2025-2026年贵州黔东南州 初一下册期末英语试卷

1、— Shall I clean the desk for you?

—________. I’ll clean it myself later. Thank you all the same.

A．Don’t bother

B．Go ahead

C．No problem

D．Of course

2、If William had listened to what his teacher said in class, he how to solve the problem now.

A.has known B.would know C.would have known D.knows

3、— We ＿＿ that you would fix the TV set this week.

— I’m sorry. I ＿＿ to, but I’ve been too busy.

A. had expected； had intended B. are expecting； had intended

C. expect； intend D. expected； intend

4、In the book, the author describes how Iran has long sought an   with America.

A.acceleration B.accomplishment

C.accumulation D.accommodation

5、Now that she is out of job, Lucy _____ going back to school, but she hasn't decided yet.

A. had considered     B. has been considering

C. considered     D. is going to consider

6、________ is often the case with children, Tom was better by the time the doctor arrived.

A.It B.That C.What D.As

7、I have been convinced that the print media are usually more________ and more reliable than television.

A．accurate

B．ridiculous

C．urgent

D．flexible

8、_____I had more money, I could buy a car.

A.Only if B.If ever C.If only D.Even if

9、One of the secretary’s jobs is to ___________ letters and mails.

A.help out B.dry out C.sort out D.stick out

10、She was given a $1,000 ticket for ____________ the speed limit and a $ 230 ticket for disobeying a red light.

A. fetching B. exceeding

C. adjusting D. obeying

11、Billy Crystal hosted the Academy Awards again this year, and his performances always ________ the expectations of most audience.

A. sign up for B. drop out of

C. be bent on D. live up to

12、I've got lo make _______he told a lie.

A.that clear B.it clear that C.quite clear D.this clear that

13、Which of the following sentences is correct?

A.We urge effective measures taken immediately.

B.What a tiny spot I was this enormous world!

C.That’s quite difficult as I don’t speak much of the local English dialect yet.

D.There was a newly made platform for Jenny and me to sleep.

14、I can't bear ________, so I hope you can come on time.

A. to keep waiting B. to keep to wait

C. being kept waiting D. being kept to wait

15、Senior family members, especially parents, should create an atmosphere ________ would encourage their children to read books.

A. that B. what C. where D. when

16、—You've done a good job.

—Yes. It________us a whole month to finish it.

A．takes

B．has been taking

C．took

D．was taking

17、He asked me to find a book ______ his name.

A. marked with B. being marked with

C. marked by D. marking on

18、_______ with the severe situation, the expert suggested the market referred to at once.

A.Facing; be shut down B.Faced; being shut down

C.To Face; being shut down D.Faced; be shut down

19、Learning English means more than memorizing a lot of words. It ________ a large amount of reading as well.

A.involves B.inspires C.motivates D.associates

20、--- I hear it may get windy this afternoon.

--- I don’t care ____ it doesn’t rain again.

A. even though B. as far as

C. in case D. so long as

21、I feel both excited and nervous to speak before such a large audience, so I spent a lot of time _______ my lecture.

A.promoting B.releasing C.refreshing D.polishing

22、Not until _________ in the college entrance exam _________ that he had wasted much time using his mobile phone to surf the Internet and play games.

A.had he failed; he realized B.he had failed; did he realize

C.he had failed; he realized D.did he fail; did he realize

23、I can’t say which one is best—— it’s________personal taste.

A.a lack of B.a means of C.a manner of D.a matter of

24、________ to the electronic games that he wasted a lot of precious time.

A. So he was addicted B. So was he addicted

C. So addicted was he D. So addicted he was

25、The Cloud Bridge is located in the Yunyang Longgang Scenic Zone，___________ live many rare species.

A.which B.that C.where D.what

26、When you’re working your way through one of life’s storms, it is human nature to focus on getting back to normal, to “bounce back” as quickly as possible to a place where things are calm, familiar and comfortable.

However, actually it is unrealistic to think we can ever truly return emotionally and intelligently to where we were before the storm because every experience changes us in some way. For example, when we experience a major health scare, possibly involving some hospital time, we can never go back to being the person we were before the event even if we fully recover because we have experienced firsthand the fragility(脆弱) of life, not to mention coming face to face with death.

So, now that we can never return, what should we do?

