四平2025学年度第一学期期末教学质量检测高三英语

1、I can't bear ________, so I hope you can come on time.

A. to keep waiting B. to keep to wait

C. being kept waiting D. being kept to wait

2、—How is the result, doctor?

—Well, your health is ________ good, but you do have a few minor problems.

A.normally B.frequently C.generally D.regularly

3、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

4、It ________me  that I had forgotten his birthday.

A. occurred B. beat

C. hit D. knocked

5、The new mayor, who adored ________ to the volleyball match, didn’t approve ________ the new building plans at the meeting.

A. to go; of discussing B. to go; discussing

C. going; of discussing D. going; to discuss

6、That was not the first time he ____ us. I think it's high time we ____ strong actions against him.

A．betrayed, take

B．had betrayed, took

C．has betrayed, took

D．has betrayed, take

7、The exact date hasn't been decided. We'll have to wait for_________ week.

A.other B.others C.the other D.another

8、Over 200 people died ______ the air crash.

A.with regard to B.as a consequence of C.in the course of D.on the ground of

9、Not when and where we should meet, I telephoned our monitor for detailed information.

A. know   B. knew C. known   D. knowing

10、Drivers should be careful near schools in particular, ________ there are likely to be many children.

A.though B.but C.so D.because

11、Taking a close look at their respective (各自的) historical contexts, purposesand principles, huge differences can be ______ between the Belt and Road Initiative (一带一路倡议) and the Marshall Plan (马歇尔计划).

A.condemned B.identified C.abused D.twisted

12、There is a new problem____the popularity of private cars that road conditions need ____.

A.involve at; to be improve B.involved in; to be improved

C.involving in; improving D.involving at; improving

13、—This is the third time he has got the first place in the test !

—In my opinion，he is, ________，one of the best students in the class.

A.out of the question B.out of place

C.out of question D.out of shape

14、--- I hear it may get windy this afternoon.

--- I don’t care ____ it doesn’t rain again.

A. even though B. as far as

C. in case D. so long as

15、 you succeed!

A.Can B.May C.Must D.Will

16、He played the computer games till late last night,____ early this morning.

A.more than B.other than C.rather than D.or rather

17、The prize winner described to the class ________ he had managed to achieve excellence in his study.

A．what

B．how

C．which

D．whether

18、Fanny asked ________ made that odd ­looking little cat so popular.

A．what was it that

B．what was that

C．what it was that

D．what that was

19、—Is your brother going camping?

—He’s signed up but he’s considering________.

A.not to go B.not going C.won’t go D.not go

20、No matter how busy he is, Tom makes ______ a rule to see his grandparents every weekend.

A．this

B．that

C．it

D．him

21、—Do you think attending training courses is a great help when you look for a new job?

—Well, it all depends. Besides, it gives me ________ a chance to try.

A. more than B. more of

C. less than D. more or less

22、—Look! It’s snowing!

—Yeah, but I don't think the snow will ______.

A.flee B.inhabit C.settle D.fasten

23、To _____________ the world for help, the stars launched a campaign to help the refugees.

A. end up B. appeal to

C. leave behind D. cater for

24、Johnson was shocked to find out that his boss him the wrong information.

A.have given B.had given

C.will have given D.have been giving

25、It is time that the government _____ measures to protect the rare birds and animals.

A.takes B.to take C.take D.took

26、Almost none of us have the time to read everything we’d like to read. Yet we lose countless hours to daily activities that bring us little joy like taking buses and waiting in line. What if we could turn these little blocks of unoccupied time into precious and rewarding moments for learning and thinking?

Established in 2012, iReader, a micro-learning app on mobile phones, brings the biggest ideas from best-selling books through 15-minute audio (音频) and text. So far, more than 3,000 books have been included, ranging from psychology and parenting to management and economics, with new titles added every day.

iReader is pioneering a new method of reading, with over 9 million users enjoying the benefits already. According to the Pew Research Center (PRC), the British read just 4 paper books a year and over 25% haven’t read a single paper book this year, but reading isn’t dying. There are now more ways for the British to read than ever before, due to the widespread use of e-books and audio books.

