1、He wanted to look for a(n) _________suited to his abilities.
A. pension B. prevention
C. occupation D. permission
2、______ is of vital importance that we ______ something to protect our precious cultural heritage.
A.It, do B.What, did C.That, should do D.Whether, will do
3、_________well-prepared you are, you still need a lot of luck in mountain climbing.
A.Whatever B.However C.Whenever D.Wherever
4、______ providing entertainment, the website also turns out to be a helpful learning tool.
A.Far from B.Apart from C.Instead of D.Regardless of
5、More and more people go jogging in the morning, _______ benefits for health arise from the air rich in oxygen.
A.which B.that C.whose D.who
6、______ is known to us all, the old scientist, for ______ life was hard in the past, still works hard in his eighties.
A. It; whom B. As; whom C. As; whose D. It; whose
7、It was ____________ from her face that she was really hopeless and upset.
A. severe B. superb
C. apparent D. significant
8、5G technology will ______ 15.2 trillion yuan _______ China’s digital industry between 2020 and 2025, Science and Technology Daily reported on August 28.
A.contribute, to B.adjust, to C.leave, behind D.balance, against
9、The event has not only increased public________of world hunger, but raised a lot of money for the poor children.
A.direction B.contribution C.awareness D.loneliness
10、—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
11、He’s quite reliable. You can depend on ___________you out.
A. that he will help B. it that helps
C. he helping D. him to help
12、I’m so glad you’ve come here to ________ this matter in person.
A.lead to B.see to C.turn to D.refer to
13、Try ________ she might, Sue couldn't get the door open.(2011·全国Ⅰ)
A.if
B.when
C.since
D.as
14、Which of the following sentences is correct?
A.We urge effective measures taken immediately.
B.What a tiny spot I was this enormous world!
C.That’s quite difficult as I don’t speak much of the local English dialect yet.
D.There was a newly made platform for Jenny and me to sleep.
15、On her son's arrival, she ______ her son's face as if she hadn't seen him for years.
A.noticed B.looked at C.scanned D.saw
16、A driver __________ his car when he makes it go faster or increases its speed.
A.advances B.develops C.accelerates D.stimulates
17、The police always take ______ of dogs’ sharp sense of smell to search for the survivors in the earthquake.
A.advantage B.notice C.possession D.care
18、Parents in Glasgow are reacting against the plan to _______ 25 primary schools.
A.slow down B.shut down C.set down D.settle down
19、It seems ________ nothing would ever stop her from continuing this work.
A.as if
B.even if
C.in case
D.if
20、The wolves hid themselves in the places ________ couldn’t be found.
A.where
B.that
C.because
D.in that
21、Human beings are different from animals________they can use language as a tool to communicate.
A.in which
B.in that
C.for that
D.for which
22、We have a ____ budget and every penny counts.
A. tight B. loose C. bad D. slight
23、Germany ______ war on France on August 3rd, 1914.
A.discussed B.opened C.happened D.declared
24、Which of the following sentences is WRONG?
A.It was sunny,and I suggested going to the beach.
B.Her expression suggested that she know the news.
C.All the evidence suggests that he stole the money.
D.She suggested that he book the tickets in advance.
25、—In the last few months, Kenny _____ more than 1,000 dollars for breaking traffic rules.
—No surprise. He is always being careless.
A. would be fined B. had been fined C. has been fined D. will be fined
26、As the world seeks to slow the pace of climate change and preserve wildlife, trees undoubtedly hold a major part of the answer. Yet the mass destruction of trees--deforestation-continues, sacrificing (牺牲)the long-term benefits of standing trees for short-term gain.
【1】Since humans started cutting down forests, 46 percent of trees have been logged. About 17 percent of the Amazonian rainforest has been destroyed over the past 50 years, and losses recently have been on the rise.
So, what are the factors leading to deforestation? Farming, animal raising, mining, and drilling combined account for more than half of all deforestation.【2】Plus logging operations, which provide the world? s wood and paper products, cut down countless trees each year. Some loggers acting illegally even build roads to access more and more remote forests--which leads to further deforestation.
