石家庄2025-2026学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高三英语

1、The young teacher has ________ ambitious.

A. been proved to be B. proved to be

C. been proved D. proved being

2、He urged that she ___________ the Great Wall on Monday.

A.would visit B.shall visit C.visit D.visited

3、________ to the electronic games that he wasted a lot of precious time.

A. So he was addicted B. So was he addicted

C. So addicted was he D. So addicted he was

4、The mother saw her baby fall to the ground, ________ brought her heart to her mouth.

A.it B.and that C.and which D.that

5、Reading light fiction, going out to see a romantic comedy, or sharing a pleasant time with friends is not ________ my bad feelings now.

A. in tune with B. in touch with C. in honour of D. in defence of

6、I had to ________ my voice to make myself heard over the noise.

A.rise B.raise C.arise D.arouse

7、The fog was so heavy that I couldn't___________ the words on the board in the distance.

A.pick out B.lay out C.make out D.carry out

8、Today the Red Cross provides a number of services for the public, such as helping people   , teaching first aid and providing blood.

A.in need B.in return C.in preparation D.in anger

9、________ they are most interested in is ________ they can return to the campus life.

A．What； how

B．That； when

C．What； what

D．That； why

10、 The education program ________combining brain work with manual labor is being widely spread throughout the country.

A．to aim at      B．aims at

C．having aimed at  D．aimed at

11、—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

12、I believe his design is ______for it’s completely different from others’.

A.common B.reasonable C.practical D.original

13、_____ of the people here are immigrants and not accustomed to using the local _____.

A.Millions; equipments B.Million; equipment C.Millions; equipment D.Million; equipments

14、―Tom doesn't seem so enthusiastic as he was two years ago.

―Yes. He's really reached a point in his career _______ he has to decide what to do next.

A.that B.when C.where D.which

15、—What about the meeting?

—The two sides were unable to reach an agreement，______，they lost the chance of working together.

A.In all B.In other words C.On the contrary D.After all

16、Climbing the mountain is a good way to keep fit.____,walking is helpful for your health.

A.Correctly B.Immediately C.Similarly D.Generally

17、It was almost five years later _______ he brought back some happy memories.

A.since B.when C.that D.before

18、The noise gradually ______ and the whole city was in complete silence.

A. faded out B. gave out

C. ran out D. worked out

19、The magazine is intended to __________ working women in their 20s and 30s.

A．appeal to

B．admit to

C．get down to

D．object to

20、______would like to devote his whole life to his country should go______there are all kinds of difficulties.

A.Who;some B.Whoever;where

C.Whatever; anywhere D.Who;there

21、His success doesn't ____________ his cleverness, and working hard ____________ his progress.

A. result in; leads to B. result from; lies in

C. lead to; lies in D. lie in; leads to

22、If parents don’t teach their child how to ________himself，he will do anything at will.

A.behave B.believe C.help D.enjoy

23、I’ll do whatever I can ________ my English.

A. improve B. to improve

C. improving D. to improving

24、Dismissing small talk as unimportant is easy, but we can't forget that deep  relationships wouldn't even exist   it weren't for casual conversation.

A.although B.when C.if D.unless

25、It     to me that I might ask for help from my neighbour.

A.occurred B.occupied C.observed D.obsessed

26、   When my father was getting ready for work, our house was ruled by knocks and words.

He used to come downstairs to breakfast.

The morning paper lay beside his plate. He always read the 'Deaths' first, and then he knocked once on the table. One of my sisters brought his bread, already buttered for him. Usually he said nothing, but once I heard him say, 'I love you very much, Edith. I would love more if you buttered my bread on both sides. ' He read the paper all through breakfast.

