六盘水2025学年度第二学期期末教学质量检测高三英语

1、The teacher stressed again that the students should not ________ any key words while reading the passage.

A．bring out

B．leave out

C．let out

D．make out

2、If not ________with the respect he wants, the singer gets very ill-tempered and complains all the time.

A.treated B.being treated

C.treating D.having been treated

3、It was Tom as well as his friends that ________ for the serious accident.

A．was to be blamed

B．were to blame

C．was blaming

D．was to blame

4、Teachers are always showing special ___ the students who are diligent and active in class.

A. preference to B. favor to

C. preference for D. favor for

5、It is six months _____ the online class started.

A.that B.until C.before D.since

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

A. let it out B. pick it out

C. put it out D. lay it out

7、The tallest girl over there is ________ who works very hard in our class .

A.a girl B.the girl C.one D.the one

8、The students enjoyed this new game, _________ was named after the school.

A.where B.whose C.which D.who

9、He told us the news ___ our team had won the match .

A.which B.that C.why D.when

10、Sadly, the child star became one of one-hit wonders that _______ occasionally, only to disappear without signs.

A．spring up

B．hang up

C．stay up

D．end up

11、I can't bear ________, so I hope you can come on time.

A. to keep waiting B. to keep to wait

C. being kept waiting D. being kept to wait

12、One’s life has value_________ one brings value to the life of others.

A.so long as B.even though C.as if D.while

13、When we fail to ____ our own expectations, we often feel frustrated.

A. look forward to B. live up to

C. make up for D. set off for

14、   the occasional visit, what else does Alan do for his kids?

A．Except B．In spite of

C．Apart from D．Beside

15、What we learn today in school will ______ whether we can meet our challenges in the future.

A. defend B. consume

C. determine D. consent

16、If people don’t learn from this, his suffering and death were________.

A.in comfort B.in vain C.in despair D.in hope

17、As days go on，I think that Beijing will become ________ the whole world pay close attention to.

A.where B.what C.which D.that

18、_________well-prepared you are, you still need a lot of luck in mountain climbing.

A.Whatever B.However C.Whenever D.Wherever

19、They overcame some difficulties and completed the work ahead of time, ________ was something we had not expected.

A.that B.which

C.it D.what

20、The film brought the hours back to me _____ I was taken good care of in that far-away village.

A.when B.which C.that D.what

21、Reading light fiction, going out to see a romantic comedy, or sharing a pleasant time with friends is not ________ my bad feelings now.

A. in tune with B. in touch with C. in honour of D. in defence of

22、—Can I help you, sir？

—Yes, I bought this radio here yesterday, but it________.

A.didn’t work B.won’t work

C.can’t work D.doesn’t work

23、You________have scolded him for his poor performance.After all,he had done his best.

A.wouldn’t B.couldn’t C.mustn’t D.shouldn’t

24、Seeing their daughter and dog coming back, the parents burst into tears of ______.

A. pain B. shock

C. sorrow D. relief

25、It is always better to__________ your worries and troubles with your trusted friends or relatives.This helps lighten your burden.

A.tell B.deal C.divide D.share

26、Severe plantar fasciitis (足底筋膜炎) meant I’d been a full-time wheelchair user since I was 12. By the time I was 16, I just wanted my leg off. It took six years for the doctors to operate as they insisted on waiting until I was older and in a good enough place mentally. I held off until I finished my degree. Afterward, with an artificial leg fitted, the world felt like a different place. I’d not walked in years. Suddenly I was a lot taller and no longer in any pain.

When I was in a wheelchair I discovered a real love for sport. I started to compete in wheelchair racing, and soon found I was good at discus (铁饼) throwing. I started competing in Tough Mudder (an endurance event series), progressing from walking with crutches to blade (小腿假肢) running. I now compete in sports internationally and have won the silver medal for adaptive judo at the World Judo Games.

At the time of the surgery I worked as an accountant, but I soon realized I didn’t want to be sitting in an office all day as I’d been in a wheelchair for so long. Therefore, as soon as the revision surgery was complete, I handed in my notice.

My career took a different path after I was asked to be a guest presenter for the Duke of Edinburgh’s Awards. Now I speak to schools, colleges and organizations about a wide range of subjects such as disability, discrimination, disability in sport, and perseverance. I share my own personal stories, whether that’s how I lost my leg and what I learned from it, my perseverance, and how I followed my dream.

Now most of my income comes from working as a motivational speaker, which I’ve been doing full time for a year. I love what I do, and if I continue to inspire others to do what they want to in life, then I’m happy.

【1】How did the author probably feel after his leg was cut off?

A．Anxious.

B．Relieved.

C．Hopeless.

D．Annoyed.

【2】What is the second paragraph mainly about?

A．The author’s passion for sports.

B．Awards the author won playing sports.

C．What sports the author is good at.

D．How the author prepared for Tough Mudder.

【3】What do the underlined words “handed in my notice” in Paragraph 3 mean?

A．Quit the job.

B．Asked for leave.

C．Got promoted.

D．Spread the news to others.

【4】What’s the main reason for him to be a motivational speaker?

A．It was his dream during childhood.

B．He enjoys the fame it brings him.

C．It brings him money and a sense of fulfillment.

D．He wants more people to care about the disabled.

27、Working robots are typically big, simple and strong. They are large pre-programmed units working in dangerous and dull jobs. But the growing trend towards cooperative robots , or cobots ,which work in harmony with humans is changing robotic use worldwide.

The fact is that most industrial robots were not designed to do with unpredictable human environments.By cutting robots down to the desktop size and embedding（嵌入） them with sensors and AI , the next generation of cobots will feel our presence , learn from us and combine with us better. Lightweight and portable cobots can work in less space and share it with people rather than being caged off. Decreasing costs for robotic systems make them more affordable to small businesses , and their ease of setting up and programmability makes them simple to develop.

Although the cooperative robot is relatively novel , the initial concept was invented in 1996.Acobot patent was filed in 1997 , which detailed "an instrument and method for direct physical interaction between a person and a general-purpose operator controlled by a computer".The idea of robotic feedback（反馈） was also built-in so that cobots would redirect or control motions that originate with the operator through physical guidance.

The future of cobot working is likely to change as newer interfaces and ways of interacting are developed.Voice commands are bound to be a feature as natural language processing systems become more widespread.Robotic movements and interactions will be controlled using non-invasive brain control interfaces.Unplanned changes to production and safer interaction with humans will then require a step-change in robot learning.

Cobots will learn directly from human interaction or even from virtual simulations（模拟） that will help them adapt to real-world situations.Open robotics platforms , such as Carnegie Mellon University's LoCoBot or Elephant Robotics' Catbot , mean that programmers can share the skills they have developed via the cloud.Cobot carers , such as ElliQ , the companion robot , ceiling-mounted rail robots , or even IKEA' s robotic furniture , promise a nice future of cooperation.

【1】What makes cobots more suitable to small firms?

A．The desktop size.

B．Sensors and AI.

C．Cheap robotic systems.

D．Their ease of programmability.

【2】What does the underlined word "interaction" in Paragraph 3 mean?

A．Change.

B．Competition.

C．Difference.

D．Communication.

【3】Which of the following is a characteristic of the future cobots?

A．Voice control.

B．Unplanned production changes.

C．Working in dangerous environments.

D．Direct physical interaction with humans.

【4】What does the author suggest doing about cobots?

A．Learning from humans.

B．Combining with humans.

C．Opening robotics platforms.

D．Sharing programming skills.

28、   One day, gardeners might not just hear the buzz of bees among their flowers, but the whirr of robots, too. Scientists have managed to turn an unassuming drone (无人机) into a remote controlled pollinator (授粉媒介) by attaching horsehairs coated with a special, sticky gel to its underbelly.

Animal pollinators are needed for the reproduction of 90% of flowering plants and one third of human food crops. Chief among those are bees — but many bee populations in the United States have been in steep decline in recent decades. Thus, the decline of bees isn’t just worrisome because it could disrupt ecosystems, but also because it could disrupt agriculture and economy. People have been trying to come up with replacement techniques, but none of them are especially effective yet.

Scientists have thought about using drones, but they haven’t figured out how to make free-flying robot insects that can rely on their own power source without being attached to a wire. “It’s very tough work,” said senior author Eijiro Miyako, a chemist at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology. His particular contribution to the field involves a gel, one he’d considered a mistake 10 years before and stuck in a storage cabinet. When it was rediscovered a decade later, it hadn’t dried up or degraded at all. “I was so surprised because it still had high viscosity,” Miyako said.

The chemist noticed that when dropped, the gel absorbed an impressive amount of dust from the floor. Miyako realized this material could be very useful for picking up pollen (花粉). He and his colleagues chose a drone and attached horsehairs to its smooth surface to mimic a bee’s fuzzy body. They coated those horsehairs in the gel, and then controlled the drones over lilies, where they would pick up the pollen from one flower and then deposit the pollen at another one, thus fertilizing it.

The scientists looked at the hairs under a scanning electron microscope and counted up the pollen grains attached to the surface and found that the drones whose horsehairs had been coated with the gel had about 10 times more pollen than those that had not been coated with the gel.

Miyako does not think such drones would replace bees altogether, but could simply help bees with their pollinating duties. There’s a lot of work to be done before that’s a reality, however. Small drones will need to become more controllable and energy efficient, as well as smarter, with better GPS and artificial intelligence.

【1】What does the underlined word “viscosity” in Para.3 probably mean?

A.Hardness. B.Stickiness.

C.Flexibility. D.Purity.

【2】We can learn from the passage that______.

A.bees disrupt both agriculture and economy

B.scientists have invented self-powered robot insects

C.bees in the United States are on the edge of extinction

D.Miyako found the special feature of the gel by chance

【3】According to Eijiro Miyako, the drones______.

A.are not yet ready for practical use

B.may eventually replace bees in the future

C.are much more efficient than bee pollinators

D.can provide a solution to economic depression

29、When we're in need, we always turn to our parents for help. But would you like them to hear the conversations you have with your friends on the school playground or lunch queue? Social networking sites have become extensions (延伸)of the school hallways, so would you add your parents as "friends" and allow them to view your online activities and conversations with friends？

In the past the generation gap included a technology gap, where children were up to date with the latest technology and parents were left behind, content to continue their day-to-day lives as they always had because they had no need to know more about technology. However, more and more parents are beginning to realize just how important social networks are in their lives. This realization has given many parents the motivation to educate themselves about social networking sites.

These days many people are attracted to social networking sites because they can choose who they have around them; there's also a certain amount of control over privacy(隐私) that we don't get in real life. Sometimes we feel that privacy is violated when we must accept a "friend" request from a parent or family member.

It's a difficult choice whether or not to allow a parent to become a part of our online lives. On the one hand we don't want to "reject" their request because that might hurt their feelings or make them feel you have something to hide. On the other hand if you do accept, then you could have a sense of being watched and no longer feel free to comment or communicate the way you did before.

A recent survey suggested that parents shouldn't take it personally if their children overlook their requests. When a teenager overlooks a parent's friend request, it doesn't necessarily mean that he/she is hiding something, but it could mean that this is one part of his/her life where he/she wants to be independent.

Perhaps talking with parents and explaining would help soften the blow if you do choose not to add them to your friend list.

【1】What is the passage mainly about?

A．Privacy online.

B．Parents' friend requests.

C．The generation gap.

D．Social networks.

【2】What can we infer from paragraph 2?

A．Parents have realized the importance of social networks.

B．Parents feel secure about their privacy online.

C．Social networks successfully fill the generation gap.

D．Social networks offer a platform for parents to communicate.

【3】What maybe the reason for teenagers to refuse a parent's friend request?

A．Their parents make negative comments on them.

B．They hide something from their parents.

C．They are unwilling to be watched by parents.

D．Their parents tend to fall behind in technology.

【4】Who are the passage mainly written for?

A．Parents.

B．Teachers.

C．Researchers.

D．Teenagers.

30、Trent Johnson just celebrated his graduation from medical school in Ohio with a ceremony at his parents' home in Florida.

He________a couple weeks before his actual ceremony that the college was canceling it on account of the deadly coronavirus. He was absolutely_________ .

His friends________him to create a website so that all of his family flying into Columbus originally still could celebrate _______. They made the living room look as special as possible given the ________ of the ceremony. There's nothing that could have substituted that special _______ .

His twitter where the video immediately went _______ has almost half a million views. He was on the news and was _______ in the New York Times.

“I remember seeing my face on the newspaper and thinking wow I not only became a doctor, but I motivated people all over the world to _______ their dreams. That was truly a( n) _______ moment”.

Johnson was brought up in an underdeveloped area where people would have _______socioeconomic class and it was the type of the community that he wanted to________ . Now as a ________ at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, he _______ has an opportunity to do that.

As Johnson settles into his new surroundings, he will continue to spread his message of hope and _______ .

