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Read carefully the following excerpt and then write your response in NO LESS THAN 200 words, in which you should: ●summarize the main message of the excerpt, and then ●comment on whether our brains will get lazy in a world run by intelligent machines. You can support yourself with information from the excerpt. Marks will be awarded for content relevance, content sufficiency, organization and language quality. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks. With intelligent machines to do the thinking, will our brains get lazy？ Changing technology stimulates the brain and increases intelligence. But that may only be true if the technology challenges us. In a world run by intelligent machines, our lives could get a lot simpler. Would that make us less intelligent？ Artificial intelligence is taking over many human jobs. For instance, planes are being flown much of the time by automatic pilots. And the complex problem of controlling air traffic around large modern airports is also achieved by artificial intelligence that operates well beyond the capacity of mere human air traffic controllers. As machines get smarter, they will do more of our thinking for us and make life easier. In the future, the electronic assistant will develop to the point that it serves similar functions as a real living butler, fulfilling requests such as: “Organize a dinner party for six on Thursday, Jeeves, and invite the usual guests.” At that point, our long struggle with challenging technologies is at an end. Like Be Wooster, we can take it easy knowing that the hard work of planning and organizing is being done by a better brain-the electronic assistant. Starved of mental effort, our brains will regress.

uage.Everybody learns ___1___ own language by keeping in mind what he hears when he is a small child.Some children like those who ___2___ abroad with their ___3___, seem to learn two languages easily as they do one.In school, it’s not easy for pupils ___4__ a second language because they have very ___5___ time for it.Memory is like a diary that we keep every day.

1、A.live

B.little

C.parents

D.his

E.to learn

2、A.live

B.little

C.parents

D.his

E.to learn

3、A.live

B.little

C.parents

D.his

E.to learn

4、A.live

B.little

C.parents

D.his

E.to learn

5、A.live

B.little

C.parents

D.his

E.to learn

by memory of all the basic things one must know is a most incredible and unending effort. School is not easy and it is not for the most part very much fun, but then, if you are very lucky, you may find a real teacher. Three teachers in a lifetime are the very best of my luck. My first was a science and math teacher in high school, my second, a professor of creative writing at Stanford, and my third was my friend and partner, ED Rickets.

I have to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that three are as few as there are any other great artists. It might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.

My three teachers had these things in common: They all loved what they were doing; they did not tell, but stimulated a burning desire to know. Under their influence, the horizons sprang wide and fear went away and the unknown became knowable.

I shall speak only of my first teacher because in addition to the other things, she brought discovery. She aroused us to shouting, book-waving discussions. She had the noisiest class in school and she did not even seem to know it. We could never stick to the subject. Our speculation (思绪) ranged the world. She breathed curiosity into us so that we brought in facts or truths shielded in our hands like captured fireflies (萤火虫).

She was fired, and perhaps rightly so, for failing to teach fundamentals. Such things must be learned. But she left a passion in us for the pure knowable world and she inflamed me with a curiosity which has never left. I have had many teachers who told me soon-forgotten facts but only three who created in me a new attitude a new hunger. What deathless power lies in the hands of such a person？

21. In the writer’s opinion, school life is usually .

A. exciting B. interesting C. tiresome D. challenging

22. We can infer from Paragraph 2 that .

A. it is easy to find great artists as well as great teachers.

B. there are few great teachers but many great artists.

C. the greatest artists are not easy to find; nor are the greatest teachers.

D. being a great teacher is a great art to learn because teachers spread knowledge.

23. In the writer’s opinion, a good teacher should .

A. teach students the fundamental things

B. stick to one subject and be strict with students

C. teach students the knowledge ranging the world

D. arouse students’ curiosity and desire for the world

24. The writer’s first teacher was dismissed mainly because .

A. her class was the noisiest in school

B. she did not teach basic knowledge in class

C. she let students shout and wave books in class

D. she did not know how to teach basic knowledge effectively

25. What is the best title of this article？

A. The Teachers in My Life B. How to Become a Teacher

C. What to Teach at School D. What Makes a Good Teacher

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Are There Truths in Dreams？

Imagine waking up after dreaming(dream) about a terrible plane crash. The next day you will make a plane journey that you have （1） (plan) lone before. Will you get on the plane？

A survey shows that you may not cancel your trip. But your dream will probably influence your （2）(thought) during the journey. You may feel （3） (worry) and find the trip much （4） (long) than before. So dreams may influence what we are （5） (real) doing while we are awake.

The explanation of dreams is still a(n) （6） (clear) are. A team of researchers are entering a new field of studies: Do dreams actually influence our（7） (behave)？ Over the past few years, they have （8） (do) studies in different cultures and found out that dreams contain some （9） (hide) truths: dreams affect the way people live and work. But researchers also tell people not to be （10）(easy) influenced by their dreams.

