湖州2025-2026学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高一英语

1、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

2、Gradually, it faded away, ________ it was once such a great city.

A．even though

B．even

C．as if

D．as

3、________ they are most interested in is ________ they can return to the campus life.

A．What； how

B．That； when

C．What； what

D．That； why

4、I have absolutely no ________ the students who get caught cheating in exams even though they were seriously punished.

A. impact on B. sympathy for

C. concern about D. complaint about

5、The new mayor, who adored ________ to the volleyball match, didn’t approve ________ the new building plans at the meeting.

A. to go; of discussing B. to go; discussing

C. going; of discussing D. going; to discuss

6、—Remember the first time we met?

—Always in my mind! You ________ ‘A Red, Red Rose’ by Robert Burns.

A. recited B. had recited C. are reciting D. were reciting

7、Mum always ______ great ways to celebrate our birthday.

A. puts up with B. comes up with C. keeps up with D. catches up with

8、They didn't discover until they happened to enter the back room _________ someone had stolen the priceless painting.

A．that

B．what

C．which

D．when

9、________vivid picture describes ________ very common phenomenon in our society.

A．The；/

B．The；a

C．A；the

D．A；/

10、The human body can tolerate only a small range of temperature, _____ when the person is engaged in vigorous activity.

A.essentially B.specially C.generally D.especially

11、I can't bear ________, so I hope you can come on time.

A. to keep waiting B. to keep to wait

C. being kept waiting D. being kept to wait

12、Winning the match was just a ____ for the effort the team had made.

A. reward B. award C. prize D. return

13、Each soldier and sailor________ given a rifle when the ship landed.

A.were B.was C.are D.is

14、Now that she is out of job, Lucy _____ going back to school, but she hasn't decided yet.

A. had considered     B. has been considering

C. considered     D. is going to consider

15、They demanded that the right to vote ___________ to every adult.

A.was given B.was giving C.be giving D.be given

16、________things had been tough at times when he was in school, he graduated from college with the highest honor.

A．If

B．While

C．Because

D．As

17、What caused the accident and who was responsible for it________ a mystery to us.

A.remains B.remain C.is D.look like

18、_____, we should reconsider the plan carefully. Which one is wrong?

A. In my view B. As far as I’m concerned

C. In my opinion D. As long as

19、________ to speak, I’ll start making preparations tomorrow.

A．To have been invited

B．To be invited

C．Having been invited

D．Having invited

20、It is well-known that crack cocaine is a powerfully _____ drug and the users become ____ to it much more easily if they smoke it.

A.addicted; addict B.addictive; addict C.addicted; addictive D.addictive; addicted

21、 I want to tell you is the deep love and respect I have for my parents.

A．That

B．Which

C．Whether

D．What

22、He’s quite reliable. You can depend on ___________you out.

A. that he will help B. it that helps

C. he helping D. him to help

23、The other girls rushed ________ me. I felt ashamed as I fell farther and farther behind.

A.from behind B.ahead of C.next to D.close to

24、Allowing changes in the way of marriage and family life, in some seniors’ view, is a significant _______ from tradition.

A．departure

B．protection

C．relief

D．adaptation

25、Would you rather I _____ buying a new bike?

A.decided against B.will decide against

C.have decided D.shall decide against

26、   In a room at Texas Children Cancer Center in Houston, eight-year-old Simran Jatar lay in bed with a drip(点滴)above her to fight her bone cancer. Over her bald(秃的)head, she wore a pink hat that matched her clothes. But the third grader’s cheery dressing didn’t mask her pain and weary eyes.

Then a visitor showed up. “Do you want to write a song?” asked Anita Kruse, 49, rolling a cart equipped with an electronic keyboard, a microphone and speakers. Simran stared. “Have you ever written a poem?” Anita Kruse continued. “Well, yes,” Simran said.

