2 . 从方框内选出与下列各句中画线部分意思相同或相近的选项。

A. ultimately          B. appropriate          C. comprised          D. generate E. conventional          F. tackle          G. perceived

1. He questioned traditional ideas and looked for the truth of the universe. __________
2. They use vibrations from passing cars to produce electricity. __________
3. Rain water was once considered to be good for the complexion. __________
4. It offered the conception of a town consisting of blocks of different length. __________
5. You would be well advised to deal with this problem urgently. __________
6. Jeans are not suitable for a formal party. __________
7. In the end, you will have to make the decision yourself. __________

3 . 根据句意，选择单词或短语并以其适当形式填空。

A. involved          B. reputation       C. adaptation       D.appreciate       E.survive F. relief            G. generate

1. We all made a sigh of ________when we heard that he was safe.
2. Best of all, I began to ________ the beauty in life with my own eyes, instead of through my smartphone camera.
3. Reward all those ________ in the debate sufficiently when the goals are reached.
4. Comfort food can help us ________ positive emotions.
5. She has always had a high ________ for her excellent novels.

4 . Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. access       B. basically       C. eliminate       D. fit       E. generate       F. majority G. merely     H. perform       I. power       J. promise       K. preference

Noise-canceling headphones worth the price?

A little bit of silence. Sometimes that’s all we want. Whether it is halfway through a 10-hour flight with a crying baby or trying to sleep through the snoring from the hotel room next door, the     1     of noise-canceling headphones is one that every traveler probably finds charming. Yet are they worth it? These headphones are often expensive, and for some people, they don’t live up to the ads.

I’ve spent a     2     of the last five years traveling, taking dozens of flights and train journeys, and as someone who has reviewed noise-canceling headphones for even longer, I can definitely say maybe.

HOW THEY WORK? Noise-canceling headphones, also called active noise canceling headphones, use electronic processing to analyze nearby sound and attempt to     3     the opposite sound. The result is less noise, over all.

These headphones don’t create silence, nor are they able to     4     noise. The crests and troughs (波峰和波谷) do not perfectly cancel out. The absolute best noise-canceling headphones     5     reduce noise and work best with low-frequency droning sounds.

Two headphone sets could claim to reduce the same amount of noise but     6     completely differently. Only hands-on testing, ideally with objective measurements, can tell the difference.

Noise-canceling headphones require a battery to     7     their electronics. Noise-isolating headphones, which do not require electronics and therefore can be far cheaper, work by creating a seal in your ear canal to block noise. They are     8    like earplugs, but with earbuds. If you can get a good seal, these work reasonably well.

Getting a good seal can be a challenge, however, since everyone’s ears are different, and not all headphones will     9     correctly. And even if you do get a good seal, noise-isolating headphones will not be able to block low-frequency sounds as well as the best noise-canceling headphones. They will reduce a wide range of frequencies, which can help.

WHO REALLY NEEDS THEM? If you are a frequent traveler, good noise-canceling headphones will make any journey in a plane, train or automobile far more pleasant.

In-ear models are easier—though still slightly uncomfortable—to sleep with and are my     10    . Over-ear models reduce a little more noise, as they are able to passively block some sound because of their design. But they are always bulky on your head or in your bag. After I stopped reviewing these headphones for Wirecutter, I bought a pair of Bose QuiteComfort 20s, a long time Wirecutter pick, and I never fly without them.

5 . Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the words in the box.

expand            overcome            estimate          generate          extension

1. The school board plans to have a(n)_____________________ built to the library.
2. The new film______________________ a lot of excitement, and ticket sales were way beyond our expectations.
3. Unable to______________________ his shyness, he stood there without saying anything.
4. Foreign trade______________________ greatly in the past few years.
5. It ______________________that the project will last more than ten years.

6 . Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the words in the box.

create       estimation        education       generation        graduate

Use word formation to guess the meaning

Often, new words are not really “new”—they are just different forms of words that you may already know. For instance, a word ending with-ate is often a verb, while a word ending in -tion is often a noun. Thus, we have communicate(verb)and communication(noun). English has many word patterns like this.

1. This school has___________ thousands of bright young students over the years.
2. Most students look for jobs after university___________.
3. Because of the___________ of new strains of hybrid crops, people in many parts of the world now have more food to eat.
4. Last year, this new electric power plant ___________enough energy to power the whole city.
5. It was difficult to calculate exactly how many trees had been cut down. However, a general___________ was possible.

7 . Fill in the blanks with a proper form of the words or phrases in the boxes below.

category       witness       precise       visual       generate       originate anticipate       convey       innovator       stimulate       relevant       qualify

1. Nobody knows ________ how many people are still suffering from the epidemic.
2. Now try to ________ in your mind what success will look like, maybe a picture of you holding your admission letter from Peking University and all you friends and family congratulating you.
3. Brainstorming is a good way of ________ ideas.
4. Competitors will be judged in two age ________: 5-10 years and 11-14 years.
5. We are now________ a lot of negative energy due to the spread of COVIID-19.
6. All carbohydrates (碳水化合物)________ from plants.
7. Try ________ what the interviewers will ask in a job interview.
8. The poem ________ his deep love for nature.
9. ________ work experience is required for overseas postings.
10. We know ________ can be remarkably creative with taking technologies in unexpected directions.
11. This training course will ________ you for a better job.
12. I’m very into detective stories, because I find them exciting and ________.

8 . Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. range       B. novel        C. interest       D. unlikely     E. benefit       F. experiencing G. available     H. necessarily     I. initiative       J. generated       K. partnership

Google gives $1M grant to Press Association to develop robot journalists

New consumers of the future could be reading stories pieced together by advanced data-analyzing robots rather than human journalists, if Google has its way.

On Thursday, the Press Association, the U.K.’s national news agency, announced that it received €706,000 from the tech giant for its Reporters and Data an Robots (RADAR)     1    .

A collaboration between the Press Association and data-driven news start-up Urbs Media, RADAR aims to set up an artificial intelligene-fueled, news service that will generate tens of thousands of news stories a month using publicly     2     data.

Everyone from big-name news organizations to hyper-local outlets and bloggers could     3     from the program. Press Association editor-in-chief Peter Clifton claimed, “this is a hugely exciting development, and we believe our     4     with Urbs Media can be a genuine game-changer for media outlets across the U. K. and Ireland.”

According to the Press Association, RADAR won’t     5     mark the end of the flesh-and-blood journalists, but will rather enable the AI to produce a volume of stories that would be impossible to match manually.

The envisioned work-flow would begin with human journalists identifying open data sets and “creating detailed story templates across a(n)     6     of topics including crime, health and employment.” The robotic reporter would then take over and scan the data, use language generation software to craft together story text and automatically locate relevant photos and video. Press Association clients would then be able to use a special distribution platform to identify news stories of     7     to their audience.

Content automation isn’t a totally     8     concept in the news industry however. AP estimated that it can free up 20 per cent of journalists’ time, allowing them to focus on more complex, qualitative tasks.

Shockingly, not all journalists are sold on the AI infiltration. A study found that journalists from leading news organizations had several reservations when shown an automatically     9     sports story. “I would never, ever, ever have written a story like that,” one BBC journalist said, while a CNN reporter thought the story was repetitive and lacked variation.

Nevertheless, it looks like AI in journalism is here to stay. At a time when many media outlets are     10     commercial pressure, RADAR will provide the news ecosystem with a cost-effective way to provide insightful local stories.

9 . 根据句意，选择单词或短语并以其适当形式填空。

extreme        benefit        respond        frequently        perceive        generate            relief

1. She didn't expect to receive such a warm ________ when she posted her own story on the Internet.
2. Reading more and listening more at the same time are ________ important in English learning.
3. It is known to us that having a good parent-child relationship is ________ to physical and mental growth of a child.
4. His anxiety was greatly ________ when the police came to his rescue.
5. Food safety incidents have occurred one after another recently, ________ greater concern about food safety.