丽水2025-2026学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高一英语

1、Several days passed before they came up with a satisfactory solution to the ________ in a / an ________.

A.problems discussed … unexpected way

B.discussed problems … way unexpected

C.problems discussed … way unexpected

D.discussed problems … unexpected way

2、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

3、This was a courageous decision, all the board members of the company opposed.

A.it B.that C.one D.the one

4、The clever boy made a hole in the wall, _____he could see what was going on inside the house.

A.on which B.at which C.through which D.in which

5、I have been convinced that the print media are usually more________ and more reliable than television.

A．accurate

B．ridiculous

C．urgent

D．flexible

6、_____ is often the case, we have worked out the production plan.

A. Which   B. When   C. What   D. As

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

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

8、On April 7, Nature published _____ article named Stop the Coronavirus Stigma(污名)  Now and apologized for associating the virus with Wuhan and China.

A.the B.a C.an D./

9、People with simple names enjoy quicker career advancement because names which are hard to pronounce inspire negative ________ from superiors.

A． considerations  B． consequences

C． expectations   D． reactions

10、We should consider students’ suggestion _________ the school library provide more books on popular science.

A．that

B．when

C．whether

D．why

11、_______ is known to us all that the old scientist, for _______ life was hard in the past, still works hard in his eighties.

A．As; whose

B．It; whose

C．As; whom

D．It; whom

12、﹣Hi,Jack. Let's go skating．

﹣Wait a minute, Johnson. I           my homework in ten minutes．

A.finish B.finished

C.have finished D.am finishing

13、______ to give his mother a surprise , Tom arrived home ahead of time.

A. Determined B. Determining

C. Having determined D. To determine

14、It is six months _____ the online class started.

A.that B.until C.before D.since

15、When the student wanted to have a go, the teacher gave him a nod of ________.

A.support B.promise C.approval D.suggestion

16、_______ many of us today take the television for granted, it’s actually one of the greatest invention of the 20th century.

A. If B. Unless C. While D. Since

17、______Jixi today is more beautiful now. Mr. Jackson said he would visit it______third time.

A.The;/ B.The;the C./;a D.The;a

18、His suggestion __________to see the art exhibition interested everyone of us.

A.that we go B.which we should go

C.that we would go D.we should go

19、I’ll never forget the day ___ I spent with them .

A．in which

B．on which

C．when

D．that

20、The heartbroken mother had no alternative but ____ her guilty son to the police.

A. report B. reporting C. reported D. to report

21、在平面直角坐标系中，点的坐标为，点在轴上，直线经过点，并与轴交于点，直线与相交于点；

（1）求直线的解析式；

（2）点是线段上一点，过点作交于点，若四边形为平行四边形，求点坐标.

22、This is the car ____ which he came here.

A.by B.in C.at D.on

23、—So you didn’t say hello to him last night?

—Well, I stopped and smiled when I saw him, but he ________ me and walked on with his head very high.

A.ignored B.refused C.recognized D.missed

24、Many young people, most________ were well-received, headed for remote regions to chase their dreams.

A.of which B.of whom C.of them D.of those

25、With the COVID-19 ______ quickly around the globe, the whole world are in a(n) ______ of shock.

A.gathering, condition B.spreading, state

C.to spread, approach D.to gather, style

26、   If you walk through a park,you may enjoy the scents(气味）of flowers,water and soil.If you are especially lucky,you will get to smell fresh-cut grass.It's a beloved scent that transports many people back to their childhood.But there's a dark side to that smell.Indeed,we are in love with the scent of fear.

Plants have many different chemical defenses.That smell is one of them,as the grass responds to an attack,signaling(向......示意）to the surrounding grass that danger is coming.The fresh,"green”scent of a just-mowed lawn is the lawn trying to save itself,says a story at science website Real-Clear Science.

The smell is produced by a mix of chemicals called green leaf volatiles(GLVs,绿叶挥发物）.When the leafy plants are injured by animals eating them, people cutting them, or any other rough treatment-they give off GLVs into the air.These GLVs are a warning to neighbouring plants that their flowers might be removed,so they can move resources like sugar toward their roots and away from their flowers.This reduces a plant's potential losses and can help it grow back later.

