微信扫一扫
随时随地学习
随时随地学习
1、It was not until ___ that ____ taking and began to prepare for class.
A. did the teacher turn up; the students stopped
B. the teacher turned up; the students stopped
C. did the teacher turn up; did the students stop
D. the teacher turned up; did the students stop
2、Miss Green often said “God helps those who help themselves”, intending to _______ on us the significance of being independent.
A.base B.impress
C.focus D.rely
3、In our discussion of instincts, we saw that there was reason to believe ________ we inherit must be of some very simple sort rather than any complicated or very definite kind of behavior.
A．how
B．when
C．whatever
D．since
4、She couldn't help _______ into tears when she heard the news.
A.burst B.bursting C.bursts D.to burst
5、His suggestion __________to see the art exhibition interested everyone of us.
A.that we go B.which we should go
C.that we would go D.we should go
6、After he retired from office, Rogers painting for a while, but soon lost interest.
A．took up
B．saved up
C．kept up
D．drew up
7、________, the damage would be incalculable.
A.Should such a disaster occur B.If such a disaster had occurred
C.Had such a disaster occurred D.If such a disaster should be occurred
8、It was 1897 ____a European chemist called Dr. Felix Hoffman produced aspirin from this chemical.
A.that B.how C.when D.which
9、Several days passed before they came up with a satisfactory solution to the ________ in a / an ________.
A.problems discussed … unexpected way
B.discussed problems … way unexpected
C.problems discussed … way unexpected
D.discussed problems … unexpected way
10、A graduate from Tsinghua University has chosen to work as an urban management officer, or chengguan, a highly _____ occupation, which make bad impressions on people.
A.ridiculous B.contemporary C.controversial D.conventional
11、With his finger ______ to the ______ window, the teacher asked: “Who did that?”
A. pointing; broken B. pointed; broken
C. pointing; breaking D. pointed; breaking
12、The information of this kind is to you on the Internet.
A.supplied B.available C.used D.obtained
13、When you go to a foreign country, you must try to the customs there in order to recover from the culture shock quickly.
A. deal with B. adapt to
C. focus on D. take over
14、The superhero movie Avengers: Endgame topped Chinese mainland box office，Capernaum ___________ the second place.
A.took B.taken C.having taken D.taking
15、Please tell me how the accident _____. I am still in the dark.
A.came out B.came by C.came across D.came about
16、Many young people in the west are expected to leave ________ could be life’s most important decision—marriage—almost entirely up to luck.
A．as B．that C．which D．What
17、Last month, part of Southeast Asia was struck by floods, from ________ effects the people are still suffering.
A．that
B．whose
C．those
D．what
18、What shall we use for power when all the oil in the world has been _____？
A．given out
B．put out
C．held up
D．used up
19、I loved playing computer games, but very little ______ from it.
A.did I learn B.I learnt C.learnt I D.I did learn
20、In a typhoon，winds ________ a speed greater than 120kilometers per hour.
A．assume
B．accomplish
C．attain
D．assemble
21、The manager is someone who is all the prejudices against women in the workplace and who creates his own values and purpose.
A.away from B.free from C.far from D.apart from
22、My mother looked at me and ________ laughing.
A．made out
B．worked out
C．burst out
D．looked out
23、Try ________ she might, Sue couldn't get the door open.(2011·全国Ⅰ)
A．if
B．when
C．since
D．as
24、In the _______ of proof, the police could not take action against the man.
A．lack
B．shortage
C．absence
D．failure
25、It’s your own fault. You ________ take your baby with you.
A.must B.would C.need D.shall
26、 I'm now living in the south of France with my husband Keith and three small children, and I feel like a fish out of water everywhere but one place-the Saturday street market.It's been operating in our small town of Sommieres since the 13th century,but we've only lived here for three months.
From Monday to Friday,life is all about the kids.I'm busy helping my children deal with life in a French school.It's not easy,and their stress is the whole family's stress,as Keith and I are occupied with the daily school runs,piles of homework and school notes in French.
But on Saturday,the market is for me.I feel so peaceful as I walk along the quiet street toward the busy town square.The knife-sharpening man is there, operating a machine that looks like it dates from the Industrial Revolution.There' re street musicians with guitars and microphones,and the sound of beautiful songs fills the air.And the food,of course,is delicious.The cheese man doesn't speak-he just points and cuts,offering a piece from his knife.Lines come out of the door for fresh bread at the bakery.Organic vegetables,herbs and desserts are a feast for the eyes,before being put into the bag to be enjoyed later for lunch.The noises and smells of the market are unfamiliar and thrilling,but their procedures are clear to me.This is part of why I love the place so much:Unlike during the week,when I'm constantly faced with my own difficulties,I know how this place works.My terrible French isn't the barrier to communication that it is in other circumstances.