【1】

A．recognized

B．learned

C．anticipated

D．recalled

【2】

A．sorrowful

B．pitiful

C．awkward

D．guilty

【3】

A．permitted

B．begged

C．appointed

D．helped

【4】

A．consistently

B．virtually

C．casually

D．formally

【5】

A．standard

B．origin

C．popularity

D．atmosphere

【6】

A．memory

B．option

C．moment

D．design

【7】

A．viral

B．mad

C．wild

D．blank

【8】

A．evaluated

B．featured

C．engaged

D．promoted

【9】

A．change

B．start

C．sacrifice

D．follow

【10】

A．scary

B．awful

C．incredible

D．specific

【11】

A．low

B．powerful

C．rare

D．noble

【12】

A．heal

B．escape

C．reform

D．serve

【13】

A．pioneer

B．chemist

C．physician

D．professor

【14】

A．seldom

B．just

C．still

D．yet

【15】

A．admiration

B．innovation

C．cooperation

D．inspiration

31、I was at the post office early that morning, hoping to be in and out in a short while. Yet, I ________ myself standing in a queue that went all the way into the hallway. I had never seen so many people there on a weekday. It seemed someone might have made an announcement, welcoming customers to carry as many ________ as they could and bring them in when I needed to have my own package _________. The queue moved very slowly. My patience ran out and I got ________. The longer it took,  the angrier I became. When I got to the counter finally, I finished my __________ quickly and briefly, and then walked past the queue that was now extending past the front door.

"Excuse me," I said, trying not to be too pushy. Several people had to move _________ to make room for me to get to the __________.

I stepped out, complaining about the ________ conditions. Thinking I was going to be late for my dentist appointment, I headed into the parking lot．

A woman was coming across the lot in my ________. She was walking with determination, and each step sounded very heavy. I _________that she looked as if she could breathe fire. It stopped me in my tracks. I  _______  myself and it wasn't pretty. Had I looked like that? Her body language said that she was having a ______  day. My anger melted away. I wished I could wrap her in a hug but I was a ________. So I did what I could in a minute_________she hurried past me ----I smiled. In a second everything changed. She was astonished, then somewhat _________.Then her face softened and her shoulders ________. I saw her take a deep breath. Her pace slowed and she smiled back at me as we passed each other．       

I continued to smile all the way to my ______. Wow, it's amazing what a simple smile can do.        

From then on, I became aware of people's _________and my own, the way we show our feelings. Now I use that _______ every day to let it_________me that when facing the world, I can try a smile.

【1】

A．helped

B．found

C．troubled

D．enjoyed

【2】

A．things

B．dollars

C．chances

D．packages

【3】

A．weighed

B．cashed

C．lifted

D．carried

【4】

A．pleased

B．annoyed

C．delighted

D．disappointed

【5】

A．situation

B．choice

C．business

D．attitude

【6】

A．aside

B．about

C．along

D．away

【7】

A．counter

B．cashier

C．entrance

D．exit

【8】

A．weather

B．work

C．service

D．shopping

【9】

A．direction

B．decision

C．satisfaction

D．imagination

【10】

A．announced

B．noticed

C．proved

D．discovered

【11】

A．trusted

B．persuaded

C．hid

D．recognized

【12】

A．big

B．bright

C．rough

D．nice

【13】

A．gentleman

B．passenger

C．customer

D．stranger

【14】

A．before

B．though

C．until

D．since

【15】

A．attracted

B．confused

C．cheered

D．frightened

【16】

A．relaxed

B．raised

C．trembled

D．tightened

【17】

A．office

B．car

C．home

D．doctor

【18】

A．appearances

B．reactions

C．expressions

D．behaviors

【19】

A．treatment

B．conclusion

C．awareness

D．achievement

【20】

A．tell

B．show

C．give

D．remind

32、My most rewarding experience throughout the past two years was volunteering at the swimming competition for Special Olympics where a disabled friend of my community took part. This had special _________ for me because experiencing it helped improve my leadership skills, my character, and support my community.

First, my leadership skills developed when I _________ directed each swimmer where to line up at the platform and _________ each player when they needed to swim. I had to make sure that the swimmers were _________ and ready to perform. This kept me on my feet at all times and _________ of each event’s time and location. I learned each swimmer’s name, since many of them swam in more than one _________.

Secondly, my _________ was greatly improved when I saw the swimmers get their awards for winning each swimming event. I was _________ that most swimmers could swim better than I. It astonished me by their _________ attitudes, whether they won or lost. This also expanded my horizons, offering me the opportunity to ____________ people I would normally not come across. I went out of my ____________ zone and did whatever was needed to be done. It was especially ____________ when I saw the cheerful faces of the players.

Lastly, I was of ____________ to my community by lending a hand to this organization in need of ____________. To be a ____________ of it gave me a chance to improve my community and become ____________ with the people living in this area.

As Winston Churchill once said, “We make a living by what we do, but we make a life by what we give. The ____________ should be done throughout our life.” ____________ , through the many opportunities my community has offered, I was privileged to be ____________ in this exciting and important event in these players’ lives. I ____________ to be an assistant at this event and do more for it in years to come.

【1】

A．purpose

B．meaning

C．background

D．regulation

【2】

A．equally

B．amazingly

C．strictly

D．independently

【3】

A．taught

B．informed

C．awarded

D．compared

【4】

A．positioned

B．preserved

C．valued

D．evaluated

【5】

A．proud

B．certain

C．aware

D．cautious

【6】

A．decision

B．application

C．country

D．event

【7】

A．figure

B．ability

C．character

D．memory

【8】

A．blamed

B．impressed

C．reminded

D．concerned

【9】

A．changeable

B．critical

C．various

D．positive

【10】

A．meet

B．gather

C．introduce

D．recommend

【11】

A．imagination

B．availability

C．comfort

D．development

【12】

A．embarrassing

B．rewarding

C．outstanding

D．relaxing

【13】

A．service

B．courage

C．wisdom

D．importance

【14】

A．help

B．money

C．sympathy

D．attention

【15】

A．player

B．witness

C．plot

D．part

【16】

A．familiar

B．friendly

C．popular

D．obvious

【17】

A．traveling

B．consulting

C．volunteering

D．cooperating

【18】

A．Eventually

B．Generally

C．Gradually

D．Fortunately

【19】

A．desired

B．educated

C．involved

D．influenced

【20】

A．demand

B．hope

C．agree

D．promise

33、Cindy Deutsch has taught kindergarten in Wichita for more than three decades. Every year during the last half-hour of school, before her students _______ out of school, she will walk around her _______ and say “I love you” to every one of her students.

This year, 10 Wichita public school students were _______ as semifinalists (半决赛选手) for the National Merit Scholarship, one of the most important _______ a high school senior can receive. Two of them had Deutsch as their _______ teacher.

That’s a _______ percentage, I tell her —20 percent of Wichita’s National Merit scholars. She laughs, then throws the _______ back to the children and their _______. “Such great kids and awesome families,” she said.

Deutsch not only teaches reading, writing and math, but also teaches good _______ like trust, forgiveness and honesty. She ____________ her students to dream big. Then she writes those ____________ down and reads them aloud during an end-of-the-year ceremony.

____________ a school year ends, I think about people like Deutsch—including so many ____________ in my own children’s lives-who ____________ despite challenges and set the course for children’s lives. I ____________ Ms. Vialpando, my kindergarten teacher, who ____________ my lifelong love of reading, and Ms. Yeager, my 10th-grade English teacher, who____________ me to become a writer.

So it’s no ____________ that Emily Caro-Alcantar, Deutsch’s student, when asked what she wanted to be when she ____________, answered simply and specifically: “A teacher ____________ Mrs. Deutsch.”

【1】

A．drop

B．stay

C．rush

D．work

【2】

A．classroom

B．stadium

C．office

D．house

【3】

A．remembered

B．imagined

C．classified

D．named

【4】

A．honors

B．chances

C．gifts

D．suggestions

【5】

A．college

B．secondary

C．primary

D．kindergarten

【6】

A．remarkable

B．funny

C．small

D．fixed

【7】

A．duty

B．alternative

C．achievement

D．requirement

【8】

A．partners

B．parents

C．friends

D．instructors

【9】

A．relationships

B．skills

C．services

D．qualities

【10】

A．commands

B．illustrates

C．encourages

D．warns

【11】

A．needs

B．feelings

C．memories

D．dreams

【12】

A．Wherever

B．Whenever

C．However

D．Whatever

【13】

A．teachers

B．students

C．strangers

D．writers

【14】

A．show off

B．carry on

C．hold back

D．leave behind

【15】

A．believe in

B．think of

C．wait for

D．hear of

【16】

A．inspired

B．guided

C．treated

D．controlled

【17】

A．allowed

B．forced

C．urged

D．promised

【18】

A．wonder

B．secret

C．question

D．guarantee

【19】

A．gave up

B．opened up

C．turned up

D．grew up

【20】

A．like

B．between

C．from

D．as

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.

35、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.

36、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.

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

A huge milestone has just been reached in the field of artificial intelligence: AlphaGo, a program developed by Google’s DeepMind unit, has defeated legendary Go player Lee Se-dol in the first of five historic matches being held in Seoul, South Korea. Lee 【1】 after about three and a half hours, with 28 minutes and 28 seconds remaining on his clock. The series is the first time a professional 9-dan Go player has taken on a computer, and Lee is 【2】 for a $1 million prize.

“I was very surprised,”said Lee after the match.“I didn’t expect to lose. But I didn’t think AlphaGo would play the game in such a perfect manner.”DeepMind founder Demis Hassabis expressed“huge 【3】 for Lee Se-dol and his amazing skills.”calling the game“hugely exciting”and“very tense.”Team lead David Silver said it was an“amazing game of Go that really pushed AlphaGo to its 【4】.”

Go is an ancient Chinese board game that has long been considered one of the great 【5】faced by AI. While computer programs ow best the world’s leading human players of games like checkers and chess, the high level of intuition and 【6】required by Go has made it tough for computers to crack. DeepMind’s AlphaGo program is the most 【7】effort yet, using a complex system of deep neural networks and machine learning; it beat European champion Fan Hui last year, but Lee Se-dol is another 【8】 rival entirely.

“I don’t regret accepting this challenge,”said Lee.“I am in shock, I admit that, but what’s done is done. I enjoyed this game and look forward to the next. I think I failed on the opening layout so if I do a better job on the opening aspect I think I will be able to increase my 【9】 of winning.”Lee was surprised both by how strong AlphaGo’s opening was, and by some 【10】moves.

38、假设你是王林，参加了由Mr. White组织的伦敦游学夏令营，收获很大。请你给Mr. White发送一份电子邮件，内容包括：

1. 平安抵家；

2. 主要收获；

3. 表示感谢。

注意：1. 词数100左右。

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

3. 开头结尾已给出。

Dear Mr. White,

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours sincerely,

Wang Lin

39、上周末，你和同学到附近一个村庄帮助遭受水灾的农民收割庄稼。请你为班级英语角写一篇短文，介绍这次支农活动。内容要点如下：

1．虽遭水灾(flood disaster)，丰收依然有希望；

2．村庄离校有半小时路程。一早出发，到达便参加劳动；

3．天黑归来，人累了，但心情愉快。

注意：1.词数：100左右；2.题目已为你写好。

A Good Harvest

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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。

NEVER STOP WALKING

When Justin was 7, he suffered from a disease that led to problems with the development of his back. Over the years, the little boy had gone through a total of five corrective surgeries. Justin could no longer walk and was limited to a wheelchair. But this did not stop him from living a normal life thanks to his mother’ S love and others’ help.

After entering high school, Justin got interested in playing the trumpet (小号) and joined the school’s band. He served as one of the band’s trumpeters and developed a strong friendship with his partner Tom. As Thanksgiving Day approached, the band intended to perform in the Thanksgiving Day Parade and every member had the chance to join in, including Justin. However, there was one obvious problem. Justin could not control his wheelchair and play the trumpet at the same time. The band director put forward an idea of one student pushing Justin during his marches. Tom immediately volunteered even though it meant he had to give up the opportunity to play his own instrument during the parade.“I do it just to make sure Justin knows that he always has a place in the band, and he always will,“ Tom said to their director secretly. From then on, the two practiced together, one playing the instrument and the other pushing the wheelchair with the rhythm of the music.

To help Justin, Tom sacrificed (牺牲) far beyond expectation. Apart from losing the chance to perform, he needed to spare more time to take care of Justin and even missed his football training several times. All of these were seen by Justin and the burden of guilt weighed heavily on his mind.“I can’t meet my own needs at the sacrifice of Tom’s chance. It is time to find a solution.” Justin thought to himself as his mother pushed him on the way home. His mother lowered her head and said,“Justin, play me your new tune.” Justin took out his trumpet and was about to play when an excellent idea came to him.

注意:

1.续写司数立カ150左右;

2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相座位置作答。

He turned around to ask his mother for help.

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Thanksgiving finally came, as did Justin and mom’s performance.

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

41、假定你是李华，你从国外网站购买了一辆健身自行车，后来发现其问题较多。请就此向美国总部写邮件投诉。内容如下：

1.购车情况；

2.存在的问题（车身重；刹车失灵等）

3.解决方案。

注意：

1.词数100词左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

参考词汇：健身自行车an exercise bike 刹车brake

Dear Sir or Madam,

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua