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【题目】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。

The days when a cellphone was used for nothing beyond calling and texting are gone．Today，we turn smart phones into magical machines with apps that transform them into musical instruments or business machines or video players．But it turns out that we are only searching the surface．Who knew that smart phones would make pretty good satellites? 【1】

Smart phones forecast the weather

Networking expert Open Signal has discovered something interesting：the sensors in Android phones designed to measure battery temperature，light，pressure and 80 on can be used to generate surprisingly accurate weather reports．【2】

Smart phones save the rainforests

Detecting illegal logging(盗伐) may sound like a novel app，【3】 ：in Indonesia，the non-profit organization Rainforest Connection’ wants to use donated Android phones to detect illegal logging．As New scientist reports，“The phones are equipped with solar panels specifically designed to take advantage of the brief periods when light reaches the forest floor．Their microphones stay on at all time，and the software listens for the sound of a chainsaw(链锯)．”

【4】

Researchers at the university of Illinois have developed an iPhones app that turns the phone into a fully featured mobile medical lab that uses the phone’s camera to detect proteins，bacteria，viruses and other organisms．

Smart phones drive cars

Google’s self-driving cars carry around $30，000 of high-tech hardware and sensors，but students at Australia’s Griffith University think they can get the job done with a single smart phone． 【5】

A．but its a serious business

B．Here are some uses for smart phones the makers probably didn’t imaine．

C．so it can be used to detect the sound of a chainsaw

D．It has been used in many fields

E．Get enough phones involved and you will have a weather sensing network

F．Smart phones serve as mobile medical labs

G．They have built a model that relies mainly on the phone’s camera and built—in GPS

【答案】

【1】B

【2】E

【3】A

【4】F

【5】G

【解析】

试题分析：文章给我们介绍了智能手机一些我们不太了解的新功能，如用于预报天气、监测盗伐、医疗实验、驾车定位等。

【1】B考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。本段讲述了手机功能的发展，功能越来越多，但还有一些我们不知道的功能。B项承上启下，引出更多功能，故选B.

【2】E考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。本段主要讲手机预报天气的功能，E项涉及到预报天气并形成气象网络，符合本段意思，故选E.

【3】A考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。本段主要讲手机能监测盗伐树木功能，本句讲了盗伐热带雨林的严重性，A项符合文意，故选A.

【4】F考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。本段主要讲手机在医疗方面的应用，F项与此相符，故选F.

【5】G考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。本段讲智能手机的驾车功能、定位功能，G项符合文意，故选G.

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增加：在缺词处加一个漏子符号（∧）并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

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Facebook wasn’t the only tech company to direct reach out to its users in Paris after the terror attacks. AirBnB（空中食宿） sent its customers in Paris a email advising them staying in place and follow the directions from local authorities, and Uber（优步） used its app to advise users “not to move if absolutely necessary.”

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But no victory in complicated Go games can bring us closer to truly human-like computers.

【1】By mentioning the defeat of Lee Sedol, the author intends to tell us that ______.

A. computers can completely replace humans in everything

B. humans are of no practical economic values to the society

C. the power of computers is growing at a frightening rate

D. AI programs can not compare with humans economically

【2】 We can learn from Paragraph 2 that the power of computers will ______.

A. improve the quality of human life

B. promote equality at work places

C. make contributions to human development

D. widen the gap between the rich and the poor

【3】What does “artificial stupidity” in Paragragh 3 mean?

A. Unskilled workers become stupid.

B. AI discourages skilled work.

C. Computers don’t need pensions.

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【4】 What is the author’s attitude towards the future of artificial intelligence?

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【题目】Writing text messages while walking is dangerous. A study says it is more dangerous than texting while driving. Researchers found that there are more 【1】 (injury) to texting pedestrians(行人) than there are to texting motorists. Their report says walking is not as easy 【2】 we think. We must focus on many things at the same time to walk safely in a straight line. The researchers said that people forget how to walk 【3】(proper), so dangerous things happen to them. They bump(撞) into walls and other people. They walk into cars, fall over things in the street, 【4】 even fall into holes.

