人教版(2019)必修二 Unit 3 The internet 巩固基础练习语法填空专项训练(含答案)

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高中英语 必修二(人教2019版)第三单元
巩固基础练习 语法填空 专项训练
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China's first artificial intelligence ( AI) textbook for high school students___1___(bring)out last week, following a plan by central government___2___(include)AI courses in primary and secondary schools. The nine-chapter textbook,___3___( name) ''Fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence'', was written by outstanding___4___(scholar) from well-known schools nationwide, under the joint efforts by he research center for MOOC at East China Normal University and AI startup Sense Time. It includes the history of AI and how the technology can be applied in areas such as facial recognition, auto driving and public security.
''The textbook focuses not only on basics of AI, but on___5___(practice)use of AI in daily life, '' said Chen. Yukun , a professor at East China Normal University,___6___is also a contributor to the book.
Up till now, about 40 high schools across country___7___(undertake) the task of being the first group of the AI high education pilot program___8___introducing the textbook in the curriculum. ''The AI sector is facing a talent shortage___9___(global).The publication of the book is____10____breakthrough as it takes AI 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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The World Wide Web is now more than thirty years old. Its ___11___ (invent), Sir Tim Berners-Lee, has spoken about his creation ___12___ its 30th anniversary. He said he was concerned about how people are using the Internet and its billions of websites today. He also said he is concerned about the future of the Web. He wrote a letter ___13___ (say)he knew many people felt unsure about whether the Web was “a force for good”. He believed it can be a force for good and can empower(授权)billions of people. He wrote that he believed governments and companies must work together to build a ___14___ (good)Internet.
Sir Tim had three main concerns about the World Wide Web. The first was criminal behaviour. He described it as a“mirror of humanity(人性)” ___15___ “you will see good and bad”. He said governments must pass laws ___16___(keep)people safe. The second thing that worried Berners-Lee was how social media ___17___ (use)to spread misinformation. The past few years ___18___ (see)a rise in fake news. Berners-Lee is also worried about people’s privacy and ___19___ (person)information. He stressed the importance of fighting for ____20____ better and safer Web and keeping it free for everyone to use.
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The Internet is ____21____ (access) through a computer, and it consists ____22____ millions of pages of data. A US defence organization created a network of computers ____23____ (call) DARPANET. Then the US National Science Foundation started the NSFNET network. NSFNET became known ____24____ the Inter-network, or “Internet”.
Tim Berners-Lee made ____25____ possible for everyone ____26____ (use) the Internet, not just universities and the army. He ____27____ (design) the first “web browser”, ____28____ allowed computer users to access documents from other computers. From that moment on, the web and the Internet grew. ____29____ number of Internet users rose from 600.000 to 40 million within five years. Everyone in the world can access the Internet using his World Wide Web system. Now Berners-Lee works as a ____30____ (lecture) in a famous university.
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China’s BeiDou Navigation Satellite System ( BDS) has functioned effectively in the country’s flood-control operations,and has helped the country fight against floods, ____31____ (assist) in early warning and resident transfer (移民 ). Based on its ground stations and constellation (星座), the BDS system can provide centimeter-level and millimeter-level ____32____ (accurate) in real-time processing and post-processing. Debris flow (泥石流)can ____33____ (predict) through real-time danger monitoring to gain time for people to escape and rescue, which ____34____ (ensure) the safety of people’s lives and property.
____35____ function of the BDS system is short message communication, allowing users to send messages without the support of a mobile network. The BDS system can also aid international search and rescue with its bidirectional communication service. Ships in need ____36____ rescue can receive a reply from the ground station after sending a signal that is suffering and ____37____ (much) advanced than before.
China will attempt to provide legal and policy (政策) ____38____ (guarantee) and create a sound, open environment for the development of the BDS system. It is believed ____39____ the combination of BDS with _____40_____ (develop) technologies, including 5G, mobile communications and big data, will be further promoted to create new business models and growth points.
