1.2017年高考英语全国卷1 - 阅读理解B

2.2017高考英语作文范文及翻译

3.2017年泸州中考英语模拟真题

4.湖南成人高考《高起专》英语模拟试题(四)?

5.河北英语高考题2017年

6.翻译 2017北京卷高考英语阅读d

2017高考英语真题全国卷,2017高考模拟试题英语

 阅读是外语学习者获取语言知识和提高语言能力的主要途径,阅读理 解能力是衡量学习者外语水平的重要指标。一起做一下阅读理解训练吧。下面是我为大家推荐的2017高考英语真题阅读理解总结,仅供大家参考!

 2017高考英语真题阅读理解总结一

 I found out one time that doing a favor for someone could get you into a lot of trouble. I was in the eighth grade at the time, and we were having a final test. During the test, the girl sitting next to me whispered something, but I didn?t understand. So I leaned over her way and found out that she was trying to ask me if I had an extra pen. She showed me that hers was out of ink and would not write. I happened to have an extra one, so I took it out of my pocket and put it on her desk.

 Later, after the test papers had been turned in, the teacher asked me to stay in the room when all the other students were dismissed. As soon as we were alone she began to talk to me about what it meant to grow up; she talked about how important it was to stand on your own two feet and be responsible (负责任) for your own acts. For a long time, she talked about honesty and emphasized the fact that when people do something dishonest, they are really cheating themselves. She made me promise that I would think seriously about all the things she had said, and then she told me I could leave. I walked out of the room wondering why she had chosen to talk to me about all those things.

 Later on, I found out that she thought I had cheated on the test. When she saw me lean over to talk to the girl next to me, it looked as if I was copying answers from the girl?s test paper. I tried to explain about the pen, but all she could say was it seemed very very strange to her that I hadn?t talked of anything about the pen the day she talked to me right after the test. Even if I tried to explain that I was just doing the girl a favor by letting her use my pen, I am sure she continued to believe that I had cheated on the test.

 1. The story took place exactly ____ .

 A. in the teacher?s office B. in an exam room

 C. in the school D. in the language lab

 2. The girl wanted to borrow a pen, because ____ .

 A. she had not brought a pen with her B. she had lost her own on her way to school

 C. there was something wrong with her wn D. her own had been taken away by someone

 3. The teacher saw all this, so she asked the boy ____ .

 A. to go on writing his paper B. to stop whispering

 C. to leave the room immediately D. to stay behind after the exam

 4. The thing(s) emphasized in her talk was(were) ____ .

 A. honesty B. sense of duty C. seriousness D. all of the above

 5. The boy knew everything ____ .

 A. the moment he was asked to stay behind B. when the teacher started talking about honesty

 C. only some time later D. when he was walking out of the room

 I found out one time that doing a favor for someone could get you into a lot of trouble. I was in the eighth grade at the time, and we were having a final test. During the test, the girl sitting next to me whispered something, but I didn?t understand. So I leaned over her way and found out that she was trying to ask me if I had an extra pen. She showed me that hers was out of ink and would not write. I happened to have an extra one, so I took it out of my pocket and put it on her desk.

 我发现一个时间,做一个人能给你带来很多麻烦。当时我在第八年级,我们有一个最后的考验。在测试期间,坐在我旁边的女孩低声说了些什么,但我不明白。我倚在她的方式,发现她想问我是否有额外的笔。她发现她是我的墨水用完,不会写。我碰巧有一个额外的,所以我把它从我的口袋里,放在她的办公桌上。

 Later, after the test papers had been turned in, the teacher asked me to stay in the room when all the other students were dismissed. As soon as we were alone she began to talk to me about what it meant to grow up; she talked about how important it was to stand on your own two feet and be responsible (负责任) for your own acts. For a long time, she talked about honesty and emphasized the fact that when people do something dishonest, they are really cheating themselves. She made me promise that I would think seriously about all the things she had said, and then she told me I could leave. I walked out of the room wondering why she had chosen to talk to me about all those things.

 后来,已经变成了试卷,老师让我呆在房间里时,所有其他的学生被开除。当我们单独在一起,她开始跟我谈什么是成长;她说,站在自己的两只脚,并负责是多么重要(负责任)为自己的行为。很长一段时间,她谈到诚实,并强调这一事实,当人们做一些不诚实的,他们真的欺骗自己。她让我保证,我会认真考虑所有的事情她说,然后她告诉我我可以离开。我走出房间问她为什么选择了跟我说所有这些事情。

 Later on, I found out that she thought I had cheated on the test. When she saw me lean over to talk to the girl next to me, it looked as if I was copying answers from the girl?s test paper. I tried to explain about the pen, but all she could say was it seemed very very strange to her that I hadn?t talked of anything about the pen the day she talked to me right after the test. Even if I tried to explain that I was just doing the girl a favor by letting her use my pen, I am sure she continued to believe that I had cheated on the test.

 后来,我发现她认为我在考试中作弊了。当她看到我瘦了跟我旁边的女孩,好像我是从复制的女孩的试卷答案。我试图解释的笔,但她可以说是它似乎非常奇怪,她说我还没有谈到任何关于笔的一天,她跟我就在考试后。即使我试图解释说我只是做女孩的忙,让她用我的笔,我相信她仍然认为,我在考试中作弊了。

 2017高考英语真题阅读理解总结二

 To be a good teacher, you need some of the gifts of a good actor; you must be able to hold the attention and interest of your audience; you must be a clear speaker, with a good, strong, pleasing voice which is fully under your control; and you must be able to act what you are teaching, in order to make its meaning clear.

 Watch a good teacher, and you will see that he does not sit still before his class: he stands the whole time he is teaching; he walks about, using his arms, hands and fingers to help him in his explanations, and his face to express feelings. Listen to him, and you will hear the loudness, the quality (音色) and the musical note of his voice always changing according to what he is talking about.

 The fact that a good teacher has some of the gifts of a good actor doesn?t mean that he will indeed be able to act well on the stage, for there are very important differences between the teacher?s work and the actor?s. The actor has to speak words which he has learnt by heart; he has to repeat exactly the same words each time he plays a certain part, even his movements and the ways in which he uses his voice are usually fixed beforehand (预先). What he has to do is to make all these carefully learnt words and actions seem natural on the stage.

 A good teacher works in quite a different way. His audience takes an active part in his play: they ask and answer questions, they obey orders, and if they don?t understand something, they say so. The teacher therefore has to meet the needs of his audience, which is his class. He cannot learn his part by heart, but must invent it as he goes along.

