芜湖2025学年度第二学期期末教学质量检测高二英语

1、Daxing International Airport, also known as Beijing New Airport, is built close to the Beijing city center, and it is ________ only in 20 minutes.

A.available B.alternative C.acceptable D.accessible

2、It ________me  that I had forgotten his birthday.

A. occurred B. beat

C. hit D. knocked

3、—When did you first meet her?

—January 1 st, 2000, the first day of the new century, ________ I can never forget.

A．that

B．which

C．when

D．where

4、_______ is known to us all that the old scientist, for _______ life was hard in the past, still works hard in his eighties.

A．As; whose

B．It; whose

C．As; whom

D．It; whom

5、Would you slow down a bit，please？I can't________you.

A．keep up with

B．put up with

C．make up to

D．hold on to

6、We got to the top of a mountain _________ we can see the whole city.

A. at where B. from there

C. from where D. there

7、They either sat there________ or stood ________ to the ground, ________at the tree covered with hundreds of ribbons, which looked like a banner of welcome ________ in the wind.

A.stunning … rooting … starting … billowing

B.stunned … rooted … stared … billowed

C.stunning … rooting … stared … billowed

D.stunned … rooted … staring … billowing

8、We have a ____ budget and every penny counts.

A. tight B. loose C. bad D. slight

9、Today the Red Cross provides a number of services for the public, such as helping people   , teaching first aid and providing blood.

A.in need B.in return C.in preparation D.in anger

10、A major fire broke out at Notre-Dame Cathedral in central Paris, ______ the construction dates back to the year 1163.

A. where B. of which

C. in which D. whose

11、We must _____ a new teacher at once to the mountain school.

A.appreciate B.appoint C.arrange D.name

12、The mother saw her baby fall to the ground, ________ brought her heart to her mouth.

A.it B.and that C.and which D.that

13、—Do you know Jim quarrel with his brother?

—I don’t know, _______.

A. nor don’t I care B. nor do I care

C. I don’t care neither D. I don’t care also

14、It was in the small mountain village _______ they used to live _______ my parents got married.

A.that; that B.where; where C.where; that D.that; where

15、Yangzhou is a small city. Therefore, to ________ the flow of traffic, the government has decided to broaden some main streets.

A. speed up B. build up C. link up D. rise up

16、We have to wait until the discussion between them ____.

A．makes an end

B．comes to an end

C．puts an end

D．brings to an end

17、Hibernating animals have stored ________ fat in their bodies during the summer and autumn.

A．a good many

B．supplies of

C．a large quantity of

D．a few

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

A．which

B．that

C．one

D．what

19、Satellites make TV accessible to people who live far away from cities, and satellite dishes can be often seen________ throughout the countryside and remote areas.

A.distributing B.to distribute C.distribute D.distributed

20、The temperature sign   that the water here is too hot to touch.

A.inserts B.indicates C.insists D.instructs

21、The boy is _____ to win the match to be held next week.

A. possible B. likely

C. probable D. possibly

22、To everyone’s surprise, the fashionable young lady ____ to be a thief.

A. proved out B. made out

C. turned out D. found out

23、Can it have been on the playground ________ you lost your watch?

A.that B.on which C.where D.in that

24、We regret to inform you that there are no tickets ________ for Friday’s performance.

A．available

B．spare

C．convenient

D．affordable

25、He is wearing a heavy overcoat as a_______against the cold.

A.prevention B.shelter C.protection D.defense

26、   Tiny microbes(微生物)are at the heart of a new agricultural technique to manage harmful greenhouse gas. Scientists have discovered how microbes can be used to turn carbon dioxide into soil-enriching limestone(石灰石), with the help of a type of tree that grows in tropical areas, such as West Africa.

Researchers have found that when the Iroko tree is grown in dry, acidic soil and treated with a combination of natural fungi(霉菌)and other bacteria, not only does the tree grow well, it also produces the mineral limestone in the soil around its root.

The Iroko tree makes a mineral by combining Ca from the earth with CO2 from the atmosphere. The bacteria then create the conditions under which this mineral turns into limestone. The discovery offers a new way to lock carbon into the soil, keeping it out of the atmosphere. In addition to storing carbon in the trees leaves and in the form of limestone. the mineral in the soil makes it more suitable for agriculture.

