大连2024-2025学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高一英语

1、--- Does the young man _____ the company?

--- No, the company is _____ his father.

A. in possession of; in the possession of B. have possession of; in the possession of

C. take possession of; in possession of D. have possession of; in possession of

2、I would appreciate____________ if you could help me out when I am in trouble.

A．that

B．one

C．it

D．this

3、It’s important for the figures regularly.

A．to be updated

B．to have been updated

C．to update

D．to have updated

4、We can't imagine what great trouble the medical care personnel had _______ with the COVID-19.

A.fought B.for fighting C.to fight D.fighting

5、--Mary failed the driving test again.

-- Really? Can you_______ for that this time.

A．explain

B．account

C．describe

D．introduce

6、All parking signs have now been placed _________.

A. in practice B. in position

C. in danger D. in mind

7、Everyone faces challenges in life. It’s a matter of __________ you learn to overcome them and use them to your advantage.

A.that B.what C.which D.how

8、My new glasses cost me ______the last pair that I bought.

A．as much as three times

B．three times more than

C．three times as much as

D．as much three times as

9、Roses are quite _____ flowers in English gardens.

A．ordinary

B．common

C．usual

D．general

10、The good thing about children is that they _______ very easily to new environments.

A. adapt   B. appeal   C. attach   D. apply

11、— Mr. Priestly has just accepted our offer over the phone．

— Good, but you must ask him to ______ it in writing．

A. consume B. confirm C. consult D. conduct

12、Much to the couple's comfort，their income is now double ________ it was five years ago.

A.that B.if C.which D.what

13、_______inflation, the cost of the project over 10 years is $2 million.

A.Allowing B.Allowing into C.Allowing of D.Allowing for

14、We must do something to_______factories________waste water into the river before it is cleaned.

A.stop; pouring B.prevent; to pour

C.keep; pouring D.stop; to pour

15、He wasn’t begging for a handout but surely appreciated the help in a   situation.

A.deliberate B.desperate C.stable D.shallow

16、The person who ________ advantage of the girl ________ a disadvantage didn’t gain an advantage ________ her.

A.made; in ; over B.took; at ; on C.took; at; over D.made; at; over

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

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

18、Not only ,but he himself was badly beaten up.

A.was everything he had robbed of

B.everything he had was robbed of

C.had everything he been robbed of

D.was he robbed of everything he had

19、—Is it for two months they have stayed here?

—No, it is only three weeks they arrived here.

A.that; since B.that; when C.when; that D.since; before

20、(2014·东北三省三校一联)Traffic conditions in Beijing________for decades.At first people only complained about jams during rush hours，but today every hour is rush hour.

A．is worsening

B．have worsened

C．have been worsening

D．worsened

21、The data shows the situations of the world economy,__________careful observation and detailed studies.

A.in the name of B.on the basis of

C.at the cost of D.in charge of

22、To keep their innovation _______ the times, Internet-based companies are sparing no efforts in digging into more core technologies.

A．in tune with

B．in touch with

C．in exchange for

D．in reward for

23、_______ Sunday, the library doesn’t open.

A．Being

B．It is

C．It being

D．There being

24、You’ll recognize me when you get out of the station. I______ jeans and a white T-shirt.

A．will be wearing

B．had worn

C．was wearing

D．have worn

25、I was being _____ for a driving license for the third time.

A.desired B.tested C.taken D.asked

26、One of the three astronauts who made up the historic Apollo 11 crew, NASA veteran Michael Collins passed away today, April 28, 2021, at the age of 90.

Collins was born on Oet. 31, 1930, in Rome, Italy. His father, a career officer in the US, Amy who’d go on to retire as a major general, was stationed there at the time. After his family returned stateside, Collins earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the US. Military Academy at West Point, graduating with the class of 1952. He then became an Air Force test pilot, which opened some interesting doors. In 1962, John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth. Glenn’s achievement was an inspiration for Collins. “I certainly had no childhood dream of flying to the moon or anywhere else, but the idea was extremely appealing.” Collins wrote in his autobiography Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut’s Journeys. He was selected to join NASA’s third class of astronauts the following year. His first extraterrestrial (地球外的) adventure came in 1966, when Collins set about on a three-day spaceflight with fellow astronaut John Young. Known as Gemini X, their mission was one for the record books; the two men reached the then-unprecedented (前所未有的) altitude of 475 miles (764kilometers ).

