2025-2026年甘肃兰州高二下册期末英语试卷(解析版)

1、The new couple spent some money for the  ______ of the furniture necessary for their new house.

A.distribution B.manufacture C.donation D.purchase

2、They overcame some difficulties and completed the work ahead of time, ________ was something we had not expected.

A.that B.which

C.it D.what

3、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

4、—Why do the researchers sometimes have to climb so high?

—As far as I know, _____________on the top of the mountain is a certain wild plant said to have some medical value.

A.grown B.growing C.being grown D.having grown

5、The fog has not gone, and ____ they put off the sports meet.

A.in fact B.at least C.as a result D.in addition

6、People are warned ________ in that city because there is some virus going around the city.

A. to not tour B. touring not

C. not to tour D. not touring

7、All of us were________to hear that Lily, our company's most valued clerk, should say she would leave the company.

A.alarming B.alarmed C.terrified D.satisfied

8、﹣Hi,Jack. Let's go skating．

﹣Wait a minute, Johnson. I           my homework in ten minutes．

A.finish B.finished

C.have finished D.am finishing

9、No matter how busy he is, Tom makes ______a rule to see his parents every week.

A.this B.that C.it D.him

10、The bell rang and ________, heading for the playground in high spirits.

A. rushed out the boys B. did the boys rush out

C. out rushed the boys D. out the boys rushed

11、—Who is it up to _____ when the ceremony will be started?

—The headmaster, of course.

A. decide on B. deciding on C. to decide on D. to deciding on

12、After he retired from office, Rogers painting for a while, but soon lost interest.

A．took up

B．saved up

C．kept up

D．drew up

13、There are a number of methods to provide relief from your toothache, which can’t cure the problem.

A. permanent B. temporary

C. contemporary   D. consequent

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

A. on the contrary B. consistent with

C. in connection with D. in contrast

15、Mother wanted to be a good provider, a role she ______ since her marriage to Father.

A．shoulders

B．shouldered

C．is shouldering

D．has been shouldering

16、Parents in Glasgow are reacting against the plan to _______ 25 primary schools.

A.slow down B.shut down C.set down D.settle down

17、The pilot, as well as all the passengers, ________ lucky to survive the air crash due to his extraordinary skills.

A．is

B．are

C．was

D．were

18、--Mary failed the driving test again.

-- Really? Can you_______ for that this time.

A．explain

B．account

C．describe

D．introduce

19、John was made ___ the truck for a week as a punishment.

A.to wash B.washing C.wash D.to be washing

20、Friendship is like money, easier made than ______.

A. being kept B. to be kept

C. keeping D. kept

21、In 2019, Chinese smartphone maker Huawei launched its product of the year — Mate X, _______ a folding screen and 5G technology.

A．featuring

B．to feature

C．features

D．having featured

22、—— How soon will the candidates get their university admissions?

—— It may take three weeks for all the applications to be ________.

A. withdrawn B. processed C. corresponded D. violated

23、Several swimmers have been drowned in the sea recently. So I don’t _______of your going swimming alone.

A.approve B.agree C.support D.admit

24、_________ I am concerned, the summer vacation could be shortened.

A.As far as B.As long as C.As soon as D.As well as

25、We went to Canada to travel and my cousin _______as our guide.

A．played

B．showed

C．acted

D．performed

26、The third﹣generation hybrid rice which was developed by Yuan Longping, the "father of hybrid rice",and his team underwent its first public yield（产量）monitoring from Monday to Tuesday and achieved high output. The final yield of the tested variety, G3﹣1S/P19, came to 1046.3 kg per mu （about 667 square meters）, based on two plots of land in Qingzhu Village under the city of Hengyang in central China's Hunan Province.

"Some previous high﹣yielding hybrid rice varieties in China took 160 to even 180 days from sowing to harvesting, while the figure was shortened to around 125 days for the new variety. This is one of the most important characteristics of the third﹣generation hybrid rice that can reduce the use of pesticides and fertilizers, thus reducing cost and improving production efficiency. " said Qian Qian, the deputy director of the China National Rice Research Institute.

Unlike the previous two generations that required a large amount of water and fertilizers as well as demanding growing conditions and technological support, the third﹣generation hybrid rice is easier to be cultivated by ordinary farmers. So the soil, altitude and climate of the test site were not "ideal conditions" carefully selected beforehand but were close to the paddies of ordinary farmers.

Nowadays, China's average yield of rice is about 500 kg per mu. Ordinary farmers can produce 600kg to 700 kg of rice per mu by growing some excellent second﹣generation hybrid rice varieties. However, under the same planting conditions and environment, the yield of the third﹣generation hybrid rice could reach 800 kg per mu. China now feeds around 20 percent of the world's population with less than 9 percent of the world's arable（可耕种的）land.

At present, Yuan's team has nine third﹣generation hybrid rice combinations under trial, which are expected to achieve commercial seed production in the following three to four years and hope to apply the technology into the research of sea rice. The third﹣generation hybrid rice has the comprehensive strength to promote a greener and more sustainable development of China's rice production with higher quality and yield.

【1】What feature of the new hybrid rice does Qian Qian mainly talk about？

A．It saves a lot more water.

B．It achieves a higher yield.

C．It saves much more farmland.

D．It has a shorter growing period.

【2】Why is the new hybrid rice not tested in ideal areas？

A．The ordinary farmers master planting technology.

B．The researchers want to reduce the experiment cost.

C．The growing conditions the new hybrid rice needs are simple.

D．The previous rice farming provides researchers with experience.

【3】What is the fourth paragraph mainly about？

A．The high output of the third﹣generation hybrid rice.

B．The promising future of the new hybrid rice variety.

C．The advanced technology of the research on hybrid rice.

D．The differences between the three hybrid rice varieties.

【4】Which one could be the best title of the text？

A．The Development of China's Rice

B．The Contribution of the Great Scientist

C．The High Yield of the New Hybrid Rice

D．The Way to Feed the World's Population

27、MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) has released a video of their ongoing work using muscle signals to control devices. Their latest involves full and fine control of drones （无人机）, using just hand and arm gestures to pilot through a series of circles.

This work is impressive not just because they’re using bio-feedback to control the devices, instead of optical （光学的）or other kinds of gesture recognition, but also because of how specific the controls can be, setting up a range of different potential applications for this kind of remote tech.

This particular group of researchers has been looking at different applications for this tech, including its use in collaborative robotics （协作机器人）for potential industrial applications. Drone piloting is another area that could have big applications in terms of real- world use, especially once you start to imagine entire groups of these taking flight with a pilot provided a view of what they can see via VR. That could be a great way to do spot surveying for construction, for example, or remote equipment check of dangerous places and other construction that’s hard for people to reach.

The development of drones is just part of the team’s work. Smooth robot and human interaction is the ultimate goal of the team working on this tech. Researchers believe the process should be as easy when controlling and working with robots. They say thinking and doing are essentially happening at the same time when we communicate with our environment, but when we act through machines or remote tools, there’s often something lost in translation, showing slow learning, and the requirement of lots of training. Therefore, much more work is going on.

【1】What is impressive about the work?

A．It has found the best way to control robots.

B．It uses gestures to accurately control the devices.

C．The researchers are particular and famous experts.

D．Its remote tech has been used in some industrial areas.

【2】What does paragraph 3 try to tell us?

A．The big changes of future industries.

B．The new way to spot construction sites.

C．The possible application of the tech in real world.

D．The benefits that VR technology brings to drones,

【3】What is the aim of the research according to the last paragraph?

A．To make it possible for robots to think.

B．To speed up the learning process of robots.

C．To meet the requirement of robot controlling.

D．To enable more natural human-robot communication.

【4】What’s the best title for this text?

A．New Applications of Drones

B．Muscle Signals Can Pilot Drones

C．MIT’s New Research on Robots

D．Possibilities of New Robots

28、The Slow Food Movement started in Rome, Italy in 1986. When a new McDonalds was opening near a beautiful historic place, some people stood outside the restaurant and shouted, “We do not want fast food, we want slow food!”

【1】 One day Carlo Petrini went to a restaurant to eat a traditional meal. But the food didn’t taste the same as he remembered. He learned that the peppers were shipped from abroad because the prices were low. This deeply concerned Carlo.

Carlo wanted people to care about where their foods came from and how their foods made their culture special. So he started a group to encourage this idea. It soon became the Slow Food Movement. 【2】

First, what is good food? Good food is fresh. The vegetables are eaten close to the place where they are grown. The fish hasn’t been sitting for days before it is eaten. Good food is seasonable. 【3】

Good food satisfies the senses. It should look good, smell good and taste good. And finally, good food is cultural food. Each country has special foods that make it different.

Second, food should be clean. Today, there are great concerns about the way people grow and produce food. Farmers use chemicals to kill insects and feed plants. But the chemicals can also harm the natural environment around farms. 【4】Clean food means food that does not harm our bodies or the environment.

And third, food should be fair. 【5】All people should be able to purchase healthy food. The people who grow and make food should be paid fairly for their work. They should work in safe, healthy conditions.

A．Food should not cost too much money.

B．Its goal is to have good, clean, fair food for all people.

C．Over time, they can cause health problems in people too.

D．That was how the Slow Food Movement came into being.

E．It should be grown at the best time of the year for that food.

F．Today the Slow Food Movement has already expanded out of Italy.

G．This event wasn’t the only thing that started the Slow Food Movement.

29、Mothers who angrily tell off their children when they step out of line may be making behavior problems worse, according to a study. The study by the London School of Economics (LSE) found that too much shouting and giving severe punishments were producing an opposite result. Ignoring naughty children also appeared to lead to a decrease in discipline standards.

Researchers said that “reasoning with children” was more likely to have a positive impact on their behavior at a young age. But the study warned that it was difficult to determine a direct link between one parenting style and its outcomes because of the effect of other causes.

The latest study was based on an analysis of almost 19, 000 children. Data was collected from parents just before their children’s first birthdays, and then when they turned three, five and seven. The study, led by Dr Laure De Preux, assessed the impact of various parenting styles on children.

Researchers said,“Particularly excessive (过度的) shouting, punishing or ignoring a naughty child increases his behavior problems, and only reasoning doesn’t negatively impact the child’s behavior.”

But the study also showed that a large number of other things such as economic conditions also impacted on children’s development. The result suggested that wealthier families were able to create a whole environment that clearly benefited the child beyond simple effect of parenting. It said children in poor households in particular were affected by their mother’s parenting styles.

“In this group, behavior problems are reduced when mothers read to the naughty children, and increased when mothers shout at them, take treats away, or ignore them,” it said.

It is the latest in a line of recent studies to assess the link between parenting and children’s behavior.

Two years ago, a report commissioned (委托) by the Department for Education found that severe and inconsistent discipline in the home was bringing up a generation of young children with anger management problems, poor attention and low levels of learning ability.

【1】The underlined part “ step out of line” in Paragraph 1 probably means _____.

A．lose confidence

B．behave badly

C．become excited

D．achieve success

【2】Which may help solve children’s behavior problems?

A．Punishing them lightly.

B．Talking with them reasonably.

C．Ignoring them once in a while.

D．Exercising strict discipline over them.

【3】What did the research focus on?

A．How mothers looked at their parenting role.

B．Why many children had behavior problems.

C．How parenting styles affected children's development.

D．Why parents gave their children severe punishments.

【4】What do we learn about the report in the last paragraph?

A．Its findings go against those of the LSE’s study.

B．Its subject is similar to that of the LSE’s study.

C．It shows the benefits of strict discipline.

D．It has discovered new problems of children

30、   As a child, I was always told to “eat my greens”. These were the unappealing vegetables that sat on the edge of my plate. Peas, and green beans, all looked and tasted ___________. At that time, all I thought was that “when there were so many other delicious treats to_________, why should I eat boring vegetables?”

Since then my taste buds have___________and I'm also fully aware of the health benefits of eating fresh vegetables. But we still need___________ of the amazing goodness these green super foods give us. In the UK, a campaign has been___________for several years to encourage us to eat our “5A Day”—five portions of fruit and vegetables. That's___________evidence has shown there are significant health___________to getting at least five 80g portions of a variety of fruit and vegetables every day.

But I struggle trying to fit these five portions into my daily___________, partly because I have a sweet_________and vegetables are, well, tasteless. Researchers have been________________ how to make eating vegetables more____________. They analyzed the psychology behind our food ____________ and found that most of us are____________by taste. Brad Turnwald from Stanford University says that “studies show that people ____________ to think of healthier options as less tasty for some reason.”

In Europe, a project called Veggie EAT has also been trying to find ways to get people to ____________more vegetables. Project leader, Professor Heather Hartwell believes in ______________ encouraging people into eating the right things. One idea is to put a ____________of a tasty looking fruit on a supermarket trolley as a ____________ about buying something from the fruit section. She says, “Choice is a really____________thing. But making vegetables look attractive will increase their sales.”

Certainly, eating “twisted citrus-glazed carrots” does sound tempting, even if it just ______________like a carrot, but if it makes us eat more vegetables then that can only be a good thing for our health.

【1】A. delicious B. disgusting C. ripen D. sweet

【2】A. buy B. offer C. enjoy D. prepare

【3】A. developed B. appeared C. existed D. shrank

【4】A. talking B. informing C. reminding D. warning

【5】A. planning B. running C. aiming D. intending

【6】A. why B. how C. when D. because

【7】A. benefits B. issues C. needs D. risks

【8】A. diet B. education C. work D. exercise

【9】A. ear B. tooth C. knee D. head

【10】A. showing B. discovering C. reporting D. studying

【11】A. attractive B. appropriate C. beneficial D. independent

【12】A. wastes B. values C. choices D. judgments

【13】A. confused B. challenged C. disturbed D. motivated

【14】A. manage B. tend C. agree D. decide

【15】A. grow B. harvest C. store D. eat

【16】A. suddenly B. slowly C. firmly D. seriously

【17】A. picture B. lot C. variety D. number

【18】A. sign B. hint C. concern D. clue

【19】A. complex B. easy C. quick D. casual

【20】A. looks B. smells C. feels D. tastes

31、Trent Johnson just celebrated his graduation from medical school in Ohio with a ceremony at his parents' home in Florida.

He________a couple weeks before his actual ceremony that the college was canceling it on account of the deadly coronavirus. He was absolutely_________ .

His friends________him to create a website so that all of his family flying into Columbus originally still could celebrate _______. They made the living room look as special as possible given the ________ of the ceremony. There's nothing that could have substituted that special _______ .

His twitter where the video immediately went _______ has almost half a million views. He was on the news and was _______ in the New York Times.

“I remember seeing my face on the newspaper and thinking wow I not only became a doctor, but I motivated people all over the world to _______ their dreams. That was truly a( n) _______ moment”.

Johnson was brought up in an underdeveloped area where people would have _______socioeconomic class and it was the type of the community that he wanted to________ . Now as a ________ at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, he _______ has an opportunity to do that.

As Johnson settles into his new surroundings, he will continue to spread his message of hope and _______ .

【1】

A．recognized

B．learned

C．anticipated

D．recalled

【2】

A．sorrowful

B．pitiful

C．awkward

D．guilty

【3】

A．permitted

B．begged

C．appointed

D．helped

【4】

A．consistently

B．virtually

C．casually

D．formally

【5】

A．standard

B．origin

C．popularity

D．atmosphere

【6】

A．memory

B．option

C．moment

D．design

【7】

A．viral

B．mad

C．wild

D．blank

【8】

A．evaluated

B．featured

C．engaged

D．promoted

【9】

A．change

B．start

C．sacrifice

D．follow

【10】

A．scary

B．awful

C．incredible

D．specific

【11】

A．low

B．powerful

C．rare

D．noble

【12】

A．heal

B．escape

C．reform

D．serve

【13】

A．pioneer

B．chemist

C．physician

D．professor

【14】

A．seldom

B．just

C．still

D．yet

【15】

A．admiration

B．innovation

C．cooperation

D．inspiration

32、   It was a bitter, cold evening in Virginia years ago. An old man was waiting for a ride _______the river. The wait seemed _______. His body became stiff from the chilly wind.

_______, he watched as several horsemen approached. He let the first one pass by without an effort to attract his _______. Then another passed by, and another. Finally, as the last rider _______ him, the old man _______ the rider’s eye and said, “Sir, would you mind giving an old man a ride to the other side? ”

Pausing his horse, the rider replied, “Sure! Hop aboard.” Seeing the old man _______ to lift his half-frozen body from the ground, the horseman helped him _______ the horse.

As they got close to the destination, the horseman’s _______ caused him to ask, “Sir, I’m curious why? On such a bitter winter night, I ________ that you let several other riders pass by. You would wait and ask the last rider. ________ I had refused and left you there?”

The old man replied, “I ________ the eyes of the other riders and immediately saw there was no ________ for my situation. It was ________ to ask them for a ride. But when I met your eyes, ________ was obvious. I knew, your gentle spirit would give me ________ in my time of need.”

Those heartwarming comments ________ the horseman deeply. “I’m most grateful for what you have said,” he told the old man. “May I never get too ________ in my own affairs that I fail to respond to the ________ of others with kindness.” With that, Thomas Jefferson turned his horse around and ________ his way to the White House.

【1】A.above B.through C.across D.past

【2】A.hopeful B.interesting C.exciting D.endless

【3】A.Anxiously B.Surprisingly C.Dramatically D.Unluckily

【4】A.ride B.score C.interest D.attention

【5】A.begged B.neared C.ignored D.asked

【6】A.caught B.escaped C.focused D.missed

【7】A.unable B.easy C.modest D.stubborn

【8】A.under B.by C.onto D.toward

【9】A.confidence B.conscience C.creativity D.curiosity

【10】A.realize B.notice C.know D.recognize

【11】A.What ever B.So what C.What with D.What if

【12】A.looked up B.looked into C.turned up D.turned into

【13】A.respect B.response C.concern D.passion

【14】A.serious B.useless C.helpful D.cautious

【15】A.grace B.honesty C.kindness D.justice

【16】A.help B.happiness C.advice D.money

【17】A.praised B.hurt C.touched D.ruined

【18】A.busy B.stuck C.strict D.lazy

【19】A.feelings B.demands C.obligations D.complaints

【20】A.lost B.felt C.forced D.made

33、Each day, 10-year-old Seth asked his mom for more and more lunch money. Yet he seemed ________ than ever and came home from school hungry. It   ________ that Seth was handing his lunch money to a fifth-grader, who was threatening to beat him up if he didn’t pay.

Kayla, 13, thought things were going well at her new school, _________ all the popular girls were being so nice to her. But then she found out that one of them had posted _________ rumors about her. Kayla cried herself to sleep that night and refused to go to school.

In national surveys, most kids and teens say that bullying happens at school. A bully can turn something like going to the wash room or recess (隐秘处) into a/an _________ for kids. Bullying can leave deep emotional scars. And in _________ situations, it can involve violent threats, property damage, or someone getting seriously hurt. Therefore, it’s necessary to help your child identify bullying and cope with it as well as _________ its lasting impact.

Most kids have been   _________ by a sibling or a friend at some point. And it’s not usually harmful when done in a playful, friendly, and mutual way, and both kids find it funny. But when it becomes hurtful, unkind, and constant, it _________ the line into bullying and needs to stop.

It’s important to take bullying   _________and not just brush it off as something that kids have to “tough out.” The effects can be serious and affect kids’ sense of safety and _________. In severe cases, bullying has _________ tragedies, such as suicides and school shootings.

If your child tells you about being bullied, listen _________ and offer comfort and support. Kids are often _________to tell adults about bullying because they feel embarrassed and ashamed that it’s happening. Therefore, praise your child for doing the right thing by talking to you about it. Let someone at school (the principal, school nurse, or a counselor or teacher) know about the situation. They are often _________ to monitor and take steps to prevent further problems.

【1】

A．stronger

B．happier

C．skinnier

D．slimmer

【2】

A．turned out

B．gave out

C．figured out

D．brought out

【3】

A．thus

B．while

C．though

D．since

【4】

A．friendly

B．incredible

C．mean

D．false

【5】

A．nightmare

B．fantasy

C．adventure

D．daydream

【6】

A．special

B．extreme

C．certain

D．crucial

【7】

A．lessen

B．remove

C．increase

D．decline

【8】

A．abused

B．struck

C．teased

D．annoyed

【9】

A．crossed

B．draws

C．holds

D．passes

【10】

A．well

B．easy

C．angrily

D．seriously

【11】

A．self-worth

B．self-discipline

C．self-awareness

D．self-control

【12】

A．resulted from

B．led by

C．contributed to

D．come to

【13】

A．anxiously

B．selectively

C．indifferently

D．calmly

【14】

A．keen

B．reluctant

C．unbearable

D．voluntary

【15】

A．in the office

B．out of position

C．out of office

D．in a position

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.

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.”

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

36、Directions: 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.

37、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.

38、现在越来越多的大学生选择了作为志愿者到穷困地区支教，但有些人嘲笑他们是傻子，请你结合下面的要点写一篇英语短文，谈一谈你对这一问题的看法：

1. 志愿者们的选择是正确而光荣的。

2. 他们教会了孩子们通过学习知识来改变命运。

3. 他们点燃了孩子们人生旅程中希望的火炬。

词汇提示：志愿者：volunteer；穷困地区：backward areas；光荣的：glorious；火炬：torch

注意：1.词数120-150。

2.可适当增加细节。

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39、假定你是国际班的班长李华，你打算邀请外教Bruce到你们班做一个西方文化知识讲座。现请你给他写一封邀请信。内容包括：

1.同学们对他的课以及西方文化非常感兴趣；

2.大家特别希望了解节日文化；

3.讲座时间：下周三下午4：00到5：00。

注意：1.词数80左右；

2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Bruce,

I’m Li Hua, monitor of the International Class.

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Yours,

Li Hua

40、假如你是李华，你的一位英国笔友Tom想来中国旅游，不知道去哪儿更好。你向他推荐了你的家乡扬州,请根据以下提示写一封电子邮件。

内容包括:

1.写信目的;

2.推荐理由(至少两条); .

3.你的祝愿。

注意:

1.词数80左右;

2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯;

3.开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Tom,

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Best wishes!

Yours

Li Hua

41、假定你是学生会主席李华，五一假期期间，你将负责带你校留学生去爬崂山。请写一个书面通知，内容包括：

1.集合时间、地点；

2.注意事项。

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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