The rush of GLVs does a few other things,too.One chemical helps to close the wound on the damaged plant.Others act as antibiotics(抗生素）and prevent bacterial infections.

Some GLVs may also react with animals that eat plants.Silke All-mann and Ian T.Baldwin, researchers from the University of Amsterdam,Netherlands,found that some caterpillars(毛虫）are changed by the GLV compounds(化合物）when they eat a tobacco plant.Tobacco makes the caterpillars more attractive to predators(捕食者）.For the tobacco plants,this is like having an older brother come to beat up your bully(欺凌者）.

Thankfully,nothing is coming to eat you when you mow the lawn.Instead,we human get treated to some great-smelling GLVs.One is a compound known as"cis-3-hexenal".This is the same chemical that gives strawberries their sweet scent.Similar compounds are also found in apples and olives.

＂Just about all fresh vegetables have some GLV scents to them,"Baldwin told Live Science,and fruits may release the compounds as they soften."Throughout evolutionary history,we've used that information to know when something is ripe,"Baldwin said.Now we can use it to know when grass is frightened.

【1】What do we know about GLVs?

A.They are harmful to humans. B.They are unique to flowering plants.

C.They tend to stay in the air for a long time. D.They are released when plants get hurt.

【2】How may plants react to the GLVs produced by neighbouring plants?

A.They grow more quickly. B.They produce more flowers.

C.They absorb more water. D.They transport resources to their roots.

【3】In paragraph5,the underlined part"an older brother"refers to

A.a kind of antibiotic B.a predator. C.a caterpillar. D.a tobacco plant.

【4】According to Baldwin,GLVs can

A.tell us whether fruits are ready to eat. B.protect plants from pests.

C.help fruits grow more quickly. D.help people choose delicious fruits.

27、   The Chinese-American cartoonist Weng Chen has transformed her dreamlike life during the epidemic into comics, which have drawn attention from people in both the US and China. The creative mind records her true life in humorous satire, revealing her dilemmas and frustrations when confronting different COVID-19 responses from two cultural backgrounds.

The artist now lives in Seattle, the first city ravaged by the coronavirus in the US. And the first-known US case, from the Life Care Center in Kirkland, Washington, is only a 10-minute drive from her daughter’s school. Moreover, months earlier, she was already anxiously checking the news from her hometown of Wuhan, the hardest-hit city in China.

Washington state announced a stay-at-home order on March 23. However, her two children, ages 7 and 5, had spent three weeks at home already due to the suspension of classes in her school district. And if Weng’s experience is any measure, the multitasking between work and child care at home can prove challenging.

The students do have online courses from school, but it’s the parents’ duty to ensure their children carry out the study on the app. “The teacher will give assignments online, and the student can choose to complete or ignore them,” she said. “Even if you submitted your assignment, the teacher won’t review it. It’s pretty casual.”

As an Asian American, Weng is prudent about protection and naturally considers wearing a mask a necessity. In one of her strips, she listed several common circumstances for Asians to put on masks in daily life. In contrast, Americans instinctively say “nah” masks even when told they can safeguard against Ebola and HIV.①

After the face mask story was published on social media platforms abroad, comments trickled in, such as this one: “Some Americans use them for robbing 7/11 stores.”②

However, as the pandemic worsens in the US, Weng’s comics also chronicle Americans’ changing attitude when they finally come to realize the importance of social distancing, which, to some degree, is good news for her.

While acknowledging the deep-rooted stereotypes of Chinese in US society, Weng says “many incidents occurred because we don’t know each other”.③

The cartoonist said she frankly has no intention to justify or explain anything. “I like to draw my life. When people read my comics, they may think ‘we’re alike’,” she said. “Then they’d realize I am from China.” ④

【1】Which city was Weng Chen the Chinese American cartoonist born?

A.Shanghai. B.Wuhan

C.Jinan D.Beijing.

【2】The underline word “prudent” in paragraph 5 means “______.”

A.careful B.skeptical

C.casual D.satisfied

【3】From the passage, we know that _____.

