吉安2025-2026学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高一英语

1、__________these messages always seem important at the time, most people can’t really remember them the next day.

A.Because B.Unless C.While D.Since

2、Our headmaster spoke at the meeting for nearly an hour without_________her notes.

A. referring to B. looking for C. bringing up D. trying on

3、Don’t phone me between 5 and 6. I________dinner then.

A．will be having

B．will have

C．have

D．have had

4、In that school, German is compulsory for all students, but English and French are ________.

A.special B.regional C.optional D.original

5、—I got sick and tired of hotels and hotel food after the trip to Mexico.

—I can imagine. _________.

A.All’s well that ends well B.Every cloud has a silver lining

C.Honesty is the best policy D.East or west, home is the best

6、My money __________. I must go to the bank to draw some of my savings out before I’ve none in hand.

A.has run out B.has been run out C.is to be run out D.is running out

7、We _______ have bought so much food now that Suzie won't be with us for dinner

A.may not B.mustn’t C.can’t D.needn’t

8、As a great team leader. Yao Ming has got to think that he’s the best player out there. That way, he can______the game.

A.defend B.confirm C.attain D.dominate

9、We didn’t get a hotel room because we ______ in advance.

A. hadn’t booked   B. haven’t booked

C. weren’t booking   D. wouldn’t book

10、The majority of people __________the view that students should develop in an all-round way.

A.subscribe to B.make out C.approve D.set aside

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

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

12、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

13、This book gives a brief _______ of the history of the castle and details of the art collection in the main hall.

A.outline B.output C.operation D.organ

14、You’ll recognize me when you get out of the station. I______ jeans and a white T-shirt.

A．will be wearing

B．had worn

C．was wearing

D．have worn

15、He___________ to have witnessed aliens taking away Justin，but obviously he was lying.

A.assumed B.claimed C.declared D.confirmed

16、My way of thinking might be different from yours, but it’s equally ________.

A.eventual B.valid C.abundant D.digital

17、—How do you find ____ park?

—Well, ____ great one. It has left a deep impression on me.

A./; the B./; a C.the; a D.the; the

18、A lot of people _____the theory that acupuncture blocks pain signals from reaching the brain.

A.apply to B.submit to C.relate to D.subscribe to

19、This is a blue door but it was _______ painted green.

A.eventually B.firstly C.originally D.presently

20、I am “one in a million” ______, there are not many people like me.

A.In other words B.In a word C.On the other hand D.For example

21、In the future, you will be________ to more and more choice, not less.

A．symbolized

B．exposed

C．strengthened

D．abandoned

22、A graduate from Tsinghua University has chosen to work as an urban management officer, or chengguan, a highly _____ occupation, which make bad impressions on people.

A.ridiculous B.contemporary C.controversial D.conventional

23、Researching findings show we spend about two hours dreaming every night, no matter what we ________ during the day.

A．would have done

B．should have done

C．may have done

D．must have done

24、The cloth that she bought looks ______, feels ______ and sells _______.

A.beautiful; soft; well B.beauty; softly; well

C.beautifully; softly; good D.beautiful; soft; good

25、More than one person________ involved (参与) in the case.

A.is B.are C.has D.have

26、   A first grader and her sister who is a fourth grader at Elon Elementary School had an ambitious project: to publish a book to stop bullying.

“We decide to take a stand,” said Keegan Lee, 10. “We’re trying to make a difference and to let the bullies know that bullying is not acceptable —because they don’t know that they’re hurting people’s feelings —and make a peaceful world.”

Keegan and her 7-year-old sister Kohen wrote a book called Bullies Need a Time out .

They got the idea, said Charmin Lee, Keegan and Kohen’s mother, when Koken was in kindergarten .She saw some kids on the playground picking on a classmate, and she spoke up to stop it.

“I talked to my mom about it, and she said, ‘let’s make a bully book,’” Kohen said.

Although Keegan was the writer, Kohen contributed a lot. Kohen also illustrated. What she likes to draw had a lot to do with how the story came out, Charmin said.

“The girls have not been around a lot of serious bad behavior at Elon Elementary School,” Charmin said, “but it is something they have heard and are sensitive about.”

“Some people call people bad names and call people losers and stuff like that,” Keegan said. “And when I see that, I get so upset.”

The book is about a boy named Kipton who sees bullying in the classroom, cafeteria and playground, and tries to help.

