钦州2025-2026学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高二英语

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

A.lie B.lay C.lain D.laid

2、—Can I help you, sir？

—Yes, I bought this radio here yesterday, but it________.

A.didn’t work B.won’t work

C.can’t work D.doesn’t work

3、Mary is always ready to do some ______ work at the local nursing house in her spare time.

A.responsible B.exhausting C.voluntary D.professional

4、____ more attention, the trees could have grown better.

A.Given B.To give

C.Giving D.Having given

5、The clever boy made a hole in the wall, _____he could see what was going on inside the house.

A.on which B.at which C.through which D.in which

6、The urgent situation required that we ________ an immediate decision.

A.should make B.made C.have made D.had been made

7、Smiling doesn’t ________ mean you’re happy. Sometimes, it just means that you’re strong enough to face problems.

A.fortunately B.eventually C.deliberately D.necessarily

8、I didn’t see your sister at the party. If she ____, she would have met my brother.

A. has come B. did come C. would D. had come

9、--- Why not play the music we listened to yesterday?

--- Because it _____ old times.

A. calls on B. calls for

C. calls in D. calls up

10、Mr. Hilton’s new house is almost ______ the one he used to live in.

A. twice the size of B. as twice big as

C. bigger twice than D. the twice size of

11、If there are any such adjustments it would suggest that investors had interpreted the information in a biased fashion and hence in a(n) _____ manner.

A.efficient B.unefficient C.non-efficient D.inefficient

12、Tom, as well as his friends who________ football, _________very popular among the students.

A.likes; are B.likes; is C.like; is D.like; are

13、---I was scolded for my wrong judgment.

---If only you   the issue more thought.

A.gave B.would give C.have given D.had given

14、The number of firms selling computers in this region ________ since January 2012.

A．are dropping

B．is dropping

C．have dropped

D．has dropped

15、The old man could buy nothing ______ .

A. with his money to steal B. with his money having stolen

C. with his money stealing D. with his money stolen

16、That is the only place ____ we can visit next month .

A.where B.that C.which D.to which

17、There is a new problem____the popularity of private cars that road conditions need ____.

A.involve at; to be improve B.involved in; to be improved

C.involving in; improving D.involving at; improving

18、My parents will not__________ my birthday party if I don’t do well in my next test.

A.agree with B.allow for C.approve of D.object to

19、—— We shall take the condition _____you’ve attached to this project into careful consideration.

—— Thanks a lot.

A. where B. when C. which D. what

20、The film was so moving that we all burst into tears. Never before   seen a film like that.

A. had I   B. I had C. have I   D. I have

21、 It has been revealed that some government leaders ________ their authority and position to get illegal profits for themselves.

A．employ

B．take

C．abuse

D．Overlook

22、—Where is my dictionary?I remember I put it here yesterday.

—You___it in the wrong place.

A．must put

B．should have put

C．might put

D．might have put

23、The book is a complete introduction ________ all the best Indian films.

A.in B.on C.to D.about

24、It is reported that the police will soon ________ the case of the two missing children.

A.look into B.long for C.mirror D.leave behind

25、His success was a pride to everyone in the family and they presented him with a gift to_______the occasion.

A.mark B.sign C.congratulate D.honor

26、   In my high school English class in a small Mississippi town, Miss Denman tried to insert our sleepy heads that every novel had to do one of the three things: tell something; show something; prove something. She then read us one she considered a piece of perfect writing because it achieved all the three things: The Lottery by Shirley Jackson, whose remaining stories and essays have now been published.

As Miss Denman began reading — “The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full summer day; the flowers were blossoming(开花)freely and the grass was richly green” — we were calmed into “the square between the post office and the bank” of a small American town, where all 300 citizens are met. They’ve come to draw lots(抽签)for the lottery of each year that ends before noon. The person holding the paper with a black mark is then led to a clearing and stoned to death by all the town’s citizens.

When The Lottery first appeared in The New Yorker in 1948, the magazine was flooded with letters from angry readers demanding to know what it was about. Unlike those confused The New Yorker readers, Miss Denman’s students weren’t confused by a story in which foolish violence was passed down through the generations. Ours was a Gothic world and Shirley Jackson seemed to our ears like Flannery O’Connor without the Georgia accent.

