东营2025学年度第二学期期末教学质量检测高一英语

1、Time should be made good use________our lessons well.

A．of learning

B．to learn

C．to learning

D．of to learn

2、Smiling doesn’t ________ mean you’re happy. Sometimes, it just means that you’re strong enough to face problems.

A.fortunately B.eventually C.deliberately D.necessarily

3、My uncle is a(n) _____ man. If he promises to do something, he is sure to do it.

A. modest B. reliable C. aggressive D. punctual

4、The word “ungelivable”, based on Chinese, which has become a big hit online very quickly, _________ a message that Chinese can also serve as an addition to English vocabulary.

A.adapts B.assesses C.declares D.conveys

5、The explorer got a disease in blood for the ____ of fresh vegetables and fruit.

A. sake B. lack

C. ignorance D. benefit

6、He always tries to avoid being_______with his headteacher.

A.left out B.left alone C.left behind D.left over

7、I have a(n) ________to make to you——I opened your letter by mistake.

A．apology

B．disadvantage

C．fault

D．shortcoming

8、The electrical fan she__________in town yesterday works well again.

A.repaired B.had repaired C.has repaired D.had had repaired

9、Not until I went up further ________ that under the tree ________, obviously sound asleep.

A．that I saw; did a boy lie

B．I saw; lay a boy

C．did I see; did a boy lie

D．did I see; lay a boy

10、Jenny said she was _____ by the programme in the TV, so she turned it off.

A.disgusted B.attracted C.disgusting D.attracting

11、Many nations have promised to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but are falling short of the ________ reduction of 25 to 40 percent of 1990 levels.

A.target B.option C.profit D.refund

12、______ providing entertainment, the website also turns out to be a helpful learning tool.

A.Far from B.Apart from C.Instead of D.Regardless of

13、_______ the secret of nature, the young scientist has little time for entertainment.

A. Devoted to bring out     B. Devoted himself to bringing out 

C. Devoted to bringing out     D. Devoting to bring out

14、It’s important for the figures regularly.

A．to be updated

B．to have been updated

C．to update

D．to have updated

15、If Lincoln had lived, it________ be that his postwar policies would have brought criticism upon him that would________ his reputation.

A.might as well … have tarnished B.might well … have tarnished

C.might as well … tarnish D.might well … tarnish

16、Cancer has become the top killer ________ I think threatens the health of millions of people.

A.that B.of which C.不填 D.Both A and C

17、He was ____ to know that all his personal information had been exposed to the public.

A.astonishing B.to astonished C.astonish D.astonished

18、________vivid picture describes ________ very common phenomenon in our society.

A．The；/

B．The；a

C．A；the

D．A；/

19、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

20、Much to the couple's comfort，their income is now double ________ it was five years ago.

A.that B.if C.which D.what

21、Most parents are not _________ the danger of their babies’ eating jelly, which causes most unfortunate incidents to happen.

A．well aware to

B．very aware of

C．aware that

D．well aware of

22、Not only ,but he himself was badly beaten up.

A.was everything he had robbed of

B.everything he had was robbed of

C.had everything he been robbed of

D.was he robbed of everything he had

23、The question came up at the meeting ______ we had enough money to conduct the research.

A. what B. if C. that D. whether

24、_______ with the severe situation, the expert suggested the market referred to at once.

A.Facing; be shut down B.Faced; being shut down

C.To Face; being shut down D.Faced; be shut down

25、When we fail to ____ our own expectations, we often feel frustrated.

A. look forward to B. live up to

C. make up for D. set off for

26、Did you know it's possible to swim with whales in the ocean while lying on a hospital bed?Have you imagined experiencing your 74th birthday as a 20-something? Medical virtual (虚拟的) reality is an area with interesting and attractive possibilities. Although the field is brand new, there are already great examples of VR having a positive effect on health care. Here are some.

Have you ever lain down on a hospital bed counting the days until you leave the hospital? Brennan Spiegel and his team at the Cedars-Sinai hospital in Los Angeles introduced VR worlds to their patients to help them reduce stress and pain. With the special glasses, they could escape the four walls of the hospital and enjoy amazing scenery in Iceland, take part in the work of an art studio or swim together with whales in the ocean. So the hospital experience is improved.

