学年进才中学高三下英语开学考.docx

1、学年进才中学高三下英语开学考I did all my Christmas shopping online this year. I bought clothes, toys, gift cards and other odds and ends for my family and friends. _21_ _ spending hours, if not days, going from store to store, fighting the Christmas crowds and lining up checkouts, I made my purchases _22_ sitting

2、 in a comfortable chair with my laptop on my knee. And I was not alone. This part Christmas, Americans spent an _23_（estimate）$124 billion shopping online.In China, there is a new term for this convenient type of commerce: the Lazy Economy. The term was invented by Taobao, the online shopping websit

3、e, _24_（describe）the increasing popularity of using computer and mobile apps to buy things and to access services. According to Taobao, Chinese consumers spent 16 billion yuan last year on online shopping and services, a 70 percent increase over the previous year. For younger people, _25_ born after

4、 1995, their online spending increased by 82 percent. Taobao says those numbers are expected to keep increasing well into the future.So, does the“Lazy Economy”mean that people are getting lazy（or lazier）or are we just taking advantage of technology to use our time more efficiently? Well, it depends.

5、For young people who work long hours in stressful jobs, mobile apps _26_（add）to their quality of life. Using the Didi app is quicker than hailing（招呼）a taxi, and using an app to order supper is quicker and easier than _27_（cook）a meal. And, of course, if something is needed immediately（medicine, etc.

6、），it can be ordered with an app and delivered within hours. The downside of this, however, is the danger of people becoming more isolated. In cases _28_ people work on their computers from home, they may seldom have a face-to-face conversation with others. This lack of interaction can be mentally un

7、healthy. And, _29_ studies have shown, if the only friends you have are on social media, you really do not have any friends.Although the Lazy Economy is convenient, sometimes a little inconvenience is not so bad. It is good for your mental health to get out and mix with crowds, talk to shop assistan

8、ts and cook your own supper with food you bought from the supermarket. I plan to do all these things during this winter vacation, _30_ next Christmas, I am still going to shop online!Section BDirections：Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. No

9、te that there is one word more than you need.A. condition B. reverse C. monitor D. present E. mature F. mobilityG. rejected H. potential I. symptoms J. progression K. transformedJapan human trial tests iPS cell treatment for ParkinsonsJapan researchers on Monday announced the first human trial using

10、 a kind of stem cell to treat Parkinsons disease, building on earlier animal trials.The research team at Kyoto University plans to inject five million induced Pluripotent Stem（IPS）cells（诱导多能干细胞）-which have the _31_ to develop into any cell in the body-into patient brains, the university said in a pr

11、ess release. The iPS cells from healthy donor will be developed into dopamine-producing brain cells, which are no longer _32_ in people with Parkinsons disease. Parkinsons disease is a choronic, degenerative neurological disorder that affects the bodys motor system, often causing shaking and other d

12、ifficulties in movement.“Currently available therapies improve symptoms without slowing or putting a stop to the disease _33_,”the foundation says. But the new research aims to actively _34_ the disease. The clinical test with seven participants aged between 50 and 69 will begin on Wednesday. The un

13、iversity will _35_ the conditions of the patients for two years after the operation. The human trial comes after an earlier trial involving monkeys. Researchers announced last year that primates（灵长类动物）with Parkinsons symptoms regained significant _36_ after iPS cells were inserted into their brains.

14、 They also confirmed that the iPS cells had not _37_ into tumors during the two years after the implant.iPS cells are created by stimulating _38_, already specialized, cells back into an infant statebasically cloning without the need for an embryo（胚胎）.These can be derived from the patient, making th

15、em less likely to be _39_, while also avoiding ethical qualms（不安）about taking cells from embryos. The cells can be transformed into a range of different types of cells, and their use is a key sector of medical research.In 2014, Riken, a Japanese government-backed research institution, carried out th

