海南州2025-2026学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高一英语

1、 – Is John coming by train?

– He should, but he _______ not. He likes driving his car.

A．must

B．can

C．need

D．may

2、To ______ the cost of hiring a bus, each student will have to pay $10 each time.

A. correct B. deliver

C. cover D. demand

3、Chinadaily.com.cn is the largest English portal site in China, news, business information and learning materials．

A．to provide

B．provide

C．provided

D．providing

4、The majority of the office equipment, as well as two windows, ________ repaired yesterday.

A．were

B．was

C．are

D．is

5、Which of the following sentences is correct?

A.We urge effective measures taken immediately.

B.What a tiny spot I was this enormous world!

C.That’s quite difficult as I don’t speak much of the local English dialect yet.

D.There was a newly made platform for Jenny and me to sleep.

6、He's been informed that he wasn't _______ tor the scholarship because of his academic background.

A.occupied B.specialized C.qualified D.restrictive

7、As is often the case, a man who can dream will try hard to _________ any difficulties and live his dream.

A. overwork B. outcome

C. overcome D. output

8、________ by the beauty of the piano music, the audience almost forgot to applaud when the pianist finally finished it.

A．Attract

B．To attract

C．Attracting

D．Attracted

9、Although he was a world-famous fashion photographer, Cunningham’s approach to life was ________.

A．associated

B．artificial

C．uncomplicated

D．desperate

10、_____ of the people here are immigrants and not accustomed to using the local _____.

A.Millions; equipments B.Million; equipment C.Millions; equipment D.Million; equipments

11、A new study ____the marmoset’s reputation for admirable community values. Researchers report that these caregivers share their food more generously with little ones in private than when they are surrounded by the watchful eyes of other community members.

A.shines B.damages C.affects D.protects

12、_______ she had time to realize what was happening, she was hit on the head.

A.Since B.Before C.When D.Until

13、Running a marathon in Yancheng is a fantastic experience, _______ will be fresh in your memory for ever.

A．one

B．it

C．the one

D．one that

14、The thief_____ the papers all over the room while he was searching.

A．abandoned

B．disappeared

C．scattered

D．deserted

15、Mary was busy with her work， and it was only around four in the afternoon           she could finally lie down to rest for a while．

A.when B.which C.that D.whether

16、The badly injured mother _______ to be happy and relaxed when she saw her son was back from work tiredly.

A．moved

B．pretended

C．ignored

D．resembled

17、As the final examinations ______ students begin to busy themselves with reviewing.

A. draw in B. drop out

C. draw near D. drop in

18、In order to increase their vote, they _________ another candidate a traitor to the country.

A.announced B.declared C.thought D.conquered

19、—Who is it up to _____ when the ceremony will be started?

—The headmaster, of course.

A. decide on B. deciding on C. to decide on D. to deciding on

20、Time should be made good use________our lessons well.

A．of learning

B．to learn

C．to learning

D．of to learn

21、Now that she is out of job, Lucy _____ going back to school, but she hasn't decided yet.

A. had considered     B. has been considering

C. considered     D. is going to consider

22、Many adults agree that teenagers shouldn't live alone   they have their parents’ permission.

A.if B.unless C.in case D.now that

23、Over 200 people died ______ the air crash.

A.with regard to B.as a consequence of C.in the course of D.on the ground of

24、—How do you study English?

—I study English               talking with foreign students.

A.by B.on C.at D.up

25、The cost of living recently _____ steadily because of epidemic of COVID- 19, leading some people to drop out of the big city race.

A．is climbing

B．is being climbed

C．has been climbing

D．has been climbed

26、   Words have the power to build us up or tear us down. It doesn’t matter if the words come from ourselves or someone else. The positive and negative effects are just as lasting.

