南投2025学年度第一学期期末教学质量检测五年级英语

1、_______the thick clouds, you would find the kite in the sky easily.

A. Had it not been for

B. If it were not

C. If it had not been for

D. Were it not for

2、I was scared ___ when I saw the tiger jumped out of the cage and ran to the little child.

A．to the death

B．of death

C．into the death

D．to death

3、 I would appreciate ______, to be frank, if the goods could be delivered as soon as possible.

A.you B.this C.it D.myself

4、You should explore your talents so as to find out ____ your real interests lie.

A. what B. which C. where D. that

5、It is widely accepted that young babies learn to do things because certain acts lead to ____.

A. rewards B. prizes

C. awards D. results

6、The prison governor has refused to let him go, saying he must first be given from his own superiors.

A.accumulation B.affection C.authority D.accommodation

7、I’m so glad you’ve come here to ________ this matter in person.

A.lead to B.see to C.turn to D.refer to

8、Kevin Durant becomes the youngest player to score a(n) ______ of 30 points a game for his team ______ NBA.

A.quantity; in history B.number; on the history of

C.average; in the history of D.amount; on history

9、The generous donation from China to the sufferers in the killing Indian Ocean Quake—tsunami has ________ the Chinese people's unselfishness and internationalism.

A.let out B.brought out C.given out D.taken out

10、In her book Becoming, former US first lady Michelle Obama invites readers to experience — in her own words — _______ has shaped her all these years.

A．where

B．which

C．what

D．that

11、I think it would be ________ each committee member to have a copy of the report.

A．beneficial from

B．beneficial to

C．beneficial for

D．benefit to

12、The park was ___ with lawns, trees, fountains and a big lake in the center.

A. laid off B. laid out

C. laid down D. laid aside

13、He is a selfish and dishonest man, and is _____ by others.

A.well thought B.ill thought of C.highly thought D.bad thought of

14、There are ten ______ men in wheelchairs listening to the stories.

A.disabled B.disability C.disable D.disabling

15、Mary and her friends _____ a plan and gathered forty people from my company to help the homeless people at the Christmas party.

A.came up with B.put up with C.caught up with D.kept up with

16、Last year he _____ $ 1,000 to cancer research to help develop the cure of the deadly disease.

A. distributed B. declared

C. defined D. donated

17、Bai women wear white and red costumes, _______ the men wear white shirts and long wide trousers.

A.while B.but C.because D.so

18、As we all know,_______medical examination will help us find out health problems as early as possible.

A.normal B.general C.common D.regular

19、Rice doesn’t grow well ________ there is not enough water.

A.where B.in which C.on which D.so

20、He wanted to look for a(n) _________suited to his abilities.

A. pension B. prevention

C. occupation D. permission

21、______that you are grown up;you should no longer depend on your parents.

A.Since B.Now C.As D.Because

22、________ to ________ the nature reserve, the local people prevented the construction workers  from entering their villages.

A. Opposed; developing B. Opposing; developing

C. Opposing; develop D. Opposed; develop

23、I am writing to you _______ your job application .

A. on the contrary B. consistent with

C. in connection with D. in contrast

24、I ________ to make my plan for the final exam in advance, but I ________.

A．would decide; did

B．could have decided; can't

C．might decide; didn't

D．should have decided; didn't

25、— Shall I clean the desk for you?

—________. I’ll clean it myself later. Thank you all the same.

A．Don’t bother

B．Go ahead

C．No problem

D．Of course

26、If you think you’re a pessimist and there’s no hope of ever turning it around, then think again! According to mental health experts, it is actually very possible to turn into a glass-half-full kind of person, and here’s what you can do to see things in a brighter light.

【1】 Writing down your ideas of an optimistic tomorrow will make a huge difference when it comes to your overall attitude to life. You may also want to consider a serious challenge you have in life right now, and simply sit back and think about all of the possible positive outcomes.

Choose to be optimistic. Life is all about choices. You can choose to spend the entire day reading or cleaning. You can make the call you’ve been thinking about for a while or you can put it off for another day. What’s more, you can also choose to be positive or you can choose to simply carry on living as you are. 【2】 And then carry on that way for the rest of your life.

Extend positiveness to others. Making others feel good about themselves can have lasting positive effects on your own life. Never forget to admire your family, friends, and colleagues for the good things which they are doing in their lives, even if they don’t directly affect you. 【3】

Recognize your negative thought patterns. It’s fine to acknowledge that bad things in life might happen at any time. 【4】 Yet being overly negative can seriously ruin your chances of finding happiness in his life. Reframing your awkwardly negative thoughts into more realistic patterns may be the key to helping you maintain optimism.

Practice gratitude. Spend some time thinking about all of the things you have to be thankful for. 【5】 You could even choose to keep diaries, where you can put down anything which makes you smile. If nothing else, take a moment every once in a while to stop, smile and be thankful for the positive things in life.

A．Imagine a positive future.

B．Form the habit of keeping diaries.

C．Of course, it’s also necessary to praise yourself.

D．Ignoring reality isn’t the most helpful method either.

E．Being optimistic starts with the decision to be positive.

F．It will often provide you with an instant optimism boost.

G．Take a moment to work out how realistic your thoughts really are.

27、   You know that thrill you get when listening to your favorite music or that exciting feeling down your spine (脊柱) when you hear your favorite melody or rhythm? According to a recent study, it seems the same thing can happen while you are reading, but not with every kind of text. This opens up fascinating questions around how music, reading and emotions are connected in the brain.

“We decided we would do a comparison between four or five different kinds of texts to see how the brain responded,” explains Professor Adam Zeman, a neurologist. “The participants lay in an MRI scanner reading the texts, and then we compared brain activity for those five texts.” The texts ranged from deadly boring ones to highly exciting ones, including the Highway Code, passages from novels and poems.

As the researchers observed, participants found some texts more emotional than others. When they read these emotional texts, there was higher activity in brain areas associated with pleasure and reward — the same areas related to the thrill we get when we listen to music. As Zeman says, “It was a nice proof that the emotional response to literature and to music has quite a bit in common.”

When the participants were reading poems, the team found there was more activity in a particular group of brain areas called the Default Network. "These areas seem to be associated with things we do with our minds when we are resting, like thinking about what's happened to us recently, thinking about what’s going to happen in the near future, about other people, and that network seems to be more strongly associated with poetry than with prose” explains Zeman. The study shows that the different texts activate different areas of our brains when we read.

【1】What can we know from the study?

A.People may feel excited when reading poems. B.People aren’t thrilled when listening to music.

C.Music gives participants more pleasure than text. D.Deadly boring texts never excite the brain.

【2】What is the purpose of the comparison between different kinds of texts?

A.To thrill the participants. B.To scan the participants’ brain.

C.To check the response of human's brain. D.To teach the participants novels and poems.

【3】What happened in the participants’ brains when they were reading?

A.Their brains preferred music.

B.Brain areas related to pleasure became more active.

C.Their emotional response to literature stopped.

D.Their brains were less emotional when reading the emotional text.

【4】Where is the text probably from?

A.A science magazine. B.A film review.

C.An advertisement. D.A science fiction.

28、   There are two kinds of secrets: secrets of nature and secrets about people. Natural secrets exist all around us; to find them, one must study some undiscovered aspect of the physical world. Secrets about people are different: they are things that people don't know about themselves or things they hide because they don't want others to know. So when thinking about what kind of company to build, there are two distinct questions to ask: What secrets is nature not telling you? What secrets are people not telling you?

It's easy to assume that natural secrets are the most important: the people who look for them can sound authoritative (权威的).This is why physics PhDs are difficult to work with—because they know the most basic truths, they think they know all truths. But does understanding electronic theory automatically make you a great marriage counselor? Does a gravity theorist know more about your business than you do? At PayPal, I once interviewed a physics PhD for an engineering job. Halfway through my first question, he shouted, "Stop! I already know what you're going to ask!" But he was wrong. It was the easiest no-hire decision I've ever made. Secrets about people are relatively overlooked. Maybe that's because you don,t need a dozen years of higher education to ask the questions that uncover them: What are people not allowed to talk about? What is forbidden or taboo?