【3】Some 250 million people living in forests depend on them for survival and income—many of them among the world's rural poor. Eighty percent of Earth's land animals live in forests and deforestation threatens many species.【4】The South American rainforest, for example, influences regional and perhaps even global water cycles, which is key to the water supply in Brazilian cities and neighboring countries.
Luckily, a movement is under way to preserve existing forest ecosystems and restore lost tree cover. Organizations and activists are working to fight illegal mining and logging. As consumers, it makes sense to look for sustainably produced sources. 【5】
A.Yet the effects of deforestation reach much farther.
B.Globally, forests are disappearing at an alarming rate.
C.Wildfires and urbanization also account for a small part,
D.Deforestation affects people and animals and even the wider world.
E.With these joint efforts, many conservationists see reasons for hope.
F.Deforestation is responsible for around 15% of all greenhouse gas emissions.
G.Some deforestation is caused by a combination of human and natural factors.
27、The dodo is among the most famous extinct creatures, and a poster child for human-caused extinction events. Despite its bad name, and the fact that the species was alive during recorded human history, little is actually known about how this animal lived, looked, and behaved. A new study of the only known complete skeleton(骨架) from a single bird takes advantage of modern 3-D laser scanning(扫描) technology to open a new window into the life of this famous extinct bird.
The study was presented at the 74th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology in Estrel, Berlin. Leon Claessens, Associate Professor at the College of the Holy Cross, and lead researcher on the study said that, "the 3-D laser surface scans we made of the fragile dodo skeletons enable us to reconstruct how the dodo walked, moved and lived to a level of detail that has never been possible before. There are so many outstanding questions about the dodo bird that we can answer with this new knowledge."
A complete dodo skeleton, found by an amateur collector and barber, Etienne Thirioux, on the island of Mauritius between 1899 and 1917, has remained unstudied, even though it is the only complete dodo skeleton from a single individual bird known to exist. All other skeletons are incomplete combinations, meaning that they are gathered from more than one individual. In addition, Thirioux constructed a second, partially combined skeleton, which contains many bones that also belong to a single bird. "Being able to examine the skeleton of a single, individual dodo, which is not made up from as many individual birds as there are bones, as is the case in all those other combined skeletons, truly allows us to appreciate the way the dodo looked and see how tall or fat it really was," said Juilan Hume, of the Natural History Museum UK, a co-author on the study.
The scans were performed on site in Durban, South Africa, and allow examination of the biology of this mysterious extinct bird in detail for the first time. Using the newest digital tools and techniques, the scans provide an insight into how the flightless dodo may have developed its giant size, and how it walked and lived in its forest home. According to Kenneth Rijsdijk, a biologist from University of Amsterdam, “the skull of the dodo is so large and its mouth so strong that it is easy to understand that the earliest naturalists thought it was related to sharks and other birds of prey(猛禽), rather than the pigeon family.”
【1】The underlined phrase “a poster child” in Para. 1 is closest in meaning to “ ”.
A. a typical example
B. an endangered animal
C. a child who puts up posters on the board
D. a child posted in a newspaper as an advertisement
【2】The researchers study the dodo skeleton to find out .
A. ways to save the dodo
B. the dodo’s living habits
C. the bird’s natural habitat
D. the cause of the dodo’s extinction
【3】What is special about the dodo skeleton found by an amateur collector?
A. It is gathered from more than one individual.
B. It reminded unstudied between 1899 and 1917.
C. It is the only complete dodo skeleton from a single individual bird.
D. It can be examined with 3-D laser scanning technology.
【4】What is the purpose of the author in writing this passage?
A. To call people’s attention to wildlife protection.
B. To criticize humans for the extinction events.
C. To introduce a new way of studying the dodo.
D. To give tips on how to study extinct creatures.
28、 Sixth formers are to be quizzed on whether they can cook five hot meals and how often they should change their sheets, as part of a government-backed scheme to prepare them for university.
Ministers are urging schools to put on special workshops for students aged 16―18 to ensure they feel comfortable with the prospect of leaving home. The course, designed by the university accommodation provider Unite Students, will teach pupils how to manage their finances and how to live independently.
According to the course materials, teachers should ask students questions which may not have occurred to them, such as “what is the price of a liter of milk?” and “list 5 hot meals you can cook from scratch” and “how often will you wash your sheets once you move out of home?”
Damian Hinds, the Education Secretary, said, “We are all very conscious that moving away from home and going to university is one of the most exciting things that happens in your life but it can also be very daunting.” Mr. Hinds said that when he got to university, he discovered he had “relied on my mum more than I realized I did”, adding, “I wish I could have cooked better.”
Earlier this year, ministers set up a new task force called the Education Transitions Network, which includes representatives from Universities UK, UCAS and the National Union of Students. It is part of a drive by the Department for Education to address the rise in students who report mental health issues during their time at university.
Data released earlier this year showed that the number of students declaring mental health problems on arrival at university has surged. Figures obtained showed a 73 percent rise between 2014―2015 and 2017―2018 in students stating that they had a condition such as depression or anxiety before starting their courses.
【1】What can we learn about the course?
A.It encourages students to leave home.
B.It is designed by the university students.
C.It helps students get ready for their college life.
D.It allows teachers to ask students familiar questions.
【2】Why does the author mention Damian in Paragraph 4?
A.To show the joy of campus life. B.To list the contents of the course.
C.To prove the necessity of the course. D.To present the importance of college life.
【3】Which of the following best explains “surged” underlined in the last paragraph?
A.Increased. B.Dropped. C.Doubled. D.Remained.
29、The Railroad Builders
The Central Pacific Railroad is the first transcontinental railroad in North America, honored by BBC as one of the seven miracles after Industrial Revolution. It had made a great contribution to the US’s economy but it couldn’t be completed without Chinese labors hard work. In order to build the railroad, a lot of workers were imported from China. They had to bear the brunt of the work, deal with the dreadful environment and endure with littler pay. What challenges did they meet? And how did they cope with them?
Join us in the railroad builders to find the answers!
The first Transcontinental Railroad (known originally as the “Pacific Railroad” and later as the “Overland Route”) was a railroad line built in the United States of America between 1863 and 1869. By linking with the existing railway network of the Eastern United States, the road thus connected the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the United States by rail for the first time. It was one of the crowning achievements in the crossing of plains and high mountains westward by the Union Pacific and eastward by the Central Pacific.
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Part 1 The first transcontinental railroad at the time is the most ambitious engineering project ever attempted in the United States. When work started on the most challenging Western section. Chinese labors were brought in, and before long they became brunt of the work. But what did so many Chinese nationals do with the US in mid-19 Century? | Part 2 President Lincoln had a dream that one day a railroad would cross the United States from coast to coast. As the construction of the first transcontinental railroad got underway in the mid-19 Century, large numbers of Chinese labors headed to the US. But would it be the land of fortune they dreamed off? What really awaited them at the end of the long and often difficult voyage from China? |
Part 3 The first group of Chinese labor began to work on the first transcontinental railroad of the United States. To the delight of the new employers, they proved to be excellent workers. But the Sierra Nevada would be a test of their hardness and resolve. How did the Chinese labors cope with the dreadful rain and unfamiliar freezing weather? | Part 4 It was the coldest winter ever known in the American West and thousands of labors from China found themselves having to endure the unfamiliar snow and freezing cold. And yet they managed to build something that 150 years later is still regarded as an engineering marvel. What help did they get from the powerful and highly dangerous explosive? |
Part 5 The Summit Tunnel through Sierra Nevada, every inch of it was built at the cost of the blood of even the lives of Chinese labors. And yet in return, the Chinese labors faced discrimination. The rewards they received were pitiful. How did they respond and what did the Central Pacific Railroad Company do to address their grievances? | Part 6 Paid less, and yet bearing the brunt of the work, the Chinese labors building the Central Pacific Railroad demanded more money. How did the company respond? In Sierra Nevada, they broke through rock and endured harshest winter in their memory. Now in Utah, what fresh challenges awaited them? How did they finally earn the gratitude? |
【1】Which of the following is Not true about the Central Pacific Railroad?
