微信扫一扫
随时随地学习
随时随地学习
1、---I know the furniture expensive but it will last for years.
---___________hope so too.
A.can B.may C.must D.should
2、Gradually, it faded away, ________ it was once such a great city.
A．even though
B．even
C．as if
D．as
3、She showed the visitors around the park ________ had been built three years before.
A．who
B．whom
C．whose
D．which
4、Balance in the body was said to be at the heart of _________ made traditional Chinese therapy so effective.
A.which B.that C.who D.what
5、They demanded that the right to vote ___________ to every adult.
A.was given B.was giving C.be giving D.be given
6、Multitasking reduces the quality of our work ______ it makes it hard for us to organize thoughts and remove irrelevant information.
A.though B.as C.while D.if
7、Synthetic biology, to design and construct new biological parts, devices and systems, is changing many aspects of our life.
A.intended B.intending C.to intend D.having intended
8、All the drivers must be ______ before they begin to drive on their own.
A.tested out B.examined C.looked into D.watched
9、There have been several new events _____ to the program.
A.add B.to add C.adding D.added
10、As President, he appointed men to high government positions ________ he considered most capable, ________ some of them openly defied his authority.
A.which … as though B./ … though
C.which … even if D.whom … as though
11、He wanted to make sure________.
A.how we went there by bus
B.where did we go
C.what did we go there
D.when we went there
12、Each soldier and sailor________ given a rifle when the ship landed.
A.were B.was C.are D.is
13、He has lived longer than the doctor expected. They didn’t think he would ________ to November.
A．make for
B．make it
C．make out
D．make up
14、The manager and heads of the sections will spend the morning _______ in the meeting room, ________ the problems they are facing.
A.locking; discussing B.locked; discussed
C.locked; discussing D.locking; discussed
15、—In the last few months, Kenny _____ more than 1,000 dollars for breaking traffic rules.
—No surprise. He is always being careless.
A. would be fined B. had been fined C. has been fined D. will be fined
16、Mr. Zhou is strict_______his students in class but very kind_______them after class.
A. in; with B. with ;to C. with ;of D. in ;to
17、一 When did the computer crash?
一 This morning, while I the reading materials downloaded from some websites.
A.have sorted B.was sorting C.am sorting D.had sorted
18、The boy lost in the desert felt___________ as he couldn't tell the right direction.
A.desperate B.thrilled C.dynamic D.clumsy
19、It is obvious that regular exercise is a key _________ of a healthy life.
A.drawback B.circumstance C.statistics D.component
20、—— We shall take the condition _____you’ve attached to this project into careful consideration.
—— Thanks a lot.
A. where B. when C. which D. what
21、The fog was so heavy that I couldn't___________ the words on the board in the distance.
A.pick out B.lay out C.make out D.carry out
22、To avoid on how to use the word, you’d better refer to a dictionary.
A．to get confused B． getting confused
C．to get confusing D． getting confusing
23、His suggestion __________to see the art exhibition interested everyone of us.
A.that we go B.which we should go
C.that we would go D.we should go
24、One’s life has value_________ one brings value to the life of others.
A.so long as B.even though C.as if D.while
25、Reading aloud in the morning is _______ to learning a foreign language.
A.benefit B.used C.beneficial D.habit
26、Wang Yan, a 15-year-old Chinese girl, likes eating snacks very much. She prefers cream biscuits, McDonald's hamburgers and KFC chicken. As a result, she has become overweight.
Today in China, there are many children like Wang Yan. Health experts say children should have healthy eating habits. First, they must eat regular meals and begin with a healthy breakfast. Second, they should have different kinds of foods such as fruit, vegetables, grain, eggs, milk and meat. Third, children shouldn't eat too much junk food. It is delicious, but eating it often is bad for their health. If children do as the experts say, they won't become overweight. They will be healthier. Students won't become tired at school, and they will have enough energy to study hard.
【1】Why has Wang Yan become overweight?
A．Because she doesn't like sports.
B．Because she likes eating vegetables.
C．Because she likes eating snacks.
D．Because she likes eating fruit.
【2】How many pieces of advice do the health experts give in this passage?
A．Two.
B．Three.
C．Four.
D．Five.
【3】What kinds of food are good for our health according to the passage?
A．Milk, fruit and KFC chicken.
B．Cream biscuits, McDonald's hamburgers and KFC chicken.
C．Packages of biscuits.
D．Fruit, vegetables, grain, eggs, milk and meat.
【4】If we do as the experts say, we will be____.
A．overweight
B．healthier
C．tired at school
D．confident
27、Sleep to Lose Weight
A recent study found that people who sleep less tend to be fat. Experts said it's time to find out if more sleep can fight obesity.
Nowadays, the most popular method to keep fit is doing more exercise and eating less. Some people even take weight-loss drugs to keep slim, which is unhealthy and harmful to your body. " 【1】As a result, we’ve failed to recognize the value of good sleep," said a physician.
Men sleep an average of 27 minutes less than women, and overweight and fat patients sleep less than patients with normal weights. In general, fat people just sleep about 1.8 hours less a week than those with normal weights.【2】Only an extra 20 minutes of sleep per night contributes to a lower BODY MASS INDEX （身体质量指数）.
We caution that this study does not establish a cause-and-effect relationship between limited sleep and fatness.【3】Therefore, let's stay thin by sleeping more!
Here are some other advantages of sleeping more.
• You'll learn better.
This isn't just for children. Adults who get enough sleep also do better on tests of short-term memory.
•【4】
After getting enough sleep, you will find yourself feeling happy and delighted.
• Lower stress.
【5】With that people can better control their blood pressure.
A．Better mood.
B．You will be energized.
C．Sleep can definitely reduce levels of stress.
D．We've put so much emphasis on diet and exercise.
E．The study is intended to offer a healthy way to help people sleep longer.
F．The experts suggest that too much extension of sleep time not be necessary.
G．However, investigations of successful weight loss by sleeping more help prove such a connection.
28、 Many cities and towns have laws that require people to recycle paper and plastics. Now some state and local governments have passed laws that require citizens to recycle their food waste as well. California and Vermont have statewide laws about recycling food waste that apply to businesses and homes. The process of recycling food waste and turning it into usable soil is called composting (堆制肥料).
Food waste that can be composted includes fruit and vegetable peels, coffee grounds, tea bags, and eggshells. Garden waste such as stems and leaves can also be composted. Meat, fish, and dairy food waste cannot be recycled.
According to environmental groups, composting reduces the amount of trash going into landfills, and composted waste holds a wide range of nutrients (营养物). When compost is added to the soil in gardens and fields, it helps crops grow.
Reducing the amount of waste that goes into landfills is one reason why cities and states are passing food-waste recycling laws. “Our landfills are far from enough for the creation of new ones is shrinking.” Renee Crowley, a project manager at the Lower East Side Ecology Center in New York City, told TFK.
Officials in Seattle, Washington, say that food waste makes up 30% of the trash going into landfills, and they are looking to reduce that percentage. That city has a law requiring people to recycle food waste. It is banned from all garbage. There is a fine (罚款) for people who put it into regular garbage.
Those who are against food-recycling laws say that the composting process is costly. In addition, it can be difficult for people who live in apartments to store their waste because they don’t have access to outside storage bins. Patti Ferguson from Orange County, California, told her local newspaper that she thought an indoor container containing food waste would get smelly.
【1】What do we know about composting from the text?
A.Leaves can’t be reused. B.Not all food waste can be composted.
C.It is cheap to compost food waste. D.It is usually processed in empty landfills.
【2】What is the third paragraph mainly about?
A.Benefits of recycling food waste. B.Ways of keeping nutrients in the soil.
C.Ways of reducing the amount of trash. D.Examples of different useful nutrients.
【3】In Seattle, throwing food waste into garbage is _____.
A.acceptable B.shameful C.required D.illegal
【4】What’s Patti Ferguson’s attitude towards food-recycling laws probably?
A.Thankful. B.Negative. C.Uncaring. D.Supportive.
29、 Each one of us has a set of goals. We work to reach them every day. But the wise should set goals they feel are achievable, a new study shows, as our belief of the goals has a large impact on our life satisfaction later on- whether we achieve said goals or not.
The team examined how life goals affect people's happiness and well-being throughout adulthood. One of the key findings of the study is that people who perceive(将……视作) )their goals as being attainable(可达到的) were overall reported higher affective well-being in the follow-up surveys. The authors take this as an indication that it's the feeling of control over one's life that contributes to these positive feelings.
Our needs also change over time, so the team also looked into how age impacts the choice of goals. Younger participants, for example, rated personal growth, social status, social relationships, and professional advancement as important. Older participants rated social engagement and health as being more important. However, this change in priorities (优先)wasn't sudden -we don't drop personal growth in favor of health the second we turn 40, for example. It happened gradually.
It's important to find which goals work for you. But always try to keep them attainable, or break down big goals into a series of smaller ones. Even if you don't reach them, you'll probably be happier later on.
【1】When it comes to goals, what do the wise tend to do?
A. Try hard to work towards goals. B. Set themselves attainable goals.
C. Set different goals from the rest. D. Satisfy themselves with professional goals
【2】Which is the finding of the study?
A. Achieving goals leads to positive feelings.
B. Age has little to do with people's choice of life goals.
C. Attainable goals contribute to higher affective well-being.
D. People who can control over their life will achieve most goals.
【3】Which goal are older people more likely to value?
A. Health. B. Social status.
C. Personal growth. D. Professional advancement
【4】Which of the following is the best title for the text?
A. Setting as many goals as possible. B. Breaking every goal down.
C. Sparing no effort to reach goals. D. Setting suitable and achievable goals.
30、Since the first Women of the Future Awards in 2013, many young entrepreneurs (企业家), social change-makers and leaders _______ our judges. And they have gone on to achieve world-class success.
From shaking whole industries — _______ the male-dominated world of technology-to making real contribution in the day-to-day lives of _______ children, the Women of the Future alumni (校友) are a group of Australians that make us _______.
Annabelle Chauncy OAM, now 34, who _______ the People’s Choice Prize in 2014, has gone on to make real changes on a grand scale in Uganda with her _______ organization, School for Life. One of the first students to _______ it was a girl named Sissy.
“I remember having a(n) _______ with Sissy’s mum,” Annabelle says. “She said, ‘I just want her to have a primary school education and then I’m okay with her going off and getting _______ to a better man because she’ll have ________ literacy skills.’”
Now Sissy is doing her Year 9 in high school and is learning with ________.
“The change in the girl is ________, who started in primary school and was not able to look you in the eye because she was so ________ and afraid,” Annabelle says.
In its first year, School for Life had 80 students. It now educates 1,025 young people and provides other ________, such as vocational training and counselling services.
Reflecting on Annabelle’s work, it’s easy to fall under the ________ that everything she achieved was a fact accomplishment. But like so many of The Weekly’s Women of the Future alumni, Annabelle was ________ a young student fighting to be taken seriously and to prove that one person can ________.
“At the age of 21, knocking on doors and asking for people to ________ a school in Uganda, while I had half a law degree, was ________,” she says. “There were quite a lot of people who ________ whether we’d be able to pull something like this off.” Finally, our efforts paid off.
【1】
A．greeted
B．persuaded
C．moved
D．impressed
【2】
A．extremely
B．temporarily
C．particularly
D．randomly
【3】
A．poor
B．brave
C．smart
D．polite
【4】
A．calm
B．proud
C．confused
D．thrilled
【5】
A．organized
B．passed
C．won
D．offered
【6】
A．nonprofit
B．costly
C．meaningless
D．wealthy
【7】
A．put up with
B．sign up for
C．make use of
D．get hold of
【8】
A．argument
B．conversation
C．cooperation
D．understanding
【9】
A．lost
B．back
C．used
D．married
【10】
A．basic
B．abundant
C．different
D．excellent
【11】
A．depression
B．burden
C．doubt
D．confidence
【12】
A．painful
B．incredible
C．imaginable
D．original
【13】
A．shy
B．popular
C．sunny
D．stubborn
【14】
A．funds
B．cures
C．income
D．support
【15】
A．habit
B．message
C．feeling
D．advice
【16】
A．once
B．frequently
C．occasionally
D．constantly
【17】
A．give in
B．come into effect
C．make a difference
D．break down
【18】
A．disturb
B．invest
C．praise
D．inspire
【19】
A．vital
B．adventurous
C．necessary
D．tough
【20】
A．permitted
B．advocated
C．questioned
D．commented
31、 Many children dream of becoming managers when they grow up, but very few start as early as Jose Adolfo Quisocala Condori, a Peruvian(秘鲁) boy who started a children’s savings bank when he was only 7 years old. Today, his bank has been _______ to serve over 2,000 clients(客户) .
Six years ago, he_______ that many of his friends were spending their money on sweets and toys, _______ saving it for more meaningful purchases. Despite his young age, he _______ that saving money and accessing the _______ system were two ways that adults solved many of their money problems, so he decided to make them _______ to kids as well. He then started _______ ways that children could make money without the help of their parents, and recycling seemed like the _______ answer. But when he came up with his idea for a children’s bank to his teachers, he was told that a 7-year-old couldn’t deal with such a(n) _______. But, finally, he ________ them all wrong.
“At the beginning, my teachers thought I was crazy ” Jose recalls. “ Luckily, I had the ________ of the school headmaster, with whose help I ________ a bank where children could become clients by turning in at least 5 kilograms of ________ waste and were required to save at least one other kilogram of waste every month. They would then set a savings ________, and could only get money from their ________when they reached it.”
Between 2012 and 2013, his bank ________ one ton of waste and served 200 children at the school. It was a real________, drawing a lot of attention, and he ________co-worked with a large bank to make this kind of ________ accessible to more children.
For his achievements, he has received several honorary awards for helping kids with their ________ of money.
【1】A.expanded B.founded C.predicted D.recommended
【2】A.admitted B.noticed C.doubted D.supposed
【3】A.as for B.due to C.instead of D.in case of
【4】A.suspected B.insisted C.decided D.understood
【5】A.social B.educational C.emotional D.financial
【6】A.available B.attractive C.amazing D.important
【7】A.putting up B.thinking of C.turning down D.calling for
【8】A.practical B.merciful C.fluent D.curious
【9】A.attitude B.honor C.story D.project
【10】A.felt B.demanded C.imagined D.proved
【11】A.attack B.injury C.support D.refusal
【12】A.set up B.called up C.brought up D.took up
【13】A.recyclable B.useless C.precious D.harmful
【14】A.trade B.goal C.course D.limit
【15】A.school B.parents C.accounts D.materials
【16】A.selected B.removed C.explored D.collected
【17】A.matter B.hit C.burst D.campaign
【18】A.again B.just C.even D.still
【19】A.wastes B.plans C.services D.rules
【20】A.appointment B.management C.argument D.judgment
32、 My dad is my hero because he is brave, skilled, and respectful. I know many people say their dads are their heroes, but my dad _______ me about becoming a man, which is _______ important for a young boy.
Respect goes a long way with my dad, as does patience. As a(n) _______, my dad must _______ people every day, some of whom are nice and some are not. Either way, he _______ his well-mannered attitude.
Dad is not afraid of many things, or if he is, he doesn’t tell me _______ he wants to seem tough. He may not be a big guy but since he works with his _______ all day, he is very strong. Dad works outdoors in all kinds of _______ but the worst thing he has to do is _______ up and work in an attic (顶楼) in the middle of the summer. Trust me, this is the ________ place you will experience as an electrician and when you come back ________, what is in your lungs will make you ________ for hours.
My dad and I have a very good ________. We talk about almost everything. We go hunting, fishing, and everything a dad and son would do. My dad and I enjoy hiking ________ because it gives us time outdoors together and there is nothing like that. He has ________ and taught me everything I need to know about ________.
I am ________ to be the son of Mike C., and would not have it any other way. People come up to me all the time to ________ me I have a good dad. It makes me feel good that a lot of people think so ________ of him. He is a good teacher of my ________ and would do anything for me. This is why my father is my hero.
【1】A.teaches B.arranges C.changes D.reminds
【2】A.basically B.extremely C.nearly D.hardly
【3】A.worker B.officer C.engineer D.electrician
【4】A.look after B.deal with C.wait for D.search for
【5】A.offers B.makes C.likes D.keeps
【6】A.though B.unless C.when D.because
【7】A.ears B.eyes C.hands D.legs
【8】A.positions B.situations C.conditions D.destinations
【9】A.climb B.put C.send D.set
【10】A.coldest B.highest C.best D.hottest
【11】A.down B.over C.inside D.up
【12】A.rest B.cough C.ache D.sleep
【13】A.relationship B.friendship C.agreement D.companion
【14】A.widest B.least C.most D.latest
【15】A.learned B.referred C.shown D.warned
【16】A.work B.nature C.study D.skill
【17】A.excited B.eager C.upset D.proud
【18】A.ask B.tease C.tell D.promise
【19】A.highly B.seriously C.easily D.lightly
【20】A.school B.life C.mind D.home
33、“I am leaving home.” When Timmy, my 10-year-old son eagerly announced that he couldn’t wait to ______, the feeling of guilt peaked as I tried to figure out the ______. “So, I can get a dog,” he stressed.
But I stayed ______ — we didn’t need a dog to complete our life — and he gave up. Until the day I ______ Timmy, with his brother, discussing his moving plan. Suddenly, the situation ______: gain a dog or ______ a child. I felt my determination______. “We can look into it,” I replied doubtfully, but the kind of dog we wanted cost a (n)______ $ 1, 000! Yes, love had a price. I ______ for thought, again.
I shared my present ______with my friend whose love for dogs was quite sensible. He ______ me to his pet keeper friend who got a pregnant dog and the baby dogs were due soon.
A few days later, we took a surprise trip to the countryside when the little dogs were ______. I would admit that all my previous ______ reappeared after watching a group of blind things, but it was too late. Among screams of ______, we chose one of the little dogs as ours.
We attempt to ______ our kids in a healthy way — I didn’t realize the added dimension (方面) of love and ______ that a dog would teach my kids. On a hot day, Timmy cut short his outing to ______ if Odie, the dog, had enough water. When Odie was sick, my elder son made fresh soup and ______ fed it to him.
My children no longer talk about leaving home ______ there is the troublesome issue of who will take the dog. They quietly learn how to give and receive love. If having a dog means linking my children even closer together, it will be a mother’s prayer_______.
【1】
A．move out
B．give up
C．get off
D．step forward
【2】
A．fact
B．problem
C．situation
D．reason
【3】
A．confused
B．determined
C．stressed
D．scared
【4】
A．overheard
B．anticipated
C．predicted
D．suspected
【5】
A．ended
B．mattered
C．shifted
D．settled
【6】
A．blame
B．teach
C．lose
D．punish
【7】
A．strengthening
B．occurring
C．disappearing
D．weakening
【8】
A．fair
B．unreasonable
C．affordable
D．ideal
【9】
A．paused
B．agreed
C．refused
D．promised
【10】
A．wish
B．opinion
C．state
D．misfortune
【11】
A．assigned
B．appointed
C．remembered
D．connected
【12】
A．hurt
B．born
C．ill
D．abandoned
【13】
A．excitement
B．embarrassment
C．doubt
D．surprise
【14】
A．shock
B．relief
C．worry
D．delight
【15】
A．parent
B．discourage
C．praise
D．stop
【16】
A．ability
B．wisdom
C．responsibility
D．truth
【17】
A．prove
B．check
C．consider
D．test
【18】
A．patiently
B．regularly
C．quickly
D．directly
【19】
A．when
B．after
C．though
D．because
【20】
A．resisted
B．answered
C．denied
D．offered
34、Directions: Complete the following passages by using the words in the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
Why Cold weather Causes So many Flight Cancellation?
Each year, about 60,000 flights get canceled because of bad winter weather, which costs airlines and airports an estimated $3 billion. But it’s not the freezing cold temperatures that cause problems for planes. After all, 【1】 jets fly 10 kilometers up, where temperatures hover around -50 degrees Celsius.
In fact, planes 【2】 in cold weather, since cold air is denser and leads to better thrust. Clearly, the real problem isn’t what’s going on up there. It’s what’s happening on the ground.
When a 【3】 polar vortex (极地涡旋) struck the Midwestern US in January 2019, temperatures dropped to -40 degrees Celsius and airline canceled 3,000 flights nationwide. In these situations, when temperatures start 【4】, everything slows down. Cargo doors can freeze up, along with the nozzles that pump fuel into planes, which delays the 【5】 process.
