洛阳2025学年度第一学期期末教学质量检测三年级英语

1、The sculpture, and the person who produced it, ________the young artist has never been able to find out.

A.that B./

C.which D.what

2、Johnson was shocked to find out that his boss him the wrong information.

A.have given B.had given

C.will have given D.have been giving

3、________ to the electronic games that he wasted a lot of precious time.

A. So he was addicted B. So was he addicted

C. So addicted was he D. So addicted he was

4、It will not _____your notice that there have been some major changes in the company .

A. equip B. escape

C. enclose D. endanger

5、Many Chinese brands, ______ their reputations over centuries, are _______ new challenges from the modern market.

A. having developed, facing B. being developed, faced

C. developed, faced D. developing, facing

6、—Will you join us in the discussion?

—Well, I won’t join you unless Wang Lin  ________  too.

A. will be asked  B. is asked

C. asked    D. be asked

7、The teacher told them ______ make so much noise.

A.don’t B.not C.will not D.not to

8、His account of events does not _____ with hers.

A.correspond B.compare C.circulate D.convey

9、With these words ________ in their ears, Allied soldiers prepared for ________ would become known as D-Day.

A．ring ,which

B．ring, what

C．ringing, what

D．ringing, which

10、_______ in my life impressed me so deeply as my first visit to the Palace Museum.

A．Anything

B．Nothing

C．Everything

D．Something

11、My parents will not__________ my birthday party if I don’t do well in my next test.

A.agree with B.allow for C.approve of D.object to

12、Please don't ________ these details to anyone else. Just keep them to yourself.

A.give out B.let out C.point out D.put out

13、It ___________ to him that he had an important conference to attend the next morning.

A. happened B. hit

C. struck D. occurred

14、I can’t drive today. Can you give me a _______ back to town?

A. sail B. rise

C. ride D. return

15、That they were wrong in these matters _____ now clear to us all.

A.is B.was C.are D.were

16、--Can't you stay a little longer?

--It's getting late. I really________ go now. My daughter is home alone.

A．can

B．could

C．might

D．must

17、With everyone ________ him, he decided to make great contributions to the country.

A．respecting

B．to respect

C．respected

D．to be respected

18、As the news report _______ it, China’s effective measures had led to positive results in reducing the novel corona virus （新冠病毒）outbreak nationally.

A.put B.quit C.read D.shut

19、— ______ is it that makes you so happy?

—The fact that our volleyball team has got into the final.

A.Which B.Why C.Who D.What

20、 —Excuse me, but I want to use your computer to type a report.

—You _____ have my computer if you don’t take care of it.

A.shan’t B.might not C.needn’t D.shouldn’t

21、Bai women wear white and red costumes, _______ the men wear white shirts and long wide trousers.

A.while B.but C.because D.so

22、As soon as he comes back，I’ll tell him when________ and see him.

A.you will come B.will you come

C.you come D.do you come

23、A major fire broke out at Notre-Dame Cathedral in central Paris, ______ the construction dates back to the year 1163.

A. where B. of which

C. in which D. whose

24、Nowadays students go to key universities just for a formal ________，which may help them hunt for a good job in the future.

A．conservation

B．preparation

C．graduation

D．qualification

25、Seeing the happy ________ of children playing in the park, I’m overjoyed and sure of the future of our country.

A. sight B. view C. scene D. sign

26、   Thousands of brave souls have adventured into the Rocky Mountains for the past decade, searching for a treasure box filled with gold, diamonds and other valuables. But that adventure has finally come to an end. The treasure has been found. Forrest Fenn, the 89-year-old art and antique collector who created the treasure hunt, made the announcement Sunday on his website.

“It was in the thick forest of the Rocky Mountains and had not moved from the spot where I hid it more than 10 years ago,” Fenn wrote in his announcement. “I do not know the person who found it, but the poem in my book led him to the exact spot.” The treasure was found a few days ago by a man who did not want to be named. The man was from “back East”. He acknowledged his discovery by sending Fenn a photograph of his newfound riches.

