台中2025-2026学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高三英语

1、—You like the Lenovo Computer. Why not buy one?

—Well. I can’t afford ________ computer.

A.that expensive a B.a that expensive C.that an expensive D.an expensive that

2、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

3、---I didn’t expect that John would be absent from my last Sunday’s birthday party.

--- As far as I know, he ______ to see his parents in the countryside on Sundays.

A. goes B. went

C. has gone D. had gone

4、She is always________by the teacher, so she is very confident.

A．praise

B．being praised

C．to praise

D．praising

5、When heated, material of this kind ______ plastic in quality will soften.

A. resembled B. resemble

C. to resemble D. resembling

6、Seeing the happy ________ of children playing in the park, I’m overjoyed and sure of the future of our country.

A. sight B. view C. scene D. sign

7、If you____here half an hour ago, you would have known what we were talking about.

A．arrived

B．had arrived

C．should arrive

D．would arrive

8、With the availability of modern media, conversation _______ the face-to-face exchange of thoughts exists is disappearing.

A．when

B．which

C．in which

D．from which

9、The Smiths don’t usually like staying at   hotels, but last summer they spent a few days at a very nice hotel by ________ sea.

A./; a B.the; the C./; the D.the; a

10、It was almost five years later _______ he brought back some happy memories.

A.since B.when C.that D.before

11、The new couple spent some money for the  ______ of the furniture necessary for their new house.

A.distribution B.manufacture C.donation D.purchase

12、You’ll recognize me when you get out of the station. I______ jeans and a white T-shirt.

A．will be wearing

B．had worn

C．was wearing

D．have worn

13、I would appreciate____________ if you could help me out when I am in trouble.

A．that

B．one

C．it

D．this

14、Clothing ______ for pre-school-age children often follows the fashion for adults.

A. decorated B. designed C. preferred D. organized

15、They all sat together at table, laughing and ______ stories after many years’ separation.

A.swapping B.circulating C.spreading D.plotting

16、Such poets as Shakespeare ______ widely read; however, some _____ difficult to understand.

A. are; are B. is; is C. are; is D. is; are

17、Many young people in the west are expected to leave ________ could be life’s most important decision—marriage—almost entirely up to luck.

A．as   B．that   C．which D．What

18、Today acupuncture has become popular around the world, ________ have other traditional Chinese medicines.

A. as B. so

C. while D. like

19、He________ the wall and just looked at everybody in the room.

A.loaded with B.lined up C.held back D.leaned against

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

A. abstract B. typical

C. generous D. stubborn

21、I’m sorry; those jeans are not   in your colour and size.

A. together   B. patient

C. available   D. average

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

A．which

B．them

C．it

D．what

23、You have to be accurate in this job, because a small mistake can make a big .

A. difference   B. difficulty C. trouble   D. change

24、It took them about one month to________ how to start the equipment.

A. come out B. figure out

C. look out D. take out

25、The anti-epidemic fight is like a time-limited race _______ all medical care personnel make every effort to people's lives.

A.that B.when C.which D.where

26、   According to the UN’s World Happiness Report for 2016, Denmark is officially the happiest country on Earth.Here is a list of reasons behind the happiness：

A different view of money

Danes tend not to be concerned with “keeping up with the Joneses”. 【1】. Rather than buying the fanciest cars or the most expensive houses, Danish people spend money on leisure activities such as hobbies, outings with friends, or games.

An enjoyable job climate

【2】. They also work, on average, 1,522 hours per year, which is lower than most countries. Not only does this give them more leisure time, it is not detrimental, as the average yearly income is $59,850. Besides, Denmark has the lowest income inequality and highest minimum wage in the world.

【3】

The importance placed on human communication fosters a belief in one’s neighbors and a trust that if something bad were to happen, the community would come to help them. 94% of Danes report that they have somebody they could rely on in time of need.

A clean environment

The government encourages green policies，such as bicycling in cities, in order to cut  down  on harmful emissions. Like bicycling, many of these measures also have other benefits. 【4】. In Denmark, levels of air pollution, water pollution, and agricultural pollution are also lower than most other countries.

