阿里地区2025-2026学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高三英语

1、In America, a ________ lunch may consist of a burger or sandwich, a vegetable or fruit salad, a dessert, and a coke or coffee.

A.stable B.reasonable C.typical D.vital

2、– Shall I call you at this time tomorrow afternoon?

– Sorry, I ______ an exam on DingTalk.

A．will be taking

B．will take

C．will have taken

D．am taking

3、Once _______ in the forest, we should remain ________ we are and wait for help.

A．losing; there

B．losing; where

C．lost; there

D．lost; where

4、________all the staff, I would like to wish you good grades in the end of the term.

A．In place of

B．On account of

C．On behalf of

D．In honour of

5、Tom was told that it would be at least one week __________ he could recover and return to school.

A.when B.since C.before D.that

6、The young man ____________ be slow, but at least he doesn't make any mistakes.

A.may B.can C.must D.should

7、It is clear that in modern society high ______ and demands are placed on students.

A.motivations B.expectations C.standards D.opportunities

8、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

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、The weather turned out to be fine yesterday. I ______ the trouble to carry my umbrella with me.

A. shouldn’t have taken B. couldn’t have taken

C. mustn’t have taken D. needn’t have taken

11、——What a big letdown it is to have missed such a good opportunity!

——Don’t worry. Something better will ________ .

A．go by

B．take on

C．in need

D．come along

12、To avoid on how to use the word, you’d better refer to a dictionary.

A．to get confused   B． getting confused

C．to get confusing D． getting confusing

13、The heartbroken mother had no alternative but ____ her guilty son to the police.

A. report B. reporting C. reported D. to report

14、The young teacher has ________ ambitious.

A. been proved to be B. proved to be

C. been proved D. proved being

15、Many young people in the west are expected to leave ________ could be life’s most important decision—marriage—almost entirely up to luck.

A．as   B．that   C．which D．What

16、The committee ______ of fifteen members.

A. consists B. is consisted

C. formed D. make up

17、Zhang Ze took on a victory in the 2019 French Open, ___________we all regard as the highest-ranked Chinese male player.

A.which B.when C.who D.where

18、They both look as if they ______ ten years younger after a heart-to-heart talk.

A.are B.were C.have been D.had been

19、Nothing matches face-to-face communication in _____thoughts, emotions and information.

A.concluding B.containing C.confusing D.conveying

20、When I came home last night, I saw my little kid _______ on the bed, with his whole attention _______upon the book about Harry Potter.

A. lying; fixing B. lay; fixed

C. sitting; to fix D. seated; fixed

21、As a writer of several best-sellers, she has both style and humor _______.

A．at her mercy

B．at her command

C．in her defence

D．on her behalf

22、Each of these arguments may appear ______ on the surface, but they don’t stand up to the test.

A.stable B.ample C.valid D.creative

23、One of the characteristics that make me different from many people is my adaptability—I'm________ and comfortable in new or unusual situations.

A. acceptable B. respectable

C. reliable D. Flexible

24、I ________ to make my plan for the final exam in advance, but I ________.

A．would decide; did

B．could have decided; can't

C．might decide; didn't

D．should have decided; didn't

25、More than half of the participants said that getting married was not an important___________ for becoming an adult.

A.tension B.restriction C.circulation D.criterion

26、   A huge 3D printer is now building new homes in the countryside in Southern Mexico. It is the world’s first 3D-printed village. Could this be part of the global housing solution?

The 500-square-foot houses are finished with roofs, windows and the inside parts. A nonprofit organization called New Story leading the project believes that the new construction could be part of the solution for affordable housing in some of the places in the world. The organization hopes to build 50 new houses by the end of 2020, replacing the ones that residents built themselves out of wood, metal and whatever materials they could afford.

The families live in a seismic zone that usually suffer from flooding. Building something that will stand up to an earthquake and keep them dry during heavy rains is a key consideration when it comes to the design.

New Story has been helping families in need of shelter. It has built more than 2,700 homes in South America and Mexico since it was founded in 2014. This is the first home-building project that it’s done with 3D printing.

