驻马店2025届高三毕业班第三次质量检测英语试题

1、— ______ is it that makes you so happy?

—The fact that our volleyball team has got into the final.

A.Which B.Why C.Who D.What

2、The usual response to the annual flu is not enough to fight against the risks we currently face, _____  prepare us for an even deadlier widespread flu that most expert agree will come in the future.

A.let alone B.let go C.leave alone D.take leave

3、The secretary made a note of it _____ she should forget.

A.in order that B.in case

C.so that D.ever when

4、﹣Hi,Jack. Let's go skating．

﹣Wait a minute, Johnson. I           my homework in ten minutes．

A.finish B.finished

C.have finished D.am finishing

5、The question occurred to me ____ the book was worth reading.

A．what

B．whether

C．which

D．if

6、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

7、Bobby secretly decided to _______for the track team with the purpose of being the winner, and his roommate instantly showed his disapproval.

A.let out B.try out C.work out D.drop out

8、The forest fire __________on March 30 in Muli County in Sichuan claimed the lives of 27 Chinese firefighters and four volunteers.

A.was broken B.that was broken out C.broke out D.that broke out

9、Someone who lacks staying power and perseverance is unlikely to ______ a good researcher.

A．make

B．turn

C．get

D．grow

10、Many of his classmates came to his birthday party, and they had a good time; ________ it was a great success to him.

A．in particular

B．all the best

C．all in all

D．in other word

11、________ that the small village ________ him. He knows almost everything about it.

A．There is no doubt; is familiar with

B．There is no doubt; is familiar to

C．It is no doubt; is familiar with

D．It is no doubt; is familiar to

12、The clever boy made a hole in the wall, _____he could see what was going on inside the house.

A.on which B.at which C.through which D.in which

13、The medical staff of Leishenshan hospital in Wuhan   at the hospital square on April 4, 2020.

A.majored B.mentioned C.motivated D.mourned

14、Have any new novels about solving murder cases ____ up to the present?

A. come out B. come about C. brought about D. brought out

15、The newly-elected president officially a plan to break through the trade barrier.

A.laid off B.laid down C.laid out D.laid aside

16、______ a wrong bus, the travelers found themselves in a small remote village at last.

A. Having taken B. To take

C. Taken D. Took

17、Joe is a good basketball player ______ being short and stout.

A. due to B. despite

C. considering D. concerning

18、It is well known _____Confucius was born in the city of Qufu in Shandong province, China.

A．whether

B．where

C．that

D．what

19、Robots can be reprogrammed by a computer to do another one after completing one specific task, and this is ______ automatic machines differ.

A．because

B．what

C．where

D．how

20、 Luckily, I  ________ before the deal turned bad, which saved me much money.

A．dropped out   B．turned out

C．gave out      D．got out

21、Architects preferred _______ buildings with more light, which_______ with the heaviness of the Gothic cathedrals of the Middle ages.

A.to design, contrasts B.designing, contrasting

C.to design, to contrast D.designing, contrasted

22、She is always________by the teacher, so she is very confident.

A．praise

B．being praised

C．to praise

D．praising

23、_______the thick clouds, you would find the kite in the sky easily.

A. Had it not been for

B. If it were not

C. If it had not been for

D. Were it not for

24、-- Do you agree friends you spend time with will change your life in one way or another?

-- Couldn't agree more. Hopefully our students can show great ________ in their choices of friends.

A. accommodation B. discrimination

C. reputation D. distinction

25、The school has decided to adopt a new _____ to discipline.

A. approach B. way

C. method D. means

26、   Scott Ward didn't have any risk factors that he knew of for cancer so he ignored the lump on his neck until he couldn't ignore it anymore. Dr. Donald Doll, the doctor who treated Ward for his cancer, said, “We’re seeing more and more younger and healthier patients. They're not smokers or drinkers. It's HPV-related.” “Normally, you think of HPV (乳头瘤病毒), you think of women,” Doll added, “while it's a misconception that only women have to be concerned with cancers caused by this virus.”

