1、—It’s amazing that Beijing and Zhangjiakou have won the bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics!
—Sure it is!The government __________ have made great efforts!
A.could B.should C.might D.must
2、The students_____heatly when the teacher came in.
A.discussed
B.had discussed
C.would discuss
D.were discussing
3、At the moment, a variety of activities ________ online to celebrate the New Year.
A.are holding
B.have held
C.have been held
D.are being held
4、Every Monday, my English teacher would cheerfully ask me ______ my weekend had been.( )
A.that B.if C.what D.how
5、I borrowed a book ________ by Mark Twain from the library.
A.to write
B.written
C.writing
D.wrote
6、Her biography ________ that she was not as rich as everyone had thought.
A.released
B.revealed
C.provoked
D.proceeded
7、Parents should keep their children company as much as possible because children feel, if they ______ don' t see their parents regularly.
A.rejected B.offended C.interrupted D.mistaken
8、If the firms failed to make enough money , they would .
A.close down
B.call off
C.turn down
D.set off
9、The output of this year is three times ______ it was in 2015.
A.as B.than C.what D.that
10、Minister Bill De Blasio in office fewer than 48 hours when he came face to face with his biggest challenge in his life.
A.has been B.had been C.would be D.is
11、I was watching Time of Chief Editor_______Phoenix Satellite TV at that time
A. at B. to C. for D. on
12、Many kids get ________ to surfing the Net, so they have lost interest in study.
A.frightened
B.addicted
C.confused
D.curious
13、I was ill that day, otherwise I _______the sports meet.
A. took part in B. would have taken part in
C. had taken part in D. would take part in
14、—Have you come to an agreement?
—No,we haven't discussed the matter________.
A. in case B. in total
C. in common D. in detail
15、The kitchen might have been workable had Nicola kept it tidy; ________ it was littered with pots and pans.
A. therefore B. anyhow C. instead D. though
16、Daxing International Airport, also known as Beijing New Airport, is built close to the Beijing city center, and it is ________ only in 20 minutes.
A.available B.alternative C.acceptable D.accessible
17、No one can walk the wire in the air without a bit of fear unless ______ very young.
A.having trained
B.trained
C.to be trained
D.being trained
18、In our class,when the bell rang and the teacher closed his book ,it was a ________for everyone to stand up .
A. signal B. chance C. mark D. measure
19、I think you should ________ more thought to going back to school; After all, getting a good education will make a great difference to your future.
A.take
B.make
C.give
D.develop
20、When asked whether Andrew would like to live in the school, she __________ to answer that question, because she herself loved to stay home.
A. delayed B. smiled
C. hesitated D. cheered
21、As Artificial Intelligence(AI) becomes increasingly sophisticated, there are growing concerns that robots could become a threat. This danger can be avoided, according to computer science professor Stuart Russell, if we figure out how to turn human values into a programmable code.
Russell argues that as robots take on more complicated tasks, it’s necessary to translate our morals into AI language.
For example, if a robot does chores around the house, you wouldn’t want it to put the pet cat in the oven to make dinner for the hungry children. “You would want that robot preloaded with a good set of values,” said Russell.
Some robots are already programmed with basic human values. For example, mobile robots have been programmed to keep a comfortable distance from humans. Obviously there are cultural differences, but if you were talking to another person and they came up close in your personal space, you wouldn’t think that’s the kind of thing a properly brought-up person would do.
It will be possible to create more sophisticated moral machines, if only we can find a way to set out human values as clear rules.
Robots could also learn values from drawing patterns from large sets of data on human behavior. They are dangerous only if programmers are careless.
The biggest concern with robots going against human values is that human beings fail to so sufficient testing and they’ve produced a system that will break some kind of taboo(禁忌).
One simple check would be to program a robot to check the correct course of action with a human when presented with an unusual situation.
If the robot is unsure whether an animal is suitable for the microwave, it has the opportunity to stop, send out beeps(嘟嘟声), and ask for directions from a human. If we humans aren’t quite sure about a decision, we go and ask somebody else.
The most difficult step in programming values will be deciding exactly what we believe in moral, and how to create a set of ethical rules. But if we come up with an answer, robots could be good for humanity.
【1】What does the author say about the threat of robots?
A. It may constitute a challenge to computer progranmers.
B. It accompanies all machinery involving high technology.
C. It can be avoided if human values are translated into their language.
D. It has become an inevitable peril as technology gets more sophisticated.
【2】What would we think of a person who invades our personal space according to the author?
A. They are aggressive. B. They are outgoing.
C. They are ignorant. D. They are ill-bred.
【3】How do robots learn human values?
A. By interacting with humans in everyday life situations.
B. By following the daily routines of civilized human beings.
C. By picking up patterns from massive data on human behavior.
D. By imitating the behavior of property brought-up human beings.
【4】What will a well-programmed robot do when facing an unusual situation?
A. keep a distance from possible dangers.
B. Stop to seek advice from a human being.
C. Trigger its built-in alarm system at once.
D. Do sufficient testing before taking action.
【5】What is most difficult to do when we turn human values into a programmable code?
A. Determine what is moral and ethical.
B. Design some large-scale experiments.
C. Set rules for man-machine interaction.
D. Develop a more sophisticated program.
22、Our Fears Can Change the Reality of the Situation
At times, our worries and anxieties can defeat us. In addition, our worries can change our understanding of what is reality and what is not. Here is a brief list of techniques that you can use to help gain a better viewpoint on things during your anxious moments.
【1】 A person should take a deep breath and try to find something to do for a few minutes to get their mind off the problem. A person could get some fresh air, listen to some music, or do an activity that will give them a fresh perspective on things.
Remember that our fearful thoughts are made to seem worse and can make the problem worse. 【2】 When unexpectedly having thoughts that make you fearful or anxious, challenge those thoughts by asking yourself questions that will maintain objectivity and common sense.
Be smart in how you deal with your fears and anxieties. Do not try to deal with everything all at once. When facing a current or upcoming task that makes your anxious, break the task into a series of smaller steps. 【3】
Remember that all the worrying in the world will not change anything. Most of what we worry about never comes true. 【4】
It is not easy to deal with all of our fears and worries. When your fears and anxieties have the best of you, try to calm down and then get the facts of the situation. The key is to take it slow. All you can do is do your best each day, hope for the best, and when something does happen, take it easy. 【5】
A.Take it one step at a time and things will work out.
B.When feeling anxious, stop what you are doing and try to do something relaxing.
C.This will give you the confidence to manage your anxiety.
D.Instead of worrying about something that probably won’t happen, concentrate on what you are able to do.
E.The next time you feel depressed, review your list and think about the good things that you have in your life.
F.A good way to manage your worry is to challenge your negative thinking with positive statements and realistic thinking.
G.Completing these smaller tasks one at a time will make the stress more manageable and increases your chances of success.
23、阅读下列四篇短文,从每小题后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
A
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【1】What do we know about 1234 PENS?
A. It has a history of over 30 years.
B. It has built up a large pen market.
C. It has its name printed on each pen.
D. It charges a low price for extra service.
【2】What is mainly discussed in Paragraph 3?
A. The different types of the products.
B. The high quality of the products.
C. The quick service of 1234 PENS.
D. The trade shows of 1234 PENS.
【3】What is special about the pens produced in 1234 PENS?
A. They are designed in 16 styles.
B. They come in 48 different colours.
C. Their material is less harmful to the earth.
D. Their price is much lower in the pen market.
【4】The main purpose of the passage is to _____.
A. persuade people to order the products
B. explain the process of making logo pens
C. show people how to choose different pens
D. introduce the different services of 1234 PENS
24、Many of China’s ancient architectural treasures crumbled to dust before Lin Huiyin and Liang Sicheng began documenting them in the 1930s. The husband and wife team were among the first preservationists to operate in China, and by far the best known. Their efforts have since inspired generations of people to speak out for architecture threatened by the rush toward development.
Becoming China’s best architectural historians was no easy accomplishment. The buildings they wanted to save were centuries old, often located in distant parts of the country. In many cases, they had to journey through dangerous conditions in the Chinese countryside to reach them. Exploring China’s remote areas during the 1930s meant traveling muddy, poorly maintained roads by mule (骡子), or on foot. Inns were often dirty, food could be polluted, and there was always risk of violence from rebels, soldiers and robbers.
Their greatest discovery was the Temple of Buddha’s Light, in Wutai County, Shanxi Province. The breathtaking wooden temple was built in 857 A.D., making it the oldest building known in China at the time.
Liang and Lin crawled into the temple’s most forbidding, forgotten areas to determine its age, including one hideaway inhabited by thousands of bats and millions of bedbugs, covered in dust and littered with dead bats. “In complete darkness and among awful smell, hardly breathing, with thick masks covering our noses and mouths, we measured, drew, and photographed with flashlights for several hours. When at last we came out to take a breath of fresh air, we found hundreds of bedbugs in our bag. We ourselves had been badly bitten. Yet the importance and unexpectedness of our find made those the happiest hours of my years hunting for ancient architecture.” Liang wrote of the experience in an account included in the book “Liang and Lin: Partners in Exploring China’s Architectural Past.”
【1】What does the underlined word “crumble” mean in paragraph 1?
A.be stolen
B.fall down
C.look old
D.close up
【2】On their way to the ancient buildings in the 1930s, Liang and Lin mainly faced risks in ________.
A.transport and accommodations
B.personal safety and weather
C.communication with locals and food
D.road conditions and fund
【3】What can we infer from Liang’s words in the text?
A.They considered their work was the most important.
B.They were well-equipped before entering the temple.
C.They found some surprising things in the temple.
D.The condition inside the temple was common to them.
【4】Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
A.Tough Conditions in China’s Remote Areas
B.Partners in Documenting China’s Architectural Treasures
C.The Reason for Liang and Lin’s Exploration
D.The Difficulties China’s Architectural Historians Are Facing
25、 He was wandering in a rice field of dreams. The plants were taller than a man. Their panicles(散穗花序)hung full as brooms, and each ______ was as big as a peanut. After walking a while he lay down in the leaf— ______ with a friend, quite hidden. A rest was a good idea, because the wonder—plants went on and on. In fact, they ______ the world.
Then Yuan Longping woke up, laughing. "The rice plants he had ______ for decades at Anjiang and then Changsha in Hunan province, sowing and nurturing them, visiting daily on his motorbike to ______ them, were not quite there yet. But they still deserved their name of super rice. The leaves were straighter and than ordinary. They had all the vigour of the wild strain that he and his team had found, after much ______. beside a railway line in Hainan in 1970 and had cross—bred, over careful years, with the ______ variety. Some told him he was wasting his time, since rice was a self—pollinator. He believed that cross—breeding was ______ and, besides, that it always made the offspring stronger.
The figures ______ for themselves. With his new hybrid rice the annual yield was 20—30%higher. This meant that at least 60 million more people could be fed every year. China's rice crop had risen from 57m tones in 1950 to 195m in 2017; from food deficiency, to food______ Higher rice—yields allowed farmers to turn more land to other uses—fruit, vegetables, fishponds— ______ people not only ate more, but ate well. Once his rice grew well, he sent seeds to the International Rice Research Institute in the Philippines. Then he travelled ______, all across Asia and to Africa and America, as well as inviting foreign students to the Hunan, Hybrid Rice Research Centre in Changsha to instruct them. A fifth of all rice grown globally now comes from hybrids that were his.
For this he won the Medal of the Republic, China's highest, and the World Food Prize. An asteroid was named after him. There was talk of the Nobel, too. All that seemed just smoke to him. Though he was rich, from his ______in a seed company that used his name, he looked like a peasant, with his face leathered by sun and his big hands rough from "playing in the mud" all day.
Outside the funeral home in Changsha on the day after his death, crowds came to lay a ______of yellow and white chrysanthemums (菊花). Several of the mourners said that ______they sat down to a meal, or merely smelled the fragrance of rice, they would remember "Grandfather Yuan". Among the flowers were the traditional bowls of boiled rice, super—food for his journey.
A.grain
B.leaf
C.rice
D.seed
A.scene
B.screen
C.shade
D.shelter
A.conquered
B.covered
C.settled
D.spread
A.established
B.maintained
C.supervised
D.tended
A.inhabit
B.inquire
C.inspect
D.investigate
A.searching
B.researching
C.locating
D.experimenting
A.controlled
B.cultivated
C.developed
D.domesticated
A.common
B.natural
C.ordinary
D.universal
A.accounted
B.spoke
C.explained
D.answered
A.efficiency
B.emergency
C.security
D.shortage
A.except that
B.in that
C.now that
D.so that
A.frequently
B.regularly
C.separately
D.widely
A.contributions
B.positions
C.shares
D.titles
A.bunch
B.mountain
C.ground
D.foundation
A.if
B.since
C.whenever
D.either
26、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。
In the back of my closet is a small box that has followed me to every new address. It’s the first thing I find a place for as the moving truck pulls away. The only remaining contents in it are dozens of notes in my mother’s tidy writing. My mother, who put her business degree to use running a small company with my father, while raising me, was always prepared and always gave me abundant love. By day she made marketing slogans and distribution strategies. By night: bubble baths and bedtime stories. She and I had the same February birthday. Each year my parents arranged wonderful parties.
When I was 3, she learned she had advanced breast cancer and immediately began to prepare by rescarching every available treatment. Each day, she would sit for hours at our dining table, her straight dark hair tied back, surrounded by piles of paper, studying, technical paragraphs.
When I was 7, the materials on the dining table began to change. Wrapping (包装) paper and ribbons (丝带) took the place of her highlighted pages. Paper creased (折) under her fingers. Knots (蝴蝶结) came together with a tiny creak. She had begun making a gift box for me.
Inside, she packed presents and letters for the milestones of my life she would miss—graduation, wedding, and every birthday until the age of 30. My mother died 10 days before our shared birthday. That morning, when I turned 12 and she would have turned 49, I woke up early and opened the box as my mother had shown me.
Neat rows of brightly wrapped presents glowed like the spring tulips (郁金香) that were just coming up in the front yard. In the package marked “12th Birthday”, I found a little ring with an amethyst (紫水晶) at its center. A white card curling around the present read: “I always wanted a birthstone ring when I was a little girl. I hope you like it, too. Happy birthday, darling girl! Love, your Mommy.”
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。
On the morning of my high school graduation, I walked to the box.
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Today I hit 31, and I sat in my room, holding the nearly empty box.
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