邢台2025-2026学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高三英语

1、Would you rather I _____ buying a new bike?

A.decided against B.will decide against

C.have decided D.shall decide against

2、His conduct at the party is far from __________.

A.satisfactory B.satisfied C.satisfaction D.satisfy

3、I hope my suggestions will ______ your approval.

A.come about B.break out C.take place D.meet with

4、A household robot was going to be ______ by Larry’s wife, Claire.

A.carried out B.sorted out C.figured out D.tested out

5、Seeing the happy ________ of children playing in the park, I’m overjoyed and sure of the future of our country.

A. sight B. view C. scene D. sign

6、The teacher stressed again that the students should not ________ any key words while reading the passage.

A．bring out

B．leave out

C．let out

D．make out

7、Something is wrong with his camera. It can’t be ________ to take photos in cloudy conditions.

A．adapted

B．adjusted

C．adopted

D．addicted

8、Teens and younger children are reading a lot less for fun, according to a Common Sense Media report Monday.

A.being published B.to publish C.publishing D.published

9、Tom never works hard at his lessons, so it’s not ______ to see a ______ look on his face after the exam.

A. surprised; disappointing B. surprised; disappointed

C. surprising; disappointed D. surprising; disappointing

10、Inside the window hangs a _____ carved out of this piece of wood by the artist.

A.decoration B.destination C.departure D.discipline

11、It was not until ___ that ____ taking and began to prepare for class.

A. did the teacher turn up; the students stopped

B. the teacher turned up; the students stopped

C. did the teacher turn up; did the students stop

D. the teacher turned up; did the students stop

12、This writing is so confusing that it’s difficult to ________ what he is trying to express.

A.leave room for B.mistake for C.make out D.live through

13、The picture offer the best evidence to date that a planet once _____ dead is actually a lively pot of geological change.

A.assuming B.assumed C.resuming D.resumed

14、You ________ television. Why not do something more active?

A．always watch

B．are always watching

C．have always watched

D．always watched

15、Air travel is much more affordable and _______ to the masses than it was in the 1960 s.

A.portable B.elegant C.accessible D.beneficial

16、Don't be___________ by its terrible smell-Durian tastes delicious.

A.dropped off B.put off C.taken off D.broken out

17、Many people _________ from sickness or even small wounds had penicillin not been available.

A.would die B.would have died C.may die D.may have died

18、The theory, ____ my opinions are based, consists of three parts.

A.on which B.in which C.on that D.which

19、Thinking that you know ________ in fact you don't know is a serious mistake.

A.what B.that C.when D.however

20、We worked for ten years without finding anything but it didn’t cast us down. Now our patience has ________.

A．paid back

B．been paid back

C．paid off

D．been paid off

21、The prison governor has refused to let him go, saying he must first be given from his own superiors.

A.accumulation B.affection C.authority D.accommodation

22、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

23、Tom was told that it would be at least one week __________ he could recover and return to school.

A.when B.since C.before D.that

24、False advertisements play tricks on consumers, thus ______ damage to their legal rights and interests.

A．to cause

B．causing

C．having caused

D．caused

25、The school dining room ______ as a meeting place for teachers and students.

A.treats B.admits C.uses D.functions

26、These days, there’s a green version of just about everything. There are cars that run on electricity and alternative fuels, houses that are powered by solar energy and wind farms seemingly popping up on every open space from California to coastal Japan. Even drones (无人机) ate getting in on the action. The unmanned air vehicles are also being put to environmental uses around the globe.

The eye in the sky that they provide helps researchers better understand what’s going on with the natural world in which we live. For environmentalists and earth scientists, the flying machines can be sent way up in the air to record sweeping footage of a large area to track the impact of things like climate change, migration and the acts of cutting down and burning forest trees, which can be done without having to buy a helicopter, rent a plane or tape a video camera to a bird.

