习计划
3.考试期间正常作息，睡前洗热水澡、喝热牛奶等有助于睡眠
注意：1.不要逐句翻译，可适当增加细节以使行文连贯
2.词数：100个左右
Dear Tom ,
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Yours sincerely
Li Hua
41、假如你是李华，上周你在淘宝网上买了一本《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》，请你根据以下内容给该网站负责人写一封投诉信。内容包括：
1.词典缺页，个别字迹不清晰，封面有破损；
2.要求尽快调换或退钱；
3.希望问题得到妥善解决。
注意：1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3.开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。
参考词汇：《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》Oxford Advanced Learner’s English-Chinese Dictionary
Dear Sir/Madam,
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Yours faithfully,
Li Hua
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