English is (21) ________ (widely) used language in the history of our planet. One in every seven human beings (22) ________ speak it. More than half of the world’s books and three quarters of international mail （23） _____ (be)  in English. Of all languages, English has the largest vocabulary — perhaps as many as two million words.
    However, let’s face it: English is a crazy language. There is no egg in (24) ________   eggplant, neither pine nor apple in a pineapple and no ham in a hamburger. Sweet-meats are candy, while sweetbreads, (25) ________ aren’t sweet, are meat.
    We take English (26) _______ granted. But when we explore its paradoxes (矛盾), we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square, public bathrooms have no baths in them.
    And why is it (27) ________ a writer writes, but fingers don’t fing, grocers don’t groce, and hammers don’t ham? (28) _____ the plural of tooth is teeth, shouldn’t the plural of booth be beeth?

How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites? How can overlook and oversee be opposites, while quite a lot and quite a few are alike? How can the weather be hot as hell one day and cold as hell the next?
    So far English, (29) ________ (invent) by people not computers, (30) ________ (reflect) the creativity of human beings.

A. complicated   B. seldom      C. aimed         D. dangerous       E. change

F. relative     G. simple     H. quality      I. inexperienced  

J. ignore       K. solution

There are more than almost two million cars on the streets of Shanghai. That’s not a big number ____31___ to the city’s population of 23 million, but everyone agrees that traffic is a big problem here. And many people would argue that it’s not the number of cars on the road, but the ____32___ of the drivers that is the main cause of concern.

   According to one survey, 37% of Shanghai drivers have less than three years of driving experience. Many of these drivers are middle-aged and have never operated machinery more ___33___ than a washing machine. On the road, they drive fast when they should drive slow, ___34___ use turn signals, and make right turns on red lights without stopping first. And in the past year, there have been several incidents that resulted in pedestrian deaths when ___35___ drivers mistook the gas pedal for the brake (刹车)pedal.

   There are new regulations ___36___ at making it more difficult for people to get a driver’s license, but that is only a partial ___37____ to Shanghai’s traffic problems. What is really needed is a ____38___ in drivers’ attitudes. There seems to be a lack of concern for safety on the part of drivers: their own safety and the safety of others. You can see this every day as drivers change lanes aggressively and ____39__ pedestrians at crosswalks and intersections.

A car is a great convenience, but it can also be a ____40__ weapon. Drivers will have to realize that before Shanghai’s streets can become truly safe.

65.   I __________ my son being bullied at school.

66.   We ___________________ reading has a positive effect on middle school

students.

67.It is well known that newspapers, magazines and TV remain _____________for  

   the general public to obtain information.

68. Due to the high cost of borrowing in the 1970s, many companies ______________  to close.

69. He was attacked and robbed by two people ________________.

70. They could not ___________ themselves _____________, nor remove their precious asserts in time.

71. I ________ creativity both _______ a gift and a skill.

72. He ______________ for being lazy.

73. Hangzhou is famous for its beautiful scenery; drinking tea ____________is    

an agreeable enjoyment.  

74. She was asked to __________ building up a harmonious society to the   community.

75. 这家商店属于我叔叔工作的那家公司。 （where）

76. 那家新造的宾馆位于河边。(locate)

77. 许多学生站在办公室外面，等着面试。 （interview）

78. 这名科学家尝试着发现核能，却没有成功。 （attempt）

79. 他之所以选择这所学校的原因是它有着良好的声誉。 （reputation）

   We often praise science. It explains the world and makes our lives __41__  through technology. One of the most exciting scientific  ___42___ is artificial intelligence (人工智能，AI). This is an area in which scientists are working on  __43__ machines that think like humans.  

    __44___ , one of the most famous scientists has a very dark __45___  about this type of technology.

 “The development of full artificial intelligence could spell the __46___ of the human race,” said Professor Stephen Hawking to the BBC. 

   Hawking is a well-known British physicist and the author of the bestselling science book A Brief History of Time. He gave his warning after __47___ on the technology he uses to speak with. As Hawking __48__ from a serious disease called ALS, he needs an AI computer to  __49____.  The computer learns how Hawking thinks and suggests the   __50___ he may want to use next. 

   This is a basic type of AI, and is very useful, yet Hawking fears the possibility of creating technology that can __51___ or surpass (超过) human intelligence. And it’s easy to __52___  how terrible things may be.

Many TV shows and films display big, killer machines that are far cleverer than us. “Humans, who are limited by slow biological evolution, couldn’t compete ,” said Hawking.

  But not every scientist is __53__ about AI technology. “I believe we will remain ___54___ the technology for a long time,” said Rollo Carpenter, the UK-based creator of Cleverbot, a software program that remembers past conversations. “The   ___55___ of it to solve many of the world’s problems will be realized.”

  In what direction do you think AI is heading? Should we be hopeful or fearful?

   41. A. richer        B. easier        C. busier       D. worse

   42. A. fields        B. models        C. businesses   D. lessons

   43. A. discovering   B. delivering    C. creating     D. examining

   44. A. Therefore     B. However       C. Besides      D. Instead

   45. A. promise       B. suggestion    C. request      D. warning

   46. A. fun           B. end           C. strength     D. advance

   47. A. carrying      B. passing       C. reporting    D. commenting

   48. A. suffers       B. learns        C. survives     D. recovers

   49. A. celebrate     B. communicate   C. relax        D. practice

   50. A. words         B. notes         C. ideas        D. messages

   51. A. assist        B. improve       C. realize      D. match

   52. A. prove         B. imagine       C. explain      D. recall

   53. A. curious       B. particular    C. pessimistic  D. optimistic

   54. A. in place of   B. in honor of   C. in favor of  D. in charge of

   55. A. potential     B. talent        C. performance  D. responsibility