Are some people born clever, and others born（74)？ Or is intelligence developed by our

Are some people born clever, and others born(74)？ Or is intelligence developed by our environment and our experiences？(75), the answer to both these questions is yes.(76) some extent our intelligence is given us at birth, and no(77)of special education can make a genius(78)a child born with low intelligence.(79), a child who lives in a boring environment will(80) his intelligence less than one who lives in rich and(81)surroundings. Thus the limits of a person’s intelligence are fixed at birth,(82)whether or not he reaches those limits will depend on his environment. This(83), now held by most experts, can be supported in a number of ways.(84)is easy to show that intelligence is to some extent something we are born(85 ). The closer the blood relationship between two people, the closer they are(86) to be in intelligence. Thus(87)we take two unrelated people at random from the population, it is likely that their degrees of(88)will be completely different. If on the other hand we take two(89) twins, they will very likely be as intelligent as each other. Relations like brothers and sisters, parents and children,(90)have similar intelligence, and this clearly suggests that intelligence depends on birth. Imagine now(91)we take two identical twins and put them in different environments. We would soon(92) differences in intelligence developing, and this indicates that(93)as well as birth plays a part.

74.A.wise

B.intelligent

C.bright

D.stupid

75.A.By no means

B.Strangely enough

C.Sure enough

D.For sure

76.A.To

B.In

C.With

D.On

77.A.number

B.account

C.quantity

D.quality

78.A.into

B.from

C.out of

D.by

79.A.On the other hand

B.On the one hand

C.In this sense

D.As far as we know

80.A.decrease

B.descend

C.delete

D.develop

81.A.varying

B.varied

C.healthful

D.hygienic

82.A.although

B.so

C.thus

D.but

83.A.outlook

B.view

C.speculation

D.judgment

84.A.That

B.This

C.It

D.So

85.A.with

B.for

C.to

D.in

86.A.possible

B.likely

C.impossible

D.unlikely

87.A.whether

B.when

C.if

D.unless

88.A.intimacy

B.intelligence

C.similarity

D.difference

89.A.same

B.identical

C.parallel

D.related

90.A.certainly

B.undoubtedly

C.usually

D.sometimes

91.A.if

B.that

C.when

D.while

92.A.see

B.find out

C.find

D.work out

93.A.environment

B.development

C.blood

D.education

hen we are working, we leave the bags tied to the wall, out of the way. At bedtime we untie them and take them wherever we’ve chosen to sleep.

On most space shuttle flights everyone sleeps at the same time. No one has to stay awake to watch over the spaceplane; the shuttle’s computers and the engineers at Mission Control do that. If anything goes wrong, the computers ring an alarm and the engineers call us on the radio.

On the space shuttle, sleep-time doesn’t mean nighttime. During each ninety-minute orbit the sun “rises ” and shines through our windows for about fifty minutes; then it “ sets ” as our path takes us around the dark side of the earth. To keep the sun out of our eyes, we wear black sleep masks.

It is surprisingly easy to get comfortable and fall asleep in space. Every astronaut sleeps differently. Some sleep upside down, some right side up. When it’s time to sleep, I take my bag, my sleep mask, and my tape player with earphones and float up to the flight deck. Then I crawl into the bag, and float in a sitting position just above a seat, right next to a window. Before I pull the mask down over my eyes, I relax for a while, listening to music and watching the Earth go by beneath me.

36、When it’s bedtime, astronauts pull their sleeping bags ________ .

A.near the windows

B.in the flight deck

C.above the seats

D.in any place they like

37、“Watch over” in para. 2 has the closest meaning to ________ .

A.take care of

B.see

C.look at

D.pay attention to

38、How long does it take for the space shuttle to go round the Earth？

A.Twenty-four hours

B.Fifty minutes

C.Ninety minutes

D.Nineteen minutes

39、According the passage, in order to get comfortable ａｎｄ fall asleep in space, it is necessary to ________ .

A.wear a sleep mask

B.listen to music

C.sleep upside down

D.sleep sideways

40、The best title for this passage is ________ .

A.bedtime doesn’t mean nighttime

B.sleeping in space

C.orbiting the Sun

D.sleeping on the space shuttle

A.formal

B.funny

C.foul

D.fool

A.people were fed up with realism

B.it is funny and people enjoy it

C.it can reflect the cultural atmosphere of the contemporary era

Ads can be funny, irritating, or informative.（)

此题为判断题(对，错)。

A.a great fun

B. great fun

C. great a fun

D. greatly funny

Natural ResourcesThroughout history, people have often selected where they want to live

Natural Resources

Throughout history, people have often selected where they want to live based on the natural resources that are available in the area.26 Some of these resources include water, food sources such as fruits and vegetables, and animals that can be caught or hunted.

A region’s natural resources determine the way of life of its people.27 |On the other hand，poor soil will either send people looking for better places, or attract people with other purposes for the land, such as setting up businesses or factories.

28 People who wish to make a living as fishermen can do so by the pcean, but cannot do so in the desert.Desert people have many traditional and |mique foods, which cannot be found in the forest.Each area attracts people based on their interests and purposes.

Areas that have rich water resources will naturally have more people, frraditionally, villages，towns and cities built near water have been the most luccessful.People there are able to use the water resources to meet their daily lieeds.29 Places that are hard to reach，such as high mountains or dry Beserts, will have fewer people living in them.

30 For too long, people have destroyed natural resources, using up those [resources that cannot be easily replaced.On the earth, we are lucky to have many resources that are renewable, such as sun, wind, water, and trees.As more and more focus is placed on the use of renewable resources, it will become easier to |＞rotect our planet from further harm.

A.It is easy to find new resources in nature.

B .Renewable resources are those that can be replaced easily.

c.While you may not think of oceans as natural resources, they are.

D .for example, regions with rich soil can support fanning societies.

E .They can also use the water to help them move goods to other areas.

F.Natural resources are useful to people, and they come from the earth.