Two knocks on the table meant 'I am ready for my tea. ' If a single knock followed that meant, 'More bread, please. '

After breakfast he said, 'Boots. ' The paper was spread (展开) for him over the back of an arm-chair. Yesterday's paper was put on the chair for his feet, and his boots were brought to him, freshly cleaned. He read standing at the same time putting on his boots. With one boot finished he said, 'Bus. ' At that point one of the girls went outside to the garden gate and waited there. Her job was to stop a bus when it came. It came early sometimes and it had to wait for my father. 'Overcoat, hat. ' One of my sisters had already brushed his overcoat. Now she held it open for him. Another girl came with his hat, nicely brushed. 'Handkerchief, pipe (烟斗). ' They were brought and put, with his tobacco (烟草), into his pocket. He looked out of the window and said either 'Walking stick' or 'Umbrella'. It was handed to him. Ready now, he was still reading the paper. He didn't put it down until he heard the shout 'Bus coming! ' Then he kissed my mother and went out. The girls breathed freely.

How lucky a man was to have a wife and five daughters at home!

【1】When the father made the first knock, he meant _______.

A.his breakfast should begin

B.he had begun to read the morning newspaper

C.he was made to feel sad by the 'Deaths' news

D.he would start to read the other parts of the paper

【2】All the daughters were quite busy in the morning because _______.

A.their father never helped them

B.they were not clever or quick enough to do their jobs

C.each of them had to start and finish her job just on time

D.their father always gave different instructions at the same time

【3】What was the father's favorite?

A.Giving instructions. B.Reading newspaper.

C.Being clean and tidy. D.Having bread buttered on both sides.

【4】From the story we may see that _______.

A.the father was the 'centre' of the family

B.The father was hated by all his daughters

C.the father was so lazy that he hardly did anything

D.Every girl in the family was afraid to do wrong because they didn't know clearly what to do

27、   It's hard to say which was in worse shape：the run-down, century-old gallery or the cancer-ridden（患有癌症的）56-year-old man sitting on its old steps. For years, Greg Thomas would sit on those very steps and think of the times when he walked his dogs along the country roads in rural Minnesota. But in  May 2009, he learned that the severe headaches, earaches, and jaw aches that he had suffered from for the past year were due to inoperable head and neck cancer. Doctors told Greg's family to be prepared to plan his funeral.

"I was sitting at the gallery and thinking one evening, "Greg said." I kept looking at the building and the shape it was in. I said, 'Before I leave this earth, I'd like to do something for you.”

Greg decided to fix the peeling paint and the leaking（渗漏的）roof, and the damaged steps and so on. He approached the gallery's association with a deal ： He would completely repair the building on one condition："I get a key to the front door so I can go in anytime I want to appreciate the paintings."

The more he worked on the gallery, the better he felt. As Greg continued fixing the gallery, medical scans told him some startling news：His tumors were reducing. Four years and 23 days after Greg's diagnosis, his doctors were able to remove his feeding tube. Today Greg's tumors are gone. He is considered officially recovered and no longer needs follow-up tests.

After five years of Greg's labor and love, the gallery has been restored（恢复）to its former glory. Greg finished his main project last summer, but he will probably always be involved in recovering its beauty (he still wants to replace some windows, for example). Greg held his third annual open house there near Christmas, inviting the entire community. "While I was restoring the gallery, " Greg says, "something was restoring me."

【1】What was Greg's plan that evening?

A.To rent the building.

B.To repair the gallery.

C.To hold an exhibition.

D.To study the paintings.

【2】When Greg was doing his work, he _______

A.stopped his medical treatment

B.received a large donation

C.got his health improved

D.prepared his funeral

【3】What does the underlined word "startling"in the fourth paragraph mean?

A.Misleading.

B.Disappointing.

C.Confusing.

D.Surprising.

【4】What can be a suitable title for the text?

A.Work and love pay.

B.Seniors need more attention.

C.Cancer research progresses quickly.

D.Cultural relics lack proper protection.

28、   Usually, when you listen to music you will expect it to be enjoyable. Music is everywhere these days. It can make an experience much more pleasurable, unless we are watching a horror movie. Then, we expect something different, or something that is also horrible!

Mark Korven writes music for movies and TV. He provided the music for a successful horror movie called The Witch .Its director, Robert Eggers, asked Mark not to use any electronic music for this movie. He wanted to create a more real sound. Following this experience, Mark began to think about how a more natural sound could be made for future horror movies. He got in touch with his good friend, Tony Duggan-Smith, a musician and maker of musical instruments. Tony camp up with something great.

Tony created a special instrument that he calls The Apprehension Engine. It looks a little like a mechanic or engineer's workshop table. The handmade instrument was inspired by something called the Soundtrack Box, invented by the Oslo-based new- music technologist Koka Nikoladze. Every section of the instrument is there to create a sound or noise that can scare you.

Mark has said that his purpose when writing music for the The Apprehension Engine is to help produce sounds that are disturbing. He showed his skills recently by giving a hugely successful performance one dark evening in Brooklyn, New York on Friday 13", of course! In the shadow of candles, members of people jumped out of their skin.(吓得魂不附体)

So, is The Apprehension Engine a musical instrument, a machine, or an engine? If you believe that the purpose of music is to excite the listener, you can probably call it a musical instrument-it’s just that the sounds the instrument makes do not necessarily make you feel happy or relaxed.

【1】What did Robert Eggers require Mark Korven to do?

A.To invent a new instrument. B.To avoid using electronic music.

C.To work with others to make music. D.To make pleasant music for his movie.

【2】What is unusual about The Apprehension Engine?

A.It is the idea of a director. B.It was first played in Brooklyn.

C.It looks more like a machine. D.It is made up of different instruments.

【3】W hat does the underlined word “disturbing”in Paragraph 4 mean?

A.Disappointing. B.Surprising.

C.Worrying. D.Relaxing.

【4】What's the text mainly about?

A.The advantage of music. B.A special musical instrument.

C.How to mix different music. D.How to create music for horror movies.

29、   There are many good places for a family to have fun together. Here are some of them.

Robert Skatepark

Phone: (904)209-0385

With 28.000 square feet of ground, the Robert Skatepark has plenty of room for skateboarders of all ages and abilities. We have pipes, rails, ledges, banks and a 9-and-half-foot pool to challenge even the most experienced skaters. Rules are posted. There are also picnic tables and benches.

MoGirts Creek Park

Phone:(904)630-4100

Located in Jacksonville's Westside, it offers after-school and summer camp activities for youths aged 6 through 12. The facility (设施) also has a computer lab and community space. The park also offers basketball courts, playground, picnic areas, trails, three youth baseball fields and two soccer fields. A highlight of the park is the "Field of Dreams"-Miracle League field, where children with special needs are able to experience playing in their own baseball league.

South Beach Park

Phone: (904)247-6236

This is a really fun park with lots of playground equipment for children of all ages. The park has gone through a recent renovation(修复) and now has bathrooms, jogging trails, basketball courts, tennis courts and picnic shelters. Try our Automatic Player Matching Service. At $ 6. 99 per month, and we will match you with other tennis partners automatically.

Metropolitan Park

Phone:(904)630-0837

It is located along the beautiful St. Johns River in Downtown Jacksonville. Since its opening in 1984, this once empty 27-acre facility offers something for everyone. Whether you prefer relaxing in the cool river breezes or listening to big-name entertainment at one of the many outdoor concerts, you'll have fun here. Metropolitan Park is also a perfect place for corporate events and family picnics.

【1】Which number should a skateboarder dial?

A.(904)209-0385 B.(904)630-4100

C.(904)247-6236 D.(904)630-0837

【2】Which park offers the service of matching players with partners?

A.Robert Skatepark. B.McGirts Creek Park.

C.South Beach Park D.Metropolitan Park.

【3】What do the four parks have in common?

A.They are open to children of all ages

B.They all have places for picnics.

C.They all have experienced coach for children

D.They all have facility for children with special needs

30、   Kids who live a happy childhood dream about what they will be when they grow up. But less____kids, who live in poverty, sometimes wonder why they were bom in the first place.

Children like these ____ Lebanese director Nadine Labaki^s new film Capernau(《何以为家》),which arrived in Chinese mainland____ on April 29 , 2019.

In the slums (贫民窟)of Beirut, Lebanon's capital, Labaki saw kids selling gum or flowers or ____carrying heavy gas tanks. Some of them were alone on the street , unfed and __

One of these kids told her, "I don't know ____I was bom if no one is going to love me, if no one is going to ____ me before I go to sleep, or if Fm going to be beaten up every day. ”

This is how Capernaum begins: A 12-year-old boy named Zain9 who lives in one of Beirut's slums, charges his parents for giving ____ to him, even though, he says, they knew they couldn't ____ him.

Capernaum is fictional but ifs as ____ as it gets. There are no ____actors in this film. Zain, for example, is __ by a boy with the same name, a Syrian refugee (难民)called Zain Al Rafeea. He had never slept in a ____ before the film, or gone to schooL He didn't even have papers to ____ he was a human being --just like his character in the film.

By making the film, Labaki wanted to "become the voice of these kids",, according to The Guardian. The voice is being heard. It ran first at Cannes Film Festival in May, 2018, and ___ the Jury Prize. Soon after the festival, under the ___of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Zain and his family got the chance to resettle in Norway. They now live in a house by the sea, and Zain is going to schooL

When Labaki told The New York Times that she wanted the film "to go beyond the borders of just being a film” and be "a ____ for help" , she wasn't ____ how big an impact it would have. “I might never get anywhere, but ____ I want to try," she said.

But she has certainly gone somewhere indeed 一 to say the least, the real-life Zain isnow able to ____ his future.

【1】A. fortunate B. optimistic C. attractive D. desperate

【2】A. urged B. produced C. watched D. inspired

【3】A. audiences B. cinemas C. houses D. hearts

【4】A. ever B. more C. even D. otherwise

【5】A. ashamed B. violent C. hopeless D. independent

【6】A. why B. how C. where D. whether

【7】A. help B. call C. guide D. kiss

【8】A. poorness B. birth C. pressure D. unhappiness

【9】A. put up with B. care for C. look on D. pay attention to

【10】A. beneficial B. interesting C. true D. simple

【11】A. typical B. proper C. ambitious D. professional

【12】A. played B. moved C. encouraged D. selected

【13】A. bed B. village C. street D. tent

【14】A. write B. witness C. argue D. prove

【15】A. expected B. won C. deserved D. shared

【16】A. desire B. control C. support D. agreement

【17】A. sign B. love C. promise D. cry

【18】A. concerned B. sure C. aware D. doubtful

【19】A. at least B. now and then C. on the whole D. all in all

【20】A. decide on B. go through C. dream about D. keep up

31、   It was a cold winter. The day my husband fell to his death, it started to snow, just________any November day. His________, when I found it, was lightly covered with snow. It snowed almost every day for the next four months, while I sat on the couch and watched it________.One morning, I walked slowly________and was surprised to see a snow remover clearing my driveway and the bent back of a woman clearing my walk. I dropped to my knees and crawled back upstairs,________those good people would not see me. I was_________ . My first thought was, how would I ever________them? I didn’t have the________to brush my hair,________clear someone’s walk.

Before Jon’s death, I felt proud that I________asked for favors. I identified myself by my autonomous ability and________.So who was I if I was no longer capable? How could I________myself if I just sat on the couch every day and watched the snow fall?

Learning to receive the love and________from others wasn’t easy. Friends cooked for me and I cried. Finally, my friend Kathy said, “Mary, cooking for you isn’t a________for me; it makes me feel good to be able to do something for you.”

Over and over, I heard________words from the people who supported me during those________days. One wise man told me, “You aren’t doing nothing because being fully open to your________may be the hardest work you will ever do.”

I am not the person I________was, but in many ways I have changed for the________.I’ve been surprised to learn that there is incredible freedom coming from________one’s worst fear and walking away whole. I believe there is strength, for sure, in accepting a dark period of our life.

【1】A.on B.in C.for D.like

【2】A.footprint B.soul C.roof D.body

【3】A.dry up B.pile up C.take up D.sweep up

【4】A.upstairs B.indoors C.downstairs D.outdoors

【5】A.for B.yet C.and D.so

【6】A.alarmed B.ashamed C.annoyed D.disappointed

【7】A.reflect B.reward C.award D.conduct

【8】A.absence B.psychology C.spirit D.strength

【9】A.let alone B.leave alone C.sit around D.stand alone

【10】A.frequently B.hardly C.gradually D.annually

【11】A.independence B.concept C.security D.qualification

【12】A.achieve B.respect C.praise D.promote

【13】A.distribution B.privilege C.contribution D.support

【14】A.bonus B.dimension C.business D.burden

【15】A.sensitive B.voluntary C.vivd D.similar

【16】A.junior B.remote C.blue D.absurd

【17】A.pause B.dignity C.pain D.access

【18】A.still B.never C.even D.once

【19】A.better B.less C.more D.worse

【20】A.scanning B.dragging C.facing D.fleeing

32、   As the train picked up its speed, the passengers slowly settled down on their seats. I________the lower berth(卧铺), so that I could________the beauty from the moving train. I don’t know why I always________to get the window seat. Perhaps it is because of the view. A(n)________lady occupied the front seat of mine. She must be in her eighties, I________. She smiled at me. Out of curiosity, I gave her________. But both of us were________.

It was 4:50 pm. So, bed time was still in a long way. I couldn't________myself any longer and asked, "Aunty! Where are you going?"She________me for a while and replied, "Army camp, dear."

Suddenly my________doubled to know the reason. I________said, "Aunty, you are________someone?"She smiled and I continued to say: " Aunty, you must be feeling so________to see your child and your grandchildren. "

Perhaps, this question________her a little but she answered, "Oh, dear! You are so sweet!________, I had only one son who joined the________and was killed in a battle just a few days before. I had________so many new clothes for him. So, I thought why not________my son's clothes to some other soldiers, so that I would control my________and would be happy thinking that my own son has worn it. He was________, so I don't have any grand child."

I was astonished at her heart breaking story! But I admired the old lady from the core of my heart.

【1】A.refused B.reserved C.avoided D.deserted

【2】A.enjoy B.protect C.ignore D.conquer

【3】A.dislike B.recover C.prefer D.survive

【4】A.elderly B.famous C.stubborn D.smart

【5】A.confirmed B.determined C.learned D.guessed

【6】A.response B.exploration C.research D.amazement

【7】A.dynamic B.calm C.silent D.positive

【8】A.resist B.forgive C.deserve D.demand

【9】A.cared about B.stared at C.attended to D.watched over

【10】A.anxiety B.embarrassment C.appreciation D.curiosity

【11】A.rudely B.politely C.firmly D.faithfully

【12】A.visiting B.charging C.sentencing D.reminding

【13】A.puzzled B.frightened C.astonished D.excited

【14】A.entertained B.attracted C.hurt D.impressed

【15】A.Besides B.Therefore C.Still D.Anyway

【16】A.club B.league C.party D.army

【17】A.shared B.counted C.bought D.buried

【18】A.sold B.donate C.connect D.expand

【19】A.sorrow B.shock C.sickness D.energy

【20】A.unbelievable B.unbearable C.unemployed D.unmarried

33、   For many people today, reading is no longer relaxation. To keep up their work, they must read letters, reports, trade publications, interoffice communications, not to mention newspapers and magazines: a never-ending flood of words. In _______ a job or advancing in one, the ability to read and comprehend _______ can mean the difference between success and failure. Yet the unfortunate fact is that most of us are _______ readers. Most of us develop poor reading _______ at an early age, and never get over them. The main deficiency _______ in the actual stuff of language itself—words. Taken individually, words have _______ meaning until they are strung together into phrases, sentences and paragraphs. _______, however, the untrained reader does not read groups of words. He painfully reads one word at a time, often regressing to _______ words or passages. Regression, the tendency to look back over _______ you have just read, is a common bad habit in reading. Another habit which ________ down the speed of reading is vocalization—sounding each word either orally or mentally as ________reads.

To overcome these bad habits, some reading clinics used a(n) ________called an accelerator, which moves a bar (or curtain) down the page at a predetermined speed. The bar is set at a slightly faster rate ________ the reader finds comfortable, in order to “stretch” him. The accelerator forces the reader to read fast, ________ word-by-word reading, regression and sub vocalization, practically impossible. At first ________ is sacrificed for speed. But when you learn to read ideas and concepts, you will not only read faster, ________ your comprehension will improve. Many people have found ________ reading skill drastically improved after some training. ________ —Charles Au, a business manager, for instance, his reading rate was a reasonably good 172 words a minute ________ the training, now it is an excellent 1,378 words a minute. He is delighted that how he can ________ a lot more reading material in a short period of time.

【1】A.applying B.doing C.offering D.getting

【2】A.quickly B.easily C.roughly D.decidedly

【3】A.good B.curious C.poor D.urgent

【4】A.training B.habits C.situations D.custom

【5】A.lies B.combines C.touches D.involves

【6】A.some B.a lot C.little D.dull

【7】A.Fortunately B.Actually C.Logically D.Unfortunately

【8】A.reuse B.reread C.rewrite D.recite

【9】A.what B.which C.that D.if

【10】A.scales B.cuts C.slows D.measures

【11】A.someone B.one C.the one D.reader

【12】A.device B.screen C.obstacle D.equipment

【13】A.then B.as C.beyond D.than

【14】A.enabling B.leading C.making D.indicating

【15】A.meaning B.comprehension C.reading D.regression

【16】A.but B.nor C.or D.for

【17】A.our B.your C.their D.such a

【18】A.Set B.Take C.Make D.Consider

【19】A.for B.in C.after D.before

【20】A.come over B.go over C.get across D.get through

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

The Internet E-commerce and globalization are making a new economic age possible. In the future, capitalist markets will largely be replaced by a new kind of economic system based on 【1】 relationships, contractual arrangements and access rights.

Has the quality of our lives at work, at home and in our communities increased in direct proportion to all the new Internet and business-to-business Internet services being introduced into our lives? I have asked this question of hundreds of CEOs and corporate executives in Europe and the United States. Surprisingly, virtually everyone has said, “No, quiet 【2】.” They say they are working longer hours, feel more stressed, are more impatient, and are even less civil in their dealings with colleagues and friends-not to mention strangers. And what’s more revealing, they place much of the blame on the very same technologies they are so 【3】 supporting.

The technological leader promised us that access would make life more convenient. Instead, the very technological wonders that were supposed to 【4】 us have begun to enslave us in a web of connections from which there seems to be no easy 【5】.

If an earlier generation was preoccupied with the quest to enclose a vast 【6】 land, the .com generation, it seems, is more caught up in the colonization of time. Every spare moment of our time is being filled with some form of commercial connection, making time itself the 【7】 of all resources.

And while we have created every kind of labor-and time-saving device to service our needs, we are beginning to feel like we have less time available to us than any other humans in history. Maybe we need to ask what kinds of connections really 【8】 in the e-economy age. If this new technology 【9】 is only about super efficiency, then we risk losing something even precious than time-our sense of what it means to be a(n) 【10】 human being.

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

Why Cold weather Causes So many Flight Cancellation?