Even the plane itself can freeze over. Just a quarter-inch - thick layer of ice on a plane can disrupt the way air flows over its wings.
Les Westbrooks: The number one reason, I would say, that the reason flights get delayed in cold weather is going to be because there’s some kind of frozen precipitation, from frost to snow to a sheet of ice, adhering to the aircraft, adhering to the wings of the aircraft 【6】.
That’s Les Westbrooks, a retired airline pilot and an associate professor of aeronautical science at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. He says that 【7】, these planes are “de-iced” - but this also delays takeoff. The crew can spray the plane with a special hot water/ glycol mixture. It can take around 40 minutes to de-ice large passenger airplanes, so planes often have to wait “their turn” for the de-icing station, which, of course, can trigger more delays.
And ice on the runway, of course, creates another set of 【8】. In 2014, a plane at JFK skidded off an icy runway and into a mound of snow, leading to an hours-long shutdown at the airport. And even though crews can remove ice from the runway, scraping it off the pavement can lead to potholes (坑洞) and other 【9】, which makes takeoffs and landings more dangerous. And of course, snow and freezing rain on the ground can affect visibility to the point where officials have to decide it’s not safe to fly at all.
But if ice and snow aren’t the problem in these extremely cold temperatures, it’s usually another factor: people.
Les Westbrooks: The airplane flies at high altitudes, -60 degrees. It’s made to do that. Humans are not made to be outside in -60 degrees weather. And so the human factor becomes a big, big factor, when it becomes extremely cold.
Baggage handlers, aircraft fuelers, and mechanics all have to stay warm. Some airports, like O’Hare in Chicago, set up heated shelters for their employees. Of course, with everyone taking breaks to warm up, not as much gets done, which leads to even more delays and cancellations. Passengers start missing their 【10】 flights, and that, along with passengers who can’t make it to the airport due to bad road conditions, leads to half-empty planes.
In fact, many airlines might preemptively cancel flights before bad weather even hits. So, in the end, you can still blame cold weather for cancelling your flight.
35、Directions: Complete the following sentences by using the proper form of the words or expressions given in the frame. Each one can only be used once.
Why your Password May Not Be As Safe As It Seems? Does “qaz2ws” strike you as a nice safe password? What about “adgjmptw”? An analysis has found them to be among the passwords that are most 【1】 used, which of course means they are not secure at all.
When ten million passwords were leaked on to the internet，they appeared to 【2】that attempts by internet security experts to make us improve our password strength had been successful, even if, in the specific case of the leaked passwords, they are also completely pointless.
While many of the passwords were still single words, such as “password”，there was also a clear attempt by many to make them harder to【3】. The problem was that people seemed to do so in the same way.
“Users are becoming slightly more 【4】what makes a password strong,” explained WP Engine, an internet company that performed the analysis. “For instance, adding a number or two at the end of a text phrase. That makes it better, right?”
But 【5】no. They found that almost half a million passwords did this and in 20 percent of those all people did was put the number “1” at the end.
Perhaps this is why some companies are now trying to move gradually beyond passwords. Yahoo! is giving users the option to 【6】 their mobile phone with an account, having a single use passwords texted to it each time they want to log on.
Although the serviced is voluntary, Dylan Casey an executive at Yahoo!，said that it was “the first step to【7】passwords”. He said it was a(n)【8】that it was increasingly hard for people to remember all the passwords they had. “I don’t think we, as an industry, have done a good enough job of putting ourselves in the shoes of the people using our products,” he said.
It would certainly be a more sensible strategy than same people’s improving upon “password” by using “password” or，“tran5p053d numb3r5 f0r 133tr3r5”.
“We are, for the most part，predictably【9】when it comes to choosing passwords, despite a decade of warnings from password strength checkers during sign-ups” said WP Engine. “We love taking a(n) 【10】, and so do password crackers.
36、根据句意填空
In the USA, the Amish-a Christian group-are famous because they drive 【1】 instead of cars, do not use TVs or refrigerators, and do not have personal telephones. Many people assume the Amish must have 【2】 reasons for their many rules, but this is not true. In truth, whenever a new technology is introduced, the Amish meet and discuss its advantages and disadvantages. They then vote on whether they will accept it. The Amish 【3】 cars because they like having 【4】 communities where everyone lives close together. They have no TVs or refrigerators because their homes do not have electricity-they do not think it is necessary and 【5】 dealing with strangers, such as the people who work at the electric company.
37、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.
38、假定你是李华，在新冠状病毒肺炎疫情如此严峻的时刻，有少数不良商家以原价数倍的价格销售口罩。针对这一现象，老师让你们用英语给消费者协会写一封投诉信，作为今天的作业发到班级微信群里。
要点如下：1. 介绍自己，写信目的。
2. 说明情况，表示气愤。
3. 希望重视，尽快解决。
注意：
1. 词数100左右;2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇：
传染病，泛滥 epidemic
新冠状病毒 novel coronavirus 口罩the face masks
消费者协会 Consumers' Association
Dear Consumers' Association,
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
39、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。
（注意）
1.所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2.续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好。
We have a pit bull(比特犬). We found him a few weeks ago, walking along the road in a rural area. He tried jumping on cars, and we thought maybe his family was camping somewhere nearby, so we passed him by. A few hours later, on our return trip, he was still in the same place, again, trying to get folks to stop for him. When he saw us, he lay down in the middle of the road, so we were unable to get around him.
We stopped the car and looked around for a few minutes, trying to figure out if anyone was around from whom he was separated. It didn’t appear so. Then, we took a good look at the dog. He had no collar and he was really thin. We decided he was deserted.
My husband sad, “If he doesn’t bite me when I try to pick him up to put him in the car, then we have a new dog.” The dog happily joined us with no fight at all. The only thing we were in danger of was getting licked to death. He kept sticking his head between the two front seats and thanking us for picking him up.
The dog was clearly on the road for some time, He was extremely under weight. He was covered in scars and new wounds. We have guessed that some of the scars were from when he was on the road. We thought of possible fights with coyotes(土狼), but he also looked as though he was used to fighting other dogs. We figured his incredibly sweet personality was the reason why he was deserted. He can’t have been a good fighting dog.
Therefore, we fed him a lot over the course of the next two weeks and he gained over twenty pounds.
注意：
1.所续写短文（两部分共计）的词数应为150左右；
2.续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语己为你写好。
Paragraph 1：
We took him to the vet.
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Paragraph 2：
Now we all love the dog very much. He once happened to save me from trouble.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
40、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。
I am a proud mother of three children, my last little one being delivered in the middle of this pandemic. She was born in August and her name is Aida.
Shortly after having Aida, my mother-in-law Ann showed me something she learned from her friend’s mother in an art class she attended weekly. She had showed me how to knit (编织) a scarf. She showed me stitches (针) and gave me her half done project.
I spent a lot of time breastfeeding my sweet little girl, so I had some extra time to do something with my hands throughout the day. I enjoyed making the scarf so I purchased tons of yarn (线) since it was winter. I wanted to make scarves for my three children as Christmas gifts.
There was a new family that moved in down the street. The only daughter of the family was Jane, a shy girl, aged 14, the same age of my oldest son David. It seemed that she came from a financially disadvantaged family, for she always wore old clothes. Worse sill, in such cold days, she had no more clothes to wear and trembled with cold.
Due to the pandemic, society was thrown into crisis mode. Schools were closed, food supplies and deliveries were suspended and children were stuck at home. In such discouraging times, however, they became good companions, talking and playing at home or around the houses.
It was dreadfully cold this winter. Every time David came back from outside, with red face, he always cried, “Mum, it is freezing outside!” Then, he came over to see whether I finished the scarf. I could tell how impatient he was to wear my scarf sooner! I had to speed the project to satisfy his expectation. But David comforted me saying he could wait a few days. What a kind and considerate boy he was ! Then my great art project finally was accomplished on the morning ahead of Christmas.
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。
I wrapped the scarf around David’s neck.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Later that day David came back saying Jane also deserved a scarf.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
41、假如你叫李华，是一名即将进入高三的学生，最近你的美国笔友Paul来信询问你新学期的打算。 内容包括：1.目前的心情；2.新学期的打算；3.征求建议。
注意：1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
邮箱： 