杭州2025-2026学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高二英语

1、The report data shows that pleasure reading levels for younger children, ages 2-8, remain   the same.

A.large B.larger C.largest D.largely

2、A computer can only do ___ you have instructed it to do .

A.how B.after C.what D.when

3、Compared to English, Spanish is a _______ easy language to learn.

A.rapidly B.relatively C.regularly D.respectively

4、Picasso was famous for his work in Cubism, which often uses acute angles and ________ the world is represented as being constructed of cubes and rectangles.

A. that B. which

C. where D. why

5、Running a marathon in Yancheng is a fantastic experience, _______ will be fresh in your memory for ever.

A．one

B．it

C．the one

D．one that

6、-Who can I tum to for help in face of difficulty，Mom？

--My darling，if not___________，anybody else？

A.me B.I C.mine D.myself

7、They planned to hold a grand party to ________ their parents’ diamond wedding anniversary as a reward for bringing them up.

A.congratulate B.memorize C.observe D.guarantee

8、____ many interruptions, he continued to finish his homework.

A. In case of B. Despite of

C. Regardless of D. On account of

9、_______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

10、The players _____ found the right pace to play so they eventually won the game.

A.gradually B.disgustingly C.disturbingly D.greedily

11、Try not to start every sentence with “the”. ______ the beginnings of your sentences.

A.Vary B.Decorate C.Form D.Describe

12、 Music should be taught routinely in schools because of the benefits _____ can have on the development of the brains of young children.

A．which

B．that

C．one

D．it

13、—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

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

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

15、The theory _____ by Einstein was later to prove true, but at that time few people could accept it .

A.put out B.put together C.put aside D.put forward

16、The reason ___ he was late was ___ he got up late.

A.why, why B.why, because C.why, that D.why, as

17、Generally speaking, one’s mistakes in front of other people requires great courage.

A.admit B.being admitted C.admitting D.having admitted

18、A _______ will be paid to anyone who brings back the money Mr. Brown lost,

according to the advertisement.

A.price B.profit C.reward D.salary

19、It is difficult for one to ______ the manners of another world when he doesn’t know what they are.

A.see to B.tend to C.subscribe to D.witness to

20、The man could not go to work with his car _____.

A.to steal B.stolen C.stealing D.stole

21、The police ____________ the man enter the bank.

A. observed B. obtained

C. operated D. offended

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

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

A. visited; have come B. visited; came

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

23、Some parents might find learning at home to be ________ beyond additional bonding with their children

A.beneficial B.stainless C.relevant D.terminal

24、I worked on the program, and surprisingly found they had ________ the most challenging part, which became less of a burden.

A. set out B. laid out

C. put out D. cut out

25、It is necessary that a child’s first eye exam _____ at the age of six months old.

A.was B.were C.be D.is

26、   A little boy always thought of himself as the most unfortunate child in the world because polio (小儿麻痹症) made his leg lame and his teeth uneven. He seldom played with his classmates; when the teacher asked him to answer questions, he always lowered his head without a word.

One spring, the boy’s father asked for some seeds from the neighbor. He wanted to plant them in front of the house. He told his children to plant a seed each. The father said to them, “Whose seed grows best, I will buy him or her a gift.” The boy also wanted to get his father’s gift, but seeing his brothers and sisters watering the trees joyfully, anyhow, he hit upon an idea: he hoped the tree he planted would die soon. So watering it once or twice, he never attended to it.

A few days later, when the little boy went to see his tree again, he was surprised to find it not only didn’t become weak, but also grew some fresh leaves, and compared with the trees of his brothers and sisters, his tree appeared greener and more vital. His father kept his promise, bought the little boy his favorite gift and said to him, “From the tree you planted, you would become an outstanding botanist (植物学家) when you grew up.”

Since then, the little boy gradually became optimistic. One day, the little boy lay on the bed but couldn’t sleep. Looking at the bright moonlight outside the window, he suddenly recalled what the biology teacher once said, plants generally grow at night. Why not go to see the tree? When he came to the courtyard on tiptoe, he found his father was splashing something under his tree with a large spoon. All of a sudden, he understood: his father had been secretly fertilizing his small tree! He returned to his room, tears running down his face. Even if it is just a spoon of clear water, it can make the tree of life thrive.

