金华2025-2026学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高一英语

1、Before driving into the city, you are required to get your car ____.

A. washed   B. wash

C. washing     D. to wash

2、It is widely accepted that young babies learn to do things because certain acts lead to ____.

A. rewards B. prizes

C. awards D. results

3、The collectors dreamed of ________ a place to show off the collection in Latin America as a way to spark dialogue among artists across the diverse regions.

A．there to be

B．there being

C．there having

D．there would be

4、Climate change has arrived and is _____ faster than many scientists expected.

A.uniting B.accelerating C.declining D.twisting

5、As is known to all, the Tower of London was as a matter of fact _______used to be a prison _______ some famous victims were held in.

A.where; where B.which; where C.that; what D.what; that

6、Daxing International Airport, also known as Beijing New Airport, is built close to the Beijing city center, and it is ________ only in 20 minutes.

A.available B.alternative C.acceptable D.accessible

7、If Helen says she will complete the job on time you can always ________ her to deliver the goods.

A.go on B.rely on C.look on D.put on

8、________ good, the food was sold out soon.

A．Tasting

B．Tasted

C．Being tasted

D．Taste

9、It is said that there are ten foreign students in our school. One is from America, _______ is from Australia and all ______ students are from England.

A. another; the others B. one; another C. another; the other D. one; other’s

10、I have never been to London, but it is the place ________.

A.where I would like to visit B.I most want to visit

C.in which I want to visit D.that I want to visit it most

11、I can’t thank you more, Tony. But for your timely warning, I into great trouble yesterday.

A.had got B.got C.would have got D.would get

12、“How could you treat me like that?” John asked his wife, eyeing her angrily from _______ the kitchen table.

A. at B. across C. through D. on

13、Everything he ___ away from him before he returned to his hometown.

A. took B. had been taken

C. had had been taken D. had taken

14、It was 80 years before Christopher Columbus crossed the Atlantic 　　　   　 Zheng He had sailed to East Africa.

A.when B.that

C.after D.since

15、It is ____ that the amateur singer beat a large number of professionals in the contest.

A.identical B.intact C.incredible D.inconvenient

16、My camera can be________to take pictures in cloudy and sunny conditions.

A.adapted B.adjusted C.adopted D.admitted

17、The store______ I bought my textbooks is having a sale this week.

A．that

B．where

C．which

D．why

18、He wanted to make sure________.

A.how we went there by bus

B.where did we go

C.what did we go there

D.when we went there

19、With mountains of work to do, we should make a list first and ____________ the urgent ones.

A. burst B. urge

C. prioritize D. defend

20、________ 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

21、Helping others is a habit, _______ you can learn even at an early age.

A．it

B．that

C．what

D．one

22、Ronny's steps________, and there was a moment of absolute silence.

A.died down B.died away C.died off D.died out

23、New technologies have make _______ possible to turn out new products faster and at a lower cost.

A.that B.this C.one D.it

24、I’ll do whatever I can ________ my English.

A. improve B. to improve

C. improving D. to improving

25、Jenny can’t ______ to buy that mobile phone as it is too expensive.

A.offer B.pay C.afford D.spend

26、   In Japan, taking a walk in the woods or “forest bathing” is taken very seriously. 【1】 The secret is that it does far more than just giving you some exercise and a bit of fresh air. There are some other fantastic benefits.

【2】 Not surprisingly, a walk in the woods has proven to be more of an attractive activity to people who are overweight than an hour in a gym. Doctors are now suggesting that walking in the woods is a far healthier way for fat people to exercise than walking indoors.

It can also greatly reduce your blood pressure. In Japan, researchers had one group of subjects take a walk in a wooded area and another group in a built up area. 【3】 They found the subjects that had taken a walk in the woods had significantly lower blood pressure than those who had walked in an urban area.

Just being near trees can reduce depression. 【4】 In one study carried out in London, it was found that people who lived near to trees had much better mental health. Researchers discovered that, the more trees that could be found in any location, the fewer the number of people who were being prescribed antidepressants (抗抑郁药).

Walking in the woods has already been shown to improve brainpower. That is why there is currently a trend to site kindergartens in wooded areas. Researchers have found that, children who play in wooded areas develop better cognitive (认知的) skills and are better equipped to be able to assess risks and dangers. 【5】

A．It helps you recover from illness.

B．It can help overweight people lose weight.

C．That has been proven in studies conducted in big cities.

D．What have the Japanese discovered about walking in a forest?

E．Then they compared their blood pressure when they returned.