Within minutes, Simran was reading her poem into the microphone. “Some bird soaring through the sky,” she said softly. “Imagination in its head…” Anita Kruse added piano music, a few warbling (鸣,唱)birds, and finally the girl’s voice. Thirty minutes later, she presented Simran with a CD of her first recorded song.

That was the beginning of Anita Kruse’s project, Purple Songs Can Fly, one that has helped more than 125 young patients write and record songs. As a composer and pianist who had performed at the hospital, Kruse said that the idea of how she could help “came in one flash”.

The effect on the kids has been great. One teenage girl, curling(蜷缩)in pain in her wheelchair, stood unaided to dance to a hip-hop song she had written. A 12-year-old boy with Hodgkin’s disease who rarely spoke surprised his doctors with a song he called I Can Make It.

“My time with the kids is heartbreaking because of the severity of their illnesses,” says Anita Kruse. “But they also make you happy, when the children are smiling, excited to share their CD with their families.”

Simran is now an active sixth grader and cancer-free. From time to time, she and her mother listen to her song, Always Remembering, and they always remember the “really sweet and nice and loving” lady who gave them a shining moment in the dark hour.

【1】What do we know about Anita Kruse’s project?

A.It helps young patients record songs.

B.It is intended to kill time for patients.

C.It aims to replace the medical treatment.

D.It offers patients chances to realize their dreams.

【2】What does the case of a 12-year-old boy suggest?

A.Most children are naturally fond of music.

B.The project has a positive effect on young patients.

C.He was brave enough to put up performance.

D.Singing is the best way to treat some illnesses.

【3】What is probably the best title for the passage?

A.Purple Songs Can Fly B.Singing Can Improve Health

C.A Shining Moment in Life D.A Kind Woman—Anita Kruse

27、   Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is gaining global popularity. According to a government white paper, TCM has been introduced in 183 countries and regions around the world.

Westerners’ understanding of TCM, however, may be limited to acupuncture, cupping and massage (按摩). For instance, the purple, injury-like marks left on US swimmer Michael Phelps’ back from cupping for the purpose of relaxing his muscles and reducing pain became the center of attention during the Rio Olympics in 2016.

As a matter of fact, Chinese herbs play a more important role in curing diseases and keeping people in good health in the TCM treatment system than physical treatment. It is therefore disheartening to know that while 103 World Health Organization member countries have approved the practice of acupuncture, not many recognize Chinese herbal medicine. TCM falls far behind Western medicine owning partly to the slow development of Chinese herbs.

Herbs are made into pills, powder and soup, and the kind of herbs used, their quality and quantity, and the processing of the ingredients (原材料) jointly determine the effectiveness of the prescription. Compared with Western medicine, which has standardized drug production processes and treatment methods, TCM lacks standardization, with the chemical composition and functions of its medicines being unclear and their effects being unstable. Standardization has improved in recent decades, with an increasing number of factories producing patented TCM drugs.

Another factor that has prevented the development of TCM prescription drugs is the lack of creativity. While Western medicine-making companies come up with new products every year, TCM drug producers tend to make medicine according to prescriptions handed down from the past. Chinese chemist Tu Youyou’s winning the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for her research into malaria (疟疾) treatment may drive creativity to some extent in China’s TCM industry. However, the current state of affairs cannot be changed within a short time.

【1】The author mentions the example of Michael Phelps to show that __________.

A.he was injured in his swimming

B.cupping is a kind of important TCM treatment

C.Westerners know a little about TCM

D.Westerners attach great importance to TCM

【2】Why don’t some member countries of WHO recognize Chinese herbal medicine?

A.Because Chinese herbs can cure diseases.

B.Because they only approve the practice of acupuncture.

C.Because Western medicine is more effective.

D.Because medicine made out of Chinese herbs develops slowly.

【3】Compared with Western medicine, what is the weak point of TCM in Paragraph 4?

A.The methods of planting herbs. B.The effectiveness of prescription.

C.Lacking in standardization. D.Its stable functions.

【4】The lack of creativity in TCM refers to the fact that __________.

A.medicine-making companies lack creativity

B.prescriptions are got from the past

C.Western companies are more experienced

D.medicine-making companies lack driving force

28、   Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890) is one of the most popular of the Post-Impressionist painters. He is famed for the great vitality of his works which are characterized by expressive and emotive use of brilliant color and energetic application of impastoed (厚原料的) paint.

Below are some famous pictures painted by Vincent and the poetic lyrics(歌词) to Don McLean’s hit song Vincent (Starry, Starry Night) in the famous cartoon film 《Loving Vincent》 .

【1】What attitude does the writer of the song have towards Van Gogh?

A.Prejudiced and changeable. B.Admiring and understanding.

C.Doubtful but respectful. D.Positive but contradictory.

【2】According to the song, Van Gogh was__________.

A.good at drawing on starry nights B.murdered by one of his lovers

C.a person full of love and beauty D.popular with people when be was alive

【3】Which of the following belong to the four famous pictures of Van Gogh’s mentioned in the underlined parts in 4th paragraph?

A.The sunflowers, the Potato Eaters

B.Self Portrait with Bandaged Ear, Head of a Peasant Woman

C.the Potato Eaters, the Yellow House

D.Self Portrait with Bandaged Ear, Wheat Field with Crows

29、   I took a trip to Antarctica last December. My favorite moment in Antarctica was the one I enjoyed in Wilhelmina Bay.

Wilhelmina Bay was extremely large in size. But after we got into our kayaks (皮艇)，we realized what made this part of Antarctica special, at least on the day of our visit.

Kayak cruises are like adventures, if there’s a good wildlife sighting around, the driver radios the other boats and tells them to come and see it. Throughout Antarctica you would see the kayaks gather in the same place to watch a whale, or a group of seals, or some cartoon-like Adelie penguins.

But in Wilhelmina Bay, it seemed like every kayak had its own group of whales to watch. They were everywhere! We had plenty of them getting close to us. Then one got a little too close. All of a sudden, it rose in front of our kayaks. This wasn’t the “logging” where they gently rise and fall — this whale knew exactly what he was doing.

We were shocked. It was so close. Was it going to fall on us? It happened so quickly that I didn’t get a chance to take a photo. Thankfully there were some kayaks on the other side, getting shots of what we later called “the moment the drysuits became not so dry”.

“I’m always surprised at what we see, but I’m not often impressed,” our kayaking guide Michael told us. “The only thing better than that would have been, like, if a killer whale jumped out of the water right over the kayaks .”

【1】What makes the visit in Wilhelmina Bay special?

A.The large size of the Bay. B.The thrilling whale-watching.

C.The wildlife sighting around. D.The adventurous Kayak cruises.

【2】How did “this whale” in Paragraph 4 impress the writer?

A.It jumped out of the water right over the kayaks.

B.It rose ahead so suddenly that no picture was taken.

C.It jumped so close to the kayaks that visitors got wet.

D.It floated like a log in the water, gently rising and falling.

【3】What is the text mainly about?

A.The greatest show on the earth. B.Amazing adventures in Antarctica.

C.The wildlife in Wilhelmina Bay. D.An unforgettable experience in Antarctica.

30、A year after Benjamin Canlas died at 17，his love of helping others lives on. Through a foundation _________ by his parents，this kind young man is _________ making the world a better place ——one bike at a time.

In the Philippines，many jobs have been lost _________ the coronavirus crisis. Thousands of people have to travel to take_________ jobs to survive. But public transportation has been _________limited. Benjamin’s parents had the idea to _________ bikes to deserving individuals.

At first，their _________ was to donate seven bicycles. But then they received more than fifty _______. And then 27 people were awarded’ bicycles. These bicycles are _________ to help make their lives a little easier.

