陵水县2025学年度第二学期期末教学质量检测高三英语

1、The manager and heads of the sections will spend the morning _______ in the meeting room, ________ the problems they are facing.

A.locking; discussing B.locked; discussed

C.locked; discussing D.locking; discussed

2、—How do you study English?

—I study English               talking with foreign students.

A.by B.on C.at D.up

3、I won’t tell the student the answer to the math problem until he______ on it for more than an hour.

A. has been working B. will have worked

C. will have been working D. had worked

4、It’s no use _________ without thinking.

A.learn B.to learn C.having learned D.learning

5、Everything he ___ away from him before he returned to his hometown.

A. took B. had been taken

C. had had been taken D. had taken

6、We have entered an age _________ dreams have the best chance of coming true.

A.which B.that C.when D.how

7、The young man’s face _______ when the boss told him what a nice job he had done.

A．brought up

B．lit up

C．put up

D．took up

8、________ and out of breath, we reached the top of the mountains and stopped ________ the beautiful scenery.

A．Tiring; to admire

B．Tiring; admiring

C．Tired; admiring

D．Tired;to admire

9、More than one passenger ________ injured in the air crash.

A.were B.is C.are D.was

10、Reading aloud in the morning is _______ to learning a foreign language.

A.benefit B.used C.beneficial D.habit

11、Each star on the flag of the United States _______ a state of this nation.

A.stands by B.stands out C.stands for D.stands up

12、The speaker thought it hard to make himself ___ .

A.understand B.understanding C.to understand D.understood

13、Some insects________the colour of their surroundings to protect themselves.

A. take in   B. take off

C. take on D. take out

14、When the speaker finished his speech, he was content to see his speech was ________ with cheers and applause from the audience.

A.respected B.commented C.associated D.greeted

15、I think it a great honor _____ to visit your country.

A. to invite B. inviting C. having invited D. to be invited

16、They have ______money for the Hope Project for the last two years.

A. rose B. raised

C. aroused D. arisen

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、The reason ___ he was late was ___ he got up late.

A.why, why B.why, because C.why, that D.why, as

19、Justice has long arms. Whoever _______ breaks the law, or encourages others to do so, must expect to face justice.

A．swiftly

B．deliberately

C．gradually

D．properly

20、 He didn’t make ________ clear when and where the meeting would be held.

A．this

B．that

C．it

D．these

21、_____, we should reconsider the plan carefully. Which one is wrong?

A. In my view B. As far as I’m concerned

C. In my opinion D. As long as

22、The housing price in Suzhou ________ sharply recently, so new measures are to be taken to control it.

A．has been rising

B．will rise

C．rises

D．had risen

23、The players _____ found the right pace to play so they eventually won the game.

A.gradually B.disgustingly C.disturbingly D.greedily

24、After the earthquake, the first thing the local government did was to provide ______ for the homeless families.

A.furniture B.accommodation C.occupation D.basement

25、—Is it for two months they have stayed here?

—No, it is only three weeks they arrived here.

A.that; since B.that; when C.when; that D.since; before

26、Do you think alien beings exist somewhere in the universe? It seems like Mars, our closest neighbor, has inspired the most science fiction as the place where aliens are most likely to come from. Recent Mars probes (探测) have shown us that there is no life on that planet—at least not now. But that does not mean that life does not exist elsewhere—after all, the universe is really big. A lot of scientific research is going on in the search for “extraterrestrial life”.

Think about it—why should the seven billion people on this little planet be the only living beings in the universe? It would, in fact, seem logical that this is not the case. So scientific research in this matter is based around the idea of finding other planets that have environments that can support life —environments similar to the Earth. The search is on for the evidence of the existence, or earlier existence of life: from very wise beings to simple organisms (有机物).

So far, there have been a number of theories as to which planetary bodies may have an atmosphere that can support such life and therefore deserve closer attention. As for places within our own Milky Way Galaxy, it has been assumed over the decades that Mars and Venus, as well as some of the moons of Jupiter and Saturn, may have been hosts for life. Now, as technologies have improved and we can obtain measurements of the composition of the atmosphere on extra-solar planets, the chances of finding “alien” life forms are increasing.

There has been a theory that some of the planets in the habitable zone of the red dwarf star Gliese 581 may be able to support life. In 2007, scientists discovered exoplanet Gliese 581c—and felt that its atmosphere was most suitable for supporting life. But further research revealed that it would not. Now, attention has been turned to Gliese 581d, at the outer edge of the star’s habitable zone. The main standards for deciding whether a planetary body can be life-supporting are atmospheric conditions which allow the existence of water. Gliese 581 is about 20. 4 light years away from the Earth, so even if life does exist there, the distance would mean that communication would be unlikely.

