上海市南洋模范中学2024-2025学年高二上学期9月初态考试英语试题（PDF版，无答案）

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One group that is not thrilled by Baidus success is Wuhan's cabbies. When asked
(28) _taxi divers jobs will be atfiected, one insists that it "is already happening". Another
driver says he admires Baidu's technologica l advances but worries his job will be “stolen". Last
month a taxi company in the city published an open letter warning of the threat
that autonomous cars posed to employment.
About 10m people are employed as cabbies in China. Of (29) _ about 7m work for
ride-hailing firms, in many cases after losing their jobs in another industry. China's eager to gain
(30) _ edge in emerging industies. In June the city of Beijing drafted a new set
of guidelines for autonomous driving that HSBC, a bank, says will make regulation of the industry
more “ transparent and predictable".
Section B
Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be
used once. Note that there is one word more than you need
A.weigh B.bound C.details D.collaboratively E.undisciplined F.merit
G. frowned H giant 1 average .harbours K. solely
Is it better to be an early bird or a night owl
Rare is the chief execut ive who values the vitues of a lie-in. Tim Cook, boss of Apple, maker of
the iPhone, wakes between 4am and 5am. So does Bob Iger, his counterpart at Disney, a
media _31 According to one survey, two-thirds of the chief executives of large
American companies are up by 6 o'clock; for 32 Americans the share is less than one in
three. For those aspiring to corporate greatness, the message seems clear: you snooze, you lose.
Your guest Batleby 33 no such ambitionsr . But he has, in the past, experimented with
early starts, and can confirm that their benefits go beyond the smug sense of satisfaction that comes
from arriving at your desk before your editor. Inboxes can be cleared and tricky problems mulled
over before the rapid and continuous delivery of emails and meetings begins, leaving you feeling
well prepared for the day ahead.
Those quiet hours of the morning need not be spent 34 on work. In a popular genre of
TikTok videos, influencers film themselves performing elaborate morning routines in which
they submerge themselves in ice baths, recite affirmations and mindfully prepare coffees. In one
widely pi loried video,Kris Krohn, a business coach, 35how he wakes at 4 in the morning
to “align the pharmacy of the body and over-dopamine the mind".
Although Mr Krohn's routine may lack scientifie proof, plenty of research finds 36 _in
carly rising. In a study condiucted in 2012 by Rence Biss and Lynn Hasher, then both at the
University of Toronto, carly birds reported feeling happier and healthier. Night owls,
their nocturnal opposites, tend to have less sleep, which can 37 on their mood and
health—as well as their productivity. Andrew Conlin of the University of Oulu, in Finland, and
co-authors found that men who rose late made 4% less money than those who were up early.
Early birds are certainly held in higher regard. Rolling into the office late continues to
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