三沙2025学年度第一学期期末教学质量检测高二英语

1、We must do something to_______factories________waste water into the river before it is cleaned.

A.stop; pouring B.prevent; to pour

C.keep; pouring D.stop; to pour

2、There are ten ______ men in wheelchairs listening to the stories.

A.disabled B.disability C.disable D.disabling

3、_________is Virginia Woolf’s most autobiographical novel, which develops a series of thoughts rather than a plot, centering on themes like women’s role in society, death and change.

A.The Garden Party B.The Green Room C.To the Lighthouse D.Daisy Miller

4、Drivers should be careful near schools in particular, ________ there are likely to be many children.

A.though B.but C.so D.because

5、--- Excuse me, but I do need your advice on my project.

--- Sorry, I have only had time to ____ your report.

A. look around B. go through

C. get over D. dip into

6、The good thing about children is that they _______ very easily to new environments.

A.apply B.adopt C.attach D.adapt

7、_______ many of us today take the television for granted, it’s actually one of the greatest invention of the 20th century.

A. If B. Unless C. While D. Since

8、Several villages were________from the outside world,for all roads to those villages were destroyed.

A．cut up

B．cut out

C．cut off

D．cut through

9、Our CEO _________ the bright future of our company, for every staff in it is outstanding and united.

A．is confident about

B．makes comments on

C．is concerned about

D．makes an effort to

10、We were delayed at the airport. _________ we would have been here by lunch time.

A. However B. Instead

C. Probably D. Otherwise

11、We can't imagine what they're ________ under such horrible conditions.

A．going out

B．going down

C．going through

D．going up

12、Climate change is projected to have far-reaching____ — including sea level rise flooding cities and shifting weather patterns causing long-term declines in agricultural production.

A.contributions B.confusions C.consequences D.feedbacks

13、Mother wanted to be a good provider, a role she ______ since her marriage to Father.

A．shoulders

B．shouldered

C．is shouldering

D．has been shouldering

14、The size of the generation gap seems to be spreading with ________ rapid changes in technology, in education in transportation and in communication that are taking place all over ________ globe.

A．the; the

B．the; /

C．/; /

D．/; the

15、—So you didn’t say hello to him last night?

—Well, I stopped and smiled when I saw him, but he ________ me and walked on with his head very high.

A.ignored B.refused C.recognized D.missed

16、It’s reported that a UFO stopped over a mountain village for a while and then vanished in the direction ________it had come.

A．from which

B．in which

C．of which

D．by which

17、Local governments can foster this sustainable activity by giving_____ to responsible operators, and even high-paying consumers.

A.preference B.substitute C.alternative D.selection

18、— Why don’t you throw this piece of junk away?

— Oh, you never know. This pocketknife may _______ some day.

A．serve me right

B．come into effect

C．come in handy

D．be the acid test

19、A lot of people _____the theory that acupuncture blocks pain signals from reaching the brain.

A.apply to B.submit to C.relate to D.subscribe to

20、It’s not what we do once in a while ______ shapes our lives, but what we do consistently.

A.which B.that C.how D.when

21、Only those people who use a kitchen frequently understand the best way to ______.

A. let it out B. pick it out

C. put it out D. lay it out

22、We should consider students’ suggestion _________ the school library provide more books on popular science.

A．that

B．when

C．whether

D．why

23、This problem may lead to more serious ones if _______ unsolved.

A.making B.remained C.keeping D.left

24、That was not the first time he ____ us. I think it's high time we ____ strong actions against him.

A．betrayed, take

B．had betrayed, took

C．has betrayed, took

D．has betrayed, take

25、It is wise of you to ________ well trained workers ________ untrained ones in the assembly line.

A．substitute; for

B．substitute; with

C．replace; by

D．replace; with

26、They said it couldn’t be done. They said he was crazy. They said he would never make it.

But Duane Hansen and his beautiful pumpkin, which he named Berta, proved them all wrong. Like Cinderella’s fairy godmother, this Nebraska man proved that you really can turn a pumpkin into a functional vehicle — in this case, a seaworthy vessel(船).