F．Why does the air in a forest contain all kinds of beneficial things?

G．It also, of course, gives children a better appreciation of the natural world.

27、   What do the random,scribbled(潦草的)drawings crowding the margins(页边空白)of most high school students’papers mean?When a student is caught doodling(乱画)in class,he will probably be criticized for daydreaming.But doodling while listening can help with remembering details,rather than implying that the mind is wandering,according to a study published in the scientific journal Applied Cognitive Psychology.

In an experiment conducted by the Medical Research Council’s Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit in Cambridge,40 subjects were asked to listen to a two-minute tape giving several names of people and places.Half of the participants were asked to shade in shapes on a piece of paper at the same time,without paying attention to neatness,while the rest were given no such instructions.After the tape had finished,all participants in the study were asked to recall the names of people and places.The doodlers recalled on average 7.5 names of people and places,compared to only 5.8 by the non—doodlers.

“If someone is doing a boring task,like listening to a dull telephone conversation,they may start to daydream.”said study researcher,Professor Jackie Andrade,of the School of Psychology,University of Plymouth.“Daydreaming distracts them from the task,resulting in poorer performance.A simple task,like doodling,may be enough to stop daydreaming without affecting performance on the main task.”

“In psychology,tests of memory or attention will often use a second task to selectively block a particular mental process.If that process is important for the main task,then performance will be weakened.But my research suggests that in everyday life doodling may be something we do because it helps to keep us on track with a boring,task,rather than being an unnecessary distraction(分心)that we should try to resist doing.”said Andrade.

Dan Ware,a social study teacher,used to consider doodling a distraction from learning,but after teaching kids with all personality types he learned scribbling away during lectures helps certain students remember more information.“In my first few years of teaching,I thought,‘Well,this kid isn’t paying attention.He’s daydreaming.’But I had some really powerful experiences with students and came to understand in many cases that was their way of focusing,and those students were probably paying more attention than other students.”Ware said.

【1】What do we know about the participants involved in the experiment?

A.Some were asked to note down the information neatly.

B.Some were asked to memorize the names they would hear.

C.Some were instructed to listen to the tape with full attention.

D.Some were instructed to make random drawings on paper.

【2】Which of the following will both Jackie Andrade and Dan Ware agree with?

A.Doodling helps some people focus.

B.Doodling makes a dull task interesting.

C.Students who doodle perform poorly.

D.Students who doodle lack concentration.

【3】What is the best title of the text?

A.Daydreaming Can Sharpen Study Skills

B.Doodling Can Help Memory Recall

C.A Wandering Mind Improves Productivity

D.Distractions Harm Academic Performance

28、THE BRONTE FAMILY

Yorkshire in England was the setting for two great novels of the 19th century.These were Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre and Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights.The youngest sister,Anne,was also a gifted novelist,and her books have the same extraordinary quality as her sisters’．

Their father was Patrick Bronte，born in Ireland.He moved with his wife，Maria Bronte，and their six small children to Haworth in Yorkshire in 1820. Soon after,Mrs Bronte and the two eldest children died, leaving the father to care for the remaining three girls and a boy.

Charlotte was born in 1816.Emily was born in 1818 and Anne in 1820.Their brother Branwell was born in 1817.Left to themselves,the children wrote and told stories and walked over the hills.They grew up largely self­educated.Branwell showed a great interest in drawing.The girls were determined to earn money for his art education.They took positions as teachers or taught children in their homes.

As children they had all written many stories.Charlotte,as a young girl, alone wrote 22 books,each with 60 to 100 pages of small handwriting.Therefore, they turned to writing for income.By 1847,Charlotte had written The Professor; Emily had written Wuthering Heights;and Anne had written Agnes Grey.After much difficulty Anne and Emily found a publisher,but there was no interest shown in Charlotte’s book.(It was not published until 1859.) However,one publisher expressed an interest in seeing more of her work.Jane Eyre was already started,and she hurriedly finished it.It was accepted at once;thus each of the sisters had a book published in 1847.

Jane Eyre was immediately successful;the other two,however,did not do so well.People did not like Wuthering Heights.They said it was too wild,too animal­like.But gradually it came to be considered one of the finest novels in the English language.Emily lived only a short while after the publication of the book and Anne died in 1849.

Charlotte published Shirley in 1849,and Villette in 1853.In 1854 she married Arthur Bell Nicholls.But only a year later,she died of tuberculosis(肺结核) as her sisters had.

【1】What did the Bronte sisters want to do for Branwell?

