毕节2025-2026学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高三英语

1、The park was ___ with lawns, trees, fountains and a big lake in the center.

A. laid off B. laid out

C. laid down D. laid aside

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

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

3、He gained ______ to this university

A.permission B.accommodation C.scholarship D.admission

4、Reported novel coronavirus cases have ranged from mild ____ to severe illnesses or even deaths.

A.sympathies B.symptoms C.similarities D.samples

5、It is clear that in modern society high ______ and demands are placed on students.

A.motivations B.expectations C.standards D.opportunities

6、Taking a close look at their respective (各自的) historical contexts, purposesand principles, huge differences can be ______ between the Belt and Road Initiative (一带一路倡议) and the Marshall Plan (马歇尔计划).

A.condemned B.identified C.abused D.twisted

7、Lucy looked at Tom, tears __________ her eyes and shouted out the words __________ in her heart for months.

A.filling; hiding B.filled; hidden

C.filling; hidden D.filled; hiding

8、Some groups still have difficulties ________ access ________ social services.

A.gain; in B.gaining; to C.to gain; to D.gaining; of

9、Last month, part of Southeast Asia was struck by floods, from ________ effects the people are still suffering.

A．that

B．whose

C．those

D．what

10、It’s reported that a UFO stopped over a mountain village for a while and then vanished in the direction ________it had come.

A．from which

B．in which

C．of which

D．by which

11、The written record of our conversation doesn’t ______ what was actually said. There are a lot of mistakes.

A.correspond with B.relate to C.look into D.compare with

12、Although “all-round educational development” has been advocated in China for years, students are still________ mainly by their test scores.

A. evaluated B. determined C. educated D. instructed

13、And the Good Morning Britain presenter says she's been able to put a lot of   she's learnt into practice in her own home, preparing meals for sons, Sam, 14, Finn, 13, and Jack, 11.

A.that B.which C.what D.how

14、If Lincoln had lived, it________ be that his postwar policies would have brought criticism upon him that would________ his reputation.

A.might as well … have tarnished B.might well … have tarnished

C.might as well … tarnish D.might well … tarnish

15、The G20 will take ____ lead in building _____ new approach to cooperation.

A.the; a B.the; / C./; the D.a; a

16、There is a shortage of teachers in Western China, and it will fall on the 80s and 90s generations to this responsibility.

A. take on   B. step up

C. make up       D. apply for

17、It is important for children ______ more good books.

A. to expose to B. being exposed to

C. to be exposed to D. exposing to

18、________ from his parents, and ________ that he has wasted too much time, the boy is determined to stop playing video games.

A．Pressing; realizing

B．Pressed; realized

C．Pressing; realized

D．Pressed; realizing

19、_______ digital technology is bridging geographic distance, highly skilled workers are increasingly crowding into cities.

A．Where

B．As

C．While

D．When

20、If people don’t learn from this, his suffering and death were________.

A.in comfort B.in vain C.in despair D.in hope

21、 －It's getting dark. I must be off now.

－OK, please take care and ________ my best wishes to your family.

A．accomplish B．clarify   C．preserve D．Convey

22、   the occasional visit, what else does Alan do for his kids?

A．Except B．In spite of

C．Apart from D．Beside

23、After a long discussion, we finally ______ a plan that sounded practical.

A. came across B. came about

C. put up with D. came up with

24、The government_________ air quality in urban areas from levels one to five: excellent, fairly good, slightly polluted, poor and dangerous.

A.classifies B.arranges C.correspond D.divides

25、I am very outgoing and have learned to ______ to my disability.

A.adopt B.adapt C.suit D.accustomed

26、   My summer hols wr CWOT. B4, WE USED 2go 2 NY 2C my bro, his GF & thr 3 :-@ KIDS FTF. ILNY, its gr8.

Can you understand this sentence? If you can’t, don’t feel too bad: neither could the middle school teacher in England who received this as homework. This is Netspeak: the language of computerized communication found on the Internet or cellphones. To newcomers, it can look like a completely foreign language.

School teachers and parents say this new form of writing is harming ( 破 坏 ) the English language.

Increasing spelling and grammatical mistakes can be seen in students’ writ ing. They fear the language could become corrupted (面目全非的).

Everyone should just relax, say linguists (语言学家). They believe Netspeak is in fact more of a good thing. David Crystal, from the University of Wales, argues that Netspeak and Internet create a new language use and the almost lost art of diary writing has been picked up again. Geoffrey Nurnberg, from Stanford University, agrees. “People get better at writing by writing,” he says. “Kids who are now doing text messaging, e-mail, and instant messages will write at least as well as, and possibly better than, their parents.”

