玉树州2025学年度第一学期期末教学质量检测三年级英语

1、He had known the matter before you told him, so you _________ have told it to him.

A.mustn't B.can't C.needn't D.shouldn't

2、Last year he _____ $ 1,000 to cancer research to help develop the cure of the deadly disease.

A. distributed B. declared

C. defined D. donated

3、-- Do you agree friends you spend time with will change your life in one way or another?

-- Couldn't agree more. Hopefully our students can show great ________ in their choices of friends.

A. accommodation B. discrimination

C. reputation D. distinction

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

A.is getting worse B.got worse

C.was getting worse D.had got worse

5、Is it the driver or the passerby ________is________for the accident?

A．whom; to blame

B．who; to be blamed

C．that; to be blamed

D．that; to blame

6、He gained ______ to this university

A.permission B.accommodation C.scholarship D.admission

7、A major fire broke out at Notre-Dame Cathedral in central Paris, ______ the construction dates back to the year 1163.

A. where B. of which

C. in which D. whose

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

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

9、You’ll recognize me when you get out of the station. I______ jeans and a white T-shirt.

A．will be wearing

B．had worn

C．was wearing

D．have worn

10、--- Don’t you think it necessary that he __________ to Miami but to New York?

--- I agree, but the problem is _______ he has refused to.

A. will not be sent; that B. not be sent; that

C. shouldn’t be sent ; what D. should not send; what

11、I remember ___ for the job , but I forgot the exact amount .

A.to pay B.paying C.to have paid D.being paid

12、Sorry, I’m late. I ______ have turned off the alarm clock and gone back to sleep again.

A. might B. should

C. can’t D. will

13、It took us quite a long time to get here. It was ______journey.

A.three-hour B.a three hour C.a three-hour D.three hours

14、That was not the first time he ____ us. I think it's high time we ____ strong actions against him.

A．betrayed, take

B．had betrayed, took

C．has betrayed, took

D．has betrayed, take

15、_______is known to us all is that Johnson broke his promise ______ he would come to help me as soon as possible.

A．It; that

B．What; that

C．As; which

D．What; which

16、Many people _________ from sickness or even small wounds had penicillin not been available.

A.would die B.would have died C.may die D.may have died

17、I am writing to you _______ your job application .

A. on the contrary B. consistent with

C. in connection with D. in contrast

18、Tom never works hard at his lessons, so it’s not ______ to see a ______ look on his face after the exam.

A. surprised; disappointing B. surprised; disappointed

C. surprising; disappointed D. surprising; disappointing

19、This is the doctor without _______ help my father couldn’t have defeated the virus.

A.which B.whose C.that D.what

20、It turned out that she won the first prize in the petition, which was beyond her   .

A. expectations   B. reputations

C. contributions D. celebrations

21、Well, if you insist on eating so much, you will have to suffer the ________.

A．consequences

B．exercises

C．evidence

D．exchanges

22、______ surprised me most was ______ such a little boy of seven could play the violin so well.

A．That...what

B．What...that

C．That...which

D．What...which

23、________ your phone is a worthy assistant, there’s no substitute for a real camera when it comes to ________ the perfect picture.

A．As; taking

B．Whether; take

C．Though; take

D．While; taking

24、In our discussion of instincts, we saw that there was reason to believe ________ we inherit must be of some very simple sort rather than any complicated or very definite kind of behavior.

A．how

B．when

C．whatever

D．since

25、______,we know each other well.

A. As time going on B. With time goes on

C. With time to go on D. As time goes on

26、During this year's Spring Festival, Ma Rui made a meme（表情包）by collaging（拼贴）her portrait and images of firecrackers and golden coins. Ma sent it to relatives and friends on social media as her new year's greeting.

“Traditional text greetings are tedious. A meme sticker of myself is more creative and personal,” said Ma, a 38-year-old woman working in Yinchuan. As a regular meme maker, Ma also made her cat and dog the main characters of her creations. With her ever-increasing meme collection, she can deal with most online communications by sending memes without sending a text message On China's most popular social networking apps WeChat and QQ, many users have developed the habit of collecting memes in their accounts, including those featuring celebrities, animals，and cartoon characters. Ma has been using emojis and memes on Wechat for about 10 years, but they were limited in the past.

In recent years, meme-making has become a new trend, with the emergence of more designers and apps for making memes. With free apps, people can create their own memes and share them online. As an industry，meme-making can also bring decent incomes for meme designers, injecting vitality into related products and industries. “A good meme can accurately express what one means and reduce misunderstanding and embarrassment. This is why people need it,” said Luo Yalong, a 30-year-old meme designer.

Luo created a cartoon character named “Little Chubby Inu.” With this image, he designed nearly one thousand memes with different expressions, which have been used billions of times on WeChat since it was first introduced in 2017.

The image of Little Chubby Inu has also been printed on T-Shirts, mugs, and cosmetics and packages of popular drink brands. This year, Luo opened an online store for Little Chubby Inu-themed products.

By drawing inspiration from popular websites young people like to visit, Luo has become a prolific meme-maker, creating a new series of memes every two or three months. “Attractive memes are emerging every day, while users' tastes are ever-changing. For us designers, it causes great pressure but also presents immense opportunities,” Luo said.

【1】What does the underlined word “tedious” in Paragraph 2 mean?

A．Narrow.

B．Dull.

C．Ancient.

D．Common.

【2】Why do more and more people like to make memes?

①To make us laugh happily.

②To help us make good profit.

③To show designers' character

④To help us communicate better.

A．①②③

B．①②④

C．①③④

D．②③④

【3】What does Luo's words in the last paragraph suggest?

A．Designers should cater for users' appetite.

B．Memes cause great pressure to designers.

C．New interesting memes are arising everyday.

D．More and more memes bring us opportunities.

【4】What is the main idea of the text?

A．The stories about some famous meme-makers.

B．Memes' going viral on Chinese social networking.

C．The difference between old and new greetings.

D．Memes' creating cartoon animals character.

27、   There is virtue in working standing up. It sounds like a fashion. But it does have a basis in science.

That, by itself, may not be surprising. Health ministries ask people for decades to do more exercise. What is surprising is that long periods of inactivity are bad regardless of how much time you also spend on officially approved high-impact stuff like pounding treadmills(跑步机) in the gym. What you need instead, the latest research suggests, is constant low-level activity. This can be so low-level that you might not think of it as activity at all. Even just standing up counts, for it invokes muscles that sitting does not.

Researchers in this field trace the history of the idea that standing up is good for you back to 1953, when a study published in The Lancet found that bus conductors, who spent their days standing, had a risk of heart attack half that of bus drivers, who spent their shifts on their backsides. But as the health benefits of exercise and vigorous(强度大的) physical activity began to become clear in the 1970s, says David Dunstan, a researcher at the Baker IDI Heart & Diabetes Institute in Melbourne, Australia, interest in low-intensity activity --- like walking and standing --- became weaker.

Over the past few years, however, interest has been excited again. A series of studies, none big enough to provide convincing evidence, but all pointing in the same direction, persuaded Emma Wilmot of the University of Leicester, in Britain, to carry out a meta-analysis. This is a technique that combines diverse studies in a statistically meaningful way. Dr Wilmot combined 18 of them, covering almost 800,000 people and concluded that those individuals who are the least active in their normal daily lives are twice as likely to develop diabetes(糖尿病) as those who are the most active. She also found that the immobile are twice as likely to die from a heart attack and two-and-a-half times as likely to suffer cardiovascular disease as the most mobile. Crucially, all this seemed to be independent of the amount of vigorous, gym-style exercise that volunteers did.

【1】The surprising thing mentioned in Paragraph 2 is that ______.

