铁门关2025学年度第一学期期末教学质量检测高二英语

1、They are building the dam in _____ with another firm.

A.comparison B.association C.touch D.tune

2、Agatha didn’t tell me ______ she would pick up her son from school.

A．which

B．when

C．where

D．what

3、Experiments of this kind ___in both the U．S and Europe well before the Second World War．

A.had conducted B.have conducted

C.have been conducted D.had been conducted

4、The pilot asked all the passengers on board to remain ____ as the plane was making a landing.

A. to be seated B. seating

C. to be seating D. seated

5、Leonardo da Vinci was an extraordinary genius, _______ is believed _______ “Renaissance man”.

A.who, to be B.that, to be C.which, to have been D.whom, to have been

6、She showed the visitors around the museum, the construction ________ had taken more than 5 years.

A.with it B.with which C.of it D.of which

7、He suggested we set off for the station immediately. _________ , we will miss the the train.

A.Therefore B.Meanwhile C.However D.Otherwise

8、To avoid on how to use the word, you’d better refer to a dictionary.

A．to get confused   B． getting confused

C．to get confusing D． getting confusing

9、_________ we don’t lose heart, we will find a way out.

A.As much as B.As well as C.So long as D.As far as

10、Some parents might find learning at home to be ________ beyond additional bonding with their children

A.beneficial B.stainless C.relevant D.terminal

11、Not until _________ in the college entrance exam _________ that he had wasted much time using his mobile phone to surf the Internet and play games.

A.had he failed; he realized B.he had failed; did he realize

C.he had failed; he realized D.did he fail; did he realize

12、He was ____ to know that all his personal information had been exposed to the public.

A.astonishing B.to astonished C.astonish D.astonished

13、It’s not what we do once in a while ______ shapes our lives, but what we do consistently.

A.which B.that C.how D.when

14、The fog was so heavy that I couldn't___________ the words on the board in the distance.

A.pick out B.lay out C.make out D.carry out

15、There is no greater love than________ who lays his life for his friends.

A.that of a man B.a man

C.that of a man’s D.a man’s

16、All parking signs have now been placed _________.

A. in practice B. in position

C. in danger D. in mind

17、As she got older, offers of modelling work began to ______.

A. dry up B. dry off

C. dry out D. dry away

18、The boy made the same mistakes , which, of course, made his parents very angry.

A. more or less B. over and over again

C. sooner or later D. here and there

19、The professor tried his best to make the students__________what he was saying but he found it hard to make himself ___________.

A. understand; understand

B. understand; understood

C. understood; understood

D. understood; understand

20、I was being _____ for a driving license for the third time.

A.desired B.tested C.taken D.asked

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

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

22、—Listen, Lily is playing the piano!

—Wow, how sweet the music _______!

A.is heard B.hears C.is sounding D.sounds

23、Some species of animals have died out because they could not _____ to a changing environment.

A．adopt

B．live

C．survive

D．adapt

24、When humans develop machines that are smarter than they are and machines begin to improve themselves, they risk ________ the mathematician IJ Good called an “intelligence explosion”.

A．what

B．that what

C．even if

D．whatever

25、Compared to English, Spanish is a _______ easy language to learn.

A.rapidly B.relatively C.regularly D.respectively

26、   I never thought I would go far from home. I was an ordinary high school student from a working-class family，and I didn’t think traveling the world was in the cards for me. For my  undergraduate and doctor degree，I only applied to universities within an hour of my hometown in the United Kingdom. Staying at the same university seemed like the safe option. A few years later，as I was considering a postdoc（博士后），I once again wanted to stay close to home，in the comfort of my Ph. D. lab. But I hope to run my own lab one day，and I knew that seeing a different approach to science would be valuable.

I heard about a fellowship program in Japan that sounded like a good fit. The flexibility of the program appealed to me. I could choose how long I would be there-rom as little as a month to as month as a year-long enough to experience a new place, learn and get some msearch done but short enough to make the experience less scary. I thought of it almost as a holiday, somewhat like going to a conference in an interesting far-off place.

