张家口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、_____ she was sick, I was expected to take his place greatly surprised me, for I didn’t have much work experience.

A.That if B.That C.If that D.If

2、Over the past few years, Clinton has spoken often of her approach ____ foreign policy.

A. of B. for C. about D. to

3、It’s reported that a UFO stopped over a mountain village for a while and then vanished in the direction ________it had come.

A．from which

B．in which

C．of which

D．by which

4、 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

5、For a moment nothing happened, then ______ all shouting together.

A.voices had come B.did voices come

C.voices would come D.came voices

6、It was 1897 ____a European chemist called Dr. Felix Hoffman produced aspirin from this chemical.

A.that B.how C.when D.which

7、The red umbrella is among the black ones.

A．distinct

B．delicate

C．diverse

D．desperate

8、Only when he reached the tea-house ______it was the same place he’d been in last year.

A. he realized B. he did realize

C. realized he D. did he realize

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

（1）求直线的解析式；

（2）点是线段上一点，过点作交于点，若四边形为平行四边形，求点坐标.

10、Teachers are always showing special ___ the students who are diligent and active in class.

A. preference to B. favor to

C. preference for D. favor for

11、—Do you think attending training courses is a great help when you look for a new job?

—Well, it all depends. Besides, it gives me ________ a chance to try.

A. more than B. more of

C. less than D. more or less

12、From their position on the top of the TV Tower, visitor can have a better _____ of the city.

A. sight B. scene

C. view D. scenery

13、The fog has not gone, and ____ they put off the sports meet.

A.in fact B.at least C.as a result D.in addition

14、The online game platform is crowded with teenagers, few of _______ enthusiastic about study.

A.whom B.that C.who D.them

15、_____ doesn’t really matter whether you win or lose. As long as you have tried your best, you won’t regret.

A.What B.This C.That D.It

16、—— We shall take the condition _____you’ve attached to this project into careful consideration.

—— Thanks a lot.

A. where B. when C. which D. what

17、He began ___________ in magazines in 2001.

A.having articles publishing B.having articles publish

C.having articles published D.having articles to publish

18、_____ we ever meet again I hope he remembers to thank me.

A. If and when B. When and where

C. If and what D. When and how

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

A．adopt

B．live

C．survive

D．adapt

20、The cost of living recently _____ steadily because of epidemic of COVID- 19, leading some people to drop out of the big city race.

A．is climbing

B．is being climbed

C．has been climbing

D．has been climbed

21、________ to ________ the nature reserve, the local people prevented the construction workers from entering their villages.

A. Opposed; developing B. Opposing; developing

C. Opposing; develop D. Opposed; develop

22、You should apologize ____ him _____ your rude words.

A. to, since B. for, to

C. to，for D. towards, in

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

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

24、— what are you going to do with the flaw in the vase?

— I can either send a new one to you by express mail or ______ compensate you at a proper price.

A.artificially B.abundantly C.alternatively D.aggressively

25、When________ why he was sent there, he said he was sent there ________ for a space flight.

A．asking, being trained

B．asked, to be trained

C．to ask, trained

D．asked, training

二、阅读理解（共4题，共 20分）

26、Mid-Summer Break Camps

Stimulate your child’s curiosity at one of our innovative week-long Mid-Summer Break Camps. Campers will engage in facilitated activities and experiments while parents can rest assured that their child is under quality supervision by our exceptional staff. Morning and afternoon extended day care is available at all locations.

Young Entrepreneurs

Calling all future CEOs! Experience first-hand the challenges and success of starting and managing a business. Engage in creative problem-solving, product testing, and team building to run a hot chocolate stand. After creating the perfect recipe, develop a business plan to present to potential investors. Using the basics of Excel, build a budget, set goals, and recognize opportunities for your new start up company!

Natural Creations

Take your artistic talent outside! Discover innovative ways to use trees, flowers and bushes in works of art and structure design. Explore nature’s light, colors, and shapes as you develop your artistic skills. Experiment with natural building materials and craft cool creations using recycled materials. Grab your creativity cap, bring your imagination, and Join us for an artistic week in the wetlands.

Crazy Designs

Put on your critical thinking caps and get ready to engineer solutions to crazy challenges using science! Learn about the engineering design process as you define a problem, design a solution and put your creativity to the test. Every day will have a different challenge, ending with a Rube Goldberg machine at the end of the week.

Smartest Art-chitect

Colors! Spire! Dazzling heights! Combine engineering and art to uncover your inner creative genius! Imagine and construct your own innovative designs using paints and unique building models. Find inspiration in city structures around you and experience science from a whole new perspective!

【1】What will the campers do in the Young Entrepreneurs?

A.Run a company. B.Create an artwork.

C.Design a city structure. D.Explore computer basics.

【2】Which camp will you choose if you are interested in both engineering and art?

A.Young Entrepreneurs B.Natural Creations

C.Crazy Designs D.Smartest Art-chitect

【3】Who is the passage intended for?

A.Teachers. B.Parents. C.Students. D.Coaches.

27、It’s the perfect time of year to curl up with a great new book—so be sure to add these climate must-reads to your list.

THE UNINHABITABLE EARTH: LIFE AFTER WARMING

By David Wallace-Wells

The author speaks out on the challenges facing our planet. But he’s also an optimist, one well-aware that the right action today can avoid disaster tomorrow.

AN INCONVENIENT SEQUEL: TRUTH TO POWER

By Al Gore

A lot of people have heard his message about the climate crisis. But just as important is the message that people around the world can do something about it.

The book is a comprehensive how -to guide full of concrete, actionable ways you can join the movement for solutions and help turn the tide.

THE SIXTH EXTINCTION: AN UNNATURAL HISTORY

By Elizabeth Kolbert

Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg called out world leaders for their inaction, saying, “People are suffering. People are dying. Entire ecosystems are collapsing. We are in the beginning of a mass extinction.”

Elizabeth Kolbert might say, “Exactly." As she details, the Earth has seen five landmark events in the distant past that wiped out most plant and animal life. But today, we’re witnessing a new phenomenon known to scientists as the “sixth extinction." Unlike the previous five, this one is not a natural event. It’s human-made. And it' s happening right now.

THE OVERSTORY

By Richard Powers

While the books listed above are all works of nonfiction, climate is showing up more and more as a major theme in contemporary fiction. A work of imagination wandering across centuries and continents, it tells the story of nine main characters, all existing at different periods of time, which are not men or women at all, but trees.

【1】Which author offered measures to deal with climate change?

A．Elizabeth Kolbert.

B．Al Gore.

C．David Wallace-Wells.

D．Richard Powers.

【2】According to Elizabeth Kolbert, why is the sixth extinction different from previous ones?

A．It is largely due to human activities.

B．It wipes out all the plant and animal life.

C．It is mainly caused by the natural factors.

D．It is the result of the world leaders’ inaction.

【3】What is special about The Overstory?

A．It discusses natural history.

B．It centers on climate crisis.

C．It features fictional characters.

D．It is a collection of nonfiction.

28、 What do the random,scribbled(潦草的)drawings crowding the margins(页边空白)of most high school students’papers mean?When a student is caught doodling(乱画)in class,he will probably be criticized for daydreaming.But doodling while listening can help with remembering details,rather than implying that the mind is wandering,according to a study published in the scientific journal Applied Cognitive Psychology.

In an experiment conducted by the Medical Research Council’s Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit in Cambridge,40 subjects were asked to listen to a two-minute tape giving several names of people and places.Half of the participants were asked to shade in shapes on a piece of paper at the same time,without paying attention to neatness,while the rest were given no such instructions.After the tape had finished,all participants in the study were asked to recall the names of people and places.The doodlers recalled on average 7.5 names of people and places,compared to only 5.8 by the non—doodlers.

“If someone is doing a boring task,like listening to a dull telephone conversation,they may start to daydream.”said study researcher,Professor Jackie Andrade,of the School of Psychology,University of Plymouth.“Daydreaming distracts them from the task,resulting in poorer performance.A simple task,like doodling,may be enough to stop daydreaming without affecting performance on the main task.”

“In psychology,tests of memory or attention will often use a second task to selectively block a particular mental process.If that process is important for the main task,then performance will be weakened.But my research suggests that in everyday life doodling may be something we do because it helps to keep us on track with a boring,task,rather than being an unnecessary distraction(分心)that we should try to resist doing.”said Andrade.

Dan Ware,a social study teacher,used to consider doodling a distraction from learning,but after teaching kids with all personality types he learned scribbling away during lectures helps certain students remember more information.“In my first few years of teaching,I thought,‘Well,this kid isn’t paying attention.He’s daydreaming.’But I had some really powerful experiences with students and came to understand in many cases that was their way of focusing,and those students were probably paying more attention than other students.”Ware said.

【1】What do we know about the participants involved in the experiment?

A.Some were asked to note down the information neatly.

B.Some were asked to memorize the names they would hear.

C.Some were instructed to listen to the tape with full attention.

D.Some were instructed to make random drawings on paper.

【2】Which of the following will both Jackie Andrade and Dan Ware agree with?

A.Doodling helps some people focus.

B.Doodling makes a dull task interesting.

C.Students who doodle perform poorly.

D.Students who doodle lack concentration.

【3】What is the best title of the text?

A.Daydreaming Can Sharpen Study Skills

B.Doodling Can Help Memory Recall

C.A Wandering Mind Improves Productivity

D.Distractions Harm Academic Performance

29、 If you’ve spent any amount of time boating, fishing, or bird-watching at lakes and rivers, you have most likely seen fishes jumping out of the water. I have seen it many times. Certainly, fishes will exit water in desperate attempts to escape enemies. Dolphins take advantage of the behavior, forming a circle and catching the frightened fishes in midair. But just as we may run fast from fun or from fear, different emotions might motivate fishes to jump.

Mobula rays (蝠鲼) aren’t motivated by fear when they throw their impressive bodies — up to a seventeen-foot wingspan (the distance from the end of one wing to the end of the other) and a ton in weight — skyward in leap of up to ten feet. They do it in schools of hundreds. They usually land on their bellies, but sometimes they land on their backs. Some scientists think it might be a way of removing parasites (寄生虫). But I think that the rays are enjoying themselves.

In the clear waters of Florida’s Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge, I watched several schools of fifty or more mullets(鲻鱼) moving in beautiful formation. Their well-built bodies were most evident when they leaped from the water. Most of the time I saw one or two leaps by a fish, but one made a series of seven. They usually land on their sides. Each jump was about a foot clear of the water and two to three feet in length.

Nobody knows for sure why the fish leaps. One idea is that they do it to take in oxygen. The idea is supported by the fact that mullets leap more when the water is lower in oxygen, but is challenged by the likelihood that jumping costs more energy than is gained by breathing air. It is hard to imagine they will feel any fresher when back in water.

Might these fishes also be leaping for fun? There is some new evidence. Gordon M. Burghardt recently published accounts of a dozen types of fishes leaping repeatedly, sometimes over floating objects — sticks, plants, sunning turtle — for no clear reason other than entertainment.

【1】What can we say about the dolphins in Paragraph 1?

A.They have great escaping skills. B.They are easily frightened.

C.They are very clever. D.They love jumping.

【2】What do the ray and the mullet have in common when jumping?

A.Both do it in groups. B.Both land on their bellies.

C.Both jump many feet out of water. D.Both make leaps one after the other.

【3】What’s the author’s attitude towards the idea mentioned in Paragraph 4?

A.Anxious. B.Indifferent.

C.Approving. D.Questionable.

【4】Why do fishes leap according to Gordon?

A.To remove parasites. B.To amuse themselves.

C.To take in more oxygen. D.To escape enemies.

三、完形填空（共4题，共 20分）

30、 A couple days ago, my 9-year-old son and I were grocery shopping. At the check-out, a mother was trying to understand her bill. She didn't have enough ___ for her milk and cheese.

The grocery store manager ___the items from her cart and carried them away to the refrigerator section.

Although there have been ___I myself didn't have money to buy groceries my family needed,I ___whispered to my son and told him to run and get the manager back with the items. He was ___. He didn't understand me. I was trying to do an act of kindness , but it ___ .

The lady ___with her son and fewer groceries than she had planned. I told the checkout guy to ___ me for her milk and cheese and that we'd run to the parking lot and ___ her. He said"You do that? "and I said"Yes, I've been there before and want to____they have what they need. ”

He quickly called the manager back, ___up my items and hers, and my son and I ran to the ___. But the mom and her son ___. I have no idea where they went. They were gone in 60 seconds and with them went my____to gift these necessary items. We were too late. I felt ___ and terrible for not speaking up and telling her what I wanted to do for her, ____ I wouldn't miss the chance for ___. I kept thinking about my ___: because I didn't want to ___ her,didn't want to cause a fuss(忙乱)...

So I ask myself and you dear friends, if we allow our minds to ___our actions towards acting for love and kindness, is it still an act of kindness?

【1】A.space B.knowledge C.money D.time

【2】A.removed B.stopped C.found D.demanded

【3】A.arrangements B.possibilities C.chances D.times

【4】A.yet B.even C.again D.also

【5】A.excited B.confused C.regretful D.thoughtful

【6】A.moved on B.slowed down C.took place D.went wrong

【7】A.slipped B.left C.signaled D.returned

【8】A.charge B.promise C.forgive D.pay

【9】A.watch B.understand C.catch D.thank

【10】A.pay back B.go back C.pick up D.make sure

【11】A.rang B.picked C.raised D.brought

【12】A.car B.gate C.grocery D.parking lot

【13】A.separated B.disappeared C.mistook D.missed

【14】A.contribution B.thought C.opportunity D.mood

【15】A.ashamed B.lucky C.anxious D.hopeless

【16】A.but B.or C.though D.thus

【17】A.success B.celebration C.kindness D.expression

【18】A.fault B.hesitation C.difficulty D.expectation

【19】A.inform B.disturb C.embarrass D.shock

【20】A.fill B.quicken C.strengthen D.slow

31、 A job vacancy (空缺) for a professor was advertised by University of Sanford. Hundreds of people applied for the position, but only fifteen applicants got the opportunity to be interviewed, of whom Sear was a lucky one. Located in a small town, the university had only one hotel around. When Sear arrived there, he found only a twin room was available. So he had to share it with a young man named Adam.

The next day the president of the university and a group of experts gave an interview to all the fifteen _______. They couldn’t _______ whom to choose between Sear and Adam. So they required the two interviewees to make a speech the following day. Sear took it seriously and prepared for it _______ until late into the night. Adam, on the other hand, _______ himself in the night club. The next morning, after the president _______ that the speech would be made in the alphabetical order of _______ names, Adam walked to the front _______ and began his speech fluently. To Sear’s _______, Adam was _______ exactly the same speech draft that he had carefully prepared. He didn’t find his draft was ________ by Adam until then. Next, it was Sear’s turn to give a speech. He was so nervous that the speech paused occasionally and was in ________ English.

After what seemed like a century, the president and experts came back from their discussion. The president said, “We have decided to ________ Sear.” Everyone was surprised. The president continued, “Adam did give a wonderful ________, but don’t forget that he was just reading his speech. Sear, ________, could repeat Adam’s every single word from ________. What we need is just such a talent!”

【1】A.applicants B.teachers C.professors D.students

【2】A.desire B.determine C.consider D.declare

【3】A.awfully B.sharply C.carefully D.financially

【4】A.abandoned B.relaxed C.wounded D.urged

【5】A.predicted B.yelled C.reflected D.announced

【6】A.your B.their C.our D.his

【7】A.confidently B.proudly C.vividly D.successfully

【8】A.sorrow B.astonishment C.excitement D.anger

【9】A.reciting B.repeating C.reading D.writing

【10】A.seized B.burnt C.distributed D.stolen

【11】A.broken B.pure C.standard D.fluent

【12】A.employ B.criticize C.praise D.fire

【13】A.talent B.signal C.affection D.speech

【14】A.thus B.meanwhile C.however D.additionally

【15】A.awareness B.memory C.recognition D.imagination

32、 Hailey is an ordinary nine-year-old girl, but her kindness is rather uncommon and awe-inspiring(令人惊叹的). The little girl has made it her task to help the _______ in her community by giving them a place to _______. While most other kids of her age are _______playing with toys, Hailey picks up _______ to build tiny shelters for people living on the streets.

Hailey's kind spirits _______ four years ago, when she and her mother bought a homeless man a sandwich. She _______ that she wanted to do more in terms of providing _______ for the homeless. So she came up with the idea of starting a _______ to grow and donate fresh vegetables.

"I was _______ that it would last a week," Hailey's mother told non-profit Together Rising. But it's been four years and she ________ delivers food to the homeless constantly. " With her mother's help, Hailey ________ a grant(拨款) from Together Rising ________ she was awarded $ 3,000 to help her get started. "We can't think of a better ________ than our Hailey. She's proof that no person or act of kindness is too ________ to change the world," said Glennon Doyle Melton, founder of Together Rising.

The wooden homes that Hailey is building will ________ a front door, windows and solar panels.

________ , she does most of the work herself, under the guidance of her grandfather, who is a(n) ________. She is currently halfway through her first home, which she ________ to give to Edward, the homeless man who inspired her ________.Once she's done, Halley said she wants to ________building more sleeping shelters in Bremerton's Tent City.

【1】A. careless B. fearless C. homeless D. hopeless

【2】A. sleep B. stand C. study D. work

【3】A. suffering from B. satisfied with C. aware of D. interested in

【4】A. stones B. pencils C. toys D. tools

【5】A. rose B. started C. happened D. failed

【6】A. realized B. promised C. expected D. agreed

【7】A. heat B. battery C. food D. blood

【8】A. company B. garden C. hospital D. school

【9】A. sad B. happy C. proud D. sure

【10】A. still B. even C. also D. just

【11】A. pushed aside B. responded to C. insisted on D. applied for

【12】A. until B. but C. though D. because

【13】A. record B. example C. result D. rule

【14】A. small B. strong C. poor D. clever

【15】A. follow B. contain C. feature D. cover

【16】A. Fortunately B. Gradually C. Actually D. Eventually

【17】A. architect B. official C. librarian D. magician

【18】A. pretends B. refuses C. intends D. determines

【19】A. ability B. project C. business D. growth

【20】A. suggest B. prevent C. delay D. continue

33、 Back in 1959.when I was 13, I attended a school in Brooklyn.Because of the Sabbath on Friday, we had an early______from school.Most of the students would go to local parks to play basketball or baseball.I always______myself instead in a small public library,______for hours before sundown, the beginning of the Sabbath.

There was a kind of______ in that library that led me to worlds that I thought I'd never see.I was______to the Green Mountain Boys, to Isaac Asimov robots, to the swashbuckling novels of Thomas B.Costain and to a whole list of______ of the mind.I found a paradise(乐园) of silence where I could______ my inner self and find the treasures of other worlds.

However after watching the______generation of teens.______in the troubled waters of technology, I had little confidence in the______of the book.I felt sure that the physical object would be a thing of the past which the Twitter(推特)world had already:______, limiting the imagination of this______to the few characters that they could ______ in the shortest period.

But on a Saturday in August, I was shocked into the______ that my fears might be unnecessary .

Stony Brook University ______a competition for teens representing local public libraries.The participation of my granddaughter, Kayla, brought it to my ______.

In the Student Activities Center, hundreds of young people came in character costumes,______ready to respond to a multitude of questions about books they had read.They had spent the summer in______.

Imagine, a(n)______summer reading when they could have lazed with their smart phones and followed the president into the Twitter universe.Instead, they followed their imaginations and______themselves to the books .Perhaps there is hope for the world.

【1】A. start B. release C. reply D. warming

【2】A. stopped B. imagined C. amused D. noticed

【3】A. dreaming B. discussing C. reading D. struggling

【4】A. book B. quiet C. guide D. light

【5】A. introduced B. bound C. persuaded D. forced

【6】A. fights B. analyses C. images D. adventures

【7】A. lose B. desert C. ignore D. explore

【8】A. current B. last C. next D. coming

【9】A. ruined B. drawn C. stuck D. abused

【10】A. publication B. survival C. list D. content

【11】A. destroyed B. reached C. attracted D. overtaken

【12】A. librarian B. generation C. university D. neighborhood

【13】A. consume B. play C. recognize D. defeat

【14】A. hope B. promise C. awareness D. inspiration

【15】A. proposed B. abandoned C. delayed D. hosted

【16】A. childhood B. memory C. home D. attention

【17】A. hopefully B. enthusiastically C. unwillingly D. physically

【18】A. advance B. vain C. preparation D. presentation

【19】A. entire B. full C. hot D. busy

【20】A. delivered B. betray C. devote D. left

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.

Tablets are really useful devices, but their big screens always make them a burden to carry around without a bag. Wouldn’t it be great if there were a phone with the powers of a tablet that could be folded up and fit 【1】 into the hand?

Now something like a tablet-shaped but fold-able phone is about to become 【2】. In February, South Korean electronics company Samsung and China’s Huawei both unveiled fold-able phones Galaxy Fold and Huawei Mate X 【3】. Mobile phone use has entered the “fold-able future”, The Verge noted.

The technology could change our lives in significant ways. These devices, due to their 【4】 screens, give us the larger screens we want. Meanwhile, they still fit easily into the pocket. As USA Today noted, they’re “the 【5】 of a small tablets and smart-phone, all in a single device”.

The technology could 【6】 other devices too. For example, we could make TVs that stick to walls like posters, or fold up easily to hide away in drawers. In crowded modem cities, they will help us to 【7】 available space.

In a keynote address, Samsung’s senior vice president of mobile product marketing, Justin Denison, called the fold-able screen “the 【8】 for the smart-phone of tomorrow.” “It’s a balank canvas for us to do something beautiful together,” he said.

So is there nothing to stand in the way of the fold-able future?

According to tech news website Android authority, the necessary displays were difficult to produce. In 2012, nine out of every to OLED screens produced were 【9】. Today, that 10 percent rate has been improved to between 50 and 90 percent. However, at present these fold-able devices are expensive. For example, the price of Huawei Mate X is 17,500 RMB. That’s a price that may 【10】 the majority of people.

But if the fold-able device isn’t going to change the world overnight, there is no doubt that it is coming.

Patrick Moor-head, an industry analyst told The Verge, “Few are debating if fold-able or roll-able mobile displays are the future of smart-phones; the only question is when and by whom.”

35、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.

36、阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空，在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个适当单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。

I have the【1】(great)job in the world. I travel to unusual places and work alongside people from all over the world. Sometimes using【2】(science)equipment and sometimes meeting local people and tourists, I am never【3】(bore).Although my job is occasionally dangerous, I don’t mind because danger excites me and makes me feel alive. However, the most important thing about my job is that I help protect ordinary people【4】 one of the most powerful forces on earth—the volcano.

Water is a precious resource. Every person needs it【5】 (survive),and we use it for cooking, drinking, growing our food and washing. However，it is scarce(缺乏的).Just 1% of water on Earth can【6】 (use)by humans. What’s more，treating water to make it clean and safe and pumping it to our homes uses up lots of energy. So, what can you do to help save water? One easy way is by【7】(turn)off the tap when you brush your teeth.

Robbie Phillips has become the first British person to complete one of the toughest challenges in rock climbing. 【8】(know)as the Alpine Trilogy(阿尔卑斯三部曲),the challenge consists of three climbs on mountains in Austria, Germany and Switzerland, 【9】Phillips completed in four years. Until now, only four other people【10】(conquer)all three of the extremely difficult climbs.

