衡水2025-2026学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高三英语

1、It was Tom as well as his friends that ________ for the serious accident.

A．was to be blamed

B．were to blame

C．was blaming

D．was to blame

2、   the occasional visit, what else does Alan do for his kids?

A．Except B．In spite of

C．Apart from D．Beside

3、To our disappointment, we hurried to the museum yesterday morning, only it was closed for construction work.

A.finding B.having found C.to find D.to be found

4、— Would you like to give me some advice on what I talked about just now?

— Sorry. I _____ of something else.

A.am thinking B.has thought C.was thinking D.had thought

5、The train began to move _________ I reached the platform.

A.the immediate B.direct C.the minutes D.instantly

6、Don’t phone me between 5 and 6. I________dinner then.

A．will be having

B．will have

C．have

D．have had

7、The question whether college students should do part-time jobs is still ________ debate.

A.under B.in C.for D.with

8、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

9、A ________ discussion about whether men are brave than women is settled in a ________rude way.

A.warm… / B.lively… very

C.hot… rather D.spirited… fairly

10、___ the old man's sons wanted to know was ___ the gold had been hidden .

A.That ; what B.What ; where C.What ; that D.Whether ; if

11、It is so wet there that the trees are extremely tall,some____over 100 meters.

A．measured

B．measuring

C．are measured

D．measure

12、Since the new drug was needed for World War Ⅱ, the government approval process for penicillin was ________, and mass production began in 1944

A.possessed B.wound C.accelerated D.opposed

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

A.are purchased B.have been purchased

C.were purchased D.be purchased

14、Bobby secretly decided to _______for the track team with the purpose of being the winner, and his roommate instantly showed his disapproval.

A.let out B.try out C.work out D.drop out

15、You ________ television. Why not do something more active?

A．always watch

B．are always watching

C．have always watched

D．always watched

16、—Do you agree to my plan of climbing a mountain this weekend?

—______! It’s one of my favourite sports.

A．Crazy idea

B．Absolutely

C．Goodness

D．No way

17、—Is there a holiday recently?

—There_____ be. It has been informed that we will continue to study for another three weeks.

A.won’t B.mustn’t C.may not D.can’t

18、 I used to drink a lot of tea but these days I________coffee.

A.prefer B.preferred C.have preferred D.am preferring

19、— I’m still working on my project.

— Oh, you’ll miss the deadline. Time is _______.

A. running out B. coming out

C. using out D. going out

20、A rift valley_____ an area _____ there is increased volcanic activity and thinned planetary crust.

A.is composed of, where B.consists of, which

C.made up of, where D.compose, when

21、_____ the yard, I found it _____ with lots of _____ leaves.

A. Entering; covering; fallen 

B. Having entered; covered; falling

C. Entering; covering; falling

D. Entering; covered; fallen

22、Blue _____ you. You should wear it more.

A. fits B. suits

C. matches D. goes with

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

A．that

B．when

C．whether

D．why

24、Not only ______ me improve my Spanish, but Campero introduced me to her culture.

A.she helped B.did she help C.had she helped D.she had helped

25、This is the largest clock in the world, ______ the minute hand is six meters long.

A. of which B. whose C. which D. of that

26、From my earlier memory of Mother it somehow seemed quite natural to think of her as different, nor of everyday things as Father was. In those days he was a young-looking man. He did not hesitate to make friends with children as soon as they were able to talk to him and laugh at his stories. Mother was older than he was. She must have been a woman of nearly forty, but she seemed even older. She changed little for a long time, showing no indication of growing old at all until, towards the end of her life, she suddenly became an old lady.

I was always inquisitive about Mother’s age. She never had birthdays like other people, nor did anyone else in our family. No candles were ever lit or cakes made or presents given in our house. To my friends in the street who talked delightfully about their birthday parties, I would repeat my mother’s words that such celebrations were only foolish.

“Nothing but deception,” she would say. “As though life can be marked by birthdays. It’s deeds, not years, that matter.”

Although I often repeated her words and even prided myself on not having birthdays, I once could not help asking Mother when she was born.

