盐城2024-2025学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高一英语

1、______ 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

2、A _______ will be paid to anyone who brings back the money Mr. Brown lost,

according to the advertisement.

A.price B.profit C.reward D.salary

3、Experts say it's an invaluable social practice   results in big benefits.

A.who B.that C.what D.whether

4、The explorer got a disease in blood for the ____ of fresh vegetables and fruit.

A. sake B. lack

C. ignorance D. benefit

5、____ is our belief that improvements in health care will lead to a stronger, more prosperous economy.

A．As

B．That

C．This

D．It

6、There have been several new events _____ to the program.

A.add B.to add C.adding D.added

7、Generally, students’ inner motivation with high expectations from others ___________ essential to their development.

A．is

B．are

C．was

D．were

8、The book _____ this week.

A. comes up B. comes about

C. comes out D. comes across

9、He’s quite reliable. You can depend on ___________you out.

A. that he will help B. it that helps

C. he helping D. him to help

10、Helen was kinder to her youngest son, which made the others _______ him.

A.to be envied B.envied C.to envy D.envy

11、______ they have won the game made us excited.

A．/

B．That

C．What

D．Which

12、People used to think that the Chinese were not as healthy and fit

as the people in the west, but facts have proved that that's _________ the case.

A. far away from   B. far from

C. far away     D. by far

13、We may think we’re a culture that gets rid of our worn technology the first sight of something shiny and new, but a new study shows that we keep using our old devices well after they go out of style.

A.with B.of C.in D.at

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

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

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

15、“We trust that today’s talks will help create _________ on the Belt and Road Initiative as part of the efforts to build a global community of a shared future,” said Zhou Shuchun.

A.consensus B.consequence C.compromise D.competence

16、The committee ______ of fifteen members.

A. consists B. is consisted

C. formed D. make up

17、Poor education ________ many young people to low-paid jobs, especially in the countryside.

A．caused

B．condemned

C．contribute

D．conducted

18、Luckily, the weather ______ sometime after lunch and we headed for the school.

A. turned up B. ended up

C. cleared up D. came up

19、Not only ______ me improve my Spanish, but Campero introduced me to her culture.

A.she helped B.did she help C.had she helped D.she had helped

20、Every minute was made full use of ________ for the performance at CCTV Spring Festival.

A．preparing

B．being prepared

C．to prepare

D．prepared

21、The Internet users have been warned to ______ any messages that ask you to send cash or personal information, no matter how formal they are.

A.abandon B.reject C.decrease D.withdraw

22、The prize winner described to the class ________ he had managed to achieve excellence in his study.

A．what

B．how

C．which

D．whether

23、The expert says the farm helps reduce Beijing’s __________ on dirty energy that creates the capital’s heavy smog.

A.convenience B.confidence C.reliance D.importance

24、It is important that I _____ with Mr. Williams immediately.

A.speak B.spoke C.will speak D.to speak

25、Mr. Hilton’s new house is almost ______ the one he used to live in.

A. twice the size of B. as twice big as

C. bigger twice than D. the twice size of

26、   China's Bao Yongqing has been named the overall winner of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition for 2019, claiming one of the world's top photography awards.

The competition is developed and produced by the Natural History Museum in London. This year's competition, the 55th, drew more than 48,000 entries from 100 countries. The winning entry by Bao, a native of Qinghai province, is titled The Moment. It captures a remarkable standoff between a Tibetan fox and a marmot(土拨鼠), and was taken on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. "Photographically, it is quite simply the perfect moment," said Roz Kidman Cox, the chairwoman of the judging panel. "The expressive intensity of the postures holds you transfixed, and the thread of energy between the raised paws seems to hold the protagonists in perfect balance", Cox said. To have captured such a powerful interaction between a Tibetan fox and a marmot — two species key to the ecology of this high-grassland region — is extraordinary. Museum Director Michael Dixon said the picture captured "nature's ultimate challenge——the battle for survival".

Bao, in a group interview on Wednesday, said of the photo: "It is very difficult and rare to capture this kind of moment, so I knew it was something very special. It took about two or three hours to get this photo. I was watching them for a long time. I have paid attention to this competition for a long time, and my first purpose was to show my image to the world, and secondly to protect the environment and my homeland," he said. " In my hometown, everyone looks after the animals, so when I go home with this award, it will be an encouragement to our people to be more protective of animals and the environment." In addition, the photographer said : "This competition is one of the most important among photographers in China, so I wanted to draw people's attention to animal protection. I hope it will introduce a passion for animals to more people."

