六盘水2025学年度第一学期期末教学质量检测六年级英语

1、— Hello, could I speak to Mr. Smith?

— Sorry, wrong number. There isn’t______ Mr. Smith here.

A.不填 B.a C.the D.one

2、She showed the visitors around the park ________ had been built three years before.

A．who

B．whom

C．whose

D．which

3、Recent years have________the rapid development of the Internet and its influence on society and people.

A.watched B.observed C.witnessed D.realized

4、-It's so perfect to perform such an opera in the Forbidden City.

-You can say that again. There could not be a ___________setting.

A.less awesome B.most awesome C.least awesome D.more awesome

5、Mary was busy with her work， and it was only around four in the afternoon           she could finally lie down to rest for a while．

A.when B.which C.that D.whether

6、The companies are working together to create _________ they hope will be the best means of transport in the 21st century.

A．which

B．that

C．one

D．what

7、The information of this kind is to you on the Internet.

A.supplied B.available C.used D.obtained

8、When the news came ___ the war broke out , he decided to serve in the army.

A.since B.which C.that D.because

9、--- Tom has a good memory.

---So he does. He can remember every______ in great detail.

A. incident B. accident

C. affair D. event

10、—— We shall take the condition _____you’ve attached to this project into careful consideration.

—— Thanks a lot.

A. where B. when C. which D. what

11、At the end of the dinner party, the conclusion of the crisis________ bare the fact women have as much self-control as men.

A.lay B.laid

C.lined D.lied

12、He ________courage to make an apology.

A.is lacking in B.lies in C.loses himself in D.is linked to

13、The monthly sales of Mo Yan’s works ________ 199 times compared with those before he won the Nobel Prize for Literature.

A.accelerated B.stretched C.multiplied D.switched

14、I am ________ the government as well as to the general public for just treatment ________ peasant-workers，who have made great contributions to the improvement of city life.

A．asking；on behalf of

B．applying；in the name of

C．demanding；in the name of

D．appealing to；on behalf of

15、People ________ interest is exploring the relationship between art and science will enjoy Singapore’s ArtScience Museum.

A．Who

B．which

C．whom

D．whose

16、If Lincoln had lived, it________ be that his postwar policies would have brought criticism upon him that would________ his reputation.

A.might as well … have tarnished B.might well … have tarnished

C.might as well … tarnish D.might well … tarnish

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

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

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

18、I had just got up and was about to cook my breakfast______ the telephone rang loudly.

A. while B. when C. as D. before

19、Brought up in China, Mary found it quite difficult to______ the life in America.

A.go with B.fit for C.live up to D.fit in with

20、--- Are you finishing your task?

---________. We still need at least two days.

A．Far from it

B．Exactly

C．Not a little

D．No wonder

21、   the numbers in employment the hotel industry was the second largest Swiss industry in 1929.

A.Instead of B.In terms of C.In honor of D.In favor of

22、It is important that I _____ with Mr. Williams immediately.

A.speak B.spoke C.will speak D.to speak

23、Over the past few years, Clinton has spoken often of her approach ____ foreign policy.

A. of B. for C. about D. to

24、—Who is it up to _____ when the ceremony will be started?

—The headmaster, of course.

A. decide on B. deciding on C. to decide on D. to deciding on

25、As a great team leader. Yao Ming has got to think that he’s the best player out there. That way, he can______the game.

A.defend B.confirm C.attain D.dominate

26、   One of the important subjects in contemporary poetry is identity — with an open-ended explanation of that word Poets, young and old are exploring what identity is, using their own lives as the background.

British poet Phoebe Power, in her first collection of poems, Shrines of Upper Austria, explores a different aspect of identity: a personal understanding of national identity the collection received the forward prize for Best First Collection and was on the final list for the t.s. Eliot Prize.

Power was born in Newcastle-on-Tyne and raised in Cumbria. She has taken part in a number of performance art and video art projects. She received a Northern Writers’ Award in 2014 and an Eric Gregory Award from the Society of Authors in 2012. Now she lives in York in northern England.

Power’s starting point is her grandmother. She came to England from Austria as a new bride (新娘) married to a British soldier in 1946, the first year after the end of World War Ⅱ. Imagine the reactions of her British neighbors, and her new British family. Imagine what she had left behind. The grandmother’s experiences influenced Power greatly.

In Shrines of Upper Austria, we walk with the poet to see her grandmother’s life before Britain. We can learn about the small town where she lived and where “many of the shopkeepers were Jews”, the bodies of water, and buildings that existed when her grandmother lived there power also added some prose (散文) to the book, which tells us some stories of her grandmother’s early life. For example, it tells the stories about how her grandmother was found as a baby and given to a farmer when she was two.

The poems in the collection are pieces of a life. We can no more walk in our grandparents’ shoes than they can walk in ours. However, we can study old family photographs. We can see pieces of their lives — where they lived perhaps; where they played as children; what lakes or rivers they swam in. Like Power, we are left with pieces. These pieces don’t all make sense, but collectively they show a life.

【1】Why could Power’s book of poems win influential prizes?

A.It was a collective work of the Society of Authors.

B.It specially focused on national identity.

C.It clearly explained the meaning of identity.

D.It was about powers’real life.

【2】What can we find in Shrines of Upper Austria?

A.The poems by power’s grandmother.

B.The life and culture in Austria.

C.The stories of Power’s early life.

D.The bodies of water in York.

【3】What does the author think of the pieces of our grandparents’ life?

A.Meaningful. B.Shocking. C.Heartbreaking. D.Outdated.

27、What makes us happy?

There has long been a notion that money buys happiness. However, although“we really, really tried that for a couple of generations, it didn’t work,”said Francine Jay, author of The Joy of Less, A Minimalist Living Guide: How to Declutter, Organize, and Simplify Your Life.

Thanks to a travel-inspired revelation（启发），Jay has been happily living a simpler life for 12 years.“I always packed as lightly as possible, and found it delighting to get by with just a small carry-on bag,”she told CNN.“I thought if it feels this great to travel lightly, how amazing would it be to live this way? I wanted to have that same feeling of freedom in my everyday life.”

Jay decided to get rid of all her unnecessary possessions and live with just the essentials.“I wanted to spend my time and energy on experiences, rather than things.”

Jay is a follower of a movement called“minimalism（极简主义）”. Growing numbers of people have been attracted to this life-style all over the world. Minimalists are typically progressive and concerned about the environment, Leah Watkins, a lead researcher at Otago University in New Zealand, told Stuff magazine in March.

But many simply experienced unhappiness caused by owning too many possessions. Depression with the materialism of our world isn’t new. English romantic poet William Wordsworth summed up how dispiriting（令人消沉的）this was back in 1802, at the beginning of the industrial age, when he wrote:“Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers”. His preference was to go back to nature. Closer to our own times, the hippies（嬉皮士）of the 1960s also sought to“drop out”of modern life.

And for many minimalists, their key is to unload. Without objects, they“believe people are forced more and more into the present moment and that’s where life happens,”wrote Stuff.

But does simplicity ever feel like a sacrifice?

“It’s eliminating the excess—unused items, unnecessary purchases—from your life. Well, I may have fewer possessions, but I have more space…Minimalism is making room for what matters most,”said Jay.

And“the real questions”，according to Duane Elgin, US social scientist, are“what do you care about?”and“What do you value?”

He told CNN:“It’s important for people to realize minimalism isn’t simply the amount of stuff we consume. It’s about our families, our work, our connection with the larger world, our spiritual dimension. It’s about how we touch the whole world. It’s a way of life.”

【1】What was the author’s main purpose in writing the text?

A.To argue whether money buys happiness.

B.To recommend one of Francine Jay’s books.

C.To explore the trend of minimalism.

D.To give tips on how to lead a happy life.

【2】What inspired Francine Jay to live a simple life?

A.A book she came across.

B.A follower of minimalism she met on a trip.

C.The pleasure she enjoyed from travelling lightly.

D.Her desire to keep up with modern life.

【3】According to Leah Watkins, a typical minimalist tends to ___.

A.be in love with materialism

B.like saving and visiting nature often

C.be disappointed with his or her current life

D.be environmentally friendly and live with fewer things

【4】Which of the following would Duane Elgin probably agree with?

A.Minimalism is a healthy lifestyle that is in conflict with modern life

B.Minimalism means people have to sacrifice some pleasure to live simply

C.Minimalism limits people’s freedom to enjoy their lives to the fullest.

D.Minimalism enables people to reflect on what truly counts in their lives.

28、   By 11:00, Gopamma knew something was wrong. Her husband, Hanutha, should have returned from collecting firewood an hour before.Gopamma sent for her son, who gathered a search party and headed to Bandipur Tiger Reserve, a nearby national park in south-western India. Just inside the forest, they discovered Hanutha’s half-eaten remains. The tiger that killed him was still sitting next to the body.

In the face of her husband’s death, Gopamma struggled not only with grief but economic hardship. Her son had to drop out of university. “My life was much better when my husband was alive,” she says. “My older son could have studied, but now both of my sons have to work. I feel insecure and dependent.”

Despite all this, Gopamma feels no hate toward the tiger that killed her husband. Like many Hindus in India, she views humans and creatures, each with an equal right to existence. Her husband’s death, she says, has nothing to do with the fact that the government is trying to save tigers: “This was my fate.”

Rural Indians are unique in the world for their high tolerance for co-existing with potentially deadly wildlife. “You don’t find this in other cultures,” says Ullas, a biologist at the Wildlife Conservation Society and a leading expert on tigers. “If this kind of thing happened in Montana or Brazil, they’d wipe out everything the next day.”

The country holds just 25% of total tiger habitat, but accounts for 70% of all remaining wild tigers, or around 3,000 animals today.Success does not come without cost, however.They still have a lot of difficulties with tigers breaking into human-dominated places in certain parts of India,livestock(牲畜) are killed and sometimes so are people.

Some animal activists think that there are too few tigers left in the wild ,so even one shouldn’t be killed.Tigers are treasures, we’d better live with them together.

【1】Which of the following words can replace the underlined word “remains” in the first paragraph?

A.ashes B.body C.rest D.flesh

【2】How was Gopamma’s life after her husband’s death?

A.She suffered financial difficulties.

B.Her life was much better than before.

C.She hated the tiger and was in deep sorrow.

D.She became independent and supported her sons with their studies.

【3】The sentence “You don’t find this in other cultures.” in the fourth paragraph implies ______.

A.Other cultures keep tigers as pets.

B.Other cultures can kill tigers casually.

C.Rural Indians can bear the killing caused by the tiger.

D.People wipe out the tigers once they see them in Montana or Brazil.

【4】What can we know from the article ?

A.Gopamma’s two sons used to study in the university.

B.Tigers often break into indians’ houses and kill the villagers.

C.Gopamma knew something was wrong in the early morning.

D.Hanutha was found killed in the forest in a national park.

29、   When you eat out in a restaurant, it is not unusual to hear people yelling, “Let me get this one!” and sometimes see them pushing or arm wrestling to fight for the privilege of paying the bill.

These fighters are often very loud and active. Each person involved shows an honest desire to pick up the bill, and in the end, all the people at the table give the winner praise and gratitude.

In fact, figuring out who will get the bill is always a headache for Chinese people at formal meals. Although the people hosting the meal are very likely to pay the check, it is a common practice to make a token(装样子的) effort to pay the bill, but you will embarrass them if you do end up actually chipping in some cash.

In recent years, going Dutch has been embraced by many young people. But older generations who fear “losing face” still find it embarrassing and stingy (小气的) to calculate each person’s share of the bill. As travel guide brand Lonely Planet noted, it is considered “the height of unsophistication (不懂人情世故)”.

But these days, thanks to digital payment apps, splitting the bill electronically is becoming a widely-accepted idea. Even people from older generations may be tempted to do so.

By scanning a QR code and paying the share via social networking tool WeChat and e-commerce app Alipay on their smartphones in one easy click, urban Chinese are finding it easier to save them the embarrassment of figuring out each person’s payment when they order a meal.

This function “has made going Dutch less hassle (麻烦) and more fun in China”, CNN noted.

“Because of their convenience, many of us are never without our phones.” And person-to-person mobile payment services are incredibly easy to use and save the trouble of dealing with change,” said 18-year-old student in China. “You can also leave funny notes using emoji (表情符号) like a bowl of rice or a cup of tea to describe a meal that you have shared.”

【1】What is the article mainly about?

A. The Chinese tradition of dining out with friends.

B. A new trend of splitting the bill in China.

C. How social networking tools have influenced our daily lives.

D. Why people in China argue over who pays the bill when dining out.

【2】Many Chinese people make a token effort to pay the bill because .

A. They don’t want to be considered unsophisticated

B. They want praise and gratitude from their friends

C. They consider it an honor to host the meal and pay the bill

D. They find it hard to work out how much each person needs to pay

【3】According to the article, what are the advantages of using digital payment apps to split the bill?

a. They’re easier to use and more interesting.

b. They save the trouble of dealing with change.

c. They make it easier to figure out how much money each person had to pay.

d. They make people less embarrassed to split the bill.

A. a, b B. b. c

C. a, b, d D. b, c, d

30、   I was 18 years old, fit, strong and ambitious. One day, I fell down for no _________reason. I saw many different specialists and was finally diagnosed with limb girdle muscular dystrophy (MD).

It was a very difficult time. I had no idea what life was going to_________at me and I was scared. By my late 30s it was_________and I had transitioned (转变) from a walking stick to a wheelchair. I wanted to be master of my own_________, so I had to recognize my_________and play to my weaknesses. What I wanted to make_________was a trip to the north pole.

People with MD feel the cold. So why did I want to go to one of the most extreme, cold and _________places on Earth? I’d read about Chris Cope, who wanted to go to the north pole to raise money for MD, and it had_________my adventurous spirit: I wanted to raise awareness about the__________, but I also wanted to find out what I was capable of. I’m very_________.

In the two years it had taken to organize the expedition, my muscles had worsened but we _________regardless. The unpleasant life coaching and cold training helped me to_________how my body would behave in extreme cold, which made me aware of what to_________.

I had an amazing team around me, _________ the four different flights we took to get to the inner Arctic ice shelf were nevertheless discouraging. While we were on the ice the runway_________ and we had to wait for it to refreeze. _________we reached the north pole, I was bitterly cold, exhausted and a complete_________. I was on the ice for the best part of three long days, then_________ the final 350m. The expedition raised £50,000 for_________.

MD is slowly destroying my life but I have chosen to fill it with_________and I live life to the full.

【1】A. apparent B. adequate C. sound D. major

【2】A. yell B. throw C. target D. direct

【3】A. modest B. initial C. advanced D. minor

【4】A. disease B. business C. fortune D. fate

【5】A. privileges B. strengths C. achievements D. commitments

【6】A. differ B. work C. happen D. count

【7】A. autonomous B. mysterious C. fantastic D. inaccessible

【8】A. referred to B. belonged to C. applied to D. appealed to

【9】A. significance B. conservation C. condition D. ambition

【10】A. competitive B. delicate C. ridiculous D. trustworthy

【11】A. pulled out B. took off C. pressed on D. hung about

【12】A. clarify B. illustrate C. stress D. assess

【13】A. value B. expect C. require D. forgive

【14】A. though B. but C. so D. as

【15】A. floated B. split C. disappeared D. twisted

【16】A. Because B. Unless C. Once D. Before

【17】A. pride B. failure C. mess D. envy

【18】A. ran B. climbed C. walked D. rolled

【19】A. treatment B. ecology C. charity D. training

【20】A. responsibilities B. imaginations C. recreations D. experiences

31、   A little boy invited his mother to attend his school’s first teacher-parent meeting. To the little boy’s _______, she said she would go. This _______ be the first time that his classmates and teacher _______ his mother and he felt _______ of her appearance. Although she was a beautiful woman, there was a severe scar(疤痕) that _______ nearly the entire right side of her face. The boy never wanted to _______ why or how she got the scar.

At the meeting, the people were _______ by the kindness and natural beauty of his mother _______ the scar, but the little boy was still embarrassed and _______ himself from everyone. He did, however, get within ________ of a conversation between his mother and his teacher.

The teacher asked ________,“How did you get the scar on your face?”The mother replied, “________ my son was a baby, he was in a room that caught fire. Everyone was ________ afraid to go in because the fire was ________, so I went in. As I was running toward his bed, I saw a long piece of wood coming down and I placed myself over him trying to protect him. I was knocked ________ but fortunately, a fireman came in and saved both of us.” She __________ the burned side of her face. “This scar will be ________, but to this day, I have never ________ what I did.”

At this point, the little boy came out running toward his mother with tears in his eyes. He held her in his arms and felt a great ________ of the sacrifice(牺牲) that his mother had made for him. He held her hand ________ for the rest of the day.

【1】A. enjoyment B. disappointment C. surprise D. excitement

【2】A. would B. could C. should D. must

【3】A. noticed B. greeted C. accepted D. met

【4】A. sick B. ashamed C. afraid D. tired

【5】A. included B. passed C. covered D. shaded

【6】A. talk about B. think about C. care about D. hear about

【7】A. impressed B. surprised C. excited D. comforted

【8】A. in sight of B. by means of C. by way of D. in spite of

【9】A. hid B. protected C. separated D. escaped

【10】A. understanding B. reminding C. hearing D. learning

【11】A. carefully B. seriously C. nervously D. anxiously

【12】A. Because B. When C. Since D. While

【13】A. so B. much C. quite D. too

【14】A. out of control B. under control C. in control D. over control

【15】A. helpless B. hopeless C. senseless D. useless

【16】A. pointed B. showed C. wiped D. touched

【17】A. ugly B. lasting C. serious D. frightening

【18】A. forgot B. recognized C. considered D. regretted

【19】A. honor B. sense C. happiness D. pride

【20】A. quietly B. slightly C. tightly D. suddenly

32、   As a child I never worried about losing my hearing, even though many other members of my family had done so. It seemed that I was one of the ______ones. I had a lovely voice and felt______about my singing. At 13,I made my debut （初次登台）in a school performance of Carlo Menotti ’s opera and knew then that I _________on stage.

But then I noticed that______ I didn’t sit at the front in lectures, I would_______to hear. I went to the hospital to have a _____test. I felt desperate and my ambitions were _____by a diagnosis of incurable nerve deafness.

However, my bravery persuaded me to_______my plans and I went on to study at the Royal Northern College of Music. I kept my______a closely guarded secret, convinced that admitting it would  _____my career. I won roles on merit （凭成绩），but the added fear and anxiety at auditions（试听）______me.

At 28, I made my debut at New Sadler’s Wells Opera. But my hearing loss was ______, and I couldn’t hear myself sing well any more. I ’d get a feeling of terror and want to ______ before every performance. ______ a superb technician fitted a hearing aid in my ear, making me self-conscious and my confidence _____ . I was fast learning to_____, singing by wearing it. Recording music is now a joy and acoustic （原声的）sounds through the headphones help me ________.

____ in technology mean my latest hearing aids are wireless, and my______is at its peak. I continue to tour the world. This year, I decided it was time to be_________ , not ashamed, and went public as the only deaf mezzo-soprano in the world.

【1】A. clever B. lucky C. pitiful D. active

【2】A. curious B. anxious C. awkward D. confident

【3】A. belonged B. sacrificed C. survived D. trembled

【4】A. though B. since C. if D. after

【5】A. struggle B. hesitate C. pretend D. ease

【6】A. blood B. hearing C. sight D. memory

【7】A. achieved B. developed C. destroyed D. extended

【8】A. figure out B. stick to C. look forward D. give up

【9】A. background B. scores C. ambitions D. deafness

【10】A. start B. further C. change D. ruin

【11】A. puzzled B. consumed C. impressed D. inspired

【12】A. accelerating B. resisting C. recovering D. disappearing

【13】A. rest B. play C. drill D. flee

【14】A. Thankfully B. Clearly C. Actually D. Generally

【15】A. faded B. grew C. counted D. helped

【16】A. forget B. judge C. cooperate D. adapt

【17】A. laugh B. howl C. relax D. sleep

【18】A. Drawbacks B. Applications C. Improvements D. Regulations

【19】A. attention B. performance C. intelligence D. energy

【20】A. famous B. creative C. proud D. innocent

33、   A kind-hearted stranger donates kidney to save a mums life after seeing Facebook plea(请求). Stacey Hewitt, from Redcar, received the kidney from donor Louise Drewer, of Scunthorpe, who became the first British woman to donate a kidney to a _______as a result of Facebook. A mum suffering kidney failure has received: transplant_______ her dad's making a plea on Facebook. Stacey Hewitt, 26, was facing a bleak(暗淡的)___________ so her father Darren_______ the SOS in the search for a donor.

Louise Drewery, 37, was so _______ by the message that she decided to go under the knife -----becoming the first British woman to donate a kidney to a stranger as a result of a Facebook plea. The transplant was a(a)_______ and Stacey could feel the _______immediately, She said: " It's amazing and I can’t _________Louise enough.

Before the operation, Stacey was _______ tired and could only walk short distances as her kidneys failed. Without a transplant she would have become very sick and __________ lifelong dialysis(透析).

Darren's Facebook message said: " Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, is there anyone out there that would like to donate a kidney to help my daughter? "He added: "She has kidney disease and needs a transplant as soon as possible. She is the mother of our three year-old grandson and finds it hard to ________ properly because of the illness.”

The message soon spread. __________ the reaction. Darren said: "Within seconds my inbox went mad,"Mum-of-two Louise said one of the reasons why she __________ to help her was that she was worried about Stacey’s son Alfie. “ when I saw the message,I knew that ________I could help, I would.”

After 13 months of__________,it was was concluded that Louise, of Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, could donate a kidney to Stacey, who lives 70 miles north in Redcar.

Stacey's __________ parents visited Louise before the transplant, with Darren calling her"an absolute __________ " The operation was ________ at the Institute of Transplantation at Freeman Hospital in Newcastle.

Professor Derek Manas, director of the institute, said, "A lot of people Just want go to humanity and it has opened my ____________.It's amazing that people are ________ to do this.”

【1】A.stranger B.neighbor C.colleague D.relative

【2】A.regardless of B.ahead of C.owing to D.apart from

【3】A.deal B.future C.budget D.choice

【4】A.turned over B.picked up C.made for D.sent out

【5】A.embarrassed B.confused C.discouraged D.moved

【6】A.condition B.example C.success D.order

【7】A.pressure B.benefit C.generosity D.pain

【8】A.encourage B.inspire C.thank D.help

【9】A.constantly B.gradually C.precisely D.spiritually

【10】A.expand B.present C.influence D.require

【11】A.charge B.function C.examine D.design

【12】A.Recalling B.Controlling C.Bothering D.Adopting

【13】A.hesitated B.learned C.failed D.offered

【14】A.while B.though C.if D.until

【15】A.tests B.discussions C.duties D.signs

【16】A.serious B.grateful C.optimistic D.curious

【17】A.doctor B.citizen C.employee D.hero

【18】A.called off B.held up C.carried out D.put away

【19】A.books B.cases C.eyes D.doors

【20】A.prepared B.free C.anxious D.suitable

34、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.

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

Tablets are really useful devices, but their big screens always make them a burden to carry around without a bag. Wouldn’t it be great if there were a phone with the powers of a tablet that could be folded up and fit 【1】 into the hand?

Now something like a tablet-shaped but fold-able phone is about to become 【2】. In February, South Korean electronics company Samsung and China’s Huawei both unveiled fold-able phones Galaxy Fold and Huawei Mate X 【3】. Mobile phone use has entered the “fold-able future”, The Verge noted.

The technology could change our lives in significant ways. These devices, due to their 【4】 screens, give us the larger screens we want. Meanwhile, they still fit easily into the pocket. As USA Today noted, they’re “the 【5】 of a small tablets and smart-phone, all in a single device”.

The technology could 【6】 other devices too. For example, we could make TVs that stick to walls like posters, or fold up easily to hide away in drawers. In crowded modem cities, they will help us to 【7】 available space.

In a keynote address, Samsung’s senior vice president of mobile product marketing, Justin Denison, called the fold-able screen “the 【8】 for the smart-phone of tomorrow.” “It’s a balank canvas for us to do something beautiful together,” he said.

So is there nothing to stand in the way of the fold-able future?

According to tech news website Android authority, the necessary displays were difficult to produce. In 2012, nine out of every to OLED screens produced were 【9】. Today, that 10 percent rate has been improved to between 50 and 90 percent. However, at present these fold-able devices are expensive. For example, the price of Huawei Mate X is 17,500 RMB. That’s a price that may 【10】 the majority of people.

But if the fold-able device isn’t going to change the world overnight, there is no doubt that it is coming.

Patrick Moor-head, an industry analyst told The Verge, “Few are debating if fold-able or roll-able mobile displays are the future of smart-phones; the only question is when and by whom.”

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

37、Directions: Fill in each blank to make the passage make sense and well connected in writing style. The initial letter of each word has been given. (please write each answer in a COMPLETE word on the answer card.

THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

In Congress, July 4, 1776

When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bonds which have connected them with another, and to assume among the Powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s god entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should d【1】 the causes which impel them to the separation.

We h【2】 these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created e【3】, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable R【4】, that among these are life, L【5】, and the pursuit of Happiness.

That to secure these rights, g 【6】 are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.

That whenever any form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the P 【7】 to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, l【8】 its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such f【9】, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience has shown, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariable the same Object, evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their d 【10】, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.

38、假设你是李华，你校外教Mr Brown 对中国文化很感兴趣，请写封邮件邀请他一起参加城市图书馆的传统文化日。内容包括：

1. 时间和地点；

2. 活动介绍：中国餐桌礼仪讲座；使用筷子比赛；粤剧表演等。

注意：1. 词数100左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3. 提示词：筷子：chopsticks  粤剧：Cantonese Opera

Dear Mr Brown,

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Yours,

Li Hua

39、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

40、假定你是李华，正在美国留学。最近在当地报纸上看到一则游泳培训班的广告，称其有资历丰富的教练，一周包会。你会一点游泳，想在暑假参加训练提升技巧。请你写信了解相关情况，要点如下：

1.训练的具体时间和地点；

2.训练费用；是否有优惠；

3.其他特别注意事项。

注意：1.词数100左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3.开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数。

参考词汇： 教练 instructor

Dear Sir/Madam,

I have read your advertisement in the newspaper, which is really appealing to me.

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Yours faithfully,

Li Hua

41、假如你是李华，你即将结束加拿大的旅程。离别之际，请你给在旅程中为你提供帮助的加拿大朋友Peter写一封感谢信。

内容包括：1. 表达感谢；2. 分享旅途收获；3.邀请他来中国做客。

注意：1.词数80左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3.信的开头和结尾已 为你写好，不计入总词数。

Dear Peter,

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Yours,

Li Hua