The treasure, worth over million, was a way for Fenn to encourage people to explore nature and give hope to people affected by the Great Recession. Clues leading to the treasure’s location were included in a 24-line poem published in Fenn’s 2010 autobiography “The Thrill of the Chase.” It is estimated that as many as 350,000 people from all over the world went hunting for the treasure. Some quit their jobs to fully devote their lives to the hunt and some even died.

“I congratulate the thousands of people who participated in the search and hope they will continue to be drawn by the promise of other discoveries,” Fenn said on his website.

【1】What did the man want to do by sending a photograph to Fenn?

A.Claim the reward. B.Confirm the discovery.

C.Convey great thanks. D.Make name for himself.

【2】Where were the clues to the hidden treasure?

A.In the forest. B.In the Rocky Mountains.

C.In a literary work. D.In an announcement.

【3】Why was the treasure hunt created?

A.To inspire exploration and hope. B.To offer job opportunities.

C.To make donations. D.To make a bet.

【4】What’s Fenn’s advice to the treasure hunters?

A.Returning to their work. B.Abandoning their search.

C.Keeping their promise. D.Sticking to their dreams.

27、   Technically, many of the healthy foods we eat are processed, but not in the way you might think. For example, if you have a Mason jar full of organic dried beans, you have processed food in your fridge. Frozen vegetables are processed, even if you picked the vegetables from your garden, blanched (焯水) them and put them the fridge. The moment you blanched them, you processed them. When we say we shouldn’t eat processed foods, what we really mean is ultra-processed foods.

What are ultra-processed foods? If I made flatbread at home, I would make it with materials like flour, yeast, milk, butter and salt. I keep whole-grain flatbread in my freezer because it deteriorates quickly. Healthy meals for sure. But I normally buy them from the grocery store, and while the brand I buy contains almost the same materials as a homemade version, it also includes the dextrose, type of sugar, and some other additives (添加剂). Then it can be called an ultra-processed one.

If we ate ultra-processed foods only occasionally, it wouldn’t be as big of a problem. However, researchers indicated that almost 58% of the calories Americans consume are from ultra-processed foods. A study found people who increased their daily intake of ultra-processed food by 10% increased their risk of developing overall cancer by 12% and breast cancer by 11%.

While the study didn’t identify the exact reason why ultra-processed foods cause a higher risk of cancer, researchers did have several theories. One theory is that the foods contain high levels of salt, sugar and fat. Those materials have been linked to overweight, which can also lead to a greater risk of cancer. A second theory is that some ultra-processed foods contain certain additives that lead to cancers. Also another theory is high temperatures used to process the food can create newly formed pollutant. Finally, bpa (Bisphenol A) is commonly used in food packaging and can leak into the food.

While further studies are needed to know the exact reasons why ultra-processed foods can have such an impact on health, it’s safe to say that the consequences of eating them outweigh the benefits.

【1】Which of the following is an ultra-processed food?

A.Flatbread from stores. B.Frozen vegetables.

C.Organic dried beans D.Homemade flatbread.

【2】What does the underlined word “deteriorates” in paragraph 2 mean?

A.Runs out. B.Breaks out. C.Goes bad. D.Gets round.

【3】What can we learn from paragraph 4?

A.All the additives in the food can cause deadly diseases.

B.Food package will not be a constant matter of concern for us.

C.Reasons for cancers caused by ultra-processed foods are definite.

D.Too much sugar, salt and fat contribute to overweight, and even cancers.

【4】What is the author’s attitude to the ultra-processed food?

A.Supportive. B.Cautious. C.Disapproving. D.Unconcerned.

28、   It's natural to think about what goes into producing the food in your daily lunch bag. But have you ever stopped to consider the production techniques behind the bag itself? At the center of it is a woman named Margaret Knight.