“I was born. I’m alive as you can see, so what more do you want to know?” she replied, so sharply that I never asked her about her age again.

In so many other ways Mother was different. Whereas all the rest of the women I knew in the neighboring hoses took pride in their housewifely abilities, their new furniture, the neat appearance of their homes, Mother regarded all those things as of little importance. Our house always looked as if we had just moved in or were about to move out.

【1】 How did Father impress the author?

A. He liked writing stories.   B. He loved making friends.

C. He was a very young man.    D. He was popular with children.

【2】Before the end of her life, Mother ___________.

A. looked quite young

B. looked like an old lady

C. looked younger than she was

D. looked like a forty-year-old woman

【3】What does the word “inquisitive” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?

A. Certain B. Curious.   C. Cautious. D. Confident.

【4】What do we learn about Mother?

A. She was lazy.   B. She was strict.

C. She was proud.  D. She was special

27、Humans’ overconsumption of resources is a leading contributor to global climate change, says University of Arizona researcher Sabrina Helm. Therefore, it’s increasingly important to understand the choices consumers make and how those decisions affect the health of a planet with limited resources. In a new study, published in the journal Young Consumers, Helm and her colleagues explore how materialistic values influence pro-environmental behaviors in millennials, who are now the nation’s most influential group of consumers.

The researchers focused on two main categories of pro-environmental behaviors: reduced consumption, which includes actions like repairing instead of replacing older items; and “green buying,” or purchasing products designed to limit environmental impacts. The researchers also looked at how engaging in pro-environmental behaviors affects consumer well-being.

More materialistic participants, the researchers found, were unlikely to engage in reduced consumption. However, materialism did not seem to have an effect on their likelihood of practicing “green buying.” That’s probably because “green buying,” unlike reduced consumption, still offers a way for materialists to fulfill their desire to get new items, Helm said.

Study participants who reported having fewer materialistic values were much more likely to engage in reduced consumption. Consuming less was, in turn, linked to higher personal well-being and lower psychological suffering. Green buying—which may have some positive environmental effects, although to a smaller degree than reduced consumption—was not found to improve consumer well-being, Helm said.

The take-home message for consumers: “The key is to reduce consumption and not just buy green stuff. Having less and buying less can actually make us more satisfied and happier,” Helm said. “If you have a lot of stuff, you have a lot on your mind,” she said. “For example, it requires maintenance and there’s a lot of burdens of ownership, and if you relieve yourself of that burden of ownership, most people report feeling a lot better and freer.”

Helm and her colleagues additionally looked at how materialism affects millennial consumers’ proactive financial behaviors, such as budgeting and saving. Examining financial behaviors alongside pro-environmental behaviors provides a picture of how young adults proactively deal with resource limitations in two contexts: environmental and financial, Helm said.

As expected, Helm and her colleagues found that those who reported having more materialistic values engaged in fewer proactive financial behaviors than their less materialistic counterparts (对应的人). The researchers also found that, consistent with previous studies, proactive financial behaviors were associated with better personal well-being, life satisfaction and financial satisfaction, as well as lower psychological suffering.

Understanding how materialistic values impact consumer behaviors, and how those behaviors in turn affect personal and environmental well-being, is important, Helm said. However, she acknowledges that for many consumers, shifting behaviors to be more financially proactive and consume less will be challenging.

【1】What do we know about pro-environmental behaviors?

A．They are a cause of climate change.

B．They lead to a more satisfying life.

C．They vary in different age groups.

D．They are affected by materialism.

【2】It can be learned from Helm’s study that ________.

A．ownership of green products brings a sense of happiness

B．materialists prefer practicing green buying to buying less

C．green buying helps control people’s desire to buy new items

D．buying less and green buying have similar effects on people

【3】According to the study, which of the following can improve one’s well-being?

A．Replacing older items.

B．Developing new resources.

C．Buying greener products.

D．Being careful with expenses.

【4】What is Helm probably going to explain in the next paragraph?

A．When people develop proactive financial behaviors.

B．Which financial behaviors lead to mental well-being.

C．Why it is hard to change people’s financial behaviors.

D．How materialistic values influence financial behaviors.

