1、I _______ to him because he is a real artist.
A.insist on B.look over C.look on D.look up
2、—Why don’t you do some shopping in the second-hand store？
—Well，the goods there are ________，but ________.
A.more expensive；worse B.more expensive；not as bad
C.cheaper；good enough D.cheaper；not as good
3、Only when he reached the tea-house ______it was the same place he’d been in last year.
A. he realized B. he did realize
C. realized he D. did he realize
4、--- Will you lend me some money?
--- Sorry, mine _______.
A．were used up
B．has run out
C．have run out
D．has run out of
5、If we improve its package, the product will surely ______ when introduced to the market.
A.get off B.come out C.catch on D.break away
6、Climate change has arrived and is _____ faster than many scientists expected.
A.uniting B.accelerating C.declining D.twisting
7、The best books are treasures of good words and golden thoughts, ______ , remembered and cherished, become our constant companions.
A.that B.which C.where D.where
8、It’s quite warm here; we __________turn the heating on yet.
A．couldn’t
B．mustn’t
C．needn’t
D．wouldn’t
9、I wish to thank, _____________, all the people who have made this exhibition possible.
A. in particular B. in peace
C. in case D. in place
10、John as well as the other children who ______ no parents ______ good care of in the centre at present.
A.has; is taken B.have; are taken C.have; is taken D.has; are taken
11、The expert says the farm helps reduce Beijing’s __________ on dirty energy that creates the capital’s heavy smog.
A.convenience B.confidence C.reliance D.importance
12、________makes this shop different is that it offers more personal services .
A．What
B．Whatever
C．Who
D．Whoever
13、It was a significant _______ that a Chinese search vessel, Haixun 01 picked up signals consistent with black box technology _______ the South Indian Ocean for the missing plane.
A.discovery, when sailing B.finding, when shipping
C.outcome, when searching for D.breakthrough, when combing through
14、The world’s first_____ egg went on sale in a California Whole Foods Wednesday, marking the potential start of an_____ shift in the reliance on corn and soy.
A.plant-based artificial, industry-wide B.artificial plant-basing, industry-wide
C.artificial plant-based, industry-widely D.plant-basing artificial, industry-widely
15、—Will you join us in the discussion?
—Well, I won’t join you unless Wang Lin ________ too.
A. will be asked B. is asked
C. asked D. be asked
16、The housing price in Suzhou ________ sharply recently, so new measures are to be taken to control it.
A．has been rising
B．will rise
C．rises
D．had risen
17、Germany ______ war on France on August 3rd, 1914.
A.discussed B.opened C.happened D.declared
18、The Internet users have been warned to ______ any messages that ask you to send cash or personal information, no matter how formal they are.
A.abandon B.reject C.decrease D.withdraw
19、There are many “forced riders”，who are suffering from the climate impacts_____ having scarcely contributed to the problem.
A.when B.though C.despite D.as
20、________ the danger of drunk driving, the driver decided not to drive any more after drinking.
A．Aware for
B．Aware of
C．Aware about
D．Being aware that
21、Most consumers are by the high price of the 3D printers despite keen interest in them.
A.put off B.put on C.put through D.put up
22、The whole nation responds to the call _______ everybody shall wear masks wherever they go.
A.which B.that C.when D.because
23、I doubt the _______ of his statement because it doesn’t agree with the fact.
A.alternative B.accuracy C.significance D.identification
24、The reason for________ he failed in the exam was that he was too careless.
A．which
B．why
C．that
D．it
25、Among the ashes were not the bones of a beast, but ________ of a bird.
A.ones B.that C.those D.what
26、 On the morning of July 14, 1960, Jane Goodall arrived on the east shore of Lake Tanganyika and the Gombe National Park. Then, around 5 pm, somebody reported that they had seen a chimpanzee (黑猩猩). Straight away, Jane set off into the forest to find her chimpanzees.
As a young woman, Jane Goodall had no scientific knowledge but this didn’t stop her from following her childhood dream of studying chimpanzees in Africa. After many months of difficult work she found: chimpanzees eat meat, they use tools to get food and they also make tools. Every evening, Jane wrote her findings in a diary and she began to publish articles in journals. After a while, scientists started reading her studies and Jane was offered a place at a university. After more years of research she became Doctor Jane Goodall in 1966. There was a film Miss Goodall and the Wild Chimpanzees (1963) and then the first of many books called My Friends the Wild Chimpanzees (1969).
