承德2025-2026学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高一英语

1、—So you gave her your phone?

— . She said she'd return it to me when she could afford her own.

A．My pleasure  B．Not exactly

C．No doubt     D．No wonder

2、The flood everything, the victims became homeless and could only live temporarily in shelters.

A.destroyed B.having destroyed C.destroying D.had destroyed

3、_____ is often the case, we have worked out the production plan.

A. Which   B. When   C. What   D. As

4、The woman ______ I am sending an email is my business partner.

A．to whom

B．whom

C．who

D．whose

5、Learning a foreign language is not easy， and           it comes to speaking， it can be more difficult．

A.when B.unless C.once D.while

6、He told me the news this morning ______ his father had come back.

A.which B.that C.Both A and B D.when

7、I was being _____ for a driving license for the third time.

A.desired B.tested C.taken D.asked

8、—How do you study English?

—I study English               talking with foreign students.

A.by B.on C.at D.up

9、________ to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I ________ not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.

A.If it were left … would B.Should it leave … must

C.Would it be left … should D.Was it left … would

10、The speaker thought it hard to make himself ___ .

A.understand B.understanding C.to understand D.understood

11、It will not _____your notice that there have been some major changes in the company .

A. equip B. escape

C. enclose D. endanger

12、On windy days, we had to hold down the paper on the desk, which would ________   be blown away.

A．instead

B．otherwise

C．nonetheless

D．even

13、The government has taken some measures to solve the shortage of electricity , but it may be some time _________the situation improves.

A. since B. when

C. before D. unless

14、----How about your journey to Mount Emei?

----Everything was wonderful except that our car twice on the way.

A. slowed down   B. broke down

C. got down D. put down

15、—Will you join us in the discussion?

—Well, I won’t join you unless Wang Lin  ________  too.

A. will be asked  B. is asked

C. asked    D. be asked

16、They ____ each other in shape but not in color.

A. like B. look

C. resemble D. represent

17、Poor education ________ many young people to low-paid jobs, especially in the countryside.

A．caused

B．condemned

C．contribute

D．conducted

18、I remember ___ for the job , but I forgot the exact amount .

A.to pay B.paying C.to have paid D.being paid

19、Only those people who use a kitchen frequently understand the best way to ______.

A. let it out B. pick it out

C. put it out D. lay it out

20、Your parents seem very much opposed ________ abroad. What will you do about it?

A.your going B.you to go C.to your going D.your to go

21、— Mr. Priestly has just accepted our offer over the phone．

— Good, but you must ask him to ______ it in writing．

A. consume B. confirm C. consult D. conduct

22、He was _____ his daughter, because she came back too late.

A.annoyed B.satisfied with C.the same with D.different from

23、—I saw Jim at the meeting yesterday.

—Did you? I think he ______ have attended, for he is an expert.

A.needn’t B.mustn’t C.shouldn’t D.couldn’t

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

A.which … as though B./ … though

C.which … even if D.whom … as though

25、It ________me  that I had forgotten his birthday.

A. occurred B. beat

C. hit D. knocked

26、   Dolphin or not a dolphin?That is the question!You see,there are several types of dolphins.Some are saltwater dolphins while others are river dolphins.

＂What are the 32 types of dolphins?"When people are asking the question,they are actually referring to the saltwater dolphins in oceans and seas.The river dolphins living in fresh water,are not included in these species.But what would be the answer in this case if we ask,"Dolphin or not a dolphin?"The answer would obviously be yes.River dolphins still belong to the dolphin family.

Among the 32 types of dolphins,some do not actually wear the word"dolphin”in their names,such as the tucuxi,while others actually have the word"whale"as part of their names even if they are not whales but in fact,belong to the dolphin family,for example, the melon-headed whale and the killer whale.So what would be the answer to the question＂dolphin or not a dolphin?"in these cases?It would be yes.All these species do belong to the dolphin family.

Another question that people ask is,"Are the sea animals that perform at aquariums all dolphins?"So,it always seems to come back to the question,"Dolphin or not a dolphin?"

Well the answer is no in this case.The sea animals that perform there are not all dolphins. The beluga which people tend to think belong to the dolphin family because they show what seems like a smile,like most dolphins,are in fact a species of the whale family.

