沧州2024-2025学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高三英语

1、_______ in my life impressed me so deeply as my first visit to the Palace Museum.

A．Anything

B．Nothing

C．Everything

D．Something

2、Our blood depends on us moving around to be able to _______ properly.

A.bleed B.bond C.crash D.circulate

3、The median number of speakers is a mere 6,000,  means that half theworld’s languages are spoken by fewer people than that.

A.which B.that C.it D.what

4、You can't imagine what difficult we had _______ home in the snowstorm．

A.find B.found C.to find D.finding

5、My mother looked at me and ________ laughing.

A．made out

B．worked out

C．burst out

D．looked out

6、Each star on the flag of the United States _______ a state of this nation.

A.stands by B.stands out C.stands for D.stands up

7、Lydia really regrets____ out of high school. She has really had to struggle to make a living because of that decision.

A.drop B.to drop C.dropping D.dropped

8、At the end of the dinner party, the conclusion of the crisis________ bare the fact women have as much self-control as men.

A.lay B.laid

C.lined D.lied

9、I ________ driving lessons for over a year, and still haven’t got my licence.

A．have been taking

B．had taken

C．took

D．would take

10、His studies on literature are very varied, ________ from Chinese literature to western literature.

A.ranges B.containing C.ranging D.covering

11、My uncle got well­prepared for the job interview.He couldn’t risk the good opportunity________．

A.to lose B.losing C.to be lost D.being lost

12、Learning English means more than memorizing a lot of words. It ________ a large amount of reading as well.

A.involves B.inspires C.motivates D.associates

13、The Internet users have been warned to ______ any messages that ask you to send cash or personal information, no matter how formal they are.

A.abandon B.reject C.decrease D.withdraw

14、When the candidates came in, the interviewer made a ________ to them to take their seats at the desk. Which of the following is IMPROPER?

A.motion B.hint

C.sign D.signal

15、— How did ________ feel to run 3,000 meters at the sports meeting?

—Terrible! Especially when I saw I was left so far ________ by others.

A.that; alone B.it; alone C.that; behind D.it; behind

16、You'll have to pay one month's rent in ________，plus a ________ of $500.

A．advance；check

B．reservation；cash

C．advance；deposit

D．check；deposit

17、—How I wish I __________ fly to the moon!

—Really? That would be great.

A.can B.may C.should D.could

18、“Never for a second,” the boy said, “ ________ my father would come to my rescue.”

A.I doubted that B.do I doubt whether

C.did I doubted if D.did I doubt that

19、Where is my pen？I ____it.

A.might lose B.would have lost

C.should have lost D.must have lost

20、After the dinner, I looked at the bill and found that it was 200 yuan   , including the wine.

A. after all B. at all C. in all D. above all

21、The government_________ air quality in urban areas from levels one to five: excellent, fairly good, slightly polluted, poor and dangerous.

A.classifies B.arranges C.correspond D.divides

22、As he was not allowed to   her to the shops, he wrote out a list of items for her.

A. appointment B. ambulance C. accompany D. adjustment

23、That is the only place ____ we can visit next month .

A.where B.that C.which D.to which

24、You just can’t imagine that such a clever, promising student _________ murderer.

A.turned B.changed C.became D.got

25、 －It's getting dark. I must be off now.

－OK, please take care and ________ my best wishes to your family.

A．accomplish B．clarify   C．preserve D．Convey

26、   Kobe Bryant was one of nine people killed in a helicopter crash on 26, Jan. 2019. He was 41. His 13-year-old daughter Gianna was also killed in the crash. Bryant was one of the greatest NBA players of all-time and an icon in the sports world. In addition to his success on the basketball court, Bryant was known for a ceaseless work ethic and incredible drive.

In honor of Bryant’s legacy, here are some inspiring quotes from Bryant on hard work, success, and life.

On achieving success:

“When you make a choice and say, ‘Come hell or high water, I am going to be this,’ then you should not be surprised when you are that. It should not be something that is intoxicating or out of character because you have seen this moment for so long that ... when that moment comes, of course it is here because it has been here the whole time, because it has been [in your mind] the whole time.”

On failure:

“I don’t mean to sound cavalier when I say that, but never. It’s basketball. I’ve practiced and practiced and played so many times. There’s nothing truly to be afraid of, when you think about it ... Because I’ve failed before, and I woke up the next morning, and I’m OK. People say bad things about you in the paper on Monday, and then on Wednesday, you're the greatest thing since sliced bread. I’ve seen that cycle, so why would I be nervous about it happening?”

