2025-2026学年湖南邵阳高三(下)期末试卷英语

1、—You ___________ that.

— I’m sorry, but I simply _________ what I was told to.

A. needn’t have done, ought to do B. needn’t have done, had to do

C. shouldn’t do, ought to do D. shouldn’t have done, ought to do

2、To keep their innovation _______ the times, Internet-based companies are sparing no efforts in digging into more core technologies.

A．in tune with

B．in touch with

C．in exchange for

D．in reward for

3、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

4、--- I hear it may get windy this afternoon.

--- I don’t care ____ it doesn’t rain again.

A. even though B. as far as

C. in case D. so long as

5、This was a courageous decision, all the board members of the company opposed.

A.it B.that C.one D.the one

6、________ and out of breath, we reached the top of the mountains and stopped ________ the beautiful scenery.

A．Tiring; to admire

B．Tiring; admiring

C．Tired; admiring

D．Tired;to admire

7、I ______ to you at that time, but I didn’t know where you lived.

A. had written B. wrote

C. would write D. would have written

8、One advantage of playing the guitar is________it can give you much pleasure.

A．how

B．why

C．that

D．when

9、His success doesn't ____________ his cleverness, and working hard ____________ his progress.

A. result in; leads to B. result from; lies in

C. lead to; lies in D. lie in; leads to

10、I ______ a debt of gratitude to all my family.

A. devote B. contribute

C. owe D. attach

11、______ the heart attack, Monica brought her doctor a bunch of flowers to express her thanks.

A. Surviving     B. To survive

C. Survived  D. Having survived

12、_______ is known to us all that the old scientist, for _______ life was hard in the past, still works hard in his eighties.

A. As; whose B. It; who C. As; whom D. It; whom

13、The Nobel Peace Prize 2011 was ____ jointly to Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee and Twakkul Karman.

A. rewarded B. promoted

C. awarded D. praised

14、The Defence Minister will _________ the journalists this afternoon.

A.address B.arrange C.appoint D.applaud

15、After the dinner, I looked at the bill and found that it was 200 yuan   , including the wine.

A. after all B. at all C. in all D. above all

16、Would you rather I _____ buying a new bike?

A.decided against B.will decide against

C.have decided D.shall decide against

17、In ancient China lived an artist _________ paintings were almost lifelike. The artist’s reputation had made him proud.

A．whose

B．that

C．which

D．whom

18、An unhappy childhood may have some negative effects on a person’s characters however, they are not always_________.

A．practical

B．avoidable

C．permanent

D．beneficial

19、--- Why do you suggest we buy a new machine?

--- Because the old one has been damaged ___________.

A．beyond reach

B．beyond repair

C．beyond control

D．beyond description

20、The prize winner described to the class ________ he had managed to achieve excellence in his study.

A．what

B．how

C．which

D．whether

21、 We lost our way in that small village, otherwise we ________more places of interest yesterday.

A.visited B.had visited

C.would visit D.would have visited

22、I had to ________ my voice to make myself heard over the noise.

A.rise B.raise C.arise D.arouse

23、—Is there a holiday recently?

—There_____ be. It has been informed that we will continue to study for another three weeks.

A.won’t B.mustn’t C.may not D.can’t

24、Bobby secretly decided to _______for the track team with the purpose of being the winner, and his roommate instantly showed his disapproval.

A.let out B.try out C.work out D.drop out

25、1 wish I could do something _______ the kindness I have received from him.

A.in search of B.in preparation for

C.in spite of D.in return for

26、   Facebook has released new research findings suggesting social media can harm mental health when used in certain ways.

Facebook’s director of research, David Ginsberg, wrote the report along with social psychologist Moira Burke. The research suggested that social media users who spent a lot of time only reading information - but not interacting with others — reported feeling worse afterward. Users who had interaction during the experience reported having better feelings. It said it is not just social media use that can affect a person’s well-being. Rather, it believes both good and bad effects can result from how the service is used.

A study by Carnegie Mellon University suggested positive results for increased interaction. It found people who sent or received more messages and comments reported better improvements in social support, depression and loneliness. Facebook said these improvements were even greater when the interactions took place with close friends and family.