A.Help him write stories. B.Help him get trained in art.

C.Teach him how to draw well. D.Teach him how to educate himself.

【2】We know from the text that ________．

A.Jane Eyre was published in 1847

B.Charlotte Bronte wrote 22 books in all

C.the Bronte sisters received a good education

D.Patrick Bronte helped his daughters with their writings

【3】Which of the following was published after the death of its writer?

A.Shirley. B.Villette.

C.Agnes Grey. D.The Professor.

29、Positive thinking is a significant element of happiness.   In order to become a positive thinker, determination and consistency are important. The first thing to know about positive thinking is that everyone can do it.   With certain cognitive (认知的) and behavioral changes, we can all become positive thinkers.   Another important factor is that being a positive thinker does not mean you become numb to anything that is not working properly in your life or is negative - it just means that you approach life and face challenges with a healthier outlook.

Instead of selectively attending to negative events, focus on the positive ones. Then pay attention to the delayed consequences of your behavior rather than the immediate ones. For example, if a job is not going like you want, focus on the fact that you have a job and how you can take your time to make the situation better.

Challenge any internal attributions and see if you compare your behavior to standards that are excessively rigid and perfectionistic. If so, change these and be reasonable with your comparisons. For example, if you constantly compare your weaknesses with other people's strengths, then switch this and compare yourself with those who are doing poorer than you as well. Overall, people who focus more on their strengths than their weaknesses but at the same time are aware of their weaknesses have a healthier self-evaluation result.

When faced with too much fear about a situation, imagine the worst case and visualize a solution for it, then let go of fear.   This way, you will be prepared for anything and your fear will not block you from being open and creative to different solutions. For example, if you are constantly worried about losing your job up to a point where it is creating a lot of anxiety and fear and is effecting your performance and your happiness negatively, then think of losing your job, visualize how you will handle it, find solutions in your mind and then let go of the thought and the fear attached to it.

So positive thinkers are better problem solvers and have better interactions. In addition to that, people who are positive thinkers are happier and more satisfied with their life.

【1】Why is positive thinking a significant element of happiness?

A．It means that one is blind to the troubles and difficulties that exist.

B．It means that one constantly compares everything with other people's.

C．It means that one is strong in mind and has nothing to be afraid of.

D．It means that one approaches life and faces challenges more healthily.

【2】What does the text suggest about the job you don't like?

A．Quitting it and finding a better one.

B．Keeping and trying to make it better.

C．Being negative and numb to it.

D．Challenging yourself with a new outlook.

【3】What does the author intend to tell us in paragraph 4?

A．Be prepared for the worst: and let go of fear.

B．Being constantly worried will lose your job.

C．Fear will prevent you being open and creative.

D．There is nothing to fear if well prepared.

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

A．How to focus on the positive events

B．How to be a positive thinker

C．What to do when faced with fear

D．What to know of self-evaluation

30、Writing can be a solitary (孤单的) and busy life. Sometimes I don’t see the _________ of my work. However, sometimes, I’ll get a _________ online or even a letter.

A woman wrote to me and told me that one of my books convinced her to give her marriage a _________ chance. A dad messaged me to tell me that another had convinced him that he hadn’t been spending _________ time with his children. And then he went on to tell me how that had changed his _________ with his family.

Those are the things that keep writers going, the moments that _________ our hearts — but they’re often few and far between. But with my newest book, it’s been _________. A TV program showed how popular the book was, and I _________ something I’d never encountered (遇到) before.

I asked readers of my books to _________ pictures of themselves to me. Thus, dozens of pictures began __________. I saw so many beautiful faces and read the __________ about how the book changed them. I was so moved. It was __________ to see visual proof (视觉证明) that my work was touching lives..

Sweet friends, most of you probably aren’t writers. You’ve also worked __________ and maybe it seems like __________ is happening. Or you feel like what you’re doing isn’t of value. But you’re __________. There is no doubt in my mind that whenever we’re faithful to what we should do, we can influence the lives of others.