Sure, there’s plenty of satellite footage already out there, but drones let researchers accurately position the data set that they want to get a quicker, closer look at the area that they’re looking to monitor. In 2013, for example, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) sent a drone into the Turrialba Volcano in Costa Rica to gather data about its emissions. The temperature, ash height and gas concentration information collected during the mission helped earth scientists determine which way the volcanic and potentially poisonous gas erupting from the volcano was moving and take steps to limit its environmental impact.

Similarly, Arctic researchers are using drones to help study temperature change and the melting of glaciers. They use drones equipped with infrared (红外线的) cameras to sweep into places that they may otherwise not be able to reach to monitor and collect data on the melting ice. The same flying machines may also eventually be used to transport other data collection tools into the wild.

【1】How does the author lead in the topic of the text?

A．By giving examples.

B．By listing data.

C．By drawing a distinction.

D．By making assumptions.

【2】What mainly makes drones used to better watch nature?

A．The high safety.

B．The huge space.

C．The recovery capability after damage.

D．The ability to collect data at a high altitude.

【3】What do the last two paragraphs mainly tell us about drones?

A．Their production steps.

B．Their practical functions.

C．Their potential impacts on the atmosphere.

D．Their data set for motoring the environment.

【4】Which is a suitable title for the text?

A．Drones: Poisonous

B．Drones: Eco-friendly

C．Drones: Limited

D．Drones: Adaptable

27、   A couple of weeks ago, my grandfather was explaining his favorite expression. "Nothing is ever easy? The following day, as I tried to complete my day's work, I happened to notice a bumblebee（大黄蜂）on the skylight（天窗）.The skylight was particularly high up, but I thought removing the bee would take no more than five minutes. An hour later, the bee still remained. All that had changed was that the living room was a mess and that 1 was dizzy from looking up into the sunlight. I did not expect to waste an hour on an insect so tiny, but by doing so, I understood what my grandfather meant.

It is not only time that we tend to underestimate — we don’t account for unexpected costs. We often imagine what can work in our favor but we seldom think of all the negative things that could a fleet us. However, it is important to remember that your day or week or year might nor go as planned, and that is completely normal. It is perfectly acceptable to feel challenged — even at a task you thought was simple — because that is part of life.

If you can accept that nothing will ever be easy, then life might seem slightly more manageable. In middle school. I thought high school might be easier because I could choose the classes I wanted to take. In high school I thought college might be easier because I could have a schedule（计划）best suited for myself. Yet each time, I was both wrong and disappointed. After accepting that school wouldn't（and shouldn't）be easy. I found myself with a more positive altitude and improved results.

Of course, there should be preparations made to account tor expenses or time. Doing so can only help you accomplish your goals in a better way. However, there is no need to beat ourselves up when something stands in our path. Maybe we cannot see a bee coming our way, but we can always give ourselves the extra time to catch it.

【1】Why did the author mention his experience of removing a bee?

A.To share something unforgettable with us.

B.To lead us to what the author learned from it.

C.To show the unexpected costs it caused.

D.To tell us how easy it is to waste our rime.

【2】Why do things often tum out to be different from what we expect?

A.We often don't take lime seriously.

B.We tend not to have enough money.

C.Unexpected things can happen.

D.It is easy to feel challenged.

【3】According to the text, what does the underlined phrase "beat ourselves up" mean?

A.lo hit or kick ourselves hard, many times

B.to blame ourselves too much

C.to encourage ourselves to work hard

D.to give up ourselves

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

A.To encourage people to make greater efforts.

B.To explain how to make preparations.

C.To tell us what to do when something gets in our way.

D.To persuade us not to expect things to be easy.

28、   Bats are nature's pest hunter. Every night they fly out of their caves to enjoy millions of insects, including some harmful ones. But habitat（栖息地）loss and climate change, as well as infectious diseases are preventing them from doing their job. A new study adds another item to the list wildfires. But not too many—too few.

In California's Sierra Nevada, bats have adapted to occasional fires. But a century of fire-suppression（抑制）policies has kept some areas unburned for long periods, resulting in thicker forests and undergrowth. "We wanted to see how these changes might be influencing bat biodiversity." says ecologist Zack Steel in University of California, who conducted the research.

Steel and his colleagues tracked bats for over four years at six spots in Sierra Nevada. Three of the areas had been recently hit by wildfires, and three remained unburned.

Seventeen bat species call these forests home. The study revealed that eight of them tended to frequent the unburned areas, whereas 11 used the burned areas（some species visited both）. "We expected to see one group of species benefiting from fire—the more open-habitat-adapted species—and another group to be negatively affected by fire and prefer the unburned areas," Steel says. "But even some of those species were occurring more often in burned areas.”

What is ideal, the researchers write, is a combination of unburned areas and ones burned at different levels of severity. The results were published last December in the journal Scientific Reports.

"When there are changes in habitat after a fire, many species benefit in different ways," says University of Connecticut biologist Andrew Stillman. "On the whole, the community becomes more diverse, and that's a good thing for the landscape.”

Extinguishing wildfires early leads to some species losing out on food and resources. "Fire is a natural part of the ecosystem, and many animals require the disturbance from fire to create the types of habitat that they need," Stillman adds. "It shows another negative consequence of keeping wildfire away from fire-adapted forests in California."

【1】What can we learn about the research from the text?

A．The researchers kept track of the bats for six years at four spots.

B．11 bat species visited both of the burned and unburned areas.

C．The result of the study was out of the researchers' expectation.

D．The unburned areas were preferred by most of the bat species.

【2】What does the underlined word "Extinguishing" mean in the last paragraph?

A．Stopping.

B．Observing.

C．Causing

D．Catching.

【3】What is Andrew Stillman's attitude towards wildfires?

A．Negative.

B．Positive.

C．Cautious.

D．Doubtful.

【4】Which of the following could be the best title?

A．California Forests

B．Bush Fires

C．Burn Benefits

D．Bats' Habitats

29、Gregory Kloehn digs through dustbins every day, but not for the reason that most people would think．He isn’t homeless．In fact he is trying to help the homeless.

Gregory began his life as a sculptor．But he often felt that his sculptures, which just stood in rich people’s houses for years, lacked a meaningful purpose．So in 201l he decided to put his artistic energies into creating homes to sell—not ordinary homes but small structures built entirely from recycled materials.

The thought of creating homes for the homeless didn’t occur to him until the year 2013, when a homeless couple asked him for a tarp(防水布)．Instead of a tarp, Gregory offered them something better: a small home with a water tank, a kitchen and a trap for waste．They were so grateful that Gregory decided to focus his efforts on helping house the homeless population in his city．And soon his “Homeless Homes Project” was started.

Before starting a new home, Gregory, goes hunting for materials by digging through dustbins．Everything he finds is usable—refrigerator doors become house doors; washing machine doors often serve as windows, and the tops of cars become strong roofs．He put wheels at the bottom for users to move their homes around easily．Each home takes two to three days to make．

So far Gregory has donated dozens of homes to the city’s most needy．While his small low-cost mobile homes are not the final solution to the problem of homelessness, they are really practical and do provide a warm and safe place for the homeless to stay in．They are simply a way for one man to do something nice for those in need of some help.

Gregory has written a book titled Homeless Architecture, where he explains techniques to build those homes and he is now working on weekend workshops．“A lot of people who hear about what I’m doing want to get involved,” he said． “Maybe we can meet someplace and put a couple of homes together.”

【1】Why did Gregory turn from making sculptures to creating homes?

A. He had no home to live in．

B. He had to make more money.

C. He lost interest in sculpture.

D. He wanted to help the homeless.

【2】The author mentions the story in Paragraph 3 to tell us____________.

A. Gregory’s small homes were popular among the homeless

B. how Gregory got the idea of “Homeless Homes Project”

C. the homeless couple asked Gregory to produce more homes

D. housing the homeless in a city was not an easy task

【3】What can we conclude from Paragraph 4?

A. Gregory has great trouble hunting for materials for his small houses．

B. It takes Gregory a long time to produce a home．

C. Gregory’s work requires imagination and creativity

D. Everything in the dustbins will be used in Gregory’s work．

【4】What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A. Gregory’s project will help more homeless people.

B. Gregory doesn’t need to make small homes now．

C. Gregory’s work will completely solve the homelessness problem．

D. A single person can make no difference to social problems．

30、After staying at home one afternoon for a delivery of discounted sink that never came, Valentin Romanov, a Stockholm IT manager ,installed a special lock on his flat’s entrance. When no one is in, deliverymen unlock the door and slip packages inside. Four months on, Mr Romanov has _______ his spending online and says he cannot imagine life without in-home deliveries. These are sweet words for delivery firms and online retailers(零售商), Amazon included, that are setting up_______ with lock manufacturers to overcome a big hurdle for e-commerce.

Traditional l deliveries fail so_______ that a parcel is driven to a home an average of 1.5 times in the Nordic region, says Kenneth Verlage, head of business development at PostNord, a logistics(物流) giant operating in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. It is an expensive _______ made worse, he says, by the fact that recipients have still often had to wait for a failed delivery. Some couriers leave packages on doorsteps, but this_______ theft. Of 1,000 Americans surveyed this year by Shorr, a packaging firm, nearly a third had been victims of “porch piracy”, as this is known. Two-fifths_______ certain online purchases for fear of it.

A number of firms now sell wirelessly connected locks which a courier’s delivery staff can open using a passcode or smartphone app after the ________ has issued a temporary authorization, before leaving home or remotely. Deliveries are filmed with an indoor security camera paired with the lock. The short videos are sent to parcel addressees and typically ________, comically in Mr Romanov’s view, with a jiggle of the door handle from outside to show that the departing delivery person has locked up.

Amazon began offering in-home deliveries in 37 American cities in November. Shoppers who have had a special_______ and camera installed (costing $199) can select in-home delivery at checkout. Like most firms offering the service, Amazon is tightlipped about user ______. The boss of August Home, a San Francisco maker of in-home delivery locks, says that already hundreds of thousands of delivery drivers, dog-walkers, cleaners and Airbnb guests use its app______ to enter others’ homes.

Offerings are ________. In 2018 August Home will go to Australia and Britain, and PostNord will launch in-home delivery in four Nordic countries. Walmart and Sears have tried it; Sears even tested unattended appliance repairs. Five logistics firms and two Swedish supermarket chains are trying or using locks from Glue, a firm based in Stockholm, for in-home deliveries.

________ suspect these efforts will not amount to much. Plenty of _______ will be fearful about theft. Rhino Security Labs, a Seattle computer-security firm, claims it hacked into and shut off the video in one Amazon lock-and-camera system. In-home deliveries are incompatible with burglar alarms. And what if an improperly fenced-off dog or cat slips outside? Or an heirloom on display gets knocked over? These are ________ questions. But e-commerce firms have unlocked harder ones.

【1】

A．doubled

B．deleted

C．checked

D．decreased

【2】

A．partnerships

B．branches

C．funds

D．conferences

【3】

A．occasionally

B．unexpectedly

C．miserably

D．frequently

【4】

A．development

B．purchase

C．tradition

D．inefficiency

【5】

A．records

B．invites

C．reduces

D．commits

【6】

A．avoid

B．make

C．control

D．assess

【7】

A．driver

B．manager

C．deliver

D．resident

【8】

A．start

B．end

C．disappear

D．emerge

【9】

A．door

B．computer

C．lock

D．application

【10】

A．experiences

B．preferences

C．numbers

D．backgrounds

【11】

A．illegally

B．keylessly

C．unknowingly

D．fearfully

【12】

A．threatening

B．multiplying

C．competing

D．shrinking

【13】

A．Designers

B．Advocates

C．Opponents

D．Adopters

【14】

A．consumers

B．firms

C．hackers

D．producers

【15】

A．unimportant

B．general

C．improper

D．tricky

31、   The first day at school has left a deep_______ on me. I’ll never forget it.

