1、There is a new problem____the popularity of private cars that road conditions need ____.
A.involve at; to be improve B.involved in; to be improved
C.involving in; improving D.involving at; improving
2、—Mary is not equal to the job, and neither is Mike.
— I can’t agree more. You know, Mike is ______ competent than Mary.
A. not more B. no more
C. no less D. not less
3、More subway lines ______ to make travelling easy in Beijing in the coming years.
A. will build B. will be built
C. build D. are built
4、---Oh, help! The pan is on fire!
---_______. I can handle it.
A．Take it easy
B．Stop shouting
C．Help yourself
D．You bet
5、Climate change is projected to have far-reaching____ — including sea level rise flooding cities and shifting weather patterns causing long-term declines in agricultural production.
A.contributions B.confusions C.consequences D.feedbacks
6、It is ____ that the amateur singer beat a large number of professionals in the contest.
A.identical B.intact C.incredible D.inconvenient
7、Experiments of this kind ___in both the U．S and Europe well before the Second World War．
A.had conducted B.have conducted
C.have been conducted D.had been conducted
8、He doesn't adapt ________ the teaching work, because he is slow to adapt ________ the unusual rules of the school
A．for, for
B．to, to
C．for, to
D．to, for
9、As soon as he comes back，I’ll tell him when________ and see him.
A.you will come B.will you come
C.you come D.do you come
10、All of a sudden, the thief walking behind a young and beautiful woman ______ her handbag, ______ into the crowd.
A. seized; rushed B. seizing; rushed
C. seized; rushing D. seizing; rushing
11、Robots can be reprogrammed by a computer to do another one after completing one specific task, and this is ______ automatic machines differ.
A．because
B．what
C．where
D．how
12、I recommended ________ an English-Chinese dictionary, ________ I thought would be of great help to his studies.
A．buying; that
B．to buy; that
C．buying; which
D．to buy; which
13、My sister was against my suggestion while my brother was ___________it.
A.in honor of B.in favor of C.in search of D.in memory of
14、—— How soon will the candidates get their university admissions?
—— It may take three weeks for all the applications to be ________.
A. withdrawn B. processed C. corresponded D. violated
15、________ by the beauty of the piano music, the audience almost forgot to applaud when the pianist finally finished it.
A．Attract
B．To attract
C．Attracting
D．Attracted
16、I ________ to make my plan for the final exam in advance, but I ________.
A．would decide; did
B．could have decided; can't
C．might decide; didn't
D．should have decided; didn't
17、_______the thick clouds, you would find the kite in the sky easily.
A. Had it not been for
B. If it were not
C. If it had not been for
D. Were it not for
18、– Shall I call you at this time tomorrow afternoon?
– Sorry, I ______ an exam on DingTalk.
A．will be taking
B．will take
C．will have taken
D．am taking
19、I’m sorry to say your performance didn’t get to the requirements, ________ you cannot be accepted by our company.
A．in a word
B．on the other hand
C．in general
D．in other words
20、If Mike come this evening, I would ask him to help me deal with the problem.
A.should B.could C.would D.might
21、Joe is a good basketball player ______ being short and stout.
A. due to B. despite
C. considering D. concerning
22、She tells us that Lao Wang is a person ________ we can learn a lot.
A.whom B.that C.from whom D.about whom
23、His success ________ a craze for choosing economy as the major.
A.set in motion B.put into operation C.set in action D.put in practice
24、A Chinese company has created a new facial recognition system that can identify people ______ they are wearing masks.
A.provided that B.in case C.as though D.even if
25、With wonderful views of mountains and beaches,Lovers Point Park is________many people get married.
A.where B.what C.which D.how
26、 Plastic production has soared over the past 25 years, and the mess it causes has risen sharply. Recycling is one option. Another is biology, and with that in mind researchers have been hunting for creatures that can digest plastics. Several species of fungi and bacteria can do the job, but only slowly. Now Anja Brandon, a student at Stanford University has found that bacteria in the guts（肠）of mealworms can break down polymers（多聚体）much more quickly.
Other researchers had already found that mealworms can digest a particular plastic called polystyrene（聚苯乙烯）. Ms Brand on and Dr Criddle wondered whether polystyrene was uniquely delicious, or whether the bacteria in the worms' guts might be able to eat other sorts of plastic, too. To cheek, they turned to polyethylene（聚乙烯）, which is both more common than polystyrene and very different in chemical terms. If the worms found it nutritious as well, that would suggest their tastes might be usefully wide-ranging.