As we know, the experience in a hospital is even more stressful for small children who miss their parents and friends. Now a Dutch company made their dream possible. Through a smart phone and virtual glasses, VisitU makes live contact possible with a 360 degree camera at the patient's home, school or special occasions like a birthday celebration or a football game. Though staying in hospital, young patients can relax and still enjoy their lives.

Did you wonder what it feels like to grow old? Embodied Labs created “We Are Alfred” by using VR technology to show young medical students what aging means. Everyone can be the imagined Alfred for 7 minutes, and experience what it feels like to live as a 74-year-old man. Thus it's possible to solve the disconnection between young doctors and elderly patients due to their huge age difference.

Mind MotionPro, produced by the Swiss Mindmaze allows patients with a brain injury to “practice” how to lift their arms or move their fingers with the help of virtual reality. The app makes the practice of repetitive (重复的) movements fun for patients. The mental effort helps their damaged nervous systems to recover much faster than lying helplessly in bed.

【1】What is implied in the questions raised in Paragraph 1?

A．The characters of medical VR.

B．The function of medical VR.

C．The popularity of medical VR.

D．The imagination about medical VR.

【2】In what aspect does medical VR play a great role according to Paragraph 2?

A．Making patients adapt to their surroundings.

B．Improving the hospitals'services.

C．Relaxing patients in hospital.

D．Exposing patients to real life.

【3】Which example is intended to show that medical VR speeds up recovery?

A．Spiegel's special glasses.

B．The application of VisitU.

C．The creation of “We Are Alfred”.

D．The use of Mind MotionPro.

27、   Challenging work that requires lots of analytical thinking, planning and other managerial skills might help your brain stay sharp as you age, a study published Wednesday in the journal Neurology suggests.

Researchers from the University of Leipzig in Germany gathered more than 1, 000 retired workers who were over age 75 and assessed the volunteers’ memory and thinking skills through a battery of tests. Then, for eight years, the scientists asked the same group to come back to the lab every 18 months to take the same sorts of tests.

Those who had held mentally stimulating (刺激), demanding jobs before retirement tended to do the best on the tests. And they tended to lose cognitive (认知) function at a much slower rate than those with the least mentally challenging jobs. The results held true even after the scientists accounted for the participants’ overall health status.

“This works just like physical exercise,” says Francisca Then, who led the study. “After a long run, you may feel like you’re in pain, you may feel tired. But it makes you fit. After a long day at work — sure, you will feel tired, but it can help your brain stay healthy.”

It’s not just corporate jobs, or even paid work that can help keep your brain fit, Then points out. A waiter’s job, for example, that requires multitasking, teamwork and decision-making could be just as stimulating as any high-level office work. And “running a family household requires high-level planning and coordinating,” she says. “You have to bring order to the activities of the children and take care of the bills and groceries.”

Of course, our brains can decline as we grow older for lots of reasons — including other environmental influences or genetic factors. Still, continuing to challenge yourself mentally and keeping your mind busy can only help.

【1】Why did the scientists ask the volunteers to take the tests?

A．To assess their health status.

B．To evaluate their work habits.

C．To measure their mental ability.

D．To analyze their personality.

【2】How does Francisca Then explain her findings in paragraph 4?

A．By using an expert’s words.

B．By making a comparison.

C．By referring to another study.

D．By introducing a concept.

【3】What does the underlined word “coordinating” in paragraph 5 mean?

A．Cooperating.

B．Budgeting.

C．Team working.

D．Organizing.

【4】Which of the following is the best title for the text?

A．Retired Workers Can Pick Up New Skills

B．Old People Should Take Challenging Jobs

C．Your Tough Job Might Help Keep You Sharp

D．Cognitive Function May Decline As You Age

28、   There’s a lot of anxiety around how young people, particularly teenagers, use the internet but new research by Talk Talk suggests some of these fears may be emphasized too much.

In a recent study, 2,000 young people aged 13-16 year olds and the parents of the same teenagers, were interviewed about their attitudes to technology and loneliness. The teens were mainly optimistic about technology and its uses. Over half (71 percent) said that during times when they felt lonely, tech provided a solution to their loneliness such as enabling them to make new friends, receive support and advice, as well as read positive comments online.

