河北石家庄2025届高二英语下册一月考试题

1、We can't imagine what great trouble the medical care personnel had _______ with the COVID-19.

A.fought B.for fighting C.to fight D.fighting

2、We _____ the disabled students so we will do all that we can to help them.

A.feel much sympathy for B.are out of sympathy with

C.win sympathy of D.expressing sympathy for

3、Can it have been on the playground ________ you lost your watch?

A.that B.on which C.where D.in that

4、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

5、People are warned ________ in that city because there is some virus going around the city.

A. to not tour B. touring not

C. not to tour D. not touring

6、I know nothing about him ___ he is an Englishman .

A.except for B.except C.except that D.besides

7、You’ll pay_____ that remark!

A. off B. for

C. back D. out

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

A．make for

B．make it

C．make out

D．make up

9、The Nobel Peace Prize 2011 was ____ jointly to Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee and Twakkul Karman.

A. rewarded B. promoted

C. awarded D. praised

10、Many experts stick to the view ______ teacher development is the key to the education quality.

A.which B.what C.that D.where

11、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

12、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

13、It was a significant _______ that a Chinese search vessel, Haixun 01 picked up signals consistent with black box technology _______ the South Indian Ocean for the missing plane.

A.discovery, when sailing B.finding, when shipping

C.outcome, when searching for D.breakthrough, when combing through

14、It seems that he has no pen ________.

A.to write B.to write with C.writing D.writing with

15、—Has ISIS, the most shameful terrorist group, already been wiped off the earth?

—I guess not, but I think it ought to ______ .

A.be done B.have been C./ D.have

16、--- I’m afraid I can’t finish the book within this week.

--- _____.

A. Please go ahead B. That’s right

C. Not at all D. Take your time

17、Henry would rather his mother________ in the school where he is studying.

A．not work  B．not worked

C．didn't work    D．not working

18、He ________courage to make an apology.

A.is lacking in B.lies in C.loses himself in D.is linked to

19、I____________ go to a summer camp during the summer vacation, but I am not sure.

A．might

B．can

C．must

D．need

20、—Remember the first time we met?

—Always in my mind! You ________ ‘A Red, Red Rose’ by Robert Burns.

A. recited B. had recited C. are reciting D. were reciting

21、Though a man may also feel like screaming as a woman________ in a crisis, he has a little bit more self-control than a woman and that makes the difference.

A.having B.has

C.doing D.does

22、He began ___________ in magazines in 2001.

A.having articles publishing B.having articles publish

C.having articles published D.having articles to publish

23、In recent centuries, trade, industrialization, the development of the nation-state and the spread of universal compulsory education, especially globalization and bettercommunications in the past few decades, all many languages to disappear, and dominant languages such as English, Spanish and Chinese are increasingly taking over.

A.cause B.caused C.have caused D.causing

24、The result of his experiment led to the conclusion______ ice will decrease when it melts.

A./ B.what C.which D.that

25、John _____ enormous credit for the way his team performed wonderfully, not only yesterday but throughout his first year in charge.

A. contributes B. deserves

C. convinces D. delivers

26、   When Joy Warren’s husband of 50 years passed away, her confidence took a knock. Meeting new people and joining in again socially was a frightening thought. Fortunately, just doors away were friendly neighbours Janet and Michael Porter, who knocked on her door and invited her to join them at a local friendship group event.

And it all started from there, explained Joy, 75, “I’ve never been the type to sit still, so despite the fact that I was still sad for Graham, I knew I had to get out and socialise again, but it was difficult to know where to start. That knock on the door was the encouragement I needed.”

From that first neighbourly invitation, Janet and Michael have been there for Joy, inviting her along to take part in regular Oddfellows social events.

She continued, “They made sure I was never alone for too long, and if I didn’t fancy coming with them, there was never any pressure, just a gentle reminder that they were always there. I joined them at all sorts of group meetings and events, from visiting the local dogs’ home to having a catch up at the monthly coffee morning. I signed up to the Oddfellows as a result of the wonderful new friends I made there.”

Joy also found that after losing her husband, she was alone in making decisions about her home and finances, often struggling with what needed to be done.

She added, “Graham used to take care of all that, so it’s been tough for me to figure out what the right thing to do is sometimes. The Oddfellows was a huge help with this as they have a Citizen’s Advice Line for members, which has got me through some complicated times.”

【1】How did Joy Warren feel when Graham left her?

A.She was too sad to see anyone.

B.She couldn’t wait to meet new friends.

C.She had no idea how to mix with others.

D.She felt it easy to handle daily affairs by herself.

【2】What did Joy Warren do after the first invitation of Janet and Michael Porter?

A.Paying visits to the local nursing home.

B.Making decisions about what needed to be done.

C.Having a get-together at the weekly coffee morning.

D.Participating in Oddfellows activities on a regular basis.

【3】How did Joy Warren deal with some complex problems?

A.She worked them out on her own.

B.She relied on her children for advice.

C.She ignored them and escaped from reality.

D.She sought help from Oddfellows’ Citizen’s Advice Line.

【4】What is the best title of the passage?

A.Oddfellows, Colorful Social Events

B.Hanging Out With Friendly Neighbors

C.A Neighborly Knock To Cure Loneliness

D.A Friendly Invitation From Lovely Neighbors

27、   World Book Day falls on April 23rd every year，but do you know that it is also Shakespeare Day? Everybody may have heard of Shakespeare，but do you know how many plays he wrote?

Shakespeare’s plays have three kinds：tragedies，comedies and histories. His most famous play is the tragic story of Romeo and Juliet，which deals with two young lovers who are not allowed to marry by their parents. Other tragedies include Hamlet，Othello，and Macbeth.

Shakespeare’s comedies include Much Ado About Nothing ,A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Twelfth Night. Twelfth Night is a play about unclear identities. Two twins are shipwrecked (遭海难)and the sister，Viola，dresses up as her brother，Sebastian，who she thinks is dead. It’s funny，because the brother reappears and there’s a big love problem going on：Viola is in love with the Duke，who is in love with Olivia，who falls in love with Sebastian except that she doesn’t realize that Sebastian is actually Viola dressed up！Everybody falls in love with the wrong person，but it is all made right in the end.

Some of his history plays，such as Antony and Cleopatra，Richard III and Henry V, are based on the lives of real historical people. In Antony and Cleopatra，Cleopatra becomes Antony’s girlfriend and Antony becomes so crazy about her that he loses control of the army. Cleopatra kills herself in the end and Antony kills himself too.

Shakespeare’s plays can he very difficult sometimes. Some of the themes they deal with are heavy，so they almost always include a lighter subplot with characters that are not so important. They are often used in tragedies to lighten the mood of the play and to keep the audience interested in the main plot.

【1】Which of the following plays is best－known to people?

A.Twelfth Night. B.Antony and Cleopatra.

C.Romeo and Juliet. D.Much Ado About Nothing.

【2】Which is a comedy character according to the text?

A.Othello. B.Sebastian.

C.Antony. D.Hamlet.

【3】What can we know about Shakespeare’s history plays?

A.Some of them are developed from real historical people.

B.There are only three famous history plays.

C.They are more difficult than tragedies and comedies.

D.Real historical events can he found in every history play.

【4】What is the purpose of the subplot in Shakespeare’s plays?

A.To lead the development of the main plot.

B.To help the audience understand the plays.

C.To make the difficult plot of the plays simple.

D.To relax the audience and make them follow the main theme.

28、I have a friend who hates banks with a special passion. “A bank is just a store like a candy store or a grocery store,” he says. “The only difference is that a bank’s goods happen to be money, which is yours in the first place. If banks were required to sell wallets and money belts, they might act less like churches.”

I was thinking about my friend the other day when I walked into a small branch bank on the West Side. It was lunchtime and I came to open a checking account. The only officer on duty was a fortyish black man with short pressed air, a pencil mustache, and a neatly pressed brown suit. Everything about him suggested a carefully dressed authority. He was standing across a small counter from a young white boy who was wearing a V-necked sweater. I thought I was especially aware of the boy because he looked more like someone from a prep (预备) school than a customer in a West Side bank.

The boy continued to hold my attention because of what happened next. He was holding an open savings-account book and wearing an expression of disappointment. “But I don’t understand. I opened the account myself, so why can’t I withdraw any money?” the boy said, his voice breaking.

“I know it is, but those are the rules. I’ve already explained to you that a fourteen-year-old is not allowed to withdraw money without a letter from his parents,” the officer explained patiently.

Suddenly I noticed the savings book had a series of small deposits (存款) and withdrawals. Then I questioned the officer, “How do you explain that?” I zeroed in on the officer. “Why did you let him withdraw money before, but not now?” He looked annoyed. “Because the tellers were not aware of his age before and now they are. It’s really very simple.” I turned to the boy with a shrug. “You’re really getting cheated,” I said. “You ought to get your parents to come here and protest.” The boy looked destroyed. Silently, he put his savings book in a rear-pocket and walked out of the bank.

The officer turned to me. “You know,” he said, “you really shouldn’t have interfered.” I couldn’t believe what he was saying. “We were informed this morning that some neighborhood bully has been shaking down (敲诈) this boy for more than a month. The guy was forcing him to take money out every week and hand it over. The poor kid was apparently too scared to tell anyone. Anyway, the police are on the case and they’ll probably make an arrest today.”

“You mean there is no rule about being too young to withdraw money from a savings account?”

“Not that I ever heard of. Now, sir, what can we do for you?”

【1】The author’s friend hates banks very much because ________.

A．they are not like churches

B．they are just like candy stores or grocery stores

C．they act as if they owned all the money

D．they don’t sell wallets and money belts

【2】Why did the boy in the bank hold the author’s attention?

A．He didn’t look like a usual customer in a West Side bank.

B．He was too young to have a savings account.

C．He was wearing a new V-necked sweater.

D．He might need somebody’s help in withdrawing his money.

【3】What can we learn from the story?

A．The boy was not old enough to withdraw money.

B．The bank officer was trying to protect the boy’s interests.

C．The boy really did not have much money left in his account.

D．The bank officer didn’t want to be disturbed during his lunch hour.

【4】The author tried to help the boy because ________.

A．he really knew there were no such rules

B．he was eager to withdraw his money

C．he thought the boy was too young to understand the bank’s rules

D．he believed that the bank was being unfair to its customer

【5】What is the story mainly about?

A．Why the author finally decided not to open his account in that bank.

B．How the author successfully interfered to protect the boy’s interests.

C．How the author made a fool of himself for his unfavorable opinion of banks.

D．How the bank officer cleverly protected the customer’s interests.

【6】What’s the best title for the passage?

A．A Boy in Trouble

B．The Boy and the Bank Officer

C．Rules in the Bank

D．Savings-account Book Invalid

29、   For fans of Tai Chi, the wait to see it get global recognition may soon be over.

China has nominated (提名) Tai Chi to be included in the UNESCO list of intangible cultural heritage. A final decision will be made later this year. The list was introduced by UNESCO in 2008 to celebrate and protect the world’s cultural diversity. It’s hoped that Tai Chi will become China’s 30th entry on the list. But there are fears that other countries could beat China to UNESCO’s list. Now both South Korea and Japan are competing with us to get Tai Chi registered.

Tai Chi, a kind of martial art, has been practised in China for centuries. It combines slow movements, deep breathing and meditation(冥想). Every movement in Tai Chi represents an important part of traditional Chinese philosophy—harmony. “It is not just a traditional activity. It is deeply rooted in many areas of Chinese culture and is connected to ancient Chinese civilization.” said Zhu Xianghua, the son of the famous Tai Chi master Zhu Tiancai from the village of Chenjiagou, Henan. That is widely thought to be the birthplace of Tai Chi.

Although it’s popular, the idea that Tai Chi is for the elderly has stopped many young people practising the ancient martial art. They think of it as a slow exercise, which is better suited for their grandparents. Many young people are turning to Indian Yoga, which was placed on UNESCO’s list last year. About 10 million Chinese people practise yoga in 2014, up from 4 million in 2009. Many of them do yoga to keep fit and relieve stress.

Tai chi is also a great way to keep healthy. Researchers from the American college of Rheumatology found that it can help manage several diseases. At the same time, more efforts are being made by China to get young people to practise this kind of martial art.

【1】Which can be a suitable title for the text?

A.Tai Chi and Indian Yoga. B.Recognition on Way for Tai Chi.

C.Sports among Young Generation. D.Popularity on Way for Tai Chi.

【2】What does the writer want to convey in Paragraph 3?

A.Tai Chi is ancient and native in China.

B.Tai Chi is popular in Henan province.

C.Chinese culture is based on Tai Chi.

D.Tai Chi leads to a harmonious society.

【3】The author mentioned Indian Yoga to ________.

A.compare Tai Chi with Indian Yoga.

B.provide ways for the protection of Tai Chi.

C.explain why Chinese youth prefer Yoga.

D.show how popular Indian Yoga is in China.

【4】What is likely to be written about after the last paragraph?

A.What can be done to promote Tai Chi.

B.How Tai Chi can be beneficial to people.

C.What the research of Rheumatology is.

D.How Tai Chi develops at home and abroad.

30、   I'm Robin Woods. I'm always the first to make a good joke and _______  my work away at the end of the day. But somehow, I'm _______  the first to be picked for teams and plays. I have always been the outcast,_______ and alone.

“This year our play will be the story of Robin Hood and his Merry Men,” our teacher, Miss Goody,  ___________  the whole class. “Who would like to be Robin Hood?” I  ___________  my hand up into the air. Of course, everybody wanted the biggest and best part, especially bossy Bradley.

“_________  for a part and I’ll test you on Monday and decide who will be best for each part,” said Miss Goody, handing out pages of the script. “… And of course, we’ll need lots of trees to be the forest.”

“You’ll be a little baby bush…,” Bradley_______ me. “Or a teeny-tiny leaf.”

I_______ him and took a copy of the Robin Hood words and began my practicing on the way home.

On Monday I did some brilliant acting and I remembered all my _________. I got the part. Bradley got the part of Little John. Becky was one of the ladies-in-waiting. Jordan was the minstrel(吟游艺人), who told the________ in song with a little strum of the guitar every now and then.

We had three weeks to learn our parts. Becky offered to________ with me. She played Little John's part and gave me ________  on fighting. Bradley, who still really wanted to be Robin Hood, often came over to watch. He seemed to be waiting for me to make mistakes. I felt________, with knocking knees and cold feet. But I was determined to be the best Robin Hood ever. I had got the part of a hero and a hero I shall be.

At home, Granddad came to help me. He could play the guitar and even made up a minstrel dance. He was really getting into the minstrel’s________, which cheered me up and made learning my part much easier and funny.

In the final dress rehearsal that afternoon, Bradley was really getting carried away in that fighting-to-get-across-the-river________. He was shouting louder and louder and pushing harder and harder until he lost his ________  and fell off the bridge. He had hurt his ankle! Worse still, Jordan had got a flu. Probably we had to ________ that night’s performance for it was just impossible to find two new actors who could learn the parts before________ and, most importantly, could play the guitar. Girls wailed and sobbed. Boys sighed and shuffled their feet.

It was I that put forward a________：Granddad could play the part of the minstrel; Becky did the part of Little John and Carly could have her part as lady-in-waiting. Miss Goody sighed with relief. Everybody burst into tears of joy.

The performance that night was a great success. I felt like a________.

【1】A.tidy B.throw C.push D.drag

【2】A.sometimes B.frequently C.always D.never

【3】A.unattended B.unassisted C.unwanted D.unmoved

【4】A.taught B.gathered C.dismissed D.lectured

【5】A.seized B.trembled C.shot D.shook

【6】A.Look out B.Try out C.Stand out D.Speak out

【7】A.blamed B.threatened C.teased D.cheated

【8】A.admired B.abused C.respected D.ignored

【9】A.stories B.texts C.passages D.lines

【10】A.tale B.truth C.result D.difference

【11】A.dance B.sing C.perform D.practice

【12】A.knives B.tips C.guns D.signals

【13】A.nervous B.disappointed C.important D.honored

【14】A.part B.team C.band D.house

【15】A.accident B.incident C.scene D.event

【16】A.sword B.stick C.position D.balance

【17】A.cancel B.give C.improve D.evaluate

【18】A.dawn B.dusk C.midday D.midnight

【19】A.theory B.solution C.budget D.principle

【20】A.director B.composer C.hero D.teacher

31、   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

32、When Heather McHugh, a poet, won a $500,000”genius grant” from the MacArthur Foundation, she didn't buy a luxurious car or fly to Paris. _____, she put the money in the bank and ____ writing poems.

In 2015, she finally ____ what to do with it. That year, Heather's godson and his wife ____ their first child, a beautiful baby girl but severely disabled. “I saw how people's ____   can change overnight. I started thinking about people in a ____   situation,” says Heather.

She ____ there were millions of caregivers taking care of the chronically (慢性地) ill or disabled. So in 2012, Heather ____ a nonprofit organization offering a seven­ day vacation, with all ____ paid, to people who have been caregivers for at least ten years.

Tricia was one of the first caregivers to go on vacation. When Tricia got a call saying she was offered a ____ vacation, she couldn't ____ it; disbelief even ____ her concern about leaving her two kids.

Tricia went, and her favorite parts of the trip were to enjoy the ____ things. “I got to eat hot food hot and cold food cold. I could go to bed when I wanted to and wake up whenever I chose to,” says Tricia. She was afraid the ____would return when the ____ was over, but to her surprise, it hasn't been back since.

Heather says Tricia's ____ resembles those of the other ten caregivers she helps every year. “Before the vacation they are so ____, but the ____ is so amazing. They reflect and relax. It feels ____ like another world and gives them a chance to see their lives from another ____,” she adds.

【1】

A．However

B．Therefore

C．Instead

D．Besides

【2】

A．continued

B．quitted

C．practiced

D．started

【3】

A．thought over

B．wondered

C．talked about

D．decided

【4】

A．held

B．welcomed

C．lost

D．saved

【5】

A．feelings

B．future

C．lives

D．routine

【6】

A．different

B．similar

C．worse

D．better

【7】

A．discovered

B．claimed

C．admitted

D．felt

【8】

A．donated

B．found

C．visited

D．formed

【9】

A．taxes

B．salary

C．expenses

D．rent

【10】

A．free

B．caring

C．short

D．long

【11】

A．believe

B．take

C．refuse

D．enjoy

【12】

A．woke

B．defeated

C．showed

D．moved

【13】

A．wonderful

B．delicious

C．peaceful

D．simple

【14】

A．heaviness

B．pain

C．sadness

D．disbelief

【15】

A．entertainment

B．dream

C．vacation

D．freedom

【16】

A．comment

B．story

C．surprise

D．fortune

【17】

A．worried

B．confused

C．unexpected

D．stressed

【18】

A．award

B．change

C．scenery

D．accommodation

【19】

A．slightly

B．interestingly

C．magically

D．mostly

【20】

A．place

B．situation

C．height

D．angle

33、   Being brave enough, girls are free to explore in their learning and life. That exploration leads to the________of their talents, passions and drawbacks. On Saturday night we saw one of our students act so bravely that it took my________away.

One of the lead characters of our show, Blue Stockings, was played by a science teacher, Ben Walker._______, Ben broke his nose very badly playing football on Saturday and consequently couldn’t________. Ella Jones, a Year 1 student and part of the cast, who _______to rest on Saturday, was________to play Ben’s role.

Think about that. She had three hours' _____, playing a role of a man she had never played before, in front of a/an _____ audience, and if she couldn’t ______, she would reduce the impact of the whole play. Not the end of the world, but it would be disappointing for all _______

She would have run, but Ella _____to the challenge. She said, "I was astonished;_____, I figured the show must go on and I wanted to_____. I wasn’t scared _____I arrived at the theatre and realized how much there was to ______.It wasn’t just about lines, but it was the stagecraft(舞台表演技巧). I was___about the other actors because I know how _______it is to perform a role with someone who isn’t as invested, especially if it is an emotional scene.”

Asked how the show ___, Ella said, "It was amazing, and the audience seemed to love the male character I played for the first time." She added, "Being scared doesn’t mean you can't be ______. Anyway, I___."

【1】A.growth B.change C.discovery D.control

【2】A.pain B.faith C.breath D.feel

【3】A.Secretly B.Hopefully C.Unsurprisingly D.Unfortunately

【4】A.coach B.perform C.survive D.retire

【5】A.refused. B.decided C.happened D.promised

【6】A.asked B.forced C.trained D.reminded

【7】A.wait B.interval C.training D.judgment

【8】A.paid B.paying C.astonished D.astonishing

【9】A.take it away B.look it up C.make it out D.carry it off

【10】A.concerning B.regarding C.concerned D.referred

【11】A.faced B.encountered C.arose D.rose

【12】A.besides B.therefore C.however D.instead

【13】A.win B.help C.resist D.quit

【14】A.until B.unless C.so that D.the moment

【15】A.put away B.hand in C.work out D.take over

【16】A.doubtful B.confident C.curious D.worried

【17】A.easy B.tough C.embarrassing D.interesting

【18】A.sounded B.improved C.started D.went

【19】A.brave B.proud C.calm D.shy

【20】A.got it B.saw it C.made it D.did it

34、根据句意填空

In the USA, the Amish-a Christian group-are famous because they drive 【1】 instead of cars, do not use TVs or refrigerators, and do not have personal telephones. Many people assume the Amish must have 【2】 reasons for their many rules, but this is not true. In truth, whenever a new technology is introduced, the Amish meet and discuss its advantages and disadvantages. They then vote on whether they will accept it. The Amish 【3】 cars because they like having 【4】 communities where everyone lives close together. They have no TVs or refrigerators because their homes do not have electricity-they do not think it is necessary and 【5】 dealing with strangers, such as the people who work at the electric company.

35、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.

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: 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段续写两段，使之构成一个完整的故事。续写的词数为150左右。

When Bryan Anderson noticed an old lady, caught on the side of the road, he knew she needed help. So he pulled up in front of her Mercedes and got out with his motor still running.

Even with a big smile on his face, she was worried. He didn't look safe; he looked poor and hungry. After reading her mind, he introduced himself as Bryan Anderson and began to help her.

Learning that she had a flat tire, without a second thought, Bryan set out to work and took hours to get it right, dirty and tired. She couldn't thank him enough for coming to her aid.

With everything done, the lady asked how much she owed him. Any amount would have been all right with her. She already imagined all the awful things that could have happened. Bryan never thought about being paid. This was helping someone in need. He had lived his whole life that way, and it never occurred to him to act any other way.

Byan told her that if she really wanted to pay him back, the next time she saw someone who needed help, she could give that person help the way he gave her, and he added, “And think of me to let the chain of love pass on.”

Hearing that she owed him nothing, with tears rolling down her cheeks, the old lady drove off with a deep “Thank you”.

A few miles down the road, the lady saw a small cafe. She went in to grab a bite to eat, and take the chill off before she made the last leg of her trip home. In the dirty- looking restaurant, the whole scene was unfamiliar to her; a waitress came over and brought a clean towel to wipe her wet hair. She had a sweet smile, one that even being on her feet for the whole day couldn’t erase. The lady noticed the waitress was nearly eight months pregnant, but she never let the strain and aches change her attitude. Then she remembered Bryan.

Paragraph 1:

After the lady finished her meal, she paid with a $100 bill.

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Paragraph 2:

That night when she got home from work, she was thinking about the money and what the lady had written.

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39、假定你是李华，你的英国笔友Martin写信给你想了解有关中国沙画的相关内容。请根据提示写一封回信，内容包括：

1. 用彩沙作画；

2. 历史悠久，广受欢迎；

3. 用于文化交流，给人视觉享受。

注意：1. 词数80左右；

2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Martin,

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Yours,

Li Hua

40、Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.

Leeches as Medical Treatment

Leeches are small wormlike creatures that live in water and suck the blood of animals and humans. In the past, though, leeches were commonly used in medicine. Then advances in science led to other kinds of treatments, and leeches disappeared from the sick room. Now, however, they are making a comeback.

The use of leeches in medicine goes back at least 2,500 years. Doctors used them to treat the sick in ancient Egypt, India, Persia, and Greece. It was believed in those days that taking blood from patients helped to bring their bodies back into balance. This belief and the practice of draining blood with leeches continued through the ages.

Another use of leeches has been investigated by a team of German doctors who study the ability of leeches to reduce pain. Their patients suffer from arthritis, a painful joint disease that often affects knees, shoulders, or fingers. When the German doctors put leeches on the arthritic knees of their patients, almost all of them felt immediate relief from the pain. Most of the patients continued to be pain-free for over a month and some for as long as six months.

Leeches have also proved indirectly useful in treating patients with heart and blood diseases. Since the 1880s, researchers have understood that certain chemicals in. leeches prevent blood from clotting or becoming hard. Many people with heart or blood problems live with a serious risk of the formation of blood clots, which can travel through the blood to the heart or brain and cause death. In the 1950s, a scientist identified the chemical in a leech that prevents clotting. Later studies led to experiments with the chemical and the development of a drug that thins the blood of patients who are at risk for blood clots.

Though doctors today do not view the use of leeches as the all-purpose treatment it once was, they now see that for certain problems, this ancient remedy may be valid after all.

41、近日，你校广播站英文栏目面向全校征集稿件，话题为“Have a healthy lifestyle”。请你就青少年沉迷网络这一现象写一篇稿件，内容包括：

（1）这一现象的普遍性；

（2）导致的危害；

（3）你的建议。

注意：（1）可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

（2）词数100左右，标题已给出，不计入总词数。

Have a Healthy Lifestyle

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