A.It was built by more than one railroad company working together.
B.It was constructed by Chinese labors solely.
C.It is an engineering marvel recognized even today.
D.It was completed with blood, sweat and tears.
【2】Which of the following expressions is closest in meaning to the underlined phrase “bear the brunt”?
A.handle the difficulty B.deserve the credit
C.suffer the main part D.come under attack
【3】It can be inferred from the article that ________.
A.Before the construction of Pacific Railroad began, there was no railroad in America
B.Pacific Railroad was intended to realize President Lincoln’s dream after he died
C.The Chinese labors earned a lot by building Pacific Railroad at the cost of their health and even
D.It took people much longer to travel from the Atlantic coast to the Pacific coast in America before 1869
【4】This article may well be from the official website of ________.
A.a television channel B.a railroad company
C.BBC documentaries D.a journal on rail building
30、 As the train picked up its speed, the passengers slowly settled down on their seats. I _______ the lower berth (卧铺) so that I could enjoy the _______ of outside from the moving train. An elderly lady _______ the front seat of mine. She must be in her eighties, I _______. At one point, we met our eyes. But both of us were _______.
It was 4:50 pm. So, the bed time was still in a long way. I couldn’t _______ myself any longer and asked, “Auntie! Where are you going?”
She looked at me and friendly said, “Army camp, dear.”
Suddenly my _______ doubled. I politely said, “Auntie, are you _______ someone?”
She smiled pleasantly and said, “Yes!”
“Auntie, you must be feeling so _______ to see your child and your grandchildren.” I chatted with her in a very cheerful ________.
Perhaps, this question hurt her a little but ________ she answered, “Oh, dear! You are so ________. Anyways, I had only one son who joined army and was ________ by the terrorist attack just several days ago. I bought so many new clothes for him. So, I thought why not ________ my son’s clothes to some other ________. In case of that I would ________ my sorrow and would be happy ________ that my own son has worn it. He was a ________, so I don’t have any grandchild.”
I was ________ hearing her heartbreaking story! But I respected the old lady from the ________ of my heart. I was thinking of her brave heart!
【1】A.reserved B.won C.designed D.repaired
【2】A.crowd B.beauty C.trip D.comfort
【3】A.replaced B.occupied C.cleaned D.admired
【4】A.wondered B.calculated C.guessed D.replied
【5】A.busy B.proud C.sleepy D.silent
【6】A.doubt B.trust C.resist D.abandon
【7】A.concern B.belief C.curiosity D.patience
【8】A.raising B.impressing C.beating D.visiting
【9】A.upset B.excited C.hurt D.exhausted
【10】A.mood B.aspect C.thought D.attitude
【11】A.eagerly B.angrily C.humorously D.bravely
【12】A.sweet B.sociable C.generous D.funny
【13】A.adopted B.persuaded C.arrested D.killed
【14】A.give off B.give in C.give away D.give up
【15】A.enemies B.soldiers C.friends D.relatives
【16】A.relieve B.express C.forgive D.appreciate
【17】A.announcing B.thinking C.realizing D.apologizing
【18】A.graduate B.doctor C.bachelor D.hero
【19】A.shocked B.confused C.frightened D.annoyed
【20】A.surface B.origin C.inspiration D.bottom
31、 Each year the headmaster of the school where I work asks us to read a book chosen by him. The book provides a framework for work we will do throughout the school year, which can ____better service to our students.
This year's book is The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything by Ken Robinson. Robinson uses the term “the Element” to ____the place where the things we love to do and the things we are ____at come together. He goes on to say that he feels it is ____for each of us to find our Element, not just for our own ____ , but for the improvement of our communities.
How easy is it to look at those who seem to have found their Element. They are great at what they do, and we ____they love to do it because they do what they do so well. But what is important to note, Robinson says, is that each of us has the ability to find the Element.