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One of astronomy’s most well-known telescopes — the 305-metre-wide radio telescope at Arecibo, Puerto Rico — is closing forever after two cables (钢缆)____41____(support) the structure suddenly and catastrophically broke.
The Arecibo telescope, which was built in 1963, was the world’s largest radio telescope for decades and has ____42____(history) and modern importance in astronomy. It was the site from which astronomers sent an interstellar radio message in 1974, in case any extraterrestrials (外星人) might hear it, and ____43____ the first known extrasolar planet was discovered in 1992.
NSF officials insist that the cable failures came ____44____ a surprise. After the first, engineering teams spotted a handful of broken wires on the second cable, which was more crucial to holding up the structure, but they did not see it as a major problem in ____45____ the weight it was carrying was well within its design capacity.
Some of the observatory’s scientific projects may ____46____(transfer) to other facilities, said Ralph Gaume, ____47____NSF’s head of astronomy. And he expects scientists to suggest where ____48____(shift ) their research to. Science does continue at ____49____ portions of the Arecibo Observatory, which includes more than the 305-metre dish. They include two lidar facilities that shoot lasers into the atmosphere to study atmospheric ____50____(phenomenon)
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A super-sized earth pressure balance shield machine (盾构机) made in China is ready to be put into use. The shield machine, ____51____ (name) “Jinxiu,” rolled off the production line on Saturday. This shield machine is the ____52____ (large) of its kind produced by China. With a total length of 135 meters and a weight of 3,000 tons, the machine ____53____ (use) for the construction of the Jinxiu Tunnel in the future.
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The history of steam power goes all the way back to the 1700s. At the time, steam ____54____(use) to power many different machines and helped fuel the Industrial Revolution. Over the years, steam was replaced by other fuel systems to power everything from homes to cars to industrial ____55____(equip).
Now, some scientists are developing steam power for one of today’s most highly technical ____56____(activity)—space exploration. The scientists are developing and testing a space robot model named The World Is Not Enough, which they call WINE ____57____ short. The spacecraft is designed to travel repeatedly between space rocks and planets throughout the solar system. When the spacecraft lands on these space objects, it has tools ____58____(search) for and collect water that might be below the surface. WINE can then heat the water to create steam to power the spacecraft to ____59____(it) next space stop. ____60____(additional), WINE is equipped to gather and use solar energy. A company built the model the researchers recently tested. The vice president of ____61____ company described the test as a great success, ____62____(say) WINE like spacecraft had the potential to change how we explore the universe. The scientists hold the belief _____63_____. the technology could open up limitless space exploration.
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Not so very long ago, people contacted ____64____ (they) friends faraway only by writing letters. With ____65____development of technology, people keep in touch ____66____ their friends with social media tools nowadays. They find their friends with the same interests and maintain their friendship, even though they live in different ____67____ (country).
However, there is one disadvantage of making friends online. People tend ____68____ (post) only good things to make them appear happy and ____69____ (friend). In fact, we can't ____70____ (exact) know who the person on the Internet is. The person online may act as anyone ____71____ he likes to be.
Although technology ____72____ (change) the way of making friends and ____73____ (maintain) friendship, the meaning of friendship and our longing for friends remain the same. No one can live without a friend.
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Thanks to the hard work of SpaceX, Virgin Galactic, and Blue Origin, space tourism is well on the way to becoming a ____74____ (real). Now, the Orbital Assembly Corporation (OAC) plans to give visitors a chance ____75____ (extend) their “out-of-the-world” experience by checking into a luxurious hotel in low Earth orbit. The team is currently building modules (舱) for a smaller prototype (原型) ring. The modules ____76____ (equip) in zero-gravity, using semi-automatic robotic tools made for the purpose. Once ____77____ (complete), engineers will attempt to create artificial gravity similar to that on Mars — about 40 percent that of Earth.