Forty years passed before I read anything else by Shirley Jackson. Then I happened upon her final novel — We Have Always Lived in the Castle, published in 1962, three years before her death in 1965 — a true excellent work  whose young main female character, Merricat Blackwood, is as precocious(早熟的)and worth remembering as any young people in the 20th-century American novels. She describes: “I dislike washing myself, and dogs, and noise. I like my sister Constance, and my uncle Julian, and the poisonous mushroom. Everyone else in my family is dead.” Six years ago Blackwood’s parents, an aunt, and a younger brother were murdered — poisoned with arsenic(砒霜).

Fifty years after her untimely death, Let Me Tell You, a new reminder of how excellent a writer Shirley Jackson came out. The stories, essays, and lectures in this brilliant new collection include some published before and some able to the public for the first time. The title comes from the book’s only unfinished story, about two 14-year-old friends, the spoiled daughters of rich fathers. Their snobbery(势利)performances counteract beliefs of classlessness in American: “My father is a lawyer. It’s important what your father is. Also it’s important to have a swimming pool, only not the biggest swimming pool of all and of course no one would dream of going near it.” The reader is eager to know what happens but even Jackson’s finished stories are rarely tied up with appropriate endings. She counted on the reader to make an effort.

Let Me Tell You feels like a direct communication from beyond the tomb with the writer. This is especially true of her essays on the skill of writing. With the publication of Let Me Tell You, Shirley Jackson can now enjoy a peace with a new world of readers. The woman of Gothic psychological novel can truly rest in peace.

【1】Miss Denman chose to read her students The Lottery mainly because ______.

A.it’s one of her favorite novels

B.it’s a good example to explain the features of novels

C.it has skillfully-arranged plots and beautiful statements

D.it’s a masterpiece of an American literary writer, Shirley Jackson

【2】What can we learn about The Lottery?

A.It has a beautiful beginning but a sad ending.

B.Whoever got the lottery in the story was a lucky dog.

C.Living in the Gothic world, its writer was good Gothic novels.

D.It confused The New Yorker readers as well as Denman’s students.

【3】According to Shirley Jackson’s final novel, ______.

A.Merricat was a quiet girl full of love for everything

B.only Merricat and her two sisters survived the murder

C.Merricat became as mature as her peers after the murder

D.altogether four people in the family died from being poisoned

【4】What does the underlined word “counteract” in Paragraph 5 most probably mean?

A.Act against. B.Make stronger.

C.Make clear. D.Throw doubt on

27、   Health officials in the United States reported last week on what they believe could be a medical first. Officials said doctors performed what could be the first double lung transplant（移植）on a person whose lungs were severely damaged from vaping（吸电子烟）.The operation reportedly saved the life of the teenager.

The young man was admitted in early September to a Detroit-area hospital with what appeared to be a common lung infection, but was later sent to Children’s Hospital of Michigan in Detroit. On October 3, he was transported to Henry Ford Hospital, where the transplant was performed 12 days later.

Hassan Nemeh is a surgical director of thoracic（胸腔的）organ transplant at Henry Ford Hospital. He told The Associated Press（The AP）that the damage done to the teenager’s lungs from vaping was so bad that there was no possibility to totally recover. He warned parents to think about that and to tell their children as well.

More than 2000 Americans who vape have gotten sick since March. Many of them are teenagers and young adults. At least 40 people have died.

Recently, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported a discovery into what might be causing people who vape to become sick. They identified the chemical compound vitamin E acetate（醋酸盐）as a “very strong criminal”.

Researchers found the chemical compound in fluid taken from the lungs of 29 patients. In other studies, Vitamin E acetate was found in liquid from electronic cigarettes and other vaping devices, Many who got sick said they had vaped liquids that contain THC, the part of marijuana that creates what is known as a “high”.

Dr. Lisa Allenspach is a lung specialist and medical director of Henry Ford’s Lung Transplant Program. She told The AP, “Vaping-related injuries are all too common these days. Our adolescents are faced with a crisis,” She added that vaping products should not be used in any way.

