台中2025学年度第一学期期末教学质量检测三年级英语

1、—What a surprise! I _____________ you still away on holiday.

—But it __________only a fortnight before our new voluntary project begins.

A.think; is B.thought; will be C.had thought; was D.thought; is

2、It is obvious that regular exercise is a key _________ of a healthy life.

A.drawback B.circumstance C.statistics D.component

3、Governments of some countries see it as their responsibility ________ the amount and kind of risk their citizens are exposed to.

A.controls B.controlled C.has controlled D.to control

4、Look！Every player in our team is doing their best.It seems________our team is going to win.

A．even if B．if only

C．as if   D．only if

5、 Music should be taught routinely in schools because of the benefits _____ can have on the development of the brains of young children.

A．which

B．that

C．one

D．it

6、(2014·东北三省三校一联)Traffic conditions in Beijing________for decades.At first people only complained about jams during rush hours，but today every hour is rush hour.

A．is worsening

B．have worsened

C．have been worsening

D．worsened

7、Had I known about this computer program, a huge amount of time and energy .

A．would have been saved

B．had been saved

C．will be saved

D．was saved

8、The G20 will take ____ lead in building _____ new approach to cooperation.

A.the; a B.the; / C./; the D.a; a

9、Where is the window ____ glass is broken ?

A.which B.that C.whose D.its

10、He was _____ his daughter, because she came back too late.

A.annoyed B.satisfied with C.the same with D.different from

11、At the end of the dinner party, the conclusion of the crisis________ bare the fact women have as much self-control as men.

A.lay B.laid

C.lined D.lied

12、Good Morning Britain’s Susanna Reid is used to   guests on the sofa everymorning, but she is cooking up a storm in her latest role—showing families how to prepare delicious and nutritious meals on a tight budget.

A.grill B.grilling C.grilled D.grills

13、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

14、Generally speaking, one’s mistakes in front of other people requires great courage.

A.admit B.being admitted C.admitting D.having admitted

15、I think ___ just now.

A.it was important what he said B.that important what he said

C.that was important what he said D.it important what he said

16、The word “ungelivable”, based on Chinese, which has become a big hit online very quickly, _________ a message that Chinese can also serve as an addition to English vocabulary.

A.adapts B.assesses C.declares D.conveys

17、The snowstorm sweeping across California delayed my flight, otherwise I _____ in Hawaii sunbathing on the beach now.

A. would be B. could have been C. will be D. might have been

18、My camera can be________to take pictures in cloudy and sunny conditions.

A.adapted B.adjusted C.adopted D.admitted

19、This article is too long.You should______the unimportant details to make it shorter.

A.find out B.pick out C.make out D.leave out

20、Mrs. Milton says she would like to share everything she has with others ____ are too greedy.

A. except those who B. except for those

C. but for who D. but those that

21、No matter where he is, he makes ________ a rule to go out for a walk before breakfast.

A．him    B．this   C．that    D．it

22、I can’t see my old grandparents _____alone in the country, so I will have them ______ with me in the city at present.

A.leave; stay B.left; stay C.leaving; to stay D.left; to stay

23、As it turned out to be a small house party, we ________so formally.

A．needn't dress up

B．shouldn't dress up

C．were not necessary to dress up

D．needn't have dressed up

24、He _____himself_____ this cause for many years,and achieved what he had expected .

A. cured ... of B. devoted... to .

C. equipped ... with D. entitled ...to

25、But for her timely assistance，the prince___________ to death.

A.would be condemned B.will be condemned

C.would have been condemned D.will have been condemned

26、   Why do we laugh and get amusement from so many different things, from puns(双关语) to pratfalls(出洋相)? Why are things funny to some people and not to other? How is it that while a successful joke can cause pleasure, a sick one can cause serious harm?

Over the centuries, various scholars have tried to produce a universally agreed-upon theory of humor. Plato and Aristotle introduced the superiority theory, the idea that people laugh at the misfortune of others. Their theory seems to explain teasing, but it doesn't work well for knock-knock jokes. Sigmund Freud argued for his relief theory, the concept that humor is a way for people to release psychological tension and reveal their inner fears and desires. His theory works well for dirty jokes, less well for most puns.

The majority of humor experts today agree with the incongruity(不和谐) theory, the idea that humor arises when there's a gap between what people expect to happen and what actually happens. Incongruity has a lot going for it-jokes with unexpected funny lines, for example, fit well. But scientists have found that in comedy, unexpectedness is overvalued.

With the goal of developing a new, more satisfactory explanation, I produced “the gentle violation(侵犯) theory”, the idea that humor arises when something seems wrong or threatening, but is actually OK or safe. A dirty joke, for example, trades on moral or social violations, but it's only going to get a laugh if the person listening is open enough to consider the subject OK to talk about. Similarly, puns can be seen as linguistic violations that still make grammatical sense.

And while most humor theories have struggled to explain tickling (挠痒痒),or just avoided the phenomenon altogether, my theory accounts for even this kind of laughter. Tickling involves violating someone's physical space in a gentle way. People can't tickle themselves - because it isn't a violation.

【1】What is the author's attitude towards Plato and Aristotle's theory?

A.Approving. B.Critical.

C.Unconcerned. D.Uncertain.

【2】According to Sigmund Freud's theory, we can infer that ___________.

A.people will laugh when they see others suffer

B.tickling doesn't involve psychological tension

C.unexpectedness can explain how humor works

D.telling dirty jokes is a relief of one's nervous feelings

【3】According to the author, why are some things funny to some people but not to others?

A.Because the sense of humor varies greatly from person to person.

B.Because people have different expectations for the same thing.

C.Because some people lack the sense of safety deep in their heart.

D.Because people's understanding of violation is different.

【4】What is the author's main purpose of writing this passage?

A.To draw people's attention to the research of humor.

B.To criticize people's misunderstandings about humor.

C.To explain what exactly causes people to laugh.

D.To prove the sense of humor can be developed.

27、Best Places to Travel for a Girls' Holiday

Cannes

When you think of France, often the famous capital Paris comes to mind. However, you're with your girls. So why not leave the city of love and journey south to Cannes? This holiday is for the girls that want to live like the stars for a weekend or two, and have budgeted for it too. Not only does it offer a beautiful view, but also you will feel like celebrities as you wander around the place film stars call home during the Cannes Film Festival.

Ibiza

No place says girls, holiday is like a trip but Ibiza does. Whether you are looking to wander the San Antonio Sunset Strip at 2： 00 am or walk along the cobbled(鹅卵石的)streets of the old town, Ibiza has it all. For the party lovers, you'll find a home in San Antonio. Partying from morning to night is right for you. So begin your day at Aiyanna Ibiza, in Cala Nova.

Brazil

As one of the few places on Earth that are warm all year round, where temperatures rarely dip below 20°C , Brazil is the perfect destination for a girls, holiday. Being the largest country in South America, it's no surprise that it has everything for everyone.

Thailand

Start with Bangkok, the city of angels. For the girls, trip that's all about sightseeing, a visit to Wat Pho is a must. Home to the Reclining Buddha, this incredible statue is covered in gold leaves and stands at fifteen meters tall and forty-six meters long. From the clear waterfalls, the elephants and the full moon parties, Thailand offers countless adventures for a girls,trip.

【1】What can we learn about Cannes?

A．It lies to the south of Paris.

B．It offers beautiful scenery only.

C．It is home to all the film stars.

D．It suits girls with tight budgets.

【2】Which place is the best choice for girls fond of parties?

A．Cannes.

B．Ibiza.

C．Brazil.

D．Thailand.

【3】What kind of girls may prefer Thailand?

A．Fashionable.

B．Adventurous.

