南充2025届高三毕业班第二次质量检测英语试题

1、 into English , the sentence was found to have an entirely different word order.

A. Translating B. Translated

C. To translate D. Having translated

2、I suspect_____ Facebook has done to invade our privacy is only the beginning, _____ is why I am considering cancelling my account.

A.that, which B.that whatever, which C.that what, that D./, that

3、Without access to the Internet, they found themselves ______ from the outside world.

A．cut off

B．cutting off

C．cut up

D．cutting up

4、The fog has not gone, and ____ they put off the sports meet.

A.in fact B.at least C.as a result D.in addition

5、The railway station is no place for a child to be _______.

A.run after B.left alone C.set aside D.put back

6、All the drivers must be ______ before they begin to drive on their own.

A.tested out B.examined C.looked into D.watched

7、I have never been to London, but it is the place ________.

A.where I would like to visit B.I most want to visit

C.in which I want to visit D.that I want to visit it most

8、--- My little evil totally wears me out?  

--- Well, babies are lovely, but sometimes they ________ be tiresome.

A.should B.will C.can D.shall

9、His idea of having weekly family meals together，which seemed difficult at first，has ______ many good changes in their lives.

A．got through

B．resulted from

C．turned into

D．brought about

10、There was a time _______, if a lady got onto a crowded bus or train, a gentleman would immediately stand up and offer her his seat.

A.while B.as C.when D.unless

11、A household robot was going to be ______ by Larry’s wife, Claire.

A.carried out B.sorted out C.figured out D.tested out

12、You look so tired tonight. It is time you_______.

A. go to sleep B. went to sleep

C. go to bed D. went to bed

13、The cloth that she bought looks ______, feels ______ and sells _______.

A.beautiful; soft; well B.beauty; softly; well

C.beautifully; softly; good D.beautiful; soft; good

14、It is ____ that the amateur singer beat a large number of professionals in the contest.

A.identical B.intact C.incredible D.inconvenient

15、To ______ the cost of hiring a bus, each student will have to pay $10 each time.

A. correct B. deliver

C. cover D. demand

16、The data shows the situations of the world economy,__________careful observation and detailed studies.

A.in the name of B.on the basis of

C.at the cost of D.in charge of

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

A．preparing

B．being prepared

C．to prepare

D．prepared

18、___________to his dream，in my opinion，is the reason why he can succeed in the end.

A.Being committed B.Committed C.Committing D.To commit

19、New technologies have make _______ possible to turn out new products faster and at a lower cost.

A.that B.this C.one D.it

20、AIDS is said______ the biggest challenge to both men and women in the area over the past few years.

A. that it is B. to be

C. that is has been D. to have been

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

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

22、He couldn’t make his voice ______ above the noise of the traffic.

A．to hear

B．hearing

C．heard

D．hear

23、What worried the child most was ______ to visit his brother n hospital.

A.his not being allowed B.his not allowing

C.his being not allowed D.having not been allowed

24、Teaching is not just a simple piece of work; it’s an art _____ a science.

A.is based on B.based with C.based on D.depended on

25、I have a(n) ________to make to you——I opened your letter by mistake.

A．apology

B．disadvantage

C．fault

D．shortcoming

26、Learn With Homer

Price: Free

Grade level: Pre-K, K

Skill: Comprehension, Phonics(拼读法)

Device: iPad

It’s a learn-to-read app for kids aged 3 to 6 that includes drawing, voice recording, stories, songs, and more, along with more traditional phonics exercises.

This app can be helpful for kids who have speech production problems and language organization problems.

Inspiration Maps

Price: $ 9.99

Grade level: 4th and above

Skill: Comprehension, Writing

Device: iPad

Inspiration Maps is a mind-mapping tool that helps kids visually (视觉上) organize ideas. They can create maps, organizers, brainstorms, and text outlines. Outlines can be changed to maps, and maps can be changed to outlines. Users can share creations by emailing, printing, or saving to iTunes, Dropbox, Photos, or the app (as PDF or PNG files) . The Lite version (简化版本),which is free, lets kids create up to five mind maps with no sharing choices.