Dr. Nemeh said the 17-year-old patient’s case didn’t open any new moral considerations about transplants for people who severely damaged their own lungs by vaping. He added, “We hope sharing this patient’s story prevents anyone else from experiencing a vaping injury that would require a transplant.”

【1】What can be learned about the young man in the text?

A.He got caught in a moral dilemma. B.He was the first to get sick by vaping.

C.He received the operation immediately. D.He had a good chance to survive the lung damage

【2】How many hospitals are mentioned in the text?

A.1. B.2. C.3. D.4.

【3】What is Dr. Lisa Allenspach’s attitude towards vaping products?

A.Skeptical. B.Approving. C.Opposing. D.Objective.

【4】What can we learn from what Dr. Nemeh said？

A.He hoped to arouse people’s attention to staying away from vaping.

B.He wanted to raise money for the young man.

C.He wanted to open moral considerations about lung transplant.

D.He hoped to keep people from tobacco.

28、As is often the case, it is human nature to lead a sedentary（久坐的）lifestyle and most of us are so involved in our busy schedules that we don't even notice our bad habits. Many worry about the right time or "right age" to start working out. 【1】 Here're some practical tips to help you get fit.

Master your mind. Most people argue that they are too tired or old to start exercising. Doing so is much easier than trying to change the busy lifestyle. Change your mindset and be more confident in improving your health. 【2】

Easy does it. Once you have chosen a fitness program, start slowly and increase it in stages. Begin with just a few minutes of gentle exercises and stretches. 【3】 About 30 minutes should be devoted to your workout. As your body starts to respond and your muscles get used to the exercises, you can gradually increase the length of your workout.

Always warm up. Always remember to warm up your muscles before exercising. Gentle warm-ups will reduce your risk of injury, aches and pains, and increase blood circulation and flexibility.

【4】 There's no quick access to getting fit. It's a common mistake to do too much too soon. If you don't know how to balance your needs and your expectations, you might seriously injure your muscles or just create stress.

Cool down. When you finish your routine, you need to cool your muscles and let your heart rate slow gradually. 【5】

A．Don't overload your body.

B．Never ignore your potentials.

C．Tell your body to be more active and say, "I can do it."

D．However, nobody cares about what you have done for them.

E．Go next to some mild activity such as walking, jogging or cycling.

F．Cooling down will help your body to return to its pre-exercise level.

G．But it's never too late for them to start exercising and all they need is enough determination.

29、   As you might expect in a language learning company, almost everyone who works at Babbel is multilingual (会讲多种语言的）. The central principle of the Babbel language learning approach is that people should spend about 15 minutes per day studying a new language. This is surprisingly short compared to the length of time that university students are expected to use to study a language nightly (about 90 minutes) . 【1】I sat down with Babbel's language expert, Karohine Schnur, to find out how 15-minute language lessons are all you need to become fluent in a new language.

Karoline started off by explaining the central principle behind the Babbel learning approach. "If you read a lot of information, you won't be able to absorb everything, "she said. 【2】 The background information is thrown away,and never goes into our long-term memory. But it s not so great for language learning. “ 【3】Repetition is really important in language learning,” Karoline added.

Because repetition is so important, the Babbel app (应用程序）is quite useful in learning a new language. It has a Review Manager that's designed entirely for repeating information and getting it into your long-term memory. When talking about the rationality (合理性）behind this approach, Karoline explained, "It's based on time intervals. 【4】 ”When using the app,you' ll notice that items come up for review not only right after a lesson is completed,but in the days and weeks that follow.She continued, "If you keep getting it correct,the time until you see it again expands. After all those steps are done,we say, ‘【5】 ' " In this way, Babbel isn't just helping you memorize vocabulary,but truly learn a language.

A.OK, this is in your long-term memory.

B.How much do you remember after a week?

C.It's designed with the limitations of human memory in mind.

D.So how are people at Babbel picking up new languages in so less time?

E.Each time you repeat something and get it correct, it will move up a step.

F.To get something into long-term memory,you must make connections and repeat it.

G.The brain is a master at deciding what information is important and what is background noise.

30、   The letter below is from Antoine Leiris, whose wife Helen died in the terror attack in Paris on November 11th. He wrote the letter to her killers. It was _______written as a Facebook post and has been _______thousands of times on social media.

On Friday night you _______the life of an exceptional being, the love of my life, the_______of my son, but you will not have my _______. I don't know who you are _______I don't want to know -- you are dead souls. I will not give you the gift of hating you. You have obviously _______it, but responding to it with anger would be to give in to the same ignorance that has made you what you are. You want me to be _______, to cast a mistrusting eye on my fellow citizens, to _______my freedom for security. You __________. I saw her this morning, finally after nights and days of waiting. My wife was ________as beautiful as she was when she left on Friday evening, as beautiful as when I fell madly in love with her more than 12 ________ago. Of course, I am heart-broken with __________, but I know that she will join us every day and that we will find each other again in the paradise of free souls which you will never have ________to. We are only __________, my son and I, but we are more ________than all the world's armies. ________any case, I have no time to waste on you. I need to go back to Melvil, who is ________from his afternoon nap. He is just 17 months old. He will eat his snack like every day and we are going to play like we do every day. In every day of his life, the little boy will ________you with his ________and freedom, because you don't have his hatred either.

【1】A.occasionally B.accidentally C.originally D.frequently

【2】A.praised B.written C.printed D.shared

【3】A.came across B.argued with C.stole away D.turned into

【4】A.teacher B.mother C.sister D.friend

【5】A.anger B.hatred C.sympathy D.mercy

【6】A.and B.if C.once D.but

【7】A.hated B.sought C.abandoned D.found

【8】A.afraid B.brave C.concerned D.crazy

【9】A.value B.attach C.respect D.sacrifice

【10】A.won B.hesitated C.lost D.warned

【11】A.ever B.even C.just D.never

【12】A.days B.weeks C.months D.years

【13】A.sorrow B.depression C.enthusiasm D.passion

【14】A.desire B.companion C.devotion D.access

【15】A.none B.one C.two D.three

【16】A.successful B.powerful C.thankful D.merciful

【17】A.On B.With C.In D.Of

【18】A.waking up B.packing up C.sending up D.cheering up

【19】A.complain B.threaten C.control D.insult

【20】A.awareness B.sadness C.forgiveness D.happiness

31、   It was March 15, 2012. My two brothers were out in the driveway shooting around when they suddenly screamed,“ The sky! The sky! It's green!” My dad _______ turned on the TV news. There was a tornado heading towards Dexter. I quickly ran up the stairs and seized my most _______ items that I felt I needed. My mom was piling clothing up in the basement to make a fort(堡垒) to _______ us. My dad was still upstairs watching the news. He usually never comes down when there’s a bad _______. As my ears heard a loud “pop”, I looked up to see my dad _______ full speed down into the basement swiftly _______ the door behind him to join us.

I for a brief moment thought that I was going to _______. When the tornado was going by it sounded like a heavy train was tearing through our _______.

Everything started to settle. My dad made his way back up the stairs to see what the damage was. The ceiling(天花板) had fallen down. Everywhere I _______all I could see was pure destruction. In that moment I felt __________, I had no idea what to do, and I didn’ t know what was happening or what the situation was. All I could think about was that my home was __________ going to be the same again.

This was the event that caused my family to have a(n) __________ on how lucky we were to be alive and together. Although the tornado wasn’t one that was that deadly we felt extremely __________ to be alive. This moment was a scary and life-changing situation, something that I never thought I would have to experience. It just made me think how I should be __________ for everything that I am able to have because you never know what __________ can throw at you, especially when you least expect it.

【1】A. immediately B. secretly C. recently D. strangely

【2】A. harmless B. attractive C. precious D. familiar

【3】A. persuade B. protect C. please D. prevent

【4】A. fire B. earthquake C. storm D. drought

【5】A. coming B. driving C. falling D. flying

【6】A. hitting B. closing C. painting D. touching

【7】A. begin B. return C. escape D. die

【8】A. office B. house C. hospital D. library

【9】A. traveled B. remembered C. looked D. hated

【10】A. awkward B. defeated C. interested D. amazed

【11】A. never B. ever C. still D. just

【12】A. realization B. conclusion C. imagination D. suggestion

【13】A. lonely B. calm C. brave D. lucky

【14】A. grateful B. regretful C. curious D. generous

【15】A. dream B. passion C. work D. life

32、   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

33、   I opened the hotel curtains to find dark rainy streets. After training in nearly 100-degree weather in St. Louis, I wasn't _______ a rainy 55-degree day. However, it didn't _______because it was marathon day.