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China has once again proved its ____78____ (able) to change the world with the “four great new inventions”: high-speed railways, electronic payments, shared bicycles and online shopping. They’re related to China’s high-tech innovation (创新), ____79____ has improved the quality of people’s lives, according to a survey ____80____ (make) by the Belt and Road Research Institute of Beijing Foreign Studies University.
“My wallet is no longer in use. I can buy and eat whatever I want simply with a fingertip on my phone,” said ____81____ university student, adding that “even pancake sellers are using mobile payment.”
The bikes ____82____ (them) are not new, but the operating model of bike-sharing ____83____ (base) on satellite navigation system (卫星导航系统), mobile payment, big data and other high technologies.
China has entered a new innovative era, thanks to the large amounts of capital China has invested in ____84____ (encourage) innovation, said Bernhard Schwartlander, WHO Representative in China.
It is increasingly clear that China is innovating and no longer copying Western ideas. This is especially true in mobile, where China is leading ____85____ many ways such as social messaging app WeChat, Rebacca Fannin, founder of Silicon Dragon, said. This is partly because China skipped over the PC era and went ____86____ (direct) to mobile. China has a _____87_____ (large) mobile use than any other country in the world.
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The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, as the ___88___ (long) crosssea bridge in the world, is expected ___89___ (have)5G service in the future, according to Fang Zheng, vice general manager of the WLAN office of ZTE Crop., the bridge’s network ___90___(operate).
The 55-km Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge,___91___opened on Oct. 24,2018, connects the mainland province of Guangdong with the country’s two special administrative regions, Hong Kong and Macao.
“The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge now has good coverage of 4G service,” said Fang. “Experts and workers have overcome the difficulties of a complex construction environment and the lack___92___ an optical fiber (光纤) to provide tailored 4G solutions for the bridge and prepare for the future upgrading of 5G service. It can be seen as ___93___ unique application of wireless technology, highlighting the highquality products and ___94___(advance) technology provided by China’s communication section.”
___95___ (actual), the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge is now ready for the access of Internet of Things, a major business to be achieved by 5G technology. Since the very beginning, the technological base needed for 5G ___96___ (consider) in terms of network architecture, room for a 5G station as well ____97____ the installment (安装) of fiber.
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Peng Ling, a college student, received numerous advertising messages on her phone in the weeks ____98____(lead) up to this year’s Double Eleven shopping festival. The confusing thing was ____99____ some online shops were new to her. Our personal information is leaked for the purpose of marketing, ____100____ can be quite annoying. But it would be even worse if our data is used for much more serious acts.
On Nov. lst, the Personal Information Protection Law came ____101____ effect in China, which has detailed rules ____102____ (strengthen) the protection of personal information. The law defines personal information as any kind of information about people who are or can be identified. There is also some personal information that ____103____ (regard) as sensitive, such as fingerprints, faces, religious ____104____ (believe), etc.
For individuals, ____105____ is important to raise awareness of protecting personal information. If you find your personal data has been used ____106____ (legal), you can report to _____107_____ consumer council with evidence.
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Recent literature has put the spotlight on how technology and social media are shaping the next generation, and the consensus(共识)seems to be that it’s a sharp double-edged sword. New research published in Computers in Human Behavior is no exception.The study,led by faculty at Wellesley Centers for Women, found that ____108____ (join)social media specifically, Snapchat and Instagram before age 11 was significantly linked to more “problematic digital behaviors” ____109____ (compare) to those who joined the platforms when they were older.
The team surveyed over 750 middle schoolers in the Northeast United States, and found that those who joined these platforms at or below age 10 had more internet buddies that parents would disapprove of, and visited more social websites that ____110____ (frown) upon.They also showed more “unsympathetic online behaviors” and were more likely to become victims of online bullying or harassment. Altogether, it was a jumble of (一堆)problematic digital moods. Of course,that might not be news to social media giant Facebook. Some recent leaks in the Wall Street Journal revealed how the platform was aware for some time ____111____ it was “toxic” for teen girls, and also detailed its ambitions to lure teens and pre-teens with targeted kid-specific products. ____112____ almost all social media, including Twitter and TikTok, Facebook’s rules require users to be at least 13 years old to join. However, people ____113____ sign up self-report their own dates of birth, so it's hardly an effective firewall, and by commonsense, it's nearly a given that packs of children are roaming(漫游)the social media universe. In fact, “one-third of our sample had already started using social media at age 11 or 12 and another one-third had begun at age 10 or younger,” study author Linda Charmaraman said in a statement. ____114____ that doesn't mean it’s a lost cause. The study's findings also suggest parents can combat the harmful impacts by limiting how often their kids check social media, or restricting phone usage. Participants who reported such parental controls showed ____115____ (lessen) negative effects.
And it's not all bad: According to the research, those who joined social media before age 11also showed ____116____ (great) civic engagement within the online community--such as posting supportive content or fostering events and activism for social issues. Also,regardless of when they joined social media, early adolescents displayed more positive digital behaviors overall than negative ones.
As the first children raised in the social-media era grow into their 20s and 30s,the effects of the internet revolution will likely become more profound, and we can expect that the need _____117_____ (understand) how tech shapes kids in their most impressionable years will only become more urgent.
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Thanks to ___118___(advance) in technology, how we make friends and communicate with them ___119___(change) significantly. Nowadays, we can move around the world ___120___ still stay in touch with the people that we want to remain friends with. Social media tools let us see what our friends are up ___121___ and maintain friendships without ___122___(miss) a beat. The digital age also enables us ___123___(find) people who share our interests. But we need to keep in mind that what we see on social media is often not the whole ___124___(true) about a person. On social media sites, people tend to post only good things that make them appear happy and ___125___(friend). Smiling photos can hide real problems. But this doesn’t mean we should throw the baby out with the bathwater. Although technology has changed the way we are ___126___(connect), the meaning of friendship and I our longing for friends remain ____127____ same.
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On Saturday night, a five-person team of the Chinese e-sports club, with the full name EDward Gaming, ___128___ (win) the 2021 League of Legends (LoL) World Championship in Iceland. The team has made very good use of the opportunity ___129___ (share) Chinese culture with the world. At the beginning of the championship, the members of EDG displayed Tai Chi martial arts, launching a “Chinese hurricane” there.
With the popularity of digital technology, new forms of cultural exchanges have been emerging, of which e-sports are of the ___130___ (hot). Unlike texts and videos, e-sports are understandable around the world, with the barriers of language ___131___ (break) down. Also e-sports appeal most to those in ___132___ (they) early 20s, as shown by the celebrations of college students on Saturday night, ___133___ in turn makes them a good bridge of communication between Chinese youngsters and their peers around the world. More ____134____(important), the e-sports industry is sustainable in spreading Chinese culture, as the large audiences mean huge commercial potential.
As early as 2019, Hainan province announced its plan of building ___135___ international e-sports center. On Nov 5, the 2022 Asian Games Committee announced it had listed eight e-sports ___136___ events in the Games. As more Chinese star gaming clubs and teams appear, the industry ___137___ (expect) to further grow and continue spreading Chinese culture to the world.
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The first creature to orbit our planet was just three years old, saved from the streets of Moscow only more than a week ____138____ her historic travel. Her name was Laika. Her 1957 flight paved the way for space exploration at the time ____139____ scientists didn’t know if a space flight was deadly for living creatures.
Man is a born explorer. Since before the dawn of civilization, we’ve been trying ____140____ (go)over the horizon to find food or more space, or just to see what’s beyond those trees or mountains or oceans. Our ____141____ (able)to explore has reached new heights in the last hundred years. Airplanes could ____142____ (simple)our travel, shorten distances and show us Earth from a new angle. By the middle of the last century, we aimed even ____143____ (high).
Laika ____144____ (follow)into orbit three years later by the first human, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. It was our first step into space. Then we turned our sights to the moon and the solar system. Manned space stations began shining brightly in the sky.
Space travel is ____145____ like that in the movies .Getting from planet to planet(or moon)across the solar system requires complex calculations ____146____ (involve)inertia(惯性)and gravity-literally, rocket science. Space is also _____147_____ (safe). More than 20 astronauts have died, doing their job. However, that hasn’t stopped people from singing up and going into space.
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Tianwen I, the unmanned probe for China’s first independent Mars mission,____148____(land) on the Red Planet on May 2021, marking an important step in China’s exploration of the outer space. China has become the second country to land on Mars. The landing____149____(see) now by the world as another milestone in the development of China’s aerospace(航空航天) industry. And China’s space station core module Tianhe entered pre-set orbit in April,____150____marked a solid step in building the country’s first space station.
Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passages 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.
Surprising Facts About At-Home DNA Tests
If you send your DNA to two different companies to find out about your ancestry, you may end up with two different results. That's _____151_____ there’s no certification required for DNA-testing companies. They may get the basic idea correct — that you are a little less than half northern European, for example, but when they say you’re 30 percent from here and 60 percent from there, it’s a statistical guess _____152_____(base) on their own database and method.
Your results will be less precise if you're not a native. The more people from your ancestral region in a company’s database are, the more accurate your results will be.
You can find out your risk of diseases such as cancer and Alzheimer’s from an at-home DNA test kit, but a laboratory authorized (授权) to do medical testing will give you _____153_____(conclusive) results.
The results of your genetic testing could affect your ability to get insurance. _____154_____ federal law prohibits health insurers from denying coverage based on genetic test results, the law does not apply to life, disability, and long-term-care insurance.
Law-enforcement agencies are increasingly using family tree DNA databases to solve crimes, _____155_____was done in the arrest of a former police officer accused of being the Golden State Killer. California detectives took the DNA results from various crime scenes, _____156_____(look) for partial matches on a public genealogy database, and eventually found their man.
The market is also exploding with companies _____157_____ (claim) they can pinpoint the right product — for your skin or your waistline, for instance — based on a DNA test. But consider them entertainment ____158____ real science, Greely says. A study found that diets based on genetic tests didn't help people lose weight.
Still, DNA tests can answer questions you've had about _____159_____ — and ones you didn’t know to ask. For example, for an additional cost, 23 and Me will include your results on more than 25 individual traits, _______160_______being a morning person.
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Chinese oracle bone inscriptions(甲骨文)are now being widely used as emojis by young WeChat users, thanks to a person who made them ____161____(close)to people’s life than before.
“The ancient characters are not as distant ____162____ they are supposed to be,” said the ____163____(create)Chen Nan. “In fact, they could totally serve our needs for online expression.” The 46-year-old professor of fine art at Tsinghua University has been working to make oracle bone inscriptions ____164____ emojis. For example, the character for “zui”, ____165____ means “drunk” in English, was created ____166____(look)like a stumbling figure. And he has also combined the ancient Chinese characters with cartoon figures.
Chen ____167____(work) on the road of innovation 19 years ago. In 2016,the ancient typeface ____168____(include)into the font library under his efforts to let the ancient words walk into people’s life. Now the library has as many as 3,500 characters, ____169____ Chen’s research on the project still continues, as he plans to extend the library to 7,000 characters. In ____170____ future, he will apply the ancient characters to education and the development of games and apps.
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A Chinese scientist, who ____171____ (call) Dong Jianyi, has helped Canadian greenhouse technology move forward, curiously by moving backward.
He uses only materials and the laws of thermodynamics (热力学) ____172____ (plant)vegetables even in winter, without ____173____ (waste) a singe watt. His Fresh Pal Farms is believed to be the largest “passive greenhouse” in Canada.
Growing vegetables in China’s cold north needs special ____174____ (method), and passive greenhouses that don’t use electricity ____175____ (common) seen in that part of the county.
His 300-foot long, 30-foot wide greenhouse is constructed out of a steel frame with two plastic roofs. ____176____ electric motor allows operators to deal with a special blanket to trap heat ____177____ (absorb)during the day. ____178____ this way, the 10,000-square-foot inner space can be kept at 28℃ compared to outside December temperatures of around -7℃.
On the north side lies a 24-inch thick clay wall, ____179____ catches light more easily from a south-lying sun. At night the clay radiates heal into space, further ensuring the plants can survive winter temperatures that can fall to -35℃.
Last year Dong ____180____(grow)29,000 pounds of tomatoes alone while saving $30,000 in energy and heating costs.
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Of the many memorable things about Stephen Hawking, perhaps the most memorable of all was his computer - synthesized (电脑合成的) voice.
It was, though, a tough process. Hawking had to move a muscle in his cheek ____181____ (control) a computer that helped him build up sentences, word by word. Others who have lost the ability to speak because of disease, or a stroke, can ____182____ (similar) use head or eye movements to control computer cursors (光标) to select letters and spell out words. But, at ____183____ (they) best, users of these methods struggle to produce more than ten words a minute. That is far ____184____ (slow) than the average rate of natural speech, around 150 words a minute.
By measuring the brain ____185____ (signal) that control vocal - tract (声道) muscles, Dr Chang has been able to use a computer to synthesize speech accurately. So far, Dr Chang ____186____ (work) with people able to speak normally. The next stage will be to ask whether his system can work ____187____ those who cannot speak.
There is reason for cautious optimism here. ____188____ Dr Chang is doing is similar to the now well - established field of using brain - computer interfaces to allow ____189____ disabled who can't move to control arms and legs movements simply by thinking.
____190____ (give) voice to the speechless is a more complex task than moving limb - but sufficiently similar in principle to give hope to those now in a position similar to that once endured by the late Dr Hawking.
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The stability of the developing livestreaming sector has made it an ideal source of jobs for those born after 1995 who have a passion for novel and newly emerging industries, experts said. A recent report by Zhaopin, an online recruitment platform, and e-commerce giant Alibaba ____191____ (reveal) steady growth in the livestreaming sector in the third quarter of the year, ____192____ job postings rising up nearly 12 percent year-on-year. The increase was around 5 percentage points ____193____ (high) on average than for other industries.
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One of the biggest misunderstandings about China’s tech market is that China is all about copying ideas. But if that ever was the case, it ____194____ ( certain) isn’t now. China’s entrepreneurs(企业家)____195____ (prove) that they can innovate(创新). In fact,they’ve become so good at ____196____ that the West is now copying their ideas.
Here are a few examples. Facebook borrowed some ideas ____197____ China’s popular messaging app—Wechat when ____198____ US social media giant Facebook introduced group chats and private messaging. In bike-sharing, a similar transfer occurred. LimeBike copied one of China’s major bike-sharing ____199____ (company), Mobike.
China gained an advantage by being able to leapfrog(超越)some older ____200____ ( west) technologies and go straight to new tech such as QR codes, electric vehicles, high-speed trains, mobile payment, and super apps that combine all these functions. We are entering a new stage ____201____ separate universes are being created. This ____202____ (cause) by China’s fast rise, and a ____203____ (grow) gap between the US and China on technology innovations that matter for the future.
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A simple badge (徽章) is playing an important role in helping lost seniors return home. By scanning a QR code on a plastic badge, anyone with a smartphone can reach the person’s emergency contact ____204____ (immediate). “It’s efficient and ____205____ (save) effort,” said Li Caoliang, head of the Lei Feng police station in Fushun, Liaoning province.
The idea came to Li and his ____206____ (colleague) four years ago when dealing with more than 200 lost seniors in a year. Some of the old people got lost because they had illnesses such as memory ____207____ (lose) or Alzheimer’s. They couldn’t tell their identity, address or phone number. Sometimes, the officers had to spend hours ____208____ (try) to figure out who to call from vague descriptions by the lost seniors. In some cases, the lost seniors had to stay overnight at the station before their families ____209____ (contact). The number of lost seniors has dropped to around 30 a year since ____210____ the police developed came into use.
China has 264 million old people, accounting ____211____ 18.7 percent of its population according to its seventh population census ____212____ (conduct) last year. Wang Jiajuan, _____213_____ has long focused on improving public services for an aging society, says the innovative QR code ID helps guarantee the travel safety of seniors.
Directions: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages 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 other.
Technology Addiction
Tell me if this sounds familiar. You wake up in the morning and immediately reach for your phone. You check for new emails and texts ___214___ having no urgency to do so.
___215___ (satisfy) that you haven’t missed any important messages, you log onto Facebook. You check to see whether your friends posted any updates while you were sleeping.
Then it’s off to Tik Tok. You follow hundreds of friends or celebrities. Surely someone has posted something worthy ___216___ (read). Unfortunately, they haven’t.
With nothing of interest ___217___ (happen) on social media, you visit your favorite news media sites to find out what’s going on the world. After all, you don’t want to miss the day’s major headlines.
And so the morning ___218___ (progress). From the moment you wake up until you’ve thrown the first cup of coffee down your throat, your attention is dominated by technology. Texts, emails, social media, games, news headlines, blogs, and YouTube videos hold you prisoner in a tight grip.
Worse, the rest of the day follows the same course. Your phone buzzes, ___219___ (signal) the arrival of a new text and you find yourself unable to resist checking it. You receive a notification in your browser that a new email has arrived and you immediately drop everything to read it. You visit Facebook, promising ___220___ that you’ll only spend a few minutes, only ___221___ (surf) aimlessly for an hour.
If you relate to the above circumstances, I have bad news. You ___222___ (addict) to technology. The good news is that you’re not alone. These are the reasons why it’s so easy to develop an addiction to technology. First, you have the necessary tools within your reach24 hours a day. Second, ____223____ you use them, you stimulate your brain’s reward system over and over and over again. Under these circumstances, dependency and addiction are practically predictable conclusions.
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Cloning is the process of making an exact copy of a plant or animal and ____224____(develop)it either naturally or artificially. Natural cloning has been going on for generations.
For years, there had been attempts to clone animals artificially. The first ____225____(successful)cloned animal was a sheep ____226____(name)Dolly in 1996. After Dolly, scientists have cloned more than 20 mammal species. In January 2018, the cloning of two monkeys, the first-ever primates, ____227____(announce)by Chinese scientists. With this technology, we have the potential ____228____(raise)a large number of monkeys and can even change their genes to suit research needs. Cloning, however, continues to be ____229____issue that causes a great deal of disagreement and ____230____(provoke)strong emotions. Some people raise moral concerns. Furthermore, clones may also suffer ____231____feelings that they are merely a copy of another individual. Finally, some people worry that some ____232____(organisation)may abuse the technology for unethical purposes.
So far, it is still unknown ____233____will happen to the cloned monkeys as they grow up. Researchers insist that the science of cloning should be further explored and advanced.
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.
We have reached peak screen. Now revolution is in the air.
Smart phones were once the best thing to happen to the tech industry. In the 11 years since the iPhone made its debut (初次登台), smart phones ____234____ (include) just about every other gadget. And it is surprising that it should alter every business.
But ___235___ smart phones have achieved dominance, revolution is again in the air.
At Google’s and Apple’s recent developer conference, executives took the stage to show how much more irresistible they were making our phones. Then each company unveiled the software ____236____ (help) you use your phone a lot less.
There’s a reason for this seemingly contradictory engineering effort, and it’s ___237___ I call “Peak Screen”.
For much of the last decade, a technology industry ___238___ (rule) by smart phones has pursued a singular goal of completely ___239___ (conquer) our eyes. Tech has now captured pretty much all visual capacity. Americans spend three to four hours a day looking at their phones, and that’s the minimum estimation.
So tech giants are to build the beginning of something new: a ___240___ (visual) tech world, a digital landscape ___241___ relies on voice assistants, headphones, watches and other wearables to take some pressure ____242____ our eyes.
We may simply end up adding new devices to our screen-added lives, _____243_____ it could change everything again. As I argued, in many ways screens have become too dominant in our lives. The sooner we find something else, the better.
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The digital identities, ___244___ (know) as avatars, are a key part of how people use the Internet to communicate and express ___245___ (they).
The first simple 2D avatars ___246___ (appear) in role-playing computer games in the 1980s. Yet, very few people knew that future avatars would have such a wide ___247___ (vary) of forms and uses. People had the power ___248___ (create) new identities that didn’t look or act like their real selves at all. One person could have several avatars.
The avatar you choose says a lot about your personality. However, nearly all avatars are tall, young and nice-looking, so people ___249___ (obvious) make their avatars look better than they do in real life.
Nowadays, avatars are everywhere. The avatars in online worlds can talk, walk and fly around, meet people, go shopping and attend classes.
Of course, the wide use of avatars has led ___250___ a few concerns. Some users are concerned that they are spending ___251___ much time in virtual worlds that they are becoming afraid of meeting people in the real world. The use of several avatars can also be a risk, as people can use avatars to cheat others online. However, other users view avatars in a more positive light. They look forward to a time ___252___ their avatar will act like a real person and travel around bigger, _____253_____ (exciting) virtual worlds.
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AI can make our dreams __254__ (come)true, one aim of __255__ is to develop computer intelligence. Deep-learning Al has been developed and it can imitate the complex networks of the human brain. In fact, AI technology developed very slowly for a long time. A major breakthrough in AI came in 1997, __256__ Deep Blue beat the world chess champion. Then in 2017, AlphaGo defeated the best human Go player.
Nowadays, AI __257__ (apply)in many fields for it has __258__ unlimited number of applications. In short, AI has transformed the way __259__ we live. Machines with AI have become more and more intelligent. We should make the machines work to our advantage, and make sure that they don’t threaten the __260__ (exist) of humans. We should also think about the dangers __261__ (pose) by the advances in AI. We need to be sure that we will not fall victim __262__ AI, and we must be careful ___263___ we wish for.
Directions: Fill in the blanks with the proper form of the given verbs.
Technology Addiction
Tell me if this sounds familiar. You wake up in the morning and immediately reach for your phone. You check for new emails and texts despite having no urgency to do so.
___264___(satisfy)that you haven’t missed any important messages, you log onto Facebook. You check to see whether your friends posted any updates while you were sleeping.
Then it’s off to Tik Tok. You follow hundreds of friends, acquaintances, and celebrities. Surely someone has posted something worthy___265___(read). Unfortunately, they haven’t.
With nothing of interest___266___(happen)on social media, you visit your favorite news media sites to find out what’s going on the world. After all, you don’t want to miss the day’s major headlines.
And so the morning___267___(progress). From the moment you wake up___268___ you’ve thrown the first cup of coffee down your throat, your attention is dominated by technology. Texts, emails, social media, games, news headlines, blogs, and YouTube videos hold you captive in a vice-like grip.
Worse, the rest of the day follows the same course. Your phone buzzes, ___269___(signal)the arrival of a new text and you find yourself unable to resist checking it. You receive a notification in your browser that a new email has arrived and you immediately drop everything to read it. You visit Facebook, promising___270___ that you’ll only spend a few minutes, only___271___(surf)aimlessly for an hour.
If you relate to the above circumstances, I have bad news. You___272___(addict)to technology. The good news is that you’re not alone. Millions of people experience and act upon the same compulsions every single day. These are the reasons why it’s so easy to develop an addiction to technology. First, you have the necessary tools at your disposal 24 hours a day. Second, ____273____ you use them, you stimulate your brain’s reward system over and over and over again. Under these circumstances, dependency and addiction are practically predictable conclusions.
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