Linguist James Milroy says, for centuries, it is believed without exception that young people are harming the language. And when today’s teenagers become tomorrow’s parents, they too will think this way. Milroy argues that languages do not and cannot become “corrupted”; they simply change to meet the new needs.

However, Netspeakers do agree that it is important to teach young people how to speak and write Standard English. Cynthia McVey says, “I can understand Netspeak worries teachers and it’s important that they tell their pupils that text messaging is for fun, but that learning to write proper English is a must for their future.”

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

A.To give the main idea. B.To lead in the topic.

C.To compare an example. D.To raise a question

【2】Who can understand the Netspeak in England?

A.Middle school teachers. B.Parents.

C.Linguistics. D.Teenagers.

【3】Who believes Netspeak users can help improve writing?

A.Cynthia McVey B.David Crystal

C.Geoffrey Nurnberg D.James Milroy

【4】What’s James Milroy’s attitude toward Netspeak?

A.Positive. B.Negative.

C.Doubtful. D.Worried.

27、   Chopsticks, or kuaizi in Chinese, are used to eat Asian food. The earliest evidence of a pair of chopsticks made out of bronze was found in the Ruins of Yin near Anyang, Henan province, dating back to roughly 1, 200 BC.

Chopsticks are round on the eating end which symbolizes heaven, and the other end is square which symbolizes earth. This is because maintaining an adequate food supply is the greatest concern between heaven and earth in Chinese culture.

There is no single standard for the use of chopsticks, but better bear some rules in mind eating with them. Playing with chopsticks is considered bad manners and rude, just as playing with a fork in a Western environment would be considered impolite. Besides, chopsticks are not used to move bowls or plates or to toy with one’s food. Chopsticks are not supposed to stab food, either. Exceptions include tearing larger items apart such as vegetables. Also, chopsticks should not be left standing up in a bowl of food. Any stick-like object pointing upward resembles(像) the incense sticks that some Asians use as offerings to family members who have passed away. In addition, avoid tapping chopsticks on the edge of one’s bowl, as beggars are believed to make this noise to attract attention. Furthermore, chopsticks should not be chewed on, or linger in one’s mouth for too long.

Today, chopsticks serve many functions besides as tableware. For example, you can buy a pair of chopsticks as a gift for a newly-married couple as their wedding gift. In Chinese, ‘chopsticks’ reads ‘kuaizi’, which means to have sons soon. Skillful craftsmen paint beautiful scenery on chopsticks to make them like fine artwork. Additionally, it has been said that using chopsticks improves one’s memory, increases finger flexibility and can be useful in learning and improving skills such as Chinese character printing and brush painting.

【1】We probably find this passage in _________.

A.a science fiction B.a magazine

C.a travel guide D.an advertisement

【2】What is paragraph 3 mainly about?

A.Traditional rules for using chopsticks.

B.Different standards to use chopsticks.

C.Some exceptions to use chopsticks.

D.Cultural backgrounds for using chopsticks.

【3】The author probably agrees that _________.

A.chopsticks can help maintain an adequate food supply

B.stabbing food with chopsticks is strictly forbidden in China

C.standing chopsticks up in a bowl of food is traditionally accepted

D.Chinese brush painting learners may benefit from using chopsticks

28、   On March 25, 2010, Kate and David Ogg heard the words every parent dreads: Their newborn wasn’t going to make it. Their twins--a girl and a boy--were born 14 weeks premature, weighing just over two pounds each. Doctors had tried to save the boy for 20 minutes but saw no improvement. His heartbeat was nearly gone, and he’d stopped breathing. The baby had just moments to live.

“I saw him gasp, but the doctor said it was no use,” Kate said. “I know it sounds stupid, but if he was still gasping, that was a sign of life. I wasn’t going to give up easily.”

Still, the couple knew this was likely goodbye. In an effort to cherish her last minutes with the tiny boy, Kate asked to hold him.

“I wanted to meet him, and for him to know us,” Kate said. “We’d resigned ourselves to the fact that we were going to lose him, and we were just trying to make the most of those last, precious moments.”

Kate unwrapped the boy, whom the couple had already named Jamie, from his hospital blanket and ordered David to take his shirt off and join them in bed. The first-time parents wanted their son to be as warm as possible and hoped the skin-to-skin contact would improve his condition. They also talked to him.