Of course, Michael Collins is best remembered for his role in Apollo 11. On July 16, 1969, at 8:32 AM ( Eastern Standard Time ), Collins, Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong were launched out of the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. They were the three explorers NASA had chosen for the first mission that would ever put a man on the moon. Four days into their adventure, on July 20, Collins parted ways with his crewmates. Seated in the Eagle landing craft, Armstrong and Aldrin made their landing onto the lunar surface. An American flag was planted; photos were taken; Armstrong said the immortal words, “ One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. ”

Meanwhile, Collins stayed behind in the crew’s command module (舱), orbiting the moon as his colleagues explored it.

【1】What motivated Collins to dream of flying to the moon?

A．His father’s encouragement.

B．John Glenn’s achievement.

C．His childhood experiences.

D．His favorite book.

【2】What can we learn about Collins from paragraph 2?

A．He became the first American to orbit Earth.

B．He dreamed of flying to the moon in his childhood.

C．His first space exploration was accomplished by himself.

D．He once wrote an autobiography.

【3】Why is Collins best-known many people until now?

A．He was praised by Armstrong.

B．He became an Air Force test pilot.

C．He participated in the work of Apollo 11.

D．He reached the then-unprecedented altitude of 475 miles.

【4】Which word can be best used to describe Collins?

A．Ambitious.

B．Lucky.

C．Warmhearted.

D．Humorous.

27、   The sudden rise of the new coronavirus (冠状病毒) has shocked China. Although China has been doing everything possible to stop the virus, it has spread outside of its borders and into other regions. There are now confirmed cases of COVID-19 in countries including the UK, Japan, Germany, Vietnam, Russia and the United States.

There is a growing fear that the effects of the outbreak will worsen if it is not contained. This has led to countries closing borders with China and putting travel bans in place, hoping to protect their own citizens. However, fear and misinformation have also caused the spread of something else — racism.

Restaurants and businesses in many tourist areas across the world have posted signs banning Chinese people. Social media users recently shared a picture of a sign outside a hotel in Rome, Italy. The sign said that “all people coming from China” were “not allowed” in the hotel. Similar signs with anti-Chinese sentiment (情绪) were also reportedly seen in South Korea, the UK,

Malaysia and Canada. These signs were loud and clear — “No Chinese”. Racist actions such as these do a lot more harm than good.

“My ethnicity (种族渊源) has made me feel like I was part of a threatening and diseased  mass ,” Sam Phan, a master’s student at the University of Manchester, wrote to the Guardian.

Edith Bracho-Sanchez, an assistant professor at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, has experience working on health issues that involve international borders. “As human beings, we are afraid of the things we don’t know, but our response should be to educate ourselves, not to further spread … fears and misunderstandings,” she said. Bracho-Sanchez suggested that the media should “stick to the facts”.

Phan shared a similar view: “It’s important … to see us in all our diversity, as individual human beings, and to challenge stereotypes (刻板印象). The coronavirus is a human tragedy, so let’s not allow fear to breed (引发) hatred, intolerance and racism.”

Instead of spreading misinformation and fueling fearful thoughts, we should do everything we can to support those who are affected by events such as the COVID-19 outbreak. After all, the real enemy is the virus, not the people who are fighting it.

【1】What do Paragraphs 2-3 mainly talk about?

A.How COVID-19 has spread outside of China.

B.How other countries deal with COVID-19.

C.COVID-19 leading to racism against Chinese people.

D.COVID-19 affecting business and tourism worldwide.

【2】What did Bracho-Sanchez tell people with her words?

A.The media helps educate people.

B.It’s harmful to fear what we don’t know.

C.It’s better to keep your fears to yourself.

D.It’s helpful to learn about unknown things.

【3】What attitude does the author hold toward the COVID-19 outbreak?

A.She hopes people work together to fight the virus.

B.She blames Chinese for spreading the virus abroad.

C.She thinks the media is responsible for misinformation.

D.She criticizes China for not doing enough to contain the virus.

28、   With the Internet, people can send and receive e-mails. On the Internet, people can skim over news. Using the Telnet, the user anywhere on the Internet can log into any other machine on which he has an account. It is possible to use the FTP program to copy files from one machine on the Internet to another.

But the Internet also brings us troubles.

Internet use seems to cause a fall in psychological health, according to research at Carnegie Mellon University. Even people(who spent just a few hours a week on the Internet) experienced more depression and loneliness than those who logged on less often, the two-year study showed. And it wasn’t that people who were already feeling bad spent more time on the Internet, but that using the Net actually seemed to cause the bad feelings.

Researchers are puzzled about the results, which were completely opposite to what they had expected. They expected that the Net would prove socially healthier than television, since the Net allows users to choose their information and to communicate with others.

The fact that Internet use reduces time that was used for family and friends may be the reason for the drop in health, researchers said. Faceless, bodiless “virtual” (communication may be less psychologically satisfying than actual conversations, and the relationships formed through it may not be so deep. Another possibility is that exposure to the wider world through the Net makes users less satisfied with their lives.

“But it’s important to remember this is not about the technology; it’s about how it is used,” said one of the researchers. “It really points to the need for considering social factors when you design new inventions.”

【1】The writer mainly wants to tell us that _________.

A.the Internet can bring people many advantages

B.the Internet use may cause psychological problems

C.the Internet users are not satisfied with their lives

D.we shouldn’t use the Internet

【2】Why are the researchers puzzling over the results?

A.Because the results were completely different from what they had thought.

B.Because the Net proved socially healthier than television.

C.Because the Internet users were all healthier.

D.Because the Internet users experienced less depression and loneliness.

【3】What does the underlined part in the last paragraph mean?

A.What matters is not the technology but how it is used.

B.This passage is not about the technology but about how it is used.

C.We should remember to learn about the technology.

D.We should remember to learn how to use computers.

29、   Like most people living in the suburb, Janice Monkowski, who lives some 30 miles east of San Francisco, gets around mainly by car. For much of her life, public transportation was not even an afterthought. That changed recently when Monkowski, a self﹣described technophobe(技术恐惧者), discovered Moovit. When she goes to San Francisco to meet friends, the smart- phone app let her plan bus and train trips down to the minute. “Moovit tells me where to walk and how long it might take to catch a bus to get to the train station,” Monkowski says.

Much like the navigation app Waze, which follows its users on the road to determine the best driving routes， Moovit collects location data of nearby users to show how to travel along the way with less time and energy between two locations. Nir Erez who cofounded Moovit says, “Most commuters(每天长途上班的人) don’t know when a bus might arrive, let alone how it might connect with another transit service, or when walking or bicycling might be faster.”

In just several years Moovit has had 100 million users. Moovit is available in 44 languages and 82 countries, and commuters in more than 2,500 cities rely on it to get to and from work. In 2016 Moovit became the official transit app for the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. In 2018, Moovit was also chosen as the official mobility app of the Asian Games. When public transit doesn’t get a user all the way to where they want to go, Moovit may connect her to bike﹣share programs or services like Uber.

As Moovit has grown to 100 employees, with headquarters(总部) near Tel Aviv and offices in big cities such as San Francisco, Athens and Rio, Moovit can provide better, more up﹣to﹣date information at a lower cost. Best of all: It’s all built one data point at a time by people like Monkowski. When you go to San Francisco and don't want to drive before the city’s “terrible” parking and traffic, Moovit can give you another option. It’s very simple.

【1】How does Moovit help Janice Monkowski?

A.By helping her have a comfortable trip.

B.By helping her learn advanced technology.

C.By helping her balance her tight travel budget.

D.By helping her arrive at where she wants to go.

【2】What is the advantage of Moovit?

A.It provides more good services.

B.It involves more simple orders.

C.It predicts the most efficient trip.

D.It stores more available information.

【3】What does the author want to show us in the last paragraph?

A.The exact location of Moovit.

B.The bright future of Moovit.

C.The development of big cities.

D.Some special opinions on public transportation.

【4】What’s the best title for the text?

