福州2025学年度第二学期期末教学质量检测高三英语

1、The explorer got a disease in blood for the ____ of fresh vegetables and fruit.

A. sake B. lack

C. ignorance D. benefit

2、Everyone faces challenges in life. It’s a matter of __________ you learn to overcome them and use them to your advantage.

A.that B.what C.which D.how

3、Most consumers are  by the high price of the 3D printers despite keen interest in them.

A.put off B.put on C.put through D.put up

4、—Were you worried about your son last night?

—Yes. It was________that I went to bed.

A.until he returned B.until he did return

C.not until he returned D.not until did he return

5、I ________ driving lessons for over a year, and still haven’t got my licence.

A．have been taking

B．had taken

C．took

D．would take

6、I ______ a debt of gratitude to all my family.

A. devote B. contribute

C. owe D. attach

7、I was _______ with my son about his carelessness, which _______ the main cause of his failure in math.

A.annoyed; were B.amazed; was C.amazing; were D.annoyed; was

8、The uncontrolled emotional reaction of the nation to Lincoln’s death was incredible and demonstrated the high esteem________ he was held.

A.whom B.for whom

C.which D.in which

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

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

10、He doesn't adapt ________ the teaching work, because he is slow to adapt ________ the unusual rules of the school

A．for, for

B．to, to

C．for, to

D．to, for

11、Rather than ___ on a crowded bus, he always prefers _____ a bicycle.

A．ride; to ride

B．riding; ride

C．ride; ride

D．to ride; riding

12、I can’t thank you more, Tony. But for your timely warning, I into great trouble yesterday.

A.had got B.got C.would have got D.would get

13、 －It's getting dark. I must be off now.

－OK, please take care and ________ my best wishes to your family.

A．accomplish B．clarify   C．preserve D．Convey

14、Blue _____ you. You should wear it more.

A. fits B. suits

C. matches D. goes with

15、________of their bad habits, the boys changed from being dependent on their parents to ________for others.

A. Having rid; sacrificing B. To rid; sacrifice   ​

C. Rid; sacrificing ​ D. Having been rid; sacrifice

16、I  _______ to him because he is a real artist.

A.insist on B.look over C.look on D.look up

17、It is difficult for one to _______ the manners of another world when he doesn’t know what they are.

A. see to B. tend to

C. amount to D. subscribe to

18、He ______ his first wife who was considerate to him and soon married a girl who was 20 years junior_____ him.

A.divorced; to B.divorced from; to C.separated; with D.separated from; for

19、As we all know, it was ______ that resulted in the terrible car accident.

A.because of her carelessness B.her being careless

C.why she was careless D.she was so careless

20、That evening he ________what he had thought about the research.

A. set about ; letting down B. set about; to take hold of

C. set out ; making out D. set out; to set down

21、The children’s activities out of classroom   from watching TV to playing chess.

A.rate B.range C.involve D.include

22、It is not just city residents who _____ water. Agriculture, industry and tourism often require more water than the _____ water supply.

A.recycle, provincial B.waste, national

C.consume, municipal D.apply, international

23、----I just can’t help worrying about the result of my driving license test.

---- . You can do nothing but wait.

A. Just relax B. Have fun

C. Watch out D. Take your time

24、You just can’t imagine that such a clever, promising student _________ murderer.

A.turned B.changed C.became D.got

25、Which of the following sentences is WRONG?

A.There was a time when I hated going to school.

B.It is the first time that the girl has seen such an animal.

C.It is high time that we took some measures to deal with it.

D.Every time when we stopped,everybody would stare at us.

26、   A lot of us lose life’s tough situations by mounting a frontal attack when a touch of humor might well enable us to chalk up a win. Consider the case of a young friend of mine, Sam, who hit a traffic jam on the way to work. Although there was a good reason for Sam’s constant lateness-serious illness at home, he decided that this by-now-familiar excuse wouldn’t work any longer. His boss was probably already pacing up and down with a dismissal speech prepared.

He was. Sam entered the office at 9:35. The place was as quiet as a locker room. Sam’s boss approached him. Suddenly, Sam reached out his hand. “How do you do!” he said. “I’ m Sam Maynard. I’m applying for a job which I understand became available just 35 minutes ago. Does the early bird get the worm?” The room exploded in laughter. The boss smiled and walked back to his office. Sam Maynard saved his job with the only tool that could win a laugh.

Here is another example. An English hostess was giving a formal dinner for eight distinguished guests. She had asked her son to serve a large roast turkey. The boy only succeeded in dropping the bird onto the dining-room floor. Moving only her head, the hostess smiled at her son, “No harm, Daniel,” she said, “just pick it up and take it back to the kitchen”, she said clearly so he would think about what she was saying and bring in the other one. Some humorous words changed the dinner from a red-faced embarrassment to a ton of fun.