The discovery could lead to reforestation(重新造林) projects in tropical countries, and help reduce carbon dioxide in the atmosphere in the developing world. It has already been used in West Africa and is being tested in Bolivia, Haiti and India.

The findings were made in a three-year project involving researchers from the Universities of Edinburgh, Granada, Lausanne and Delft University of Technology. The project examined several microbiological methods of locking CO2 as limestone, and the Iroko-bacteria way showed best results. Work was funded by the European Commission under the Future&Emerging Technologies(FET)scheme.

Dr Bryne Ngwenya of the University of Edinburgh’s School of GeoSciences, who led the research, said:“By taking advantage of this natural limestone-producing process, we have a low-tech,safe, readily employed and easily operating way to lock carbon out of the atmosphere, while improving farming conditions in tropical countries.”

【1】The passage is mainly introducing______.

A.some useful natural fungi and bacteria

B.a new way to deal with greenhouse gas

C.a newly-found tree in West Africa

D.the soil-enriching limestone created by scientists

【2】Which of the following is True about tiny microbes?

A.Most tiny microbes like living in dry, acidic soil.

B.CO2 can be broken down by natural fungi and bacteria.

C.The more greenhouse gas is, the more active tiny microbes become.

D.Tiny microbes get along well with the Iroko tree in special soil.

【3】What does the underlined word"it"in paragraph 3 probably refer to?

A.Soil. B.Carbon.

C.Limestone. D.Carbon.

【4】According to the passage, what can we infer?

A.The action of the tiny microbes can increase the oxygen in the earth

B.Researchers have done the experiment on trees in Africa for three years

C.Researchers tend to use natural power to solve their problem

D.West Africa is one of the most polluted areas all over the world

27、   Kindle E-reader, 8 th generation

Free Touchscreen Display

Price: $79.99

● Thin and light for one-handed reading

New Kindle is 11% thinner and 16% lighter than the previous generation Kindle, making it easy and comfortable to hold in one hand.

● Read like real Paper

Kindle creates text similar to what you see in a physical book. The blacks and whites on the screen are uniform, improving text and image quality.

●Long-life battery

Kindle doesn't need power to show a page of text, allowing you to read for weeks on a single charge.

● Thousands of books, no distraction (分心)

Kindle is designed to be an e-reader. It satisfies your love of reading without interruptions like e-mails and phone calls.

●Look it up without leaving your page

Smart Lookup combines entries from The New Oxford American Dictionary with information from Wikipedia, so you can know meanings, characters and more without losing your place.

●Adjust your text size

Choose from eight text sizes to prevent tired eyes, so you can keep reading longer.

Customer reviews:

※ Damon, May 21,2019

The price is great with an extra $ 20 off and this new Kindle is smaller in my hands than my old one. I was sad to lose my old Kindle, but this one is terrific.

※ Jason, January 26, 2019

I miss the original Kindlers size - this one is too small. Also, the screen is overly sensitive and things pop up (弹出)and the battery doesn't last as long as the original Kindle. But my biggest disappointment is that this Kindle doesn't allow you to transfer everything from the original Kindle、so I lost all of the information from my old one. Overall, disappointing.

※ Susan, November 17, 2018

I had the original Kindle, and the battery lasted for weeks. This battery only seems to last a few days, however. The other problem I have with this version of the Kindle is the touch screen. It is annoying when you are reading and start turning the wrong way. Sometimes, it's hard to get the page to turn the way you'd  like it to.

【1】Which is a feature of the 8th-generation Kindle?

A. It is 16% thinner than the previous one.

B. It is user-friendly with a built-in dictionary.

C. It can run for several months on a single charge.

D. It is designed to receive e-mails and make calls.

【2】In which way does Jason's new Kindle bother him most?

A. Its screen is much too sensitive.

B. It is not as large as he expected.

C. Its battery life isn't as long as his original one.

D. Documents can't be transferred between different Kindles.

【3】What problem do Jason and Susan have with their new Kindle ?