During the 1970s, Gombe became a dangerous place to work, where often there was fighting between soldiers. Many foreigners fled the region but Jane stayed. A different problem developed in Gombe in the 1980s. The human population in the region was increasing. As a result of this there were only about a hundred chimpanzees living in Gombe. Jane realised that something had to be done, so she set about helping the local community to grow more trees for them in the region.
After 1989, Jane started giving lectures, fighting against the cruelty to chimpanzees used in medical research laboratories. She was also busy setting up sanctuaries for chimps which had been caught or were orphans (孤儿) because of the trade in chimpanzee meat. Nowadays, she has very little spare time left but she still spends part of every year in the forest in Gombe, watching her chimpanzees.
【1】In which order did Jane do the following things?
a. received her doctor’s degree
b. made discoveries about chimpanzees
c. wrote her first book about chimpanzees
d. gave lectures about chimpanzee protection
A. bacd. B. adbc.
C. acdb. D. abdc.
【2】What was the problem that happened to chimpanzees in Gombe in the 1980s?
A. Diseases made their population drop sharply.
B. Many foreigners took them away from Gombe.
C. Their homes were almost destroyed by humans.
D. Fighting among soldiers broke out in their homes.
【3】Which of the following best explains “sanctuaries” underlined in the last paragraph?
A. Modern hospitals. B. Safe houses.
C. Wildlife markets. D. Research labs.
【4】Why does the author use “her chimpanzees” in Paragraph 1 and 4?
A. To tell us Jane is their protection hero. B. To prove Jane’s research needs them.
C. To explain Jane has raised them. D. To show Jane loves them deeply.
27、 You’ve got to get an early start tomorrow, but you’re not sleepy yet. Blame your brain, at least in part. Yet that same brain is still under construction. And much of that important work takes place while you sleep. Here’s what’s happening and why it matters.
Today’s lifestyle is one reason for late bedtimes. Many teens don’t finish with after-school activities, part-time jobs, dinner, and homework until 10 p.m. or later. Add in some time for relaxing, especially time for screens, and bedtime may not roll around until 11 p.m. or nearly midnight. In response, the brain cuts back melatonin（褪黑素）, a hormone that promotes sleep. Even without modern technology, though, teens change their daily cycle for sleeping, waking, and various other activities.
The rest of the world doesn’t change, however. So most teens must head to school before they’ve gotten the 8.5 to 9. 5 hours of sleep recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics. And that’s a serious public health problem. For one thing, lack of sleep makes it harder to pay attention. When studies compared teens who had earlier and later school start times, they found that those who had more time to sleep did better in class. They also suffered fewer accidents in sports, driving, and other activities. Lack of sleep could also hurt mental health. Studies have found an inverse correlation（负相关）between teens’ amount of sleep and depression and other mental illnesses. As sleep time went down, the risks for the mental illnesses went up. Beyond that, teens lacking in sleep report more relationship problems and feelings of inadequacy.
Lots of issues remain for sleep researchers to explore. For now, though, studies are clear：Teens’ brains need sleep.
【1】Teen’s lifestyle today most likely leads to _______.
A.the change of daily cycle
B.the rise of melatonin release
C.the growth of relaxing time
D.the decrease of technology use
【2】With the amount of sleep decreasing, teens may experience _______.
A.poorer concentration B.lower illness risk
C.stronger relationship D.greater emotional change
【3】The author probably supports the idea that _______.
A.sleep issues are extremely hard to solve
B.school time is generally impossible to adjust
C.enough sleep is clearly beneficial to teens’ health
D.the brain is chiefly responsible for teens’ sleep problems
28、At the office that day, Martha was left to keep her eyes open until after the lunch hour. Then Mr Max Cohen brought her a document to copy. She was so anxious she had to start afresh three times. And when he came to fetch it, all that had been achieved were the words “Memorandum of an Agreement of Sale” typed across the top of the sheet. She shrank under his impatient assurance that it did not matter in the least, and she must take her time. Her fingers were heavy and trembling, and her head was thick. To type two pages of his small neat writing into something clean and pleasant to look at seemed to her, just then, an impossibly difficult task. He went home without coming to her desk again, and she decided she would come early next morning and do it before anyone else arrived.