But when I was accepted, the head of the group I was going to join wanted me to stay for the full year. I hesitated. After much thought, I worked up my courage and signed on for the year-knowing that, if things went badly. I could come home earlier.

Almost everything was different from what I was used to, but getting used to these differences was easier than I had expected. Eating out with my labmates offers a great communicative opportunity. Talking with my new colleagues about their experiences conducting mearch in other countries helped open my eyes to new ways of doing things.

After my fellowship, I thought I would leave Japan to do a postdoc elsewhere. But when my fellowship adviser offered me a longer-term position in his lab. I couldn’t say no. This time,though,it wasn’t because I was afraid to go somewhere new. It was because I wanted to take advantage of an exciting opportunity. After the jump I took with fellowship. I now feel I can do anything.

【1】What can we infer about the author from paragraph 1?

A. He was a typical in doors man.

B. He always worried too much.

C. He suffered serious homesickness.

D. He liked to stay in familiar places.

【2】What made the author choose the fellowship program in Japan?

A. The friendly labmates.

B. The fun-filled holiday.

C. The handsome starting salary.

D. The flexible working schedule.

【3】When in Japan，the author found life there was________.

A. slightly different

B. very challenging

C. easier than thought

D. dull and predicable

【4】Which can be a suitable title for the text?

A. Learning Happens in a Comfort Zone-4.

B. When in Japan. Do As the Japanese Do

C. Leaving Comfort Zone Can Be Rewarding

D. The Longest Joumey Begins with the First step

27、Cooloola National Park

The park protects the largest undamaged sand dune(沙丘) system in the world, and also includes rainforest, open forest and heathlands. Significant features of the park are the coloured sand cliffs, extensive beaches, forests and peaceful lakes.

Visitors can enjoy bushwalking, scenic drives, beach fishing, lake and surf swimming. Many rough tracks within the park are 4WD (four-wheel drive) only — day tours and safaris(游猎) are available.

◆Walks

Cooloola National Park provides many day and extended walks opportunities. The Noosa river is also a great river to canoe(划独木舟) up and many people do. Spring is the best time to walk, and the wildflowers are impressive.

The old foot bridge that was washed away over Kin Creek has now been replaced further upstream and the track here upgraded.

◆Walks from Harrys Hut

Harrys Hut provides a good base to explore this area. Some walks may require the crossing of the Noosa River so it is good to either have a lilo or some other means to cross it.

◆Campsite 3

From the campground, cross the Noosa River and pick up the track on the east bank. This path follows the Noosa River upstream to Campsite 3, a large bush campsite with a toilet provided. Water may be picked up along the track. It is nice to have a swim here after a long hot walk. It is about a 1.5 hour easy walk from Harrys.

◆Fig Tree Point

The point could also be done as an easy extended walk. It is best to follow the old forestry road, 1km back along the road from Harrys, to the point. There is no water. The walk would be about a18km walk return to Harrys Hut.

◆ Wandi Waterhole

An easy day walk of about 9kms to the campsite. This walk could be used as an introduction to extended walks. The track follows the Wilderness Trail and there is no navigational(导航的) problem.

◆ Information and booking

Rainbow Beach Road

PO Box 30 Rainbow Beach Q 4581 (074) 86 3160 (7am-4pm) Fax (074) 86 3335

Southern Cooloola - Elanda

MS 1537 Tewantin Q 4565 Phone (074) 49 7364 (9am-3pm) Fax (074) 85 3377

【1】As to the ways to explore Cooloola National Park, ________.

A. canoeing along the Noosa river is quite risky

B. long distance walkers need an experienced guide

C. a lot of scenic drives need reliable 4WD vehicles

D. lake and surf swimming is the most challenging

【2】The attraction of Cooloola National Park lies in the fact that ________.

A. it has breathtaking sights and activities

B. it opens all year round and is free of charge

C. there is no navigational problem

D. there is a newly-built foot bridge

28、   Pets are a significant part of society today. However, some people who would like to have a pet are not able to find the time to care for one because of their busy lives. Other people who love animals have allergies that prevent them from owning a pet. 【1】.

