1 . When he was a kid, Alex Vardakostas began working in the grill (烧烤店) alongside adult employees. He estimates he has cooked 50,000 burgers (汉堡包).

Now, Vardakostas co-owns a burger joint called Creator, in San Francisco, California. But he doesn’t stand over a grill flipping burgers, and neither do his employees. At Creator, burgers are cooked and assembled entirely by machine. And because it costs less to maintain the machine than to pay a kitchen’s worth of employees, burgers cost less.

Creator is just one example of a growing phenomenon: Automation is taking over more and more jobs. That means work is done by machines or computers instead of people.

According to a report from McKinsey Global Institute, about 800 million people could be forced out of their jobs by 2030, McKinsey predicts that as technology improves, some tasks will be done more quickly or cheaply by machine, so businesses will install robots or computer programs to perform them.

Some jobs are more likely to be automated than others. Machines can do jobs that have three characteristics: They are routine, repetitive, and predictable. Some of these jobs pay low wages and require little education. But others pay well and demand an advanced college degree. Taxi drivers, cashiers, lawyers, and doctors all perform some tasks that can be done by machines.

So what jobs are safe from automation? Answers include coming up with new ideas or work that involves interacting with other people and building relationships, Jobs in engineering, science, the arts,therapy, and nursing are examples.

At Creator, Vardakostas hired people to do just that kind of work. Instead of repetitive burger prepping, workers interact with customers and advise them on flavor pairings, like mushroom sauce with pickles and onion jam. “In our world at Creator, all the work is creative and social,” Vardakostas says. “And I think that is what we’re going to see more of the future.”

1. What’s the difference between Creator and a traditional restaurant?

A．There is neither worker nor waiters at Creator at all.

B．The price of burgers at Creator is higher than that of a traditional one.

C．The number of owners of Creator is larger than that of a traditional one.

D．Some work is done by machines instead of humans at Creator.

2. What does the report from McKinsey Global Institute predict?

A．More working opportunities have to be created.

B．More cheap machines will be invented.

C．A lot of people will lose their jobs.

D．Humans will have difficulty in running business.

3. Why does the author mention Creator?

A．To introduce the topic of the text.

B．To increase the plot of the story.

C．To introduce a modern restaurant.

D．To make an advertisement for Vardakostas.

2 . Jeff Bezos, the world’s wealthiest person, was just five when American astronauts stepped on the surface of the moon on July 20, 1969. However, he’s never forgotten the black-and-white footage from the historic moment. Since then, the moon has always been the center of his space dreams which are channeled through his spaceflight company, Blue Origin.

On May 9, 2019, at a meeting held in Washington, DC, Bezos came one step closer to achieving his dream of sending people there, when he presented a model of a lander, Blue Moon, designed to carry both humans and goods to the satellite.

Though details of how Blue Moon will be sent to space remain unclear, Bezos is confident it’ll be ready for its mission (使命) by 2024. He considers it unavoidable to settle in space given our ever-increasing population and fewer resources. Unlike those seeking a home on another planet, Bezos thinks humans will be living in orbital space settlements, which are similar to the International Space Station, except much bigger, each housing millions of people. Space taxis would make it easy for humans to travel between settlements.

But first we need to develop a cheaper way to travel between space and Earth. Bezos may have solved the problem partly by removing the biggest cost of spaceflights—single use rockets—with Blue Origin’s reusable New Shepard rocket, which has made several trips to space and back since 2015.

To encourage future space dreamers, the company’s recently built a free online club that will keep members informed of its progress and challenge them to find solutions to help humans and save earth. It invites students of all ages to draw or write how they imagine humans living and working in space on a self-addressed, stamped postcard and send it to the “Club for the Future” by July 20, 2019. The first 10,000 postcards will be sent to space aboard the New Shepard rocket later this year. When it returns to Earth, the postcards, stamped “flown to space,” will be returned to their owners.

1. What does Paragraph 1 mainly talk about?

A．An impressive historic moment.

B．The beginning of Bezos’ space dream.

C．The exciting news of sending man to space.

D．Bezos’ secret of becoming the wealthiest person.

2. What will be orbital space settlements like in Bezos’ eyes?

A．Overpopulated.	B．Solar-powered.
C．Energy-hungry.	D．Conveniently accessible.

3. What may contribute greatly to the low cost of travelling to space?

A．Space taxis.	B．Single use rockets.
C．New Shepard rocket.	D．Orbital space settlements.

4. What’s the purpose of the free online club?

A．To help humans and save earth.