Yes, you read that right. Hansen wanted to celebrate his 60th birthday by hollowing out his prized 846-pound pumpkin and sailing down the Missouri River inside it. Not only did Hansen enjoy a pumpkin sail on his special day, but his 38-mile journey also landed him a world record! In case you wondered, the previous world record for the longest sail in a pumpkin was 25 miles, set by a North Dakota man in 2018.

It wasn’t an easy journey. Growing a pumpkin big enough to use as a boat is already a challenge. Then, there was his chosen waterway. The city of Bellevue, Nebraska, posted a photogragh of Hansen on the water that offers a reminder of just how big the Missouri River is.

“He has always said that you can do anything you want and I’m just so proud,” Hansen’s daughter Morgan Buchholz said.

Hansen reportedly spent nearly a decade trying to grow a pumpkin big enough to work as a sailing vessel. He was inspired to begin his mission after meeting a woman who had previously won “the Biggest Pumpkin Competition”. He asked her many questions about her experience.

As for his pumpkin-sailing future, “I’m done with this.” Hansen said that the voyage made his knees ache. The wake (尾流) from boats was rough, and when they passed, he said he had to stop everything and just hang on. “If somebody breaks this record, I will, like, bow down to them because they are tough,” he said.

【1】Why did Hansen go on a pumpkin journey?

A．To observe his birthday.

B．To show his prized pumpkin.

C．To break a world record.

D．To prove pumpkin could be a vessel.

【2】What did Hansen do to make his journey possible?

A．He chose a calm waterway.

B．He talked with the previous record holder.

C．He convinced his family to support his plan.

D．He worked a long time to grow the pumpkin.

【3】What can be inferred from the last paragraph?

A．His knees got seriously injured in the sailing.

B．His vessel tured over in the wake from boats.

C．Hansen will respect whoever breaks his record.

D．Hansen will continue the pumpkin-sailing in future.

【4】What does Hansen’s story tell us?

A．It is never too old to learn.

B．Time and tide wait for no man.

C．Where there’s a will, there’s a way.

D．Fear always springs from ignorance

27、   World War II began when the UK and France declared war on Germany, after German troops led by Adolf Hitler had invaded Poland on 1 September 1939 to claim land there as their own. Hitler had already invaded Austria and Czechoslovakia, so the war began over his plan to take more land for Germany.

The Siege of Leningrad is a famous event during World War II. For 900 days—from 8 September 1941 to 27 January 1944—the city of Leningrad in Russia was surrounded by German troops. That meant everyone inside the city had to stay there, and that there wasn't any way for food or other sources like medicine to get in. Many hundreds of thousands of people died during this time because there wasn't enough food or heating to go around, but the people who lived in Leningrad refused to surrender to the Germans.

In 1940, the French port of Dunkirk was the location of a big turning point for the Allie：in World War II. Hitler's armies bombed Dunkirk heavily, and many Allied troops were waiting on the beach to be rescued because they didn't have the resources they needed to fight back. From 26 May to 4 June, over 550, 000 troops were ferried to safety across the English Channel-the code name for this was 'Operation Dynamo'. Some British civilians（people who weren't in the army）even used their own boats to help save as many people as they could. The rescue operation helped to boost morale（士气）in Britain, where they really needed some good news. This helped in going into the next major event in World War II, the Battle of Britain.

June 6,1944 is also known as D-Day. On that day, the Allied forces launched a huge invasion of land that Adolf Hitler's Nazi troops had taken over. It all began with boats and boats full of Allied troops landing on beaches in the French region of Normandy. They broke through the German defences and carried on fighting them back through Europe for the next 11 months until they reached Berlin, where Hitler was then hiding.

【1】What led to the outbreak of the second World War?

A.UK and France's declaring war on Germany.

B.German troops' invading Poland in 1939.

C.Hiter's starting an attack on Austria.

D.Hiter's plan for occupying more land.

【2】What can be known from the Siege of Leningrad according to the passage?

A.This event lasted about two and a half years.

