金华2025-2026学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高一英语

1、Word came ___ some American guests would visit our school .

A.whether B.that C.as D.how

2、Studies show that   historical barriers on women acceptance in organizational environments, the development of the company would already be way ahead.

A.were it not for B.if there being no

C.hadn't it been for D.if it is not for

3、They all sat together at table, laughing and ______ stories after many years’ separation.

A.swapping B.circulating C.spreading D.plotting

4、Zhang Ze took on a victory in the 2019 French Open, ___________we all regard as the highest-ranked Chinese male player.

A.which B.when C.who D.where

5、We firmly believe that war never settles anything. It only ______ violence.

A.result from B.begins with C.leads to D.runs into

6、The wolves hid themselves in the places ________ couldn’t be found.

A．where

B．that

C．because

D．in that

7、Your time should have been made full use of _______ the final exams, but to my regret, it wasn’t.

A.to pass B.passing C.to have passed D.having passed

8、He began ___________ in magazines in 2001.

A.having articles publishing B.having articles publish

C.having articles published D.having articles to publish

9、As we know, _______ of beauty change across time and cultural groups.

A.structures B.status C.statistics D.standards

10、People used to think that the Chinese were not as healthy and fit

as the people in the west, but facts have proved that that's _________ the case.

A. far away from   B. far from

C. far away     D. by far

11、_______ Sunday, the library doesn’t open.

A．Being

B．It is

C．It being

D．There being

12、People _______ hobbies which offer enjoyment, knowledge and relaxation.

A.bring up B.set up C.take up D.pick up

13、Nowadays, when people talk about magicians, the first one ________ comes into their mind is Liu Qian.

A.whom B.which C.that D.what

14、The problem with him was that he was willing to_________ principles too easily. for economic advantage.

A.delay B.reject C.sacrifice D.skip

15、It is likely that we may ________ great benefits from such releases of genetically engineered organisms into the environment — providing they do what we expect them to.

A．invalidate

B．derive

C．prohibit

D．reserve

16、Some species of animals have died out because they could not _____ to a changing environment.

A．adopt

B．live

C．survive

D．adapt

17、The Small Goose Pagoda in Xi’an, one of the 22 Silk Road relics located in China, _______ back in 707 during the Tang Dynasty.

A．dated   B．was dated

C．dates     D．is dating

18、The police ______ the stolen jewellery and returned it to the owner.

A.searched B.hunted C.invented D.recovered

19、They ______ with us for the time being.

A. would stay B. stay

C. have been staying D. will be staying

20、Between the two parts of the concert there was an interval, _____ audience can go and buy some snacks.

A.where B.when C.how D.why

21、Climate change has arrived and is _____ faster than many scientists expected.

A.uniting B.accelerating C.declining D.twisting

22、We love such beautiful things as flowers, but beauty itself is _____.

A. abstract B. typical

C. generous D. stubborn

23、—— Hey, if you can’t enjoy that at a sensible volume, please use the earphone. I’m studying.

—— Oh, I’m sorry. I ________ realize it ________ you.

A. don’t; bothers B. didn’t; bothered

C. don’t; was bothering D. didn’t; was bothering

24、I feel both excited and nervous to speak before such a large audience, so I spent a lot of time _______ my lecture.

A.promoting B.releasing C.refreshing D.polishing

25、Roses are quite _____ flowers in English gardens.

A．ordinary

B．common

C．usual

D．general

26、   Language learning apps are very popular now and offer opportunities to learn vocabulary and practice grammar. But there has been a discussion about just how effective such apps can be.

Among the most popular apps are Duolingo and Busuu. A previous research found positive results on the use of them. But it mainly concentrates on studies with learners who had signed up for language courses and these apps worked as an after-class support, so the results were not always reliable. A recent study of 4,095 Busuu users has been carried out to find out if users can actually learn a language with an app.

Busuu provides learning materials for 12 different languages. It offers special models where some contents are available for free while some contents are not, We find that its users are an even mix of men and women. More than half consider themselves to be at the beginner level as there is a decrease in users as their language levels go up. Most people use the app because of personal interest, or because they want to study or live abroad. Females tend to use it less often but for longer periods of time than male users.

Getting any feedback on Busuu depends on whether your answer is correct or not. While it is helpful, this is not the sort of feedback language teachers prefer, as it does not explain why the answer is right or wrong. In spite of this, feedback in the app is very highly rated.

More than 92% of the people state that the app has met their expectations and 86% consider the app as very good or good. In fact, more than 80% of the users surveyed strongly agree that using the app has helped them improve their knowledge of the language they are learning.