The best place to look for secrets is where no one else is looking. Most people think only in terms of what they've been taught; schooling itself aims to spread basic wisdom. So you might ask: are there any fields that matter but haven't been standardized? Physics, for example, is a real major at all major universities, and it's set in its ways. The opposite of physics might be astrology, but astrology doesn't matter. What about something like nutrition? Nutrition matters for everybody, but you can't major in it at Harvard. Most top scientists go into other fields. Most of the big studies were done 30 or 40 years ago, and most are seriously flawed (有缺陷的).The food pyramid that told us to eat low fat and large amounts of grains was probably produced by Big Food(美国著名食品公司)than real science; its chief impact has been to worsen our obesity(肥胖)problem. There’s plenty more to learn: we know more about the physics of far away stars than we know about human nutrition. It won't be easy, but it's not obviously impossible: exactly the kind of field that could produce secrets.

【1】What can we learn about secrets in Paragraph 1?

A.To establish a company, one should explore secrets of both nature and people.

B.Trying to discover people themselves will help them to find the natural secrets.

C.Secrets of nature are more important than secrets about people.

D.We have to find the secrets that nature and people have told us.

【2】The PhD's example suggests  .

A.the physics PhD was not hired because he sounded authoritative

B.higher education will ensure a better understanding of secrets

C.it is necessary and important to appreciate secrets about people

D.it is not easy for physics PhDs to find an engineering job

【3】What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A.The best place to find secrets is where many great scientists are studying.

B.Eating low fat and large amounts of grains is certainly good for our health.

C.There may be some hidden secrets for us to find in the field of human nutrition.

D.Without physics, secrets in astrology and human nutrition would not have been found.

【4】What can be the best title for the passage?

A.Secrets of nature B.Secrets about people

C.How to build a secret company D.How to find secrets

29、   Like all big cities, Paris has a traffic problem: lots of cars, lots of traffic jams （阻塞）and lots of pollution from exhaust fumes （废气）.So the city began a scheme （计划）to improve the situation.

Under the Velib scheme （ “ Velib” comes from velo liberte, or “ bicycle freedom” ） people can take a bicycle, use it for as long as they want, and then leave it at the same or another bicycle station. The first half-hour on the bike is free, but if you do not return it after 30 minutes , you have to pay. it's only €1 a day or €29 a year! The bicycles are heavy（25 kg） , and they are all grey and have baskets. There are about 20,000 of them in the city, and around 1,450 bicycle stations. So there are a lot more Velib stations than the 298 subway stations!

Paris is not the first city to have a scheme like this. But not everybody thinks it is a great idea. One Parisian said, "These bicycles are only for short journeys. If people want to travel across the city, they wont use a bicycle - they'll still use their cars."

A city spokesman said, “The bicycle scheme will not settle all our traffic problems, of course. But it might help reduce air pollution. Traffic, together with factory fumes, is a big problem. There are not any simple answers to traffic problems and pollution in cities. But unless we do something now, there will be more traffic jams and temperatures will continue to rise, so the problems in our environment will get worse. The bikes might help people to lead a healthier life, too."

【1】What can we learn about the Velib scheme?

A.It owns more stations than the subway.

B.It aims to make traveling easier.

C.Its bikes are light and colorful.

D.Its bikes have no baskets.

【2】If you use a Velib for one hour, how much should you pay?

A.€30. B.€30.

C.€ 29. D.€1.

【3】Why do some people disagree with the Velib scheme?

A.The cost is rather high. ,

B.It is hard to find a Velib station.

C.It is not suitable for a long journey.

D.The distance between two Velib stations is long.

【4】What's the city spokesman's attitude towards the bicycle scheme?

A.Doubtful. B.Positive.

C.Uncaring. D.Worried.

30、   In our backyard there is a big pond with lots of trees and bushes. Both my grandparents were fond of our so-called garden.

One morning our new neighbor, an aggressively ambitious businessman, saw my grandfather _______two rare deodar tree saplings on both sides of our gate._______he said he had planted the same tree saplings in his garden. My grandfather gave his plants _______  adequate amount of water and didn't give them full _______, while our neighbor interested in better _______looked after them too well. His plants were much_______and greener.

Normally in summer, we have fierce thunderstorms. _______ the extreme damage, these storms also bring a welcome sudden_______ from the terribly hot climate. After a thunderstorm, we came out to _______ the damage to our garden and saw the neighbor in his garden, too, but looked__________as his plants had been uprooted. Ours were standing__________ on the ground. Surprised to see this, he came up to us and said with embarrassment," My trees __________ from the roots while yours didn't. Why?”

My grandfather said, "You gave your plants more attention, water and manure(肥料），__________ they didn't need to work for anything. I gave mine just an adequate amount, letting their roots do the__________; thus their roots went deeper and became stronger. "Our neighbor nodded in__________ Hearing the words, I realized that anything easily given can be taken away much more easily and we will not understand the hard work it takes to earn those things.

【1】A.moving B.purchasing C.delivering D.planting

【2】A.By the way B.By coincidence C.On the contrary D.In contrast

【3】A.extremely B.instantly C.barely D.negatively

【4】A.force B.amount C.review D.attention

【5】A.requirements B.returns C.education D.access

【6】A.drier B.rarer C.fuller D.wilder

【7】A.Instead of B.Regardless of C.But for D.Apart from

【8】A.addition B.relief C.protection D.awareness

【9】A.infer B.control C.prevent D.inspect

【10】A.tired B.upset C.bored D.ashamed

【11】A.firmly B.widely C.fairly D.flexibly

【12】A.came off B.put off C.took off D.showed off

【13】A.So B.if C.though D.unless

【14】A.majority B.opposite C.sort D.rest

【15】A.total B.detail C.approval D.turn

31、Summer is nature’s gift to us. What you do with your summer_______. It’s one of the seasons that offer time for _______and outdoor activities under the sun. When younger and in school, we couldn’t wait for summer to _______. This meant we had the _______ to play, run and laugh outside with friends. But we don’t have to be kids to _______ the summer fun;we must_______ this season and enjoy the pleasure outdoors _______ or in the company of our loved ones and friends.

This summer, my wife and I are _______ to finding ways to make our summer count. We _______ a list of the things we want to do. Some days we________ to do nothing but sit in the park and let the sounds of nature ________ our hearts. While other days, we plan to enjoy the great happiness outdoors with those we love and________being with. As someone once wrote:“The people in your life should be a source of________ stress, not causing it.”

Last weekend we decided to visit our son in Michigan who we missed ________. Chatting with him in person filled our hearts with great ________. Recently, we attended a dance fundraiser（募捐活动）with our daughter and her husband on New York’s Hudson River. We listened to music and danced; we had a________ time together. Our weekends are filled with ________ activities with friends and family, and we couldn’t be happier.

Enjoying summer doesn’t have to be ________ or complicated; it’s about ________ activities, places and people that bring joy to our heart. Summer is nature’s gift to us;let us ________ and enjoy it.

【1】

A．cares

B．matters

C．troubles

D．works

【2】

A．relaxation

B．congratulation

C．reception

D．application

【3】

A．end

B．begin

C．play

D．stop

【4】

A．ability

B．skill

C．freedom

D．independence

【5】

A．take part in

B．take care of

C．give up

D．give away

【6】

A．mind

B．accept

C．employ

D．value

【7】

A．together

B．abroad

C．alone

D．early

【8】

A．addicted

B．admitted

C．used

D．devoted

【9】

A．provide

B．create

C．spoil

D．earn

【10】

A．plan

B．offer

C．agree

D．manage

【11】

A．choose

B．notice

C．comfort

D．search

【12】

A．avoid

B．mind

C．hate

D．enjoy

【13】

A．sharing

B．reducing

C．attracting

D．reminding

【14】

A．regularly

B．routinely

C．vividly

D．dearly

【15】

A．happiness

B．honor

C．wealth

D．success

【16】

A．sensitive

B．generous

C．wonderful

D．powerful

【17】

A．enjoyable

B．accessible

C．favorable

D．possible

【18】

A．competitive

B．expensive

C．tiring

D．rough

【19】

A．organizing

B．controlling

C．finding

D．supporting

【20】

A．break down

B．make up

C．turn up

D．go out

32、   When I was 16 years old, the way I looked mattered most in the world to me. My friends and I wanted nothing but perfection.

In high school, we joined the gymnastics team, and our ________ became even more important to us. We had no fat, only muscle. On the weekends, we would go to the beach, ________ of our flat stomachs.