Each house takes 24 hours, which is about two times faster than it takes to build a home with regular construction. The house has two bedrooms, one bathroom, a living room and a kitchen. And the houses can resist powerful earthquakes.

The technology is there and the application to building homes for those in need brings a lot of hope for the future. Experts say 3D printing is not science fiction. We have moved beyond science fiction into reality.3D printers build homes faster, better and less expensively. In the future, this will be humanity’s perfect housing solution that matches our highest values and ideals.

【1】What do we know about New Story?

A.It must be a famous company. B.It values 3D printing technology.

C.It earns a lot by building houses. D.It takes the lead in 3D printing technology.

【2】What's the focus for people living in the earthquake zone to build houses?

A.Predicting floods. B.Resisting earthquakes.

C.Saving building costs. D.Using expensive materials.

【3】What does the author think of 3D printing?

A.It is hard to apply. B.It is science fiction.

C.It has a bright future. D.It has perfectly solved housing problems.

【4】What’s the best title for the text?

A.A Huge 3D Printer B.New Story, a Great Nonprofit

C.The World’s First 3D-printed Village D.3D-printed Houses, Popular Worldwide

27、   The 2019 Beijing Horticultural Expo, the largest of its kind, has chosen the theme "Live Green,Live Better'. The expo, opened on April 29 in Yanqing District of Beijing, is scheduled to last for l62 days until October 7.

Tickets available

One-day ticket (single entry)

One-day ticket (single entry) for a designated day

Three-day ticket (three entries)

Unlimited entry pass (multiple entries, unrestricted days)

Regular ticket

Group ticket

Designated days:

Labor Day holiday (May l-4)

Dragon boat Festival holiday (June 7-9)

Mid-Autumn Festival holiday (Sept 13-15)

National Day holiday (Oct l-7)

Tickets prices

Standard dayticket 120 yuan

Ordinary designated day ticket 160 yuan

Discounted standard day ticket 80 yuan

Discounted designated day ticket 120 yuan

Tickets are free for children under the age of six or shorter than 130 centimeters. Discounted tickets are available for those with disabilities, seniors, children, students and PLA soldiers.

Where to buy

Visitors can buy or book tickets from two online agents, seven travel agencies, or three event channels-the event WeChat account, the event app or Onsite ticket kiosks.

Opening hours

Requirements

Buying tickets for Expo 2019 Beijing requires real-name registration, and all visitors are required to input information from their ID cards or valid passports, mainland travel permits for Hong Kong and Macao residents, and mainland travel permits for Taiwan residents, to buy or book tickets online.

【1】From the passage, what can we learn?

A. A resident from Macao just needs his passport to book his ticket for the expo.

B. Tickets cannot be booked through the event WeChat account.

C. One can be admitted in at any time with an unlimited entry pass.

D. Visitors must use their real names to buy tickets.

【2】If a soldier takes his wife, his 65-year-old father and five-old-year son to the expo on June 7, how much will he pay for their tickets?

A. 360 B. 480.

C. 400. D. 520.

【3】Where is the passage most probably taken from?

A. A notice board. B. A report.

C. A travel guide. D. A book review.

28、Time Travel

If you could travel in time, where would you go? Perhaps you would watch an original performance of a Shakespeare’s play in Elizabethan England? What about hanging out with Laozi in the Spring and Autumn Period? Or maybe you’d voyage far ahead of the present day to see what the future holds.

The possibility of time travel is indeed appealing. Stories exploring the subject have been around for hundreds of years. Perhaps the best known example is science fiction novel The Time Machine, which was written by H.G. Wells and published in 1895 for the first time. It was adapted into at least two feature films of the same name, as well as two television versions, and a large number of comic book adaptations. It is generally credited with the popularization of the concept of time travel using a vehicle that allows an operator to travel purposefully and selectively. The term “time machine”, coined by Wells, is now universally used to refer to a vehicle transporting people into the far future.

But could time travel actually be possible? Some scientists say yes, in theory. They propose

using cracks in time and space called “wormholes”, which could be used as shortcuts to other periods. Einstein's theory of relativity allows time travel in extreme circumstances. And British

physicist Stephen Hawking says you could travel into the future with a really fast spaceship — going at nearly the speed of light. Though building such a spaceship would of course be no simple task.

