海东2025届高三毕业班第二次质量检测英语试题

1、I grabbed Norms arm and ________ him around to face me.

A. pinned B. wrapped

C. spun D. sprayed

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

A．measured

B．measuring

C．are measured

D．measure

3、Some insects________the colour of their surroundings to protect themselves.

A. take in   B. take off

C. take on D. take out

4、Look！Every player in our team is doing their best.It seems________our team is going to win.

A．even if B．if only

C．as if   D．only if

5、It was_____ he said______ disappointed me.

A. what; that B. that; that

C. what; what D. that; what

6、We _____ for her because she never came.

A. mustn’t have waited B. shouldn’t have waited

C. mustn’t wait D. needn’t wait

7、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

8、The architecture as well as all the art works of The Forbidden City is well ____________ by professional staff.

A. accustomed B. erupted

C. assumed D. preserved

9、Fully _______ in looking after three small children, she cannot speak to you at the moment.

A.occupied B.being occupied C.occupying D.being occupying

10、Nowadays, when people talk about magicians, the first one ________ comes into their mind is Liu Qian.

A.whom B.which C.that D.what

11、_____ the deaf children, the young lady has little time to care for her own daughter.

A. Devoted to teach B. Devoted herself to teaching

C. Devoting herself to teaching D. Devoting to teaching

12、The newly-elected president officially a plan to break through the trade barrier.

A.laid off B.laid down C.laid out D.laid aside

13、Many young people in the west are expected to leave ________ could be life’s most important decision—marriage—almost entirely up to luck.

A．as   B．that   C．which D．What

14、Teaching is not just a simple piece of work; it’s an art _____ a science.

A.is based on B.based with C.based on D.depended on

15、Mary was busy with her work， and it was only around four in the afternoon           she could finally lie down to rest for a while．

A.when B.which C.that D.whether

16、Our CEO _________ the bright future of our company, for every staff in it is outstanding and united.

A．is confident about

B．makes comments on

C．is concerned about

D．makes an effort to

17、----How about your journey to Mount Emei?

----Everything was wonderful except that our car twice on the way.

A. slowed down   B. broke down

C. got down D. put down

18、We must _____ a new teacher at once to the mountain school.

A.appreciate B.appoint C.arrange D.name

19、Once _______ in the forest, we should remain ________ we are and wait for help.

A．losing; there

B．losing; where

C．lost; there

D．lost; where

20、The information of this kind is to you on the Internet.

A.supplied B.available C.used D.obtained

21、The clever boy made a hole in the wall, _____he could see what was going on inside the house.

A.on which B.at which C.through which D.in which

22、The written record of our conversation doesn’t ______ what was actually said. There are a lot of mistakes.

A.correspond with B.relate to C.look into D.compare with

23、He is said to ________ to his country because a new president comes into power.

A. be allowed to return B. allow to return

C. allow returning D. be allowed returning

24、That was not the first time he ____ us. I think it's high time we ____ strong actions against him.

A．betrayed, take

B．had betrayed, took

C．has betrayed, took

D．has betrayed, take

25、Fanny asked ________ made that odd ­looking little cat so popular.

A．what was it that

B．what was that

C．what it was that

D．what that was

26、   SHANGHAI---Within 48 hours, 61 artists from 13 countries sent their videos supporting China’s ongoing campaign to fight the novel coronavirus (新型冠状病毒) via their Chinese partner---ASK, a Shanghai-based international theater presenter committed to introducing partner theater productions for young audiences to China.

Most of the artists showed in their videos the slogan:”stay strong! We are with you, China !”

ASK planned to introduce top-class performances to a special venue at the Tianjin Grand Theater since this February, but this had to be postponed due to the outbreak of the epidemic(传染病)。

The artists have shown strong confidence in China as well as Tianjin in their efforts to combat(对抗) the virus.

