重庆2025届高三英语下册三月考试题

1、— The room looks bigger!

— We ______ the furniture.

A. have changed     B. had changed

C. changed       D. are changing

2、The farmer said the PLA men came to rescue timely when they _____in the snowstorm.

A．were trapping

B．were being trapped

C．are trapping

D．are being trapped

3、As a writer of several best-sellers, she has both style and humor _______.

A．at her mercy

B．at her command

C．in her defence

D．on her behalf

4、______ then did they understand that it was their own fault.

A.Till B.By then C.Since D.Only

5、When you are in a conversation with a cynic, possibilities seem to have a way of disappearing. A mildly depressing sense of fatalism seems to ________ the conversation.

A. take up B. take over

C. turn up D. turn over

6、Architects preferred _______ buildings with more light, which_______ with the heaviness of the Gothic cathedrals of the Middle ages.

A.to design, contrasts B.designing, contrasting

C.to design, to contrast D.designing, contrasted

7、Tsinghua University _________ the No. 1 spot in the Times Higher Education’s Asia University Rankings 2019, becoming the first university on the Chinese mainland to top the list.

A.countered B.claimed C.commanded D.competed

8、— Would you like to give me some advice on what I talked about just now?

— Sorry. I _____ of something else.

A.am thinking B.has thought C.was thinking D.had thought

9、Although this ____ sound like a simple task, great care is needed.

A．must

B．may

C．shall

D．should

10、Millions of A$50 banknotes have an embarrassing spelling error that was overlooked by Australian central bank before they were printed and _________.

A.circulated B.distributed C.allocated D.extended

11、 He didn’t make ________ clear when and where the meeting would be held.

A．this

B．that

C．it

D．these

12、I ______ a debt of gratitude to all my family.

A. devote B. contribute

C. owe D. attach

13、Friendship does not ________ involve a sharing of activities; it is a sharing of the self on a very persona level.

A.casually B.equally C.eventually D.merely

14、________we know, Zhang Wenhong is such a good doctor________ we all like.

A．As long as；whom

B．As long as；who

C．As far as；that

D．As far as；as

15、The police ____________ the man enter the bank.

A. observed B. obtained

C. operated D. offended

16、Later ________ word came that Dolly ________ sheep had become seriously ill.

A．a; a

B．the; the

C．/; the

D．/; /

17、His election campaigns were infamous for their cruelty — he often made sure that those who did not vote for him would never vote again — but the ________ of his involvement has never been clear.

A．vision

B．vulnerability

C．depth

D．misconception

18、I rarely have an occasion _______ I can spend a whole afternoon with my kids.

A．when

B．that

C．as

D．where

19、To deliver the Brexit, British Prime Minister Theresa May had to make some policies ______ the needs of the British people.

A. in company with B. in parallel with

C. in tune with D. in touch with

20、The consumption of high street fashion has increased by 62%.   , the rest of the fashion styles only experience a growth of 17%.

A.In contrast B.On average C.By accident D.At length

21、The British Prime Minister was forced to make an important decision. ___________many would refuse to accept.

A.that B.the one C.one D.those

22、Do you think climbing is _____ to our health?

A.beneficial B.invaluable C.advisable D.worthy

23、 I used to drink a lot of tea but these days I________coffee.

A.prefer B.preferred C.have preferred D.am preferring

24、With the COVID-19 ______ quickly around the globe, the whole world are in a(n) ______ of shock.

A.gathering, condition B.spreading, state

C.to spread, approach D.to gather, style

25、I can _______ Diana's thoughts from the changes in her facial expressions.

A.notice B.scan C.read D.print

26、   Spring is finally here, and it’s a great time to get outside and get dirty! 【1】. This outdoor activity gives us beautiful plants, pleasant smelling flowers and fresh fruits and vegetables. And it also gives us many health benefits.

【2】

Gardening connects people. When you are gardening, you are outdoors. So it is a perfect time to socialize with your neighbors. Gardening can greatly strengthen a person’s sense of community and belonging, and thus loneliness is far away from you!

Benefit children

Gardening is a great activity to do with children. It gets families outdoors and off computers, televisions and other electronics.

【3】. Children can learn about nature and wildlife. Gardening can teach a child about where food comes from and healthy eating. It can also help them understand the limits of natural resources and the importance of using them carefully. Relieve stress

【4】. A study by researchers in the Netherlands found that gardening may reduce the stress level in the brain. In the study, the researchers gave 30 gardeners a difficult, stressful task. Then the gardeners were asked to recover by either gardening outdoors or reading indoors for 30 minutes. Both activities led to lower stress levels. 【5】. Also, those who gardened reported that their good moods returned fully. The readers found that their bad moods only got worse.

A.Reduce loneliness

B.Improve family relationships

C.Gardening can be a great teacher

D.Gardening is popular in many parts of the world

E.Gardening may also help you feel calm and happy

F.However, the decreases were stronger in the gardening group

G.Gardening can also give you the feeling that you have done something good

27、   Up till about 130 years ago, newspapers in the United States attracted only the most serious readers. They used no illustration (插图) and the articles were about politics or business.

Two men changed that - Joseph Pulitzer bought the New York World and William Randolph Hearst of the New York Journal. Pulitzer bought the New York World in 1883. He changed it from a traditional newspaper into a very exciting one overnight. He added lots of illustrations and he told his reporters to write articles on every crime they could find. And they did. One of them-a woman reporter, even pretended she was mad and was sent to a hospital. She then wrote many articles about the poor treatment of patients in those hospitals where mad men were kept.

In 1895, Hearst came to New York from California. He wanted the Journal to be more exciting than the world. He also wanted it to be cheaper, so he lowered the price to a penny. Hearst attracted attention because his newspaper headings were bigger than anyone else’s. He often says, “Big print makes big news.”

Pulitzer and Hearst did anything they could to sell newspapers. For example, Hearst sent Frederic Remington, the famous illustrator, to draw pictures of the Spanish-American War. When he got there, he told Hearst that no fighting was going on, Hearst answered, “You provide the pictures. I’ll provide the war.”

【1】What kind of news did American newspapers carry 130 years ago?

A.Only serious matters. B.All kinds of exciting news.

C.Crimes and mad people. D.The treatment of patients in hospital.

【2】What can we know about the woman reporter in the second paragraph?

A.She helped Joseph Pulitzer buy the New York Journal.

B.She was forced to be mad and was sent to a hospital.

C.She learned a lot about the real life of the mad patients in hospital.

D.She made the newspaper from traditional to exciting.

【3】What does this passage mainly talk about?

A.The difficulties that the newspaper owners faced.

B.Two most famous reporters of the United States.

C.Newspaper owners were fond of crimes and war.

D.Two important men changed newspapers greatly

28、Recognized as "the goddess scientist"，Ning Yan（or Nieng Yan），42，is a leading biology researcher at Princeton University in the US. On April 30，she was included among 100 new members and 25 foreign associates into The National Academy of Sciences，a famous scientific institution that aims to recognize outstanding research in the US.

Yan is a rising star in the science world and her resume（履历）is impressive. After graduating from Tsinghua University and Princeton，she was invited to set up her own laboratory at Tsinghua in 2007. At age 30，she became one of China's youngest-ever female professors.

It was a long road to get where she is now. She told People magazine that she always believes that scientists need to have a pure mind and determination.

Yan likes to work at night，because she can focus when the outside is quiet. She also works at least 14 hours a day，but she's energetic，because research is the most "comfortable” job for her，according to an interview with People magazine.

This devotion to her work probably helped Yan in her research to identify the structures of proteins in cells' plasma membranes，which puzzled scientists for half a century. Her achievements got her listed among the journal Nature's Science Stars of China in 2016.

Yan also enjoys TV dramas and classic novels. Surprisingly，the novel Journey to the West inspired her to become a structural biologist. In the book，the Monkey King turns into other animals. She wondered what it would be like to change herself. Luckily. Yan now lives in that world every day，exploring how proteins work at the level of atoms. “It was almost destined（命中注定的）that I would become a structural biologist，"she said in an interview with Nature.

As she realizes her own dreams，Yan tries to encourage more women to follow careers（职业）in science. In her eyes，there is no difference between men and women in the scientific fields.

“Women can work as excellently as men and live the way they choose to，"she said in a public interview.

【1】What made Ning Yan become a member of the National Academy of Sciences？

A．Her social background.

B．Her impressive wisdom.

C．Her first-class education.

D．Her outstanding research.

【2】Which of the following played a role in Yan becoming a structural biologist？

A．People magazine.

B．Journey to the West.

C．The journal Nature.

D．Science Stars of China.

【3】Ning Yan would probably agree that_________

A．scientists can win success by working at night

B．women can match men in scientific achievements

C．more women should be allowed to take up science

D．scientists should enjoy TV dramas and classic novels

【4】What can we learn from Ning Yan's story?

A．It is never too late to learn.

B．Many hands make light work.

C．Actions speak louder than words.

D．Nothing is impossible to a willing mind.

29、One day when I was five, my mother scolded me for not finishing my rice and I got angry. I wanted to play outside and not be made to finish eating my old rice. In my angry movement to open the screen door with my foot, I had kicked back about a 12-inch part of the lower left hand corner of the new screen door. But I had no remorse, for I was happy to be playing in the backyard with my toys.

Today, I know if my child had done what I did, I would have scolded my child, and told him about how expensive this new screen door was, and I would have delivered a spanking for such behavior. My parents never said a word. They left the corner of the screen door be, creating an opening, a breach (裂缝) in the defense against unwanted insects.

For years, every time I saw that corner of the screen, it would constantly remind me of my mistake. For years I knew that everyone in my family would see that hole and remember who did it. For years, every time I saw a fly buzzing in the kitchen, I would wonder if it came in through the hole that I had created with my angry foot. I would wonder if my family members were thinking the same thing, silently blaming me every time a flying insect entered our home, making life more terrible for us all.

My parents taught me a valuable lesson, one that a spanking or stern (严厉的) words perhaps could not deliver. Their silent punishment for my behavior delivered a hundred stern messages to me. Above all, it has helped me become a more patient person and not burst out so easily.

【1】The underlined word “ remorse” in Paragraph 1 most probably means_____________.

A．injury

B．sense

C．regret

D．notice

【2】When the author damaged the door, his parents_____________.

A．scolded him for his bad behavior

B．gave him a spanking

C．told him how expensive it was

D．left the door unrepaired

【3】How did the author feel every time he saw the damaged door?

A．He felt it destroyed the happy atmosphere at his home.

B．He found that his family members no longer liked him.

C．He felt ashamed of his uncontrolled anger at that time.

D．He felt he had to work hard to make up for the damage.

【4】What is the main idea of this text?

A．Silent punishment may have a better effect on educating people.

B．What the best way to become a more patient person is.

C．Adults should ignore their children’s bad behavior.

D．Parents are the best teachers of their children.

30、   During this May Day holiday, I was surprised to get an e-mail from a _______school classmate of mine. We hadn’t been in _______ with each other for such a long time that I nearly couldn’t _______ her name with her face.

In the e-mail, Xiao Yin _______ many memories with me. She told me that the class meeting that I held at Grade 5 _______ her life.

Xiao Yin’s words took me _______ to that class meeting. I remember the _______ was “Your Favorite Classmate”. I asked my classmates to _______ their favorite classmate’s name and the _______ for their choices. They should do it anonymously (匿名地). After a few minutes, I read out the slips (纸片) of paper to the class. As I got to the end of the slips, I saw Xiao Yin, one of the ________ girls in my class, sitting in the corner with her head __________. Her name hadn’t __________ on any slip of paper. All of a sudden, an idea __________ me. I __________ a piece of paper and read out: “My favorite classmate is Xiao Yin, because she is always working hard though she speaks little to others in class.” Xiao Yin looked up at me ________  and her ________ were full of excitement, doubt and even a few tears. After that, I forgot all about the meeting-that is, ________ I received Xiao Yin’s e-mail.

She said: “To this day I am still __________.” I’ve never thought that a ________ lie would change my classmate’s life. It taught me something about this other kind of lie, which is an act of __________.

【1】A.high B.primary C.middle D.graduate

【2】A.contact B.line C.agreement D.contract

【3】A.recognize B.exchange C.call D.match

【4】A.described B.told C.shared D.explained

【5】A.changed B.destroyed C.misled D.managed

【6】A.down B.in C.away D.back

【7】A.purpose B.theme C.saying D.question

【8】A.put down B.take on C.put off D.take up

【9】A.comments B.thoughts C.reasons D.causes

【10】A.prettiest B.tallest C.funniest D.shiest

【11】A.lowered B.covered C.folded D.switched

【12】A.listed B.mentioned C.appeared D.praised

【13】A.occurred B.struck C.discovered D.skipped

【14】A.picked up B.put away C.gave back D.turned in

【15】A.enthusiastically B.disappointedly C.fearfully D.surprisedly

【16】A.face B.cheek C.eyes D.fist

【17】A.after B.until C.when D.while

【18】A.grateful B.confused C.skeptical D.admirable

【19】A.black B.red C.blue D.white

【20】A.sympathy B.kindness C.generosity D.trust

31、Columbia high school girls’ soccer team had lost every game in the season until a new ______stepped in two years ago.

Stuart Henley, a former soccer player and now a truck driver, ______the team and started training hard in February 2020. He ______the progress of the girls to team-building activities to help them bond on and off the field. He focused on the basics of football like passing, ______, and movement to try and bring the girls up to a good standard. His ______: coaches could give them guidelines, but girls ______what they felt they needed to work on.

Obviously, the girls were onto something big in the new season. They ______the skills they had learned and teamwork into their ______, which led them to an ______run of eight games, until they were sadly beaten 3-2 by Wyrley Pumas Team. Although this means they have been _____ the league title, the team have still exceeded (超出) expectation by earning the ______to the county’s top division.

“Whatever brings you down will ______make you stronger, especially for girls.” Captain Chelsea said, “Stuart has really ______our girls the philosophy of playing soccer. We’re going into next season full of confidence and ready to compete against tougher ______, but for now we’re still very much enjoying our ______.”

【1】

A．player

B．driver

C．colleague

D．coach

【2】

A．recognized

B．rewarded

C．reorganized

D．founded

【3】

A．applied

B．preferred

C．credited

D．adjusted

【4】

A．shooting

B．cheering

C．walking

D．observing

【5】

A．principle

B．dream

C．plan

D．virtue

【6】

A．found

B．decided

C．watched

D．liked

【7】

A．turned

B．divided

C．integrated

D．translated

【8】

A．styles

B．training

C．rules

D．game

【9】

A．embarrassing

B．unlucky

C．intense

D．unbeaten

【10】

A．awarded

B．denied

C．saved

D．limited

【11】

A．promotion

B．approach

C．solution

D．contribution

【12】

A．hopefully

B．officially

C．fortunately

D．eventually

【13】

A．brought

B．taught

C．left

D．reserved

【14】

A．participants

B．winners

C．opponents

D．partners

【15】

A．harmony

B．victory

C．company

D．dignity

32、   We’ve all been there before: You’re driving down the road when suddenly a pothole(凹坑) seems to appear out of nowhere and sends the ______ jumping. Most people think potholes are_____, but artist Jim Bachor sees them as a canvas(画布) for his artwork.

Bachor uses the ______ art form of mosaic(马赛克) to create eye-catching, colorful images of famous artists like Aretha Franklin or simple everyday ______ like food. He even makes less-appealing visuals of insects.

Bachor was a graphic designer for 20 years before he began his ____ in mosaic. He regards an incidental trip to Europe as his motivation to change careers. While ______ in Italy, Bachor fell in love with Pompeii, the preserved ancient Roman city. A tour guide pointed out a mosaic, made of mainly glass and marble, and told Bachor, “Glass and marble don’t ______. So, this looks essentially the way the artist intended.” Bachor says, “That kind of staying power just ______ me so much.”

A year later Bachor returned to attend a mosaic class in Ravenna, Italy, to learn the proper way to ______ the ancient technique. Years after that, he mastered the technique. He ______ that mosaics can be just as significant today as the art form over 1,000 years ago. “I just saw that there was a(n) ______ to bring it into the new age as a contemporary subject,” he says.

So, Bachor decided to make a special piece of ______ for that pothole. He has ____ mosaic pothole art around Chicago, Detroit, New York City and even in Finland.

While he may not be getting ______ from drivers or passengers, Bachor’s art is ______ a pleasant surprise to discover.

A．body

B．rock

C．car

D．sand

A．challenging

B．interesting

C．discouraging

D．annoying

A．modern

B．ancient

C．elegant

D．mysterious

A．objects

B．ideas

C．routines

D．projects

A．duty

B．career

C．belief

D．instruction

A．traveling

B．living

C．working

D．studying

A．last

B．connect

C．fade

D．resolve

A．reminded

B．confused

C．troubled

D．impressed

A．introduce

B．perform

C．promote

D．describe

A．argued

B．imagined

C．remembered

D．realized

A．link

B．time

C．opportunity

D．voice

A．artwork

B．machinery-work

C．code

D．literature

A．discovered

B．created

C．improved

D．taught

A．help

B．invitation

C．money

D．praise

A．nearly

B．merely

C．certainly

D．personally

33、   Working on holidays has always presented something of a class divide. From the 1870s through the 1920s, middle-and-upper-class Americans often lived with “the help”—mostly women of color whose job was to cook and clean and care for others, day and night. While shows like Dowton Abbey seek to give ________ to servants, they also sanitize (粉饰) what was a cruel, back-breaking existence. It was common for a housemaid’s day to begin well before the family rose and extend until after they ________ for the evening. They did so seven days a week: working more than 80 hours a week - more than the 65 hours most factory workers worked at the time. While we often imagine that these women were young and single, Evelyn Nakano Gleen’s research on such care providers has shown that over 30% of them were married many with children. As they worked very hard for families not ________, they left their children, parents, siblings and husbands behind. Thanksgiving or Christmas was no doubt one of the hardest times of the year, and their own families felt their ________.

The labor movement was ________ to changing this sorry state of affairs. Unions raised wages, lowered hours, instituted worker protections, guaranteed a minimum wage and ________ holidays off for workers. Those who did have to work on national holidays were guaranteed overtime pay. When unions were strong, such benefits even ________ to non-unionized workers.

But as unions have ________, part-time work has increased. And this has meant lower wages and greater ________. Working at $11 an hour for 25 hours a week means making 14,300 a year. For most retail workers, that’s one of the better jobs that are available. And ________, it’s a job without health insurance, or a retirement plan, with constant scheduling changes that make it hard to take additional ________. Most of these workers wish they could work more, but employers would rather hire other part-timers. So when the boss says, “Can you work Thanksgiving?” workers have no real choice but to be ________.

Today, working on holidays carries no guarantee of extra pay, and not working can mean losing one’s job. Some workers are ________; Walmart employees have planned over 1,000 Black Friday strikes because of unchanging wages and health care premiums (保险费) that will soon triple. Americans have a choice of helping these workers regain the ________, or walking past them in order to shop more. And that is the irony to the trend of stores opening on Thanksgiving. On the same day that we give thanks for all we have, why must we also rush out to buy more? Observers might say, “It’s just the logic of the market!” But the logic of the market is not some mystical process. It is the result of the ________ that we make.

【1】A.rise B.power C.life D.pleasure

【2】A.retired B.retreated C.relaxed D.rebelled

【3】A.in their favor B.of their own C.to their pleasure D.at their convenience

【4】A.exhaustion B.disappointment C.reluctance D.absence

【5】A.central B.subject C.sensitive D.beneficial

【6】A.provided B.secured C.organized D.arranged

【7】A.stuck B.occurred C.appealed D.extended

【8】A.rose B.declined C.survived D.defended

【9】A.uncertainty B.devotion C.trouble D.influence

【10】A.therefore B.also C.instead D.still

【11】A.business B.suggestion C.employment D.welfare

【12】A.sincere B.determined C.offensive D.willing

【13】A.taking over B.fighting back C.giving up D.looking forward

【14】A.protection B.identities C.salaries D.promotions

【15】A.efforts B.contributions C.decisions D.achievements

34、I have a muscle disease but I don't look any different from other people. Sometimes, I was too weak【1】 go to school so my education suffered. Every time I returned after an【2】(absent), I felt stupid because I was behind the others.

My life is a lot easier at high school because few fellow students make me【3】(annoy). My ambition is to work for a firm【4】develops computer software when I grow up. Last year I invented a computer football game and a big company has decided to buy it from me. I have a very busy life with no time to sit around【5】(feel) sorry for myself. As well as going to the movies and football matches with my friends. I spend a lot of time looking after my pets【6】(proper) but I find it worthwhile.

In many ways my disability has helped me grow stronger psychologically and become more【7】 (independence). I have to work hard to live a normal life but it has been worth it. If【8】(have) a chance to say one thing to healthy children, it would be this: having a disability does not mean your life is not satisfying. So don't feel sorry for the disabled or make fun【9】them, and don't ignore them either. Just accept them for who they are, and give them encouragement to live【10】rich and full a life as you do.

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: 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.

The Internet E-commerce and globalization are making a new economic age possible. In the future, capitalist markets will largely be replaced by a new kind of economic system based on 【1】 relationships, contractual arrangements and access rights.

Has the quality of our lives at work, at home and in our communities increased in direct proportion to all the new Internet and business-to-business Internet services being introduced into our lives? I have asked this question of hundreds of CEOs and corporate executives in Europe and the United States. Surprisingly, virtually everyone has said, “No, quiet 【2】.” They say they are working longer hours, feel more stressed, are more impatient, and are even less civil in their dealings with colleagues and friends-not to mention strangers. And what’s more revealing, they place much of the blame on the very same technologies they are so 【3】 supporting.

The technological leader promised us that access would make life more convenient. Instead, the very technological wonders that were supposed to 【4】 us have begun to enslave us in a web of connections from which there seems to be no easy 【5】.

If an earlier generation was preoccupied with the quest to enclose a vast 【6】 land, the .com generation, it seems, is more caught up in the colonization of time. Every spare moment of our time is being filled with some form of commercial connection, making time itself the 【7】 of all resources.

And while we have created every kind of labor-and time-saving device to service our needs, we are beginning to feel like we have less time available to us than any other humans in history. Maybe we need to ask what kinds of connections really 【8】 in the e-economy age. If this new technology 【9】 is only about super efficiency, then we risk losing something even precious than time-our sense of what it means to be a(n) 【10】 human being.

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

Life is a series of choices and we can't always foresee the consequences.

Hary Saleem, an obese man with too much money and power, faced a choice. Outside his office waited his personal doctor, bringing him vital news about the only medicine that could save his life. On the other side of the world, one of his engineers waited for his decision on an important matter of business.

His secretary asked whether she could bring the doctor in. The billionaire businessman made his decision. “No, let the fool wait” shouted Saleem, angrily. “Business comes first.” Despite the health problem caused by his huge weight, he was still obsessed with making money. He raised a fat finger, and one of his staff hurried to switch on a large television set.

The screen flashed to life, and Saleem's engineer appeared. The man talked by satellite directly to his master although they were thousands of miles apart. “I's all ready to blow, Mr. Saleem,” he said. “Just say the word.”

His engineer was standing above Pakan Valley in South America. A few months ago, it had been a rainforest. Then Saleem's men had come, cutting down all the valuable plants and forcing the villagers to move out. Across the bottom of the valley, a dam had been built. This would provide power for the factories that Saleem planned to build in that area. The factories would bring him vast profits.

He saw no reason to delay. He ordered the engineer to press the button. And then a cloud of dust rose up, followed shortly by a dull explosion. A large river changed its course and water flooded into the doomed Pakan Valley.

“Good, that's that. Now, get that doctor in here,” he commanded. The doctor came in with a worried look and started to examine his wealthy patient. “You are doing very well, Mr. Saleem,” he said finally. “The new medicine is saving your life. The only difficulty is getting more of it.”

注意：1.所续写的短文词数应为150左右：

2.应使用5个以上短文中标有下划线的关键词语；

3.续写部分分为二段，每段的开头语已经为你写好；

4.续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。

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“Can you get more? Money is no problem,” Saleem said.

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The doctor smile “Well, luckily for you, sir, this rare plan comes from the rainforest which you own.”

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39、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。

Andrea Lessing is a relatively new employee at Goodwill. Her job is sorting donated stuff. She has been working the job for about a month and a half and is already not surprised by some of the stuff she found.

People donate all kinds of things to Goodwill, and sometimes don’t always remember to empty out their pockets or purses before handing them over. It turns out that they can sometimes accidentally “ donate ” their cash too.

While going through a couple of sweaters, Andrea felt something extra heavy. At first, she thought that it was a pile of books, but then realized it was something more valuable. Wrapped inside the sweaters, she found piles of envelopes filled with $100 bills. All counted up, the money was worth $42,000. And no, the money wasn’t fake either. It was completely real!

Andrea, who’s also a mom, decided to do the right thing and report what she found. Thanks to identifying documents also left with the sweaters, the employees were able to trace the money back to its owner.

Normally, most people donate to Goodwill without leaving their identities. Or they at least try to keep their personal identifying information away from the clothing they donate. But in this instance, along with the forgotten money, the person who donated the sweater also forgot some documents that included their name.

For Andrea, returning the money was a no-brainer. She wants to try her best to put out positive energy. She also says that she was motivated by doing right for her daughter and being the best mom she can be.

Andrea explained, “ I have a daughter. I love her very much, and you can’t put a price on my daughter, and I know what could be risked if stealing that money. I do believe that if you do something good, it will come back to you. ”

注意：

1.续写词数应为150左右；

2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

But Andrea was still rewarded for doing the right thing.

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As Andrea was given that reward money, her boss also brought good news to her.

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40、假定你是李华,丝绸之路文化国际研讨会将于近期在你市召开,现在正在招募一批志愿者参与接待工作。你有意参与,请用英语给组委会写一封申请信。内容包括:

1.写信目的

2.陈述自己的优势(性格、语言能力和经验等);

3.希望获准

注意:1.词数80左右;

2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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41、假定你是李华，暑假在伦敦学习，得知当地美术馆在中国新年期间要举办"中国民俗艺术展"。请写一封信申请做志愿者，内容包括：

1.写信目的；

2.个人优势；

3.能做的事情。

注意：1.词数100左右（开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数）；

2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Sir or Madam,

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Sincerely,

Li Hua