遵义2025-2026学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高二英语

1、The prison governor has refused to let him go, saying he must first be given from his own superiors.

A.accumulation B.affection C.authority D.accommodation

2、The government has not yet ________ the seriousness of the crisis.

A.mastered B.seized C.grasped D.acquired

3、It is _____ he often breaks the schools rules _____ makes his teacher unsatisfied with him.

A. what; that B. that; what

C. that; that D. which; that

4、Only when he grew up did he ________ the effects of his father’s action.

A．aware

B．aware of

C．become aware

D．become aware of

5、The police were on the ________ within a few minutes.

A.place B.position C.spot D.location

6、______our part as a global citizen, we need to know what is happening in the world.

A.To do B.Doing C.Having done D.Done

7、I can’t see my old grandparents _____alone in the country, so I will have them ______ with me in the city at present.

A.leave; stay B.left; stay C.leaving; to stay D.left; to stay

8、The twin brothers look so alike that it is very difficult to tell one from .

A. other B. another

C. others   D. the other

9、We found ______ very important to keep the light out of a darkroom.

A.it’s B.that C.it D.不填

10、____________ of 20 countries attended the G20 Conference, which would surely make a positive impact on world’s economic development.

A. Volunteers B. Astronauts

C. Delegates D. Athletes

11、The other girls rushed ________ me. I felt ashamed as I fell farther and farther behind.

A.from behind B.ahead of C.next to D.close to

12、It is said that there are ten foreign students in our school. One is from America, _______ is from Australia and all ______ students are from England.

A. another; the others B. one; another C. another; the other D. one; other’s

13、Look at the timetable (时刻表). Hurry up! Flight 4026 _______ off at 18:20.

A．takes

B．took

C．will be taken

D．has taken

14、The secretary made a note of it _____ she should forget.

A.in order that B.in case

C.so that D.ever when

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

A.pipe B.patent C.avenue D.antique

16、______ then did they understand that it was their own fault.

A.Till B.By then C.Since D.Only

17、I assisted him to check all the story books ____ to the Hongshan Primary School next week.

A.sent B.sending C.to be sent D.being sent

18、It is well-known that crack cocaine is a powerfully _____ drug and the users become ____ to it much more easily if they smoke it.

A.addicted; addict B.addictive; addict C.addicted; addictive D.addictive; addicted

19、_______ the rising costs of many products, fares in this city __________ unchanged.

A.Though; remained B.Despite; remained

C.Despite; was left D.Though; was remained

20、The sun began to rise in the sky, ________ the mountain in golden light.

A.bathed B.bathing

C.to have bathed D.have bathed

21、_____ we ever meet again I hope he remembers to thank me.

A. If and when B. When and where

C. If and what D. When and how

22、If Helen says she will complete the job on time you can always ________ her to deliver the goods.

A.go on B.rely on C.look on D.put on

23、Modem TVs use many of the ________ first discovered by Farnsworth, who contributed a lot to the development of TV

A.platforms B.principles C.sources D.symptoms

24、As she got older, offers of modelling work began to ______.

A. dry up B. dry off

C. dry out D. dry away

25、They were lost at sea at the ___________ of wind and weather.

A. mess B. mercy

C. moment D. mixture

26、   China was a latecomer to space exploration, and in the movies, it has been a latecomer to science fiction, too. That is about to change. The country’s first blockbuster (大片) set in space, The Wandering Earth, opens Tuesday with great expectations that it will represent the dawning of a new age in Chinese filmmaking. The film also opens with the Lunar New Year, the beginning of an official, weeklong holiday that is traditionally a peak box-office period in China. It has a limited show in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

The Wandering Earth, shown in 3-D, takes place in a distant future in which the sun is about to expand into a red giant and destroy the Earth. The approaching danger forces the world’s engineers to make a plan to move the planet to a new solar system using giant thrusters (推进器). Things go very badly when the Earth has to pass the Jupiter, setting off desperate disturbance to save humanity from ruin.

The film comes as China reached a milestone in space : the landing of a probe (探测器) on the far side of the moon in January. Although decades behind Russia and the United States, China has now put astronauts in orbit and has ambitious plans to join—or even lead—a new age of space exploration.