Besides, language learning apps also create an environment where mistakes are only known to the users, and this can address the performance anxiety that many learners suffer from when asked to speak a foreign language. So language teachers should encourage their students to use them to do the grammar work, leaving precious class time for more language communication.

【1】Why weren’t the results of the former research always dependable?

A.Because it used out-of-date methods.

B.Because it just focused on positive results.

C.Because it was only carried out before class.

D.Because it only considered users of a limited type.

【2】What can we learn about the app Busuu from the text?

A.All the contents are free to use. B.It’s used by more advanced learners.

C.Most users consider it satisfying. D.It’s more popular with female learners.

【3】Which of the following can probably replace the underlined word address?

A.Deal with. B.Write down. C.Turn to. D.Speak of.

【4】What is the main idea of the text?

A.Students won’t suffer anxiety in learning languages by using Busuu.

B.Language learning apps are effective and satisfactory to language learners.

C.Language learning apps are very popular with most language teachers.

D.Students should be required to use apps for homework after class.

27、   Olympiads(奥林匹克竞赛)are a kind of competitive exam to tap exceptional students with the best of potential,talent,and IQ.These exams are conducted to challenge and motivate the brightest students from around the world and to urge more and more children to take up a career in pure science.But why do most parents nowadays want their children to participate in Olympiads?

Participating in and winning any kind of competition is one of the best feelings in the world.Competitions award merit(优点),performance,excellence—quite literally,the best in a human being.Thus,it might be understandable that:a lot of pride is associated with a child qualifying at any of the Olympiad levels.Who doesn’t want to be the proud parent of a smart,intelligent young child?

It has also been claimed that Olympiads can act as a great morale booster(信心增强剂).Bangalore-based programmer of Olympiad Helper,Vikash Anil says,“Even when students don’t win,their confidence grows.”

However,there are a number of serious considerations parents are missing out on,which has impacts on children.They are being burdened with the pressure of performing well in these exams—a pressure that is often too high and unhealthy for their young minds and bodies.They are also being introduced to peer pressure and“competition”in a very negative and ugly light.

What’s worse,the age at which children are being forced to take these exams keep dropping with each passing year.Children as young as 5 or 6 years old are being sent away to tuitions(辅导)right after school gets over.Many educationists are condemning this,because the International Science Olympiads is for high school students only.

The claim that Olympiads actually make children“more confident”cannot be readily accepted.While a lot of good outcomes are possible from Olympiads,it is also true that all students will not react positively to“failing”at Olympiads.More students are going to come out feeling miserable for having failed the exam.

Being a parent in today’s dynamic,commercial and material world is not easy.It is indeed a pity if parents are chasing“recognition”,rather than“excellence”and“merit”for their children.There is no such thing as a“good”,or a“poor”child.Parents should realize this,embrace this,and empower themselves and their children with this.

As a parting thought I would like to leave this Einstein quote:“Everybody is a genius.But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree,it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”

【1】Why do most parents want their children to participate in Olympiads?

A.To prove their children’s potential and excellence.

B.To prepare their children for a pure science career.

C.To strengthen their children’s competitive awareness.

D.To make their children benefit from stress and failures.

【2】What is the author’s attitude to Vikash Anil’s words?

A.Doubtful. B.Positive. C.Disapproving. D.Uninterested.

【3】Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A.Olympiads:Are Children Relying on Tuitions Too Much

B.Olympiads:Are Children Starting at a Too Young Age

C.Olympiads:Are Parents Being Driven by Commercials

D.Olympiads:Are Parents Becoming Over-Ambitious

28、Some people think that as more and more people have televisions in their homes, fewer and fewer people will buy books and newspapers. Why read an article in the newspaper, when the TV news can bring you the information in a few minutes and with pictures? Why read the life story of a famous man, when a short television program can tell you all that you want to know?

Television has not killed reading, however. Today, newspapers sell in very large numbers. And books of every kind are sold more than ever before. Books are still a cheap way to get information and enjoyment. Although some books with hard covers are expensive, many books are printed today as paperbacks (平装本), which are quite cheap. A paperback collection of short stories, for example, is always cheaper than an evening at the cinema or the theater, and you can keep a book for ever and read it many times.

Books are a wonderful provider of knowledge and pleasure and some types of books should be in every home. Every home should have a good dictionary. A good encyclopedia (百科全书), though expensive, is useful, too, because you can find information on any subject. Besides, you can have such books as history books., science textbook, cookbooks, and collections of stories and poems. Then from time to time you can take a book of poems off your shelves and read the thoughts and feelings of your favorite poets.

【1】It can be inferred from the passage that ________.

A.TV programs are a chief provider of knowledge

B.cinemas are the best choice in getting information

C.reading is a cheap way of learning and having fun

D.newspapers are an expensive way to enjoy oneself

【2】What does the sentences “Television has not killed reading, however ” underlined in the second paragraph suggest?

A.People only need reading, though. B.Reading is still necessary today.

C.Reading is more fun than television. D.Watching television doesn’t help reading.

【3】What can we learn from the passage?

A.Fewer and fewer people will buy books.

B.A good dictionary should be kept in every home.

C.Books with hard covers sell better than paperbooks.

D.More people like TV programs about famous men.

29、Thirty-five years ago, with just one acre of land, a couple of seeds and a bucket of hope, one Nigerian-born scientist began his mission to defeat famine (饥荒) on his continent.

News of the drought across Africa in the early 1980s troubled Nzamujo. Equipped with a microbiology PhD and his faith, he travelled back to Africa. There, he found a continent ecologically rich, diverse and capable of producing food. He believes drought wasn’t the only reason for widespread hunger, and that sustainability had been left out.

Nzamujo began designing a “zero waste” agriculture system that would not only increase food security, but also help the environment and create jobs. In 1985, he started his sustainable farm “Songhai” in the West African country of Benin.

Nzamajo lives on the farm and constantly updates his techniques. He credits his degrees in science and engineering for Songhai’s success. But he also thanks his spiritual and cultural roots, and his father — a driving force in his life who encouraged him to pursue his studies to the highest degree and to use Songhai to share his knowledge.

Songhai has several “eco-literacy” development programs. They range from 18-month training courses for farmer-enterprisers, to shorter stays to learn techniques like weeding. People come from all over the world to study Nzamujo’s methods.

After seeing success on his first zero waste farm, he expanded throughout Benin and western Africa. Today, the Songhai model is applied across the continent, including Nigena. Uganda, Sierra Leone and Liberia, Nzamujo says they've trained more than 7.000 farmer-enterprisers and more than 30, 000 people in total since it began.

Nzamujo believes zero waste agriculture is now steadily tackling the issues he set out to defeat, hunger, unemployment and environmental declines. And he wants to see it go further.

【1】Which factor related to famine was unnoticed in Nzamujo’s eyes?

A．Poor soil.

B．Water shortage.

C．Lack of resources.

D．Unsustainability.

【2】What does the author intend to do in paragraph 3?

A．Introduce a solution.

B．Give examples to the readers.

C．Add some background information.

D．Summarize the previous paragraphs.

【3】How does Songhai help to ease the problem of famine?

A．By offering land.

B．By trading seeds.

C．By educating farmers.

D．By selling technology.

【4】Which of the following best describes Nzamujo?

A．Critical and careful.

B．Learned and responsible.

C．Optimistic and generous.

D．Considerate and ambitious.

30、   While volunteering in Tanzania，my wife and I got the idea of what we call a “street library” because children in our neighbourhood were able to read but had no_______ at all.

We had an idea to make books ______ to local children who wanted to read. We ______ a famous international charity for collecting money. We ______ books in three book stores of the capital city. My wife Sue ______ all 180 books with sticky-backed paper to keep them clean. A local man made some _____  to store the books. I made some “library cards" and ______ with a tailor called Saddiqi，who agreed to keep the boxes in his _____ and to run the library. The library was ____ to open！

Anyone could  _____ with their name and their parent's mobile phone number.  Saddiqi gave them a ______ with a number, with which they could read the books only in his shop. I decided it was better to do that than let readers _____  the books.  There is no ______ to join the library.  Within five days we had over 100 ______ and more were joining each day! Even though the books are ______ for children in different grades of difficulty,____  were using the library for free, too.

This side-project was, I think, one of the most _____  things we did in Tanzania. It was in some way a thank-you gift to our ______ for welcoming us so warmly into their lives.  The whole _____  worked together on the street library and that's surely part of the reason it is still  _____ after we left.

【1】A.chance B.interest C.business D.sense

【2】A.precious B.available C.cheap D.useful

【3】A.left B.contacted C.sold D.bough

【4】A.donated B.read C.wrote D.ordered

【5】A.copied B.mended C.printed D.covered

【6】A.cupboards B.counters C.boxes D.drawers

【7】A.quarreled B.debated C.consulted D.fought

【8】A.shop B.house C.garden D.courtyard

【9】A.ready B.unlikely C.illegal D.necessary

【10】A.drop in B.settle down C.see around D.sign up

【11】A.book B.photo C.card D.newspaper

【12】A.wait for B.take away C.learn from D.refer to

【13】A.way B.charge C.data D.need

【14】A.librarians B.workers C.members D.tailors

【15】A.even B.hardly C.never D.mainly

【16】A.adults B.babies C.youths D.foreigners

【17】A.boring B.rewarding C.worrying D.surprising

【18】A.relatives B.patients C.neighbours D.students

【19】A.school B.company C.country D.community

【20】A.open B.clean C.empty D.Modern

31、   In our modern world, when something wears out, we throw it away and buy a new one. The ___is that countries around the world have growing mountains of____because people are throwing out more rubbish than ever before.

How did we____a throwaway society? First of all, it is now easier to____an object than to spend time and money to repair it.____modern manufacturing (制造业) and technology, companies are able to produce products quickly and inexpensively. Products are plentiful and____.

Another cause is our____of disposable (一次性的) products. As____people, we are always looking for____to save time and make our lives easier. Companies____thousands of different kinds of disposable products: paper plates, plastic cups, and cameras, to name a few.

Our appetite for new products also____to the problem. We are____buying new things. Advertisements persuade us that____is better and that we will be happier with the latest products. The result is that we____useful possessions to make room for new ones.

All around the world, we can see the____of this throwaway lifestyle. Mountains of rubbish just keep getting bigger. To____the amount of rubbish and to protect the____, more governments are requiring people to recycle materials.____, this is not enough to solve our problem.

Maybe there is another way out. We need to repair our possessions____throwing them away. We also need to rethink our attitudes about____. Repairing our possessions and changing our spending habits may be the best way to reduce the amount of rubbish and take care of our environment.

【1】A. problem B. reason C. project D. key

【2】A. gifts B. products C. debt D. rubbish

【3】A. face B. change C. observe D. become

【4】A. hide B. replace C. control D. withdraw

【5】A. Except for B. As to C. Thanks to D. Regardless of

【6】A. safe B. cheap C. funny D. powerful

【7】A. prevention B. lack C. love D. division

【8】A. sensitive B. busy C. brave D. kind

【9】A. places B. ways C. jobs D. friends

【10】A. produce B. receive C. donate D. preserve

【11】A. adapts B. returns C. contributes D. responds

【12】A. addicted to B. tired of C. worried about D. ashamed for

【13】A. larger B. stronger C. higher D. newer

【14】A. throw away B. pay for C. hold onto D. pick up

【15】A. advantages B. consequences C. functions D. purposes

【16】A. decrease B. record C. show D. measure

【17】A. technology B. consumers C. environment D. brands

【18】A. Meanwhile B. Otherwise C. Therefore D. However

【19】A. instead of B. in favour of C. after D. by

【20】A. advertising B. collecting C. repairing D. spending

32、   I like food, especially if someone else cooks it. That is what my husband is ______ as I write this. The man loves to cook. He recently started a ______ that he has been thinking about for years, ______ family recipes — his own, his mom’s, his sister’s, even mine — plus a few______from his grandmothers’ generation.

More than just ______, he collects photos and stories, the kinds of anecdotes and ____ that add meaning and flavor to any family meal.

I, for instance, can provide a recipe for kids’ ______ vote for “Mom’s home cooking”: Kraft Macaroni & Cheese (卡夫奶酪通心饼).

Over time, I’ve ______ my recipe file, something for which my husband is grateful. Reading all those recipes ______ my husband to think he might be able to cook them too. For dinner tonight, he ______ that he would make lemon Coriander Chicken (柠檬香菜鸡) according to my recipe. After lunch, he started talking about the steps it involved and the ingredients ______.

“Do we have black mustard seeds?” he asked ______.

“Um, we might have pepper,” I said.

Minutes later, he ______ with a list and was gone for two hours.

He came home with five bags of groceries and a shiny new blender（搅拌机） he needed to make the sauce.

The recipe is ______. What it means to me is not. I can’t tell you the number of times I’ve made the ______ for family and friends, all the stories behind it, all the memories it brings back and how______ it makes me to take it out of the oven and watch people ______ it.

Food can fill the mouth and ______. But family food — good, bad or even out of a box, seasoned with ______, fragrant with memories is the product of the labor of love to ______ the most homesick of hearts.

【1】A.reading B.doing C.cooking D.talking

【2】A.event B.paper C.project D.game

【3】A.finding B.raising C.building D.collecting

【4】A.handed down B.breaking away C.waking up D.getting up

【5】A.food B.recipes C.meals D.fruit

【6】A.letters B.memories C.books D.speeches

【7】A.top B.low C.key D.close

【8】A.arranged B.exposed C.narrowed D.expanded

【9】A.forbade B.advised C.forced D.encouraged

【10】A.denied B.suggested C.announced D.admitted

【11】A.required B.mixed C.provided D.added

【12】A.secretly B.sadly C.excitedly D.calmly

【13】A.began B.fled C.left D.returned

【14】A.hard B.simple C.complex D.practical

【15】A.dish B.recipe C.decision D.preparation

【16】A.upset B.happy C.romantic D.deliberate

【17】A.escape B.watch C.survive D.enjoy

【18】A.nose B.ear C.stomach D.eye

【19】A.stories B.introductions C.recommendations D.beliefs

【20】A.set B.purify C.empty D.warm

33、Many children may be fond of animals, but few ever think of making the study of animals as their career. Even fewer will be_________by the whole word, _________the title of United Nations Messenger( 使者)of Peace.

But one woman has_________ all that. She has lived with chimps in the African forest for many years and made great_________. Jane Goodall' s lifelong_________ in animals began at an early age. By the age of 10 or 11, Goodall_________going to Africa to live with animals. This was quite a strange dream in those days，as young_________didn't think of having such “wild" actions. But she was_________ by her mother. She told her that if she really wanted something，she should work hard, take advantage of_________ and never give up looking for a way.

When a close friend invited Goodall to Kenya in 1957, she readily_________ it. Within a few months of her arrival, she met the famous anthropologist(人类学家) Dr Louis Leakey, who soon decided that Goodall was the_________person he was looking for to begin a_________of wild chimps on the shore of Lake Tanganyika in Tanzania.

In the beginning, studying the chimps was not_________ for her. The animals, fled from her _________.With a strong_________, she searched the forest every day, trying not to get too close to the chimps too_________. Gradually the chimps became used to her presence.

In October 1960, she observed a chimp making and using_________to fish for termites(白蚁). This discovery threw_________on the popular idea at the time that man was the world' s only toolmaker. The longer Goodall ‘s research continues, the more it becomes obvious that chimps are very_________to humans.

Since the mid-1980s, Goodall has been lecturing around the world to raise people' s sense about environmental_________. “Let's live in the new age with hope, respect for all living things ,understanding and love," she said.

【1】

A．recognized

B．known

C．accepted

D．admitted

【2】

A．receiving

B．giving

C．enjoying

D．having

【3】

A．done

B．proved

C．achieved

D．realized

【4】

A．discoveries

B．decisions

C．choices

D．findings ;

【5】

A．study

B．interest

C．sense

D．dream

【6】

A．was fond of

B．was tired of

C．insisted on

D．dreamed of

【7】

A．boys

B．girls

C．men

D．women

【8】

A．encouraged

B．prevented

C．advised

D．forced

【9】

A．knowledge

B．youth

C．hope

D．chances

【10】

A．accepted

B．refused

C．received

D．considered

【11】

A．only

B．last

C．special

D．first

【12】

A．project

B．study

C．centre

D．career

【13】

A．hard

B．interesting

C．easy

D．convenient

【14】

A．in surprise

B．in a hurry

C．as expected

D．in fear

【15】

A．will

B．body

C．desire

D．mind

【16】

A．far

B．near

C．soon

D．much

【17】

A．nets

B．tools

C．holes

D．spoons

【18】

A．doubt

B．light

C．questions

D．beliefs

【19】

A．close

B．similar

C．friendly

D．helpful

【20】

A．improvement

B．protection

C．pollution

D．destruction

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

AI artwork sells for $432,500 — nearly 45 times its high【1】 — as Christie’s becomes the first auction house to offer a work of art created by an algorithm. This portrait, however, is not the product of a human mind. It was created by an【2】 intelligence, an algorithm defined by that algebraic formula with its many parentheses. And when it went under the【3】 in the Prints & Multiples sale at Christie’s on 23-25 October, Portrait of Edmond Belamy sold for an【4】 $432,500, signaling the arrival of AI art on the world auction stage.

From a distance, Portrait of Edmond de Belamy looks almost plausible. Up close, however, the paintwork becomes a grid of mechanical-looking dots, the man’s face a golden blur with black holes for eyes. Look into those eyes. They show no sign of feeling or life. Did a computer make this?

The answer is yes. The first artwork【5】 by AI to be sold at Christie’s, its【6】 price would seem to suggest that in future we will get computers to make art for us. Robot van Gogh will harmlessly cut its ear off and robot Picasso will be a genius.

Is this the future AI art visionaries such as the French collective Obvious, which programmed this “painter” by getting it to compare its own work with 15,000 pre-20th century portraits, have in mind? Or are they just, God forbid, making a fast buck from deceivable art collectors? Because believing the algorithm that knocked this up to be in any meaningful way an “artist” is like thinking your voice-interaction programme is out to get you. Dream on. Computers would need to replicate human consciousness before they could replicate the funny thing humans do called “art”.

Art is a way in which human 【7】 expresses itself, and is equally true of the earliest cave art, Rembrandt’s portraits and Duchamp’s urinal. And that is what is missing from Portrait of Edmond Bellamy. Art is a way humans communicate ideas, perceptions and feelings to each other. It has no 【8】 outside the human passion to communicate. So in what meaningful sense can an AI replica of certain【9】 traits of old master paintings be called art?

For a robot to really make art, it would need an autonomous mind that was emotional as well as【10】. No AI developer has yet claimed to be anywhere near achieving that and if they ever do, their creation will probably have better things to do than paint portraits — like destroy humanity.

Maybe afterwards robots will invent their own kind of art, but it won’t be some poor pastiche of human genius.

It will be beyond anything we organics could imagine.

35、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.

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.

Knowledge is free on the Internet at a small but 【1】 number of colleges and universities. About 160 schools around the world now put free course materials on the web to the 【2】. Recent additions in the United States 【3】 projects at Yale, Johns Hopkins and the University of California, Berkeley.

Berkeley said it would offer videos of lectures on YouTube. Free videos from other schools are 【4】 at the Apple iTunes store.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) became an early 【5】 with its Open Course Ware project, first 【6】 in 2001. Free lecture notes, exams and other resources are published at ocw.mit.edu. Many exams even include the answers. Today, Open Course Ware offers materials from 1,800 undergraduate and graduate courses. These 【7】 from Physics to Political Science. Visitors can learn the same things as MIT students learn. But as the site points out, Open Course Ware is not an MIT education. Visitors receive no credit toward a degree. Some materials from a course may not be available, and the site does not provide 【8】 with teachers. Still, MIT says that the site has had forty million visits by thirty-one million visitors from almost every country. Sixty percent of the visitors are from outside the United States and Canada. Students and educators use the site, including students at MIT. But the largest number of visitors, about half, are self-learners.

Some professors have become well-known around the world as a result of 【9】 online. Walter Lewin, a physics professor at MIT, is 【10】 popular. Fans enjoy his entertaining lectures. MIT Open Course Ware now includes materials for high school. The aim is to improve education in Science, Technology, Math and Engineering.

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.

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.”

38、假设你是李华，你的外国朋友 David准备来中国度假，他发邮件向你询问有关中国“红色文化”旅游的情况。请你回复邮件，内容包括:

1.推荐地点:江西北部的南昌市;

2.推荐理由:风景秀丽、红色文化资源丰富;

3.体验内容:参观八一起义纪念馆，了解革命历史等

八一起义纪念馆 Bayi Memorial  革命：revolution

39、假设你是红星中学学生李华，你得知故宫正在招聘暑期义务英文讲解员，请你给相关部分负责人写一封申请信，内容包括：

1. 介绍你的基本信息；

2. 说明你的优势（如学习优秀、英语流利、热爱中国历史、对故宫知识了解等）；

3. 表示你希望被录用。

提示：义务英语讲解员an English volunteer guide，  故宫 the Forbidden City

注意：请根据以上要点写一篇100字左右的文章，可以适当增加细节。

40、假设你是李华，英语角会长（director）。你要在英语角出一份英语通知，主要内容如下：

1.欢迎对英语感兴趣的同学每周五下午参加活动；

2.地点为学校广场大树下；

3.活动内容为自由交流练习口语，交流学习经验。

注意：1.词数100左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3.开头结尾已为你写好，不计入词数。

Notice

Attention, please !___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Looking forward to your coming.

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

1.倡议同学们踊跃参加“职业规划周活动”；

2.说明活动的目的；

3.列举活动的2〜3项内容。

注意：1.词数80左右；

2.开头与结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear students,

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Thank you!

Yours,

Li Hua