Consider this …how is it that two people can be faced with the same hardship and while one becomes hopeless and feels anger and upset, the other is able to overcome their circumstances and grow stronger than ever as a result of the experience?

At one extreme, we may choose to accept the role of unlucky victim, or become trapped in the “Why is it always me!” negative and frustrating(令人沮丧的) situations. Either way is the result of a fixed mindset(思维模式) that is resistant to growth and change. If this is your approach to life, you will be far less likely to be active in effectively managing change and recovering from bad situations.

But there is another choice. If you are honest enough, you may consider what was once “normal” for you was just the main cause of your storm. You can choose to hug change and uncertainty and learn to grow forward through all of your experiences. Of course, this means doing the work to develop the skills and habits that will enable you to handle life’s occasional storms.

In conclusion, it is up to each of us to choose the meaning we apply to our situations at all times. Different choices will lead to different lives. Of course you can grow forward if you are determined to choose live a positive life regardless of whatever hardships you are facing.

【1】What does the author try to convey with the example in the second paragraph?

A．We will understand life much better after an escape from death.

B．It usually takes a long time to recover from a health problem.

C．It’s unlikely to return to where we were after certain events.

D．We can recover from an emotional problem much more easily.

【2】When faced with hardships, some people choose to be a victim because of ________.

A．their terrible experiences

B．their negative thoughts

C．their poor health

D．their bad luck

【3】What is the author’s purpose in writing the text?

A．To advise us to manage bad emotions.

B．To persuade us to get back to normal.

C．To offer us useful skills to work with.

D．To encourage us to overcome hardships.

【4】If you’re determined to grow forward you have to ________.

A．experience life’s fragility

B．welcome uncertainty and change

C．develop new skills and habits

D．overcome the fear of death

27、The International Day of Disabled Persons, an international observance declared by the United Nations since 1992, is observed on December 3, aiming to promote an understanding of disability issues and get support for the rights of people with disabilities. The day takes place annually and focuses on a different issue each year. In South Africa, December 3 also marks the beginning of the Disability Awareness Month.

Since the first celebration, people with disabilities have gained recognition of their rights by states across the globe and of their rightful place in society. But there is still much work ahead of us to turn those legal rights into a true revolution, in which diversity is fully accepted and lived.

The estimated one billion people living with disabilities worldwide face many obstructions of inclusion in many key aspects of society. As a result, people with disabilities can't enjoy the equal rights as normal people, which include employment, education as well as social and political participation. The right to participate in public life is essential to create stable democracies , active citizenship and reduce inequalities in society.

In many cases, people with disabilities must be able to fulfill their role in society. It is important to focus on the ability and not on the disability of an individual. It is important to note that disability is part of the human condition, and that all of us either are or will become disabled to one degree or another during the course of our lives.

By promoting empowerment , real opportunities for disabled people are created. This supports them in setting their own priorities. Empowerment involves investing in them — in jobs, health, nutrition, education, and social protection. When disabled people are empowered, they are better prepared to take advantage of opportunities, and they can more readily accept their civic responsibilities.

【1】What is the International Day of Disabled Persons meant for?

A．To raise money for the disabled.

B．To stress the value of the disabled.

C．To make an international celebration.

D．To make able­bodied people care about the disabled.

【2】What does the underlined word “obstructions” in Paragraph 3 mean?

A．Chances.

B．Types.

C．Barriers

D．Regrets.

【3】What is the main problem for disabled people?

A．The number of them is too large.

B．They can't be fully accepted by society.

C．Few of them seek legal rights.

D．They think poorly of their role in society.

28、The USA's Best Drive-in Movie Theatres

Gather your friends, pile into the car, and enjoy an evening of America at these classic theatres.

Fort Lauderdale Swap Shop-Fort Lauderdale, Florida

The Fort Lauderdale Swap Shop holds the title for the world's largest drive-in theatre. The drive-in theatre opened on 22 November 1963 with one screen. Now, the theatre has 13 new screens and nearly 12 million people visit it annually. The original screen is still up in running, although it's now called screen nine. Thanks to Florida's amazing weather, the theatre is open 365 days a year.