Mrs Buss, on her way out, asked, “Have you got any certificates?” Martha said no. She had learned to type at home. Mrs Buss said nothing, but merely nodded absent-mindedly, for her eyes were on the elegant Mrs Jasper Cohen. Martha could barely see where she was going as she left the office. What she said to herself was, “I won’t spend the rest of my life typing this stupid jargon”.
She then went into the building of the ZambesiNews. She was going to see if Mr Spur, an old journalist whom she had known as a child, could offer her any kind of position. She was in the building about half an hour, and when she came out, her face was hot with embarrassment. It had been so painful she could not bear to remember what had happened. What she must remember was that she had no qualifications at all.
【1】Why did Martha find her first day at the office difficult?
A．She was too nervous to think.
B．Mr Cohen was not easy to please.
C．The task given to her was very difficult.
D．She was not used to working under pressure.
【2】By the end of the day, which of the following was true of Martha?
A．She had decided to work overtime.
B．She hadn't finished her typing work.
C．She hadn't thought she would be blamed.
D．She knew Mr Cohen was disappointed in her.
【3】What might be Mrs Buss's attitude towards Martha?
A．She seemed eager to help her.
B．She seemed uninterested in her.
C．She seemed to have taken a dislike to her.
D．She seemed concerned about her lack of qualifications.
29、Improve your reading, writing and math skills
Through the Literacy and Basic Skills program, you will learn reading, writing, math and other basic skills (e. g. computer) to help you prepare for:
● employment
● college studies
● independence
● school credit
These courses are free and available in English or French. There are courses designed for local people and Deaf people as well.
Requirements
To take these courses you have to:
● be an Ontario resident
● be 16 years old or older
● have reading, writing and math skills below the grade 12 level
Learn in a classroom
You can take these free classroom courses at more than 300 locations across the province.
Find out more by contacting Employment Ontario.
Learn online
You can learn online as one way of the Literacy and Basic Skills program.
Four different organizations in Ontario offer free online courses tailored to you. Find out more about learning online:
● in French
● in English
● as a local person
● as a Deaf person
【1】What will the program fail to help you prepare for?
A．Employment.
B．College studies.
C．Entrance exam.
D．Independence.
【2】How many ways to take the courses are mentioned in the passage?
A．Two.
B．Three.
C．Four.
D．Five.
【3】In which part of a newspaper may this text appear?
A．Entertainment.
B．Education.
C．Health.
D．Science.
30、 Almost everything was fantastic in the camp except for a girl, Elizabeth. When I saw her sitting alone in the hot sun at lunch, I asked her to eat with us under a ________ tree. However, Elizabeth refused my kind ________. When we invited her to play volleyball with us, Elizabeth ________ our invitation, too. After a few more ________ refusals like that, I decided to stay away from Elizabeth.
It ________ that we were going on a ________ and our instructor paired everyone up with a partner. Guess who my partner turned out to be. It was Elizabeth!
“What do you like to do ________?” I asked, trying to make small ________ as we started out. “I like to ________ in peace and quiet,” Elizabeth ________. So we had the quietest and most peaceful hike in the world ________ we saw a bird.” I think his wing is hurt. Poor little bird, Elizabeth said ________. “He might be taking a rest over there.” I said. Elizabeth nodded. Then she whispered, “But what if he’s in ________, like my granddad?” “Your granddad?” I said. “He ________ and broke his leg the day the camp started. He’s ________ in hospital and is in so much pain,” Elizabeth explained. I noticed she was crying. “I’m sorry for what I have done. For some reason, whenever I get really sad, I act rudely and want to be ________,” she added.
“I get it,” I said. “I don’t always know how to ________ it when I’m feeling down, either.” “Thanks,” she said, wiping off her ________.
After that, Elizabeth seemed to get along well with us, and I think she actually ________ the last few days of the camp.
Next time, if someone is unfriendly, give him a second ________. Maybe he’s going through a tough time and just doesn’t know how to deal with it.