The books in iReader are rewritten to ensure it is easy to remember the main content. The way the content is edited has been specifically designed to ensure it is useful in practice. Besides, the content is rewritten with related examples in real life, which means users are more likely to remember and apply what is helpful to them.

Holger Seim, German co-founder of this app, declares, “iReader gives you the biggest ideas in the shortest possible time. It transforms great ideas into little packs you can listen to or read in just 15 minutes.”

【1】What does the author suggest people do in the unoccupied time?

A．Bring joy to daily routines.

B．Write and share.

C．Avoid taking buses.

D．Read and think.

【2】What can we infer from the PRC findings?

A．The British benefit a lot from reading.

B．Reading methods are more important than before.

C．Digital technology took the place of paper books.

D．New forms of books are changing the way the British read.

【3】How does iReader make the content easy to remember?

A．By bringing fun to it.

B．By making it useful.

C．By using artistic designs.

D．By taking users as examples.

【4】What is the best title for the text?

A．iReader Prevents Reading from Dying

B．iReader Unites Worldwide Book-lovers

C．iReader: The Best New App Creation

D．iReader: Big Ideas in Small Packages

27、   "She is a pretty girl, but I don't know why George stays friendly with her." This is what Maria Osborne, George's sister, said to her younger sister, Jane, about Amelia.

"I can't agree more." Jane said.

One day Dobbin came to the Osborne house to visit George, but he was not at home.

"You are at the wrong house," laughed Maria, and pointed to the Sedley's house on the other side of the street. "That's where he is."

Dobbin smiled strangely and went away. He knew that George had not been there. Amelia was there alone, hoping that George would come to visit her. Day after day, she waited. Day after day, he didn't come. He was busy playing billiards with his friends in the army.

A lot of people thought that the army would soon join in the war against Napoleon. and Amelia was worried that her George would have to go and fight. Perhaps，he would be injured or killed！Then the war in Europe ended，and Amelia were very happy. However，George told her that he had to travel to some other parts of England with his troops. While he was away，he sometimes wrote her a short note. She wrote him very long letters every day.

George was tired of reading these long letters and sometimes used them to light his cigars. His friends Stubble and Spooney wondered who was sending all those long letters to Captain Osborne，but he would not tell them. Dobbin heard Stubble and Spooney speaking about it one day.

“She's probably an actress or singer and just wants his money，"said Spooney.

“Miss Sedley is one of the nicest young women that ever lived." said Dobbin，annoyed. "and Lieutenant Osborne has been engaged（订婚）to her for a long time. ”

Soon，everybody in the army knew about it，and George was angry with Dobbin. Then he remembered that Dobbin often helped him by giving him money. He did not want to lose such a good friend. Dobbin told him that he should write to Amelia and try to make her happier. The next day George decided to go to London and visit Amelia. He borrowed some money from Dobbin，so that he could buy her a present. When he arrived in London，he saw a lovely shirt in a shop and bought it for himself. He had no money left to buy a present for Amelia.

“Never mind，”he said to himself. “She doesn't care about presents. She just wants to see me. ”

She was，indeed，very happy to see him，and admired his new shirt. He talked to her about his plans to retire from the army because the war in Europe had ended and was going to live somewhere in the country with her. She was very happy.

“I will take you to visit your sisters-in-law，"said George. “I have some important business in the city，but I will be back in time for dinner. ”

George took her to the Osborne house，and then he went into the city and played billiards with his friends. He was late for dinner.

After dinner, his father talked to him about his plans. He wanted him to stop gambling and playing billiards with his friends, and George promised that he would.

"Can't you find another girl to marry?" asked Mr. Osborne suddenly.

"But she loves me, and you arranged it many years ago with Mr. Sedley,"replied George.

"Yes, I know. Sedley was my friend once and helped me in business. Now his business does not look good. I think he has lost a lot of money. I don't want a poor man's daughter in my family!"

George was not upset to hear this, and he did not tell Amelia what his father had said. He made Amelia very happy, and that night she wrote him another long letter. He read it and sighed.

"Poor Amelia,"he said. "She loves me so much! This wine has given me a headache!"

【1】What is the major theme of the passage?

A.Dobbin's support B.George's behaviors

C.Amelia's love D.Mr. Osborne's plan

【2】What can we learn from the dialogues in the passage?

A.Dobbin was the only enthusiastic supporter of Amelia and George's love.

B.Both of George's sisters didn't think George and Amelia a good match.

C.George still kept the engagement because he deeply loved Amelia.

D.Mr. Osborne broke the engagement mainly because of his son's gambling.

【3】The writer fully exposes Amelia's love for George by means of___________.

A.examples B.imagination

C.statistics D.comparison

【4】George dealt with Amelia's love by doing a EXCEPT__________.

A.writing short notes to answer her long letters

B.marrying another girl from a rich family

C.playing billiards with his friends，leaving her alone

D.buying himself a shirt with money borrowed for her preset

【5】According to the passage，which of the descriptions is true？

A.If Mr. Sedley hadn’t lost all money，Amelia would have been really favored by George

B.If it hadn't been for another girl，George would have devoted all himself Amelia

C.If the love hadn't been close to vanity fair but to fair play, it would be a happy story.

D.If George hadn't been a playboy, Amelia wouldn't have loved him in such a crazy way.

【6】From the underlined sentence in the last paragraph，we know that _______.

A.George drank too much wine at dinner，having a headache

B.George felt annoyed about Amelia's love and his father's plan

C.George was ashamed of his bad treatment of Amelia's love

D.George found Amelia poor to have been disfavored by his father

28、   Everyone judge the film through a different angle. If you a doctor, you may think:”That character would not have survived that fall.” If you’re a physicist : That’s not how black holes work.” And if you’re me, it’s more like: “What a dumb concept of future personal technology!”

It makes me crazy when sci-fi movie makers dream up stuff with no basis in science.Human teleporters(传送器)? Sorry, Star Trek. A bed that detects and cures cancer in seconds? No, Elysium.

On the other hand, some technologies in some movies are so practical that people invest them in the real world. Star Trek’s self opening doors are now a standard feature of grocery store entrances, and the driver less cars from Total Recall(and many other films )are already on American roads.

Lately it’s clear that Hollywood’s production designers have been putting serious thought into the tech we’ll someday crazy. Her , for example, is about a man who falls in love with his siri-like voice assistant. He talks to her through a single earbud(耳机），through which he gets a surprising amount done: processing e-mail, flipping through news stories, sending messages. When an image is essential to the communication, he flips open his phone, where the pictures appears.

The solution makes a lot of sense-----more than , for example, Google Glass, a now dis continued headband that place a miniature screen above your eyebrow. It’s not the technical ones but the social missteps(失策) that make the Glass’s plan fail. Glass’s camera frightened others and made you look like a monster.

You can see why people went nuts over the concept: imagine having all the power of a smart phone without actually needing a smart phone. We won’t see this in the real world, though. Even a projector, battery and processor could be squeezed into a thin band, there remains a lot of challenges. How would the projector attain sharp focus on an irregular , moving palm? How would it project on sunny day? How would it work on very light or very dark skin?

The robots in HBO’s westwood----so perfectly designed that we can’t tell the robots from humans----might be a little untrue. Yet the personal tech in that series makes a lot of sense: the characters carry cardboard-thin, trifold phones. When you need a quick check, you glance at it’s “cover”; when you need the bigger picture, you unfold it into a tablet.（平板）

Most of these shows, however, continue to get one thing wrong: obviously,in the future, our computers make little sounds as their text and images appear. Why do movie makers think that adding silly sound effects make their machines more realistic? In the real world, a room full of burbling screens makes us crazy.

Well, I suppose I should let that part go. They’re just movies, right? They’re not a description of the future----at least not yet.

【1】Which of the following best describe the technologies in the movies?

A.They are too unrealistic to become true.

B.They are making a lot of sense .

C.They are not favoured by viewers.

D.They are appearing mostly in scientific movies.

【2】What does the underlined word “went nuts over” in paragraph 6 most probably mean？

A.not interested in

B.be crazy about

C.be disappointed about

D.be worried about

【3】What can we learn from the passage?

A.We will live in future where the film predict

B.The movies give a right description of our future.

C.The advanced technology contributes to the popularity of the films.

D.Some technology in films might be not welcome in the real world.

【4】What can we infer from paragraph 7?

A.The design of the robots are the same with human.

B.The tech applied in the movie are far from reality.

C.The phones created in the movie can be real in our life one day.

D.The film is well-received for its advanced technology.

【5】What can be a suitable title for the passage?

A.How well do movies predict our future?

B.The future of the science films。

C.The more technology, the better.

D.The imagination of future movies.

29、   Why do we laugh and get amusement from so many different things, from puns(双关语) to pratfalls(出洋相)? Why are things funny to some people and not to other? How is it that while a successful joke can cause pleasure, a sick one can cause serious harm?

Over the centuries, various scholars have tried to produce a universally agreed-upon theory of humor. Plato and Aristotle introduced the superiority theory, the idea that people laugh at the misfortune of others. Their theory seems to explain teasing, but it doesn't work well for knock-knock jokes. Sigmund Freud argued for his relief theory, the concept that humor is a way for people to release psychological tension and reveal their inner fears and desires. His theory works well for dirty jokes, less well for most puns.

The majority of humor experts today agree with the incongruity(不和谐) theory, the idea that humor arises when there's a gap between what people expect to happen and what actually happens. Incongruity has a lot going for it-jokes with unexpected funny lines, for example, fit well. But scientists have found that in comedy, unexpectedness is overvalued.

With the goal of developing a new, more satisfactory explanation, I produced “the gentle violation(侵犯) theory”, the idea that humor arises when something seems wrong or threatening, but is actually OK or safe. A dirty joke, for example, trades on moral or social violations, but it's only going to get a laugh if the person listening is open enough to consider the subject OK to talk about. Similarly, puns can be seen as linguistic violations that still make grammatical sense.

And while most humor theories have struggled to explain tickling (挠痒痒),or just avoided the phenomenon altogether, my theory accounts for even this kind of laughter. Tickling involves violating someone's physical space in a gentle way. People can't tickle themselves - because it isn't a violation.

【1】What is the author's attitude towards Plato and Aristotle's theory?

A.Approving. B.Critical.

C.Unconcerned. D.Uncertain.

【2】According to Sigmund Freud's theory, we can infer that ___________.

A.people will laugh when they see others suffer

B.tickling doesn't involve psychological tension

C.unexpectedness can explain how humor works

D.telling dirty jokes is a relief of one's nervous feelings

【3】According to the author, why are some things funny to some people but not to others?

A.Because the sense of humor varies greatly from person to person.

B.Because people have different expectations for the same thing.

C.Because some people lack the sense of safety deep in their heart.

D.Because people's understanding of violation is different.

【4】What is the author's main purpose of writing this passage?

A.To draw people's attention to the research of humor.

B.To criticize people's misunderstandings about humor.

C.To explain what exactly causes people to laugh.

D.To prove the sense of humor can be developed.

30、Mark Roswell returned to his house in Milan, Italy, from visiting his parents-in-law in Beijing. No sooner had he _______ the plane than he put himself straight into quarantine (隔离) in his bedroom for 14 days, _______ from his families and relatives. “Having learned about the COVID-19 disease, we knew what was happening currently in our _______ and we were afraid for ourselves, our families and friends,” said the 48-year-old Italian.

14 days later, he walked outside into the street, _______ a mask and gloves. His Italian friends _______ looked at him, laughing at him about his behavior. “I tried my best to _______ that I should wear them in order to avoid communicating the _______ to others, but no one understood,” Roswell said.

Back from China, many Italians were fully aware what was coming and _______ the word: stay at home. So as most Italians enjoyed themselves in the get-together or _______ into cafes and bars as ________, the Chinese residents of Milan had seemingly ________.

In late February and early March, there was a sudden ________ in Italian infections with the epidemic (流行病). Some families, who keep Chinese citizenship, even began to send children to relatives in China, ________ at the attitude and ________ of Italians around them.

Soon enough the epidemic took away many lives and perhaps it was then that the locals came to realize how ________ the Chinese were behaving.

【1】

A．got off

B．got on

C．pull off

D．took off

【2】

A．appointed

B．kept

C．interrupted

D．separated

【3】

A．office

B．homeland

C．hospital

D．company

【4】

A．buying

B．selling

C．wearing

D．choosing

【5】

A．strangely

B．excitedly

C．angrily

D．delightedly

【6】

A．whisper

B．apologize

C．scream

D．explain

【7】

A．genes

B．means

C．virus

D．criteria

【8】

A．forgot

B．spread

C．clicked

D．complained

【9】

A．hurried

B．sank

C．crowded

D．divided

【10】

A．far

B．constant

C．necessary

D．usual

【11】

A．disappeared

B．forgave

C．suffered

D．arisen

【12】

A．decrease

B．increase

C．memorial

D．expectation

【13】

A．alarmed

B．amazed

C．fired

D．determined

【14】

A．welfare

B．innocence

C．behavior

D．concern

【15】

A．roughly

B．casually

C．differently

D．wisely

31、   If your home were on fire, what would you try to save? Our area was just a few miles from the largest wildfire in Colorado’s history. On getting the call to evacuate(疏散), we had to consider what we couldn’t live without, ________ whatever we could save and leaving immediately.

We ________ suitcases with necessary clothes. We took the ________ financial records ---- who wants to _______ himself with the government over _______ documents? Now, what else? We seized the valuable family ________ from the walls, which couldn’t be replaced.

Then we took a hard look at all that ________. A lamp that ________ my great grandmother. A ________ my wife learned to play as a kid. A large tent we spent months ________ money for camping. Bedroom furniture we wanted to pass down to our ________ some day. The gifts that decorated our house from our treasured friends. These things ________ our love as a family and friends. It was ________ to move everything from our home. ________ at all that we might lose, I found it difficult to say goodbye. But ________, I felt warm.

We were ________ with memories as we ________ at these items. Each had stories to tell just like the photos. They told about where we’d been, where we ________ were and where we were going. They were ________ of those people we had loved and who loved us. Now I didn’t think my “things” meant that much to me. Indeed, the spirit of them was all that truly ________.

【1】A. covering B. removing C. collecting D. spotting

【2】A. carried B. piled C. supplied D. packed

【3】A. cars B. computers C. books D. food

【4】A. enjoy B. entertain C. bother D. force

【5】A. extra B. regular C. useless D. missing

【6】A. pictures B. televisions C. decorations D. chargers

【7】A. abandoned B. remained C. burned D. kept

【8】A. belonged to B. adapted to C. related to D. appealed to

【9】A. doll B. ball C. sport D. piano

【10】A. borrowing B. saving C. paying D. lending

【11】A. children B. friends C. colleagues D. relatives

【12】A. inspired B. measured C. represented D. expressed

【13】A. unbelievable B. impractical C. inconvenient D. unnecessary

【14】A. Looking up B. Looking around C. Looking forward D. Looking out

【15】A. roughly B. casually C. strangely D. curiously

【16】A. flooded B. impressed C. surrounded D. satisfied

【17】A. wondered B. glanced C. glared D. stared

【18】A. normally B. frequently C. suddenly D. presently

【19】A. signals B. signs C. symbols D. lessons

【20】A. mattered B. proved C. lasted D. changed

32、   Agung was a flight controller in the city of Palu.On September 28, he was______at the control tower at the Palu-Mutiara airport, when a(n)______hit the island.Walls shook violently and buildings fell apart.

Other airport employees______withdrew from the control tower, but Agung knew that one plane, with 147 passengers, still needed to be______.He waited to make sure the plane successfully______and was safe in the air before trying to save his own life. His last words were"Batik 6321 clear for take-off.”

After that last______, he felt the tower starting to______.A few more seconds,the tower would fall down. Agung took the______of jumping out of the window from the fourth floor.He broke his legs and had______injuries.With the airport largely______, hours passed before a helicopter could arrive.He was______ to a major hospital for further treatment, but it was too______.He died shortly after arrival.

The______of the last plane, Ricosetta Mafella of Batik Airways, had no______what was happening on the island he had just______until his plane was in the air.It was then that the pilot______what the flight controller might face.He became______about the controller's safety.Later, he knew other air traffic controllers had asked Agung to______the tower.But he chose to remain at his post.

Agung showed us all what real______ and love mean for others.He has been highly praised as a hero after ____ his life at the age of 21.

【1】A. wandering B. sleeping C. reading D. working

【2】A. bomb B. earthquake C. storm D. typhoon

【3】A. partly B. hurriedly C. regularly D. hardly

【4】A. canceled B. cared C. guided D. declared

【5】A. take off B. take up C. take over D. take on

【6】A. comment B. explanation C. instruction D. emergency

【7】A. split B. burst C. explode D. shake

【8】A. place B. responsibility C. charge D. risk

【9】A. mental B. serious C. little D. slight

【10】A. controlled B. surrounded C. disabled D. flooded

【11】A. pushed B. driven C. rushed D. loaded

【12】A. late B. painful C. urgent D. terrible

【13】A. controller B. passenger C. steward D. pilot

【14】A. regret B. doubt C. preparation D. idea

【15】A. left B. visited C. approached D. passed

【16】A. remembered B. showed C. appreciated D. realize

【17】A. optimistic B. worried C. indifferent D. doubtful

【18】A. get rid of B. get away from C. get through D. get over

【19】A. bravery B. trust C. determination D. generosity

【20】A. saving B. killing C. sacrificing D. neglecting

33、   As a teenager in the 1990s, Melissa Blake was interested in fashion. Unfortunately, fashion wasn’t much interested in her.

Blake, who has a genetic bone and muscle ________ and stands a little under four feet tall, couldn’t find jeans or dresses in her size. ________ through Glamour(时尚杂志), she didn’t see a single person who looked like her, and it ________. “When you’re a teenager—disabled or not—you deal with issues of ________. If I had seen someone who looked like me, I would have felt really seen.”

Blake, now 39, has spent her adult life trying to ________ for that. She is a disability-rights ________ as well as a little-known freelance writer, but she gained a national following in 2019 after ________ at those who made ugly comments about her online.

She tweeted, “people said that I should be banned from ________ photos of myself because I’m too ________.” In one of the preatest “I’ll show you!” ________ of all time, over the next year, Blake displayed a new selfie every day.

Her fans went wild, calling Blake a goddess and a powerful woman. Among her ________ is Mindy Scheier, the founder of Runway of Dreams, which showcases fashion for people with ________. Last fall, Scheier asked Blake to be one of the event’s 24 models.

“Getting Melissa in this year’s biggest fashion event just makes people understand how important it is to ________ who consumers are in the fashion industry, or what we ________ represent in the word ‘model’.” says Scheier.

“It was a little ________,” Blake says of modeling. But she’s glad she took the ________. Often, when we think of ________ for people with disabilities, we think of buildings and employment. But it’s also ________ to have access to what’s fun and enioyable.

“Fashion isn’t going to solve all the world’s ________,” says Blake. “When disabled people are included, it sends a message that we ________ a seat at the table in all aspects of life, frivolous or not.”

A．advantage

B．disorder

C．violence

D．growth

A．Pulling

B．Paging

C．Putting

D．Pushing

A．disturbed

B．lightened

C．beat

D．hurt

A．self-respect

B．efforts

C．self-discipline

D．kindness

A．give up

B．break up

C．make up

D．build up

A．activist

B．author

C．specialist

D．survivor

A．dropping in

B．clapping back

C．approving of

D．holding on

A．taking

B．enjoying

C．posting

D．judging

A．frank

B．ugly

C．mean

D．aggressive

A．responses

B．pictures

C．communications

D．interviews

A．friends

B．colleagues

C．readers

D．fans

A．talents

B．disabilities

C．difficulties

D．characters

A．forbid

B．persuade

C．entertain

D．expand

A．possibly

B．usually

C．really

D．casually

A．exciting

B．regretful

C．scary

D．novel

A．challenge

B．comment

C．responsibility

D．opportunity

A．principle

B．cruelty

C．access

D．warmth

A．incredible

B．difficult

C．awkward

D．important

A．problems

B．arguments

C．recognition

D．phenomena

A．occupy

B．possess

C．offer

D．deserve

34、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.

Expressions about water are almost as common as water itself. But many of the expressions using water have unpleasant meanings.

The expression “to be in hot water” is one of them. It is a very old expression, which can be 【1】 back to 500 years ago. The expression is used to mean being in trouble. One story says it got that meaning from the custom of throwing extremely hot water down on enemies attacking a castle.

Being in “deep water” is almost the same as being in “hot water”. When you are in deep water, you are in a difficult 【2】. Imagine a person who cannot swim being thrown in water over his head. You are in deep water when you are facing a problem that you do not have the ability to solve. The problem is too deep. You can be in deep water, for example, if you invest in stocks in complete 【3】 of the stock market.

"Water over the dam" is another expression about a past event. It is something that cannot be 【4】. The expression comes from the idea that water that has 【5】 a dam cannot be brought back again. When a friend is 【6】 by a mistake she has made, you might tell her to forget about it. You say it is water over the dam.

Another common expression, "to hold water," is about the strength or weakness of an idea or opinion that you may be arguing about. It probably comes from the way of testing the 【7】 of a container. If it can hold water, it is strong and has no holes in it. If your 【8】 can hold water, it is strong and does not have any holes. If it does not hold water, then it is weak and can not be 【9】.

"Throwing cold water" also is an expression that deals with an idea or 【10】. For example, you want to buy a new car because the old one has some problems. But you wife "throws cold water" on the idea, because she says a new car costs too much

35、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.

36、阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

Smell the flowers before you go to sleep and you may just end up with rosy dreams. Have a whiff of rotten(腐烂的)eggs during the night and your dreams may be【1】(pleasant). So says researcher Dr. Boris Stuck, 【2】invited sleeping volunteers to a rose vs. rotten egg test in the University Hospital Mannheim in Germany. The subjects didn’t dream about roses【3】eggs, but rather he found that what they smelt affected the emotions of【4】(they) dreams.

And if you think【5】(smell) have a say in dreams, wait for what TV tells us. A UK study reveals that people exposed【6】black-and-white film and TV in their youth are to have monochromic(单色的)dreams throughout their life more【7】(probable). Eva Murzyn from the University of Dundee tested two age groups— one half 【8】(age) over 55 and【9】other half under 25.

The result? Under 5% of the dreams of the under-25s were in black and white. 【10】(watch)color TV in childhood seems to be the reason why.

37、阅读短文，根据短文内容及首字母提示，在空白处填入一个适当的单词。

Wearing face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic p【1】 the spread of the deadly virus. But it is also i【2】. For one, we can no longer unlock our phones using facial recognition since a good part of our face is c【3】.

F【4】, tech companies are working to solve the problem. Apple, for example, offered a new way to unlock your iPhone and iPad with its l【5】 software update, iOS13.5, w【6】 was released on May 20.

Even though the update still won’t recognize your masked face, it makes the whole process f【7】. While the old system wouldn’t allow access t【8】 the passcode screen before three failed face scan attempts, iOS13.5 will send you straight to the passcode screen when you swipe up.

It might only s【9】 you a few seconds, but those few seconds “benefit public health by eliminating the temptation for people to r【10】 their masks in order to unlock their device”.

38、假定你是李华，你的英国笔友 David 给你发了一封邮件，倾诉他因疫情居家进行线上学习所遇到的烦恼，请你针对 David 的问题回复邮件。

Dear Li Hua,

I have some problems. Due to the COVID-19, all of us now have to keep social distance and take online courses at home. I find it hard to constantly focus on studying. I feel tired easily. Worse still, I have become so anxious and short-tempered. I do want to change the situation, but I don’t know how. What should I do?

Yours, David

注意：

1. 词数不低于100；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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39、阅读下面材料, 根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段, 使之构成一篇完整的短文。续写的词数应为150左右。

A third-grade class knows exactly what will brighten an older neighbor’s holiday meal-and it isn’t a roast turkey. In October, I told the eight-year-olds I taught in Pompton Lakes, New Jersey, about my plan. “I’d like all of you to do extra jobs around the house to earn some money, ”I said. “Then we’ll buy food for a Thanksgiving dinner for someone who might not have a nice dinner otherwise.”

I wanted the children to experience that it’s more blessed to give than to receive. I wanted them to understand that religion is more than nice theological (神学的) ideas; that people somehow have to make it come alive.

Early in Thanksgiving week, the boys and girls arrived in class with their hard-earned money and couldn’t wait to go shopping. After pacing up and down in the supermarket, we put a turkey and decorations in the shopping cart (购物车). At last we headed toward the checkout, and then someone spotted a “necessity” that sent them racing. “Flowers!”

“We have Kristine cried. The group rushed toward the holiday plants. I pronounced, limited money and after all, you can’t eat flowers.”“But Mrs. Sherlock, ” the group replied, looking at me eagerly, “we want flowers.”Defeated, sighed as the children put a bunch of pink roses into the cart.

An organization had given us the name and address of Maria, a needy grandmother who had lived alone for many years. Soon we were bouncing along a rough road to her house. We finally pulled up in front of a small house in the woods. A thin woman with a tired face came to the door to welcome us.

My little group hurried to get the food. As each box was carried in, the old woman kept saying “Thanks”一much to the visitors’ pleasure. When Amy put the pink roses on the table, the woman seemed surprised. She was wishing it was a bag of flour, I thought. Having talked for a while, we returned to the car.

Paragraph 1

As we fastened our seat belts, we could see the kitchen window.

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Paragraph 2

Upon seeing the moving scene, the children became quiet.

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40、假定你是李华，你校计划在下周举办名为“中国文化周”的活动，就此请你用英语写封电子邮件给外教Steven，邀请他参加，内容包括：

1. 活动的时间和地点；

2. 活动的目的；

3. 活动的内容。

注意：1. 词数100左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Steven,

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Yours,

Li Hua

41、假定你是李华，你校将举办主题为“Healthy Eating”的健康饮食讲座。你的留学生朋友John对中国饮食很感兴趣，请你用英语写一封邮件，邀请他参加此次活动。内容包括以下要点：

1.活动时间和地点；

2.活动的内容和意义。

注意：

1.词数100词左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，使行文连贯。

Dear John,

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Yours,

Li Hua