海北州2025-2026学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高一英语

1、They ____ each other in shape but not in color.

A. like B. look

C. resemble D. represent

2、Last month, part of Southeast Asia was struck by floods, from ________ effects the people are still suffering.

A．that

B．whose

C．those

D．what

3、I had to ________ my voice to make myself heard over the noise.

A.rise B.raise C.arise D.arouse

4、From her knowledge of Douglas's habits，she feels sure that the attacker last night ___________Douglas.

A. mustn't have been B. can't have been

C. shouldn't have been D. wouldn't have been

5、As we know, _______ of beauty change across time and cultural groups.

A.structures B.status C.statistics D.standards

6、Both men were happy to ________ from contemporary life, seeking a harmonious relationship with nature in the quietness of their lives.

A．dispose

B．withdraw

C．tremble

D．acknowledge

7、Travelling on the bad mountain roads is a(an)________ experience and I will never risk my life like that.

A. terrifying B. terrified

C. astonishing D. astonished

8、There was a round of applause as the horses ________ the last fence(障碍物).

A.jumped B.walked C.cleared D.surrounded

9、Drivers should be careful near schools in particular, ________ there are likely to be many children.

A.though B.but C.so D.because

10、Several swimmers have been drowned in the sea recently. So I don’t _______of your going swimming alone.

A.approve B.agree C.support D.admit

11、Our blood depends on us moving around to be able to _______ properly.

A.bleed B.bond C.crash D.circulate

12、Only when he grew up did he ________ the effects of his father’s action.

A．aware

B．aware of

C．become aware

D．become aware of

13、For many seniors in some universities, the final year can be an unhappy experience, __________ that ends the campus romance.

A.which B.the one C.what D.one

14、Parents are under a(n)   to educate their children.

A. responsibility B. duty

C. liability D. obligation

15、The British Prime Minister was forced to make an important decision. ___________many would refuse to accept.

A.that B.the one C.one D.those

16、Many students agree that the charm of school dances is fading away. Megan Wachtel believes social media may be to blame because people often get ________ in sharing their experience.

A. wound up B. used up

C. caught up D. lifted up

17、New technologies have make _______ possible to turn out new products faster and at a lower cost.

A.that B.this C.one D.it

18、Mary ______ and saw that a bear was moving towards her.

A.turned down B.turned up C.turned on D.turned around

19、It’s high time that we against spreading false information on the Internet.

A.will fight B.fought C.would fight D.fight

20、The electrical fan she__________in town yesterday works well again.

A.repaired B.had repaired C.has repaired D.had had repaired

21、Jane can’t attend the meeting at 3 o’clock this afternoon because she _________ a class at that time.

A．have taught

B．will teach

C．will be teaching

D．is teaching

22、____________ of 20 countries attended the G20 Conference, which would surely make a positive impact on world’s economic development.

A. Volunteers B. Astronauts

C. Delegates D. Athletes

23、_________ students develop these social skills, schools in America offer a large number of after-school activities.

A．Helping

B．Help

C．Helped

D．To help

24、It is reported that many a new house ________ at present in the disaster area.

A．are being built

B．were being built

C．was being built

D．is being built

25、Not until _________ in the college entrance exam _________ that he had wasted much time using his mobile phone to surf the Internet and play games.

A.had he failed; he realized B.he had failed; did he realize

C.he had failed; he realized D.did he fail; did he realize

26、   Although she died more than twenty-five years ago, many Americans still argue about Ayn Rand. People also continue to talk about her ideas and her interesting life.

As a young child, Alisa loved books. She began to write her own stories when she was only seven. She took classes in politics, history, law and writing . In 1926, she traveled to the United States and decided she would never leave. She also decided to change her name to “Ayn Rand.” Newly named, Rand moved to Hollywood, California to work in the movie business. Throughout the 1930s, she published two books, but did not earn much critical or popular recognition.

Then, in1943, Rand's famous book“The Fountainhead”was published. It took her seven years to write the novel. Twelve publishers rejected the book. However, a man named Archibald Ogden loved the story and convinced the Bobbs-Merrill company to publish it. “The Fountainhead”became a huge success around the world. It has sold more than six million copies. It continues to sell about one hundred thousand copies each year.

