2025-2026年宁夏石嘴山初一下册期末英语试卷

1、IPhone, the world’s largest mobile phone maker, said that over the first nine months of the year it ________ 23 million handsets in China, an increase of 77 percent ________ the same period a year ago.

A．had sold; compared to

B．has sold; compared to

C．sold; comparing with

D．had sold; comparing with

2、____, Mary couldn’t get the door open.

A.Try as she might B.As she might try C.She might as try D.Might she as try

3、I had just got up and was about to cook my breakfast______ the telephone rang loudly.

A. while B. when C. as D. before

4、Only those people who use a kitchen frequently understand the best way to ______.

A. let it out B. pick it out

C. put it out D. lay it out

5、This problem may lead to more serious ones if _______ unsolved.

A.making B.remained C.keeping D.left

6、Learning a foreign language is not easy， and           it comes to speaking， it can be more difficult．

A.when B.unless C.once D.while

7、Only when the war was over ____ return to his hometowns.

A．have the soldiers

B．the soldiers

C．the soldiers did

D．did the soldiers

8、John _____ enormous credit for the way his team performed wonderfully, not only yesterday but throughout his first year in charge.

A. contributes B. deserves

C. convinces D. delivers

9、Mable is very weak, so the doctor advised that not only ______ more flood, but she should also take more exercise.

A.should she have B.she should have C.she has D.has she

10、--- I hear it may get windy this afternoon.

--- I don’t care ____ it doesn’t rain again.

A. even though B. as far as

C. in case D. so long as

11、________ to resemble a lotus flower, it appears ________above the waterfront promenade and the water that surrounds it.

A．To shape, floating

B．Being shaped, to float

C．Shaping, floating

D．Shaped, to float

12、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

13、AIDS is said______ the biggest challenge to both men and women in the area over the past few years.

A. that it is B. to be

C. that is has been D. to have been

14、Only when class began ______ that he had left his book at home.

A. will he realize B. he did realize

C. did he realize D. should he realize

15、Robots can be reprogrammed by a computer to do another one after completing one specific task, and this is ______ automatic machines differ.

A．because

B．what

C．where

D．how

16、E-commerce companies are helping small businesses in financial trouble obtain loans that they otherwise _______ to raise.

A．must struggle

B．can have struggled

C．could struggle

D．would have struggled

17、Early in April this year some experts indicated that H1N1 would _____ this autumn.

A.break down B.break out C.break up D.break off

18、—This is the third time he has got the first place in the test !

—In my opinion，he is, ________，one of the best students in the class.

A.out of the question B.out of place

C.out of question D.out of shape

19、A new house ________ at the corner of the road and will be completed next month.

A. is building   B. been built

C. is being built D. be building

20、The medical staff of Leishenshan hospital in Wuhan   at the hospital square on April 4, 2020.

A.majored B.mentioned C.motivated D.mourned

21、The majority of the office equipment, as well as two windows, ________ repaired yesterday.

A．were

B．was

C．are

D．is

22、I’ll give ____ to your suggestion that we ____ a party in honor of the experienced professor.

A. much thought; hold B. many thoughts; should hold

C. much thought; will hold D. some thought; can hold

23、As everyone knows, oral exams _________ to test our communicative ability.

A．are being designed

B．designed

C．are designed

D．to be designed

24、——Do you have anything more_______,sir?

——No, you can have a rest or do something else.

A．typing

B．to be typed

C．typed

D．to type

25、Festival celebrations provide a(n) ____ to celebrate together, sharing warmth and good times.

A.pipe B.patent C.avenue D.antique

26、  

From 20-pound turkeys to red and green Christmas cookies, with their emphasis on food, experts agree that the holidays are an ideal time to get kids involved in the kitchen.

"I think it helps build up their confidence and their independence," Charleston-based chef and mother-of-two Aimee Jones said. "They say, ‘Look, I can do this. I can make and feed myself something yummy.’ Especially when they can share it with their parents, it definitely helps them build confidence in themselves."

Instilling(灌输) a comfort level with cooking at an early age can create a life-long habit of making meals at home and help to foster a healthy relationship with food.

"This is the age when everything we teach them gets stuck in their heads," Nico Romo, chef and owner of Nico Oysters Seafood and father of three said. "If something goes wrong with the heat on the stove, they know they can handle it. They can turn it off. And they’re using their hands to create things. They can already draw and do all those things, so why can’t they hold and chop a vegetable? You show them and watch them. It’s a lot of fun."

Involving children in creating their favorite holiday treats also makes for a one-of-a-kind bonding experience. "For better or worse, you will get to know your children, and they you, more deeply when you cook with them. For better, you will share recipes, techniques and anecdotes that you learned at the elbows of mothers, grandmothers and great-grandmothers long gone," they wrote.

"For worse, you will huff and puff and whine(埋怨) and lose your patience when they accidentally spill heavy cream all over the kitchen table while making mini-shortcakes with berries, but they will love you anyway, teaching you, the one who’s supposed to be the grown-up, about unconditional affection and ready forgiveness."

【1】What does the author suggest in paragraph 2?

A.Increasing children’s confidence by cooking. B.Forming a tradition of family cooking.

C.Cooking delicious meals for children. D.Making holidays more meaningful.

【2】What does Nico Romo mean in Paragraph 4?

A.Children are good at drawing. B.This is an age lack of creativity.

C.Children are able to handle cookery. D.Modern technology is easy to learn.

【3】What will adults learn when children make a mess in the kitchen?

A.The skills in controlling their temper. B.The unlimited love and pardon.

C.The tips for making everything in order. D.The remarks made for complaint.

【4】What is the text mainly about?

A.The stress of cooking during holidays. B.The benefits of cooking with kids.

C.The advantage of playing with children. D.The importance of sharing recipes.

27、   I was taking a memory test while lying inside an MRI scanner to see whether the brains of memory champions like me were different from anyone else’s.

When the results were published, the findings were very positive. 【1】 Instead, what set us apart was what we did when were learning ---- in particular, the way we used pictures, and put our “mind’s eye” to work.

Everyone can get more from their memory. Any formation can be turned into imagery ---- immediately switching on parts of the brain that create rich, multi-layered memories.

Try it yourself. Here’s a list of random words ---- just the sort of information that’s used to test would-be memory champions. 【2】 Picture them, as vividly as you can.

MOUNTAIN, TAINBOW, PEA, SOFA,

SHEEP, SNOWMAN, WINDMILL,

NEWSPAPER, PIANO, UMBRELLA

As images, rather than words, these items will stay longer in your short-term memory.  【3】 you’ll boost your chances of achieving even longer-term learning.

Fire up your visual memory and get your brain buzzing. Notice the relative sizes of the items on the list. Look out for any similarities or differences in shapes, colours or textures. And ask yourself if any of the words fall into obvious pairs or patterns.

 【4】  Then, start attaching images to information you want to remember: shopping lists, addresses, brilliant ideas. By doing so, you’ll find that you soon become more observant, better with details, and more confident about recalling the things that matter.

 【5】  and use pictures to help you to set some new “personal bests” for your own memory power!

A.But don’t just read the words.

B.So learn from the champions,

C.And by letting your brain engage with them in new ways,

D.There are two kinds of memory: short-term and long-term.

E.After a few minutes, cover the page and see how many words you recall.

F.Thus, remembering can be thought of as an act of creative reimagination.

G.Expert memorisers didn’t have any physical differences between our ears.

28、It’s clear that COVID-19 conditions have affected people’s stress levels, sleep, and mental health. This, in turn, has led to our poorer performance on tasks that require attention, memory, or decision making. 【1】 Here are some steps you can take to clear the fog away.

Be more intentional about consuming news.

Nowadays we’re exposed to the ever-changing recommendations around COVID. Many social media make their money by grabbing our attention. 【2】 To reduce stress and keep sharp, you can cut down your media consumption and be more intentional about news.

Exercise regularly—outside, if you can.

【3】 When we exercise, we encourage blood flow through our bodies. If you have a park or open space nearby, try spending some time moving in green spaces. Research confirms that being out in more natural settings is helpful for our well-being and cognition.

【4】

The lack of socializing during COVID lockdowns may have been particularly hard on people’s cognition. A recent review of many studies confirms that socializing is important for keeping yourself cognitively fit. So, it’s a good idea to try to be with others to keep your brain functioning well.

Try new challenges.

While many of us have been tough during the pandemic years, we can do something good for our brains at any time: learn new things. 【5】 Whether there’s a pandemic on or not, using your brain in new, challenging ways is good for neural health. Including new things into your everyday routines could give your brain a fun workout.

A．Stay connected with others.

B．Look through the social websites.

C．But repeated exposure to crises does harm to our well-being.

D．Getting exercise, on the other hand, is often tied to better cognition.

E．Many of us are paying the cost of the pandemic in the form of “brain fog”.

F．One of the best tools for fighting depression and thinking more clearly is exercise.

G．Some people have learned to play a new instrument, write poems, or build furniture.

29、Sea stars can grow new arms. Crayfish can grow new claws. There are interesting creatures that can grow back body parts if accidents happen. However, that is child’s play after what researchers saw a sea slug do.

According to a new discovery by Sayaka Mitoh and her colleagues of Nara Women’s University in Japan, two species of sea slugs managed to lose their heads and then began crawling around. Eventually, they grew an entirely new body. “We were surprised to see the head moving just after it was removed,” said Sayaka Mitoh. “We thought that it would die soon without a heart and other important organs, but we were surprised again to find that it regenerated the whole body.”

After the initial discovery, the researchers found that for younger slugs, the detached heads began eating algae within hours. The wound typically closed at the back of the head within days. They started regrowing a heart within a week and the regeneration of the entire body was finished after around three weeks. Older slugs weren’t as fortunate. Often the heads didn’t feed, so they died in about 10 days. Young or old, the headless bodies never generated a new head. But they did move around and respond to being touched for several days and sometimes months after losing their heads.

The researchers aren’t sure why the sea slugs dropped their heads or how they’re able to grow new bodies. They may have parasites (寄生虫) that can hurt reproduction so they are removing their heads in order to also remove the parasites. But the researchers aren’t sure what prompts them to know when to cast off the body when they do it. Sayaka Mitoh says they believe there must be cells located in the neck that are similar to stem cells. These are able to regenerate a new body.

How the heads can survive without a heart and other vital organs is another puzzle. The researchers say these sea slugs fuel their bodies by photosynthesis (光合作用). They rely on chloroplasts from algae in their own bodies when other food isn’t available, a process known as kleptoplasty (盗食质体). They think this might help them survive long enough to regenerate a body.

“As the separated body is often active for months, we may be able to study the mechanism and functions of kleptoplasty using living organs, tissues, or even cells,” Sayaka Mitoh said. “Such studies are almost completely lacking, as most studies on kleptoplasty in these animals are done either at the genetic or individual levels.”

【1】What surprised Sayaka Mitoh and her colleagues?

A．The sea slug could survive without organs.

B．The sea slug could regrow a new body.

C．The sea slug could remove its own head.

D．The headless sea slug could grow a new head.

【2】What happened to older sea slugs after they lost their heads?

A．Their bodies kept moving around for some time.

B．They healed the wound within ten days.

C．They lost their sense of touch and died soon.

D．Their heads survived by eating algae.

【3】What may make sea slugs drop their heads according to researchers?

A．To get rid of parasites.

B．To end their reproductive cycle.

C．To generate new stem cells.

D．To get away from predators.

【4】What is paragraph 5 mainly about?

A．The process of sea slugs hunting for food.

B．The importance of studying functions of kleptoplasty.

C．The condition for sea slugs to perform photosynthesis.

D．The reason for sea slugs to survive the loss of their bodies.

30、Jame’s New Bicycle

James shook his money box again．Nothing! He carefully _________ the coins that lay on the bed．

＄24．52 was all that he had．The bicycle he wanted was at least ＄90! _________on earth was he going to get the _________ of the money?

He knew that his friends all had bicycle．It was _________ to hang around with people when you were the only one without wheels．He thought about what he could do．There was no _________ asking his parents, for he knew they had no money to _________．

There was only one way to get money, and that was to _________ it．He would have to find a job．_________ who would hire him and what could he do? He decided to ask Mr．Clay for advice who usually had _________ on most things．

“Well, you can start right here,” said Mr．Clay．“My windows need cleaning and my car needs washing．”

That was the __________ of James’s odd-job（零工）business．For three months he worked every day after finishing his homework．He took dogs and babies for walks, cleared out cupboards and mended books．He lost count of the __________ of jobs that people found for him to do．He took dogs and babies for walks, cleared out cupboards, and mended books．He lost count of the ___________of cars he washed and windows he cleaned, but the __________ increased and he knew that he would soon have __________ for the bicycle he longed for．

The day __________ came when James counted his money and found ＄94．32．He __________ no time and went down to the shop to pick up the bicycle he wanted．He rode __________ home, looking forward to showing his new bicycle to his friends．It had been hard __________ for the money, but James knew that he valued his bicycle far more __________ he had bought it with his own money．He had __________ what he thought was impossible, and that was worth even than the bicycle．

【1】A. cleaned B. covered C. counted D. checked

【2】A. How B. Why C. Who D. What

【3】A. amount B. part C. sum D. rest

【4】A. brave B. hard C. smart D. unfair

【5】A. point B. reason C. result D. right

【6】A. split B. spend C. spare D. save

【7】A. borrow B. earn C. raise D. collect

【8】A. Or B. So C. For D. But

【9】A. decisions B. experience C. opinions D. knowledge

【10】A. beginning B. introduction C. requirement D. opening

【11】A. similarity B. quality C. suitability D. variety

【12】A. brand B. number C. size D. type

【13】A. effort B. pressure C. money D. trouble

【14】A. all B. enough C. much D. some

【15】A. finally B. instantly C. normally D. regularly

【16】A. gave B. left C. took D. wasted

【17】A. patiently B. proudly C. silently D. tiredly

【18】A. applying B. asking C. looking D. working

【19】A. since B. if C. than D. though

【20】A. deserved B. benefited C. achieved D. learned

31、My parents were so proud of me, especially of something I accomplished. This is one of my happiest memories and, sadly, also the _______ I have of my parents. They _______ in one evening when some drunken men crashed their car into them.

From then on, I was _______. I missed them greatly, but_______surprisingly well on my own. If they were alive, they would be most _______ of the moment I met my best friend, Eliza Jones. I'm also most proud of that _______

It was a June evening. I was seventeen years old and sitting on a tree branch, listening to the music the water created under the bridge. Just then I noticed a(n) _______ appear on the bridge. Suddenly it stopped on the top of the bridge and _______ to the river.

I _______ up and launched myself at the falling figure. I had never swum at this ________. I had to catch it; ________ I would never forgive myself. I swam faster and faster and ________ the figure. I laid the person on the riverbank and found it was a girl, about my age. She asked me why I tried to ________ her. I said I couldn't just watch someone didn't ________ her life. Then we talked and I found we both liked to read about fairies.

She told me she was a writer who wanted to travel around the world and write amazing fantasy novels. I was glad she had a target for the future. I said, 'Tomorrow morning the sun will rise, bringing with it the ________ of another start. ' And she promised she would continue living well. After that I had a fond memory of the bridge.

【1】

A．easiest

B．longest

C．deepest

D．last

【2】

A．died

B．escaped

C．returned

D．married

【3】

A．stubborn

B．nervous

C．unaccompanied

D．impatient

【4】

A．travelled

B．played

C．changed

D．managed

【5】

A．frightened

B．proud

C．aware

D．confident

【6】

A．moment

B．advice

C．achievement

D．dream

【7】

A．accident

B．poster

C．pattern

D．figure

【8】

A．referred

B．jumped

C．turned

D．pointed

【9】

A．turned

B．spoke

C．shot

D．woke

【10】

A．atmosphere

B．speed

C．length

D．chance

【11】

A．otherwise

B．instead

C．however

D．besides

【12】

A．created

B．discovered

C．grasped

D．abandoned

【13】

A．rescue

B．remember

C．support

D．suspect

【14】

A．review

B．treasure

C．check

D．choose

【15】

A．background

B．operation

C．appointment

D．promise

32、   As the train picked up its speed, the passengers slowly settled down on their seats. A（n）_________lady occupied the front seat of mine. She must be in her eighties, I guessed. She smiled at me. Out of curiosity, I gave her_________. But both of us were_________.

It was 4:50 pm. So, bed time was still in a long way. I couldn’t_________myself any longer and asked, “Aunty！Where are you going?”

She_________me for a while and replied, “Army camp, dear.”

Suddenly my_________doubled to know the reason. I politely said, “Aunty, you are_________someone?”

She smiled and I continued to say: “Aunty, you must be feeling so_________to see your child and your grandchildren.”

Perhaps, this question_________her a little but she answered, “Oh, dear! You are so sweet!__________, I had only one son who joined the__________and was killed in a battle just a few days before. I had__________so many new clothes for him. So, I thought why not__________my son’s clothes to some other soldiers, so that I would control my__________and would be happy thinking that my own son has worn it. He was__________, so I don’t have any grand child.”

I was astonished at her heart breaking story! But I admired the old lady from the core of my heart.

【1】A.elderly B.famous C.stubborn D.smart

【2】A.response B.exploration C.research D.amazement

【3】A.dynamic B.calm C.silent D.positive

【4】A.resist B.forgive C.deserve D.demand

【5】A.cared about B.stared at C.attended to D.watched over

【6】A.anxiety B.embarrassment C.appreciation D.curiosity

【7】A.visiting B.charging C.sentencing D.reminding

【8】A.puzzled B.frightened C.astonished D.excited

【9】A.entertained B.attracted C.hurt D.impressed

【10】A.Besides B.Therefore C.Still D.Anyway

【11】A.club B.league C.party D.army

【12】A.shared B.counted C.bought D.buried

【13】A.sold B.donate C.connect D.expand

【14】A.sorrow B.shock C.sickness D.energy

【15】A.unbelievable B.unbearable C.unemployed D.unmarried

33、While Sam Bloom was on a vacation in Thailand, a balcony railing collapsed (倒塌), sending her falling 20 feet to the ground. The _________ left her with numerous injuries, including a broken spine. Her life was _________ changed.

In the many months that followed, she fell into a deep _________. Before her accident, she spent her time _______her family, surfing, exploring the outdoors, and traveling the world. Her _________ sense of self disappeared overnight—as she _________ it in her piece in a Time article, “I was no longer a(n)_________ woman, and I no longer _________ myself as a wife and mother.”

A few months after returning home, her son Noah _________ an injured baby magpie that had fallen from high in a tall pine tree. After no veterinarian (兽医) would rather __________ her in, the family decided to try and __________ her back to health themselves.

Due to its wobbly (摇晃的) walk and black and white __________, Bloom’s three boys decided to __________ the baby bird Penguin. And so, this __________ new creature became a member of the Bloom family. This new addition required constant __________, needing to be fed every two hours and kept warm constantly. This new __________ fell on Sam, and soon, Penguin became a form of __________ in soul to Sam.

“I didn’t feel as __________ anymore;my instincts as a nurse and mother came to life when I was __________ to this tiny, feathered soul. I didn’t __________ it at that time but, in a way, we were keeping each other alive.”

【1】

A．fall

B．travel

C．railing

D．country

【2】

A．gradually

B．recently

C．completely

D．hardly

【3】

A．sleep

B．depression

C．hole

D．passion

【4】

A．figuring out

B．talking about

C．calling at

D．caring for

【5】

A．former

B．strange

C．weak

D．false

【6】

A．made

B．had

C．got

D．put

【7】

A．beautiful

B．excellent

C．independent

D．professional

【8】

A．watched over

B．thought of

C．gave up

D．turned to

【9】

A．discovered

B．hunted

C．dropped

D．trapped

【10】

A．hand

B．trick

C．engage

D．take

【11】

A．hope

B．nurse

C．send

D．show

【12】

A．eyes

B．photos

C．feathers

D．dots

【13】

A．keep

B．consider

C．name

D．accept

【14】

A．greedy

B．needy

C．proud

D．energetic

【15】

A．change

B．motivation

C．practice

D．attention

【16】

A．responsibility

B．challenge

C．stress

D．chance

【17】

A．escape

B．treatment

C．exercise

D．excuse

【18】

A．useless

B．careless

C．quiet

D．lazy

【19】

A．objecting

B．adjusting

C．sticking

D．tending

【20】

A．answer

B．care

C．realize

D．believe

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.

Expressions about water are almost as common as water itself. But many of the expressions using water have unpleasant meanings.

The expression “to be in hot water” is one of them. It is a very old expression, which can be 【1】 back to 500 years ago. The expression is used to mean being in trouble. One story says it got that meaning from the custom of throwing extremely hot water down on enemies attacking a castle.

Being in “deep water” is almost the same as being in “hot water”. When you are in deep water, you are in a difficult 【2】. Imagine a person who cannot swim being thrown in water over his head. You are in deep water when you are facing a problem that you do not have the ability to solve. The problem is too deep. You can be in deep water, for example, if you invest in stocks in complete 【3】 of the stock market.

"Water over the dam" is another expression about a past event. It is something that cannot be 【4】. The expression comes from the idea that water that has 【5】 a dam cannot be brought back again. When a friend is 【6】 by a mistake she has made, you might tell her to forget about it. You say it is water over the dam.

Another common expression, "to hold water," is about the strength or weakness of an idea or opinion that you may be arguing about. It probably comes from the way of testing the 【7】 of a container. If it can hold water, it is strong and has no holes in it. If your 【8】 can hold water, it is strong and does not have any holes. If it does not hold water, then it is weak and can not be 【9】.

"Throwing cold water" also is an expression that deals with an idea or 【10】. For example, you want to buy a new car because the old one has some problems. But you wife "throws cold water" on the idea, because she says a new car costs too much

35、

Rapidly advancing technology and its impact on education has been a subject of debate. How can schools equip students with the skills they need to succeed in a challenging job market?

Since technology is driving these changes, there is a theory that governments should keep focusing on STEM subjects. These are often referred to as “hard skills,” which are 【1】 in primary school and right through to university level. In the meantime, ‘soft skills’ are being 【2】.

This is a mistake. Much evidence suggests that soft skills are far more 【3】 to graduates in the long term. Research from Harvard University on the global job market has shown that STEM- related careers grew strongly between 1989 and 2000 but have slowed down since. In contrast, jobs in the creative industries----the sector probably most 【4】 with the need for soft skills---are growing rapidly. Soft skills are, in fact, increasingly in demand in the workplace: Google cites creativity, leadership 【5】 and communication skills as top requirements for both potential and current employees.

So why are soft skills so highly 【6】 for?

With the rapid evolution of technology, a focus on hard skills leaves students 【7】 to change, as these often have a short shelf life. According to research by World Economic Forum, more than one in four adults reports a mismatch between their skills and those needed for their job role. If soft skills are taught well, these skills should enable students to adapt to change more easily and progress further in their 【8】 career.

Of course, technical skills are important. But without the curriculum placing equal--- if not greater --- 【9】 on soft skills, our education systems are missing a huge trick. Hard skills may help a student get a job in a particular industry, but soft skills will help them disrupt it, achieving a wider 【10】 in their chosen field.

36、Directions: Fill in each blank to make the passage make sense and well connected in writing style. The initial letter of each word has been given. (please write each answer in a COMPLETE word on the answer card.

THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

In Congress, July 4, 1776

When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bonds which have connected them with another, and to assume among the Powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s god entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should d【1】 the causes which impel them to the separation.

We h【2】 these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created e【3】, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable R【4】, that among these are life, L【5】, and the pursuit of Happiness.

That to secure these rights, g 【6】 are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.

That whenever any form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the P 【7】 to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, l【8】 its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such f【9】, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience has shown, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariable the same Object, evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their d 【10】, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.

37、阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Everyone has their own unique fingerprint; 【1】 makes fingerprints an ideal way to unlock smartphones. However, this may be 【2】 (safe) than we think.

Scientists at New York University and Michigan State University in the US have developed a set of fake fingerprints. They say that the prints 【3】 unlock any fingerprint-enabled smartphone up to 65 percent of the time.

The artificial fingerprints 【4】 (create) by using many common features found in human prints. They work 【5】 taking advantage of the way smartphone scanners check a fingerprint.

The fingerprint scanners   【6】 (use) in smartphones are so small that they only read parts of fingerprints. So they have to take many scans of your finger or thumb (拇指) 【7】 they work properly. Smartphones also let users save several finger and thumbprints. Since a print only has to match one of the saved images 【8】 (unlock) the phone, the scanner is more likely to make mistakes.

Although the scientists have only tested their findings in computer simulations (模拟), 【9】 (worry) about the safety of using fingerprints are reasonable .They warn that the technology used to create artificial fingerprints is improving   【10】 (extreme) fast.

38、假如你是李华，请按如下提示给热爱阅读的朋友Peter写一封电子邮件，邀请对方来你校参加主题为“阅读的力量”的活动。主要内容包括：

1. 活动时间：下周三；活动地点：学校图书馆；

2. 活动内容：自拟（至少两项）。

注意：1. 词数80左右；2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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39、每到放学，家长接学生的车辆总会导致校门口的交通过度拥挤，学校对此非常苦恼。假如你是高二年级的学生李华，请给校长写一封信，分析一下该现象产生的原因，并提出你的建议。

注意：120词左右；开头已给出，不计入词数。

Mr. Wang,

I’m writing to you to share my opinions about the problem of heavy traffic every day after school at our school gate.

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Best wishes!

Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

40、假定你是李华，你所在的班级决定成立Big Fun English Club。请你给你校的外教杰克（Jack）写信，邀请他加入俱乐部，要点如下：

1. 成立俱乐部的目的

2. 活动时间和地点

3. 活动内容；

4. 邀请杰克加入。

注意：1. 词数100左右； 2. 可以适当增加内容，以使行文连贯。

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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