怀化2025学年度第二学期期末教学质量检测高一英语

1、He punished the children ____ their carelessness ____ making them pay for the damage.

A.by; for B.with；by C.for；by D.about；with

2、Billy Crystal hosted the Academy Awards again this year, and his performances always ________ the expectations of most audience.

A. sign up for B. drop out of

C. be bent on D. live up to

3、Gone are the days of limited channels, with viewers ________ program schedules.

A. at the request of B. at the turn of

C. at the edge of D. at the mercy of

4、Nothing matches face-to-face communication in _____thoughts, emotions and information.

A.concluding B.containing C.confusing D.conveying

5、--- Tom has a good memory.

---So he does. He can remember every______ in great detail.

A. incident B. accident

C. affair D. event

6、Her face _______ with pleasure when she heard the news that her son was admitted to Beijing University.

A.lit up B.let down C.came to life D.lived up to

7、Behind the US-China trade war   that China is trying to end the American era.

A.lies a growing fear B.a growing fear is living

C.does a growing fear lie D.is lying a growing fear

8、The first textbooks written for teaching English as a foreign language__________in the 16th century.

A．came about

B．came out

C．came along

D．came up

9、 Kathy told me that all the doors and windows _______ when she arrived this morning.

A.have cleaned B.have been cleaned C.had cleaned D.had been cleaned

10、“We pray for the firefighters who   their best to deal with this desperate situation now," the spokesman said immediately he heard about the big fire.

A.are trying B.have tried C.had tried D.will try

11、They both look as if they ______ ten years younger after a heart-to-heart talk.

A.are B.were C.have been D.had been

12、What worried the child most was ______ to visit his brother n hospital.

A.his not being allowed B.his not allowing

C.his being not allowed D.having not been allowed

13、Not until I went up further ________ that under the tree ________, obviously sound asleep.

A．that I saw; did a boy lie

B．I saw; lay a boy

C．did I see; did a boy lie

D．did I see; lay a boy

14、He was late for the meeting _________ the heavy snow.

A．as a result

B．because

C．as a result of

D．in the result

15、All rights _________, no one is allowed to copy or use this paper for other commercial purposes.

A. preserved B. received

C. revised D. reserved

16、—What a shame! You missed my birthday party!

—I’m terribly sorry, dear. Believe me, if I could have afforded the time, I _________.

A.would B.should C.would have D.should have

17、I gratefully ______ financial support from several local businesses.

A. contradict B. recommend

C. distribute D. acknowledge

18、Since the new drug was needed for World War Ⅱ, the government approval process for penicillin was ________, and mass production began in 1944

A.possessed B.wound C.accelerated D.opposed

19、The survivors _______ on the beach, exhausted on the shocked.

A.lie B.lay C.lain D.laid

20、Japanese groups sent assistance supplies to China, _____  with ancient Chinese poetic lines: "Fear not the want of armor, for mine is also yours to wear", _____ a touching message of empathy(共鸣) from a close neighbor.

A.attached; conveying B.being attached; conveying

C.attaching; conveyed D.to attach; conveyed

21、Early in April this year some experts indicated that H1N1 would _____ this autumn.

A.break down B.break out C.break up D.break off

22、-So delicate a gift！Who on earth gave it to you？

-It's from my boy friend，if you___________ know.

A.should B.must C.would D.shall

23、______ exceptionally heavily might railway services be temporarily dislocated (扰乱).

A. If only it snowed B. Only in case it snows

C. Only were it to snow D. Only when snow

24、Anyone who are in ______ of weapons without permission are considered law breaking.

A．command

B．control

C．charge

D．possession

25、I think that Han Meimei in Class 9 ________ her sister in appearance but not in character.

A. looks B. compares

C. resembles D. equals

26、Wang Yan, a 15-year-old Chinese girl, likes eating snacks very much. She prefers cream biscuits, McDonald's hamburgers and KFC chicken. As a result, she has become overweight.

