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1、—______ you interrupt now? Can’t you see I’m on the phone?
—Sorry, sir, but it’s an emergency.
A．Can
B．Should
C．Must
D．Would
2、The guide was enthusiastic and knowledgeable and we spent a lovely evening wandering into places which we ________ straight past otherwise.
A. had walked B. were walking
C. would have walked D. must have walked
3、You are not ________ to unemployment benefit if you have never worked.
A. accustomed B. resigned
C. entitled D. Submitted
4、Some people waste too much water. They don’t believe that it can _____________ some day.
A. use up B. run out of
C. be run out D. run out
5、As expected, the boy who shows great ______ in playing badminton has been admitted to the sport university for his talent.
A．requirement
B．respect
C．addition
D．promise
6、Had they known what was coming next, they _________second thoughts.
A. may have B. could have
C. must have had D. might have had
7、The International Monetary Fund has received both criticism and for its efforts to promote financial stability, prevent crises, facilitate trade, and reduce poverty.
A. worship B. credit
C. argument D. privilege
8、—Darling, the airplane is going to take off. I have to go.
—______. I will miss you so much.
A．Take care
B．Hurry up
C．Forget it
D．Never mind
9、The virus Ebola is reported ______ over 3,000 lives in 5 countries of West Africa by now.
A. taking B. having taken
C. to take D. to have taken
10、—We are really making great progress in exploring space.
—Imagine how pleased the whole is ________ the news!
A. hearing B. to hear
C. heard D. to be hearing
11、—How are you getting along with your presentation?
—Almost ready, and I ______ all I am supposed to.
A.did B.had done C.have done D.shall have done
12、Zhuzhou offers visitors outstanding natural beauty coupled with excellent customer service, _________ makes for an unforgettable experience.
A. what B. which C. that D. whom
13、________ is an unreasonable dislike of a particular group of people or things, or a preference for one group of people or things over another.
A. Prejudice B. Dimension
C. Compliment D. Symptom
14、--- With the failure of the experiment, we have reached a dead end.
--- Cheer up! Many good things would never have happened if the bad events________ first.
A. don’t happen B. didn’t happen
C. hadn’t happened D. haven’t happened
15、A good interviewer is able to tell very quickly if you’ve done your homework about the company, so make sure you !
A. do B. have C. will do D. did
16、Understanding the cultural habits of another nation, especially ________ containing as many different cultures as the United States is a difficult thing.
A．which
B．what
C．where
D．one
17、— Haven’t met Mary lately. What has happened to her?
— Well, it’s about three months ________she worked here.
A. before B. after C. since D. when
18、His dream of retiring in England ended finally because he hadn’t _________ his poor ability to adapt to the changeable cold weather there.
A. stood for B. settled for C. allowed for D. answered for
19、I could just see a car in the distance, but I couldn't _____what colour it was.
A.make out B.look to C.look out D.take in
20、---Currently it is difficult to find a good job in the fierce job-hunting market．
---_____．But highly-qualified graduates are always in great demand．
A. I hope so B. That’s all right
C. No kidding D. That sounds reasonable
21、An artificial intelligence can now predict the location and rate of crime across a city a week in advance with up to 90 percent accuracy. Similar systems have been shown to perpetuate (延长) racist bias (偏见) in policing, and the same could be true in this case, but the researchers who created thisAI claim that it can also be used to expose those biases.
Ishanu Chattopadhyay at the University of Chicago and his colleagues created an AI model that analysed historical crime data from Chicago, Illinois, from 2014 to the end of 2016, then predicted crime levels for the weeks that followed this training period. The model predicted the likelihood of certain crimes occurring across the city, which was divided into squares about 300 metres across, a week in advance with up to 90 percent accuracy. It was also trained and tested on data for seven other major US cities, with a similar level of performance.
Previous efforts to use AIs to predict crime have been controversial because they can perpetuate racial bias. In recent years, Chicago Police Department has tested an algorithm (算法) that created a list of people assumed most at risk of being involved in a shooting, either as a victim or as a criminal. Details of the algorithm and the list were initially kept secret, but when the list was finally released, it turned out that 56 percent of Black men in the city aged between 20 to 29 featured on it.
Chattopadhyay acknowledges that the data used by his model will also be biased, but says that efforts have been taken to reduce the effect of bias and the AI doesn’t identify suspects, only potential sites of crime. “It’s not Minority Report,” he says. Chattopadhyay says the AI’s predictions could be more safely used to inform policy at a high level, rather than being used directly to allocate (分配) police resources. He has released the data and algorithm used in the study publicly so that other researchers can investigate the results.
The researchers also used the data to look for areas where human bias is affecting policing. They analysed the number of arrests following crimes in neighbourhoods in Chicago with different socioeconomic levels. This showed that crimes in wealthier areas resulted in more arrests than they did in poorer areas, suggesting bias in the police response.
