内容正文:
2018年度高三入学摸底考试英语试题 请将所有答案填写在答卷纸相应的位置上,考试结束后,将本试卷和答题卡一并交回 第1卷 第二部分阅读理解(共两节,满分40分) 第一节(共15小题:每小题2分,满分30分 阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上 将该项涂黑 Fallingwater is a house built over a waterfall in Southwestern Pennsylvania. Frank Lloyd Wright AImerica's most famous architect designed the house in 1935. It instantly became famous, and today it is a National Historic Landmark Guided House Tour This tour features all the major rooms of the house and lasts about one hour. Photography is not permitted during this tour. The Guided House Tour allows children six-year-old and older to enjoy the house with their parents Adults-.$ 20. 00 with advance purchase S 23 00 when purchased on site Youth (ages 6-12)--.S 14. 00 with advance purch S 17. 00 when purchased on site Daily from 10: 00 a. m to 4: 00 p. m, except Wednesday Depth Tour The tour is best if you desire a greater understanding of what Wright was seeking to create with his masterwork. The number of visitors on each tour is limited and photography is permitted for personal use only Children nine years and older may accompany adults on this tour S65. 00 per person (Available by advance ticket purchase only) Daily from 10: 00 a. m to 4: 00 p. m Sunset Tour D Machines could put more than half the world's population out of work in the next 30 years, according to a computer scientist who said on Saturday that artificial intelligence's threat to the global economy should not be ignored. Physicist Stephen Hawking and the tech billionaires Bill Gates and Elon Musk issued a similar waning last year Moshe Vardi, a professor at Rice University, said that Al (artificial intelligence) could drive global unemployment to 50%o. He said the Al revolution will not be a matter of physically powerful machines that do better than human laborers, but rather a contest between human wisdom and mechanical intelligence and rength In his talk, Vardi referred to economist John Maynard Keynes' rosy view of a future in which billions work