来宾2025学年度第一学期期末教学质量检测三年级英语

1、He couldn’t make his voice ______ above the noise of the traffic.

A．to hear

B．hearing

C．heard

D．hear

2、Everyone in the classroom _________ laughing when they saw the boy-student dress himself like a girl.

A．burst out

B．put into

C．took off

D．got across

3、As we all know,_______medical examination will help us find out health problems as early as possible.

A.normal B.general C.common D.regular

4、I looked up and noticed a snake ______ its way up the tree to catch its breakfast, ______ scared me away.

A. wound, which B. wound, that

C. winding, which D. winding, that

5、______ is of vital importance that we ______ something to protect our precious cultural heritage.

A.It, do B.What, did C.That, should do D.Whether, will do

6、Starting in January 2019, taxpayers in China could receive tax reductions, after _______ personal information on a specially developed government app.

A．dropping off

B．bringing out

C．filling in

D．putting out

7、Smiling doesn’t ________ mean you’re happy. Sometimes, it just means that you’re strong enough to face problems.

A.fortunately B.eventually C.deliberately D.necessarily

8、—How about your journey to Mount Emei?

—Everything was wonderful except that our car _________ twice on the way.

A．slowed down

B．broke down

C．got down

D．put down

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

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

10、American Indians_______ about 5% of the US population.

A.keep off B.keep up C.make up for D.make up

11、It won’t be easy to defeat the novel coronavirus (新冠病毒), but if we ______, we will succeed in the end.

A.hang up B.hang about C.hang on D.hang out

12、Only when I left my parents for Italy ________ how comfortable it was to live in our home country.

A.I realized B.I had realized C.did I realize D.had I realized

13、The boy broke all the glasses on purpose; he certainly deserved________.

A. to punish B. being punished

C. to be punished D. punish

14、______ a book in front of your face, you’ll feel the air moving against your face.

A．Waved

B．Wave

C．To wave

D．Waving

15、______himself to alcohol,the man seldom cared about his family.

A.Adjusting B.Approaching C.Abandoning D.Acknowledging

16、________ to sunlight for so much time will do harm to your skin.

A．Exposed

B．Being exposed

C．Having exposed

D．Because being exposed

17、By 16:30, ______ was almost closing time, nearly all the paintings had been sold.

A.which B.when C.what D.that

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

A.when B.that

C.after D.since

19、Teachers are always showing special ___ the students who are diligent and active in class.

A. preference to B. favor to

C. preference for D. favor for

20、The hot, damp weather didn’t ________ him.

A. be suitable B. fit for

C. agree with D. fit in

21、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

22、Nowadays many companies make it________for every job applicant to take a physical examination before they are employed.

A.incredible B.compulsory C.transparent D.controversial

23、Among the ashes were not the bones of a beast, but ________ of a bird.

A.ones B.that C.those D.what

24、They didn't discover until they happened to enter the back room _________ someone had stolen the priceless painting.

A．that

B．what

C．which

D．when

25、In order to find something to eat and drink, Mr. Smith opened Meituan App and Baidu map, which showed how shops and restaurants were _________ in the city.

A. distributed B. broadcast

C. spread D. contributed

26、THEN WE CAME TO THE END

Joshua Ferris

The first novel by American author Joshua Ferris was so different, because it is written in the second on; the group of odd office colleagues talk and act as a collective. It must have been hard to maintain, but Ferris does a great job. It is really a good novel set in boring office environments.

THE GRAPES OF WRATH

John Steinbeck

Obviously a classic and still popular, the themes of this novel are timeless and echo just us strongly today. Set during the Great Depression, the story follows a family of “Okies” — poor migrant farmers from Oklahoma — as they head west seeking work.

PROPERTY

Lionel Shriver

Short stories from one of our best contemporary writers. Exploring the theme of possessions and ownership from many angles, this is certainly one for Marie Kondo fans. I have long been interested in what it is about things that can hook some people. The drive to possess items that serve no obvious purpose is most appealing to me. Fine, if an item is something given to you by someone special. But if you take a look around you, some things are probably simply useless and unmemorable. Shriver’s book explores it better.