【1】A. old B. warm C. shady D. pretty
【2】A. help B. invitation C. order D. symbol
【3】A. turned over B. turned off C. turned down D. turned out
【4】A. unfriendly B. unfair C. unfit D. uncertain
【5】A. happened B. seemed C. looked D. appeared
【6】A. discussion B. talk C. hike D. voyage
【7】A. for free B. for sure C. for ever D. for fun
【8】A. mistake B. promises C. talks D. exchanges
【9】A. jog B. walk C. live D. work
【10】A. shouted B. replied C. complained D. insisted
【11】A. until B. unless C. though D. since
【12】A. frequently B. luckily C. sadly D. coldly
【13】A. pain B. silence C. peace D. permission
【14】A. appreciated B. fell C. lay D. copied
【15】A. yet B. already C. still D. ever
【16】A. independent B. kind C. unique D. alone
【17】A. concentrate B. repair C. handle D. ruin
【18】A. tears B. sweat C. kisses D. face
【19】A. avoided B. enjoyed C. starved D. expanded
【20】A. method B. chance C. life D. approach
31、 What is a vegan? What is veganism?
Veganism is a type of vegetarian diet that _________meat, eggs, dairy products and all other animal-derived ingredients. Many vegans also do not eat foods that are _________using animal products, such as refined white sugar and some wines.
Vegan _________either a person who follows this was of eating, or the diet itself. That is, the word vegan can be an adjective used to describe a food item, as in, “This curry is vegan”, or, it can be used as a noun, as in, “Vegans like cookie, too.”
Although there is some _________ as to whether certain foods, such as honey, fit into a vegan diet, if you are cooking for other vegans, it is best to be cautious and _______ these foods. Most vegans _______ the definition of veganism to go beyond just food and will also avoid the use of all personal and household products tested on animals, and avoid _______ and using all animal-derived non-food products, such as leather, fur and wool.
What do vegans eat?
This is perhaps the most common question about veganism. A vegan diet includes grains, beans, legumes, vegetables and _______ or the nearly infinite number of foods made by combining them.
_______, many vegan versions of familiar foods are available, so you can eat vegan hot dogs, ice cream, cheese and vegan mayonnaise along with the more familiar veggie burgers. Many foods are ________ veganism, such as soy milk and tofu, but many non-vegans also enjoy tofu, and you certainly do not have to like tofu in order to eat vegan.
Vegans also eat many of the same common and ________ everyday foods such as a green salad, spaghetti, and chips and salsa which just about everyone eats. ________, a vegetarian burrito (玉米煎饼) without cheese or sour cream would be vegan, a vegetarian Thai curry made from coconut milk is vegan, pasta with tomato sauce non-meat and non-diary sauce is vegan, and most breads are vegan.
How can I become vegan?
So you have decided to become vegan. But now what? Some people easily go from eating meat to vegan right away, while others struggle with their new ________, or choose to go to vegetarian first and then ________ omit (去除) eggs and dairy. There is no right or wrong way to do it, but you may want to learn about what’s worked for other people. However, you do it, keep your ________ in mind and remember why you are choosing to adopt a vegan diet.
【1】A.excludes B.includes C.involves D.favors
【2】A.enjoyed B.consumed C.processed D.frozen
【3】A.protests against B.refers to C.consists of D.searches for
【4】A.analysis B.reason C.debate D.comment
【5】A.cook B.choose C.test D.avoid
【6】A.extend B.apply C.restrict D.offer
【7】A.controlling B.purchasing C.distributing D.producing
【8】A.eggs B.cheeses C.hot-dogs D.fruits
【9】A.Otherwise B.Because C.Besides D.Thus
【10】A.separated from B.ignored by C.associated with D.limited to
【11】A.cheap B.familiar C.delicious D.healthy
【12】A.As a result B.For example C.In a sense D.In particular
【13】A.belief B.mission C.commitment D.trend
【14】A.slowly B.easily C.essentially D.normally
【15】A.goal B.request C.responsibility D.expense
32、 When I was in my twenties, I travelled alone through the UK. In order to_______locations that the public transportation couldn't get to, I bought a(n)_______car, drove it around for three months and sold it before I returned to Australia. The car cost most of my money, so I lived mainly on _______during that trip, it being cheap and filling. In Ireland, my_______was stolen, and it was impossible to get another. So for the rest of the trip I_______out in my car, being too poor to afford bed-and-breakfasts.