C．Outgoing.

D．Ambitious.

28、   "What kind of rubbish are you?" This question might normally cause anger, but in Shanghai it has become a special "greeting" among people over the past week. On July 1st, the city introduced strict trash-sorting regulations （条例〉that are required to follow and expected to be used as a model for our country. Residents must divide their waste into four separate categories and toss （投放）it into specific public dustbins. They must do so at specified times, when monitors are present to ensure correct trash-tossing and to ask the nature of one's rubbish. Individuals who fail to follow the regulations face the possibility of fines and worse. They could be punished with fines of up to 200 yuan （ $ 29）. For those who repeat to go against them, the government can add black marks to their credit records, making it harder for them to get bank loans or even buy train tickets.

Shanghai government is responding to an obvious environmental problem. It generates 9 million tons of garbage a year, more than London's annual output, which is rising quickly. But like other cities in China, it lacks a recycling system. Instead, it has relied on trash pickers to sift （筛选）through the waste, picking out whatever can be reused. This has limits. As people get wealthier, fewer of them want to do such dirty work. The waste, meanwhile, just keeps piling up.

Many residents appear to support the idea of recycling in general but are annoyed by the details. Rubbish must be divided according to whether it is food, recyclable, dry or harmful, the distinctions among which can be confusing, though there are apps to help work it out. Some have complained about the rules concerning food waste. They must put it straight in the required public bins, forcing them to tear open plastic bags and toss it by hand. What they complain most is the short periods for dropping trash, typically a couple of hours, morning and evening. Along with the monitors at the bins, this means that people go at around the same time and can keep an eye on what is being thrown out； no one wants to look bad.

【1】What do we know about the trash-sorting regulations in Shanghai?

A.They are the first of their kind. B.They are tied to one's bank account.

C.They have the highest fines. D.They're aided by monitors.

【2】Why has Shanghai introduced the trash-sorting regulations?

A.There are fewer and fewer trash pickers.

B.It aims to build a new recycling system.

C.It faces more and more serious garbage problems.

D.People throw the rubbish here and there.

【3】What makes the residents upset most about the regulations?

A.Limited time for tossing the trash.

B.Confusing distinction among the categories of trash.

C.Being fined due to improper behavior.

D.Being watched by monitors when throwing the garbage.

【4】What can be the best title for the text?

A.A Good Way of Trash-sorting

B.A New Era of Garbage Classification

C.A Great Time in Dealing with Litter

D.An Effective Solution to Rubbish Problem

29、   Deciding to get her money’s worth out of the wedding dress on which she spent over $1,000, an Australian woman has been wearing her wedding dress, a year after her wedding.

43-year-old Tammy Hall adopted a new lifestyle—anti-consumerism (反消费主义) lifestyle in 2016, after a trip to India opened her eyes to how much we as a society consumed. She decided not to buy any new clothes or footwear for a whole year after she returned home to Adelaide, in Southern Australia, and she managed to make it.

But last year, as her wedding day approached, she faced a dilemma. She wanted to look good on the most important day of her life, but how could she spend a small fortune on the wedding dress she would only wear on that day?

“In the end I decided that if I was going to get a wedding dress, I’d make sure I could get my money’s worth,” Hall tells PA Real Life.

“The first time I wore it after the wedding was to vote in the Australian election in early 2019,” the 43-year-old adds. “Since then, it’s been to all sorts of places. Wearing it on a crowded train was especially funny, but I’ve worn it to do housework, to football games and to the gym.”

Hall says that she has got some strange looks from people, but no irritating comments. It may have something to do with the fact that the dress is not the fanciest, but she believes people are just too reserved to say anything. Anyway, she doesn’t really care, because she knows she has to hit the goal she has set and wearing the dress multiple times is the most reasonable way she could think of to make the most of her wedding dress.

Hall now plans to wear her wedding dress on a trip to Iceland that she and her partner will take nest summer.

【1】Why did Tammy Hall adopt a new lifestyle?

A.To adapt herself to Indian life. B.To save money for her next trip.

C.To cut down her consumption. D.To get prepared for her wedding.

【2】What did Tammy Hall do to get her money’s worth out of her wedding dress?

A.She brought fun to people with it B.She wore it repeatedly in daily life.

C.She tried to wear it to earn money. D.She got it exchanged   again and   again

【3】What can we infer about Tammy Hall?

A.She has been struggling to make ends meet.

B.She has influenced people’s lifestyle widely.

C.She values her wedding dress less than her trips.

D.She is determined to turn her ideas into practice.

30、When it came time to vote for the speaker at graduation in the class meeting, Ms. Lenihan asked who would like to be our class speaker. Being a (an) _______ girl, I tried not to make eye contact. Seeing several classmates go up to the front to state why they should be the speakers, I felt a sense of _______. But at last Ms. Lenihan _______ in front of us and said, “We will have another meeting this week, and I expect to see more participation. I am _______ that some of you are just sitting there when you should be up here!” When she said those words, I looked up to see she was glaring right at me. I felt so nervous, but knowing she had so much _______ in me, I should not let her down.

After spending the whole week practicing a speech, I stood up in front of my classmates. There were eight to ten other participants, and I didn’t _______ much for myself. When the votes came in the next day, Ms. Lenihan announced that the class chose me! I would have to stand up in front of our entire school to make a speech. My _______ level went through the roof, but Ms. Lenihan told me she was glad that I had stepped up to the _______.

Over the next month I worked on my graduation speech. When I stood up in front of the whole school, I was still nervous, _______ when I looked at Ms. Lenihan, I remembered the whole reason I was up there was that she had faith in me. I believe I ________ that day, and will always remember the encouragement that Ms. Lenihan gave me.

【1】

A．shy

B．honest

C．outgoing

D．lazy

【2】

A．duty

B．shame

C．loss

D．relief

【3】

A．stayed up

B．climbed up

C．marched up

D．pulled up

【4】

A．disappointed

B．depressed

C．embarrassed

D．frightened

【5】

A．faith

B．interest

C．pride

D．ambition

【6】

A．win

B．expect

C．prove

D．share

【7】

A．threat

B．anxiety

C．excitement

D．tolerance

【8】

A．achievement

B．destination

C．failure

D．challenge

【9】

A．till

B．then

C．but

D．so

【10】

A．proceeded

B．promised

C．innovated

D．transformed

31、   Whenever Michael Carl, the fashion market director at Vanity Fair, goes out to dinner with friends, he plays something called the “phone stack” game: Everyone _______ their phones in the middle of the table; whoever looks at their device before the check arrives _______ the tab (账单).

Brandon Holley, the former editor of Lucky magazine, had trouble _______ her mobile phone when she got home from work. So about six months ago, she _______ putting her phone into a milk tin the moment she walked in. It remains there until after dinner. And Mare Jacobs, the fashion designer, didn’t _______ to sleep close to a buzzing gadget (小装置). So he _______ digital devices from his bedroom — a house rule he _______ with audiences during a recent screening of Disconnect, a film that shows how technology has alienated (使疏远) people from one another.

As smart phones _______ to make their way into our lives, and wearable devices like Google Glass _______ to destroy our personal space even further. Whether it’s a physical ____________ (no iPads at the dinner table) or a conceptual (精神上的) one (turn off devices by 11 p.m.), users say these disconnecting ____________ are improving their relationships.

“Disconnecting is a luxury that we all ____________,” said Lesley M. M. Blume, a New York writer who keeps her phone away from the dinner table at home. “The expectation that we must always be ____________ to employers, colleagues and family creates a real problem in trying to ____________ private time. But that private time is more important than ever.”

A popular method for disconnecting is to choose a box for your cellphone, like the milk tin that Ms. Holley uses. “____________ my phone is buzzing or lighting up, it’s still a distraction (分散注意力的事), so it ____________ in the box.” said Ms. Holley. Others choose new ____________. “No screens after 11 p.m.” said Ari. Melber, a TV host. “Now evenings are more ____________ and I am sleeping better.” he added.

Sleep is a big factor, which is why some ____________ to leave their phones out of their bedrooms. “I don’t want to sleep next to something full of photos and emails.” said Peter Som, a fashion designer, who keeps his phone plugged in in the living room overnight. “It ____________ is a head­clearer and distinguishes daytime and sleep time.”

【1】A.piles B.allocates C.arranges D.places

【2】A.picks up B.pays off C.picks on D.pays back

【3】A.examining B.ignoring C.missing D.finding

【4】A.stopped B.forgot C.began D.suggested

【5】A.hate B.want C.expect D.refuse

【6】A.banned B.lost C.collected D.adjusted

【7】A.talked B.agreed C.provided D.shared

【8】A.intend B.choose C.continue D.happen

【9】A.defend B.threaten C.improve D.occupy

【10】A.barrier B.suffering C.issue D.drawback

【11】A.techniques B.performances C.manners D.achievements

【12】A.learn B.consider C.accept D.need

【13】A.dependable B.available C.convenient D.appealing

【14】A.figure out B.save up C.set aside D.take up

【15】A.Unless B.If C.Until D.Although

【16】A.goes B.fills C.buries D.lays

【17】A.matches B.orders C.steps D.rules

【18】A.flexible B.urgent C.relaxing D.upsetting

【19】A.admit B.prefer C.refuse D.permit

【20】A.definitely B.rarely C.finally D.originally

32、You can't imagine how crazy I was about football when I was young. For years my life followed a(n) ______: I slipped out of the house, played football until dark and instantly I was infected with malaria. Football was so appealing that I was willing to ______ anything —injuries, punishment, and even sickness—to play it. Soon enough, my mother would rush me to the Sijuwade Hospital. There, the doctor said I needed to be _____ .

My dad often spent the night with me in the hospital while my mother ______ my sister at home. Then came the happiest ______ when my father told me wonderful stories.

My father was a(n) ______ storyteller. In the hospital, he would tell me a story or two, or, sometimes, if he was not too tired, many in response to my request. He ______ bicycle sounds and the howl of the wind so vividly that the pictures would never ______ from my mind. So happy were these moments that I sometimes wished to     ____ my hospital stay.

Because of my mom's strict supervision, it became ______ difficult to steal out. No longer sick, no more stories. ______, I broke into my father's room one evening.

"Dad, you tell me stories only when I'm sick."

My father laughed, "You are already eight and can read by yourself!"

He ______ me a book and said, "Go and read that. It'll tell you stories."

I remember that night clearly. I opened the book and read what turned out to be the most ______ story that I had ever read.

What I discovered that night ______ my life. I became thirsty for books and became a voracious（求知欲强的）______ . I read in the mornings, at nights and in between. Through reading, I felt as though I were on the magical journey to the endless.

【1】

A．pattern

B．custom

C．method

D．aim

【2】

A．avoid

B．risk

C．welcome

D．expect

【3】

A．received

B．adopted

C．admitted

D．accepted

【4】

A．added to

B．led to

C．appealed to

D．tended to

【5】

A．moments

B．years

C．conditions

D．cases

【6】

A．impolite

B．determined

C．gifted

D．terrible

【7】

A．imitated

B．recorded

C．developed

D．selected

【8】

A．give away

B．break away

C．fade away

D．die away

【9】

A．widen

B．extend

C．expand

D．strengthen

【10】

A．extremely

B．hardly

C．directly

D．randomly

【11】

A．Satisfied

B．Shocked

C．Frustrated

D．Excited

【12】

A．posted

B．taught

C．owed

D．handed

【13】

A．fascinating

B．reasonable

C．energetic

D．disappointing

【14】

A．transported

B．transformed

C．substituted

D．accelerated

【15】

A．performer

B．interpreter

C．learner

D．reader

33、   Once there was a little boy who enjoyed reading books, especially comic-strips (连环漫画). His uncle called him “Sparky", after a comic-strip horse named Spark Plug. But it was _______ for Sparky to feel happy at school because he failed every subject in the eighth grade. Though he did manage to enter the school's golf team and tried very hard, he still _______ the only important match of the season.

Throughout his youth, Sparky was shy and felt _______with strangers. It wasn’t that the other students disliked him. It’s just that no one really _______all that much. In fact, Sparky was _______ if a classmate said hello to him after class. Sparky was a loser. His classmates knew it, so he learned to _______ it.

But Sparky was fond of drawing. He was _______ of his artwork. No one else appreciated it. But that didn’t seem to _______ to him. In his high school, he sent some cartoons to the yearbook. The editors _______ his ideas. Despite that, Sparky was ________ of his ability. He even decided to become a(n) ________.

So, after completing high school, Sparky wrote to Walt Disney Studios. Despite ________preparation, it wasn’t accepted, which ________ that he was a loser again.

But Sparky still didn’t ________; he decided to tell his own life in cartoons. The main character was a little boy who always lost and failed. Because Sparky’s cartoon character went on to become a kind of cultural phenomenon, people ________ identified with(认同) this “lovable loser”. He ________ people of the painful and ________ moments to walk from their own past, of their pain and their shared humanity. The character soon became famous worldwide. And Sparky, the boy whose many ________ never kept him from trying, whose work was not accepted again and again, is the highly ________ cartoonist Charles Schultz. His cartoon strip Peanuts continues to ________ us, even the losers, to find a way in our life.

【1】A.uncertain B.imperfect C.impossible D.unnecessary

【2】A.attended B.lost C.watched D.covered

【3】A.patient B.selfish C.innocent D.nervous

【4】A.cared B.needed C.paid D.understood

【5】A.motivated B.guilty C.astonished D.curious

【6】A.live with B.learn about C.depend on D.find out

【7】A.afraid B.proud C.tired D.confident

【8】A.happen B.belong C.occur D.matter

【9】A.accepted B.ignored C.rejected D.changed

【10】A.sure B.aware C.ashamed D.tired

【11】A.scientist B.artist C.editor D.headmaster

【12】A.special B.busy C.hurried D.careful

【13】A.seemed B.grew C.proved D.designed

【14】A.give up B.turn up C.show off D.worry about

【15】A.cautiously B.willingly C.suddenly D.hopelessly

【16】A.warned B.promised C.informed D.reminded

【17】A.exciting B.surprising C.embarrassing D.amusing

【18】A.failures B.experiences C.sufferings D.chances

【19】A.cheerful B.successful C.powerful D.thoughtful

【20】A.please B.disturb C.satisfy D.inspire

34、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.

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 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.

Driving an electric car 【1】 to the protection of environment, or so the marketing departments of their makers would have you believe. Yet a report which analyzes car emissions presents a rather different picture. A battery-powered car recharged with 【2】 generated by coal-fired power stations, it found, is likely to be more harmful. It could cause more than three times as many deaths from pollution as a 【3】 petrol-driven vehicle.

The study was carried out by the University of Minnesota. The researchers estimated how levels of fine particulate matter (细颗粒物) and ground-level ozone — two important 【4】 of air pollution — would change when a car is powered by different ways.

It was no surprise that electric cars whose batteries were recharged with power from wind, solar or hydro-electric sources came out to be virtually free from harmful 【5】. They were estimated to cause 231 deaths over the course of a year, compared with 878 for petrol cars. Electric cars recharged with power from natural gas-fired stations were also a lot less harmful than petrol-driven ones, with 439 deaths. But if those same electric cars were recharged 【6】 by coal, they would be responsible for over 3,000 deaths.

Biofuels also caused more health problems than petrol. But diesel, which often  【7】 concern about pollution, is slightly cleaner than petrol. This is because the study assumes for all cars that emission-control technologies will be more widely used, especially particulate filters which have a remarkable effect on cleaning diesel 【8】. Diesel cars are also more 【9】 of fuel than petrol-driven ones.

Overall, the study shows that electric cars are cleaner than those traditional vehicles only if the power used to charge then is also clean. That is hardly a surprise, but the 【10】 of the difference is. How green electric cars really are, then, will depend mainly on where they are driven. In France, which obtains more than half of its power from nuclear station, electric cars look like a good bet. In China and some other developing countries, where a large amount of electricity is produced from coal, they may not be so environment- friendly as they are marketed.

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At the time they were created, the Impressionist paintings were【1】, but today they are accepted as the beginning of【2】we call “modern art’. This is because the Impressionists 【3】artists to look at their environment in new ways. There are scores of modern art styles, but 【4】the Impressionists, many of these painting styles might not exist. On the one hand, some modern art is abstract; that is, the painter doesn’t 【5】to paint objects as we see them with our eyes, 【6】instead concentrates on certain qualities of the object, 【7】color, line and shape to represent them. On the【8】hand, some paintings of modern art are so 【9】 that they look photographs. These styles are so different. Who can【10】what painting styles there will be in the future?

38、假定你是李华，得知你校外籍学生George想加人学校某一社团（club).请你给他写一封邮件，内容包括：1.推荐社团；2.推荐理由；3. 表达祝愿。

注意：1.词数80左右；2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

39、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。

I am a proud mother of three children, my last little one being delivered in the middle of this pandemic. She was born in August and her name is Aida.

Shortly after having Aida, my mother-in-law Ann showed me something she learned from her friend’s mother in an art class she attended weekly. She had showed me how to knit (编织) a scarf. She showed me stitches (针) and gave me her half done project.

I spent a lot of time breastfeeding my sweet little girl, so I had some extra time to do something with my hands throughout the day. I enjoyed making the scarf so I purchased tons of yarn (线) since it was winter. I wanted to make scarves for my three children as Christmas gifts.

There was a new family that moved in down the street. The only daughter of the family was Jane, a shy girl, aged 14, the same age of my oldest son David. It seemed that she came from a financially disadvantaged family, for she always wore old clothes. Worse sill, in such cold days, she had no more clothes to wear and trembled with cold.

Due to the pandemic, society was thrown into crisis mode. Schools were closed, food supplies and deliveries were suspended and children were stuck at home. In such discouraging times, however, they became good companions, talking and playing at home or around the houses.

It was dreadfully cold this winter. Every time David came back from outside, with red face, he always cried, “Mum, it is freezing outside!” Then, he came over to see whether I finished the scarf. I could tell how impatient he was to wear my scarf sooner! I had to speed the project to satisfy his expectation. But David comforted me saying he could wait a few days. What a kind and considerate boy he was ! Then my great art project finally was accomplished on the morning ahead of Christmas.

注意：

1. 续写词数应为150左右；

2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

I wrapped the scarf around David’s neck.

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Later that day David came back saying Jane also deserved a scarf.

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40、假定你是红星中学的李华，你的英国朋友Peter热爱体育运动，他将作为交换生到你校学习一年。请你给他写封邮件，主要内容包括:

1. 介绍你校体育课程及活动;

2. 推荐一项中国传统体育项目。

注意：1.词数100左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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41、假如你是李华，你的美国笔友Tom发来邮件抱怨父母给他定了很多家规，如晚上10点前回家，不得与父母顶嘴等。请你给他写封回信，要点包括：1. 家规的重要性；2. 你对他家的家规的看法；3. 你家的家规。注意：1. 词数100左右；2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Tom,

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