邢台2025-2026学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高二英语

一、单项选择（共25题，共 125分）

1、I’ll give ____ to your suggestion that we ____ a party in honor of the experienced professor.

A. much thought; hold B. many thoughts; should hold

C. much thought; will hold D. some thought; can hold

2、______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

3、The theory _____ by Einstein was later to prove true, but at that time few people could accept it .

A.put out B.put together C.put aside D.put forward

4、In the future, care for the environment will become very important as the earth's natural resources are _______.

A.pulling up B.running out

C.using up D.putting out

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

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

6、________is often the case, people stare at their phones while sitting on the bus.

A．That

B．It

C．That

D．As

7、—Has ISIS, the most shameful terrorist group, already been wiped off the earth?

—I guess not, but I think it ought to ______ .

A.be done B.have been C./ D.have

8、It will not _____your notice that there have been some major changes in the company .

A. equip B. escape

C. enclose D. endanger

9、In our discussion of instincts, we saw that there was reason to believe ________ we inherit must be of some very simple sort rather than any complicated or very definite kind of behavior.

A．how

B．when

C．whatever

D．since

10、In Beijing Marathon, I experienced what runners call “hitting the wall” at around the 36-kilometer point. A _______pain stabbed(刺) in my hip, my pace slowed down and every brain cell seemed to be screaming “Stop!”

A. aggressive B. specific

C. sharp D. diverse

11、In this article, you need to back up general statements with _______ examples.

A.shabby B.spicy C.specific D.stubborn

12、No sooner ________ home ________ I told him the exciting news.

A．had he got; when

B．had he got; than

C．he had got; when

D．he had got; than

13、In 2019, Chinese smartphone maker Huawei launched its product of the year — Mate X, _______ a folding screen and 5G technology.

A．featuring

B．to feature

C．features

D．having featured

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

A.whom B.which C.that D.what

15、I’m not going to put myself _____ the bank.

A. at the mercy of B. apart from

C. all the time D. in the history of

16、You just can’t imagine that such a clever, promising student _________ murderer.

A.turned B.changed C.became D.got

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

A．where

B．that

C．because

D．in that

18、We ________ be seen by AI as a small inconvenience that is in the way of the solution to a bigger problem.

A．could

B．should

C．need

D．dare

19、There is now an overwhelming scientific ____ that global warming is indeed happening and that humans are contributing to it.

A. fiction B. purpose

C. consensus D. schedule

20、We use the iTunes Music Store to _______ the shows that we want to watch.

A.subscribe to B.submit to C.cater to D.correspond to

21、It’s important for graduates to find a proper job, one in which they can bring their_______ into full play.

A.potential B.circumstance C.symptom D.insurance

22、—Where will you start your work after graduation?

—Mum, it’s not been decided yet. I _________ continue my study for a higher degree.

A．need

B．must

C．can

D．may

23、Reading aloud in the morning is _______ to learning a foreign language.

A.benefit B.used C.beneficial D.habit

24、If ________ in danger, please calm down and shout for help immediately.

A．trapped

B．trapping

C．having trapped

D．to be trapped

25、—Can you see the sign on the door?

—Yes, it ________ “No Entry”.

A. reads B. writes

C. speaks D. reports

二、阅读理解（共4题，共 20分）

26、 Stephen Hawking, the most famous physicist of his time, has passed away at the age of 76.

A family spokesman said Hawking, who was British, died peace fully early Wednesday at his home in Cambridge, England. Hawking was diagnosed with a disease called ALS, at age 21.At the time doctors predicted he would only live a few years. But he proved them wrong by surviving for more than 50 years more and continuing his scientific work.

In his 2013 book, My Brief History, Hawking wrote about first learning of the illness. “I felt it was very unfair- why should this happen to me? "He added, "At the time, I thought my life was over and that I would never realize the potential I felt I had. “But now.50 years later, I can be quietly satisfied with my life, "he wrote.

Hawking said belief in a God who intervenes(介入)in the universe “to make sure the good guys win or get rewarded in the next life" was wishful thinking. “But one can't help asking the question: why does the universe exist?" he said in 1991."I don't know an operational way to give the question or the answer, if there is one, a meaning. But it bothers me.”

Hawking was a big supporter of human space travel to the Moon and Mars. He said such missions would help unite humanity in a shared purpose of spreading the human race beyond Earth." We are running out of space and the only places to go to are other worlds. It is time to explore other solar systems. Spreading out may be the only thing that saves us from ourselves.

“I am convinced that humans need to leave the Earth,” he said last year.

【1】What is Hawking’s attitude towards life when just diagnosed with ALS?

A. Confident. B. Optimistic.

C. Terrified. D. Hopeless.

【2】What bothered Hawking

A. The crash of the universe.

B. The beginning of the universe.

C. The intervene of God in the universe.

D. The rewards that good people get in the next life.

【3】Why is Hawking in favor of human space travel to other solar systems?

A. Because it is a way to save the Earth.

B. Because we have used up all the space.

C. Because it can help spread the human race beyond Earth.

D. Because we have explored the Moon and Mars for a long time.

【4】What is the main idea of the text?

A. Legendary Physicist Stephen Hawking Died at 76.

B. Stephen Hawking Supports Human Space Travels.

C. Stephen Hawking Is a Worldwide Famous Physicist.

D. Stephen Hawking Is Recognized for His Research on Black Holes.

27、 Scientists believe the earth is 4.6 billion years old. However, the mountains, valleys, rivers, deserts and forests we see today are much younger than that. For example, Qomolangma is about 60 million years old and the Amazon Rainforest is about 55 million years old. The Baltic Sea, the youngest sea in the world, is only about 15,000 years old.

The earth is always changing because of volcanoes, earthquakes and, of course, wind and rain. Some of these changes are very slow and others are quick. Water and ice can make very big changes to the planet. For example, glaciers can cut through mountains and make deep valleys.

It’s normal for our planet to change. But at the moment scientists think it’s changing faster than usual. They don’t understand everything that is happening but they know that temperatures are rising. Besides, the weather is getting wetter in some places and drier in others, and there are more big storms. Now there is a growing awareness that climate change is definitely not confined to a certain region or country. However, it is a problem all countries are involved. What’s more, there is no denying t hat industrial emissions has been the main influence of climate change for the last 50 years, overwhelming natural forces.

However, these changes are not bad for everyone. Because the Arctic is getting warmer, farmers in Greenland now can grow and sell vegetables. That wasn’t possible 50 years ago. Farmers in Greenland like the warm weather and hope it will continue.

【1】Which of the following is the oldest?

A.The earth. B.Qomolangma.

C.The Amazon Rainforest. D.The Baltic Sea.

【2】All of these lead to the changes of the earth EXCEPT ________.

A.glaciers B.deep valleys

C.wind and rain D.volcanoes and earthquakes

【3】Why do farmers in Greenland like the warm weather?

A.They turned the impossible into possible.

B.The warm weather is good for the Arctic.

C.They now own businesses and become successful.

D.They benefit from the vegetable businesses that did not exist before.

【4】Which do you think is the best title?

A.Global Warming B.Beautiful Greenland

C.Our Changing Planet D.The Old Earth

28、“Click!” That’s the sound of a seat belt locking in place.【1】So I don’t drive anywhere until I wear it. Choosing to wear your seat belt is as simple as choosing between life and death. Which one do you choose?

Think about it. When you are driving in a car, you may be going at 60 MPH or faster. Then somebody ahead of you locks up his or her brakes. Your car, which was going 60 MPH, has now suddenly stopped. Your body, however, is still going 60 MPH.【2】Will it be the windshield or your seat belt? I choose the seat belt.

【3】 They think that seat belts don’t allow them much space to move freely in the car. To them, what’s more uncomfortable? Wearing a seat belt or flying through a windshield?

Let’s just take a closer look at your choices. If you are not wearing your seat belt, you can hop around the car and slide in and out of your seat easily. You are more likely to die or suffer serious injuries. 【4】That means you are more likely to walk away unharmed from a car accident.

Wearing a seat belt does not always ensure your safety. You can still get hurt or killed while wearing a seat belt. 【5】You are much less likely to get seriously injured or killed in a car accident. So why not take a safer way?

A．Some people forget to wear seat belts.

B．Seat belts save lives and that’s a fact.

C．What’s going to stop your body?

D．Some people think seat belts are uncomfortable.

E．If you are wearing a seat belt, you have to stay in your seat.

F．If you don’t wear a seat belt, the police will give you a ticket.

G．But wearing them has proven to be safer than driving without them.

29、 Translaty is a simple yet life-changing invention that helps you to overcome any difficulties caused by foreign languages, whether you’re in a business meeting with an international customer or relaxing somewhere on a Spanish beach. This pocket-size device is able to instantly recognize and translate over 40 different languages, making intercultural communication completely effortless!

It was invented to make your life easier as simply as possible—although it’s created using the latest technologies, you are not required to have any special knowledge to use this device.

What makes Translaty so special?

■ Make travelling easier—forget “language barriers” and become “fluent” in 40+ languages

■ Help in business—strengthen your international business relationship

■ Assist in daily life—allow you to overcome language differences with your foreign friends

■ Translate anything instantly

■ Convenient and easy to use—lightweight and simple design ensures it’s there when you need it the most

■ Offer 100% accurate, two-way translations

■ High sound and recording quality ensure there are no misunderstandings

■ Affordable to anyone

This device is taking the world by storm so make sure to order yours today while it’s still available. For a limited time, you are able to use a special 50% discount and enjoy all the advantages at the best price possible! Click here and order Translaty today!

【1】What do we know about Translaty?

A.It is of little benefit to businessmen.

B.It provides materials for language courses.

C.It assists people in improving language skills.

D.It helps remove language barriers in communication.

【2】We can learn from the text that __________.

A.using Translaty requires special knowledge

B.Translaty offers one-way translations

C.it is convenient to carry Translaty

D.Translaty has been sold out now

【3】Where is the text most likely from?

A.A magazine. B.A textbook.

C.A guidebook. D.A website.

三、完形填空（共4题，共 20分）

30、 Ruby Kate Chitsey at only 11 years old has been making people's wishes come true! Not with magic, but with love. In fact, Ruby is one of the most _________ young people you will meet!

Ruby started her service after spending time _________ nursing homes with her mom who is a _________. While speaking with some of her mom's patients, she _________ that many of them have little _________ or family. In fact, many_________on just $ 40 a month that the government provides as _________. Hearing that one person had to _________ her dog because she couldn't afford it, she felt something was wrong. That’s _________ she started The Three Wishes project. She asked each resident (住户), "If you could have three __________, what would they be? " Some of her friends kept her __________, and they helped her note them down.

Most wishes were __________. Some people just wanted a person to talk to. Others a pair of shoes that __________ them. One person asked to watch children at __________ at a park.

Ruby and her mom started to raise funds __________, so they started a GoFundMe campaign in their city. So far, she's raised over $ 26, 000 out of her $ 40, 000 target. But that is __________ to go up, because Ruby was just __________ as “GoFundMe kid hero of the month"! Her final ________ is to just make people happy. Ruby is a great example of a young person taking action to __________ a wrong. In doing so, she is helping __________ many people's lives for the better.

【1】A.generous B.knowledgeable C.intelligent D.caring

【2】A.cleaning B.building C.visiting D.decorating

【3】A.teacher B.reporter C.nurse D.volunteer

【4】A.witnessed B.discovered C.announced D.explained

【5】A.money B.happiness C.energy D.relationship

【6】A.work B.insist C.survive D.act

【7】A.bonus B.profit C.income D.welfare

【8】A.bring back B.keep out C.give up D.leave behind

【9】A.where B.when C.because D.what

【10】A.options B.arrangements C.lives D.wishes

【11】A.company B.secret C.promise D.pace

【12】A.beautiful B.simple C.extraordinary D.particular

【13】A.comfort B.inspire C.attract D.fit

【14】A.play B.rest C.relaxation D.peace

【15】A.carefully B.gradually C.locally D.globally

【16】A.sure B.difficult C.suitable D.willing

【17】A.promoted B.named C.introduced D.identified

【18】A.attempt B.interest C.gain D.goal

【19】A.right B.admit C.recognize D.forgive

【20】A.plan B.change C.guarantee D.continue

31、Lost & Found

That night, when I arrived at the door of my building, I noticed a man walking behind me. I thought he was a neighbor I hadn’t met. I did a _______ neighborly thing and held the door for him. But when I turned, he took away everything I had and ran away. I was _______. From then on, I looked over my _______, never fully at ease. It cost me my sense of trust in my _______.

A year passed, I got home one night and found an envelope under my door. Inside was a _______ weather-beaten driver’s license. I could _______ make it out because the address was nearly worn away. But the face on that _______ was mine. And the note in it said; Sarah Sweeney, if you still live here, call us at this _______.

Feeling _______, I walked up and down in my living room trying to think of ________ someone would contact (联系) me like this. If there’s a Mugger Playbook (抢劫犯剧本) this was the final long game! Now he’s checking my ________ to get more money?

But I called the number.

Then a(n) ________ voice of a little girl got on, “Hello! Are you Sarah Sweeney? My sister and I found your purse in the woods!”

I could ________ she was jumping up and down as she spoke. She and her younger sister carefully ________ bits of paper, pieced together the clues to find me and ________ my wallet and everything inside. I was completely ________. They were giving me a sense of relief.

I asked her, “How can I ________ you?”

“Hang on!” She pulled the phone away and ________ with her sister; then I heard “ICE CREAM!"

Twenty minutes later, I was at their door. I ________ a box of ice cream. And these two little girls gave my wallet and a renewed sense of ________.

【1】A. meaningful B. smart C. polite D. necessary

【2】A. robbed B. cheated C. suspected D. caught

【3】A. head B. shoulder C. door D. neck

【4】A. colleagues B. friends C. neighbors D. family

【5】A. rotted B. new C. useful D. cheap

【6】A. easily B. merely C. probably D. hardly

【7】A. envelope B. license C. wallet D. note

【8】A. point B. time C. number D. place

【9】A. worried B. sad C. satisfied D. disappointed

【10】A. why B. whether C. how D. when

【11】A. room B. wallet C. address D. account

【12】A. angry B. sweet C. rough D. cold

【13】A. see B. notice C. understand D. tell

【14】A. replaced B. unfolded C. counted D. selected

【15】A. return B. check C. repair D. clean

【16】A. confused B. lost C. discouraged D. moved

【17】A. treat B. find C. reward D. inform

【18】A. discussed B. agreed C. argued D. competed

【19】A. contributed to B. handed over C. paid for D. packed up

【20】A. loss B. duty C. trust D. direction

32、 My life five years ago is unrecognisable from the one I lead now.

In May 2014, I booked a trip to Sri Lanka for _________. The beaches, sunshine and friendly locals were delightful. However, the only _________ for me was the street dogs. Their soulful eyes _________ me as if asking for help. One dog, I called Tom, _________, appealed to me. He was _________. I asked several local vets (兽医), but despite me offering to _________, none would agree to treat a street dog, because they weren’t viewed as _________, which shocked me and I didn't know what to do.

Back home, I couldn't get poor Tom out of my _________. I was desperate to make a real _________. Why not go to Sri Lanka and start __________ these animals? I had some savings, I thought I could __________ for a year, help some dogs and come home. I sold my car and booked my __________ for October 2014.

Landing in Colombo, I __________ straight for Talalla, where I’d met Tom. My first __________ is Joy, who had been bitten by another dog. I __________ her up, and bandaged her. No one had ever seen a bandaged dog before! But I felt so happy to have __________ something when she went back onto the __________, now wagging her tail.

In the blink of an eye I’d been __________ in the country a year, then two—and now over five years have __________. Sri Lanka is my home. Up to now, I have helped around 12,000 street dogs. People have described me as __________, but I get as much back from these dogs as I give them, and I feel so lucky.

【1】A.information B.business C.details D.relaxation

【2】A.problem B.difficulty C.joy D.attraction

【3】A.held B.begged C.stopped D.followed

【4】A.eventually B.particularly C.constantly D.directly

【5】A.engaged B.abandoned C.injured D.rescued

【6】A.pay B.help C.apologize D.leave

【7】A.competitive B.worthy C.attractive D.equal

【8】A.house B.control C.mind D.sight

【9】A.devotion B.statement C.effort D.difference

【10】A.feeding B.training C.treating D.adopting

【11】A.survive B.donate C.raise D.earn

【12】A.room B.flight C.restaurant D.holiday

【13】A.walked B.ran C.rode D.headed

【14】A.friend B.patient C.customer D.companion

【15】A.lifted B.cheered C.cleaned D.hung

【16】A.achieved B.found C.learned D.missed

【17】A.street B.field C.beach D.floor

【18】A.serving B.touring C.staying D.surviving

【19】A.changed B.passed C.shown D.seen

【20】A.sensitive B.considerate C.mad D.selfless

33、 Smith, an old man ,lived in the middle of town. One day he found his watch_______in his own store. It_______a lot to him because it was from his wife. After searching up and down in the_______for a long while,he _______to ask for help from a group of children playing outside the store. He_______them that the person who found it would be rewarded_______ this, the children hurried inside the store, went through and around the_______store, but still couldn't find the watch.

Soon the man felt hopeless and wanted to_______. A little boy went up to him and asked for another_______.The man looked at him and though, “Why not? __________,this kid looks sincere enough. “__________,the man sent him back in the store. After a while the boy__________with the watch in his hand ! The man was very__________,and he asked the boy how he found it while the others had__________. The boy replied, “I did nothing but sit on the ground and__________.Then I heard the ticking of the watch and just looked for it in that __________.”

We usually do something in a hurry and don't think about our own needs, which can't bring peace into our mind, __________, we need to think about ourselves and keep peaceful for a while, which can produce a __________result, So allow a few minutes of__________to your mind every day, and see how it helps you deal with your work and make __________ as you expect to !

【1】A.broken B.lost C.hidden D.put

【2】A.meant B.learned C.performed D.bargain

【3】A.town B.playground C.street D.store

【4】A.forgot B.agreed C.decided D.pretended

【5】A.promised B.taught C.worried D.warned

【6】A.Seeing B.Hearing C.Wearing D.Feeling

【7】A.silent B.empty C.busy D.whole

【8】A.calm down B.set off C.give up D.show off

【9】A.chance B.reason C.reward D.date

【10】A.So far B.After all C.At first D.In short

【11】A.However B.Meanwhile C.Moreover D.Therefore

【12】A.ran away B.fell down C.came out D.went back

【13】A.amazed B.proud C.nervous D.angry

【14】A.finished B.failed C.regretted D.doubted

【15】A.played B.waited C.watched D.listened

【16】A.room B.situation C.direction D.darkness

【17】A.Instead B.Otherwise C.Besides D.Afterwards

【18】A.clear B.straight C.good D.natural

【19】A.exercise B.silence C.pleasure D.conversation

【20】A.noise B.sense C.mistake D.progress

四、短文填空（共4题，共 20分）

34、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.

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

My daughter

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

37、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.

五、书面表达（共4题，共 20分）

38、假定你是李华，你的英国朋友John想要加入他所在学校的中文俱乐部，但是他的中文不好，所以他不知道自己是否应该提出申请。请你给他写封邮件，内容包括：

1.建议他申请；

2.给出理由；

3.表达期望。

注意：1.词数100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，你的美国笔友John来信请你介绍中国传统节日清明节。请根据以下要点，用英语给他写封回信。

要点:1. 清明节是二十四节气之一;

2. 全国放假三天;

3. 扫墓祭祖踏青游玩、放风筝等。

注意:1. 词数100左右;

2. 可适当增加细节,以使行文连贯;

3. 开头和结尾已为你写好,但不计人总词数。

参考词汇:节气solar term 扫墓sweep the tomb

Dear John ,

Glad to hear from you. I'd like to tell you something about the Qingming Festival.

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Best wishes !

Yours ,

Li Hua

40、假设你是高二学生李华，你所居住的城市正在争创全国文明城市，作为一个有责任心的市民，你注意到了两个有待改进的现象，即共享单车随意摆放；行人或车辆时有抢道，不按交通规则出行。请你给市长写封信，建议关注这两个问题并提出你的相应整改措施。

相关词汇：全国文明城市 National Civilized City共享单车 shared bike任意的，胡乱的 random行人pedestrians

注意：开头结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Mayor,

Yours Sincerely,

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, 使之构成一篇完整的短文。

Mai Lin wasn’t doing well enough at school, or at least she wasn’t satisfied with herself. She wished she could do better.

“Let’s review the material we learned in the last unit,” the history teacher said. “Who can tell us what caused the War of 1812?” Mai Lin sat at her desk, staring ahead. She hoped the teacher wouldn’t call her name. They hadn’t studied the War of 1812 at her old school and she didn’t know the answer.

“Alison?” the teacher asked instead. Oh, perfect, Mai Lin thought. Of course Alison would have the answer. She seemed to have all the answers. Alison was the most popular girl in school – always surrounded by millions of boyfriends, best friends, and others. She was like a brilliant sun.

Mai Lin hadn’t made one or two friends of her own so far. Her old school was small and low-key, but a shy person like Mai Lin had a chance there. This new school, however, seemed as big as an airport to Mai Lin, and it seemed very hard to get around in it. She still got lost sometimes in the school.

Mai Lin frowned (皱眉) as Alison answered the teacher’s question. Alison probably never got lost, Mai Lin thought to herself. You could probably put Alison down in the middle of a desert, and within five minutes she’d be able to tell you the best way to get home.

History class finally ended, and Mai Lin headed for the gym. The class had been playing basketball. Alison, who was as tall and thin and attractive as a tree, was very good at it. Beside her, Mai Lin felt like a very small and foolish ant. Today, however, the gym teacher pointed to a thick rope hanging from the ceiling and said, “Everybody! You’re going to climb this rope today.”

注意：

1.续写词数应为 150 左右；

2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

Hearing the teacher’s words, Mai Lin smiled.

Mai Lin stepped forward and got close to the rope.