通化2025学年度第一学期期末教学质量检测高一英语

1、My good performance in the job interview left me         about my future and what I can do here.

A．puzzled

B．sensitive

C．optimistic

D．pessimistic

2、Please read the ______ on the bottle and take the right amount of medicine.

A. explanations B. instructions C. descriptions D. introductions

3、The invention of telegram ________ the transmission of messages to any part of the world within a few seconds.

A．made possible

B．made it possible

C．made possibly

D．made it possibly

4、-Who can I tum to for help in face of difficulty，Mom？

--My darling，if not___________，anybody else？

A.me B.I C.mine D.myself

5、It is always better to__________ your worries and troubles with your trusted friends or relatives.This helps lighten your burden.

A.tell B.deal C.divide D.share

6、________, the damage would be incalculable.

A.Should such a disaster occur B.If such a disaster had occurred

C.Had such a disaster occurred D.If such a disaster should be occurred

7、It’s important for the figures regularly.

A．to be updated

B．to have been updated

C．to update

D．to have updated

8、Stonehenge is one of the world’s most famous prehistoric monuments _____ over 5,000 years ago.

A. dated back to B. dating back to

C. dates from D. to date back to

9、Most people said that pay was their main ______________ for working.

A. movement B. mention

C. method D. motivation

10、-With American tech companies cutting ties with China's Huaiwei, US___________ the global economic recovery now.

-I can’t agree more. I believe more damage is on the way.

A.is damaging B.has damaged C.damaged D.had damaged

11、It doesn’t matter where the students associations get their money from ;what ____ is what they do with it .

A. Corners B. differs

C. directs D. counts

12、Many nations have promised to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but are falling short of the ________ reduction of 25 to 40 percent of 1990 levels.

A.target B.option C.profit D.refund

13、My brother ________ to college last year, but unfortunately he wasn’t able to take the examination because he was seriously ill.

A. needn’t have gone

B. shouldn’t have gone

C. could have gone

D. must have gone

14、We were all surprised when he made it clear that he ____ office soon.

A. leaves B. would leave C. left D. had left

15、Can’t you see the old-fashioned gas lamp ______ from the ceiling?

A. hung   B. hangs   C. hanging   D. hanged

16、—— Hey, if you can’t enjoy that at a sensible volume, please use the earphone. I’m studying.

—— Oh, I’m sorry. I ________ realize it ________ you.

A. don’t; bothers B. didn’t; bothered

C. don’t; was bothering D. didn’t; was bothering

17、I can’t thank you more, Tony. But for your timely warning, I into great trouble yesterday.

A.had got B.got C.would have got D.would get

18、When we fail to ____ our own expectations, we often feel frustrated.

A. look forward to B. live up to

C. make up for D. set off for

19、In the future, bacteria will be to cancer patients and could even feed on dirt. That sounds really good news.

A．beneficial

B．dangerous

C．familiar

D．powerful

20、Nowadays, basic health care services are ______ to almost all the Chinese people, contributing to a rise in average life expectancy.

A.alternative B.abundant C.accessible D.creative

21、—What about the meeting?

—The two sides were unable to reach an agreement，______，they lost the chance of working together.

A.In all B.In other words C.On the contrary D.After all

22、The young man is very excellent. Now he is the ______ of a big company.

A. top dog B. cold fish

C. white elephant D. black sheep

23、The May Fourth Movement was launched in 1919 and its spirit ______ Chinese youth to make contributions to national rejuvenation ever since.

A. is motivating B. has been motivating

C. motivated D. was motivating

24、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

25、Our headmaster spoke at the meeting for nearly an hour without_________her notes.

A. referring to B. looking for C. bringing up D. trying on

26、Gallery Policies for Visitors to National Gallery of Art,Washington

Visitors must present all carried items for inspection upon entry.After inspection,all bags,backpacks,umbrellas,parcels,and other things as determined by security officers must be left at the checkrooms.Free of charge,close to each entrance.All oversized bags.Backpacks,and luggage must be left at the checkrooms near the 4th Street entrance of either the East or West Building.These items will have to be x-rayed before being accepted.Items of value,such as laptop computers,cameras,and fur coats,may not be left in the checkrooms but may be carried into the galleries.We regret that we do not have enough space for visitor items larger than 17×26 inches into the Gallery or its checkrooms.Additional security procedures and checks may be taken according to the decision of the Gallery.

