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1、From her knowledge of Douglas's habits，she feels sure that the attacker last night ___________Douglas.
A. mustn't have been B. can't have been
C. shouldn't have been D. wouldn't have been
2、Cassie got himself into an embarrassing situation ______ none of the publishers would touch her and publish her new works.
A. that B. when C. as D. where
3、If Mike come this evening, I would ask him to help me deal with the problem.
A.should B.could C.would D.might
4、______ in the training, Marbury couldn't play in the basketball season.
A. Injuring B. Injure
C. Injured D. To injure
5、With his wise thoughts about ________________ nature and the world, Confucius is a great thinker in ____________ history of China.
A.不填; the B.the; the C.不填; 不填 D.the; 不填
6、________ is often the case with children, Tom was better by the time the doctor arrived.
A.It B.That C.What D.As
7、Un-learning is more difficult than learning because we become_____ to thinking or feeling in certain ways over time.
A.mutual B.habituated C.habitual D.verbal
8、The other girls rushed ________ me. I felt ashamed as I fell farther and farther behind.
A.from behind B.ahead of C.next to D.close to
9、The Cloud Bridge is located in the Yunyang Longgang Scenic Zone，___________ live many rare species.
A.which B.that C.where D.what
10、--Does the young man _____ there have possession of the company?
--No, The company is _____ his father.
A. standing; in the possession of B. stood; in the possession of
C. standing; in possession of D. stand; in possession of
11、Having finished her own painting, Mary went on others in the art class.
A. helping B. to help
C. with help D. having helped
12、As we know, _______ of beauty change across time and cultural groups.
A.structures B.status C.statistics D.standards
13、 Neither side is prepared to talk to ________ unless we can smooth things over between them.(2010·全国Ⅱ)
A．others
B．the other
C．another
D．one other
14、His doctor suggested that he a trip abroad.
A.will take B.would take C.take D.took
15、________ and out of breath, we reached the top of the mountains and stopped ________ the beautiful scenery.
A．Tiring; to admire
B．Tiring; admiring
C．Tired; admiring
D．Tired;to admire
16、She showed the visitors around the museum, the construction ________ had taken more than 5 years.
A.with it B.with which C.of it D.of which
17、I grabbed Norms arm and ________ him around to face me.
A. pinned B. wrapped
C. spun D. sprayed
18、—Where will you start your work after graduation?
—Mum, it’s not been decided yet. I _________ continue my study for a higher degree.
A．need
B．must
C．can
D．may
19、________ that the small village ________ him. He knows almost everything about it.
A．There is no doubt; is familiar with
B．There is no doubt; is familiar to
C．It is no doubt; is familiar with
D．It is no doubt; is familiar to
20、—Who is it up to _____ when the ceremony will be started?
—The headmaster, of course.
A. decide on B. deciding on C. to decide on D. to deciding on
21、All rights ______ , no one is allowed to copy or use this paper for other commercial purposes.
A.preserved B.observed C.deserved D.reserved
22、New technologies have make _______ possible to turn out new products faster and at a lower cost.
A.that B.this C.one D.it
23、The players _____ found the right pace to play so they eventually won the game.
A.gradually B.disgustingly C.disturbingly D.greedily
24、After the dinner, I looked at the bill and found that it was 200 yuan , including the wine.
A. after all B. at all C. in all D. above all
25、The anti-epidemic fight is like a time-limited race _______ all medical care personnel make every effort to people's lives.
A.that B.when C.which D.where
26、 Sagrada Familia (2,056,448 visits/year)
Opening hours: 09:00—18:00 (October—March); 09:00—20:00 (April—September) Admission: $ 11, or $ 10 with the Barcelona Card.
Disabled Access: Yes.
The temple has been under construction since 1882 and they’ve still got another 30 to 80 years to go before it is finished. The project’s vast scale and its special design have made it one of Barcelona’s top tourist attractions for many years.
La Pedrera (1,133,220 visits/year)
Opening hours: November—February: 09:00—18:30; March—October: 09:00—20:00
Admission: $ 9.50. Save 20% with the Barcelona Card.
Disabled Access: No.
