第二学期高一期中考试英语试卷

　　“Well，boy，”Buster whispered，finally.“That might do.Any more and I won't be able to carry it!”He swung the heavy bag onto his shoulders, just as the lights came on, nearly blinding him. He shielded his eyes with his hand.

　　"You're a very silly person," the figure(身影) in the doorway said. As the man came closer, Buster could see he was well dressed. His face seemed familiar, but Buster couldn't quite be sure of the place where he had seen him before.

　　"You should have taken more notice of the sign outside," the man rasped. "I knew about this attempted robbery last week and I also know you will end up behind bars for 20 years. Fancy trying to rob the house of the world's greatest fortune-teller(算命先生)!"

　　54. Why was Buster so confident?

　　A. He was not afraid of dogs. B. He knew the owner of the house lived alone

　　C. He had never been caught by the police. D. The house had no security alarm.

　　55. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the word "exotic" in the third paragraph?

　　A. Messy and untidy. B. Rich and expensive.

　　C. Comfortable and calming. D. Foreign and unusual.

　　56. How did Buster decide which objects to take?

　　A. He took those that were easy to carry in his bag.

　　B. He took only the best antiques.

　　C. He took those that he knew he could sell easily.

　　D. He looked for silver objects.

　　57. What punishment waits for Buster Brown?

　　A. A prison sentence with hard labour. B. A long prison sentence.

　　C. A heavy fine. D. Community service for 20 years.

　　B.

　　When you are curious about something, and want to know more about it, you can use the way of asking questions. Asking questions is the first step to make discoveries and find interesting answers. The steps below can guide you during the research.

　　Step 1 On a note card or piece of paper, write down the subject that you are interested in. Just get the main idea down. For example, you might write:

　　Discover more about dinosaurs.

　　Step 2 Next, stop and think for a moment about what you already know about your subject. List what you already know like the sentences below:

　　1. Dinosaurs lived long before human beings appeared.

　　2. Dinosaurs lived on the earth for more than 150 million years.

　　3. Some dinosaurs fed on plants, some on meat.

　　Step 3 What can you do with what you want to learn? By asking questions. On your paper, start writing down questions about the dinosaurs as you think of them:

　　1. What’s the best weather for dinosaurs to live in?

　　2. How many kinds of dinosaurs are there?

　　3. Have dinosaurs really disappeared?

　　Step 4 Armed with your list of questions, you can now go to the nearest library or computer to begin your research. As you learn more about your subject, you’ll probably discover some new questions.

　　For example, you might discover that dinosaurs disappeared about 65 million years ago. Why? What happened? Asking new questions can help you research your subject more widely.

　　The next time you find something interesting to research, take time to organize your thinking by asking good questions. And remember—learning more always bring more questions.

　　58. When you do some research, you should take the following steps: .

　　①list what you want to know ②choose a research subject

　　③list what you already know ④discover new problems

　　A.①④③② B.②③①④ C.③②④① D.④③①②

　　59. What does the underlined sentence “Armed with your list of questions” mean?

　　A.Putting your list of questions under your arm.

　　B.Discussing your questions with your classmates.

　　C.Writing down your list of questions.

　　D.Taking your list of questions with you.

　　60. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

　　A.You can find all the answers online.

　　B.Learn more, and you’ll have no questions.

　　C.During the research, you may keep finding new questions.

　　D.Asking questions is the only way for research.

　　61. The best title for this passage is .

　　A.Discovering Dinosaurs B.Asking Good Questions

　　C.Finding Subjects D.Having Interesting Answers

　　C.

　　To what degree can a computer achieve intelligence?The answer to this question may lie in a newly-developed US computer program called Smarter Child and the Internet.

　　If you ran into Smarter Child online, you would be surprised at this kid’s huge memory. It can recite many facts. For example, Smarter Child knows every baseball player in every team this season.

　　He knows every word in the dictionary and the weather in every major city areas across the US. However, if you ask Smarter Child other questions, you get strange answers. A question about Smarter Child’s age returns. “One year, 11 days, 16 hours, 7 minutes, and 47 seconds!” Asking where he lives gets, “In a clean room in a high-tech building in California.”

　　Smarter Child uses the vast information on the World Wide Web as his memory bank. To answer questions about spelling, for instance, Smarter Child goes to American Heritage Dictionary online. For the weather, he visits www.intellicast-k.

　　Some scientists believe that by joining the many systems of the Internet, an artificial being with the combined knowledge of, say, Albert Einstein, Richard Nixon and Britney Spears could be born. However, if Smarter Child wants to think and learn on his own like the boy-computer David in the movie A. I. Artificial Intelligence, he must overcome two problems.

　　The first is that computers find it difficult to read web pages because the files are labeled in different ways. That’s why programmers need to tell Smarter Child where to look for the weather. It would be a much more difficult task to let him find it himself.

　　Another problem is that while Smarter Child can process information more exactly and faster than any human, he lacks common sense—a basic grounding of knowledge that is obvious to any young child.

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