At school and in the village,I can't joke or join a conversation,and although the other parents at the school are kind,I'm an outsider.But at the market,I'm just another customer with a basket.Surrounded by day trippers,I feel like a local- greeting people I know and petting dogs.
My Saturday experiences allow me to hope that in the near future I'll feel equally confident in my everyday life.Until then,Saturdays prepare me for the coming week of school runs.
【1】What does the author mean by saying “I feel like a fish out of water”?
A.She feels uncomfortable in new surroundings.
B.She feels free out of her daily housework.
C.She feels lonely without her children.
D.She feels unable to make a living in another country.
【2】What can be learned about the author's life during weekdays?
A.She learns French together with her children.
B.She devotes herself to her children in a French school.
C.She runs to school every day to help her children.
D.She tries to balance her job and the housework.
【3】Why does the author like going to the Saturday market?
A.She wants to get away from her family's stress.
B.She can talk with other customers freely there.
C.She feels relaxed and comfortable there.
D.She tries to gain confidence in the busy atmosphere.
27、Do you want to learn how to ice skate? Maybe you’re a complete beginner. 【1】. Here you’ll learn some basic skills of ice skating. But before you get onto the ice, you need to learn how to fall first.
How to Fall
As a kid, you fell many times before you learned to walk. A couple of years later, you fell off the bike several times before you learned how to cycle without falling. The same goes for ice skating. 【2】.
There’s the secret of falling right. Always lower your center of gravity by bending your knees. 【3】. And don’t use your hands to catch yourself, no matter how natural that feels. Then, fall on the side. But make sure to tuck your chin（收起下巴）if you never want to knock your head against the ground. Next let’s start ice-skating!
Skate Forward
With your feet pointing in the direction you’re heading to, take one step forward. Then, repeat the action with the other foot. Hold onto the wall first as you build up your confidence. 【4】, or you’ll run into someone and get injured. Next, try to push a little harder, doing two-foot glides（滑行）. As your confidence grows, you’ll do longer glides faster.
Backward Skating
【5】. Then shift your weight to some position between your feet, and push outward, one foot at a time. To maintain your balance, push backward gently. Not going anywhere? No worries. Try this: With your feet turned in, try to walk backward slowly. As you do that, shift your weight until you find the balance.
A．Of course, you should turn to them for help
B．No matter how well you know the art, you’ll fall
C．It can reduce the distance between you and the ground
D．Stop looking down to see whether you’re doing it right
E．That’s why you needn’t practice for much time on the ice
F．First keep your feet to the same direction and your knees bent
G．Or maybe you used to skate, but you’ve not practiced for ages
28、 In the Pacific Northwest during winter, 5:15 am might as well be the dead of night. The alarm goes off and the only light is the red glow from my clock. My body says, “Go back to bed.” But I don’t. I know my running partner will be waiting in the street and I’m not going to stand her up. Then I walk onto the road, complaining about the cold and wishing I were back under my warm covers.
If you’d have asked me a year ago if I could see myself running at 5:15 on a winter morning, I’d have laughed. Morning just wasn’t my thing and running in the morning was something I didn’t even consider. “I prefer to work out in the middle of the morning or in the afternoon,” I’d say to my friends who go to the gym before work.
Then, last fall I reconnected with an old neighborhood friend. She’d been running in the morning and taken off forty pounds that year. When I looked in the mirror, I knew I could benefit from the same kind of weight loss. I asked if I could join her. I knew I needed to change something if I was going to get back in shape.
The first two months were especially hard, because we ran twice a week at 5:15 am and I slept till 7:00 the other mornings. But as I’ve adjusted to the routine of running, I’ve discovered great joys that make it even more worthwhile than a little weight loss.
While I haven’t lost forty pounds yet, it’s amazing how much more energy I have and how much stronger I feel. Because of the morning run, the rest of my day is more productive. I wouldn’t say I’ve become a morning person, but I would say morning running is now my thing.
【1】What can we know about the author from paragraph 1?
A．5:15 is the ideal time for her to exercise.
B．She prefers to run without any company.
C．She takes the run with warm clothes on.
D．She goes for a run in spite of the cold and early rise.
【2】What was the author’s attitude to morning running a year ago?
A．Scared.
