河源2025学年度第一学期期末教学质量检测三年级英语

1、The building was designed to   the elderly and provide them with the best environment.

A.calculate B.accommodate C.expose D.resemble

2、It is time that the government _____ measures to protect the valuable heritage.

A.takes B.to take C.take D.took

3、The boy was put into prison for being ________ of stealing a lot of knives.

A. blamed B. accused

C. charged D. suspect

4、—Do you think attending training courses is a great help when you look for a new job?

—Well, it all depends. Besides, it gives me ________ a chance to try.

A. more than B. more of

C. less than D. more or less

5、--Can't you stay a little longer?

--It's getting late. I really________ go now. My daughter is home alone.

A．can

B．could

C．might

D．must

6、________and excited, the doctors from all over the country took part in the battle against novel coronavirus.

A．Being honored

B．Honoring

C．Honored

D．To be honoring

7、5G technology will ______ 15.2 trillion yuan _______ China’s digital industry between 2020 and 2025, Science and Technology Daily reported on August 28.

A.contribute, to B.adjust, to C.leave, behind D.balance, against

8、Leonardo da Vinci was an extraordinary genius, _______ is believed _______ “Renaissance man”.

A.who, to be B.that, to be C.which, to have been D.whom, to have been

9、Reading aloud in the morning is _______ to learning a foreign language.

A.benefit B.used C.beneficial D.habit

10、Everything he ___ away from him before he returned to his hometown.

A. took B. had been taken

C. had had been taken D. had taken

11、I told Sally how to get here, but perhaps I ___ for her.

A.had to write it out B.must have written it out

C.should have written it out D.ought to write it out

12、---Let’s go to play basketball this weekend.

---I’d like to, but I ________ as a volunteer in my community then.

A．will work

B．have worked

C．will be working

D．was working

13、I would appreciate____________ if you could help me out when I am in trouble.

A．that

B．one

C．it

D．this

14、All rights ______ , no one is allowed to copy or use this paper for other commercial purposes.

A.preserved B.observed C.deserved D.reserved

15、Wouldn’t it be wonderful world if we lived in harmony with nature?

A.a; 不填 B.the; 不填 C.a; the D.the; the

16、The manager and heads of the sections will spend the morning _______ in the meeting room, ________ the problems they are facing.

A.locking; discussing B.locked; discussed

C.locked; discussing D.locking; discussed

17、My sister was against my suggestion while my brother was ___________it.

A.in honor of B.in favor of C.in search of D.in memory of

18、Nearly 3,500 years ago, people chewed on leaves ________ a special chemical to reduce body pains and fever.

A. possessed B. to possess C. having possessed D. possessing

19、Search engines search the Internet based on the key words you type in, and choose such web pages for you ________ contain the words you ask for.

A.where B.who C.which D.as

20、I have a very busy life with no time to sit around ______ sorry for myself.

A.feel B.feeling C.to feel D.felt

21、Experts say it's an invaluable social practice   results in big benefits.

A.who B.that C.what D.whether

22、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

23、--- I’m afraid I can’t finish the book within this week.

--- _____.

A. Please go ahead B. That’s right

C. Not at all D. Take your time

24、----Are there any English story books for us students in the library?

----There’re only a few, .

A. if some   B. if any

C. if many D. if ever

25、Can it have been on the playground ________ you lost your watch?

A.that B.on which C.where D.in that

26、   When we’re studying a new language, many of us approach it with fear and anxiety. However, we would benefit a lot by changing our focus, according to communication skills trainer Marianna Pascal.

Pascal has spent 20 years in Malaysia helping people speak better English. Over time, she has discovered a surprising truth: How well somebody communicates in a new language has very little to do with his language level — but a lot more to do with his attitude.

Pascal noticed that a lot of Malaysians went into English conversations with the feeling that they were going to be judged by how many mistakes they were going to make. And they had the idea of what good proper English is supposed to be and how far they would have to go to get there.

As a teacher,she’d noticed one specific student named Faisal. Despite not knowing much English,this guy could just sit and listen to anybody very calmly,clearly,and then he could express his thoughts beautifully.

Pascal realized when Faisal entered an English conversation, he didn’t feel judged. He entirely focused on the person that he was speaking to and the result he wanted to get. He got no thoughts about his own mistakes.

Pascal believes that speaking a language is not like those exams that many of us had to take in school,where a tiny spelling or grammar mistake would result in a big red X from the teacher. In the real world, small mistakes don’t matter — what matters is whether we’re able to make ourselves understood. She concludes, “If you want to speak English like Faisal with that great confidence, here’s the one thing that you can do when you speak: Don’t focus on yourself, focus on the other person and the result you want to achieve.”

【1】Why was Faisal successful in English conversation according to Pascal?

A.His spoken English was quite excellent.

B.His attitude to speaking English was right.

C.He and his partner were good friends.

D.He made few grammatical mistakes.

【2】What is the Pascal’s attitude to the mistakes English speakers make?

A.Tolerant. B.Careful.

C.Grateful. D.Worried.

【3】What should you do if you want to communicate effectively in English?

A.Try to express yourself correctly.

B.Remember to use a new language.

C.Avoid any mistakes while speaking.

D.Concentrate on what the other people say.

27、Henry was a pen name used by an American writer of short stories. His real name was William Sydney Porter. He was born in North Carolina in 1862. As a young boy he lived an exciting life. He did not go to school for very long, but he managed to teach himself everything he needed to know. When he was about 20 years old, O. Henry went to Texas, where he tried different jobs. He first worked on a newspaper, and then had a job in a bank, when some money went missing from the bank O. Henry was believed to have stolen it. Because of that, he was sent to prison. During the three years in prison, he learned to write short stories. After he got out of prison, he went to New York and continued writing. He wrote mostly about New York and the life of the poor there. People liked his stories, because simple as the tales were, they would finish with a sudden change at the end, to the reader’s surprise.

【1】In which order did O. Henry do the following things?

a. Lived in New York.   b. Worked in a bank.

c. Travelled to Texas. d. Was put in prison.

e. Had a newspaper job.  f. Learned to write stories.

A. e. c. f. b. d. a   B. c. e. b. d. f. A

C. e. b. d. c. a. f.     D. c. b. e. d. a f.

【2】O. Henry went to prison because.

A. people thought he had stolen money from the newspaper

B. he broke the law by not using his own name

C. he wanted to write stories about prisoners

D. people thought he had taken money that was not his

【3】What do we know about O. Henry before he began writing?

A. He was well-educated.

B. He was not serious about his work.

C. He was devoted to the poor.

D. He was very good at learning.

【4】Where did O. Henry get most material for his short stories?

A. His life inside the prison.

B. The newspaper articles he wrote.

C. The city and people of New York.

D. His exciting early life as a boy.

28、For decades, China had wanted a Nobel Prize in science. Tu Youyou, a researcher who helped to develop a malaria（疟疾）medicine, finally won the country that honor.

In fact, Tu is not the only scientist in China who is catching the world’s attention. In 2016, the Nature journal published a list of the top 10 science stars in China. Gao Caixia and Cui Weicheng are two of them.

Gao Caixia has been devoted to genetic engineering for her whole career. She is known for using CRISPR-Cas9, the revolutionary gene-editing technique that is sweeping through biology labs around the world – in crops.

At first, Gao was unwilling to take up gene editing using CRISPR-Cas9 because her lab at the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology in Beijing had already created mutations（变异）in 82 genes using an older type of technology. But after thinking carefully about it, she decided to give it a try.

After a year of hard work, her lab finally succeeded. Gao worked on genetic engineering in wheat, a crop that is famous for being difficult to work with. Now she is considered one of the best in the world at engineering wheat.

Cui Weicheng is the developer of China’s record-setting Jiaolong submersibl（e   潜水器）. He is now a professor at Westlake University. In 2012, Cui rode inside China’s Jiaolong submersible and reached a depth of more than 7,000 meters in the Pacific.

Thanks to Jiaolong and the 57-year-old developer, China is now one of only a few nations that can explore the deep sea. Jiaolong can travel deeper than any other manned research submersible currently in use, which shows China’s increasing ambition and leadership in deep-sea research.

【1】Why is Tu Youyou mentioned at the beginning of the passage?

A．To show one of China’s long-held dreams.

B．To stress the importance of the Nobel Prize.

C．To praise Tu Youyou for her contributions.

D．To introduce more top Chinese scientists.

【2】Why did Gao Caixia work on wheat?

A．Because she failed in her attempt to study other crops.

B．Because she was expert at wheat engineering.

C．Because wheat is hard to be genetically engineered.

D．Because wheat is the most widely planted crop in China.

【3】What is Cui Weicheng’s biggest contribution to China?

A．He teaches about sea at a university.

B．He developed Jiaolong submersible.

C．He is devoted to genetic engineering.

D．He reached the bottom of the ocean.

【4】What is the best title for the passage?

A．China’s Science Stars

B．China’s Nobel Prize Dream

C．Gao Caixia－China’s Crop Engineer

D．Cui Weicheng－China’s Deep Diver

29、   Gauri Nanda sees a wearable computer as a handbag - one that’s built out of four-inch squares and triangles of fiber, with tiny computer chips embedded(嵌入) in it. It looks, feels, and weighs like your typical leather purse.

That’s where the similarities end: This bag can wirelessly keep track of your belongings and remind you, just as you’re about to leave the house, to take your wallet. It can review the weather report and suggest that you grab an umbrella. This purse can even upload your favorite songs onto your scarf.

Sure, a computing purse and scarf set may seem like the stuff of science fiction. But these devices(装置), part of next generation of wearable computers, could become commonplace within a few years. DuPont created new super strong fibers that can conduct electricity, and can be woven into ordinary-looking clothes. And the chipmaker developed chip packaging allowing wearable computers to be washed, even in the heavy-duty cycle.

As a result, these new wearable devices are different from the heavy and downright silly versions of the recent past, which often required users to be wrapped in wires and type on their stomachs. Unlike their predecessors, these new wearable computers also make economic sense. When her bag becomes commercially available in two to three years, Nanda expects it will cost around $150, which is the price of an average leather purse.

Here’s how the bag works: You place a special radio-signal-transmitting chip onto your wallet. A similar radio in your purse picks up the signal and notifies you that you’ve forgotten to take your wallet. In turn, sensors on your purse’s handles will notify the computer that you’ve picked up the purse and are ready to go.

Already, these new kinds of wearable devices are being adopted for use in markets like auto repair, emergency services, medical monitoring and even, increasingly, for consumers at large. Indeed more people will want to cross that bridge in the coming years-making for a booming market for wearable computers that don’t look like something out of science fiction.

【1】Which of the following describes a wearable computer?

A. It can be washed in washing machines.

B. It is much heavier than a leather purse.

C. It can download songs from the Internet.

D. It is made of clothes conducting electricity.

【2】According to the passage, the new wearable computers ____________.

A. require users to operate on the stomach

B. pick up the signals through wires and chips

C. are being applied in some different areas now

D. are smarter but more expensive than the old ones

【3】What does the underlined sentence in the last paragraph mean?

A. The new wearable computers have become fashionable.

B. People would like to learn more about the new computers.

C. New wearable computers promise to sell well in the future.

D. The idea of the purse-like computers comes from science fiction.

【4】The purpose of the passage is ____________.

A. to introduce a new kind of computer

B. to explain the functions of computers

C. to compare different types of computers

D. to show how high technology affects our life

30、阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中， 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

John graduated from a key university and he was very good at his major. He wished to find a good job. One day, he went to a company to   for a job. He got the news in a newspaper. He did some research on this company. When he was , everything went well. The manager asked him some questions and he answered them       . John was very satisfied with his performances and was very   that he could get the job. But at that moment, the manager’s phone   . He picked up the phone, listened and nodded. And then he turned around and said to John, “Sorry, I want to get some important now. Please give me the book with the red on that desk.” John looked around and found 3 books on the desk, so John went to the desk, took one book and handed it to him   . Holding the book, the manager   the phone and said, “Sorry, we cannot give the job to you.” John was and wondered why. The manager said, “There are three . First, when you came into the office room, I found that the third button on your shirt had been missing. Second, there are three books with red covers on that desk, but you didn’t ask me which one I needed and you took one randomly（随机地）. Third, I was answering the call. You should to the desk to save time. These showed you are not a careful person.”  , John didn’t get the job.

We can learn a(n)   from John’s experience. Some people don’t   the details in our life. But it is the details that . Not only should we value what we learn but also we should pay more attention to the details. Sometimes they can even   our success or failure. We should form the habit of being careful and learn to keep the   of quantity and quality. We should keep it in mind that comes first, without which quantity is of no significance.

【1】 A. apply   B. vote   C. prepare D. wait

【2】A. contacted   B. interviewed C. asked   D. questioned

【3】A. immediately B. slowly   C. generally D. fluently

【4】A. grateful   B. excited C. confident D. lucky

【5】A. lost     B. called   C. rang   D. answered

【6】A. arrangement B. response C. information D. result

【7】 A. cover   B. picture   C. character D. mark

【8】A. eagerly   B. politely C. purposely D. quickly

【9】A. searched for B. picked up C. held on D. hung up

【10】A. surprised   B. helpless C. disappointed  D. worried

【11】A. methods   B. results   C. collections D. reasons

【12】 A. wander   B. run   C. walk   D. move

【13】 A. parts   B. facts   C. details   D. stories

【14】 A. Eventually B. Seemingly C. Similarly D. Regularly

【15】A. subject   B. idea   C. skill   D. lesson

【16】A. mind   B. mention C. ignore   D. provide

【17】 A. trouble   B. count   C. interest D. impress

【18】A. describe   B. replace C. value   D. determine

【19】A. selection   B. importance C. balance D. competition

【20】A. quality   B. quantity C. safety   D. promise

31、   It was a cold winter. The day my husband fell to his death, it started to snow, just________any November day. His________, when I found it, was lightly covered with snow. It snowed almost every day for the next four months, while I sat on the couch and watched it________.One morning, I walked slowly________and was surprised to see a snow remover clearing my driveway and the bent back of a woman clearing my walk. I dropped to my knees and crawled back upstairs,________those good people would not see me. I was_________ . My first thought was, how would I ever________them? I didn’t have the________to brush my hair,________clear someone’s walk.

Before Jon’s death, I felt proud that I________asked for favors. I identified myself by my autonomous ability and________.So who was I if I was no longer capable? How could I________myself if I just sat on the couch every day and watched the snow fall?

Learning to receive the love and________from others wasn’t easy. Friends cooked for me and I cried. Finally, my friend Kathy said, “Mary, cooking for you isn’t a________for me; it makes me feel good to be able to do something for you.”

Over and over, I heard________words from the people who supported me during those________days. One wise man told me, “You aren’t doing nothing because being fully open to your________may be the hardest work you will ever do.”

I am not the person I________was, but in many ways I have changed for the________.I’ve been surprised to learn that there is incredible freedom coming from________one’s worst fear and walking away whole. I believe there is strength, for sure, in accepting a dark period of our life.

【1】A.on B.in C.for D.like

【2】A.footprint B.soul C.roof D.body

【3】A.dry up B.pile up C.take up D.sweep up

【4】A.upstairs B.indoors C.downstairs D.outdoors

【5】A.for B.yet C.and D.so

【6】A.alarmed B.ashamed C.annoyed D.disappointed

【7】A.reflect B.reward C.award D.conduct

【8】A.absence B.psychology C.spirit D.strength

【9】A.let alone B.leave alone C.sit around D.stand alone

【10】A.frequently B.hardly C.gradually D.annually

【11】A.independence B.concept C.security D.qualification

【12】A.achieve B.respect C.praise D.promote

【13】A.distribution B.privilege C.contribution D.support

【14】A.bonus B.dimension C.business D.burden

【15】A.sensitive B.voluntary C.vivd D.similar

【16】A.junior B.remote C.blue D.absurd

【17】A.pause B.dignity C.pain D.access

【18】A.still B.never C.even D.once

【19】A.better B.less C.more D.worse

【20】A.scanning B.dragging C.facing D.fleeing

32、   Ann's neighbor Tracy found a lost dog wandering around the local high school. She asked Ann if she could keep an eye on it. Ann said that she could______it only for the day.

Tracy took photos of the______and printed off 400 FOUND fliers (传单), and put them in mailboxes. Meanwhile, Ann bought some pet______in the dollar store nearby, and warned her two______not to fall in love with it. At the time, Ann's son Thomas was 10 years old, and Jack, who was______from a heart operation, was 21 years old.

Four days later Ann was still______the dog, whom they had started to______Riley.When she came back home from work, the dog______itself against the screen door and barked______at her.

As soon as she opened the door, Riley______into the boys' room where Ann______that Jack was suffering a heart attack. Riley ran over to Jack, and as soon as Ann bent over to______him, the dog went____

"If it hadn't come to get me, the______said Jack would have died," Ann reported to a local newspaper. At this point, no one had called to______the dog, so Ann decided to keep it.

The next morning Tracy got a call. A man named Peterson______his dog and called the______on the flier. Tracy started______，and told him, "That dog______my friend's son."

Peterson drove to Ann's house to______his dog, and saw Thomas and Jack crying in the window. After a few moments Peterson said, "Maybe Odie was supposed to fmd you, maybe you should keep it."

【1】A. accept B. control C. watch D. train

【2】A. dog B. neighbor C. school D. house

【3】A. books B. toys C. clothes D. supplies

【4】A. sons B. brothers C. daughters D. sisters

【5】A. escaping B. recovering C. resigning D. dying

【6】A. playing with B. looking after C. thinking of D. talking about

【7】A. call B. visit C. mean D. mention

【8】A. rested B. supported C. knocked D. threw

【9】A. angrily B. aimlessly C. madly D. weakly

【10】A. stared B. reached C. dashed D. followed

【11】A. believed B. found C. heard D. remembered

【12】A. wake B. calm C. carry D. help

【13】A. silent B. crazy C. sad D. angry

【14】A. reporter B. doctor C. writer D. owner

【15】A. retreat B. greet C. comfort D. claim

【16】A. appreciated B. missed C. recognized D. raised

【17】A. name B. number C. witness D. paper

【18】A. arguing B. cheering C. shouting D. crying

【19】A. saved B. trusted C. needed D. understood

【20】A. show off B. give up C. pick up D. see off

33、   “Good Night Lights” began as a game，with the effort of Steve Brosnihan, a cartoonist volunteering at Hasbro Children’s Hospital. He ______ from room to room drawing and chatting and doing whatever else he can to ______ the sick children up. During one ______ to a teenager who would be in the hospital for the last night, he decided to do something ______ for their final farewell.

As he left, Brosnihan told the ______ to watch the corner near the bus stop from his window. Brosnihan ______ to that spot in a Parking area, and flickered (闪烁) his bike light up toward the ______. To his surprise, the teen flickered his own room lights back ______.

Brosnihan made it a(an) ______ to flicker his bike light to kids as he left for the night as a(an) ______ way to say goodbye. When he mentioned this activity to a friend, owner of a ______ restaurant, the friend agreed to flicker the restaurant’s ______ at 8:30 every night for one minute. The nightly tradition became such a ______ that customers started joining in too.

Good Night Lights has been such a simple, ______ powerful, rallying point(号召力) for the community to support the young patients. For 60 seconds, patients were ______ in a luminous(发光的) dialog with residents.

“It would be very hard not to do this ______ you start,” says Brosnihan. “You do it to represent how much you care for kids and families who ______ a lot during their hard times in hospitals.”

Brosnihan hopes it ______ more. “In my grander dreams, I hope other cities that have children’s hospitals ______ the idea and run with it and ______ their own version of Good Night Lights.” he says.

【1】A.rushes B.moves C.checks D.marches

【2】A.put B.turn C.cheer D.bring

【3】A.visit B.show C.experience D.journey

【4】A.strange B.exciting C.similar D.different

【5】A.colleague B.teenager C.doctor D.friend

【6】A.biked B.ran C.fled D.walked

【7】A.park B.hospital C.road D.bike

【8】A.in return B.in order C.in response D.in place

【9】A.ceremony B.activity C.habit D.routine

【10】A.logical B.unique C.fun D.important

【11】A.local B.generous C.native D.distant

【12】A.fires B.forks C.plates D.lights

【13】A.hit B.wonder C.start D.tradition

【14】A.and B.yet C.or D.so

【15】A.given B.crowded C.involved D.participated

【16】A.once B.whether C.while D.as

【17】A.waste B.enjoy C.spend D.suffer

【18】A.grows B.spreads C.discovers D.deepens

【19】A.give up B.set up C.pick up D.build up

【20】A.design B.invite C.open D.create

34、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.

Why Cold weather Causes So many Flight Cancellation?

Each year, about 60,000 flights get canceled because of bad winter weather, which costs airlines and airports an estimated $3 billion. But it’s not the freezing cold temperatures that cause problems for planes. After all, 【1】 jets fly 10 kilometers up, where temperatures hover around -50 degrees Celsius.

In fact, planes 【2】 in cold weather, since cold air is denser and leads to better thrust. Clearly, the real problem isn’t what’s going on up there. It’s what’s happening on the ground.

When a 【3】 polar vortex (极地涡旋) struck the Midwestern US in January 2019, temperatures dropped to -40 degrees Celsius and airline canceled 3,000 flights nationwide. In these situations, when temperatures start 【4】, everything slows down. Cargo doors can freeze up, along with the nozzles that pump fuel into planes, which delays the 【5】 process.

Even the plane itself can freeze over. Just a quarter-inch - thick layer of ice on a plane can disrupt the way air flows over its wings.

Les Westbrooks: The number one reason, I would say, that the reason flights get delayed in cold weather is going to be because there’s some kind of frozen precipitation, from frost to snow to a sheet of ice, adhering to the aircraft, adhering to the wings of the aircraft 【6】.

That’s Les Westbrooks, a retired airline pilot and an associate professor of aeronautical science at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. He says that 【7】, these planes are “de-iced” - but this also delays takeoff. The crew can spray the plane with a special hot water/ glycol mixture. It can take around 40 minutes to de-ice large passenger airplanes, so planes often have to wait “their turn” for the de-icing station, which, of course, can trigger more delays.

And ice on the runway, of course, creates another set of 【8】. In 2014, a plane at JFK skidded off an icy runway and into a mound of snow, leading to an hours-long shutdown at the airport. And even though crews can remove ice from the runway, scraping it off the pavement can lead to potholes (坑洞) and other 【9】, which makes takeoffs and landings more dangerous. And of course, snow and freezing rain on the ground can affect visibility to the point where officials have to decide it’s not safe to fly at all.

But if ice and snow aren’t the problem in these extremely cold temperatures, it’s usually another factor: people.

Les Westbrooks: The airplane flies at high altitudes, -60 degrees. It’s made to do that. Humans are not made to be outside in -60 degrees weather. And so the human factor becomes a big, big factor, when it becomes extremely cold.

Baggage handlers, aircraft fuelers, and mechanics all have to stay warm. Some airports, like O’Hare in Chicago, set up heated shelters for their employees. Of course, with everyone taking breaks to warm up, not as much gets done, which leads to even more delays and cancellations. Passengers start missing their 【10】 flights, and that, along with passengers who can’t make it to the airport due to bad road conditions, leads to half-empty planes.

In fact, many airlines might preemptively cancel flights before bad weather even hits. So, in the end, you can still blame cold weather for cancelling your flight.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

It will be beyond anything we organics could imagine.

36、阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

Smell the flowers before you go to sleep and you may just end up with rosy dreams. Have a whiff of rotten(腐烂的)eggs during the night and your dreams may be【1】(pleasant). So says researcher Dr. Boris Stuck, 【2】invited sleeping volunteers to a rose vs. rotten egg test in the University Hospital Mannheim in Germany. The subjects didn’t dream about roses【3】eggs, but rather he found that what they smelt affected the emotions of【4】(they) dreams.

And if you think【5】(smell) have a say in dreams, wait for what TV tells us. A UK study reveals that people exposed【6】black-and-white film and TV in their youth are to have monochromic(单色的)dreams throughout their life more【7】(probable). Eva Murzyn from the University of Dundee tested two age groups— one half 【8】(age) over 55 and【9】other half under 25.

The result? Under 5% of the dreams of the under-25s were in black and white. 【10】(watch)color TV in childhood seems to be the reason why.

37、课文填空

The Sundance Film Festival 【1】 boycotts all Hollywood films, and we don’t foresee ever including them. The initial idea for our festival was 【2】 back in l978. when it was known as the Utah/US Film Festival. However, it was not well known until 1981. It was then that Robert Redford became its 【3】 and changed the focus to independent films, often made on very modest 【4】 It was given its new name-the Sundance Film Festival-in 1991. Redford has acted in and directed many big Hollywood films, but wanted to 【5】 the public to films made outside of the Hollywood system

38、假定你是李华,得知美国外教Peter最近经常头痛,西医疗效不佳。请你给他写一封电子邮件,推荐中医治疗,简介中医的优点(如副作用小、价格低等),愿意帮助,并期待他早日康复。

词汇提示:西医:Western medicine   中医:Chinese medicine   副作用:side effects

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,

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

39、假如你是李华，你的留学生朋友Tony对戏剧很感兴趣，请你用电子邮件告知他本周末你们学校戏剧社将举办戏剧Pygmalion的排练活动并邀请他参加，内容包括：

1. 排练地点和时间；

2. 具体的活动内容。

注意：1. 词数100左右；开头已给出，不计入总数。

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

可能用到的词汇：戏剧drama 排练rehearsal

Dear Tony,

How’s it going?

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Lihua

40、假如你是一名高二的学生,名叫李华。请你就本校食堂存在的问题,向校长写一封投诉信。内容包括:

1.投诉的原因；

2.投诉的具体问题(2-3点)；

3.提出合理的建议。

注意：1.词数100左右；开头和结尾已经给出,不计入字数；

2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。

Dear Headmaster,

I'm Li Hua,a Senior 2 student.

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Sincerely Yours

Li Hua

41、假定你是李华，目前在英国一所中学做交换生，得知当地某动物收容所在招募志愿者，你准备申请加入。请根据下面的写作提示，用英语写一篇自荐信。内容包括：

1. 介绍个人情况；

2. 具备的一些优势；

3. 希望被录取。注意：

1. 词数 80 左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。