【1】It can be learned from paragraphs 1-2 that the little boy ______ .

A.was ambitious in spite of his disability

B.was disabled and therefore less confident

C.showed no interest in plants and quit watering the tree

D.felt lonely and unlucky due to the prejudice against him

【2】Why did father help the little boy in the competition?

A.He intended to offer him a gift.

B.He believed that he is gifted in botany.

C.He attempted to give him more encouragement.

D.He wanted to help him adapt to his disability.

【3】Which of the following might be the best title for the text?

A.The Best Nutrition of Life

B.A Precious Gift from Father

C.An Unforgettable Competition in Life

D.The Most Powerful Support for the Disabled

27、   It is well known to car drivers that red means “stop”, green means “go” and yellow means “hurry up and make that damn light”. Why those colors, though? The answer lies in the fact that the earliest traffic signals were designed for trains, not cars. They were red and green, gas-powered, and more than a little dangerous in the event of a leak.

Red is an inherited (继承的) symbol from railroads, which symbolizes danger in many cultures. As red has a longer wavelength than any other color on the visible spectrum (光谱), it can be seen from a greater distance than other colors. Red has meant “stop” since long before cars existed, with train signals’ use of red dating back to the days when mechanical arms lifted and lowered to indicate whether the rail ahead was clear.

Green’s wavelength is next to (and shorter than) yellow’s on the visible spectrum, meaning it’s still easier to see than any color other than red and yellow. Back in the early days of railway lights, green meant “caution”, while the “all-clear” light was, well, clear or white. It is said that several disastrous collisions happened after an engineer mistook stars in the night for an all-clear. Thus, green became “go”, and for a long time, railways used only green and red to signal trains.

From the earliest days of motoring up until mid-1900s, not all stop signs were red-many were yellow, because at night it was all but impossible to see a red stop sign in a poorly lit area. In 1950 the yellow stop-sign craze began in Detroit, a city that five years later installed its first electric traffic signal, which happened to include the very first yellow traffic light.

But what of those mysterious yellow stop-signs? As materials and technologies evolved, the ability to produce highly reflective signs meant that red could resume its natural spot in the sign hierarchy (层次体系，等级体系), leaving the still-highly-visible yellow to the domain (领域) of “caution”. That’s why school zones and buses, crosswalks, and other important warnings are yellow today.

【1】What’s the main reason for the color red’s long being used to mean “stop”?

A.It has the longest wavelength on the visible spectrum.

B.It represents danger in many cultures.

C.It can be seen even in the dark area.

D.People prefer red to other colors.

【2】Which of the following may the author agree with?

A.The meaning of red is culture–specific.

B.Yellow functioned as stop signs in the 1900s.

C.Green’s wavelength is just second to that of red.

D.Green’s role in traffic lights has changed over time.

【3】What does the passage mainly talk about?

A.The significance of road traffic signs.

B.The history of railroad transportation.

C.The symbolic meaning of different colors.

D.The origin and development of traffic lights.

28、Heroic deeds come in all shapes and sizes. Some of them require bravery in the face of danger, others result from a simple random act of compassion. Natalie Fernando was taking her 5-year-old autistic (自闭) son Rudy for a seaside walk when the little boy got into a meltdown, a breakdown of self-control.

“My son loves to walk, but he hates to turn around and walk back, we usually try to walk in a circuit to avoid this but on his favourite walk with the boats we have no choice but to turn back. This will often lead to a meltdown, one which I can normally handle but not for today,” Fernando explained on her Facebook page, Better to Be Different.

The area at Southend-on-Sea is a popular walking spot in Essex, England. Knowing she and Rudy were drawing attention and that her son’s outburst might go on for an hour, Fernando was apologetic but she soon found herself subjected to the blaming stares and comments of passers-by.

That’s when a total stranger named Ian stopped to ask if she was okay. When Fernando explained what was going on, as if it was the most natural thing in the world to do, he lay down on the ground close to Rudy and engaged him in conversation. The calming behavior quickly turned the situation around. After Rudy became calm, Ian walked Rudy and his mom back to their car.

“I wish there were more of this man around and I am beyond thankful,” Fernando said. “I will not forget his kindness… Thanks, Ian from Southend Sea Front, you truly are a kind man.”

In addition to her gratitude, Fernando hopes Ian’s unselfish behavior might inspire others to look deeper before making social judgments themselves. “It’s said a lot at the moment, ‘In a world where you can be anything, be kind,’” she wrote. “Words are easy, these actions are not always so easy. This man is living the words and I couldn’t be more grateful. “If you see a parent struggling, take the time to say, ‘Are you ok?’ Don’t judge the parenting, try not to judge the child, just be kind.”

We’re all walking our own path and navigating the journey the best we can. Sometimes it takes a moment of kindness from a complete stranger to completely change your day.

【1】What caused Rudy’s meltdown during the walk on the seaside?

A．Tiredness from walking.

B．Repeating the same path.

C．His mom’s impatience.

D．Walking in a circuit.

【2】What was the attitude of most passers-by to Rudy’s mom during his meltdown?

A．Apologetic.

B．Disapproving.

C．Sympathetic.

D．Tolerant.

【3】What did Ian do to turn the situation around?

A．He lay down to communicate with Rudy.

B．He bent down to ask Rudy questions.

C．He walked Rudy and his mom to the car.

D．He played interesting games with Rudy.

【4】What’s the purpose of writing the text?

A．To judge people who are indifferent.

B．To express thanks of a helpless mother.

C．To call on people to follow Ian’s example.

D．To inform people of ways to deal with autism.

29、No trip to Chicago is complete without a visit to the Art Institute, which is the second largest art museum in the nation.

Opening hours:

Mon. - Wed. &. Fri- Sun.，10:30 am- -5 :00 pm; Thur. ，10:30 am- -8:00 pm.

Highlights:

The Modern Wing contains contemporary masterpieces by Dali, Matisse, Miro, Picasso,

Pollock and Warhol

●In the Central Hall visitors can view one of the world’s finest Impressionist collections, including masterpieces by Monet, Degas, Renoir, Seurat, Gauguin and Van Gogh.

●Thorne Miniature Rooms offer a detailed view of European homes from the 16th century to the 1930s and American homes from the 17th century to 1940.

●The past returns as over 550 works from 4 , 000 years of art come together in Of Gods and Glamour, located in the beautiful new Mary and Michael Jaharis Galleries of Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Art.

Advice for visitors :

●Free guided tours are available daily at noon.

●Free art-making activities are available for children each weekend from 11 am to 2pm.

●Check out the Lion’s Trial tour for children ages 5一 10. This tour is especially designed for the young people in your group! Don’t miss it!

Getting there:

You can take the following buses: 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 14, 26, 28， 126, 143.

【1】When can you pay a visit to the Art Institute?

A．At 9 :30 am on Thursday.

B．At 11:00 am on Sunday.

C．At 8:00 pm on Monday.

D．At 6:00 pm on Tuesday.

【2】Whose masterpieces can you see in the Central Hall?

A．Dali’ s.

B．Picasso’s.

C．Van Gogh’ s.

D．Pollock’ s.

【3】How are you advised to get to the Art Institute?

A．By bus.

B．On foot.

C．By car.

D．By train.

30、   Some ten years ago, I was studying in a middle school in London. One day, Mrs. Clara gave a math _________ to our class. When the papers were _________, she found that twelve boys had made _________ the same mistakes in the test.

There is _________ new about cheating in _________. Perhaps that was why Mrs. Clara didn’t _________ say one word about it. She only asked the twelve boys to _________ after class. I was one of the twelve.

Mrs. Clara asked no questions, and she didn’t _________ us, either. Instead, she wrote the _________ words on the blackboard: On your way home you find some __________ and you’re completely sure that you will never be found out. Later someone comes to ask you if you have __________ some money he lost. What will you do?

She then ordered us to write down the __________, and asked us to take our whole lives to try to find out our own __________ to it.

I don’t know about the other eleven __________. Speaking for myself I can say: it was the most __________ single thing of my life. __________, I have been asking this question to myself when I have to make a __________.

Because of this, Mrs. Clara has become the most __________ teacher for me in my whole life. I often think of this: if Mrs. Clara had blamed us as many other __________ often did, would I go on __________ every day?

【1】A.test B.code C.motto D.image

【2】A.counted B.cloned C.marked D.gathered

【3】A.correctly B.exactly C.slightly D.frankly

【4】A.nothing B.anything C.something D.everything

【5】A.sayings B.exams C.situations D.subjects

【6】A.ever B.once C.even D.never

【7】A.punish B.kneel C.stand D.stay

【8】A.suspect B.instruct C.blame D.obey

【9】A.above B.next C.correct D.short

【10】A.wine B.time C.money D.advice

【11】A.armed B.moved C.found D.touched

【12】A.proposal B.question C.experience D.instruction

【13】A.answer B.access C.format D.power

【14】A.boys B.receivers C.strangers D.people

【15】A.qualified B.important C.worthwhile D.outstanding

【16】A.Than ever B.So far C.Till then D.From then on

【17】A.decision B.mistake C.defense D.promise

【18】A.strict B.elegant C.strange D.respectable

【19】A.masters B.chiefs C.students D.teachers

【20】A.selecting B.offering C.punishing D.cheating

31、Lost & Found

That night, when I arrived at the door of my building, I noticed a man walking behind me. I thought he was a neighbor I hadn’t met. I did a _______ neighborly thing and held the door for him. But when I turned, he took away everything I had and ran away. I was _______. From then on, I looked over my _______, never fully at ease. It cost me my sense of trust in my _______.

A year passed, I got home one night and found an envelope under my door. Inside was a _______ weather-beaten driver’s license. I could _______ make it out because the address was nearly worn away. But the face on that _______ was mine. And the note in it said; Sarah Sweeney, if you still live here, call us at this _______.

Feeling _______, I walked up and down in my living room trying to think of ________ someone would contact (联系) me like this. If there’s a Mugger Playbook (抢劫犯剧本) this was the final long game! Now he’s checking my ________ to get more money?

But I called the number.

Then a(n) ________ voice of a little girl got on, “Hello! Are you Sarah Sweeney? My sister and I found your purse in the woods!”

I could ________ she was jumping up and down as she spoke. She and her younger sister carefully ________ bits of paper, pieced together the clues to find me and ________ my wallet and everything inside. I was completely ________. They were giving me a sense of relief.

I asked her, “How can I ________ you?”

“Hang on!” She pulled the phone away and ________ with her sister; then I heard “ICE CREAM!"

Twenty minutes later, I was at their door. I ________ a box of ice cream. And these two little girls gave my wallet and a renewed sense of ________.

【1】A. meaningful   B. smart   C. polite   D. necessary

【2】A. robbed   B. cheated   C. suspected   D. caught

【3】A. head   B. shoulder   C. door   D. neck

【4】A. colleagues   B. friends   C. neighbors   D. family

【5】A. rotted   B. new   C. useful   D. cheap

【6】A. easily   B. merely   C. probably   D. hardly

【7】A. envelope   B. license   C. wallet   D. note

【8】A. point   B. time   C. number   D. place

【9】A. worried   B. sad   C. satisfied   D. disappointed

【10】A. why   B. whether   C. how   D. when

【11】A. room   B. wallet   C. address   D. account

【12】A. angry   B. sweet   C. rough   D. cold

【13】A. see   B. notice   C. understand   D. tell

【14】A. replaced   B. unfolded   C. counted   D. selected

【15】A. return   B. check   C. repair   D. clean

【16】A. confused   B. lost   C. discouraged   D. moved

【17】A. treat   B. find   C. reward   D. inform

【18】A. discussed   B. agreed   C. argued   D. competed

【19】A. contributed to   B. handed over   C. paid for   D. packed up

【20】A. loss   B. duty   C. trust   D. direction

32、Our 13-year-old son won a local “Hoop （篮球）Shooting" competition and entered the regional competition. So on Saturday morning we _______ our bags and headed down to Green Bay, Wisconsin to _______ many other basketball shooters for an _______ to move forward to the state championships.

In the competition, my son _______ waited his turn. Nearly an hour later, he went to the hoops. His first basket was a _______ .   We could see the frustration（沮丧）in his eyes. He tried _______ to shoot another hoop. Then another failure -- he shook his head in _______ . But he continued. Finally, he _______ to shoot a few balls and scored 20 points. My son _______ from his hoop, frustrated and disappointed, being ________ that he didn't make it because there were several guys getting over 40 points, already ________ his.

If it had been up to our ________ son to decide, he would have left before watching the game and ________ himself in our hotel. Instead, we took this chance to help him ________ this life disappointment: giving him time for frustration and then sharing our opinion on this ________. We told him: It's because of his earlier ________ that we were able to watch this game; it's ________ to fail. We all fail at some point in our lives. We were proud of him though he didn't ________ the prize.

In the end, we ________, watched the game, and had a great time! When you are ________ by life, don’t let it keep you down. As the old saying goes, “When life hands you lemons, make lemonade!”

【1】

A．pulled

B．drew

C．tidied

D．packed

【2】

A．contact

B．join

C．gather

D．visit

【3】

A．invitation

B．instruction

C．opportunity

D．announcement

【4】

A．desperately

B．anxiously

C．casually

D．politely

【5】

A．success

B．burden

C．shame

D．miss

【6】

A．in vain

B．on purpose

C．by accident

D．in public

【7】

A．trouble

B．silence

C．disbelief

D．discomfort

【8】

A．expected

B．attempted

C．offered

D．managed

【9】

A．recovered

B．excused

C．withdrew

D．dismissed

【10】

A．relieved

B．astonished

C．aware

D．doubtful

【11】

A．doubling

B．improving

C．guessing

D．ignoring

【12】

A．nervous

B．guilty

C．worried

D．embarrassed

【13】

A．cheered

B．blamed

C．encouraged

D．trained

【14】

A．work through

B．carry out

C．go over

D．reflect on

【15】

A．occasion

B．practice

C．dilemma

D．situation

【16】

A．arrangement

B．accomplishment

C．preparation

D．persuasion

【17】

A．acceptable

B．easy

C．awkward

D．annoying

【18】

A．deserve

B．desire

C．reject

D．receive

【19】

A．left

B．remained

C．agreed

D．arrived

【20】

A．acknowledged

B．welcomed

C．raised

D．beaten

33、    My friend, Audrey, was a wonderful talker. When another person told a story, she would take _______ of the first empty space by saying, “That_______  me of something that happened to me.” Then she would_______ to tell a longer, even more dramatic(戏剧性的) story about her experiences. She was always praised for her gift for _______, which made it hard for her to realize the gift of_______ could be even more important than the ability to speak skillfully.

She carried on with this_______, uncorrected, into adulthood. Then a turning point came during one of her dinner parties. A guest named Stanley was_______about his daughter’s disease._______ Stanley opened his mouth to answer, Audrey said, “I know exactly about it” and turned the_______ to her own experience with a similar health problem.

She had spoken for a minute or two when Stanley suddenly began__________. He offered a simple __________ to his hostess:“I’m sorry, Audrey. I didn’t mean to__________, but I just can’t listen now because I’m too__________ about my daughter.”

Of course, Stanley had no reason to apologize and Audrey __________ that. For the first time, she realized she was too insensitive. This__________ experience led her to do self﹣observation.

Audrey decided to__________ listening. When together with friends, she tried to only listen.When asked about herself, she answered__________, without detailed explanation. When speaking, she said with more__________. It just made her realize she was an ordinary person and that being  ordinary was not a(n) __________ thing. It was just about being herself.

Perhaps our courage to__________ our ordinariness is one of the keys to happiness in our valued relationship.

【1】A.control B.notice C.account D.care

【2】A.warns B.convinces C.reminds D.rids

【3】A.pretend B.continue C.agree D.promise

【4】A.memory B.art C.words D.manners

【5】A.listening B.responding C.arguing D.understanding

【6】A.advantage B.behavior C.misunderstanding D.posture

【7】A.told B.interviewed C.consulted D.asked

【8】A.If B.Because C.Before D.Until

【9】A.story B.conversation C.fact D.statement

【10】A.speaking B.greeting C.laughing D.yawning

【11】A.comment B.summary C.introduction D.apology

【12】A.turn up B.move off C.cut in D.settle down

【13】A.crazy B.concerned C.curious D.happy

【14】A.avoided B.ignored C.forgave D.recognized

【15】A.unpleasant B.boring C.worrying D.frightening

【16】A.admit B.keep C.practice D.risk

【17】A.carefully B.simply C.clearly D.sincerely

【18】A.patience B.confidence C.association D.consideration

【19】A.easy B.unfair C.normal D.terrible

【20】A.accept B.employ C.defend D.overcome

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 passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

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

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

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

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

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

36、Directions: Complete the following 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.

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、假定你是李华，你的英国笔友David对中国传统文化很感兴趣，他想让你给他推荐一本关于这方面的书。请 你给他回一封邮件,向他推荐我国的四大名著之---《西游记》。内容包括：

1.《西游记》简介；

2.推荐理由。

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：徒弟 disciple,佛经 Buddhist scriptures

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39、假如你叫李华，你的美国笔友 Wilson决定暑假来中国学习汉语，了解中国传统文化，时间一个月。他向你询问附近大学开设培训班的情况，请你按照下列要点给他回一封信，内容包括：

1.报名、班额、价格；

2.住宿、吃饭、交通；

3.交友

注意：1.开头结尾已给出，不计入总词数

2.词数100左右

3.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯

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40、根据写作要求，短文内容，写出一篇连贯完整的短文。词数不少于60。

When the Bayside campus of Shekou International School (SIS) are still kept shut because of the COVID-19 pandemic, teaching activities at the school have been resumed(继续) online since Feb. 3rd, 2020.

The school is using popular apps and software for online learning. Video conferencing(视频会议) and office automation are used to help teachers keep track of students’ conditions and communicate with their workmates across the world. Teaching online also offers a new experience to the teachers to update their teaching methods and to step out of their comfort zones.

Staying in Phuket, Thailand, science teacher Riley Laird records videos on a 10-year-old green sea turtle named Marlin and the local turtle sanctuary(收容所) as part of the online classes on ecosystems for Grade 7 students. “I want to connect our learning with the reality. The sanctuary sends us updates on the turtles’ health and progress. They say that Marlin is likely to be released(放生) into the sea in mid-June,” says Laird.

Rebecca Wallace is a Grade 4 teacher at the school, staying in her mother’s home in New York. From 8 p.m. to midnight every day, she starts teaching mathematics and arts to her students living in different time zones. Though teaching nearly around the clock, Wallace says that she is getting to know the students better in terms of their homes, family and even pets.

Greg Smith, head of SIS, names the online teaching period a “new normal” at the school. “Students are now more skillful at using technology than before. They see that communication is the most powerful part of being an effective learner and can use the tools to shrink(缩短) distance and time. The “new normal” will offer more choices for connection to the world and more focus on creating real solutions,” he says.

According to the school, 68% of its students are staying in Shenzhen while 27% of them are staying abroad for the epidemic.

假如你是建华中学的李华，你的英国好友Jim发来邮件询问你疫情期间在家进行线上学习的情况。请你给他回复邮件，内容包括：1. 介绍线上学习的经历；2. 分享你对线上学习的看法并说明理由。

Dear Jim,

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Yours

Li Hua

41、假定你是李华，你的美国朋友Tim的生日即将到来，你给他寄了一套关于中国春节的邮票作为生日礼物。请你用英语给他写一封邮件。

要点包括： 1.祝贺生日； 2．介绍邮票内容。

注意：1．词数100左右。

2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Tim,

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Yours ,

Li Hua