28、Dear Mr. Whitacre,

I fell in love with a “flying Dutchman”…literally. In the summer of 2011, I moved to the Netherlands not knowing anyone except my husband, not knowing how to speak the language, and leaving behind my friends, family, and everything I knew that represented me. But as they say, “Love is blind. ”

In the beginning, I spent many months “alone in my head.” My mother-in-law didn't speak English（or Italian）. This, however, didn't stop her from trying to communicate with me. At first, sounds of vague meanings coupled with hand gestures was our way of having a conversation.

It wasn’t until I discovered she was a choral（合唱的）director for a women's group in the community that we then began communicating on a whole different level. From my early days in school, I was always part of a school choir for over a decade.

We shared a love of music! Dien（my mother-in-law’s name）taught me many beautiful Dutch songs. I sang in her choir throughout the years that followed. And then by chance, I came across a TED-Talk featuring you, Mr. Whitacre discussing your music and the virtual（虚拟合唱团）choir. Within minutes, I researched when the next project would start and to my surprise, it was Virtual Choir4“Fly To Paradise. ” I couldn't wait to tell my mother-in-law!

The next 2 weeks we spent practicing our parts and perfecting our video submissions. It was pure joy for us. Something we shared a love for, encouraging each other, spending hours together, and making a permanent bond as a mother and daughter-in-law.

Music has always been a part of my life. Its significance is greater than anything most people are aware of. Our participation in your virtual choir is one I will never forget. And it goes without saying, I am grateful for you, your music, and its ability to connect us all.

【1】Which of the following best describes the author’s mother-in-law?

A．Talkative and humorous.

B．Active and caring.

C．Strict and determined.

D．Quiet and considerate.

【2】What can we learn about the author from the text?

A．She felt regretful about her marriage at the beginning.

B．She tried to avoid speaking to Dien due to language barrier.

C．She decided to join the virtual choir with Dien’s suggestions.

D．She developed a closer family bond by joining the virtual choir.

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

A．To give encouragement.

B．To offer help.

C．To express thanks.

D．To introduce a choir.

29、   Everywhere inside Valerie Tolman's home in Missouri City are signs that she has a big heart. There are family photos, including those of two biological and two adopted children who are all now grown; her two rescue dogs, Ivy and Ellie, are close by and, in an upstairs bedroom, are four kittens she's looking after. Her love of animals and passion for helping strays (走失的宠物) find homes earned her the Missouri City Volunteer of the Year award in 2017.

Tolman, a former newspaper reporter and software-industry analyst, started the volunteer program at the Missouri City Animal Shelter in 2014 after she retired. She later formed the Friends of the Missouri City Animal Shelter, a nonprofit to expand the group's efforts to keep animals healthy, alive and adoptable. 'I like living things, and it breaks my heart to think something is suffering - animals or humans, ' Tolman said.

She even challenged city officials about the lack of funding (资金提供) for the shelter, and encouraged the public to complain (投诉) in letters and emails to the City Council. Eventually, the council budgeted $250,000 for the shelter. 'I fought city hall and won, ' she said. 'The animals are in such better shape. I'm proud of that. '

But she's most proud of her efforts to send high school students from low-income families to college. She and her husband Davis Tolman, a retired petroleum geologist, started a scholarship for first-generation college students in 2001. Tolman said 5l students have received full tuition (学费), including books, through the program. Although the graduation rate for the scholarship receivers is 54 percent, Tolman said all of the students tended to become successful in life simply because they attended college. Most of the students are the first in their families to go to college.

'It has a ripple effect, and even though some may not finish, there is a feeling that anything is possible, ' she said. 'We now have nurses, teachers and engineers because of this program. '

【1】What makes Tolman do volunteer work?

A.Her satisfaction of material rewards.

B.Her sense of duty.

C.Her love for creatures.

D.Her inspiration from other people.

【2】What can we infer about the City Council in Paragraph 3?

A.It asked the public to build shelters for strays.

B.It annoyed the public by its inaction.

C.It didn't have enough money to build shelters.

D.It had paid little attention to strays before.