 I have known many teachers who were fine actors in class but were unable to take part in a stage-play because they could not keep strictly to what another had written.

 1. What is the text about ?

 A. How to become a good teacher.

 B. What a good teacher should do outside the classroom.

 C. What teachers and actors could learn from each other.

 D. The similarities(相似处) and differences between a teacher?s work and an actor?s.

 2. The word ?audience? in the fourth paragraph means ____ .

 A. students B. people who watch a play

 C. people who not on the stage D. people who listen to something

 3. A good teacher ____ .

 A. knows how to hold the interest of his students B. must have a good voice

 C. knows how to act on the stage D. stands or sits still while teaching

 4. In what way is a teacher?s work different from an actor?s ?

 A. The teacher must learn everything by heart .

 B. He knows how to control his voice better than an actor .

 C. He has to deal with unexpected situations .

 D. He has to use more facial expressions .

 5. The main difference between students in class and a theatre audience is that ____.

 A. students can move around in the classroom

 B. students must keep silent while theatre audience needn?t

 C. no memory work is needed for the students

 D. the students must take part in their teachers? plays

 6. Why is it that some good teachers are unable to play well on the stage ?

 A. Nobody has taught them how to act on the stage .

 B. Their audiences are different .

 C. It is impossible for them to do so much memory work .

 D. They are not used to repeating exactly the same words .

 7. Which of the following is true ?

 A. Teachers have to learn by heart what they are going to say in class .

 B. A teacher cannot decide beforehand what exactly he is going to say in class .

 C. A teacher must speak louder than an actor .

 D. A teacher must have a better memory than an actor .

 To be a good teacher, you need some of the gifts of a good actor; you must be able to hold the attention and interest of your audience; you must be a clear speaker, with a good, strong, pleasing voice which is fully under your control; and you must be able to act what you are teaching, in order to make its meaning clear.

 要成为一个好老师,你需要一些好演员的天赋;你必须能够抓住观众的注意力和兴趣;你必须是一个明确的扬声器,具有良好的,强有力的,悦耳的声音完全在你的控制之下;你必须能够按照你的教学,以明确其含义。

 Watch a good teacher, and you will see that he does not sit still before his class: he stands the whole time he is teaching; he walks about, using his arms, hands and fingers to help him in his explanations, and his face to express feelings. Listen to him, and you will hear the loudness, the quality (音色) and the musical note of his voice always changing according to what he is talking about.

 看一个好老师,你会看到,他不坐他的课前,他代表整个时间他是教学;他走,用他的胳膊,手和手指来帮助他解释,他的脸表达感情。听他的,你会听到声音,质量(音色)和音乐注意到他的声音总是按照他所说的。

 The fact that a good teacher has some of the gifts of a good actor doesn?t mean that he will indeed be able to act well on the stage, for there are very important differences between the teacher?s work and the actor?s. The actor has to speak words which he has learnt by heart; he has to repeat exactly the same words each time he plays a certain part, even his movements and the ways in which he uses his voice are usually fixed beforehand (预先). What he has to do is to make all these carefully learnt words and actions seem natural on the stage.

 事实上,一个好老师有一些好演员并不意味着礼物,他一定能够在舞台上表演好,有教师和演员的工作的。他说的话他熟记于心的很重要的差别;他必须准确地重复同样的话每次他扮演某个角色,甚至他的动作,他用自己的发音方式都是事先确定的(预先)。他所要做的是让这些用心学习的言语和行动似乎自然的舞台上。

 A good teacher works in quite a different way. His audience takes an active part in his play: they ask and answer questions, they obey orders, and if they don?t understand something, they say so. The teacher therefore has to meet the needs of his audience, which is his class. He cannot learn his part by heart, but must invent it as he goes along.

 一个好老师的工作相当不同的方式。他的听众积极参与他的表演:他们提问和回答问题,他们服从命令,如果他们不理解的东西,他们这么说。老师必须满足听众的需要,这是他的学生。他不能了解他的心,但必须把它作为他走。

 I have known many teachers who were fine actors in class but were unable to take part in a stage-play because they could not keep strictly to what another had written.

 我知道有许多老师在课堂上是优秀的演员却不能在舞台上扮演角色,因为他们不能严格按照别人所写的。

 2017高考英语真题阅读理解总结三

 The Doctor?s Call

 There was ice on the road, and the doctor?s car hit a tree and turned over three times. To his surprise, he was not hurt. He got out of the car and walked to the nearest house. He wanted to telephone the garage (汽车修理站) for help. The door was opened by one of his patients.

 ?Oh, Doctor.? she said, ?I have only just telephoned you. You must have a very fast car. You have got here very quickly indeed. There has been a very bad accident (事故) in the road outside. I saw it through the window. I am sure the driver will need your help.?

 1. Where was the doctor going in his car?

 A. We don?t know. B. To a patient?s home.

 C. To a garage. D. To his own home.

 2. Which of the following was the cause of the accident?

 A. Careless driving. B. A tree had fallen across the road.

 C. A slippery (滑) road. D. There was a thick fog.

 3. The doctor went to the house because

 A. he knew one of his patients lived there.

 B. he had received a call to go there.

 C he wanted to use the telephone.

 D. he was injured (受伤) and could walk no further.

 4. Why did the woman patient telephone the doctor?

 A. She needed medical treatment.

 B. She believed somebody else needed a doctor.

 C. To ask how quickly the doctor could come.

 D. To ask whether the doctor was coming on his regular visit.

 5. How did the woman feel on opening the door and seeing the doctor?

 A. She had been expecting the doctor, but was surprised that he had come so quickly.

 B. She had not expected the doctor and wondered why he had come.

 C. She felt glad that the doctor was not hurt in the accident.

 D. She was alarmed (惊慌) at seeing the doctor in a bad state after the accident.

 6. Which of the following is the most likely reply the doctor gave the woman patient at the end

 of the story?

 A. ?Yes, he does need help-your help, not mine.?

 B. ?Another accident? I?ve just had an accident myself!?

 C. ?I got your call and rushed over. I hope I?m not too late.

 D. ?I didn?t get your call. But I?m here and hope I can help.?

 路上有冰,和医生的车撞上一棵树,翻了三倍。让他吃惊的是,他没有受伤。他下了车,走到最近的房子。他想打电话车库(汽车修理站)帮助。门被他的一个病人开。

 ?哦,医生。?她说,?我刚刚给你打电话。你必须有一个非常快的车。你有在这里的确很快。有一个非常坏的事故(事故)在道路以外。我透过窗户看见它。我相信司机会需要你的帮助。?

