1、It is hard to ________ how many children suffer from dyslexia — a slight disorder of the brain that causes difficulty in reading and spelling.
A．secure
B．estimate
C．assist
D．collapse
2、It is Russia ________ will hold the 2018 World Cup.
A. that B. which
C. where D. when
3、Being able to speak another language fluently is a great ___ when you are looking for a job.
A.assistance B.chance C.advantage D.importance
4、The electrician checked all the electrical equipment to prevent any possible _______ failure.
A．force
B．energy
C．light
D．power
5、If a person has not had enough sleep, his actions will give him ___ during the day.
A.away B.up C.in D.back
6、Grandma pointed to the hospital and said, “That’s ______ I was born．”
A．when B．how C．why D．where
7、In my opinion, the key ____air pollution is to inspire people to take public transport in big cities.
A. reduced B. reducing C. to reduce D. to reducing
8、Having been under good treatment in the hospital for a while, the old woman is beginning to _______ and will soon recover.
A. make up B. show up C. pick up D. take up
9、The princess’ hat was really fancy, which ________ with gold and jewels.
A．decorated
B．decorates
C．was decorated
D．was decorating
10、I’m sorry, sir. Your recorder isn’t ready yet. It __ in the factory
A. is repaired B. is being repaired
C. has been repaired D. hasn’t repaired
11、Jack is late again. It is _____ of him to keep others waiting.
A．aggressive
B．appropriate
C．considerate
D．typical
12、She had her watch ________ on the bus．
A. steal B. stole
C. stealing D. stolen
13、For British people, somebody standing too close may make them focus less on what others are saying than on ______ close he or she is to them.
A.what B.where C.which D.how
14、Most people work because it's unavoidable.________，there are some people who actually enjoy work.
A. As a result B. In addition
C. By contrast D. In conclusion
15、Since last month, George, along with some of his former classmates, _____ to have a 20-year gathering during this summer holiday.
A．have desired
B．desired
C．had desired
D．has been desiring
16、Jane went to her teacher just now. She ________ about the solution to the problem.
A. wondered B. was wondering C. had wondered D. would wonder
17、When a favorable opportunity ________ itself, he would submit his proposition.
A．presented
B．armed
C．approached
D．drove
18、Some of our teachers are dancing ______ the music, which may relieve them ______ a whole day’s tiredness.
A.with; of B.with; from
C.to; of D.to; from
19、he is junior _____me _______three years.
A. than, to B. to , by
C. than , by D. to, to
20、—Were you surprised by the ending of the film, Uncharted 4?
—I ________ the book it is based on, so I already knew the story.
A．am reading
B．reads
C．had read
D．was reading
21、Research into social robots has shown that machines that are at the cutting edge of interaction can respond to feelings and emotionally care for the weak, the elderly and children.
Robin was designed as a companion robot to provide emotional support for children receiving medical treatment. Robin explains medical procedures to them, plays games and tells stories, and during treatment distracts them to reduce their sense of pain. The robot uses AI to understand other people’s feelings, remembering facial expressions and conversations to build dialogue for follow-up sessions. In trials at the Wigmore Medical (UK) Pediatric Clinic in Yerevan, Armenia, the team found that Robin led to a 34% decrease in stress and an increase in happiness of 26% in the 120 children who interacted with him at least once.
Healthcare robots could all benefit from displaying emotional intelligence, both recognizing and responding to human emotions, and to some extent, managing them. The problem with this is the fear that human jobs may be lost as robots become better at handling social situations.
Population trends suggest that the demand for robots to work alongside people in care situations will grow over time. By 2050, the number of people aged 65 and over globally will be 1. 6 billion (17%), roughly twice the proportion of what it is today. An extra 3. 5 million care workers will be needed and that will include emotionally intelligent robots.
Today’s simple systems are being trained to meet that demand. This includes a little wheeled robot that can guess how you are feeling from the way you walk, and the robot from the University of Lincoln in the UK-who helps elderly people to stay physically and mentally active.
The impact of social robots on our lives to date has been tiny. But new models are being introduced that could make the breakthrough. Human emotions are difficult to define, but as trust in robots increases, breaking down the psychological barrier becomes easier to imagine.
【1】What are social robots uniquely capable of?
A．Playing songs for blind people on their request.
B．Comforting mentally ill teens during treatment.
C．Lifting heavy packages upstairs for weak people.
D．Cooking delicious dishes for the disabled at home.
【2】What aspect about Robin is mainly talked about in Paragraph 2?
A．Robin’s practical application.
B．Robin’s success in passing tests.
C．Robin’s popularity in hospitals.
D．Robin’s function to cure diseases.
【3】How is Paragraph 4 developed?
A．By giving definition.
B．By making comparison.
C．By analyzing causes.
D．By concluding viewpoints.
【4】As for the application of social robots, which of the following will the author agree with?
A．It is already happening throughout UK.
B．It is an unstoppable and beneficial trend.
C．Humans need to work hard to secure jobs.
D．Social Robots can only meet basic human needs.
22、 The field of robotics is fast-growing. Robots can now perform complicated movements with elegance — back-flipping, practicing park our moves, even “carving” classical sculptures. Then there’s Sophia, a robot whose widespread appeal lies not in big, dramatic actions (her body is often fixed to a rolling base), but rather an unsettling human-like appearance, compounded with the complex ability to express emotions(情感).
“We’re not fully there yet, but Sophia can represent a number of emotional states, and she can also see emotional expressions on a human face as well,” explains David Hanson, the founder of Hanson Robotics. According to Hanson, Sophia now has simulations(仿真) of every major muscle in the human face, allowing her to generate expressions of joy, curiosity, confusion, reflection, sorrow, frustration, among other feelings. Besides deep learning and a pre-programmed set of expressions, Sophia’s face is constructed using the latest developments in material technology, meaning it appears softer, more flexible and therefore, more realistic. The lab also studies the neurobiology and biology of human facial expressions to help inform how mechanical ones can behave.
When Hanson first began sculpting Sophia, he wanted her form to resonate(共鸣) with people from around the world. To that end, he looked to old statues of Nefertiti (queen of Egypt), ancient Chinese paintings, Audrey Hepburn and even his wife as inspiration.
Since her activation in 2016, Sophia has since graced the covers of fashion publications and starred in a recent Moncler campaign. During an event at Shanghai Fashion Weekend, Sophia wore 3-D copper arm cuffs and sculptural garments designed by British artist Sadie Clayton. “The reason I was interested in working with Sophia is because being an artist, it mixes fashion, art and technology. This was the most natural, organic way of me developing my process,” says Clayton.
Besides modeling, she has made appeared on talk shows and spoken at conferences about issues ranging from artificial intelligence to the role of robots. Controversially, she was even granted Saudi Arabian citizenship, becoming the first robot to have a nationality. “I don’t know what it is about Sophia, that speaks to people, but I hope that we can develop our AI and robots in a way that makes a deep emotional connection.”
【1】What makes Sophia different from previous robots?
A.Carving fine artworks.
B.Being able to perform complex movements.
C.Generating many human-like facial expressions.
D.Reacting more quickly and produce her own thought.
【2】What does paragraph 2 mainly talk about?
A.What emotions can Sophia express vividly.
B.Why Sophia produces different emotions.
C.How researchers programmed the robotics.
D.What is the latest product of Hanson Robotics.
【3】What can we learn from paragraph 3?
A.Sophia has starred in a recent movie.
B.Sophia launched many campaigns with Clayton.
C.Sophia is a mixture of fashion and entertainment.
D.Sophia is designed to have universal appeal to people.
【4】What may cause much public discussion about Sophia?
A.Holding her own nationality.
B.Modeling for the fashion show.
C.Communicating with human beings.
D.Making a speech at significant conferences.
23、 Get top tips from an expert photographer while you are taking digital photographs in the Garden at Kew.
Event details
Wednesday 13 – Thursday 14 February, 2019
Time: 10:30 am – 4 pm
Place: Kew Gardens
Course Fee: £160
About the course
This course is designed for camera-owners who would like to know the basics. It will explain some of the basic principles of photography such as focus and exposure as well as many of the practical aspects such as how to download and store images.
The great part of the time will be spent practicing techniques by actually using cameras out in the beautiful gardens at Kew. There will be many opportunities to ask questions, review your own images and learn some top tips.
This course is suitable for people with any sort of camera. It is useful to bring along instructions books, and you’ll need to make sure your batteries are fully charged and your memory card has some free space on it.
About the tutor
Edward Parker is an expert tree and forest photographer who, over the last 20 years, has worked in more than 40 countries around the world. He has written more than 30 educational books and his photographs have been on exhibition at Kew Gardens, Downing Street and the Horniman Museum. Photographing Trees is his latest book.
How to book
Email adulated@kew.org with a contact number, or call at 020 8332 5641.
【1】Who might be interested in the course?
A.Beginners loving digital photography.
B.Advanced photographers loving nature.
C.Gardeners who are good at photography.
D.Expert photographers who are eager to help.
【2】What are you advised to take along with your camera?
A.A notebook. B.The guide book.
C.A smart phone. D.An empty memory card.
【3】What can we learn about Edward Parker?
A.He lives by writing books.
B.He cares more about sightseeing.
C.His latest book becomes a bestseller.
D.His photographs have a certain influence.
24、 It’s a warm summer afternoon. You’re cooking up the catch of the day over a campfire. Suddenly, a few raindrops fall on your arms, and before you know it, the sky is opened up. Then you hear what sounds like thunder in the distance. What should you do? Your tent is close by and would offer shelter(栖身地) from the pouring rain. There’s a campfire picnic shelter a few minutes down the path. And then you remember that your car is parked down the road. What’s your safest choice to make sure you and your families are safe?
It’s a common question for many hikers and campers, especially when they’re camping during summer months. Heading to your car is almost always the safest choice. Your tent and a picnic shelter will keep you dry, but they offer little or no protection against lightning. Your car, on the other hand, will keep you dry and protect you from lightning strikes. Protecting yourself against possible lightning strikes is very important; lightning kills an average of 62 people in the US each year. If you keep all of the windows and doors closed in your car, you’ll be able to return your campsite safely.
Of course, if you’re backpacking (背包旅游), not car camping, and you’re deep in the woods, your car won’t be a good choice. So, what should you do if your car is far away and there’s no other safe shelter nearby? First, you’ll have to make sure that tree branches or other objects don’t fall on you or your campsite. Then you’ll have to get in a safe position to avoid lightning, or flash conditions. What else should you do?
【1】The passage wants to tell us .
A.What’s camping B.How to live through a storm when camping
C.How to travel safely D.Car camping is the safest
【2】What can we learn from the passage?
A.Young people like backpacking best.
B.Lightning is dangerous for campers.
C.Car camping is a good choice for deep woods.
D.Camping during summer is the most popular
【3】To avoid lightning in a storm, you’d better .
A.go into your tent quickly
B.cook up the catch of the day over a campsite
C.run into a campsite picnic shelter at once
D.get into your car and return to your campsite later
【4】From the last paragraph we can infer .
A.it is important to learn to protect oneself when camping
B.backpacking is not a good choice for campers
C.people should never camp deep in the woods
D.people should not go camping alone
25、Black people left the South for multiple reasons, including severe Jim Crow laws that denied black people their civil rights and economic conditions that made advancement next to impossible. They saw _______ for them to get in northern cities, where workers were needed during labor shortages _______ by World War I. Between 1915 and about 1960, northern industrial cities _______ five million black people, becoming majority black.
Many went to the northern city of Harlem - a New York neighborhood that had once been a rural _______ white area. During a real estate crash at the turn of the 20th century, the _______ of property became more willing to rent to black renters. Property values then _______ as white residents attempted to offload their real estate and move away. _______, the area became majority black, and Harlem tuned into an attraction for migrants _______ economic chance and a rich cultural and social life.
These _______ weren’t just from the American South: A group of people came from Caribbean countries like Jamaica, Antigua, and Trinidad, ________ economic downturns because of the decline of sugar prices throughout the West Indies.
That cultural ________ stimulated new types of expression and thought. Promoted by black churches and businesses, Harlem ________ life. There, a poor black worker could brush ________ with educated, wealthy black residents. They could take part in entertainment by black people, for black people. The Jamaica - born black, Marcus Garvey, even ________ the Universal Negro Improvement Association to ________ racial pride and economic independence.
【1】
A．guilt
B．ability
C．electricity
D．opportunity
【2】
A．caused
B．stopped
C．changed
D．improved
【3】
A．adjusted
B．absorbed
C．abandoned
D．advertised
【4】
A．empty
B．hungry
C．wealthy
D．temporary
【5】
A．owners
B．creators
C．donators
D．consumers
【6】
A．dropped
B．recovered
C．doubled
D．exploded
【7】
A．Enormously
B．Eventually
C．Especially
D．Exceptionally
【8】
A．in charge of
B．in defence of
C．in advance of
D．in search of
【9】
A．travelers
B．defenders
C．entertainers
D．newcomers
【10】
A．researching
B．observing
C．escaping
D．exploring
【11】
A．mixture
B．future
C．adventure
D．departure
【12】
A．was bored with
B．was filled with
C．was loaded with
D．was decorated with
【13】
A．arms
B．faces
C．hands
D．shoulders
【14】
A．accused
B．founded
C．discovered
D．certificated
【15】
A．judge
B．control
C．support
D．forgive
26、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。
Two, men,both seriously ill, shared the same hospital room. One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon. His bed is next to the room's only window. The other man had to spend all his time lying on his back. The men talked for hours continuously. They spoke of their wives and families, their homes, their jobs, their experience in the army and where they had been on vacation. Every afternoon when the man in the bed by the window could sit up, he would pass the time by describing to his roommate all the things he could see outside the window. The man in the other bed began to live for those one-hour periods when his world would be broadened and enlivened (有活力的) by all the activities and colors of the world outside.
The window overlooked a park with a lovely lake.Ducks and swans (天鹅) played on the water while children sailed their model boats. Young lovers walked arm in arm among flowers of every color. Grand old trees made everything around more attractive, and a fine view of the city skyline could be seen in the distance. As the man by the window described all this in detail, the man on the'other side of the room would close his eyes and imagine the picturesque (如画的) scene. One warm afternoon the man by the window described a parade (列队) passing by. Although the other man couldn't hear the band, he could see it in his mind's eye as the gentleman by the window pictured it with descriptive words.
Days and weeks passed by. One morning , the nurse arrived to bring water for their baths only to find the lifeless body of the man by the window, who had died peacefully in his sleep. She was saddened and called the hospital attendants to take the body away. Later, the other man asked if he could be moved next to the window. The nurse was happy to make the switch, and after making sure he was comfortable, she left him alone. Finally, he would have the joy of seeing it for himself.
注意：
1.所续写短文的词数应为 150 左右；
2.续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；
Paragraph 1:
Slowly and painfully, he made his greatest possible efforts to look out of the window beside the bed.
Paragraph 2:
"The man was blind and could not even see the wall.Perhaps he just wanted to encourage you," the nurse answered.