红河州2025学年度第一学期期末教学质量检测三年级英语

1、—You should have attended your daughter’s graduation ceremony.

—I meant ________, but something urgent happened.

A. to do B. having done so C. to have D. doing so

2、We choose this hotel because the price for a night here is down to $20, half of _______ it used to charge.

A．that

B．which

C．what

D．how

3、I suspect_____ Facebook has done to invade our privacy is only the beginning, _____ is why I am considering cancelling my account.

A.that, which B.that whatever, which C.that what, that D./, that

4、________ to sunlight for so much time will do harm to your skin.

A．Exposed

B．Being exposed

C．Having exposed

D．Because being exposed

5、Everyone makes mistakes, and ____________, he is only a child.

A.after all B.above all C.at all D.in all

6、 can be done   been done.

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

7、One advantage of playing the guitar is________it can give you much pleasure.

A．how

B．why

C．that

D．when

8、________ on a famous novel, the TV play presents a colorful picture of the 196os’ China to the viewers.

A.Basing B.Based C.To base D.Being based

9、I decided to try _______ to rid my students of their fear and dislike of books.

A. in depth B. at any cost

C. around the corner D. to a degree

10、“We trust that today’s talks will help create _________ on the Belt and Road Initiative as part of the efforts to build a global community of a shared future,” said Zhou Shuchun.

A.consensus B.consequence C.compromise D.competence

11、While we may not be born with a natural talent, we can ______ for it with hard work.

A.break up B.take up C.bring up D.make up

12、Cellphones are ____________ to help students focus on their study.

A. expanded B. prohibited

C. assigned D. relieved

13、It is not just city residents who _____ water. Agriculture, industry and tourism often require more water than the _____ water supply.

A.recycle, provincial B.waste, national

C.consume, municipal D.apply, international

14、The accused man ___________ himself innocent.

A.conducted B.abolished C.resigned D.declared

15、That evening he ________what he had thought about the research.

A. set about ; letting down B. set about; to take hold of

C. set out ; making out D. set out; to set down

16、Mum always ______ great ways to celebrate our birthday.

A. puts up with B. comes up with C. keeps up with D. catches up with

17、— Hello, could I speak to Mr. Smith?

— Sorry, wrong number. There isn’t______ Mr. Smith here.

A.不填 B.a C.the D.one

18、______ to give his mother a surprise , Tom arrived home ahead of time.

A. Determined B. Determining

C. Having determined D. To determine

19、In our discussion of instincts, we saw that there was reason to believe ________ we inherit must be of some very simple sort rather than any complicated or very definite kind of behavior.

A．how

B．when

C．whatever

D．since

20、He________ the wall and just looked at everybody in the room.

A.loaded with B.lined up C.held back D.leaned against

21、Taking a close look at their respective (各自的) historical contexts, purposesand principles, huge differences can be ______ between the Belt and Road Initiative (一带一路倡议) and the Marshall Plan (马歇尔计划).

A.condemned B.identified C.abused D.twisted

22、The bell rang and ________, heading for the playground in high spirits.

A. rushed out the boys B. did the boys rush out

C. out rushed the boys D. out the boys rushed

23、The Internet users have been warned to ______ any messages that ask you to send cash or personal information, no matter how formal they are.

A.abandon B.reject C.decrease D.withdraw

24、The information of this kind is to you on the Internet.

A.supplied B.available C.used D.obtained

25、The boy broke all the glasses on purpose; he certainly deserved________.

A. to punish B. being punished

C. to be punished D. punish

26、   It is generally believed that we are getting cleaned when we step under a shower. We are, but we’re also giving a home to lots of tiny little creatures we didn’t even know about. A showerhead (淋浴喷头) carries thousands of bacteria (细菌) called Mycobacterium. These can cause problems like coughs and tiredness, and a general feeling of poorliness (身体不舒服). When you turn on the water, the bacteria go from the showerhead onto and into your body.

This is a finding of Norman R. Pace and his team at the University of Colorado, in the US. The scientists investigated bacteria in all kinds of human environment, including showers. Pace's team looked at 45 showerheads in nine American cities. They discovered that 30 percent of them had large amounts of flying Mycobacterium.

But Pace said that they pose few threats to the health. Only those with a weak immune system might need to worry. He told the New York Times that the bacteria are not as unpleasant as might be thought. He said that having a shower is no more dangerous than anything else we do in the morning.

