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1、It was not until _____ that _____ to study English.
A.he came to Beijing; he began B.did he came to Beijing; he began
C.he came to Beijing; did he begin D.did he came to Beijing; did he began
2、To keep their innovation _______ the times, Internet-based companies are sparing no efforts in digging into more core technologies.
A．in tune with
B．in touch with
C．in exchange for
D．in reward for
3、My parents will not__________ my birthday party if I don’t do well in my next test.
A.agree with B.allow for C.approve of D.object to
4、Allowing changes in the way of marriage and family life, in some seniors’ view, is a significant _______ from tradition.
A．departure
B．protection
C．relief
D．adaptation
5、--- Will you lend me some money?
--- Sorry, mine _______.
A．were used up
B．has run out
C．have run out
D．has run out of
6、The house rent is high. I’ve got about half the space I had at home and I’m paying_______ here.
A.as three times much B.as much three times
C.much as three times D.three times as much
7、A series of accidents caused by school buses will ______the pressure on the government.
A. come to B. turn to C. add to D. get to
8、We ________ be seen by AI as a small inconvenience that is in the way of the solution to a bigger problem.
A．could
B．should
C．need
D．dare
9、The old only ________ their children ________ and see them from time to time.
A．suggest; to come
B．hope; to come
C．desire; coming
D．desire; to come
10、The hot, damp weather didn’t ________ him.
A. be suitable B. fit for
C. agree with D. fit in
11、_______ to smoking, he gradually developed lung cancer and died young.
A.Abandon B.Abandoning C.Abandoned D.To abandon
12、—Late again this morning, and everything is in a complete mess!
—Be _______. Even a few minutes will give your day a head start.
A．a cold fish
B．a lucky dog
C．an early bird
D．a dark horse
13、Fully _______ in looking after three small children, she cannot speak to you at the moment.
A.occupied B.being occupied C.occupying D.being occupying
14、 I would appreciate ______, to be frank, if the goods could be delivered as soon as possible.
A.you B.this C.it D.myself
15、She ________ the piano regularly for many years when she was young.
A．was playing
B．played
C．has played
D．had played
16、Our blood depends on us moving around to be able to _______ properly.
A.bleed B.bond C.crash D.circulate
17、He added that state and local governments might have to ____ spending as a result of declining tax revenue.
A. cut back B. cut off
C. cut out D. cut in
18、Such a film ___________ was shown in the cinema yesterday is not suitable for children.
A.as B.that C.which D./
19、I doubt the _______ of his statement because it doesn’t agree with the fact.
A.alternative B.accuracy C.significance D.identification
20、In the process of getting rid of racial________,the USA is left far behind.
A.discrimination B.compromise C.substitute D.disadvantage
21、_____ the delicious food here, why not enjoy yourself shopping for handsome jewelry?
A. Upwards of B. Apart from
C. Instead of D. Regardless of
22、Teens and younger children are reading a lot less for fun, according to a Common Sense Media report Monday.
A.being published B.to publish C.publishing D.published
23、Only when the war, with all its unexpected consequences, is over ________.
A．that any political impacts will begin
B．will any political impacts begin
C．and any political impacts will begin
D．any political impacts will begin
24、I had to ________ my voice to make myself heard over the noise.
A.rise B.raise C.arise D.arouse
25、Many things we benefit from now wouldn't be around _______ Albert Einstein.
A.aside from B.thanks to C.but for D.regardless of
26、 Angel Garcia Crespo is a computer engineer at Carlos III University of Madrid in Spain. His group has invented a new way for deaf-blind people to “watch” TV. The idea for the technology grew out of previous work by his group. The team had already worked on making audiovisual(视听的) materials accessible to people with either vision or hearing disabilities. But the group wanted to help people with both challenges. So they asked some deaf-blind people what would help.
In addition to relying on their sense of touch to communicate, deaf-blind people can also get and send information with a Braille line. The Braille system uses patterns of raised dots to stand for letters and numbers. A Braille line is an electronic machine with a changeable Braille display. Dots rise up or drop down based on the information sent to the machine.