“I think there is a very close connection between Chinese cinema and the nation’s fortunes,” said Sha Dan, a leader at the China Film Archive, “When we have the ability to rescue our people abroad, we can make movies like Operation Red Sea. Only when China can enter the space age can we make works like The Wandering Earth.”

The Wandering Earth takes for granted China’s central role in future space exploration, but it also has a vision of the international teamwork necessary to deal with the threats facing the planet, a theme that runs deeply through the film.

【1】What does the author think of The Wandering Earth?

A.It is a hit in the oversea film markets.

B.It is a success in science-fiction films.

C.It is the beginning of Chinese filmmaking.

D.It is only a present for the Lunar New Year.

【2】What causes the Earth to wander in space?

A.A new solar system.

B.A new planet like the Earth.

C.The expanding sun in a distant future.

D.A deadly disease for people on the Earth.

【3】What mainly promotes Chinese filmmaking according to the text?

A.China’s increasing overall national strength.

B.Chinese filmmakers’ growing budgets.

C.The growing confidence of Chinese directors.

D.The increasingly experienced film technology.

【4】What is reflected throughout The Wandering Earth?

A.The importance of heroes.

B.The threats from explorations,

C.The nation’s power of China.

D.The international cooperation.

27、   It’s shocking that countless species become extinct every year and such extinction means forever. To change the situation, scientists are now on their way to bringing back extinct species.

DNA is the chemical that carries the structure of a living thing, which is needed by researchers to bring back a species. Dinosaurs have been gone too long for any of their DNA to remain in fossils. However it seems possible to bring back more recently extinct species such as Ice Age animal, the woolly mammoth. In 2015, a team of Spanish and French scientists re-created the Pyrenean ibex, which had gone extinct three years earlier. The new animal didn’t survive long, but scientific advances should improve the success rate. In January, Australian scientists announced that they were trying to restore the brooding frog.

That we can bring species back doesn’t mean that we should. There may be benefits to bring back a species. But there’s no way to know how it will turn out. For example, would a passenger pigeon fit into its old habitat? Or might it crowd out existing species?

Environmentalists worry that our ability to bring species back might cut down support for the hard work of traditional conservation. Why bother to preserve a wild life habitat or fight poachers(偷猎者) if we know we can make up for our mistakes?

But those extinctions are our mistakes to correct. As environmentalist Stewart Brand put it, “Humans have the ability to repair some of that damage.”

We would do well to remember the lesson of Jurassic Park: Continue with caution.

【1】What can we know from Para 2?

A. Scientists have successfully brought back some dinosaurs.

B. It’s likely for scientists to bring back recently extinct animals.

C. Scientists have discovered DNA of all Ice Age species in fossils.

D. Ice Age animals live longer than before after being brought back to life

【2】Paragraph 3 mainly shows that bringing back extinct species is ________.

A. harmful B. realistic

C. helpful D. double-edged

【3】What makes environmentalists worried according to the passage?

A. Scientists cannot make up for the mistakes they made in DNA research

B. Scientists still lack technical support to bring back extinct species to life.

C. Traditional conservation seems useless when restoring species is available.

D. Species that will be brought back to life after distinction will not survive long.

【4】What is the probable attitude of Stewart Brand toward bringing extinct species back to life?

A. Critical B. Worried.

C. Disapproving. D. Supportive.

28、   In recent decades，countries around the world have made great progress against malaria．However a new report from the World Health Organization（WHO）says that progress is at risk．

This WHO annual report looks at the global fight against the disease．It says that malaria cases are on the rise in several countries．

Many countries are moving toward eliminating malaria，among them Madagascar，Senegal and Zimbabwe．However，the WHO report warns that in others，progress has stalled．

Malaria cases increased by more than 20 percent from 2015 to 2016 in eight African countries﹣including Rwanda，Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo．

At the same time，funding for malaria prevention and treatment has leveled off，reaching﹩2.7 billion in 2016．This amount is less than half of the 2020 target．