【1】

A．result

B．amount

C．future

D．style

【2】

A．deal

B．degree

C．message

D．copy

【3】

A．second

B．reasonable

C．perfect

D．unique

【4】

A．equal

B．enough

C．private

D．fixed

【5】

A．familiarity

B．assistance

C．meeting

D．relationship

【6】

A．protect

B．touch

C．open

D．follow

【7】

A．different

B．helpful

C．possible

D．evident

【8】

A．understood

B．wrote

C．experienced

D．imagined

【9】

A．sell

B．return

C．send

D．describe

【10】

A．showing up

B．taking off

C．breaking in

D．moving forward

【11】

A．news

B．books

C．stories

D．reports

【12】

A．amusing

B．amazing

C．natural

D．special

【13】

A．quickly

B．early

C．hard

D．independently

【14】

A．anything

B．everything

C．something

D．nothing

【15】

A．wrong

B．willing

C．ready

D．serious

31、   “Nice to see you again!” “How are you doing today?” “Great to see you, have a nice day!”

I ______ my book and looked around in my seat, watching the driver ______ passengers. I’d never heard a more cheerful bus driver.

At each stop, the bus driver flashed a wide ______ , nodding his head at familiar faces and greeting people onto his lowly bus.

I was just watching the flow of the bus, and the bus driver’s air of pleasant calm, like nothing could go wrong. It ______ me a bit. Most bus drivers I’d met are not so cheery. They’re always swimming up against a long list of complaints, communicating with nameless busy riders, and constantly racing the clock so as not to run late though it’s never so easy to control. This bus driver completely ______ my sense of what it means to drive a bus. It almost brought me back to my pre-school days, when we’d sing, “The wheels on the bus go round and round,” to images of smiling bus drivers greeting their ______ and serving society with each shinning spin of their wheel or honk of their horn.

I completely put my books away, ______ there in awe. A thought ______ my head that I should tell the driver how much I appreciated seeing all the small, bold, courageous moments of his ______ I’d run into in this bus.

____ the bus approached my stop, I walked to the front of the bus.

“Thank you so much for your kindness to passengers. It’s really nice to see you,” I offered.

“Aw, that’s really glad to hear. Thank you so much! It’s nice to know that someone ______.” the bus driver said.

“Well, I really appreciate seeing it. It is ______ and makes my day,” I told him with a smile.

“Thank you!” he ______ with an ever-shining bright smile.

We talked a little more, and any wave of doubt completely ______.

Stepping ______ the bus a little lighter, I remembered a quote: “Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.”

【1】A. put away B. put down C. put up D. put out

【2】A. assisting B. directing C. serving D. greeting

【3】A. smile B. look C. mouth D. face

【4】A. excited B. attracted C. confused D. cheered

【5】A. changed B. developed C. affected D. deepened

【6】A. conductors B. customers C. colleagues D. passengers

【7】A. running B. sitting C. standing D. waiting

【8】A. occurred B. came C. struck D. appeared

【9】A. kindness B. patience C. generosity D. encouragement

【10】A. Since B. As C. After D. Until

【11】A. noticed B. knew C. understood D. needed

【12】A. boring B. inspiring C. frustrating D. exciting

【13】A. replied B. said C. told D. shouted

【14】A. decreased B. formed C. arose D. faded

【15】A. on B. off C. out D. down

32、   I stood in the front of the classroom like a specimen(标本） under examinations  of 23 pairs of eyes. I  began stuttering(结巴）and gave wrong answers to some questions.

In the summer of 2016, I worked as an assistant teacher at a children's day camp.Lacking in experience，I _______ to create weekly lesson plans.Kids shouted at each other in class.Sometimes，I had to pull apart kids who were _______ each other.The rare moments of_______ came only after my booming calls for attention. Every day was a _______ between  me  and these wild little creatures.

One day I suddenly _______ that I was supposed to teach them instead of being led by the nose. It was time to do something to change the _______. I was older, more knowledgeable, and most _______, I had more authority. The next day，I firmly_______into the classroom and stood in the front_______.The students studied me curiously. But I did not stutter this time. It________ me that the class went smoothly without being  ________ for the first time. From that day on，they gradually started to pay attention. Some ________started calling me “Ms. Amy”. Seeing a sign of respect in their wild eyes was like getting ________ for my achievements. I was finally acting as an authority figure. The ________ I received also increased my self一confidence. It made me believe that I had the________. to overcome difficulties.

One month after my summer job ________, I went back to visit the students. I saw the ________ kids running around in the classroom. ________，their playful shouts were a different kind of music to my ________now. Instead of the unpleasant sound I heard the first day，this was a________ song that played during my march to self—confidence.

【1】A.refused B.failed C.struggled D.hesitated

【2】A.calling on B.fighting with C.staring at D.learning from

【3】A.patience B.promise C.thought D.silence

【4】A.battle B.difference C.link D.joke

【5】A.hoped B.realized C.regretted D.remembered

【6】A.suggestion B.occasion C.situation D.decision

【7】A.importantly B.interestingly C.naturally D.hopefully

【8】A.burst B.slipped C.rushed D.stepped

【9】A.anxiously B.cautiously C.eagerly D.calmly

【10】A.surprised B.embarrassed C.disappointed D.amused

【11】A.puzzled B.encouraged C.disturbed D.observed

【12】A.just B.even C.ever D.still

【13】A.recognition B.information C.evaluation D.discussion

【14】A.trust B.sympathy C.pride D.respect

【15】A.chance B.right C.ability D.intention

【16】A.continued B.ended C.started D.returned

【17】A.same B.special C.poor D.normal

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

【19】A.heart B.eyes C.ears D.soul

【20】A.popular B.complex C.strange D.unique

33、   I opened the hotel curtains to find dark rainy streets. After training in nearly 100-degree weather in St. Louis, I wasn't _______ a rainy 55-degree day. However, it didn't _______because it was marathon day.

My group _______with ponchos (雨披) on. I took off the poncho around Mile 9 as the rain seemed less _______.

I was still energized at Mile 13, and supporters were still _______ us on. Not too long after Mile 20, I was feeling some _______ in my legs. I never stopped though. I just put my head up and _______ going. As Mile 22 passed, I _______ and I began to cry, but kept on moving. The view alongside was _______ and it kept my mind busy.

At the end of Mile 25, my body was beat. As I saw that finish line in the wind, I put all my__________into running for it. The__________said my name and made some careless Irish remarks that I can't remember, and I__________the line in total tiredness. Some staff__________me my marathon medal, bottled water, and helped me keep warm.

Traveling for my first marathon will be__________remembered. I could not have done this without the__________of my family, friends, Coach Rich, my teammates and my sister, who gave me the strength to__________. As Norman D. Vaughan, the surviving member of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition said, “Dream big and be __________ to fail. ”

What will be the most impressive __________ for me? The __________ from Mile 20 to the end. No matter how much you read about how to prepare for the final few miles, it's a true __________ of your mental endurance (耐力).

【1】A.wasting B.arranging C.enjoying D.expecting

【2】A.fail B.lose C.matter D.work

【3】A.escaped B.started C.approved D.protested

【4】A.heavy B.mild C.slight D.bright

【5】A.touching B.cheering C.crying D.trying

【6】A.power B.anger C.pain D.relief

【7】A.practiced B.continued C.avoided D.imagined

【8】A.took off B.settled in C.broke down D.dressed up

【9】A.confusing B.usual C.simple D.inspiring

【10】A.energy B.pressure C.relaxation D.elegance

【11】A.volunteer B.editor C.interviewee D.announcer

【12】A.crossed B.drew C.swallowed D.burned

【13】A.showed B.bought C.handed D.lent

【14】A.mistakenly B.strangely C.luckily D.truly

【15】A.education B.support C.admiration D.treatment

【16】A.finish B.perform C.suffer D.assist

【17】A.brave B.guilty C.firm D.anxious

【18】A.wish B.exercise C.memory D.judgment

【19】A.suspect B.struggle C.cheat D.argument

【20】A.cause B.question C.favor D.test

34、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.

35、阅读短文，根据短文内容及首字母提示，在空白处填入一个适当的单词。

Wearing face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic p【1】 the spread of the deadly virus. But it is also i【2】. For one, we can no longer unlock our phones using facial recognition since a good part of our face is c【3】.

F【4】, tech companies are working to solve the problem. Apple, for example, offered a new way to unlock your iPhone and iPad with its l【5】 software update, iOS13.5, w【6】 was released on May 20.

Even though the update still won’t recognize your masked face, it makes the whole process f【7】. While the old system wouldn’t allow access t【8】 the passcode screen before three failed face scan attempts, iOS13.5 will send you straight to the passcode screen when you swipe up.

It might only s【9】 you a few seconds, but those few seconds “benefit public health by eliminating the temptation for people to r【10】 their masks in order to unlock their device”.

36、Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

AI artwork sells for $432,500 — nearly 45 times its high【1】 — as Christie’s becomes the first auction house to offer a work of art created by an algorithm. This portrait, however, is not the product of a human mind. It was created by an【2】 intelligence, an algorithm defined by that algebraic formula with its many parentheses. And when it went under the【3】 in the Prints & Multiples sale at Christie’s on 23-25 October, Portrait of Edmond Belamy sold for an【4】 $432,500, signaling the arrival of AI art on the world auction stage.