From her earliest years, Knight was a restless creator. In the article titled " The Evolution of the Grocery Bag", its writer mentions a few of her childhood projects. She was “famous for her kites", and "her sleds were the envy of the town’s boys.”

To support her mother, she took a job at a cotton factory when she was 12. That same year she invented a shuttle system which helped to prevent injury. At the time, she had no concept of patenting(得到……的专利权) her idea. What strengthened her place in history was her working experience at the Columbia Paper Bag Company. Here, instead of folding every paper bag by hand, Knight wondered if she might be able to make them cleanly and rapidly via an automated machine. The result was a working model of her elegant paper-folding machine. But this time: she wanted to go to the extra step and secure a patent on her creation, a brave move for a woman in the 19th century, when an extremely small percentage of patents were held by women.

Not only did Knight file for a patent, she bravely defended her owner ship of the bag machine idea. A man named Charles Annan said the creation was his own, arguing no woman could be able to design such a machine. Knight fought a legal battle against him and handed Anna a courtroom(法庭)defeat by presenting her detailed hand-drawn blueprints. Finally，Knight received her rightful patent in 1871.

After making the machine, she continued to invent many other things like a paper feeding machine and a skirt protector. Knight, at the age of seventy, worked twenty hours a day on 89th invention.

【1】Why does the writer mention Knight's childhood projects?

A.To introduce a book to reader

B.To tell us young Knight liked sports.

C.To show Knight was envied by other girls

D.To show Knight was creative as a child

【2】Which words can best describe Knight?

A.Intelligent and generous.

B.Courageous and hardworking

C.Considerate and optimistic

D.Independent and determined.

【3】What do we know about the paper folding machine?

A.It turned to be slower but safer

B.It was co invented by Knight and Annan

C.It proved Knight's position as an inventor.

D.It was the first machine to be patented by a woman

【4】How is the text mainly developed?

A.By following the order of time

B.By making some comments.

C.By making a comparison

D.By listing examples

29、   "I'm going to learn at least one dish each week. You just need to sit back and watch." I got off the phone with my mom and clicked on the TV-box-shaped icon （图标）of YouTube. We were just having a bet about whether I would ever be able to teach myself to cook without her step-by-step guidance.

Technology has revolutionized the way we learn. That was what I believed then. However, after two weeks of watching those instructional videos, the reality of my barely improved cooking struck me in the face. To be honest, the result didn't come off as too much of a shock. Deep down, I had always known that perfection relies in no small part on endless hours of meaningful practice.

I am not alone in experiencing this type of failure. With an impressive variety of online resources at our fingertips, it is natural that we use them to our advantage and learn new skills through "watching" them.

There's nothing ineffective about this kind of learning in itself. However, a recent study published in Psychological Science shows that if you watch an expert performing a skill unknown to you for too long, it will raise your self-confidence in a way that it arouses （激发）your unrealistic expectations of yourself. The dissonance between your true ability and your false view of it can have a negative influence on your learning outcome. You might become as discouraged as I was. And if your determination isn't strong enough, you might just give up halfway.

If right now you are considering learning something new through watching online videos, be it juggling pins （杂耍），ice-skating, or even Michael Jackson's timeless moonwalk, don't forget to mix it up with the tried-and-true method of practicing and repeating. And most importantly, try not to get caught up in the feel-good act of watching.

【1】What do we know about the author?

A.She knew her failure resulted from lacking practice.

B.She was astonished at her failure to be a great cook.

C.She disagreed with her mom on how to cook.

D.She was misled by some so-called experts.

【2】What's the author's opinion of online resources?

A.They are of poor quality.

B.They are helpful in a way.

C.They are difficult of access.

D.They have benefited her a lol.

【3】What does the word "dissonance" underlined in Paragraph 4 probably mean?

A.Dislike. B.Disbelief

C.Disapproval D.Disagreement.

【4】What does the author mainly intend to show readers?

A.Online videos are growing in popularity.

B.Mom is always a good example for us.

