湛江2025学年度第一学期期末教学质量检测三年级英语

1、The new treatment means, if _______ to the NCR will make all the difference for the general public.

A．applying

B．to apply

C．applied

D．having applied

2、They ______ with us for the time being.

A. would stay B. stay

C. have been staying D. will be staying

3、Search engines search the Internet based on the key words you type in, and choose such web pages for you ________ contain the words you ask for.

A.where B.who C.which D.as

4、One of the secretary’s jobs is to ___________ letters and mails.

A.help out B.dry out C.sort out D.stick out

5、Everyone faces challenges in life. It’s a matter of __________ you learn to overcome them and use them to your advantage.

A.that B.what C.which D.how

6、James is afraid of ________by sharks.

A.attacking B.being attacked C.having attacked D.having been attacked

7、They overcame some difficulties and completed the work ahead of time, ________ was something we had not expected.

A.that B.which

C.it D.what

8、— 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

9、The system has been designed to give students quick and easy __________ to the digital resources of the library.

A.approach B.access C.passage D.assistance

10、—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

11、As he works in a remote (遥远的) area, he visits his mother only ________.

A．anxiously

B．urgently

C．likely

D．occasionally

12、______ to give his mother a surprise , Tom arrived home ahead of time.

A. Determined B. Determining

C. Having determined D. To determine

13、Clothing ______ for pre-school-age children often follows the fashion for adults.

A. decorated B. designed C. preferred D. organized

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

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

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

A.which B.when C.what D.that

16、---Did you see the new movie directed by that famous director? It’s said to be ______great success.

---No, I have been busy preparing all the office______ these days.

A. /; equipments B. the; equipment C. /; equipment D. a; equipment

17、The old only ________ their children ________ and see them from time to time.

A．suggest; to come

B．hope; to come

C．desire; coming

D．desire; to come

18、People used to think that the Chinese were not as healthy and fit

as the people in the west, but facts have proved that that's _________ the case.

A. far away from   B. far from

C. far away     D. by far

19、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

20、It took them about one month to________ how to start the equipment.

A. come out B. figure out

C. look out D. take out

21、Pointing to the hospital on _____roof there is a parking garage, Granny told me that was ____I was born.

A. whose; what B. which; what

C. which; where D. whose; where

22、The sculpture, and the person who produced it, ________the young artist has never been able to find out.

A.that B./

C.which D.what

23、The Small Goose Pagoda in Xi’an, one of the 22 Silk Road relics located in China, _______ back in 707 during the Tang Dynasty.

A．dated   B．was dated

C．dates     D．is dating

24、The five mascots（吉祥物）, Beibei ,Jingjing, Huanhuan, Yingying and Nini ,meaning in English “Welcome to Beijing”, a message of friendship to people all over the world.

A.communicate B.represent C.leave D.stand

25、The child was found ______down the streets alone.

A. wandering B. wondering

C. taking D. stepping

26、   Walk through the Amazon rainforest today and you will find it is steamy, warm, damp and thick. But if you had been around 15,000 years ago, during the last ice age, would it have been the same? For more than 30 years, scientists have been arguing about how rainforests like the Amazon might have reacted to the cold, dry climates of the ice ages, but until now, no one has reached a satisfying answer.

Rainforests like the Amazon are important for mopping up CO2 from the atmosphere and helping to slow global warming. Currently the trees in the Amazon take in around 500 million tons of CO2 each year: equal to the total amount of CO2 giving off in the UK each year. But how will the Amazon react to future climate change? If it gets drier, will it still survive and continue to draw down CO2 ?

Scientists hope that they will be able to learn in advance how the rainforest will manage in the future by understanding how rainforests reacted to climate change in the past. Unfortunately, getting into the Amazon rainforest and collecting information are very difficult. To study past climate, scientists need to look at fossilized pollen, kept in lake mud. Going back to the last ice age means drilling deep down into lake sediments （沉淀物）which requires specialized equipment and heavy machinery. There are very few roads and paths, or places to land helicopters and aeroplanes. Rivers tend to be the easiest way to enter the forest, but this still leaves vast areas between the rivers completely unsampled（未取样）.So far, only a handful of cores have been drilled that go back to the last ice age and none of them provide enough information to prove how the Amazon rainforest reacts to climate change.

【1】What does the underlined phrase “mopping up” in the second paragraph mean?

A．Giving up.

B．Giving out.

C．Wiping out.

D．Taking in.

【2】How will the Amazon rainforest react to future climate change?