Among the __________ is Ronaldo Rosario. He sold rice cakes in the morning and smoked fish in the afternoon. ________ many kilometers each day，which caused the borrowed bike to break often. So，he often lost __________ time and some of his earning on repairs.

There are people still in need and much more __________ needs to be offered. The foundation is working on launching more sustainable __________. The goal is that these programs will help more people while also ________ others to be kind and help those in need.

【1】

A．given up

B．set up

C．held up

D．brought up

【2】

A．still

B．already

C．ever

D．yet

【3】

A．at the cost of

B．in spite of

C．as a result of

D．in case of

【4】

A．extra

B．temporary

C．dangerous

D．suitable

【5】

A．completely

B．regularly

C．aimlessly

D．severely

【6】

A．sell

B．rent

C．give away

D．pay for

【7】

A．plan

B．dream

C．program

D．duty

【8】

A．models

B．designs

C．girls

D．applications

【9】

A．invented

B．intended

C．required

D．arranged

【10】

A．assistants

B．travelers

C．visitors

D．winners

【11】

A．challenging

B．measuring

C．covering

D．finishing

【12】

A．valuable

B．convenient

C．enjoyable

D．spare

【13】

A．money

B．joy

C．help

D．freedom

【14】

A．projects

B．actions

C．jobs

D．courses

【15】

A．ordering

B．persuading

C．forcing

D．urging

31、   If you find it very difficult to drag yourself out of bed every morning, you probably wonder: Why on earth does school have to start so early?

  ________, there is good news to ________ you up – or better still, science.

A law in California, passed on Oct.13，________ that public middle schools begin classes no ________ than 8:00 am and that high schools start no earlier than 8:30 am. The law will ________ effect by July 1, 2022.

Starting school at 8:00 or 8:30 in the morning may not sound like too big of a change, but it could mean one ________ hour of sleep for students who used to start school at 7:30 or even earlier.

“In the short run, students’ school ________ should improve almost _________, ” said Kyla Wahlstrom, a researcher at the University of Minnesota’s College of Education. They also found that students who have enough sleep are more ________ in class and get better ________.

Some ________ say that urging students to go to bed earlier could have been a much easier solution than changing the school timetable ________ the whole state. But according to the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, teenagers go through ________changes when they enter adolescence, ________ makes it difficult for them to fall asleep___________ 11:00 pm. So, when school starts at 8:00 or earlier, they can ________ get the ideal 8.0-8.5 hours of sleep that experts suggest they need to do their ________ in the daytime.

This is ________ when the new law came out, its author, Anthony Portantino, said, “Generations of children will come to appreciate this _________ day and our governor for ________ bold (大胆的) action.”

【1】A.Quickly B.Fortunately C.Finally D.Equally

【2】A.back B.light C.keep D.blow

【3】A.tells B.supports C.stops D.requires

【4】A.higher B.later C.sooner D.earlier

【5】A.go beyond B.go along C.go into D.go for

【6】A.more B.less C.better D.fewer

【7】A.behaviors B.performances C.dreams D.surroundings

【8】A.totally B.immediately C.absolutely D.overnight

【9】A.absent-minded B.slow-minded C.quick-minded D.open-minded

【10】A.challenges B.efforts C.papers D.grades

【11】A.might B.must C.should D.need

【12】A.for B.through C.across D.by

【13】A.biological B.original C.scaring D.dependent

【14】A.which B.this C.that D.it

【15】A.since B.at C.after D.before

【16】A.lately B.slowly C.nearly D.hardly

【17】A.movement B.report C.best D.magic

【18】A.how B.what C.why D.where

【19】A.happy B.historic C.quiet D.perfect

【20】A.working B.taking C.calling D.producing

32、Be a Traveler, not a Tourist

Last summer，I had just enough money saved to buy a golden ticket—— a 3-month train pass that would take me to the furthest reaches of Europe. Excited for my journey， I ____all the necessities — _____the guidebook.

