2025-2026学年山西忻州高三(下)期末试卷英语

1、Fully _______ in looking after three small children, she cannot speak to you at the moment.

A.occupied B.being occupied C.occupying D.being occupying

2、The two brothers quarrelled with each other over bicycle last night but they soon _______.

A. turned up B. put up

C. made up D. showed up

3、As President, he appointed men to high government positions ________ he considered most capable, ________ some of them openly defied his authority.

A.which … as though B./ … though

C.which … even if D.whom … as though

4、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

5、The newly-elected president officially a plan to break through the trade barrier.

A.laid off B.laid down C.laid out D.laid aside

6、______ the late 18th century did the British explorer James Cook cross the Antarctica Circle, ______he never saw land.

A.Until, while B.Since, and C.Not until, but D.Although, yet

7、In the _______ of proof, the police could not take action against the man.

A．lack

B．shortage

C．absence

D．failure

8、My money __________. I must go to the bank to draw some of my savings out before I’ve none in hand.

A.has run out B.has been run out C.is to be run out D.is running out

9、We ’d better discuss everything _____ before we work out the plan.

A. in delight B. in debt

C. in demand D. in detail

10、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

11、White noise consists of________ collections of sounds at different frequencies，such as the dull noise of aircraft engines.

A.swift B.fierce C.random D.generous

12、His account of events does not _____ with hers.

A.correspond B.compare C.circulate D.convey

13、The speaker thought it hard to make himself ___ .

A.understand B.understanding C.to understand D.understood

14、Human beings are different from animals________they can use language as a tool to communicate.

A．in which

B．in that

C．for that

D．for which

15、Last month L.A.declared a________of emergency as protests over killing of Geroge Floyd a black man turned violent.

A.state B.condition C.situation D.circumstance

16、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

17、______ surprised me most was ______ such a little boy of seven could play the violin so well.

A．That...what

B．What...that

C．That...which

D．What...which

18、At one point I made up my mind to talk to Uncle Sam. Then I changed my mind, ______ that he could do nothing to help.

A.to realize B.realized C.realizing D.being realized

19、For many seniors in some universities, the final year can be an unhappy experience, __________ that ends the campus romance.

A.which B.the one C.what D.one

20、The uncontrolled emotional reaction of the nation to Lincoln’s death was incredible and demonstrated the high esteem________ he was held.

A.whom B.for whom

C.which D.in which

21、Don’t allow the Internet to control your life   it is widely used in many ways.

A.as if B.even if

C.so long as D.in case

22、Ronny's steps________, and there was a moment of absolute silence.

A.died down B.died away C.died off D.died out

23、When humans develop machines that are smarter than they are and machines begin to improve themselves, they risk ________ the mathematician IJ Good called an “intelligence explosion”.

A．what

B．that what

C．even if

D．whatever

24、This book gives a brief _______ of the history of the castle and details of the art collection in the main hall.

A.outline B.output C.operation D.organ

25、I had hoped to take a holiday this year but I wasn’t able to ______.

A．get away

B．drop in

C．check out

D．hold on

26、Do you ever walk out of a room with an idea in your head, only to discover moments later that it's gone? 1f so, don't worry: it's a very common experience. 【1】

The problem is often caused by "event boundaries". 【2】They make you believe that a particular mental task is over.

Tests have proved that we're much more forgetful when we move from one location to another.【3】It's because anything that seems like the end of a task — closing a study book, finishing a phone call, taking a cake out of the oven — can have the same effect. Within seconds, much information in your mind has disappeared.

【4】First, stop telling your brain that its work is done. This can be as simple as leaving a book open instead of putting it back on the shelf. Second, create clues to carry with you across any unavoidable event boundary. Notice when these end-points are coming up, and spend a moment improving your memory.

If possible, say the key points out loud: the job you're walking off to do in the next room, for example, or the plans you've just made on the phone. We actually know memory depends on imagery. 【5】

Every day you're faced with event boundaries that may restrict your recall. But by avoiding them when you can, and disguising them when you can’t, you'll find that much less of your learning gets lost.

A．But here's how to fight back.

B．So picture the details you want to keep.

C．Many of us don't know how to deal with it properly.

D．These are what your memory uses to stop remembering.

E．And scientists believe that we can explain and approach it.

F．But the same happens when we go from one activity to another, too.

G．And only in this way can we overcome event boundaries successfully.

27、   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．

28、When you're on the go, your best friend and resource can be your phone. In the age of smart phones, apps are like guiding stars: They can point you in the right direction for a hotel, list expenses, send postcards, and much more. When used together, these apps can be the basic travel tool, placing a wealth of information at your fingertips no matter where you are on the planet. U.S. News Travel has picked the essential travel apps, known for their utility and reliability. Best of all, they cost absolutely nothing.

Trip It

Your Personal Travel Agent

Be your own travel agent and plan every detail of your trip—from car rental to accomadating restaurants—with Trip It. You can make travel schedule by hand, or simply forward the email confirmations of your flight, rental car, train tickets, and hotels to plans.

Weather Free

Your Go-To Meteorologist(气象学者)

Stop trying to explain the weather forecast on the evening news (particularly when it's in a foreign language). The Weather Free app informs you (in English) of the climate in various locations. It features the local weather, and other key factors that will inform your decision about what to wear before stepping outside.

Goby

Your Event Guru

When you're in a foreign city, you sometimes look around and ask: Where are all the people? Goby has the answer. This app pinpoints the neighborhood hot spots (including museums, hotels, eateries, and more) in your neighborhood. But its true value comes in finding nearby events. You'll discover concerts, plays, and more right around the corner.

【1】What is the advantage of using travel apps picked by the U.S. News Travel?

A．They can solve any problem you come across.

B．They reduce your travel budget.

C．They exercise your fingertips.

D．They are reliable and free of charge.

【2】With the help of the travel apps used together, travelers can do the following things EXCEPT__________.

A．rent a car

B．decide what to wear

C．look for a friend while traveling

D．find the nearby museums

【3】Where are the readers likely to read the passage above?

A．In a geography textbook

B．In a science and technology magazine

C．On a popular website

D．In a business report

29、   Have you read this before? 10% of life is made up of what happens to you. 90% of life is decided by how you react. That is the 90/10 Principle. You really have no control over 10% of what happens to us, but you determine the other 90%.

Let’s use an example. You are eating breakfast with your family. Your daughter knocks over a cup of coffee onto your business shirt. You severely scold your daughter and she breaks down in tears. After scolding her, you blame your wife for placing the cup too close to the edge of the table. A short verbal battle follows. You storm upstairs and change your shirt.

Back downstairs, you find your daughter has been too busy crying to finish breakfast and she misses the bus. You rush to the car and drive your daughter to school. After a 15-minute delay and throwing $60 traffic fine away, you arrive at the school and your daughter runs into the building without saying goodbye.

After arriving at the office 20 minutes late, you find you forgot your briefcase. Your day has started terrible. As it continues, it seems to get worse and worse. You look forward to coming home, yet when you arrive home, you find a small wedge in your relationship with your wife and daughter.

Why did you have a bad day? Did the coffee cause it? Did your daughter cause it?

Here is what could have and should have happened.

Coffee splashes over you. Your daughter is about to cry. You gently say, “It’s ok honey, you just need, to be more careful next time”. Grabbing a towel you rush upstairs. After grabbing a new shirt and your briefcase, you come down in time to look through the window and see your child getting on the bus. She turns and waves. You arrive 5 minutes early and cheerfully greet the staff. Your boss comments on how good the day you are having.

Notice the difference? Two different scenarios. Both started the same. Both ended different.

【1】According to the text, what happens after the coffee incident?

A. The mother gets to work late. B. The couple have an argument.

C. The father has a traffic accident. D. The daughter finishes breakfast soon.

【2】Why does the author use the example?

A. To prove the 90/10 principle. B. To compare different attitudes.

C. To give advice on self-control. D. To show the importance of harmony.

【3】What does the underlined word “wedge” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?

A. Improvement. B. Wound. C. Disadvantage. D. Change.

【4】According to the text, what leads to the different endings?

A. Your coffee. B. Your family. C. Your experience. D. Your reaction.

30、   One night after dinner my dad told my brother and me that we needed to have a family talk. As I sat on the foot of my parents’ bed watching my mom _______to tell us what was going on, I heard the two words that would change my whole_______:multiple sclerosis (MS) (多发性硬化). I was only 14 then. _______all I could do was burst into tears.

The house was a mix of_______and quietness in the weeks that followed. I had never felt so alone and helpless. I was sure if I hadn’t gotten _______I would have gone crazy. After a few months I went to my first MS support group. I was excited to_______these meetings and ask the doctors there all the questions that the articles hadn’t_______.When the speaker named Rita that night stood and introduced herself, I was_______to hear she was a nurse who is _______for multiple sclerosis. I had__________heard of a nurse having such a specific field.

As she __________, I discovered how much Rita understood about how this disease was__________ my family. Over time I __________Rita’s job really mattered. That’s when I discovered I__________to be a nurse. The work my mom’s doctors and nurses have done with her has vastly __________her life. They teach her to be__________and supply her with many types of __________.

I think the best people to help others get through __________are those who have gone through them firsthand and I feel that my__________will help me become an __________nurse who can help other families get through hardships of having a loved one with an illness.

【1】A.decide B.expect C.refuse D.struggle

【2】A.world B.career C.plan D.body

【3】A.Gradually B.Naturally C.Luckily D.Finally

【4】A.anger B.guilt C.sadness D.regret

【5】A.money B.help C.news D.time

【6】A.host B.attend C.prepare D.continue

【7】A.answered B.criticized C.ignored D.checked

【8】A.relaxed B.puzzled C.surprised D.frightened

【9】A.blamed B.trained C.cured D.arranged

【10】A.often B.seldom C.ever D.never

【11】A.spoke B.left C.watched D.taught

【12】A.leading B.following C.affecting D.punishing

【13】A.proved B.predicted C.wished D.realized

【14】A.wanted B.agreed C.happened D.chose

【15】A.shaped B.controlled C.improved D.created

【16】A.selfless B.active C.sensitive D.optimistic

【17】A.praise B.awards C.support D.donations

【18】A.difficulties B.worries C.doubts D.failures

【19】A.dream B.experience C.ambition D.effort

【20】A.exciting B.outgoing C.interesting D.amazing

31、When I was in primary school, I got into a major argument with a boy in my class. I can't _______ what it was about, but I have never forgotten the _______ I learned that day.

I was _______ that I was right and he was wrong but he strongly believed that I was wrong and he was right. Our _______ decided to teach us a very important lesson and _______ a good idea. She ________ both of us up to the front of the class and placed him on one side of her desk and me on ________. In the middle of her desk was a large, round object. I could ________ see that it was black. She asked the boy what ________ the object was. "White," he answered in a ________ voice. I couldn't believe he said the object was white, ________ it was obviously black! Another ________ started between my classmate and me, this _______ about the color of the object.

The teacher told me to go to stand where the boy was standing and told him to come to stand where I had been. We changed ________, and now she asked me what the color of the object was. I ________ answer, "White." It was then ________ I realized I was wrong. In fact, it was an object with two _________ colored sides, and from his side it was white, ________ from my side was the color black.

My teacher taught me a very important lesson that day: You must ________ yourself in the other person's shoes and look at the ________ through their eyes in order to truly understand their view.

【1】

A．think

B．remember

C．forget

D．determine

【2】

A．class

B．speech

C．text

D．lesson

【3】

A．convinced

B．informed

C．warned

D．regretted

【4】

A．doctor

B．parent

C．partner

D．teacher

【5】

A．kept up with

B．went on with

C．came up with

D．got along with

【6】

A．woke

B．brought

C．advised

D．came

【7】

A．the other

B．other

C．another

D．others

【8】

A．clearly

B．happily

C．casually

D．cautiously

【9】

A．height

B．colour

C．size

D．shape

【10】

A．sweet

B．loud

C．fearful

D．grateful

【11】

A．for

B．unless

C．if

D．although

【12】

A．match

B．fight

C．argument

D．conversation

【13】

A．day

B．time

C．chance

D．month

【14】

A．desks

B．seats

C．attitudes

D．places

【15】

A．hoped to

B．needed to

C．had to

D．was able to

【16】

A．when

B．before

C．that

D．since

【17】

A．loosely

B．frequently

C．differently

D．surprisingly

【18】

A．or

B．and

C．but

D．so

【19】

A．sit

B．live

C．lie

D．put

【20】

A．performance

B．movement

C．effort

D．situation

32、   It was an ordinary morning. I woke up tired. Dissatisfaction, boredom and routine were the words that well _________ my life. I wasn't feeling _________ for my comfortable home or lovely family. I dropped my two older children at school with a sense of _________ and unwillingly headed to the supermarket to buy groceries with my _________.

I threw items into the trolley（手推车）with no regard to cost, while trying to _________ my misbehaving son. During the _________, I kept yelling and threatening. We _________ made it to the checkout and waited for our turn. Shortly afterwards, I _________ that someone had joined the line behind us, I _________ around and saw an old man in rags. He carried a small packet of long-life milk. As the trolley was full of __________. I asked him if he'd like to go ahead of me. It actually wasn't an act of __________. It was his presence that made me __________.

He looked __________ and uncertain, "Are you sure? How kind of you!" Thankfully, he went ahead, __________ his milk and took his change. Then, to my __________, he turned to my little boy and gently pressed the __________ into his hand. I declared that it wasn't necessary but he __________. And my son, who had been __________ me, smiled his most beautiful smile at this __________ and hugged him. The man gave a shy smile and walked away.

I felt __________ at my earlier self-pity. This humble（兼卑的）, kind stranger had made me determine to be more thankful.

【1】A.improved B.brightened C.ruined D.described

【2】A.sorry B.guilty C.grateful D.bad

【3】A.relief B.humor C.duty D.safety

【4】A.oldest B.youngest C.best D.dearest

【5】A.control B.blame C.assist D.force

【6】A.fight B.purchase C.checkout D.communication

【7】A.basically B.gradually C.frequently D.eventually

【8】A.observed B.guessed C.noticed D.stressed

【9】A.stepped B.walked C.wandered D.turned

【10】A.clothes B.groceries C.vegetables D.belongings

【11】A.patience B.curiosity C.kindness D.bravery

【12】A.cheerful B.lonely C.relaxed D.uncomfortable

【13】A.surprised B.frightened C.worried D.depressed

【14】A.looked after B.paid for C.set aside D.took up

【15】A.joy B.excitement C.amazement D.sorrow

【16】A.change B.bill C.packet D.parcel

【17】A.agreed B.insisted C.regretted D.refused

【18】A.obeying B.ignoring C.annoying D.helping

【19】A.beggar B.stranger C.visitor D.waiter

【20】A.delighted B.exhausted C.pleased D.ashamed

33、   Some so-called friends may have told you that what you have been fighting for is not within your ______ and that you have no chance to succeed. The question is, do you believe them and change your dreams or goals?

If you choose to believe these types of ______ and start to believe what others say about you, you have given ______ of your life, your destiny, to the opinions, thoughts and feelings of others.

Two years ago, I happened to meet a lady at a local market who wanted to branch out further in her life by starting to ______ her own small home business. She worked ______ for a group home(教养院) in the day but wanted to ______ better control of her destiny. She was ______ to quit her boring day job, afraid that she wouldn’t be ______ to make enough money. Her biggest ______ was not her ability; it was her ______ in herself.

Most of her friends and acquaintances(熟人) ______ her ability to be a business owner, or suggested that she should just ______ about her business idea and keep her job, telling her that jobs were hard to come by. ______ for her, though, she did not want to give up her idea. And, while she continued to have doubts about what she really wanted to do, her goal was totally ______ by a new business acquaintance.

Her business acquaintance gave her encouragement and made time ______ whenever she needed suggestions, or just to talk about business issues. Though she had all the right plans and the ability to succeed, she ______ her own obstacle. The good news is that she continued, even though she was ______ with self-doubt, and quit her day job to go it alone last year.

What she conquered(克服) was ______ issues around developing her business; she conquered her own anxiety, her own self-doubt. She succeeded because she did not ______the naysayers(反对者); she succeeded because she ______ the greatest obstacle – her own belief in herself.

【1】A.reach B.sight C.knowledge D.distance

【2】A.answers B.explanations C.comments D.suggestions

【3】A.rules B.goals C.pace D.control

【4】A.expand B.shut C.reduce D.protect

【5】A.calmly B.unwillingly C.excitedly D.independently

【6】A.obey B.escape C.gain D.admit

【7】A.hesitant B.eager C.willing D.upset

【8】A.free B.worried C.satisfied D.able

【9】A.drive B.challenge C.strength D.adventure

【10】A.opinion B.interest C.belief D.pride

【11】A.doubted B.noticed C.praised D.recognized

【12】A.worry B.forget C.think D.discuss

【13】A.Interestingly B.Surprisingly C.Particularly D.Fortunately

【14】A.adjusted B.objected C.achieved D.supported

【15】A.available B.helpful C.enjoyable D.painful

【16】A.defeated B.avoided C.remained D.ignored

【17】A.struggling B.mixing C.agreeing D.competing

【18】A.equal to B.more than C.far from D.along with

【19】A.argue with B.listen to C.rely on D.refer to

【20】A.suffered B.prevented C.overcame D.skipped

34、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.

Tablets are really useful devices, but their big screens always make them a burden to carry around without a bag. Wouldn’t it be great if there were a phone with the powers of a tablet that could be folded up and fit 【1】 into the hand?

Now something like a tablet-shaped but fold-able phone is about to become 【2】. In February, South Korean electronics company Samsung and China’s Huawei both unveiled fold-able phones Galaxy Fold and Huawei Mate X 【3】. Mobile phone use has entered the “fold-able future”, The Verge noted.

The technology could change our lives in significant ways. These devices, due to their 【4】 screens, give us the larger screens we want. Meanwhile, they still fit easily into the pocket. As USA Today noted, they’re “the 【5】 of a small tablets and smart-phone, all in a single device”.

The technology could 【6】 other devices too. For example, we could make TVs that stick to walls like posters, or fold up easily to hide away in drawers. In crowded modem cities, they will help us to 【7】 available space.

In a keynote address, Samsung’s senior vice president of mobile product marketing, Justin Denison, called the fold-able screen “the 【8】 for the smart-phone of tomorrow.” “It’s a balank canvas for us to do something beautiful together,” he said.

So is there nothing to stand in the way of the fold-able future?

According to tech news website Android authority, the necessary displays were difficult to produce. In 2012, nine out of every to OLED screens produced were 【9】. Today, that 10 percent rate has been improved to between 50 and 90 percent. However, at present these fold-able devices are expensive. For example, the price of Huawei Mate X is 17,500 RMB. That’s a price that may 【10】 the majority of people.

But if the fold-able device isn’t going to change the world overnight, there is no doubt that it is coming.

Patrick Moor-head, an industry analyst told The Verge, “Few are debating if fold-able or roll-able mobile displays are the future of smart-phones; the only question is when and by whom.”

