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1、欢迎您阅读并下载本文档，本文档来源于互联网，如有侵权请联系删除！我们将竭诚为您提供优质的文档！英语（一）试题 -1-（共 14 页）Section I Use of English Directions:Read the following text.Choose the best word(s)for each numbered blank and mark A,B,C or D on the ANSWER SHEET.(10 points)Today,we live in a world where GPS systems,digital maps,and other navigation
2、 apps are all available on our smartphones.1 of us just walk straight into the woods without a phone.But phones 2 on batteries,and batteries can die faster than we realize.3 you get lost without a phone or a compass,and you 4 cant find north,a few tricks may help you navigate 5 to civilization,one o
3、f which is to follow the land.When you find yourself 6 a trail,but not in a completely 7 area of land,you have to answer two questions:Which 8 is downhill,in this particular area?And where is the nearest water source?Humans overwhelmingly live in valleys,and on supplies of fresh water.9 ,if you head
4、 downhill,and follow any H2O you find,you should 10 see signs of people.If youve explored the area before,keep an eye out for familiar sights you may be 11 how quickly identifying a distinctive rock or tree can restore your bearings.Another 12 :Climb high and look for signs of human habitation.13 ,e
5、ven in dense forest,you should be able to 14 gaps in the tree line due to roads,train tracks,and other paths people carve 15 the woods.Head toward these 16 to find a way out.At night,scan the horizon for 17 light sources,such as fires and streetlights,then walk toward the glow of light pollution.18
6、,assuming youre lost in an area humans tend to frequent,look for the 19 we leave on the landscape.Trail blazes,tire tracks,and other features can 20 you to civilization.欢迎您阅读并下载本文档，本文档来源于互联网，如有侵权请联系删除！我们将竭诚为您提供优质的文档！英语（一）试题 -2-（共 14 页）1.A.Few B.Most C.Some D.All 2.A.put B.take C.run D.come 3.A.Since
7、 B.Until C.Though D.If 4.A.formally B.literally C.gradually D.relatively 5.A.around B.away C.back D.next 6.A.onto B.along C.across D.off 7.A.unattractive B.unfamiliar C.unchanged D.uncrowded 8.A.way B.point C.site D.place 9.A.Instead B.Yet C.So D.Besides 10.A.immediately B.eventually C.unexpectedly
8、D.intentionally 11.A.frightened B.annoyed C.surprised D.confused 12.A.problem B.result C.view D.option 13.A.Above all B.For example C.On average D.In contrast 14.A.spot B.avoid C.bridge D.separate 15.A.from B.under C.beyond D.through 16.A.posts B.breaks C.shades D.links 17.A.hidden B.mysterious C.ar
9、tificial D.limited 18.A.Finally B.Consequently C.Incidentally D.Generally 19.A.memories B.belongings C.notes D.marks 20.A.lead B.adapt C.restrict D.expose Section II Reading Comprehension Part A Directions:Read the following four texts.Answer the questions after each text by choosing A,B,C or D.Mark
10、 your answers on the ANSWER SHEET.(40 points)欢迎您阅读并下载本文档，本文档来源于互联网，如有侵权请联系删除！我们将竭诚为您提供优质的文档！英语（一）试题 -3-（共 14 页）Text 1 Financial regulators in Britain have imposed a rather unusual rule on the bosses of big banks.Starting next year,any guaranteed bonus of top executives could be delayed 10 years if t
11、heir banks are under investigation for wrongdoing.The main purpose of this“clawback”rule is to hold bankers accountable for harmful risk-taking and to restore public trust in financial institutions.Yet officials also hope for a much larger benefit:more long-term decision-making,not only by banks but
12、 by all corporations,to build a stronger economy for future generations.“Short-termism,”or the desire for quick profits,has worsened in publicly traded companies,says the Bank of Englands top economist,Andrew Haldane.He quotes a giant of classical economics,Alfred Marshall,in describing this financi
13、al impatience as acting like“children who pick the plums out of their pudding to eat them at once”rather than putting them aside to be eaten last.The average time for holding a stock in both the United States and Britain,he notes,has dropped from seven years to seven months in recent decades.Transie
14、nt investors,who demand high quarterly profits from companies,can hinder a firms efforts to invest in long-term research or to build up customer loyalty.This has been dubbed“quarterly capitalism.”In addition,new digital technologies have allowed more rapid trading of equities,quicker use of informat
15、ion,and thus shorter attention spans in financial markets.“There seems to be a predominance of short-term thinking at the expense of long-term investing,”said Commissioner Daniel Gallagher of the US Securities and Exchange Commission in a speech this week.In the US,the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 has
16、 pushed most public companies to defer performance bonuses for senior executives by about a year,slightly helping reduce“short-termism.”In its latest survey of CEO pay,The Wall Street Journal finds that“a substantial part”of executive pay is now tied to performance.Much more could be done to encoura
17、ge“long-termism,”such as changes in the tax code and quicker disclosure of stock acquisitions.In France,shareholders who hold onto a company investment for at least two years can sometimes earn more voting rights in a company.Within companies,the right compensation design can provide incentives for
