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1、This year’s Spring Festival Gala was a fine performance that ________ attention from first to last.
A.deposited B.accumulated C.commanded D.illustrated
2、From time to time, our biology teacher tells us the only way he thinks of __________ experiments well is to practice.
A.do B.to do C.doing D.did
3、---I will leave you two alone. I am sure you two must have a lot to________.
---Yes. It is two years since we last got together.
A．catch up
B．take in
C．bring out
D．give away
4、—How impressive John’s painting is!
—Actually, it was 2 years after he retired _____ he started to learn drawing.
A．before
B．since
C．until
D．that
5、I feel I am as well-behaved and as careful as my deskmate, but _______ I always fall behind?
A. how about B. how come
C. what if D. what for
6、The opinion learning is a lifelong process has been expressed by education experts throughout the years.
A. which B. that
C. what D. how
7、_____ I make a promise to help others, I will manage to complete it.
A. Although B. Once C. Unless D. Before
8、Mike is one of those people who just can’t save money. Every time he gets paid, _____.
A. he has ants in his pants B. he tightens his belt
C. he wears his heart on his sleeve D. the money burns a hole in his pocket
9、—Are your parents satisfied with your performance at home?
— ______ but not exactly. They want me to do more housework.
A.Kind of B.Just the opposite C.On average D.By all means
10、One Belt and One Road refers to two trade promotion and infrastructure (基础设施) development projects which _______ inspiration from the historic Silk Road.
A.draw B.drag C.hold D.pick
11、The online word “selfie” is gaining ______ and more and more people tend to use it
nowadays.
A. access B. admission
C. control D. currency
12、---It's a complete pity that you missed the wonderful lecture.
---Terribly sorry! _____my former colleague not come to me unexpectedly.
A.Should B.Would C.Had D.Did
13、So far this year we ______ a fall in house prices by between 5 and 10 percent.
A.saw B.see C.had seen D.have seen
14、When famous people say something silly or do something ______, the Internet will spread the news in no time at all and keep them alive forever.
A. comprehensive B. conservative C. ridiculous D. reasonable
15、As is often the case, there are always some obstacles in the way，something ________ before we realize the real goal of education.
A. to be got through B. got through
C. getting through D. having been got through
16、The workers were lazy and failed to finished the building ________.
A.at schedule B.on schedule C.behind schedule D.ahead of schedule
17、Oh! The flower can’t be saved. If the flower had been watered，it now.
A.wouldn’t be dying B.is dead
C.had been dead D.will not die
18、A growing number of family doctors are working fewer hours to avoid huge pension taxes, _________ already overworked surgeries are making fewer appointments for patients.
A.to mean B.meant C.meaning D.having meant
19、_____ its role in social education, the Palace Museum is quitting its admission fee for special groups on certain
dates.
A. Fulfill B. Having fulfilled
C. To fulfill D. Fulfilled
20、— I'm sure Andrew will win the first prize in the final.
— I think so. He ________ for it for months.
A．is preparing
B．was preparing
C．had been preparing
D．has been preparing
21、 Toni Morrison, an American writer who received the Nobel Prize in Literature, was admired as the country's greatest living writer and died at age 88. Her novels, Beloved, Song of Solomon, and others explored the way African-Americans search for freedom and identity in a country obsessed with skin color.
She published her first novel The Bluest Eye in 1970.Eighteen years later, she won the Pulitzer Prize for her novel Beloved, the story of a mother who kills her baby daughter rather than permit her to be born into slavery. It became a best-seller and was later made into a film. The Nobel Prize committee described her writing as “language itself, a language she wants to liberate from race.” Her novels discussed America’s past, focusing on black history and the effects of racism on individuals.
She was born Chloe Ardelia Wofford in Lorain, Ohio, in 1931.Her father worked in a steel factory, and her mother was a maid. She attended Howard University, an all-black university in Washington, D.C. At Howard, she read African, British and American literature, including writers William Faulkner and Virginia Woolf. “The writers who affect me the most were novelists who were writing in Africa: Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart was a major education for me, ”she told the Associated Press in 1998.
After a short marriage, she became a single mother of two sons and worked as a book editor in New York. Several publishers rejected her first book, The Bluest Eye, but it impressed The New York Times’ book critic John Leonard who believed Morrison was an important new voice. He said her writing was “so charged with pain and wonder that the novel becomes poetry.”
Morrison enjoyed her literary fame and was proud of her Nobel Prize. “Nobody was going to take that and make it into something else. I felt representational. I felt American. I felt Ohioan. I felt blacker than ever. I felt more woman than ever. I felt all of that and put all of that together and went out and had a good time, ”she said.
【1】Which of the following is covered in Morrison’s novels?
A．The history of Blacks.
B．Africa’s past.
C．The effects of American freedom.
D．English literature.
【2】What can we learn from John Leonard’s words?
A．He rejected Morrison’s first book.
B．He appreciated Morrison’s poems.
C．He thought highly of The Bluest eye.
D．He saw Morrison’s language as a wonder.
【3】What can be inferred about Morrison from the last paragraph?
A．She longed to be an American.
B．She felt proud of her color.
C．She changed her attitude to life.
D．She was crazy about her works.
【4】What is the purpose of the text?
A．To remember a writer.
B．To promote some books.
C．To introduce American life.
D．To fight against racial discrimination.
22、 If you are a fruit grower—or would like to become one—take advantage of Apple Day to see what's around. It's called Apple Day but in practice it's more like Apple Month. 【1】 But since it has caught on, events now spread out over most of October around Britain.
【2】 To people who are used to the limited choice of apples such as Golden Delicious and Royal Gala in supermarkets, it can be quite an eye opener to see the range of classical apples still in existence, such as Decio which was grown by the Romans. Although it doesn't taste of anything special, it's still worth a try, as is the knobbly(多疙瘩的) Cat's Head, which is more of a curiosity than anything else.
There are also varieties developed to suit specific local conditions. 【3】 But you'll need a warm, sheltered place with perfect soil to grow it, so it's a pipe dream for most apple lovers who fall for it.
【4】 Therefore you can discuss which ones will best suit your conditions, and because these are family affairs, children are well catered for with apple themed fun and games.
Apple Days are being held at all sorts of places with an interest in fruit, including stately gardens and commercial orchards(果园). 【5】 The National Fruit Collection at Brogdale is near Faversham in Kent.
A．The day itself is on October 21.
B．At the events, you can meet expert growers.
C．If you want to have a real orchard experience, try visiting one.
D．One of the very best varieties for eating quality is Orleans Reinette.
E．You can plant fruit trees in an orchard after you have experience.
F．After visiting an expert, you can be introduced to an apple festival.
G．Visiting an apple event is a good chance to see, and often taste, a wide variety of apples.
23、High School Field School (HSFS) is your opportunity to be an archaeologist (考古学家). Join our summer field crew and participate in real archaeological research alongside professional archaeologists.
Program
Students aged 13~17 may enroll (参加) for one to four weeks, No experience is necessary. High school seniors may enroll, but graduated seniors should enroll in the Adult Field School.
• week 1: June 12~18
• Week 2: June 19~25
• Week 3: June 26~July 2
• Week 4: July 3~9
Students participate in field and laboratory work with archaeologists. Students learn excavation (挖掘) techniques. Lab work includes artifact washing and identification. These activities in the daytime are followed by evening lectures by famous archaeologists on various archaeological topics. Evening activities may include hikes and activities related to prehistoric life ways. The day usually begins at 7:00 am with breakfast and ends by 9:00 pm.
Tuition (学费)
Tuition includes room, all meals from Monday through Friday, supplies and instruction. Students may enroll for any number and combination of weeks. Students from Calhoun, Pike, Greene and Jersey receive a 10% discount on tuition.
• 1 week: $850
• 2 weeks: $1,675
• 3 weeks: $2,500
• 4 weeks: $3,300
How to Enroll
Download, complete and return the 2022 HSFS Application. Upon receipt, we will send you a confirmation by email, a packet of additional information, and instructions for payment. Please do not submit tuition or deposit payment until you are certain the week you selected has open spaces. If you have not received confirmation, we have not received your application! Registration for the program closes one week ahead of the start of each session. Enrollment is limited to 20 students per week. Those applying after enrollment capacity is reached will be added to the waiting list in the order of receipt of a complete application.
【1】What do the participants do in the evening?
A．Take part in identification activities.
B．Attend lectures on archaeological topics.
C．Write lab reports on excavation techniques.
D．Copy unearthed items with famous archaeologists.
【2】How much should two students from Jersey pay for the 3-week enrollment?
A．$2,500.
B．$4,000.
C．$4,500.
D．$ 5,000.
【3】What should you do first after sending your application to HSFS?
A．Deposit payment immediately.
B．Wait for the confirmation email.
C．Contact the other 20 participants.
D．Phone it to get tuition instructions.
24、Just last month，AI-generated art arrived on the auction (拍卖) stage of Christie’s, proving that artificial intelligence can not only be creative but also produce world-class works of art — another significant AI milestone blurring the line between human and machine.
Naturally, the news sparked off debates about whether the work produced by Paris-based art collective Obvious could really be called art at all. Popular opinion among creatives is that art is a process by which human beings express some ideas or emotions, filter them through personal experience and set them against a broader cultural context. The story raised additional questions about ownership. In this circumstance，who can really be named as the author? The algorithm (算法) itself or the team behind it?
At GumGum, an AI company that focuses on computer vision, we wanted to explore the intersection of AI and art by devising a Turing Test of our own in association with Rutgers University’s Art and Artificial Intelligence Lab and Cloudpainter, an artificially intelligent painting robot. We were keen to see whether AI can，in fact, replicate (复制) the intent and imagination of traditional artists, and we wanted to explore the potential impact of AI on the creative sector.
