大理州2025学年度第一学期期末教学质量检测三年级英语

1、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

2、Either side seems to have a(n) _________ position; there are still many uncertainties on this issue.

A．ambiguous

B．delicate

C．explicit

D．confidential

3、________, the sky cleared up and we went to the beach.

A.Eventually B.Exactly C.Extremely D.Similarly

4、Of all the speeches delivered in this contest today，________ was more impressive than “Extend the Passion” by the student from Class 18.

A．few    B．nothing   C．no one  D．None

5、—I just love living here in London. I mean, the culture, the parks, the restaurants...

— , it's not the cheapest place to live.

A．To put it another way

B．To be fair

C．To put it simply

D．To make things worse

6、--- Are you finishing your task?

---________. We still need at least two days.

A．Far from it

B．Exactly

C．Not a little

D．No wonder

7、Un-learning is more difficult than learning because we become_____ to thinking or feeling in certain ways over time.

A.mutual B.habituated C.habitual D.verbal

8、A _______ attitude will never give you a positive life.

A.noisy B.normal C.negative D.native

9、When deeply ______ in work, he always forgets all about eating or sleeping.

A.absorbing B.trapping C.absorbed D.trapped

10、No more than 15 scientists __________ the South Pole till now.

A.visited B.had visited C.have visited D.visit

11、Between the two parts of the concert there was an interval, _____ audience can go and buy some snacks.

A.where B.when C.how D.why

12、There is no doubt ______ the fact ______ it is not suitable to grow cash crops here .

A. whether, that B. that, why C. if, which D. about, that

13、Some people are skeptical about the internet, ________ that surfing the Internet is a waste of time.

A.claimed B.claiming C.to claim D.having claimed

14、American Indians_______ about 5% of the US population.

A.keep off B.keep up C.make up for D.make up

15、One of the secretary’s jobs is to ___________ letters and mails.

A.help out B.dry out C.sort out D.stick out

16、He was _______his bravery in his fight with the robber．

A. honoured with B. honoured as

C. in honour of D. honoured for

17、I’ve come to the point____I can’t stand her arguing any longer.

A．why

B．which

C．that

D．where

18、---Do you know if Terry will go camping this weekend?

---Terry? Never! she _____ tents and fresh air!

A. has hated B. hated

C. will have D. hates

19、To ______ the cost of hiring a bus, each student will have to pay $10 each time.

A. correct B. deliver

C. cover D. demand

20、After checking the patient, the doctor ran out of the room, ____ a deep sigh.

A. let out B. letting out

C. to let out D. to be let out

21、With the top-down educational reform _______ many challenges in the classroom which deserve some serious thinking.

A．comes

B．is coming

C．are coming

D．come

22、Every minute was made full use of ________ for the performance at CCTV Spring Festival.

A．preparing

B．being prepared

C．to prepare

D．prepared

23、___________to his dream，in my opinion，is the reason why he can succeed in the end.

A.Being committed B.Committed C.Committing D.To commit

24、As you worked late last night, you __________ have come this morning.

A.may not B.can’t C.mustn’t D.needn’t

25、Occasions are quite rare ____ I have the time to spend a day with my kids.

A. who   B. which   C. why   D. when

26、   Plan your trip to the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel. We offer travelers a well-placed downtown location, a variety of facilities and accommodation in New Orleans, Louisiana.

TRANSPORTATION

Airport shuttle

Fee: $ 24 per person one way

Hours of operation: 24 hours

Tel: (877)592-2226; reservation required

My Airport Trip

My Airport Trip. com is a new airport transportation booking site designed to take the trouble out of getting to and from the airport.

Fee: $ 30-50

Hours of operation: 24 hours

Travel Time: 30-45 minutes

United Cab

Fee: $40-50, depending on the number of guests and luggage

Tel: (504)522-9771

ROOMS

Guest Room

32 Square Meters

Each of our Guest Rooms reflects a contemporary, warm style and classic New Orleans charm. Located on floors 9-41, many of our rooms offer views of the Mississippi River and French Quarter. High-speed internet access is available for a fee.

Sheraton Club Room

32 Square Meters

Our Sheraton Club Rooms are located on floors 42 and 45-49 and include access to the Club Lounge on the 42nd floor, where you can take in spectacular views of the Mississippi River and French Quarter. As a Club Room guest, you may enjoy a free breakfast and are welcome to join us in the Club Lounge for afternoon snacks. Sheraton Club Room guests also enjoy free bottled water and comfortable bathrobes(浴袍). High-speed internet access is available for a fee.

Executive Suite(行政套房)

39 Square Meters

Located on floors 9-49, Executive Suites have fantastic views of the Mississippi River. Executive Suites feature a living room with a sofa bed, chair and wet bar, and are available with a connecting second bedroom. Executive Suites can accommodate about 6-8 people. High-speed internet access is available for a fee.

【1】How much does a hotel guest need to pay for a roundtrip airport shuttle?

A.$ 24. B.$ 30.

C.$ 48. D.$ 50.

【2】Which floor is the Club Lounge located on?

A.The 9th floor. B.The 42nd floor.

C.The 45th floor. D.The 49th floor.

【3】What do guests in the hotel need to pay an extra fee for?

A.Bathrobes. B.Breakfast.

C.Bottled water. D.Internet access.

27、   If humans were truly at home under the light of the moon and stars, we would go in darkness happily, the midnight world as visible to us as it is to the vast number of nocturnal(夜间活动的) species on this planet. Instead, we are diurnal(白天活动的) creatures, which explains what we’ve done to the night: We've engineered it to receive us by filling it with light.

The benefits of this kind of engineering come with consequences—light pollution. Light pollution is largely the result of bad lighting design, which washes out the darkness of night and completely changes the light levels and rhythms to which many forms of life, including, ourselves, have adapted. Wherever human light spills into the natural world, some aspect of life is affected.

In most cities the sky looks as though it has been emptied of stars, leaving behind a vacant haze(霾) that mirrors our fear of the dark. We've grown so used to this orange haze that the original glory of an unlit night—dark enough for the planet Venus to throw shadow on Earth—is wholly beyond our experience.

We've lit up the night as if it were an unoccupied country, when nothing could be further from the truth. Among mammals alone, the number of nocturnal species is astonishing. Light is a powerful biological force, and on many species it acts as a magnet(磁铁). The effect is so powerful that scientists speak of songbirds and seabirds being 'captured' by searchlights on land or by the light from gas flares on marine oil platforms.

Frogs living near brightly lit highways suffer nocturnal light levels that are as much as a million times brighter than normal, throwing nearly every aspect of their behavior out of joint, including their nighttime breeding choruses. Humans are no less trapped by light pollution than the frogs. Like most other creatures, we do need darkness. Darkness is as essential to our biological welfare, to our internal clockwork, as light itself.

Living in a glare of our making, we have cut ourselves off from our evolutionary and cultural heritage—the light of the stars and the rhythms of day and night. In a very real sense, light pollution causes us to lose sight of our true place in the universe, to forget the scale of our being, which is best measured against the dimensions of a deep night with the Milky Way—the edge of our galaxy—arching overhead.

【1】What is probably the best title of the article?

A.Powerful light. B.Orange Haze.

C.Calls of Nature. D.Disappearing Night.

【2】What does 'it' (Paragraph 1) most probably refer to?

A.The sky. B.The planet. C.The world. D.The night.

【3】The author speaks of frogs and birds to _________________.

A.show how light pollution influences animals

B.compare the living habits of both species

C.explain why certain species has died out

D.provide examples of animal protection

【4】We can infer from the last paragraph that ________________.

A.human beings mustn't explore the night

B.light pollution harms the world’s eyesight

C.man should rethink its position in the universe

D.light pollution has destroyed some world heritages

28、   Being able to tell human faces apart is a skill that almost every person has,although some are far better at it than others.But a new study says that this is not just a skill that humans have. Even fish can do it.

Following up on research studying different species’(物种)abilities to recognize human laces(sheep,dogs,cows,horses,and birds have all been tried),the researchers from the University of Oxford decided to pick an animal that does not have an evolved neocortext,the part of the brain that processes sight and sounds,and doesn’t have a close relationship with humans.That way,there would be no reason why these test subjects(实验对象)would have a past history of identifying human faces.

So they picked the archerfish,a reef fish variety that shoots water into the air to knock its prey(猎物)out of the sky.They used this adaptation to have the fish spray water at a face on a monitor hanging over their tanks for a reward.Most of the fish were able to pick apart their learned face,even when colors were taken away.

This study gives more support to the assumption that distinguishing between faces is not just a skill that big-brained organisms are born with.It is possible that a good percentage of recognizing faces is learned over time.The development of neocortext may contribute only to quickly processing a large number of faces in varying situations.

But more work needs to be conducted to find a deeper link to this possible learned behavior. The sample size of this study was very small-only eight fish were used altogether.Also,the faces displayed were only white,female faces from a German database,shown in a front view, with no expressions.Other animal trials have shown that some species,like pigeons,respond more to different angles and varied expressions.

【1】The archerfish were picked as test subjects because they

A.have no evolved neocortext

B.have close relationship with human

C.have a skill of spraying water for a reward

D.have a past history of recognizing human faces

【2】What is the finding of the research?

A.Some animals possess the ability to tell human faces apart.

B.Some animals gain the ability to recognize faces by learning.

C.The fish’s ability to tell human faces apart is a natural skill.

D.The fish’s ability to recognize human faces is related to neocortext.

【3】What is likely to be done for further research?

A.To show more faces in a front view.

B.To display more white,female faces.

C.To test more fish samples to gather more data.

D.To test pigeons’ response to varied expressions.

【4】Where is this text most likely from?

A.A diary. B.A biography. C.A mystery. D.A magazine.

29、The History Of Chocolate

The Theobroma Cacao tree provides us with one of the world’s mest delicious foods—chocolate. The tree originally comes from the Amazon region of South America. Hand-sized pods（菜）that grow on the tree contain cacao seeds-often “cocoa heans. ”【1】

The earliest use of cacao beans dates back to around 1000 B. C. when the Mayan people used cocoa as a drink. It is believed that drinking cups of cocoa was important on occasions such as wedding ceremonies. 【2】 In Peru, for example, eating or drinking a mixture of chocolate and chili was said to be good for the stomach.

Christopher Columbus, the famous Spanish explorer, made his fourth voyage across the Atlantic in the early 1500s and arrived in-Central America. 【3】  Cocoa beans were used as money in many parts of Central America.

In the sixteenth century, chocolate was taken back to Spain by Hernando Cortez, another explorer. 【4】 It later spread to France in the seventeenth century. The popularity of chocolate continued to spread further across Europe and the Americas. The only Asian country to accept it at that time, though, was the Philippines, which the Spanish invaded in the sixteenth century.

【5】 Slaves’ were brought to the Americas from Africa to farm the cocoa. Eventually, the cacao tree was taken to Africa. Today. Africa provides almost seventy percent of the world’s cacao, compared with one and a half percent from Mexico. Who would have thought that chocolate bars had so much history?

A. Spain was a great country at that time.

B. These seeds are used to make chocolate.

C. These seeds are originally from South America.

D. It was at this time that he first discovered the value of cocoa beans.

E. Drinking cocoa was also believed to have positive effects on health.

F. The people there added other things such as sugar to make it sweet.

G. As chocolate became more popular, more people are needed to plant coco.

30、   A picture with a dog in a hospital room visiting a patient has recently attracted the attention of millions of people.

The patient is a man who is the dog's owner. They are the best friends. The dog, named Rusty, always does what the man wants it to do. They had separated from each other since the man was ill in hospital.

The _________ dog in the picture was saying goodbye to his _________ as he lay in his hospital bed because he was badly ill. It is obvious that he is coming to the end of his life.

Emily, the man's sister, _________ the picture on Reddit — a social networking site. It has been _________ , written about and commented on thousands of times. Thousands upon thousands of _________ have opened their wallets to help the _________ man's family with the increasing bills in the hospital.

The man in the hospital bed is Mike Petrosino, 27 years old. He was 13 when he was first _________ with a rare form of cancer that _________ soft tissue, bones as well as other parts of the human body. "He's in a lot of pain, but he tries to show that he is _________ so that he can make others worry less about him," Emily said. "We are told there is nothing else he can do."

Friends and family have come ____________ to say their goodbyes. And the photo, taken by Mike's brother, John, ____________ one very special goodbye, when the Petrosino's family dog, Rusty, came to Mike's hospital bedside.

Emily said it was “ ____________ “ the way in which the world ____________ to the photo. Many people followed the photo to the family's to Funding page. More than $30,000 has been ____________ so far. "To see these people who don't know whom they are donating money to, it is really ____________ ," Emily said. "We all really ____________ it."

"It's a great photo. You can see there's a lot of ____________ in that photo," said Emily, "People really understand the meaning of it. When you see something that cuts through the emotion, it really ____________ you." Emily posted this update about an hour ago, "An ambulance is coming to ____________ Mike soon to bring him home for Christmas. Again thank you all for your donations and kind words and prayers...There are so many ____________ people in the world."

A．valuable

B．dangerous

C．faithful

D．curious

A．master

B．manager

C．holder

D．boss

A．changed

B．drew

C．posted

D．updated

A．published

B．shared

C．printed

D．described

A．officers

B．strangers

C．visitors

D．doctors

A．dying

B．recovering

C．sleeping

D．crying

A．detected

B．decided

C．operated

D．identified

A．discovers

B．prevents

C．attacks

D．crashes

A．responsible

B．reliable

C．changeable

D．comfortable

A．normally

B．sadly

C．simply

D．secretly

A．showed

B．developed

C．expected

D．explained

A．promising

B．amusing

C．interesting

D．amazing

A．responded

B．applied

C．referred

D．turned

A．earned

B．achieved

C．raised

D．delivered

A．touching

B．embarrassing

C．annoying

D．relaxing

A．practice

B．appreciate

C．imagine

D．experience

A．passion

B．love

C．danger

D．sympathy

A．reminds

B．warns

C．recalls

D．hits

A．bring

B．wake up

C．pick up

D．dress up

A．pitiful

B．thankful

C．useful

D．wonderful

31、   Hailey is an ordinary nine-year-old girl, but her kindness is rather uncommon and awe-inspiring(令人惊叹的). The little girl has made it her task to help the _______ in her community by giving them a place to _______. While most other kids of her age are _______playing with toys, Hailey picks up _______ to build tiny shelters for people living on the streets.

Hailey's kind spirits _______ four years ago, when she and her mother bought a homeless man a sandwich. She _______ that she wanted to do more in terms of providing _______ for the homeless. So she came up with the idea of starting a _______ to grow and donate fresh vegetables.

"I was _______ that it would last a week," Hailey's mother told non-profit Together Rising. But it's been four years and she ________ delivers  food to the homeless constantly. " With her mother's help, Hailey ________ a grant(拨款) from Together Rising ________ she was awarded $ 3,000 to help her get started. "We can't think of a better ________ than our Hailey. She's proof that no person or act of kindness is too ________ to change the world," said Glennon Doyle Melton, founder of Together Rising.

The wooden homes that Hailey is building will ________ a front door, windows and solar panels.

________ , she does most of the work herself, under the guidance of her grandfather, who is a(n) ________. She is currently halfway through her first home, which she ________ to give to Edward, the homeless man who inspired her ________.Once she's done, Halley said she wants to ________building more sleeping shelters in Bremerton's Tent City.

【1】A. careless B. fearless C. homeless D. hopeless

【2】A. sleep B. stand C. study D. work

【3】A. suffering from B. satisfied with C. aware of D. interested in

【4】A. stones B. pencils C. toys D. tools

【5】A. rose B. started C. happened D. failed

【6】A. realized B. promised C. expected D. agreed

【7】A. heat B. battery C. food D. blood

【8】A. company B. garden C. hospital D. school

【9】A. sad B. happy C. proud D. sure

【10】A. still B. even C. also D. just

【11】A. pushed aside B. responded to C. insisted on D. applied for

【12】A. until B. but C. though D. because

【13】A. record B. example C. result D. rule

【14】A. small B. strong C. poor D. clever

【15】A. follow B. contain C. feature D. cover

【16】A. Fortunately B. Gradually C. Actually D. Eventually

【17】A. architect B. official C. librarian D. magician

【18】A. pretends B. refuses C. intends D. determines

【19】A. ability B. project C. business D. growth

【20】A. suggest B. prevent C. delay D. continue

32、I woke up with only one thing on my mind: what to wear. A billion thoughts _______ through my brain as wooden hangers moved back and forth. It was my first day of high school in a new State; first _______ are everything, and it was necessary to impress the people who I'd spend the next four years with.

It wasn't insecurity that _______ me to madness but the fact that this was my third time being the new kid. _______ moving does something to a child's development. I _______ finding reliable friends. But this time dad's company _______ my starting and finishing high school in the same place. This time mattered, which made me nervous.

I emerged proudly in a patterned dress after riding (扫荡) my closet. I felt just as _______ as I stepped off the bus. But my jaw dropped to the floor when I found Mrs. Hutfilz, my English teacher, wearing the exact same _______ as I did. I kept my head down and tiptoed to my seat, but the first day meant _______ in front of the class, and ________ it was my turn. I made it through my minute speech, until Hutfilz stood up, ________ adding she liked my style. All the ________ that had accumulated throughout the morning surprisingly ________ . The students raised heads as I shared my story. My smile ________ as I giggled with my peers. After class, I stayed behind, sharing with Mrs. Hutfilz my previous understanding about coming into a new school and state. I was relieved to make a humorous and genuine ________ with my first teacher in the coming days.

This incident ________ me that these are the times to have fun, work hard, and make memories, not stress about the ________ details. Looking back, the ten minutes I spent ________ my speech were really not worth it. ________ my first period of high school may not have gone exactly the way I thought it would, Mrs. Hutfilz's great sense of ________ certainly made the day unforgettable in the best way.

【1】

A．raced

B．broke

C．forced

D．crashed

【2】

A．experiences

B．impressions

C．comments

D．expectations

【3】

A．related

B．attracted

C．drove

D．switched

【4】

A．Random

B．Permanent

C．Regular

D．Frequent

【5】

A．rejected

B．struggled

C．challenged

D．appreciated

【6】

A．ensured

B．admitted

C．reflected

D．deserved

【7】

A．nervous

B．doubtful

C．competent

D．confident

【8】

A．fashion

B．design

C．dress

D．uniform

【9】

A．introductions

B．performances

C．lectures

D．debates

【10】

A．on occasion

B．soon enough

C．no wonder

D．in fact

【11】

A．casually

B．seriously

C．honestly

D．jokingly

【12】

A．sympathy

B．thrill

C．anxiety

D．embarrassment

【13】

A．held up

B．melted away

C．passed down

D．carried on

【14】

A．froze

B．faded

C．grew

D．formed

【15】

A．connection

B．adjustment

C．commitment

D．negotiation

【16】

A．advocated

B．persuaded

C．informed

D．reminded

【17】

A．unimportant

B．complex

C．precise

D．chief

【18】

A．doubting

B．fearing

C．withdrawing

D．regretting

【19】

A．Until

B．Since

C．While

D．If

【20】

A．duty

B．honor

C．gratitude

D．style

33、   As a child, I was always told to “eat my greens”. These were the unappealing vegetables that sat on the edge of my plate. Peas, and green beans, all looked and tasted ___________. At that time, all I thought was that “when there were so many other delicious treats to_________, why should I eat boring vegetables?”

Since then my taste buds have___________and I'm also fully aware of the health benefits of eating fresh vegetables. But we still need___________ of the amazing goodness these green super foods give us. In the UK, a campaign has been___________for several years to encourage us to eat our “5A Day”—five portions of fruit and vegetables. That's___________evidence has shown there are significant health___________to getting at least five 80g portions of a variety of fruit and vegetables every day.

But I struggle trying to fit these five portions into my daily___________, partly because I have a sweet_________and vegetables are, well, tasteless. Researchers have been________________ how to make eating vegetables more____________. They analyzed the psychology behind our food ____________ and found that most of us are____________by taste. Brad Turnwald from Stanford University says that “studies show that people ____________ to think of healthier options as less tasty for some reason.”

In Europe, a project called Veggie EAT has also been trying to find ways to get people to ____________more vegetables. Project leader, Professor Heather Hartwell believes in ______________ encouraging people into eating the right things. One idea is to put a ____________of a tasty looking fruit on a supermarket trolley as a ____________ about buying something from the fruit section. She says, “Choice is a really____________thing. But making vegetables look attractive will increase their sales.”

Certainly, eating “twisted citrus-glazed carrots” does sound tempting, even if it just ______________like a carrot, but if it makes us eat more vegetables then that can only be a good thing for our health.

【1】A. delicious B. disgusting C. ripen D. sweet

【2】A. buy B. offer C. enjoy D. prepare

【3】A. developed B. appeared C. existed D. shrank

【4】A. talking B. informing C. reminding D. warning

【5】A. planning B. running C. aiming D. intending

【6】A. why B. how C. when D. because

【7】A. benefits B. issues C. needs D. risks

【8】A. diet B. education C. work D. exercise

【9】A. ear B. tooth C. knee D. head

【10】A. showing B. discovering C. reporting D. studying

【11】A. attractive B. appropriate C. beneficial D. independent

【12】A. wastes B. values C. choices D. judgments

【13】A. confused B. challenged C. disturbed D. motivated

【14】A. manage B. tend C. agree D. decide

【15】A. grow B. harvest C. store D. eat

【16】A. suddenly B. slowly C. firmly D. seriously

【17】A. picture B. lot C. variety D. number

【18】A. sign B. hint C. concern D. clue

【19】A. complex B. easy C. quick D. casual

【20】A. looks B. smells C. feels D. tastes

34、根据句意填空

In the USA, the Amish-a Christian group-are famous because they drive 【1】 instead of cars, do not use TVs or refrigerators, and do not have personal telephones. Many people assume the Amish must have 【2】 reasons for their many rules, but this is not true. In truth, whenever a new technology is introduced, the Amish meet and discuss its advantages and disadvantages. They then vote on whether they will accept it. The Amish 【3】 cars because they like having 【4】 communities where everyone lives close together. They have no TVs or refrigerators because their homes do not have electricity-they do not think it is necessary and 【5】 dealing with strangers, such as the people who work at the electric company.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

A tiger at the Bronx Zoo in New York City has tested positive for the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus, becoming the first known case of human-animal 【1】, the zoo's chief veterinarian said on Sunday.

Nadia, the 4-year-old Malayan tiger that tested positive, was 【2】 for the COVID-19 disease after 【3】 a dry cough along with three other tigers and three lions, the Wildlife Conservation Society, which manages the zoo, said in a statement.

All of the cats are expected to recover, it said. But officials believe this is a unique case because Nadia became sick after 【4】 to an asymptomatic zoo employee, Paul Calle, chief veterinarian at the Bronx Zoo, told Reuters.

Calle said they did not know which employee infected the tiger. "This is the first time that we have discovered that a person infects the animal and the animal gets sick," Calle said, adding that they planned to share the findings with other zoos and institutions. " I guess 【5】 we will all have a better understanding as a result.

While the other tigers and lions were also 【6】 symptoms, the zoo decided to test only Nadia because she was the sickest and  had started to lose her appetite already, and they did not want to 【7】 all the cats to anesthesia(麻醉), Calle said.

Nadia 【8】 X-rays, an ultrasound(超声波) and blood tests to try to figure out what was making her sick . They decided to test for COVID-19 【9】 the surge in cases in New York City, the epicenter of the outbreak in the United States.The first tiger at the zoo, which has been shut since mid-March, began showing 【10】 of illness on March 27, according to the US Department of Agriculture National Veterinary Services Laboratories.

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

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

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

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

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

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

38、假定你是李华，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

39、假设你是李华，得知你校将举办2020 “最美中国” (Amazing China)手机摄影大赛。请你写一封邮件，告诉你的朋友Peter这一消息。要点如下：

1. 作品内容：自然风光、文化遗迹等；

2. 作品要求：注明时间、地点和标题；

3. 投稿方式：10月15日前发至邮箱Liuying @ HHschoool. com。

注意：

1. 词数80左右。

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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40、阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。

Once there was a little girl named Emily. Although her singing was very pleasant to hear, lacking of courage, she never dared to sing in front of strangers.

One summer, the neighborhood where she lived would hold a singing competition. Her best friend, Lucy, came to invite her to participate in the competition, but Emily said, “I’m afraid to take part in it.” Her mother said, “it’s okay, just do it bravely.” Emily followed her mama’s advice and decided to give herself a try. The day came. Emily and Lucy went to the competition site. But she was too timid (胆小的) to walked onto the stage. She had been waiting until others finished singing. She shakily (颤抖地) forced herself to stand on the stage. She started to sing, but her voice was so low. What’s worse, she was so nervous that she forget the lyrics (歌词) after singing a few words. Being laughed at by others, embarrassed and shy, she ran away from the stage.

Some naughty boys ran after her and said, “Emily, coward (胆小鬼)! Emily, coward!” Emily didn’t argue with them. What she wanted was to go back home as quickly as she could. Finally, she rushed into the house, hugged her mom and cried sadly.

“Well, my poor girl. Don’t cry. Tell me what happened to you.” asked her mom. Emily looked up her mother and told her what she had experienced.

Listening to her, her mom cupped her face and said, “it doesn’t matter, girl. As long as you practice singing more in front of strangers, you will become braver little by little. So, my girl, don’t be beaten by a failure. You can go out to practice singing every day. No matter who is listening to you, go on singing and never stop. I believe there will be a harvest for you.”

注意：1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右；

2. 至少使用5个短文中标有下划线的关键词语；

3. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；

4. 续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。

Paragraph 1:

Emily listened to her mother carefully and followed her mom’s suggestion. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Paragraph 2:

Going on singing, she walked into the park, where many people were singing and dancing. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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

After Henry delivered all thenewspapers, he pedaled fast to The Gazette offices by 8: 30. The chief editorhad something important to tell him. He parked his bike and bounded up twonights of stairs to the chief editor's door.

Mr. Trotta greeted him."About those papers," he paused, "no good way to deliver badnews," Henry’s smile faded. "Were closing shop Saturday. Advertisingis down. Television is how people get their news today, Mr. Trotta shrugged, "You won't have to get up early on weekends." "No," said Henry, "but I like waking up early and meeting people on my route. It'ssad People won't get their neighborhood news any more.”

As Henry rode past the familiar houses, he saw Mr Grady on his porch (门廊) holding a broom (扫把). "Mr. Grady, wait," Henry called, setting down his bike. He led Mr. Grady to a chair and took the broom. In minutes, the porch was clean. "Now, Mr, Grady, anytime you have chores (家务) call me." They sat for a while asMr. Grady recalled how happy he’d been moving his family to 26 Maple. He sounded lonely.

A week after closing, Henry wondered if his customers missed The Gazette as much as he did. He thought of a way to find out.

He started out on his oldroute with a notebook. First stop: Mr, Jonas, 17 Oak. When Henry asked him about the paper, Mr. Jonas answered, "I sure liked reading the week'shappenings. By the way, I have a pile of old comics from The Gazette. Think someone would want them?"

“I’ll ask around." Henry made a note in his notebook.

He stopped at Mrs. Burke's, 27 Maple. She opened the door holding two babies. Her other two kids held on toher legs. Henry stared. "You could use a babysitter." "Definitely. I meant to put an ad in The Gazette, but....Know any neighbors with experience?”

Mr Simon was next door, carrying his violin out to his car. "Hey, Henry. My band is having aconcert in the park next Friday. Tell all your friends.”

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. 

As Henry made more notes, anidea started forming in his head.

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Customers cheered Henry idea and helpedsupply the news.

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