2025年江西萍乡高考英语第三次质检试卷

1、Seldom________ in summer, nor________ in winter in dry areas.

A.it rains；it often snows

B.does it rain；does it often snow

C.it rains；does it snow

D.does it rain；it often snows

2、Senior family members, especially parents, should create an atmosphere ________ would encourage their children to read books.

A. that B. what C. where D. when

3、_________ that Tom got inside the room to see what was going on.

A．So strangely did he feel

B．So strangely he felt

C．So strange did he feel

D．So strange he felt

4、The father as well as his three kids ________ skating on the cold river every Sunday afternoon in winter.

A. goes B. go C. is going D. are going

5、Winning the match was just a ____ for the effort the team had made.

A. reward B. award C. prize D. return

6、Occasions are quite rare ____ I have the time to spend a day with my kids.

A. who   B. which   C. why   D. when

7、It was 80 years before Christopher Columbus crossed the Atlantic 　　　   　 Zheng He had sailed to East Africa.

A.when B.that

C.after D.since

8、They were lost at sea at the ___________ of wind and weather.

A. mess B. mercy

C. moment D. mixture

9、The school has decided to adopt a new _____ to discipline.

A. approach B. way

C. method D. means

10、---Is this the first time you ______Beijing.

---No. But the first time I ______ here, the city wasn’t so beautiful.

A. visited; have come B. visited; came

C. have visited; have come D. have visited; came

11、--- _______ made her struggle to become an artist so hard?

--- ______ she was a woman.

A. What; What B. That; That

C. What; That D. That; What

12、Do you _______ to her pessimistic view of the state of the economy?

A.contribute B.subscribe C.appeal D.subject

13、Many nations have promised to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but are falling short of the ________ reduction of 25 to 40 percent of 1990 levels.

A.target B.option C.profit D.refund

14、In the dark forests __________, some large enough to hold several English towns.

A.are standing many lakes B.lie many lakes

C.many lakes lie D.many lakes stand

15、My idea is ______ although physical beauty may impress others, ______ really matters is inner beauty.

A.what; which B.that; which C.that; what D.what; it

16、It’s your own fault. You ________ take your baby with you.

A.must B.would C.need D.shall

17、The Marvel (漫威) Cinematic Universe or MCU for short is the shared place ________ all 22 films featuring the comic book characters are set.

A．which

B．that

C．when

D．where

18、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

19、To improve the quality of our products, we asked for suggestions ________ had used the products.

A.whatever B.whoever C.wherever D.whichever

20、We were just ______ leave ______ the phone rang.

A. about to, when B. would, while

C. going to, when D. on the point of, as

21、The book _____ this week.

A. comes up B. comes about

C. comes out D. comes across

22、Inside the window hangs a _____ carved out of this piece of wood by the artist.

A.decoration B.destination C.departure D.discipline

23、It is reported that many a new house ________ at present in the disaster area.

A．are being built

B．were being built

C．was being built

D．is being built

24、With his wise thoughts about ________________ nature and the world, Confucius is a great thinker in ____________ history of China.

A.不填; the B.the; the C.不填; 不填 D.the; 不填

25、Netflix acquired the rights to the masterpiece “One Hundred Years of Solitude”, which marks the first time that writer’s family _______ the piece to be adapted for the screen.

A．has allowed

B．will have allowed

C．had allowed

D．allowed

26、Being able to find high quality health care at an affordable price is a problem to be solved in many countries. In the United States, Walmart, a large chain store, is trying to help. It is offering something new to its employees: cutting the cost of a doctor’s appointment to only $4 instead of the usual $40 for the same service.

The catch is that the patient and doctor must meet over the internet. This online service is called “telemedicine.”

Walmart is the latest major business in the United States to push its workers toward a high-tech way to be examined and treated by doctors. Thanks to telemedicine, people can talk with medical experts from the privacy of their own homes, often using a secure video connection.

Supporters say online visits make it easier for patients to see an expert or quickly find help for problems considered non-emergencies.

Some healthcare needs are well-suited for telemedicine. It can help people seeking treatment for insect bites or skin conditions. Patients who have had medical treatments and cannot move around easily can use telemedicine for their follow-up visits. Also, people seeking help for mental health issues can benefit from the privacy that telemedicine gives.

But still, many people do not use telemedicine, they continue to go to the doctor’s office when they are sick. 80 percent of middle-size and large U.S. companies offered telemedicine services to their workers in 2018. However, only 8 percent of its employees used telemedicine at least once in 2017.

Compared with seeing a real doctor in person, some people may think the quality of telemedicine is not as good. Parents, for example, may feel they are not giving their child the best care if they use a virtual doctor appointment. Older adults may look forward to their in-person doctor appointments. For them, going to the doctor’s office is a big event, something they look forward to.

Another reason some adults may not use telemedicine services is trust. Tom Hill, aged 66, says he has no plans to ever use telemedicine. He does not buy anything online, let alone do something as personal as seeing a doctor. He says, for him, it is important to look his doctor in the eye and shake hands.

However, for some people, especially young people and busy students, telemedicine might be a good choice. It can cut down on the time away from work. It can also cut down on the cost of doctor visits.

【1】What is Walmart trying to help with?

A．Finding something new for its employees.

B．Promoting the online service “telemedicine”.

C．Cutting the online cost of a doctor’s appointment.

D．Reducing the cost of seeing a doctor at a much lower price.

【2】What is True about “telemedicine”?

A．It enables patients to see doctors at home for free.

B．It has become increasingly popular in America.

C．It is the online service that is provided by most large US companies.

D．It makes it easier to see a doctor for emergency problems.

【3】Why do most people prefer to go to the doctor’s office when they are ill?

A．Because their company doesn’t provide telemedicine.

B．Because they don’t trust the doctors online.

C．Because they look forward to a virtual doctor appointment.

D．Because they have made friends with the doctors.

【4】Who is most likely to apply “telemedicine”?

A．Jenny, a shy woman who suffers from mental illness.

B．Smith, a grandpa who has been bitten by a running dog.

C．Wilson, a worker who got seriously injured in a car accident.

D．Kate, a mother whose kid is suffering from a skin disease.

【5】What is the author’s attitude towards “telemedicine”?

A．Positive.

B．Negative.

C．Objective.

D．Doubtful.

27、It was a bitter cold evening in northern Virginia many years ago. The old man’s beard was glazed by winter’s frost while he waited for a ride across the river. The wait seemed endless. His body became numb and stiff from the frigid north wind.

It was long before he heard the faint, steady rhythm of hooves (马蹄) along the frozen path. Anxiously watching several horsemen coming up, he let the first one pass by without any effort to get his attention, then another passed by, and another. Finally, the last rider drew near where the old man sat like a snow statue when old man caught his eyes and said, “Sir, would you mind giving an old man a ride to the other side?”

Stopping his horse, the rider replied, “Sure! Jump aboard.” Seeing the old man unable to lift his half-frozen body from the ground, the horseman got down to help him. The horseman took him not just across the river, but to his destination just a few miles away.

As they approached the tiny but cozy cottage, the horseman’s curiosity caused him to inquire, “Sir, I noticed you let several other riders pass by without making an effort to secure a ride. Then I came up and you immediately asked me for a ride. I am curious why, on such a bitter night, you would wait and ask the last rider. What if I had refused and left you here?”

The old man looked the rider straight in the eyes and replied, “I reckon I know people pretty good. I looked into the eyes of the other riders and immediately found no concern for my situation. It would have been useless even to ask them for a ride. But when I looked into your eyes, your gentle spirit would welcome the opportunity to give me assistance in my time of need.”

Those heart-warming comments touched the horseman deeply. “I’m so grateful for what you have said,” he told the old man. “May I never get too busy in my own affairs that I fail to respond to the needs of others with kindness and compassion.”

With that, Thomas Jefferson turned his horse around and made his way back to the White House.

【1】Why didn’t the old man ask the previous riders for a ride?

A.Because he was waiting for the last rider.

B.Because his efforts failed to get their attention.

C.Because he assumed they had no concern for him.

D.Because he was too numb to lift his half-frozen body.

【2】What caused the last rider to stop and help the old man?

A.the old man’s poor situation

B.kindness and sympathy

C.his own affairs

D.The old man’s warm comments

【3】What do you know about the old man?

A.He gave the last rider an opportunity to help.

B.He lived in a cozy cottage a few miles away.

C.He judged people by looking into their eyes.

D.He recognized the president at first sight.

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

A.look into your eyes B.compassion of a great man

C.the last rider to help D.return to the White House

28、   One day, gardeners might not just hear the buzz of bees among their flowers, but the whirr of robots, too. Scientists have managed to turn an unassuming drone (无人机) into a remote controlled pollinator (授粉媒介) by attaching horsehairs coated with a special, sticky gel to its underbelly.

Animal pollinators are needed for the reproduction of 90% of flowering plants and one third of human food crops. Chief among those are bees — but many bee populations in the United States have been in steep decline in recent decades. Thus, the decline of bees isn’t just worrisome because it could disrupt ecosystems, but also because it could disrupt agriculture and economy. People have been trying to come up with replacement techniques, but none of them are especially effective yet.

Scientists have thought about using drones, but they haven’t figured out how to make free-flying robot insects that can rely on their own power source without being attached to a wire. “It’s very tough work,” said senior author Eijiro Miyako, a chemist at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology. His particular contribution to the field involves a gel, one he’d considered a mistake 10 years before and stuck in a storage cabinet. When it was rediscovered a decade later, it hadn’t dried up or degraded at all. “I was so surprised because it still had high viscosity,” Miyako said.

The chemist noticed that when dropped, the gel absorbed an impressive amount of dust from the floor. Miyako realized this material could be very useful for picking up pollen (花粉). He and his colleagues chose a drone and attached horsehairs to its smooth surface to mimic a bee’s fuzzy body. They coated those horsehairs in the gel, and then controlled the drones over lilies, where they would pick up the pollen from one flower and then deposit the pollen at another one, thus fertilizing it.

The scientists looked at the hairs under a scanning electron microscope and counted up the pollen grains attached to the surface and found that the drones whose horsehairs had been coated with the gel had about 10 times more pollen than those that had not been coated with the gel.

Miyako does not think such drones would replace bees altogether, but could simply help bees with their pollinating duties. There’s a lot of work to be done before that’s a reality, however. Small drones will need to become more controllable and energy efficient, as well as smarter, with better GPS and artificial intelligence.

【1】What does the underlined word “viscosity” in Para.3 probably mean?

A.Hardness. B.Stickiness.

C.Flexibility. D.Purity.

【2】We can learn from the passage that______.

A.bees disrupt both agriculture and economy

B.scientists have invented self-powered robot insects

C.bees in the United States are on the edge of extinction

D.Miyako found the special feature of the gel by chance

【3】According to Eijiro Miyako, the drones______.

A.are not yet ready for practical use

B.may eventually replace bees in the future

C.are much more efficient than bee pollinators

D.can provide a solution to economic depression

29、   This year’s United Nations Prize for Research in the Life Sciences（UNPRLS）goes to a Chinese scientist, Tu Youyou, for the discovery of artemisinin（青蒿素）and its use in the treatment of malaria（疟疾）—a medical advance that has saved millions of lives across the globe, especially in the developing world.

Tu’s pioneering work on malaria began on May 23, 1967 when the Chinese government started a program aimed at finding a cure for the deadly disease.

Tu combed the Chinese traditional medicine texts for possible treatments, and by 1972, had made 380 extracts（提取物）from 200 herbs. Her team then tested the extracts one by one on the malaria-infected mice. One of the extracts from Qinghao—or sweet wormwood—sharply reduced malaria growth in the animals.

At a March 1972 meeting of the project’s key participants, Tu reported that the natural plant extract wiped out the malaria in mice and monkeys. Later that year it proved effective in treating human patients.

The first English-language scientific journal（期刊）mentioning successful clinical trials for artemisinin appeared in late 1979 and two years later, Tu presented her discovery at an international meeting at the World Health Organization（WHO）and it was immediately recognized as a breakthrough. In 2015, she was finally awarded the Nobel Prize for her discovery.

Artemisinin is still the most powerful anti-malarial drug presently available, and an artemisinin-based drug combination is now the standard drug for the disease. The WHO lists artemisinin and related drugs in its catalog of “Essential Medicines”

“It is clear that Tu’s work has saved millions of lives, particularly in the developing world, and continues to bring about long-term medical benefits in the ongoing fight against this deadly disease,” the Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization（UNESCO）prize committee writes in a statement published today.

【1】What has served as the major inspiration for Tu’s discovery？

A.The English-language scientific journals.

B.Exchanges with scientists at international meetings.

C.Her malaria-fighting experience in the developing countries.

D.Her extensive reading of the Chinese traditional medicine books.

【2】How long has it taken Tu to get her first official international recognition of her achievement?

A.About 6 years. B.About 7 years. C.About 9 years. D.About 43 years.

【3】What can we know about the artemisinin？

A.It has to be taken from the natural plants in China.

B.It is still the most effective drug in curing malaria.

C.It must be combined with other drugs for treatment.

D.It is the only anti-malarial medicine used in the world.

【4】Why was Tu given this year’s UNPRLS according to the UNESCO prize committee？

A.Her pioneering work has rid the world of malaria.

B.Her drug has promoted the use of natural herbs.

C.Her team discovered artemisinin and tested it successfully.

D.Her discovery has helped to save millions of lives in the world.

30、   When Pat Jones finished college，she decided to travel around the world and see as many foreign places as she could _____ she was young.Pat wanted to visit Latin America _____，so she got a job _____ an English teacher in a school in Bolivia.Pat spoke a little Spanish，_____ she was able to communicate with her students even when they didn’t _____ much English.

A sentence she had read somewhere stuck in her mind；if you dream _____ a foreign language，you have really mastered(掌握)it.Pat repeated this sentence to her students and _____ that some day she would dream in Spanish and they would dream in _____.

One day，one of her _____ students came up and explained in Spanish that he had not done his homework.He had ______ early and had slept ______.

“What does this have to do with your ______？”Pat asked.

“I dreamed all night，Miss Jones.And my dream was in English.”

“In English？”Pat was very ______，since he was such a bad student.She was ______ secretly jealous(嫉妒的)．Her ______ was still not in Spanish.But she encouraged(鼓励)her young student.“Well，______me about your dream.”

“All the people in the dream ______ English.”the student said.“And all the signs were in English.All the newspapers and magazines and all the TV programs were in English.”

“But that’s ______，”said Pat.“What did all the people say to you？”

“I’m sorry，Miss Jones.That’s ______ I slept so badly.I didn’t ______ a word they said.It was a nightmare(噩梦)！”

【1】A. because B. while C. if D. since

【2】A. first B. at first C. last D. at last

【3】A. for B. of C. as D. like

【4】A. and B. but C. so D. yet

【5】A. say B. know C. read D. write

【6】A. in B. about C. of D. for

【7】A. thought B. realized C. hoped D. wanted

【8】A. English B. Spanish C. Russian D. German

【9】A. bright B. excellent C. best D. worst

【10】A. got up B. gone to bed C. fallen asleep D. woken up

【11】A. well B. soundly C. badly D. heavily

【12】A. English B. language C. dream D. homework

【13】A. surprised B. worried C. pleased D. excited

【14】A. yet B. seldom C. also D. still

【15】A. study B. class C. word D. dream

【16】A. answer B. write C. tell D. ask

【17】A. read B. liked C. spoke D. learned

【18】A. wonderful B. terrible C. funny D. strange

【19】A. how B. why C. when D. because

【20】A. hear B. understand C. know D. remember

31、   Now at some level, all moms and dads know they shouldn't yell at kids. But if you don't _______or talk angrily, how do you discipline（管教）？

For thousands of years, the Inuit have _______ an ancient tool： storytelling. Designed to improve kids’ behaviors and sometimes _______ save their lives, oral stories are passed down from one _______ to the next. For example, how do you teach kids to _______ the ocean? Instead of _______, “Don't go near the water!” Inuit parents take a unique _______ and tell kids a special story about what's inside the water. _______, those stories seemed to me too scary for little children. And my initial reaction was to _______ them. But my opinion changed after I watched my own daughter's response to ________ tales——and after I learned more about humanity’s complex relationship with storytelling.

Oral storytelling is what's known as a human ________. For tens of thousands of years, it has been a key way that parents teach children about values and how to ________. Modern hunter-gatherer groups use ________ to teach sharing, respect for others and conflict avoidance. With the Agta, a hunter-gatherer population of the Philippines’ good storytelling skills are ________ more than hunting skills or medicinal knowledge.

Today many parents outsource their oral storytelling to screens, which also ________ . We learn best through things that are ________ to us. And stories, by their ________ , can have lots of things in them that are much more interesting in a way that bare ________ don't. Stories with a dash of danger ________ kids like magnets （磁石）. And they turn a tension-ridden activity like disciplining into a ________ interaction. So don't discount the playfulness of storytelling.

【1】A.answer B.defend C.scold D.stare

【2】A.run into B.relied on C.dealt with D.applied for

【3】A.still B.only C.never D.even

【4】A.generation B.season C.destination D.point

【5】A.stay away from B.look forward to C.face up to D.put up with

【6】A.recommending B.begging C.yelling D.questioning

【7】A.contribution B.introduction C.opportunity D.approach

【8】A.At least B.At first C.In addition D.For example

【9】A.dismiss B.subscribe C.remember D.prove

【10】A.familiar B.personal C.similar D.humorous

【11】A.universal B.right C.form D.feeling

【12】A.differ B.calculate C.change D.behave

【13】A.toys B.stories C.videos D.experiments

【14】A.affected B.blamed C.distributed D.prized

【15】A.declines B.works C.exists D.ends

【16】A.important B.available C.interesting D.obvious

【17】A.purpose B.size C.nature D.side

【18】A.prediction B.imagination C.performances D.statements

【19】A.consist of B.pull in C.pay off D.turn down

【20】A.playful B.careful C.doubtful D.painful

32、   All through my childhood, I was very good at sports. I had been known as a fast runner when I was young.

When we moved to America, I was excited and ______ that I was able to compete with many tall, long-legged American girls and make the spot.______, because I had piano lessons every Monday and had to ______ practice once a week, I was unable to ______ my spot in the relay and some other girl took it. Track slowly ______ from me as I continued to miss practice to attend my piano lessons.

Gradually, the image of “sportswoman” no longer ______ me. I was that Chinese girl who was smart and sometimes funny, but never ______. I began to fear gym class, even though it had been one of my ______ classes when I was young. I hated team sports.

When I stopped playing sports, I started ______ weight. My body was short and fat and I hated it. Because I was so horrible at sports, I had no real way to keep ______. The summer before my senior year of high school, after a fit of tears and anger, I decided to start ______again. That summer, I lost about twenty pounds and I felt ______.

But this story isn’t about my weight-loss ______. It’s about the importance of playing sports. ______ I don’t play sports any more, I still watch them on television. I love the NBA. I love watching basketball and seeing these men jump to gracefully (优雅地) ______ the ball into the tiny basket.

Sticking with something even if you don’t think you’re very good at it is just a ______of endurance (忍耐力) that comes with learning a sport. I never ______ that endurance. I sometimes look at my classmates ______. Strong, built, and confident. There isn’t anything in the world like being good at a ______.

So whatever it is you’re doing, if it’s ______, stick with it. You won’t regret it.

【1】A.ashamed B.proud C.careless D.cautious

【2】A.Obviously B.Hopefully C.Unfortunately D.Strangely

【3】A.explain B.respect C.miss D.provide

【4】A.question B.appreciate C.examine D.defend

【5】A.floated away B.looked away C.resulted D.died

【6】A.apologized B.resembled C.complained D.protected

【7】A.flexible B.safe C.athletic D.comfortable

【8】A.personal B.favorite C.local D.foreign

【9】A.finding B.exploring C.gaining D.widening

【10】A.calm B.nervous C.young D.fit

【11】A.contributing B.responding C.running D.turning

【12】A.great B.ordinary C.weak D.tired

【13】A.agreement B.change C.outcome D.challenge

【14】A.As long as B.As soon as C.As though D.Even though

【15】A.sink B.turn C.bring D.accept

【16】A.history B.motto C.patterns D.lesson

【17】A.kept up B.met with C.worked out D.thought about

【18】A.enviably B.quickly C.privately D.quietly

【19】A.theory B.business C.routine D.sport

【20】A.considerate B.worthwhile C.urgent D.typical

33、   A mother was criticizing her daughter after watching the girl was not good enough to compete at a championship level during the daily training in the gymnastics camp.

The scene reminded me of my ________ of the day when one of my own gymnastic performances put me close to tears.

My mother became seriously ill when she was young, and she has ________ a wheelchair ever since. But she never let that ________ her.

She has raised five children and has a career as well.

One day I joined a gymnastics program at a nearby park. Before long, I was totally ________ in it. By 1972, I was on the National Gymnastics Team for the Olympic Games. I couldn’t think of anything else but ________ a gold medal.

Before the competition, all in my mind was ________ not to disgrace(使……丢脸)my country and myself. But, though I tried my best, I didn’t win a gold medal. I was so ________ . When the winners were receiving ________ , I joined my parents in the stands, and we all cried. “I'm sorry. I did my best, ”said me.

She said nothing but ten words I never ________ , “Doing your best is more important than being the best. ” Suddenly I understood my mother ________ than ever before. She had never let her handicap(残疾) ________ her from always doing her best.

Now I approached the crying girl and put a(n) ________ around her. “Honey, ” I said. “I know you have done your best, and doing your best is more important than being the best. I'm ________ you. ”

She ________ at me with tears in her eyes. Maybe somewhere, someday, she’ll ________ those words along.

【1】A.experiences B.success C.regrets D.memories

【2】A.needed B.made C.wanted D.expected

【3】A.control B.challenge C.discourage D.disturb

【4】A.confident B.absorbed C.involved D.trapped

【5】A.finding B.winning C.earning D.making

【6】A.determination B.satisfaction C.encouragement D.effort

【7】A.annoyed B.disappointed C.embarrassed D.worded

【8】A.applauses B.rewards C.gifts D.awards

【9】A.remembered B.ignored C.understood D.forgot

【10】A.faster B.better C.closer D.easier

【11】A.prevent B.save C.protect D.forbid

【12】A.arm B.hand C.ring D.scarf

【13】A.curious about B.concerned about C.proud of D.sure of

【14】A.glanced B.smiled C.laughed D.shouted

【15】A.continue B.treat C.pass D.use

34、Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word. For the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

My daughter

(A story told by a father, a famous actor)

My wife and I only had the one child. We had Amy.

I see her as my best friend. I think she’d always come to me first if she had a problem. We have the same sense of humor, and share interests. 【1】 I don’t mind animals, she’s completely fascinated with them, and she has always had dogs, cats, horses, and goldfish in her life.

We were 【2】 (close) when she was about four, which I think is a lovely age for a child. They know the parents best, and don’t have outside contacts. She must have grown up suddenly when she went to school, because I remember her growing away from her family slightly. Any father who has a teenager daughter comes across an extraordinary collection of people, and there seemed to be an endless stream of strange young men 【3】 (come) through our house. By the time I learned their names they 【4】 (go) away and I had to start learning a new lot.

I wanted more than anything else for her to be happy in 【5】 she was doing, and I was prepared to pull strings to help her on her way. When she left a good school she decided she wanted to become an actress so I got her into drama school. It wasn’t to her liking so she joined a theatre group and began doing bits and pieces in films. She was doing well, but then gave it up. She probably found it boring. Then she took up social work, and finally went to work 【6】a designer and he became her husband. And that’s really the story of her life. She must be happy with him—they’re always together.

We have such similar tastes in books and music 【7】 I used to take her to see an opera, which is my big passion. However, I don’t think she likes it very much. She doesn’t come with me anymore.

I don’t think she’s a big television watcher. She knows when I’m on the television, and she 【8】 watch, but I don’t know. It’s not the kind of thing she tells me.

We’re very grateful for Amy. She’s a good daughter as daughters go. We’re looking forward to being grandparents.

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、根据句意填空

In the USA, the Amish-a Christian group-are famous because they drive 【1】 instead of cars, do not use TVs or refrigerators, and do not have personal telephones. Many people assume the Amish must have 【2】 reasons for their many rules, but this is not true. In truth, whenever a new technology is introduced, the Amish meet and discuss its advantages and disadvantages. They then vote on whether they will accept it. The Amish 【3】 cars because they like having 【4】 communities where everyone lives close together. They have no TVs or refrigerators because their homes do not have electricity-they do not think it is necessary and 【5】 dealing with strangers, such as the people who work at the electric company.

37、A: Excuse me, do you know where the chemistry lab is?

B: Yes. It’s just on the fifth floor of this b【1】.

A: How often do you do c【2】experiments there?

B: Twice a week.

A: Can you go there without a t【3】?

B: No. That’s not allowed.

A: What does the teacher often tell you to do when you are doing an e【4】?

B: He often tells us to look c【5】and follow the i【6】.

A: What will you do when you finish the experiment?

B: We must put e【7】back in the cupboards and wash our hands.

A: Right. It is very i【8】to keep the lab clean.

B: Yes, safe as well. We must turn off the e【9】before l【10】the lab.

38、假定你是晨光中学的李华，你校英国交换生Tom想利用假期到中国各地旅游，发邮件向你询问如何购买火车票。请你回复邮件，内容包括：

1. 所需证件（护照）；

2. 购票方式（售票窗口、网上）；

3. 车站取票。

注意： 1.词数100左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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39、假定你是李华，即将参加下个月在北京举行的“致经典－出彩少年”(To Classic — Brilliant Youth)英语诵读大赛，已经写好所选古诗词的英文翻译稿，请给外教Alex写一封电子邮件。内容包括:

1. 简单介绍诵读大赛(内容、目的等)；

2. 请外教润色翻译稿；

3. 希望Alex提供建议。

注意:

1. 词数80左右；

2、可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3、开头语和结束语已为你写好，不计入总词数。

Dear Alex,

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Yours,

Li Hua

40、假定你是李华，你校的留学生Peter将在校元旦晚会上朗诵一首唐诗，但是他现在很紧张。请你就此给他写一封邮件。内容包括：

1. 表示理解；

2. 给出建议；

3. 给予鼓励。

注意：1. 词数100左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

参考词汇：元旦晚会New Year’s Eve Gala

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41、一直以来，关于高中是否取消文理分科，社会各方对此存在严重分歧。支持者认为，取消文理分科有利于学生全面发展。分科会导致部分文科学生缺乏科学精神，部分理科学生不关心社会问题。反对者认为，取消文理分科将加重学生学习负担。分科尊重学生个体差异。请你给China Daily写一篇文章，阐述分歧，并发表自己的观点（至少两点）。

要求：1.可根据内容要点适当增加细节，使行文连贯。

2.词数：150字左右。短文开头已为你写好，不计入词数。

参考词汇：

1．文理分科：separate students into science and art

2．文科生；liberal art students

3．理科生：science students

The Ministry of Education has been collecting opinions on the possibility and feasibility of ending the separation of science and arts in high schools.