To do this，we enlisted a broad collection of diverse artists from traditional pain-on-canvas artists to 3-D rendering and modeling artists alongside Pindar Van Arman — a classically trained artist who has been coding art robots for 15 years. Van Arman was tasked with using his Cloudpainter machine to create pieces of art based on the same data set as the more traditional artists. This data set was a collection of art by 20th century American Abstract Expressionists. Then, we asked them to document the process, showing us their preferred tools and telling us how they came to their final work.
Amazingly, while at face value the AI artwork was indistinguishable from that of the more traditional artists, the test revealed that the creative spark and ultimate agency behind creating a work of art is still very much human. Even though the Cloudpainter machine has evolved over time to become a highly intelligent system capable of making creative decisions of its own, the final piece of work could only be described as a collaboration (合作) between human and machine. Van Arman served as more of an “art director for the painting”.
As AI becomes an unstoppable force, it raises some difficult questions about the future role of humans in an increasingly automated world. Instead of worrying about AI’s threat to human creative supremacy, the future will be about accepting new technologies and the possibilities it brings for speeding up the process. It’s better to think of AI as your next creative assistant; beautiful pieces of work can be produced in collaboration with it.
【1】According to popular opinion, the AI-generated work_______.
A．should have been based on personal experience
B．was set against a broader cultural context
C．couldn’t be considered art at all
D．expresses no idea or emotion
【2】What did the experiment at GumGum show?
A．AI artworks could be easily identified
B．AI artworks could show human emotions.
C．AI had trouble making sensible decisions.
D．AI couldn’t complete a work independently.
【3】Which of the following statements would the author agree with?
A．Beautiful pieces cannot be works of AI.
B．AI could be an advanced tool for artists.
C．AI could challenge the supremacy of humans.
D．New technologies can pose a danger to humans.
【4】What is the best title for the passage?
A．Can AI Create True Art?
B．Can AI Threaten Humans?
C．Will Human Art Disappear?
D．Are AI Artworks Distinguishable?
25、Thieving Monkeys — Name Your Price
Human beings are not the only species able to negotiate a deal.
If you visit Uluwatu temple in Bali, be careful. The long-tailed macaques (猕猴) there are well-known thieves. They make a living by _________ visitors of their possessions and then holding those objects until a payment in the form of food is paid. That is quite clever. But professor Jean-Baptiste Leca wondered whether these monkeys are cleverer still. Sometimes, they do not accept the first _________ and hold out for more. He therefore asked himself whether macaques are able to _________ how valuable an object is to its owner, and factor that into their negotiations.
Professor Leca and his colleagues conducted their experiment by wandering around the temple with video cameras, recording the activities of the monkeys. Every time they saw a monkey show interest in a _________ tourist, they recorded the interaction. Not all attempts at robbery were successful. But of those that were, they analysed the _________ of almost 2,200.
To work out what was going on, they had first to establish the _________ values of food rewards to monkeys, and of stealable objects to people. The temple staff keep three sorts of reward available for use in negotiations _________ tourists who want to get their property back: raw eggs, biscuits and small bags of fruit. Different monkeys have different _________, but professor Leca established these for _________ animals by offering them choices between pairs of treats in an initial experiment.
To confirm which stealable objects are most __________ by people, they divided them into six classes: empty containers, such as phone cases and camera bags; accessories such as key rings; hats and headgear; shoes; spectacles and sunglasses; and electronics and wallets. They then observed, from the video recordings, how often victims __________ to bargain with the thief for the return of property belonging to different classes, and __________ classified objects into low value (the first two classes on the list), medium value (the second two) and high value (the third two).
They found that monkeys do have a good sense of what they are doing — __________, adults and sub-adults do. These animals have a preference for stealing high-value items, and will often hold out either for more rewards, or for better ones, if they are in possession of such items. But this is something that they have to learn how to do as they grow up. Young ones make no such __________, and sub-adults are less good at doing so than adults.
In monkeys, as in people, guile（狡猾）is not a trick that is inborn. It has to be __________.
A．warning
B．robbing
C．reminding
D．clearing
A．deposit
B．dish
C．offer
D．prey
A．assign
B．assist
C．assure
D．assess
A．particular
B．principal
C．peculiar
D．progressive
A．impacts
B．details
C．attacks
D．motions
A．precise
B．scientific
C．optional
D．relative
A．in spite of
B．in honor of
C．with regard to
D．on behalf of
A．preferences
B．potentials
C．performances
D．predictions
A．individual
B．independent
C．collective
D．cooperative
A．identified
B．valued
C．exchanged
D．rewarded
A．refused
B．managed
C．bothered
D．happened
A．instead
B．otherwise
C．thus
D．meanwhile
A．in practice
B．at least
C．in all
D．at length
A．differences
B．distinctions
C．distributions
D．demands
A．acquired
B．reversed
C．managed
D．informed
26、书面表达
假定你是李华，暑假参加了澳大利亚游学活动，回国后给host family写一封信表示感谢，要点如下：
1. 感谢他们一家的照顾;
2．分享游学体会;
3．询问你寄的礼物（汉语词典）是否收到;
4. 邀请他们一家来中国游览。
注意：1．词数100左右。
2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
3．开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。
Dear Helen，
Looking forward to your reply.
Yours,
Li Hua
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