C. there is no space to talk about it in the book D. he doesn't think the society in the novel is simple
67. Why does Kazuo admire ordinary individuals’ participation in shaping history? A. Because their recorded history will be taught in schools. B. Because they can make up their own history. C. Because ordinary people are important to society. D. Because history can be viewed from various angles. 68. Which expression can be put in the gap in paragraph 4? A. something interesting C. some famous figures
B. historical details D. a complete blank
69. The underlined word “cliffhanger'' probably refers to a(n) _ ending. A. abrupt
B. normal
C. unfinished. D. loose
70. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that . A. Ishguro doesn't like the ending of The Buried Giant B. Ishguro has a clear goal before writing the ending C. Ishguro adds an emotional ending on purpose D. Ishguro doesn't care about the ending at all
第Ⅱ卷（两部分，共35分）
第四部分 任务型阅读（共10小题：每小题1分，满分10分）
请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。注意：每个空格只填1个单词.请将答案写在答题卡上相应题号的横线上。
Translation is an essential tool for communication between businesses, between companies and their customers, between organizations, and between countries. The most common way to get a translation done is to go through a translation agency or a translator. But the past few years have seen the appearance of a new type of translators: machine translators. Nowadays a person can point his smartphone at a sign in downtown Japan and a machine translation app will display the text on the sign in English. So, with such advanced technology being created, the question arises, win human translators will be jobless in future?
When talking about Machine Translations we all think of Google Translate first, for one thing, it is the most famous one with more than 500 million users worldwide. It is a huge number compared to human translators: over 330,000 translators internationally which is just 0.0045% of the world population. Google Translate translates 100
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billion words per day, that is, 41,666,666 words per hour, in comparison 250 words per hour are translated by professionals. On average human translation of 1 word equals to $0.11, which means that if we gave the job done by Google Translate to professionals they would have daily jobs of 10,000 words which multiplied by $0.11 is $ 1100 a day.
It seems that machine translators have taken the lead in the competition with humans. However, not everything in the garden is rose. Not every language is offered by machine translation tools: while Google's translation gives plenty of languages, what if your required language isn't on the list?
The biggest complaint regarding machine translation is that it may even basically provide a literal,
word-for-word translation. The translation, even though it may be comprehensible, will not sound natural at all, will not be well-structured and may not keep the original meaning. In a contest held by a Korean university, Google Translate went up against a group of human translators. Google's translations only scored a 28 out of 60 possible points while the humans scored much better, with a high score of 49 out of 60.
Unlike a machine, when doing translation, a human translator must take into account the style of the source text: context, humor, irony, and idiomatic expressions. Missing the spirit and aesthetic(美学的）character of the source text is less excusable than a few errors in translation of words. Content that is targeted to a specific audience requires a more comprehensive understanding of the messaging. Unlike machines, humans understand when to be literal and when to paraphrase(意译）for their audience.
Machine translating technology is getting better day by day, but it has a long way to go before being perfect. It is likely that in the future human translators will work alongside machine translators and use the software produced translation as an aid or a guide, in order to produce their own translations. But only if we provide improvement.
Will Machine Translation(71) Human Translation? Only a small number of people can have (73) to human translators. Human are slower than machines in completing (72) of human translation Translation. Human translation is (74) compared with machine translation. Challenges facing machine translation
The languages that machine translators can translate are (75) . 12
Machine translation may not be (76) with the original meaning. Human translators are better in preserving the (77) of the source text than machine translators. Machine translators cannot (78) their translation to a specific audience. Machine translators may (79) humans with Conclusion translation work , but humans need to (80) it up. 第五部分 书面表达（满分25分）
81.请仔细观察下面的图表，并按照要求用英语写一篇150词左右的文章。
【写作内容】
1.用约30个单词概述图表中的现象；
2.造成这一现象的原因有哪些，简要谈谈你的看法（原因不少于两点）； 3.提出你对这一问题的解决方法。 【写作要求】
1.作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称； 2.不必写标题；
3.参考词汇：obesity rate 肥胖率 malnutrition rate 营养不良率 school-age children 学龄儿童 【评分标准】
内容完整，语言规范，语篇连贯，词数适当。
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江苏省扬州市2017-2018学年度第一学期期中检测试题
高三英语参考答案
第一部分 听力（共两节，每题1分，满分20分） 1-5 BAACB
6-10 ABCAB
11-15 CBACA
16-20 CBCAC
第二部分 英语知识运用
第一节 单项填空 (共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分) 21—25 DADCB 26—30 BCADC
31—35 CDBAA
第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，共20分） 36—40 CABCA 41—45 DBCDA
46—50 DABBC
51—55 BDCAB
第三部分 阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分） 56—57 BA 58—61 ACDD
62—65 DCBB
66—70 CDDAB
第四部分 任务型阅读 (共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分) 71. Replace
72. Disadvantages/Drawbacks 75. limited
73. access 76. consistent 80. polish
74. expensive/costly/dear 77. style
78. adapt/adjust 79. help/aid/assist
第五部分 书面表达 (满分25分)
81. The chart shows that family income greatly affects the health problems of school-age children. With the family income increasing, their malnutrition rate has been falling, while the obesity rate rising.
There are some reasons accounting for this phenomenon. On the one hand, parents with higher income spoil their children to such a degree that they tend to provide their children with delicious fatty food, but ignore the importance of their balanced diets. On the other hand, parents with lower income cannot afford expensive nutritious food due to their economic squeeze, which leads to their children’s malnutrition.
As for the solutions to this phenomenon, parents of high-income families should increase their awareness of the severe problem with obesity and help their children develop healthy eating habits. Meanwhile, parents of low-income families should and must try every means to improve the quality of their children’s diets, which help them grow healthily.
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英语听力试题原文
Text 1
M: Jane, do you have a map of Manchester? I want to find a good place to eat.
W: Why not try Chinatown? There are plenty of good Chinese restaurants there, and it's near here. Text 2
M: Let's do something different for vacation this year. Oh, let's go to Colorado. I want to learn to snowboard. W: Oh, Paul, you know I don't like cold weather. Can't we go someplace warm, like the beach? Text 3
W: This job is for three days a week: Monday, Friday, and Saturday. Are you Okay with that?
M: Mmm... I was hoping to have Saturday free. But I need the job, so... can you tell me what exactly I will do? Text 4
M: Do you know if John's coming home for dinner? W: He'll be late. He said not to wait for him. Text 5
W: I'm really tired from packing all these boxes for three hours. It's about time to call it a day. M: I know. Maybe we could do it first thing tomorrow morning. W: Why not? These orders are not urgent. Text 6 M: Lisa? Hi! W: Hi, Ned.
M: Don't you usually drive to work? W: Usually, but not in bad weather. M: Why is that?
W: The traffic gets a lot worse when it rains or snows. M: I always take the train. It's a lot faster for me than driving. W: It's faster for me, too, but the time isn't always convenient.
M: Yeah, but think of all the things you can do on the train 00 read a book or the newspaper... W: Or answer my email... No thanks! My workday is long enough already. Text 7
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