乐东2025学年度第一学期期末教学质量检测三年级英语

1、Lisa was angry with Joe because she couldn’t _____ his disrespect to the kind man who had helped them out.

A. violate B. allocate C. relate D. tolerate

2、The invention of telegram ________ the transmission of messages to any part of the world within a few seconds.

A．made possible

B．made it possible

C．made possibly

D．made it possibly

3、The young teacher has ________ ambitious.

A. been proved to be B. proved to be

C. been proved D. proved being

4、_________well-prepared you are, you still need a lot of luck in mountain climbing.

A.Whatever B.However C.Whenever D.Wherever

5、Some false ads are taking the countryside women as their targets, because they are easy to ________.

A．take on

B．take in

C．take down

D．take over

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

A. look forward to B. live up to

C. make up for D. set off for

7、— We ＿＿ that you would fix the TV set this week.

— I’m sorry. I ＿＿ to, but I’ve been too busy.

A. had expected； had intended B. are expecting； had intended

C. expect； intend D. expected； intend

8、The Jiangsu TV station is very popular with many people in China, as it deals with ______ subjects such as music, entertainment and fashion.

A.precise B.diverse C.casual D.efficient

9、Always the _____ , Franklin believed the practice of moving the time could save on the use of candlelight, as candles were expensive at the time.

A.journalist B.physicist C.chemist D.economist

10、The result of his experiment led to the conclusion______ ice will decrease when it melts.

A./ B.what C.which D.that

11、_______ 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; whose

C．As; whom

D．It; whom

12、I don't think he is the suitable person，for he____experience，____is essential for the job.

A.lacks；which B.lacking；as C.lacks of；which D.lacked；that

13、He asked me to find a book ______ his name.

A. marked with B. being marked with

C. marked by D. marking on

14、As President, he appointed men to high government positions ________ he considered most capable, ________ some of them openly defied his authority.

A.which … as though B./ … though

C.which … even if D.whom … as though

15、Teens and younger children are reading a lot less for fun, according to a Common Sense Media report Monday.

A.being published B.to publish C.publishing D.published

16、The doctor ______ a piece of muscle from my leg and looked at it under a microscope.

A.cut out B.cut across C.cut in D.cut up

17、Though a man may also feel like screaming as a woman________ in a crisis, he has a little bit more self-control than a woman and that makes the difference.

A.having B.has

C.doing D.does

18、He is a(n) ________ person and always ready to start a fight.

A.punctual B.religious C.aggressive D.elegant

19、After the crisis, the President said it would be essential to ____ the financial system.

A. reform B. inform

C. perform D. conform

20、I think it a great honor _____ to visit your country.

A. to invite B. inviting C. having invited D. to be invited

21、____, Mary couldn’t get the door open.

A.Try as she might B.As she might try C.She might as try D.Might she as try

22、I have absolutely no ________ the students who get caught cheating in exams even though they were seriously punished.

A. impact on B. sympathy for

C. concern about D. complaint about

23、--- 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

24、He paid the boy $10 for washing ten windows, most of ___ hadn’t been cleaned for at least a year.

A.these B.those C.that D.which

25、___ all the time is the key to ___ progress in English .

A.Practice; making B.To practice; making

C.Practicing; make D.To practice; make

26、   My daughters are lovely and attractive. The 4-yearold has big blue eyes and easy laughter. The 7-year old’s long strawberry blond hair and sweet smile are already turning the boys’ heads. I love everything about these girls. and they know it.

But I try not to tell them they’ re beautiful. My young daughters are totally innocent about the pressures of being a woman in our society. They know nothing about plastic surgery, diets. “feeling fat”, or eating disorders. We adults know all too much about such things and in the face of this cruel reality we tend to start telling our girls,as soon and often as possible, how beautiful they are. Here’s the thing. though. What we’re also doing is bringing the beauty pressure home to our littlest girls. The more I talk about beauty and looks, even in a positive way. ,the more I’m conveying the importance of those things.

However, it doesn’t mean I don’t praise my girls. Instead of saying “You look beatutiful!” I might say the more specific “Don’t you look fancy today!” or “Those colors go so well together. ” It means that I treat my daughters not as my little dolls, but as real people who are developing their own sense of self and style. It means that they are in change of how they look.

Naturally, I buy most of my girls clothes. But I don’t usually manage their outfit （整套衣服）choices. My daughters can go girly with necklaces and head-to-toe pink, or they can choose to give up dresses altogether. Of course we’ve seen some mismatching, but they own those styles. They never ask if they look pretty, and they walk with an easy confidence that has nothing to do with what l or anyone else will say about how they look. And that’s the confident spirit I want them to take into their teens and adulthood.

【1】What do the author’s two daughters have in common?

A. Both like to smile.

B. Both have blond hair.

C. Both like strawberries.

D. Both have big blue eyes.

【2】Why is the author unwilling to tell her girls that they are beautiful?

A. She prefers inner beauty.

B. She expects them to face reality.

C. She wants them to focus less on it.

D. She doesn’t think they can understand it.

【3】How does the author treat her daughters?

A. She avoids praising them.

B. She pays attention to their unique style.

C. She is particular about their clothes.

D. She sets strict clothing rules for them.

【4】Which of the following best describe the author’s daughters?

A. They are fully confident.

B. They are highly dependent

C. They tend to take advice from their mother.

D. They have a good taste in dressing themselves.

27、I decided at 10 that I was going to be a teacher because I had a burning desire for superpowers. As a boy, I could clearly see some of my teachers had extraordinary powers.

There was an English teacher in fifth grade who could magically transport us to different worlds every day by telling us stories and reading to us from books we would otherwise never pick up. This was our secret and fun time because fifth graders were considered too old to have stories read out to them.

It was even shocking that my teacher could see the invisible. I was one of those who lacked insight, Yet my teacher would notice me and the unspoken message in her eyes suggested that she could see me through. She had another superpower and even after four decades, I could still vividly remember her lessons about the great masters of art and great geographers, expanding our horizons. She did this even though her major was not art, nor geography. Her lessons went beyond the textbook I knew I wanted to be one of those all-seeing ones with superpowers that made children feel safe and valued.

I know being a teacher isn't the easiest or the most financially rewarding of jobs. And there are occupational risks-your knees can become worn out from years of carrying piles of notebooks up and down the school staircase, your voice can give in from too much talking. But despite all that, there are those choosing this cause. To them, teaching is not just a job-it is a science, an art and a craft, and it demands emotional labour and investment.

All my life, for three decades now, I've gone to work early each day with a spring in my step. Occasionally, I meet my former students. Their obvious love for me and fond memories of our time together are my rewards. When I meet others who thirst for superpowers, like the brand new teacher struggling to perfect her skills with a brave face on, or the one in a remote, rural school travelling 70 kilometers each day just for his pupils, I feel proud to belong to the same group.

【1】What can be inferred about the stories from paragraph 2?

A．They were told in a magic way.

B．They were written by the teacher.

C．They contained some students' fun secrets.

D．They left the students with happy memories.

【2】Which of the following best describes the English teacher?

A．Ambitious and generous.

B．Hard-working and wealthy.

C．Caring and modest.

D．Well-informed and observant.

【3】What do we know about the author as a teacher?

A．He suffered a lot in his knees and voice.

B．He thought teaching was more than spreading knowledge.

C．He had some ideas of how to be a teacher at a young age.

D．He was rewarded with much money for his devotion at school.

【4】What can be concluded about being a teacher from the text?

A．With one thousand times for the peach garden sweet.

B．Teachers lead the door, progress in the individual.

C．In scholarship there is no difference of age.

D．Learning without a teacher is hard to gain.

28、   Stephen Hawking, the most famous physicist of his time, has passed away at the age of 76.

A family spokesman said Hawking, who was British, died peacefully early Wednesday at his home in Cambridge, England. Hawking was known worldwide for working to explain subjects like the beginnings of the universe and the complexities of black holes. He was diagnosed with a disease called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, at age 21. At the time, doctors predicted he would only live a few years. But he proved them wrong by surviving for more than 50 years more and continuing his scientific work.

In his 2013 book, 'My Brief History', Hawking wrote about first learning of the illness: 'I felt it was very unfair - why should this happen to me? ' He added: 'At the time, I thought my life was over and that I would never realize the potential I felt I had. ' 'But now, 50 years later, I can be quite satisfied with my life, ' he wrote.

A sign of his being admired came in October 2017, when Cambridge put Hawking's 1966 thesis on the internet for the first time. Demand for the thesis was so high that it caused the university's website to go down.

Hawking said belief in a God who intervenes(介入) in the universe 'to make sure the good guys win or get rewarded in the next life' was wishful thinking. 'But one can't help asking the question: Why does the universe exist? ' he said in 1991. 'I don't know an operational way to give the question or the answer, if there is one, a meaning. But it bothers me. '

Hawking was a big supporter of human space travel to the Moon and Mars. He said such missions would help unite humanity in a shared purpose of spreading the human race beyond Earth. 'We are running out of space and the only places to go to are other worlds. It is time to explore other solar systems. Spreading out may be the only thing that saves us from ourselves. I am convinced that humans need to leave the Earth, ' he said last year.

【1】What is Hawking's attitude towards life when just diagnosed with ALS?

A.Optimistic. B.Hopeless.

C.Disappointed. D.Confident.

【2】What bothered Hawking?

A.The beginning of the universe.

B.The intervene of God in the universe.

C.The rewards that good people get in the next life.

D.The crash of the Internet.

【3】Why is Hawking in favor of human space travel to other solar systems?

A.Because we have used up all the space.

B.Because we have explored the Moon and Mars for a long time.

C.Because it can help spread the human race beyond Earth.

D.Because it is a way to save the Earth.

【4】What can be a suitable title for the text?

A.Stephen Hawking Is Recognized for His Research on Black Holes

B.Stephen Hawking Supports Human Space Travels

C.Stephen Hawking Is a Worldwide Famous Physicist

D.Famous Physicist Stephen Hawking Died at 76

29、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

30、   Back on the first day of school, Ms. Ryan told all the children that at the end of the year there would be a class party. Everyone was very excited.

Slowly but _______, fall turned into winter and winter turned into spring. Soon it was time to _______the party. Ms. Ryan posted a list of things for students to bring. All the food would be_________ with everyone. Logan _______ cupcakes.

One night, Mom said to Logan, “I can’t believe tomorrow is the_______day of school. How time _______!” Logan dropped his fork. “Oh no!” he cried. “I _______ to tell you before, but tomorrow is the class party. I’m_______to bring cupcakes for everyone.”

Logan's mom_______. “Logan, I don’t think there’s enough time to__________cupcakes before bed. You’ll have to go to the party __________cupcakes. Next time, please let me know sooner.” “I’m sorry,” Logan sniffed, trying to __________ his tears.

“Well,” Mom__________ him, “I guess we have time to bake the cupcakes, but they will be too__________to put icing on them tonight. The icing will melt. But I have a(n)__________.”

Immediately Logan and Mom set to work. Mom cracked the eggs__________Logan added the oil. Together they mixed the batter (面粉) and __________ it into the cupcake pan.

While the cupcakes were in the oven, Logan asked, “What about the icing?” Mom pulled out brightly colored sprinkles (糖屑). “I know we __________use these for ice cream, but you can pack them with the cupcakes and let your friends __________cupcakes. How does that sound?”

Logan smiled. His classmates would __________to decorate their own cupcakes. “It sounds great!” said Logan. “Thanks, Mom. You’re the best.”

【1】A.casually B.surely C.predictably D.unavoidably

【2】A.attend B.delay C.plan D.end

【3】A.shared B.associated C.cooked D.distributed

【4】A.took away B.made up for C.gave away D.signed up for

【5】A.new B.last C.middle D.special

【6】A.flies B.drags C.changes D.waits

【7】A.happened B.managed C.regretted D.forgot

【8】A.allowed B.forced C.supposed D.recommended

【9】A.frowned B.repeated C.explained D.agreed

【10】A.bake B.buy C.order D.design

【11】A.instead of B.regardless of C.with D.without

【12】A.hide B.wipe away C.hold back D.dry

【13】A.reminded B.comforted C.interrupted D.greeted

【14】A.fresh B.warm C.sweet D.cold

【15】A.idea B.problem C.plan D.agenda

【16】A.so B.because C.but D.while

【17】A.pushed B.threw C.spooned D.slid

【18】A.hardly B.already C.even D.usually

【19】A.make B.decorate C.taste D.deliver

【20】A.decline B.choose C.love D.hate

31、I spent more than three months one year in bed because of a back injury. When I finally started to _________ and could be up and around again for part of the day, the recommended at home therapy was to _________ as much as I was able to. As a surprise, my husband decided to_________ a walking path by himself that would trail around our house. He took great pains to ensure that the surface of the path was _________ and level and that the path would take me past the garden areas that I _________ and had missed so much. His _________ surprise turned my daily walking routine into something I could actually _________ because there was always _________ new going on somewhere for me to see and enjoy.

The _________ changed and the gardens started to shut down for the winter. I __________ where I would walk when there was snow on the ground, but my husband told me he had __________ thought about that, and he was __________ that he could keep the path open and cleared of snow. Despite the many snowstorms we had that winter, my path always was cleared and __________ for me to walk on.

One day after another snowstorm, we__________ our journey down the path, and as I turned the first corner I was __________ to see a little snowman waiting to say hello. I thought about how my husband had __________ the time on that cold day to give me something cheerful to see on my walk.

That day each time we __________ again to that point of the path, seeing the snowman made me feel so __________ for my husband's thoughtfulness.

Every day when I headed out for a walk on my path, I was __________ of how much I am loved. Showing you __________ doesn't require expensive gifts or showy gestures. It's the simple things from the heart that really count.

【1】

A．change

B．leave

C．work

D．recover

【2】

A．rest

B．walk

C．try

D．run

【3】

A．build

B．find

C．beat

D．choose

【4】

A．smooth

B．hard

C．thick

D．rough

【5】

A．expected

B．abandoned

C．loved

D．cleaned

【6】

A．thoughtful

B．careful

C．skillful

D．thankful

【7】

A．put up with

B．make use of

C．live up to

D．look forward to

【8】

A．anything

B．something

C．nothing

D．everything

【9】

A．times

B．ways

C．plans

D．seasons

【10】

A．imagined

B．wondered

C．realized

D．suspected

【11】

A．sometimes

B．never

C．always

D．already

【12】

A．shocked

B．curious

C．lucky

D．confident

【13】

A．right

B．ready

C．close

D．new

【14】

A．arranged

B．finished

C．started

D．continued

【15】

A．satisfied

B．embarrassed

C．surprised

D．confused

【16】

A．changed

B．taken

C．lost

D．freed

【17】

A．looked out

B．turned down

C．came around

D．held on

【18】

A．grateful

B．anxious

C．guilty

D．hopeful

【19】

A．cured

B．informed

C．reminded

D．warned

【20】

A．care

B．joy

C．pride

D．interest

32、   I was nine years old when she entered our home in rural Virginia.  My father ______ me  to her with these words：“I would like you to meet the fellow who is ______ for being the worst boy in this county and will probably start throwing rocks at you no later than tomorrow morning.”

My stepmother walked over to me, ______ my head slightly upward, and looked me right in the eye. Then she looked at my father and replied,“You are wrong. This is not the worst boy at all, but the ______ one who hasn’t yet found an outlet for his enthusiasm.”

That statement began a friendship between us. No one had ever called me smart. My family and neighbors had built me up in my mind as a ______ boy. My stepmother changed all that.

She changed many things. She persuaded my father to go to a dental school, from which he ______ with great honors. She moved our family into the city,  where my father’s career   could be more suitable and my brothers and I could be better ______ at school.

When I turned fourteen, she bought me a secondhand ______ and instucted me how to type in the flesh, telling me that she believed that I would become a ______. I knew her  enthusiasm, I ______ it, and  I saw  how  it had  already  improved  our lives.  I accepted  her ______ and began to ______ for local newspapers. I was doing the same kind of writing  that great day I went to interview Andrew Carnegie and received the task which became my life’s work later. I wasn’t the ______ beneficiary (受益人). My father became the wealthiest man in town. My brothers and stepbrothers became a physician, a dentist, a lawyer, and a college president.

What power ______ has! When that power is released to support the certainty of one’s purpose and is constantly strengthened by faith, it becomes an irresistible force which poverty and temporary defeat can never ______.

【1】A.sent B.introduced C.handed D.passed

【2】A.rewarded B.favored C.distinguished D.praised

【3】A.raised B.shook C.dragged D.bent

【4】A.stubbornest B.laziest C.proudest D.smartest

【5】A.clever B.bad C.stupid D.polite

【6】A.graduated B.quitted C.started D.escaped

【7】A.entertained B.controlled C.educated D.respected

【8】A.bicycle B.radio C.camera D.typewriter

【9】A.doctor B.writer C.typist D.teacher

【10】A.regarded B.suspected C.ignored D.appreciated

【11】A.order B.criticism C.belief D.description

【12】A.write B.read C.photograph D.edit

【13】A.next B.only C.same D.real

【14】A.enthusiasm B.sympathy C.fortune D.confidence

【15】A.win B.reach C.match D.doubt

33、“I am leaving home.” When Timmy, my 10-year-old son eagerly announced that he couldn’t wait to ______, the feeling of guilt peaked as I tried to figure out the ______. “So, I can get a dog,” he stressed.

But I stayed ______ — we didn’t need a dog to complete our life — and he gave up. Until the day I ______ Timmy, with his brother, discussing his moving plan. Suddenly, the situation ______: gain a dog or ______ a child. I felt my determination______. “We can look into it,” I replied doubtfully, but the kind of dog we wanted cost a (n)______ $ 1, 000! Yes, love had a price. I ______ for thought, again.

I shared my present ______with my friend whose love for dogs was quite sensible. He ______ me to his pet keeper friend who got a pregnant dog and the baby dogs were due soon.

A few days later, we took a surprise trip to the countryside when the little dogs were ______. I would admit that all my previous ______ reappeared after watching a group of blind things, but it was too late. Among screams of ______, we chose one of the little dogs as ours.

We attempt to ______ our kids in a healthy way — I didn’t realize the added dimension (方面) of love and ______ that a dog would teach my kids. On a hot day, Timmy cut short his outing to ______ if Odie, the dog, had enough water. When Odie was sick, my elder son made fresh soup and ______ fed it to him.

My children no longer talk about leaving home ______ there is the troublesome issue of who will take the dog. They quietly learn how to give and receive love. If having a dog means linking my children even closer together, it will be a mother’s prayer_______.

【1】

A．move out

B．give up

C．get off

D．step forward

【2】

A．fact

B．problem

C．situation

D．reason

【3】

A．confused

B．determined

C．stressed

D．scared

【4】

A．overheard

B．anticipated

C．predicted

D．suspected

【5】

A．ended

B．mattered

C．shifted

D．settled

【6】

A．blame

B．teach

C．lose

D．punish

【7】

A．strengthening

B．occurring

C．disappearing

D．weakening

【8】

A．fair

B．unreasonable

C．affordable

D．ideal

【9】

A．paused

B．agreed

C．refused

D．promised

【10】

A．wish

B．opinion

C．state

D．misfortune

【11】

A．assigned

B．appointed

C．remembered

D．connected

【12】

A．hurt

B．born

C．ill

D．abandoned

【13】

A．excitement

B．embarrassment

C．doubt

D．surprise

【14】

A．shock

B．relief

C．worry

D．delight

【15】

A．parent

B．discourage

C．praise

D．stop

【16】

A．ability

B．wisdom

C．responsibility

D．truth

【17】

A．prove

B．check

C．consider

D．test

【18】

A．patiently

B．regularly

C．quickly

D．directly

【19】

A．when

B．after

C．though

D．because

【20】

A．resisted

B．answered

C．denied

D．offered

34、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.

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、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.

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At the time they were created, the Impressionist paintings were【1】, but today they are accepted as the beginning of【2】we call “modern art’. This is because the Impressionists 【3】artists to look at their environment in new ways. There are scores of modern art styles, but 【4】the Impressionists, many of these painting styles might not exist. On the one hand, some modern art is abstract; that is, the painter doesn’t 【5】to paint objects as we see them with our eyes, 【6】instead concentrates on certain qualities of the object, 【7】color, line and shape to represent them. On the【8】hand, some paintings of modern art are so 【9】 that they look photographs. These styles are so different. Who can【10】what painting styles there will be in the future?

38、汉族成年礼延续数千年，历史悠久。至满清入关后，满清统治者一纸令下，终结了绵延了几千年的成人礼，然而现在正在逐渐恢复且越来越流行。假定你是高三学生李华，学校将于下周五晚上七点在阶梯教室举办成人礼活动。请你代表学生会写一封邮件给外教Tom，邀请其参加本届成人礼活动并简要介绍活动时间地点及流程等。

注意:

1.词数100左右;

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯;

3.开头与结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

参考词汇:成人礼 the coming-of-age ceremony

Dear Tom,

I’m Li Hua, one of your students. On behalf of the students’ union,

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Yours,

Li Hua

39、每到放学，家长接学生的车辆总会导致校门口的交通过度拥挤，学校对此非常苦恼。假如你是高二年级的学生李华，请给校长写一封信，分析一下该现象产生的原因，并提出你的建议。

注意：120词左右；开头已给出，不计入词数。

Mr. Wang,

I’m writing to you to share my opinions about the problem of heavy traffic every day after school at our school gate.

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Best wishes!

Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

40、假设你是李华，你班同学打算本周日骑行去游览长城。请你写一封电子邮件邀请你们的外教布鲁斯(Bruce)一同前往。要点包括：

1. 出发时间及地点；

2. 出行方式及需要携带的物品；

3. 希望得到回复。

注意：1. 词数100左右；

2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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41、高二下学期已经过半。高三正在向同学们招手。随着学习压力和心理压力日益加大。一些同学的正常生活受到影响，如睡眠不好。身体也开始亮起了红灯。假如你是李华，请你根据以下要点，给学校的英语刊物写一篇稿子，向同学们提出建议，并简述理由或举例说明：

1.劳逸结合；2.健康饮食：3.适当锻炼：4.保持乐观心态。

注意：1.短文必须包括所列内容：

2.词数100左右：3.文章开头已给出。

Dear Editor,

With the approach of Senior 3 studies, students in the second half of Senior 2 are under increasingly great pressure.

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Yours sincerely,

Li Hua