The researchers divided their worms into groups. Some were given 1.8 grams of either polyethylene or polystyrene. Some were given both. Others had their plastic meals supplemented with wheat b ran（麦麸）, which had been found to increase the rate at which mealworms could digest polystyrene. A control group of worms was fed only bran.
More than 90% of the worms survived the 32-day experiment. Those fed only polyethylene found it very agreeable, polishing off 0.87 of their 1.8-gram belting. That was significantly more than the worms eating polystyrene, who managed just 0.57 grams of the stuff. Best of all were the worms that were given bran with their plastic. They chewed through 1.1 grams of polyethylene and 0.98 grams of polystyrene.
The researchers argue that not only are mealworms probably able to digest a wide range of plates, but that the nature of their gut bacteria should allow them to specialize in a particular sort relatively quickly. A small population of a thousand worms, they find, might manage to consume 0.32 grams of polyethylene or 0.28 grams of polystyrene in a day. That is still not lightning fast. But it is quicker than waiting for it to break down in a landfill.
【1】What does the underlined "that" in paragraph 1 refer to?
A.Plastic production. B.The mess.
C.Recycling of plastic . D.Biology.
【2】Why did the scientists choose polyethylene?
A.Because it is more common. B.Because it is similar to polystyrene.
C.Because it is more nutritious. D.Because it is hard to be recycled.
【3】Which group digested fastest in the experiment?
A.Those eating polystyrene.
B.Those eating polyethylene.
C.Those eating plastic with wheat bran.
D.Those eating both polystyrene and polyethylene.
【4】What do the researchers think of the application of the finding?
A.Impractical. B.Poising.
C.Ridiculous. D.Controversial.
27、Welcome！
We look forward to welcoming you this summer.Below you will find a list of forms for students accepted to our 2019 Salisbury Summer School.Please review the documents and fill out and return any applicable forms, Should you wish to spend overnight in the area when you drop off your child,please make arrangements well in advance as summer is a busy time of year in Conriecticut's northwest corner.(A.list of area hotels is found here.)
Both the elective course enrollment(登记)and the questionnaire are very important because we will be unable to design your child’s academic schedule without them.We would also like to draw your attention to the form regarding students leaving on weekends during summer school.
Accepted Student Forms(ASFs ):
●Elective Enrollment
● Questionnaire
● Weekend Permission
● Travel Form
● Pharmacy(用药)Form
●E& R Laundry Registration Form
The Salisbury School Health Center works with Magnus Health which is a secure and easy-to-use website for online submission and storage of your child’s medical information.You must access your child’s Magnus Health account in order to get and submit the required health forms before registration( Access the Pharmacy Form here). Health forms must be completed and submitted to Magnus Health by June 15, if not, summer school classes and activities may not be accessible to your kid.
For questions regarding Salisbury School required health forms or your Magnus Health account,please email healthcenter@salisburyschool.org.Alternatively,you may call the health Center at 860-435-5748.
【1】What should they do if parents want to spend one night in the area?
A．Complete all the forms.
B．Book a room as early as possible.
C．Apply to Magnus Health
D．Tell the summer school in advance.
【2】Which form should parents fill in if their kids leave on weekends during summer school?
A．Elective Enrollment.
B．Questionnaire.
C．Weekend Permission.
D．Travel Form.
【3】What may cause students to miss some classes and activities?
A．Incomplete health forms.
B．Not returning ASFs by June 15.
C．Failing to register ahead of time.
D．Loss of Magnus Health account.
28、 A team of over 30 Chinese surveyors left the base camp at Mount Qomolangma for a higher spot on its journey to the peak on Wednesday as part of the country’s mission to remeasure the height of the world’s highest mountain.
The remeasurement of the peak’s height is a part of China’s latest large-scale scientific survey of Qomolangma. Preparation of the project was started in early March, with 53 surveyors from the First Geodetic Surveying Brigade (大地测量旅) getting stationed near Qomolangma to carry out adaptive climbing and training in other technical skills, and they are going to the survey on the top of the mountain.
To ensure the accuracy of the measurement, and to work it in a more scientific way, experts from the Chinese Academy of Surveying and Mapping, the Shaanxi Bureau of Surveying, and the China Geological Survey were invited to assist in the technical design and planning of the project from the beginning.
The technical innovation and breakthrough applied in the latest survey include the application of the BeiDou-3 Navigation Satellite System and advanced domestic surveying and mapping instruments.
The Chinese government has conducted six large-scale surveys and measurements on Qomolangma in the past few decades; it had successfully measured and announced the height the mountain in 1975 and 2005. Chinese mountaineers and researchers climbed Mount Qomolangma in 1975 to determine its height and concluded that the rock height of the peak was about 8,848.13 meters, and in 2005, the summit measured 8,844.43 meters (29,017 feet).
【1】Where does the text come from?
A.A story book. B.A science fiction.
C.A news report. D.A travel guidebook.
【2】What ensures the accuracy of the measurement according to Paragraph 3?
A.Inviting many experts to support.
B.Applying adaptive climbing skills.
C.Planning the project in early March.
D.Using the most advanced mapping instruments.
【3】Which of the following about the survey is true?
A.83 surveyors worked for the remeasurement.
B.This is the 7th large-scale survey of Qomolangma.
C.30 Surveyors were stationed near Qomolangma.
D.The height of Qomolangma must be shorter than before.
【4】What’s the main idea of the passage?
A.The ways of remeasuring Qomolangma.
B.The results of measuring Qomolangma.
C.The technologies applied in remeasuring.
D.China’s remeasurement of Qomolangma.
29、The first essay I wrote for my history of English class was perfect, at least from my perspective. I had worked on it constantly and couldn’t wait to get my grade back. I handed it in with pride.
Two weeks later, I received my grade: a D. The pages were covered in red writing, pointing out errors. There must have been a mistake.
University started later for me than most. The opportunity wasn’t available when I was younger — too many kids in our family and too little money. But I never stopped wondering what university would have been like. I was in my 40s when I sent in my application and as a part-time student, I will be in my 60s before I’m finished. That’s my goal.
What’s it like to be the old guy in a class full of 20-year-olds? It’s strange. They pretty much ignored me, and I ignored them. They also ignored each other. However, after we had more group work together, people started to communicate. Although I was an English major, some of my favorite classes were unrelated electives. Courses in art history and Greek and Roman history were fascinating. I was eager to do well.
I arranged a meeting to discuss my essay grade and arrived 10 minutes early to meet the teacher’s assistant. I was ready to argue for the brilliance of my paper. However, she quickly explained to me that the paper failed to make a strong argument. The mark remained.
While I kept studying and kept learning, I learned to love two dozen writers I had never heard of before and explored types of literature I had never examined. Eventually, I learned how to write an essay in proper academic prose.
University is different when you are a senior, part-time student. If you are there to establish a career or because your parents force you to go, there are other pressures. For me, it’s just learning. Whether I’m learning remotely or in person, it makes the world a bigger, richer place.
【1】How did the writer feel after receiving the grade of his first essay?
A．Hopeless.
B．Pleased.
C．Excited.
D．Surprised.
【2】Why did the writer start university later than others?
A．His application was refused.
B．His teacher disliked his essay.
C．His health did not meet the standard.
D．His family was not rich enough.
【3】What helped the writer in writing a proper academic essay?
A．Strong curiosity.
B．Constant efforts.
C．Great pressure.
D．Remarkable creativity.
【4】Which would be the best title for the passage?
A．Practice Makes Perfect.
B．Not All That Shines Is Gold.
C．Where There Is A Will, There Is A Way.
D．Action Speaks Louder Than Words.
30、I will never forget the year when I was about twelve years old. My mother told us that we would not be_______Christmas gifts because there was not enough money. I felt sad and thought, “What would I say when the other kids asked what I’d_______?" Just when I started to_______that there would not be a Christmas that year, three women_______at our house with gifts for all of us. For me they brought a doll. I felt such a sense of_______that I would no longer have to be embarrassed when I returned to school. I wasn’t_______. Somebody had thought _______ of me to bring me a gift.
Years later, when I stood in the kitchen of my new house, thinking how I wanted to make my_______Christmas there special and memorable, I_______remembered the women’s visit. I decided that I wanted to create that same feeling of__________for as many children as I could possibly reach.
So I__________a plan and gathered forty people from my company to help. We gathered about 125 orphans(孤儿) at the Christmas party. For every child, we wrapped colorful packages filled with toys, clothes, and school supplies, __________with a child’s name. We wanted all of them to know they were__________. Before I called out their names and handed them their gifts, I__________them that they couldn’t open their presents__________every child had come forward. Finally the__________they had been waiting for came as I called out, “One, two, three. Open your presents!” As the children opened their packages, their faces beamed and their bright smiles__________up the room. The__________in the room was obvious, and__________wasn’t just about toys. It was a feeling—the feeling I knew__________that Christmas so long ago when the women came to visit. I wasn’t forgotten. Somebody thought of me. I matter.
【1】
A．sending
B．receiving
C．making
D．exchanging
【2】
A．found
B．prepared
C．got
D．expected
【3】
A．doubt
B．hope
C．suggest
D．accept
【4】
A．broke in
B．settled down
C．turned up
D．showed off
【5】
A．relief
B．loss
C．achievement
D．justice
【6】
A．blamed
B．loved
C．forgotten
D．affected
【7】
A．highly
B．little
C．poorly
D．enough
【8】
A．present
B．first
C．recent
D．previous
【9】
A．hardly
B．immediately
C．regularly
D．occasionally
【10】
A．strength
B．independence
C．importance
D．safety
【11】
A．kept up with
B．caught up with
C．came up with
D．put up with
【12】
A．none
B．few
C．some
D．each
【13】
A．fine
B．special
C．helpful
D．normal
【14】
A．reminded
B．guaranteed
C．predicted
D．promised
【15】
A．after
B．until
C．when
D．since
【16】
A．chance
B．gift
C．moment
D．reward
【17】
A．lit
B．took
C．burned
D．cheered
【18】
A．atmosphere
B．sympathy
C．calmness
D．joy
【19】
A．it
B．such
C．something
D．everybody
【20】
A．by
B．till
C．for
D．from
31、One rainy afternoon I was sitting at home feeling so bored. _________feeling sorry for myself, I wanted to meet people and have new _________. So I decided to start volunteering. I found a website where I could volunteer on a farm in France.
Volunteering offers so many opportunities to have fun and share _______ stories. It was the first time for me to work on a farm. It was almost a free holiday as food and accommodation were provided. It was not one _______holiday, however, as I had to _______fifteen horses and sheep! I soon discovered that I was a(n) _______ farmer but it did not matter because I made some great friends and also improved my French.
However, you do not _______ go abroad to volunteer. I have had plenty of adventures at home as volunteering can become a _______. For example, I love singing so I had a good laugh waving my arms in order to _______ my local choir (合唱团). At university, I organized a concert for charity with my friends. It was really ________ to find bands and raise money for a cause.
It is true that you feel good volunteering but there are also other________. I once volunteered as a steward (干事) at a charity sports event where the organizers generously gave me cupcakes from an expensive London bakery to thank me for my ________. I also volunteered in a charity shop so I found loads of nice cheap clothes to ________my wardrobe (衣柜).
While this is all fun, my favorite aspect of volunteering is ________and sharing stories. My terrible ________at farming has given me funny stories to tell!
【1】
A．Apart from
B．Due to
C．Instead of
D．But for
【2】
A．experiences
B．discoveries
C．opportunities
D．changes
【3】
A．popular
B．fantastic
C．familiar
D．important
【4】
A．unique
B．regular
C．typical
D．convenient
【5】
A．attend to
B．research into
C．hunt for
D．communicate with
【6】
A．skillful
B．suitable
C．hard-working
D．awful
【7】
A．normally
B．basically
C．naturally
D．necessarily
【8】
A．hobby
B．trend
C．job
D．reality
【9】
A．greet
B．control
C．organize
D．conduct
【10】
A．Powerful
B．hopeful
C．meaningful
D．successful
【11】
A．adventures
B．advantages
C．factors
D．achievements
【12】
A．services
B．patience
C．determination
D．choices
【13】
A．decorate
B．replace
C．beautify
D．update
【14】
A．creating
B．imagining
C．choosing
D．completing
【15】
A．offence
B．shame
C．attempt
D．annoyance
32、The secret to a successful sequel(续集)—a secret
Keeping the entire cast and crew of a film a secret is hard. But when it’s a massive movie like Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, with some 700 people and 1,000 costumes—including 400 coats alone—it’s next to _________. All precautions are taken: characters are given code names, the smallest details are protected by nondisclosure agreements, and digital scripts are encoded and _________ after a certain amount of time in case of being copied and spread. It’s not quite magic, but it’s close.
The pressure to not reveal anything—even _________—is enough to give Eddie Redmayne a difficult time. “I’ve been sent this funny document which is _________ with double-caps, triple-underlined notes saying, YOU CAN’T TALK ABOUT THIS,” says the Oscar winner, who returns as wizard Newt Scamander in the sequel, which continues the story of the earlier _________. Does he ever tell anyone? He leans in and admits, a little _________, that he does: his wife, Hannah Bagshawe.
How have they successfully kept it a secret? It certainly helps that J. K. Rowling, the writer of the work, is the _________ of keeping secrets. She famously claims to have known crucial plot points from her best-selling book series’ endgame years in advance. Also, Johnny Depp’s _________ appearance in the movie—the actor has been accused of domestic violence by his ex-wife Amber Heard—as the dark wizard Grindelwald was kept under _________ until just two weeks before the first film came out in 2016.
Bearing this commitment to secrecy in mind, it’s no surprise that Rowling has ____________ the details to few people about how the ____________ three movies in the proposed five-part series will playout. Even producer Tim Lewis, who has worked on eight Harry Potter installments, is ____________. “We haven’t seen scripts for the next one,” he says. “I am assuming Rowling knows the whole plan, but I couldn’t say.”
The earnings are high enough: the first Fantastic Beasts movie reached $814 million. That’s a number most studios would ____________, but when it comes to Harry Potter, expectations start sky-high. In a world filled with universes based on existing intellectual property—Star Wars, Marvel—appreciation fatigue is always possible. But for now, the extreme enthusiasm shows no sign of____________: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, a play based on an idea by Rowling, is a critical and commercial____________. For the Beasts sequel, analysts are already predicting an opening weekend of $65 million to $75 million.
【1】A.useless B.impossible C.successful D.critical
【2】A.recovered B.released C.deleted D.split
【3】A.in control B.by accident C.for reference D.in case
【4】A.covered B.compared C.armed D.furnished
【5】A.commercial B.adaptation C.imagination D.reputation
【6】A.sadly B.proudly C.angrily D.shyly
【7】A.suspect B.counsellor C.master D.pioneer
【8】A.awful B.debatable C.welcomed D.excellent
【9】A.protection B.wraps C.investigation D.discussion
【10】A.advertised B.justified C.highlighted D.revealed
【11】A.remaining B.enduring C.revealing D.threatening
【12】A.in the dark B.in the clear C.on the air D.on the scene
【13】A.suffer from B.watch for C.dream about D.look into
【14】A.speeding up B.giving off C.turning around D.dying down
【15】A.innovation B.smash C.promotion D.chance
33、 Lainey finished third grade. She had good grades and could read ______ grade level, but she did not like to read. On a family car trip, her Aunt Dede pulled out a copy of Harry Potter, as a surprise for her ______. But Lainey took one look at it, ______ her eyes, and said, “Borrrring！”
Aunt Dede, a teacher, had read the book to her students, and they loved it. ______ the youngest children in the class were ______ by the story. They ______ with great interest, and then ______ joined in grand conversations about Harry's adventures.
“How can you say it's ______？Have you read it？” asked Aunt Dede.
“No, it's too long and it doesn't have any ______，” complained Lainey.
“Oh, that's where you are ______； there are lots of pictures. Every page is full of pictures; you just have to read the words to ______ them. It's like magic.”
“Nice try, Aunt Dede，” Lainey replied ______ from the back seat.
Another ______ was in order. “Well, if you don't want to read it, give it ______. Maybe your mum would ______ hearing the story.” The book sailed through the air to Aunt Dede and she began to read it aloud. By the end of the first chapter，______ were coming from the back seat: “Please read a little ______．”
Lainey is an example of an ______ reader. As shown here, Lainey can become ______ about reading when ______ with literature on topics that interest her, and when the people around her model involvement in the reading process.
【1】A. within B. on C. to D. above
【2】A. daughter B. niece C. student D. friend
【3】A. opened B. dried C. rolled D. shaded
【4】A. Even B. Still C. Just D. Yet
【5】A. surprised B. annoyed C. puzzled D. attracted
【6】A. read B. told C. listened D. wrote
【7】A. suspectedly B. anxiously C. calmly D. enthusiastically
【8】A. amazing B. boring C. ridiculous D. humorous
【9】A. pictures B. stories C. adventures D. conversations
【10】A. crazy B. foolish C. wrong D. different
【11】A. see B. match C. show D. recognize
【12】A. sourly B. patiently C. eagerly D. shyly
【13】A. idea B. try C. belief D. behaviour
【14】A. away B. out C. in D. back
【15】A. enjoy B. admit C. mind D. finish
【16】A. decisions B. requests C. comments D. promises
【17】A. more clearly B. longer C. louder D. more carefully
【18】A. unpleasant B. innocent C. unwilling D. independent
【19】A. astonished B. worried C. confused D. excited
【20】A. presented B. concerned C. disturbed D. replaced
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.
On a broiling afternoon when the men were away at work and all the women napped, I moved through majestic depths of silences, silences so immense I could hear the corn 【1】. Under these silences there was a / an orchestra of natural music playing notes no city child would ever hear. A certain cackle from the henhouse meant we had gained an egg. The creak of a porch swing told of a momentary breeze blowing across my grandmother’s yard. As I 【2】 along a mossy bank to surprise a frog, a 【3】splash told me the quarry had spotted me and slipped into the stream. Wandering among the sleeping houses, I learned that tin roofs crackle under the power of the sun, and when I tired and came back to my grandmother’s house, I padded into her dark cool living room, lay 【4】 on the floor, and listened to the hypnotic beat of her pendulum clock on the wall ticking the meaningless hours away.
I was enjoying the luxuries of a rustic nineteenth-century boyhood, but for the women Morrisonville life had few 【5】. Their lives were hard, endless, dirty labor.
For baths, laundry, and dishwashing, they hauled buckets of water from a spring at the foot of a hill. To heat it, they chopped kindling to fire their wood stoves. They boiled laundry in tubs, scrubbed it on washboards until knuckles were 【6】, and wrung it out by hand. Ironing was a business of lifting heavy metal weights heated on the stove top.
They scrubbed floors on hands and knees, thrashed rugs with carpet beaters, killed and plucked their own chickens, baked bread and parties, grew and conned their won vegetables, patched the family’s clothing on treadle-operated sewing machines, 【7】before the men to start the stove for breakfast and pack lunch pails, polished the chimneys of kerosene lamps, and even found time to tend the flowers that grew around every house. By the end of a summer day a Morrisonville woman had toiled like a serf.
At sundown the men drifted back from the fields exhausted and 【8】. They scrubbed themselves in enamel basins and, when supper was eaten, climbed up onto the porch to watch the night arrive. Presently the women 【9】 them, and the twilight music of Morrisonville began.
The swing creaking , rocking chairs 【10】 on the porch planks, voices murmuring approval of the sagacity of Uncle Irvey as he quietly observed for probably the ten-thousandth time in his life, “A man works from sun to sun, but a woman’s work is never done.”
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.
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.
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The Sundance Film Festival 【1】 boycotts all Hollywood films, and we don’t foresee ever including them. The initial idea for our festival was 【2】 back in l978. when it was known as the Utah/US Film Festival. However, it was not well known until 1981. It was then that Robert Redford became its 【3】 and changed the focus to independent films, often made on very modest 【4】 It was given its new name-the Sundance Film Festival-in 1991. Redford has acted in and directed many big Hollywood films, but wanted to 【5】 the public to films made outside of the Hollywood system
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.
Driving an electric car 【1】 to the protection of environment, or so the marketing departments of their makers would have you believe. Yet a report which analyzes car emissions presents a rather different picture. A battery-powered car recharged with 【2】 generated by coal-fired power stations, it found, is likely to be more harmful. It could cause more than three times as many deaths from pollution as a 【3】 petrol-driven vehicle.
The study was carried out by the University of Minnesota. The researchers estimated how levels of fine particulate matter (细颗粒物) and ground-level ozone — two important 【4】 of air pollution — would change when a car is powered by different ways.
It was no surprise that electric cars whose batteries were recharged with power from wind, solar or hydro-electric sources came out to be virtually free from harmful 【5】. They were estimated to cause 231 deaths over the course of a year, compared with 878 for petrol cars. Electric cars recharged with power from natural gas-fired stations were also a lot less harmful than petrol-driven ones, with 439 deaths. But if those same electric cars were recharged 【6】 by coal, they would be responsible for over 3,000 deaths.
Biofuels also caused more health problems than petrol. But diesel, which often 【7】 concern about pollution, is slightly cleaner than petrol. This is because the study assumes for all cars that emission-control technologies will be more widely used, especially particulate filters which have a remarkable effect on cleaning diesel 【8】. Diesel cars are also more 【9】 of fuel than petrol-driven ones.
Overall, the study shows that electric cars are cleaner than those traditional vehicles only if the power used to charge then is also clean. That is hardly a surprise, but the 【10】 of the difference is. How green electric cars really are, then, will depend mainly on where they are driven. In France, which obtains more than half of its power from nuclear station, electric cars look like a good bet. In China and some other developing countries, where a large amount of electricity is produced from coal, they may not be so environment- friendly as they are marketed.
38、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。
Last Saturday, when I was checking out at the grocery store, the woman in front of me caught my attention. She was in a red coat and had long hair. She was pushing one shopping cart with a basket in front. The basket held just a few items：corm, a lot of bread, some canned goods and a bunch of gorgeous colored roses. Several times when I was looking at her, I caught her looking at those lovely roses and smiling. I thought she must like roses very much. Therefore, I commented that those roses were, indeed, very lovely and beautiful. She said, “Roses are my favorite flowers, and I really do love them.”
Then, when I was waiting to bill my items, I heard the woman say to the cashier, “Em…, you can put those roses back, because I really can’t afford them now. I don’t have enough money.”
On hearing that, I asked her if she allowed me to buy them for her. She shook her head and said, “Why would you want to do that? You certainly don’t have to.” I replied that I just wanted to give her “a special thing” because she loved them so much. However, she still seemed hesitant. Then I told her that she would be doing me a great kindness if she allowed me to gift them to her. With tears in her eyes, she agreed and said, “I really do love them. Thank you very much.”
The moment I handed the cashier the money for the roses, I noticed he was a little teary too. As I said goodbye to him and began to walk away, I found the woman holding the roses and staring at me at the gate.
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:
When I walked out of the store,
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Paragraph 2:
I have given the woman beauty and made her day beautiful.
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39、阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。 续写的词数应为150左右。
Snow began to fall across the Apennines Mountain in January and lasted for days. From his home in the suburbs, Matrone watched the weather with concern. He and his wife, Cicioni, had planned an overnight getaway to the hotel halfway up the mountain. But now he wondered whether they should go. After phoning the hotel, they decided to make the trip. When they finally arrived six hours later, they were both cold and exhausted. They checked into their room and went to bed early.
As they awoke the next day, they discovered that their difficulty had worsened overnight. The cars in the parking lot were invisible. The phone and power lines were down. Many people were digging their cars.
With a dozen vehicles freed by noon, the guests set off down the driveway. But when they reached the main road, the path was blocked by a six-foot-high wall of snow. Matrone climbed out of his car and there was no road in sight. “We're trapped! he told his wife. So they had no choice but to make their way back to the hotel.
As it was getting dark, they managed to be back. That was when the snow on the mountain began to slide. They heard the avalanche（雪崩）before they saw it. The avalanche gathered speed and size, grabbing anything in its way down the mountain and tearing the hotel from its foundation. When the avalanche came to a stop, those caught inside the hotel were left buried in the icy rocks and ruins.
注意：续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好。
Paragraph 1
When Matrone came to himself, he was stuck in the darkness. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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It was not until the next morning that the rescuers finally arrived.___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
40、假定你是高三学生李华，你的英国朋友Sinan发邮件问你未来的职业规划。请你回复邮件，内容包括：
1. 你的职业规划；
2. 选择该规划的理由；
3. 询问对方的意见。
注意：
1. 词数100左右；
2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
41、假定你是李华，你班来自英国的交换生Julie因为在学校举行的中国古代诗歌朗诵比赛中表现欠佳而心情沮丧。请你就此事给她写一封邮件，内容包括：
1.表示安慰；
2.帮其分析原因并给予鼓励。
注意：1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇：中国古代诗歌朗诵比赛the Ancient Chinese Poetry Recitation Contest
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