乌鲁木齐2025学年度第一学期期末教学质量检测三年级英语

1、When I came home last night, I saw my little kid _______ on the bed, with his whole attention _______upon the book about Harry Potter.

A. lying; fixing B. lay; fixed

C. sitting; to fix D. seated; fixed

2、—How do you find ____ park?

—Well, ____ great one. It has left a deep impression on me.

A./; the B./; a C.the; a D.the; the

3、_______is no need for you to come if you don’t want to.

A. It B. There

C. That D. This

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

A.is B.was C.are D.were

5、—Why do the researchers sometimes have to climb so high?

—As far as I know, _____________on the top of the mountain is a certain wild plant said to have some medical value.

A.grown B.growing C.being grown D.having grown

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

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

7、There is now an overwhelming scientific ____ that global warming is indeed happening and that humans are contributing to it.

A. fiction B. purpose

C. consensus D. schedule

8、I was so familiar with her that I recognized her voice _______ picking up the phone.

A.the moment B.on C.before D.though

9、Researching findings show we spend about two hours dreaming every night, no matter what we ________ during the day.

A．would have done

B．should have done

C．may have done

D．must have done

10、In ancient China lived an artist _________ paintings were almost lifelike. The artist’s reputation had made him proud.

A．whose

B．that

C．which

D．whom

11、Climate change has arrived and is _____ faster than many scientists expected.

A.uniting B.accelerating C.declining D.twisting

12、It turned out that she won the first prize in the petition, which was beyond her   .

A. expectations   B. reputations

C. contributions D. celebrations

13、Many nations have promised to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but are falling short of the ________ reduction of 25 to 40 percent of 1990 levels.

A.target B.option C.profit D.refund

14、The tallest girl over there is ________ who works very hard in our class .

A.a girl B.the girl C.one D.the one

15、The prison governor has refused to let him go, saying he must first be given from his own superiors.

A.accumulation B.affection C.authority D.accommodation

16、We got to the top of a mountain _________ we can see the whole city.

A. at where B. from there

C. from where D. there

17、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

18、____________ should we prevent the students from exploring new ideas and technology.

A.In no case B.In case C.In case of D.In this case

19、_________, he knows a lot of Chinese characters.

A. Child as he is B. As a child he is

C. As he is a child D. A child as he is

20、She ________ to clean out the spare room last week, but it was much too occupied at that time.

A. had intended B. was intended C. intended D. was intending

21、Rather than ___ on a crowded bus, he always prefers _____ a bicycle.

A．ride; to ride

B．riding; ride

C．ride; ride

D．to ride; riding

22、With the electric map ____ in the car____ the exact position, the driver can drive in the right direction of the destination.

A.fixing; showing B.fixed; shown C.fixed; showing D.fixing; show

23、They were lost at sea at the ___________ of wind and weather.

A. mess B. mercy

C. moment D. mixture

24、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

25、There are a number of methods to provide relief from your toothache, which can’t cure the problem.

A. permanent B. temporary

C. contemporary   D. consequent

26、“We are running out of space and the only places to go to are other worlds… Spreading out may be the only thing that saves us from ourselves. I’m convinced that humans need to leave Earth.” These are the words of the famous scientist Stephen Hawking, spoken at a science festival in Norway in 2017, a year before his death.

Hawking was not alone in this view. Many experts feel that the only way for humanity to last far into the future is to colonize(移民于) other planets. That way, if a terrible disease, nuclear war or some other disaster strikes Earth, civilization as we know it would still have a chance. Mars is one of the most attractive destinations. NASA, the United Arab Emirates, the private company SpaceX, and the organization Mars One all have plans to send humans there. “Either we spread Earth to other planets, or we risk going extinct,” SpaceX founder Elon Musk said at a conference in 2013.

But not everyone agrees that colonizing Mars or any other planet is such a great plan. The most common argument against going is that it’s just too expensive or dangerous. It will take huge amounts of money and other resources just to get people there, let alone set up a place for them to live. It’s not even clear if humans could survive on Mars. One of the biggest dangers there is deadly radiation that ruins the planet.

Maybe all the time and money people would pour into a Mars mission would be better spent on more urgent projects here on Earth, like dealing with poverty or climate change. Some experts argue that handling a problem like an asteroid(小行星) strike or disease outbreak while staying here on Earth would be much easier and less expensive than surviving on a new planet.

In addition, moving to a new planet could harm or destroy anything that already lives there. Mars seems uninhabited, but it could possibly host micro-organism like. Human visitors may destroy this life or permanently change or damage the Martian environment. Some feel that’s too much of a risk to take.

【1】Why did the author mention NASA, the United Arab Emirates, SpaceX and Mars One?

A．To stress the risk of dying out on Earth.

B．To provide evidence for Hawking’s theory.

C．To show growing intention of moving to Mars.

D．To explain the advanced technology in astronomy.

【2】What can we learn from the passage?

A．It is costly and risky to colonize Mars.

B．Civilization is difficult to maintain on Earth.

C．Poverty is the most urgent problem to handle.

D．All the time and money should be spent on Earth.

【3】What does the underlined word “uninhabited” mean in the last paragraph?

A．not steady to keep.

B．not fit to live on.

C．not easy to approach.

D．not safe to set foot on.

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

A．Mars, Our Future Planet.

B．Moving to A New Planet.

C．Should We Colonize Mars?

D．Stay Home or Outer Space?

27、   Sagrada Familia (2,056,448 visits/year)

Opening hours: 09:00—18:00 (October—March); 09:00—20:00 (April—September) Admission: $ 11, or $ 10 with the Barcelona Card.

Disabled Access: Yes.

The temple has been under construction since 1882 and they’ve still got another 30 to 80 years to go before it is finished. The project’s vast scale and its special design have made it one of Barcelona’s top tourist attractions for many years.

La Pedrera (1,133,220 visits/year)

Opening hours: November—February: 09:00—18:30; March—October: 09:00—20:00

Admission: $ 9.50. Save 20% with the Barcelona Card.

Disabled Access: No.

This building used to be called Casa Mila but nowadays it’s more commonly known as La Pedrera. It is a unique modernist building in Barcelona and was made of bricks and had colorful tiles (瓦). It was built between 1906 and 1912 by famous Catalan architect Antoni Gaudi (1852—1926) and in 1984 it was declared a UNESCO World Her it age site with other Gaudi buildings in Barcelona.

Barcelona FC Museum (1,032,763 visits/year)

Opening hours: 6th April—4th October: (Monday to Saturday) 10:00—20:00; the rest of the year: 10:00—18:30

Admission: $ 8.50 for entry to the museum and $ 17 for a guided tour.

Disabled Access: Yes.

When you buy your ticket you have two options. You can buy a ticket for the museum to see the football stadium or you can buy a dual (双的) ticket for $ 15 where you get to see the museum and the scenes at the club.

Miro Museum (518,869 visits/year)

Opening hours: Check the website for details as they vary relying on the time of the year. Admission: $ 8. Save 20% with the Barcelona Card.

Disabled Access: Yes.

This museum has a wide range of Miro’s works dating back as far as 1914. This art work collection not only includes his paintings but also a good selection of sculptures.

【1】Which of the following attractions is the most popular with people?

A.Sagrada Familia B.La Pedrera

C.Barcelona FC Museum D.Miro Museum

【2】What do we know about the tourist attractions mentioned in the passage?

A.Sagrada Familia is the largest building in Barcelona.

B.La Pedrera is well-known for its colorful material.

C.Barcelona FC Museum may attract football fans.

D.Miro Museum was built in 1914.

【3】If you visit the stadium and the club with a tour guide in Barcelon a FC Museum, you should

pay ____ .

A.$ 25.5 B.$ 32 C.$ 42.5 D.$ 34

【4】What do the attractions have in common?

A.They are all famous for their architectural style.

B.They are available for the disabled people.

C.Their opening hours are changeable in different seasons.

D.Tourists can have a discount of 20% with the Barcelona Card.

【5】Where is the passage probably taken from?

A.A novel B.An advertisement C.A poster D.Travel brochure

28、   Bright Side did some research on many places throughout the world where you can buy a house for $1 or for free!

Roubaix，France

If you like France，Roubaix located in the north of France is just for you. The local authorities want it to be populated and attractive. You can buy a small house in the industrial district for just $1 .The buyer is supposed to live in this house for 3 years.

Buffalo，USA

Buffalo offers whoever qualifies to buy a house for $ 1 .All you need is to he a lawful citizen of the city and invest amount of money into its decoration. Doing this，the authorities are hoping to make the city beautiful again without spending money.

Liverpool，Great Britain

In Liverpool，most of houses were abandoned by the working class during the years of unemployment. The government is trying to sell the houses for just$1 .If you want to buy such a house，it has to be your first deal on buying one.

Candela，Italy

If you still have any doubts about spending $ 1 on a house，you should know:the government willpay you some money，if you move to Candela. In order to he paid，you need to become a permanent citizen and have an income of $7500 per year. If moving alone，you will get $800，and if you are going with your family，the pay can he four times as much as only one person.

【1】Why do the authorities of Buffalo provide a house for people with $1?

A.To improve the lives of poor people.

B.To make the city attractive at no cost.

C.To solve the problems of employment.

D.To attract people to the industrial areas.

【2】What is required to buy a house for$I in Liverpool?

A.You need to he an unemployed citizen.

B.You should live in the house for 3 years.

C.You must make the first house purchase.

D.You have to repair and decorate the house.

【3】How much money can you get if moving to Candela with a whole family?

A.$3200. B.$1 .

C.$800. D.$7500.

29、   It's true that high﹣school coding （编程） classes aren't essential for learning computer science in college. Students without experience can catch up after a few introductory courses， said Tom Cortina， a professor at Carnegie Mellon's School of Computer Science.

However， Cortina said， early exposure is beneficial. When younger kids learn computer science， they learn that it's not just a confusing， endless string of letters and numbers but a tool to build apps， or create artwork， or test hypotheses（假说）. It's not as hard for them to transform their thought processes as it is for older students. Breaking down problems into bite﹣sized chunks （块） and using code to solve them becomes normal. Giving more children this training could increase the number of people interested in the field and help fill the jobs gap， Cortina said.

Students also benefit from learning something about coding before they get to college， where introductory computer science classes are packed to the brim， which can drive the less﹣experienced or﹣ determined students away.

The Flatiron School， where people pay to learn programming， has become popular for adults looking for a career change. The high﹣schoolers get the same curriculum， but "we try to adjust lessons based on things they're interested in，" said Victoria Friedman， an instructor. For instance， one of the apps the students are developing suggests movies based on your mood.

The students in the Flatiron class probably won't drop out of high school and build the next Facebook. Programming languages have a quick turnover， so the "Ruby on Rails" language they learned may not even be relevant by the time they enter the job market. But the skills they learn --  how to think logically through a problem and organize the results --  apply to any coding language， said Deborah Seehorn， an education consultant for the state of North Carolina.

Indeed， the Flatiron students might not go into IT at all. But creating a future army of coders is not the only purpose of the classes. These kids are going to be surrounded by computers --  in their pockets， in their offices， in their homes -- for the rest of their lives. The younger they learn how computers think， how to coax the machine into producing what they want -- the earlier they learn that they have the power to do that--  the better.

【1】Cortina believes early exposure to computer science makes it easier to .

A.make good use of apps

B.change the way of thinking

C.deal with problems in daily lite

D.complete future job training

【2】Deborah Seehorn believes that the skills leaned at Flatiron will .

A.help students learn other computer languages

B.allow students to be admitted to better universities

C.need improving when students look for jobs

D.enable students to make a big fortune

【3】The underlined word "coax" in the last paragraph is closest in the meaning to .

A.challenge

B.persuade

C.frighten

D.trick

【4】According to the last paragraph， Flatiron students are expected to .

A.compete with a future army of programmers

B.stay longer in the information technology industry

C.become better prepared for the digital world

D.bring forth innovative computer technologies

30、   As a music teacher, I found that children have many levels of musical ability. However, I've also had my_______of what I call"_______challenged pupils”. Robby was 11 years old when his mother_______him off for his first piano lesson.

He told me it had always been his mother’s _______to hear him play the piano. So I_______him as a student From the beginning, I thought he was _______.As much as Robby tried, he lacked the sense of basic rhythm (韵律)_______.Over the months he tried_______.He always said, “My mom's going to hear me play someday." But, it seemed no hope. He Just did not have any inborn _______.

Then one day Robby________coming to our lessons. I thought about calling him, but thought, because of his lack of ability, that he had ________to do something else. Several weeks later I got a call from Robby. To my ________he asked me if he could be in the recital (独奏会).I told him that the recital was for________pupils and because he had dropped out he really couldn't________it. He said that his mom had been very ________and unable to take him to piano lessons,________he was still practicing. I ________agreed.

At the recital Robby________ Mozart’s Concerto #21 in C Major, which made me surprised I was not________ for what I heard next. After six and a half minutes he ended and everyone was on their________in wild applause.

【1】A. idea B. share C. impression D. imagination

【2】A. musically B. spiritually C. personally D. physically

【3】A. sent B. saw C. dropped D. moved

【4】A. reality B. dream C. plan D. suggestion

【5】A. put B. made C. took D. met

【6】A. hopeless B. nervous C. fortunate D. learned

【7】A. showed B. lasted C. spent D. needed

【8】A. more B. again C. hard D. anyhow

【9】A. sense B. ability C. attempt D. effort

【10】A. continued B. considered C. intended D. stopped

【11】A. decided B. meant C. encouraged D. guaranteed

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

【13】A. clever B. present C. potential D. pretty

【14】A. provide B. reach C. demand D. attend

【15】A. abroad B. sick C. curious D. special

【16】A. but B. so C. and D. or

【17】A. partly B. personally C. eventually D. certainly

【18】A. chose B. created C. picked D. formed

【19】A. glad B. painful C. regular D. prepared

【20】A. seat B. base C. stand D. feet

31、   As the new year dawned, I was at one of the lowest points of my life. In the morning, I sat in a park and _______ the sorrows of the past year. After so much loss, I felt a(n) _______ to give myself to the turning of _______-- the snow-covered winter, _______ by the unfolding of new life in spring. As I walked home, my New Year’s resolution(决心)took _______in my mind. My resolution became “Less grief(忧愁), more green” and I looked for _______ to put it into action. Therefore, I gladly _______ the Arnold Arboretum training program for volunteer school field guides.

Nancy, the program director, provided us with several days of _______. I buried myself into the spring curriculum on pollination(授粉). The thick notebook was _______ with information and diagrams about how trees and flowers produce the seeds that make sure the species will ________. While in training, I felt like being a student ________.

After weeks of training, it was time to be a ________. When sixty third-graders ________ the yellow school bus for the Flowers Change class, I began to provide outdoor ________ experiences for them and gave them a day full of information, excitement, and surprises.

Throughout my first spring of ________ “Less grief, more green”, my senses came alive and ________. I moved beyond wonder and astonishment about nature to a better ________ of it. I learned about the workings of a child’s mind along with the ________ of trees and flowers.

I went on to be a proud and enthusiastic Arnold Arboretum field guide for four seasons. I ________ carry all that understanding and curiosity about what I don’t know each time I’m out in ________. And I still look at a flower through the eyes of a third-grader.

【1】A.looked back on B.put up with C.made up for D.stepped away from

【2】A.pain B.effort C.need D.drop

【3】A.seasons B.purposes C.directions D.instructions

【4】A.proved B.followed C.required D.decided

【5】A.courage B.part C.action D.shape

【6】A.ways B.reasons C.rules D.contents

【7】A.changed B.designed C.joined D.operated

【8】A.vacation B.meeting C.training D.competition

【9】A.filled B.connected C.burdened D.decorated

【10】A.move B.return C.appear D.continue

【11】A.alone B.again C.away D.aside

【12】A.teacher B.guide C.reporter D.student

【13】A.kept off B.pointed at C.pushed against D.piled off

【14】A.learning B.social C.emotional D.farming

【15】A.analyzing B.practicing C.reading D.writing

【16】A.existed B.failed C.expanded D.remained

【17】A.selection B.understanding C.description D.preparation

【18】A.sizes B.colours C.styles D.workings

【19】A.seldom B.never C.ever D.still

【20】A.class B.school C.nature D.business

32、   If you find it very difficult to drag yourself out of bed every morning, you probably wonder: Why on earth does school have to start so early?

  ________, there is good news to ________ you up – or better still, science.

A law in California, passed on Oct.13，________ that public middle schools begin classes no ________ than 8:00 am and that high schools start no earlier than 8:30 am. The law will ________ effect by July 1, 2022.

Starting school at 8:00 or 8:30 in the morning may not sound like too big of a change, but it could mean one ________ hour of sleep for students who used to start school at 7:30 or even earlier.

“In the short run, students’ school ________ should improve almost _________, ” said Kyla Wahlstrom, a researcher at the University of Minnesota’s College of Education. They also found that students who have enough sleep are more ________ in class and get better ________.

Some ________ say that urging students to go to bed earlier could have been a much easier solution than changing the school timetable ________ the whole state. But according to the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, teenagers go through ________changes when they enter adolescence, ________ makes it difficult for them to fall asleep___________ 11:00 pm. So, when school starts at 8:00 or earlier, they can ________ get the ideal 8.0-8.5 hours of sleep that experts suggest they need to do their ________ in the daytime.

This is ________ when the new law came out, its author, Anthony Portantino, said, “Generations of children will come to appreciate this _________ day and our governor for ________ bold (大胆的) action.”

【1】A.Quickly B.Fortunately C.Finally D.Equally

【2】A.back B.light C.keep D.blow

【3】A.tells B.supports C.stops D.requires

【4】A.higher B.later C.sooner D.earlier

【5】A.go beyond B.go along C.go into D.go for

【6】A.more B.less C.better D.fewer

【7】A.behaviors B.performances C.dreams D.surroundings

【8】A.totally B.immediately C.absolutely D.overnight

【9】A.absent-minded B.slow-minded C.quick-minded D.open-minded

【10】A.challenges B.efforts C.papers D.grades

【11】A.might B.must C.should D.need

【12】A.for B.through C.across D.by

【13】A.biological B.original C.scaring D.dependent

【14】A.which B.this C.that D.it

【15】A.since B.at C.after D.before

【16】A.lately B.slowly C.nearly D.hardly

【17】A.movement B.report C.best D.magic

【18】A.how B.what C.why D.where

【19】A.happy B.historic C.quiet D.perfect

【20】A.working B.taking C.calling D.producing

33、   In our modern world, when something wears out, we throw it away and buy a new one. The _________ is that countries around the world have growing mountains of _________ because people are throwing out more rubbish than ever before.

How did we _________ a throwaway society? First of all, it is now easier to _________ an object than to spend time and money to repair it. _________ modern manufacturing and technology, companies are able to produce products quickly and inexpensively. Products are plentiful and _________.

Another cause is our _________ of disposable（一次性的）products. As _________ people, we are always looking for _________ to save time and make our lives easier. Companies __________ thousands of different kinds of disposable products: paper plates, plastic cups, and tissues, to name a few.

Our appetite（胃口）for new products also __________ to the problem. We are __________ buying new things. Advertisements persuade us that __________ is better and that we will be happier with the latest products. The result is that we __________ useful possessions to make room for new ones.

All around the world, we can see the __________ of this throwaway lifestyle. Mountains of rubbish just keep getting bigger. To __________ the amount of rubbish and to protect the __________, more governments are requiring people to recycle materials. __________, this is not enough to solve our problem.

Maybe there is another way out. We need to repair our possessions __________ throwing them away. We also need to rethink cur attitudes about __________. Repairing our possessions and changing our spending habits may be the best ways to reduce the amount of rubbish and take care of our environment.

【1】A.key B.problem C.project D.reason

【2】A.debt B.gifts C.products D.rubbish

【3】A.become B.change C.face D.observe

【4】A.control B.hide C.replace D.withdraw

【5】A.As to B.Except C.Regardless of D.Thanks to

【6】A.cheap B.funny C.powerful D.safe

【7】A.division B.lack C.love D.prevention

【8】A.brave B.busy C.kind D.sensitive

【9】A.friends B.jobs C.places D.ways

【10】A.donate B.preserve C.produce D.receive

【11】A.adapts B.contributes C.responds D.returns

【12】A.ashamed for B.addicted to C.tired of D.worried about

【13】A.higher B.larger C.newer D.stronger

【14】A.hold onto B.pay for C.pick up D.throw away

【15】A.advantages B.consequences C.functions D.purposes

【16】A.decrease B.measure C.record D.show

【17】A.brands B.consumers C.environment D.technology

【18】A.However B.Meanwhile C.Otherwise D.Therefore

【19】A.in favor of B.instead of C.or rather D.other than

【20】A.advertising B.collecting C.repairing D.spending

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

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.

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

The Internet E-commerce and globalization are making a new economic age possible. In the future, capitalist markets will largely be replaced by a new kind of economic system based on 【1】 relationships, contractual arrangements and access rights.

Has the quality of our lives at work, at home and in our communities increased in direct proportion to all the new Internet and business-to-business Internet services being introduced into our lives? I have asked this question of hundreds of CEOs and corporate executives in Europe and the United States. Surprisingly, virtually everyone has said, “No, quiet 【2】.” They say they are working longer hours, feel more stressed, are more impatient, and are even less civil in their dealings with colleagues and friends-not to mention strangers. And what’s more revealing, they place much of the blame on the very same technologies they are so 【3】 supporting.

The technological leader promised us that access would make life more convenient. Instead, the very technological wonders that were supposed to 【4】 us have begun to enslave us in a web of connections from which there seems to be no easy 【5】.

If an earlier generation was preoccupied with the quest to enclose a vast 【6】 land, the .com generation, it seems, is more caught up in the colonization of time. Every spare moment of our time is being filled with some form of commercial connection, making time itself the 【7】 of all resources.

And while we have created every kind of labor-and time-saving device to service our needs, we are beginning to feel like we have less time available to us than any other humans in history. Maybe we need to ask what kinds of connections really 【8】 in the e-economy age. If this new technology 【9】 is only about super efficiency, then we risk losing something even precious than time-our sense of what it means to be a(n) 【10】 human being.

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

A

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

B

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

C

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

37、Directions: Complete the following sentences by using the proper form of the words or expressions given in the frame. Each one can only be used once.

Why your Password May Not Be As Safe As It Seems?  Does “qaz2ws” strike you as a nice safe password? What about “adgjmptw”? An analysis has found them to be among the passwords that are most 【1】 used, which of course means they are not secure at all.

When ten million passwords were leaked on to the internet，they appeared to 【2】that attempts by internet security experts to make us improve our password strength had been successful, even if, in the specific case of the leaked passwords, they are also completely pointless.

While many of the passwords were still single words, such as “password”，there was also a clear attempt by many to make them harder to【3】. The problem was that people seemed to do so in the same way.

“Users are becoming slightly more 【4】what makes a password strong,” explained WP Engine, an internet company that performed the analysis. “For instance, adding a number or two at the end of a text phrase. That makes it better, right?”

But 【5】no. They found that almost half a million passwords did this and in 20 percent of those all people did was put the number “1” at the end.

Perhaps this is why some companies are now trying to move gradually beyond passwords. Yahoo! is giving users the option to 【6】 their mobile phone with an account, having a single use passwords texted to it each time they want to log on.

Although the serviced is voluntary, Dylan Casey an executive at Yahoo!，said that it was “the first step to【7】passwords”. He said it was a(n)【8】that it was increasingly hard for people to remember all the passwords they had. “I don’t think we, as an industry, have done a good enough job of putting ourselves in the shoes of the people using our products,” he said.

It would certainly be a more sensible strategy than same people’s improving upon “password” by using “password” or，“tran5p053d numb3r5 f0r 133tr3r5”.

“We are, for the most part，predictably【9】when it comes to choosing passwords, despite a decade of warnings from password strength checkers during sign-ups” said WP Engine. “We love taking a(n) 【10】, and so do password crackers.

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

My Kindergarten Hero

We had just completed a unit on community heroes, and I had given my kindergarten class a task to write or draw about their favorite hero. Each child was busy creating colorful masterpieces such as firefighters, policemen and doctors. Several students had chosen to draw larger-than-life brothers and sisters or moms and dads.

However, one little boy was having difficulty with the assignment. Cameron had touched my heart early in the school year. He had dark brown hair and wore his thick glasses. He looks like a younger version of Harry Potter at best. He often snorted (鼻息声) when he laughed, and the rest of the class would laugh along with him.

Cameron suffered from autism (自闭症), but that didn’t matter to me or his classmates. We all loved him just the way he was. He was full of wonderful stories and brought a special feeling to our classroom. I sat and watched as Austin worked with Cameron. Austin had a wonderful way of interacting with Cameron and he helped him find his hero. Within a few minutes, Cameron quickly began drawing blue lines and curves on his paper—he was particularly fond of the color blue.

Finally, it was time for everybody to share their hero pictures. I listened as each student proudly stood in front of the class, picture held high, and described his or her hero. Several students described their heroes by giving them superhuman strength. It was finally Cameron’s turn to share his hero. Cameron stood up and anxiously placed his large blue stick-figured drawing in front of his face. He then quickly burst out it was a picture of me. He added that I helped him learn things and then quickly sat back down. Tears began to form in the corner of my eyes, but nothing could have prepared me for what happened next.

注意：

1. 续写的词数应为150左右；

2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

When Austin stood up to share his picture, I was certain it would be a policeman.

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Cameron suddenly stood up, and put his arms up in the air as if he were going to take of and fly.

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39、假定你是李华，九月末将去伦敦交流学习，得知当地博物馆要举办中国传统服装展，正在招募志愿者。请写一封申请信，要点如下：

1. 写作目的；

2. 个人优势；

3. 你的承诺。

注意：1.词数 100 左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

Dear Sir/Madam,

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Yours,

Li Hua

40、阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。

On November 18, 1995, Itzhak Perlman, the world famous violinist, came on stage to give a concert at Lincoln Centre in New York City. If you have ever been to a Perlman's concert, you know that getting on stage is not easy for him. He got polio(小儿麻痹症) as a child, and has to walk with the aid of two crutches(拐杖) now.

That night Perlman walked slowly to his chair. Then he sat down and began to play. But, suddenly, one of the strings on his violin broke, You could hear it break—it broke with a loud noise. People thought to themselves, "He will have to get up to either find another violin or find another string for this one. " But he didn't. Instead, he waited a moment, closed his eyes and then signaled the conductor to begin again. The orchestra began, and he played from where he had stopped. He played with such passion and such power. Of course, everyone knows that it is impossible to play a symphonic work with just three strings. But that night Itzhak Perlman refused to know that. You could see him changing and recomposing the piece in his head

When he finished, there was a silence in the room. Then people rose and cheered. We were all on our feet, doing everything we could to show how much we appreciated what he had done. He smiled and then he said in a quiet tone, "You know, sometimes it is the artist's task to find out how much music you can make with what you have left.”

His words have stayed in my mind ever since I heard them. That is also the way of life. Perhaps our task in this quickly changing world in which we live is to make music, at first with all that we have, and then, when that is no longer possible, to make music with what we have left.

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41、假定你是李华，你的英国笔友Eric希望参加你校组织的古筝兴趣班。请根据以下要点，用英语给他回一封电子邮件。

1. 古筝兴趣班成立的宗旨；

2. 古筝兴趣班的每周活动安排；

3. 愿意提供帮助。

注意： 1、词数100左右；

2、可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3、开头语已为你写好，不计入总词数。 参考词汇：兴趣班 Interest Class

Dear Eric,

How’s everything going?

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Yours,

Li Hua