石嘴山2025学年度第一学期期末教学质量检测三年级英语

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

A.The;/ B.The;the C./;a D.The;a

2、It was_____ he said______ disappointed me.

A. what; that B. that; that

C. what; what D. that; what

3、The old street was so _________ that we had to stop our car and go to his house on foot.

A．attractive

B．ordinary

C．shallow

D．narrow

4、Nowadays students go to key universities just for a formal ________，which may help them hunt for a good job in the future.

A．conservation

B．preparation

C．graduation

D．qualification

5、The medical staff of Leishenshan hospital in Wuhan   at the hospital square on April 4, 2020.

A.majored B.mentioned C.motivated D.mourned

6、Anyone who are in ______ of weapons without permission are considered law breaking.

A．command

B．control

C．charge

D．possession

7、The shocking news made me realize_______ terrible problems we would face.

A.what B.if C.how D.that

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

A.Given B.To give

C.Giving D.Having given

9、Only if you ________into ordinary people’s life, ________ find out why they are dissatisfied and understand the revolution threatening the country.

A.have gone … you will B.will go … may you

C.go … you may D.do go … you will

10、China has got a good_________ for fighting against Covid-19 with its careful and smooth organizaton.

A.reputation B.influence C.impression D.knowledge

11、Which of the following sentences is WRONG?

A.It was sunny,and I suggested going to the beach.

B.Her expression suggested that she know the news.

C.All the evidence suggests that he stole the money.

D.She suggested that he book the tickets in advance.

12、I feel both excited and nervous to speak before such a large audience, so I spent a lot of time _______ my lecture.

A.promoting B.releasing C.refreshing D.polishing

13、It is likely that we may ________ great benefits from such releases of genetically engineered organisms into the environment — providing they do what we expect them to.

A．invalidate

B．derive

C．prohibit

D．reserve

14、We ________ be seen by AI as a small inconvenience that is in the way of the solution to a bigger problem.

A．could

B．should

C．need

D．dare

15、People used to think that the Chinese were not as healthy and fit

as the people in the west, but facts have proved that that's _________ the case.

A. far away from   B. far from

C. far away     D. by far

16、We were delayed at the airport. _________ we would have been here by lunch time.

A. However B. Instead

C. Probably D. Otherwise

17、I have a very busy life with no time to sit around ______ sorry for myself.

A.feel B.feeling C.to feel D.felt

18、----I just can’t help worrying about the result of my driving license test.

---- . You can do nothing but wait.

A. Just relax B. Have fun

C. Watch out D. Take your time

19、 —I find it astonishing that your deskmate ________ be so rude to you.

—Not astonishing at all. She is always rude to anyone else.

A．should    B．must  C．might  D．ought to

20、He used to _____ up late, but now has got used to _____ early since he entered the high school.

A.get; get B.get; getting C.getting; get D.getting; getting

21、---It’s a long time ______ I saw you last.

---Yes, and what a pity! It will be a long time _____ we see each other again.

A. when;when B. since;before C. before; since D. since;when

22、Adapted from Liu Cixin’s novel, the hit film The Wandering Earth reportedly had a budget of nearly $50 million, much of _______ spent on content and special effects.

A．which

B．them

C．it

D．what

23、________ the danger of drunk driving, the driver decided not to drive any more after drinking.

A．Aware for

B．Aware of

C．Aware about

D．Being aware that

24、________ you begin to do something, you must carry on with it, otherwise you will never achieve anything.

A．Once

B．Unless

C．Before

D．Although

25、Many of his classmates came to his birthday party, and they had a good time; ________ it was a great success to him.

A．in particular

B．all the best

C．all in all

D．in other word

26、The Sahara Desert, which covers over 3.6 million square miles of Northern Africa, is one of the most unsuitable places for most animals to live in on the planet today. However, new research conducted by a team of international biologists has found that millions of years ago, the area was filled with frightening animals feeding on meat, including dinosaurs,

“It was the most dangerous place in the history of planet Earth because it was home to so many different kinds of dangerous animals in all shapes and sizes," says study leader Nizar Ibrahim, a biologist at the University of Detroit Mercy.

The researchers found the fossils (化石) of three of the world's largest-known dinosaur species that raised the Kem Kem beds to the status of “the most dangerous place in Earth's history”.

They included the "shark-toothed dinosaurs”. Larger than even the T-Rex, the massive theropods (兽脚亚目恐龙) measured 13 feet tall, 45 feet long, and weighed as much as 17,637 pounds. The creatures sported enormous jaws and teeth up to eight inches long. The mid-sized theropod, which grew to about 26 feet in length, had unusually slim hind limbs (后肢) for its size, suggesting it may have been a swift runner.

The most interesting thing was the Spinosaurus aegyptiacus (埃及棘龙). The massive 50-foot long, 15,434-pound animal had a long nose, similar to those of a crocodile's stomach, and long teeth. The dinosaur's most unusual feature, however, was its tail. Unlike the tails of other dinosaurs, such as the T-Rex, it was flexible with a large surface area.

To test the tail’s abilities, the biologists created a plastic one and attached it to a robotic swimming device. They found that the paddle-like structure was capable of moving sideways, suggesting that the dinosaurs could easily push through water. The researchers believe the dinosaurs were equally comfortable on land, where they came to lay their eggs.

【1】What was the Sahara Desert like millions of years ago?

A．Animals there mainly lived in water.

B．There lived many dangerous animals.

C．Dinosaurs were the only animals there.

D．Dinosaurs there fed on three animals.

【2】How does the author mainly prove that shark-toothed dinosaurs are huge?

A．By making comparisons.

B．By using experts' words,

C．By listing some figures.

D．By showing plastic ones.

【3】What is most special about the Spinosaurus aegyptiacus?

A．Its huge stomach.

B．Its long nose.

C．Its sharp teeth.

D．Its flexible tail.

【4】What is the best title of this text?

A．The Sahara Desert Was Once Home to Dinosaurs

B．Dinosaurs Lived on the Earth for Millions of Years

C．Dinosaurs Were Once Dangerous to Many Animals

D．Researchers Have Found Fossils of Many Dinosaurs

27、My brother, Michael and I are crazy about houses. On Aug 1, 2016, I was driving through the Northern Neck of Virginia with him. We had found an abandoned Italianate farmhouse with weeds up to our waist. When admiring the property my brother rolled up the unlocked garage   door. “Holy smokes!” There sat this Mercedes. Seeing the number 6.9 on its back, I immediately recognized this to be a rare and unique find.

The car’s door was unlocked and in the glovebox, I found insurance papers. It turned out that the owner was a dead country doctor.It took me a year to find his widow’s(寡妇的) address, in Richmond. Twice I made the two-hour drive just to knock on her door, striking out both times. On the third try her neighbor was outside and I was able to get the widow’s phone number.

I logged approximately 25 voice mails,and still nothing.It was, I thought, just bad luck. I called one last time and heard a voice: “Hello?” From that point on, we struck up a friendship.

In July 2018, two years after finding the car, I was ready to buy it from her. We met in the middle — somewhere around what a new Toyota might cost. Still,the night before, I called my brother and said, “I am getting cold feet.” What was I doing buying an old Mercedes? He said, “You are buying that great car. And I promise you, the friendship you will make as a result will make this car worth every penny.” And he was right.

【1】Why did the author go to the Northern Neck?

A．To visit his brother.

B．To check the house.

C．To buy the unique car.

D．To enjoy the beautiful sights.

【2】What can we infer from the second and third paragraphs?

A．The author had trouble finding the car owner.

B．The car was the doctor’s only possession.

C．The widow was unwilling to sell the car.

D．The car was in bad conditions.

【3】What does the underlined sentence in the last paragraph mean?

A．He was shocked by the price.

B．He was hesitating to make the decision.

C．He cared about money more than the car.

D．The weather that day was quite cold.

【4】What did Michael think of buying the car?

A．It was a waste of money.

B．It would cost a great deal.

