Unit 4 Living with technology 单元过关测试卷-2022-2023学年高中英语牛津译林版（2020）选择性必修第二册(含答案)

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Unit 4 Living with technology单元过关测试卷（满分150分，考试时间120分钟）I. 根据单词首字母或汉语提示填空（每小题1分，共10分）1. She ignored their __________ (威胁) and continued to do what she felt was right.2. The data was recorded and __________ (分析) by computer.3. Researchers say they have made a major b__________ in cancer treatment.4. He was always o__________, even when things were at their worst. 5. The Web site provides a __________ (虚拟的) tour of the stadium.6. We had no __________ (警告) of the dangers that were ahead of us.7. She claims that she can p__________ future events.8. Average house prices d__________ by 13% last year.9. The language __________ (障碍) makes debate impossible.10. To address this, some economists argue that government intervention is not only __________ (合理的), but essential.II. 用方框中所给词组或词组的适当形式填空（每小题1分，共10分）build castles in the air break into at the forefront at the expense of a host offall victim to boil down to in large quantities to name but a few spy on1. — “How many of the 50 states of the U.S. can you name?”— “Well, there’s New York, Connecticut, and Massachusetts, _______________.”2. He’s just _______________ if he thinks he can open a restaurant without any money.3. We had our car _______________ last week.4. The company has always been _______________ science and technology.5. Malls flourished _______________ small stores downtown.6. Well, you know, what they want _______________ just one thing. It is land.7. That day he _______________ her while pretending to work on the shrubs (灌木).8. Today we have radios, TVs, and _______________ gadgets powered by electricity.9. This medicine is toxic if taken _______________.10. Many small businesses have _______________ the recession.III. 完成句子（每小题1分，共5分）1. 不可否认，我们应该养成健康的生活习惯，比如早睡早起和有规律的锻炼。______________________________, such as going to bed early, rising early and taking regular exercise.2. 不管你在法庭上说什么，法官最终只相信证据。______________________________ in the court, the judge just believes evidence ultimately.3. 因为有许多问题要处理，经理在办公室里来回踱步。_____________________, the manager paced in his office back and forth.4. 我们的学校创建于1911年，是培养大量杰出人物的所在地。Our school, _______________, is home to a great number of outstanding figures.5. 为了养家，她不得不打两份工。She has to work two jobs ______________________________.IV. 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。AWELCOME TO THE VIRTUAL REALITY CINEMA AMSTERDAMWorld’s First Reality CinemaGoing to the VR CINEMA offers you the opportunity to watch movies like you’ve never done before. You can see 360-degree movies using a VR headset. In the VR CINEMA, ringing mobile phones and noisy visitors belong to the past. Furthermore, traditional red cinema chairs or the big white screen is nowhere to be found. Instead, a Samsung Galaxy S6 (smart phone) together with the Samsung Gear VR (virtual reality glasses) transports you to a wholly new world. Headphones shut out background noise, and above all, offer super sound quality. Turning chairs allows you to freely look around and see what’s happening above, below, behind, in front, on the right and on the left side of you. So no sore neck, we promise.In the VR CINEMA, you will experience 30 minutes of the coolest virtual reality films. We proudly present four film selections in different themes in order to please every virtual reality lover. Are you brave enough for our scary films? Will you lose yourself in VR documentaries from around the globe? Do you prefer to go on an adventurous journey like no other? Or do your kids want to swim with dolphins, interact with magical characters, and experience the moving stories beyond imagination? The four film selections are waiting for you!For kids, young and older ones, there’s the cheerful and colorful selection. The only thing you have to do is sit back, relax and enjoy the VR experience of your choice.Location: Oosterdokskade 5, 1011 AD Amsterdam The NetherlandsTel: +31(0) 627006916E-mail: mail@thevrcinema.comTicket Price:￡12.5Opening hours: Wednesday, Thursday & Friday 14:00 — 21:00Saturday & Sunday 12:00 — 22:001. What is the VR CINEMA like?A. It has a big white screen.B. It is full of noisy visitors.C. It is equipped with red chairs.D. It offers 360-degree movies.2. What can you do in the VR CINEMA?A. Join the swimming club.B. Experience the touching unimaginable stories.C. Act as magical characters.D. Lose yourself in VR documentaries only from America.3.What’s the main purpose of the text?A. To introduce new VR films.B. To present VR film schedules.C. To report development of VR films.D. To attract people to the VR CINEMA.BNext time you go on a holiday, it’s going to feel pretty different. For one thing, you may have to wear a face mask. And that means getting your point across in an unfamiliar language — all while keeping your mouth covered — could become a bit of a problem.That’s where the C-mask, by Japanese company Donut Robotics, comes in. It’s a smart, Internet-connected mouth covering that can make calls, raise the wearer’s voice, and most helpfully for travellers, translate conversations into eight different languages.If need be, you simply place it over a standard face mask and connect it via Bluetooth to a smartphone. A special app will then allow you to record live conversations, turn them into text and translate them into English, Chinese, French, Korean, Thai, Indonesian, Spanish or Vietnamese (currently only from Japanese) — making it easy to understand what people are saying. It won’t actually speak the translated phrases for you, but it does have a built-in amplifier (扩音器) to help you make yourself heard.“We worked hard for years to develop a robot and we have used what we’ve researched to create a product that responds to how COVID-19 has reshaped society,” Donut’s CEO recently told reporters. The firm has already raised more than 28 million yen via crowdfunding to develop the product, which will go on sale for 3,980 yen in Japan.There are all manner of fashionable, eco-friendly masks you can now get your hands on — check out these in London, Singapore and Barcelona. But in creating an affordable, high-tech mask, Donut could well be on to something.4. What benefit can the C-mask bring to travellers?A. Better health.B. More effective communication.C. Lower expense.D. More freedom from cellphones.5. What does the third paragraph mainly talk about?A. How the C-mask works.B. Advantages of the C-mask.C. The process of wearing the C-mask.D. What languages the C-mask translates.6. What do we know about the C-mask from the fourth paragraph?A. It has been on the market.B. It is too expensive to afford.C. It gains the public support.D. It brings huge profit to producers.7. In which section of a website do we probably read this text?A. Fashion. B. Tourism.C. Health. D. Technology.CWalmart will soon use 360 robot cleaners across a few hundred of its stores. Using maps input by human employees, the AI-powered cleaners will travel in the store with no difficulty, sweeping the floor — just as human employees used to do.Perhaps the most striking thing about these robot workers is how not striking they are. Sci-fi movies suggest a future full of human-like robots who appear with their horrible qualities. Now the future is coming into view, and it looks like a giant lie. It’s easy to imagine walking past an Auto-C on a shopping trip without even noticing its presence.AI has already started to become a part of our everyday life. In New Jersey this week, dozens of workers were hospitalized after a robot at an Amazon fulfillment centre accidentally broke a can and enveloped workers in eye-and-lung-damaging gas. Days earlier in California, an auto-piloted Tesla drove a drunk, sleeping driver down a highway, which no doubt did some potential risks to the other drivers on the road. Highway patrol officers figured out on the spot how to stop the AI car.Of course, industrial accidents and drunk drivers existed well before AI. Tools with the power to release the burden of physical labor — horses, steam machines, self-driving cars — also come with the