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第1页/共10页宝山区2017学年第二学期期末高三年级英语学科教学质量监测试卷Ⅱ.GrammarandVocabularySectionADirections:Afterreadingthepassagebelow,fillintheblankstomakethepassagecoherentandgrammaticallycorrect.Fortheblankswithagivenword,fillineachblankwiththeproperformofthegivenword;fortheotherblanks,useonewordthatbestfitseachblank.HowMuchoftheJetsons’WorldHasBecomeaReality?Formostofourreaders,TheJetsonsmaybeanunfamiliarname.However,formanyAmericanborninorbeforethe1980s,itisanamewefondlyremember.TheJetsonswasapopularcartoonthatfeaturedafamilylivinginanadvancedworld___21___peoplesettleinhousesbuiltinthesky,workonlythreedaysaweekanddriveflyingcarsthatresembleflyingsaucers.Whilesky-highhousesandthree-dayworkweeksdon’tappeartobeonthehorizon,othervisionsofthefuture___22___（turn）intopracticalrealities.Flyingcarshavebeenonthemindsofscientistsandinventorsfordecades.Theyarepartofatypicalimagingofthefuturefast-pacedandluxurious,___23___（allow）ustospeedthroughtheskies.As___24___（see）inTheSky’sNolongertheLimit,thisflightoffancymaysoonbearealityinDubai.Aiming___25___（become）theworld’smostadvancedcity,Dubaiiscurrentlytestingthefirst-everflyingtaxi.___26___moneystillexistsinitscurrentcash-basedforminTheJetsons,peopletodayarelookingtowardaworldwhereevencashisout-of-date.Bitcoinisatypeofdigitalmoneythathastakentheworldbystorm.Sinceitsintroduction,themoney’sprice___27___（increase）toratesashighasUS$19,000.This,however,maynotpredictwellforthefutureofdigitalcurrency,asexpertswarnthatBitcoinisabubbleand___28___crashsoon.It’spossiblethatsomedreamsofthefuturemaystillbe___29_________ourreach.Othermoreprobabletechnologiesalreadyexist,forexample,futureflyingeyehospitalsinAHospitalwithWings,unusual-engineeredfoldingpaperinCleverFoldingandthepopulationofendangeredcorals（珊瑚）inLab-BredCoraltotheRescue,etc.Alltheseshow___30___humansarealreadycapableof.So,whatelsecouldthefuturehaveinstoreforus?SectionBDirections：Afterreadingthepassagebelow,fillineachblankwithaproperwordgiveninthebox.Eachwordcanbeusedonlyonce.Notethatthereisonemorewordthanyouneed.A.adaptedB.harderC.alternativesD.featuresE.cooperationF.questionsG.accuracyH.capturedI.regardlessJ.oppositeK.analyzingComputerreadsbrainactivitytofindoutthemusiceachpersonislisteningtoIntheexperiment,sixvolunteersheard40piecesofclassicalmusic,rock,pop,jazz,andothers.TheNeural（神经的）fingerprintofeachsongonparticipants’brainwas___31___bytheMagneticResonance（MR）machinewhileacomputerwaslearningtoidentifythebrainpatternsdrawnoutbyeachmusicalpiece.Musical___32___suchastone,volume,rhythmandbeatwere第2页/共10页takeninaccountbythecomputer.Afterthat,researchersexpectedthatthecomputerwouldbeabletodothe___33___way:identifywhichsongparticipantswerelisteningto,basedontheirbrainactivity–atechniqueknownasbraindecoding.Whenfacedtwooptions,thecomputershowedupto85%___34___inidentifyingthecorrectsong,whichisagreatperformance,comparingtopreviousstudies.Researchersthenpushedthetesteven___35___byprovidingnottwobut10options（e.g.onecorrectandninewrong）tothecomputer.Inthissituation,thecomputercorrectlyidentifiedthesongin74%ofthedecisions.Inthefuture,studiesonbraindecodingandmachinelearningwillcreatepossibilitiesofcommunication___36___anykindofwrittenorspokenlanguage.“Machineswillbeabletotranslateourmusicalthoughtsintosongs,”saysSebastianHoefle,researcherfromD’OrInstituteandPhDstudentfromFederalUniversityofRiodeJaneiro,Brazil.Thestudyisaresultofa___37___betweenBrazilianresearchersandcolleaguesfromGermany,FinlandandIndia.AccordingtoHoefle,braindecodingresearchesprovide___38___tounderstandneuralfunctioningandinteractwithitusingartificialintelligence.Inthefuture,heexpertstofindanswersfor___39___like“whatmusicalcharacteristicsmakesomepeopleloveasongwhileothersdon’t?Isourbrain___40___topreferaspecifickindofmusic?”Ⅲ.ReadingComprehensionSectionADirections：ForeachblankinthefollowingpassagestherearefourwordsorphrasesmarkedA,B,C,andD.Fillineachblankwiththewordorphrasethatbestfitsthecontext.Havingaclearpictureinmindofwhattheirfuturewilllooklikecanmotivatestudentstokeepgoingdespitethechallengesofcollegelife.This___41___seemstobeparticularlyeffectiveforfemalestudentsfromrelativelylowsocioeconomicstatus（SES）backgroundssaysMesminDestinofNorthwesternUniversityintheUS.Collegeisatimeofgreatopportunityforsome,butcanbe___42___forothers.Itisoftenthefirsttimethatmanystudentsareawayfromtheregularandfamiliarsupportoftheirfamilyandfriends.WeakstudentsfromlowerSESbackgroundsoftenencountergreaterfinancialandpsychologicalchallengesthanothers,andthiscanleadto___43___andevenwithdrawalfromdifficultsituations,suchaswheninteractingwiththeirlecturersortakingtestsandexams.Destinandhiscolleagueswantedtounderstandifstudents’___44___toacademicchallengesimprovewhentheylookforwardtothefuture.Thisideaisbuiltaroundthetheoryofidentity-basedmotivation.Itholdsthatpeoplecantakepositiveactionduringtimesofunfavorableconditionswhenthey___45___asuccessfulfutureforthemselves.“Thetheoryofidentity-basedmotivationproposesthatstimulatingafocusonasuccessfulfutureidentitymaybeespecially___46___inmotivatingstudentswhoareweakd