宁波2025学年度第二学期期末教学质量检测高三英语

1、--- Which sport is the most popular in the US?

--- It’s hard to say. It largely ____ what you mean by “popular”.

A. comes about B. belongs to

C. determines on D. depends on

2、—— How soon will the candidates get their university admissions?

—— It may take three weeks for all the applications to be ________.

A. withdrawn B. processed C. corresponded D. violated

3、I was just talking to Margaret when Jackson _____________.

A．cut in

B．cut down

C．cut out

D．cut up

4、Peter, as well as my other classmates, _____ going to attend a lecture next Sunday.

A.was B.is C.are D.were

5、I had to ________ myself to being an architect to my parents’ will.

A．resign

B．withdraw

C．reject

D．evaluate

6、Festival celebrations provide a(n) ____ to celebrate together, sharing warmth and good times.

A.pipe B.patent C.avenue D.antique

7、A new house ________ at the corner of the road and will be completed next month.

A. is building   B. been built

C. is being built D. be building

8、There is no point _________; it’s too late to mend.

A.arguing B.to argue C.argument D.argued

9、Ray is a new graduate, and ________ seems that he has difficulty in dealing with ________ problems arise.

A．what, whichever

B．what, whenever

C．it, whatever

D．it, wherever

10、He wanted to look for a(n) _________suited to his abilities.

A. pension B. prevention

C. occupation D. permission

11、Thanksgiving, an annual holiday in the US ______ hundreds of years ago, falls on the fourth Thursday in November.

A. dating back to B. dated back to

C. which date from D. dates from

12、—So you gave her your phone?

— . She said she'd return it to me when she could afford her own.

A．My pleasure  B．Not exactly

C．No doubt     D．No wonder

13、The present system no longer meets the changing needs of our customers; we have to make a(n)______ management system.

A.contradictory B.flexible C.endless D.concrete

14、He gave a lame excuse for ______ which made him very embarrassed.

A.been absence B.being absent C.to be absent D.absent

15、___ picks up the wallet and hands it in will be praised by the teacher .

A.Who B.Whoever C.That who D.Who that

16、The boy made the same mistakes , which, of course, made his parents very angry.

A. more or less B. over and over again

C. sooner or later D. here and there

17、There is consensus among Chinese people no country or individual can develop without copyright protection.

A.where B.who C.whether D.that

18、______ the late 18th century did the British explorer James Cook cross the Antarctica Circle, ______he never saw land.

A.Until, while B.Since, and C.Not until, but D.Although, yet

19、_________is Virginia Woolf’s most autobiographical novel, which develops a series of thoughts rather than a plot, centering on themes like women’s role in society, death and change.

A.The Garden Party B.The Green Room C.To the Lighthouse D.Daisy Miller

20、He was left out when they ________ choosing a new manager, which came as a complete surprise to him.

A．set out

B．set about

C．set off

D．set aside

21、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

22、The number of teenagers who commit crimes _________ 20% over the past years.

A．have been reduced by

B．has been reduced by

C．have been reduced to

D．has been reduced to

23、At the beginning, the experiment about vaccine turned out to be ________failure, but as we know, success often comes after ________failure.

A．不填; a

B．a; a

C．the; the

D．a; 不填

24、________ in Beijing University or Tsinghua University is what most students wish for.

A．To educate

B．Educated

C．Being educated

D．educating

25、---I didn’t expect that John would be absent from my last Sunday’s birthday party.

--- As far as I know, he ______ to see his parents in the countryside on Sundays.

A. goes B. went

C. has gone D. had gone

26、Before I turned 10, I lost my parents. My siblings left Hyderabad after relatives adopted them, but I insisted on staying back to continue my education. I lived alone in a room that a family member allowed me to use rent-free. To support myself, I began to deliver newspapers.

I would be up every morning by 5 a.m. and walk five kilometers to the newspaper office. By 6 a.m., I would collect 50 copies of Manzil (Urdu Daily)—the bundle must have weighed over 5 kilograms. My beat spanned 3 kilometers. After distributing the copies, I would rush home—another 3 kilometers —quickly cat and be off to high school.

One wintry morning in 1945,I got home after my deliveries to find a boy of my age at my doorstep. He introduced himself as Afzal and said his father wanted to see me.

I was greeted at the door by Afzal's mother, Naseem. She served tea and snacks as Afzal's father, Mr Kader, joined us. She gently asked me about my daily routine. I told her about my morning job.

Later, as I was about to leave after thanking them, Mr Kader asked me to wait. Later, Mr Kader emerged again, wheeling a new bicycle. "This is for you!" he said.

It took a few seconds for the love to sink in. It felt warm, like home. I didn't realize tears were rolling down my face.

Mr Kader said. Your newspaper editor is a friend of mine. He gave me your address. so I knew you lived close by. Then Afzal told us more about you."

I bowed, gratefully, shook hands with Afzal and left. This time I did not have to walk—I had the bicycle.

The bicycle saved my life for many years thereafter and taught me a lifelong lesson: Help should always be need-based. Never try to feed a person who is dying of thirst.

【1】Why did Afzal's father want to meet the author?

A．He wanted to help the author.

B．The author's parents used to be his friends.

C．He wanted to know more about the author.

D．The author reminded him of his own childhood.

【2】How did the author feel after Afzal's father offered him the bicycle?

A．Satisfied.

B．Interested.

C．Touched.

D．Confused.

【3】To the author, the bicycle was .

A．a gift from his parents

B．a childhood toy

C．something that made him proud

D．something that he needed most

【4】Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

A．The author lived alone in his own house after he lost his parents.

B．The author worked hard to support himself by delivering newspapers.

C．The author didn't cry although he felt touched by Mr Kader.

D．The author didn't want to accept the help from Mr Kader.

【5】What does the underlined sentence in the last paragraph mean?

A．Sometimes helping others can hurt your relationships.

B．Try your best to help others even if you cannot.

C．Know what the person needs when giving help.

D．It's difficult to find out what a person really wants.

27、   Zhou Zhaoyan is just 6 years of age, but she has touched the hearts of Internet users worldwide, many of whom are still living amid COVID-19 restrictions.

Since her parents started to post her performances on video—sharing platform YouTube in early March, her account Miumiu Guitargirl has attracted more than 157,000 fans.

The video of her singing Fly Me to the Moon, written by Bart Howard, while playing guitar received over 5 million hits on the platform. In her version of the classic song, Hotel California, by the Eagles, she is seen singing, playing guitar, electric guitar, bass, drums and maracas. With over 1.8 million hits, it’s been described by viewers as the “cutest version” of the song. Followers send best wishes online to the “talented angel”.

Some singers, bands and celebrities from home and abroad also reposted her videos on their social media. The American instrumental guitarist Nei ZaZa reposted the girl’s cover of his guitar music I’m Alright on the Facebook, and commented: “6 years old! They get younger and younger!”

The girl has covered both Chinese and English songs. The most difficult is I Wish You Love, which was sung by bossa nova singer Lisa Ono. It took about three weeks to master the guitar—playing and singing, her father says, adding that as many people like the girl’s music, she’s more confident about herself and wants to learn more.

“I’m glad that many people like my music. I know some of them will watch it over and over. I feel very warm-hearted,” says Zhaoyan from Nanjing, Jiansu Province, who learned guitar from the age of 3 from her father, a guitar teacher.

In late February, her parents started to post short videos of her playing guitar on the Chinese video—sharing platform Bilibili. At that particular time, Zhaoyan was practicing guitar about five hours a day, as the family were confined to their home due to the pandemic.

【1】What has made Zhaoyan popular worldwide?

A.Her covers of the classic songs. B.Her musical talent shows online.

C.Her skills in playing the guitar. D.Her efforts to help COVID-19 patients.

【2】What did Nei ZaZa thinks of the girl’s cover of his music?

A.It was great for so young a girl. B.She still had a long way to go.

C.She did better than he himself. D.She has potential to be a super star.

【3】How does Zhou feel about her own popularity?

A.Unexpected. B.Indifferent.

C.Encouraged. D.Overjoyed.

28、Lao She wrote Teahouse in 1957. The play shows the audience life in China between 1898 and 1945. It takes place in a teahouse in old Beijing and it tells us the story of Wang Lifa and his customers. It asks us to see the teahouse as the centre of the neighborhood. Finally, it says goodbye to old Beijing and its people.

The story starts in 1898 during the Qing Dynasty. It continues in 1916, and finally, it brings the audience to the end of the Anti-Japanese War in 1945. After the war, Wang loses the teahouse and he dies.

Lao She was born in Beijing in 1899. His parents sent him to the Teahouse’s School in Beijing and he learned to teach. Form 1924 to 1929 he taught Chinese to the English in London. He wrote many plays, novels and short stories. He was named a “People’s Artist” and a “Great Master of Language”. He was one of the greatest Chinese writers of the 20th century.

In Lao She’s Teahouse today, waiters bring tea to the customers and sell them delicious Chinese food. If you like Beijing Opera, folk music, acrobatics or magic shows, you can enjoy them in the teahouse. Lao She’s Teahouse gives a wonderful welcome to everyone from China and from all over the world.

【1】How many years of life in China is shown in the play Teahouse?

A．47 years.

B．45 years.

C．98 years.

D．57 years.

【2】When does Wang Lifa lose the Teahouse?

A．Before 1945.

B．In 1916.

C．In 1898.

D．After 1945.

【3】Lao She was all of the following except ________.

A．a Great Master of Language

B．a people’s Artist

C．a boss of Teahouse

D．one of the greatest Chinese writers of the 20th century

【4】Who were welcome to Lao She’s Teahouse today?

A．Only Beijing opera audience.

B．Only foreign customers.

C．Every customer from home and abroad.

D．Only Chinese customers.

29、   It may be time to tailor students’  class timetables to their natural biological rhythms (节律)， according to a new study.

Researchers tracked the personal daily online activity records of nearly 15,000 college students. Based on their activities on days when they were not in class，firstly the researchers divided the students into different sorts. They are “night owls”—students who enjoy staying awake all night，“daytime finches”—students who are active in the daytime，and “morning larks”—students who get up early. Then the researchers compared their class times with their academic results.

Their findings showed that students whose biological rhythms were out of step with their class timetables，for example，night owls taking early morning courses，received lower grades. This disagreement is caused by the “social jet lag”(社会性时差)—a condition in which one’  s peak watchfulness times are in disagreement with work，school or other demands. “We found that most students were being jet lagged by their class times，which was related very strongly with their dropping academic performance，”said Benjamin Smarr.

“Our research indicates that if a student can always keep the same schedule pattern in which class days resemble non class days，they are more likely to achieve academic success，”said Aaron Schirmer. While students of all categories suffered from class caused jet lag，the study found that night owls were especially to be affected easily. But it’  s not as simple as students just staying up too late. “Because owls are later and classes tend to be earlier，this mismatch hits owls the hardest，but we notice that larks and finches who take later classes also suffer from the mismatch，”said Smarr.

Different people really do have biologically various timing，so there isn’t a one-time-fits-all way for education. The results suggest that “rather than warn late students to go to bed earlier，in disagreement with their biological rhythms，we should work to individualize (使个性化)education.  In this way，learning and classes are structured to take advantage of knowing at what time of day a given student will be most fit to learn，” Smarr said.

【1】Why did the researchers carry out the new study？

A. To make timetables more suitable to students’  biological rhythms.

B. To analyze the causes of students’  different sleeping patterns.

C. To ask students to pay more attention to their health.

D. To keep track of students’  daily online activities.

【2】Which is probably the main cause of students’  poor grades？

A. Tight class timetables. B. Biological diversity.

C. Social jet lag. D. High academic demands.

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

A. Education should be individualized.

B. Biologically various timing calls for proper solutions.

C. Education should focus on students’  full development.

D. Students should adapt themselves to various education patterns.

【4】What does the text mainly talk about？

A. Students should keep a busy timetable.

B. Students should have good sleeping habits.

C. Students have biologically various timing.

D. Biological rhythms matter in students’  grades.

30、   I grew up in a house where the TV was seldom turned on. With one wall in my bedroom entirely ______ with bookshelves, most of my childhood was ______ on books I could get hold of. In fact, I grew up thinking of reading as ______ as breathing and books unbelievably powerful in ______ perspectives (观点) by creating worlds we could step into, take part in and live in.

With this ______ belief, I, at fourteen, decided to become a writer. Here too, reading became ________. Every writer starts off ______ that he has something to say, but being unable to find the _______ ways to say it. He has to find his own voice by reading widely and ______ which parts of the writers he agrees or disagrees with, or agrees with so strongly that it ______ his own world. He cannot write without loving to read, ______ only through reading other people’s writing can one discover what works, what doesn’t and, in the end, together with lots of practice, what voice he has.

Now I am in college, and have come to realize how ______ it is to read fiction (文学作品)．As a law student, my reading is in fact ______ to subject matter—the volume of what I have to read for classes every week ______ there is little time to read anything else. Such reading made it all the ______ to me that I live in a very small part in this great place called ______. Reading fiction ______ me that there is life beyond my own. It allows me to travel ______ the high seas and along the Silk Road, all from the ______ of my own armchair, to experience, though secondhand, exciting experiences that I wouldn’t  ______ be able to have in my lifetime.

【1】A.packed B.lined C.filled D.crowded

【2】A.cost B.paid C.charged D.spent

【3】A.natural B.normal C.free D.difficult

【4】A.shaping B.creating C.building D.destroying

【5】A.unbelievable B.undeniable C.unshakable D.understandable

【6】A.funny B.useful C.useless D.meaningless

【7】A.thinking B.supposing C.doubting D.knowing

【8】A.safe B.real C.interesting D.right

【9】A.discussing B.disapproving C.discovering D.dismissing

【10】A.reshapes B.repeats C.recreates D.returns

【11】A.although B.because C.but D.when

【12】A.boring B.important C.difficult D.serious

【13】A.devoted B.connected C.linked D.limited

【14】A.proves B.infers C.means D.tells

【15】A.clearer B.prouder C.harder D.happier

【16】A.college B.heaven C.life D.journey

【17】A.warns B.reminds C.informs D.encourages

【18】A.through B.over C.across D.past

【19】A.comfort B.height C.handle D.length

【20】A.excitedly B.hopefully C.carefully D.necessarily

31、   All my life, I have been overweight and never imagined I will start running. One night, surfing through Facebook, I _________ a picture of an old school friend. Obesity (肥胖) was no _________ to him back in the day. So imagine my _________ when I saw that he had shrunk to half the size I remembered.

I started my process of _________ myself the next day. I started _________ and began with walks, circling the shortest blocks I could find. In a while, my body burned and _________, and nothing excited me more than the thought of quitting. _________, I didn't give up and my walks expanded to several blocks’ worth.

On the fifth day, I thought I probably could run. I _________ “far” down the road, about a tenth of a mile in length. “Way too far to run, my aching body told me. _________, another voice spoke, “I can do this. ” My feet____________ without a second thought. Right away, familiar ____________ pulsed through them, all the way up my legs. Soon, I was breathless, and desperate for ____________ .I wanted to quit. "I can do this, the ____________ spoke again.

In the end, I came up a little short. Thirty feet or so ____________ me from my goal. But when I looked back, I couldn't believe my eyes. The ____________ seemed farther then, after almost crossing it all. ____________ the thirty feet, I had almost achieved my desire to be better in less than a ____________ .

The next morning, I was ready to take on the ____________ again. While I haven't completely ____________ thoughts of giving up, they're quieter now. Quieter than the voice that ____________ me forward —“I can do this.”

A．searched

B．found

C．figured

D．realized

A．stranger

B．wonder

C．need

D．good

A．sorrow

B．excitement

C．surprise

D．delight

A．believing

B．denying

C．comforting

D．bettering

A．slow

B．fast

C．right

D．normal

A．waked

B．moved

C．ached

D．trembled

A．Gradually

B．Immediately

C．Fortunately

D．Abruptly

A．measured

B．sensed

C．walked

D．stared

A．However

B．Therefore

C．Besides

D．Otherwise

A．came out

B．took off

C．paid off

D．fell out

A．burning

B．breaking

C．emotion

D．passion

A．help

B．water

C．food

D．air

A．coach

B．voice

C．mind

D．body

A．threw

B．interrupted

C．connected

D．kept

A．target

B．dream

C．distance

D．task

A．Ignoring

B．Considering

C．Achieving

D．Adding

A．month

B．day

C．week

D．second

A．game

B．challenge

C．adventure

D．duty

A．formed

B．escaped

C．accepted

D．trapped

A．informed

B．persuaded

C．forced

D．encouraged

32、Bradley’s Bicycle

When our son Bradley was ten, the new bicycle he had received earlier that year was missing. Having a bike was a big deal to our children. They spent hours and hours on their bikes, _______ up and down the foot path, and at the front of the house. We also rode as a _______ at holidays, when all the members enjoyed staying together. Bicycling was a great way to get the kids out of the house and into the fresh air _______ spending any money.

Bradley discovered that his bicycle had been _______ from our backyard when he had his sister go outside for a morning ride. He couldn’t _______ that someone would do this. _______, none of the other bicycles were touched and nothing else was missing.

Bradley painted a sign on a large piece of cardboard, _______ for the bicycle to be returned, and _______ it to the letterbox. The following morning, when I went out to collect the mail, I found a white _______ with the magical words, “Buy yourself a new bike.” It took me a little while to ________ what it was inside it. It was a $100 banknote.

We were very ________ that someone had the heart to do this. We’ve never able to thank the person but we ________ that it might have been one of our wonderful neighbors. Bradley painted a big “Thank you” on the sign and we ________ it outside for a couple of weeks afterwards ________ it was someone who drove down our street.

Bradley was able to own a new bicycle. As the years went on, bicycles became bigger and more expensive but remained just as ________ for those family bicycle rides. Now the kids are ________ and cars have replaced their bicycles. Bradley is twenty-five this year. Sometimes I ________ the days when receiving a bicycle was the best thing in the world to them.

All these years later we are still grateful to that incredibly kind ________. A young boy’s sorrow turned to joy when he got his ________. We were a young family with three little children and it meant a lot to us. We still talk about it and, even now, ________ who actually gave us the help.

【1】A.walking B.riding C.jumping D.flying

【2】A.team B.club C.family D.party

【3】A.against B.before C.except D.without

【4】A.stolen B.charged C.returned D.removed

【5】A.remember B.believe C.explain D.promise

【6】A.Typically B.Hopefully C.Strangely D.Nomally

【7】A.applying B.searching C.arranging D.begging

【8】A.tied B.dropped C.handed D.threw

【9】A.board B.note C.notice D.envelope

【10】A.expect B.realize C.judge D.reflect

【11】A.moved B.scared C.ashamed D.confused

【12】A.hope B.admit C.suspect D.understand

【13】A.lost B.left C.sent D.forgot

【14】A.as long as B.on condition that C.in case D.as though

【15】A.flexible B.comfortable C.secure D.important

【16】A.better off B.grown up C.fed up D.tired out

【17】A.count B.follow C.miss D.prefer

【18】A.neighbor B.friend C.relative D.stranger

【19】A.wish B.chance C.prize D.gift

【20】A.check B.wonder C.doubt D.predict

33、   I ride the bus to and from work as my daily routine. I'm a people-watcher. For many months ,I _______ an elderly man get on at one of the stops, and always head to the back of the bus.

He wore the same clothes every day,and they were _______ but clean. I never spoke with this gentleman, but I could tell he seemed like he led a _______ existence. One day,when I was driving to work, I noticed the gentleman on a street corner, with a _______ "PLEASE HELP” in his hand asking for financial _______

I got home that day, and wrote him a note, saying I was grateful for _______ little I had in my life, and that I wanted to _______ some of it with him. I _______ a small amount of money , and the next day I gave him the note and money in an envelope when he got on the bus. The next day , he _______  me a note on the bus.

The note ____________ : Hi Larissa. Thank you very much for your ________. The money will be used to buy next month's bus pass. Your note certainly provided a very pleasant , ________ start to the week. I hope you continue to __________ a charmed life-- John

A feeling of warmth and trust __________ while I was reading the note.

I will keep his note forever! We now smile and ________ each other on the bus every morning. What a charmed life I have!

【1】A. let B. had C. helped D. noticed

【2】A. well-worn B. well-preserved C. well-dressed D. well-made

【3】A. busy B. meaningful C. happy D. simple

【4】A. note B. sign C. brochure D. poster

【5】A. advice B. plan C. assistance D. investment

【6】A. why B. that C. how D. what

【7】A. share B. save C. divide D. collect

【8】A. raised B. included C. added D. presented

【9】A. returned B. handed C. sent D. awarded

【10】A. announced B. wrote C. read D. replied

【11】A. generosity B. guidance C. affection D. apology

【12】A. quick B. sudden C. effortless D. uplifting

【13】A. seek B. enjoy C. challenge D. expect

【14】A. broke out B. ran off C. crowded in D. cooled down

【15】A. greet B. touch C. contact D. kiss

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

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.

35、Directions: Fill in each blank to make the passage make sense and well connected in writing style. The initial letter of each word has been given. (please write each answer in a COMPLETE word on the answer card.

THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

In Congress, July 4, 1776

When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bonds which have connected them with another, and to assume among the Powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s god entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should d【1】 the causes which impel them to the separation.

We h【2】 these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created e【3】, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable R【4】, that among these are life, L【5】, and the pursuit of Happiness.

That to secure these rights, g 【6】 are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.

That whenever any form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the P 【7】 to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, l【8】 its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such f【9】, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience has shown, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariable the same Object, evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their d 【10】, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.

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

Why Cold weather Causes So many Flight Cancellation?

Each year, about 60,000 flights get canceled because of bad winter weather, which costs airlines and airports an estimated $3 billion. But it’s not the freezing cold temperatures that cause problems for planes. After all, 【1】 jets fly 10 kilometers up, where temperatures hover around -50 degrees Celsius.

In fact, planes 【2】 in cold weather, since cold air is denser and leads to better thrust. Clearly, the real problem isn’t what’s going on up there. It’s what’s happening on the ground.

When a 【3】 polar vortex (极地涡旋) struck the Midwestern US in January 2019, temperatures dropped to -40 degrees Celsius and airline canceled 3,000 flights nationwide. In these situations, when temperatures start 【4】, everything slows down. Cargo doors can freeze up, along with the nozzles that pump fuel into planes, which delays the 【5】 process.

Even the plane itself can freeze over. Just a quarter-inch - thick layer of ice on a plane can disrupt the way air flows over its wings.

Les Westbrooks: The number one reason, I would say, that the reason flights get delayed in cold weather is going to be because there’s some kind of frozen precipitation, from frost to snow to a sheet of ice, adhering to the aircraft, adhering to the wings of the aircraft 【6】.

That’s Les Westbrooks, a retired airline pilot and an associate professor of aeronautical science at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. He says that 【7】, these planes are “de-iced” - but this also delays takeoff. The crew can spray the plane with a special hot water/ glycol mixture. It can take around 40 minutes to de-ice large passenger airplanes, so planes often have to wait “their turn” for the de-icing station, which, of course, can trigger more delays.

And ice on the runway, of course, creates another set of 【8】. In 2014, a plane at JFK skidded off an icy runway and into a mound of snow, leading to an hours-long shutdown at the airport. And even though crews can remove ice from the runway, scraping it off the pavement can lead to potholes (坑洞) and other 【9】, which makes takeoffs and landings more dangerous. And of course, snow and freezing rain on the ground can affect visibility to the point where officials have to decide it’s not safe to fly at all.

But if ice and snow aren’t the problem in these extremely cold temperatures, it’s usually another factor: people.

Les Westbrooks: The airplane flies at high altitudes, -60 degrees. It’s made to do that. Humans are not made to be outside in -60 degrees weather. And so the human factor becomes a big, big factor, when it becomes extremely cold.

Baggage handlers, aircraft fuelers, and mechanics all have to stay warm. Some airports, like O’Hare in Chicago, set up heated shelters for their employees. Of course, with everyone taking breaks to warm up, not as much gets done, which leads to even more delays and cancellations. Passengers start missing their 【10】 flights, and that, along with passengers who can’t make it to the airport due to bad road conditions, leads to half-empty planes.

In fact, many airlines might preemptively cancel flights before bad weather even hits. So, in the end, you can still blame cold weather for cancelling your flight.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

写作提示：

①众所周知，兴趣是最好的老师。因此，培养对英语的兴趣非常重要。

②记住尽可能多的单词和短语也是非常重要的。

③必须养成经常使用英语的好习惯。

④如果可能的话，与讲英语的当地人进行交流是非常好的。

⑤只有坚持以上几种方法，我们才能学习好英语。

My Ways of Learning English

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39、假定你是李华。最近 China Daily 就“如何看待中国传统文化”面向社会征稿。请你用英语给编辑写一封信，谈谈你自己的想法。要点如下:

1) 表明自己的立场(传统文化应该得到保护和传承)；

2) 给出你的理由；

3) 呼吁社会共同参与。 参考词汇:传承 inherit

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40、阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

That night, after a couple of restless hours, Dora woke up suddenly at midnight. She went to her bathroom. Stepping on the carpet she noticed it was damp. Looking out, she found that muddy water was inching up the wood-paneled walls! She ran to her father’s bedside. “Daddy, Daddy,” she cried, shaking him violently. “Wake up. There’s water in the house!”

Barefoot and wearing only shorts, Dykstra walked to the entrance and opened the door. What he saw shook him wide-awake. Duchess, their dog, was standing just outside the door, her feet in six inches of water. That meant the roadway, their only means of escape, was flooded. He hid his anxiety. They climbed up the ladder-like stairs to a loft (阁楼) above the living room. From there they could hear the water filling the room below, creeping (缓慢地行进) toward them. Suddenly the whole house trembled as if struck by an earthquake. The next instant they found themselves floating, and the wooden house being swept along the river! Terrified that the cabin would sink and take them down with it, Dykstra decided that they would have to get out. Wrapping his arms tightly round his daughter, he plunged (猛冲) into the icy water.

The house was behind them now, chasing them through the darkness. Before he could get out of its path, the house – pushed by the tremendous (巨大的) power of the water – pinned him at the trunk. His ribs (肋骨) were crushed. His left leg was broken. He lost consciousness. Then the house shifted, releasing him. Dora found herself drifting downstream, her unconscious father beside her. “Don’t die, Daddy!” she cried. “Please!”

Perhaps it was the cry of the little girl that stirred Dykstra to consciousness. In the pale moonlight, Dykstra spotted an island formed by some rubbish that had got caught in some treetops. Fighting against the current and his pain, he swam toward it. Dora climbed onto the small pile of timbers (木材) and pulled her father, who was fighting for breath, from the rushing water onto the timbers. Now, Dora realized, it was up to her to help him.

注意：1. 续写词数应为150词左右；

2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

Just then she was astonished to see a figure appear out of nowhere.

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Suddenly a voice from somewhere on the distant hillside broke the darkness.

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41、假定你是李华，你的英国朋友Peter来信向你咨询如何才能学好中文。请你给他写封回信，提出至少三条学好中文的建议。

要点：（1）参加中文学习班；（2）看中文书刊、电视；……

注意：（1）可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯； （2）词数为100词左右。

Dear Peter,

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Yours sincerely,

Li Hua