“We were trying to have him,” Kate said. “We explained his name and that he had a twin and how hard we had tried to have him.”

Then something miraculous happened. Jamie gasped again—and then he started breathing. Finally, he reached for his father’s finger. The couple’s lost boy had made it.

Eight years later, Jamie and his sister, Emily, are happy and healthy.

【1】From what can we tell that Jamie was still alive?

A.His heartbeat. B.His pulse. C.His gasp. D.His underweight.

【2】Why did the parents lie with the baby boy in one bed?

A.The family wanted to stay together and keep warm.

B.The family wanted to have their private space.

C.The parents were so tired and wanted to rest.

D.The parents wanted to spend the last minutes with Jamie.

【3】What can be the best title for the passage?

A.Premature Twins B.Life-giving Touch

C.First-time Parents D.Last Precious Moments

29、My violin is like a soul mate that whispers words of wisdom to me. Together, we’ve gone through both tears and happiness.

About 12 years ago, I made acquaintance with it following an order from my mom. Many hours of boredom were spent practicing it. And to make things worse, the disappointment in my teacher’s eyes as I played the wrong notes was like an invisible hammer, striking on my heart. One day, I finally decided: I hate it!

By chance, things changed when I was seven. I was at home lying on the sofa, wondering how those famous violinists dealt with this terrible dilemma. I searched online for the E-minor Concerto, a well-known violin work by German composer Felix Mendelssohn, and listened to it.

A beautiful and mysterious sound came from the violin as the bow moved across it. It was like the music slid over the flowers, rose up, and started to fill the air. The violin’s voice woke up the sun, made the trees green, and freshened the air. As the music changed, the sky turned back to gray. A gloomy shade covered the grass as all the sunshine disappeared. I could hear children crying and men shouting. It was like an invisible claw had grabbed my heart tightly, making it unable to beat.

That glorious day set off my passion and interest in violin — I grabbed mine and never let it go. Before the memories faded, I stared at my instrument. Without hesitating, I picked it up, rosined (用松香擦) the bow, and began to play. Peace filled my heart.

My violin has been by my side for 12 years. When I feel happy, an energetic tune makes it even better; when I’m deep in sorrow, a peaceful tune washes it away, when I’m walking on air, feeling especially pleased with my achievements, solemn (庄严的) tunes calm me down. Gradually, it has become a part of my life.

My violin, shall I compare you to a summer’s day?

【1】What further contributed to the author’s dislike of violin-playing?

A．Orders from mum.

B．Disappointment in the teacher’s eyes.

C．Loss of passion for violin.

D．Boredom of practice.

【2】What can be inferred from Paragraph 4?

A．The author’s feeling was continuously influenced by the music.

B．The weather actually changed because of the tune.

C．The sudden change made the author’s heart unable to beat.

D．The scenery outside the room was quite attractive.

【3】Why did the author pick up the violin again?

A．The invisible hammer and claw are gone.

B．The beautiful imagination changed his attitude.

C．A famous tune aroused his interest and passion.

D．He was crazy about Felix Mendelssohn’s works.

【4】Which of the following can be the best title for the text?

A．Deep love for music

B．My dislike and like of violin

C．An inspiring violin

D．Musical soul mate—violin

30、A woman is volunteering in ashelter. It all started because she missed her own _________

Sandy was at a loss when her beloved Angus died last year — terribly lonely, yet not quite______for a new dog in her life. ________, she decided to volunteer at the local animal shelter and spend some quality time with furry friends who, like her, were ________ their old buddies (伙伴).

Remembering that her dog had loved being read to, she brought along a ________   there.

It's now been 18 months sinceSandy first began ________ her chair beside the dog house. Shelter workers say it really calms down the dogs, but Sandy says it does more ________ to her than it does to the dogs.

Sandy was ________ that photos of her reading to dogs were spreading on the Internet until the media started calling. Kathleen, a fellow shelter volunteer was so touched by the sight of her     ____ to an old dog that she took a photo and posted it on the Internet. She was so ______ with the dogs — I watched her read to several — and they just loved being ________ by her, "Kathleen said.

Inspired by Sandy's style of _________, the shelter has announced that a reading marathon is being ________ for next September. The plan is to get kids in the neighborhood ______ in reading to the animals, with the added benefit of reading practice for the two-leggers, along with plenty of friendly _______ for the four-leggers.

【1】

A．husband

B．kid

C．dog

D．animal

【2】

A．ready

B．free

C．sorry

D．grateful

【3】

A．However

B．Meanwhile

C．Besides

D．Therefore

【4】

A．comforting

B．admiring

C．missing

D．helping

【5】

A．toy

B．book

C．camera

D．photo

【6】

A．settling into

B．stealing into

C．heading for

D．looking for

【7】

A．duty

B．work

C．good

D．wrong

【8】

A．uneasy

B．unsure

C．unhappy

D．unaware

【9】

A．reading

B．attending

C．waving

D．whispering

【10】

A．content

B．patient

C．strict

D．careful

【11】

A．interviewed

B．trained

C．petted

D．photographed

【12】

A．teaching

B．living

C．thinking

D．volunteering

【13】

A．accepted

B．predicted

C．recorded

D．organized

【14】

A．involved

B．experienced

C．united

D．relaxed

【15】

A．competition

B．company

C．service

D．advice

31、   My husband and I only have one car. So after work, I always walk to his office and wait for him to ______me home.

One day, while I was waiting for him, a beautiful car ______near me. I was busily admiring the car when I ______the driver. Honestly, she was probably the ______woman I had ever seen outside of a movie screen. Her ______were as blue as sea, and she had teeth like an even row of pearls. Minutes later, a man came out of the building and walked over to her. They kissed and drove off.

Sitting there, ______in jeans and a T-shirt, I wanted to cry. It is so ______that people have it all.

The next week I saw her again, and after that it became almost ______to see her. I would ______ if she and her husband ate out a lot and where they went. I wanted her to ______the car so I could see her in full length. Did she______classy, high-heeled shoes?

A few weeks later, this question was ______for me.

I was waiting in my usual place and the woman's husband came over to their car. He opened the door. ______ the pretty woman walked around to the passenger side, ______on a walking stick. She ______one leg with her hands and then the other one; she had a prosthetic (假肢) on her left leg and a brace (支架) her right one.

As they drove away, I began to cry. When my husband arrived, I told him what had ______. He said he knew her husband and that, when the lady was 12 years old, she had been ______in a car that got stuck on the railroad tracks. Both her parents were killed. The rail company made a large settlement with her because the crossing had no______; that is why she owned such a nice car.

For weeks I had ______this woman and her way of life. Now I realize how lucky I am. When you meet a person who seems to be much better off than you, don't be fooled by ______.

【1】A. walk B. drive C. fly D. ship

【2】A. rang up B. sped up C. went up D. pulled up

【3】A. noticed B. recognized C. greeted D. observed

【4】A. prettiest B. proudest C. strictest D. strongest

【5】A. fingers B. ears C. eyes D. nose

【6】A. covered B. wrapped C. put D. dressed

【7】A. touching B. unfair C. interesting D. surprising

【8】A. boring B. stressful C. routine D. amusing

【9】A. refer B. whisper C. wonder D. expect

【10】A. get out of B. get into C. go up D. go through

【11】A. wear B. oppose C. abuse D. ban

【12】A. raised B. handled C. solved D. answered

【13】A. Immediately B. Slowly C. Curiously D. Fortunately

【14】A. putting B. carrying C. turning D. leaning

【15】A. pressed B. skipped C. lifted D. slid

【16】A. disappeared B. changed C. happened D. lost

【17】A. limited B. trapped C. lost D. sunk

【18】A. announcement B. signals C. appeal D. station

【19】A. envied B. ignored C. respected D. understood

【20】A. confidence B. confusion C. ambition D. appearance

32、   A woman who built a hit _________ with her video game skills has been recognized as the world’s oldest YouTube _________ - at the age of 90. Hamako Mori, _________ as “Gamer Grandma” to her 250,000 YouTube _________, started gaming 39 years ago. Her YouTube channel launched in 2015, and she _________ to four videos a month.

In her videos, she does everything from unboxing new equipment to _________ her gaming skills. And now Mori, who counts the “Grand Theft Auto” series among her favorites, is officially the world’s _________ gaming YouTuber, according to Guinness World Records.

“_________ living for this long, I feel more than ever that _________ for this long was the right choice. I am truly enjoying my life-it’s __________,” Mori said in a media release from Guinness World Records.

Mori maintains a sharp sense of __________ in her videos, who may share some funny things, __________ BBC reporters. They also offer a video on her life: In “90-year-old grandma plays Dauntless” - which has more than 3 million __________ - Mori __________ candles on her birthday cake before vlogging her take on the monster battling game.

“I’m going to play ‘Dauntless’ today,” she says. “After I started playing this, it was such fun, and I couldn’t __________. I can’t look at any other __________ - it’s all about this one ... sometimes I __________ playing until 2 a.m.”

Mori has also collected __________ game machines over the decades. The first one she owned was Cassette Vision, which was __________ in Japan on July 30, 1981. “It looked like so much fun, and I thought it’s not __________ if only children played it,” Mori said.

A．offline

B．overseas

C．abroad

D．online

A．looker

B．gamer

C．visitor

D．teacher

A．reported

B．interviewed

C．known

D．played

A．fans

B．students

C．friends

D．gamers

A．gives up

B．looks up

C．adds up

D．posts up

A．making

B．teaching

C．broadcasting

D．giving

A．oldest

B．youngest

C．funniest

D．cutest

A．Before

B．After

C．When

D．As

A．playing games

B．painting

C．fishing

D．living

A．terrible

B．boring

C．wonderful

D．plain

A．humor

B．achievement

C．satisfaction

D．delight

A．according to

B．as to

C．leading to

D．in order to

A．watches

B．views

C．talks

D．looks

A．turn over

B．turn up

C．blow up

D．blow out

A．continue

B．begin

C．stop

D．wait

A．games

B．magazines

C．books

D．videos

A．end with

B．start over

C．end in

D．end up

A．the number of

B．a number of

C．a kind of

D．an amount of

A．released

B．chosen

C．talked

D．showed

A．lucky

B．fair

C．avoidable

D．reasonable

33、Gone are the days when big businesses were looked upon by environmentalists as enemies in the fight against global warming.

Just two weeks after U. S. President Donald Trump pulled his country out of the Paris Climate Agreement, more than 900 American firms put their _______to a “We Are Still In” open letter to the United Nations. Together, they promise to help reduce America’s carbon emissions by 26 percent by 2025, _______the Paris Climate Agreement.

_______, big businesses have been taking climate change seriously for years now. Alongside energy-efficiency measures, the strongest evidence of their _______has been the number of new wind and solar projects that they have been helping to build around the world. IT firms such as Amazon and Google have been using clean energy to power their servers (服务器). Some environmentalists now believe that big businesses could become strong _______behind the worldwide spread of renewable energy. “There used to be little action,” says Marty Spitzer of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), “Now, I see fundamental _______being made.”

More recently, this enthusiasm for environmental protection has _______from corporate headquarters to branches and suppliers, and from developed countries to emerging markets. Take Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, for example. In March 2016, it said that it would require its own operations and those along its _______chain to reduce carbon-dioxide emissions by one billion tons by 2030. This is _______to taking 211 million passenger cars off America’s roads for a year. The announcement was ________by the WWF and other conservation organizations, which are helping Walmart’s suppliers work towards this goal. Apple, maker of the iPhone, has said that seven of its biggest global manufacturers have promised to power their Apple-related ________with renewable energy by the end of this year.

According to the WWF, in the United States alone, nearly two dozen of the biggest firms have committed themselves to becoming 100 percent renewable in the near future. Hervé Touati of the Rocky Mountain Institute, a clean-energy research firm, explains the ________behind this trend. Going green improves the companies’ public image and helps attract customers, staff and investors.

Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world’s biggest brewer (啤酒公司), has lots of young people among its many ________. Many of them take environmental issues seriously. Electricity, used ________in the brewing process, amounts to a tenth of its total costs. Last year, the company set out to increase the role of renewables in generating ________to 100 percent by 2025. “My generation often takes energy and clean air for granted,” said Tony Milikin, the firm’s chief sustainability officer. “The generation coming up now looks at it totally differently.”