As soon as I rushed into the classroom, the bell _______. A young beautiful woman came in, but she was _______, no smile on her face. “You are not permitted to _______ me in the course of class unless…”She was speaking when I heard a _______ “Lily, Lily” from outside the door. My grandmother was standing there with a pair of socks in her hand. I didn’t realize I was bare feet _______ then. I wanted to _______ them. But I dared not do that. I shook my hand, _______ “Don’t wait here any longer. Leave quickly.” As I did so, I still _______ my eyes on my teacher. I really didn’t want her to take ________ of me, but she did. She went out to get the socks. When she gave them to me, she looked at me for a while. My face suddenly turned ________ and my heart beat faster. I began to put the socks on. Unfortunately I was so nervous that my ________ hands couldn’t get them ________ my feet easily. Just then I heard my name called. I ________ from my seat quickly. “Can you count the numbers from one to one hundred?” the teacher asked. I nodded. ________ her surprise, I did very ________. Finally she said, “Be seated, please. Study hard.” I looked ________ her to find a smile on her face. I felt ________ at last.

The first day at school has stayed in my ________ as something ________ but sweet.

【1】A.memory B.imagination C.impression D.feeling

【2】A.struck B.rang C.beat D.rung

【3】A.serious B.humorous C.gentle D.modern

【4】A.trouble B.question C.interrupt D.excuse

【5】A.sound B.voice C.noise D.word

【6】A.before B.after C.just D.until

【7】A.wear B.throw C.accept D.get

【8】A.saying B.meaning C.crying D.shouting

【9】A.fixed B.laid C.opened D.shut

【10】A.care B.attention C.notice D.interest

【11】A.pale B.white C.black D.red

【12】A.shaking B.dirty C.small D.own

【13】A.into B.onto C.over D.through

【14】A.stood B.raised C.rose D.jumped

【15】A.With B.For C.Great to D.Much to

【16】A.good B.well C.bad D.badly

【17】A.around B.over C.up at D.through

【18】A.relaxed B.surprised C.disappointed D.puzzled

【19】A.body B.classroom C.brain D.memory

【20】A.strange B.amazing C.embarrassing D.forever

32、   I grew up with a fat dad — 450 pounds at his heaviest. Every week he would try a new diet, and my family ______ eating whatever strange food he was trying at that moment. By the time I was nine, I was a(n) ______ on losing weight. I spent four weeks ______ only small bowls of white rice at home. What I remember most about those years is that I ______ felt hungry — hungry for food, hungry for someone to care for me and I ______ to be cared for.

But on Friday nights, I was ______ hungry. My grandfather would take me to his home for the ______. There was always a pot of something cooking on the ______. It was at my grandmother’s house that I learned what true ______ was.

After my third-grade year, my family had to move away from hometown, and leave my grandmother and her delicious food ______. There would be no more special weekends at my grandmother’s house. It was total ______ for survival. In this new city, I felt extremely lonely and lost, and I missed my grandmother ______.

My grandmother knew just how I felt and she knew the ______. Every week, she would send me a card with a $20 bill, a recipe and a list of what to buy at the market. It kept us ______, and her recipes filled my body and soul.

Over the years, I have ______ to better understand my father’s ______ with weight and ______ growing up in such an unhealthy eating environment, I found a ______ for a career as a nutrition (营养) consultant.

Today, food is no longer a ______ that keeps my father and me apart, but a bridge that keeps us connected. And now I am the one ______ sending recipe cards to my father’s house, just as my grandmother did for me.

【1】A.came up B.turned up C.ended up D.went up

【2】A.expert B.student C.amateur D.worker

【3】A.ordering B.consuming C.serving D.treating

【4】A.instantly B.constantly C.continuously D.unfortunately

【5】A.longed B.meant C.hit D.showed

【6】A.even B.ever C.once D.never

【7】A.dinner B.weekend C.party D.activity

【8】A.stove B.kitchen C.house D.cupboard

【9】A.food B.love C.happiness D.diet

【10】A.out B.behind C.alone D.away

【11】A.memory B.intention C.experiment D.independence

【12】A.deliberately B.fully C.terribly D.tentatively

【13】A.cure B.approach C.reason D.routine

【14】A.reminded B.bonded C.united D.informed

【15】A.wanted B.expected C.grown D.begun

【16】A.quarrels B.debates C.topics D.struggles

【17】A.in spite of B.in possession of C.in case of D.in terms of

【18】A.demand B.request C.command D.desire

【19】A.case B.question C.barrier D.matter

【20】A.occasionally B.finally C.regularly D.normally

33、   To millions of readers, Jeff Zaslow was a bestselling author. But to me, Jeff was a(a) ______ mentor（导师）who gave countless hours of his time and energy to ______ authors.

When I was in middle school, Jeff and his family ______ near our house. At a neighborhood party, I was a ______ kid playing basketball alone. Jeff walked over, introduced himself to me. He took a true interest in getting to ______ me, asking about my hobbies. Although we had just met, I had the ______ that this new neighbor truly cared about me.

Looking back, Jeff was the first adult who ______ me like a peer（同龄人）, and it helped me find my confidence. At the time, I had no ______ that Jeff would become a mentor to me or that I would enter the writing ______.

Twenty years later, I decided to ______ my first book. In search of ______ on developing a plan, I ______ to Jeff. Less than three hours later, his ______ landed in my mailbox. He invited me to call him any time, day or night. He asked me ______ questions and listened to my responses.

When I started writing, I ______ Jeff’s work as a model and his personal example as a reminder of what it meant to put other people first.

In 2012, before I finished writing my book, Jeff lost his ______ in a car accident. I missed the ______ to tell him what an influence he had on me—not only as a writer, but as a role model for how to live a good life.

Jeff Zaslow never got the chance to give his last ______. I don’t know what he would have ______, but I know how he would have made you ______ during the talk. He would have amused you with humor and encouraged you to seek for the most meaningful moments in life.

【1】A. devoted B. honest C. strict D. fair

【2】A. help B. choose C. find D. train

【3】A. camped B. traveled C. moved D. returned

【4】A. curious B. shy C. stubborn D. clever

【5】A. invite B. know C. please D. trick

【6】A. fear B. concern C. suggestion D. sense

【7】A. treated B. shaped C. served D. accepted

【8】A. doubt B. idea C. plan D. impression

【9】A. system B. school C. profession D. class

【10】A. collect B. write C. publish D. sell

【11】A. decisions B. judgments C. guidance D. influence

【12】A. reached out B. explained C. gave in D. came

【13】A. book B. name C. reply D. refusal

【14】A. difficult B. personal C. embarrassing D. thoughtful

【15】A. relied on B. figured out C. dealt with D. paid for

【16】A. eye B. leg C. family D. life

【17】A. opportunity B. ability C. deadline D. point

【18】A. performance B. description C. lecture D. lesson

【19】A. learned B. realized C. expected D. said

【20】A. feel B. grow C. behave D. continue

34、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.

35、阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Everyone has their own unique fingerprint; 【1】 makes fingerprints an ideal way to unlock smartphones. However, this may be 【2】 (safe) than we think.

Scientists at New York University and Michigan State University in the US have developed a set of fake fingerprints. They say that the prints 【3】 unlock any fingerprint-enabled smartphone up to 65 percent of the time.

The artificial fingerprints 【4】 (create) by using many common features found in human prints. They work 【5】 taking advantage of the way smartphone scanners check a fingerprint.