On life:

“There’s a choice that we have to make as people, as individuals. If you want to be great at something there is a choice you have to make. We can all be masters at our craft, but you have to make a choice. What I mean by that is, there are inherent sacrifices that come along with that — family time, hanging out with your friends, being a great friend, being a great son, nephew, whatever the case may be. There are sacrifices that come along with that.”

On retiring and facing the end of his basketball career:

“There is beauty in that. I mean, it's going through the cycle. I mean, it's the cycle that is the natural progression of growth, of maturation. I mean, there's no sadness in that ... I see the beauty in not being able to blow past defenders anymore, you know what I mean? I see the beauty in getting up in the morning and being in pain because I know all the hard work that it took to get to this point. So, I’m not, I'm not sad about it. I'm very appreciative of what I've had.”

【1】What is the attitude of Kobe Bryant towards achieving success by saying “Come hell or high water, I am going to be this”?

A.Confident B.Determined

C.Optimistic D.Frightened

【2】The word “cavalier” in the 3rd paragraph probably means __________.

A.not serious or caring B.anxious and eager

C.worried and pessimistic D.not proud or arrogant

【3】When it comes to failure, Kobe Bryant tended to __________.

A.fight against those who said bad things about him.

B.worry about others’ comments on his performance.

C.cheer for himself by regarding himself as the greatest figure.

D.show no fear facing ups and downs.

【4】What can be inferred from the passage?

A.People paid tribute to Kobe Bryant for his success on the basketball court.

B.Kobe Bryant devoted more of his life to basketball instead of accompanying his family.

C.Kobe Bryant regarded his retirement as the beginning of another career.

D.Kobe Bryant felt emotionless when facing the end of his basketball career.

27、A glimpse at Spring Festival Chinese film releases

The clock is ticking down to 2021! We’ve handpicked some films to help you get in the spirit of the season.

Hi, Mom

The film is widely regarded as the top dark horse thanks to its tear-jerking narration of mother-daughter affection, which is directed by Jia Ling.

Time： Feb. 12—14 9：30 a. m.〜11 ：30 a.m.

Place： Room 1

Treats： Popcorn, Ice cream

Price： ¥80

Detective Chinatown 3

Directed by Chen Sicheng, this movie topped the list of the most-anticipated holiday films sent by movie ticketing platform Maoyan.

Time： Feb. 14-16 1：00p. m.〜3：00P.m.

Place ： Room 2

Treats： Popcorn, Ice cream （for free）

Price： ¥75

A Writer/ Odyssey

Director Lu Yang showed a boldly imaginative visualization of a horrible fantasy world, taking the third seat with 410 million yuan.

Time： Feb. 13—17 9 ：30 a. m. 11 ：30 a. m.

Place： Room 3

Price： ¥65

Endgame

The film illustrates a comical up and down fate between an unsuccessful theater actor and a famous professional assassin（刺客）who loses his memory accidentally.

Time： Feb. 15 — 18 3：30 p. m.〜5：30 p. m.

Place： Room 4

Price： ¥60

Welcome to book through the WeChat account!

【1】Which room will show a film about family love?

A．Room 1.

B．Room 2.

C．Room 3.

D．Room 4.

【2】What time can you get free treats?

A．Feb. 16 3：00 a. m.

B．Feb. 15 2：00 p. m.

C．Feb. 18 2：00 p. m.

D．Feb. 14 11 ：00 a. m.

【3】Where is the text probably from?

A．A report.

B．A poster.

C．A journal.

D．A guidebook.

28、   Computer scientists have hoped to give robots technical skills to help them recognize, process and react to humor. But these attempts have mostly failed. AI (人工智能) experts say that in many cases, attempts to make robots understand humor end up producing funny results, but not in the way they were supposed to.

Tristan Miller studied more than 10,000 puns (双关语) in one research project. The pun is a kind of joke that uses a word with two meanings. For example, you could say, “Balloons do not like pop music.” The word “pop” can be a way of saying popular music; or can mean the sound a balloon makes when it explodes. But a robot might not get the joke. Tristan Miller says that is because humor is a kind of creative language that is extremely difficult for computer intelligence to understand.