Even if you could travel into the past, there is something called the “grandfather paradox”. It asks what would happen if a time traveler were to go back in time and have his own grandfather killed for some reason, and therefore prevent himself from being born.If the time traveler wasn't born, how would he travel back in time？

And would you really like to visit the future？In H.G.Wells' book, the main character travels into distant time where he arrives at a beach and is attacked by giant crabs. He then voyages 30 million years into the future where the only living thing is a black object with tentacles(触角).If that's what's in store, maybe we are better just living in the present day after all.

【1】The novel The Time Machine mentioned in Paragraph 2 aims to show___________.

A．the special feature of the book

B．People's interest in time travel

C．the long history of time travel

D．the contribution of H.G.Wells

【2】Einstein's and Hawking's theories_________.

A．suggest the possibility to invent the time machine

B．have similarities in many ways

C．have proved wrong by some time travelers

D．push the invention of the first spaceship

【3】In Paragraph 4,“grandfather paradox” probably refers to the idea that__________.

A．the traveler is prevented from meeting his grandfather

B．the traveler goes back in time to seek for his grandfather

C．the grandfather's death makes the traveler's birth impossible

D．The reunion of the traveler and his grandfather brings happiness

【4】According to the passage, what is probably the author's attitude towards time travel？

A．Supportive.

B．Unconcerned.

C．Unclear.

D．Skeptical.

29、   Teenagers who talk on the cell phone a lot, and hold their phones up to their right ears, score worse on one type of memory test. That’s the finding of a new study. That memory impairment（损伤） might be one side effect of the radiation (放射线) that phones use to keep us connected while we’re on the go.

Nearly 700 Swiss teens took part in a test of figural memory. This type helps us remember abstract symbols and shapes, explains Milena Foerster. The teens took memory tests twice, one year apart. Each time, they had one minute to remember 13 pairs of abstract shapes. Then they were shown one item from each pair and asked to match it with one of the five choices. The study volunteers also took a test of verbal memory. That’s the ability to remember words. The two memory tests are part of an intelligence test. The researchers also surveyed the teens on how they use cell phones. And they got call records from phone companies. The researchers used those records to figure out how long the teens were using their phones. This allowed the researchers to work out how big a radiation exposure (接触) each person could have got while talking.

A phone user’s exposure to the radiation can differ widely. Some teens talk on their phones more than others. People also hold their phones differently. If the phone is close to the ear, more radiation may enter the body, Foerster notes. Even the type of network signal that a phone uses can matter. Much of Switzerland was using an older “second-generation” type of cell phone networks, the study reports. Many phone carriers (通讯公司) have moved away from such networks. And more companies plan to update their networks within the next few years.

The teens’ scores in the figural memory tests were roughly the same from one year to the next. But those who normally held their phones near the right ears, and who were also exposed to higher levels of radiation, scored a little bit worse after a year. No group of teens showed big changes on the verbal memory test. Why might one type of memory be linked to cell phone use, but not another? Foerster thinks it could have to do with where different memory centers sit in the brain. The site that deals with the ability to remember shapes is near the right ear.

【1】What can we infer from Paragraph 3?

A.Phone users can make more money with new networks.

B.Radiation levels are affected by the cell phone network types.

C.The cell phone network type has little to do the cell phone use.

D.How people hold their phones has no effect on their bodies.

【2】According to the study, teens who use their phones to their right ears a lot do worse in ________.

A.matching numbers B.reading signals

C.remembering shapes D.learning words

【3】What might be the best title for the text?

A.Cell phone use and safety warnings

B.Facts about cell phone use at school

C.Dangerous levels of cell phone use among teens

D.Teen’s cell phone use linked to memory problems

30、   History rocks! But your poor history teacher was not able to_________all the fun little bits. Whether these bits were sad, ridiculous, or heartwarming, we think it’s a shame that you_________the bits. And now we help you_________that.