For the safety of the artworks and other visitors.Nothing may be carried on a visitor’s back.Soft front baby carriers are allowed,but children may not be carried on shoulders or in a child carrier worn on the back.Pushchairs are available free of charge near each checkroom.Smoking is prohibited.Food and drink are not permitted outside the food service areas.Unopened bottled water may be carried only in a visitor’s bag.Cell phones may not be used in the galleries.Animals,other than service animals,are not permitted in the Gallery.Skateboarding is prohibited.Picture-taking(including video)for personal use is permitted except in special exhibitions and where specifically prohibited.Tripods(三脚架)are not allowed.Please do not touch the works of art.

【1】When people come to visit the Gallery,they should______.

A.leave all their carried items at the checkrooms

B.have all their carried items x-rayed at the entrance

C.take all their carried items with them without inspection

D.have all their carried items inspected at the entrance

【2】What does the Gallery feel sorry for?

A.Visitors have to keep their valuable items in the checkrooms.

B.The size of visitor items allowed into the Gallery is limited.

C.It cannot keep oversized visitor items due to limited space.

D.Visitor items over 17×26 inches must go through additional checks.

【3】Parents with small children visiting the Gallery______.

A.can carry their children in soft front child carriers.

B.can carry their children on their shoulders

C.can carry their children in child carriers worn on the back

D.ought to pay if they want to use pushchairs for their children

【4】Visiting photographers should make sure that______.

A.pictures and videos are allowed for personal use anywhere in the Gallery

B.pictures and videos can be taken in some places for personal use

C.picture-taking and videoing are totally forbidden in the Gallery

D.tripods are allowed except in some special exhibitions

27、   On October 23, 2016, David Pologruto, a high school physics teacher, was stabbed by his smart student Jason Haffizulla. Jason got straight A’s and was determined to study medicine at Harvard, yet this was his downfall. His physics teacher gave Jason a B, a mark Jason believed would undermine his entrance to Harvard. After receiving his B, Jason took a butcher knife to school and stabbed his physics teacher.

How can someone as smart as Jason do something so dumb? Studies show there is little or no connection between IQ and emotional intelligence.

During my early university years, I regarded myself as an intelligent guy. I got good marks in mathematics, physics, and other subjects. I thought such skills would surely give me a bright future. After one year of study with decent marks, I began to see two major classes of students. The first category of students turned up to few lectures, partied every weekend, enjoyed a great social life, and did minimal work to pass courses. The second category of students were intelligent and hard workers who got good grades and were very focused on their studies. Surely would these intelligent and hard-working students find the great jobs before the other lazier class of students?

Not so. Students are often shocked upon graduation that their qualifications are not as important as they once thought. Graduates enter the workforce only to realize that co-workers hate them and less intelligent people are the ones receiving promotions (晋升).

Educational skills are useless in some industries when interpersonal skills are absent. You can have great ideas, theories, and solve complex problems, but if you cannot effectively communicate with your colleagues, you will face difficult situations. It’s not that people dislike you because of your intelligence; it’s that people dislike you because you’re rude and not understanding. The intelligent person with poor communication skills is unaware of others’ emotions.

【1】Jason Haffizulla stabbed his physics teacher because ________.

A.he was not smart enough at studies B.he was unfairly treated by his teacher

C.he got a worse mark than usual D.he was disappointed with his downfall

【2】What does the underlined word “undermine” mean?

A.limit B.help

C.destroy D.benefit

【3】Intelligent people are hated because ________.

A.they are not considerate enough

B.they are envied for their intelligence

C.they can solve more complex problems

D.they can’t settle the challenges they meet

【4】What can we learn from this text?

A.What kind of students can succeed in college.

B.Smart people have poorer communication skills.

C.Intelligent students will meet more challenges at work.

D.Smart students should balance their IQ and emotional intelligence.