【5】.

A.Somebody to lean on

B.Somebody to seek advice from

C.Danes have lower unemployment rates than most countries in the world

D.Instead, they view money as a kind of means to connect with other people

E.Cities where bicycling is common have less traffic, less noise, and healthier citizens

F.Looking over all these factors, it becomes apparent that almost anybody would love living in Denmark

G.Parks, neighborhoods, and cities can be enjoyed without worry of pollution－related illnesses like asthma or allergies

27、   The gentle giant of our oceans are whale, sharks. It's ,the biggest  shark and  can  reach as .long as 41.5 feet. Whale sharks have a lifespan of 70 years , on average-, and they spend their days  gently swimming in the  warm. and tropical oceans.

Their teeth are the size of match heads, and while their jaws could be powerfiil , they have never tended to attack humans. Their teeth play no role in eating, as  plankton (浮游生物)）does  not need to be chewed. They are to be found in numbers in the warmer oceans and they prefer the deep waters of the open oceans. They tend to travel alone.

Several times a year they gather together in. certain spots where  plankton is  plentiful . Those  areas are all  within  a  300 north  or south  latitude from  the- equator. And  sadly whale sharks  are targeted by  commercial-fisheries . at those spots.  How easy  it  must be for those  fishermen  to catch  those  beautiful creatures who can only swim at 3. 5 miles per hour! So great a loss in numbers have they suffered, that whale sharks are now listed  as one of the endangered species.  Some countries and areas  have started to take measures to protect the whale sharks from  extinction.

The Philippines, India - and  Taiwan have all  banned the  fishing, selling, importing  and exporting of whale sharks for commercial purpose. However, the  law  does not  seem  to  be effective  because the  hunting and killing still  goes on  today,. especially in Taiwan and the  . Philippines. Each whale shark can fetch around $ 21,000. In parts of Asia they are known as the "money shark”.

The mighty dollar , wins again, at great cost to our habitat,  and  we  will not  know what  we have lost until we have lost it forever. Therefore, it is high time for us to do something  for the whale  sharks.

【1】We can learn from the passage that whale sharks_______.

A. usually live a life of more than 70 years

B. always  travel  in the  ocean in groups

C. depend on their teeth to harvest their - food

D. live in the deep waters of the  warmer  oceans

【2】We know that  in  Taiwan  and the Philippines, _______________,

A. fishermen are earning little by catching the  whale sharks

B. fishermen have stopped hunting- and killing the whale sharks

C. fishermen are continuing to hunt and kill the  whalesharks .

D. importing and  exporting whale sharks is allowed

【3】It is implied in the passage that _______.

A. whale sharks will be extinct even if they are protected

B. whale sharks are the most dangerous marine dhimals

C. there is no law about banning the fishing of whale sharks

D. the huge profit is to blame for the decreasing numbers of whale sharks

【4】What is the main purpose of this passage?

A. To call on people to protect whale sharks.

B. To guide people how to fish and kill whale sharks.

C. To advise the government to make related laws.

D. To analyze the value of whale sharks.

28、When you talk to doctors in the hospitals, it often happens that most of them are very serious and speak in a range of terms that may be difficult to understand. But Zhang Wenhong, the leader of the Shanghai team of experts in the treatment of novel coronavirus pneumonia, is one of the exceptions. He caught the public’s attention for his recent frank and funny speech.

Zhang’s words first went viral(走红)on the Internet after he said in late January that he had sent doctors and nurses who are members of the Communist Party of China (CPC) to frontline hospitals to treat coronavirus cases. “When becoming CPC members, we vowed (发誓)that we would always put people’s interests first in the face of difficulties,” Zhang said. “This is the moment we live up to the vow. All CPC members must rush to the frontline. No bargaining.”

