杭州2024-2025学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高三英语

1、We should do what we can ______ people’s hard work pays off.

A. be sure B. being sure

C. making sure     D. to make sure

2、There are three girls in the room， ________ is Tom’s sister.

A.the tallest of which B.the tallest of whom

C.tallest of that D.tallest of which

3、_______is known to us all is that Johnson broke his promise ______ he would come to help me as soon as possible.

A．It; that

B．What; that

C．As; which

D．What; which

4、It was_____ he said______ disappointed me.

A. what; that B. that; that

C. what; what D. that; what

5、The new mayor, who adored ________ to the volleyball match, didn’t approve ________ the new building plans at the meeting.

A. to go; of discussing B. to go; discussing

C. going; of discussing D. going; to discuss

6、As there is less and less coal and oil, scientists are exploring new ways of making use of ______ energy, such as sunlight, wind and water for power and fuel.

A．primary

B．alternative

C．instant

D．unique

7、To our disappointment, we hurried to the museum yesterday morning, only it was closed for construction work.

A.finding B.having found C.to find D.to be found

8、Something is wrong with his camera. It can’t be ________ to take photos in cloudy conditions.

A．adapted

B．adjusted

C．adopted

D．addicted

9、Soon , his warm and inviting smile put me ______ and we spent the next two hours talking casually .

A. in confusion B. at ease

C. in doubt D. in despair

10、His mother did _______ she could ______ the boy.

A.what help B.that help C.what to help D.that to help

11、--- Is it convenient to you if I call you up at 9 o’clock tomorrow morning?

--- I’m afraid not. I ______ a meeting then.

A．will have attended

B．was attending

C．will be attending

D．am attending

12、Many scientists believe that there are other universes ___________ our own, but the ordinary people are not aware of it.

A.in parallel with B.in agreement with C.in harmony with D.in contradiction with

13、The manager __________the company’s accounts, looking for evidence of fraud(诈骗).

A.looked through B.got through C.break through D.went through

14、The electrical fan she__________in town yesterday works well again.

A.repaired B.had repaired C.has repaired D.had had repaired

15、--- Why do you suggest we buy a new machine?

--- Because the old one has been damaged ___________.

A．beyond reach

B．beyond repair

C．beyond control

D．beyond description

16、After the earthquake, the first thing the local government did was to provide ______ for the homeless families.

A.furniture B.accommodation C.occupation D.basement

17、_____ doesn’t really matter whether you win or lose. As long as you have tried your best, you won’t regret.

A.What B.This C.That D.It

18、—Remember the first time we met?

—Always in my mind! You ________ ‘A Red, Red Rose’ by Robert Burns.

A. recited B. had recited C. are reciting D. were reciting

19、A woman had a ________ escape yesterday when her car left the road.

A. necessary B. narrow

C. nervous D. neat

20、________makes this shop different is that it offers more personal services .

A．What

B．Whatever

C．Who

D．Whoever

21、At last, I should thank Mr. White for the ________ of speaking here.

A.prejudice B.privilege C.ambition D.favor

22、We regret to inform you that there are no tickets ________ for Friday’s performance.

A．available

B．spare

C．convenient

D．affordable

23、Anyone who are in ______ of weapons without permission are considered law breaking.

A．command

B．control

C．charge

D．possession

24、—What about the student in your class, Mr. Wang?

—The doctor said that   sleep caused him poor memory and poor concentration.

A．lacking of B．lacked in   C．lacking   D．lack for

25、Jim is absent from the party. That is ________ he was badly injured in the football game.

A.because B.why C.how D.when

26、I have been flying since I was three years old. I am now 27 and cannot ever remember being afraid of flying until I was around 20. Suddenly, it seemed to come from nowhere. I began to be afraid of flying.

Two weeks before I was to fly I would have nightmares every night, all of which were centered on a plane crash. This would obviously add to my anxieties. The turning point for me was when I had to go on a business trip to Germany. My boss and my husband were with me, but nobody was allowed to talk to me. I was quiet and on the verge of (濒于) tears right up until boarding. On the flight I was even worse. I was crying, shaking and my palm were sweaty. It sounds so ridiculous, but if you have a fear of flying you will understand my distress.

I got home and my fear was getting out of control. It was upsetting for my husband when we were going on holidays together. I would never be excited because I didn't want to fly as I was certain the plane would crash, or we would be hijacked, or there would be a bomb on board, etc.

I thought about paying for expensive hypnotism (催眠术) to see if that would help me but I also wanted to try and help myself first. That was when I found this book.

I read the book as soon as it arrived. It answered the questions I had. After that, when I had a flight coming up, I read a few chapters of the book every night for 2 weeks before the flight. I also took the book in my hand luggage so it was there to refer to if I felt fearful during a flight.

This book is AMAZING and a MUST-HAVE for any nervous flyer.

【1】We know from Paragraph 1 that the author ______ .

A. has been a pilot for over 20 years so far

B. has been afraid of flying for about seven years

C. has been aware of her fear of flying recently

D. has accumulated some flying experience

【2】The underlined word “distress” in Paragraph 2 probably means ________.

A. suffering   B. boredom

C. calmness   D. interest

【3】The writer’s fear of flying results from ________.

A. her sensitive body

B. her fear of strangers

C. her doubt about the crew

D. her worries about flight safety

【4】The author writes the text in order to ______ .

A. give advice on how to beat the fear of flying

B. show how terrible the fear of flying is

C. recommend a book to those who are afraid of flying

D. persuade the readers to stay away from planes

27、   At one point in time, IQ was viewed as the decisive factor of success. People with high IQ were assumed to have a life of accomplishment and achievement and researchers debated that intelligence was the product of genes or the environment. However, some critics began to realize that high intelligence was no guarantee for success in life, it was perhaps too narrow a concept to fully include the wide range of human abilities and knowledge.

IQ is still recognized as an important element of success, particularly when it comes to academic achievement. People with high IQ typically do well in school and tend to be healthier in general. But today experts recognize it isn’t the only determination of life success. Instead, it is part of a complex series of influences that includes EQ. The concept of EQ has influenced many areas, including the business world. Many companies now have EQ training and use EQ tests as part of the hiring process.

Research has found that individuals with strong leadership potential also tend to be more emotionally intelligent, suggesting that a high EQ is an important quality for business leaders and managers to have. One insurance company discovered that EQ could play a vital role in sales success.

Emotional abilities can also influence the choices that consumers make when making buying decisions. Nobel-prize winning psychologist Daniel Kahneman has found that people would rather deal with a person they trust and like rather than someone they don’t, even if that means paying more for a product that may be of low quality.

According to one recent study, approximately 50% of kids took part in SEL (Social and Emotional Learning) programs and almost 40% of them showed improved grade-point-averages. These programs were also linked to increased school attendance and reduced disciplinary problems. Some strategies for teaching EQ include offering character education, modeling positive behaviors, encouraging people to think about how others are feeling.

【1】What quality should a business leader have according to the text?

A.Having good appearances.

B.Having a master’s degree.

C.Being emotionally intelligent.

D.Graduating from a famous university.

【2】What can be learned from Kahneman’s finding?

A.Consumers with high EQ is unlikely to be cheated.

B.Consumers with high EQ prefer buying bargains.

C.EQ is very important to sales people.

D.Sales people with high EQ are usually honest.

【3】What can we know from the last paragraph?

A.Most kids have taken part in SEL programs.

B.EQ can be strengthened.

C.Kids with high IQ have better achievement scores.

D.The SEL programs have made most kids perform better.

【4】What is the text mainly about?

A.EQ is as important as IQ.

B.EQ is much more important than IQ.

C.People with high EQ will definitely succeed.

D.IQ is the most important factor of success.

28、How much time do you spend doing research before you make a decision? There are people who go over every detail exhaustively before making a choice. 【1】 Psychologists call this way of thinking a cognitive bias (偏见), a tendency toward a specific mental mistake.

To study “jumping”, we examined decision-making patterns among more than 600 people from the general population. We found that jumpers made more errors than non-jumpers on problems that require thoughtful analysis. 【2】 In a quiz about US civics, they overestimated the chance that their answers were right significantly more than other participants did—even when their answers were wrong.

So what is behind “jumping”?Psychological researchers commonly distinguish between two pathways of thought: automatic system, which reflects ideas that come to the mind easily, spontaneously and without effort, and controlled system including conscious and effortful reasoning. Jumpers and nonjumpers are equally influenced by automatic thoughts. 【3】

It is the controlled system that helps people counter balance mental biases introduced by the automatic system. As a result, jumpers were more likely to accept the conclusions made at first blush without further questioning. A lack of controlled thinking is also more broadly connected to their problematic beliefs and faulty reasoning.

【4】 A method called metacognitive training can be used to target their biases, which can help people think more deliberatively. In this training, participants are confronted with their own biases. They can learn about the missteps and other ways of thinking through the problem at hand. It helps to chip away at participants’ overconfidence.

In everyday life, the question of whether we should think things through or instead go with our gut is a frequent and important one. 【5】 Sometimes the most important decision we make can be to take some more time before making a choice.

A．Happily, there may be some hope for jumpers.

B．Also, jumpers had problems with overconfidence.

C．But a fair number of individuals are quick to jump to conclusions.

D．It is certainly possible for them to overthink things to take a decision.

E．We plan to continue the work to trace other problems introduced by jumping.

F．The jumpers, however, did not engage in controlled reasoning to the same degree as non-jumpers.

G．Recent studies show that even gathering just a little bit more evidence may help us avoid a major mistake.

29、Auckland University Online Education — What to Expect

Most Auckland University (AU) online programs are 100 percent online so that students do not come to the school campus. Instead, AU has designed a media-rich, easy-to-use learning environment through a Learning Management System (LMS).

• Discipline

With disciplined work habits, you are likely to succeed as an online student. It is up to you to log on to your course and meet your own deadlines.

• Time Management

In order to earn competitive grades, plan on spending a minimum of 20-25 hours a week on each course. AU courses operate on a seven-week schedule, with start dates in January, March, May, July, September and November. Students are able to complete two courses per semester by taking one seven-week course at a time.

• Professional Connections

Many of the AU faculty who teach online have connections to industry, so the online learning environment ensures access to diverse expertise and practice. It includes an extensive network of professionals in a variety of industries.

“I work as an IT manager. And right from the very beginning, every class I took was relevant to what I was doing at work. The wide range of courses gave me a strong foundation for my career development.”

— Jim Heilman, Computer Information Systems graduate

• Technology

It goes without saying that technology plays a vital role in online learning. You will need a high-speed Internet connection and basic computer skills. For specifics, please click here to visit our Technology page.

【1】How long does it take to complete one course?

A.Seven weeks. B.One semester.

C.Several months. D.At least 20-25 hours.

【2】What is the purpose of mentioning Jim Heilman?

A.To recognize an excellent graduate.

B.To set a good example to other learners.

C.To prove benefits of professional connections.

D.To show effective methods of online learning.

【3】Where is the text probably taken from?

A.A course brochure. B.A college website.

C.An academic magazine. D.A local newspaper.

30、   A cold March wind danced around in the dead of night in Dallas as the doctor walked into the small hospital room. Complications （并发症） had _______Diana Blessing, only 24 weeks pregnant （怀的）, to early give birth to her baby, Danae. After the operation, her husband David was holding her hand and they had _______ themselves for the doctor’s words.

The doctor’s words _______them even though they had planned for something not good Detore. "I don’t think she’s going to_______it, "he said, as kindly as he could. "If with a （n）_______chance she does make it, her life in the future could be_______ by endless suffering"

David and Diana were numb （麻木的） with disbelief as the doctor described the _______ problems Danae would likely face if she could _______. “No! No!” was all Diana could say.

Diana had _______confidence that their tiny daughter would live to be a healthy. and happy. But David. ________listening to additional awful details, knew he must________his wife be ready for the worst outcome. David walked in and said, we need to talk about making________the funeral （龚礼）”Words of________didn’t pass her lips. No, that is not going to happen. One day she will ________and she will come home with us!” Diana said.

If she willed herself to live according to Diana’s wish, Danae ________. . . life hour after hour, with the help of every medical machine. As the weeks went by, Danae’s physical condition showed a slight ________, slowly gaining weight and strength. And two months later, though the doctor ________ that her chance of surviving,________living any kind of normal life, was next to zero, Danae went home from the hospital, just as her mother had________

Today, many years later, Danae is a lively girl, showing no signs of any mental or physical ________. And that happy ending is far from the end of her story.

【1】A.inspired B.forced C.allowed D.reminded

【2】A.asked B.excused C.prepared D.blamed

【3】A.astonished B.comforted C.touched D.annoyed

【4】A.get over B.get across C.take on D.take over

【5】A.realistic B.unfortunate C.fair D.slim

【6】A.judged B.replaced C.accompanied D.determined

【7】A.temporary B.psychological C.vital D.complex

【8】A.survive B.choose C.escape D.insist

【9】A.reasonable B.complete C.extra D.increasing

【10】A.eagerly B.politely C.angrily D.calmly

【11】A.permit B.persuade C.expect D.order

【12】A.adjustments B.apologies C.arrangements D.applications

【13】A.approval B.reliance C.advice D.encouragement

【14】A.succeed B.mature C.return D.recover

【15】A.longed for B.stood for C.fought for D.waited for

【16】A.increase B.improvement C.advantage D.benefit

【17】A.assumed B.threatened C.admitted D.realized.

【18】A.but for B.rather than C.regardless of D.let alone

【19】A.decided B.predicted C.pretended D.demanded

【20】A.reactions B.symptoms C.abnormalities D.revolutions

31、   Ieoh Ming Pei, one of the best known architects of the 20th century, has died, aged 102. Born in China, Ieoh Ming Pei moved to the United States in 1935 to study_________at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University.

Pei’s_________around the world include museums, government buildings, hotels, schools and other structures built with stone, steel and glass. One of his best-known and most_________works was built 30 years ago. Pei created a new Louvre’s（卢浮宫）main_________,which handled the enormous number of visitors entering the main Louvre building.

Pei first spent four months_________the museum and French history. He then drew_________for a big 21-meter-tal steel and glass pyramid, with three_________pyramids nearby. It was a very futuristic style of work for the 12th building.

A French newspaper_________Pei’s pyramids as“an annex（附属物）to Disneyland”. An environmental group said they should be_________in a desert. Others__________Pei of ruining one of landmarks. Pei said the Louvre was the most ________job of his career. He__________that he had wanted to create a modern space that would not__________from the traditional part of the museum. He said the glass pyramids were__________on the works of French landscape architect Le Notre. They__________French history. The pyramids__________in the spring of 1989.

Over the years that followed, the structure came to.be__________by most, if not all, of its critics. Pei’s other famous__________include the John F. Kennedy Library in Dorchester, Massachusetts, the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder Colorado, the East Wing of the National Gallery of Art in Washington and the Dallas City Hall in Texas.

__________Pei officially retired in 1990, he continued to__________projects including museums in Luxembourg, Qatar and his ancestral home of Suzhou.

【1】A.law B.architecture C.medicine D.art

【2】A.stories B.footprints C.designs D.paintings

【3】A.controversial B.valuable C.complex D.fantastic

【4】A.base B.cover C.entrance D.decoration

【5】A.studying B.enjoying C.visiting D.assessing

【6】A.views B.plans C.reports D.ideas

【7】A.stronger B.heavier C.taller D.smaller

【8】A.attributed B.announced C.blamed D.praised

【9】A.spotted B.planted C.recognized D.landed

【10】A.reminded B.accused C.robbed D.informed

【11】A.horrible B.boring C.ordinary D.difficult

【12】A.argued B.suggested C.supposed D.demanded

【13】A.take down B.take off C.take away D.take over

【14】A.fixed B.based C.depended D.modeled

【15】A.honored B.changed C.damaged D.hid

【16】A.closed B.started C.broke D.opened

【17】A.commented B.refused C.loved D.attacked

【18】A.theories B.assignments C.buildings D.pictures

【19】A.Therefore B.AS C.But D.Although

【20】A.work out B.work over C.work off D.work on

32、The snow trapped Taylor, but taco sauce (卷饼酱) saved his life. It all began last Sunday when Taylor, along with his dog, went to get gas for his ______, according to the Sheriff’s Office.

Taylor told the police his car got ______ in the snow. After some time, he then ______     and woke up on Monday finding ______ more snow, unable to get out of the vehicle (车辆). He tried to ______ out on Monday, but the snow was too deep and made it ______ to go on foot so he and his dog ______ to the vehicle.

By Wednesday, a ______ person’s announcement was put out for Taylor, according to a report. Over the next few days ______ he was trapped in the snow, Taylor told the police he stayed ______ by “starting his car from time to time. He ______ some of the taco sauce he had as food”.

On Friday, a skater called 911 saying they had ______ Taylor. The office soon sent a construction truck to ______ out Taylor and his dog. The officers said they were just “hungry after being stuck in the ______ for five days”. Taylor was ______ to who helped him and determined to help others as possible as he could in future.

【1】

A．truck

B．bus

C．car

D．boat

【2】

A．broken

B．stuck

C．lost

D．changed

【3】

A．fell asleep

B．took risks

C．tried out

D．kept on

【4】

A．also

B．almost

C．still

D．even

【5】

A．put

B．call

C．break

D．walk

【6】

A．difficult

B．boring

C．important

D．possible

【7】

A．returned

B．pointed

C．tended

D．appealed

【8】

A．learning

B．working

C．missing

D．traveling

【9】

A．until

B．after

C．before

D．unless

【10】

A．clean

B．hot

C．warm

D．mild

【11】

A．bought

B．ate

C．made

D．borrowed

【12】

A．seen

B．saved

C．known

D．paid

【13】

A．send

B．dig

C．pick

D．tick

【14】

A．clay

B．typhoon

C．thunderstorm

D．snow

【15】

A．desperate

B．awkward

C．thankful

D．ashamed

33、   We’ve all been there before: You’re driving down the road when suddenly a pothole(凹坑) seems to appear out of nowhere and sends the ______ jumping. Most people think potholes are_____, but artist Jim Bachor sees them as a canvas(画布) for his artwork.

Bachor uses the ______ art form of mosaic(马赛克) to create eye-catching, colorful images of famous artists like Aretha Franklin or simple everyday ______ like food. He even makes less-appealing visuals of insects.

Bachor was a graphic designer for 20 years before he began his ____ in mosaic. He regards an incidental trip to Europe as his motivation to change careers. While ______ in Italy, Bachor fell in love with Pompeii, the preserved ancient Roman city. A tour guide pointed out a mosaic, made of mainly glass and marble, and told Bachor, “Glass and marble don’t ______. So, this looks essentially the way the artist intended.” Bachor says, “That kind of staying power just ______ me so much.”

A year later Bachor returned to attend a mosaic class in Ravenna, Italy, to learn the proper way to ______ the ancient technique. Years after that, he mastered the technique. He ______ that mosaics can be just as significant today as the art form over 1,000 years ago. “I just saw that there was a(n) ______ to bring it into the new age as a contemporary subject,” he says.

So, Bachor decided to make a special piece of ______ for that pothole. He has ____ mosaic pothole art around Chicago, Detroit, New York City and even in Finland.

While he may not be getting ______ from drivers or passengers, Bachor’s art is ______ a pleasant surprise to discover.