B．Unfavorable.
C．Supportive.
D．Confused.
【3】What made the author begin to run in the morning?
A．Her partner’s encouragement.
B．Her friend’s suggestion.
C．Realizing the benefits of running.
D．Realizing the harm of being fat.
【4】What effect does morning running have on the author?
A．She has become slim again.
B．She has become more confident.
C．She has become more energetic.
D．She has become more exhausted.
29、You may never know why. The email will arrive and reasons offered for your rejection might be the real ones—or not. Bosses have always spied on their employees, then judged them. Now the rise of the online self means the employer’s eye can travel still farther.
Even before the pandemic, research found that 28% of large companies had turned down applicants after carrying out such checks. And it is becoming more popular: Reed Screening, a large agency, was asked to run over a third more social-media checks in December 2021 than a year earlier. This month the government gave the practice approval when the Department for Education said schools and colleges “should consider carrying out an online search as part of their due diligence (尽职调查)”.
The way screening works is simple: Any “problematic” behaviours will be marked with a red flag. There are laws governing such online screening. David Erdos, head of the Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Law, says that companies are supposed to warn candidates before screening their social media and tell them that they have the right to hold back permission. Some companies follow these rules, but others may not. As for the right to refuse, it is hardly practicable. “Who on earth is…going to be that person who says: ‘Hang on a minute, I’m not happy about that?’” asks Mr Erdos. “That itself is likely to be a red flag.”
All agree that the spread of online screening is alarming, as it is so unforgiving. People may be unable ever to be free of their online past, says Mr Erdos. As indeed some footballers, recently punished for comments made almost a decade ago when they were but teenagers, have found to their cost.
Those within the industry think laws should be tightened, with punishment for illegal act. In the meantime, being very careful is advisable. In talks to university students, Mr Erdos warns them what companies will do to their social media when they apply for jobs. They are “universally terrified”, he says. And rightly.
【1】What can we infer about online screening from paragraph 2?
A．It is turned down by large companies.
B．It boosts the development of education.
C．It is becoming increasingly acceptable.
D．It highlights the wisdom of employers.
【2】What do applicants tend to do with online screening?
A．They reject the red flags.
B．They have to submit to it.
C．They will charge the company.
D．They postpone carrying it out.
【3】What is Mr Erdos’ opinion on posting comments online?
A．Companies are tolerant of it.
B．Its influence is hard to erase.
C．It should be under strict laws.
D．University students are free to do it.
【4】What could be a suitable title for the text?
A．Big Employer Is Watching You
B．Fix Your Eyes on Online Screening
C．Social-media Checks Are Around the Corner
D．Checks Online Are to Blame for Unemployment
30、My father always told me: "All work is noble." He wasn't ________ , but he earned a reasonable living. Thanks to his ________ , I was able to go to Art College. I, however, wanted to do something ________ , something more interesting-I was special！
After graduation, I moved to New York in search of a graphic designer job. It was winter and, ever the optimist, I'd only brought enough money to ________ myself for about a month. I wasn't ________ -I was sure I'd find a fantastic job immediately.
Within a few weeks, though, I found myself wandering around the streets having been ________ by every design office in town. My hostel ________ was almost gone and I hadn't eaten in days. “How had I reached this point？""I wondered as I ________ in my thin jacket.
I was just about to ________ when my dad called. He suggested that I get a job in a ________ until something else came along. At first, pride made me _________. But I was cold, hungry, and unwilling to go home feeling ________ and defeated.
I entered an expensive-looking cafe near one of the design offices that had turned me away and asked the manager if they were ________. She said they were ________, and offered me a job right away.
________ , I found that I really enjoyed serving people. I started making big ________ right away. Later, the manager learned that I had a design ________ and asked me to design the cafe menus. That led to a part-time job at an advertising company.
Previously, I'd have never considered being a _________, but there I was. I ________ got my dream design job, but that winter I learned not to make ________ about work.
【1】
A．concerned
B．wealthy
C．generous
D．caring
【2】
A．education
B．time
C．power
D．effort
【3】
A．different
B．simple
C．strange
D．safe
【4】
A．entertain
B．protect
C．support
D．identify
【5】
A．disappointed
B．worried
C．helpless
D．alone
【6】
A．rejected
B．annoyed
C．restricted
D．invited
【7】
A．host
B．room
C．contract
D．rent
【8】
A．waited
B．trembled
C．regretted
D．sweated
【9】
A．show off
B．settle down
C．give up
D．set out
【10】
A．library
B．gallery
C．factory
D．restaurant
【11】
A．hesitate
B．agree
C．continue
D．reply
【12】
A．relieved
B．ashamed
C．secure
D．lonely
【13】
A．hiring
B．working
C．serving
D．checking
【14】
A．reasonable
B．popular
C．overstaffed
D．shorthanded
【15】
A．Hopefully
B．Undoubtedly
C．Surprisingly
D．Obviously
【16】
A．designs
B．contacts
C．meals
D．tips
【17】
A．hobby
B．company
C．background
D．task
【18】
A．waiter
B．designer
C．director
D．manager
【19】
A．simply
B．nearly
C．eventually
D．temporarily
【20】
A．preparations
B．assumptions
C．changes
D．suggestions
31、 Ten years ago, I set out to examine luck. I wanted to know why some people are _________ in the right place at the right time, while others consistently experienced ill fortune. I placed _________ in national newspapers asking for people who felt consistently lucky or unlucky to _________ me.
Hundreds of extraordinary men and women volunteered for my research. Over the years I interviewed them, watched their lives and had them _________ various experiments.
I carried out a simple experiment to discover whether their differences in _________ was due to differences in their ability to _________ opportunities. I gave both lucky and unlucky people a newspaper, and asked them to _________ it and tell me how many photographs were inside. I had _________ placed a large message halfway through the newspaper saying … “Tell the experimenter you have seen this and win $50.”
This message took up half of the page and was written in type that was more than two inches high. It was staring everyone straight in the face, but the unlucky people tended to _________ it and the lucky people tended to spot it.
Unlucky people are generally more ____________ than lucky people, and this anxiety affects their ability to notice the ____________. As a result, they miss opportunities because they are too focused on looking for something else. They go to gatherings focused on finding their perfect partner and miss opportunities to make good friends. They read newspapers ____________ to find certain types of job advertisements and miss other types of jobs.
Lucky people are more ____________ and open, and therefore see what is there rather than just what they are looking for. My research eventually showed that lucky people create good fortune via four ____________ . They are skilled at creating and ____________ opportunities, make lucky decisions by listening to their intuition (直觉), create self-fulfilling prophesies (预言) via positive expectations, and adopt a “never say die,” attitude that transforms bad luck into good.
【1】A.never B.always C.sometimes D.seldom
【2】A.messages B.activities C.reports D.notices
【3】A.contact B.trust C.show D.follow
【4】A.participate in B.learn about C.look into D.carry out
【5】A.attitude B.manner C.lifestyle D.luck
【6】A.share B.spot C.create D.predict
【7】A.look through B.put through C.get through D.see through
【8】A.hesitantly B.carelessly C.secretly D.excitedly
【9】A.pass B.miss C.notice D.misunderstand
【10】A.nervous B.violent C.awkward D.pitiful
【11】A.difficult B.dangerous C.important D.unexpected
【12】A.confident B.disappointed C.determined D.surprised
【13】A.reliable B.hardworking C.smart D.relaxed
【14】A.goals B.preferences C.principles D.steps
【15】A.inventing B.noticing C.taking D.adopting
32、 When a heavy rain poured down, for many the first thing to do was to rush for cover. For photographer Mug Dong, however, his _________ thought was to _________ his camera. He would set up his camera, hoping to _________ a specific moment when the Great Wall would be _________ hidden in the clouds.
In the summer of 2015, Yang Dong _________ the Jinshanling section of the Great Wall in Hebei province. It was the first time he had taken photos of the Great Wall and it _________ him a first prize. Since then, Yang has got more than 100 prizes with his _________ of the Great Wall. Once, to take the photos, he _________ for five full days to get the _________ while most of the other __________ had left by the second night. “Some people say I got the prize-winning photos because of __________. Yes, but that luck comes from the effort of __________ a little longer,” he says.
The 28-year-old became __________ on social media platform __________ the stories behind his photographs of the Great Wall over the past five years, with his __________ being viewed more than 150 million times.
However, the excitement of winning prizes has gradually faded. Yang has found a __________ and more lasting motivation—to __________ the beauty of the Great Wall to the world with his camera. After communicating with specialists who __________ themselves to studying and protecting the Great Wall and learn more about the ancient building, he says he now has a better __________ of it. Yang is either at the Great Wall taking photos or on the way to it. He walks hand in hand with danger and loneliness, but the __________ climb to and from the Wall never stops him.