A robot pet is an artificial animal, created to serve as the perfect replacement for a live pet. 【2】, robot pets could be perfect companions because they are both active and capable of interaction with other live pets.

【3】. Not only do these robot pets provide comfort for humans who are unable to care for live pets, but they are also able to interact with live pets. There are many other popular robot pets on the market that can provide their owners with the feelings of comfort and companionship that live pets could provide. 【4】. It has been proven that these robot pets provide physical and mental improvements in their owners because they allow their owners to feel compassion towards an animal.

One disadvantage of owning a live pet is that it usually needs to be taken outside and fed at least twice a day, whereas with a robot pet, these chores aren’t required.【5】, it is much easier to get rid of a robot pet than a live pet because there is less of an emotional attachment.

As technology advances, more and more lifelike pets will appear emerge, creating even more opportunities for all kinds of people to become pet owners.

A.If people are not able to own live pets

B.When a live pet gets old and passes away

C.If a pet owner becomes tired of owning a pet

D.Some popular robot pets actually have senses

E.Keeping live pets can be the best way to solve the problems

F.Many of these robot pets are able to express emotions as well

G.A robot pet may be the perfect choice for these types of people

29、   Have you ever fallen for a novel and been amazed not to find it on lists of great books? Or walked around a sculpture known as a classic, struggling to see why it is famous? If so, you’ve probably thought about the question a psychologist, James Cutting, asked himself: How does a work of art come to be considered great?

The direct answer is that some works of art are just great: of inner superior quality. The paintings that win prime spots in galleries, get taught in classes are the ones that have proved their artistic value over time. If you can't see they’re superior, that's your problem. But some social scientists have been asking questions of it, raising the possibility that artistic canons(名作目录)are little more than old historical accidents.

Cutting, a professor at Cornell University, wondered if a psychological pattern known as the“mere-exposure effect”played a role in deciding which paintings rise to the top of the cultural league. Cutting designed an experiment to test his hunch(直觉). Over a lecture course he regularly showed undergraduates works of impressionism for two seconds at a time. Some of the paintings canonical, included in art-history books. Others were lesser known but of comparable quality were exposed four times as often. Afterwards, the students preferred them to the canonical works, while a control group liked the canonical ones best. Cutting’s students had grown to like those paintings more simply because they had seen them more.

Cutting believes his experiment casts light on how canons are formed. He reproduced works of impressionism today bought by five or six wealthy and influential collectors in the late 19th century.Their preferences given to certain works made them more likely to be hung in galleries and printed in collections. And the fame passed down the years. The more people were exposed to, the more they liked it, and the more they liked it, the more it appeared in books, on posters and in big exhibitions. Meanwhile, academics and critics added to their popularity. After all, it's not just the masses who tend to rate what they see more often more highly. Critics'praise is deeply mixed with publicity. “Scholars”, Cutting argues,“are no different from the public in the effects of mere exposure.”

The process described by Cutting show a principle that the sociologist Duncan Watts calls“cumulative advantage”:once a thing becomes popular, it will tend to become more popular still.A few years ago, Watts had a similar experience to Cutting's in another Paris museum. After queuing to see the"Mona Lisa "at the Louvre, he came away puzzled: why was it considered so superior to the three other Leonardos, to which nobody seemed to be paying the slightest attention?

When Watts looked into the history of"the greatest painting of all time", he discovered that, for most of its life, the"Mona Lisa"remained in relative obscurity. In the 1850s, Leonardo da Vinci was considered no match for giants of Renaissance art like Titian and Raphael, whose works were worth almost ten times as much as the"Mona Lisa" It was only in the 20th century that"Mona Lisa rocketed to the number-one spot. What brought it there wasn’t a scholarly re-evaluation, but a theft.In 1911 a worker at the Louvre walked out of the museum with the " Mona Lisa"hidden under his coat. Parisians were shocked at the theft of a painting to which, until then, they had paid little attention.When the museum reopened, people queued to see it. From then on, the"Mona Lisa "came to represent Western culture itself.

The intrinsic (本质的) quality of a work of art is starting to seem like its least important attribute. But perhaps it's more significant than our social scientists admit. Firstly, a work needs a certain quality to reach the top of the pile. The"Mona Lisa"may not be a worthy world champion but it was in the Louvre in the first place, and not by accident. Secondly, some objects are simply better than others.Read“Hamlet”after reading even the greatest of Shakespeare's contemporaries,and the difference may strike you as unarguable.

A study suggests that the exposure effect doesnt work the same way on everything, and points to a different conclusion about how canons are formed. Great art and mediocrity (平庸)can get confused, even by experts. But that’s why we need to see, and read, as much as we can. The more were exposed to the good and the bad, the better we are at telling the difference.

【1】What is the function of the questions in the first paragraph?

A.To arouse readers' interest in the topic to be discussed.

B.To serve as an introduction to the topic to be discussed.

C.To explain the reasons for some works being great.

D.To share the similarity of classics to sculpture.

【2】What was the result of Cuttings experiment?

A.His subjects liked the famous paintings because of their comparable quality.

B.His subjects liked lesser known works because of more exposure to them.

C.His subjects showed no difference between the two types of works.

D.All the subjects preferred the famous works shown to them.

【3】What caused the superiority of the Mona Lisa to Leonardo’s other works according to Watts?

A.The preference of wealthy and influential collectors.

B.The theft of the painting by a worker.

C.The fame of Leonardo Da Vinci.

D.The cumulative advantage.

【4】What does the underline words “remained in relative obscurity”in Para 6 mean?

A.remained relatively unknown

B.became publicly known

C.was widely recognized

D.remained totally unchanged

【5】“Hamlet”is mentioned in paragraph 7 mainly to illustrate that______.

A.“Hamlet”is the greatest work of Shakespeare.

B.the"Mona Lisa "is no comparable to"Hamlet"

C.the greatest of an art work lies in its inner value

D.The works of Shakespeare are worse than his contemporaries.

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

A.How exposure leads to fame

B.Why the Mona Lisa stands out

C.Cumulative advantage makes great works

D.The Mona Lisa,the greatest painting of all time

30、   My brother and I were in Orlando Florida to witness our first Space Shuttle Launch. The Discovery Was Scheduled to soar at 10:14 AM on a blue sky September day I'd seen it  _______so many times on television, _______ now I was only minutes away from seeing it launch. And it's the final demonstration of the nature of success: Success Takes _______ Like a Rocket.

Standing close to the Space Shuttle drives home one _______ point — the Shuttle is the height of a 15-story building — it weighs 4.5 million pounds — and NASA is trying to lift it 200 miles off the ground. On TV the accomplishments look so much _______ , so much easier.

Crowds of people are standing around with you to watch the Shuttle go. The countdown begins through the small _______ of hundreds of portable radios ail tuned to the NASA station. Ifs enough to get your heart _______ out of your chest.

When time is up, the _______ booster rockets are lit up and the eight explosive bolts followed. The first things you see are large white steam clouds exploding away. Through the _______ . you see the fire power. Then the Space Shuttle begins to inch off the pad and climb its way ________ . Thousands upon millions of pounds of push can ________ lift the shuttle at all. But with ever increasing ease, the shuttle ________ up and roars into the sky, headed into space attaining a speed of over 17,000 mph.

It is within the first two minutes to launch the Space Shuttle ________ the great success lesson is ________. Fact: 85% of the shuttle's fuel is consumed ________ the first 2 minutes just to get the 15-story super structure to its orbital altitude.

And that's exactly ________ success takes off: The first steps you take towards launching a successful career are the hardest and will require an enormous ________ of energy—a great big ________. However, If you persist through the ________ period, which can seem almost ________ for quite some time, everything gets easier and easier and your results get bigger and bigger.

【1】A.lift up B.rise up C.go up D.raise up

【2】A.and B.therefore C.but D.however

【3】A.Up B.Off C.In D.Over

【4】A.unforgettable B.invalid C.unstable D.ineffective

【5】A.greater B.smaller C.bigger D.smoother

【6】A.workers B.actors C.rockets D.speakers

【7】A.striking B.knocking C.beating D.hitting

【8】A.front B.side C.overhead D.bottom

【9】A.mist B.steam C.smoke D.gas

【10】A.downward B.upward C.forward D.outward

【11】A.hardly B.nearly C.mostly D.exactly

【12】A.takes B.makes C.Picks D.warms

【13】A.which B.who C.that D.as

【14】A.present B.apparent C.ordinary D.absolute

【15】A.beyond B.below C.within D.above

【16】A.when B.how C.why D.where

【17】A.enquiry B.qualification C.competence D.consumption

【18】A.pull B.push C.pressure D.principle

【19】A.theory B.launch C.circulation D.orbit

【20】A.useless B.careless C.wireless D.priceless

31、   Greenberg was a lucky guy to enter Columbia University on full scholarship. But just before junior year, Greenberg's_________ changed. One day his vision "steamed up" and later he was diagnosed with glaucoma(青光眼). Then doctors operated on Greenberg's eyes._________, the surgery didn't work. Greenberg was going blind. He was so_________ that he refused to see anyone.

As Greenberg' s best friend, Arthur persuaded Greenberg to go back to Columbia and_________ to be his reader. Arthur read _________ to him every day, taking time out from his own study, and Greenberg_________ scoring straight A's. Still, he was tentative about getting around alone and relied on his friend.

Then, one afternoon, Greenberg and Arthur went to Midtown Manhattan. When it was time to go back to campus, Arthur said he couldn’t _________ him because of an appointment. Greenberg_________. They argued, and Arthur walked off, leaving Greenberg alone in Grand Central Terminal.

Greenberg, who was completely_________, stumbled(蹒珊) through the rush-hour crowd. He took a shuttle train west to Times Square, and then transferred to an uptown train. Four miles later, he __________ at the Columbia University stop.

At the university's gates, someone knocked into him. "Oops, excuse me, sir." Greenberg__________ the voice. It was Arthur's, Greenberg's first reaction was __________, but in the next second, he realized what he had just__________ —and realized, too who had made it possible. __________, Arthur had been with him the whole way, using one of the most brilliant strategies.

Blindness doesn't make Greenberg fail to appreciate the__________ of life. He always says he is the luckiest man in the world.

【1】A.faith B.attitude C.fortune D.reputation

【2】A.Otherwise B.Moreover C.Therefore D.However

【3】A.shy B.desperate C.selfish D.nervous

【4】A.offered B.pretended C.happened D.learned

【5】A.letters B.newspapers C.textbooks D.magazines

【6】A.ended up B.carried on C.imagined D.considered

【7】A.abandon B.rescue C.comfort D.accompany

【8】A.compromised B.panicked C.explained D.apologized

【9】A.tired B.amused C.confused D.satisfied

【10】A.got off B.pulled over C.looked around D.ran away

【11】A.raised B.lost C.controlled D.recognized

【12】A.anger B.pleasure C.relief D.sorrow

【13】A.missed B.questioned C.ignored D.achieved

【14】A.Gradually B.Finally C.Obviously D.Strangely

【15】A.magic B.beauty C.wisdom D.truth

32、   When I was a kid, I kept using a bike with training wheels. And I didn't______much, so, of course, I didn't learn how to______. One day I observed that my younger sister was getting closer to______ how to get rid of the assistance than I was. I couldn't let her______ me! Like an out­of­control mad man, I grabbed(抓住) my bike, ______the training wheels, pushed it out, and pedaled(踩踏板) all over the neighborhood. I tried to stay near the______ as close as I could, so when I fell, I'd______ crash onto the lawn(草坪) instead of the street. After many short­lived______， I finally learned how to balance!

The process seemed______， since I was afraid of falling. I______ the fear which held me back and gathered the______ instead. I tried my best to fall as much as I might have to, to______ getting hurt, and to quickly get back on the bike and try again. There might be some pain and______， and if so, I'd get hurt and bleed and keep going. It took me probably less than an hour to master the basic skill.

What______ pushed me to set aside the fear and take action? Nothing but the feeling that I was______．My sister could ride without the training wheels while I couldn't. This feeling of ______ gave me a much needed kick. Using such pressure to motivate(激励) progress is ______. Go take action. Make the attempt. Fall. Get hurt. Get up and try again______ the very moment you create the______ results. Everything can be as ______ as riding a bike.

【1】A. watch B. practice C. transport D. fall

【2】A. park B. speed C. drive D. balance

【3】A. figuring out B. deciding on C. looking into D. giving up

【4】A. alarm B. assist C. beat D. judge

【5】A. examined B. removed C. fixed D. adjusted

【6】A. crossing B. handle C. street D. grass

【7】A. unbelievably B. hopefully C. awkwardly D. slowly

【8】A. attempts B. competitions C. discussions D. lessons

【9】A. frightening B. amazing C. embarrassing D. satisfying

【10】A. experienced B. canceled C. overcame D. collected

【11】A. courage B. patience C. interest D. expectation

【12】A. avoid B. regret C. prevent D. risk

【13】A. pauses B. blood C. joy D. shock

【14】A. easily B. gradually C. luckily D. exactly

【15】A. giving in B. catching up C. falling behind D. standing out

【16】A. disappointment B. confusion C. respect D. excitement

【17】A. confident B. powerful C. negative D. harmful

【18】A. while B. though C. since D. until

【19】A. unexpected B. direct C. desired D. various

【20】A. necessary B. useful C. easy D. complex

33、   Some teachers seem to be bad teachers, but they are not. Take my football coach for example. One day, we were doing some ______ practicing catching the football. He threw me a pass and I dropped it. He started ______ me. I went back in line, ______. My friend was up next. He dropped it, too. But the coach said nothing. Annoyed, I whispered, “Why ______ against me?”

After practice he came ______ to me and told me the reason he shouted at me ______ the other guy was that he expected more out of me. If he ______ my mistakes, it meant he had quit on me.

Another teacher ______ my mind was my PhD supervisor, Ken Crowe. He had a(n) ______ for making grown men cry when they disappointed him, but I was ______ by the topic he was working on.

He gave me a(n)______: to figure out what caused muons to get depolarized (去极化) in liquids. After a week I came to Ken’s office to tell him about it. He listened for a few minutes and then ______: “You have no idea what you’re talking about! Get out and don’t come back until you do!” Now I was starting to get ______, complaining about him as cold-hearted.

Bent on changing his attitude and ______ more relevant knowledge, I really got into it._______, I understood it so well that to this day it is my most proud ______. Then I went back to tell Ken what I had figured out. Again he interrupted me a few minutes into my ______, but I carried on. When I finished, he praised me for doing some very original research. From that day forward, he supported and promoted me ______ we became great friends and respected colleagues.

So don’t ever complain about your “______” teachers. They may ______ you to make greater achievement you will be proud of decades later.

【1】A. running B. drills C. operations D. research

【2】A. yelling at B. staring at C. glancing at D. laughing at

【3】A. amazed B. satisfied C. frightened D. embarrassed

【4】A. debate B. discriminate C. decide D. defend

【5】A. in B. across C. over D. away

【6】A. other than B. more than C. less than D. rather than

【7】A. overlooked B. condemned C. resisted D. exposed

【8】A. closing B. broadening C. crossing D. reading

【9】A. reputation B. reference C. affection D. preference

【10】A. astonished B. puzzled C. disturbed D. fascinated

【11】A. principle B. assignment C. reward D. award

【12】A. cut down B. cut out C. cut in D. cut up

【13】A. pleased B. content C. tense D. mad

【14】A. acquiring B. acknowledging C. accelerating D. addressing

【15】A. Suddenly B. Eventually C. Gradually D. Purposefully

【16】A. accomplishment B. establishment C. development D. commitment

【17】A. enquiry B. presentation C. outline D. conference

【18】A. although B. as C. before D. until

【19】A. tolerant B. considerate C. mean D. kind

【20】A. permit B. bother C. inspire D. forbid

34、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.

35、I have a muscle disease but I don't look any different from other people. Sometimes, I was too weak【1】 go to school so my education suffered. Every time I returned after an【2】(absent), I felt stupid because I was behind the others.

My life is a lot easier at high school because few fellow students make me【3】(annoy). My ambition is to work for a firm【4】develops computer software when I grow up. Last year I invented a computer football game and a big company has decided to buy it from me. I have a very busy life with no time to sit around【5】(feel) sorry for myself. As well as going to the movies and football matches with my friends. I spend a lot of time looking after my pets【6】(proper) but I find it worthwhile.

In many ways my disability has helped me grow stronger psychologically and become more【7】 (independence). I have to work hard to live a normal life but it has been worth it. If【8】(have) a chance to say one thing to healthy children, it would be this: having a disability does not mean your life is not satisfying. So don't feel sorry for the disabled or make fun【9】them, and don't ignore them either. Just accept them for who they are, and give them encouragement to live【10】rich and full a life as you do.

36、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.

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

Why Cold weather Causes So many Flight Cancellation?

Each year, about 60,000 flights get canceled because of bad winter weather, which costs airlines and airports an estimated $3 billion. But it’s not the freezing cold temperatures that cause problems for planes. After all, 【1】 jets fly 10 kilometers up, where temperatures hover around -50 degrees Celsius.

In fact, planes 【2】 in cold weather, since cold air is denser and leads to better thrust. Clearly, the real problem isn’t what’s going on up there. It’s what’s happening on the ground.

When a 【3】 polar vortex (极地涡旋) struck the Midwestern US in January 2019, temperatures dropped to -40 degrees Celsius and airline canceled 3,000 flights nationwide. In these situations, when temperatures start 【4】, everything slows down. Cargo doors can freeze up, along with the nozzles that pump fuel into planes, which delays the 【5】 process.

Even the plane itself can freeze over. Just a quarter-inch - thick layer of ice on a plane can disrupt the way air flows over its wings.

Les Westbrooks: The number one reason, I would say, that the reason flights get delayed in cold weather is going to be because there’s some kind of frozen precipitation, from frost to snow to a sheet of ice, adhering to the aircraft, adhering to the wings of the aircraft 【6】.

That’s Les Westbrooks, a retired airline pilot and an associate professor of aeronautical science at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. He says that 【7】, these planes are “de-iced” - but this also delays takeoff. The crew can spray the plane with a special hot water/ glycol mixture. It can take around 40 minutes to de-ice large passenger airplanes, so planes often have to wait “their turn” for the de-icing station, which, of course, can trigger more delays.

And ice on the runway, of course, creates another set of 【8】. In 2014, a plane at JFK skidded off an icy runway and into a mound of snow, leading to an hours-long shutdown at the airport. And even though crews can remove ice from the runway, scraping it off the pavement can lead to potholes (坑洞) and other 【9】, which makes takeoffs and landings more dangerous. And of course, snow and freezing rain on the ground can affect visibility to the point where officials have to decide it’s not safe to fly at all.

But if ice and snow aren’t the problem in these extremely cold temperatures, it’s usually another factor: people.

Les Westbrooks: The airplane flies at high altitudes, -60 degrees. It’s made to do that. Humans are not made to be outside in -60 degrees weather. And so the human factor becomes a big, big factor, when it becomes extremely cold.

Baggage handlers, aircraft fuelers, and mechanics all have to stay warm. Some airports, like O’Hare in Chicago, set up heated shelters for their employees. Of course, with everyone taking breaks to warm up, not as much gets done, which leads to even more delays and cancellations. Passengers start missing their 【10】 flights, and that, along with passengers who can’t make it to the airport due to bad road conditions, leads to half-empty planes.

In fact, many airlines might preemptively cancel flights before bad weather even hits. So, in the end, you can still blame cold weather for cancelling your flight.

38、阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。

Located halfway up the Italy’s Apennine Mountain, about 100 miles northeast of Rome, the Hotel Rigopiano has never been easy to reach.But its isolation(隔绝)only adds to its appeal, attracting a great number of tourists.

Snow began to fall across the Apennines in January and lasted for days.From his home in the Rome suburbs, Matrone watched the weather with concern.He and his wife, Cicioni, had planned an overnight getaway to the hotel. But now he wondered whether they should go. After phoning the hotel, they decided to make the trip. By the time they neared the hotel six hours later, they were battling a snowstorm. When they finally arrived, they were both cold and exhausted. They checked into their room and went to bed early.

As they awoke the next day, they discovered that their difficulty had worsened overnight. The cars in the parking lot were invisible. The phone and power lines were down. They were having breakfast when the hotel began to shake. An earthquake with a magnitude(震级)of 5.7 had struck the mountain. “Get out of here!” Matrone shouted to his wife. They headed quickly to the parking lot, where others were digging their cars.Fifteen minutes after the first earthquake, another quake hit, this one measuring 5.6.

With a dozen vehicles freed by noon, the guests set off down the driveway.But when they reached the main road, the path was blocked by a six-foot-high wall of snow.Matrone climbed out of his car and investigated it. There was no road in sight, “We’re trapped!” he told his wife. So they had no choice but to make their way back to the hotel so as to be saved.

As it was getting dark, they managed to be back. That was when the snow on the mountain began to slide. They heard the avalanche (雪崩) before they saw it. The avalanche gathered speed and size, grabbing rocks and trees and anything else in its way down the mountain, tearing the hotel from its foundation. When the avalanche came to a stop, those caught inside the hotel were left buried in the icy rocks and ruins.

注意：

1、所续写短文的词数应为150左右；

2、至少使用5个短文中标有下划线的关键词语；

3、续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；

4、续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。

Paragraph 1:

When Matrone came to himself, he was stuck in the darkness.

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Paragraph 2:

It was not until the next morning that the rescuers finally arrived.

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39、假定你是李华。你校交换生John打算暑假外出旅游，发邮件请你推荐一座中国历史文化 名城。请给他回复邮件，要点如下：

1.你推荐的城市以及推荐理由；

2.提醒和建议。

注意：

1.词数80左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

40、阅读下面短文，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。

A friend of mine whose name was John Smith had a bad memory, which made him famous. He was so forgetful that he sometimes forgot what he was talking about in the middle of a sentence. His wife had to constantly( 经常地）remind him about his meetings, his classes, even his meals! Once he forgot he had eaten breakfast twice, at home and at school. His wife liked to remind her neighbors, “If John didn’t have his head tied on, he would forget that too!” Since Smith was a professor at a well-known university, his forgetfulness was often an embarrassment to him. It wasn’t that he was not clever, as some critical people tended to say, but just very, very absent-minded.

One hot summer day, Pro.Smith decided to take his children to a seaside town about a three-hour train ride away. To make the trip more interesting for his young children, he kept the name of the town a secret. However, by the time they arrived at the station, Smith forgot the name of the town he was planning to visit. luckily, a friend of his happened to be in the station. He offered to take care of the children while Smith hurried back home to find out where he was going.

The professor’s wife was surprised to see him again so soon.

“Oh, my dear, I forgot the name of the town.”

“What? You forgot the name? Maybe one day you will forgot my name! Now I’ll write the name of that town on a piece of paper, and you put it in your pocket and please, please don’t forget where you put it.”

Satisfied that she had solved the problem, she sent her husband off again. Ten minutes later she was astonished to see him outside the house for the third time.

Paragraph 1:

“What is the matter now?” asked his wife._________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Hearing the cry, out rushed their neighbors, trying to find out what had happened. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

41、假如你是南充市某中学高二学生李华，最近你班对“中学生是否应该在网上交友”展开了讨论，同学们持不同意见。请你根据以下要点提示，给中学生英文报“Teens”写一篇短文，讲述讨论情况并发表自己的看法。

1.赞成。理由：表达思想、学习外语。

2.不赞成。理由：浪费时间、上当受骗。

3.你的看法：……

注意：1.词数100左右；

2.短文的开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数。

3.可增加适当细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear editor,

Recently, our class held a heated discussion about whether we middle school students should make friends online. Opinions are divided among the students.

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Yours sincerely,

Li Hua