The exhibition at the Natural History Museum in Kensington will open on Friday and run through the end of May next year, when it will go on a national and international tour. Entries for next year's competition will be accepted beginning on Oct. 21.

【1】What does the underlined word "protagonists" in the 2nd paragraph mean?

A.Onlookers. B.Photographers.

C.Hunters. D.Main characters.

【2】Which statement is TRUE according to the passage?

A.The Wildlife Photographer of the Year originated from London.

B.The Wildlife Photographer of the Year is a domestic competition in China.

C.The competition drew worldwide attention, making it the best event in photography.

D.Entries are strictly restricted, mainly focused on endangered animals.

【3】What is the reason for Bao's winning the award?

A.His capturing a crucial moment between two typical species.

B.His expertise in photography.

C.His passionate devotion to wildlife protection.

D.His publicizing the knowledge of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

【4】What can we infer from the passage?

A.In Bao’s hometown, everyone looks after animals.

B.Taking photos can sometimes be painstaking.

C.Photograph is sure to raise public awareness of animal protection.

D.The exhibition will go on a tour in China next year.

27、The Land Under the Sea

Ten thousand years ago, as the last ice age ended, sea levels around the world were far lower than they are today. Much of the land under both the North Sea to the east of Britain and the English Channel which now separates France and Britain was part of a huge region of forests and grassy plains. Then the climate gradually became warmer and the water trapped in large masses of ice was released.

Now the development of advanced sonar (声纳) technology, known as bathymetry, is making it possible to study this flooded landscape in extraordinary detail. A special echo (回声) sounder is fixed to the bottom of a survey ship and it makes wide sweeps across the seabed. While previous technology has only been able to produce two-dimensional images, bathymetry can now use computers, satellite-positioning equipment and special software to create accurate and remarkably detailed maps. For the first time, an ancient riverbed jumps out of the three-dimensional image. The site of pre-historic settlements can now be pinpointed.

According to expert Linda Andrews, this technological development is of huge significance. “We now have the ability to map the seabed as accurately as we can map dry land,” she says.

Once bathymetric techniques have identified sites where people might have built their homes and villages, divers can be sent down to investigate further. Robot submarines (潜艇) can also be used, and researchers hope they will find stone tools and wood from houses as proof of human activity. The idea shared by many people in Britain of their country as a natural island kingdom will be challenged by the findings: Britain has been inhabited for about 500,000 years and much of this time it has been linked on and off to continental Europe. It remains to be seen how far this new awareness is taken on board, however.

In fact, the use of bathymetry will not be limited to the study of lost landscapes and ancient settlements. It will also be vital in finding ships that have been destroyed in accidents. In addition, commercial applications are a real possibility. Aggregates (骨材) for the construction industry are becoming increasingly expensive, and bathymetry can be used to identify suitable sites for digging for this material. Mapping the seabed will also identify places where rare plants and shellfish are living. Digging at such sites should be prevented, either to work for a profit or to make deeper waterways for massive container ships.

【1】How does bathymetry work?

A．It has an echo sounder placed on the seabed.

B．It makes use of a number of different devices.

C．It produces two-dimensional images of the sea floor.

D．It bases its calculations on the location of construction sites.

【2】What does the underlined word “pinpointed” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?

A．Occupied.

B．Adjusted.

C．Rebuilt.

D．Discovered.

【3】The author believes a better understanding of the settlements on the seabed may ________.

A．attract investment in the research under the sea

B．inspire people to take an interest in modern technology

C．adapt the attitudes of the British to their country’s history

D．receive confirmation of rebuilding ancient man-made objects

【4】We can learn that the use of bathymetry will help to ________.

A．identify new species of plants and animals

B．provide the precise location of sunken ships

C．evaluate the cost of seeking certain resources

D．promote the development of deeper waterways

28、A strong coffee after a poor night's sleep is the kick-start many people need in the morning but new research suggests that it might be best to have a bite to eat first.

A study has found that drinking coffee first can have a negative effect on blood sugar control - a risk factor for diabetes （糖尿病）and heart disease.

“We know that nearly half of us will wake in the morning and, before doing anything else, drink coffee --- subjectively the more tired we feel, the stronger the coffee,“ said Professor James Betts, at the University of Bath in the UK.

