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2019-2020 上海市高三下英语开学摸底测试
I. Listening Comprehension
II. Grammar and Vocabulary
Section A
Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage
coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank
with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits
each blank.
Brain implant lets man with paralysis move and feel with his hand
A brain implant has restored movement and a sense of touch in the hand of a man
with a severe spinal cord injury.
Patrick Ganzer at Battelle Memorial Institute in the US and his colleagues have
developed a brain-computer interface (BCI) that (21) ______ (allow) 28-year-old Ian
Burkhart to grasp and feel objects again.
Burkhart has a severe upper spinal cord injury and has complete paralysis in his
hands and legs, (22) ______ can move his elbows and shoulders. He had a brain implant
inserted in 2014 as part of research aiming to restore movement in (23) ______ right arm.
The BCI uses the implant (24) ______ (record) brain activity that is sent to a
processor that decodes these signals into movements, which in turn feed in to bands
around the forearm which electrically activate his hand muscles.2
“We’ve made a lot of progress in the last six years: he can play [the video
game] Guitar Hero, swipe a credit card and do about 20 different hand grips,” says
Ganzer.
But because Burkhart had no sensation in his hands, he previously had no sense of
touch or pressure when (25) ______ (grasp) objects, and if blindfolded, was not able to
detect small objects such as a pencil.
The researchers discovered that (26) ______ Burkhart’s hand cannot feel anything,
the brain implant stills registers a faint sensory signal when he touches an object.
They boosted this signal by incorporating a band around the bicep which vibrates
when Burkhart’s hand receives sensory information.
As a result, Burkhart is able to detect objects by touch alone. The BCI is also able to
detect different levels of touch and adjust the strength of Burkhart’s hand movements
depending on the object – a light grasp, for example, for a paper cup.
The researchers believe it is the first BCI (27) ______ can simultaneously restore
movement and touch.
When the brain implant was inserted, it (28) ______ (intend) solely for controlling
movement, but the (29) ______ (add) touch is possible because there is some overlap (30)
______ the sensory and motor areas in Burkhart’s brain, says Ganzer.
Section B
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. consisted B. composing C. measures D. account E. patterns F. limitations
G. moderately H. progressed I. distribution J. significantly K. complement3
AI can distinguish between bots and humans based on Twitter activity
Artificial intelligence is being used to spot the difference between human users and
fake accounts on Twitter.
Emilio Ferrara at the University of Southern California in the US, and his colleagues
have trained an AI to detect bots on Twitter based on differences in (31) ______ of
activity between real and fake accounts.
The team analysed two separate datasets of Twitter users, which had been classified
either manually or by a pre-existing algorithm as either bot or human.
The manually verified dataset (32) ______ of 8.4 million tweets from 3500 human
accounts, and 3.4 million tweets from 5000 bots.
The researchers found that human users replied four to five times more often to other
tweets than bots did. Real users gradually become more interactive, with the fraction of
replies increasing over the course of an hour-long session of Twitter use.
The length of tweets by human users also decreased as sessions (33) ______. “The
amount of information that is exchanged diminishes,” says Ferrara. He believes that the
change may result from a cognitive depletion over time, in which people become less
likely to expend mental effort (34) ______ original content.
Bots, on the other hand, show no changes in their interactivity or the length of
information they tweet over time.
The team also analysed the amount of time between any two consecutive(连读的)
tweets from a single user. When this (35) ______ is plotted, bots showed spikes for certain
time gaps, such as tweeting at 30-minute or 60-minute intervals.4
The team then combined these (36) ______ to train an existing bot-detection
algorithm, called Botometer, on the difference in activity patterns. The AI was (37)
______ more likely to accurately detect to fake accounts than when it was not taking into
(38) ______ the timing of posts.
The algorithm could be used to (39) ______ other bot-detection tools that analyse
the language within posts, says Ferrara.
One of the study’s (40) ______ is that the Twitter data the team analysed is from
three years ago. In that time, it’s possible that bots have become more human-like in their
activity patterns.
III. Reading Comprehension
Section A
Directions: For each blank in the following passage 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.
It was “college colours” day at an elementary school in Altamonte Springs, Florida,
on August 30. One of Laura Snyder’s fourth-grade students Billy wore an orange T-shirt
(41) ______ his favourite school, the University of Tennessee.
Billy was so excited to show Snyder his shirt. She was (42) ______ that he took it
one step further to make his own label and he drew his own UT logo with pen and paper
and (43) ______ it to his shirt.
But after lunch, Billy came back to Snyder’s room crying. Some girls at the lunch
table next to Billy’s had made fun of the (44) ______ on his shirt. Billy was depressed.
Snyder knew kids can be (45) ______. She was aware that the label was not the fanciest
one, but this kid used the resources he had (46) ______ to him to participate in the activity. 5
In an effort to (47) ______ him up, Snyder planned to buy him a University of
Tennessee shirt. She asked on the Facebook if anyone out there had any (48) ______ at
the university to make it a little extra special for Billy.
What happened next completely (49) ______ her. Her post spread rapidly on
Facebook, eventually reaching University of Tennessee fans and then the university itself.
The university (50) ______ by sending Billy a package of UT souvenirs for him and his
classmates.
“I’m not even sure I can put into words his (51) ______. It was so heart-warming,”
Snyder wrote in an (52) ______ to her post. “Billy was so amazed at all the goodies in
the box. He proudly put on the jersey(运动衫) and one of the many hats in the box. All
who saw applauded for him. ”
But then things got even better.
The university’s official shop (53) ______ on September 5 that it decided to take
Billy’s handmade logo and turn it into an actual shirt. And some of the money will be
donated to an anti-bullying(反欺凌) organization.
“When I told him that his design was being made into a real shirt and people wanted
to wear it, his jaw (54) ______,” Snyder wrote. “He had a big smile on his face, walked
taller, and I could tell his (55) ______ grew today! Thank you to the UT Nation for that!”
Billy’s mother wrote a letter of gratitude that Snyder posted. It said, in part, “I can
tell you that I spent a lot of my day reading all the kind words in support of my son and
I’m touched beyond words,” she wrote.
41. A. appreciating B. representing C. admiring D. picturing
42. A. reminded B. convinced C. impressed D. satisfied
43. A. attached B. wore C. turned D. printed6
44. A. brand B. sign C. colour D. sample
45. A. strange B. stupid C. cruel D. selfish
46. A. sustainable B. typical C. available D. convenient
47. A. cheer B. trip C. team D. pick
48. A. exchange B. contact C. suggestion D. knowledge
49. A. froze B. posed C. blinded D. floored
50. A. acknowledged B. greeted C. responded D. permitted
51. A. reaction B. improvement C. behaviour D. attitude
52. A. email B. address C. interview D. update
53. A. advertised B. explained C. promised D. announced
54. A. changed B. dropped C. ached D. closed
55. A. confidence B. expectation C. responsibility D. reputation
Section B
Directions: Read the following three 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 read.
A
In 2012, James Cameron, creator of Avatar and Titanic, became the first person to 7
reach the Challenger Deep. When he arrived at the deepest spot on Earth at 7 miles below
sea level, he spent hours mapping the region and taking photos and samples.
“As human beings, we’re drawn to absolutes—the deepest, the highest, the coldest,
the farthest,” he says. “And as a storyteller and curious monkey, I just wanted to see what
was there.” The answer is obvious—plastic and more. “Our so-called civilization is using
the ocean as its toilet,” Cameron says. “Unless this changes, ocean ecosystems are going
to continue their rapid collapse.”
Despite decades of environmental studies, the impact of plastic and other forms of
pollution on oceans are not entirely understood. Initial studies appear to indicate that
ingesting them—either directly or indirectly—could cause disease. Plastics can also
release poisonous substances into the water, which could potentially impact animal
populations.
But plastic is just one of the problems facing oceans that have yet to be fully
understood. “Plastic waste in the ocean is horrifying but is only the most obvious of our
many deadly waste streams, which include carbon that’s heating the atmosphere and
making the ocean acidic, and the run-off nutrients from all the world’s agriculture, which
is causing anoxic(缺氧的) dead zones the size of countries,” Cameron says.
Oceans, like the rest of the world, are impacted by the burning of fossil fuels and the
release of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide—about 30 percent of which is absorbed
by the sea. This absorption causes ocean acidification, where the pH level is altered to
become more acidic. As a result, it’s harder for some creatures to form shells and
skeletons and countless species at the base of the food web can struggle to survive, which,
scientists say, has the potential to cause huge disruptions to entire ecosystems. Indeed,
ocean acidification is thought to have played an important role in Earth’s worst-ever mass
extinction event 252 million years ago.
The effect of climate change on the world’s oceans will likely worsen in coming 8
decades. Last June, scientists announced carbon dioxide levels had reached the highest
levels since human records began. The last time carbon dioxide levels were this high was
during the Pliocene era, between 3 and 5 million years ago, when global temperatures
were about 4 degrees Celsius warmer than they are today. Current climate models suggest
that if greenhouse gas emissions continue on their current trend, we may be on course to
see 4 degrees of warming by 2100.
As a result, understanding the role oceans have on global systems is becoming more
and more important.
56. What are the first two paragraphs mainly about?
A. The author’s feelings to the ocean. B. Cameron’s movies and remarks.
C. The author’s discoveries under the sea. D. Cameron’s observation and concern.
57. What can we infer from the passage?
A. Several countries are suffering from anoxic dead zones.
B. More concern should have been given to the pollution on oceans.
C. Plastic is supposed to be the most serious environmental problem.
D. Ocean acidification removes the nutrients from agricultural products.
58. What does the underlined word “disruptions” in Paragraph 5 probably mean?
A. Decreases. B. Destruction. C. Diseases. D. Discrimination.
59. Why does the author mention the mass extinction event 252 million years ago?
A. To call on people to protect sea animals.
B. To compare current situations with the past. 9
C. To explain how serious the ocean problem is.
D. To prove pollution to be the cause of acidification.
B
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This fantastic display features a variety of talented magicians who each take to the stage
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Presented by the amazing Loft Theatre, this show has seen the likes of famous
magicians such as Robert Hall and Chipper Lowell. Each evening stars a different
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It is great for all ages, so you can bring the entire family along to be excited and
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The Loft Theatre is Lake Tahoe’s premier place for entertainment and delicious food.
Not only is it home to amazing shows that will entertain and thrill, but it is also home to
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60. What can we learn about Magic Fusion?
A. It is intended for all the family members.
B. The display will last for one and half hours.
C. Different performers will be performing together.
D. Audiences will be invited onto the stage during the show.
61. The Loft Theatre .
A. lies in a famous largely populated area11
B. is well-known for the surrounding scenery
C. serves food before and after the performance
D. provides those who come early with extra show
62. What is true about the arrangement of the performance?
A. The performance on Friday finishes earlier.
B. The show starts from 9:00 pm every Tuesday.
C. There are two performances available every Sunday.
D. Regular and VIP seating are offered on different days.
C
As we prepare learners with the skills needed for the 21st century, there is a greater
desire to further integrate technology into our classrooms. Whether it’s a K-12 or college
classroom, it’s rare to find an environment that does not integrate technology in some
form or another. In some cases, online learning has replaced the physical classroom
altogether. As educators, we owe it to ourselves and our students to use these benefits.
However, while technology offers significant advantages, simply integrating it as an
alternative source of delivery or as another means for students to demonstrate their
comprehension is not an effective practice.
We must remind ourselves that any form of learning technology should also be
guided. These resources are just instruments and require high-quality guided practice
from instructors. These instruments, combined with guidance, can afford good instruction,
practice and motivation. While technology can positively impact learning outcomes, it
may be even more effective for some students if it’s instructor-led and integrated into a
well-designed curriculum.12
Technology is rapidly changing the educational environment and challenging
students to adapt accordingly. It can frustrate students of different generations struggling
to learn how to use a learning platform in addition to picking up the actual subject. Some
may wonder, “Why should I waste time learning how to create a podcast(播客) when I
could simply write the paper?”
It’s a reasonable question. We must not assume students who were raised using
technology are always comfortable learning with these tools. A study found that because
of tools some students may not have experience using, they may need more direction on
how to apply these tools. Students may struggle if an instructor neglects to teach the
conceptual basis of the tools. Technology may mean little without appropriate objectives
and goals for its use, structures for its application, and trained deliverers.
Educators are also tasked with providing students the skills they need to flourish in
a highly competitive and technologically-based workplace. Many of the skills obtained
through online classes are valuable professional skills. Students taught how to use
multiple learning technologies effectively have a competitive advantage over those who
are simply using technology as a method of delivery in the online classroom. Regardless
of the subjects we teach, integrating technology gives our students the opportunity to not
only learn the content, but also to develop skills useful beyond our classrooms.
Technology, when integrated and balanced appropriately with the curriculum and with
student needs, can make us more effective as educators.
63. What is important to the learning technology?
A. Instruction and revision. B. Comprehension and application.
C. Guidance and arrangements. D. Diversity and flexibility.
64. According to the passage, what should an educator do?
A. Arrange online assignment for students.
B. Help students master online technology.
C. Prepare students with rules in the workplace. 13
D. Notify students of the value of the learning tool.
65. What’s the author’s attitude toward learning technology?
A. Critical. B. Unconcerned. C. Wait-and-see. D. Approving.
66. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A. Does Technology Boost Educational Effectiveness?
B. Is the Learning Technology a Tool or an Opportunity?
C. Can Technology Put an End to Traditional Classrooms?
D. Does the Learning Skill Outweigh the Learning Content?
Section C
Directions: Read the following passages. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given
in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences
than you need.
A. It lists details like the name of writer and publication.
B. But doing research on the Internet is not without its risks.
C. This is because it is so easy to find and copy information online.
D. In addition to dishonesty, plagiarism is a lost opportunity for students.
E. To avoid unintended plagiarizing, managing your sources becomes important.
F. If you use ideas from other writers without quoting from the original work, you’re
plagiarizing.
The Internet is the largest library in the history of the world and a great resource for
anyone seeking information. (67) ______ In recent years, plagiarism from online sources
has become a serious problem, especially among students. 14
Original written work and information are protected by copyright laws. Therefore,
when you use information you find while doing research, you should always give credit
to the person that produced it. To plagiarize is to use ideas that are not your own without
giving credit to the original source, or to claim that someone else’s ideas are your own.
This is a dishonest practice.
Internet-related plagiarism has become such a problem. (68) ______ There are
thousands of resources for students who wish only to copy or cheat. However, the Internet
also makes it easier for educators to check for plagiarism. Often a simple Internet search
for a quote will be enough to expose copying. Some educators are more concerned about
unintended plagiarism. Because copying and pasting(粘贴) is so easy, it is becoming
more and more common for well-meaning students to mix up source material with their
original ideas. While unintended plagiarism usually happens innocently, it is still a
mistake.
(69) ______ Usually, the first step of researching is to gather information. You’d
better keep a computer document named “References” where you can keep useful
information you search on the Internet. Copy and paste the material directly from the
document. When you print out parts of the article from the document, print the first page
of the article. (70) ______ These will help you remember the source of the information.
Then print pages that have the information you need. After you finish your assignment,
in the same way that you review your work for clarity and mistakes, you need to check
that you have matched the quoted information with the correct source. Following these
tips, you will avoid mixing up source material with your ideas.
IV. Summary Writing
Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s)
of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.15
"It is important for us to understand that the computing platforms of today will not
be able to sustain at-scale implementations of AI algorithms on massive datasets," said
Thirumalai Venkatesan, one of the authors of a paper published in Applied Physics
Reviews, from AIP Publishing.
"Today's computing is way too energy-intensive to handle big data. We need to rethink
our approaches to computation on all levels: materials, devices and architecture that can
enable ultralow energy computing."
Brain-inspired electronics with organic memristors could offer a functionally promising
and cost- effective platform, according to Venkatesan. Memristive devices are electronic
devices with an inherent memory that are capable of both storing data and performing
computation. Since memristors are functionally analogous to the operation of neurons,
the computing units in the brain, they are optimal candidates for brain-inspired computing
platforms.
Until now, oxides have been the leading candidate as the optimum material for
memristors. Different material systems have been proposed but none have been
successful so far.
"Over the last 20 years, there have been several attempts to come up with organic
memristors, but none of those have shown any promise," said Sreetosh Goswami, lead
author on the paper. "The primary reason behind this failure is their lack of stability,
reproducibility and ambiguity in mechanistic understanding. At a device level, we are
now able to solve most of these problems,"16
This new generation of organic memristors is developed based on metal azo complex
devices, which are the brainchild of Sreebata Goswami, a professor at the Indian
Association for the Cultivation of Science in Kolkata and another author on the paper.
"In thin films, the molecules are so robust and stable that these devices can eventually be
the right choice for many wearable and implantable technologies or a body net, because
these could be bendable and stretchable," said Sreebata Goswami. A body net is a series
of wireless sensors that stick to the skin and track health.
The next challenge will be to produce these organic memristors at scale, said Venkatesan.
"Now we are making individual devices in the laboratory. We need to make circuits
for large-scale functional implementation of these devices."
V. Translation
Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the
brackets.
72.你可以通过特殊的练习来发展自律，你可以在任何时间和任何地点练习。
（practice）
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73.我们处理的不是一个简单的“垃圾输入，垃圾输出”的情况，而是每天都有新的
信息出现的情况。（deal）
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74.在线学习需要一定的信息技术素养，但在大多数学校，四分之一的教师没有或17
有有限的计算机经验。(limit)
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75.日常的责任心表现为准时，勤勉工作，自律，谨慎地履行职责。(punctual)
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VI. Guided Writing
Directions: Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions
given below in Chinese.
假定你是李华，你的美国朋友 Peter 想了解中医常识以提高自我护理习惯。请
给他写一封信，推荐学习资源。你的信件内容需包括：
1.学习资源类别:图书、网站、手机应用程序（APP）等；
2.推荐某类资源理由；
3.表达祝愿。
参考答案18
21.has allowed 22.but 23. his 24. to record 25. grasping 26. (al)though 27. that
28. was intended 29. added 30. between
31-40 EAHBI CJDKF
41-45 BCABC CABDC ADDBA
56-66 DBBC ADC CBDA
67-70 BCEA
71.The pressing question for many researchers is how to handle the technological
revolution. Brain-inspired electronics with organic memristors could offer a functionally
promising and cost- effective platform. Since memristors are functionally analogous to
the operation of neurons, the computing units in the brain, they are optimal candidates for
brain-inspired computing platforms.
72.You can develop self-discipline with special exercises, which you can practice at any
time and place.
73.We are not dealing with a situation of simple ‘garbage in, garbage out’ but rather one
where new information is emerging daily.
74.Online learning requires some IT literacy, yet one in four teachers in most schools has
no or limited experience of computers.
75.The everyday signs of conscientiousness being punctual, careful in doing work, self-
disciplined, and scrupulous in attending to responsibilities.
76.
Dear Peter,19
As you wish to learn about traditional Chinese medicine to raise the awareness of
self-care, I am writing to you to propose some of my recommendations about the learning
resources, aiming at helping you better understand traditional Chinese medicine.
I’d like to recommend online access to traditional Chinese medicine on the website,
which is called “Chinese Medicine Network”. The principle reason why I recommend the
website is that it classifies different symptoms into sorts of groups, which is beneficial
for acquiring accurate way of treatment in time. Additionally, the website provides
quantities of medical news, enabling you to catch on the most cutting edge of traditional
Chinese medicine. What’s more, there are many electronic books on the website. It likes
Basic Knowledge of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Which is on the premise of essential
knowledge about traditional Chinese medicine, the book mainly illustrates a great many
applicable evidences to carry out individual practice in aspect of self-care. More
importantly, it is not obscure for general group to catch on.
Based on the recommendation above, I believe you’ll be capable of forming general
image of traditional Chinese medicine. I’m looking forward to hearing from you.
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
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