2017-2018第二学期奉贤区调研测试三高英语
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.
Time to End Loneliness
US author Henry Rollins once wrote: \sunsets and makes night air smell better.\out of style. There are paintings that portray loneliness, songs that(21) . (inspire) byloneliness, and many works of literature that center around this theme.
In the eyes of UK economist Rachel Reeves, however, loneliness is far from romantic. Insteadit's a \
On Jan 17, UK Prime Minister Theresa May appointed politician Tracey Crouch as thecountry's very first \country's been feeling--a problem which, according to UK government research, is
affecting more than 9 million people in the country, and (23)be more harmful to one'sphysical and mental health than smoking l5 cigarettes a day.
Back in 2014, the UK was given the title of the \capital of Europe\by TheTelegraph. A survey carried out by the newspaper found that British people were (24)(likely) to get to know their neighbours or build strong relationships with people than those from other European countries.
But this doesn't mean it is the problem (25)(affect) Britons only. In fact, we're all suffering from loneliness now more than ever, in spite of most of theworld now being linked tothe internet, (26)_____has enabled us to be more connected than ever. (27). we need, accordingto Kim Leadbetter, sister of the lateUK politician Jo Cox,is to have“proper human connections\
\lives nowadays are so busy.We spend the vast majority of our time on our phones, onour laptops. (28)busy we are,we need to press pause on that andactually sit down and speak to human beings,\
But the first steps toward (29)(fight) this problem are to accept its existence and notbe ashamed or frightened by it. After all,
.(30) loneliness, many beautiful paintings,songs, and literary works wouldn't even exist. Whether it is \
Section B
Direction: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be usedonly once. Note that there is one word more than you need. A .analyzingB.maintainC. designedD. coveredE. capableF. figures G. recentlyH. weighingI. undoubtedlyJ.releaseK. posts
Robots Writing Newspapers
Whether it's robots working as hotel receptionists or artificial intelligence creating poetry, it'sbecoming more and more common to read about technology doing the jobs of humans. And now,it seems that software is even 31 of writing news stories-such as the very one you'rereading.
BBC News 32 reported that the Press Association (PA), a UK news service, hascreated a computer program that's competent to create articles that are almost impossible to tellapart from those written by human journalists. Called \” by BBC News, such
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