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At the time they were created, the Impressionist paintings were【1】, but today they are accepted as the beginning of【2】we call “modern art’. This is because the Impressionists 【3】artists to look at their environment in new ways. There are scores of modern art styles, but 【4】the Impressionists, many of these painting styles might not exist. On the one hand, some modern art is abstract; that is, the painter doesn’t 【5】to paint objects as we see them with our eyes, 【6】instead concentrates on certain qualities of the object, 【7】color, line and shape to represent them. On the【8】hand, some paintings of modern art are so 【9】 that they look photographs. These styles are so different. Who can【10】what painting styles there will be in the future?

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

It will be beyond anything we organics could imagine.

37、Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

The Internet E-commerce and globalization are making a new economic age possible. In the future, capitalist markets will largely be replaced by a new kind of economic system based on 【1】 relationships, contractual arrangements and access rights.

Has the quality of our lives at work, at home and in our communities increased in direct proportion to all the new Internet and business-to-business Internet services being introduced into our lives? I have asked this question of hundreds of CEOs and corporate executives in Europe and the United States. Surprisingly, virtually everyone has said, “No, quiet 【2】.” They say they are working longer hours, feel more stressed, are more impatient, and are even less civil in their dealings with colleagues and friends-not to mention strangers. And what’s more revealing, they place much of the blame on the very same technologies they are so 【3】 supporting.

The technological leader promised us that access would make life more convenient. Instead, the very technological wonders that were supposed to 【4】 us have begun to enslave us in a web of connections from which there seems to be no easy 【5】.

If an earlier generation was preoccupied with the quest to enclose a vast 【6】 land, the .com generation, it seems, is more caught up in the colonization of time. Every spare moment of our time is being filled with some form of commercial connection, making time itself the 【7】 of all resources.

And while we have created every kind of labor-and time-saving device to service our needs, we are beginning to feel like we have less time available to us than any other humans in history. Maybe we need to ask what kinds of connections really 【8】 in the e-economy age. If this new technology 【9】 is only about super efficiency, then we risk losing something even precious than time-our sense of what it means to be a(n) 【10】 human being.

38、假定你是李华，美国笔友Dave为中国战胜新冠肺炎的壮举感叹万分！特地写信向你咨询如何在日常生活中预防新冠肺炎，请你以李华的名义给他写一封回信。包括要点如下：

1.对于国家战胜新冠肺炎后能胜利开学的感受。

2.就如何在日常生活中预防新冠肺炎给出你的建议。

参考词汇：新冠肺炎 COVD-19 口罩 The protective mask

注意：1.词数100左右。

2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Dave,

Glad to hear from you!

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Yours

Li Hua

39、假定你是李华,你的新西兰朋友Nick想和你在线互助学习,他帮你学英语，你帮他学汉 语。请你给他回复一封电子邮件。内容包括：

1.推荐视频平台；

2.约定互动时间。

注意：1.词数80左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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40、一直以来，关于高中是否取消文理分科，社会各方对此存在严重分歧。支持者认为，取消文理分科有利于学生全面发展。分科会导致部分文科学生缺乏科学精神，部分理科学生不关心社会问题。反对者认为，取消文理分科将加重学生学习负担。分科尊重学生个体差异。请你给China Daily写一篇文章，阐述分歧，并发表自己的观点（至少两点）。

要求：1.可根据内容要点适当增加细节，使行文连贯。

2.词数：150字左右。短文开头已为你写好，不计入词数。

参考词汇：

1．文理分科：separate students into science and art

2．文科生；liberal art students

3．理科生：science students

The Ministry of Education has been collecting opinions on the possibility and feasibility of ending the separation of science and arts in high schools.

41、假定你是李华，你的英国笔友Terry在邮件中提到他首次尝试使用筷子，感觉很新奇，希望了解更多筷子知识与文化。请你给他回信。包括以下要点：筷子文化参考：筷子谐音快乐；筷子可传递合作、和谐、平等、和平等内涵 注意：词数：80左右，可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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