Now that you read these facts about dolphins,you probably realize that certain sea animals may appear to be part of the dolphin species and that others seem to be part of the whale family,but in either case,it is not obvious and can be surprising when you identify a sea animal as being a dolphin or not a dolphin.That is the question!

【1】What do we know about the majority of the dolphins?

A.They look like whales. B.They appear friendly.

C.They perform for audience. D.They live in fresh water.

【2】What could be added about dolphins before the last paragraph if you were the author?

A.The living area. B.Dolphin training.

C.The eating habits. D.Further identification.

【3】This article can be classified as_____.

A.popular science B.literary fiction

C.a travel diary D.a news report

27、   Mickey Wilson had been on the mountain only a few seconds when he heard the scream.Wilson,28 years old, had just gotten off the cable car(索道缆车) at the Arapahoe Basin Ski Area in Keystone, Colorado, along with his friends Billy Simmons and Hans Mueller. Their friend Richard had been on the cable car ahead of them, but when the men reached the top of the lift, he had disappeared. The men walked toward the source of the scream and found skiers stopped on the slope,pointing to the cable car. And then the friends screamed too.

“Oh, Richard! ”yelled Mueller.

When Richard had tried to jump off the cable car, his backpack had been caught in the chair.which then dragged him back down the hill. In the process, the backpack belt twisted around his neck, making him breathless. Now Richard's body was swinging four feet above the snow. The cable car operator had quickly stopped it, and the friends kicked off their skis and ran toward the scene.They made a human pyramid to try to reach Richard, but the unconscious man was too far off the ground. With the clock ticking, Wilson ran to the ladder of a nearby lift tower. Scared skiers watched as he struggled the 25 feet. After he reached the top, Wilson’s first challenge was to climb onto the two-inch steel cable that held the chairs. He handled the balance and height bravely, but he knew he could not walk on the cable. Therefore, he calmed down and sat over it and then used his hands to pull himself to Richard quickly. Wilson’s greatest fear wasn't that he'd fall, but that he wouldn’t reach Richard. “This was life or death,”he said.

When he reached Richards chair, Wilson swung a leg over the cable and attempted to drop down onto it. But as he did that, his jacket caught on the movable footrest, which was in the up position.The footrest began to slide down, with Wilson attached. But before that could happen, he managed to free himself and reached Richard.

Fortunately, the ski patrol (巡查)had gathered below and performed emergency treatment on Richard, who had been hanging for about five minutes, then skied him down to an ambulance.

That night, Richard called from the hospital to express his thanks to Wilson, his other friends and the workers at the Arapahoe Basin Ski Area.

【1】What happened to Richard when he tried to jump off the cable car?

A.He was sick and became unconscious.

B.He left his skis which stopped the cable car

C.He was too afraid to move forward in the cable car

D.He was caught by the neck, hanging down the cable

【2】How did Richard survive?

A.People worked together and saved him

B.The ski patrol got him down and treated him

C.Wilson climbed on the cable and saved him

D.Skiers treated him and carried him to the hospital

【3】The story at the Arapahoe Basin Ski Area mainly tells us

A.he that climbs high often falls heavily

B.bravery and calm can help you make a difference

C.where there is a lack of carefulness, there is danger

D.a person with a great talent always has great will-power

28、   Until now, the oldest evidence of human ancestors outside of Africa was in Dmanisi, Georgia. Here fossils of short people thought to be early Homo erectus date back to about 1.85 million years—just after the species appears in Africa. The oldest evidence of early human activity in China can date back to 1.5 million to 1.7 million years ago, which has suggested that they didn’t leave Africa until 2 million years ago or so—and made it to eastern Asia even later.

Now evidence from the site of Shangchen in the Loess Plateau approximately 1,200 kilometers southwest of Beijing is shaking up that view. More than 2 million years ago, our ancestors were already world travelers, which shows that the ancestors of modern humans left Africa at least 250,000 years earlier than thought. It also supports a minority view that a key human ancestors, Homo erectus, may have originated in Asia, not in Africa.

The same team, led by geologist Zhao Yuzhu of the Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry at the Chinese Academy of Science found that the stone tools range in age from 1.6 million to 2.1 millions years ago. This indicates humans—the family that includes humans and our ancestors—got out of Africa at least a quarter of a million years earlier than thought, and occupied Shangchen on and off for more than 850,000 years, the team reports today in Nature.

“The dates are convincing,” Zhao Yuezhu says, which suggest humans were already remarkably adaptable to the changeable climate by 2.1 millions ago—even though they had not yet developed the even bigger brains, long legs, or more advanced tools seen in later humans. Although the identity of these early travelers all over the world is unknown, the new dates raise the possibility that H. Erects weren’t the first humans to leave Africa.

【1】What’s the main idea of the first paragraph?

A.The early human activity in China.

B.The earliest time of the human ancestor.

C.The oldest evidence of the human ancestor.

D.The time of human ancestor’s arriving at the Eastern Asia.

【2】What does the evidence from the site of Shangchen suggest?

A.Human ancestors were found of travelling.

B.Human ancestors lived in Asia not in Africa.

C.Human ancestors left Africa earlier than thought.

D.Human ancestors occupied Shangchen for many years.

【3】Why could human ancestors travel through the world?

A.Their identities had been unfamiliar to others.

B.The structures in their body were different from us.

C.They had the same advanced tools as the later human’s.

D.They had abilities to adapt to the changeable environment.

【4】What is the best title for the text?

A.The Origin of the Human. B.The New Dates about Africa.

C.The ways of Studying the Human. D.The Latest Discovery about Human Ancestors.

29、   I was never very neat, while my roommate Kate was extremely organized. Each of her objects had its place, but mine always hid somewhere. She even labeled (贴标签) everything. I always looked for everything. Over time, Kate got neater and I got messier. She would push my dirty clothing over, and I would lay my books on her tidy desk. We both got tired of each other.

War broke out one evening. Kate came into the room. Soon, I heard her screaming, “Take your shoes away! Why under my bed!” Deafened, I saw my shoes flying at me. I jumped to my feet and started yelling. She yelled back louder.

The room was filled with anger. We could not have stayed together for a single minute but for a phone call. Kate answered it. From her end of the conversation, I could tell right away her grandma was seriously ill. When she hung up, she quickly crawled under her covers, sobbing. Obviously, that was something she should not go through phone. All of a sudden, a warm feeling of sympathy rose up in my heart.

Slowly, I collected the pencils, took back the books, made my bed, cleaned the socks and swept the floor, even on her side. I got so into my work that I even didn’t notice Kate had sat up. She was watching, her tears dried and her expression one of disbelief. Then, she reached out her hands to grasp mine. I looked up into her eyes. She smiled at me, “Thanks.”

Kate and I stayed roommates for the rest of the year. We didn’t always agree, but we learned the key to living together: giving in, cleaning up and holding on.

【1】How is Paragraph 1 mainly developed?

A.By analyzing causes.

B.By describing a process.

C.By showing differences.

D.By following time order.

【2】What made Kate angry one evening?

A.She couldn’t find her books.

B.She heard the author shouting loud.

C.She got the news that her grandma was ill.

D.She saw the author’s shoes beneath her bed.

【3】The author tidied up the room most probably because _______.

A.she wanted to show her care

B.she was asked by Kate to do so

C.she was scared by Kate’s anger

D.she hated herself for being so messy

【4】What might be the best title for the story?

A.My Friend Kate

B.Hard Work Pays Off

C.How to Be Organized

D.Learning to Be Roommates

30、   If you’ve ridden any New York subway, chances are good that you’ve watched your cellphone clock tick while seated on an unmoving, delayed train. You wouldn’t wish to have such a _________ feeling of being stuck on public transportation anymore. No one knows the feeling as _________ as Jerich Marco Alcantara does particularly when he had _________ in his life to celebrate. He _________ his graduation ceremony at Hunter College’s Brookdale campus due to a delay.

There were two _________ ceremonies that day, but Alcantara specifically wanted to _________ the early ceremony, because students were only _________ two tickets for friends and family at the latter event. He wanted all of his family and friends in attendance.

Stuck on the train in full baccalaureate gown (学士服), Alcantara still got to experience a formal _________, sort of. Some friends and strangers improvised (即兴创作) a ceremony on the subway. _________ a cellphone, a friend presented Alcantara with a “diploma”; __________ somebody else on the train played Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) by Green Day. Another passenger __________ the ceremony and posted the video to Facebook.

________ he wasn’t able to attend the full ceremony, in a way this will end up being a more memorable __________ for Alcantara down the road. He will be able to point to his __________ and not just think of the hard work it took to earn it, but the __________ missing his real graduation ceremony created.

Moments like these help us get a little more __________ of our fellow man during a __________time. Although these aren’t all strangers, it’s still wonderful to see people __________ to make sure someone feels the proper __________, or at least their big achievement should be __________. Though Alcantara missed his official graduation ceremony, he said his subway experience meant a lot.

【1】A.rising B.sinking C.spinning D.floating

【2】A.vividly B.casually C.plainly D.fiercely

【3】A.milestones B.promotions C.festivals D.parties

【4】A.spoiled B.quitted C.overlooked D.missed

【5】A.separate B.continuous C.relevant D.contradictory

【6】A.join B.make C.abandon D.ignore

【7】A.appointed B.allocated C.approved D.accumulated

【8】A.assembly B.situation C.occasion D.meeting

【9】A.Via B.On C.In D.From

【10】A.instead B.afterwards C.therefore D.meanwhile

【11】A.filmed B.took C.interviewed D.reported

【12】A.Since B.As C.Although D.When

【13】A.exploration B.moment C.impression D.stage

【14】A.video B.ticket C.diploma D.cellphone

【15】A.pain B.inconvenience C.excitement D.memory

【16】A.convinced B.tired C.reliant D.faithful

【17】A.messy B.extreme C.acute D.disorganized

【18】A.get together B.gather together C.put together D.band together

【19】A.acquisition B.cooperation C.recognition D.evaluation

【20】A.welcomed B.applauded C.calculated D.encouraged

31、   Does the fear of public speaking bring you to your knees? You're not ______. "I can't wait to ______ this stage,” you say to yourself. "I just want to run and hide. This is not going ______." That is exactly what those with a fear of public speaking are ______.

This fear of public speaking is a type of social anxiety disorder. People with social anxiety disorder in general find ______ a social situation to be a matter of great concern. They ______ that actions or behaviors associated with their ______ will be negatively(负面地) evaluated by others, leading them to feel ______. This worry often causes them to ______ social situations.

This fear is more ______ than sweaty hands and a tied tongue. The Anxiety and Depression Association of America ______, "People with social anxiety disorder are also at increased risk of ______ major depressive disorders."

The disorders often start in ______ people-a shy child who won't take part in class even though he ______ the answers, or is ______ on play dates-and grow as the child becomes an adult.

How to ______ such fear? Start with ______things. Instead of being keynote ______, you can begin with giving a talk in front of one other person. And then gradually turn the heat up in terms of making the situation more anxiety-provoking (引起焦虑的).

Medication(药物治疗) is a(n) ______, too. But the first step may simply be practicing a speech in front of a mirror, or alone in a(n) ______ room. Also, learn to slow down and breathe. And buy into the idea that your life will be better if you overcome your fear.

【1】A.alone B.lucky C.sure D.ready

【2】A.light up B.focus on C.get off D.return to

【3】A.suddenly B.smoothly C.directly D.secretly

【4】A.thinking B.preparing C.remembering D.refusing

【5】A.looking into B.watching over C.contributing to D.dealing with

【6】A.advise B.worry C.forget D.promise

【7】A.pride B.doubt C.honesty D.anxiety

【8】A.confused B.impatient C.embarrassed D.responsible

【9】A.avoid B.imagine C.analyze D.change

【10】A.common B.serious C.amusing D.disappointing

【11】A.warns B.persuades C.wonders D.requests

【12】A.treating B.improving C.developing D.preventing

【13】A.wealthy B.famous C.native D.young

【14】A.accepts B.believes C.chooses D.knows

【15】A.dependent B.afraid C.available D.bored

【16】A.admit B.share C.overcome D.understand

【17】A.small B.similar C.crazy D.different

【18】A.editor B.listener C.speaker D.actor

【19】A.evidence B.excuse C.purpose D.possibility

【20】A.clean B.empty C.open D.large

32、   Hesitantly, I stood on the doorsteps of an unfamiliar louse-L’Arche,and was about to meet my new _______ . Stepping through the door,,I was _____  by several ladies. One took her hand out of her mouth to shake mine. I remember holding her _______ hand and wondering if I was really ________ for what lay ahead.

L’Arche is a home for developmentally delayed adults,_________ helping them experience love through a sense of ________ . My new home consisted of two assistants, including myself, and four developmentally delayed ladies. I can best describe my “job” at L’Arche as something ________  to a nanny（保姆）.

My day began around 7 am. We spent the ________ changing diapers（尿布），giving baths，helping the ladies get dressed and eat. After breakfast I _______ the ladies brush their teeth. Next, it was laundry time. By 9 am I was _______ enough to have a rest.

When I first read about L’Arche, I _______ the chance to be a part of it. I had always enjoyed helping people with special _________ in a 9. to-5 job. But living with them 24 hours a day was totally _________. . I quickly discovered I didn’t have as much love and patience as I had _________ . The unpredictable things made each day a(n) _________.

However, I knew that my housemates were__________ themselves in the best way they knew. They didn’t get many of what our culture considers “ _______”cards. They were no stranger to pain or ilness. They had every reason to be __________ , but they weren’t. They trusted me with their true selves.

When I arrived at L’Arche,I thought I had so much to offer. But apparently. it became the ________. My housemates offered me more than I offered them. They made me realized I needed to slow ,down and _______ the simple things in life.

【1】A. customers B. classmates C. housemates D. assistants

【2】A. chosen B. greeted C. cheated D. served

【3】A. wet B. clean C. nervous D. cold

【4】A. thankful B. responsible C. sorry D. prepared

【5】A. asking for B. agreeing to C. aiming at D. learning about

【6】A. balance B. community C. duty D. humour

【7】A. important B. suitable C. similar D. strange

【8】A. mornings B. afternoons C. evenings D. midnights

【9】A. heard B. noticed C. knew D. helped

【10】A. excited B. tired C. worried D. moved

【11】A. put forward B. tried out C. won back D. jumped at

【12】A. gifts B. needs C. views D. interests

【13】A. different B. useful C. pleasant D. necessary

【14】A. deserved B. proved C. thought D. suspected

【15】A. accident B. task C. success D. adventure

【16】A. expressing B. accepting C. protecting D. educating

【17】A. greetings B. identity C. career D. winning

【18】A. ashamed B. doubtful C. bitter D. joyful

【19】A. opposite B. situation C. laughter D. mistake

【20】A. refuse B. appreciate C. present D. analyze

33、   Looking at these professional wildlife images, it’s easy to assume the person behind the camera is an adult with decades of ______. But these photos were taken by 14-year-old Josiah Launstein.

From time to time, I hear about kids who ______ me. Young Josiah Launstein is one of them. He is only 14 and he’s been into ______ for 9 years. He grew to become a passionate wildlife photographer, and he even started getting awards for his ______ and skill.

He’s received numerous awards and his work has been shown in museums and galleries worldwide. CBC Arts(加拿大广播公司艺术频道)______ Josiah in a YouTube video, where he got to say a bit about himself and his interest in photography. Josiah started using his dad’s ______ when he was only five years old. As he ______, he took it more seriously when he was seven. Josiah says that he ______ being in the wilderness and spending time with animals, so it seems he put his two passions together. It’s _______, really!

Josiah explains that wildlife photography requires a lot of ______ and determination. He

____ rain, sleet, snow and freezing temperatures. To frame the perfect ______, there’s a lot of waiting and ______ days. He especially likes photographing bighorn sheep, and one of his photos of these wonderful animals ______ him Young Outdoor Photographer of the Year award. He has been granted this ______ three times so far. His last awarded photo, Raindrops, is currently on exhibit in Natural History Museum in London.

【1】A.experience B.progress C.passion D.curiosity

【2】A.amuse B.respect C.trust D.amaze

【3】A.business B.fashion C.entertainment D.photography

【4】A.talent B.knowledge C.success D.imagination

【5】A.evaluated B.presented C.helped D.consulted

【6】A.picture B.book C.camera D.method

【7】A.complains B.explains C.proves D.understands

【8】A.risks B.avoids C.enjoys D.practices

【9】A.absurd B.complicated C.easy D.wonderful

【10】A.training B.observation C.patience D.research

【11】A.records B.dislikes C.expects D.bears

【12】A.animal B.weather C.shot D.nature

【13】A.long B.terrible C.cold D.free

【14】A.left B.earned C.showed D.prepared

【15】A.title B.scholarship C.photo D.permission

34、阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空，在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个适当单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。

A

I have the【1】(great)job in the world. I travel to unusual places and work alongside people from all over the world. Sometimes using【2】(science)equipment and sometimes meeting local people and tourists, I am never【3】(bore).Although my job is occasionally dangerous, I don’t mind because danger excites me and makes me feel alive. However, the most important thing about my job is that I help protect ordinary people【4】 one of the most powerful forces on earth—the volcano.

B

Water is a precious resource. Every person needs it【5】 (survive),and we use it for cooking, drinking, growing our food and washing. However，it is scarce(缺乏的).Just 1% of water on Earth can【6】 (use)by humans. What’s more，treating water to make it clean and safe and pumping it to our homes uses up lots of energy. So, what can you do to help save water? One easy way is by【7】(turn)off the tap when you brush your teeth.

C

Robbie Phillips has become the first British person to complete one of the toughest challenges in rock climbing. 【8】(know)as the Alpine Trilogy(阿尔卑斯三部曲),the challenge consists of three climbs on mountains in Austria, Germany and Switzerland, 【9】Phillips completed in four years. Until now, only four other people【10】(conquer)all three of the extremely difficult climbs.

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 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、假定你是李华，请用英语给目前仍在英国的你校交换生 Peter写一封邮件，介绍在疫情期间，你们的网络学习情况并请他跟进学习。内容包括：

1.网络学习的原因；

2.网络学习的方式；

3.表达祝福。

注意：1.词数100字左右

2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯

3.开头结尾已经写好，不计入总字数

参考词汇：2019冠状病毒病COVD-19；钉钉 Ding Talk

Dear Peter，

How’s everything going?

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua

39、阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。

Nowadays, more and more employers and employees work online either time or part-time, and that number is continuously growing. It's believed that flying around the world for face-to-face company meetings is a waste of time and money. An effective choice to get rid of it is to use Web meetings.

A large group of presentations, training classes and meetings are done online without losing the face-to-face experience. Web meetings are online meetings where an organizer invites attendees to listen to or watch an online presentation by presenters. Besides, Web meetings can be recorded for later use. Presenters can take real-time surveys to study how to hold a successful meeting. Some Web meeting software programs can monitor the users' desktop behavior to see if they become distracted from the presentation and begin working on other documents. If so, the program can tell presenters when the listeners lose their attention, and how long the distraction lasts. In this way, the presenters will know which parts of their meetings need improving.

Web meetings can work well because they're hosted on a server （服务器）.Images from the presenter's desktop are taken, uploaded to a server and then downloaded by people who have access to the server. Web meetings require a powerful server to deal with several images a second and "serve" them back to thousands of users at the same time. And companies have two choices when it comes to these servers. They can either buy a special Web meeting server to host their meetings on-site, or they can pay for a Web meeting service every time and let the offsite provider worry about hosting the meetings. The choice depends on how frequently the company holds Web meetings, the average number of people attending the meetings, and the quality of engineering and information technology.

Web meetings are an excellent example of how technology is changing the way we do business. With all the technologies today, the traditional office might soon be a thing of the past.

40、假设你是红星中学学生李华，你得知故宫正在招聘暑期义务英文讲解员，请你给相关部分负责人写一封申请信，内容包括：

1. 介绍你的基本信息；

2. 说明你的优势（如学习优秀、英语流利、热爱中国历史、对故宫知识了解等）；

3. 表示你希望被录用。

提示：义务英语讲解员an English volunteer guide，  故宫 the Forbidden City

注意：请根据以上要点写一篇100字左右的文章，可以适当增加细节。

41、假定你是李华，2020年4月，你的好友Peter听说新冠疫情（COVID﹣19 epidemic）在中国已得到有效控制，请你谈谈你所在的城市，如何有序地投入复工复产。

1. 复工的意义和重要性；

2. 复工的举措：扫健康码（scan a health QR code）、保持社交距离、作好个人防护等。

注意：1. 词数80左右；2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。