杭州2025-2026学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高一英语

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

A．adopt

B．live

C．survive

D．adapt

2、Helping others is a habit, _______ you can learn even at an early age.

A．it

B．that

C．what

D．one

3、The police were on the ________ within a few minutes.

A.place B.position C.spot D.location

4、Even if he has been a teacher for 20 years, Peter has a good and serious attitude towards his work, for which he gains a lot of ________.

A.competence B.motivation C.expectation D.recognition

5、Next after coffee, Americans are ______ to drink cola drinks, such as Coke or Pepsi, or other soft drinks.

A.possible B.likely C.probable D.truly

6、The drug is said to have side effects and has been __________ from the market for further tests.

A. withdrawn B. cancelled

C. renewed D. appointed

7、_________well-prepared you are, you still need a lot of luck in mountain climbing.

A.Whatever B.However C.Whenever D.Wherever

8、________ your phone is a worthy assistant, there’s no substitute for a real camera when it comes to ________ the perfect picture.

A．As; taking

B．Whether; take

C．Though; take

D．While; taking

9、I decided to try _______ to rid my students of their fear and dislike of books.

A. in depth B. at any cost

C. around the corner D. to a degree

10、— Would you like to give me some advice on what I talked about just now?

— Sorry. I _____ of something else.

A.am thinking B.has thought C.was thinking D.had thought

11、I can’t believe that they _____ my debt card twice for something that was never shipped.

A. charged B. awarded

C. rewarded D. cost

12、To improve the quality of our products, we asked for suggestions ________ had used the products.

A.whatever B.whoever C.wherever D.whichever

13、— Have you watched Gravity, _______ the best film in 2013?

—Yes. It is a survival story _________ in space.

A. considered; setting B. considered; set

C. considering; set D. considering; setting

14、It is generally believed that teaching is _______ it is a science.

A. an art much as B. much an art as

C. as an art much as D. as much an art as

15、As days go on，I think that Beijing will become ________ the whole world pay close attention to.

A.where B.what C.which D.that

16、_____ on the subject for half an hour, Liu Ying suddenly realized she had done the wrong subject.

A.To be working B.Work C.Having been working D.Have worked

17、—Are you familiar with Chengdu?

—No, this is the first time my parents and I ______here.

A．was B．came

C．have been   D．are coming

18、— Could you help me take care of my pet dog on the 19th?

— I’m afraid I’m not ____________ that day.

A. vacant B. sufficient C. available D. convenient

19、—How is the result, doctor?

—Well, your health is ________ good, but you do have a few minor problems.

A.normally B.frequently C.generally D.regularly

20、_____ you may meet, you should face the challenge bravely.

A.However a serious problem B.What a serious problem

C.However serious a problem D.What serious a problem

21、Environmentalists fear that this is a short-sighted ______ to the problem of global warming.

A. means B. approach

C. method D. way

22、The badly injured mother _______ to be happy and relaxed when she saw her son was back from work tiredly.

A．moved

B．pretended

C．ignored

D．resembled

23、— What do you think of my composition?

— It_____well______ a few spelling mistakes.

A.reads; except for B.read; besides C.is read; except for D.is read; besides

24、—Where is my dictionary?I remember I put it here yesterday.

—You___it in the wrong place.

A．must put

B．should have put

C．might put

D．might have put

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

A．The；/

B．The；a

C．A；the

D．A；/

26、Facts about fevers

You wake up one morning, and your head feels like burning. Right away, you think, “Oh, no! I have a fever!” However, when you take your temperature, you see that it's only 37.2.【1】 Or, do you? From the standards in use for a long time, a fever starts at 38. Some doctors now don't agree with that, though. 【2】It's the same for normal body temperatures.

They argue that everyone's normal body temperature isn't 37℃. It's 36.6 to 38℃ for kids and 36.1 to 37.2℃ for adults.【3】 Besides, people's body temperatures don't stay the same all the time.

When your body temperature is around 38℃, you have a fever.【4】Fevers show that the body is doing its job. It's fighting the bad viruses and bacteria in your body. The body attacks them by turning up the heat. That way, it's harder for the viruses and bacteria to make copies of themselves. When their numbers decrease, the fever does, too.

【5】So, let them do their jobs and don't treat them. Instead, try to find the cause and treat that. If the fever reaches 39.4C or higher, call your doctor. Do the same if the fever lasts longer than three days. Fevers fight to protect us, so they're our friends, not our enemies.

A.It means you have a fever.

B.Mild fevers don't last long.

C.So, you don't have a fever.

D.Fever does great harm to your body.

E.Women also have a higher number than men.

F.Many people think it's a bad thing, but it's not.

G.They feel our ideas about fevers are wrong and too old.

27、When I was growing up, Oprah was my favorite imaginary auntie. She lived inside the TV and I looked forward to visiting her every day at 4 P.M. For one hour every Monday through Friday, I got to watch a Black woman command the airwaves and have control over the world. As a little black girl in a big White world, that was a powerful thing to witness—especially in a culture where girls like me seldom saw ourselves positively reflected in the media.

The kind of beauty celebrated around us had a way of making little black girls feel as if the bodies we were born into were somehow inferior. Apart from Auntie Oprah, the media’s portrayal of Black women was to a great extent limited in variety. Luckily, I had strong examples of women of color in my real life who watered the seeds that helped me believe I could dream beyond what I saw around me.

Fast-forward to two years ago, when I was appointed by longtime Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour to lead Teen Vogue. I thought I was just a girl getting her dream job. But then the headlines hit. Suddenly, I was a Black woman making history. At 29 I had become only the second Black person and the youngest ever to helm (掌舵) a Condé Nast magazine.

Shonda Rhimes, Hollywood supreme black screenwriter, coined the term “First. Only. Different.” Being an FOD in your filed comes with a responsibility and an opportunity to rewrite the rules, to redefine standards, to represent for your communities. In my new position, I had an opportunity to help ensure that little black girls would never doubt their value. I was able to help undo some of the damaging accounts by changing the pages of the magazine to make them more reflective of my world.

My first book, More Than Enough, is not a career guide, because I believe only you can write your own blueprint for success, but I do share some of the hard-earned lessons that I am still learning to live by. My book is not intended as self-help but a love letter to anyone who has ever felt overlooked, overwhelmed, underestimated and undervalued—and who still chose to overcome.

My story, as it’s played out so far, is for all my fellow people of color out there, standing proudly as First, Only and Different. I am writing with love to all those who know what it is to be the lone Black voice in the room, because my story is your story. Trust that you will find your own rhythm and carve out a space to succeed in your own lane. I am also speaking up for anyone in her dream job, facing the barriers no one talks about. When you exist in spaces that weren’t originally built for you, remember that sometimes, just being you is the revolution. And this is especially for the ones who are Next Up, those of you who are responsible for taking the same systems that my generation is now breaking down and building better ones.

As you continue crafting the life you want, I hope you will always bear in mind that it is the very things you underestimate about yourself that will help you to create your own magic. Find it. Use it. Trust it. We spend too much time telling ourselves that we are not enough. Not smart enough. Not beautiful enough. Not successful enough. Not young enough. Not old enough. I want to be the voice reminding you to say “Enough!” to all that. You are enough. You were born enough.

The world is waiting for you. Let’s go.

【1】The author adored Oprah mainly because of __________.

A．a new culture reflected in the TV

B．her positive image represented in the media

C．her absolute control of the program

D．the resemblance with the author’s favorite auntie

【2】Which of the following can best interpret the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2?

A．Black women tended to have rigid image in the media.

B．Little attention was paid to black women except Oprah.

C．There were too few TV hosts like Oprah to fight for equality.

D．Not enough TV programs were produced to display black women.

【3】The underlined word in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to “__________”.

A．made up

B．brought up

C．turned up

D．polished up

【4】By helming Teen Vogue, what was the author able to do?

A．Re-arrange all the pages she used to hate a lot.

B．Make herself as influential as Vogue editor-in-chief.

C．Totally remove prejudice against the minority groups.

D．Partly change the conventional impression of black girls.

【5】What is the focus of the author’s first book?

A．Carving out a blueprint for her followers.

B．Sharing hard-earned lessons with editors.

C．Salute to those fighting against discrimination.

D．Instructions on how to achieve career success.

【6】Which type of writing does the article belong to?

A．An address in a fierce debate.

B．Acknowledgements of a book.

C．A biography about a black girl.

D．Scripts of a TV programme.

28、   Elderly people may struggle to sleep as well as they did during their youth because they start to lose part of the brain that helps them fall asleep, scientists believe. There seem to be two main difficulties: falling asleep at the start of the night and then waking up too early in the morning—yet finding it almost impossible to get back to sleep.

Researchers have found out a group of cells in the human brain which block off conscious(有意识的) thoughts, allowing us to sleep. They think these neurons(神经元) gradually break up as we age, leading to greater sleep problems in later life.

Clifford Saper, a professor from Harvard Medical School in the US who led the research, said, “On average, a person in his 70s has about one hour less sleep per night than a person in his 20s. The loss of these neurons with aging may be an important reason why older people often face sleep interruptions.”

Professor Saper's team discovered a group of neurons—the ventrolateral preoptic nucleus(腹外侧视前核)—were functioning as a sleep switch in rats. They then found the same process was happening in humans. The cells turned off the brain's arousal(唤醒) systems to enable the animals to fall asleep.

Professor Saper said, “Our experiments in animals showed that the loss of these neurons produced severe sleeplessness, with animals sleeping only about 50 percent as much as normal and their remaining sleep being interrupted.” A group of ventrolateral preoptic nuclei in the human brain are found in a similar location and have the same chemical makeup as that found in rats.

The researchers analyzed data from 45 elderly people and found people with fewer neurons in the “sleep switch” area were more likely to have sleepless nights.

“The fewer the neurons, the more broken the sleep became. These findings provide the first evidence that the ventrolateral preoptic nucleus in humans probably plays a key role in causing sleep. These results may, therefore, lead to new methods to deal with sleep problems in the elderly，” Professor Saper said.

【1】One sleeping problem the elderly people have is that ________.

A.they can't fall asleep at night

B.they often wake up too early in the morning

C.they can't fall asleep till late into the night

D.they often have terrible dreams while asleep

【2】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A.The elderly usually have fewer ventrolateral preoptic nuclei than the young.

B.On average, a person in his 70s has only about one hour's sleep per night.

C.One's sleep quality is closely connected with the living environment.

D.The rats in the experiment suffered from serious sleeping difficulty.

【3】The author writes the passage in order to ________.

A.introduce ways to deal with sleeping trouble

B.help the elderly improve their sleep quality

C.explain the main difficulties that the elderly have

D.inform readers of the findings of an experiment

29、For thousands of years， buildings have been used to show off power and wealth, to honor leaders or religions, and to stretch the limits of architecture.Since the 19th century,high- rise buildings have sprung up all over the world, showing the modern architecture wonders.

The Empire State Building

The Empire State Building, a 102-story building, was completed in New York in 1931 and was the tallest in the world until 1971.While the Empire State Building was built to be an office building, it still draws millions of tourists each year for overlooking New York.It is currently admired for its green architecture initiatives, in an effort to be a more energy-efficient and eco-friendly green building.

The Jin Mao Building

Completed in 1999 and standing 420.6 meters high，the Jin Mao Building is China's tallest high rise building.Located in Pudong District of Shanghai, the Jin Mao Tower is the 8th super tall 88- floor building,   which represents the belief in Chinese culture that the number 8 brings fortune.With both modern and traditional characteristics, the Jin Mao Building is a symbol and landmark of Shanghai and a must-sce for any tourist wishing for a taste of modern Shanghai.

Taipei 101

With a height of 508 meters, Taipei 101 or formerly known as the Taipei World Financial Center became the world's tallest building when it was completed in 2003. Designed by C.Y.Lee &.Partners, the multi-use steel and- glass high rise was intended to prevent typhoons and earthquakes.Taipei 101 has developed into the outstanding landmark of the area, and the ideal shopping and relaxing place for locals.

【1】What is the Empire State Building recently recognized for?

A．Its multi-functions.

B．Its numerous visitors.

C．Its wealth and power.

D．Its going- green ideas.

【2】What do Taipei 101 and the Jin Mao Building have in common?

A．They are landmark buildings.

B．They feature traditional cultures.

C．They were built in the 20th century.

D．They were designed for natural disasters.

【3】What is the purpose of this text?

A．To promote green buildings.

B．To recommend tourist attractions.

C．To introduce famous tall buildings.

D．To advertise the high- rise buildings.

30、   When I was in my twenties, I travelled alone through the UK. In order to_______locations that the public transportation couldn't get to, I bought a(n)_______car, drove it around for three months and sold it before I returned to Australia. The car cost most of my money, so I lived mainly on _______during that trip, it being cheap and filling. In Ireland, my_______was stolen, and it was impossible to get another. So for the rest of the trip I_______out in my car, being too poor to afford bed-and-breakfasts.