Allison Bishop is a computer scientist and she also performs stand-up comedy. She explained that machines are trained to look for patterns. Comedy, on the other hand, relies on things that stay dose to a pattern, kit not completely within it. To be funny, humor should also not be predictable, Bishop said. This sets a great obstacle for a machine to recognize and understand what is funny.

Bishop says since robots have great difficulty understanding humor, she feels like it gives her better job security as a comedy performer. It even made her parents happy when her brother decided to become a full-time comedy writer because it meant he wouldn’t be replaced by a machine, she added.

Despite the difficulties, Darmstadt University’s Miller says there are good reasons to keep trying to teach humor to robots. It could make machines more relatable, especially if they can learn to understand sarcasm (讽刺), he noted. Humans use sarcasm to say one thing but mean another. But Kiki Hempelmann thinks differently. “Teaching AI systems humor may make them find it where it isn’t, and they may use it where it’s inappropriate,” he said. “Maybe bad AI will start killing people because it thinks something is funny,” he added.

【1】What does the author most probably want to show in Paragraph 1?

A.Robots’ influence on the scientific development.

B.Robots’ challenges of making sense of humor.

C.Computer scientists’ devotion to technical skills.

D.Computer scientists’ concern about AI’s development.

【2】Examples mentioned in Paragraphs 2 and 3 are intended to ___________-.

A.prove robots do poorly in funny work

B.explain robots aren’t as intelligent as humans

C.describe language is complex and changeable

D.show language can’t be taught in a set pattern

【3】What does the underlined word “obstacle” in Paragraph 3 mean?

A.Barrier. B.Record.

C.Message. D.Possibility.

【4】What can we infer about teaching AI system humor from the last paragraph?

A.It will end up in vain.

B.It may be a double-edged sword.

C.It may help improve humans’ humor.

D.It will attract more computer scientists.

29、Teens and their teachers know well that early-morning classes can be tiring. Doctors now have a solution: for better teen health, push the sleep button on school start times. Janet Croft, who studies teens and sleep at the Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention(CDC)in Atlanta high schools, says, “Most teens are actually brain dead when they go to these early classes. Too many students start their day as walking zombies(僵尸).”

One report stresses the importance of sleep for teens and describes the dangers from not getting enough sleep. Studies in the past have shown over and over that teens lacking sleep face higher risks of being overweight and being frustrated.

Many teens get too little sleep because they attend middle and high schools that start earlier than 8:30 am. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics(AAP),those early start times throw off a student’s internal body rhythm, called the circadian clock(生物钟).Too little sleep disturbs that clock and causes problems.

The study conducted by the National Sleep Foundation found that nearly 6 in every 10 middle school students and 9 in 10 high school students are sleeping too little. Yet many parents aren’t aware of this. In the same study,7 of every 10 parents said they believed their kids did sleep enough. That study shows too many parents are unaware of the science on teen-sleep needs, says Owens.

Kyla Wahlstrom, a former teacher, who has spent a lot of time with teens lacking sleep, says: “An incredible number of students are either sleeping at their desks or sitting there like a lump, not asking questions or raising their hands.”

Getting enough sleep can help a teen on the inside, too. Several studies have shown that children and teenagers who don’t sleep enough are more likely to become obese, or extremely overweight. Teens lacking sleep also are more likely to suffer from anxiety, depression and mood disorders. It’s time to recognize how important sleep is, particularly to teenagers.

【1】What does the author want to stress by mentioning “walking zombies” in Paragraph 2?

A．The students’ brain health is worrying.

B．The students are fond of computer games.

C．The students are so used to staying up very late.

D．The students are in a bad state of learning in early classes.

【2】According to AAP in Paragraph 4, early school schedules affect teens by

A．increasing their course load

B．affecting their circadian clock

C．affecting their performance at school

D．disturbing their relationships with classmates

【3】What can be inferred from the last paragraph?

A．The number of teens lacking sleep is growing fast.

B．Physical and mental health are equally important to teens.

C．It is really necessary to adjust school start times in the morning.

D．Teachers should take measures to raise students’ interest in learning.

【4】What’s the main idea of the text?

A．Parents are unaware of their kids’ sleep condition.

B．Being overweight is very common among American teens.

C．Early school start times can turn teens into the walking dead.

D．Researchers have found out how sleep is related to teens’ study.

30、   Once a mouse met a frog, and they went for a walk, spent the day wandering and then made friends. So the mouse _______ to take the frog to his house, and_______him what he had stored, for example, grain and wheat.