Facebook’s founding president Sean Parker - who no longer has ties to the company - accused the social media service of using methods that “exploit human psychology”. This development model, Parker claims, created an addictive system to keep people on Facebook for long periods to seek “likes” and comments from others to make them feel good.

Former Facebook executive Chamath Palihapitiya said the problems are being fueled by the basic need of people to seek ongoing feedback from others, leading to the pleasure chemical dopamine （多巴胺）being released in the brain, he added.

Cal Newport is a professor of computer science at Georgetown University in Washington D.C. He urges everyone to consider quitting social media - like he has - and he provides steps for helping people do this.

【1】What does the Facebook research tell us?

A.Social media always make people feel bad.

B.People spend too much time on social media.

C.More interaction in social media makes people feel better.

D.Social media users spend more time reading than interacting.

【2】Why is the study by Carnegie Mellon University mentioned in Paragraph 3?

A.To introduce a different study result.

B.To compare different research findings.

C.To expose links between the two studies.

D.To support the Facebook research finding.

【3】What’s Sean Parker’s present attitude toward social media?

A.Objective. B.Critical. C.Enthusiastic. D.Uninterested.

【4】With his words, Chamath Palihapitiya explained ________.

A.why people become addicted to social media

B.how Facebook was first founded

C.why Parker gave up his company

D.what’s the future of social media

【5】What do you think will follow the end of this text?

A.The process of his research on social media’s effects.

B.Newport’s suggested tips to help people quit social media.

C.Why Newport urges everyone to consider quitting social media.

D.Newport’s unpleasant experiences with social media like Facebook.

27、Why do people feel so rushed? Part of this is a perception (认知) problem. Generally, people in rich countries have more free time than they used to. This is particularly true in Europe, but even in America free time has been inching up. Women's paid work has risen a lot over this period，but their time in unpaid work，like cooking and cleaning, has fallen even more significantly, thanks in part to dishwashers, washing machines and microwaves, and also to the fact that men shift themselves a little more around the house than they used to.

The problem, then, is less how much time people have than how they see it. Ever since a clock was first used at a workplace to record labor hours in the 18th century, time has been understood in relation to money. Once hours are financially quantified (量化), people worry more about wasting, but tend to save or use them more profitably. When economies grow and incomes rise, everyone's time becomes more valuable. And the more valuable something becomes, the rarer it seems.

Once seeing their time in terms of money, people often________the former to maximize the latter. Workers who are paid by the hour volunteer less of their time and tend to feel more upset when they are not working.

The relationship between time, money and anxiety is something Gary Becker noticed in America's post-war boom years. "If anything, time is used more carefully today than a century ago," he noted in 1965. He found that when people are paid more to work, they tend to work longer hours, because working becomes a more profitable use of time. So the rising value of work time puts pressure on all time. Leisure time starts to seem more stressful, as people are forced to use it wisely or not at all.

【1】Women's time in unpaid work has fallen partly because ______.

A. men's ability to support a family has been improved

B. men's involvement in housework has increased

C. women's leisure time was taken up by heavy housework

D. women become more skilled at household equipment

【2】From the second paragraph, we learn that ______.

A. labor hours were recorded with a clock

B. people haven't realized the value of time

C. more work hours bring in more money

D. The rise of incomes makes time less valuable

【3】The underlined phrasegrow stingy withcan probably be replaced by "______".

A. refuses to delay   B. intend to kill

C. try to accumulate   D. hesitate to spend

【4】According to Gary Becker, what causes people feel anxious about time?

A. The wrong way of time being spent.

B. People's willingness to work hard.

C. The increasing value of work time.

D. More and more leisure time.

28、Have you ever wondered what wild animals do when no one is watching? Scientists have been able to record the “private” moments of wildlife with leading-edge technology. Low-cost, dependable and small modern cameras are of big help.

Cameras placed in hard-to-reach places have taken videos of everything from small desert cats to later snow loving felines (猫科) in the northern Rocky Mountains. These cameras are important tools to learn new information on wildlife.

Some videos help scientists see the effects of climate change. For example, the desert animal javelin and the tree-loving coatimundi have been caught on cameras north of their normal home. This could mean global warming is enlarging their living area northward.

