河北承德2025届高二英语下册二月考试题

1、The local government provided ________ for the homeless soon after the flood.

A.possessions B.accommodations C.souvenirs D.groceries

2、Some of the material presented may not be ______ to you or your circumstances.

A. parallel B. similar

C. relevant D. optional

3、They either sat there________ or stood ________ to the ground, ________at the tree covered with hundreds of ribbons, which looked like a banner of welcome ________ in the wind.

A.stunning … rooting … starting … billowing

B.stunned … rooted … stared … billowed

C.stunning … rooting … stared … billowed

D.stunned … rooted … staring … billowing

4、 can be done   been done.

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

5、Always the _____ , Franklin believed the practice of moving the time could save on the use of candlelight, as candles were expensive at the time.

A.journalist B.physicist C.chemist D.economist

6、All should be treated equally ________ social status.

A．because of

B．in favour of

C．in terms of

D．regardless of

7、He learns ____ wealth does not buy happiness and _____ friends are more important than a fancy education.

A. that; / B. what; /

C. /; that D. /; what

8、It is important for children ______ more good books.

A. to expose to B. being exposed to

C. to be exposed to D. exposing to

9、1 wish I could do something _______ the kindness I have received from him.

A.in search of B.in preparation for

C.in spite of D.in return for

10、Such poets as Shakespeare ______ widely read; however, some _____ difficult to understand.

A. are; are B. is; is C. are; is D. is; are

11、The father as well as his three kids ________ skating on the cold river every Sunday afternoon in winter.

A. goes B. go C. is going D. are going

12、________ and out of breath, we reached the top of the mountains and stopped ________ the beautiful scenery.

A．Tiring; to admire

B．Tiring; admiring

C．Tired; admiring

D．Tired;to admire

13、Roger _______painting for a while, but soon lost interest.

A. took out B. took  in

C. took up D. took off

14、There is no doubt ______ the fact ______ it is not suitable to grow cash crops here .

A. whether, that B. that, why C. if, which D. about, that

15、It is proposed that a study plan ____ as soon as possible.

A. is made B. is to be made C. be made D. had been made

16、Rice doesn’t grow well ________ there is not enough water.

A.where B.in which C.on which D.so

17、She was given a $1,000 ticket for ____________ the speed limit and a $ 230 ticket for disobeying a red light.

A. fetching B. exceeding

C. adjusting D. obeying

18、I can’t thank you more, Tony. But for your timely warning, I into great trouble yesterday.

A.had got B.got C.would have got D.would get

19、Neither believe nor reject anything because any other person has rejected or believed it. Which of the following differs from the statement in meaning?

A.Do not accept blindly other people’s likes or dislikes without careful independent thought.

B.One must think for oneself rather than simply seek agreement with others.

C.Don’t express your opinion hastily on anything others have commented on carefully.

D.We shouldn’t be influenced by others’ opinions easily while making our own judgement.

20、When I first met her, “I’m Lucy,” she said, _______ her hand.

A.held out B.held back C.holding out D.holding back

21、Generally, students’ inner motivation with high expectations from others ___________ essential to their development.

A．is

B．are

C．was

D．were

22、 ---Did you go to the fashion show last week？

---I_________，but I was fully occupied the whole week．

A. must go B. must have gone

C. would go   D. would have gone

23、―Sorry, I can't return your book today because I am only halfway through it.

― ________.I have plenty of other books to read.

A．No wonder

B．Take it seriously

C．Take your time

D．No doubt

24、All rights ______ , no one is allowed to copy or use this paper for other commercial purposes.

A.preserved B.observed C.deserved D.reserved

25、My father__________ me against getting up late again, or he would punish me.

A.cautioned B.accused C.counted D.advanced

26、   It was an autumn day, and 1 was standing in the kitchen, hanging my head over the counter and trying to figure out how many calories were in a bowl of homemade yogurt and fruit. And I felt annoyed.

I was 16, and my best friend and I had gone to our first Weight Watchers meeting. It was the trend in the mid-1980s，and even though I was an athlete, like many teen girls, I didn't necessarily like what I saw in the mirror. But after a week or so of recording every meal and snack and calculating the calories, I had had enough. I went back to my routine of chowing whatever I wanted, running and skiing, and let that be that. And it's still pretty much what I do; as long as the workouts are regular and the food is whole and balanced, my body's set point hasn't varied for years.

The weight loss trend of three decades ago−full of scales and counting calories−has fallen away. Now fasting is popular. The ways to keep fit vary: on the 5:2 diet a person eats for five days and fasts for two days each week, while the 18:6 refers 10 fasting for 18 hours and then eating within a six-hour window each day.

In this issue, Associate Editor Mark Barna tries to understand the science behind the fasting plans. Researchers have found that animals like monkeys age more slowly after years of eating less, and in the lab in humans, they saw improvements in a number of signs that indicate risk of some hard to cure diseases. The hope for healthy weight loss isn’t over yet, but at least now the calculators don’t have to be out at every meal.

【1】What made the author annoyed?

A. Her body was not as strong as an athlete’s.

B. There were too many calories in the yogurt and fruit.

C. The Weight Watches meeting was not necessary for her.

D. She had to work out the calories in every meal and snack.

【2】Which of the following can replace the underlined word “chowing”?

A. Eating. B. Doing C. Cooking. D. Choosing.

【3】How do people keep fit now?

A. They limit the calories they take in.

B. They lose weight only.

C. They fast daily or weekly.

D. They eat enough every day.

【4】What do we know about the researchers’ finding in this passage?

A. People grow more slowly if they eat less.

B. People are healthier if they eat less.

C. People have stopped losing weight now.

D. People calculate their food for every meal.

27、   Alongside air and water, food is a necessity (必需) for human beings to survive and thrive (蓬勃发展). But it’s a lot more than that. As Mariette DiChristina of Scientific American wrote: “The most intimate (亲密的) relationship we will ever have is not with any fellow human being. Instead, it is between our bodies and our food.”

Nowadays, for most people in the world’s wealthiest countries, food is a hobby, an enthusiasm, and even something fashionable.

Turn on the TV in the US, UK or France, and you’ll find at least one channel feeding this popular obsession (迷恋).

And most of us know at least one person who thinks of themselves as a “foodie”. It’s almost impossible nowadays to check our social media apps without at least two or three photos of delicious meals appearing on our screen － however annoying we may find it.

But behind the fancy recipes and social media bragging (夸耀), many of us forget how much we take food for granted.

This is why World Food Day is held each year by the United Nations on Oct 16. The day allows the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization to highlight (强调) both the progress that has been made against hunger, and the awful amount of progress that still needs to be made.

Take Kenya for example. This East African nation has been suffering terrible droughts, some of the worst in recent years. The result is that people are beginning to starve. Children in particular are suffering, with some of them even dying.

This may seem shocking to know, especially as many cultures outside of Africa think of food in a completely different way. But even in developed nations in the West, families on low incomes (收入) are forced to use food banks － organizations that hand out donated (捐赠) food to those who can’t afford to pay for it themselves.

So what can we do on World Food Day? One good way to spend it would be to feel humble and appreciate what we have. After all, food is essential for our survival, but not everyone is as lucky as we are when it comes to dinner time.

【1】The author borrowed Mariette DiChristina’s words to ______.

A.discuss the latest trend in the food industry

B.point out the food shortage problem in the world

C.emphasize the connection between food and humanity

D.show the importance of food for human survival

【2】According to the article, food shows on TV in the US, UK and France ______.

A.have turned many people into foodies

B.are very popular among viewers

C.will soon be replaced by social media apps

D.often mislead people’s opinion of food issues

【3】World Food Day is celebrated to ______.

A.raise awareness of the issues behind hunger

B.share fancy recipes and promote food cultures

C.call on people to donate food to those in need

D.inform people of the food crisis in Africa

【4】The author suggests in the last paragraph that people should ______.

A.give more food to charity B.share food with their neighbors

C.feel grateful for the food they eat D.skip meals sometimes to save food

28、   People do better when more is expected of them. In education circles, this is called the Pygmalion Effect.

The Pygmalion effect got its name from the story of Pygmalion, a mythica（虚构的）Greek sculptor. Pygmalion carved a statue of a woman and then fell in love with it. He appealed to Aphrodite, the goddess of love, who brought the statue to life and helped the couple get married. Just as Pygmalion’s fixation on the statue brought it to life, our focus on a student can do the same in schools. Research by Robert Rosenthal and Lenore Jacobson examined the influence of teachers’ expectations on students’ performance. They began by testing the IQ of elementary school students. Teachers were told that the IQ test showed around one-fifth of their students to be unusually intelligent. But unknown to the teachers, the “gifted” students were chosen at random. Actually they had no big statistical advantage over the other kids. As the study period ended, all students had their IQs retested. Both groups showed an improvement. Yet those who were described as intelligent experienced much greater gains in their IQ points. Rosenthal and Jacobson owed this result to the Pygmalion effect. Teachers paid more attention to “gifted” students, offering more support and encouragement than they would otherwise.

In general, teachers have the power to influence how the students behave by holding high expectations. If a teacher thinks a student is brilliant, they will treat them as such. The student then gets more opportunities to develop their ability, and their performance improves. This works both ways. When a student expects a teacher to be excellent or successful, they tend to be attentive and supportive. In the process, they improve their performance, too. Students who act interested in lectures create interesting lecturers.

【1】Where did the Pygmalion effect get its name from?

A.A statue of a lady. B.The goddess of love.

C.A character in a literary work. D.The story made up by Pygmalion.

【2】The underlined expression “fixation on” in Paragraph 2 most probably means

A.worship of B.affection for C.marriage to D.sympathy for

【3】What is the purpose of Rosenthal and Jacobson’s research?

A.To improve the kids’ IQ. B.To pick out gifted students.

C.To expand teachers’ influence. D.To examine the Pygmalion effect.

【4】What can students do to make a teacher excellent?

A.Support the teacher by treating them as excellent.

B.Attend interesting lectures given by the teacher.

C.Work hard to get prepared for opportunities.

D.Show great interest in lectures on acting.

29、   Summer is fast approaching and warmer temperatures bring pests like mosquitoes.

【1】 An easy way to protect yourself from mosquitoes is to use a repellent（驱虫剂）.Joseph Conlon, technical advisor of the American Mosquito Control Association, recommends using a repellent that is registered with the EPA （Environmental Protection Agency） , which promises that it causes no harm to humans. 【2】 Repellents with 25 — 30% concentration of DEET （避蚊胺）will provide 4一6 hours of protection and it is the “gold standard by which all repellents are judged," according to Conlon.

【3】 Conlon explained that mosquitoes can bred （繁殖）in water collected in areas as small as bottle caps but they have a limited flight range, meaning they can’t travel far. "The best way to avoid them is to not have them around in the first place, he explained. "If you've got them in yor backyard, it's because you're breeding them in your backyard."

Is there anything better than “the gold standard"? Repellents made from coconut（椰子） oil work better than DEET, a government study says. 【4】 A slight wind from a fan can help keep them at Bay.

If you have water around your house. Beth Ranson, public relations officer for Florida Keys Mosquito Control District, suggests acquiring fish that will eat mosquito larvae（幼虫）.

【5】She and her team experimented with male mosquitoes infected with bacteria that stop females from producing larvae when they mate. "There's not a lot of companies producing new chemicals or treatments that we can use, she explained. " We need new technologies and products as these mosquitoes develop this resistance.

A.They can bring deadly diseases.

B.Mosquitoes are also weak fliers.

C.It is not suitable from children under three.

D.You can wear protective clothing and keep your windows closed.

E.Another key is to get rid of all the standing water every five days.

F.The repellent is also guaranteed to provide at least two hours of protection.

G.Ranson also started to find high-tech solutions to growing mosquito populations.

30、   I was working as a lifeguard at Tower 15 on Newport Beach and two blocks to my right was another guard named Mike, working at Tower 17. He called me over the phone and said, “Hey, I have _____two kids who are swimming in the dangerous zone. I have to give them a warning. Keep an eye on us.” I said “Sure.” In case of _____ , anytime we got out of our tower, we were supposed to _____somebody else.

Mike hung up the phone and____ the lifebuoy(救生圈). Then he realized that these two kids had been _____and that there was a great tendency for them to be _____by the wave.____, Mike rushed toward the ocean. I______ the water and all I found was two small heads. The mother of the two kids knelt down on the beach with ____.

When I dropped my binoculars (望远镜) and reached the mother, Mike was in waist-deep water, _____ the two kids. I turned to the mum and said, “Hey, it’s OK. They are safe.” I saw the terror started to _____. Then she glanced back and got her first good look at Mike. A new kind of _____washed over her face as though there was another threat to her kids’ lives. She snatched her kids without _____.

Mike had some seemingly _____behavior, and his shaved head showed a scar. Maybe he had no _____manners, but his lifesaving ability ______his unsatisfactory skills in PR (public relation). From the mother’s point of ______, Mike was a really terrible guy. However, that couldn’t change the fact that he had just ____her kids.

Mike just glanced at me and smiled. As I jogged back to my tower, I promised myself I’d never let my own ____prevent me from ____a hero when I meet one.

【1】A.spotted B.saved C.arrested D.scolded

【2】A.emergencies B.disasters C.statements D.punishments

【3】A.assist B.inform C.confirm D.consider

【4】A.repaired B.seized C.provided D.abandoned

【5】A.quarreling B.laughing C.struggling D.trembling

【6】A.supported B.directed C.swallowed D.prevented

【7】A.Still B.Instead C.Indeed D.Thus

【8】A.explored B.noticed C.reached D.scanned

【9】A.noises B.screams C.beliefs D.gestures

【10】A.hiding B.counting C.beating D.carrying

【11】A.fade away B.split up C.break down D.come around

【12】A.surprise B.panic C.regret D.doubt

【13】A.purpose B.expectation C.appreciation D.discrimination

【14】A.stubborn B.abnormal C.mysterious D.disturbing

【15】A.elegant B.positive C.unpleasant D.aggressive

【16】A.gave in to B.lived up to C.made up for D.stood up for

【17】A.application B.judgement C.opinion D.view

【18】A.comforted B.assisted C.condemned D.frightened

【19】A.decision B.request C.prejudice D.justice

【20】A.recognizing B.representing C.remembering D.rejecting

31、   Looking at these professional wildlife images, it’s easy to assume the person behind the camera is an adult with decades of ______. But these photos were taken by 14-year-old Josiah Launstein.

From time to time, I hear about kids who ______ me. Young Josiah Launstein is one of them. He is only 14 and he’s been into ______ for 9 years. He grew to become a passionate wildlife photographer, and he even started getting awards for his ______ and skill.

He’s received numerous awards and his work has been shown in museums and galleries worldwide. CBC Arts(加拿大广播公司艺术频道)______ Josiah in a YouTube video, where he got to say a bit about himself and his interest in photography. Josiah started using his dad’s ______ when he was only five years old. As he ______, he took it more seriously when he was seven. Josiah says that he ______ being in the wilderness and spending time with animals, so it seems he put his two passions together. It’s _______, really!

Josiah explains that wildlife photography requires a lot of ______ and determination. He

____ rain, sleet, snow and freezing temperatures. To frame the perfect ______, there’s a lot of waiting and ______ days. He especially likes photographing bighorn sheep, and one of his photos of these wonderful animals ______ him Young Outdoor Photographer of the Year award. He has been granted this ______ three times so far. His last awarded photo, Raindrops, is currently on exhibit in Natural History Museum in London.

【1】A.experience B.progress C.passion D.curiosity

【2】A.amuse B.respect C.trust D.amaze

【3】A.business B.fashion C.entertainment D.photography

【4】A.talent B.knowledge C.success D.imagination

【5】A.evaluated B.presented C.helped D.consulted

【6】A.picture B.book C.camera D.method

【7】A.complains B.explains C.proves D.understands

【8】A.risks B.avoids C.enjoys D.practices

【9】A.absurd B.complicated C.easy D.wonderful

【10】A.training B.observation C.patience D.research

【11】A.records B.dislikes C.expects D.bears

【12】A.animal B.weather C.shot D.nature

【13】A.long B.terrible C.cold D.free

【14】A.left B.earned C.showed D.prepared

【15】A.title B.scholarship C.photo D.permission

32、   Few Americans stay in one place for a lifetime. We ______ from the city to the suburbs，from high school to college in a different state, from a job in one region to a better job ______, from the home where we ______ our children to the home where we plan to live in ______. With each move we are ______ making new friends, who become part of our new life.

For many of us the summer is a special time for forming new ______. Today, millions of Americans go on vocation ______, and they go not only to see new sights but also — in those places where they do not feel too ______ — with the hope of meeting new people. No one really ______ a vacation trip to produce a close friend, but the beginning of a friendship is possible. Surely in every country people ______ friendship？

The word “friend” to American people can be ______ to a wide range of relationships — to someone one has known for a few weeks in a new place, to a close business companion, to a childhood playmate, to a man or woman, to a ______ colleague. There are real ______ among these relations for Americans — a friendship may be ______, casual, situational or deep and lasting. But to a European, who sees only our surface behavior, the differences are not clear.

As Europeans see it, all kinds of “friends” flow ______ of Americans' homes with little ceremony. They may be parents of the children's friends, house guests of neighbors, members of a committee, business associates from another town or even another country. ______ as a guest into an American home, the European visitor finds no ______ differences. The atmosphere is ______. Most people, old and young, are called ______ first names. Americans’ characteristic openness to different styles of relationship makes it possible for us to find new friends abroad with whom we feel ______.

【1】A. drive B. commute C. move D. settle

【2】A. abroad B. elsewhere C. somewhere D. nowhere

【3】A. deliver B. protect C. educate D. raise

【4】A. retirement B. death C. illness D. sadness

【5】A. mostly B. mainly C. rarely D. forever

【6】A. championships B. friendships C. hardships D. leaderships

【7】A. along B. freely C. together D. abroad

【8】A. alone B. strange C. scared D. remote

【9】A. allows B. desires C. expects D. imagines

【10】A. form B. develop C. ignore D. value

【11】A. used B. applied C. stuck D. dedicated

【12】A. kind B. generous C. trusted D. helpful

【13】A. differences B. varieties C. distinctions D. diversities

【14】A. informal B. reliable C. shallow D. fragile

【15】A. in and out B. on and on C. by and by D. up and down

【16】A. Moving B. Flowing C. Going D. Coming

【17】A. obvious B. heavy C. apparent D. strong

【18】A. weird B. stressed C. relaxed D. strange

【19】A. with B. on C. for D. by

【20】A. at best B. at home C. at heart D. at hand

33、   Liz Woodward worked as a waitress at the Route 130 diner in Delran, New Jersey. One Thursday morning around 5:30 am, she was serving two firefighters, Young and Hullings. Quite _______ she heard that they had been up all night putting out a _______warehouse fire, which took 12 hours to get under control.

Touched, Liz decided to honor these two heroes by picking up their _______ and writing them a heartfelt message of gratitude. It _______ "Your breakfast is on me today-thank you for all that you do. Fueled by fire and driven by_______, what an example you are! Get some rest. "

This simple act of kindness meant so much to the_______ firefighters. The firefighters _______ and thanked her before leaving the restaurant.

To return the young lady's kindness, upon his arrival home, Hullings posted a Facebook update _______ his friends to go eat at the diner, which was quickly _______ more than 3,000 times.

________, it was not until afterwards that they realized Liz was really the one that could use the help. When they found out that Liz was trying to ________ money for her paralyzed father to get a wheelchair-accessible van, Young posted with a ________ to a Go Fund Me page for Liz's dad, and the support ________.

The total donations reached $60,000 and went beyond Liz's wildest dreams. She had never expected that her small gesture would be paid in such a/an ________ way. "I'm truly blessed that those two walked through the doors today and ________ for the opportunity to be a part of something so positive and inspiring." Liz Woodward said on Facebook.

【1】A.in private B.by accident C.in public D.on purpose

【2】A.potential B.slight C.rare D.fierce

【3】A.money B.uniforms C.check D.breakfast

【4】A.replied B.went C.indicated D.read

【5】A.concern B.courage C.confidence D.curiosity

【6】A.exhausted B.brave C.modest D.anxious

【7】A.ended up B.sat up C.teared up D.showed up

【8】A.helping B.forcing C.reminding D.urging

【9】A.shared B.collected C.examined D.removed

【10】A.Thus B.Instead C.However D.Besides

【11】A.raise B.donate C.change D.count

【12】A.picture B.link C.note D.click

【13】A.doubled B.rolled in C.declined D.spread out

【14】A.generous B.conventional C.extreme D.rapid

【15】A.greedy B.eager C.prepared D.grateful

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、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.

36、Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

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.

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.

A tiger at the Bronx Zoo in New York City has tested positive for the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus, becoming the first known case of human-animal 【1】, the zoo's chief veterinarian said on Sunday.

Nadia, the 4-year-old Malayan tiger that tested positive, was 【2】 for the COVID-19 disease after 【3】 a dry cough along with three other tigers and three lions, the Wildlife Conservation Society, which manages the zoo, said in a statement.

All of the cats are expected to recover, it said. But officials believe this is a unique case because Nadia became sick after 【4】 to an asymptomatic zoo employee, Paul Calle, chief veterinarian at the Bronx Zoo, told Reuters.

Calle said they did not know which employee infected the tiger. "This is the first time that we have discovered that a person infects the animal and the animal gets sick," Calle said, adding that they planned to share the findings with other zoos and institutions. " I guess 【5】 we will all have a better understanding as a result.

While the other tigers and lions were also 【6】 symptoms, the zoo decided to test only Nadia because she was the sickest and  had started to lose her appetite already, and they did not want to 【7】 all the cats to anesthesia(麻醉), Calle said.

Nadia 【8】 X-rays, an ultrasound(超声波) and blood tests to try to figure out what was making her sick . They decided to test for COVID-19 【9】 the surge in cases in New York City, the epicenter of the outbreak in the United States.The first tiger at the zoo, which has been shut since mid-March, began showing 【10】 of illness on March 27, according to the US Department of Agriculture National Veterinary Services Laboratories.

38、假定你是李华，最近你校将举办以“榜样的力量”为主题的英语演讲比赛。请根据提示写一篇演讲稿，内容包括：

1. 活动的目的；

2. 榜样的故事；

3. 个人看法。

注意：1. 词数100左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Good morning, everyone!

I’m Li Hua from Class 1, Senior 2. It’s my great honor to stand here to deliver my speech today.

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That’s all. Thanks for your listening.

39、最近你校开展“尊敬父母”活动，请你根据提示写一篇英文报道，向英语校报投稿。要点如下：

1. 孝敬父母是中华民族的传统美德；

2. 独生子女的问题：以自我为中心；

3. 学校制定尊敬父母的“十条规定”；

4. 家长和学生的反应。

注意：

1. 词数100左右，题目和开头已经给出；

2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

参考词汇：美德 virtue   独生子女  only-child 规定 regulation

Respecting Parents Program

A program called “Respecting Parents” has been started in our school recently,

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40、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。

Miss Baugh taught seventh-grade social studies. She was the kind of teacher that just about everyone has had at least once: Scary. Her reputation was not unlike that of Dracula. Miss Baugh allowed no nonsense (胡言乱语). She drilled us and taught us to take school seriously. She also introduced to us the concept of “extra credit” for a correct response to a random question — and a frown for an incorrect one. Miss Baugh had been teaching for a long time and knew how to frighten even the naughty boys in the back row, including me. She managed to scare us all.

But I also had a life outside of school and had just discovered cheap prank (恶作剧) pieces —   an ink bottle painted to look as though it had overturned, and a piece of shiny black metal shaped like a puddle of ink.

Of all the people I could have pranked, I chose Miss Baugh somehow. At the beginning of the class, before she’d returned to her classroom, I dared to approach her desk. I opened her grade book and placed the bottle and the black metal on one of the pages, proudly noting that it truly did look like spilled ink! Then I went to my desk and waited for the fun.

I wasn’t disappointed. When Miss Baugh saw the items, she let out a little cry and looked for something to wipe up the ink with. The prank had succeeded the way beyond my expectations. But immediately she discovered that it was just a piece of black metal. She picked up the “puddle”, then the bottle, and examined them. She looked up with eyes sweeping the classroom with a deadly stare. Some of my classmates who had seen me set up the fake spill carefully avoided looking at me, so as not to give me away. Then came the unavoidable question: “Who did this?”

注意：

1．续写词数应为150左右；

2．请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

After a few violent beats in my heart, I slowly raised my hand.

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Miss Baugh was as strict as before, but something changed in me.

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41、阅读下列短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。

Cloning has always been with us and is here to stay. It is a way of making an exact copy of another animal or plant. It happens in plants when gardeners take cuttings from growing plants to make new ones. It also happens in animals when twins identical in sex (性别) and appearance are produced from the same original eggs. The fact is that these are both examples of natural clones.

Cloning has two major uses. Firstly, gardeners use it all the time to produce commercial quantities of plants. Secondly, it is valuable for research on new plant species and for medical research on animals. Cloning plants is simple while cloning animals is very complicated. It is a difficult task to undertake. Many attempts to clone mammals failed. But at last the determination and patience of scientists paid off in 1996 with a breakthrough—the cloning of Dolly the sheep.

On the one hand, the whole scientific world followed the process of the first successful clone, Dolly the sheep. The fact that she seemed to develop normally was very encouraging. Then came the disturbing news that Dolly had become seriously ill. Cloning scientists were depressed to find that Dolly’s illnesses were more appropriate to a much older animals. Altogether Dolly lived six and a half years, half the length of the original sheep.

On the other hand, Dolly’s appearance raised a storm of objection and had a great influence on the media and public imagination. It became controversial. It suddenly opened everybody’s eyes to the possibility of using cloning to cure serious illnesses and even to produce human being.

Governments became nervous and more conservative (保守的). Some began to reform their legal systems and forbade research into human cloning, but other countries like China and UK, continued to accumulate evidence of the abundant medical aid that cloning could provide. However, scientists still wonder whether cloning will help or harm us and where it is leading us.

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