Aesop’s Quest

Price: $ 0.99

Skill: Comprehension

Grade level: 2nd, 3rd, 4th

Device: iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch

Aesop’s Quest, based on Aesop’s Fables, is a learning game where the student must remember parts of a story to complete a level. At the end of each story level, the student is rewarded with tests. After solving the tests, the story is complete and the child can continue to the next story.

Developed together with the Virginia Department of Education.

LightSail

Grade level: Pre-K, K, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and above

Price: Free

Skill: Comprehension

Device: iPad

LightSail is an e-reading platform that helps teachers support their students’ independent reading. Students can use LightSail to check out text from their schools’ online libraries and read the books directly on their iPad. As students progress through a book, questions appear to check their comprehension. As students complete these assessments (评定),they earn prizes.

【1】What do the four apps have in common?

A．They try to improve kids’ comprehension ability.

B．They are developed for high-school students.

C．They can be downloaded onto iPhone.

D．They are free of charge.

【2】The app Learn With Homer can help users who have difficulty in________.

A．singing songs

B．reading stories

C．making speeches

D．learning foreign languages

【3】Which app inspires users’ visual imagination?

A．Learn With Homer

B．Aesop’s Quest

C．LightSail

D．Inspiration Maps

【4】What should users do in order to read the next story on the Aesop’s Quest?

A．Finish reading the previous story.

B．Retell the previous story completely

C．Work out the tests of the previous story.

D．Remember every part of the previous story.

【5】What do we know about the app LightSail?

A．It is developed only for teachers.

B．It is a platform to support students’ independent reading.

C．It helps users to finish their homework.

D．It develops users’ comprehension through games.

27、   If your parents will retire soon, to live comfortably in retirement, you need to persuade them to save until it hurts. 【1】They may think they can't afford to save or fear losing money to had investments （投资）,but they have to overcome those fears, because a financially （财政上）secure future will be up to them.

They can start by saving as little as $10 a paycheck or putting away half their next rise. A small amount of money can produce massive amounts of wealth over time. 【2】

People used not to worry about saving for their later years because many had pensions, and they didn't live as long as people do now. But they can no longer count on their employers, partly because the employers might not he able to afford their pensions, and most people don't stay with one employer. 【3】 Consequently, they should depend on themselves for retirement.

【4】 You can advise them to start by contributing 1% of their pay. If the 1% contribution hurts, then they can slay at that level until it doesn't hurt any more. If it doesn't hurt, then increase their contribution（by another 1%.）Do that until it hurts.

【5】They just ask for a small cup of coffee instead of a large cup in the coffee house or they can try to skip drinking soda daily at lunch. In time they will benefit a lot from today's’ efforts when they retire.

A.They can start small.

B.The key is getting started.

C.But believe you can make it.

D.Many people change jobs every few years.

E.It's easy to cut a dollar a day from most budgets.

F.People give lots of excuses for not saving for retirement.

G.Some seniors are confident that they will be supported by their children.

28、What will our world be like in 2050?

There are two features in the growth of world population. First, the annual increase in population in 15 European countries, in the past few years, has been only 300,000. The United Nations estimates (估计)that by 2050, the population of European countries will decrease from the current 0.72 billion to 0.63 billion. Second, the population in developing countries is growing rapidly. By 2050，the population of Africa is expected to reach 1.8 billion, 0.9 billion more than its current population.

A recent research report published by the United Nations indicates that it is quite possible that the Earth's temperature is rising well above the previous estimate. The Antarctic ice sheet, which contains 90% of the world's ice, has lost significant mass in the past few years. The discovery comes as a surprise to scientists, who thought that the continent would gain ice this century because of increased snowfall in a warming climate. A research team from the University of Colorado used satellite data to estimate that the ice sheet will lose up to 48 cubic miles by 2050.

Africa's rivers face great change that will leave a quarter of the continent severely short of water by the middle of the century, according to a global warming study published today. Even modest decreases in rain in western Africa will see rivers lose as much as 80% of their water and a rise of what the scientists call "water refuges(难民)”. "In those areas where there is already a water shortage, it's going to have a destructive effect," the study says,.“If you're already walking 5 km to the nearest stream, by 2050,it's going to mean walking 30 km or moving your whole household closer to the water source."

【1】Which of the following situations in 2050 is NOT mentioned in the text?

A．Population change.

B．Economic decline.

C．Global warming.

D．Water shortage.

【2】What surprises the scientists according to Paragraph 3?

A．The Antarctic ice sheet has decreased.

B．The Earth's temperature is going down.

C．Global warming is destroying the Earth.

D．Snowfall increases in the Antarctic area.

【3】What does the underlined sentence in the last paragraph stress (强调) ?

A．The ill fate of Africa's rivers.

B．The importance of doing exercise.

C．The hard life of the African refugees.

D．The seriousness of the water problem.

【4】What was the most possible feeling of the author when he wrote this text?

A．Happy.

B．Angry.

C．Worried.

D．Calm.

29、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.

30、A conversation with a Stranger

Last Sunday I sat on the bus talking with excitement and so ready to spend time in London with one of my best friends from college. As I took the window seat and wore headphones over ears, I almost didn’t _______ the elderly man sitting beside me.

Half an hour passed and I was still absorbed in my own world.______ the elderly man asked me a question, a simple question ________ the bus’s Wi-Fi connection, which turned into a two-hour ________.In fact, it directly ________ my personal life.

We talked much about my dreams, my fears and my life. I ________ more with this stranger on the bus than I have with any friend or family member in months. Maybe it had something to do with me just being _______ to let anyone I know close to me. I was _______ that the stranger was not only so deeply interested in getting to know me, but also just as willing to ______ me to my greatest abilities. He listened carefully to every word I said and gave some useful________ at times. Instead of politely_______ his head when I mentioned my major, he told me that my strong liking seemed to be psychology, but not the one I was studying. He said that he knew I would face difficulties if I studied psychology and that he fully understood my__________ for the failure.

The elderly man made me _______ the plans that I had laid out(安排) for my life with just that simple statement. He helped me realize that my neatly ________ plan for the next five years of my life wasn’t all that neat, but actuallycomplex and filled with ________.Most of all, he helped me _______ the anxiety and told me not stay away from it because of my fear for the unknown. I ______ a lot from talking with the elderly stranger.

Several days later, he emailed me, saying, “I think you’re ________ for great things no matter what you decide to do.” The email was filled with words of _______.In a few hours a stranger showed me a sense of kindness that made me realize that life is sometimes ________ but it is going to be okay.

【1】A. check B. notice C. excuse D. believe

【2】A. Then B. Instead C. Again D. Also

【3】A. adapted to B. devoted to C. limited to D. related to

【4】A. introduction B. explanation C. conversation D. competition

【5】A. affected B. controlled C. interrupted D. created

【6】A. searched B. shared C. demanded D. reviewed

【7】A. sorry B. curious C. anxious D. afraid

【8】A. puzzled B. bothered C. amazed D. disappointed

【9】A. push B. invite C. treat D. admit

【10】A. choices B. suggestions C. decisions D. efforts

【11】A. raising B. dropping C. turning D. nodding

【12】A. regret B. change C. fear D. desire

【13】A. prepare B. develop C. approve D. question

【14】A. replaced B. organized C. discussed D. predicted

【15】A. uncertainty B. danger C. responsibility D. conflict

【16】A. identify B. ignore C. seize D. accept

【17】A. suffered B. increased C. benefited D. experienced

【18】A. leaving B. heading C. watching D. caring

【19】A. encouragement B. protection C. admiration D. description

【20】A. stable B. normal C. painful D. serious

31、   I grew up in a house where the TV was seldom turned on. With one wall in my bedroom entirely ______ with bookshelves, most of my childhood was ______ on books I could get hold of. In fact, I grew up thinking of reading as ______ as breathing and books unbelievably powerful in ______ perspectives (观点) by creating worlds we could step into, take part in and live in.

With this ______ belief, I, at fourteen, decided to become a writer. Here too, reading became ________. Every writer starts off ______ that he has something to say, but being unable to find the _______ ways to say it. He has to find his own voice by reading widely and ______ which parts of the writers he agrees or disagrees with, or agrees with so strongly that it ______ his own world. He cannot write without loving to read, ______ only through reading other people’s writing can one discover what works, what doesn’t and, in the end, together with lots of practice, what voice he has.

Now I am in college, and have come to realize how ______ it is to read fiction (文学作品)．As a law student, my reading is in fact ______ to subject matter—the volume of what I have to read for classes every week ______ there is little time to read anything else. Such reading made it all the ______ to me that I live in a very small part in this great place called ______. Reading fiction ______ me that there is life beyond my own. It allows me to travel ______ the high seas and along the Silk Road, all from the ______ of my own armchair, to experience, though secondhand, exciting experiences that I wouldn’t  ______ be able to have in my lifetime.

【1】A.packed B.lined C.filled D.crowded

【2】A.cost B.paid C.charged D.spent

【3】A.natural B.normal C.free D.difficult

【4】A.shaping B.creating C.building D.destroying

【5】A.unbelievable B.undeniable C.unshakable D.understandable

【6】A.funny B.useful C.useless D.meaningless

【7】A.thinking B.supposing C.doubting D.knowing

【8】A.safe B.real C.interesting D.right

【9】A.discussing B.disapproving C.discovering D.dismissing

【10】A.reshapes B.repeats C.recreates D.returns

【11】A.although B.because C.but D.when

【12】A.boring B.important C.difficult D.serious

【13】A.devoted B.connected C.linked D.limited

【14】A.proves B.infers C.means D.tells

【15】A.clearer B.prouder C.harder D.happier

【16】A.college B.heaven C.life D.journey

【17】A.warns B.reminds C.informs D.encourages

【18】A.through B.over C.across D.past

【19】A.comfort B.height C.handle D.length

【20】A.excitedly B.hopefully C.carefully D.necessarily

32、   I had business in Orlando, Florida, so of course the plane was full of kids.It was very ____, but one baby, in particular, wouldn’t stop crying: loud, non-stop, and sitting in my row. The young mother was trying _______ to comfort the baby and handle her three-year-old daughter at the same time. Passengers could be heard _______ every time the baby let out another cry.

Then a grandmotherly type _______ the woman and said: “You’ve got your hands full! Why don’t you play with your daughter for a bit and I’ll walk the baby up and down the _______? Maybe the movement will calm him enough to fall asleep. And don’t worry; I’ll be within

_____ the whole time.” The mother _______ unsure, but where could the woman go? They were in an airplane together. So she _______ the baby to the woman, who walked him and rocked him for only a few _______ until he fell asleep.

Why I didn’t think of that? I know why. I was thinking about two things: how annoying the _________ was and how grateful I was that he wasn’t mine.

This mini-drama _______ a few days ago. From it I saw how easy it could be to solve people’s problems or make their days a little better. It takes little _______ to smile at strangers passing by, or to hold the elevator for the next person, or to make a phone call or a visit, to give a compliment or say thank you. To _______ something: clothing, food, money, time. To say something nice. To listen. If we all do one random act of ________ daily, we just might set the world in the right ________.

【1】A.cold B.noisy C.scary D.quiet

【2】A.unsuccessfully B.unexpectedly C.bravely D.confidently

【3】A.knocking B.laughing C.complaining D.singing

【4】A.criticized B.reminded C.approached D.recognized

【5】A.stairs B.passage C.hall D.room

【6】A.reach B.space C.distance D.sight

【7】A.looked B.sounded C.remained D.felt

【8】A.patted B.threw C.passed D.sent

【9】A.seconds B.minutes C.hours D.days

【10】A.grandmother B.daughter C.mother D.baby

【11】A.burst B.struck C.occurred D.made

【12】A.money B.effort C.time D.strength

【13】A.donate B.buy C.throw D.exchange

【14】A.mercy B.courage C.bravery D.kindness

【15】A.range B.framework C.direction D.tone

33、It was December 2018. I was _________my PhD in the UK and a professor invited me to interview for a postdoc position in Japan. The online interview, during my visit to my family in Spain, went well and I was sure 2019 would be a _________year.

Then, in April, my mother told me about some _________feelings she was experiencing. But I was focused on my paper, I brushed away my _________.

Later, the doctors had a(n) _________: It was lung cancer. I spent the next two months _________between my research and my family. I made three _________visits home. However, my _________for myself pulled me back to lab. In the meantime, the cancer had _________.

Yet I was set to attend a conference in New Zealand in early July, where I would __________my paper. But on my way to the airport, I __________. Instead of New Zealand, I flew back to Madrid.

I __________my PhD defense. Meanwhile, my mother's prognosis (预测病情) changed from 1 year to months, weeks, then days. I'd thought I had more time with her, but I didn't. Cancer __________my mother at the end of July.

I defended my paper in mid-September and moved to Tokyo to start my ________life.

Please remember life is what happens while you are making plans. If your loved ones __________you, be there for them.

【1】

A．applying for

B．finishing up

C．preparing for

D．giving up

【2】

A．tougher

B．longer

C．busier

D．better

【3】

A．strange

B．humble

C．lonely

D．guilty

【4】

A．excitement

B．concerns

C．pressure

D．commitments

【5】

A．appointment

B．promise

C．update

D．friction

【6】

A．torn

B．distributed

C．hesitating

D．complaining

【7】

A．official

B．formal

C．brief

D．regular

【8】

A．regrets

B．expectations

C．assumptions

D．satisfactions

【9】

A．occurred

B．withdrawn

C．spread

D．improved

【10】

A．polish

B．publish

C．purchase

D．present

【11】

A．fell apart

B．fell behind

C．held out

D．held on

【12】

A．abandoned

B．conducted

C．arranged

D．postponed

【13】

A．challenged

B．beat

C．attacked

D．rejected

【14】

A．common

B．random

C．new

D．simple

【15】

A．need

B．adore

C．order

D．suspect

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.

Expressions about water are almost as common as water itself. But many of the expressions using water have unpleasant meanings.

The expression “to be in hot water” is one of them. It is a very old expression, which can be 【1】 back to 500 years ago. The expression is used to mean being in trouble. One story says it got that meaning from the custom of throwing extremely hot water down on enemies attacking a castle.

Being in “deep water” is almost the same as being in “hot water”. When you are in deep water, you are in a difficult 【2】. Imagine a person who cannot swim being thrown in water over his head. You are in deep water when you are facing a problem that you do not have the ability to solve. The problem is too deep. You can be in deep water, for example, if you invest in stocks in complete 【3】 of the stock market.

"Water over the dam" is another expression about a past event. It is something that cannot be 【4】. The expression comes from the idea that water that has 【5】 a dam cannot be brought back again. When a friend is 【6】 by a mistake she has made, you might tell her to forget about it. You say it is water over the dam.

Another common expression, "to hold water," is about the strength or weakness of an idea or opinion that you may be arguing about. It probably comes from the way of testing the 【7】 of a container. If it can hold water, it is strong and has no holes in it. If your 【8】 can hold water, it is strong and does not have any holes. If it does not hold water, then it is weak and can not be 【9】.

"Throwing cold water" also is an expression that deals with an idea or 【10】. For example, you want to buy a new car because the old one has some problems. But you wife "throws cold water" on the idea, because she says a new car costs too much

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.

Why Cold weather Causes So many Flight Cancellation?

Each year, about 60,000 flights get canceled because of bad winter weather, which costs airlines and airports an estimated $3 billion. But it’s not the freezing cold temperatures that cause problems for planes. After all, 【1】 jets fly 10 kilometers up, where temperatures hover around -50 degrees Celsius.

In fact, planes 【2】 in cold weather, since cold air is denser and leads to better thrust. Clearly, the real problem isn’t what’s going on up there. It’s what’s happening on the ground.

When a 【3】 polar vortex (极地涡旋) struck the Midwestern US in January 2019, temperatures dropped to -40 degrees Celsius and airline canceled 3,000 flights nationwide. In these situations, when temperatures start 【4】, everything slows down. Cargo doors can freeze up, along with the nozzles that pump fuel into planes, which delays the 【5】 process.

Even the plane itself can freeze over. Just a quarter-inch - thick layer of ice on a plane can disrupt the way air flows over its wings.

Les Westbrooks: The number one reason, I would say, that the reason flights get delayed in cold weather is going to be because there’s some kind of frozen precipitation, from frost to snow to a sheet of ice, adhering to the aircraft, adhering to the wings of the aircraft 【6】.

That’s Les Westbrooks, a retired airline pilot and an associate professor of aeronautical science at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. He says that 【7】, these planes are “de-iced” - but this also delays takeoff. The crew can spray the plane with a special hot water/ glycol mixture. It can take around 40 minutes to de-ice large passenger airplanes, so planes often have to wait “their turn” for the de-icing station, which, of course, can trigger more delays.

And ice on the runway, of course, creates another set of 【8】. In 2014, a plane at JFK skidded off an icy runway and into a mound of snow, leading to an hours-long shutdown at the airport. And even though crews can remove ice from the runway, scraping it off the pavement can lead to potholes (坑洞) and other 【9】, which makes takeoffs and landings more dangerous. And of course, snow and freezing rain on the ground can affect visibility to the point where officials have to decide it’s not safe to fly at all.

But if ice and snow aren’t the problem in these extremely cold temperatures, it’s usually another factor: people.

Les Westbrooks: The airplane flies at high altitudes, -60 degrees. It’s made to do that. Humans are not made to be outside in -60 degrees weather. And so the human factor becomes a big, big factor, when it becomes extremely cold.

Baggage handlers, aircraft fuelers, and mechanics all have to stay warm. Some airports, like O’Hare in Chicago, set up heated shelters for their employees. Of course, with everyone taking breaks to warm up, not as much gets done, which leads to even more delays and cancellations. Passengers start missing their 【10】 flights, and that, along with passengers who can’t make it to the airport due to bad road conditions, leads to half-empty planes.

In fact, many airlines might preemptively cancel flights before bad weather even hits. So, in the end, you can still blame cold weather for cancelling your flight.

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.

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.”

38、假定你是学校英语俱乐部主席李华，你校要举办一场文艺演出，需要两个英语节目。请你写一个通知，征集节目，内容包括

1.节目形式（英文歌曲或者英文短剧）；

2.提供详细计划；

3.报名方式和截止时间。

注意：1.词数80左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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39、假定你是李华，你的外国好友TOM来信告诉你打算近期来你的家乡庄浪游玩，询问你有关你家乡的游览景点，请你用英文写一封回信介绍你的家乡。

40、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。

Joyce is in the fourth grade and he joined the noisy children of his class as usual. “Children! Silence!” Mangat Madam suddenly entered the class. She announced next week would be math week. “I’d like each of you to work on a project. You could do it individually or in a group.” she instructed. “The topic for the project needs approving tomorrow and it has to be displayed at the math week exhibition. The best project will be awarded and there is also a surprise gift from my side,” she added.

Joyce, who is extremely good at math, sat in the corner seat of the first bench with Karan, an average. Karan asked Joyce if they could work on the math project together. Joyce replied in a prideful tone, “Ha-ha you want to join me. I think I will do the project on my own.” Joyce wanted to get awarded and the surprise gift all for himself from Mangat Madam.

After deep consideration, Joyce decided to work on a math magic quiz on the circuit board. The next day in school, Mangat Madam arrived in the classroom and all the children submitted their topics for math exhibition. They all chose to work in a group except Joyce. In the following days, Joyce gathered all the materials for the project such as wires, bulbs (灯泡), a switch and a thin plywood board (胶合板). He worked out a few mathematical basic operations to be fixed on the board so that when the wire of the circuit touched the right answer, the bulb glowed. Joyce completed the project and was happy with the result.

The evening before the exhibition, while packing his school bags, Joyce again checked the project to see if it was working fine. Alas! All the lights that were to glow did not seem to light at all. Without finding the reason, Joyce was tensed. However, he decided to take the same project to the school as he couldn’t change the topic at the last minute. Then came the next day, and everybody was fascinated in the exhibition.

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。

It was Joyce’s turn to display his project.

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Finally, the teacher announced Karan’s team was the winner.

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41、假如你是李华，你的朋友Tom写信给你说每次遇到重要考试，他都会感到焦虑。请你用英语给他写一封回信并提出建议：

1.正确认识考试

2.考前制定好合适的复习计划

3.考试期间正常作息，睡前洗热水澡、喝热牛奶等有助于睡眠

注意：1.不要逐句翻译，可适当增加细节以使行文连贯

2.词数：100个左右

Dear Tom ,

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Yours sincerely

Li Hua