Today in China, there are many children like Wang Yan. Health experts say children should have healthy eating habits. First, they must eat regular meals and begin with a healthy breakfast. Second, they should have different kinds of foods such as fruit, vegetables, grain, eggs, milk and meat. Third, children shouldn't eat too much junk food. It is delicious, but eating it often is bad for their health. If children do as the experts say, they won't become overweight. They will be healthier. Students won't become tired at school, and they will have enough energy to study hard.

【1】Why has Wang Yan become overweight?

A．Because she doesn't like sports.

B．Because she likes eating vegetables.

C．Because she likes eating snacks.

D．Because she likes eating fruit.

【2】How many pieces of advice do the health experts give in this passage?

A．Two.

B．Three.

C．Four.

D．Five.

【3】What kinds of food are good for our health according to the passage?

A．Milk, fruit and KFC chicken.

B．Cream biscuits, McDonald's hamburgers and KFC chicken.

C．Packages of biscuits.

D．Fruit, vegetables, grain, eggs, milk and meat.

【4】If we do as the experts say, we will be____.

A．overweight

B．healthier

C．tired at school

D．confident

27、   To me, Shakespeare is a bit of a touchy subject in the theatre industry. I believe Shakespeare’s plays to be the most challenging in terms of language. When you have challenging language, then understanding the plot and topics will become a challenge as well. It’s like a chain. If you don’t understand it from the start, it makes things hard later on and people tend to give up on it. Regardless of all of this, I believe Shakespeare is important in the sense that it’s where true theatre started. William Shakespeare is a name everyone knows regardless of whether you enjoy his works or not.

Many high schools or colleges put on at least one Shakespeare play every few years and I like that. I think it’s important to expose students to plays that are a bit more challenging than they used to be. Of course. it’s not easy to understand these plays but then think about the people who act in those plays. When acting, you have to understand your character and not only that, you need to completely know everything going on around you as well. So to understand the script (剧本) is one thing. but to act in a Shakespeare play is a whole another thing. How about memorizing the lines? That’s one of the hardest things actors have to get through. It is such heightened language that it’s almost like learning a foreign language. Shakespeare is tough and that’s what I think I love it the most. The challenge is understanding. Once you have that then you have room to play with it.

Therefore, if people walked into a Shakespeare play with more of an open mind, their experience would be so much better. There is a large amount of exploration and discovery in his plays and the experience can be really satisfying. It’s hard stuff, but it’s fascinating and we should be embracing it.

【1】What’s the biggest challenge in understanding Shakespeare’s plays?

A.The challenging language. B.The variety of its topic.

C.The complicated plot. D.The memorable characters.

【2】What’s the author’s attitude towards putting on Shakespeare’s plays at colleges?

A.Critical. B.Cautious.

C.Favorable. D.Indifferent.

【3】What does the text suggest people do when enjoying Shakespeare’s plays?

A.Act them out. B.Remember the lines in them.

C.Learn Shakespeare’s language. D.Enjoy them with an open mind.

【4】What is the text mainly about?

A.The characteristics of Shakespeare’s plays.

B.The plots and topics of Shakespeare’s plays.

C.The importance and way of enjoying Shakespeare’s plays.

D.The stress from performing Shakespeare’s plays.

28、   A survey of university students shows that those who place more online orders for food seem more likely to feel depressed. The Panel Study of Chinese University Students released by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences surveyed students at 18 universities.

The survey found that time spent online in general had a significant impact on students' mental health. The longer a student spent online each day, the worse was the self-evaluation and the higher the likelihood of depression. For sleep quality, about 45 percent of student respondents gave themselves a score of 6 points out of 10. Data showed that 6.4 percent of university students order takeaway food online almost every day, followed by 16 percent who place orders 3 to 5 times a week and 21 percent who use the services 1 to 2 times weekly. Dr. Zhang Zhenyu, who participated in the research, said students on average had a self-assessment that rated their physical and mental health at 8.45 points. Over 36 percent scored more than 10 points on the CESD-10 depression scale. Zhang also found that 29.9 percent of students thought themselves "fat" or "very fat" and 54.3 percent said their appearance scored 6 out of 10.