Each year, about 60,000 flights get canceled because of bad winter weather, which costs airlines and airports an estimated $3 billion. But it’s not the freezing cold temperatures that cause problems for planes. After all, 【1】 jets fly 10 kilometers up, where temperatures hover around -50 degrees Celsius.

In fact, planes 【2】 in cold weather, since cold air is denser and leads to better thrust. Clearly, the real problem isn’t what’s going on up there. It’s what’s happening on the ground.

When a 【3】 polar vortex (极地涡旋) struck the Midwestern US in January 2019, temperatures dropped to -40 degrees Celsius and airline canceled 3,000 flights nationwide. In these situations, when temperatures start 【4】, everything slows down. Cargo doors can freeze up, along with the nozzles that pump fuel into planes, which delays the 【5】 process.

Even the plane itself can freeze over. Just a quarter-inch - thick layer of ice on a plane can disrupt the way air flows over its wings.

Les Westbrooks: The number one reason, I would say, that the reason flights get delayed in cold weather is going to be because there’s some kind of frozen precipitation, from frost to snow to a sheet of ice, adhering to the aircraft, adhering to the wings of the aircraft 【6】.

That’s Les Westbrooks, a retired airline pilot and an associate professor of aeronautical science at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. He says that 【7】, these planes are “de-iced” - but this also delays takeoff. The crew can spray the plane with a special hot water/ glycol mixture. It can take around 40 minutes to de-ice large passenger airplanes, so planes often have to wait “their turn” for the de-icing station, which, of course, can trigger more delays.

And ice on the runway, of course, creates another set of 【8】. In 2014, a plane at JFK skidded off an icy runway and into a mound of snow, leading to an hours-long shutdown at the airport. And even though crews can remove ice from the runway, scraping it off the pavement can lead to potholes (坑洞) and other 【9】, which makes takeoffs and landings more dangerous. And of course, snow and freezing rain on the ground can affect visibility to the point where officials have to decide it’s not safe to fly at all.

But if ice and snow aren’t the problem in these extremely cold temperatures, it’s usually another factor: people.

Les Westbrooks: The airplane flies at high altitudes, -60 degrees. It’s made to do that. Humans are not made to be outside in -60 degrees weather. And so the human factor becomes a big, big factor, when it becomes extremely cold.

Baggage handlers, aircraft fuelers, and mechanics all have to stay warm. Some airports, like O’Hare in Chicago, set up heated shelters for their employees. Of course, with everyone taking breaks to warm up, not as much gets done, which leads to even more delays and cancellations. Passengers start missing their 【10】 flights, and that, along with passengers who can’t make it to the airport due to bad road conditions, leads to half-empty planes.

In fact, many airlines might preemptively cancel flights before bad weather even hits. So, in the end, you can still blame cold weather for cancelling your flight.

36、按照课文内容填空

At the time they were created, the Impressionist paintings were【1】, but today they are accepted as the beginning of【2】we call “modern art’. This is because the Impressionists 【3】artists to look at their environment in new ways. There are scores of modern art styles, but 【4】the Impressionists, many of these painting styles might not exist. On the one hand, some modern art is abstract; that is, the painter doesn’t 【5】to paint objects as we see them with our eyes, 【6】instead concentrates on certain qualities of the object, 【7】color, line and shape to represent them. On the【8】hand, some paintings of modern art are so 【9】 that they look photographs. These styles are so different. Who can【10】what painting styles there will be in the future?

37、Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word. For the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

My daughter

(A story told by a father, a famous actor)

My wife and I only had the one child. We had Amy.

I see her as my best friend. I think she’d always come to me first if she had a problem. We have the same sense of humor, and share interests. 【1】 I don’t mind animals, she’s completely fascinated with them, and she has always had dogs, cats, horses, and goldfish in her life.