Professor David Conway is from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine．He says money for fighting malaria has plateaued，meaning it has not increased in a long time．

Overall，Africa continues to suffer the most from malaria．In 2016，just over 400，000 people died from the disease．This is slightly less than in 2015.However，in Africa the malaria parasite does not yet appear to be developing drug resistance．

The same cannot be said for Southeast Asia．

Conway explains that there are renewed concerns that in Southeast Asia malaria will become drug﹣resistant in the future．

The WHO is calling for improving the coverage of existing methods of malaria prevention as well as an urgent investment in new tools﹣﹣namely a malaria vaccine．

Professor Conway said，"More research is needed to develop an effective malaria vaccine that could cover the populations that at the moment have high malaria rates and that perhaps don't use the available interventions even when they are being funded．"

Several malaria vaccines are under development．Starting in 2018，the WHO is planning a major trial of the RTSS vaccine in Kenya，Ghana and Malawi．

But this latest report from the WHO warns that the world is at a crossroads．Without better funding and more effective tools to fight malaria，the progress made in recent decades could be undone．

【1】Which of the following statements is not true？

A.A bit more than 400，000 people died from malaria in African countries．

B.More and more money has been put in malaria prevention and treatment．

C.Fewer and fewer people are suffering from malaria in the past decade．

D.Malaria cases decreased less than 20 percent in eight African countries in 2016．

【2】What does the word"they"in Paragraph 3 from the bottom mean？

A.malaria

B.the available interventions

C.the populations

D.malaria rates

【3】Why does the WHO show the worry about the battle of anti﹣malaria nowadays？

A.Progress of fighting malaria is greatly short of money and effective tools．

B.More and more people cannot get treatment for malaria in time．

C.No countries are likely to have got funding and effective tools from the WHO．

D.Some malaria sufferers in Africa have refused to get treatments from the WHO．

29、Scott and Daniel Harry are enjoying everyday tasks like shopping and washing for the first time following their move to an accommodation (住宿) support house in Kurwongbah, north of Brisbane last year.

Disability Services Queensland’s Strengthening Non-Government Organisations project provided an accommodation support model that would enable residents (居住者) like Daniel and Scott to live more independently.

The house is just one of many accommodation support services funded (资助) through the project. The five-bedroom house provides 24-hour care for up to four individuals with complex needs, including medical support. Care and staffing levels are varied and flexible, depending on each resident’s requirements.

Scott and Daniel, who have a severe form of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, require 24-hour support in all activities of daily living. Before they moved to the house, they lived with their family. Scott says living at home was difficult as it placed a physical and emotional strain (负担) on their parents who had to wake them several times each night to reposition them or place them on breathing machines.

“We were heavyhearted,” says Scott, who is planning to write a book about his life experiences. “But our parents now have a lot more time for themselves. We now manage ourselves on a day-to-day basis.”

Daniel is an enthusiastic gardener, taking care of his own vegetable garden. The men share the house with one other young man, and they go to rugby league games, meeting up with friends.

Leeding Care Australia provides the care service at Kurwongbah. Manager Lee Garniss says setting up the facilities (设施) has not been without its challenges.

“It is an unconventional model of care,” Lee says. “The home is Scott and Daniel’s home, however it is also a workplace for their support staff. Balancing these two requirements has been a challenge for all.”

“We have experienced a bit of a learning phase over the last twelve months. However, by working as a team we try our best to meet the needs of both residents and staff and I think we have achieved the right balance.”

【1】What do we know about the house Scott and Daniel live in now?

A．It was built by their parents.

B．It can accommodate four residents.

C．It belongs to a governmental project.

D．It’s located in the center of Brisbane.

【2】Why did Scott and Daniel’s parents wake up frequently at night?

A．To help them do exercise.

B．They were making a lot of noise.

C．To check on their breathing.

D．They were under emotional pressure.

【3】How did Scott feel while living with his parents?

A．A bit guilty.

B．Quite happy.

C．Very proud.

D．Slightly angry.

【4】What was a challenge while setting up the facilities?

A．Lack of fund.

B．No workplace.

C．Inexperienced staff members.

D．Satisfying both staff and residents’ needs.

30、   Cats have no emotions. At least, that’s what my husband once claimed(声称). I _______ that my two cats experience emotions. They feel anger, fear, and _______. He agreed with me, but _______ his opinion that cats don’t feel love. _______, my tuxedo cat, Sebastian, would teach him otherwise.

When my next-door neighbor moved in, he had a she cat named Juliet. She was an indoor lady, always watching _______ through the window.

Then one day when I _______ my cat to the backyard for his playtime, Sebastian _______ Juliet staring at him behind the window. It soon became _______ that they were attracted by each other. So every day there after, whenever I let Sebastian out, he would rush _______to the backyard next-door and they would sit staring ________ at each other through the screen, she inside, and he outside. Even my husband watched ________, and he would murmur, “But cats can’t feel love... can they?”

Five months later, my neighbor had to ________ because of work. My heart sank. I wondered how Sebastian would ________ to Juliet’s leaving. For months after Juliet moved away and the new neighbor moved in, I often ________ Sebastian sitting by Juliet’s window, looking into the apartment ________his lady. The new neighbor didn’t mind having the “Peeping Sebastian” after I ________ his reason for being there.

Sebastian ________ the small area outside that window as his territory(领土). Other male cats were allowed in the ________, but not near Juliet’s window, which he guarded until his ________.

Even now, when my husband and I walk through the backyard and see that window, he ________ me of the lesson Sebastian taught him that cats do indeed fall in love.

【1】A.quarreled B.discussed C.suggested D.argued

【2】A.energy B.power C.happiness D.strength

【3】A.referred to B.stuck to C.prepared for D.approved of

【4】A.Therefore B.However C.Besides D.Meanwhile

【5】A.the environment B.the sky C.her owner D.her boyfriend

【6】A.forbade B.accompanied C.prevented D.left

【7】A.called attention to B.caught sight of C.took charge of D.paid a visit to

【8】A.innocent B.doubtful C.skillful D.clear

【9】A.secretly B.quietly C.straight D.worriedly

【10】A.lovingly B.angrily C.hungrily D.greedily

【11】A.in trouble B.in sorrow C.in amazement D.in horror

【12】A.move B.travel C.come D.stay

【13】A.react B.reply C.reduce D.replace

【14】A.took B.sensed C.met D.caught

【15】A.in place of B.on the basis of C.in search of D.on account of

【16】A.explained B.requested C.blamed D.asked

【17】A.discovered B.marked C.preserved D.persuaded

【18】A.street B.village C.window D.backyard

【19】A.birthday B.survival C.death D.arrival

【20】A.reminds B.informs C.tells D.cures

31、Have you ever thought about making a huge fortune from the things around you during your whole childhood? Actually, Zhang Yue is a person whose business became _________ in that way.

The place where her success happens is her _________, where Zhang grew roses to start her business. Surrounded by roses as she was growing up, she just looked on them as _________ things. It was only after graduating from university overseas and _________ to visit her parents that Zhang realized the _________ of her business—the conditions there are ideal to plant roses. Zhang therefore decided to stay in her hometown and grow roses, which _________ many people at the beginning.

As someone who grew up in the country, Zhang already knew _________ about growing plants. _______, she had to overcome a number of obstacles in nursing her business to the success. The biggest _________ at the initial phase was that few villagers in the village believed she could __________ a multi-million yuan business from __________. Her career didn’t take a turning point until a major Asian manufacturer of cosmetics(化妆品)__________ purchase her product and help with its __________ to the whole world. It was only then that the locals began to __________ her. Now her product is one of the best in Asia.

Like Zhang, an increasing number of young people are thinking of starting their own business. Seeing her peers who also dream of success and __________, Zhang says, “To succeed in business, you need __________ a good idea, hard work and determination. What really __________ is a sound business plan, plenty of capital to __________ equipment, good management and promoting skills.” She __________, “Most of all, you should be __________ enough and consult the experienced business people.”

【1】

A．disappointing

B．successful

C．impressive

D．ordinary

【2】

A．family

B．country

C．university

D．hometown

【3】

A．popular

B．unusual

C．common

D．unique

【4】

A．returning

B．volunteering

C．intending

D．hesitating

【5】

A．mistake

B．potential

C．truth

D．significance

【6】

A．influenced

B．entertained

C．angered

D．surprised

【7】

A．nothing

B．everything

C．something

D．anything

【8】

A．Meanwhile

B．Besides

C．However

D．Therefore

【9】

A．challenge

B．choice

C．advantage

D．expectation

【10】

A．invent

B．develop

C．discover

D．approve

【11】

A．villagers

B．parents

C．flowers

D．products

【12】

A．was likely to

B．was willing to

C．was able to

D．was eager to

【13】

A．consumption

B．publication

C．distribution

D．circulation

【14】

A．believe

B．admit

C．appreciate

D．understand

【15】

A．health

B．happiness

C．independence

D．power

【16】

A．more than

B．less than

C．rather than

D．other than

【17】

A．lasts

B．succeeds

C．matters

D．exists

【18】

A．transport

B．repair

C．borrow

D．purchase

【19】

A．adds

B．explains

C．answers

D．responds

【20】

A．confident

B．ambitious

C．proud

D．modest

32、   My son did well in his final exam, so I took him to a popular restaurant today for a lunchtime _______. It seemed everyone else had the _______ idea. So the place was _______!

I drove around the small parking lot for 30 minutes _______ for a spot and I _______ found one. A lady returning to her _______ was prepared to leave, which was a relief for me. I followed her and waited with _______ for her to make room for me. _______ I did this I looked in my rear vision mirror (后视镜) and noticed a young man swiftly pull up behind me. As soon as he saw my car light on for the spot, he began hitting his steering wheel angrily and _______. I knew those unpleasant words weren’t directed at me but at the ________ that he had missed a spot. I felt his ________ for I too had been ________ the place for ages.

As the lady drove out of the spot, I did something that ________ shocked myself. I ________ my car light and drove straight past.

________, the man was so shocked and puzzled that he wasn’t ________ what to do next. I wound my window, reached out my hand and ________ for him to take it, calling out at the same time “It’s yours.”

But after I did that I drove away ________. Maybe it was because I had waited so long for a spot I had just given away. The reason why I let that man have my spot wasn’t to be kind. Honestly, the thought hadn’t even ________ my mind. It was because seeing his reaction I knew the spot ________ more to him.

【1】A.decoration B.treat C.recipe D.chance

【2】A.strange B.grand C.same D.normal

【3】A.packed B.ruined C.dangerous D.distant

【4】A.applying B.accounting C.paying D.seeking

【5】A.directly B.immediately C.firstly D.eventually

【6】A.restaurant B.room C.car D.spot

【7】A.anxiety B.patience C.jealousy D.caution

【8】A.As B.Though C.If D.Since

【9】A.staring B.swearing C.whispering D.trembling

【10】A.amusement B.disappointment C.embarrassment D.excitement

【11】A.envy B.terror C.suffering D.crime

【12】A.inspecting B.covering C.circling D.circulating

【13】A.even B.just C.still D.yet

【14】A.turned off B.took away C.knocked down D.pulled out

【15】A.At random B.By coincidence C.On the contrary D.As a result

【16】A.careful B.afraid C.ashamed D.sure

【17】A.concluded B.signaled C.queued D.applauded

【18】A.weeping B.smiling C.cheering D.teasing

【19】A.missed B.caught C.threw D.crossed

【20】A.proved B.brought C.meant D.connected

33、   Lainey finished third grade. She had good grades and could read ______   grade level, but she did not like to read. On a family car trip, her Aunt Dede pulled out a copy of Harry Potter, as a surprise for her ______. But Lainey took one look at it,   ______  her eyes, and said, “Borrrring！”

Aunt Dede, a teacher, had read the book to her students, and they loved it. ______ the youngest children in the class were   ______  by the story. They ______ with great interest, and then ______ joined in grand conversations about Harry's adventures.

“How can you say it's ______？Have you read it？” asked Aunt Dede.

“No, it's too long and it doesn't have any ______，” complained Lainey.

“Oh, that's where you are   ______； there are lots of pictures. Every page is full of pictures; you just have to read the words to   ______ them. It's like magic.”

“Nice try, Aunt Dede，” Lainey replied ______ from the back seat.

Another ______ was in order. “Well, if you don't want to read it, give it ______. Maybe your mum would ______ hearing the story.” The book sailed through the air to Aunt Dede and she began to read it aloud. By the end of the first chapter，______ were coming from the back seat: “Please read a little ______．”

Lainey is an example of an  ______ reader. As shown here, Lainey can become ______ about reading when ______ with literature on topics that interest her, and when the people around her model involvement in the reading process.

【1】A. within B. on C. to D. above

【2】A. daughter B. niece C. student D. friend

【3】A. opened B. dried C. rolled D. shaded

【4】A. Even B. Still C. Just D. Yet

【5】A. surprised B. annoyed C. puzzled D. attracted

【6】A. read B. told C. listened D. wrote

【7】A. suspectedly B. anxiously C. calmly D. enthusiastically

【8】A. amazing B. boring C. ridiculous D. humorous

【9】A. pictures B. stories C. adventures D. conversations

【10】A. crazy B. foolish C. wrong D. different

【11】A. see B. match C. show D. recognize

【12】A. sourly B. patiently C. eagerly D. shyly

【13】A. idea B. try C. belief D. behaviour

【14】A. away B. out C. in D. back

【15】A. enjoy B. admit C. mind D. finish

【16】A. decisions B. requests C. comments D. promises

【17】A. more clearly B. longer C. louder D. more carefully

【18】A. unpleasant B. innocent C. unwilling D. independent

【19】A. astonished B. worried C. confused D. excited

【20】A. presented B. concerned C. disturbed D. replaced

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

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.”

35、课文填空

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

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

Driving an electric car 【1】 to the protection of environment, or so the marketing departments of their makers would have you believe. Yet a report which analyzes car emissions presents a rather different picture. A battery-powered car recharged with 【2】 generated by coal-fired power stations, it found, is likely to be more harmful. It could cause more than three times as many deaths from pollution as a 【3】 petrol-driven vehicle.

The study was carried out by the University of Minnesota. The researchers estimated how levels of fine particulate matter (细颗粒物) and ground-level ozone — two important 【4】 of air pollution — would change when a car is powered by different ways.

It was no surprise that electric cars whose batteries were recharged with power from wind, solar or hydro-electric sources came out to be virtually free from harmful 【5】. They were estimated to cause 231 deaths over the course of a year, compared with 878 for petrol cars. Electric cars recharged with power from natural gas-fired stations were also a lot less harmful than petrol-driven ones, with 439 deaths. But if those same electric cars were recharged 【6】 by coal, they would be responsible for over 3,000 deaths.

Biofuels also caused more health problems than petrol. But diesel, which often  【7】 concern about pollution, is slightly cleaner than petrol. This is because the study assumes for all cars that emission-control technologies will be more widely used, especially particulate filters which have a remarkable effect on cleaning diesel 【8】. Diesel cars are also more 【9】 of fuel than petrol-driven ones.

Overall, the study shows that electric cars are cleaner than those traditional vehicles only if the power used to charge then is also clean. That is hardly a surprise, but the 【10】 of the difference is. How green electric cars really are, then, will depend mainly on where they are driven. In France, which obtains more than half of its power from nuclear station, electric cars look like a good bet. In China and some other developing countries, where a large amount of electricity is produced from coal, they may not be so environment- friendly as they are marketed.

38、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。

About ten years ago, my wife and I took a trip to the Grand Canyon in Arizona. I didn't like to carry all my keys in my pocket during a hike, so I took away the key to the car and left the rest in the car. When we came back, I put the key somewhere in the car without reattaching it to the key ring. Then we made a fire, cooked some food, and went to sleep in the back of the SUV.

The next morning, we were cleaning up our campsite when I saw a bird inside my car. I walked over, and it flew away. When we got in the car to go home, I couldn't find the key. We searched and searched even emptying out the car completely, but it was gone.

Then it hit me that the bird must have taken it. After all, those birds are known for stealing shiny things and decorating their nests with them. Keys are shiny. The bird was the thief! It made perfect sense to me. So I decided to find its nest.

But there is a problem: As everyone knows, the Grand Canyon is a little large in area, so I didn't like my chances of actually finding a certain nest belonging to a certain bird in a certain tree in all that space. But what other choice did I have?

My wife was not encouraging me. She said, “Are you crazy? You'll never find it! The Grand Canyon is the biggest hole on Earth!” I didn't answer and walked steadily forward until her laughter died away.

I struggled to keep hope as I searched dozens of trees and tracked every singing bird. It was like searching a needle in the sea. But, oh, how great my victory would be when I held the missing key from the bird's nest.

注意:

1.所续写短文的词数应为150左右；

2.至少使用5个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 l:

After two hours of searching, I finally gave up and returned to the car.

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Paragraph2:

The next day, we stopped at a service centre for lunch.

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39、志愿者招募启事

本社区需要招聘10名志愿者担任儿童辅导教师(tutor)，暑假7月10日至30日期间，帮助辅导本社区小学生作业并组织开展文体活动。每日工作六小时，一周工作五天。欢迎16-26岁有爱心的青年人报名担任志愿者。

报名邮箱123456@qq.com. 作为对英语水平的考查，申请邮件请用英语书写。报名时间：2020年4月18日至6月30日。

十堰市东山社区

2020年4月18日

请根据以上招聘启事，写一份英文申请邮件，报名担任志愿者。

注意: 1. 120词左右；

2. 开头和结尾已给出，作答时直接写正文，不用写出开头和结尾。

Dear sir or Madame,

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Looking forward to your reply.

Yours,

Li Hua

40、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。续写的词数应为150左右。

Ten-year-old Sami loved to visit his grandfather's house. The house was near the beautiful blue sea. At the seaside stood thick and tall palm trees with green coconuts hanging from them. When the coconuts fell down, Sami would break them open and drink the coconut water. Sami liked to play under the trees. It was always great fun to spend the holidays at Grandpa's place.

This winter vacation, Sami was surprised when he came to his grandfather's village. There were hardly any trees left. He saw houses built near the sea. People had cut down many palm trees and there was hardly any greenery left.

Grandpa's house was different. He never allowed his trees to be cut. He hugged each palm tree in his courtyard. He also named the two big trees near the front door--one was Petu, and the other Betu. He had planted them with his own hands and today they had become large, massive trees with thick trunks. They were tall and green and gave the sweetest, juiciest coconuts.

One night, Sami was awakened by a strange sound. He could not sleep. He tossed（辗转）and turned in bed.

Suddenly, the ground shook as if the earth was splitting. He sat up straight and then ran to Grandpa. He clung（附 着）to his grandpa tightly. Grandpa cried out, “It's an earthquake! It's an earthquake!" They ran outside the house. They thought that would be safe.

Suddenly, there was a loud sound; the earth was not splitting but the sea was roaring. People were shouting, screaming and crying, “The sea is rising! The sea is rising." The villagers started running away from the beach.

Sami watched dumbstruck（呆若木鸡）.

The waves were rising higher and higher. Sami thought, “How big the waves are!" He went into the house again and saw water coming in from all sides. He was scared.

Sami remembered his mother telling him long ago, “You must always get out of the house if the floods come too near." He ran outside the house with Grandpa. But the water came surging（汹涌） in.

Waves about twelve meters high came rushing in, drowning everything. Water was all around and everywhere.

Paragraph 1：

Grandpa held Sami's hand tightly but a huge wave separated them.

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Paragraph 2：

“Sami, Sami!” Grandpa cried. “Don't be scared, little one, come to me, quickly.”

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41、假定你是李华，你的英国笔友David对中国传统文化很感兴趣，他想让你给他推荐一本关于这方面的书。请 你给他回一封邮件,向他推荐我国的四大名著之---《西游记》。内容包括：

1.《西游记》简介；

2.推荐理由。

注意：1.词数100左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

参考词汇：徒弟 disciple,佛经 Buddhist scriptures

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