【1】What can a new AI show according to researchers?
A．The exposure of some biases.
B．The reasons for racist bias.
C．The similarity with other systems.
D．The truth of the previous cases.
【2】How was the research carried out?
A．By dividing criminals into groups.
B．By following the training period.
C．By training the model in big cities.
D．By looking into the past information.
【3】What is Chattopadhyay’s attitude towards the research?
A．Negative.
B．Positive.
C．Neutral.
D．Indifferent.
【4】What would happen after the new AI model was put into use?
A．Crimes in wealthier areas would drop.
B．Crimes in poorer areas would remain the same.
C．Disadvantages caused by bias would decrease.
D．Crime data would be further investigated.
22、4 Art/Design Competitions for High Schoolers
Ready to sign up for a competition? Here are 4 that can help you stand out.
Congressional Art Competition
Are you skilled in the visual arts? If so, consider applying to the Congressional Art Competition. Designed to acknowledge and celebrate talented young artists, this contest is open to high school students around the country. As a bonus, winners get to see their pieces displayed in the U.S. Capitolf or a full year.
National Geographic Student Photo Competition
High school students who are always snapping photos for their Instagram may be interested in the National Geographic Student Photo Competition. To participate, submit a digital photo that showcases your love of exploration and adventure, along with a 100-word description. The grand prize winner will receive a free National Geographic Student Expeditions photography trip.
NSHSS Visual Arts Competition
This visual arts competition supports artists with various mediums, including painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, and mixed media. To apply, submit a JPEG of your work, with a minimum300 dpi. Finalists will be required to submit physical copies of their work. The first-place winner receives $1,000,while second- and third-place winners earn $500 and $250,respectively.
River of Words Contest
Is the written word your preferred method of expression? Sponsored by the Center for Environmental Literacy ,the River of Words Contest invites students to submit one or more original poems. The competition aims to promote literacy and environmental awareness.
【1】Why is the Congressional Art Competition held?
A．To help students know about the visual arts.
B．To popularize winners’ entries.
C．To help winners earn a bonus.
D．To recognize gifted young artists.
【2】What does the sponsor of NSHSS Visual Arts Competition provide for the winners?
A．No less than $1,750.
B．No more than $1,000.
C．Nothing but a free trip.
D．At most a camera.
【3】What should be submitted to participate in the River of Words Contest?
A．A piece of mixed-media visual art.
B．A 100-word English story.
C．A JPEG of physical photo.
D．At least an original poem.
23、
You choose to be a winner!
The Winners Club is a bank account specially designed for teenagers. It has been made to help you better manage your money. The Winners Club is a transaction account (交易账户)where you receive a keycard so you can get to your money 24/7—that’s 24 hours a day, 7 days a week!
It’s a club with impressive features for teenagers：
● No account keeping fees!
You’re no millionaire so we don’t expect you to pay large fees. In fact, there are no account keeping or transaction fees!
● Excellent interest rates!
You want your money to grow. The Winners Club has a good rate of interest which gets even better if you make at least two deposits (存款) without taking them out in a month.
● Convenient
Teenagers are busy — we get that. You may never need to come to a bank at all. With the Winners Club you can choose to use handy tellers and to bank from home using the phone and the Internet...You can have money directly deposited into your Winners Club account. This could be your pocket money or your pay from your part-time job!
● Mega magazine included
Along with your regular report, you will receive a FREE magazine full of good ideas to make even more of your money. There are also fantastic offers and competitions only for Winners Club members.
The Winners Club is a great choice for teenagers. And it is so easy to join. Simply fill in an application form. You will have to get permission from your parent or guardian (so we can organize that cool keycard) but it is easy. We can’t wait to hear from you. It’s the best way to choose to be a winner!
【1】The Winners Club is a bank account aimed for ________.
A. parents B. teenagers C. winners D. adults
【2】The Winners Club provides magazines which ________.
A. encourage spending
B. are free to all teenagers
C. are full of adventure stories
D. help to make more of your money
【3】If you want to be a member of the Club, you must ________.
A. be an Internet user
B. be permitted by your parent
C. have a big sum of money
D. be in your twenties
【4】 What is the purpose of this text?
A. To set up a club.
B. To provide part-time jobs.
C. To organize keycards.
D. To introduce a new banking service.
24、On Sunday, August 24th, comic book lovers across the world held their breath to watch how much crazy collectors would pay for a rare Superman comic book. Though bids (出价) above the initial asking price of 1 million dollars had been coming in gradually since the copy was placed on the auction site (拍卖网站) eBay on July 14th, things really started to heat up during the final minutes when the price jumped from $2.5 to $2.6 and then $2.7 million, before shooting up to unbelievable 3,207,852 dollars!
This of course was no ordinary Superman comic book, but an edition of the extremely sought-after (很吃香地) No. 1 of Action Comics series — the first publication of the superhero that was born from the creative minds of teenagers Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel. Though Action Comics No. 1, which depicted a diaper-clad baby Superman lifting furniture, had a print run of 200,000 copies, only about 100 are known to exist today.
While the rarity is certainly a reason for the high price, Stephen Fisher, CEO of ComicConnect.com, thinks it also has a lot to do with the fact that Superman was the world’s first superhero! Even so, none of the copies have been able to fetch (售得) as much as the most recent one, simply because they have not been as well-preserved. Graded a rare 9 out of 10 by CGC, a third party grading service for comic books, the book is the highest rated copy of Action Comics No. 1 so far. According to CGC officials, the 76-year-old comic book looks and feels as though it has just come off the newsstand (报摊).
That is not surprising given that the original owner, a Virginian man who bought the book for only 10 cents in 1938, had carefully tucked it away (藏起来) in a wooden box for four decades. Fortunately, when he passed away, the book was bought by a string of collectors who all realized it was a rare treasure that needed to be looked after.
Before this, the highest price paid for an Action Comics No. 1 had been $2 million for a copy sold by Hollywood actor Nicholas Cage in 2011. Ironically, the two teenagers responsible for creating Superman received just 130 dollars when they sold the rights to the superhero to comic book publisher Detective Comics in 1938.
【1】the Superman comic book was placed on eBay on July 14th, .
A. it attracted no attention at all
B. things started to heat up immediately
C. the bid price didn’t go up very quickly at first
D. people thought it was worth millions of dollars
【2】What is Paragraph 3 mainly about?
A. Why the comic book is well-preserved.
B. Why the comic book is well worth reading.
C. Why the comic book is worth so much money.
D. Why the comic book has drawn so much attention.
【3】When the other collectors got the comic book after the Virginian man, they .
A. all took very good care of it
B. all liked reading it very much
C. didn’t believe it was worth a fortune
D. all kept it in the same way as that man
【4】What do we know about the creators of Superman?
A. They didn’t want to sell the rights to a comic book publisher.
B. They knew all along Superman would be the most successful comic book.
C. They were professional comic book writers when they created Superman.
D. They didn’t make much money from creating Superman.
25、From childhood to old age, we all use language as a means of broadening our knowledge of ourselves and the world about us. When humans first ________, they were like newborn children, unable to use this ________tool. Yet once language developed, the possibilities for humankind’s future attainments and cultural growth increased.
Many linguists believe that evolution is ________for our ability to produce and use language. They claim that our highly evolved brain provides us with innate language ability not found in lower ________. Proponents of this innateness theory say that our ________ for language is inborn, but that language itself develops gradually, ________a function of the growth of the brain during childhood. Therefore, there are critical ________times for language development.
Current ________of innateness theory are mixed, however, evidence supporting the existence of some innate abilities is undeniable. ________, more and more schools are discovering that foreign languages are best taught in the lower grades. Young children often can learn several languages by being exposed to them, while adults have a much harder time learning another language once the ________of their first language have become firmly fixed.
Although some aspects of language are undeniably innate, language does not develop automatically in a vacuum. Children who have been isolated from other human beings do not ________language. This demonstrates that interaction with other human beings is necessary for ________language development. Some linguists believe that this is even more basic to human language ________than any innate capacities. These theorists view language as ________, learned behavior. ________, children learn language from their parents by imitating them. Parents gradually shape their child’s language skills by positively reinforcing precise imitations and negatively reinforcing imprecise ones.
【1】
A．originated
B．evolved
C．born
D．generated
【2】
A．appropriate
B．valuable
C．reliable
D．favorite
【3】
A．essential
B．available
C．convenient
D．responsible
【4】
A．organizations
B．organisms
C．humans
D．children
【5】
A．potential
B．performance
C．preference
D．passion
【6】
A．as
B．just as
C．like
D．unlike
【7】
A．ideological
B．biological
C．social
D．psychological
【8】
A．reviews
B．references
C．reactions
D．recommendations
【9】
A．In a word
B．In a sense
C．Indeed
D．In consequence
【10】
A．regulations
B．formations
C．rules
D．constitutions
【11】
A．understand
B．speak
C．possess
D．interpret
【12】
A．right
B．proper
C．accurate
D．suitable
【13】
A．appreciation
B．acquisition
C．requirement
D．alternative
【14】
A．imitative
B．communicative
C．initiative
D．accumulative
【15】
A．As a result
B．After all
C．Above all
D．In other words
26、假设你叫李华，即将高中毕业，你的美国笔友Tom来信询问你的情况。请根据以下要点用英文写信回复。
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1、学习和生活情况。
2、高考后的打算。
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