Within the video, Yvette Hardie, president of Assitej, the International Association of Theater for Children and Young People affiliated(隶属的) to UNESCO, took the initiative in responding to the campaign, joined by a large group of artists from leading theater organizations around the world, including the Edinburgh Children’s Festival and Australian Windmill Theater, to name a few.

Shona Reppe, who starred in The Curious Scrapbook of Josephine Bean, a top children’s drama from Britain, said she expects the outbreak of the epidemic will soon be overcome and she is keen to come to China.

Ian Cameron, 73, who started White, also an internationally acclaimed classical piece from Britain, said: My heart is with you, China.”

Helene Ducharme, director of Elisapee and the Northern Lights from the Canadian troupe Motus, led a group of local friends to shoot the video while she was doing a co-production in Africa, using different languages to encourage China’s efforts to combat the virus.

Tony Mack, chairman of Slingsby, an Australian performance troupe(剧团) which is famous for its Emil and the Detectives, said:“The medical workers: You are heroes. Thank you so much for standing on the front line, and you are not only keeping China safe but also the whole world safe!”

The ASK team said it will remain positive and active in connecting with audiences and followers by spreading online content to enhance energy, courage and creativity.

【1】How did Helene Ducharme inspire China’s efforts to fight against the virus?

A．By using various languages.

B．By raising some money for China.

C．By showing in their videos a slogan.

D．By donating some medical equipment.

【2】Who is in charge of Assitej according to the news report?

A．Ian Cameron

B．Shona Reppe

C．Yvette Hardie

D．Tony Mac

【3】What is the possible meaning of the underlined word“acclaimed”in Para.7?

A．Very clear and detailed.

B．Praised enthusiastically.

C．Existing in thoughts or as an idea.

D．Extremely important in a particular situation.

【4】What can be the best title for the news report?

A．China’s ongoing campaign to fight novel coronavirus

B．Top-class performances to be postponed due to epidemic

C．Outbreak of the epidemic in China will soon be overcome

D．International kids’ theater artists make videos to support fight against virus

27、When do you usually do when you have some free time? Do you take part in any form of hobby? If your answer is no, then you should think twice. 【1】

Here is a common problem that many older people have. They have spent such a great deal of time raising their family that once their children are grown and leave home, they all of a sudden start to experience their age. Quite often, it is not their age that is the concern. 【2】

When you put in too much time not doing anything, this can affect your brain. This is just where the expression “If you don't use it, you lose it" definitely is the truth. Your mind needs working out much like any other muscle in your body. This is why getting a hobby matters. 【3】

【4】 Even young children can profit from taking a new hobby. For retired people, enjoying a hobby which they can take pleasure in with their grandchildren will help keep them active and feeling young at heart.

Several hobbies that are terrific for both your mind and your body include yoga, biking, swimming and golf. If you aren't fond of sports, even taking a walk regularly is a wonderful way to keep active. 【5】 Additional hobbies include any kind of craft like sewing, knitting, wood working, gardening etc.

As you can see above, you can get pretty much from taking a hobby. With so many choices waiting for you, what are you waiting for? Begin your journey right away!

A．It helps you to appreciate fresh scenery and the colors green and blue help make you more creative.

B．Enjoying a hobby is also a perfect way to improve creative thinking at any age.

C．Young children may have strange concerns that have nothing to do with the elderly.

D．It offers you with something to do and is a perfect way to meet new people.

E．It is the fact that they are unexpectedly entrusted (交付) more time on their hand.

F．Experiencing some type of interest or hobby might be the ideal way to develop your brain and improve your creative thinking.

G．Different people have different hobbies.

28、Philadelphia's Magic Gardens makes up a folk art center, gallery space, and a nonprofit organization showcasing the works of mosaicist（镶嵌设计师）Isaiah Zagar.

Zagar devoted himself to beautifying the South Street neighborhood in the late 1960s, when he moved to the area with his wife Julia. The couple helped the area by purchasing and repairing some old buildings, often adding colorful mosaics on both their private and public walls. The first such project was Julia's still-busy folk art store, the Eyes Gallery at 402 South Street.

Zagar started working on the Magic Gardens in 1994 in the deserted parking lot near his studio. He spent the next fourteen years sculpting multi-layered walls and decorating the 3, 000 square foot space. The installation（装置艺术），primarily consisting of found objects and contributions from the community, finally covers half a city block with countless patterns and colors. It shows Zagar's many artistic influences, as well as the events and experiences of his life.

In 2002，the owner of the once-unused parking lot decided to sell the land in response to rising South Street property values. Unwilling to witness the destruction of Zagar's neighborhood art environment, the community rushed to support the artist. His creation, newly titled Philadelphia's Magic Gardens, turned into a nonprofit organization with the intention of preserving and promoting Zagar's works at the site of the Magic Gardens and throughout the South Street region.

The Magic Gardens is now a permanent art institution that is open to visitors throughout the year. Trained guides are available to lead tours of the Magic Gardens and Zagar's surrounding public wall paintings. In addition, it offers monthly mosaic workshops led by Zagar himself, and regularly hosts concerts, dance performances, and other public events.

【1】How did Zagar help the South Street neighborhood?

A．He moved to the area with his family.

B．He worked to improve its surroundings.

C．He opened a folk art store with his wife.

D．He managed to buy all the old buildings.

【2】What does Paragraph 3 intend to tell us?

A．Great achievements of Zagar.

B．Special skills of installing art.

C．Location of the Magic Gardens

D．Early history of the Magic Gardens.

【3】What do the local residents think of Zagar's works?

A．They harm environment.

B．They can bring in profits.

C．They should be removed.

D．They are precious treasures.

【4】What can tourists do in Philadelphia's Magic Gardens?

A．Paint the walls on the spot.

B．Put on music performances.

C．Enjoy some Zagar's works.

D．Attend some dance courses.

29、   There are two kinds of secrets: secrets of nature and secrets about people. Natural secrets exist all around us; to find them, one must study some undiscovered aspect of the physical world. Secrets about people are different: they are things that people don't know about themselves or things they hide because they don't want others to know. So when thinking about what kind of company to build, there are two distinct questions to ask: What secrets is nature not telling you? What secrets are people not telling you?

It's easy to assume that natural secrets are the most important: the people who look for them can sound authoritative (权威的).This is why physics PhDs are difficult to work with—because they know the most basic truths, they think they know all truths. But does understanding electronic theory automatically make you a great marriage counselor? Does a gravity theorist know more about your business than you do? At PayPal, I once interviewed a physics PhD for an engineering job. Halfway through my first question, he shouted, "Stop! I already know what you're going to ask!" But he was wrong. It was the easiest no-hire decision I've ever made. Secrets about people are relatively overlooked. Maybe that's because you don,t need a dozen years of higher education to ask the questions that uncover them: What are people not allowed to talk about? What is forbidden or taboo?

The best place to look for secrets is where no one else is looking. Most people think only in terms of what they've been taught; schooling itself aims to spread basic wisdom. So you might ask: are there any fields that matter but haven't been standardized? Physics, for example, is a real major at all major universities, and it's set in its ways. The opposite of physics might be astrology, but astrology doesn't matter. What about something like nutrition? Nutrition matters for everybody, but you can't major in it at Harvard. Most top scientists go into other fields. Most of the big studies were done 30 or 40 years ago, and most are seriously flawed (有缺陷的).The food pyramid that told us to eat low fat and large amounts of grains was probably produced by Big Food(美国著名食品公司)than real science; its chief impact has been to worsen our obesity(肥胖)problem. There’s plenty more to learn: we know more about the physics of far away stars than we know about human nutrition. It won't be easy, but it's not obviously impossible: exactly the kind of field that could produce secrets.

【1】What can we learn about secrets in Paragraph 1?

