潮州2025-2026学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高二英语

1、Most consumers are  by the high price of the 3D printers despite keen interest in them.

A.put off B.put on C.put through D.put up

2、I have no idea _________ has happened recently on my co-worker, so I can’t give the sad girl a suitable comfort.

A．that

B．which

C．what

D．why

3、Whenever or however you take notes, ________ that note-taking is a selective process.

A.keep in mind B.set one’s mind C.make up one’s mind D.come into mind

4、An unhappy childhood may have some negative effects on a person’s characters however, they are not always_________.

A．practical

B．avoidable

C．permanent

D．beneficial

5、____ is our belief that improvements in health care will lead to a stronger, more prosperous economy.

A．As

B．That

C．This

D．It

6、E-commerce companies are helping small businesses in financial trouble obtain loans that they otherwise _______ to raise.

A．must struggle

B．can have struggled

C．could struggle

D．would have struggled

7、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

8、Stonehenge is one of the world’s most famous prehistoric monuments _____ over 5,000 years ago.

A. dated back to B. dating back to

C. dates from D. to date back to

9、——Do you have anything more_______,sir?

——No, you can have a rest or do something else.

A．typing

B．to be typed

C．typed

D．to type

10、Blue _____ you. You should wear it more.

A. fits B. suits

C. matches D. goes with

11、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.

12、Even if he has been a teacher for 20 years, Peter has a good and serious attitude towards his work, for which he gains a lot of ________.

A.competence B.motivation C.expectation D.recognition

13、 sweet, the food should be made by adding more sugar.

A.Tasting B.Taste C.Tasted D.To taste

14、The prison governor has refused to let him go, saying he must first be given from his own superiors.

A.accumulation B.affection C.authority D.accommodation

15、Honesty is the best policy. If your account doesn’t _________ what the security cameras recorded, you’ll get punished.

A.subscribe to B.attend to C.correspond to D.relate to

16、When heated, material of this kind ______ plastic in quality will soften.

A. resembled B. resemble

C. to resemble D. resembling

17、We should do what we can ______ people’s hard work pays off.

A. be sure B. being sure

C. making sure     D. to make sure

18、Today acupuncture has become popular around the world, ________ have other traditional Chinese medicines.

A. as B. so

C. while D. like

19、It was in the small mountain village _______ they used to live _______ my parents got married.

A.that; that B.where; where C.where; that D.that; where

20、There have been several new events _____ to the program.

A.add B.to add C.adding D.added

21、-With American tech companies cutting ties with China's Huaiwei, US___________ the global economic recovery now.

-I can’t agree more. I believe more damage is on the way.

A.is damaging B.has damaged C.damaged D.had damaged

22、I wish to thank, _____________, all the people who have made this exhibition possible.

A. in particular B. in peace

C. in case D. in place

23、Only when I left my parents for Italy ________ how comfortable it was to live in our home country.

A.I realized B.I had realized C.did I realize D.had I realized

24、Seeing the happy ________ of children playing in the park, I’m overjoyed and sure of the future of our country.

A. sight B. view C. scene D. sign

25、— Is it my age ________the boss minds?

—I’m afraid so. He will consider ________ necessary to have an experienced assistant.

A.which；it B.that；it C.which；that D.that；that

26、   Most people agree that being a good driver means being safe and not aggressive on the road. One debate some people still argue, however, is who drives better: men or women? Although it’s impossible to say that one gender drives better than another definitively, there are some noteworthy trends.

Male drivers tend to have more accidents

Data from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) shows that male drivers tend to have more total accidents than females. The IIHS, an independent non-profit devoted to reducing car accidents, also found that 71 percent of all motor vehicle crash deaths in 2017 were males. Although the gap has narrowed, almost every year from 1975 to 2017, the number of male crash deaths was more than twice the number of female crash deaths, per the IIHS.

Women might be less-confident behind the wheel

Although male drivers have more accidents, other research shows women aren’t “perfect” drivers, either. Researchers from the University of Michigan’s Transportation Research Institute studied traffic accidents over 20 years and found that female drivers are more likely to run into a car driven by another woman than a man. The study, however, doesn’t explain possible reasons for this pattern.

One that they might consider testing in the future is that some research also shows women are less-confident behind the wheel than men. A study from UCLA exploring the relationship between new drivers’ skills and different variables, including gender(性别), shows female students were less confident drivers than men.

So are men better drivers than women?

Gender is just one factor when it comes to safe driving, along with others such as age, and even the time of day people drive. One study shows that both genders have a greater accident risk when driving at night, but males still have a higher risk at all times of the day. Driving quality also changes based on location, too, as some states are more dangerous than others. Data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration shows that Wyoming, Mississippi, and Montana have high accident death rates, without regards to gender. It goes to show that everyone should learn and practice safe driving habits instead of worrying about who drives better.

【1】According to the data from the IIHS, what is the percentage of males among car accident victims before 2017?

A.Bigger than 71% B.Smaller than 71% C.Exactly 71% D.Not clear.

【2】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A.In recent years, the number of car accidents caused by males is twice as much as that that by females.

B.Researchers have found out why there's higher possibility for women drivers to run into each other.

C.While driving in the daytime, male drivers have a greater accident risk than female drivers.

D.Many studies have shown that females are better and safer drivers than males.

【3】What does the underlined word "variables" in Paragraph 4 possibly mean?

A.factors B.varieties C.phenomena D.consequences

【4】From which column of a newspaper is the passage probably taken?

A.Science B.News C.Culture D.Traffic

27、Rajendra Singh is considered a hero in the state of Rajasthan, India, for single-handedly saving five rivers that had been dried up for decades.

Singh, who studied Ayurvedic medicine at college, had always dreamed of becoming a farmer. So when he moved to Rajasthan's Alwar district in 1985, he was interested in curing not just his people, but also the region's ecosystem.

Singh noticed that most villagers had left their homes after the local Arvari River had dried up, and the only people who remained were either too old or too poor to move elsewhere. Singh, driven by a strong desire to help the villagers, took on the task of bringing water back to those lands.

For two years, Singh worked tirelessly, building johads (rainwater storage tanks built with stone, dirt, or whatever materials are available) and checking dams that didn't result in much success. Local elders laughed at him, but he continued working with enthusiasm. And his enthusiasm proved infectious-seeing he was sincere in wanting to help bring water back to their lands, the locals soon began to give money and offer suggestions on appropriate locations to build more dams and johads.

Finally his strategy worked. It wasn't long before the Arvari River came back to life, along with four other rivers. People who had abandoned the districts slowly began to move back home, returning to their traditional way of life.

Inspired by his success, Singh runs a non-profit organization called Tarun Bharat Sangh (TBS), through which he helps thousands of people solve problems of water shortage. Since the 1980s, TBS has built over 4,500 johads that collect rainwater in 850 villages in 11 districts in India.

【1】What did Rajendra Singh do after moving to Alwar district?

A．He paid attention to its ecosystem.

B．He worked hard to be a good farmer.

C．He focused on researching into medicine.

D．He provided free medical treatment for the poor.

【2】Why did most villagers leave their homes?

A．The living conditions were bad.

B．They wanted to realize their dreams.

C．They were driven out by floods.

D．They needed to earn money to survive.

【3】Which words can be used to describe Singh?

A．Brave and generous.

B．Caring and determined.

C．Stubborn and tough.

D．Creative and broad-minded.

【4】What can we know about Tarun Bharat Sangh?

A．It is funded by the rich local citizens.

B．It is founded to support Singh's medical research.

C．It enables many villagers to gain easier access to water.

D．It calls on all Indians to protect their living environment.

28、   In 2015,Gardiner and two other friends, founded an online publishing company called JKX Comics(漫画). At the time, the three were pursuing Doctor of Philosophy in different fields at the University of Wisconsin. They decided to use the easy-to-digest cartoon format and light humor to promote scientific knowledge. Their first comic book was published in 2016.The book describes how the common virus copies by telling a story about the virus going clubbing with friends inside a human cell.

“Having comics as a way of opening that door into what science is could hopefully inspire the next generation to pursue STEM(science, technology, engineering and math).”says Gardiner. And comics can make information more accessible by presenting it through both text and illustrations. In 2018,seven more scientists at UW–Madison joined the JKX Comics crew, bringing fields such as psychology, astronomy and microbiology to the table. Local artists were drafted to help illustrate the scientists’ research.

For the volunteer crew, the comics(are now offered online for free) have also given scientists a friendlier face. “We can show who the scientists are…that they are also just people,” says Gardiner, a cancer biologist at the Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia. “We’re not all geniuses with Einstein-like hair that are antisocial and just have Eureka moments all the time. And using comics is a nice way to tell their story. Their latest, Gilbert’s Glitch Switch, released March 2,sees a biochemist get involved in a video game where he has to test amino acid(氨基酸)combinations to get proteins to communicate effectively.

“There’s a lot of misinformation in our communities,” Montgomery says. “And it scares people away from science. If we could limit some of those misunderstandings when they’re kids or when their parents are reading with them, I think that would be a really good impact.”

【1】What can be inferred from Paragraph 1?

A.Gardiner’s book is about the virus basic structure.

B.Gardiner and her friends have graduated from university.

C.Gardiner’s book can explain scientific ideas in a simple way.

D.Gardiner and her friends got Doctor’s degree in the same field.

【2】What do we know about Gardiner and his friends’ work?

A.It is very complex and the pay is low. B.It doesn’t attract any other scientist.

C.It contains all about science and technology. D.It shows cooperation among scientists.

【3】Which of the following is suitable according to paragraph 3?

A.Scientists can tell stories by using comics.

B.Scientists are similar to Einstein in life style.

C.Scientists can use comics to explain their ideas.

D.Scientists can communicate effectively with each other.

【4】What did Montgomery think of their work?

A.Just so-so. B.Positive. C.Horrible. D.Boring.

29、   If you frequently travel for business，Staybridge Suites offer you a range of home comforts．Four recent visitors to Staybridge Suites explain why they booked，what they enjoyed and what made them want to return．

Claire Metcalf

“The concept is great，but the staff are the ones who really make it．”she says．“It takes a lot of discipline to always be friendly，but the staff at Staybridge Suites do that. They genuinely care about you．”

Andrew Roberts

“One of the best things is having my own kitchen．I often end up working late and I don’t fancy eating in a restaurant on my own，so cooking for myself is a big drawcard．”

“The main thing for me is being able to cook and have my own little flat．The staff are amazing．It is great to be recognized by them，”he says．

Pauline Robinson

“What I love about it is the way that you are treated by the staff,”she says．“Some of the staff have been there all that time and they do look after you well．As a woman staying on my own，it is reassuring that they look out for you，and recently when I was poorly depressed they even brought things I needed to my room．”

Ryan Ruckledge

“The fully-equipped kitchen is great．I always have a one-bed apartment so I have a separate kitchen and dining room and I’m able to relax and cook some meals．Eating out can feel a bit much when you do it day in and day out—it makes you hate what you do—and I don’t want that．”

【1】What attracts visitors to Staybridge Suites?

A.A separate dining room. B.A one-bed apartment.

C.A home away from home. D.A lot of discipline.

【2】What does the underlined word“drawcard”in Paragraph 3 probably mean?

A.Barrier. B.attraction.

C.Honour. D.difficulty.

【3】Why does the author write the article?

A.To advertise Staybridge Suites. B.To introduce four recent visitors.

C.To inform us of a new service. D.To sing high praise for the staff.

30、   When our second child was born, the doctor pointed out that her feet were turned inward (内向). “Left uncorrected, it would be a _______,”he told us.

We _______ to do anything we could do to help our baby. _______ she was growing I had to take her back to the doctor every two weeks to have each foot recast(重塑). _______ the casting was finished and it was time for corrective _______. Jim and I watched with hope and concern as she _______ to walk. Those first, awkward steps made us so _______. By the time she entered preschool, her steps appeared quite _______. Encouraged by her progress, we looked for something else to help strengthen her _______ body.

As it turned out, she loved the ________! When she turned six, we helped her join in skating lessons and soon she was skating ________ a swan. She kept working hard at every new ________, and her efforts ________. At fifteen, she competed in both pairs-skating and the ladies' singles at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Australia, winning both ________!

I thought back to the early years of ________ for Kristi—the years of fear for us as her parents, and the same years of frustration for her as a child who ________ wanted to walk. During those years, we didn't expect gold medals and a good professional career ________ her. We admired Kristi, ________her strength and efforts, and how far she had come on two tiny feet that had ________ been bound in heavy casts. In our eyes, Kristi had always walked with the ________ of a true champion.

【1】A.problem B.mistake C.wound D.scar

【2】A.aimed B.promised C.stopped D.refused

【3】A.So B.If C.Because D.But

【4】A.Suddenly B.Immediately C.Especially D.Eventually

【5】A.shoes B.books C.bags D.hats

【6】A.failed B.struggled C.wanted D.attempted

【7】A.lucky B.upset C.proud D.helpless

【8】A.hard B.special C.common D.normal

【9】A.weak B.brave C.firm D.small

【10】A.water B.ice C.fire D.air

【11】A.for B.with C.like D.on

【12】A.project B.side C.text D.movement

【13】A.got off B.paid off C.put off D.showed off

【14】A.events B.programs C.courses D.occasions

【15】A.task B.reward C.challenge D.hope

【16】A.seldom B.almost C.easily D.merely

【17】A.in need of B.in spite of C.ahead of D.instead of

【18】A.doubting B.respecting C.limiting D.controlling

【19】A.once B.still C.never D.seldom

【20】A.look B.shadow C.smile D.beauty

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

【2】A.and B.therefore C.but D.however

【3】A.Up B.Off C.In D.Over

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

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

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

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

【8】A.front B.side C.overhead D.bottom

【9】A.mist B.steam C.smoke D.gas

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

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

【12】A.takes B.makes C.Picks D.warms

【13】A.which B.who C.that D.as

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

【15】A.beyond B.below C.within D.above

【16】A.when B.how C.why D.where

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

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

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

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

32、I turned 16. My father gave me his 1969 Chevrolet Malibu car -a gift_______on me at that age. What did I know about classic_______? The important thing was that Hannah and I could_______ Tucson with the roof down.

Hannah was my best friend, a year younger but much_________, almost five foot ten. “Hannah is a _________ ," my mother always said. And sure enough, that summer she signed with a(n) _______agency.

A month after my _________, Hannah and I went to the movies. On the way home, we            _______at the McDonald's drive-through, putting the fries on the seat between us to _______ .

“Let's drive around for a while,” I said. It was a____________ night, full moon hung low. Taking a sudden ______________, I hit a patch of dirt and lost control of the car. I then ploughed through a neighbor’s land scape wall and drove into a full-grown palm tree. The____________came to rest halfway up the tree trunk.

The French fries were everywhere----on the floor, the dashboard (仪表盘), and my lap. There was an impossible amount of____________ on Hannah's face and some pieces of skin were hanging into her eyes. In the ____________, my parents told me quietly the best plastic surgeon(整形手术) in the city had ended her modeling career.

When her mother, Sharon, came into my hospital room, I started to cry, preparing myself for her______________. She sat beside me and took my hand. ” I drove into the back of my best friend's car when I was your ____________ , " she said. "I ruined her car and mine.”

“I’m so sorry,” I said.

“You are both____________ ,” she said. “The rest is not important.” I stared to protest, but Sharon stopped me. “I ____________ you. Hannah will, too.”

Sharon’s forgiveness______________ Hannah and me to get back in the car together that summer, to stay friends throughout high school and college and to watch our children playing together. The scars(疤痕) are so faded that no one else would__________ , but in the sunlight I can still see it just below her hairline----which, for me, is a sign of grace.

【1】

A．spent

B．wasted

C．suffered

D．lost

【2】

A．cars

B．songs

C．roads

D．movies

【3】

A．show off

B．look for

C．play around

D．drive around

【4】

A．easier

B．stronge

C．taller

D．kinder

【5】

A．beauty

B．dresser

C．giant

D．success

【6】

A．advertising

B．cosmetic

C．modeling

D．service

【7】

A．graduation

B．recovery

C．holiday

D．birthday

【8】

A．stopped

B．stayed

C．ended

D．arrived

【9】

A．explain

B．share

C．contribute

D．reserve

【10】

A．clear

B．warm

C．cloudy

D．soft

【11】

A．change

B．lift

C．turn

D．brake

【12】

A．lights

B．wheels

C．instructions

D．airbags

【13】

A．fries

B．tears

C．gasoline

D．blood

【14】

A．car

B．house

C．station

D．hospital

【15】

A．sympathy

B．sadness

C．anger

D．remark

【16】

A．situation

B．period

C．age

D．role

【17】

A．alive

B．convenient

C．cheerful

D．fearful

【18】

A．forgive

B．demand

C．promise

D．respond

【19】

A．inspired

B．allowed

C．explored

D．considered

【20】

A．accept

B．admire

C．recognize

D．notice

33、   Working on holidays has always presented something of a class divide. From the 1870s through the 1920s, middle-and-upper-class Americans often lived with “the help”—mostly women of color whose job was to cook and clean and care for others, day and night. While shows like Dowton Abbey seek to give ________ to servants, they also sanitize (粉饰) what was a cruel, back-breaking existence. It was common for a housemaid’s day to begin well before the family rose and extend until after they ________ for the evening. They did so seven days a week: working more than 80 hours a week - more than the 65 hours most factory workers worked at the time. While we often imagine that these women were young and single, Evelyn Nakano Gleen’s research on such care providers has shown that over 30% of them were married many with children. As they worked very hard for families not ________, they left their children, parents, siblings and husbands behind. Thanksgiving or Christmas was no doubt one of the hardest times of the year, and their own families felt their ________.

The labor movement was ________ to changing this sorry state of affairs. Unions raised wages, lowered hours, instituted worker protections, guaranteed a minimum wage and ________ holidays off for workers. Those who did have to work on national holidays were guaranteed overtime pay. When unions were strong, such benefits even ________ to non-unionized workers.

But as unions have ________, part-time work has increased. And this has meant lower wages and greater ________. Working at $11 an hour for 25 hours a week means making 14,300 a year. For most retail workers, that’s one of the better jobs that are available. And ________, it’s a job without health insurance, or a retirement plan, with constant scheduling changes that make it hard to take additional ________. Most of these workers wish they could work more, but employers would rather hire other part-timers. So when the boss says, “Can you work Thanksgiving?” workers have no real choice but to be ________.

Today, working on holidays carries no guarantee of extra pay, and not working can mean losing one’s job. Some workers are ________; Walmart employees have planned over 1,000 Black Friday strikes because of unchanging wages and health care premiums (保险费) that will soon triple. Americans have a choice of helping these workers regain the ________, or walking past them in order to shop more. And that is the irony to the trend of stores opening on Thanksgiving. On the same day that we give thanks for all we have, why must we also rush out to buy more? Observers might say, “It’s just the logic of the market!” But the logic of the market is not some mystical process. It is the result of the ________ that we make.

【1】A.rise B.power C.life D.pleasure

【2】A.retired B.retreated C.relaxed D.rebelled

【3】A.in their favor B.of their own C.to their pleasure D.at their convenience

【4】A.exhaustion B.disappointment C.reluctance D.absence

【5】A.central B.subject C.sensitive D.beneficial

【6】A.provided B.secured C.organized D.arranged

【7】A.stuck B.occurred C.appealed D.extended

【8】A.rose B.declined C.survived D.defended

【9】A.uncertainty B.devotion C.trouble D.influence

【10】A.therefore B.also C.instead D.still

【11】A.business B.suggestion C.employment D.welfare

【12】A.sincere B.determined C.offensive D.willing

【13】A.taking over B.fighting back C.giving up D.looking forward

【14】A.protection B.identities C.salaries D.promotions

【15】A.efforts B.contributions C.decisions D.achievements

34、按照课文内容填空

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

35、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

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、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.

38、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150左右。

Polly, my stepmom, suggested the sweetest name to our pet dog: Mercy. We don't know why she gave the strange name. We soon learned it was just what this new dog would need.

My parents' bad tempered dog would jump out of bed and go-go-go all day long. So when they brought home a Christmas tree, they expected everything would be out of order. However, to their astonishment, Mercy didn't seem to take any care. She paid zero attention to the tree which suddenly grew in her living room. Nor did she react to the fancy presents under it, including a wrapped box of Milk-Bones.

Dad and Polly were quite careful; they'd never had a dog that didn't force them to move everything to higher ground as if they were expecting a flood. But Mercy seemed to take no notice. He didn't take any glance at it at all.

A few days before Christmas, Polly awoke early in the morning as usual. She passed the dusty living room and then stopped in surprise. Glancing back into the room, she saw that every last present was gone. Only the tree was still there.

Had they been robbed? Why hadn't Mercy barked? Where was she? Had the robbers taken her away? Polly noticed scrap of ribbon（丝带） on the floor, then bit of torn wrapping paper few feet away, some lights beyond that. The clues all made a mark leading toward the back door.

Polly put on the switch, bathing the backyard in light. The perpetrator's（肇事者）head lifted and froze. Alarm and guilt made her eyes wide. Oh, yes, it was Mercy.

She lay under her favorite tree in soft nest of shredde（碎片） wrapping paper, chewed-up boxes, and curling（缠绕） bits of ribbon. Presents, unpacked from their packages, were spread over everywhere. Beautifully wrapped boxes had gaping holes. Pieces of paper were mixed with the last remaining evidence of gifts. All the gift tags（标签） that could have been used as thank-you cards were destroyed.

Clearly Mercy's self-control had failed.

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As for Thank-you cards, Mercy provided the answer.

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39、Direction: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main file of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.

The Queen’s speech was once a highlight of Christmas Day. However, according to a mathematical analysis of the festive messages, the speech is now one of the most repetitive and predictable television events. Of the 42,000 words the Queen has used, only 3,991 are distinct words which have never been repeated.

“Since she came to the throne (王位) in 1952, the Queen has given 63 Christmas broadcasts, only failing to appear once in 1969 when she issued a written message,” said Hannah Fry, a mathematician at University College London. “She could have said a lot in that time, but if you analyze the text, she has actually said very little and often repeated herself.”

Fry and his UCL colleague Thomas Léron Evans analyzed the speeches in the hope of “finding out what Christmas really means to Her Majesty (女王殿下).” Ignoring common words such as “the” and “of, ” they focused instead on nouns and phrases, looking at how often they were repeated. Almost predictably, they discovered that the Queen’s Christmas vocabulary was dominated by words such as “Commonwealth (英联邦),” “peoples,” “families” and “children,” and phrased such as “shining example,” “weak and innocent” and “tragic situation.”

“There are words about time, about society and some religious words… all very good and noble, of course, but also a bit dull and repetitive,” said Fry.

One clear tread the two mathematicians found in the Christmas messages was an increase in references to religion over the recent years. Jesus was hardly mentioned in the 1950s. From then to 1973, there was almost no reference to Christianity or religion. However, in recent years, religion has appeared frequently, peaking at 20 mentions 2000, with another dozen in 2011 and between five and ten mentions in most other recent years.

Fry and Evans have also designed a computer program that can take the Queen’s favorite words and phrases, and turn them back into a ready-made (现成的) speech.

40、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。

Andrea Lessing is a relatively new employee at Goodwill. Her job is sorting donated stuff. She has been working the job for about a month and a half and is already not surprised by some of the stuff she found.

People donate all kinds of things to Goodwill, and sometimes don’t always remember to empty out their pockets or purses before handing them over. It turns out that they can sometimes accidentally “ donate ” their cash too.

While going through a couple of sweaters, Andrea felt something extra heavy. At first, she thought that it was a pile of books, but then realized it was something more valuable. Wrapped inside the sweaters, she found piles of envelopes filled with $100 bills. All counted up, the money was worth $42,000. And no, the money wasn’t fake either. It was completely real!

Andrea, who’s also a mom, decided to do the right thing and report what she found. Thanks to identifying documents also left with the sweaters, the employees were able to trace the money back to its owner.

Normally, most people donate to Goodwill without leaving their identities. Or they at least try to keep their personal identifying information away from the clothing they donate. But in this instance, along with the forgotten money, the person who donated the sweater also forgot some documents that included their name.

For Andrea, returning the money was a no-brainer. She wants to try her best to put out positive energy. She also says that she was motivated by doing right for her daughter and being the best mom she can be.

Andrea explained, “ I have a daughter. I love her very much, and you can’t put a price on my daughter, and I know what could be risked if stealing that money. I do believe that if you do something good, it will come back to you. ”

注意：

1.续写词数应为150左右；

2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

But Andrea was still rewarded for doing the right thing.

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As Andrea was given that reward money, her boss also brought good news to her.

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41、假定你是某学校学生会成员，为了弘扬中国书法艺术，学校邀请著名书法家沈鹏到校举行书法讲座。请你用英语写一则书面通知，要点如下：

1.讲座时间

2.讲座地点

3.活动安排：听讲座，讨论，观摩即兴创作等。

4.欢迎大家踊跃参加。

提示：书法calligraphy  书法家calligrapher 即兴创作 improvise

1.词数100左右；

2.可适当增加细节使行文连贯。

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