Luckily, there's a vaccine (疫苗) that's been around for more than a decade that can protect against the HPV virus. If all boys and girls received it, no one would get HPV-related cancers. The HPV vaccine is best when given to children between 9 and 12 years old, before they are sexually active. But teenagers and young adults can still benefit from the vaccine.

Not everyone who gets the HPV virus develops cancer. But it is a risk factor. The agency says about 14 million people in the U.S. alone become infected with HPV each year. Yet, about half of all U.S. adolescents have not been fully vaccinated against HPV, which requires a series of three shots. The CDC says the side effects are generally short term and not serious. They can include dizziness, headache, fever, pain and etc.

Ward’s recovery was difficult. But he’s now cancer-free. Ward wishes the HPV vaccine existed when he was a teen. He says if he had kids, he would get them vaccinated. “HPV-related cancers are cancers no one needs to get.” Ward said.

【1】Who should be worried about HPV-related cancers?

A.Only women. B.Everyone.

C.Younger people. D.Smokers and drinkers.

【2】Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A.The HPV vaccine is best when given to teenagers and young adults.

B.About 50% of all adults in America have not been fully vaccinated against HPV.

C.One gets cancer if he or she gets the HPV virus.

D.HPV vaccines have some side effects including dizziness, headache, and etc.

【3】Why did Ward say HPV-related cancers were cancers no one needed to get in the last paragraph?

A.It is easy to recover from HPV-related cancers.

B.HPV-related cancers are not that common.

C.HPV-related cancers can be prevented by vaccination.

D.HPV vaccine existed when he was a teen.

27、   It's natural to think about what goes into producing the food in your daily lunch bag. But have you ever stopped to consider the production techniques behind the bag itself? At the center of it is a woman named Margaret Knight.

From her earliest years, Knight was a restless creator. In the article titled " The Evolution of the Grocery Bag", its writer mentions a few of her childhood projects. She was “famous for her kites", and "her sleds were the envy of the town’s boys.”

To support her mother, she took a job at a cotton factory when she was 12. That same year she invented a shuttle system which helped to prevent injury. At the time, she had no concept of patenting(得到……的专利权) her idea. What strengthened her place in history was her working experience at the Columbia Paper Bag Company. Here, instead of folding every paper bag by hand, Knight wondered if she might be able to make them cleanly and rapidly via an automated machine. The result was a working model of her elegant paper-folding machine. But this time: she wanted to go to the extra step and secure a patent on her creation, a brave move for a woman in the 19th century, when an extremely small percentage of patents were held by women.

Not only did Knight file for a patent, she bravely defended her owner ship of the bag machine idea. A man named Charles Annan said the creation was his own, arguing no woman could be able to design such a machine. Knight fought a legal battle against him and handed Anna a courtroom(法庭)defeat by presenting her detailed hand-drawn blueprints. Finally，Knight received her rightful patent in 1871.

After making the machine, she continued to invent many other things like a paper feeding machine and a skirt protector. Knight, at the age of seventy, worked twenty hours a day on 89th invention.

【1】Why does the writer mention Knight's childhood projects?

A.To introduce a book to reader

B.To tell us young Knight liked sports.

C.To show Knight was envied by other girls

D.To show Knight was creative as a child

【2】Which words can best describe Knight?

A.Intelligent and generous.

B.Courageous and hardworking

C.Considerate and optimistic

D.Independent and determined.

【3】What do we know about the paper folding machine?

A.It turned to be slower but safer

B.It was co invented by Knight and Annan

C.It proved Knight's position as an inventor.

D.It was the first machine to be patented by a woman

【4】How is the text mainly developed?

A.By following the order of time

B.By making some comments.

C.By making a comparison

D.By listing examples

28、Most people know not to touch a jellyfish(水母)but some jellies can sting people without touching them—by connecting tiny bits from their body that float off into the sea and move around independently.

Upside-down jellyfish throw small balls of stinging cells in a network of sticky mucus(黏液), to kill prey such as shrimp. “It is as if we could spit out our teeth and they killed thing for us somehow,” says Cheryl Ames at Tohoku university in Japan. “It’s a real revolutionary novelty.”

Upside-down jellyfish, several species of the genus Cassiopea, live in warm coastal waters off Florida, Australia, the Red Sea and southerly parts of the Mediterranean. Their stings aren’t generally seen as dangerous, but there have been occasional reports of “stinging water” around them. “It’s really irritating. You’re constantly being stung on any surface that’s exposed,” says Ames.

Now Ames’s group has found that this happens because the creatures shed hollow balls of stinging cells up to half a millimeter wide. Named cassiosomes, they carry hairs that can make them float around in circles to boost their chances of hitting prey. “It was a really amazing moment when we all took turns in looking through the microscope and saw there were tiny, little things moving about in the mucus,” says Ames. The jellies released cassiosomes and mucus when brine shrimp, their natural prey, were put in their tank. The cassiosomes could kill the shrimp within a minute. In the wild, the dead shrimp are then sucked into the jellies’ body by their pulsating motions. And these jellies tend to float at the bottom of lakes, and extend their networks of mucus to float above them. “The mucus may not be easily visible to swimmers,” says Ames.

The unique feeding mechanism isn’t the jellies main source of nutrients. They also have algae inside them, which photo synthesize. And the reason why the jellies float upside down is to expose these plant cells to the sun. The cassiosomes also contain algae, which might provide the energy for them to float around-they could survive outside the jellies for up to 10 days in the lab.

【1】What does Cheryl Ames think of the jellyfish’s way to catch food?

A．Fresh.

B．Mysterious

C．Terrible.

D．Unacceptable.

【2】What can we learn about cassiosomes?

A．They can easily be noticed by the swimmers.

B．They can send the shrimp to the jellies themselves.

C．They are spread in the mucus released by the jellyfish.

D．They use their hair to attract the shrimp.

【3】Why do the jellies float upside down?

A．To protect themselves from the sun.

B．To hide themselves from the enemy.

C．To transport algae to the cassiosones.

D．To get more energy provided by algae inside.

【4】In which column of a newspaper can we read this passage?

A．Travel abroad.

B．Under the sea.

C．Business.

D．Religion.

29、   Nasr Majid started hunting this fall at Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge (保护区) on the Eastern Shore of Maryland in USA. He’s one of the relatively few new hunters who officials hope will help stop a nearly four-decade decline nationally in what has become a hobby for fewer than 5 percent of Americans.

Natural resources and wildlife officials in Maryland are encouraging hunting of deer, turkeys and some other wild animals, which is believed to be good for the environment. Without hunting, they say, sika deer will overpopulate the wildlife refuge and they’ll overeat the bushes and other plants that provide important habitat for birds. On the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay, hunting is also important to prevent the spread of diseases such as Lyme.

In many families, the hunting tradition has been handed down for generations. But as longtime sportsmen age and children lose interest, the number of hunters in the United States fell by 2 million, from 2011 to 2018, to about 11 million.

“Everything is changing. Kids are growing up in front of video games and computers instead of going hunting.” said Chris Markin, a hunting specialist for the state natural resources department. “Adults usually focus on working and providing for their families. Those pressures are preventing many other potential hunters from going out, and from raising the next generation of hunters.”

To avoid such a decline, a new approach is needed. Government agencies and nonprofit groups are now launching mentoring (指导) programs to train more hunters, which not only helps preserve an industry and a culture but also means more protection for wildlife and their habitats through deer population control and investment.

Luckily, there are those still eager to learn, like Majid. He was just looking for an outdoor hobby he could share with his children when he came across the mentorship program. Now, he feels capable of hunting on his own, but also has someone he can text with questions that pop up. His new pastime has already paid off for him—on his second hunt with his mentor, in the last minutes of daylight, he bagged his first deer.

【1】In this passage,Nasr Majid is considered as a symbol of________.

A.devotion B.bravery C.enthusiasm D.hope

【2】What can be inferred from Chris Markin’s words?

A.No one is interested in hunting any more.

B.The hunting tradition is facing challenges.

C.Parents fail to spend enough time with kids.

D.Hunting adds to many adults life pressures.

【3】What does the underlined words“new pastime”refer to?

A.Raising questions. B.Looking for hunters.

C.Learning to hunt. D.Sharing a new hobby.

【4】What is the best title for the text?

