2019--2020学年度上学期省六校协作体高二期初考试英语试题本试卷分四部分，卷面分数120分。
考试用时100分钟。
第一部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分35分）第一节（共10小题；每小题2.5分，满分25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。
AI waited in line for hours in Central Park for tickets to Shakespeare, so I could share my experience with you. I hope my experience will be helpful to you!1. Plan for the weather.You’ll be sitting outside for several hours waiting for tickets. If it’s going to be a sunny day, bring sun cream and water. If you think it might rain, bring your umbrella or raincoat. If the day promises to be unseasonably cool, you’ll be happy you’ve brought a sweater or jacket along.2. Keep yourself entertained.Bring an iPad, a good book, some magazin es or even some work along with you to pass the time. You’ll be in line for about 3-4 hours, and you’ll be glad to have a crossword puzzle or other games to kill the time once the people-watching starts to get boring.3. Know the basics.Free tickets are b eing given out for the same day’s performance and they are not changeable. That means if it rains, you’re out of luck. That also means that you have to wait for tickets in the morning and attend the evening’s performance the same night (Doors open around 8 p.m. for the 8:30 p.m. show.).4. Feeling fortunate? Enter the online ticket lottery(抽签获票).If you don’t want to spend several hours waiting in line for tickets, you can try your luck on the Internet. Once you set up your account, you can enter the online ticket lottery between midnight and noon. You’ll get an email message around noon if you’ve gotten tickets, and you can pick up your tickets at the Delacorte Theater between 5:30 pm and 7:30 pm.1. Why is a crossword puzzle suggested by the author?A. To cool you down on a sunny day.B. To give you something to read.C. To entertain you while you are waiting.D. To make iPad games amusing .2. Which of the following is NOT allowed?A. Being seated for the evening show at 8:20 p.m.B. Changing your free tickets for another day.C. Getting free tickets in the rain.D. Trying your luck to get free tickets on the Internet.3. What is the author’s main purpose in writing the passage?A. To give us some tips on buying online tickets.B. To make sure you are entertained while you are in line.C. To call on us to read more books about Shakespeare.D. To give practical advice about getting tickets.BSeal Island is a 200-meter long island off the coast of South Africa, which is surrounded by 55 to 57 degrees Fahrenheit waters and covered with over 60,000 seals and some birds. This island has been home to many birds and seals. You may think this island is a paradise. In fact, the island is not famous for the seals or birds. However, the real stars are the great white sharks that leap out of the water to catch the seals they are hunting.You may think that there is no way for a 15-foot long, 3000-pound shark to hurl its body out of the water and catch a seal in midair. Actually, these sharks are called “Air Jaws”.Over the years, the seals have gotten smarter. Now, they go out in groups of seven and eight to feed. They swim down on the sea floor, which gives them extra cover. When they have to swim near the surface of water, they swim in a zigzag pattern(Z字形). But with all these tricks, they can still be cleverly beaten by the sharks. Usually, the sharks will take one seal away from its group and force it to swim on the surface, where it is easy to hunt. Sometimes, the seal is fortunate and gets away, but most of them die in the process of trying to survive.Every year, tourists go to see these amazing animals leap out of the water, sometimes flinging their whole bodies into the air when they want to catch the seals. This is the reason why this island attracts thousands of tourists from around the world every year.4. Which of the following statements is true?A. Seal Island is covered with only 6000 seals.B. Great white sharks always catch seals under the water.C. The way the great white sharks hunt makes Seal Island famous.D. Seal Island is a 200-meter-long island in North Africa.5. Why do the seals swim in a zigzag pattern?A. To prove they are smart.B. To play in groups.C. To search for food.D. To avoid the white sharks.6. According to Paragraph 3, we can know_______.A. the seals have learned how to escape.B. the seals usually swim near the water surface.C. the sharks are often successful in hunting the seals.D. the sharks are less intelligent than the seals.CNao, the first robot able to show feelings, has been created by a European research team. When Nao is sad, he lowers his head and looks down. When he’s happy, he raises his arms for a hug. Nothing is out of the ordinary, except that Nao is a robot.“We’re modeling the first years of life,” says Lola Canamero, a computer scientist at the University of Hertforshire. “The feelings are shown through physical gestures and body movements rather than facial or verbal(言语的) expressions.”In the future, says the scientist, robots are likely to act as companions, provide support for old people, and help people shop online. In such uses, the display of feeling will be important in making the interactions(交往) more natural and comfortable.Nao has been programmed to copy the emotional skills of a one-year-old child. It can memorize faces, and knows the basic rules of good and bad. Based on these it can decide how to react to what is going on. The actions going with each feeling are pre-programmed, but Nao decides for itself when to display them.Nao is also programmed to have different personalities. A more independent robot is less likely to call for help when exploring a room, while a more fearful robot will show distress if it finds somethingin the room that may be harmful.Canamero’s team will take its emotional programming forward into medical applications. Part of the project will look at ways to use robots in hospitals to support the roles of doctors, nurses and parents. Children might find that a small, friendly-looking robot that can understand their emotional states makes them less anxious. “We want to explore different roles—the robots will help the children to understand their treatment and explain what they have to do. We want to help the children to control t heir anxiety.” she says.7. According to the text, Nao_______.A. displays different feelings in different situationsB. is able to imitate adult emotional displaysC. can remember people’s feelingsD. learns emotions from facial expressions8. What can we learn from the text?A. Scientists worked on facial and spoken expressions to create Nao’s emotions.B. The time when Nao displays feelings has been pre-programmed.C. Emotional programming is used in medicine production.D. Robots with emotional skills can help children feel more comfortable.9. What does the underlined word “distress” in Paragraph 5 probably mean?A. Courage.B. Anxiety.C. Anger.D. Satisfaction.10. What is the text mainly about?A. The relationship between humans and robots.B. The roles that robots play in different fields.C. The first robot able to show feelings.D. The long history of robots.第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。