【1】

A．posters

B．innovations

C．names

D．donations

【2】

A．for fear of

B．by means of

C．in line with

D．on account of

【3】

A．In fact

B．On average

C．By contrast

D．In addition

【4】

A．assessment

B．commitment

C．argument

D．attachment

【5】

A．predictors

B．features

C．cases

D．forces

【6】

A．changes

B．profits

C．mistakes

D．differences

【7】

A．transferred

B．ranged

C．processed

D．extended

【8】

A．food

B．store

C．supply

D．data

【9】

A．opposite

B．equivalent

C．accustomed

D．second

【10】

A．criticized

B．issued

C．welcomed

D．underlined

【11】

A．content

B．accounts

C．activities

D．production

【12】

A．inspirations

B．motivations

C．destinations

D．functions

【13】

A．manufacturers

B．investors

C．customers

D．administrators

【14】

A．considerably

B．skillfully

C．economically

D．occasionally

【15】

A．heat

B．wind

C．water

D．power

34、根据句意填空

In the USA, the Amish-a Christian group-are famous because they drive 【1】 instead of cars, do not use TVs or refrigerators, and do not have personal telephones. Many people assume the Amish must have 【2】 reasons for their many rules, but this is not true. In truth, whenever a new technology is introduced, the Amish meet and discuss its advantages and disadvantages. They then vote on whether they will accept it. The Amish 【3】 cars because they like having 【4】 communities where everyone lives close together. They have no TVs or refrigerators because their homes do not have electricity-they do not think it is necessary and 【5】 dealing with strangers, such as the people who work at the electric company.

35、I have a muscle disease but I don't look any different from other people. Sometimes, I was too weak【1】 go to school so my education suffered. Every time I returned after an【2】(absent), I felt stupid because I was behind the others.

My life is a lot easier at high school because few fellow students make me【3】(annoy). My ambition is to work for a firm【4】develops computer software when I grow up. Last year I invented a computer football game and a big company has decided to buy it from me. I have a very busy life with no time to sit around【5】(feel) sorry for myself. As well as going to the movies and football matches with my friends. I spend a lot of time looking after my pets【6】(proper) but I find it worthwhile.

In many ways my disability has helped me grow stronger psychologically and become more【7】 (independence). I have to work hard to live a normal life but it has been worth it. If【8】(have) a chance to say one thing to healthy children, it would be this: having a disability does not mean your life is not satisfying. So don't feel sorry for the disabled or make fun【9】them, and don't ignore them either. Just accept them for who they are, and give them encouragement to live【10】rich and full a life as you do.

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: 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，某中学学生杂志英语习作专栏正在开展主题为“Why should we learn English?”的征文活动。请你根据所给要点写一篇征文稿。

1）提高学习语言的能力；2）有助于了解异国文化；3）能够结识更多的朋友。

Why should we learn English?

English is an international language，so it is

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39、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。

My mother used to ask me what is the most important part of the body. Through the years I would take a guess at what I thought was the correct answer.

When I was younger, I thought sound was very important to us as humans, so I said, 'My ears, Mommy.' She said, 'No. Many people are deaf. But you keep thinking about it and I will ask you again soon.'

Several years passed before she asked me again. Since making my first attempt, I had contemplated (考虑)the correct answer. So this time I told her, 'Mommy, sight is very important to everybody, so it must be our eyes.” She looked at me and told me, “You are learning fast, but the answer is not correct because there are many people who are blind.

Over the years my mother asked me a couple more times and always her answer was : 'No, but you are getting smarter every year, my child.'

Then last year, my grandpa died. Everybody was hurt. Everybody was crying. Mom looked at me when it was our turn to say our final goodbye to Grandpa. She asked me,   'Do you know the most important body part yet, my dear?' I was shocked when she asked me this on this occasion. I always thought this was a game between her and me.   She saw the confusion on my face and told, 'This question is very important. How you answer it shows whether you have learned about life. 'For every body part you gave me in the past, I have told you were wrong and I have given a reason why. But today is the day you will know the answer.

I looked puzzled.

'All your previous answers -- ears, eyes, hands, heart They are all very importantto yourself. But this time I need you think of something that is important to others.'

Paragraph 1:

'My dear, the most important body part,' she said,

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Paragraph 2:

'Mom, I understand. And you can cry on my shoulder, too.'

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40、假如你是李华，上周你在淘宝网上买了一本《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》，请你根据以下内容给该网站负责人写一封投诉信。内容包括：

1.词典缺页，个别字迹不清晰，封面有破损；

2.要求尽快调换或退钱；

3.希望问题得到妥善解决。

注意：1.词数100左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3.开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。

参考词汇：《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》Oxford Advanced Learner’s English-Chinese Dictionary

Dear Sir/Madam,

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Yours faithfully,

Li Hua

41、假定你是李华，你的美国笔友Tom来信说他对中医感兴趣，想来中国学习。请你给他回封 邮件，具体内容如下：

1.支持他的决定；

2.简单介绍中医及其优点；

3.学习中医的好处。

注意：1.词数80左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Tom,

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Yours,

Li Hua