While the ____of the Internet was definitely a contributing factor to my_____，this was not the only reason I decided to fly ____.

To be honest，I find the guidebook _____a journey—like a bossy aunt who is always telling you what to do，_____she doesn't always know what's best._____has taught me that there is a clear _____between a tourist and a traveler.

While waiting in a queue to see Michelangelo's Statue of David in Florence，I met a man who showed me his _____of "Top 20 Things to do in Italy" and told us_____that he'd "seen" everything Italy has to _____in just four days.

The problem I had with this man's way of ____was that he was too _____the information provided by his guidebook. He was _____in the so-called "must-sees" and blind to all that was happening somewhere else.

So，guidebook-less as we were，I traveled to Estonia.Arriving for no good reason，I had no option but to______some friendly faces for advice. I _____myself and asked them what was happening around town. When this resulted in an _____to a beautiful Estonian home by a river where I enjoyed a 110-degree wood-stove sauna(桑拿)，_____picked forest-mushrooms and the good _____of my five new-found Estonian friends， I was most glad I had left our bossy aunt at home.

【1】A. loaded B. collected C. packed D. selected

【2】A. except B. with C. including D. besides

【3】A. competence B. convenience C. instance D. performance

【4】A. goal B. decision C. excuse D. mistake

【5】A. around B. away C. abroad D. alone

【6】A. limits B. influences C. confuses D. encourages

【7】A. in case B. as though C. even though D. if only

【8】A. Regulation B. Communication C. Intelligence D. Experience

【9】A. relationship B. connection C. similarity D. difference

【10】A. list B. book C. file D. summary

【11】A. loudly B. positively C. proudly D. happily

【12】A. recommend B. offer C. discover D. order

【13】A. traveling B. planning C. preparing D. moving

【14】A. cautious about B. amused by C. surprised at D. focused on

【15】A. involved B. interested C. lost D. engaged

【16】A. approach B. beg C. spot D. seize

【17】A. presented B. helped C. introduced D. forced

【18】A. application B. immigration C. entrance D. invitation

【19】A. nervously B. rarely C. secretly D. locally

【20】A. quality B. company C. occupation D. advice

33、I’ve been farming sheep on a hillside for 54 years. I use a small tractor to get about. My dog Don always sits beside me in the passenger seat.

One morning I _______ a lost lamb when I was in the top field，near where a motorway cuts through my land. The lamb had become separated from its _______ , so I jumped out of the tractor to _______ it while Don stayed in his seat.

Lamb and mother _______ , I turned back to the tractor only to see it move suddenly away from me. This was so _______ because I had put the handbrake on when I jumped out. _______ Don had somehow made the _______move.

My heart froze in my chest as I _______ the tractor heading towards the _______ .I ran desperately but failed to __________. It crashed through a wooden fence and disappeared. The __________ thing I saw was Don’s face, looking calmly back at me.

Heart in mouth, I __________ the fence and looked over. The tractor was __________against the crash barrier in the central reservation, having miraculously(奇迹般地) crossed the __________ road with fast-flowing traffic. I couldn’t see Don, but as I __________ the tractor he jumped out onto the road, apparently __________ , and dashed back to me.

The police __________ and the motorway ran normally again. I couldn't quite believe my __________ it turned out no one got badly hurt, but the outcome could have been __________ .Don was given a special __________ that night—I didn’t want him thinking I was angry with him.

