2025-2026年浙江绍兴高二下册期末英语试卷(解析版)

1、What worried the child most was ______ to visit his brother n hospital.

A.his not being allowed B.his not allowing

C.his being not allowed D.having not been allowed

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

A．had he got; when

B．had he got; than

C．he had got; when

D．he had got; than

3、_______with the research,he had no time to play with his son.

A.Occupied B.Occupying C.To occupy D.Having occupied

4、We _____ the disabled students so we will do all that we can to help them.

A.feel much sympathy for B.are out of sympathy with

C.win sympathy of D.expressing sympathy for

5、Those who continuously acquire new knowledge that they can ________ their work are more likely to succeed.

A.contribute to B.correspond to C.subscribe to D.apply to

6、Because the situation of that country________, all the foreigners are preparing to leave.

A.is getting worse B.got worse

C.was getting worse D.had got worse

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

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

A．go by

B．take on

C．in need

D．come along

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

A. charged B. awarded

C. rewarded D. cost

9、Only those people who use a kitchen frequently understand the best way to ______.

A. let it out B. pick it out

C. put it out D. lay it out

10、The world’s first_____ egg went on sale in a California Whole Foods Wednesday, marking the potential start of an_____ shift in the reliance on corn and soy.

A.plant-based artificial, industry-wide B.artificial plant-basing, industry-wide

C.artificial plant-based, industry-widely D.plant-basing artificial, industry-widely

11、The topics of the conversation should be ________ to the experiences and interests of the students.

A．associated

B．connected

C．relevant

D．remarkable

12、There were no tickets________for Friday's performance.

A．preferable

B．considerable

C．possible

D．available

13、According to the ministry, the emergence of these new professions _______ the rapid development of high-tech industries, which have opened up new job markets.

A. contribute to B. subscribe to

C. owe to D. refer to

14、The teacher advised us _____ to bed late in order to get up early to read English.

A.don’t go B.not go C.not going D.not to go

15、We were delayed at the airport. _________ we would have been here by lunch time.

A. However B. Instead

C. Probably D. Otherwise

16、A _______ will be paid to anyone who brings back the money Mr. Brown lost,

according to the advertisement.

A.price B.profit C.reward D.salary

17、It is so wet there that the trees are extremely tall,some____over 100 meters.

A．measured

B．measuring

C．are measured

D．measure

18、John was a hard­working man and he ________ a piece of waste ground into a beautiful garden.

A.translated B.transformed C.transported D.transferred

19、_________ students develop these social skills, schools in America offer a large number of after-school activities.

A．Helping

B．Help

C．Helped

D．To help

20、-Professor Liu，have you ever been to London？

-Yes. I___________ there for four years.

A.have studied B.studied C.will study D.had studied

21、--What impresses you most when you visit the Acropolis?

-- ________ it is that has brought the grand palace into today’s terrible scene.

A. Where B. What

C. How D. When

22、Children need many things, but ______they need love.

A. at all B. in all

C. after all D. above all

23、His conduct at the party is far from __________.

A.satisfactory B.satisfied C.satisfaction D.satisfy

24、A driver __________ his car when he makes it go faster or increases its speed.

A.advances B.develops C.accelerates D.stimulates

25、With the top-down educational reform _______ many challenges in the classroom which deserve some serious thinking.

A．comes

B．is coming

C．are coming

D．come

26、   A group of sweaty kids ran around a field last week at Total Soccer Arena in Landover, Maryland. They talked in English,but also in Pashto, Arabic and other languages.

What made them different is that all of the kids are refugees(难民). They were playing as part of a camp that gives them a chance to develop their soccer skills and to meet other kids who had to start their lives over in the United States. The camp is run by an organization called LACES, which stands for Life and Change Experienced through Sports. The group uses soccer to help bring together communities that have experienced hardships.

SerenFryatt, 38, got the idea for LACES while playing on a women's soccer team in Liberia,an African country that had been at war with itself for 14 years. Fryatt, who's from Muncie, Indiana,saw that soccer brought joy to the Liberian women on her team,even though their lives off the field were very difficult. After starting a soccer program for kids in Liberia,she decided to start a similar camp in Maryland,where she moved in 2015. Coaches volunteer their time, and the costs are paid mostly by donations(捐赠). This year, 95 kids signed up.