power to injure. And the presence of AI-powered machines just steps away from us is, for now, still a rare thing for most people.But the nature of robots’ coming into our daily life will make it harder to recognize — or object to — the bigger changes they bring later. Walmart insists that the robot cleaners give employees more time for customer service and other tasks. Critics point out that they could just easily become an excuse to reduce staff and wages.8. What is the difference of robots between sci-fi movies and the reality?A. Now the human-like robot is not hard to recognize.B. Now people don’t go to see the sci-fi movies.C. Now the human-like robots can tell lies.D. Now it is easy to ignore the robots.9. Why were some workers in hospital in New Jersey?A. They damaged the robot first.B. The robot caused an accident on purpose.C. The robot made a mistake by chance.D. The robot driving them on the highway had an accident.10. What is the attitude of the author to AI?A. Supportive. B. Objective.C. Doubtful. D. Indifferent.11. What is the main idea of the passage?A. Artificial intelligence is bringing great effect to our daily life.B. Walmart will soon use 360 robot cleaners across all its stores.C. We should say no to artificial intelligence.D. Artificial intelligence is dangerous to our life.DArtificial intelligence (AI) still has a lot to learn from animal brains, says neuroscientist (神经系统科学家) Anthony Zador. Now, his team is hoping that lessons from neuroscience can help the next generation of AI overcome some particularly difficult barriers. Zador describes how improved learning algorithms (算法) are allowing AI systems to achieve superhuman performance on an increasing number of more complex problems like chess. Meanwhile, it’s a fact that machines are fully baffled, facing what we consider to be no-brainers.Solving this problem may finally enable robots to learn how to do something as natural as building a nest. The things that we find hard, like abstract thought of chess playing, are actually not the hard thing for machines. The things that we find easy, like interacting with the physical world, are what are hard,” Zador explained. “The reason that we think it’s easy is that we had half a billion years of evolution so that we do it effortlessly.”Zador suggests that biological neural networks designed by evolution provide a kind of structure to promote the quick and easy learning for specific kinds of tasks — usually those important for survival. “You have squirrels that can jump from tree to tree within a few weeks after birth, but we don’t have mice learning the same thing. Why not?” he said. “It’s because one is genetically predetermined to become a tree-living creature.”One result of this genetic characteristic is the inner circuitry (电路) that helps guide an animal’s early learning, so the secret to quick learning might not be a perfected general learning algorithm. However, these networks are far less general than machine learning.” Most AI experts, including us, are aiming to identify and adapt similar sets of circuitry,” Zador says. “If that is realized, the future’s household robots might just one day surprise us with clean dishes. Of course, the necessary condition for that is a full understanding of the circuitry of animals.”12. Which word can replace the underlined word “baffled” in the first paragraph?A. Competent. B. Intelligent.C. Confused. D. Bored.13. Why dose Zador mention squirrels and mice?A. To indicate born skills help animals survive.B. To compare the differences between them.C. To show animals can be smarter than robots.D. To prove the role of evolution in learning.14. What may Zador’s team do next?A. Invent dish-washing robots.B. Study biological neural networks.C. Perfect their learning algorithm.D. Apply similar circuitry to machines.15. What is the best title for the text?A. AI: a reformer of modern societyB. Evolution: a difficulty for robotsC. Animal brains: a key to AI developmentD. Machine learning: a base for technological advance第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Since the COVID-19 hit, more people are experiencing video calls than ever before and many are finding them exhausting. 1 Taking part in a video call requires more focus than a face-to-face chat. We need to work harder to process non-verbal cues like facial expressions, the tone and body language. 2 Our minds are together when our bodies feel we’re not. The dissonance, which causes people to have conflicting feelings, is exhausting. We cannot relax into the conversation naturally.Silence is another challenge. Silence creates a natural rhythm in a real-life conversation. 3 It also makes people uncomfortable. One study has shown that delays on phone or conferencing systems shape our views of people negatively. Even delays of 1-2 seconds have made people consider the responder as less friendly or focused. 4 Turning on the camera should be optional. Cameras do not always have to be on throughout each meeting. Having your screen off to the side, instead of straight ahead, could also help your concentration, particularly in group meetings. It makes you feel like you’re in the next room, which may be less tiring.Building transition periods between video meetings can also help refresh us. Try stretching, having a drink or doing a bit of exercise. 5 We need to create buffer zones which allow us to put one identity aside and then go to another as we move between work and people.A. But what is exactly tiring us out?B. Boundaries and transitions are important.C. Paying more attention to these needs a lot of energy.D. It is worth considering if video chats are really the most efficient option.E. Limiting video calls to those that are necessary can help ease the tiredness.F. It is hard for people not to look at their own face if they can see it on the screen.G. However, when it happens in a video call, you become anxious about the technology.V. 完形填空（每小题1.5分，共30分）Our 13-year-old son won a local “Hoop (篮框) Shooting” competition and entered the regional competition. So on Saturday morning we 1 our bags and headed down to Green Bay, Wisconsin to 2 many other basketball shooters for an 3 to move forward to the state championships.In the competition, my son 4 waited his turn. Nearly an hour later, he went to the hoops. His first basket was a 5 . We could see the frustration (沮丧) in his eyes. He tried 6 to shoot another hoop. Then another failure — he shook his head in 7 . But he continued. Finally, he 8 to shoot a few balls and scored 20 points. My son 9 from his hoop, frustrated and disappointed, being 10 that he didn’t make it because there were several guys getting over 40 points, already 11 his.If it had been up to our 12 son to decide, he would have left before watching the game and 13 himself in our hotel. Instead, we took this chance to help him 14 this life disappointment: giving him time for frustration and then sharing our opinion on this 15 . We told him: It’s because of his earlier 16 that we were able to watch this game; it’s 17 to fail. We all fail at some point in our lives. We were proud of him though he didn’t 18 the prize.In the end, we 19 , watched the game, and had a great time! When you are 20 by life, don’t let it keep you down. As the old saying goes, “When life hands you lemons, make lemonade!”1. A. put up B. tidied up C. pulled up D. turned up2. A. contact B. gather C. join D. visit3. A. invitation B. instruction C. announcement D. opportunity4. A. anxiously B. desperately C. casually D. politely5. A. success B. burden C. shame D. miss6. A. in vain B. on purpose C. by accident D. in public7. A. regret B. silence C. discomfort D. disbelief8. A. expected B. attempted C. managed D. offered9. A. recovered B. withdrew C. excused D. dismissed10. A. relieved B. astonished C. aware D. doubtful11. A. improving B. doubling C. guessing D. ignoring12. A. nervous B. guilty C. worried D. embarrassed13. A. cheered B. encouraged C. blamed D. trained14. A. work through B. carry out C. go over D. reflect on15. A. occasion B. practice C. dilemma D. situation16. A. arrangement B. accomplishment C. preparation D. persuasion17. A. acceptable B. easy C. awkward D. annoying18. A. deserve B. desire C. receive D. reject19. A. remained B. left C. agreed D. arrived20. A. acknowledged B. welcomed C. teased D. beatenVI. 