延边州2025学年度第一学期期末教学质量检测高二英语

1、Before China's Youth Day, Xi,______ secretary general of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made a statement to the young, _____________they find reasonable.

A.the; that B./; in which C.the; which D./; which

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

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

A. not more B. no more

C. no less D. not less

3、The good thing about children is that they _______ very easily to new environments.

A.apply B.adopt C.attach D.adapt

4、As it turned out to be a small house party, we ________so formally.

A．needn't dress up

B．shouldn't dress up

C．were not necessary to dress up

D．needn't have dressed up

5、Some insects________the colour of their surroundings to protect themselves.

A. take in   B. take off

C. take on D. take out

6、The teacher told them ______ make so much noise.

A.don’t B.not C.will not D.not to

7、There are a number of methods to provide relief from your toothache, which can’t cure the problem.

A. permanent B. temporary

C. contemporary   D. consequent

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

A.since B.when C.that D.before

9、He is wearing a heavy overcoat as a_______against the cold.

A.prevention B.shelter C.protection D.defense

10、   the occasional visit, what else does Alan do for his kids?

A．Except B．In spite of

C．Apart from D．Beside

11、Parents in Glasgow are reacting against the plan to _______ 25 primary schools.

A.slow down B.shut down C.set down D.settle down

12、______ they have won the game made us excited.

A．/

B．That

C．What

D．Which

13、I ______ a debt of gratitude to all my family.

A. devote B. contribute

C. owe D. attach

14、Learning a foreign language is not easy， and           it comes to speaking， it can be more difficult．

A.when B.unless C.once D.while

15、A 13-year-old boy _____Sheng Yibo, was reported _____ toTsinghua Univeristy, ____ many people.

A.named; to have been admitted; which surprised

B.naming; being admitted; surprising

C.named; to be admitted; surprised

D.named; admitted; as surprised

16、With your help, there is no doubt ______ our plan is meant for will work out successfully.

A．what that

B．whether that

C．that what

D．that whether

17、We had a long way to go, and the snowstorm ________ our difficulties.

A.referred to B.added to

C.belonged to D.turned to

18、I feel most angry about the way ______ I’ve been treated.

A. which B. where

C. that D. how

19、 As a film star she was a success, but as a wife she was ________ failure, so their marriage ended in ________ failure.

A．/; /

B．/; a

C．a; a

D．a; /

20、At last, I should thank Mr. White for the ________ of speaking here.

A.prejudice B.privilege C.ambition D.favor

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

A. correct B. deliver

C. cover D. demand

22、Many young people, most________ were well-received, headed for remote regions to chase their dreams.

A.of which B.of whom C.of them D.of those

23、A lot of people _____the theory that acupuncture blocks pain signals from reaching the brain.

A.apply to B.submit to C.relate to D.subscribe to

24、The well-known works of the palace reflect the _________ of ancient sculpture and painting.

A．admission

B．approach

C．charm

D．attention

25、_____, we should reconsider the plan carefully. Which one is wrong?

A. In my view B. As far as I’m concerned

C. In my opinion D. As long as

26、   Every year, thousands of teenagers participate in programs at their local art museums. But do any of them remember their time at museum events later in life? A new report suggests that the answer is yes – and finds that alumni (毕业生) of arts-based museum programs credit them with changing the course of their lives, even years after the fact.

The Whitney Museum of American Art, the Walker Art Center and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles recently asked researchers to conduct a study to find out how effective their long-standing teen art programs really are. They involved over 300 former participants of four programs for teens that have been in existence since the 1990s. Alumni, whose current ages range from 18 to 36, were invited to find out how they viewed their participation years after the fact.

Among the alumni surveyed, 75 percent of alumni rated the teen program experience as the most favorable impact on their own lives, beating family, school and their neighborhoods. Nearly 55 percent thought that it was one of the most important experiences they’d ever had, regardless of age. And two-thirds said that they were often in situations where their experience in museums affected their actions or thoughts.

