荆门2025学年度第一学期期末教学质量检测高二英语

1、--- My little evil totally wears me out?  

--- Well, babies are lovely, but sometimes they ________ be tiresome.

A.should B.will C.can D.shall

2、I walked up to the top of the hill with my feiend, we enjoyed a splendid view of the lake

A．which

B．where

C．who

D．that

3、Considerable resources have been devoted to _____ him a liar.

A. prove B. proven

C. proving D. proved

4、The shocking news made me realize_______ terrible problems we would face.

A.what B.if C.how D.that

5、Among the ashes were not the bones of a beast, but ________ of a bird.

A.ones B.that C.those D.what

6、This book gives a brief _______ of the history of the castle and details of the art collection in the main hall.

A.outline B.output C.operation D.organ

7、---I know the furniture expensive but it will last for years.

---___________hope so too.

A.can B.may C.must D.should

8、Fully _______ in looking after three small children, she cannot speak to you at the moment.

A.occupied B.being occupied C.occupying D.being occupying

9、An unhappy childhood may have some negative effects on a person’s characters however, they are not always_________.

A．practical

B．avoidable

C．permanent

D．beneficial

10、The young teacher has ________ ambitious.

A. been proved to be B. proved to be

C. been proved D. proved being

11、_________, he knows a lot of Chinese characters.

A. Child as he is B. As a child he is

C. As he is a child D. A child as he is

12、Generally, students’ inner motivation with high expectations from others ___________ essential to their development.

A．is

B．are

C．was

D．were

13、The _____ of the harmful chemicals on the world’s lakes and oceans has raised awareness of the public.

A. effect B. effort

C. donation D. distribution

14、The Amish, who live a simple farming life, ________ cars because they like having tight communities where everyone lives close together.

A.construct B.convey C.reserve D.reject

15、________ the danger of drunk driving, the driver decided not to drive any more after drinking.

A．Aware for

B．Aware of

C．Aware about

D．Being aware that

16、E-commerce companies are helping small businesses in financial trouble obtain loans that they otherwise _______ to raise.

A．must struggle

B．can have struggled

C．could struggle

D．would have struggled

17、More subway lines ______ to make travelling easy in Beijing in the coming years.

A. will build   B. will be built

C. build    D. are built

18、________ your phone is a worthy assistant, there’s no substitute for a real camera when it comes to ________ the perfect picture.

A．As; taking

B．Whether; take

C．Though; take

D．While; taking

19、The prize winner described to the class ________ he had managed to achieve excellence in his study.

A．what

B．how

C．which

D．whether

20、IPhone, the world’s largest mobile phone maker, said that over the first nine months of the year it ________ 23 million handsets in China, an increase of 77 percent ________ the same period a year ago.

A．had sold; compared to

B．has sold; compared to

C．sold; comparing with

D．had sold; comparing with

21、When a pencil is partly in a glass of water, it looks as if it _______.

A. breaks B. has broken

C. were broken D. had been broken

22、If parents don’t teach their child how to ________himself，he will do anything at will.

A.behave B.believe C.help D.enjoy

23、He felt a sense of relief _______ he got his medical examination report.

A.as long as B.so that C.the moment D.as if

24、______ in the training, Marbury couldn't play in the basketball season.

A. Injuring B. Injure

C. Injured  D. To injure

25、Last month L.A.declared a________of emergency as protests over killing of Geroge Floyd a black man turned violent.

A.state B.condition C.situation D.circumstance

26、   Robots are increasingly being developed to think and act like humans. But one common human quality that has been difficult for engineers to recreate in machines is humor.

Most robots are powered by artificial intelligence, or AI. Some have performed better than humans in tests designed to measure machine intelligence.

Computer scientists have also hoped to give robots technical skills to help them recognize, process and react to humor. But these attempts have mostly failed.

Kiki Hempelmann is a computational language expert who studies humor at Texas A&M University. “Artificial intelligence will never get jokes like humans do,” he told the Associated Press. The main problem, Hempelmann says, is that robots completely miss the context of humor.