A.Teach hunters new skills B.Make Hunting More Popular

C.Reduce the pressure of life D.Train more skilled hunters

30、   A wealthy man and his son loved to collect rare art works. They had everything in their _________.

When the Vietnam War broke out, the son went to war. He was very _______ and died in battle while rescuing another soldier.

About a month later, there was a _______ at the door. A young man stood there with a large package in his hands. “Sir, I am the soldier for whom your _______ gave his life. He often talked about you. and your love for _______.”

The young man _______ his package and opened it. There was a portrait of his son, _________ by the young man. He stared at the way the soldier had captured the personality of his son in the painting. The father was _______ to the eyes that his own eyes shined with _______.

The father hung the portrait on his wall. __________ visitors came to his home, he took them to __________the portrait before he showed them the other great works he had collected.

A few months later the man __________.There was to be a great auction (拍卖) of his paintings.

“We will ________ the bidding (出价) with this portrait of the son. Who will bid for it?” There was a __________for a long time. Then a voice shouted, “We want to see the famous paintings. Skip this one.” But __________the auctioneer continued, “The son! Who'll take the son?”

Finally, a __________ came from the back of the room. It was a gardener of the wealthy man. “I'll give $10 for the painting.” He being a poor man, it was all he could ____________. The auctioneer pounded the gavel (拍卖槌), “Going once, twice, SOLD for S 10!” The crowd was becoming __________. They wanted the other worthy collections. “Now let's get on with the collection!”

The auctioneer ________ his gavel. “I’m sorry, the auction is over. I was told of a secret paragraph in the will. Only the painting of the son would be auctioned. Whoever __________ that painting would inherit(继承) the entire paintings. The man who took the son gets everything!”

【1】A.package B.library C.hall D.collection

【2】A.brave B.respectful C.sorrowful D.panic

【3】A.notice B.sign C.knock D.hole

【4】A.son B.father C.gardener D.visitor

【5】A.research B.donation C.freedom D.art

【6】A.put up B.put out C.held out D.held back

【7】A.painted B.taken C.caught D.fixed

【8】A.disappointed B.drawn C.amazed D.sent

【9】A.puzzles B.lights C.joys D.tears

【10】A.In the moment B.Every time C.Once in a while D.At one time

【11】A.see B.discuss C.touch D.check

【12】A.passed B.died C.laughed D.left

【13】A.choose B.decide C.start D.produce

【14】A.shock B.silence C.welcome D.sound

【15】A.still B.only C.then D.thus

【16】A.cough B.sigh C.song D.voice

【17】A.share B.afford C.admit D.receive

【18】A.friendly B.lovely C.hungry D.impatient

【19】A.picked up B.threw away C.laid down D.cut up

【20】A.sold B.borrowed C.bought D.showed

31、   The team I work in just had 2 new interns （实习生），and I happen to be their supervisor. After today's lunch break, I saw that one of them was reading things on her smart phone, maybe on some social network, I _______ . I went to her and said, "There's another document here _______ translation. Do you have time to finish it for me?" That document was not in her _______ workloads. But I thought I could let her _______ herself a little bit with it, seeing that she seemed to have_______ . "Yes, I do have time. " She said, "but I'm just an intern. " I didn't quite know_______to say back then. After a while I mumbled, "Right. Yes. " And I turned around and left.

I  _______ the time when I was an intern for the first time. I, too, managed to finish my workload so fast, just like her. So, I asked my supervisor "Is there _______ else that I can help?" And she happened to have a plan to make. But she didn't .have time. So she let me do the research and make a draft for her. I was not very familiar with the job _______still tried to carry it out based on my understanding and make it as ________ as possible. And my supervisor was really satisfied with the ________. Later, she told me "You ________ me a lot of time. I didn't need to create it from scratch. " And she told me ________ how I should have done the plan differently. I learned a lot about the operation in the process. After that, she came to trust me completely. I got my current job all because of her recommendation.

Yes, I was just an intern with a low salary, but I ________a better future with my extra labor. Time passing, I got it that there's a kind of ________called short-sightedness.

【1】A.asked B.acquired C.guessed D.guaranteed

【2】A.asking B.waiting C.providing D.needing

【3】A.allowed B.assigned C.achieved D.accused

【4】A.challenge B.compete C.complain D.contribute

【5】A.idea B.ability C.time D.task

【6】A.what B.that C.which D.where

【7】A.forgot B.foresaw C.reminded D.recalled

【8】A.anything B.nothing C.something D.everything

【9】A.and B.but C.for D.or

【10】A.precious B.consistent C.professional D.complicated

【11】A.report B.show C.lesson D.draft

【12】A.gave B.saved C.lent D.borrowed

【13】A.in detail B.in surprise C.in charge D.in trouble

【14】A.persuaded B.begged C.devoted D.bought

【15】A.power B.pressure C.poverty D.performance

32、I fell in love with Yosemite National Park the first time I saw it, when I was 13. My parents took us there for camping. On the way out, I asked them to wait while I ran up to E1 Capitan, a _______ rock of 3,300 feet straight up. I touched that giant rock and knew _______ I wanted to climb it. That has been my life’s passion (钟爱) ever since — _______ the rocks and mountains of Yosemite. I’ve long made Yosemite my _______

About 15 years ago I started seeing a lot of _______, like toilet paper, beer cans, and empty boxes, around the area. It’s _______ me why visitors started respecting the place less and treated such a _______ home-like place this way.

I tried _______ trash (垃圾) myself, but the job was too big. I would _______ an hour or two on the job, only to find the area trashed all over again weeks later. Finally, I got so ________ it that I decided something had to ________.

As a rock-climbing guide, I knew ________ about organizing any big event. But in 2004, together with some climbers, I set a date for a ________. On that day, more than 300 people ________. Over three days we collected about 6,000 pounds of trash. It was ________ how much we were able to accomplish. I couldn’t believe the ________ we made — the park looked clean!

Each year volunteers come for the cleanup from everywhere. In 2007 alone, 2,945 people picked up 42,330 pounds of trash and ________ 132 miles of roadway.

I often hear people ________ about their surroundings. If you are one of them, I would say the only way to change things is by ________ rather than complaining .We need to teach by ________. You can’t blame others unless you start with yourself.

【1】

A．distant

B．hard

C．loose

D．huge

【2】

A．gradually

B．finally

C．immediately

D．recently

【3】

A．painting

B．climbing

C．measuring

D．approaching

【4】

A．home

B．palace

C．garden

D．shelter

【5】

A．dust

B．waste

C．materials

D．resources

【6】

A．against

B．over

C．beyond

D．within

【7】

A．new

B．safe

C．happy

D．beautiful

【8】

A．picking up

B．breaking down

C．throwing away

D．digging out

【9】

A．wait

B．save

C．kill

D．spend

【10】

A．delighted in

B．tired of

C．satisfied with

D．used to

【11】

A．aim

B．stress

C．change

D．depend

【12】

A．nothing

B．anything

C．everything

D．something

【13】

A．concert

B．picnic

C．party

D．cleanup

【14】

A．showed up

B．called back

C．dropped out

D．looked around

【15】

A．puzzling

B．amazing

C．amusing

D．interesting

【16】

A．plan

B．visit

C．difference

D．contact

【17】

A．covered

B．crossed

C．measured

D．designed

【18】

A．argue

B．complain

C．quarrel

D．talk

【19】

A．thinking

B．questioning

C．doing

D．watching

【20】

A．method

B．explanation

C．research

D．example

33、   I am a nurse working in a hospital. It was a ___morning when an elderly gentleman____to have his heart condition checked by the doctor. He said he was in a hurry ___he had an appointment at 9:00 am.

I had him take a seat. Since there were a lot of people ___to see the doctor, I knew it would be over an hour ___the doctor would be able to see him. I saw him looking at his watch ___while waiting. To make him not feel so ___with nothing to do for long hours, I decided to go over and __ with him for a while. The gentleman told me that he ___to go to the nursing home to have breakfast with his mom. His mother had been suffering from a disease and had ___there for several years.

As we talked, I asked if she would be upset if he was a bit ___. He replied, “She can’t ___me now.” I was ___, and asked him, “And you still go every morning, ___she doesn’t know who you are?” He smiled and said, “She doesn’t know me, but I ___make out who she is — the woman who gave me not only ___but a mother’s whole love.” I was moved to tears and felt very ___on such a winter day. The ___between parents and children is everlasting (永恒的).

Just then, a young man came up and said to the man, “Grandpa, now it’s my____to see the doctor. I am not in a hurry, so you can do it first.” The elderly man was very ___and went in the doctor’s to have his heart examined.

【1】A.sad B.late C.busy D.long

【2】A.arrived B.started C.realized D.stopped

【3】A.so B.as C.or D.if

【4】A.changing B.declaring C.calling D.waiting

【5】A.since B.before C.when D.after

【6】A.nearly B.firmly C.hardly D.frequently

【7】A.embarrassed B.bored C.relaxed D.frightened

【8】A.chat B.learn C.read D.walk

【9】A.needed B.forgot C.decided D.failed

【10】A.worked B.dreamed C.stayed D.known

【11】A.weak B.late C.busy D.tired

【12】A.believe B.obey C.recognize D.accept

【13】A.excited B.disappointed C.ashamed D.surprised

【14】A.until B.though C.because D.unless

【15】A.still B.seldom C.even D.also

【16】A.life B.advice C.mind D.knowledge

【17】A.cool B.hot C.cold D.warm

【18】A.content B.desire C.love D.hope

【19】A.step B.duty C.turn D.chance

【20】A.nervous B.grateful C.curious D.serious

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.

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.

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 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.”

38、假定是李华,你的朋友 Jenny 来信说对中国的传统文化非常感兴趣,请你回一封电子邮件,介绍相关情况,并邀请她来中国亲身体验。内容包括:

1.中国悠久的历史和文化传统。

2.众多的名胜古迹。

3. ......

注意:   1.词数 100 左右;   2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。

Dear Jenny,

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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续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

After a long day, Zhang Tian finally got back to his small room, feeling tired. He had started working at seven in the morning, and it was eight in the evening now. He had to prepare his lessons for the following day. This is a typical day for Zhang Tian. Coming to Guizhou Province to teach has been quite an experience for him.

Zhang Tian graduated from university and got a teacher's certificate last year. His parents, like most, hoped he would go to a big city to find a teaching job. Likewise, his friends all left his hometown for work in Shanghai or Beijing. Zhang Tian felt differently, however. He wanted to start a new lifestyle. He had met wonderful teachers from small villages during his early school years and he was inspired by them to go and teach where he was needed the most. For that reason he applied for and became a volunteer teacher in a village school. Bringing with him lots of books, clothes, and two pairs of trainers, Zhang Tian travelled to the village with an eager heart. He imagined all sorts of exciting things about living independently and teaching in a village.

However, not everything lived up to Zhang Tian's hopes. The school had just three teachers and Zhang Tian was the only English teacher. The other two local teachers were responsible for maths and Chinese. The school was much smaller than he had expected, with only three classrooms. In front of the classrooms, there was a playground which got dusty on windy days and muddy on rainy days. Living in the village was also more challenging than he had thought. The power and water supplies were unstable, so he could only shower every three or four days, and he had to learn how to cook.

注意.开头已给出；2.所写词数应为150左右。

Paragraph 1 ：

The thought of leaving once flashed through his mind.

Paragraph 2：

Zhang Tian's first service year is almost over.

40、假如你是李华，你的留学生朋友Tony对戏剧很感兴趣，请你用电子邮件告知他本周末你们学校戏剧社将举办戏剧Pygmalion的排练活动并邀请他参加，内容包括：

1. 排练地点和时间；

2. 具体的活动内容。

注意：1. 词数100左右；开头已给出，不计入总数。

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

可能用到的词汇：戏剧drama 排练rehearsal

Dear Tony,

How’s it going?

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Yours,

Lihua

41、假定你是李华，你校将举行“校园书市(a campus book fair)”活动，为给全校同学提供平台义卖图书、参考书、笔记等。请你写信给你的英国笔友Eric，介绍此次活动的有关情况，内容包括：

1.活动目的；

2.活动内容；

3.活动意义。

注意:

1.词数100左右；2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Eric,

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Yours,

Li Hua