A.To establish a company, one should explore secrets of both nature and people.

B.Trying to discover people themselves will help them to find the natural secrets.

C.Secrets of nature are more important than secrets about people.

D.We have to find the secrets that nature and people have told us.

【2】The PhD's example suggests  .

A.the physics PhD was not hired because he sounded authoritative

B.higher education will ensure a better understanding of secrets

C.it is necessary and important to appreciate secrets about people

D.it is not easy for physics PhDs to find an engineering job

【3】What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A.The best place to find secrets is where many great scientists are studying.

B.Eating low fat and large amounts of grains is certainly good for our health.

C.There may be some hidden secrets for us to find in the field of human nutrition.

D.Without physics, secrets in astrology and human nutrition would not have been found.

【4】What can be the best title for the passage?

A.Secrets of nature B.Secrets about people

C.How to build a secret company D.How to find secrets

30、   Jayce Crowder began noticing when he was in kindergarten that he looked different from his classmates. They had two hands. He had one. He'd return home with questions: “Why am I different? Why?”

“He actually told us he was _________ at God for making him that way, "said his mother Lewis. Lewis _________ she didn't know what to do then. How could she _________ answers to her son's questions _________ she had never found those answers herself?

Several weeks later, Lewis watched TV and _________ that a 14-year-old boy Trashaun became an Internet _________ after posting videos of his slam dunks (扣篮), and, like Jayce, he was _________ most of his left arm. And it seemed that watching Trashaun would simply be a(n)_________ moment for Jayce.

A couple of months later, a meeting was set up with Trashaun to build Jayce's_________. The boys met, and __________ they bonded. They rode bikes and __________ baskets. Trashaun even gave Jayce a shirt that says “Ten __________ are not as good.”

At one point, Trashaun optimistically told Jayce he was __________ the way God made him. He said he would not let anyone drag him down and that __________ would not shake his confidence.

Since that meeting, Lewis has seen a clear __________ in her son. He recently started wrestling and loves it. Lewis often mentions Trashaun's __________. Meeting him, she said, made Jayce “__________ that there are others like him.”

“__________, it means a lot to know that I changed Jayce's life,” Trashaun says. Still, he never __________ that his videos would have such an impact. His __________ with Jayce made him look forward to helping more kids with limb differences.

A．good

B．mad

C．embarrassed

D．amazed

A．announced

B．insisted

C．admitted

D．denied

A．guess

B．hear

C．expect

D．provide

A．now that

B．as though

C．even though

D．in case

A．recalled

B．learned

C．showed

D．confirmed

A．hit

B．fan

C．figure

D．image

A．breaking

B．twisting

C．losing

D．hurting

A．depressing

B．challenging

C．tiring

D．inspiring

A．body

B．confidence

C．muscle

D．reputation

A．eventually

B．lately

C．instantly

D．hurried

A．watched

B．shot

C．delivered

D．carried

A．fingers

B．hands

C．bikes

D．baskets

A．unlucky

B．disappointed

C．courageous

D．perfect

A．words

B．events

C．risks

D．accidents

A．determination

B．difference

C．advantage

D．sign

A．function

B．report

C．influence

D．lecture

A．predict

B．claim

C．imagine

D．understand

A．Honestly

B．Generally

C．Hopefully

D．Fortunately

A．remembered

B．concluded

C．forgot

D．dreamed

A．argument

B．cooperation

C．relationship

D．appointment

31、Although I love my life, it hasn’t been a lot of fun as I’ve been ill for 28 years.

Music has always been a great love of mine and, in my 20s, when my _______ was more manageable, I _______ ten years as a professional singer in restaurants, playing and singing folk songs. _______ that was years ago and times have changed. _______ I live with my mother on a country farm.

Two years ago, I decided that I would need to have some kind of extra work to _______ my disability pension (残疾抚恤金). _______ I needed to sleep in afternoons, I was limited in my _______. I decided that I would consider _______ to singing in restaurants.

My family are all musicians, so I was _______ when I went into our local music store. I explained that I wanted to sing again but using recorded karaoke music. I knew that discs were very expensive and I really didn’t have a lot of ________ to get started. And ________ you find only three to four songs out of ten on a disc that you can ________ use.

When I told the owner of the shop about my ________, he gave me a long, thoughtful ________. “This means a lot to you, doesn’t it?” he said. “Come with me.”

He led me ________ the crowded shop and to a bench with a large professional karaoke box on it. He placed his large hand ________ on his treasure and said, “I have 800 karaoke songs in here. You can take your ________ and I’ll record them for you. That should get you started. ”

I ________. Thanking him, I made a time with him to listen to all the songs and choose ________ that I could sing. I have come full circle with his help.

His ________ still warms my heart and makes me do just that bit extra, when I have the chance.

【1】

A．loneliness

B．sadness

C．tiredness

D．sickness

【2】

A．set

B．enjoyed

C．kept

D．shared

【3】

A．Gladly

B．Eventually

C．Unfortunately

D．Surprisingly

【4】

A．Now

B．Then

C．Sometime

D．Meanwhile

【5】

A．add up to

B．make up for

C．get rid of

D．take advantage of

【6】

A．If

B．As

C．Though

D．Before

【7】

A．movement

B．condition

C．choices

D．positions

【8】

A．reaching out

B．living up

C．getting on

D．going back

【9】

A．recognized

B．interviewed

C．found

D．invited

【10】

A．money

B．time

C．energy

D．knowledge

【11】

A．thus

B．once

C．seldom

D．often

【12】

A．actually

B．hardly

C．nearly

D．formerly

【13】

A．job

B．family

C．idea

D．offer

【14】

A．face

B．view

C．look

D．sight

【15】

A．over

B．along

C．towards

D．through

【16】

A．unhappily

B．lovingly

C．pitifully

D．gratefully

【17】

A．pick

B．turn

C．role

D．step

【18】

A．had to cry

B．ought to cry

C．should have cried

D．could have cried

【19】

A．more

B．the ones

C．few

D．the rest

【20】

A．courage

B．devotion

C．kindness

D．trust

32、   A wealthy man and his son loved to collect rare art works. They had everything in their _________.

When the Vietnam War broke out, the son went to war. He was very _______ and died in battle while rescuing another soldier.

About a month later, there was a _______ at the door. A young man stood there with a large package in his hands. “Sir, I am the soldier for whom your _______ gave his life. He often talked about you. and your love for _______.”

The young man _______ his package and opened it. There was a portrait of his son, _________ by the young man. He stared at the way the soldier had captured the personality of his son in the painting. The father was _______ to the eyes that his own eyes shined with _______.

The father hung the portrait on his wall. __________ visitors came to his home, he took them to __________the portrait before he showed them the other great works he had collected.

A few months later the man __________.There was to be a great auction (拍卖) of his paintings.

“We will ________ the bidding (出价) with this portrait of the son. Who will bid for it?” There was a __________for a long time. Then a voice shouted, “We want to see the famous paintings. Skip this one.” But __________the auctioneer continued, “The son! Who'll take the son?”

Finally, a __________ came from the back of the room. It was a gardener of the wealthy man. “I'll give $10 for the painting.” He being a poor man, it was all he could ____________. The auctioneer pounded the gavel (拍卖槌), “Going once, twice, SOLD for S 10!” The crowd was becoming __________. They wanted the other worthy collections. “Now let's get on with the collection!”

The auctioneer ________ his gavel. “I’m sorry, the auction is over. I was told of a secret paragraph in the will. Only the painting of the son would be auctioned. Whoever __________ that painting would inherit(继承) the entire paintings. The man who took the son gets everything!”

【1】A.package B.library C.hall D.collection

【2】A.brave B.respectful C.sorrowful D.panic

【3】A.notice B.sign C.knock D.hole

【4】A.son B.father C.gardener D.visitor

【5】A.research B.donation C.freedom D.art

【6】A.put up B.put out C.held out D.held back

【7】A.painted B.taken C.caught D.fixed

【8】A.disappointed B.drawn C.amazed D.sent

【9】A.puzzles B.lights C.joys D.tears

【10】A.In the moment B.Every time C.Once in a while D.At one time

【11】A.see B.discuss C.touch D.check

【12】A.passed B.died C.laughed D.left

【13】A.choose B.decide C.start D.produce

【14】A.shock B.silence C.welcome D.sound

【15】A.still B.only C.then D.thus

【16】A.cough B.sigh C.song D.voice

【17】A.share B.afford C.admit D.receive

【18】A.friendly B.lovely C.hungry D.impatient

【19】A.picked up B.threw away C.laid down D.cut up

【20】A.sold B.borrowed C.bought D.showed

33、   At two, most children are happy to play with stuffed toys. _______, for Freddie Bawden, life on the farm is not child’s play but a labour of _______.

Feddie likes nothing more than _______ his working suit to join his father James and mother Kayleigh as they _______ their animals. He helps feed the pigs, sheep and other animals._______ his young age, Freddie takes his duties very _______. He also helps make up their feed and gives the animals water before sweeping up and laying down ______ hay.

Freddie even has two battery-powered _______ of his own for carrying hay. Mr Bawden said, “He's really _______ actually. It's good for him to ______ up around animals. It gets him outside a lot and he absolutely loves it really.”

Like most children, of course Freddie goes to _______ one-and-a-half days a week, but he spends the rest of his time helping his parents, who also _______ a dog training centre on the farm. The youngster helps to _______ the dogs, as well as feed them and sweep the kennels (狗舍). He also likes to join in the special training sessions,_______ toys for the dogs to _______ after. Mr Bawden said some even _______ better to Freddie than they did to their adult owners who may “overthink” things.

Mr Bawden ______ most two-year-olds are more likely to be found watching TV or playing with _______. But he said, “If he wants to come with me, he can. If he doesn’t, he doesn’t have to. He’s really healthy, fit and strong. He eats well and ______ well because he’s doing so much. He loves _______ off, and he loves showing other people his pigs and sheep.”

【1】A. Therefore B. Besides C. However D. Instead

【2】A. love B. work C. adventure D. imagination

【3】A. focusing on B. putting on C. taking on D. holding on

【4】A. look for B. go through C. come across D. care for

【5】A. Owing to B. Instead of C. Despite D. Apart from

【6】A. differently B. jokingly C. similarly D. seriously

【7】A. fresh B. strange C. ordinary D. local

【8】A. bricks B. tractors C. engines D. helicopters

【9】A. stubborn B. grateful C. helpful D. mean

【10】A. grow B. stay C. look D. wind

【11】A. hospital B. woods C. nursery D. parks

【12】A. destroy B. desert C. sell D. run

【13】A. confuse B. terrify C. beat D. walk

【14】A. creating B. throwing C. producing D. finding

【15】A. feed B. chase C. exchange D. swallow

【16】A. responded B. returned C. ignored D. imitated

【17】A. denied B. permitted C. admitted D. promised

【18】A. toys B. animals C. vegetables D. neighbors

【19】A. dresses B. reads C. plays D. sleeps

【20】A. laying B. showing C. paying D. burning

34、阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

Smell the flowers before you go to sleep and you may just end up with rosy dreams. Have a whiff of rotten(腐烂的)eggs during the night and your dreams may be【1】(pleasant). So says researcher Dr. Boris Stuck, 【2】invited sleeping volunteers to a rose vs. rotten egg test in the University Hospital Mannheim in Germany. The subjects didn’t dream about roses【3】eggs, but rather he found that what they smelt affected the emotions of【4】(they) dreams.

And if you think【5】(smell) have a say in dreams, wait for what TV tells us. A UK study reveals that people exposed【6】black-and-white film and TV in their youth are to have monochromic(单色的)dreams throughout their life more【7】(probable). Eva Murzyn from the University of Dundee tested two age groups— one half 【8】(age) over 55 and【9】other half under 25.

The result? Under 5% of the dreams of the under-25s were in black and white. 【10】(watch)color TV in childhood seems to be the reason why.

35、根据句意填空

In the USA, the Amish-a Christian group-are famous because they drive 【1】 instead of cars, do not use TVs or refrigerators, and do not have personal telephones. Many people assume the Amish must have 【2】 reasons for their many rules, but this is not true. In truth, whenever a new technology is introduced, the Amish meet and discuss its advantages and disadvantages. They then vote on whether they will accept it. The Amish 【3】 cars because they like having 【4】 communities where everyone lives close together. They have no TVs or refrigerators because their homes do not have electricity-they do not think it is necessary and 【5】 dealing with strangers, such as the people who work at the electric company.

36、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.

37、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.

38、阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。

Technology is forever changing the way we get our news. Many people now get a lot of their news on electronic devices, instead of traditional media, such as newspapers, television or radio. An increasing number of people also report turning to social media for information.

Now, there is a new technology that could greatly change the way we get the news: computer-created news readers. Recently, China launched what it called the worlds first artificial intelligence, or AI news presenters.

The news readers, supported by machine learning technology, are based on two real-life Chinese newsmen. One is able to present newscasts in English, the other, in Mandarin Chinese. Report said machine learning was used to examine video images and sounds of the two newsmen. Similar technology has been used to create video products known as “deepfake” videos. A deepfake is a video that looks real, but was electronically changed. Such videos can make people appear to say things they never said.

It's said that the AI presenters will be a great improvement to the news team because they “can work 24 hours a day” on its website and on social media. One of the presenters even promised to “work tirelessly” to keep people informed. Some machine learning experts said the system showed off China’s latest progress in voice recognition, text-to-speech technology and data analysis.

Some companies have experimented with similar technology for possible use in news operations. Britain’s BBC recently released a video that used machine learning to make it look like one of its news readers speaking different languages. The London-based company that developed the system says its goal is to “remove the language barrier” for many different kinds of video across the internet. Also, Amazon is working on Alexa smart speaker system to create a special news reader voice. Amazon is reportedly preparing to launch Alexas news reader voice in the near future.

39、假定你是校学生会主席李华，你校近期要举办“美丽家乡”国画展，你的外教老师Henry曾学习过中国国画，请你发邮件邀请他参加此次画展，内容包括：

1. 开办国画展的目的和意义；

2. 画展开办的时间、地点；

3. 表达期待。

注意： 1. 词数80左右；

2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Henry，

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Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

40、假如你叫李平，是一位成绩优秀的学生，你班班主任在安排座位时，让成绩好的学生和成绩差的学生作同桌，这在你们班成绩优秀的学生中引起了反响，班会课上大家就此进行了讨论。现在请你根据下表把讨论结果向班主任写一封信反映一下，并说出自己的观点。  

注意：1．词数：150字左右，短文的开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。  

2．短文需包括表中所有要点，内容可适当发挥，以使行文连贯。  

3．参考词汇：成绩差的学生：a slower student   自信：self-confidence  

Dear Mr. Zhang,  

We have held a discussion about whether it is good or not for a top student to share a desk with a slower student.

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41、假定你是李华，高考因受到疫情影响而推迟，你和美国网友Sam原定从今年6月30日开始的互助语言学习的计划受到影响。请你给他写一封邮件，说明相关情况。内容包括：

1. 表达歉意；

2. 说明原因；

3. 提出调整后的新方案。

注意：

1. 词数100左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

参考词汇：疫情 COVID-19 outbreak

Dear Sam,

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Yours

Li Hua