First, the frog _______ a piece of wheat but as he put it in his _______ , the chaff (谷物的皮壳)pricked his throat.

“What bad, _______ food! Don’t you have anything else?” the frog _______.

So the mouse gave him a chick pea. He _______ it in his mouth but it just wouldn’t dissolve and he had to_______ it out.

“How hard it is! Don’t you have anything _______ ?” said the frog.

The mouse said, “No, we’ve become strong and fast because we ________ strong food.”

So on another day they decided to go to the frog’s house. The frog was living in a ________ , so he jumped into the pond and called out to the mouse. The mouse also________ into the pond, but because he couldn’t ________ , he began gasping (喘气)and struggling in the water.

The frog said, “How ________! You’ve become drunk without even drinking anything. And I was________ to give you so much food and drink.

Then he ________ the mouse out on to the side of the pond. The frog began bringing him all the food that he’d ________ - worms and insects. The mouse took everything into his mouth ________ it was all very watery, and lacked tastes.

“What’s all this trash (垃圾)?” said the mouse. “How do you ________ to eat this?”

“Oh, we’ve become soft because that’s ________ what we eat,” said the frog. Two possible explanations are, “You are what you eat”, or, “You should not mix with people who aren’t like you.”

【1】A.wanted B.decided C.refused D.hesitated

【2】A.told B.called C.offered D.paid

【3】A.set down B.set up C.brought up D.took in

【4】A.mouth B.hand C.skin D.bag

【5】A.long B.sharp C.big D.round

【6】A.nodded B.replied C.asked D.reacted

【7】A.attracted B.drew C.included D.rolled

【8】A.spit B.throw C.run D.get.

【9】A.warm B.soft C.loose D.delicious

【10】A.use B.eat C.buy D.choose.

【11】A.hole B.bowl C.pond D.cave

【12】A.dived B.climbed C.jumped D.pulled

【13】A.float B.flow C.breathe D.swim

【14】A.strange B.curios C.crazy D.popular

【15】A.planning B.wondering C.expecting D.debating

【16】A.sent B.pushed C.absorbed D.raised

【17】A.checked B.fixed C.stored D.saved

【18】A.for B.or C.and D.but

【19】A.promise B.discuss C.try D.manage

【20】A.exactly B.naturally C.usually D.gratefully

31、About five years ago, when the first generation of wearable fitness trackers became popular, they were announced as the _______of a revolution. Health experts and business people alike said that giving people _______ to real-time calorie-burning and step-count data would inspire them to lose weight, eat better and most importantly _______more. But even as the U.S. market for _______ devices hits $7 billion this year, there’s evidence that their promise isn’t quite paying off.

The U.S. has an exercise problem, _______ 28% of Americans aged 50 and over considered wholly _______. That means 31 million adults move no more than is necessary to perform the most basic functions of daily life. Wearables, experts_______, were going to change that. But limited academic research has been done to figure out whether wearables _______people’s behavior in the long term. The research that does exist isn’t _______. For a recent study in the Journal of the American Medical Association, researchers wanted to see whether activity trackers would help overweight people lose more weight over two years than if they just did a weight-loss intervention alone. They didn’t. “We found that just giving people a device doesn’t mean it’s going to ________ something that you think it’s going to lead to,” says John Jakicic, the author of the study, from the University of Pittsburgh. “These activity trackers don’t engage people in strategies that make a ________ in terms of long-term change”

Another new study ________ a different challenge: user ________. By the end of a yearlong study of 800 people, just 10% of participants were still wearing the trackers, according to, Eric Finkelstein, a professor at the Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore. “We didn’t find that Fitbits really have much of an effect,” he says. This may well be because people expect trackers to do something they’re not designed to do—________, force them to change their behaviors. “There’s __________among people about their function, a measurement tool and an intervention,” Finkelstein says. A scale counts pounds, for example, ________it won’t teach you how to eat less. “When people put these devices on, they might interact with the app for the first few weeks, maybe the first few months, but there comes a point where that starts to fall off,” says Finkelstein.

To be ________, some of the costlier and higher-tech wearables have features baked into them ________ encourage users to move more, says Shelten Yuen, Fitbit’s vice president of research. Among them are: shaking sensors, movement reminders and social-media combination, all designed to ________ users to make better health choices every day. But more research will be needed to determine whether or not these features or others like them— could ________ improve people’s health and fitness levels.

【1】

A．consequence

B．dawn

C．dusk

D．process

【2】

A．access

B．assistance

C．material

D．tendency

【3】

A．consume

B．purchase

C．exercise

D．perform

【4】

A．wearable

B．electronic

C．appropriate

D．conventional

【5】

A．among

B．with

C．for

D．by

【6】

A．outspoken

B．inactive

C．discouraged

D．ridiculous

【7】

A．announced

B．determined

C．hoped

D．convinced

【8】

A．limit

B．comprehend

C．interpret

D．change

【9】

A．encouraging

B．interesting

C．pioneering

D．challenging

【10】

A．benefit from

B．result in

C．add to

D．focus on

【11】

A．consequence

B．movement

C．profit

D．difference

【12】

A．imitated

B．arranged

C．highlighted

D．informed

【13】

A．reduction

B．participation

C．creation

D．expectation

【14】

A．shortly

B．therefore

C．deliberately

D．namely

【15】

A．evaluation

B．popularity

C．confusion

D．interaction

【16】

A．but

B．and

C．or

D．so

【17】

A．casual

B．fair

C．accessible

D．technical

【18】

A．what

B．why

C．that

D．how

【19】

A．persuade

B．advocate

C．follow

D．motivate

【20】

A．frequently

B．automatically

C．faithfully

D．measurably

32、   My grandfather once said, “To know yourself, you have to know those who came before you.” He didn’t just say those words; he_______by them. In 1996, my grandfather moved to the United States to care for me and my sister. The decision to leave behind 65 years of family relationships was_______. And he was forced to fit his entire life into two suitcases---one with clothes and books; the other with the_______of long-lost relatives. As we looked through the photos, I saw his face_______with a strong desire to return to those happy times.

Some of the photographs were from the nineteenth century, and everyone in them had long departed from the Earth. Looking at faces in the_______photos, I realized that I couldn’t look at these people as_______because I knew nothing about them. I had_______any connection with my ancestors, and_______a part of myself.

My grandpa_______to let this happen. “The most important thing you have in this world is your family,” he told me, “and when I’m gone, the most________thing I can leave you is your heritage(遗产).” Over the next two years, he committed hundreds of hours to achieving that goal. He made it his________to write down everything he could discover about our ancestors________future generations would know. He made many long-distance phone calls, annoying indifferent relatives. Two years and 250 pages later, he still________to write.

Through my grandpa I’ve________so much about my ancestors.________, I’ve re-evaluated the importance that family has in my life. Those seemingly distant________in the old photographs have come to life with warm familiarity. Last summer, I even made the trip to Russia to________my relatives.

I’ve learned that my________is a part of me no matter where I live. An ocean cannot separate me from the________I have to my other family members. The trip has given me an opportunity to stay with my family. I have seen the________of spending time with my grandpa.

【1】A.stands B.studies C.lives D.grows

【2】A.simple B.certain C.common D.difficult

【3】A.posters B.photos C.gifts D.invitations

【4】A.lit up B.cleared away C.turned up D.gave away

【5】A.faded B.signed C.famous D.familiar

【6】A.friends B.relatives C.audiences D.neighbors

【7】A.discovered B.maintained C.strengthened D.lost

【8】A.anyhow B.instead C.again D.therefore

【9】A.failed B.agreed C.refused D.decided

【10】A.impossible B.important C.unnecessary D.practical

【11】A.excuse B.rule C.purpose D.tradition

【12】A.so that B.in case C.as if D.now that

【13】A.plans B.promises C.continues D.appears

【14】A.doubted B.argued C.worried D.learned

【15】A.Surprisingly B.Naturally C.Luckily D.Consequently

【16】A.faces B.records C.goals D.relations

【17】A.catch B.meet C.test D.persuade

【18】A.heritage B.dream C.career D.language

【19】A.control B.ties C.honor D.responsibilities

【20】A.key B.reason C.value D.problem

33、It is not quite six in the morning. I am half asleep in a van that in the United States would seat maybe six people. Here in Ghana though, its insides have been emptied and replaced with wooden benches that can _______ twelve of us. We are squeezed so tight that sometimes my arm goes _______ .

I do this every morning, Monday to Friday, for two hours in order to get to the slum(贫民窟) town school I teach in.

Arriving at the destination always fills me with _______ . The school originally _______ as a daycare type service free to the children of single mothers. As the children got older, the coordinator took it upon herself to set up a space to _______ them. Into this tiny space they _______ anywhere between 80 and 120 children under the age of six. It is _______ so full of children that you have to move them out of the way by pushing them with your _______ to avoid stepping on them.

Within days, I have already _______ most of them. There are the troublemakers who spend their time hitting one another and causing ________ in hopes that their negative behavior will attract attention to themselves.________ there are the ones that make your heart bleed. The five-year-old girl who sits in the front row, ________ to learn everything we teach her. She far ________ any Western five-year-old I’ve ever worked with.

I look at this ________ classroom and these children in their ragged clothes, and think of how different this is from the American ________ I’ve known. I think of how different they are and how different their lives will likely be.

【1】

A．preserve

B．facilitate

C．accommodate

D．embarrass

【2】

A．numb

B．bad

C．sour

D．narrow

【3】

A．joy

B．confidence

C．expectation

D．dread

【4】

A．functioned

B．ranked

C．equipped

D．designed

【5】

A．abuse

B．employ

C．survey

D．teach

【6】

A．supply

B．squeeze

C．stimulate

D．shelter

【7】

A．conventionally

B．literally

C．harmoniously

D．initially

【8】

A．benches

B．hands

C．feet

D．woods

【9】

A．contacted

B．persuaded

C．touched

D．learned

【10】

A．chaos

B．distance

C．failure

D．infection

【11】

A．Besides

B．Hence

C．Regardless

D．Then

【12】

A．able

B．hesitant

C．ready

D．urgent

【13】

A．challenges

B．equals

C．outpaces

D．qualifies

【14】

A．cosy

B．shabby

C．remarkable

D．virtual

【15】

A．classrooms

B．troublemakers

C．vans

D．mornings

34、Directions：Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A huge milestone has just been reached in the field of artificial intelligence: AlphaGo, a program developed by Google’s DeepMind unit, has defeated legendary Go player Lee Se-dol in the first of five historic matches being held in Seoul, South Korea. Lee 【1】 after about three and a half hours, with 28 minutes and 28 seconds remaining on his clock. The series is the first time a professional 9-dan Go player has taken on a computer, and Lee is 【2】 for a $1 million prize.

“I was very surprised,”said Lee after the match.“I didn’t expect to lose. But I didn’t think AlphaGo would play the game in such a perfect manner.”DeepMind founder Demis Hassabis expressed“huge 【3】 for Lee Se-dol and his amazing skills.”calling the game“hugely exciting”and“very tense.”Team lead David Silver said it was an“amazing game of Go that really pushed AlphaGo to its 【4】.”

Go is an ancient Chinese board game that has long been considered one of the great 【5】faced by AI. While computer programs ow best the world’s leading human players of games like checkers and chess, the high level of intuition and 【6】required by Go has made it tough for computers to crack. DeepMind’s AlphaGo program is the most 【7】effort yet, using a complex system of deep neural networks and machine learning; it beat European champion Fan Hui last year, but Lee Se-dol is another 【8】 rival entirely.

“I don’t regret accepting this challenge,”said Lee.“I am in shock, I admit that, but what’s done is done. I enjoyed this game and look forward to the next. I think I failed on the opening layout so if I do a better job on the opening aspect I think I will be able to increase my 【9】 of winning.”Lee was surprised both by how strong AlphaGo’s opening was, and by some 【10】moves.

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Yet, some people are【1】 They claim that surfing the Internet is a waste of time. They make the 【2】 that children spend too much time chatting and playing games instead of 【3】 on their school work. However, a recent survey conducted in the USA shows that 80 per cent of Internet users 【4】 it mostly to search for answers to questions. The second most common use of the Internet, for 79 per cent of Internet users, is to find out information about hobbies. These statistics prove that gathering information is the 【5】 use for the Internet.

36、Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

Driving an electric car 【1】 to the protection of environment, or so the marketing departments of their makers would have you believe. Yet a report which analyzes car emissions presents a rather different picture. A battery-powered car recharged with 【2】 generated by coal-fired power stations, it found, is likely to be more harmful. It could cause more than three times as many deaths from pollution as a 【3】 petrol-driven vehicle.

The study was carried out by the University of Minnesota. The researchers estimated how levels of fine particulate matter (细颗粒物) and ground-level ozone — two important 【4】 of air pollution — would change when a car is powered by different ways.