In ____ settings, there is an effort to help students uncover what ____ they have been given. The goal then is to help them discover these talents through experience and education. ____, this is only one piece of the puzzle. Another piece is finding where a person's talent and the love of ____ that talent intersect(相交).
I like this book very much since it ____ my own life: how I parent my kid, how I teach, and how I ____support to the students I work with, ____or in groups. I appreciate the ____of this book as it helps to ____growth potential within communities and individuals.
Realizing our God-given talent and properly practicing that talent are ____ and depend on each other for existence. The perfect ____ of them can benefit not just ourselves? but our ____, communities and the whole world we humans live in. As a _____, I am really looking forward to _____my part.
【1】A.bring up B.set aside C.make for D.take down
【2】A.simplify B.describe C.beautify D.explore
【3】A.angry B.slow C.quick D.good
【4】A.essential B.convenient C.reasonable D.natural
【5】A.application B.environment C.contribution D.development
【6】A.deny B.assume C.doubt D.explore
【7】A.political B.academic C.commercial D.geographical
【8】A.experiences B.privileges C.gifts D.options
【9】A.Therefore B.Eventually C.Instead D.Anyway
【10】A.exercising B.accepting C.diversifying D.preparing
【11】A.sticks to B.points to C.holds on to D.relates to
【12】A.lend B.draw C.submit D.exploit
【13】A.secretly B.individually C.purposely D.collectively
【14】A.structure B.feature C.reputation D.guidance
【15】A.instruct B.distribute C.frame D.conclude
【16】A.inseparable B.permanent C.distinct D.unavoidable
【17】A.appearance B.participation C.combination D.dependence
【18】A.friends B.families C.countries D.unions
【19】A.parent B.student C.teacher D.headmaster
【20】A.playing B.forming C.taking D.knowing
32、 When I was a young girl,my mother made the same dish for supper five nights a week. She boiled potatoes,carrots, and________small amounts of the roast beef. She called it stew(炖菜).
I would often hear other children at school________about the delicious meals they had for________. Many of them ate in fast food restaurants, which were popular and expensive at the time. They got hamburgers and fries. I________we could eat like that once in a while,but my parents couldn’t________it. We only had takeout(外卖)food once or twice a year.
My mom took the________to cut up and prepare those________every single night. Her recipes were right-focusing on the vegetables but not on the________.
I had________head colds and flus than my classmates. If I did get________, I’d be home for a day or two, not a whole week like many of them.
When I was in my thirties, I became ill and was diagnosed with high blood pressure. I have to________I had been eating a lot of fast food,________not getting it as a child. But when went back to preparing home-made meals, I started to feel________.
Today I often find myself________a bowl of my mother’s stew. That stew was made with love and it has left me with a(n)________that will warm me forever.
【1】A.effectively B.occasionally C.originally D.eventually
【2】A.complain B.argue C.talk D.dream
【3】A.holiday B.breakfast C.lunch D.supper
【4】A.promised B.wished C.cried D.announced
【5】A.afford B.tolerate C.resist D.accept
【6】A.risk B.rice C.turn D.time
【7】A.sandwiches B.stand C.vegetables D.eggs
【8】A.meat B.milk C.hamburgers D.pizzas
【9】A.heavier B.fewer C.worse D.more
【10】A.ready B.sick C.poor D.greedy
【11】A.deny B.hide C.cheat D.admit
【12】A.getting down to B.holding on to C.making up for D.keeping up with
【13】A.hungrier B.busier C.happier D.healthier
【14】A.desiring B.thinking C.preparing D.making
【15】A.experience B.truth C.memory D.manner
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、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.
35、Directions: Complete the following sentences by using the proper form of the words or expressions given in the frame. Each one can only be used once.
Why your Password May Not Be As Safe As It Seems? Does “qaz2ws” strike you as a nice safe password? What about “adgjmptw”? An analysis has found them to be among the passwords that are most 【1】 used, which of course means they are not secure at all.
