金华2025学年度第一学期期末教学质量检测三年级英语

1、The girl _________ out alone at night.

A.dare not go B.dare not to go C.dares not go D.not dare go

2、The floods, which happened last month, swept the whole village, __________ countless people homeless.

A.to make B.making C.made D.have made

3、—Why don’t you do some shopping in the second-hand store？

—Well，the goods there are ________，but ________.

A.more expensive；worse B.more expensive；not as bad

C.cheaper；good enough D.cheaper；not as good

4、Due to the super typhoon Haiyan, all the flights were delayed or cancelled, so the conference had to be ________.

A. put up B. put through C. put off D. put down

5、They don’t make any restriction ____ the films, no matter who direct them, as long as they ____ the standards.

A. in; meet B. on; meet

C. to; set D. at; set

6、As she got older, offers of modelling work began to ______.

A. dry up B. dry off

C. dry out D. dry away

7、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

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

A.since B.which C.that D.because

9、---I was scolded for my wrong judgment.

---If only you   the issue more thought.

A.gave B.would give C.have given D.had given

10、Lucy has a great sense of humor and always keeps her colleagues with her stories.

A. amused     B. amusing

C. to amuse D. to be amused

11、After he retired from office, Rogers painting for a while, but soon lost interest.

A．took up

B．saved up

C．kept up

D．drew up

12、— We ＿＿ that you would fix the TV set this week.

— I’m sorry. I ＿＿ to, but I’ve been too busy.

A. had expected； had intended B. are expecting； had intended

C. expect； intend D. expected； intend

13、I worked on the program, and surprisingly found they had ________ the most challenging part, which became less of a burden.

A. set out B. laid out

C. put out D. cut out

14、-I wonder ___________that bus service is provided in the Mount Qomolangma National Nature Reserve.

-To better balance tourism development and environment protection.

A.why is it B.why it is C.how is it D.how it is

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

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

16、Many of his classmates came to his birthday party, and they had a good time; ________ it was a great success to him.

A．in particular

B．all the best

C．all in all

D．in other word

17、That young girl killed that tall man in a (n) ______ attempt to free herself.

A.considerate B.desperate C.disappointed D.intensive

18、The economist argues that no society can surely be flourishing and happy, ________ of the members are poor and miserable.

A．of which the far greater part

B．of which far greater part

C．of whom the far greater part

D．of whom far greater part

19、They planned to hold a grand party to ________ their parents’ diamond wedding anniversary as a reward for bringing them up.

A.congratulate B.memorize C.observe D.guarantee

20、He was busy writing a story, only ______ once in a while to smoke a cigarette.

A.to stop B.stopping C.to have stopped D.having stopped

21、There _____________. And here ________________ .

A.goes the phone; she comes. B.is the phone going; is she

C.does the phone go; does she come D.the phone goes; come she

22、He greeted us with a wave and a ________ smile, obviously happy.

A.forced B.broad C.blank D.narrow

23、He doesn't adapt ________ the teaching work, because he is slow to adapt ________ the unusual rules of the school

A．for, for

B．to, to

C．for, to

D．to, for

24、While ________ thin, this kind of paper ________ easily.

A. looked; doesn't torn B. looking; isn't torn

C. looked; isn’t torn D. looking; doesn’t tear

25、I wish to thank, _____________, all the people who have made this exhibition possible.

A. in particular B. in peace

C. in case D. in place

26、   Father was diagnosed with brain cancer during the second half of my senior year. It is a time when all the big events in a girl’s life are happening. However, though in poor condition, father managed to be present at every occasion. His doctor said that by focusing on all my future events, it helped my dad live longer. I guess so because nine days after my high school graduation, my father died.

For the next week after his funeral, I didn’t leave my room or even to shower. Finally, my mom stormed in and said, “Megan, get up. I have something for you to read.” My father’s doctor had sent my mother a letter. It contained the typical “I am sorry for your loss” sentences. But this letter was far from typical. I could physically see the pain this loss had caused him. In his letter, he wrote about how my father inspired him to change his life and the way he worked. He expressed his desire to become a person like my father, who cared more for the people around him and put everyone else first.

After I finished reading it, I decided to live my life. I went outside and got a job as a summer camp advisor. I worked from dawn to dark every day that summer. I gave everything I had to the kids and slowly they helped to heal(治愈) me without even realizing what they were doing.

My summer mirrored parts of the life my father led in his last few days. I had spent the summer months giving myself to children. It was not the senior summer I had always imagined. It wasn’t all about me. I had learned the final lesson my father was teaching me, that in order to lead a rich and happy life, you must learn how to give yourself to others. By helping them you really are helping yourself.

【1】The doctor sent the author’s mother a letter mainly to ________.

A.encourage the author’s mother to live a happy life

B.appreciate the author’s father’s influence on him

C.mourn the author’s father’s death

D.show typical concern for the family

【2】What do we know about the author’s senior summer?

A.She got a job as her father had expected.

B.She gained quite a lot while helping the kids.

C.She worked hard every day to forget her father.

D.She spent it the way she had always wanted.

【3】Which word can best describe the author’s father?

A.Fearless. B.Generous C.Cautious. D.Selfless.

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

A.Dad's Final Lesson B.My Senior Summer

C.My Father's Death D.An Important Letter

27、Developing and maintaining healthy friendships involves give-and-take. Sometimes you’re the one giving support, 【1】. Letting friends know you care about them and appreciate them can help strengthen your bond. It’s as important for you to be a good friend as it is to surround yourself with good friends. Here are some tips helping you nurture your friendships.

Be a good listener. 【2】. Then while listening, let the other person know you are paying close attention through eye contact, body language and occasional brief comments such as, “That sounds fun.” When friends share details of hard times or difficult experiences, be empathetic, but don’t give advice unless your friends ask for it.

Show that you can be trusted. Being responsible, reliable and dependable is key to forming strong friendships. 【3】. Follow through on commitments you’ve made to your friends. When your friends share confidential information, keep it private.

【4】. Building a close friendship takes time — together. Make an effort to see new friends regularly, and to check in with them in between meet ups. You may feel awkward the first few times you talk on the phone or get together, but this feeling is likely to pass as you get more comfortable with each other.

Manage your nerves with mindfulness. You may find yourself imagining the worst of social situations, and you may feel tempted to stay home. Use mindfulness exercises to reshape your thinking. Each time you imagine the worst, pay attention to how often the embarrassing situations you’re afraid of actually take place. 【5】.

Investing time in making friends and strengthening your friendships can pay off in better health and a brighter outlook for years to come.

A．Value the time spent with friends

B．and more often you should receive

C．Create more opportunities with friends

D．Ask what’s going on in your friends’ lives

E．and other times you’re on the receiving end

F．Keep your appointments and arrive on time

G．You may notice what you fear usually doesn’t happen

28、   When he was a kid, Alex Vardakostas began working in the grill (烧烤店)alongside adult employees. He estimates he has cooked 50,000 burgers (汉堡包).

Now, Vardakostas co-owns a burger joint called Creator, in San Francisco, California. But he doesn't stand over a grill flipping burgers, and neither do his employees. At Creator, burgers are cooked and assembled entirely by machine. And because it costs less to maintain the machine than to pay a kitchen's worth of employees, burgers cost less.

Creator is just one example of a growing phenomenon: Automation is taking over more and more jobs. That means work is done by machines or computers instead of people.

According to a report from McKinsey Global Institute, about 800 million people could be forced out of their jobs by 2030. McKinsey predicts that as technology improves, some tasks will be done more quickly or cheaply by machine, so businesses will install robots or computer Programs to perform them.

Some jobs are more likely to be automated than others. Machines can do jobs that have three characteristics: They are routine, repetitive, and predictable. Some of these jobs pay low wages and require little education. But others pay well and demand an advanced college degree. Taxi drivers, cashiers, lawyers, and doctors all perform some tasks that can be done by machines.

So what jobs are safe from automation? Answers include coming up with new ideas or work that involves interacting with other people and building relationships. Jobs in engineering, science, the arts, therapy, and nursing are examples.

At Creator, Vardakostas hired people to do just that kind of work. Instead of repetitive burger prepping, workers interact with customers and advise them on flavor pairings, like mushroom sauce with pickles and onion jam. "In our world at Creator, all the work is creative and social," Vardakostas says. "And I think that is what we're going to see more of the future. ”

【1】What's the difference between Creator and a traditional restaurant?

A. There is neither worker nor waiters at Creator at all.

B. Some work is done by machines instead of humans at Creator.

C. The number of owners of Creator is larger than that of a traditional one.

D. The price of burgers at Creator is higher than that of a traditional one.

【2】What does the report from McKinsey Global Institute predict?

A. A lot of people will lose their jobs.

B. More cheap machines will be invented.

C. More working opportunities have to be created.

D. Humans will have difficulty in running business.

【3】What kind of person is most likely to lose jobs in the future?

A. A writer who always publishes works.

B. A nurse who is good at taking care of patients.

C. A cleaner who works in a big supermarket.

D. An engineer who can design new machines.

【4】Why does the author mention Creator?

A. To make an advertisement for Vardakostas.

B. To increase the plot of the story.

C. To introduce a modern restaurant.

D. To introduce the topic of the text.

29、On Christmas Day, 2003, a woman named Nancy Sue Brown took her daughter and grandchildren to see a movie at an AMC theater. When the movie was over, the crowd made for the exits. A theater employee had just finished mopping the hallway and dutifully placed the “wet floor” sign in the slippery area. No one slipped due to the wet conditions, but someone did manage to knock over the sign. And by the time Ms. Brown got to the area, the sign was lying on the floor. And shortly thereafter, so was she. Her foot got caught in the sign, in a bad way, and she fell. Unfortunately Ms. Brown had undergone a back operation, and the fall caused more damage than it otherwise would have. So she and her husband accused AMC.

AMC argued that the entire point of the “wet floor” sign above was to warn of danger, and therefore, courts should encourage the use by not allowing Brown’s case to proceed(继续进行). AMC referred to a case about a December,1998 incident where a “wet floor” sign, not in use, fell to the floor causing another trip-and-fall. In that case, Georgia’s Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the store, but didn’t go so far as to say that “wet floor” signs couldn’t give rise to legal responsibility in trip-and-fall accidents. In the Brown case, the Supreme Court therefore rejected AMC’s argument that the former case applied.

But the Browns argued something surprising that the “wet floor” sign was, itself. dangerous, because “using this type of sign in areas passed by lots of customers creates an unreasonable risk of foreseeable harm to the public in the form of tripping risks.” That’s right- the safety sign, used in the way it was designed, was itself dangerous. The court thankfully didn’t accept that argument, at least not entirely. But it did conclude that Browns case could continue to a jury(陪审团)-“a merchant’s selection and use of equipment designed to warn customers of one danger that has the potential to expose them to a different one”.

【1】According to the text, Ms. Brown___________.

A．slipped on the wet floor

B．tripped over a warning sign

C．knocked over warning sign

D．was knocked down by the crowd

【2】AMC mentioned the 1998 case in order to__________.

A．accept its legal responsibility for Ms. Brown’s loss

B．prove Ms. Brown had some physical problems

C．stress that it had no legal responsibility for the accident

D．prove other customers were responsible for the accident

【3】What can we learn about the Brown’s case from the last paragraph?

A．It would be judged by jury.

B．It would not be allowed to proceed.

C．The court would rule in favor of AMC.

D．The court accepted all the arguments of the Browns.

【4】The underlined word “one” in the last paragraph refers to “_______”.

A．danger

B．customer

C．business owner

D．equipment in public places

30、   There was a woman named Japan Atsuko Saeki living in the city of Fujisawa.When she was a teenager, she____of going to the United States.Most of what she knew about American____was from the textbooks she had read.“I had a____in mind: Daddy watching TV in the living-room, Mummy____cakes and their teenage daughter off to the cinema with her boyfriend.”Atsuko ___to attend college in California.When she arrived, however, she found it was not her____world.“People were struggling with problems and often seemed ___” she said.“I felt very alone.”One of her hardest____was physical education.“We played volleyball,” she said.“The other students were ___it, but I wasn’t.”

One afternoon, the instructor asked Atsuko to____the ball to her teammates so they could knock it____the net.No problem for most people, but it terrified Atsuko.She was afraid of losing face____she failed.

A young man on her team____what she was going through.“He walked up to me and ___‘Come on.You can do that.’”

“You will never understand how those words of____made me feel…Four words: You can do that.I felt like crying with happiness.”

She made it through the class.Perhaps she thanked the young man; she is not ___.Six years have passed.Atsuko is back in Japan, working as a salesclerk.“I have ___forgotten the words,” she said.“When things are not going so well, I think of them.”She is sure the young man had no idea how much his kindness____to her. “He probably doesn’t even remember it,” she said.That may be the lesson.Whenever you say something to a person cruel or kind—you have no idea how long the words will_____She’s all the way over in Japan, but still she hears those four____words: You can do that.

【1】A. learned B. dreamed C. spoken D. heard

【2】A. picture B. education C. life D. spirit

【3】A. photo B. painting C. way D. drawing

【4】A. frying B. baking C. steaming D. boiling

【5】A. hoped B. attempted C. liked D. arranged

【6】A. described B. created C. imagined D. discovered

【7】A. tense B. cheerful C. relaxed D. deserted

【8】A. classes B. questions C. times D. projects

【9】A. curious about B. nervous about C. slow at D. good at

【10】A. kick B. hit C. carry D. pass

【11】A. over B. into C. through D. past

【12】A. if B. after C. because D. until

【13】A. believed B. considered C. sensed D. wondered

【14】A. warned B. whispered C. ordered D. sighed

【15】A. excitement B. suggestion C. persuasion D. encouragement

【16】A. interested B. sure C. puzzled D. doubtful

【17】A. seldom B. already C. never D. almost

【18】A. happened B. applied C. meant D. seemed

【19】A. stay B. continue C. exist D. live

【20】A. merciful B. bitter C. easy D. simple

31、   Eleven-year-old Angela suffered from a disease involving her nervous system. She was unable to _________ and her movement was restricted in other ways as well. The doctors did not hold out much _________ of her ever recovering from this illness. They _________ she’d spend the rest of her life in a wheelchair. They said that _________, if any, were able to come back to normal after catching this disease. But the little girl was brave and confident. There, lying in her hospital bed, she would _________ to anyone who’d listen that she was definitely going to be walking again someday.

She was then sent to a specialized rehabilitation hospital in the San Francisco Bay area. Whatever therapies (治疗方法) could be _________ to her case were used. Things didn’t work as the therapists expected. Still they were charmed by her _________ spirit. They taught her about _________—about seeing herself walking. If it would do nothing else, it would _________ give her hope and something __________ to do in the long waking hours in her bed. Angela would work as hard as possible in physical therapy, in whirlpools and in exercise sessions. And she worked just as hard lying there __________ doing her imaging, visualizing herself moving, moving, moving!

One day, as she was twisting with all her __________ to imagine her legs moving again, it seemed as though a __________ thing happened: The bed moved! It began to move around the room! She __________ out, “Look what I’m doing! Look! Look! I __________ it! I moved!”

Of course, at this very moment everyone else in the hospital was screaming, too, and running for __________. People were screaming, equipment was __________ and glass was breaking. You see, it was the recent San Francisco earthquake. But don’t tell that to Angela. She’s __________ that she did it. And now only a few years later, she’s back in school.

________ her own two legs. No crutches (拐杖), no wheelchair. You see, anyone who can shake the earth between San Francisco and Oakland can conquer a little disease. You never know what’s around the corner until you take a __________ step.

【1】A. hear B. walk C. speak D. see

【2】A. pride B. regret C. hope D. pity

【3】A. recommended B. predicted C. denied D. promised

【4】A. some B. all C. many D. few

【5】A. swear B. appeal C. refer D. apologize

【6】A. appointed B. compared C. applied D. explained

【7】A. competitive B. independent C. sensitive D. undefeatable

【8】A. picturing B. summarizing C. debating D. questioning

【9】A. in advance B. for some reason C. on the contrary D. at least

【10】A. attractive B. positive C. familiar D. questioning

【11】A. gratefully B. hopeless C. faithfully D. boring

【12】A. strength B. interest C. fame D. royalty

【13】A. normal B. simple C. funny D. magical

【14】A. figured B. screamed C. sorted D. counted

【15】A. understood B. refused C. made D. decided

【16】A. cover B. comfort C. freedom D. office

【17】A. exploding B. falling C. spinning D. working

【18】A. inspired B. ashamed C. convinced D. worried

【19】A. On B. With C. By D. For

【20】A. cautious B. reasonable C. final D. further

32、Over the years, thanks to my life's obstacles(障碍), I understood the meaning of faith and the strong will to survive. It was Hurricane Ike that made me fully_________ the beauty of our strength and a human's motivation to _________.

Mum had a two-week _________in summer. While we enjoyed our holiday in Southeast Texas, we didn't realize the fact that Ike _________ cause months and likely years of “labour”. By September 7th, the "eyes of Texas” were watching Hurricane Ike more _________, making the typical mad rush for last-minute hurricane _________. Two days later, both oil and rice were in _________ demand.

In the early hours of September 11th, some neighbours were planning to _________ the storm in their homes, _________ others were making final preparations to get away. At first, we decided to stay. But that afternoon, the Houston-Galveston area would be on the more __________ side of the storm. Mum and I packed some of our most __________ belongings(物品)in the car and __________ the East Texas town of Lufkin.

As Ike pushed farther inland, we __________ power in Lufkin. On Sunday, our next-door neighbour told us via cellphone that our __________ had remained well. Our hopes could not have been __________. But a few hours later, the neighbours reported that our brick chimney had __________, and it was sitting in our living room, __________a hole in the roof between two skylights.

We wouldn't be allowed to return home __________ September 17th. I climbed upstairs and looked towards the hole in the roof which showed a beautiful blue sky.

Without hesitation, I shouted, "Wow! A third skylight!”

My neighbours could not believe I was making jokes __________ crying, but __________ is always good medicine. It was with that joke that I knew, given time, everything would be okay.

【1】

A．observe

B．appreciate

C．explore

D．improve

【2】

A．work

B．apologize

C．recover

D．change

【3】

A．vacation

B．journey

C．meeting

D．schedule

【4】

A．must

B．might

C．should

D．would

【5】

A．closely

B．carelessly

C．warningly

D．differently

【6】

A．adventure

B．equipment

C．supplies

D．reports

【7】

A．basic

B．high

C．pure

D．entire

【8】

A．get through

B．put away

C．test out

D．suffer from

【9】

A．since

B．when

C．until

D．while

【10】

A．dangerous

B．charming

C．peaceful

D．comfortable

【11】

A．lovely

B．interesting

C．prized

D．frequent

【12】

A．set out

B．headed for

C．settled down

D．looked out

【13】

A．provided

B．reduced

C．produced

D．lost

【14】

A．garden

B．house

C．pool

D．yard

【15】

A．clearer

B．wilder

C．lower

D．higher

【16】

A．passed

B．stood

C．gone

D．followed

【17】

A．leaving

B．digging

C．filling

D．kicking

【18】

A．by

B．before

C．until

D．after

【19】

A．in spite of

B．instead of

C．apart from

D．in addition to

【20】

A．faith

B．will

C．strength

D．laughter

33、   Some ten years ago, I was studying in a middle school in London. One day, Mrs. Clara gave a math _________ to our class. When the papers were _________, she found that twelve boys had made _________ the same mistakes in the test.

There is _________ new about cheating in _________. Perhaps that was why Mrs. Clara didn’t _________ say one word about it. She only asked the twelve boys to _________ after class. I was one of the twelve.

Mrs. Clara asked no questions, and she didn’t _________ us, either. Instead, she wrote the _________ words on the blackboard: On your way home you find some __________ and you’re completely sure that you will never be found out. Later someone comes to ask you if you have __________ some money he lost. What will you do?

She then ordered us to write down the __________, and asked us to take our whole lives to try to find out our own __________ to it.

I don’t know about the other eleven __________. Speaking for myself I can say: it was the most __________ single thing of my life. __________, I have been asking this question to myself when I have to make a __________.

Because of this, Mrs. Clara has become the most __________ teacher for me in my whole life. I often think of this: if Mrs. Clara had blamed us as many other __________ often did, would I go on __________ every day?

【1】A.test B.code C.motto D.image

【2】A.counted B.cloned C.marked D.gathered

【3】A.correctly B.exactly C.slightly D.frankly

【4】A.nothing B.anything C.something D.everything

【5】A.sayings B.exams C.situations D.subjects

【6】A.ever B.once C.even D.never

【7】A.punish B.kneel C.stand D.stay

【8】A.suspect B.instruct C.blame D.obey

【9】A.above B.next C.correct D.short

【10】A.wine B.time C.money D.advice

【11】A.armed B.moved C.found D.touched

【12】A.proposal B.question C.experience D.instruction

【13】A.answer B.access C.format D.power

【14】A.boys B.receivers C.strangers D.people

【15】A.qualified B.important C.worthwhile D.outstanding

【16】A.Than ever B.So far C.Till then D.From then on

【17】A.decision B.mistake C.defense D.promise

【18】A.strict B.elegant C.strange D.respectable

【19】A.masters B.chiefs C.students D.teachers

【20】A.selecting B.offering C.punishing D.cheating

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 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.

Tablets are really useful devices, but their big screens always make them a burden to carry around without a bag. Wouldn’t it be great if there were a phone with the powers of a tablet that could be folded up and fit 【1】 into the hand?

Now something like a tablet-shaped but fold-able phone is about to become 【2】. In February, South Korean electronics company Samsung and China’s Huawei both unveiled fold-able phones Galaxy Fold and Huawei Mate X 【3】. Mobile phone use has entered the “fold-able future”, The Verge noted.

The technology could change our lives in significant ways. These devices, due to their 【4】 screens, give us the larger screens we want. Meanwhile, they still fit easily into the pocket. As USA Today noted, they’re “the 【5】 of a small tablets and smart-phone, all in a single device”.

The technology could 【6】 other devices too. For example, we could make TVs that stick to walls like posters, or fold up easily to hide away in drawers. In crowded modem cities, they will help us to 【7】 available space.

In a keynote address, Samsung’s senior vice president of mobile product marketing, Justin Denison, called the fold-able screen “the 【8】 for the smart-phone of tomorrow.” “It’s a balank canvas for us to do something beautiful together,” he said.

So is there nothing to stand in the way of the fold-able future?

According to tech news website Android authority, the necessary displays were difficult to produce. In 2012, nine out of every to OLED screens produced were 【9】. Today, that 10 percent rate has been improved to between 50 and 90 percent. However, at present these fold-able devices are expensive. For example, the price of Huawei Mate X is 17,500 RMB. That’s a price that may 【10】 the majority of people.

But if the fold-able device isn’t going to change the world overnight, there is no doubt that it is coming.

Patrick Moor-head, an industry analyst told The Verge, “Few are debating if fold-able or roll-able mobile displays are the future of smart-phones; the only question is when and by whom.”

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

Why Cold weather Causes So many Flight Cancellation?

Each year, about 60,000 flights get canceled because of bad winter weather, which costs airlines and airports an estimated $3 billion. But it’s not the freezing cold temperatures that cause problems for planes. After all, 【1】 jets fly 10 kilometers up, where temperatures hover around -50 degrees Celsius.

In fact, planes 【2】 in cold weather, since cold air is denser and leads to better thrust. Clearly, the real problem isn’t what’s going on up there. It’s what’s happening on the ground.

When a 【3】 polar vortex (极地涡旋) struck the Midwestern US in January 2019, temperatures dropped to -40 degrees Celsius and airline canceled 3,000 flights nationwide. In these situations, when temperatures start 【4】, everything slows down. Cargo doors can freeze up, along with the nozzles that pump fuel into planes, which delays the 【5】 process.

Even the plane itself can freeze over. Just a quarter-inch - thick layer of ice on a plane can disrupt the way air flows over its wings.

Les Westbrooks: The number one reason, I would say, that the reason flights get delayed in cold weather is going to be because there’s some kind of frozen precipitation, from frost to snow to a sheet of ice, adhering to the aircraft, adhering to the wings of the aircraft 【6】.

That’s Les Westbrooks, a retired airline pilot and an associate professor of aeronautical science at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. He says that 【7】, these planes are “de-iced” - but this also delays takeoff. The crew can spray the plane with a special hot water/ glycol mixture. It can take around 40 minutes to de-ice large passenger airplanes, so planes often have to wait “their turn” for the de-icing station, which, of course, can trigger more delays.

And ice on the runway, of course, creates another set of 【8】. In 2014, a plane at JFK skidded off an icy runway and into a mound of snow, leading to an hours-long shutdown at the airport. And even though crews can remove ice from the runway, scraping it off the pavement can lead to potholes (坑洞) and other 【9】, which makes takeoffs and landings more dangerous. And of course, snow and freezing rain on the ground can affect visibility to the point where officials have to decide it’s not safe to fly at all.

But if ice and snow aren’t the problem in these extremely cold temperatures, it’s usually another factor: people.

Les Westbrooks: The airplane flies at high altitudes, -60 degrees. It’s made to do that. Humans are not made to be outside in -60 degrees weather. And so the human factor becomes a big, big factor, when it becomes extremely cold.

Baggage handlers, aircraft fuelers, and mechanics all have to stay warm. Some airports, like O’Hare in Chicago, set up heated shelters for their employees. Of course, with everyone taking breaks to warm up, not as much gets done, which leads to even more delays and cancellations. Passengers start missing their 【10】 flights, and that, along with passengers who can’t make it to the airport due to bad road conditions, leads to half-empty planes.

In fact, many airlines might preemptively cancel flights before bad weather even hits. So, in the end, you can still blame cold weather for cancelling your flight.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

38、阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。

The World Health Organization, or WHO, estimates that more than 300,000 women die every year during pregnancy or childbirth. Each year, about 2.6 million babies are born dead and another 2.7 million babies die during the first 28 days of life, it said. Most of the deaths are taking place in South Asia and in Africa, south of the Sahara Desert.

Many of the deaths could have been avoided with quality health care, WHO officials said. Some stillbirths (births of dead babies), infant (new-born baby) deaths or deaths of mothers result from complications (并发症) during childbirth. Others may result from health problems with the mother. A poor diet or using drugs may also be to blame, the WHO added.

Another problem is that nearly all babies who are stillborn and half of all newborn deaths are never documented. Those deaths are not reported to or investigated by government health agencies. Traditions and beliefs often affect the collection of important records about infant deaths. In many countries, there is a belief that a stillbirth may not represent a lost life. Officials said this means the actual number of stillborn and newborn deaths is probably even higher than the WHO’s own current estimates. The United Nations agency says the lack of information makes it harder to find solutions. It is important for all births and deaths to be recorded so that health officials can make better decisions on how to prevent future deaths.

The WHO released three reports earlier this month to help health agencies do a better job collecting information.

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39、假定你是李华，是学校戏剧社团的负责人，准备组织一场相声汇演。请给你校外教Mr Smith写一封电子邮件，邀请他来观看。内容包括:

1. 相声的简要介绍；

2. 会演的时间和地点；

3. 期待回复。

注意:1.词数100左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

参考词汇:相声会演 crosstalk performance

Dear Mr Smith,

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Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

40、假定你是李华，目前在英国一所中学做交换生，得知当地某动物收容所在招募志愿者，你准备申请加入。请根据下面的写作提示，用英语写一篇自荐信。内容包括：

1. 介绍个人情况；

2. 具备的一些优势；

3. 希望被录取。注意：

1. 词数 80 左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

41、近年来，随着科技的发展，可用于学习的电子产品也越来越多，学生的汉字书写能力大大降低。假定你是校书法协会的会长，为了让同学们重视书写，你打算向校报“英语天地”栏目投稿，写一封倡议书，内容包括：1.减少对电子产品的依赖，多动手记笔记； 2.养成练书法和写日记的习惯。

Dear students,

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