山西晋中2025届高三英语下册三月考试题

1、Word came ___ some American guests would visit our school .

A.whether B.that C.as D.how

2、It was not how much we do but how much love we put into what we do _______benefits our work best.

A.who B.which C.that D.what

3、At the end of the dinner party, the conclusion of the crisis________ bare the fact women have as much self-control as men.

A.lay B.laid

C.lined D.lied

4、We encourage students to ____________ fully in the running of the college.

A. paint B. panic

C. participate D. point

5、He looked into her eyes and his voice ________ a more serious tone.

A.took off B.took on C.took in D.took down

6、They all sat together at table, laughing and ______ stories after many years’ separation.

A.swapping B.circulating C.spreading D.plotting

7、The White House took advantage of some strategies, hoping to _______ the media's attention away from foreign policy issues.

A.shrink B.shelter C.shift D.shake

8、Ann never dreams of _____ for her to be sent abroad very soon.

A. there being a chance B. there to be a chance

C. there be a chance D. being a chance

9、Let the negative feelings go that we might have to tolerate ______.

A. though B. however

C. otherwise D. regardless

10、Everyone in the department is expected to ________ the discussion about the plans of the next year.

A.attend B.join C.participate D.take part in

11、It     to me that I might ask for help from my neighbour.

A.occurred B.occupied C.observed D.obsessed

12、____, 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

13、The Small Goose Pagoda in Xi’an, one of the 22 Silk Road relics located in China, _______ back in 707 during the Tang Dynasty.

A．dated   B．was dated

C．dates     D．is dating

14、______ exceptionally heavily might railway services be temporarily dislocated (扰乱).

A. If only it snowed B. Only in case it snows

C. Only were it to snow D. Only when snow

15、At only $45 a night, the hotel is well ________ the money

A. value B. worthy

C. worth D. valuable

16、If we a table earlier, we couldn’t be standing here in a queue.

A. have booked B. booked C. book   D. had booked

17、Honesty is the best policy. If your account doesn’t _________ what the security cameras recorded, you’ll get punished.

A.subscribe to B.attend to C.correspond to D.relate to

18、Seldom________ in summer, nor________ in winter in dry areas.

A.it rains；it often snows

B.does it rain；does it often snow

C.it rains；does it snow

D.does it rain；it often snows

19、She got so angry that she ran after them.She was soon________，but she continued to run.

A.out of sight B.out of breath C.in sight D.in breath

20、He is now a regular donor who was inspired as a small child, _____ his mother when she donated blood.

A.accompanying B.accompanied C.to accompany D.to be accompanied

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

A．conservation

B．preparation

C．graduation

D．qualification

22、I have been convinced that the print media are usually more________ and more reliable than television.

A．accurate

B．ridiculous

C．urgent

D．flexible

23、In order to find something to eat and drink, Mr. Smith opened Meituan App and Baidu map, which showed how shops and restaurants were _________ in the city.

A. distributed B. broadcast

C. spread D. contributed

24、I remember ___ for the job , but I forgot the exact amount .

A.to pay B.paying C.to have paid D.being paid

25、In that school, German is compulsory for all students, but English and French are ________.

A.special B.regional C.optional D.original

26、Since 50 years ago, scientists have been searching for ways to link the brain with computers. Brain Computer Interface (BCI) technology could help people with disabilities send commands to machines.

Recently, two researchers, Jose Millan and Michelle Tavella from the Federal Polytechnic School in Lausanne, Switzerland, demonstrated (展示) a small robotic wheelchair directed by a person’s thoughts.

In the laboratory, Tavella operated the wheelchair just by thinking about moving his left or right hand. He could even talk as he watched the vehicle and guided it with his thoughts.

“Our brain has billions of nerve cells. These send signals through the spinal cord (脊髓) to the muscles to give us the ability to move. But spinal cord injuries or other conditions can prevent these weak electrical signals from reaching the muscles,” Tavella says, “Our system allows disabled people to communicate with external world and also to control devices.”

The researchers designed a special cap for the user. This head cover picks up the signals from the scalp (头皮) and sends them to a computer. The computer interprets the signals and commands the motorized wheelchair. The wheelchair also has two cameras that identify objects in its path. They help the computer react to commands from the brain.

Prof. Millan, the team leader, says scientists keep improving the computer software that interprets brain signals and turns them into simple commands. “The practical possibilities that BCI technology offers to disabled people can be grouped in two categories: communication, and controlling devices. One example is this wheelchair.” He says his team has set two goals. One is testing with real patients, so as to prove that this is a technology they can benefit from. And the other is to guarantee that they can use the technology over long periods of time.

【1】What is BCI?

A．BCI is a technology that can link the human brain with computers.

B．BCI is a technology that can help to update computer systems.

C．BCI is a technology that can help the disabled to recover.

D．BCI is a technology that can control a person's thoughts.

【2】How did Tavella operate the wheelchair in the laboratory?

A．By controlling his muscles.

B．By talking to the machine.

C．By using his mind.

D．By moving his hand.

【3】Which of the following shows the path of the signals described in Paragraph 5?

A．scalp→computer→cap→wheelchair

B．scalp→cap→computer→wheelchair

C．computer→cap→scalp→wheelchair

D．cap→computer→scalp→wheelchair

【4】Which of the following would be the BEST title for the text?

A．Switzerland, the BCI Research Center

B．New Findings about How the Human Brain Works

C．Robotic Vehicles Could Help to Cure Brain Injuries

D．BCI Could Mean More Freedom for the Disabled

27、   The gentle giant of our oceans are whale, sharks. It's ,the biggest  shark and  can  reach as .long as 41.5 feet. Whale sharks have a lifespan of 70 years , on average-, and they spend their days  gently swimming in the  warm. and tropical oceans.

Their teeth are the size of match heads, and while their jaws could be powerfiil , they have never tended to attack humans. Their teeth play no role in eating, as  plankton (浮游生物)）does  not need to be chewed. They are to be found in numbers in the warmer oceans and they prefer the deep waters of the open oceans. They tend to travel alone.

Several times a year they gather together in. certain spots where  plankton is  plentiful . Those  areas are all  within  a  300 north  or south  latitude from  the- equator. And  sadly whale sharks  are targeted by  commercial-fisheries . at those spots.  How easy  it  must be for those  fishermen  to catch  those  beautiful creatures who can only swim at 3. 5 miles per hour! So great a loss in numbers have they suffered, that whale sharks are now listed  as one of the endangered species.  Some countries and areas  have started to take measures to protect the whale sharks from  extinction.

The Philippines, India - and  Taiwan have all  banned the  fishing, selling, importing  and exporting of whale sharks for commercial purpose. However, the  law  does not  seem  to  be effective  because the  hunting and killing still  goes on  today,. especially in Taiwan and the  . Philippines. Each whale shark can fetch around $ 21,000. In parts of Asia they are known as the "money shark”.

The mighty dollar , wins again, at great cost to our habitat,  and  we  will not  know what  we have lost until we have lost it forever. Therefore, it is high time for us to do something  for the whale  sharks.

【1】We can learn from the passage that whale sharks_______.

A. usually live a life of more than 70 years

B. always  travel  in the  ocean in groups

C. depend on their teeth to harvest their - food

D. live in the deep waters of the  warmer  oceans

【2】We know that  in  Taiwan  and the Philippines, _______________,

A. fishermen are earning little by catching the  whale sharks

B. fishermen have stopped hunting- and killing the whale sharks

C. fishermen are continuing to hunt and kill the  whalesharks .

D. importing and  exporting whale sharks is allowed

【3】It is implied in the passage that _______.

A. whale sharks will be extinct even if they are protected

B. whale sharks are the most dangerous marine dhimals

C. there is no law about banning the fishing of whale sharks

D. the huge profit is to blame for the decreasing numbers of whale sharks

【4】What is the main purpose of this passage?

A. To call on people to protect whale sharks.

B. To guide people how to fish and kill whale sharks.

C. To advise the government to make related laws.

D. To analyze the value of whale sharks.

28、   I always felt sorry for the people in wheelchairs. Some people, old and weak, cannot get around by themselves. Others seem perfectly healthy, dressed in business suits. But whenever I saw someone in a wheelchair, I only saw a disability，not a person.

Then I fainted(昏倒) at Euro Disney due to low blood pressure. This was the first time I had ever fainted, and my parents said that I must rest for a while after first aid. I agreed to take it easy, but as I stepped toward the door, I saw my dad pushing a wheelchair in my direction! Feeling the colour burn my cheeks, I asked him to wheel that thing right back to where he found it.

I could not believe this was happening to me. Wheelchairs were fine for other people but not for me. As my father wheeled me out into the main street, people immediately began to treat me differently.

Little kids ran in front of me, forcing my father to stop the wheelchair suddenly. Bitterness set in as I was thrown back and forth.

＂Stupid kids! They have perfectly good legs. Why can’t they watch where they are going？＂I thought. People stared down at me，pity in their eyes. Then they would look away, maybe because they thought the sooner they forgot me the better.

＂I’m just like you！＂ I wanted to scream. ＂The only difference is that you’ve got legs，and I have wheels.＂

People in wheelchairs are not stupid. They see every look and hear each word. Looking out at the faces, I finally understood: I was once just like them. I treated people in wheelchairs exactly the way they did not want to be treated. I realized it is some of us with two healthy legs who are truly disabled.

【1】The author once ________ when she was healthy.

A. helped disabled people

B. looked down upon disabled people

C. imagined herself sitting in a wheelchair

D. saw some healthy people moving around in wheelchairs

【2】Facing the wheelchair for the first time, the author ________.

A. felt curious about it

B. got ready to move around in it right away

C. threw it away

D. refused to accept it right away

【3】The experience of the author tells us that ______.

A. life is the best teacher

B. people often eat their bitter fruit

C. life is so changeable that nobody can foretell

D. one should not do to others what he would not like others to do to him

【4】What is the best title for this passage?

A. How to get used to wheelchairs

B. People in wheelchairs should be equally treated

C. People with two legs are truly healthy

D. The difference between healthy people and the disabled

29、Ralph Waldo Emerson was born on May 25, 1803 in Boston, Massachusetts and died from a lung disease on April 27, 1882. Although he was in poor health for most of his adult life, he still created numerous literary works which he later turned into essays. One of his greatest and most influential works was an essay called “Nature”. He also wrote poetry and was a well-known poet in America.

Emerson was a well-educated individual, but some of his ideas were considered to be quite radical (激进的) at the time. In September 1836, Emerson founded the Transcendental Club. He believed in things like self-reliance and individualism. These things were very hard for people to understand at the time. But for Emerson, it was simply an extension of the bigger picture. He had always challenged long-standing beliefs about everything and had always been a front runner when it came to change.

Besides “Nature”, he wrote essays such as “Self-Reliance” and “Circles”. He finished these works by writing as lectures. He was a skilled public speaker, so he would prepare these more like speeches and later edited them to make them read better for the general public. During his early career, he spent most of his time writing essays. But as his health declined, he was forced to change his lifestyle, and began writing some poetry.

Many of his essays and poetry are still popular today, which proves his success as a writer as well as a philosophical thinker. As a result, his works have become something that almost everyone has to read. In reality, he was a progressive thinker that led a number of people into a completely different way of thinking during the 19th century. He just happened to be a gifted writer and put many of his thoughts down on paper so people can still read them today.

【1】What is the purpose of the first paragraph?

A．To show us numerous famous literary works.

B．To give us a brief introduction of Emerson.

C．To explain how to create influential poetry to us.

D．To tell us the news about the death of Emerson.

【2】What can we learn from Paragraph 2?

A．Emerson didn’t agree with the conventional beliefs.

B．The Club was very hard for people to understand.

C．A well-educated individual shouldn’t be quite radical.

D．Self-reliance and individualism were popular at that time.

【3】Why did Emerson change his lifestyle to write poetry?

A．His health was in a poor condition.

B．His essay was difficult to understand.

C．He was quite radical in his later time.

D．He wanted to challenge long-standing beliefs.

【4】What can we infer from the text?

A．Emerson’s works are not popular now.

B．Emerson was a pioneer when it came to change.

C．Emerson wrote many speeches of high quality later.

D．In general, Emerson was a traditional thinker and writer.

30、   Friendship is pleasant and necessary to people's life. A man without _______ is an angel without wings, _______ life will suffer because of _______ and depression. Friendship is the mother of our soul, which will warm us when _______ occurs. We have much to _______ with our friends in life, confusion, excitement, bitterness etc. And it's great to _______ up a sincere friendship.

It _______ many special qualities to make a friend. _______ should come first. Only when we get a better understanding of each other can we gain a(n) _______ and meaningful friendship. We may find our hobbies of __________ interests. This feeling of natural attraction gets us closer and closer. It also takes a special kind of love that seems to know no end. Never __________ to show your kindness to your friend when he/she is __________. Love is not selfish. Love is a(n) __________ by God that we should treasure all our life. Tolerance(宽容) is the third __________ part in friendship. There is no doubt that we are __________ persons. This personal difference may __________ disagreements between us in every aspect of our life. Don't just think about ourselves. Try to tolerate him/her in an easy mood. Saints(圣人) are not perfect, __________ those ordinary people like us. Afterwards, we should get a good communication.

Understanding, __________ and tolerance are the first three essences that come to a sincere friendship. Other qualities are also __________ such as thoughtfulness, trust and __________. Remember, friendship is your spirit's guard, treasure it.

【1】A.classmates B.partners C.competitors D.friends

【2】A.who B.whose C.that D.which

【3】A.loneliness B.responsibility C.independence D.friendship

【4】A.injury B.hurt C.wound D.ache

【5】A.argue B.connect C.share D.consult

【6】A.give B.keep C.put D.hold

【7】A.takes B.costs C.spends D.pays

【8】A.Recognizing B.Interests C.Understanding D.Patience

【9】A.convenient B.natural C.peaceful D.sincere

【10】A.common B.regular C.usual D.ordinary

【11】A.struggle B.hesitate C.intend D.escape

【12】A.in relief B.in surprise C.in trouble D.in danger

【13】A.reaction B.experience C.thought D.quality

【14】A.exciting B.necessary C.meaningful D.effective

【15】A.similar B.contradictory C.different D.dependant

【16】A.intend B.lead C.avoid D.cause

【17】A.let alone B.let go C.leave alone D.leave out

【18】A.success B.communication C.love D.trust

【19】A.developed B.listed C.understood D.concerned

【20】A.patience B.comfort C.ease D.safety

31、   One day, Taylor received a random Facebook message: “I’m Willie from Liberia. I need some ________ assistance.” Taylor didn’t ________ it and thought it was some Internet scam（诈骗）. But he wanted to see what the ________ were. So he replied with a small ________, saying that he owned a photography business and could use some ________. Soon came Willie’s shots of people in shabby neighborhoods. For Taylor, the images were ________. He’d never seen such poverty. He thought “Oh, no, now I have to find a ________ to reward him for his work. ________, I would be the scammer.”

Taylor ________ a crowd-funding site, where he tried ________ copies of Willi’s photos. Surprisingly, sales ________. In no time he raised $1,000. He sent Willie the money but asked him to ________ half of it. It was a test. In Liberia $500 is a big fortune, so Taylor didn’t ________ much. But pictures arrived showing joyful ________ with new book bags and notebooks—Willie had bought out a market and blessed five schools with ________.

“He came through.” Taylor eventually set aside his ________ and traveled 6,500 miles to meet Willie. “I’ve changed. I set out to ________ a man, but ended up helping him. Sometimes people ________ you when you give them a chance.”

Willie has changed, too. “I used to ________. Now I’m the one who’s giving. When you ________ that, you come from nobody to somebody. I’ve come from zero to hero.”

【1】A.technical B.financial C.medical D.legal

【2】A.buy B.grasp C.resist D.read

【3】A.rules B.comments C.messages D.tricks

【4】A.gin B.mistake C.lie D.parcel

【5】A.books B.tips C.cameras D.pictures

【6】A.heartbreaking B.painstaking C.well-developed D.old-fashioned

【7】A.person B.reason C.school D.way

【8】A.However B.Therefore C.Otherwise D.Instead

【9】A.broke into B.turned to C.put down D.longed for

【10】A.selling B.showing C.editing D.reviewing

【11】A.dived B.exploded C.slowed D.changed

【12】A.raise B.return C.donate D.earn

【13】A.think B.spend C.ask D.expect

【14】A.beggars B.photographers C.students D.neighbors

【15】A.abundance B.intelligence C.experience D.patience

【16】A.faith B.doubt C.wisdom D.loss

【17】A.confuse B.entertain C.assist D.embarrass

【18】A.disappoint B.respect C.surprise D.bother

【19】A.receive B.save C.cheat D.suspect

【20】A.say B.do C.imagine D.consider

32、Mattew Shifrin has been building with Legos (乐高积木) since he was 5 with the help of his friends. When he turned 13, he got a _______ birthday present from his friend, Lilya Finkel. It was an 843-piece Middle Eastern Lego palace. And with it were_______that Finkel made specially for it. Finkel_______a unique name for every one of the more than 800 pieces in the   palace set. Then she spent countless hours_______ building instructions in Braille (盲文) that spelled out how to_______ them all together.

His mind was blown. As a_______person, Shifrin had never before been able to complete a Lego set_______. Shifrin knew immediately that he had to help other blind children find the same_______ . Shifrin says, 'For blind people, Lego sets act as small 3D_______for real-life buildings instead of two-dimensional photographs. Lego bricks ________ me to see things that are ________ to explore by touch.' For years after that incredible Lego________ , he together with Finkel created similar instructions for about 45 other Lego sets, all ________ on a website they created, 'Lego for the Blind.'

Shifrin began________the Lego company several years ago to discuss his work, but it was in 2017, when Finkel died of cancer, that he finally connected with the________person. His years-long efforts________ when the Lego company released its first audio and Braille building instructions. The project is a high-tech version of what Shifrin and Finkel did for their________. It couldn’t have been completed without Shifrin's________ – or without his determination.

He just ________ Finkel had been here to see it. 'I think she'd be very glad that we came this ________,' Shifrin said.

【1】

A．time-saving

B．life-changing

C．world-shaking

D．heart-breaking

【2】

A．instructions

B．rules

C．skills

D．requirements

【3】

A．invented

B．remembered

C．mentioned

D．knew

【4】

A．getting

B．practicing

C．ignoring

D．typing

【5】

A．mix

B．fix

C．mend

D．gather

【6】

A．blind

B．deaf

C．poor

D．rich

【7】

A．in his favour

B．in his turn

C．on his own

D．at his convenience

【8】

A．truth

B．connection

C．balance

D．independence

【9】

A．patterns

B．designs

C．replacements

D．arrangements

【10】

A．warn

B．allow

C．force

D．trouble

【11】

A．impossible

B．dangerous

C．easy

D．safe

【12】

A．experiment

B．performance

C．practice

D．experience

【13】

A．published

B．selected

C．identified

D．canceled

【14】

A．putting up with

B．catching up with

C．reaching out to

D．keeping away from

【15】

A．previous

B．missing

C．smart

D．right

【16】

A．spread out

B．blew up

C．faded away

D．paid off

【17】

A．company

B．website

C．buildings

D．children

【18】

A．encouragement

B．preparation

C．involvement

D．recommendation

【19】

A．predicted

B．wished

C．assumed

D．expected

【20】

A．long

B．far

C．deep

D．fast

33、   As a banker, Chip Paillex had never planted so much until he moved to rural Pittstown, New Jersey, seven years ago. ______by farms, he quickly became interested in growing and rented a 30-by-30-foot land. One weekend, he ______tomatoes, potatoes and eggplant—enough to feed his family for the summer.

He ended up with so much ______that he couldn’t give it away. Thus he founded a local food ______, and by the time he delivered his last______, he had ______120 pounds of fresh vegetables.

The following year, with a handful of ______from his church and a memorable name “America’s Grow-a-Row”, Paillex planted,______,and harvested 2,500 pounds of vegetables, all of which he donated to food banks. Later he had more volunteers, rented more land and donated more vegetables.

Paillex also ______ local school kids. On a ______Friday morning in May, 40 third and fifth graders trooped onto a freshly plowed field, each ______with a spade. Squatting or kneeling in teams of two , they loosened the dirt, then carefully______the plants .Several rows later, they eagerly lined up to seed corn under a hot mid-morning sun. Nobody ______.

“The ______makes kids know there are people ______, says Paillex, “and it plants the seed for giving back. When they become tomorrow’s ______, it will be much more possible for them to ______ their coworkers and employees to get ______ in something like this.

“Paillex makes people want to ______,” says Colleen Duerr, a mother of two who has signed on as an ______“Grow-a-Row” member. “And families love this. Pallex has given us a way to raise our kids with a giving heart.”

【1】A. Trapped B. Occupied C. Prevented D. Surrounded

【2】A. put aside B. planted out C. wrapped up D. got in

【3】A. advice B. produce C. cost D. equipment

【4】A. bank B. market C. shop D. room

【5】A. crop B. fruit C. harvest D. grain

【6】A. donated B. sold C. found D. stored

【7】A. neighbors B. employees C. volunteers D. tourists

【8】A. delivered B. stored C. bought D. tended

【9】A. refuses B. welcomes C. chooses D. pushes

【10】A. cloudless B. snowy C. foggy D. rainy

【11】A. compared B. combined C. filled D. armed

【12】A. cooked B. counted C. positioned D. pulled

【13】A. laughed B. complained C. worked D. competed

【14】A. programme B. example C. lesson D. thought

【15】A. at war B. in anger C. on business D. in need

【16】A. farmers B. workers C. leaders D. owners

【17】A. force B. encourage C. beg D. wait

【18】A. locked B. moved C. involved D. turned

【19】A. grow B. relax C. settle D. help

【20】A. unpaid B. unexpected C. unseen D. unknown

34、课文填空

Yet, some people are【1】 They claim that surfing the Internet is a waste of time. They make the 【2】 that children spend too much time chatting and playing games instead of 【3】 on their school work. However, a recent survey conducted in the USA shows that 80 per cent of Internet users 【4】 it mostly to search for answers to questions. The second most common use of the Internet, for 79 per cent of Internet users, is to find out information about hobbies. These statistics prove that gathering information is the 【5】 use for the Internet.

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.

AI artwork sells for $432,500 — nearly 45 times its high【1】 — as Christie’s becomes the first auction house to offer a work of art created by an algorithm. This portrait, however, is not the product of a human mind. It was created by an【2】 intelligence, an algorithm defined by that algebraic formula with its many parentheses. And when it went under the【3】 in the Prints & Multiples sale at Christie’s on 23-25 October, Portrait of Edmond Belamy sold for an【4】 $432,500, signaling the arrival of AI art on the world auction stage.

From a distance, Portrait of Edmond de Belamy looks almost plausible. Up close, however, the paintwork becomes a grid of mechanical-looking dots, the man’s face a golden blur with black holes for eyes. Look into those eyes. They show no sign of feeling or life. Did a computer make this?

The answer is yes. The first artwork【5】 by AI to be sold at Christie’s, its【6】 price would seem to suggest that in future we will get computers to make art for us. Robot van Gogh will harmlessly cut its ear off and robot Picasso will be a genius.

Is this the future AI art visionaries such as the French collective Obvious, which programmed this “painter” by getting it to compare its own work with 15,000 pre-20th century portraits, have in mind? Or are they just, God forbid, making a fast buck from deceivable art collectors? Because believing the algorithm that knocked this up to be in any meaningful way an “artist” is like thinking your voice-interaction programme is out to get you. Dream on. Computers would need to replicate human consciousness before they could replicate the funny thing humans do called “art”.

Art is a way in which human 【7】 expresses itself, and is equally true of the earliest cave art, Rembrandt’s portraits and Duchamp’s urinal. And that is what is missing from Portrait of Edmond Bellamy. Art is a way humans communicate ideas, perceptions and feelings to each other. It has no 【8】 outside the human passion to communicate. So in what meaningful sense can an AI replica of certain【9】 traits of old master paintings be called art?

For a robot to really make art, it would need an autonomous mind that was emotional as well as【10】. No AI developer has yet claimed to be anywhere near achieving that and if they ever do, their creation will probably have better things to do than paint portraits — like destroy humanity.

Maybe afterwards robots will invent their own kind of art, but it won’t be some poor pastiche of human genius.

It will be beyond anything we organics could imagine.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

37、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.

38、假定你是李华，得知现在正在招募亚运会志愿者，你有意应聘。请按下列要点给报社写一封自荐信。内容包括：

1. 表示感兴趣；

2. 说明优势（英语水平、合作精神、相关经历）；

3. 希望得到回复。

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、假定你叫李华。你校正开展“魅力校园”(Beautiful Campus)活动，你的美国朋友Marv对此很感兴趣，来信询问该活动开展情况。请你给他写封邮件，介绍该活动。内容包括:

1. 该活动开始的时间和持续的时间；

2. 你校具体开展的活动；

3. 该活动产生的效果。

注意:

1. 词数100左右:

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Marv,

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Yours,

Li Hua

40、阅读下面文章，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事情节。

When a tornado hit a small town nearby, many families were left homeless. Afterward, all the local newspapers carried stories of the families who suffered the hardest to appeal to people’s attention and assistance.

One Sunday, a particular picture especially touched me. A young woman stood in front of a mobile home, a depressed expression on her face. A young boy, seven or eight years old, stood at her side, eyes downcast. Hiding behind her skirt was a tiny girl who stared into the camera, wide eyes with confusion and fear. The article below gave clothing sizes closely matched ours. This would be a good opportunity to teach my seven-year-old twins, Brad and Brett, and three-year-old Meghan to help those less fortunate than themselves.

“We have so much. And these poor people now have nothing,” I said. “We’ll share what we have with them.” I brought three large boxes down from the room upstairs and placed them in the living room. Meghan watched seriously, as the boys and I filled one of the boxes with canned goods and foods. While I sorted through our clothes, I encouraged the boys to go through their toys and donate some of their less favorite things. The boys were pleased to join. Bred rose and went to his room fast. He came back bringing his action figures that he played with not so frequently. Brett also jumped up and ran to fetch some of his Matchbox cars and airplane models. Meghan watched quietly as the boys piled up abandoned toys.

The boys placed the objects they had chosen to donate into one of the boxes while I filled the third box with clothes. Meghan walked up with Lucy, her worn, faded, best-loved rag doll hugged tightly to her chest. “I’ll help you find something for the little girl, too” I said to the little Meghan.

注意：

1.所续写短文的词数应为150左右；

2.应使用5个以上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:

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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。

That night, after a couple of restless hours, Dora woke up suddenly at midnight. She went to her bathroom. Stepping on the carpet she noticed it was damp. Looking out, she found that muddy water was inching up the wood-paneled walls! She ran to her father’s bedside. “Daddy, Daddy,” she cried, shaking him violently. “Wake up. There’s water in the house!”

Barefoot and wearing only shorts, Dykstra walked to the entrance and opened the door. What he saw shook him wide-awake. Duchess, their dog, was standing just outside the door, her feet in six inches of water. That meant the roadway, their only means of escape, was flooded. He hid his anxiety. They climbed up the ladder-like stairs to a loft (阁楼) above the living room. From there they could hear the water filling the room below, creeping (缓慢地行进) toward them. Suddenly the whole house trembled as if struck by an earthquake. The next instant they found themselves floating, and the wooden house being swept along the river! Terrified that the cabin would sink and take them down with it, Dykstra decided that they would have to get out. Wrapping his arms tightly round his daughter, he plunged (猛冲) into the icy water.

The house was behind them now, chasing them through the darkness. Before he could get out of its path, the house – pushed by the tremendous (巨大的) power of the water – pinned him at the trunk. His ribs (肋骨) were crushed. His left leg was broken. He lost consciousness. Then the house shifted, releasing him. Dora found herself drifting downstream, her unconscious father beside her. “Don’t die, Daddy!” she cried. “Please!”

Perhaps it was the cry of the little girl that stirred Dykstra to consciousness. In the pale moonlight, Dykstra spotted an island formed by some rubbish that had got caught in some treetops. Fighting against the current and his pain, he swam toward it. Dora climbed onto the small pile of timbers (木材) and pulled her father, who was fighting for breath, from the rushing water onto the timbers. Now, Dora realized, it was up to her to help him.

注意：1. 续写词数应为150词左右；

2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

Just then she was astonished to see a figure appear out of nowhere.

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Suddenly a voice from somewhere on the distant hillside broke the darkness.

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