Researchers use cameras along with global positioning systems, or GPS. They attach GPS devices (设备) to mule deer and antelope in and around Yellowstone National Park. Then they can record their movements, or migrations (迁移) . These cameras can be left in very rural (荒野的) areas for days, weeks or even month. They can provide information on how many animals are moving over a given period of time.

Rural video can show details about animal behavior, such as the calls made by migrating. Also some cameras record animal life and show everything from bison in Saskatchewan, Canada, to the underwater weed forest off California’s Channel Islands.

However, rural cameras have their problems too. Animals such as wolverines and bears sometimes attack them. Scientists do not know if the attacks are the result of anger or interest. Also, the devices have become popular tools to help hunters look for animals. Some people argue that it is unfair to use the cameras that way. Even with such problems, rural cameras are clearly an important scientific tool in researching wild animals.

【1】Which of the following helps scientists know about climate change?

A．How active animals are.

B．What animals eat.

C．Where animals go.

D．When animals move.

【2】Where are the cameras fixed?

A．Under water

B．In the field

C．On GPS devices.

D．On wild animals.

【3】What may be the disadvantage of the rural cameras?

A．They affect animals' search for good.

B．They make wild animals puzzled.

C．They make animals attack one another frequently.

D．They might bring danger to animals.

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

A．Cameras Record Animals in the Wild

B．Every Coin Has Two Sides

C．Animals No Longer Have Secrets

D．An Invention Makes Animals Mad

29、While most TV stations try to attract viewers by producing reality shows, Henan TV has become famous by promoting (推广) traditional culture through Chinese dance.

Henan TV produced seven dance pieces introducing traditional culture for traditional festivals, such as “Rhapsody on the Luo River Goddess (《洛神水赋》)”, a two-minute underwater dance for the Dragon Boat Festival. “Guardian Warriors of Longmen (《龙门金刚》)”, a dance piece supported by AR technology against the backdrop of the Longmen Grottoes (石窟).

“These pieces have gotten nearly 30 billion hits,” said Yao Wei, director of the TV station. “It’s a huge success for Henan TV.”

On Nov 1, 2021, Yao was invited to talk about how the TV station had produced the hit dance pieces at a three-day forum(论坛) centering on the research of Chinese dance.

The pieces were popular with audiences, most of whom are members of Gen Z, (people born between 1995 and 2009), Yao said.

“It’s been over forty years since the country’s reform (改革) and opening-up and the younger generations have grown up with open minds. They love Chinese culture and are proud of it,” said Yao. “What we need to do is present Chinese culture and tradition in interesting ways for those young people.”

Yao added that Henan TV has been producing shows promoting traditional culture, such as traditional operas and kung fu, for nearly 30 years.

“To allure younger audiences, we are also changing our shows. One of the keys is to produce them with creativity,” Yao said. “For example, the latest technology and special stage settings, like underwater scenes, have become our new ways of telling stories about traditional Chinese culture.”

Another key to successfully reaching younger audiences is using social media to promote their shows.

“Social media is being shaped and driven by young people. It’s a powerful form of communication. When they watch short videos, they easily become interested in an eye-catching video,” Yao said.

【1】What can we learn about the seven dance pieces produced by Henan TV?

A．They were performed by famous stars.

B．They were presented in creative ways.

C．They were about the reform and opening-up.

D．They were produced by AR technology.

【2】What’s Gen Z’s attitude toward the seven dance pieces?

A．Interested.

B．Hopeful.

C．Doubtful.

D．Disappointed.

【3】What can we learn from what Yao said?

A．Younger audience usually follow fashion.

B．Teenagers have a big influence on social media.

C．Reaching younger audiences was the key to Henan’s success.

D．Promoting traditional culture on Henan TV has some history.

【4】What does the underlined word “allure” in the third-to-last paragraph probably mean?

A．Help.

B．Support.

C．Attract.

D．Interview.

30、When Deirdre Taylor was preparing to leave her Virginia home to fight Covid-19 in New York, she made sure to ____ a possession that she kept for over thirty _______: a front-page newspaper article.

This article ______ Taylor's rescue from a burning New York City apartment by a ______ in 1983. She was only four then.

The picture on the front-page article shows a young Taylor with the man who ______ her, Eugene Pugliese.

“I always knew I came ______ to losing my life that day,” Taylor told CNN. “I could have a second chance at ____ . thanks to him.”

Today, Taylor, 41, is an emergency room ______ with a happy family. Ever since the incident, she wondered what ______ the firefighter who saved her, coming up ______ when she searched for him online. ______ to spend two months helping in the ______ against Covid-19 at NYU Langone Hospital, Taylor saw this as an opportunity to finally ______ him.

During one of her shifts （轮班）,Taylor told a firefighter her ______ . He called the cunent captain of FDNY in Manhattan, who______ knew whom Taylor was looking for.

Taylor gave Pugliese a （an）______ right after her shift and was very happy to hear his voice on the other end.“I wondered about him on 9/11 and hoped I would get the chance to thank him, and I finally _____ said Taylor.

Now 76 years old, Pugliese was ______ when he got the call from Taylor on Friday.

“We just sat there crying on the ______ Pugliese told CNN, _____   that he's had the same article framed on his wall for 25 years now.

【1】

A．choose

B．pack

C．send.

D．mail

【2】

A．days

B．weeks

C．months

D．years

【3】

A．described

B．reported

C．reminded

D．discovered

【4】

A．doctor

B．pedestrian

C．firefighter

D．relative

【5】

A．saved

B．saw

C．treated

D．fed

【6】

A．true

B．alone

C．close

D．alive

【7】

A．life

B．work

C．walk

D．speech

【8】

A．patient

B．cleaner

C．volunteer

D．nurse

【9】

A．came to

B．happened to

C．related to

D．belonged to

【10】

A．empty

B．different

C．alike

D．nice

【11】

A．Anxious

B．Afraid

C．Desperate

D．Ready

【12】

A．play

B．competition

C．fight

D．argument

【13】

A．understand

B．repay

C．help

D．find

【14】

A．lesson

B．duty

C．story

D．view

【15】

A．never

B．exactly

C．hardly

D．gradually

【16】

A．call

B．message

C．address

D．letter

【17】

A．failed

B．did

C．escaped

D．hesitated

【18】

A．thrilled

B．scared

C．depressed

D．relaxed

【19】

A．ground

B．Internet

C．TV

D．phone

【20】

A．realizing

B．explaining

C．adding

D．recalling

31、   In case of emergency, would you stick to traditional ideas or abandon them?

Before long, a father from Dubai made his own ______ .The father took the whole family out to enjoy the ______ in Dubai. While everyone was having fun, his 20-year old daughter ______ the deep waters and yelled for help in ______ . No one in the family was able to swim, so they could do ______ but watch the girl painfully ______ in the water. ______ , two lifeguards on the beach noticed her and  ______ to save the girl. However, the father stopped them and shouted: “Leave her______ !You are men. How can you touch my daughter? You will insult(侮辱) her if you save her.”

The two lifeguards tried every means to ______ the father but failed. Helplessly, they decided to ______ the father but ______ failed because the father was tall and strong. The father ______ losing his daughter instead of saving her. The ending ______ quite as he had expected. His daughter soon disappeared under water.

Is it the seawater or the father’s traditional ideas that killed her daughter? ______ , a delivery woman in Fengxian District, Shanghai remained ______ in a thick quilt without turning on the air-conditioner after giving birth in hot summer, which was ______ by her heatstroke (中暑) at home. Due to the ______ treatment her family adopted, she became seriously ill. After emergency treatment, she finally died and left her newborn baby behind.

We are often ______ by those so-called traditional ideas, which generally prove to be wrong. The most tragic part is not how miserable your life is , but you are the ______ of your ideas.

【1】A. distinction B. voice C. choice D. determination

【2】A. architecture B. beach C. waters D. sand

【3】A. headed to B. slipped into C. jumped into D. walked towards

【4】A. desperation B. amazement C. embarrassment D. depression

【5】A. something B. anything C. everything D. nothing

【6】A. struggling B. swimming C. floating D. patting

【7】A. Otherwise B. Furthermore C. Meanwhile D. Besides

【8】A. jogged B. moved C. intended D. hurried

【9】A. out B. behind C. alone D. off

【10】A. persuade B. demand C. educate D. accuse

【11】A. warn B. ignore C. abandon D. blame

【12】A. even B. still C. almost D. ever

【13】A. agreed on B. resisted C. insisted on D. allowed

【14】A. turned out B. ran out C. turned over D. come over

【15】A. Differently B. Similarly C. Frequently D. Eventually

【16】A. tied B. wrapped C. sheltered D. trapped

【17】A. suggested B. drawn C. informed D. predicted

【18】A. careless B. rude C. considerate D. improper

【19】A. impressed B. inspired C. troubled D. restricted

【20】A. slave B. owner C. maker D. loser

32、   I made a promise to myself on the way to the vacation beach cottage. For two weeks I would try to be a_____________husband and father._______loving. No ifs, ands or buts.

I______the idea as I listened to a talk on my car radio. The speaker was reading a passage about husbands being_______of their wives. Then he went on to say, "Love is an act of will. A person can choose to love." To myself; I had to admit that I had been a(n)_________husband .Well, for two weeks that would__________. And it did. Right from the moment I kissed Evelyn at the door and said, "That new yellow sweater looks great on you."

"Oh, Tom, you noticed," she said, surprised but________. Maybe a little confused

After the long_______, I wanted to sit and read. Evelyn suggested a walk on the beach I started to______________, but then I thought, "Evelyn's been alone here with the kids all week and now she wants to________________with me."  We walked on the beach while the children ________their kites.

So it went. Two weeks of not ________the Wall Street firm where I am a manager; a visit to the shell museum though I usually hate museums. Relaxed and happy, that's how the whole vacation passed. I made a new promise to keep on remembering to________love.

There was one thing that went wrong with my______, however. Evelyn and I still_______about it today. On the last night at our cottage, preparing for bed, Evelyn stared at me sadly.

"What's the matter?" I asked her.

"Tom," she said in a voice filled with_______. "do you know something I don't?"

"What do you mean?"

"Well... that______I had several weeks ago... our doctor... did he tell you something about me? Tom, you've been so good to me... am dying?"

It took a moment for it all to_________. Then I laughed aloud.

"No, honey," I said,________her in my arms, "You're not dying; I'm just starting to_________."

【1】A.responsible B.caring C.generous D.loving

【2】A.Totally B.Even C.Still D.Somehow

【3】A.got along with B.made up with C.came up with D.fitted in with

【4】A.ashamed B.independent C.proud D.thoughtful

【5】A.selfish B.enthusiastic C.fortunate D.useless

【6】A.change B.last C.recover D.disappear

【7】A.embarrassed B.delighted C.scared D.curious

【8】A.walk B.flight C.reflection D.drive

【9】A.accept B.refuse C.suffer D.challenge

【10】A.read B.chat C.stay D.live

【11】A.adjusted B.desired C.flew D.dragged

【12】A.calling B.joining C.visiting D.leaving

【13】A.value B.save C.choose D.respect

【14】A.vacation B.life C.family D.experiment

【15】A.talk B.laugh C.think D.worry

【16】A.sadness B.hope C.pity D.confusion

【17】A.deal B.argument C.incident D.checkup

【18】A.get about B.get across C.get away D.get through

【19】A.pushing B.taking C.holding D.catching

【20】A.love B.die C.live D.understand

33、When the one-year anniversary(周年) of my mother’s passing came around, I found myself in the kitchen preparing some of her favorite dishes. I hadn’t planned this, _______ there I was, making her famous soup from the turkey I had roasted the day before.

As I was cooking, some of the deep sadness I was experiencing at this one-year mark moved through me. I loved working with mom in the kitchen but now thinking about her, I began to feel more _______.

While the _______ boiled in my kitchen, I realized that I was reconnecting with my mother through _______. I laughed a bit at myself when I thought about all the dishes I had cooked that week. _________ knowing it, I had created a beautiful ritual(仪式) to honor my mother and to _________ myself at this time. I suddenly felt my mother at hand and this place was filled with her presence. I was so _________ that I began talking to her, acting _______ she were here with me.

“What else should we make?” I asked us both, wanting to keep the ritual from _______.

“Irish Potato Pancakes” was the reply.

________ I made potato pancakes was two and a half years ago. I had ________ my engagement(订婚) ring to make the dough(面团), and never found it again. Since then, I ________ to use that recipe(菜谱) even though I really liked those pancakes. It’s sort of ________ but I never considered making them again, treating them as if they were to blame for the loss of my ring.

My mom knew how ________ I was about losing my ring. I had always called her whenever I lost something. She had a talent for helping me find my way to lost things, ________ this time.

I reached for the ________ without another thought of the ring. My mom did love Irish things and these were delicious. I opened the large cookbook and ________ the pancake recipe. At once, ________ at the bottom of the page ________. There, pressed into the pages of the cookbook, was my diamond ring! I slipped my ring onto my trembling hand and a smile filled my soul as I whispered, “Thanks, mom.”

That day, I made potato pancakes ________ the shape of hearts.

【1】

A．if

B．so

C．but

D．or

【2】

A．painful

B．cheerful

C．disappointed

D．grateful

【3】

A．coffee

B．soup

C．wine

D．tea

【4】

A．fruit

B．drink

C．vegetables

D．food

【5】

A．Without

B．After

C．By

D．For

【6】

A．serve

B．encourage

C．comfort

D．harm

【7】

A．clever

B．brave

C．lucky

D．excited

【8】

A．though

B．as soon as

C．while

D．as if

【9】

A．ending

B．existing

C．lasting

D．beginning

【10】

A．The first time

B．The last time

C．Every time

D．The moment

【11】

A．searched for

B．taken off

C．sold out

D．forgotten about

【12】

A．liked

B．realized

C．refused

D．remembered

【13】

A．mysterious

B．silly

C．worrying

D．serious

【14】

A．scared

B．curious

C．surprised

D．upset

【15】

A．except

B．including

C．besides

D．concerning

【16】

A．dough

B．pancakes

C．cookbook

D．soup

【17】

A．turned to

B．depended on

C．prepared for

D．talked about

【18】

A．the ring

B．words

C．something

D．everything

【19】

A．paid my attention

B．caught my eye

C．reminded me of

D．won me back

【20】

A．with

B．to

C．for

D．in

34、Directions: Complete the following sentences by using the proper form of the words or expressions given in the frame. Each one can only be used once.

Why your Password May Not Be As Safe As It Seems?  Does “qaz2ws” strike you as a nice safe password? What about “adgjmptw”? An analysis has found them to be among the passwords that are most 【1】 used, which of course means they are not secure at all.

When ten million passwords were leaked on to the internet，they appeared to 【2】that attempts by internet security experts to make us improve our password strength had been successful, even if, in the specific case of the leaked passwords, they are also completely pointless.

While many of the passwords were still single words, such as “password”，there was also a clear attempt by many to make them harder to【3】. The problem was that people seemed to do so in the same way.

“Users are becoming slightly more 【4】what makes a password strong,” explained WP Engine, an internet company that performed the analysis. “For instance, adding a number or two at the end of a text phrase. That makes it better, right?”

But 【5】no. They found that almost half a million passwords did this and in 20 percent of those all people did was put the number “1” at the end.

Perhaps this is why some companies are now trying to move gradually beyond passwords. Yahoo! is giving users the option to 【6】 their mobile phone with an account, having a single use passwords texted to it each time they want to log on.

Although the serviced is voluntary, Dylan Casey an executive at Yahoo!，said that it was “the first step to【7】passwords”. He said it was a(n)【8】that it was increasingly hard for people to remember all the passwords they had. “I don’t think we, as an industry, have done a good enough job of putting ourselves in the shoes of the people using our products,” he said.

It would certainly be a more sensible strategy than same people’s improving upon “password” by using “password” or，“tran5p053d numb3r5 f0r 133tr3r5”.

“We are, for the most part，predictably【9】when it comes to choosing passwords, despite a decade of warnings from password strength checkers during sign-ups” said WP Engine. “We love taking a(n) 【10】, and so do password crackers.

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Yet, some people are【1】 They claim that surfing the Internet is a waste of time. They make the 【2】 that children spend too much time chatting and playing games instead of 【3】 on their school work. However, a recent survey conducted in the USA shows that 80 per cent of Internet users 【4】 it mostly to search for answers to questions. The second most common use of the Internet, for 79 per cent of Internet users, is to find out information about hobbies. These statistics prove that gathering information is the 【5】 use for the Internet.

36、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.

Knowledge is free on the Internet at a small but 【1】 number of colleges and universities. About 160 schools around the world now put free course materials on the web to the 【2】. Recent additions in the United States 【3】 projects at Yale, Johns Hopkins and the University of California, Berkeley.

Berkeley said it would offer videos of lectures on YouTube. Free videos from other schools are 【4】 at the Apple iTunes store.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) became an early 【5】 with its Open Course Ware project, first 【6】 in 2001. Free lecture notes, exams and other resources are published at ocw.mit.edu. Many exams even include the answers. Today, Open Course Ware offers materials from 1,800 undergraduate and graduate courses. These 【7】 from Physics to Political Science. Visitors can learn the same things as MIT students learn. But as the site points out, Open Course Ware is not an MIT education. Visitors receive no credit toward a degree. Some materials from a course may not be available, and the site does not provide 【8】 with teachers. Still, MIT says that the site has had forty million visits by thirty-one million visitors from almost every country. Sixty percent of the visitors are from outside the United States and Canada. Students and educators use the site, including students at MIT. But the largest number of visitors, about half, are self-learners.

Some professors have become well-known around the world as a result of 【9】 online. Walter Lewin, a physics professor at MIT, is 【10】 popular. Fans enjoy his entertaining lectures. MIT Open Course Ware now includes materials for high school. The aim is to improve education in Science, Technology, Math and Engineering.

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、假如你是李华。现在中央电视台电视节目《经典咏流传》(Everlasting Classic)风靡你校，深受师生们欢迎。你们学校也打算于近期举行《经典咏流传》活动。请给你的外教Edward写一封邮件，邀请他一起参加该活动。内容包括:

1.时间和地点；

2.内容:演唱诗歌；

3.活动意义。

注意:

1.词数100左右；

2.开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Edward,

How time flies!!

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I’m looking forward to your coming.

Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

39、   Everyone in our neighborhood knew who Ugly was. Ugly was a wild cat. Ugly loved three things in this world: fighting, eating garbage, and, shall we say, love. All these things had their effect on Ugly. He had only one eye and where the other should have been was a hole. He was also missing his ear on the same side, his left foot broke at one time, making him look like he was always turning the comer. Every time some one saw Ugly there was the same reaction. “That's one UGLY cat!”

All the children were warned not to touch him, the adults threw rocks at him, shouted at him, watered him when he tried to come in their homes, or shut his paws in the door when he would not leave. Ugly always had the same reaction. If you watered him, he would stand there, getting wet all over until you gave up and quit. If you threw things at him, he would lie down crying for forgive ness. Whenever he saw children, he would come running, meowing, and bump his head against their hands, begging for their love. If you ever picked him up he would immediately suck (吮吸) on your shirt, hat, whatever he could find.

One day Ugly shared his love with the neighbor's dogs. They did not respond kindly, and Ugly was badly injured. From my apartment I could hear his screams, and I tried to rush to his aid. By the time I got to where he was lying, it was obvious Ugly's life was almost at an end. Ugly lay in a wet circle. He was bleeding badly. As I picked him up in my arms and tried to carry him home, I could hear him crying and could feel him struggling. It must be hurting terribly, I thought.

Then I felt a familiar sucking on my ear. Ugly, in so much pain, suffering and obviously dying, was trying to suck my ear. I pulled him closer to me, and he bumped my hand with his head, then he turned his one golden eye towards me. Even in the greatest pain, that ugly cat was asking only for a little love.

注意:

1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右；

2. 应使用5个以上(含5个)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，请用下划线标岀你所使用的关键词语。

Paragraph 1:

At that moment I thought Ugly was the most beautiful, loving creature I have ever seen.

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Paragraph 2:

Ugly died in my arms before I could get inside, but I sat and held him for a long time afterwards.

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40、假定你是李华，得知你校外籍教师Peter计划在暑假回国，他想送给母亲可以代表中国文化特色的礼物，请给他写一封邮件，向他推荐礼物。内容包括：

1. 推荐礼物；

2. 推荐原因；

3. 表达祝愿。

注意：1. 词数80左右；

2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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41、假定你是李华，曾经在你校做交换生的新西兰高中生Peter想了解你们学校近年来的变化，请给他写信。要点如下：

1.校内外环境；

2.教学设施；

3.学习生活。

注意：1.词数100左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Peter

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Yours,

Li Hua