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1、We attend lectures in the school meeting room at weekend _______ seats more than 800 students.
A． which B． whose C． where D． it
2、We believe the time and hard work _______ in completing such an important project are worthwhile.
A．involved B．involving
C．to involve D．to be involved
3、_______ is the power of TV that it can make a person suddenly famous.
A.It B.This C.That D.Such
4、Meanwhile, on the top of each tower, a botanical garden will offer a relaxing space ________ visitors can enjoy nature, away from the noise of the city.
A. that B. where
C. when D. which
5、 Life is like riding a bicycle. ______your balance, you must keep moving.
A. Keeping B. To keep
C. Keep D. Being kept
6、It was the deep love and encouragement of my teammates_________ helped me gain the greatest strength and meet the challenges in life.
A. what B. which C. who D. that
7、The 2020 China International Fair for Trade in services, ______ theme is “Global Services, Shared Prosperity”, attracted worldwide attention.
A.its B.whose C.which D.where
8、 As we have seen, the focus of medical care in our society has been __________ from curing diseases to preventing diseases—especially in terms of changing our many unhealthy behaviors.
A. confirming B. committing
C. shifting D. concluding
9、You’ll find this English map of great ______ in helping you to get round Paris.
A．price B．value C．cost D．worth
10、 The climate in Chengdu is warmer than______in Harbin.
A. it B. one C. this D. that
11、Loneliness is a feeling _______ people experience a powerful rush of emptiness and solitude.
A. which B. where C. that D. how
12、If you have your kid _____ so badly, he may not get along well with others．
A. to behave B. behaves
C. Behaving D. behaved
13、The greatest dilemmas ________ from moral problems, when we are uncertain which choice results in doing the right thing.
A．arise
B．arouse
C．rise
D．raise
14、The development of students is influenced by a number of factors, ________ are beyond our control.
A.some of them B.some of which C.some of what D.some of that
15、Doctors have been researching ________ effect stand-up comedy has on us and have discovered the truth ________ people who laugh a lot live longer.
A. which; that B. what; that C. what; why D. which; why
16、Jane’s success lies in the fact she is so co-operative and eager to learn from others.
A．that
B．which
C．when
D．why
17、－The zookeeper was really annoyed with me.
－How could he have been if you ____ stones at the animals?
A. didn’t throw B. don’t throw
C. hadn’t thrown D. haven’t thrown
18、________ a tough challenge though, the Chinese women’s volleyball team won an Olympic title in Rio.
A. Face B. Faced C. Facing D. To face
19、To everyone’s surprise, the student should have been praised for putting forward an idea which_________ their teacher’s.
A. contradicted B. concerned
C. competed D. confused
20、The factory used 65 percent of the raw materials, the rest of which ________ saved for other purposes.
A. is B. are C. was D. were
21、 Microsoft announced this week that its facial-recognition system is now more accurate in identifying people of color, touting （吹嘘）its progress at tacking one of the technology’s biggest biases （偏见）.But critics, citing Microsoft's work with immigration and Customs Enforcement ,quickly seized on how that improved technology might be used. The agency contracts with Microsoft for cloud-computing tools that the tech giant says is largely limited to office work but can also face recognition.
Columbia University professor Alondra Nelson tweeted. “We must stop confusing 'inclusion5 in more 'diverse' surveillance （监管）systems with justice and equality.”
Facial-recognition systems more often misidentify people of color because of a long-running data problem: The massive sets of facial images they train on skew heavily toward white men. A Massachusetts Institute of Technology study this year of the face-recognition systems designed by Microsoft, IBM and the China-based Face found facial-recognition systems consistently giving the wrong gender for famous women of color including Oprah Winfrey, Serena Williams, Michelle Obama and Shirley Chisholm, the first black female member of Congress.
The companies have responded in recent months by pouring many more photos into the mix, hoping to train the systems to better tell the differences among more than just white faces. IBM said Wednesday it used 1 million facial images, taken from the photo-sharing site Flickr, to build the "world's largest facial data-set" which it will release publicly for other companies to use.
IBM and Microsoft say that allowed its systems to recognize gender and skin tone with much more precision. Microsoft said its improved system reduced the error rates for darker-skinned men and women by "up to 20 times,n and reduced error rates for all women by nine times.
Those- improvements were heralded （宣布）by some for taking aim at the prejudices in a rapidly spreading technology, including potentially reducing the kinds of false positives that could lead police officers misidentify a criminal suspect.
But others suggested that the technology's increasing accuracy could also make it more marketable. The system should be accurate, "but that’s just the beginning, not the end, of their ethical obligation,” said David Robinson, managing director of the think tank Upturn.
At the center of that debate is Microsoft, whose multimillion-dollar contracts with ICE came under fire amid the agency's separation of migrant parents and children at the Mexican border.
In an open letter to Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella urging the company to cancel that contract, Microsoft workers pointed to a company blog post in January that said Azure Government would help ICE “accelerate recognition and identification.” “We believe that Microsoft must take an ethical stand, and put children and families above profits,”the letter said.
A Microsoft spokesman, pointing to a statement last week from Nadella, said the company's "current cloud engagement” with ICE supports relatively anodyne （温和的）office work such as calendar, massaging and document management workloads.” The company said in a statement that its facial-recognition improvements are “part of our going work to address the industry-wide issues on bias.”
Criticism of face recognition will probably expand as the technology finds its way into more arenas, including airport. stores and schools. The Orlando police department said this week that it Would not renew its use of Amazon. Com's Rekognition system.
“Companies have to acknowledge their moral involvement in the downstream use of their technology,” Robinson said : “The impulse is that they're going to put a product out there and wash their hands of the consequences. That’s unacceptable”.
【1】What is “one of the technology's biggest biases ”in Paragraph 1?
A.Class bias. B.Racial discrimination.
C.Professional prejudice. D.Regional difference.
【2】What can we know about the improvement of facial-recognition technology?
A.It is due to the expansion of the photo database.
B.Justice and equality have been truly achieved.
C.It has already solved all the social issues on biases.
D.Migrant parents and their children can be reunited.
【3】What is the focus of the face-recognition debate?
A.Data problems. B.The market value.
C.The application field. D.A moral issue
【4】What is David Robinson's attitude towards facial-recognition technology?
A.optimistic. B.Approval.
C.Skeptical. D.Neutral.
【5】We can infer from the last paragraph that ______.
A.companies had better hide from responsibilities
B.companies should not launch new products on impulse
C.companies deny problems with the technical process of facial-recognition system
D.companies should be responsible for the new product and the consequences
【6】Which can be the suitable title for the passage?
A.Fears of facial-recognition technology B.The wide use of Microsoft system
C.The improvement of Microsoft system D.Failure of recognizing black women
22、If you live in certain parts of the world, you will see something magical happen each fall. It is the changing of the color of the leaves on many different trees. Each year deciduous (落叶的) trees go through a process in which their green leaves become bright yellow, gold, orange and red before turning brown and falling onto the ground.
Photosynthesis (光合作用) is the process for trees to make their food taking energy from the sun, water from the ground, and carbon dioxide from the air, they make sugar to “eat” so they can grow into strong, healthy trees. The leaves of a tree are where photosynthesis happens because the chlorophyll (叶绿素) in the leaves is what makes photosynthesis possible. Chlorophyll also has another job—it is what makes leaves green. When the seasons change in places where deciduous trees grow and the days get shorter and the weather gets colder, it is harder for the chlorophyll in the leaves to make the food needed to stay green. So instead of making more food, the leaves start using food they have stored away for this time of year.
As the leaves use the food that has been stored away, cells form at the bottom of each leaf. These cells act like a door between the leaf and the rest of the tree—a door that closes very slowly and doesn’t shut until all the leaf’s food is gone. While this is happening, the colors in the leaves of the trees are able to show through. In fact, the red, yellow, gold and orange colors are hiding in the leaves all summer long. The colors just can’t be seen in the summer because of all the chlorophyll in the leaves.
You might be wondering how the rest of the tree keeps growing when the weather turns cold and the leaves die and fall. Doesn’t the rest of the tree need the food made by the tree’s leaves?
Not really. The tree trunk and branches get food from the roots of the tree. The roots supply water, vitamins and minerals they get from the ground. Trees need sunshine and warm weather to grow, but they also need time to rest like bears that sleep during the winter.
【1】Why do leaves change colors?
A．They save some energy to stay alive.
B．The chlorophyll stores some food away.
C．They have to get used to the cold weather.
D．They can’t get enough energy from the sun.
【2】In which situation do leaves fall off deciduous trees?
A．When there is no sunlight any longer .
B．When the food stored away in the leaves is use up.
C．When the chlorophyll in the leaves stops working.
D．When cells start to form at the bottom of each leaf .
【3】How do trees survive in winter?
A．By getting food from the ground.
B．By storing food in their branches.
C．By storing food in their roots.
D．By making the most use of the dead leaves.
【4】What is the purpose of the text?
A．To study how trees survive in winter.
B．To tell about the importance of photosynthesis.
C．To explain why leaves change colors.
D．To show the changes of trees in the whole year.
23、In my years in the classroom, I have had the pleasure of teaching several children who have either one or two artists as parents. These children, who have a higher than average exposure to art and the media for creating it, possess some qualities that many other children do not have: in addition to their artistic talent, I have observed that they usually read and write better than their peers. My conclusion is that their exposure to art affects other aspects of their learning.
I suggest that parents expand their definition of art. If you are a baker or a cook, or if you like to arrange flowers, you are an artist. These expressions of creativity are as valuable as those of painters and the other people we call artists. If you are a scientist and enjoy inventing and experimenting, you may include yourself in the definition of "artist".
Art is a delightful way through which you can record the development of your child's growth. Just as you will notice that writing and reading improve with age, so does artwork. The role of parents and teachers is to expose children to a variety of materials so that they can create art. Once the variety is offered, children will then have a choice as to whether they want to use the materials or not.
Creating art is a fine way for children to make choices and solve problems. Every step involves making a decision: what color to use, how to make a line, what size to make something. With every choice, the object becomes more and more their own.
Everyone has an imagination. Art takes it a step further. Through art, children create something that, until that point, was only imagined. Thus, they create visual presentation of abstract ideas.
Children who may be having difficulties in other parts of the school curriculum may find an expressive outlet through art. It's a way to uncover talent that may not be seen otherwise. Art is a means of communicating ideas, feelings, and solutions in a way other than verbally or written.
Families can create a harmonious balance in their children's lives when they make plans for the arts. Be there to appreciate and encourage them during every step of the creative process.
【1】What has the author found through his teaching career?
A．Kids are more likely to be affected by their parents.
B．Artistic talent is the most important quality of kids.
C．Kids whose parents are artists can usually read and write better.
D．Learning art can make kids have easy access to success.
【2】What does the author want to tell us in paragraph 2?
A．The definition of art is broad.
B．It's easy to work as an artist.
C．Artists are full of creativity.
D．Scientists are similar to artists.
【3】What should parents do to develop kids' art?
A．Set an example to their kids.
B．Help them make their decisions.
C．Inspire their imaginative ability.
D．Expose them to various materials.
【4】What does the text mainly talk about?
A．Advice on kids' colorful life.
B．The importance of arts to kids.
C．Ways to develop interest in arts.
D．The effect of arts on kids' study.
24、Machines work well at a constant speed—and the faster the better. They are designed and built for it. Whether they are spinning cotton or dealing with numbers, regular, repetitive actions are what they excel at.
Increasingly, our world is being designed by machines, for machines. We adapt to machines and hold ourselves to their standards: People are judged by the speed with which they respond, not the quality of their response. Such ideas are being woven into our culture. “Always on” becomes something to boast of, or aspire to.
Most of us are busy most of the time, if not with work then with family, domestic tasks or our social networks—real and virtual. When I ask people how they are doing, they almost always answer “busy”. Ticking things off the “to do” list becomes a means of defining ourselves.
A few years ago, I became very interested in what it means to pause. I started to notice where pauses show up in my own work and life. For example, I realized that when I was writing, a short walk was a more effective way to break a creative block than concentrating harder.
I realized that a pause is not nothing. It acts as a kind of switch or opening. As Helene Simonsen, a classical musician, says, “Whatever you are doing, if you want something else to happen, you need to pause.” It is not a fixed unit of time. It might be taking a moment before you enter a room, but it could also be a “screen-free Saturday”, a “Think Week” every two years (which works for Bill Gates) or a year-long vacation. However fast you are moving, there is always the chance to pause—to rest, reflect or refresh of course, but also to appreciate, get perspective, connect to others, or have new ideas.
There is more to life than getting things done. Time, as we experience it, varies wildly. A minute eating ice-cream is not the same as a minute doing push-ups. Even time itself isn’t a uniform raw material—as the physics of Einstein shows. Try to let go of the idea that time is linear (直线型), regular and objective, and think of it in the same way we experience it. Instead of setting work and life against each other, use pauses to leaven (为增色) your experience. Pause is like yeast (酵母): you don’t need much, but it is a vital ingredient.
I want to give pauses more visibility, importance and status. My hope is that each of us can use pauses, great and small, to avoid sliding into a mode where we act like poorly performing machines.
【1】What can we learn from the first two paragraphs?
A．The widespread use of machines has destroyed our life.
B．People have become quite obsessed with response speed.
C．People always get pleasure from competing with machines.
D．It’s difficult for people to adapt to a highly mechanized life.
【2】The underlined phrase “Ticking things off the ‘to do’ list” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ________.
A．learning to slow down
B．concentrating on one thing
C．selecting what we should do
D．getting things done one by one
【3】According to the author, how does taking a pause benefit us in a busy life?
A．It makes your life dynamic and delightful.
B．It improves our working efficiency greatly.
C．It helps develop interpersonal connections.
D．It enables people to do what they want to do.
【4】Which of the following statements best sums up the author’s understanding of time?
A．Time can never get returned.
B．Time exists in the form of lines.
C．Time is precious that we all need to cherish.
D．Time is what everyone experiences uniquely.
【5】What message does the author want to convey about “pauses” at the end of the passage?
A．They are useless if taken for short periods of time.
B．They are for those who have too much spare time.
C．They play a vital role in our well-being and creativity.
D．They bring harm to our ability to perform efficiently.
25、One Monday morning I came into the classroom and caught Joe ________ a picture on his math book. This was one day after I had given the class a lecture on taking care of school property. Normally I would have got angry and ________ him to the office. Instead, I walked over to his desk and stood there. Joe closed the book immediately, trying to hide his drawing. I said, “Let me ________ what I said yesterday: these textbooks are going to be used for the next five years, and I ________ you to take good care of them.” “Sorry,” Joe murmured. “I forgot.” “I see.” I said.
When I returned to Joe’s desk again, he was erasing the drawing with his tiny, worn-out eraser. I ________ him mine and a drawing pad, and then said, “Here, this might make the job ________. And you can also use the pad whenever you have the ________ to draw.” Joe looked ________ and said, “Thanks.” I nodded and started my lesson.
Joe hasn’t drawn in his textbook since. He keeps the pad in his pocket and shows me his drawing from time to time. I’m glad I didn’t ask him to go to the office that day. It might have stopped him from marking on his books, but we would never have the ________ we have today. And who knows, I may have ________ a promising Picasso.
【1】
A．drawing
B．copying
C．observing
D．examining
【2】
A．welcomed
B．sent
C．begged
D．followed
【3】
A．check
B．prove
C．update
D．repeat
【4】
A．force
B．allow
C．expect
D．promise
【5】
A．rewarded
B．handed
C．showed
D．mailed
【6】
A．slower
B．earlier
C．safer
D．easier
【7】
A．urge
B．energy
C．ambition
D．talent
【8】
A．surprised
B．calm
C．awkward
D．anxious
【9】
A．achievement
B．appointment
C．relationship
D．conflict
【10】
A．attracted
B．encouraged
C．ignored
D．cheated
26、假如你是李华，南昌二中的一名学生，得知可向国际儿童基金会(Foundation)申请一个经费为2000元的扶贫项目(poverty-relief program)，帮助贫困地区的儿童。你感兴趣，准备申请。请根据以下要点写一篇文章：
1）个人的基本情况和申请理由；
2）你对申请项目的具体设想和项目经费的使用计划；
3）你的愿望。联系方式：2016hope@icf.org
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