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1、If you____here half an hour ago, you would have known what we were talking about.
A．arrived
B．had arrived
C．should arrive
D．would arrive
2、Everyone faces challenges in life. It’s a matter of __________ you learn to overcome them and use them to your advantage.
A.that B.what C.which D.how
3、Fanny asked ________ made that odd looking little cat so popular.
A．what was it that
B．what was that
C．what it was that
D．what that was
4、The conference ________ to discuss how to bring infections down to zero next week is of great significance.
A．to hold
B．having been held
C．to be held
D．being held
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、In everyday communication, information ________ by gestures and tone of voice is sometimes understood.
A.conveying B.conveyed C.to convey D.having conveyed
7、No sooner ________ stepped on the stage than the audience broke into thunderous applause.
A. had Mo Yan B. Mo Yan had
C. has Mo Yan D. Mo Yan has
8、My new glasses cost me ______the last pair that I bought.
A．as much as three times
B．three times more than
C．three times as much as
D．as much three times as
9、Modem TVs use many of the ________ first discovered by Farnsworth, who contributed a lot to the development of TV
A.platforms B.principles C.sources D.symptoms
10、It took them about one month to________ how to start the equipment.
A. come out B. figure out
C. look out D. take out
11、______ exceptionally heavily might railway services be temporarily dislocated (扰乱).
A. If only it snowed B. Only in case it snows
C. Only were it to snow D. Only when snow
12、Behind the US-China trade war that China is trying to end the American era.
A.lies a growing fear B.a growing fear is living
C.does a growing fear lie D.is lying a growing fear
13、A great variety of guidance for _____ visitors — ideas for what to do in off-peak season, for example, or outside of the city center — can have the effect of diverting them from already saturated landmarks, or discouraging short break away in the first place.
A.positive B.influential C.prospective D.visiting
14、Encourage your kids to try new things, but try not to _________them too hard.
A. push B. pull
C. pump D. put
15、This kind of robot has been ______ for cleaning the floors, which is popular in our city.
A.signed B.sold C.sung D.designed
16、Each soldier and sailor________ given a rifle when the ship landed.
A.were B.was C.are D.is
17、Had I not got injured last week，I___________ the 2019 Yangzhou Jianzhen Half Marathon tomorrow.
A.would have run B.would run C.will have run D.will run
18、Where is my pen？I ____it.
A.might lose B.would have lost
C.should have lost D.must have lost
19、The judge reminded the witness that he had to ____ the truth of what he had said.
A.prepare for B.answer for C.search for D.vote for
20、 —Excuse me, but I want to use your computer to type a report.
—You _____ have my computer if you don’t take care of it.
A.shan’t B.might not C.needn’t D.shouldn’t
21、______I catch a cold , my nose runs.
A.First time B.At times C.Every time D.The time
22、All of a sudden, the thief walking behind a young and beautiful woman ______ her handbag, ______ into the crowd.
A. seized; rushed B. seizing; rushed
C. seized; rushing D. seizing; rushing
23、Try ________ she might, Sue couldn't get the door open.(2011·全国Ⅰ)
A．if
B．when
C．since
D．as
24、I am very outgoing and have learned to ______ to my disability.
A.adopt B.adapt C.suit D.accustomed
25、At last, I should thank Mr. White for the ________ of speaking here.
A.prejudice B.privilege C.ambition D.favor
26、While you are online there are plenty of perfectly legal sites where you can listen to music for free. This gives you the chance to listen to music before buying it, discover new music, and create great online playlists that you can share with others.
The Sixty One
The Sixty One is devoted to showcasing obscure or unknown artists of all genres. There is a range of musical styles from classical to rock and roll, folk to jazz, and everything in between. Don't expect to find big name musicians on here; you are more likely to find the musicians playing at local coffee shops than bands you hear on the radio. You can find fantastic music that you never would have heard of otherwise.