A.The wide use of Moovit

B.The unique development of Moovit

C.The quick development of Moovit

D.The obvious advantage of Moovit

30、Any form of speech can be challenging, particularly if you are not used to talking in front of an audience. I am very _______ that I have been doing presentations and _______training programs for many years, _______ I have got used to the nervousness that always appears inside before I speak. The nervousness is always a(n) _______ thing for me as it allows me to channel my energy into what I want to say.

Just recently I had the pleasure of _______ at a conference about the key success factors (因素) in business and as usual in the days before my presentation I spent a lot of time _______ what I wanted to cover, as well as _______ the content.

I have always _______the level of success of my presentations by the applause (掌声) and _______that I receive from the audience. After the applause ended I had the __________ to personally speak to nearly all of the delegates (代表). The last delegate I spoke with __________ me by taking my hand, shaking it and saying how much she __________ my presentation, and that she had got a lot of __________ tips to use in her business. Usually I feel __________ after any presentation, and I know it is directly related to how much energy I put into what I do. __________, this time her praise gave me a great lift and recharged my batteries.

This __________at the end of my presentation also made me realize that what we __________ in life can come back to us and __________, we all need to value the praise when and where it is deserved. As I drove away from the __________ I reflected on how fortunate I had been to receive all those words of praise and __________that morning.

【1】

A．curious

B．fortunate

C．doubtful

D．amazed

【2】

A．copying

B．conducting

C．using

D．designing

【3】

A．but

B．though

C．so

D．because

【4】

A．impossible

B．natural

C．funny

D．good

【5】

A．performing

B．speaking

C．educating

D．learning

【6】

A．printing

B．reducing

C．researching

D．telling

【7】

A．imagining

B．protecting

C．describing

D．preparing

【8】

A．measured

B．changed

C．raised

D．adjusted

【9】

A．gifts

B．advice

C．comments

D．invitation

【10】

A．motivation

B．responsibility

C．plan

D．chance

【11】

A．greeted

B．blamed

C．confused

D．welcomed

【12】

A．explored

B．enjoyed

C．admired

D．expected

【13】

A．interesting

B．simple

C．helpful

D．free

【14】

A．excited

B．relaxed

C．embarrassed

D．tired

【15】

A．However

B．Moreover

C．Otherwise

D．Therefore

【16】

A．challenge

B．discovery

C．experience

D．accident

【17】

A．figure out

B．set up

C．dream of

D．give out

【18】

A．equally

B．differently

C．seriously

D．practically

【19】

A．party

B．conference

C．school

D．ceremony

【20】

A．achievement

B．comfort

C．trust

D．encouragement

31、   I was at the market at 5 pm, the worst time of day to shop, to pick up a few___________: cream for coffee, eggs for breakfast and Advil for my headache.

I had been___________all day doing jobs for people. I did not want to be shopping, to say the___________. But I told myself it was my last stop before going home to___________my feet. So I___________a parking place, grabbed a bag from the trunk and found a shopping cart.

The market was not as crowded as I had expected. I___________a package of linguini and some pesto. That's when I saw her. She was sitting in a shopping cart. She looked to be maybe 9 months old. Short blond curls, blue eyes. A white lace dress and shiny black shoes. I couldn't take my eyes off her. Then I did what I always do with children: I gave her my best___________. I may have looked a bit ________, but it came from my heart. That is a___________I formed long ago when I became a mother. It started with my first child, in that unforgettable, life-changing moment of her birth.

At times my smile would____________to a look of fear or____________, but it never left my face for long. It always came back, even through____________. I've learned that everyone needs a smile sometimes, young and old, friends and strangers, even strangers at the market in a rush to get home.

She took her____________deciding just what to____________my smile. But finally she____________. I laughed and waved goodbye. And she blew me a kiss. That put a smile on my face that got a smile____________from every shopper I passed. I was still smiling when I got home and realized I had forgotten to get Advil. Luckily, I didn't need it. My____________was gone. ____________in that simple exchange of smiles, this weary old world became a better place.

Want to change the world. Give smiling a____________. Someone will smile back at you. I____________it. If you're lucky, maybe they'll even blow you a kiss and make your headache go away.

