汉中2025学年度第一学期期末教学质量检测高二英语

1、It’s important for graduates to find a proper job, one in which they can bring their_______ into full play.

A.potential B.circumstance C.symptom D.insurance

2、In order to increase their vote, they _________ another candidate a traitor to the country.

A.announced B.declared C.thought D.conquered

3、A rift valley_____ an area _____ there is increased volcanic activity and thinned planetary crust.

A.is composed of, where B.consists of, which

C.made up of, where D.compose, when

4、—Mary is not equal to the job, and neither is Mike.

— I can’t agree more. You know, Mike is ______ competent than Mary.

A. not more B. no more

C. no less D. not less

5、This is one of the best novels that____appeared this year.

A.have been B.has C.had been D.have

6、Having been ill in bed for nearly a month, he had a hard time __ the exam.

A. pass B. to pass

C. passed D. passing

7、The people in the village are so ________ that they are willing to help every visitor.

A．optimistic

B．energetic

C．enthusiastic

D．ambitious

8、All rights _________, no one is allowed to copy or use this paper for other commercial purposes.

A. preserved B. received

C. revised D. reserved

9、I walked slowly ________ the market, where people were selling all kinds of fruits and vegetables.

A.beyond B.across C.over D.through

10、Many experts stick to the view ______ teacher development is the key to the education quality.

A.which B.what C.that D.where

11、Considerable resources have been devoted to _____ him a liar.

A. prove B. proven

C. proving D. proved

12、The size of the generation gap seems to be spreading with ________ rapid changes in technology, in education in transportation and in communication that are taking place all over ________ globe.

A．the; the

B．the; /

C．/; /

D．/; the

13、   the morning train, he would not have been late for the meeting.

A. Did he catch   B. Should he catch

C. Has he caught   D. Had he caught

14、—What do you think of the talent show last night, Jessica?

—Well, it was so boring that some people ________ during the show.

A. dropped by B. dropped off C. dropped behind D. dropped in

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

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

16、Each application should be ______ by a stamped addressed envelope.

A.stored B.accompanied C.bought D.kept

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

A.who B.that C.what D.whether

18、They ____ each other in shape but not in color.

A. like B. look

C. resemble D. represent

19、________ you begin to do something, you must carry on with it, otherwise you will never achieve anything.

A．Once

B．Unless

C．Before

D．Although

20、Allowing changes in the way of marriage and family life, in some seniors’ view, is a significant _______ from tradition.

A．departure

B．protection

C．relief

D．adaptation

21、His eyes locked with mine,and I guess he   the decision right then whether or not to simply tell me the truth.

A.was making B.would make C.made D.had made

22、Thinking that you know ________ in fact you don't know is a serious mistake.

A.what B.that C.when D.however

23、--What impresses you most when you visit the Acropolis?

-- ________ it is that has brought the grand palace into today’s terrible scene.

A. Where B. What

C. How D. When

24、I can’t say which one is best—— it’s________personal taste.

A.a lack of B.a means of C.a manner of D.a matter of

25、Always the _____ , Franklin believed the practice of moving the time could save on the use of candlelight, as candles were expensive at the time.

A.journalist B.physicist C.chemist D.economist

26、Online Money Earning

Yes, you can earn money online without any investment or without anytime limit. I have many useful easy methods for earning easy money while we all spend our useful time on the Internet by surfing, chatting, downloading and other work. There is no need to stop any other work. We can earn with or without our daily routine. Here I tell you the complete method for online earning.

First Method

Earn money with“Bux. to”. You can earn money through “Bux.to” by clicking on ads on“Bux. To” site. First you need to open an account at“Bux. To”.

“Bux. To” is a new international and free English based service that allows advertisers to reach thousands of potential customers by displaying their ads on our“Surf Ads”page. An exact calculated percentage of all advertising income is paid to our members. “Bux. to” makes money through advertising.

How you make money

You view websites in 30 seconds through the “Surf Ads” page. Once the 30 seconds is up, you’ll either get a green tick(对号) sign or a red “x”. The green tick sign means you’ve earned $0.01and the “x” means you have not earned money for the visit. You’ll get red “x”s when you have more than one website from the “Surf Ads” page open. When this happens, you get no credit.

Earnings example

You click 10 ads per day =$0.10

20 referrals(转送) click 10 ads per day =$2.00

Your daily earnings =$2.10

Your weekly earnings =$14.70

Your monthly earnings =$63.00

How to get paid

If you have at least $10.00 accumulated, you can click on your account balance within your states area and it will meet your request. At present, it only makes payments through “AlertPay”. It will soon be using other methods of payment.

AlertPay is the payment processing solution that we use to pay members. Your AlertPay address is the e-mail address you use to register with AlertPay. You can get a free AlertPay account at http:// alertpay. com.

Method 2 will publish soon…

【1】What is the author’s purpose of writing this passage?

A. To tell an interesting story.

B. To introduce a surprising way to earn money.

C. To solve a puzzling problem.

D. To present an exciting research.

【2】You can earn money by ________.

A. chatting online

B. advertising some products

C. clicking on advertisements

D. choosing green ticks or “x”s

【3】The underlined word “accumulated” can be replaced by “________”.

A. wasted.   B. spent.

C. lost.   D. gathered.

27、   The relationship between exercise and cancer has long both intrigued and puzzled oncologists and exercise physiologists.

Exercise is strongly associated with lowered risks for many types of cancer. At the same time, exercise involves biological stress, which typically leads to a short-term increase in inflammation(发炎)which can contribute to higher risks for many cancers.

Now, a new study in mice may offer some clues into the exercise-cancer paradox. It suggests that exercise may change how the immune system deals with cancer by boosting adrenaline(肾上腺素), certain immune cells and other chemicals that, together, can reduce the severity of cancer or fight it off altogether.

To try to better understand how exercise can both elevate inflammation and simultaneously protect the body against cancer, scientists at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark and other institutions decided to closely examine what happens inside mice at high risk for the disease.

So, for the new study, they began by gathering a group of adult lab mice. These animals generally like to run.

The scientists then implanted melanoma (黑素瘤) skin cancer cells into the mice before providing half of them with running wheels in their cages while the other animals remained sedentary. After four weeks, far fewer of the runners had developed full-blown melanoma than the sedentary mice and those that had been diagnosed with the disease showed fewer and smaller lesions.

They drew blood from both the exercising and sedentary animals and cells from any tumors in both groups. As expected, they found much higher levels of the hormone adrenaline in the blood of the exercising animals, especially right after they had been working out on the wheels but also at other times of the day. The body releases adrenaline in response to almost any type of stressful experience, including exercise.

They also found higher levels of interleukin-6 in the blood of the runners. This is a substance that is released by working muscles and is believed to both increase and decrease inflammation in the body, depending on where and how it goes to work.

Perhaps most important, they found much higher numbers in the bloodstreams of runners than in the sedentary mice of a type of immune cell named natural killer cells that are known to be strong cancer fighters.

So the scientists repeated their original experiment multiple times, inducing cancer while allowing some mice to run and others to sit. In some of these follow-up experiments, the scientists injected the runners with a substance that blocked the production of adrenaline and gave sedentary animals large doses of added adrenaline.

What they now found was that when running mice could not produce adrenaline, they developed cancer at the same rate as the sedentary animals, while the sedentary animals that had been injected with extra adrenaline fought off their tumors better than other sitting mice.

More remarkably, the scientists determined that adrenaline seemed to be sending biochemical signals to some of the animals’ IL-6 cells, making them physiologically more alert, so that when a tumor began to develop in the affected animal, those IL-6 cells in turn activated the natural killer cells in the bloodstream and actually directed them to the tumors, like minute guide fish.

With these results, “we show that voluntary wheel running in mice can reduce the growth of tumors, and we have identified an exercise-dependent mobilization of natural killer cells as the underlying cause of this protection,” said Pernille Hojman, a researcher at the University of Copenhagen who oversaw the new study. It perhaps provides one more incentive for us to get up and move.

【1】The relationship between exercise and cancer has long puzzled oncologists and exercise physiologists because ________.

A. exercise is strongly associated with lowered risks for many types of cancer

B. exercise can both elevate inflammation for many cancers and protect the body against cancer

C. exercise may change can reduce the severity of cancer or fight it off altogether

D. exercise can increase in inflammation which can contribute to elevated risks for many cancers

【2】In the first experiment, which one is the most important result the scientists found?

A. Natural killer cells are much more in the bloodstreams of runners than in the sedentary mice.

B. Levels of interleukin-6 are higher in the blood of the runners than in the sedentary mice.

C. Exercise such as running seemed to help the mice fight against the cancer.

D. Adrenaline can reduce the severity of cancer or fight it off.

【3】What does the underlined word “sedentary” mean?

A. run B. move C. sit D. sleep

【4】In the follow-up experiments, the scientists found __________.

A. the hormone adrenaline has much higher levels in the blood of the exercising animals

B. how these elements in the runners — their increased adrenaline, IL-6, and natural killer immune cells — fight against tumor

C. interleukin-6 can both increase and decrease inflammation in the body, depending on where and how it goes to work

D. what happens inside mice at high risk for the disease that kill the immune cells

【5】According to the study, we can infer the fundamental substance to fight the cancer off is ________.

A. adrenaline B. interleukin-6 C. natural killer cells D. genes

28、  

This holiday season, holiday shoppers can for the first time send festive greetings that contribute to protecting rather than destroying our evergreen world. The beautiful e-card can be sent via TreeGreetings, available at http://www. TreeGreetings. com.

Each $8.95 TreeGreetings e-card comes with a virtual tour of the actual location where the gift tree will be planted along with a full-color, personalized planting certificate. The greetings feature musical slide shows with nature photography and inspirational messages.

“Our cards exemplify the spirit of holiday giving,” said Alan Shamir, founder and CEO of Your True Nature Inc., which markets TreeGreetings electronic products. “Our customers can give back to the Earth by contributing to reforestation while sharing holiday goodwill with friends and family.” TreeGreetings offers a full range of e-cards to celebrate any occasion including birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, new homes, congratulations, Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, and Father’s Day.

Individuals and organizations can easily send personalized TreeGreetings to their entire holiday lists at quantity-discounted rates, and distribution on a selected date can be scheduled days, weeks, or months in advance.

Gift trees are planted and cared for by well-established, reliable non-profit organizations including the internationally recognized Trees, Water & People, which has planted 1.2 million trees in Central America, and Plant-It 2020, a foundation created by singer John Denver in 1992.

After having received a Magnolia tree for his 11th birthday, Shamir gained a lifelong appreciation for the value and joy of receiving a living growing gift. He said, “My tree and I ‘grow up’ together! It has been such a valuable and important part of my life that I want to give others the experience of having a tree planted for their special occasions.”

【1】What will happen if you buy a TreeGreetings e-card?

A.You will be presented with a gift.

B.You’ll receive a photograph with music.

C.You can determine the type of gift trees.

D.You’ll know where the tree will be planted.

【2】What can we infer from Para. 3?

A.TreeGreetings e-card brings high profits.

B.TreeGreetings e-card does prove popular.

C.TreeGreetings e-card helps protect the Earth.

D.TreeGreetings e-card deserves to be stored.

【3】What do we know about John Denver from the 5th paragraph?

A.He has a high fame worldwide.

B.He must be possessing a big farm.

C.He founded Plant-It 2020 himself.

D.He’s abandoned singing completely.

【4】Why did the author mention Shamir’s 11th birthday?

A.To show it has a lasting influence on him.

B.To emphasize he didn’t get gifts ever before.

C.To call on people to value teenagers’ growth.

D.To collect data for his support for the project.

29、   At ten years old, I borrowed a book from the library that had the word "crime" in the title. My mother did not notice this book among my large number of books until I began reading it. The book was confiscated (没收), and we went back to the library. I remember how embarrassed I was as my mother explained that I needed reading material that was different from the book that we had just returned.

The librarian on duty looked down at me, smiling, walked from behind the counter, and gestured to me to follow. We crossed the hallway to the adult fiction section. "Here you are," she said. "It's called I Capture the Castle, by Dodie Smith, the same author who wrote The Hundred and One Dalmatians. " I felt far too old for dog stories. "It's very different from The Hundred and One Dalmatians, though," she said, noticing   my disappointment．

I tried to accept that she was right. But I was doubtful. I mean, the title alone was strange. But I still took the book home. I curled up on our window seat, and started reading. To my surprise, I was completely attracted and it spurred (激起)my writing dream.

Two weeks ago, I drove two and a half hours to meet my mother for a Christmas lunch in a tea shop in my old hometown. I had just finished a cup of coffee in the tea shop when I looked up and saw the librarian, who had changed my life. Sixteen years had passed, but for a moment time stood still. I moved toward her- all knees and elbows and energy-and blurted (脱口而出) ,"You work at the library! You once showed me I Capture the Castle! I'm a writer now! That's still my favorite book!"

The woman stopped and smiled kindly. But then she tipped her head. I realized that dementaa (痴呆)or something like it had kept her from understanding me. A woman who was probably her sister took her by the elbow and led her gently away. As I watched her go, I wondered how many lives we change without realizing what we do is meaningful. All that woman had really done was lend me a book, but it had captured my world.

【1】Why did the author and her mom go back to the library？　 　

A.To seek help from the librarian.

B.To exchange words with the librarian．

C.To borrow more books from the library．

D.To replace the book with another one．

【2】How did the author feel about I Capture the Castle at first？　 　

A.She felt no interest in it．

B.She felt she was too young to read it．

C.She felt sure that it was a strange book．

D.She thought it was different from dog stories．

【3】What can we infer about the author from paragraph 4？　 　

A.She was always busy writing．

B.She lived far from her mother．

C.She was excited to see the librarian．

D.She had no control over her feelings．

【4】What is the author's purpose in writing the text？　 　

A.To remember the lady librarian．

B.To stress our influences on others．

C.To show her respect for the librarian．

D.To tell us about her writing experience．

30、   In a house with more than one kid, there are bound to be some problems. There are natural ______ for conflicts between brothers and sisters. Your brother or sister may borrow stuff, and don't always ______ it. You might think mum or dad ______ your brother or sister more. These are typical problems found throughout the ______, everywhere in the world.

When brothers and sisters don't ______, they argue and fight. It's normal, but too much competition can make for a（an）______ home life. A little competition can be of ______ .Sometimes it can keep you working ______-like when you and your brother spend time shooting. If he's good at it, it may make you want to ______,  too. But some conflicts ______ arguing, like when you think your brother is ______ more attention from your parents. People who love each other might ______ sometimes but too much fighting is disagreeable for everyone.

Sometimes brothers and sisters are jealous of one another. For instance, if your sister always does well at school, it may be ______ for you, especially if your ______ are lower. Although you're probably ______ of your brother or sister, it's normal to be a little jealous, too. It may make you feel better to ______ more on doing your own personal beat, rather than comparing yourself with a brother or sister.

You can choose your ______ but you can't choose your relatives. Learn to ______ with brothers and sisters and accept each other's _____. As you grow up, your friends might ______, but your family is your family forever.

【1】A.ideas B.responsibilities C.preparations D.reasons

【2】A.return B.produce C.collect D.purchase

【3】A.protects B.loves C.encourages D.helps

【4】A.days B.weeks C.seasons D.ages

【5】A.get by B.get away C.get on D.get back

【6】A.unhappy B.doubtful C.enjoyable D.considerate

【7】A.importance B.concern C.benefit D.interest

【8】A.hard B.together C.creatively D.efficiently

【9】A.rescue B.improve C.scream D.quit

【10】A.settle B.repeat C.support D.involve

【11】A.deserving B.losing C.getting D.paying

【12】A.argue B.promise C.swear D.register

【13】A.relaxing B.confusing C.stressful D.cheerful

【14】A.spirits B.grade C.temperatures D.pressures

【15】A.sick B.aware C.convinced D.proud

【16】A.advocate B.donate C.focus D.declare

【17】A.teachers B.friends C.leaders D.classmate

【18】A.hold on B.look ahead C.show off D.grow up

【19】A.differences B.characters C.preference D.identities

【20】A.disappear B.change C.lose D.gather

31、   The young seal couldn’t have been more than two days old, and yet he was all alone. Sometimes he would swim ____ ,but he always came back. At first we thought it was_____that he kept swimming back to us, until we noticed that he obviously had been _____and had nowhere else to go. We called him “Curious George”.

Without his mother’s milk, George appeared very _____with his eyes closed. I jumped into the water and swam up to him,______we could be close enough. My heart went out to George and I just hoped that he had the ________to interact (互动) with me. Suddenly he _____ his eyes and immediately he jumped up between my arms, putting his head against my chest. It was a(n) _____moment. But I knew that George wouldn’t _____without some help.

We __________the local conservation volunteers. They were _____that in the absence of his mother, he had developed a ______relationship with us. They promised they would bring him to an area with______people living there and keep an eye on him. Even though it hurt to see him  ________,we knew that he was in better hands.

The next day we ______the conservation volunteers and asked how George was doing. ______the volunteers informed us that he was too close to humans, we realized that was probably our _____! They decided to bring him to a small island wildlife reserve with a lot of seals in the area, where they could better _____him.

A week later, we called again, and were informed that George was______in the water swimming with other seals. George was______and back to his world. And he will always swim in my heart.

【1】A.aside B.around C.ahead D.away

【2】A.annoying B.satisfying C.amazing D.embarrassing

【3】A.hurt B.abandoned C.ignored D.avoided

【4】A.nervous B.sad C.slow D.weak

【5】A.so that B.now that C.as if D.even if

【6】A.energy B.ability C.time D.chance

【7】A.turned B.raised C.narrowed D.opened

【8】A.anxious B.magical C.quiet D.important

【9】A.survive B.grow C.go D.swim

【10】A.cared about B.worried about C.got in touch with D.got along well with

【11】A.confused B.terrified C.concerned D.amused

【12】A.healthy B.close C.serious D.lasting

【13】A.fool B.young C.enough D.few

【14】A.fight B.cry C.leave D.suffer

【15】A.visited B.called C.found D.invited

【16】A.When B.Before C.Unless D.Until

【17】A.choice B.duty C.excuse D.fault

【18】A.examine B.instruct C.observe D.control

【19】A.spotted B.treated C.protected D.followed

【20】A.quick B.different C.novel D.alive

32、   Elzette Connan and her husband Murray both grew up on sheep farms in South Africa. Four years ago, they moved to Cumnock, NSW, _______1215 hectares （公顷） of land with livestock （家畜）. “We were living a dream life in Australia when we were _______by the drought,” said Elzette.

But with rain not expected for six months, the Connans had to_______most of their sheep and cattle to buy _______for the livestock left. To make ends meet, Elzette _______a job as a preschool teacher 100km away. Later on, the optimistic mum started to lose _________ for the future.

“That is until a friend sent me the most_______ gift, a box filled with tea, chocolates, coffee cups, which sends me a bit of _______,” Elzette recalled.

The box had an important _______ on Elzette. As Christmas was approaching, Elzette thought over _______ she could spread some cheer. Soon an idea ________ her that she wanted to ________ people by making a box donation filled with simple __________ items, to send to the people in ________-affected areas before Christmas.

Meanwhile, she ________ her Facebook page, Ladies of the Land, which hoped to send 100 boxes for Christmas and made a big ________ to so many women doing it ________ on the land. In less than a month, her Facebook page had attracted 15,000________.

Reaching out to help women in a similar situation was a piece of cake for this kind lady, who________ says,  “I’m doing this because we need to give  _______-we can’t make it rain but we can surely send a little bit of sunshine someone’s way.”

【1】A.buying B.keeping C.making D.spending

【2】A.met B.influenced C.interrupted D.hit

【3】A.drop B.sell C.take D.cost

【4】A.room B.feed C.water D.land

【5】A.called on B.took off C.hunted for D.sent up

【6】A.hope B.imagination C.magic D.ideas

【7】A.perfect B.comfortable C.exciting D.unexpected

【8】A.warmth B.sunshine C.surprise D.smile

【9】A.book B.sweet C.influence D.secret

【10】A.why B.when C.how D.what

【11】A.had B.broke C.stayed D.struck

【12】A.improve B.remind C.help D.encourage

【13】A.attractive B.colorful C.funny D.inexpensive

【14】A.drought B.flood C.storm D.rain

【15】A.put down B.set up C.set off D.go up

【16】A.difference B.effect C.effort D.gift

【17】A.freely B.relaxedly C.hard D.proudly

【18】A.hates B.visits C.likes D.interests

【19】A.likely B.normally C.certainly D.simply

【20】A.up B.back C.in D.out

33、Lost & Found

That night, when I arrived at the door of my building, I noticed a man walking behind me. I thought he was a neighbor I hadn’t met. I did a _______ neighborly thing and held the door for him. But when I turned, he took away everything I had and ran away. I was _______. From then on, I looked over my _______, never fully at ease. It cost me my sense of trust in my _______.

A year passed, I got home one night and found an envelope under my door. Inside was a _______ weather-beaten driver’s license. I could _______ make it out because the address was nearly worn away. But the face on that _______ was mine. And the note in it said; Sarah Sweeney, if you still live here, call us at this _______.

Feeling _______, I walked up and down in my living room trying to think of ________ someone would contact (联系) me like this. If there’s a Mugger Playbook (抢劫犯剧本) this was the final long game! Now he’s checking my ________ to get more money?

But I called the number.

Then a(n) ________ voice of a little girl got on, “Hello! Are you Sarah Sweeney? My sister and I found your purse in the woods!”

I could ________ she was jumping up and down as she spoke. She and her younger sister carefully ________ bits of paper, pieced together the clues to find me and ________ my wallet and everything inside. I was completely ________. They were giving me a sense of relief.

I asked her, “How can I ________ you?”

“Hang on!” She pulled the phone away and ________ with her sister; then I heard “ICE CREAM!"

Twenty minutes later, I was at their door. I ________ a box of ice cream. And these two little girls gave my wallet and a renewed sense of ________.

【1】A. meaningful   B. smart   C. polite   D. necessary

【2】A. robbed   B. cheated   C. suspected   D. caught

【3】A. head   B. shoulder   C. door   D. neck

【4】A. colleagues   B. friends   C. neighbors   D. family

【5】A. rotted   B. new   C. useful   D. cheap

【6】A. easily   B. merely   C. probably   D. hardly

【7】A. envelope   B. license   C. wallet   D. note

【8】A. point   B. time   C. number   D. place

【9】A. worried   B. sad   C. satisfied   D. disappointed

【10】A. why   B. whether   C. how   D. when

【11】A. room   B. wallet   C. address   D. account

【12】A. angry   B. sweet   C. rough   D. cold

【13】A. see   B. notice   C. understand   D. tell

【14】A. replaced   B. unfolded   C. counted   D. selected

【15】A. return   B. check   C. repair   D. clean

【16】A. confused   B. lost   C. discouraged   D. moved

【17】A. treat   B. find   C. reward   D. inform

【18】A. discussed   B. agreed   C. argued   D. competed

【19】A. contributed to   B. handed over   C. paid for   D. packed up

【20】A. loss   B. duty   C. trust   D. direction

34、阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空，在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个适当单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。

A

I have the【1】(great)job in the world. I travel to unusual places and work alongside people from all over the world. Sometimes using【2】(science)equipment and sometimes meeting local people and tourists, I am never【3】(bore).Although my job is occasionally dangerous, I don’t mind because danger excites me and makes me feel alive. However, the most important thing about my job is that I help protect ordinary people【4】 one of the most powerful forces on earth—the volcano.

B

Water is a precious resource. Every person needs it【5】 (survive),and we use it for cooking, drinking, growing our food and washing. However，it is scarce(缺乏的).Just 1% of water on Earth can【6】 (use)by humans. What’s more，treating water to make it clean and safe and pumping it to our homes uses up lots of energy. So, what can you do to help save water? One easy way is by【7】(turn)off the tap when you brush your teeth.

C

Robbie Phillips has become the first British person to complete one of the toughest challenges in rock climbing. 【8】(know)as the Alpine Trilogy(阿尔卑斯三部曲),the challenge consists of three climbs on mountains in Austria, Germany and Switzerland, 【9】Phillips completed in four years. Until now, only four other people【10】(conquer)all three of the extremely difficult climbs.

35、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.”

36、Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word. For the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

My daughter

(A story told by a father, a famous actor)

My wife and I only had the one child. We had Amy.

I see her as my best friend. I think she’d always come to me first if she had a problem. We have the same sense of humor, and share interests. 【1】 I don’t mind animals, she’s completely fascinated with them, and she has always had dogs, cats, horses, and goldfish in her life.

We were 【2】 (close) when she was about four, which I think is a lovely age for a child. They know the parents best, and don’t have outside contacts. She must have grown up suddenly when she went to school, because I remember her growing away from her family slightly. Any father who has a teenager daughter comes across an extraordinary collection of people, and there seemed to be an endless stream of strange young men 【3】 (come) through our house. By the time I learned their names they 【4】 (go) away and I had to start learning a new lot.

I wanted more than anything else for her to be happy in 【5】 she was doing, and I was prepared to pull strings to help her on her way. When she left a good school she decided she wanted to become an actress so I got her into drama school. It wasn’t to her liking so she joined a theatre group and began doing bits and pieces in films. She was doing well, but then gave it up. She probably found it boring. Then she took up social work, and finally went to work 【6】a designer and he became her husband. And that’s really the story of her life. She must be happy with him—they’re always together.

We have such similar tastes in books and music 【7】 I used to take her to see an opera, which is my big passion. However, I don’t think she likes it very much. She doesn’t come with me anymore.

I don’t think she’s a big television watcher. She knows when I’m on the television, and she 【8】 watch, but I don’t know. It’s not the kind of thing she tells me.

We’re very grateful for Amy. She’s a good daughter as daughters go. We’re looking forward to being grandparents.

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

A tiger at the Bronx Zoo in New York City has tested positive for the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus, becoming the first known case of human-animal 【1】, the zoo's chief veterinarian said on Sunday.

Nadia, the 4-year-old Malayan tiger that tested positive, was 【2】 for the COVID-19 disease after 【3】 a dry cough along with three other tigers and three lions, the Wildlife Conservation Society, which manages the zoo, said in a statement.

All of the cats are expected to recover, it said. But officials believe this is a unique case because Nadia became sick after 【4】 to an asymptomatic zoo employee, Paul Calle, chief veterinarian at the Bronx Zoo, told Reuters.

Calle said they did not know which employee infected the tiger. "This is the first time that we have discovered that a person infects the animal and the animal gets sick," Calle said, adding that they planned to share the findings with other zoos and institutions. " I guess 【5】 we will all have a better understanding as a result.

While the other tigers and lions were also 【6】 symptoms, the zoo decided to test only Nadia because she was the sickest and  had started to lose her appetite already, and they did not want to 【7】 all the cats to anesthesia(麻醉), Calle said.

Nadia 【8】 X-rays, an ultrasound(超声波) and blood tests to try to figure out what was making her sick . They decided to test for COVID-19 【9】 the surge in cases in New York City, the epicenter of the outbreak in the United States.The first tiger at the zoo, which has been shut since mid-March, began showing 【10】 of illness on March 27, according to the US Department of Agriculture National Veterinary Services Laboratories.

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

1.支持他的决定；

2.简单介绍中医及其优点；

3.学习中医的好处。

注意：1.词数80左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Tom,

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Yours,

Li Hua

39、假定你是李华。在即将到来的暑假里，你和几位好友计划到一贫困山村帮助那里的孩子学英语。请你发邮件询问你学校的外国交换生John是否愿意加入你们。内容包括：

1.时间、地点、目的；

2.工作内容；

3.需要做的准备。

注意：1.词数100左右，可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

2.开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数。

Dear John,

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Yours,

Li Hua

40、假定你是李华，目前在英国一所中学做交换生，得知当地某动物收容所在招募志愿者，你准备申请加入。请根据下面的写作提示，用英语写一篇自荐信。内容包括：

1. 介绍个人情况；

2. 具备的一些优势；

3. 希望被录取。注意：

1. 词数 80 左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

41、请阅读下面短文，然后按照要求用英语写一篇150词左右的文章。

【写作内容】

1．用约30词概述上述文本的主要内容；

2．结合上述信息，用约120词发表你的看法，内容包括:

(1) 少儿编程教育流行起来的原因（至少两点）；

(2) 你对少儿编程教育的建议（至少两点）。

【写作要求】

1. 写作过程中不能直接引用原文语句；

2. 作文中不得提及有关考生个人身份的任何信息，如校名、人名等。

【评分标准】

内容完整，语言规范，语篇连贯，词数适当。

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