My group _______with ponchos (雨披) on. I took off the poncho around Mile 9 as the rain seemed less _______.

I was still energized at Mile 13, and supporters were still _______ us on. Not too long after Mile 20, I was feeling some _______ in my legs. I never stopped though. I just put my head up and _______ going. As Mile 22 passed, I _______ and I began to cry, but kept on moving. The view alongside was _______ and it kept my mind busy.

At the end of Mile 25, my body was beat. As I saw that finish line in the wind, I put all my__________into running for it. The__________said my name and made some careless Irish remarks that I can't remember, and I__________the line in total tiredness. Some staff__________me my marathon medal, bottled water, and helped me keep warm.

Traveling for my first marathon will be__________remembered. I could not have done this without the__________of my family, friends, Coach Rich, my teammates and my sister, who gave me the strength to__________. As Norman D. Vaughan, the surviving member of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition said, “Dream big and be __________ to fail. ”

What will be the most impressive __________ for me? The __________ from Mile 20 to the end. No matter how much you read about how to prepare for the final few miles, it's a true __________ of your mental endurance (耐力).

【1】A.wasting B.arranging C.enjoying D.expecting

【2】A.fail B.lose C.matter D.work

【3】A.escaped B.started C.approved D.protested

【4】A.heavy B.mild C.slight D.bright

【5】A.touching B.cheering C.crying D.trying

【6】A.power B.anger C.pain D.relief

【7】A.practiced B.continued C.avoided D.imagined

【8】A.took off B.settled in C.broke down D.dressed up

【9】A.confusing B.usual C.simple D.inspiring

【10】A.energy B.pressure C.relaxation D.elegance

【11】A.volunteer B.editor C.interviewee D.announcer

【12】A.crossed B.drew C.swallowed D.burned

【13】A.showed B.bought C.handed D.lent

【14】A.mistakenly B.strangely C.luckily D.truly

【15】A.education B.support C.admiration D.treatment

【16】A.finish B.perform C.suffer D.assist

【17】A.brave B.guilty C.firm D.anxious

【18】A.wish B.exercise C.memory D.judgment

【19】A.suspect B.struggle C.cheat D.argument

【20】A.cause B.question C.favor D.test

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

35、A: Excuse me, do you know where the chemistry lab is?

B: Yes. It’s just on the fifth floor of this b【1】.

A: How often do you do c【2】experiments there?

B: Twice a week.

A: Can you go there without a t【3】?

B: No. That’s not allowed.

A: What does the teacher often tell you to do when you are doing an e【4】?

B: He often tells us to look c【5】and follow the i【6】.

A: What will you do when you finish the experiment?

B: We must put e【7】back in the cupboards and wash our hands.

A: Right. It is very i【8】to keep the lab clean.

B: Yes, safe as well. We must turn off the e【9】before l【10】the lab.

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.

Expressions about water are almost as common as water itself. But many of the expressions using water have unpleasant meanings.

The expression “to be in hot water” is one of them. It is a very old expression, which can be 【1】 back to 500 years ago. The expression is used to mean being in trouble. One story says it got that meaning from the custom of throwing extremely hot water down on enemies attacking a castle.

Being in “deep water” is almost the same as being in “hot water”. When you are in deep water, you are in a difficult 【2】. Imagine a person who cannot swim being thrown in water over his head. You are in deep water when you are facing a problem that you do not have the ability to solve. The problem is too deep. You can be in deep water, for example, if you invest in stocks in complete 【3】 of the stock market.

"Water over the dam" is another expression about a past event. It is something that cannot be 【4】. The expression comes from the idea that water that has 【5】 a dam cannot be brought back again. When a friend is 【6】 by a mistake she has made, you might tell her to forget about it. You say it is water over the dam.

Another common expression, "to hold water," is about the strength or weakness of an idea or opinion that you may be arguing about. It probably comes from the way of testing the 【7】 of a container. If it can hold water, it is strong and has no holes in it. If your 【8】 can hold water, it is strong and does not have any holes. If it does not hold water, then it is weak and can not be 【9】.