According to the survey, 2.5 percent have had facial plastic surgery(整形手术) and 5.8 percent have plans to improve their appearance through surgery in the next three years. Among students who want plastic surgery and those willing to do it, girls take up to 64 percent and 79.8 percent respectively(依次).

The survey also showed that 22.6 percent of students were left-behind children when they were kids, which research defines as children separated from their parents for six months in a row who had to be looked after by others. Zhang said the early experience of separation from parents had a negative impact on students' mental health and self-assessment scores. They also had higher depression scores than those who lived with parents.

The research team also found that students with good family economic conditions scored higher in all dimensions than students from poor families. Students with a good physical and mental status had strong time management and self-management abilities.

【1】According to the surveyed students, how many of them make online orders for daily food?

A. 6.4% . B. 16% . C. 21% . D. 45% .

【2】How is the second paragraph developed?

A. By making comparisons. B. By giving clear explanation.

C. By giving data. D. By following time order.

【3】If a student spent a lot of time online, he (or she) would be ___________.

A. better in the self-evaluation.

B. more likely to feel depressed.

C. in high spirits in daily life.

D. mentally and physically healthy.

【4】What can be inferred from the passage?

A. Nine out of ten students regard themselves as fat or very fat people.

B. Many a girl shows no interest in facial plastic surgery.

C. Students who lived with their parents longer had lower depression scores.

D. A student with a strong body usually comes from a well off family.

29、   About 97% of the world’s water is salty and is found in our oceans and seas. But, as we can’t drink sea water, how can it be important?

Every part of our seas and oceans contains an amazing number of animals and fish that live at different ocean depths. Most of the different species of animals and fish depend on simple plants for their food. These simple plants called algae (海藻) drift near the surface of the ocean and use sunlight to turn carbon dioxide and water into food and oxygen. In fact, algae produce over half of the oxygen people breathe. How important sea water is!

Each plant or animal in our seas and oceans is an important link in a food chain. The algae are eaten in large amounts by microscopic animals, which are in tur consumed by larger animals. These food chains are delicately (微妙地) balanced.

The bad news about the food chains in the oceans is that they are under threat because of man. People once thought that the oceans were so big that it didn’t matter if we dumped rubbish into them or caught huge quantities of fish and whales for food. But we now know this is not true and fish stocks in the oceans have started to drop.

Thankfully, the world is taking steps to protect the future of our oceans by introducing international agreements to protect marine habitats. Most counties have introduced fishing restrictions (限制) to protect fish stocks in the oceans and new techniques are being pioneered to cope with pollution. Finally, the importance of protecting oceans is being made known to more people. This is just the beginning of a long process to protect the oceans for our future. We depend on the oceans for fish which are an important part of the human diet. How important sea water is!

【1】From the passage, we learn that _________.

A.most fish and sea animals live at the surface of the seas

B.it is very difficult to break the balance of a food chain

C.over-fishing has caused the decrease in fish stock

D.it won’t be long before the problems concerning oceans will be solved

【2】What does the underlined phrase “cope with” mean in Chinse?

A.处理 B.保护 C.增加 D.检验

【3】Which of the following is NOT a way being used to protect oceans?

A.The use of international agreements.

B.Forbidding fishing to protect fish socks.

C.The use of new techniques.

D.Raising people’s awareness of the need to protect oceans.

【4】What would be the best title of the passage?

A.The Importance of Sea Water

B.Life in the Oceans

C.How to Protect Food Chains

D.How to Deal with Seawater Pollution

30、The heaviest snow in a hundred years hit the south of China. It snowed __1___for half a month. Many people were __2___in railway stations, bus stations and airports. People did everything they could to fight the __3___; nobody was killed from cold and _4____. Gradually ,the trapped people all went back home_5___. While fighting the snow, people ___6__their animal friends until a moving story of a swallow couple appeared on the Internet.

The couple hadn’t eaten anything for several days __7___the snow. They tried to fly into people’s home to warm themselves, but every house was ___8___tightly. They got to a side of a balcony ( 阳台 ) where wind couldn’t reach. They jumped and flapped (拍打) their wings to _9___the attention of the people inside the house, who were __10____their own things. The wife’s body was __11___. She couldn’t move any longer. The husband came near and __12__her with his wings. The husband lost his heat soon because of his opened wings.

The next morning, the housemaster went to the balcony to __13__ his flowers and saw a dead swallow outside. __14__ it, he found they were two embracing（拥抱） together. Thinking of the __15___the snow had brought to people, he was moved to tears . He took them in for giving them some _16___they couldn’t feel any longer. He found a small box, __17__it with some hay （干草）and lay the couple in . He _18__them in the garden of the community.

In my hometown in the countryside, a swallow family live in the roof of my house . They __19__every spring to have babies. Then in autumn, when babies have __20___, they fly to the south, I wonder if they will come back this spring as they did.

【1】

A．beautifully

B．directly

C．gently

D．continuously

【2】

A．forbidden

B．rescued

C．trapped

D．covered

【3】

A．disaster

B．war

C．campaign

D．disease

【4】

A．anger

B．heat

C．hunger

D．poverty

【5】

A．sadly

B．safely

C．nervously

D．curiously

【6】

A．treasured

B．invited

C．accepted

D．forgot

【7】

A．because of

B．in case of

C．in spite of

D．instead of

【8】

A．controlled

B．fixed

C．, stretched

D．closed

【9】

A．admit

B．attract

C．turn

D．escape

【10】

A．busy with

B．born with

C．good for

D．famous for

【11】

A．burnt

B．watched

C．frozen

D．found

【12】

A．supplied

B．wrapped

C．folded

D．sorted

【13】

A．buy

B．send

C．sell

D．check

【14】

A．Feeding

B．Leaving

C．Touching

D．Greeting

【15】

A．hardship

B．childhood

C．cooperation

D．lesson

【16】

A．clothes

B．warmness

C．flowers

D．tension

【17】

A．made

B．played

C．associated

D．filled

【18】

A．buried

B．showed

C．fastened

D．enjoyed

【19】

A．put away

B．come back

C．fly away

D．hold back

【20】

A．dropped out

B．died out

C．grown up

D．stood up

31、   The reusing trend continues to gain steam in countries all over the globe. Now, there is a shopping mall that is full of _______ stores only. ReTuna, a two-story complex in Eskilstuna. Sweden, offers a wide _______ of shops with recycled goods.

ReTuna has been around since 2015, and it was designed to _______ Sweden's problem of rising _______ .This is the first mall in the world to focus on _______ shopping. The company wants to make it  _______  for people to find valuable goods by putting second-hand stores under one roof  _______ consumers having to _______ thrift stores （慈善商店）throughout the city.

"I think it's fun to find something that people have used, and we can use _______ said Cato Limas, a ReTuna customer. "If you look at the things they're selling here, they're almost ______________  . So actually, why ______________ buying new stuff?" During his first ______________ to the mail. Limas ______________ about $7 and came away with a bag full of toys for his newborn baby.

Nearly every item on sale is from public donations, which are______________at the mail's drive-through depot （储藏室）.The mall's 11 stores include a furniture outlet, a bookstore and a bicycle shop. Stores that sign a contract with ReTuna must ______________to zero-waste.

More than 50 people work at the complex, and it has played a role in creating ______________ for immigrants in the area. ReTuna ______________ adult education courses that focus on design-based recycling as well

Sweden has been a longtime ______________ when it comes to sustainability. More than 99 percent of the country's ordinary household ______________ is reused, and separating rubbish for recycling has been a（n） ______________ practice for Swedes since the 1980s.

