临沧2025学年度第一学期期末教学质量检测三年级英语

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

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

2、If we a table earlier, we couldn’t be standing here in a queue.

A. have booked B. booked C. book   D. had booked

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

A. to expose to B. being exposed to

C. to be exposed to D. exposing to

4、—— How soon will the candidates get their university admissions?

—— It may take three weeks for all the applications to be ________.

A. withdrawn B. processed C. corresponded D. violated

5、In the dark forests __________, some large enough to hold several English towns.

A.are standing many lakes B.lie many lakes

C.many lakes lie D.many lakes stand

6、______that you are grown up;you should no longer depend on your parents.

A.Since B.Now C.As D.Because

7、—— Hey, if you can’t enjoy that at a sensible volume, please use the earphone. I’m studying.

—— Oh, I’m sorry. I ________ realize it ________ you.

A. don’t; bothers B. didn’t; bothered

C. don’t; was bothering D. didn’t; was bothering

8、______ a book in front of your face, you’ll feel the air moving against your face.

A．Waved

B．Wave

C．To wave

D．Waving

9、Jack has a large ____ of books while Tom has a large ________of money.

A. amount; number B. number; amount

C. plenty; amount D. amount; lot

10、_________ I am concerned, the summer vacation could be shortened.

A.As far as B.As long as C.As soon as D.As well as

11、It is always better to__________ your worries and troubles with your trusted friends or relatives.This helps lighten your burden.

A.tell B.deal C.divide D.share

12、At present, acupuncture has become popular round the world, ________ other traditional Chinese medicines.

A.so are B.as are C.so have D.as have

13、The outbreak of the coronavirus globally has led to over   thousands of people_____to hospital for treatment, _____ the world to be in deep sorrow.

A．sending; causing

B．sent； having caused

C．being sent; causing

D．to send; to cause

14、一 When did the computer crash?

一 This morning, while I the reading materials downloaded from some websites.

A.have sorted B.was sorting C.am sorting D.had sorted

15、Mary ______ and saw that a bear was moving towards her.

A.turned down B.turned up C.turned on D.turned around

16、— Have you watched Gravity, _______ the best film in 2013?

—Yes. It is a survival story _________ in space.

A. considered; setting B. considered; set

C. considering; set D. considering; setting

17、In Beijing Marathon, I experienced what runners call “hitting the wall” at around the 36-kilometer point. A _______pain stabbed(刺) in my hip, my pace slowed down and every brain cell seemed to be screaming “Stop!”

A. aggressive B. specific

C. sharp D. diverse

18、The people in the village are so ________ that they are willing to help every visitor.

A．optimistic

B．energetic

C．enthusiastic

D．ambitious

19、In the future, care for the environment will become very important as the earth's natural resources are _______.

A.pulling up B.running out

C.using up D.putting out

20、It is a custom _______ hundreds of years.

A.dating back B.dates from C.dated back D.dating from

21、Though it was midnight, she found her daughter sitting at the dest, completely ________ her homework.

A.absorbing in B.absorbed in C.absorbing into D.absorbed into

22、I walked up to the top of the hill with my feiend, we enjoyed a splendid view of the lake

A．which

B．where

C．who

D．that

23、Reading light fiction, going out to see a romantic comedy, or sharing a pleasant time with friends is not ________ my bad feelings now.

A. in tune with B. in touch with C. in honour of D. in defence of

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

A. take up B. take over

C. turn up D. turn over

25、When the news came ___ the war broke out , he decided to serve in the army.

A.since B.which C.that D.because

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27、Though plastic shopping bags are cheap and useful, they cause widespread pollution. Now, we may have an unlikely helper to help clean up our garbage — a small wax worm.

The worm’s hidden skills were discovered by accident. About two years ago, Federica Bertocchini, a developmental biologist at the Spanish National Research Council and an amateur beekeeper, was cleaning out bees’ nest that had been filled with worms. She removed the worms and put them in a plastic bag while doing the cleaning. After finishing, she went back to the room where she had left the worms, and found they had escaped from the bag. When she checked, she saw that the bag was full of holes.