For their study, researchers at the University of Bath got 29 healthy men and women to take part in three different overnight experiments, with at least a week between them.

In one, the participants had a normal night's sleep, roughly from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m., and were asked to consume a sugary drink on waking in the morning. They then experienced an interrupted night's sleep, where the researchers woke them every hour for five minutes by sending them text messages to which they had to respond — and upon waking were given the same sugary drink.

On another night, participants experienced the same sleep interruption, but this time were first given a strong black coffee 30 minutes before consuming the sugary drink.

They found that one night of interrupted sleep did not worsen the participants' blood sugar and insulin （胰 岛素）responses when compared to the normal night's sleep-- although previous research suggested that losing many hours of sleep or many nights of poor sleep could have a negative effect. However, strong black coffee consumed before breakfast actually increased the blood sugar response by around 50% — suggesting that relying on coffee after a bad night to stop feeling sleepy could limit your body's ability to tolerate the sugar in your breakfast.

【1】What does the underlined word “kick-start" in paragraph 1 refer to?

A．A kind of sport.

B．A kind of power.

C．A kind of medicine.

D．A kind of belief.

【2】What was unchanged in the three experiments?

A．The duration of sleep.

B．The blood sugar response.

C．The sugary drink.

D．The intake of coffee.

【3】What increased the participants' blood sugar response most before breakfast?

A．A normal sugary drink.

B．A normal night's sleep.

C．An interrupted night's sleep.

D．A cup of strong black coffee.

【4】How did researchers draw the conclusion?

A．By comparing the results.

B．By listing some examples.

C．By surveying the participants.

D．By referring to some documents.

29、   As doctors and nurses struggle for medical supplies to fight the coronavirus pandemic, help is coming from an unlikely place – high school students.

The Career Technical Education Charter (CTEC) High School, US, has been utilizing (利用) its nine 3D printers to make face shields (防护面罩) for healthcare workers on the frontline.

Face masks have been particularly challenging to find across the US since the outbreak. Gavin Newsom, Governor of the State of California, announced recently that the state is set to spend $1 billion (about 7 billion yuan) to purchase 200 million masks each month to boost its supply.

Valerie Castro, 16, a CTEC sophomore, is part of a team of teachers and students who came up with design tweaks (改进) that cut almost 30 minutes off the time it takes to build a face shield.

“That’s what makes this school kind of different,” she said. “Even though all these bad things are happening, we’re able to make an impact positively. It’s like leaving your little mark on the world.”

Makerbot, a New York-based company that makes 3D printers, has also helped CTEC to maximize the building process.

They’ve been churning out (大量生产) nearly 100 shields each day, and that production rate is set to triple as 20 more 3D printers come online at the school.

CTEC staff and students have provided masks to hospitals, dentists, urgent care centers and retirement homes in Fresno County and the surrounding areas in California.

“I was shocked,” Stacy Vohra told school staff in a video. “We were so thrilled to have the donation from CTEC. This is something that we’ve been needing.”

The entire staff has switched from daily teaching to face shield production, said Jonathan Delano, director of CTEC.

When the new 3D printers arrive, some of them will go to students’ houses so kids can help with the hands-on process, Delano said.

“That’s how we get through these things,” Delano said. “Our high school focuses on giving back to the community. Students should know the skills they hold can have an impact on a community.”

【1】What sets The Career Technical Education Charter High School apart, according to Castro?

A.They joined healthcare workers on the frontline.

B.They donated about 200 million masks in a month.

C.They designed a more protective face shield.

D.They made a difference in such difficult times.

【2】According to Paragraph 7, what will happen when they triple their production rate?

A.They will get 20 more 3D printers from Makerbot.

B.They will produce a face shield in less than 30 minutes.

C.They will be able to produce about 300 face shields every day.

D.They will start to sell their face shields on their school’s website.

【3】What does Delano think of CTEC’s face shield production?

A.It has boosted the supply of masks in Los Angeles.

B.It has interrupted the school’s daily teaching.

C.It reminds the students of the value of their skills.

D.It challenges students to handle 3D printers by themselves.

【4】What is the text mainly about?

A.Teenagers helping design and produce face masks.

B.3D printing technology being used to produce face masks.

C.Donations from high schools to fight the pandemic.

D.A high school making contributions by producing face shields.

30、I was born legally blind. Of all the stories of my early childhood，the one about a______is my mother's favorite.

I was only two when the______occurred. We had just arrived home from a trip. Mom lifted me out of the car and _____to speak to the driver. I took advantage of my brief______to dash across the lawn(草坪)-and hit a large maple tree！I was running so fast that I bounced off the trunk and______on my backside. Mom______me to start crying，but I just sat there for a minute. Then I______myself up and kept right on going. Mom always______here that，as many times as I______across the lawn after that，I never again______into that tree.

Mom loves to use this story as an______. It reminds her that children don't enter life______to take risks or unwilling to______again when they fall down. She never wanted me to lose that______as I grew older. When I______my major life decisions，I was still that little girl tearing full-speed across the lawn. I studied abroad and later moved away from my parents' home to look for a______, Through years of______, I have become a respected teacher in a school serving high-need students.

We are almost certain to get______at some point during the process of achieving our goal. When that happens，don't sit in the grass and______.Just get up and keep on going It will all be worth it______.

【1】

A．trip

B．race

C．tree

D．driver

【2】

A．incident

B．change

C．illness

D．problem

【3】

A．feared

B．refused

C．forgot

D．turned

【4】

A．delay

B．absence

C．freedom

D．rest

【5】

A．landed

B．slept

C．laughed

D．wept

【6】

A．promised

B．encouraged

C．allowed

D．expected

【7】

A．woke

B．picked

C．warmed

D．gave

【8】

A．adds

B．replies

C．admits

D．supposes

【9】

A．drove

B．lived

C．stood

D．zoomed

【10】

A．crashed

B．broke

C．climbed

D．looked

【11】

A．answer

B．example

C．excuse

D．order

【12】

A．able

B．ashamed

C．afraid

D．anxious

【13】

A．ask

B．share

C．learn

D．try

【14】

A．honesty

B．toughness

C．kindness

D．curiosity

【15】

A．regretted

B．reviewed

C．made

D．explained

【16】

A．job

B．friend

C．fortune

D．house

【17】

A．memories

B．efforts

C．research

D．experience

【18】

A．mixed up

B．fed up

C．knocked down

D．settled down

【19】

A．play

B．relax

C．dream

D．cry

【20】

A．all at once

B．in the end

C．in either case

D．as a result

31、From my second grade on, there was one event I feared every year: the piano recital(独奏演唱会). A recital _____I had to practice a boring piece of music and perform before strangers. Each year I _____ask my father if I could skip the recital “just this once”. And each year he would shake his head, muttering(嘀咕) _________about build self-confidence and working toward a ________.

So it was with really great______that I stood in church one recent Sunday, video camera in hand, and ______my 68-year-old father sweating in his shirt ______rising to play the piano in his very first recital.

My father had longed to play music since childhood, but his family was poor and couldn’t _________lessons. He could have gone on regretting it, _______too many of us do. But though he was rooted in his past, he wasn’t ________there. When he retired three years ago, he _____ his church music director to take him as a student.

For a moment after my father sat down at the keyboard, he ______stared down at his fingers. Has he forgotten the ______? I worried, remembering those split seconds______ago when my mind would go blank and my fingers would _______. But then came the beautiful melody(旋律)，from the _____fingers that once baited(装饵于) my fishing lines. And I______he had been doing what music teachers always stress:___ _____the music and pretend the others aren’t there.

“I’m ________of him for starting something new at his age,” I said to my son Jeff.

“Yeah, and doing it so______,” Jeff added.

With his first recital, my father taught me more about courage and determination than all the words he used those 30-plus years ago.