We all talk to ourselves sometimes. 【1】. In fact, we really shouldn’t be because more and more experts believe talking to ourselves out loud is a healthy habit. This “self-talk” helps us motivate ourselves, remember things, solve problems, and calm ourselves down. Be aware, though, that as much as 77% of self-talk tends to be negative. 【2】.

Often, words come out of our mouths without us thinking about the effect they will have. But we should be aware that our words cause certain responses in others. 【3】. And the clerk will probably respond in a similar manner. However, critical language may cause anger and defense.

【4】. Many of us regret something we once said. We remember unkind words said to us as well. Before speaking, we should always ask ourselves: Is it loving? Is it needed? If what we want to say doesn’t pass this test, then it’s better left unsaid.

Words possess power: both positive and negative. Those around us receive encouragement when we speak positively. We can offer hope, build self-esteem and motivate others to do their best. Negative words destroy all those things. 【5】. The choice is ours.

A.How should I say it?

B.Will we use our words to hurt or to heal?

C.Generally people like positive and pleasant words.

D.We’re usually too embarrassed to admit it, though.

E.Words possess power because of their lasting effect.

F.So in order to stay positive, we should only speak encouraging words to ourselves.

G.For example, when returning an item to a store, we might use warm, friendly language during the exchange.

27、   Before the earthquake in China’s Sichuan Province, 38-year-old Sarah Bexell was working to develop a new environmental consciousness(意识) among Chinese people and to encourage them to protect wildlife and habitat-in particular, that of the giant panda.

Bexell, an American who is the director of conservation education at the Chengdu Research Base for Giant Panda Breeding. Bexell has spent a lot of time teaching young people the value of protecting the environment.

“The younger generation in China can afford to care,” Bexell said before the earthquake. “They’re not starving. They have food, good jobs, and access to education.”

Now, Bexell worries about the people she has been working with and who are up in the mountains. She doesn’t know whether they and their families are safe. And she knows the work to which she is devoted has become more urgent during the immediate crisis.

Bexell and her Chinese colleagues have been trying to spread the message that the tourist boom, population growth, and pillaging (掠夺) of resources form terrible threats to the environment.

There are stories of pandas wandering out of the forest and into villages. This is a troubling sign for what should be a rare species.

To make matters worse, there are fears that with the earthquake and landslides, bamboo could massively die off. That’s the main food source for the giant pandas, whose habitat was already damaged.

In April, Bexell took Block way up a twisting mountain road into the Longxi-Hongkou National Nature Reserve. The reserve was set up in 1997 to protect the giant panda and its habitat. It was very near the epicenter(震中) of the earthquake, so this area suffered severe damage.

【1】Bexell is devoted to________ in Sichuan Province.

A.protecting giant pandas B.environment-protection education

C.research on people’s lives D.research on the environment after earthquakes

【2】The main threats to the wildlife and the environment are the following EXCEPT ________.

A.population growth B.tourist development

C.bamboo’s massive death because of bad weather D.the overuse of resources

【3】According to what Bexell says, ________.

A.we should care for animals since we have enough food and clothing

B.many young people in China are usually selfish

C.rich people should spend more on young people’s education

D.animal and environmental protection needs a lot of money and time

28、   On my granddaughter Mary’  s 21st birthday，I sat with her and her expired (过期的)driver’  s license on a hard wooden bench at the DMV (the Department of Motor Vehicles)，waiting for our number to be called. The broadcast system announced numbers to call ticket holders to reach the desk to take an eye test or renew a registration. I felt as though we were staying at a bingo game，waiting for the winning number to be called so we could jump up and collect the prize.

And on that bench，I had a thought:The seemingly ordinary events I’  ve shared with my granddaughter were both my adventures and my rewards for just showing up. I grew up in an immigrant (移民)family in the suburb of Boston. A vacation for us was a bus trip to Central Square，with shopping bags filled with delicious foods like hard boiled eggs，followed by the muddy sand sucking our toes.