A．It’ll get drier and continue to remove CO2 .

B．There is no exact answer up to present.

C．It’ll get warmer and then colder and drier.

D．It’ll remain steamy, warm, damp and thick.

【3】What’s the main idea of the last paragraph?

A．It’s important to drill deep down into lake sediments to collect information.

B．It’s impossible to prove how climate changes in the Amazon rainforest.

C．It’s hard to collect information for studies of the past climate in the Amazon rainforest.

D．It’s necessary to have specialized equipment and machinery to study the past climate.

【4】What is the best title for this passage?

A．Studies of the Rainforests

B．Climates of the Amazon

C．Secrets of the Ice Age

D．Changes of the Rainforests

27、What is a family? Why does it matter? What does it teach us that we can’t learn on our own? These questions seem especially relevant in the holiday season when it is often our tradition to gather as families and celebrate together.

My mother was one of twelve children. As they grew up, married and had children of their own, most of them lived near enough to gather for holidays at my grandparents’ home in a small town in the mountains of North Carolina.

I don’t recall getting many gifts from them .I remember the sense of belonging, of being part of something that assured me I was loved and not alone.

I delighted in the laughing, playing and fighting with my crazy cousins. I watched my granddad and uncles sit on the porch, rain or shine, smoking and joking, arguing about politics and trying to solve the problems of the world. I listened to my grandmother, mother and aunts stir (搅拌) pots on the stove and talk about their lives, hopes, dreams and disappointments, and gossip about any sister who failed to show up.

The food was always plentiful and delicious-country ham, sweet potatoes, green beans, biscuits and my grandmother’s banana pudding. But for me, the food was never the highlight. The highlight was simply being together. A family.

However, they’re all gone now. My parents and grandparents, my aunts and uncles have left this world for the next. My cousins are scattered here and there. And yet the memories linger, along with the love that we shared.

I treasure those memories and the things they taught me. They told me that families aren’t perfect, but they prepare us to find our way in an imperfect world. They made me realize that all families are crazy in their own particular ways.

My husband and I are growing a new family, while keeping close to the surviving members of the families. It’s a beautiful blend (混合) of kindness, traditions, nurturing (养育) and friendships, which grows year after year.

I hope this holiday season will fill you with lovely memories of the family that raised you, and surround you with all the people who mean “family” to you now.

【1】What do we know about the author’s family according to the article?

A．She didn’t get on well with her cousins.

B．Her grandpa and uncles were politicians.

C．Her family delighted in their gatherings.

D．The female members liked to show off.

【2】The author appreciated the gatherings mainly because _______.

A．there was a lot of inviting food

B．special gifts were selected thoughtfully

C．they brought the family closer together

D．she got to see relatives who seldom visited

【3】What does the underlined word “linger” in paragraph 6 probably mean?

A．Disappear.

B．Remain.

C．Increase.

D．Fade.

【4】What did the author learn from her family?

A．Good families should live together.

B．Imperfect families may help us adjust to the world.

C．Memories of perfect families deserve treasuring.

D．It’s necessary to create crazy family traditions.

28、   It's 3 o'clock and you've been hard at work. As you sit at your desk, a strong desire for chocolate overcomes you. You try to busy yourself to make it go away. But it doesn’t. Here is another situation .Perhaps you are not feeling well. The only thing you want to eat is a big bowl of chicken soup, like your mum used to make when you were sick as a child. Food cravings(嘴馋)are a strong desire for a specific type of food. And they are normal.

Scientists at the website How Stuff Works compare hunger and cravings this way. Hunger is a fairly simple connection between the stomach and the brain. They even call it simply"stomach hunger".When our stomachs burn up all of the food we have eaten, a hormone(激素)sends a message to one part of the brain for more food, which regulates our most basic body functions such as thirst, hunger and sleep. The brain then produces a chemical to start the appetite and you eat. Hunger is a function of survival.

A craving is more complex. It activates(刺激) brain areas related to emotion, memory and reward .These are the same areas of the brain activated during drug-craving studies. Because of this, some scientists call food cravings"mind hunger". People often crave foods that are high in fat and sugar. Foods that are high in fat or high in sugar produce chemicals in the brain. These chemicals give us feelings of pleasure.

In a 2007 study, researchers at Cambridge University found that dieting or restricted eating generally increases the possibility of food cravings. So, the more you deny yourself a food that you want ,the more you may crave it. However, fasting(禁食)is a bit different. They found that eating no food at all for a short period of time lessened food cravings.