【3】What can we learn about the scholarship receivers?

A.They all graduated from college with a degree.

B.They tended to manage their life more easily.

C.They helped spread the idea of the program.

D.They supported their families when in college.

30、   During the war, my husband was stationed at an army camp in a desert in California. I went to live there in order to be ____ him. I hated the place. I had never ____ been so unhappy. My husband was ordered out on a long-term duty, and I was left in a tiny shack(棚屋) alone. The heat was ______almost 125 0F even in the shade of a cactus(仙人掌). ____ a soul to talk to. The wind blew non-stop, and all the food I ate, and the very air I breathed, were ____ with sand, sand, sand !

I was so sorry for myself that I wrote to my parents. I told them I was ____ and coming back home. I said I couldn’t stand it one minute longer. I ____ be in prison! My father answered my ______with just two lines — two lines that will always sing in my ____— two lines that completely changed my life:

Two men looked out from prison bars,

One saw the mud, the other saw the stars.

I read those two lines ____. I was ashamed of myself. I made up my mind I would find out what was good in my present ____; I would look for the stars.

I made friends with the natives, and their ____ amazed me. They gave me presents of their favorite artworks which they had ____ to sell to tourists. I studied the delightful forms of the cactus. I watched for the desert sunsets, and ____ for seashells that had been left there millions of years ago when the desert had been an ocean ____.

What brought about this ____ change in me? The desert hadn’t changed, ____ I had. I had changed my ____. And by doing so, I changed an unhappy experience into the most amazing ____  of my life. I was excited by this new world that I had discovered. I had looked out of my self-created prison and ____ the stars.

【1】A. off   B. near   C. behind   D. beyond

【2】A. already   B. before   C. then   D. still

【3】A. inflexible   B. incomprehensible   C. uncontrollable   D. unbearable

【4】A. Only   B. Many   C. Not   D. Such

【5】A. filled   B. buried   C. covered   D. charged

【6】A. catching up   B. keeping up   C. getting up   D. giving up

【7】A. would rather   B. might well   C. ought to   D. had better

【8】A. request   B. call   C. question   D. letter

【9】A. comparison   B. imagination   C. memory   D. consideration

【10】A. up and down   B. by and by   C. over and over   D. now and then

【11】A. company   B. situation   C. occupation   D. relationship

【12】A. reaction   B. movement   C. guidance   D. purpose

【13】A. refused   B. failed   C. managed   D. happened

【14】A. asked   B. waited   C. hunted   D. headed

【15】A. surface   B. floor   C. rock   D. level

【16】A. shocking   B. challenging   C. puzzling   D. astonishing

【17】A. as   B. for   C. but   D. or

【18】A. attitude   B. principle   C. identity   D. standard

【19】A. vacation   B. operation   C. affair   D. adventure

【20】A. sought   B. found   C. counted   D. reached

31、My twin sister, Dawn, born with cerebral palsy (脑瘫), has to wear braces (吊带) on her legs and walk with the help of a stick, often causing people to _______and point.

As Dawn was the only “different” child in our neighborhood, we were constantly picked on. We never had any friends because of her condition. I began to _______Dawn and was embarrassed to be seen with her. So I did everything to get her into trouble to _______her being born mentally and physically disabled.

When I turned twelve, my mother was so displeased with my behavior. She figured I was _______enough to know better. One day she threw me in my bedroom and gave me a thick yellow book. What I saw in that book _______the way I viewed my disabled sister.

There were many baby _______of Dawn and me dressed alike, the only _______ : I looked small and peaceful while Dawn was hooked up to tubes and needles and machines. If you looked closely, you could see the _______in her eyes though she was always smiling. One picture stood out: we were _______each other. The words below read, “I’m so happy to have a twin sister, Netti. The doctors make me cry. She makes me ________.” Looking back, I realized how ________I had been! I had never put myself in Dawn’s shoes! Feeling ________ , I cried myself to sleep.

Later, Dawn came to wake me up for dinner. I kissed her and hugged her ________ like in the picture.

From then on, I was Dawn’s ________ . No one was going to hurt her for any reason. We were ________ . I am her the other half and she is my world.