One morning, I_______in my old Skoda under a twisted tree on a remote lane in the Irish countryside, with no more than a_______ house in sight. I had a terrible desire for a_______cup of tea and some hot water to make porridge with_______I would not have to eat the cold leftovers from the previous day. My thermos (暖瓶)，had gone cold overnight so I knocked on the door of the house. A woman opened it. Hot water? She________let me get away with just that! I was invited indoors, seated at the breakfast table with the________and given a delicious breakfast, as much as I could eat. I was________to eat something more than porridge! I________being friends with the whole family.

That was only one of many acts of ________ strangers showed me when I was travelling alone in foreign regions. One London businessman rushing to work, seeing me________offered to pull my ridiculously heavy suitcase________several flights of stairs in the underground, After he'd done so, with a smile and a wave, he________into the crowd.

Kindness gets________.The other day, I was able to point out a rare parking spot to a young man who had been driving around the railway car park, looking________desperate. His grateful smile was all the________I needed as I dashed off to catch my train.

【1】A.reach B.search C.arrive D.choose

【2】A.modern B.intelligent C.special D.ancient

【3】A.bread B.rice C.porridge D.vegetable

【4】A.wallet B.backpack C.mobile D.car

【5】A.camped B.worked C.watched D.looked

【6】A.appeared B.awoke C.slept D.explored

【7】A.deserted B.separate C.single D.shabby

【8】A.typical B.measuring C.necessary D.steaming

【9】A.now that B.so that C.even if D.in case

【10】A.wouldn’t B.shouldn’t C.needn’t D.couldn’t

【11】A.couple B.woman C.adult D.family

【12】A.amazed B.ashamed C.delighted D.frustrated

【13】A.gave up B.end up C.kept up D.turn up

【14】A.sadness B.kindness C.happiness D.forgiveness

【15】A.working B.travelling C.crying D.struggling

【16】A.up B.around C.forward D.away

【17】A.fade away B.threw away C.put away D.tore away

【18】A.turn down B.handed out C.passed on D.started with

【19】A.immediately B.constantly C.directly D.increasingly

【20】A.dream B.memory C.reward D.intention

31、   Whenever Michael Carl, the fashion market director at Vanity Fair, goes out to dinner with friends, he plays something called the “phone stack” game: Everyone _______ their phones in the middle of the table; whoever looks at their device before the check arrives _______ the tab (账单).

Brandon Holley, the former editor of Lucky magazine, had trouble _______ her mobile phone when she got home from work. So about six months ago, she _______ putting her phone into a milk tin the moment she walked in. It remains there until after dinner. And Mare Jacobs, the fashion designer, didn’t _______ to sleep close to a buzzing gadget (小装置). So he _______ digital devices from his bedroom — a house rule he _______ with audiences during a recent screening of Disconnect, a film that shows how technology has alienated (使疏远) people from one another.

As smart phones _______ to make their way into our lives, and wearable devices like Google Glass _______ to destroy our personal space even further. Whether it’s a physical ____________ (no iPads at the dinner table) or a conceptual (精神上的) one (turn off devices by 11 p.m.), users say these disconnecting ____________ are improving their relationships.

“Disconnecting is a luxury that we all ____________,” said Lesley M. M. Blume, a New York writer who keeps her phone away from the dinner table at home. “The expectation that we must always be ____________ to employers, colleagues and family creates a real problem in trying to ____________ private time. But that private time is more important than ever.”

A popular method for disconnecting is to choose a box for your cellphone, like the milk tin that Ms. Holley uses. “____________ my phone is buzzing or lighting up, it’s still a distraction (分散注意力的事), so it ____________ in the box.” said Ms. Holley. Others choose new ____________. “No screens after 11 p.m.” said Ari. Melber, a TV host. “Now evenings are more ____________ and I am sleeping better.” he added.

Sleep is a big factor, which is why some ____________ to leave their phones out of their bedrooms. “I don’t want to sleep next to something full of photos and emails.” said Peter Som, a fashion designer, who keeps his phone plugged in in the living room overnight. “It ____________ is a head­clearer and distinguishes daytime and sleep time.”

