2025-2026年吉林延边州高二下册期末英语试卷(含答案)

1、May 12th,2008______a heavy earthquake,which caused a large number of deaths.

A.noticed B.watched C.saw D.suffered

2、 can be done   been done.

A.All; have B.All that; have C.All; has D.All that; has

3、He suggested we set off for the station immediately. _________ , we will miss the the train.

A.Therefore B.Meanwhile C.However D.Otherwise

4、Evidence has been found through years of study _______ children’s early sleeping problems are likely to continue when they grow up.

A. whether B. how

C. that D. why

5、The old man asked Lucy to move to another chair__________he wanted to sit next to his wife.

A.although B.unless C.because D.if

6、___ is known to all, Xiao Ming is good at English.

A.It B.As C.Which D.What

7、She couldn't help _______ into tears when she heard the news.

A.burst B.bursting C.bursts D.to burst

8、He has lived longer than the doctor expected. They didn’t think he would ________ to November.

A．make for

B．make it

C．make out

D．make up

9、The newly-elected president officially a plan to break through the trade barrier.

A.laid off B.laid down C.laid out D.laid aside

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

A.rise B.raise C.arise D.arouse

11、In 2019, Chinese smartphone maker Huawei launched its product of the year — Mate X, _______ a folding screen and 5G technology.

A．featuring

B．to feature

C．features

D．having featured

12、________ any land, the man struggling in the sea was desperate completely.

A. Not seeing B. Not seen

C. Not to see D. Having not seen

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

A. wound up B. used up

C. caught up D. lifted up

14、Although he was a world-famous fashion photographer, Cunningham’s approach to life was ________.

A．associated

B．artificial

C．uncomplicated

D．desperate

15、The manager __________the company’s accounts, looking for evidence of fraud(诈骗).

A.looked through B.got through C.break through D.went through

16、 – Is John coming by train?

– He should, but he _______ not. He likes driving his car.

A．must

B．can

C．need

D．may

17、The noise gradually ______ and the whole city was in complete silence.

A. faded out B. gave out

C. ran out D. worked out

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

A. responsibility B. duty

C. liability D. obligation

19、AIDS is said______ the biggest challenge to both men and women in the area over the past few years.

A. that it is B. to be

C. that is has been D. to have been

20、Since this accident has nothing to do with him, he seems no way ______.

A. to be blamed B. to blame

C. blamed for D. to blame for

21、The reason for________ he failed in the exam was that he was too careless.

A．which

B．why

C．that

D．it

22、Professor Smith is very kind. You can turn to him for help as long as he is_________.

A.active B.confused C.available D.busy

23、As everyone knows, oral exams _________ to test our communicative ability.

A．are being designed

B．designed

C．are designed

D．to be designed

24、It is always better to__________ your worries and troubles with your trusted friends or relatives.This helps lighten your burden.

A.tell B.deal C.divide D.share

25、The judge reminded the witness that he had to ____ the truth of what he had said.

A.prepare for B.answer for C.search for D.vote for

26、   Thomas James Hanson will remember for a long time the snowstorm that hit the state of New York on November 22nd. The 47-year-old man from Niagara Falls was stuck in his car on the highway for almost eight days after his vehicle was accidentally pushed to the side of the road and covered with snow by workers employed to remove the snow from the streets.

Driving on the Interstate Highway190 during the worst of the snowstorm, Mr. Hanson decided to pull over his old 1993 Volkswagen Passat to the side of the road and wait for the weather conditions to improve. He remained motionless for approximately five hours before a snow plow arrived to clear the way. Unfortunately for the poor man, the driver of the gigantic snow removal vehicle did not see the small car, pushing it into the ditch and covering it with more than 2 meters of snow.

Fortunately for the father of two children, the snow that was stacked over his vehicle was not very dense and allowed for enough fresh air to get through to enable him to survive. He was able to drink water that he obtained by melting snow with his lighter in an aluminum coffee cup, and he ate the few items of groceries he had bought before going home.

“If I had known I would be stuck for eight days, I would have bought more than a jar of dill pickles(咸菜), a bottle of ketchup and two sticks of beef jerky(牛肉干),” said the survivor with a smile.

Thomas Hanson had almost lost all hope of being rescued when his car was hit once again this morning by another snow plow, which revealed the poor man’s location.

【1】What caused Thomas James Hanson to fall into the ditch according to the passage?

A.A snow removal vehicle. B.The strong wind.

C.The slippery road. D.His drunk driving.

【2】It can be learned from the passage that_______.

A.Mr. Hanson had bought some food before the accident

B.Mr. Hanson got rescued on November 22 eventually

C.Mr. Hanson had enough bottled water to drink in the car

D.Mr. Hanson was stuck in the car with his children.

【3】Which of the following can best describe Thomas James Hanson?

A.Quick-minded B.Hard-working C.Careless D.Humorous

【4】Which of the following would be the best title of the passage?

A.Heavy Snowstorm Caused Disaster to New York.

B.Man Found Alive after Being Stuck 8 Days under Snow.

C.Thomas James Hanson–a Black Sheep in the Snow.

D.Wonderful Eight Days of Experience in the Snow.

27、   The minds of Shanghai residents are filled with household trash: are they "wet", "dry", "hazardous" (有害的) or "recyclable"?

Residents of the city, one of the world's biggest with about 23 million people, must arrange their trash according to those types under a strict sorting rule starting on July 1.

Huang Rong, an official of the Shanghai government, said on Friday more than 70% of residential districts should obey the new trash sorting rules by next year.

Though Shanghai has done a lot of things to deal with the problem, residents on social media are still confused about how to sort items like batteries, human hair, meat on a bone, or fruit seeds and skins. The government has set up an app to handle inquiries.

Shanghai aims to eventually burn or recycle all waste. By next year, dry waste burning and wet waste treatment rates are expected to reach 27, 800 tons a day, around 80% of the city's total garbage.

China is building hundreds of "waste to energy" plants that use garbage to produce power.  It is also establishing a "waste-free city" plan and constructing high-tech "comprehensive using bases" across the country.

Huang said the new sorting measures were just the beginning, and would not instantly solve Shanghai's gradually garbage challenges.

"We need to step up the propaganda ( 宣 传 ) , and we need to step up the construction of infrastructure (基础设施) and make sure that the separation of trash meets our requirements," he said.

【1】Why are the minds of Shanghai residents filled with household trash?

A.Because they have a strong awareness of environmental protection.

B.Because they must obey a strict sorting rule started on July 1.

C.Because Shanghai is one of the advanced city in the world.

D.Because there are 23 million people who produce too much trash.

【2】According to the passage, what are Shanghai residents eager to know on social media?

A.How to sort different items. B.How to make full use of the items.

C.How to use the APP. D.How to handle inquiries.

【3】Plenty of "waste to energy" plants are being built to  .

A.burn or recycle all the waste

B.use garbage to produce electricity

C.establish a waste-free city

D.construct high-tech bases

【4】Besides new sorting measures, what else will Shanghai government need to do?

A.Increasing the propaganda.

B.Speeding up the construction of infrastructure.

C.Making sure that the separation of trash meets our requirements.

D.All of the above.

28、   I used to ride my bike to work on quiet Sundays，and then gave it up when my work schedule changed. Concerns about traffic on the streets of Washington, D.C took away my confidence, but National Bike to Work Day made me try again.

This morning, at 6:45. I wheeled my bike out of the garage and joined a nation of first-timers and old-timers on National Bike to Work Day.

I bought a new bike last year with the intention of cycling regularly to the office. I started riding right away, but set the goal realistically low: just once a week.

In my favor was the fact that I worked on Sundays, a perfect riding day because of the low traffic. And so I enjoyed a series of nearly deserted morning rides from my bungalow in a Washington. D. C. neighborhood to the Monitor’s bureau., just two blocks from the White House.

But then I no longer needed to work on Sundays. And my bike stayed parked in the garage. The last part of my cycle route covered busy urban streets, and I worried about traffic.

Today made me give bike commuting (通勤) a second try. However, some of the cyclists roared (呼啸而行) down the path quite fast, and I nearly caused an accident; downtown, I made a wrong turn, and ended up on a busy street; unlike Sundays, I had to pack a change of work clothes; besides, there was no shower.

Bike commuting is on the rise in America, but I’m a fair—weather rider, easily influenced by rain or snow. This morning did little to calm my worries about commuter traffic. One of the problems is my inexperience, and I’m willing to learn from that. But I can see now that if commuter biking is to really take off, cities and workplaces need to encourage it, from bike lanes (车道) to workplace showers.

【1】What did the author say about cycling to work on Sundays?

A.It made her a regular cyclist. B.It took too much time.

C.It was very pleasant. D.It made her nervous.

【2】What was the main reason why the author stopped cycling to work?

A.The long—distance cycling. B.Her poor skill at cycling.

C.Terrible weather. D.Heavy traffic.

【3】How did the author feel on this year’s National Bike to Work Day?

A.Ashamed. B.Shocked. C.Confused. D.Discouraged.

【4】What does the author expect according to the last paragraph?

A.Cycling—friendly environment. B.Rain or snow on workdays.

C.More freedom. D.A new bike.

29、   Barcelona’s famous Segrada Familia is finally set to get a building license to work on the still uncompleted church.

This UNESCO World Heritage basilica(长方形基督教堂)，which is Barcelona’s most visited tourist attraction，began building in 1882 based on a design by architect Francisco Lozano. However，when he stepped down，architect Antoni Gaudi took over the design in 1883.The building won’t be finished until 2026—one hundred years after the architect was killed by a streetcar in the city. His body was buried in a room under the floor of the Sagrada Familia.

To get its paperwork rubber stamped，the church authorities have agreed to finally pay the government a 36 million fee for a building permit. Gaudi was told to get the paperwork processed，but the architect failed to do so—proceeding with construction. The money from the church’s permit will be used to upgrade transport links and beautify the area.

Gaudi played an active role in directing the construction of the Sagrada Familia until his death in 1926.He would often request that work be modified and adjusted until it was exactly what he had in mind. However, interpretation of the designs by present day architects is particularly challenging because of the nature of the existing designs.

Gaudi and his works have become symbols of Barcelona，the capital city of Catalonia，northeast Spain. The unfinished building is called a masterpiece of Gothic architecture and it is perhaps the most unique and mysterious building in the style ever constructed. The popularity of the site with tourists has helped fund the push to complete the church and pay for the paperwork.

【1】What do we know about the Segrada Familia?

A.It has been completely constructed. B.It was first designed by Antoni Gaudi.

C.It will get a building permit in 2026. D.It began to be built 138 years ago.

【2】What can we infer about Antoni Gaudi?

A.He wished to be buried in the church. B.He is remembered as a great architect.

C.He didn’t know a permit was necessary. D.He is to blame for the unfinished church.

【3】What makes the Segrada Familia so popular?

A.Its unusual design style. B.Its two famous architects.

C.Its special building materials. D.Its illegal construction paperwork.

【4】The church managed to pay for the license _________.

A.in the support of the government B.by reducing construction costs

C.with the aid of tourist income D.through donations from architects

30、As is known to all, a large number of Chinese students are studying abroad. The United States has always been a hot choice for Chinese students to begin their college studies. But now more and more Chinese parents are ________ sending their kids there for senior high school as well. They believe this will make ________ easier for their children to ________ top universities in the United States later.

Wenhui Daily carried an article on Sunday saying that ________ there are many advantages to this approach, some negative side effects may also ________.

The article quotes Zhang Hengrui, a consulting expert, ________ that the experience of studying in U.S. high schools can help universities better recognise students’ scores, behaviour and achievements. It will also do good for students to be more ________. All these can make students more ________ than   children who choose to study in domestic (国内的) high schools when applying to U.S. universities.

But the expert says ________ children begin senior high school at around 15 or 16, careful preparations should be made to ________ negative effects that may occur when they find themselves in a ________ unfamiliar place.

The expert offers two ________. First, parents should tell their children the purpose of studying in a foreign high school ________. Second, after the kids go abroad, parents should be kept ________ of their children’s situation and offer care and ________ from home.

【1】

A．wondering

B．considering

C．thinking

D．expecting

【2】

A．this

B．that

C．it

D．what

【3】

A．turn down

B．look up

C．apply for

D．apply to

【4】

A．because

B．although

C．unless

D．while

【5】

A．put up

B．take up

C．turn up

D．make up

【6】

A．telling

B．talking

C．saying

D．speaking

【7】

A．patient

B．careful

C．independent

D．curious

【8】

A．valuable

B．competitive

C．clever

D．effective

【9】

A．since

B．until

C．even if

D．in case

【10】

A．allow

B．predict

C．operate

D．avoid

【11】

A．totally

B．normally

C．specially

D．generally.

【12】

A．ways

B．views

C．instructions

D．suggestions

【13】

A．in order

B．in turn

C．in advance

D．in return

【14】

A．told

B．informed

C．said

D．mentioned

【15】

A．guidance

B．effect

C．service

D．position

31、   I am a nurse working in a hospital. It was a ___morning when an elderly gentleman____to have his heart condition checked by the doctor. He said he was in a hurry ___he had an appointment at 9:00 am.

I had him take a seat. Since there were a lot of people ___to see the doctor, I knew it would be over an hour ___the doctor would be able to see him. I saw him looking at his watch ___while waiting. To make him not feel so ___with nothing to do for long hours, I decided to go over and __ with him for a while. The gentleman told me that he ___to go to the nursing home to have breakfast with his mom. His mother had been suffering from a disease and had ___there for several years.

As we talked, I asked if she would be upset if he was a bit ___. He replied, “She can’t ___me now.” I was ___, and asked him, “And you still go every morning, ___she doesn’t know who you are?” He smiled and said, “She doesn’t know me, but I ___make out who she is — the woman who gave me not only ___but a mother’s whole love.” I was moved to tears and felt very ___on such a winter day. The ___between parents and children is everlasting (永恒的).

Just then, a young man came up and said to the man, “Grandpa, now it’s my____to see the doctor. I am not in a hurry, so you can do it first.” The elderly man was very ___and went in the doctor’s to have his heart examined.

【1】A.sad B.late C.busy D.long

【2】A.arrived B.started C.realized D.stopped

【3】A.so B.as C.or D.if

【4】A.changing B.declaring C.calling D.waiting

【5】A.since B.before C.when D.after

【6】A.nearly B.firmly C.hardly D.frequently

【7】A.embarrassed B.bored C.relaxed D.frightened

【8】A.chat B.learn C.read D.walk

【9】A.needed B.forgot C.decided D.failed

【10】A.worked B.dreamed C.stayed D.known

【11】A.weak B.late C.busy D.tired

【12】A.believe B.obey C.recognize D.accept

【13】A.excited B.disappointed C.ashamed D.surprised

【14】A.until B.though C.because D.unless

【15】A.still B.seldom C.even D.also

【16】A.life B.advice C.mind D.knowledge

【17】A.cool B.hot C.cold D.warm

【18】A.content B.desire C.love D.hope

【19】A.step B.duty C.turn D.chance

【20】A.nervous B.grateful C.curious D.serious

32、   I joined the army as an infantryman (步兵) instead of as a helicopter pilot because I only had the literacy (读写) level of an 11-year-old. I had no idea that I had a reading level that _______; I had just _______ words when I didn’t know them, and usually ended up getting them wrong.

It was just before I turned 19 that I _______ my very first book. I can vividly remember the sense of _______ and achievement I felt. It was meant for primary school children but I didn’t _______. I had read a whole book, and I was _______. From then on I read anything and everything I could get. I just wanted to get as much _______ as I could.

I learned in those days at the _______ education center. There are always people looking forward to helping you and _______ you stuff. But you are never going to ________ unless you keep learning. The unbelievable educational ________ that the army offers make it one of the few places that can help you climb up the ladder of social classes in the UK.

For me, improving my literacy level had another more surprising ________. When I left the army, I was asked to write a(n) ________ of the Bravo Two Zero Mission and that led to the unexpected career change of becoming a(n) ________.

I have spent quite a bit of time over the past few years ________ schools, and workplaces, as well as army bases and businesses, to talk about my past and ________ others to start reading and writing like me. The ________ I give to all the people that I chat to is that if I can do it, anyone can. If that is a message that even one of them accepts and ________, then it has been ________. My experience shows that the best soldier out there is the one with a ________ card.

【1】A.high B.new C.low D.senior

【2】A.gone over B.made up C.put down D.taken back

【3】A.wrote B.received C.bought D.read

【4】A.pride B.beauty C.duty D.security

【5】A.panic B.care C.doubt D.agree

【6】A.depressed B.puzzled C.trapped D.hooked

【7】A.wealth B.knowledge. C.support D.freedom

【8】A.community B.nursery C.army D.health

【9】A.showing B.selling C.lending D.teaching

【10】A.progress B.climb C.graduate D.manage

【11】A.expenses B.backgrounds C.opportunities D.requirements

【12】A.trouble B.burden C.outcome D.challenge

【13】A.email B.diary C.scheme D.report

【14】A.athlete B.typist C.author D.porter

【15】A.visiting B.attending C.constructing D.inspecting

【16】A.permitting B.encouraging C.commanding D.preferring

【17】A.message B.story C.impression D.influence

【18】A.changes B.uses C.questions D.ignores

【19】A.valuable B.useless C.ridiculous D.worthwhile

【20】A.library B.credit C.business D.fitness

33、   Steve was a seventh grader, a big boy, looking more like a teenager than a 12-year-old. Yet, he went unnoticed — he had been ____ every examination since first grade—until Miss Wilma.

In the middle of the first semester of school, the entire seventh grade was ____ for basic skills.

“You all did pretty well,” Miss Wilma told the class after going over the ____, “except for one boy. And it _____my heart to tell you this, but…” she ___ , “the smartest boy in the seventh grade is failing my class.” Steve ____ his eyes and carefully examined his fingertips.

After that, Steve still wouldn’t do his homework. Even if Miss Wilma ____punished him, he remained ___ .

“Steve, please! I care about you!”

____, Steve got it! “Someone CARES ABOUT ME?!”

One Monday a couple of weeks later, Miss Wilma gave a ____ on the weekend homework. Steve ____ through the test and was the first to hand in his paper. With a look of ____, Miss Wilma took his paper and began to look it over.

Miss Wilma’s face was in ____ shock! She glanced up at Steve, then ____, then up. The smartest boy in the seventh grade had just passed his first test!

From that moment, nothing was the same for Steve. He discovered that not only could he remember and understand_____, but he could translate what he learned into his life. He became______.

After high school, Steve enlisted in the Navy, and he had a(n)_____military career. During his naval years, he inspired many young people who might not have _____themselves without him.

A _____took place within the heart of a boy all because of one teacher, who ____.

【1】A.missing B.failing C.passing D.skipping

【2】A.tested B.classified C.separated D.reflected

【3】A.questions B.effects C.lessons D.results

【4】A.fills B.presses C.breaks D.destroys

【5】A.stopped B.hesitated C.interrupted D.shouted

【6】A.dropped B.raised C.covered D.closed

【7】A.strangely B.steadily C.severely D.secretly

【8】A.helpless B.stubborn C.flexible D.clumsy

【9】A.Commonly B.Unwillingly C.Particularly D.Suddenly

【10】A.quiz B.chance C.speech D.presentation

【11】A.slept B.looked C.lived D.hurried

【12】A.disappointment B.surprise C.satisfaction D.encouragement

【13】A.adequate B.total C.precious D.absurd

【14】A.down B.away C.out D.back

【15】A.homework B.grades C.knowledge D.subjects

【16】A.talented B.lazy C.outstanding D.rough

【17】A.tiring B.ordinary C.hardworking D.successful

【18】A.relied on B.looked after C.turned to D.believed in

【19】A.competition B.choice C.change D.campaign

【20】A.waited B.listened C.desired D.cared

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 sentences by using the proper form of the words or expressions given in the frame. Each one can only be used once.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Why Cold weather Causes So many Flight Cancellation?

Each year, about 60,000 flights get canceled because of bad winter weather, which costs airlines and airports an estimated $3 billion. But it’s not the freezing cold temperatures that cause problems for planes. After all, 【1】 jets fly 10 kilometers up, where temperatures hover around -50 degrees Celsius.

In fact, planes 【2】 in cold weather, since cold air is denser and leads to better thrust. Clearly, the real problem isn’t what’s going on up there. It’s what’s happening on the ground.

When a 【3】 polar vortex (极地涡旋) struck the Midwestern US in January 2019, temperatures dropped to -40 degrees Celsius and airline canceled 3,000 flights nationwide. In these situations, when temperatures start 【4】, everything slows down. Cargo doors can freeze up, along with the nozzles that pump fuel into planes, which delays the 【5】 process.

Even the plane itself can freeze over. Just a quarter-inch - thick layer of ice on a plane can disrupt the way air flows over its wings.

Les Westbrooks: The number one reason, I would say, that the reason flights get delayed in cold weather is going to be because there’s some kind of frozen precipitation, from frost to snow to a sheet of ice, adhering to the aircraft, adhering to the wings of the aircraft 【6】.

That’s Les Westbrooks, a retired airline pilot and an associate professor of aeronautical science at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. He says that 【7】, these planes are “de-iced” - but this also delays takeoff. The crew can spray the plane with a special hot water/ glycol mixture. It can take around 40 minutes to de-ice large passenger airplanes, so planes often have to wait “their turn” for the de-icing station, which, of course, can trigger more delays.

And ice on the runway, of course, creates another set of 【8】. In 2014, a plane at JFK skidded off an icy runway and into a mound of snow, leading to an hours-long shutdown at the airport. And even though crews can remove ice from the runway, scraping it off the pavement can lead to potholes (坑洞) and other 【9】, which makes takeoffs and landings more dangerous. And of course, snow and freezing rain on the ground can affect visibility to the point where officials have to decide it’s not safe to fly at all.

But if ice and snow aren’t the problem in these extremely cold temperatures, it’s usually another factor: people.

Les Westbrooks: The airplane flies at high altitudes, -60 degrees. It’s made to do that. Humans are not made to be outside in -60 degrees weather. And so the human factor becomes a big, big factor, when it becomes extremely cold.

Baggage handlers, aircraft fuelers, and mechanics all have to stay warm. Some airports, like O’Hare in Chicago, set up heated shelters for their employees. Of course, with everyone taking breaks to warm up, not as much gets done, which leads to even more delays and cancellations. Passengers start missing their 【10】 flights, and that, along with passengers who can’t make it to the airport due to bad road conditions, leads to half-empty planes.

In fact, many airlines might preemptively cancel flights before bad weather even hits. So, in the end, you can still blame cold weather for cancelling your flight.

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At the time they were created, the Impressionist paintings were【1】, but today they are accepted as the beginning of【2】we call “modern art’. This is because the Impressionists 【3】artists to look at their environment in new ways. There are scores of modern art styles, but 【4】the Impressionists, many of these painting styles might not exist. On the one hand, some modern art is abstract; that is, the painter doesn’t 【5】to paint objects as we see them with our eyes, 【6】instead concentrates on certain qualities of the object, 【7】color, line and shape to represent them. On the【8】hand, some paintings of modern art are so 【9】 that they look photographs. These styles are so different. Who can【10】what painting styles there will be in the future?

38、假定你是李华,你的美国朋友Peter对你所在城市的博物馆很感兴趣,他写邮件向你询问相关情况。请你回复邮件,内容包括:

1.博物馆简介;

2.邀请他来参观

3.你将陪同讲解。

注意:1.词数100左右;2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。

Dear Peter,

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Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

39、假设你是营养专家，请你根据下面的内容写一篇题目为 “Top Meal of the Day”的文章登在营养杂志上。

现状:许多高中学生不吃早餐（skip breakfast），其结果不仅影响白天的学习，而且导致身体变差。

原因:1.认为早餐不重要，可有可无；

2.早晨时间匆忙，为了节省时间不吃早晨；

3.女孩为了减肥而不吃早晨。

建议:每位学生都应该每天吃早餐。原因……（自定，至少两个）。

要求：1. 请按照要求使文章内容充实，上下文连贯通顺；

2. 词数：100左右。

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40、假定你是李华，是兰州一中学生会主席。得知目前在美国新冠肺炎(Corona Virus Disease 2019，COVID-19) 疫情比较严重。请你给我校在美国的友好学校校长Donald Obama写封信，内容包括：

1.提出防疫建议；2.介绍我校复学情况；3.咨询美国学生在线学习情况。

注意：1.字数100字左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

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41、央视知名记者柴静自费制作的关于环境污染的纪录片《穹顶之下》引起强烈反响。假如你是李华，请用英语给21世纪英文报写一封信，表达你的观点。

内容包括：

1. 阐述柴静所做的事对我们生活的影响；

2. 面临环境污染我们能做些什么。

注意：

1. 词数100左右；

2. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear editor,

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Best wishes!

Yours,

Li Hua