28、The Advertising Department of The Bangkok Post is looking for highly motivated advertising sales executives （销售主管） to sell advertising to prime targets in its wide range of promotional publications （宣传性出版物）. As part of our sales team, your primary responsibility will be to meet established and agreed sales targets. You will also need to know how to find potential new customers. In addition, you will be required to follow up your sales by sending copy and artwork and getting customer approval.

Qualifications:

Male/Female, aged 23-35 yrs.

Bachelor's degree in any related fields

Experience of selling print and online advertising or similar fields is preferred

Proactive and good interpersonal and communication skills

Ability to work well under pressure

Good command of written and spoken English

Computer skills

If this sounds like a challenge you'd like to consider seriously, then send an application letter together with your resume, details of your expected salary, and a recent photograph to:

Advertising Department

Bangkok Post Public Company Limited

136 Bangkok Post Building, Sunthorn Kosa Road, Klong Toey, Bangkok 10110

Email: display@bangkokpost.co.th

【1】The work duty of an advertising sales executive does not involve _______ .

A．meeting sales targets

B．sending application letters

C．selling advertising

D．looking for new customers

【2】Who is the most suitable for the job?

A．A Chinese, 27, with a high school certificate.

B．An Indian, 38, with a good command of English.

C．A Japanese, 30, with rich experience of advertising.

D．A Thai, 23, a college student majoring in advertising.

【3】Where will you probably find this article?

A．In a travel brochure.

B．In an advertising textbook.

C．In a market report.

D．In a local newspaper.

29、   Hi, Dave Gieber here. Are you seriously thinking about starting a comic book(连环漫画册)collection yourself? Then “Comic Book Collecting, a Starting Point” was written just for you. This book was designed to help you jump-start your collection using Internet resources!

See what others are saying!

Dave,

As a layperson totally green about comic book collecting, the information provided in your book would allow someone like me to basically start a collection from the very beginning. The steps defined on what to look for and where to look when starting a collection are invaluable to a beginner. In addition, you provide information that not only appeals to those starting out but for those collecting for a long time as well. Great job.

Lorraine Cote

Dave,

I'm thinking it's a little long on history, but I am so impressed by all it presents. Wow! Quite an interesting read. I found the pieces on the Artists particularly interesting.

This is a great piece of work! I love artwork, and did a lot of watercolor work myself and was often fantasizing about comic book penciling myself someday.

If I have one negative thing to say about it…It has to be that I wish I had written it! Congratulations. Dave. This is a real winner.

James D. Tyler

Dear Dave,

Congratulations on a fine book. It is essential reading for people who want to turn their hobby into a money-making venture. I Only wish that I had had this information 40 years ago when I took 6 empty pop(汽水)bottles into the corner store and purchased my first comic book.

I'm amazed at the fact that 40 years ago 10 cents could buy a loaf of bread or the very first issue of The Fantastic Four. Today, 10 cents cannot buy you anything, but a near mint(未损坏的)copy of that comic book could bring you up to$35,000! Thanks for the good read.

Ian McBride

【1】What do we know about Lorraine Cote?

A.She is inexperienced in comic book collecting.

B.She has been collecting comic books for years.

C.She asks for information about comic book collecting.

D.She knows nothing about comic book collecting.

【2】What is the main reason James D. Tyler writes to Dave?

A.He enjoys reading. B.He wishes to write a book.

C.He is interested in history. D.He is interested in artwork.

【3】What can be inferred about Ian McBride's first comic book he bought 40 years ago?

A.He bought it with the money for pop. B.He bought it after he got six bottles of pop.

C.He made a lot of money by selling it later D.He didn't realize its economic potential then.

30、   Several years ago, my brother was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis（多发性硬化）. The disease made him hardly_______or stand-he either used a walking stick or was in his bed. At that time, he was_______and didn’t want to do anything for himself. He was basically_______and letting go. As the saying goes, God helps those who help themselves,_______he wasn’t helping himself.

I then_______to change the situation. I walked to his room and told him how frustrated（泄气）we were about helping him and seeing him making no_______to look after himself.

“Is this how you want me to_______？Giving up at very hard obstacle that comes your way？”

“You don’t understand this_______, and it’s not curable.”