A. There are always messages popping up.

B. Ifs difficult to turn on the touch screen.

C. Page turning doesn't work well sometimes.

D. The battery lasts shorter than the original one.

28、Researchers from The University of Queensland(UQ) have helped design an app to protect birds at risk of extinction across the world by breaking down language barriers between scientists. The Bird Language Diversity web app will help provide a “birds eye view”, ensuring vital information is shared to improve worldwide conservation.

UQ’s Dr Pablo Negret said the research team analysed more than 10,000 bird species, and found that 1,587 species have 10 languages or more spoken within their distributions. “Scientific information on species can be spread across different languages, but valuable information can go missing or get lost in translation,” Dr Negret said. “Without enough sharing of information, this can affect the effectiveness of conservation measures.”

Take the common bird pochard for example. It is classified as vulnerable species(易危种) and crosses 108 countries in Europe, Asia and north Africa, where a total of 75 official languages are spoken. The survival of the common pochard, and so many other species, depends on effective cooperation and policy agreements among people with diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds.

This app reveals where threatened and migratory birds(候鸟) exist geographically, in relation to the language spoken in those regions. “We hope the app will encourage researchers and conservation organisations to interact with their peers in other regions, especially if they speak different languages, and be a starting point to allow everyone to work together to protect threatened species,” Dr Negret said.

Dr Tatsuya Amano, a researcher and the co-author of the paper, said this work could extend further than bird species. “Any species, whether they're mammals, amphibians(两栖动物), or plants, with a range crossing multiple countries will be impacted by language barriers, as well as species that migrate across different countries, such as marine species and butterflies,” he said. “The significance of the impact of poor communication on such an important issue is evident, and is the reason why we’re working hard to improve science communication across languages.”

【1】How can the app help scientists globally?

A．By creating language barriers.

B．By building language bridges.

C．By sharing learning methods.

D．By breaking down race barriers.

【2】What is the function of adequate sharing of information?

A．Ensuring the effectiveness of protective measures.

B．Helping people know more about scientists' efforts.

C．Spreading knowledge of the diversity of birds worldwide.

D．Compromising the effectiveness of conservation measures.

【3】What is shown on the app?

A．The producer of the app.

B．The organizations involved.

C．The location of endangered birds.

D．The information of new geographers.

【4】What can be the best title for the text?

A．Birds Protection Is an Urgency

B．New Bird App Spreads Its Wings

C．New Bird App Helps Learn Languages

D．Poor Communication Impacts Cooperation

29、   John H. Johnson was born in a black family in Arkansas City in 1918. His father died in an accident when John was six. He was reaching high school age, but his hometown offered no high school for blacks.

Luckily, he had strong-willed (意志坚强的), caring mother. John remembers that his mother told him many times, “Son, you can be anything you really want to be if you just believe. She told him not to be dependent on (依靠) others, including his mother. “You have to earn success,” said she. “All the people who work hard don’t succeed, but the only people who do succeed are those who work hard.”

These words came from a woman less than a third grade education. She also knew that believing and hard work don’t mean everything. So she worked hard as a cook for two years to save enough to take her son—then 15—to Chicago.

Chicago in1933 was not the promised land (乐土、希望之地) that black southerners were looking for, John’s mother and stepfather could not find work. But there John could go to school, and there he learned the power of words—as editor of the newspaper and yearbook of Du Stable High School. His wish was to publish a magazine for blacks.

While others discouraged (阻止、使气馁) him, John’s mother offered him more words to live by: “Nothing beats a failure but a try.” She also let him pawn (典当) her furniture (家具) to get the $500 he needed to start the Negro magazine.

It is natural the difficulties and failures followed John closely until he became very successful. He always keeps his mother’s words in mind. “Son, failure is not in your vocabulary.”

Now John H. Johnson is one of the 400 richest people in America—worth $150 million.

【1】Why did John’s mother decide to move to Chicago? Because ________.

A.John’s father died in his hometown when he was very young

B.life was too hard for them to stay on in their hometown, while life in Chicago would be better for blacks

C.there were no schools for blacks in their hometown

D.John needed more education and he could go to school there

【2】Which of the following is TRUE?

A.Chicago was the promised land for black southerners in 1933.

B.John’s mother worked hard as a writer to make their life better.

C.With the help of his mother, John got the money to start the Negro magazine.

D.Now John is the poorest man in America.

【3】What kind of woman was John’s mother? She was a ________.

A.woman with little school education but knew a lot about life

B.woman who would not do anything for her son

C.strong woman with much knowledge

D.woman who didn’t know how to encourage her son

【4】The underlined sentence in the fifth paragraph means ________.

A.if you try, you will succeed in the end

B.a failure is difficult to beat, even if you try

C.a try is always followed by failure

D.nothing but a try can help you out of failure

【5】What’s the main idea of the passage?

A.How John H. Johnson became somebody.

B.The mental support John’s mother gave him.

C.The importance of a good education.

D.The key to success for blacks.

30、   We are often warned by our teacher not to waste precious time, because time _______ will never return. I think it quite _______. What does time look like? Nobody knows for we can’t see it or _______ it and no amount of money can ________it. Time is abstract, so we have to _______ about it.

Time passes very quickly. Some students say they don’t have _______ time to review all their lessons. It is because they don’t know how to make _______ of their time. They waste it in going to theatres, cinemas and parks, and doing _______ things. Why do we study every day? Why do we________? Why do most people would rather ________ buses instead of walking? The ________ is very simple. We wish to save time because time is ________.

Today we are living in the 21st century. We look upon time as ________. When a person dies, his life ________. Since life is short, we must ________ our time and energy to our study so that we may be able to ________ the people well in the future. Laziness is the ________ of time, for it does not only bring us failure but also ________ us other harm. If it is necessary for us to do our work today, let us do it today and not ________ it until tomorrow.

Remember that time is much more ________ than money.

【1】A. lost B. found C. expected D. made

【2】A. false B. true C. abstract D. valuable

【3】A. get B. have C. see D. touch

【4】A. find B. buy C. sense D. realize

【5】A. worry B. discuss C. advise D. think

【6】A. enough B. little C. valuable D. useful

【7】A. up B. light C. use D. fun

【8】A. other B. another C. some D. any

【9】A. drink B. eat C. think D. work

【10】A. borrow B. get C. make D. take

【11】A. question B. answer C. problem D. method

【12】A. valueless B. precious C. endless D. fast

【13】A. money B. life C. gold D. water

【14】A. comes to B. begins C. ends D. lives

【15】A. waste B. devote C. put D. value

【16】A. ask B. remember C. save D. serve

【17】A. friend B. maker C. mother D. thief

【18】A. brings B. does C. takes D. sends

【19】A. leave B. forget C. remain D. stay

【20】A. useful B. cheap C. heavy D. valuable

31、   Since I was young, my parents have encouraged me to watch the news every day to learn about major events in the world. And at school, my teacher urges us to study __________ so that we can one day become “global citizens”.

______, does simply having the skill of commenting on world affairs in fluent English make one a citizen of the __________? My experience in this summer school inspired me to __________ the answer, which would have been “Yes” if you had asked me this question earlier.

In July, I __________ the PLE—Political science, Law and Economics—a session at the Yale Young Global Scholar Program. We had about 230 students __________ and about 45 percent of us were __________ students.

We enjoyed lectures __________ by Yale professors and students. I was __________ with how the speakers stood on the stage. But more importantly, it was their __________ that impressed me most and made my experience in Yale especially __________.

I talked to students from all over the world: a Palestinian girl told me the real living  __________ of refugees (难民) in her country; a Greek guy __________ me to his country’s government and people’s attitude toward the debt crisis; a Mexican boy __________ the story behind his national flag, and how his country gained independence with me.

By talking to them, I found myself opening a gate to a whole new world. I suddenly realized even if we’re able to __________ different media and discuss world affairs in English, we’re still __________. What really makes us think “internationally” is how we engage in __________ with people from different backgrounds and how we __________ their identities and opinions.

If you were to ask me the question again, my answer would  __________ be “No”. To really __________ yourself a global citizen, open-mindedness and empathy are the real key.