【1】

A．reflected

B．explained

C．meant

D．proved

【2】

A．would

B．could

C．might

D．should

【3】

A．nothing

B．everything

C．anything

D．something

【4】

A．goal

B．stage

C．journey

D．chance

【5】

A．trouble

B．satisfaction

C．strength

D．disappointment

【6】

A．kept

B．sent

C．watched

D．felt

【7】

A．through

B．from

C．against

D．before

【8】

A．miss

B．afford

C．select

D．understand

【9】

A．as

B．once

C．if

D．while

【10】

A．educated

B．protected

C．stuck

D．spoilt

【11】

A．allowed

B．invited

C．inspired

D．persuaded

【12】

A．roughly

B．simply

C．merrily

D．curiously

【13】

A．words

B．videos

C．notes

D．lessons

【14】

A．decades

B．weeks

C．hours

D．moments

【15】

A．play

B．freeze

C．click

D．adjust

【16】

A．same

B．warm

C．different

D．dirty

【17】

A．predicted

B．realized

C．imagined

D．insisted

【18】

A．pass over

B．turn up

C．bring in

D．concentrate on

【19】

A．ashamed

B．aware

C．tired

D．proud

【20】

A．casually

B．anxiously

C．nicely

D．frequently

32、When I was thirteen, my family moved from Boston to Tucson, Arizona. ______ the move, my father ______ us in the living-room on a freezing January night. My sisters and I sat around the fire, not ______ that the universe would suddenly change its course. “In May, we’re ______ to Arizona.” The words, so small, didn’t seem ______ enough to hold my new life. But the world changed and I awoke on a train moving across the country. I watched the ______ change from green trees to flat dusty plains to high mountains as I saw strange new plants that ________ mysteries yet to come. Finally, we arrived and ______ into our new home.  ______ my older sisters were sad at the loss of friends, I ______ explored our new surroundings.

One afternoon, I was out exploring ______ and saw a new kind of cactus(仙人掌). I crouched(蹲) down for a closer look. “You’d better not ______ that.” I turned around to see an old woman. “Are you new to this neighborhood?” I explained that I was, ______, new to the entire state.

“My name is Ina Thorne. Have you got used to life in the ______? It must be quite a ______ after living in Boston.” How could I explain how I ______ the desert? I couldn’t seem to find the right words.

“It’s vastness,” she offered. “That vastness ______ you stand on the mountains overlooking the desert — you can ______ how little you are in comparison with the world. ______, you feel that the possibilities are limitless.” That was it. That was the feeling I’d had ever since I’d first seen the mountains of my new home. Again, my ______ would change with just a few simple words. “Would you like to come to my home tomorrow? Someone should teach you which plant you should and shouldn’t touch.”

【1】A. During   B. Until   C. Upon   D. Before

【2】A. gathered   B. warned   C. organized   D. comforted

【3】A. hoping   B. admitting   C. realizing   D. believing

【4】A. going   B. moving   C. driving   D. flying

【5】A. good   B. simple   C. big   D. proper

【6】A. picture   B. ground   C. scene   D. area

【7】A. suggested   B. solved   C. discovered   D. explained

【8】A. settled   B. walked   C. hurried   D. stepped

【9】A. If   B. After   C. Once   D. While

【10】A. bitterly   B. easily   C. proudly   D. eagerly

【11】A. as well   B. as usual   C. fight away   D. on time

【12】A. move   B. dig   C. pull   D. touch

【13】A. of course   B. in fact   C. after all   D. at least

【14】A. desert   B. city   C. state   D. country

【15】A. luck   B. doubt   C. shock   D. danger

【16】A. found   B. examined   C. watched   D. reached

【17】A. why   B. when   C. how   D. where

【18】A. prove   B. guess   C. sense   D. expect

【19】A. However   B. Otherwise   C. Therefore   D. Meanwhile

【20】A. idea   B. life   C. home   D. family

33、   It was the day before my daughter’s birthday. I’d just collected her from preschool when she cautioned me to___ the elderly person walking across the car park. I was struck by her____.

The following day—her birthday—we decided to buy cupcakes for her. After we_____ the cupcakes,  Norah was busy standing up in the trolley (手推车),____ waving and happily declaring, “Hi, old person! It’s my birthday today!” Before I could ______  her calling him an old person, the stone-faced man _______  to her. His___ softened as he replied, “Well, hello, little lady! And how old are you today?” They___ for a few  minutes, he wished her a happy birthday, and we went our____ ways. A few minutes later, Norah asked me if she could take a_____  with the old man. I agreed. We found the man a couple of shelves over, and I approached him. When I told him Norah’s____, his expression changed from____ to shocked finally to  delighted. He took a step back, steadied himself on his shopping trolley, and_____ his free hand on his chest. “A photo? With me?” he asked. “Yes, Sir, for my birthday!” Norah begged. And so he did. I____ my iPhone, and they posed together. Norah placed her soft hand on top of his hand. He wordlessly____ at her with  twinkling eyes as she kept his hand  in  hers.  I  asked  his  name,  and  he  told  us  to  call  him  Dan.  We  were _____  other shoppers, but they didn’t care. There was _____  happening in the supermarket that day, and we could all sense it.

That afternoon I____ the story and a photo of the two on the Facebook. Later that night, I received a private _____  from a local reader who recognized Mr. Dan. He told me Dan’s wife had passed away six months earlier and he wanted to let me know that he was certain Dan’s heart was touched by my little girl and Dan would never forget that___ with my daughter.