16、e worlds first surgery to implant iPS cells to treat a patient with age-related macular degeneration（AMD），a common medical _40_ that can lead to blindness in older people. Osaka University is also planning a clinical test to treat heart failure by using a heart muscle cell sheet created from iPS cel

17、ls. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections：For each blank in the following passages there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C, and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.Individuals and businesses have legal protection for intellectual property they create an

18、d own. Intellectual property _41_ from creative thinking and may include products,_42_, processes, and ideas. Intellectual property is protectedfrom misappropriation（盗用）. Misappropriation is taking the Intellectual property of others without _43_ compensation and using it for monetary gain. Legal pr

19、otection is provided for the _44_ of intellectual property. The three common types of legal protection are patents, copyrights, and trademarks. Patents provide exclusive use of inventions. If the US Patent office_45_ a patent, it is confirming that the intellectual property is_46_. The patent preven

20、ts others from making, using, or selling the invention without the owners_47_ for a period of 20 years. Copyrights are similar to patentsexcept that they are _48_ to artistic works. A copyright protects the creator of an_49_ artistic or intellectual work, such as a song or a novel. A copyright gives

21、 the owner exclusive rights to copy,_50_, display, or perform the work. The copyright prevents others from using and selling the work, the_51_ of a copyright is typically the lifetime of the authorplus an additional 70 years. Trademarks are words, names, or symbols that identify the manufacturer of

22、a product and _52_ it from similar others. A service mark is similar to a trademarkbut is used to identify services. A trademark prevents others from using the_53_ or a similar word, name, or symbol to take advantage of the recognition and_54_ of the brand or to create confusion in the marketplace.U

23、pon registration, a trademark is usually granted for a period often years. It can be_55_ for additional ten-year periods indefinitely aslong as the marks use continues.41. A. arouses B. takes C. results D. departs42. A. services B. reserves C. assumptions D. motions43. A. sound B. partial C. due D.

24、random44. A. users B. owners C. masters D. executives45. A. affords B. equips C. funds D. grants46. A. symbolic B. imposing C. unique D. universal47. A. right B. permission C. consciousness D. presence48. A. applied B. noted C. pressed D. acknowledge49. A. absolute B. alternative C. original D. imag

25、inary50. A. highlight B. stimulate C. notify D. distribute51. A. range B. length C. scale D. extent52. A. distract B. differ C. distinguish D. disconnect53. A. identical B. evident C. literal D. parallel54. A. accessibility B. vacancy C. popularity D. vulnerability55. A. recurred B. renewed C. recal

26、led D. recoveredSection BDirections：Read the following four passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just r

27、ead.（A）Can artificial intelligence uncover a liar? It sounds like science fiction, but such an AI system is possible. The question is: How accurate can it be? Rada Mihalcea, a professor of computer science and engineering at the University of Michigan, has worked on deception detection for about a d

28、ecade. This is how they constructed one AI deception detector, and how it works.The first thing that researchers working on artificial intelligence and machine learning need is data. In the case of the work that Mlhalcea did, they began with videos from actual court cases. For example, a defendant s

29、peaking in a trial in which they were found guilty could provide an example of deceit; they also used testimony from witnesses as either example of truthful or deceitful statements. Altogether, they used 121 video clips and the corresponding transcripts of what they saidabout half represented decept

30、ive statements, and half truthful. It was this data that they used to build machine learning classifiers that ultimately had between a 60 to 75 percent accuracy rate.One thing the system noticed is the use of pronounspeople who are lying would tend to less often use the wordIorwe，Mihalcea explains.“

31、Instead, people who are lying would more often useyou,yours,he,they,andshe.”Thats not the only linguistic signal: someone telling a lie would use“stronger words”that“reflect certainty,”she says. Examples of those types of words are“absolutely,”and“very,”while interestingly, people telling the truth

32、were more likely to use words such as“maybe”or“probably.”“I think people who are deceptive would try to make up for the lie they are putting forward,”she says,“and so they try to seem more certain of themselves.”As for gestures, she points out that someone being deceitful would more likely look directly into the ey