绍兴2025-2026学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高三英语

一、单项选择（共25题，共 125分）

1、Water covers 71% of Earth’s surface yet only 2% of it is_____ as a source of fresh water.

A.invaluable B.accessible C.valuable D.reasonable

2、——What a big letdown it is to have missed such a good opportunity!

——Don’t worry. Something better will ________ .

A．go by

B．take on

C．in need

D．come along

3、Observation, reason and experiment make up ______ we call the scientific method.

A. which B. how

C. that D. what

4、It is ____ that the amateur singer beat a large number of professionals in the contest.

A.identical B.intact C.incredible D.inconvenient

5、When heated, material of this kind ______ plastic in quality will soften.

A. resembled B. resemble

C. to resemble D. resembling

6、—Who is it up to _____ when the ceremony will be started?

—The headmaster, of course.

A. decide on B. deciding on C. to decide on D. to deciding on

7、While ______ the National Congress of Communist Party, President Xi instructed the party never to forget ______ we started and then we can accomplish our mission (使命).

A.addressing；where B.sponsoring；when

C.delivering；when D.dismissing；where

8、The uncontrolled emotional reaction of the nation to Lincoln’s death was incredible and demonstrated the high esteem________ he was held.

A.whom B.for whom

C.which D.in which

9、He wished he ____ in his house that day. If he hadn’t, he ____ everything overnight in the fire.

A. didn’t smoke; wouldn’t lose B. hadn’t smoked; wouldn’t have lost

C. didn’t smoke; wouldn’t have lost D. hadn’t smoked; wouldn’t lose

10、Learning English means more than memorizing a lot of words. It ________ a large amount of reading as well.

A.involves B.inspires C.motivates D.associates

11、― Mr. Johnson, I’m really sorry _____ you waiting for a long time.

— I know you are very busy at the moment.

A.to have kept B.to be keeping C.to keep D.to have been kept

12、 to a university in the UK, international students must display a strong ability in spoken and written English.

A．Admitted

B．To be admitted

C．Being admitted

D．Having been admitted

13、The result of his experiment led to the conclusion______ ice will decrease when it melts.

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

14、The new couple spent some money for the ______ of the furniture necessary for their new house.

A.distribution B.manufacture C.donation D.purchase

15、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

16、—Why do the researchers sometimes have to climb so high?

—As far as I know, _____________on the top of the mountain is a certain wild plant said to have some medical value.

A.grown B.growing C.being grown D.having grown

17、A student ______ read too many books, which helps broaden his horizons and enrich his mind.

A.needn't B.mustn't C.can't D.shouldn't

18、There was a(n) ____ moment when she didn’t know whether to shake his hand or kiss his cheek.

A. relaxed B. awesome C. awkward D. comfortable

19、What do you ________the film called Avengers: Endgame?

A. think up B. think over

C. think highly of D. think of

20、At one point I made up my mind to talk to Uncle Sam. Then I changed my mind, ______ that he could do nothing to help.

A.to realize B.realized C.realizing D.being realized

21、It is a truth well known to all ______China has become one of the strongest countries in the world.

A.where B.which C.that D.who

22、With our country entering an aging society, ______ the retirement age is probably unavoidable.

A.having delayed B.delaying C.being delayed D.to be delayed

23、_______ the secret of nature, the young scientist has little time for entertainment.

A. Devoted to bring out B. Devoted himself to bringing out

C. Devoted to bringing out D. Devoting to bring out

24、Don’t let failure _____ you, for you can never tell how close you may be to victory.

A. display B. dissolve

C. discount D. discourage

25、If you were to have a few minutes free, I______ the opportunity to ask you one more question.

A．would appreciate

B．would have appreciated

C．were to appreciate

D．had appreciated

二、阅读理解（共4题，共 20分）

26、 The U.S. solar industry is growing at a record-breaking pace, while becoming more affordable and accessible than ever before. The industry’s forward progress comes in part thanks to support from the Energy Department’s SunShot Initiative(计划).

Set up in 2011 to rebuild U.S. leadership in the solar marketplace, SunShot is to aggressively drive down the cost of solar-powered electricity generation across America.

To achieve this goal, SunShot works to lower the price of solar electricity to $0.06 per kilowatt hour (KWh) — a cost target that will make solar-generated power to be fully cost-competitive with traditional energy sources by the end of the decade.

Just three years into the initiative, SunShot is making significant headway. Today, the Energy Department announced that the U.S. solar industry is more than 60 percent of the way to achieving cost-competitive utility-scale solar photovoltaic or PV (光伏) electricity. In many parts of the country, solar electricity is already cost-competitive with traditional energy sources, including California, Hawaii and Minnesota.

Within the past few years, utility-scale PV has risen from a relative newcomer to the solar market to the fastest growing sector of the industry. These projects feature large, centralized PV systems that feed power directly to the grid (电网). While the operating history of utility-scale PV is brief, it is expected to take up most of the U.S. PV market through 2018, helping create new jobs, support other U.S. industries and improve economic growth as it expands.

One of the biggest benefits of the expanding solar industry is its influence on the U.S. job market. The Solar Foundation’s National Solar Jobs Census 2017 finds solar jobs increased nearly 20 percent since the fall of 2016, 10 times the national average job growth rate. There are more than 140,000 solar workers in the United States, up from about 119,000 in 2016. Not only did the industry go beyond growth expectations, but the pace of hiring has quickened, producing new hires at a rate 50 percent higher than last year.

【1】From the passage we can learn that SunShot was set up to .

A.lower the price of solar electricity

B.rebuild U.S. leadership in the solar marketplace

C.compete with traditional energy sources

D.drive down the cost of solar-powered electricity

【2】What can we learn about U.S. utility-scale PV?

A.It has been developed for a quite long period. B.It has lowered the price 60% than other sources.

C.It has been the leading role of the U.S. PV market. D.It has brought some benefits to the U.S. economy.

【3】How does the author develop the last paragraph?

A.By providing data. B.By giving examples.

C.By reasoning. D.By analyzing causes.

【4】Which of the following can be the best title for the text?

A.SunShot Is Promoting U.S. Solar Industry

B.Solar Industry Defeats Traditional Energy Sources

C.U.S. Employment Benefits from Solar Industry

D.Solar Industry’ Growth Determines U.S. Economy

27、The importance of self-improvement often goes unnoticed. Truth is — you can’t run away from yourself. The idea should be to focus on continuous self-development at every stage of life.【1】

Increase self-awareness

The first step of self-improvement asks you to become more self-aware. Self-awareness is an ongoing journey. As life goes on, you meet with different experiences and challenges. 【2】. To be on the path of self-improvement, it’s important to never lose touch with yourself.

Improve strengths (优点)

Self-improvement lets you identify your personal strengths. 【3】. It gives you a better understanding of what you are seeking and where you are likely to thrive (繁荣兴旺). It helps you set life goals and make them happen.

Step out of the comfort zone

Choosing to work on improving yourself requires you to step out of your comfort zone. It lets you face your fears, try new things, and challenge yourself. There will be times when you’ll discover a new side of your personality. 【4】. Don’t let failures get you frustrated. And never get too comfortable in familiar spaces because life begins outside your comfort zone.

【5】

People who’re invested in their continuous self-improvement come with an extremely positive attitude towards learning. Instead of being ignorant and escaping from their problems, they make it a point to learn from their mistakes to grow and succeed. This is a wonderful quality to have as having a learning attitude is instrumental in achieving success.

A．Improve mental health

B．Develop a learning attitude

C．And knowing your strengths is important

D．However, there will also be times when you’ll fail

E．They make you more aware of your personality, thoughts and feelings

F．After all, you can only achieve what you want when you know what you want

G．Here are some reasons why self-improvement is important regardless of your age

28、If you want your life to stand for peace and kindness, it’s helpful to do kind, peaceful things. One of my favorite ways to do this is by developing my own helping actions. These little acts of kindness are opportunities to be of service and reminders of how good it feels to be kind and helpful.

We live in a rural area of the San Francisco Bay Area. Most of what we see is beauty of nature. One of the exceptions to the beauty is the litter that some people throw out of their windows as they are driving on the rural roads. One of the few shortcomings to live in the mountainous area is that public services, such as litter collection, are less available than those are closer to the city.

A helping action that I practice regularly with my two children is picking up litter in our surrounding area. We’ve become so used to doing this that my daughters will often say to me in exciting voices, “There’s some litter, Daddy, stop the car!” And if we have time, we will often pull over and pick it up. It may seem strange, but we actually enjoy it. We pick up litter in parks, on sidewalks, practically anywhere. Once I even saw a complete stranger picking up litter close to where we live. He smiled at me and said, “I saw you doing it, and it seemed like a good idea.”

Picking up litter is only one of endless supplies of possible helping actions. You might like holding a door open for people, visiting lonely elderly people in nursing homes, or removing snow off someone else’s driveway. Think of something that seems effortless yet helpful .It’s fun, personally rewarding, and sets a good example. Everyone wins.

【1】What does the author think of developing helping actions?

A．It helps us to be winners.

B．It is very difficult.

C．It requires lots of effort.

D．It makes us feel good about ourselves.

【2】What do we know about the area where the author lives?

A．It’s in the center of San Francisco.

B．People can see beautiful sceneries here.

C．It’s very easy to find litter collection.

D．Few people drive on the rural roads.

【3】How does the author support his own opinion?

A．By sharing his own experience.

B．By listing reasons for giving help.

C．By explaining different methods to be helpful.

D．By making a comparison with others.

【4】What does the author mainly want to tell us?

A．Parents are the best teachers to their children.

B．Everyone should set good examples to others.

C．Small kind acts make the world a better place.

D．Protecting the environment will benefit all of us.

29、When you're on the go, your best friend and resource can be your phone. In the age of smart phones, apps are like guiding stars: They can point you in the right direction for a hotel, list expenses, send postcards, and much more. When used together, these apps can be the basic travel tool, placing a wealth of information at your fingertips no matter where you are on the planet. U.S. News Travel has picked the essential travel apps, known for their utility and reliability. Best of all, they cost absolutely nothing.

Trip It

Your Personal Travel Agent

Be your own travel agent and plan every detail of your trip—from car rental to accomadating restaurants—with Trip It. You can make travel schedule by hand, or simply forward the email confirmations of your flight, rental car, train tickets, and hotels to plans.

Weather Free

Your Go-To Meteorologist(气象学者)

Stop trying to explain the weather forecast on the evening news (particularly when it's in a foreign language). The Weather Free app informs you (in English) of the climate in various locations. It features the local weather, and other key factors that will inform your decision about what to wear before stepping outside.

Goby

Your Event Guru

When you're in a foreign city, you sometimes look around and ask: Where are all the people? Goby has the answer. This app pinpoints the neighborhood hot spots (including museums, hotels, eateries, and more) in your neighborhood. But its true value comes in finding nearby events. You'll discover concerts, plays, and more right around the corner.

【1】What is the advantage of using travel apps picked by the U.S. News Travel?

A．They can solve any problem you come across.

B．They reduce your travel budget.

C．They exercise your fingertips.

D．They are reliable and free of charge.

【2】With the help of the travel apps used together, travelers can do the following things EXCEPT__________.

A．rent a car

B．decide what to wear

C．look for a friend while traveling

D．find the nearby museums

【3】Where are the readers likely to read the passage above?

A．In a geography textbook

B．In a science and technology magazine

C．On a popular website

D．In a business report

三、完形填空（共4题，共 20分）

30、How to Avoid the Coronavirus? Wash Your Hands

As a New York Times journalist in China, I covered the SARS outbreak in 2002 and 2003, during which a novel coronavirus was first detected in Guangdong. My two children _______elementary school in Beijing throughout the outbreak.

The International School of Beijing, _______ my children were students, was one of the_______in the capital that stayed _______throughout the SARS outbreak.

The school instituted a bunch of simple precautionary (预防的) policies: a strict note to_______reminding them not to send a child to _______ who was sick and warning them that students would be screened for _______ with ear thermometers (耳温枪) at the school door. There was no _______ of food at lunch. The teacher led the kids in _______ hand washing throughout the day at classroom __________, while singing a prolonged “hand washing song” to __________ that they did more than a cursory (草率的) pass __________ the tap with water only.

With those precautions __________, I observed something of a public __________ miracle (奇迹): Not only did no child get SARS, but __________ seemed that no student was sick with anything at all for __________on end.

The World Health Organization __________ the SARS outbreak controlled in July 2003. But, oh, those __________ continued. The best first-line defenses __________SARS or the novel coronavirus or most any virus at all are the ones that Grandma and common __________taught us, after all.

【1】A.attended B.left C.explored D.experienced

【2】A.which B.where C.as D.when

【3】A.many B.much C.few D.little

【4】A.closed B.open C.locked D.controlled

【5】A.patients B.students C.teachers D.parents

【6】A.hospital B.work C.school D.clinic

【7】A.colds B.coughs C.fevers D.headaches

【8】A.sharing B.wasting C.eating D.throwing

【9】A.fluent B.frequent C.occasional D.timely

【10】A.desks B.chairs C.pipes D.sinks

【11】A.suggest B.assume C.ensure D.require

【12】A.through B.above C.across D.under

【13】A.in place B.in reality C.in order D.in need

【14】A.behavior B.life C.study D.health

【15】A.it B.there C.they D.this

【16】A.months B.days C.years D.hours

【17】A.claimed B.declared C.reported D.announced

【18】A.hobbies B.interests C.characters D.habits

【19】A.on B.from C.against D.for

【20】A.ground B.sense C.practice D.people

31、 Mama was calling me.I awoke,realizing it must be nearly midnight.Her expression was ___”Mary,”she said,”where’s your homework?”Then I remembered I had not finished my assignment.”Well,your studies come ___!You’d better finish your work,” she said.I____myself out of bed.As I did so,I could not help feeling __.Why me? Those feelings were nothing new,but I did not give ___to them.I didn’t argue with Mama.I just obeyed.

One day my older sister Ann and I walked barefoot(赤脚地)to school because our shoes had been worn out and Mama couldn’t afford to buy us shoes.The headmaster asked us to go home,for he couldn’t have students attending school barefoot.I suggested to Ann that we spend the day in a nearby cornfield___.Just about the time school was over we went home.There was Mama,waiting for us.I ___a story rather than upset her.Then she started crying.It was clear that she knew everything.She told us never to be __ of being poor.”It’s not what you wear but ___you are,”she said,”that matters.”

Mama’s toughness with me.always left me feeling as if I pleased her___ than her other children.However,the ___that I acquired have guided me for many years.I have come to ___the value of Mama’s demands.Still,one question continued to __ me for more than 30 years.Then one day I asked:”Mama,how come you were always so much __ on me than others?”She looked me straight in the eye and said:”I had to be harder on you because you had more gifts.”“I___,Mama.”At last I did.

【1】A.severe B.strange C.polite D.rich

【2】A.early B.last C.again D.first

【3】A.pushed B.pulled C.dragged D.slipped

【4】A.cautious B.embarrassed C.annoyed D.stupid

【5】A.punishment B.feeling C.work D.voice

【6】A.though B.instead C.still D.regardless

【7】A.talked about B.heard of C.set down D.made up

【8】A.proud B.aware C.ashamed D.fond

【9】A.who B.why C.how D.where

【10】A.rather B.less C.more D.other

【11】A.strengths B.skills C.results D.rights

【12】A.add B.judge C.respect D.appreciate

【13】A.advise B.corner C.bother D.settle

【14】A.tougher B.gentler C.easier D.heavier

【15】A.quit B.understand C.promise D.remember

32、 The measure of a man’s real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.

----Thomas Macaulay About thirty years ago, I was studying in a public school in New York. One day, Mrs Nanette O’Neill gave a maths ______ to our class. When the papers were ______ she discovered that twelve boys had made exactly the ______ mistakes throughout the test.

There is nothing really new about _______ in exams. Perhaps that was ______Mrs O’Neill didn’t even say a word about it. She only asked the twelve boys to ______after class. I was one of the twelve.

Mrs O’Neill asked______questions, and she didn’t _____us either. Instead, she wrote on the blackboard the ______ words by Thomas Macaulay. She then ordered us to copy these words into our exercise-books one hundred times.

I don’t know about the other eleven boys. Speaking for ______ I can say it was the most important single ______ of my life. Thirty years after being introduced to Macaulay’s words, they ______ seem to me the best yardstick (准绳), because they give us a _______ to measure ourselves rather than others.

_____ of us are asked to make ______ decisions about nations going to war or armies going to battle. But all of us are called _____ daily to make a great many personal decisions. Should the wallet, ______ in the street, be put into a pocket or ______ to the policeman? Should the ______ change received at the store be forgotten or ______ ? Nobody will know except you. But you have to live with yourself, and it is always better to live with someone you respect.

【1】A.paper B.question C.test D.problem

【2】A.marked B.completed C.examined D.answered

【3】A.easy B.same C.funny D.serious

【4】A.lying B.discussing C.guessing D.cheating

【5】A.because B.when C.why D.how

【6】A.remain B.apologize C.come D.leave

【7】A.many B.certain C.no D.more

【8】A.excuse B.reject C.help D.scold

【9】A.above B.common C.following D.unusual

【10】A.herself B.ourselves C.themselves D.myself

【11】A.chance B.incident C.lesson D.memory

【12】A.still B.even C.always D.almost

【13】A.reason B.sentence C.choice D.way

【14】A.All B.Few C.Some D.None

【15】A.quick B.wise C.great D.personal

【16】A.upon B.out C.for D.up

【17】A.finding B.found C.find D.founded

【18】A.turned up B.turned on C.turned over D.turned back

【19】A.small B.extra C.some D.necessary

【20】A.paid B.remembered C.shared D.returned

33、 It has been five years. No one's quite sure how Sasha, the 6-year-old black cat, _____ it from Portland to New Mexico after five years. But apparently it isn't uncommon for cats — who are known for their _____ character-to go hitchhiking（搭便车）.

"It's like he never left. He's so _____ " said its owner Usov. "I guess he was on a great American _____”

When Sasha disappeared in 2014, Usov thought the cat might have _____ wolves. But not every cat that disappears _____ a bad end. "It's very common for a cat to _____ on a train or the back of a truck, but for a cat to travel 1, 200 miles and then go back to its owner？That _____ happens."

Sasha's fur was matted（乱成一团的）when he was found _____ the streets by workers of the Santa Fe Animal Shelter this month. They set out to find his owner. "Sasha didn't miss a meal, " Kirdar, a worker at the shelter, said.

The shelter reunites families with their _____ pets every day, _____ this is the first time Kirdar has done an in-person delivery. Sasha's _____ would not have been possible had he not been microchipped（植入微芯片的）. "The microchip is the best form of _____ "said Kirdar. However, just getting your pet microchipped isn't enough. It's important to _____ the microchip's producer if there is a _____ in your contact information.

【1】A.hated B.made C.received D.learnt

【2】A.complex B.popular C.independent D.weak

【3】A.happy B.annoying C.pitiful D.helpful

【4】A.adventure B.farm C.island D.holiday

【5】A.teamed with B.fallen victim to C.made friends with D.fought against

【6】A.brings B.demands C.meets D.expects

【7】A.bite B.live C.sleep D.jump

【8】A.actually B.rarely C.normally D.hopefully

【9】A.clearing B.blocking C.wandering D.checking

【10】A.thrilled B.unlucky C.missing D.crazy

【11】A.and B.but C.because D.though

【12】A.return B.illness C.disappearance D.movement

【13】A.technology B.civilization C.identification D.explanation

【14】A.download B.record C.copy D.update

【15】A.fact B.number C.name D.change

四、短文填空（共4题，共 20分）

34、课文填空

The Sundance Film Festival 【1】 boycotts all Hollywood films, and we don’t foresee ever including them. The initial idea for our festival was 【2】 back in l978. when it was known as the Utah/US Film Festival. However, it was not well known until 1981. It was then that Robert Redford became its 【3】 and changed the focus to independent films, often made on very modest 【4】 It was given its new name-the Sundance Film Festival-in 1991. Redford has acted in and directed many big Hollywood films, but wanted to 【5】 the public to films made outside of the Hollywood system

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

THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

In Congress, July 4, 1776

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

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

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

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

36、课文填空

Yet, some people are【1】 They claim that surfing the Internet is a waste of time. They make the 【2】 that children spend too much time chatting and playing games instead of 【3】 on their school work. However, a recent survey conducted in the USA shows that 80 per cent of Internet users 【4】 it mostly to search for answers to questions. The second most common use of the Internet, for 79 per cent of Internet users, is to find out information about hobbies. These statistics prove that gathering information is the 【5】 use for the Internet.

37、阅读短文，根据短文内容及首字母提示，在空白处填入一个适当的单词。

Wearing face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic p【1】 the spread of the deadly virus. But it is also i【2】. For one, we can no longer unlock our phones using facial recognition since a good part of our face is c【3】.

F【4】, tech companies are working to solve the problem. Apple, for example, offered a new way to unlock your iPhone and iPad with its l【5】 software update, iOS13.5, w【6】 was released on May 20.

Even though the update still won’t recognize your masked face, it makes the whole process f【7】. While the old system wouldn’t allow access t【8】 the passcode screen before three failed face scan attempts, iOS13.5 will send you straight to the passcode screen when you swipe up.

It might only s【9】 you a few seconds, but those few seconds “benefit public health by eliminating the temptation for people to r【10】 their masks in order to unlock their device”.

五、书面表达（共4题，共 20分）

38、假设你的同学Mike想要提高英语成绩，写信问你如何利用网络工具学习英语。现请你根据以下要点给他回信向他推荐一个学习英语的网站。

1. 网站名:沪江英语网。

2. 推荐理由:a. 资料丰富，寓教于乐；b. 满足不同人群的不同需求；c. 高质量的博客文章。

3. 可适当增加内容以使文章流畅。

4. 参考词汇:博客:blog。

5. 字数:80左右。

Dear Mike,

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours truly，

Li Ming

39、假如你是李华，你的英国朋友Owen(欧文）正在中国学汉语，请你给他写一封邀请信，邀请他参加你校主办的“书香校园网络读书周”活动来帮助他提高汉语水平。

内容要点：

1.发出邀请；

2.活动安排（读书周的时间，形式，内容）；

3.期待回复。

注意：1．词数100左右； 2．可以适当增加内容，以使行文连贯。

提示词：书香校园网络读书周Shuxiang Campus Network Reading Week

40、阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。续写的司数应为I50左右。

My friend Jack had a birthday party recently and I wanted to make him something special to show how much our friendship meant to me. I pulled out the craft box and spread everything out on the table: markers, paints, seasheils, and construction paper. I stared and stared but couldn’t think of what to make.

Just then, my cat Charlie leaped on a pile of paper. The paper, and Charlie, slid across the table. I thought, “It looks like Charlie’s skateboarding (滑滑板) Skateboard! That’s it.”

I ran to my room and found an old photo of Jack and me with our first skateboards.

I worked all afternoon on the coolest picture frame ever. It was shaped and colored just like the skateboard Jack had in the photo.

I spoke to myself as I applied the final coat of paint. “I bet this will be Jack’s favorite present!”

When I arrived at the party, I set my gift behind all the others so Jack would open it last. The whole time we were playing games, I kept glancing over at it. Then Jack’s grandmother brought out the cake. Jack blew out the candles. Finally, it was time to open presents. Jack opened a book, a paint set, and a baseball cap. The next-to-last thing was a long heavy box.

“I got two of the same things for my birthday,” Justin told Jack. “So I’m giving one of them to you.”

Jack opened the box and pulled out a super-nice skateboard. “No way!” he shouted. “This is exactly the one I’ve been wanting. Let’s go outside and try it!”

“Um, Jack,” I said, “aren’t you going to open my gift?”

“Oh, of course!” He ripped (撕开) open the present, not even noticing the funny cartoons I’d drawn on the wrapping paper. “Hey, I remember this photo. Thanks, Arizona!” He put down the picture frame, grabbed the new skateboard, and called, “Come on, everyone! We can all take turns!”

Everyone ran outside—everyone except me.

“I can’t find the present you gave me, and do you remember where I put it?” Jack said.

41、假如你是李越，母校将为高一新生举办主题为“What to do in building a good relationship between parents and teenagers？”的英语沙龙活动，特邀请你参加。请你用英语写一篇100~120个词的发言稿，就以下内容要点，谈谈你的看法。

内容要点：1.影响我们与父母和谐相处的原因；

2.提出建议并说明理由。

注意：发言稿的开头和结尾已给出（不计入词数）。

Good morning, everyone! It is my honor to be here to share with you my opinion on what to do in building a good relationship between parents and teenagers.