From a distance, Portrait of Edmond de Belamy looks almost plausible. Up close, however, the paintwork becomes a grid of mechanical-looking dots, the man’s face a golden blur with black holes for eyes. Look into those eyes. They show no sign of feeling or life. Did a computer make this?

The answer is yes. The first artwork【5】 by AI to be sold at Christie’s, its【6】 price would seem to suggest that in future we will get computers to make art for us. Robot van Gogh will harmlessly cut its ear off and robot Picasso will be a genius.

Is this the future AI art visionaries such as the French collective Obvious, which programmed this “painter” by getting it to compare its own work with 15,000 pre-20th century portraits, have in mind? Or are they just, God forbid, making a fast buck from deceivable art collectors? Because believing the algorithm that knocked this up to be in any meaningful way an “artist” is like thinking your voice-interaction programme is out to get you. Dream on. Computers would need to replicate human consciousness before they could replicate the funny thing humans do called “art”.

Art is a way in which human 【7】 expresses itself, and is equally true of the earliest cave art, Rembrandt’s portraits and Duchamp’s urinal. And that is what is missing from Portrait of Edmond Bellamy. Art is a way humans communicate ideas, perceptions and feelings to each other. It has no 【8】 outside the human passion to communicate. So in what meaningful sense can an AI replica of certain【9】 traits of old master paintings be called art?

For a robot to really make art, it would need an autonomous mind that was emotional as well as【10】. No AI developer has yet claimed to be anywhere near achieving that and if they ever do, their creation will probably have better things to do than paint portraits — like destroy humanity.

Maybe afterwards robots will invent their own kind of art, but it won’t be some poor pastiche of human genius.

It will be beyond anything we organics could imagine.

37、Directions: Complete the following passages by using the words in the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

Tablets are really useful devices, but their big screens always make them a burden to carry around without a bag. Wouldn’t it be great if there were a phone with the powers of a tablet that could be folded up and fit 【1】 into the hand?

Now something like a tablet-shaped but fold-able phone is about to become 【2】. In February, South Korean electronics company Samsung and China’s Huawei both unveiled fold-able phones Galaxy Fold and Huawei Mate X 【3】. Mobile phone use has entered the “fold-able future”, The Verge noted.

The technology could change our lives in significant ways. These devices, due to their 【4】 screens, give us the larger screens we want. Meanwhile, they still fit easily into the pocket. As USA Today noted, they’re “the 【5】 of a small tablets and smart-phone, all in a single device”.

The technology could 【6】 other devices too. For example, we could make TVs that stick to walls like posters, or fold up easily to hide away in drawers. In crowded modem cities, they will help us to 【7】 available space.

In a keynote address, Samsung’s senior vice president of mobile product marketing, Justin Denison, called the fold-able screen “the 【8】 for the smart-phone of tomorrow.” “It’s a balank canvas for us to do something beautiful together,” he said.

So is there nothing to stand in the way of the fold-able future?

According to tech news website Android authority, the necessary displays were difficult to produce. In 2012, nine out of every to OLED screens produced were 【9】. Today, that 10 percent rate has been improved to between 50 and 90 percent. However, at present these fold-able devices are expensive. For example, the price of Huawei Mate X is 17,500 RMB. That’s a price that may 【10】 the majority of people.

But if the fold-able device isn’t going to change the world overnight, there is no doubt that it is coming.

Patrick Moor-head, an industry analyst told The Verge, “Few are debating if fold-able or roll-able mobile displays are the future of smart-phones; the only question is when and by whom.”

38、假定你是李华，正作为交换生在伦敦一所学校学习。你的好友Eric邀靖你在校文化节上表演一段中国民族舞蹈或唱一首民歌。请给他回一封信，内容包括：

1.感谢邀请；

2.介绍将表演的节目；

3.表达期待。

注意:1.词数80左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

39、假设你是李华，经常和美国朋友Tom通过网络交流，你的英语进步很大。在Tom髙中 毕业之际，请你给他写封邮件,内容包括：

1. 表示祝贺；

2.询问他的暑期计划；

3.感谢他的帮助。

注意：1.词数80左右；2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Tom,

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Best wishes!

Yours

Li Hua

40、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

41、假如你是李华，你的美国笔友Tom发来邮件抱怨父母给他定了很多家规，如晚上10点前回家，不得与父母顶嘴等。请你给他写封回信，要点包括：1. 家规的重要性；2. 你对他家的家规的看法；3. 你家的家规。注意：1. 词数100左右；2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Tom,

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