The camp, for ages 9 to 14, is split(分组) between training that helps kids develop skills, such as passing and ball control, and meeting where they discuss life skills. One of the coaches, Louisa Pitney, said she likes seeing how the kids grow just from being together.

At the end of the camp's last day, all the kids gathered in the middle of the field. Fryatt asked them to raise their hands and say what they had learned that week. Some kids talked about soccer skills-one girl said she'd learned not to use her hands; a boy said he'd learned how to score a goal.

When a coach called on one shy girl, she smiled before answering in a soft voice.

“Celebrate each other, "she said.

【1】What was special about the kids in the field?

A．They couldn't speak English.

B．They had faced hardships.

C．They hadn't been to America before.

D．They were attending an international soccer match.

【2】What do we know about the soccer camp?

A．It gives coaches great pay.

B．It was started for girls only.

C．It was organized in Liberia first.

D．It teaches life lessons as well as soccer skills.

【3】What encouraged SerenFryatt to set up LACES?

A．A soccer program for kids.

B．The long-term war in Liberia.

C．A women's soccer team in Liberia.

D．Coaches’ volunteer work.

【4】What did the shy girl get from the soccer camp?

A．How to work with others.

B．How to speak in public.

C．How to make friends.

D．How to praise others.

27、   Rescuing victims from a burning building, a chemical spill, or any disaster that is inaccessible to human responders could one day be a task for adaptable robots. Imagine, for instance, rescue-robots rising up on two legs can bound through rubble, push aside a heavy obstacle, or break through a locked door.

Engineers are improving the design of four-legged robots and their abilities to run, jump and even do back leaps. But getting two-legged, human-like robots to use force or push against something without falling has been a lion in the way.

Now engineers at MIT and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have developed a method to control balance in a two-legged, tele-operated robot — an essential step toward enabling a human-like to carry out high-impact tasks in challenging environments. The team's robot, physically resembling a machined body and two legs, is controlled remotely by a human operator wearing a vest that sends information about the human's motion and ground reaction forces to the robot. Through the vest, the human operator can direct and experience the robot's movements. If the robot is starting to tip over, the human feels the same pull on the vest and can adjust in a way to rebalance both himself and the robot.

In experiments with the robot to test this new "balance feedback" approach, the researchers were able to remotely maintain the robot's balance as it jumped and walked in sync with its human operator.

“It's like running with a heavy backpack ——you can feel how the dynamics of the backpack move around you, and you can make up properly," says Joao Ramos, who developed the approach as an MIT post doctor. “Now if you want to open a heavy door, the human can command the robot to throw its body at the door and push it open, without losing balance. ”

【1】What's the function of the first paragraph?

A.Draw people's attention to a new robot. B.Show the appearance of the robot.

C.Tell the principle of the two-legged robot. D.Introduce the purpose of the two-legged robot.

【2】What is the trouble with human-like robots?

A.It's hard for them to do back leaps. B.It's hard for them to keep their balance.

C.They can't push against anything hard. D.They often fall back when meeting the lions.

【3】What is special about the robot research at MIT?

A.The tested robot's actions can be felt by the human operator.

B.The robot is tested in challenging environments by operator.

C.The data on the tested robot is sent by telephones.

D.The tested robot has a remote voice-control system.

【4】What can we learn from this passage?

A.The two-legged robot is worse than the four-legged robot.

B.The vest must be put into the machined body.

C.The new research on the robot has made great breakthrough.

D.The robot's movements must be controlled by human operator.

28、   You use her as a shoulder to cry on. She texts you back with casual jokes. But she, Xiaoice, is only a virtual chatbot.

Xiaoice, Microsoft’s latest artificial intelligence robot, was briefly released in 2014, and returned to WeChat in 2015, where she became a big hit. Millions young Chinese now exchange with her daily, The New York Times reported. On WeChat, Xiaoice is an official account. After following it, users can start text-based conversations with Xiaoice.

“People loved to talk with Xiaoice for her incredible learning ability,” Liu Jinchang, a researcher at High-tech Research and Development Center under the Ministry of Science and Technology, told China Daily. Apart from her ability to identify photos and send emojis in conversations, Xiaoice gains 45 percent of her knowledge from interacting with users, China Daily reported.