Having said this—who says alien life forms (if they exist) need water?

【1】What does the underlined part in Paragraph 1 mean?

A．Life existing outside of the Earth.

B．The evidence of the existence of life.

C．Other faraway planets in the universe.

D．Creatures known from science fictions.

【2】What makes it possible for people to find “alien beings”?

A．Modern scientific theories.

B．Atmospheric conditions.

C．Environments similar to the Earth.

D．Advanced technologies.

【3】From the passage, we know that _________.

A．the atmosphere of Gliese 581c was most suitable for life

B．it is not certain whether alien life forms need water or not

C．the 7 billion people on the Earth are the only beings in the universe

D．the distance of 20. 4 light years makes it impossible to find life on Gliese 581d

【4】Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A．Do Aliens Exist?

B．Is Mars Suitable for Life?

C．Are Alien Life Forms Various?

D．Can We Communicate with Aliens?

27、My brother, Michael and I are crazy about houses. On Aug 1, 2016, I was driving through the Northern Neck of Virginia with him. We had found an abandoned Italianate farmhouse with weeds up to our waist. When admiring the property my brother rolled up the unlocked garage   door. “Holy smokes!” There sat this Mercedes. Seeing the number 6.9 on its back, I immediately recognized this to be a rare and unique find.

The car’s door was unlocked and in the glovebox, I found insurance papers. It turned out that the owner was a dead country doctor.It took me a year to find his widow’s(寡妇的) address, in Richmond. Twice I made the two-hour drive just to knock on her door, striking out both times. On the third try her neighbor was outside and I was able to get the widow’s phone number.

I logged approximately 25 voice mails,and still nothing.It was, I thought, just bad luck. I called one last time and heard a voice: “Hello?” From that point on, we struck up a friendship.

In July 2018, two years after finding the car, I was ready to buy it from her. We met in the middle — somewhere around what a new Toyota might cost. Still,the night before, I called my brother and said, “I am getting cold feet.” What was I doing buying an old Mercedes? He said, “You are buying that great car. And I promise you, the friendship you will make as a result will make this car worth every penny.” And he was right.

【1】Why did the author go to the Northern Neck?

A．To visit his brother.

B．To check the house.

C．To buy the unique car.

D．To enjoy the beautiful sights.

【2】What can we infer from the second and third paragraphs?

A．The author had trouble finding the car owner.

B．The car was the doctor’s only possession.

C．The widow was unwilling to sell the car.

D．The car was in bad conditions.

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

A．He was shocked by the price.

B．He was hesitating to make the decision.

C．He cared about money more than the car.

D．The weather that day was quite cold.

【4】What did Michael think of buying the car?

A．It was a waste of money.

B．It would cost a great deal.

C．Buying the car brought good friendship.

D．His brother made a good bargain buying it.

28、Extremely low temperature, strong winds and endless white snow are just a few of the challenges explorers must face in the Polar areas. But a 16-year-old British girl didn't let these worry her. On April 15 Alicia Adams became the youngest person to walk to the North Pole.

She completed the adventure with her geology teacher and two other companions. Each of them carried 30 kilograms of supplies. At times temperatures fell to -45C during the 320-kilometre trip. But they made it in ten days, two days less than her famous father, David Adams' time record for the same walk.

“It is a really good feeling, more of an achievement,” said Alicia Adams after coming to the end of her adventure. “The winds were like angry beasts roaring behind us. The trip seemed endless and there was nothing in sight: no buildings, no people, and no animals. Sometimes we had to walk across lakes covered with thin ice, which is the deadliest threat.”

David Adams is a top British explorer, who reached both the South and North poles on foot. He also set a series of hot air-balloon records and climbed the highest mountain on every continent. “I take pride in what she has achieved but a bit annoyed that she has beaten my time,” her father said playfully.

Asked if there would be any future joint adventures, the dad joked, “I think I would be struggling to keep up with her now.”

Alicia returned to Britain last week where she faces a more normal task of going to school. And she said her achievement would not necessarily mark the start of a life-long exploration. “Going to school is on top of my list,” she said.

【1】How long did it take David Adams to complete the same adventure?

A．6 days.

B．8 days.

C．10 days.

D．12 days.

【2】What was the biggest danger during Alicia Adams' adventure?

A．The lack of equipment and supplies.

B．The angry wild animals in the polar areas.

C．The strong icy winds and endless white snow.

D．The need to cross the lakes covered with thin ice.

【3】How did David Adams really feel about his daughter's adventure?

A．Angry.

B．Proud.

C．Worried.

D．Sad.

【4】What is Alicia's plan for the near future?

A．To go back to school to study.

B．To start more explorations by herself.

C．To challenge more of her father's records.

D．To have an adventure together with her dad.

29、One day when I was five, my mother scolded me for not finishing my rice and I got angry. I wanted to play outside and not be made to finish eating my old rice. In my angry movement to open the screen door with my foot, I had kicked back about a 12-inch part of the lower left hand corner of the new screen door. But I had no remorse, for I was happy to be playing in the backyard with my toys.

Today, I know if my child had done what I did, I would have scolded my child, and told him about how expensive this new screen door was, and I would have delivered a spanking for such behavior. My parents never said a word. They left the corner of the screen door be, creating an opening, a breach (裂缝) in the defense against unwanted insects.

For years, every time I saw that corner of the screen, it would constantly remind me of my mistake. For years I knew that everyone in my family would see that hole and remember who did it. For years, every time I saw a fly buzzing in the kitchen, I would wonder if it came in through the hole that I had created with my angry foot. I would wonder if my family members were thinking the same thing, silently blaming me every time a flying insect entered our home, making life more terrible for us all.

My parents taught me a valuable lesson, one that a spanking or stern (严厉的) words perhaps could not deliver. Their silent punishment for my behavior delivered a hundred stern messages to me. Above all, it has helped me become a more patient person and not burst out so easily.

【1】The underlined word “ remorse” in Paragraph 1 most probably means_____________.

A．injury

B．sense

C．regret

D．notice

【2】When the author damaged the door, his parents_____________.

A．scolded him for his bad behavior

B．gave him a spanking

C．told him how expensive it was

D．left the door unrepaired

【3】How did the author feel every time he saw the damaged door?

A．He felt it destroyed the happy atmosphere at his home.

B．He found that his family members no longer liked him.

C．He felt ashamed of his uncontrolled anger at that time.

D．He felt he had to work hard to make up for the damage.

【4】What is the main idea of this text?

A．Silent punishment may have a better effect on educating people.

B．What the best way to become a more patient person is.

C．Adults should ignore their children’s bad behavior.

D．Parents are the best teachers of their children.

30、My son Tom taught me a beautiful lesson today. He is three years old and it is amazing hatching him grow up.

He called out to me today saying, “Papa, sit”. That usually means _______ everything and going next to him and sitting down to play with him. I did that, as he can be _______ and will not stop calling out until I _______. He was playing with beads (珠子), pushing a string through them, which is a great exercise to help _______ fine motor skills. Then, after he finished playing with the beads, it was time to put them back in the box that they are stored in. I saw him _______ pick up each bead, look at it _______ it were made of chocolate and then placed it into its box.

With over a hundred beads to go, I was getting _______. “What a long time it will take! Why cannot he _______ ten beads in one go and drop them in?” said my anxious mind. I noticed that he did this with as much_______ as he had while we were playing. I didn’t see any ________ between his play and his putting away the toy. Obviously he enjoyed both.

Then it suddenly ________ me that this boy was enjoying the whole ________. The journey was his goal. For him the ________ was in the game and after the game, not just in the fun part. What a great perspective: to live each moment as it is the ________ moment; to do each task as it is the most awesome task. Nothing else ________.

Looking at how ________ my son was putting beads into the box ________ me that the process was the goal. The joy of pilgrimage (朝圣) is not in getting there but in every ________ of the journey.

This is what living in the NOW is all ________. Tom, my son, was showing me that it was about thoroughly enjoying every moment with ________ love and peace.

【1】

A．wasting

B．leaving

C．taking

D．preparing

【2】

A．stubborn

B．innocent

C．helpful

D．humorous

【3】

A．fell down

B．turned round

C．burst out

D．gave in

【4】

A．highlight

B．develop

C．illustrate

D．identify

【5】

A．gratefully

B．eagerly

C．carefully

D．quickly

【6】

A．as if

B．even though

C．in case

D．in that

【7】

A．fascinated

B．satisfied

C．impatient

D．energetic

【8】

A．package

B．grab

C．deliver

D．replace

【9】

A．confidence

B．strength

C．inspiration

D．involvement

【10】

A．sense

B．difference

C．need

D．value

【11】

A．excited

B．helped

C．struck

D．encouraged

【12】

A．process

B．morning

C．experiment

D．design

【13】

A．victory

B．challenge

C．difficulty

D．pleasure

【14】

A．urgent

B．decisive

C．perfect

D．dangerous

【15】

A．matters

B．happens

C．disappears

D．works

【16】

A．successfully

B．peacefully

C．responsibly

D．systematically

【17】

A．guaranteed

B．warned

C．promised

D．taught

【18】

A．plan

B．destination

C．step

D．detail

【19】

A．for

B．with

C．about

D．from

【20】

A．complete

B．available

C．additional

D．precious

31、   School breaks are chances for me to get away from boring life. For the Thanksgiving break of 2018, I decided to visit my ___________ in Ithaca. It was a(n) ___________ journey from my home to Ithaca by bus—9 hours.

The first leg of the journey, to Scranton, needed about 6 hours. I had to ___________ buses in Scranton for the last leg of the journey. ___________, my first bus got delayed .Then I ___________ my second bus and had to wait for several hours until I could take the next ___________. It was 6 p.m. in Scranton when I waited for the bus. I called my cousin to tell him about the ___________ and mentioned that it might be ___________ when I arrived.

While I was on call, I didn't ___________ that there was a lady standing close by, listening to my ____________. When I got off the call the lady approached me and ____________ about my journey. When she learned that it had already been a long and ____________ day for me, she took out a big cake and ____________ it to me.

This was a kind act but I ____________ the lady because I had something in my backpack. As I ____________ my conversation with her, I ____________ learned she came from a poor family. She didn't have much money ____________ the cake was her dinner. I was ____________. And at this time, I realized how true and kind an act of ____________ was when one gave away what she also ____________.

A．teacher

B．doctor

C．friend

D．cousin

A．long

B．interesting

C．dangerous

D．comfortable

A．call

B．find

C．change

D．order

A．Natually

B．Unluckily

C．Generally

D．Surely

A．forgot

B．lost

C．noticed

D．missed

A．bus

B．plane

C．boat

D．train

A．crash

B．journey

C．delay

D．leg

A．cold

B．late

C．snowy

D．terrible

A．remember

B．believe

C．doubt

D．realize

A．speech

B．conversation

C．plan

D．advice

A．asked

B．told

C．set

D．heard

A．boring

B．busy

C．quiet

D．tiring

A．showed

B．offered

C．sent

D．sold

A．caught up

B．went on

C．turned down

D．cut in

A．continued

B．chose

C．finished

D．stopped

A．easily

B．suddenly

C．usually

D．finally

A．but

B．and

C．for

D．because

A．moved

B．excited

C．troubled

D．worried

A．asking

B．taking

C．giving

D．worrying

A．faced

B．wanted

C．needed

D．understood

32、   For more than 20 years I have been traveling the world, preferring often to spend a year or two in different countries rather than to just visit as a tourist. It has become a big part of my _______ as an adult and _______ how I see the world and myself.

My first _______ of this amazing life was when I was 19 years old. I was _______ among a small group of college classmates to spend a year abroad. This was long before people could travel the world _______ through social media like Facebook and Instagram. In order to see a place, you had to go there and _______ it  firsthand.

Living _______ can be exciting. I thought it would be easier because I _______ the language, but I enjoyed the little differences between the British and American culture and language. For instance, instead of garbage the British called it "rubbish"; instead of favor they _______ it "favour".

But there were also ________ that year too. One of my classes was called "Europe Since 1870". In the U.S., I would have expected an introductory history class, but in England, I was ________ to have already known the   history; now was the time to analyze it. That ________ I not only had to learn the history as I went along, but also I had to try to write a paper explaining why certain events happened as they did. I know now that I was thrown into the deep ________, in a completely different and far more challenging environment, and it was natural that I wouldn't understand everything easily. Despite this, I don't ________ anything about my time in London. Even through painful experiences, we learn to ________.

Sometimes the difficult times made me sad and homesick. But luckily that was not as important as the ________ experience I had getting to know people from all over the world. I met dozens of interesting people from places like France, Greece and Germany in Europe, to Rwanda. Palestine and Australia. Learning how to make friends with people from different cultures and backgrounds was really fun, and these new friends helped put a(n) ________ to the countries they represented (代表).

As I finished the ________ year, I was torn inside about leaving London after such a life-changing experience.I learned so much about myself as a young woman and an American. When I ________ to my college for my final year, friends and professors saw a(n) ________ me. I had more maturity and self-awareness that I hadn't had before. It was just the beginning of a future of world travel and a love of different people and cultures.

【1】A.mind B.opinion C.identity D.curiosity

【2】A.designed B.promoted C.directed D.shaped

【3】A.idea B.memory C.decision D.taste

【4】A.called B.selected C.prepared D.recommended

【5】A.directly B.indirectly C.conveniently D.deliberately

【6】A.record B.discover C.attend D.experience

【7】A.alone B.abroad C.well D.outdoors

【8】A.recognized B.spoke C.identified D.learned

【9】A.read B.called C.pronounced D.spelled

【10】A.surprises B.expectations C.challenges D.disappointments

【11】A.told B.believed C.determined D.supposed

【12】A.showed B.meant C.explained D.proved

【13】A.hole B.side C.water D.end

【14】A.remember B.realize C.regret D.recall

【15】A.survive B.collapse C.control D.grow

【16】A.amusing B.satisfying C.cheering D.amazing

【17】A.impression B.personality C.face D.image

【18】A.adventurous B.academic C.independent D.practical

【19】A.shifted B.moved C.travelled D.returned

【20】A.new B.happy C.confident D.relaxed

33、   The spot of a red balloon in a tree was what first caught Randy Heiss’s _____on December 16,2018.He then walked toward it and found the balloon attached to a piece of_____.“Dayami,”it read on one side, in a child’s_______.Heiss flipped the paper over. It was a numbered list in Spanish. His Spanish isn’t very good, but he could__________it was a Christmas list.

He was charmed and wondered whether he could_____the child. About 20 miles to the southwest, just across the border, was the city of Nogales，Mexico.____the prevailing wind(常刮的风),he was pretty sure that’s where it came from.

Back home, Heiss’s wife who is fluent in Spanish_____the list. Heiss listened carefully: Dayami, ____a girl, had asked for a doll, a dollhouse, clothes and art supplies. Heiss then posted about his quest on Facebook,____photos, hoping someone might know the girl’s family.

A few days passed with no leads; Heiss worried that time was running out_____Christmas. On December 19,he decided to send a private Facebook message to Radio XENY in Nogales. The next morning, when he was still in bed, Heiss_____a message: The staff had_____Dayami, who indeed lived in Nogales and would be willing to arrange a get-together at the radio station.

Heiss and his wife rushed to_____everything on Dayami’s list. Then they drove for 45 minutes,____the border into Nogales. They finally met the very_____girl.“ Her eyes were wide open with wonder. Like,‘ Oh my gosh，this really did work!’ It was a beautiful experience,”Heiss said. “Quite healing for us.”

Heiss,61 , has lived in Bisbee, Arizona for more than three decades. Ten years ago, he and his wife_____their only child in an accident. They have even no grandchildren. Now they split their time between Nogales and Bisbee.

“Being around children at Christmastime has been_____in our lives,”Heiss said. “It’s been kind of a gaping hole in our Christmas experience. ”He has since reflected on what a miracle it was that he occasionally_____the balloon, let alone that he was able to meet Dayami and her family.

【1】A.hands B.breath C.attention D.imagination

【2】A.paper B.glass C.wood D.cloth

【3】A.steps B.voice C.eyes D.writing

【4】A.remember B.see C.hope D.promise

【5】A.find B.adopt C.teach D.challenge

【6】A.Amazed at B.Sponsored by C.Accustomed to D.Based on

【7】A.drafted B.polished C.translated D.finished

【8】A.eventually B.probably C.ever D.even

【9】A.downloading B.taking C.attaching D.analyzing

【10】A.before B.at C.after D.until

【11】A.searched for B.decided on C.subscribed to D.awoke to

【12】A.saved B.comforted C.located D.appointed

【13】A.consume B.buy C.produce D.exchange

【14】A.examining B.closing C.defending D.crossing

【15】A.frightened B.excited C.determined D.embarrassed

【16】A.left B.stopped C.lost D.disabled

【17】A.abused B.abnormal C.abstract D.absent

【18】A.blew B.released C.spotted D.decorated

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 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.

On a broiling afternoon when the men were away at work and all the women napped, I moved through majestic depths of silences, silences so immense I could hear the corn 【1】. Under these silences there was a / an orchestra of natural music playing notes no city child would ever hear. A certain cackle from the henhouse meant we had gained an egg. The creak of a porch swing told of a momentary breeze blowing across my grandmother’s yard. As I 【2】 along a mossy bank to surprise a frog, a 【3】splash told me the quarry had spotted me and slipped into the stream. Wandering among the sleeping houses, I learned that tin roofs crackle under the power of the sun, and when I tired and came back to my grandmother’s house, I padded into her dark cool living room, lay 【4】 on the floor, and listened to the hypnotic beat of her pendulum clock on the wall ticking the meaningless hours away.

I was enjoying the luxuries of a rustic nineteenth-century boyhood, but for the women Morrisonville life had few 【5】. Their lives were hard, endless, dirty labor.

For baths, laundry, and dishwashing, they hauled buckets of water from a spring at the foot of a hill. To heat it, they chopped kindling to fire their wood stoves. They boiled laundry in tubs, scrubbed it on washboards until knuckles were 【6】, and wrung it out by hand. Ironing was a business of lifting heavy metal weights heated on the stove top.

They scrubbed floors on hands and knees, thrashed rugs with carpet beaters, killed and plucked their own chickens, baked bread and parties, grew and conned their won vegetables, patched the family’s clothing on treadle-operated sewing machines, 【7】before the men to start the stove for breakfast and pack lunch pails, polished the chimneys of kerosene lamps, and even found time to tend the flowers that grew around every house. By the end of a summer day a Morrisonville woman had toiled like a serf.

At sundown the men drifted back from the fields exhausted and 【8】. They scrubbed themselves in enamel basins and, when supper was eaten, climbed up onto the porch to watch the night arrive. Presently the women 【9】 them, and the twilight music of Morrisonville began.

The swing creaking , rocking chairs 【10】 on the porch planks, voices murmuring approval of the sagacity of Uncle Irvey as he quietly observed for probably the ten-thousandth time in his life, “A man works from sun to sun, but a woman’s work is never done.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

37、阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空，在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个适当单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。

A

I have the【1】(great)job in the world. I travel to unusual places and work alongside people from all over the world. Sometimes using【2】(science)equipment and sometimes meeting local people and tourists, I am never【3】(bore).Although my job is occasionally dangerous, I don’t mind because danger excites me and makes me feel alive. However, the most important thing about my job is that I help protect ordinary people【4】 one of the most powerful forces on earth—the volcano.

B

Water is a precious resource. Every person needs it【5】 (survive),and we use it for cooking, drinking, growing our food and washing. However，it is scarce(缺乏的).Just 1% of water on Earth can【6】 (use)by humans. What’s more，treating water to make it clean and safe and pumping it to our homes uses up lots of energy. So, what can you do to help save water? One easy way is by【7】(turn)off the tap when you brush your teeth.

C

Robbie Phillips has become the first British person to complete one of the toughest challenges in rock climbing. 【8】(know)as the Alpine Trilogy(阿尔卑斯三部曲),the challenge consists of three climbs on mountains in Austria, Germany and Switzerland, 【9】Phillips completed in four years. Until now, only four other people【10】(conquer)all three of the extremely difficult climbs.

38、假定你是李华，九月末将去伦敦交流学习，得知当地博物馆要举办中国传统服装展，正在招募志愿者。请写一封申请信，要点如下：

1. 写作目的；

2. 个人优势；

3. 你的承诺。

注意：1.词数 100 左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

Dear Sir/Madam,

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Yours,

Li Hua

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

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40、假如你是李华，你的英国朋友Owen(欧文）正在中国学汉语，请你给他写一封邀请信，邀请他参加你校主办的“书香校园网络读书周”活动来帮助他提高汉语水平。

内容要点：

1.发出邀请；

2.活动安排（读书周的时间，形式，内容）；

3.期待回复。

注意：1．词数100左右； 2．可以适当增加内容，以使行文连贯。

提示词：书香校园网络读书周Shuxiang Campus Network Reading Week

41、2020年突如其来的新型冠状病毒几乎改变了所有人的生活。假定你是一名 叫李华的高中生，你所在的学校要征集一封英文感谢信, 以致敬奋战在抗击新型 冠状病毒第一线的医疗工作者。请你写一封感谢信参与投稿，内容包括： 1.表达谢意； 2.个人感受；3.表达信心。

注意：1.词数100左右：

2.以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

参考词汇:传染病epidemic   新型冠状病毒novel coronavirus

Dear medical workers,

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Yours sincerely,

Li Hua