18、executives to think beyond their own time at the company and on behalf of all stakeholders.Britains new rule is a reminder to bankers that society has an interest in their performance,not just for the short term but for the long term.欢迎您阅读并下载本文档，本文档来源于互联网，如有侵权请联系删除！我们将竭诚为您提供优质的文档！英语（一）试题 -4-（共 14 页）
19、21.According to Paragraph 1,one motive in imposing the new rule is to A.guarantee the bonuses of top executives.B.enhance bankers sense of responsibility.C.build a new system of financial regulation.D.help corporations achieve larger profits.22.Alfred Marshall is quoted to indicate A.the solid struc
20、ture of publicly traded companies.B.governments impatience in decision-making.C.the conditions for generating quick profits.D.“short-termism”in economic activities.23.It is argued that the influence of transient investment on public companies can be A.minimal.B.indirect.C.adverse.D.temporary.24.The
21、US and France examples are used to illustrate A.the approaches to promoting“long-termism.”B.the prevalence of short-term thinking.C.the significance of long-term thinking.D.the obstacles to preventing“short-termism.”25.Which of the following would be the best title for the text?A.Decisiveness Requir
22、ed of Top Executives B.Failure of Quarterly Capitalism C.Patience as a Corporate Virtue D.Frustration of Risk-taking Bankers 欢迎您阅读并下载本文档，本文档来源于互联网，如有侵权请联系删除！我们将竭诚为您提供优质的文档！英语（一）试题 -5-（共 14 页）Text 2 Grade inflation the gradual increase in average GPAs(grade-point averages)over the past few decades is
23、 often considered a product of a consumer era in higher education,in which students are treated like customers to be pleased.But another,related force a policy often buried deep in course catalogs called“grade forgiveness”is helping raise GPAs.Grade forgiveness allows students to retake a course in
24、which they received a low grade,and the most recent grade or the highest grade is the only one that counts in calculating a students overall GPA.The use of this little-known practice has accelerated in recent years,as colleges continue to do their utmost to keep students in school(and paying tuition
25、)and improve their graduation rates.When this practice first started decades ago,it was usually limited to freshmen,to give them a second chance to take a class in their first year if they struggled in their transition to college-level courses.But now most colleges,save for many selective campuses,a
26、llow all undergraduates,and even graduate students,to get their low grades forgiven.College officials tend to emphasize that the goal of grade forgiveness is less about the grade itself and more about encouraging students to retake courses critical to their degree program and graduation without incu
27、rring a big penalty.“Ultimately,”said Jack Miner,Ohio State Universitys registrar,“we see students achieve more success because they retake a course and do better in subsequent courses or master the content that allows them to graduate on time.”That said,there is a way in which grade forgiveness sat
28、isfies colleges own needs as well.For public institutions,state funds are sometimes tied partly to their success on metrics such as graduation rates and student retention so better grades can,by boosting figures like those,mean more money.And anything that raises GPAs will likely make students who,a
29、t the end of the day,are paying the bill feel theyve gotten a better value for their tuition dollars,which is another big concern for colleges.Indeed,grade forgiveness is just another way that universities are responding to consumers expectations for higher education.Since students and parents expec
30、t a college degree to lead to a job,it is in the best interest of a school to turn out graduates who are as qualified as possible or at least appear to be.On this,students and colleges incentives seem to be aligned.欢迎您阅读并下载本文档，本文档来源于互联网，如有侵权请联系删除！我们将竭诚为您提供优质的文档！英语（一）试题 -6-（共 14 页）26.What is commonly
31、 regarded as the cause of grade inflation?A.Colleges neglect of GPAs.B.The influence of consumer culture.C.Students indifference to GPAs.D.The change of course catalogs.27.What was the original purpose of grade forgiveness?A.To maintain colleges graduation rates.B.To increase universities income fro
32、m tuition.C.To prepare graduates for a challenging future.D.To help freshmen adapt to college learning.28.According to Paragraph 5,grade forgiveness enables colleges to A.obtain more financial support.B.improve their teaching quality.C.boost their student enrollments.D.meet local governments needs.2
33、9.What does the phrase“to be aligned”(Line 5,Para.6)most probably mean?A.To counterbalance each other.B.To be contradictory to each other.C.To be identical with each other.D.To complement each other.30.The author examines the practice of grade forgiveness by A.assessing its feasibility.B.listing its
34、 long-run effects.C.comparing different views on it.D.analyzing the causes behind it.欢迎您阅读并下载本文档，本文档来源于互联网，如有侵权请联系删除！我们将竭诚为您提供优质的文档！英语（一）试题 -7-（共 14 页）Text 3 This year marks exactly two centuries since the publication of Frankenstein;or,The Modern Prometheus,by Mary Shelley.Even before the invention
35、 of the electric light bulb,the author produced a remarkable work of speculative fiction that would foreshadow many ethical questions to be raised by technologies yet to come.Today the rapid growth of artificial intelligence(AI)raises fundamental questions:“What is intelligence,identity,or conscious
36、ness?What makes humans humans?”What is being called artificial general intelligence,machines that would imitate the way humans think,continues to evade scientists.Yet humans remain fascinated by the idea of robots that would look,move,and respond like humans,similar to those recently depicted on pop
37、ular sci-fi TV series such as“Westworld”and“Humans.”Just how people think is still far too complex to be understood,let alone reproduced,says David Eagleman,a Stanford University neuroscientist.“We are just in a situation where there are no good theories explaining what consciousness actually is and
38、 how you could ever build a machine to get there.”But that doesnt mean crucial ethical issues involving AI arent at hand.The coming use of autonomous vehicles,for example,poses thorny ethical questions.Human drivers sometimes must make split-second decisions.Their reactions may be a complex combinat
39、ion of instant reflexes,input from past driving experiences,and what their eyes and ears tell them in that moment.AI“vision”today is not nearly as sophisticated as that of humans.And to anticipate every imaginable driving situation is a difficult programming problem.Whenever decisions are based on m
40、asses of data,“you quickly get into a lot of ethical questions,”notes Tan Kiat How,chief executive of a Singapore-based agency that is helping the government develop a voluntary code for the ethical use of AI.Along with Singapore,other governments and mega-corporations are beginning to establish the
41、ir own guidelines.Britain is setting up a data ethics center.India released its AI ethics strategy this spring.On June 7 Google pledged not to“design or deploy AI”that would cause“overall harm,”or to develop AI-directed weapons or use AI for surveillance that would violate international norms.It als
42、o pledged not to deploy AI whose use would violate international laws or human rights.While the statement is vague,it represents one starting point.So does the idea that decisions made by AI systems should be explainable,transparent,and fair.To put it another way:How can we make sure that the thinki
43、ng of intelligent machines reflects humanitys highest values?Only then will they be useful servants and not Frankensteins out-of-control monster.欢迎您阅读并下载本文档，本文档来源于互联网，如有侵权请联系删除！我们将竭诚为您提供优质的文档！英语（一）试题 -8-（共 14 页）31.Mary Shelleys novel Frankenstein is mentioned because it A.involves some concerns rais
44、ed by AI today.B.has remained popular for as long as 200 years.C.fascinates AI scientists all over the world.D.has sparked serious ethical controversies.32.In David Eaglemans opinion,our current knowledge of consciousness A.helps explain artificial intelligence.B.is too limited for us to reproduce i
45、t.C.inspires popular sci-fi TV series.D.can be misleading to robot making.33.The solution to the ethical issues brought by autonomous vehicles A.can hardly ever be found.B.has aroused much curiosity.C.is still beyond our capacity.D.causes little public concern.34.The authors attitude toward Googles
46、pledges is one of A.contempt.B.skepticism.C.respect.D.affirmation.35.Which of the following would be the best title for the text?A.The Conscience of AI:Complex But Inevitable B.Frankenstein,the Novel Predicting the Age of AI C.AIs Future:In the Hands of Tech Giants D.AI Shall Be Killers Once Out of
47、Control 欢迎您阅读并下载本文档，本文档来源于互联网，如有侵权请联系删除！我们将竭诚为您提供优质的文档！欢迎您阅读并下载本文档，本文档来源于互联网，如有侵权请联系删除！我们将竭诚为您提供优质的文档！英语（一）试题 -10-（共 14 页）36.The Supreme Court decision Thursday will A.put most online businesses in a dilemma.B.force some states to cut sales tax.C.make more online shoppers pay sales tax.D.better busi
48、nesses relations with states.37.It can be learned from Paragraphs 2 and 3 that the overruled decisions A.were widely criticized by online purchasers.B.have cost consumers a lot over the years.C.have led to the dominance of e-commerce.D.were considered unfavorable by states.38.According to Justice An
49、thony Kennedy,the physical presence rule has A.hindered economic development.B.harmed fair market competition.C.boosted growth in states revenue.D.brought prosperity to the country.39.Who are most likely to welcome the Supreme Court ruling?A.Big-chain owners.B.Third-party sellers.C.Internet entrepre
50、neurs.D.Small retailers.40.In dealing with the Supreme Court decision Thursday,the author A.presents its main points with conflicting views on them.B.gives a factual account of it and discusses its consequences.C.cites some cases related to it and analyzes their implications.D.describes the long and