THE LOVE THAT I HAVE

James Maloney

This absorbing story is about Margot Baumann, who takes a job in a mail-room in what, as later becomes clear, is a concentration camp. The amazing thing is the perspective it gives of German life during World War Ⅱ. Of course not all Germans, probably the large majority, had any real idea of what was going on. Within Margot’s immediate circle you see the reactions among the German population to the rise and fall of their beloved — or hated-Fuhrer (元首). And nation.

【1】For whom is this text mainly intended?

A.Novelists. B.Book addicts.

C.Editors. D.Story tellers.

【2】Who may be liked by Marie Kondo fans?

A.Joshua Ferris. B.John Steinbeck.

C.Lionel Shriver. D.James Maloney

【3】What is special about THE LOVE THAT I HAVE?

A.It follows a family of “Okies”.

B.It is set in boring office environments.

C.It tells stories about a contemporary writer.

D.It explores the rise and fall of a nation in the world.

27、   You can relax if remembering everything isn't your strong suit. Recent research makes the case that being forgetful can be a strength—in fact, selective memory can even be a sign of stronger intelligence.

Traditional research on memory has focused on the advantages of remembering everything. But looking through years of recent memory data, researchers found that the neurobiology of forgetting can be just as important to our decision-making as what our minds choose to remember.

Making intelligent decisions doesn't mean you need to have all the information at hand.   It just means  you need to hold onto the most valuable information. And that means clearing up space in your   memory palace for the most up-to-date information on clients and situations. Our brains do this by   creating new neurons(神经元）in our  hippocampus, which have the power to overwrite(重写)existing memories that are influencing our decision-making.

If you want to increase the number of new neurons in our brain ’ s learning region，try exercising. Some aerobic exercise like jogging, power walking and swimming has been found to increase the number of neurons making important connections in our brains.

When we forget the names of certain clients or details about old jobs，the brain is making a choice that these details don't matter. Although too much forgetfulness can be a cause for concern，the occasional lost detail can be a sign of a perfectly healthy memory system. The researchers found that our brains facilitate decision-making by stopping us from focusing too much on unimportant past details. Instead，the brain helps us remember the most important part of a conversation.

We can get blamed for being absent-minded when we forget past events in perfect detail. These findings show us that total recall(记忆）can be overvalued. Our brains are working smarter when they aim to remember the right stories, not every story.

【1】How can we help our brains produce more neurons?   '

A. By having deep sleep frequently.

B. By practicing swimming regularly.

C. By doing mental labor repeatedly.

D. By learning new skills constantly.

【2】Which of the following can best replace “facilitate” underlined in paragraph 5?

A. postpone B. repeat

C. promote D. abuse

【3】What conclusion can be drawn from the text?

A. Memory loss is well worth noticing.

B. Decisions can’t be made without memories.

C. We shouldn't stress total recall too much.

D. Forgetting is even more important than remembering.

【4】What can be a suitable title for the text?

A. Caution：do remember to forget

B. Why and how people choose to forget

C. Want to become smarter? Learn to forget

D. Being forgetful might mean you are   smarter

28、Feeling down? Why not visit one of these four websites?

Collegehumor.com

This site was created in 1999 and gets about seven million visitor per month. Two of its videos have been chosen as winners for the Webby Awards: Pixar Intro Parody and Web Site Story. Other funny videos to looks out for include a debate on the advantages and disadvantages of going to college.

Funnyordie.com

This site has lots of really funny videos And as the name suggests, users vote on videos, choosing the options “funny” or “die”. If the video receives too many “die” votes, it's sent to the site's “crypt”. But if it gets enough “funny” votes, it goes into the Hall of Fame. The site was crated in 2006 by comedians Will Ferrell and Adam McKay. The site’s first video. The Landlord has had over 70 million views Videos to watch out for include Just a Tip: Taxi, with some valuable advice on how to catch a taxi, and Over Analyzing Texts, with some tips on how to respond to text messages

Reddit.com

Founded in 2005, Reddit.com is a social news and entertainment website. Registered users put funny content in the form of the video link or texts on the website. Other users then vote these things “up” or “down”. The most recent and well-liked content appears at the top on the front page of the site.

Theonion.com

First appearing as a satirical newspaper in 1988, Theonion.com has hundred of videos and articles on news and current affairs, and receives an average of 7.5 million visitors a months. It’s famous for its amusing items, such as Michelle Obama Seen Outside Walking Family Rhinoceros or Dad Can’t Believe Lawn.

【1】If you want to watch videos ever winning the Webby Awards, you can visit____________.

A．Reddit. com

B．Collegehumor. com

C．Theonion.com

D．Funnyordie.com

【2】Videos on the website Funnyordie.com are __________.

A．watched over 70 million times

B．voted by their users

C．based on newspaper stories

D．created by users

【3】What do Reddit.com and Theonion.com have in common?

A．They include funny videos

B．They include valuable advice

C．They include debates on education

D．They provide satirical news

29、   People tend to accept groups standards of behavior and thinking in a group work. Many illustrations(例证) could be given of this from everyday life, but what is of particular interest to psychologists is how much people’s judgments and opinions can be changed as a result of group pressure. Asch and others noticed that people in a group will agree to statements that are contrary to the evidence of their senses. It would be a mistake to think that only particular changeable people are chosen to take part in experiments of this type. Usually highly intelligent and independent people are used.

In a typical experiment, this is what may happen. The experimenter asks for volunteers to join a group which is investigating visual sense. The participants are not, therefore, aware of the real purpose of the experiment. Each volunteer is taken to a room where he finds a group of about seven people who are cooperating with the experimenter. The group is shown a standard card which contains a single line. They are then asked to look at a second card. This has three lines on it. One is obviously longer than the line on the first card. One is shorter and one the same length. They have to say which line on the second card is the same length as the line on the standard card. The other members of the group answer first but what the volunteer does not know is that they have been told to pick one of the wrong lines. When his turn comes he is faced with the consistent opinion of the rest of the group—all the others have chosen line A but he quite clearly sees line B as correct.

What will he do? According to Asch, more than half of the victims chosen will change their opinion. What is equally surprising is that, when interviewed about their answers, most explained that they know the group choice was incorrect but that they yield to the pressure of the group because they thought they must be suffering from an optical illusion(视觉假象), or because they were afraid of being different.

【1】The psychologists are especially interested in __________.

A. the evidence of the experiment. B. the changes in the attitudes of people.

C. the difference in people’s behavior D. the degree of changes of people’s opinions

【2】Why more than half of the victims changes their opinions in the experiment?

A. Because they had been told about the answer

B. Because thought the group choice was correct.

C. Because they submitted to the group pressure

D. Because their eyes were suffering from illusion.

【3】The purpose of the author in writing this passage is to _________.

A. illustrate the influence of group pressure on individuals

B. encourage people to act against any groups opinion

C. invite more volunteers to join in Asch's experiment

D. tell the readers how to perform psychological experiment

30、   I visited my best friend Sean whose mom Cheryl could only communicate by her gesture I couldn’t understand. I felt ________ and fetched a notepad (记事本) to explain to her the reason for my ________.

Then I went to ________ Sean several times. Each time I entered her house, my mind flooded with guilt and anxiety. I always needed someone to ________ to me, but her daughter- in-law, even her grandchildren, wouldn’t take the time to learn sign language.

That night I saw that look of ________ on her face. The next time I saw Cheryl, I didn’t get the notepad or let my friend Sean help me, but decided to ________, whatever it would take.

I could see ________ appearing on her face as I spelled out each word with gesture. I knew how she felt knowing that someone ________ enough to learn to communicate with her.

Within three weeks I had learned ________ American Sign Language (ASL). One night, everyone was signing, when suddenly I could follow the ________, Cheryl slapped her hand, looked at me in the eyes, and ________ directly to me. She knew my heart and how much I ________ her culture.

About a month ago, Cheryl, Sean, my dad, and I took a ________ to California State University, Northridge where I would study. As we sat in the deaf student advisor’s office, no one ________ but I understood. He explained the ________ I would receive there would help me become a sign language interpreter and how he’d like me to ________ in an advanced ASL class.

I left the university and felt so ________. So many people don’t know about deaf people because of their ________ to communicate with them. Now I would be able to help.

That night Cheryl and I sat in our hotel room; she ________ and signed with smiling eyes. Unlike the days in her living room with a notepad, I ________ and signed back, “I love you, too!”

【1】A.pleased B.interested C.relieved D.embarrassed

【2】A.visit B.desire C.success D.position

【3】A.treat B.see C.support D.persuade

【4】A.lead B.point C.explain D.expose

【5】A.hope B.approval C.satisfaction D.loneliness

【6】A.leave B.learn C.check D.escape

【7】A.pleasure B.anger C.disappointment D.sadness

【8】A.grew B.cared C.changed D.reserved

【9】A.advanced B.entire C.skillful D.basic

【10】A.conversation B.belief C.instruction D.task

【11】A.signed B.admitted C.talked D.apologized

【12】A.minded B.loved C.revealed D.removed

【13】A.present B.step C.message D.trip

【14】A.translated B.repeated C.interrupted D.occurred

【15】A.permission B.regulation C.education D.suggestion

【16】A.settle B.wander C.start D.compete

【17】A.shocked B.excited C.upset D.worried

【18】A.will B.promise C.turn D.inability

【19】A.set out B.worked out C.reached out D.moved out

【20】A.finished B.admitted C.understood D.refused

31、   In 1984, I, a passionate student, was beading for the university with the dream of sitting on a Supreme Count bench somewhere. Twenty-one years later I am still a passionate _______ and one with quite a different tale to tell.

My grandma, a(n)_______ woman, graduated from college at the age of 65. She was the first in our family to reach that goal. But one year after I started college, she_______ cancer. I made the choice to _______ from college to care for her. It meant that school and my personal dream would have to _______.

Then I got married with another _______: building my family with a combination of adopted and _______ children. In 1999, we adopted our first son. A year later came our second adopted boy. Then _______ son No. 3. In 2003, I gave birth to another boy.

You can imagine how _______ occupied I became, raising four boys on my own. Our home was a complete zoo—joyous zoo. Not surprising. I never did ____________ it back to college full-time. ____________ I never gave up on the dream either. I had only one choice: to find a way. That meant ____________ as few as one class each semester.

The hardest part was feeling ____________about the time I spent away from the boys. They often wanted me to stay home with them. There ____________ were times when I wanted to quit, but I knew I should set a(n)____________ for them to follow through the rest of their lives.

In 2006, I graduated from the University of North Carolina. It took me over 21 years to get my ____________ degree!

I am not special, just singe-minded. It always ____________me that when you’re looking at a big challenge from the ____________ it looks huge, but when you're in the midst of it, it just seems normal. Everything you want won’t arrive in our life on one day. It's a ____________ Remember: little steps ____________big dreams.

【1】A. dreamer B. graduate C. mother D. lawyer

【2】A. humorous B. attractive C. intelligent D. amazing

【3】A. delivered B. possessed C. developed D. produced

【4】A. withdraw B. escape C. drop D. free

【5】A. cancel B. reach C. wait D. start

【6】A. ambition B. deal C. dream D. conclusion

【7】A. ecological B. psychological C. physical D. biological

【8】A. accompanied B. followed C. involved D. engaged

【9】A. fully B. mostly C. hardly D. busily

【10】A. return B. give C. make D. get:

【11】A. Or B. So C. Though D. But

【12】A. changing B. taking C. shifting D. setting

【13】A. concerned B. guilty C. determined D. angry

【14】A. with certainty B. by coincidence C. at random D. in case

【15】A. goal B. motivation C. example D. image

【16】A. graduate B. doctor C. master D. bachelor

【17】A. dawns B. strikes C. occurs D. sticks

【18】A. upside B. middle C. outside D. inside

【19】A. process B. life C. choice D. destiny

【20】A. turn to B. add to C. build up D. add up to

32、Be a Traveler, not a Tourist

Last summer，I had just enough money saved to buy a golden ticket—— a 3-month train pass that would take me to the furthest reaches of Europe. Excited for my journey， I ____all the necessities — _____the guidebook.

While the ____of the Internet was definitely a contributing factor to my_____，this was not the only reason I decided to fly ____.

To be honest，I find the guidebook _____a journey—like a bossy aunt who is always telling you what to do，_____she doesn't always know what's best._____has taught me that there is a clear _____between a tourist and a traveler.

While waiting in a queue to see Michelangelo's Statue of David in Florence，I met a man who showed me his _____of "Top 20 Things to do in Italy" and told us_____that he'd "seen" everything Italy has to _____in just four days.

The problem I had with this man's way of ____was that he was too _____the information provided by his guidebook. He was _____in the so-called "must-sees" and blind to all that was happening somewhere else.

So，guidebook-less as we were，I traveled to Estonia.Arriving for no good reason，I had no option but to______some friendly faces for advice. I _____myself and asked them what was happening around town. When this resulted in an _____to a beautiful Estonian home by a river where I enjoyed a 110-degree wood-stove sauna(桑拿)，_____picked forest-mushrooms and the good _____of my five new-found Estonian friends， I was most glad I had left our bossy aunt at home.

【1】A. loaded B. collected C. packed D. selected

【2】A. except B. with C. including D. besides

【3】A. competence B. convenience C. instance D. performance

【4】A. goal B. decision C. excuse D. mistake

【5】A. around B. away C. abroad D. alone

【6】A. limits B. influences C. confuses D. encourages

【7】A. in case B. as though C. even though D. if only

【8】A. Regulation B. Communication C. Intelligence D. Experience

【9】A. relationship B. connection C. similarity D. difference

【10】A. list B. book C. file D. summary

【11】A. loudly B. positively C. proudly D. happily

【12】A. recommend B. offer C. discover D. order

【13】A. traveling B. planning C. preparing D. moving

【14】A. cautious about B. amused by C. surprised at D. focused on

【15】A. involved B. interested C. lost D. engaged

【16】A. approach B. beg C. spot D. seize

【17】A. presented B. helped C. introduced D. forced

【18】A. application B. immigration C. entrance D. invitation

【19】A. nervously B. rarely C. secretly D. locally

【20】A. quality B. company C. occupation D. advice

33、   Not long ago, Linda was sting by a hospital bed in Houston, Beside her _______ her 88-yearold father. His heart was _______ It needed surgery. What _______ her as much as his heath was that all day the two of them bad _______ in nothing but depressing small talks. They had always had good _______. But now he seemed to be _______ with the hospital, talking about the disappointing food, the _______ tests, and the demanding doctors. His once wide-ranging _______ seemed to have been limited to the size of the room. “It is really _______  to sit with a person in a hospital” Linda said. One day, something __________ the eye. It was a book that some friend had __________ as a gift. Her father had always been a __________ but lately he didn't have the energy or focus to read. She __________ the book and started to read it out loud. “ __________ it changed the atmosphere and __________”she said. That afternoon, Linda read to her father for an hour. It was a __________ and a pleasure for both of them. Reading gave the daughter away to __________ with her father and help him in a situation that was otherwise out of her __________. Listening allowed the father to __________ on the sound of her voice out of the hospital and back to the intellectual engagement.

“When I was a kid, he would read to me, it became opportunities to repay a debt of __________ “Linda said.

【1】A.lay B.followed C.stood D.waited

【2】A.breaking B.beating C.weakening D.recovering

【3】A.troubled B.attracted C.astonished D.moved

【4】A.believed B.taken C.joined D.engaged

【5】A.relationship B.conversations C.friends D.manners

【6】A.dissatisfied B.careful C.popular D.generous

【7】A.impressive B.simple C.practical D.endless

【8】A.collections B.interests C.diets D.visitors

【9】A.traditional B.enjoyable C.hard D.worthwhile

【10】A.covered B.met C.blinded D.rolled

【11】A.accepted B.held C.read D.brought

【12】A.patient B.reader C.listener D.doctor

【13】A.picked up B.looked up C.put up D.made up

【14】A.Usually B.Generally C.Immediately D.Occasionally

【15】A.habit B.idea C.surroundings D.mood

【16】A.challenge B.relief C.talent D.pity

【17】A.connect B.agree C.chat D.live

【18】A.mind B.sight C.hands D.heart

【19】A.travel B.reflect C.call D.put

【20】A.honor B.money C.service D.gratitude

34、阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Everyone has their own unique fingerprint; 【1】 makes fingerprints an ideal way to unlock smartphones. However, this may be 【2】 (safe) than we think.

Scientists at New York University and Michigan State University in the US have developed a set of fake fingerprints. They say that the prints 【3】 unlock any fingerprint-enabled smartphone up to 65 percent of the time.

The artificial fingerprints 【4】 (create) by using many common features found in human prints. They work 【5】 taking advantage of the way smartphone scanners check a fingerprint.

The fingerprint scanners   【6】 (use) in smartphones are so small that they only read parts of fingerprints. So they have to take many scans of your finger or thumb (拇指) 【7】 they work properly. Smartphones also let users save several finger and thumbprints. Since a print only has to match one of the saved images 【8】 (unlock) the phone, the scanner is more likely to make mistakes.

Although the scientists have only tested their findings in computer simulations (模拟), 【9】 (worry) about the safety of using fingerprints are reasonable .They warn that the technology used to create artificial fingerprints is improving   【10】 (extreme) fast.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

It will be beyond anything we organics could imagine.

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

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

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

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

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

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

37、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.

38、阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。

About ten years ago, my wife and I took a trip to the Grand Canyon in Arizona. I didn't like to carry all my keys in my pocket during a hike, so I took away the key to the car and left the rest in the car. When we came back, I put the key somewhere in the car without reattaching it to the key ring. Then we made a fire, cooked some food, and went to sleep in the back of the SUV.

The next morning, we were cleaning up our campsite when I saw a bird inside my car. I walked over, and it flew away. When we got in the car to go home, I couldn't find the key. We searched and searched even emptying out the car completely, but it was gone.

Then it hit me that the bird must have taken it. After all, those birds are known for stealing shiny things and decorating their nests with them. Keys are shiny. The bird was the thief! It made perfect sense to me. So I decided to find its nest.

But there is a problem: As everyone knows, the Grand Canyon is a little large in area, so I didn't like my chances of actually finding a certain nest belonging to a certain bird in a certain tree in all that space. But what other choice did I have?

My wife was not encouraging me. She said, “Are you crazy? You'll never find it! The Grand Canyon is the biggest hole on Earth!” I didn't answer and walked steadily forward until her laughter died away.

I struggled to keep hope as I searched dozens of trees and tracked every singing bird. It was like searching a needle in the sea. But, oh, how great my victory would be when I held the missing key from the bird's nest.

注意:

1.所续写短文的词数应为150左右；

2.至少使用5个短文中标有下划线的关键词语:

3.续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；

4.续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。

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After two hours of searching, I finally gave up and returned to the car.

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The next day, we stopped at a service centre for lunch.

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39、假如你是李华。最近你刚结束在英国为期一个月的交换学习。学习期间，你和房东Mr. Wilson结下了深厚的友谊。请根据下面的写作提纲，给Mr. Wilson发一封电子邮件。

内容包括：1. 表示感谢  2. 回顾他对你的照顾和帮助  3. 邀请他来中国游览

注意：1.词数100左右；可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Mr. Wilson，

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Yours

Li hua

40、假如你是李华，你从报纸上得知2022年冬奥会将在你居住的城市招募志愿者。你很想成为一名志愿者，准备给组委会写一封申请信介绍你自己的情况。具体内容包括以下几下方面：

1. 个人情况；

2. 个人优势；

3. 期待被选中,承诺提供最佳服务。

注意：

1. 词数100左右；

2. 开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数；

3. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

参考词汇：组委会the organizing committee 招募recruit

Dear Sir or Madam,

I learn from the newspaper that.

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Yours,

Li Hua

41、阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。

After study for hours, I went outside and up to the roof nearby for a break and watched people cwimming in the sea. It was a sunny day—a blue, cloudless sky over a calm sea. But then, as I looked in the distance. I discovered a series of three or four big waves heading towards the shore. I’d seen these mini-tsunamis (小型海啸)many times before. They were heading at speed in the direction of the swimming area. Most people knew to look out for them, but from the screams that started coming from the beach, I could tell someone was in trouble.

Without thinking, I ran down into the street, holding my bodvboard (冲浪板)on the way and shouted at a stranger to call the coastguard(海岸警卫).My neighbor Tom had heard the screaming as well and was also outside with his bodyboard, so togetlier we rushed to the steps that led down to the sea.

Once we got closer, we discovered the waves had pulled a boy and a girl into the open sea. I knew that the nearest boat would take at least 30 minutes to reach us. I wasn’t used to this sort of emergency—I’d never been trained as a lifeguard—but I didn’t think twice about trying to save them. I suppose in a way I wanted to impress everyone; at 19, a deal like that can seem like a good opportunity to show off.

Tom and I dived into the water and it took us 10 minutes to get to them. When we finally reached them, they were almost lifeless with only their heads coming in and out of the water. We could tell they were still alive from their small breaths but it was clear they wouldn't have been able to stay there much longer. I held the boy and pulled him over my board. Tom then moved the girl onto his board.

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We discussed pushing them back to the shore, but we were too far out.

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That night, word came from the hospital that the two kids were in good condition.

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