Famous for his beard, Abraham Lincoln was an incredible_________. Though he wasn’t actually born in a very poor family, he did have a relatively_________childhood. Hard labor was part of the daily life in the area where Lincoln grew up, and, at the age of nine, he_________his mother because of disease. As President, he would grow to be history’s_________president of the United States, standing proud at 1.93m. Even after he died, his story didn’t quite_________. In 1876, a group of bad fellows wanted to hold Lincoln’s body for ransom (赎金) at the fee of $ 20000 and the_________of one of their accomplices (同谋犯). They were caught and____________to a year in prison.

Theodore Roosevelt’s story is one of privilege, big personalities, and bigger sticks. Teddy Roosevelt was born to the____________Roosevelt family in New York City, quite different from Lincoln, but he was known to be a very____________child. He even took up boxing at a young age to____________against his weak body. Roosevelt had a(n)____________to the left eye caused by boxing. He took many trips to Africa and South America where he hunted and studied numerous exotic species.

His best story, perhaps, concerns a speech in Milwaukee in 1912. During the speech, a man tried to____________Roosevelt's life with a gun, but the bullet was slowed down by his folded speech craft and eyeglass case. Roosevelt____________told the crowd he hadn't been shot. He____________giving his speech without stopping,____________when it was finished, he headed over as soon as possible for the hospital to get the bullet____________. Mr. Roosevelt, well____________!

【1】A.state B.interpret C.describe D.cover

【2】A.put aside B.missed out C.left out D.cast about

【3】A.make out B.pick up C.draw on D.make up for

【4】A.figure B.character C.creature D.brain

【5】A.intact B.tough C.rich D.light-hearted

【6】A.lost B.sacrificed C.possessed D.rescued

【7】A.wisest B.strongest C.tallest D.heaviest

【8】A.arise B.shrink C.rewind D.end

【9】A.promotion B.fame C.answer D.release

【10】A.sentenced B.surrendered C.regulated D.shrank

【11】A.exceptional B.wealthy C.common D.fundamental

【12】A.aggressive B.active C.unhealthy D.confident

【13】A.battle B.resist C.build D.cure

【14】A.wound B.injury C.operation D.check

【15】A.kill B.murder C.carry off D.knock out

【16】A.patiently B.roughly C.immediately D.bravely

【17】A.continued B.enjoyed C.Finished D.stopped

【18】A.however B.therefore C.but D.otherwise

【19】A.transferred B.removed C.relayed D.transmitted

【20】A.talked B.lied C.shot D.played

31、I was on my cellphone sharing my excitement about the stories we received for a new book about resolutions (决心). When I _______ my call, my 11-year-old son Bailey asked if he could write a story. I was surprised by his _______ and asked if he had “resolved”to do something _______ in his life. His reply _______ me. He said,“I have resolved to be nicer to younger children.”

Bailey has always been generous with older kids. _______, when it comes to younger kids, he falls _______. He gets angry when they touch his Lego creations or _______ to understand how to play his video games.

My husband and I have many friends with younger children who _______ regularly. Each time before they arrive, we tell Bailey how we would _______ it if he were more patient with the younger kids. He starts out great, but as the night wears on, his patience ________. I found it interesting that he was ________ making a change.

Later, I ________ our conversation and realized that Bailey had actually taken action. The last time our friend’s son, Brayden, ________, Bailey invited him to play with his Legos. Instead of getting angry that Brayden was not ________ correctly, according to Bailey’s ________, he allowed him to create his own version of an airplane. When playing video games, instead of telling Brayden he was too ________ to understand the concept, he gave him an unplugged (没插电的) ________ and let Brayden believe he was fighting alongside Bailey.

As parents, we often feel as if our ________ fall on deaf ears, but now I realize that my son has been listening all along. He is ________ to be a better person and I am ________ of him.

【1】

A．expected

B．ended

C．returned

D．answered

【2】

A．concern

B．talent

C．request

D．belief

【3】

A．different

B．adventurous

C．scientific

D．enjoyable

【4】

A．puzzled

B．embarrassed

C．annoyed

D．surprised

【5】

A．Therefore

B．Instead

C．However

D．Besides

【6】

A．asleep

B．sick

C．impatient

D．silent

【7】

A．agree

B．fail

C．tend

D．manage

【8】

A．visit

B．practice

C．perform

D．debate

【9】

A．handle

B．appreciate

C．recognize

D．replace

【10】

A．pays off

B．takes over

C．reaches out

D．wears out

【11】

A．casually

B．normally

C．innocently

D．voluntarily

【12】

A．concentrated

B．recalled

C．counted

D．commented

【13】

A．came over

B．gave up

C．showed off

D．ran away

【14】

A．writing

B．reading

C．building

D．sitting

【15】

A．standards

B．situations

C．memories

D．experiments

【16】

A．weak

B．nervous

C．busy

D．young

【17】

A．controller

B．freezer

C．computer

D．lamp

【18】

A．assessments

B．achievements

C．instructions

D．imaginations

【19】

A．pretending

B．refusing

C．training

D．attempting

【20】

A．aware

B．proud

C．tired

D．afraid

32、   Ieoh Ming Pei, one of the best known architects of the 20th century, has died, aged 102. Born in China, Ieoh Ming Pei moved to the United States in 1935 to study_________at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University.

Pei’s_________around the world include museums, government buildings, hotels, schools and other structures built with stone, steel and glass. One of his best-known and most_________works was built 30 years ago. Pei created a new Louvre’s（卢浮宫）main_________,which handled the enormous number of visitors entering the main Louvre building.

Pei first spent four months_________the museum and French history. He then drew_________for a big 21-meter-tal steel and glass pyramid, with three_________pyramids nearby. It was a very futuristic style of work for the 12th building.

A French newspaper_________Pei’s pyramids as“an annex（附属物）to Disneyland”. An environmental group said they should be_________in a desert. Others__________Pei of ruining one of landmarks. Pei said the Louvre was the most ________job of his career. He__________that he had wanted to create a modern space that would not__________from the traditional part of the museum. He said the glass pyramids were__________on the works of French landscape architect Le Notre. They__________French history. The pyramids__________in the spring of 1989.

Over the years that followed, the structure came to.be__________by most, if not all, of its critics. Pei’s other famous__________include the John F. Kennedy Library in Dorchester, Massachusetts, the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder Colorado, the East Wing of the National Gallery of Art in Washington and the Dallas City Hall in Texas.

__________Pei officially retired in 1990, he continued to__________projects including museums in Luxembourg, Qatar and his ancestral home of Suzhou.

【1】A.law B.architecture C.medicine D.art

【2】A.stories B.footprints C.designs D.paintings

【3】A.controversial B.valuable C.complex D.fantastic

【4】A.base B.cover C.entrance D.decoration

【5】A.studying B.enjoying C.visiting D.assessing

【6】A.views B.plans C.reports D.ideas

【7】A.stronger B.heavier C.taller D.smaller

【8】A.attributed B.announced C.blamed D.praised

【9】A.spotted B.planted C.recognized D.landed

【10】A.reminded B.accused C.robbed D.informed

【11】A.horrible B.boring C.ordinary D.difficult

【12】A.argued B.suggested C.supposed D.demanded

【13】A.take down B.take off C.take away D.take over

【14】A.fixed B.based C.depended D.modeled

【15】A.honored B.changed C.damaged D.hid

【16】A.closed B.started C.broke D.opened

【17】A.commented B.refused C.loved D.attacked

【18】A.theories B.assignments C.buildings D.pictures

【19】A.Therefore B.AS C.But D.Although

【20】A.work out B.work over C.work off D.work on

33、When I first met Begay at Los Ninos Elementary on “King and Queen Day”, she was wearing a smile ear-to-ear.

This morning, though, Begay was______. The parent she had been trying to_____was a no-show again. Begay______needed to talk to her. Her boy was smart, but now about a year behind. She______there were problems at home. He was always late and had already missed too much school.

By 8 a.m. , kids were arriving, and Begay’s______quickly became a beehive（蜂窝）of activity. Forty-five minutes_______, the little boy finally walked in, shoulders sunk, head_______. Rather than______him in front of the class, Begay welcomed him warmly. He was testing Begay’s long-held_______that no child is a lost cause, no matter how______he seems. “It’s the unspoken       _____teachers start out with,” Begay said.

During lunch I sat down with Begay’s students and asked them what they liked about her.

“ She never gets angry, “ said one girl. A boy______:” She’s funny and likes telling jokes.”

Before we left the______, the shy, quiet girl next to me______,” She teaches me when I don’t want to learn.”

Her_______stayed with me. When I_______it with Begay, I told her that I felt it was a very       _____thing for a child to say. She agreed.

“They never______that to me.” said Begay, “But that’s what I_______. I want them to enjoy school. I want them to feel like someone_______them.”

【1】

A．sensitive

B．worried

C．thrilled

D．energetic

【2】

A．meet

B．investigate

C．enquire

D．praise

【3】

A．gradually

B．occasionally

C．abruptly

D．desperately

【4】

A．clarified

B．revealed

C．suspected

D．acknowledged

【5】

A．classroom

B．school

C．canteen

D．house

【6】

A．after

B．before

C．later

D．ago

【7】

A．rose

B．bowed

C．nodded

D．shook

【8】

A．disturbing

B．astonishing

C．capturing

D．embarrassing

【9】

A．conclusion

B．dream

C．belief

D．ambition

【10】

A．awesome

B．troubled

C．innocent

D．careless

【11】

A．commitment

B．assumption

C．proposal

D．regulation

【12】

A．rejected

B．declared

C．added

D．protested

【13】

A．office

B．kitchen

C．playground

D．table

【14】

A．shouted

B．whispered

C．cried

D．suggested

【15】

A．comment

B．adventure

C．experience

D．discovery

【16】

A．interpreted

B．promoted

C．shared

D．demonstrated

【17】

A．fancy

B．comprehensive

C．crucial

D．meaningful

【18】

A．do

B．express

C．guarantee

D．leave

【19】

A．acquire

B．secure

C．accomplish

D．pursue

【20】

A．believes in

B．stands by

C．tums against

D．fears for

34、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.

A tiger at the Bronx Zoo in New York City has tested positive for the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus, becoming the first known case of human-animal 【1】, the zoo's chief veterinarian said on Sunday.

Nadia, the 4-year-old Malayan tiger that tested positive, was 【2】 for the COVID-19 disease after 【3】 a dry cough along with three other tigers and three lions, the Wildlife Conservation Society, which manages the zoo, said in a statement.

All of the cats are expected to recover, it said. But officials believe this is a unique case because Nadia became sick after 【4】 to an asymptomatic zoo employee, Paul Calle, chief veterinarian at the Bronx Zoo, told Reuters.

Calle said they did not know which employee infected the tiger. "This is the first time that we have discovered that a person infects the animal and the animal gets sick," Calle said, adding that they planned to share the findings with other zoos and institutions. " I guess 【5】 we will all have a better understanding as a result.

While the other tigers and lions were also 【6】 symptoms, the zoo decided to test only Nadia because she was the sickest and  had started to lose her appetite already, and they did not want to 【7】 all the cats to anesthesia(麻醉), Calle said.

Nadia 【8】 X-rays, an ultrasound(超声波) and blood tests to try to figure out what was making her sick . They decided to test for COVID-19 【9】 the surge in cases in New York City, the epicenter of the outbreak in the United States.The first tiger at the zoo, which has been shut since mid-March, began showing 【10】 of illness on March 27, according to the US Department of Agriculture National Veterinary Services Laboratories.

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: Complete the following passages by using the words in the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

Tablets are really useful devices, but their big screens always make them a burden to carry around without a bag. Wouldn’t it be great if there were a phone with the powers of a tablet that could be folded up and fit 【1】 into the hand?

Now something like a tablet-shaped but fold-able phone is about to become 【2】. In February, South Korean electronics company Samsung and China’s Huawei both unveiled fold-able phones Galaxy Fold and Huawei Mate X 【3】. Mobile phone use has entered the “fold-able future”, The Verge noted.

The technology could change our lives in significant ways. These devices, due to their 【4】 screens, give us the larger screens we want. Meanwhile, they still fit easily into the pocket. As USA Today noted, they’re “the 【5】 of a small tablets and smart-phone, all in a single device”.

The technology could 【6】 other devices too. For example, we could make TVs that stick to walls like posters, or fold up easily to hide away in drawers. In crowded modem cities, they will help us to 【7】 available space.