When ten million passwords were leaked on to the internet,they appeared to 【2】that attempts by internet security experts to make us improve our password strength had been successful, even if, in the specific case of the leaked passwords, they are also completely pointless.
While many of the passwords were still single words, such as “password”,there was also a clear attempt by many to make them harder to【3】. The problem was that people seemed to do so in the same way.
“Users are becoming slightly more 【4】what makes a password strong,” explained WP Engine, an internet company that performed the analysis. “For instance, adding a number or two at the end of a text phrase. That makes it better, right?”
But 【5】no. They found that almost half a million passwords did this and in 20 percent of those all people did was put the number “1” at the end.
Perhaps this is why some companies are now trying to move gradually beyond passwords. Yahoo! is giving users the option to 【6】 their mobile phone with an account, having a single use passwords texted to it each time they want to log on.
Although the serviced is voluntary, Dylan Casey an executive at Yahoo!,said that it was “the first step to【7】passwords”. He said it was a(n)【8】that it was increasingly hard for people to remember all the passwords they had. “I don’t think we, as an industry, have done a good enough job of putting ourselves in the shoes of the people using our products,” he said.
It would certainly be a more sensible strategy than same people’s improving upon “password” by using “password” or,“tran5p053d numb3r5 f0r 133tr3r5”.
“We are, for the most part,predictably【9】when it comes to choosing passwords, despite a decade of warnings from password strength checkers during sign-ups” said WP Engine. “We love taking a(n) 【10】, and so do password crackers.
36、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.
Knowledge is free on the Internet at a small but 【1】 number of colleges and universities. About 160 schools around the world now put free course materials on the web to the 【2】. Recent additions in the United States 【3】 projects at Yale, Johns Hopkins and the University of California, Berkeley.
Berkeley said it would offer videos of lectures on YouTube. Free videos from other schools are 【4】 at the Apple iTunes store.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) became an early 【5】 with its Open Course Ware project, first 【6】 in 2001. Free lecture notes, exams and other resources are published at ocw.mit.edu. Many exams even include the answers. Today, Open Course Ware offers materials from 1,800 undergraduate and graduate courses. These 【7】 from Physics to Political Science. Visitors can learn the same things as MIT students learn. But as the site points out, Open Course Ware is not an MIT education. Visitors receive no credit toward a degree. Some materials from a course may not be available, and the site does not provide 【8】 with teachers. Still, MIT says that the site has had forty million visits by thirty-one million visitors from almost every country. Sixty percent of the visitors are from outside the United States and Canada. Students and educators use the site, including students at MIT. But the largest number of visitors, about half, are self-learners.
Some professors have become well-known around the world as a result of 【9】 online. Walter Lewin, a physics professor at MIT, is 【10】 popular. Fans enjoy his entertaining lectures. MIT Open Course Ware now includes materials for high school. The aim is to improve education in Science, Technology, Math and Engineering.
37、Directions:Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
A huge milestone has just been reached in the field of artificial intelligence: AlphaGo, a program developed by Google’s DeepMind unit, has defeated legendary Go player Lee Se-dol in the first of five historic matches being held in Seoul, South Korea. Lee 【1】 after about three and a half hours, with 28 minutes and 28 seconds remaining on his clock. The series is the first time a professional 9-dan Go player has taken on a computer, and Lee is 【2】 for a $1 million prize.
“I was very surprised,”said Lee after the match.“I didn’t expect to lose. But I didn’t think AlphaGo would play the game in such a perfect manner.”DeepMind founder Demis Hassabis expressed“huge 【3】 for Lee Se-dol and his amazing skills.”calling the game“hugely exciting”and“very tense.”Team lead David Silver said it was an“amazing game of Go that really pushed AlphaGo to its 【4】.”
Go is an ancient Chinese board game that has long been considered one of the great 【5】faced by AI. While computer programs ow best the world’s leading human players of games like checkers and chess, the high level of intuition and 【6】required by Go has made it tough for computers to crack. DeepMind’s AlphaGo program is the most 【7】effort yet, using a complex system of deep neural networks and machine learning; it beat European champion Fan Hui last year, but Lee Se-dol is another 【8】 rival entirely.
“I don’t regret accepting this challenge,”said Lee.“I am in shock, I admit that, but what’s done is done. I enjoyed this game and look forward to the next. I think I failed on the opening layout so if I do a better job on the opening aspect I think I will be able to increase my 【9】 of winning.”Lee was surprised both by how strong AlphaGo’s opening was, and by some 【10】moves.
38、假定你是李华,你的笔友Tom最近因不适应上网课而感到焦虑。他了解到你最近也在上网课,来信向你咨询。请你给他写一封回信,内容包括:
1.表达你的同感;
2.网课的优势;
3.具体调整建议。
注意:1.词数80左右;
2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯;
3.开头与结尾已给出,不计人总词数。
Dear Tom,
Thanks for your letter. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
39、阅读下面短文,根据所给情节进行续写,使之构成一个完整的故事。
It was Saturday afternoon. Martin and his sister Pam were looking at the beautiful old buildings of Cambridge for the day. Pam had a camera with her. She likes taking photos.
“Let’s have a last photo of you,” said Pam. “It’s the last one. I want to finish the film in my camera.”
“Oh, all right,” said Martin. He stood in front of the flowers.
“Look at me.” Said Pam and took a photo. A man with a big rucksack(背包) and a tent on his back walked between Pam and Martin.
“Oh no,” said Pam. “Now I’ve got a picture of that man, not of you, Martin.”
The man looked at Pam. He was angry. He went across the road without a word.
“That man isn’t very nice, is he?” said Martin.
“No,” said Pam. The man with the rucksack on his back went into the bus station. He had got sunglasses and a blue hat.
“Come on,” said Martin. “Let’s find our bus.”
They went into the bus station. “Look,” said Martin. “There’s that man again. He’s getting into that bus. He’s going to Aberdeen. That’s in Scotland.”
“Good,” said Pam. “Far from here and far from me!”
Three days later, Pam had got her photos from the shop. “Look at these photos of us in Cambridge,” she said to Martin. “They are all very good but this last one. Look, it’s that man with the rucksack.”
“Wait a minute,” said Martin. “I know that face. It’s in the newspaper. Have you got it?”
“Today’s newspaper?” said Pam. “Yes, it’s here. Why?”
“Yes, here he is. Look at this picture,” said Martin.
Pam looked at the picture in the newspaper. “Who’s that?” she asked.
“It says in the paper that his name is Alan Rook,” said Martin. “And he works in a bank in London. But on Monday morning - no Alan Rook! The people at the bank don’t know where he is. And they say he’s got a hundred thousand pounds with him. The police are looking for him, too.”
“Come on,” said Martin. “Let’s take the photo and the newspaper to the police.”
注意:
1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右;
2. 应使用5个以上短文中标有下划线的关键词语;
3. 续写部分分为两段,每段的开头语已为你写好;
4. 续写完成后,请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。
Paragraph 1:
At the police station Pam and Martin met a policeman.
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Paragraph 2:
The next day the police in Aberdeen found Alan Rook in a tent in the mountains near Aberdeen.
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40、假定你是学校英语俱乐部主席李华,你校要举办一场文艺演出,需要两个英语节目。请你写一个通知,征集节目,内容包括:
1.节目形式(英文歌曲或者英文短剧);
2.提供详细计划;
3.报名方式和截止时间。
注意:
1.词数100左右;
2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
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41、高二下学期已经过半。高三正在向同学们招手。随着学习压力和心理压力日益加大。一些同学的正常生活受到影响,如睡眠不好。身体也开始亮起了红灯。假如你是李华,请你根据以下要点,给学校的英语刊物写一篇稿子,向同学们提出建议,并简述理由或举例说明:
1.劳逸结合;2.健康饮食:3.适当锻炼:4.保持乐观心态。
注意:1.短文必须包括所列内容:
2.词数100左右:3.文章开头已给出。
Dear Editor,
With the approach of Senior 3 studies, students in the second half of Senior 2 are under increasingly great pressure.
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Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
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