河南省驻马店市新蔡县第一高级中学2024-2025学年高一下学期4月期中模拟英语试题（含答案）

新蔡县第一高级中学2024-2025学年高二下学期4月份期中模拟考试英语试题 注意事项： 1.答题前请填好自己的姓名、班级、考号等信息； 2.请将答案正确填写在答题卡上。 一、听力(共两节，满分30分)略 二、阅读理解(共两节，共20小题.每小题2.5分，满分50分) 第一节(共15小题；每小题2.5分，共37.5分) A The market reaction was cruel. On January 27, 2025, when people realized how good DeepSeek’s “V3” and “R1” AI models were, Nvidia (英伟达), a chip company, lost $600 billion in value. Even though DeepSeek’s success worried some investors, it shows that competition and creation can make AI cheaper and more useful. DeepSeek’s models are as good as those from Google and OpenAI but cost much less. Stopped by American from using advanced chips, Chinese companies’ hard work has paid off. The cost of DeepSeek competing with the best has dropped quickly. Within days, DeepSeek became the most downloaded app on iPhones. Sam Altman, the boss of OpenAI, has spent years telling investors they should keep ahead of AI field. However, DeepSeek put their profits at risk. Nvidia was once the world’s most valuable company because people thought the best AI needed very expensive chips. This is why DeepSeek’s success led to a stock(股票) market dropping on January 27th. DeepSeek created more winners than losers. Apple is glad that it did not spend billions on AI projects. It can choose the best models like DeepSeek. However, the real winners will be consumers. For AI to change society, it needs to be cheap, popular and out of the control of any one country or company. DeepSeek’s success makes this possible. Some have begun to doubt that DeepSeek improved by copying American technology. In fact, it is an important new creation, causing more competition in AI field. For years, top U. S. AI labs have been devoted to using advanced chips to improve performance, rather than making models cheaper and faster. But DeepSeek shows there is a better way to improve algorithm (算法) based on common chips. 21．What directly caused Nvidia’s sharp value drop on January 27th A．Apple’s cooperation with DeepSeek. B．The U. S. government’s restrictions. C．DeepSeek’s powerful and cheaper models. D．Investors’ lack of confidence in AI’s future. 22．What are DeepSeek’s advantages compared to OpenAI’s models A．More useful and cheaper. B．More advanced and powerful. C．More expensive and smarter. D．More reliable and profitable. 23．What does Apple’s reaction to DeepSeek’s success imply A．Its plan to copy DeepSeek’s methods. B．Its concern about losing market share. C．Its regret for missing AI investment opportunities. D．Its satisfaction with avoiding expensive AI projects. 24．What can we infer about DeepSeek from the last paragraph A．Copying American models’ technology. B．Cooperating with global companies to gain the chance. C．Focusing on common chips and creative ways to improve. D．Depending on advanced chips to reach computing power. B Tariffs: Protection or Hindrance (妨碍) In the ... ...