37、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.

五、书面表达（共4题，共 20分）

38、阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

Henry once worked in a middle school in a remote area. He loved to teach the teenagers. He worked to understand what his students were thinking and feeling in order to meet their needs. When a student was struggling, he would work harder to show the child that he or she was capable and cared for. He would try everything in order to help every student achieve success in and out of the classroom. But he would never discover that the impact his small act of kindness had on one student after he left the profession to join the navy,

Henry was teaching science then, there was one girl who sat at the front of the class and was filled with typical middle school pain and anxiety. Her name was Mary. She was a newcomer then. She wasn't accepted by the classmates that soon. She was quiet and kept to herself and always writing a journal during lessons. Henry was looking for a chance to give her a hand but had realized this task was tough.

That class Henry decided to look over her shoulder and see what she was writing. On a small piece of paper he saw the painful words “I am not good enough. I'm ugly. I’m stupid. No one likes me. I hate myself.” The girl was absorbed in her loneliness and sadness and didn't realize she was overseers.

This task was more challenging because he had never seen a young girl was so disappointed and sad. Great teachers knew that putting extra effort, a kind heart and soul into caring for his students made all the difference. Without thinking, Henry snatched (一把抓起) the notebook from her and started writing in it “You're great, you're beautiful, you're intelligent, you're loved”. The opposite of everything she wrote, then handed it back. He smiled at her with encouragement saying nothing.

Mary was surprised at her teacher's behavior. But when she read the words he wrote, tears welled down her face.

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。

Several weeks later, Henry had to left the school to join the navy.

Several years later, when Henry was walking, a woman asked him whether he remembered her.

39、假设你是李华，你的美国朋友Mike就读的学校要举办一年一度的“中华文化节”，他来信向你征求活动意见，请你写封回信，内容包括：

1. 写作目的；

2. 活动建议；

3. 表示祝愿。

注意：1. 词数80左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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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。续写词数应为150左右。

A tradesman was leading a caravan (商队) to another country to sell his goods. Along the way they came to the edge of a hot-sand desert. They learnt that during the daytime the sun heated up the fine sand until it was as hot as charcoal (木炭), so no one could walk on it — not even camels! Then the caravan leader hired a desert guide, one who could follow the stars, so they could travel only at night when the sand cooled down. The guide sat on the first cart. And they began the dangerous night-time journey across the desert. A couple of nights later, after eating their evening meal and waiting for the sand to cool, they started out again.

Later that night, the desert guide, who was driving the first cart, saw from the stars that they were getting close to the other side of the desert. He had been very tired, so when he relaxed, he fell asleep. Then the camels who, of course, couldn’t tell directions by reading the stars, gradually turned to the side and went in a big wide circle until they ended up at the same place that they started from! By then it was morning, and the people woke up and realized they were back at the same spot where they started. They lost heart and began to cry about their condition. Since the desert crossing was supposed to be over by now, they had no more water, and they were worried about there was nothing to drink, and were extremely afraid they would die of thirst. They even began to blame the caravan leader and the desert guide. However, the leader himself didn’t lose courage. He talked with the desert guide and then they began wandering, trying to work out a plan.

Paragraph 1

Suddenly, the leader noticed a small clump (团) of grass.

Paragraph 2

A spring (泉源) was found at last.

41、汉族成年礼延续数千年，历史悠久。至满清入关后，满清统治者一纸令下，终结了绵延了几千年的成人礼，然而现在正在逐渐恢复且越来越流行。假定你是高三学生李华，学校将于下周五晚上七点在阶梯教室举办成人礼活动。请你代表学生会写一封邮件给外教Tom，邀请其参加本届成人礼活动并简要介绍活动时间地点及流程等。

注意:

1.词数100左右;

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯;

3.开头与结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

参考词汇:成人礼 the coming-of-age ceremony

Dear Tom,

I’m Li Hua, one of your students. On behalf of the students’ union,

Yours,

Li Hua