This building used to be called Casa Mila but nowadays it’s more commonly known as La Pedrera. It is a unique modernist building in Barcelona and was made of bricks and had colorful tiles (瓦). It was built between 1906 and 1912 by famous Catalan architect Antoni Gaudi (1852—1926) and in 1984 it was declared a UNESCO World Her it age site with other Gaudi buildings in Barcelona.
Barcelona FC Museum (1,032,763 visits/year)
Opening hours: 6th April—4th October: (Monday to Saturday) 10:00—20:00; the rest of the year: 10:00—18:30
Admission: $ 8.50 for entry to the museum and $ 17 for a guided tour.
Disabled Access: Yes.
When you buy your ticket you have two options. You can buy a ticket for the museum to see the football stadium or you can buy a dual (双的) ticket for $ 15 where you get to see the museum and the scenes at the club.
Miro Museum (518,869 visits/year)
Opening hours: Check the website for details as they vary relying on the time of the year. Admission: $ 8. Save 20% with the Barcelona Card.
Disabled Access: Yes.
This museum has a wide range of Miro’s works dating back as far as 1914. This art work collection not only includes his paintings but also a good selection of sculptures.
【1】Which of the following attractions is the most popular with people?
A.Sagrada Familia B.La Pedrera
C.Barcelona FC Museum D.Miro Museum
【2】What do we know about the tourist attractions mentioned in the passage?
A.Sagrada Familia is the largest building in Barcelona.
B.La Pedrera is well-known for its colorful material.
C.Barcelona FC Museum may attract football fans.
D.Miro Museum was built in 1914.
【3】If you visit the stadium and the club with a tour guide in Barcelon a FC Museum, you should
pay ____ .
A.$ 25.5 B.$ 32 C.$ 42.5 D.$ 34
【4】What do the attractions have in common?
A.They are all famous for their architectural style.
B.They are available for the disabled people.
C.Their opening hours are changeable in different seasons.
D.Tourists can have a discount of 20% with the Barcelona Card.
【5】Where is the passage probably taken from?
A.A novel B.An advertisement C.A poster D.Travel brochure
27、 The Gilroy Garlic（大蒜） Festival started with a "crazy idea" by Dr．Rudy Melone．
In 1978，Melone，the President of Gavilan College in Gilroy，read an article in a newspaper which was about a small town in France．The town hosted a garlic festival every year and regarded itself as the "Garlic Capital of the World"．He doubted that Gilroy's garlic production and processing were far greater．In fact，Christopher Ranch was then the largest shipper of garlic in the world．
So Melone set about trying to convince Christopher Ranch's owner Don Christopher，to host a garlic festival of their own．At first，the idea seemed crazy．Outside of Italian families，garlic at the time was considered an esoteric material．It wasn't something thought to be normal and it wasn't something you generally shared in polite company．
But Melone had passion for Gilroy and garlic．He decided to stick to his idea．He and Christopher hired a local cook，Val Filice，to prepare a meal with a few garlicky dishes．The invited local media and food writers as well．The meal was a success，and the city leaders agreed to support them．
The first Gilroy Garlic Festival was held at Bloomfield Ranch in 1979．Rudy Melone served as the president；Don Christopher supplied all the garlic from his；and Val Filice was the head chef．They got about 50 community volunteers to help them and decided to give all the profits back to the community．Festival organizers weren't sure at first if anyone would come，but were quickly shocked by the number of visitors．Despite all the chaos, the first Gilroy Garlic Festival served over 15,000 guests and produced $19，000 for the local community．
To date，the Gilroy Garlic Festival has given the city of Gilroy a sense of true community pride as well as worldwide recognition．Not bad for one man's crazy idea!
【1】What is Christopher Ranch?
A．A ship.
B．A farm.
C．A shop.
D．A businessman.
【2】What does the underlined word "esoteric" in Paragraph 3 mean?
A．Very expensive.
B．Very strange.
C．Very ordinary.
D．Very popular.
【3】What can we infer about the first Gilroy Garlic Festival?
A．Its purpose was to attract city leaders.
B．Its organizers were certain that no one would come.
C．It benefited the local community a lot.
D．It made Gilroy become the garlic capital of the world.
【4】What is the main idea of the passage?
A．Spreading the food culture.
B．Praising a man's crazy idea.
C．Showing the benefits of eating garlic.