However, social media was regarded as a cause for feeling lonely by 12 percent of teens, who said they felt lonely because they didn’t have many friends on social media.

When it comes to the parents, on the other hand, it demonstrated that there is an education gap between worrying about the internet, and knowing what to do about it.

For instance, 70 percent of parents worry bout their teens using the internet, but 65 percent said they did not limit the hours their teen spends using social media and tech, and 70 percent reported they don’t use parent protection controls and software. Around 37 percent said they feel ill-equipped or unsure about how to manage their teens online.

It seems like when it comes to teens on the internet, the main issue is with the parents not understanding what they’re doing. Research by Oxford University academics found there was little evidence between screen time and mental health in teenagers. The study used a mixture of self-reporting techniques as well as time-use diaries.

The research reflected another study earlier this year by the same academics that found technology use explains at most 40 percent of adolescent wellbeing (幸福安乐).

We’re still learning about how things like social media impact our health and wellbeing, but at least in this instance, it demonstrates that the Generation Z’s digital understanding nature means they may have more of a hold on tech and its effects than their parents do.

If you are a parent and worrying about your child’s screentime use, security company Norton has put together a handy guide on how to manage it, such as setting limits on screen time, and talk about the risks of sharing private information on social media.

【1】What does the author want to illustrate with the example in Paragraph 5?

A.Parents are concerned about their teens using the Internet.

B.Parents are irresponsible for not controlling their teens’ using the Internet.

C.Parents should have a stronger control over the management of their teens using the internet.

D.Parents lack the strategies of handling their teens using the Internet despite their deep concerns.

【2】The author refers to another earlier study in order to ________.

A.show that the finding of this earlier study is contrary to that of the recent one

B.prove that at least two studies are needed before drawing a sound conclusion

C.support that technology use doesn’t have so much to do with teens’ wellbeing

D.illustrate that technology use has a significant influence on teens’ wellbeing

【3】Which shares the closest meaning to the words underlined?

A.Control B.Weakness.

C.Affection. D.Addiction.

【4】Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?

A.Technology, a hell for teens! B.Technology, a must for teens!

C.Technology, a help to teens! D.Technology, a two-edged sword for teens!

29、   Your morning can determine the rest of your workday. It’s no wonder that so many successful business people keep strict morning habits. If you want to do your work best and be a more productive person, try to follow these four common morning habits.

Wake up early

Successful business people wake up early. Early risers have many advantages. Compared with people who stay up late at night, they tend to delay less. They are also less stressed because, instead of rushing out the door, they take time for themselves and prepare for their day.

Get moving

Successful business people attach importance to their health. After all, a healthy body and mind go together. Morning exercise appears to be best for reducing stress by lowering blood pressure. It also helps you burn more fat throughout the day and lose weight.

Recharge your motivation

Successful business people understand that motivation doesn’t last forever and needs to be constantly recharged (充电). Reading encouraging sayings is a good way. Thinking about where you are and where you want to go can help you focus on your larger goals.

Eat your frog

Mark Twain once said, “Eat a live frog first thing in the morning, and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.” In other words, handle your day’s hardest job early when your mental energy is at its highest. Choose only one “frog” of the day and complete it before your normal workday begins.

【1】According to the text, what can morning exercise do?

A.Increase weight. B.Increase blood pressure.

C.Reduce delays. D.Reduce stress.

【2】What does the underlined word “frog” in the last paragraph refer to?

A.A live animal. B.A life goal.

C.A hard job. D.A normal weekday.

【3】What is the main topic of the text?

A.Morning habits. B.Business advantages.

C.Healthy diets. D.Office tips.

30、Failing in something isn’t a really nice feeling. But Scotland’s Fettes College in Edinburgh wants to show its students that ________ is not something to fear and is actually something to ________ !

From this year on, the boarding school has been ________ the “Failure Week” to celebrate taking risks and learning from failure. Whether it is in sports or at school, children often face a lot of ________ to succeed and do well, and the school is becoming ________ about them.

“Young people from all walks of life live in a high-pressure environment where they are ________ efforts to achieve a level of being ________ ,” said Sue Bruce, head of personal and social education at the school. “This week at Fettes we have been focusing on one of the most misunderstood ingredients of ________----failure. While we are often ________of failure, it is important to learn that it is only ________failing, often many times, that we learn how to succeed. Through the week, we have looked at the ________of some of the most successful inventors and artists, who failed hundreds, if not thousands, of times in their ________ to success.”

To ________failure, students were encouraged to try something they had been ________ to do before, like playing an instrument or juggling in front of an audience. A number of students ________ and tried things that they finally failed in, but they had fun and ________ the experience.

Students also ________ about famous people like J. K. Rowling and Richard Branson who failed many times ________ they achieved what they had set out to do. “Don’t let failure stop you. Thomas Edison had failed many times before taking his inventions to the ________ , which people were eager to buy. If you let the fear of failure stop you from doing something, you are ________ stopping yourselves from learning, developing, and potentially succeeding,” said Bruce.

【1】

A．life

B．study

C．failure

D．challenge

【2】

A．welcome

B．observe

C．admit

D．protect

【3】

A．continuing

B．holding

C．keeping

D．founding

【4】

A．trouble

B．exercise

C．freedom

D．pressure

【5】

A．confused

B．concerned

C．curious

D．unsatisfied

【6】

A．collecting

B．offering

C．making

D．requiring

【7】

A．perfect

B．proud

C．correct

D．satisfied

【8】

A．sorrow

B．fame

C．success

D．achievement

【9】

A．sure

B．afraid

C．careful

D．aware

【10】

A．with

B．upon

C．over

D．through

【11】

A．works

B．contributions

C．influences

D．experiences

【12】

A．tendency

B．journey

C．access

D．desire

【13】

A．remember

B．stress

C．celebrate

D．avoid

【14】

A．unfit

B．unable

C．unbearable

D．unclear

【15】

A．stepped up

B．lit up

C．put up

D．cheered up

【16】

A．repeated

B．guaranteed

C．explored

D．enjoyed

【17】

A．taught

B．learned

C．instructed

D．explained

【18】

A．before

B．when

C．until

D．unless

【19】

A．popularity

B．lab

C．reality

D．market

【20】

A．hopefully

B．naturally

C．actually

D．obviously

31、My father always told me: "All work is noble." He wasn't ________ , but he earned a reasonable living. Thanks to his ________ , I was able to go to Art College. I, however, wanted to do something ________ , something more interesting-I was special！

After graduation, I moved to New York in search of a graphic designer job. It was winter and, ever the optimist, I'd only brought enough money to ________ myself for about a month. I wasn't ________ -I was sure I'd find a fantastic job immediately.

Within a few weeks, though, I found myself wandering around the streets having been ________ by every design office in town. My hostel ________ was almost gone and I hadn't eaten in days. “How had I reached this point？""I wondered as I ________ in my thin jacket.

I was just about to ________ when my dad called. He suggested that I get a job in a ________ until something else came along. At first, pride made me _________. But I was cold, hungry, and unwilling to go home feeling ________ and defeated.

I entered an expensive-looking cafe near one of the design offices that had turned me away and asked the manager if they were ________. She said they were ________, and offered me a job right away.

________ , I found that I really enjoyed serving people. I started making big ________ right away. Later, the manager learned that I had a design ________ and asked me to design the cafe menus. That led to a part-time job at an advertising company.

Previously, I'd have never considered being a _________, but there I was. I ________ got my dream design job, but that winter I learned not to make ________ about work.

【1】

A．concerned

B．wealthy

C．generous

D．caring

【2】

A．education

B．time

C．power

D．effort

【3】

A．different

B．simple

C．strange

D．safe

【4】

A．entertain

B．protect

C．support

D．identify

【5】

A．disappointed

B．worried

C．helpless

D．alone

【6】

A．rejected

B．annoyed

C．restricted

D．invited

【7】

A．host

B．room

C．contract

D．rent

【8】

A．waited

B．trembled

C．regretted

D．sweated

【9】

A．show off

B．settle down

C．give up

D．set out

【10】

A．library

B．gallery

C．factory

D．restaurant

【11】

A．hesitate

B．agree

C．continue

D．reply

【12】

A．relieved

B．ashamed

C．secure

D．lonely

【13】

A．hiring

B．working

C．serving

D．checking

【14】

A．reasonable

B．popular

C．overstaffed

D．shorthanded

【15】

A．Hopefully

B．Undoubtedly

C．Surprisingly

D．Obviously

【16】

A．designs

B．contacts

C．meals

D．tips

【17】

A．hobby

B．company

C．background

D．task

【18】

A．waiter

B．designer

C．director

D．manager

【19】

A．simply

B．nearly

C．eventually

D．temporarily

【20】

A．preparations

B．assumptions

C．changes

D．suggestions

32、   The rose bushes were finally in full bloom on that spring morning.

The _____of roses always brings to mind Wanda's childhood memories.Then the family had no _____to buy extra things,so even a tired rose was something to _____.

Currently,to have a backyard full of different roses is pure ______And her husband,Dale,devotedly _____the roses. _____that she loves the very first blooms, he picked some on this particular morning.

But as Dale returned,he came across a neighbor who had _____for a quick visit.As the woman turned to go,Dale generously gave the _____to her.And even though their visitor _____she didn't want to take them,she was ______assured that the flowers were hers to keep.

Seeing her precious first blooms go out of the door _____Wanda with regret,and a bit of _____. She knew it was "better to give than to receive". _____,she wished she could have kept the roses for herself.

Later that day,the couple headed to the post offic,where Wanda waited outside in the car.

Then,without _____,an older woman suddenly appeared at the open window,and gave her a bunch of fresh roses! " These are for you.They're my first blooms this spring. "

Completely _____,Wanda thanked the woman and _____for a moment to breathe in the rich fragrance.When she looked back,the mysterious visitor was gone.

That special _____changed Wanda.It made her understand the true meaning of _____unexpected gifts. Now, she always _____her first blooms to others,as a(n)_____that someone is thinking of them.

【1】A.sight B.scenery C.scene D.show

【2】A.energy B.money C.courage D.desire

【3】A.desert B.raise C.value D.water

【4】A.enjoyment B.memory C.imagination D.business

【5】A.lays B.serves C.studies D.tends

【6】A.Anxious B.Ashamed C.Afraid D.Aware

【7】A.stopped by B.settled down C.turned out D.broken in

【8】A.greetings B.wishes C.roses D.bushes

【9】A.recommended B.insisted C.cried D.complained

【10】A.hardly B.repeatedly C.secretly D.temporarily

【11】A.filled B.covered C.brought D.supplied

【12】A.tension B.pride C.gladness D.selfishness

【13】A.Thus B.Still C.Instead D.Otherwise

【14】A.doubt B.thinking C.effort D.warning

【15】A.shocked B.confused C.amazed D.relaxed

【16】A.waited B.nodded C.shook D.bent

【17】A.discovery B.delivery C.apology D.smell

【18】A.keeping B.receiving C.giving D.exchanging

【19】A.gives away B.puts away C.takes away D.throws away

【20】A.routine B.duty C.reminder D.example

33、   Alexis, 17, sat quietly in the passenger seat of her dad's car. She let her eyes lazily scan the landscape for wildlife. Then a deer came into _________ about 200 yards in front of them. It was a male deer with _________ antlers (角)on each side of its head.

As the car moved closer, Alexis heard a _________ and then saw the deer _________ a woman. Sue had been out for her morning run. The deer followed her and edged _________. “I knew I was in trouble, ” Sue says. She went to pick up a stick for _________, and the deer _________. It lifted her with its antlers and _________ her into the air. Sue could feel blood flew down her leg.

When Alexis and her father _________, the deer was throwing Sue like a doll. Alexis looked into the woman's __________ eyes, and __________ her father had even stopped the car, the teenager __________ quickly out of the car and ran toward the deer. “I was kicking it to get its __________,” she says. Then her father followed and pushed the deer away from the women.

