學必求其心得，業必貴于專精學必求其心得，業必貴于專精學必求其心得，業必貴于專精高三英語課堂練習26第二部分閱讀理解（共兩節，滿分40分)第一節（共15小題;每小題2分，滿分30分）ABen，attheageof23,wastheyoungestmantoskisolototheNorthPole.Hedraggeda180-kilogrammesledge（雪橇)over1，420milesthroughtheworstArcticconditions。Thisyear，BenplanstoskisolofromtheAntarcticcoasttotheSouthPoleandbackintheautumn，carryingallhissuppliesonhissledge.BenSaunderswasfiredafterpersuadingthefirmtosupporthisdisorganizedfirstadventure。“Everythingthatcouldgowrongdidgowrong.Wedidn’t

gettothePole,sowehadnomediainterest。Nooneheardaboutit?！薄癙eoplesaiditwasimpossibleformetogettothePole。Isaid，“No,Icangetthere,”andIdid。Self—belief，Iseeitasbeingabitlikeamuscle-it's

mybeliefthatthemoreyoustretchyourselfthestrongeritgets。Ifyouneverdoanythingthat'suncomfortableorriskythenyourself-beliefgetsweaker。Sothat'soneofthelessonsI’vefiguredoutalongtheway.“MyAntarcticadventureisjustpracticableandthat'swhatisexcitingtome.IfIknewIcoulddoitwithouttoomuchbother，Iwouldn’t

beinterested。"Why?“PersonallyI’m

attractedbythehumanperformanceelementtoit。Notthatlongago,runningamarathonwasseenasthetoppointofhumanattempt,andnowIwouldn’tbethatsurprisedifmymumsaidshewasgoingtorunone."People’shorizonsarechanging.“I’m

notparticularlygifted.I’vejustchosenthisonegoaltoachieveandI’vebeenworkinghardtorealizeit。Andthat’sthethingthatattractsme:withenoughtrainingandenoughdetermination,enoughfocusandpreparation,howfarcanwego?AndIdon,tthinkI’vefoundoutyet."1.WhatdoweknowaboutBenSaunders’firstadventure？A.Itwasruinedbyhiscompany.B。Therewasnopresscoverage。C。Itwaswellplannedandorganized.D。HeactuallyreachedtheNorthPole。2。AccordingtoBenSaunders，ifyouwanttostretchyourself—belief,youshould______

.A。oftentestyourconfidenceB。trysomethingadventurousC。aimtoreachtheNorthPoleD.alwaysstretchyourmuscles3。BenSaunderswasexcitedabouthisAntarcticadventurebecause_______

.A.helikedrunningamarathonB.hewantedtoexercisehisbodyC.heknewitmightbeachievableD.hewassurehecoulddoiteasily4。Whatcanwelearnfromthelastparagraph?A。Wehavetochangeourviewsaboutadventure.B.Wecanneverknowourpossibilitiesandenergies.C.Weshouldhaveareasonforgoingonanadventure。D。Wehavetobeespeciallytalentedtohaveanadventure。BComputershavebeatenhumanworldchampionsatchessand,earlierthisyear,theboardgameGo(圍棋).Sofar,though,theyhavestruggledatthecardtable。SowechallengedoneAI(artificialintelligence)toagame.Whyispokersodifficult?ChessandGoare“informationcomplete”gameswhereallplayerscanseealltherelevantinformation。Inpoker，otherplayers'cardsarehidden，makingitan“informationincomplete”game。Playershavetoguessopponents’handsfromtheiractions——-—trickyforcomputers.Solvingpokercouldleadtomanybreakthroughs，fromcybersecuritytodriverlesscars。ScientistsbelieveitisonlyamatteroftimebeforeAIonceagain

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humans，soourhuman—machinematchcomesupinagameofTexasHold’sEmLimitPoker。TheAIwasdevelopedbyJohannesHeinrich，aresearcherstudyingmachinelearningatUCL.Itcombinestwotechniques:neural（神經的）networksandreinforcementlearning（強化學習).Neuralnetworks,tosomedegree,copythestructureofhumanbrains:theirprocessorsarehighlyinterconnectedandworkatthesametimetosolveproblems.Theyaregoodatspottingpatternsinhugeamountsofdata.Reinforcementlearningiswhenamachine,givenatask，carriesitout,learningfrommistakesitmakes。Inthiscase，itmeansplayingpokeragainstitselfbillionsoftimestogetbetter.MrHeinrichtoldSkyNews:“Todaywearepresentinganewprocedurethathaslearnedinadifferentway，moresimilartohowhumanslearn。Inparticular，itisabletolearnabstractpatterns,representedbyitsneuralnetwork，whichallowittodealwithnewandunseensituations。"Aftertwohoursofquitedefensiveplay,fromthecomputeratleast，wecalleditadraw。5。Whycan’tthecomputerbeathumansatthepokergame？A。BecausehumansareclevererthanthecomputerB。BecausehumanspracticeplayingthepokergameeverydayC。Becausethecomputercan’tlearntheregularrulesofthepokergameD.Becausethecomputercan’tknowtheotherplayers’cardscompletely6。Whatdoestheunderlinedword“vanquishes”inParagraph3mean？A.LeavesB.DefeatsC.CheatsD.Serves7.WhatdoweknowaboutthereinforcementlearningofAI？A.ItsolvesproblemscorrectlyeverytimeB。ItisthesameasthelearningofhumansC。ItlearnsfromthemistakesappearinginataskD。Itismoredevelopedthanthestudyingwaysofhumans8。Whatcanbeinferredfromthetext?A.ThenewprocedureofAIhassomefeaturesofhumansB。ComputersarestrongerthanhumansineveryaspectC.HumanswillbeatcomputersatplayingpokerforeverD。ScientistsfeelunhappyabouttheresultofthepokergameCThecomputerkeyboardhelpedkillshorthand—asystemofrapidhandwriting,andnowit’sthreateningtofinishoffhandwritingasawhole。WhenhandwrittenessayswereintroducedontheSATexamsfortheclassof2012，just15％ofthemost1.5millionstudentswrotetheiranswersincursive(手寫體）.Therest?Blockletters.AndthosecollegehopefulsarejustthefirstedgeofawaveofUSstudentswhonolongergetmuchhandwritinginstructionsintheprimarygrades，frequently10minutesadayorless。Asaresult，moreandmorestudentsstruggletoreadandwritecursive.Therearethosewhosaythecultureisatacrossing，turningfromthewrittenwordtothetypedone。Ifhandwritingbecomesalostformofcommunication,doesitmatter？ItwasatUniversityVirginiathatresearchersrecentlydiscoveredapreviouslyunknownpoembyRobert，writteninhisuniquescript。Handwrittendocumentsaremorevaluabletoresearchers，historianssay,becausetheirauthenticitycanbeconfirmed。Studentsalsofindthemmorefascinating.Thelossofhandwritingalsomaybe

acognitive（認知的)opportunitymissed。Severalacademicstudieshavefoundthatgoodhandwritingskillsatayoungagecanhelpchildrenexpresstheirthoughtsbetter-alifelongbenefit.Itdoesn’ttakemuchtoteachbetterhandwritingskills.AtsomeschoolsinPrinceGeorge’sCounty,elementaryschoolstudentsuseaprogramcalledHandwritingWithoutTearsfor15minutesaday。Theylearnthecorrectformationofmanuscript（手寫的）lettersthroughsecondgrade，andcursivelettersinthirdgrade。9。ApoembyRobertmentionedinthepassageisusedto____________。A.provehowvaluablehandwritingisB。explainwhatafamouspoetheisC。showhowuniquehispoemisD.stresshowfascinatingthedocumentsare10.Accordingtotheauthor，whenisaperfecttimetolearnhandwriting？A.Kindergarten.B.Primaryschool。C.Highschool。D。College.11.TheexampleofHandwritingWithoutTearshelpstoarguethat______。A.theschoolareresponsibleforthelossofhandwritingB。thelossofhandwritingisacognitiveopportunitymissedC.thecultureisturningfromthewrittenwordtothetypedoneD。itdoesn'ttakemuchtoteachbetterhandwritingskills12.Whatistheauthor'sattitudetowardsthisdebate?A.PessimisticB.ScepticalC.Critical.D.SupportiveDBookingatriponanonlinetravelsiteisconvenient，butcomeswithitsownsetofproblems.◆Theyknowwho'sgoingtospendmore。Lastyear,UStravelresearchcompanyOrbitztrackedpeople’sonlineactivitiestotestoutwhetherMacusersspendmoreontravelthanPCusers。Itturnsoutthatonaverage，MacuserslayoutUS$20-30morepernightonhotels.Asaresult,onlinetravelsitesshowtheseusersmoreexpensivetraveloptionsfirst.Toavoidpayingmore,sortresultsbyprice.◆Theirsoftwaredoesn’talwayslinktothehotel’ssystem。Aguaranteedreservationisalmostimpossibletocomebyanywhere-buttheriskofyourflightorhotelbeingoverbookedincreaseswiththird-partyproviders。Themiddleman'ssoftwareisn'timmune（防護作用的)tosystemerrors,soalwayscallthehotelorairlinetomakesureyourbookingwasprocessed.◆Don’tbefooledbypackages:Often，they'relow-enditemsgroupedtogether。Evernoticehowtravelsitesrecommendahotel,arentalcar，andtourpackageallinoneclick？Thesedealsusuallyfeaturetravelthatnoonewants，likeflightswithmultiplelayovers（中途停留）。Checkthefineprint?！鬙nceyourtripispurchased,you’reonyourown。Anonlinetravelagencycan’tprovideassistancethesamewayanagentcanifaflightiscancelledoraroomissubstandard.Basically，whenyouarriveattheairportorhotel,you’rejustanothercustomerwhobookedatthelowestrate。13.Whatdoesthewritermainlyintendtotellreaders?A。StepsofreservingahotelonlineB.TipsofhowtoreserveflightsonlineC。ProblemsaboutreservingatriponlineD。Trapsinreservinghotelsandflightsonline14.Whydopeopleprobablyspendmoreontheironlinereservationfortrips？A。TheyareshownlessexpensivetraveloptionsfirstB。SomeofthetravelexpensesareearnedbyMacusersC.Theybookatpricesrecommendedfirstbytravelsites.D。Theirflightsorhotelsareoverbookedbytouristagencies15.Whatcanweleanfromthepassage？A.BookingonlineisbetterthanbookinginotherwaysB.ThethirdpartieswillprovidegoodtravelservicesonlineC.FewpeoplebooktripsonlinebecauseofpossibletroublesD。Travelers’interestsmaynotbeguaranteedwithbookingonline.第二節(共5小題；每小題2分，滿分10分）AreYourClothesCausingPollution?Verysmallpiecesofplastic，calledmicrofibers,arepollutingriversandoceans。___16___Clotheswornforoutdooractivitiesandexerciseareoftenmadeofartificialmaterial,whichisusefulinkeepingwarm.Buttheycontainverysmallplasticfibers,whichmayalsobeharmingtheenvironmentwhenyouwashthem。Whenpeoplewashtheseclothes,verysmallpiecesgodownthedrain（下水道）withthewashwater。____17____Pollutioncausedbyplasticisnotnew,butrecentstudieshaveshowntheeffectofmicrofibersintheenvironment。Studiesshowverysmallmicrofibersareendingupinourwaters，whichmaycomefromwastewatertreatmentfactories。A2015studyfoundtheminfishfromCalifornia。Microfibers，effectonfoodsupplies.Beyondthewaterways,theresearcherssaymicrofibersmayendupinsoilandagriculturallands.___18___Thismeansthereismuchtobelearnedaboutmicrofibersandtheenvironment。Somestudieshaveshownthatmicrofibersendupinsideseaanimals,likeoysters。_____19_____Researcherssaythatthefiberstendnottomoveintothetissueofthefish,butitneedsmorestudy。Stepstosaveorkeepmicrofibersfromtheenvironment。Untilmoreinformationbecomesknown,therearestepstotaketoreducetheamountofmicrofibersintheenvironment.Peopleshoulduselessoftheartificialmaterials.Ifwealreadyhavethoseinourlivesandwe’reusingthem,animportantstepwouldbewashingthemless.____20____Abagisbeingdesignedinwhichtowashtheseclothes.Ittrapsthemicrofibersinthebaganditmaybeavailableforpurchasesoon。A。Newtechnologymayalsohelp.B.Studiesonmicrofibersintheenvironment。C。Theycanalsomovearoundtheatmosphere.D.Studiesonhowmuchofthemicrofibersisreleased.E.Thesourceofthesemicrofibersmaysurpriseyou：yourclothes。F.Washingmachineskeepmicrofibersfromescapingwithwashwater.GSoifthesemicrofibershavebeenfoundinfishandseafood,aretheysafetoeat？第三部分:語言知識運用（共兩節，滿分45分)第一節完形填空（共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分）閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項,并在答題卡上將該項涂黑?！癢hocaneverhaveimaginedsomeonelikemewouldmakeitthisfar？”askedChadWoodlastweekduringhishighschoolgraduationspeechasthebeststudent。Chadoffered

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mywordsmakesmefeel___40___.”21。A。adviceB.descriptionC。warningD.information22。A。recognizedB。analysedC.meantD.described23。A.neededB。facedC。consistedD.forecast24。A.cryB。writeC。smellD。hear25.A.atB.forC.underD.by26.A.kindlyB.differentlyC.cruellyD.similarly27。A.harmB.troubleC。reasonD。conclusion28.A.failedB。organizedC.succeededD。blamed29.A。appealingB。receivingC.possessingD.operating30。A.setoffB.droppedoffC。tookoffD。paidoff31。A.giveinB.giveoutC。giveupD。giveaway32.A。waitedB。fallenC。walkedD。gone33.A.upB.offC。inD.out34。A。impossibilityB.failureC。victoryD.chance35。A.awkwardB。negativeC。doubtfulD.supportive36.A.rewardB。detailC.powerD。source37。A。defeatedB。exposedC.educatedD.puzzled38。A。unwillingB。amazingC.shockingD。embarrassing39。A。actuallyB。suddenlyC.strangelyD.extremely40。A。astonishedB。cautiousC.confusedD。wonderful第二節語篇填空(共10小題；每小題1。5分，滿分15分)The"OneBeltOneRoad”strategyproposedbyPresidentXiJinpinghasdrawnpublicattentionto___41______oldestandlongesttraderoute—SilkRoad。Theterminanarrowsensereferstoanancientoverlandtraderoute___42_______form)intheWesternHanDynasty.Thisroutestretched4，350milesfromChang'santowesternChina,centralAsia，andeventoEurope,___43________(enable）thesesregionstohavebettercommunicationsindiplomacy，businessandculture。Chinawasthefirstcountryintheworldtobreedsilkwormsandproducesilkfabric。Thiscraftskillreacheda___44________（fair)advancedlevelintheZhouDynasty.AsamajorexporttoEurope,”silk”wasusedtonamethisgreatroutebyaGermangeographer.China'ssilk___45________（introduce)intowesterncountriesthroughthisoldtraderoute.Peoplewere___46_________（familiar）withhisproductatthebeginning,andmademanyguessesat___47________itwasproduced.Accordingtotherecord,theidea