But for those who feel sick about the idea of all those microorganisms (微生物), he had some advice. Let the water run for 30 seconds before getting into the shower. Why? The number of bacteria is smaller than that when the water is just turned on. If that seems like a waste of water, he added that you could also change your showerhead every few months.

However, Pace had good news too. He has also been testing the air in US subways. Apart from iron particles (粒子), which are ground off the track by the wheels of trains, subway air is fresh. The reason is that a train’s movement pumps fresh outdoor air into the tunnels.

Pace explained that he wanted to understand the natural microbial environments of public places. This kind of knowledge might help discover the microbes (细菌) to be used in a bioterrorist (生物恐怖分子) attack.

【1】From the finding of Norman R. Pace, after taking a shower, we might cough or feel tired because ________.

A．it’s easy to get a cold when taking a bath

B．the showerhead carries many bacteria causing illness

C．we don’t get cleaned while showering

D．we don’t get a weak immune system

【2】We can learn from the third paragraph that ________.

A．having a shower in the morning is more dangerous than at other time

B．the bacteria always threat people’s health

C．people with a strong immune system needn’t fear those microorganisms.

D．it is better to do some exercise in the morning than have a shower

【3】The underlined word “pose” in the third paragraph probably means “________”.

A．cause

B．avoid

C．describe

D．promise

【4】What leads to fresh air in US subways?

A．The train’s movement.

B．Iron particles.

C．Train wheels.

D．Air conditioners on the trains.

27、In valleys with thick plants, different-sized round and square buildings with faded yellow clay walls and wooden roofs, tulou lie in mountainous villages in Longyan, Fujian Province. There are more than 23,000 tulou in Yongding, which became well-known after 46 were given World Heritage status by UNESCO in 2008. “The structures were awarded because they are exceptional examples of a building of tradition and function demonstrating a particular type of communal living and defensive organization, and, in terms of their harmonious relationship with their environment, an outstanding example of human settlement,” UNESCO said.

The giant multi-storied tulou were built with wood and mud walls. Constructed from the 15th to 20th centuries, these massive communal homes were sited based on feng shui principles, which claim to use energy forces to harmonize individuals with their environment. Tulou are also purposefully resting amid tea, tobacco, rice plantations and abundant forests of pine and bamboo.

Throughout history, tulou residents have mostly been Hakka — migrants in southern China. Population pressures created conflict between the Hakka and their neighbors, so they built their homes to double as defending. The buildings are mainly four or five stories high. The first floor serves as the kitchen, the second is used for grain storage and the upper floors act as living areas. The structures are mainly symmetrical, and their defensive features include ironclad gates, escape tunnels, narrow openings for weapons under the dark-tiled roofs, and a water well. For their defensive function, only rooms on the third floor and higher have windows, which are very small. With sufficient food, the residents could survive in the event of a lengthy conflict.

Communal living is integrity to these villages, where the closed wall design boosts social interaction. Residents gather in the courtyard for ceremonies such as ancestor worship and weddings. Tulou is such an extraordinary piece of architecture, living up to the title given by UNESCO.

【1】What do we know about tulou?

A．Over 23,000 tulou were given World Heritage status.

B．Among 23,000 tulou, only 46 became famous globally.

C．They’re exceptional buildings of tradition and function.

D．Tulou is the most outstanding Chinese human settlement.

【2】What is most important for residents during a long period of conflict?

A．Escape tunnels.

B．Enough food.

C．Small windows.

D．Defensive weapons.

【3】What is probably the author’s attitude to the protection of tulou?

A．Favorable.

B．Unclear.

C．Negative.

D．Unconcerned.

【4】Which of the following could be the best title for the text?

A．Tulou: in Harmony with Their Environments

B．Tulou: Different-Sized Round and Square Buildings

C．Tulou: Given the World Heritage Status by UNESCO in 2008

D．Tulou: a Special Chinese Structure Combining Living and Defending

28、Most students hate tests. The fear of failing them is really unpleasant. 【1】 Give these four study tips a try and see how much better you feel during your next exam.

◆Survey your textbook before you read.

Take a couple of minutes to find the word-list, index, questions and other important information. 【2】, you’ll know where to find the answers you are looking for. These questions let you know what you can probably expect in any upcoming tests.

◆Use sticky notes.

As you read, summarize each section of the chapter on a post-it note.【3】, go back and review the notes. It is an easy and efficient way to review information. And you can easily find the information you need.