C.Watching doesn't make you perfect.

D.Cooking is a useful skill.

30、   Steve was a seventh grader, a big boy, looking more like a teenager than a 12-year-old. Yet, he went unnoticed — he had been ____ every examination since first grade—until Miss Wilma.

In the middle of the first semester of school, the entire seventh grade was ____ for basic skills.

“You all did pretty well,” Miss Wilma told the class after going over the ____, “except for one boy. And it _____my heart to tell you this, but…” she ___ , “the smartest boy in the seventh grade is failing my class.” Steve ____ his eyes and carefully examined his fingertips.

After that, Steve still wouldn’t do his homework. Even if Miss Wilma ____punished him, he remained ___ .

“Steve, please! I care about you!”

____, Steve got it! “Someone CARES ABOUT ME?!”

One Monday a couple of weeks later, Miss Wilma gave a ____ on the weekend homework. Steve ____ through the test and was the first to hand in his paper. With a look of ____, Miss Wilma took his paper and began to look it over.

Miss Wilma’s face was in ____ shock! She glanced up at Steve, then ____, then up. The smartest boy in the seventh grade had just passed his first test!

From that moment, nothing was the same for Steve. He discovered that not only could he remember and understand_____, but he could translate what he learned into his life. He became______.

After high school, Steve enlisted in the Navy, and he had a(n)_____military career. During his naval years, he inspired many young people who might not have _____themselves without him.

A _____took place within the heart of a boy all because of one teacher, who ____.

【1】A.missing B.failing C.passing D.skipping

【2】A.tested B.classified C.separated D.reflected

【3】A.questions B.effects C.lessons D.results

【4】A.fills B.presses C.breaks D.destroys

【5】A.stopped B.hesitated C.interrupted D.shouted

【6】A.dropped B.raised C.covered D.closed

【7】A.strangely B.steadily C.severely D.secretly

【8】A.helpless B.stubborn C.flexible D.clumsy

【9】A.Commonly B.Unwillingly C.Particularly D.Suddenly

【10】A.quiz B.chance C.speech D.presentation

【11】A.slept B.looked C.lived D.hurried

【12】A.disappointment B.surprise C.satisfaction D.encouragement

【13】A.adequate B.total C.precious D.absurd

【14】A.down B.away C.out D.back

【15】A.homework B.grades C.knowledge D.subjects

【16】A.talented B.lazy C.outstanding D.rough

【17】A.tiring B.ordinary C.hardworking D.successful

【18】A.relied on B.looked after C.turned to D.believed in

【19】A.competition B.choice C.change D.campaign

【20】A.waited B.listened C.desired D.cared

31、A group of patients at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta （CHOA） were in for a special treat when they had the opportunity to visit Father Christmas at the "North Pole".

With the help of Delta Air Lines, 43 kids, ____ childhood cancers and blood disorders at the Aflac Cancer & Blood Disorders Center of CHOA, "flew” to the "North Pole" for a magical ______.A couple of policemen __ the patients to the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, where Delta pilots and "elves（精灵）” _____ greeted them and helped them "check in".

Tickets in hand, the kids boarded a _____ flight to the "North Pole". The plane moved slowly around the tarmac（停机坪）for about 45 minutes to ____ the illusion（错觉）of long-distance travel, after which the patients _____ the plane and were greeted by even more Delta employees _____ as elves.

At the “North Pole, the kids danced, made crafts and _____ Father Christmas himself. There was even a ______— indoor snowfall. **lt is very much a part of the culture at Delta to _____ the communities where we live and work. And with Atlanta being our hometown, we greatly _____ our partnership with Children's Healthcare of Atlanta and look forward to ____ the North Pole event every year；" Delta employee and “Head Elf' volunteer Alice Mcnulty said. "It truly is an unforgettable holiday for many of us, ____ our volunteers get all dressed up in their elf clothes to make this a magical _____ for these children and their families；" she added.

【1】

A．attacking

B．spreading

C．battling

D．studying

【2】

A．event

B．treatment

C．destination

D．power

【3】

A．introduced

B．led

C．invited

D．followed

【4】

A．seriously

B．anxiously

C．carefully

D．warmly

【5】

A．modem

B．comfortable

C．strange

D．special

【6】

A．create

B．prevent

C．practice

D．adjust

【7】

A．appreciated

B．exited

C．changed

D．approached

【8】

A．known

B．considered

C．remembered

D．dressed

【9】

A．recognized

B．met

C．played

D．described

【10】

A．surprise

B．dream

C．secret

D．pity

【11】

A．put up with

B．get away from

C．give back to

D．drop in at

【12】

A．recommend

B．miss

C．value

D．improve

【13】

A．celebrating

B．advertising

C．inventing

D．hosting

【14】

A．until

B．as

C．if

D．although

【15】

A．experience

B．adventure

C．lesson

D．opportunity

32、I got aboard and sat down in my seat. It was going to be a long flight.

Around me were some _________. “Where are you headed?” I asked.

“Lakes Air Base. We’ll be there for special training, and then to the front.”

After about an hour, an announcement was made that box lunches were _________ for five dollars. The journey would be several hours, and I decided to buy one.

As I _________ for my wallet, I heard a soldier ask his buddy if he would buy lunch. “No, that seems a lot of money for just a box lunch.” I looked around at the other soldiers. _________ were buying lunch. I walked to the back of the plane and _________ the flight attendant a fifty-dollar bill. “Take a lunch to all those soldiers.” I said. She seized my arms tightly. Her eyes wet with tears, she _________ me, “My son is a soldier in the front… it’s almost like you are doing it for him.”

Picking up ten boxes, she headed to the soldiers.

After eating, on my way to the restroom I was _________ by a man. “I saw what you did and I want to be _________ of it.” With this, he handed me twenty-five dollars.

Soon after I returned to my seat, I saw the Flight Captain coming, looking at the seat numbers _________ he walked. When he got to my row he stopped, smiled, held out his __________, and said, “I want to __________ your hand.” I stood and took his hand. With a loud voice he said, “I was a soldier. __________, someone bought me a lunch. It was such an act of __________ that I never forgot.” I was __________ when applause rang out form all of the passengers. These soldiers were giving their all for our country. I could only give them a couple of meals.

Later when I walked to the front of the plane to stretch my legs, a man __________ another twenty-five dollars in my hand.

When we __________, I gathered my belongings and started to leave. A man stopped me, put something in my pocket, and walked away __________ a word. Another twenty-five dollars!

Seeing the soldiers __________ at the terminal, I walked over to them and handed them seventy-five dollars. As I walked __________ to my car, I prayed for their safe __________.

【1】

A．soldiers

B．strangers

C．attendants

D．passengers

【2】

A．reasonable

B．available

C．convenient

D．special

【3】

A．reached

B．sent

C．prepared

D．paid

【4】

A．Many

B．Some

C．None

D．All

【5】

A．lent

B．showed

C．charged

D．handed

【6】

A．advised

B．greeted

C．thanked

D．inspired

【7】

A．praised

B．attracted

C．stopped

D．discovered

【8】

A．one

B．part

C．kind

D．much

【9】

A．unless

B．though

C．till

D．as

【10】

A．hand

B．arm

C．head

D．tongue

【11】

A．shake

B．seize

C．feel

D．check

【12】

A．Recently

B．Later

C．Once

D．Frequently

【13】

A．kindness

B．performance

C．bravery

D．wisdom

【14】

A．relieved

B．embarrassed

C．overjoyed

D．satisfied

【15】

A．gave

B．left

C．took

D．found

【16】

A．separated

B．chatted

C．paused

D．landed

【17】

A．in

B．for

C．without

D．through

【18】

A．training

B．shouting

C．marching

D．gathering

【19】

A．casually

B．lightheartedly

C．disappointedly

D．anxiously

【20】

A．arrival

B．escape

C．flight

D．return

33、   My cousin is nine years old, a little bit on the heavy side and doesn’t do really well at school. As the youngest in the household, she is constantly ________, and thus has developed some ________ and distrust towards adults, who usually don’t put high ________ in her.

Yesterday we went to an art exhibition together. There were ________ from kids with disabilities. My little girl has a pair of _________ eyes, for the paintings she liked most were also the best of the show. She also voluntarily helped to ________ the chairs and table for a sharing session, painted by herself alongside new friends while I ________ the sharing, and cheerfully helped me to get my bag from another room, something that doesn’t ________ often at home as she’s usually glued to her iPad.

We went to buy books together. I bought a book written by a mom ________ her journey with her autistic son in details. On the bus back home, I ________ introduced the book to my cousin, and to my surprise she was truly _________. She kept asking me to tell more stories about this friend in the book who ________ with small things in life.

Even when the subject strayed elsewhere, she ________ hearing more about this boy. This is the first time I’ve seen her so interested in a ________. Usually when she talks to me, she recounts events at school and at home without a ________ focus. I’m very touched that the life of an unknown ________ has found its way into this little girl’s heart.

I’m very thankful for the ________ of books, for the beauty that my cousin ________ to me, and for the time we had together. I pray that I can ________ seeing clearly the wonderful things in her, so that whenever the not-so-kind world puts her down, I can ________ her how truly wonderful she has always been.

May we all do this for the little ones around us, and also for ourselves.

【1】A.protected B.loved C.teased D.cared

【2】A.tolerance B.prejudice C.curiosity D.resistance

【3】A.hopes B.respect C.pressure D.loads

【4】A.donations B.paintings C.comments D.descriptions

【5】A.round B.keen C.critical D.lovely

【6】A.make B.purchase C.repair D.arrange

【7】A.attended B.organized C.managed D.hosted

【8】A.appear B.happen C.work D.respond

【9】A.organizing B.finishing C.describing D.preparing

【10】A.constantly B.reluctantly C.shyly D.briefly

【11】A.interested B.worried C.confused D.embarrassed

【12】A.deals B.struggles C.helps D.lives

【13】A.turned down B.hesitated about C.insisted on D.gave up

【14】A.plan B.boy C.hobby D.topic

【15】A.clear B.right C.vague D.real

【16】A.artist B.stranger C.friend D.storekeeper

【17】A.theme B.content C.power D.characters

【18】A.offered B.added C.sent D.revealed

【19】A.keep B.imagine C.remember D.practice

【20】A.warn B.teach C.remind D.ask

34、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.

35、Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word. For the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

My daughter

(A story told by a father, a famous actor)

My wife and I only had the one child. We had Amy.

I see her as my best friend. I think she’d always come to me first if she had a problem. We have the same sense of humor, and share interests. 【1】 I don’t mind animals, she’s completely fascinated with them, and she has always had dogs, cats, horses, and goldfish in her life.

We were 【2】 (close) when she was about four, which I think is a lovely age for a child. They know the parents best, and don’t have outside contacts. She must have grown up suddenly when she went to school, because I remember her growing away from her family slightly. Any father who has a teenager daughter comes across an extraordinary collection of people, and there seemed to be an endless stream of strange young men 【3】 (come) through our house. By the time I learned their names they 【4】 (go) away and I had to start learning a new lot.

I wanted more than anything else for her to be happy in 【5】 she was doing, and I was prepared to pull strings to help her on her way. When she left a good school she decided she wanted to become an actress so I got her into drama school. It wasn’t to her liking so she joined a theatre group and began doing bits and pieces in films. She was doing well, but then gave it up. She probably found it boring. Then she took up social work, and finally went to work 【6】a designer and he became her husband. And that’s really the story of her life. She must be happy with him—they’re always together.

We have such similar tastes in books and music 【7】 I used to take her to see an opera, which is my big passion. However, I don’t think she likes it very much. She doesn’t come with me anymore.

I don’t think she’s a big television watcher. She knows when I’m on the television, and she 【8】 watch, but I don’t know. It’s not the kind of thing she tells me.

We’re very grateful for Amy. She’s a good daughter as daughters go. We’re looking forward to being grandparents.

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

Knowledge is free on the Internet at a small but 【1】 number of colleges and universities. About 160 schools around the world now put free course materials on the web to the 【2】. Recent additions in the United States 【3】 projects at Yale, Johns Hopkins and the University of California, Berkeley.

Berkeley said it would offer videos of lectures on YouTube. Free videos from other schools are 【4】 at the Apple iTunes store.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) became an early 【5】 with its Open Course Ware project, first 【6】 in 2001. Free lecture notes, exams and other resources are published at ocw.mit.edu. Many exams even include the answers. Today, Open Course Ware offers materials from 1,800 undergraduate and graduate courses. These 【7】 from Physics to Political Science. Visitors can learn the same things as MIT students learn. But as the site points out, Open Course Ware is not an MIT education. Visitors receive no credit toward a degree. Some materials from a course may not be available, and the site does not provide 【8】 with teachers. Still, MIT says that the site has had forty million visits by thirty-one million visitors from almost every country. Sixty percent of the visitors are from outside the United States and Canada. Students and educators use the site, including students at MIT. But the largest number of visitors, about half, are self-learners.

Some professors have become well-known around the world as a result of 【9】 online. Walter Lewin, a physics professor at MIT, is 【10】 popular. Fans enjoy his entertaining lectures. MIT Open Course Ware now includes materials for high school. The aim is to improve education in Science, Technology, Math and Engineering.

37、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.

38、Direction：Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions below in Chinese.

智能手机时代，各种新颖好玩的APP 层出不穷。请在作文中陈述：

1）在你常用的APP中，最想向大家推荐的哪一种APP并说明理由。

2）假如你自己设计开发一款APP， 它会带给人们什么样的全新体验。

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39、假定你是李华，注意到你校学生很少进行英语文学阅读。请给全校同学用英语写一封倡议书，倡导大家多阅读英语文学作品。内容包括：

1、介绍现状；

2、你对英语文学阅读的看法；

3、发出倡议。

注意:

1、词数80左右；

2、可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

My fellow students,

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Li Hua

40、请认真阅读下面文字，并按照要求用英语写一篇150词左右的文章。

A good book can expose readers to a weird (不可思议的) place — a place which you could call art or fiction. I call it wonder, for those moments where a story — no matter how strange — has some semblance (样子) of truth, and then you’re able to believe it. It’s not just kids who can get there. Adults can too, and we get there when we read. It’s why people will take the walking tour of Bloomsday and see everything that happened in Ulysses. Or people visit Baker Street to see Sherlock Holmes’ apartment. We know these characters aren’t real, but we have real feelings about them.

There is a word called metafiction (超小说) and that’s just stories about stories. And one metafictive technique is breaking the fourth wall. If I am going to break down the fourth wall, I want fiction to escape and come into the real world.  I want a book to be a secret door that opens and lets stories out into reality.

（写作内容）

1.用约30个单词概述上文的主要内容；

2.用约120个单词发表你对好书的看法，内容包括：

（1）好书的影响表现在哪些方面；

（2）就如何挑选一本好书，给出2-3个建议

（写作要求）

1.写作过程中不能直接引用原文语句；

2.作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称；

3.不必写标题

（评分标准）

内容完整，语言规范，语篇规范，词数适当

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41、假如你是李华，一周前在某实体商店买了一件运动衫，洗了之后，严重掉色，并且缩水。去店铺和店员交涉，店员态度恶劣。请就此事给该店总经理写一封投诉邮件。内容包括：

1.投诉原因。

2.你的要求。

注意：1.词数100左右；

2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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