It was no surprise that electric cars whose batteries were recharged with power from wind, solar or hydro-electric sources came out to be virtually free from harmful 【5】. They were estimated to cause 231 deaths over the course of a year, compared with 878 for petrol cars. Electric cars recharged with power from natural gas-fired stations were also a lot less harmful than petrol-driven ones, with 439 deaths. But if those same electric cars were recharged 【6】 by coal, they would be responsible for over 3,000 deaths.

Biofuels also caused more health problems than petrol. But diesel, which often  【7】 concern about pollution, is slightly cleaner than petrol. This is because the study assumes for all cars that emission-control technologies will be more widely used, especially particulate filters which have a remarkable effect on cleaning diesel 【8】. Diesel cars are also more 【9】 of fuel than petrol-driven ones.

Overall, the study shows that electric cars are cleaner than those traditional vehicles only if the power used to charge then is also clean. That is hardly a surprise, but the 【10】 of the difference is. How green electric cars really are, then, will depend mainly on where they are driven. In France, which obtains more than half of its power from nuclear station, electric cars look like a good bet. In China and some other developing countries, where a large amount of electricity is produced from coal, they may not be so environment- friendly as they are marketed.

37、根据句意填空

In the USA, the Amish-a Christian group-are famous because they drive 【1】 instead of cars, do not use TVs or refrigerators, and do not have personal telephones. Many people assume the Amish must have 【2】 reasons for their many rules, but this is not true. In truth, whenever a new technology is introduced, the Amish meet and discuss its advantages and disadvantages. They then vote on whether they will accept it. The Amish 【3】 cars because they like having 【4】 communities where everyone lives close together. They have no TVs or refrigerators because their homes do not have electricity-they do not think it is necessary and 【5】 dealing with strangers, such as the people who work at the electric company.

38、Directions：Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese. 外国学生来我校访学，要求了解汉语成语典故。请你从“刻舟求剑”和“坐井观天”两个成语典故中选取一个，用英语向他们介绍。

具体要求：

1. 引出你要介绍的成语；

2. 说出它的字面意义和寓意；

3. 用一个具体的实例，对它加以应用。

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39、假定你是李华，你的英国朋友Peter来信询问你校学生体育运动情况。请给他回信，内容包括：1.学校的体育场馆；

2. 主要的运动项目；

3. 你喜欢的项目。

注意：

1. 词数100左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Peter,

I am exceedingly delighted to hear from you.

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Yours,

Li Hua

40、假定你是某中学学生李华，你校安排在开学后第二周举行“职业规划周（Week of Career Planning）活动”。请你代表校学生会写一封倡议信。倡议信还将在校刊杂志英文版发行，其内容包括：

1.倡议同学们踊跃参加“职业规划周活动”；

2.说明活动的目的；

3.列举活动的2〜3项内容。

注意：1.词数80左右；

2.开头与结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear students,

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Thank you!

Yours,

Li Hua

41、Summary Writing

Blowing a Few Tops

Ever stopped to consider the upside of volcanic eruptions? It’s not all deaths, destruction and hot lava---scientists have a plan to cool the planet by simulating one. It would probably work, but it could have devastating consequence, and there is nothing to stop any country or company from deploying the technology.

Solar geo-engineering(气候工程) involves simulating an erupting volcano by spraying aerosols (气溶胶) into the atmosphere. When they combine with oxygen, droplets of acid form. These droplets reflect sunlight away from Earth, cooling the planet. All good in theory, but the consequences are largely unknown and a few could be disastrous. In a study recently published, researchers led by Anthony Jones, a climate scientist from the University of Exeter, found that using this technology in the Northern hemisphere could reduce the number of tropical cyclones hitting the U.S. and Caribbean. But there’s a worrying problem: more cyclones in the Southern hemisphere and a drought across the Sahel region of Africa. That’s because the entries climate system is linked--- disrupting one region will invariably affect another. How would a nation react if another was causing its weather to get much worse? Would that be an act of war?

There is, however, a case for using solar geo-engineering on a global case. Jones says it could be used to “take the edge of “the temperature increases scientists are predicting. It could be used while the world searches for more effective strategies.

The study also highlights a far bigger problem with solar geo-engineering: its complete lack of regulation. “There is nothing that could stop one country just doing it,” Jones says. “It’s deeply disturbing that we have this technology that could have such a massive influence in the climate, yet there’s just no regulation to stop countries or even organizations from doing it.”

Jones cautions that there is much about the climate system we do not understand, as well as more work that will need to be done before solar geo-engineering is deemed safe—or too dangerous to even discuss.