【1】

A．complain

B．wander

C．stare

D．envy

【2】

A．hate

B．pity

C．disturb

D．warn

【3】

A．put up with

B．make use of

C．keep track of

D．get back at

【4】

A．patient

B．old

C．clever

D．confident

【5】

A．formed

B．changed

C．explained

D．confirmed

【6】

A．pictures

B．clothes

C．toys

D．stories

【7】

A．problem

B．spotlight

C．similarity

D．difference

【8】

A．courage

B．disappointment

C．pain

D．concern

【9】

A．hugging

B．supporting

C．comforting

D．praising

【10】

A．improve

B．think

C．laugh

D．survive

【11】

A．rude

B．selfish

C．responsible

D．innocent

【12】

A．helpless

B．unhappy

C．desperate

D．ashamed

【13】

A．politely

B．seriously

C．tightly

D．purposely

【14】

A．protector

B．assistant

C．educator

D．consultant

【15】

A．irreplaceable

B．undefeatable

C．unimaginable

D．inseparable

32、   It was in four decades of nursing that I'd had such a terrible problem with a colleague. Rita seemed to look down upon me and I had no idea why. Every _______ I expressed had the opposite effect. Our relationship was so impossibly _______ that I didn't even pray about it.

It is eight years since I _______ from nursing, and certainly retired from ever thinking about that _______ coworker. A pandemic (流行病) had _______ us all like a ton of bricks and even my town of Huntington had sold out of protective masks. I _______ for a box of hospital-grade masks I had left over. Well, I didn’t find the masks, _______ I found some old, unopened mail----a Christmas card ----I’d _______ placed near some reference materials a year ago. That kind of thing is always a _______ to find, but the return address was Florida and I couldn't ________ who I knew there.

I opened the envelope and read the card in ________ ----it was from Rita. 'Please ________ me for being such a mean person. ' she wrote. A ________ of love and forgiveness washed over me. I’m not really a(n) ________ because of a problem with my hands, but there at 11:30 p.m., I typed out an emotional message ________ her that there was no cause for concern, no need for forgiveness ________ there is only love and gratitude for the mercy and miracles of God. In a matter of seconds, I ________ a text back. Rita was over the moon with ________. She said that this reconciliation(和解) and my physical healing had been her ________ prayer. That was ________, I thought, but then again with God nothing is really ever that unexpected, is it?

【1】A.kindness B.quarrel C.apology D.interest

【2】A.special B.close C.bad D.casual

【3】A.hid B.retired C.suffered D.heard

【4】A.merciful B.elegant C.grateful D.troublesome

【5】A.hit B.violated C.guided D.teased

【6】A.made B.paid C.searched D.answered

【7】A.and B.so C.or D.but

【8】A.politely B.unconsciously C.directly D.annually

【9】A.treat B.conflict C.disaster D.reward

【10】A.agree on B.figure out C.look into D.deal with

【11】A.astonishment B.craziness C.disappointment D.sadness

【12】A.blame B.punish C.forgive D.applaud

【13】A.roll B.glance C.copy D.wave

【14】A.doctor B.editor C.texter D.educator

【15】A.convincing B.informing C.instructing D.warning

【16】A.unless B.while C.until D.because

【17】A.reviewed B.received C.rewrote D.recognized

【18】A.joy B.sorrow C.anxiety D.frustration

【19】A.initial B.absurd C.constant D.unique

【20】A.unaffected B.reliable C.ordinary D.unexpected

33、Making a Difference

One day a man was walking along the seashore. He noticed that during the night many seashells and starfish had_______up on the shore. Thoroughly_______the morning sun and cool sea air, the man walked for miles along the sand.

Far off in the distance, he saw a small_______dancing. The man was_______that someone was celebrating life in such a graceful and free manner. As he_______closer,however, it seemed that the figure was not dancing, but repeatedly performing some act.

Approaching the small figure, the man noticed that it was a_______.The girl was methodically_______up starfish from the shore and throwing them back into the surf. The man paused for a moment,_______ then asked, "Why are you throwing those starfish back into the ocean?”