“The Fountainhead” tells the story of a young building designer named Howard Roark. Roark wants  to  build interesting, modern-looking buildings. However, most people only want to see traditional designs. Roark loves designing and building more than anything in the world. But he refuses to compromise and make buildings he hates. Several people work against Roark and his goals. But in the end, Roark succeeds.

“The Fountainhead ”is an unusual novel for many reasons. It is more than 700 pages long, far longer than most books people read for entertainment. More importantly, it also includes discussions of philosophy, which are not usually found in popular books. Most critics did not like “ The Fountainhead”. But readers loved it. In 1949,it was made into a popular movie.

She lived quietly in New York City until she died in 1982. She is still one of the most loved, and hated, American thinkers and writers.

【1】When did Alisa decide to change her name to Ayn Rand?

A.When she began to write her own stories. B.When she took classes in politics and writing.

C.When she decided to settle in the US.  D.When she moved to Hollywood, California.

【2】Which of the following is true of Rand's famous book The Fountainhead?

A.It cost the author eight years to complete. B.It was loved by all the twelve publishers.

C.It was finally published by Archibald Ogden. D.It was a great success around the world.

【3】What can we learn about Howard Roark?

A.He wants to build interesting, traditional buildings.

B.He loves designing and building anything in the world.

C.He has to give in and make buildings he hates.

D.He achieves his goals and eventually gains success.

【4】What is the passage mainly about?

A.The life and writing of Ayn Rand. B.The interesting life of Ayn Rand.

C.Rand's famous book“The Fountainhead”. D.Different attitudes towards Rand's book.

27、   A study showed that the experiences children have in their first few years are important . These experiences affect the development of the brain. When children receive more attention, they often have higher IQs. Babies receive information when they see, hear and feel things, which makes connections between different parts of the brain. There are a hundred trillion (万亿) connections in the brain of a three-year-old child.

Researcher Judit Gervain tested how good newborns are at distinguishing different sound patterns. Her researchers produced images of the brains of babies as they heard different sound patterns. For example, one order was mu-ba-ba. This is the pattern “A-B-B". Another order was mu-ba-ge. This is the pattern “A-B-C”. The images showed that the part of the brain responsible for speech was more active during the “A-B-B” pattern. This shows that babies can tell the difference between different patterns. They also were sensitive to where it occurred in the order.

Gervain is excited by these findings because the order of sounds is the building block of words and grammar. “Position is key to language," she says. “If something is at the beginning or at the end, it makes a big difference: ‘John caught the bear.’ is very different from ‘The bear caught John.’ ”

Researchers led by scientist Patricia Kuhl have found that language delivered by televisions, audio books,the Internet, or smartphones－no matter how educational－doesn’t appear to be enough for children’s brain development. They carried out a study of nine-month-old American babies. They expected the first group who’d watched videos in Chinese to show the same kind of learning as the second group who were brought face-to-face with the same sounds. Instead they found a huge difference. The babies in the second group were able to distinguish between similar Chinese sounds as well as native listeners. But the other babies －regardless of whether they had watched the video or listened to the audio－learned nothing.

【1】What makes connections in a baby’s brain?

A. Having a higher IQ. B. The connection with other babies.

C. The baby’s early age. D. Experiencing new information.

【2】What did Judit Gervain and her team find in the experiment?

A. Word order is relevant to meaning. B. Babies identify different sound patterns.

C. A certain brain region processes language. D. Babies can well understand different words.

【3】What does the underlined sentence mean in Paragraph 3?

A. Words have different sounds.

B. Grammar is important in learning languages

C. Different orders have different meanings.

D. Different languages have different grammar.

【4】What is the main conclusion from the study led by Patricia Kuhl?

A. Babies shouldn’t watch a lot of television.

B. Social communication improves babies’ brain development.

C. Listening to different languages helps to develop babies’ brain

D. Foreign languages are beneficial to babies’ brain development

28、   Your morning can determine the rest of your workday. It’s no wonder that so many successful business people keep strict morning habits. If you want to do your work best and be a more productive person, try to follow these four common morning habits.

Wake up early

Successful business people wake up early. Early risers have many advantages. Compared with people who stay up late at night, they tend to delay less. They are also less stressed because, instead of rushing out the door, they take time for themselves and prepare for their day.

Get moving

Successful business people attach importance to their health. After all, a healthy body and mind go together. Morning exercise appears to be best for reducing stress by lowering blood pressure. It also helps you burn more fat throughout the day and lose weight.

Recharge your motivation

Successful business people understand that motivation doesn’t last forever and needs to be constantly recharged (充电). Reading encouraging sayings is a good way. Thinking about where you are and where you want to go can help you focus on your larger goals.

Eat your frog

Mark Twain once said, “Eat a live frog first thing in the morning, and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.” In other words, handle your day’s hardest job early when your mental energy is at its highest. Choose only one “frog” of the day and complete it before your normal workday begins.

【1】According to the text, what can morning exercise do?

A.Increase weight. B.Increase blood pressure.

C.Reduce delays. D.Reduce stress.

【2】What does the underlined word “frog” in the last paragraph refer to?

A.A live animal. B.A life goal.

C.A hard job. D.A normal weekday.

【3】What is the main topic of the text?

A.Morning habits. B.Business advantages.

C.Healthy diets. D.Office tips.

29、   When a laptop or smartphone battery starts losing its power, the only options are to buy an expensive replacement or just keep it plugged in all the time. But a woman Mya Le Thai may have found the solution to this problem.

Thai was frustrated that the batteries for her wireless devices degraded (退化) over time, until they failed to charge fully. She did not like having to keep her laptop connected to an electrical outlet to keep it powered on. So, she decided to do something about that problem. At first, she and her team at UC Irvine thought about inventing a new battery. But as they experimented, Thai discovered something that might permit lithium-ion (锂离子) batteries to last forever.

Lithium-ion batteries power most wireless devices. Over time, the batteries lose the ability to hold a charge. Most of these batteries have a lifespan of about 7,000 charging cycles before they die. One of the reasons lithium-ion batteries degrade is their use of nanowires to carry electricity. Nano wires are extremely thin. A human hair is thousands of times thicker, for example. Nano wires are extremely efficient carriers of electricity, which makes them useful in batteries.

But, Thai had a theory — the nanowires might last longer if covered with a gel (凝胶). She and her team tested this theory. “It was a long process and a lot of work,” Thai said. The team tried many coverings for the wires. PMMA, a type of plastic, was one of them. The nanowires were coated with PMMA and cycled through charging 200,000 times. The PMMA-coated nanowires showed no evidence of damage. The results suggest that batteries could last forever without losing charging ability.

Thai hopes to continue her research to understand why this gel works so well and to see if any other gel could create better results and she is enjoying the publicity about her discovery. She said she never expected her research to get media coverage. “It’s kind of cool,” she said. “I’m really glad people are showing interest in my work and not just in the work itself; but also in technology and energy.”

【1】Why did Mya Le Thai work on lithium-ion batteries?

A.She disliked the batteries for her laptop.

B.Her team were ordered to invent a new battery.

C.Many people thought batteries were too expensive.

D.The batteries would soon fail to get fully charged.

【2】What can we infer about nanowires?

A.They are too weak to carry electricity.

B.They are not suitable to use in batteries.

C.They Iasi exactly 7,000 charging cycles.

D.Their thinness is a cause of batteries degrading.

【3】What was Thai and her team’s breakthrough?

A.Coating nanowires in a gel. B.A new kind of battery.

C.New materials for batteries. D.A new way of charging batteries.

【4】What may be the best title for the passage?

A.Mya Le Thai discovered nanowires B.A woman invents a lasting battery

C.The options of batteries for wireless devices D.The reasons for batteries degrading

30、If there was a subject at school that made me anxious, it was science. So, when my husband and I decided to homeschool our daughters, we made a _______: He would teach science while I would handle everything else.

Recently, while out on my morning hike before starting lessons, I _______ that the sky was a beautiful blue, and the air was filled with the _______ smell of flowers. That’s why I decided thatthe day’s lessons would be _______ outside，although my daughters hadn’t had any science classes from my husband _______ since my husband was too busy.

I returned to the house to get the girls _______. We headed up into the forest, _______ ourselves by a pond that rarely had any visitors. My daughter Saoirse began _______ pond weeds and catching frogs, _______ my other daughter Ula looked at me, waiting to be ________. I handed her a drawing board and the colored pencils. “We ________” I told her, “and see if something comes along. Just ________ what’s around you.”

We worked for more than an hour, ________ speaking. A bird flew across the water, and then settled in front of a fallen log (原木). I quickly told Ula, ________ that she’d not seen the creature. But she had. An hour later, she finished her picture, and I ________ down at it. She drew the bird on her paper with ________ accuracy. There was one other interesting ________ about this drawing: She also drew me, sitting beside her.

I then realized the foundation of science is a sense of ________; It isn’t about accurately reciting words from a textbook. It is first and foremost about stepping outside our ________ lives and marveling at the world around us. And from that day, I insisted on ________ my husband’s duty as the science teacher.

【1】

A．change

B．deal

C．mistake

D．scene

【2】

A．recognized

B．observed

C．noticed

D．acquired

【3】

A．horrible

B．strange

C．particular

D．sweet

【4】

A．taught

B．reviewed

C．prepared

D．applied

【5】

A．at one time

B．for a while

C．in the meantime

D．in a moment

【6】

A．focused

B．inspired

C．ready

D．cheerful

【7】

A．refreshing

B．expressing

C．evaluating

D．settling

【8】

A．picking up

B．bringing up

C．giving up

D．setting up

【9】

A．since

B．while

C．although

D．therefore

【10】

A．praised

B．checked

C．instructed

D．followed

【11】

A．rest

B．pause

C．gather

D．wait

【12】

A．draw

B．appreciate

C．write

D．measure

【13】

A．frequently

B．barely

C．loudly

D．calmly

【14】

A．disappointed

B．confused

C．worried

D．shocked

【15】

A．stared

B．glanced

C．glared

D．looked

【16】

A．poor

B．slight

C．absolute

D．amazing

【17】

A．dilemma

B．fact

C．story

D．topic

【18】

A．duty

B．sight

C．wonder

D．art

【19】

A．busy

B．previous

C．empty

D．happy

【20】

A．taking in

B．taking off

C．taking down

D．taking over

31、Last week I went shopping in the supermarket. I got to the front of the ___________ and put my groceries through the checkout. I was about to pay, when I ___________ that I didn't have my bankcard with me. I _________.Then I remembered I left it at home when I ___________ something online. All I had was $30 in notes and some coins in my wallet. I was short ___________ at least $25, and I needed to buy most of the items.

I started to ___________ to the checkout lady. "I'm sorry, I stop the queue. Can I put these things back, and then think I'll ___________ these. Oh, no, need that."

An Irish lady was ___________ behind me, next in the queue. "Excuse me, Dear," she said. "Oh, I'm so sorry," I replied, "I'm ___________ you up." "Of course not. I know ____________ you feel. This happens to all of us at some point. Now please use my ____________ to pay the bill and you can be on your way."

I was astonished by her kindness, ____________ even. No matter how I insisted otherwise, she was ________ to help me. Afterwards I asked for her telephone number to ____________ and pay her back. "No," she said, "rather pay it forward. You may do a good deed for the next person in need."

By helping others, can we start chain ____________ of positive feeling and charity that can benefit our whole society?

【1】

A．table

B．supermarket

C．queue

D．shelf

【2】

A．realized

B．knew

C．recognized

D．observed

【3】

A．hesitated

B．paused

C．panicked

D．struggled

【4】

A．explored

B．purchased

C．advocated

D．delivered

【5】

A．by

B．under

C．on

D．with

【6】

A．cry

B．apologise

C．complain

D．explain

【7】

A．borrow

B．drop

C．follow

D．take

【8】

A．standing

B．supporting

C．blaming

D．shouting

【9】

A．turning

B．putting

C．joining

D．holding

【10】

A．what

B．how

C．why

D．when

【11】

A．card

B．fame

C．income

D．identity

【12】

A．abnormal

B．anxious

C．embarrassed

D．desperate

【13】

A．convinced

B．determined

C．excited

D．reluctant

【14】

A．fit in

B．get through

C．look up

D．get in touch

【15】

A．reaction

B．sympathy

C．satisfaction

D．relationship

32、   When I was 16 years old, the way I looked mattered most in the world to me. My friends and I wanted nothing but perfection.

In high school, we joined the gymnastics team, and our ________ became even more important to us. We had no fat, only muscle. On the weekends, we would go to the beach, ________ of our flat stomachs.

One summer day, all my friends were at my house ________. At one point, I was running back to the pool. I ________ on a bee, and when it was dying under my foot, it stung (蛰) me. I instantly started to feel ________. That night, I began to run a high fever and my leg and foot were red, hot and swollen. I couldn’t walk. I could hardly ________. When my foot started to go numb (失去知觉), everyone became more ________. My foot was not getting enough blood. I had to go to the ________, and my leg hurt as if it were badly broken. I couldn’t move. All I could do was think about how soft my waist was becoming. That troubled me more than any concern over my ________.

That all ________ when I heard the doctors mention possibly cutting off my foot. It was still not getting the ________ supply it needed. The doctors would have to speed up their ________.

Never before had I had such great appreciation for my foot. And walking seemed like a ________ from the gods. Less and less would I want to hear my friends talk about ________ and who was wearing what. More and more I expected visits from other kids in the hospital, who were quickly becoming my friends.

One girl came to visit me ________. Every time she came, she brought flowers. She was recovering from cancer and felt she should come back and ________ the other patients.

She still had no hair, and she was swollen from medications she had been taking. I would not have given this girl a second ________ before. I now loved every inch of her and looked forward to her ________.

Finally, I was improving and soon I went home. My leg was still swollen,

_____ I was walking, and I had my foot! When I would go back to the hospital, I often saw my friend. She was still visiting people and ________ good cheer. I thought if there was an angel on this earth, it had to be her.

【1】A.brains B.bodies C.grades D.clothes

【2】A.sure B.guilty C.ashamed D.proud

【3】A.swimming B.chatting C.dancing D.jogging

【4】A.focused B.took C.stepped D.held

【5】A.well B.free C.sick D.fearful

【6】A.run B.stand C.jump D.rest

【7】A.concerned B.relieved C.interested D.surprised

【8】A.hospital B.gym C.school D.beach

【9】A.performance B.competition C.study D.leg

【10】A.changed B.happened C.helped D.bothered

【11】A.nutrition B.time C.blood D.air

【12】A.complaint B.treatment C.observation D.experiment

【13】A.rebellion B.necessity C.promise D.gift

【14】A.gymnastics B.homework C.movies D.appointment

【15】A.suddenly B.eventually C.recently D.regularly

【16】A.advise B.serve C.encourage D.instruct

【17】A.thought B.glance C.choice D.chance

【18】A.flowers B.visits C.ideas D.words

【19】A.so B.then C.for D.but

【20】A.enjoying B.gaining C.spreading D.discovering

33、   As the train picked up its speed, the passengers slowly settled down on their seats. I _______ the lower berth (卧铺) so that I could enjoy the _______ of outside from the moving train. An elderly lady _______ the front seat of mine. She must be in her eighties, I _______. At one point, we met our eyes. But both of us were _______.

It was 4:50 pm. So, the bed time was still in a long way. I couldn’t _______ myself any longer and asked, “Auntie! Where are you going?”

She looked at me and friendly said, “Army camp, dear.”

Suddenly my _______ doubled. I politely said, “Auntie, are you _______ someone?”

She smiled pleasantly and said, “Yes!”

“Auntie, you must be feeling so _______ to see your child and your grandchildren.” I chatted with her in a very cheerful ________.

Perhaps, this question hurt her a little but ________ she answered, “Oh, dear! You are so ________. Anyways, I had only one son who joined army and was ________ by the terrorist attack just several days ago. I bought so many new clothes for him. So, I thought why not ________ my son’s clothes to some other ________. In case of that I would ________ my sorrow and would be happy ________ that my own son has worn it. He was a ________, so I don’t have any grandchild.”

I was ________ hearing her heartbreaking story! But I respected the old lady from the ________ of my heart. I was thinking of her brave heart!

【1】A.reserved B.won C.designed D.repaired

【2】A.crowd B.beauty C.trip D.comfort

【3】A.replaced B.occupied C.cleaned D.admired

【4】A.wondered B.calculated C.guessed D.replied

【5】A.busy B.proud C.sleepy D.silent

【6】A.doubt B.trust C.resist D.abandon

【7】A.concern B.belief C.curiosity D.patience

【8】A.raising B.impressing C.beating D.visiting

【9】A.upset B.excited C.hurt D.exhausted

【10】A.mood B.aspect C.thought D.attitude

【11】A.eagerly B.angrily C.humorously D.bravely

【12】A.sweet B.sociable C.generous D.funny

【13】A.adopted B.persuaded C.arrested D.killed

【14】A.give off B.give in C.give away D.give up

【15】A.enemies B.soldiers C.friends D.relatives

【16】A.relieve B.express C.forgive D.appreciate

【17】A.announcing B.thinking C.realizing D.apologizing

【18】A.graduate B.doctor C.bachelor D.hero

【19】A.shocked B.confused C.frightened D.annoyed

【20】A.surface B.origin C.inspiration D.bottom

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 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.

36、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.

37、Directions: Fill in each blank to make the passage make sense and well connected in writing style. The initial letter of each word has been given. (please write each answer in a COMPLETE word on the answer card.

THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

In Congress, July 4, 1776

When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bonds which have connected them with another, and to assume among the Powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s god entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should d【1】 the causes which impel them to the separation.

We h【2】 these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created e【3】, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable R【4】, that among these are life, L【5】, and the pursuit of Happiness.

That to secure these rights, g 【6】 are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.

That whenever any form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the P 【7】 to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, l【8】 its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such f【9】, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience has shown, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariable the same Object, evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their d 【10】, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.

38、2020年突如其来的新型冠状病毒几乎改变了所有人的生活。假定你是一名 叫李华的高中生，你所在的学校要征集一封英文感谢信, 以致敬奋战在抗击新型 冠状病毒第一线的医疗工作者。请你写一封感谢信参与投稿，内容包括： 1.表达谢意； 2.个人感受；3.表达信心。

注意：1.词数100左右：

2.以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

参考词汇:传染病epidemic   新型冠状病毒novel coronavirus

Dear medical workers,

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Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

39、请你根据下面的提示以李华的名义给母校写一封信，介绍你的美国之行。

1.李华是上海某中学高二的学生，对美国中学生的学习生活非常感兴趣，在暑假期间到美国学习了一个月。

2.到餐馆打工，培养动手的能力。

3.访问了在美国的华人，了解他们的生活、工作情况。

4.到美国中学生家里做客，了解他们的生活习俗。

5.到美国中学教室里听课，了解他们上课的情况。

参考词汇:了解风俗习惯：acknowledge one’s customs

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40、假定你是李华，你的美国朋友Bill在春节期间给你发了一封节日问候邮件，并在信中问及红色在中国春节中的使用，请你给他回封邮件介绍下红色在春节中的使用情况。内容包括以下几点:

1. 红色在中国的象征；

2. 春节期间红色的使用(至少列出两个要点)。

注意：1. 词数100左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

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41、阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。

We live in a technological society where most goods are mass-produced by unskilled labor. Because of this, most people think that craft (手艺) no longer exists. One of the ways these people wrongly support their view is by pointing to 100-year-old homes which are still solid, and arguing that it is the craftsmanship that is responsible for their durability (持久性). “Homes in those days were well-built,” they say. There is no doubt that these homes were well-built, but what these people have done is mix up the quality of material used in the house with the quality of the craftsmanship.

Homes today could be built to last just as long as those old homes if people were willing or able to pay the price. For example, more people can no longer afford solid oak stairways, although they were once fairly common in older homes. Nor can they afford the high labor cost of employing a carpenter to build the stairway. Yet if someone can pay the high cost, there are still plenty of carpenters around able to make those stairways. And not only would these carpenters know how to build them, they would probably do a better job than carpenters of old.

One thing the modern carpenter has which enables him to do a better job is much more advanced tools. Such tools as laser beams and power planes help them lay out a house better and make more precision cuts (精确切割) on the wood. Also, it is not uncommon any more to find carpenters with college degrees and carpenters with a solid knowledge of mathematics, which would enable them to deal with more difficult house designs.

The problem of modern quality, then, really boils down to the problem of material, for the modern carpenter is just as able to produce craftsmanship as the carpenter of fifty years ago, but only if given proper material.

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