So, the next time you crave something very specific, know that your brain may be more to blame than our stomach.

【1】What is the function of the first paragraph?

A.To deepen the understanding of hunger.

B.To lead to the topic of the whole passage.

C.To report the discovery of craving study.

D.To remind readers of their own special food.

【2】What do we learn about food cravings?

A.It means the stomach functions well.

B.It ensures a person survives hunger.

C.It shows food is linked to feelings.

D.It proves the brain decides your appetite.

【3】What's the likely result of dieting?

A.The increase of food desire.

B.The decrease of chemicals.

C.The refusal of fat and sugar.

D.The disappearance of appetite.

【4】What does the passage mainly discuss?

A.What dieting may bring us.

B.What hunger is all about.

C.The functions of brain areas.

D.The findings of food cravings.

29、The first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic led to the closure of all schools nationwide from 13 March to 6 June 2020. According to multiple studies, symptoms of depression and anxiety among young people increased during this time since they were less physically active and spent more time sitting in front of screens.

Now, a study by the University of Zurich (UZH) has shown that the homeschooling phase also had a positive effect on the health and well-being of many teenagers. “The students got about 75 minutes more sleep per day during the lockdown. At the same time, their health-related quality of life improved significantly and their consumption of alcohol and caffeine went down,” says the study’s co-leader Oskar Jenni, UZH professor of developmental pediatrics. Because they no longer had to travel to school, they were able to get up later.

The researchers conducted an online survey with 3,664 high school students in the district of Zurich during the lockdown, asking about their sleep patterns and quality of life. They then compared the answers with a survey from 2017 with 5,308 young participants. The results showed that during the three months in which the schools were closed, the teenagers got up around 90 minutes later on school days, but went to bed only 15 minutes later on average — meaning their total amount of sleep increased by about 75 minutes a day. On weekends, there was little difference in the sleep times of the two groups.

The students in the lockdown group rated their health-related quality of life higher, and the amount of alcohol and caffeine they reported consuming was less than the pre-pandemic group.

“Our findings clearly indicate the benefit of starting school later in the morning so that youngsters can get more sleep,” says Jenni. He predicts that the positive effects on health and health-related quality of life would have been even greater had there not also been the negative effects of the pandemic on mental health.

【1】Why did the teenagers report better quality of life during the lockdown?

A．Because they didn’t have to stay up late for exams.

B．Because they got up later without traveling to school.

C．Because there were not exams at school any longer.

D．Because they had better relationships with parents.

【2】What do we know about the study by UZH?

A．It was conducted in all school students in Zurich.

B．The students consumed less alcohol and caffeine.

C．The students surveyed got 70 minutes more sleep per day.

D．On weekends, there was also much difference among two groups.

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

A．To introduce a new study.

B．To encourage studies online.

C．To promote positive attitude.

D．To remember a scientist.

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

A．Lockdown Depresses Teenagers

B．Teenagers Bothered by Lack of Sleep

C．Tips to Stop Staying up Late for Students

D．School Closures Bring Unexpected Benefits

30、Hunter Shamatt lost his wallet while he was on a flight from Omaha to Denver earlier this month. Upon realizing that his wallet was lost, he _____ the airline to see if anyone had turned it in— but fruitlessly. _______   the wallet contained his ID, a signed paycheck, $60 in cash, etc, he feared the worst.

Two days after the flight, however, Hunter was _____ to receive a package in the mail from an anonymous(匿名的)sender. Inside was his wallet — ______   an additional $40 in cash.

“I found this _______   a flight from Omaha to Denver-row 12, seat F wedged(卡住) between the seat and wall.”   ________   a letter that was enclosed with the package. “Thought you might want it back. All the best. PS: I rounded your cash up to an even $100 so you could celebrate the ____ of your wallet. Have fun!”

Hunter’s mother, Jeannie, posted a photo of the _______ to social media in hopes that they would be able to track down the _______ . All they found out was that the letter was _______ from Applied Underwriters in Omaha and the sender’s initials were signed “T.B”. The sender was later _______   as Todd Brown, who was delighted to   “have a   little   fun”   with   helping out   a hard-working stranger.

“I saw he was just a kid, 20 years old. He had a paycheck in there, so I _______,‘Well, he’s doing his best to make ends meet.’” said Brown. “Hunter was very ____ . He told me he has some student loans to pay within two days so the _______ was right,” Brown added, “He______ it was gone forever. So when he opened it, he just started ______, ‘No way! No way!’”

