神农架2025学年度第一学期期末教学质量检测高三英语

1、The house rent is high. I’ve got about half the space I had at home and I’m paying_______ here.

A.as three times much B.as much three times

C.much as three times D.three times as much

2、I gratefully ______ financial support from several local businesses.

A. contradict B. recommend

C. distribute D. acknowledge

3、--- My little evil totally wears me out?  

--- Well, babies are lovely, but sometimes they ________ be tiresome.

A.should B.will C.can D.shall

4、Only when he grew up did he ________ the effects of his father’s action.

A．aware

B．aware of

C．become aware

D．become aware of

5、John invited about 40 people to his wedding, most of _______are family members.

A.who B.which C.whom D.what

6、The engine just won’t start. Something seems ______ wrong with it.

A.to go B.to have gone

C.going D.having gone

7、I assisted him to check all the story books ____ to the Hongshan Primary School next week.

A.sent B.sending C.to be sent D.being sent

8、Only when the war, with all its unexpected consequences, is over ________.

A．that any political impacts will begin

B．will any political impacts begin

C．and any political impacts will begin

D．any political impacts will begin

9、Don’t let failure _____ you, for you can never tell how close you may be to victory.

A. display B. dissolve

C. discount D. discourage

10、The publishing house ______ his copyright, so he accused it.

A. abandoned B. condemned

C. invaded D. surrendered

11、I can’t remember _____________ made the teacher give Mary the permission to leave the class earlier.

A．that it was what

B．what it was that

C．what was it that

D．that was it what

12、If he____ to the teacher attentively, he____the answer to the problem now.

A.had listened, would have known B.listened, would know

C.listened, would have known D.had listened, would know

13、—You look slimmer, Emma! On diet?

—No, sports count more. I _______ for an hour every day since last year.

A．jog

B．jogged

C．have jogged

D．have been jogging

14、Luckily, the weather ______ sometime after lunch and we headed for the school.

A. turned up B. ended up

C. cleared up D. came up

15、By 16:30, ______ was almost closing time, nearly all the paintings had been sold.

A.which B.when C.what D.that

16、It would be a good idea to use a plastic bottle, ______ cut off, as a container to grow young plants in.

A. of which the top B. the top is C. the top being D. with its top

17、Tang said that at the beginning of the outbreak of the virus, there was a time ________ they had two or three deaths at the hospital every day, ________deeply worried medics.

A．that; that

B．which; when

C．when; which

D．which; which

18、—How about a chat over a cup of coffee this afternoon?

—Sorry,I’m________today and can’t put you in.Let’s make it sometime next week.

A.on a limited budget B.in high spirits

C.on a tight schedule D.in deep doubt

19、_______ with heavy loads of school work ______ he became an easy target of the flu.

A. So tired was the student; that B. So tired the student was; that

C. Tired as the student was; which D. The student was so tired; which

20、You can't imagine what difficult we had _______ home in the snowstorm．

A.find B.found C.to find D.finding

21、Researchers found that they could use microbial fingerprints to_____ the person who had used a computer keyboard even after the keyboard sat _____ for two weeks at room temperature.

A.identify, untouched B.recognize, touching

C.distinguish, untouched D.acknowledge, touching

22、_________ I understand what you say, I can’t agree with you.

A．What

B．While

C．How

D．Where

23、Many experienced teachers believe that when knowledge is ____________, it can be most readily grasped by the learners.

A. constant B. credible

C. mild D. structured

24、I wasn’t aware that I would be paying-you certainly didn’t make it ________.

A.explicit B.ample C.diverse D.sharp

25、Some teachers recommended that more books to satisfy the students’ needs.

A.are purchased B.have been purchased

C.were purchased D.be purchased

26、   As far back as the age of dinosaurs millions of years ago, turtles(海龟) wandered around the Earth. Even nowadays, it is generally assumed that turtles are the world's steadiest creature.