Now the new system changes TV signals to data a Braille line can use. “The key to the system is the possibility of using subtitles(字幕) to collect TV information, ” Garcia Crespo explains. “Subtitles travel with the image(影像) and the audio in electromagnetic waves we don’t see. But an electronic system can keep those waves. ”
First, a computer program, or app, pulls out the subtitles and visual descriptions from the broadcast signal. The system then combines the information and changes both into data for Braille.
Now another app gets to work, which sends the data out to people’s Braille lines on demand. “This is done in real time, in less than a second, ” Garcia Crespo says. This lets a deaf-blind person “watch” TV as it’s broadcast. The system will work with various Braille lines, as long as there’s a bluetooth connection available. Now, the system is only used in Europe, and it should soon be available in the US.
【1】What inspired Garcia Crespo’s group to work on the new technology?
A. Deaf-blind people’s poor life.
B. Their pity on the disabled people.
C. The challenges they face in work.
D. Their group’s previous research.
【2】Why can the electronic system collect TV information?
A. It can combine all kinds of broadcast signals.
B. It can keep the waves with subtitles traveling.
C. It can work together with a variety of Braille lines.
D. It can pull out the subtitles and visual descriptions.
【3】What does the author think of the future of the new technology?
A. Challenging. B. Bright.
C. Rewarding. D. Hopeless.
【4】What should be a suitable title for the text?
A. New Technology Is Improving Deaf-blind People’s Life
B. A New Braille Line Is Applied to Disabled People’s Life
C. A Spanish Group Makes TV Accessible to Blind People
D. New Technology Helps Deaf-blind People “Watch” TV
27、It was May 23, 2016. Arnot, the 32-year-old mountain guide, reached the top of Everest without the use of oxygen (O2) equipment. It was achieved after seven years, three previous attempts, and fourteen straight hours of climbing.
After 15 minutes at the top, Arnot began her descent (下坡). Eight hours later, she reached the camp at 7, 600 meters and became the first American woman—and only the seventh woman ever—to successfully reach Mount Everest without oxygen equipment.
Arnot didn’t start climbing until she was 19 years old. Money was tight in her family, and climbing mountains never occurred in her mind. After graduating from college, Arnot was invited by her friend to climb a mountain. “It totally changed my life”, says Arnot. “I always know that if you want something, you can achieve it, but knowing what you want is a whole different thing,” she says. “I am athletic but not competitive. After my first climbing, I knew immediately that mountains are what I want—as that is where I felt home for the first time in my life.”
After that first climb, she devoted herself to learning how to climb and move through mountain. It was during her second trip to Everest in 2009 that she first set her sights on a no-oxygen attempt. However, while hiking into Everest Base Camp that year, she hurt her leg and wasn’t able to climb without oxygen. In 2013 she nearly made it to the top, but was forced to take oxygen at 8,504 meters while helping another climber.
【1】On May 23, 2016. Arnot ________.
A．spent 8 straight hours climbing
B．stayed at the top for 50 minutes
C．made her first attempt to climb Everest
D．reached the top without oxygen equipment
【2】Arnot fell in love with climbing because _________.
A．money was no longer a problem to her
B．mountains gave her the feeling of comfort
C．she tried to be more athletic and competitive
D．she wanted to build up her body through climbing
【3】What do we know about Arnot’s climbing experience?
A．She took up climbing when she was 19 years old.
B．She has always been a good climber since her childhood.
C．She climbed Everest with her family during her first trip.
D．She hurt her leg badly while helping another climber in 2009.
【4】Which of the following can best describe Arnot?
A．Determined and brave.
B．Cautious and honest.
C．Caring and open-minded.
D．Confident and creative.
28、 Summer is coming and you might be delighted in the stories and images these summer picture books bring.
Sun Sun by Brad Gray
For this rhyming celebration of fun in sun, all your family needs to take in summer's very best. Life-like illustrations light the senses and bring back memories of summer's past and dreams of the summers to come.
Available from Amazon, $ 9. 99
When We Go Cam ping by Margriet Ruurs
What goes into camping? Setting up tents and looking at stars? Sure, but there's also so much more! Get to know nature and all the mystery and wonder she brings as a family goes on an epic outdoor adventure. Educational as it is fun, this image-rich story will lead your child to explore deeper into the woods than ever before.