【1】A.produces B.essentials C.items D.categories

【2】A.pushing B.rushing C.occupying D.engaging

【3】A.best B.most C.least D.last

【4】A.put down B.put up C.put away D.put forward

【5】A.navigated B.spotted C.rented D.scored

【6】A.grabbed B.seized C.grasped D.bought

【7】A.gesture B.smile C.expression D.gift

【8】A.mad B.scary C.cautious D.casual

【9】A.custom B.behavior C.habit D.practice

【10】A.change B.fade C.transform D.vanish

【11】A.amusement B.embarrassment C.worry D.astonishment

【12】A.tears B.triumphs C.effects D.struggle

【13】A.effort B.time C.trouble D.pain

【14】A.stand for B.account for C.make out D.make of

【15】A.lit up B.looked up C.cleared up D.came up

【16】A.in vain B.in exchange C.in return D.on purpose

【17】A.stress B.anxiety C.headache D.pressure

【18】A.Somehow B.Somewhat C.Anyway D.Anyhow

【19】A.necessity B.kiss C.shot D.permission

【20】A.acknowledge B.confirm C.value D.guarantee

32、   It had been a long drive to the Veteran’s hospital. My brother and I had gone to __________my Dad who had been____________days earlier, weak, sick and confused. The __________had diagnosed him with pneumonia(肺炎) and found cancer cells in his brain. My Dad looked so _________ lying there in bed. It wasn’t just the _________ that was getting to him. It was also being so _________ his family and friends.

As I sat by his ___________, a little woman with a big smile__________ into his room. She was at least 80 years old but seemed to have the __________of someone 60 years younger. She was a volunteer   _______handmade get-well cards from the local elementary school. Gently, she took my Dad’s hand and thanked him for his service to our country. It was the first time since he had gotten ___________that I saw my Dad smile. I__________her into the hallway as she left and___________her for lifting my Dad’s _______. “I am just sharing a little__________, sweetie,” she said with a smile as she walked into the next___________room to share a little more.

That 80-year-old angel reminded me again of what is_________ in this life: sharing our love. When we share our love, we create__________ not only in the hearts of those____________us, but in our own hearts as well. When we share our love, we find ourselves doing what we were always___________to do. When we share our love, we make our souls lighter, our lives brighter and the world better.

【1】A. invite B. amuse C. visit D. watch

【2】A. refused B. admitted C. hurt D. wounded

【3】A. family B. patient C. nurse D. doctor

【4】A. sad B. small C. bored D. calm

【5】A. work B. illness C. failure D. loneliness

【6】A. related to B. strange to C. far away from D. different from

【7】A. bed B. chair C. table D. window

【8】A. broke B. walked C. turned D. looked

【9】A. looks B. strength C. wealth D. energy

【10】A. delivering B. showing C. selling D. collecting

【11】A. hurt B. guilty C. sick D. bored

【12】A. forced B. watched C. pushed D. followed

【13】A. thanked B. questioned C. forgave D. blamed

【14】A. hand B. head C. spirits D. dreams

【15】A. love B. present C. time D. information

【16】A. nurse’s B. doctor’s C. patient’s D. women’s

【17】A. hard B. easy C. initial D. essential

【18】A. surprise B. joy C. security D. wonder

【19】A. within B. beyond C. around D. before

【20】A. meant B. ordered C. asked D. attracted

33、   Harvard was hard. I showed up in Harvard and I just felt like a _________. My one skill set of being smart，I wasn't smart there anymore，I didn't ________All the kids were saying the right same things，stressing the same way，saying words I didn't ________. I felt like，“Oh my gosh！I don't belong here. "I actually ________ my transfer paperwork（转学文件）to leave. It was so hard. And so I was ready to leave.