It turns out that participating in art programs also helps keep teens enthusiastic about arts even after they reach adulthood: 96 percent of participants had visited an art museum within the last two years, and 68 percent had visited an art museum five or more times within the last two years. Thirty-two percent of program alumni work in the arts as adults.

Though the study is the first of its kind to explore the impact of teen-specific art programs in museums, it reflects other research on the important benefits of engaging with the arts. A decade of surveys by the National Endowment for the Arts found that childhood experience with the arts is significantly associated with their income and educational attainment as adults. Other studies have linked arts education to everything from lower drop-out rates to improvement in critical thinking skills.

【1】What does the second paragraph mainly tell?

A.The result of the study.

B.The process of the study.

C.The approach to the study.

D.The aim and content of the study.

【2】What can be inferred of the study mentioned in the text?

A.Passion for arts may remain long in kids’ whole life.

B.No other studies exist concerning the benefits of arts.

C.Age matters in how people view their art experiences.

D.Most children taking part in art programs will work in arts.

【3】Which of the following can be the best title for the text?

A.How is Art Connected to Our Life?

B.Should Children Walk into Art Museums?

C.What Should Art Museums do for Kids?

D.Can Art Education Affect Our Income?

27、   Whether work should be placed among the causes of happiness or among the causes of unhappiness may perhaps be regarded as a doubtful question. There is certainly much work which is exceedingly weary and an excess of work is always very painful. I think, however, that, provided work is not excessive in amount, even the dullest work is to most people less painful than idleness. There are in work all grades, from mere relief of tedium up to the profoundest delights, according to the nature of the work and the abilities of the worker most of the work that most people have to do is not in itself interesting, but even such work has certain great advantages.

To Begin with, it fills a good many hours of the day without the need of deciding what one shall do. Most people, when they are left free to fill their own time according to their own choice, are at a loss to think of anything sufficiently pleasant to be worth doing. And whatever they decided, they are troubled by the feeling that something else would have been pleasanter. To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization, and at present very few people have reached this level. Moreover the exercise of choice is in itself tiresome. Except to people with unusual initiative it is positively agreeable to be told what to do at each hour of the day, provided the orders are not too unpleasant. Most of the idle rich suffer unspeakable boredom as the price of their freedom from exhausting work. At times they may find relief by hunting big game in Africa, or by flying round the world, but the number of such sensations is limited, especially after youth is past. Accordingly the more intelligent rich men work nearly as hard as if they were poor, while rich women for the most part keep themselves busy with innumerable trifles of those earth-shaking importance they are firmly persuaded.

Work therefore is desirable, first and foremost, as a preventive of boredom, for the boredom that a man feels when he is doing necessary though uninteresting work is as nothing in comparison with the boredom that he feels when he has nothing to do with his days. With this advantage of work another is associated, namely that it makes holidays much more delicious when they come. Provided a man does not have to work so hard as to impair his vigor he is likely to find far more pleasure in his free time than an idle man could possibly find.

The second advantage of most paid work and of some unpaid work is that it gives chances of success and opportunities for ambition. In most work success is measured by income, and while our capitalistic society continues, this is inevitable. It is only where the best work is concerned that this measure ceases to be the natural one to apply. The desire that men feel to increase their income is quite as much a desire for success as for the extra comforts that a higher income can acquire. However dull work may be, it becomes bearable if it is a means of building up a reputation, whether in the world at large or only in ones own circle.

【1】What is the author’s opinion about work?

A.Work can keep people busy as if they were poor.

B.Work is a cause of the greatest delight of life.

C.Work is very tiresome, especially when too excessive.

D.Work can at least give relief from boredom

【2】The reason why the more intelligent rich men still work hard is that ________.

A.they want to overcome boredom

B.they want to earn more in case they meet with business failure

C.they do not have any sensations in life

D.they have to pay the price of their freedom from hard work

【3】In the author’s opinion, what is the last product of civilization?

A.To make wise use of leisure. B.To be free from hard work

C.To keep oneself busy with trifles. D.To work to some extent

【4】As is put by the author, most of the work that most people have to do is ________.

A.delightful but time consuming B.exceedingly dull and always painful

C.not worth doing and bearable at all D.not interesting but rewarding

28、Journal-based peer review — the process of subjecting a scientific research paper to the inspection of others who are experts in the same field — is generally held up as the quality assurance mechanism for research. It claims to be an essential measure which prevents publishing faulty papers. Reviewing a paper can delay its publication by up to a year; is that a price worth paying to ensure the trustworthiness of the published literature? Well, yes and no.

I’m not yet ready to abandon journal-based peer review. I’d still like to see all papers pass some sort of checking stage before formal publication, but I feel the ground moving. The growing use of preprints, drafts of papers which are posted online without having been peer reviewed, is a crucial part of that shift because they bring academics back to what research publication is all about: the rapid circulation of new results so they can be read, analyzed and built upon. Publication in journals has become more about fame and this has affected both the motivations of authors and the job of reviewers.

Competition for prized spots in journals drives scientists to do some of their best work. But the excessive (过多的) rewards for publishing in top journals are encouragements to corner-cutting, as stories polished by leaving out inconvenient data are more likely to be taken up. And the job of the reviewer also becomes distorted: it is more often now to decide not whether a paper is any good, but whether it is good enough for the journal considering publication. For top journals, that can depend as much on newsworthiness as scientific quality.

These problems are well known, but the tragedy for science is that few people are willing to break away from the present system. However, as biologist Ron Vale argued recently—fittingly, in a preprint — preprints may be a way out because they don’t involve a major shift away from the norm. That may seem an odd claim given that preprints have been in existence for twenty years, yet have not been adopted universally. This slow uptake is not only a reflection of the built-in conservatism of scientists, but also a result of the widespread misunderstanding that journals won’t accept manuscripts which have been posted online as preprints. There is also a fear that publication of papers without peer review risks opening the floodgates to “junk science” — something which, so far at least, has yet to occur.

Preprints enable the informal scientific discussions once restricted to correspondence between individuals. They could also become an effective outlet for negative results — a vital aspect of the scientific process often ignored by the journals’ excessive preoccupation (关注) with new discoveries. Furthermore, preprints significantly increase the number of times papers are read and cited by others. By taking advantage of the web’s culture of openness and accessibility, preprints should help to refocus attention where it matters — on the work itself, not where it is published.

【1】According to Paragraph 1, what is the popular opinion on peer review?

A．It limits the number of research works.

B．It ensures the quality of scientific papers.

C．It removes public doubts about publication.

D．It changes the process of scientific publishing.

【2】The author may agree that scientific journals ______.

A．urge scientists to pursue integrity in their work

B．rely on reviewers to revise faulty research papers

C．choose articles for their appeal over scientific value

D．try to cut costs to maintain their position in the field

【3】What’s the author’s opinion on the growing use of preprints?

A．It will contribute to junk science.

B．It may end the practice of peer review.

C．It promotes the spread of research findings.

D．It improves the quality of scientific publication.

【4】This is basically a passage to ______.

A．make comparison

B．confirm a concept

C．encourage innovation

D．propose a practice

29、   I was driving down the road the other day, listening to sweet music coming out of my car radio. My heart felt peaceful, my mind was clear, and my soul was full of love. Even with all its problems: life seemed good. Then the music stopped and the news came on. There was talk of another famous millionaire in drug rehab (康复) after an incident with the police. There was news on the murder of a poor man whose life was supposed to be changed after winning the lottery. There was even a discussion on how much greed and excess (放肆) had damaged our world.

Every story seemed to point once again to the old saying that money can't buy happiness. Hearing them made me think of a movie I saw many years ago on Mother Teresa's home for the dying in India. What struck me most when I watched it wasn't the unbearable poverty there. It wasn't the sickness and suffering that the people there were going through. It was rather the peaceful smiles of love, kindness, and happiness that they shared with the Sisters and with each other. These people had nothing. Many were struggling at the end of death. Yet, they knew the simple truth that so many of us here are still learning: Joy is Free.

We can have joy and spread joy every day of our life here. Don't love or admire dollar signs and think that money will bring you happiness then. Joy can't be purchased. It can't be owned. It can only be chosen and then given freely to others. In the eyes of eternity (永恒), money is only worthless paper. The only thing that matters is the love within you and the love that you give to the world. Make that your legacy (遗产) and your life will forever be rich in joy.

【1】According to the first paragraph, we can know that______.

A.the author was very lighthearted that day

B.the poor man's life was improved greatly due to the lottery

C.the author has a habit of driving while listening to music

D.the millionaire was put in prison for taking drugs

【2】All the information about the movie mentioned in Paragraph 2 is true EXCEPT______.

A.it was about Mother Teresa's contributions

B.it left the author a deep impression

C.people in it were very kind and happy

D.people in it were extremely poor and suffering

【3】By saying "Make that your legacy", the author means "______".

A.Give your fortune to your coming generations

B.Treat your fortune as very valuable things

C.Pass your joy on to your coming generations

D.Have joy and spread joy to people around you

【4】Which section of a newspaper is this passage most probably taken from?

A.Business. B.Culture.

C.Life. D.Entertainment.

30、I’d always _______ living alone: the life of no rules and regulations and being independent. So, I was _______ about this new stage in my life when moving into my university dormitory.

_______, during the first few months, I’d find myself crying every day. Coming from a big family, I was _______ to noises surrounding me. Therefore, the scary _______ at night was the worst. I couldn’t even _______ without keeping the lights on.

As time went by, I started enjoying the _______ that came with living alone. The space of loneliness was _______ by friends who became like family.

When it was time to say goodbye and go back home after my _______ I was bittersweet. I’d __________ my time alone, learning things which wouldn’t have been __________ if I had never moved away from home.

I’d learned a lot from this __________. Living alone made me value __________ time even more. I realized that every second with them __________ though I might not get the freedom I had while living alone. For me, there is no warmth in a house __________ it’s filled with loving members and people you love.

【1】

A．kept on

B．dreamed of

C．insisted on

D．put off

【2】

A．delighted

B．worried

C．serious

D．cautious

【3】

A．Undoubtedly

B．Unwillingly

C．Unconditionally

D．Unexpectedly

【4】

A．deaf

B．cruel

C．accustomed

D．opposed

【5】

A．boredom

B．silence

C．darkness

D．suffering

【6】

A．sleep

B．talk

C．move

D．play

【7】

A．confidence

B．safety

C．relief

D．freedom

【8】

A．set aside

B．taken over

C．filled up

D．thrown away

【9】

A．recovery

B．graduation

C．resignation

D．promotion

【10】

A．hated

B．desired

C．regretted

D．enjoyed

【11】

A．useful

B．possible

C．reliable

D．worthwhile

【12】

A．adventure

B．arrangement

C．experience

D．challenge

【13】

A．family

B．study

C．work

D．growth

【14】

A．flew

B．counted

C．stayed

D．repeated

【15】

A．when

B．once

C．unless

D．though

31、Have you ever thought about making a huge fortune from the things around you during your whole childhood? Actually, Zhang Yue is a person whose business became _________ in that way.

The place where her success happens is her _________, where Zhang grew roses to start her business. Surrounded by roses as she was growing up, she just looked on them as _________ things. It was only after graduating from university overseas and _________ to visit her parents that Zhang realized the _________ of her business—the conditions there are ideal to plant roses. Zhang therefore decided to stay in her hometown and grow roses, which _________ many people at the beginning.

As someone who grew up in the country, Zhang already knew _________ about growing plants. _______, she had to overcome a number of obstacles in nursing her business to the success. The biggest _________ at the initial phase was that few villagers in the village believed she could __________ a multi-million yuan business from __________. Her career didn’t take a turning point until a major Asian manufacturer of cosmetics(化妆品)__________ purchase her product and help with its __________ to the whole world. It was only then that the locals began to __________ her. Now her product is one of the best in Asia.

Like Zhang, an increasing number of young people are thinking of starting their own business. Seeing her peers who also dream of success and __________, Zhang says, “To succeed in business, you need __________ a good idea, hard work and determination. What really __________ is a sound business plan, plenty of capital to __________ equipment, good management and promoting skills.” She __________, “Most of all, you should be __________ enough and consult the experienced business people.”

【1】

A．disappointing

B．successful

C．impressive

D．ordinary

【2】

A．family

B．country

C．university

D．hometown

【3】

A．popular

B．unusual

C．common

D．unique

【4】

A．returning

B．volunteering

C．intending

D．hesitating

【5】

A．mistake

B．potential

C．truth

D．significance

【6】

A．influenced

B．entertained

C．angered

D．surprised

【7】

A．nothing

B．everything

C．something

D．anything

【8】

A．Meanwhile

B．Besides

C．However

D．Therefore

【9】

A．challenge

B．choice

C．advantage

D．expectation

【10】

A．invent

B．develop

C．discover

D．approve

【11】

A．villagers

B．parents

C．flowers

D．products

【12】

A．was likely to

B．was willing to

C．was able to

D．was eager to

【13】

A．consumption

B．publication

C．distribution

D．circulation

【14】

A．believe

B．admit

C．appreciate

D．understand

【15】

A．health

B．happiness

C．independence

D．power

【16】

A．more than

B．less than

C．rather than

D．other than

【17】

A．lasts

B．succeeds

C．matters

D．exists

【18】

A．transport

B．repair

C．borrow

D．purchase

【19】

A．adds

B．explains

C．answers

D．responds

【20】

A．confident

B．ambitious

C．proud

D．modest

32、It was already half past seven and I was running late again for the dinner appointment with my wife, Eleanor. We had _______ to meet at the restaurant at seven o’clock. I felt a little uneasy, but to my _______, I had a good excuse: A business meeting had run over and I’d wasted no time getting to the dinner.

When I arrived at the _______, I apologized and told Eleanor I didn’t mean to be late. She screamed, “You never mean to.” Well, I could _______ she was angry. “I’m sorry but it was not _______.” I said. Then I told her about the business meeting. _______, my explanation seemed to make things worse.

Several weeks later, when I _______ the situation to my friend Ken Hardy, he smiled, “You _______ a classic mistake. You’re _______ in your own way of thinking. You didn’t ________ to be late. But that’s not the point. What is ________ in your communication is how your lateness affected Eleanor.”

Thinking more about Ken’s words, I ________ recognized the root cause of such disagreement. It’s the result of the action that really ________. I should have started the conversation by expressing how my actions ________ Eleanor and saved the discussions about my intention for later, much later and even never.

Later on, after talking to Eleanor and really ________ her experience of the results of my lateness, I’ve managed to be on time a lot more frequently.

【1】

A．started

B．agreed

C．continued

D．managed

【2】

A．relief

B．surprise

C．regret

D．sorrow

【3】

A．house

B．room

C．restaurant

D．supermarket

【4】

A．tell

B．say

C．admit

D．permit

【5】

A．movable

B．comfortable

C．acceptable

D．avoidable

【6】

A．However

B．Therefore

C．Moreover

D．Otherwise

【7】

A．spread

B．wrote

C．translated

D．described

【8】

A．knew

B．made

C．found

D．took

【9】

A．stuck

B．recognized

C．struck

D．fitted

【10】

A．need

B．prove

C．pretend

D．intend

【11】

A．funny

B．important

C．possible

D．simple

【12】

A．usually

B．merely

C．hardly

D．gradually

【13】

A．inspires

B．matters

C．improves

D．challenges

【14】

A．affected

B．infected

C．disliked

D．cheated

【15】

A．showing

B．satisfying

C．understanding

D．destroying

33、   From the first week of high school, my best friend, Trisha, was always going out with the popular girls.______I thought, “It's okay; she’s just making new friends.” But soon I realized that Trisha wasn't interested in me anymore. I'd ______my best friend. It really hurt.

One day, I told Trisha that we should _____  pretending（假装）to be friends when we really weren’t anymore. I wasn't trying to make her mad, ______ she was. After that, Trisha started talking about me behind my back, telling people that I was ______.Some of our friends ______ with her. I felt like she was taking them away from me.

The more I thought about it, the ______ I got. Finally, I _______a picture of Trisha and drew lines on her face. I wrote, “I  ______ this person” across the bottom. And then I did something I'll always ______ : I put it on a website I thought was ______. I thought people would see it, and it felt good to vent（发泄）.

A week later, Trisha's mom saw the ______.She called my mom, who made me take it off the website right away. However, it was already too ______ .Lots of people had seen it, and I was in a lot of _______.

That whole day, I felt ______ .I had to say sorry to Trisha face to face. She said she accepted my apology（道歉）,but I felt she was ______ angry with me.

Posting that picture was one of the worst ______ I've ever made. I realize now I could have found a much better way to deal with my ______ .If I'd just told Trisha how much I

____ her, maybe things would have turned out ______ .It's too late for me to change things, but I hope you'll learn from my mistake.

【1】A. At first B. At least C. In general D. In public

【2】A. met B. lost C. found D. made

【3】A. enjoy B. stop C. suggest D. continue

【4】A. because B. so C. and D. but

【5】A. busy B. careless C. bad D. sad

【6】A. talked B. sided C. remained D. studied

【7】A. less serious B. less proud C. quieter D. angrier

【8】A. gave back B. cut C. took up D. received

【9】A. need B. fear C. hate D. prefer

【10】A. control B. regret C. correct D. mention

【11】A. strange B. unknown C. private D. popular

【12】A. book B. letter C. news D. picture

【13】A. late B. big C. old D. dark

【14】A. danger B. peace C. trouble D. help

【15】A. terrible B. free C. excited D. lucky

【16】A. just B. still C. once D. soon

【17】A. excuses B. explanations C. decisions D. changes

【18】A. lessons B. mistakes C. feelings D. friends

【19】A. trusted B. missed C. praised D. influenced

【20】A. differently B. suddenly C. clearly D. hopefully

34、

Rapidly advancing technology and its impact on education has been a subject of debate. How can schools equip students with the skills they need to succeed in a challenging job market?

Since technology is driving these changes, there is a theory that governments should keep focusing on STEM subjects. These are often referred to as “hard skills,” which are 【1】 in primary school and right through to university level. In the meantime, ‘soft skills’ are being 【2】.

This is a mistake. Much evidence suggests that soft skills are far more 【3】 to graduates in the long term. Research from Harvard University on the global job market has shown that STEM- related careers grew strongly between 1989 and 2000 but have slowed down since. In contrast, jobs in the creative industries----the sector probably most 【4】 with the need for soft skills---are growing rapidly. Soft skills are, in fact, increasingly in demand in the workplace: Google cites creativity, leadership 【5】 and communication skills as top requirements for both potential and current employees.

So why are soft skills so highly 【6】 for?

With the rapid evolution of technology, a focus on hard skills leaves students 【7】 to change, as these often have a short shelf life. According to research by World Economic Forum, more than one in four adults reports a mismatch between their skills and those needed for their job role. If soft skills are taught well, these skills should enable students to adapt to change more easily and progress further in their 【8】 career.

Of course, technical skills are important. But without the curriculum placing equal--- if not greater --- 【9】 on soft skills, our education systems are missing a huge trick. Hard skills may help a student get a job in a particular industry, but soft skills will help them disrupt it, achieving a wider 【10】 in their chosen field.

35、I have a muscle disease but I don't look any different from other people. Sometimes, I was too weak【1】 go to school so my education suffered. Every time I returned after an【2】(absent), I felt stupid because I was behind the others.

My life is a lot easier at high school because few fellow students make me【3】(annoy). My ambition is to work for a firm【4】develops computer software when I grow up. Last year I invented a computer football game and a big company has decided to buy it from me. I have a very busy life with no time to sit around【5】(feel) sorry for myself. As well as going to the movies and football matches with my friends. I spend a lot of time looking after my pets【6】(proper) but I find it worthwhile.

In many ways my disability has helped me grow stronger psychologically and become more【7】 (independence). I have to work hard to live a normal life but it has been worth it. If【8】(have) a chance to say one thing to healthy children, it would be this: having a disability does not mean your life is not satisfying. So don't feel sorry for the disabled or make fun【9】them, and don't ignore them either. Just accept them for who they are, and give them encouragement to live【10】rich and full a life as you do.

36、Directions: Complete the following sentences by using the proper form of the words or expressions given in the frame. Each one can only be used once.

Why your Password May Not Be As Safe As It Seems?  Does “qaz2ws” strike you as a nice safe password? What about “adgjmptw”? An analysis has found them to be among the passwords that are most 【1】 used, which of course means they are not secure at all.

When ten million passwords were leaked on to the internet，they appeared to 【2】that attempts by internet security experts to make us improve our password strength had been successful, even if, in the specific case of the leaked passwords, they are also completely pointless.

While many of the passwords were still single words, such as “password”，there was also a clear attempt by many to make them harder to【3】. The problem was that people seemed to do so in the same way.

“Users are becoming slightly more 【4】what makes a password strong,” explained WP Engine, an internet company that performed the analysis. “For instance, adding a number or two at the end of a text phrase. That makes it better, right?”

But 【5】no. They found that almost half a million passwords did this and in 20 percent of those all people did was put the number “1” at the end.

Perhaps this is why some companies are now trying to move gradually beyond passwords. Yahoo! is giving users the option to 【6】 their mobile phone with an account, having a single use passwords texted to it each time they want to log on.

Although the serviced is voluntary, Dylan Casey an executive at Yahoo!，said that it was “the first step to【7】passwords”. He said it was a(n)【8】that it was increasingly hard for people to remember all the passwords they had. “I don’t think we, as an industry, have done a good enough job of putting ourselves in the shoes of the people using our products,” he said.

It would certainly be a more sensible strategy than same people’s improving upon “password” by using “password” or，“tran5p053d numb3r5 f0r 133tr3r5”.

“We are, for the most part，predictably【9】when it comes to choosing passwords, despite a decade of warnings from password strength checkers during sign-ups” said WP Engine. “We love taking a(n) 【10】, and so do password crackers.

37、按照课文内容填空

At the time they were created, the Impressionist paintings were【1】, but today they are accepted as the beginning of【2】we call “modern art’. This is because the Impressionists 【3】artists to look at their environment in new ways. There are scores of modern art styles, but 【4】the Impressionists, many of these painting styles might not exist. On the one hand, some modern art is abstract; that is, the painter doesn’t 【5】to paint objects as we see them with our eyes, 【6】instead concentrates on certain qualities of the object, 【7】color, line and shape to represent them. On the【8】hand, some paintings of modern art are so 【9】 that they look photographs. These styles are so different. Who can【10】what painting styles there will be in the future?

38、Directions: Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instruction given below in Chinese.

下面三幅图分别是不同的三个人画的关于让他们感到开心的三样东西（1代表最重要的），如果你来画这样一幅图，那是那样东西会是什么？为什么？

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39、阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成-一个完整的故事。

I walked to Mrs. Windsor's house and waited outside. She was working with another student, and I was not supposed to bother them by ringing the bell. 1 stood against the wall and daydreamed what I'd rather be doing. I had been tutored enough to read, understand, and even write some musical compositions, but I just didn't have a gift for it. Mrs. Windsor had offered to give me the lessons for free, so I felt my duty to try.

The door opened and Wendy Barton came out. 1 walked in, sat down on the piano bench and began to sort through my sheet music. Today Mrs. Windsor introduced her niece Pasha to teach me.

With a smile, Pasha sat beside me on the piano bench, opened my sheet music to the beginning page and asked me to play. I arranged my fingers on the keys. Then I frowned(皱眉) and concentrated to make the notes on the page match the finger movements. I had to admit I was a rather mechanical (呆板的) pianist.

After about a page or two, Pasha gently put her hand on top of mine as if to calm my fingers. There was a long pause. “What are you hearing in the music?" 1 looked at her rather strangely and admitted I didn't know what she meant. “Like a story. Here, let me try and you listen," Pasha advised.

She closed her eyes and took a deep breath, letting her fingers dance lightly over the keys. Then, she began to play. “See, it begins here beside some kind of river. Hear the water flowing beside you?" Her fingers rose and fell gently on the keys. “Now a princess appears and she's picking flowers from the water's edge." A happy piece of music filled the air in time to Pasha's dancing fingers.

注意:

1.所续写短文的词数应为150左右;

2.至少使用5个短文中标有下划线的关键词语:

3.续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好: .

4.续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。

5.评分依据:主题理解的准确性;情节设计的协同性和合理性;语言使用的准确性和丰

富性。

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Suddenly the music changed.

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That day means a lot in my musical life.

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40、假定你是李华，你的英国朋友Gary即将回国，他想送给母亲可以代表中国文化的礼物。请你给他写一封邮件，向他推荐一个或两个礼物。内容包括:

1. 推荐礼物；

2. 推荐理由。

注意:

1. 词数80左右；

2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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41、阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语段续写两段，使之构成一个完整的故事。续写的词数为150左右。

When Bryan Anderson noticed an old lady, caught on the side of the road, he knew she needed help. So he pulled up in front of her Mercedes and got out with his motor still running.

Even with a big smile on his face, she was worried. He didn't look safe; he looked poor and hungry. After reading her mind, he introduced himself as Bryan Anderson and began to help her.

Learning that she had a flat tire, without a second thought, Bryan set out to work and took hours to get it right, dirty and tired. She couldn't thank him enough for coming to her aid.

With everything done, the lady asked how much she owed him. Any amount would have been all right with her. She already imagined all the awful things that could have happened. Bryan never thought about being paid. This was helping someone in need. He had lived his whole life that way, and it never occurred to him to act any other way.

Byan told her that if she really wanted to pay him back, the next time she saw someone who needed help, she could give that person help the way he gave her, and he added, “And think of me to let the chain of love pass on.”

Hearing that she owed him nothing, with tears rolling down her cheeks, the old lady drove off with a deep “Thank you”.

A few miles down the road, the lady saw a small cafe. She went in to grab a bite to eat, and take the chill off before she made the last leg of her trip home. In the dirty- looking restaurant, the whole scene was unfamiliar to her; a waitress came over and brought a clean towel to wipe her wet hair. She had a sweet smile, one that even being on her feet for the whole day couldn’t erase. The lady noticed the waitress was nearly eight months pregnant, but she never let the strain and aches change her attitude. Then she remembered Bryan.

Paragraph 1:

After the lady finished her meal, she paid with a $100 bill.

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Paragraph 2:

That night when she got home from work, she was thinking about the money and what the lady had written.

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