Available from Amazon, $ 8. 93
The Watermelon Seed by Greg Pizzoli
Ever wonder what would happen if you swallowed a watermelon seed? A funny crocodile has wondered (and worried) about it quite a bit! Will he grow a watermelon in his belly? Will he sprout(发芽)crazy vines? He's not quite sure, but when the concerned crocodile accidentally swallows a seed, his imagination takes over and amusement arises!
Available from Amazon, $ 9. 95
Three Little Words by Amy Novesky
Dory's“Just keep swimming! "message of perseverance(坚持不懈)is perfect for any one who has ever felt like they were drowning. Follow Dory an unforgettable adventure as she finds her way in this beautiful watercolor adventure of friendship and survival.
Available from Amazon, $ 12. 06
【1】Which book can you buy if you enjoy outdoor exploration?
A.Sun, Sun B.When We Go Camping
C.The Watermelon Seed D.Three Little Words
【2】What troubles crocodile in The Watermelon Seed ?
A.A plant might grow in his body.
B.A seed won't come out of his stomach.
C.He shouldn't have eaten the watermelon.
D.He doesn't know how to take care of a seed.
【3】What message does Three Little Words give its readers?
A.Swimming is dangerous. B.Adventure is necessary.
C.Swimming is useful. D.Never give up.
29、More than 30 years ago, there was a well-known boxer named Eugene Hart. Hart was heavily favored to win his next round against an ungifted boxer, Antuofermo. It was said that the only thing that Antuofermo could do was “he bled well". However, here was an important thing. He had good qualities that you couldn't see.
During the fight, Hart controlled Antuofermo, knocking him down and giving him a good beating. Antuofermo absorbed the punishment that was dealt to him by his naturally superior opponent, and he did it so well that Hart became discouraged. In the fifth round, Hart began to tire, not physically but mentally. Taking advantage of the situation, Antuofermo attacked and knocked Hart down, thus ending the fight.
When the fighters went back to their temporary restrooms, only a thin curtain was between them. Hart's room was quiet, but on the other side he could hear Antuofermo's coach talking about who would take the fighter to the hospital. Finally he heard Antuofermo saying, "Every time he hit me with that left hook （左勾拳）to the body, I thought I was going to quit. After the second round, I thought if he hit me there again, I'd quit. I thought the same thing after the fourth round. But he stopped hitting me there."
At that moment, Hart began to weep. He was crying because for the first time he under- stood that Antuofermo had felt the same way he had and even worse. And the only thing that distinguished the guy who was talking from the guy who was crying was perseverance （毅力）. The coward （懦夫）and the hero had the same emotions. They're both humans.
The important question to ask yourself here is this： How does each man respond to the tough situation that they are experiencing? Maybe you are in a tough position right now or, if not, one might be coming. How will you react? Like a hero or a coward?
【1】What can we learn from paragraph 1?
A．Hart was an ordinary boxer.
B．Antuofermo was hardly defeated.
C．Hart was believed to win the game.
D．Antuofermo was gifted in boxing.
【2】How did Antuofermo win the fight?
A．He trained hard before the fight.
B．Hart became discouraged by his coach.
C．He was confident about his boxing talent and power.
D．He dealt with the punishment properly and grasped the chance.
【3】Why did Hart cry after the fight?
A．He realized he was just mentally defeated.
B．He was hurt and sent to a hospital.
C．He lost the game easily.
D．He was considered to be a coward.
【4】What are Antuofermo's qualities?
A．Hard-work and honesty.
B．Humor and intelligence.
C．Perseverance and determination.
D．Enthusiasm and responsibility.
30、 Hailey is an ordinary nine-year-old girl, but her kindness is rather uncommon and awe-inspiring(令人惊叹的). The little girl has made it her task to help the _______ in her community by giving them a place to _______. While most other kids of her age are _______playing with toys, Hailey picks up _______ to build tiny shelters for people living on the streets.
Hailey's kind spirits _______ four years ago, when she and her mother bought a homeless man a sandwich. She _______ that she wanted to do more in terms of providing _______ for the homeless. So she came up with the idea of starting a _______ to grow and donate fresh vegetables.
"I was _______ that it would last a week," Hailey's mother told non-profit Together Rising. But it's been four years and she ________ delivers food to the homeless constantly. " With her mother's help, Hailey ________ a grant(拨款) from Together Rising ________ she was awarded $ 3,000 to help her get started. "We can't think of a better ________ than our Hailey. She's proof that no person or act of kindness is too ________ to change the world," said Glennon Doyle Melton, founder of Together Rising.
The wooden homes that Hailey is building will ________ a front door, windows and solar panels.
________ , she does most of the work herself, under the guidance of her grandfather, who is a(n) ________. She is currently halfway through her first home, which she ________ to give to Edward, the homeless man who inspired her ________.Once she's done, Halley said she wants to ________building more sleeping shelters in Bremerton's Tent City.
【1】A. careless B. fearless C. homeless D. hopeless
【2】A. sleep B. stand C. study D. work
【3】A. suffering from B. satisfied with C. aware of D. interested in
【4】A. stones B. pencils C. toys D. tools
【5】A. rose B. started C. happened D. failed
【6】A. realized B. promised C. expected D. agreed
【7】A. heat B. battery C. food D. blood
【8】A. company B. garden C. hospital D. school
【9】A. sad B. happy C. proud D. sure
【10】A. still B. even C. also D. just
【11】A. pushed aside B. responded to C. insisted on D. applied for
【12】A. until B. but C. though D. because
【13】A. record B. example C. result D. rule
【14】A. small B. strong C. poor D. clever
【15】A. follow B. contain C. feature D. cover
【16】A. Fortunately B. Gradually C. Actually D. Eventually
【17】A. architect B. official C. librarian D. magician
【18】A. pretends B. refuses C. intends D. determines
【19】A. ability B. project C. business D. growth
【20】A. suggest B. prevent C. delay D. continue
31、Columbia high school girls’ soccer team had lost every game in the season until a new ______stepped in two years ago.
Stuart Henley, a former soccer player and now a truck driver, ______the team and started training hard in February 2020. He ______the progress of the girls to team-building activities to help them bond on and off the field. He focused on the basics of football like passing, ______, and movement to try and bring the girls up to a good standard. His ______: coaches could give them guidelines, but girls ______what they felt they needed to work on.
Obviously, the girls were onto something big in the new season. They ______the skills they had learned and teamwork into their ______, which led them to an ______run of eight games, until they were sadly beaten 3-2 by Wyrley Pumas Team. Although this means they have been _____ the league title, the team have still exceeded (超出) expectation by earning the ______to the county’s top division.
“Whatever brings you down will ______make you stronger, especially for girls.” Captain Chelsea said, “Stuart has really ______our girls the philosophy of playing soccer. We’re going into next season full of confidence and ready to compete against tougher ______, but for now we’re still very much enjoying our ______.”
【1】
A．player
B．driver
C．colleague
D．coach
【2】
A．recognized
B．rewarded
C．reorganized
D．founded
【3】
A．applied
B．preferred
C．credited
D．adjusted
【4】
A．shooting
B．cheering
C．walking
D．observing
【5】
A．principle
B．dream
C．plan
D．virtue
【6】
A．found
B．decided
C．watched
D．liked
【7】
A．turned
B．divided
C．integrated
D．translated
【8】
A．styles
B．training
C．rules
D．game
【9】
A．embarrassing
B．unlucky
C．intense
D．unbeaten
【10】
A．awarded
B．denied
C．saved
D．limited
【11】
A．promotion
B．approach
C．solution
D．contribution
【12】
A．hopefully
B．officially
C．fortunately
D．eventually
【13】
A．brought
B．taught
C．left
D．reserved
【14】
A．participants
B．winners
C．opponents
D．partners
【15】
A．harmony
B．victory
C．company
D．dignity
32、 Chinese netizens, who had to _______indoors for days to combat the ongoing _______ of the novel coronavirus related pneumonia, began to _______their wish lists of things they would do immediately after the pandemic_______.
Among the 24,000 participants from all over the country, nearly half said they would love to meet their loved ones, and _______ 10,000 said they would go out shopping or go to a movie theater and eat hotpot, according to a popular online surveys under the topic "what you want to do most after the pandemic"_______ on Chinese Twitter-like platform Sina Weibo on Sunday.
"I really need to hit the gym. I have spent days at home doing _______but eating and watching TV shows on the couch between sleeps," some vowed online.
_______also showed that many wanted simply to resume their old_______ .
"I would love to go back to my university to work on my dissertation, to make sure I can _______on time," wrote one. "I want to work and make money, so I can buy myself a house," wrote another.
The pandemic outbreak had _______more than 3340 lives until last Sunday morning. Under similar discussion_______ , many netizens made more profound reflections on life and_______ in the aftermath of the outbreak. "If we can_______ the disaster, let's remember not to devour wild_______. And if medical workers can save us from the disease, let's learn to respect their lives and to treat them with_______ ," one netizen wrote. "Even after the disease, we should develop habits of washing hands properly and _______, and of wearing masks in crowded _____places," another ______.
Some also said they would love to reschedule their family gathering for the Chinese New Year, as many who were fighting _______the epidemic in frontline areas had been unable to make it this year.
【1】A.go B.stay C.sit D.sleep
【2】A.appearance B.outbreak C.emergence D.experiment
【3】A.read B.watch C.share D.dream
【4】A.burn away B.give away C.turn away D.goes away
【5】A.another B.other C.the other D.others
【6】A.launched B.forbade C.guided D.mixed
【7】A.anything B.nothing C.something D.anyone
【8】A.Agreements B.Occasions C.Comments D.Applications
【9】A.routines B.trips C.expressions D.trouble
【10】A.contract B.graduate C.disturb D.project
【11】A.left B.observed C.refused D.claimed
【12】A.topics B.conclusions C.reasons D.purposes
【13】A.school B.society C.education D.home
【14】A.enjoy B.acquire C.add D.survive
【15】A.animals B.plants C.desert D.stones
【16】A.selflessness B.atmosphere C.kindness D.greedy
【17】A.fluently B.frequently C.additionally D.hardly
【18】A.obvious B.easy C.open D.public
【19】A.proposed B.quarreled C.criticized D.finished
【20】A.with B.against C.for D.to
33、 Classical music deals with adult emotions and ideas.______, you can still love aspects of it as a kid. If you continue to be attracted to what you have heard, your understanding will only________ as the years pass by. You don’t need to be ________ trained, or incredibly smart, to “get it.”
As a boy growing up in New York City in the 1950s, I first heard the overture(序曲) to Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman as the ________ music for a science-fiction television show called Captain Video. It was absolutely exciting. When I first ____the opera many years later, that childhood memory of the music was still somewhere in the ________ reaches of my mind. Music can be written to bring a(n) ________ sound, mood or scene into mind, yet can be heard differently in different contexts. Wagner’s overture gets our attention with a heroic-sounding ________ from the horns and then a description of a stormy sea. As a kid, I ________ knew the hero was Captain Video. When I grew up, I came to understand that the very first notes were ________ to represent the scream of a ghost seeking redemption(救赎). The notes were the same, but I certainly was not, and yet there was ________ in revisiting something from my childhood with the _______ of an adult’s knowledge.
But does it still happen today? That question was ________ last summer when my two great nephews, ten-year-old twins, finished playing with Legos. One of them ________singing the Magic Flute from Mozart. The other joined in, singing in innocent ________ They kept going, but the words were_______ “What’s that?” I asked. The answer was about a famous cartoon: “Captain Underpants(内裤超人)!”
A time will come when they hear a performance of the Magic Flute and the weak memories of their youth will still be ________ to the classical music they heard from the cartoon, even though the original ________ of the music had nothing to do with it. Still, two boys born in 2010 ________ knew that a composition from Mozart was and ________ to be classical. No one is teaching them “how to love classical music.”
【1】A.Besides B.However C.Instead D.Therefore
【2】A.increase B.recover C.struggle D.fade
【3】A.gradually B.firmly C.originally D.classically
【4】A.theme B.rock C.festival D.folk
【5】A.ruined B.conducted C.balanced D.opened
【6】A.closest B.farthest C.highest D.lowest
【7】A.specific B.disgusting C.accurate D.romantic
【8】A.word B.figure C.voice D.melody
【9】A.hardly B.mostly C.only D.even
【10】A.said B.due C.advised D.meant
【11】A.loss B.evidence C.comfort D.strength
【12】A.example B.benefit C.need D.burden
【13】A.raised B.answered C.heard D.predicted
【14】A.imagined B.avoided C.began D.admitted
【15】A.fun B.sorrow C.anger D.regret
【16】A.gone B.long C.different D.similar
【17】A.used B.committed C.connected D.contrary
【18】A.version B.writer C.impression D.intention
【19】A.possibly B.certainly C.particularly D.formally
【20】A.continues B.tends C.occurs D.prefers
34、Directions: Complete the following sentences by using the proper form of the words or expressions given in the frame. Each one can only be used once.
Why your Password May Not Be As Safe As It Seems? Does “qaz2ws” strike you as a nice safe password? What about “adgjmptw”? An analysis has found them to be among the passwords that are most 【1】 used, which of course means they are not secure at all.
When ten million passwords were leaked on to the internet，they appeared to 【2】that attempts by internet security experts to make us improve our password strength had been successful, even if, in the specific case of the leaked passwords, they are also completely pointless.
While many of the passwords were still single words, such as “password”，there was also a clear attempt by many to make them harder to【3】. The problem was that people seemed to do so in the same way.
“Users are becoming slightly more 【4】what makes a password strong,” explained WP Engine, an internet company that performed the analysis. “For instance, adding a number or two at the end of a text phrase. That makes it better, right?”
But 【5】no. They found that almost half a million passwords did this and in 20 percent of those all people did was put the number “1” at the end.
Perhaps this is why some companies are now trying to move gradually beyond passwords. Yahoo! is giving users the option to 【6】 their mobile phone with an account, having a single use passwords texted to it each time they want to log on.
Although the serviced is voluntary, Dylan Casey an executive at Yahoo!，said that it was “the first step to【7】passwords”. He said it was a(n)【8】that it was increasingly hard for people to remember all the passwords they had. “I don’t think we, as an industry, have done a good enough job of putting ourselves in the shoes of the people using our products,” he said.
It would certainly be a more sensible strategy than same people’s improving upon “password” by using “password” or，“tran5p053d numb3r5 f0r 133tr3r5”.
“We are, for the most part，predictably【9】when it comes to choosing passwords, despite a decade of warnings from password strength checkers during sign-ups” said WP Engine. “We love taking a(n) 【10】, and so do password crackers.
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At the time they were created, the Impressionist paintings were【1】, but today they are accepted as the beginning of【2】we call “modern art’. This is because the Impressionists 【3】artists to look at their environment in new ways. There are scores of modern art styles, but 【4】the Impressionists, many of these painting styles might not exist. On the one hand, some modern art is abstract; that is, the painter doesn’t 【5】to paint objects as we see them with our eyes, 【6】instead concentrates on certain qualities of the object, 【7】color, line and shape to represent them. On the【8】hand, some paintings of modern art are so 【9】 that they look photographs. These styles are so different. Who can【10】what painting styles there will be in the future?
36、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.
37、阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
Smell the flowers before you go to sleep and you may just end up with rosy dreams. Have a whiff of rotten(腐烂的)eggs during the night and your dreams may be【1】(pleasant). So says researcher Dr. Boris Stuck, 【2】invited sleeping volunteers to a rose vs. rotten egg test in the University Hospital Mannheim in Germany. The subjects didn’t dream about roses【3】eggs, but rather he found that what they smelt affected the emotions of【4】(they) dreams.
And if you think【5】(smell) have a say in dreams, wait for what TV tells us. A UK study reveals that people exposed【6】black-and-white film and TV in their youth are to have monochromic(单色的)dreams throughout their life more【7】(probable). Eva Murzyn from the University of Dundee tested two age groups— one half 【8】(age) over 55 and【9】other half under 25.
The result? Under 5% of the dreams of the under-25s were in black and white. 【10】(watch)color TV in childhood seems to be the reason why.
38、假如你是李华。你校交换生Nancy想学写中国毛笔字,请你给她推荐书法老师和书法课。请根据下面的写作要点给她写一封邮件。内容包括:
1.介绍老师的情况
2.授课时间和地点
3.课前准备事项
注意:
1.词数100左右;
2.可适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
参考词汇: 写毛笔字brush writing (n.) ; 书法calligraphy(n.)
Dear Nancy,
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Yours,
Li Hua
39、阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语段续写两段，使之构成一个完整的故事。续写的词数为150左右。
When Bryan Anderson noticed an old lady, caught on the side of the road, he knew she needed help. So he pulled up in front of her Mercedes and got out with his motor still running.
Even with a big smile on his face, she was worried. He didn't look safe; he looked poor and hungry. After reading her mind, he introduced himself as Bryan Anderson and began to help her.
Learning that she had a flat tire, without a second thought, Bryan set out to work and took hours to get it right, dirty and tired. She couldn't thank him enough for coming to her aid.
With everything done, the lady asked how much she owed him. Any amount would have been all right with her. She already imagined all the awful things that could have happened. Bryan never thought about being paid. This was helping someone in need. He had lived his whole life that way, and it never occurred to him to act any other way.
Byan told her that if she really wanted to pay him back, the next time she saw someone who needed help, she could give that person help the way he gave her, and he added, “And think of me to let the chain of love pass on.”
Hearing that she owed him nothing, with tears rolling down her cheeks, the old lady drove off with a deep “Thank you”.
A few miles down the road, the lady saw a small cafe. She went in to grab a bite to eat, and take the chill off before she made the last leg of her trip home. In the dirty- looking restaurant, the whole scene was unfamiliar to her; a waitress came over and brought a clean towel to wipe her wet hair. She had a sweet smile, one that even being on her feet for the whole day couldn’t erase. The lady noticed the waitress was nearly eight months pregnant, but she never let the strain and aches change her attitude. Then she remembered Bryan.
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After the lady finished her meal, she paid with a $100 bill.
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That night when she got home from work, she was thinking about the money and what the lady had written.
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40、假如你是高二学生李华。疫情期间，你校师生开展线上教学，停课不停学，你的外语老师Mrs. Wang在英语学习上给过你很多帮助。她上周来信，询问你目前的英语学习情况。请你给她回一封邮件。内容要点如下：
1. 感谢老师在疫情期间的线上教学；
2. 你的英语在哪些方面有了进步，还有哪些问题；
3. 请她提出指导意见。
注意：1. 词数100左右(开头和结尾已经给出，但不计入总词数)；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇：疫情epidemic
Dear Mrs. Wang,
Thank you very much for your letter last week.
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I’m looking forward to your reply. Please remember me to your family.
Yours,
Li Hua
41、阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。
After study for hours, I went outside and up to the roof nearby for a break and watched people cwimming in the sea. It was a sunny day—a blue, cloudless sky over a calm sea. But then, as I looked in the distance. I discovered a series of three or four big waves heading towards the shore. I’d seen these mini-tsunamis (小型海啸)many times before. They were heading at speed in the direction of the swimming area. Most people knew to look out for them, but from the screams that started coming from the beach, I could tell someone was in trouble.
Without thinking, I ran down into the street, holding my bodvboard (冲浪板)on the way and shouted at a stranger to call the coastguard(海岸警卫).My neighbor Tom had heard the screaming as well and was also outside with his bodyboard, so togetlier we rushed to the steps that led down to the sea.
Once we got closer, we discovered the waves had pulled a boy and a girl into the open sea. I knew that the nearest boat would take at least 30 minutes to reach us. I wasn’t used to this sort of emergency—I’d never been trained as a lifeguard—but I didn’t think twice about trying to save them. I suppose in a way I wanted to impress everyone; at 19, a deal like that can seem like a good opportunity to show off.
Tom and I dived into the water and it took us 10 minutes to get to them. When we finally reached them, they were almost lifeless with only their heads coming in and out of the water. We could tell they were still alive from their small breaths but it was clear they wouldn't have been able to stay there much longer. I held the boy and pulled him over my board. Tom then moved the girl onto his board.
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We discussed pushing them back to the shore, but we were too far out.
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That night, word came from the hospital that the two kids were in good condition.
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