【1】A.piles B.allocates C.arranges D.places

【2】A.picks up B.pays off C.picks on D.pays back

【3】A.examining B.ignoring C.missing D.finding

【4】A.stopped B.forgot C.began D.suggested

【5】A.hate B.want C.expect D.refuse

【6】A.banned B.lost C.collected D.adjusted

【7】A.talked B.agreed C.provided D.shared

【8】A.intend B.choose C.continue D.happen

【9】A.defend B.threaten C.improve D.occupy

【10】A.barrier B.suffering C.issue D.drawback

【11】A.techniques B.performances C.manners D.achievements

【12】A.learn B.consider C.accept D.need

【13】A.dependable B.available C.convenient D.appealing

【14】A.figure out B.save up C.set aside D.take up

【15】A.Unless B.If C.Until D.Although

【16】A.goes B.fills C.buries D.lays

【17】A.matches B.orders C.steps D.rules

【18】A.flexible B.urgent C.relaxing D.upsetting

【19】A.admit B.prefer C.refuse D.permit

【20】A.definitely B.rarely C.finally D.originally

32、   My brother Gene was four years older than me. By the time I turned four, I was upset that he could read but I couldn’t. I burned with ______ to read a book like my brother. I begged: “Teach me to read, Mom! Please, please?!” Finally, Mom set aside time after lunch ______ reading lessons, and soon after my fifth birthday, I was reading.

I longed for my father, who was a great storyteller, to read me the books that I couldn’t yet read on my own. But my father worked three jobs to feed the family. He didn’t have the time or ______ in the evening to read to me.   ____, every Sunday morning, my brother and I lay next to him in bed, waiting for him to tell stories about his  ____. I can still hear my father’s voice ______ the cold winters on the family farm in Poland. His family didn’t have enough money to burn wood in the fireplace all night. He told us that he always volunteered to help with ______. I can smell the soup made by my grandma and ______ my father cutting onions, carrots and tomatoes for salad, and when no one was looking, putting a piece into his mouth. “I was always ______,” he explained. Hearing my father’s stories  ______ me closer to the books and the stories they held.

One Saturday afternoon when I was seven, we walked two blocks to the small ______ in our neighborhood, and my dad filled out forms for a card. That Saturday ______ my life: I met Mrs. Schwartz, the librarian, and my dad said, “You’re ______ enough to walk to the library yourself.” And so I did—almost every afternoon.

In my mind, Mrs. Schwartz was “the keeper of books and the guardian of stories.” Some days she read aloud to a small group of us ______. Most of time, Mrs. Schwartz let me ______ myself with books I pulled from the shelves and look through them to see which ones I’d ______ out. I remember that sometimes she’d ______ a book and tell me a part of the story. But she always let me choose. Books became my ______ who were my comfort when I felt lonely.

Yes, reading changed me. It gave me the _____ to study hard so I could become a teacher, and share my _____  of reading with my students. And inside my head, I can still hear the voices of my mother, father, and Mrs. Schwartz, which are with me every time I open the first page of a new book.

【1】A. anger B. desire C. worry D. interest

【2】A. until B. before C. in D. for

【3】A. energy B. ambition C. courage D. ability

【4】A. Finally B. Then C. Therefore D. Still

【5】A. workplace B. farmland C. childhood D. neighborhood

【6】A. explaining B. introducing C. describing D. interpreting

【7】A. cooking B. reading C. farming D. living

【8】A. picture B. discover C. notice D. catch

【9】A. busy B. hungry C. poor D. tired

【10】A. laid B. taught C. drew D. left

【11】A. club B. bookstore C. office D. library

【12】A. saved B. tested C. changed D. controlled

【13】A. near B. old C. ready D. free

【14】A. graduates B. candidates C. regulars D. communicators

【15】A. reward B. familiarize C. examine D. surround

【16】A. find B. check C. lend D. sign

【17】A. write B. study C. recommend D. reserve

【18】A. companions B. assistants C. listeners D. teachers

【19】A. chance B. dream C. order D. drive

【20】A. lesson B. love C. time D. plan

33、China’s cultural relic protection has made progress, but many problems still exist and need to be solved. China has made over 30 ________ based on the law of cultural relic protection.

China has also ________ four international agreements concerning cultural relic protection and investment in cultural relic protection has also ________.

Statistics show that from 2000 to 2005 when China carried out its 10th Five­Year Development Plan, total investment in the field ________ 7.889 billion yuan. With financial support from government, China also started a nationwide campaign to search and ________ cultural relics in 2003.

China has so far included a total of 2,351 cultural relic sites and 518 intangible (无形的) cultural relics on the ________ of national protected items. Recovery and protection have been ________ on important cultural relic sites such as the Potala Palace in Tibet and the Palace Museum in Beijing.

Chinese museums have developed well in recent years. China has more than 2,300 museums that ________ about 150 million people annually.

However, cultural relics in China now face great ________. Many historic cities have been ________. Illegal trade and smuggling (走私) activities have not been forbidden, which has led to the loss of national treasures overseas. ________, many important cultural relic sites have disappeared or are hard to pass on because of too much exploration and improper use. And cultural relics ________ by minority ethnic groups have lost their character due to the ________ lifestyle of the people.

Therefore, we should keep our mind clear and take ________ to better protect cultural relics, and ________ the whole society to take part in this cause.

【1】

A．reforms

B．principles

C．agendas

D．rules

【2】

A．formed

B．organized

C．joined

D．banned

【3】

A．improved

B．increased

C．promoted

D．dismissed

【4】

A．arrived

B．expected

C．reached

D．jumped

【5】

A．protect

B．bless

C．collapse

D．reserve

【6】

A．list

B．record

C．file

D．case

【7】

A．carried out

B．laid out

C．brought out

D．put out

【8】

A．submit

B．attract

C．acknowledge

D．satisfy

【9】

A．chances

B．opportunities

C．pressures

D．challenges

【10】

A．missed

B．disappeared

C．lost

D．destroyed

【11】

A．In summary

B．What’s worse

C．However

D．Therefore

【12】

A．collected

B．bought

C．held

D．discovered

【13】

A．occupied

B．harmonious

C．changing

D．widening

【14】

A．notice

B．turns

C．advantage

D．measures

【15】

A．encourage

B．consult

C．command

D．assign

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.

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.”

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.

Driving an electric car 【1】 to the protection of environment, or so the marketing departments of their makers would have you believe. Yet a report which analyzes car emissions presents a rather different picture. A battery-powered car recharged with 【2】 generated by coal-fired power stations, it found, is likely to be more harmful. It could cause more than three times as many deaths from pollution as a 【3】 petrol-driven vehicle.

The study was carried out by the University of Minnesota. The researchers estimated how levels of fine particulate matter (细颗粒物) and ground-level ozone — two important 【4】 of air pollution — would change when a car is powered by different ways.

It was no surprise that electric cars whose batteries were recharged with power from wind, solar or hydro-electric sources came out to be virtually free from harmful 【5】. They were estimated to cause 231 deaths over the course of a year, compared with 878 for petrol cars. Electric cars recharged with power from natural gas-fired stations were also a lot less harmful than petrol-driven ones, with 439 deaths. But if those same electric cars were recharged 【6】 by coal, they would be responsible for over 3,000 deaths.

Biofuels also caused more health problems than petrol. But diesel, which often  【7】 concern about pollution, is slightly cleaner than petrol. This is because the study assumes for all cars that emission-control technologies will be more widely used, especially particulate filters which have a remarkable effect on cleaning diesel 【8】. Diesel cars are also more 【9】 of fuel than petrol-driven ones.

Overall, the study shows that electric cars are cleaner than those traditional vehicles only if the power used to charge then is also clean. That is hardly a surprise, but the 【10】 of the difference is. How green electric cars really are, then, will depend mainly on where they are driven. In France, which obtains more than half of its power from nuclear station, electric cars look like a good bet. In China and some other developing countries, where a large amount of electricity is produced from coal, they may not be so environment- friendly as they are marketed.

36、A: Excuse me, do you know where the chemistry lab is?

B: Yes. It’s just on the fifth floor of this b【1】.

A: How often do you do c【2】experiments there?

B: Twice a week.

A: Can you go there without a t【3】?

B: No. That’s not allowed.

A: What does the teacher often tell you to do when you are doing an e【4】?

B: He often tells us to look c【5】and follow the i【6】.

A: What will you do when you finish the experiment?

B: We must put e【7】back in the cupboards and wash our hands.

A: Right. It is very i【8】to keep the lab clean.

B: Yes, safe as well. We must turn off the e【9】before l【10】the lab.

37、Directions: Complete the following sentences by using the proper form of the words or expressions given in the frame. Each one can only be used once.

Why your Password May Not Be As Safe As It Seems?  Does “qaz2ws” strike you as a nice safe password? What about “adgjmptw”? An analysis has found them to be among the passwords that are most 【1】 used, which of course means they are not secure at all.

When ten million passwords were leaked on to the internet，they appeared to 【2】that attempts by internet security experts to make us improve our password strength had been successful, even if, in the specific case of the leaked passwords, they are also completely pointless.

While many of the passwords were still single words, such as “password”，there was also a clear attempt by many to make them harder to【3】. The problem was that people seemed to do so in the same way.

“Users are becoming slightly more 【4】what makes a password strong,” explained WP Engine, an internet company that performed the analysis. “For instance, adding a number or two at the end of a text phrase. That makes it better, right?”

But 【5】no. They found that almost half a million passwords did this and in 20 percent of those all people did was put the number “1” at the end.

Perhaps this is why some companies are now trying to move gradually beyond passwords. Yahoo! is giving users the option to 【6】 their mobile phone with an account, having a single use passwords texted to it each time they want to log on.

Although the serviced is voluntary, Dylan Casey an executive at Yahoo!，said that it was “the first step to【7】passwords”. He said it was a(n)【8】that it was increasingly hard for people to remember all the passwords they had. “I don’t think we, as an industry, have done a good enough job of putting ourselves in the shoes of the people using our products,” he said.

It would certainly be a more sensible strategy than same people’s improving upon “password” by using “password” or，“tran5p053d numb3r5 f0r 133tr3r5”.

“We are, for the most part，predictably【9】when it comes to choosing passwords, despite a decade of warnings from password strength checkers during sign-ups” said WP Engine. “We love taking a(n) 【10】, and so do password crackers.

38、假定你是李华，你从就读于纽约大学的笔友John那里了解到他们学校的网站正在招募网络漫画师（cartoonist）。请你给该网站写封自荐信，内容包括：

1. 自我介绍；

2. 自身优势；

3. 承诺及期望。

注意：

1. 词数100左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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39、阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事

A merchant sent his son to learn the secret of happiness from the wisest of men. The young man wandered through the desert for forty days until he reached a beautiful castle at the top of a mountain. There lived the wise man that the young man was looking for.

However, instead of finding the holy man, our hero entered a room and saw a great deal of activity: merchants coming and going, people chatting in the corners, a band playing sweet music, and there was a table with different kinds of delicious food on it. The wise man talked to everybody, and the young man had to wait for two hours until it was time for him.

The wise man listened attentively to the reason for the boy’s visit, but told him that at that moment he did not have the time to explain to him the secret of happiness. He offered his suggestion that the young man take a walk around his castle and come hack in two hours' time.

"However, I want to ask you a favor," he added, handing the boy a teaspoon, in which he poured two drops of oil. "While you walk, carry this spoon and don’t let the oil spill(溢出).

The young man began to walk around the castle, always keeping his eyes fixed on the spoon. At the end of two hours he returned to the presence of the wise man.

"So," asked the wise man, "did you see the beautiful curtains hanging from the windows of my dining room? Did you see the garden that the master of gardeners took ten years to create? Did you notice the beautiful furniture in my library?"

Embarrassed, the young man admitted that he had seen nothing. His only concern was not to spill the drops of oil the wise man had given him.

"So, go hack and see the wonders of my world," said the wise man. "You can’t trust a man if you don't know his house.

注意：1.所续写短文的词数应为150左右；

2.应使用5个以上短文中标有下划线的关键词语；

3.续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；

4.续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。

Paragraph 1:

Now more at ease, the young man took the spoon and walked around the castle again.

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Paragraph 2:

"But where are the two drops of oil I gave you?" asked the wise man.

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40、假定你是阳光国际学校的学生李华，你校将迎来20周年校庆。校史馆拟从本校学生中招募若干名英语解说员。请你根据要求用英语写一封信申请该职位,内容主要包括：

1. 写信目的；

2. 申请理由；

3. 期待回复。

注意：1. 词数100左右（开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数）。

2. 可适当增加细节以使行文连贯。

Dear Sir or Madam,

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Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

41、假如你是李华，你的美国笔友Tom发来邮件抱怨父母给他定了很多家规，如晚上10点前回家，不得与父母顶嘴等。请你给他写封回信，要点包括：1. 家规的重要性；2. 你对他家的家规的看法；3. 你家的家规。注意：1. 词数100左右；2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Tom,

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