A. Low-level activities are better than high-level ones.

B. Long periods of inactivity are bad to people’s health

C. The benefits of high-impact exercise are not highly approved by people

D. Strong physical activities cannot make up for the bad effects of inactivity.

【2】Why did people lose interest in low-intensity activity in the 1970s?

A. Researchers didn’t devote much to studying their health benefits.

B. The health benefits of high-impact exercise were widely recognized.

C. It was believed to be unable to invoke all the muscles of the body.

D. It was proved not so effective in reducing the risk of heart attacks.

【3】The findings made by Dr Wilmot ______.

A. disagreed with her assumption

B. consisted with the results of the 1953 study

C. changed her original research objectives

D. confirmed David Dunstan’s research results

【4】What’s the passage mainly about?

A. The history of the theory.

B. The benefits of standing up.

C. Low-level activity and health.

D. A series of epidemiological studies.

28、Auckland University Online Education — What to Expect

Most Auckland University (AU) online programs are 100 percent online so that students do not come to the school campus. Instead, AU has designed a media-rich, easy-to-use learning environment through a Learning Management System (LMS).

• Discipline

With disciplined work habits, you are likely to succeed as an online student. It is up to you to log on to your course and meet your own deadlines.

• Time Management

In order to earn competitive grades, plan on spending a minimum of 20-25 hours a week on each course. AU courses operate on a seven-week schedule, with start dates in January, March, May, July, September and November. Students are able to complete two courses per semester by taking one seven-week course at a time.

• Professional Connections

Many of the AU faculty who teach online have connections to industry, so the online learning environment ensures access to diverse expertise and practice. It includes an extensive network of professionals in a variety of industries.

“I work as an IT manager. And right from the very beginning, every class I took was relevant to what I was doing at work. The wide range of courses gave me a strong foundation for my career development.”

— Jim Heilman, Computer Information Systems graduate

• Technology

It goes without saying that technology plays a vital role in online learning. You will need a high-speed Internet connection and basic computer skills. For specifics, please click here to visit our Technology page.

【1】How long does it take to complete one course?

A.Seven weeks. B.One semester.

C.Several months. D.At least 20-25 hours.

【2】What is the purpose of mentioning Jim Heilman?

A.To recognize an excellent graduate.

B.To set a good example to other learners.

C.To prove benefits of professional connections.

D.To show effective methods of online learning.

【3】Where is the text probably taken from?

A.A course brochure. B.A college website.

C.An academic magazine. D.A local newspaper.

29、   By 11:00, Gopamma knew something was wrong. Her husband, Hanutha, should have returned from collecting firewood an hour before.Gopamma sent for her son, who gathered a search party and headed to Bandipur Tiger Reserve, a nearby national park in south-western India. Just inside the forest, they discovered Hanutha’s half-eaten remains. The tiger that killed him was still sitting next to the body.

In the face of her husband’s death, Gopamma struggled not only with grief but economic hardship. Her son had to drop out of university. “My life was much better when my husband was alive,” she says. “My older son could have studied, but now both of my sons have to work. I feel insecure and dependent.”

Despite all this, Gopamma feels no hate toward the tiger that killed her husband. Like many Hindus in India, she views humans and creatures, each with an equal right to existence. Her husband’s death, she says, has nothing to do with the fact that the government is trying to save tigers: “This was my fate.”

Rural Indians are unique in the world for their high tolerance for co-existing with potentially deadly wildlife. “You don’t find this in other cultures,” says Ullas, a biologist at the Wildlife Conservation Society and a leading expert on tigers. “If this kind of thing happened in Montana or Brazil, they’d wipe out everything the next day.”

The country holds just 25% of total tiger habitat, but accounts for 70% of all remaining wild tigers, or around 3,000 animals today.Success does not come without cost, however.They still have a lot of difficulties with tigers breaking into human-dominated places in certain parts of India,livestock(牲畜) are killed and sometimes so are people.

Some animal activists think that there are too few tigers left in the wild ,so even one shouldn’t be killed.Tigers are treasures, we’d better live with them together.

【1】Which of the following words can replace the underlined word “remains” in the first paragraph?

A.ashes B.body C.rest D.flesh

【2】How was Gopamma’s life after her husband’s death?

A.She suffered financial difficulties.

B.Her life was much better than before.

C.She hated the tiger and was in deep sorrow.

D.She became independent and supported her sons with their studies.

【3】The sentence “You don’t find this in other cultures.” in the fourth paragraph implies ______.

A.Other cultures keep tigers as pets.

B.Other cultures can kill tigers casually.

C.Rural Indians can bear the killing caused by the tiger.

D.People wipe out the tigers once they see them in Montana or Brazil.

【4】What can we know from the article ?

A.Gopamma’s two sons used to study in the university.

B.Tigers often break into indians’ houses and kill the villagers.

C.Gopamma knew something was wrong in the early morning.

D.Hanutha was found killed in the forest in a national park.

30、   At six feet, seven inches tall and weighing 253 pounds, Father was a quiet giant（巨人） who only roared when he was angry. He would work long days, often _________when I was already in bed. My two younger sisters and I both loved and feared him. Hearing the words, “Just wait until your father comes home,” would guarantee the three of us would start _________well immediately. I was seven years old the night the “giant” became a person, and my _________. All it took was the _________of a tiny, dirty kitten.

I _________ to the sounds of my father coming home from work. I slipped out of bed and moved quietly towards the living room in hopes of spending a few precious minutes _________ with my parents without my annoying sisters around.

I heard mum say, “We cannot _________ it.” What was the “it”? The giant saw me and _________ I should sit down near him. I was at a loss, although _________ might be a better word, for I had never seen or heard of a giant crying before. Unshed（满眶） tears __________up in his eyes. His cheeks were __________

The giant reached into a cardboard box and brought out a dirty young cat and __________ it on my lap. I was soon __________, as the giant shared a story with mum. As he spoke, with shaking shoulders caused by __________and at times sorrow, he transformed from a giant to a man who became my hero.

He __________ that he was on his way home when he heard two men laughing and talking. As he rounded the corner, he heard the most terrible scream of pain. He couldn’t __________ what he saw. The men had thrown a kitten into a furnace（火炉）. He yelled and ran up to them but it was too__________. He couldn’t save the kitten. The men had run away and he was about to run after them when he saw another kitten at his feet.

“We have to __________ it; we have to keep it!” said the giant.

“It needs a __________,” said mum.

“I can help, Mommy!”

Reminded of my presence, mum and my hero sent me off to bed. As I fell asleep, I heard mum running some water.

We named the kitten Cinder and it joined our family. I never saw “the giant” again; I only saw my hero and a man whose heart was __________ than he was.

【1】A.greeting B.chatting C.returning D.wandering

【2】A.waiting B.escaping C.preparing D.behaving

【3】A.model B.hero C.tutor D.friend

【4】A.visit B.story C.arrival D.life

【5】A.awoke B.listened C.rushed D.dreamed

【6】A.straight B.alone C.indoors D.gradually

【7】A.keep B.leave C.train D.clean

【8】A.appealed B.urged C.indicated D.forced

【9】A.regretful B.hopeless C.happy D.terrified

【10】A.built B.rolled C.blocked D.welled

【11】A.wet B.red C.bright D.fresh

【12】A.spread B.placed C.led D.dropped

【13】A.discovered B.forgotten C.convinced D.relieved

【14】A.fear B.surprise C.anxiety D.anger

【15】A.argued B.emphasized C.explained D.summarized

【16】A.believe B.prove C.guess D.judge

【17】A.bad B.late C.fast D.far

【18】A.help B.cure C.need D.buy

【19】A.meal B.rest C.bath D.lift

【20】A.lighter B.purer C.warmer D.larger

31、   Six years ago, something unforgettable happened. My wife, Liz, and I celebrated our 50th wedding ___ that year. It was a lovely event _________ by our sons for us. Many wonderful friends from the past surprised us with presents and ___.Our gift to each other was a driving trip out west. We drove from Ontario into Alberta, then southward into Glacier National Park in Montana, and ____ to Yellowstone National Park.

It was a __ spring day, and the Beartooth Highway had opened for the season just days before.

_______the road, there was still a great amount of snow __ . The scenery was so impressive that we made numerous stops to record memories with my camera. At __ the highest point of the highway, I stopped at a lookout to catch the ____ views, with my wife in the center of my camera lens.

There were not many vehicles on the road _____ cars with energetic young tourists ________ .And then we heard a motorcycle in the distance. The driver of the motorcycle, in rags, _____ behind our car. As he ____ us, his only words were, "Give me your camera and get over there with your wife. "  I must ___ I felt nervous that we might be robbed where we just created some beautiful memories. __ , he just took a picture of us, _____ my camera and rode off before we could express our _____ .The photo he took is one of the most cherished and prized of our trip.

I learned my lesson somewhere I least expected it. God judges us __ by our heart, so we should never judge a man by his _____. If the motorcycle driver reads this story and _____ the situation, we would like to say "thank you to him."

【1】A.ceremony B.anniversary C.tradition D.get-together

【2】A.discussed B.enjoyed C.hosted D.reported

【3】A.congratulations B.suggestions C.messages D.interests

【4】A.returned B.slid C.withdraw D.continued

【5】A.cold B.warm C.hot D.mild

【6】A.Below B.Alongside C.Beyond D.Above

【7】A.melting B.disappearing C.remaining D.rolling

【8】A.clearly B.certainly C.perfectly D.roughly

【9】A.plain B.amazing C.familiar D.boring

【10】A.Constantly B.Finally C.Occasionally D.Gradually

【11】A.ran away B.set off C.broke down D.passed by

【12】A.rushed B.parked C.circled D.tell

【13】A.approached B.protected C.warned D.welcomed

【14】A.forget B.agree C.admit D.refuse

【15】A.Happily B.Strangely C.Disappointingly D.Surprisingly

【16】A.handed back B.dropped off C.threw away D.picked out

【17】A.kindness B.fear C.gratitude D.regret

【18】A.just B.even C.still D.ever

【19】A.accent B.appearance C.experience D.intelligence

【20】A.imagines B.clarities C.appreciates D.remembers

32、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

33、I’ll always remember the first time I tried ballet (芭蕾). My mother was a   _________ and I wanted nothing more than to be like her, but after making many mistakes during my first class, I felt like I wanted to _________ right away. As it was only my first day, _________, I told my mom I couldn’t wait to dance again.

Weeks passed and my dancing didn’t _________ any better. So when my dance teacher announced that we were to perform in a show, I feared _________ on my face in front of hundreds of people and _________ my mom.

Even though I practiced for the show as much as I could, I _________ quite got the hang of it. Finally, feeling nervous and _________, I went to my mom to tell her how I felt. As I cried, I told her how _________ dancing was for me. My mother simply laughed and told me that from that day, she would __________ me all she knew about ballet. She wiped the __________ from my face, and I smiled.

My mom quickly discovered how bad at ballet I was, but she still taught me with the greatest __________, love and understanding. When I leapt and fell, she was there to __________ me. When I lost my __________, she help me up. By the time the __________ arrived, I was as prepared as I could be.

The music began and my heart started to race. Breathing steadily, I began moving to the music without __________ a step. When the music stopped, I ran off the stage and laughed in __________ she was__________. I looked my mom in the eye and told her that there was no way this could have happened __________ her. Through this all, I realized one important __________. My mom will always be there to catch me if I fall.

【1】

A．teacher

B．director

C．dancer

D．musician

【2】

A．give up

B．make up

C．keep up

D．pick up

【3】

A．besides

B．however

C．therefore

D．otherwise

【4】

A．improve

B．come

C．develop

D．get

【5】

A．standing

B．falling

C．putting

D．dancing

【6】

A．disappointing

B．satisfying

C．moving

D．confusing

【7】

A．still

B．just

C．once

D．never

【8】

A．hungry

B．understanding

C．hopeless

D．amazed

【9】

A．important

B．interesting

C．impossible

D．unnecessary

【10】

A．teach

B．remind

C．practice

D．support

【11】

A．sweat

B．tears

C．fear

D．surprise

【12】

A．courage

B．bravery

C．imagination

D．patience

【13】

A．believe

B．see

C．catch

D．push

【14】

A．balance

B．interest

C．confidence

D．protection

【15】

A．music

B．show

C．audience       

D．meeting

【16】

A．missing

B．taking

C．counting     

D．watching

【17】

A．turn

B．power

C．peace

D．excitement

【18】

A．thankful

B．nervous

C．proud

D．lucky

【19】

A．beyond

B．without

C．for

D．to

【20】

A．fact

B．skill

C．problem

D．wonder

34、课文填空

Yet, some people are【1】 They claim that surfing the Internet is a waste of time. They make the 【2】 that children spend too much time chatting and playing games instead of 【3】 on their school work. However, a recent survey conducted in the USA shows that 80 per cent of Internet users 【4】 it mostly to search for answers to questions. The second most common use of the Internet, for 79 per cent of Internet users, is to find out information about hobbies. These statistics prove that gathering information is the 【5】 use for the Internet.

35、Directions: Complete the following sentences by using the proper form of the words or expressions given in the frame. Each one can only be used once.

Why your Password May Not Be As Safe As It Seems?  Does “qaz2ws” strike you as a nice safe password? What about “adgjmptw”? An analysis has found them to be among the passwords that are most 【1】 used, which of course means they are not secure at all.

When ten million passwords were leaked on to the internet，they appeared to 【2】that attempts by internet security experts to make us improve our password strength had been successful, even if, in the specific case of the leaked passwords, they are also completely pointless.

While many of the passwords were still single words, such as “password”，there was also a clear attempt by many to make them harder to【3】. The problem was that people seemed to do so in the same way.

“Users are becoming slightly more 【4】what makes a password strong,” explained WP Engine, an internet company that performed the analysis. “For instance, adding a number or two at the end of a text phrase. That makes it better, right?”

But 【5】no. They found that almost half a million passwords did this and in 20 percent of those all people did was put the number “1” at the end.

Perhaps this is why some companies are now trying to move gradually beyond passwords. Yahoo! is giving users the option to 【6】 their mobile phone with an account, having a single use passwords texted to it each time they want to log on.

Although the serviced is voluntary, Dylan Casey an executive at Yahoo!，said that it was “the first step to【7】passwords”. He said it was a(n)【8】that it was increasingly hard for people to remember all the passwords they had. “I don’t think we, as an industry, have done a good enough job of putting ourselves in the shoes of the people using our products,” he said.

It would certainly be a more sensible strategy than same people’s improving upon “password” by using “password” or，“tran5p053d numb3r5 f0r 133tr3r5”.

“We are, for the most part，predictably【9】when it comes to choosing passwords, despite a decade of warnings from password strength checkers during sign-ups” said WP Engine. “We love taking a(n) 【10】, and so do password crackers.

36、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.

37、阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

Smell the flowers before you go to sleep and you may just end up with rosy dreams. Have a whiff of rotten(腐烂的)eggs during the night and your dreams may be【1】(pleasant). So says researcher Dr. Boris Stuck, 【2】invited sleeping volunteers to a rose vs. rotten egg test in the University Hospital Mannheim in Germany. The subjects didn’t dream about roses【3】eggs, but rather he found that what they smelt affected the emotions of【4】(they) dreams.

And if you think【5】(smell) have a say in dreams, wait for what TV tells us. A UK study reveals that people exposed【6】black-and-white film and TV in their youth are to have monochromic(单色的)dreams throughout their life more【7】(probable). Eva Murzyn from the University of Dundee tested two age groups— one half 【8】(age) over 55 and【9】other half under 25.

The result? Under 5% of the dreams of the under-25s were in black and white. 【10】(watch)color TV in childhood seems to be the reason why.

38、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。续写的词数应为150左右。

After my son, Scott, graduated from high school he took a job near his father. Two thousand miles suddenly separated me from the person who’d been the focus of my life for 18 years. As the days went by, I missed Scott more and more. I’d always been able to take care of myself, but now I seemed to need Scott’s help constantly, like getting a tool from the top shelf, or moving something heavy, or changing a tire on the car. Most of all, I just missed having him to talk to. I was lonely. I knew this day would come. But why does it have to be so hard?

However, a mother spider taught me a lesson.

On my way out from my storeroom, I noticed a spider building her web across the top corner of the doorway. I reached for a hoe（锄头）m, tore down the web, and watched the giant spider run away in the grass. She was back the very next morning, in the exact same spot, busily rebuilding. I stared for a moment, and then reached for the hoe again. Then I twisted the hoe round and round, catching the spider in her own web. I carried her far into my backyard, shook the hoe and watched her fall to the ground, disappearing in the bush. The third morning, I stopped short as I entered the storeroom. The spider was back in the same corner of the door frame, her web almost completed again. I reached for the hoe, but stopped. She wants her web where she wants it, I thought, and that kind of perseverance（毅力）should pay off. I stepped back and watched her long legs busily knitting the web.

For the next few weeks, the spider and I were close neighbors. One particularly boring day, I was feeling so down that I didn’t even glance up at my spider as I entered. As I stared in wonder, I found a hundred tiny angels on the floor. I realized that these were baby spiders that the eggs had hatched, and already, as the mother watched from the corner of the home that she had built, her young were making their way to the ground.

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39、假定你是李华，九月末将去伦敦交流学习，得知当地博物馆要举办中国传统服装展，正在招募志愿者。请写一封申请信，要点如下：

1. 写作目的；

2. 个人优势；

3. 你的承诺。

注意：1.词数 100 左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

Dear Sir/Madam,

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Yours,

Li Hua

40、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。续写词数应为150左右。

A tradesman was leading a caravan (商队) to another country to sell his goods. Along the way they came to the edge of a hot-sand desert. They learnt that during the daytime the sun heated up the fine sand until it was as hot as charcoal (木炭), so no one could walk on it — not even camels! Then the caravan leader hired a desert guide, one who could follow the stars, so they could travel only at night when the sand cooled down. The guide sat on the first cart. And they began the dangerous night-time journey across the desert. A couple of nights later, after eating their evening meal and waiting for the sand to cool, they started out again.

Later that night, the desert guide, who was driving the first cart, saw from the stars that they were getting close to the other side of the desert. He had been very tired, so when he relaxed, he fell asleep. Then the camels who, of course, couldn’t tell directions by reading the stars, gradually turned to the side and went in a big wide circle until they ended up at the same place that they started from! By then it was morning, and the people woke up and realized they were back at the same spot where they started. They lost heart and began to cry about their condition. Since the desert crossing was supposed to be over by now, they had no more water, and they were worried about there was nothing to drink, and were extremely afraid they would die of thirst. They even began to blame the caravan leader and the desert guide. However, the leader himself didn’t lose courage. He talked with the desert guide and then they began wandering, trying to work out a plan.

Paragraph 1

Suddenly, the leader noticed a small clump (团) of grass.

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Paragraph 2

A spring (泉源) was found at last.

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41、假设你是李华。你的美国朋友George下学期将作为交换生来你校学习。最近，他在来信中表达了对中国画的浓厚兴趣，想请你就“学习国画”这一主题给出建议。请你用英语回信，要点如下：

1.介绍国画；

2.提出建议（至少两条）；

3.表达祝愿。

注意：

1.词数80左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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