However, a new research shows 61 percent of the 356 species of turtles are already threatened or no longer exist. The destruction of their homes, disease, climate change and other reasons have caused their population to drop sharply. In a new study published in the journal BioScience, a team of scientists from various institutions claims that turtles are one of the most threatened among the major vertebrate(脊椎动物) groups.

This could, the authors say, have serious consequences for the ecology. Turtles contribute to the health of many environments, including desert, wetland, freshwater and marine ecosystems, and the decline may lead to bad effects on other species, including humans, they explain. Whit Gibbons, seruor author and professor at the Utuversity of Georgia's Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, says in a statement that the intention of the study is to inform people about the vital ecological roles of turtles.

One of the important qualities of turtles is how diverse they are when it comes to food. This allows them to have a major impact on food webs of their homes all over the world. In some areas, the density(密度) of the turtle population makes them an important part of the ecosystem. With their gathering, other species that feed on them and their eggs are sure to have a large pool of food.

For plants, turtles are also extremely important as they distribute the seeds of many plant species. When they eat some seeds are not destroyed by the digestive process and instead make their way out of the animals' body. Some turtles are the main dispersal(传播 ) agents of certain plants and their seeds.

These are only a few yet very vital roles that turtles play in the ecological landscape. Unfortunately, many species are in serious decline and in danger of disappearing completely.

【1】What does the new study aim to do?

A. To save the grand vertebrate groups on earth.   .

B. To wam people of turtles' terrible situation.

C. To make the importance of turtles' roles known.

D. To claim turtles may be related to dinosaurs.

【2】How might the disappearance of turtles influence certain plants?

A. Speed up these plants' disappearing.

B. Put an end to these plants' seeds spreading.

C. Allow more. seeds to grow into plants.

D. Give these plants no chance of survival. .

【3】Which of the following shows the structure of the text?

I:Introduction P:Point Sp: Sub-point(次要点 ) C:Conclusion

A.  B.

C.  D.

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

A. Turtles Are Sure to Stop Existing.

B. The Ecology Will Change with Turtles.

C. Decline of Turtles Threatens the World.

D. Turtles' Dying Out Worldwide Matters a Lot.

27、Why have so many awards ceremonies appeared recently? Shakespeare never won a prize, nor did Leonardo da Vinci or Adam Smith or Charles Dickens.

It would be possible to say, however, that in the past, scientists and artists could win "patronage" from rich people-a king or a lord would give the artist or scientist money to have them paint their palaces or help them develop new ways of making money. With the change in social systems across the world, this no longer happens. A lot of scientific research is now cither funded by the state or by private companies. Perhaps awards ceremonies are just the most recent face of this process.

However, there is more to it than that. When a film wins an Oscar, many more people will go and see it or buy the DVD. When a writer wins the Nobel prize, many more people buy his books. When a group win the MTV awards, the ceremony is seen by hundreds of thousands of people across the world. The result? The group sell lots more records.

Most awards ceremonies are now sponsored by big organizations or companies. This means that it is not only the person who wins the award who benefits but also the sponsors. The MTV awards, for example, are great for publicising not only music but also MTV itself！

On the surface, it seems to be a "win-win" situation, with everyone being happy, but let me ask you a question-how far do you think that publicity and marketing are winning here, and how much genuine recognition of achievement is taking place?

【1】Why are some successful people like Shakespeare mentioned at the very beginning of the passage?

A．To show great admiration.

B．To provide the background.

C．To prepare for the topic.

D．To answer the question.

【2】Artists and scientists used to receive money from______.

A．rich people's support

B．ales of their works

C．different awards

D．the government

【3】The writer thinks awards actually do a better job in____.

A．getting the winners' great achievements recognized

B．financially supporting a scientist's or an artist's work

C．improving the status of the greatest scientists or artists

D．earning more money for the awards ceremony sponsors

【4】What is the writer's attitude towards awards ceremonies？

A．Subjective.

B．Approving.

C．Doubtful.

D．Indifferent.

28、   Education officials and industry experts are debating the future of online learning. The discussion is important because hundreds of universities in the United States have recently moved classes online because of the spread of the novel coronavirus（冠状病毒）.

For Asha Choksi, the rise of Internet-based or online study programs has led to major improvements in higher education. “It’s actually given a lot more power to students in terms of how, when and where they learn,” the head of research for Pearson Education said.

Classes meet online through video conferencing. In this way, students are able to communicate with each other and their professors even when they are far away from school. However, recent research suggests the majority of college students and professors prefer in-person instruction, because they are concerned that companies supervising（监管）online learning programs are not clear about the policies the schools have.

“Students see in-class lectures as opportunities to engage with instructors, peers, and content.” the researchers wrote. In-person learning is especially important in fields like healthcare and teaching. Online education can never really take its place, said Stephanie Hall, a fellow with the independent policy research group The Century Foundation. “Students need to experience...what they’re learning about, reading about or hearing about in the classroom. And I don’t know yet the degree to which technology can facilitate that.”

“When schools make agreements with online program managers to run their online programs, they often do not make important information available to students,” Hall said. This includes how much control the company has over the design of the program or whether the teacher leading the classes was involved in their design. In addition, many colleges and universities advertise online programs as a low cost opportunity for students. But in some cases, students attending in-person classes get financial aid and online students do not.

【1】What does Choksi think of the online study programs?

A.They offer students more choices in study.

B.They reform the country’s education system.

C.They provide advanced scientific knowledge.

D.They promote the development of technology.

【2】According to most college students and professors, what’s the advantage of in-person learning?

A.It is convenient.

B.It costs less to study.

C.It can better meet school policies.

D.It can improve students’ communication skills.

【3】What does the underlined word “facilitate” probably mean in paragraph 4?

A.change B.apply

C.achieve D.control

【4】What is Hall’s attitude towards online education?

A.Hopeful. B.Critical.

C.Uncaring. D.Neutral.

29、Should Parents Teach Children How to Tweet?

Social media is a seemingly endless source of concern for parents, with worries that it weakens their children’s confidence and attention spans. But others counter that it could also be broadening their horizons.

The latest round of worry was sparked by a study of the impact of social media use on 8-12- year-olds published by Anne Longfield, Children’s Commissioner for England. The report focused on 32 children, who said they used social media to stay connected with friends and family and to have fun, by watching videos for example. But they also described pressures from constant contact, online comments that weaken their self-esteem, and the need to shape offline activities to make them shareable. “You see your friends going ice skating, partying or talking about how much revision they have done, and it can make you feel inadequate,” says Bea, a junior school student from Bristol, UK. “It’s just so hard to get away from.”

Children have to take risks on their journeys to adulthood, and desires to fit in and be popular existed before Mark Zuckerberg came along with Facebook. However, in previous generations these pressures came largely from people they knew, and they mostly stayed outside the home. Now the pressures could come from any one of the nearly 3 billion people online, and follow them from school to home, and can even continue through the night.

The pressures do get on parents’ nerves, among which the utmost concern is how their children can be protected from harms, given that social media is now integral to the way many young people interact. A good starting point is a basic understanding of childhood development milestones.

Broadly, children have a high dependency on carers for security and guidance up to the age of 5, increasing independence and self-care from 6 to 11, and increasing autonomy and growing reliance on peers from 12-18 years old. Against this background, the suitability of social media for children of different ages should be considered respectively.

According to Longfield’s study, children should be taught about online safety from an early age, better before secondary school. There is growing evidence that efforts need to be extended to provide earlier guidance on less extreme but more common risks, including oversharing, low selfesteem, addiction and insomnia. The evidence suggests she is right. However, approaches that focus merely on the potential negatives are unlikely to work.

“My school has tried to do a lot, but it often involves trying to drill into us how bad social media can be,” says Bea. “People of my age really like social media, so I think a better approach would be if they said ‘Although it is good, here are some negatives’.”

【1】We can learn from Paragraph 3 that ______.

A．children used to face more dangers

B．Facebook gives children the chance to fit in

C．parents give their children much pressure at home

D．children’s pressures may come from strangers nowadays

【2】According to the passage, parents’ major concern for children is ______.

A．possible harm from social media

B．comments from online friends

C．their reliance on social media

D．pressures from oversharing

【3】We can infer from Bea’s words that ______.

A．teenagers don’t believe social media has negatives

B．adults overemphasize the bad effects of social media

C．it is easy for teenagers to get addicted to social media

D．social media helps teenagers know their friends better

30、   Two weeks ago, my 90-year-old mother, Catherine Ritchie, was preparing herself for bed at around 9 pm.  After brushing her teeth and hair, she turned around to find her bed completely engulfed(吞没) in flames.  She made an _________ to extinguish the flames herself by _________ blankets and pillows on the fire. The smoke and heat were so overwhelming that she immediately lost her sense of _________, gave up _________ the fire, and decided to flee.  She pushed the emergency call button she _________ on her necklace, called 911, and attempted to get out of her now engulfed _________. She walked into the closet several times thinking it was the door that _________ to the hallway.  It wasn’t.  She couldn’t find her way out.  She was _________.  Smoke everywhere.

Across the street, 4 boys saw the smoke and _________ of flames.  Not an adult in __________.  4 kids who took immediate __________ to save an elderly woman who they couldn’t __________ was home and who 3 of them had never even __________.  One started breaking the glass on the front door.  One called 911.  One went to the back door and began kicking it in.  One went to the __________ for an ax and help.  Within minutes, a door was __________ in by a 14-year-old child who found my mother and picked her up in his __________.  Kids who are told about all the things they aren’t __________ enough to do saved the life of the most precious and beloved woman we know.  Courageous young men __________ their own lives, their own safety, perhaps their good __________ with their parents who might have chosen for them to do __________, and they carried my mother out of her burning home into the street, where firetrucks and ambulances would soon arrive.

Dylan Wick – 16 years old, Nick Byrd – 14 years old, Seth Byrd – 16 years old, and Wyatt Hall – 17 years old, thank you!

【1】A.appeal B.experiment C.operation D.attempt

【2】A.dragging B.throwing C.distributing D.spreading

【3】A.direction B.balance C.urgency D.self

【4】A.covering B.catching C.fighting D.spilling

【5】A.wears B.holds C.purchases D.decorates

【6】A.kitchen B.toilet C.closet D.bedroom

【7】A.leads B.conducts C.connects D.links

【8】A.cast B.resisted C.stuck D.adapted

【9】A.reflection B.regulation C.caption D.construction

【10】A.condition B.charge C.demand D.sight

【11】A.step B.effect C.action D.responsibility

【12】A.arrange B.guarantee C.promise D.suspect

【13】A.witnessed B.reached C.met D.heard

【14】A.neighbors B.barbers C.shelter D.basement

【15】A.knocked B.kicked C.forced D.settled

【16】A.hands B.arms C.effort D.favor

【17】A.stable B.acute C.brave D.old

【18】A.risked B.gave C.devoted D.saved

【19】A.association B.relationship C.assumption D.reputation

【20】A.instead B.though C.otherwise D.yet

31、My dad was a farmer. He never regarded anyone as a ______. He could really talk to any person, and his favorite thing to do was to ______ their income. Once we were at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport, and my dad was sitting with me as I was waiting for my ______. A Russian woman who could not speak a word of English sat next to my dad, but that did not ______ him. At last, he found out her business, how many children she had and of course how much she made.

I was a shy person and used to be somewhat ______ by this. My mom was a very ______ person as well, so she was ______ by this too. But my mom told me a story about how she was in the doctor’s office with dad and ______ he was his usual self-talking to others all the time in the waiting room. My dad even started talking to a young man in a wheel chair who could neither ______ nor move his arms or head. He ______ could do nothing. But my dad still kept asking him questions and finally got the young man to smile in ______. And he carried on like that with the ______ man until he was called back to the doctor’s office. Then the father of the young man came over, ______ my dad’s hand and said, “Thank you for ______ to my son, most people just turn away when they see him.” Hearing that, I realized that my father’s ______ of talking could make a difference.

【1】

A．leader

B．partner

C．visitor

D．stranger

【2】

A．look into

B．set down

C．find out

D．add to

【3】

A．boat

B．flight

C．train

D．ferry

【4】

A．attract

B．shock

C．encourage

D．stop

【5】

A．embarrassed

B．touched

C．excited

D．frightened

【6】

A．outgoing

B．private

C．honest

D．active

【7】

A．moved

B．inspired

C．bothered

D．threatened

【8】

A．whether

B．when

C．why

D．how

【9】

A．act

B．smile

C．talk

D．drive

【10】

A．gradually

B．actually

C．entirely

D．merely

【11】

A．conclusion

B．surprise

C．power

D．response

【12】

A．confident

B．disabled

C．nervous

D．disturbed

【13】

A．shook

B．struck

C．rubbed

D．scratched

【14】

A．sticking

B．opening

C．speaking

D．reacting

【15】

A．love

B．way

C．content

D．tone

32、There once was a very knowledgeable and talented man. He played the piano skillfully for years, but remained_______He felt quite puzzled. One day, he met God. He asked God angrily, “As you see, I am a _______person. Why don't you give me an opportunity to come to _______?”

God answered helplessly, “_______!You're a learned person, but you just_______ everything a little, not deep enough, so how can you become famous?”

Having heard this, the man started practicing the piano hard.   _______, he played the piano much better than before, but he still didn't become famous. He went to ask God once again, “My God! I have _______the piano thoroughly, but why doesn’t you give me any chance to_______ a name yet?”

God shook his head and said, “It’s not that I wouldn't like to _______ you any chance but that you can't grasp the chance. For the first time, I helped you________take part in the piano contest, with nobody knowing about it, but you________ self-confidence; similarly, for the second time, you were short of________.How can you________ me?”

After hearing God's words, the man________hard and consistently for more years. He went all out to improve himself as God told him. He built up his self-confidence and gathered the courage to participate in the competition. He played extremely well, but due to the referee's injustice, the chance of fame was________ by the other.

Totally ________by the failure, the man said to God, “God, I’ve tried my best this time. It seems doomed(注定的) that I won't be able to rise to fame, no matter how strong my________for it is.”

God told him with a________,“Congratulations! In fact, you’ve almost succeeded. You only need a final leap.” “A final leap?” His eyes opened wide.

God ________and said, “You've got the ticket for success-frustration. Now you've got it. Success is a gift that setbacks will give you.” This time, that man bore God's words in mind. As ________,he succeeded.

【1】

A．unwilling

B．uninterested

C．unknown

D．unable

【2】

A．mysterious

B．learned

C．determined

D．curious

【3】

A．fame

B．power

C．life

D．use

【4】

A．Additionally

B．Absolutely

C．Approximately

D．Alternatively

【5】

A．tolerated

B．talked

C．treated

D．tried

【6】

A．Afterwards

B．However

C．Besides

D．Otherwise

【7】

A．memorized

B．possessed

C．played

D．mastered

【8】

A．cause

B．sense

C．make

D．change

【9】

A．prepare

B．offer

C．provide

D．improve

【10】

A．in turn

B．in common

C．in secret

D．in surprise

【11】

A．lacked

B．ignored

C．destroyed

D．replaced

【12】

A．courage

B．warning

C．freedom

D．experience

【13】

A．stand

B．blame

C．trust

D．complain

【14】

A．argued

B．educated

C．trained

D．responded

【15】

A．reduced

B．seized

C．missed

D．wasted

【16】

A．inspired

B．amazed

C．embarrassed

D．discouraged

【17】

A．motivation

B．attitude

C．observation

D．patience

【18】

A．pity

B．regret

C．shock

D．smile

【19】

A．nodded

B．sighed

C．cried

D．hesitated

【20】

A．arranged

B．scheduled

C．expected

D．directed

33、   Eleven-year-old Angela was stricken with a disease involving her nervous system. She was unable to walk and her movement was _______ in other ways as well. The doctors did not _______ much hope of her ever recovering from this illness. They _______ she’d spend the rest of her life in a wheelchair. They said that few, if any, were able to come back to _______ after getting this disease. The little girl was strong-minded. There, lying in her hospital bed, she would swear to anyone who’d _______ that she was definitely going to be walking again someday.

Later, she was moved to a specialized hospital in the San Francisco Bay area. Whatever therapies(治疗) that could be _______ to her case were used. The therapists were impressed by her undefeatable _______. They taught her about imaging — about seeing herself walking. If it would do nothing else, it would _______ give her hope and something _______ to do in the long waking hours in her bed. Angela would work as hard as possible in ________ therapy and in exercise sessions. Meanwhile, she worked just as hard ________ there faithfully doing her imaging, visualizing herself moving, moving, moving!

One day, as she was trying her best to ________ her legs moving again, it seemed as though a miracle happened: the ________ moved! It began to move around the room! She ________ out, “Look what I’m doing! Look! Look! I can do it! I moved, I moved!”

Of course, at this ________ moment everyone else in the hospital was screaming too and running for ________. People were screaming, equipment was falling and glass was breaking. You see, it was the recent San Francisco ________. But don’t tell that to Angela. She’s ________ that she did it. And now, only a few years later, she’s back in school. On her ________ legs. No wheelchair. You see, anyone who can ________ the earth can conquer a little disease, can’t they?

【1】A. recovered B. realized C. reformed D. restricted

【2】A. hold onto B. hold out C. hold back D. hold up

【3】A. predicted B. doubted C. opposed D. insisted

【4】A. life B. nature C. hospital D. normal

【5】A. listen B. laugh C. lie D. look

【6】A. attached B. referred C. applied D. meant

【7】A. spirit B. talent C. sickness D. symptom

【8】A. at first B. at last C. at most D. at least

【9】A. formal B. precious C. positive D. legal

【10】A. physical B. visual C. passive D. accurate

【11】A. wondering B. lying C. sitting D. living

【12】A. imagine B. consider C. practise D. resist

【13】A. leg B. body C. bed D. glass

【14】A. walked B. reached C. figured D. screamed

【15】A. first B. very C. extra D. last

【16】A. celebration B. access C. liberty D. shelter

【17】A. emergency B. adventure C. earthquake D. sandstorm

【18】A. determined B. convinced C. disappointed D. frightened

【19】A. broken B. last C. own D. proper

【20】A. rescue B. shake C. seize D. preserve

34、阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

Smell the flowers before you go to sleep and you may just end up with rosy dreams. Have a whiff of rotten(腐烂的)eggs during the night and your dreams may be【1】(pleasant). So says researcher Dr. Boris Stuck, 【2】invited sleeping volunteers to a rose vs. rotten egg test in the University Hospital Mannheim in Germany. The subjects didn’t dream about roses【3】eggs, but rather he found that what they smelt affected the emotions of【4】(they) dreams.

And if you think【5】(smell) have a say in dreams, wait for what TV tells us. A UK study reveals that people exposed【6】black-and-white film and TV in their youth are to have monochromic(单色的)dreams throughout their life more【7】(probable). Eva Murzyn from the University of Dundee tested two age groups— one half 【8】(age) over 55 and【9】other half under 25.

The result? Under 5% of the dreams of the under-25s were in black and white. 【10】(watch)color TV in childhood seems to be the reason why.

35、Directions: Fill in each blank to make the passage make sense and well connected in writing style. The initial letter of each word has been given. (please write each answer in a COMPLETE word on the answer card.

THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

In Congress, July 4, 1776

When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bonds which have connected them with another, and to assume among the Powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s god entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should d【1】 the causes which impel them to the separation.

We h【2】 these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created e【3】, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable R【4】, that among these are life, L【5】, and the pursuit of Happiness.

That to secure these rights, g 【6】 are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.

That whenever any form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the P 【7】 to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, l【8】 its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such f【9】, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience has shown, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariable the same Object, evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their d 【10】, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.

36、按照课文内容填空

At the time they were created, the Impressionist paintings were【1】, but today they are accepted as the beginning of【2】we call “modern art’. This is because the Impressionists 【3】artists to look at their environment in new ways. There are scores of modern art styles, but 【4】the Impressionists, many of these painting styles might not exist. On the one hand, some modern art is abstract; that is, the painter doesn’t 【5】to paint objects as we see them with our eyes, 【6】instead concentrates on certain qualities of the object, 【7】color, line and shape to represent them. On the【8】hand, some paintings of modern art are so 【9】 that they look photographs. These styles are so different. Who can【10】what painting styles there will be in the future?

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、假定你叫李华。你校正开展“魅力校园”(Beautiful Campus)活动，你的美国朋友Marv对此很感兴趣，来信询问该活动开展情况。请你给他写封邮件，介绍该活动。内容包括:

1. 该活动开始的时间和持续的时间；

2. 你校具体开展的活动；

3. 该活动产生的效果。

注意:

1. 词数100左右:

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Marv,

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Yours,

Li Hua

39、假定你是李华，在伦敦一所学校交换学习。得知你所在学校将举办为期一周的中国文 化周活动，你给该活动负责人Chris写一封电子邮件询问有关事宜。内容包括：

1.活动时间；

2.活动内容；

3.表达参与意愿。

注意：1.词数100字左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Chris,

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Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

40、假定你是李华，最近你校将举办以“榜样的力量”为主题的英语演讲比赛。请根据提示写一篇演讲稿，内容包括：

1. 活动的目的；

2. 榜样的故事；

3. 个人看法。

注意：1. 词数100左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Good morning, everyone!

I’m Li Hua from Class 1, Senior 2. It’s my great honor to stand here to deliver my speech today.

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That’s all. Thanks for your listening.

41、阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

When I walked into the George Washington University Hospital with my therapy dog Willow on a late February evening, I had no idea that we were about to meet a young man, not even 25, fighting for his life in the ICU that night. Sam almost died when he was involved in an accident on his way home from work one day. He got numerous surgeries, among them two below knee amputations (截肢).

The ICU room was dark and cool when we entered. I could see Sam’s father sitting in a chair in a dark corner of the room, gazing down to the busy street below. He nodded hello, but did not speak. Sam’s mother was quickly pacing to and fro, trying to keep Sam comfortable and speaking encouraging words.

Sam was quiet. He was unaware at the time that he had lost his legs. But he just was not responding to the people in his room. Then something amazing happened; he saw Willow. I saw his hand slip from his lap to down below his bed rail and his fingers start to make a scratching motion. Willow ran right up to his bedside, expertly sliding her head right beneath his awaiting fingers.

I walked out of the ICU room completely overwhelmed with grief and a feeling of complete inadequacy in my ability to bring any kind of healing to this family. Just then I felt a strong grip on my forearm. I turned around and saw Sam’s mom.

“Will you come back tomorrow?” she asked.

I wanted to turn and run away, but I looked down at Willow, who had none of those feelings and whose eyes showed nothing but love and compassion, and before I knew it, the words “Yes, we will” had left my lips. I cried my whole drive home that night.

注意：1. 写作词数应为150左右；

2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

I did come with Willow the next day, and so did the day after the next.

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The night before Sam left hospital was a happy occasion for all us.

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