河南郑州2025届高二英语下册三月考试题

1、“What do you think of the book?” “Oh, excellent, it’s worth ______ a second time.”

A．to read

B．to be read

C．being read

D．reading

2、The person who ________ advantage of the girl ________ a disadvantage didn’t gain an advantage ________ her.

A.made; in ; over B.took; at ; on C.took; at; over D.made; at; over

3、Air travel is much more affordable and _______ to the masses than it was in the 1960 s.

A.portable B.elegant C.accessible D.beneficial

4、Over 200 people died ______ the air crash.

A.with regard to B.as a consequence of C.in the course of D.on the ground of

5、President Xi Jinping says that the central government will make medical insurance _______ to every family.

A.constructive B.accessible C.portable D.suitable

6、A computer can only do ___ you have instructed it to do .

A.how B.after C.what D.when

7、But for the fact that he ______ the truth, he ______ for a week's imprisonment.

A.didn't know; would be punished B.hadn't known; might have punished

C.didn't know; would have been punished D.hadn't known; could be punished

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

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

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

9、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

10、It doesn’t matter where the students associations get their money from ;what ____ is what they do with it .

A. Corners B. differs

C. directs D. counts

11、Observation, reason and experiment make up ______ we call the scientific method.

A. which B. how

C. that D. what

12、The cakes are delicious. He’d like to have ________ third one because ________ second one is rather too small.

A.a; a B.the; the

C.a; the D.the; a

13、The new job is a real challenge for Helen, but difficult the situation she meets, I believe she’ll work it out.

A.however B.whenever C.whichever D.whatever

14、In contrast to Barbie’s fantasy figure and fashionable high heels, these dolls are ________ on girls from historical eras and come with storybooks about themselves.

A．modeled

B．synthesized

C．popularized

D．imposed

15、Lucy has a great sense of humor and always keeps her colleagues with her stories.

A. amused     B. amusing

C. to amuse D. to be amused

16、He has decided to settle ____in France because he is fond of the romantic country.

A. temporary B. temporarily

C. permanent D. permanently

17、---Hi, Johnson, any idea where Susan is?

---It is class time, so she __________ in the classroom now.

A. can be B. must have been

C. might have been D. should be

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

A.Till B.By then C.Since D.Only

19、A new study ____the marmoset’s reputation for admirable community values. Researchers report that these caregivers share their food more generously with little ones in private than when they are surrounded by the watchful eyes of other community members.

A.shines B.damages C.affects D.protects

20、Many graduates, fresh out of university, often fail to find their ideal jobs where _______ work experience is usually required.

A．relevant

B．rough

C．severe

D．scientific

21、 Luckily, I  ________ before the deal turned bad, which saved me much money.

A．dropped out   B．turned out

C．gave out      D．got out

22、If you don’t apply yourself to work, you will be __________ one day.

A.left over B.left for C.left behind D.left off

23、— The room looks bigger!

— We ______ the furniture.

A. have changed     B. had changed

C. changed       D. are changing

24、The problem with him was that he was willing to_________ principles too easily. for economic advantage.

A.delay B.reject C.sacrifice D.skip

25、The cloth that she bought looks ______, feels ______ and sells _______.

A.beautiful; soft; well B.beauty; softly; well

C.beautifully; softly; good D.beautiful; soft; good

26、Amazon has suddenly withdrawn its plans to build a satellite headquarters in New York City, citing growing opposition of local elected officials in a shifting political climate.

The decision marks a stunning reversal just three months after Amazon crowned Long Island City, Queens, one of two winners of a highly public nationwide search in which hundreds of communities vied for the tech group’s investment.

By losing Amazon, New York will sacrifice an estimated 25,000 jobs -paying an average annual salary of $150,000 each- as well as a signature victory in a broader effort to transform the financial services capital into a technology hub to rival Silicon Valley.

Amazon’s about-face is a particular setback for governor Andrew Cuomo, who led the company’s recruitment and touted its November decision as the city’s biggest-ever economic development win.

