佳木斯2025学年度第二学期期末教学质量检测高三英语

1、People used to think that the Chinese were not as healthy and fit

as the people in the west, but facts have proved that that's _________ the case.

A. far away from   B. far from

C. far away     D. by far

2、Some of the material presented may not be ______ to you or your circumstances.

A. parallel B. similar

C. relevant D. optional

3、Teaching is not just a simple piece of work: it’s an art_________ a science.

A.based against B.based on C.based with D.depended for

4、The incident ____ a wave of fear and anger across the country.

A. set out B. set off C. left out D. came off

5、Seldom________ in summer, nor________ in winter in dry areas.

A.it rains；it often snows

B.does it rain；does it often snow

C.it rains；does it snow

D.does it rain；it often snows

6、Because the situation of that country________, all the foreigners are preparing to leave.

A.is getting worse B.got worse

C.was getting worse D.had got worse

7、 everyone here，I wish you a pleasant journey back to your journey.

A．By means of

B．On behalf of

C．In search of

D．For fear of

8、It seems ________ nothing would ever stop her from continuing this work.

A．as if

B．even if

C．in case

D．if

9、The consumption of high street fashion has increased by 62%.   , the rest of the fashion styles only experience a growth of 17%.

A.In contrast B.On average C.By accident D.At length

10、Bejing Daxing International Airport completed its first flight of passenger planes ___________four aircrafts landed safely on the runway Monday morning.

A.though B.as C.while D.before

11、We’re doing our best to keep the virus under control and we will not ________ those people who need us the most at this time.

A.abandon B.applaud C.astonish D.acknowledge

12、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.

13、I’ll never forget the day ___ I spent with them .

A．in which

B．on which

C．when

D．that

14、We should consider students’ suggestion _________ the school library provide more books on popular science.

A．that

B．when

C．whether

D．why

15、Teens and younger children are reading a lot less for fun, according to a Common Sense Media report Monday.

A.being published B.to publish C.publishing D.published

16、The box ________ all the books you need, ________ an English-English dictionary.

A.contains; to include B.contains; including

C.includes; contained D.includes; containing

17、The committee ______ of fifteen members.

A. consists B. is consisted

C. formed D. make up

18、The median number of speakers is a mere 6,000,  means that half theworld’s languages are spoken by fewer people than that.

A.which B.that C.it D.what

19、I ________ to make my plan for the final exam in advance, but I ________.

A．would decide; did

B．could have decided; can't

C．might decide; didn't

D．should have decided; didn't

20、Sorry, I’m late. I ______ have turned off the alarm clock and gone back to sleep again.

A. might B. should

C. can’t D. will

21、The magazine is intended to __________ working women in their 20s and 30s.

A．appeal to

B．admit to

C．get down to

D．object to

22、He refused to acknowledge ________ in the match, but in vain.

A. to defeat B. to be defeated

C. defeating D. being defeated

23、—You like the Lenovo Computer. Why not buy one?

—Well. I can’t afford ________ computer.

A.that expensive a B.a that expensive C.that an expensive D.an expensive that

24、The other girls rushed ________ me. I felt ashamed as I fell farther and farther behind.

A.from behind B.ahead of C.next to D.close to

25、In everyday communication, information ________ by gestures and tone of voice is sometimes understood.

A.conveying B.conveyed C.to convey D.having conveyed

26、An airline passenger ensured a 20-year-old man was reunited with his lost wallet-along with a little extra something to make up for their time apart.

Hunter Shamatt first lost his wallet while he was on a Frontier Airlines flight from Omaha to attend his sister's wedding in Las Vegas earlier this month. On realizing his wallet was lost, he contacted the airline to see if anyone had turned it in—but to no avail. Since the wallet contained his ID, a signed paycheck, his debit card and $60 in cash, he “feared the worst”.

Shortly after the flight, however, Hunter was shocked to receive a package in the mail from an unknown sender. Inside was his wallet-along with an additional $40 in cash.

“Found this on a Frontier flight from Omaha to Denver-row 12, seat F stuck between the seat and wall,” read a letter in the package. “Thought you might want it hack. All the best. PS: I rounded your cash up to an even $100 so you could celebrate getting your wallet hack. Have fun!”

Hunter's mother, Jeannie, posted a photo of the letter to social media in hopes that they would be able to track down the sender and thank them for their kindness. All they had to go on was that the letter was sent from Applied Underwriters in Omaha and the sender's initials were signed: "T.B".

The Good Man was later identified as Todd Brown, a father-of-five who was delighted at the chance to "have a little fun" with helping out a hard-working stranger. Brown says that he often tries to do good deeds without any recognition, thus why he didn't sign his full name on the letter, but Jeannie later insisted on praising the Nebraska native on social media.

“I try to teach my children to do the right things in life, help people when you can despite the outcome,” she wrote on Facebook. “This story is more about restoring faith in people than anything”.

【1】What does the underlined word "to no avail" in paragraph 2 mean?

A．Under discussion.

B．In vain.

C．Beyond belief.

D．At a loss.

【2】Why did Jeannie upload a picture of the letter to social media?

A．To throw light on the truth.

B．To draw attention to Hunter's lost wallet.

C．To find out the sender to express gratefulness.

D．To sing high praise for the sender's generosity.

【3】Which of the following best describes Brown?

A．Innocent.

B．Warm-hearted.

C．Romantic.

D．Easy-going.

【4】What's the best title for the text?

A．Hunter Shamatt-a Lucky Man

B．Young Passenger Reunites with Sister

C．Helping Needy People Is a Great Virtue

D．Stranger Returns Lost Wallet with More Cash Inside

27、   Ice volcanoes erupted on the shores of Lake Michigan last weekend, and an employee from National Weather Service ( NWS) caught sight of an astonishing scene on the spot. “You never know what you'll find at the lake until you go out there," the employee said, "Today it were volcanoes. ”

Despite their nickname, ice volcanoes aren't really volcanoes at all. They form at the edges of lakes, where thin sheets of ice form, and water shoots through holes in the ice, Water flows beneath the ice sheet and builds up enough pressure to push water to the surface. If the air above is cold enough, the released water freezes over the surrounding ground, forming a mini volcano of sorts.

Ice volcanoes can be very dangerous to climb on because they are empty inside and built over that hole in the ice. Although some frozen volcanoes were discovered a few years ago, it is still rare to witness one.

Ice volcanoes typically form near large bodies of water where freezing temperatures below allow an ice shelf to form over the water’s surface along the coastline. Meanwhile, waves beneath the shelf must be strong enough to crack the ice and push water out. For this reason, ice volcanoes tend to form along shorelines where winds blow up waves constantly.

For example, when the Oval Beach volcanoes were spotted, the wind was almost due west, which was perfect for pushing waves right into the shoreline at this location. Due to their superior size, the Great Lakes may be more likely to form ice volcanoes along their shores than smaller lakes.

So if you want to see an ice volcano in person, the Great Lakes may be your best choice—but be cautious where you step!

【1】What did the NWS employee discover in Paragraph 1?

A.The eruption of ice volcanoes. B.Volcanoes erupting on the mountain.

C.Frozen shores of Lake Michigan. D.An ordinary scene of Lake Michigan.

【2】What can we learn about ice volcanoes according to the passage?

A.They appear whenever it is freezing. B.They are real volcanoes in the ocean.

C.It is uncommon to see their eruptions. D.It takes years to form an ice volcano.

【3】Where do the ice volcanoes usually form?

A.Shorelines with suitable weather conditions.

B.Smaller lakes where wind direction is perfect.

C.Along shorelines where waves are not powerful.

D.In the center of the ocean or large bodies of water.

【4】What is this passage mainly about?

A.Dangers of ice volcanoes. B.Ice volcanoes and their formation.

C.Different kinds of volcanoes. D.The Great Lakes and ice volcanoes.

28、   A new study suggests that some homemade soups—made of chicken, beef or vegetables—might help fight malaria (疟疾).

Jake Baum of the Imperial College London led the research. He asked children at a London school to bring homemade clear soups that their families would make to treat a fever. The children were from many different cultural backgrounds.

The soups were then exposed to the parasite (寄生虫) that creates 99.7 percent of malaria cases in Africa, the World Health Organization, WHO, explained.

Of the 56 soups tested, five were more than 50 percent effective in containing the growth of the parasite. Two were as effective as one drug now used to treat malaria. And four soups were more than 50 percent effective in preventing parasites from aging to the point where they could infect mosquitoes that spread the disease.

Baum also noted that it was unclear which foods made the soups effective against malaria.

“If we were serious about going back and finding the...ingredient, like good scientists, we’d have to do it in a very standardized way,” he said.

The soups came from families from different ethnic histories, including Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. They had several main ingredients, including chicken, beef and green vegetables. Baum said the vegetarian soups showed similar results to the soups with meats.

Baum said his aim was in part to show children that scientific research can turn an herbal cure into a man-made medicine.

He noted the research of Dr. Tu Youyou of China. In the 1970s, she found that the herb quinhao was an effective antimalarial treatment. The herb has been used in Eastern medicine for two thousand years..

Tu’s research led to the man-made drug artemisinin, a drug now widely used to treat malaria. She won the Nobel Prize in 2015.

【1】Why did Jake Baum choose children from different cultural backgrounds?

A．To show that he treated all children equally.

B．To get the number of families that made soups.

C．To find out which kind of soup could treat a fever.

D．To make sure the soups for research were various.

【2】What percentage of the tested soups are effective in dealing with malaria?

A．About 20%.

B．99.7%

C．More than 50%.

D．About 10%.

【3】Which of the following is a result of the research?

A．People like putting different meats into soups.

B．Vegetarian soups can be effective as well.

C．The meats in soups are mostly ineffective.

D．Soups are actually man-made medicines.

【4】The author mentioned Dr. Tu Youyou to show________.

A．everyone can succeed in the research of herb.

B．the importance of Chinese traditional medicine.

C．the long history of quinhao being used in medicine.

D．scientific research contributes to man-made medicine.

29、   Your next car might drive itself. After years of trials on city streets，driverless vehicles(车辆)are now nearing the practical use. Last month，a driverless bus began carrying passengers through Lyon，France. Most in the automobile industry think self driving vehicles will be on the road by 2020.

Driverless cars will at first be huddled with human driven cars. But the first places where they will become dominant(占优势的)are crowded urban areas—exactly the spots most damaged by the car age. Many advanced cities are already reducing the role of human-driven vehicles. Driverless cars will quicken that process and will bring us enormous benefits.

Driverless cars will reduce accidents by around 90 per cent. That’  s big—the annual death toll on the world’  s roads is about 1. 2 million a year. Pollution and carbon emission(排放)will drop， because urban driverless cars will be electric. The old，otherwise，would stay at home most of the time and the disabled and teenagers will suddenly gain mobility.

On the other hand，driverless cars will bring terrible results. The best thing about the car age was that it employed tens of millions of people to make，market，insure and drive vehicles. Over the next 20 years，the mostly low skilled men who now drive trucks，taxis and buses will see their jobs reduced. Car makers are especially scared. The few cars of the future might be made by tech companies such as Apple，Baidu and Google. Imagine the influences on Germany，where there is the largest vehicle industry.

Dramatic change is coming，and driverless cars could arrive by 2020. But governments have hardly begun thinking about it. Only 6 per cent of the biggest US cities have considered them in their long term planning.

Ten years ago，anyone hardly saw the smartphone coming. But now it is so common in our daily life. Let’  s hope we do a better job of handling the driverless car.

【1】Which can replace the underlined words “be huddled with”in Paragraph 2？

A. Show up. B. Exist together. C. Get rid of. D. Take the place of.

【2】Why can driverless cars reduce pollution and carbon emission？

A. They will be powered by electricity. B. They will reduce the number of cars.

C. They will save fuel by driving themselves. D. They will reduce too many accidents.

【3】What can we know about driverless cars？

A. They will not hit the road until 2020. B. They will only be used in urban areas.

C. They will not cause any road accident. D. They aren’t still seriously taken officially.

【4】What’  s the author’  s attitude towards driverless cars？

A. Doubtful. B. Praising. C. Hopeful. D. Worried.

30、   It was the day before my daughter’s birthday. I’d just collected her from preschool when she cautioned me to___ the elderly person walking across the car park. I was struck by her____.

The following day—her birthday—we decided to buy cupcakes for her. After we_____ the cupcakes,  Norah was busy standing up in the trolley (手推车),____ waving and happily declaring, “Hi, old person! It’s my birthday today!” Before I could ______  her calling him an old person, the stone-faced man _______  to her. His___ softened as he replied, “Well, hello, little lady! And how old are you today?” They___ for a few  minutes, he wished her a happy birthday, and we went our____ ways. A few minutes later, Norah asked me if she could take a_____  with the old man. I agreed. We found the man a couple of shelves over, and I approached him. When I told him Norah’s____, his expression changed from____ to shocked finally to  delighted. He took a step back, steadied himself on his shopping trolley, and_____ his free hand on his chest. “A photo? With me?” he asked. “Yes, Sir, for my birthday!” Norah begged. And so he did. I____ my iPhone, and they posed together. Norah placed her soft hand on top of his hand. He wordlessly____ at her with  twinkling eyes as she kept his hand  in  hers.  I  asked  his  name,  and  he  told  us  to  call  him  Dan.  We  were _____  other shoppers, but they didn’t care. There was _____  happening in the supermarket that day, and we could all sense it.

That afternoon I____ the story and a photo of the two on the Facebook. Later that night, I received a private _____  from a local reader who recognized Mr. Dan. He told me Dan’s wife had passed away six months earlier and he wanted to let me know that he was certain Dan’s heart was touched by my little girl and Dan would never forget that___ with my daughter.

【1】A.spot B.stop C.delay D.mind

【2】A.selflessness B.carelessness C.loneliness D.thoughtfulness

【3】A.picked up B.kept up C.put up D.turned up

【4】A.anxiously B.excitedly C.calmly D.disappointedly

【5】A.praise B.admire C.stop D.avoid

【6】A.referred B.turned C.adjusted D.appealed

【7】A.sound B.expression C.hand D.skin

【8】A.chatted B.hesitated C.rested D.waited

【9】A.regular B.single C.natural D.separate

【10】A.picture B.walk C.rest D.break

【11】A.dream B.request C.command D.suggestion

【12】A.nervous B.upset C.impatient D.confused

【13】A.placed B.reached C.touched D.patted

【14】A.turned off B.put down C.pulled out D.held up

【15】A.glared B.yelled C.stared D.pointed

【16】A.delaying B.blocking C.preventing D.interrupting

【17】A.magic B.incident C.discount D.embarrassment

【18】A.read B.wrote C.posted D.printed

【19】A.note B.gift C.report D.message

【20】A.construction B.combination C.connection D.contribution

31、Last May I went to a lake with my family. I thought it would be a normal fun day of swimming, but I was_______.

My brothers and my uncle were with me in a shallow swimming area with a net and a_______. The rest of my family ate lunch on a nearby bench. I felt very _________.

I was sitting in the shallow water with my feet facing the deeper end, when something hit my_______. I knew it was an alligator (短吻鳄) as soon as it bit me. Its teeth were so_______! I started crying out loud for_______, but my family didn’t hear me. I started to _______the nine-foot-long alligator and then I________something I learned at an alligator education park: The _______is the weakest part of an alligator! I stuck my fingers up its nose, and it _______of me.

I tried to get out of the water, but I couldn’t get up because my leg was_______. My uncle held me and________me out of the water. It was the lifeguard’s first day of_______, and he was shaking while he looked at my leg. We were also_______! I was sent to________and got fourteen stitches (缝针) in my left leg.

I have a big scar (伤疤) that makes me think about how________I was that day. But I also remember how brave I was in that moment. I________so fast – I had to! It’s not like the alligator was going to give me two minutes to________like in a chess match. I had to be a(n)________thinker. Sometimes you’re in a situation where________else can help you and you have to think fast and help yourself. That’s what I did.

【1】

A．foolish

B．wrong

C．confused

D．surprised

【2】

A．lifeguard

B．trainer

C．doctor

D．volunteer

【3】

A．amazed

B．uncomfortable

C．safe

D．nervous

【4】

A．leg

B．head

C．shoulder

D．arm

【5】

A．straight

B．big

C．white

D．sharp

【6】

A．action

B．solution

C．change

D．help

【7】

A．push

B．drag

C．hit

D．touch

【8】

A．noticed

B．remembered

C．imagined

D．understood

【9】

A．nose

B．mouth

C．head

D．back

【10】

A．took notice

B．made fun

C．let go

D．got hold

【11】

A．weak

B．tired

C．hurt

D．short

【12】

A．carried

B．led

C．drove

D．kept

【13】

A．competition

B．class

C．training

D．work

【14】

A．sighing

B．crying

C．shouting

D．shaking

【15】

A．prison

B．hospital

C．school

D．police

【16】

A．careless

B．scared

C．angry

D．stupid

【17】

A．swam

B．reacted

C．returned

D．escaped

【18】

A．worry

B．study

C．hesitate

D．think

【19】

A．original

B．independent

C．quick

D．free

【20】

A．anybody

B．nobody

C．somebody

D．everybody

32、“You'll never be a successful lawyer. Even if you try, you'll never make it.” The words are still so________that it seems as though they were said yesterday. The voice isn't that of a peer, an enemy or someone I shouldn't respect. It's the voice of my eighth-grade________-Mrs. Smith.

In my________class of the year, I started a conversation with Mrs. Smith. More people became involved and I________the topic of becoming a lawyer. With only 30 seconds of the school year left, the words that________my life rolled out of her mouth________enough for the entire class to hear-“You'll never be a successful lawyer.”

I was so hurt________, and extremely angry, too. All I could think about was to tell everyone what a bad person she was. Once I cooled down and gave it some________, I realized it was the________thing anyone had ever said to me. It was better than encouragement and kind________; it was reality, something that had never occurred to me. It wasn't until that________that I realized becoming a lawyer was going to________a lot of hard work. If I didn't give everything 110% effort, Mrs. Smith might end up being________.

Thus I was________to prove her wrong and prove to myself that I was better than she had made me feel. Once I become that successful lawyer. I will________Mrs. Smith again. Instead of yelling and declaring proudly that I proved her wrong, all I will say is, “Thank you. Mrs. Smith.”

【1】

A．new

B．recent

C．fresh

D．lively

【2】

A．teacher

B．student

C．classmate

D．friend

【3】

A．first

B．last

C．next

D．second

【4】

A．called for

B．brought up

C．carried on

D．gave away

【5】

A．changed

B．improved

C．ruined

D．predicted

【6】

A．cruelly

B．loud

C．properly

D．quickly

【7】

A．at first

B．at least

C．above all

D．in all

【8】

A．idea

B．mind

C．comment

D．thought

【9】

A．easiest

B．funniest

C．best

D．worst

【10】

A．promises

B．services

C．words

D．requests

【11】

A．meeting

B．remark

C．failure

D．moment

【12】

A．put

B．take

C．devote

D．spare

【13】

A．right

B．happy

C．wrong

D．sorry

【14】

A．required

B．expected

C．advised

D．inspired

【15】

A．write

B．ask

C．challenge

D．meet

33、   I was riding the train home from a downtown Chicago courtroom. I was sitting in my seat, in tears. looking out of the window, hoping no one would________.My husband and I had just ended our marriage, and my heart was filled with________I had never felt so helpless and lonely.

________,a hand appeared-the tiny beautiful hand of a woman. She________me a small envelope, then smiled and disappeared before I could even look into her eyes and express my ________.On the outside of the envelope were a rainbow and a sun, drawn________in pen. Inside it were the________words I had ever read:

I know you don’t________me. but I was watching you there________and my heart goes out to you. ________I am only a stranger to you, I feel your pain and I________ . It may not seem that way, but the sun will________again and you will see the rainbow

Love.

Someone who cares

I never saw the woman again. But________, this mysterious ________has remained deep inside my heart. It always tells me that we are never________ . In________to me in my hardship, this woman filled me with a________love. It makes me realize that no matter how sad my life seems there is always ________.And more importantly, her act of________woke me up to the amazing connection between human beings. I know now if I take one minute, one second, to stop and show love and care to others who may be hurting. I can make a(n)________.

【1】A. read B. observe C. notice D. follow

【2】A. sadness B. excitement C. happiness D. sympathy

【3】A. Shyly B. Naturally C. Frequently D. Suddenly

【4】A. threw B. handed C. recommended D. tore

【5】A. thanks B. fear C. love D. support

【6】A. hurriedly B. gently C. slowly D. heavily

【7】A. wisest B. warmest C. clearest D. simplest

【8】A. accept B. treat C. know D. remember

【9】A. sleeping B. waiting C. laughing D. crying

【10】A. Because B. While C. When D. If

【11】A. appreciate B. fail C. care D. admit

【12】A. set B. move C. disappear D. shine

【13】A. once B. still C. ever D. again

【14】A. postwoman B. feeling C. gift D. scene

【15】A. alone B. poor C. quiet D. stupid

【16】A. opening up B. getting over C. living through D. reaching out

【17】A. strange B. great C. crazy D. similar

【18】A. pleasure B. success C. hope D. luck

【19】A. kindness B. courage C. politeness D. patience

【20】A. offer B. decision C. promise D. difference

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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.

35、

Rapidly advancing technology and its impact on education has been a subject of debate. How can schools equip students with the skills they need to succeed in a challenging job market?

Since technology is driving these changes, there is a theory that governments should keep focusing on STEM subjects. These are often referred to as “hard skills,” which are 【1】 in primary school and right through to university level. In the meantime, ‘soft skills’ are being 【2】.

This is a mistake. Much evidence suggests that soft skills are far more 【3】 to graduates in the long term. Research from Harvard University on the global job market has shown that STEM- related careers grew strongly between 1989 and 2000 but have slowed down since. In contrast, jobs in the creative industries----the sector probably most 【4】 with the need for soft skills---are growing rapidly. Soft skills are, in fact, increasingly in demand in the workplace: Google cites creativity, leadership 【5】 and communication skills as top requirements for both potential and current employees.

So why are soft skills so highly 【6】 for?

With the rapid evolution of technology, a focus on hard skills leaves students 【7】 to change, as these often have a short shelf life. According to research by World Economic Forum, more than one in four adults reports a mismatch between their skills and those needed for their job role. If soft skills are taught well, these skills should enable students to adapt to change more easily and progress further in their 【8】 career.

Of course, technical skills are important. But without the curriculum placing equal--- if not greater --- 【9】 on soft skills, our education systems are missing a huge trick. Hard skills may help a student get a job in a particular industry, but soft skills will help them disrupt it, achieving a wider 【10】 in their chosen field.

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.

Driving an electric car 【1】 to the protection of environment, or so the marketing departments of their makers would have you believe. Yet a report which analyzes car emissions presents a rather different picture. A battery-powered car recharged with 【2】 generated by coal-fired power stations, it found, is likely to be more harmful. It could cause more than three times as many deaths from pollution as a 【3】 petrol-driven vehicle.

The study was carried out by the University of Minnesota. The researchers estimated how levels of fine particulate matter (细颗粒物) and ground-level ozone — two important 【4】 of air pollution — would change when a car is powered by different ways.

It was no surprise that electric cars whose batteries were recharged with power from wind, solar or hydro-electric sources came out to be virtually free from harmful 【5】. They were estimated to cause 231 deaths over the course of a year, compared with 878 for petrol cars. Electric cars recharged with power from natural gas-fired stations were also a lot less harmful than petrol-driven ones, with 439 deaths. But if those same electric cars were recharged 【6】 by coal, they would be responsible for over 3,000 deaths.

Biofuels also caused more health problems than petrol. But diesel, which often  【7】 concern about pollution, is slightly cleaner than petrol. This is because the study assumes for all cars that emission-control technologies will be more widely used, especially particulate filters which have a remarkable effect on cleaning diesel 【8】. Diesel cars are also more 【9】 of fuel than petrol-driven ones.

Overall, the study shows that electric cars are cleaner than those traditional vehicles only if the power used to charge then is also clean. That is hardly a surprise, but the 【10】 of the difference is. How green electric cars really are, then, will depend mainly on where they are driven. In France, which obtains more than half of its power from nuclear station, electric cars look like a good bet. In China and some other developing countries, where a large amount of electricity is produced from coal, they may not be so environment- friendly as they are marketed.

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、Directions: Write an English composition in 120—150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.

你平时喜欢读小说吗?你喜欢读什么类型的小说，谈谈你对阅读小说的看法。

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39、Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main points of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.

Imagine living on the edge of a vast desert, which is moving quietly closer to your village every day and covering your fields. The desert is on the move. This is called desertification.

Desertification occurs in regions close to an already existing desert. It generally arises from two related causes. The first is over-use of water in the area. There is not enough water in any case, and if it is not carefully used, disaster can follow. As time goes on, water shortages make farming more and more difficult. In some places, locals can remember local lakes and marshes which were once the homes for all kinds of fish and birds. They have been completely buried by the sand now. Farmers leave the land, and fields are replaced by deserts.

The second cause is misuse or over-use of the land. This means that the wrong crops are planted and need more water than is available. Ploughing large fields and removing bushes and trees means that the wind will blow away the soil. Once the soil is lost, it is hard to replace, and if there is rain, it has nowhere to go, and brings no benefit.

It is not only the farmers and villagers who suffer. Every spring, the skies over some of eastern cities, thousands of kilometers away from the deserts, can be darkened by sandstorms. Dust from deserts can have a great effect on weather systems. While desertification is perhaps being partly caused by global warming, these sandstorms can make global warming worse by adding to what is known as the greenhouse effect.

What can be done to slow down or stop the process of desertification? A great deal of work is already under way. Obviously first steps are to find new water sources. Tree planting can help, by providing barriers between desert and rich field. Some types of grass also hold the soil together, and stop the wind taking it. Without these efforts, it will be harder and harder to stop the world’s deserts in their tracks, and more and more farmers will give up and head for cities. The lesson to be learnt lies beneath the sand.

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。续写的词数应为 150 左右。

In 1989, fresh out of high school, I had the difficult task of choosing a career path before college started in three months. In those days in Pakistan, there were limited options: becoming a doctor or an engineer, or entering the financial world after getting a business degree. I wasn’t interested in engineering, so that I was left with medicine or business. I couldn’t decide.

My uncle, an influential person in the family, suggested that I do a work placement to experience it for a month in an international company followed by a month in a hospital. After that, I could make a decision. It seemed like a brilliant idea.

I was accepted for a month’s placement at a foreign bank in Karachi. I got a feel for how the world of finance functioned, made new friends, and generally enjoyed the mostly easy-going work surroundings.

The month passed rapidly, and soon I began working at a leading hospital in Karachi. The experience couldn’t have been more different. The hospital had an intense environment. The days started early (at 7 am, compared to 9 am at the bank), and were filled with endless duties. And the night calls! This was crazy, working all day, through the night, and again the next day.

I began thinking about my two experiences. The bank had offered a more relaxing atmosphere, better working hours and less stress. The hospital was full of excitement and unpredictability, but the studying and training was difficult. It seemed that the business option was going to win out.

Near the end of my month at the hospital, I was driving home after an especially busy night call. In front of me was a public bus, with college students sitting on the top. As the driver weaved through (穿梭) traffic, I could see the boys shaking from side to side.

Paragraph1: Suddenly, a boy fell off the back of the bus.

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Paragraph2: The next day, when I went to hospital to see the boy, all his family got up, with grateful smiles on their faces.

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41、假设你是新华中学的高二学生李华，你校英语俱乐部将举办英语演讲比赛。请以Family Education Shapes Me为主题，写一篇演讲稿，内容包括：

1、良好家庭教育的重要性；

2、举例说明。

注意：

1、演讲稿格式；2、词数120左右；3、可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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