D．Introducing the history of Gilroy Garlic Festival.
28、 Everyone procrastinates(拖延). “It's part of the human condition, ”says procrastination researcher Tim Pychyl. “We want to feel good now. The way to do that is avoid the task.” He admits that in the short term, procrastination is powerfully rewarding. The present self-benefits, of course, but not the future self.
His research has shown that people can procrastinate on nearly anything, even enjoyable tasks such as planning a vacation. Some people procrastinate cleaning. Some people procrastinate by cleaning. The top tasks people delay are advancing their careers, taking care of their health, and planning their finances.
One big factor for them is fear of failure, of not living up to expectations. Kelli Saginak, a 57-year-old health coach from Wisconsin, procrastinated about looking for a new job for years. That inability to take action only confirmed her belief that she would never do any better. “It's totally fear of judgment,” says Saginak. “If I don't take the risk, I don't have to face the judgment. Yet it's simply me judging myself.”
Some people embrace procrastination, insisting that the white-hot pressure of a last-minute completion makes his or her work better. But researchers have proved it wrong. “I did an experiment, putting procrastinators under restrictions of time. They did worse than non-procrastinators, but they thought they did better.” says Joseph Ferrari, a psychology professor. “Non- Procrastinators focus on the task that needs to be done. They have a stronger personal identity and are less concerned about what psychologists call social esteem's how others like us.”
Procrastination is usually not going to be good for you. Just thinking about what you haven't done may cause discomfort. So if you have been procrastinating on starting an exercise routine, just put on your walking shoes. If you've been putting off a work project, reread your boss's notes about it.
【1】According to Tim Pychyl, people procrastinate because .
A.it simplifies the tasks B.it offers temporary relief
C.it allows more time for planning D.it benefits one's self development
【2】What did Kelli Saginak mean by “Yet it's simply me judging myself”?
A.She has false expectations. B.She makes quick judgement.
C.She regrets taking no action. D.She values her present career.
【3】What does Joseph Ferrari's experiment show?
A.Procrastinators usually lack confidence.
B.Procrastinators turn pressure into motivation.
C.Non-procrastinators care much about others 'feelings.
D.Non-procrastinators perform better within a time limit.
【4】What is the author's attitude towards procrastination?
A.Favorable. B.Reserved. C.Opposed. D.Objective.
29、 A lot of us lose life’s tough situations by mounting a frontal attack when a touch of humor might well enable us to chalk up a win. Consider the case of a young friend of mine, Sam, who hit a traffic jam on the way to work. Although there was a good reason for Sam’s constant lateness-serious illness at home, he decided that this by-now-familiar excuse wouldn’t work any longer. His boss was probably already pacing up and down with a dismissal speech prepared.
He was. Sam entered the office at 9:35. The place was as quiet as a locker room. Sam’s boss approached him. Suddenly, Sam reached out his hand. “How do you do!” he said. “I’ m Sam Maynard. I’m applying for a job which I understand became available just 35 minutes ago. Does the early bird get the worm?” The room exploded in laughter. The boss smiled and walked back to his office. Sam Maynard saved his job with the only tool that could win a laugh.
Here is another example. An English hostess was giving a formal dinner for eight distinguished guests. She had asked her son to serve a large roast turkey. The boy only succeeded in dropping the bird onto the dining-room floor. Moving only her head, the hostess smiled at her son, “No harm, Daniel,” she said, “just pick it up and take it back to the kitchen”, she said clearly so he would think about what she was saying and bring in the other one. Some humorous words changed the dinner from a red-faced embarrassment to a ton of fun.
Humor is a most effective, yet frequently neglected(忽视)means of handling the difficult situations in our lives. It can be used for making up differences, saying sorry, saying no, criticizing, and getting the other person to do what you want without his losing face. Also, many believe that comedians on television are doing more today for racial and religious tolerance than people are in any other places.
Of course, humor is often more than a laughing matter. In its potent guises(有效的伪装), it has a Trojan-horse(特洛伊木马)nature: no one goes on guard against a laugh; we let it in because it looks like a little wooden toy. Once inside, however, it can turn a city to reform, to rebellion(反抗), to resistance.
【1】What can the underlined words “chalk up” in Paragraph 1 be replaced by?
A.pay for B.respond to C.think of recording D.succeed in getting
【2】How does the author explain the power of humor?
A.By using examples. B.By making comparisons.
C.By introducing study results. D.By setting clown general rules.
【3】What does the author mean by mentioning humor’s Trojan-horse nature?
A.It is but a toy. B.It catches us unaware.
C.We usually resist its effect. D.We seldom really understand it.
30、The True Story of Treasure Island
It was always thought that the adventure（冒险）novel Treasure Island was the product of Robert Louis Stevenson’s imagination. _______, recent research has found the true story of this exciting work.
Stevenson, a Scotsman, had lived _______ for many years. In 1881 he returned to Scotland for a _______. With him were his American wife Fanny and his son _______.
Each morning Stevenson would take them out for a _______ over the hills. They had been _______ this for several days before the weather suddenly took a turn for the worse. Kept indoors by the heavy rain, Lloyd felt the days _______. To keep the boy happy, Robert asked the boy to do some _______.
One morning, the boy came to Robert with a beautiful map of an island, Robert _______ that the boy had drawn a large cross in the middle of ________. “What's that?" he asked. "That's the________ treasure," said the boy. Robert suddenly________something of an adventure story in the boy's________. While the rain was pouring, Robert sat down by the fire to write a story. He would make the________a twelve-year-old boy, just like Lloyd. But who would be the pirate (海盗)？
Robert had a good friend named Henley, who walked around with the________ of a wooden leg. Robert had always wanted to ________ such a man in a story. ________, Long John Silver, the pirate with a wooden leg, was ________.
So, thanks to a ________ September in Scotland, a friend with a wooden leg, and the imagination of a twelve-year-old boy, we have one of the greatest ________ stories in the English language.
【1】A.Besides B.Therefore C.However D.Finally
【2】A.alone B.next door C.abroad D.at home
【3】A.meeting B.holiday C.story D.job
【4】A.John B.Robert C.Henley D.Lloyd
【5】A.walk B.rest C.talk D.game
【6】A.attempting B.enjoying C.planning D.missing
【7】A.quiet B.busy C.dull D.cold
【8】A.cleaning B.writing C.exercising D.drawing
【9】A.doubted B.noticed C.decided D.recognized
【10】A.the island B.the house C.the sea D.Scotland
【11】A.abandoned B.discovered C.buried D.unexpected
【12】A.learned B.drew C.made D.saw
【13】A.book B.reply C.mind D.picture
【14】A.star B.hero C.writer D.child
【15】A.help B.problem C.use D.bottom
【16】A.praise B.observe C.accept D.include
【17】A.Still B.Thus C.Also D.But
【18】A.born B.read C.hired D.written
【19】A.rainy B.sunny C.cool D.windy
【20】A.news B.love C.adventure D.real-life
31、Gracie Hamlin is the type of woman who doesn’t just hope for a better world — she makes it happen. She always has a(an) _________for the underdog, hence, the name of her Atlanta nonprofit, W-Underdogs, which_________to keep kids off the street by having them work with_________and neglected animals.
Gracie moved to Atlanta from California with six dogs she’d_________after they’d been abandoned in the desert, and had a hard time_________housing where she’d be allowed to keep them all. She ended up in a poverty-stricken neighborhood. She was shocked by the prevalence (盛行) of young kids with no direction and the_________of stray (流浪的) dogs. So she_________an organization to help_________. W-Underdogs empowers at-risk kids by_________them in the rescue and care of stray dogs and cats. “I want kids to be heroes,” Gracie says.
The idea__________one day when Gracie was working in her garden and a group of young boys, six to eight years old, walked by,__________. They told her they had been attacked in the park. Their parents weren’t around, and she was__________about them.
She was also concerned about the__________of animal neglect and__________in the neighborhood. “I saw this as an opportunity to help the dogs and the kids. " She knocked on doors and asked parents if their kids could__________with her dogs. “I told them the dogs would keep the kids__________” said Gracie.
Every morning Gracie and the kids__________and take care of the animals they've rescued. Gracie teaches the kids how to train the dogs and__________them humanely. Not only do the animals become healthy,__________pets, but the kids also acquire life sills. They lean to be__________and empathetic all while boosting their self-esteem.
【1】
A．hand
B．heart
C．idea
D．gift
【2】
A．turns
B．goes
C．helps
D．comes
【3】
A．hopeful
B．useless
C．helpful
D．homeless
【4】
A．bred
B．raised
C．kept
D．rescued
【5】
A．moving into
B．setting up
C．living in
D．looking for
【6】
A．amount
B．count
C．number
D．figure
【7】
A．joined
B．founded
C．studied
D．planned
【8】
A．both
B．either
C．neither
D．each
【9】
A．absorbing
B．involving
C．including
D．forcing
【10】
A．took off
B．took up
C．took hold
D．took over
【11】
A．laughing
B．joking
C．whistling
D．crying
【12】
A．worried
B．crazy
C．curious
D．particular
【13】
A．problem
B．question
C．situation
D．condition
【14】
A．absence
B．abuse
C．bully
D．attack
【15】
A．live
B．study
C．work
D．sleep
【16】
A．free
B．untidy
C．safe
D．unsure
【17】
A．save
B．play
C．greet
D．feed
【18】
A．trick
B．treat
C．trade
D．trap
【19】
A．adoptable
B．adorable
C．adaptable
D．acceptable
【20】
A．responsible
B．respectful
C．relevant
D．reasonable
32、 I opened the hotel curtains to find dark rainy streets. After training in nearly 100-degree weather in St. Louis, I wasn't _______ a rainy 55-degree day. However, it didn't _______because it was marathon day.
My group _______with ponchos (雨披) on. I took off the poncho around Mile 9 as the rain seemed less _______.
I was still energized at Mile 13, and supporters were still _______ us on. Not too long after Mile 20, I was feeling some _______ in my legs. I never stopped though. I just put my head up and _______ going. As Mile 22 passed, I _______ and I began to cry, but kept on moving. The view alongside was _______ and it kept my mind busy.
At the end of Mile 25, my body was beat. As I saw that finish line in the wind, I put all my__________into running for it. The__________said my name and made some careless Irish remarks that I can't remember, and I__________the line in total tiredness. Some staff__________me my marathon medal, bottled water, and helped me keep warm.
Traveling for my first marathon will be__________remembered. I could not have done this without the__________of my family, friends, Coach Rich, my teammates and my sister, who gave me the strength to__________. As Norman D. Vaughan, the surviving member of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition said, “Dream big and be __________ to fail. ”
What will be the most impressive __________ for me? The __________ from Mile 20 to the end. No matter how much you read about how to prepare for the final few miles, it's a true __________ of your mental endurance (耐力).
【1】A.wasting B.arranging C.enjoying D.expecting
【2】A.fail B.lose C.matter D.work
【3】A.escaped B.started C.approved D.protested
【4】A.heavy B.mild C.slight D.bright
【5】A.touching B.cheering C.crying D.trying
【6】A.power B.anger C.pain D.relief
【7】A.practiced B.continued C.avoided D.imagined
【8】A.took off B.settled in C.broke down D.dressed up
【9】A.confusing B.usual C.simple D.inspiring
【10】A.energy B.pressure C.relaxation D.elegance
【11】A.volunteer B.editor C.interviewee D.announcer
【12】A.crossed B.drew C.swallowed D.burned
【13】A.showed B.bought C.handed D.lent
【14】A.mistakenly B.strangely C.luckily D.truly
【15】A.education B.support C.admiration D.treatment
【16】A.finish B.perform C.suffer D.assist
【17】A.brave B.guilty C.firm D.anxious
【18】A.wish B.exercise C.memory D.judgment
【19】A.suspect B.struggle C.cheat D.argument
【20】A.cause B.question C.favor D.test
33、Shamarr Allen was sleepy at home one evening last July when he was shocked awake by a TV news item. There had been a _____ among a group of children in the slum of New Orleans.
_____ from the city's slum, Allen is one of the most celebrated jazz trumpeters in the city. After seeing the________ news that morning, it didn't take long for Allen to_________ a possible approach. He had a few spare _________lying around Maybe he could offer them to kids in exchange for their guns.