语法填空（每小题1.5分，共15分）阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。Just like every technological advancement, the next is set to be a huge deal, and such is the case for 5G. The wireless technology 1 (expect) to power self-driving cars, virtual reality, smart 2 (city), and networked robots. 3 (research) from King’s College London who have joined with Ericsson (ERIC) to dream up futuristic applications for 5G have looked at everything from music 4 medicine.The team is working towards using 5 technology to transfer physical skills across networks and creating what they are calling the “Internet of Skills”. “With 5G and the new networking architecture we’re building, we’re hoping to get this delay down to just the speed of light,” said Mischa Dohler, a professor of wireless communications at King’s College London.Furthermore, 5G will 6 (hopeful) allow a surgeon with virtual reality equipment 7 (work) on the other side of the world via a robot. They will use haptic (触觉的) gloves, 8 will allow the surgeon to sense motion and pressure when 9 (operate) on a patient and can get instant feedback via the gloves.Meanwhile, Dohler does not expect this to happen overnight and 10 (believe) it could take the “Internet of Skills” another decade before it is fully functional.VII. 写作（共两节，满分40分）第一节 应用文写作（满分15分）假定你是高中生李华，生活在发明层出不穷的时代，特别是现在的“新四大发明”给人们带来了更加不一样的消费观。就此给未来的人们留下“时间胶囊”。内容包括：1. 引入中国“新四大发明”；2. 提出自己想要说明的对象（以网络购物为例）；3. 说明网络购物对生活的影响；4. 并简述你对这件事的看法。注意：1. 词数80左右；2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。Dear fellows, Yours sincerely,Li Hua第二节 读后续写（满分25分）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。Growing up on a small farm, I lived a life that I took for granted. My father worked in the city as a plumber (水暖工). He was not highly educated, but he was smart, looking at problems in an engineer’s way. He was a man made of leather, brass and chewing tobacco who tried to teach my brother and me useful things, including respect. He also had a temper and was strict with us, for he would scold (责骂) us when we made some careless mistakes. Sometimes, my father seemed like a distant enemy to me and I didn’t like him very much.One day I came home from primary school and his car was already there. After entering, I was told by my mother that he didn’t feel well. His back hurt. My father never missed work; in fact, when he came home, he went to the barn to work even more. I remember looking at him secretly around the corner as he lay on his bed in the middle of the day.Later, my mother told me he got multiple myeloma (多发性骨髓瘤)，a type of blood cancer. As the cancer grows, the person will shrink (缩小) because the disease destroys the body’s energy and the abnormal antibodies cause problems for other cells and tissue. Bones eventually look like Swiss cheese, and when they break, they may never heal. But I didn’t realize that my father’s time was rather limited and just treated him the same way I used to.For the last year of my father’s life, his entire day consisted of rising from his hospital bed in the living room and walking to his chair to sit and think. He was predictably in that chair when I came home one day during the ninth grade. I do not remember where my mother and brother were, but the two of us were alone.注意：1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右；2. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好。Paragraph 1:He asked me to sit down and what he told me still moves me these decades later. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Paragraph 2:At that moment, I realize that he was doing more than telling. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Unit 4 Living with technology答题卷（满分150分，考试时间120分钟）I. 根据单词首字母或汉语提示填空（每小题1分，共10分）1. ______________ 2. _______________ 3._____________ 4.____________ 5. _____________6. ______________ 7. _______________ 8. _____________ 9. ___________ 10. ____________II. 用方框中所给词组或词组的适当形式填空（每小题1分，共10分）1. _______________ 2. _______________3._____________ 4.____________ 5. _____________ 6. _______________ 7. _______________ 8. _____________9. ___________ 10. ____________ III. 完成句子（每小题1分，共5分）__________________________________________________ _________________________ __________________________________________________IV. 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）1. ______________ 2. _______________ 3._____________ 4.____________ 5. _____________6. ______________ 7. _______________ 8. _____________ 9. ___________ 10. ____________ 11. _____________ 12. ______________ 13. ____________ 14. __________ 15. ___________第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）1. ______________ 2. _______________ 3._____________ 4.____________ 5. _____________V. 完形填空（每小题1.5分，共30分）1. _______________ 2. ______________ 3. _____________ 4. ____________ 5. ____________ 6. _______________ 7. _______________ 8. _____________ 9. __________ 10. ____________11. _____________ 12. _____________ 13. _____________ 14. _____________ 15. ____________16. _____________ 17. _____________ 18. _____________ 19. ____________ 20. ____________VI. 语法填空（每小题1.5分，共15分）1. _______________ 2. _______________ 3._____________ 4. ___________ 5. ____________ 6. _______________ 7. _______________ 8. _____________ 9. __________ 10. ____________VII. 写作（共两节，满分40分）第一节 应用文写作（满分15分）Dear fellows,________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Yours sincerely,Li Hua第二节 读后续写（满分25分）Paragraph 1:He asked me to sit down and what he told me still moves me these decades later. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Paragraph 2:At that moment, I realize that he was doing more than telling. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Unit 4 Living with technology答案（满分150分，考试时间120分钟）I. 根据单词首字母或汉语提示填空（每小题1分，共10分）1. threats 2. analyzed 3. breakthrough 4. optimistic 5. virtual6. warning 7. predict 8. decreased 9. barrier 10. justifiedII. 用方框中所给词组或词组的适当形式填空（每小题1分，共10分）1. to name but a few 2. building castles in the air 3. broken into4. at the forefront of 5. at the expense of 6. boils down to7. spied on 8. a host of 9. in large quantities10. fallen victim toIII. 完成句子（每小题1分，共5分）1. There is no denying that we should form healthy living habits/It is undeniable that we should develop healthy living habits2. Whatever you say/No matter what you say3. With many questions to solve4. founded/established in 19115. in order to support her familyIV. 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节 （共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）1—3 DBD 4—7 BACD 8—11 DCBA 12—15 CDBCA 【语篇解读】本文是一篇应用文。文章主要介绍了VR影院的一些特点以及与之前的影院之间的区别，吸引大家去VR影院观看电影。1. D 细节理解题。根据第一段中You can see 360-degree movies using a VR headset.可知，VR影院提供360度电影。故选D。2. B 细节理解题。根据第二段中Or do your kids want to swim with dolphins, interact with magical characters, and experience the moving stories beyond imagination?可知，你可以在虚拟现实电影里体验难以想象的感人故事。故选B。3. D 推理判断题。文章主要说明了VR影院的一些特点以及与之前的影院之间的区别，并给出了地址、电话、邮箱、票价等信息，由此可推知，文章的主要目的是吸引大家去VR影院观看电影。故选D。B 【语篇解读】本文是一篇说明文。Donut Robotics公司新发明了一款智能口罩，该口罩通过蓝牙连接手机，可以打电话，提高佩戴者的声音，也可以将谈话翻译成八种语言。4. B 推理判断题。根据第一段中的And that means getting your point across in an unfamiliar language — all while keeping your mouth covered — could become a bit of a problem.可知，在旅行时，用一种不熟悉的语言表达你的观点，同时又要遮住嘴，可能会有点麻烦。再结合第二段中的That’s where the C-mask, by Japanese company Donut Robotics, comes in.及...most helpfully for travellers, translate conversations into eight different languages.可知，为了解决这一麻烦，日本公司Donut Robotics发明了C-mask，而对旅行者来说最有帮助的是，这一口罩可以把谈话翻译成八种不同的语言，即可以帮助旅行者更有效地进行交流。故选B。5. A 段落大义题。根据第三段的内容，尤其是If need be, you simply place it over a standard face mask and connect it via Bluetooth to a smartphone...Spanish or Vietnamese (currently only from Japanese)可知，本段主要介绍了C-mask是如何工作的。6. C 推理判断题。根据第四段中的The firm has already raised more than 28 million yen via crowdfunding to develop the product可知，Donut Robotics公司通过众筹获得了资金来开发C-mask，由此可知，C-mask得到了公众的支持。7. D 文章出处题。通读全文可知，本文主要介绍了Donut Robotics公司新发明的一款智能口罩。因此可推知，本文最可能出现在网站的科技版块上。C 【语篇解读】本文是一篇议论文。沃尔玛很快将在其数百家门店中使用360台清洁机器人，文章以此为引子，探讨了“人工智能可能对我们的生活产生巨大影响”这个话题。8. D 细节理解题。根据第二段中Sci-fi movies suggest a future...even noticing its presence.可知,在现实中，人们经常忽略机器人的存在。而在科幻电影中，机器人是一种可怕的存在。D项“现在很容易忽略机器人”切合题意。故选D。9. C 细节理解题。根据第三段中的In New Jersey this week, dozens of workers were hospitalized after a robot at an Amazon fulfillment centre accidentally broke a can and enveloped workers in eye-and-lung-damaging gas.可知，亚马逊物流中心的一个机器人不小心打破了一个罐子，工人们吸入了对眼睛和肺有害的气体，导致数十名工人住院治疗。故选C。10. B 推理判断题。根据倒数第二段中的Tools with the power to release the burden of physical labor — horses, steam machines, self-driving cars — also come with the power to injure.可知，人工智能可以减轻人们的体力劳动负担，但同时有可能产生危害。因此作者对AI的态度是“客观的”。同时最后一段针对沃尔玛使用清洁机器人这件事，分别提到沃尔玛与批评人士的观点，而作者对此没有发表看法，其态度也是objective客观的。故选B。11. A 主旨大意题。第一段提出沃尔玛很快将在其数百家门店中使用360台清洁机器人。结合剩余每段首句可知，文章主要论述了“人工智能正在悄无声息地进入我们的生活,对我们的生活产生巨大影响”这个话题。故结合选项可知，“人工智能正给我们的日常生活带来巨大的影响”切合该话题。故选A。D 【语篇解读】本文是一篇说明文。神经系统科学家Zador认为种经系统科学中的一些研究能帮助人们解决在人工智能方面遇到的一些难题。12. C 词义猜测题。第二段讲到Solving this problem may finally enable robots to learn how to do something as natural as building a nest...are what are hard举例说明人工智能有超出常人的能力，但却会被一些人类认为简单的问题所阻碍，是对第一段中Zador describes how improved learning algorithms (算法)...facing what we consider to be no-brainers.这两种现象的具体阐述，由此可推断，baffled在此处应表示“困惑的，被难住的”，句中的no-brainers表示“无需用脑的事，容易的决定”。故选C。13. D 写作意图题。综合第三段信息，尤其是从Zador suggests that biological neural networks designed by evolution provide a kind of structure to promote the quick and easy learning for specific kinds of tasks...及It’s because one is genetically predetermined to become a tree-living creature.可以看出，作者之所以提到松鼠与老鼠，是为了表明进化在生物学习过程中所起的作用。故选D。14. B 推理判断题。根据最后一段中的Most AI experts, including us, are aiming to identify and adapt similar sets of circuitry...及Of course, the necessary condition for that is a full understanding of the circuitry of animals.可知，Zador等人工智能专家们都想把类似于动物神经网络的电路系统用在机器身上，要将此变为现实的必要条件是充分理解动物的电路，也就是它们的神经网络。由此可推断，Zador他们下一步要做的是研究生物神经网络。故选B。15. C 标题概括题。结合全文内容，尤其是第一段中的Artificial intelligence (Al) still has a lot to learn from animal brains...lessons from neuroscience can help the next generation of Al overcome some particularly difficult barriers.可知，文章主要讲了动物大脑方面的研究对人工智能的发展起着重要作用。故选C。第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）1—5 ACGEB【语篇解读】本文是一篇议论文。自新冠肺炎疫情爆发以来，视频通话的人远远超过以前并且许多人发现视频通话令人疲惫不堪。文章分析了产生这一问题的原因以及提出了相关建议。1. A 上文提到“自新冠肺炎疫情爆发以来，视频通话的人远远超过以前并且许多人发现视频通话令人疲惫不堪”，后文主要在分析为什么视频通话令人疲惫不堪，所以本句引出后文，提出关于为什么视频通话让人筋疲力尽的疑问。A选项中tiring对应上文中exhausting，“但到底是什么让我们筋疲力尽呢？”符合语境。故选A。2. C 根据上文“参与视频通话比面对面聊天需要更多的注意力。我们需要更努力地处理非语言线索，如面部表情、语调和肢体语言”可知，C选项“更多地关注这些需要大量的精力”承接上文，说明“我们需要更努力地处理非语言线索”这一行为的结果，其中these指代上文non-verbal cues。故选C。3. G 上文提到“在现实生活中，沉默能创造出自然的谈话节奏”，后文则说“沉默让人感觉到不舒服”。由此可知，本句与上文构成转折关系，结合选项可知G选项“然而，如果在视频通话中出现沉默，你会对这项技术感到焦虑不安”符合语境。故选G。4. E 后文主要是在说缓解视频通话的疲劳的方法，E选项中ease the tiredness对应后文中may be less tiring，“只在必要的时候视频通话可以帮助缓解疲劳”符合语境。故选E。5. B 根据上文“在视频会议之间设置过渡期也可以帮助我们恢复精神。试着做些伸展运动、喝一杯饮料或做点运动”以及后文“我们需要创建缓冲区，让我们在工作和生活之间切换时，可以把一个身份放在一边，切换到另一个身份”可知，本段的建议是在视频会议之间建立过渡期以及通过创建缓冲区来切换身份，B选项中transitions对应上文中transition periods，“界限和过渡很重要”符合语境。故选B。V. 完形填空（每小题1.5分，共30分）【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文。作者的儿子在投篮比赛中失利，这让作者的儿子感到非常沮丧，作者夫妇利用这一契机对他进行开导，让他明白这样的道理：失败并不可怕，人生总会遇到失败，关键是不要被失败击倒，机遇总会出现。1. B 根据上文中的entered the regional competition及下文中的headed down to Green Bay, Wisconsin可知，因此周六早晨作者他们收拾好行李，然后前往威斯康星州的Green Bay。tidy up“收拾妥，整理好”，符合语境。put up“张贴，建造”；pull up“停止”；turn up“调高，出现”。2. C 根据语境可知，作者他们赶往Green Bay是为了与其他篮球投手一道参加比赛，以获得进入州锦标赛的机会。join“加入到……之中”，符合语境。contact“联系”；gather“使聚集，收集”；visit“拜访，参观”。3. D 参见上题解析。invitation“邀请”；instruction“指示”；announcement“公告”；opportunity“机会”。4. A 作者的儿子焦急地等待着。anxiously“焦急地”；desperately“绝望地”；casually“随便地”；politely“礼貌地”。5. D 根据下文中的We could see the frustration (沮丧) in his eyes及another failure可知，作者儿子的第一个球没有投进。miss在此作名词，表示“未击中，未得到，未到达，错过”。success“成功”；burden“负担”；shame“羞愧”。6. A 根据下文中的Then another failure可知，作者的儿子又投了一次，仍然没有命中。in vain“白费力气”，符合语境。on purpose“故意地”；by accident“偶然”；in public“公开地”。7. D 作者的儿子投了两次，但都未投中，这必然会打击其自信心。因此，此处指这一次他难以置信地摇摇头。disbelief“不信”，符合语境。regret“遗憾，后悔”；silence“沉默”；discomfort“不舒服”。8. C 根据下文中的scored 20 points可知，作者的儿子最后成功地投进了一些球。manage“完成，勉强完成”，符合语境。expect“期待”；attempt“尝试”；offer“提供”。9. B 根据语境可知，作者的儿子在完成自己的比赛后，沮丧、失望地离开了球场。withdraw“（使）撤回”，符合语境。recover“恢复健康”；excuse“请求准予离开”；dismiss“去除，消除”。10. C 他知道自己赢不了了，因为有几个孩子得分超过40，已经是他得分的两倍。aware“知道”，符合语境。relieved“放心的，宽慰的”；astonished“惊讶地”；doubtful“怀疑的，疑惑地”。11. B 参见上题解析。double“是……的两倍”。improve“提高，改善”；guess“猜测，估计”；ignore“忽视”。12. B 如果由内疚感十足的儿子自己决定的话，他在观看比赛之前就会离开，回到宾馆里责怪自己。根据上文作者的儿子投篮失利感到沮丧可知，他应是很内疚的（guilty）。nervous“紧张不安的”；worried“担忧的，担心的”；embarrassed“尴尬的”。13. C 参见上题解析。blame“责怪”。但是作者他们并没有让儿子按照自己的想法做，而是利用这次机会帮助他解决问题。cheer“鼓舞，喝彩”；encourage“鼓励”；train“培训”。14. A work through“解决”，符合语境。carry out“执行”；go over“反复研究”；reflect on“沉思”。15. D 作者他们先是给了儿子沮丧的时间，然后分享了他们对目前这种情况的看法。situation“情况，局面”，符合语境。occasion“时机”；practice“做法”；dilemma“进退两难的局面”。16. B 根据上文中的Our 13-year-old son won a local “Hoop (篮框) Shooting” competition and entered the regional competition.可知，作者他们告诉儿子正是因为他之前取得的成就，他们才能来看这个比赛。accomplishment“成就，成绩”，符合语境。arrangement“安排”；preparation“准备”；persuasion“劝说”。17. A 根据下文中的We all fail at some point in our lives可知，失败没什么，在生活中的某个时候我们都会失败。acceptable“可以接受的”，符合语境。easy“容易的，轻松的”；awkward“笨拙的，尴尬的”；annoying“令人生气的”。18. C 作者他们告诉儿子，即使他没有得（receive）奖，他们仍为他感到骄傲。deserve“值得”；desire“渴望”；receive“得到，拿到”；reject“拒绝”。19. A 根据下文中的watched the game, and had a great time可知，作者他们最后留了下来，看了比赛，玩得很开心。remain“逗留，不离去”，符合语境。leave“离开”；agree“同意”；arrive“到达”。20. D 根据下文中的When life hands you lemons, make lemonade!可知，此处指当你被生活击败的时候，不要沮丧。beaten“打败”，符合语境。acknowledge“承认”；welcome“欢迎，乐意接纳”；tease“取笑”。VI. 语法填空（每小题1.5分，共15分）【语篇解读】本文是一篇说明文。随着科技的进步，我们正在进入5G时代，它会带来哪些前所未有的变化呢？不妨在文章中一探究竟。1. is expected 考查动词的时态和语态。句意：这项无线技术预计会推动自动驾驶汽车、虚拟现实、智能城市和网络化机器人的发展。此处句子主语the wireless technology和expect之间是被动关系，所以用一般现在时的被动语态，故答案为is expected。2. cities 考查名词复数。句意：无线技术预计会推动自动驾驶汽车、虚拟现实、智能城市和网络化机器人的发展。结合句意可知此处用名词复数，故答案为cities。3. Researchers 考查词形转换。由from King’s College London who have joined可知答案为Researchers。4. to 考查介词。此处表示从音乐到医学的一切。from...to...从……到……，故答案为to。5. the 考查冠词。句意：该团队正致力于利用该技术通过网络转移物理技能，并创建他们所谓的“技能互联网”。此处表示“特指”，故答案为the。6. hopefully 考查副词。句意：此外，5G将有望允许有虚拟现实设备的外科医生通过机器人在世界的另一边工作。此处是副词修饰动词，故答案为hopefully。7. to work 考查非谓语动词。allow sb. to do sth.允许某人做某事，为固定搭配，故答案为to work。8. which 考查定语从句。句意：他们将使用触觉手套，让外科医生在给病人做手术时能感知动作和压力，并通过手套获得即时反馈。此处gloves是先行词，指物，在后面的非限制性定语从句中作主语，that不能引导非限制性定语从句，故答案为which。9. operating 考查非谓语动词。此处when operating省略了主语和be动词，意为“在做手术时”。10. believes 考查时态。句意：与此同时，Dohler并不认为这种情况会在一夜之间发生，认为“技能互联网”可能还需要10年才能完全发挥作用。结合句意可知，句子用一般现在时，主语Dohler是第三人称单数，故答案为believes。VII. 写作（共两节，满分40分）第一节 应用文写作（满分15分）Dear fellows,I’m writing to tell you about China’s contemporary four great new inventions — high-speed railway, mobile payment, bicycle-sharing, and online shopping.Without any barrier to the Internet, online shopping has gained much popularity, engaging the public to form different consumption habits. I seldom shop at brick-and-mortar shops now. What I often purchase online is clothing and stationery. The easy access to consumer reviews helps me make informed purchases. Also, online shopping helps me save time and money.I predict that our privacy and security are never at risk. You will have a more advanced way of shopping than this. Is it right?Yours sincerely,Li Hua第二节 读后续写（满分25分）Paragraph 1:He asked me to sit down and what he told me still moves me these decades later. Sitting in his chair, he told me about his life on the farm, his family, his loves, and his heartbreaks. Although he was suffering from the cancer, his inner self rushed out to me in a great flood as if a pipe had burst all of a sudden. He had been speaking for maybe an hour or more and mentioned that he actually felt regretful about being so strict with us.Paragraph 2:At that moment, I realized that he was doing more than telling. He was asking to be forgiven. All it took was to understand what he needed, and I forgave everything, immediately. The thought of my father being an enemy disappeared. Tears were trickling down my cheeks. I held my father’s hands tightly, enjoying this deep but quiet love. Although he has gone for a long time, I still always remember that moment and the realization that I love him.