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1、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
2、He is said to ________ to his country because a new president comes into power.
A. be allowed to return B. allow to return
C. allow returning D. be allowed returning
3、The film brought the hours back to me _____ I was taken good care of in that far-away village.
A.when B.which C.that D.what
4、6.I don’t like the newspaper __________ people’s love of scandal(丑行）
A.catering to B.catered to C.fitting in D.fitted in
5、We got to the top of a mountain _________ we can see the whole city.
A. at where B. from there
C. from where D. there
6、The speaker thought it hard to make himself ___ .
A.understand B.understanding C.to understand D.understood
7、—I got sick and tired of hotels and hotel food after the trip to Mexico.
—I can imagine. _________.
A.All’s well that ends well B.Every cloud has a silver lining
C.Honesty is the best policy D.East or west, home is the best
8、It is widely accepted that young babies learn to do things because certain acts lead to ____.
A. rewards B. prizes
C. awards D. results
9、Many college students are willing to work in Western China after graduation ______, poor and backward as it is, more opportunities of employment are available.
A. when B. where C. that D. which
10、I gratefully ______ financial support from several local businesses.
A. contradict B. recommend
C. distribute D. acknowledge
11、 －It's getting dark. I must be off now.
－OK, please take care and ________ my best wishes to your family.
A．accomplish B．clarify C．preserve D．Convey
12、There was a lot of fun at yesterday’s party. You _____ have come, but why didn’t you?
A.must B.shouldn’t C.needn’t D.ought to
13、Henry hasn't missed a chance to _______ his muscles to others since being praised for his strong figure.
A.show off B.show up C.put off D.put up
14、His suggestion to see the exhibition interested every one of us.
A.that we go B.which we should go
C.that we would go D.when we should go
15、—I think he is taking an active part in social work.
—I agree with you ______.
A.in a way B.in many ways C.on the way D.in the way
16、At present, acupuncture has become popular round the world, ________ other traditional Chinese medicines.
A.so are B.as are C.so have D.as have
17、—Who is it up to _____ when the ceremony will be started?
—The headmaster, of course.
A. decide on B. deciding on C. to decide on D. to deciding on
18、He went to bed ______. The next morning he woke up only ______ himself lying on the floor.
A．drinking; to find
B．drunk; to find
C．being drunk; finding
D．to drink; finding
19、---Some people showed little interest in the meeting and were absent from it.
---_________.
A. So it was with my friend B. So did my friend
C. So my friend did D. Nor it was with my friend
20、__________ the bad weather , the delivery was put off.
A.As a result B.As a consequence of C.In consequence D.Owe to
21、________ to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I ________ not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.
A.If it were left … would B.Should it leave … must
C.Would it be left … should D.Was it left … would
22、The person who ________ advantage of the girl ________ a disadvantage didn’t gain an advantage ________ her.
A.made; in ; over B.took; at ; on C.took; at; over D.made; at; over
23、Warmblooded animals have the ability to ________ body heat exactly to maintain their ideal temperature despite changing weather.
A.respond B.attach C.adjust D.expose
24、With the meeting ________ in just a couple of hours, I didn’t have the time to worry about those unimportant things.
A．beginning
B．begun
C．to begin
D．would begin
25、Nowadays students go to key universities just for a formal ________，which may help them hunt for a good job in the future.
A．conservation
B．preparation
C．graduation
D．qualification
26、A 99-year-old Australian swimmer appears to have broken a world record for his age group in the 50m freestyle. The likely new world record holder, George Corones, clocked 56.12 seconds at an official event in Queensland-a new benchmark for the 100-104 age category. He faded the previous record of 1:31.19, which was set by British swimmer John Harrison in 2014, by 35 seconds. It will now be affirmed by the sport’s governing body.
Corones, who is qualified for the record because he turns 100 in April, said he was “quite delighted” and “over the world” by the result. He said he had been overwhelmed by the “roaring” crowd on the Gold Coast on Wednesday. The event, in which he was the only entrant(新成员), had been specifically staged for him to challenge the record.
Corones was a keen swimmer in his youth but only began to learn swimming again at the age of 80. He gave it up at the beginning of the World War II, and he didn’t think he would have a swim of any description until he retired. Then he started swimming again for exercise.
Racing undeniably(不可否认的) challenged him physically, but it was manageable with preparation. On average he swims three times a week, and also fits in gym sessions. “At this age it takes a while to get going… you get exhausted much more easily, but if you do it properly, the rewards are enormous,” he said.
Corones will challenge the 100m freestyle record on Saturday night, believing he can beat the current mark of 03:23.10, which was also set by Harrison.
“I’m not a young man by any means, but I am really looking forward to it and confident I can do it very well,” he said.
【1】What is the author’s purpose of writing paragraph 1?
A．To show who John Harrison is.
B．To introduce the topic of the text.
C．To emphasize the importance of age.
D．To explain the reason for writing the text.
【2】What can we learn about Corones from the text?
A．His record has been confirmed officially.
B．He broke his own record at 100.
C．He was a professional swimmer in his youth.
D．He is a freshman for the 100-104 age category.
【3】What does Corones plan to do next?
A．Prepare for his 100th birthday party.
B．Challenge the 100m frog record.
C．Challenge Harrison again.
D．Celebrate his success.
【4】Which can best describe the Corones’s story?
A．It’s never too late to learn.
B．He who laughs last laughs best.
C．One good turn deserves another.
D．Laziness in youth spells regret in old age.
27、 A new exhibition celebrates the life of Florence Nightingale, an English woman whose ideas about cleanliness are vital to this day.
The exhibit can be seen at the Florence Nightingale Museum at St Thomas' Hospital in London. It marks the 200th anniversary（周年纪念） of Nightingale's birth. The exhibit tells the story of how she overcame difficulties to become the world's most famous nurse. The show recreates her bedroom and lets visitors hear a recording of her voice, and even smell the perfume she wore. Fiona Hibberts is a nursing consultant and works for the hospital's Nightingale Academy. She described Nightingale's work as "really, really significant" to future generations. "Obviously, she was a forceful leader," Hibberts said. "And we need clear, visible, strong leadership today and certainly in modern nursing."
The exhibition, called "Nightingale in 200 Objects, People & Places", will continue for a year. St Thomas' is one of a small number of hospitals in Britain with an area for the treatment of coronavirus patients. "The emphasis on good hygiene（卫生）, fresh air, exercise, good food ... no matter how much we advance, those fundamental foundational principles of Florence are still very much the basis of modern nursing," Hibberts noted. She added, "It's the same old message: Wash your hands."
Nightingale became world famous after she and a small team of medical workers travelled to modern-day Istanbul during the Crimean War. It was fought mainly on the Crimean Peninsula in the middle of the 1850s. Nightingale helped treat British soldiers wounded in the fighting. In an unclean hospital, she witnessed thousands of soldiers die from infectious diseases. Their deaths led to her decision to try to improve conditions. The lamp she used when visiting patients at night, as well as the nurses' uniform she created, is on display at the exhibition. Yvonne Moores is Chair of the Florence Nightingale Foundation and Britain's former national Chief Nursing Officer. "If Florence Nightingale herself was here, she would be supporting all that is being said at the moment. She was absolutely into infection control and hand-washing, being very observant."
【1】What does the passage mainly tell us?
A．Effective measures to fight against the spreading coronavirus.
B．An exhibition celebrating the life of Florence Nightingale.
C．An appeal to the British for frequent visits to the exhibition .
D．The difficulties Florence Nightingale overcame to be a nurse.
【2】What are people most likely to learn about Nightingale from the exhibition?
A．Her argument against the war.
B．Her attitudes to fame and fortune.
C．Her opinions about cleanliness.
D．Her comments on modern nursing.
【3】What is the real purpose of the new exhibition?
A．To reflect on the history of medicine.
B．To inform us of how to stay healthy.
C．To display Nightingale's belongings.
D．To remember Florence Nightingale.
28、 In the first days after a team of 25 delivery robots landed on George Mason University's campus in January,they appeared to cause curious glances and many photos but not much else.
It was clear,officials said,that more time and more data would be necessary to understand whether the robots would change the campus culture or become forgettable.Two months later,an extra 1,500 breakfast orders have been delivered autonomously,according to the technologists of Sodexo,a company that manages food service for GMU and works closely with the robots.
Research has shown that up to 88 percent of college students skip breakfast,primarily because of lack of time,but that number is starting to turn around when delivery robots arrive on campus.They're constantly seen making the 15 minute trip from campus restaurant to a handful of nearby dorms,as well as to other buildings across campus,where students meet them.Two months later,breakfast has replaced dinner as the go-to meal for robot delivery.
Sodexo officials have noted that college students are main users of food delivery apps and place a high value on convenience and multiple options when they dine.During the morning hours,restaurant experts say,there is generally more emphasis（强调）on speed than any other part of the day.Combine college students'love of food delivery with messy morning routines,and perhaps they have a perfect recipe for robots to deliver in the campus.
The robots also provide campus officials with valuable data showing how meal plans are being used,which could lead to changes in how the university serves students over time.Sodexo technologists also announced Monday that a new team of more than 30 robots is launching at Northern Arizona University
.
【1】Why don't most college students have breakfast according to the research?
A.They are on diets.
B.They have a tight schedule.
C.The food doesn't agree with them.
D.GMU doesn't offer delivery services.
【2】What does the underlined word"they"in Para 4 refer to?
A.College students. B.Campus officials.
C.College professors. D.Restaurant managers.
【3】What do we know about the first 25 delivery robots?
A.They make timely deliveries.
B.They were ignored at first.
C.They mainly carry dinner at present.
D.They have changed the whole campus culture.
【4】What's the beat title for the text?
A.Delivery services grow fast in college.
B.Breakfast in necessary for college students.
C.Robots help with GMU's campus management.
D.Delivery robots are changing students'eating habits.
29、Have you ever wondered what wild animals do when no one is watching? Scientists have been able to record the “private” moments of wildlife with leading-edge technology. Low-cost, dependable and small modern cameras are of big help.
Cameras placed in hard-to-reach places have taken videos of everything from small desert cats to later snow loving felines (猫科) in the northern Rocky Mountains. These cameras are important tools to learn new information on wildlife.
Some videos help scientists see the effects of climate change. For example, the desert animal javelin and the tree-loving coatimundi have been caught on cameras north of their normal home. This could mean global warming is enlarging their living area northward.
Researchers use cameras along with global positioning systems, or GPS. They attach GPS devices (设备) to mule deer and antelope in and around Yellowstone National Park. Then they can record their movements, or migrations (迁移) . These cameras can be left in very rural (荒野的) areas for days, weeks or even month. They can provide information on how many animals are moving over a given period of time.
Rural video can show details about animal behavior, such as the calls made by migrating. Also some cameras record animal life and show everything from bison in Saskatchewan, Canada, to the underwater weed forest off California’s Channel Islands.
However, rural cameras have their problems too. Animals such as wolverines and bears sometimes attack them. Scientists do not know if the attacks are the result of anger or interest. Also, the devices have become popular tools to help hunters look for animals. Some people argue that it is unfair to use the cameras that way. Even with such problems, rural cameras are clearly an important scientific tool in researching wild animals.
【1】Which of the following helps scientists know about climate change?
A．How active animals are.
B．What animals eat.
C．Where animals go.
D．When animals move.
【2】Where are the cameras fixed?
A．Under water
B．In the field
C．On GPS devices.
D．On wild animals.
【3】What may be the disadvantage of the rural cameras?
A．They affect animals' search for good.
B．They make wild animals puzzled.
C．They make animals attack one another frequently.
D．They might bring danger to animals.
【4】Which of the following can be the best title for the text?
A．Cameras Record Animals in the Wild
B．Every Coin Has Two Sides
C．Animals No Longer Have Secrets
D．An Invention Makes Animals Mad
30、I became a gardener when I was twelve. My early _________ of gardening may not have originated from my love for nature. It was to _________ my parents.
At that time, we had a big yard in which a beautiful maple tree stood. But my mother often looked with _________ at this work of natural art. Those golden leaves seemed like tons of rubbish to her, “something else to _________!” Seeing the neighbors busy with gardening, my father even thought it a waste of time.
At that age, I always did something _________ to whatever my parents did! If gardening were something they found _________, I would plant a garden!
I planted some lily seeds in the yard. But they failed to _________. I continued to plant sunflower seeds and roses. Wild _________ joy, I found the first rose bloom. One by one, the flowers bloomed their heads off. _________, I was touched by this land of wonder.
________, my parents showed no interest in my garden. My father even __________ at me because he found it was __________ to move around my garden to the driveway. To my mother’s __________, I put in her vase my real roses which, in her eyes, were merely weeds __________ flowers.
Regardless of their __________, I kept on planting my garden and __________ to enjoy the pleasure of gardening. Plants make such good companions: they breathe, they bloom, they __________ to care and love.
It has been many years since I made my first garden out of my desire to __________ my parent. Today I become known as Mrs. Greenthumbs, teaching gardening and hosting a gardening show, which makes my parents feel very __________. And now I could say it is my affection for __________ that makes me a real gardener.
【1】
A．memory
B．dream
C．intention
D．design
【2】
A．please
B．change
C．help
D．annoy
【3】
A．doubt
B．appreciation
C．surprise
D．excitement
【4】
A．clean up
B．care about
C．break down
D．come in
【5】
A．equal
B．similar
C．superior
D．opposite
【6】
A．painful
B．valuable
C．upsetting
D．interesting
【7】
A．break out
B．come up
C．reach out
D．get out
【8】
A．with
B．to
C．in
D．by
【9】
A．Luckily
B．Cheerfully
C．Regularly
D．Eventually
【10】
A．Instead
B．However
C．Therefore
D．Besides
【11】
A．glanced
B．laughed
C．shouted
D．jumped
【12】
A．convenient
B．troublesome
C．enjoyable
D．dangerous
【13】
A．sadness
B．delight
C．displeasure
D．relief
【14】
A．other than
B．rather than
C．more than
D．less than
【15】
A．dislike
B．encouragement
C．threat
D．suggestion
【16】
A．decided
B．stopped
C．continued
D．struggled
【17】
A．devote
B．respond
C．turn
D．lead
【18】
A．challenge
B．satisfy
C．respect
D．defeat
【19】
A．comfortable
B．strange
C．disappointed
D．proud
【20】
A．freedom
B．life
C．growth
D．nature
31、One rainy afternoon I was sitting at home feeling so bored. _________feeling sorry for myself, I wanted to meet people and have new _________. So I decided to start volunteering. I found a website where I could volunteer on a farm in France.
Volunteering offers so many opportunities to have fun and share _______ stories. It was the first time for me to work on a farm. It was almost a free holiday as food and accommodation were provided. It was not one _______holiday, however, as I had to _______fifteen horses and sheep! I soon discovered that I was a(n) _______ farmer but it did not matter because I made some great friends and also improved my French.
However, you do not _______ go abroad to volunteer. I have had plenty of adventures at home as volunteering can become a _______. For example, I love singing so I had a good laugh waving my arms in order to _______ my local choir (合唱团). At university, I organized a concert for charity with my friends. It was really ________ to find bands and raise money for a cause.
It is true that you feel good volunteering but there are also other________. I once volunteered as a steward (干事) at a charity sports event where the organizers generously gave me cupcakes from an expensive London bakery to thank me for my ________. I also volunteered in a charity shop so I found loads of nice cheap clothes to ________my wardrobe (衣柜).
While this is all fun, my favorite aspect of volunteering is ________and sharing stories. My terrible ________at farming has given me funny stories to tell!
【1】
A．Apart from
B．Due to
C．Instead of
D．But for
【2】
A．experiences
B．discoveries
C．opportunities
D．changes
【3】
A．popular
B．fantastic
C．familiar
D．important
【4】
A．unique
B．regular
C．typical
D．convenient
【5】
A．attend to
B．research into
C．hunt for
D．communicate with
【6】
A．skillful
B．suitable
C．hard-working
D．awful
【7】
A．normally
B．basically
C．naturally
D．necessarily
【8】
A．hobby
B．trend
C．job
D．reality
【9】
A．greet
B．control
C．organize
D．conduct
【10】
A．Powerful
B．hopeful
C．meaningful
D．successful
【11】
A．adventures
B．advantages
C．factors
D．achievements
【12】
A．services
B．patience
C．determination
D．choices
【13】
A．decorate
B．replace
C．beautify
D．update
【14】
A．creating
B．imagining
C．choosing
D．completing
【15】
A．offence
B．shame
C．attempt
D．annoyance
32、Minh Best, born without arms, loves to paint and she's found a unique way to approach her work. To ____ her paintings, she uses her foot to hold the brush. The girl has not let anything ____ her back, especially from doing what she loves: painting.
Her paintings have ____ from an artistic hobby into a way for Minh and her parents, Sarah Best and Justin Best, to raise money for her to ____ Camp No Limits. " Camp No Limits is a camp for children with limb (肢体) differences, " Sarah Best said. We are trying to ____ to West next year as there are campers like Minh and we want her to ____ them.”
Online and direct messages with specific requests are ____ ways Minh's paintings have been sold. “Several people have told us, with tears in their eyes, how ____ they are to get to see her do what she loves. “ Sarah Best said.
The family has already raised more than $5,000, helping pay for travel ____ to two camps just this year. “ ____ she attends these camps, she’ll know she’s just one of the crowd, ” Sarah Best remarked.
As her drawings continue to ____ the shelves, Minh's family would love to be able to help other kids attend these camps and offer financial assistance through these _____. “Attending these camps, she’s already ____ others as well,” Best said. “Again, her love for life is just catching and it gives people of all ages ____, even at these camps.”
Minh will continue to paint, cook, dance and do everything that brings her joy ____ limitations.
【1】
A．sell
B．enjoy
C．promote
D．make
【2】
A．hold
B．call
C．bring
D．give
【3】
A．risen
B．grown
C．ranged
D．stayed
【4】
A．attend
B．witness
C．experience
D．deliver
【5】
A．move
B．walk
C．travel
D．cycle
【6】
A．argue with
B．catch up with
C．fit in with
D．agree with
【7】
A．normal
B．common
C．original
D．unique
【8】
A．blessed
B．annoyed
C．considerate
D．adorable
【9】
A．plans
B．books
C．aims
D．expenses
【10】
A．Since
B．Though
C．When
D．Because
【11】
A．run into
B．pass down
C．apply for
D．fly off
【12】
A．lessons
B．classes
C．donations
D．comments
【13】
A．hurt
B．inspired
C．prevented
D．offended
【14】
A．money
B．hope
C．experiences
D．paintings
【15】
A．without
B．despite
C．over
D．through
33、 I met my wife at a party when I just finished my master's degree.A friend introduced me to her and we had a(n)_______talk at the party.I was quite_______that she had written a novel.I said,“I always admire those who are good at_______novels but I'm just_______.”To my surprise,she replied,“How can you know it if you don't have a_______?”
We kept in touch after the party and she_______me to try my hand,_______all I had ever written were scientific papers and articles on butterflies.I was_______Alexander the Great,but there were already some wonderful novels about the man.I did not feel I could_______with those,so I took a side step.I invented a junior officer in his army,had him wounded in Scythia and left behind as the________headed east,out of which came my book Lion of Scythia!My wife corrected my first________.There was more________on the page than black.________,I didn't give up and sent the book to the same publisher that my wife used to send her books to.Many days passed by and I didn't________anything back.So I completely forgot it and got back to my________on butterflies.However,the life-changing day came,18 months after I had started writing,I got an email saying that my book had been________and was to be published.
That was twenty years ago.I'm________writing and I'm about to start my 37th novel(29 published so far).It is now a part of my life.I can't let one single day go________writing and I set myself a goal of at least 1,000 words a day.I push the________forward,even if I write rubbish.I can always go________and rewrite or edit,but I have never suffered from writer's block.
A．hard
B．great
C．empty
D．secret
A．moved
B．worried
C．impressed
D．frightened
A．writing
B．reading
C．editing
D．reviewing
A．hopeless
B．harmless
C．careless
D．endless
A．break
B．try
C．name
D．call
A．permitted
B．forbade
C．encouraged
D．promised
A．because
B．unless
C．if
D．though
A．sure of
B．proud of
C．worried about
D．interested in
A．protect
B．talk
C．compete
D．play
A．community
B．committee
C．army
D．family
A．work
B．report
C．magazine
D．diary
A．red
B．yellow
C．brown
D．blue
A．Therefore
B．However
C．So far
D．In all
A．pay
B．teach
C．hear
D．send
A．news
B．opinion
C．dependence
D．research
A．discussed
B．inspired
C．challenged
D．accepted
A．still
B．even
C．ever
D．also
A．into
B．without
C．for
D．after
A．theory
B．story
C．business
D．speech
A．away
B．off
C．out
D．back
34、根据句意填空
In the USA, the Amish-a Christian group-are famous because they drive 【1】 instead of cars, do not use TVs or refrigerators, and do not have personal telephones. Many people assume the Amish must have 【2】 reasons for their many rules, but this is not true. In truth, whenever a new technology is introduced, the Amish meet and discuss its advantages and disadvantages. They then vote on whether they will accept it. The Amish 【3】 cars because they like having 【4】 communities where everyone lives close together. They have no TVs or refrigerators because their homes do not have electricity-they do not think it is necessary and 【5】 dealing with strangers, such as the people who work at the electric company.
35、Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word. For the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.
My daughter
(A story told by a father, a famous actor)
My wife and I only had the one child. We had Amy.
I see her as my best friend. I think she’d always come to me first if she had a problem. We have the same sense of humor, and share interests. 【1】 I don’t mind animals, she’s completely fascinated with them, and she has always had dogs, cats, horses, and goldfish in her life.
We were 【2】 (close) when she was about four, which I think is a lovely age for a child. They know the parents best, and don’t have outside contacts. She must have grown up suddenly when she went to school, because I remember her growing away from her family slightly. Any father who has a teenager daughter comes across an extraordinary collection of people, and there seemed to be an endless stream of strange young men 【3】 (come) through our house. By the time I learned their names they 【4】 (go) away and I had to start learning a new lot.
I wanted more than anything else for her to be happy in 【5】 she was doing, and I was prepared to pull strings to help her on her way. When she left a good school she decided she wanted to become an actress so I got her into drama school. It wasn’t to her liking so she joined a theatre group and began doing bits and pieces in films. She was doing well, but then gave it up. She probably found it boring. Then she took up social work, and finally went to work 【6】a designer and he became her husband. And that’s really the story of her life. She must be happy with him—they’re always together.
We have such similar tastes in books and music 【7】 I used to take her to see an opera, which is my big passion. However, I don’t think she likes it very much. She doesn’t come with me anymore.
I don’t think she’s a big television watcher. She knows when I’m on the television, and she 【8】 watch, but I don’t know. It’s not the kind of thing she tells me.
We’re very grateful for Amy. She’s a good daughter as daughters go. We’re looking forward to being grandparents.
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、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，是学校的学生会主席。请你用英语写一则通知，告知你校的外国留学生，受新型冠状病毒肺炎疫情的影响，学校将延期开学。内容包括：
1.严禁在疫情期间到校；
2.开展在线教育、心理指导；
3.如有调整，另行通知。
注意：1.词数80左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
3.参考词汇：新型冠状病毒novel coronavirus心理指导psychological guidance
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39、假定你是李华，你的英国朋友Tom想了解你校最近举办的“健康每一天”活动，请你给他写一封电子邮件，介绍举办该活动的目的，你的看法以及三种活动形式：
1. 每天进行半小时的体育活动；
2. 每天做一次眼保健操；
3. 每周一次三公里的健步走。
注意：1.词数80左右；
2.可适当增加细节,以使行文连贯;
3.开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。
Dear Tom,
Yours,
Li Hua
40、假定你是李华，你在你校举行的某一次国际冬令营中结交了一个英国中学生Tom。他了解到中国爆发的新冠状病毒肺炎(COVID-19)疫情，组织了他学校的中文合唱团(chorus)倾情演唱中文歌《让世界充满爱》(A world filled with love)，为武汉加油。你看了这个小视频非常感动，请给他写一封英文感谢信。要点如下：
1. 表达感动和感谢；
2. 告诉他你的现状；
3. 表达信心和愿望。
注意：1. 词数80左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Tom,
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Yours,
Li Hua
41、假如你是李华，你即将结束加拿大的旅程。离别之际，请你给在旅程中为你提供帮助的加拿大朋友Peter写一封感谢信。
内容包括：1. 表达感谢；2. 分享旅途收获；3.邀请他来中国做客。
注意：1.词数80左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3.信的开头和结尾已 为你写好，不计入总词数。
Dear Peter,
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Yours,
Li Hua
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