In a keynote address, Samsung’s senior vice president of mobile product marketing, Justin Denison, called the fold-able screen “the 【8】 for the smart-phone of tomorrow.” “It’s a balank canvas for us to do something beautiful together,” he said.

So is there nothing to stand in the way of the fold-able future?

According to tech news website Android authority, the necessary displays were difficult to produce. In 2012, nine out of every to OLED screens produced were 【9】. Today, that 10 percent rate has been improved to between 50 and 90 percent. However, at present these fold-able devices are expensive. For example, the price of Huawei Mate X is 17,500 RMB. That’s a price that may 【10】 the majority of people.

But if the fold-able device isn’t going to change the world overnight, there is no doubt that it is coming.

Patrick Moor-head, an industry analyst told The Verge, “Few are debating if fold-able or roll-able mobile displays are the future of smart-phones; the only question is when and by whom.”

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.

Driving an electric car 【1】 to the protection of environment, or so the marketing departments of their makers would have you believe. Yet a report which analyzes car emissions presents a rather different picture. A battery-powered car recharged with 【2】 generated by coal-fired power stations, it found, is likely to be more harmful. It could cause more than three times as many deaths from pollution as a 【3】 petrol-driven vehicle.

The study was carried out by the University of Minnesota. The researchers estimated how levels of fine particulate matter (细颗粒物) and ground-level ozone — two important 【4】 of air pollution — would change when a car is powered by different ways.

It was no surprise that electric cars whose batteries were recharged with power from wind, solar or hydro-electric sources came out to be virtually free from harmful 【5】. They were estimated to cause 231 deaths over the course of a year, compared with 878 for petrol cars. Electric cars recharged with power from natural gas-fired stations were also a lot less harmful than petrol-driven ones, with 439 deaths. But if those same electric cars were recharged 【6】 by coal, they would be responsible for over 3,000 deaths.

Biofuels also caused more health problems than petrol. But diesel, which often  【7】 concern about pollution, is slightly cleaner than petrol. This is because the study assumes for all cars that emission-control technologies will be more widely used, especially particulate filters which have a remarkable effect on cleaning diesel 【8】. Diesel cars are also more 【9】 of fuel than petrol-driven ones.

Overall, the study shows that electric cars are cleaner than those traditional vehicles only if the power used to charge then is also clean. That is hardly a surprise, but the 【10】 of the difference is. How green electric cars really are, then, will depend mainly on where they are driven. In France, which obtains more than half of its power from nuclear station, electric cars look like a good bet. In China and some other developing countries, where a large amount of electricity is produced from coal, they may not be so environment- friendly as they are marketed.

38、假定你是李华。最近 China Daily 就“如何看待中国传统文化”面向社会征稿。请你用英语给编辑写一封信，谈谈你自己的想法。要点如下:

1) 表明自己的立场(传统文化应该得到保护和传承)；

2) 给出你的理由；

3) 呼吁社会共同参与。 参考词汇:传承 inherit

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39、假定你是李华，2020年4月，你的好友Peter听说新冠疫情（COVID﹣19 epidemic）在中国已得到有效控制，请你谈谈你所在的城市，如何有序地投入复工复产。

1. 复工的意义和重要性；

2. 复工的举措：扫健康码（scan a health QR code）、保持社交距离、作好个人防护等。

注意：1. 词数80左右；2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

40、假设你是育才中学学生会主席(chairman of the Students’ Union)李华。你校将举办一次英语演讲比赛（speech contest），希望附近大学的外籍教师Smith 女生来做评委(judge)。请你给她写一封信。

英语演讲比赛的主题：人与自然

时间：6月10日下午2：---5：

地点：501教室

参赛选手：8名

联系人：李华（电话44876655）

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41、最近国家教育部要求在学校课程中设立中国传统毛笔书法课，引起社会诸多争议。请你就此谈谈自己的看法。内容包括：

1. 你是否赞同书法课在课程中的设立；

2. 阐述赞同或不赞同的原因。

注意：1. 词数100左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

参考词汇：教育部Ministry of Education；书法calligraphy

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