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Passage 1
[2024贵州]Leonardo da Vinci began painting the Mona Lisa,one of the most famous paintings of all time,in 1503. He was working on a special painting for a church at the time,but it was not going 1. (good). The woman who can be seen in the Mona Lisa is said to be Madonna Lisa del Giocondo. She was the wife of an Italian businessman. Her husband asked da Vinci 2. (paint) a portrait(肖像) of her.
After da Vinci finished the painting in 1506,he was invited by the French King to visit France, 3. he took the painting with him. Today the Mona Lisa is kept in the Louvre,an art museum in Paris,and it is seen by about six million 4. (visit) a year.
The painting measures(测量为) only 77 centimeters by 53 centimeters and is painted 5. oil on wood. In 1911,Vincenzo Peruggia,a worker at the Louvre,stole the painting. He took it out of the museum by hiding it under 6. (he) coat. Two years later,police officers found 7. painting when he tried to sell it.
In 1962,the Mona Lisa was 8. (take) to Washington and New York for artwork shows. For the journey,the museum 9. (want) to insure(给……投保) the painting. The insurance company set the value of it at 100 million dollars,making it the most 10. (value) painting ever! Today,the value of the painting would be over 700 million dollars.
Passage 2
[2023贵州]Each year, billions of pounds of garbage end up in the oceans. Sometimes people throw away water 1. (bottle) or other plastic. They do not recycle their garbage. People may not know that wind 2. rain can move garbage from land to sea. Plastic takes a very long time to break down. It can remain in the oceans 3. hundreds of years. Plastic pieces are very 4. (danger) to sea animals.
One group, Washed Ashore, came up with a new idea 5. (tell) people about the problems in the oceans. First, they take the garbage from 6. beach. Then, they clean and sort it. 7. (final), they work with the plastic pieces to make huge works of art. The artwork is mostly of sea creatures (生物).
Washed Ashore has 8. (create) more than seventy of these works of art. Some of 9. (they) are now traveling in a show all over the world. Each piece shows the effects of trash.
In one show, people learn how plastic fools fish and other sea animals. They think the plastic 10. (be) food, eat it, and get very sick or even die.
This would not happen if people used less plastic and did not litter. The plastic would not end up in the ocean.
Passage 3
[2024省一模]How much do you know about artificial intelligence (AI) ? Scientists have been studying AI 1. many years. Using AI, robots and computers are able to think for themselves and do things like ordering products, 2. (make) movie or music recommendations (推荐), or even driving cars without the help of humans.
On the one hand, this is positive. For example, 3. self-driving car can often be safer than a human. One advantage 4. (be) that self-driving cars aren't distracted(分心),as humans sometimes are when driving. Smartphones and speakers have also made life much 5. (easy). Now, we can order products or ask for help 6. (direct) just by speaking into smartphones or speakers.
On the other hand, there are 7. (risk). Are we ready for robots that can think by themselves? One disadvantage is that they might do things that we don't want them 8. (do). For example, they might be listening to 9. watching us without us knowing about it. They may be tracking our activities online, for example, which is another disadvantage. We may lose 10. (we) privacy(隐私).
Technology is here to stay, and we just need to be aware of how we use it.
Passage 4
[2023贵州省一模]Martin developed a deep interest in Chinese culture as a child. He enjoyed practicing tai chi with his mother. He also showed 1. interest in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). After graduating 2. high school, he entered a college in Victoria. One of his teachers was from Hunan.
“He taught 3. (we) many interesting things about Hunan, like the great doctor Zhang Zhongjing. He also told me that 4. I wanted to understand Chinese medicine better, I must go to China,” said Martin. So he came to Hunan.
Martin 5. (start) to study at the Hunan University of Chinese Medicine in Changsha in 2007. Zhong Huan, a professor at the university, said that he 6. (real) liked the Canadian student. “He speaks up in class and often expresses 7. (create) ideas,” Zhong said, adding that Martin always asked plenty of questions.
After spending more than fifteen 8. (year) in Changsha, Martin speaks good Chinese. He has a deep understanding of TCM, which he calls a treasure of Chinese civilization (文明). Martin also 9. (like) to practice kung fu and tai chi.
Martin often talks about TCM with his friends. He said that if he decides to return to Canada, he plans 10. (open) a clinic (诊所) to spread the knowledge of TCM and Chinese culture. He also hopes to introduce kung fu and tai chi to more people to help them build their bodies.
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