【1】A.spot B.stop C.delay D.mind

【2】A.selflessness B.carelessness C.loneliness D.thoughtfulness

【3】A.picked up B.kept up C.put up D.turned up

【4】A.anxiously B.excitedly C.calmly D.disappointedly

【5】A.praise B.admire C.stop D.avoid

【6】A.referred B.turned C.adjusted D.appealed

【7】A.sound B.expression C.hand D.skin

【8】A.chatted B.hesitated C.rested D.waited

【9】A.regular B.single C.natural D.separate

【10】A.picture B.walk C.rest D.break

【11】A.dream B.request C.command D.suggestion

【12】A.nervous B.upset C.impatient D.confused

【13】A.placed B.reached C.touched D.patted

【14】A.turned off B.put down C.pulled out D.held up

【15】A.glared B.yelled C.stared D.pointed

【16】A.delaying B.blocking C.preventing D.interrupting

【17】A.magic B.incident C.discount D.embarrassment

【18】A.read B.wrote C.posted D.printed

【19】A.note B.gift C.report D.message

【20】A.construction B.combination C.connection D.contribution

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、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.

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

A huge milestone has just been reached in the field of artificial intelligence: AlphaGo, a program developed by Google’s DeepMind unit, has defeated legendary Go player Lee Se-dol in the first of five historic matches being held in Seoul, South Korea. Lee 【1】 after about three and a half hours, with 28 minutes and 28 seconds remaining on his clock. The series is the first time a professional 9-dan Go player has taken on a computer, and Lee is 【2】 for a $1 million prize.

“I was very surprised,”said Lee after the match.“I didn’t expect to lose. But I didn’t think AlphaGo would play the game in such a perfect manner.”DeepMind founder Demis Hassabis expressed“huge 【3】 for Lee Se-dol and his amazing skills.”calling the game“hugely exciting”and“very tense.”Team lead David Silver said it was an“amazing game of Go that really pushed AlphaGo to its 【4】.”

Go is an ancient Chinese board game that has long been considered one of the great 【5】faced by AI. While computer programs ow best the world’s leading human players of games like checkers and chess, the high level of intuition and 【6】required by Go has made it tough for computers to crack. DeepMind’s AlphaGo program is the most 【7】effort yet, using a complex system of deep neural networks and machine learning; it beat European champion Fan Hui last year, but Lee Se-dol is another 【8】 rival entirely.

“I don’t regret accepting this challenge,”said Lee.“I am in shock, I admit that, but what’s done is done. I enjoyed this game and look forward to the next. I think I failed on the opening layout so if I do a better job on the opening aspect I think I will be able to increase my 【9】 of winning.”Lee was surprised both by how strong AlphaGo’s opening was, and by some 【10】moves.

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，最近你校组织大家参观了你市举办的文化展览。请你写一篇报道，并分享在校英文网站上，内容包括：

1.展览时间、地点；

2.展览主题：中国书画；

3.你的感悟。

注意：

1.写作词数应为80左右；

2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

An exhibition of Chinese paintings and calligraphy

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39、为了丰富校园生活，给学生提供展示才艺的机会，你校英语社将于近日组织“校园好声音”云歌曲大赛。你受委托写一份通知，内容包括：

1. 主题：爱与和平；

2. 要求：上传视频到百度云(Baidu Cloud)；

3. 截止时间：7月20日下午4点。

注意：1. 词数80左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

NOTICE

The notice is to inform that the English Club is organizing its 2020 Best School Voice online competition.

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July 14th, 2020 the English Club

40、假如你是李华。你已和英国朋友Eric约定于本周三下午去高铁站接他。但你临时有重要会议不能如约前往，将委托他人接站。请你用英语给Eric写一封致歉信，主要内容包括：

1. 表示歉意；

2. 解释原因；

3. 接站安排。

注意：

1. 词数80词左右；

2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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41、假定你是国际班的班长李华，你打算邀请外教Bruce到你们班做一个西方文化知识讲座。现请你给他写一封邀请信。内容包括：

1.同学们对他的课以及西方文化非常感兴趣；

2.大家特别希望了解节日文化；

3.讲座时间：下周三下午4：00到5：00。

注意：1.词数80左右；

2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Bruce,

I’m Li Hua, monitor of the International Class.

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Yours,

Li Hua