泉州2025-2026学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高二英语

1、If ________ in danger, please calm down and shout for help immediately.

A．trapped

B．trapping

C．having trapped

D．to be trapped

2、It ___________ to him that he had an important conference to attend the next morning.

A. happened B. hit

C. struck D. occurred

3、We must do something to_______factories________waste water into the river before it is cleaned.

A.stop; pouring B.prevent; to pour

C.keep; pouring D.stop; to pour

4、I ________ driving lessons for over a year, and still haven’t got my licence.

A．have been taking

B．had taken

C．took

D．would take

5、I was just talking to Margaret when Jackson _____________.

A．cut in

B．cut down

C．cut out

D．cut up

6、Not when and where we should meet, I telephoned our monitor for detailed information.

A. know   B. knew C. known   D. knowing

7、My telephone is out of order. Can you tell me the ____ news about the COVID-19 pandemic?

A．lately

B．latest

C．later

D．latter

8、_______is no need for you to come if you don’t want to.

A. It B. There

C. That D. This

9、—Where did you knock into your old friend, LiHua?

—It was in the firm ______ his brother is working.

A. where B. that

C. which D. when

10、______ 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

11、People _______ hobbies which offer enjoyment, knowledge and relaxation.

A.bring up B.set up C.take up D.pick up

12、______ providing entertainment, the website also turns out to be a helpful learning tool.

A.Far from B.Apart from C.Instead of D.Regardless of

13、There is a general consensus among teachers _____ children should have a broad understanding of the world.

A.where B.whether C.that D.how

14、I hurried to the meeting hall, only______ that the meeting had been put off.

A.to tell B.to be told C.telling D.told

15、Something is wrong with his camera. It can’t be ________ to take photos in cloudy conditions.

A．adapted

B．adjusted

C．adopted

D．addicted

16、The secretary and manager ____very busy now.

A.is B.are C.was D.were

17、It's said that our mental abilities begin to _______ from the age 27 after reaching the highest level at 22.

A.differ B.depress C.distribute D.decline

18、As soon as he comes back，I’ll tell him when________ and see him.

A.you will come B.will you come

C.you come D.do you come

19、The twins named Tom and Jerry look so much alike that it is difficult to ________.

A．tell Tom and Jerry from

B．tell from Tom and Jerry

C．tell from Tom and Jerry apart

D．tell Tom from Jerry

20、He has been sent to the place ________ needs him most.

A.where B.that C.what D.it

21、The secretary made a note of it _____ she should forget.

A.in order that B.in case

C.so that D.ever when

22、I strongly suggest that the information ____ in my report ____ to Mr Brown without delay.

A. to be referred to; to be e-mailed B. referring to; e-mail

C. referred to; be e-mailed D. being referred to; being e-mailed

23、Climate change is projected to have far-reaching____ — including sea level rise flooding cities and shifting weather patterns causing long-term declines in agricultural production.

A.contributions B.confusions C.consequences D.feedbacks

24、Bejing Daxing International Airport completed its first flight of passenger planes ___________four aircrafts landed safely on the runway Monday morning.

A.though B.as C.while D.before

25、Germany ______ war on France on August 3rd, 1914.

A.discussed B.opened C.happened D.declared

26、2020 Bunny Chase

Spend some quality time with your family while following clues (线索), do some crafts (手工), find Easter eggs, chocolate and small prizes. Keep your eyes open for the golden ticket! If you find it, you'll be the winner of an AMAZING prize to make the outdoors great this summer. Register at die Wolf Centre on Sunday, April 12th, between 11 am and 1 pm. Participation Fee is regular Wolf Centre admission ($30 per family). You can pre-pay your admission online here.

Astronomy

JUNE 26 9:30 PM – ll:30 PM

Fascinated by the night sky above? Book a space for the whole family on one of our summer astronomy programs. Take a walk with our onsite astronomer who will guide you through the stars. A typical evening astronomy program lasts approximately 1.5 to 2 hours, and runs rain or shine.

Cost: $20.00 per adult & $15.00 per child (17 & under)

For more information or to make a reservation, book online, call 1-800 -631 - 2198 (Ext. Main Office) or email reservations@ haliburtonforest com.

Natural History

Haliburton Forest offers a series of Natural History Presentations. Partnered with individuals (个人)as well as organisations, these 1 -- 2 hour Tuesday night seminars will vary in themes. Topics may cover research being conducted at Haliburton Forest, natural landscapes and ecosystems, local wild animals and plants, or even environmental concerns.

Cost: There is no charge for this event.

Green and Gold Camp

Come and spend a week with us at Green and Gold Camp on the Sacramento State Campus between 7/10/2020-7/14/2020! Days are filled with scavenger (拾荒者)hunts, river walks, the Challenge Center, water activities, arts and crafts, games and more! Your adventure begins at Sacramento State.

Cost: $290 per camper

【1】What can people do at 2020 Bunny Chase?

A.Play games with rabbits. B.Get some gold as the prize.

C.Win a prize for the outdoors. D.Win a prize by pre-paying the admission.

【2】What is special about Natural History?

A.It requires preregistration. B.It provides a family visit.

C.It does not charge any fee. D.It focuses on the same theme.

【3】Which can help you learn how to survive in the wild most probably?

A.2020 Bunny Chase. B.Astronomy.

C.Natural History. D.Green and Cold Camp.

27、Deciding to get her money's worth out of the wedding dress on which she spent over $1,000, an Australian woman has been wearing her wedding dress, a year after her wedding.

43-year-old Tammy Hall adopted a new lifestyle-anti-consumerism (反消费主义) lifestyle in 2016, after a trip to India opened her eyes to how much we as a society consumed. She decided not to buy any new clothes or footwear for a whole year after she returned home to Adelaide, in Southern Australia, and she managed to make it.

But last year, as her wedding day approached, she faced a dilemma. She wanted to look good on the most important day of her life, but how could she spend a small fortune on the wedding dress she would only wear on that day?

"In the end I decided that if I was going to get a wedding dress, I'd make sure I could get my money's worth," Hall tells PA Real Life.

"The first time I wore it after the wedding was to vote in the Australian election in early 2019," the 43-year-old adds. "Since then, it's been to all sorts of places. Wearing it on a crowded train was especially funny, but I've worn it to do housework, to football games and to the gym."

Hall says that she has gotten some strange looks from people, but no irritating comments. It may have something to do with the fact that the dress is not the fanciest, but she believes people are just too reserved to say anything. Anyway, she doesn't really care, because she knows she has to hit the goal she has set and wearing the dress multiple times is the most reasonable way she could think of to make the most of her wedding dress.

Hall now plans to wear her wedding dress on a trip to Iceland that she and her partner will take next summer.

【1】Why did Tammy Hall adopt a new lifestyle?

A．To adapt herself to Indian life.

B．To cut down her consumption.

C．To save money for her next trip.

D．To get prepared for her wedding.

【2】What did Tammy Hall do to get her money's worth out of her wedding dress?

A．She brought fun to people with it.

B．She tried to wear it to earn money.

C．She wore it repeatedly in daily life.

D．She got it exchanged again and again.

【3】Which of the following best explains the word "irritating" underlined in paragraph 6?

A．Thrilling.

B．Annoying.

C．Amusing.

D．Confusing.

【4】What can we infer about Tammy Hall?

A．She is determined to turn her ideas into practice.

B．She values her wedding dress less than her trips.

C．She has been struggling to make the ends meet.

D．She has influenced people's lifestyle widely.

28、   It's natural to think about what goes into producing the food in your daily lunch bag. But have you ever stopped to consider the production techniques behind the bag itself? At the center of it is a woman named Margaret Knight.

From her earliest years, Knight was a restless creator. In the article titled " The Evolution of the Grocery Bag", its writer mentions a few of her childhood projects. She was “famous for her kites", and "her sleds were the envy of the town’s boys.”