B．To challenge students of all ages.

C．To build a new way of sending postcards.

D．To encourage future space dreamers.

3 .

For all the technological wonders of modern medicine, health care-with its fax machines and clipboards(写字板)—is out of date. This outdated era is slowly drawing to a close as the industry catches up with the artificial-intelligence ( AI) revolution.

Eric Topol, an expert in heart disease and enthusiast for digital medicine, thinks AI will be particularly useful for such tasks as examining images, observing heart traces for abnormalities or turning doctors' words into patient records. It will be able to use masses of data to work out the best treatments, and improve workflows in hospitals. In short, AI is set to save time, lives and money.

The fear some people have is that AI will be used to deepen the assembly-line culture of modern medicine. If it gives a “ gift of time” to doctors, they argue that this bonus should be used to extend consultations, rather than simply speeding through them more efficiently.

That is a fine idea, but as health swallows an ever-bigger share of national wealth, greater efficiency is exactly what is needed, at least so far as governments and insurers are concerned. Otherwise, rich societies may fail to cope with the needs of ageing and growing populations. An extra five minutes spent chatting with a patient is costly as well as valuable. The AI revolution will also enable managerial accountants to adjust and evaluate every aspect of treatment. The autonomy of the doctor will surely be weakened, especially, perhaps, in public-health systems which are duty-bound to cut unnecessary costs.

The Hippocratic Oath(誓言) holds that there is an art to medicine as well as a science, and that “warmth, sympathy and understanding may outweigh the surgeon's knife or the chemist's drug”. There's lots of sense in it: the patients of sympathetic physicians have been shown to recover better. Yet as the supply of human carers fails to satisfy the demand for health care, the future may involve consultations on smartphones and measurements monitored by chatbots. The considerately warmed stethoscope (听诊器) ,placed gently on a patient's back, may become a relic of the past.

1. What's Dr Topol's attitude toward AI's coming into medicine?

A．Concerned.

B．Doubtful.

C．Optimistic.

D．Cautious.

2. What does the author of the text attach more importance to?

A．Medical costs.	B．National wealth.
C．Longer consultation.	D．Greater efficiency.

3. Why is the Hippocratic Oath mentioned?

A．To prove the bright future of AI.

B．To show the advantage of a human doctor.

C．To explain medical equipment is more important.

D．To argue a human doctor performs as well as a robot.

4. What may be the best title for the text?

A．Health care and AI	B．AI and its applications
C．Doctors and Patients	D．Dr Topol and digital medicine

4 . I don’t believe Artificial Intelligence (AI) could replace my teaching career. I have always been interested in human connection, and the ways in which I can use these connections to inspire change and make a difference.     1    , there are other ways where AI could make a more efficient and effective difference than I could on my own.

My teaching experiences over the past several years have been creative and inspiring. I believe that the job of educators extends beyond simply teaching students a set curriculum.     2    , they must constantly reflect on ways to better their teaching, and they must inspire their students to be the best versions of themselves. And now with the help AI, they could achieve these goals much easier.

    3    . First, AI can be used to promote fundamental skills, such as mathematical education and vocabulary lessons. Additionally, I see AI being used for such necessary tasks as answering questions and grading assignments. Thus I could focus my attention to establishing human connection, individualizing lesson plans and inspiring my students.

    4    . I believe AI could provide a strong basis for educational equality around the world. According to Todd Leopold, close to 800 million people worldwide are functionally illiterate (不识字的). Due to its ability to efficiently pass knowledge across large groups of people fewer teachers may be needed in some schools.     5    .

A．Since students will always need a human teacher

B．The benefit AI brings is far beyond my own classroom

C．I think AI is a powerful assistant to my future classroom

D．The need for students to learn how to use AI will also grow

E．Although human connection may never be able to be fully replaced by AI

F．This could be an opportunity for students everywhere to receive equal education

G．They must observe and get to know their students in order to individualize educational plans

5 . In 2015, a man named Nigel Richards memorized 386, 000 words in the entire French Scrabble Dictionary in just nine weeks. However, he does not speak French. Richards’ impressive feat is a useful example to show how artificial intelligence works — real AI. Both of Richard and AI take in massive amounts of data to achieve goals with unlimited memory and superman accuracy in a certain field.

The potential applications for AI are extremely exciting. Because AI can outperform humans at routine tasks — provided the task is in one field with a lot of data — it is technically capable of replacing hundreds of millions of white and blue collar jobs in the next 15 years or so.

