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2019届高三英语二模汇编——十一选十

1、2019黄浦二模
Directions:Completethefollowingpassagebyusingthewordsinthebox.Eachwordcanonlybeusedonce.Notethatthereisonewordmorethanyouneed.
A.processedB.increasingG.injected
C.applicationsD.typing
E.interpretingF.reflected

H.transformingI.connectionsJ.remarkableK.superhuman
TheNextFrontier:UsingThoughttoControlMachines
Technologiesareoftenbilledastransformative.ForWilliamKochevar,thetermisjustified.MrKochevarisparalysedbelowtheshouldersafteracyclingaccident,yethasmanagedtofeedhimselfbyhisownhand.This31progressispartlythankstoelectrodes,implantedinhisrightarm,whichstimulatemuscles.Buttherealmagiclieshigherup.MrKochevarcancontrolhisarmusingthepowerofthought.Hisintentiontomoveis32inneural(神经的activityinhismotorregion;thesesignalsaredetectedbyimplantsinhisbrainand33intocommandstoactivatetheelectrodesinhisarms.
Anabilitytodecodethoughtinthiswaymaysoundlikesciencefiction.Butbrain-computerinterfaces(BCIsliketheBrainGatesystemusedbyMrKochevarprovideevidencethatmind-controlcanwork.Researchersareabletotellwhatwordsandimagespeoplehaveheardandseenfromneuralactivityalone.Informationcanalsobeencodedandusedtostimulatethebrain.Over300,000peoplehavecochlear(耳蜗的implants,whichhelpthemtohearby34soundintoelectricalsignalsandsendingthemintothebrain.Scientistshave“35”dataintomonkeysheads,instructingthemtoperformactionsviaelectricalpulses.
AsourTechnologyQuarterlyinthisissueexplains,thepaceofresearchintoBCIsandthescaleofitsambitionare36.BothAmerica’sarmedforcesandSiliconValleyarestartingtofocusonthebrain.Facebookdreamsofthought-to-text37.Kernel,astartup,has$100mtospendonneurotechnology.ElonMuskhasformedafirmcalledNeuralink;hethinksthat,ifhumanityistosurvivethearrivalofartificialintelligence,itneedsanupgrade.Entrepreneursimagineaworldinwhichpeoplecancommunicateusingthoughts,witheachotherandwithmachines,oracquire38abilities,suchashearingatveryhighfrequencies.
Thesepowers,iftheyevermaterialise,aredecadesaway.Butwellbeforethen,BCIscouldopenthedoortowonderfulnew39.Imaginestimulatingthevisualregiontohelptheblind,makingnewneural40instrokevictimsormonitoringthebrainforsignsofdepression.Byturningthefiringofneuronsintoaresourcetobeused,BCIsmaychangetheideaofwhatitmeanstobehuman.

2、2019普陀二模
A.determinedB.entitledC.officiallyD.seekingF.establishment
E.version
G.rejectedH.variousI.completelyJ.pricedK.absorbed
TheHistoricalChangeofReader’sDigest
DuringWorldWarI,Mr.DeWittWallacewaswoundedinabattle.Duringhisrecoveryinthehospital,hereadalotofmagazinesand(31___________alotofinterestinginformation.Atthesametime,healsofoundthatfewpeoplehadtimetoreadsomanymagazinesthatherealizedtheideaofexcerpting(摘录thesearticlesandpublishingthem.
Hewas(32___________topublishapocketmagazinetheycalledReader’sDigestwithhiswifeLilaAcheson.TheyopenedanofficedownstairsinanillegalhotelinGreenwichVillage,NewYork,andspentonly$5,000incapitalandbegan(33__________subscribers.Afteraperiodofhardwork,thefirstvolumewas(34
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__________publishedonFebruary5,1922.Itspurposeistoinformthereadersindailylifeandgivethereadersentertainment,encouragementandguidance.Thefirstarticle,(35___________HowtoStayYoungMentally,wasoneandahalfpageslong.
In1920,heput(36____________selectedarticlesintoReader’sDigestsamplesanddisplayedthemtomajorpublishersintheUnitedStates.Hehopedthatsomeonewouldbewillingtopublishthem,buttheywereall(37___________.Mr.Wallacedidnotgiveupanddecidedtopublishithimself.Heworkedathomewithhiswife,andfinallypublishedthefirstissueofReader’sDigestinFebruary1922.Thefirstwasprintedin5,000copies,(38___________at25cents,andsentto1,500paymentsubscribersbymail.By1935,thecirculationofReader’sDigesthadreachedonemillioncopies.
TheChinese(39___________ofReader’sDigestwasfirstpublishedinMarch1965.Thefirsteditor-