We were 【2】 (close) when she was about four, which I think is a lovely age for a child. They know the parents best, and don’t have outside contacts. She must have grown up suddenly when she went to school, because I remember her growing away from her family slightly. Any father who has a teenager daughter comes across an extraordinary collection of people, and there seemed to be an endless stream of strange young men 【3】 (come) through our house. By the time I learned their names they 【4】 (go) away and I had to start learning a new lot.

I wanted more than anything else for her to be happy in 【5】 she was doing, and I was prepared to pull strings to help her on her way. When she left a good school she decided she wanted to become an actress so I got her into drama school. It wasn’t to her liking so she joined a theatre group and began doing bits and pieces in films. She was doing well, but then gave it up. She probably found it boring. Then she took up social work, and finally went to work 【6】a designer and he became her husband. And that’s really the story of her life. She must be happy with him—they’re always together.

We have such similar tastes in books and music 【7】 I used to take her to see an opera, which is my big passion. However, I don’t think she likes it very much. She doesn’t come with me anymore.

I don’t think she’s a big television watcher. She knows when I’m on the television, and she 【8】 watch, but I don’t know. It’s not the kind of thing she tells me.

We’re very grateful for Amy. She’s a good daughter as daughters go. We’re looking forward to being grandparents.

38、假定你是李华，你的美国朋友Jim就读于合肥某国际李校。他想了解中国文化，特别是戏曲文化。7月5日下午3:00在合肥大剧院将上演黄梅戏《天仙配》。请你根据以下提示，用英语给Jim写一封电子邮件，邀请他一起观看演出。

•提出邀请并简述原因；

•简介《天仙配》（Marriage of the Fairy Princess）；

•请求对方回复。

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，但不计入总词数。

Dear Jim,

How is it going?

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua

39、阅读下面短文，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 friend of mine whose name was John Smith had a bad memory, which made him famous. He was so forgetful that he sometimes forgot what he was talking about in the middle of a sentence. His wife had to constantly( 经常地）remind him about his meetings, his classes, even his meals! Once he forgot he had eaten breakfast twice, at home and at school. His wife liked to remind her neighbors, “If John didn’t have his head tied on, he would forget that too!” Since Smith was a professor at a well-known university, his forgetfulness was often an embarrassment to him. It wasn’t that he was not clever, as some critical people tended to say, but just very, very absent-minded.

One hot summer day, Pro.Smith decided to take his children to a seaside town about a three-hour train ride away. To make the trip more interesting for his young children, he kept the name of the town a secret. However, by the time they arrived at the station, Smith forgot the name of the town he was planning to visit. luckily, a friend of his happened to be in the station. He offered to take care of the children while Smith hurried back home to find out where he was going.

The professor’s wife was surprised to see him again so soon.

“Oh, my dear, I forgot the name of the town.”

“What? You forgot the name? Maybe one day you will forgot my name! Now I’ll write the name of that town on a piece of paper, and you put it in your pocket and please, please don’t forget where you put it.”

Satisfied that she had solved the problem, she sent her husband off again. Ten minutes later she was astonished to see him outside the house for the third time.

Paragraph 1:

“What is the matter now?” asked his wife._________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Paragraph 2:

Hearing the cry, out rushed their neighbors, trying to find out what had happened. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

40、假设你是学校Campus English的编辑李华，学校将举办一次40周年校庆作品展示，请你用英语写一则作品征集启事。要点如下：

作品主题：反映校园生活，表达祝福

作品形式：英、汉语诗歌、照片、书画作品等

截止日期：2020年8月10日

注意：1.词数100左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3.参考词汇：40周年（the 40th anniversary）。

41、假设你是我市某中学的学生李华，班里转来一名留学生Jack，他一时无法融入新的班集体中，所以感到很苦恼。请用英语给他写一封信：

内容要点如下：

1.帮他分析原因；

2.给他提出建议。

注意：1.根据内容要点可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

2.词数100左右，开头及结尾已给出，不计人总词数。

Dear Jack,

I know you are now having trouble communicating with others, and_____________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua