天水2025学年度第二学期期末教学质量检测高二英语

1、Adapted from Liu Cixin’s novel, the hit film The Wandering Earth reportedly had a budget of nearly $50 million, much of _______ spent on content and special effects.

A．which

B．them

C．it

D．what

2、---Oh, help! The pan is on fire!

---_______. I can handle it.

A．Take it easy

B．Stop shouting

C．Help yourself

D．You bet

3、_________ by green mountains and located at the foot of Lushan Mountain makes it a famous tourist attraction.

A．Surrounded

B．Being surrounded

C．Surrounding

D．Having surrounded

4、More and more people go jogging in the morning, _______ benefits for health arise from the air rich in oxygen.

A.which B.that C.whose D.who

5、Un-learning is more difficult than learning because we become_____ to thinking or feeling in certain ways over time.

A.mutual B.habituated C.habitual D.verbal

6、— Is it my age ________the boss minds?

—I’m afraid so. He will consider ________ necessary to have an experienced assistant.

A.which；it B.that；it C.which；that D.that；that

7、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

8、My idea is ______ although physical beauty may impress others, ______ really matters is inner beauty.

A.what; which B.that; which C.that; what D.what; it

9、Climbing the mountain is a good way to keep fit.____,walking is helpful for your health.

A.Correctly B.Immediately C.Similarly D.Generally

10、The manager and heads of the sections will spend the morning _______ in the meeting room, ________ the problems they are facing.

A.locking; discussing B.locked; discussed

C.locked; discussing D.locking; discussed

11、Don't be___________ by its terrible smell-Durian tastes delicious.

A.dropped off B.put off C.taken off D.broken out

12、In the dark forests __________, some large enough to hold several English towns.

A.are standing many lakes B.lie many lakes

C.many lakes lie D.many lakes stand

13、We love such beautiful things as flowers, but beauty itself is _____.

A. abstract B. typical

C. generous D. stubborn

14、Before China's Youth Day, Xi,______ secretary general of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made a statement to the young, _____________they find reasonable.

A.the; that B./; in which C.the; which D./; which

15、___ the old man's sons wanted to know was ___ the gold had been hidden .

A.That ; what B.What ; where C.What ; that D.Whether ; if

16、His suggestion  to see the exhibition interested every one of us.

A.that we go B.which we should go

C.that we would go D.when we should go

17、There is a new problem____the popularity of private cars that road conditions need ____.

A.involve at; to be improve B.involved in; to be improved

C.involving in; improving D.involving at; improving

18、I had to ________ myself to being an architect to my parents’ will.

A．resign

B．withdraw

C．reject

D．evaluate

19、If parents don’t teach their child how to ________himself，he will do anything at will.

A.behave B.believe C.help D.enjoy

20、_______is no need for you to come if you don’t want to.

A. It B. There

C. That D. This

21、Where is my pen？I ____it.

A.might lose B.would have lost

C.should have lost D.must have lost

22、In the past, a needle like a small sword could be used for letting liquid out of body parts which had______.

A.swollen up B.linked up C.dropped out D.worn out

23、His plan was ____, and the _____won him many _______glances.

A.approved,approve,approving

B.approving,approver, approved

C.approved,approval, approving

D.approving,approve,approved

24、There was a lot of fun at yesterday’s party. You _____ have come, but why didn’t you?

A.must B.shouldn’t C.needn’t D.ought to

25、He was ____ to know that all his personal information had been exposed to the public.

A.astonishing B.to astonished C.astonish D.astonished

26、MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) has released a video of their ongoing work using muscle signals to control devices. Their latest involves full and fine control of drones （无人机）, using just hand and arm gestures to pilot through a series of circles.

This work is impressive not just because they’re using bio-feedback to control the devices, instead of optical （光学的）or other kinds of gesture recognition, but also because of how specific the controls can be, setting up a range of different potential applications for this kind of remote tech.

This particular group of researchers has been looking at different applications for this tech, including its use in collaborative robotics （协作机器人）for potential industrial applications. Drone piloting is another area that could have big applications in terms of real- world use, especially once you start to imagine entire groups of these taking flight with a pilot provided a view of what they can see via VR. That could be a great way to do spot surveying for construction, for example, or remote equipment check of dangerous places and other construction that’s hard for people to reach.