【1】

A．dropped

B．spotted

C．carried

D．returned

【2】

A．kids

B．friends

C．owner

D．mother

【3】

A．ask about

B．play with

C．tend to

D．run into

【4】

A．freed

B．switched

C．reunited

D．examined

【5】

A．unexpected

B．dangerous

C．embarrassing

D．difficult

【6】

A．Fortunately

B．Generally

C．Immediately

D．Obviously

【7】

A．lamb

B．vehicle

C．seat

D．fence

【8】

A．saw

B．stopped

C．remembered

D．drove

【9】

A．crowd

B．motorway

C．field

D．hill

【10】

A．take off

B．catch up

C．hold back

D．get out

【11】

A．real

B．best

C．basic

D．last

【12】

A．fixed

B．noticed

C．reached

D．closed

【13】

A．resting

B．running

C．parking

D．turning

【14】

A．sleep

B．long

C．rough

D．busy

【15】

A．abandoned

B．approached

C．recognized

D．repaired

【16】

A．unclean

B．uncertain

C．unhurt

D．unhappy

【17】

A．arrived

B．replied

C．survived

D．waited

【18】

A．ability

B．dream

C．luck

D．idea

【19】

A．common

B．confusing

C．desirable

D．awful

【20】

A．meal

B．test

C．job

D．lesson

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

It will be beyond anything we organics could imagine.

35、I have a muscle disease but I don't look any different from other people. Sometimes, I was too weak【1】 go to school so my education suffered. Every time I returned after an【2】(absent), I felt stupid because I was behind the others.

My life is a lot easier at high school because few fellow students make me【3】(annoy). My ambition is to work for a firm【4】develops computer software when I grow up. Last year I invented a computer football game and a big company has decided to buy it from me. I have a very busy life with no time to sit around【5】(feel) sorry for myself. As well as going to the movies and football matches with my friends. I spend a lot of time looking after my pets【6】(proper) but I find it worthwhile.

In many ways my disability has helped me grow stronger psychologically and become more【7】 (independence). I have to work hard to live a normal life but it has been worth it. If【8】(have) a chance to say one thing to healthy children, it would be this: having a disability does not mean your life is not satisfying. So don't feel sorry for the disabled or make fun【9】them, and don't ignore them either. Just accept them for who they are, and give them encouragement to live【10】rich and full a life as you do.

36、Directions：Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A huge milestone has just been reached in the field of artificial intelligence: AlphaGo, a program developed by Google’s DeepMind unit, has defeated legendary Go player Lee Se-dol in the first of five historic matches being held in Seoul, South Korea. Lee 【1】 after about three and a half hours, with 28 minutes and 28 seconds remaining on his clock. The series is the first time a professional 9-dan Go player has taken on a computer, and Lee is 【2】 for a $1 million prize.

“I was very surprised,”said Lee after the match.“I didn’t expect to lose. But I didn’t think AlphaGo would play the game in such a perfect manner.”DeepMind founder Demis Hassabis expressed“huge 【3】 for Lee Se-dol and his amazing skills.”calling the game“hugely exciting”and“very tense.”Team lead David Silver said it was an“amazing game of Go that really pushed AlphaGo to its 【4】.”

Go is an ancient Chinese board game that has long been considered one of the great 【5】faced by AI. While computer programs ow best the world’s leading human players of games like checkers and chess, the high level of intuition and 【6】required by Go has made it tough for computers to crack. DeepMind’s AlphaGo program is the most 【7】effort yet, using a complex system of deep neural networks and machine learning; it beat European champion Fan Hui last year, but Lee Se-dol is another 【8】 rival entirely.

“I don’t regret accepting this challenge,”said Lee.“I am in shock, I admit that, but what’s done is done. I enjoyed this game and look forward to the next. I think I failed on the opening layout so if I do a better job on the opening aspect I think I will be able to increase my 【9】 of winning.”Lee was surprised both by how strong AlphaGo’s opening was, and by some 【10】moves.

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

On a broiling afternoon when the men were away at work and all the women napped, I moved through majestic depths of silences, silences so immense I could hear the corn 【1】. Under these silences there was a / an orchestra of natural music playing notes no city child would ever hear. A certain cackle from the henhouse meant we had gained an egg. The creak of a porch swing told of a momentary breeze blowing across my grandmother’s yard. As I 【2】 along a mossy bank to surprise a frog, a 【3】splash told me the quarry had spotted me and slipped into the stream. Wandering among the sleeping houses, I learned that tin roofs crackle under the power of the sun, and when I tired and came back to my grandmother’s house, I padded into her dark cool living room, lay 【4】 on the floor, and listened to the hypnotic beat of her pendulum clock on the wall ticking the meaningless hours away.

I was enjoying the luxuries of a rustic nineteenth-century boyhood, but for the women Morrisonville life had few 【5】. Their lives were hard, endless, dirty labor.

For baths, laundry, and dishwashing, they hauled buckets of water from a spring at the foot of a hill. To heat it, they chopped kindling to fire their wood stoves. They boiled laundry in tubs, scrubbed it on washboards until knuckles were 【6】, and wrung it out by hand. Ironing was a business of lifting heavy metal weights heated on the stove top.

They scrubbed floors on hands and knees, thrashed rugs with carpet beaters, killed and plucked their own chickens, baked bread and parties, grew and conned their won vegetables, patched the family’s clothing on treadle-operated sewing machines, 【7】before the men to start the stove for breakfast and pack lunch pails, polished the chimneys of kerosene lamps, and even found time to tend the flowers that grew around every house. By the end of a summer day a Morrisonville woman had toiled like a serf.

At sundown the men drifted back from the fields exhausted and 【8】. They scrubbed themselves in enamel basins and, when supper was eaten, climbed up onto the porch to watch the night arrive. Presently the women 【9】 them, and the twilight music of Morrisonville began.

The swing creaking , rocking chairs 【10】 on the porch planks, voices murmuring approval of the sagacity of Uncle Irvey as he quietly observed for probably the ten-thousandth time in his life, “A man works from sun to sun, but a woman’s work is never done.”

38、假定你是李华，本周末你市体育馆内将举行一场中国国际太极表演赛。你校国际交换生Jack对中国武术很感兴趣，你特发邮件向他介绍相关信息，内容包括：

1.表演的时间和地点；2.表演的内容；3.表达希望。

注意：1.词数80左右：2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

参考词汇：功夫Kung Fu；太极Tai Chi

39、志愿者招募启事

本社区需要招聘10名志愿者担任儿童辅导教师(tutor)，暑假7月10日至30日期间，帮助辅导本社区小学生作业并组织开展文体活动。每日工作六小时，一周工作五天。欢迎16-26岁有爱心的青年人报名担任志愿者。

报名邮箱123456@qq.com. 作为对英语水平的考查，申请邮件请用英语书写。报名时间：2020年4月18日至6月30日。

十堰市东山社区

2020年4月18日

请根据以上招聘启事，写一份英文申请邮件，报名担任志愿者。

注意: 1. 120词左右；

2. 开头和结尾已给出，作答时直接写正文，不用写出开头和结尾。

Dear sir or Madame,

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Looking forward to your reply.

Yours,

Li Hua

40、假定你是李华，想邀请外教Henry一起参观人工智能展览。请给他写封邮件，内容包括：

1．展览时间、地点（四月1~7日，科技馆）；

2．展览内容（如智能家用机器人、无人驾驶、人脸识别技术等）。

注意：1．词数100左右；可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Henry,

How is everything going?

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

LiHua

41、假如你是李华，你受学生会委托为校宣传栏“英语天地”写一封倡议书，让大家了解新冠状病毒( novel coronavirus）的知识，并号召大家为战胜新冠状病毒贡献自己的一份力量。内容如下：

1.病毒的可能传播途径；

2.具有的症状；

3. 对于这种病毒你的防护措施（至少写两条）。

注意：次数120词左右（开头结尾已为你写好，但不计入总词数）。

（传播transmit，飞沫droplet）

Dear school friends,

A novel coronavirus has infected thousands of people since the outbreak began in Wuhan, China, in December.

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With best wishes,

Li Hua