Such a hardcore declaration of his attitude won widespread applause among Internet users. “A person’s morals are witnessed most in a critical situation. Nothing could win more recognition from the people than the down-to-earth behavior of the CPC members,” said Yang Haiyan, a 32-year-old Shanghai resident.

One month later, when Zhang advised local residents to reduce the risk of spreading the virus by staying at home, he said in Shanghai dialect: “If you don’t stop seeing friends, you will see them again in the ICU.”

Though chased by the media, Zhang described himself as a medical worker who must speak out now, but will return to keeping a low profile after the outbreak ends. “I spoke because of the fear among the public, owing to limited knowledge of the contagion (传染病),” said Zhang on Feb 26. “However, once the curtain of this coronavirus incident falls, it may be hard to find me. I’ll just hide myself in a corner, studying complicated patient cases and doing some reading, silently.”

【1】What has made Zhang Wenhong so popular online?

A．His attitude towards his patients.

B．His honest and humorous speech.

C．His vow to fight against the virus.

D．His broad knowledge of the virus.

【2】Zhang Wenhong sent CPC members to frontline hospitals because he believed that .

A．they would not bargain

B．they should do as they had vowed

C．they would be calmer in a critical situation

D．they could win recognition from the people

【3】What can we infer from Zhang Wenhong’s words in the last paragraph?

A．He doesn’t like to speak in public.

B．He is looking forward to taking a break.

C．He is not a person who is after fame and attention.

D．He mainly treats people with complicated diseases.

29、   Low energy levels can make it difficult to be productive at work or to engage in everyday activities. 【1】 Among them, changing your diet may come first.

Give your body right protein.

Given if you’re eating enough food every day, it’s possible you’re not eating the right kinds of food. Protein in particular plays a big part in your daily energy levels. But not all protein is good protein. 【2】 Best sources of heart-healthy protein include salmon, eggs, beans, and tofu.

Choose slow-burning carbohydrates（碳水化合物）.

Carbohydrates are an essential part of a healthy diet. 【3】 Slow-burning ones can help stabilize blood sugar and promote a healthy body weight. If you’re feeling exhausted, choose healthy carbohydrates that will help fuel your body throughout the day.

Eat more raw fruits and vegetables.

Fruits and vegetables provide you with what your body needs to feel full and energetic. Eat at least five servings of vegetables each day and two to four servings of fresh fruit. 【4】 They are packed with vitamins, minerals and nutrients.

Avoid sugar.

Sugar gives consumers a temporary burst of energy（known as a sugar rush）. 【5】 Once the sugar rush ends, most people feel tired. Don’t eat candy, sweets, soda, or any other food products with added sugar, as these will only make you more tired as the day goes on.

A. However, the effect wears off quickly.

B. They provide us with energy to complete all activities.

C. Select leafy and dark green vegetables for daily consumption.

D. Fortunately, there are steps to help increase your energy levels.

E. Low energy levels are one of the most common problems faced by all.

F. Some meats, for example, are high in protein but come with high fat levels.

G. Adults consume at least 8 grams of protein for every 20 pounds of body weight.

30、   One night after dinner my dad told my brother and me that we needed to have a family talk. As I sat on the foot of my parents’ bed watching my mom _______to tell us what was going on, I heard the two words that would change my whole_______:multiple sclerosis (MS) (多发性硬化). I was only 14 then. _______all I could do was burst into tears.

The house was a mix of_______and quietness in the weeks that followed. I had never felt so alone and helpless. I was sure if I hadn’t gotten _______I would have gone crazy. After a few months I went to my first MS support group. I was excited to_______these meetings and ask the doctors there all the questions that the articles hadn’t_______.When the speaker named Rita that night stood and introduced herself, I was_______to hear she was a nurse who is _______for multiple sclerosis. I had__________heard of a nurse having such a specific field.

As she __________, I discovered how much Rita understood about how this disease was__________ my family. Over time I __________Rita’s job really mattered. That’s when I discovered I__________to be a nurse. The work my mom’s doctors and nurses have done with her has vastly __________her life. They teach her to be__________and supply her with many types of __________.

I think the best people to help others get through __________are those who have gone through them firsthand and I feel that my__________will help me become an __________nurse who can help other families get through hardships of having a loved one with an illness.

【1】A.decide B.expect C.refuse D.struggle

【2】A.world B.career C.plan D.body

【3】A.Gradually B.Naturally C.Luckily D.Finally

【4】A.anger B.guilt C.sadness D.regret

【5】A.money B.help C.news D.time

【6】A.host B.attend C.prepare D.continue

【7】A.answered B.criticized C.ignored D.checked

【8】A.relaxed B.puzzled C.surprised D.frightened

【9】A.blamed B.trained C.cured D.arranged

【10】A.often B.seldom C.ever D.never

【11】A.spoke B.left C.watched D.taught

【12】A.leading B.following C.affecting D.punishing

【13】A.proved B.predicted C.wished D.realized

【14】A.wanted B.agreed C.happened D.chose

【15】A.shaped B.controlled C.improved D.created

【16】A.selfless B.active C.sensitive D.optimistic

【17】A.praise B.awards C.support D.donations

【18】A.difficulties B.worries C.doubts D.failures

【19】A.dream B.experience C.ambition D.effort

【20】A.exciting B.outgoing C.interesting D.amazing

31、   28-year-old Jermaine Scott set up in business as a barber in Madison. Tennessee, about a year ago. He gradually noted the kids were ______ to tablets and cellphones when they came to the barbershop. It was ______ to cut their hair when they were focused on those. That led to the ______ of Scott’s “Barbershop Books Day” when kids could come and get a ______ haircut. What was required? They had to ______ a book while they got it.

He created “Barbershop Books Day” to help not only the kids, but also the parents. Madison has many low-income families and many are focused on just keeping their ______ on. For people in this community, $ 15 for a haircut per kid is not easy to ______ so in some way a reduction in the price can ______.

Scott began his initiative (倡议) by ______ five library books and putting them near his chair. Book ______ began pouring in when a local news station got ______ of what he was doing. Scott plans on taking his initiative a step further by ______ his “Barbershop Books Day” to an “Ice Breaker Book Tour” where he ______ to get kids excited to learn while also giving them ______ role models through motivational speakers. Scott said, “If I step outside my comfort zone and tell them school is cool, ______ it will guide them in the right direction.”

【1】A.adapted B.reduced C.glued D.accustomed

【2】A.safe B.hard C.possible D.pleasant

【3】A.advertisement B.support C.celebration D.birth

【4】A.satisfied B.discounted C.free D.thorough

【5】A.borrow B.purchase C.read D.choose

【6】A.hands B.hair C.shirt D.lights

【7】A.overlook B.afford C.believe D.decline

【8】A.arise B.compensate C.count D.progress

【9】A.stealing B.buying C.donating D.borrowing

【10】A.contents B.titles C.orders D.donations

【11】A.wind B.hold C.sight D.chance

【12】A.expanding B.applying C.comparing D.adding

【13】A.agrees B.intends C.deserves D.proves

【14】A.typical B.classic C.positive D.alternative

【15】A.generally B.certainly C.accordingly D.hopefully

32、   I remember when my husband started coaching the basketball team at a local high school in Richmond, California. He had a passion for sports and loved _________ with kids. Sitting in the _________ during the first game, I cried with joy as I watched him _________ with the students. He seemed to _________.

On the car ride home, we both realized that he has a _________ for teaching. Not just on the _________, but also in the classroom. He _________ a well-paid job in finance, and went back to school to obtain his teaching

_________. He landed a job teaching 8th grade US history to the amazing kids at Helms Middle School in San Pablo. He had found his _________. Little did I know that I would be in the __________, too.

My husband knows that I work for a software company that is __________ with 3D printing, and that’s usually the extent of his __________ in my profession. I was __________ when he asked me to be a guest speaker in his class that first year.

While I was planning my first __________ for his students, I asked myself, “What should I do? How do I integrate(融入) design, modeling and 3D printing into 8th grade US history?”

I __________ my friends, read the local teacher blogs and thought I was __________ to go. But during my first lesson a(n) __________ thing happened: I kind of failed. The end result, __________, was better than I ever expected.

At the end of the class, I asked the students how they felt about what they had __________ learned. They raised their hands and __________ answers and sought me out to more questions. When the bell rang, they thanked me for my time.

【1】A.chatting B.running C.arguing D.working

【2】A.stand B.carriage C.yard D.desk

【3】A.complain B.interact C.shout D.swear

【4】A.relax B.shine C.agree D.approach

【5】A.weakness B.dislike C.gift D.plan

【6】A.size B.market C.edge D.court

【7】A.left B.obtained C.saw D.weighed

【8】A.method B.experience C.funding D.certification

【9】A.hobby B.occupation C.charming D.ability

【10】A.system B.adventure C.classroom D.basement

【11】A.involved B.popular C.honest D.bored

【12】A.knowledge B.determination C.authority D.interest

【13】A.proud B.annoyed C.surprised D.calm

【14】A.interview B.speech C.ticket D.lesson

【15】A.consulted B.treated C.hugged D.noticed

【16】A.late B.ready C.worried D.thankful

【17】A.funny B.harmful C.similar D.important

【18】A.therefore B.moreover C.however D.besides

【19】A.even B.just C.still D.seldom

【20】A.ruled out B.made out C.left out D.shouted out

33、   Countless people appear in your life—familiar or strange, close or distant. Sometimes people come into your life and you know right away that they were meant to be there to serve some sort of _______, to teach you a lesson, or to help you _______ who you are or who you want to become. You never think about who these people may be (possibly your roommate, neighbor, co-worker, long lost friend, lover, or even a complete stranger ), but when you lock eyes with them, you know at that very moment they will _______ your life in some way.

And sometimes things happen to you that may seem horrible, painful and unfair at first, but with more _______ you find that without overcoming those difficulties you would have _______ realized your potential, strength, willpower, or heart.

Everything happens for a reason. Nothing happens _______ or by means of good luck. Illness, injury, love, lost moments of true greatness and complete stupidity all occur to _______ the limits of your soul. _______ these small tests whatever they may be, life would be like a smoothly paved (铺设), straight, flat road to _______. It would be safe and comfortable, but dull and ________. The people you meet who affect your life, and the success and downfalls you experience, help to create who you are and who you become.

Even the ________ experiences can be learned from. In fact, they are probably the most poignant (酸楚的) and important ones. If someone hurts you, ________ you, or breaks your heart, forgive them, for they have helped you learn about trust and the importance of being cautious when you open your heart. If someone loves you, love them back ________, not only because they love you, but because ________, they are teaching you to love and how to open your ________ and eyes to things.

Make every day count. ________ every moment and take from those moments everything that you possibly can for you may never be able to experience it again. Talk to people that you have never talked to ________, and actually listen. Let yourself fall in love, break free, and set your sights high. Hold your head up because you have ________ right to. Tell yourself you are a great individual and believe in yourself, for if you don't believe in yourself, it will be hard for others to believe in you. You can make your life anything you wish. Create your own life and then go out and live it with absolutely no ________.

Most importantly, if you LOVE someone, tell him or her, for you never know what tomorrow may have in ________ for you. And learn a lesson in life each day that you live.

That's the story of life.

【1】A.people B.intention C.purpose D.advantage

【2】A.figure out B.let out C.give out D.hold out

【3】A.create B.affect C.challenge D.rescue

【4】A.consideration B.explanation C.expectation D.instruction

【5】A.ever B.never C.already D.almost

【6】A.on purpose B.by itself C.on principle D.by accident

【7】A.set B.reach C.test D.exceed

【8】A.Despite B.Without C.For D.With

【9】A.anywhere B.somewhere C.nowhere D.everywhere

【10】A.pointless B.bored C.undeserved D.meaningful

【11】A.good B.different C.pleasant D.bad

【12】A.watches B.loves C.understands D.betrays

【13】A.temporarily B.eventually C.unconditionally D.cautiously

【14】A.in a way B.on the way C.under way D.by the way

【15】A.mouth B.heart C.mind D.emotion

【16】A.Expand B.Adjust C.Expect D.Appreciate

【17】A.evidently B.entirely C.previously D.casually

【18】A.every B.each C.proper D.exact

【19】A.ambition B.hatred C.beliefs D.regrets

【20】A.future B.store C.existence D.time

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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.

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.

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.

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、假定你是校学生会主席李华，你校近期要举办“美丽家乡”国画展，你的外教老师Henry曾学习过中国国画，请你发邮件邀请他参加此次画展，内容包括：

1. 开办国画展的目的和意义；

2. 画展开办的时间、地点；

3. 表达期待。

注意： 1. 词数80左右；

2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Henry，

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Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

39、阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。

Nowadays, more and more employers and employees work online either time or part-time, and that number is continuously growing. It's believed that flying around the world for face-to-face company meetings is a waste of time and money. An effective choice to get rid of it is to use Web meetings.

A large group of presentations, training classes and meetings are done online without losing the face-to-face experience. Web meetings are online meetings where an organizer invites attendees to listen to or watch an online presentation by presenters. Besides, Web meetings can be recorded for later use. Presenters can take real-time surveys to study how to hold a successful meeting. Some Web meeting software programs can monitor the users' desktop behavior to see if they become distracted from the presentation and begin working on other documents. If so, the program can tell presenters when the listeners lose their attention, and how long the distraction lasts. In this way, the presenters will know which parts of their meetings need improving.

Web meetings can work well because they're hosted on a server （服务器）.Images from the presenter's desktop are taken, uploaded to a server and then downloaded by people who have access to the server. Web meetings require a powerful server to deal with several images a second and "serve" them back to thousands of users at the same time. And companies have two choices when it comes to these servers. They can either buy a special Web meeting server to host their meetings on-site, or they can pay for a Web meeting service every time and let the offsite provider worry about hosting the meetings. The choice depends on how frequently the company holds Web meetings, the average number of people attending the meetings, and the quality of engineering and information technology.

Web meetings are an excellent example of how technology is changing the way we do business. With all the technologies today, the traditional office might soon be a thing of the past.

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。 续写的词数应为150左右。

You never know the difference you might make if you take the time to encourage someone. I gave up the idea of being a writer the summer before I started college. I’d been writing since I was five years old. My little friends wanted toys at that time, but I just wanted paper. Childhood passed and a box of short stories gave way to my middle school days. I wrote for a magazine and by the time I was in my eighth grade, half of the annual publications were written by me. Sometimes I'd dream about being a novelist, writing books that everyone might read. My dad was always sure that it would happen. When he read my poems or stories, his eyes welled up. "That's beautiful, honey,” he always told me. "One day, the entire world will know what a gift you have.” Those words encouraged me through high school to keep believing that writing was my calling.

But somewhere along the months of my senior year, I became disappointed. The crazy injustice in this world — bad guys getting buck out on the street and doing harm again and again, changed my mind.”I m going to be a lawyer in the future,” I told my parents. My dad’s face fell, but he kept his smile. "Whatever you do, you'll be brialliant at it," he said to me.

One of my first classes at college was Journalism 100. One day, the professor, Bob Scheibel, assigned us a story about an apartment fire. He gave us the facts and we had a few days to write a news story.

I was sure that I had gotten the facts right when I wrote the story. I didn’t expect much feedback. But a few days later, Bob Scheibel asked me to talk to him after class. Questions raced through my mind. What had I done wrong? Had I gotten the facts mixed up? Did I miss anything critical in the details? Five minutes after the class, I found myself in front of the professor. His eyes met mine with great seriousness.

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

内容包括：1. 活动目的；2. 活动安排；3. 表达期待。

注意：1. 词数100左右；

2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Chris,

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Yours sincerely,

Li Hua