遵义2025-2026学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高三英语

1、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

2、But for the fact that he ______ the truth, he ______ for a week's imprisonment.

A.didn't know; would be punished B.hadn't known; might have punished

C.didn't know; would have been punished D.hadn't known; could be punished

3、The Amish, who live a simple farming life, ________ cars because they like having tight communities where everyone lives close together.

A.construct B.convey C.reserve D.reject

4、A driver __________ his car when he makes it go faster or increases its speed.

A.advances B.develops C.accelerates D.stimulates

5、When the student wanted to have a go, the teacher gave him a nod of ________.

A.support B.promise C.approval D.suggestion

6、The researchers were confident that their unusual technique could finally provide a （n）_________ to drugs in treating heart conditions.

A.alternative B.access C.witness D.application

7、_______ Sunday, the library doesn’t open.

A．Being

B．It is

C．It being

D．There being

8、_________, he knows a lot of Chinese characters.

A. Child as he is B. As a child he is

C. As he is a child D. A child as he is

9、--- Excuse me, but I do need your advice on my project.

--- Sorry, I have only had time to ____ your report.

A. look around B. go through

C. get over D. dip into

10、It took them about one month to________ how to start the equipment.

A. come out B. figure out

C. look out D. take out

11、The good thing about children is that they _______ very easily to new environments.

A.apply B.adopt C.attach D.adapt

12、The UN is seeking a _________ solution rather than a military one.

A. natural B. patient

C. political D. opposite

13、Tom assured (向……保证) his boss that he would _____ all his energies in doing this new job.

A. call forth B. call at

C. call by D. call off

14、– Shall I call you at this time tomorrow afternoon?

– Sorry, I ______ an exam on DingTalk.

A．will be taking

B．will take

C．will have taken

D．am taking

15、—Why did he suffer failure again?

—It was his carelessness ________  ________it.

A.which, managed by B.that, resulted from

C.that, contributed to D.that, benefited from

16、Nowadays, it’s common for a child to ________some knowledge of the computer just by watching others working on it.

A. bring up B. pick up

C. look up D. set up

17、We can't imagine what great trouble the medical care personnel had _______ with the COVID-19.

A.fought B.for fighting C.to fight D.fighting

18、No sooner ________ home ________ I told him the exciting news.

A．had he got; when

B．had he got; than

C．he had got; when

D．he had got; than

19、We could see nothing in the thick fog at a _____ of two meters, so we got lost.

A. distance B. length C. way D. space

20、Seeing their daughter and dog coming back, the parents burst into tears of ______.

A. pain B. shock

C. sorrow D. relief

21、—Has ISIS, the most shameful terrorist group, already been wiped off the earth?

—I guess not, but I think it ought to ______ .

A.be done B.have been C./ D.have

22、Climbing the mountain is a good way to keep fit.____,walking is helpful for your health.

A.Correctly B.Immediately C.Similarly D.Generally

23、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

24、—So you didn’t say hello to him last night?

—Well, I stopped and smiled when I saw him, but he ________ me and walked on with his head very high.

A.ignored B.refused C.recognized D.missed

25、He insisted that he   homework but he couldn't find his exercise book.

A.finish B.had finished C.be finished D.finishes

26、   Museum director Sarah Green is a writer, recommending 4 books that influenced her life. Hold Still by Sally Mann (2015)

Mann's story, accompanied by her excellent photography, has given me a model for how to be an artist, wife, mother, daughter, friend, and thoughtful member of humanity, all at the same time.

Swimming Studies by Leanne Shapton (2012)

You might not think you want to read a story about an artist-illustrator's past life as a competitive swimmer and her continuing love for swimming, swimming pools and swimsuits. But you do, you really do. Shapton's acute sense memory and sharp essay, coupled with her own experience and photos, are a pleasure from start to finish.

Learning By Heart by Corita Kent and Jan Steward （1992）

Sister Corita Kent was a beloved and revolutionary art teacher in 1960s in Los Angeles and a gifted printmaker. She was also a firm believer in learning by doing, and this is an essential guide to her teaching philosophy.

Kindred by Octavia Butler （1979）

I've never been a fan of science fiction, but this novel rocked my world. You will be completely involved in the thunder-struck reality of a young writer who finds herself traveling between Los Angeles in 1976 and life among her ancestors on an prewar Maryland farm.

【1】Who was probably an excellent sports player in the past?

A．Sally Mann.

B．Octavia Butler

C．Corita Kent and Jan Steward.

D．Leanne Shapton.

【2】Which book talks about teaching skills?

A．Hold Still.

B．Learning By Heart.

C．Swimming Studies.

D．Kindred.

【3】What kind of book is Kindred?

A．A love story.

B．A horror story.

C．A fantasy story.

D．A fairy tale.

27、   So you want to figure out who moved your cheese, or just learn some spiritual laws of success. Whatever’s standing between you and happiness, chances are that someone’s written a self-help book about it. Here’s what they say.

Book 1: Self Help by Samuel Smiles

Back in Victorian England, the aptly-named Samuel Smiles wrote the first self-help book. Smiles told his readers that there’s no quick fix, and the harder you worked, the happier you would be.

Book 2: How To Win Friends And Influence People by Dale Carnegie

Fast forward to 1936. Struggling actor Dale Carnegie writes an optimistic masterpiece that leads him to fame. He wrote that power and happiness would increase if you tried to see the world as others see it, remember people’s names, and develop a firm handshake.

Book 3: The Power Of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale

In the 1950s, minister Norman Vincent Peale brought God into the equation (平等、等式) with his message that faith is the key to achieving anything. His message? Pray, visualize (形象化) solutions, and remove self-doubt.

Book 4: Who Moved My Cheese by Dr. Spencer Johnson

The message of this book is that change is unavoidable. The sooner you let go of the old and embrace (拥抱) the new, the happier you’ll be.

【1】Which of the following is the first self-help book?

A.The Power Of Positive Thinking

B.How To Win Friends And In fluence People

C.Self help

D.Who Moved My Cheese

【2】What made Dale Carnegie famous?

A.He was brave enough to fight with actors.

B.He wrote his most popular book

C.He lived an optimistic life in the 1930s.

D.He found the secret of happiness.

【3】What’s the similar theme of the above books?

A.Know exactly what you want and act positively.

B.The more you smile, the happier you will be.

C.The harder you worked, the happier you would be.

D.Faith is the key to achieving anything.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A. It can be washed in washing machines.

B. It is much heavier than a leather purse.

C. It can download songs from the Internet.

D. It is made of clothes conducting electricity.

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

A. require users to operate on the stomach

B. pick up the signals through wires and chips

C. are being applied in some different areas now

D. are smarter but more expensive than the old ones

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

A. The new wearable computers have become fashionable.

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

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

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

【4】The purpose of the passage is ____________.

A. to introduce a new kind of computer

B. to explain the functions of computers

C. to compare different types of computers

D. to show how high technology affects our life

29、阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

4-Day Classic Beijing Tour

The 4-day classic Beijing tour is designed for tourists who come to visit China for the first time. It covers the most popular and typical places in Beijing, fully displaying the scenery, culture, history, local lifestyles and features, food and drinks, business, etc. for you.

Day 1:Arrival in Beijing

Your guide meets you at Capital Airport, and helps you check in at your hotel.

Enjoy Beijing Duck as welcome dinner.

Accommodation: Beijing downtown

Day 2:The Great Wall & the Summer Palace

Start your day at the most famous part of the Great Wall, the Badaling Great Wall. Leave the downtown for the Great Wall at 8 am. Since it is a long drive to the Great Wall (about 2 hours’ riding) have a break at the Jade Museum on the way. Lunch will be enjoyed in a local restaurant. In the early afternoon come back to the city and have a sightseeing tour of the Summer Palace.

Recommended Activity: Beijing Opera Show (Liyuan Theatre, 19:30-21:10 every evening)

Accommodation: Beijing downtown

Day 3:Beijing city sightseeing & Local experience

Your guide meets you at the hotel at 8 am and set out for the day’s touring: Tian’anmen Square and the Forbidden City.

After visiting the two sites, have a break and get ready for lunch.

Hutong visit: see some traditional arts of the old Beijing, such as paper cutting and kite making, and visit a local family.

Accommodation: Beijing downtown

Day 4:Beijing Olympic sites

Visit the Olympic sites: Bird’s Nest, Water Cube and Olympic Park, witnessing the fast developing modern China. Enjoy some free time after visiting the sites.

After lunch, it is shopping time and then the tour is over.

【1】This advertisement is aimed at ________.

A. foreigners who are new to China

B. experts who study history and cities

C. kids who were born in other cities 

D. people who are interested in touring

【2】If a tourist wants to enjoy Beijing Opera, he should ________.

A. go to Liyuan Theatre in the evening 

B. visit the Summer Palace on the first day

C. go sightseeing in Beijing Hutong  

D. live and eat downtown in Beijing

【3】On which day can tourists enjoy the city’s traditional arts and local lifestyle?

A. Day 4. B. Day 3.   C. Day 2.   D. Day 1.

【4】To make the advertisement work, what should be added?

A. Age requirement. B. The hotel’s address.

C. Contact information. D. The guide’s name.

30、   I come from a broken family that many would consider dysfunctional (失衡) at the very least: marriage, divorces, etc. After we grew up, my three siblings and I could go years _______ speaking. And that is where this story _______.

My sister Jeanne and I were born only 14 months _______, but by the time we were teenagers we had lost _______. By age 19, I had moved away from our home in Wisconsin to live on my father’s horse farm in Virginia. We lived separate lives in separate states and our connection _______ ended.

Fast-forward about five years, I was 24 and on a _______ with my fiancé (未婚夫) to New York City, a place I had never been to.

During a day of sightseeing, we were crossing a very _______street loaded with people. I was on the point of laughing at something my fiancé said _______ I heard my name yelled from somewhere around me: “Cheryl!” I _______in my steps in the middle of the road. Tears __________ in my eyes. I knew without a doubt that it was my sister Jeanne. I yelled __________ before even turning to look. “Jeanne?” It was her.

I later asked how she’d known it was me-she __________ saw me! She said it was my __________. I wouldn’t say my laugh is all that __________, but I guess to a family member it’s infectious. It __________ your heart and resonates (共鸣) in your mind.

Since that time, my sister and I have never been __________. We both moved back to Wisconsin. We __________ daily. Many years have passed, and we are now in our 50s. But our meeting __________ wasn’t just a sign of God’s blessing. I see it as more of a lesson, a __________ not to lose touch with loved ones. It is too easy to remain lost. After our sister-to-sister __________, I don’t plan to let that happen again.

【1】A.by B.after C.without D.beyond

【2】A.ends B.begins C.twists D.spreads

【3】A.ago B.away C.ahead D.apart

【4】A.heart B.home C.touch D.interest

【5】A.somewhat B.anyhow C.anyway D.somehow

【6】A.team B.trip C.date D.picnic

【7】A.busy B.dark C.empty D.quiet

【8】A.while B.before C.when D.until

【9】A.fell B.froze C.struggled D.hesitated

【10】A.came about B.welled up C.ran away D.streamed back

【11】A.again B.to C.at D.back

【12】A.never B.often C.seldom D.already

【13】A.shape B.clothing C.look D.laugh

【14】A.clear B.pleasant C.bright D.unusual

【15】A.hits B.treats C.breaks D.cures

【16】A.separated B.bothered C.suspected D.united

【17】A.work B.travel C.play D.talk

【18】A.by mistake B.by chance C.on schedule D.on purpose

【19】A.change B.result C.reminder D.motivation

【20】A.circle B.theory C.miracle D.move

31、   Several years ago, I went on a trip alone to Mozambique. Our bus broke down by the side of the road. There was certainly nothing in the way of _______ or campsites or any kind of place to sleep. I _______ I’d just have to bed down on the roadside like others. But I was pretty _______ at the idea. Most everyone else was traveling with their families or other _______, and here I was, a very young woman, alone, with pale white skin that just screamed out “I’m a foreigner and do not _______ here.” Besides I spoke Portuguese reasonably _______ but not any of the local dialects, which _______ my difficulty.

I was trying to work out what to do when I _______ one of the women passengers I’d been chatting with _______ to me. “Come with me,” she said. I was then taken to the nearby village, where she lived. She and her large family ________ me that night. We had chips and matapa, a delicious Mozambican dish. Her kids laughed and circled around and were ________ to have a visit from a real white person. I couldn’t ________ a lot of the conversation, because only the woman spoke Portuguese, but I felt so ________ despite my foreignness.

This kind-hearted woman ________ a stranger a night spent trembling in ________ and hunger by the side of the road.

【1】A.hospitals B.stores C.hotels D.colleges

【2】A.wished B.figured C.insisted D.argued

【3】A.terrified B.astonished C.excited D.annoyed

【4】A.guides B.villagers C.volunteers D.companions

【5】A.wait B.tour C.belong D.explore

【6】A.frequently B.poorly C.fluently D.eagerly

【7】A.added to B.got over C.declared D.anticipated

【8】A.felt B.spotted C.kept D.stopped

【9】A.explaining B.whispering C.complaining D.gesturing

【10】A.hosted B.interviewed C.charged D.comforted

【11】A.scared B.fascinated C.satisfied D.embarrassed

【12】A.hear B.remember C.follow D.interrupt

【13】A.awkward B.confused C.uncertain D.welcomed

【14】A.afforded B.spared C.accompanied D.accommodated

【15】A.relief B.regret C.doubt D.fear

32、   There's nothing warmer than a hearty breakfast on a cold morning. On a trip from their home one cold January morning，Steve and Marie Cortes decided to__________a town，Ellijay. They parked in the busy town square and walked into the Cornerstone Cafe，only to find it_________. Just as they prepared to go elsewhere，they were surprised to notice one of the diners gesturing__________ them. "We can make room，"he said. Several diners moved aside _________ there was enough__________for the couple to pull up two chairs at the end of a table. “After an hour，we made too many friends to___________ . "Steve says.

The hospitality（好客）may have__________the Corteses，but Ellijay is famous for taking care of others. When a thunderstorm _________through the town in July，dozens of residents were __________ in their homes by fallen trees-or unable to stay in their homes at all. Without being_____________ ，neighbors offered neighbors food and comfort. "This is the most____________ place I have ever lived！" one woman wrote on Facebook. "Thank you for coming to my house，helping me until everything is__________ . "

Ellijay's spirit of _________has a way of getting into people's blood. It also happened to Steve and Marie Cortes. The couple that was just driving through town those many years ago felt so ________that they ended up moving to Ellijay. They________opened a store，which is located right next door to the Cornerstone Cafe.

【1】A.step into B.pull into C.draw up D.take up

【2】A.crowded B.empty C.noisy D.quiet

【3】A.beyond B.against   . C.upon D.toward

【4】A.while B.until C.once D.after

【5】A.space B.distance C.time D.length

【6】A.join B.count C.find D.forget

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

【8】A.flooded B.brushed C.spilt D.swept

【9】A.dropped B.lost C.stuck D.struck

【10】A.permitted B.asked C.rejected D.invited

【11】A.puzzling B.amusing C.amazing D.shocking

【12】A.common B.usual C.ordinary D.normal

【13】A.insistence B.acceptance C.resistance D.independence

【14】A.unwilling B.addicted C.confident D.welcomed

【15】A.thus B.still C.ever D.even

33、Minutes after the _________ ended yesterday at Plaza Theater, employees were busy _________ popcorns and gathering coke cups. It was a scene that had been repeated many times in the theater's _________ history. This time, however, the cleanup was a little _________. As one group of workers carried out the rubbish, another group began removing seats and other theater's equipment in preparation for the building's _________.

The film classic The Last Picture Show was the last movie shown in the _________ theater.

_________ the movie is 30 years old, most of the 250 seats were filled with teary-eyed audience wanting to _________ to the old building. _________ Ed Bradford said he chose the movie because it seemed appropriate. The movie is set in a small town ____________ the only movie theater is preparing to ____________.

Bradford said that large modern theaters in the city made it ____________ for the Plaza to compete. He added that theater's location（位置）was also a ____________. “This ____________ the centre of town,“ he said. “Now the area is mostly office buildings and warehouses.

Last week some city officials ____________ the city might be interested in turning the old theater into a museum and public meeting place. However, these plans were ____________ because of ____________ problems. Bradford sold the building and land to a local development firm, which ____________ to build a shopping complex on the land where the theater is located.

The theater audience said good-bye as Bradford ____________ for the last time. After 75 years the Plaza Theater had shown its last movie. The theater will be ____________.

【1】

A．music

B．opening ceremony

C．last movie

D．match

【2】

A．preparing for

B．sweeping up

C．stirring up

D．cleaning

【3】

A．only one time

B．a few times

C．many times

D．never before

【4】

A．different

B．easy

C．the same

D．difficult

【5】

A．new owner

B．end

C．new face

D．new seats

【6】

A．new

B．old

C．modern

D．dirty

【7】

A．Yet

B．Because

C．However

D．Though

【8】

A．buy

B．say good-bye to

C．change

D．remember

【9】

A．Mayor

B．Governor

C．Theater owner

D．Headmaster

【10】

A．that

B．what

C．where

D．there

【11】

A．open up

B．close down

C．run away

D．win new audience

【12】

A．impossible

B．possible

C．easy

D．interested

【13】

A．reward

B．choice

C．reason

D．matter

【14】

A．would be

B．used to be

C．might be

D．could be

【15】

A．ordered

B．wished

C．suggested

D．promised

【16】

A．favored

B．abandoned

C．made

D．carried out

【17】

A．finance

B．pollution

C．security

D．traffic

【18】

A．refuses

B．plans

C．proposes

D．opposes

【19】

A．opened the door

B．repaired the door

C．broke the door

D．locked the door

【20】

A．missed

B．forgotten

C．bought back

D．hated

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.

Driving an electric car 【1】 to the protection of environment, or so the marketing departments of their makers would have you believe. Yet a report which analyzes car emissions presents a rather different picture. A battery-powered car recharged with 【2】 generated by coal-fired power stations, it found, is likely to be more harmful. It could cause more than three times as many deaths from pollution as a 【3】 petrol-driven vehicle.

The study was carried out by the University of Minnesota. The researchers estimated how levels of fine particulate matter (细颗粒物) and ground-level ozone — two important 【4】 of air pollution — would change when a car is powered by different ways.

It was no surprise that electric cars whose batteries were recharged with power from wind, solar or hydro-electric sources came out to be virtually free from harmful 【5】. They were estimated to cause 231 deaths over the course of a year, compared with 878 for petrol cars. Electric cars recharged with power from natural gas-fired stations were also a lot less harmful than petrol-driven ones, with 439 deaths. But if those same electric cars were recharged 【6】 by coal, they would be responsible for over 3,000 deaths.

Biofuels also caused more health problems than petrol. But diesel, which often  【7】 concern about pollution, is slightly cleaner than petrol. This is because the study assumes for all cars that emission-control technologies will be more widely used, especially particulate filters which have a remarkable effect on cleaning diesel 【8】. Diesel cars are also more 【9】 of fuel than petrol-driven ones.

Overall, the study shows that electric cars are cleaner than those traditional vehicles only if the power used to charge then is also clean. That is hardly a surprise, but the 【10】 of the difference is. How green electric cars really are, then, will depend mainly on where they are driven. In France, which obtains more than half of its power from nuclear station, electric cars look like a good bet. In China and some other developing countries, where a large amount of electricity is produced from coal, they may not be so environment- friendly as they are marketed.

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、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.

38、阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

In July 2019, to celebrate his 45th birthday, Colin Dowler booked off a week from his job as a maintenance manager for the Vancouver Island Health Authority. He planned to spend two days on his own, finding a route he would eventually use to climb Mount Doggie Dowler.

His wife Jenifer didn't like the sound of her husband's latest plan. She was used to Dowler going on adventures by himself, but this time he'd boat to an unknown bay, bike an unpopulated road , hike through grizzly bear country, and camp overnights alone. There was too much room for disaster.

The night before his journey Colin packed the necessities. He filled the remaining pockets of his bag with a handheld GPS, hiking poles, his homemade sausage, and a few other essentials. Instead of his usual Swiss Army knife, he took a three-inch stainless steel pocket knife given to him by his dad.

The weather that Sunday, July 28 was nice. Colin pulled his car into the Campbell River port and quickly launched and set off in his motorboat with a mountain bike on board. About eight o'clock in the morning, he arrived at Ramsay Arm, and found a spot to tie the boat near a logging （伐木）camp where he chatted with some logging workers.

One of the workers , Vito, gave him a ride in his truck until the forest got too thick. Colin took off his bike and backpack from the truck and started his hiking and route searching. In order not to lose the way back, he marked his trail with blue ribbons （布条）.

As he made his seven-kilometer marker, he came around a bend and suddenly put on the brakes—a dirty grizzly bear stood right in the middle of the narrow road, 30 meters away. Colin calculated his chances of turning around for a quick escape, but the bear could easily catch up and stop him before he picked up speed.

注意：

1.续写词数应为150左右；

2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

The bear suddenly stood up in a threatening way.       

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After what seemed like hours, Colin came to himself.

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39、假定你是李华，你的英国朋友Leslie给你发邮件告知她参加汉语水平考试（HSK）未能通过。请你根据下列要点写一封邮件回复她。内容包括：

1. 对考试失利给予安慰；

2. 对汉语学习提出建议。

注意：1. 词数100左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3. 开头语已为你写好，不计入总词数。

Dear Leslie,

I am sorry to hear that you failed to pass the HSK.

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Yours,

Li Hua

40、假定你是李华，你的英国朋友Peter来信向你咨询如何才能学好中文。请你给他写封回信，提出至少三条学好中文的建议。

要点：（1）参加中文学习班；（2）看中文书刊、电视；……

注意：（1）可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯； （2）词数为100词左右。

Dear Peter,

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Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

41、阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。

Located halfway up the Italy’s Apennine Mountain, about 100 miles northeast of Rome, the Hotel Rigopiano has never been easy to reach.But its isolation(隔绝)only adds to its appeal, attracting a great number of tourists.

Snow began to fall across the Apennines in January and lasted for days.From his home in the Rome suburbs, Matrone watched the weather with concern.He and his wife, Cicioni, had planned an overnight getaway to the hotel. But now he wondered whether they should go. After phoning the hotel, they decided to make the trip. By the time they neared the hotel six hours later, they were battling a snowstorm. When they finally arrived, they were both cold and exhausted. They checked into their room and went to bed early.

As they awoke the next day, they discovered that their difficulty had worsened overnight. The cars in the parking lot were invisible. The phone and power lines were down. They were having breakfast when the hotel began to shake. An earthquake with a magnitude(震级)of 5.7 had struck the mountain. “Get out of here!” Matrone shouted to his wife. They headed quickly to the parking lot, where others were digging their cars.Fifteen minutes after the first earthquake, another quake hit, this one measuring 5.6.

With a dozen vehicles freed by noon, the guests set off down the driveway.But when they reached the main road, the path was blocked by a six-foot-high wall of snow.Matrone climbed out of his car and investigated it. There was no road in sight, “We’re trapped!” he told his wife. So they had no choice but to make their way back to the hotel so as to be saved.

As it was getting dark, they managed to be back. That was when the snow on the mountain began to slide. They heard the avalanche (雪崩) before they saw it. The avalanche gathered speed and size, grabbing rocks and trees and anything else in its way down the mountain, tearing the hotel from its foundation. When the avalanche came to a stop, those caught inside the hotel were left buried in the icy rocks and ruins.

注意：

1、所续写短文的词数应为150左右；

2、至少使用5个短文中标有下划线的关键词语；

3、续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；

4、续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。

Paragraph 1:

When Matrone came to himself, he was stuck in the darkness.

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Paragraph 2:

It was not until the next morning that the rescuers finally arrived.

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