One morning, I_______in my old Skoda under a twisted tree on a remote lane in the Irish countryside, with no more than a_______ house in sight. I had a terrible desire for a_______cup of tea and some hot water to make porridge with_______I would not have to eat the cold leftovers from the previous day. My thermos (暖瓶)，had gone cold overnight so I knocked on the door of the house. A woman opened it. Hot water? She________let me get away with just that! I was invited indoors, seated at the breakfast table with the________and given a delicious breakfast, as much as I could eat. I was________to eat something more than porridge! I________being friends with the whole family.
That was only one of many acts of ________ strangers showed me when I was travelling alone in foreign regions. One London businessman rushing to work, seeing me________offered to pull my ridiculously heavy suitcase________several flights of stairs in the underground, After he'd done so, with a smile and a wave, he________into the crowd.
Kindness gets________.The other day, I was able to point out a rare parking spot to a young man who had been driving around the railway car park, looking________desperate. His grateful smile was all the________I needed as I dashed off to catch my train.
【1】A.reach B.search C.arrive D.choose
【2】A.modern B.intelligent C.special D.ancient
【3】A.bread B.rice C.porridge D.vegetable
【4】A.wallet B.backpack C.mobile D.car
【5】A.camped B.worked C.watched D.looked
【6】A.appeared B.awoke C.slept D.explored
【7】A.deserted B.separate C.single D.shabby
【8】A.typical B.measuring C.necessary D.steaming
【9】A.now that B.so that C.even if D.in case
【10】A.wouldn’t B.shouldn’t C.needn’t D.couldn’t
【11】A.couple B.woman C.adult D.family
【12】A.amazed B.ashamed C.delighted D.frustrated
【13】A.gave up B.end up C.kept up D.turn up
【14】A.sadness B.kindness C.happiness D.forgiveness
【15】A.working B.travelling C.crying D.struggling
【16】A.up B.around C.forward D.away
【17】A.fade away B.threw away C.put away D.tore away
【18】A.turn down B.handed out C.passed on D.started with
【19】A.immediately B.constantly C.directly D.increasingly
【20】A.dream B.memory C.reward D.intention
33、 I was 18 years old, fit, strong and ambitious. One day, I fell down for no_______reason. I saw many different specialists and was finally diagnosed with limb girdle muscular dystrophy(MD).
It was a very difficult time. I had no idea what life was going to_______at me and I was scared. By my late 30s it was_______and I had transitioned(转变）from a walking stick to a wheelchair. I wanted to be master of my own _______, so I had to recognize my_______ and play to my weaknesses. What I wanted to make _______was a trip to the north pole.
People with MD feel the cold. So why did I want to go to one of the most extreme, cold and_______places on Earth?I'd read about Chris Cope, who wanted to go to the north pole to raise money for MD, and it had _______ my adventurous spirit: I wanted to raise awareness about the _______, but I also wanted to find out what I was capable of. I'm very________
In the two years it had taken to organize the expedition, my muscles had worsened but we ________regardless. The unpleasant life coaching and cold training helped me to ________ how my body would behave in extreme cold, which made me aware of what to________.
I had an amazing team around me,________ the four different flights we took to get to the inner Arctic ice shelf were nevertheless discouraging. While we were on the ice the runway________and we had to wait for it to refreeze.________ we reached the north pole, I was bitterly cold, exhausted and a complete ________.I was on the ice for the best part of three long days,then ________the final 350m.The expedition raised50,000 for ________MD is slowly destroying my life but I have chosen to fill it with ________ and I live life to the full.
【1】A.adequate B.apparent C.sound D.major
【2】A.yell B.target C.throw D.direct
【3】A.advanced B.initial C.modest D.minor
【4】A.disease B.fortune C.fate D.business
【5】A.achievements B.strengths C.privileges D.commitments
【6】A.differ B.happen C.count D.work
【7】A.autonomous B.mysterious C.fantastic D.inaccessible
【8】A.referred to B.appealed to C.belonged to D.applied to
【9】A.significance B.conservation C.ambition D.condition
【10】A.trustworthy B.delicate C.competitive D.ridiculous
【11】A.pulled out B.took off C.pressed on D.hung about
【12】A.illustrate B.assess C.stress D.clarify
【13】A.value B.forgive C.require D.expect
【14】A.though B.but C.so D.as
【15】A.floated B.disappeared C.twisted D.split
【16】A.Because B.Once C.Before D.Unless
【17】A.envy B.failure C.pride D.mess
【18】A.ran B.climbed C.rolled D.walked
【19】A.treatment B.charity C.training D.ecology
【20】A.imaginations B.experiences C.recreations D.responsibilities
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.