At the same time, it appeared to confirm the dominance of a progressive wing of the Democratic party, led by the recently elected Queens representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who was suspicious of Amazon’s arrival. Ms, Ocasio-Cortez questioned its opposition to organized labor and whether local citizens would benefit from its jobs.

Amazon officials said the decision to abandon New York had been taken recently, and would not discuss what role, if any, Jeff Bezos , the company’s founder, played in the move.

“The commitment to building a headquarters required positive, collaborative relationships with state and local officials who will be supportive over the long term,” Amazon wrote in a blog post. “While polls show that 70 percent of New Yorkers support our plans and investment, a number of state and local politicians have made it clear that they oppose our presence and will not work with us.”

Amazon said it did not intend to reopen the search process for a replacement. Instead , company officials expect to spread the jobs they planned to locate in Queens around existing Amazon facilities in Boston, San Diego, Vancouver and the Bay Area.

【1】Amazon drew back from setting up a satellite headquarters in that __________.

A．there is a widespread public objection.

B．the political climate is favorable to revolution.

C．a number of state and local politicians changed their tunes.

D．Long Island lost the fierce competition for the investment.

【2】The underlined word “about-face” is closest in meaning to _________.

A．victory

B．reversal

C．investment

D．support

【3】Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A．Amazon reoriented itself from a financial center to a technology hub.

B．Jeff Bezos was to blame for his mistakes in decision-making.

C．Andrew Cuomo had prejudice against Amazon’s new headquarters plan.

D．Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez was cautious in response to Amazon’s plan.

【4】What is the passage mainly concerned with?

A．Amazon relocate its new facilities in Queens.

B．Amazon drops plans for headquarters in New York City.

C．Amazon seeks to cooperate with state and local politicians.

D．Amazon is under fire for withdrawing the plan for a facility.

27、   Your house is a place to kick back and get comfortable. But what if it also had 27 floors, a replica (复制品) of King Tut’s burial chamber (墓室), or an indoor garden? Make yourself at home in some of the coolest houses from around the world.

Sea Creature Shack

Naucalpan, Mexico

Here’s what it’d be like to live in a shell. Architect Javier Senosiain designed this home to look like a real shelled sea creature called the nautilus. The house has rooms and hallways, plus a large front window with multi-colored glass. There’s even an indoor garden. The center of the house holds a TV room lined with soft sofas. If you lived here, you’d never want to come out of your shell.

Tower Power

Mumbai, India

For a billionaire looking for new digs, the sky’s the limit. One wealthy businessman even had a 27-story tall building used as a private home for his family of five. The tower — which supposedly cost one billion dollars — boasts a spa, ballroom, movie theater, and yoga studio. Living the high life comes at a price, though. The building’s first electric bill reportedly totaled $115,000.

Pyramid Palace

Wadsworth, Illinois

The United States isn’t known for having pyramids (金字塔) or pharaohs (法老). But one Illinois family decided to switch things. Jim and Linda Onan built a six-story pyramid house complete with a replica of King Tut’s burial chamber, and enough gold plating to please the pickiest pharaoh. Even the family’s cars get the ancient Egyptian royal treatment — the garage is shaped like three pyramids.

【1】It can be learned that the Sea Creature Shack _____.

A. has lots of shells B. is located in a garden

C. has the basic conveniences D. was designed by an Indian architect

【2】The underlined word “boasts” can be replaced by “_____”.

A. adds B. has C. needs D. lacks

【3】What do the Tower Power and the Pyramid Palace have in common?

A. Both are for personal use. B. Both are expensive to live in.

C. Their owners are both businessmen. D. They have the same number of stories.

28、It may help you to know that there is no such thing as a perfect speech. At some point in every speech, every speaker says something that is not understood exactly as he has planned. Fortunately, such moments are usually not obvious to the listeners, why? Because the listeners do not know what the speaker plans to say, they hear only what the speaker does say. If you lose your place for a moment, wrongly change the order of a couple of sentences, or forget to pause at a certain point, no one will be any the wiser. When such moments occur, don’t worry about them. Just continue as if nothing happened.

Even if you do make an obvious mistake during a speech, that doesn’t really matter. If you have ever listened to Martin Luther King’s famous speech — “I have a dream”, you may notice that he stumbles over his words twice during the speech. Most likely, however, you don’t remember. Why? Because you were fixing your attention on his message rather than on his way of speech-making. People care a lot about making mistakes in a speech because they regard speech-making as a kind of performance rather than as an act of communication. They feel the listeners are like judges in an ice-skating competition. But, in fact, the listeners are not looking for a perfect performance. They are looking for a well-thought-out speech that expresses the speaker’s ideas clearly and directly. Sometimes a mistake or two can actually increase a speaker’s attractiveness by making him more human.

As you work on your speech, don’t worry about being perfect. Once you free your mind of this, you will find it much easier to give your speech freely.

【1】You don’t remember obvious mistakes in a speech because ________.

A．you find the way of speech-making more important

B．you don’t fully understand the speech

C．you attention is on the content

D．you don’t know what the speaker plans to say

【2】What does the underlined phrase “stumbles over” in Paragraph 2?

A．Walks wrongly.

B．Makes an error with.

C．Misunderstands.

D．Forgets.

【3】It can be inferred from the passage that ________.

A．one or two mistakes in a speech may not be bad

B．giving a speech is like giving a performance

C．the listeners should pay more attention to how a speech is made

D．the more mistake a speaker makes, the more attractive he will be

【4】Which of the following statements is true?

A．If you are careful enough, you can make a perfect speech.

B．Listeners are not judges and they pay more attention to the message.

C．Speech-making is a kind of performance.

D．Martin Luther King is not a good speaker.

29、The History Of Chocolate

The Theobroma Cacao tree provides us with one of the world’s mest delicious foods—chocolate. The tree originally comes from the Amazon region of South America. Hand-sized pods（菜）that grow on the tree contain cacao seeds-often “cocoa heans. ”【1】

The earliest use of cacao beans dates back to around 1000 B. C. when the Mayan people used cocoa as a drink. It is believed that drinking cups of cocoa was important on occasions such as wedding ceremonies. 【2】 In Peru, for example, eating or drinking a mixture of chocolate and chili was said to be good for the stomach.

Christopher Columbus, the famous Spanish explorer, made his fourth voyage across the Atlantic in the early 1500s and arrived in-Central America. 【3】  Cocoa beans were used as money in many parts of Central America.

In the sixteenth century, chocolate was taken back to Spain by Hernando Cortez, another explorer. 【4】 It later spread to France in the seventeenth century. The popularity of chocolate continued to spread further across Europe and the Americas. The only Asian country to accept it at that time, though, was the Philippines, which the Spanish invaded in the sixteenth century.

【5】 Slaves’ were brought to the Americas from Africa to farm the cocoa. Eventually, the cacao tree was taken to Africa. Today. Africa provides almost seventy percent of the world’s cacao, compared with one and a half percent from Mexico. Who would have thought that chocolate bars had so much history?

A. Spain was a great country at that time.

B. These seeds are used to make chocolate.

C. These seeds are originally from South America.

D. It was at this time that he first discovered the value of cocoa beans.

E. Drinking cocoa was also believed to have positive effects on health.

F. The people there added other things such as sugar to make it sweet.

G. As chocolate became more popular, more people are needed to plant coco.

30、   Nowadays, more and more young people are becoming too_______and over-confident. They think they can do everything. So they simply _______their old parents, and believe that their parents’ _____ are out of date. Actually I used to be one of them, but after hearing a story told by my father, I changed my mind  ____ . Now I would like to _____  it with you.

Once, there was a young man who ______ the old. He always thought that the old, including his father, were______ . One day, the father and the son went for a walk in the _____ . As they walked, a beautiful ______ came into their sight. The son _____  to one pretty flower and said, “We young people are like this fragrant (芳香的) flower, so healthy, vigorous, and full of spirit. What about you oldsters? Just like the  _____ leaves from a dying tree.”

Hearing this, the father smiled but said _____ . They continued the walking in silence. When they passed a(n) ______, the father stopped and went in. He bought a walnut (核桃) and showed it to his son, and said, “We old are like this walnut.

We’ve  _____ many hard events in life. So we built up such a ______ shell, and at the same time we built up a  _____ inner world. Every fruit is so full-grown.”

“But every fruit was born by a  ____ .” argued the son.

“Yes, but not every flower can bear fruit…”

From then on, I always keep this______  in mind. It has taught me a lot. We should try to be a flower that can bear fruit. we also have to know that our  ____ aren’t falling leaves but experienced walnuts, masterpiece of  _____. They are the ones we should appreciate forever.

【1】A. proud B. clever C. rude D. genuine

【2】A. blame B. respect C. ignore D. believe

【3】A. spirits B. thoughts C. methods D. strengths

【4】A. gradually B. suddenly C. slowly D. completely

【5】A. provide B. supply C. offer D. share

【6】A. look up to B. live up to C. look down on D. get down to

【7】A. careless B. useless C. fruitful D. successful

【8】A. bushes B. woods C. yard D. court

【9】A. garden B. mountain C. school D. factory

【10】A. pointed B. referred C. attended D. turned

【11】A. growing B. grown C. falling D. fallen

【12】A. something B. everything C. nothing D. anything

【13】A. grocery B. office C. street D. river

【14】A. protected B. experienced C. promoted D. contributed

【15】A. tender B. colorful C. big D. hard

【16】A. merciful B. mature C. simple D. complex

【17】A. branch B. plant C. leaf D. flower

【18】A. experience B. walnut C. fruit D. story

【19】A. parents B. teachers C. friends D. relatives

【20】A. spirit B. material C. nature D. society

31、I spent more than three months one year in bed because of a back injury. When I finally started to _________ and could be up and around again for part of the day, the recommended at home therapy was to _________ as much as I was able to. As a surprise, my husband decided to_________ a walking path by himself that would trail around our house. He took great pains to ensure that the surface of the path was _________ and level and that the path would take me past the garden areas that I _________ and had missed so much. His _________ surprise turned my daily walking routine into something I could actually _________ because there was always _________ new going on somewhere for me to see and enjoy.

The _________ changed and the gardens started to shut down for the winter. I __________ where I would walk when there was snow on the ground, but my husband told me he had __________ thought about that, and he was __________ that he could keep the path open and cleared of snow. Despite the many snowstorms we had that winter, my path always was cleared and __________ for me to walk on.

One day after another snowstorm, we__________ our journey down the path, and as I turned the first corner I was __________ to see a little snowman waiting to say hello. I thought about how my husband had __________ the time on that cold day to give me something cheerful to see on my walk.

That day each time we __________ again to that point of the path, seeing the snowman made me feel so __________ for my husband's thoughtfulness.

Every day when I headed out for a walk on my path, I was __________ of how much I am loved. Showing you __________ doesn't require expensive gifts or showy gestures. It's the simple things from the heart that really count.

【1】

A．change

B．leave

C．work

D．recover

【2】

A．rest

B．walk

C．try

D．run

【3】

A．build

B．find

C．beat

D．choose

【4】

A．smooth

B．hard

C．thick

D．rough

【5】

A．expected

B．abandoned

C．loved

D．cleaned

【6】

A．thoughtful

B．careful

C．skillful

D．thankful

【7】

A．put up with

B．make use of

C．live up to

D．look forward to

【8】

A．anything

B．something

C．nothing

D．everything

【9】

A．times

B．ways

C．plans

D．seasons

【10】

A．imagined

B．wondered

C．realized

D．suspected

【11】

A．sometimes

B．never

C．always

D．already

【12】

A．shocked

B．curious

C．lucky

D．confident

【13】

A．right

B．ready

C．close

D．new

【14】

A．arranged

B．finished

C．started

D．continued

【15】

A．satisfied

B．embarrassed

C．surprised

D．confused

【16】

A．changed

B．taken

C．lost

D．freed

【17】

A．looked out

B．turned down

C．came around

D．held on

【18】

A．grateful

B．anxious

C．guilty

D．hopeful

【19】

A．cured

B．informed

C．reminded

D．warned

【20】

A．care

B．joy

C．pride

D．interest

32、   I met my wife at a party when I just finished my master's degree.A friend introduced me to her and we had a(n)_______talk at the party.I was quite_______that she had written a novel.I said,“I always admire those who are good at_______novels but I'm just_______.”To my surprise,she replied,“How can you know it if you don't have a_______?”

We kept in touch after the party and she_______me to try my hand,_______all I had ever written were scientific papers and articles on butterflies.I was_______Alexander the Great,but there were already some wonderful novels about the man.I did not feel I could_______with those,so I took a side step.I invented a junior officer in his army,had him wounded in Scythia and left behind as the________headed east,out of which came my book Lion of Scythia!My wife corrected my first________.There was more________on the page than black.________,I didn't give up and sent the book to the same publisher that my wife used to send her books to.Many days passed by and I didn't________anything back.So I completely forgot it and got back to my________on butterflies.However,the life-changing day came,18 months after I had started writing,I got an email saying that my book had been________and was to be published.

That was twenty years ago.I'm________writing and I'm about to start my 37th novel(29 published so far).It is now a part of my life.I can't let one single day go________writing and I set myself a goal of at least 1,000 words a day.I push the________forward,even if I write rubbish.I can always go________and rewrite or edit,but I have never suffered from writer's block.

A．hard

B．great

C．empty

D．secret

A．moved

B．worried

C．impressed

D．frightened

A．writing

B．reading

C．editing

D．reviewing

A．hopeless

B．harmless

C．careless

D．endless

A．break

B．try

C．name

D．call

A．permitted

B．forbade

C．encouraged

D．promised

A．because

B．unless

C．if

D．though

A．sure of

B．proud of

C．worried about

D．interested in

A．protect

B．talk

C．compete

D．play

A．community

B．committee

C．army

D．family

A．work

B．report

C．magazine

D．diary

A．red

B．yellow

C．brown

D．blue

A．Therefore

B．However

C．So far

D．In all

A．pay

B．teach

C．hear

D．send

A．news

B．opinion

C．dependence

D．research

A．discussed

B．inspired

C．challenged

D．accepted

A．still

B．even

C．ever

D．also

A．into

B．without

C．for

D．after

A．theory

B．story

C．business

D．speech

A．away

B．off

C．out

D．back

33、   All passengers boarded (登机)，and the fight would be on time. I went up to the gate (登机口)to get the papers from the gate staff and_______an adult passenger sitting there crying, which was very_______，So I asked the gate staff what was up and they told me that the passenger was not_________to board due to a problem of his ticket. His last name in the ticket was_________wrongly by a letter but he had_________it before.

After my asking, the man said that his father was just in the _______and he needed to take this flight to hopefully see him before he___________Unfortunately, there was nothing the gate staff could do about it. They told him to buy a new ticket._________，the fight was to leave ten minutes later and it was_________for him to do so, He told me he would be really__________if he wouldn't be able to say his final goodbye to his dad. Seeing a grown man crying sadly, I was sure that he was telling the ________

I________ for a while and then thought of________I could do to help him. As a member of staff I have a________----- I can issue (发) tickets through an online system to my family or__________Then, I provided a staff ticket for this passenger. I passed the ticket to him__________his kmnowing what I'd done. He was so__________ and it was all that I wanted to see. I just hoped that he wouldn't________any of his father's last words. Later, the gate staff told me they would help me keep the________as we can use the staff tickets only for people we know.

I was so poud that  day ________ I did something meaningful for a person in need.

【1】A.noticed B.greeted C.rescued D.encouraged

【2】A.funny B.common C.unusual D.dangerous

【3】A.forced B.allowed C.advised D.persuaded

【4】A.read B.spelled C.understood D.remmembered

【5】A.found B.recorded C.imagined D.ignored

【6】A.airport B.office C.school D.hospital

【7】A.gave up B.came back C.passed away D.settled down

【8】A.Instead B.However C.Otherwise D.Therefore

【9】A.special B.strange C.impossible D.unbelievable

【10】A.regretful B.confused C.anxious D.hopeless

【11】A.lie B.truth C.joke D.story

【12】A.checked B.guessed C.predicted D.considered

【13】A.nothing B.anything C.something D.everything

【14】A.goal B.duty C.task D.right

【15】A.friends B.pets C.customers D.passengers

【16】A.for B.after C.since D.without

【17】A.calm B.brave C.pleased D.curious

【18】A.miss B.repeat C.forget D.mind

【19】A.rule B.secret C.promise D.appointment

【20】A.because B.before C.until D.unless

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

35、Directions: Fill in each blank to make the passage make sense and well connected in writing style. The initial letter of each word has been given. (please write each answer in a COMPLETE word on the answer card.

THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

In Congress, July 4, 1776

When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bonds which have connected them with another, and to assume among the Powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s god entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should d【1】 the causes which impel them to the separation.

We h【2】 these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created e【3】, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable R【4】, that among these are life, L【5】, and the pursuit of Happiness.

That to secure these rights, g 【6】 are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.

That whenever any form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the P 【7】 to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, l【8】 its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such f【9】, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience has shown, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariable the same Object, evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their d 【10】, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.

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.

37、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.

38、假设你是高二学生李华，你所居住的城市正在争创全国文明城市，作为一个有责任心的市民，你注意到了两个有待改进的现象，即共享单车随意摆放；行人或车辆时有抢道，不按交通规则出行。请你给市长写封信，建议关注这两个问题并提出你的相应整改措施。

相关词汇：全国文明城市  National Civilized City共享单车  shared bike任意的，胡乱的 random行人pedestrians

注意：开头结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Mayor,

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Yours Sincerely,

Li Hua

39、假定你是李华，你的伯父退休后想从国外回到中国的老家定居，请你给他写封邮件介绍你的老家近几年的变化。要点如下：

1.环境变化；2.生活变化；3.其他变化。

注意：1.词数100左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Uncle,

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Yours,

Li Hua

40、近年来，习近平总书记在国内外不同场合，不止一次讲述过他的读书故事，也每每在演讲中引经据典、信手拈来，让听者叹服。习总书记对读书的热爱掀起一股全民读书热潮。我校决定也借此机会鼓励同学们开展读书周(Reading Week)活动。假如你是我校学生会主席李华，为配合学校的这次活动，你打算倡议同学们多读书，读好书。根据以下提示给同学们写封倡议信。

1. 读书周活动的目的； 2. 读书的好处； 3. 你的建议。

注意：1. 词数100左右；

2. 可以适当增加内容，以使行文连贯。

Dear friends，

I'm Li Hua, president of the Students' Union.

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Yours,

Li Hua

41、阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。

Cell phones are used everywhere, but on the road they are a dangerous distraction (分心) to drivers and should be forbidden.

The New England Journal of Medicine reported that "drivers using a cell phone were four times more likely to have an accident than those not using a phone." The major problem is that the driver is not focused on the road, but on his or her conversation. Cell phone drivers are very unpredictable: they drive too fast or too slow, make improper turns, run red lights and even stop at green ones. It's not only annoying; it's dangerous. Accidents related to cell phones include off a road and crashing into a tree, fences, and buildings and even turning over.

In October at the California Traffic Safety Summit, experts showed that "cell phones used by drivers lead to at least 1,000 deaths per year in California." These are the same problems that occur with drunk driving, which is against the law and strictly enforced. For the same reasons, California needs laws that ban the use of cell phone in cars.

Until we take action to pass new laws, drivers at least need to be more responsible when using cell phones. The American Automobile Association recommends that drivers pull off the road before using a cell phone, have a passenger use it for them, or use voice mail to answer calls. Another suggestion is to keep the phone off while moving or simply not to use it in the car. Before using a cell phone, drivers should ask themselves, "Is this call really that important?"

Cell phones can be a very important link in emergencies, but drivers need to use them wisely. As professional NASCAR racer John Andretti says, "Driving safely is your first responsibility." The best road to safety is to just hang up and drive.