I told him it’s really not_______to live with this type of disease, but he should be,________that he has his body intact（完整的）. Thank God that he still has a________who loves him and gets up every day in order to help him. Although it was________, I wanted to show him that we could make it through this together.

He must have thought________about my words because several weeks later, he________me and parents. We talked for hours that we can make it through this. At last, he said to me:

“I took my family for granted and I’m________. You are a fighter, and I’m________that you are my sister. I’m sorry that I set the wrong example for you. Please________me.”

When he said this, I didn’t want to forgive him because I was so________with him for so long, but________I forgave him.

Nowadays he’s actually trying to help himself and for the________time, he actually looks hopeful for the good things to come.

【1】A.walk B.sit C.speak D.sleep

【2】A.nervous B.strange C.upset D.tired

【3】A.giving out B.giving over C.giving away D.giving up

【4】A.if B.but C.although D.or

【5】A.advised B.agreed C.forgot D.decided

【6】A.efforts B.preparations C.mistakes D.contributions

【7】A.pick up B.take up C.grow up D.put up

【8】A.feeling B.trouble C.question D.disease

【9】A.difficult B.easy C.interesting D.boring

【10】A.grateful B.hopeful C.confident D.comfortable

【11】A.neighbour B.family C.group D.doctor

【12】A.hard B.simple C.unusual D.useless

【13】A.carefully B.quickly C.quietly D.differently

【14】A.met B.found C.visited D.greeted

【15】A.confused B.satisfied C.happy D.sorry

【16】A.afraid B.sure C.surprised D.proud

【17】A.believe B.forgive C.remember D.help

【18】A.familiar B.patient C.angry D.pleased

【19】A.immediately B.eventually C.recently D.secretly

【20】A.best B.last C.first D.only

31、My Fellow Americans,

I have recently been told that I am one of the millions of Americans who will be suffering from Alzheimer's Disease(老年性痴呆).

Upon learning this news, Nancy and I had to decide whether as private citizens we would ________ this a private matter or we would make this news known in a ________ way.

In the past Nancy suffered from breast cancer ________ I had my cancer surgeries. We found through our open disclosures(透露的秘闻)we were able to ________ public awareness. We were happy that ________ many more people underwent testing. They were treated in early stages and able to ________ to normal, healthy lives.

So now, we feel it is ________ to share it with you. In opening our hearts, we hope this might promote greater ________ of this condition. Perhaps it will encourage a clearer understanding of the individuals and families who are ________ by it.

At the moment I feel just fine. I ________ to live the remainder of the years God gives me on this earth doing the things I have ________ done. I will continue to share ________ journey with my beloved Nancy and my family. I plan to enjoy the great outdoors and stay in touch ________ my friends and supporters.

Unfortunately, as Alzheimer's Disease ________ , the family often suffers a lot. I only wish there was some way I could spare Nancy from this ________ experience. When the time comes I am confident that with your help she will ________ it with faith and courage.

In closing let me thank you, the American people for giving me the great honor of ________ me to serve as your President. When the Lord calls me home, ________ that may be, I will leave with the greatest love for this country of ours and endless optimism for its future.

I now begin this ________ that will lead me into the sunset of my life. I know that for America there will always be a bright ________ ahead.

Thank you my friends. May God always bless you.

Sincerely

Ronald Reagan

【1】

A．stay

B．hold

C．keep

D．pretend

【2】

A．proper

B．good

C．public

D．suitable

【3】

A．so

B．but

C．or

D．and

【4】

A．raise

B．make

C．take

D．turn

【5】

A．by the way

B．as a result

C．on condition that

D．as a whole

【6】

A．repeat

B．recover

C．return

D．replace

【7】

A．impossible

B．important

C．pitiful

D．obvious

【8】

A．awareness

B．encouragement

C．concern

D．decision

【9】

A．protected

B．affected

C．examined

D．controlled

【10】

A．continue

B．like

C．love

D．intend

【11】

A．finally

B．seldom

C．always

D．rarely

【12】

A．life's

B．one's

C．other's

D．today's

【13】

A．for

B．on

C．by

D．with

【14】

A．cures

B．progresses

C．removes

D．advances

【15】

A．meaningful

B．useful

C．careful

D．painful

【16】

A．treat

B．see

C．face

D．consider

【17】

A．having

B．allowing

C．Showing

D．declaring

【18】

A．whoever

B．wherever

C．Whenever

D．whatever

【19】

A．life

B．road

C．line

D．journey

【20】

A．dawn

B．day

C．night

D．evening

32、   Sitting at a table in my school cafeteria, I looked around,slowly taking in everything. Student after student passed my____carrying that day’s lunch, but if you looked deeper,there was more to___.There was more than just theuniform they were wearing, or the way they had styled theirhair that day. There was a lot more hidden under the_______.

Catching the eye of a girl in my grade sitting at a nearbytable, I waved politely. She smiled___and then continuedto pick at the spaghetti in front of her. If I hadn't___recently that her mother was dying of leukemia, I would havenever___anything was wrong and I may not have been as_____and sympathetic, either. It suddenly____me thatwe judge others too quickly without knowing the whole story.

I have an incurable lung disease. No one at our schoolknows --- I don't show any noticeable____except for a fewcoughs here and there. I go about my day like any other kid,___with the realization that I have a___and terrifyingfuture.

Before that day when I decided to___the world witha new perspective, I__myself almost every day. Ithought only about myself and my heavy__.But I've now realized no one is______---- we just need to accept thewaywe are.

【1】A.order B.room C.table D.cafeteria

【2】A.imagine B.compare C.observe D.exchange

【3】A.uniform B.rules C.circumstances D.surface

【4】A.weakly B.casually C.happily D.impatiently

【5】A.found B.noticed C.heard D.decided

【6】A.remembered B.suspected C.predicted D.regretted

【7】A.willing B.outstanding C.understanding D.demanding

【8】A.escaped B.satisfied C.hit D.attracted

【9】A.diseases B.symptoms C.complaints D.weaknesses

【10】A.but B.and C.or D.so

【11】A.bright B.real C.serious D.dark

【12】A.tolerate B.create C.change D.view

【13】A.forgave B.pitied C.challenged D.encouraged

【14】A.debt B.reward C.burden D.workload

【15】A.changeable B.perfect C.unique D.different

33、   One day I took an orange — and — white cat home, which I called Splash. However, I had one concern with __ her to my dog, Bee, which had a distinct __ for cats. My own cats were wise enough to ___themselves in the barn（谷仓）and fields. I was _____ that Splash didn't understand this and would be a victim.

I took Splash to the barn, but soon she __ the house and was curious about it. She made a straight line for the door. Bee enjoyed the ___ at the door, so when Splash showed up, Bee came up in ____ But Splash faced her threatener ___ and swiped at（(猛击）the approaching dog. Then something ___ happened： Bee pulled to a sudden stop. He __ and went back to the back door slowly.

Every day for the next few weeks, Splash would walk to the___ in the morning, and Bee would come and try to drive her away, only to find a____enemy. Over the next few months, I watched an aggressive dislike turn into a playful __ between the two. They began to share the back-door space and sometimes the __ especially for the faithful dog.

One day, seeing the two companions playing together, I ____ this dog and cat were almost the same as the nations of this world. Actually, some of us are like Bee, who started a fight with the intention of____ an unwanted invasion（入侵），and some of us are like Splash, just wanting someone to __ life with. Bee and Splash are two different animals with the natural tendency that should put them in _______. Yet they've come to a place where all the ______ are set aside, and they_______ each other fully. Why can't we?

【1】A.selling B.introducing C.comparing D.donating

【2】A.wish B.sympathy C.preference D.dislike

【3】A.check B.cure C.hide D.teach

【4】A.worried B.glad C.grateful D.relieved

【5】A.ruined B.noticed C.decorated D.crashed

【6】A.celebration B.noise C.darkness D.freedom

【7】A.horror B.anger C.sadness D.excitement

【8】A.sincerely B.selflessly C.shyly D.fearlessly

【9】A.unexpected B.thrilling C.dangerous D.attractive

【10】A.remained B.exploded C.turned D.agreed

【11】A.cage B.zoo C.field D.door

【12】A.lazy B.stubborn C.terrified D.strange

【13】A.graduation B.discussion C.friendship D.examination

【14】A.treats B.jokes C.tests D.risks

【15】A.heard B.announced C.doubted D.realized

【16】A.dealing with B.escaping from C.looking for D.taking in

【17】A.improve B.change C.share D.abandon

【18】A.order B.conflict C.peace D.charge

【19】A.differences B.conversations C.comments D.connections

【20】A.praise B.inspire C.guide D.enjoy

34、根据句意填空

In the USA, the Amish-a Christian group-are famous because they drive 【1】 instead of cars, do not use TVs or refrigerators, and do not have personal telephones. Many people assume the Amish must have 【2】 reasons for their many rules, but this is not true. In truth, whenever a new technology is introduced, the Amish meet and discuss its advantages and disadvantages. They then vote on whether they will accept it. The Amish 【3】 cars because they like having 【4】 communities where everyone lives close together. They have no TVs or refrigerators because their homes do not have electricity-they do not think it is necessary and 【5】 dealing with strangers, such as the people who work at the electric company.

35、课文填空

Yet, some people are【1】 They claim that surfing the Internet is a waste of time. They make the 【2】 that children spend too much time chatting and playing games instead of 【3】 on their school work. However, a recent survey conducted in the USA shows that 80 per cent of Internet users 【4】 it mostly to search for answers to questions. The second most common use of the Internet, for 79 per cent of Internet users, is to find out information about hobbies. These statistics prove that gathering information is the 【5】 use for the Internet.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

It will be beyond anything we organics could imagine.

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

要求：1.可根据内容要点适当增加细节，使行文连贯。

2.词数：150字左右。短文开头已为你写好，不计入词数。

参考词汇：

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

2．文科生；liberal art students

3．理科生：science students

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

39、假定你是李华，是一名高二学生，自从上个月复学后你家长不再允许你使用智能手机以及手机上的应用，他们认为线下学习使用手机对学习没有帮助还浪费时间，但是你不这样认为，为此你感到很苦恼。 请你用英语写一封信向你的美国笔友John求助。

内容应包括:

1. 介绍情况

2. 你的想法

3. 希望得到 John 的帮助并了解美国家长对此事的看法

注意:

1. 可适当增加细节，不少于 100 词

2. 开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数

Dear John,

How are you doing?

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Yours,

Li Hua

40、假定你是李华,你校将举行“朗读者”(Readers)活动,请写封邮件邀请你的英国朋友Alice参加,内容包括:

1.时间、地点;

2.活动内容

3.表达期待。

注意:1.词数100左右;

2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。

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41、阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇 60 词左右的内容概要。

In today’s world where we have various translation apps that allow us to talk to almost anyone “in his own language”, why do we still need to make an effort to learn a foreign language ourselves? There are practical reasons, of course. For example, those who are bilingual (具备双语能力的)  have a better chance in the job market. And science has proved that learning to speak more than one

language can train one’s brain to be stronger.

But there’s more to it than that. US author Rita Mae Brown once wrote: “Language is the road map of a culture.” By taking a look at the vocabulary and idioms of a language system, we get a glimpse (一瞥) at what’s held important in a certain culture. Take the Swedish word “lagom” for example. It means “just the right amount”, which doesn’t have a matching word either in English or in Chinese. From “lagom”, we can see how much the concepts of “moderation (适度)” and “balance” are valued in Swedish culture. By learning a foreign language, you also gain a better understanding of your own culture. Irish language expert Benny Lewis explained this idea in his blog with an interesting metaphor: “Trying to understand your own culture merely from within it is like trying to understand what a bus is like if you’ve only ever ridden inside it. If you want the bigger picture, you need to get off that bus and examine it from the outside.” And by opening our eyes to different

cultures, we’re able to understand better how people grow up to be different from one another. We also learn to be more tolerant and respectful to the diversity of the world.

As Trinity University professor Leonardo De Valoes wrote on the school’s website: “Foreign language study is simply part of a very basic liberal education: to ‘educate’ is to lead out, to lead out of narrowness and darkness.”