吐鲁番2025-2026学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高三英语

1、Many experts hold the view that teachers’ development is _______ the key to better education lies.

A.which B.what C.where D.how

2、This restaurant has an inviting, homelike atmosphere ______ many others are short of.

A.where B.when C.which D.what

3、A few years ago, it was an endangered species, but now the population is_________.

A.on the increase B.on the decline C.not in the least D.less and less

4、The train for Beijing_________ at seven o’clock in the evening. We still have some time.

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

5、I can’t remember _____________ made the teacher give Mary the permission to leave the class earlier.

A．that it was what

B．what it was that

C．what was it that

D．that was it what

6、He ______ his first wife who was considerate to him and soon married a girl who was 20 years junior_____ him.

A.divorced; to B.divorced from; to C.separated; with D.separated from; for

7、Roses are quite _____ flowers in English gardens.

A．ordinary

B．common

C．usual

D．general

8、Kathy _________ a lot of Spanish by playing with the native boys and girls.

A.picked up B.took up

C.made up D.turned up

9、Lucy has ________ all of the goals she set for herself in high school and is ready for new challenges at university.

A.acquired B.finished C.concluded D.achieved

10、Seeing their daughter and dog coming back, the parents burst into tears of ______.

A. pain B. shock

C. sorrow D. relief

11、We can’t make out his ______ of the article because there are too many technical terms in it.

A. fiction B. abstract

C. claim D. principle

12、His second book ___________ next month is believed to be a hit.

A.having been published B.to publish C.to be published D.published

13、—How is the result, doctor?

—Well, your health is ________ good, but you do have a few minor problems.

A.normally B.frequently C.generally D.regularly

14、You can't imagine what difficult we had _______ home in the snowstorm．

A.find B.found C.to find D.finding

15、His account of events does not _____ with hers.

A.correspond B.compare C.circulate D.convey

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

A.apply B.adopt C.attach D.adapt

17、He punished the children ____ their carelessness ____ making them pay for the damage.

A.by; for B.with；by C.for；by D.about；with

18、One advantage of playing the guitar is________it can give you much pleasure.

A．how

B．why

C．that

D．when

19、Not until he came back home ______ his schoolbag had been left on the school bus.

A. did he find B. he did find

C. he found D. found he

20、There _______ be less risk of climbing to the summit since we have made adequate preparations for it.

A.should B.shall C.need D.would

21、The book  is ________ help the English beginners.

A.impressed with B.intended to C.indicated to D.involved in

22、 you succeed!

A.Can B.May C.Must D.Will

23、When the teacher came in, the student ______ that he was reading a book..

A. pretended B. progressed

C. praised D. declined

24、--David didn’t invite us to his wedding party.

-- _________? I don’t care. After all, we don’t get along quite well with him.

A．How come

B．So what

C．What for

D．What if

25、The story ________ in New York on a cold night was written by O.Henry， a world-famous American writer．

A.setting B.to set C.set D.was set

26、Writing Contests

FIL Prize

A nine-month fellowship at the Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience at Washington Chestertown, Maryland, is given annually to the winner working on an essay that addresses the history or legacies of the American Revolution and the nation's founding ideas The winner will get a scholarship of $45,000.Submit an essay sample (样本) of any length. FIL., Prize, C.V. Starr Center, Custom House, 101 South Water Street. Chesertown. (740) 765-3442

Vassar Miller Prize

A prize of $1.500 and the publication is available annually to a poetry collection, The famous poet Rosanna Waren will judge. Using the online submission system, you submit a manuscript (手稿) of 50 to 80 pages with a $25 entry fee.

University of North Texas Press, 1155 Union Circle#311336, Denton, TX76203. (940) 565-2142.

Pulitzer Prizes

Four prizes of $15, 000 each are given annually to the U.S. writers for books of fiction general non-fiction, and biography or autobiography published in the United States during the current year. For books published between January 1 and June 14, submit four copies of the book, an author’s biography and a photograph, and a $50 entry fee by June 15.The deadline for books published during the second half of the year is October 1.

Pulitzer Prizes, Prizes in Letters, Columbia University, Pulitzer Prize Office, 2950 Broadway, New York. NY 10027. (212) 854-3841.

Spokane Prize

The total prize money is $30, 000 and half of it is given annually to the winner. Other three participants in the top four will each receive $5, 000.The winner and other finalists will also be invited to read at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C. Writers Andrea Barrett and Alex Espinoza will judge. All pieces of works taking part in competition must be books of fiction published during the current year. Submit four copies of a short story collection, and the novel will be published by October 31.

Faulkner Foundation, 201 East Capitol Street SE, Washington, D.C.20003.(202)898-9063.

【1】If you win FIL. Prize, what can you do?

A.Gain the research fund.

B.Become a prional writer.

C.Be hitted into Washington Coll.

D.Have a chance to study American Experience.

【2】What can we learn about Pulitzer Prizes?

A.They provide a scholarship.

B.They are given to various types of works.

C.They are given more than once in a year.

D.They not only pay attention to works published in the U. S.

【3】What is the common point between Pulitzer Prizes and Spokane Prize?

A.They both need entry fees

B.They both support online submission.

C.They both have certain word limit for entries.

D.Their entries both have already been published.

27、   The Intelligent Plant. That is the title of a recent article in The New Yorker, and new research is showing that plants have surprising abilities to sense and react to the world.

But can a plant be intelligent? Some plant scientists insist they are since they can sense, learn, remember and even react in ways that would be familiar to humans.

Michael Pollan, author of “The Botany of Desire,” says for the longest time, people who have long talked to their plants or played music for them were being considered “mad.”

The new research, he says, is in a field called plant neurobiology(神经生物学), which is not a proper name, because even scientists in the field don’t argue that plants have neurons(神经) or brains.

“They have analogous structures as humans,” Pollan explains. “Plants have all the same senses as humans. They have ways of taking all the sensory data they gather in their everyday lives, integrate it and then behave in an appropriate way in response.” In addition to hearing, taste, for example, they can sense gravity, the presence of water, or even feel that an obstacle(障碍物) is in the way of its roots, before coming into contact with it. Plant roots will change direction, he says, to avoid obstacles.

So what about pain? Do plants feel? Pollan says they do respond to anesthetics (麻醉剂). “You can put a plant out with a human anesthetic. And not only that, plants produce their own compounds that are anesthetic to us.” But scientists are unwilling to go as far as to say they are responding to pain.

How plants sense and react is still somewhat unknown. They don’t have nerve cells like humans, but they do have a system for sending electrical signals and even produce neurotransmitters (神经递质) and other chemicals the human brain uses to send signals.

【1】Why does the author mention the article The Intelligent Plant in the first paragraph?

A.To support his opinion. B.To introduce the topic.

C.To give an example. D.To make comparison.

【2】People who usually talked to their plants would be thought   .

A.Intelligent. B.Crazy. C.Patient. D.Comforting.

【3】What does the underlined word “analogous” in paragraph 5 mean?

A.Simple. B.False. C.Flexible. D.Similar.

【4】What can we learn about plants according to the last two paragraphs?

A.Plants can feel and react to pain. B.Plants send two kinds of signals.

C.Plants are able to sense and react. D.Plants have their own brains.

28、   Plan your trip to the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel. We offer travelers a well-placed downtown location, a variety of facilities and accommodation in New Orleans, Louisiana.

TRANSPORTATION

Airport shuttle

Fee: $ 24 per person one way

Hours of operation: 24 hours

Tel: (877)592-2226; reservation required

My Airport Trip

My Airport Trip. com is a new airport transportation booking site designed to take the trouble out of getting to and from the airport.

Fee: $ 30-50

Hours of operation: 24 hours

Travel Time: 30-45 minutes

United Cab

Fee: $40-50, depending on the number of guests and luggage

Tel: (504)522-9771

ROOMS

Guest Room

32 Square Meters

Each of our Guest Rooms reflects a contemporary, warm style and classic New Orleans charm. Located on floors 9-41, many of our rooms offer views of the Mississippi River and French Quarter. High-speed internet access is available for a fee.

Sheraton Club Room

32 Square Meters

Our Sheraton Club Rooms are located on floors 42 and 45-49 and include access to the Club Lounge on the 42nd floor, where you can take in spectacular views of the Mississippi River and French Quarter. As a Club Room guest, you may enjoy a free breakfast and are welcome to join us in the Club Lounge for afternoon snacks. Sheraton Club Room guests also enjoy free bottled water and comfortable bathrobes(浴袍). High-speed internet access is available for a fee.

Executive Suite(行政套房)

39 Square Meters

Located on floors 9-49, Executive Suites have fantastic views of the Mississippi River. Executive Suites feature a living room with a sofa bed, chair and wet bar, and are available with a connecting second bedroom. Executive Suites can accommodate about 6-8 people. High-speed internet access is available for a fee.

【1】How much does a hotel guest need to pay for a roundtrip airport shuttle?

A.$ 24. B.$ 30.

C.$ 48. D.$ 50.

【2】Which floor is the Club Lounge located on?

A.The 9th floor. B.The 42nd floor.

C.The 45th floor. D.The 49th floor.

【3】What do guests in the hotel need to pay an extra fee for?

A.Bathrobes. B.Breakfast.

C.Bottled water. D.Internet access.

29、   When my father was getting ready for work, our house was ruled by knocks and words.

He used to come downstairs to breakfast.

The morning paper lay beside his plate. He always read the 'Deaths' first, and then he knocked once on the table. One of my sisters brought his bread, already buttered for him. Usually he said nothing, but once I heard him say, 'I love you very much, Edith. I would love more if you buttered my bread on both sides. ' He read the paper all through breakfast.

Two knocks on the table meant 'I am ready for my tea. ' If a single knock followed that meant, 'More bread, please. '

After breakfast he said, 'Boots. ' The paper was spread (展开) for him over the back of an arm-chair. Yesterday's paper was put on the chair for his feet, and his boots were brought to him, freshly cleaned. He read standing at the same time putting on his boots. With one boot finished he said, 'Bus. ' At that point one of the girls went outside to the garden gate and waited there. Her job was to stop a bus when it came. It came early sometimes and it had to wait for my father. 'Overcoat, hat. ' One of my sisters had already brushed his overcoat. Now she held it open for him. Another girl came with his hat, nicely brushed. 'Handkerchief, pipe (烟斗). ' They were brought and put, with his tobacco (烟草), into his pocket. He looked out of the window and said either 'Walking stick' or 'Umbrella'. It was handed to him. Ready now, he was still reading the paper. He didn't put it down until he heard the shout 'Bus coming! ' Then he kissed my mother and went out. The girls breathed freely.

How lucky a man was to have a wife and five daughters at home!

【1】When the father made the first knock, he meant _______.

A.his breakfast should begin

B.he had begun to read the morning newspaper

C.he was made to feel sad by the 'Deaths' news

D.he would start to read the other parts of the paper

【2】All the daughters were quite busy in the morning because _______.

A.their father never helped them

B.they were not clever or quick enough to do their jobs

C.each of them had to start and finish her job just on time

D.their father always gave different instructions at the same time

【3】What was the father's favorite?

A.Giving instructions. B.Reading newspaper.

C.Being clean and tidy. D.Having bread buttered on both sides.

【4】From the story we may see that _______.

A.the father was the 'centre' of the family

B.The father was hated by all his daughters

C.the father was so lazy that he hardly did anything

D.Every girl in the family was afraid to do wrong because they didn't know clearly what to do

30、   Passing through the Atlanta airport one morning, I caught one of those trains that take travelers from the main terminal(主航站楼)to their boarding gates. Free, _______ and cold, the trains run back and forth all day long. Not many people consider them fun, but on this Saturday I heard _______.

At the front of the first car - looking out of the window - were a man and his son. _______ most people on the train were white, dressed for business trips or vacations, the father and son were black, dressed in clothes that were just about as _______ as you can buy.

“Look out there!” the father said to his son. “See that pilot? I bet he’s walking to his plane.” The son extended his neck to look.

As I got off, I _______ something I’d wanted to buy in the terminal. I was _______ for my flight, so I went back and saw that the man and his son had _______ too. I _______ then that they hadn’t been heading for a flight, but had just been riding the train.

“I want to ride some more! This is fun!”

“If not _______, all right,” the father __________, and when a door opened, we all got on.

“Where are all these people going, Daddy?” the son asked. “All over the world, Some are leaving for __________ destinations or arriving at the ends of their journeys.” __________, the father and son shared each other’s company.

Here was a __________ who cared about spending the day with his son and who had come up with this plan on a Saturday morning. It doesn’t cost a cent, yet it is the most __________ thing in the world.

The train __________ speed, and the father pointed something out,and the boy laughed again.

【1】A.boring B.strange C.exciting D.broken

【2】A.music B.noise C.scream D.laughter

【3】A.Although B.While C.When D.As

【4】A.traditional B.inexpensive C.attractive D.long

【5】A.completed B.needed C.remembered D.refused

【6】A.eager B.late C.lazy D.early

【7】A.hesitated B.worried C.returned D.regretted

【8】A.promised B.realized C.praised D.witnessed

【9】A.tired B.upset C.harmful D.costly

【10】A.imagined B.relaxed C.replied D.added

【11】A.extra B.distant C.rewarding D.curious

【12】A.Gratefully B.Disappointedly C.Luckily D.Excitedly

【13】A.father B.passenger C.mother D.pilot

【14】A.outstanding B.comfortable C.valuable D.interesting

【15】A.went off B.set out C.aimed at D.picked up

31、   If your home were on fire, what would you try to save? Our area was just a few miles from the largest wildfire in Colorado’s history. On getting the call to evacuate(疏散), we had to consider what we couldn’t live without, ________ whatever we could save and leaving immediately.

We ________ suitcases with necessary clothes. We took the ________ financial records ---- who wants to _______ himself with the government over _______ documents? Now, what else? We seized the valuable family ________ from the walls, which couldn’t be replaced.

Then we took a hard look at all that ________. A lamp that ________ my great grandmother. A ________ my wife learned to play as a kid. A large tent we spent months ________ money for camping. Bedroom furniture we wanted to pass down to our ________ some day. The gifts that decorated our house from our treasured friends. These things ________ our love as a family and friends. It was ________ to move everything from our home. ________ at all that we might lose, I found it difficult to say goodbye. But ________, I felt warm.

We were ________ with memories as we ________ at these items. Each had stories to tell just like the photos. They told about where we’d been, where we ________ were and where we were going. They were ________ of those people we had loved and who loved us. Now I didn’t think my “things” meant that much to me. Indeed, the spirit of them was all that truly ________.

【1】A. covering B. removing C. collecting D. spotting

【2】A. carried B. piled C. supplied D. packed

【3】A. cars B. computers C. books D. food

【4】A. enjoy B. entertain C. bother D. force

【5】A. extra B. regular C. useless D. missing

【6】A. pictures B. televisions C. decorations D. chargers

【7】A. abandoned B. remained C. burned D. kept

【8】A. belonged to B. adapted to C. related to D. appealed to

【9】A. doll B. ball C. sport D. piano

【10】A. borrowing B. saving C. paying D. lending

【11】A. children B. friends C. colleagues D. relatives

【12】A. inspired B. measured C. represented D. expressed

【13】A. unbelievable B. impractical C. inconvenient D. unnecessary

【14】A. Looking up B. Looking around C. Looking forward D. Looking out

【15】A. roughly B. casually C. strangely D. curiously

【16】A. flooded B. impressed C. surrounded D. satisfied

【17】A. wondered B. glanced C. glared D. stared

【18】A. normally B. frequently C. suddenly D. presently

【19】A. signals B. signs C. symbols D. lessons

【20】A. mattered B. proved C. lasted D. changed

32、Even 15 years after my grandfather's death，he is still following me around, ______ in my ear on what to do. He is still the British-accented ______ in my head, giving me a nod of ______ for my right choice, and raising an eyebrow ______ he disagrees with something I'm doing. His wise and optimistic views ______ to affect my life.

My grandfather walked 10,000 steps ______ every day, and not because he had a $100 fitness tracker ______ him to do so. Instead of “exercising,” he worked in his garden, ______ vegetables that kept our family through many winters and roses that were the joy of many summers.

He was good to the ______ in the way that people used to be before they had to be told it was the ______ thing to do. Actually, he never ______ a car or learned to drive, so he walked everywhere he could and took a bus the rest of the time.

After my grandmother died, I used to go and ______ with him on weekends. We walked around, chatted to the neighbors, and went to the ______ for food and milk. Occasionally I would ______ a little cake for him in his kitchen. At the end of the day, before he ______ the light, he would say, “That was a (a) ______ day. I enjoyed every minute of it.” I never doubted for a moment that he ______ it.

In the morning, I'd ______ to his whistling in the kitchen downstairs (usually it was Raindrops Keep Falling on Mr Head). At the time, it ______ me—I am not a morning person—but now I'd give anything to hear that ______ one more time.

【1】

A．singing

B．ringing

C．whispering

D．asking

【2】

A．adviser

B．storyteller

C．professor

D．director

【3】

A．thanks

B．greeting

C．approval

D．confidence

【4】

A．until

B．though

C．unless

D．when

【5】

A．fail

B．continue

C．happen

D．try

【6】

A．unexpectedly

B．deliberately

C．routinely

D．randomly

【7】

A．urging

B．allowing

C．training

D．enabling

【8】

A．selling

B．watering

C．offering

D．growing

【9】

A．friends

B．environment

C．family

D．neighborhood

【10】

A．right

B．strange

C．funny

D．easy

【11】

A．invented

B．repaired

C．owned

D．rented

【12】

A．keep up

B．stay in touch

C．put up

D．hang out

【13】

A．bank

B．grocery store

C．garden

D．post office

【14】

A．cut

B．bake

C．decorate

D．order

【15】

A．turned off

B．shone up

C．cleaned up

D．checked on

【16】

A．ordinary

B．busy

C．inspiring

D．good

【17】

A．meant

B．made

C．admitted

D．put

【18】

A．get down

B．wake up

C．give in

D．look forward

【19】

A．refreshed

B．discouraged

C．attracted

D．annoyed

【20】

A．song

B．word

C．whistle

D．voice

33、   Only some people were at the railway station just after 2 pm. A man_______a pillar( 柱子)，waiting for the train. Then suddenly Tulic _______him falling forward onto the tracks.

“This man,” said Rachelle, a researcher also on the _______ , “ overlooked the edge, then dropped onto the tracks carelessly. ”

“_______gentleman was trying to awake him, _______he just couldn’t,” said another eyewitness, “and two more jumped down.”

“I don’t know where these men got the wit(智力,智慧) and the _______, ” Tulic recalled. “The man who fell was tall, strong and heavy. He was kind of _______in the tracks. It was really _______to know the train was coming, only two stations away.”

On the tracks, the_______ man was sat up by the three, who then ________ him from below to others that raised him from above and ________him onto the platform. Then the three ________were pulled back to safety by helping hands. The train________immediately they were all clear.

He was not ________. Two others attended him, repeating, “Buddy, you’ll be fine.” Then a( an)________arrived, and the man was taken to hospital ________.

David, one of the three, told gothamist.com that he had ________with the injured man, who couldn’t recall what had happened.

“That is the ________thing," Tulic said. “ and seeing people helping others ________was really beautiful, especially without ________the person.

【1】A.put up B.climbed down C.rested against D.painted over

【2】A.set B.found C.kept D.looked for

【3】A.road B.stage C.train D.platform

【4】A.Another B.One C.Every D.Any

【5】A.but B.so C.because D.if

【6】A.politeness B.quickness C.nervousness D.quietness

【7】A.stuck B.interested C.lost D.involved

【8】A.right B.eager C.tense D.important

【9】A.uncertain B.unlucky C.unhappy D.unconscious

【10】A.scratched B.lifted C.hit D.hanged

【11】A.signaled B.pushed C.rolled D.span

【12】A.drivers B.conductors C.passengers D.rescuers

【13】A.pulled in B.pulled out C.pulled over D.pulled down

【14】A.abnormal B.aboard C.alone D.absent

【15】A.lorry B.bus C.train D.ambulance

【16】A.instantly B.carefully C.hopefully D.approximately

【17】A.competed B.chatted C.played D.fought

【18】A.hardest B.cheapest C.greatest D.easiest

【19】A.in need B.in silence C.in surprise D.in comfort

【20】A.inviting B.greeting C.finding D.knowing

34、阅读短文，根据短文内容及首字母提示，在空白处填入一个适当的单词。

Wearing face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic p【1】 the spread of the deadly virus. But it is also i【2】. For one, we can no longer unlock our phones using facial recognition since a good part of our face is c【3】.

F【4】, tech companies are working to solve the problem. Apple, for example, offered a new way to unlock your iPhone and iPad with its l【5】 software update, iOS13.5, w【6】 was released on May 20.

Even though the update still won’t recognize your masked face, it makes the whole process f【7】. While the old system wouldn’t allow access t【8】 the passcode screen before three failed face scan attempts, iOS13.5 will send you straight to the passcode screen when you swipe up.

It might only s【9】 you a few seconds, but those few seconds “benefit public health by eliminating the temptation for people to r【10】 their masks in order to unlock their device”.

35、A: Excuse me, do you know where the chemistry lab is?

B: Yes. It’s just on the fifth floor of this b【1】.

A: How often do you do c【2】experiments there?

B: Twice a week.

A: Can you go there without a t【3】?

B: No. That’s not allowed.

A: What does the teacher often tell you to do when you are doing an e【4】?

B: He often tells us to look c【5】and follow the i【6】.

A: What will you do when you finish the experiment?

B: We must put e【7】back in the cupboards and wash our hands.

A: Right. It is very i【8】to keep the lab clean.

B: Yes, safe as well. We must turn off the e【9】before l【10】the lab.

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.

Driving an electric car 【1】 to the protection of environment, or so the marketing departments of their makers would have you believe. Yet a report which analyzes car emissions presents a rather different picture. A battery-powered car recharged with 【2】 generated by coal-fired power stations, it found, is likely to be more harmful. It could cause more than three times as many deaths from pollution as a 【3】 petrol-driven vehicle.

The study was carried out by the University of Minnesota. The researchers estimated how levels of fine particulate matter (细颗粒物) and ground-level ozone — two important 【4】 of air pollution — would change when a car is powered by different ways.

It was no surprise that electric cars whose batteries were recharged with power from wind, solar or hydro-electric sources came out to be virtually free from harmful 【5】. They were estimated to cause 231 deaths over the course of a year, compared with 878 for petrol cars. Electric cars recharged with power from natural gas-fired stations were also a lot less harmful than petrol-driven ones, with 439 deaths. But if those same electric cars were recharged 【6】 by coal, they would be responsible for over 3,000 deaths.

Biofuels also caused more health problems than petrol. But diesel, which often  【7】 concern about pollution, is slightly cleaner than petrol. This is because the study assumes for all cars that emission-control technologies will be more widely used, especially particulate filters which have a remarkable effect on cleaning diesel 【8】. Diesel cars are also more 【9】 of fuel than petrol-driven ones.

Overall, the study shows that electric cars are cleaner than those traditional vehicles only if the power used to charge then is also clean. That is hardly a surprise, but the 【10】 of the difference is. How green electric cars really are, then, will depend mainly on where they are driven. In France, which obtains more than half of its power from nuclear station, electric cars look like a good bet. In China and some other developing countries, where a large amount of electricity is produced from coal, they may not be so environment- friendly as they are marketed.

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The Sundance Film Festival 【1】 boycotts all Hollywood films, and we don’t foresee ever including them. The initial idea for our festival was 【2】 back in l978. when it was known as the Utah/US Film Festival. However, it was not well known until 1981. It was then that Robert Redford became its 【3】 and changed the focus to independent films, often made on very modest 【4】 It was given its new name-the Sundance Film Festival-in 1991. Redford has acted in and directed many big Hollywood films, but wanted to 【5】 the public to films made outside of the Hollywood system

38、假定你是李华，你的英国好友Josh想了解你校学生课外活动开展情况。请你给他回信，内容应包括：

1.课外活动的意义； 

2.课外活动的内容；

3.你最喜欢的课外活动及原因。

注意： 1.词数100左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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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。

A mother is a person who, seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie.

—Tenneva Jordan

I knew I was not supposed to be quite so excited. I was too old for that. At age eleven, the oldest and my mom’s “grown up” girl, I had to keep my cool. I was in middle school after all. But every chance I got, when I was alone, I checked each present under the tree. I read every tag and felt every package, guessing at the contents within. I had examined each gift so often that I could tell which present went to which person without even looking at the tags.

It had been a tough year for my family. Whenever my mom looked over at the tree and scattered(撒) presents, she would sigh and warn us, “There won’t be as much for Christmas this year. Try not to be disappointed.” Christmas had traditionally been a time for my parents to spoil us. In years past, the presents would pile up and spill out from under the tree, taking over the living room. I had heard the phrase “giving is better than receiving,” but thought that whoever had said that must have been out of their mind. Getting presents was the whole point! It was the reason I couldn’t get to sleep on Christmas Eve.

On Christmas morning, we eagerly waited in the hallway until Dad told us everything was ready. We rushed into the living room and let the wrapping paper fly. We made weak attempts to wait and watch while other family members opened their presents, but as the time passed we lost our self-control.

“Here’s another one for you,” said Mom as she handed me a package. I looked at it, confused. Having spent so much time examining the presents before Christmas, I recognized this one. But it had not been mine. It was my mom’s. A new label had been put on it, with my name written in my mother’s handwriting.

“Mom, I can’t…”

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。

Paragraph 1:

I was stopped by my mother’s eager, joyful look.

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Paragraph 2:

I have always remembered that Christmas fondly.

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40、最近你校开展“尊敬父母”活动，请你根据提示写一篇英文报道，向英语校报投稿。要点如下：

1. 孝敬父母是中华民族的传统美德；

2. 独生子女的问题：以自我为中心；

3. 学校制定尊敬父母的“十条规定”；

4. 家长和学生的反应。

注意：

1. 词数100左右，题目和开头已经给出；

2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

参考词汇：美德 virtue   独生子女  only-child 规定 regulation

Respecting Parents Program

A program called “Respecting Parents” has been started in our school recently,

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41、假设你是一中学生会主席李华，最近你们学校将要举行一场英语配音大赛，请你给外籍教师Clark写一封信，邀请他担任大赛的评委内容包括：

1. 发出邀请；

2. 简单介绍比赛；

3. 期待回复。

注意：1. 词数80左右；

2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

3. 参考词汇：英语配音大赛English dubbing contest；电影片段movie clip

Dear Mr. Clark,

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Yours,

Li Hua