The development of drones is just part of the team’s work. Smooth robot and human interaction is the ultimate goal of the team working on this tech. Researchers believe the process should be as easy when controlling and working with robots. They say thinking and doing are essentially happening at the same time when we communicate with our environment, but when we act through machines or remote tools, there’s often something lost in translation, showing slow learning, and the requirement of lots of training. Therefore, much more work is going on.

【1】What is impressive about the work?

A．It has found the best way to control robots.

B．It uses gestures to accurately control the devices.

C．The researchers are particular and famous experts.

D．Its remote tech has been used in some industrial areas.

【2】What does paragraph 3 try to tell us?

A．The big changes of future industries.

B．The new way to spot construction sites.

C．The possible application of the tech in real world.

D．The benefits that VR technology brings to drones,

【3】What is the aim of the research according to the last paragraph?

A．To make it possible for robots to think.

B．To speed up the learning process of robots.

C．To meet the requirement of robot controlling.

D．To enable more natural human-robot communication.

【4】What’s the best title for this text?

A．New Applications of Drones

B．Muscle Signals Can Pilot Drones

C．MIT’s New Research on Robots

D．Possibilities of New Robots

27、   Not many years ago, a wealthy and rather strange old man named Johnson lived alone in a village in the south of England. He had made a lot of money in trading with foreign countries. When he was seventy – five, he gave $ 60,000 to the village school to buy land and equipment for a children’s ground.

As a result of his kindness, he became famous. Many people came to visit him. Among them was a newspaperman. During their talk, Johnson remarked that he was seventy-five and expected to live to be hundred. The newspaperman asked him how he managed to be healthy at seventy-five. Johnson had a sense of humor. He liked whisky and drank some each day. “I have an injection (注射) in my neck each evening,” he told the newspaperman, thinking of his evening glass of whisky.

The newspaperman did not understand what Johnson meant. In his newspaper he reported that Johnson was seventy-five and had daily injection in his neck. Within a week Johnson received thousands of letters from all over Britain, asking him for the secret of his daily injection.

【1】Johnson became a rich man through _______.

A. doing business B. making whisky

C. cheating D. buying and selling land

【2】The gift of money to the school suggests that Johnson _______.

A. had many children in the school B. was a strange old man

C. was very fond of children D. was very kind

【3】Many people wrote to Johnson to find out _______.

A. what kind of whisky he had B. how to live longer

C. how to become wealthy D. in which part of the neck to have an injection

【4】When Johnson said he had an injection in his neck each evening, he really meant that _______.

A. he liked drinking a glass of whisky in the evening

B. he needn’t an injection in the neck

C. a daily injection in the evening would make him sleep well

D. there was something wrong with his neck

28、   Researchers recently discovered some unusual behavior in chimps living in the forests of West Africa. An adult male in the wild would pick up a rock, throw it at a tree while yelling and then run away. Although researchers aren't certain why, they make a guess: The chimps seem to prefer trees that create longer-lasting sounds when struck.

A team of researchers from Germany first discovered this behavior three years ago. Because the actions appeared to be localized, the researchers suggested the purpose was a local tradition and was likely part of some sort of ritual(仪式), Phys. org reports. But they weren't sure what purpose the ritual served.

So the group desired to carry out more experiments to determine why the chimps were so interested in throwing rocks at trees. This time around, they went to the same areas but set up microphones to capture(捕捉) the sounds of the stones as they were thrown.

Researchers analyzed all the recordings and found that the chimps tended to prefer throwing rocks at trees that made lower, longer-lasting sounds. Often these were trees that had exposed roots.

In their findings, published in Biology Letters, the researchers write that “low-frequency sounds travel further in the environment and are better suited for long-distance communication”.

If chimps tried to communicate. it would be more effective for them to strike the trees or choose the ones that made the loudest noises when struck. Because the researchers saw chimps stick to the same trees and never choose new ones, the location could be a factor. Researcher Ammie Kalan tells Science that maybe the locations of the trees have something to do with nearby resources like food and water, and that the sound is a signal to others where to find them.

【1】How did the researchers feel about the chimps behavior from the first two paragraphs?

A.Doubtful B.Excited C.Disappointed D.Frightened.

【2】What did the researchers do during their experiments?

A.They tried to make long-lasting sounds.

B.They recorded the sounds from the stricken（受...侵袭的） trees.

C.They designed various sounds for the chimps.