A.Americans think only patients wear masks.

B.African Americans use masks for robbing.

C.Americans think it is necessary to wear masks for protection.

D.Asian Americans think it is necessary to wear masks for protection.

【4】The missing sentence “And she offers insightful stories from a personal perspective to overcome this ignorance”. should be put in ______.

A.① B.②

C.③ D.④

28、

Elephant seals in funny-looking hats are helping NASA study climate science.

Equipped with specialized sensors that resemble tiny metal hats with antennae(大线），these seals are collecting data that's helping researchers track how heat moves through ocean currents. A team of climate scientists led by Lia Siegelman used this clever technique to track changes in temperature as the seal swam the icy waters of the Antarctic.

With the help of one particularly female seal,the researchers discovered that heat stored at the ocean's depths can sometimes get swirled(打旋）back up to the surface thanks to some deeply penetrating(穿透）currents.While researchers have known that these currents can ferry heat downward into the ocean's interior(内部），the new findings suggest the opposite is true as well-driving a process that can warm the sea's surface as well.

Siegelman thinks it's important to include this new information into existing climate models.Before seals entered the picture,scientists had a pretty limited view of what went on beneath the surface of the Southern Ocean.Here,temperatures can suddenly fall below－1℃,and thick sheets of sea ice block instruments from collecting data.All in all,it's a pretty unappealing area for underwater field work.

But none of that troubles southern elephant seals,which spend nine to ten months of each year at sea,swimming thousands of miles and diving up to half a mile beneath the ocean surface-usually about 80 times a day.

So Siegelman and her colleagues tagged a female elephant seal on the Kerguelen Islands.The researchers followed her 3,000-mile journey,during which she dived 6,333 times."Even when they sleep,they dive,"Siegelman said.“They float down like a leaf."

Combined with satellite images,the wealth of data the seal recovered gave Siegelman and her team a clearer picture than they'd ever been afforded before.It's probably safe to say that the significance of this was lost on the seal.But from the human perspective(观点），it's clear seals are filling in some massive gaps in knowledge.

【1】How did the researchers collect climate data in the Antarctic?

A.By testing a high-tech hat.

B.By studying a seal's behavior.

C.By measuring the water temperature.

D.By attaching a sensor to a seal's head.

【2】The new findings indicate that_

A.ocean currents can drive heat up to the surface

B.heat can be taken down into the ocean's interior

C.the warm temperatures can help seals dive deep

D.the world's waters can balance global warming

【3】The researchers used seals to monitor the Southern Ocean probably because.

A.the scenery is unattractive

B.the sea floor is changeable

C.seals are aggressive hunters

D.seals are extraordinary divers

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

A.Seals help us observe the unknown world.

B.Satellites are used to track human activities.

C.The ocean presents a more beautiful picture.

D.Data are analyzed for better survival of seals.

29、Environmentally Friendly Denmark

What Are They Doing and

How Is It Helping?

【1】The article is written to _______.

A.show the readers how Denmark stays environmentally-friendly

B.persuade the readers to adopt Danes’ environmental-protection methods

C.entertain the readers with creative environmental-protection methods taken by Danes

D.identify organizations providing information about the environmentally-friendly Denmark

【2】Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A.Demark is able to function properly for long without the use of fossil fuels.

B.Danish supermarkets are trying to reduce its amount of food to cut waste.

C.Many Danes take their children to zoos to show them where food comes from.

D.Unlike other countries, organic food in Denmark is cheaper than non-organic food.

30、Bradley’s Bicycle

When our son Bradley was ten, the new bicycle he had received earlier that year was missing. Having a bike was a big deal to our children. They spent hours and hours on their bikes, _______ up and down the foot path, and at the front of the house. We also rode as a _______ at holidays, when all the members enjoyed staying together. Bicycling was a great way to get the kids out of the house and into the fresh air _______ spending any money.

Bradley discovered that his bicycle had been _______ from our backyard when he had his sister go outside for a morning ride. He couldn’t _______ that someone would do this. _______, none of the other bicycles were touched and nothing else was missing.

Bradley painted a sign on a large piece of cardboard, _______ for the bicycle to be returned, and _______ it to the letterbox. The following morning, when I went out to collect the mail, I found a white _______ with the magical words, “Buy yourself a new bike.” It took me a little while to ________ what it was inside it. It was a $100 banknote.

We were very ________ that someone had the heart to do this. We’ve never able to thank the person but we ________ that it might have been one of our wonderful neighbors. Bradley painted a big “Thank you” on the sign and we ________ it outside for a couple of weeks afterwards ________ it was someone who drove down our street.

Bradley was able to own a new bicycle. As the years went on, bicycles became bigger and more expensive but remained just as ________ for those family bicycle rides. Now the kids are ________ and cars have replaced their bicycles. Bradley is twenty-five this year. Sometimes I ________ the days when receiving a bicycle was the best thing in the world to them.

All these years later we are still grateful to that incredibly kind ________. A young boy’s sorrow turned to joy when he got his ________. We were a young family with three little children and it meant a lot to us. We still talk about it and, even now, ________ who actually gave us the help.

【1】A.walking B.riding C.jumping D.flying

【2】A.team B.club C.family D.party

【3】A.against B.before C.except D.without

【4】A.stolen B.charged C.returned D.removed

【5】A.remember B.believe C.explain D.promise

【6】A.Typically B.Hopefully C.Strangely D.Nomally

【7】A.applying B.searching C.arranging D.begging

【8】A.tied B.dropped C.handed D.threw

【9】A.board B.note C.notice D.envelope

【10】A.expect B.realize C.judge D.reflect

【11】A.moved B.scared C.ashamed D.confused

【12】A.hope B.admit C.suspect D.understand

【13】A.lost B.left C.sent D.forgot

【14】A.as long as B.on condition that C.in case D.as though

【15】A.flexible B.comfortable C.secure D.important

【16】A.better off B.grown up C.fed up D.tired out

【17】A.count B.follow C.miss D.prefer

【18】A.neighbor B.friend C.relative D.stranger

【19】A.wish B.chance C.prize D.gift

【20】A.check B.wonder C.doubt D.predict

31、The brown bear was walking quietly behind the pink duck, ready to put his paws around her neck and throw her into a pot of boiling soup.

We turned the _________. While I laughed quietly at the _________ of a bear boiling water to _________ a duck, I lifted my head to find little Victoria sat huddled (蜷缩的) next to my arm, honestly _________ to turn the page and find her favorite pink creature in a bear’s _________.

My mind began to wander. I _________ the Thursday when Victoria ran into the reading room showing a golden certificate from her _________. “Best reader,” it glistened (闪光). A smile came across my face as I looked into the eyes of the7-year-old who just last year had been _________ in first grade _________ her reading was not up to standard.

It was the same __________ that had filled my face six months before, when Victoria joined the __________ program. After spending the first session responding to a stream of questions, I __________ that Victoria’s talkative nature and __________ for answers overshadowed her desire to __________ and read. I __________ her energy and great curiosity and fueled it with my own enthusiasm. For every __________ she presented, I took her to scan the library shelves __________ a related book. I watched her eyes grow with excitement as I __________ helped her press through the stories, a journey in search of her __________.

Though I go in the library each week to be these kids’ __________, I come out, having been their student. They have introduced me to a side of me I never realized existed.

【1】

A．key

B．light

C．subject

D．page

【2】

A．impracticality

B．cause

C．consequence

D．result

【3】

A．eat

B．wash

C．drown

D．catch

【4】

A．amused

B．afraid

C．delighted

D．excited

【5】

A．home

B．story

C．stomach

D．mind

【6】

A．imagined

B．remembered

C．regretted

D．accepted

【7】

A．family

B．community

C．school

D．library

【8】

A．held back

B．cheered for

C．looked after

D．depended on

【9】

A．if

B．unless

C．until

D．because

【10】

A．surprise

B．relief

C．smile

D．sweat

【11】

A．performing

B．writing

C．cooking

D．reading

【12】

A．agreed

B．recognized

C．recalled

D．complained

【13】

A．memory

B．impatience

C．pressure

D．motivation

【14】

A．sit down

B．move around

C．look forward

D．go back

【15】

A．shared

B．aroused

C．treasured

D．studied

【16】

A．interest

B．achievement

C．design

D．challenge

【17】

A．in praise of

B．in place of

C．in support of

D．in search of

【18】

A．finally

B．carelessly

C．tirelessly

D．luckily

【19】

A．identities

B．chances

C．prizes

D．answers

【20】

A．friend

B．teacher

C．listener

D．author

32、   For years, I had suffered from depression. I never seemed to be happy with my life, especially when I_______it to someone else's. I frequently felt I was not_______either my own potential_______the world's expectatons.

Then, the week before Thanksgiving, every chair in the church has a paper bag underneath. All were expected to pick up one randomly(随意) and take them to a grocery store and fill them with some basic food items to be_______to local charity. Then, at the evening, a team of volunteers placed all the_______bags of food at the front of the church.

Included in the event was a sheet with_______,asking us to think of 100 things we were thankful for. This was a(n) exercise to help us focus on gratitude._______,I heard some kids next to me_______each other to see who could fill in all 100 the fastest. My competitive nature pushed me to fill in blanks with any situation in my life that I was thankful for. To my own_______, I filled in the list in four minutes. Then I joined the others sorting the________according to their categories before they were donated to the ________.

One day not long afterward, I found myself sinking into my familiar depression when I remembered the________.I took it out and read through it and________that not only did I have a lot to be thankful for but that the things I had written on that list brought out my talents, hobbies, faith, and people who had greatly________me.

________to have an attitude of gratitude has made me more than happy and filled me with joy.

【1】A.introduced B.compared C.exposed D.applied

【2】A.living with B.living through C.living up to D.living on

【3】A.nor B.or C.and D.also

【4】A.returned B.issued C.allocated D.donated

【5】A.circulated B.addressed C.filled D.supplied

【6】A.credits B.blanks C.inspirations D.suggestions

【7】A.Accidentally B.Furthermore C.Otherwise D.Necessarily

【8】A.challenge B.observe C.support D.remind

【9】A.disappointment B.surprise C.advantage D.curiosity

【10】A.chairs B.list C.bags D.church

【11】A.rich B.special C.needy D.worried

【12】A.list B.activity C.motivation D.report

【13】A.claimed B.realized C.imagined D.pretended

【14】A.surprised B.promised C.touched D.concerned

【15】A.Offering B.Choosing C.Demanding D.Declining

33、   Three years ago, a teacher brought lots of large plastic bags for her class. She told them they were going to play a game.

After_______ the bags, she took a basket of potatoes from behind her chair. She asked the children to take one potato from the basket for each person they really _______and to write the_______of that person on the potato. The number of potatoes a child took was_______by the number of people he didn't like. Some children only had a few potatoes while some had many more. After that, the children were _______ to place the potatoes into their bags and _______ them wherever they went for one entire week.

As the days passed, the potatoes went bad and gave off such a(n) _______smell that the children began to complain, _______those with more potatoes in their bags. The week came to a(n)_______ finally. The children couldn't________to throw their smelly bags away and let out a sigh of ________.It was then that the teacher taught the them a________lesson.

She said,"This is________what happens when you carry hatred (憎恨) for somebody inside your heart. The weight and stench(臭味) of your hatred will ________ you wherever you are. If you can't ________ the weight and stench of potatoes in your bag for just one week, can you imagine what it is like to carry a bag like this around for a ________?

What potato burdens are the leaders carrying? Those who are truly servant leaders are ________ to bear rotten potatoes. They are devoted to uniting, not________. They focus on understanding, tolerance and service. They build bridges of strength and trust between people________ones that are easily________

A．handing out

B．taking away

C．handing in

D．putting together

A．liked

B．admired

C．disliked

D．ignored

A．birthday

B．address

C．name

D．number

A．counted

B．added

C．multiplied

D．determined

A．selected

B．inspired

C．forced

D．required

A．see

B．carry

C．touch

D．plant

A．common

B．amazing

C．unpleasant

D．weak

A．specially

B．especially

C．mostly

D．mainly

A．stop

B．decision

C．end

D．point

A．help

B．want

C．wait

D．expect

A．pain

B．relief

C．happiness

D．disappointment

A．universal

B．valuable

C．useless

D．historic

A．exactly

B．rarely

C．partly

D．probably

A．mix with

B．agree with

C．roll with

D．go with

A．bear

B．reduce

C．increase

D．enjoy

A．month

B．year

C．decade

D．lifetime

A．bitter

B．hesitant

C．curious

D．willing

A．dividing

B．gathering

C．competing

D．leaving

A．other than

B．rather than

C．more than

D．less than

A．damaged

B．replaced

C．crossed

D．designed

34、A: Excuse me, do you know where the chemistry lab is?

B: Yes. It’s just on the fifth floor of this b【1】.

A: How often do you do c【2】experiments there?

B: Twice a week.

A: Can you go there without a t【3】?

B: No. That’s not allowed.

A: What does the teacher often tell you to do when you are doing an e【4】?

B: He often tells us to look c【5】and follow the i【6】.

A: What will you do when you finish the experiment?

B: We must put e【7】back in the cupboards and wash our hands.

A: Right. It is very i【8】to keep the lab clean.

B: Yes, safe as well. We must turn off the e【9】before l【10】the lab.

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、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.

37、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.

38、假定你是李华，是校学生会主席。因为新冠病毒（COVID-19）疫情，你校原计划的外国学生中文演讲比赛作了相应调整，改为在线上进行。请你代表学生会给有关同学写一封邮件，告知这一变动。内容包括：

1. 变动原因；

2. 比赛方式；

3. 美好祝愿。

注意：1. 词数80左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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39、假定你是李华,你的英国笔友Mike发来邮件说他对中国的传统节日很感兴趣。请你回一 封邮件，向他介绍你喜欢的中秋节，内容包括：

1.   中国人如何庆祝中秋节；

2.   你喜欢这个节日的原因。

Dear Mike,

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.Yours,

Li Hua

40、假定你是李华，你的英国笔友Chris发来邮件问你大学想学习什么专业。请你回复邮件，内容包括：

1.你选择的专业；2.陈述理由。

注意：1.词数80左右；2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Chris,

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Yours,

Li Hua

41、阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一个完整的短文

It was late, about 10:15 p.m., when Janice Esposito arrived at the Bellport, New York, train station, jumped into her minivan and began the 20-minute drive home to her husband and seven-year-old son. She’s just returned from visiting her mother and had traveled the route so many times, she practically drove on autopilot: a left onto Station Road, then a left on Montauk Highway, and then ----wham! Out of nowhere on that awful night of October 10, 2017, a car hit Esposito's minivan, forcing her backward some 100 feet onto the railroad tracks. She sat in the minivan, injured but mostly just stunned(吓晕) by the impact and by the vehicle's airbags.

As it happened, Pete Dipinto was getting for bed. He'd just closed his book and was ready to sleep when he heard the loud noise of metal on metal and broken glass coming from not far outside his bedroom window. A volunteer firefighter and retired teacher, DiPinto, 64, never stopped to think. He grabbed a flashlight and, still in his pajamas(睡衣), ran out of the door. 'Any firefighter would have done what I did,' he said. 'We're always on duty.'

The first car he came upon, 2000 feet from his front yard, was the one that had hit Esposito. Once DiPinto concluded the driver was OK, he looked around and spotted Esposito's minivan straddling(横跨) the railroad tracks. And then he heard a shocking sound: the bells signaling an oncoming train.

'I see the headlight of the train. ' he said. DiPinto ran to Esposito's minivan and banged on the driver's side window. She just looked at him, her eyes unfocused. 'I don't know where I am,' she said. She seemed unhurt.

注意:

1、所续写短文的词数应为150左右；

2、 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。

Paragraph 1:

'Honey, you're on the railroad tracks, and we have to get you off right now! ' DiPinto shouted.

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Paragraph 2:

Esposito was rushed to the nearest hospital and DiPinto kept her company until her family came.

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