Humor is a most effective, yet frequently neglected(忽视)means of handling the difficult situations in our lives. It can be used for making up differences, saying sorry, saying no, criticizing, and getting the other person to do what you want without his losing face. Also, many believe that comedians on television are doing more today for racial and religious tolerance than people are in any other places.

Of course, humor is often more than a laughing matter. In its potent guises(有效的伪装), it has a Trojan-horse(特洛伊木马)nature: no one goes on guard against a laugh; we let it in because it looks like a little wooden toy. Once inside, however, it can turn a city to reform, to rebellion(反抗), to resistance.

【1】What can the underlined words “chalk up” in Paragraph 1 be replaced by?

A.pay for B.respond to C.think of recording D.succeed in getting

【2】How does the author explain the power of humor?

A.By using examples. B.By making comparisons.

C.By introducing study results. D.By setting clown general rules.

【3】What does the author mean by mentioning humor’s Trojan-horse nature?

A.It is but a toy. B.It catches us unaware.

C.We usually resist its effect. D.We seldom really understand it.

27、   I was driving down the road the other day, listening to sweet music coming out of my car radio. My heart felt peaceful, my mind was clear, and my soul was full of love. Even with all its problems: life seemed good. Then the music stopped and the news came on. There was talk of another famous millionaire in drug rehab (康复) after an incident with the police. There was news on the murder of a poor man whose life was supposed to be changed after winning the lottery. There was even a discussion on how much greed and excess (放肆) had damaged our world.

Every story seemed to point once again to the old saying that money can't buy happiness. Hearing them made me think of a movie I saw many years ago on Mother Teresa's home for the dying in India. What struck me most when I watched it wasn't the unbearable poverty there. It wasn't the sickness and suffering that the people there were going through. It was rather the peaceful smiles of love, kindness, and happiness that they shared with the Sisters and with each other. These people had nothing. Many were struggling at the end of death. Yet, they knew the simple truth that so many of us here are still learning: Joy is Free.

We can have joy and spread joy every day of our life here. Don't love or admire dollar signs and think that money will bring you happiness then. Joy can't be purchased. It can't be owned. It can only be chosen and then given freely to others. In the eyes of eternity (永恒), money is only worthless paper. The only thing that matters is the love within you and the love that you give to the world. Make that your legacy (遗产) and your life will forever be rich in joy.

【1】According to the first paragraph, we can know that______.

A.the author was very lighthearted that day

B.the poor man's life was improved greatly due to the lottery

C.the author has a habit of driving while listening to music

D.the millionaire was put in prison for taking drugs

【2】All the information about the movie mentioned in Paragraph 2 is true EXCEPT______.

A.it was about Mother Teresa's contributions

B.it left the author a deep impression

C.people in it were very kind and happy

D.people in it were extremely poor and suffering

【3】By saying "Make that your legacy", the author means "______".

A.Give your fortune to your coming generations

B.Treat your fortune as very valuable things

C.Pass your joy on to your coming generations

D.Have joy and spread joy to people around you

【4】Which section of a newspaper is this passage most probably taken from?

A.Business. B.Culture.

C.Life. D.Entertainment.

28、Addyson Moffitt is an 8-year-old from Kansas City, Missouri, Maurine Chelagat is a 9-year-old from a village in Kenya called Bartabwa. It might not seem as if the girls have much in common, but when they met at a dinner two years ago, in Kansas City, they instantly hit it off. 'We had this one little red ball to play with,' Addyson told others. 'We didn't have any electronics or phones, no iPads or TV. It was just us playing.'

The dinner was hosted by the nonprofit group World Vision International. In some parts of the world people must walk several miles each day to collect water from a stream or another water source. Often, the water is polluted, World Vision builds wells, pipelines, and rain catchers in these communities. Addyson was at the dinner because her family supports World Vision. Maurine was there because her village been without clean water. World Vision fixed that by building a water station there. Addyson was inspired by Maurine. "People helped Maurine so she could have clean water, and kids are dying because they don't have. Races are one way World Vision raises money to pay for its water projects. Runners pledge to run a have it, "she says. 'I want to help.'

Races are one way World Vision raises money to pay for its water projects. Runners pledge to run a race, often a 26-mile marathon or 13-mile half marathon. They ask people to support them by donating to World Vision. Addyson decided to run the 2017 Kansas City Half Marathon for World Vision. At age 7, she was one of the youngest-ever runners in the race, and had to get special permission to participate.

Addyson spent four months training with her parents, waking up before 6 a.m. to run. Meanwhile, she started fundraising. She carried a jug of water around her neighborhood, to park conversation about World Vision's work, She bused tables at a restaurant for tips. She asked friends to make donations as birthday presents. By October 2017, when Addyson ran the race, she'd raised more than $20,000. She's the youngest person in World Vision history to raise more than $10,000. In 2018, she ran again-and raised $36, 000. But Addyson's work is not finished. "My goal is for every kid to have clean water," she says.

【1】What does the underlined phrase "hit it off" in the first paragraph mean?

A．had a quarrel

B．did homework together

C．played jokes on each other

D．got along well with each other

【2】Why could Addyson and Maurine meet at a dinner?

A．They met each other only by chance.

B．Both of their villages are in need of clean water.

C．They both were invited by World Vision International.

D．Addyson wanted to help Maurine through World Vision.

【3】What does the last paragraph mainly tell us?

A．Addyson tried her best to raise money.

B．Addyson trained hard to run Half Marathon.

C．World Vision held many races to raise money.

D．Addyson had donated lots of money to World Vision.

【4】Which word can best describe Addyson?

A．brave

B．caring

C．understanding

D．grateful

29、One summer, when I was young, my dad built me a lemonade stand. On sunny days I would set up outside the local car wash with a cooler and my little black safe. I didn’t get many customers but I always had fun, whether I was reading a book or adding paint decorations to the safe and signs.

One customer I did have was an elderly gentleman who lived across the street from the car wash.

He would come every day where I set up and buy a glass of lemonade for his wife. Even though I only charged 25 cents, he always paid me with a $1 Sacagawea coin. I built up quite a collection by the end of the summer!

Now, as a college student, I make a point of stopping at as many lemonade stands as I can, always paying more than the kids charge me. This has been going on for almost three years now but this week, I didn’t have any money with me when I stopped at a little girl’s stand. I dug around in my car thoroughly and eventually opened up one of my moving boxes showing a black safe covered in soft cloth painted rainbows and hearts. I opened it up and sure enough, there were my Sacagawea coins. I almost shut the lid again because they mean so much to me, but then I realized that this is exactly why I had to pay with the coin. When I gave that little girl the shiny gold coin, I said, “You hang on to this one; they don’t make them any more!” And her face lit up. As I drove away, I saw her running to her sister to show her the gold coin and I knew that I had made her just as happy as I was when I was a little girl.

【1】What did the gentleman pay the author for the lemonade?

A．25 cents every time.

B．A collection of gold coins.

C．A one-dollar gold coin each time.

D．A little black safe with many gold coins.

【2】Why did the author pay the little girl with a gold coin?

A．To pass the kindness.

B．To show her wealth.

C．To help the poor girl.

D．To make the girl happy.

【3】How did the author feel when she gave the girl the coin?

A．Unwilling and hesitant.

B．Excited and willing.

C．Serious and pleased.

D．Peaceful and pleased.

【4】What can be a suitable title for the passage?

A．A Kind Young Lady

B．A Shiny Gold Coin

C．A Wealthy Gentleman

D．A Happy Lemonade Stand

30、   People give gifts in almost all societies. Some gifts are expensive, as they may take months to create. Others are of less ______ , such as birthday cards. In some cultures, there are certain rules about gift exchange. In Pakistan, for example, there is a tradition called “taking giving”. It ______ this way：You give the newly-married couple a gift, and they “repay（回报）”you with a gift of higher value. Then you give the couple another gift. This one should be worth the difference between the first two gifts.

Today presidents usually bring gifts when they ______ a foreign leader. Leaders bring gifts to strengthen relationships between ______ .

Gifts can also send special messages. For example, gifts can tell people that we are thinking of them and that we want them to feel_______ . Sometimes a gift makes us remember the giver. The gift keeps the_____ of a special person and a special relationship alive．

There is no doubt about the good side of gift giving. That is why some people don’t ______ the idea that modern gift giving is very wasteful. It is ______ that there is an emotional benefit for people who exchange gifts. That is surely enough of a reason for the tradition to continue.

【1】A.power B.help C.fun D.value

【2】A.works B.stands C.judges D.ends

【3】A.discover B.like C.trust D.visit

【4】A.countries B.cities C.villages D.families

【5】A.lucky B.special C.safe D.strong

【6】A.wealth B.happiness C.memory D.growth

【7】A.turn down B.give up C.think over D.agree with

【8】A.clear B.strange C.popular D.serious

31、Since the first day of preschool, I was always the type to invest more time in my physical war than social activities, the type that _________ the girls who could get up in front of the class and _________ give a presentation. Anything in the area of being vocally confident was never my _________. But now I’m different. Such a change _________ my summer job.

My entire existence has been defined by the summers I’ve spent in Avalon, New Jersey. Then, in my 14th summer, I got a job, which made a _________ to me.

At first it frightened me:The idea of having to _________ my freedom. Not only was the loss of freedom saddening me, but the _________ in me came out to play when I realized that I was going to launch myself into a completely _________ environment.

The place was Brian’s Waffle House. At the beginning I was very nervous, _________ I gradually pushed myself much more and boosted my confidence. I’ve made so many great friends that I’ll __________ contact with even when the Waffle House is long gone. The time in the Brian’s Waffle House is not dull. And every customer is a valuable part of the __________.

My summer job has helped guide me in my own personal growth. Now I __________ to sing in front of a large group of people. And I never miss a __________ to allow my fashionable style to shine. If I hadn’t walked into the shop, I wouldn’t have __________ the social skills I have now. I will be __________ for the lessons and values I have learned forever.

【1】

A．ignored

B．convinced

C．envied

D．consulted

【2】

A．confidently

B．definitely

C．fortunately

D．secretly

【3】

A．expectation

B．strength

C．excuse

D．ambition

【4】

A．emerged from

B．departed from

C．suffered from

D．recovered from

【5】

A．introduction

B．contribution

C．discovery

D．difference

【6】

A．excite

B．possess

C．abandon

D．threaten

【7】

A．shyness

B．delight

C．curiosity

D．pressure

【8】

A．secure

B．strange

C．formal

D．natural

【9】

A．as

B．or

C．but

D．so

【10】

A．restore

B．lose

C．establish

D．maintain

【11】

A．memory

B．experience

C．incident

D．journey

【12】

A．dare

B．fail

C．promise

D．demand

【13】

A．goal

B．plan

C．choice

D．chance

【14】

A．assessed

B．acquired

C．exercised

D．applied

【15】

A．ready

B．eager

C．grateful

D．suitable

32、A few years ago when my youngest son Matt was about 8 or 9 years old, we were getting things together to take them to the Salvation Army at Christmas time. The boys would _________their old toys and give away what they didn’t “ _________ ”. I always make cookies and get together blankets and clothes. Matt and l were_________the Christmas “package” to our local Salvation Army. We unloaded everything and _________home.

When we took the corner out of the_________lot, Matt noticed that a baseball glove he had put in the bag had_________. He said, “Morn, we forgot my glove.” Just then he_________a little boy and his Mom sitting on a bench on the side of the _________ where the small playground is. He said, “Mom, can we pull over and I can _________ it to him?” I said “Sure.” and we pulled over and went through the gate．

Matt __________ the boy the glove and said, “Here, Santa__________ me to give this to you.” He was so __________ to get it! His Mom __________and gave Matt a HUGE hug. Her eyes were full of __________. She looked at us and said “This was the best __________he could get, all I could get him this year was a baseball.”

When we __________ into the van, Matt said to me “Mum, God must have __________ me forget the baseball glove inside, so that little boy could have it—it was__________ to be!” That moment made me believe again my __________ in my belief that everything happens for a __________ and I have tried my best to get people to see that ever since !

【1】

A．buy

B．find over

C．go through

D．take over

【2】

A．have

B．use

C．like

D．need

【3】

A．delivering

B．sending

C．giving

D．selling

【4】

A．left

B．headed

C．stayed

D．got

【5】

A．parking

B．staying

C．building

D．meeting

【6】

A．run out

B．given out

C．fallen out

D．fallen over

【7】

A．asked

B．spotted

C．told

D．heard

【8】

A．road

B．park

C．church

D．building

【9】

A．send

B．hand

C．give

D．pass

【10】

A．handed

B．left

C．sold

D．bought

【11】

A．asked

B．wanted

C．told

D．needed

【12】

A．happy

B．doubtful

C．frightened

D．sad

【13】

A．came over

B．sat down

C．stood up

D．went away

【14】

A．happiness

B．tears

C．fears

D．worries

【15】

A．tool

B．toy

C．clothing

D．gift

【16】

A．left off

B．ran away

C．sat down

D．got back

【17】

A．seen

B．made

C．heard

D．watched

【18】

A．tried

B．made

C．meant

D．used

【19】

A．faith

B．thought

C．idea

D．words

【20】

A．moment

B．time

C．purpose

D．reason

33、   Fee was asleep inside his tent last summer when a series of screams awoke him. _________ on his shoes and seizing a lantern his wife had handed him, he rushed out to investigate. _________the darkness, Fee could make out a neighboring tent. There, _________was a wolf, dragging something in his teeth. It was a (an) _________.

_________ earlier, Elisa and Matt, from New Jersey, were _________ with their two young children when the wolf tore into their _________. It was like something out of a horror movie. For three minutes, Matt threw his body in front of Elisa and the boys and _________ the wolf. At one point, Matt got the better of the wolf, pinning it to the ground. But the fierce wolf _________ its sharp teeth deep into Matt's arm, set its __________ legs and began tugging Matt outside while Elisa was pulling on the wolf's legs __________ to get him back.

It was then that Fee entered the __________. He ran at the beast, kicking it in the hip(屁股). The wolf __________ Matt and emerged(出现) from the tent. So __________ was the wolf that Fee felt like he had hit someone that was beyond his weight class.

Before the wolf could turn its __________ on Fee, Matt, whose arms were bleeding, __________ out of the tent to resume (恢复)the battle. The two men __________ threw rocks and anything else they could get at the wolf and eventually forced it back. Elisa called a (an) __________ and Matt was taken to a local hospital.

Matt has fully recovered. As for Fee, he __________ later, "The moment the wolf locked eyes with me, I immediately regretted __________ it."

A．Relying

B．Throwing

C．Focusing

D．Deciding

A．Due to

B．But for

C．In spite of

D．Ahead of

A．backing out

B．looking on

C．going up

D．squeezing in

A．woman

B．man

C．boy

D．girl

A．Years

B．Days

C．Hours

D．Moments

A．exposed

B．hidden

C．asleep

D．awake

A．tent

B．field

C．scene

D．site

A．finished

B．fought

C．appreciated

D．amused

A．transformed

B．poured

C．sank

D．guided

A．flexible

B．delicate

C．admirable

D．powerful

A．volunteering

B．refusing

C．failing

D．attempting

A．picture

B．pattern

C．phenomenon

D．ceremony

A．abused

B．dropped

C．consumed

D．teased

A．awkward

B．fragile

C．mild

D．large

A．anxiety

B．stress

C．anger

D．sorrow

A．flew

B．walked

C．rolled

D．slid

A．unconsciously

B．constantly

C．permanently

D．temporarily

A．ambulance

B．doctor

C．officer

D．colleague

A．stressed

B．erupted

C．guaranteed

D．joked

A．treating

B．accusing

C．kicking

D．opposing

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: 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: 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、阅读短文，根据短文内容及首字母提示，在空白处填入一个适当的单词。

Wearing face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic p【1】 the spread of the deadly virus. But it is also i【2】. For one, we can no longer unlock our phones using facial recognition since a good part of our face is c【3】.

F【4】, tech companies are working to solve the problem. Apple, for example, offered a new way to unlock your iPhone and iPad with its l【5】 software update, iOS13.5, w【6】 was released on May 20.

Even though the update still won’t recognize your masked face, it makes the whole process f【7】. While the old system wouldn’t allow access t【8】 the passcode screen before three failed face scan attempts, iOS13.5 will send you straight to the passcode screen when you swipe up.

It might only s【9】 you a few seconds, but those few seconds “benefit public health by eliminating the temptation for people to r【10】 their masks in order to unlock their device”.

38、假定你是李华，你的英国笔友Chris发来邮件问你大学想学习什么专业。请你回复邮件，内容包括：

1.你选择的专业；2.陈述理由。

注意：1.词数80左右；2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Chris,

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Yours,

Li Hua

39、假设你是李华，在你校就读的英国交换生Tom因脚部受伤住院，你准备和同学们前去探望。请用英语给他写一封邮件，内容包括：

1. 表示关心；2. 告知探望时间及参加人员；3. 询问有何需求。

注意：1. 词数100左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Tom,

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Yours,

Li Hua

40、假如你是李华,全球变暖问题越来越引起人们的关注,它所产生的严重后果也逐渐为人所知.为此,你校学生会特意邀请了环保专家来校举办讲座,专门就全球变暖问题产生的原因、后果,以及中学生如何应对全球变暖问题等进行论述,并在演讲结束后回答同学们的提问.请你给外教老师 Mr.Smith 写一封邮件, 邀请他一起参加.

时间：2019 年 7 月 15 日 星期一 3：00 p.m.～5：00 p.m. 地点：礼堂 （auditorium）注意：词数 100 左右

41、假如你是李华，你们学校的外教Mrs. Smith想找一个人教她9岁的女儿中文。请你写信推荐你的朋友王林，内容包括:1.写信目的； 2.推荐理由

注意:1.词数 80 左右；2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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