Realizing she may have made an important discovery, Bertocchini teamed up with other researchers to conduct further research. They began by placing 100 worms on some plastic bags and discovered that over a 24-hour period, the worms managed to chew through 92 milligrams of plastic. The researchers make an appropriate judgment that at this rate, the group of worms could   degrade (降解) an average-sized 5.5-gram plastic bag within a month. To rule out the possibility that chewing was causing the degradation, the researchers spread the soft wet substance inside the body of some recently dead worms on a sheet of plastic. Sure enough, even the liquid was able to eat through the material, confirming that the worms have plastic-digesting enzymes (酶).

While the news is certainly encouraging, not everyone is convinced. The Michigan State University’s Ramani Narayan believes the tiny pieces of microplastics released by the plastic-eating worms would pick up harmful substances and transport them up the food chain, causing, even more, harm to the environment and human health. Susan Selke, director of Michigan State University School of Packaging, is concerned that the worms will not be able to survive in an oxygen-free landfills where large amounts of waste material are buried under the earth.

However, Bertocchini is not planning to transport worm armies to landfills. Instead, the researcher wants to identify the enzyme that helps degrade the plastic. The researcher says, maybe we can find the molecule (分子) and produce it on an industrial level, rather than using a million worms in a plastic bag.

【1】What did the experiment of using dead worms find out?

A．Worms’ chewing may cause the degradation.

B．A plastic-eating chemical exists in wax worms.

C．Dead worms are effective in dealing with plastic.

D．It takes a long time for worms to degrade plastic.

【2】What is Ramani Naravan's attitude to Bertocchini's finding?

A．Objective

B．Convinced

C．Questioning.

D．Optimistic.

【3】What might Bertocchini focus her later research on?

A．The structure of plastic-degrading enzymes.

B．The use of other worms in disposing plastic.

C．Wax worms’ adaptability to the landfill environment.

D．The chance of producing wax worms on a large scale.

【4】What is the best title for the text?

A．Can wax worms save the environment?

B．Wax worms have an appetite for plastic.

C．Why do wax worms have plastic-eating skills?

D．Hungry worms join the fight against plastic pollution

28、   Maryland is expected to become the first state of the USA to ban foam (泡沫橡胶)food packaging, takeout containers and cups The new proposed law passed both of the state's legislative bodies (立法机关)this week with enough votes to override a potential rejection signed by Gov. Larry Hogan, who has not publicly signaled whether he supported the law or not. The law would become the latest in a growing effort worldwide to ban kinds of single-use plastic products, due to their impacts on the environment.

With the statewide previous ban effort, Maryland's two counties, Prince George and Montgomery, had already banned foam packaging. Del. Brooke Lierman, who introduced similar legislation last year and in 2017, says changing public opinion helped her third attempt succeed.

“I think we have reached a danger point,” she says. “People are seeing how common single-use plastics are, and that they are not recyclable and never going away. People are beginning to understand the importance of living more sustainably. "

The new law would ban foam food packaging for products packaged in-state, including restaurants, cafes, food trucks, and grocery stores. The final version of the bill includes exceptions, such as meat. The ban would go into force on July 1, 2020 and would carry fines of  $ 250.

The legislation was opposed by the Maryland Retailers Association, which warned that outlawing foam packaging could hurt small businesses by higher costs. Foam packaging remains popular among restaurants and the food industry because it is lightweight, inexpensive, and keeps food and drinks hot.

Foam food containers have been banned in cities or counties in 11 states, including Seattle, Portland, Washington D. C. , San Francisco, and numerous other cities in California. A ban in New York City took effect at the beginning of this year after a long legal battle ended last summer.

【1】How did Maryland carry out the ban of foam food packaging?

A. By passing a new law.

B. By fining foam packaging users.

C. By closing some local companies.

D. By teaching people to focus on the environment.

【2】What does the underlined word “override" in paragraph 1 mean?

A. Explain. B. Prove. C. Reject. D. Tolerate.

【3】What is the key to the third success according to Del. Brooke Lierman?

A. Learning from other cities. B. Getting medium's support.

C. Changing public opinion. D. Hurting small businesses.

【4】What can we learn from the text?