One summer day, all my friends were at my house ________. At one point, I was running back to the pool. I ________ on a bee, and when it was dying under my foot, it stung (蛰) me. I instantly started to feel ________. That night, I began to run a high fever and my leg and foot were red, hot and swollen. I couldn’t walk. I could hardly ________. When my foot started to go numb (失去知觉), everyone became more ________. My foot was not getting enough blood. I had to go to the ________, and my leg hurt as if it were badly broken. I couldn’t move. All I could do was think about how soft my waist was becoming. That troubled me more than any concern over my ________.

That all ________ when I heard the doctors mention possibly cutting off my foot. It was still not getting the ________ supply it needed. The doctors would have to speed up their ________.

Never before had I had such great appreciation for my foot. And walking seemed like a ________ from the gods. Less and less would I want to hear my friends talk about ________ and who was wearing what. More and more I expected visits from other kids in the hospital, who were quickly becoming my friends.

One girl came to visit me ________. Every time she came, she brought flowers. She was recovering from cancer and felt she should come back and ________ the other patients.

She still had no hair, and she was swollen from medications she had been taking. I would not have given this girl a second ________ before. I now loved every inch of her and looked forward to her ________.

Finally, I was improving and soon I went home. My leg was still swollen,

_____ I was walking, and I had my foot! When I would go back to the hospital, I often saw my friend. She was still visiting people and ________ good cheer. I thought if there was an angel on this earth, it had to be her.

【1】A.brains B.bodies C.grades D.clothes

【2】A.sure B.guilty C.ashamed D.proud

【3】A.swimming B.chatting C.dancing D.jogging

【4】A.focused B.took C.stepped D.held

【5】A.well B.free C.sick D.fearful

【6】A.run B.stand C.jump D.rest

【7】A.concerned B.relieved C.interested D.surprised

【8】A.hospital B.gym C.school D.beach

【9】A.performance B.competition C.study D.leg

【10】A.changed B.happened C.helped D.bothered

【11】A.nutrition B.time C.blood D.air

【12】A.complaint B.treatment C.observation D.experiment

【13】A.rebellion B.necessity C.promise D.gift

【14】A.gymnastics B.homework C.movies D.appointment

【15】A.suddenly B.eventually C.recently D.regularly

【16】A.advise B.serve C.encourage D.instruct

【17】A.thought B.glance C.choice D.chance

【18】A.flowers B.visits C.ideas D.words

【19】A.so B.then C.for D.but

【20】A.enjoying B.gaining C.spreading D.discovering

33、   My grandfather once said, “To know yourself, you have to know those who came before you.” He didn’t just say those words; he_______by them. In 1996, my grandfather moved to the United States to care for me and my sister. The decision to leave behind 65 years of family relationships was_______. And he was forced to fit his entire life into two suitcases---one with clothes and books; the other with the_______of long-lost relatives. As we looked through the photos, I saw his face_______with a strong desire to return to those happy times.

Some of the photographs were from the nineteenth century, and everyone in them had long departed from the Earth. Looking at faces in the_______photos, I realized that I couldn’t look at these people as_______because I knew nothing about them. I had_______any connection with my ancestors, and_______a part of myself.

My grandpa_______to let this happen. “The most important thing you have in this world is your family,” he told me, “and when I’m gone, the most________thing I can leave you is your heritage(遗产).” Over the next two years, he committed hundreds of hours to achieving that goal. He made it his________to write down everything he could discover about our ancestors________future generations would know. He made many long-distance phone calls, annoying indifferent relatives. Two years and 250 pages later, he still________to write.

Through my grandpa I’ve________so much about my ancestors.________, I’ve re-evaluated the importance that family has in my life. Those seemingly distant________in the old photographs have come to life with warm familiarity. Last summer, I even made the trip to Russia to________my relatives.

I’ve learned that my________is a part of me no matter where I live. An ocean cannot separate me from the________I have to my other family members. The trip has given me an opportunity to stay with my family. I have seen the________of spending time with my grandpa.

【1】A.stands B.studies C.lives D.grows

【2】A.simple B.certain C.common D.difficult

【3】A.posters B.photos C.gifts D.invitations

【4】A.lit up B.cleared away C.turned up D.gave away

【5】A.faded B.signed C.famous D.familiar

【6】A.friends B.relatives C.audiences D.neighbors

【7】A.discovered B.maintained C.strengthened D.lost

【8】A.anyhow B.instead C.again D.therefore

【9】A.failed B.agreed C.refused D.decided

【10】A.impossible B.important C.unnecessary D.practical

【11】A.excuse B.rule C.purpose D.tradition

【12】A.so that B.in case C.as if D.now that

【13】A.plans B.promises C.continues D.appears

【14】A.doubted B.argued C.worried D.learned

【15】A.Surprisingly B.Naturally C.Luckily D.Consequently

【16】A.faces B.records C.goals D.relations

【17】A.catch B.meet C.test D.persuade

【18】A.heritage B.dream C.career D.language

【19】A.control B.ties C.honor D.responsibilities

【20】A.key B.reason C.value D.problem

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.

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

Tablets are really useful devices, but their big screens always make them a burden to carry around without a bag. Wouldn’t it be great if there were a phone with the powers of a tablet that could be folded up and fit 【1】 into the hand?

Now something like a tablet-shaped but fold-able phone is about to become 【2】. In February, South Korean electronics company Samsung and China’s Huawei both unveiled fold-able phones Galaxy Fold and Huawei Mate X 【3】. Mobile phone use has entered the “fold-able future”, The Verge noted.

The technology could change our lives in significant ways. These devices, due to their 【4】 screens, give us the larger screens we want. Meanwhile, they still fit easily into the pocket. As USA Today noted, they’re “the 【5】 of a small tablets and smart-phone, all in a single device”.

The technology could 【6】 other devices too. For example, we could make TVs that stick to walls like posters, or fold up easily to hide away in drawers. In crowded modem cities, they will help us to 【7】 available space.

In a keynote address, Samsung’s senior vice president of mobile product marketing, Justin Denison, called the fold-able screen “the 【8】 for the smart-phone of tomorrow.” “It’s a balank canvas for us to do something beautiful together,” he said.

So is there nothing to stand in the way of the fold-able future?

According to tech news website Android authority, the necessary displays were difficult to produce. In 2012, nine out of every to OLED screens produced were 【9】. Today, that 10 percent rate has been improved to between 50 and 90 percent. However, at present these fold-able devices are expensive. For example, the price of Huawei Mate X is 17,500 RMB. That’s a price that may 【10】 the majority of people.

But if the fold-able device isn’t going to change the world overnight, there is no doubt that it is coming.

Patrick Moor-head, an industry analyst told The Verge, “Few are debating if fold-able or roll-able mobile displays are the future of smart-phones; the only question is when and by whom.”

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、假定你是李华，你校学生会拟于暑假期间组织一次英语夏令营活动，请给你的外教Mr. Tony发一封邮件，邀请他参加。要点如下：

1. 时间：8月2日—8月10日 ；

2. 主要活动：练习英语口语，朗诵英语诗歌，唱英文歌曲等。

注意：

1. 词数80左右；

2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

参考词汇：夏令营Summer Camp

Dear Mr. Tony,

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Yours,

Li Hu

39、假如你是学生会主席李华，你校将举行为期三天的庆祝建校五十周年的摄影展，请你用英语写一则通知。内容包括：

1. 举办目的；

2. 时间和地点；

3. 展览内容及活动。

注意：1. 通知的格式已经为你写好，不计入总词数；2. 总词数：80左右

Notice

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Students’ Union

July 8th, 2019

40、假定你是李华，你的英国朋友Leslie给你发邮件询问你在新型冠状病毒肺炎疫情期间是怎么度过。请你根据下列要点写一封邮件回复她。1.爆发时间（2019年12月）；2.怎么度过（包括学习、日常生活等）；3.你的感受。

注意：1.词数100左右；2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

参考词汇：疫情epidemic situation 新冠肺炎novel coronavirus pneumonia

Dear Leslie,

I’m glad to receive your email. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Thank you for your concern. I’m looking forward to your reply.

Yours,

Li Hua

41、假定你是学校英语俱乐部主席李华，你校要举办一场文艺演出，需要两个英语节目。请你写一个通知，征集节目，内容包括

1.节目形式（英文歌曲或者英文短剧）；

2.提供详细计划；

3.报名方式和截止时间。

注意：1.词数80左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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