D.They collected different sounds of the chimps.

【3】What does Ammie Kalan think of the chimps' behavior?

A.It is a good way of seeking food. B.It is a means of communication.

C.It is a natural response to food. D.It is a symbol of their growth.

【4】What is the text mainly about?

A.How the chimps produce sounds.

B.The chimps’ habit of throwing rocks.

C.Why the chimps like to throw rocks at trees.

D.Chimps often throw rocks at different kinds of trees.

29、More than 30 years ago, there was a well-known boxer named Eugene Hart. Hart was heavily favored to win his next round against an ungifted boxer, Antuofermo. It was said that the only thing that Antuofermo could do was “he bled well". However, here was an important thing. He had good qualities that you couldn't see.

During the fight, Hart controlled Antuofermo, knocking him down and giving him a good beating. Antuofermo absorbed the punishment that was dealt to him by his naturally superior opponent, and he did it so well that Hart became discouraged. In the fifth round, Hart began to tire, not physically but mentally. Taking advantage of the situation, Antuofermo attacked and knocked Hart down, thus ending the fight.

When the fighters went back to their temporary restrooms, only a thin curtain was between them. Hart's room was quiet, but on the other side he could hear Antuofermo's coach talking about who would take the fighter to the hospital. Finally he heard Antuofermo saying, "Every time he hit me with that left hook （左勾拳）to the body, I thought I was going to quit. After the second round, I thought if he hit me there again, I'd quit. I thought the same thing after the fourth round. But he stopped hitting me there."

At that moment, Hart began to weep. He was crying because for the first time he under- stood that Antuofermo had felt the same way he had and even worse. And the only thing that distinguished the guy who was talking from the guy who was crying was perseverance （毅力）. The coward （懦夫）and the hero had the same emotions. They're both humans.

The important question to ask yourself here is this： How does each man respond to the tough situation that they are experiencing? Maybe you are in a tough position right now or, if not, one might be coming. How will you react? Like a hero or a coward?

【1】What can we learn from paragraph 1?

A．Hart was an ordinary boxer.

B．Antuofermo was hardly defeated.

C．Hart was believed to win the game.

D．Antuofermo was gifted in boxing.

【2】How did Antuofermo win the fight?

A．He trained hard before the fight.

B．Hart became discouraged by his coach.

C．He was confident about his boxing talent and power.

D．He dealt with the punishment properly and grasped the chance.

【3】Why did Hart cry after the fight?

A．He realized he was just mentally defeated.

B．He was hurt and sent to a hospital.

C．He lost the game easily.

D．He was considered to be a coward.

【4】What are Antuofermo's qualities?

A．Hard-work and honesty.

B．Humor and intelligence.

C．Perseverance and determination.

D．Enthusiasm and responsibility.

30、When I was twelve years old, my father took me to see Zig Ziegler. I remember sitting in that dark auditorium listening to Mr. Zigler raise everyone’s _______up to die ceiling. I left there saying, “Dad, I want to make people feel like that.” My father asked me what I _______ . “I want to be a motivational speaker just like Mr. Zigler, ” I replied. A _______ was born.

Recently, I began pursuing my dream of _______ others. After a four — year relationship with a major fortune 100 company as a regional sales manager, I left the company at the _______of my career. Many people were shocked that I would leave after earning a six-figure income. And they asked why I would _______ everything for a dream.

I made my decision to start my own company and leave my secure _______ after attending a regional sales meeting. The vice-president of our company _______ a speech that changed my life. I realized that everything I had _______ the graduate degree, the successful sales career, managing for a fortune 100 company had ________ me for this moment. I was ready to become a motivational speaker.

When I tearfully told my boss my ________, this incredible leader whom I respect so much replied, “________ with confidence and you will be successful”.

Having made that decision, I was immediately ________. One week after I gave notice, my husband was ________ from his job. We needed both incomes to ________ the monthly mortgage payment(抵押贷款). It was ________ to go back to my former company, but I didn’t. I decided I still wanted to move forward ________ end up with a mouth full of “if onlys” later on. A motivational speaker was born.

When I held ________ to my dream, even during the tough times, the miracles really began to happen. In a short time period my husband found a better job. And I was able to book several ________ engagements with new clients. I discovered the incredible power of dreams. To celebrate my success I had a local artist paint my new office as a garden. At the top of one wall she painted, “The world always ________the dreamer.”

【1】

A．efforts

B．hopes

C．spirits

D．brains

【2】

A．meant

B．recognized

C．concluded

D．found

【3】

A．curiosity

B．dream

C．purpose

D．challenge

【4】

A．handling

B．caring

C．inspiring

D．promising

【5】

A．point

B．heart

C．end

D．height

【6】

A．risk

B．exchange

C．lose

D．refuse

【7】

A．reputation

B．position

C．spot

D．future

【8】

A．wrote

B．prepared

C．heard

D．delivered

【9】

A．accomplished

B．imagined

C．arranged

D．recommended

【10】

A．trained

B．saved

C．prepared

D．pushed

【11】

A．words

B．plans

C．jobs

D．issues

【12】

A．Turn around

B．Come over

C．Stay up

D．Go ahead

【13】

A．tested

B．warned

C．reminded

D．touched

【14】

A．taken off

B．called off

C．laid off

D．put off

【15】

A．earn

B．make

C．return

D．borrow

【16】

A．causal

B．interesting

C．scaring

D．attractive

【17】

A．rather than

B．or rather

C．as well as

D．or else

【18】

A．deep

B．fast

C．close

D．still

【19】

A．working

B．investing

C．speaking

D．learning

【20】

A．take aim at

B．pay attention to

C．keep contact with

D．make ways for

31、   The reusing trend continues to gain steam in countries all over the globe. Now, there is a shopping mall that is full of _______ stores only. ReTuna, a two-story complex in Eskilstuna. Sweden, offers a wide _______ of shops with recycled goods.

ReTuna has been around since 2015, and it was designed to _______ Sweden's problem of rising _______ .This is the first mall in the world to focus on _______ shopping. The company wants to make it  _______  for people to find valuable goods by putting second-hand stores under one roof  _______ consumers having to _______ thrift stores （慈善商店）throughout the city.

"I think it's fun to find something that people have used, and we can use _______ said Cato Limas, a ReTuna customer. "If you look at the things they're selling here, they're almost ______________  . So actually, why ______________ buying new stuff?" During his first ______________ to the mail. Limas ______________ about $7 and came away with a bag full of toys for his newborn baby.

Nearly every item on sale is from public donations, which are______________at the mail's drive-through depot （储藏室）.The mall's 11 stores include a furniture outlet, a bookstore and a bicycle shop. Stores that sign a contract with ReTuna must ______________to zero-waste.

More than 50 people work at the complex, and it has played a role in creating ______________ for immigrants in the area. ReTuna ______________ adult education courses that focus on design-based recycling as well

Sweden has been a longtime ______________ when it comes to sustainability. More than 99 percent of the country's ordinary household ______________ is reused, and separating rubbish for recycling has been a（n） ______________ practice for Swedes since the 1980s.

【1】A.virtual B.electronic C.second-hand D.ever-lasting

【2】A.selection B.description C.analysis D.view

【3】A.operate B.handle C.challenge D.debate

【4】A.energy B.stress C.crime D.consumption

【5】A.annual B.regular C.sustainable D.favorite

【6】A.earlier B.easier C.better D.smaller

【7】A.as to B.regardless of C.thanks to D.instead of

【8】A.look after B.take over C.search for D.put up

【9】A.further B.less C.closer D.higher

【10】A.rare B.new C.clean D.complete

【11】A.mind B.practice C.bother D.finish

【12】A.solution B.donation C.effort D.visit

【13】A.cost B.spent C.rented D.took

【14】A.called for B.paid off C.sent for D.dropped off

【15】A.commit B.refer C.object D.admit

【16】A.demand B.conflicts C.conditions D.employment

【17】A.offers B.evaluates C.records D.changes

【18】A.owner B.trainer C.1eader D.saver

【19】A.plan B.waste C.income D.business

【20】A.ancient B.temporary C.international D.common

32、   Only some people were at the railway station just after 2 pm. A man_______a pillar( 柱子)，waiting for the train. Then suddenly Tulic _______him falling forward onto the tracks.

“This man,” said Rachelle, a researcher also on the _______ , “ overlooked the edge, then dropped onto the tracks carelessly. ”

“_______gentleman was trying to awake him, _______he just couldn’t,” said another eyewitness, “and two more jumped down.”

“I don’t know where these men got the wit(智力,智慧) and the _______, ” Tulic recalled. “The man who fell was tall, strong and heavy. He was kind of _______in the tracks. It was really _______to know the train was coming, only two stations away.”

On the tracks, the_______ man was sat up by the three, who then ________ him from below to others that raised him from above and ________him onto the platform. Then the three ________were pulled back to safety by helping hands. The train________immediately they were all clear.

He was not ________. Two others attended him, repeating, “Buddy, you’ll be fine.” Then a( an)________arrived, and the man was taken to hospital ________.

David, one of the three, told gothamist.com that he had ________with the injured man, who couldn’t recall what had happened.

“That is the ________thing," Tulic said. “ and seeing people helping others ________was really beautiful, especially without ________the person.

【1】A.put up B.climbed down C.rested against D.painted over

【2】A.set B.found C.kept D.looked for

【3】A.road B.stage C.train D.platform

【4】A.Another B.One C.Every D.Any

【5】A.but B.so C.because D.if

【6】A.politeness B.quickness C.nervousness D.quietness

【7】A.stuck B.interested C.lost D.involved

【8】A.right B.eager C.tense D.important

【9】A.uncertain B.unlucky C.unhappy D.unconscious

【10】A.scratched B.lifted C.hit D.hanged

【11】A.signaled B.pushed C.rolled D.span

【12】A.drivers B.conductors C.passengers D.rescuers

【13】A.pulled in B.pulled out C.pulled over D.pulled down

【14】A.abnormal B.aboard C.alone D.absent

【15】A.lorry B.bus C.train D.ambulance

【16】A.instantly B.carefully C.hopefully D.approximately

【17】A.competed B.chatted C.played D.fought

【18】A.hardest B.cheapest C.greatest D.easiest

【19】A.in need B.in silence C.in surprise D.in comfort

【20】A.inviting B.greeting C.finding D.knowing

33、   Oscar, a two year old cat, lives in a nursing home, where people stay when they are very ill or at the end of their lives. Every day, Oscar ______ in and out of the patients’ rooms. The nurses say that he is just like a ______. He looks at each patient and ______. Then he usually leaves the room. ______, when Oscar decides to stay and gets on the bed next to the patient, the nurses ______ the doctor and the patient’s family. According to the nurses, Oscar has accurately ______ the death of 25 patients so far.

Oscar’s story is just a story. ______ has done research to ______ how accurate Oscar really is. However, two research studies have found that some dogs can ______ cancer.

In the first study, cancer patients ______ into tubes. Researchers then ______ five dogs to sit or lie down ______ they smelled the breath samples with cancer. Next came the ______ test. The dogs smelled more than 150 different breath samples. On average, they ______ 93 percent of the cancer samples.

In the second study, several dogs identified a sample that the researchers ______ was cancer-free. The researchers sent it back for more lab tests. This time, the tests showed that the sample ______ did show signs of cancer. The dogs identified cancer that the first tests ______!

What makes dogs a species of animal that is so ______ detecting cancer? Diseases such as cancer produce smells. Dogs can ______ as much as 10,000 times better than people.

Will a visit to the doctor soon include a sniff from a friendly animal? Some people think this is not a(n) ______ idea. It is less expensive than a lab test, and it doesn’t hurt!

【1】A.walks B.rides C.lives D.rests

【2】A.teacher B.student C.doctor D.patient

【3】A.sniffs B.smiles C.jumps D.sleeps

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

【5】A.call B.help C.choose D.refuse

【6】A.predicted B.escaped C.caused D.remembered

【7】A.Anybody B.Somebody C.Nobody D.Everybody

【8】A.carry on B.look up C.find out D.hold back

【9】A.detect B.stop C.get D.treat

【10】A.fell B.crashed C.ran D.breathed

【11】A.advised B.trained C.expected D.inspired

【12】A.before B.when C.though D.unless

【13】A.strange B.subjective C.false D.real

【14】A.identified B.collected C.offered D.studied

【15】A.pretended B.thought C.denied D.imagined

【16】A.hardly B.nearly C.actually D.formerly

【17】A.proved B.missed C.showed D.changed

【18】A.tired of B.mad about C.strict with D.good at

【19】A.see B.taste C.smell D.hear

【20】A.interesting B.creative C.bad D.old

34、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.

Knowledge is free on the Internet at a small but 【1】 number of colleges and universities. About 160 schools around the world now put free course materials on the web to the 【2】. Recent additions in the United States 【3】 projects at Yale, Johns Hopkins and the University of California, Berkeley.

Berkeley said it would offer videos of lectures on YouTube. Free videos from other schools are 【4】 at the Apple iTunes store.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) became an early 【5】 with its Open Course Ware project, first 【6】 in 2001. Free lecture notes, exams and other resources are published at ocw.mit.edu. Many exams even include the answers. Today, Open Course Ware offers materials from 1,800 undergraduate and graduate courses. These 【7】 from Physics to Political Science. Visitors can learn the same things as MIT students learn. But as the site points out, Open Course Ware is not an MIT education. Visitors receive no credit toward a degree. Some materials from a course may not be available, and the site does not provide 【8】 with teachers. Still, MIT says that the site has had forty million visits by thirty-one million visitors from almost every country. Sixty percent of the visitors are from outside the United States and Canada. Students and educators use the site, including students at MIT. But the largest number of visitors, about half, are self-learners.

Some professors have become well-known around the world as a result of 【9】 online. Walter Lewin, a physics professor at MIT, is 【10】 popular. Fans enjoy his entertaining lectures. MIT Open Course Ware now includes materials for high school. The aim is to improve education in Science, Technology, Math and Engineering.

35、阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Everyone has their own unique fingerprint; 【1】 makes fingerprints an ideal way to unlock smartphones. However, this may be 【2】 (safe) than we think.

Scientists at New York University and Michigan State University in the US have developed a set of fake fingerprints. They say that the prints 【3】 unlock any fingerprint-enabled smartphone up to 65 percent of the time.

The artificial fingerprints 【4】 (create) by using many common features found in human prints. They work 【5】 taking advantage of the way smartphone scanners check a fingerprint.

The fingerprint scanners   【6】 (use) in smartphones are so small that they only read parts of fingerprints. So they have to take many scans of your finger or thumb (拇指) 【7】 they work properly. Smartphones also let users save several finger and thumbprints. Since a print only has to match one of the saved images 【8】 (unlock) the phone, the scanner is more likely to make mistakes.

Although the scientists have only tested their findings in computer simulations (模拟), 【9】 (worry) about the safety of using fingerprints are reasonable .They warn that the technology used to create artificial fingerprints is improving   【10】 (extreme) fast.

36、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.”

37、

Rapidly advancing technology and its impact on education has been a subject of debate. How can schools equip students with the skills they need to succeed in a challenging job market?

Since technology is driving these changes, there is a theory that governments should keep focusing on STEM subjects. These are often referred to as “hard skills,” which are 【1】 in primary school and right through to university level. In the meantime, ‘soft skills’ are being 【2】.

This is a mistake. Much evidence suggests that soft skills are far more 【3】 to graduates in the long term. Research from Harvard University on the global job market has shown that STEM- related careers grew strongly between 1989 and 2000 but have slowed down since. In contrast, jobs in the creative industries----the sector probably most 【4】 with the need for soft skills---are growing rapidly. Soft skills are, in fact, increasingly in demand in the workplace: Google cites creativity, leadership 【5】 and communication skills as top requirements for both potential and current employees.

So why are soft skills so highly 【6】 for?

With the rapid evolution of technology, a focus on hard skills leaves students 【7】 to change, as these often have a short shelf life. According to research by World Economic Forum, more than one in four adults reports a mismatch between their skills and those needed for their job role. If soft skills are taught well, these skills should enable students to adapt to change more easily and progress further in their 【8】 career.

Of course, technical skills are important. But without the curriculum placing equal--- if not greater --- 【9】 on soft skills, our education systems are missing a huge trick. Hard skills may help a student get a job in a particular industry, but soft skills will help them disrupt it, achieving a wider 【10】 in their chosen field.

38、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。

After graduating from college, I worked as a salesman for a piano company. We advertised our pianos in small town newspapers and then, when we had received many replies, we would load our little trucks, and drive into the area and sell the pianos to those who had replied.

Every time we advertised, we would receive a reply on a postcard which said, “Please bring me a new piano for my little granddaughter. It must be red mahogany (红木). I can pay $10 a month with my egg money.” Of course, we could not sell a new piano for $10 a month. No finance company would carry a contract with payments that small, so we ignored her postcards.

One day, however, I happened to be in that area calling on other replies, and out of curiosity I decided to look the old lady up. I found pretty much what I expected: The old lady lived in a one-room cabin in the middle of a cotton field. The cabin had a dirt floor and there were chickens in the house. Obviously, the old lady could not have qualified to purchase anything on credit — no car, no phone, no real job, nothing but a roof over her head and not a very good one at that.

I could see daylight through it in several places. Her little granddaughter was about 10, barefoot and wearing a feed sack (麻布袋) dress. I explained to the old lady that we could not sell a new piano for $10 a month and that she should stop writing to us every time she saw our ad. I drove away heartsick, but my advice had no effect — she still sent us the same post card every six weeks. Always wanting a new piano, red mahogany, please, and swearing she would never miss a $10 payment. It was sad.

Several years later, I owned my own piano company, and when I advertised in that area, the postcards started coming to me. For months, I ignored them — what else could I do?

注意：1.续写词数应为150左右；

2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

But then, one day when I was in the area, I made a big decision.

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Twenty years later while sitting at a bar, I heard the most beautiful piano music behind me.

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39、Direction: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main file of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.

The Queen’s speech was once a highlight of Christmas Day. However, according to a mathematical analysis of the festive messages, the speech is now one of the most repetitive and predictable television events. Of the 42,000 words the Queen has used, only 3,991 are distinct words which have never been repeated.

“Since she came to the throne (王位) in 1952, the Queen has given 63 Christmas broadcasts, only failing to appear once in 1969 when she issued a written message,” said Hannah Fry, a mathematician at University College London. “She could have said a lot in that time, but if you analyze the text, she has actually said very little and often repeated herself.”

Fry and his UCL colleague Thomas Léron Evans analyzed the speeches in the hope of “finding out what Christmas really means to Her Majesty (女王殿下).” Ignoring common words such as “the” and “of, ” they focused instead on nouns and phrases, looking at how often they were repeated. Almost predictably, they discovered that the Queen’s Christmas vocabulary was dominated by words such as “Commonwealth (英联邦),” “peoples,” “families” and “children,” and phrased such as “shining example,” “weak and innocent” and “tragic situation.”

“There are words about time, about society and some religious words… all very good and noble, of course, but also a bit dull and repetitive,” said Fry.

One clear tread the two mathematicians found in the Christmas messages was an increase in references to religion over the recent years. Jesus was hardly mentioned in the 1950s. From then to 1973, there was almost no reference to Christianity or religion. However, in recent years, religion has appeared frequently, peaking at 20 mentions 2000, with another dozen in 2011 and between five and ten mentions in most other recent years.

Fry and Evans have also designed a computer program that can take the Queen’s favorite words and phrases, and turn them back into a ready-made (现成的) speech.

40、假如你是李华，请你代表学生会写一封邮件给本校交换生Chris，告知你们将组织一次校外劳动锻炼并邀请他参加。

内容包括：1. 活动目的；2. 活动安排；3. 表达期待。

注意：1. 词数100左右；

2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Chris,

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Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

41、阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。

School uniforms are becoming more and more popular across the U.S.A. That’s no surprise, because they offer many benefits. They immediately end the powerful social sorting and labeling (标记) that come from clothing. If all students are dressed in the same way, they will not pay too much attention to their clothing, and some of them will not be laughed at for wearing the “wrong” clothes.

Some people are against the strict rule of school uniforms, but they do not realize that students already accept a kind of rule - wanting to look just like their friends. The difference is that the clothing students choose for themselves creates social barriers (障碍); school uniforms tear those barriers down.

As in other places, uniforms remind the wearers of their purposes and duties. For example, when a man or woman puts on a police uniform, he or she becomes, for a time, the symbol (象征) of law and order. The uniform means to the wearer his or her special duties and sends the same message to everyone the wearer meets. People with different jobs wear uniforms of one kind or another. For students, the school uniform reminds them that their task for the six or seven hours they are in school is to get an education.

Some parents are unhappy about uniforms, saying that school uniforms will affect their children’s “creativity”. Actually, as noted above, the clothes students choose to wear do not necessarily express their individuality. They just copy their classmates. Students have the rest of the day to be as creative as they like. While they’re in school, their job is to master reading, writing, and mathematics; this should take up all the creativity they have. Mastery of those skills will be good for the students to build up their creativity in every way.

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