A. Foam food packages will disappear in the world.

B. People in Maryland support the law absolutely.

C. Foam food packages haven't any advantage at all.

D. Meat will be allowed to be sold in foam food packages in America.

29、Ensley made me a poet.

When I was one, my parents and I moved into a tiny apartment off 20th Street. I wrote my first poem sitting in the corner of my bedroom, surrounded by toys. I was 7 or 8 and the poem was for my best friend who had moved away. I was angry with him for being willing to leave me, and when I get angry, I get mean. I figured his leaving would be easier to face, if I pushed him away first. But as soon as the moving truck pulled away, I realized how foolish I’d been.

So I wrote him a poem to apologize. The poem was terrible, of course, but with it, a lifelong love affair began --- not with the boy who moved away, but with the written word. As an adult, I’d write poems about playing kickball in the parking lot of those Ensley apartment blocks, and poems about trips to see the candy lady and to the corner store.

When people ask me where in Birmingham I grew up, I sometimes say “Everywhere”. We moved around a lot and the neighborhoods of Birmingham find their way into so much of what I write.

I had to leave Birmingham to learn how to tell true stories in prose (散文). After college in Alabama and graduate school in Berkeley, California, I moved to Kentucky to be a newspaper reporter. My skill at writing personal essays landed me my own column(专栏) and the chance to be included in a collection of essays published by Seal Press.

Then I came home.

In her book Writing Down the Bones, Natalie Goldberg writes, “It is very important to go home if you want your work to be whole...you must claim where you come from and look deep into it. Come to honor and embrace it, or at the least, accept it.”

Now in Birmingham, I get to share my story in local magazines and on my blog. And I build my story through every friendship formed in this city of steel, sweat, and sweet tea.

【1】Ensley is the name of a_____________.

A．toy

B．boy

C．place

D．store

【2】What does Para. 4 tell us about the author?

A．She enjoys traveling very much.

B．She prefers poetry to news reports.

C．She gave up writing poems after college.

D．She made some achievements in writing.

【3】Why does the author mention Natalie Goldberg’s words?

A．To prove they had similar interests.

B．To show her love for Natalie Goldberg.

C．To explain why she returned to Birmingham.

D．To introduce Natalie Goldberg’s book to readers.

【4】What is the text mainly about?

A．Writing changes my life.

B．Home is where your story is.

C．Moving around makes me a poet.

D．Childhood friendship is a source of writing.

30、   Most teens I meet these days lack basic social courtesy(礼仪) when dealing with people.

My own son, who basically grew up with his grandmother, the original _______ guru(专家), has perfect table manners. This is partly because he was _______to manners at a very young age. However, when we eat at home, he would not  _______manners. So I asked him why. He said,” I behave the way I am supposed to ______ when I’m out, but when I am at home I want to be  _______.”

That’s when I realized that most parents, myself included, do______ their children the proper way to behave outside the home, but they are also _______to believe that at home, anything goes.

My ________to him was “good behavior has nothing to do with where you are or whom you are with”.

Then he answered, “But I behave _______when I’m with others so that they think better of me.” And that is when I realized that I was doing things all  _______. I explained to him that it had nothing to do with what people think. This _______him even more.

So I went on to explain that behavior, whether in your everyday  _______with people or at the dining table at home, is an  _______of who you are. Well, at the age of 13, he got it.

So basically, what I am saying is that teaching your children  _______comes with the underlying lesson that it is not about  _______to do or not to do, but rather, who they are. This way it is not  _______; it comes from within.

Teach your teens or children the _______courtesy of greeting their friends’ parents and _______themselves when they go to someone’s home. Teach teenage boys to open the door of a car, or any door  _____ anyone who matters, for any girl, whether they are their girlfriends or not. This includes holding elevator doors or letting women step out of the elevator first.

Just  _______that teenage boys who practice good manners’ and courtesy grow up to become men who respect people in general.

【1】A. knowledge B. wisdom C. manners D. intelligence

【2】A. exposed B. limited C. cared D. concerned

【3】A. learn B. practice C. remember D. make

【4】A. live B. obey C. react D. behave

【5】A. gentle B. polite C. comfortable D. kind

【6】A. teach B. offer C. guide D. support

【7】A. attended to B. brought up C. cared about D. depended on

【8】A. answer B. devotion C. apology D. affection

【9】A. strangely B. nervously C. calmly D. properly

【10】A. reasonable B. important C. wrong D. necessary

【11】A. confused B. encouraged C. moved D. pleased

【12】A. competition B. argument C. struggle D. interaction

【13】A. impression B. expression C. appearance D. attitude

【14】A. lessons B. skills C. manners D. examples

【15】A. what B. how C. where D. why

【16】A. practical B. natural C. gradual D. mechanical

【17】A. minor B. formal C. basic D. casual

【18】A. pleasing B. Introducing C. enjoying D. amusing

【19】A. with B. on C. for D. at

【20】A. consider B. confirm C. predict D. remember

31、Online deception is now so commonplace that criminal gangs are using it as part of a wider range of activities to make money out of the public. “There’s been a rapid normalisation of online as people see how _____ it can be. You see the industry adjusting to fight against that,” says Downey, security lead at payment company Braintree.

This was made _____ in May this year when there was an unparalleled attack on thousands of computer systems around the world, after a worm, named WannaCry, attacked computers in more than 150 countries, with payments of $300-$600 to restore access. There were an estimated 45,000 attacks across the UK, Russia, Ukraine, India, China, Italy, Egypt and beyond, with major companies _____.

One of the reasons these attacks spread so ______ is that businesses and consumers don’t update their software on a regular basis. Downey _____ it to a situation in which a car is left in a garage and a thief tries all of the doors to see if one has been left unlocked: “People don’t realize they are leaving that proverbial car unlocked because they don’t understand the nature of these _____attacks.”

At the heart of the problem is the ___of organized crime. “Criminals can also be an expert at business. They don’t want just one trick to bring in all of their income; it may be _____, they may have a slow month and then they’ll have a cashflow problem,” says Downey.

Hacks and the threat of information theft have led to a(n)_____ of e-commerce among some of the population, says Downey. To fight that unease, simple measures need to be adopted by retailers(零售商) in order to maintain the public’s trust.______, this can be achieved by ensuring they create a trustworthy environment for consumers, such as by serving websites through SSL, which establishes a secure and connection between the ______ and business.

But for both businesses and consumers, one simple thing remains ______: those who can keep both their security up to date and their passwords secure will be ahead of the crowd, says Downey. “You will then be far ahead of the curve of the average business or consumer.”

So don’t use variations of one password on lots of _____. If criminals hack a database with your log-in permit, they will then be able to ____ your passwords on other accounts. Make sure your passwords have lots of characters and include numbers, symbols and capital letters.______ obvious dictionary words, and importantly make each of your passwords completely different.

【1】

A．boring

B．profitable

C．dangerous

D．surprising

【2】

A．evident

B．mysterious

C．peculiar

D．infectious

【3】

A．updated

B．transformed

C．established

D．infected

【4】

A．moderately

B．easily

C．cautiously

D．gradually

【5】

A．compares

B．implies

C．devotes

D．limits

【6】

A．personal

B．targeted

C．random

D．surprising

【7】

A．variety

B．timing

C．punishment

D．detection

【8】

A．thrown away

B．take in

C．shut down

D．carried out

【9】

A．exhaustion

B．result

C．disappearance

D．mistrust

【10】

A．For example

B．By comparison

C．What’s more

D．In summary

【11】

A．hacker

B．customer

C．retailer

D．website

【12】

A．unchanged

B．varying

C．unpredictable

D．avoidable

【13】

A．curves

B．characters

C．dictionaries

D．accounts

【14】

A．record

B．suspend

C．crack

D．ruin

【15】

A．Investigate

B．Consult

C．Avoid

D．Guarantee

32、   I lost my sight when I was four years old by falling off a car and landing on my head. Now I am thirty-two. I can vaguely remember the brightness of ______ and what color red is. It would be _____ to see again, but a (n) _____ can do strange things to people. I don’t mean I would prefer to go without my eyes. I simply mean that the loss of them made me appreciate more what I had ____.

My parents and my teachers saw something in me — a _____ to live — which I didn’t see, and they made me want to fight in out with ______.

The hardest lesson I had to learn was to believe in myself. I am not talking about simply the kind of_____ that helps me down so unfamiliar staircase alone. I ___ something bigger than that: a confidence that I am, despite being _____ , a real, positive person; that there is a special place where I can make myself fit.

It took me years to discover and strengthen this confidence. It had to start with the easy and simple things. Once a man gave me an indoor baseball. I thought he was laughing at me and I was ______ . “I can’t use this,” I said. “Take with you,” he urged me, “and roll it around.” The words _____ in my head. “Roll it around!” By rolling the ball I could _____ where it went. This gave me an idea how to achieve a goal I had thought impossible before; playing baseball. At Philadelphia’s Overbook School for the Blind I ____ a successful variation of baseball. We called it ground ball.

I have set ahead of me a series of goals and then tried to reach them, one at a time. I had to be clear about my _______. It was no good crying for something that I knew at the start was _____ out of reach because that only invited bitterness of failure. I would fail something anyway, but on the average I made progress.

【1】A.sky B.cloud C.sunshine D.mist

【2】A.helpful B.wonderful C.hopeful D.successful

【3】A.disaster B.environment C.incident D.wonder

【4】A.lost B.left C.used D.cared

【5】A.purpose B.potential C.pressure D.preparation

【6】A.energy B.happiness C.luck D.blindness

【7】A.self-respect B.self-control C.self-confidence D.self-defence

【8】A.think B.consider C.guess D.mean

【9】A.imperfect B.perfect C.unfair D.fair

【10】A.worried B.encouraged C.shocked D.hurt

【11】A.stuck B.impressed C.occupied D.held

【12】A.see B.hear C.notice D.observe

【13】A.invented B.discovered C.instructed D.directed

【14】A.experience B.advantages C.knowledge D.limitation

【15】A.hardly B.wildly C.highly D.deeply

33、   Largely because of its scale, a major strategy such as the BRI inevitably finds itself having to navigate numerous obstacles._______the Chinese saying goes, "A tall tree attracts the wind.’’Many commentators see the project as an effort to gain advantage and global leverage _______geopolitical rivals, such as the U.S., India, and Germany. The same concerns that______in the past few years about investment in China - limits on access to lucrative(赚钱的)markets, forced partnerships with Chinese companies, pressure to yield technological knowledge and intellectual property, and restrictions on information flow - have also been raised about the Belt and Road Initiative.

_______,we believe some commentary has been too quick to narrowly label the BRI as a purely geopolitical play by China intended_______its influence across East Asia and Central Asia.  There are also signs_______China's state-owned enterprises are changing their behavior. The association of the BRI with "Xi Jinping thought" suggests that Chinese companies are being encouraged_______quality growth and profit ability, not just growth at any cost. Furthermore, the BRI's_______with global funding entities such as the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank demonstrates its commercial focus.

The crucial question of funding_______only in part. The Chinese government has allocated huge sums to BRI projects. Major funding sources such as the Silk Road Fund and policy and commercial banks have committed to________$186 billion, as of 2016. At a BRI summit in China in May 2017, Xi announced the expansion of the Silk Road Fund by $14.8 billion in addition to its starting capital of $40 billion. Policy banks are also________BRI multicurrency special lending schemes________about $56 billion.

Yet even this will not be enough to________everything. China is________seeking partnerships with foreign companies because,________domestic financial constraints, it cannot afford to fund all these BRI projects on its own. More than 600 million Chinese people still live________“middle income" status, and the indebtedness of Chinese corporations and provinces looms(隐约可见)as a significant issue.

We believe this has profound - and positive - implications for the BRI: China not only needs ________, at a policy level, wants the BRI to show commercial returns as soon as is________possible.

This means that there is significant potential alignment(一致) between the objectives of China and ________of foreign companies and investors as they look to get________.

【1】A. Like B. As C. When D. While

【2】A. at the end of B. at all costs C. at the expense of D. at the beginning of

【3】A. have been focused B. have been ignored C. have been concerned   D. have been expressed

【4】A. However B. Therefore C. Instead D. Besides

【5】A. to improve B. to strengthen C. to increase D. to earn

【6】A. what B. which C. who D. that

【7】A. to comment on B. to care about C. to call for D. to focus on

【8】A. association B. relation C. organization D. construction

【9】A. is tested B. is answered C. is found D. is raised

【10】A. supporting B. helping C. financing D. donating

【11】A. putting up B. setting up C. holding up D. taking up

【12】A. totaling B. adding C. counting D. reaching

【13】A. contain B. include C. hold D. cover

【14】A. quickly B. greatly C. actively D. abruptly

【15】A. instead of B. owing to C. as to D. in return to

【16】A. above B. under C. beneath D. below

【17】A. or B. and C. so D. but

【18】A. importantly B. really C. practically D. likely

【19】A. these B. those C. that D. this

【20】A. involved B. engaged C. united D. occupied

34、

Rapidly advancing technology and its impact on education has been a subject of debate. How can schools equip students with the skills they need to succeed in a challenging job market?

Since technology is driving these changes, there is a theory that governments should keep focusing on STEM subjects. These are often referred to as “hard skills,” which are 【1】 in primary school and right through to university level. In the meantime, ‘soft skills’ are being 【2】.

This is a mistake. Much evidence suggests that soft skills are far more 【3】 to graduates in the long term. Research from Harvard University on the global job market has shown that STEM- related careers grew strongly between 1989 and 2000 but have slowed down since. In contrast, jobs in the creative industries----the sector probably most 【4】 with the need for soft skills---are growing rapidly. Soft skills are, in fact, increasingly in demand in the workplace: Google cites creativity, leadership 【5】 and communication skills as top requirements for both potential and current employees.

So why are soft skills so highly 【6】 for?

With the rapid evolution of technology, a focus on hard skills leaves students 【7】 to change, as these often have a short shelf life. According to research by World Economic Forum, more than one in four adults reports a mismatch between their skills and those needed for their job role. If soft skills are taught well, these skills should enable students to adapt to change more easily and progress further in their 【8】 career.

Of course, technical skills are important. But without the curriculum placing equal--- if not greater --- 【9】 on soft skills, our education systems are missing a huge trick. Hard skills may help a student get a job in a particular industry, but soft skills will help them disrupt it, achieving a wider 【10】 in their chosen field.

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

Expressions about water are almost as common as water itself. But many of the expressions using water have unpleasant meanings.

The expression “to be in hot water” is one of them. It is a very old expression, which can be 【1】 back to 500 years ago. The expression is used to mean being in trouble. One story says it got that meaning from the custom of throwing extremely hot water down on enemies attacking a castle.

Being in “deep water” is almost the same as being in “hot water”. When you are in deep water, you are in a difficult 【2】. Imagine a person who cannot swim being thrown in water over his head. You are in deep water when you are facing a problem that you do not have the ability to solve. The problem is too deep. You can be in deep water, for example, if you invest in stocks in complete 【3】 of the stock market.

"Water over the dam" is another expression about a past event. It is something that cannot be 【4】. The expression comes from the idea that water that has 【5】 a dam cannot be brought back again. When a friend is 【6】 by a mistake she has made, you might tell her to forget about it. You say it is water over the dam.

Another common expression, "to hold water," is about the strength or weakness of an idea or opinion that you may be arguing about. It probably comes from the way of testing the 【7】 of a container. If it can hold water, it is strong and has no holes in it. If your 【8】 can hold water, it is strong and does not have any holes. If it does not hold water, then it is weak and can not be 【9】.

"Throwing cold water" also is an expression that deals with an idea or 【10】. For example, you want to buy a new car because the old one has some problems. But you wife "throws cold water" on the idea, because she says a new car costs too much

36、阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空，在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个适当单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。

A

I have the【1】(great)job in the world. I travel to unusual places and work alongside people from all over the world. Sometimes using【2】(science)equipment and sometimes meeting local people and tourists, I am never【3】(bore).Although my job is occasionally dangerous, I don’t mind because danger excites me and makes me feel alive. However, the most important thing about my job is that I help protect ordinary people【4】 one of the most powerful forces on earth—the volcano.

B

Water is a precious resource. Every person needs it【5】 (survive),and we use it for cooking, drinking, growing our food and washing. However，it is scarce(缺乏的).Just 1% of water on Earth can【6】 (use)by humans. What’s more，treating water to make it clean and safe and pumping it to our homes uses up lots of energy. So, what can you do to help save water? One easy way is by【7】(turn)off the tap when you brush your teeth.

C

Robbie Phillips has become the first British person to complete one of the toughest challenges in rock climbing. 【8】(know)as the Alpine Trilogy(阿尔卑斯三部曲),the challenge consists of three climbs on mountains in Austria, Germany and Switzerland, 【9】Phillips completed in four years. Until now, only four other people【10】(conquer)all three of the extremely difficult climbs.

37、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.

38、阅读下面材料,根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。续写的词数应为150左右。

Polly, my stepmom, suggested the sweetest name to our pet dog: Mercy. We don't know why she gave the strange name. We soon learned it was just what this new dog would need.

My parents' bad tempered dog would jump out of bed and go-go-go all day long. So when they brought home a Christmas tree, they expected everything would be out of order. However, to their astonishment, Mercy didn't seem to take any care. She paid zero attention to the tree which suddenly grew in her living room. Nor did she react to the fancy presents under it, including a wrapped box of Milk-Bones.

Dad and Polly were quite careful; they'd never had a dog that didn't force them to move everything to higher ground as if they were expecting a flood. But Mercy seemed to take no notice. He didn't take any glance at it at all.

A few days before Christmas, Polly awoke early in the morning as usual. She passed the dusty living room and then stopped in surprise. Glancing back into the room, she saw that every last present was gone. Only the tree was still there.

Had they been robbed? Why hadn't Mercy barked? Where was she? Had the robbers taken her away? Polly noticed scrap of ribbon（丝带） on the floor, then bit of torn wrapping paper few feet away, some lights beyond that. The clues all made a mark leading toward the back door.

Polly put on the switch, bathing the backyard in light. The perpetrator's（肇事者）head lifted and froze. Alarm and guilt made her eyes wide. Oh, yes, it was Mercy.

She lay under her favorite tree in soft nest of shredde（碎片） wrapping paper, chewed-up boxes, and curling（缠绕） bits of ribbon. Presents, unpacked from their packages, were spread over everywhere. Beautifully wrapped boxes had gaping holes. Pieces of paper were mixed with the last remaining evidence of gifts. All the gift tags（标签） that could have been used as thank-you cards were destroyed.

Clearly Mercy's self-control had failed.

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As for Thank-you cards, Mercy provided the answer.

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39、假定你是某学校学生会成员，为了弘扬中国书法艺术，学校邀请著名书法家沈鹏到校举行书法讲座。请你用英语写一则书面通知，要点如下：

1.讲座时间

2.讲座地点

3.活动安排：听讲座，讨论，观摩即兴创作等。

4.欢迎大家踊跃参加。

提示：书法calligraphy  书法家calligrapher 即兴创作 improvise

1.词数100左右；

2.可适当增加细节使行文连贯。

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40、假设你是我市某中学的学生李华，班里转来一名留学生Jack，他一时无法融入新的班集体中，所以感到很苦恼。请用英语给他写一封信：

内容要点如下：

1.帮他分析原因；

2.给他提出建议。

注意：1.根据内容要点可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

2.词数100左右，开头及结尾已给出，不计人总词数。

Dear Jack,

I know you are now having trouble communicating with others, and_____________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua

41、假定你是重庆红星中学的李华，你校英语社团将举行征文比赛，致敬援助湖北武汉奋战在抗击新型冠状病毒肺炎第一线的重庆医护人员。请你用英语写一封感谢信参赛，内容如下：

1.表达你的敬意与谢意；  2.个人感受； 3.表达决心。

注意：（1）词数不少于100； 

（2）可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

（3）开头已为你写好，不计入总词数。

参考词汇：新冠肺炎Novel Coronavirus pneumonia; 流行病epidemic

Dear medical workers,

I’m Li Hua, a student in Hongxing High School._________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua