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1、1 2018 20192018 2019 学年第一学期期末考试学年第一学期期末考试 高三年级英语试题高三年级英语试题 第一部分第一部分 阅读理解 共两节 阅读理解 共两节 满分满分 4040 分 分 第一节 第一节 共共 1515 小题 小题 每小题每小题 2 2 分 分 满分满分 3030 分 分 阅读下列短文 从每题所给的四个选项 A B C D 中选出最佳选项 并在答题卡上将该项 涂黑 A A Flying for a long time you finally arrive at the place where you can relax your hotel room Now you
2、 throw your bag on the bed turn on the TV and watch an international news programme on a satellite channel probably from UK or the USA The main international broadcasters are BBC World and CNN With an audience of over 1 5 billion people these are popular channels that offer good quality news program
3、mes In both companies the journalists are experienced writers that produce journalism of a high standard However there are alternative news channels which people watch because they want a less traditional or non Western view on world events Russia Today and Al Jazeera International an Arabic company
4、 are international channels that broadcast in English Both companies say they give a fresh view on big stories and their experienced journalists often report from places where Western journalists do not work and so they give us stories that we don t normally see The Internet offers more variety OneW
5、orldTV is an Internet site where you can find stories about the developing world and human rights rather than the usual stories about US politics and business The writers for this company are often local people who write the stories for free This non professional journalism is increasing and it cert
6、ainly offers more choices This increase in citizen journalism means that you can write the news too Main news broadcasters often use photographs and stories that members of the general public send to them especially when there is a dramatic breaking news story Besides this some blogs are popular sou
7、rces of news and the website NowPublic lets you 2 write stories using information you can get from anywhere including sites like Youtube Flickr and Twitter 1 The first paragraph is meant to A introduce the topic B give a warning C explain a reason D offer a suggestion 2 It can be learned from the te
8、xt that more and more people will A prefer to read local news B start a career in citizen journalism C pay more attention to world news D give up watching TV news programmes 3 What would be the best title for the text A The Latest Local News B Traditional World News C The End of TV News D More Choic
9、es for News B B Since 2013 Torobo a robotic are designed to test the limits of artificial intelligence has had one ambition to be admitted to the University of Tokyo one of Asia s top ranked educational institutions Although equipped with an extensive database of textbooks and other teaching materia
10、ls Torobo has repeatedly failed to obtain the university s required minimum 80 score in the National Center Test a yearly standardized entrance examination adopted by Japanese universities This year was no exception In early November Torobo along with millions of Japanese high school students took a
11、 mock 模拟的 exam to prepare for the all important standardized test Torobo s total score of 525 out of 950 which was higher than the national average was enough for it to get admitted to many other influential Japanese universities However its standard score of 57 1 though 14 points higher than in 201
12、5 still fell short of the minimum required for the University of Tokyo A closer analysis of the results showed that Torobo was able to draw from its database to solve knowledge based questions and ones involving complex mathematical 3 calculations but it had a hard time thinking independently failin
13、g to comprehend multiple sentences and phrases to arrive at the logical conclusions This weakness was reflected in its shabby English scores Fortunately the robot s creators have decided to free Torobo from its four year sufferings Noriko Arai professor of the University of Tokyo who heads the team
14、says From the present results we are able to evaluate the possibilities and limits of artificial intelligence From now on we will grow its abilities in the fields where it is doing well and aim to improve them to levels that can be applied in industry So while Torobo will never graduate from the Uni
15、versity of Tokyo it can still look forward to a bright future 4 Why was Torobo primitively designed A To compete against humans in learning abilities B To attend college like ordinary human students C To explore the potential of artificial intelligence D To analyze the results of the college entranc
16、e examination 5 How many times has Torobo taken part in the college entrance examination A 4 B 3 C 5 D 6 6 What might have held Torobo back from being admitted to the University of Tokyo A Its storage space B Its arithmetic speed C Its knowledge database D Its thinking ability 7 Torobo won t take the next college entrance examination because A it has failed to accomplish its aim B it will serve in another area C it has suffered severe damage D it will look for a job rather than study C C Filled