Alexis helped Sue into the car. Then she heard her father shout __________ . He had been knocked to the ground. Alexis took hold of a hammer from the car to beat the deer's head and neck, but the blows didn't __________ it away. “I was losing faith,” she says. “A couple more __________, Alexis,” said her father. “You can do it. ”Turning the hammer around, Alexis __________ her eyes and beat the deer's neck with all her __________. When she opened her eyes, the deer was running away. Alexis got in the driver's seat and __________ toward the nearest hospital. After Sue was treated, she __________ thanked her rescuers.

A．force

B．view

C．play

D．existence

A．slim

B．smart

C．shallow

D．sharp

A．scream

B．secret

C．sigh

D．step

A．accessing

B．attracting

C．attacking

D．awaking

A．further

B．faster

C．deeper

D．closer

A．self - defense

B．self - study

C．self - control

D．self - awareness

A．broke

B．charged

C．faded

D．withdrew

A．allowed

B．defended

C．prevented

D．threw

A．pulled back

B．pulled away

C．pulled up

D．pulled out

A．terrified

B．astonished

C．thrilled

D．satisfied

A．after

B．until

C．before

D．when

A．slid

B．dived

C．rode

D．jumped

A．response

B．attention

C．treatment

D．behaviour

A．loudly

B．gently

C．patiently

D．slowly

A．take

B．put

C．scare

D．give

A．matches

B．strikes

C．choices

D．requests

A．widened

B．narrowed

C．rolled

D．closed

A．strength

B．pride

C．desire

D．relief

A．walked

B．fled

C．sped

D．returned

A．skillfully

B．tearfully

C．hopefully

D．bitterly

34、阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空，在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个适当单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。

A

I have the【1】(great)job in the world. I travel to unusual places and work alongside people from all over the world. Sometimes using【2】(science)equipment and sometimes meeting local people and tourists, I am never【3】(bore).Although my job is occasionally dangerous, I don’t mind because danger excites me and makes me feel alive. However, the most important thing about my job is that I help protect ordinary people【4】 one of the most powerful forces on earth—the volcano.

B

Water is a precious resource. Every person needs it【5】 (survive),and we use it for cooking, drinking, growing our food and washing. However，it is scarce(缺乏的).Just 1% of water on Earth can【6】 (use)by humans. What’s more，treating water to make it clean and safe and pumping it to our homes uses up lots of energy. So, what can you do to help save water? One easy way is by【7】(turn)off the tap when you brush your teeth.

C

Robbie Phillips has become the first British person to complete one of the toughest challenges in rock climbing. 【8】(know)as the Alpine Trilogy(阿尔卑斯三部曲),the challenge consists of three climbs on mountains in Austria, Germany and Switzerland, 【9】Phillips completed in four years. Until now, only four other people【10】(conquer)all three of the extremely difficult climbs.

35、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.

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.

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.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

It will be beyond anything we organics could imagine.

38、假定你是李华，你校将举办主题为“Healthy Eating”的健康饮食讲座。你的留学生朋友John对中国饮食很感兴趣，请你用英语写一封邮件，邀请他参加此次活动。内容包括以下要点：

1.活动时间和地点；

2.活动的内容和意义。

注意：

1.词数100词左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，使行文连贯。

Dear John,

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Yours,

Li Hua

39、假如你是李华，五一期间你和家人去平遥古城旅游，发电子邮件告知你的英国笔友Frank你们的出游情况，要点如下：

1. 参观世界文化遗产---平遥古城；

2. 欣赏由王潮歌导演的实景演出；

3. 品尝当地小吃。

参考词汇：世界文化遗产 World Cultural Heritage Site

实景演出 live-action performance

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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40、《英语周报》针对一些学生在学习英语中存在的困难举行征文比赛。请根据所给提示写一篇短文，与大家分享一下你学习英语的方法。可适当发挥，不少于100个字数。

写作提示：

①众所周知，兴趣是最好的老师。因此，培养对英语的兴趣非常重要。

②记住尽可能多的单词和短语也是非常重要的。

③必须养成经常使用英语的好习惯。

④如果可能的话，与讲英语的当地人进行交流是非常好的。

⑤只有坚持以上几种方法，我们才能学习好英语。

My Ways of Learning English

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41、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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