Allen named the____My Trumpet Is My Weapon—after all, it was something of a _____ to release personal emotions, that _____me and redirected my path was a trumpet and the music.' Allen says He met with the New Orleans mayor to figure out how to make children feel _____ handing over their guns to the police.
Allen has collected seven guns so far, a small but symbolically important _____. But he doesn't stop with the____of gun tor instrument. After the exchanges, Allen connects the children with local ______who give them tree virtual trumpet lessons.
More importantly, he has brought hope for his city and young people ____ a better life. "I just say, 'Look. I come from where you come from, and I can show you the ____ that got me out,' says Allen. "And ______ may not be the way for you, but it will at least open your mind to see what's out there.”
【1】
A．cheering
B．gathering
C．shooting
D．hunting
【2】
A．Surprisingly
B．Originally
C．Accidentally
D．Unfortunately
【3】
A．humorous
B．imaginary
C．comic
D．sad
【4】
A．hit on
B．insist on
C．count on
D．focus on
【5】
A．coins
B．carpets
C．toys
D．trumpets
【6】
A．experience
B．program
C．news
D．gun
【7】
A．dream
B．stage
C．channel
D．framework
【8】
A．shamed
B．praised
C．saved
D．ruined
【9】
A．safe
B．excited
C．awkward
D．depressed
【10】
A．start
B．conclusion
C．ceremony
D．memorial
【11】
A．sales
B．repairs
C．destructions
D．exchanges
【12】
A．composers
B．musicians
C．officials
D．instructors
【13】
A．scared of
B．confused about
C．looking for
D．bringing out
【14】
A．way
B．advice
C．warning
D．commitment
【15】
A．knowledge
B．music
C．wisdom
D．hope
34、Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
Knowledge is free on the Internet at a small but 【1】 number of colleges and universities. About 160 schools around the world now put free course materials on the web to the 【2】. Recent additions in the United States 【3】 projects at Yale, Johns Hopkins and the University of California, Berkeley.
Berkeley said it would offer videos of lectures on YouTube. Free videos from other schools are 【4】 at the Apple iTunes store.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) became an early 【5】 with its Open Course Ware project, first 【6】 in 2001. Free lecture notes, exams and other resources are published at ocw.mit.edu. Many exams even include the answers. Today, Open Course Ware offers materials from 1,800 undergraduate and graduate courses. These 【7】 from Physics to Political Science. Visitors can learn the same things as MIT students learn. But as the site points out, Open Course Ware is not an MIT education. Visitors receive no credit toward a degree. Some materials from a course may not be available, and the site does not provide 【8】 with teachers. Still, MIT says that the site has had forty million visits by thirty-one million visitors from almost every country. Sixty percent of the visitors are from outside the United States and Canada. Students and educators use the site, including students at MIT. But the largest number of visitors, about half, are self-learners.
Some professors have become well-known around the world as a result of 【9】 online. Walter Lewin, a physics professor at MIT, is 【10】 popular. Fans enjoy his entertaining lectures. MIT Open Course Ware now includes materials for high school. The aim is to improve education in Science, Technology, Math and Engineering.
35、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.
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、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.
38、假如你是李华，你的朋友Charlie邀请你下周五去他就读的国际学校参加文化交流活动，并就中国饮食文化做简要发言，但你因故不能参加，请根据以下要点写一封信：
1. 表示歉意；
2. 说明理由；
3. 另荐好友。
注意：
1. 词数80左右；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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39、假定你是李华，你最近参加了学校组织的“文学名著欣赏”（Appreciation of Classics)活动。请用英文给一位热衷中国传统文化的美国朋友Jack写一封信，介绍此次活动。内容
包括：
1. 活动目的：丰富校园生活，提高文学鉴赏能力；
2. 活动内容：名篇诵读与欣赏，阅读心得交流；
3. 活动体验。
注意：1. 词数80左右；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Jack,
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Sincerely yours,
Li Hua
40、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。
41、来自英国的Tom，上周参加了当地某旅行社组织的旅游服务，他很不满意。所以，他想就此事给该旅行社写一封投诉信。内容包括：
1.写信目的； 2. 不满之处 3. 表达期望。
注意: 1. 词数不少于80；
2. 开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数。
Dear sir,
My name is Tom, who is a customer of your travel agency.
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Yours,
Tom
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