“So Kipton make a difference,” Kohen said.

Charmin Lee said there are a lot of books about bullying, but most of them are about therapy and adult intervention(调停), written by PhDs for teachers.

“We didn’t see any children’s books written for children by children,” Charmin said.

Charmin wants to publish the book through self-publishing company Lulu, and donate a copy to every school in Alamance County, but it is expensive. She is looking for some grant opportunities, and intends to have some copies available by the end of summer.

“It’s pretty much ready to go,” Charmin said.

【1】What can we learn about Keegan and Kohen?

A.They are studying at Elon Middle School.

B.They are trying to do something to stop bullying.

C.They are just ordinary classmates.

D.They are planning to write a book called Bullies Need a Time Out.

【2】Which of the following can best replace the phrase “picking on” in Paragraph 4?

A.Choosing somebody for special attention.

B.siding with somebody.

C.treating somebody unkindly.

D.taking advantage of somebody.

【3】Bullies Need a Time Out is different from other books in that _____________.

A.it is intended to research school bullying.

B.it’s intended that readers are educators.

C.it is a book by children and for children.

D.it sells well on the market at present.

【4】Which of the following would best summarize the article?

A.It’s high time that something was done about bullying.

B.Elementary school sisters and school bullying.

C.Bullies Need a Time Out based on the writer’s stories will come out.

D.Elementary school sisters throw the book at bullies.

27、   Have you ever stayed in a hotel? Most Chinese hotels often provide guests with things like disposable (一次性的) toothbrushes, toothpaste, shampoo and slippers.

Many guests like the idea because they don't have to bring their own. But, if you travel to Beijing, remember to bring your own things. Starting from June, some hotels in Beijing will no longer provide guests with these disposables. They want to ask people to use less disposable things.

Many disposable things are made of plastic. People throw them away after only using them once. It is a waste of natural resources and is very bad for the environment. Do you know, one Chinese person makes as much as 400 kg of waste a year! Most of that waste comes from disposable things. In Beijing, people throw away about 19,000 tons of plastic bags and 1,320 tons of plastic lunch bowls every year! Plastic can take between 100 and 400 years to break down. So the less plastic we throw out, the better. So, wherever you travel, bring your own things and use them again and again.

Back at home and school, you can also do something to make our world a better place. Try to do these things in your daily life: Use cloth shopping bags, not plastic ones. After using a plastic bag, wash it out and let it dry. Then you can use it over and over again. Do not use paper cups. At your school canteen, use your own bowl and chopsticks instead of disposable ones.

【1】Why do many hotels provide guests with some disposable things?

A.Wish their guests to save money.

B.Hope their guests use less disposable things.

C.Want their guests to use more disposable things.

D.Let their guests be convenient during their travelling.

【2】Some Beijing hotels will no longer provide guests with ________.

A.disposable things B.cheap food and drinks

C.good service D.free TV programmes

【3】What kind of writing skill is used in Paragraph 3?

A.Making contrast. B.Citing numbers. C.Giving examples. D.Telling a story.

【4】What can we do to make our world a better place at home and school?

A.Use shopping bags made of plastic.

B.Do not throw away paper cups.

C.Use disposable plates, bowls and chopsticks.

D.Do not forget to reuse daily necessities (日用品).

28、When you think about a deadly animal, you may think of a shark, a lion, or even an elephant. However, the truth is that the deadliest animal in the world is much smaller and more annoying. 【1】And it feeds on human blood, transporting numerous diseases from one person to the next. Figure it out, yet? Yes, it's the mosquito.

The numbers don't lie: According to the World Health Organization, more than 725, 000 people worldwide are killed by mosquito-borne diseases each year. These diseases include malaria(疟疾） dengue fever, yellow fever, and encephalitis, 【2】"Being able to adapt easily to new environments is one of the reasons why mosquitoes are the most deadly, "Bums Blackwell, an expert in pest control said.

【3】Mosquitoes have learned to lay eggs in as little as a few small drops of water and each female mosquito can lay between 50 and 500 eggs once. Their populations also reach the highest point at different times in different areas all over the world, making it nearly impossible to avoid being bitten【4】

In areas where there' re too many mosquitoes, local authorities try to control the population through routine pesticide(杀虫剂）applications. "We should protect ourselves by avoiding places where there is too much water, "said Bernard Cohen, MD, a professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. 【5】 Wear bug repellent(驱虫剂）that contains DEET(up to 30 percent)when heading outdoors, and reapply it about every four hours.

A．Most of the diseases can be cured in a short time.

B．There are more than 100 varieties of this thing on earth.

C．He also stresses that a little protection will go a long way.

D．And every bite increases the risk of getting a serious disease.

E．Mosquitoes take much interest in getting in touch with children.

F．Malaria is the most horrible, killing at least 600, 000 people a year.

G．Another reason the insects are so deadly is that they produce quickly.

29、The Forbidden City is well known for being full of Chinese cultural and historical relics. But Masters in the Forbidden City（《我在故宫修文物》）does not just focus on the stories of the past.

Instead, the documentary movie, which came out in Chinese cinemas on Dec. 16, focuses on ordinary people-the restorers（修复者）of relics and antiquities（古董）.

The stories are told at a slow and relaxed pace, reflecting the restorers’ work. Restoration of cultural relics and antiques can be time-consuming, and sometimes boring. Yet these restorers’ patience and peace of mind are especially precious in a society where everything is changing so fast.

“If you choose this job, you have to stand hours of work sitting on a chair. You need to be quiet and get used to being quiet,” says Wang Jin, an ancient clock repair expert.

A touching part of the documentary is the spirit of craftsmanship（工艺）in the restorers. “Years of humdrum work requires not only skill, but also faith and spirit,” China Daily commented. “Looking for preciseness and perfection, devoting yourself to work, patience, endurance（忍耐）, loneliness…All these qualities come from the craftsman spirit. ”

But unlike the popular idea of serious experts who sit around being serious, the documentary shows off the enthusiasm of the restorers. They play their guitars and make jokes about each other after a long day of restoration work.

One scene that has been very popular with Internet users features a young female restorer riding a bicycle through the empty Forbidden City on a Monday. While she is doing this, a narrator says, “The last person to do this was Puyi, the last emperor of the Oing Dynasty.”

Masters in the Forbidden City has proved wrong many people’s ideas about antique restorers, allowing them to realize that they are not old, dull professors, but people in their 40s, 30s and even 20s who can be quite pleasing to the eye.

【1】According to the text, what’s the main purpose of the documentary Masters in the Forbidden City?

A．To show people how antiques are restored

B．To display relics seldom seen by ordinary people

C．To draw attention to Chinese antique restorers’ lives

D．To praise the craftsmanship of Chinese antique restorers

【2】What can we learn from what Wang Lin says in paragraph4?

A．He often gets tired with his work

B．There is no need to do restoration work fast

C．Antique restorers need to be patient and peaceful

D．It takes years of hard work to adapt to antique restoration

【3】What does the underlined word “humdrum” in paragraph 5 mean?

A．Boring

B．Different

C．Relaxing

D．Unusual

【4】What is the purpose of the bicyle-riding scene in the documentary?

A．To remind the audience of the last Qing emperor

B．To show the strange hobbies of young antique restorers

C．To encourage the young to consider a career in antique restoration in the future

D．To show that the documentary breaks from the old, dull image of antique restorers

30、   My grandfather once said, “To know yourself, you have to know those who came before you.” He didn’t just say those words; he_______by them. In 1996, my grandfather moved to the United States to care for me and my sister. The decision to leave behind 65 years of family relationships was_______. And he was forced to fit his entire life into two suitcases---one with clothes and books; the other with the_______of long-lost relatives. As we looked through the photos, I saw his face_______with a strong desire to return to those happy times.

Some of the photographs were from the nineteenth century, and everyone in them had long departed from the Earth. Looking at faces in the_______photos, I realized that I couldn’t look at these people as_______because I knew nothing about them. I had_______any connection with my ancestors, and_______a part of myself.

My grandpa_______to let this happen. “The most important thing you have in this world is your family,” he told me, “and when I’m gone, the most________thing I can leave you is your heritage(遗产).” Over the next two years, he committed hundreds of hours to achieving that goal. He made it his________to write down everything he could discover about our ancestors________future generations would know. He made many long-distance phone calls, annoying indifferent relatives. Two years and 250 pages later, he still________to write.

Through my grandpa I’ve________so much about my ancestors.________, I’ve re-evaluated the importance that family has in my life. Those seemingly distant________in the old photographs have come to life with warm familiarity. Last summer, I even made the trip to Russia to________my relatives.

I’ve learned that my________is a part of me no matter where I live. An ocean cannot separate me from the________I have to my other family members. The trip has given me an opportunity to stay with my family. I have seen the________of spending time with my grandpa.

【1】A.stands B.studies C.lives D.grows

【2】A.simple B.certain C.common D.difficult

【3】A.posters B.photos C.gifts D.invitations

【4】A.lit up B.cleared away C.turned up D.gave away

【5】A.faded B.signed C.famous D.familiar

【6】A.friends B.relatives C.audiences D.neighbors

【7】A.discovered B.maintained C.strengthened D.lost

【8】A.anyhow B.instead C.again D.therefore

【9】A.failed B.agreed C.refused D.decided

【10】A.impossible B.important C.unnecessary D.practical

【11】A.excuse B.rule C.purpose D.tradition

【12】A.so that B.in case C.as if D.now that

【13】A.plans B.promises C.continues D.appears

【14】A.doubted B.argued C.worried D.learned

【15】A.Surprisingly B.Naturally C.Luckily D.Consequently

【16】A.faces B.records C.goals D.relations

【17】A.catch B.meet C.test D.persuade

【18】A.heritage B.dream C.career D.language

【19】A.control B.ties C.honor D.responsibilities

【20】A.key B.reason C.value D.problem

31、   Spring. It's the time of year when families enjoy the special closeness of___________activities-planting a garden, picnicking in the hills, and even___________their favorite team at the ballpark(棒球场). These family activities can be so much fun that parents are often inspired to plan even more___________outings. At our house, spring fever has arrived in the form of the family spring vacation.

It began as a(n)___________idea. My dad couldn't have made us happier. He___________the family of going to Disney World over spring break. The thought of a week in the___________or the Orlando sun, the excitement of Epcot and the___________of playing golf painted a beautiful picture in my___________.

Then he dropped The Bomb. It would be great fun, he explained, if we would___________to Orlando instead of fly. We could see scenic 1-95. We'd share the pleasure of one another's____________. The four of us____________inside the car, sandwiched between piles of suitcases. The minute my father____________the car, my little sister complained about being carsick.____________, we set out pretty civilized. We____________a severe case of the shakes. To reduce the tension, my mom started singing those "road songs" you see____________singing in old movies. We sang in the ear. We played games all the way.

【1】A.typical B.secret C.shared D.individual

【2】A.joining B.cheering C.captaining D.assisting

【3】A.realistic B.ambitious C.mysterious D.traditional

【4】A.original B.influential C.plain D.great

【5】A.Informed B.warned C.reminded D.inquired

【6】A.shadow B.burn C.radiation D.warmth

【7】A.anticipation B.decision C.routine D.mission

【8】A.blog B.schedule C.mind D.memory

【9】A.taxi B.drive C.cycle D.bus

【10】A.devotion B.praise C.company D.favour

【11】A.squeezed B.lay C.rested D.bounced

【12】A.rented B.repaired C.purchased D.started

【13】A.However B.Therefore C.Otherwise D.Instead

【14】A.waited for B.thought of C.suffered from D.dealt with

【15】A.teams B.families C.friends D.parents

32、   It is widely believed that inner beauty is the most impressive in the world.

On the outskirts of a town in England lies a nice cottage with a large garden where there lives an old man. The old man is _______ pruning (修剪), watering or fertilizing his flowers all the time. The garden _______ bees and butterflies dance and colorful flowers blossom all year around is so well-tended that every passer-by cannot but stop for a _______ with admiration.

One day a young _______ went by the old man’s garden. He stopped and gazed at the splendid garden and the special cottage, totally _______ the admiration at the beauty of these sceneries, _______ how happy he could be _______ he lived in such a beautiful place. Then, all of a sudden he found the old gardener was _______.

Greatly shocked, the young painter _______ that old man, asking “why are you busy ________ these flowers every day which you can’t see?” The blind gardener gave a wide smile, explaining “First, I was a gardener when I was young, and I ________ like this job. Second, while I can’t see these flowers I can ________ them. Third, I can smell the sweetness of them. And ________ the last one, that’s you.”

“Me? But you don’t know me.” responded the young painter.

“Yeah. But I know flowers are angels which everyone knows and would never ________. I know a great many people who show ________ for life would stop by and the beauty of my garden will get them into a good ________. In the meantime, it also gives a ________ to me to have a word with you here and to enjoy the happiness these flowers have brought us.”

The old man can’t see the beauty that he’s created. ________, every flower has eyes ________ which they can see the beauty and kindness of the old man’s heart and the sweetness of his soul.

The blind man grows flowers in his heart. Failing the sight of the beauty of blossoming, he surely can ________ the voice of it, I suppose.

【1】A. left B. kept C. seen D. made

【2】A. where B. which C. that D. what

【3】A. chat B. return C. discussion D. glance

【4】A. painter B. neighbor C. photographer D. traveler

【5】A. faced with B. lost in C. devoted to D. moved by

【6】A. thinking B. asking C. picturing D. saying

【7】A. when B. if C. as D. since

【8】A. particular B. special C. blind D. energetic

【9】A. approached B. reached C. watched D. prevented

【10】A. planting B. watering C. fertilizing D. tending

【11】A. easily B. really C. accidentally D. eventually

【12】A. get rid of B. give a touch to C. come up with D. have fun with

【13】A. without B. of C. for D. in

【14】A. pick them up B. turn them down C. let them down D. give them up

【15】A. enthusiasm B. calmness C. kindness D. caution

【16】A. mood B. condition C. place D. life

【17】A. way B. day C. chance D. hand

【18】A. Therefore B. Anyway C. However D. Besides

【19】A. for B. in C. from D. with

【20】A. change B. hear C. remind D. accept

33、As the pace of life continues to increase, we are fast losing the art of relaxation.____ you are in the habit of rushing through life, being on the go from morning till night, it is hard to ____ down. But relaxation is ____ for a healthy mind and body.

Stress is a ____ part of everyday life and there is no way to ____ it. In fact, it is not the bad thing that it is often supposed to be. A ____ amount of stress is important to provide motivation and give ____ to life. It is only when the stress gets out of control ____ it can lead to poor performance and ____ health.

The amount of stress a person can bear ____ very much on the individual. Some people arenot afraid of stress, and such ____ are obviously chief material for managerial.(管理的) responsibilities. Other people lose heart at first ____ of unusual difficulties. When exposed to stress, in ____form , we react both physically and mentally. In fact we make a choice between “___ and fight”. And in more ancient days the choices made the ____ between life and death. The crisis we meet today are ____ to be so extreme, but however little the stress is, it requires the same response. It is when such a reaction ____ a long time, through continued exposure to stress, that health becomes ____ . Such serious conditions as high blood pressure and heart disease have established links with stress. ___ we cannot remove stress from our lives, we need to find ways to deal with it.

So what do you think of ____ ? What is your way to deal with it?

【1】

A．When

B．While

C．Once

D．As

【2】

A．slow

B．calm

C．get

D．turn

【3】

A．unnecessary

B．satisfied

C．useful

D．necessary

【4】

A．physical

B．natural

C．hard

D．terrible

【5】

A．tolerate

B．solve

C．avoid

D．accept

【6】

A．sure

B．certain

C．large

D．great

【7】

A．purpose

B．resource

C．influence

D．instruction

【8】

A．when

B．why

C．that

D．how

【9】

A．ill

B．good

C．strong

D．weak

【10】

A．insists

B．depends

C．calls

D．spends

【11】

A．patterns

B．personalities

C．situations

D．characters

【12】

A．glance

B．view

C．sight

D．impression

【13】

A．whichever

B．whatever

C．however

D．whenever

【14】

A．peace

B．fright

C．pressure

D．heaviness

【15】

A．decision

B．promise

C．difference

D．choice

【16】

A．unlikely

B．likely

C．necessary

D．probable

【17】

A．continues

B．lives

C．stands

D．lasts

【18】

A．balanced

B．injured

C．endangered

D．changeable

【19】

A．Unless

B．Since

C．Because

D．As

【20】

A．stress

B．relaxation

C．ways

D．exposure

34、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.

35、Directions: Complete the following sentences by using the proper form of the words or expressions given in the frame. Each one can only be used once.

Why your Password May Not Be As Safe As It Seems?  Does “qaz2ws” strike you as a nice safe password? What about “adgjmptw”? An analysis has found them to be among the passwords that are most 【1】 used, which of course means they are not secure at all.

When ten million passwords were leaked on to the internet，they appeared to 【2】that attempts by internet security experts to make us improve our password strength had been successful, even if, in the specific case of the leaked passwords, they are also completely pointless.

While many of the passwords were still single words, such as “password”，there was also a clear attempt by many to make them harder to【3】. The problem was that people seemed to do so in the same way.

“Users are becoming slightly more 【4】what makes a password strong,” explained WP Engine, an internet company that performed the analysis. “For instance, adding a number or two at the end of a text phrase. That makes it better, right?”

But 【5】no. They found that almost half a million passwords did this and in 20 percent of those all people did was put the number “1” at the end.

Perhaps this is why some companies are now trying to move gradually beyond passwords. Yahoo! is giving users the option to 【6】 their mobile phone with an account, having a single use passwords texted to it each time they want to log on.

Although the serviced is voluntary, Dylan Casey an executive at Yahoo!，said that it was “the first step to【7】passwords”. He said it was a(n)【8】that it was increasingly hard for people to remember all the passwords they had. “I don’t think we, as an industry, have done a good enough job of putting ourselves in the shoes of the people using our products,” he said.

It would certainly be a more sensible strategy than same people’s improving upon “password” by using “password” or，“tran5p053d numb3r5 f0r 133tr3r5”.

“We are, for the most part，predictably【9】when it comes to choosing passwords, despite a decade of warnings from password strength checkers during sign-ups” said WP Engine. “We love taking a(n) 【10】, and so do password crackers.

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 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.

38、假定你是李华，你所在的学校要征集一封英文感谢信，以致敬奋战在抗击新型冠状病毒第一线的医护人员。请你写一封感谢信参与投稿，内容包括：

1. 表达谢意；

2. 个人感受；

3. 表达信心。

注意：1.词数：80左右；

2可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

参考词汇：传染病 epidemic 新型冠状病毒 novel coronavirus

Dear medical workers,

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Yours,

Li hua

39、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，续写的词数应为150左右。

Desiree, a 4-year-old girl, was sobbing quietly over her father, Ken, who had died nine months earlier. She was hugging a photograph of her father with her fingers running around his face. “Daddy”, she said softly, “Why won't you come back?”

Instead of gradually adjusting to her father's death, Desiree refused to accept it “Daddy will be home soon,” she'd tell her mother. “He's at work.” When she played with her toy telephone, she pretended she was chatting with her father “I miss you, Daddy,” she'd say. “When will you come back?” Desiree's situation made her mother worried.

Days later, it was Ken's birthday. “How will I send him a card?” Desiree asked her mother “How about if we tie a litter to a balloon.” her mother said, “and send it up to heaven?” Desiree's eyes immediately lit up.

Her mother took her to a store and Desiree picked out a balloon with HAPPY BIRTHDAY above a drawing of The Little Mermaid (美人鱼). Desire and her father had often watched it.

The child's eyes shone as they were on the way to Ken's grave. Then Desiree dictated (口述) a letter to her Dad. “Daddy, Happy birthday, I love you and miss you,” she rattled off (快速说). “I hope you get this and can write to me on my birthday in January.”

Her mother wrote the message and their address on a small piece of paper, which was then wrapped in plastic and tied to the end of the string on the balloon. Finally, Desiree let fly the balloon. For almost an hour, they watched the shining spot of silver grow smaller and smaller till disappear. “Now Dad's going to write back to me,” Desiree said confidently.

Every day since they'd flew the balloon, Desiree had asked her mother, “Do you think Daddy has my balloon yet?” Several weeks passed, and she stopped asking.

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One day, 3,000 miles away, Wade was on a duck hunt when suddenly something in the bush caught his eyes. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Paragraph 2

Desire's fifth birthday came and later on the afternoon, a package arrived.

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40、随着手机及其他电子设备的普及，“低头族”随处可见。大街上，公交车上……，以年轻人为主。针对这一问题，请写一篇倡议书，提醒人们低头看手机的危害，并呼吁人们尽量抬起头来。

要求：

1.观点鲜明：

2.行文连贯流畅；

3.字数100左右。文章开头已经给出，不计入总词数。

参考词汇：低头族phubber

The mobile phone and other electric devices have been part of our life, bringing us convenience. However, more and more phubbers, especially young people, bury themselves in their phones without looking at what was going on around them.

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41、假如你是校学生会主席李华，学校计划请专家就皮肤烧伤的急救安排一活动，为此请你在校园网上用英语发一则书面通知呼吁同学们参加，内容包括：

1. 时间、地点和目的；

2. 活动的内容；

3. 你的呼吁。

注意： 

1、词数80左右；

2、可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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