I looked forward to these small outings. It sounded boring to seek out the simple pleasures，but it was not. I traveled to remote islands，to Europe，and to many of America’  s cities. Those trips were refreshing，but they were breaks. I prefer the mainstream of the ordinary.

I like the day trips. But the most wonderful time was when Mary and I stayed in the reading room. We talked about her homework，and played the roles of two thinkers discussing the Enlightenment (启蒙运动). We had our private book club，reading A Prayer for Owen Meany and copying the voice of the main character.

All of these ordinary moments are more valuable than the time it will take to travel around the world. Many people love adventures，like skydiving or climbing Mount Everest. But that is not who I am. I don’t need those adventure experiences. In the end，it turns out that just showing up is enough for me.

【1】What was the author doing at the DMV according to Paragraph 1？

A. Being with Mary to renew a license. B. Preparing to take a driving exam.

C. Playing a bingo game with Mary. D. Celebrating Mary’  s 21st birthday.

【2】Why does the author mention her childhood？

A. To express her enthusiasm for traveling. B. To show her simple pleasures as a kid.

C. To show her identity as an immigrant. D. To make a comparison with her life afterwards.

【3】What can be implied about the author from the text？

A. She was fond of reading by herself. B. She served as the best teacher for Mary.

C. She had a good relationship with Mary. D. She was a sociable and caring grandmother.

【4】What is the best title for the text？

A. The unforgettable experience at DMV B. My pleasant childhood memories

C. My life with my granddaughter D. Happiness from ordinary events

29、   Spilling coffee is never fun, but for German designer Stefan Kuhnigk is turned out to be a blessing in disguise(因祸得福）. He turned that first coffee stain into a small monster and has been creating Coffee Monsters ever since.

Stefan recalls looking at the stain his cup of dark espresso(a type of coffee of Italian origin) left on a piece of paper and it looking back at him as if saying “Draw me,draw me, draw meee!”So he did just that, and created his very first Coffee Monster. The next day, he thought back to this little accident that he had challenged him to get creative, and decided he could reproduce the coffee spill every day as an exercise in creativity.

When Stefan started using a spoon to spill coffee on piece of paper every day, his designer colleagues looked at him like he was crazy, but they didn’t know about the artworks that lay hidden in those random coffee stains.

Stefan Kuhnigk has created almost 600 lovable Coffee Monsters, as well as a charming backstory for each one of them. They may be monsters, but they’re the cute kind you’s expect to find in a children’s book. They tend to have a smile on their faces, because they have a very important role ----to make people happy.

To create Coffee Monsters, Stefan spills some coffee on a piece of paper, lets it dry for 4 to 6 hours, then uses a pencil to draw around the random shapes.

“My favourite moment up until now has been ,when someone wrote me, that the monsters make her happy every day, ”Stefan Kuhnigk wrote on Bored Panda, “This is so cheerful and because of messages like that I do it again and again. It never gets old for me, because a spill is never the same. ”

Stefan shared his Coffee Monsters on his social media pages, and also published a Coffee Monster book featuring his best creations.

【1】At first , Stefan’s colleagues thought his coffee spill action was ___________.

A.strange B.impressive

C.fancy D.lucky

【2】The Coffee Monster are created with an aim to _________.

A.frighten children B.make people pleased

C.inspire people to quit coffee D.teach children important lessons

【3】What keeps Stefan motivated to continue drawing Coffee Monster?

A.People’s appreciation B.the huge profit they bring

C.his dissatisfaction with his creations D.other designer’s challenges

【4】What can we learn about Stefan Kuhnigk?

A.He published several adult’s book.

B.He’s a careless people

C.He draws for 4 to 8 hours a day.

D.He is full of imagination.

30、   We live in a heavily edited world. People in pictures are no longer people-they are perfect human beings whom we can only try, and_______, to live up to. And food in pictures is no longer food. It's_______, something to make you desire a lifestyle while_______you that you're not part of it.

But people are getting _______ and tired of such perfection, leading to something Pamela Grossman, a director at Getty Images, calls “perfection fatigue(疲劳)”. This new attitude is now _______ people to value something different: _______.

The pizza company Domino's, for example, is_______the trend by encouraging its customers to_______ unedited pictures of their pizzas on social media, as part of the nofilter(未过滤的) movement that’s become so popular on Instagram. This may mean oily boxes, _______ cheese and less-than-delicious-looking meat, but these________show what we're actually ________.

"It's________what it looks like when you really get a pizza."Dennis Maloney, chief digital officer of Domino's, told the website Fastcodesign. "It feels much more honest and transparent when the images are imperfect.”

Things are also changing with perfect human images. For example, US clothing company Gap, __________a "Dress Normal" campaign in 2014, ________simple clothes instead of smart suits like those of runway models.

"We spend so much time trying to________our shortcomings owing to the fact that our________has set it up that we have to be________ if we're not perfect," US filmmaker Cynthia Wade told The New York Times. "I think people are tired of it. They're suddenly much more willing to________the ugly or sarcastic."

But while it's probably true that we won't see a(n) ________to "perfect" pictures any time soon, at least some people are starting to see that it can actually be________to be imperfect, or to use the name of one of American singer Grace VanderWaal's albums, Perfectly Imperfect.

【1】A.choose B.aim C.fail D.intend

【2】A.menu B.artwork C.sign D.snack

【3】A.reminding B.instructing C.informing D.warning

【4】A.afraid B.capable C.sick D.sure

【5】A.forcing B.requiring C.expecting D.driving

【6】A.patience B.honesty C.kindness D.generosity

【7】A.focusing on B.putting on C.taking-on D.relying on

【8】A.post B.download C.update D.correct

【9】A.light-colored B.dull-colored C.half-filled D.full-filled

【10】A.dishes B.bills C.boxes D.images

【11】A.calling for B.seeking for C.paying for D.hoping for

【12】A.absolutely B.extremely C.exactly D.definitely

【13】A.launched B.attended C.canceled D.demanded

【14】A.promising B.experiencing C.discussing D.promoting

【15】A.express B.find C.hide D.miss

【16】A.culture B.family C.country D.community

【17】A.tolerant B.satisfied C.confident D.ashamed

【18】A.hug B.accept C.resist D.adopt

【19】A.end B.start C.way D.choice

【20】A.relaxing B.exciting C.annoying D.appealing

31、Shamarr Allen was sleepy at home one evening last July when he was shocked awake by a TV news item. There had been a _____ among a group of children in the slum of New Orleans.

_____ from the city's slum, Allen is one of the most celebrated jazz trumpeters   in the city. After seeing the________ news that morning, it didn't take long for Allen to_________ a possible approach. He had a few spare _________lying around Maybe he could offer them to kids in exchange for their guns.

Allen named the____My Trumpet Is My Weapon—after all, it was something of a _____ to release personal emotions, that _____me and redirected my path was a trumpet and the music.' Allen says He met with the New Orleans mayor to figure out how to make children feel _____ handing over their guns to the police.

Allen has collected seven guns so far, a small but symbolically important _____. But he doesn't stop with the____of gun tor instrument. After the exchanges, Allen connects the children with local ______who give them tree virtual trumpet lessons.

More importantly, he has brought hope for his city and young people ____ a better life. "I just say, 'Look. I come from where you come from, and I can show you the ____ that got me out,' says Allen. "And ______ may not be the way for you, but it will at least open your mind to see what's out there.”

【1】

A．cheering

B．gathering

C．shooting

D．hunting

【2】

A．Surprisingly

B．Originally

C．Accidentally

D．Unfortunately

【3】

A．humorous

B．imaginary

C．comic

D．sad

【4】

A．hit on

B．insist on

C．count on

D．focus on

【5】

A．coins

B．carpets

C．toys

D．trumpets

【6】

A．experience

B．program

C．news

D．gun

【7】

A．dream

B．stage

C．channel

D．framework

【8】

A．shamed

B．praised

C．saved

D．ruined

【9】

A．safe

B．excited

C．awkward

D．depressed

【10】

A．start

B．conclusion

C．ceremony

D．memorial

【11】

A．sales

B．repairs

C．destructions

D．exchanges

【12】

A．composers

B．musicians

C．officials

D．instructors

【13】

A．scared of

B．confused about

C．looking for

D．bringing out

【14】

A．way

B．advice

C．warning

D．commitment

【15】

A．knowledge

B．music

C．wisdom

D．hope

32、When I was a boy, every holiday I had seemed wonderful. My ______ took me by train or by car to a hotel by the ______.   All day I ______ on the sands(沙滩) with strange ______ children. We made houses and gardens, and ______ the tide (潮汐)destroy them. When the tide went out, we ______ over the rocks and looked down at the fish in the rock-pools.

In those days the ______ seemed to shine always brightly ______ the water was always warm. Sometimes we left beach and walked in the country, ____ ruined houses and dark woods and climbing trees. There were ______in one’s pockets or good places where we could ______ ice creams. Each day was very happy.

Although I am now thirty-five years old, my idea of a good ______ is much the same as it was. I ______ like the sun and warm sand and the sound of ______ beating the rocks. I no longer wish to ______ any sand house or sand garden, and I dislike sweets. ______, I love the sea and often feel sand running through my fingers.

Sometimes I ______ what my ideal (理想的) holiday will be like when I am ______. All I want to do then, perhaps, will be to lie in bed, reading books about ______ who make houses and gardens with sands,____ watch the incoming tide.

【1】

A．teacher

B．parents

C．nurse

D．younger sister

【2】

A．sea

B．lake

C．mountain

D．river

【3】

A．played

B．slept

C．sat

D．stood

【4】

A．moving

B．excited

C．angry

D．nervous

【5】

A．made

B．brought

C．watched

D．heard

【6】

A．rolled

B．looked

C．turned

D．climbed

【7】

A．light

B．sun

C．moon

D．lamp

【8】

A．and

B．yet

C．but

D．or

【9】

A．exploring

B．examining

C．repairing

D．measuring

【10】

A．sweets

B．sand

C．ice-creams

D．money

【11】

A．make

B．sell

C．buy

D．offer

【12】

A．house

B．holiday

C．garden

D．tide

【13】

A．hardly

B．almost

C．still

D．perhaps

【14】

A．waves

B．wind

C．hands

D．feet

【15】

A．destroy

B．fix

C．use

D．build

【16】

A．But

B．However

C．Otherwise

D．Besides

【17】

A．wonder

B．feel

C．understand

D．believe

【18】

A．strong

B．weak

C．young

D．old

【19】

A．children

B．boys

C．girls

D．grown-ups

【20】

A．that

B．which

C．whom

D．who

33、   All of us in Monte Vista Christian School know we’ll one day have graduation photos for the yearbook taken. As the time ________, the girls start to have a ________ about what they’ll wear and where to take the photos, while the boys ________ hardly talk about it. As for me, I ________ for my photos to be taken by the sea.

When I arrived there, I met my photographer, Annie. She asked me to make some poses and I ________ her advice. After that, I asked if she could make me look ________ by taking photos in a different way, ________ I’m less than 1.6 meters tall. To my ________ she responded, “I will make no ________ to make you look like someone you’re not. You look good in your own way.” She ________ that she wouldn’t try to edit the photos either.

I was shocked by what she said. Girls always ________ to look perfect by using different visual angles. When you go to a photo studio, photographers always try to hide your ________ by telling you to stand in a certain way. And picture editors can easily ________ your look by making you appear any you want to. ________, that’s not the case here. Seeing I was ________, Annie explained: “Everyone has his uniqueness. You need to ________ your own beauty. You cannot live in a world of ________ photos.”