Harvest Moon Twin Drive-In-Gibson City, Illinois

Built in 1954, this two-screen drive-in is making a name for itself thanks to a decision to switch to wind power. The owners at Harvest Moon Twin Drive-In started using wind power as a way of keeping the costs of running the theatre down. By doing so, the drive-in is able to keep their prices consistent and if you want to catch a film at this green theatre, it's open from March until October.

Coyote Drive-In-Fort Worth, Texas

Opened in 2013, Coyote Drive-In was built with the goal of bringing back the drive-in magic to the community (社区）. One ticket will give you access to nightly double features-two movies back to back- available on four different screens. A unique feature of the theatre is that pets of all shapes and sizes are welcome, including horses.

Field of Dreams-Liberty Center, Ohio

Paying honour to the film Field of Dreams, Rod and Donna Saunders built the Field of Dreams drive-in theatre on their farmland in Liberty Center, Ohio in 1989. The Saunders' project provides cost-effective family entertainment for the locals of their countryside community.

【1】What is special about Harvest Moon Twin Drive-In?

A.It has the most screens. B.Its ticket price is steady.

C.It has a quiet environment. D.It has newly imported equipment.

【2】What inspired the Saunders to build the Field of Dreams?

A.A wonderful film of the same name. B.Their famous farmland in the countryside.

C.The locals'demands for entertainment. D.The cultural promotion of their community.

【3】Which drive-in theatre has the shortest history?

A.Fort Lauderdale Swap Shop. B.Harvest Moon Twin Drive-In.

C.Coyote Drive-In. D.Field of Dreams.

29、   Recently, my husband and three kids were playing in the Mediterranean, swimming and floating in the perfect sea. It was ridiculously beautiful in Majorca, Spain. The way the sun danced across the water and how the blue horizon was dotted with sailboats were such beautiful scenes. I almost couldn’t believe my eyes.

My husband and I always dreamed about taking our kids on a trip around the world. It was something we always wanted to do one day. It was one of the things we finally talked about when we imagined our life with our children.

Fourteen years later, we had three boys who were growing up faster by the day. It was time to make good on those plans. We spent dozens of hours discussing, researching and planning. We had to learn how to “road school” our kids and arrange time off from work. We renewed our passports and then packed our bags. We showed our kids the world. It was about experiencing dozens of flights, trains and taxis together. We showed them how wonderful, diverse and fascinating the world is. We wanted them to learn all we had learned ourselves through our own travels as young adults.

But there was something more than that. What we really wanted was to slow down time. We wanted the days to last a bit longer and the weeks to take their time. The years with our children are going too fast. We wanted to put brakes on our busy lives for a year and just be with our kids. We wanted a break from the daily morning routine of making lunches, eating breakfast and rushing out of the door in time for school. We needed a family time-out.

It was a wonderful two-month trip in Europe, full of unbelievable moments. And when we look back at our lives, I know we’ll be glad we did it. I know we’ll be happy that this is a chapter of the story of our family.

【1】What was the author’s attitude to the trip when she planned it?

A.Positive. B.Casual. C.Doubtful. D.Flexible.

【2】What does the underlined word “that” in Paragraph 4 refer to?

A.Making preparations for their vacation.

B.Having fun in the perfect Mediterranean.

C.Learning to study during trips as young adults.

D.Experiencing a different and wonderful world.

【3】What was the author’s main purpose in taking this trip?

A.To educate her kids to value their life.

B.To promise her children to see the world.

C.To enjoy a family break away from their busy life.

D.To teach her kids what they cannot learn in school.

【4】How did the author feel after her two-month trip in Europe?

A.Confident. B.Exhausted. C.Anxious. D.Satisfied.

30、   A video has gone popular now, which is about a Hawaiian beach man, Kamalu Rosa, helping put a big smile on the face of a woman with cerebral palsy (脑瘫) on the surfboard. Long before the _______ video, the Waikiki beach surfing instructor had quietly done other acts of _______ .

Rosa, aged 43, has _______ many people with special needs and _______ challenges enjoy the sea. "I'm just very _______ because I can do what I like for a living. I can help people," he said. He sees them on the beach and offers them a free surfing _______ .

Kamalu Rosa was on the shores of Waikiki when he _______ met a woman named Stephanie. Due to her condition, she's unable to _______ , but still had dreams of surfing. In talking with Stephanie's _______ and family, he realized he could help her ________ that.

