绵阳2025学年度第二学期期末教学质量检测高三英语

1、This article is too long.You should______the unimportant details to make it shorter.

A.find out B.pick out C.make out D.leave out

2、Not only _____ effective in reducing fever and helping stop pain. but there are also other things  that aspirin can help with.

A.aspirin has proved B.aspirin proved C.has aspirin proved D.did aspirin prove

3、The event has not only increased public________of world hunger, but raised a lot of money for the poor children.

A.direction B.contribution C.awareness D.loneliness

4、I feel most angry about the way ______ I’ve been treated.

A. which B. where

C. that D. how

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

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

6、No child under 12 is allowed to go to the lake alone; any walk close to the lake ________by a parent.

A．must be accompanied

B．must accompany

C．can be accompanied

D．should accompany

7、—— Have they made the final decision?

—— Yes, but it’s ________ likely that they will change their mind again tomorrow.

A. rather than B. other than C. less than D. or rather

8、__________these messages always seem important at the time, most people can’t really remember them the next day.

A.Because B.Unless C.While D.Since

9、--- Tom has a good memory.

---So he does. He can remember every______ in great detail.

A. incident B. accident

C. affair D. event

10、________ from his parents, and ________ that he has wasted too much time, the boy is determined to stop playing video games.

A．Pressing; realizing

B．Pressed; realized

C．Pressing; realized

D．Pressed; realizing

11、______ a book in front of your face, you’ll feel the air moving against your face.

A．Waved

B．Wave

C．To wave

D．Waving

12、--- Is it convenient to you if I call you up at 9 o’clock tomorrow morning?

--- I’m afraid not. I ______ a meeting then.

A．will have attended

B．was attending

C．will be attending

D．am attending

13、The question whether college students should do part-time jobs is still ________ debate.

A.under B.in C.for D.with

14、 ______ is surprising to us is that Tom, for ______ English was once boring, can speak English fluently as though he were a native speaker.

A．What; whom

B．What; whose

C．It; whose

D．As; whom

15、He wished he ____ in his house that day. If he hadn’t, he ____ everything overnight in the fire.

A. didn’t smoke; wouldn’t lose B. hadn’t smoked; wouldn’t have lost

C. didn’t smoke; wouldn’t have lost D. hadn’t smoked; wouldn’t lose

16、Tsinghua University _________ the No. 1 spot in the Times Higher Education’s Asia University Rankings 2019, becoming the first university on the Chinese mainland to top the list.

A.countered B.claimed C.commanded D.competed

17、Which of the following sentences is correct?

A.We urge effective measures taken immediately.

B.What a tiny spot I was this enormous world!

C.That’s quite difficult as I don’t speak much of the local English dialect yet.

D.There was a newly made platform for Jenny and me to sleep.

18、No matter where he is, he makes ________ a rule to go out for a walk before breakfast.

A．him    B．this   C．that    D．it

19、Over the past few years, Clinton has spoken often of her approach ____ foreign policy.

A. of B. for C. about D. to

20、New technologies have make _______ possible to turn out new products faster and at a lower cost.

A.that B.this C.one D.it

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

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

A. considered; setting B. considered; set

C. considering; set D. considering; setting

22、He wanted to make sure________.

A.how we went there by bus

B.where did we go

C.what did we go there

D.when we went there

23、The train began to move _________ I reached the platform.

A.the immediate B.direct C.the minutes D.instantly

24、The building was designed to   the elderly and provide them with the best environment.

A.calculate B.accommodate C.expose D.resemble

25、The twin brothers look so alike that it is very difficult to tell one from .

A. other B. another

C. others   D. the other

26、Personal Robot

Make your parents and teachers happy!

Are you having problems finishing your homework on time? Do you avoid tidying your room until your mom shouts at you? You don’t need to worry if you buy a Mr. Helping Hand personal robot. Mr. H can be programmed to organize your homework. Your own personal robot will follow you around, putting away books and objects that you have left on the floor or bed.

Mr. H also has these features (特点)：

• weighs only 500 grams

• includes long-lasting batteries(电池)

• comes with a 5-year guarantee

• remembers simple instructions

Originally (最初) sold for $499

NOW ONLY $ 299

WATCH CONTROL

This is a watch that James Bond would be proud to wear!

This is NOT a watch for ordinary people!

Your electronic PENGO WATCH CONTROL

• acts as a remote control for TVs and videos.

• gives you a daily weather forecast.

• reminds you when to hand in your homework.

• sets off a silent warning alarm when parents or teachers are near.

Besides, your PENGO WATCH CONTROL will always tell you the time accurately!

Originally sold for $199

NOW ONLY $ 99

For further information, click here.

【1】With help from a Mr. H, you can ________.

A.stop using batteries

B.finish your homework on time

C.remember your teacher’s instructions

D.get your room tidied on your way home

【2】You can get your Mr. H for ________.

A.$499 B.$299 C.$199 D.$99

【3】A PENGO WATCH CONTROL can help you to ________.

A.repair your TV B.organize your homework

C.be a James Bond D.know what the weather is like

【4】Where would you be most likely to find the two texts?

A.On a notice board B.In a company brochure

C.On a teenage website D.In a college newspaper

27、Your 2019 Reading List, Provided by Bill Gates

Do you want to be a billionnaire? Most of us can’t live like billionaire Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, but we can read like him. Gates recommended four books in 2019—though some were published earlier.

Leonardo da Vinci, by Walter Isaacson (2018)

The bestselling biographer of Steve Jobs and Albert Einstein researched deeply into da Vinci’s contributions beyond art, highlighting the breadth of his scientific, technological, and creative output. “Leonardo nearly understood almost all of what was known on the planet at the time. That’s mostly because of his curiosity about every area of natural science and the human experience,” said Gates.

The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir, by Thi Bui (2018)

Gates calls this graphic novel “really impressive”. Bui is the daughter of Vietnamese refugees who came to America after the fall of Saigon, and becoming a parent inspired her to look into her own parents’ miserable history. “I was struck by how the experiences Bui describes manage to be both universal and specific to their circumstances,” said Gates.

Lincoln in the Bardo, by George Saunders (2018)

Saunders, a long-time short story writer, won high praise for this novel. The book imagines the ghosts that haunt (萦绕) the basement of Willie Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln’s son, who died at 11 in real life. “Willie’s death after the Civil War made the president have a new understanding of the grief he’s creating in other families by sending their sons off to die in battle,” said Gates.

Origin Story: A Big History of Everything, by David Christian (2018)

This new book is by the creator of Big History, a free, online social studies course. It traces history in wide, sweeping movements, starting with the Big Bang, and it provides, in effect, a short course in modern science. This is a brief history of the universe. “David gets a little stuck on the current economic and political problems in the West, and I wish he talked more about the role technology will play in preventing the worst effects of climate change,” said Gates.

【1】Which books refer to the field of science?

A.Leonardo da Vinci and The Best We Could Do

B.Lincoln in the Bardo and Origin Story

C.Origin Story and Leonardo da Vinci

D.The Best We Could Do and Lincoln in the Bardo

【2】If you are interested in thrillers, whose book will you most probably choose?

A.Walter Isaacson B.Thi Bui

C.David Christian D.George Saunders

【3】What conclusion can be drawn from the passage?

A.The Best We Could Do left Gates unfavourable impressions.

B.Leonardo da Vinci only made contributions to art.

C.David Christian talks much about technology.

D.Lincoln in the Bardo has been warmly received.

28、Paper route

A paper route is one of the most common tried and true ways to earn money, and has been the first job for many kids over the decades.

Pros:

First, if your child rides his bicycle every morning during deliveries, he will be getting a great workout while he is earning money. Second, paper deliverers have the freedom to do their route as quickly as they want, in the order that they want; and they don’t have to dress up to do it!

Cons:

Unpredictable Weather: your child will be facing adverse(不利的) weather conditions.

Early Morning Hours: newspapers have to arrive early, many times by 5:00 in the morning. But your children might have to be up as early as 2: 00 a. m. to get the papers out on time.

Collecting Money: It can be intimidating(令人胆怯的 ) for some children to ask strangers for money.

What Kids Can Learn About Money (by doing a paper route):

Paper routes depend on punctuality of the paper delivery. Your child will learn to deliver the papers by a specified time each morning.

Family business

If you own your own business, you can hire them to work for your family business.

Pros:

Since you will be the employer, you can make changes to their schedule if you need to. In addition, your child will work for you, so you’ll always know where he is and be able to keep an eye on him.

Cons:

Variability: depending on your line of work, you may not have enough work to keep your child busy consistently.

Limited for Children: If you don’t have your own business, but like the idea, you may want to ask friends, neighbors, or relatives you know who might want to hire some additional help.

What Kids Can Learn About Money (by working for the family business):

Working for the family will give your children a direct line of communication when they want to talk. Give them the opportunity to discuss pay rates with you. Introduce them to negotiations to agree on a fair rate.

【1】What are the advantages of paper routes, according to the passage?

A.They are safe and have a flexible schedule.

B.You just work in the morning and can get a great workout.

C.You don’t have to wear a uniform or work in your spare time.

D.You will get exercise and have the freedom to work the way you want.

【2】What is the advantage of parents having their children work for the family business?

A.They can change their children’s schedule as they want.

B.They can ensure the safety of their children.

C.It makes them busy, so they don’t have time to work.

D.it will help children develop the spirit of enterprise.

【3】Which of the following is TRUE about the two jobs mentioned above?

A.Children have to arrive at 5: 00 am to prepare the newspapers on a paper route.

B.Parents approve of children asking strangers for money on a paper route

C.Working for the family business can increase the communication between parents and children.

D.Only children whose parents own a business can work

29、Twenty-nine-year-old Maxim Kiselev lives in Moscow, Russia, with his beautiful wife, Natalia, and lives with a disease which mainly affects the left side of his body. Maxim is a wheelchair dancer, and does both ballroom style dancing and figure skating on ice.

He initially took up dancing when he was 14 years old as a way to strengthen his body--in particular his left arm and fingers which had limited functionality at the time. Gradually, he began to think about becoming the standing partner of a person using a wheelchair; however, his challenges with balance meant it wasn't going to be possible. His mother and coach suggested he get into a wheelchair himself. He unwillingly got into a wheelchair but was quickly pleased by his progress.

The possibilities without a partner were limited, so Maxim went on in search of a dance partner. With only some practice with his first partner, the pair took part in their first tournament, where they performed well. While his start in partner dancing was good, finding a right partner wasn't easy. His mother would get in touch with the girls' parents or coaches and the vast majority had very rude reactions as soon as they found out he was disabled.

His coaches drove him to grow and develop as a dancer, and came up with some great techniques to help him. His dancing was improved even further when his third coach forced him to think in the way a standing dancer did. Maxim says this is what helped his performance to look like dancing rather than just rolling back and forth on the dance floor.

Maxim says his greatest pride is having taken his dancing skills on ice. He is the first high level figure skater in a wheelchair, and still the only one to this day. Maxim is taking a break from dance because of health issues, but he recently participated in a Russian Virtual Reality Project which aims to motivate people with disabilities to get more active in real life.

【1】How does Maxim's disease affect him?

A．He gives up his dream to become a dancer.

B．He can only control half of his body freely.

C．He has no way to make a living all the time.

D．He has an extremely unhappy marriage life.

【2】Why did Maxim start dancing?

A．To be a standing dance partner.

B．To meet his mother's expectation.

C．To improve his physical condition.

D．To get himself out of a wheelchair.

【3】What difficulty did Maxim have while looking for a dance partner?

A．Few people praised his talent.

B．Nobody helped with the search.

C．He was rejected because of his skills.

D．He faced discrimination due to disability.

【4】What does the underlined word "this" in paragraph 4 refer to?

A．Mastering dancing techniques.

B．Thinking like a standing dancer.

C．Helping people with disabilities.

D．Making some progress in dancing.

30、   We had a tornado touch down near the school, and as expected, we went into our emergency tornado procedures. It was a day we never wanted to happen, but ______ prepared for throughout the school year. I wasn’t even in the ______ when it happened. I had taken a student with me to the workroom to help ______ items for a project. When the alarm started ______ I immediately grabbed my student’s hand and ______ as fast as I could back to the classroom.

Never did I imagine needing to put our tornado ______ to use. I never imagined actually needing to ______ my students up against the wall, have them crouch(蹲) down with their knees and heads ______ the ground, hands on the backs of their heads. Their hearts were ______ so fast they couldn’t catch their breath, and the ______ filled their eyes looking up at me as they ask if their family and ______ were going to be okay.

I was so proud and surprised at how my students ______ themselves then. In the midst of the very ______ and dangerous situation, my students faced it with the attitudes and mindset of children much ______ than them. Never in my life have I seen my students ______ directions so quickly, precisely, and without hesitation. ______ some tears were shed(掉落), and some hearts were beating fast, my students were brave. They had such a firm ______ in my assistant and myself that they were able to be 100% ______. They were brave beyond their years and today I am very ______ for that.

Right now, I ______ the day and am thankful for our safety, courage, and bravery.

【1】A.hardly B.continually C.safely D.suddenly

【2】A.classroom B.school C.workroom D.laboratory

【3】A.buy B.deliver C.gather D.swap

【4】A.coming about B.blowing away C.sending up D.going off

【5】A.called B.ran C.drove D.stepped

【6】A.drills B.features C.events D.details

【7】A.get B.put C.line D.set

【8】A.kicking B.hitting C.scratching D.touching

【9】A.beating B.jumping C.trembling D.striking

【10】A.courage B.fear C.hope D.disaster

【11】A.brothers B.classmates C.sisters D.friends

【12】A.impressed B.handled C.considered D.injured

【13】A.vivid B.unique C.scary D.practical

【14】A.older B.smarter C.healthier D.luckier

【15】A.announce B.describe C.recite D.follow

【16】A.Since B.Unless C.Although D.Because

【17】A.goal B.emotion C.trust D.conclusion

【18】A.clear B.calm C.cautious D.honest

【19】A.enthusiastic B.sensitive C.confident D.grateful

【20】A.look back on B.make up for C.look forward to D.take advantage of

31、   Back in 1959.when I was 13, I attended a school in Brooklyn.Because of the Sabbath on Friday, we had an early______from school.Most of the students would go to local parks to play basketball or baseball.I always______myself instead in a small public library,______for hours before sundown, the beginning of the Sabbath.

There was a kind of______ in that library that led me to worlds that I thought I'd never see.I was______to the Green Mountain Boys, to Isaac Asimov robots, to the swashbuckling novels of Thomas B.Costain and to a whole list of______ of the mind.I found a paradise(乐园) of silence where I could______ my inner self and find the treasures of other worlds.

However after watching the______generation of teens.______in the troubled waters of technology, I had little confidence in the______of the book.I felt sure that the physical object would be a thing of the past which the Twitter(推特)world had already:______, limiting the imagination of this______to the few characters that they could ______ in the shortest period.

But on a Saturday in August, I was shocked into the______ that my fears might be unnecessary .

Stony Brook University ______a competition for teens representing local public libraries.The participation of my granddaughter, Kayla, brought it to my ______.

In the Student Activities Center, hundreds of young people came in character costumes,______ready to respond to a multitude of questions about books they had read.They had spent the summer in______.

Imagine, a(n)______summer reading when they could have lazed with their smart phones and followed the president into the Twitter universe.Instead, they followed their imaginations and______themselves to the books .Perhaps there is hope for the world.

【1】A. start B. release C. reply D. warming

【2】A. stopped B. imagined C. amused D. noticed

【3】A. dreaming B. discussing C. reading D. struggling

【4】A. book B. quiet C. guide D. light

【5】A. introduced B. bound C. persuaded D. forced

【6】A. fights B. analyses C. images D. adventures

【7】A. lose B. desert C. ignore D. explore

【8】A. current B. last C. next D. coming

【9】A. ruined B. drawn C. stuck D. abused

【10】A. publication B. survival C. list D. content

【11】A. destroyed B. reached C. attracted D. overtaken

【12】A. librarian B. generation C. university D. neighborhood

【13】A. consume B. play C. recognize D. defeat

【14】A. hope B. promise C. awareness D. inspiration

【15】A. proposed B. abandoned C. delayed D. hosted

【16】A. childhood B. memory C. home D. attention

【17】A. hopefully B. enthusiastically C. unwillingly D. physically

【18】A. advance B. vain C. preparation D. presentation

【19】A. entire B. full C. hot D. busy

【20】A. delivered B. betray C. devote D. left

32、Mark Roswell returned to his house in Milan, Italy, from visiting his parents-in-law in Beijing. No sooner had he _______ the plane than he put himself straight into quarantine (隔离) in his bedroom for 14 days, _______ from his families and relatives. “Having learned about the COVID-19 disease, we knew what was happening currently in our _______ and we were afraid for ourselves, our families and friends,” said the 48-year-old Italian.

14 days later, he walked outside into the street, _______ a mask and gloves. His Italian friends _______ looked at him, laughing at him about his behavior. “I tried my best to _______ that I should wear them in order to avoid communicating the _______ to others, but no one understood,” Roswell said.

Back from China, many Italians were fully aware what was coming and _______ the word: stay at home. So as most Italians enjoyed themselves in the get-together or _______ into cafes and bars as ________, the Chinese residents of Milan had seemingly ________.

In late February and early March, there was a sudden ________ in Italian infections with the epidemic (流行病). Some families, who keep Chinese citizenship, even began to send children to relatives in China, ________ at the attitude and ________ of Italians around them.

Soon enough the epidemic took away many lives and perhaps it was then that the locals came to realize how ________ the Chinese were behaving.

【1】

A．got off

B．got on

C．pull off

D．took off

【2】

A．appointed

B．kept

C．interrupted

D．separated

【3】

A．office

B．homeland

C．hospital

D．company

【4】

A．buying

B．selling

C．wearing

D．choosing

【5】

A．strangely

B．excitedly

C．angrily

D．delightedly

【6】

A．whisper

B．apologize

C．scream

D．explain

【7】

A．genes

B．means

C．virus

D．criteria

【8】

A．forgot

B．spread

C．clicked

D．complained

【9】

A．hurried

B．sank

C．crowded

D．divided

【10】

A．far

B．constant

C．necessary

D．usual

【11】

A．disappeared

B．forgave

C．suffered

D．arisen

【12】

A．decrease

B．increase

C．memorial

D．expectation

【13】

A．alarmed

B．amazed

C．fired

D．determined

【14】

A．welfare

B．innocence

C．behavior

D．concern

【15】

A．roughly

B．casually

C．differently

D．wisely

33、My parents operated a small restaurant in Seattle. It was open twenty-four hours a day, six days a week. And my first real job, when I was six years old, was _________ the diners’ shoes. My father had done it when he was young, so he taught me _________ to do it efficiently (有效地), telling me to _________ to re-shine the shoes if the customer wasn’t _________.

Working in the restaurant was a cause of great _________ because I was also working for the good of the family. But my father _________ that I had to meet certain _________ to be part of the team. I had to be punctual (守时的), hard-working, and polite to the _________.

I was _________ paid for the work I did at the restaurant. One day I made the mistake of advising Dad that he __________ give me $10 a week. He said, “OK. How about you paying me for three meals a day you have here? And __________ the times you bring in your friends for free soft drinks?” He __________ I owed him about $40 a week.

I remember returning to Seattle after being __________ in the US Army for about two years. I had just been promoted (升迁) to Captain at that time. And full of pride, I walked into my parents’ restaurant, but the __________ thing Dad said was, “How about your __________ up tonight?” I couldn’t __________ my ears! I am an officer in the Army! But it didn’t __________ as far as Dad was concerned. I was just __________ member of the team. I reached for the mop (拖把). Working for Dad has taught me the devotion to a __________ is above all. It has nothing to do with __________ that team is involved in a family restaurant or the US Army.

【1】

A．cleaning

B．shining

C．removing

D．keeping

【2】

A．why

B．what

C．when

D．how

【3】

A．offer

B．refuse

C．love

D．learn

【4】

A．interested

B．annoyed

C．relaxed

D．satisfied

【5】

A．fun

B．pride

C．trouble

D．effort

【6】

A．got it right

B．kept it a rule

C．made it clear

D．took it for granted

【7】

A．standards

B．needs

C．challenges

D．situations

【8】

A．family

B．workers

C．customers

D．friends

【9】

A．never

B．always

C．seldom

D．ever

【10】

A．must

B．should

C．might

D．could

【11】

A．at

B．before

C．around

D．for

【12】

A．worked out

B．found out

C．put out

D．thought out

【13】

A．alone

B．away

C．outside

D．off

【14】

A．usual

B．last

C．next

D．first

【15】

A．washing

B．taking

C．cleaning

D．moving

【16】

A．ignore

B．follow

C．believe

D．understand

【17】

A．happen

B．care

C．go

D．matter

【18】

A．no

B．other

C．some

D．another

【19】

A．team

B．family

C．leader

D．restaurant

【20】

A．why

B．whether

C．when

D．how

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

It will be beyond anything we organics could imagine.

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Yet, some people are【1】 They claim that surfing the Internet is a waste of time. They make the 【2】 that children spend too much time chatting and playing games instead of 【3】 on their school work. However, a recent survey conducted in the USA shows that 80 per cent of Internet users 【4】 it mostly to search for answers to questions. The second most common use of the Internet, for 79 per cent of Internet users, is to find out information about hobbies. These statistics prove that gathering information is the 【5】 use for the Internet.

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.

A tiger at the Bronx Zoo in New York City has tested positive for the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus, becoming the first known case of human-animal 【1】, the zoo's chief veterinarian said on Sunday.

Nadia, the 4-year-old Malayan tiger that tested positive, was 【2】 for the COVID-19 disease after 【3】 a dry cough along with three other tigers and three lions, the Wildlife Conservation Society, which manages the zoo, said in a statement.

All of the cats are expected to recover, it said. But officials believe this is a unique case because Nadia became sick after 【4】 to an asymptomatic zoo employee, Paul Calle, chief veterinarian at the Bronx Zoo, told Reuters.

Calle said they did not know which employee infected the tiger. "This is the first time that we have discovered that a person infects the animal and the animal gets sick," Calle said, adding that they planned to share the findings with other zoos and institutions. " I guess 【5】 we will all have a better understanding as a result.

While the other tigers and lions were also 【6】 symptoms, the zoo decided to test only Nadia because she was the sickest and  had started to lose her appetite already, and they did not want to 【7】 all the cats to anesthesia(麻醉), Calle said.

Nadia 【8】 X-rays, an ultrasound(超声波) and blood tests to try to figure out what was making her sick . They decided to test for COVID-19 【9】 the surge in cases in New York City, the epicenter of the outbreak in the United States.The first tiger at the zoo, which has been shut since mid-March, began showing 【10】 of illness on March 27, according to the US Department of Agriculture National Veterinary Services Laboratories.

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、假设你是李华，学校邀请著名书法家沈鹏到校举行书法讲座。请你给外教David写封邮件邀请他参加。

内容要点：1.讲座时间：5月15日（星期日）上午8:00---11:00；

2.讲座地点：艺术楼演讲大厅；

3.活动安排：听讲座，讨论及提问题，观摩名家即兴创作等；

注意：1. 词数100左右；2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3.calligraphy 书法；improvise即兴表演

Dear David,

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Yours,

Li Hua

39、阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。

Human beings are smart. However, it seems that people are gradually losing their smartness as smartphones become more and more important assistants in their lives, reported news website Record Japan on Oct. 22. As we rely too much on technology instead of our brains, many people have lost three basic abilities, said the website.

The first skill many people have lost is remembering phone numbers. Because phone numbers are stored in smart phone contacts, there's no need to dial a number or look at it again.

And some people may also have lost their sense of direction because navigation apps can guide people anywhere they want to go. These apps can even find shortest routes for you and avoid traffic jams. But the worst lost skills may be social ones, meaning that some people are becoming socially inept(无能的）. People often bury themselves in their smart phones. As we're too addicted to what's happening in the virtual world, some of us have lost conversational skills and sometimes can't even tell whether a person is happy or not.

In August, researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles, studied 51 students aged 11 and 12 who had over five hours' screen time every day. Their task was to tell the emotions of 48 pictures of faces that were happy, sad, angry or scared. The children made an average of 14.02 mistakes at the beginning. But after a five-day camp without electronic (电子的) products, they made only 9.41 mistakes on average. “If you’re not practicing face-to-face communication, you could be losing important social skills,” concluded professor Yalda Uhls from the research.

Luckily, people still have a chance to get these abilities back. You should try to keep your parents' numbers in mind for emergencies. You should also pay more attention to street signs and stores, which will help you to draw a mind map and stop you from getting lost. And the easiest solution to social skill loss is to take a break from electronic devices because we are social creatures. We need device-free time.

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40、阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。

In December 2018, The Guardian changed its wording-using 'global heating' instead of 'global warming' -after scientists found that Earth's temperature is set to rise from between 2.5C and 4.5C. There had been a goal to keep the rise within 2C. And on May 1, the UK parliament (议会) declared a 'climate emergency', becoming the first parliament to do so.

It's true that 'global heating' and 'climate emergency' are – in terms of language – two simple phrases. But they send out plenty of messages.

If with 'global warming' we're still inside our comfort zone of handling the situation, entering the state of 'global heating' is like heading to a point where the delicate (微妙的) balance of nature is disturbed so much that there is no turning back. Everything will be changing: Coral will die, polar bears will lose their habitats completely, and extreme weathers like droughts and heavy storms will happen at a higher frequency. There is no denying that we're entering a 'climate emergency'.

'Decades ago when the science on the climate issue was first increasing, the impacts could be seen as an issue for future generations, ' but, as Katharine Mach, a Stanford University climate scientist, told The New York Times, now it's definitely our issue, 'a shift (变化) we all are living together'.

However, getting these messages through is far from enough. It depends on each and every one of us to find a solution – if there are any solutions left to find.

'We have no time to waste, ' said the UK's Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, according to the BBC. Corbyn urged that 'we take rapid and dramatic action now'.

Indeed, language matters. But action matters even more.

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41、Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.

The Possible Health Dangers of Air-conditioners

Although many of us may feel air-conditioners bring relief from hot, humid or polluted outside air, they pose many potential health hazards. Much research has looked at how the movement of air inside a closed environment—such as an office building—can spread disease or expose people in the building to harmful chemicals.

One of the more widely publicized dangers is that of Legionnaire’s disease, which was first recognized in the 1970s. This was found to have affected people in buildings with air-conditioning systems in which warm air pumped out of the system’ cooling towers was somehow sucked back into the air intake, in most cases due to poor design. The warm air, filled with bacteria, was combined with cooled, conditioned air and was then circulated around various parts of the building. Studies showed that even people outside such buildings were at risk if they walked past air exhaust pipes.

Large air-conditioning systems add water to the air they circulate by means of humidifiers. In older systems, the water used for this process is kept in special reservoirs, the bottoms of which provide breeding grounds for bacteria which can find their way into the ventilation system. The risk to human health from this situation has been highlighted by the fact that the immune systems of approximately half of workers in air-conditioned office buildings have developed the ability to fight off the organisms found at the bottom of system reservoirs. But chemicals called “biocides” are added to reservoirs to make them germ-free, and they are dangerous in their own right in sufficient quantities, as they often contain compounds strongly linked to cancers.

Finally, it should be pointed out that the artificial climatic environment created by air-conditioners can also affect us. In a natural environment, whether indoor or outdoor, there are small variations in temperature and humidity. Indeed, the human body has long been accustomed to these normal changes. In an air-conditioned living or working environment, however, body temperatures remain well under 37℃, our normal temperature. This leads to a weakened immune system and thus greater exposure to diseases such as colds and flu.

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