"Throwing cold water" also is an expression that deals with an idea or 【10】. For example, you want to buy a new car because the old one has some problems. But you wife "throws cold water" on the idea, because she says a new car costs too much

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、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。

Mother's Gift

I grew up in a small town when the primary school was a ten-minute walk from my house. When the noon bell rang, I would race breathlessly home. My mother would be standing at the top of the stairs, smiling down at me.

One lunch-time when I was in the third grade will stay with me always. I had been picked to be the princess in the school play, and for weeks my mother had rehearsed my lines so hard with me. But no matter how easily I acted at home, as soon as I stepped onstage, every word disappeared from my head. Finally, my teacher took me aside. She explained that she had written a narrator's (旁白的) part to the play, and asked me to change roles. Her words, kindly expressed, still hurt, especially when I saw my part go to another girl.

I didn't tell my mother what had happened when I went home for lunch that day. But she sensed my pain. Instead of suggesting we practice my lines, she asked if I wanted to walk in the yard.

It was a lovely spring day and the rose vine (藤蔓) was turning green. Under the huge trees, we could see yellow dandelions (蒲公英) in the grass in bunch, as if a painter had touched our landscape with gold. I watched my mother casually bend down by one dandelion. 'I think I'm going to dig up all these weeds,' she said, 'pulling it up by its roots. From now on, we'll have only roses in this garden.'

'But I like dandelions,' I protested. 'All flowers are beautiful---even dandelions.'

My mother looked at me seriously. 'Yes, every flower gives pleasure in its own way, doesn't it? ' She asked thoughtfully. I nodded, pleased that I had won her over. 'And that is true of people too,' she added. 'Not everyone can be a princess, but there is no shame in that.' Relieved that she had guessed my pain, I started to cry as I told her what had happened. She listened and smiled.

注意：

1. 所续写短文的词数应为150词左右；

2. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；

Paragraph 1:

'But you will be a good narrator, ' she said,

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Paragraph 2:

After the play, I took home the dandelion.

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39、”阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。续写的词数应为120左右。

My fiance(未婚夫）and I were excited about shopping for our first home.But our funds were limited,and none of the houses in our price range seemed satisfactory.

One agent recommended a house in particular..Although her description sounded wonderful,the price was beyond our range,so we declined.But she kept urging us to have a look at least.

We finally did and it was love at first sight:It was Our Home,small and charming, overlooking a quiet lake.Walking through the rooms and talking with the owners,a nice elderly couple,we felt the warmth and happiness of the marriage within that home.As perfect as it was,the price remained too high for us.But every day,we would sit by the lake,  looking at the house and dreaming of what it would be like to live there.

Days later,we made a(n)offer-far below the asking price.Surprisingly,they didn't laugh at us.They renewed their offer instead.It was also much more than we could afford,but far less than the original asking price.

The next day,we got a disappointing message that another buyer had offered a much higher price.Even so,we decided to talk with the owners directly.We made our final offer, which still was thousands of dollars 'less than' the other buyer's bid.We knew it,but we had to try.Nobody knew if we could get it.

Paragraph 1:We went to the owners' home after we made our final offer.The other buyer came to visit the owners too.

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Paragraph 2:The owner looked at us and said,"I want to sell my house to you!"

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40、假设你是李华，你的美国笔友John刚转入一所寄宿学校，他发来电子邮件向你询问如何与室友融洽相处。请根据以下内容，给他回一封电子邮件。要点：

1.你的建议；

2.说明理由；

3.表达祝愿。

注意：1. 词数100左右，开头和结尾已给出，但不计入总词数；

2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear John,

I’m very glad to hear you’re studying at a new boarding school.____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua

41、假如你是李华，你的美国笔友Chris下学期来泉州学习，拟租在你所住的小区，向你了解小区的居住环境和邻里关系，请给他写封回信。内容包括：

1.环境优美；

2.邻里和谐；

3.乐意帮忙。

注意：1.词数100左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3.结束语已为你写好。

Dear Chis，

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Looking forward to your coming.

Yours sincerely,

Li Hua