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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。 China has recently published its first artificial intelligence (Al) textbook for high school students, following a plan1.(include) Al courses in primary and secondary schools by central government last year. Under the joint efforts by the research center for MOOC at East China Normal University and Al startup Sense Time Group, the nine-chapter textbook,2. (name) Fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence, was written by outstanding scholars from well-known 3. (school) nationwide, Xinhua reported on Sunday. It includes the history of Al and how the technology can 4.(apply) in areas such as facial recognition, auto driving and public security. “The textbook focuses not only on basics of Al, but also on 5.(practice) use of Al in daily life," said Chen Yukun, a professor at East China Normal University,6.is also a contributor to the book. So far, about 40 high schools across the country 7. (join) the first group of Al high education pilot program 8. introducing the textbook in curriculum. “The Al sector is facing a talent shortage 9. . (global). The publication of the book is 10. breakthrough as it takes Al technology out of the ‘ivory tower' and makes it part of high school learning, said Lin Dahua, a professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
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阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 When I married into a Chinese family, nobody ever warned me about the complicated " Chinese relatives name game". I would need 1.(explore) a world of completely novel terms for family members that have no exact equivalents in 2. (me) native language of English. Consider this exchange that happened a few years ago while I was living with my 3.(in-law) in their rural village 4. Zhejiang Province during the summer holiday. During dinner one evening, my sister-in-law said our mother-in-law 5.( spend) the entire day planting the fields with 6. "jiujiu" , the Chinese term for uncles on the mother's side of the family. 7. as I understood, we only had two uncles we addressed with this term—Older Jiujiu and Younger Jiujiu. Neither needed help in the fields, especially the younger one 8.had just begun working as the village secretary. How could our mother-in-law 9.( possible) have assisted someone 10.(call) jiujiu?
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阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 Silk is mainly produced in the south of the Yangtze River Delta. The people 1.(live )in the region were the inventors of silk fabric, and no other culture discovered this process independently. The history of silk making 2.(begin)6,000 years ago, and the earliest example of silk fabric 3. has been discovered dates from 3630 BC in Henan. Silk cloth producing process was well advanced during the Shang Dynasty(1600—1046 BC)era. China produces about 150,000 tons 4.(annual). This is much more than the rest of the world. Only India has a comparably large industry that produces about 30,000 tons. It is thought that silk 5.(export)along the Silk Road routes about 400 BC ago. But after that, the 6.(variety)kingdoms kept secret the methods of silk 7.(produce)for another thousand years. It might have been one of the most energetically guarded secretes in history. Anyone 8.(find)secretly carrying silkworm eggs, or mulberry(桑树)seeds was put 9. death. Silk garments were worn by emperors and royalty. It was a status symbol, 10. common people were prohibited from wearing silk. Silk was also used for a number of other applications including luxury writing material.
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4. 难度:中等 | |
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。 In August, cases of a mysterious severe lung disease rocked the health society, 1. doctors looking for the cause of the illness. They found the link between vaping and lung disease. Now, there are 805 lung injury cases reported across 46 states in the United States. There had been twelve 2.(death) reported, and all cases reported a history of e-cigarette use. E-cigarette use poses a significant and avoidable health risk to young people in the United States. Besides increasing the 3.(possible) of addiction and long-term harm to brain development and respiratory health, e-cigarette use 4.(associate) with the use of other tobacco products that can do even 5.(great) damage to the body. Even breathing in e-cigarette smoke that someone else has breathed out 6.(carry) health risks. It is important to prevent harm to youth and young adults from e-cigarettes. Everyone has 7. role, including parents, health care providers, teachers, and those 8. work with and care about young people. A visit to a health care professional is a great chance 9.(educate) your child on the potential risks of e-cigarette use. Ask your provider to discuss these health risks, including nicotine addiction and the impact of nicotine on the 10.(develop) brain, etc.
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5. 难度:中等 | |
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。 The gorillas(大猩猩)in the valleys in the south often lived together in groups of several tens. They were fond of drinking wine, and even fonder of imitating man's 1. (behave). People knew very well their 2. (habit) and often put wine on the roadside together with many straw sandals 3. were connected together with ropes. The gorillas knew this was 4.trick to lure(引诱)them into traps and cursed: "Humph! Do you think we don't know your tricks? We'll never be taken in!" So they called one another, 5. (turn) round and left. But they had smelled the aroma(香味)of the wine already, and couldn't bear to part with it. Even after they left, they would turn their heads to look back. 6. they saw no one there, they would turn back; and after they turned back, they were afraid of 7. (cheat), and left again. After much hesitation, they 8. (final) said to themselves: "Just for a taste of the wine. It won't matter as long as we don't get drunk.” Shortly afterwards, they agreed 9. (come) back to drink the wine. When they got drunk, they forgot everything. Every gorilla put on the straw sandals and imitated the way man walks. As a result, they fell down one after another and all of them 10. (catch) alive by people.
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6. 难度:中等 | |
阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 A group of researchers and scientists from China and other countries are working together 1. (record) and collect digital images of cultural relics from the Mogao Caves, which were a key stop 2. the Silk Road throughout China's ancient history. Nearly 500,000 high quality digital photographs 3.( produce) since the international project started in 1994. The Mogao Caves 4.(study) in many countries have long been a meeting point for different cultures. Today the caves are just as international as they were at the time5.people travelled the Silk Road. Tourists from all over the world visit Dunhuang to see the caves, and the Getty Museum in Los Angeles has reproduced a copy of the caves and6.(paint) for people to admire in America. By sharing so many digital photos over the Internet, the group hopes to promote even 7.(wide) interest around the world in China's ancient history, culture, and traditions.8.one researcher who is working on the project explains, “9.(appreciate) one's own cultural heritage is very important for understanding oneself. Recognizing the cultural heritage of other countries 10. (do) good to international communication and understanding."
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7. 难度:简单 | |
阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 “Climate emergency” was picked by Oxford Dictionaries as the word of the year for 2019 after 1. (use) on average 100 times more than in 2018. Defined as “a situation 2. urgent action is required to reduce or stop climate change and avoid environmental damage resulting from it ”, the word became one of the most important 3. (term) of 2019. “Climate” did not have a place in the top words 4.(typical) used to modify (修饰) “emergency” in 2018. Instead, the top types of emergencies that people wrote about 5. (be) health, hospital and family emergencies. But with climate emergency, people saw something new, 6. extension of emergency to the global level. The choice was reflective, not just of the rise in climate awareness, but the focus specifically 7. the language used to discuss it. Oxford said the rise of “climate emergency” 8. (show) an intentional push towards language of urgency. The dictionary’s word of the year is chosen 9. (reflect) attention of the passing year and should have lasting potential as a term of 10. (culture) significance. Previous winners of word of the year include “toxic” in 2018 and “youthquake” in 2017.
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8. 难度:中等 | |
阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 Fireworks may seem like a very American tradition, 1. (especial) on the 4th of July. But fireworks go back many years before the first American Independence Day celebration, which took place in 1777, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The 2. (early) Fireworks can date back to around 2,000 years ago in China. People then 3. (say) to have roasted bamboo stalks (茎). The stalks turned black and made sounds. The air inside the hollow (空的) stalks would explode. Baozhu is a Mandarin Chinese word 4. firecracker. It means “exploding bamboo.” Years later Chinese chemists took fireworks a step further. This 5. (happen) sometime between 600 and 900 A D . People filled bamboo with gunpowder. They threw it into a fire. Steel dust or iron shavings were added 6. (make) them sparkle (冒火花). In China, these firecrackers were often used in 7. (tradition) celebrations. In the 13th century, fireworks spread to Europe. In the centuries that followed, 8. (European) started moving to North America. So it was no surprise that when July 4th began to be celebrated as America’s Independence Day,fireworks 9. were invented by Chinese people witnessed 10. great moment as part of the plan. Today, fireworks are an established July 4th tradition. Will you see a fireworks display this Independence Day?
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9. 难度:简单 | |
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。 The Great Wall of China is one of the greatest 1. (sight) in the world—the longest wall in the world. 2. (it) winding path and steep mountains take in some great scenery. The “Long Wall” has a long history—more than 2,600 years. It 3. (build) in different areas by different dynasties. In the Qin dynasty, the First Emperor of Qin linked the northern walls 4. (prevent) aggression from northern nations. In the Han dynasty, the emperors 5. wanted to protect trade on the Silk Road extended the Great Wall into today’s western China. The Great Wall is a building project with the longest duration and at 6. cost of lives, blood, sweat and tears. It 7. (deserve) its place among the “New 7 Wonders of the World” and the UNESCO World Heritage Sites. During the construction of the Great Wall, there were many 8. (extreme) interesting stories, such as Lady Meng Jiang weeping over her husband’s death at the Great Wall, a sad but romantic love story set in the Qin dynasty. The Great Wall of China is the must-see attraction in China. Perhaps the most 9. (power) advertising words in history come from the poetic pen of Chairman Mao, “Until you reach the Great history Wall, you’re no hero.” It means getting 10. difficulties before reaching a goal.
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10. 难度:困难 | |
阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 The giant panda,also 1. (know)as panda bear or simply panda,is a bear native 2.south central China. In the past many years,the giant panda 3. (drive)out of the lowland areas where it once lived as a result of farming,deforestation and other 4. (develop). Wild population estimates vary:one estimate shows that there are about 1,590 individuals 5.(1ive)in the wild,while a 2006 study estimated that this figure could be as high as 2,000 to 3,000. Some reports also show that 6. number of giant pandas in the wild is on the rise. The West first learned of the giant panda on March 11,1869,7. the French missionary(传教士)Armand David received a panda skin from a hunter. In 1936,Ruth Harkness became the first Westerner 8. (bring)a live giant panda named Su Lin to the Brookfield Zoo in Chicago. To protect the pandas,in 2012,Earthwatch Institute,a global nonprofit that teams volunteers with scientists to conduct important 9. (science)research,launched a program called“On the Trail of Giant Panda”. This program,based in the Wolong National Nature Reserve,allows volunteers to work up close with pandas cared for in captivity (圈养),and help them 10. (gradual)adapt to life in the wild.
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