安徽省合肥市2019届高三第二次教学质量检测英语试题
合肥市2019年高三第二次教学质量检测英语试题（考试时间：120分钟满分：150分）试卷采用闭卷、笔试形式。
试卷由四个部分组成。
其中，第一、二部分和第三部分的第一节为选择题。
第三部分的第二节和第四部分为非选择题。
试卷满分150分。
考试时间120分钟。
考试结束后将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
注意事项：1. 答卷前，考生务必用0.5毫米黑色签字笔将自己的姓名、座位号、准考证号、县区和科类填写在答题卡和试卷规定的位置上。
2. 回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。
如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案标号。
3. 回答非选择题时，必须用0.5毫米黑色签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内相应的位置，写在本试卷上无效。
如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不能使用涂改液、胶带纸、修正带。
不按以上要求作答的答案无效。
第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。
录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。
第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）听下面5段对话。
每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。
听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。
每段对话仅读一遍。
例：How much is the shirt?A.￡19.15.B.￡9.18.C.￡9.15.答案是C。
1. How long has the woman been kept in the house?A. Two days.B. Three days.C. Five days.2. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. A live concert.B. A right choice.C. A business report.3. What does the woman suggest?A. Writing more essays.B. Experiencing Chinese culture.C. Borrowing some Chinese books.4. What does the woman mean?A. She asks the man to buy a new bike.B. Sh e can’t afford to help the man.C. She doesn’t believe the man.5. Where does the conversation probably take place?A. At a hotel.B. In a ballroom.C. In a meeting room.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）听下面5段对话或独白。
每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。
听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。
每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6. What does Jessica plan to do at first?A. Have a picnic.B. Take a family trip.C. Take her kids to a park.7. Why may Jessica’s plan be ruined?A. Her husband has to work during the holiday.B. She has to go on business with her boss.C. Her kids are going to see their tutors.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题8. What time is it now?A. 10:15.B. 10:30.C. 10:45.9. What is the woman?A. A booking clerk.B. A tour guide.C. A travel agent.听第8段材料,回答第10至12题。
10. Why does the woman like this soap opera?A. It has a good story.B. Its actor is brilliant.C. It owns an impressive cast.11. What kind of programme does the man want to watch now?A. Talent show.B. Soap opera.C. Sports.12. What will the woman probably do next?A. Have dinner.B. Switch channels.C. Fix the remote control.听第9段材料,回答第13至16题13. What does Lucas want to be after graduation?A. A manager.B. A doctor.C. A lawyer.14. What does Mary think is the most important for success?A. Planning in advance.B. Having a keen interest.C. Setting practical goals.15. How did Mary respond to her father’s wish?A. By listening to her father.B. By following her own heart.C. By arguing with her father.16. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A. School friends.B. Father and daughter.C. Teacher and student.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. How many languages are likely to disappear?A. About 400.B. Over 3000.C. Almost 2000.18. What does Wikitongues do to help save a language?A. Run language projects.B. Produce language tools.C. Collect language videos.19. What m ay affect parts of a community’s culture?A. The disappearance of its language.B. The members from other cultures.C. The mix of different languages.20. What does the speaker mainly talk about?A. A website to promote language and culture.B. A video program to teach languages.C. An organization to protect languages第二部分阅读理解（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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
AYou might have heard a lot about ancient towns and ancient cities in China. Here, we list several of the most beautiful ancient villages in China.Baoshan Stone City, Yunnan ProvinceBaoshan Stone City was built on a huge mushroom-shaped rock, and only has about one hundred houses. The houses are laid out in an orderly way, built on the rock, and linked by stone steps. The Naxi people there still lead an original life and grow crops in terraces (梯田); you can experience the colorful culture of the Naxi ethnic (民族的) group there.Tuvas Village in Kanas, XinjiangKanas Tuvas Village is near the mysterious Lake Kanas. The small village is located in a valley, and only has about 80 houses. These Swiss-style wooden houses are all surrounded by wooden fences. Tuvas is an ancient minority group. They traditionally lived as hunter-gathers. You can visit a local family, go herding (放牧) with thelocals and experience the peaceful ancient village life.Jiaju Tibetan Village, Danba, Sichuan ProvinceJiaju Tibetan Village is known as the “Tibetan fairyland”. It stands on a mountain slope, and consists of about 140 houses. These unique houses are all built with crown-shaped roofs, red eaves, and white walls, which make the houses look like little castles among the forest.Xijiang Miao Village, Guizhou ProvinceIf you re interested in the Miao Minority, Xijiang Miao Village can be a great destination for deepening your understanding of Miao history and culture. It’s the largest Miao village in China, and now has 1432 households with a population of over 5000, of which 99.5% are Miao ethnic group. It’ s also famous for the houses built on stilts (支柱) of different heights.21. What can you do in Kanas Tuvas Village?A. Hike in terraces.B. See houses of a foreign style.C. Go hunting with the locals.D. Learn about houses built on stilts.22. Where can you admire the houses like castles?A. In Baoshan Stone City.B. In Kanas Tuvas Village.C. In Jiaju Tibetan Village.D. In Xijiang Miao Village.23. What can we infer about the villages mentioned in the text?A. They remained secret to the outside world in the past.B. They were originally built to defend their homeland.C. They are still cut off and difficult to access nowadays.D. They are the ethnic villages with unique architecture.BA simple project to help a family in need stopped Luke Mickelson in his tracks. In 2012, he and his family were inspired to build and donate a bunk bed, one bed on top of the other, after learning there were local children who slept on the floor. Shocked to discover how widespread this need was in his community, Mickelson founded Sleep in Heavenly Peace, a nonprofit that builds and delivers beds to children in need.Born and raised in Idaho, Mickelson, now 41, had a thriving career. He coached his kids’ sports teams and fished in the nearby river. But when he met children who were sleeping on the floor, his peaceful life changed course.Using safety guidelines and his daughter’s bunk bed as a model, Mickelson started buying wood and supplies to build beds with his own money. He recruited friends and family members to help around the holiday. As word spread, interest and involvement from his and other communities flooded—along with Mickelson’s bunk bed output. “That first project, we built 11 bunk beds in my garage,” he said. “The next year, we did 15. Then it doubled every year. In 2017, we built 612 bunk beds.”With the motto “No kid sleeps on the floor in our town”, the nonprofit and its mor e than 65 branches have built and delivered more than 1,500 free beds to children across America. But along with the rapid growth, Mickelson was faced with a tough choice: advancing his career or his nonprofit. He chose the latter and went from making “gre atmoney to zero money”. He’s never looked back. “I found that the need I have isn’t financial,” he said. “The need I have is seeing the joy on kids’ faces, knowing that I can make a difference.”24. Why did Mickelson set up Sleep in Heavenly Peace?A. To help the poor children.B. To make a big fortune.C. To inspire his community.D. To get more donations.25. What do we know about Luke Mickelson?A. He had his own fish farm.B. He changed his career from time to time.C. He used to sleep on the floor when he was a kid.D. He originally had a relaxing and pleasant life.26. How did other people react to Mickelson’s project?A. They showed little interest in it.B. They were supportive and involved in it.C. They were doubtful about the safety of the bunk bed.D. They volunteered to buy beds with their own money.27. What is Mickelson’s attitude to the nonprofit?A. AmbiguousB. Defensive.C. Cautious.D. Positive.CTrees, some of the tallest in the world, towered above Hannah Griffiths and her colleagues each morning as they walked deep into the rainforest in the Maliau Basin in Borneo, where they had set up a set of experiments to look at the ecological effects of small creatures: termites (白蚁).Termites get a bum rap. They make headlines for chewing up billions of dollars of property each year in the U. S. And they are responsible for something like two percent of global carbon emissions, simply as a result of their huge populations and preference for chewing through carbonrich materials. A whole industry is aiming at killing them.But they play a key role in many natural ecosystems. Scientists have known for years that in tropical (热带的) forests, termites chew up fallen leaves and dead wood, keeping the fallen material under control and letting nutrients from the dead material back into the system to be used by other plants, insects, and animals. But they didn’t know exactly how important the insects were in keeping the forest healthy and functional, so they removed termites from a particular spot in the forest and saw how it responded.As luck would have it, Hannah Griffiths and her colleagues started their experiment when the forest was hit by an extreme drought (干旱). During the non-drought years, they saw there wasn’t much difference between the normal plots and the ones where they’d removed the termites. But during the drought, the effects were marked. What they found was unexpected: in the termite-rich areas, the soil stayed slightly wet, more tree seedlings sprouted (抽芽), and the system was full of activity despite the long, hard dry spell.For Griffiths, it was only because they happened to study the drought that they could pick out the real importance of termi tes to the system, she points out. “And that rings alarm bells in my head,” she says, “because it makes me think, well what else don’t we know? If we start damaging biological communities, we don’t know what that will do.”28. Which of the following best e xplains “a bum rap” underlined in Paragraph 2?A. Unfair blame.B. Wide popularity.C. Public attention.D. Special preference.9. What have scientists learned about termites?A. They do serious harm to tropical rainforests.B. They contribute a lot to the ecosystem they live in.C. They act as food for other plants, insects and animals.D. They speed up the loss of nutrition in the rainforest.30. What can we infer from the finding of Griffiths experiment?A. Termites help rainforests survive climate change.B. Termites prefer drought years to non-drought ones.C. Termites benefit more from the forest during the drought.D. Termites enjoy eating tree seedlings during the drought.31. What does Griffiths tell us in the last paragraph?A. Termites are now in danger of extinction.B. Termites damage biological communities.C. We should think twice before damaging a species.D. We should study the drought to improve the system.DClassifying things is critical for our daily lives. For example, we have to detect spam mail (垃圾邮件), false political news. When we use AI, such tasks are based on “classification technology” in machine learning—having the computer learn, using the boundary separating positive and negative data. For example, “positive” data would be photos including a happy face, and “negative” data photos that include a sad face. Once a classification boundary is learned, the computer can determine whether a certain data is positive or negative.However, the difficulty with this technology is that it requires both positive and negative data for the learning process, and negative data are not available in many cases. For instance, when a retailer (零售商) is trying to predict who will make a purchase, they can easily find data on customers who have purchased from them (positive data), but it is basically impossible to obtain data on customers who have never purchased from them (negative data), since they do not have access to their competitors’ data.According to lead author Takashi Ishida from RIKEN AIP, “Previous classification methods could not cope with the. situation where negative data were not available, but we have made it possible for computers to learn with only positive data, as long as we have a confidence score for our positive data, constructed from information such as buying intention or the active rate of app users. Using our new method, we can let computers learn a classifier only from p ositive data equipped with confidence.”According to Ishida, “This discovery could expand the range of applications where classification technology can be used. Even in fields where machine learning has been actively used, our classification technology could be used in new situations where only positive data can be gathered due to data regulation or business constraints (限制). In the near future, we hope to put our technology to use in various research fields, such as natural language processing, computer vision, robotics, and bioinformatics.”32. How can the computer distinguish the positive data from the negative data?A. By learning the classification boundary.B. By updating the data collected regularly.C. By separating happy faces and sad ones.D. By introducing classification technology.33. Why is the example mentioned in Paragraph 2?A. To prove how important the positive data are.B. To confirm that data on customers are complete.C. To argue that retailers get their competitors’ data.D. To explain why negative data are hard to acquire.34. What do the underlined words “new method” in Paragraph 3 refer to?A. Analyzing buying intention.B. Building a confidence score.C. Assessing the active rate of app users.D. Equipping the computer with confidence.35. What can be a suitable title for the text?A. The History of Classification TechnologyB. Smarter AI: Machine Leaning without Negative DataC. Bigger Data: Computers Assisting Language ProcessingD. The Comparison between Positive Data and Negative Data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。
安徽省合肥市 2019年高三第二次教学质量检测英语试题
合肥市2019年高三第二次教学质量检测第二部分阅读理解（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AYou might have heard a lot about ancient towns and ancient cities in China. Here, we list several of the most beautiful ancient villages in China.Baoshan Stone City, Yunnan ProvinceBaoshao Stone City was built on a huge mushroom-shaped rock, and only has about onehundred houses. The houses are laid out in an orderly way, built on the rock, and linked by stone steps. The Naxi people there still lead an original life and grow crops in terraces（梯田）;you can experience the colorful culture of the Naxi ethnic（民族的） group there.Tuvas Village in Kanas, XinjiangKanas Tuvas Village is near the mysterious Lake Kanas. The small village is located in a valley, and only has about 80 houses. These Swiss-style wooden houses are all surrounded by wooden fences. Tuvas is an ancient minority group. They traditionally lived as hunter-gathers. You can visit a local family, go herding (放牧)with the locals and experience the peaceful ancient village life.Jiaju Tibetan Village， Danba， Sichuan ProvinceJiaju Tibetan Village is known as the "Tibetan fairyland". It stands on a mountain slope, and consists of about 140 houses. These unique houses are all built with crown-shaped roofs, red eaves, and white walls, which make the houses look like little castles among the forest.Xijiang Miao Village, Guizhou ProvinceIf you're interested in the Miao Minority, Xijiang Miao Village can be a great destination for deepening your understanding of Miao history and culture. It's the largest Miao village in China, and now has 1432 households with a population of over 5000, of which 99.5% are Miao ethnic group. It's also famous for the houses built on stilts (支柱)of different heights.21. What can you do in Kanas Tuvas Village?A. Hike in terracesB. See houses of a foreign styleC. Go hunting with the locals.D. Learn about houses built on stilts22. Where can you admire the houses like castles?A. In Baoshan Stone CityB, In Kanas Tuvas VillageC. In Jiaju Tibetan VillageD. In Xijiang Miao Village23. What can we infer about the villages mentioned in the text?A. They remained secret to the outside world in the pastB. They were originally built to defend their homelandC. They are still cut off and difficult to access nowadaysD. They are the ethnic villages with unique architecture.BA simple project to help a family in need stopped Luke Mickelson in his tracks. In 2012, he and his family were inspired to build and donate a bunk bed, one bed on top of the other，after learning there were local children who slept on the floor. Shocked to discover how widespread this need was in his community, Mickelson founded Sleep in Heavenly Peace, a nonprofit that builds and delivers beds to children in need.Bom and raised in Idaho, Mickelson, now 41, had a thriving career. He coached his kids’sports teams and fished in the nearby river. But when he met children who were sleeping on thefloor, his peaceful life changed course.Using safety guidelines and his daughter’s bunk bed as a model, Mickelson started buying wood and supplies to build beds with his own money. He recruited friends and family members to help around the holidays. As word spread, interest and involvement from his and other communities flooded—along with Mickelson's bunk bed output. "That first project, we built 11 bunk beds in my garage,” he said. "The next year, we did 15. Then it doubled every year. In 2017, we built 612 bunk beds.”With the motto "No kid sleeps on the floor in our town", the nonprofit and its more than 65 branches have built and delivered more than 1, 500 free beds to children across America. Butalong with the rapid growth, Mickelson was faced with a tough choice: advancing his career or his nonprofit. He chose the latter and went from making "great money to zero money" . He’s never looked back. “I found that the need I have isn’t financial,” he said. "The need I have is seeing the joy on kid’s faces, knowing that I can mak e a difference.24. Why did Mickelson set up Sleep in Heavenly Peace?A. To help the poor childrenB. To make a big fortuneC. To inspire his communityD. To get more donations25. What do we know about Luke Mickelson?A. He had his own fish farm.B. He changed his career from time to timeC. He used to sleep on the floor when he was a kid.D. He originally had a relaxing and pleasant life26. How did other people react to Mickelson's project?A. They showed little interest in itB. They were supportive and involved in it.C. They were doubtful about the safety of the bunk bed.D. They volunteered to buy beds with their own money27. What is Mickelson's attitude to the nonprofit?A. Ambiguous.B. Defensive.C. CautiousD. PositiveCTrees, some of the tallest in the world, towered above Hannah Ginffiths and her colleagues each morning as they walked deep into the rainforest in the Maliau Basin in Bomeo, where they had set up a set of experiments to look at the ecological effects of small creatures : termites(白蚁)。
安徽省合肥市2019年高三第二次教学质量检测英语卷及答案
安徽省合肥市2019年高三第二次教学质量检测英语试题本卷分第Ⅰ卷(选择题)和第Ⅱ卷(非选择题)两部分，满分150分，考试时间120分钟。
第Ⅰ卷第一部分：听力理解(共两节。
满分30分)第一节（共5小题;每小题1.5分,满分7. 5分)听下面5段对话。
每段对话后有一个小题, 从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项, 并标在答题卷的相应位置。
用答题卡的考生, 先把选出的最佳选项标在试卷的相应位置, 再转涂到答题卡上。
听完每段对话后, 你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。
每段对话仅读一遍。
1. When does the woman's train leave?A. At 2:45 pm.B. At 3:15 pmC. At 3:30.2. What does the woman think of English learning?A. Difficult.B. Easy.C. Boring.3. What do we know about the man?A. He wasn't ready for the puzzle.B. He didn't take part in the puzzle.C. He wasn't interested in the puzzle.4. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. The weather forecast.B. Personal dislikes.C. The weather.5. What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?A. Assistant and patient.B. Doctor and patient.C. Employer and employee. 第二节（共15小题, 每小题1.5分, 满分22. 5分)听下面5段对话或独白。
精品解析：【市级联考】安徽省合肥市2019届高三第二次教学质量检测(含听力)英语试题(解析版)
合肥市2019年高三第二次教学质量检测英语试题(考试时间:120分钟满分:150分)试卷采用闭卷、笔试形式。
试卷由四个部分组成。
其中，第一、二部分和第三部分的第一节为选择题。
第三部分的第二节和第四部分为非选择题。
试卷满分150分。
考试时间120分钟。
考试结束后将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
注意事项:1. 答卷前，考生务必用0.5毫米黑色签字笔将自己的姓名、座位号、准考证号、县区和科类填写在答题卡和试卷规定的位置上。
2. 回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。
如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案标号。
3. 回答非选择题时，必须用0.5毫米黑色签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内相应的位置，写在本试卷上无效。
如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不能使用涂改液、胶带纸、修正带。
不按以上要求作答的答案无效。
第一部分听力(共两节，满分30分)做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。
录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。
第一节(共5小题；每小题 1.5分，满分7.5分)听下面5段对话。
每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。
听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。
每段对话仅读一遍。
1.【此处有音频，请去附件查看】How long has the woman been kept in the house?A. Two days.B. Three days.C. Five days.【答案】B【解析】【详解】此题为听力题，解析略。
2.【此处有音频，请去附件查看】What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. A live concert.B. A right choice.C. A business report.【答案】 A【解析】【详解】此题为听力题，解析略。
合肥一中2019届高三第二次月考英语试题
合肥一中2019届高三第二次月考英语试题第Ⅰ卷第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。
录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。
第一节（共5小题；每题1分，满分5分）听下面五段对话，每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。
听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。
每段对话仅读一遍。
例：How much is the shirt?A.£19.15.B.£9.18.C.£9.15答案是C1.What will Lucy do at 11:30 tomorrow?A.Go out for lunch.B.See her dentist.C.Visit a friend.2.What is the weather like now?A.It’s sunny.B.It’s rainy.C.It’s cloudy.3.Why does the man talk to Dr. Simpson?A.To make an apology.B.To ask for help.C.To discuss his studies.4.How will the woman get back from the railway station?A.By train.B.By carC.By bus.5.What dose Jenny decide to do first?A. Look for a job.B.Go on a trip.C.Get an assistant.第二节（共15小题；每题1分，满分15分）听下面五段对话或独白，每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。
听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。
安徽省合肥市2019届高三英语下学期第二次教学质量检测试题(含解析)
合肥市2019年高三第二次教学质量检测英语试题(考试时间:120分钟满分:150分)试卷采用闭卷、笔试形式。
试卷由四个部分组成。
其中，第一、二部分和第三部分的第一节为选择题。
第三部分的第二节和第四部分为非选择题。
试卷满分150分。
考试时间120分钟。
考试结束后将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
注意事项:1. 答卷前，考生务必用0.5毫米黑色签字笔将自己的姓名、座位号、准考证号、县区和科类填写在答题卡和试卷规定的位置上。
2. 回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。
如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案标号。
3. 回答非选择题时，必须用0.5毫米黑色签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内相应的位置，写在本试卷上无效。
如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不能使用涂改液、胶带纸、修正带。
不按以上要求作答的答案无效。
第一部分听力(共两节，满分30分)做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。
录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。
第一节(共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分)听下面5段对话。
每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。
听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。
每段对话仅读一遍。
1.How long has the woman been kept in the house?A. Two days.B. Three days.C. Five days.【答案】B【解析】【详解】此题为听力题，解析略。
2.What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. A live concert.B. A right choice.C. A businessreport.【答案】A【解析】【详解】此题为听力题，解析略。
3.What does the woman suggest?A. Writing more essays.B. Experiencing Chinese culture.C. Borrowing some Chinese books.【答案】C【解析】【详解】此题为听力题，解析略。
安徽省合肥市2019年高三第二次教学质量检测英语试题-word(20200223161125)
合肥市2019年高三第二次教学质量检测英语试题（考试时间：120分钟满分：150分）第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）（略）第二部分阅读理解（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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
AYou might have heard a lot about ancient towns and ancient cities in China. Here, we list several of the most beautiful ancient villages in China.Baoshan Store City, Yunnan Province Baoshao Stone City was built on a huge mushroom-shaped rock, only has about one hundred houses. The houses are laid out in and orderly way, built on the rock, and linked by stone steps. The Naxi people there still lead an original life and grow crops in terraces(梯田); you can experience the colorful culture of the Naxi ethnic(民族的) there.Tuvas Village in Kanas, Xinjiang Tuvas Village is near mysterious Lake Kanas. The small village is located in a valley, and only has about 80 houses. These Swiss-style wooden houses are all surrounded by wooden fences, Tuvas is an ancient minority group. They traditionally lived as hunter-gathers. You can visit a local family,go herding with the locals and experiencing the peaceful ancient village life.Jiaju Tibetan Village, Danba, Sichuan Province Jiaju Tibetan Village is known as the "Tibetan fairyland". Jiaju Tibetan Village is on a slight hill slope, and consists of about 140 houses. These unique houses are all builtwith crown-shaped roofs, red eaves, and white walls, which make the houses look like little castles among the forest.Xijiang Miao Village，Guizhou Province If you are interested in the Miao Minority, Xijiang Qianhu Miao Village can be a great destination for deepening your understanding of Miao history and culture. It’s the largest Miao village in China, and now has 1432 households with a population of over 5000, of which 99.5% are Miaoethic group. It’s also famous for the houses built on stitles of different heights.21.What can you do in Kanas Tuvas Village?A.Hike in terraces.B. See houses of a foreign style.C. Go hunting with the locals.D. Learn about houses built on stilts.22.Where can you admire the houses like castles?A.In Baoshan Stone CityB. In Kanas Tuvas Village.C. In Jiaju Tibetan Village.D. In Xijiang Miao Village.23.What can we infer about the villages mentioned in the text?A.They remained secret to the outside world in the past.B.They were originally built to defend their homeland.C.They are still cut off and difficult to access nowadays.D.They are the ethnic villages with unique architecure.BA simple project to help a family in need stopped Luke Mickelson in his tracks. In 2012, he and his familywere inspired to build and donate a bunk bed, one bed on top of the other, after learning there were local childrenwho slept on the floor. Shocked to discover how widespread this need was in his community, Mickelson foundedSleep in Heavenly Peace, a nonprofit that builds and delivers beds to children in need.Born and raised in Idaho, Mickelson, now 41, had a thriving career, he coached his kids’ sports teams and fished in the nearby river. But when he met children who were sleeping on the floor, his peaceful life changedcourse.model, Mickelson started buying wood and supplies Using safety guidelines and his daughter’s bunk bed as ato build beds with his own money. He recruited friends and family members to help around the holidays. As wordspread, interest and involvement from his and other communities flooded —along with Mickelson’sbunk bedoutput. “That first project, we built 11 bunk beds in my garage,” he said. “The next year, we did 15. every year. In 2017, we built 612 bunk beds.”Wit h the motto “No kid sleeps on the floor in our town,” the nonprofit and its more than 65 chapters hav and delivered more than 1,500 free beds to children across America. But along with the rapid growth, Mickelsonwas faced with a tough choice: advancing his career or his nonprofit. He chose the latter and went from making“I found that the need I have isn’t financial,” he sa “great money to zero money.” He’s never looked back.need I have is seeing the joy on kids’ faces, knowing that I can make a difference.”24.Why did Mickelson set up in Heavenly Peace?A.To help the poor children.B. To make a big fortune.C. To inspire his community.D.To get more donations.25. What do we know about Luke Mickelson?A. He had his own fish farm.B. He changed his career from time to time.C.He used to sleep on the floor when he was a kid.D. He originally had a relaxing and pleasant life.26. How did other people react to Michelson’s project?A. They showed little interest in it.B. They were supportive and involved in it.C.They were doubtful about the safety of the bunk bed.D.They volunteered to buy beds with their own money.27. What is Mickelson’s attitude to the nonprofit?A. Ambiguous.B. DefensiveC. Cautious.D. Positive.CTrees, some of the tallest in the world, towered above Hannah Griffiths and her colleagues each morning asthey tramped deep into the rainforest in the Maliau Basin in Borneo, where they had set up a set of experiments tolook at the ecological effects of smaller creatures: termites.Termites get a bum rap. They make headlines for chomping through billions of dollars of property each year inthe U.S.—and sometimes for literally eating money. And they are responsible for something like two percent ofglobal carbon emissions, simply as a result of their huge populations and preference for chewing throughcarbon-rich materials. A whole industry is aimed at killing them.But they play a key role in many natural ecosystems. Scientists have known for years that in tropical forests,termites chew up fallen leaves and dead wood, keeping the fallen material under control and letting nutrients fromthe dead material back into the system to be used by other plants, insects, and animals. But they didn’t knowexactly how important the insects were in keeping the forest healthy and functional, so they removed termites froma particular spot in the forest and saw how it responded.As luck would have it, Hanaha Griffiths and her colleagues started their experiment when the forest was hit byan exterme drought(干旱). During the non-drought years, they saw there wasn’t much difference between the normal plots and the ones where they’d removed the termites. But during the drought, the effects were marked. Where there were more termites munching through the drifts of leaf litter, the soil stayed moist and seedlingssprouted(抽芽), and the system was full of activity despite the long, hard dry spell.For Griffiths, it was only because they happened to study the drought that they could pick out the real importance of termites to the system, she points out. “A nd that rings alarm bells in my head,” she says, “be makes me think, well, what else don’t we know? If we start damaging biological communities, we donthat will do.”28.Which of the following best explains “a bum rap” underlined in Paragraph2?A.Unfair blame.B. Wide popularity.C. Public attention.D. Special preference.29.What have scientists learned about termites?A.They do serious harm to tropical rainforests.B. They contribute a lot to the ecosystem they live in.C.They act as food for other plants, insects and animals.D. They speed up the loss of nutrition in the rainforest.30. What can we infer from the finding of Griffiths’ experiment?A. Termites help rainforests survive climate change.B. Termites prefer drought years to non-drought ones.C. Termites benefit more than the forest during the drought.D. Termites enjoy eating tree seedlings during the drought.31. What does Griffiths tell us in the last paragraph?A. Termites are now in danger of extinction.B. Termites damage biological communities.C. We should think twice before damaging a species.D. We should study the drought to improve the system.DClassifying things is critical for our daily lives. For example, we have to detect spam mail, false political news. When using AI, such tasks are based on "classification technology" in machine learning -- having the computer learn using the boundary separating positive and negative data. For example, "positive" data would be photos including a happy face, and "negative" data photos that include a sad face. Once a classification boundary is learned, the computer can determine whether a certain data is positive or negative.However, the difficulty with this technology is that it requires both positive and negative data for the learning process, and negative data are not available in many cases. For instance, when a retailer (零售商)is trying to predict who will make a purchase, they can easily find data on customers who purchased from them (positive data), but itis basically impossible to obtain data on customers who did not purchase from them (negative data), since they donot have access to their competitors' data.According to lead author Takashi Ishida from RIKEN AIP, "Previous classification methods could not copewith the situation where negative data were not available, but we have made it possible for computers to learn with only positive data, as long as we have a confidence score for our positive data, constructed from information suchas buying intention or the active rate of app users. Using our new method, we can let computers learn a classifieronly from positive data equipped with confidence."According to Ishida, "This discovery could expand the range of applications where classification technologycan be used. Even in fields where machine learning has been actively used, our classification technology could be used in new situations where only positive data can be gathered due to data regulation or business constraints. Inthe near future, we hope to put our technology to use in various research fields, such as natural language processing, computer vision, robotics, and bioinformatics."32.How can the computer distinguish the positive data from the negative data?A.By learning the classfication boundary.B. By updating the data collected regularly.B.By separating happy faces and sad ones. D. By introducing classification technology.33.Why is the example mentioned in Paragraph 2?A.To prove how important the positive data are.B. To confirm that data on customers are complete.C.To argue that retailers get their competitors’ data.D. To explain why negative data are hard to acquire.34. What do the underlined words “new method” in Paragraph 3 refer to?A. Analyze buying intention.B. Building a confidence score.C. Assessing the active rate of app users.D. Equipping the computer with confidence.35. What can be the best title for the text?A. The history of Classification TechnologyB. Smarter AI: Machine Learning without Negative DataC. Bigger Data: Computers Assissting Language ProcessingD. The Comparison between Positive Data and Negative Data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。
2019-2020年安徽省合肥市二模：合肥市2019届高三第二次模拟考试英语试题-附详细答案
见微知著，闻弦歌而知雅意2019-2020届备考安徽省合肥市2019届第二次模拟考试英语试题第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）听下面5段对话。
每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。
听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。
每段对话仅读一遍。
例：How much is the shirt?A. £19.15.B. £9.15.C. £9.18.答案是B。
1. What does Bob think of his first day at wo rk?A. Exciting.B. Boring.C. Interesting.2. How many pages of hom ework will they do?A. Three.B. Two.C. Four.3. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. When Jim will return.B. Where Tom flew to.C. Who is reading a book there.4. Where does the conversation probably take place?A. In a bank.B. In a restaurant.C. At a train station.5. What does the woman plan to do tonight?A. Watch a movie.B. Give a performance.C. Practice the piano.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）听下面5段对话或独白，每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。
安徽省合肥市2019年高三第二次教学质量检测英语卷及答案
安徽省合肥市2019年高三第二次教学质量检测英语试题本卷分第Ⅰ卷(选择题)和第Ⅱ卷(非选择题)两部分，满分150分，考试时间120分钟。
第Ⅰ卷第一部分：听力理解(共两节。
满分30分)第一节（共5小题;每小题1.5分,满分7. 5分)听下面5段对话。
每段对话后有一个小题, 从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项, 并标在答题卷的相应位置。
用答题卡的考生, 先把选出的最佳选项标在试卷的相应位置, 再转涂到答题卡上。
听完每段对话后, 你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。
每段对话仅读一遍。
1. When does the woman's train leave?A. At 2:45 pm.B. At 3:15 pmC. At 3:30.2. What does the woman think of English learning?A. Difficult.B. Easy.C. Boring.3. What do we know about the man?A. He wasn't ready for the puzzle.B. He didn't take part in the puzzle.C. He wasn't interested in the puzzle.4. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. The weather forecast.B. Personal dislikes.C. The weather.5. What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?A. Assistant and patient.B. Doctor and patient.C. Employer and employee. 第二节（共15小题, 每小题1.5分, 满分22. 5分)听下面5段对话或独白。
2019-2020学年合肥市第二中学高三英语二模试卷及参考答案
2019-2020学年合肥市第二中学高三英语二模试卷及参考答案第一部分阅读（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、D四个选项中选出最佳选项AOn the 100th anniversary of the Communist Party of China (CPC), red tourism has gained popularity among tourists who flood in to visit historic sites with a modern revolutionary heritage.JinggangshanThis is one of the most crucial and splendid chapters of history of establishing Red China as well as a unique and wonderful ecosystem, which is covered with rich forest, rugged peaks and several memorials to the Red Army. The best time to visit is between April and October, with the most temperature timing April and May when the large azaleas (杜鹃花) bloom.Open: 8:00-17:00 (Feb. 16-Nov. 15). 8:00-16:30 (Nov. 16-Feb. 15)XibaipoIt is an old revolutionary base where the leadership of the Communist Party of China was stationed, drawing up the blueprint for a new country. A memorial hall was built to honor the memory of this site. The lake and the hill here add brilliance and beauty to each other and form pleasant scenery.Open: Tuesdays to Sundays 9:30-17:00 (Xibaipo Memorial Hall)The Nanhu Revolutionary Memorial HallA new exhibition is held with updated display approaches, including phantom imaging (全息影像) and oil painting, which are used to improve visitors' experiences. The exhibition shows four stages of the CPC from its establishment to its achievements.Open: Tuesdays to Sundays 8:30-18:00 (closed on Mondays)Former Site of the Editorial Department ofNew YouthNew Youthstarted the New Culture Movement and spread the influence of the May Fourth Movement. The site was briefly based in Beijing but moved back to Shanghai in 1920 and also served as the office for the Communist Party of China Central Committee in the 1920s.Open: Thursdays to Tuesdays 9:00 - 11:30, 13:30 - 16:30 (closed on Wednesdays)1. Where would visitors learn more about the history of the Red Army?A. Jinggangshan.B. Xibaipo.C. The Nanhu Revolutionary Memorial Hall.D. Former Site of the Editorial Department ofNew Youth.2. What do we know about the Nanhu Revolutionary Memorial Hall?A. It focuses on Chinese achievements in art.B. It mainly advertises the coming anniversary.C. It applies modernized methods to the exhibition.D. It briefly introduces the rise and fall of Nanhu.3. When can tourists visit Former Site of the Editorial Department ofNew Youth?A. At 1:00 p.m. on Mondays.B. At 9:00 a.m. on Wednesdays.C. At 2:00 p.m. on Fridays.D. At 5:00 p.m on Sundays.BFrom Mozart to Metallica, tons of people enjoy listening to various types of music while they paint, write, or draw. Most believe that music helps increase creativity, but an international study conducted by English and Swedish researchers is challenging that view. The study results wereechoedby scientists fromLancasterUniversity, and theUniversityofGavle, saying their findings show music actually weakens creativity.To reach their conclusions, researchers had volunteers complete verbal problems designed to inspire creativity while sitting in a quiet room, and then again while music played in the background. They found that background music significantly weakened the volunteers’ ability to complete tasks connected with verbal creativity. The team also tested background noises like those commonly heard in a library, but found that such noises had no influence on subjects’ creativity.The tasks were simple word games. For example, volunteers were given three words, such as dress, rise, and flower. Then, they were asked to find a single word connected with all three that could be combined to form a common phrase or word. The single word, in this case, would be “sun” (sundress, sunrise, sunflower). Volunteers completed the tasks in either a quiet room, or while listening to two different types of music: rock music or light music“We found strong evidence of weakened performance when playing background music in comparison to quiet background conditions,” says co-author D. Neil McLatchie ofLancasterUniversity. He and his colleagues find that music negatively influences the verbal working memory processes of the brain, preventing creativity. Also, as far as the library background noises having seemingly no effect, the study’s authors believe that was the casebecause library noises create a “regular state” environment that doesn’t affect concentration.“To conclude, the findings here challenge the popular view that music increases creativity, and instead show that music, whatever type it is, is always a disadvantage for creative performance in problem solving,” the study reads.4. The underlined word in Paragraph 1 can be replaced by ________.A. challengedB. acceptedC. doubtedD. heard5. What were the volunteers asked to do in the study?A. To play music.B. To combine given words.C. To create new words.D. To connect words with music.6. What can we infer from the study?A. Quiet background inspires creativity best.B. Library noise does no harm to creativity.C. Music has a bad effect on language ability.D. Music types matter in creative performance.7. Which is the main idea of the passage?A. Quiet Environments Prevent Concentration.B. Background NoiseAffects Concentration.C. Composing Music Weakens Creativity.D. Listening to Music Reduces Creativity.CAfter almost an entire year of not going shopping and vacationing, you find the numbers reflected by your bank account meet your heart's desire.Now the most important question comes, what to do with the earnings? Should you fulfill dreams of the present, invest in preserving the future or perhaps keep saving it for a rainy day?Our elders always try to teach us the value of money and its moral weakness. One may be on a winning streak（连续成功）now，but it will not always be so. One will have days when there will be no sunshine but only rain. and their luck will hide behind those thick grey clouds. Save for those rainy days,they say.Do not spend too much,live within a budget,refrain fromcredit no matter how small and save for the future.Since the very first time we earn our own money from a summer job or earning our first salary, the lessons start. In fact, the pocket money that we receive when we are children begins the process of learning how to best manage one's money.People often think like this-one day when I have enough money, I will travel the world. Then, once we do earn enough money, tomorrow's plans start shadowing our present ones. However, is it wise to keep living for that future? Will we still enjoy or even be able to backpack in -our 50s? How will we ever enjoy our present if we areconstantly living for the future?Good questions, aren't they? 1 say travel but don' t let yourself run dry, treat yourself to some luxuries but also keep enough for your necessities, and enjoy your present but with a plan for the foreseeable future.Life is for the living. so live it sensibly.8. Why do elders teach us to save money?A. Because there are more rainy days in life.B. Because no one can win streak.C. Because good days may end.D. Because money can't buy everything.9. What does the underlined phrase "“refrain from" mean in Paragraph 3?A. select fromB. hold backC. rely onD. prefer to10. What can we infer from the passage?A. We should enjoy ourselves at the right time.B. We should wait to travel until we have enough money.C. We should live for the future no matter what.D. We should enjoy ourselves to the fullest when we have money.11. What is the main idea of the passage?A. Money is something but not everything.B. One should save for rainy days.C. Live in the moment before you live for the future.D. Live the present wisely for your life.DIf you believe in thermometers (温度计), you should believe in global warming. And if you believe in eating French fries with your hamburger, you should worry more about carbonemission.It won't happen overnight, but as the planet’s climate changes, the growth cycles of main crops will all be heavily affected. Here are three of the crops that might not beat the heat.The potato actually needs a great deal of beauty rest to develop properly. “They need a cool nighttime temperature in order to start growing the tuber, the part that we eat,” Nelson says.Temperature and altitude are two primary concerns in coffee growth, and farmers are stuck between a rock and a hard place. “We know that coffee grows in a certain temperature range,” Nelson says. “They've been movingup the mountains, but at some point you run out of mountains to move up.” Higher-grade strains of Arabica coffee in Central American regions are at particular risk due to the need for lower growing temperature, especially since diseases and pests are also becoming more of a factor as temperatures rise.Even if you're looking at the direct effects of temperature alone, rice is in trouble. “As nighttime temperatures go up, the rice is going to have a problem flowering and won't make as many seeds,” Nelson says. In addition to this direct heat consequence, rising sea levels will flood many rice paddies and destroy water salinity levels, while droughts will lower production, raise prices, and further shame westerners who are clumsy with chopsticks to be able to clear their plates once a new grain is adopted.12. What is the closest meaning to the underlined word “emission” in Paragraph 1?A. Mixture.B. Pollution.C. Giving off.D. Going down.13. What does the potatoes' development need according to Nelson?A. Cool temperature at night.B. Sudden rise of the temperature.C. Enough water and salt.D. Much sunshine and fresh air.14. The rice is difficult to flower,probably because ________.A. sea levels go up suddenlyB. many seeds can't be producedC. the temperature rises at nightD. both temperature and altitude rise15. What is the best title for the text?A. How Does Global Warming Affect WesternersB. How Does the Cool Temperature Affect RiceC. What Is the Real Reason For Crops’ GrowthD. Three Crops That Won't Survive Climate Changes第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
2019-2020学年合肥四十六中学高三英语二模试卷及参考答案
2019-2020学年合肥四十六中学高三英语二模试卷及参考答案第一部分阅读（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、D四个选项中选出最佳选项ANothing beats live music, but the venue makes a difference. When you're able to score tickets to an incredible concert in an incredible place, you won't forget the experience. Here are some of the coolest music venues from around the world. If you haven't been to any of these, you've got some traveling to do.Red Rocks, Morrison, the United StatesRed Rocks might be the most beautiful and famous venue in the United States. At 6,450 feet above sea level, Red Rocks is a geologically formed natural stage. Its massive sandstone provides a perfect stage for jam bands. If you're into the blues and jazz, you'll have no trouble finding something in line with your interests.Meet Factory, Prague, Czech RepublicSmallest venues on this list, Meet Factory is an art gallery, theater, and music venue. The venue only accommodates 1,000 people, so you won't see any huge names come through. Still, it's a great place to see up-and-coming local acts, and if you've got an eye for contemporary art, you'll love your time here.Arena of NÎmes, NÎmes, FranceOriginally built around A. D. 70, the Arena of Nimes presents concertgoers with an interesting question: Should they enjoy the music, or marvel at the architecture? The Arena is, after all, one of the world's best-preserved Roman theaters. Many major touring acts plan stops at the Arena of Nimes, especially during the venue's annual festival.Sydney Opera House, Sydney, AustraliaThe Sydney Opera House is one of the world's most famous performing venues. I's also one of the most distinctive buildings in Sydney, thanks to the breathtaking design by Danish architect Utzon. It hosts about 40 events per week, so whether you're into jazz, rock, classical music, or opera, you'll find something to watch.1.Where can you enjoy music in natural beauty?A.At Red Rocks.B.At Meet Factory.C.At Arena of Nimes.D.At Sydney Opera House.2.What is special about Meet Factory?A.It enjoys breathtaking scenery.B.It hosts both musical and artistic events.C.It is the largest venue of all.D.It is famous for contemporary music.3.What do the listed music venues have in common?A.They have a long history.B.They are built near the sea.C.They accommodate thousands of people.D.They are beautiful tourist attractions.BNarasimha Das is on his way to feed 169,379 hungry children. Das is in charge of a kitchen in Vrindaban. The town is about a three-hour drive fromIndia’s capital,New Delhi. Das gets to work at 3:00 a.m. Thirty workers are already working to make tens of thousands of rounds of bread. It will be brought to 1,516 schools in and around Vrindaban.A Growing ProblemGoing to school is difficult for more than 13 million children inIndia. They must go to work instead, or go hungry. That’s whyIndiabegan the Mid-Day Meal Scheme, the largest school-lunch program in the world. A free lunch encourages children to come to school and gives them the energy they need for learning. The program began in the 1960s.The kitchen in Vrindaban is run by the Akshaya Patra Foundation. It is one of the lunch program’s biggest partners. “Just $11.50 can feed one child for an entire year,” said Madhu Sridhar, president of the Akshaya Patra Foundation.Lunch Is Served!The Akshaya Patra food truck arrives atGopalgarhPrimary School. Since the program started, the number of underweight children has gone down. The children get foods they need — as long as they finish what’s on their plates.4. What does Narasimha Das do？A. A waiter.B. A salesman.C. A cook.D. A shopkeeper.5. The kitchen in Vrindaban supplies food to ________.A. the poorB. school childrenC. college studentsD. the old6. Why is it difficult for children to go to school inIndia?A. Because they have to work to make money.B. Because there are not enough schools.C. Because there are not enough teachers.D. Because their parents refuse to send them to school.7. Which of the following about the Mid-Day Meal Scheme is NOT true?A. It is to encourage children to go to school.B. It has been carried out for about 50 years.C. It is run by Narasimha Das.D. It is the largest school-lunch program in the world.CBy mid-century there will likely be 9 billion people on the planet, using ever more resources and leading ever more technologically complex lives. What will our cities be like? How much will artificialintelligence (AI) advance? Will global warming cause disastrous changes, or will we be able to engineer our way out of the climate change issues? Recently, the magazineBig Thinkasked top minds from a variety of fields to weigh in on what the future holds 40 years from now. The result is as follows.It's likely that by 2050 the majority of the people in the world will live in urban areas and will have a much higher average age than people today. Cities theorist Richard thinks urbanization will transform the education system of, making our economy less houses driven and removing the divisions between home and work.And rapidly advancing technology will continue ever more rapidly. Cities of the future won't look like “some sort of science-fiction fantasy”, but it's likely that technological advances and information overlays (VR and AR) will greatly change how we live. Self-driving cars will make the roads safer and provide faster transports. A larger version of driverless cars-driverless trucks — may make long-distance drivers out of date.Some long view predictions are completelydire. Environmentalist Bill says that if we don't make great progress in fighting global warming, it's likely we could see out-of- control rises in sea levels, huge crop shortfalls and wars over limited freshwater resources.In terms of how we will eat, green markets founder and “real food" supporter Nina believes that there will be more small milk processing plants and more regional food operations and we'll be healthier as a result.New York Timeswriter Mark thinks that people will eat fewer processed foods and eat foods grown closer to where they live. And more people will be aware of the ethical responsibility" to grow foods.8. What may happen by 2050 based on the magazineBig Think ?A. Education will be driven by economy.B. The majority of people will be taller.C. AI will cause disastrous changes.D. Most people will live in big cities.9. What do we know about technology in the future according to Paragraph 3?A. It will make people live in science-fiction fantasy.B. It will ensure safer transports due to faster cars.C. It will greatly change the way in which people live.D. It will increase the number of long-distance drivers.10. What does the underlined word "dire" in Paragraph 4 mean?A. Magical.B. Terrible.C. Ridiculous.D. Meaningful.11. What does Nina think of foods in the future?A. People will eat healthier and fresher foods.B. Land-raised farm systems will be improved.C. There will be smaller regional food operations,D. Food supplies will become much more limited.DTo Rehan Staton, his childhood was a life of privilege — loving parents, a supportive big brother and a pleasant, private school education. Everything changed when his mother left the country and his father lost his job.He had to sleep with a heavy jacket on when it was cold. He was always hungry. He said he couldn't concentrate at school and would sleep during class. He went from straight. As to near the bottom of his class. A teacher told him he needed special education, which made him hate school.Staton spent his high school years as an excellent athlete, raining to become a professional boxer. He had won a lot of martial arts competitions.But a tragedy struck him in his senior year when Staton suffered serious tendonitis (肌腱炎), in both shoulders. He couldn’t lift either arm for months. His dream of becoming a professional player failed. He struggled to apply to colleges but was refused byall of them.Staton’s body slowly recovered from martial arts and he got a job as a rubbish collector. Many co-workers couldn't help but ask him a simple question, “What are you doing here? You’re smart. You are too young to be here. Go to college.” It was the first time someone outside his family had spoken highly of his intelligence. It was the co-workers thatem enedhim to return to school.Several co-workers put Staton in touch with a professor atBowieStateUniversity. The professor was impressed with their conversation and persuaded the admissions board to change its former decision.Going to college forced Staton’s older brother, Reggie, to drop out. They both knew someone had to beworking full time along with their dad. It was a decision Reggie made on his own.After receiving a 4.0, Staton succeeded in becoming a student at theUniversityofMaryland. But he still had a long way to go to attend Harvard Law eventually...12. What finally changed Rehan Staton’s happy childhood?A. His brother’s losing the job.B. His serious health problem.C. His father’s sudden death.D. His mother’s leaving the country.13. What does the underlined word “em ened” in the fourth paragraph mean?A. Force.B. Direct.C. Encourage.D. Accompany.14. Why did Staton’s elder brother have to drop out of school?A. He wanted his brother to study further.B. His father asked him to leave school.C. He had lost interest in most lessons.D. He had to go out to find his mother.15. What will the writer mainly talk about next?A. What Rehan Staton planned to do after entering Harvard.B. How Rehan Staton managed to be admitted to Harvard.C. Why Rehan Staton decided to choose to go to Harvard.D. When Rehan Staton would be successful in Harvard Law.第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。