To support her mother, she took a job at a cotton factory when she was 12. That same year she invented a shuttle system which helped to prevent injury. At the time, she had no concept of patenting(得到……的专利权) her idea. What strengthened her place in history was her working experience at the Columbia Paper Bag Company. Here, instead of folding every paper bag by hand, Knight wondered if she might be able to make them cleanly and rapidly via an automated machine. The result was a working model of her elegant paper-folding machine. But this time: she wanted to go to the extra step and secure a patent on her creation, a brave move for a woman in the 19th century, when an extremely small percentage of patents were held by women.

Not only did Knight file for a patent, she bravely defended her owner ship of the bag machine idea. A man named Charles Annan said the creation was his own, arguing no woman could be able to design such a machine. Knight fought a legal battle against him and handed Anna a courtroom(法庭)defeat by presenting her detailed hand-drawn blueprints. Finally，Knight received her rightful patent in 1871.

After making the machine, she continued to invent many other things like a paper feeding machine and a skirt protector. Knight, at the age of seventy, worked twenty hours a day on 89th invention.

【1】Why does the writer mention Knight's childhood projects?

A.To introduce a book to reader

B.To tell us young Knight liked sports.

C.To show Knight was envied by other girls

D.To show Knight was creative as a child

【2】Which words can best describe Knight?

A.Intelligent and generous.

B.Courageous and hardworking

C.Considerate and optimistic

D.Independent and determined.

【3】What do we know about the paper folding machine?

A.It turned to be slower but safer

B.It was co invented by Knight and Annan

C.It proved Knight's position as an inventor.

D.It was the first machine to be patented by a woman

【4】How is the text mainly developed?

A.By following the order of time

B.By making some comments.

C.By making a comparison

D.By listing examples

29、   When Benjamin Cherkasky was in eighth grade, he quit the swim team. It wasn't because he lacked the passion; he just couldn't accept failures in matches. "I'm not Michael Phelps. Why am I even on the team?" he said. "My perfectionism prompted very high expectations, and that caused real suffering," he said.

Cherkasky is not alone in feeling that perfectionism can cause anxiety. So many millennials (千禧一代）suffer from the problems of being a perfectionist that psychologists are issuing warnings and schools are emphasizing the need to accept failure.

Jessica Pryor, a leading psychologist, said every generation is a sponge (海绵）for the messages it receives. "Millennials, more than any other generation in American society, are receiving clear messages about achieving," she said. "But there's an absence of the message that trying your hardest is still OK."

In college, Cherkasky found himself surrounded by so many intelligent people that he felt he should have been achieving a higher level than he was. "It makes you feel kind of crazy." he said. This type of thinking can lead people to putting in less effort, which as they fall behind, can create more anxiety. "It makes people feel kind of isolated." And that Cherkasky added, "can cause students to distance themselves from their school".

The American Psychological Association also found out that recent generations of college students have reported higher levels of perfectionism than earlier generations.

Researchers noted that social media adds pressure, along with the drive to earn money and achieve career goals. Perfectionists often create even higher goals, which can lead to a higher risk of failure.

【1】What does the underlined word "prompted" in paragraph 1 mean?

A.Led to. B.Met with. C.Resulted from. D.went against.

【2】According to Jessica Pryor, Millennials   .

A.are unwilling to work hard.

B.desire nothing but to succeed.

C.should learn to deal with pressure.

D.need the message that failure is acceptable when trying their best.

【3】Cherkasky's experience in college is mentioned to show   .

A.the problems of college education

B.the bad influence of fellow students

C.the harmful effects of being a perfectionist

D.the pressure most college students experience

【4】What is the writer's purpose in writing the text?

A.To share some experiences of a college student.

B.To show the reasons for becoming a perfectionist.

C.To present the findings of a research on college life.

D.To raise public concern over a problem of millennials.