Tristan Miller is a computer scientist and linguist at Darmstadt University of Technology in Germany. In one research project, he studied more than 10,000 puns(双关语).

Puns are a kind of joke that uses a word with two meanings. For example, you could say, “Balloons do not like pop music.” The word “pop” can be a way of saying popular music; or, “pop” can be the sound a balloon makes when it explodes.

But a robot might not get the joke. Tristan Miller says that is because humor is a kind of creative language that is extremely difficult for computer intelligence to understand.

Despite the difficulties, Darmstadt University’s Miller says there are good reasons to keep trying to teach humor to robots. It could make machines more relatable, especially if they can learn to understand sarcasm(讽刺), he noted. Humans use sarcasm to say one thing but mean another.

But Texas A&M’s Kiki Hempelmann is not sure such attempts are a good idea. “Teaching AI systems humor is dangerous because they may find it where it isn’t, and they may use it where it’s inappropriate,” he said. “Maybe bad AI will start killing people because it thinks it is funny,” he added.

【1】Which is difficult for robots to gain according to the passage?

A.Thinking. B.Humor.

C.Intelligence. D.Action.

【2】What does Kiki mean by saying robots’ missing the context of humor?

a. They lack creativity and skills.

b. They have no sense of humor at all.

c. They don’t understand the situation.

d. They have no related ideas that make a joke funny.

A.ab B.ac

C.bd D.cd

【3】What’s the main idea of the last paragraph?

A.The risk of teaching humor to AI.

B.The necessity of making AI smart.

C.The reason to keep robots humorous.

D.The possibility of robot understanding humor.

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

A.To Be Smarter, Be Humorous.

B.AI can Get Jokes Like Humans.

C.How to Help Robots Learn Humor?

D.Why Robot Humor Mostly Falls Flat.

27、   From an innocent children’s cartoon character to a top cultural icon, Peppa Pig, a British preschool animated TV series, has undergone an amazing journey in adapting to Chinese culture and China’s market.

2015

In June, the Peppa Pig TV series was introduced to the Chinese market by Entertainment One and first aired on the CCTV Children’s Channel. Shortly after its publication, Peppa Pig attracted billions of views on social media platforms like iQiyi, Youku and Tudou.

2016

The Peppa Pig TV series was broadcast on the CCTV Children’s Channel for a second round. It also gained more viewers on the Golden Eagle Animation Channel, Hunan TV.

2017

The phrase “Peppa Pig Girl” became one of the hottest buzzwords(时髦术语) on China’s Internet. It refers to a girl who holds a positive attitude toward life even though she tends to be lazy in her daily life. She might look a bit silly and often have tasty food as a top priority on her mind.

2018

Rumors claimed that Peppa Pig was banned from Douyin, China’s major video sharing platform, saying it “violates the community regulations and has not passed censorship ”. In May, however, representatives from Douyin said the app was not forbidding Peppa Pig.

2019

According to Entertainment One, more than 40 million Peppa Pig books have been sold since its second round broadcast on CCTV. In the year of the Pig, more companies are adding Peppa-themed elements to their products for promotion.

【1】Since ________, more than 40 million Peppa Pig books have been sold.

A.2015 B.2016

C.2017 D.2018

【2】Which of the following social media platforms first broadcast the Peppa Pig TV series?

A.CCTV Children’s Channel B.iQiyi

C.Youku D.Tudou.

【3】What can we learn about Peppa Pig according to the passage?

A.The TV series was first broadcast on Hunan TV.

B.Food is the favorite of a Peppa Pig Girl, who is silly.

C.Year of the Pig will help promote the sales of the Peppa-themed products.

D.Peppa Pig was banned in Douyin because it broke the law.

28、2 Killed in Knife Attack in French Town Under Lockdown

In what was described as a potential terrorist attack, a knife-wielding man killed two people and wounded five others on Saturday morning in a town in southern France with only a few shops open under a national lockdown to prevent the coronavirus pandemic (新冠肺炎).

The attacks took place about 11 a.m. local time outside a bakery and other shops. Witnesses said that the suspect yelled, “Allahu akbar!" as he lunged at his victims, according to France Bleu. The assailant （行凶者）randomly attacked bystanders on the street, first cutting the throat of a man in his 40s in front of his companion and his son, in the center of Romans-sur-Isere, just south of Lyon, according to the French authorities and news media.

He then attacked two workers and a customer inside a tobacco store before heading to a butcher’s shop. The suspect, a 33-ycar-old man of Sudanese origin, was arrested by the police as he was "found on his knees on the sidewalk while praying in Arabic," said the country’s antiterrorism prosecutor’s office, which is handling the investigation into the attack. At the man’s home, investigators found religious writings in which the author complained of living in a "country of infidels （没有信仰的）the prosecutors said in a statement.

The suspect—who the French news media said was an asylum-seeker （避难者）from Sudan—was not immediately identified by name. President Emmanuel Macron vowed that "light would be shed on this odious （可 憎的）act which casts a shadow on our country, which has already been severely tested in recent weeks. "

【1】Where docs the attacker come from?

A.Iraq B.Saudi Arabia C.France D.Sudan

【2】The first victim was accompanied with   when he was attacked.

A.his son B.his companion C.his wife and his son D.none

【3】Which of the following statements is Not True according the passage?

A.The attack was in the street.

B.The suspect was an infidel man.

C.The suspect’s name wasn’t known to the French new media at first.

D.President Emmanuel Macron eared much about the case and promised to make it clear.

29、   It seemed like a typical November day two years ago, as I walked out of Walgreens, a store near my house. It was just a month after my grandmother had passed away and I spent my days running useless errands (杂事) hoping to fill the emptiness in my heart and distract me from the pain.

As I attempted to walk out of the store, I felt exhausted and hopeless and began walking to my car. Suddenly, a woman driving right by my side rolled down her window. “Excuse me, excuse me, excuse me,” she said loudly. Thinking she was going to ask for my parking spot, I simply pointed to my car. “No, excuse me,” she said again. At this point, 1 felt I had no choice but to see what this annoying lady wanted. Under a clutter of makeup, money, pens, and other belongings, she finally reached to the very bottom of her bag and handed me a three -page booklet. “It looks like you need this,” she said calmly with a warm smile on her face. I looked down at the mysterious and obviously used pamphlet and on the front cover in big bold letters read “What Hope for Dead Loved Ones?” It took me only a few seconds to understand the exchange with this woman, but by the time I looked up, she was gone. I felt a sense of relaxation as I opened the first page. It explained how people pass away, but their spirit remains with us. This was the first time since my grandma had passed that I felt her with me, just like I had wanted. I didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but I did know that I finally felt happiness from the surprising change in events.

I couldn't, and still can't, believe what had happened to me on that day. It was a random day in November when my life turned back around and I began to feel hope again. It was real. It was a miracle. And, I'll remember it for the rest of my life.

【1】Why did the author spend days doing useless things?

A.To kill her spare time. B.To relieve the suffering.

C.To reflect on herself. D.To make herself fulfilled.

【2】Why did the woman say “Excuse me” so loudly?

A.To catch the author's attention. B.To get the author's parking space.

C.To share her experience with the author. D.To complain about the author's improper behavior.

【3】What can be learned about the three- page booklet?

A.It included some mysterious stories.

B.It was a gift from her grandmother.

C.It gave people some advice on how to find happiness.

D.It showed that people's spirit would stay after death.

【4】What can be the best title for the text?

A.Love from My Grandma B.A Random Day in November

C.A Miracle at the Parking Lot D.Comfort from a Woman Stranger

30、Usually, there is a teacher-parent meeting in every school year. Some students enjoy it, some don’t. Tom, a little boy invited his mother to attend his school's first teacher-parent meeting. To the little boy's ______, she said she would go. This ______ be the first time that his classmates and teacher ______ his mother and he felt ______ of her appearance. Although she was a beautiful woman, there was a severe scar (疤痕) that _____nearly the entire right side of her face. The boy never wanted to_______why or how she got the scar.

At the meeting, the people were ______ by the kindness and natural beauty of his mother ______ the scar, but the little boy was still embarrassed and ______ himself from everyone. He did, however, get within ______of a conversation between his mother and his teacher.

The teacher asked ______, "How did you get the scar on your face?"

The mother replied, "______ my son was a baby, he was in a room that caught fire. Everyone was ______ afraid to go in because the fire was ______，so I went in. As I was running toward his bed, I saw a long piece of wood coming down and I placed myself over him trying to protect him. I was knocked ______ but fortunately, a fireman came in and saved both of us." She ______ the burned side of her face. "This scar will be ______, but to this day, I have never ______ what I did."

At this point, the little boy came out running toward his mother with tears in his eyes. He held her in his arms and felt a great ______ of the sacrifice (牺牲) that his mother had made for him. He held her hand ______ for the rest of the day.

【1】

A．enjoyment

B．excitement

C．disappointment

D．surprise

【2】

A．would

B．could

C．should

D．must

【3】

A．noticed

B．greeted

C．met

D．accepted

【4】

A．sick

B．ashamed

C．afraid

D．tired

【5】

A．included

B．passed

C．covered

D．shaded

【6】

A．hear about

B．think about

C．care about

D．talk about

【7】

A．surprised

B．impressed

C．excited

D．comforted

【8】

A．in sight of

B．by means of

C．by way of

D．in spite of

【9】

A．separated

B．protected

C．hid

D．escaped

【10】

A．hearing

B．reminding

C．understanding

D．learning

【11】

A．nervously

B．carefully

C．seriously

D．anxiously

【12】

A．As

B．Now that

C．Since

D．When

【13】

A．so

B．much

C．quite

D．too

【14】

A．under control

B．out of control

C．in control

D．over control

【15】

A．helpless

B．hopeless

C．useless

D．senseless

【16】

A．pointed

B．showed

C．touched

D．wiped

【17】

A．beautiful

B．lasting

C．serious

D．frightening

【18】

A．forgot

B．recognized

C．considered

D．regretted

【19】

A．honor

B．happiness

C．sense

D．pride

【20】

A．quietly

B．tightly

C．slightly

D．suddenly

31、   Once many years ago, I pulled a family out of a burning car somewhere in Wyoming. Last week I ______ a telephone call from a woman who could not stop ______ as she told me that one of my stories had saved her son from committing suicide. In closing she called me a ______.

That ______ me thinking about what a hero is. Was I a hero because I pulled a family from a burning car? If so,  ______ could I be a hero just because I ______ a story that saved someone's life?

Today I decided to look up the word “hero” in the dictionary to see ______ what it meant. It ______ “a person who does something brave”. As I read on, it also said “a person who is good and noble”.

That statement ______ me more than the part about being ______. So I thought about something very important. Say I was walking into the local Wal-Mart Store and I ______ to open and hold the door for someone as a kindness. As they passed me by, I say, “How are you today?” Most of the time that would be no big deal, ______ this time let's say it was for someone who was deeply ______ and near the end of the rope. That may have very well been the only kindness or politeness shown to them in a very long time.

Having been near “the end of my rope”, after my marriage of twenty years ended, I was in such a condition. I was within hours trying to get enough ______ to end the pain and misery. When I returned home, someone had ______ me a card in the mail which told me how ______ they would appreciate me as a friend. That wonderful card probably saved my life. That person, without even knowing it, saved a life and became a hero.

Similarly many children come out of the orphanages ______ a very hard and bitter attitude against the world, but the gifts we send them let them know that they have not been forgotten. ______, most of them will never hurt anyone because of the ______ shown to them by those of us who cared. If it ______, we will also become “heroes”.

【1】A. made B. gave C. received D. accepted

【2】A. crying B. laughing C. thinking D. smiling

【3】A. writer B. player C. gentleman D. hero

【4】A. helped B. sent C. let D. made

【5】A. how B. what C. why D. whether

【6】A. said B. made C. recalled D. wrote

【7】A. easily B. directly C. exactly D. obviously

【8】A. read B. wrote C. told D. described

【9】A. helped B. gave C. followed D. touched

【10】A. good B. brave C. kind D. noble

【11】A. happened B. wanted C. intended D. meant

【12】A. though B. since C. because D. but

【13】A. moved B. excited C. depressed D. frightened

【14】A. money B. courage C. energy D. ability

【15】A. sent B. carried C. brought D. took

【16】A. deeply B. completely C. well D. much

【17】A. without B. for C. with D. within

【18】A. Desperately B. Hopefully C. Eagerly D. Unfortunately

【19】A. consciousness B. respect C. kindness D. confidence

【20】A. matters B. works C. acts D. does

32、   All through my childhood, I was very good at sports. I had been known as a fast runner when I was young.

When we moved to America, I was excited and ______ that I was able to compete with many tall, long-legged American girls and make the spot.______, because I had piano lessons every Monday and had to ______ practice once a week, I was unable to ______ my spot in the relay and some other girl took it. Track slowly ______ from me as I continued to miss practice to attend my piano lessons.

Gradually, the image of “sportswoman” no longer ______ me. I was that Chinese girl who was smart and sometimes funny, but never ______. I began to fear gym class, even though it had been one of my ______ classes when I was young. I hated team sports.

When I stopped playing sports, I started ______ weight. My body was short and fat and I hated it. Because I was so horrible at sports, I had no real way to keep ______. The summer before my senior year of high school, after a fit of tears and anger, I decided to start ______again. That summer, I lost about twenty pounds and I felt ______.

But this story isn’t about my weight-loss ______. It’s about the importance of playing sports. ______ I don’t play sports any more, I still watch them on television. I love the NBA. I love watching basketball and seeing these men jump to gracefully (优雅地) ______ the ball into the tiny basket.

Sticking with something even if you don’t think you’re very good at it is just a ______of endurance (忍耐力) that comes with learning a sport. I never ______ that endurance. I sometimes look at my classmates ______. Strong, built, and confident. There isn’t anything in the world like being good at a ______.

So whatever it is you’re doing, if it’s ______, stick with it. You won’t regret it.

【1】A.ashamed B.proud C.careless D.cautious

【2】A.Obviously B.Hopefully C.Unfortunately D.Strangely

【3】A.explain B.respect C.miss D.provide

【4】A.question B.appreciate C.examine D.defend

【5】A.floated away B.looked away C.resulted D.died

【6】A.apologized B.resembled C.complained D.protected

【7】A.flexible B.safe C.athletic D.comfortable

【8】A.personal B.favorite C.local D.foreign

【9】A.finding B.exploring C.gaining D.widening

【10】A.calm B.nervous C.young D.fit

【11】A.contributing B.responding C.running D.turning

【12】A.great B.ordinary C.weak D.tired

【13】A.agreement B.change C.outcome D.challenge

【14】A.As long as B.As soon as C.As though D.Even though

【15】A.sink B.turn C.bring D.accept

【16】A.history B.motto C.patterns D.lesson

【17】A.kept up B.met with C.worked out D.thought about

【18】A.enviably B.quickly C.privately D.quietly

【19】A.theory B.business C.routine D.sport

【20】A.considerate B.worthwhile C.urgent D.typical

33、   Chinese netizens, who had to _______indoors for days to combat the ongoing _______ of the novel coronavirus related pneumonia, began to _______their wish lists of things they would do immediately after the pandemic_______.

Among the 24,000 participants from all over the country, nearly half said they would love to meet their loved ones, and _______ 10,000 said they would go out shopping or go to a movie theater and eat hotpot, according to a popular online surveys under the topic "what you want to do most after the pandemic"_______ on Chinese Twitter-like platform Sina Weibo on Sunday.

"I really need to hit the gym. I have spent days at home doing _______but eating and watching TV shows on the couch between sleeps," some vowed online.

_______also showed that many wanted simply to resume their old_______ .

"I would love to go back to my university to work on my dissertation, to make sure I can _______on time," wrote one. "I want to work and make money, so I can buy myself a house," wrote another.

The pandemic outbreak had _______more than 3340 lives until last Sunday morning. Under similar discussion_______ , many netizens made more profound reflections on life and_______ in the aftermath of the outbreak. "If we can_______ the disaster, let's remember not to devour wild_______. And if medical workers can save us from the disease, let's learn to respect their lives and to treat them with_______ ," one netizen wrote. "Even after the disease, we should develop habits of washing hands properly and _______, and of wearing masks in crowded _____places," another ______.

Some also said they would love to reschedule their family gathering for the Chinese New Year, as many who were fighting _______the epidemic in frontline areas had been unable to make it this year.

【1】A.go B.stay C.sit D.sleep

【2】A.appearance B.outbreak C.emergence D.experiment

【3】A.read B.watch C.share D.dream

【4】A.burn away B.give away C.turn away D.goes away

【5】A.another B.other C.the other D.others

【6】A.launched B.forbade C.guided D.mixed

【7】A.anything B.nothing C.something D.anyone

【8】A.Agreements B.Occasions C.Comments D.Applications

【9】A.routines B.trips C.expressions D.trouble

【10】A.contract B.graduate C.disturb D.project

【11】A.left B.observed C.refused D.claimed

【12】A.topics B.conclusions C.reasons D.purposes

【13】A.school B.society C.education D.home

【14】A.enjoy B.acquire C.add D.survive

【15】A.animals B.plants C.desert D.stones

【16】A.selflessness B.atmosphere C.kindness D.greedy

【17】A.fluently B.frequently C.additionally D.hardly

【18】A.obvious B.easy C.open D.public

【19】A.proposed B.quarreled C.criticized D.finished

【20】A.with B.against C.for D.to

34、阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Everyone has their own unique fingerprint; 【1】 makes fingerprints an ideal way to unlock smartphones. However, this may be 【2】 (safe) than we think.

Scientists at New York University and Michigan State University in the US have developed a set of fake fingerprints. They say that the prints 【3】 unlock any fingerprint-enabled smartphone up to 65 percent of the time.

The artificial fingerprints 【4】 (create) by using many common features found in human prints. They work 【5】 taking advantage of the way smartphone scanners check a fingerprint.

The fingerprint scanners   【6】 (use) in smartphones are so small that they only read parts of fingerprints. So they have to take many scans of your finger or thumb (拇指) 【7】 they work properly. Smartphones also let users save several finger and thumbprints. Since a print only has to match one of the saved images 【8】 (unlock) the phone, the scanner is more likely to make mistakes.

Although the scientists have only tested their findings in computer simulations (模拟), 【9】 (worry) about the safety of using fingerprints are reasonable .They warn that the technology used to create artificial fingerprints is improving   【10】 (extreme) fast.

35、Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word. For the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

My daughter

(A story told by a father, a famous actor)

My wife and I only had the one child. We had Amy.

I see her as my best friend. I think she’d always come to me first if she had a problem. We have the same sense of humor, and share interests. 【1】 I don’t mind animals, she’s completely fascinated with them, and she has always had dogs, cats, horses, and goldfish in her life.

We were 【2】 (close) when she was about four, which I think is a lovely age for a child. They know the parents best, and don’t have outside contacts. She must have grown up suddenly when she went to school, because I remember her growing away from her family slightly. Any father who has a teenager daughter comes across an extraordinary collection of people, and there seemed to be an endless stream of strange young men 【3】 (come) through our house. By the time I learned their names they 【4】 (go) away and I had to start learning a new lot.

