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暨南大学2019-2020学年春季大英班期末试题（线上考试）分数设置：单选题（30题）满分：45阅读题（10题）满分：20翻译题（12题）满分：35全卷100分一、单选题（本题共30小题，每小题45分，共1.5分。）1.Eachworkerputsinnearly2,200hoursayear,（）average,andcontributesabout$30toGDPperhour.A.withB.inC.onD.under2.Ifyouhavedificulty（）yourbills,tellyourutilitycompanyaspossible.A.payB.paidC.topayD.paying3.（）moststudentsownasmartphone,theschooldoesnotallowthemtouseitintheclassroom.A.EventhoughB.IncaseC.NowthatD.Ifonly4.Theairportisusuallyyourfirststopbefore（）onyourvacationortrip.A.leaveB.leavingC.leftD.toleave5.Itwasatyesterday'smeetin（）Imisunderstoodwhatyouhadsaid.A.thatB.whereC.whichD.who6.Hestayedpatientandansweredeverysinglequestion,（）obvioustheanswerwas.A.nomatterwhenB.nomatterwhetherC.nomatterwhatD.nomatterhow7.Gencrallyspeaking,youshouldarriveattheairportwithplentyoftime（）.A.sparingB.tospareC.spareD.spared8.Inmostcases,panelinterviewswere（）thanthoseheldbysingleinterviewers.A.morereliableB.reliableC.mostreliableD.leastreliable9.Theyopenedanewstoreinourcity,butnotuntillastweek（）it.A.wevisitedB.wewouldvisitC.didwevisitD.havewevisited10.IfIwereyou,I（）job-huntingbyvisitingthewebsitesofthesecompanies.A.willstartB.hadstartedC.startD.wouldstart11.Whenyoufinish（）yourquestions,simplypresstheEnterkey.A.typeB.typingC.totypeD.typed12.（）careeryouchoose,effectivecommunicationskillswillserveyouwell.A.WheneverB.WhereverC.WhateverD.However13.Accordingtothecontract,thisproject（）withinfourmonthsstartingfromtoday.A.willbecompletedB.CompletesC.hascompletedD.wascompleted14.（）manycompaniespostjobadsonline,youcanstillfindtheminnewspapers.A.AsifB.EversinceC.IncaseD.Eventhough15.Studieshaveshownthathumansworkingwithmachinesare（）thanahumanoramachineworkingalone.A.moreeffectiveB.mosteffectiveC.effectiveD.leasteffective16.TheapplicationofAlinhealthcareisexpectedtocut（）thecostoftreatmentsandcare.A.outB.intoC.downD.through17.（）heInternetofThingsistobecomeareality,itsdevelopersshouldpaymoreattentiontoitssecurity.A.IfB.AlthoughC.UntilD.Unless18.Unlikemanycompanies（）servicestopsoncethesaleismade,ourservicebeginsonceyoubuyourproduct.A.whatB.whoseC.thatD.which19.While（）thearticle,Iwaswondeiingwhethere-bookswouldreplaceprintbookssoon.A.readingB.readC.wasreadingD.toread20.Itwasnotuntilthe1990s（）industrialrobotsbecamereallycheap,andthereforeapossibleoption.A.whichB.whoC.whomD.that21.Thekeypointofhisspeechwasthatweshouldtakeeffectivemeasures（）waterpollution.A.stoppingB.stopC.stoppedD.tostop22.Sofarourcompany（）exceptionallawnservicestoresidentialandcommercialcustomersfor20years.A.willprovideB.hadprovidedC.providedD.hasprovided23.（）youwantsomesamplesofournewproducts,youmightcontactoursalesmanager.A.IfB.WhileC.UntilD.Although24.NotuntilIgottotheairport（）thatmypassportwasmissing.A.hadIrealizedB.willIrealizeC.IwillrealizeD.Ihadrealized25.Asasalesperson,（）Johnlacksisself-confidencewhenheistalkingwithclients.A.whichB.whatC.whyD.that26.IfI（）hisemailaddress,Iwouldhavesenthimamessageyesterday.A.haveknownB.hadknownC.willknowD.know27.Themoresatisfiedyouremployeesare,themoretheywillcontribute（）thesuccessofyourcompany.A.onB.aboutC.withD.to28.Hereadmycreditcardnumberoutloudinfrontofcustomers（）Icouldstophim.A.BeforeB.whileC.asD.since29.Johnspentalotoftime（）tohiscolleagueshowchallengingtheprojectwas.A.explainB.explainingC.toexplainD.explained30.Itisthehighefficiencyofthenewequipment（）hasincreasinglyattractedourattention.A.whichB.whatC.thatD.who二、阅读题（本题有两篇阅读，共10小题，每小题2分，共20分。）Passage1Questions31to35arebasedonthefollowingpassage.ProfessorAshokGoelofGeorgiaTechdevelopedanartificiallyintelligentteachingassistanttohelphandletheenormousnumberofstudentquestionsintheonlineclass,KnowledgeBasedArtificiallntelligence.ThisonlinecourseisacorerequirementofGeorgiaTechsonlineMasterofScienceinComputerScienceprogram.ProfessorGoelalreadyhad8teachingassistants,butthatwasn’tenoughtodealwiththeoverwhelmingnumberofquestionsfromstudents.Manystudentsdropoutofonlinecoursesbecauseofthelackofteachingsupport.Whenstudentsfeelisolatedorconfusedandreachoutwithquestionsthatgounanswered,theirmotivationtocontinuebeginstofade.ProfessorGoeldecidedtodosomethingtoremedythissituationandhissolutionwastocreateavirtualassistantnamedHillWatson,whichisbasedontheIBMWatsonplatform.GoelandhisteamdevelopedseveralversionsofJillWatsonbeforereleasinghertotheonlineforums.Atfirst,thevirtualassistantwasn’ttoogreat.ButGoelandhisteamsourcedtheonlinediscussionforumtofindall40000questionsthathadeverbeenaskedsincetheclasswaslaunched.ThentheybegantofeedJillthequestionsandanswers.Aftersomeadjustmentandsufficienttime,Jillwasabletoanswerthestudents'questionscorrectly97%ofthetime.Thevirtualassistantbecamesoadvancedandrealisticthatthestudentsdidn’tknowshewasacomputer.Thestudentswhowerestudyingartificialintelligence,wereinteractingwithartificialintelligenceandcouldn'ttellitapartfromarealhumanbeing.Goeldidn’tinformthemaboutJill’strueidentityuntilApril26.Thestudentswereactuallyverypositiveabouttheexperience.ThegoalofProfessorGoel’svirtualassistantnextyearistotakeoveranswering40%ofallquestionsposedbystudentsontheonlineforum.Th