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四、阅读理解:共15小题;每题3分,共45分。阅读下列短文,然后根据短文的内容从每小题的四个选择项中选出最佳的一项。

A

Some farmers in California are having a hard time picking their crops.There are not enough workers to help them with the harvest.

One farmer used to grow peaches(桃子) , but will soon grow almonds(杏仁) instead.Peaches require more labor to harvest.They are easy to be damaged and need careful hand picking.He is now removing his peachtree s.Then he will plant almond trees in their places.Almonds are harvested differently.It does not take as many workers to pick them because a machine shakes the almond trees.The nuts fallon the ground and then are gathered up.The farmer does not have to hire many workers.

Some farmers think there are two reasons why they can't find enough farmworkers.One reason is that there area lot of well-paid construction jobs in the area.Many people are taking these jobs instead of picking fruit.The other reason is that it has become more difficult for workers to come from Mexico into California.Fewer workers are allowed to get into the country to work on the fruit farms.To settle the problem, farmers hope the government might allow these workers to work as guests.That would help workers provide for their family and help farmers harvest their crops.When the harvest season is over they'll go back home.Farmers say that unless things change, more fruits will come from other countries. This is because labor is cheaper in those countries than in the United States.

36.What problem do some farmers have? ( )

A.They have no workers to remove fruit trees.

B.There is little land for growing fruit.

C.Their crops were badly damaged last year.

D.It's difficult to harvest their crops.

37.Why does the peach farmer start to plant almonds?( )

A.There is a greater demand for almonds.

B.Growing almonds takes much less land.

C.A machine can help get almonds off the trees.

D.Almonds will fallon the ground when ripe.

38.Why can't some farmers find enough workers to pick fruit?( )

A.They grow too many peach trees.

B.People prefer well-paid construction jobs.

C.Few people want to work in California.

D.Theydon't want to hire workers from Mexico.

39.What will happen if the situation does not improve?( )

A.The government wil hire workers to help with the harvest.

B.More people will move to California from Mexico.

C.Other countries will provide cheaper labor for US farmers.

D.More fruits will be bought from other countries.

B

Scientists have long tried to be able to know more about floods.So far, the best that scientists can do is to recognize the conditions for flooding.

Although deep snow alone seldom causes floods, when it occurs together with heavy rain and sudden warmer weather, it can lead to serious flooding.If there is a fast snowmelt(融化) on top of frozen or very wet ground, flooding is likely to occur.Me ling snow also causes highwater levels in rivers. Whenever rivers are already at their highest possible levels, heavy rains will result in the rivers'flooding the nearby land.

Rivers covered in ice can also lead to flooding.When ice begins to melt, it breaks into large pieces. These pieces of ice move and float down the river.They can block the river, causing the water to rise and flood the land up the river.If the iced am(坝) breaks suddenly, the large quantity of water held behind it can flood the areas down the river too.

Broken ice dams are not the only problem that can cause flooding.When a large human-made dam breaks or fails to hold the water collected behind it, it will also cause serious damage.

Although scientists can not always know when floods will occur, they do know a great deal about when floods are likely, or probably, going to occur.

40.What have scientists achieved in dealing with floods?( )

A.They have prevented many rivers from flooding.

B.They have reduced the damage caused by floods.

C.They have learned much about conditions for flooding.

D.They have found most of the ice damson the river.

41.When will deep snow lead to floods?.( )

A.The snow suddenly gets frozen.

B.The top of the ground becomes wet.

C.I trains hard with a big rise in temperature.

D.The snowmelt s gradually into a river.

42.What happens when ice dams break?( )

A. They may quickly block the river.

B.The ice covering the river may melt fast.

C.A larger iced am may soon be formed.

D.The areas down the river maybe flooded.

C

It was Sharing Day!The teacher had asked the students to bring something interesting to class.

Jimmy found the little box he and Dad had made.Inside was apiece of rock, as and dollar and ashark(鲨鱼) tooth.Nobody could have anything as interesting as these!

In class, Jimmy waited anxiously, hoping to be called on first by the teacher.But Kara was first.She held up as and dollar.Jimmy's eyes grew big.

“I found this on the beach, ”Kara said.“It's interesting.The little holes that make the sand dollarlook like a flower are breathing holes.See all the needles?They help the sand dollar move and dig into the sand.”

Jimmy was a little uneasy.Oh, well, he still had his rock and sharktooth.

Then Mark stood up.“This is my favorite rock, called pumice(浮石) .”Then Mark dropped the rock into a glass of water.“Look!Pumice is the only rock that floats!”

Jimmy put up his hand and waved, but the teacher called on Justin instead.“I found this sharktooth in Hawaii last Christmas, ”Justin said.

The class was excited, but Jimmy lowered his head.“Sharks have rows of teeth.Everytime a shark loses a tooth, another one takes its place.”Justin passed the tooth around.Jimmy heard the teacher call him.He stood on one foot and then the other.“Well, ah, see...my treasure box is interesting!It was just apiece of wood until Dad and I cut it into pieces and finally made a box out of it.It smells good, reminding us of camping.

“What's inside?”asked Lisa.

Jimmy opened his box.“As and dollar, a piece of pumice and a sharktooth.”

His classmates'mouths dropped open.The teacher looked at the objects in the box and smiled.“Now that's interesting!”he said.

43.On the Sharing Day, Jimmy___( )

A.bought a treasure box to hold his interesting things

B.enjoyed the things others brought to the class

C.waited patiently to be called on by his teacher

D.wished to be the first to share his possessions

44.What does as and dollar look like according toKara?( )

A.A hole. B.A needle.

C.A flower. D.A tooth.

45.Who shared with the class a rock that floats?( )

A.Lisa. B.Kara. C.Justin. D.Mark.

46.How did Jimmy's classmates feel when they saw the things in his box?( )

A.Disappointed. B.Surprised.

C.Anxious. D.Uneasy·

D

Nineteen-year-old Melissa Goza couldn't figure out why she failed to get a bankcard time and time again.It only became clear when she was unsuccessful while looking for a new job in a Target store:Three df ferent people are using her Social Security number(社会保障号) .

Target is one of the companies using credit(信用) reports when hiring new workers.Atleast one credit report didn't favor Goza in geting the job.Avery low credit rate(评价) was under Goza's Social Security number.Target, as required bylaw, told Goza why the company couldn't offer her the job.

