2017-2018 学年高一上学期期中考试 英语试题 题号I II III IV V VI 总分 得分 一、阅读理解（本大题共15 小题，共30.0 分） A Whether you rely on your bike for transportation or exercise，youll enjoy these fun facts on this two-wheeled vehicle In 1817 ，Karl von Drais，a German baron ，invented a horseless carriage that would help him get around fasterThe two-wheeled ，pedalless device moved by pushing your feet against the groundThe machine became known as thedraisine，and led to the creation of the modern-day bicycleThe termbicyclewas not introduced until the 1860s，when it was coined in France to describe a new kind of two-wheeler with a mechanical drive Orville and Wilbur Wright ，the brothers who built the first flying airplane， operated a small bike repair shop in Dayton，OhioThey used their workshop to build the 1903Wright FlyerFred A Birchmore ，25，circled the globe by bicycle in 1935The entire trip，through Europe，Asia ，and the United States， covered 40 ，000miles He pedaled about 25，000miles The rest was traveled by boat He wore out seven sets of tires In the 1980s，bicycle delivery services developed into an important industry， especially in cities，where the couriers（快递员） earned a reputation for their high speed and traffic-weaving skills Americans use their bicycles for less than one percent of all urban tripsEuropeans bike in cities a lot more often-in Italy 5percent of all trips are on bicycle， 30percent in the Netherlands，and 7out of 8Dutch people over age 15have a bike The Tour de France is one of the most famous bicycle races in the worldEstablished in 1903，it is considered to be the biggest test of endurance out of all sports Lance Armstrong ，an American cyclist，is the only rider to have won 7titles after surviving cancer 1.The underlined wordcoinedin the second paragraph can be replaced by _ A. bought B. discovered C. printed D. created 2.Who made the most important contribution to the bike？ _ A. Karl von DraisB. The Wright brothers C. Fred A Birchmore D. Lance Armstrong 3.The couriers in the 1980s in the cities preferred the bike because it was _ A. beautiful and produced no noise B. a symbol of fashion and wealth C. cheap and could be moved about easily D. fast and rarely affected by traffic conditions B The defeat of Lee Sedol ， the worlds strongest Go （围棋） player， by a Google artificial intelligence （AI ） program ，looks like another milestone towards a world where computers can do almost anything a human canIt is not There are uncountable things that only a human can do，and that no computer seems close toThe problem is that the purely human things are not economically useful to anyoneThe things that computers can be taught to do are by contrast economically fantasticBut even the most powerful programs are not human， just as a shovel （铲车） They have no feelingsWhat they have is power，but this power is growing at a rate that should frighten us a ll It might be less frightening if computers were truly intelligent，but even the most powerful networks are less human than monstrous Martians （火星人） Their power will be used to make money for the firms that finance their development ，and then for others quick and clever enough to take advantage of the new worldIt is far more likely that they will increase inequality and still further remove the middle classes as we move towards an hourglass （以金钱来衡量的） society in which everyone is either very rich or very poor and likely indebted One of the ill effects of the spread of more intelligent computer networks is，at the same time ， the spread of what might be called artificial stupidity If AI is employed largely to replace unskilled labour，it is most productive when labour is kept unskilled or redefined that waySo much of the work in service industries is now simplified until it might be automated （自动化）And robots will never need pensions AI is slowly reducing skilled work，like some forms of medical diagnosis （诊断）， at the same time ，as older doctors complain that the traditional human skills of diagnosis are falling out of medical training The belief that everything worthwhile can be measured and then managed is far more damaging to humanity than the threat of artificial intelligence on its own But no victory in complicated Go games can bring us closer to truly human-like computers 4.By mentioning the defeat of Lee Sedol ，the author intends to tell us that _ A. comput ers can completely replace humans in everything B. humans are of no practical economic values to the society C. the power of computers is growing at a frightening rate D. AI programs can not compare with humans economically 5.We can learn from Paragraph 2 that the power of computers will _ A. improve the quality of human life B. promote equality at work places C. make contributions to human development D. widen the gap between the rich and the poor 6.What doesartificial stupidityin Paragragh 3 mean？ _ A. Unskilled workers become stupid B. AI discourages skilled work C. Computers dont need pensions D. AI is ruining medical training 7.What is the autho