B.German troops cut all the supplies to Leningrad.

C.Many people were killed by German soldiers.

D.Leningrad was finally occupied by Germans.

【3】Which event was the closest to the end of WWII?

A.The Siege of Leningrad. B.Operation Dynamo.

C.The Battle of Britain. D.The D-day Landings.

【4】What can be a suitable title for the passage?

A.Causes of WWⅡ. B.Hitler's Invasion.

C.Great Wars in WWⅡ. D.War and Peace.

28、   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.

29、“One of the reason I find this topic very interesting is because my mom was a smoker when I was younger,” says Lindson-Hawley, who studies tobacco and health at the University of Oxford.

By studying about 700 adult smokers, she found out that mom quit the right way-by stopping abruptly and completely.

In her Study, participants were randomly(随机地) assigned to two groups. One had to quit abruptly on a given day, going from about a pack a day to zero. The other cut down gradually over the course of two weeks. People in both groups used nicotine replacement, like gum or spray. They also had talk therapy(疗法) with a nurse before and after quit day.

Six months later, more people who had quit abruptly had stuck with it--more than one-fifth of them, compared to about one-seventh in the other group. Although these numbers appear low, it is much higher than if people try without support.

And the quit rates were particularly convincing given that before the study started, most of the people had said they’d rather cut down gradually before quitting. “If you’re training for a marathon, you wouldn’t expect to turn up and just be able to run it. And I think people see that for smoking as well. They think, ‘Well, if I gradually reduce, it’s like practice,’” says Lindson-Hawley. But that wasn’t the case. Instead of giving people practice, the gradual reduction likely gave them addiction and withdrawal symptoms(脱瘾症状) before they even reached the day, which could be why fewer people in that group actually made it to that point. “Regardless of your stated preference, if you’re ready to quit, quitting abruptly is more effective,” says Dr. Gabriela Ferreira. “When you can quote a specific number like a fifth of the patients were able to quit, that’s acceptable. It gives them the encouragement, I think, to really go for it,” Ferreira says.

People rarely manage to quit the first time they try. But at least, she says, they can maximize the odds of success.

【1】What dose Lindson-Hawley say about her mother?

A．She quit smoking with her daughter’s help

B．She was also a researcher of tobacco and health

C．She studied the smoking patterns of adult smokers

D．She succeeded in quitting smoking abruptly

【2】What kind of support did smokers receive to quit smoking in Lindson-Hawley’s study?

A．They were given physical training

B．They were offered nicotine replacement

C．They were encouraged by psychologist

D．They were looked after by physicians

【3】How does Dr. Gabriela Ferreira view the result of Lindson-Hawley’s experiment?

A．It is encouraging

B．It is unexpected

C．It is impractical

D．It is misleading

【4】Take the idea of “a marathon” (Para.5) as an example to show that quitting smoking .

A．is something few can accomplish

B．requires a lot of patience

C．needs some practice first

D．is a challenge at the beginning

30、My Fellow Americans,

I have recently been told that I am one of the millions of Americans who will be suffering from Alzheimer's Disease(老年性痴呆).

Upon learning this news, Nancy and I had to decide whether as private citizens we would ________ this a private matter or we would make this news known in a ________ way.

In the past Nancy suffered from breast cancer ________ I had my cancer surgeries. We found through our open disclosures(透露的秘闻)we were able to ________ public awareness. We were happy that ________ many more people underwent testing. They were treated in early stages and able to ________ to normal, healthy lives.

So now, we feel it is ________ to share it with you. In opening our hearts, we hope this might promote greater ________ of this condition. Perhaps it will encourage a clearer understanding of the individuals and families who are ________ by it.

At the moment I feel just fine. I ________ to live the remainder of the years God gives me on this earth doing the things I have ________ done. I will continue to share ________ journey with my beloved Nancy and my family. I plan to enjoy the great outdoors and stay in touch ________ my friends and supporters.

Unfortunately, as Alzheimer's Disease ________ , the family often suffers a lot. I only wish there was some way I could spare Nancy from this ________ experience. When the time comes I am confident that with your help she will ________ it with faith and courage.

In closing let me thank you, the American people for giving me the great honor of ________ me to serve as your President. When the Lord calls me home, ________ that may be, I will leave with the greatest love for this country of ours and endless optimism for its future.

I now begin this ________ that will lead me into the sunset of my life. I know that for America there will always be a bright ________ ahead.

Thank you my friends. May God always bless you.

Sincerely

Ronald Reagan

【1】

A．stay

B．hold

C．keep

D．pretend

【2】

A．proper

B．good

C．public

D．suitable

【3】

A．so

B．but

C．or

D．and

【4】

A．raise

B．make

C．take

D．turn

【5】

A．by the way

B．as a result

C．on condition that

D．as a whole

【6】

A．repeat

B．recover

C．return

D．replace

【7】

A．impossible

B．important

C．pitiful

D．obvious

【8】

A．awareness

B．encouragement

C．concern

D．decision

【9】

A．protected

B．affected

C．examined

D．controlled

【10】

A．continue

B．like

C．love

D．intend

【11】

A．finally

B．seldom

C．always

D．rarely

【12】

A．life's

B．one's

C．other's

D．today's

【13】

A．for

B．on

C．by

D．with

【14】

A．cures

B．progresses

C．removes

D．advances

【15】

A．meaningful

B．useful

C．careful

D．painful

【16】

A．treat

B．see

C．face

D．consider

【17】

A．having

B．allowing

C．Showing

D．declaring

【18】

A．whoever

B．wherever

C．Whenever

D．whatever

【19】

A．life

B．road

C．line

D．journey

【20】

A．dawn

B．day

C．night

D．evening

31、From my second grade on, there was one event I feared every year: the piano recital(独奏演唱会). A recital _____I had to practice a boring piece of music and perform before strangers. Each year I _____ask my father if I could skip the recital “just this once”. And each year he would shake his head, muttering(嘀咕) _________about build self-confidence and working toward a ________.

So it was with really great______that I stood in church one recent Sunday, video camera in hand, and ______my 68-year-old father sweating in his shirt ______rising to play the piano in his very first recital.

My father had longed to play music since childhood, but his family was poor and couldn’t _________lessons. He could have gone on regretting it, _______too many of us do. But though he was rooted in his past, he wasn’t ________there. When he retired three years ago, he _____ his church music director to take him as a student.

For a moment after my father sat down at the keyboard, he ______stared down at his fingers. Has he forgotten the ______? I worried, remembering those split seconds______ago when my mind would go blank and my fingers would _______. But then came the beautiful melody(旋律)，from the _____fingers that once baited(装饵于) my fishing lines. And I______he had been doing what music teachers always stress:___ _____the music and pretend the others aren’t there.

“I’m ________of him for starting something new at his age,” I said to my son Jeff.

“Yeah, and doing it so______,” Jeff added.

With his first recital, my father taught me more about courage and determination than all the words he used those 30-plus years ago.

【1】

A．reflected

B．explained

C．meant

D．proved

【2】

A．would

B．could

C．might

D．should

【3】

A．nothing

B．everything

C．anything

D．something

【4】

A．goal

B．stage

C．journey

D．chance

【5】

A．trouble

B．satisfaction

C．strength

D．disappointment

【6】

A．kept

B．sent

C．watched

D．felt

【7】

A．through

B．from

C．against

D．before

【8】

A．miss

B．afford

C．select

D．understand

【9】

A．as

B．once

C．if

D．while

【10】

A．educated

B．protected

C．stuck

D．spoilt

【11】

A．allowed

B．invited

C．inspired

D．persuaded

【12】

A．roughly

B．simply

C．merrily

D．curiously

【13】

A．words

B．videos

C．notes

D．lessons

【14】

A．decades

B．weeks

C．hours

D．moments

【15】

A．play

B．freeze

C．click

D．adjust

【16】

A．same

B．warm

C．different

D．dirty

【17】

A．predicted

B．realized

C．imagined

D．insisted

【18】

A．pass over

B．turn up

C．bring in

D．concentrate on

【19】

A．ashamed

B．aware

C．tired

D．proud

【20】

A．casually

B．anxiously

C．nicely

D．frequently

32、   Several years ago, I quit my job to chase my dream of writing a book, but that book was ______ repeatedly. Everybody was asking, “How’s the book coming?” I was so ______.

My friend got together one day and I blurted out(脱口而出), “I don’t know my purpose in life.” The outburst was met with ______ and stares. Finally, Pam said, “I don’t know, either.” She was in a job she ______. Teresa said, “Me either.” I was sure that Bette would have a(n) ______. She was suffering from cancer and, surely she had figured things out since she was facing a likely terminal outcome. ______, she shook her head.

Two years passed and, during that time, I sold my ______, Teresa went back to school, Pam switched ______, and Bette kept on living as best as she could.

Actually, for those two years, Bette lived a ______ life than any of us. She built a butterfly garden in her neighborhood. She spent time with her family, went hiking, ______ and lived.

My book was finally ______and Bette made it to my first big signing. A day or two later, she was back in the ______ as she was seriously ill. I left on tour for several weeks, and when I______, she was close to ______.

The day came when her brother called to let me know Bette had ______. He asked me to write her obituary(讣告). I thought about how she’d filled every moment with as much joy as she could find. That obituary wasn’t a list of ______. It was the story of a woman who lived ______ what life threw at her, she lived.

That was when I ______ what I’d learned through her passing. She defined her purpose in life by simply living her life. That’s all any of us are here to do. In the end, the only thing that ______ is that we breathe in our time here and fill it with ______

【1】A. read B. printed C. rejected D. written

【2】A. excited B. confident C. envious D. embarrassed

【3】A. darkness B. smoke C. danger D. silence

【4】A. hated B. lost C. found D. created

【5】A. present B. answer C. dream D. excuse

【6】A. Therefore B. However C. Besides D. otherwise

【7】A. house B. car C. paper D. book

【8】A. jobs B. methods C. topics D. channels.

【9】A. fuller B. poorer C. sadder D. simpler

【10】A. complained B. shouted C. laughed D. learned

【11】A. revised B. published C. reviewed D. translated

【12】A. hospital B. school C. garden D. company

【13】A. hollowed B. returned C. escaped D. recovered

【14】A. success B. death C. trouble D. wealth

【15】A. given up B. shown off C. turned down D. passed away

【16】A. requirements B. suggestions C. achievements D. agreements

【17】A. Other than B. Rather than C. Regardless of D. In case of

【18】A. guessed B. decided C. expected D. realized

【19】A. works B. matters C. exists D. changes

【20】A. life B. trust C. luck D. nature

33、   Scott and his four companions were terribly disappointed. When they got to the South Pole, they found the Norwegians had________them in the race to be the first ever to reach it. After________  the British flag at the Pole, they took a photograph of themselves _______ they started the 950-mile journey back.

The journey was unexpectedly ________ , and the joy and excitement about the Pole had gone out of them. The sun hardly _______ . The snow storms always made it impossible to sight the stones they had ________ to mark their way home. To make things ________ , Evans, whom they had all thought of ________ the strongest of the five, fell badly into a deep hole in the ice. Having ________ along for several days, he suddenly fell down and died.

The four who were ________ pushed on at the best speed they could ________. Captain Oates had been suffering for some time from his ________ feet; at night his feet swelled(肿胀) so large that he could ________ put his boots on the next morning, and he walked bravely although he was in great _______ . He knew his slowness was making it less likely that ________ could save themselves. He asked them to leave him behind in his sleeping-bag, but they refused, and helped him ________ a few more miles, until it was time to put up the _______ for another night.

The following morning, ________ the other three were still in their sleeping-bags, he said, “I am just going outside and may be ________ some time.” He was never seen again. He had walked out ________ into the snow storm, hoping that his death would help his companions.

【1】A. hit B. fought C. won D. beaten

【2】A. growing B. putting C. planting D. laying

【3】A. after B. until C. while D. before

【4】A. safe B. fast C. short D. slow

【5】A. rose B. set C. appeared D. disappeared

【6】A. taken up B. cut up C. set up D. picked up

【7】A. easier B. better C. bitter D. worse

【8】A. to B. upon C. as D. in

【9】A. battled B. struggled C. speeded D. waited

【10】A. left B. lost C. defeated D. saved

【11】A. manage B. try C. employ D. find

【12】A. ached B. frozen C. harden D. harmed

【13】A. hardly B. never C. seldom D. nearly

【14】A. pain B. fear C. trouble D. danger

【15】A. all others B. some others C. others D. the others

【16】A. away B. with C. off D. on

【17】A. bed B. tent C. blanket D. sleeping-bag

【18】A. while B. since C. for D. once

【19】A. missed B. separated C. passed D. gone

【20】A. patiently B. lonely C. alone D. worriedly

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 only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A huge milestone has just been reached in the field of artificial intelligence: AlphaGo, a program developed by Google’s DeepMind unit, has defeated legendary Go player Lee Se-dol in the first of five historic matches being held in Seoul, South Korea. Lee 【1】 after about three and a half hours, with 28 minutes and 28 seconds remaining on his clock. The series is the first time a professional 9-dan Go player has taken on a computer, and Lee is 【2】 for a $1 million prize.

“I was very surprised,”said Lee after the match.“I didn’t expect to lose. But I didn’t think AlphaGo would play the game in such a perfect manner.”DeepMind founder Demis Hassabis expressed“huge 【3】 for Lee Se-dol and his amazing skills.”calling the game“hugely exciting”and“very tense.”Team lead David Silver said it was an“amazing game of Go that really pushed AlphaGo to its 【4】.”

Go is an ancient Chinese board game that has long been considered one of the great 【5】faced by AI. While computer programs ow best the world’s leading human players of games like checkers and chess, the high level of intuition and 【6】required by Go has made it tough for computers to crack. DeepMind’s AlphaGo program is the most 【7】effort yet, using a complex system of deep neural networks and machine learning; it beat European champion Fan Hui last year, but Lee Se-dol is another 【8】 rival entirely.

“I don’t regret accepting this challenge,”said Lee.“I am in shock, I admit that, but what’s done is done. I enjoyed this game and look forward to the next. I think I failed on the opening layout so if I do a better job on the opening aspect I think I will be able to increase my 【9】 of winning.”Lee was surprised both by how strong AlphaGo’s opening was, and by some 【10】moves.

36、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.

Why Cold weather Causes So many Flight Cancellation?

Each year, about 60,000 flights get canceled because of bad winter weather, which costs airlines and airports an estimated $3 billion. But it’s not the freezing cold temperatures that cause problems for planes. After all, 【1】 jets fly 10 kilometers up, where temperatures hover around -50 degrees Celsius.

In fact, planes 【2】 in cold weather, since cold air is denser and leads to better thrust. Clearly, the real problem isn’t what’s going on up there. It’s what’s happening on the ground.

When a 【3】 polar vortex (极地涡旋) struck the Midwestern US in January 2019, temperatures dropped to -40 degrees Celsius and airline canceled 3,000 flights nationwide. In these situations, when temperatures start 【4】, everything slows down. Cargo doors can freeze up, along with the nozzles that pump fuel into planes, which delays the 【5】 process.

Even the plane itself can freeze over. Just a quarter-inch - thick layer of ice on a plane can disrupt the way air flows over its wings.

Les Westbrooks: The number one reason, I would say, that the reason flights get delayed in cold weather is going to be because there’s some kind of frozen precipitation, from frost to snow to a sheet of ice, adhering to the aircraft, adhering to the wings of the aircraft 【6】.

That’s Les Westbrooks, a retired airline pilot and an associate professor of aeronautical science at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. He says that 【7】, these planes are “de-iced” - but this also delays takeoff. The crew can spray the plane with a special hot water/ glycol mixture. It can take around 40 minutes to de-ice large passenger airplanes, so planes often have to wait “their turn” for the de-icing station, which, of course, can trigger more delays.

And ice on the runway, of course, creates another set of 【8】. In 2014, a plane at JFK skidded off an icy runway and into a mound of snow, leading to an hours-long shutdown at the airport. And even though crews can remove ice from the runway, scraping it off the pavement can lead to potholes (坑洞) and other 【9】, which makes takeoffs and landings more dangerous. And of course, snow and freezing rain on the ground can affect visibility to the point where officials have to decide it’s not safe to fly at all.

But if ice and snow aren’t the problem in these extremely cold temperatures, it’s usually another factor: people.

Les Westbrooks: The airplane flies at high altitudes, -60 degrees. It’s made to do that. Humans are not made to be outside in -60 degrees weather. And so the human factor becomes a big, big factor, when it becomes extremely cold.

Baggage handlers, aircraft fuelers, and mechanics all have to stay warm. Some airports, like O’Hare in Chicago, set up heated shelters for their employees. Of course, with everyone taking breaks to warm up, not as much gets done, which leads to even more delays and cancellations. Passengers start missing their 【10】 flights, and that, along with passengers who can’t make it to the airport due to bad road conditions, leads to half-empty planes.

In fact, many airlines might preemptively cancel flights before bad weather even hits. So, in the end, you can still blame cold weather for cancelling your flight.

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.

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.

38、假定你是学生会主席李华，当前新冠状病毒（the COVID-19）肆虐，请你围绕“从小事做起共战疫情”这一主题，给全校学生写一封英文倡议书。

要点如下：

1.倡议的原因和目的。

2.倡议的具体内容。

3.发出倡议。

注意：

1.词数120左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear schoolmates,

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The Students’ Union

July 11th, 2020

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。

Joyce is in the fourth grade and he joined the noisy children of his class as usual. “Children! Silence!” Mangat Madam suddenly entered the class. She announced next week would be math week. “I’d like each of you to work on a project. You could do it individually or in a group.” she instructed. “The topic for the project needs approving tomorrow and it has to be displayed at the math week exhibition. The best project will be awarded and there is also a surprise gift from my side,” she added.

Joyce, who is extremely good at math, sat in the corner seat of the first bench with Karan, an average. Karan asked Joyce if they could work on the math project together. Joyce replied in a prideful tone, “Ha-ha you want to join me. I think I will do the project on my own.” Joyce wanted to get awarded and the surprise gift all for himself from Mangat Madam.

After deep consideration, Joyce decided to work on a math magic quiz on the circuit board. The next day in school, Mangat Madam arrived in the classroom and all the children submitted their topics for math exhibition. They all chose to work in a group except Joyce. In the following days, Joyce gathered all the materials for the project such as wires, bulbs (灯泡), a switch and a thin plywood board (胶合板). He worked out a few mathematical basic operations to be fixed on the board so that when the wire of the circuit touched the right answer, the bulb glowed. Joyce completed the project and was happy with the result.

The evening before the exhibition, while packing his school bags, Joyce again checked the project to see if it was working fine. Alas! All the lights that were to glow did not seem to light at all. Without finding the reason, Joyce was tensed. However, he decided to take the same project to the school as he couldn’t change the topic at the last minute. Then came the next day, and everybody was fascinated in the exhibition.

注意：

1.续写词数应为150左右；

2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

It was Joyce’s turn to display his project.

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Finally, the teacher announced Karan’s team was the winner.

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40、假定你是某国际高中的学生李华，得知学校正在为 2 位加拿大交换生征询寄宿家庭，你有意申请，请用英文给学校该项目负责人 Mr. Chen 写一封申请信。

内容包括：1.自我介绍；2. 家庭条件及个人优势。

注意：1. 词数 100 左右；2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Mr. Chen,

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Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

41、Directions: Write an English composition in 120—150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.

班级同学就“Is natural food better than prepackaged food?”展开了激烈的讨论。请就该主题发表你的看法，并简要阐述原因。

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