石嘴山2025-2026学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高三英语

1、_______ many of us today take the television for granted, it’s actually one of the greatest invention of the 20th century.

A. If B. Unless C. While D. Since

2、 I used to drink a lot of tea but these days I________coffee.

A.prefer B.preferred C.have preferred D.am preferring

3、The house rent is high. I’ve got about half the space I had at home and I’m paying_______ here.

A.as three times much B.as much three times

C.much as three times D.three times as much

4、While ________ thin, this kind of paper ________ easily.

A. looked; doesn't torn B. looking; isn't torn

C. looked; isn’t torn D. looking; doesn’t tear

5、Because the situation of that country________, all the foreigners are preparing to leave.

A.is getting worse B.got worse

C.was getting worse D.had got worse

6、—Is there a holiday recently?

—There_____ be. It has been informed that we will continue to study for another three weeks.

A.won’t B.mustn’t C.may not D.can’t

7、_______ is known to us all that the old scientist, for _______ life was hard in the past, still works hard in his eighties.

A．As; whose

B．It; whose

C．As; whom

D．It; whom

8、Nowadays, basic health care services are ______ to almost all the Chinese people, contributing to a rise in average life expectancy.

A.alternative B.abundant C.accessible D.creative

9、There are many “forced riders”，who are suffering from the climate impacts_____ having scarcely contributed to the problem.

A.when B.though C.despite D.as

10、You’ll pay_____ that remark!

A. off B. for

C. back D. out

11、Good Morning Britain’s Susanna Reid is used to   guests on the sofa everymorning, but she is cooking up a storm in her latest role—showing families how to prepare delicious and nutritious meals on a tight budget.

A.grill B.grilling C.grilled D.grills

12、The police were on the ________ within a few minutes.

A.place B.position C.spot D.location

13、There _______ be less risk of climbing to the summit since we have made adequate preparations for it.

A.should B.shall C.need D.would

14、With the top-down educational reform _______ many challenges in the classroom which deserve some serious thinking.

A．comes

B．is coming

C．are coming

D．come

15、With mountains of work to do, we should make a list first and ____________ the urgent ones.

A. burst B. urge

C. prioritize D. defend

16、Although “all-round educational development” has been advocated in China for years, students are still________ mainly by their test scores.

A. evaluated B. determined C. educated D. instructed

17、Air travel is much more affordable and _______ to the masses than it was in the 1960 s.

A.portable B.elegant C.accessible D.beneficial

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

A.Given B.To give

C.Giving D.Having given

19、He told us the news ___ our team had won the match .

A.which B.that C.why D.when

20、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

21、The reason for________ he failed in the exam was that he was too careless.

A．which

B．why

C．that

D．it

22、---Oh, help! The pan is on fire!

---_______. I can handle it.

A．Take it easy

B．Stop shouting

C．Help yourself

D．You bet

23、People were to find that some species were going extinct, which was a ______ trend.

A．astonishing; disturbing

B．astonished; disturbed

C．astonishing; disturbed

D．astonished; disturbing

24、All rights ______ , no one is allowed to copy or use this paper for other commercial purposes.

A.preserved B.observed C.deserved D.reserved

25、Scientists are hoping for a ____________ in the search for a cure for cancer.

A. reputation B. breakthrough

C. civilization D. sensation

26、He looked like a pirate.

With his handkerchief tied in a knot behind his little nine-year-old head, he looked like a pirate, a sad pirate. The first time little David came to our camp, he was hairless and worn out from medical treatments. He was also very angry.

Paul Newman's camp counselors (指导老师  ) were hoping to fill David's days with fun and laughter. But David stayed inside himself, wanting to be alone, or in a corner of the cabin. At this camp for children with life-threatening illnesses, we had seen some pretty tough children worn out by cancer recover full of energy despite their illness. But we saw little progress in David no matter what we tried with him. Five days into the eight-day session saw a quiet, sad little pirate.

Then something happened on that fifth night. Something at camp that we would call "huge". It was cabin night. That's the time when campers and counselors spend lime together in each individual cabin instead of an all-camp activity. Campers love cabin nights because there's always a bedtime snack. On the cabin table that night were bags of potato chips.

David slowly walked over to the table, leaving his comer to join the rest of us. He took one of the bags of the potato chips and started smashing(弄碎) it with his little fists, as all the other campers looked on in disbelief, I wondered what the cabin counselor would do.

The college-age volunteer counselor positioned a bag of chips on die table in front of himself, and he, too, started smashing it with his fist. The campers went crazy as everyone ran to the table to get in on the fun of smashing potato chips with their fists.

Somehow everyone knew, everyone sensed, that anger within him was now being released.

For the last couple days of the session, David was a different kid. He was a little nine-year-old boy again, trying to fill the hours of each remaining day at camp with as much fun as could be possible.

Several days after the session, David came back again. This time, there wasn't anything he wouldn't try to fit in to his day. He sure was having a great time at camp. David asked me if I needed an altar(祭坛)boy when I celebrated Mass in the woods. Sure enough, he was my altar boy. I remembered how carefully he listened to me when I talked about death. 1 said it's only a doorway. You walk through the door and there's the Lord God and behind God a whole line of people waiting to hug you.

After Mass, he said to me, "Hey Fatha, a door, huh?"

A couple more days of fun passed and tonight was the talent show. The tradition is that campers and counselors dress up in costumes, and everyone gets a standing applause for singing and dancing or simply just acting like fools on stage.

The show had begun: lights, camera, action.

Unfortunately, the only action taking place in our row of seats was little David making his way from counselor to counselor to say an early good-bye to camp. He had become quite ill and had to go to the hospital because of this new crisis.

When this little nine-year-old pirate stood in front of me, he gave me a hug and a big wet kiss on my cheek. 1 was crying. He was crying. A whole row of counselors was in tears. After the hug and kiss, he put his hands on my shoulders, and tears still in his eyes, said: "See you on the other side of the door, Fatha."

【1】The camp counselors failed to fill David's beginning days with fun and laughter, mainly because David_____.

A.behaved like a pirate

B.remained in a bad mood

C.was left alone at the camp

D.was teased by other campers

【2】Seeing David smashing the potato chips, the counselor did the same thing in response because he _____.

A.would like David to eat more of them

B.hoped all the other campers would join

C.found it possible to help David release anger

D.wanted to show that he was as angry as David

【3】What can we learn from this article?

A.The camp was intended for those talented in singing and dancing.

B.The purpose of the camp was to give diseased children caring love.

C.The camp was popular among the children who enjoyed their vacation here.

D.Medical treatment could be provided to diseased children at the camp.

【4】Which of the following does NOT show the change in David?

A.David came back to the camp for a second session after the first ended.

B.David had become quite ill and had to go to the hospital because of this new crisis.

C.David made his way from counselor to counselor to say an early good-bye to camp.

D.David stood in front of me and gave me a hug and a big wet kiss on my cheek.

【5】What do you think the theme of the story is?

A.Children with deadly diseases are usually difficult to get along with.

B.People should have patience with children with life-threatening illnesses.

C.People should tell children with life-threatening illnesses to care nothing about death.

D.Love and proper guidance can help people look at something negative in a positive way.

27、You may have heard the term self-awareness, but what is it and why does it matter?

Being self-aware can influence how you feel in your job and in your personal life. Daniel Goleman takes that connection much further, saying self-awareness is the key to success. He describes self-awareness as “knowing one’s internal (内在的)states, preference and resources”, and then monitoring that “inner world” information as it comes up. If you can be as aware of your feelings and thoughts, you’ll be better able to deal with new situations. Because you know yourself better, you’ll be more accepting of yourself, your thoughts and your feelings, Goleman says.

But self-awareness doesn’t stop at how you see yourself. It’s also understanding and acknowledging how others see you. Tasha Eurich, an organizational psychologist, explains that self-awareness has two parts — internal and external (外部的). Internal self-awareness means we can clearly see our own values, thoughts, passions and feelings. External self-awareness is clearly seeing how others see us. People who are externally self-aware tend to be better leaders.

So how do you know if you’re self-aware or not? Eurich developed a short online quiz to help. You’re not the only one who has to take it. Someone who knows you well also has to answer questions about you.

In a recent TED Talk, Eurich refers to self-awareness unicorns. This group makes up only a small part of all the people she has studied. These are people who not only believe they are self-aware, but other people who know them would agree. Additionally, these unicorns would say they have improved their self-awareness in their lives and again, those who know them well would agree.

Thankfully, anyone can become more self-aware, as long as they’re willing to devote some time and effort to the cause.

【1】According to Daniel Goleman, a self-aware person ________.

A．feels dissatisfied with his life

B．has a burning desire for success

C．avoids challenging new situations

D．handles his self-information well

【2】In Eurich’s theory, what helps make a better leader?

A．External self-awareness.

B．Clear thinking.

C．Sharp understanding.

D．Internal self-awareness.

【3】How does Eurich’s quiz assess one’s self-awareness?

A．By setting criteria for answers.

B．By measuring others’ reactions.

C．By analyzing only quiz-takers’ questions.

D．By matching internal and external opinions.

【4】What can be inferred about unicorns from the 5th paragraph?

A．They are born experts.

B．They fail to get approval.

C．They are rare talents.

D．They try to please others.

28、Last fall, I happened to overhear a student telling the others he had decided not to sign up for an introductory philosophy course. The demands of his major, he said seriously, meant he needed to take “practical” courses, and “enlightenment” would simply have to wait. For now, employability was the most important.

The students’ conversation fits into a larger alarming narrative about the role of the humanities in higher education. In a time of dizzying technological achievement and of rapid scientific innovation, sceptics of the humanities may question the usefulness of studying Aristotle, the Italian Renaissance or Chinese fiction.

Actually, I regret not interrupting that student to argue for taking that introductory philosophy course. I would have started by reminding him that, for much of America’s history, college graduates were not considered truly educated unless they had mastered philosophy, literature, political theory and history. The key role of higher education was to invite students into the conversations about matters like what it means to be alive and the definition of justice. Fostering engagement with these subjects is still an essential part of the university’s function in society.

I would have also mentioned to the student that he was misinformed about the job market. It is true that many employers are looking for graduates with specialized technical skills, but they also look for other capabilities. As the world is transformed by artificial intelligence, machine learning and automation, the unique human qualities of creativity, imagination and moral reasoning will be the ultimate coin of the realm. All these skills are developed in humanities courses.

Further, I would have argued that while a degree anchored in the sciences is an important precondition for many jobs, it is not the only route. Look no further than the founders of companies such as LinkedIn, Slack and Flickr, who are among the many tech businesspersons with degrees in the humanities, and who credit that training for their success.

Contrary to the widely held belief that humanities majors have a hard time getting jobs, recent studies show that those with humanities degrees are successful in the workplace, experiencing low rates of unemployment and reporting high levels of job satisfaction. The ratio between average median(中位数) incomes for humanities degree holders and those with business, engineering, and health and medical sciences degrees has been shown to narrow over the course of a career.

The case for the humanities can also be understood in less transactional terms and more as a foundational preparation for a life well lived. A humanities education plays a vital role in encouraging citizens to lead an examined life. It fosters critical thinking, self-reflection, empathy and tolerance, the usefulness of which only becomes more apparent as one navigates life’s challenges.

By all means, students should take courses they think practical and follow their interests, but if they also make a point of studying the literature of the Renaissance, or researching into modern poetry, or even taking introductory philosophy, we will all benefit.

【1】What do the students’ conversation show?

A．Students feel employment difficult.

B．Students think philosophy less important.

C．Students find scientific innovation amazing.

D．Students consider university courses unsatisfying.

【2】What does the underlined part in Paragraph 4 probably mean?

A．Highly valued.

B．Equally applied.

C．Strictly assessed.

D．Greatly improved.

【3】The author may agree that humanities _____.

A．discover students’ artistic ability

B．prepare students for graduation

C．raise awareness of social status

D．provide great insights into life

【4】Which of the following shows the development of ideas in the passage?

I: Introduction        P: Point        Sp: Sub-point(次要点)        C: Conclusion

A．

B．

C．

D．

29、   Early in the morning of June 29, 1991, Carrie and Morgenstern were watching the field. Although they could see nothing through the thick fog, they kept their camera running.

By 6 a.m. the fog began to lift. A pair of circles had been flattened. The wheat were bent but not broken. Outside the circles the wheat was untouched, and there were no footprints or other marks. The circles seemed to have come from nowhere. “ I can’t explain it at all ,” Mike Carrier said to himself with his eyes wide open.

Carrier is not alone since the early 1980s, more than 2000 circles have appeared in farmer’s fields. Most circles form at night between May and August.

Some believe the circles are caused by deer or some other animals. Others think of UFOs. “The circles are messages given by those who come from outer space,” says Michael Green. “Perhaps they are trying to get in touch with us.”

Pat Delgado has done research on crop circles since 1981. He believes that they are caused by “ some form of earth energy.”

Most scientists think that there’s no scientific basis to back up Green’s or Delgado’s theories. In September 1991, Doug Bower and Dave Chorley told newsmen that since 1979 they had made circles throughout southern England to fool people who believed in UFOs. Since the early 1980s, Dr. Terence Meaden has visited more than1000 circles. Now he thinks he may have the answer. He believes true crop circles are made by vortex(旋风) which can flatten the crop.

Now crop circles are still found in southern England each summer. Are they really the traces of UFOs?

【1】On the morning of June 29, 1991, Carrier and Morgenstern hoped to________.

A.record the important thing B.draw a conclusion

C.find some footprints D.see something funny

【2】When he saw the crop circle, Mike Carrie was________.

A.satisfied B.frightened C.surprised D.interested

【3】Most scientists consider that theories of Green and Delgado are_________.

A.meaningful B.undoubted C.instructive D.unreasonable

【4】According to the article we may know that all the crop circles______.

A.are caused by some animals B.are formed by earth energy

C.are not tricks made by someone D.are made by UFOs from outer space

30、My parents were so proud of me, especially of something I accomplished. This is one of my happiest memories and, sadly, also the _______ I have of my parents. They _______ in one evening when some drunken men crashed their car into them.

From then on, I was _______. I missed them greatly, but_______surprisingly well on my own. If they were alive, they would be most _______ of the moment I met my best friend, Eliza Jones. I'm also most proud of that _______

It was a June evening. I was seventeen years old and sitting on a tree branch, listening to the music the water created under the bridge. Just then I noticed a(n) _______ appear on the bridge. Suddenly it stopped on the top of the bridge and _______ to the river.

I _______ up and launched myself at the falling figure. I had never swum at this ________. I had to catch it; ________ I would never forgive myself. I swam faster and faster and ________ the figure. I laid the person on the riverbank and found it was a girl, about my age. She asked me why I tried to ________ her. I said I couldn't just watch someone didn't ________ her life. Then we talked and I found we both liked to read about fairies.

She told me she was a writer who wanted to travel around the world and write amazing fantasy novels. I was glad she had a target for the future. I said, 'Tomorrow morning the sun will rise, bringing with it the ________ of another start. ' And she promised she would continue living well. After that I had a fond memory of the bridge.

【1】

A．easiest

B．longest

C．deepest

D．last

【2】

A．died

B．escaped

C．returned

D．married

【3】

A．stubborn

B．nervous

C．unaccompanied

D．impatient

【4】

A．travelled

B．played

C．changed

D．managed

【5】

A．frightened

B．proud

C．aware

D．confident

【6】

A．moment

B．advice

C．achievement

D．dream

【7】

A．accident

B．poster

C．pattern

D．figure

【8】

A．referred

B．jumped

C．turned

D．pointed

【9】

A．turned

B．spoke

C．shot

D．woke

【10】

A．atmosphere

B．speed

C．length

D．chance

【11】

A．otherwise

B．instead

C．however

D．besides

【12】

A．created

B．discovered

C．grasped

D．abandoned

【13】

A．rescue

B．remember

C．support

D．suspect

【14】

A．review

B．treasure

C．check

D．choose

【15】

A．background

B．operation

C．appointment

D．promise

31、   Not everyone around is easy to get on well with in your life. I've always tried to keep my _______ from people who are rude, aggressive and mean. But sometimes we can't _______ having contact with people who might not have our best interests at heart.

Last summer, I became involved with a(n) _______ co­worker who was at a bad spot in his life. I had a lot of _______ for him and decided to help him _______ this tough time, so I tried my best to tolerate his rudeness when he lost his temper. However, just like a swimmer drowning in a pool, he grabbed on and ended up drowning me when I _______ and tried to rescue him. His rudeness gradually was out of _______. One night, when I got up to get a glass of water, he started yelling at me to get back into my bedroom. I did as I was told but I was not happy about it. He _______ my change in mood and asked what was wrong. But when I told him his behavior toward me was _______ and that I was very hurt by the way he had treated me, he was surprised. He could not understand his actions had a bad ________ on me. He told me he didn't have anything ________ me and that there was no need for me to ________ it. I used examples from his life of things that had hurt him and then tried to make the ________ that the same things also made me unfriendly. I said, “I always treat you with patience, understanding and kindness, but you haven't treated me with ________ respect.” He was silent after listening to my words. What I had said might ________ him.

People only change if they want to change. I didn't know whether he would change his opinion or not in the future.

【1】A.difference B.pressure C.absence D.distance

【2】A.risk B.escape C.avoid D.appreciate

【3】A.bad­tempered B.kind­hearted C.easy­going D.co­operative

【4】A.advice B.sympathy C.permission D.selection

【5】A.get across B.look after C.make out D.pull through

【6】A.reached out B.carried out C.gave out D.turned out

【7】A.practice B.action C.control D.danger

【8】A.forgave B.noticed C.ignored D.understood

【9】A.appropriate B.unnecessary C.unacceptable D.traditional

【10】A.effect B.meaning C.content D.view

【11】A.for B.with C.on D.against

【12】A.mind B.doubt C.refuse D.praise

【13】A.summary B.analysis C.comparison D.expectation

【14】A.deserved B.proven C.promised D.intended

【15】A.annoy B.touch C.inspire D.satisfy

32、   As the train picked up its speed, the passengers slowly settled down on their seats. A（n）_________lady occupied the front seat of mine. She must be in her eighties, I guessed. She smiled at me. Out of curiosity, I gave her_________. But both of us were_________.

It was 4:50 pm. So, bed time was still in a long way. I couldn’t_________myself any longer and asked, “Aunty！Where are you going?”

She_________me for a while and replied, “Army camp, dear.”

Suddenly my_________doubled to know the reason. I politely said, “Aunty, you are_________someone?”

She smiled and I continued to say: “Aunty, you must be feeling so_________to see your child and your grandchildren.”

Perhaps, this question_________her a little but she answered, “Oh, dear! You are so sweet!__________, I had only one son who joined the__________and was killed in a battle just a few days before. I had__________so many new clothes for him. So, I thought why not__________my son’s clothes to some other soldiers, so that I would control my__________and would be happy thinking that my own son has worn it. He was__________, so I don’t have any grand child.”

I was astonished at her heart breaking story! But I admired the old lady from the core of my heart.

【1】A.elderly B.famous C.stubborn D.smart

【2】A.response B.exploration C.research D.amazement

【3】A.dynamic B.calm C.silent D.positive

【4】A.resist B.forgive C.deserve D.demand

【5】A.cared about B.stared at C.attended to D.watched over

【6】A.anxiety B.embarrassment C.appreciation D.curiosity

【7】A.visiting B.charging C.sentencing D.reminding

【8】A.puzzled B.frightened C.astonished D.excited

【9】A.entertained B.attracted C.hurt D.impressed

【10】A.Besides B.Therefore C.Still D.Anyway

【11】A.club B.league C.party D.army

【12】A.shared B.counted C.bought D.buried

【13】A.sold B.donate C.connect D.expand

【14】A.sorrow B.shock C.sickness D.energy

【15】A.unbelievable B.unbearable C.unemployed D.unmarried

33、   On February 4, 2009, I flew from eastern Russia across the Atlantic to America. One week after my _____, I stepped in Anne Frank Elementary for the first time. With shaky knees and sweaty hands, took my first _____towards assimilation (同化). I would almost give in to many _____in my way: my peers' tease of my quiet, broken English and my disability to be _____in English class. I spent every free minute learning grammar or vocabulary, desperately _____to learn English quickly I dreamed of the day when my _____would be heard and understood.

Two years after arriving in America, I _____in front of 300 students and teachers, and heard my clear voice _____sixth-grade vocabulary at traditional American spelling bee (拼字比赛). One Friday afternoon, my teacher pulled me aside, asking me to _____my class in the annual spelling bee. That day I couldn't _____to tell my mother the news. I made myself a promise to study 15 words every morning, so when the _____was finally at hand, no anxious thoughts would _____my performance. Every day for the next three weeks, I woke up an hour earlier to study before school. _____, didn't win the 2011 spelling bee championship, but this seemingly small step gave me _____. From then on, with every small hurdle _____, the negativity of those around me faded and my belief in myself _____greatly.

Last summer, as the student coordinator of Team Myanmar in the International Communications and Negotiations Simulation, I began each meeting with _____, conveying my opinions clearly and letting my voice sound _____. Eight years later, I can say that the shy little girl who first stepped off the plane into an unfamiliar world has _____In her place stands a young woman who _____difficulties with a calm smile and firm steps.

【1】A.arrival B.recovery C.graduation D.search

【2】A.training B.measure C.picture D.step

【3】A.dreams B.demands C.troubles D.ambitions

【4】A.easygoing B.outstanding C.flexible D.elegant

【5】A.wanting B.refusing C.forgetting D.pretending

【6】A.voice B.plan C.story D.record

【7】A.passed B.stood C.relaxed D.disappeared

【8】A.teaching B.copying C.spelling D.practicing

【9】A.test B.interview C.recognize D.represent

【10】A.wait B.expect C.try D.promise

【11】A.award B.prize C.competition D.punishment

【12】A.expose B.block C.prove D.support

【13】A.Meanwhile B.Interestingly C.Therefore D.Unfortunately

【14】A.excuse B.explanation C.courage D.opportunity

【15】A.felt B.expanded C.compared D.overcome

【16】A.exchanged B.decreased C.broke D.grew

【17】A.confidence B.patience C.reluctance D.anger

【18】A.strange B.natural C.familiar D.complex

【19】A.returned B.remained C.changed D.appeared

【20】A.describes B.defeats C.observes D.fears

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

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.

35、阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空，在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个适当单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。

A

I have the【1】(great)job in the world. I travel to unusual places and work alongside people from all over the world. Sometimes using【2】(science)equipment and sometimes meeting local people and tourists, I am never【3】(bore).Although my job is occasionally dangerous, I don’t mind because danger excites me and makes me feel alive. However, the most important thing about my job is that I help protect ordinary people【4】 one of the most powerful forces on earth—the volcano.

B

Water is a precious resource. Every person needs it【5】 (survive),and we use it for cooking, drinking, growing our food and washing. However，it is scarce(缺乏的).Just 1% of water on Earth can【6】 (use)by humans. What’s more，treating water to make it clean and safe and pumping it to our homes uses up lots of energy. So, what can you do to help save water? One easy way is by【7】(turn)off the tap when you brush your teeth.

C

Robbie Phillips has become the first British person to complete one of the toughest challenges in rock climbing. 【8】(know)as the Alpine Trilogy(阿尔卑斯三部曲),the challenge consists of three climbs on mountains in Austria, Germany and Switzerland, 【9】Phillips completed in four years. Until now, only four other people【10】(conquer)all three of the extremely difficult climbs.

36、

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.”

38、假定你是李华，你的英国网友Mick 向你咨询如何预防新冠肺炎。请你用英语写一封e-mail，要点如下：

1.不要去人群聚集处，外出时要佩戴口罩；2.注意个人卫生（勤洗手；保持居所清洁……)；3.提高免疫力（多休息、适度运动、均衡饮食…….)。

注意：1.词数100左右；2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；3.开头和结尾已给出，不计人总词数。

参考词汇：sanitizer洗手液 immunity 免疫力

Dear Mick,

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Good luck.

Yours,

Li Hua

39、疫情期间，开展线上教学，青少年由于看电脑，用手机时间过长，眼睛近视问题越来越严重，成为学校、家长和社会关注的热点问题。请你就此问题，并结合自身情况，就如何改善青少年近视问题给出合理建议，以“How to Protect Our Eyes ”为题写一篇作文。

Nowadays more and more students are becoming short-sighted,

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

Imagine living on the edge of a vast desert, which is moving quietly closer to your village every day and covering your fields. The desert is on the move. This is called desertification.

Desertification occurs in regions close to an already existing desert. It generally arises from two related causes. The first is over-use of water in the area. There is not enough water in any case, and if it is not carefully used, disaster can follow. As time goes on, water shortages make farming more and more difficult. In some places, locals can remember local lakes and marshes which were once the homes for all kinds of fish and birds. They have been completely buried by the sand now. Farmers leave the land, and fields are replaced by deserts.

The second cause is misuse or over-use of the land. This means that the wrong crops are planted and need more water than is available. Ploughing large fields and removing bushes and trees means that the wind will blow away the soil. Once the soil is lost, it is hard to replace, and if there is rain, it has nowhere to go, and brings no benefit.

It is not only the farmers and villagers who suffer. Every spring, the skies over some of eastern cities, thousands of kilometers away from the deserts, can be darkened by sandstorms. Dust from deserts can have a great effect on weather systems. While desertification is perhaps being partly caused by global warming, these sandstorms can make global warming worse by adding to what is known as the greenhouse effect.

What can be done to slow down or stop the process of desertification? A great deal of work is already under way. Obviously first steps are to find new water sources. Tree planting can help, by providing barriers between desert and rich field. Some types of grass also hold the soil together, and stop the wind taking it. Without these efforts, it will be harder and harder to stop the world’s deserts in their tracks, and more and more farmers will give up and head for cities. The lesson to be learnt lies beneath the sand.

41、假如你是李华，你的美国笔友Tom发来邮件抱怨父母给他定了很多家规，如晚上10点前回家，不得与父母顶嘴等。请你给他写封回信，要点包括：1. 家规的重要性；2. 你对他家的家规的看法；3. 你家的家规。注意：1. 词数100左右；2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Tom,

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