1、—Haven’t you solved the problem yet?
—Sorry, but I promise it in an hour.
A.will be settled B.will settle
C.has been settled D.has settled
2、—Why did you quit your job?
—It was good _____ its working conditions, but the salary was too low.
A.on behalf of
B.in honor of
C.in favor of
D.in terms of
3、People often have difficulty facing reality when further scientific discovery challenges _______ they have previously thought to be settled facts.
A.what B.that C.who D.which
4、All the athletes got ready, waiting for the ______ to start running.
A.sign B.symbol C.signal D.sight
5、There were two buildings, _______ stands nearly a hundred feet high.
A. the large
B. the larger of which
C. the larger on that
D.the larger of them
6、______the council has provided places for us to take our empty bottles for recycling, many of us still throw glass bottles into the ordinary dustbins.
A.However
B.Even though
C.On account of
D.Despite
7、The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year ________ 24 solar terms.
A.through B.from C.into D.for
8、High school students will be better aware of _____ the real world is like by participating in community service.
A.that B.how C.what D.where
9、---How old can you guess your new English teacher is ?
--- It’s hard to say. But I guess him to be _____between 35 and 40.
A. anybody B. anywhere C. anyhow D. anything
10、One night, at about midnight, I ______ the sky for about an hour. The stars were shining like diamonds.
A.have watched
B.had watched
C.watch
D.watched
11、When I first met Bryan I didn't like him, but I ________my mind.
A.have changed
B.change
C.had changed
D.would change
12、Neither Mary nor her parents ________ of the exciting news, which surprises us a lot.
A.has informed B.have informed
C.has been informed D.have been informed
13、He was about to cross the street ______ he heard his name ______.
A. when; called B. if; calling
C. and; calling D. till; called
14、I heard that John was very hard to get along with, so I wonder _____ Sam got on so well with him.
A. how B. when
C. that D. what
15、Professor Smith is very kind. You can turn to him for help as long as he is_________.
A.active B.confused C.available D.busy
16、"It's such a nice place," Mother said as she sat at the table______ for customers.
A.to be reserved
B.having reserved
C.reserving
D.reserved
17、Tom looks tired because he ________ the house since 9 am.
A.has been cleaning
B.cleaned
C.has been cleaned
D.cleans
18、My uncle knows several foreign languages,________English,French and Japanese.
A.for example B.for instance
C.such as D.that is
19、Several swimmers have been drowned in the sea recently. So I don’t _______of your going swimming alone.
A.approve B.agree C.support D.admit
20、—________ makes your son feel depressed recently?
—Being rejected by all the universities he has applied to.
A. What it is that B. How is it that
C. What is it that D. How it is that
21、When people see machines that respond like humans, or computers that perform amazing functions, they sometimes joke about a future in which humanity will need to accept robot overlords(霸主). But buried in the joke is a seed of unease. Science-fiction movies have ever shown us about artificial intelligence (AI) that escapes its creators’ control.
Even in the real world, not everyone is ready to welcome AI with open arms. In recent years, as computer scientists have pushed the boundaries(界限) of what AI can accomplish, leading figures in technology and science have warned about the frightening dangers that artificial intelligence may pose to human beings, even suggesting that AI could destroy the human race. But why are people so frightened about the idea of AI?
Elon Musk is one of the famous voices that have raised red flags about AI. In July 2017, Musk told people at a meeting of the National Governors Association, “I have exposure to the very cutting-edge AI, and I think people should be really concerned about it. I keep sounding the alarm bell. But until people see robots going down the street killing people, they don’t know how to react, because it seems so impossible. ”
Earlier, in 2014, Musk had labeled AI “our biggest existential threat”, and in August 2017, he declared that humanity faced a great risk from AI.
Physicist Stephen Hawking, who died on March 14, also expressed concerns about AI, telling the BBC in 2014 that “the development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race.”
It’s also less than reassuring that some programmers—particularly those with MIT Media Lab in Cambridge, Massachusetts—seem determined to prove that AI can be terrifying.
【1】What are top scientists in AI worried about?
A.It has wonderful functions.
B.It contributes too much to movies.
C.It may end the human race some day.
D.It’s ability to bury our seeds in jokes.
【2】What is Elon Musk’s attitude toward AI?
A.Disapproving.
B.Ambiguous.
C.Understanding.
D.Supportive.
【3】What could AI do in Stephen Hawking’s opinion?
A.Be a great threat to human beings.
B.Learn the human emotions like fear.
C.Predict the future of the human race.
D.Turn horrible tales into scary stories.
【4】Which part of a newspaper is the text most probably taken from?
A.Technology.
B.Health.
C.Culture.
D.Nature.
22、 Technology is preparing students for jobs, but is it preparing them for life?
Several years ago, both USA Today and The New York Times started delivering free papers to college students, hoping to attract their readership. Students rarely picked them up. They were a chore (琐事). It didn’t get any better when stories went online. Students were much more taken with texting than reading current events.
Today, many are aware of news headlines, but their knowledge is shallow. Reading just a headline and the first sentences of a story provides little chance for understanding the news and its significance. Academically, students no longer feel the need to read materials before coming to class. They think they can search the Internet for anything.
Students aren’t the only ones reading less. We all are. Try reading a full-size article on a cellphone, and you’ll likely end up with a headache. Texts are short and to the point. So are tweets. Few of us have the patience to read full articles.
Technology has made getting bits of information so easy that the big picture is lost. A case in point: Most of us now rely on GPS in our phones for simple navigation (导航). We fail to learn even the most basic knowledge of neighborhoods, much less understand where main roads are in relation to a street two blocks away. We count on our phones to navigate passageways on the road and in our lives.
We need to separate a bit from the false promises of the technological world. Try going a couple of hours without your phone. Read a novel. Walk in the woods. Turn off your technology and talk to your friends. We must have the strength to take charge of our lives. The future lies in our hands, not in cellphones.
【1】Why did college students seldom read newspapers?
A.They weren’t interested in them.
B.They were busy with their study.
C.They could read news online.
D.They couldn’t afford to buy them.
【2】How does the Internet affect students according to the third paragraph?
A.It fails to promote deep reading.
B.It helps them learn their courses.
C.It provides them with less information.
D.It has improved their ways of studying.
【3】What does the underlined phrase “the big picture” mean according to the fifth paragraph?
A.The mental activity. B.The new information.
C.The interesting feature. D.The valued aspect.
【4】What does the author advise us to do in the last paragraph?
A.To take charge of our lives in the future.
B.To change the technological world.
C.Not to depend too much on technology.
D.Not to believe information from the Internet.
23、E
A German study suggests that people who were too optimistic about their future actually faced greater risk of disability or death within 10 years than those pessimists( 悲观者)who expected their future to be worse.
The paper, published this March in Psychology and Aging, examined health and welfare surveys from roughly 40,000 Germans between ages 18 and 96. The surveys were conducted every year from 1993 to 2003.
Survey respondents (受访者) were asked to estimate their present and future life satisfaction on a scale of 0 to 10, among other questions.
The researchers found that young adults (age 18 to 39) routinely overestimated their future life satisfaction, while middle-aged adults (age 40 to 64) more accurately predicted how they would feel in the future. Adults of 65 and older, however, were far more likely to underestimate their future life satisfaction. Not only did they feel more satisfied than they thought they would, the older pessimists seemed to suffer a lower ratio (比率) of disability and death for the study period.
“We observed that being too optimistic in predicting a better future than actually observed was associated with a greater risk of disability and a greater risk of death within the following decade,” wrote Frieder R. Lang, a professor at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg.
Lang and his colleagues believed that people who were pessimistic about their future may be more careful about their actions than people who expected a rosy future.
“Seeing a dark future may encourage positive evaluations of the actual self and may contribute to taking improved precautions (预防措施),” the authors wrote.
Surprisingly, compared with those in poor health or who had low incomes, respondents who enjoyed good health or income were associated with expecting a greater decline. Also, the researchers said that higher income was related to a greater risk of disability.
The authors of the study noted that there were limitations to their conclusions. Illness, medical treatment and personal loss could also have driven health outcomes. However, the researchers said a pattern was clear. “We found that from early to late adulthood, individuals adapt their expectations of future life satisfaction from optimistic, to accurate, to pessimistic,” the authors concluded.
【1】According to the study, who made the most accurate prediction of their future life satisfaction?
A. Optimistic adults.
B. Middle-aged adults.
C. Adults in poor health.
D. Adults of lower income.
【2】Pessimism may be positive in some way because it causes people ______.
A. to fully enjoy their present life
B. to estimate their contribution accurately
C. to take measures against potential risks
D. to value health more highly than wealth
【3】How do people of higher income see their future?
A. They will earn less money.
B. They will become pessimistic.
C. They will suffer mental illness.
D. They will have less time to enjoy life.
【4】What is the clear conclusion of the study?
A. Pessimism guarantees chances of survival.
B. Good financial condition leads to good health.
C. Medical treatment determines health outcomes.
D. Expectations of future life satisfaction decline with age.
24、On the school playground in Los Tomes, José, a lone child, plays a ballandcup game. The eightyearold is the school's only pupil. His teacher, Nilda, herself a former pupil, says that enrolment(注册入学) has dropped from 65 when she started teaching 43 years ago. Drought has driven families away, she says, “Only the old remain.”
Los Tomes is an agricultural cooperative, one of 178 in Chile's Coquimbo region. Nineteen communities try to grow wheat and raise sheep and goats on 2,800 hectares. A decadelong drought has made that harder. Hilltop springs where the animals once drank have dried up. As the number of herds(畜群) decrease, farmers' children moved away to take jobs in cities or at copper mines.
① Hope for Los Tomes comes in the form of three 60squaremetre nets stretched between poles on a ridge(山脊) above the community. These nets capture(捕捉)droplets(水珠) from the fog that rolls in from the sea 4 kilometers away. They flow down to two troughs(槽), from which animals drink. The nets can harvest 650 litres of water a day.
② Chile has been investigating fog capture since the 1950s. The fog can be harvested with the help of a coastal mountain range and strong winds. Earlier attempts to turn the mist into usable water failed. In 1990 fog nets at a fishing village captured 8,000 litres a day. Villagers argued about how to share responsibility for maintaining the nets.
Climate change, which is expected to decrease rainfall in the region, has inspired a new search for sources of water. The project at Los Tomes is part of an attempt to capture fog. “The question is not whether the fog collectors work but who's going to provide and maintain them,” says Daniela.
At a community north of Los Tomes, three 150squaremetre fog catchers feed a plantation of young olive trees. When the trees mature, they will produce 750 litres of organic olive oil a year. The water source will be a big selling point. A privately owned brewery(啤酒厂)in Pena Blanca was quick to spot fog water's marketing appeal.
③ The development fund paid 5.6 million pesos each piece to put up the structures in Los Tomes;when the nets wear out, the villagers will have to replace them at a cost of 100,000 pesos each. Coquimbo has more than 40,000 hectares of land with the right conditions for putting up fogcatchers. If it were fully employed, the region could harvest 1,400 litres a second, enough to supply all its drinking water.
④ That might attract back educated young people from the cities. A chance to develop tourism near the Fray Jorge national park, a rainforest which has survived thanks to its own natural fogcollection mechanism, brought Salvador to his birthplace. “Roots, the land and the desire to start this brought me back, says Salvador.
【1】The boy in the first paragraph is used as an example to show .
A. the seriousness of drought B. the poverty of the area
C. the trend of the move D. the lack of teachers
【2】The ideal place for nets should be .
A. in the rough sea B. on a coastal ridge
C. over the sea D. at the foot of the ridge
【3】The concern of the fishing village's people is .
A. whether the fogcatcher works
B. whether the fogcatcher can provide enough water
C. how to make the fogcatcher run well continuously
D. how to make use of the water
【4】The sentence “It makes a profit, but most fogharvesting projects require investment in their early stages.” should be put in .
A. ① B. ② C. ③ D. ④
【5】According to the passage, which of the following statement is right?
A. Water collected from fog can be sold as beer on the market.
B. Daniela suggests that olive trees should be planted in the plantation.
C. The products made with fog water will probably appeal to the consumers.
D. Part of temperate rainforest's survival is due to the use of manmade fog nets.
【6】Salvador returning to his birthplace mainly wants to .
A. protect the remaining forest B. build more fogcatchers
C. sell handicrafts on the road stands D. develop local tourism
25、My two little boys were happily playing when I watched a passenger jet(客机) explode into one of the World Trade Center towers(世贸大厦) in New York City on the television.
It took my husband, Matt, several hours to return home. I ran to the door to _________ him. We held each other tightly,. _________ in a state of disbelief. How could this have happened in our safe_________?
Dinner was quieter than usual, although the kids helped keep things _________. There wasn’t much _________ aside from expressions of deep sadness.
“I have a _________ for you,” Matt said.
“For whom?” I asked and then remembered it was my birthday. I don’t feel much like. “_________.How about if I open it tomorrow?”
“Okay, but you have to read this tonight. He handed me a _________.”
9/11/01
Gina:
_________ today; with the horrible disaster; I want to __________ to you again, how much you __________ to me. The hard work that you are engaged in right now is __________, invisible and largely thankless in the short term.
But honey, please know that __________ these little guys grow into men is a privilege that we should be proud to __________ as we grow old together and the perfect fulfillment(实现)of our __________ bonds.
You are a great mom.
You are a great wife.
You are my best friend.
You are very pretty. Happy birthday.
——Matt
【1】
A.meet
B.catch
C.help
D.follow
【2】
A.already
B.still
C.also
D.even
【3】
A.house
B.town
C.country
D.planet
【4】
A.light
B.messy
C.simple
D.straight
【5】
A.confusion
B.company
C.complaint
D.conversation
【6】
A.question
B.job
C.present
D.party
【7】
A.eating
B.joking
C.waiting
D.celebrating
【8】
A.box
B.letter
C.list
D.book
【9】
A.Excitedly
B.Certainly
C.Surprisingly
D.Especially
【10】
A.introduce
B.express
C.explain
D.owe
【11】
A.mean
B.teach
C.offer
D.talk
【12】
A.amazing
B.rewarding
C.exhausting
D.worrying
【13】
A.watching
B.knowing
C.noticing
D.confirming
【14】
A.defend
B.give
C.share
D.require
【15】
A.friendship
B.marriage
C.business
D.performance
26、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。
The boy sat on his chair, with his hand above the keyboard. He thought about what to write.
He recalled that the competition deadline was merely a week away. But he still had not even started on his piece. He looked at the brochure again. “WRITING COMPETITION!” the title read. His mom had encouraged him to enter the writing competition, and now he was taking it on as his personal task for the holidays.
As the boy reflected on his previous writing efforts, he realized how hopeless his task of winning was. Every story he ever wrote was based on other stories. He had little imagination, and unfortunately, imagination was the key to writing.
Suddenly, he had a brainwave. This time, he came up with an original and imaginative story.
The words shot towards him like a storm of leaves. Words were coming easily, flowing through him, faster than he could type. He typed faster than he ever had before. He continued to type, amazed at how easy writing this story was. The boy could not stop writing. He looked at the word count and saw the number “248” staring right back at him. He was not even halfway yet.
Then he heard the call of his mother saying time for bed. He continued writing the piece, ignoring her. He had to make up for the time he had lost thinking about a topic to write. Finally, he finished. The word count now read “498”.
“Perfect,” he thought, “just under the word limit.” He knew this was the story that would win.
He went onto Google and searched for the competition. He found the page but there was no “Enter” button.
Confused, he then re-read the page again. It read COMPETITION CLOSED.
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Paragraph 1:
After a few seconds, the boy eagerly checked the deadline of the COMPETITION on the website.
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His mother came up and comforted him.
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