内江2025学年度第一学期期末教学质量检测六年级英语

1、She complained that she________ him for more than twenty years and she still didn’t know what went on inside his head.

A.had been married to B.had been married

C.had married with D.had married

2、Mary ______ and saw that a bear was moving towards her.

A.turned down B.turned up C.turned on D.turned around

3、Much to the couple's comfort，their income is now double ________ it was five years ago.

A.that B.if C.which D.what

4、Soon , his warm and inviting smile put me ______ and we spent the next two hours talking casually .

A. in confusion B. at ease

C. in doubt D. in despair

5、The two brothers quarrelled with each other over bicycle last night but they soon _______.

A. turned up B. put up

C. made up D. showed up

6、 you succeed!

A.Can B.May C.Must D.Will

7、Talk to me about ________ is troubling you.

A.that B.whichever C.whatever D.which

8、It is ________ practice to bring a present to the hostess when one is invited to dinner.

A.common B.ordinary C.general D.usual

9、With his wise thoughts about ________________ nature and the world, Confucius is a great thinker in ____________ history of China.

A.不填; the B.the; the C.不填; 不填 D.the; 不填

10、I know nothing about him ___ he is an Englishman .

A.except for B.except C.except that D.besides

11、As he works in a remote (遥远的) area, he visits his mother only ________.

A．anxiously

B．urgently

C．likely

D．occasionally

12、Sandra Oh, actress of “Killing Eve”, has the _______ of being the first Asian woman to pocket a Golden Globe Award.

A．distinction

B．discrimination

C．description

D．determination

13、—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

14、She ________ Japanese when she was in Japan. Now she can speak it freely.

A．picked out.

B．made out

C．made up

D．picked up

15、You'll have to pay one month's rent in ________，plus a ________ of $500.

A．advance；check

B．reservation；cash

C．advance；deposit

D．check；deposit

16、Scientists are hoping for a ____________ in the search for a cure for cancer.

A. reputation B. breakthrough

C. civilization D. sensation

17、Architects preferred _______ buildings with more light, which_______ with the heaviness of the Gothic cathedrals of the Middle ages.

A.to design, contrasts B.designing, contrasting

C.to design, to contrast D.designing, contrasted

18、 sweet, the food should be made by adding more sugar.

A.Tasting B.Taste C.Tasted D.To taste

19、Only when I left my parents for Italy ________ how comfortable it was to live in our home country.

A.I realized B.I had realized C.did I realize D.had I realized

20、No matter how busy he is, Tom makes ______a rule to see his parents every week.

A.this B.that C.it D.him

21、The library needs _______, but it’ll have to wait until Sunday.

A. cleaning B. be cleaned

C. clean D. being cleaned

22、Is it the driver or the passerby ________is________for the accident?

A．whom; to blame

B．who; to be blamed

C．that; to be blamed

D．that; to blame

23、If you____here half an hour ago, you would have known what we were talking about.

A．arrived

B．had arrived

C．should arrive

D．would arrive

24、Poverty alleviation is a high priority of our country and has been put on the top of________at two sessions.

A.agenda B.subject C.directory D.seminar

25、The exact date hasn't been decided. We'll have to wait for_________ week.

A.other B.others C.the other D.another

26、   Parents may worry that their children aren’t getting enough quality sleep. However, now there’s a smart bed to provide adults with sleep data by a smart app. The SleepIQ bed can alert (发出报警声) parents when their children are asleep, as well as if they are risking out of bed. If a child is tossing and turning (辗转反侧), it can also be adjusted to make it more comfortable.

The bed was first introduced at the International Consumer, Electronics Show (CES). It claims to be the only one in the world, which adjusts with children as they grow. Children don’t need to wear a smart-band or alternative wearable device in bed. Instead, the quality of their sleep is measured by sensors(传感器) in the bed, which monitor (监测) their present, average breathing rate, heart rate and movement. Then it assesses (评定) quality of sleep. They are given a SleepIQ score for each night’s sleep. Using an accompanying app, parents can see it clearly. It also allows parents to monitor routines (常规) that affect sleep, such as exercise, caffeine and screen time, helping them to develop a routine that helps develop a good night’s shut-eye.

The bed sends an alert to the app when it detects (探测) a child is out of bed or is restless, such as if he is having a nightmare. Its firmness can be adjusted to change the level of comfort and support to suit children as they grow. A “head tilt (倾斜)” feature for reading is built in, and parents can remotely turn a light out after reading time using the app. There are also fun features such as a “monster scanner”, which uses a mobile phone to check for and fight monsters under the bed. What’s more, an automatic light will guide children, if they need to get up in the middle of the night.

The bed is available online and at Sleep Number stores in the US from around $499, almost the same as the beds we are sleeping on.

【1】What does the text mainly talk about?

A.The smart bed helping sleep better.

B.Risks that children face when sleeping.

C.How parents take care of children.

D.How to get a good sleep.

【2】If children sleep on the SleepIQ bed, ________.

A.their sports performance will be improved

B.they no longer need to get up in the middle of the night

C.their health condition will be improved greatly

D.their sleep quality will be improved

【3】We can know from the text that ________.

A.the smart bed is as cheap as an ordinary one

B.another smart bed is needed with children growing older

C.children will never fall out of the SleepIQ bed

D.the SleepIQ bed is the best bed around the world

【4】Having the SleepIQ bed, ________.

A.children won’t have a nightmare

B.parents can be free from some worries

C.parents don’t need to care for children any more at night

D.children had better not read on the bed

27、Amazon Best Sellers: Best Books

A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership-April 17, 2018 by James Comey

In his book, James Comey, the former FBI director, shares his experiences from his career of American government, exploring what good, ethical（道德的）leadership looks like. His journey provides a remarkable lesson in what makes an effective leader.

Hardcover $17.99

12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos- January 23, 2018 by Jordan B. Peterson

What does everyone in the modern world need to know? Famous psychologist Jordan B. Peterson's answer combines the truths of ancient tradition with the findings of scientific research.

Hardcover $15.57

How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading Revised Edition by Mortimer J. Adler, Charles Van Doren

With half a million copies in print, How to Read a Book is the best guide to reading comprehension for the general reader, completely rewritten and updated with new material.Originally published in 1940, this book is a rare phenomenon, a living classic that introduces and clarifies the various levels of reading and how to achieve them—from elementary reading, through systematic skimming, to speed reading.

Paperback $10.31

Everybody, Always: Becoming Love in a World Full of Setbacks and Difficult People- April 17, 2018 by Bob Goff

What happens when we stop avoiding difficult people and simply love everyone? In his inspiring follow-up to the New York Times bestselling phenomenon Love Does, Bob Goff takes readers on a journey into the secret of living without fear, care, restriction, or worry.

Paperback $10.19

【1】If you want to become an effective leader, which book can you try?

A. How to Read a Book B. A Higher Loyalty

C. 12 Rules for Life D. Everybody, Always

【2】What do we know about How to Read a Book?

A. It has been published since 1940.

B. It is completely the same as the original one.

C. It is written by Mortimer J. Adler alone.

D. It is about living without fear.

【3】What can we learn from the passage?

A. All the four books are paperbacks.

B. Jordan B. Peterson is the former FBI director.

C. Paperbacks are cheaper than hardcovers.

D. Bob Goff is a famous psychologist.

28、Joining Us as a Games Volunteer！

The success of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games depends on your contribution！Join us as a Games Volunteer！

Games volunteers will be directly involved in assisting Games operations before, during and after the Tokyo 2020 Games. Games volunteers will guide athletes around, welcome important people and help lost visitors.

Number of Volunteering Days and Daily Hours

※The Tokyo Olympic Games will be held from Friday 24 July to Sunday 9 August 2020. In principle, Games volunteers will be required to work for at least a fortnight before, during and after the Olympic Games.

※Games volunteers will work eight hours per day including rest breaks. Actual shift lengths depend on event schedules, activities, activity sites, etc.

Age and Residential Requirements

Applicants must fulfill the following two requirements:

※Born on or before April 1, 2002.

※Japanese national or person with valid visa permitting residence in Japan during the volunteer period (temporary visitors included). Native speakers of English will be preferred.

Number of Games Volunteer Opportunities

80,000.

Method and Applicant Categories

※Applications will be submitted online.

※Individuals only.

Offers and Confirmation

Those applicants who attend the training sessions(会议) and are assigned a volunteer role will be offered to become a Tokyo 2020 Games volunteer.

Please note that the above offer will be cancelled in the event of any of the following:

※If the volunteer engages in any activity that damages the image of the Tokyo 2020 Games.

※If the volunteer engages in any activity that severely damages teamwork.

※If any information contained in the original application form is clearly found to be false.

Items and Welfares Provided to Volunteers

Volunteers will be provided with a set of free Olympic Games volunteer uniforms and meals during the work day.

【1】How long will a Games volunteer be required to work at least?

A.One week. B.Two weeks.

C.Three weeks. D.Four weeks.

【2】Who will be more likely to be accepted as a Games volunteer?

A.A Chinese. B.A Russian.

C.An Australian. D.A German.

【3】What will Games volunteers be provided with for free?

A.Clothing. B.Accommodation.

C.Transportation. D.Amusements.

29、Howard Carter Finds King Tut's Tomb

Howard Carter was only 17 years old when he first went to Egypt in 1891. His father was quite successful as a portrait painter in England. Howard had a great deal of artistic talent, but he did not want to become a portrait painter like his father. He wanted adventure. With his father's help, he got a job with an archaeologist who was on his way to Egypt. This was an exciting opportunity for young Howard Carter.

In Egypt, Howard Carter worked as an artist for some of the best Egyptologists（埃及古 物学者）of his time. An Egyptologist is an archaeologist whose focus is learning about ancient Egypt. It was not long before Howard Carter was quite well known among Egyptologists, not only as an artist but also for his knowledge about ancient Egypt and archaeology.

Howard Carter wanted to hunt for King Tut's tomb, but that took men and money. Howard Carter finally got lucky. Lord Carnarvon was a very rich man. Lord Carnarvon allowed Howard Carter to hire 50 men to help him search for Tut's tomb.

In November 1922, by the light of a candle, Howard Carter cut a hole in a secret door. Lord Carnarvon and Howard Carter carefully looked through the hole. What they saw through the peephole（窥视孔）） was amazing! They could not believe their eyes! The room was filled with treasures—couches shaped like animals, jeweled chests, vases, statues, and even chariots（二轮战车），all glittering with gold. It took months to move the treasures they found in the first room alone before they could open the doors in that room that led to other rooms! In other rooms, they found the chair King Tut had used as a small child.

The tomb was an incredible discovery, not only for its monetary value but also for its history. Historians learned so much about the people who lived over 3,000 years ago, about their culture and beliefs and daily life, from the objects found in King Tut's tomb. Howard Carter became world famous.

【1】What was Howard Carter interested in when he was young?

A.Becoming a portrait painter. B.Taking adventures.

C.Finding valuable jewelry. D.Becoming a famous man.

【2】What made Howard Carter famous in Egypt?

A.His father being a successful portrait painter.

B.His gift for art and his rich knowledge about archaeology.

C.Lord Carnarvon's  speaking highly of his adventure.

D.A large amount of gold found by him in Tut's tomb.

【3】How old was Howard Carter when he found the King Tut's tomb?

A.17. B.31. C.48. D.50.

【4】What's the main idea of the last paragraph?

A.The meaning of finding King Tut's tomb.

B.The process of discovering King Tut's tomb.

C.The history about King Tut.

D.The treasures dug out from King Tut's tomb.

30、   Saddleworth Moor in the north of England is a bare place. It seemed almost wired to me, then, that anyone should _____ the building of seven wind turbines( 风力发电机) to produce clean, renewable energy. Surely this was the perfect place to situate them--- basically dull, unattractive to tourists and ----- _____ ---windy. Yet Saddleworth is becoming another battleground in an increasingly confusing _____ over wind farming and the future of the planet.

Typical of this confusion is hearing Professor David Bellamy _____ the fight against wind farms. I had always thought of Professor Bellamy as an environmentalist had made the _____ assumption that he would be a natural supporter of wind power. However, on reflection, Bellamy would be better described as a conservationist, whose main aim is to preserve natural habitats of plants and animals from destruction, rather than a(n) _____ on climate change. He has fought against other renewable energies that _____ wildlife and wildness, and has described the wind turbines as weapons of mass destruction killing birds and bats.

Bellamy, along with other opponents, has argued the wind farms are in fact _____, and are only commercially successfully because they are so heavily funded. This argument has been put forward by several newspaper commentators recently , who have then gone to _____ nuclear power. This doesn’t take into account years of _____ from Greens who claim that nuclear power is both expensive and dangerous. And yet nuclear energy has recently been _____ by a leading green scientist , Professor James Lovelock, who was one of the first to draw attention to the problem of climate change. He argues that renewable energy such as wind simply cannot provide sufficient electricity for our energy needs.

And so it goes on. There are so many _____ claims, each apparently fronted by some outstanding scientists and backed up by a lot of statics. So who’s actually right? What’s the right solution? What _____ me is that we will take so long in deciding that it will be too late. The damage will have been done. Yet what I also _____ is how convenient these conflicting arguments are. We can avoid making any changes to our personal lifestyles by just doing nothing. Global warming isn’t down to me going to Barcelona by air for the weekend or having a dishwasher or driving everywhere; no, it’s because those people in Saddleworth won’t let us build our _____!

【1】A.take over B.call for C.look into D.object to

【2】A.vice versa B.or rather C.above all D.to date

【3】A.debate B.concern C.advantage D.control

【4】A.leading B.reporting C.watching D.abandoning

【5】A.cautious B.basic C.common D.false

【6】A.expert B.campaigner C.commentator D.columnist

【7】A.exploited B.threatened C.restored D.attracted

【8】A.unaided B.unfriendly C.uneconomic D.unbalanced

【9】A.produce B.praise C.eliminate D.research

【10】A.intentions B.passions C.opinions D.protest

【11】A.advocated B.rejected C.proposed D.overlooked

【12】A.expected B.successful C.conflicting D.personal

【13】A.relieves B.amazes C.disappoints D.worries

【14】A.predict B.recognize C.question D.ski

【15】A.wind farms B.power plants C.animal habitats D.nuclear engines

31、Most brides are angry when they are outshone(使逊色) at their own wedding. For Brenna Klemen, however, she would not have it any other way.

When Brenna married Brock Kendall back in April, she knew she _______ her 83-year-old grandmother to play a _______ role in the wedding. While at work as an ICU nurse, Brenna talked to a patient who _______ her to give her grandmother a very unusual role at her wedding.

“I was _______ a very sick elderly woman who told me a _______ of how she was a flower girl for her grandchild,” Brenna explained.

Brenna certainly _______ the idea for her own wedding day, and her grandmother, who prefers to be unnamed, was all for it as well!

“Grandma was very _______,” Brenna said. “She was almost in tears because she wanted to make sure she did OK on my special day.”

On the actual wedding day, Grandma did more than just OK, as she _______ stole the show! All _______ was on her as she walked down the aisle (过道), and the ________ moment was captured (拍摄) by wedding ________ Thomas Felts in images that have since ________ rapidly.

“Every time she threw more petals (花瓣) in the air, our family cheered loudly and happily,” Brenna said, adding that all of her wedding guests ________. This was a wedding that ________

nobody in attendance will ever ________!

While everyone loved the moment, nobody was ________ than Brenna’s grandfather, who told the photographer, “That' s my flower girl.”

The photos have ________ the hearts of people all over the globe.

“I have ________ that life is too short for us to think about the negatives. As my grandmother would say ‘________ is a choice,’” Brenna said. She is my inspiration, and I hope that she can inspire you too.

We’re so glad to see that Brenna got the wedding of her dreams, with a little ________ from her grandma!

【1】

A．employed

B．wanted

C．forced

D．directed

【2】

A．balanced

B．protective

C．similar

D．major

【3】

A．promised

B．encouraged

C．invited

D．allowed

【4】

A．competing with

B．believing in

C．looking after

D．operating on

【5】

A．story

B．theory

C．test

D．survey

【6】

A．understood

B．loved

C．abandoned

D．explored

【7】

A．disappointed

B．confused

C．honest

D．emotional

【8】

A．completely

B．secretly

C．carefully

D．formally

【9】

A．pressure

B．influence

C．luck

D．attention

【10】

A．decisive

B．magical

C．sweet

D．final

【11】

A．planner

B．guest

C．photographer

D．singer

【12】

A．spread

B．shaped

C．changed

D．appeared

【13】

A．sighed

B．laughed

C．waited

D．interrupted

【14】

A．commonly

B．fortunately

C．immediately

D．absolutely

【15】

A．accept

B．realize

C．forget

D．stop

【16】

A．prouder

B．kinder

C．politer

D．calmer

【17】

A．united

B．touched

C．broken

D．weakened

【18】

A．supposed

B．warned

C．proven

D．learned

【19】

A．Forgiveness

B．Success

C．Happiness

D．Popularity

【20】

A．guidance

B．help

C．benefit

D．respect

32、Learning to Accept

I learned how to accept life as it is from my father. _______, he did not teach me acceptance when he was strong and healthy, but rather when he was  _________ and ill.

My father was _______ a strong man who loved being active, but a terrible illness _______ all that away. Now he can no longer walk, and he must sit quietly in a chair all day. Even talking is  _______. One night, I went to visit him with my sisters. We started _______ about life, and I told them about one of my_______. I said that we must very often give things up _______ we grow --- our youth, our beauty, our friends --- but it always _______ that after we give something up, we gain something new in its place. Then suddenly my father ________ up. He said, “But, Peter, I gave up ________! What did I gain?” I thought and thought, but I couldn’t think of anything to say. ________, he answered his own question: “I ________ the love of my family,” I looked at my sisters and saw tears in their eyes, along with hope and thankfulness.

I was also ________ by his words. After that, when I began to feel irritated (愤怒的) at someone, I ________ remember his words and become ________. If he could replace his great pain with a feeling of love for others, then I should be ________ to give up my small irritations. In this ________, I learned the power of acceptance from my father.

Sometimes I ________ what other things I could have learned from him if I had listened more carefully when I was a boy. For now, though, I am grateful for this one ________

【1】A.Afterwards B.Therefore C.However D.Meanwhile

【2】A.tired B.weak C.poor D.slow

【3】A.already B.still C.only D.once

【4】A.took B.threw C.sent D.put

【5】A.impossible B.difficult C.stressful D.hopeless

【6】A.worrying B.caring C.talking D.asking

【7】A.decisions B.experiences C.ambitions D.beliefs

【8】A.as B.since C.before D.till

【9】A.suggests B.promises C.seems D.requires

【10】A.spoke B.turned C.summed D.opened

【11】A.something B.anything C.nothing D.everything

【12】A.Surprisingly B.Immediately C.Naturally D.Certainly

【13】A.had B.accepted C.gained D.enjoyed

【14】A.touched B.astonished C.attracted D.warned

【15】A.should B.could C.would D.might

【16】A.quiet B.calm C.relaxed D.happy

【17】A.ready B.likely C.free D.able

【18】A.case B.form C.method D.way

【19】A.doubt B.wonder C.know D.guess

【20】A.award B.gift C.lesson D.word

33、   “You are being put thousands of dollars into debt to learn things you will never even use. Wasting 4 years of your life to be stuck at a paycheck that grows slower than the rate of inflation (通货膨胀). Paying $200 for a $6 textbook.” Wilson said in his social network.

His story has produced a ________ debate in the comments online. Other young adults are wondering if ________ higher education is worth the time and money.

Wilson, who was on an Architectural Engineering undergraduate course told BBC Trending that the “cost of inflation is relatively small compared to the cost of college over the last 30 or so years. I mean, it really is ridiculous how the cost of college has ________.”

He’s supported by data. According to the US Department of Education the average annual increase in college tuition in the United States, between 1980-2014, grew by nearly 260% compared to the nearly 120% ________  in all consumer items.

In 1980, the average cost of tuition, room and board, and fees for a four-year course was over $9,000. That cost now is more than $23,000 for state colleges. If you want to go ________ it’s more than $30,000.

A similar increase in tuition fees has also been seen in England. In 2012, the government supported initiatives from some universities to ________ more than the 9,000 tuition fee limit.

Wilson also regarded higher education ________ as a reason to leave university and enter the workplace. Students in the United States are estimated to be in around over $1.2 trillion of loan debt with 7 million borrowers.

Wilson says that when he first told his parents that he was leaving university, they were “very ________” but are now supportive of his decision. His parents finally came round to his decision to ________ his studies. Others, like Blair Brown, who agreed with Wilson also pointed out that some professions do require a university degree.

“Being an engineer, scientist, or computer technician could be learned rather quickly through apprenticeships, independent study, and hands-on experience. Human nature is to learn by doing, not ________ to do. As for more professional careers such as medical doctors and lawyers, university study is ________ necessary,” Brown commented.

Wilson, who told Trending that he is currently ________ for a trade show sales team and his employers did Google him and they saw the funny side. He adds that he hopes enough work experience will ________ him to be employed by an architectural engineering team in the future.

He doesn’t think university will play any ________ in that future. “They would have to make a ________ change to the system before I would consider that and I don’t think they’ll do that while I’m still young enough to want to go.”

【1】A.troublesome B.vigorous C.open D.reliable

【2】A.pursuing B.paying C.accepting D.refusing

【3】A.stayed up B.paid up C.gone up D.grown up

【4】A.decline B.improvement C.amount D.increase

【5】A.private B.abroad C.public D.ahead

【6】A.charge B.collect C.pay D.exchange

【7】A.quality B.consumption C.debt D.quantity

【8】A.happy B.upset C.relieved D.crazy

【9】A.follow B.continue C.select D.abandon

【10】A.consuming B.working C.learning D.experiencing

【11】A.knowingly B.admittedly C.mentally D.academically

【12】A.employed B.acknowledged C.confirmed D.approved

【13】A.promote B.revise C.motivate D.allow

【14】A.joke B.impact C.part D.effect

【15】A.moderate B.big C.slight D.reverse

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、按照课文内容填空

At the time they were created, the Impressionist paintings were【1】, but today they are accepted as the beginning of【2】we call “modern art’. This is because the Impressionists 【3】artists to look at their environment in new ways. There are scores of modern art styles, but 【4】the Impressionists, many of these painting styles might not exist. On the one hand, some modern art is abstract; that is, the painter doesn’t 【5】to paint objects as we see them with our eyes, 【6】instead concentrates on certain qualities of the object, 【7】color, line and shape to represent them. On the【8】hand, some paintings of modern art are so 【9】 that they look photographs. These styles are so different. Who can【10】what painting styles there will be in the future?

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: 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.

The Internet E-commerce and globalization are making a new economic age possible. In the future, capitalist markets will largely be replaced by a new kind of economic system based on 【1】 relationships, contractual arrangements and access rights.

Has the quality of our lives at work, at home and in our communities increased in direct proportion to all the new Internet and business-to-business Internet services being introduced into our lives? I have asked this question of hundreds of CEOs and corporate executives in Europe and the United States. Surprisingly, virtually everyone has said, “No, quiet 【2】.” They say they are working longer hours, feel more stressed, are more impatient, and are even less civil in their dealings with colleagues and friends-not to mention strangers. And what’s more revealing, they place much of the blame on the very same technologies they are so 【3】 supporting.

The technological leader promised us that access would make life more convenient. Instead, the very technological wonders that were supposed to 【4】 us have begun to enslave us in a web of connections from which there seems to be no easy 【5】.

If an earlier generation was preoccupied with the quest to enclose a vast 【6】 land, the .com generation, it seems, is more caught up in the colonization of time. Every spare moment of our time is being filled with some form of commercial connection, making time itself the 【7】 of all resources.

And while we have created every kind of labor-and time-saving device to service our needs, we are beginning to feel like we have less time available to us than any other humans in history. Maybe we need to ask what kinds of connections really 【8】 in the e-economy age. If this new technology 【9】 is only about super efficiency, then we risk losing something even precious than time-our sense of what it means to be a(n) 【10】 human being.

38、假定你是李华，你的外国笔友Derik正在武汉旅游，不料新冠肺炎（COVID-19）来袭，令他非常恐慌。请你给他写一封邮件，内容包括：

1. 表示安慰；

2. 病毒来源；

3. 预防建议（不少于两点）

4. 你的祝愿。

注意：1. 词数80左右。

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Derik,

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Yours,

Li Hua

39、假定你是李华，你的新西兰笔友Mason最近发邮件询问新冠肺炎爆发期间你在家学习的情况，请根据以下要点用英语给他回复。

1．你是怎么学习的；

2．遇到问题时，你是怎么解决的；

3．你的感受和愿望是什么。

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：新冠肺炎 COVID-19；流行病 epidemic

Dear Mason,

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Yours,

Li Hua

40、假如你校打算为留学生举办“穿汉服，学书法”的中国传统文化体验活动，请根据以下内容以学生会的名义用英语写一则通知。

1. 时间：7月30日下午3点；

2. 地点：留学生服务中心；

3. 内容：体验穿汉服、学写毛笔字、展示作品、交流体会、拍照留念等；

4. 要求：7月24日前到学生会找李华报名，并告知自己的服装尺码。

注意：1. 词数100左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3. 通知的格式已为你写好，不计入总词数。

参考词汇：汉服Han-style clothes（Hanfu）; 书法、毛笔字（calligraphy）

Notice

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Studnet Union

July 21st

41、你校将举办一次主题为“我和我的祖国(Me and My Motherland)”的英语征文比赛，你受学生会委托为学校宣传栏的“英语天地”写一则通知。内容包括：

1. 征文比赛的具体要求；

2. 动员大家参加。

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：爱国精神patriotism

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