Sacramento lawyer Jennifer Shaw, a specialist in workplace law, says creditreports are just one more way employers use to find dishonest jobseekers.“I think we need to know that, right now, there's more information out there.And that means, there's more information that can be used against us,”said Shaw.

Goza's dark cloud may, however, have a silver lining.Target told her she'd be considered again for the job if she could get a letter from the Social Security Department proving that she's the right owner of the Social Security number.

Now that Goza knows she's suffered from other people's wrongdoings, she wil order copies of her creditreports to see what she can do to put things right.

47.What do we know about Goza?( )

A.She got the job from Target.

B.She has had three bad friends.

C.She doesn't have a bankcard yet.

D.She was not honest with Target.

48.What did Target first do when refusing to offer Goza the job? ( )

A.They asked her for creditreports.

B.They told her why she couldn't get the job.

C.They found out her wrongdoings.

D.They reported it to the Social Security Department.

49.What does“a silver lining”in Paragraph 4 probably mean?( )

A hopeful future.

B.A bank report.

C.An official letter.

D.A Social Security number.

50.What does Goza have to do next?( )

A.Clear up her wrong creditreports.

B.Get a new Social Security number.

C.Find a job in another company.

D.Apply for a new bankcard.

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I work with Volunteers for Wildlife, a rescue and education organization at Bailey Arboretum in LocustValley. Trying to help injured, displaced or sick creatures can be heartbreaking; survival is never certain. However, when it works, it is simply beautiful.

我在“野生动物志愿者”组织工作,这是蝗虫谷贝利植物园的一个援救教育组织,帮助受伤、流离失所或生病的动物。这样的工作可能会令人心碎;因为无法确定动物是否能活下来。然而,当救援起作用时,这种感觉真的很棒!

I got a rescue call from a woman in Muttontown. She had found a young owl on the ground. When I arrived, I saw a 2-to 3-week-old owl. It had already been placed in a carrier for safety.

我接到马特顿镇一位女士的求救电话,她在地上发现了一只猫头鹰幼鸟。当我到达时,我看见了一只两三周大的猫头鹰。为了安全起见,它已经被放在一辆大货车上。

I examined the chick and it seemed fine. If I could locate the nest, I might have been able to put it back, but no luck. My next work was to construct a nest and anchor it in a tree.

我检查了这只幼鸟,看起来还不错。如果我能找到鸟巢,我也许能把它放回去,但没那么幸运。接下来的工作就是建造一只鸟巢,并固定在一棵树上。

The homeowner was very helpful. A wire basket was found. I put some pine branches into the basket to make this nest safe and comfortable. I placed the chick in the nest, and it quickly calmed down.

房主非常乐于助人,给我找来了一只铁丝篮。为了让鸟巢安全舒适,我把一些松枝放进铁丝篮里,然后我把小猫头鹰放进鸟巢里,它很快安静了下来。

Now all that was needed were the parents, but they were absent. I gave the homeowner a recording of the hunger screams of owl chicks. These advertise the presence of chicks to adults; they might also encourage our chick to start calling as well. I gave the owner as much information as possible and headed home to see what news the night might bring.

现在最需要的是这只小猫头鹰的父母,但它们不在。我给了房主一份小猫头鹰饥饿尖叫声的录音。这些录音会让猫头鹰父母知道小猫头鹰的存在,也会鼓励小猫头鹰学着尖叫。我把尽可能多的消息告诉了房主,然后回家,看看晚上会有什么情况。

A nervous night to be sure, but sometimes the spirits of nature smile on us all! The homeowner called to say that the parents had responded to the recordings. I drove over and saw the chick in the nest looking healthy and active. And it was accompanied in the nest by the greatest sight of all — LUNCH!The parents had done their duty and would probably continue to do so.

这的确是一个紧张的夜晚,但有时大自然的神灵会眷顾我们!房主打电话说小猫头鹰的父母已经对这些录音做出了回应。我开车过去,鸟巢里的小猫头鹰看起来健康又活泼。鸟巢里出现了最令人感动的一幕——小猫头鹰的身边全是午餐!它的父母已经在尽职尽责,而且很可能会继续这样做。

2017年泸州中考英语模拟真题

 英语作文写作是英语学习的重要内容,也是英语学习的最终目标。下面,是我为你整理的2017高考英语作文范文及翻译,希望对你有帮助!

2017高考英语作文范文及翻译篇1

 As the development of high technology, nowadays, people have access to all kinds of new products, these high technology products bring convenience to people?s life. Cell phone is one of the biggest inventions, people can keep in touch with each other anytime and anywhere. It is natural that every adult has a cell phone, but for some students who are belong college, they are not admitted to use cell phone, the reason is that they need to focus on study, cell phone will make them distract. In my opinion, all the students can have cell phone, it is just a communication tool, there is no need to forbid students using it. At first, students may be addicted to playing cell phone, because they are curious about new things. But if they keep it for a long time, they get used to it and will use it in a right way.

 随着高科技的发展,人们可以接触到各种各样的新产品,这些高科技产品给人们的生活带来了方便。手机是其中一项最伟大的发明,人们可以随时随地地保持联系。很自然地,每个成年人都有一部手机,但是对于一些大学以下的学生来讲,他们不被允许使用手机,理由在于他们需要集中精力学习,手机会让他们分心。在我看来,所有的学生可能都可以使用手机,那只是一个交通的工具,没必要去禁止学生使用。一开始,学生会沉迷于玩手机,因为他们对新食物好奇。但是如果他们长时间接触手机,他们就会适应,然后正确使用手机。

2017高考英语作文范文及翻译篇2

 I am the only child in my family, nowadays, people have the bad impression on the only child, they think the only child is spoiled by the parents, so they get bad temper and count on the parents so much. While I am not one of them, my parents are very strict to me, they never spoil me, when I make the mistake, they will tell me what the result will be which is caused by my mistake, so that I know I do the wrong thing and won?t do that again. My parents pay special attention to my independence, they will ask me to do the thing alone, sometimes they only teach me how to finish, but never give me a hand. To my parents? education, at first, I feel they are unfair to me, but as I grow up, I am so thankful to them, they help me become a strong person.

 在我的家庭里,我是独生子,如今,人们对独生子的印象很不好,他们觉得独生子被父母宠爱着,因此他们脾气不好,还很依赖父母。然而我和他们不同,我的父母对我很严格,他们从来不溺爱我,当我犯错误,他们会告诉我我的错误会造成的后果,这样我就知道自己做错了事,下次再也不犯这样的错误了。我的父母很注重我的独立性,他们会叫我去独立做事情,有时候他们只教我怎么去完成,但是从来不帮助我。对于父母的教育,刚开始,我觉得他们对我不公平,但是随着我长大,我很感激他们,他们帮助我成长为一个坚强的人。

2017高考英语作文范文及翻译篇3

 Today, as the development of the media, people are affected by the advertisements greatly. When we are walking on the street, we can see the ads everywhere, they are spread by the newspaper, the radio and so on. The most obvious are the ads attached in the buildings. When we see the advertisements, we will be attracted by them and have the strong desire to buy the products. But the negative sides of advertisements will mislead the customers. Some products exaggerate the function, when people use them, they will realize that they are cheated and waste the money. The worst situation is that people use the fake products and get sick seriously, their health is under threat. So we must check out the advertisements before we buy the products. We should ask the doctor or see the customers? real reaction.

 今天,由于媒体的发展,人们受到广告的很大影响。当我们在街上走的时候,可以看到广告无处不在,广告通过报纸,广播等等方式传播。最明显的广告就是贴在建筑物上面的。当我们看到这些广告,我们会被吸引,会有强烈的愿望要去买这些产品。但是广告的负面对误导消费者。一些产品夸大了功能,当人们使用,就会发现被骗,浪费了钱。最糟糕的情形就是人们使用了虚假产品,染上重病,他们的健康受到了威胁。因此我们必须在买产品前检查清楚。我们应该咨询下医生或者看看消费者的真是反应。

湖南成人高考《高起专》英语模拟试题(四)?

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2017年泸州中考英语模拟试题

 第I卷(选择题 共65分)

 一、听力理解(共25小题,每小题一分;满分25分)

 (一)听下面5个句子。每个句子后有一个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出作为恰当反应的选项,并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每个句子后,你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每个句子仅读一遍。

 1. A. Sorry to hear that.. B. That 's right. C. Never mind.

 2.A. Thursday. B. June 10 . C. My birthday .

 3. .A. She is better now. B. She likes dancing. C. She is tall and pretty.

 4..A. Me , too. B. That is all right. C. Thanks .

 5. .A. That is right. B. With pleasure. C. Well , it doesn't matter .

 (二) 听下面5个小对话。每个对话后有一个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项,并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每个对话后,你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每个对话仅读一遍。

 6. When did the Smiths move to Beijing?

 A. In 2010. B. In 2003 . C. Yesterday .

 7. Where are they talking?

 A. In a restaurant B. In a shop. C. In a classroom..

 8. What is the possible relationship (关系) between the two speakers?

 A. Doctor and patient. B. Husband and wife. C. Teacher and student .

 9. How was Mrs. Black 's travel?

 A. Comfortable . B. Exciting . C. Unpleasant .

 10. What do you know about Jacky?

 A. He exercises a lot . B. His favourite sport is swimming .

 C. He likes riding games .

 (三)听下面一段对话。对话 后有5个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项,并标在试卷的相应位置。听对话前,你有时间阅读各个小题,每小题5秒钟;听完后,各个小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。该段对话读两遍。

 11. Where does the woman want to go?

 A. Beihai Park. B . Beichuan Park. C. Beijing Park..

 12. Which bus should the man take ?

 A. No .6 B . No .16 C. No .60.

 13. What does the woman think of the city?

 A. Small and beautiful. B . Big and comfortable.

 C. Big , beautiful but crowded.

 14. Why will the woman go to the park ?

 A. Because she wants to have a rest there.

 B . Because she wants to go and have a look at it.

 C. Because she wants to visit her son and his wife..

 15. Who are the two speakers?

 A. A woman and a driver. B . A woman and a student.

 C. A woman and a student.

 (四)听下面一段独白。独白后有6个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项,并标在试卷的相应位置。听独白前,你有时间阅读各个小 题,每小题5秒钟;听完后,各个小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。该独白读两遍。

 16. Where does the speaker work ?

 A. In a house company . B . In a restaurant. C.in a hotel .

 17. What can Peter see from the room ?

 A. Views of the lake . B . Tall buildings of the city.

 C. Nothing at all.

 18. How much should Peter pay for the rooms?

 A. $ 150 . B . $ 300. C. $ 450.

 19. Which meal is free ?

 A . Breakfast . B. Lunch . C. Supper.

 20. What should Peter take with him?

 A. His post card . B . His ID card. C his passport.(护照).

 21. When will Peter get there ?

 A. On August .13 . B . On August 30. C.on April 30

 .( 五、)听下面一段短文,短文后有4个句子(A、B、C、D)。根据短文内容把下面的句子按故事发生的时间顺序排序,并标在试卷的相应位置。听短文前,你有25秒钟的时间阅读所给的5个 句子;听完后,将给出25秒钟的作答时间。该段短文读两遍。

 A. I took some photos.

 B. My father laughed.

 C. I heard some sounds.

 D. I saw a face.

 22. _______ 23. _______ 24. _______ 25. ________

 二、单项填空(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)

 从A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

 26. Don 't ______ students who make the mistakes . We should help them. .

 A. laugh at. B. talk to . C. look. after D. play with.

 27. ----Why are you still waiting in line ? ------I have missed my ______ .

 A. place. B.order . C. turn D. time.

 28. ______ a terrible rainy night , many houses were destroyed. .

 A. In . B. For . C. On D. At .

 29. ----Lucy , why are you late for the meeting ? ---------But I really had a ______ time finding the meeting hall.

 A. good. B. enjoyable . C. difficult D. pleasant.

 30. How many ______ students are there in the classroom ?---- ______ . They are all in the lab.

 A. Some B. All . C. None D. Neither .

 31. Please ______ the tigers. It is dangerous to take photos with them .

 A. keep off. B. take off C. get off D. turn off

 32. ----I don 't know ______ now.

 -----She is much better today.

 A. how is she B.how she is. C. what is she D. what she is.

 33. ----I did badly in my English exam.---- ______ .

 A. Congratulations B. It is nothing..

 C. I am sorry to hear that. D. No problem.

 34. Making friends is not easy . It can take years ______ you two become true friends.

 A.before. B. after . C. because D. if.

 35. ----Could you help me with my English ?

 ---- ______ . Come to my home with me after school.

 A. That is all right. B. No , thanks. C. No problem. D. That is right.

 三、阅读理解(共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分)

 阅读下列短文,从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个能回答所提问题所给句子的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

 (A.)

 Once there was a rich man who lived with his wife and child. He loved the child so much that he sent him to Oxford(牛津大学) for two or three years. At the end of the first year at the university, this young student came home. He wanted a change. And he also wanted to tell his parents about Oxford.

 It happened one night that the father, the mother and the young student were sitting at supper. They had in front of them only two chickens. Just as they were about to begin eating, the father said, "My boy, I have spent a lot of money on you to send you to Oxford. Now I want to know what you have learned. "The son smiled and said, "Father, I have studied a science which can prove (证明) that these two chickens on the plate are really three chickens. ""Well," said the father, "This is something I would like very much to know. ""There are two chickens on the plate, "said the student. He took one of the chickens in his hand and said, "Here is one more; and one and two makes three. So here are three chickens. "Then the father took one of the chickens to himself, gave the other to his wife, and said, "I will have one of the chickens my-self, your mother shall have another, and you can have the third for your supper and nothing else. "The father kept his word and so the student went without his supper.

 36. The rich man loved his son very much, so he__________.

 A. sent him to work at Oxford for two or three years .

 B. wanted him to live at Oxford for two or three years

 C. sent him to Oxford to study .

 D. gave him a lot of money

 37. The father asked his son_______.

 A. how much money he had spent at the university

 B. how he liked Oxford

 C. what he had learned by the end of the first year at the university

 D. how his son got along with his classmates .

 38. The student said that_________.

 A. he could make three chickens .

 B. he could change the two chickens on the plate into three .

 C. he could prove the two chickens on the plate were really three.

 D. he was good at maths .

 39. Who was cleverer, the father or the son?

 A. Neither. B. Both. C. The son. D. The father.

 30. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage ?_________.

 A.In the end the student had nothing to eat for his supper

 B.In the end each of them had a chicken for their supper

 C.In the end the father gave his son the third chicken to eat .

 D. In the end both of the parents had no chickens to eat

 B.

 Take a look at the following ads! You may find some useful information you need here!

 Guitar lessons

 Experienced musician from Australia. Good at teaching kids for 5 years!

 For more information, please visit Larry?s website: www.music.com.au

 Lost dog

 Medium size, with brown spots and white short hair. Answer you when you call it David. Many t hanks for sending it back.

 Call Susan at 7328059

 Taxi driver wanted

 Full time or part time. Experience and a good knowledge of the city are necessary. English is also a must.

 Under 45 years old.

 Call Mr. White at 5132683.

 Apartment for sale

 Two bedrooms, a kitchen and a bathroom.

 Hot water 8:00-18:00.

 Beautiful sights out of the windows.

 E-mail: sdgt@yahoo.cn.

 41.Who can teach the children to play the guitar ?

 A . Larry . B . David . C . Mr . White . D . Susan .

 42. Which number should you call at if you find the lost dog ?

 A . 6087594. B . 7328059 . C . 5132683 . D . 13935728866 .

 43.Which of the four people may get the job as a taxi driver ?

 A . A 50-year-old person . B . A person who knows very well about the city . C . A person who has just got his driver's licence .

 D . A person who can drive and has free time on weekends .

 44 . When is hot water provided in the apartment according to the ad?

 A . In the daytime. B . At night . C . At any time .

 D . Only in the afternoon .

 45.How can you ask the owner of the apartment for more information ?

 A . By making a phone call . B . By going to visit it .

 C . By sending an e-mail . D . By sending a letter.

 C.

 A teacher from a Western country has recently visited an elementary school in an Eastern country. In one class, she watched sixty young children as they learned to draw a cat. The teacher drew a big O on the blackboard, and the sixty students copied it on their paper. The teacher drew a smaller O on the top of the first O and then put two on top of it. The children drew in the same way. The lesson went on until there were sixty-one similar cats in the classroom. Each student?s cat looked exactly like the one on the board.

 The visiting teacher watched the lesson and was greatly surprised because the teaching methods were very different from that in her own country. A children?s art lesson in her own country produced a roomful of pictures, and each is quite different from others. Why? What makes this difference? In a classroom in any country, a teacher teaches not only knowledge of history or language.

 In some countries such as the United States and Canada etc, people think highly of individualism----the differences between people. The teachers think it very important to make each student different from others. Educational systems in these countries don?t ask students to memorize dull information. Instead, students are asked to work by themselves and find answers themselves. The students are helped to learn to have their own ideas even at an early age.

 But in countries such as China and Japan, the two peoples have similar history and culture. Perhaps because of this, people think highly of group goals rather than individualism. Students in China and Japan often work together and help each other in the classroom, The teachers teach and the students listen. The students are asked to memorize a lot. They have to learn the same textbook. They do the same homework and give the same answers.

 46. Why was the visiting teacher surprised when she watched the art lesson ?

 A. Because it was her first time to watch an art class in an Eastern country.

 B. Because she found there were so many children in one class.

 C. Because she had never seen such a beautiful cat as the teacher drew before .

 D. Because she found all the cats the students drew looked the same .

 47. The underlined word ? methods ? means _________.

 A. ways B. textbooks C. reasons. D. instructions.

 48.The visiting teacher was greatly surprised by ______ in the elementary school.

 A. the teacher's drawing B. the teaching method

 C. the sixty-one cats D. the big class

 49.The writer of this passage thinks that ______ .

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河北英语高考题2017年

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湖南成人高考《高起专》英语模拟试题四、阅读理解

阅读下列短文,然后根据短文的内容从每题的四个选项中选出最佳的一项。

Passage 1

During the summer holidays there will be a revised(修改过的)schedule(时刻表) of services for the students. Changes for dining-room and library service hours and for bus schedules will be posted on the wall outside of the dining-hall. Weekly film and concert schedules, which are being arranged(安排), will be posted each Wednesday outside of the student club.

In the summer holidays, buses going to the town center will leave the main hall every hour on the half hour during the day. The dining-room will serve three meals a day from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm during the week and two meals from noon to 7:00 pm on

weekends. The library will continue its usual hours during the week, but have shorter hours on Saturdays and Sundays. The weekend hours are from noon to 5:00 pm.

All students who want to use the library borrowing services must have a new summer card. This announcement will also appear in the next week's student newspaper.

56. The main purpose of this announcement is to.

A. tell students of important schedule changes

B. tell students of new bus and library services

C. show the excellent services for students

D. ask students to renew their library cards

57. At which of the following times will the bus leave the main hall?

A. 8:00, 9:00, 10:00, 11:00

B. 8:00, 9:30, 10:30, 11:30

C. 8:30, 9:00, 9:30, 10:00

D. 8:00, 9:30, 11:00, 12:30

58. Times for films and concerts are not listed in this announcement because  .

A. they are not to be announced

B. hey are hard to arrange

C. the full list is not ready

D. the full list is too long

59. In the summer holidays, the library will have .

A. no special hours

B. special hours on weekdays

C. special hours on weekends

D. special hours both on weekdays and weekends.

60. We may infer that during the summer holidays.

A. the student newspaper will sell more copies

B. there will be a concert or a film once a week

C. many students will stay in the university

D. no breakfast will be served on weekends

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河北英语高考题2017年

 第I卷

 注意事项:

 1.答第I卷前,考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上

 2.选出每小题答案后,用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动,用橡皮擦干净后,再选涂其他答案标号。不能答在本试卷上,否则无效

 第一部分听力(共两节,满分30分)

 做题时,先将答案标在试卷上,录音内容结束后,你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上

 第一节(共5小题;每小题1.5分,满分7.5分)

 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项,并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后,你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题题。每段对话仅读一遍。

 例:How much is the shirt?

 A.£19.15. B.£9.18. C.£9.15.

 答案是C。

 1. Where is Mary?

 A. In the classroom. B. In the library. C. On the playground.

 2. How much should the man pay for the tickets?

 A. $16. B. $12. C. $6

 3. Why can?t the woman give the man some help?

 A. She is quite busy now.

 B. She doesn?t like grammar.

 C. She is poor in grammar,too.

 4. What happened to Marx?

 A. He lost his way.

 B. He found his bike missing.

 C. He lost his wallet.

 5. Why did the man fail to attend the party?

 A. He forgot it.

 B. He didn?t know about the party.

 C. He wasn?t invited to the party.

 第二节(共15小题;每小题1.5分,满分22.5分)

 听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项,并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前,你将有时间阅读各个小题,每小题5秒钟;听完后,各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。

 听第6段材料,回答第6、7题。

 6. Why must the man drive to work?

 A. It is the quickest way.

 B. He has to use his car after work.

 C. He lives too far from the subway.

 7. What?s the relationship between the speakers?

 A. Boss and employee.

 B. Grandmother and grandson.

 C. Teacher and student.

 听第7段材料,回答第8~9题。

 8. When is Alice?s birthday?

 A. Tomorrow. B. The day after tomorrow. C. Today.

 9. What will the two speakers buy for Alice?

 A. A recorder. B. Some flowers. C. A box of chocolates.

 听第8段材料,回答第10~12题。

 10. What does the woman do in the group?

 A. Play the piano. B. Play the violin. C. Sing for the group.

 11. Who is Miss Pearson?

 A. Leader of the group.B. Director of the group. C. Teacher of the group.

 12. How often does the group meet?

 A. Once a week. B. Twice a week. C. Every third week.

 听第9段材料,回答第13~16题。

 13. Who possibly is the woman?

 A. An air hostess. B. A native Indian. C. A travel agent.

 14. How long does the trip last?

 A. Seven days. B. Eight days. C. Nine days.

 15. What will the man probably do at the second stage?

 A. Do some shopping. B. Visit the Taj Mabal. C. See wild animals.

 16. What will the speakers do next?

 A. Say goodbye to each other.B. Find out the price. C. Go to India by air.

 听第10段材料,回答第17~20题。

 17. In what way does Jack like to travel?

 A. With a lot of people.

 B. With one or two good friends.

 C. All by himself.

 18. What does Helen prefer on holiday?

 A. Staying at home.

 B. Seeing famous places.

 C. Enjoying nature quietly.

 19. What does Bob like the best about travel?

 A. Making more friends. B. Buying what he wants. C. Seeing and learning.

 20. Who prefers to do shopping while traveling?

 A. Jack. B. Helen. C. Bob.

 第二部分阅读理解(共两节,满分40分)

 第一节(共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分)

 阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

 A

 We have designed all our bank cards to make your life easier.

 Using your NatWest Service Card

 As a Switch card, it lets you pay for all sorts of goods and services, whenever you see the Switch logo. The money comes straight out of your account, so you can spend as much as you like as long as you have enough money (or an agreed overdraft (透支) to cover it). It is also a cheque guarantee card for up to the amount shown on the card. And it gives you free access to your money from over 31,000 cash machines across the UK.

 Using your NatWest Cash Card

 You can use your Cash Card as a Solo card to pay for goods and services wherever you see the Solo logo. It can also give you access to your account and your cash from over 31,000 cash machines nationwide. You can spend or withdraw what you have in your account, or as much as your agreed overdraft limit.

 Using your cards abroad

 You can also use your Service Card and Cash Card when you?re abroad. You can withdraw cash at cash machines and pay for goods and services wherever you see the Cirrus or Maestro logo displayed.

 We take a commission charge (手续费) of 2.25% of each cash withdrawal you make (up to£4) and a commission charge of 75 pence every time you use Maestro to pay for goods or services. We also apply a foreign-exchange transaction fee of 2.65%.

 Using your NatWest Credit Card

 With your credit card you can do the following:

 * Pay for goods and services and enjoy up to 56 days? interest-free credit.

 * Pay in over 24 million shops worldwide that display the MasterCard or Visa logos.

 * Collect one AIR MILE for every£20 of spending that appears on your statement (结算单). (This does not include foreign currency or traveler?s cheques bought, interest and other charges.)

 21. If you carry the Service Card or the Cash Card, ________.

 A. you can use it to guarantee things as you wish

 B. you can draw your money from cash machines conveniently

 C. you can spend as much money as you like without a limit

 D. you have to pay some extra money when you pay for services in the UK

 22. If you withdraw£200 from a cash machine abroad, you will be charged ________.

 A. £4 B. £4.5 C. £5.25 D. £5.3

 23. Which of the following is TRUE about using your NatWest Credit Card?

 A. You have to pay back with interest within 56 days.

 B. You can use the card in any shop across the world.

 C. You will be charged some interest beyond two months.

 D. You will gain one air mile if you spend £20 on traveller?s cheques.

 24. The purpose of the passage is to show you how to ________.

 A. pay for goods with your cards B. use your cards abroad

 C. draw cash with your cards D. play your cards right

 B

 Once when I was facing a decision that involved high risk, I went to a friend. He looked at me for a moment, and then wrote a sentence containing the best advice I?ve ever had: Be bold and brave ? and mighty (强大的) forces will come to your aid.

 Those words made me see clearly that when I had fallen short in the past, it was seldom because I had tried and failed. It was usually because I had let fear of failure stop me from trying at all. On the other hand, whenever I had plunged into deep water, forced by courage or circumstance, I had always been able to swim until I got my feet on the ground again.

 Boldness means a decision to bite off more than you can eat. And there is nothing mysterious about the mighty forces. They are potential powers we possess: energy, skill, sound judgment, creative ideas ? even physical strength greater than most of us realize.

 Admittedly, those mighty forces are spiritual ones. But they are more important than physical ones. A college classmate of mine, Tim, was an excellent football player, even though he weighed much less than the average player. ?In one game I suddenly found myself confronting a huge player, who had nothing but me between him and our goal line,? said Tim. ?I was so frightened that I closed my eyes and desperately threw myself at that guy like a bullet ? and stopped him cold.?

 Boldness ? a willingness to extend yourself to the extreme?is not one that can be acquired overnight. But it can be taught to children and developed in adults. Confidence builds up. Surely, there will be setbacks (挫折) and disappointments in life; boldness in itself is no guarantee of success. But the person who tries to do something and fails is a lot better off than the person who tries to do nothing and succeeds.

 So, always try to live a little bit beyond your abilities?and you?ll find your abilities are greater than you ever dreamed.

 25. Why was the author sometimes unable to reach his goal in the past?

 A. He faced huge risks. B. He lacked mighty forces.

 C. Fear prevented him from trying. D. Failure blocked his way to success.

 26. What is the implied meaning of the underlined part?

 A. Swallow more than you can digest. B. Act slightly above your abilities.

 C. Develop more mysterious powers. D. Learn to make creative decisions.

 27. What can be learned from Paragraph 5?

 A. Confidence grows more rapidly in adults. B. Trying without success is meaningless.

 C. Repeated failure creates a better life. D. Boldness can be gained little by little.

 C

 The wallet is heading for extinction. As a day-to-day essential, it will die off with the generation who read print newspapers. The kind of shopping-where you hand over notes and count out change in return?now happens only in the most minor of our retail encounters,like buying a bar of chocolate or a pint of milk from a corner shop. At the shops where you spend any real money, that money is increasingly abstracted. And this is more and more true, the higher up the scale you go. At the most cutting-edge retail stores?Victoria Beckham on Dover Street, for instance?you don't go and stand at any kind of cash register when you decide to pay. The staff are equipped with iPads to take your payment while you relax on a sofa.

 Which is nothing more or less than excellent service, if you have the money. But across society, the abstraction(抽象) of the idea of cash makes me uneasy. Maybe I'm just old-fashioned. But earning money isn't quick or easy for most of us. Isn't it a bit incredible that spending it should happen in half a blink(眨眼)of an eye? Doesn't a wallet?that time-honoured Friday-night feeling of pleasing, promising fatness?represent something that matters?

 But I'll leave the economics to the experts. What bothers me about the death of the wallet is the change it represents in our physical environment. Everything about the look and feel of a wallet?the way the fastenings and materials wear and tear and loosen with age, the plastic and paper and gold and silver, and handwritten phone numbers and printed cinema tickets?is the very opposite of what our world is becoming. The opposite of a wallet is a smartphone or an iPad. The rounded edges, cool glass, smooth and unknowable as pebble(鹅卵石). Instead of digging through pieces of paper and peering into corners, we move our fingers left and right. No more counting out coins. Show your wallet, if you still have one. It may not be here much longer.

 28. What is happening to the wallet?

 A. It is disappearing. B. It is being fattened.

 C. It is becoming costly. D. It is changing in style.

 29. What makes the author feel uncomfortable nowadays?

 A. Saving money is becoming a thing of the past.

 B. The pleasing Friday-night feeling is fading.

 C. Earning money is getting more difficult.

 D. Spending money is so fast and easy.

 30. Why does the author choose to write about what's happening to the wallet?

 A. It represents a change in the modern world.

 B. It has something to do with everybody's life.

 C. It marks the end of a time-honoured tradition.

 D. It is the concern of contemporary economists.

 31. What can we infer from the passage about the author?

 A. He is resistant to social changes.

 B. He is against technological progress.

 C. He feels reluctant to part with the traditional wallet.

 D. He feels insecure in the ever-changing modern world.

邪恶的机器(邪恶)的思想将推动军队的机器人杀手的好莱坞的理论是愚蠢的。真正的问题在于人工智能(AI)可能会变得非常擅长于实现某些东西,而不是我们真正想要的东西。在1960年,一个著名的数学家诺伯特·维纳,创立控制论领域(控制论),这么说:“如果我们使用,达到我们的目的,操作的机械机构与我们不能有效地干预(干预),我们最好是确定目的投入机器是我们真正的目的的欲望。”

具有特定目的的机器具有另一种质量,我们通常把它与生物联系在一起:希望保持它自己的存在。对于机器来说,这种质量不是与生俱来的,也不是由人类引入的;这是一个简单事实的逻辑结果,即如果机器死了,机器就无法达到它最初的目的。因此,如果我们送出一台带有“取咖啡”指令的机器人,它将有强烈的愿望,通过关闭自己的开关,甚至杀死任何可能干扰其任务的人,从而获得成功。如果我们不小心,那么,我们可能会面对一种国际象棋比赛,对手是非常坚定、超级智能的机器,它们的目标与我们自己的目标冲突,而现实世界则是棋盘。

进入和输掉这样一场比赛的可能性应该集中在计算机科学家的头脑中。一些研究人员认为,我们可以把机器密封在一种防火墙内,用它们来回答一些棘手的问题,但绝不允许它们影响现实世界。不幸的是,这个计划似乎不太可能奏效:我们还没有发明出一种安全的防火墙来对付普通人类,更不用说超级智能机器了。

在人工智能方面解决安全问题,似乎是有可能的,但并不容易。可能有几十年的时间来计划超级智能机器的到来。但这个问题不应该像某些人工智能研究人员那样被忽视。一些人认为,人类和机器可以共存,只要它们在团队中工作——但这是不可能的,除非机器能分享人类的目标。另一些人则说,我们可以“把它们关掉”,就好像超级智能机器太蠢了,不去考虑那种可能性。还有一些人认为超级智能的人工智能永远不会发生。1933年9月11日,著名的物理学家Ernest Rutherford满怀信心地说:“任何人都希望在这些原子的转变中,有一个力量的来源是月球上的光。”“然而,9月12日,1933年,物理学家Leo Szilard发明了中子诱发(中子诱导)核连锁反应。