I wanted more than anything else for her to be happy in 【5】 she was doing, and I was prepared to pull strings to help her on her way. When she left a good school she decided she wanted to become an actress so I got her into drama school. It wasn’t to her liking so she joined a theatre group and began doing bits and pieces in films. She was doing well, but then gave it up. She probably found it boring. Then she took up social work, and finally went to work 【6】a designer and he became her husband. And that’s really the story of her life. She must be happy with him—they’re always together.

We have such similar tastes in books and music 【7】 I used to take her to see an opera, which is my big passion. However, I don’t think she likes it very much. She doesn’t come with me anymore.

I don’t think she’s a big television watcher. She knows when I’m on the television, and she 【8】 watch, but I don’t know. It’s not the kind of thing she tells me.

We’re very grateful for Amy. She’s a good daughter as daughters go. We’re looking forward to being grandparents.

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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.

37、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.

38、假设你是营养专家，请你根据下面的内容写一篇题目为 “Top Meal of the Day”的文章登在营养杂志上。

现状:许多高中学生不吃早餐（skip breakfast），其结果不仅影响白天的学习，而且导致身体变差。

原因:1.认为早餐不重要，可有可无；

2.早晨时间匆忙，为了节省时间不吃早晨；

3.女孩为了减肥而不吃早晨。

建议:每位学生都应该每天吃早餐。原因……（自定，至少两个）。

要求：1. 请按照要求使文章内容充实，上下文连贯通顺；

2. 词数：100左右。

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39、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。

There was a rich couple who was throwing a big New Year party at their house. So they went shopping at the market where everything was of high cost and fixed price. They wanted to maintain their level of standard so they didn’t mind paying for it. After purchasing all they needed, they called a porter to carry everything and drop it at their home. The porter who came was of an old age, and looked very unhealthy, and his clothes were torn, and he looked as if he wasn’t even able to meet his daily needs.

They asked the porter about the charges for delivering their goods to their home. The old porter quoted just $20, well below the market price. Yet, the couple argued and bargained with the porter and finally settled for $15. The porter was struggling to make even one time’s meal so he needed anything he could earn.

The couple was very happy thinking how well they bargained with the poor porter and paid him $15 in advance and left after giving the porter their address for delivery. They reached their home and one hour passed, and two hours passed, but the porter still didn’t deliver their stuff.

The wife started to get angry at her husband, “I always tell you not to trust such person, but you never listen to me. I am sure instead of delivering the goods to our home, he must have disappeared with everything. We must immediately go back to the market to inquire and then to the police station to file the complaint against him.”

They both left towards the market. On their way near the market, they saw another porter. They stopped him to inquire about the old porter and noticed that he was carrying their goods in his cart! The angry wife asked him, “Where is that old thief? This is our goods and he was supposed to deliver them. It seems you poor thieves are stealing our goods and going to sell them.”

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Upon hearing this, the husband had tears in his eyes,

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40、假定你是李华，正在英国留学。为了让你的英国同学更好地了解中国文化，你希望可以成立一个中国文学社团(Chinese literature club)。请你参照以下要点提示，用英语给你校学生会负责人Mr. Green写一封信，申请成立该社团。

1、点明写信目的；

2、介绍该社团(成立目的、活动内容等)；

3、希望能得到批准。

注意：1.、词数不少于100左右；

2、开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数；

3、可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Mr. Green，

I am Li Hua, a Chinese student of this school. ___________________________________________________

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Yours sincerely，

Li Hua

41、假设你是李华，母亲节即将到来，你校学生会将举办摄影作品展（photography show）。请给你的英国朋友James写封信，请他提供作品参赛。信的内容包括：

1. 作品主题：《牵妈妈的手的》(Hold Mom’s Hand)；

2. 活动目的；

3. 投稿截止时间及作品展览时间和地点；

4. 投稿的邮箱：lovemother@smschool.com

注意：

1.词数100词左右

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear James,

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Yours,

Li Hua