安徽合肥2025届高三英语下册二月考试题

1、Today the Red Cross provides a number of services for the public, such as helping people   , teaching first aid and providing blood.

A.in need B.in return C.in preparation D.in anger

2、It’s important for graduates to find a proper job, one in which they can bring their_______ into full play.

A.potential B.circumstance C.symptom D.insurance

3、—Do you think attending training courses is a great help when you look for a new job?

—Well, it all depends. Besides, it gives me ________ a chance to try.

A. more than B. more of

C. less than D. more or less

4、——What a big letdown it is to have missed such a good opportunity!

——Don’t worry. Something better will ________ .

A．go by

B．take on

C．in need

D．come along

5、Tanya, be _______! Our baby is sleeping, and you may wake him up.

A. silent B. still

C. quiet D. noisy

6、As more people travelled on the underground, the system was ________ and more lines were added.

A.enlarged B.alarmed C.fined D.violated

7、Climate change is projected to have far-reaching____ — including sea level rise flooding cities and shifting weather patterns causing long-term declines in agricultural production.

A.contributions B.confusions C.consequences D.feedbacks

8、At only $45 a night, the hotel is well ________ the money

A. value B. worthy

C. worth D. valuable

9、The report data shows that pleasure reading levels for younger children, ages 2-8, remain   the same.

A.large B.larger C.largest D.largely

10、You can't imagine what difficult we had _______ home in the snowstorm．

A.find B.found C.to find D.finding

11、All the children were well brought up and in good ___________ condition.

A. personal B. physical

C. natural D. optional

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

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

13、While books seem to be losing their popularity to some extent, good ones are still highly _______ today in that they give us answers to questions we haven’t had yet.

A．responsible

B．religious

C．representative

D．relevant

14、Let's get through the work quickly._______seems to be little time left now.

A．It

B．There

C．That

D．Here

15、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

16、Seeing the happy ________ of children playing in the park, I’m overjoyed and sure of the future of our country.

A. sight B. view C. scene D. sign

17、Not until I went up further ________ that under the tree ________, obviously sound asleep.

A．that I saw; did a boy lie

B．I saw; lay a boy

C．did I see; did a boy lie

D．did I see; lay a boy

18、—I’m kind of hungry, Mum!

—But I am occupied now, dear. Turn to Ele.me and order _______ you desire.

A．whichever

B．whatever

C．no matter which

D．no matter what

19、The Defence Minister will _________ the journalists this afternoon.

A.address B.arrange C.appoint D.applaud

20、Experts say ________ to sunlight for too much time will do harm to one’s skin.

A. exposed  B. having exposed

C. being exposed   D. exposing

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

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

22、Modem TVs use many of the ________ first discovered by Farnsworth, who contributed a lot to the development of TV

A.platforms B.principles C.sources D.symptoms

23、Most of them were ___________ my opinion while David was against it.

A.in honor of B.in favor of C.in search of D.in memory of

24、After the dinner party, most guests left, with only two of them _______ in the host family, ______ him clear up.

A. remaining; helped B. remaining; helping

C. remained; helped D. remained; helping

25、The police always take ______ of dogs’ sharp sense of smell to search for the survivors in the earthquake.

A.advantage B.notice C.possession D.care

26、   Why do we laugh and get amusement from so many different things, from puns(双关语) to pratfalls(出洋相)? Why are things funny to some people and not to other? How is it that while a successful joke can cause pleasure, a sick one can cause serious harm?

Over the centuries, various scholars have tried to produce a universally agreed-upon theory of humor. Plato and Aristotle introduced the superiority theory, the idea that people laugh at the misfortune of others. Their theory seems to explain teasing, but it doesn't work well for knock-knock jokes. Sigmund Freud argued for his relief theory, the concept that humor is a way for people to release psychological tension and reveal their inner fears and desires. His theory works well for dirty jokes, less well for most puns.

The majority of humor experts today agree with the incongruity(不和谐) theory, the idea that humor arises when there's a gap between what people expect to happen and what actually happens. Incongruity has a lot going for it-jokes with unexpected funny lines, for example, fit well. But scientists have found that in comedy, unexpectedness is overvalued.

With the goal of developing a new, more satisfactory explanation, I produced “the gentle violation(侵犯) theory”, the idea that humor arises when something seems wrong or threatening, but is actually OK or safe. A dirty joke, for example, trades on moral or social violations, but it's only going to get a laugh if the person listening is open enough to consider the subject OK to talk about. Similarly, puns can be seen as linguistic violations that still make grammatical sense.

And while most humor theories have struggled to explain tickling (挠痒痒),or just avoided the phenomenon altogether, my theory accounts for even this kind of laughter. Tickling involves violating someone's physical space in a gentle way. People can't tickle themselves - because it isn't a violation.

【1】What is the author's attitude towards Plato and Aristotle's theory?

A.Approving. B.Critical.

C.Unconcerned. D.Uncertain.

【2】According to Sigmund Freud's theory, we can infer that ___________.

A.people will laugh when they see others suffer

B.tickling doesn't involve psychological tension

C.unexpectedness can explain how humor works

D.telling dirty jokes is a relief of one's nervous feelings

【3】According to the author, why are some things funny to some people but not to others?

A.Because the sense of humor varies greatly from person to person.

B.Because people have different expectations for the same thing.

C.Because some people lack the sense of safety deep in their heart.

D.Because people's understanding of violation is different.

【4】What is the author's main purpose of writing this passage?

A.To draw people's attention to the research of humor.

B.To criticize people's misunderstandings about humor.

C.To explain what exactly causes people to laugh.

D.To prove the sense of humor can be developed.

27、   Creative Arts Workshop employs over 55 professional artists part-time to teach classes and workshops to young people each year. Classes are kept small to ensure that individual attention can be given to everyone. Students learn in a supportive environment and are encouraged to fully explore their creativity and strive for excellence.

Draw and Paint from Observation and Imagination — Explore pencil, charcoal, ink, tempera paint and watercolor. Learn about lines, shapes, form, brush handling and color mixing. Subjects include buds and blossoms, birds and springtime animals, still life, outdoor scenes, and portraits, plus ideas from your imagination.

Instructor: Eva Scopino.

Wednesdays, 4—5: 30 pm, Mar. 21—May 26 10 sessions: $160; members: $144

Hooray for Clay — Let’s get messy and create wondrous worlds out of clay! Pinch, pull, sculpt and glaze imaginal outer Space visitors, or even your favorite foods. All skill levels are welcome, open to new and returning students. Instruction focuses on creative hand-building.

Instructor: Violet Harlow.

Wednesdays, 4—5: 30 pm, Mar 26—May 28 10 sessions: $170; members: $153

Fun with Metal — Make jewelry and mini-sculpture with copper sheet metal and wire to wear or hang. Stamp, fold, hammer, bend, cut, twist and even heat metal to create forms nature such as pea pods and leaves. Students will explore using basic hand tools, especially hammers, cutters, files, pliers and torches to create works in metal.

Instructor: Connie Pfeiffer.

Thursdays, 4—5: 30 pm, Mar 27—May 29 (except May 15) 9 sessions: $158; members: $142

Teen Digittal Photography — This is an introductory class on digital photography for interested amateurs who want to improve their photographic skills, as well as serious artists excited to explore new photographic technology. We will cover camera basics, file formats and digital printing. Students will learn how to use Adobe Photoshop to crop, tone and improve their pictures just like professional photographers.

Instructor: Tung Hoang.

Mondays, 4: 15—6: 15 pm, Mar. 17—May 19 10 sessions: $220; members: $198

【1】Which class is open to returning students?

A. Draw and Paint from Observation and Imagination.

B. Fun with Metal.

C. Hooray for Clay.

D. Teen Digital Photography.

【2】A member who attends Mar 27—May 29 sessions can save ________.

A. $14 B. $16 C. $17 D. $19

【3】Hooray for Clay focuses on training learners’ ________.

A. hand-building skills B. observation and imagination

C. using basic hand tools D. making mini-sculptures

28、   What I am writing is in English.You can read and understand because you are English language learners. But when you say people in England or the English people speak English, you would be wrong, or at least inaccurate in your remark. Ah yes, you might correct yourself, the Americans, Canadians, Australians and New Zealanders speak English too. That is true, but apart from that, what you really have in mind, or should say is people in Britain or the British speak English.

The words England and English are perhaps the two most misused words in the English language. The English themselves一I beg your pardon, I am making the same mistake! The British themselves often say England and English when they really mean Britain and British. The Chinese words“英国”is even more misused than not because the term “不列颠” is hardly ever used. What's the difference, you may ask. To understand the question we have to know something about the history of the country and its people.

Before there was a country there were the people. And before there were people, there was land. So let us start off from here and take the land first.

We all know that Britain(though we often say England by force of habit) is an island country separated from the European continent by the English Channel.

Actually there are two main islands. The larger one is called Britain, or Great Britain, and the smaller one is called Ireland, and these two, together with many small islands make up what is called the British Isles.

The British is a geographical term. It is not the name of any country. At present it is made up of two countries, the larger of which is the one we very often inaccurately call England. The full official name is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, but people call it Britain or Great Britain for that. It consists of England, Scotland, Wales and a small part(about one-sixth) of Ireland, then or the astern part.

People still tend to call Britain England not only because England is the largest in area and the most populous but mostly because England is the strongest and also the most influential country in every respect before it absorbed the other three countries(The whole of Ireland was apart of the United Kingdom at one time) . Call it national chauvinism if you like, but people in England call Britain England out of habit rather than conscious sense of superiority, though it annoys the Welsh and especially the Scots who are proud of their separate national tradition.

【1】According to the passage the correct order of the following terms is______.

A.land, people, country B.land, country, people

C.people, land, country D.country, people, land

【2】The British Isles is made up of ______

A.one country B.two countries

C.two and a half countries D.three countries

【3】People call Britain England because of all of the following except ______

A.people in England do so out of habit.

B.England is the nearest to the European continent.

C.England is the largest in area and has the largest population.

D.England is the strongest and also the most influential in every respect.

【4】The author wrote this article mainly to ______

A.explain the geographical state of Britain

B.express his heartfelt affection for English

C.explain a common misunderstanding many may share

D.show the advantages of England over the other three countries

29、The Summer Holiday Activities for Families in the UK

While the Astronaut spacewalk, Manchester last year remains in the memory of some families, our week-by-week guide to the school summer break this year features a host of special events and outdoor fun for kids, from open-air cinema and live music to coming face to face with dinosaurs.

Polar fun, Edinburgh

Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh is keeping cool this summer with lots of polar-themed activities, including family science shows on the Arctic and Antarctic, icy experiments, and craft designs where kids can make their own penguin, walrus or polar bear.

Until 28 August, ￡15 adults, ￡9.50 children, dynamicearth. Co. uk.

Dinosaur events, various locations

Dinosaurs in the Wild is a vivid, walk-through experience taking visitors back 67 million years to the late Cretaceous period. Dinosaur Babies is an exhibition of dinosaur embryos and eggs, plus a model nest. Dinosaurs of China displays fossils and skeletons never before seen in Europe.

Until 23 August, NEC in Birmingham, then 7 October to 7 January, Event City Manchester, ￡29.50 adults, ￡26 children, dinosaursinthewild. Com.

Proud Country House kids fest, Brighton

Just 15 minutes from the centre of Brighton, this 18th century Georgian manor house in Stammer Park has a packed program of events and activities on throughout the summer, including storytelling in the forest, guided bike rides, tree climbing and family yoga.

1 July~10 September, prices vary, usually from￡5~10，booking for events required but house and gardens can be visited without booking, stammer house. co. UK / kids fest.

【1】Which activity is not included this year?

A.Astronaut spacewalk. B.Open-air cinema.

C.Live music. D.Face to face with dinosaurs.

【2】If you want to take the activity in December, where should you go?

A.Edinburgh. B.Birmingham.

C.Manchester. D.Brighton.

【3】Which activity should be booked?

A.Polar fun. B.Dinosaur events.

C.Family yoga. D.Visiting gardens.

30、   It is widely believed that inner beauty is the most impressive in the world.

On the outskirts of a town in England lies a nice cottage with a large garden where there lives an old man. The old man is _______ pruning (修剪), watering or fertilizing his flowers all the time. The garden _______ bees and butterflies dance and colorful flowers blossom all year around is so well-tended that every passer-by cannot but stop for a _______ with admiration.

One day a young _______ went by the old man’s garden. He stopped and gazed at the splendid garden and the special cottage, totally _______ the admiration at the beauty of these sceneries, _______ how happy he could be _______ he lived in such a beautiful place. Then, all of a sudden he found the old gardener was _______.

Greatly shocked, the young painter _______ that old man, asking “why are you busy ________ these flowers every day which you can’t see?” The blind gardener gave a wide smile, explaining “First, I was a gardener when I was young, and I ________ like this job. Second, while I can’t see these flowers I can ________ them. Third, I can smell the sweetness of them. And ________ the last one, that’s you.”

“Me? But you don’t know me.” responded the young painter.

“Yeah. But I know flowers are angels which everyone knows and would never ________. I know a great many people who show ________ for life would stop by and the beauty of my garden will get them into a good ________. In the meantime, it also gives a ________ to me to have a word with you here and to enjoy the happiness these flowers have brought us.”

The old man can’t see the beauty that he’s created. ________, every flower has eyes ________ which they can see the beauty and kindness of the old man’s heart and the sweetness of his soul.

The blind man grows flowers in his heart. Failing the sight of the beauty of blossoming, he surely can ________ the voice of it, I suppose.

【1】A. left B. kept C. seen D. made

【2】A. where B. which C. that D. what

【3】A. chat B. return C. discussion D. glance

【4】A. painter B. neighbor C. photographer D. traveler

【5】A. faced with B. lost in C. devoted to D. moved by

【6】A. thinking B. asking C. picturing D. saying

【7】A. when B. if C. as D. since

【8】A. particular B. special C. blind D. energetic

【9】A. approached B. reached C. watched D. prevented

【10】A. planting B. watering C. fertilizing D. tending

【11】A. easily B. really C. accidentally D. eventually

【12】A. get rid of B. give a touch to C. come up with D. have fun with

【13】A. without B. of C. for D. in

【14】A. pick them up B. turn them down C. let them down D. give them up

【15】A. enthusiasm B. calmness C. kindness D. caution

【16】A. mood B. condition C. place D. life

【17】A. way B. day C. chance D. hand

【18】A. Therefore B. Anyway C. However D. Besides

【19】A. for B. in C. from D. with

【20】A. change B. hear C. remind D. accept

31、   Sometimes it’s not the huge sacrifices that mums make but the tiny things they do day in and day out that make you realize what special people they are.

It was a ____ January day. When I left home for the office, the weather report said, “Windy and cold, but no rain.” _____, by the time I was about to leave work in the early evening, it was absolutely ____!

My office was close to the bus stop, so I just ____ out of the door and onto the bus. Unfortunately, when I got off, I still had about a mile to ____ to my home. Normally on a night like that, my husband would come and get me. That morning, he had told me that he was putting the car in for a ____.

As I stepped off the bus to walk home, I____to get my tiny umbrella to go up in the strong wind. Then, suddenly and to my ____, I heard my mum’s voice.

“Quickly! Come under here, before you get soaked!”

I rushed under my bigger ____ and stared at mum in surprise. “What on Earth are you doing here in this____?” I asked her. My mum was eighty-three that year, and ____ fit and healthy, she didn’t like going out ____ strong wind and heavy rain. In fact, on a day like that, I usually went round to her house to make sure she didn’t ____ out of anything.

“You told me to come round for dinner tonight, but I came ____before the rain got too heavy. Eric told me that your car was in for a service and I saw your big umbrella lying on the chair. I ___you had forgotten it, so I just picked it ____ and came out to meet you.”

My mum passed away the following year. This simple____ remains embedded(深留) in my mind, and reminds me how completely my mum ____ me. She wouldn't have gone out in the wind and rain for herself, but, at eighty-three, she never gave a second ____ about braving the storm so I wouldn’t get ____.

【1】A.cloudy B.windy C.sunny D.foggy

【2】A.Besides B.Therefore C.Eventually D.However

【3】A.shining B.pouring C.flashing D.erupting

【4】A.rushed B.took C.looked D.left

【5】A.drive B.jog C.walk D.cycle

【6】A.ride B.service C.rest D.lift

【7】A.struggled B.continued C.explored D.agreed

【8】A.amusement B.appreciation C.amazement D.annoyance

【9】A.cover B.roof C.umbrella D.raincoat

【10】A.case B.way C.place D.weather

【11】A.as B.although C.if D.when

【12】A.under B.through C.for D.in

【13】A.drop B.back C.run D.get

【14】A.early B.regularly C.frequently D.conveniently

【15】A.expected B.wondered C.doubted D.guessed

【16】A.out B.on C.up D.over

【17】A.act B.lesson C.discovery D.adventure

【18】A.affected B.loved C.accepted D.recognized

【19】A.thought B.attempt C.analysis D.test

【20】A.exhausted B.bored C.uncomfortable D.wet

32、   Scott and his four companions were terribly disappointed. When they got to the South Pole, they found the Norwegians had________them in the race to be the first ever to reach it. After________  the British flag at the Pole, they took a photograph of themselves _______ they started the 950-mile journey back.

The journey was unexpectedly ________ , and the joy and excitement about the Pole had gone out of them. The sun hardly _______ . The snow storms always made it impossible to sight the stones they had ________ to mark their way home. To make things ________ , Evans, whom they had all thought of ________ the strongest of the five, fell badly into a deep hole in the ice. Having ________ along for several days, he suddenly fell down and died.

The four who were ________ pushed on at the best speed they could ________. Captain Oates had been suffering for some time from his ________ feet; at night his feet swelled(肿胀) so large that he could ________ put his boots on the next morning, and he walked bravely although he was in great _______ . He knew his slowness was making it less likely that ________ could save themselves. He asked them to leave him behind in his sleeping-bag, but they refused, and helped him ________ a few more miles, until it was time to put up the _______ for another night.

The following morning, ________ the other three were still in their sleeping-bags, he said, “I am just going outside and may be ________ some time.” He was never seen again. He had walked out ________ into the snow storm, hoping that his death would help his companions.

【1】A. hit B. fought C. won D. beaten

【2】A. growing B. putting C. planting D. laying

【3】A. after B. until C. while D. before

【4】A. safe B. fast C. short D. slow

【5】A. rose B. set C. appeared D. disappeared

【6】A. taken up B. cut up C. set up D. picked up

【7】A. easier B. better C. bitter D. worse

【8】A. to B. upon C. as D. in

【9】A. battled B. struggled C. speeded D. waited

【10】A. left B. lost C. defeated D. saved

【11】A. manage B. try C. employ D. find

【12】A. ached B. frozen C. harden D. harmed

【13】A. hardly B. never C. seldom D. nearly

【14】A. pain B. fear C. trouble D. danger

【15】A. all others B. some others C. others D. the others

【16】A. away B. with C. off D. on

【17】A. bed B. tent C. blanket D. sleeping-bag

【18】A. while B. since C. for D. once

【19】A. missed B. separated C. passed D. gone

【20】A. patiently B. lonely C. alone D. worriedly

33、   It was an extremely hot spring day. A thunderstorm had passed over and now the clouds were _______ and the sun had returned. Steam was coming off the _______ sidewalks as I parked my car. I _______ into the local store to buy my son a shirt. The air conditioning there was a good relief from the _______ outside.

Having made my _______, I walked back into the heat. I got into my car but had to wait to _______ because all the cars lined up at the _______ stop light. I looked out of my car _______ and saw something on the pavement. A single butterfly was desperately fluttering(拍打) its wings but not getting off the_______. It was right in front of a truck’s tire too. Without a second thought, I got out of my car, ________ my hands so the truck driver wouldn’t move ________, and then bent down to look at the butterfly. One of its legs was ________ in the mud. I reached down and ________ the butterfly in my hands ________. I lifted up its leg and suddenly it was ________. I opened my hands and up it ________ towards the shining sun. My own eyes shined brighter and my own heart felt ________ as I watched it.

Lots of people might ________ why I would step out into traffic like that to ________ a single butterfly. All I can say is that my heart was guiding me at that moment because no matter how tiny the various ________ are, they are our friends. We are all part of nature. And after I did it, I felt really happy that day.

【1】A.gathering B.staying C.spreading D.clearing

【2】A.dry B.narrow C.wet D.broad

【3】A.headed B.took C.drove D.broke

【4】A.thunderstorm B.heat C.rain D.cloud

【5】A.decision B.purchase C.mind D.promise

【6】A.pull out B.pull in C.check in D.check out

【7】A.yellow B.green C.red D.blue

【8】A.door B.tyre C.wheel D.window

【9】A.ground B.truck C.car D.field

【10】A.set up B.end up C.stand up D.held up

【11】A.backwards B.forwards C.upwards D.downwards

【12】A.fastened B.fixed C.placed D.stuck

【13】A.seized B.cupped C.pushed D.dropped

【14】A.tightly B.roughly C.gently D.cruelly

【15】A.free B.scared C.awake D.dizzy

【16】A.jogged B.stepped C.paced D.flew

【17】A.relaxed B.cleaned C.relaxing D.cleaning

【18】A.doubt B.wonder C.discover D.imagine

【19】A.appreciate B.content C.rescue D.care

【20】A.butterflies B.pests C.insects D.beasts

34、Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word. For the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

My daughter

(A story told by a father, a famous actor)

My wife and I only had the one child. We had Amy.

I see her as my best friend. I think she’d always come to me first if she had a problem. We have the same sense of humor, and share interests. 【1】 I don’t mind animals, she’s completely fascinated with them, and she has always had dogs, cats, horses, and goldfish in her life.

We were 【2】 (close) when she was about four, which I think is a lovely age for a child. They know the parents best, and don’t have outside contacts. She must have grown up suddenly when she went to school, because I remember her growing away from her family slightly. Any father who has a teenager daughter comes across an extraordinary collection of people, and there seemed to be an endless stream of strange young men 【3】 (come) through our house. By the time I learned their names they 【4】 (go) away and I had to start learning a new lot.

I wanted more than anything else for her to be happy in 【5】 she was doing, and I was prepared to pull strings to help her on her way. When she left a good school she decided she wanted to become an actress so I got her into drama school. It wasn’t to her liking so she joined a theatre group and began doing bits and pieces in films. She was doing well, but then gave it up. She probably found it boring. Then she took up social work, and finally went to work 【6】a designer and he became her husband. And that’s really the story of her life. She must be happy with him—they’re always together.

We have such similar tastes in books and music 【7】 I used to take her to see an opera, which is my big passion. However, I don’t think she likes it very much. She doesn’t come with me anymore.

I don’t think she’s a big television watcher. She knows when I’m on the television, and she 【8】 watch, but I don’t know. It’s not the kind of thing she tells me.

We’re very grateful for Amy. She’s a good daughter as daughters go. We’re looking forward to being grandparents.

35、A: Excuse me, do you know where the chemistry lab is?

B: Yes. It’s just on the fifth floor of this b【1】.

A: How often do you do c【2】experiments there?

B: Twice a week.

A: Can you go there without a t【3】?

B: No. That’s not allowed.

A: What does the teacher often tell you to do when you are doing an e【4】?

B: He often tells us to look c【5】and follow the i【6】.

A: What will you do when you finish the experiment?

B: We must put e【7】back in the cupboards and wash our hands.

A: Right. It is very i【8】to keep the lab clean.

B: Yes, safe as well. We must turn off the e【9】before l【10】the lab.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

38、假定你是学生会主席李华，五一假期期间，你将负责带你校留学生去爬崂山。请写一个书面通知，内容包括：

1.集合时间、地点；

2.注意事项。

注意：1. 词数80左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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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。续写的词数应为150左右。

A third-grade class knows exactly what will brighten an older neighbor’s holiday meal-and it isn’t a roast turkey. In October, I told the eight-year-olds I taught in Pompton Lakes, New Jersey, about my plan. “I’d like all of you to do extra jobs around the house to earn some money, ”I said. “Then we’ll buy food for a Thanksgiving dinner for someone who might not have a nice dinner otherwise.”

I wanted the children to experience that it’s more blessed to give than to receive. I wanted them to understand that religion is more than nice theological (神学的) ideas; that people somehow have to make it come alive.

Early in Thanksgiving week, the boys and girls arrived in class with their hard-earned money and couldn’t wait to go shopping. After pacing up and down in the supermarket, we put a turkey and decorations in the shopping cart (购物车). At last we headed toward the checkout, and then someone spotted a “necessity” that sent them racing. “Flowers!”

“We have Kristine cried. The group rushed toward the holiday plants. I pronounced, limited money and after all, you can’t eat flowers.”“But Mrs. Sherlock, ” the group replied, looking at me eagerly, “we want flowers.”Defeated, sighed as the children put a bunch of pink roses into the cart.

An organization had given us the name and address of Maria, a needy grandmother who had lived alone for many years. Soon we were bouncing along a rough road to her house. We finally pulled up in front of a small house in the woods. A thin woman with a tired face came to the door to welcome us.

My little group hurried to get the food. As each box was carried in, the old woman kept saying “Thanks”一much to the visitors’ pleasure. When Amy put the pink roses on the table, the woman seemed surprised. She was wishing it was a bag of flour, I thought. Having talked for a while, we returned to the car.

Paragraph 1

As we fastened our seat belts, we could see the kitchen window.

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Paragraph 2

Upon seeing the moving scene, the children became quiet.

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40、假定你是李华，你的英国笔友Eric希望参加你校组织的古筝兴趣班。请根据以下要点，用英语给他回一封电子邮件。

1. 古筝兴趣班成立的宗旨；

2. 古筝兴趣班的每周活动安排；

3. 愿意提供帮助。

注意： 1、词数100左右；

2、可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3、开头语已为你写好，不计入总词数。 参考词汇：兴趣班 Interest Class

Dear Eric,

How’s everything going?

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Yours,

Li Hua

41、第五部分 书面表达（满分20分）

阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。

Like many students, Ryan believes that the time and money spent on his education will pay off: he will eventually be able to get a good job and do well in the field he has chosen. Yet, in spite of all of the years spent in school preparing to enter the workplace, many recent graduates say that they struggle with the shift from classroom to career world and have difficulty adjusting to life on the job.

Writer and editor Joseph Lewis suggests one reason why this is the case.Lewis believes that most of our school experiences--from childhood through university-- are fairly predictable, while life in the working world is far more uncertain.In school,for example,the.pattern stays more or less the same from year to year. In the workplace, however, constant change is the norm, and one has to adapt quickly.

Another problem that graduates entering the workforce encounter is that they are unprepared to think analytically. In school, many students, including those in college, spend a lot of time memorizing facts and repeating what they“learned”on tests.But in the workplace employees“are often expected to think critically and make decisions about their work, not just follow a supervisor's instructions.” Less time needs to be spent in school on testing, says one recent report, and more on helping students to analyze and interpret information,solve problems,and communicate their ideas effectively--skills that will prepare them to succeed in today’s workplace.

Finally many recent graduates say that one of the biggest difficulties they face is adapting to teamwork on the job. In the workplace, employees must regularly interact with others and are often dependent on their co-workers for their success. In other words, if an employee has to work with others to complete a given project, that employee's success not only depends on his hard work and expertise(专业知识), but also on how well his colleagues perform.Knowing how to participate in teamwork--and deal with problems when they arise--is extremely important, and yet, it is also something many students didn’t get quite exposed to in a school setting.

How can we better prepare young adults for the workplace? Recent graduates, looking back on their educational experience, have some advice. Many think that all students should be required to do an internship(实习) while they are in school. Volunteering part time at a company, hospital, or government organization, for example, can help one gain experience and learn skills needed to succeed in the real world.Pairing this kind of practical work experience with classroom instruction, say the graduates, will help prepare students for the realities of the workplace and make the transition from school to career world less stressful.