"I can help people," Rosa said. "If I have the ________ to help them out in the ocean, like taking them surf, I try to ________ the moment."

Rosa quickly grabbed his ________ and went to the water's edge. He went back for Stephanie, and ________ her onto the board. He paddled out, held on to her and together they caught some ________ at Waikiki beach.

"I burst into tears there," Rosa said. "She was so ________ and happy. It's the kind of thing you don't have to ________ too much. It's body language." It ________ everybody in the ocean. It was a(n) ________ experience in my life," he added. For Rosa, he said it's the ________ surf lesson he has ever given.

A．inspiring

B．boring

C．frightening

D．puzzling

A．instruction

B．happiness

C．bravery

D．kindness

A．told

B．divided

C．helped

D．filmed

A．cultural

B．physical

C．small

D．urgent

A．sad

B．lucky

C．common

D．upset

A．lesson

B．suit

C．book

D．show

A．finally

B．generally

C．gradually

D．recently

A．think

B．shout

C．walk

D．smile

A．neighbours

B．brothers

C．friends

D．parents

A．forget

B．improve

C．develop

D．achieve

A．opportunity

B．money

C．attitude

D．power

A．keep

B．seize

C．refuse

D．change

A．camera

B．student

C．board

D．card

A．pushed

B．lifted

C．dragged

D．carried

A．waves

B．sounds

C．fishes

D．shots

A．excited

B．tired

C．embarrassed

D．moved

A．listen

B．experience

C．speak

D．write

A．annoyed

B．touched

C．persuaded

D．educated

A．expensive

B．unbelievable

C．visual

D．ridiculous

A．only

B．extra

C．hardest

D．best

31、   As the temperature reached 38℃ in New York City last July 4th, three police officers went into a Whole Foods Market to get something _________ to drink. What they walked into was a _________ human drama.

Once inside, the policemen, Louis Sojo, Esanidy Cuevas and Michael Rivera, were _________ by a store security guard who asked for help with a(n)_________ shoplifter. The woman in question didn’t have the _________ of a career criminal. She was obviously _________, and her cheeks were wet with tears.

The policemen peeked inside her bag. “All we saw was containers of _________. We didn’t see anything else,” Cuevas told CBS New York.

“I’m hungry,” she _________ nervously.

Caught red-handed, the woman no doubt _________ to be cuffed(戴上手铐) and sent to __________ for the crime of stealing food. But the policemen had other ideas. “We’ll pay for her food,” Sojo told the __________ security guard.

There had been no __________ among the three men. It went unsaid. Instead, they __________ the woman’s bag and accompanied her to a cash register, where each chipped in $10 to pay the bill. She would not be __________ today.

All the woman could do was weep in gratitude (感激). Covering her face with a kerchief and drying her __________, she repeated, “Thank you, thank you.”

She wasn’t the only one __________ by this act of compassion. Paul Bozymowski, who was at the store, was so taken by what he had __________ that he posted photo on Twitter for all to see.

But attention was never what the officers __________. They were driven by a far more common emotion. As Sojo told CNN, “When you look at someone’s face and see that they need you and they’re __________ hungry, it’s pretty __________ as a human being to walk away from something like this.”

A．cheap

B．cold

C．special

D．sweet

A．ridiculous

B．relaxing

C．silent

D．heated

A．controlled

B．refused

C．approached

D．driven

A．suspected

B．apparent

C．proved

D．famous

A．look

B．potential

C．skill

D．determination

A．calm

B．confused

C．scared

D．angry

A．toys

B．oil

C．tools

D．food

A．explained

B．warned

C．answered

D．promised

A．wanted

B．expected

C．pretended

D．begged

A．school

B．business

C．hospital

D．prison

A．dishonest

B．merciful

C．surprised

D．discouraged

A．consideration

B．discussion

C．pressure

D．preference

A．threw away

B．picked up

C．put aside

D．tried out

A．advised

B．praised

C．reminded

D．arrested

A．eyes

B．hair

C．hands

D．bag

A．failed

B．bothered

C．punished

D．touched

A．insisted

B．created

C．witnessed

D．inspected

A．concluded

B．paid

C．sought

D．deserved

A．actually

B．eventually

C．slightly

D．unnecessarily

A．unfair

B．difficult

C．normal

D．impressive

32、I was diving home after attending my uncle's funeral. I took a canyon（峡谷）drive with beautiful scenery to process my_________.

Suddenly I heard a pop. I knew what had happened—a big flat tire! I_________to the side, but this was a canyon drive with not much shoulder_________, and it happened to be around a turning that people couldn't see. That made it_________.

Cars were passing me fast. I couldn't get out. Within minutes, I saw a van stopped behind me. The gentleman walked out,_________a hand, and I dared to walk out very_________. He moved my car out of the _________way while I was talking to the police. Since they couldn't send_________in 20-30 minutes. The gentleman took out my spare tire and started_________the tire for me.

After the job was____________, I thanked him and he left. As we said goodbye, I____________him to pay it forward. I saw in my mirror that the van just____________me, making sure I was OK. At the light, I got a chance to see the____________family in the van. A beautiful young wife with attractive children in the back. They all gave me a big smile and____________at me!

I thought the gentleman had set a successful example for those young children to learn about service and____________.

【1】

A．anger

B．time

C．feelings

D．work

【2】

A．pulled over

B．pulled out

C．pulled down

D．pulled in

【3】

A．limit

B．space

C．speed

D．height

【4】

A．dangerous

B．inconvenient

C．urgent

D．uncommon

【5】

A．lifting

B．clapping

C．offering

D．hiding

【6】

A．hopefully

B．happily

C．willingly

D．carefully

【7】

A．special

B．detailed

C．accurate

D．rough

【8】

A．assistance

B．search

C．information

D．safety

【9】

A．moving

B．changing

C．fixing

D．setting

【10】

A．delayed

B．continued

C．succeeded

D．accomplished

【11】

A．persuaded

B．inspired

C．promised

D．reminded

【12】

A．followed

B．protected

C．inspected

D．chased

【13】

A．talkative

B．impressive

C．last

D．entire

【14】

A．waved

B．shouted

C．laughed

D．bowed

【15】

A．admiration

B．loyalty

C．passion

D．sympathy

33、   Sometimes people around you can change your life. The change may not be sudden or _______ , but little habits can produce big _______ that make you think about what is important in your life. The person who changed my life is Julia Masi. She has _______ me so many things that I will carry with me _______ my life.

One thing I've learned from Julia is how to balance  _______. Julia has shown me how to _______ ahead so that I can finish all my school work, enjoy sports and_______ have time for my friends. She has taught me that you can do anything if you are _______ and if you never give up. I've also learned that you can find anything fun or _______  if you connect it with something that you enjoy.

Last year I hated studying vocabulary, but I loved playing on my computer. Julia ________  the two and showed me a website called “freerice.com” where you can ________  a word game that gives you 5 grains of rice to donate to the poor with every correct word. She ________  me to learn a hundred new ________  by filling up the rice bowl. I liked playing the game so much that I ________  about 1,000 words in just one month.

Julia has always ________  me to try new hobbies. She showed me that going to the theater could help me become a better writer. ________ , she taught me that discussing a play can excite an interest in reading.

________  it wasn't for Julia I probably wouldn't have ________  how easy it is to help the poor. There are so many ways that one person can ________ . I've learned to be more appreciative of what I own. I am ________  for the opportunities that I have been given. I will continue to think of ways to help those less fortunate for the rest of my life.

【1】A.simple B.slight C.necessary D.impressive

【2】A.results B.problems C.ideas D.decisions

【3】A.taught B.served C.offered D.bought

【4】A.for B.of C.throughout D.into

【5】A.work B.money C.career D.time

【6】A.plan B.get C.move D.stay

【7】A.never B.seldom C.yet D.still

【8】A.excited B.determined C.careful D.patient

【9】A.important B.easy C.possible D.interesting

【10】A.shared B.remembered C.combined D.separated

【11】A.watch B.play C.raise D.improve

【12】A.permitted B.invited C.challenged D.reminded

【13】A.lessons B.skills C.words D.stories

【14】A.learned B.read C.used D.spelled

【15】A.allowed B.warned C.forced D.encouraged

【16】A.Therefore B.Besides C.However D.Otherwise

【17】A.Unless B.If C.Although D.Since

【18】A.realized B.noticed C.imagined D.dreamed

【19】A.turn away B.make a difference C.show off D.make a mistake

【20】A.ready B.sorry C.thankful D.anxious

34、阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空，在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个适当单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。

A

I have the【1】(great)job in the world. I travel to unusual places and work alongside people from all over the world. Sometimes using【2】(science)equipment and sometimes meeting local people and tourists, I am never【3】(bore).Although my job is occasionally dangerous, I don’t mind because danger excites me and makes me feel alive. However, the most important thing about my job is that I help protect ordinary people【4】 one of the most powerful forces on earth—the volcano.