Chatbot programs first appeared in the mid-1960s in the US. Driven by top tech companies, they are becoming smarter and more common. For instance, IBM’s latest artificial intelligence program serves as an academic consultant at Australia’s Deakin University, answering students’ questions about course schedules and financial aid. Apple’s Siri and Amazon’s Alexa have been used as voice assistants who can read news, play music and even make jokes for their users.

These programs are expected to move beyond smartphones, into televisions, cars and living rooms, The New York Times pointed out. However, it may take decades before scientists develop a “Samantha”, the advanced chatbot seen in the fiction film Her. In the film, Samantha sparks a romantic relationship with her user played by US actor Joaquin Phoenix. Many viewers are enthusiastic about this fantasy of virtual soul mate.

【1】What does the underlined part in Paragraph 2 mean?

A.She became a best-seller. B.She became very powerful.

C.She became a moneyman. D.She became very popular.

【2】Which of the following can Xiaoice do?

A.Do housework. B.Spread messages.

C.Identify various photos. D.Read news to her users.

【3】What can be learned from the last paragraph?

A.Chatbots mainly run on smartphones now.

B.It’ll take decades to apply Chatbots to cars.

C.Samantha is played by a US actor in the film.

D.The film Her doesn’t interest many audiences.

29、Why do people feel so rushed? Part of this is a perception (认知) problem. Generally, people in rich countries have more free time than they used to. This is particularly true in Europe, but even in America free time has been inching up. Women's paid work has risen a lot over this period，but their time in unpaid work，like cooking and cleaning, has fallen even more significantly, thanks in part to dishwashers, washing machines and microwaves, and also to the fact that men shift themselves a little more around the house than they used to.

The problem, then, is less how much time people have than how they see it. Ever since a clock was first used at a workplace to record labor hours in the 18th century, time has been understood in relation to money. Once hours are financially quantified (量化), people worry more about wasting, but tend to save or use them more profitably. When economies grow and incomes rise, everyone's time becomes more valuable. And the more valuable something becomes, the rarer it seems.

Once seeing their time in terms of money, people often________the former to maximize the latter. Workers who are paid by the hour volunteer less of their time and tend to feel more upset when they are not working.

The relationship between time, money and anxiety is something Gary Becker noticed in America's post-war boom years. "If anything, time is used more carefully today than a century ago," he noted in 1965. He found that when people are paid more to work, they tend to work longer hours, because working becomes a more profitable use of time. So the rising value of work time puts pressure on all time. Leisure time starts to seem more stressful, as people are forced to use it wisely or not at all.

【1】Women's time in unpaid work has fallen partly because ______.

A. men's ability to support a family has been improved

B. men's involvement in housework has increased

C. women's leisure time was taken up by heavy housework

D. women become more skilled at household equipment

【2】From the second paragraph, we learn that ______.

A. labor hours were recorded with a clock

B. people haven't realized the value of time

C. more work hours bring in more money

D. The rise of incomes makes time less valuable

【3】The underlined phrasegrow stingy withcan probably be replaced by "______".

A. refuses to delay   B. intend to kill

C. try to accumulate   D. hesitate to spend

【4】According to Gary Becker, what causes people feel anxious about time?

A. The wrong way of time being spent.

B. People's willingness to work hard.

C. The increasing value of work time.

D. More and more leisure time.

30、   Recently Steve had a car accident. So he put his car in the ______ to carry out the repair work. Since he had to go to the job daily, he ______ that until the car is ready, he would travel by metro train. One day, he noticed a  ______ guy at the train station at night. He felt ______ for him, so he gave him some change from his pocket.

The homeless guy thanked him for it. Next day again, he ______ the homeless guy at the same place. This time Steve thought to ______ him something to eat, so he went outside the ______ and brought him a meal. The homeless guy thanked him for his kindness. But Steve got ______ and asked him, “How did you get to this _____?”

The homeless guy looked up at him and with a smile, he said, “By showing ______.” Steve didn’t understand it, so he asked him, “What do you mean by that?” The homeless guy replied that “Throughout my whole life, I made sure that everyone was happy. No matter what was going right or wrong in my life, I always ______ everyone.”

Steve asked him, “Do you ______ it?” To which the homeless man replied, “No, it just hurts my soul that the very people I gave the ______ off my back to wouldn’t give me a sleeve of that same shirt when I was in need. Son, it is ______ to build your own house and invite someone in for shelter than to hand them your ______ while you are building yours, because one day you will turn around and look at the ______ where you had planned to build your house. It will be an ______ lot. Then you are the one looking for bricks.”

Steve understood what the homeless guy meant and thanked him for the good advice.

Helping others is not a bad thing at all. But sometimes, ______ we are helping others, we forget our own problems and needs. One must remember that sometimes sharing is better than ______ away. You can do a lot more by being in a ______ position instead of bringing yourself into a weaker situation.

【1】A.park B.garage C.company D.factory

【2】A.inferred B.guessed C.expected D.decided

【3】A.homeless B.lazy C.foolish D.familiar

【4】A.pride B.pain C.pity D.scare

【5】A.noticed B.heard C.knew D.greeted

【6】A.send B.make C.get D.put

【7】A.office B.station C.company D.market

【8】A.anxious B.angry C.excited D.curious

【9】A.site B.station C.point D.field

【10】A.love B.talent C.wealth D.identity

【11】A.directed B.helped C.educated D.loved

【12】A.forget B.know C.get D.regret

【13】A.shirt B.vest C.coat D.skirt

【14】A.worse B.better C.easier D.cooler

【15】A.tools B.money C.bricks D.woods

【16】A.land B.floor C.soil D.spot

【17】A.wild B.poor C.empty D.rich

【18】A.after B.while C.before D.until

【19】A.giving B.putting C.looking D.carrying

【20】A.rich B.good C.high D.strong

31、   If you’re visiting Florence, Italy, you’ve got to see the world-famous Uffizi Gallery. But why? Because that’s what _______ does in Florence? Because you feel it _______ to post a selfie in front of the Italian painter Sandro Botticelli’s The Birth of Venus (《维纳斯的诞生》)?

Those are obviously _______ reasons. We shouldn’t go to places because they’re world-famous; instead, we should go to fully _______ what made them world-famous. But that requires a well-planned visit, not just following the _______ , taking pictures and checking it off your wish list.

For example, you cannot visit the crown of Lady Liberty (自由女神像的别称) at all without serious _______ .” On busy days, we’re taking 25,000 people on a small island, and only 500 a day get to the crown,” said Michael Amato, the lead park ranger (管理人) for the Statue of Liberty National Monument, “Right now we’re sold out until two months later”. So you need to check what’s available only _________.

Still, a lot can _______ before you actually go on the trip. “Keep up to date,” said Jade McKellar, the director of visitor experiences at the Sydney Opera House. “_______ us on social media and sign up for our newsletter.” Even without a booking, visitors can often buy tickets for events that run 363 days a year. But like many sites, a true visit means spending a full day, something a(n) __________ traveller might be unwilling to do.

Another reason to set aside more time: Visitors can check out the less famous but equally worthwhile — often beautifully complementary (互补的) sites __________. Susan Greaney, the senior historian at English Heritage, which is in charge of Stonehenge (巨石阵), __________ a trip to the two history museums with Stonehenge-relevant exhibitions. Each of them is less than a 30-minute driveaway but likely to be __________ on a one-day tour from London. Of course, you simply __________ the world-famous attraction. If you’re __________ museums by the time you get to Florence, forget the Uffizi and take advantage of other things Florence offers. Don’t worry about what your friends will think.

【1】A.everybody B.somebody C.nobody D.anybody

【2】A.free B.pleasant C.necessary D.possible

【3】A.terrible B.odd C.vital D.similar

【4】A.check B.appreciate C.sense D.control

【5】A.example B.order C.advice D.crowd

【6】A.testing B.planning C.rethinking D.training

【7】A.at a distance B.by chance C.in advance D.on time

【8】A.expect B.come C.change D.improve

【9】A.Support B.Observe C.Follow D.Inform

【10】A.experienced B.rushed C.discouraged D.talented

【11】A.home B.oversea C.nearby D.halfway

【12】A.recommended B.designed C.extended D.canceled

【13】A.covered B.found C.predicted D.missed

【14】A.visit B.skip C.replace D.recognize

【15】A.familiar with B.sick of C.used to D.attracted to

32、My younger son, Kelly, started pre-school when he was four, _________ twice a week for two hours each time. I soon noticed he was always the _________ one to leave the classroom, so I asked the teacher if he was having problems. "No, no," she _________ me. "He is doing fine --- just _________ in a creative project."

Once I asked through the classroom door if he was _________ to leave. He yelled, "Don't come in! It's a surprise." So I waited _________ each day until he finally emerged, smiling and _________.

"What are you doing in there?" I asked.

"Making something," he said.

My _________ was getting the best of me. What held his _________ for such a long period of time? He liked __________ things by stacking alphabet blocks, then attaching Lincoln Logs until he made a structure big enough for parking his Hot Wheel cars.

__________ the day arrived when he led his class out the door carrying his __________, with both hands. His eyes __________ left the tissue-wrapped package as he carefully __________ to the car, instead of running as usual. He handed it to me. "Here, Mom, it's a surprise. I __________it just for you."

Carefully, I __________ the tissue off first one side and then the other. Inside nestled a string of necklace made of hand-colored macaroni pieces （通心粉片） --- red, yellow, green purple and every other __________ in his crayon box.

"It's beautiful," I said, holding it carefully and turning it this way and that so the sun __________ on it through the car window. "It looks like a __________ necklace ."

He leaned on my arm and __________ it with me. "I made it," he said confidently, "Merry Christmas, Mom."

【1】

A．presenting

B．attending

C．existing

D．conducting

【2】

A．eager

B．first

C．particular

D．last

【3】

A．assured

B．congratulated

C．accused

D．blamed

【4】

A．bathed

B．involved

C．trapped

D．drowned

【5】

A．delighted

B．ashamed

C．ready

D．unwilling

【6】

A．desperately

B．uncomfortably

C．patiently

D．anxiously

【7】

A．breathless

B．awkward

C．dreadful

D．mysterious

【8】

A．curiosity

B．guilt

C．dignity

D．panic

【9】

A．attention

B．consciousness

C．power

D．secret

【10】

A．applying

B．tightening

C．building

D．conveying

【11】

A．Accurately

B．Unexpectedly

C．Automatically

D．Eventually

【12】

A．figure

B．project

C．equipment

D．statue

【13】

A．temporarily

B．thoroughly

C．rarely

D．deliberately

【14】

A．walked

B．ran

C．waved

D．turned

【15】

A．acquired

B．polished

C．updated

D．made

【16】

A．put

B．lifted

C．dropped

D．tore

【17】

A．color

B．tissue

C．item

D．section

【18】

A．pressed

B．shone

C．burnt

D．landed

【19】

A．marble

B．diamond

C．pearl

D．rainbow

【20】

A．met with

B．put up with

C．stared at

D．glanced at

33、It was already half past seven and I was running late again for the dinner appointment with my wife, Eleanor. We had _______ to meet at the restaurant at seven o’clock. I felt a little uneasy, but to my _______, I had a good excuse: A business meeting had run over and I’d wasted no time getting to the dinner.

When I arrived at the _______, I apologized and told Eleanor I didn’t mean to be late. She screamed, “You never mean to.” Well, I could _______ she was angry. “I’m sorry but it was not _______.” I said. Then I told her about the business meeting. _______, my explanation seemed to make things worse.

Several weeks later, when I _______ the situation to my friend Ken Hardy, he smiled, “You _______ a classic mistake. You’re _______ in your own way of thinking. You didn’t ________ to be late. But that’s not the point. What is ________ in your communication is how your lateness affected Eleanor.”

Thinking more about Ken’s words, I ________ recognized the root cause of such disagreement. It’s the result of the action that really ________. I should have started the conversation by expressing how my actions ________ Eleanor and saved the discussions about my intention for later, much later and even never.

Later on, after talking to Eleanor and really ________ her experience of the results of my lateness, I’ve managed to be on time a lot more frequently.

【1】

A．started

B．agreed

C．continued

D．managed

【2】

A．relief

B．surprise

C．regret

D．sorrow

【3】

A．house

B．room

C．restaurant

D．supermarket

【4】

A．tell

B．say

C．admit

D．permit

【5】

A．movable

B．comfortable

C．acceptable

D．avoidable

【6】

A．However

B．Therefore

C．Moreover

D．Otherwise

【7】

A．spread

B．wrote

C．translated

D．described

【8】

A．knew

B．made

C．found

D．took

【9】

A．stuck

B．recognized

C．struck

D．fitted

【10】

A．need

B．prove

C．pretend

D．intend

【11】

A．funny

B．important

C．possible

D．simple

【12】

A．usually

B．merely

C．hardly

D．gradually

【13】

A．inspires

B．matters

C．improves

D．challenges

【14】

A．affected

B．infected

C．disliked

D．cheated

【15】

A．showing

B．satisfying

C．understanding

D．destroying

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

Knowledge is free on the Internet at a small but 【1】 number of colleges and universities. About 160 schools around the world now put free course materials on the web to the 【2】. Recent additions in the United States 【3】 projects at Yale, Johns Hopkins and the University of California, Berkeley.

Berkeley said it would offer videos of lectures on YouTube. Free videos from other schools are 【4】 at the Apple iTunes store.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) became an early 【5】 with its Open Course Ware project, first 【6】 in 2001. Free lecture notes, exams and other resources are published at ocw.mit.edu. Many exams even include the answers. Today, Open Course Ware offers materials from 1,800 undergraduate and graduate courses. These 【7】 from Physics to Political Science. Visitors can learn the same things as MIT students learn. But as the site points out, Open Course Ware is not an MIT education. Visitors receive no credit toward a degree. Some materials from a course may not be available, and the site does not provide 【8】 with teachers. Still, MIT says that the site has had forty million visits by thirty-one million visitors from almost every country. Sixty percent of the visitors are from outside the United States and Canada. Students and educators use the site, including students at MIT. But the largest number of visitors, about half, are self-learners.

Some professors have become well-known around the world as a result of 【9】 online. Walter Lewin, a physics professor at MIT, is 【10】 popular. Fans enjoy his entertaining lectures. MIT Open Course Ware now includes materials for high school. The aim is to improve education in Science, Technology, Math and Engineering.

35、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。

A

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.

B

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.

C

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.

36、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.”

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

My daughter

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

38、《英语周报》针对一些学生在学习英语中存在的困难举行征文比赛。请根据所给提示写一篇短文，与大家分享一下你学习英语的方法。可适当发挥，不少于100个字数。

写作提示：

①众所周知，兴趣是最好的老师。因此，培养对英语的兴趣非常重要。

②记住尽可能多的单词和短语也是非常重要的。

③必须养成经常使用英语的好习惯。

④如果可能的话，与讲英语的当地人进行交流是非常好的。

⑤只有坚持以上几种方法，我们才能学习好英语。

My Ways of Learning English

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39、假定你是李华，你校将举办一年一度的中国传统文化节。请写封邮件邀请你的英国朋友John参加，内容包括:

1.时间，地点；

2.活动安排；

3.欢迎他参与。

注意:

1. 词数80左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3. 信的开头，结束语已为你写好。

Dear John,

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Looking forward to your early reply.

Yours,

Li Hua

40、假定你是李华，你在你校举行的某一次国际冬令营中结交了一个英国中学生Tom。他了解到中国爆发的新冠状病毒肺炎(COVID-19)疫情，组织了他学校的中文合唱团(chorus)倾情演唱中文歌《让世界充满爱》(A world filled with love)，为武汉加油。你看了这个小视频非常感动，请给他写一封英文感谢信。要点如下：

1. 表达感动和感谢；

2. 告诉他你的现状；

3. 表达信心和愿望。

注意：1. 词数80左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Tom,

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Yours,

Li Hua

41、假如你是高二学生李华。疫情期间，你校师生开展线上教学，停课不停学，你的外语老师Mrs. Wang在英语学习上给过你很多帮助。她上周来信，询问你目前的英语学习情况。请你给她回一封邮件。内容要点如下：

1. 感谢老师在疫情期间的线上教学；

2. 你的英语在哪些方面有了进步，还有哪些问题；

3. 请她提出指导意见。

注意：1. 词数100左右(开头和结尾已经给出，但不计入总词数)；

2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

参考词汇：疫情epidemic

Dear Mrs. Wang,

Thank you very much for your letter last week.

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I’m looking forward to your reply. Please remember me to your family.

Yours,

Li Hua