通化2025-2026学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高三英语

1、_____ the deaf children, the young lady has little time to care for her own daughter.

A. Devoted to teach B. Devoted herself to teaching

C. Devoting herself to teaching D. Devoting to teaching

2、John fell ill because he was caught in the rain yesterday; it is _____ of him to forget to take an umbrella.

A.physical B.electrical C.typical D.practical

3、He insisted that he   homework but he couldn't find his exercise book.

A.finish B.had finished C.be finished D.finishes

4、We had lots of good applicants for the job, but one _________ from the rest.

A.made out B.stood out C.picked out D.figured out

5、Only when he told me________what trouble he was in.

A．did I realize B．I realized

C．do I realize   D．I realize

6、With our country entering an aging society, ______ the retirement age is probably unavoidable.

A.having delayed B.delaying C.being delayed D.to be delayed

7、There was a lot of fun at yesterday’s party. You _____ have come, but why didn’t you?

A.must B.shouldn’t C.needn’t D.ought to

8、（2014﹒北京）Some people believe ___________ has happened before or is happening now will repeat itself in the future.

A．whatever

B．whenever

C．whereever

D．however

9、__________   ，I went out for a walk.

A.There was nothing to do B.There being nothing to do

C.There had nothing to do D.There were nothing to do

10、________ is often the case with children, Tom was better by the time the doctor arrived.

A.It B.That C.What D.As

11、Jack is late again. It is ______ of him to keep others waiting.

A.normal B.ordinary C.typical D.common

12、Some of the material presented may not be ______ to you or your circumstances.

A. parallel B. similar

C. relevant D. optional

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

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

14、It was 80 years before Christopher Columbus crossed the Atlantic 　　　   　 Zheng He had sailed to East Africa.

A.when B.that

C.after D.since

15、______Jixi today is more beautiful now. Mr. Jackson said he would visit it______third time.

A.The;/ B.The;the C./;a D.The;a

16、--- Have you finished the book?

--- No, I've read up to _______ the children discover the secret cave.

A．in which

B．what

C．that

D．where

17、I ______ to you at that time, but I didn’t know where you lived.

A. had written B. wrote

C. would write D. would have written

18、Talk to me about ________ is troubling you.

A.that B.whichever C.whatever D.which

19、The Sundance Film Festival boycotts Hollywood films and this can serve as an indicator of the sponsors values now and in the past.

A.that B.where C.how D.what

20、To _____________ the world for help, the stars launched a campaign to help the refugees.

A. end up B. appeal to

C. leave behind D. cater for

21、These people are very efficient, very ___________ and excellent time managers.

A. organised B. organiser

C. organise D. organisation

22、Accustomed to _______ the steep mountains, she had no difficulty reaching top.

A．climbing

B．climb

C．having climbed

D．have climbed

23、Each of these arguments may appear ______ on the surface, but they don’t stand up to the test.

A.stable B.ample C.valid D.creative

24、_____ many times, he finally understood it.

A.Told B.Telling C.Having told D.Having been told

25、It is so wet there that the trees are extremely tall,some____over 100 meters.

A．measured

B．measuring

C．are measured

D．measure

26、   Felicien, a 29-year-old African graduate student, smiled as he helped a woman use a ticket on her phone to enter the Summer Palace in Beijing. As a volunteer in the palace garden, Felicien is just one of many African students studying in China.

The China-Africa Cooperation Meeting was held in Beijing from Sept 3 to 4. On the meeting, Chinese President Xi Jinping promised to offer working training courses, 50,000 scholarships for African youths and invite 2,000 young African people to visit China. "The future of China-Africa relations lies in our young people," Xi said. He also said that China will provide $60 billion in support, including free aid and special funds, for Africa's development.

The friendship between China and Africa dates back 600 years to the travels of Chinese explorer Zheng He, whose ships reached East Africa four times. Zheng brought gifts to his African hosts and took back nothing but a few giraffes. Today, China sees Africa as an equal partner in development and in international and regional affairs. China has been Africa's largest trading partner for 9 years. Chinese investments in Africa have increased more than 100 times in the past 18 years. China and Africa have strengthened cooperation since 2013, with the tremendous help of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).

"China follows the principle of giving more and taking less, giving before taking and giving without asking for return. With open arms, we welcome African countries aboard the train of China's development, Xi said. Xi's words received much praise from African leaders.

Indeed, "With goodwill and cooperation with Bejing, Africa can bring her wisdom on board, mix it to the Chinese Dream and jointly build a community of shared future for all mankind,", commented an expert

【1】Why does the author mention Felicien in Paragraph 1?

A.To describe Felicien's part-time job.

B.To demonstrate China-Africa relations.

C.To show foreigners can be volunteers.

D.To show it is convenient to use  E-tickets.

【2】Which of the following statement is TRUE?

A.5,000 African young people will be invited to visit China.

B.Zheng He strengthened the ties between Asia and Africa.

C.The BRI has greatly promoted China-Africa cooperation.

D.China will provide Africa with $60 billion special funds.

【3】What can we learn from Xi's words in Paragraph 4?

A.China helps Africa develop high-speed trains.

B.China welcomes African countries to invest in China.

C.China's development brings opportunities to Africa.

D.China gains nothing from China-Africa cooperation.

【4】What can be the best title for the text?

A.China's Aids to African Countries B.African Students in China

C.China Sees Africa as Equal Competitor D.China's Bond with Africa

27、   I watch from the wooden bench in my backyard as the water from the pipe quietly flows out onto the tomato plants. I watch the plants and rest easy, knowing the pipe is taking care of the plants. The drops soon seem to become rivers on the ground.

I see these red-brown ants, crawling(爬行) along around their home. What will happen when the water reaches the ants? Smelling the danger, these poor tiny creatures all run away from the water and rush back to their home. They spend their whole lives working together to create and make better things, but now they are facing the end of it all. I think this is just a reflection of the world. I keep watching as the water first attacks and then surrounds two ants. They struggle to stay floating as the water closes in on them, getting deeper and deeper. I try to get these two to come on my finger, but they refuse to let me save them. The water soon flows over them, as I remain helpless. Only then do they decide to climb onto my dirt-covered finger. Not until facing the moment of death would they trust one like me.

I check to see if they are alive, and both can move fine. Then I go to save other ants. However, the water washes everything away. How much I wish I could turn off this machine of death, but I cannot. I must complete my job.

It knocks me how much these little lives mean to me. When I was a small child, I would make a sport of killing them. Now, I can't hurt an insect, always thinking about what it would be like to be so small.

【1】What is the ants' first reaction as the water approaches them?

A. They attempt to stop it.

B. They seek help at once.

C. They ignore it and continue to work.

D. They try to avoid the danger caused by it.

【2】What can we infer from the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2?

A. Behind bad luck comes good luck.

B. Where there is a will, there is a way.

C. God helps those who help themselves.

D. Life is likely to be affected by setbacks.

【3】How does the author help save the two ants?

A. He turns off the water pipe. B. He helps them float on the water.

C. He lets them climb onto his finger. D. He changes the direction of the water.

【4】What's the author's attitude towards those ants now?

A. Sympathetic. B. Indifferent.

C. Favorable. D. Cruel.

28、   It was an autumn day, and 1 was standing in the kitchen, hanging my head over the counter and trying to figure out how many calories were in a bowl of homemade yogurt and fruit. And I felt annoyed.

I was 16, and my best friend and I had gone to our first Weight Watchers meeting. It was the trend in the mid-1980s，and even though I was an athlete, like many teen girls, I didn't necessarily like what I saw in the mirror. But after a week or so of recording every meal and snack and calculating the calories, I had had enough. I went back to my routine of chowing whatever I wanted, running and skiing, and let that be that. And it's still pretty much what I do; as long as the workouts are regular and the food is whole and balanced, my body's set point hasn't varied for years.

The weight loss trend of three decades ago−full of scales and counting calories−has fallen away. Now fasting is popular. The ways to keep fit vary: on the 5:2 diet a person eats for five days and fasts for two days each week, while the 18:6 refers 10 fasting for 18 hours and then eating within a six-hour window each day.

In this issue, Associate Editor Mark Barna tries to understand the science behind the fasting plans. Researchers have found that animals like monkeys age more slowly after years of eating less, and in the lab in humans, they saw improvements in a number of signs that indicate risk of some hard to cure diseases. The hope for healthy weight loss isn’t over yet, but at least now the calculators don’t have to be out at every meal.

【1】What made the author annoyed?

A. Her body was not as strong as an athlete’s.

B. There were too many calories in the yogurt and fruit.

C. The Weight Watches meeting was not necessary for her.

D. She had to work out the calories in every meal and snack.

【2】Which of the following can replace the underlined word “chowing”?

A. Eating. B. Doing C. Cooking. D. Choosing.

【3】How do people keep fit now?

A. They limit the calories they take in.

B. They lose weight only.

C. They fast daily or weekly.

D. They eat enough every day.

【4】What do we know about the researchers’ finding in this passage?

A. People grow more slowly if they eat less.

B. People are healthier if they eat less.

C. People have stopped losing weight now.

D. People calculate their food for every meal.

29、   When there’s a heat wave, ocean temperatures rise. That heat causes coral reefs (珊瑚礁) to lose their color, which shows the corals are dying. Fish then leave, and without the fish activity, reefs fall silent. A new study finds playing the sounds of a healthy reef can attract fish back to dead or dying areas. Indeed, those sounds could help bring a reef back to life.

Tim Gordon, a biologist at the University of Exeter in England, studies the effect of sound on sea animals. He and his research group “felt surprised at so many different sounds you can hear on a healthy reef”. They were shocked by how quiet the reefs became as they died. That got them wondering: Could sound help renew dying reefs by attracting fish?

So Gordon used pieces of dead coral to create small patches (小块) of reefs along the Great Barrier Reef. He placed them at least 25 meters from each other and from other reefs. Gordon left eleven patches alone. These served as his controls. He set up a loudspeaker around another eleven patches. The speakers played healthy reef sounds. The last eleven patches served as a different type of control. They got a set-up that looked like the loudspeaker but played no sound.

Fish arrived at all three types of patches. But they showed up more quickly at the ones that had sound. Besides, those small reefs ended up with twice as many fish by the end of the experiment. Reefs with sound also had more species overall. Gordon found no difference between the two types of controls. It was sound, not the speaker set-up , that had attracted the extra fish. Playing healthy reef sounds adds another powerful tool to restore our reefs, Gordon says.

【1】What has led to the death of coral reefs?

A.Too many fish. B.Noise pollution.

C.Loss of their color. D.High ocean temperatures.

【2】What is the purpose of the second paragraph?

A.To introduce sounds of a healthy reef. B.To raise doubts about dying coral reefs.

C.To explain the reason for the new study. D.To show the positive effect of fish on corals.

【3】What did Gordon and his team do in their study?

A.They played healthy reef sounds for two groups of patches.

B.They created 33 patches with the collected pieces of dead coral.

C.They set up a loudspeaker around all the patches of dead coral.

D.They played sounds to attract fish to approach all the patches.

【4】What is the main idea of the text?

A.Healthy coral reef sounds attract fish back to dead reefs.

B.Dead coral reefs are especially dependent on healthy sounds.

C.The speaker set-ups of coral reefs are attractive to most fish.

D.Underwater speakers may remind coral reefs of possible threats.

30、Kimberly and I had planned a trip to Europe for a long time, but we encountered some curveballs. Getting the departure time wrong, we had to _______ from the original train trip to a ship one.

Boarding the ship, we _______ it was not like a spacious hotel. The room were incredibly tight. The _______ in the small bathroom was a spout (喷头) connected to the sink. You turned it on and sprayed yourself, _______ the rest of the room.

The week-long ship travel was full of _______ . There were people from diverse backgrounds speaking different languages. We had stopovers on _______ of all sizes, where we cycled 30-40 kilometers. Then there were whole gales (狂风)—so fierce that even the buses couldn’t pass for safety _______. So finally we _______ back home.

We still appreciated the experience. Our real passion was about the _______ rather than the destination-the missed rides, the ________ ship, the mixture of cultures, and all the ________.

Sometimes people are so ________ to their comfortable life that it scares them to be off the beaten track. Yet, Once out of their comfort zone, the different experiences are what actually ________. Mixing things up, trying new things, seeing something ________ to adventure—this is how you through another person’s eyes, being create ________.

【1】

A．shift

B．range

C．break

D．deliver

【2】

A．admitted

B．regretted

C．fancied

D．realized

【3】

A．towel

B．shower

C．drier

D．wardrobe

【4】

A．rather than

B．let alone

C．along with

D．in particular

【5】

A．risks

B．barriers

C．conflicts

D．adventures

【6】

A．islands

B．harbors

C．malls

D．decks

【7】

A．measures

B．consequences

C．concerns

D．expectations

【8】

A．emerged

B．jogged

C．returned

D．headed

【9】

A．journey

B．emotion

C．scenery

D．culture

【10】

A．vacant

B．luxurious

C．overcrowded

D．expensive

【11】

A．listed

B．recommended

C．canceled

D．unsettled

【12】

A．close

B．accustomed

C．opposed

D．accessible

【13】

A．fall over

B．stand out

C．set off

D．go by

【14】

A．open

B．alert

C．blind

D．limited

【15】

A．hope

B．opportunities

C．passion

D．changes

31、阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

I come from Ireland, and I am a foreign teacher in Wuhan University. At the end of December, a few cases of “novel pneumonia” were ________in the city of Wuhan. We all took notice but assumed it was ________to worry about.

However, it gradually _______me with sadness that Wuhan is becoming synonymous(同义的) with the coronavirus that is causing a ________emergency and develops further ________ around the world. At home I often see the news ________  Wuhan, which I’ve come to love and call _____ home. News includes stories of infections, stories of isolation but also stories of _______. Wuhan, where the virus is believed to have _______, remains on lockdown.

I still remember last vacation back home, when mentioning Wuhan, people would often just _______and say, “Wu… what?” “Wuhan”! “Where’s that?” “Hubei Province, Central China.” “Mhhh, ________ heard of it.”

Then I talked about the beauty of Wuhan, like ______ the scenery keeps changing, and becoming more _________ day by the day. It has a growing art and creative scene, new green and recreative spaces _________everywhere.

I was _______ asked what ________ could be told to the world about Wuhan. I said that I’d write about its natural beauty like lakes, mountains and rivers, long walks _________the East Lake, and of course the city’s culture, art and music.

I hope that everything will return to _______, and indeed people are going out of their way to help and support each other. They choose to believe that they can_______ the crisis to return life to normal as quickly as possible.

As for me, I will definitely________to tell the story of the city I love and of its wonderful, welcoming, and strong people.

【1】A.spotted B.occurred C.settled D.solved

【2】A.anything B.something C.nothing D.everything

【3】A.sends B.gives C.fills D.helps

【4】A.urgent B.national C.immediate D.limited

【5】A.convenience B.unhappiness C.ambition D.concern

【6】A.putting aside from B.coming out of C.looking forward to   D.leaving out for

【7】A.its B.it C.my D.me

【8】A.virus B.segregation C.hope D.nature

【9】A.lightened B.surfaced C.missed D.decreased

【10】A.stare B.glance C.cry D.beg

【11】A.never B.always C.random D.often

【12】A.how B.why C.what D.whether

【13】A.upsetting B.challenging C.charming D.curious

【14】A.setting aside B.falling down C.springing up D.drawing back

【15】A.barely B.rarely C.merely D.once

【16】A.remarks B.stories C.experiences D.thoughts

【17】A.across B.along C.between D.through

【18】A.normality B.disaster C.home D.reality

【19】A.put B.suffer C.defeat D.surround

【20】A.calm B.start C.stop D.continue

32、   I'm Robin Woods. I'm always the first to make a good joke and _______  my work away at the end of the day. But somehow, I'm _______  the first to be picked for teams and plays. I have always been the outcast,_______ and alone.

“This year our play will be the story of Robin Hood and his Merry Men,” our teacher, Miss Goody,  ___________  the whole class. “Who would like to be Robin Hood?” I  ___________  my hand up into the air. Of course, everybody wanted the biggest and best part, especially bossy Bradley.

“_________  for a part and I’ll test you on Monday and decide who will be best for each part,” said Miss Goody, handing out pages of the script. “… And of course, we’ll need lots of trees to be the forest.”

“You’ll be a little baby bush…,” Bradley_______ me. “Or a teeny-tiny leaf.”

I_______ him and took a copy of the Robin Hood words and began my practicing on the way home.

On Monday I did some brilliant acting and I remembered all my _________. I got the part. Bradley got the part of Little John. Becky was one of the ladies-in-waiting. Jordan was the minstrel(吟游艺人), who told the________ in song with a little strum of the guitar every now and then.

We had three weeks to learn our parts. Becky offered to________ with me. She played Little John's part and gave me ________  on fighting. Bradley, who still really wanted to be Robin Hood, often came over to watch. He seemed to be waiting for me to make mistakes. I felt________, with knocking knees and cold feet. But I was determined to be the best Robin Hood ever. I had got the part of a hero and a hero I shall be.

At home, Granddad came to help me. He could play the guitar and even made up a minstrel dance. He was really getting into the minstrel’s________, which cheered me up and made learning my part much easier and funny.

In the final dress rehearsal that afternoon, Bradley was really getting carried away in that fighting-to-get-across-the-river________. He was shouting louder and louder and pushing harder and harder until he lost his ________  and fell off the bridge. He had hurt his ankle! Worse still, Jordan had got a flu. Probably we had to ________ that night’s performance for it was just impossible to find two new actors who could learn the parts before________ and, most importantly, could play the guitar. Girls wailed and sobbed. Boys sighed and shuffled their feet.

It was I that put forward a________：Granddad could play the part of the minstrel; Becky did the part of Little John and Carly could have her part as lady-in-waiting. Miss Goody sighed with relief. Everybody burst into tears of joy.

The performance that night was a great success. I felt like a________.

【1】A.tidy B.throw C.push D.drag

【2】A.sometimes B.frequently C.always D.never

【3】A.unattended B.unassisted C.unwanted D.unmoved

【4】A.taught B.gathered C.dismissed D.lectured

【5】A.seized B.trembled C.shot D.shook

【6】A.Look out B.Try out C.Stand out D.Speak out

【7】A.blamed B.threatened C.teased D.cheated

【8】A.admired B.abused C.respected D.ignored

【9】A.stories B.texts C.passages D.lines

【10】A.tale B.truth C.result D.difference

【11】A.dance B.sing C.perform D.practice

【12】A.knives B.tips C.guns D.signals

【13】A.nervous B.disappointed C.important D.honored

【14】A.part B.team C.band D.house

【15】A.accident B.incident C.scene D.event

【16】A.sword B.stick C.position D.balance

【17】A.cancel B.give C.improve D.evaluate

【18】A.dawn B.dusk C.midday D.midnight

【19】A.theory B.solution C.budget D.principle

【20】A.director B.composer C.hero D.teacher

33、   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

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

The Internet E-commerce and globalization are making a new economic age possible. In the future, capitalist markets will largely be replaced by a new kind of economic system based on 【1】 relationships, contractual arrangements and access rights.

Has the quality of our lives at work, at home and in our communities increased in direct proportion to all the new Internet and business-to-business Internet services being introduced into our lives? I have asked this question of hundreds of CEOs and corporate executives in Europe and the United States. Surprisingly, virtually everyone has said, “No, quiet 【2】.” They say they are working longer hours, feel more stressed, are more impatient, and are even less civil in their dealings with colleagues and friends-not to mention strangers. And what’s more revealing, they place much of the blame on the very same technologies they are so 【3】 supporting.

The technological leader promised us that access would make life more convenient. Instead, the very technological wonders that were supposed to 【4】 us have begun to enslave us in a web of connections from which there seems to be no easy 【5】.

If an earlier generation was preoccupied with the quest to enclose a vast 【6】 land, the .com generation, it seems, is more caught up in the colonization of time. Every spare moment of our time is being filled with some form of commercial connection, making time itself the 【7】 of all resources.

And while we have created every kind of labor-and time-saving device to service our needs, we are beginning to feel like we have less time available to us than any other humans in history. Maybe we need to ask what kinds of connections really 【8】 in the e-economy age. If this new technology 【9】 is only about super efficiency, then we risk losing something even precious than time-our sense of what it means to be a(n) 【10】 human being.

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

Why Cold weather Causes So many Flight Cancellation?

Each year, about 60,000 flights get canceled because of bad winter weather, which costs airlines and airports an estimated $3 billion. But it’s not the freezing cold temperatures that cause problems for planes. After all, 【1】 jets fly 10 kilometers up, where temperatures hover around -50 degrees Celsius.

In fact, planes 【2】 in cold weather, since cold air is denser and leads to better thrust. Clearly, the real problem isn’t what’s going on up there. It’s what’s happening on the ground.

When a 【3】 polar vortex (极地涡旋) struck the Midwestern US in January 2019, temperatures dropped to -40 degrees Celsius and airline canceled 3,000 flights nationwide. In these situations, when temperatures start 【4】, everything slows down. Cargo doors can freeze up, along with the nozzles that pump fuel into planes, which delays the 【5】 process.

Even the plane itself can freeze over. Just a quarter-inch - thick layer of ice on a plane can disrupt the way air flows over its wings.

Les Westbrooks: The number one reason, I would say, that the reason flights get delayed in cold weather is going to be because there’s some kind of frozen precipitation, from frost to snow to a sheet of ice, adhering to the aircraft, adhering to the wings of the aircraft 【6】.

That’s Les Westbrooks, a retired airline pilot and an associate professor of aeronautical science at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. He says that 【7】, these planes are “de-iced” - but this also delays takeoff. The crew can spray the plane with a special hot water/ glycol mixture. It can take around 40 minutes to de-ice large passenger airplanes, so planes often have to wait “their turn” for the de-icing station, which, of course, can trigger more delays.

And ice on the runway, of course, creates another set of 【8】. In 2014, a plane at JFK skidded off an icy runway and into a mound of snow, leading to an hours-long shutdown at the airport. And even though crews can remove ice from the runway, scraping it off the pavement can lead to potholes (坑洞) and other 【9】, which makes takeoffs and landings more dangerous. And of course, snow and freezing rain on the ground can affect visibility to the point where officials have to decide it’s not safe to fly at all.

But if ice and snow aren’t the problem in these extremely cold temperatures, it’s usually another factor: people.

Les Westbrooks: The airplane flies at high altitudes, -60 degrees. It’s made to do that. Humans are not made to be outside in -60 degrees weather. And so the human factor becomes a big, big factor, when it becomes extremely cold.

Baggage handlers, aircraft fuelers, and mechanics all have to stay warm. Some airports, like O’Hare in Chicago, set up heated shelters for their employees. Of course, with everyone taking breaks to warm up, not as much gets done, which leads to even more delays and cancellations. Passengers start missing their 【10】 flights, and that, along with passengers who can’t make it to the airport due to bad road conditions, leads to half-empty planes.

In fact, many airlines might preemptively cancel flights before bad weather even hits. So, in the end, you can still blame cold weather for cancelling your flight.

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.

Driving an electric car 【1】 to the protection of environment, or so the marketing departments of their makers would have you believe. Yet a report which analyzes car emissions presents a rather different picture. A battery-powered car recharged with 【2】 generated by coal-fired power stations, it found, is likely to be more harmful. It could cause more than three times as many deaths from pollution as a 【3】 petrol-driven vehicle.

The study was carried out by the University of Minnesota. The researchers estimated how levels of fine particulate matter (细颗粒物) and ground-level ozone — two important 【4】 of air pollution — would change when a car is powered by different ways.

It was no surprise that electric cars whose batteries were recharged with power from wind, solar or hydro-electric sources came out to be virtually free from harmful 【5】. They were estimated to cause 231 deaths over the course of a year, compared with 878 for petrol cars. Electric cars recharged with power from natural gas-fired stations were also a lot less harmful than petrol-driven ones, with 439 deaths. But if those same electric cars were recharged 【6】 by coal, they would be responsible for over 3,000 deaths.

Biofuels also caused more health problems than petrol. But diesel, which often  【7】 concern about pollution, is slightly cleaner than petrol. This is because the study assumes for all cars that emission-control technologies will be more widely used, especially particulate filters which have a remarkable effect on cleaning diesel 【8】. Diesel cars are also more 【9】 of fuel than petrol-driven ones.

Overall, the study shows that electric cars are cleaner than those traditional vehicles only if the power used to charge then is also clean. That is hardly a surprise, but the 【10】 of the difference is. How green electric cars really are, then, will depend mainly on where they are driven. In France, which obtains more than half of its power from nuclear station, electric cars look like a good bet. In China and some other developing countries, where a large amount of electricity is produced from coal, they may not be so environment- friendly as they are marketed.

37、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.

38、假设你是红星中学高二学生李华。请根据以下四幅图的先后顺序，介绍你在居家自主学习期间第一次为家人做饭的过程，并以“My First Cooking”为题，给校刊“英语角”写一篇英文稿件。

提示词：家常菜homely dishes

注意：1. 词数不少于60；

2. 可适当增加细节以使行文连贯。

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39、假如你是李华,代表学校邀请外教彼得（Peter）参加端午节活动。请给他写封邮件，内容包括：

1.活动时间、地点、内容；

2.节日来历。

注意：1.词数100左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

参考词汇：端午节 the Dragon Boat Festival； 粽子  Zongzi；

农历五月初五 the fifth day of the fifth month of lunar calendar

Dear Peter,

I’am writing to invite you to__________________________________________________________________

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Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

40、阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。

Artificial intelligence(AI)teachers can provide customized teaching for students to meet their unique requirements through analyzing data and deep learning.In the future, they may replace human teachers for basic teaching tasks.Since some students may find it and put new power into traditional teaching patterns.An educational system providing customized teaching centered on students represents the future trend of AI education.

China's AI education has developed rapidly in recent years with the rise of several thousand relevant companies.Currently,AI teachers are able to help students leamn pronunciation,analyze their condition,guide them to learn independently,and even grade writing assignments. Some foreign AI educational systems have been introduced into several domestic schools and have worked well on trial.

However,the promotion of AI education is still facing several difficulties in practice such as low technological levels,inadequacy of data and lack of funds.AI education still depends largely on human teachers' work.Most importantly,it conflicts with current educational patterns because the courses developed by foreign countries are not suitable for Chinese exam-oriented education.Teachers may also find it hard to change their original roles in classrooms since easing control on classes may make them seem irresponsible.These problems need to be handled before the mass promotion of Al education.

With AI teachers,the original teacher-centered classes will be transformed into student-centered ones where teachers only organize the class and provide guidance.Since teachers are supposed to not only equip students with knowledge but also shape their values and help them develop creative abilities,AI teachers will not replace human teachers but will only pose higher requirements of teaching.A combination of AI teachers and human ones can create the best future for Al education.

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41、假定你是星光中学学生会主席李华，你校组织了一场关于抗击冠状病毒的校园安全讲座， 请你就此写一则通知。内容包括：

1．讲座的时间、地点；

2．讲座的主要内容；

3．其他注意事项。

注意：1.词数100左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

3.参考词汇：新冠病毒COVID-19；传播transmission（n.）