30、   I opened my eyes to find doctors standing by my hospital bed. They had some ________ news. They told me that my brother Adams healthy cells were beginning to ________ in my bone marrow (骨髓). I was showing________ of progress. I was able to walk around—________ without assistance, and my blood counts were going in the right direction.

It was “graduation” day. The ________ were sending me to the Hope Room, a halfway house sponsored by the American Cancer Society. I would live there for the next three months, ________ by my boyfriend, Seamus.

_____ out of the hospital in a wheelchair, I took my first breath of ________ air in weeks. But ________ I could enjoy this moment, my mother helped me ________ a face mask. I shot her an ________ look, but I know she was right. For the immediate future, anywhere I wanted to go in public I would need to wear gloves and a ________. No subways, no crowds. However, I can ________ my freedom, even if cancer continues to ________ my choices. My new freedom means not being waken up every couple of hours by a nurse with ________ in her hand. It’s not seeing doctors with their masks and their caring, and not being ________ an IV (静脉注射) machine 24 hours a day.

Freedom now is being able to eat a home-cooked ________ and then fighting to keep it down. Freedom also means being ________ with my loving mother and boyfriend. Freedom is the ________ to take the medicines on time. Freedom also means returning to the hospital several times a week to ________ follow-up examinations. But all is well worth. I love every one of my family and I love Seamus.

【1】A.valuable B.exciting C.interesting D.funny

【2】A.work B.fight C.wander D.disappear

【3】A.actions B.signs C.features D.manners

【4】A.appropriately B.quickly C.slowly D.properly

【5】A.friends B.doctors C.teachers D.classmates

【6】A.cared for B.operated on C.dealt with D.taken up

【7】A.Walking B.Jogging C.Rolling D.Stepping

【8】A.fresh B.dusty C.thick D.thin

【9】A.after B.since C.when D.before

【10】A.put off B.put on C.put away D.put up

【11】A.frightened B.delighted C.embarrassed D.annoyed

【12】A.hat B.scarf C.necklace D.mask

【13】A.create B.abandon C.enjoy D.share

【14】A.stop B.limit C.keep D.steal

【15】A.books B.bills C.flowers D.pills

【16】A.devoted to B.addicted to C.connected to D.applied to

【17】A.meal B.salad C.dessert D.hamburger

【18】A.bored B.patient C.angry D.dependent

【19】A.possibility B.ability C.skill D.responsibility

【20】A.receive B.develop C.explore D.improve

31、   “You can do anything you want to do as long as you set your mind to it and stick with it.” I remember hearing those words from my ______ ever since I was a little girl. Through the years I’ve grown up ______ them and using them to ______ me. You see, there is no one I ______more than my mother.

When I was four years old, my mother and father got divorced (离婚), although he didn’t ______ with us after I was two. At the time, my brother was only eight. Being a single parent is a ______ enough job in itself but my mother also worked full­time.

Most people who heard about this ______ probably thought that at least one of the children would ______ getting into some kind of ______ whether with the law or something else, but that never ______. My mother taught both of us about morals, goals and rules, along with many other things.

Although she ______all week, my mom always had ______ for us, whether it was to take us to our baseball and soccer games or if we just ______ someone to talk to. At one point I remember clearly that I had a speech problem, and that she made me ______every night over and over again until I got it ______.

All in all, I feel I can ______ with my mother about anything, with her acting more as a ______ than a parent. I realize not everyone has a mother like mine, which makes me ______her even more. After everything she has done for me, I want to make her ______ by being the first woman in my family to go to college and get a(n) ______.

【1】A.father B.mother C.brother D.teacher

【2】A.believing in B.looking into C.searching for D.thinking about

【3】A.describe B.speak C.encourage D.protect

【4】A.help B.understand C.miss D.admire

【5】A.play B.speak C.live D.travel

【6】A.bad B.sad C.rare D.hard

【7】A.news B.situation C.opinion D.rule

【8】A.end up B.worry about C.dream of D.start out

【9】A.danger B.trouble C.conversation D.war

【10】A.changed B.improved C.ended D.happened

【11】A.complained B.studied C.worked D.exercised

【12】A.advice B.surprise C.time D.prize

【13】A.called B.needed C.found D.welcomed

【14】A.practise B.look C.reply D.sing

【15】A.simple B.right C.useful D.wrong

【16】A.debate B.read C.talk D.learn

【17】A.friend B.volunteer C.classmate D.workmate

【18】A.pay B.reward C.expect D.appreciate

【19】A.popular B.confident C.proud D.shocked

【20】A.degree B.chance C.award D.advantage

32、   Events began to unfold on Saturday on the beach when Amy and her husband saw their two sons screaming for help in the sea. The couple tried to rescue the boys，____ they also became caught in the riptide（裂流区）. Several other family members，______ to save the struggling boys, became trapped as well.______ there was no lifeguard there. The ______ was getting more serious. The victims had been struggling to keep their heads ______ water for a while, and became ______ .

Beach goers started ______ the crowd of onlookers to form a human chain. Although several of them couldn't ______ swim themselves, they linked arms and ______ into the sea. Among the onlookers was Simmons, whose husband told the crowd to ______ a chain. As she watched the human chain ______ to the victims, she knew that she could help. “I am a(n) ______ swimmer,” Simmons said “I was ______ I could get them to the human chain.”

Simmons and her husband then ______ surfing boards and swam down the chain until they got close to the struggling swimmers. First, they helped the two boys ______ the human chain. Then, they went back for Amy, who was just starting to lose ______ . When the last ______ was brought back to the beach, the crowd cheered.

Over eighty onlookers formed a human chain to save nine people from a ______ riptide. This courageous rescue proves that anyone ______ be a hero. It is the onlookers' quick action and ______ that saved several lives.

【1】A. but B. and C. since D. while

【2】A. managing B. attempting C. failing D. refusing

【3】A. Eventually B. Fortunately C. Hopefully D. Unluckily

【4】A. atmosphere B. environment C. situation D. position

【5】A. above B. beneath C. into D. toward

【6】A. disappointed B. confused C. thrilled D. exhausted

【7】A. appealing for B. calling out C. taking on D. turning down

【8】A. also B. even C. still D. already

【9】A. jumped B. fled C. marched D. dived

【10】A. cast B. form C. elect D. apply

【11】A. stretch B. rush C. climb D. roll

【12】A. clumsy B. awful C. superb D. common

【13】A. persuaded B. convinced C. concerned D. informed

【14】A. ignored B. spotted C. abandoned D. grabbed

【15】A. reach B. separate C. fasten D. cut

【16】A. strength B. consciousness C. memory D. awareness

【17】A. onlooker B. lifeguard C. victim D. rider

【18】A. calm B. mil C. poisonous D. dangerous

【19】A. must B. should C. can D. shall

【20】A. caution. B. skill C. competence D. bravery

33、   I was nine years old when she entered our home in rural Virginia.  My father ______ me  to her with these words：“I would like you to meet the fellow who is ______ for being the worst boy in this county and will probably start throwing rocks at you no later than tomorrow morning.”

My stepmother walked over to me, ______ my head slightly upward, and looked me right in the eye. Then she looked at my father and replied,“You are wrong. This is not the worst boy at all, but the ______ one who hasn’t yet found an outlet for his enthusiasm.”

That statement began a friendship between us. No one had ever called me smart. My family and neighbors had built me up in my mind as a ______ boy. My stepmother changed all that.

She changed many things. She persuaded my father to go to a dental school, from which he ______ with great honors. She moved our family into the city,  where my father’s career   could be more suitable and my brothers and I could be better ______ at school.

When I turned fourteen, she bought me a secondhand ______ and instucted me how to type in the flesh, telling me that she believed that I would become a ______. I knew her  enthusiasm, I ______ it, and  I saw  how  it had  already  improved  our lives.  I accepted  her ______ and began to ______ for local newspapers. I was doing the same kind of writing  that great day I went to interview Andrew Carnegie and received the task which became my life’s work later. I wasn’t the ______ beneficiary (受益人). My father became the wealthiest man in town. My brothers and stepbrothers became a physician, a dentist, a lawyer, and a college president.

What power ______ has! When that power is released to support the certainty of one’s purpose and is constantly strengthened by faith, it becomes an irresistible force which poverty and temporary defeat can never ______.

【1】A.sent B.introduced C.handed D.passed

【2】A.rewarded B.favored C.distinguished D.praised

【3】A.raised B.shook C.dragged D.bent

【4】A.stubbornest B.laziest C.proudest D.smartest

【5】A.clever B.bad C.stupid D.polite

【6】A.graduated B.quitted C.started D.escaped

【7】A.entertained B.controlled C.educated D.respected

【8】A.bicycle B.radio C.camera D.typewriter

【9】A.doctor B.writer C.typist D.teacher

【10】A.regarded B.suspected C.ignored D.appreciated

【11】A.order B.criticism C.belief D.description

【12】A.write B.read C.photograph D.edit

【13】A.next B.only C.same D.real

【14】A.enthusiasm B.sympathy C.fortune D.confidence

【15】A.win B.reach C.match D.doubt

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.

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.”

35、Directions：Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A huge milestone has just been reached in the field of artificial intelligence: AlphaGo, a program developed by Google’s DeepMind unit, has defeated legendary Go player Lee Se-dol in the first of five historic matches being held in Seoul, South Korea. Lee 【1】 after about three and a half hours, with 28 minutes and 28 seconds remaining on his clock. The series is the first time a professional 9-dan Go player has taken on a computer, and Lee is 【2】 for a $1 million prize.

“I was very surprised,”said Lee after the match.“I didn’t expect to lose. But I didn’t think AlphaGo would play the game in such a perfect manner.”DeepMind founder Demis Hassabis expressed“huge 【3】 for Lee Se-dol and his amazing skills.”calling the game“hugely exciting”and“very tense.”Team lead David Silver said it was an“amazing game of Go that really pushed AlphaGo to its 【4】.”

Go is an ancient Chinese board game that has long been considered one of the great 【5】faced by AI. While computer programs ow best the world’s leading human players of games like checkers and chess, the high level of intuition and 【6】required by Go has made it tough for computers to crack. DeepMind’s AlphaGo program is the most 【7】effort yet, using a complex system of deep neural networks and machine learning; it beat European champion Fan Hui last year, but Lee Se-dol is another 【8】 rival entirely.

“I don’t regret accepting this challenge,”said Lee.“I am in shock, I admit that, but what’s done is done. I enjoyed this game and look forward to the next. I think I failed on the opening layout so if I do a better job on the opening aspect I think I will be able to increase my 【9】 of winning.”Lee was surprised both by how strong AlphaGo’s opening was, and by some 【10】moves.

36、阅读短文，根据短文内容及首字母提示，在空白处填入一个适当的单词。

Wearing face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic p【1】 the spread of the deadly virus. But it is also i【2】. For one, we can no longer unlock our phones using facial recognition since a good part of our face is c【3】.

F【4】, tech companies are working to solve the problem. Apple, for example, offered a new way to unlock your iPhone and iPad with its l【5】 software update, iOS13.5, w【6】 was released on May 20.

Even though the update still won’t recognize your masked face, it makes the whole process f【7】. While the old system wouldn’t allow access t【8】 the passcode screen before three failed face scan attempts, iOS13.5 will send you straight to the passcode screen when you swipe up.

It might only s【9】 you a few seconds, but those few seconds “benefit public health by eliminating the temptation for people to r【10】 their masks in order to unlock their device”.

37、

Rapidly advancing technology and its impact on education has been a subject of debate. How can schools equip students with the skills they need to succeed in a challenging job market?

Since technology is driving these changes, there is a theory that governments should keep focusing on STEM subjects. These are often referred to as “hard skills,” which are 【1】 in primary school and right through to university level. In the meantime, ‘soft skills’ are being 【2】.

This is a mistake. Much evidence suggests that soft skills are far more 【3】 to graduates in the long term. Research from Harvard University on the global job market has shown that STEM- related careers grew strongly between 1989 and 2000 but have slowed down since. In contrast, jobs in the creative industries----the sector probably most 【4】 with the need for soft skills---are growing rapidly. Soft skills are, in fact, increasingly in demand in the workplace: Google cites creativity, leadership 【5】 and communication skills as top requirements for both potential and current employees.

So why are soft skills so highly 【6】 for?

With the rapid evolution of technology, a focus on hard skills leaves students 【7】 to change, as these often have a short shelf life. According to research by World Economic Forum, more than one in four adults reports a mismatch between their skills and those needed for their job role. If soft skills are taught well, these skills should enable students to adapt to change more easily and progress further in their 【8】 career.

Of course, technical skills are important. But without the curriculum placing equal--- if not greater --- 【9】 on soft skills, our education systems are missing a huge trick. Hard skills may help a student get a job in a particular industry, but soft skills will help them disrupt it, achieving a wider 【10】 in their chosen field.

38、假定你是李华，将去伦敦Alleyn’s School高中参观学习。该校将在你参观期间举办中国音乐节，学校负责人Mr.Smith给你发邮件征求你的意见并邀你到现场演唱一首中国歌曲。请你给他回复电子邮件，内容包括:

1.感谢并提出建议；

2.你将演唱的歌曲及英文大意；

3.亲自伴奏，要求准备二胡(erhu)。

注意:1.词数80左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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39、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

40、假定你是李华，最近中国日报（China Daily）专门为外国人举办2020“最美中国”（Amazing China）手机摄影大赛。请你写信建议你校英国留学生Geroge参加。信的内容包括：

1. 作品内容形式；2. 提交的时间和方式；3. 表示愿意提供帮助。

注意：

1. 词数100左右；

2. 适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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41、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。

“Good news,” Mom said, with a bright smile on her face. "The Parker family wants Surfer. They'll be here in an hour to take him home. ” Surfer had been with us for two days. While I was sad at the thought of seeing him go, I knew I couldn't keep him.

My family operate a foster home（收养所）for pets. Surfer had been in an animal shelter, and he was sent to us so we could place him with a loving family. Surfer was a cute puppy, so finding a home for him had been very easy. Dad entered Surfer's information into a pet adoption website, along with some photos, and within a few hours, the Parkers applied to adopt him. Mom looked over their application, and they seemed like responsible people, so she called them.

However, not every dog was so lucky. Zooey was nine years old, and she'd been with us for a few months. It seemed like nobody wanted to adopt an older dog. Dad said that was a shame because older dogs made wonderful companions. Zooey's previous owner had treated her terribly, and when she was sent to us she was injured. I remember how angry Dad seemed at the time. "No dog should be treated like that,“ he said.

When Zooey came to us, she was upset around everyone. She barked at our two dogs as if in defense and backed away when I tried to approach her. But with our considerate care, it wasn't long before Zooey trusted us. I took her on walks around the neighborhood and got her used to other people and dogs. She took a real liking to Surfer. In fact, they often curled together as they napped（打盹）.

The Parkers soon arrived, and we all went into the backyard so they could meet with Surfer. Zooey followed us out, her tail wagging lazily, as Surfer rolled in the grass with the two Parker children.

注意:1.所续写短文的词数应为150左右；

2.至少使用5个短文中标有下划线的关键词语；

3.续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；

4.续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。

Paragraph 1 ：

When Surfer got tired, he wandered back to Zooey.

Paragraph 2 ：

Mr. and Mrs. Parker asked if they could adopt Zooey too