But not every job will be replaced by AI. In fact, four types of jobs are not at risk at all. First, there are creative jobs. AI needs to be given a goal to optimize. It cannot invent, like scientists, novelists and artists can. Second, the complex, strategic jobs — executives, diplomats, economists — go well beyond the AI limitation of single-field and Big Data. Then there are the as-yet-unknown jobs that will be created by AI.

Are you worried that these three types of jobs won’t employ as many people as AI will replace? Not to worry, as the fourth type is much larger: jobs where emotions are needed, such as teachers, nannies and doctors. These jobs require compassion, trust and sympathy — which AI does not have. And even if AI tried to fake it, nobody would want a robot telling them they have cancer, or a robot to babysit their children.

So there will still be jobs in the age of AI. The key then must be retraining the workforce so people can do them. This must be the responsibility not just of the government, which can provide funds, but also of corporations and those who benefit most.

1. What is the main purpose of paragraph 1?

A．To introduce the topic.

B．To mention Nigel’s feat.

C．To stress the importance of good memory.

D．To suggest humans go beyond AI in memory.

2. Which of the following best explains “outperform” underlined in paragraph 2?

A．Be superior to	B．Be equal to
C．Be similar to	D．Be related to

3. Which of the following jobs is the most likely to be replaced?

A．The writer.	B．The shop assistant.
C．The babysitter.	D．The psychologist.

4. What does the text suggest people do about job replacement of AI?

A．Limit the application of AI to a certain degree.

B．Get more support from the government.

C．Apply for the donation from companies.

D．Upgrade themselves all the time.

6 . A freshly baked roll is as delightful as a soft，light cloud on a summer's day.What gives bread much of its appealing texture is gluten，a group of proteins found in wheat.But in people with celiac disease(乳糜泻)，gluten damages the small intestine(肠).Many others may have milder gluten intolerance and avoid foods that contain it.

Most gluten-free bread is made from alternative flours such as rice or potato，so it tastes and feels different from wheat bread.Now，however，researchers say that they have found a way to genetically engineer wheat that contains far less of the most troublesome type of gluten—but still has other proteins that give bread its characteristic taste and springiness.

Genetically modified crops are the subject of fierce debate around the world.The biggest concern involves the practice of inserting DNA from one species into another，says Francisco Barro，a plant biotechnologist.To avoid this genetic crossover，Barro and his colleagues used the gene-editing technique CRISPR／Cas9 to cut selected genes from a wheat genome(基因组).

Their study zeroed in on alpha-gliadins(α-胶质蛋白)，gluten proteins believed to be wheat’s major troublemakers in the immune system.The researchers designed bits of genetic material that directed the scissor-like Cas9 protein to cut out 35 of the 45 alpha—gliadin genes.When the modified wheat was tested in a Petri dish，it produced an 85 percent weaker immune response，the team reported online last September in Plant Biotechnology Journal.

Wendy Harwood，a crop geneticist at the John Innes Center in England，who was not part of the study，notes that the engineered wheat has a long way to go before it can be turned into anything marketable.“I don’t think it's the end of the story.”she says.“This is just a really important step in maybe producing something that is going to be incredibly useful.”To develop a completely safe strain of wheat for celiac patients，the researchers may need to target more of the gluten genes.Barro says his team is working on that.

1. What’s the text mainly about?

A．Making gluten—free bread.

B．Advantages of gluten-free wheat.

C．Debate about genetically modified crops.

D．Developing genetically engineered wheat.

2. Why is bread mentioned in paragraph 1?

A．To advertise a new study.

B．To raise the topic to be written about.

C．To provide some advice for the readers.

D．To popularize some information about medicine.

3. What concerns people most according to paragraph 3?

A．Genetic crossover.	B．Gene-editing technique.
C．The practice of using DNA.	D．The subject of fierce debate.

4. What’s Wendy Harwood’s attitude towards engineered wheat?

A．A little alarmed.	B．Mildly surprised.
C．Somewhat opposed.	D．Cautiously optimistic.

7 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式(不多于3个单词)。

Li Qiang was taking up the prize to travel to 3008 AD. It was his first time that he     1    (travel) to space. So he was unsettled for the journey. Luckily, his guide, Wang Ping, was also his friend and gave him much help.

    2     (transport) by Wang Ping’s parents’ company, he arrived in the future in a time capsule. At first, he found it hard     3     (tolerate) the new surroundings and his head ached     4     lack of fresh air. Wang Ping hurried him to a small room for     5     rest and then they each collected a hovering carriage driven by computer. Soon Li Qiang could fly as     6     (swift) as Wang Ping.     7     he lost sight of Wang Ping because of too many carriages     8     (fly) by in all directions. Wang Ping was swept up into the center of them. After a while Li Qiang caught up with him.

Arriving at a strange-looking house, Wang Ping showed Li Qiang into a large room. The wall of the room was made of trees. The leaves of the trees provided     9     with much-needed oxygen. After having a meal and a bath, Li Qiang found himself     10     (exhaust) and then he slid into bed.

8 . Robots will create double the number of jobs that they will destroy, according to the World Economic Forum (WEF), but there will be significant shifts in the structure of America’s workforce that may impact everyone. The report says that 75 million jobs will be replaced by artificial intelligence (AI), robotics and automation. But it also suggests that 133 million new jobs may be created as organizations shift the balance between human workers and machines.
It is a widely held belief that routine, low-skilled jobs are most at risk for automation, but the report shows that many middle-class roles are also at risk. Financial analysts, accountants and lawyers could all see significant changes by 2022. But manual workers could be among the hardest hit.
Meanwhile, there could be a huge change in the structure of the workforce, with the executives surveyed by WEF expecting a shift away from full-time work to flexible employment with a focus on productivity.
All industries expect big skills gaps, stating that at least 50 percent of their workforce will require reskilling of some degree. The aviation, travel and tourism industry will have the largest demand for reskilling.
【写作内容】
1.用约30个单词概述短文的主要内容；
2.用约120个单词发表你的观点，内容包括:
(1) 这一现象产生的原因有哪些(不少于两点)；
(2) 面对即将到来的“智能时代”你所做的准备。
【写作要求】
1.阐述观点或提供论据时，不能直接引用原文语句；
2.作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称；
3.不必写标题。
【评分标准】内容完整，语言规范，语篇连贯，词数适当。
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9 . 一家英语报社向中学生征文，主题是“十年后的我”，请根据下列要点和你的畅想完成短文。
1.家庭：
2．工作：
3.业余生活。
注意：1.词数100左右：
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯：
3.开头语已为你写好。
I often imagine what my life will be like in the future._______________________________
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10 . As anyone who freelances (做自由职业) knows, there are lots of advantages of working at home alone. But there are drawbacks too, like the potential loneliness. No wonder co-working spaces are becoming so popular, they permit self-employed individuals to feel like they are part of all office environment, while making them get some work done too. But renting a co-working space does cost money.

Now a Swedish project is aiming to change that by turning people’s under-used homes into temporary co-working spaces, available to freelancers for free. Hoffice was started by freelancers Christofer Gradin Franzen and Johline Zandra about a year ago in Stockholm when they invited a few people into their home office to work together. It was a great success, and the project has since spread to a number of cities in Europe, North and South America, Australia, India and Japan. Anyone can sign up and offer their home space as a free co-working space, or go find a Hoffice near them.

On a Hoffice day, everyone arrives and starts work at a certain hour. After 45 minutes，everyone gets up to take a break, stretch, do qigong or yoga for 10 to 15 minutes. Afterwards，people can gather around again, and re-state their intentions and goals for the rest of the work day, as a way to motivate each other. Meals can be eaten together at a certain hour, potluck-style (家常饭) or by bringing their own lunch.

This process creates an encouraging and supportive work environment. As some freelancers describe, “By working at Hoffice, we give ourselves and each other the gift to spend our days in a social working environment, where we are extremely productive without ignoring our other human needs. We also make sure to give ourselves and each other what we need to feel calm, happy, inspired and creative during the working day.”

So Hoffice is not just about sharing space; it’s also about a free exchange of ideas. And perhaps the best thing is that Hoffices are free to use.

1. Hoffice was started to________.

A．change people’s attitude to work	B．encourage people to be more social
C．provide a co-working space for free	D．improve people’s working conditions

2. What’s the main idea of Paragraph 3？

A．How a Hoffice day works.	B．How people respond to Hoffice.
C．What people share at Hoffice.	D．What Hoffice means to people.

3. Some freelancers’ descriptions of Hoffice suggest that they________.

A．work longer than before	B．benefit a lot from the working style
C．expect more people to join them	D．can’t be separated from each other

4. What do we know about Hoffice according to the text?

A．It is suitable for people from all walks of life.

B．It has created many new job opportunities.

C．It has been around for quite a few years.

D．It is becoming increasingly popular.