“If I leave these starfish on the beach,” she replied, “the sun will_______them, and they will die. I am throwing them back into the ocean because I want them to____________.”

The man was thoughtful for a____________impressed with the child's____________Then he motioned up and down the miles and miles of beach and said, “There must be____________of starfish along here! How can you____________expect to make a difference?”

The young girl thought about the man's____________for a moment, then she slowly leaned over, reached down, and carefully picked up____________starfish from the sand. With a____________effort, she threw the____________back out into the surf.

She turned to the man and____________ “You may be right,” she said, “but I made a difference____________ that one!”

【1】

A．climbed

B．jumped

C．washed

D．picked

【2】

A．bathing

B．watching

C．breathing

D．enjoying

【3】

A．starfish

B．figure

C．seashell

D．man

【4】

A．glad

B．worried

C．scared

D．angry

【5】

A．swam

B．drew

C．danced

D．became

【6】

A．starfish

B．fish

C．child

D．fisherman

【7】

A．looking

B．beating

C．following

D．picking

【8】

A．puzzled

B．delighted

C．shocked

D．confirmed

【9】

A．warm

B．dry

C．break

D．light

【10】

A．die

B．drown

C．live

D．swim

【11】

A．moment

B．day

C．mile

D．life

【12】

A．wisdom

B．consideration

C．bravery

D．cleverness

【13】

A．several

B．few

C．none

D．millions

【14】

A．happily

B．surely

C．possibly

D．slightly

【15】

A．words

B．action

C．effort

D．voice

【16】

A．some

B．another

C．many

D．no

【17】

A．terrible

B．huge

C．nice

D．gentle

【18】

A．man

B．words

C．sand

D．starfish

【19】

A．said

B．laughed

C．smiled

D．waved

【20】

A．for

B．about

C．in

D．at

34、课文填空

Yet, some people are【1】 They claim that surfing the Internet is a waste of time. They make the 【2】 that children spend too much time chatting and playing games instead of 【3】 on their school work. However, a recent survey conducted in the USA shows that 80 per cent of Internet users 【4】 it mostly to search for answers to questions. The second most common use of the Internet, for 79 per cent of Internet users, is to find out information about hobbies. These statistics prove that gathering information is the 【5】 use for the Internet.

35、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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

38、假如你是李华，你本来约好和你的朋友 Jack 一起去参观周日的智博会，但你因故不能参加。请给他写一封信，内容如下：

1. 表示歉意并说明原因；

2.表达歉意并说明理由。

3.询问什么时候方便，再另约时间。

注意：

1. 词数 100 左右；

2.参考词汇：智博会 Smart Expo

39、假定你是李华，想邀请外教Tom一起参观校园摄影作品展（photography exhibition).请给他写封邮件，内容包括：

1. 展览时间、地点；

2. 展览内容、意义；

3.表达期待。

注意：1. 词数80左右；

2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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40、请阅读下面材枓，并按照要求用英语写一篇150 词左右的文章。

（写作内容）

1. 用约 30 个单词概述上述信息的主要内容；

2. 用约 120 个单词发表你的观点，内容包括：

（1） 支持成反对共享单车的推广；

（2） 用 2-3 个理由或论据支撑你的观点。

（写作要求）

1. 写作过程中不能直接引用原文语句；

2. 作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称；

3. 不必写标题。

（评分标准）

内容完整，语言规范，语篇还贯，词数适当。

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41、假定你是李华，要向全校学生征集以“抗击新型冠状病毒疫情”为主题的优秀文艺作品刊登在校园网上。请根据下面提示写一则100词左右的征稿启事。

征稿目的：宣传防疫知识、引导同学们正确认识新冠肺炎、鼓舞战胜疫情的信心。

征稿范围：全校学生

艺术形式：绘画、书法、摄影、音乐、曲艺、剪纸等等

作品要求：紧扣主题、传播正能量、原创

投稿要求：作品在2020年2月29日前发至邮箱：hiclara@163.com，邮件内注明作者姓名、班级、联系方式

参考词汇：

疫情 epidemic

新冠状病毒 novel coronavirus

稿件：contribution