While I was still there，I thought I_________as well do something with my time here. I decided to volunteer and I worked at a low-income __________project right next door to where l grew up. There I met a little girl，10 years old. She and her brother were both in the after-school program. And she was one week__________from the after-school program. Her school counselor came to the program looking for her. I said，"I haven't seen her_________I'll help you look. "And I just walked out to the playground in the housing project and I found her. I was kind of upset when I found her. But then，when she started talking，I saw that her two front teeth were broken. I was   ______ . I thought，"What happened？Did I do something wrong？Did I___________something that led her to actually get hurt？"If not，how could I have done my __________ to prevent this？

I was more than just angry with the set of circumstances that led her to get hurt. That was when I realized that just how __________ . I was and that other kids weren't going to have those opportunities. I needed to stay at Harvard and________ so that I could be part of unlocking those doors for _________. And I still remember that moment with anger and _______ to fight so that other kids aren't like that or aren't in that situation. That experience forced me to think. I got to think__________ . I need more skills. I need more ___________ to be able to solve this. And so，when I was 20 years old and a top-A Harvard student，I ___________medical school.

Since then，I have always kept it in mind that with great powers comes great _________and determined never to flinch（退缩）___________challenges I may face.

【1】A.hero B.failure C.success D.stranger

【2】A.fit in B.come across C.pass by D.look around

【3】A.say B.hear C.understand D.accept

【4】A.make out B.pick out C.put out D.fill out

【5】A.could B.should C.might D.must

【6】A.housing B.volunteering C.schooling D.training

【7】A.lost B.absent C.present D.casual

【8】A.or B.and C.so D.but

【9】A.disappointed B.astonished C.tearful D.joyful

【10】A.miss B.ask C.watch D.avoid

【11】A.project B.time C.part D.job

【12】A.unfortunate B.lucky C.poor D.rich

【13】A.succeeded B.quit C.observed D.played

【14】A.myself B.others C.her D.us

【15】A.desire B.need C.chance D.importance

【16】A.1ess B.differently C.bigger D.generously

【17】A.support B.money C.sources D.powers

【18】A.chose B.liked C.finished D.left

【19】A.opportunity B.responsibility C.acceptance D.competence

【20】A.whatever B.wherever C.however D.Whichever

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The Sundance Film Festival 【1】 boycotts all Hollywood films, and we don’t foresee ever including them. The initial idea for our festival was 【2】 back in l978. when it was known as the Utah/US Film Festival. However, it was not well known until 1981. It was then that Robert Redford became its 【3】 and changed the focus to independent films, often made on very modest 【4】 It was given its new name-the Sundance Film Festival-in 1991. Redford has acted in and directed many big Hollywood films, but wanted to 【5】 the public to films made outside of the Hollywood system

35、阅读短文，根据短文内容及首字母提示，在空白处填入一个适当的单词。

Wearing face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic p【1】 the spread of the deadly virus. But it is also i【2】. For one, we can no longer unlock our phones using facial recognition since a good part of our face is c【3】.

F【4】, tech companies are working to solve the problem. Apple, for example, offered a new way to unlock your iPhone and iPad with its l【5】 software update, iOS13.5, w【6】 was released on May 20.

Even though the update still won’t recognize your masked face, it makes the whole process f【7】. While the old system wouldn’t allow access t【8】 the passcode screen before three failed face scan attempts, iOS13.5 will send you straight to the passcode screen when you swipe up.

It might only s【9】 you a few seconds, but those few seconds “benefit public health by eliminating the temptation for people to r【10】 their masks in order to unlock their device”.

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

Why Cold weather Causes So many Flight Cancellation?

Each year, about 60,000 flights get canceled because of bad winter weather, which costs airlines and airports an estimated $3 billion. But it’s not the freezing cold temperatures that cause problems for planes. After all, 【1】 jets fly 10 kilometers up, where temperatures hover around -50 degrees Celsius.

In fact, planes 【2】 in cold weather, since cold air is denser and leads to better thrust. Clearly, the real problem isn’t what’s going on up there. It’s what’s happening on the ground.

When a 【3】 polar vortex (极地涡旋) struck the Midwestern US in January 2019, temperatures dropped to -40 degrees Celsius and airline canceled 3,000 flights nationwide. In these situations, when temperatures start 【4】, everything slows down. Cargo doors can freeze up, along with the nozzles that pump fuel into planes, which delays the 【5】 process.

Even the plane itself can freeze over. Just a quarter-inch - thick layer of ice on a plane can disrupt the way air flows over its wings.

Les Westbrooks: The number one reason, I would say, that the reason flights get delayed in cold weather is going to be because there’s some kind of frozen precipitation, from frost to snow to a sheet of ice, adhering to the aircraft, adhering to the wings of the aircraft 【6】.

That’s Les Westbrooks, a retired airline pilot and an associate professor of aeronautical science at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. He says that 【7】, these planes are “de-iced” - but this also delays takeoff. The crew can spray the plane with a special hot water/ glycol mixture. It can take around 40 minutes to de-ice large passenger airplanes, so planes often have to wait “their turn” for the de-icing station, which, of course, can trigger more delays.

And ice on the runway, of course, creates another set of 【8】. In 2014, a plane at JFK skidded off an icy runway and into a mound of snow, leading to an hours-long shutdown at the airport. And even though crews can remove ice from the runway, scraping it off the pavement can lead to potholes (坑洞) and other 【9】, which makes takeoffs and landings more dangerous. And of course, snow and freezing rain on the ground can affect visibility to the point where officials have to decide it’s not safe to fly at all.

But if ice and snow aren’t the problem in these extremely cold temperatures, it’s usually another factor: people.

Les Westbrooks: The airplane flies at high altitudes, -60 degrees. It’s made to do that. Humans are not made to be outside in -60 degrees weather. And so the human factor becomes a big, big factor, when it becomes extremely cold.

Baggage handlers, aircraft fuelers, and mechanics all have to stay warm. Some airports, like O’Hare in Chicago, set up heated shelters for their employees. Of course, with everyone taking breaks to warm up, not as much gets done, which leads to even more delays and cancellations. Passengers start missing their 【10】 flights, and that, along with passengers who can’t make it to the airport due to bad road conditions, leads to half-empty planes.

In fact, many airlines might preemptively cancel flights before bad weather even hits. So, in the end, you can still blame cold weather for cancelling your flight.

37、Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word. For the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

My daughter

(A story told by a father, a famous actor)

My wife and I only had the one child. We had Amy.

I see her as my best friend. I think she’d always come to me first if she had a problem. We have the same sense of humor, and share interests. 【1】 I don’t mind animals, she’s completely fascinated with them, and she has always had dogs, cats, horses, and goldfish in her life.

We were 【2】 (close) when she was about four, which I think is a lovely age for a child. They know the parents best, and don’t have outside contacts. She must have grown up suddenly when she went to school, because I remember her growing away from her family slightly. Any father who has a teenager daughter comes across an extraordinary collection of people, and there seemed to be an endless stream of strange young men 【3】 (come) through our house. By the time I learned their names they 【4】 (go) away and I had to start learning a new lot.

I wanted more than anything else for her to be happy in 【5】 she was doing, and I was prepared to pull strings to help her on her way. When she left a good school she decided she wanted to become an actress so I got her into drama school. It wasn’t to her liking so she joined a theatre group and began doing bits and pieces in films. She was doing well, but then gave it up. She probably found it boring. Then she took up social work, and finally went to work 【6】a designer and he became her husband. And that’s really the story of her life. She must be happy with him—they’re always together.

We have such similar tastes in books and music 【7】 I used to take her to see an opera, which is my big passion. However, I don’t think she likes it very much. She doesn’t come with me anymore.

I don’t think she’s a big television watcher. She knows when I’m on the television, and she 【8】 watch, but I don’t know. It’s not the kind of thing she tells me.

We’re very grateful for Amy. She’s a good daughter as daughters go. We’re looking forward to being grandparents.

38、假设你是李华，近日你校将接待一批来自美国的交换生，现征寄宿家庭。你对此很感兴趣。请你用英语给负责此项工作的外教James写一封申请信。

内容包括：1. 说明写作意图 2. 陈述自己的优势  3.表达期望

注意：⑴词数100左右；

⑵可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

寄宿家庭: host family  交换生: exchange student

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39、阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事

A merchant sent his son to learn the secret of happiness from the wisest of men. The young man wandered through the desert for forty days until he reached a beautiful castle at the top of a mountain. There lived the wise man that the young man was looking for.

However, instead of finding the holy man, our hero entered a room and saw a great deal of activity: merchants coming and going, people chatting in the corners, a band playing sweet music, and there was a table with different kinds of delicious food on it. The wise man talked to everybody, and the young man had to wait for two hours until it was time for him.

The wise man listened attentively to the reason for the boy’s visit, but told him that at that moment he did not have the time to explain to him the secret of happiness. He offered his suggestion that the young man take a walk around his castle and come hack in two hours' time.

"However, I want to ask you a favor," he added, handing the boy a teaspoon, in which he poured two drops of oil. "While you walk, carry this spoon and don’t let the oil spill(溢出).

The young man began to walk around the castle, always keeping his eyes fixed on the spoon. At the end of two hours he returned to the presence of the wise man.

"So," asked the wise man, "did you see the beautiful curtains hanging from the windows of my dining room? Did you see the garden that the master of gardeners took ten years to create? Did you notice the beautiful furniture in my library?"

Embarrassed, the young man admitted that he had seen nothing. His only concern was not to spill the drops of oil the wise man had given him.

"So, go hack and see the wonders of my world," said the wise man. "You can’t trust a man if you don't know his house.

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:

Now more at ease, the young man took the spoon and walked around the castle again.

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Paragraph 2:

"But where are the two drops of oil I gave you?" asked the wise man.

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40、Direction: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main file of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.

The Queen’s speech was once a highlight of Christmas Day. However, according to a mathematical analysis of the festive messages, the speech is now one of the most repetitive and predictable television events. Of the 42,000 words the Queen has used, only 3,991 are distinct words which have never been repeated.

“Since she came to the throne (王位) in 1952, the Queen has given 63 Christmas broadcasts, only failing to appear once in 1969 when she issued a written message,” said Hannah Fry, a mathematician at University College London. “She could have said a lot in that time, but if you analyze the text, she has actually said very little and often repeated herself.”

Fry and his UCL colleague Thomas Léron Evans analyzed the speeches in the hope of “finding out what Christmas really means to Her Majesty (女王殿下).” Ignoring common words such as “the” and “of, ” they focused instead on nouns and phrases, looking at how often they were repeated. Almost predictably, they discovered that the Queen’s Christmas vocabulary was dominated by words such as “Commonwealth (英联邦),” “peoples,” “families” and “children,” and phrased such as “shining example,” “weak and innocent” and “tragic situation.”

“There are words about time, about society and some religious words… all very good and noble, of course, but also a bit dull and repetitive,” said Fry.

One clear tread the two mathematicians found in the Christmas messages was an increase in references to religion over the recent years. Jesus was hardly mentioned in the 1950s. From then to 1973, there was almost no reference to Christianity or religion. However, in recent years, religion has appeared frequently, peaking at 20 mentions 2000, with another dozen in 2011 and between five and ten mentions in most other recent years.

Fry and Evans have also designed a computer program that can take the Queen’s favorite words and phrases, and turn them back into a ready-made (现成的) speech.

41、阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。

Pollution's serious effects on the environment have become more obvious in recent years. Most scientists agree that efforts are necessary to protect our environment from further harm.

As we know, the construction industry consumes a large quantity of energy and resources and creates a huge amount of pollution. So green buildings are in great need.

The environmental benefits of green buildings includes the protection of ecosystems and biodiversity(生物多样性)，improved air and water quality, less waste flowing into streams and the protection of natural resources. Green buildings can also result in lower operating costs because they typically use less energy and fewer materials and improve indoor air quality, improving the health of people who live there.

The process of building green houses includes technical and artistic planning with nature protection in mind. Building designs often reflect the surrounding environment and natural resources and use renewable building materials such as bamboo and straw. In addition, recycled resources found locally are used for green buildings, reducing the cost and air pollution associated with transporting materials long distances.

Care site selection is important to minimize human effects on the surrounding environment. For example, placing a structure in an area that allows it to take advantage of cool breezes and sunlight can reduce energy use and expenses. More energy and expenses are needed for large buildings as well? so it is important to build the small ones.

Green roofs are another feature of green houses that reduce energy use and costs. These roofs are partially or completely covered with plants? which helps to keep heating and cooling costs low? prevent water running off and deal with pollutants.

Other features of green buildings often include energy and water protection, recycling and waste reduction. In addition, renewable energy sources such as solar power, water power and wind power are used for heat and electricity, which greatly reduces costs and decreases the influence on the environment.