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Now I’ve got a full-time job there. I shall always be thankful to Megan. I wish I had known earlier that you could have a career, even if you aren’t top of the class at school.

【1】What is the author’s present job?

A. Working part-time in a college.

B. Taking care of children for a family.

C. Helping children with their schoolwork.

D. Looking after children at a kindergarten.

【2】When staying with the two girls’ family, the author ___________.

A. was paid for extra work

B. often worked long hours

C. got much help from her boss

D. took a day off every other week

【3】Why did the author leave her first job?

A. She found a full-time job.

B. She was fed up with children.

C. She decided to attend a part-time course.

D. She needed a rest after working extra hours.

【4】What has the author learned from her own experiences?

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B. Qualifications are necessary for a career.

C. Hard work makes an excellent student.

D. One must choose the job she likes.

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假如你是李华，你的美国朋友Jamie发邮件告诉你他对中国传统文学非常感兴趣，但是在阅读时遇到了很多困难，比如很多汉字不认识，读不懂文章的意思等等，希望得到你的帮助。请用英文给Jamie回邮件。

内容要点如下：

1．表示理解并给予安慰；

2．提出建议并说明理由。

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【1】 Whenever you read something, you learn information that you otherwise wouldn’t have known. It can be a fact about history or a theory you didn’t know. If you want to learn new words, reading books is a great way to enlarge your vocabulary.

【2】 Similar to solving puzzles, reading books allows your mind to practice its processing skills. Going without books for too long will turn your mind into a whirl (混乱).

One of the primary benefits of reading books is its ability to develop your critical thinking skills. 【3】 Wherever you are faced with a similar problem in real life, your mind is able to put its mystery-solving skills to a test.

One of the real benefits of reading books is that the information in it can be accessed over and over again. For example, reading a cookbook allows you the luxury of reviewing the procedures whenever you need to. 【4】 Don’t even think about writing the information down because you may lose the paper you wrote down on sooner or later.

These are just some of the wonderful benefits of reading books. 【5】 If you can’t even go outside, you can download free e-books on line and read them on your computer. That way, you can see how advantageous reading can be for yourself.

A. Reading books will make you smart.

B. You can improve your memory by reading.

C. Reading books provides you with new knowledge.

D. Following a recipe from a cooking show will be difficult.

E. Reading mystery novels, for example, sharpens your mind.

F. Reading keeps your mind in good condition.

G. Why don’t you drop by the bookstore or library and pick a book up?

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For a long time, scientists have tried to explain how such young children can learn complicated(复杂的) grammatical rules and sounds of a language. 【2】 This new information might eventually help kids with learning problems as well as adults who want to learn new languages. It might even help scientists who are trying to design computers that can communicate like people do.

Most babies go “goo goo” and “ma ma” by 6 months of age. 【3】 For decades, scientists have wondered how the brains of young children figure out how to communicate using language. With the help from new technologies and research strategies, scientists are now finding that babies begin life with the ability to learn any language.

They get into contact with other people, listen to what they say and watch their movements very closely. 【4】 Studies show that, up to about 6 months of age, babies can recognize all the sounds that make up all the languages in the world.

There are about 6,000 sounds that are spoken in languages around the globe, but not every language uses every sound. For example, while the Swedish language has 16 vowel sounds, English uses 8 vowel sounds, and Japanese uses just 5. Adults can hear only the sounds used in the languages they speak fluently. To a native Japanese speaker, for example, the letters R and L sound the same. 【5】

A. Children don’t respond to this kind of sound.

B. Most children speak in full sentences by age 3.

C. A baby’s brain focuses on the most common sounds.

D. That is why they quickly master the languages they hear often.

E. So a Japanese speaker cannot tell “row” from “low”, or “rake” from “lake”.

F. Yet newborns begin to develop language skills long before they begin speaking.

G. Now, researchers are knowing about what’s happening in the brains of the youngest language learners.

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