Pow Wow
Pow Wows are the Native American people's way of meeting together, to join in dancing, singing, visiting, renewing old friendships, and making new ones. This is a time method to renew Native American culture and preserve the rich heritage of American Indians. PowWows.com has 2 online radio stations that play Native American Music 24X 7 free! Here you can listen to your favorite artist ad drum groups on your computer or mobile device and add your music to our station.
Playlist
Playlist has an enormous library, so you can create playlists with almost any musician you can think of. They have both some less known artists and big names, so you have a really good selection. The worst part: Due to licensing laws, many of the songs on Playlist are now restricted, to certain countries. So unless you live inside the US, it is likely that you might not be able to find all of your favorite songs.
Pandora
Pandora is an intelligent Internet radio site. Basically, as you listen, you can give each song thumbs up or thumbs down. You can create your own radio station that only plays music you like. The best part: It listens to your opinion, so that after a while it's only playing music you like, but the list is always changing and expanding.
My Space
Combine a major social networking site with thousands of artists around the world. Each musician has their own page, which normally has a playlist of several of their songs. But it has a huge range of musicians ranging from huge stars to the up-and-coming, and you can listen to the music and interact with the rest of the page.
【1】If you enjoy listening to some new music, you can pay a visit to ________.
A．The Sixty One
B．Playlist
C．Pow Wow
D．Pandora
【2】You can't listen to some music on Playlist possibly because ________.
A．you don't have any playlist
B．you are not one of the members of the website
C．it is only open to those who are in the United States
D．the music is played only by the local people.
【3】Pandora is different from the other websites of music in that ________.
A．listening to music is free of charge
B．the website keeps changing and expanding;
C．it is built according to your suggestions
D．you can always enjoy your favorite music.
【4】Which of the following is true of My Space?
A．Thousands of artists visits it every day.
B．It is unnecessary to create your own playlist of each musician
C．Many musicians ranging from huge stars to the up-and-coming often visit the site
D．It is possible to meet the stars around the world
【5】Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A．Create Your Own Playlist.
B．Best Free Music Websites.
C．All Kinds of Music Online.
D．Listen to Music for free.
27、Researchers from The University of Queensland(UQ) have helped design an app to protect birds at risk of extinction across the world by breaking down language barriers between scientists. The Bird Language Diversity web app will help provide a “birds eye view”, ensuring vital information is shared to improve worldwide conservation.
UQ’s Dr Pablo Negret said the research team analysed more than 10,000 bird species, and found that 1,587 species have 10 languages or more spoken within their distributions. “Scientific information on species can be spread across different languages, but valuable information can go missing or get lost in translation,” Dr Negret said. “Without enough sharing of information, this can affect the effectiveness of conservation measures.”
Take the common bird pochard for example. It is classified as vulnerable species(易危种) and crosses 108 countries in Europe, Asia and north Africa, where a total of 75 official languages are spoken. The survival of the common pochard, and so many other species, depends on effective cooperation and policy agreements among people with diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds.
This app reveals where threatened and migratory birds(候鸟) exist geographically, in relation to the language spoken in those regions. “We hope the app will encourage researchers and conservation organisations to interact with their peers in other regions, especially if they speak different languages, and be a starting point to allow everyone to work together to protect threatened species,” Dr Negret said.
Dr Tatsuya Amano, a researcher and the co-author of the paper, said this work could extend further than bird species. “Any species, whether they're mammals, amphibians(两栖动物), or plants, with a range crossing multiple countries will be impacted by language barriers, as well as species that migrate across different countries, such as marine species and butterflies,” he said. “The significance of the impact of poor communication on such an important issue is evident, and is the reason why we’re working hard to improve science communication across languages.”
【1】How can the app help scientists globally?
A．By creating language barriers.
B．By building language bridges.
C．By sharing learning methods.
D．By breaking down race barriers.
【2】What is the function of adequate sharing of information?
A．Ensuring the effectiveness of protective measures.
B．Helping people know more about scientists' efforts.
C．Spreading knowledge of the diversity of birds worldwide.
D．Compromising the effectiveness of conservation measures.
【3】What is shown on the app?
A．The producer of the app.
B．The organizations involved.
C．The location of endangered birds.
D．The information of new geographers.
【4】What can be the best title for the text?
A．Birds Protection Is an Urgency
B．New Bird App Spreads Its Wings
C．New Bird App Helps Learn Languages
D．Poor Communication Impacts Cooperation
28、We considered a list of the best American books—but we'd need a whole issue to do them justice. Here are 5 that helped define the national character. Most from a century or so ago.
They still entertain, teach, and inspire.
Moby Dick by Herman Melville
First published in 1851 the adventure stories of Captain Ahab and his continuous hunting for the white whale draw us into a universe full of fascinating characters and stories.
The education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams
Awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1918, coming from one of America's most famous political dynasties? Adams provides insight (洞察力) into his family? including his experience as private secretary to his father, minister to England during the American Civil War.
Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
When Whitman published Leaves of Grass in 1855, he wanted to define the American experience sing of the new country in a new voice? reflecting the great changes in the American literary world that had taken place during his lifetime.
Poems by Emily Dickinson
An enthusiastic poet whose works have had considerable influence on modern poetry, Dickinson's frequent use of dashes (破折号) sporadic capitalization (零星的大写)of nouns, and unusual metaphors(隐瑜) have contributed to her reputation as one of the most innovative (仓新的) poets of 19th century American literature.
The song of Hiawatha by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
First published in 1855, this is Longfellow's most popular and most recognized poem, the heroic life and death of a magic American Indian, sent by the Great Spirit to guide the nations in the ways of peace.
【1】If you are interested in nature, especially the sea world. is the most suitable book for you.
A．Poems
B．Moby Dick
C．The Song of Hiawatha
D．The Education of Henry Adams
【2】Walt Whitman wrote leaves of Grass in order to .
A．show the great changes in the American literary world
B．reflect the great changes in American society during his lifetime
C．give the Americans encouragement in a new voice
D．show people his talent and heroic life
【3】Whose works are most suitable for you if you want to learn some new ways of writing poems?
A．Walt Whitman's.
B．Emily Dickinson's
C．Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's
D．Herman Melville's
【4】If you want to read a story about an American Indian, you can read .
A．Moby Dick
B．Leaves
C．Poems
D．The Song of Hiawatha
【5】Which statement is TRUE according to the passage?
A．Walt Whitman was an enthusiastic poet and writer.
B．Of five books, four are poems.
C．The Education of Henry Adams is a nonfiction (非虚构的) book.
D．Of the five books, Moby Dick was published last.
29、When I was seven, my parents explained to me that my sister would be different. 【1】 But now I realize I see the world in a much different way, all thanks to her.
Throughout our lives, my sister has often got stared at because she has Down syndrome (唐氏综合征), which makes her appear abnormal. There were times when I had to struggle with her. 【2】 I simply thought. “Everyone else is just staring and that is wrong. They should offer us help instead of staring at us like it’s a circus act (马戏表演).”
I had this in mind when I was traveling alone recently and saw a mother and a son with special needs at the airport gate. 【3】 They were heading towards the gate of their second departure of the day. The mother was obviously stressed out and trying to keep her son calm while some items were falling out of her un-zipped (拉开拉链的) backpack. The son was pulling strangers’clothes, and she appeared to be embarrassed about it. Then the boy began to scream, looking very scared and confused.
Some people gave the son and mother strange looks, the same kind of looks my sister and I would sometimes get. 【4】 I tried to help calm the boy down by assuring him he was going to see his grandmother as his mom kept telling him. When the boy finally calmed down, I returned to my seat. At the time, an older gentleman turned around and said to me. “I thought about doing what you did, but I just thought about it. You did it.”
To be honest. I didn’t even really regard what I did as something different or good. 【5】
A．They had got off another plane.
B．People would stare at us even more.
C．I don’t know what I should do to help.
D．But I went up and asked if I could lend a hand.
E．I just consider it as the only choice in that situation.