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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
36、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.
37、阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Everyone has their own unique fingerprint; 【1】 makes fingerprints an ideal way to unlock smartphones. However, this may be 【2】 (safe) than we think.
Scientists at New York University and Michigan State University in the US have developed a set of fake fingerprints. They say that the prints 【3】 unlock any fingerprint-enabled smartphone up to 65 percent of the time.
The artificial fingerprints 【4】 (create) by using many common features found in human prints. They work 【5】 taking advantage of the way smartphone scanners check a fingerprint.
The fingerprint scanners 【6】 (use) in smartphones are so small that they only read parts of fingerprints. So they have to take many scans of your finger or thumb (拇指) 【7】 they work properly. Smartphones also let users save several finger and thumbprints. Since a print only has to match one of the saved images 【8】 (unlock) the phone, the scanner is more likely to make mistakes.
Although the scientists have only tested their findings in computer simulations (模拟), 【9】 (worry) about the safety of using fingerprints are reasonable .They warn that the technology used to create artificial fingerprints is improving 【10】 (extreme) fast.
38、假定你是学生会主席李华，你校近期将举办一场关于抗疫英雄事迹的讲座。请你以学生会的名义用英语写一则100词左右的书面通知。内容要求如下：
1． 时间及地点 2.活动内容 3.注意事项
提示词：COVID-19 新冠病毒
此外，可适当增加细节。
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39、假定你是李华，下周你校将举办英语演讲比赛。请你围绕 “taking responsibility” 写一篇演讲稿参赛，内容包括：
1. 承担责任的重要性；
2. 应如何承担责任；
3. 你的呼吁。
注意：1. 词数80左右；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 开头已经给出，不计入总词数。
Dear classmates,
I’m Li Hua.
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40、最近国家教育部门就“是否取消中学文理分科”面向全国征求意见。下面是腾讯网就“中学文理是否分科”这一话题进行调查的结果。
网友观点 | 投票数 | 百分数 | 理由 |
应该分科 | 172793 | 48.48% | 中学生负担太重 |
现代社会更需要专业人才 | |||
不应该分科 | 183593 | 51.52% | 分科不利于人的全面发展 |
分科导致全民整体素质下降 |
请你结合上表，写一篇英语短文，并谈谈自己的看法。
注意：1. 次数 120-150
2. 开头已给出，不计入总词数
3. 参考词汇：全面发展:all-round development
Recently, the Tencent Website launched an online survey on the topic whether science and arts education should be separated.
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41、阅读下列短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。
Cloning has always been with us and is here to stay. It is a way of making an exact copy of another animal or plant. It happens in plants when gardeners take cuttings from growing plants to make new ones. It also happens in animals when twins identical in sex (性别) and appearance are produced from the same original eggs. The fact is that these are both examples of natural clones.
Cloning has two major uses. Firstly, gardeners use it all the time to produce commercial quantities of plants. Secondly, it is valuable for research on new plant species and for medical research on animals. Cloning plants is simple while cloning animals is very complicated. It is a difficult task to undertake. Many attempts to clone mammals failed. But at last the determination and patience of scientists paid off in 1996 with a breakthrough—the cloning of Dolly the sheep.
On the one hand, the whole scientific world followed the process of the first successful clone, Dolly the sheep. The fact that she seemed to develop normally was very encouraging. Then came the disturbing news that Dolly had become seriously ill. Cloning scientists were depressed to find that Dolly’s illnesses were more appropriate to a much older animals. Altogether Dolly lived six and a half years, half the length of the original sheep.
On the other hand, Dolly’s appearance raised a storm of objection and had a great influence on the media and public imagination. It became controversial. It suddenly opened everybody’s eyes to the possibility of using cloning to cure serious illnesses and even to produce human being.
Governments became nervous and more conservative (保守的). Some began to reform their legal systems and forbade research into human cloning, but other countries like China and UK, continued to accumulate evidence of the abundant medical aid that cloning could provide. However, scientists still wonder whether cloning will help or harm us and where it is leading us.
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