It was the first time that I had met a photographer who doesn’t ________ photos at all. After the shoot, I saw the photos — they are ________ special and natural. But what’s even more special are Annie’s ________, which will always stay in my heart.

【1】A. flows B. ends C. approaches D. develops

【2】A. request B. discussion C. reason D. complaint

【3】A. by comparison B. in addition C. by accident D. in advance

【4】A. accounted B. arranged C. searched D. applied

【5】A. considered B. declined C. consulted D. followed

【6】A. prettier B. taller C. thinner D. stronger

【7】A. unless B. though C. while D. since

【8】A. astonishment B. delight C. relief D. satisfaction

【9】A. promise B. choice C. attempt D. decision

【10】A. admitted B. swore C. explained D. added

【11】A. desire B. manage C. pretend D. pay

【12】A. preferences B. imperfections C. personalities D. advantages

【13】A. change B. recover C. expose D. recognize

【14】A. Otherwise B. Therefore C. However D. Anyway

【15】A. annoyed B. embarrassed C. discouraged D. confused

【16】A. share B. describe C. admire D. advocate

【17】A. artificial B. colorful C. vivid D. popular

【18】A. exhibit B. organize C. cut D. polish

【19】A. causally B. truly C. partially D. roughly

【20】A. attitudes B. actions C. words D. skills

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

AI artwork sells for $432,500 — nearly 45 times its high【1】 — as Christie’s becomes the first auction house to offer a work of art created by an algorithm. This portrait, however, is not the product of a human mind. It was created by an【2】 intelligence, an algorithm defined by that algebraic formula with its many parentheses. And when it went under the【3】 in the Prints & Multiples sale at Christie’s on 23-25 October, Portrait of Edmond Belamy sold for an【4】 $432,500, signaling the arrival of AI art on the world auction stage.

From a distance, Portrait of Edmond de Belamy looks almost plausible. Up close, however, the paintwork becomes a grid of mechanical-looking dots, the man’s face a golden blur with black holes for eyes. Look into those eyes. They show no sign of feeling or life. Did a computer make this?

The answer is yes. The first artwork【5】 by AI to be sold at Christie’s, its【6】 price would seem to suggest that in future we will get computers to make art for us. Robot van Gogh will harmlessly cut its ear off and robot Picasso will be a genius.

Is this the future AI art visionaries such as the French collective Obvious, which programmed this “painter” by getting it to compare its own work with 15,000 pre-20th century portraits, have in mind? Or are they just, God forbid, making a fast buck from deceivable art collectors? Because believing the algorithm that knocked this up to be in any meaningful way an “artist” is like thinking your voice-interaction programme is out to get you. Dream on. Computers would need to replicate human consciousness before they could replicate the funny thing humans do called “art”.

Art is a way in which human 【7】 expresses itself, and is equally true of the earliest cave art, Rembrandt’s portraits and Duchamp’s urinal. And that is what is missing from Portrait of Edmond Bellamy. Art is a way humans communicate ideas, perceptions and feelings to each other. It has no 【8】 outside the human passion to communicate. So in what meaningful sense can an AI replica of certain【9】 traits of old master paintings be called art?

For a robot to really make art, it would need an autonomous mind that was emotional as well as【10】. No AI developer has yet claimed to be anywhere near achieving that and if they ever do, their creation will probably have better things to do than paint portraits — like destroy humanity.

Maybe afterwards robots will invent their own kind of art, but it won’t be some poor pastiche of human genius.

It will be beyond anything we organics could imagine.

35、Directions: Complete the following 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.

Tablets are really useful devices, but their big screens always make them a burden to carry around without a bag. Wouldn’t it be great if there were a phone with the powers of a tablet that could be folded up and fit 【1】 into the hand?

Now something like a tablet-shaped but fold-able phone is about to become 【2】. In February, South Korean electronics company Samsung and China’s Huawei both unveiled fold-able phones Galaxy Fold and Huawei Mate X 【3】. Mobile phone use has entered the “fold-able future”, The Verge noted.

The technology could change our lives in significant ways. These devices, due to their 【4】 screens, give us the larger screens we want. Meanwhile, they still fit easily into the pocket. As USA Today noted, they’re “the 【5】 of a small tablets and smart-phone, all in a single device”.

The technology could 【6】 other devices too. For example, we could make TVs that stick to walls like posters, or fold up easily to hide away in drawers. In crowded modem cities, they will help us to 【7】 available space.

In a keynote address, Samsung’s senior vice president of mobile product marketing, Justin Denison, called the fold-able screen “the 【8】 for the smart-phone of tomorrow.” “It’s a balank canvas for us to do something beautiful together,” he said.

So is there nothing to stand in the way of the fold-able future?

According to tech news website Android authority, the necessary displays were difficult to produce. In 2012, nine out of every to OLED screens produced were 【9】. Today, that 10 percent rate has been improved to between 50 and 90 percent. However, at present these fold-able devices are expensive. For example, the price of Huawei Mate X is 17,500 RMB. That’s a price that may 【10】 the majority of people.

But if the fold-able device isn’t going to change the world overnight, there is no doubt that it is coming.

Patrick Moor-head, an industry analyst told The Verge, “Few are debating if fold-able or roll-able mobile displays are the future of smart-phones; the only question is when and by whom.”

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

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.”

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、假定你是某高中学生会主席李华，为增强全校师生的安全意识，你校本周三上午准备进行一次消防演习，请你代表学生会写一份书面通知，要点如下:

1.活动目的；

2.活动时间；

3.活动安排(听到火警铃声有序撤离；听消防员安全讲座)。

4. 注意事项。

参考词汇:消防演习fire drill; 火警铃fire alarm; 消防通道firefighting accesses。

注意:1.词数80左右；

2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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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。

One young academically excellent person went to apply for a managerial position in a big company. He passed the first interview and then the director did the last interview to make the last decision. The director discovered from the CV that the youth's academic achievements were excellent all the way, from the secondary school until the postgraduate research. Never did he have a year when he did not score.

The director asked, "Did you obtain any scholarships in school?" The youth answered, "None."

The director asked, "Was it your father who paid for your school fees?" The youth answered, "My father passed away when I was one year old, so it was my mother who paid for all my school fees."

The director asked, "What did your mother do?" The youth answered, "My mother worked as a clothes cleaner." The director requested the youth to show his hands. The youth showed a pair of hands that were smooth and perfect.

The director asked, "Have you ever helped your mother wash the clothes before?" The youth answered, "Never. My mother always wanted me to study and read more books. Furthermore, my mother can wash clothes faster than me."

The director said, "I have a request. When you go back today, go and clean your mother's hands, and then see me back here tomorrow morning."

注意：

1.续写的词数应为150左右；

2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

Feeling his high chance of landing the job, when he went back home, the youth happily requested his mother to let him clean her hands.

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The director noticed the tears in the youth's eyes and asked, "What have you done and learned, young man?"

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40、假定你是李华，你从国外网站购买了一辆健身自行车，后来发现其问题较多。请就此向美国总部写邮件投诉。内容如下：

1.购车情况；

2.存在的问题（车身重；刹车失灵等）

3.解决方案。

注意：

1.词数100词左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

参考词汇：健身自行车an exercise bike 刹车brake

Dear Sir or Madam,

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Yours,

Li Hua

41、假定你是李华,丝绸之路文化国际研讨会将于近期在你市召开,现在正在招募一批志愿者参与接待工作。你有意参与,请用英语给组委会写一封申请信。内容包括:

1.写信目的

2.陈述自己的优势(性格、语言能力和经验等);

3.希望获准

注意:1.词数80左右;

2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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