【1】A. science B. English C. history D. art

【2】A. However B. Otherwise C. Besides D. Therefore

【3】A. time B. age C. place D. world

【4】A. care about B. look for C. reflect on D. check up

【5】A. quitted B. attended C. organized D. founded

【6】A. in particular B. in total C. in time D. in detail

【7】A. native B. curious C. international D. diligent

【8】A. led B. supported C. revised D. connected

【9】A. faced B. puzzled C. satisfied D. impressed

【10】A. views B. styles C. achievements D. backgrounds

【11】A. consistent B. efficient C. negative D. meaningful

【12】A. space B. standard C. lessons D. conditions

【13】A. turned B. suggested C. introduced D. announced

【14】A. shared B. played C. communicated D. discussed

【15】A. meet B. follow C. contact D. support

【16】A. losers B. outsiders C. sponsors D. peacemakers

【17】A. projects B. competitions C. businesses D. conversations

【18】A. understand B. evaluate C. influence D. acknowledge

【19】A. suddenly B. happily C. definitely D. eventually

【20】A. find B. keep C. consider D. imagine

32、   Surrell was the last person who should have run into a burning building — he has lung disease. But that didn’t _______him.

At first, Michael Surrell didn’t see the black smoke _______from the windows of his neighbors’ home. He was parking the car when his daughter in his car shouted, “The house next to our home is on fire!” He _______and saw some thick smoke above them. He went to find out. That’s when he saw two _______crying on their porch (走廊).

“The _______is in there!” one of the women cried. Entering the _______house, he found thick smoke made it impossible to _______. The conditions would have been _______for anyone, but for Surrell with disease, they were life-threatening.

After a few minutes in the smoke-filled house, he _______outside to catch his breath. “Where is Tiara?” he asked ________. “The second floor,” her aunt shouted back.

Surrell ________he couldn’t hold his breath for long. So he took a ________breath, and went in a second time.

Finally, he ________something, a shoe, then a(n) ________and part of her body above the waist. He ________Tiara toward him. However, she wasn’t breathing. He ________the little girl and fought through the smoke and ran to the ________. At the front door, Surrell put Tiara down and then started CPR (心肺复苏术). Soon a cough came from Tiara’s ________. Surrell gave five more breaths. She opened her ________and took a breath on her own. Their eyes met. Surrell hugged her ________and said, “Uncle’s got you.” Soon after, his throat closed off.

【1】A.hit B.stop C.kill D.leave

【2】A.shooting B.gathering C.disappearing D.decorating

【3】A.looked down B.looked back C.looked around D.looked up

【4】A.children B.cooks C.women D.passengers

【5】A.pet B.parent C.girl D.money

【6】A.burning B.expensive C.comfortable D.safe

【7】A.sleep B.breathe C.study D.work

【8】A.normal B.calm C.lucky D.dangerous

【9】A.looked B.returned C.relaxed D.wandered

【10】A.coldly B.gratefully C.embarrassedly D.anxiously

【11】A.explained B.proved C.knew D.heard

【12】A.deep B.constant C.shallow D.painful

【13】A.bought B.touched C.borrowed D.missed

【14】A.arm B.ear C.ankle D.mouth

【15】A.pulled B.drove C.waved D.pushed

【16】A.caught up with B.picked up C.left behind D.made way for

【17】A.bathroom B.bedroom C.door D.kitchen

【18】A.neighbor B.classmate C.friend D.throat

【19】A.eyes B.heart C.fingers D.window

【20】A.nervously B.tightly C.curiously D.thankfully

33、   Chuck Rees, his wife Laurie, and her mother-in-law Ann Effert had just finished lunch at a cafe in Orange County. Then Rees, 51, spotted ________ rising from a hill a few blocks away. They immediately drove through unfamiliar streets and ________ came to a white two-story house with black smoke coming from the back. ________ nobody in, Rees called 911.

Rees ran around the house, hoping to find the ________ of the fire and put it out. When he climbed over a ________ and into the yard, Rees noticed a small steel door in the addition (扩建部分). He hit on it with his fist. Soon he ________ a woman’s faint voice from the deep inside.

Rees tried to pull the door open some inches. He spotted an old woman through the ________ in the doorway. He told her what had happened and she opened the door. Then he grabbed her hand and ________ her into the backyard. The woman looked at him, frightened.

Rees was ________, too. He knew she wouldn’t be able to climb a fence the way he had. They’d need to find another way out.

He ________ back inside the addition and saw a door he hadn’t ________ before. He opened it and took the woman to the ________.

Rees went back into the living room to ________ others. The smoke had spread to the floor, and the ________ was almost unbearable, He moved through the downstairs rooms, coughing and ________ to anyone who might be there. After one last look around, Rees ________.

A fire crew arrived, and Rees quickly ________ them. Moments later, flames destroyed the house.

Exhausted, Rees climbed back into his car and drove home before anyone got his ________.

That night, the local news reported that an anonymous (匿名的) man had ________ an elderly woman from her burning house. Effert proudly called media to ________ her son-in-law as the hero. “He didn’t do it for fame.” she said.

【1】A. shade B. light C. wind D. smoke

【2】A. slowly B. frequently C. eventually D. luckily

【3】A. Finding B. Letting C. Moving D. Remembering

【4】A. time B. source C. effect D. damage

【5】A. floor B. door C. wall D. fence

【6】A. heard B. copied C. raised D. recognized

【7】A. block B. crack C. room D. hole

【8】A. drove B. pushed C. led D. persuaded

【9】A. afraid B. calm C. brave D. lucky

【10】A. called B. threw C. glanced D. waved

【11】A. used B. noticed C. closed D. researched

【12】A. hospital B. safety C. shelter D. bedroom

【13】A. worry about B. wait for C. care about D. check for

【14】A. process B. noise C. heat D. result

【15】A. shouting B. running C. explaining D. turning

【16】A. finished B. quit C. fell D. fled

【17】A. blamed B. remembered C. left D. welcomed

【18】A. address B. name C. appearance D. work

【19】A. rescued B. visited C. served D. supported

【20】A. announce B. consider C. recommend D. identify

34、阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空，在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个适当单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。

A

I have the【1】(great)job in the world. I travel to unusual places and work alongside people from all over the world. Sometimes using【2】(science)equipment and sometimes meeting local people and tourists, I am never【3】(bore).Although my job is occasionally dangerous, I don’t mind because danger excites me and makes me feel alive. However, the most important thing about my job is that I help protect ordinary people【4】 one of the most powerful forces on earth—the volcano.

B

Water is a precious resource. Every person needs it【5】 (survive),and we use it for cooking, drinking, growing our food and washing. However，it is scarce(缺乏的).Just 1% of water on Earth can【6】 (use)by humans. What’s more，treating water to make it clean and safe and pumping it to our homes uses up lots of energy. So, what can you do to help save water? One easy way is by【7】(turn)off the tap when you brush your teeth.

C

Robbie Phillips has become the first British person to complete one of the toughest challenges in rock climbing. 【8】(know)as the Alpine Trilogy(阿尔卑斯三部曲),the challenge consists of three climbs on mountains in Austria, Germany and Switzerland, 【9】Phillips completed in four years. Until now, only four other people【10】(conquer)all three of the extremely difficult climbs.

35、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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

37、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.

38、假定你是李华，疫情得到控制，现在你已经回校上课了。请你给你的外教Mrs. Smith写封感谢信，感谢疫情期间她对你的教导和帮助，内容包括：

1.感谢疫情期间老师对自己英语学习的帮助和信心上的鼓励；

2.表达对老师的想念以及衷心祝愿。

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39、假定你是李华，你的堂兄李国强在美国留学，后来去苹果公司实习，最后婉拒公司的挽留，决定去华为技术有限公司（Huawei Technologies Co. LTD）就职。请你根据下面提示给他写封邮件表示祝贺。

1.祝贺他学成回国；

2.华为在信息与通信技术（ICT）领域的地位；

3.你的感想。

Dear cousin,

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Yours sincerely,

Lihua

40、Directions: Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instruction given below in Chinese.

下面三幅图分别是不同的三个人画的关于让他们感到开心的三样东西（1代表最重要的），如果你来画这样一幅图，那是那样东西会是什么？为什么？

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41、假如你是李华，刚刚参加完某一英语报社组织的“中学生英语夏令营”活动。请你给该活动的负责人Jane写一封信，要点如下：

1. 你从该活动中学到了什么；

2. 表达你的感激之情；

3. 渴望再次参加。

注意：1. 词数100左右；2. 信的开头已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Jane,

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Yours sincerely,

Li Hua