C．Buying the car brought good friendship.

D．His brother made a good bargain buying it.

28、A roadside system that detects if a mobile phone is in use in a passing vehicle is being tested in the UK first. Despite being unable to tell whether the driver is using the phone, it is hoped that it will act as a warning to people who make calls behind the wheel. The technology picks up the phone signal in the vehicle and activates a roadside warning sign of a mobile phone with a red line through it.

The system cannot tell the difference between a driver and a passenger on a bus, but to some degree it can warn drivers that they can be detected using their phones. Using a directional antenna (天线)，the detector picks up radio waves produced by a phone handset, and measures the signal strength and length of them. When a signal is detected of duration (持续时间) long enough and signal strength strong enough to set off the system, the detector activates the warning sign. The detector is able to distinguish Bluetooth connections or hands-free devices which, when picked up, will prevent the activation.

While this new system is no replacement for a police officer catching someone in the act, it could be enough to make some drivers think twice- and that has to be a positive step forward. However, just as technology has enabled the problem of drivers using mobile phones illegally, it can also be a big part of the solution in getting people to stop. Statistics from the devices will be shared with Norfolk Police, the county council said. The council said that enabling the system to record specific number plates could be a "future development".

Using a mobile phone at the wheel is one of the four road crimes which can have horrible consequences if it causes a deadly or serious car crash. Law enforcement (执行) technology has been falling behind for a decade and not made any easier by motor producers that encourage users to plug in their phones even before driving.

【1】Why is the roadside system used according to Paragraph 1?

A．To send out cellphone signals to drivers.

B．To detect drivers' illegal use of cellphone.

C．To monitor people's use of phones while driving.

D．To warm people against using pones while driving.

【2】How does the detector of the roadside system work?

A．It measures the length of the phone.

B．It warns drivers with a phone in hand.

C．It picks up radio waves from handsets.

D．It activates the vehicle's Bluetooth system.

【3】What does the text suggest drivers do with the road warning sign?

A．Swift to Bluetooth while driving.

B．Have a close watch of road signs.

C．Avoid being picked up by detectors.

D．Stop using a hands-free mobile phone.

【4】What will the county council probably do in the future?

A．Share the devices with the police.

B．Make the system more advanced.

C．Replace the police with the new system.

D．Take steps to settle road safety problems.

29、Dogs are our best friends. That’s especially true after a disaster, such as an earthquake. When buildings fall down, search and rescue dogs help find trapped people. Dogs’ amazing noses can pick up the smell of survivors. Now scientists have developed an electronic tool that does the same thing. It’s taking smell detection(探测) to a whole new level.

The new invention is a sort of electronic nose, which can detect extremely low levels of many compounds(化合物) from people’s skin. This isn’t the first time engineers have developed such an object. Earlier models, however, have been bulky and expensive. They could not detect low levels of target compounds either. The new one is inexpensive and small enough to fit inside hand-held equipment.

The electronic nose can detect extremely slight smell of more than one compound at the same time. "Being able to do this, in such a small object, is the significant discovery," says Sotiris E. Pratsinis, Professor of Process Engineering&Materials Science at the Swiss Federal Institute of   Technology in Zurich. His team tested it in special spaces. They were like the small spaces where people might be trapped. Chemicals given off by the volunteers built up inside. The electronic equipment detected those compounds at unbelievably low levels.

The results were good news for the research team. But they may be not for our four-legged friends, who could soon be out of a job. "Ideally, this technology could replace search and rescue dogs," Pratsinis says.

Stephen Taylor, an electrical engineer, agrees that the new technology has some benefits over dogs. Still, he thinks it may be too soon to have our trusty friends retire. He suspects, "I foresee that such an object could add to the fine work done by the dogs." Taylor also pointed out some potential limitations of the new invention. "E-noses are useful, but can be very likely to be affected by unstable readings and interruption," he says.

【1】Why does the author talk about dogs at the beginning?

A．To catch the readers’ attention.

B．To introduce the topic about e-noses.

C．To show what search and rescue dogs do.

D．To add background information for discussion.

【2】Which of the following best explains "bulky" underlined in paragraph 2?

A．Complex

B．Fragile

C．Handy

D．Large

【3】What is Paragraph 3 mainly about?

A．What e-noses’ working principle is.

B．How e-noses are made.

C．What differences between dogs and e-noses are.

D．How powerful e-noses are.

【4】What does Stephen Taylor mean?

A．Dogs and e-noses could work together.

B．Search and rescue dogs will retire soon.

C．E-noses are more reliable than noses of dogs.

D．Dogs are better at finding out trapped people.

30、   When I was 17 , I met a famous doctor named Paul Bragg . He gave me one of the most valuable ______ of my life : a statement that was filled with words of ______ . To this very day , I still ______ it : I am a genius（天才） , and I apply my wisdom .

______ , I was a high school dropout（辍学学生） and was living in a tent in Hawaii . I had a very limited vocabulary and had never ______ reading a single book . When Dr. Bragg taught me this statement , he told me to say it with feelings ______ it were true. To do so seemed so far away from ______ that it was funny . After saying it many times , ______ , I began to feel what those powerful words meant . ______ every day I continued to say it , and it became ______ to believe : I am a genius , and I apply my wisdom .

It was two and a half years later when I really saw the ______ of the statement . I was sitting in a college library ______ by fellow students whom I was helping with higher mathematics . I heard one of the students speak ______ to another . “John is really a ______ !” At the moment , I ______ what Dr. Bragg had taught me , and I ______ to say this statement for the rest of my life .

I can’t quite put into words what a(n) ______ this statement has made in my life . ______  it , I was able to change from a dropout to the top of my college class . I think that the key to ______ is putting your true feelings into a statement you ______ and saying it over and over every day .

【1】A. enjoyments B. parts C. gifts D. knowledge

【2】A. idea B. comfort C. praise D. power

【3】A. like B. need C. say D. use

【4】A. At the time B. For a while C. All at once D. For the moment

【5】A. advised B. finished C. minded D. admitted

【6】A. as if B. so that C. in case D. now that

【7】A. history B. hope C. life D. reality

【8】A. moreover B. however C. otherwise D. anyhow

【9】A. Until B. Since C. So D. After

【10】A. easier B. funnier C. more unusual D. more impossible

【11】A. evidence B. purpose C. details D. results

【12】A. followed B. surrounded C. assisted D. invited

【13】A. loudly B. kindly C. softly D. directly

【14】A. star B. spokesman C. kid D. genius

【15】A. read B. remembered C. showed D. doubted

【16】A. decided B. asked C. expected D. learned

【17】A. difference B. problem C. improvement D. impression

【18】A. Except for B. More than C. Instead of D. Because of

【19】A. love B. success C. happiness D. understanding

【20】A. think about B. look for C. believe in D. dream about

31、   I spent two weeks working on an email to Joanna, the most powerful woman at McKinsey & Company. I _____ my admiration for her and my expectation to work with her.

When I first______， I didn't think I was good enough to get a job at McKinsey after graduation. After all,  I was a sociology_____， not a business one. I carried that_____ with me as I interviewed and even as I ______ the job.Despite this, I wanted more—working with Joanna.

Before I joined McKinsey, I_____ knew Joanna was someone I wanted to work with. Her interests were_____ to the research I had done in school, so I knew  my_____ would be a great fit for Joanna's leadership program at the firm_____，my desire was in direct conflict with my fear that I wasn't_____ enough.

I must have_____ my email to Joanna a million times. My request was_____ to have some involvement in her leadership program. I was_____ she wouldn't reply, or worse, she would_____ that I wasn't good enough_____，after several drafts, I took the plunge(决定奋力一搏) and hit “send”. Joanna_____ within five minutes. I still remember shaking with_____ explaining my availability. as I answered her email,

Sending that email changed everything and gave me the_____ to work for my role model. Her support on a personal level as well as within the firm finally_____ my future and helped me to develop my_____ I needed to become an entrepreneur (企业家).

【1】A.shared B.expressed C.claimed D.discussed

【2】A.wrote B.graduated C.worked D.applied

【3】A.major B.professional C.performer D.designer

【4】A.image B.email C.thought D.form

【5】A.landed B.failed C.changed D.challenged

【6】A.hardly B.almost C.really D.already

【7】A.important B.related C.new D.contrary

【8】A.diploma B.talent C.background D.interest

【9】A.Still B.instead C.Therefore D.Besides

【10】A.dynamic B.brilliant C.sensitive D.ambitious

【11】A.evaluated B.counted C.sent D.drafted

【12】A.simple B.absurd C.vague D.pure

【13】A.sure B.worried C.astonished D.sad

【14】A.recommend B.judge C.reply D.show

【15】A.Immediately B.Initially C.Nearly D.Eventually

【16】A.responded B.arrived C.refused D.explained

【17】A.congratulation B.excitement C.admiration D.disappointment

【18】A.profit B.courage C.opportunity D.aid

【19】A.decided B.protected C.checked D.shaped

【20】A.enthusiasm B.skill C.confidence D.sight

32、Minutes after the _________ ended yesterday at Plaza Theater, employees were busy _________ popcorns and gathering coke cups. It was a scene that had been repeated many times in the theater's _________ history. This time, however, the cleanup was a little _________. As one group of workers carried out the rubbish, another group began removing seats and other theater's equipment in preparation for the building's _________.

The film classic The Last Picture Show was the last movie shown in the _________ theater.

_________ the movie is 30 years old, most of the 250 seats were filled with teary-eyed audience wanting to _________ to the old building. _________ Ed Bradford said he chose the movie because it seemed appropriate. The movie is set in a small town ____________ the only movie theater is preparing to ____________.

Bradford said that large modern theaters in the city made it ____________ for the Plaza to compete. He added that theater's location（位置）was also a ____________. “This ____________ the centre of town,“ he said. “Now the area is mostly office buildings and warehouses.

Last week some city officials ____________ the city might be interested in turning the old theater into a museum and public meeting place. However, these plans were ____________ because of ____________ problems. Bradford sold the building and land to a local development firm, which ____________ to build a shopping complex on the land where the theater is located.

The theater audience said good-bye as Bradford ____________ for the last time. After 75 years the Plaza Theater had shown its last movie. The theater will be ____________.

【1】

A．music

B．opening ceremony

C．last movie

D．match

【2】

A．preparing for

B．sweeping up

C．stirring up

D．cleaning

【3】

A．only one time

B．a few times

C．many times

D．never before

【4】

A．different

B．easy

C．the same

D．difficult

【5】

A．new owner

B．end

C．new face

D．new seats

【6】

A．new

B．old

C．modern

D．dirty

【7】

A．Yet

B．Because

C．However

D．Though

【8】

A．buy

B．say good-bye to

C．change

D．remember

【9】

A．Mayor

B．Governor

C．Theater owner

D．Headmaster

【10】

A．that

B．what

C．where

D．there

【11】

A．open up

B．close down

C．run away

D．win new audience

【12】

A．impossible

B．possible

C．easy

D．interested

【13】

A．reward

B．choice

C．reason

D．matter

【14】

A．would be

B．used to be

C．might be

D．could be

【15】

A．ordered

B．wished

C．suggested

D．promised

【16】

A．favored

B．abandoned

C．made

D．carried out

【17】

A．finance

B．pollution

C．security

D．traffic

【18】

A．refuses

B．plans

C．proposes

D．opposes

【19】

A．opened the door

B．repaired the door

C．broke the door

D．locked the door

【20】

A．missed

B．forgotten

C．bought back

D．hated

33、   At my daughter's recent graduation, a speaker kept repeating, 'You can do anything with a degree in philosophy. ' To that, I thought you can do anything with the right _______.

I didn't have a _______ job until I was 27. When I was hired, I was basically _______. My car had broken down. I was living with two other people and sleeping on a couch. My family and friends thought I was going _______．

I didn't feel that way though. I wasn't doing well _______. Sure, friends of mine got married and bought houses. But neither of those choices _______ me. Taking the road _______ traveled is part of being an entrepreneur (创业者). I wanted to _______ my dream, which was to work with my hands and be creative. I wanted to be my own boss.

At the time, I was _______ toy animals and selling them at street fairs. It wasn't easy, but I stayed true to myself. I was ________ and hardworking. I know those were the qualities that led me to get ________ at my first job. So don't give up hope.

One Sunday, I read an article about a toy company called Worlds of Wonder. I knew I could make a better teddy bear than the one they were ________, although I had designed just a few cuddly toys for another company. The next day, I visited the company's offices in person and told them they needed me. To my surprise, they ________ to interview me. Because they could tell I was enthusiastic.

Many of us don't ________ new things because we're sure we don't have the skills. But from my experience, it's far more ________ to have the right attitude. Almost everything can be taught. Are you a ready and willing student?

【1】A.direction B.attitude C.way D.knowledge

【2】A.full-time B.special C.creative D.surprising

【3】A.blessing B.annoying C.starving D.satisfying

【4】A.forward B.nowhere C.anywhere D.somewhere

【5】A.physically B.spiritually C.mentally D.financially

【6】A.upset B.disappointed C.envied D.excited

【7】A.often B.nearly C.less D.easily

【8】A.follow B.change C.get D.earn

【9】A.copying B.making C.buying D.learning

【10】A.enthusiastic B.healthy C.friendly D.intelligent

【11】A.hired B.lost C.warned D.supported

【12】A.improving B.researching C.designing D.marketing

【13】A.denied B.agreed C.refused D.invited

【14】A.give away B.take on C.put up D.let down

【15】A.funny B.ready C.important D.successful

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

A

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

B

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

C

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

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.

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.

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.

Knowledge is free on the Internet at a small but 【1】 number of colleges and universities. About 160 schools around the world now put free course materials on the web to the 【2】. Recent additions in the United States 【3】 projects at Yale, Johns Hopkins and the University of California, Berkeley.

Berkeley said it would offer videos of lectures on YouTube. Free videos from other schools are 【4】 at the Apple iTunes store.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) became an early 【5】 with its Open Course Ware project, first 【6】 in 2001. Free lecture notes, exams and other resources are published at ocw.mit.edu. Many exams even include the answers. Today, Open Course Ware offers materials from 1,800 undergraduate and graduate courses. These 【7】 from Physics to Political Science. Visitors can learn the same things as MIT students learn. But as the site points out, Open Course Ware is not an MIT education. Visitors receive no credit toward a degree. Some materials from a course may not be available, and the site does not provide 【8】 with teachers. Still, MIT says that the site has had forty million visits by thirty-one million visitors from almost every country. Sixty percent of the visitors are from outside the United States and Canada. Students and educators use the site, including students at MIT. But the largest number of visitors, about half, are self-learners.

Some professors have become well-known around the world as a result of 【9】 online. Walter Lewin, a physics professor at MIT, is 【10】 popular. Fans enjoy his entertaining lectures. MIT Open Course Ware now includes materials for high school. The aim is to improve education in Science, Technology, Math and Engineering.

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

On a broiling afternoon when the men were away at work and all the women napped, I moved through majestic depths of silences, silences so immense I could hear the corn 【1】. Under these silences there was a / an orchestra of natural music playing notes no city child would ever hear. A certain cackle from the henhouse meant we had gained an egg. The creak of a porch swing told of a momentary breeze blowing across my grandmother’s yard. As I 【2】 along a mossy bank to surprise a frog, a 【3】splash told me the quarry had spotted me and slipped into the stream. Wandering among the sleeping houses, I learned that tin roofs crackle under the power of the sun, and when I tired and came back to my grandmother’s house, I padded into her dark cool living room, lay 【4】 on the floor, and listened to the hypnotic beat of her pendulum clock on the wall ticking the meaningless hours away.

I was enjoying the luxuries of a rustic nineteenth-century boyhood, but for the women Morrisonville life had few 【5】. Their lives were hard, endless, dirty labor.

For baths, laundry, and dishwashing, they hauled buckets of water from a spring at the foot of a hill. To heat it, they chopped kindling to fire their wood stoves. They boiled laundry in tubs, scrubbed it on washboards until knuckles were 【6】, and wrung it out by hand. Ironing was a business of lifting heavy metal weights heated on the stove top.

They scrubbed floors on hands and knees, thrashed rugs with carpet beaters, killed and plucked their own chickens, baked bread and parties, grew and conned their won vegetables, patched the family’s clothing on treadle-operated sewing machines, 【7】before the men to start the stove for breakfast and pack lunch pails, polished the chimneys of kerosene lamps, and even found time to tend the flowers that grew around every house. By the end of a summer day a Morrisonville woman had toiled like a serf.

At sundown the men drifted back from the fields exhausted and 【8】. They scrubbed themselves in enamel basins and, when supper was eaten, climbed up onto the porch to watch the night arrive. Presently the women 【9】 them, and the twilight music of Morrisonville began.

The swing creaking , rocking chairs 【10】 on the porch planks, voices murmuring approval of the sagacity of Uncle Irvey as he quietly observed for probably the ten-thousandth time in his life, “A man works from sun to sun, but a woman’s work is never done.”

38、培养孩子的兴趣爱好是非常必要的，但现在有很多家长一味地追求子女的多才多艺，迫使孩子学习他们不感兴趣的东西，请你以大约120个词谈谈对这种现象的看法，内容包括：

(1)你是否赞同上述家长的做法；(2)以你或你朋友的经历说明你的观点；(3)呼吁家长们要尊重孩子的意愿。

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39、现在越来越多的大学生选择了作为志愿者到穷困地区支教，但有些人嘲笑他们是傻子，请你结合下面的要点写一篇英语短文，谈一谈你对这一问题的看法：

1. 志愿者们的选择是正确而光荣的。

2. 他们教会了孩子们通过学习知识来改变命运。

3. 他们点燃了孩子们人生旅程中希望的火炬。

词汇提示：志愿者：volunteer；穷困地区：backward areas；光荣的：glorious；火炬：torch

注意：1.词数120-150。

2.可适当增加细节。

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40、阅读下面短文, 根据其内容写一篇 60 词左右的内容概要。

Before a child starts school, his or her main role models are his or her parent or caregiver. Parents or caregivers with high self-esteem( 自尊) typically model this to the children, who will gradually pick up these ideas. Those who are influenced by negativity（否定性，消极态度), even if the negativity is not towards them, will often take the same way of thinking, leading to low self-esteem in childhood.

Continual praise for a child’s achievements plays a large part in a child’s view of himself or herself. Praising a child for acting as expected or something good often encourages him or her to repeat the same action and forms a sense of self-worth. Empty praise, however, can have the opposite（相反的）effect. A child who is praised for anything will stop believing the words, and the empty praise will have little effect on self-esteem in childhood or possibly a negative effect.

Providing a child with responsibilities based on his or her abilities is also important in the development of self-esteem in childhood. Making a child feel like a helpful member of a family or group, whether at home or school, helps to form a higher sense of confidence in his or her abilities. However, giving a child unfit responsibilities or tasks can do no good to the development of high self-esteem in childhood.

Each person has strengths and weaknesses. A child can build up his or her confidence level when he/she is encouraged to take part in activities ,which can provide him or her with chances to work on weaknesses(缺点) in a helpful environment . Children who are given the opportunities to use their unique skills to help others or improve themselves have higher self-esteem than those who are not given the same chances or who are pushed into activities that they do not enjoy or do not have an ability to do.

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41、假定你是李华，打算报名参加2022年北京冬奥会全球志愿者。你的新西兰笔友Tim有相关经验，请你给他写一封邮件，内容包括：

1. 你的打算；

2. 寻求帮助；

3. 期待回复。

注意：1. 词数100左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。