信阳2025-2026学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高二英语

1、After the earthquake, the first thing the local government did was to provide ______ for the homeless families.

A.furniture B.accommodation C.occupation D.basement

2、It is not rare in_____ that people in ______ fifties are going to university for further education.

A.90s ; the B.the 90s; / C.90s; their D.the 90s ; their

3、To deliver the Brexit, British Prime Minister Theresa May had to make some policies ______ the needs of the British people.

A. in company with B. in parallel with

C. in tune with D. in touch with

4、Would you slow down a bit，please？I can't________you.

A．keep up with

B．put up with

C．make up to

D．hold on to

5、But for her timely assistance，the prince___________ to death.

A.would be condemned B.will be condemned

C.would have been condemned D.will have been condemned

6、_______ the secret of nature, the young scientist has little time for entertainment.

A. Devoted to bring out     B. Devoted himself to bringing out 

C. Devoted to bringing out     D. Devoting to bring out

7、In China, “mythical creatures” is used to describe troublesome schoolchildren ________ behaviors drive their parents crazy.

A．whose

B．when

C．who

D．of whom

8、With the availability of modern media, conversation _______ the face-to-face exchange of thoughts exists is disappearing.

A．when

B．which

C．in which

D．from which

9、His account of events does not _____ with hers.

A.correspond B.compare C.circulate D.convey

10、Robert Redford, a famous actor and director, wanted to expose the public to films made outside of the Hollywood system that ordinary people might have no access to ________.

A. otherwise B. though C. thus D. therefore

11、I loved playing computer games, but very little ______ from it.

A.did I learn B.I learnt C.learnt I D.I did learn

12、The manager is someone who is   all the prejudices against women in the workplace and who creates his own values and purpose.

A.away from B.free from C.far from D.apart from

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

A. resembled B. resemble

C. to resemble D. resembling

14、Well, if you insist on eating so much, you will have to suffer the ________.

A．consequences

B．exercises

C．evidence

D．exchanges

15、—This is the third time he has got the first place in the test !

—In my opinion，he is, ________，one of the best students in the class.

A.out of the question B.out of place

C.out of question D.out of shape

16、Heat exhaustion is generally_____ by sweaty skin, tiredness, sickness, dizziness and sometimes fainting, resulting from an inadequate intake of water and the loss of fluids.

A.featured B.characterized C.distinct D.typical

17、It’s the test system，________ the teachers，that is to blame for the heavy burden of middle school students.

A．other than B．or rather

C．rather than D．more than

18、We can't imagine what great trouble the medical care personnel had _______ with the COVID-19.

A.fought B.for fighting C.to fight D.fighting

19、_______ to smoking, he gradually developed lung cancer and died young.

A.Abandon B.Abandoning C.Abandoned D.To abandon

20、You have to be accurate in this job, because a small mistake can make a big .

A. difference   B. difficulty C. trouble   D. change

21、Lucy has ________ all of the goals she set for herself in high school and is ready for new challenges at university.

A.acquired B.finished C.concluded D.achieved

22、—I saw Jim at the meeting yesterday.

—Did you? I think he ______ have attended, for he is an expert.

A.needn’t B.mustn’t C.shouldn’t D.couldn’t

23、The singer gave a brilliant concert at the opera house, with two songs ______.

A.in large measure B.for good measure C.beyond measure D.in full measure

24、______I catch a cold , my nose runs.

A.First time B.At times C.Every time D.The time

25、Can’t you see the old-fashioned gas lamp ______ from the ceiling?

A. hung   B. hangs   C. hanging   D. hanged

26、Scientists in Australia have discovered that they can use the world’s smelliest fruits to make devices that could power electric cars. A durian is a fruit that looks like a pineapple. It is a delicacy in some Asian countries, but its smell is so unpleasant that some of those countries have banned it from public places. Its smell has been compared to rotting eggs and even smelly old gym socks.

Vincent Gomes and his colleagues at the University of Sydney, in Australia, used a durian and a jackfruit — another fruit known for its terrible smell — to make energy storing devices called supercapacitors.

Supercapacitors are an alternative to batteries. They can’t store as much energy as a normal battery does, but they are much quicker to recharge. Durians and jackfruits contain some of the chemicals used in supercapacitors, which gave Gomes the idea. To make the fruit-based devices, the team heated and then freeze-dried the uneatable cores of the durian and jackfruit to make a special kind of material called an aerogel.

Aerogels are one of the world’s lightest solid materials. Often called “frozen smoke”, they are made by removing the liquid from a gel and replacing it with air. They have many scientific uses, but one of their special properties is the ability to conduct electric currents, which makes them an important part of supercapacitors. The aerogels made from durian and jackfruit both worked well when placed inside a supereapacitor, although the durian aerogel was found to be the better of the two.

The discovery is important because the materials currently used to make supercapacitors are expensive. Using natural foods like durians and jackfruits, Gomes says, could reduce environmental pollution, as well as costs.

【1】What makes some countries have different attitudes toward the durian?

A．Its smell.

B．Its appearance.

C．Its value.

D．Its popularity.

【2】Which paragraph mentions Gomes’s inspiration of innovation?

A．Paragraph 1.

B．Paragraph 2.

C．Paragraph 3.

D．Paragraph 4.

【3】What does the underlined word “them” in Paragraph 4 refer to?

A．Aerogels.

B．Scientific uses.

C．Properties.

D．Electric currents.

【4】What can we learn about fruit-based supercapacitors?

A．They are devices for producing electricity.

B．They are chemicals from durians.

C．They are green and economical.

D．They are light and liquid.

27、   Kind-hearted parents have unknowingly left their children defenseless against failure. The generation born between 1980 and 2001 grew up playing sports where scores and performance were played down because ‘‘everyone’s winner.’’ And their report cards sounded more positive than ever before. As a result, Stanford University professor Carol Dweck, PhD, calls them “the overpraised generation.’’

Dweck has been studying how people deal with failure for 40 years. Her research has led her to find out two clearly different mind-sets that have a great effect on how we react to it. Here’s how they work:

A fixed mind-set is grounded in the belief that talent is genetic—you’re a born artist, point guard, or numbers person. The fixed mind-set believes it’s sure to succeed without much effort and regards failure as personal shame. When things get difficult, it’s quick to blame, lie, and even stay away from future difficulties.

On the other hand, a growth mind-set believes that no talent is entirely heaven-sent and that effort and learning make everything possible. Because the ego (自尊) isn’t on the line as much, the growth mind-set sees failure as a chance rather than shame. When faced with a difficulty, it’s quick to rethink, change and try again. In fact, it enjoys this experience.

We are all born with growth mind-sets. (Otherwise, we wouldn’t be able to live in the world.) But parents, teachers, and instructors often push us into fixed mind-sets by encouraging certain actions and misdirecting praise. Dweck’s book, Mind-set: The New Psychology of Success, and online instructional program explain this in depth. But she says there are many little things you can start doing today to make sure that your children, grandchildren and even you are never defeated by failure.

【1】What does professor Dweck think about the generation in their thirties now?

A.They didn’t do well at school. B.They were often misunderstood.

C.They were eager to win in sports. D.They were given too much praise.

【2】What does a fixed mind-set person probably do?

A.He doesn’t want to work hard. B.He cares a lot about personal safety.

C.He doesn’t share his ideas with others. D.He succeeds with the help of teachers.

【3】What does the growth mind-set believe?

A.Admitting failure is shameful. B.Talent comes with one’s birth.

C.Scores should be highly valued. D.Getting over difficulties is enjoyable.

【4】What should parents do for their children based on Dweck’s study?

A.Encourage them to learn from failures. B.Prevent them from making mistakes.

C.Guide them in doing little things. D.Help them grow with praise.

28、More and more frequently,classes,training for businesses,and personal development courses are offered online.【1】

Set a daily schedule.【2】 Additionally,setting starting and stopping points can make studying seem less frightening.Break down each subject and task into small parts and make a schedule to complete each of these smaller tasks.

Use a specific(特定的）study place.Set aside an area in your home only for study. 【3】 As a result,they will try to avoid too much noise.Additionally,it is easier for you to focus your attention on studying and avoid distractions(分心). If you find it impossible to study at home without distraction,try to find a good spot at a local library.Libraries are quiet,adequately lit,and free from distractions.

【4】 The biggest mistake made by students who want to study online is not using a reliable,fast internet service.This is important to get all the necessary documents,course schedules,and other information throughout the class.

Avoid non-study websites.Don't let temptation(诱惑）to visit social media,check email,and click the latest top ten list turn your attention away from studying.Set a time limit for yourself.Use a timer to track time spent on non-course websites,and limit yourself to five minutes at a time【5】

A．Make sure your internet connection is reliable.

B．It's also important to step away every so often.

C．Studying at the same time every day helps you focus.

D．This lets people know you are studying when you're there.

E．If you're new to online studying,here are some tips for you.

F．If you need a little extra help,there are a number of websites and apps that can help.

G．It's good to take breaks,but make sure you know how long you're pending on breaks.

29、   The Poetry Foundation, recently named American poet Jack Prelutsky as the nation's first children's poet laureate (桂冠诗人). The group created the award as a way to increase children's love of poetry.

As children's poet laureate, Jack Prelutsky will give two public readings in the next two years. He will also advise the Poetry Foundation about children's literature and take part in projects concerning children and poetry.

Jack Prelutsky has been writing poetry for children for almost forty years. He has written more than thirty five books of poems. His first book was called A Gopher in the Garden. It was published in 1967. His latest is called Behold the Bold Umbrellaphant and Other Poems.

Jack Prelutsky is well known for creating new words by combining two words to create a new kind of creature. For example, he combined “radish” with “shark” to get “radishark”. “Lion” and “broccoli” became “broccolion”. He also created “umbrellaphant”, a mixture of the words “umbrella” and “elephant”.

Jack Prelutsky says that children like his poems because he writes about things they care about. Poetry researchers say that Jack Prelutsky's poems recognize children's feelings. An example of this is the poem My Sister Is a Werewolf which is about how it feels to be different.

Jack Prelutsky also writes poems about American holidays. His poem It's Halloween is a very famous one about the holiday celebrated at the end of October.

【1】Which of the following can be the BEST title of the passage?

A.Poems with New Words Grow Popular B.First Children's Poet Laureate Named

C.Children's Love for Poetry Increased D.Jack Prelutsky Awarded Nationwide

【2】What is Jack Prelutsky famous for?

A.Creating new words in his poems. B.His productivity.

C.His long time of writing. D.His poems about American holidays.

【3】What can we infer from the passage?

A.It was A Gopher in the Garden that brought him fame.

B.The poet will be kept busy over a lot of activities.

C.Jack Prelutsky will no longer write about American holidays.

D.The poem It's Halloween must have been written for adults.

【4】Put the following items in RIGHT order according to the passage.

a. two public readings

b. A Gopher in the Garden

c. Behold the Bold Umbrellaphant and Other Poems

d. My Sister Is a Werewolf

A.b—c—d—a B.d—a—c—b

C.b—d—c—a D.a—b—c—d

30、   Last evening I was watching the evening news on television. The news was about a prize for scientific _________; I forgot what it was. The announcer, whose name was Ralph Story, said something, that caught my _________. “All great discoveries,” he said, “are made by people between the ages of twenty-five and thirty.” _________ a little over thirty myself, I wanted to disagree with him. _________ wants to think that he is past the age of making any discovery. The next day I happened to be in the public library and spent several hours looking up the _________ of famous people and their discoveries, Ralph was right.

First I looked at some of the _________ discoveries. One of the earliest discoveries, the famous experiment that proved that bodies of different _________ fall at the same speed, was made by Galileo when he was 26. Madam Curie started her research that _________ to Nobel Prize when she was 28. Einstein was 26 when he published his world-changing theory of relativity. Well, _________ of that. Yet I __________ if those “best years” were true in other __________.

Then how about the field of __________? Surely it needs the wisdom of age to make a good leader. Perhaps it __________, but look when these people __________ their career. Winston Churchill was elected to the House of Commons at the age of 26. Abraham Lincoln __________ the life of a country lawyer and was elected to the government at what age? Twenty-six.

But why __________ best years come after thirty? After thirty, I __________, most people do not want to take risks or try __________ ways. Then I thought of people like Shakespeare and Picasso. The former was writing wonderful works at the ripe age of fifty, while the latter was __________ trying new ways of painting when he was ninety years old!

Perhaps there is still __________ for me.

【1】A.invention B.discovery C.experience D.progress

【2】A.mind B.head C.attention D.name

【3】A.For B.Being C.However D.As

【4】A.Everybody B.Somebody C.Nobody D.Whoever

【5】A.names B.ages C.addresses D.education

【6】A.modern B.scientific C.last D.oldest

【7】A.heights B.sizes C.weights D.things

【8】A.led B.meant C.stuck D.referred

【9】A.plenty B.enough C.much D.none

【10】A.understood B.trusted C.wondered D.knew

【11】A.fields B.countries C.courses D.ages

【12】A.agriculture B.politics C.industry D.society

【13】A.is B.will C.has D.does

【14】A.finished B.went C.started D.failed

【15】A.started B.gave up C.began D.led

【16】A.don’t B.the C.can D.not

【17】A.believe B.know C.guess D.agree

【18】A.other B.new C.best D.their

【19】A.always B.still C.seldom D.enjoying

【20】A.discovery B.problem C.wish D.hope

31、   Cats have no emotions. At least, that’s what my husband once claimed(声称). I _______ that my two cats experience emotions. They feel anger, fear, and _______. He agreed with me, but _______ his opinion that cats don’t feel love. _______, my tuxedo cat, Sebastian, would teach him otherwise.

When my next-door neighbor moved in, he had a she cat named Juliet. She was an indoor lady, always watching _______ through the window.

Then one day when I _______ my cat to the backyard for his playtime, Sebastian _______ Juliet staring at him behind the window. It soon became _______ that they were attracted by each other. So every day there after, whenever I let Sebastian out, he would rush _______to the backyard next-door and they would sit staring ________ at each other through the screen, she inside, and he outside. Even my husband watched ________, and he would murmur, “But cats can’t feel love... can they?”

Five months later, my neighbor had to ________ because of work. My heart sank. I wondered how Sebastian would ________ to Juliet’s leaving. For months after Juliet moved away and the new neighbor moved in, I often ________ Sebastian sitting by Juliet’s window, looking into the apartment ________his lady. The new neighbor didn’t mind having the “Peeping Sebastian” after I ________ his reason for being there.

Sebastian ________ the small area outside that window as his territory(领土). Other male cats were allowed in the ________, but not near Juliet’s window, which he guarded until his ________.

Even now, when my husband and I walk through the backyard and see that window, he ________ me of the lesson Sebastian taught him that cats do indeed fall in love.

【1】A.quarreled B.discussed C.suggested D.argued

【2】A.energy B.power C.happiness D.strength

【3】A.referred to B.stuck to C.prepared for D.approved of

【4】A.Therefore B.However C.Besides D.Meanwhile

【5】A.the environment B.the sky C.her owner D.her boyfriend

【6】A.forbade B.accompanied C.prevented D.left

【7】A.called attention to B.caught sight of C.took charge of D.paid a visit to

【8】A.innocent B.doubtful C.skillful D.clear

【9】A.secretly B.quietly C.straight D.worriedly

【10】A.lovingly B.angrily C.hungrily D.greedily

【11】A.in trouble B.in sorrow C.in amazement D.in horror

【12】A.move B.travel C.come D.stay

【13】A.react B.reply C.reduce D.replace

【14】A.took B.sensed C.met D.caught

【15】A.in place of B.on the basis of C.in search of D.on account of

【16】A.explained B.requested C.blamed D.asked

【17】A.discovered B.marked C.preserved D.persuaded

【18】A.street B.village C.window D.backyard

【19】A.birthday B.survival C.death D.arrival

【20】A.reminds B.informs C.tells D.cures

32、   When I first met my new parrot, Chico, his wings had been cut short and he was stuck on the earth just like us humans. When the weather turned nice, I would take Chico outside. I _______ him on a branch of a tree, hoping to make him happier. At first he seemed confused. He walked back and forth on the branch looking _______. He didn't even flap his wings in a(n) _______ to fly. Somehow he knew he was incapable.

One day Chico got especially excited. He paced back and forth and made a(n)  _______ amount of noise. Then all of a sudden he stopped and let out an even louder scream. He started _______ flapping his wings for the first time ever — then he lifted off the _______ like a space shuttle! I was amazed and _______. Little did I know his feathers had been growing back, and Chico had been waiting until the moment was ripe for _______!

Two days later Chico returned. First I tried to _______ him back with food, but he would not come near me. Then I took his cage and __________ it away — still he would not come. Finally, I made him a firm promise that I would let him out every day if the weather was nice as long as he did come back. __________, he flew onto my shoulder.

From that day on, whenever the weather was good I would let him __________ early and he would fly around and be back before dark. The routine lasted for two months __________ suddenly Chico became __________. The __________ said that he had been infected with a disease from the pigeons in the neighborhood. Within a few days he died.

I was very sad. The __________ crossed my mind that if I had not set him free to fly, he would be still alive. But what __________ is there in being a bird if you can't fly?

Chico made his first __________ for freedom on a late Monday afternoon in April. When will you make yours? You too can take a __________ when the conditions are right, knowing you too, in your own way, were built to fly. If you don't set yourself free, what will be the __________ of your life.

【1】A.brought B.seated C.caught D.chased

【2】A.comfortable B.painful C.patient D.anxious

【3】A.attempt B.stage C.journey D.path

【4】A.serious B.first C.incredible D.accessible

【5】A.slowly B.gently C.madly D.gracefully

【6】A.ground B.branch C.window D.house

【7】A.moved B.shocked C.delighted D.excited

【8】A.patience B.exchange C.rescue D.escape

【9】A.trick B.fasten C.seize D.expect

【10】A.threw B.drove C.gave D.sent

【11】A.At last B.As usual C.Once in a while D.In the meantime

【12】A.out B.off C.away D.alone

【13】A.until B.while C.since D.although

【14】A.active B.weak C.annoying D.miserable

【15】A.teacher B.community C.passer-by D.vet

【16】A.fact B.thought C.concern D.detail

【17】A.problem B.meaning C.interest D.mistake

【18】A.relief B.willingness C.communication D.breakthrough

【19】A.breath B.look C.holiday D.chance

【20】A.success B.purpose C.contribution D.importance

33、The fourth-graders walk up to a mirror — one after another — at a school in southwest Atlanta.

“I’m a good person!” a boy _______ a face mask adds.

Another boy follows, “I’m strong and _______,” before hurriedly walking away. In the background, their teacher, Acker, holds up the mirror in front of the kids and _______ them on. “Yes! Louder! Love it!” she calls out.

Acker teaches science at Gideons Elementary School, and she’s on a _______ to boost her students’ confidence and _______. The kids returned to school this month after a year of virtual learning, and said their _______ words every morning before class starts.

Acker _______ this with her 5-year-old daughter since she developed verbal language skills, and loved how they both felt _______. “The best part about doing the affirmations is the feeling after I say them,” Acker says. “And the feeling I see my students feel or that they _______ after they do it. Their attitude is better, their self-confidence is ________ and we have a better day.”

Mental health issues are ________ among children nationwide as they struggle with ________, uncertainty and pandemic. Many adults report that the pandemic has been hard on their mental health. For kids, some experts say, it has become a(n) ________.

And more so this year, kids “need all of the kindness and compassion we can ________,” says Dr. Marcuetta, a psychologist.

Children develop their ________ based on how grown-ups speak to them, making teachers a key influence and positive affirmation a crucial first step, she adds.

【1】

A．playing

B．wearing

C．making

D．finding

【2】

A．mean

B．indifferent

C．independent

D．common

【3】

A．keeps

B．fixes

C．calls

D．cheers

【4】

A．promise

B．mission

C．way

D．permission

【5】

A．self-love

B．sympathy

C．self-discipline

D．wisdom

【6】

A．surprising

B．positive

C．unique

D．unreliable

【7】

A．denied

B．shared

C．practiced

D．concluded

【8】

A．afterward

B．forward

C．eventually

D．initially

【9】

A．express

B．reply

C．create

D．question

【10】

A．suspected

B．checked

C．lifted

D．separated

【11】

A．rising

B．improving

C．moving

D．leading

【12】

A．personality

B．imagination

C．curiosity

D．anxiety

【13】

A．opportunity

B．success

C．choice

D．crisis

【14】

A．think

B．offer

C．rid

D．hide

【15】

A．languages

B．arguments

C．doubts

D．beliefs

34、阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

Smell the flowers before you go to sleep and you may just end up with rosy dreams. Have a whiff of rotten(腐烂的)eggs during the night and your dreams may be【1】(pleasant). So says researcher Dr. Boris Stuck, 【2】invited sleeping volunteers to a rose vs. rotten egg test in the University Hospital Mannheim in Germany. The subjects didn’t dream about roses【3】eggs, but rather he found that what they smelt affected the emotions of【4】(they) dreams.

And if you think【5】(smell) have a say in dreams, wait for what TV tells us. A UK study reveals that people exposed【6】black-and-white film and TV in their youth are to have monochromic(单色的)dreams throughout their life more【7】(probable). Eva Murzyn from the University of Dundee tested two age groups— one half 【8】(age) over 55 and【9】other half under 25.

The result? Under 5% of the dreams of the under-25s were in black and white. 【10】(watch)color TV in childhood seems to be the reason why.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

It will be beyond anything we organics could imagine.

36、Directions: Complete the following sentences by using the proper form of the words or expressions given in the frame. Each one can only be used once.

Why your Password May Not Be As Safe As It Seems?  Does “qaz2ws” strike you as a nice safe password? What about “adgjmptw”? An analysis has found them to be among the passwords that are most 【1】 used, which of course means they are not secure at all.

When ten million passwords were leaked on to the internet，they appeared to 【2】that attempts by internet security experts to make us improve our password strength had been successful, even if, in the specific case of the leaked passwords, they are also completely pointless.

While many of the passwords were still single words, such as “password”，there was also a clear attempt by many to make them harder to【3】. The problem was that people seemed to do so in the same way.

“Users are becoming slightly more 【4】what makes a password strong,” explained WP Engine, an internet company that performed the analysis. “For instance, adding a number or two at the end of a text phrase. That makes it better, right?”

But 【5】no. They found that almost half a million passwords did this and in 20 percent of those all people did was put the number “1” at the end.

Perhaps this is why some companies are now trying to move gradually beyond passwords. Yahoo! is giving users the option to 【6】 their mobile phone with an account, having a single use passwords texted to it each time they want to log on.

Although the serviced is voluntary, Dylan Casey an executive at Yahoo!，said that it was “the first step to【7】passwords”. He said it was a(n)【8】that it was increasingly hard for people to remember all the passwords they had. “I don’t think we, as an industry, have done a good enough job of putting ourselves in the shoes of the people using our products,” he said.

It would certainly be a more sensible strategy than same people’s improving upon “password” by using “password” or，“tran5p053d numb3r5 f0r 133tr3r5”.

“We are, for the most part，predictably【9】when it comes to choosing passwords, despite a decade of warnings from password strength checkers during sign-ups” said WP Engine. “We love taking a(n) 【10】, and so do password crackers.

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Yet, some people are【1】 They claim that surfing the Internet is a waste of time. They make the 【2】 that children spend too much time chatting and playing games instead of 【3】 on their school work. However, a recent survey conducted in the USA shows that 80 per cent of Internet users 【4】 it mostly to search for answers to questions. The second most common use of the Internet, for 79 per cent of Internet users, is to find out information about hobbies. These statistics prove that gathering information is the 【5】 use for the Internet.

38、假定你是李华，你的英国笔友 David 给你发了一封邮件，倾诉他因疫情居家进行线上学习所遇到的烦恼，请你针对 David 的问题回复邮件。

Dear Li Hua,

I have some problems. Due to the COVID-19, all of us now have to keep social distance and take online courses at home. I find it hard to constantly focus on studying. I feel tired easily. Worse still, I have become so anxious and short-tempered. I do want to change the situation, but I don’t know how. What should I do?

Yours, David

注意：

1. 词数不低于100；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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39、假定你是李华，你的英国朋友Gary即将回国，他想送给母亲可以代表中国文化的礼物。请你给他写一封邮件，向他推荐一个或两个礼物。内容包括:

1. 推荐礼物；

2. 推荐理由。

注意:

1. 词数80左右；

2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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40、阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要

Paperless office was first coined in 1975. Four decades later, we’re still chasing the paperless office dream. Take the financial industry for example—it is one of the slower industries to hug digital transformation. Many financial institutions today still send out trade conformations by mail. I can tell you from first-hand experience that going paperless is by no means impossible. The Centric Digital office is a paperless work environment where all the office operations go digital, which has amazed our business partners.

Actually companies need to stress the benefits of a digital culture for communications. Going paperless can save time and money. You could say goodbye to costly repairs, office supply orders, wasted employee time and so on. Besides, forbidding paper in the office forces information to be 100% digital, where you can make endless amounts of backups (备份), which easily increase transparency(透明). Not to mention, top talents want to work for digital companies.

You might think the secret to a paperless company is purely technology. Well, not really. Thanks to products like iPads, smart-phones and cloud services, the ability to go paperless is highly accessible. Yet, even with all this technology, companies continue to rely on paper. It's not because they don’t have access to the technology, but because they’re lacking the politics, organizational structure and strong desire to change. In order to go paperless, companies need to change the way they think and operate. The decision needs to be made and cried out and everyone needs to work together to make it.

Yes, the paperless office has been a very long time in the making but it no longer has to be. With numerous amounts of software, services, apps and technology available today, the only thing we need to do is to make the decision to go paperless and see it through.

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41、假设你是李华，你的朋友Kevin给你发邮件说，他想从成都出发到西安旅行，想请你为他介绍一下西成高速铁路(Xi’an- Chengdu high- Speed Railway)的情况。请你回复邮件，内容包括:

1.西成高速铁路始建于2012年，2017年12月开通运营，全长658公里，时速高达250公里/小时；

2.途径绵阳等20多座城市，沿途无数美景、美食，全程大约只需3个半小时；

3.高铁列车设施齐全，安全舒适；但票价略高。

注意:

1.词数100左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3.首尾已写好，不计入总词数。

Dear Kevin,

Knowing that you plan to travel from Chengdu to Xi’an,

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Hope you have a wonderful trip.

Yours,

Li Hua