【1】A.virtual B.electronic C.second-hand D.ever-lasting

【2】A.selection B.description C.analysis D.view

【3】A.operate B.handle C.challenge D.debate

【4】A.energy B.stress C.crime D.consumption

【5】A.annual B.regular C.sustainable D.favorite

【6】A.earlier B.easier C.better D.smaller

【7】A.as to B.regardless of C.thanks to D.instead of

【8】A.look after B.take over C.search for D.put up

【9】A.further B.less C.closer D.higher

【10】A.rare B.new C.clean D.complete

【11】A.mind B.practice C.bother D.finish

【12】A.solution B.donation C.effort D.visit

【13】A.cost B.spent C.rented D.took

【14】A.called for B.paid off C.sent for D.dropped off

【15】A.commit B.refer C.object D.admit

【16】A.demand B.conflicts C.conditions D.employment

【17】A.offers B.evaluates C.records D.changes

【18】A.owner B.trainer C.1eader D.saver

【19】A.plan B.waste C.income D.business

【20】A.ancient B.temporary C.international D.common

32、   On a cold winter afternoon, I was walking home from a ______. I felt a little tired as I was carrying my shopping bags. They were so heavy that I decided to stop to ______. I noticed an old man ______ poor clothes walking out of a restaurant. He was holding a paper bag. He walked to a nearby dustbin and looked into it.

I suddenly felt ______. I knew the old man would take all that he could get, so I went up to him and ______ him some fruit. The old man, with wrinkles (皱纹) on his face, looked up in surprise and took what I gave him.

A big smile appeared on his face. Then he said, “Wow! Today is my ______ day. First, someone gave me this sandwich and this drink, and now you give me some ______. Thank you, boy.” Then he went away ______.

Just then, I ______ what the saying “Giving is getting” really meant. Everyone in the world needs help and everyone can offer help.

Sometimes giving doesn’t cost much, ______ it means a lot to the people who receive your help. The man’s happiness at that moment comes into my mind every time I have the chance to help others.

【1】A.school B.theatre C.restaurant D.supermarket

【2】A.have a try B.have a speech C.have a rest D.have a look

【3】A.under B.in C.beside D.above

【4】A.sad B.excited C.hopeful D.angry

【5】A.bought B.sold C.showed D.gave

【6】A.hard B.simple C.lucky D.common

【7】A.sandwiches B.fruit C.drink D.money

【8】A.happily B.bravely C.proudly D.secretly

【9】A.guessed B.understood C.doubted D.asked

【10】A.and B.so C.or D.but

33、With his leg lame and his teeth uneven, the boy thought of himself as the most unfortunate child in the world. He _______ played with his classmates, and when asked to answer questions, he always _______ his head without a word.

One spring, his father brought home some saplings. Each of his children would plant a sapling and he promised, “Whoever _______ his sapling best shall get a gift.” The boy certainly wanted to get the gift. But seeing his brothers and sisters watering the tees, he _______ an idea: he hoped the tree he planted would die soon. So watering it once or twice, he never _______ it.

Several days later, he was surprised to find it not only didn't die, but also grew so many fresh _______. Compared with those of his brothers' and sisters', his appeared greener. His father kept his _______, bought the boy a gift and said he would become an outstanding _______ after growing up.

From then on, the boy slowly became _______ and confident. One evening, he suddenly remembered his biology teacher once said that plants ________ grow at night. Why not go to see the tree?

When he came to the courtyard, he found his father working near the tree! Immediately he ________ : Father had been secretly ________ his tree! He returned to his room, tears in his eyes.

Decades passed. The boy didn't become a botanist. ________, he became the U. S. president. His name was Franklin Roosevelt.

________ is the best nourishment of life. ________ it is just a bucket of water, it can make the tree of life grow well!

【1】

A．ever

B．seldom

C．still

D．often

【2】

A．held

B．lowered

C．raised

D．covered

【3】

A．likes

B．watches

C．protects

D．grows

【4】

A．came up with

B．got rid of

C．put forward

D．cared of

【5】

A．contributed to

B．turned to

C．got used to

D．attended to

【6】

A．roots

B．seeds

C．leaves

D．branches

【7】

A．balance

B．word

C．agreement

D．opinion

【8】

A．botanist

B．gardener

C．president

D．teacher

【9】

A．satisfied

B．optimistic

C．independent

D．upset

【10】

A．probably

B．hardly

C．recently

D．generally

【11】

A．understood

B．doubted

C．wondered

D．admitted

【12】

A．cutting

B．watering

C．decorating

D．fertilizing

【13】

A．Therefore

B．Besides

C．Instead

D．Moreover

【14】

A．Water

B．Love

C．Disability

D．Father

【15】

A．So long as

B．If only

C．Even though

D．Now that

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.

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.

35、按照课文内容填空

At the time they were created, the Impressionist paintings were【1】, but today they are accepted as the beginning of【2】we call “modern art’. This is because the Impressionists 【3】artists to look at their environment in new ways. There are scores of modern art styles, but 【4】the Impressionists, many of these painting styles might not exist. On the one hand, some modern art is abstract; that is, the painter doesn’t 【5】to paint objects as we see them with our eyes, 【6】instead concentrates on certain qualities of the object, 【7】color, line and shape to represent them. On the【8】hand, some paintings of modern art are so 【9】 that they look photographs. These styles are so different. Who can【10】what painting styles there will be in the future?

36、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.

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.

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.”

38、假定你是李华，想邀请外教Henry一起参观人工智能展览。请给他写封邮件，内容包括：

1．展览时间、地点（四月1~7日，科技馆）；

2．展览内容（如智能家用机器人、无人驾驶、人脸识别技术等）。

注意：1．词数100左右；可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Henry,

How is everything going?

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Yours,

LiHua

39、你们班学生就是否应该开发人工智能机器人展开了讨论。请根据下列提示，用英语写一篇短文，阐明你的观点。

词数：100左右。

提示：1. 你赞成开发机器人。

2. 机器人的应用可以使人类免除大量繁重的劳动。

3. 人类将拥有更多闲暇时光。

4. 机器人的应用不会使人懒惰，只会激起人们对人工智能研究的兴趣。

5. 机器人不能独立思考，需按人类的指令工作，因而不存在机器人“统治世界”的问题。

参考词汇：闲暇leisure 激起arouse   人工智能artificial intelligence

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40、阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。

If you haven’t seen or heard anything about Road Rage (路怒) in the last few months, you’ve probably been avoiding the media. There have been countless stories about this new and scary phenomenon, considered a type of aggressive driving. You’ve most likely encountered aggressive driving or Road Rage recently if you drive.

Why is this phenomenon occurring more than ever now and why is it something that seemed almost nonexistent a few short years ago? Experts have certain theories and all are probably partially correct. One suggestion is overcrowding. In the last decade, the number of the cars on the roads has increased by more than 11 percent, and the number of miles driven has increased by 35 percent. However, the number of new road miles has only increased by 1 percent. That means more cars in the same amount of space; and the problem is even serious in urban areas. Also, people have less time and more things to do. With people working and trying to fit extra chores and activities into the day, street levels have never been higher. Stress creates anxiety, which leads to short tempers. These factors, when combined in certain situations, can cause Road Rage.

You may think you are the last person who would drive aggressively, but you might be surprised. For instance, have you ever yelled out loud at a slower driver, sounded the horn long and hard at another car, or sped up to keep another driver from passing? If you recognize yourself in any of these situations, watch out!

Whether you are getting angry at other drivers, or another driver is visibly upset with you, there are things you can do to avoid any major conflict. If you are easily influenced to Road Rage, the key is to discharge your emotion in a healthy way. If you are the target of another driver’s rage, do everything possible to get away from the other driver safely, including avoiding eye contact and getting out of their way.

41、假设你是李华，美国网友Peter将到中国旅游，请你帮忙了解你市Camellia Hotel的情况。请根据以下要点给Peter写一封回信：

地理位置与周边环境；服务与设施；价格与付款方式；预定方式（电话8618998710001或网络）。

Dear Peter,

How great it is to hear that you will come to China! _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua