1 .

News anchors(主播) must have been reluctant to read out the following news: Xin Xiaomeng began working as the world’s first female artificial(人工的) intelligence news anchor at Xinhua News Agency on Sunday, three months after a male robot joined the profession.

Unlike previous news robots though, Xin does not read news like a cold machine; she reads it almost like a human being. The muscles on her face stretch and relax-and her reactions change-as she continues reading. That’s why many news anchors were worried: Will AI replace us in the near future?

To find the answer, we have to analyse the technologies that support Xin at her job. Three key technologies are used to support Xin. First, samples of human voices are collected and synthesized (合成). This is followed by the collection and synthesis of human muscle movement samples. And third the voices and movements are married in a way that when the Al news anchor reads, the micro -electric motors behind her face move to make her expressions seem more human.

Yet we need a thorough knowledge of deep leaning technology to make a robot imitate a person’s voice. The developer needs to collect tens of thousands of pieces of pronunciations, input them Into the machine and match them with the text or the Al to lean and read. The process for imitating facial movements is similar. The developer has to analyse the movements of the 53 muscles in the human face, make a model set from the collected data for the AI news anchor to lean, and imitate the movements of facial muscles via programs

Both the technologies used to make Xin’s performance impressive are mature. The real difficulty lies in the third -the technology to match the pronunciations with facial movements so that Xin expressions vary according to the content of the news report. In fact, Xins expressions don' t always change according to the content. As a result, her expressions look anything but human. Actually. AI is still no match for human qualities.

1. What does the underlined word "reluctant "in the first paragraph mean?

A．Delighted.

B．Unwilling.

C．Confused.

D．Optimistic.

2. What can we infer about previous news robots?

A．They read news without expressions.	B．They looked like a human being
C．They could interview sports stars	D．They could interact with audience.

3. What do we know about the third technology?

A．This technology is very perfect so far

B．This technology is quite popular now

C．This technology remains at the theoretical stage

D．This technology is far from mature.

4. From the last paragraph, we can draw a conclusion that____.

A．human news anchors should learn from AT anchors to save their jobs

B．Al anchors perform much better than human news anchors at present

C．Al news anchors won 't replace human news anchors in the near future

D．Xin Xiaomeng s expressions vary so naturally that they are true to life

2 . There are many programs for high school students today that help lonely teenagers deal with loneliness. However, loneliness is not only an issue for teens but also an important and rarely acknowledged one in the elderly.

In Britain, Tracey Crouch was appointed to be the first Minister of Loneliness in order to address the issues caused by loneliness. This is the first time such a position has been created.

In Britain, there are around 9 million people who say they are lonely frequently. In Germany, a study conducted by Ruhr University Bochum found that 20 percent of people over the age of 85 felt lonely, and 14 percent of those between age 45 and 65 felt socially lonely. In the United States, more than 25 percent of the population lives alone, more than 50 percent are unmarried.

Loneliness is generally associated with heart disease, overweight, and anxiety. Additionally, the stress from loneliness can cause your cells to change on a molecular(分子)level that reduces its abilities to defend your body against diseases. In fact, doctors believe having feelings of loneliness is equivalent to smoking 15 cigarettes per day in regard to its effect on health!

In Britain, the new Minister of Loneliness will help introduce government policies on the issue and fund a charity—an organization for helping people in need, to devote their efforts towards aiding loneliness. There are charities that link lonely seniors to high school students in order to give them a line of communication whenever they feel lonely!

The possibilities for the new Minister of Loneliness are endless. For example, she can provide education services to household businesses so that they can identify lonely customers if they see one. Loneliness fits into the category of being a social issue that must be monitored by the entire community in order to help those in need. Therefore, government involvement in medical services and care for seniors and others is vital for happy seniors.

1. How does the author develop Paragraph 3?

A．By listing some statistics.

B．By giving examples of lonely people.

C．By pointing out similarities and differences.

D．By comparing different cultures in different countries.

2. What does the underlined word “equivalent” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?

A．Relevant.	B．Similar.
C．Opposite.	D．Superior.

3. What will the Minister of Loneliness do?

A．Do housework for lonely people.

B．Develop friendships with the elderly.

C．Help fund charities to aid lonely people.

D．Communicate with anxious school students.

4. What is the main idea of the text?

A．UK becomes the capital of loneliness.	B．Loneliness affects old people’s life worldwide.
C．Many teenagers suffer from loneliness.	D．UK’s Minister of Loneliness settles loneliness.

3 . 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。

Like other big cities, Paris has also a traffic problem: lots of cars, traffic jams and traffic pollution. So since 2007, the city     1    (start) a plan to improve the situation.

Under a project, people can take a bicycle, use it as long as they want, and then leave it at the same or another bicycle station. The first half-hour is free,     2     if you don’t return it after 30 minutes, you have to pay. It’s only $1 or $29 a year. The bicycles are as heavy as 25 kilograms, and they’re all grey and have baskets. There’re a large number of     3    (they) in the city, and the bicycle stations are more than the subway stations!

Paris isn’t the first city to operate a project like this. One Parisian said, “These bicycles are only suitable for short     4    (journey). If people want to travel across the city, they won’t use a bicycle — they’ll still use their cars.”

A city spokesman said, “The bicycle project won’t solve all our traffic problems, but it might work in     5    (reduce) air pollution. Traffic, together with factory fumes,     6    (be) a big problem. Everyone knows about global warming and dramatic climate changes — we know this is partly because rainforests are     7    (gradual) disappearing. And it’s also because there’s so much pollution. There aren’t any simple answers     8     traffic problems and pollution in cities, but the bicycles might help people lead     9     healthier life. Unless we do something now, there’ll be more traffic jams and temperatures will continue to rise, so the problems in our environment will get even     10    (bad).”

4 . 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文 中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改.
增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号（A )，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:在错的词下画一横线，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。.

When I was in the 6th grade, my parents bought me a cell phone. I was really exciting to receive the phone. The next weekend, my family went on camping in the East Lake Park. We enjoy boating on the lake. I used our new phone to play some of my favorite song. I thought it would be brilliant idea to put my phone in a plastic bag to protecting it from water. After getting back, I took the phone in, only to find the bag full of water. I didn’t know what to save my phone and I tried laying it out to dry. Unfortunately, it started to rain. What an awfully experience!

5 . The boy sat on his chair, with his hand above the keyboard. He thought about what to write.

He recalled that the competition deadline was merely a week away. But he still had not even started on his piece. He looked at the brochure again. “ WRITING COMPETITION!” the title read. His mom had encouraged him to enter the writing competition, and now he was taking it on as his personal task for the holidays.

As the boy reflected on his previous writing efforts, he realized how hopeless his task of winning was. Every story he ever wrote was based on other stories. He had little imagination, and unfortunately, imagination was the key to writing.

Suddenly, he had a brainwave. This time, he came up with an original and imaginative story.

The words shot towards him like a storm of leaves. Words were coming easily, flowing through him, faster than he could type. He typed faster than he ever had before. He continued to type, amazed at how easy writing this story was. The boy could not stop writing. He looked at the word count and saw the number “ 248 ” staring right back at him. He was not even halfway yet.

Then he heard the call of his mother saying time for bed. He continued writing the piece, ignoring her. He had to make up for the time he had lost thinking about a topic to write.

Finally, he finished. The word count now read “498”.

“Perfect,” he thought, “just under the word limit.” He knew this was the story that would win.

He went onto Google and searched for the competition. He found the page but there was no “Enter” button.

1. What caused the boy to take part in the writing competition?

A．A new computer.	B．The prize money.
C．His own interest.	D．His mom’s advice.

2. How did the boy finish his earlier writing?

A．His mom helped him.	B．He copied others’ ideas.
C．His friends assisted him.	D．He used his imagination.

3. Why did the boy delay his writing?

A．Because he was terribly lazy.	B．Because he didn’t know what to write.
C．Because he wasn’t confident.	D．Because he read too many stories.

4. Which might be the maximum word limit for each entry?

A．100.	B．250.
C．500.	D．1000.

6 . 假设你是李华,你的家乡剪纸艺术负有盛名,你写了一篇英文宣传稿,想请外籍教师Mike帮助润色。请根据提示,用英语给Mike写一封求助信。内容包括:
1. 求助事由;
2. 求助内容;
3. 表达感激。
注意：1. 词数100左右，开头已给出，不计入总词数；2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Mike,

I’m writing in the hope that you will be kind enough to do me a favor. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua

7 . I grew up in a house where the TV was seldom turned on. With one wall in my bedroom entirely ______ with bookshelves, most of my childhood was ______ on books I could get hold of. In fact, I grew up thinking of reading as ______ as breathing and books unbelievably powerful in ______ perspectives (观点) by creating worlds we could step into, take part in and live in.

With this ______ belief, I, at fourteen, decided to become a writer. Here too, reading became ________. Every writer starts off ______ that he has something to say, but being unable to find the _______ ways to say it. He has to find his own voice by reading widely and ______ which parts of the writers he agrees or disagrees with, or agrees with so strongly that it ______ his own world. He cannot write without loving to read, ______ only through reading other people’s writing can one discover what works, what doesn’t and, in the end, together with lots of practice, what voice he has.

Now I am in college, and have come to realize how ______ it is to read fiction (文学作品)．As a law student, my reading is in fact ______ to subject matter—the volume of what I have to read for classes every week ______ there is little time to read anything else. Such reading made it all the ______ to me that I live in a very small part in this great place called ______. Reading fiction ______ me that there is life beyond my own. It allows me to travel ______ the high seas and along the Silk Road, all from the ______ of my own armchair, to experience, though secondhand, exciting experiences that I wouldn’t   ______ be able to have in my lifetime.

1.

A．packed

B．lined

C．filled

D．crowded

2.

A．cost

B．paid

C．charged

D．spent

3.

A．natural

B．normal

C．free

D．difficult

4.

A．shaping

B．creating

C．building

D．destroying

5.

A．unbelievable

B．undeniable

C．unshakable

D．understandable

6.

A．funny

B．useful

C．useless

D．meaningless

7.

A．thinking

B．supposing

C．doubting

D．knowing

8.

A．safe

B．real

C．interesting

D．right

9.

A．discussing

B．disapproving

C．discovering

D．dismissing

10.

A．reshapes

B．repeats

C．recreates

D．returns

11.

A．although

B．because

C．but

D．when

12.

A．boring

B．important

C．difficult

D．serious

13.

A．devoted

B．connected

C．linked

D．limited

14.

A．proves

B．infers

C．means

D．tells

15.

A．clearer

B．prouder

C．harder

D．happier

16.

A．college

B．heaven

C．life

D．journey

17.

A．warns

B．reminds

C．informs

D．encourages

18.

A．through

B．over

C．across

D．past

19.

A．comfort

B．height

C．handle

D．length

20.

A．excitedly

B．hopefully

C．carefully

D．necessarily

8 . How can we keep safe personal information on our computers or cellphones?     1    

View emails with a careful eye

It’s best to view all emails with care. Hackers (黑客) can make emails look like real company emails.     2     It’s best to search for the original source of the information, and try to find the direct link from the site instead of using the link provided in the email.

Use two-factor authentication (双重认证)

Two-factor authentication adds a second level of safety to an account.     3     It’s a safety option that requires a password as well as an additional piece of information only the user would know.

Update apps and operating systems

    4     While these updates may appear to only change the way your phone’s software looks, they often come with safety improvements. There may be a bug (软件漏洞). Those bugs are discovered by cell providers or smartphone makers, so it’s a good idea to upgrade them.

    5    

It’s no surprise that changing your password has always been a basic form of protection. But what we pick as passwords and how we manage them are important. First, passwords should never include your personal information. So stay away from names and birthdates. Ideally, passwords are a combination of lowercase (小写) and uppercase (大写) letters and random characters. It could be a strong, long password that doesn’t have any personal information, making it harder to remember.

A．Manage passwords safety

B．Here are some steps to make it.

C．It can trick readers into clicking on dangerous links.

D．Often users are unwilling to update their mobile devices.

E．Combine your personal information with random figures.

F．Here are some ways to create your online personal passwords.

G．Do it if there’s an option for your email, banking site or social media site.

9 . Joining Us as a Games Volunteer！

The success of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games depends on your contribution！Join us as a Games Volunteer！

Games volunteers will be directly involved in assisting Games operations before, during and after the Tokyo 2020 Games. Games volunteers will guide athletes around, welcome important people and help lost visitors.
Number of Volunteering Days and Daily Hours

※The Tokyo Olympic Games will be held from Friday 24 July to Sunday 9 August 2020. In principle, Games volunteers will be required to work for at least a fortnight before, during and after the Olympic Games.

※Games volunteers will work eight hours per day including rest breaks. Actual shift lengths depend on event schedules, activities, activity sites, etc.

Age and Residential Requirements

Applicants must fulfill the following two requirements:

※Born on or before April 1, 2002.

※Japanese national or person with valid visa permitting residence in Japan during the volunteer period (temporary visitors included). Native speakers of English will be preferred.

Number of Games Volunteer Opportunities

80,000.

Method and Applicant Categories

※Applications will be submitted online.

※Individuals only.

Offers and Confirmation

Those applicants who attend the training sessions(会议) and are assigned a volunteer role will be offered to become a Tokyo 2020 Games volunteer.

Please note that the above offer will be cancelled in the event of any of the following:

※If the volunteer engages in any activity that damages the image of the Tokyo 2020 Games.

※If the volunteer engages in any activity that severely damages teamwork.

※If any information contained in the original application form is clearly found to be false.

Items and Welfares Provided to Volunteers

Volunteers will be provided with a set of free Olympic Games volunteer uniforms and meals during the work day.

1. How long will a Games volunteer be required to work at least?

A．One week.	B．Two weeks.
C．Three weeks.	D．Four weeks.

2. Who will be more likely to be accepted as a Games volunteer?

A．A Chinese.	B．A Russian.
C．An Australian.	D．A German.

3. What will Games volunteers be provided with for free?

A．Clothing.	B．Accommodation.
C．Transportation.	D．Amusements.