河源2025-2026学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高一英语

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

A．it

B．that

C．what

D．one

2、―Sorry, I can't return your book today because I am only halfway through it.

― ________.I have plenty of other books to read.

A．No wonder

B．Take it seriously

C．Take your time

D．No doubt

3、---Hi, Johnson, any idea where Susan is?

---It is class time, so she __________ in the classroom now.

A. can be B. must have been

C. might have been D. should be

4、The accident happened on such an evening with strong winds __________ by heavy rain.

A．appeared

B．happened

C．accompanied

D．mixed

5、These eighteen-century oil paintings are _______ so well that the visitors are greatly amazed.

A.preserved B.protested C.purchased D.punished

6、Fully _______ in looking after three small children, she cannot speak to you at the moment.

A.occupied B.being occupied C.occupying D.being occupying

7、She ________ Japanese when she was in Japan. Now she can speak it freely.

A．picked out.

B．made out

C．made up

D．picked up

8、There are a number of methods to provide relief from your toothache, which can’t cure the problem.

A. permanent B. temporary

C. contemporary   D. consequent

9、Agatha didn’t tell me ______ she would pick up her son from school.

A．which

B．when

C．where

D．what

10、Jack failed to finish his project on time. If he me about it, I would have given him a hand.

A. tell   B. told

C. had told D. would tell

11、 to a university in the UK, international students must display a strong ability in spoken and written English.

A．Admitted

B．To be admitted

C．Being admitted

D．Having been admitted

12、In order to find something to eat and drink, Mr. Smith opened Meituan App and Baidu map, which showed how shops and restaurants were _________ in the city.

A. distributed B. broadcast

C. spread D. contributed

13、--- Look at the sweat on her face.

--- She ________ the house since she got up this morning.

A．is cleaning    B．has been cleaned

C．was cleaning    D．has been cleaning

14、When the student wanted to have a go, the teacher gave him a nod of ________.

A.support B.promise C.approval D.suggestion

15、—This is the third time he has got the first place in the test !

—In my opinion，he is, ________，one of the best students in the class.

A.out of the question B.out of place

C.out of question D.out of shape

16、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

17、In order to make greater progress in English, he attends extra classes ________.

A．every other days

B．every other day

C．each second days

D．each two days

18、Zhang Ze took on a victory in the 2019 French Open, ___________we all regard as the highest-ranked Chinese male player.

A.which B.when C.who D.where

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

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

20、The farmer said the PLA men came to rescue timely when they _____in the snowstorm.

A．were trapping

B．were being trapped

C．are trapping

D．are being trapped

21、Un-learning is more difficult than learning because we become_____ to thinking or feeling in certain ways over time.

A.mutual B.habituated C.habitual D.verbal

22、________ yourself until the plane has come to a complete stop.

A. Sit B. Seat

C. Sitting D. Stand

23、The teacher advised us _____ to bed late in order to get up early to read English.

A.don’t go B.not go C.not going D.not to go

24、KFC has accused three Chinese companies of their comments about the origins of the chicken, including the ______ that KFC chicken comes from chickens with eight legs.

A.command B.claim C.commitment D.credit

25、______ the heart attack, Monica brought her doctor a bunch of flowers to express her thanks.

A. Surviving     B. To survive

C. Survived  D. Having survived

26、When it comes to work, workers, and jobs, much of the concern of the modern age boils down to the fear that we're witnessing the final stage of the game, and that there will be nowhere for humans to withdraw as machines take over the last few tasks. The most recent example comes from the use of artificial intelligence (AI). Is there no area of human experience that can't be replaced by AI? And if not, what is left for humans to do except the tasks involved in taking care of the machines?

At the heart of this concern is our desire for good jobs — jobs that make the most of workers' natural abilities and where the work provides the worker with motivation and work-life balance. More importantly, good jobs support workers in learning by doing—and, in so doing, deliver benefits on three levels: to the worker, who gains in personal development and job satisfaction; to the organization, which reforms as staff find new problems to solve and opportunities to pursue; and to the community as a whole, which harvests the economic benefits of hosting positive organizations and workers. This is what makes good jobs productive for the organization, as well as engaging and fulfilling for the worker.

Does the ongoing advance of AI threaten to get rid of all the learning, creativity, and meaning that make a job a good job? Certainly, some have blamed technology for just such an outcome. Headlines today often express concern over technological innovation(革新) resulting in bad jobs for humans, or even the complete disappearance of certain professions. Some fear that further technology advancement in the workplace will result in jobs where employees are being asked to work in split times or for longer periods over more days.

The problem here isn't the technology; rather, it's the way the technology is used — and, more than that, the way people think about using it.

【1】What is the passage mainly about?

A．The human fears in the age of AI.

B．Human experiences were replaced by AI.

C．How to take care of the AI machines.

D．The relations among work, workers, and jobs.

【2】What jobs are supposed to be good according to the passage?

A．The ones that provide basic benefits.

B．The ones that require no economic return.

C．Those that don't bring new problems to workers.

D．Those that offer chances to progress professionally.

【3】How do news media respond to the development of AI?

A．Supportive.

B．Optimistic.

C．Negative.

D．Ambiguous.

【4】What will the author probably talk about next?

A．The proper attitude towards AI.

B．The future jobs humans will do.

C．The possible application of AI in the future.

D．The approaches to handling the issues of AI.

27、During my elementary school years, I used to compare my mom with my best friend Tiffany's mom..

Tiffany's mom always gave her lots of money to buy the most fashionable clothes and favorite food. Her mom allowed her to do anything she liked. I really admired Tiffany. My mom didn't give me much pocket money and she always told me that I should behave myself. I was annoyed with her.

Whenever I didn't get what I wanted, I would complain to my mom, Tiffany's mom would give her that! I wish she were my mom. "Every time, my morn would calmly say "Poor Tiffany". I couldn't understand her. "She shouldn't be feeling sorry for Tiffany!" I thought. "She should be feeling sorry for me."

One day, I couldn't help saying to Mom, "Poor Tiffany? Lucky Tiffany! She gets everything she wants! Why do you feel sorry for her? " I burst into tears.

My mom sat down next to me and said softly. "Yes, I do feel sorry for her. I have been teaching you a lesson that she will never be taught. "

I looked up at her. "What are you talking about?"

Mom said with care, "One day she will really want something. Maybe she'll find out that she can't have it. Her mother won't always be around to give her money, and what's more, money can't buy everything. "

She continued, "I have taught you valuable lessons by not giving you everything you want. You'll know how to look for bargains and save money, but she won't. You'll understand that you need to work hard to get the things that you want but she won't. When Tiffany is a grown woman, she'll wake up one day and she will be wishing that she had a mom like the one you've got. Life lessons are more important than modern clothes and delicious food. "

It took some time, but I eventually understood my mom's words. Now I am a happy and successful woman.

【1】During the author's elementary school years, she .

A. wished that her mom were as good as Tiffany's

B. went to school with Tiffany every day

C. usually pared her lesson with Tiffany's

D. sometimes gave lots of money to Tiffany

【2】Why did the author's mom always say "Poor Tiffany"?

A. She felt sorry for Tiffany because Tiffany was poor.

B. She wanted to tell a lie to fort the author.

C. She thought that Tiffany was spoiled by her mother.

D. She told the author this and wanted her to help Tiffany.

【3】What do we learn about the author's mother?

A. She was strict and taught the author to be independent.

B. She cared for other people's children more than her own.

C. She thought that life lessons were as important as money.

D. She was so poor that she couldn't give the author much money.

【4】What can we infer from the passage?

A. The author was quite annoyed with her mother in the past.

B. The author's mother felt sorry for Tiffany.

C. Tiffany's mother took the author's mother's advice.

D. The author is thankful to her mother now.

28、▲Sunday Cushion Concerts

Times: 10 am.&11am.

Tickets: $5 per person

The regular Sunday Cushion Concerts introduce children and their families to different instruments and styles of music. Bring your own cushions and secure places by booking in advance! Tickets are available to book over the phone 01865 325325.

▲Christmas Show: The Elves (精灵) and the Shoemaker

17-22 December 2019

Tickets: $7 per person

A poor shoemaker is down on his luck, but as Christmas draws close, a simple act of kindness inspires some magical elves to offer their services. Their amazing shoes attract customers from far and wide, earning the shoemaker fame and fortune! But how will he ever repay them?

This classic story is brought to life for 3- to 7-year-olds and their families. Please book in advance to secure places! For other details, call us at 01865 325331.

▲Moving Music

Michaelmas Term Concert: 6 October 2019

Times: 11:30am & 2pm

Tickets: $5 per person

Please reserve your places in advance, and pay on the door.

This series of concerts is designed especially for people living with dementia(痴呆), and their families, friends, and carers, to enable them to enjoy a concert experience together and to help unlock memory and movement through the power of music. Concerts are held approximately every three months.

For more details or to arrange access for transport: Phone 01865 286660.

▲Turtle Key Opera

Friday mornings in Trinity Term: April-June 2019

Turtle Song is FREE to all participants. To sign up or for more information contact Turtle Key Arts on 01865 525265.

Turtle Song is an opportunity to compose and sing your own songs with professional musicians. The group will meet weekly over a nine-week period between April and June 2019. The aims are to help people with all forms of dementia and people with memory problems.

【1】Which event should you choose if you want your kid to learn about different styles of music?

A. Moving Music.

B. Turtle Key Opera.

C. Sunday Cushion Concerts.

D. Christmas Show: The Elves and the Shoemaker.

【2】Which number should you call if your 4-year-old girl likes magical stories?

A. 01865 325325. B. 01865 325331.

C. 01865 286660. D. 01865 525265.

【3】What’s the similarity between the last two events?

A. They are both free of charge.

B. They are both held every three months.

C. They both benefit people with dementia.

D. They both allow people to sing their own songs.

29、   We've all made the excuses. But the successful ones are those who can kill the excuses like they are miserable maggots (蛆虫).【1】

See the positive.

Excuses are usually made because we don't feel like doing something — we're stressing the negative. 【2】 And maintain a positive attitude, or you'll never beat the excuses.

Take responsibility.

Excuses are ways to get out of owning up to something. If we don't have the time, money, equipment, etc., then it's not our fault, right? Wrong. Take action and own the solution.

【3】

Just about every problem has a solution. Don't have time? Start with just 5­10 minutes. Make the time. Wake earlier. Do it during lunch. Don't have the energy? Do it when you have higher levels of energy. You're smart. Figure out the solution.

See your goal.

This is your motivation — your reason for doing it. Sure, you could just lay on the couch (长沙发), but if you think about why you really want to pursue a goal, you'll be motivated. 【4】

Be responsible.

Have a workout partner, a project partner, a team, someone to report to. If you have to meet a coach or partner, you're more likely to do something.

【5】

A.Find a solution.

B.Here's how to kill them.

C.Watch this and then go and do it.

D.Imagine that goal and just get started.

E.Instead, see the fun in something and the joy in it.

F.Analyze the nature of every problem you meet with.

G.However, those unsuccessful ones don't know how to handle them.

30、   On Wednesday I was at Planet Fitness when a girl _________ wearing a great-looking jacket. I had a desire for it, but didn’t say anything. Time _________ and I noticed she was about to leave. I was _________ to someone with the words? “Hey, there’s that girl in that _________ jacket. I’m going over and tell her how much I like it.”

I wasn’t sure how some _________ would react to my enthusiasm about her jacket, but it didn’t stop me. I _________ walked over and introduced myself and told her how much I loved her jacket. She _________and said her name was Amanda and she worked for this company that _________ the jacket. She went on to _________ me how everything was American made. She then __________ me a business card with her name on it.

Yesterday, I got __________ looking for ADDIX Gear—the name of the __________ I could see they __________ made sports clothing for teams. I sent a __________ and was told they didn’t sell retail (零售), but they were thinking of __________.

I wasn’t sure I would ever see Amanda again, __________ she was in the locker room when I got to Planet Fitness yesterday. I told her how I had gotten online etc.

Amanda __________ me that she had her phone number on the card. She told me to __________ her and she would have a jacket like hers made __________ for me. I asked how much it would cost and she said it will be __________ for me! WOW!

【1】A.came back B.came in C.went away D.went out

【2】A.set B.varied C.passed D.existed

【3】A.talking B.introducing C.admitting D.applying

【4】A.red B.colorful C.poor D.great

【5】A.stranger B.customer C.conductor D.athlete

【6】A.slowly B.quickly C.hesitantly D.proudly

【7】A.apologized B.doubted C.smiled D.calmed

【8】A.transported B.sold C.printed D.made

【9】A.teach B.show C.offer D.tell

【10】A.handed B.threw C.pushed D.rewarded

【11】A.upstairs B.downtown C.online D.home

【12】A.publisher B.company C.shop D.jacket

【13】A.actually B.roughly C.causally D.probably

【14】A.postcard B.message C.reply D.letter

【15】A.quitting B.cutting C.riding D.starting

【16】A.and B.so C.but D.as

【17】A.reminded B.hoped C.cheated D.promised

【18】A.call B.email C.hug D.cover

【19】A.even B.ever C.just D.yet

【20】A.unfit B.late C.expensive D.free

31、   The greatest saleswoman in the world today doesn’t mind if you call her a girl. That’s because Markita Andrews has ______ more than $80,000 by selling cookies  since she was seven years old. Going door to door after school, the painfully shy Markita___ herself into a cookie-selling expert.

It___ with desire. Burning, white-hot desire.

Markita and her widowed mother___ a dream of traveling the globe. Once, Markita read a magazine article, saying that the child who sold the most cookies would win an all-expenses-paid trip for two around the world. She decided to have a ______ at it.

To realize her dream, Markita went door to door every day after school, and repeated, “Hi, I have a dream. I’m ________  a trip around the world for my mom and  me by selling cookies.” Then she asked, “Would you like to___ in my dream by buying some cookies?” Whether they bought or not, she always___ a smile.

Her hard work  finally_________. She sold 42,000 boxes of cookies  that year and she won her trip around the world.

Markita is  not  __________ than  thousands of other people. The key to her  _______ is that she has found the secret of selling: Ask, Ask, Ask! Many people fail  _______ they even begin because of their fear of____.

It takes courage to ask for what you  want. Courage is not the ________  of fear. It’s doing what it takes despite one’s fear. And, as Markita has discovered, the more you ask, the  _____  it gets.

【1】A.spent B.generated C.withdrew D.received

【2】A.threw B.brought C.transformed D.persuaded

【3】A.starts B.mixes C.corresponds D.deals

【4】A.created B.realized C.remembered D.shared

【5】A.push B.go C.look D.blow

【6】A.enjoying B.organizing C.booking D.earning

【7】A.drop B.cut C.invest D.live

【8】A.forced B.wore C.pretended D.produced

【9】A.paid back B.turned up C.paid off D.turned around

【10】A.smarter B.richer C.higher D.prettier

【11】A.success B.discovery C.delivery D.progress

【12】A.after B.until C.once D.before

【13】A.interaction B.rejection C.competition D.discrimination

【14】A.cause B.experience C.presence D.absence

【15】A.easier B.more C.faster D.harder

32、   It is widely believed that inner beauty is the most impressive in the world.

On the outskirts of a town in England lies a nice cottage with a large garden where there lives an old man. The old man is _______ pruning (修剪), watering or fertilizing his flowers all the time. The garden _______ bees and butterflies dance and colorful flowers blossom all year around is so well-tended that every passer-by cannot but stop for a _______ with admiration.

One day a young _______ went by the old man’s garden. He stopped and gazed at the splendid garden and the special cottage, totally _______ the admiration at the beauty of these sceneries, _______ how happy he could be _______ he lived in such a beautiful place. Then, all of a sudden he found the old gardener was _______.

Greatly shocked, the young painter _______ that old man, asking “why are you busy ________ these flowers every day which you can’t see?” The blind gardener gave a wide smile, explaining “First, I was a gardener when I was young, and I ________ like this job. Second, while I can’t see these flowers I can ________ them. Third, I can smell the sweetness of them. And ________ the last one, that’s you.”

“Me? But you don’t know me.” responded the young painter.

“Yeah. But I know flowers are angels which everyone knows and would never ________. I know a great many people who show ________ for life would stop by and the beauty of my garden will get them into a good ________. In the meantime, it also gives a ________ to me to have a word with you here and to enjoy the happiness these flowers have brought us.”

The old man can’t see the beauty that he’s created. ________, every flower has eyes ________ which they can see the beauty and kindness of the old man’s heart and the sweetness of his soul.

The blind man grows flowers in his heart. Failing the sight of the beauty of blossoming, he surely can ________ the voice of it, I suppose.

【1】A. left B. kept C. seen D. made

【2】A. where B. which C. that D. what

【3】A. chat B. return C. discussion D. glance

【4】A. painter B. neighbor C. photographer D. traveler

【5】A. faced with B. lost in C. devoted to D. moved by

【6】A. thinking B. asking C. picturing D. saying

【7】A. when B. if C. as D. since

【8】A. particular B. special C. blind D. energetic

【9】A. approached B. reached C. watched D. prevented

【10】A. planting B. watering C. fertilizing D. tending

【11】A. easily B. really C. accidentally D. eventually

【12】A. get rid of B. give a touch to C. come up with D. have fun with

【13】A. without B. of C. for D. in

【14】A. pick them up B. turn them down C. let them down D. give them up

【15】A. enthusiasm B. calmness C. kindness D. caution

【16】A. mood B. condition C. place D. life

【17】A. way B. day C. chance D. hand

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

【19】A. for B. in C. from D. with

【20】A. change B. hear C. remind D. accept

33、   When I was nine years old my greatest desire in life was to own a pogo stick(蹦蹦跷). My mother told me they were too _______ and that we simply couldn't _______ one. One day before Christmas, my _______ and I went to the department store to pay our credit bill. While my mother and I were at the counter paying the _______, my dad said he needed to see something in the tool department. Soon he _______ with a long thin box. I remembered _______ at the very moment if it was a pogo stick in that box.

When we got home my dad put the box in the barn (谷仓). While my parents were _______ with their housework, I _______ out to the barn and found the box. I was so _______ and I knew that as soon as I opened that ________ box, my bright shiny pogo stick would ________.

No such ________！Inside the box was a silly old ________. And so Christmas morning was both great and ________. I got some nice gifts but I didn't get the present that I ________ wanted.

After all the packing paper was cleaned up my dad said he needed to tend to something in the barn. When he came back in, he was ________ my beautiful pogo stick. I couldn't believe it, how they were able to ________ the money for it and how they ________ me with the broom.

________ we didn't have much money, my parents gave me the most important ________ of all, an abundance of love.

【1】A.heavy B.expensive C.ugly D.dangerous

【2】A.afford B.order C.handle D.make

【3】A.mother B.father C.parents D.friend

【4】A.fine B.price C.bill D.fee

【5】A.came back B.went away C.passed by D.walked around

【6】A.asking B.checking C.examining D.wondering

【7】A.tired B.familiar C.busy D.satisfied

【8】A.helped B.slipped C.jumped D.escaped

【9】A.upset B.worried C.anxious D.excited

【10】A.magical B.strange C.broken D.delicate

【11】A.arrive B.leave C.change D.appear

【12】A.luck B.fun C.hope D.joy

【13】A.stick B.book C.broom D.toy

【14】A.annoying B.disappointing C.frightening D.disturbing

【15】A.usually B.shortly C.secretly D.really

【16】A.cutting B.decorating C.carrying D.repairing

【17】A.save B.lose C.donate D.offer

【18】A.cheated B.tricked C.taught D.hurt

【19】A.If B.Since C.Unless D.Although

【20】A.tool B.gift C.advice D.promise

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.

A tiger at the Bronx Zoo in New York City has tested positive for the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus, becoming the first known case of human-animal 【1】, the zoo's chief veterinarian said on Sunday.

Nadia, the 4-year-old Malayan tiger that tested positive, was 【2】 for the COVID-19 disease after 【3】 a dry cough along with three other tigers and three lions, the Wildlife Conservation Society, which manages the zoo, said in a statement.

All of the cats are expected to recover, it said. But officials believe this is a unique case because Nadia became sick after 【4】 to an asymptomatic zoo employee, Paul Calle, chief veterinarian at the Bronx Zoo, told Reuters.

Calle said they did not know which employee infected the tiger. "This is the first time that we have discovered that a person infects the animal and the animal gets sick," Calle said, adding that they planned to share the findings with other zoos and institutions. " I guess 【5】 we will all have a better understanding as a result.

While the other tigers and lions were also 【6】 symptoms, the zoo decided to test only Nadia because she was the sickest and  had started to lose her appetite already, and they did not want to 【7】 all the cats to anesthesia(麻醉), Calle said.

Nadia 【8】 X-rays, an ultrasound(超声波) and blood tests to try to figure out what was making her sick . They decided to test for COVID-19 【9】 the surge in cases in New York City, the epicenter of the outbreak in the United States.The first tiger at the zoo, which has been shut since mid-March, began showing 【10】 of illness on March 27, according to the US Department of Agriculture National Veterinary Services Laboratories.

35、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.

Expressions about water are almost as common as water itself. But many of the expressions using water have unpleasant meanings.

The expression “to be in hot water” is one of them. It is a very old expression, which can be 【1】 back to 500 years ago. The expression is used to mean being in trouble. One story says it got that meaning from the custom of throwing extremely hot water down on enemies attacking a castle.

Being in “deep water” is almost the same as being in “hot water”. When you are in deep water, you are in a difficult 【2】. Imagine a person who cannot swim being thrown in water over his head. You are in deep water when you are facing a problem that you do not have the ability to solve. The problem is too deep. You can be in deep water, for example, if you invest in stocks in complete 【3】 of the stock market.

"Water over the dam" is another expression about a past event. It is something that cannot be 【4】. The expression comes from the idea that water that has 【5】 a dam cannot be brought back again. When a friend is 【6】 by a mistake she has made, you might tell her to forget about it. You say it is water over the dam.

Another common expression, "to hold water," is about the strength or weakness of an idea or opinion that you may be arguing about. It probably comes from the way of testing the 【7】 of a container. If it can hold water, it is strong and has no holes in it. If your 【8】 can hold water, it is strong and does not have any holes. If it does not hold water, then it is weak and can not be 【9】.

"Throwing cold water" also is an expression that deals with an idea or 【10】. For example, you want to buy a new car because the old one has some problems. But you wife "throws cold water" on the idea, because she says a new car costs too much

36、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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

It will be beyond anything we organics could imagine.

38、假定你是某高中学生会主席李华，为增强全校师生的安全意识，你校本周三上午准备进行一次消防演习，请你代表学生会写一份书面通知，要点如下:

1.活动目的；

2.活动时间；

3.活动安排(听到火警铃声有序撤离；听消防员安全讲座)。

4. 注意事项。

参考词汇:消防演习fire drill; 火警铃fire alarm; 消防通道firefighting accesses。

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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39、请认真阅读下面文字及图表，并按照要求用英语写一篇150词左右的文章。

There has been a rise in road traffic accidents from the beginning of this year until Friday, the Traffic Police (TP) said in a statement on Saturday. TP recorded 36 deadly accidents which resulted in 38 deaths, or an increase of three severe accidents and four deaths, respectively, compared with the same period last year. The rise was due mainly to victims who were motorcyclists and vehicle passengers. The top causes of deadly accidents since the beginning of this year were failing to keep a proper lookout, failing to have proper control of the vehicle, and pedestrians crossing roads without paying attention to traffic. ( May 31, 2019)

（写作内容）

1. 用约30个单词概述上述信息的主要内容；

2. 结合上述信息，简要分析导致道路交通事故的主要原因；

3. 根据你的分析，就如何降低道路交通事故的发生率，提出你的建议（不少于两条）。

（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，语篇连贯，词数适当。

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40、假如你是李华，刚刚参加完某一英语报社组织的“中学生英语夏令营”活动。请你给该活动的负责人Jane写一封信，要点如下：

1. 你从该活动中学到了什么；

2. 表达你的感激之情；

3. 渴望再次参加。

注意：1. 词数100左右；2. 信的开头已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Jane,

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Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

41、假定你是李华，你的美国好友Jane数学学得不好，对自己失去了信心，产生了厌学情绪。请你给她发一封电子邮件开导她，要点如下：

1. 没有必要过于伤心；

2. 要振作起来，尽量减少焦虑心理：

3. 和老师交流有助于你改善：

4. 探索适合自己的有效学习方式。

注意：l. 词数100左右：

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Jane，

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Yours,

Li Hua