◆【4】

After you finish reading, pretend you are a professor writing a test for the chapter. Review the material you just read and make up your own practice test. Include all vocabulary words, study questions, and highlighted words you can find, as well as any other important information. Take the test to see if you remember the information. If not, go back and study some more.

◆Create visual flashcards.

Flashcards will help you remember important terms, people, places and dates. On the front of the card, write down the term or the question. This will help ensure that you grasp the study material. On the back write down the definition or the answer. 【5】

A．After you have read the entire chapter

B．Prepare a note book

C．Make your own practice test

D．If all the questions are included, there is no need to worry

E．But there are a few tricks you can learn how to avoid the worry

F．Review these cards and quiz yourself before the actual test

G．Then, when you sit down to study

29、When a chunk of ice fell from a collapsing glacier(冰川)on the Swiss Alps’ Mount Eiger in 2017, part of the long deep sound it produced was too low for human ears to detect. But these vibrations held a key to calculating the ice avalanche’s(崩塌)critical characteristics.

Low-frequency sound waves called infrasound that travel great distances through the atmosphere are already used to monitor active volcanoes from afar. Now some researchers in this field have switched focus from fire to ice: dangerous blocks snapping off glaciers. Previous work has analyzed infrasound from snow avalanches but never ice, says Boise State University geophysicist Jeffrey Johnson. “This was different,” Johnson says. “A signature of a new material has been detected with infrasound.”

Usually glaciers move far too slowly to generate an infrasound signal, which researchers pick up using detectors that track slight changes in air pressure. But a collapse—a sudden, rapid breaking of ice from the glacier’s main body—is a prolific infrasound producer. Glacial collapses drive ice avalanches, which pose an increasing threat to people in mountainous regions as rising temperatures weaken large fields of ice. A glacier “can become detached from the ground due to melting, causing bigger break— offs,” says University of Florence geologist Emanuele Marchetti, lead author of the new study. As the threat grows, scientists seek new ways to monitor and detect such collapses.

Researchers often use radar to track ice avalanches, which is precise but expensive and can monitor only one specific location and neighboring avalanche paths. Infrasound, Marchetti says, is cheaper and can detect break—off events around a much broader area as well as multiple avalanches across a mountain. It is challenging, however, to separate a signal into its components (such as traffic noises, individual avalanches and nearby earthquakes) without additional measurements, says ETH Zurich glaciologist Malgorzata Chmiel. “The model used by Marchetti is a first approximation for this,” she says. Isolating the relevant signal helps the researchers monitor an ice avalanche’s speed, path and volume from afar using infrasound.

Marchetti and his colleagues are now working to improve their detectors to pick up more signals across at-risk regions in Europe, and they have set up collaborations around the continent to better understand signals that collapsing glaciers produce. They are also refining their mathematical analysis to figure out each ice cascade’s physical details.

【1】What can we learn from Paragraph 2 and Paragraph 3?

A．Infrasound has a major role to play in discovering new materials.

B．Ice avalanches are a bigger threat to people than volcanic eruptions.

C．Researchers are trying to use infrasound in detecting ice avalanches.

D．Scientists employ infrasound more in mountain areas than in other places.

【2】Which is an advantage of infrasound over radar?

A．The combination with other relevant signals.

B．The accuracy in locating a certain avalanche.

C．The ability in picking up signals in wider areas.

D．The sensitivity in tracking air pressure changes.

【3】The underlined word “this” in Paragraph 4 refers to________.

A．distinguishing different components of a signal

B．detecting multiple avalanches at the same time

C．calculating the speed and path of ice avalanches

D．monitoring the specific location of ice break—offs

【4】Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A．From Fire to Ice

B．Glacier Whispers

C．Nature is Warning

D．Secret of Ice Avalanches

30、   Fee was asleep inside his tent last summer when a series of screams awoke him. _________ on his shoes and seizing a lantern his wife had handed him, he rushed out to investigate. _________the darkness, Fee could make out a neighboring tent. There, _________was a wolf, dragging something in his teeth. It was a (an) _________.

_________ earlier, Elisa and Matt, from New Jersey, were _________ with their two young children when the wolf tore into their _________. It was like something out of a horror movie. For three minutes, Matt threw his body in front of Elisa and the boys and _________ the wolf. At one point, Matt got the better of the wolf, pinning it to the ground. But the fierce wolf _________ its sharp teeth deep into Matt's arm, set its __________ legs and began tugging Matt outside while Elisa was pulling on the wolf's legs __________ to get him back.

It was then that Fee entered the __________. He ran at the beast, kicking it in the hip(屁股). The wolf __________ Matt and emerged(出现) from the tent. So __________ was the wolf that Fee felt like he had hit someone that was beyond his weight class.

Before the wolf could turn its __________ on Fee, Matt, whose arms were bleeding, __________ out of the tent to resume (恢复)the battle. The two men __________ threw rocks and anything else they could get at the wolf and eventually forced it back. Elisa called a (an) __________ and Matt was taken to a local hospital.

Matt has fully recovered. As for Fee, he __________ later, "The moment the wolf locked eyes with me, I immediately regretted __________ it."

A．Relying

B．Throwing

C．Focusing

D．Deciding

A．Due to

B．But for

C．In spite of

D．Ahead of

A．backing out

B．looking on

C．going up

D．squeezing in

A．woman

B．man

C．boy

D．girl

A．Years

B．Days

C．Hours

D．Moments

A．exposed

B．hidden

C．asleep

D．awake

A．tent

B．field

C．scene

D．site

A．finished

B．fought

C．appreciated

D．amused

A．transformed

B．poured

C．sank

D．guided

A．flexible

B．delicate

C．admirable

D．powerful

A．volunteering

B．refusing

C．failing

D．attempting

A．picture

B．pattern

C．phenomenon

D．ceremony

A．abused

B．dropped

C．consumed

D．teased

A．awkward

B．fragile

C．mild

D．large

A．anxiety

B．stress

C．anger

D．sorrow

A．flew

B．walked

C．rolled

D．slid

A．unconsciously

B．constantly

C．permanently

D．temporarily

A．ambulance

B．doctor

C．officer

D．colleague

A．stressed

B．erupted

C．guaranteed

D．joked

A．treating

B．accusing

C．kicking

D．opposing

31、   In the depths of my memory, many things I did with my father still live. These things come to represent, in fact, what I call  ______ and love.

I don’t remember my father ever getting into a swimming pool. But he did  ______  the water. Any kind of _______  ride seemed to give him pleasure. _______  he loved to fish; sometimes he took me along.

But I never really liked being on the water the way my father did. I liked being  ____ the water, moving through it,  ____   it all around me. I was not a strong  ____ , or one who learned to swim early, for I had my  ____ . But I loved being in the swimming pool close to my father’s office and  ____   those summer days with my father, who  ____   come by on a break. I needed him to see what I could do. My father would stand there in his suit, the  ____ person not in swimsuit.

After swimming, I would go  ____   his office and sit on the wooden chair in front of his big desk, where he let me  ______  anything I found in his top desk drawer. Sometimes, if I was left alone at his desk  ____   he worked in the lab, an assistant or a student might come in and tell me perhaps I shouldn’t be playing with his  ____ . But my father always  _____ and said easily, “Oh, no, it’s  ____ .” Sometimes he handed me coins and told me to get  ____ an ice cream…

A poet once said, “We look at life once, in childhood; the rest is  ____ .” And I think it is not only what we “look at once, in childhood” that determines our memories, but  ____ , in that childhood, look at us.

【1】A.desire B.joy C.anger D.worry

【2】A.avoid B.refuse C.praise D.love

【3】A.boat B.bus C.train D.bike

【4】A.But B.Then C.And D.Still

【5】A.on B.off C.by D.in

【6】A.having B.leaving C.making D.getting

【7】A.swimmer B.rider C.walker D.runner

【8】A.hopes B.faiths C.rights D.fears

【9】A.spending B.saving C.wasting D.ruining

【10】A.should B.would C.had to D.ought to

【11】A.next B.only C.other D.last

【12】A.away from B.out of C.by D.inside

【13】A.put up B.break down C.play with D.work out

【14】A.the moment B.the first time C.while D.before

【15】A.fishing net B.office things C.wooden chair D.lab equipment

【16】A.stood up B.set out C.showed up D.turned out

【17】A.fine B.strange C.terrible D.funny

【18】A.the student B.the assistant C.myself D.himself

【19】A.memory B.wealth C.experience D.practice

【20】A.which B.who C.what D.whose

32、In one Nebraska teen running race before graduating from high school, Brandon Schutt’s personal best turned out not to be about marking the fastest time but displaying the biggest heart.

During the race, he knew he had the potential to _________ for the upcoming state meet, so he slowed to a comfortable _________ that would allow him to simply enjoy the moment and the day. Meanwhile, aiming to _________ his own personal record, after a fast start, Blake Cerveny continued to push himself _________. With less than 400 meters to go, Cerveny got a cramp (抽筋) in his legs and they _________ him. _________ to finish, Cerveny rose from the ground and continued on, only to _________ again after another 150 meters…and again. This time he’d _________ it only 25 meters more before going down. With tremendous effort, the young runner pulled himself up and with a ( an ) _________ pace, moved forward for one final push. It wasn’t enough. Less than 100 meters from the finish line, he lay curled on the ground. His legs had simply __________.

Brandon Schutt, who was at his side, __________ a helping hand. His first __________ to get Cerveny up failed, but like Cerveny, he too refused to __________. With a second hard pull, Cerveny was __________. With Cerveny holding Schutt for support and Schutt __________ Cerveny maintain balance, the two __________ the final 75 meters. Schutt even made sure the injured runner crossed the finish line first, securing his __________ a faster time.

In today’s __________ world in which the emphasis in athletics is so often put on breaking records, it is __________ to see that for an athlete like Brandon Schutt, the value of true sportsmanship still has legs. And for others, like Blake Cerveny, knowing that finishing the race, no matter the odds or adversity, is the true __________ of a win.

【1】

A．look

B．apply

C．search

D．qualify

【2】

A．pace

B．race

C．step

D．run

【3】

A．win

B．overcome

C．break

D．keep

【4】

A．extra

B．hard

C．best

D．down

【5】

A．matched

B．struggled

C．dragged

D．failed

【6】

A．Enthusiastic

B．Devoted

C．Determined

D．Anxious

【7】

A．stop

B．fall

C．pause

D．push

【8】

A．took

B．made

C．arrived

D．reached

【9】

A．unsteady

B．boring

C．amazing

D．careful

【10】

A．given off

B．given over

C．given away

D．given out

【11】

A．expected

B．offered

C．threw

D．turned

【12】

A．operation

B．trouble

C．pleasure

D．attempt

【13】

A．quit

B．disappear

C．seize

D．admit

【14】

A．up his feet

B．to his feet

C．on his feet

D．under his feet

【15】

A．helping

B．getting

C．observing

D．finding

【16】

A．completed

B．attended

C．competed

D．divided

【17】

A．enemy

B．member

C．opponent

D．hunter

【18】

A．complex

B．competitive

C．contemporary

D．comprehensive

【19】

A．awful

B．curious

C．dangerous

D．inspiring

【20】

A．preparation

B．memory

C．meaning

D．success

33、   I experienced great bitterness five years ago. At that time, my father _______ from an accident. As the eldest son, I had no _______ but to drop out of school and work in a factory. I didn’t dare to ask for more, just hoping to _______ my two younger brothers. However, that’s not a(n)_______ thing, for I couldn’t afford to _______ their tuition (学费) even if I worked from day to night. Without my father’s protection, I _______ I was only a slave to the life.

Later on, something changed my life. I still remember that it was a _______ day. I walked slowly in the _______. Suddenly the rain stopped. I _______ my head and found that “the sky” was in fact an umbrella. Then I heard a deep ________. “Why not ________ without an umbrella?” a one-leg man with a walking stick said to me. “If you run, you would get less wet.” His words ________ me deeply. He told me he once had dreamed of being a policeman, but an incident ruined his ________. Later he became a promoter (促销). Though his work was demanding and did’t suit for his ________, he still thought every outing was a wonderful start to him. He stated that he felt ________ he didn’t lose his ________ and still “ran” on the road of life.

Inspired by his words, I became an insurance agent. After two years’ ________, I did well and my family turned better ________. I got the time to return to my senior school, and eventually succeeded in my entrance to ________.

Everything is so simple: to run without an umbrella! When you run out of the rainy season of your life, there will be a ________ sky ahead of you!

【1】A.died B.survived C.suffered D.recovered

【2】A.possibility B.chance C.choice D.success

【3】A.get on with B.give up C.separate from D.bring up

【4】A.difficult B.awful C.easy D.wonderful

【5】A.pay B.avoid C.lend D.calculate

【6】A.imagined B.observed C.explained D.realized

【7】A.sunny B.rainy C.windy D.cold

【8】A.shop B.room C.street D.school

【9】A.nodded B.raised C.shook D.buried

【10】A.sound B.voice C.noise D.song

【11】A.run B.jump C.dance D.dig

【12】A.pleased B.embarrassed C.frightened D.astonished

【13】A.health B.job C.family D.dream

【14】A.eye B.leg C.hand D.ear

【15】A.delighted B.annoyed C.disappointed D.sad

【16】A.achievement B.failure C.money D.courage

【17】A.struggle B.rest C.relaxation D.hesitation

【18】A.completely B.immediately C.gradually D.partly

【19】A.participation B.university C.competition D.society

【20】A.colorful B.strange C.grey D.bright

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

AI artwork sells for $432,500 — nearly 45 times its high【1】 — as Christie’s becomes the first auction house to offer a work of art created by an algorithm. This portrait, however, is not the product of a human mind. It was created by an【2】 intelligence, an algorithm defined by that algebraic formula with its many parentheses. And when it went under the【3】 in the Prints & Multiples sale at Christie’s on 23-25 October, Portrait of Edmond Belamy sold for an【4】 $432,500, signaling the arrival of AI art on the world auction stage.

From a distance, Portrait of Edmond de Belamy looks almost plausible. Up close, however, the paintwork becomes a grid of mechanical-looking dots, the man’s face a golden blur with black holes for eyes. Look into those eyes. They show no sign of feeling or life. Did a computer make this?

The answer is yes. The first artwork【5】 by AI to be sold at Christie’s, its【6】 price would seem to suggest that in future we will get computers to make art for us. Robot van Gogh will harmlessly cut its ear off and robot Picasso will be a genius.

Is this the future AI art visionaries such as the French collective Obvious, which programmed this “painter” by getting it to compare its own work with 15,000 pre-20th century portraits, have in mind? Or are they just, God forbid, making a fast buck from deceivable art collectors? Because believing the algorithm that knocked this up to be in any meaningful way an “artist” is like thinking your voice-interaction programme is out to get you. Dream on. Computers would need to replicate human consciousness before they could replicate the funny thing humans do called “art”.

Art is a way in which human 【7】 expresses itself, and is equally true of the earliest cave art, Rembrandt’s portraits and Duchamp’s urinal. And that is what is missing from Portrait of Edmond Bellamy. Art is a way humans communicate ideas, perceptions and feelings to each other. It has no 【8】 outside the human passion to communicate. So in what meaningful sense can an AI replica of certain【9】 traits of old master paintings be called art?

For a robot to really make art, it would need an autonomous mind that was emotional as well as【10】. No AI developer has yet claimed to be anywhere near achieving that and if they ever do, their creation will probably have better things to do than paint portraits — like destroy humanity.

Maybe afterwards robots will invent their own kind of art, but it won’t be some poor pastiche of human genius.

It will be beyond anything we organics could imagine.

35、阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

Smell the flowers before you go to sleep and you may just end up with rosy dreams. Have a whiff of rotten(腐烂的)eggs during the night and your dreams may be【1】(pleasant). So says researcher Dr. Boris Stuck, 【2】invited sleeping volunteers to a rose vs. rotten egg test in the University Hospital Mannheim in Germany. The subjects didn’t dream about roses【3】eggs, but rather he found that what they smelt affected the emotions of【4】(they) dreams.

And if you think【5】(smell) have a say in dreams, wait for what TV tells us. A UK study reveals that people exposed【6】black-and-white film and TV in their youth are to have monochromic(单色的)dreams throughout their life more【7】(probable). Eva Murzyn from the University of Dundee tested two age groups— one half 【8】(age) over 55 and【9】other half under 25.

The result? Under 5% of the dreams of the under-25s were in black and white. 【10】(watch)color TV in childhood seems to be the reason why.

36、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.

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、假如你叫小华。本校的篮球俱乐部（Basketball Club）因工作需要拟招聘一位社长助理（assistant director）。请给该俱乐部的社长李明写一封求职信。主要内容应包括：

1. 申请该职位的原因。

2. 自己情况的简单介绍。

3. 针对该职位自己具备的一些优点。

4. 字数 100 左右，不可在文中使用真实的学校名称和自己真实姓名。

Dear LiMing，

Your advertisement of hiring an assistant director interested me so much.

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Sincerely

Xiaohua

39、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.

Americans are proud of their variety and individuality, yet they love and respect few things more than a uniform, whether it is the uniform of a lift operator or the uniform of a five-star general. Why are uniforms so popular in the United States?

Among the arguments for uniforms, one of the first is that in the eyes of most people they look more professional than civilian clothes. People have become conditioned to expect higher quality from a man who wears a uniform. The television repairman who wears a uniform is likely to inspire more trust than one who appears in civilian clothes. Faith in the skill of a garage mechanic is increased by a uniform. What easier way is there for a nurse, a policeman, a hairdresser, or a waiter to lose professional identity than to step out of uniform?

Uniforms also have many practical good points. They are often more comfortable and more lasing than civilian clothes.

Primary fact among the argument against uniforms is their lack of variety and the loss of individuality experienced by people who must wear them. Though there are many types of uniforms, the wearer of any particular type is generally stuck with it, without change, until retirement. When people look alike, they are likely to think, speak, and act similarly on the job at least.

Uniforms also give rise to some practical problems. Though they are long-lasting, often their initial expense is greater than the cost of civilian clothes. Some uniforms are also expensive to maintain, requiring professional dry cleaning rather than the home laundering possible with many types of civilian clothes.

40、   Roman was the school tough(厉害的) guy because his father was a tough guy. If anyone dared to disobey (不服从)him, they received a beating.

Until Victor arrived. No one would have said that Victor or his dad looked like tough guys : they were very thin and had no muscles . however, this was what Victor said to Ramon when Roman went up to him to make him afraid .

“Hey , new kid. You should know that I am the leader , and I am the toughest guy here.”

“You might be the leader but I am the toughest guy here.”

That was when Victor got his first beating .The second was the day Ramon tried to take a girl’s sandwich from her .

“This girl is a friend of mine and I am the toughest guy in school .So she will not give you her sandwich.” ---were Victor’s last words before the blows started raining down on him.

His third beating came when he did not want to hand over his own sandwich .

“Tough guys like my dad and me do not steal from others ,and you are supposed to be a tough guy too ?” he replied .

Victor got hit regularly ,but he never backed down（临阵退缩） . His bravery in protecting those weaker than him began to impress the rest of his classmates , and he soon gained admirers. Lots of other children began to play with him , so Ramon had even fewer chances to hit Vitor and his friends .

One day ,at the school door ,Ramon’s dad asked him who Victor was .

“That little boy is the tough boy who is the new boss of the playground ?” said Ramon’s father . “You are useless. I am going to hit you and show you what a tough guy really is .”

注意：

1.所续写短文的词数应为150左右；

2.至少使用5个短文中标有下划线的关键词语；

3.续写部分分为两段 ，每段的开头语已为你写好；

4.续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。

Paragragh1:

That was not the first time that Ramon got hit by his dad ,but it was the first time that Victor’s dad was there to stop it happening again.

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Paragragh 2:

That was when Ramon’s dad understand why Victor said that his own father was a tough guy.

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41、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。

After a long day, Zhang Tian finally got back to his small room, feeling tired. He had started working at seven in the morning, and it was eight in the evening now. He had to prepare his lessons for the following day. This is a typical day for Zhang Tian. Coming to Guizhou Province to teach has been quite an experience for him.

Zhang Tian graduated from university and got a teacher's certificate last year. His parents, like most, hoped he would go to a big city to find a teaching job. Likewise, his friends all left his hometown for work in Shanghai or Beijing. Zhang Tian felt differently, however. He wanted to start a new lifestyle. He had met wonderful teachers from small villages during his early school years and he was inspired by them to go and teach where he was needed the most. For that reason he applied for and became a volunteer teacher in a village school. Bringing with him lots of books, clothes, and two pairs of trainers, Zhang Tian travelled to the village with an eager heart. He imagined all sorts of exciting things about living independently and teaching in a village.

However, not everything lived up to Zhang Tian's hopes. The school had just three teachers and Zhang Tian was the only English teacher. The other two local teachers were responsible for maths and Chinese. The school was much smaller than he had expected, with only three classrooms. In front of the classrooms, there was a playground which got dusty on windy days and muddy on rainy days. Living in the village was also more challenging than he had thought. The power and water supplies were unstable, so he could only shower every three or four days, and he had to learn how to cook.

注意.开头已给出；2.所写词数应为150左右。

Paragraph 1 ：

The thought of leaving once flashed through his mind.

Paragraph 2：

Zhang Tian's first service year is almost over.