F．I was so angry that I shouted loudly at the strangers.
G．I had no idea what impact she would have on my daily life.
30、Since the first Women of the Future Awards in 2013, many young entrepreneurs (企业家), social change-makers and leaders _______ our judges. And they have gone on to achieve world-class success.
From shaking whole industries — _______ the male-dominated world of technology-to making real contribution in the day-to-day lives of _______ children, the Women of the Future alumni (校友) are a group of Australians that make us _______.
Annabelle Chauncy OAM, now 34, who _______ the People’s Choice Prize in 2014, has gone on to make real changes on a grand scale in Uganda with her _______ organization, School for Life. One of the first students to _______ it was a girl named Sissy.
“I remember having a(n) _______ with Sissy’s mum,” Annabelle says. “She said, ‘I just want her to have a primary school education and then I’m okay with her going off and getting _______ to a better man because she’ll have ________ literacy skills.’”
Now Sissy is doing her Year 9 in high school and is learning with ________.
“The change in the girl is ________, who started in primary school and was not able to look you in the eye because she was so ________ and afraid,” Annabelle says.
In its first year, School for Life had 80 students. It now educates 1,025 young people and provides other ________, such as vocational training and counselling services.
Reflecting on Annabelle’s work, it’s easy to fall under the ________ that everything she achieved was a fact accomplishment. But like so many of The Weekly’s Women of the Future alumni, Annabelle was ________ a young student fighting to be taken seriously and to prove that one person can ________.
“At the age of 21, knocking on doors and asking for people to ________ a school in Uganda, while I had half a law degree, was ________,” she says. “There were quite a lot of people who ________ whether we’d be able to pull something like this off.” Finally, our efforts paid off.
【1】
A．greeted
B．persuaded
C．moved
D．impressed
【2】
A．extremely
B．temporarily
C．particularly
D．randomly
【3】
A．poor
B．brave
C．smart
D．polite
【4】
A．calm
B．proud
C．confused
D．thrilled
【5】
A．organized
B．passed
C．won
D．offered
【6】
A．nonprofit
B．costly
C．meaningless
D．wealthy
【7】
A．put up with
B．sign up for
C．make use of
D．get hold of
【8】
A．argument
B．conversation
C．cooperation
D．understanding
【9】
A．lost
B．back
C．used
D．married
【10】
A．basic
B．abundant
C．different
D．excellent
【11】
A．depression
B．burden
C．doubt
D．confidence
【12】
A．painful
B．incredible
C．imaginable
D．original
【13】
A．shy
B．popular
C．sunny
D．stubborn
【14】
A．funds
B．cures
C．income
D．support
【15】
A．habit
B．message
C．feeling
D．advice
【16】
A．once
B．frequently
C．occasionally
D．constantly
【17】
A．give in
B．come into effect
C．make a difference
D．break down
【18】
A．disturb
B．invest
C．praise
D．inspire
【19】
A．vital
B．adventurous
C．necessary
D．tough
【20】
A．permitted
B．advocated
C．questioned
D．commented
31、 Saddleworth Moor in the north of England is a bare place. It seemed almost wired to me, then, that anyone should _____ the building of seven wind turbines( 风力发电机) to produce clean, renewable energy. Surely this was the perfect place to situate them--- basically dull, unattractive to tourists and ----- _____ ---windy. Yet Saddleworth is becoming another battleground in an increasingly confusing _____ over wind farming and the future of the planet.
Typical of this confusion is hearing Professor David Bellamy _____ the fight against wind farms. I had always thought of Professor Bellamy as an environmentalist had made the _____ assumption that he would be a natural supporter of wind power. However, on reflection, Bellamy would be better described as a conservationist, whose main aim is to preserve natural habitats of plants and animals from destruction, rather than a(n) _____ on climate change. He has fought against other renewable energies that _____ wildlife and wildness, and has described the wind turbines as weapons of mass destruction killing birds and bats.
Bellamy, along with other opponents, has argued the wind farms are in fact _____, and are only commercially successfully because they are so heavily funded. This argument has been put forward by several newspaper commentators recently , who have then gone to _____ nuclear power. This doesn’t take into account years of _____ from Greens who claim that nuclear power is both expensive and dangerous. And yet nuclear energy has recently been _____ by a leading green scientist , Professor James Lovelock, who was one of the first to draw attention to the problem of climate change. He argues that renewable energy such as wind simply cannot provide sufficient electricity for our energy needs.
And so it goes on. There are so many _____ claims, each apparently fronted by some outstanding scientists and backed up by a lot of statics. So who’s actually right? What’s the right solution? What _____ me is that we will take so long in deciding that it will be too late. The damage will have been done. Yet what I also _____ is how convenient these conflicting arguments are. We can avoid making any changes to our personal lifestyles by just doing nothing. Global warming isn’t down to me going to Barcelona by air for the weekend or having a dishwasher or driving everywhere; no, it’s because those people in Saddleworth won’t let us build our _____!
【1】A.take over B.call for C.look into D.object to
【2】A.vice versa B.or rather C.above all D.to date
【3】A.debate B.concern C.advantage D.control
【4】A.leading B.reporting C.watching D.abandoning
【5】A.cautious B.basic C.common D.false
【6】A.expert B.campaigner C.commentator D.columnist
【7】A.exploited B.threatened C.restored D.attracted
【8】A.unaided B.unfriendly C.uneconomic D.unbalanced
【9】A.produce B.praise C.eliminate D.research
【10】A.intentions B.passions C.opinions D.protest
【11】A.advocated B.rejected C.proposed D.overlooked
【12】A.expected B.successful C.conflicting D.personal
【13】A.relieves B.amazes C.disappoints D.worries
【14】A.predict B.recognize C.question D.ski
【15】A.wind farms B.power plants C.animal habitats D.nuclear engines
32、Be a Traveler, not a Tourist
Last summer, I had just enough money saved to buy a golden ticket—a 3-month train pass that would take me to the furthest reaches of Europe. Excited for my journey, I packed all the necessities —except the _________.
While the convenience of the Internet was definitely a contributing factor to my _________ not to take with me the few expensive kilograms of out-of-date information, this was not the only reason why I decided to fly alone.
To be honest, my main _________ with the guidebook is that I find it _________ the pleasure of a journey—like bossy aunt who is always telling you what to do, _________ she doesn’t always know what is the best.
Experience has taught me that there is an obvious _________ between a tourist and traveler.
While waiting in a queue, I met a man who had a checklist. He showed me his list of “Top 20 Things To Do in Italy” and _________ off in a loud American accent that he’d seen everything Italy has to offer in just four days.
The problem I had with this man’s _______ to travelling was that he was too _______ information provided by his guidebook. He was lost in the __________ attractiveness of the “must-sees” and ________ to all the wonders and adventures that might happen during the ________ trip.
So, ________ any guidebook, I traveled to Estonia, the tiny Baltic country bordering Russia. In the __________ of advance plans as guidebooks would suggest, I had no choice but to turn to some friendly faces for advice. I __________ myself first and then asked them what was happening around the town. When this __________ an invitation to a beautiful Estonian home by a river where I __________ a 110-degree wood-stove sauna(桑拿浴), __________ picked forest-mushrooms and the good __________ of our five newly-found Estonian friends, I was most glad that I had left my “bossy __________” at home.
【1】A. magazine B. guidebook C. cash D. map
【2】A. excuse B. goal C. decision D. mistake
【3】A. problem B. suggestion C. dislike D. connection
【4】A. annoys B. increases C. removes D. limits
【5】A. as if B. even though C. as though D. as long as
【6】A. similarity B. difference C. misunderstanding D. competition
【7】A. cut B. showed C. put D. gave
【8】A. way B. determination C. approach D. confidence
【9】A. cautious about B. amused by C. surprised at D. focused on
【10】A. likely B. seeming C. lovely D. orderly
【11】A. deaf B. dumb C. blind D. eager
【12】A. real B. imagined C. guided D. paid
【13】A. except B. beyond C. without D. unlike
【14】A. face B. control C. loss D. absence
【15】A. calmed B. warned C. introduced D. enjoyed
【16】A. resulted in B. put in C. broke in D. cut in
【17】A. found B. bathed C. ordered D. enjoyed
【18】A. locally B. nervously C. rarely D. secretly
【19】A. experience B. time C. opinion D. company
【20】A. mom B. master C. aunt D. book
33、 A couple of months ago, I was texting a friend in Australia during their widespread bushfires, begging her to come back to New York. “It’s just not _________” I said. “You can’t even breathe!”
She simply replied, “No. I need to bear witness (见证),” _________ the way her government poorly handled the problem, ignoring scientists’ _________ about global warming. Her need to “see” was _________ in her deep love for her people and country.
Now here I am, _________ my own city on “fire”. A fire that should have taken no one by surprise. This isn’t just about Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd or any black citizen. This is about a _________ that exists within this country that makes our lives seemingly less valuable to the people in power who _________ most times, to be white.
In all this good trouble, we can’t keep looking away. We can’t keep _________. If we don’t bear witness to these moments of unfairness, they have the chance to _________ themselves.
If we’re afraid and confused, that’s __________, because we are only human. But on the other side of fear is __________. On the other side of __________ is knowledge and power. Maybe we are unsure what to do or really what we can do in this moment __________ there are so many confusing suggestions. But the only thing we __________ have to do is keep being our unique selves.
I’m Black. My father, mother, brother, and everyone in between are Black. I __________ being Black. Friends and family from all over have asked me to leave. And I say no.
I, too, need to bear witness.
【1】A.harmful B.important C.safe D.beautiful
【2】A.referring to B.cheering up C.defending against D.carrying on
【3】A.limits B.warnings C.manners D.wishes
【4】A.absorbed B.filled C.rooted D.buried
【5】A.setting B.putting C.making D.watching
【6】A.support B.statement C.schedule D.system
【7】A.happen B.promise C.manage D.intend
【8】A.alive B.balanced C.silent D.bored
【9】A.hurt B.repeat C.beat D.win
【10】A.unbelievable B.enjoyable C.reliable D.understandable
【11】A.interest B.bravery C.luck D.sadness
【12】A.confusion B.fool C.loss D.news
【13】A.when B.where C.what D.that
【14】A.nearly B.gently C.hardly D.truly
【15】A.regret B.avoid C.love D.try
34、阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空，在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个适当单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。
A
I have the【1】(great)job in the world. I travel to unusual places and work alongside people from all over the world. Sometimes using【2】(science)equipment and sometimes meeting local people and tourists, I am never【3】(bore).Although my job is occasionally dangerous, I don’t mind because danger excites me and makes me feel alive. However, the most important thing about my job is that I help protect ordinary people【4】 one of the most powerful forces on earth—the volcano.
B
Water is a precious resource. Every person needs it【5】 (survive),and we use it for cooking, drinking, growing our food and washing. However，it is scarce(缺乏的).Just 1% of water on Earth can【6】 (use)by humans. What’s more，treating water to make it clean and safe and pumping it to our homes uses up lots of energy. So, what can you do to help save water? One easy way is by【7】(turn)off the tap when you brush your teeth.
C
Robbie Phillips has become the first British person to complete one of the toughest challenges in rock climbing. 【8】(know)as the Alpine Trilogy(阿尔卑斯三部曲),the challenge consists of three climbs on mountains in Austria, Germany and Switzerland, 【9】Phillips completed in four years. Until now, only four other people【10】(conquer)all three of the extremely difficult climbs.
35、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.
36、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.
The Internet E-commerce and globalization are making a new economic age possible. In the future, capitalist markets will largely be replaced by a new kind of economic system based on 【1】 relationships, contractual arrangements and access rights.
Has the quality of our lives at work, at home and in our communities increased in direct proportion to all the new Internet and business-to-business Internet services being introduced into our lives? I have asked this question of hundreds of CEOs and corporate executives in Europe and the United States. Surprisingly, virtually everyone has said, “No, quiet 【2】.” They say they are working longer hours, feel more stressed, are more impatient, and are even less civil in their dealings with colleagues and friends-not to mention strangers. And what’s more revealing, they place much of the blame on the very same technologies they are so 【3】 supporting.
The technological leader promised us that access would make life more convenient. Instead, the very technological wonders that were supposed to 【4】 us have begun to enslave us in a web of connections from which there seems to be no easy 【5】.
If an earlier generation was preoccupied with the quest to enclose a vast 【6】 land, the .com generation, it seems, is more caught up in the colonization of time. Every spare moment of our time is being filled with some form of commercial connection, making time itself the 【7】 of all resources.
And while we have created every kind of labor-and time-saving device to service our needs, we are beginning to feel like we have less time available to us than any other humans in history. Maybe we need to ask what kinds of connections really 【8】 in the e-economy age. If this new technology 【9】 is only about super efficiency, then we risk losing something even precious than time-our sense of what it means to be a(n) 【10】 human being.
37、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.
Expressions about water are almost as common as water itself. But many of the expressions using water have unpleasant meanings.
The expression “to be in hot water” is one of them. It is a very old expression, which can be 【1】 back to 500 years ago. The expression is used to mean being in trouble. One story says it got that meaning from the custom of throwing extremely hot water down on enemies attacking a castle.
Being in “deep water” is almost the same as being in “hot water”. When you are in deep water, you are in a difficult 【2】. Imagine a person who cannot swim being thrown in water over his head. You are in deep water when you are facing a problem that you do not have the ability to solve. The problem is too deep. You can be in deep water, for example, if you invest in stocks in complete 【3】 of the stock market.
"Water over the dam" is another expression about a past event. It is something that cannot be 【4】. The expression comes from the idea that water that has 【5】 a dam cannot be brought back again. When a friend is 【6】 by a mistake she has made, you might tell her to forget about it. You say it is water over the dam.
Another common expression, "to hold water," is about the strength or weakness of an idea or opinion that you may be arguing about. It probably comes from the way of testing the 【7】 of a container. If it can hold water, it is strong and has no holes in it. If your 【8】 can hold water, it is strong and does not have any holes. If it does not hold water, then it is weak and can not be 【9】.
"Throwing cold water" also is an expression that deals with an idea or 【10】. For example, you want to buy a new car because the old one has some problems. But you wife "throws cold water" on the idea, because she says a new car costs too much
38、假定你是学生会主席李华，下周你所在学校要接待来自英国的交换生。请你代表学校写一篇欢迎辞，要点如下:
1.表示欢迎: 2.介绍活动安排: 3.表达愿望。
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、假设你是李华，某中学学生杂志英语习作专栏正在开展主题为“Why should we learn English?”的征文活动。请你根据所给要点写一篇征文稿。
1）提高学习语言的能力；2）有助于了解异国文化；3）能够结识更多的朋友。
Why should we learn English?
English is an international language，so it is
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40、假定你是李华，你校英文周刊本周讨论的话题是“高中生在学校该不该用智能手机”。请你写篇短文，说明你的观点。请从以下两个观点中选择一个：
1. 高中生应该在学校使用智能手机；
2. 高中生不应该在学校使用智能手机。
注意：1. 词数80左右
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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41、假如你是李华，新华学校学生会主席，近日你校收到美国友好交流学校Roger Manverz School学生会主席John的邮件，希望你校捐赠一批传统文化书籍，供该校对此有兴趣的同学阅读，请你代表学校给John回复一封邮件，邮件中需要包含以下内容：
1.自我介绍；
2.捐赠图书的具体信息；
3.询问对方的收件地址和联系信息。
注意：1. 词数100左右；2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear John,
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Yours faithfully,
Li Hua
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