2025-2026学年广西桂林高三(下)期末试卷英语

1、After five days’ climbing in the mountain, they reached ____ they thought was the place they’d been dreaming of.

A．that

B．where

C．which

D．what

2、When he needs time alone, he ________ to his private space at a nearby art studio to paint.

A.dials B.chokes C.bothers D.withdraws

3、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

4、His conduct at the party is far from __________.

A.satisfactory B.satisfied C.satisfaction D.satisfy

5、I have a(n) ________to make to you——I opened your letter by mistake.

A．apology

B．disadvantage

C．fault

D．shortcoming

6、The fact has worried us more and more students have got near-sighted.

A. what B. which C. that   D. though

7、Please tell me how the accident _____. I am still in the dark.

A.came out B.came by C.came across D.came about

8、The next morning she found the man ___________ in bed, dead.

A.lying B.lie C.lay D.laying

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、Germany ______ war on France on August 3rd, 1914.

A.discussed B.opened C.happened D.declared

11、It is wise of you to ________ well trained workers ________ untrained ones in the assembly line.

A．substitute; for

B．substitute; with

C．replace; by

D．replace; with

12、It's surprising that this innocent-looking person should have _____ such a crime.

A.committed B.acted C.made D.performed

13、Reading materials for children entered schools to help them develop the habit of garbage sorting at a young age.

A.having intended B.having been intended

C.intended D.intending

14、During the novel coronavirus (新型冠状病毒) the distinction (区别) between a mask (口罩) and N95 mask is ________.

A.unnecessary B.worthless C.important D.uninteresting

15、Reading light fiction, going out to see a romantic comedy, or sharing a pleasant time with friends is not ________ my bad feelings now.

A. in tune with B. in touch with C. in honour of D. in defence of

16、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

17、Writing stories and articles _____what I enjoy most.

A.is B.are C.was D.were

18、The companies are working together to create _________ they hope will be the best means of transport in the 21st century.

A．which

B．that

C．one

D．what

19、______ to give his mother a surprise , Tom arrived home ahead of time.

A. Determined B. Determining

C. Having determined D. To determine

20、Everyone makes mistakes, and ____________, he is only a child.

A.after all B.above all C.at all D.in all

21、After that, he knew he could __ any emergency by doing what he could to the best of his ability.

A. get away with B. get on with C. get through D. get across

22、There is no point _________; it’s too late to mend.

A.arguing B.to argue C.argument D.argued

23、—I’m kind of hungry, Mum!

—But I am occupied now, dear. Turn to Ele.me and order _______ you desire.

A．whichever

B．whatever

C．no matter which

D．no matter what

24、Nothing matches face-to-face communication in _____thoughts, emotions and information.

A.concluding B.containing C.confusing D.conveying

25、Many scientists believe that there are other universes ___________ our own, but the ordinary people are not aware of it.

A.in parallel with B.in agreement with C.in harmony with D.in contradiction with

26、Do you want to look fashionable? Is looking fashionable more important than being comfortable? Many people seem to think so, judging by the things they wear. But fashion is not everything. It is more important to be a healthy and good person.

People go to great lengths to be fashionable. Some people think they have to have a certain body type, so they go on extreme, unhealthy diets in order to change their bodies. In addition, many women wear uncomfortable fashions, such as high-heeled shoes that create blisters, tight body shapers that limit blood flow, and sticky false eyelashes（假睫毛）. Men and women alike spend time and money on products that change their natural hair color and use hot irons and blow dryers to curl or straighten their hair. Some people spend several hours a day in front of a mirror. Is fashion important enough to spend so much time and effort on changing how they look like?

If the purpose of fashion is to make a person feel good, it does not make sense that he or she would go through so much discomfort to be fashionable. Fashion should not come first. People should prioritize（优先考虑）being healthy and positive. What people wear does not indicate anything about their personalities. Instead of spending hours choosing a suit, perhaps you should call your friends and do something together. Instead of going on strict diets and starving, why not eat some healthy foods and then exercise? By doing these things, you can keep a healthy lifestyle and truly grow as a person.

【1】Why does the author ask questions in the first paragraph?

A．To enrich the content.

B．To introduce the topic.

C．To reflect different attitudes.

D．To make readers think and give their opinions.

【2】Which statement best represents the author’s viewpoint?

A．Fashion can make people do some unhealthy things.

B．Fashion increases famous people’s self-respect.

C．When you look good, you feel good.

D．People need to diet to lose weight.

【3】Which of the following activities would the author most likely recommend?

A．Shopping for fashionable clothes.

B．Going on a strict diet with a friend.

C．Going skating with friends.

D．Changing the hairstyle every week.

【4】The author’s main purpose in writing the text is to .

A．show readers advantages and disadvantages of dieting

B．persuade readers to value health more than fashion

C．tell readers ways to become fashionable

D．inform readers of the latest fashion trends

27、Americans are getting older, and family size is getting smaller. That means the United States will have less working adults in the future. By 2030, twenty percent of U.S. residents will be 66 years of age or older. That compares to 13 percent in 2010, and just under 10 percent in 1970.

The aging population could be a concern if Americans expect to have an expanding population, says David Kelly. “If you're investing in things like the housing industry or the auto industry and you need an ever-growing population, then you have to adjust to a world in which the U.S. population is growing more slowly,” he said.

Different studies show that an aging population cuts into economic growth, and older workers who stay on the job are often less productive than younger ones.

But as Americans are aging, last year the birth rate nationwide dropped to its lowest level in 32 years. Less than 3.8 million babies were born in 2018, which is two percent less than the year before. Taken as a whole, the population grew only six-tenths of one percent in 2018, compared to 1.2 percent growth in the 1990s.

Kelly said the low birth rate is not necessarily bad news. Looking beyond economics, a growing world population could do more damage to Earth’s environment. He said that U.S. policy makers should plan for dealing with a smaller workforce. “We really should adapt to a world of slow population growth because it's clearly happening to us,” he said.

What will replace human workers? Like others, Kelly expects the lack of workers to fuel the growth of robotics and artificial intelligence. He said that Americans need to prepare for the U.S. economic growth to slow a little in the future. Another way to fix the decreasing workforce is to add more legal immigrants（移民）. Immigrants usually arrive in the United States when they are of working age.

But this is not an easy solution, because the U.S. Congress and President Donald Trump continue to disagree over how to deal with immigration issues.

The U.S. economy can easily make changes to deal with the slower population growth, Kelly said. But he worries that politics could get in the way of solutions. “The real question is a political question,” he notes, “because it seems even as our population matures（成熟） in years, it seems that our political system gets less mature in terms of thought process.”

【1】What is the main problem discussed in the passage?

A．Solutions to the lack of workers.

B．Conventional political systems.

C．Adaptation to the slow growth.

D．The aging population in America.

【2】According to the passage, aging Americans will contribute to _______.

A．an ever-growing birth rate

B．a catastrophe in some industry

C．slow economic development

D．a perfect Earth's environment

【3】What does "this" in paragraph 7 refer to?

A．The fast development of robotics.

B．The growth of artificial intelligence.

C．The fixing of decreasing workforce.

D．The adding of more legal immigrants.

【4】As for the solution to the problem, what is Kelly's attitude?

A．Optimistic.

B．Casual.

C．Concerned.

D．Desperate.

28、Who are these people rushing by you in the street? More than 215 million people now call America “home”, but most of them can trace their families back to other parts of the world. If you look at the names on shop windows, you will see that Americans come from many different lands. The idea that these people, who once were strangers to the United States, have lost the customs and cultures of their original countries and have become “American” is really not true. In fact, what exists in America is more often a kind of “side-by-side” living in which groups of people from other countries often have kept many of their customs and habits. They join the general American society only in certain areas of their lives—such as in schools, business, and sports—but they keep many of their own native customs and manners socially and at home. This living “side-by-side” has both advantages and disadvantages. Sometimes it may cause disagreements to develop between groups whose ways of life are very different from one another. However, there are also great advantages that come from the variety of cultures brought by settlers from other lands. There is great freedom of choice among ideas and dress, food, and social customs in America. Everyone can find some part of his or her familiar world in the United States, in churches, music, food, national groups, or newspapers.

【1】More than 215 million people call America “home” because________.

A．they buy their houses there

B．they settle there now

C．they get married there

D．they were born there

【2】“Side-by-side” living style means ________.

A．making friends with native people

B．the groups of people who live nearby

C．keeping their own customs while sharing American ones in certain areas

D．that they get closer to American society

【3】According to the passage, people in the USA ________.

A．share American customs and culture

B．live in a kind of “side-by-side” society

C．keep their own customs and habits firmly

D．make no choice to accept American customs

【4】Which of the following statements is true?

A．They always stick to their own customs and habits.

B．“Side-by-side” living style is not suitable.

C．They face the society they are not familiar with.

D．The advantages coming from the variety of cultures make life in America colorful.

【5】Which title of the following can best take the place of “Different Cultures in America”?

A．Advantages and Disadvantages.

B．Different Customs and Habits.

C．Home for the People.

D．“Side-by-side” Living Style in America.

29、   These young men were a different kind of prisoner from those we had seen before. They were brave, hostile and aggressive they would not take orders, and shouted “Amandla！” at every opportunity. Their instinct was to confront rather than cooperate. The authorities① did not know how to handle them, and they turned the island upside down. During the Rivonia Trial, I remarked to a security policeman that if the government did not reform itself, the freedom fighters who would take our place② would some day make the authorities miss us. That day had indeed come on Robben Island.

In these young men we saw the angry revolutionary spirit of the times. I had had some warning. On a visit with Winnie a few months before, she had managed to tell me through our coded conversation that there was a rising class of discontented youths③ who were violent and Africanist in beliefs. She said they were changing the nature of the struggle and that I should be aware of them.

The new prisoners were shocked by what they considered the inhuman conditions of the island, and said that they could not understand how we could live in such a way. We told them that they should have seen the island in 1964. But they were almost as sceptical of us as they were of the authorities. They chose to ignore our calls for discipline and thought our advice weak and unassertive (不果断).

It was obvious that they regarded us, the Rivonia Trialists④, as moderates⑤. After so many years of being branded a radical revolutionary, to be seen as a moderate was a novel and not altogether pleasant feeling. I knew that I could react in one of two ways: I could scold them for their disrespect or I could listen to what they were saying. I chose the latter.

Then some of these men, such as Strini Moodley of the South African Students Organization and Saths Cooper of the Black People’s Convention, came into our section, _________.

Shortly after their arrival on the island, the commanding officer came and asked me as a favour to address the young men. He wanted me to tell them to behave themselves, to recognize the fact that they were in prison and to accept the discipline of prison life. I told him that I was not prepared to do that. Under the circumstances, they would have regarded me as a follower of the authorities.

(---adapted from “Long walk to freedom: The autobiography of Nelson Mandela”)

【1】We may infer from the passage all of the following EXCEPT that ___________.

A. an angry massive revolution was probably on its way

B. these young men were willing to cooperate in face of difficulties

C. many were concerned about the influence these young men could make

D. the author’s activities were strictly monitored

【2】One sentence is missing in the blank of the passage regarding the author’s following reactions.Which of the following reactions do you think he would have?

A. I tried to calm them down and talked them into behaving.

B. I reported to the officers about their dissatisfaction.

C. I asked them to tell us about their movement and beliefs.

D. I just turned a deaf ear to the young men.

【3】Several phrases have been underlined and numbered in the passage; which two of them actually refer to the same people?

A. ①② B. ②③ C. ③④ D. ⑤①

30、   The spot of a red balloon in a tree was what first caught Randy Heiss’s _____on December 16,2018.He then walked toward it and found the balloon attached to a piece of_____.“Dayami,”it read on one side, in a child’s_______.Heiss flipped the paper over. It was a numbered list in Spanish. His Spanish isn’t very good, but he could__________it was a Christmas list.

He was charmed and wondered whether he could_____the child. About 20 miles to the southwest, just across the border, was the city of Nogales，Mexico.____the prevailing wind(常刮的风),he was pretty sure that’s where it came from.

Back home, Heiss’s wife who is fluent in Spanish_____the list. Heiss listened carefully: Dayami, ____a girl, had asked for a doll, a dollhouse, clothes and art supplies. Heiss then posted about his quest on Facebook,____photos, hoping someone might know the girl’s family.

A few days passed with no leads; Heiss worried that time was running out_____Christmas. On December 19,he decided to send a private Facebook message to Radio XENY in Nogales. The next morning, when he was still in bed, Heiss_____a message: The staff had_____Dayami, who indeed lived in Nogales and would be willing to arrange a get-together at the radio station.

Heiss and his wife rushed to_____everything on Dayami’s list. Then they drove for 45 minutes,____the border into Nogales. They finally met the very_____girl.“ Her eyes were wide open with wonder. Like,‘ Oh my gosh，this really did work!’ It was a beautiful experience,”Heiss said. “Quite healing for us.”

Heiss,61 , has lived in Bisbee, Arizona for more than three decades. Ten years ago, he and his wife_____their only child in an accident. They have even no grandchildren. Now they split their time between Nogales and Bisbee.

“Being around children at Christmastime has been_____in our lives,”Heiss said. “It’s been kind of a gaping hole in our Christmas experience. ”He has since reflected on what a miracle it was that he occasionally_____the balloon, let alone that he was able to meet Dayami and her family.

【1】A.hands B.breath C.attention D.imagination

【2】A.paper B.glass C.wood D.cloth

【3】A.steps B.voice C.eyes D.writing

【4】A.remember B.see C.hope D.promise

【5】A.find B.adopt C.teach D.challenge

【6】A.Amazed at B.Sponsored by C.Accustomed to D.Based on

【7】A.drafted B.polished C.translated D.finished

【8】A.eventually B.probably C.ever D.even

【9】A.downloading B.taking C.attaching D.analyzing

【10】A.before B.at C.after D.until

【11】A.searched for B.decided on C.subscribed to D.awoke to

【12】A.saved B.comforted C.located D.appointed

【13】A.consume B.buy C.produce D.exchange

【14】A.examining B.closing C.defending D.crossing

【15】A.frightened B.excited C.determined D.embarrassed

【16】A.left B.stopped C.lost D.disabled

【17】A.abused B.abnormal C.abstract D.absent

【18】A.blew B.released C.spotted D.decorated

31、   My grandparents lived in a town in Michigan. Every summer I stayed with them as a young child. I came from the ________ but loved the small place where they lived. People there knew everyone else, their kids, their pets and their ancestors. The bond with them continued to grow ________ I grew older.

My grandma was ________ at making something exciting by hand. She would make little sandwiches and we'd have tea parties. She'd plant flowers and carefully ________ them. She'd ________ sweaters for her grandchildren as well as making beautiful ________ for each one. I remember the small thimble(顶针) she would use while doing her needlework. ________ her thimble on her finger, she'd remark, "I wouldn't want to sew without one."

A few years ago my grandma ________ at the age of 91. After attending her funeral, I realized how ________ our lives had changed. I missed her very much. When my birthday came, I was feeling ________ because there was no card from my grandma. But what happened later made me feel that she was ________ that special day with me. While I was arranging some ________ pillows that my grandma had made, I ________ felt something inside one pillow. It was small and ________ I moved the object to a seam (接缝)and I carefully opened it. To my delight, out ________ a tiny silver thimble!

How ________ it was to find something that had been a part of her. Not realizing it had fallen off her finger, my grandma ________ it in that little pillow for me. I carefully laid the thimble along with the other things I had ________ over the years, which reminded me of the pleasant ________ of her.

I heated the tea kettle and made some tea, using my best china, as my grandma always did, and enjoyed my tea and my grandma's ________. What a wonderful birthday that was!

【1】A.building B.cottage C.city D.town

【2】A.as B.though C.that D.if

【3】A.mad B.angry C.good D.poor

【4】A.watch B.tend C.pick D.cut

【5】A.mend B.buy C.wash D.make

【6】A.books B.houses C.bikes D.quilts

【7】A.Buying B.Collecting C.Placing D.Removing

【8】A.called on B.passed away C.dropped in D.fell ill

【9】A.quickly B.shamefully C.slightly D.slowly

【10】A.upset B.worried C.thrilled D.surprised

【11】A.sharing B.thinking C.planning D.wasting

【12】A.tiresome B.colorful C.ugly D.broken

【13】A.eagerly B.carelessly C.gladly D.suddenly

【14】A.neat B.hard C.difficult D.soft

【15】A.went B.took C.came D.made

【16】A.ashamed B.exciting C.wise D.proud

【17】A.mixed B.stored C.hid D.sewed

【18】A.learned B.designed C.collected D.saved

【19】A.memory B.book C.letter D.clothes

【20】A.kettle B.tea C.thimble D.coffee

32、   To unfamiliar passersby, Dobri Dobrev, 99, may come off as a poor beggar who depends on the _______ of strangers to get around in life. But, for the residents of 24 Sofia, Bulgaria, Dobrev is _______ of the sort. On the contrary, he has been called a “saint”.

Dobrev _______ most of his hearing during World War II. He lives more than 15 miles outside of Sofia, a distance he used to travel on foot, but he now _______ the bus, according to Saintdobry. com. He spends his days asking people for money, _______ he doesn’t keep a cent.

The _______ guy lives off of his monthly pension (养老金) of 80 euros (about $100) and gives all his _______ to institutions that are _______ to him: churches and orphanages (孤儿院).

Reddit user Nullvoid123 wrote on the site that he has met Dobrev a number of times and that the kind man said he once “did a bad thing,” and is now trying to _______ his past faults by ________ others.

Dobrev has made a number of donations throughout the years to churches. He has ________ been known to give money to orphanages to help them pay their bills.

“The good will is just and true. Everything in it is ________,” Dobrev said in the film “Mite,” which was ________ in 2000. “We must not ________, nor steal. We must ________ each other.”

【1】A.service B.kindness C.curiosity D.friendship

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

【3】A.needed B.lost C.found D.tested

【4】A.misses B.drives C.runs for D.relies on

【5】A.or B.so C.but D.and

【6】A.honest B.generous C.independent D.successful

【7】A.attention B.devotion C.donations D.solutions

【8】A.dearest B.closest C.most available D.most accessible

【9】A.get rid of B.look back to C.make up for D.take advantage of

【10】A.saving B.helping C.exciting D.amusing

【11】A.soon B.even C.again D.also

【12】A.easy B.good C.adorable D.clear

【13】A.covered B.praised C.accepted D.produced

【14】A.lie B.regret C.delay D.fear

【15】A.protect B.forgive C.love D.trust

33、When I was a boy, I spent much time playing alone. I didn’t _________ too much, though. I lived outside town, next to a forest where oaks (橡树) were my _________. I would sit in their shade and enjoy their peace.

Therefore it was so _________ for me when I was in _________ in a wood processing factory. It wasn’t just the back-breaking work, long _________, and low pay. It was also seeing trees being cut. The red oak tree were _________ affected because they made the prettiest hardwood flooring.

One afternoon after a long day’s work, I decide to take a walk in the _________. As I wandered, I was filled with _________ for childhood days. Feeling so down, I dropped my head and that was when I _________ it: a red oak acorn (橡子) that had somehow ______________ hungry animals all winter long. Something I’d read once ______________ me at that moment “An acorn ______________ a forest eventually if it wants!” I smiled, and carefully ______________ that little acorn. Then I headed home, no longer______________, for I also realized in our life we all ______________ as an acorn, but whether our future is a forest or not is up to us.

【1】

A．demand

B．change

C．mind

D．notice

【2】

A．shelters

B．hopes

C．favorites

D．companions

【3】

A．surprising

B．tough

C．impressive

D．vital

【4】

A．trouble

B．business

C．employment

D．luck

【5】

A．hours

B．meetings

C．breaks

D．flights

【6】

A．equally

B．heavily

C．rarely

D．suddenly

【7】

A．factory

B．woods

C．mountains

D．town

【8】

A．longing

B．concern

C．regret

D．struggle

【9】

A．received

B．remembered

C．recognized

D．spotted

【10】

A．encountered

B．left

C．survived

D．fed

【11】

A．found

B．disappointed

C．guided

D．struck

【12】

A．becomes

B．preserves

C．reflects

D．represents

【13】

A．collected

B．picked

C．planted

D．examined

【14】

A．fearful

B．hesitant

C．worried

D．depressed

【15】

A．fight back

B．start out

C．step forward

D．break through

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、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.

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.

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.

38、假如你是李华，你的美国朋友Tom听说在中国通过扫描二维码（scan QR codes）就可以轻松实现移动支付（mobile payment），感到不可思议。请你写封邮件告知移动支付在中国的相关情况。内容包括：

1. 移动支付在日常生活中的功能；

2. 移动支付对我们生活的影响。

注意:

1. 词数100左右。

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Tom,

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Yours,

Li Hua

39、假定你是李华，你校将举办一年一度的中国传统文化节。请写封邮件邀请你的英国朋友John参加，内容包括:

1.时间，地点；

2.活动安排；

3.欢迎他参与。

注意:

1. 词数80左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3. 信的开头，结束语已为你写好。

Dear John,

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Looking forward to your early reply.

Yours,

Li Hua

40、假定你是李华，你想参加学校举办的英语诗歌朗诵比赛，请你给外教Mr.Smith发一封邮件，请他帮你选一首诗，并给予指导。内容包括：

1.请求帮助；

2. 主题必须是爱和友谊；

3.期待回复。

注意：1. 词数不少于100；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3. 开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Mr.Smith,

How is everything going?

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Yours,

Li Hua

41、假定你是校学生会主席李华，你校近期要举办“美丽家乡”国画展，你的外教老师Henry曾学习过中国国画，请你发邮件邀请他参加此次画展，内容包括：

1. 开办国画展的目的和意义；

2. 画展开办的时间、地点；

3. 表达期待。

注意： 1. 词数80左右；

2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Henry，

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Yours sincerely,

Li Hua