The fingerprint scanners   【6】 (use) in smartphones are so small that they only read parts of fingerprints. So they have to take many scans of your finger or thumb (拇指) 【7】 they work properly. Smartphones also let users save several finger and thumbprints. Since a print only has to match one of the saved images 【8】 (unlock) the phone, the scanner is more likely to make mistakes.

Although the scientists have only tested their findings in computer simulations (模拟), 【9】 (worry) about the safety of using fingerprints are reasonable .They warn that the technology used to create artificial fingerprints is improving   【10】 (extreme) fast.

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.

On a broiling afternoon when the men were away at work and all the women napped, I moved through majestic depths of silences, silences so immense I could hear the corn 【1】. Under these silences there was a / an orchestra of natural music playing notes no city child would ever hear. A certain cackle from the henhouse meant we had gained an egg. The creak of a porch swing told of a momentary breeze blowing across my grandmother’s yard. As I 【2】 along a mossy bank to surprise a frog, a 【3】splash told me the quarry had spotted me and slipped into the stream. Wandering among the sleeping houses, I learned that tin roofs crackle under the power of the sun, and when I tired and came back to my grandmother’s house, I padded into her dark cool living room, lay 【4】 on the floor, and listened to the hypnotic beat of her pendulum clock on the wall ticking the meaningless hours away.

I was enjoying the luxuries of a rustic nineteenth-century boyhood, but for the women Morrisonville life had few 【5】. Their lives were hard, endless, dirty labor.

For baths, laundry, and dishwashing, they hauled buckets of water from a spring at the foot of a hill. To heat it, they chopped kindling to fire their wood stoves. They boiled laundry in tubs, scrubbed it on washboards until knuckles were 【6】, and wrung it out by hand. Ironing was a business of lifting heavy metal weights heated on the stove top.

They scrubbed floors on hands and knees, thrashed rugs with carpet beaters, killed and plucked their own chickens, baked bread and parties, grew and conned their won vegetables, patched the family’s clothing on treadle-operated sewing machines, 【7】before the men to start the stove for breakfast and pack lunch pails, polished the chimneys of kerosene lamps, and even found time to tend the flowers that grew around every house. By the end of a summer day a Morrisonville woman had toiled like a serf.

At sundown the men drifted back from the fields exhausted and 【8】. They scrubbed themselves in enamel basins and, when supper was eaten, climbed up onto the porch to watch the night arrive. Presently the women 【9】 them, and the twilight music of Morrisonville began.

The swing creaking , rocking chairs 【10】 on the porch planks, voices murmuring approval of the sagacity of Uncle Irvey as he quietly observed for probably the ten-thousandth time in his life, “A man works from sun to sun, but a woman’s work is never done.”

37、Directions: Fill in each blank to make the passage make sense and well connected in writing style. The initial letter of each word has been given. (please write each answer in a COMPLETE word on the answer card.

THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

In Congress, July 4, 1776

When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bonds which have connected them with another, and to assume among the Powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s god entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should d【1】 the causes which impel them to the separation.

We h【2】 these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created e【3】, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable R【4】, that among these are life, L【5】, and the pursuit of Happiness.

That to secure these rights, g 【6】 are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.

That whenever any form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the P 【7】 to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, l【8】 its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such f【9】, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience has shown, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariable the same Object, evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their d 【10】, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.

38、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。

There was a rich couple who was throwing a big New Year party at their house. So they went shopping at the market where everything was of high cost and fixed price. They wanted to maintain their level of standard so they didn’t mind paying for it. After purchasing all they needed, they called a porter to carry everything and drop it at their home. The porter who came was of an old age, and looked very unhealthy, and his clothes were torn, and he looked as if he wasn’t even able to meet his daily needs.

They asked the porter about the charges for delivering their goods to their home. The old porter quoted just $20, well below the market price. Yet, the couple argued and bargained with the porter and finally settled for $15. The porter was struggling to make even one time’s meal so he needed anything he could earn.

The couple was very happy thinking how well they bargained with the poor porter and paid him $15 in advance and left after giving the porter their address for delivery. They reached their home and one hour passed, and two hours passed, but the porter still didn’t deliver their stuff.

The wife started to get angry at her husband, “I always tell you not to trust such person, but you never listen to me. I am sure instead of delivering the goods to our home, he must have disappeared with everything. We must immediately go back to the market to inquire and then to the police station to file the complaint against him.”

They both left towards the market. On their way near the market, they saw another porter. They stopped him to inquire about the old porter and noticed that he was carrying their goods in his cart! The angry wife asked him, “Where is that old thief? This is our goods and he was supposed to deliver them. It seems you poor thieves are stealing our goods and going to sell them.”

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When the porter heard the angry wife asking.

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Upon hearing this, the husband had tears in his eyes,

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39、假设你是李华，你的英国朋友Jack热爱中国的传统文化，尤其对中国的茶文化感兴趣，听说你的家乡是著名的砖茶之乡，他想了解相关情况。请你给他写封电子邮件，告知有关信息。

内容包括：

1. 中国茶文化历史悠久，促进了人文交流和社会发展；

2. 介绍自己家乡的相关情况（如：羊楼洞盛产砖茶，是著名的茶马古道起点之一）；

3. 邀请他到中国亲身体验（以茶会友，听茶事，观茶艺，赏茶具，品好茶）。

注意：1. 词数120左右；

2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

3. 参考词汇：羊楼洞Yang Loudong 茶马古道Great Tea Road 砖茶brick tea

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Yours,

Li Hua

40、阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。

It was Saturday afternoon. Martin and his sister Pam were looking at the beautiful old buildings of Cambridge for the day. Pam had a camera with her. She likes taking photos.

“Let’s have a last photo of you,” said Pam. “It’s the last one. I want to finish the film in my camera.”

“Oh, all right,” said Martin. He stood in front of the flowers.

“Look at me.” Said Pam and took a photo. A man with a big rucksack(背包) and a tent on his back walked between Pam and Martin.

“Oh no,” said Pam. “Now I’ve got a picture of that man, not of you, Martin.”

The man looked at Pam. He was angry. He went across the road without a word.

“That man isn’t very nice, is he?” said Martin.

“No,” said Pam. The man with the rucksack on his back went into the bus station. He had got sunglasses and a blue hat.

“Come on,” said Martin. “Let’s find our bus.”

They went into the bus station. “Look,” said Martin. “There’s that man again. He’s getting into that bus. He’s going to Aberdeen. That’s in Scotland.”

“Good,” said Pam. “Far from here and far from me!”

Three days later, Pam had got her photos from the shop. “Look at these photos of us in Cambridge,” she said to Martin. “They are all very good but this last one. Look, it’s that man with the rucksack.”

“Wait a minute,” said Martin. “I know that face. It’s in the newspaper. Have you got it?”

“Today’s newspaper?” said Pam. “Yes, it’s here. Why?”

“Yes, here he is. Look at this picture,” said Martin.

Pam looked at the picture in the newspaper. “Who’s that?” she asked.

“It says in the paper that his name is Alan Rook,” said Martin. “And he works in a bank in London. But on Monday morning - no Alan Rook! The people at the bank don’t know where he is. And they say he’s got a hundred thousand pounds with him. The police are looking for him, too.”

“Come on,” said Martin. “Let’s take the photo and the newspaper to the police.”

注意:

1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右；

2. 应使用5个以上短文中标有下划线的关键词语；

3. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；

4. 续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。

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  At the police station Pam and Martin met a policeman.

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  The next day the police in Aberdeen found Alan Rook in a tent in the mountains near Aberdeen.

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41、假定你是李华，昨天在学校的英语演讲比赛中荣获第一名。请你给外教Smith先生写一封邮件，感谢他给你的指导。内容包括：

1. 表达感激之情：

2. 简介比赛情况：

3. 描述获奖时的心情。

注意：1. 词数100左右：

2. 可以适当增减细节，以使行文连贯。

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