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1、重庆市渝北区合川区江北区等七区学年高二下学期期末联考英语试题重庆市渝北区、合川区、江北区等七区2020-2021学年高二下学期期末联考英语试题学校:_姓名：_班级：_考号：_一、阅读选择 We work with Cambridge County Councils Participation Team to create opportunities for young people to visit the University and learn more about it. The following events are scheduled for the 2019/2020 acade

2、mic year.SuperStar workshops12 workshops are planned for young people aged 7 to 11. These half-day visits will be held throughout the year, at times when young people are not at school. If participants complete 8 of the 12 workshops, they will be awarded the nationally recognized SuperStar Crest Awa

3、rd.Please note, workshops will only run if we have a sufficient number of attendees (usually around 3+ participants).Explore University DaysExplore University Days are for young people aged 12-15. Participants visit the University for two days and take part in a variety of university-related worksho

4、ps, and other fun activities.Previous participants have joined in the following: Visited the Sports Centre Took part in a Neuroscience workshop Enjoyed a two-course meal at a University CollegeDates will be confirmed in early December 2019, and a schedule for event will follow in the New Year.Events

5、 for post-16 studentsIf you are studying for your post-16 qualifications and are considering applying for Cambridge or would like to find out more about a specific subject, the following events might be for you: University and College Open Days Subject Masterclasses Cambridge Science Festival1What c

6、an the participants do in SuperStar workshops？ATo stay only half a day.BTo get a gift.CTo enjoy a free meal.DTo visit the Sports Centre.2Which event is specially for applicants of Cambridge？ASuperStar workshops.BThe Neuroscience workshop.CExplore University Days.DEvents for post-16 students.3The eve

7、nts in the passage most probably aim to .Aintroduce some coursesBadvertise Cambridge UniversityCenrich students spare time lifeDpromote childrens interest in touring The 3D-printing industry is accelerating its efforts to help fight the new coronavirus and the disease it causes, COVID-19.On Tuesday,

8、 HP announced its working with those who bought its 3D printers to make medical face shields, hands-free door openers and an adjuster for face masks for medical staff who often must wear them for hours. Its also testing “hospital-grade” face masks meeting the higher-end FFP3 (过滤式面罩) standard and par

9、ts for simple emergency ventilators (呼吸机) and its looking into nasal swabs to test for COVID-19 infection. HP also is offering free downloads of its 3D-printed medical equipment designs.Carbon, whose 3D printers are used to make everything from bicycle seats to teeth straighteners, said it plans to

10、send face shield designs to its network of customers whove bought its 3D printers. Carbon co-founder and Executive Chairman Joseph DeSimone said on Monday the company expects to send the designs by early Tuesday.3D-printcr makers typically sell their products to others that actually do the 3D printi

11、ng. One such customer, Ford, said Tuesday that its made 1,000 face shields and shipped them to Michigan hospitals, with plans to make 100,000 face shields a week. It is also working with 3M and General Electric on respirator masks and ventilator designs.The effort is one of several to apply 3D-print

12、ing technology to the fight against coronavirus. 3D printing isnt as fast at churning out products as conventional mass production methods. But 3D printers are flexible and able to make many different parts anywhere theres a printer and raw materials like the plastic resins Carbon printers use.Some

13、3D-printing efforts have focused on ventilators, which expected to be in short supply with a surge of COVID-19 patients suffering from respiratory (呼吸器官) problems. Also in short supply arc N95 masks that can be useful in reducing the likelihood a wearer will spread COVID-19 to others.Carbons DeSimon

14、e is cautious about the enthusiasm, though, saying that regulatory approval is important and that 3D-printcr enthusiasts shouldnt be making components not intended for close human contact that might release unhealthy gases.4What is the passage mainly about?AAn introduction about 3D-printing.BThe 3D-

15、printing industrys efforts to help fight COVID-19.CThe products that 3D-printing makers sell.DHow 3D-printing makers produce medical equipment.5HP announced to help its customers to make the following products except for_.Amedical face shields Bhands-free door openersCan adjuster for face masks Deme

16、rgency ventilators6Which of the following is true according to the passage?ACarbons company will finish its design after Tuesday.BFord has made 1,000 face shields end plans to make 10,000 more in a week.C3D printers are more flexible than traditional mass production methods.DMost 3D-printings focus

17、on making ventilators and N95 because of their short supply.7What can be inferred from the last paragraph?A3D-printing may release unhealthy gases.BDeSimone is cautious about 3D-printing.CCarbons company didnt gain regulatory approval of making medical equipment.D3D printers arent enthusiastic about

18、 making components designed for close human contact. Imagine that youre the creator and show runner of the newest comedy show on television. Only it isnt so popular yet, and your live Studio audience isnt giving you the big laughs the show deserves. Do you film the show all over again, hoping that t

19、his time the audience will laugh? Or is there another option for making a joke sound funnier than it was received?Sweeten(改善) the sound by adding a laugh track! “Sweetening,” or the addition of sound effects such as laughs, screams, and other audience-produced noises to the audio track of a TV show,

20、 has been used since the 1940s to produce the appearance, or rather the sound, of an engaged and entertained response to a shows comedy. Laugh tracks came into existence as not only a solution, and sometimes replacement, for an unengaged live audience but also as a way to engage an at-home audience

21、into a more-traditional, public, and theaterlike experience. Adding a laugh track to a television show makes the viewers at home feel much less like theyre sitting on a couch staring at the television screen and much more like theyre in a room full of laughing happy people to varying degrees of succ

22、ess.Though the art of sweetening has risen and fallen in popularity over the past 60 years, credit for its creation and continued use is owed to laugh-track pioneer and sound engineer Charles Douglass. Douglass was the first to develop, in 1953, a machine for producing “canned laughter”, accessible

23、at the push of a button or pull of a lever (操纵杆). Despite being artificial, sensibly edited laugh tracks are found by television studios to bring about a positive audience response, as their use is usually accompanied by higher ratings and increased audience memory. Though some television audiences

24、may disagree with the value of the laugh track, the cheerful and repetitive sound holds a permanent place in the history and future of television comedy.8The author uses the first paragraph to .Aintroduce the topic “sweetening”Bseek solutions for the problemCpoint out a way of making comediesDarouse

25、 readers interest in comedies9What effect does a laugh track produce?AThe creation of a show.BFunnier sound in a show,CMore engaged live audienceDCommunication among TV viewers.10Whats the authors attitude towards the use of the laugh track?ADoubtful. BPositive.CNeutral (中立的). DUncertain,11What does

26、 the passage mainly talk about?AThe reason for using laugh tracks.BThe brief history of laugh tracks.CThe development of TV comedies.DThe way to improve television shows. You may think that creativity and artistic judgment are what sets humans apart from artificial intelligence (AI). Robots will be

27、washing our windows long before they start creating masterpieces Right?Not necessarily. At Amper Music (), you can make the music you want based on mood, instrument, speed and length. You click “Render,” and boom! Theres your original piece, not only composed (作曲) but also “performed” and “mixed” by

28、 AI software.But something has kept bothering me: What happens in a world where effort and scarcity (稀缺) are no longer part of the definition of art? A mass-produced print of the Mona Lisa is worth less than the actual Leonardo painting. Why? Scarcitytheres only one of the original. But Amper turns.

29、 professional-quality original piece of music every time you click “Render.” It puts us in a strange world where works of art are unique but require almost zero human effort to produce. Should anyone pay for these things? And if an artist puts AI masterpieces up for sale, what should the price be?Th

30、ats not just a thought experiment either. Soon the question “Whats the value of AI artwork and music?” will start impacting fleshandblood consumers. It has already, in fact.Earlier, reporters discovered something suspicious (可疑的) about many playlists of Spotifyanother online music service. According

31、 to the report, the composers and bands who wrote the songs appeared to be nonexistent. These playlists have names like Peaceful Piano and Ambient Chillexactly the kind of music AI software is good at.Is Spotify using software to compose music to avoid paying fees to human musicians? The New York Ti

32、mes reported that the tracks with false names have been played 500 million times, which would ordinarily have cost Spotify $3 million in payments.But Spotify has firmly denied that the tracks in question were created by “fake” artists to avoid payments: while posted under pennames, they were written by actual people receiving actual money for work that they