A．body

B．rock

C．car

D．sand

A．challenging

B．interesting

C．discouraging

D．annoying

A．modern

B．ancient

C．elegant

D．mysterious

A．objects

B．ideas

C．routines

D．projects

A．duty

B．career

C．belief

D．instruction

A．traveling

B．living

C．working

D．studying

A．last

B．connect

C．fade

D．resolve

A．reminded

B．confused

C．troubled

D．impressed

A．introduce

B．perform

C．promote

D．describe

A．argued

B．imagined

C．remembered

D．realized

A．link

B．time

C．opportunity

D．voice

A．artwork

B．machinery-work

C．code

D．literature

A．discovered

B．created

C．improved

D．taught

A．help

B．invitation

C．money

D．praise

A．nearly

B．merely

C．certainly

D．personally

34、按照课文内容填空

At the time they were created, the Impressionist paintings were【1】, but today they are accepted as the beginning of【2】we call “modern art’. This is because the Impressionists 【3】artists to look at their environment in new ways. There are scores of modern art styles, but 【4】the Impressionists, many of these painting styles might not exist. On the one hand, some modern art is abstract; that is, the painter doesn’t 【5】to paint objects as we see them with our eyes, 【6】instead concentrates on certain qualities of the object, 【7】color, line and shape to represent them. On the【8】hand, some paintings of modern art are so 【9】 that they look photographs. These styles are so different. Who can【10】what painting styles there will be in the future?

35、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.

36、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.

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.

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.

38、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。

About ten years ago, my wife and I took a trip to the Grand Canyon in Arizona. I didn't like to carry all my keys in my pocket during a hike, so I took away the key to the car and left the rest in the car. When we came back, I put the key somewhere in the car without reattaching it to the key ring. Then we made a fire, cooked some food, and went to sleep in the back of the SUV.

The next morning, we were cleaning up our campsite when I saw a bird inside my car. I walked over, and it flew away. When we got in the car to go home, I couldn't find the key. We searched and searched even emptying out the car completely, but it was gone.

Then it hit me that the bird must have taken it. After all, those birds are known for stealing shiny things and decorating their nests with them. Keys are shiny. The bird was the thief! It made perfect sense to me. So I decided to find its nest.

But there is a problem: As everyone knows, the Grand Canyon is a little large in area, so I didn't like my chances of actually finding a certain nest belonging to a certain bird in a certain tree in all that space. But what other choice did I have?

My wife was not encouraging me. She said, “Are you crazy? You'll never find it! The Grand Canyon is the biggest hole on Earth!” I didn't answer and walked steadily forward until her laughter died away.

I struggled to keep hope as I searched dozens of trees and tracked every singing bird. It was like searching a needle in the sea. But, oh, how great my victory would be when I held the missing key from the bird's nest.

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 l:

After two hours of searching, I finally gave up and returned to the car.

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Paragraph2:

The next day, we stopped at a service centre for lunch.

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39、假定你是某高中学生李华，你在一次夏令营结识的德国朋友Andrew 今年2月初了解到中国爆发的新冠肺炎疫情，组织了中学合唱团倾情演唱中文歌曲《让世界充满爱》，为中国加油。你看了这个小视频非常感动，请给他写一封英文感谢信。要点如下：

1. 表达感动和感谢。

2. 告诉他你的现状: 学校延迟开学，居家上网课，不外出；有时间培养自己的兴趣爱好等。

3. 表达信心和愿望。

注意：1. 词数100左右；2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

参考词汇：中学合唱团 school chorus 

疫情 epidemic situation

新型冠状病毒novel corona virus

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40、假定你是李华，原计划今年三月去英国的姐妹学校交换学习一个月，现因为新型冠状病毒疫情的爆发而不得不取消计划。请给姐妹学校的联系老师 Jack写封邮件，内容包括：

1.表示歉意

2.说明原因

3.疫情期间学习和生活的状态

注意： 1.字数100字左右

2.可以适当增加细节，使行文连贯

参考词汇： 1.新型冠状病毒the novel coronavirus (COVID-19)

2.流行传染病 epidemic

注意：1.词数100左右:

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Jack,

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Yours,

Li Hua

41、假如你是高二(1)班李华，你们班要举办一个联欢会(party), 请给外教Mike写一封E-mail邀请他来参加，并通知以下事宜:

1.举办时间:下周五下午6:00—8:30；

2.有游戏环节,建议Mike穿休闲装(casual clothes)；

3.希望Mike准备一首英文歌曲表演。

注意:1词数100左右，开头和结尾已给，不计入总词数。

2可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Mike,

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Yours sincerely,

Li Hua