Brown says that he often tries to do good things without any recognition; that’s why he didn’t sign his _____ on the letter, but Jeannie later insisted on_____ him on social media. “I try to teach my children to help people without consideration of the   __________,” Jeannie wrote on

Facebook, “This story is more about rebuilding _____ in people than anything.”

【1】

A．ordered

B．contacted

C．caught

D．checked

【2】

A．Though

B．While

C．Since

D．Unless

【3】

A．shocked

B．amused

C．anxious

D．frightened

【4】

A．apart from

B．except for

C．along with

D．instead of

【5】

A．on

B．in

C．by

D．at

【6】

A．said

B．read

C．written

D．signed

【7】

A．search

B．completeness

C．valuable

D．return

【8】

A．sender

B．letter

C．wallet

D．package

【9】

A．money

B．flight

C．wallet

D．sender

【10】

A．accepted

B．sent

C．taken

D．collected

【11】

A．known

B．considered

C．identified

D．introduced

【12】

A．noticed

B．replied

C．doubted

D．figured.

【13】

A．thankful

B．stressful

C．thoughtful

D．regretful

【14】

A．behavior

B．number

C．timing

D．paycheck

【15】

A．remembered

B．thought

C．admitted

D．imagined

【16】

A．screaming

B．jumping

C．dancing

D．laughing

【17】

A．address

B．mark

C．phone number

D．full name

【18】

A．questioning

B．praising

C．disturbing

D．surprising

【19】

A．income

B．wealth

C．reward

D．fame

【20】

A．faith

B．ambition

C．appreciation

D．strength

31、This story is part of the My Unsung Hero series from the Hidden Brain team about people whose kindness left a lasting impression on someone else.

Mary Amato was having a(n) _________ crisis. She quit her job and became a stay-at-home mother after her first child was born.

People would say, “You _________ working.” and for Amato, that felt more like an accusation(指责) than a(n) _________ of fact.

“I had been working harder than I had ever worked and not getting a single paycheck or _________ from my social network,” she said.

_________, her husband, a(n) _________ science writer, did get recognition for his work. He won an award from a chemistry association. She joined him at a feast in California where he was praised for his work.

The room was filled with a lot of scientists, _________ men. It was a(n) _________ affair and the couple dressed up in a tuxedo(无尾晚礼服) and a formal black dress.

Eventually, the host _________ her husband with a very long list of his accomplishments. Then, he turned his __________ to Amato and gestured to her, “A homemaker and mother of two.”

Amato was __________. “I remember feeling a sense of __________, and I thought they must see me as stupid or as a traitor to the cause,” she said.

Amato became very self-conscious, too embarrassed to __________ with people after the speeches. So she just sat at her table staring at her dessert plate until an older female scientist walked up to her.

“She said, ‘I just want you to know that what you’re doing is so __________,’ ” Amato said.

Those simple words were exactly what Amato needed at that time and they completely changed her __________.

That moment happened years ago, but it still has a big influence on Amato.

【1】

A．marriage

B．identity

C．school

D．family

【2】

A．released

B．kept

C．stopped

D．continued

【3】

A．statement

B．possibility

C．evidence

D．result

【4】

A．trust

B．belonging

C．recognition

D．accomplishment

【5】

A．However

B．Thus

C．Likewise

D．Besides

【6】

A．easy-going

B．warm-hearted

C．self-employed

D．award-winning

【7】

A．mostly

B．partly

C．exactly

D．slightly

【8】

A．preparatory

B．celebratory

C．awkward

D．temporary

【9】

A．criticized

B．congratulated

C．addressed

D．introduced

【10】

A．construction

B．application

C．attention

D．invitation

【11】

A．embarrassed

B．guilty

C．doubted

D．blessed

【12】

A．humor

B．shame

C．responsibility

D．refreshment

【13】

A．agree

B．compare

C．communicate

D．compete

【14】

A．valuable

B．amazing

C．reasonable

D．convincing

【15】

A．fortune

B．option

C．mission

D．viewpoint

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、   It was a Friday night and I was _______a restaurant, washing dishes. A plate _______through my wet fingers and fell onto the floor in _______. My face flushed(发红) and inside I was screaming, “Why me!?” as if my _______would make the plate whole again.

The broken plate was only one of the many _______fighting inside me. There were a dozen _______ smaller but urgent concerns.

For me, it was impossible to get some much _______rest or some study time before a coming exam. I had to _______with the family expenses(开销). So I got back to work.

It was 12 p.m. when I finally finished my work. I got on the _______home and took out my notes to study. I got the ________looks from people out of bars because I was studying on a bus in the middle of the night.

Their ________ didn’t bother me at all. I knew something had to change in my family and it ________to me to begin it. Fortunately, I also knew I had desire and ________in my blood. My grandfather was among the first Mexican immigrants who ________in L.A.. Both of my parents left Mexico in their early teenage years and began working long ________as a cook and a maid. The spirit was ________generations, which helped me both in school and at work.

As I walked through the front door at home, I saw my mother had fallen asleep ________me despite her own long day. In my bedroom watching my brothers breathe slowly made me feel my body’s tiredness. However, it would be a while before I could ________them in sleep. I had an essay ________early the next morning, and Ms. DePaolo doesn’t ________late work.

【1】A.in the middle of B.in the front of C.in the corner of D.in the back of

【2】A.slipped B.flew C.jumped D.slowed

【3】A.slices B.pieces C.blocks D.sheets

【4】A.scream B.cry C.voice D.shout

【5】A.tasks B.difficulties C.worries D.matters

【6】A.another B.others C.other D.some

【7】A.excited B.attracted C.delayed D.needed

【8】A.increase B.work out C.cut down D.help out

【9】A.taxi B.bus C.subway D.train

【10】A.strange B.casual C.friendly D.formal

【11】A.observation B.stares C.laughter D.ignorance

【12】A.felt B.jumped C.threw D.fell

【13】A.promise B.wish C.courage D.ability

【14】A.settled B.moved C.lived D.worked

【15】A.years B.days C.hours D.minutes

【16】A.handed in B.passed down C.passed away D.turned to

【17】A.waiting for B.watching on C.calling up D.searching for

【18】A.take B.join C.hold D.keep

【19】A.ready B.written C.due D.finished

【20】A.receive B.check C.accept D.assess

34、I have a muscle disease but I don't look any different from other people. Sometimes, I was too weak【1】 go to school so my education suffered. Every time I returned after an【2】(absent), I felt stupid because I was behind the others.

My life is a lot easier at high school because few fellow students make me【3】(annoy). My ambition is to work for a firm【4】develops computer software when I grow up. Last year I invented a computer football game and a big company has decided to buy it from me. I have a very busy life with no time to sit around【5】(feel) sorry for myself. As well as going to the movies and football matches with my friends. I spend a lot of time looking after my pets【6】(proper) but I find it worthwhile.

In many ways my disability has helped me grow stronger psychologically and become more【7】 (independence). I have to work hard to live a normal life but it has been worth it. If【8】(have) a chance to say one thing to healthy children, it would be this: having a disability does not mean your life is not satisfying. So don't feel sorry for the disabled or make fun【9】them, and don't ignore them either. Just accept them for who they are, and give them encouragement to live【10】rich and full a life as you do.

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：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.

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、假设你是李华，英语角会长（director）。你要在英语角出一份英语通知，主要内容如下：

1.欢迎对英语感兴趣的同学每周五下午参加活动；

2.地点为学校广场大树下；

3.活动内容为自由交流练习口语，交流学习经验。

注意：1.词数100左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3.开头结尾已为你写好，不计入词数。

Notice

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Looking forward to your coming.

39、假如你是李华，正在美国交流学习。你的美国老师Amy邀请你下周五下午3点到她的班里为美国小学生上一节课，介绍中国传统艺术——国画。请给她回复一封电子邮件，要点如下：

1. 接受邀请，表示感谢；

2. 国画简介（题材：山水、人物、花鸟；工具材料：毛笔、墨等等）；

3. 课前学生需做的准备。

参考词汇：国画： Chinese ink painting

注意：1. 词数100左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

Dear Amy,

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Yours

Li Hua

40、假定你是李华，你的澳大利亚朋友Terry将去中国朋友家做客，发邮件向你询问有关习俗，请你回复邮件，内容包括：

1. 到达时间；

2. 合适的礼物；

3. 餐桌礼仪。

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、请你根据下面的提示以李华的名义给母校写一封信，介绍你的美国之行。

1.李华是上海某中学高二的学生，对美国中学生的学习生活非常感兴趣，在暑假期间到美国学习了一个月。

2.到餐馆打工，培养动手的能力。

3.访问了在美国的华人，了解他们的生活、工作情况。

4.到美国中学生家里做客，了解他们的生活习俗。

5.到美国中学教室里听课，了解他们上课的情况。

参考词汇:了解风俗习惯：acknowledge one’s customs

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