文昌2025学年度第一学期期末教学质量检测五年级英语

1、There was a(n) ____ moment when she didn’t know whether to shake his hand or kiss his cheek.

A. relaxed B. awesome C. awkward D. comfortable

2、He wanted to look for a(n) _________suited to his abilities.

A. pension B. prevention

C. occupation D. permission

3、________makes this shop different is that it offers more personal services .

A．What

B．Whatever

C．Who

D．Whoever

4、The cost of living recently _____ steadily because of epidemic of COVID- 19, leading some people to drop out of the big city race.

A．is climbing

B．is being climbed

C．has been climbing

D．has been climbed

5、This article is too long.You should______the unimportant details to make it shorter.

A.find out B.pick out C.make out D.leave out

6、Taking a close look at their respective (各自的) historical contexts, purposesand principles, huge differences can be ______ between the Belt and Road Initiative (一带一路倡议) and the Marshall Plan (马歇尔计划).

A.condemned B.identified C.abused D.twisted

7、—Can I help you, sir？

—Yes, I bought this radio here yesterday, but it________.

A.didn’t work B.won’t work

C.can’t work D.doesn’t work

8、I am interested in_________ you have improved your spoken English in such a short time.

A.how B.which C.when D.if

9、—You look slimmer, Emma! On diet?

—No, sports count more. I _______ for an hour every day since last year.

A．jog

B．jogged

C．have jogged

D．have been jogging

10、It took them about one month to________ how to start the equipment.

A. come out B. figure out

C. look out D. take out

11、People with simple names enjoy quicker career advancement because names which are hard to pronounce inspire negative ________ from superiors.

A． considerations  B． consequences

C． expectations   D． reactions

12、The cakes are delicious. He’d like to have ________ third one because ________ second one is rather too small.

A.a; a B.the; the

C.a; the D.the; a

13、Helen was kinder to her youngest son, which made the others _______ him.

A.to be envied B.envied C.to envy D.envy

14、When I first met her, “I’m Lucy,” she said, _______ her hand.

A.held out B.held back C.holding out D.holding back

15、Each star on the flag of the United States _______ a state of this nation.

A.stands by B.stands out C.stands for D.stands up

16、I’m sorry to say your performance didn’t get to the requirements, ________ you cannot be accepted by our company.

A．in a word

B．on the other hand

C．in general

D．in other words

17、The Smiths don’t usually like staying at   hotels, but last summer they spent a few days at a very nice hotel by ________ sea.

A./; a B.the; the C./; the D.the; a

18、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

19、The new job is a real challenge for Helen, but difficult the situation she meets, I believe she’ll work it out.

A.however B.whenever C.whichever D.whatever

20、You look so tired tonight. It is time you_______.

A. go to sleep B. went to sleep

C. go to bed D. went to bed

21、She tells us that Lao Wang is a person ________ we can learn a lot.

A.whom B.that C.from whom D.about whom

22、When deeply ______ in work, he always forgets all about eating or sleeping.

A.absorbing B.trapping C.absorbed D.trapped

23、Many experts stick to the view ______ teacher development is the key to the education quality.

A.which B.what C.that D.where

24、— Shall I clean the desk for you?

—________. I’ll clean it myself later. Thank you all the same.

A．Don’t bother

B．Go ahead

C．No problem

D．Of course

25、The doctor ______ a piece of muscle from my leg and looked at it under a microscope.

A.cut out B.cut across C.cut in D.cut up

26、   Scientists have found a potentially habitable(可居住的)planet and its star outside our Solar System are more similar to the Earth and our Sun than any other known planet-star pair. For now, the planet candidate(候选)is known as KOI-456.04. If its existence is confirmed by other telescopes, the planet would join a group of about 4,000 known planets outside our Solar System.

“It's the combination of its size less — than — double that of the Earth and its solar-type host star that makes it so special and familiar” Ren6 Heller, the lead author of the new study, said in a press release. That means it could potentially host life.

To be considered habitable, planets must orbit a stable star that keeps a temperature suitable for liquid water. The vast majority of identified Earth-like planets don't meet the conditions required for life to exist. They give off either too weak light or high-energy flames that can fry the planets around them. The star that KOI-456.04 orbits is about 1.1 times the size of the Sun, with a surface temperature of only 300 degrees Celsius less than the Sun. The star also sends out visible light, like our Sun does. Plus, KOI-456.04 is less — than — double the size of the Earth, which could mean its atmospheric conditions are similar to ours. If KOI-456.04 s atmosphere is like the Earths — meaning it has a mild greenhouse effect, then its average surface temperature would be about 5 degrees Celsius, compared to the Earth's average of 15 degrees Celsius, according to the Max Planck Institute .

The system is just over 3,000 light-years away from our Solar System. Future space telescopes could study the planet candidate further. NASA, the European Space Agency, and the Canadian Space Agency plan to launch(发射)the James Webb space telescope in 2021. The European Space Agency's PLATO space telescope, scheduled to launch in 2026, will focus on finding Earth-like planets orbiting Sun-like stars.

【1】What makes the newly-found planet special?

A.Its strange name. B.Its extremely large size.

C.Its potential to host life. D.Its relationship with the Sun.

【2】What does the underlined word “orbit” mean in paragraph 3?

A.Move around. B.Stick to.

C.Knock into. D.Depend on.

【3】Which of the following do the scientists care while studying KOI-456.04?

A.What kind of energy its host star provides.

B.Whether its atmosphere is similar to the Earth's.

C.How many agencies are willing to join in the study.

D.Why its surface temperature is lower than the Earth's.

27、   Ask people to name a safe place and most will say “home”. But every year the British Government produces its official Home Accident Survey, which shows that home can be a dangerous place. Last year 7 British citizens died while putting up their Christmas decorations. Over 1,600 needed medical help after falling off their chairs. And 70 people had fatal accidents while lying in bed. 【1】

Modern societies are designed to be safe. 【2】 “Extreme sports”, such as bungee jumping and skiing down cliffs(悬崖), are becoming more and more popular. Psychologists call this “ self-actualization”. They mean a desire to be different and stand out from the crowd.

【3】 But they will take risks in other areas. For example, they risk failure when they start new businesses. This is a more acceptable risk than mountain climbing. Even when people fail, they are still alive. It is possible to say that the whole world economy simply consists of people deciding whether to take risks or not.

Maybe it is safer to keep your head down at work. Perhaps now is not the time for that great business idea. Shouldn't we just play it safe? But this too is risky. 【4】 This is why, according to the Home Accident Survey, twice as many people fall from short ladders as from long ones.

【5】 It sharpens up the mind's decision-making processes. This may date from the onrigins of human civilization. Our remote ancestors were faced with a choice. Leaving their cave might mean being eaten by wild animals. But staying in the cave meant starving for certain. They took the risk and society was born.

A.Most people do not want to risk their lives.

B.It may well be that we need risk as a kind of mental training.

C.It is safe to say that no activity is without danger.

D.If we refuse to take any risks then we limit our ability to think clearly.

E.Yet this produces a desire in some people to look for danger.

F.Maybe you will try to keep away from what is too dangerous.

G.This proves that danger is usually caused by people themselves.

28、When we're in need, we always turn to our parents for help. But would you like them to hear the conversations you have with your friends on the school playground or lunch queue? Social networking sites have become extensions (延伸)of the school hallways, so would you add your parents as "friends" and allow them to view your online activities and conversations with friends？

In the past the generation gap included a technology gap, where children were up to date with the latest technology and parents were left behind, content to continue their day-to-day lives as they always had because they had no need to know more about technology. However, more and more parents are beginning to realize just how important social networks are in their lives. This realization has given many parents the motivation to educate themselves about social networking sites.

These days many people are attracted to social networking sites because they can choose who they have around them; there's also a certain amount of control over privacy(隐私) that we don't get in real life. Sometimes we feel that privacy is violated when we must accept a "friend" request from a parent or family member.

It's a difficult choice whether or not to allow a parent to become a part of our online lives. On the one hand we don't want to "reject" their request because that might hurt their feelings or make them feel you have something to hide. On the other hand if you do accept, then you could have a sense of being watched and no longer feel free to comment or communicate the way you did before.

A recent survey suggested that parents shouldn't take it personally if their children overlook their requests. When a teenager overlooks a parent's friend request, it doesn't necessarily mean that he/she is hiding something, but it could mean that this is one part of his/her life where he/she wants to be independent.

Perhaps talking with parents and explaining would help soften the blow if you do choose not to add them to your friend list.

【1】What is the passage mainly about?

A．Privacy online.

B．Parents' friend requests.

C．The generation gap.

D．Social networks.

【2】What can we infer from paragraph 2?

A．Parents have realized the importance of social networks.

B．Parents feel secure about their privacy online.

C．Social networks successfully fill the generation gap.

D．Social networks offer a platform for parents to communicate.

【3】What maybe the reason for teenagers to refuse a parent's friend request?

A．Their parents make negative comments on them.

B．They hide something from their parents.

C．They are unwilling to be watched by parents.

D．Their parents tend to fall behind in technology.

【4】Who are the passage mainly written for?

A．Parents.

B．Teachers.

C．Researchers.

D．Teenagers.

29、How to Strengthen Teeth Naturally

【1】You can work on strengthening your teeth by getting the right vitamins and minerals in your diet. You can also protect your teeth through healthy habits. In addition, avoiding certain foods and habits can help strengthen your teeth.

◆Get the right nutrients(营养)

Make sure you’re getting 1,000 to 1,200 mg of calcium(钙) a day. You probably know calcium helps keep your bones strong. 【2】Eating certain amount of calcium in your diet every day will help increase the strength of your teeth.

◆ 【3】

Aim to eat a wide variety of fruits and vegetables in your weekly diet. Try selecting a variety of colors when choosing your produce, as that ensures you’ll be getting a wide variety of vitamins. Fill your plate up halfway with fruits and vegetables at every meal, then fill the rest of your plate with some protein and whole grains.

◆Brush your teeth twice a day

To brush well, hold your toothbrush at a 45℃ angle to your teeth. Brush all the surfaces of your teeth gently and try to brush for at least 2 minutes. 【4】

◆Visit your dentist regularly

Visit your dentist at least once a year for x-rays and cleaning. 【5】If you start to get a buildup of plaque(牙菌斑), which can weaken teeth, the dentist can remove it for you in time.

◆Quit smoking

You probably are aware that smoking causes lung cancer and other health problems. In addition, it can also weaken bone tissue, including your teeth. If you’ve been thinking about quitting, now may be the time.

A．These visits help find problems before they begin.

B．These foods naturally clean your teeth, helping to keep them strong.

C．Eat a balanced diet

D．The same is true for your teeth.

E．Set a timer to help you brush longer!

F．Vitamin D helps your body absorb calcium properly.

G．Strong teeth are important for a healthy mouth!

30、   One night many years ago I was on the bridge of a ship passing one of our large cities on a quiet night. I saw its lights _______ in the sky and heard the city's noises.

I have spent twenty-five years on boats. Now I am a _______. My job is to bring in the large luxury___________ and stay with them until they are safely stopped in their ports.

I felt very _______ the first time I ever docked a big liner. She came riding up the harbor on a flood tide and _______ high over the short little boat. As we drew alongside, a doorway opened _______ at water level and two smartly dressed sailors helped me aboard.

I was escorted (护送) to the bridge where I _______ from the captain. I realized I was in _______ of a great ship worth millions of dollars. Having docked several of the large liners, I realized I was not important, _______ simply the quarterback(四分卫) who called the signals.

In spite of what we ________ in the newspapers, I have great faith in this country, praying that a peaceful understanding will come to this ________ world, so that my children can grow up in a world full of happiness. I believe this will ________.

I remember the ________ and pity that took over this country, back in 1949, when a little girl named Kathy Fiskus fell into a(n) ________ well in California. Engineers and sandhogs and people in all __________ of life worked almost three days, and when they got her out she was dead.

People sent in thousands of dollars in ________ funds, but those who did the work and furnished the equipment wouldn't take the money. They worked for bigger things. I talked to captains of foreign ______________ that came into New York Harbor, and they were just as ________ as us over the tragedy.

I believe some way will be found to work together for world peace with the same ________ and understanding that people worked to rescue little Kathy Fiskus. I believe this will ________ come true.

【1】A.reflected B.decorated C.included D.occupied

【2】A.cook B.designer C.swimmer D.pilot

【3】A.hotels B.shops C.liners D.offices

【4】A.interesting B.proud C.lucky D.smart

【5】A.towered B.shipped C.walked D.lifted

【6】A.often B.never C.almost D.hardly

【7】A.picked up B.took over C.got out D.brought in

【8】A.place B.need C.search D.control

【9】A.but B.so C.and D.or

【10】A.look B.read C.watch D.listen

【11】A.undiscovered B.unexpected C.unplanned D.unsettled

【12】A.go on B.go out C.come about D.come in

【13】A.teamwork B.understanding C.judgment D.concept

【14】A.shallow B.occupied C.abandoned D.grand

【15】A.walks B.works C.journeys D.sorts

【16】A.school B.rescue C.business D.loan

【17】A.buses B.planes C.trains D.ships

【18】A.worried B.satisfied C.amazed D.concerned

【19】A.sympathy B.desire C.favor D.privilege

【20】A.nowhere B.forever C.someday D.therefore

31、   I stood in the front of the classroom like a specimen(标本） under examinations  of 23 pairs of eyes. I  began stuttering(结巴）and gave wrong answers to some questions.

In the summer of 2016, I worked as an assistant teacher at a children's day camp.Lacking in experience，I _______ to create weekly lesson plans.Kids shouted at each other in class.Sometimes，I had to pull apart kids who were _______ each other.The rare moments of_______ came only after my booming calls for attention. Every day was a _______ between  me  and these wild little creatures.

One day I suddenly _______ that I was supposed to teach them instead of being led by the nose. It was time to do something to change the _______. I was older, more knowledgeable, and most _______, I had more authority. The next day，I firmly_______into the classroom and stood in the front_______.The students studied me curiously. But I did not stutter this time. It________ me that the class went smoothly without being  ________ for the first time. From that day on，they gradually started to pay attention. Some ________started calling me “Ms. Amy”. Seeing a sign of respect in their wild eyes was like getting ________ for my achievements. I was finally acting as an authority figure. The ________ I received also increased my self一confidence. It made me believe that I had the________. to overcome difficulties.

One month after my summer job ________, I went back to visit the students. I saw the ________ kids running around in the classroom. ________，their playful shouts were a different kind of music to my ________now. Instead of the unpleasant sound I heard the first day，this was a________ song that played during my march to self—confidence.

【1】A.refused B.failed C.struggled D.hesitated

【2】A.calling on B.fighting with C.staring at D.learning from

【3】A.patience B.promise C.thought D.silence

【4】A.battle B.difference C.link D.joke

【5】A.hoped B.realized C.regretted D.remembered

【6】A.suggestion B.occasion C.situation D.decision

【7】A.importantly B.interestingly C.naturally D.hopefully

【8】A.burst B.slipped C.rushed D.stepped

【9】A.anxiously B.cautiously C.eagerly D.calmly

【10】A.surprised B.embarrassed C.disappointed D.amused

【11】A.puzzled B.encouraged C.disturbed D.observed

【12】A.just B.even C.ever D.still

【13】A.recognition B.information C.evaluation D.discussion

【14】A.trust B.sympathy C.pride D.respect

【15】A.chance B.right C.ability D.intention

【16】A.continued B.ended C.started D.returned

【17】A.same B.special C.poor D.normal

【18】A.Therefore B.However C.Besides D.Otherwise

【19】A.heart B.eyes C.ears D.soul

【20】A.popular B.complex C.strange D.unique

32、   Being born and brought up in a village called Bruis. I lived a simple life with my father. I was 16 when one morning， Dad told me I could drive him into a _______ village called Burbank， on condition that I took the car to be_______ at a nearby garage. I readily accepted. I drove dad into Burbank， and_______ to pick him up at 4 pm； then I dropped off the car at the _______. With several hours to spare， I went to a theater. _______， when the last movie finished it was six. I was two hours late!

I knew Dad would be angry if he _______. I’d been watching movies. So I decided not to tell him the truth. When I _______ there I apologized for being late， and told him I’d_______ as quickly as I could， but the car had needed a major repair. I’ll never forget the _______ he gave me. “I’m disappointed you ________ you have to lie to me， Jason.” Dad looked at me again. “When you didn’t ________. I called the garage to ask if there were any ________， and they told me you hadn’t yet picked up the car.” I felt ________as I weakly told him the real reason.________ passed through Dad as he listened attentively. “I’m angry with ________， I realize I’ve failed as a father. I’m going to walk home now and think seriously about ________. I’ve gone wrong all these years.” “But Dad， it’s 18 miles!” My protests and apologies were ________. Dad walked home that day I drove behind him， ________ him all the way， but he walked silently.

Seeing Dad in so much ________ and emotional pain was my most painful experience. However， it was ________ the most successful lesson. I have never lied since.

【1】A.small B.lonely C.distant D.familiar

【2】A.kept B.repaired C.watched D.changed

【3】A.agreed B.planned C.determined D.promised

【4】A.village B.community C.theater D.garage

【5】A.However B.Then C.Therefore D.Still

【6】A.found out B.gave out C.figured out D.came out

【7】A.went B.ran C.walked D.hurried

【8】A.come B.left C.moved D.started

【9】A.finding B.appearance C.look D.face

【10】A.find B.believe C.feel D.tell

【11】A.turn around B.drive out C.go away D.turn up

【12】A.things B.problems C.mistakes D.faults

【13】A.ashamed B.frightened C.nervous D.surprised

【14】A.Nervousness B.Sadness C.Silence D.Thought

【15】A.you B.myself C.me D.yourself

【16】A.where B.how C.why D.when

【17】A.meaningless B.useless C.helpless D.worthless

【18】A.asking B.persuading C.begging D.following

【19】A.natural B.practical C.personal D.physical

【20】A.completely B.always C.also D.almost

33、Precious family moments

When  our three children were small, and I'd _______  after baths for the thousandth time,  pick wet towels (毛巾) off the floor, squeeze water out of yellow rubber ducks and call the kids to come back and brush their____, I often thought of Someday.

Someday I'd do something____.

When I read bedtime stories, the same stories I'd read so many times that I knew them from ___, my brain froze from the repetition, and my mind wandered to Someday.

Someday life wouldn't be so____.

When I___ a pound of frozen ground (压碎的) beef, considering my two standard options of pizza or salad, trying to remember when we last had what, I thought of Someday.

Someday I'd be____.

Then one day I had an epiphany (顿悟). I wasn't___ who was going to leave  something important on the world or build an____. But I was just doing something important on this family, and I already had an empire. It was right under my nose, tucked in (盖好被子的) bed by 8 o'clock.

The Someday I often dreamed about was being shaped by all the todays and____.

I was doing something important. Caring for children, creating family and trying to make a home that is a sanctuary (庇护所) from a _________  world are some of the most important things a person can do.

Creativity? We didn't always have ground beef. Sometimes we had chicken or fish. It wasn't the food that _______; it was being together around the table, the conversation, the laughing and the____.

As for routine (日常琐事), no routine stays the____. But even as the routine changes, basics are taught -  the fact that choices matter because choices become_______, and habits become a way of being, and that is___ character takes root.

The things that matter are that you're_____ and knowing how to love others, being generous, extending charity, working hard and recovering after ______  and sufferings are   learned little by little, one day at___ time.

Someday is___ than you think.

【1】A.have a bath B.clean up C.check on D.look after

【2】A.tooth B.teeth C.body D.hair

【3】A.important B.different C.big D.boring

【4】A.movies B.schools C.memory D.others

【5】A.uninteresting B.dark C.hard D.easy

【6】A.watched B.smelled C.stared at D.glanced at

【7】A.happy B.miserable C.creative D.suffering

【8】A.one B.parent C.another D.other

【9】A.factory B.home C.city D.empire

【10】A.tomorrows B.yesterday C.past D.now

【11】A.beautiful B.dangerous C.delighted D.successful

【12】A.tasted B.influenced C.mattered D.worked

【13】A.crying B.separation C.connecting D.eating

【14】A.different B.easy C.creative D.same

【15】A.habits B.results C.life D.problem

【16】A.what B.how C.which D.who

【17】A.hated B.hating C.loved D.loving

【18】A.failures B.happiness C.sadness D.diseases

【19】A.a B.the C.all D.good

【20】A.worse B.better C.harder D.easier

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.

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.”

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

It will be beyond anything we organics could imagine.

37、根据句意填空

In the USA, the Amish-a Christian group-are famous because they drive 【1】 instead of cars, do not use TVs or refrigerators, and do not have personal telephones. Many people assume the Amish must have 【2】 reasons for their many rules, but this is not true. In truth, whenever a new technology is introduced, the Amish meet and discuss its advantages and disadvantages. They then vote on whether they will accept it. The Amish 【3】 cars because they like having 【4】 communities where everyone lives close together. They have no TVs or refrigerators because their homes do not have electricity-they do not think it is necessary and 【5】 dealing with strangers, such as the people who work at the electric company.

38、假定你是李华，疫情得到控制，现在你已经回校上课了。请你给你的外教Mrs. Smith写封感谢信，感谢疫情期间她对你的教导和帮助，内容包括：

1.感谢疫情期间老师对自己英语学习的帮助和信心上的鼓励；

2.表达对老师的想念以及衷心祝愿。

参考词汇：新冠病毒：the novel corona-virus.

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39、假定你是李华，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护人员。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：80左右；

2可适当增加细节，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,

Li hua

40、假定你是李华，在美国作交换生，得知当地为庆祝端午节要举办赛龙舟活动，你想邀请好友Louise一起报名参加，请给她写一封信，要点如下：

1. 写信目的；

2. 活动意义；

3. 赛前准备。

注意：1. 词数80左右。

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

3. 龙舟节 the Dragon Boat Festival

为了纪念 in memory of

提前看视频 watch some videos in advance

分享经验 share experience

Dear Louise,

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Yours,

Li Hua

41、阅读下面材料。根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

In 2000, when I was around seven years old, my parents, sister, brother, and I were coming back from a T-ball game. That was our usual weekend adventure, but unlike every other weekend, a surprise was waiting for us in our driveway. There, we spotted two adult geese and a baby goose. The adults were shocked by our return and flew away, but their baby was still too young to fly and couldn’t follow. We are no strangers to the ways of wildlife, so we knew to avoid physical contact with the baby goose out of fear that it would imprint upon us and be lost to its family forever.

Hours passed, and night fell. With it came a deep cold and a fear of watchful predators (捕食者).The tiny little thing was wandering around our yard, unaware of what could happen, and it was clear that the baby goose needed protection, warmth, and nutrients to make it to the morning. At that point. we knew we had to step in and brought him onto our back porch(门厅).

We all pretty much slept with one eye open till morning came. And then another morning. And still another. Each morning, we would try to send the goose over to his parents, who kept coming back to our yard. He wouldn't go to them, though, and they wouldn't come close enough to claim him. We kept this up for five days, but no luck. By then, the young goose had clearly decided we were his new family, so we had to give him a name-Peeper, because he would follow us around the yard making a peeping noise, nonstop.

Days turned into weeks, and weeks turned into months until almost a year passed. We settled into a routine filled with feathery hugs and friendship. Peeper slept on our back porch each night and my dad would clean the goose droppings in the morning. Part of the routine included dad throwing Peeper up into the air so he could fly a loop (圈）around the house, coming back again once the porch was clean.

注意：

1.续写词数应为150左右；

2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

One evening, my dad threw Peeper up in the air as usual, but this time, Peeper just flew off. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

It came as a total shock to me when.in 2019, an aging adult goose made his way back to my family home. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________