B

Water is a precious resource. Every person needs it【5】 (survive),and we use it for cooking, drinking, growing our food and washing. However，it is scarce(缺乏的).Just 1% of water on Earth can【6】 (use)by humans. What’s more，treating water to make it clean and safe and pumping it to our homes uses up lots of energy. So, what can you do to help save water? One easy way is by【7】(turn)off the tap when you brush your teeth.

C

Robbie Phillips has become the first British person to complete one of the toughest challenges in rock climbing. 【8】(know)as the Alpine Trilogy(阿尔卑斯三部曲),the challenge consists of three climbs on mountains in Austria, Germany and Switzerland, 【9】Phillips completed in four years. Until now, only four other people【10】(conquer)all three of the extremely difficult climbs.

35、Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

The Internet E-commerce and globalization are making a new economic age possible. In the future, capitalist markets will largely be replaced by a new kind of economic system based on 【1】 relationships, contractual arrangements and access rights.

Has the quality of our lives at work, at home and in our communities increased in direct proportion to all the new Internet and business-to-business Internet services being introduced into our lives? I have asked this question of hundreds of CEOs and corporate executives in Europe and the United States. Surprisingly, virtually everyone has said, “No, quiet 【2】.” They say they are working longer hours, feel more stressed, are more impatient, and are even less civil in their dealings with colleagues and friends-not to mention strangers. And what’s more revealing, they place much of the blame on the very same technologies they are so 【3】 supporting.

The technological leader promised us that access would make life more convenient. Instead, the very technological wonders that were supposed to 【4】 us have begun to enslave us in a web of connections from which there seems to be no easy 【5】.

If an earlier generation was preoccupied with the quest to enclose a vast 【6】 land, the .com generation, it seems, is more caught up in the colonization of time. Every spare moment of our time is being filled with some form of commercial connection, making time itself the 【7】 of all resources.

And while we have created every kind of labor-and time-saving device to service our needs, we are beginning to feel like we have less time available to us than any other humans in history. Maybe we need to ask what kinds of connections really 【8】 in the e-economy age. If this new technology 【9】 is only about super efficiency, then we risk losing something even precious than time-our sense of what it means to be a(n) 【10】 human being.

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.

On a broiling afternoon when the men were away at work and all the women napped, I moved through majestic depths of silences, silences so immense I could hear the corn 【1】. Under these silences there was a / an orchestra of natural music playing notes no city child would ever hear. A certain cackle from the henhouse meant we had gained an egg. The creak of a porch swing told of a momentary breeze blowing across my grandmother’s yard. As I 【2】 along a mossy bank to surprise a frog, a 【3】splash told me the quarry had spotted me and slipped into the stream. Wandering among the sleeping houses, I learned that tin roofs crackle under the power of the sun, and when I tired and came back to my grandmother’s house, I padded into her dark cool living room, lay 【4】 on the floor, and listened to the hypnotic beat of her pendulum clock on the wall ticking the meaningless hours away.

I was enjoying the luxuries of a rustic nineteenth-century boyhood, but for the women Morrisonville life had few 【5】. Their lives were hard, endless, dirty labor.

For baths, laundry, and dishwashing, they hauled buckets of water from a spring at the foot of a hill. To heat it, they chopped kindling to fire their wood stoves. They boiled laundry in tubs, scrubbed it on washboards until knuckles were 【6】, and wrung it out by hand. Ironing was a business of lifting heavy metal weights heated on the stove top.

They scrubbed floors on hands and knees, thrashed rugs with carpet beaters, killed and plucked their own chickens, baked bread and parties, grew and conned their won vegetables, patched the family’s clothing on treadle-operated sewing machines, 【7】before the men to start the stove for breakfast and pack lunch pails, polished the chimneys of kerosene lamps, and even found time to tend the flowers that grew around every house. By the end of a summer day a Morrisonville woman had toiled like a serf.

At sundown the men drifted back from the fields exhausted and 【8】. They scrubbed themselves in enamel basins and, when supper was eaten, climbed up onto the porch to watch the night arrive. Presently the women 【9】 them, and the twilight music of Morrisonville began.

The swing creaking , rocking chairs 【10】 on the porch planks, voices murmuring approval of the sagacity of Uncle Irvey as he quietly observed for probably the ten-thousandth time in his life, “A man works from sun to sun, but a woman’s work is never done.”

38、阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。

We often think how fast we learn something is a function of how smart we are. If your brain is absorbing material quickly, you are intelligent; if not, your IQ is worryingly low. But science shows small changes of the format（格式）you use to read — like those between audiobooks（有声读物）and physical books — can make a huge difference to how fast we learn.

Audiobooks have plenty of advantages. You can enjoy them anywhere, even when you are in the car or taking a walk. Less fluent readers often find them more convenient and absorbing. But according to the latest research, if your goal isn’t to pass the time in traffic or in the gym, but instead to learn something difficult, you should certainly choose a physical book. A 2010 study found that those who read a story from a book remembered details and the order of events better than those who listened to it and therefore performed much better on a quiz after.

Why can physical books help us understand learning materials better? Two factors are likely at play. First, most of us read more slowly than we listen, and when you’re trying to absorb new information, being slower tends to be better. Second, physical books offer visual clues that help our brains organize and understand new information. Things like chapter breaks, subheadings, and lists aid us in making sense of the material and understanding how it fits together. You lose all that when you go the audio route.

So the bottom line is simple: If you want to get some light reading during a trip or a workout, obviously pick audio. However, if you want to make it as easy as possible to learn something hard, be aware of audio’s limitations and seriously consider choosing good old-fashioned reading instead. You might be surprised how fast you follow the material.

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39、假定你是李华，得知你校外籍学生George想加人学校某一社团（club).请你给他写一封邮件，内容包括：1.推荐社团；2.推荐理由；3. 表达祝愿。

注意：1.词数80左右；2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

40、假定你是红星中学高二学生李华，你的英国笔友Jim在给你的邮件中提到他对中国电影很感兴趣，并请你向他推荐一部你喜欢的中国电影，请你给他回邮件，内容包括：

1. 电影的基本信息

2. 电影情节简介

3. 你的推荐理由

注意：

1. 词数不少于50；

2. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Jim,

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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。

When we are in the face of hardships, different attitudes toward life lead to different lives.

Austin lost his arms in an accident that claimed the life of his father — who was the main source of support for the family. Since then, he has had to depend on the arms of his younger brother. For the sake of taking care of him, his younger brother became his shadow, never leaving him alone for years. Except for writing with his toes, he was completely unable to do anything in his life.

One late night, he suffered from diarrhea (腹泻)and had to wake up his younger brother. His younger brother accompanied him into the toilet and then went back to the dorm to wait. But being so tired, his younger brother fell asleep, leaving him in the toilet for two hours till the teacher on duty discovered him. Although the two brothers grew up together, they had their own share of problems, which made them often quarrel with each other. Then one day, his younger brother became so angry that he wanted to separate from Austin, living his own life, as many normal people did. So Austin was heartbroken, and he was at a loss what to do in the future of his life.  

It was really a coincidence that a similar misfortune befell a girl, Ella, too. One night her mother, who suffered from chronic mental illness, left home. So her father went out to look for her mother, leaving her alone at home. She tried to prepare meals for her parents, accidentally starting a fire in the kitchen, which took her arms away.

Though her elder sister, who was studying in another city, showed her strong willingness to take care of her, she was determined to be completely self-reliant. At school, she always studied hard. Most important of all, she learned to be independent. Once she wrote the following in her composition: "I am lucky. Though I lost my arms, I still have legs. I am lucky. Though my wings are broken, my heart can still fly."

注意:

1.所续写短文的词数应为150左右;

2.至少使用5个短文中标有下划线的关键词语;

3.续写部分分为两段,每段的开头语已为你写好;

4.续写完成后,请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。

Paragraph 1:

One day, the boy and the girl were both invited to appear on a television interview program.

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Paragraph 2:

They had both been through the same painful experience, but their different attitudes determined the nature of their lives.

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