【1】A.first B.deep C.special D.sudden
【2】A.protect B.purchase C.take D.repair
【3】A.damage B.record C.imagine D.copy
【4】A.secretly B.completely C.simply D.partly
【5】A.measured B.described C.visited D.drew
【6】A.sent B.won C.made D.showed
【7】A.photos B.books C.reports D.researches
【8】A.drove B.ran C.waited D.lived
【9】A.rest B.shot C.money D.prize
【10】A.writers B.drivers C.specialists D.photographers
【11】A.luck B.talent C.weather D.effort
【12】A.taking over B.looking around C.holding on D.acting out
【13】A.kind B.smart C.crazy D.popular
【14】A.reading B.sharing C.collecting D.searching
【15】A.works B.comments C.suggestions D.notes
【16】A.possible B.wrong C.correct D.new
【17】A.present B.retell C.announce D.attach
【18】A.adapted B.limited C.devoted D.addressed
【19】A.taste B.memory C.impression D.understanding
【20】A.easy B.tough C.regular D.casual
33、When I was in Grade 6, I knew a girl. She____to point out my shortcomings and always said I was very thin, I wasn’t a good student, and so on. I tried not to care what she said.____, I became very____in the end. I cried and ran to Daddy.
Daddy asked, “Are the things she says true or not? Lisa, didn’t you ever____what you’re really like? Well, you now have that girl’s____. Go and make a____of everything she said and____the points that are true. Pay no attention to the other things she said.”
To my___, I discovered that about half the things were true. Some of them I couldn’t____(like being very thin), ____a good number I could and suddenly I____to change. For the first time I got a clear____of myself.
I brought the list back to Daddy. He____to take it. “That’s just for you,” he said. “You know better than anyone else the____about yourself. But you have to learn to ____. Don’t just close your ears in anger, feeling____. When something said about you is true, you’ll find it will be____to you. Our world is full of people who think they know your duty. Don’t____your ears. Listen to them all, but hear the truth and do what you think is____.”
In my life, this is the best____that Daddy has given me.
【1】
A．forgot
B．stopped
C．promised
D．liked
【2】
A．Besides
B．However
C．Instead
D．Also
【3】
A．happy
B．patient
C．proud
D．angry
【4】
A．accept
B．remember
C．wonder
D．persuade
【5】
A．opinion
B．trouble
C．dream
D．purpose
【6】
A．schedule
B．joke
C．list
D．plan
【7】
A．discuss
B．mark
C．win
D．destroy
【8】
A．joy
B．surprise
C．excitement
D．regret
【9】
A．ignore
B．recognize
C．develop
D．change
【10】
A．and
B．so
C．but
D．or
【11】
A．wanted
B．hated
C．feared
D．failed
【12】
A．view
B．picture
C．memory
D．feeling
【13】
A．agreed
B．learned
C．asked
D．refused
【14】
A．future
B．truth
C．ability
D．decision
【15】
A．study
B．work
C．listen
D．control
【16】
A．afraid
B．frightened
C．hurt
D．nervous
【17】
A．harmful
B．hopeful
C．peaceful
D．helpful
【18】
A．shut
B．kiss
C．point
D．touch
【19】
A．strange
B．extreme
C．right
D．difficult
【20】
A．news
B．advice
C．luck
D．information
34、阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空，在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个适当单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。
A
I have the【1】(great)job in the world. I travel to unusual places and work alongside people from all over the world. Sometimes using【2】(science)equipment and sometimes meeting local people and tourists, I am never【3】(bore).Although my job is occasionally dangerous, I don’t mind because danger excites me and makes me feel alive. However, the most important thing about my job is that I help protect ordinary people【4】 one of the most powerful forces on earth—the volcano.
B
Water is a precious resource. Every person needs it【5】 (survive),and we use it for cooking, drinking, growing our food and washing. However，it is scarce(缺乏的).Just 1% of water on Earth can【6】 (use)by humans. What’s more，treating water to make it clean and safe and pumping it to our homes uses up lots of energy. So, what can you do to help save water? One easy way is by【7】(turn)off the tap when you brush your teeth.
C
Robbie Phillips has become the first British person to complete one of the toughest challenges in rock climbing. 【8】(know)as the Alpine Trilogy(阿尔卑斯三部曲),the challenge consists of three climbs on mountains in Austria, Germany and Switzerland, 【9】Phillips completed in four years. Until now, only four other people【10】(conquer)all three of the extremely difficult climbs.
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.
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.
36、课文填空
Yet, some people are【1】 They claim that surfing the Internet is a waste of time. They make the 【2】 that children spend too much time chatting and playing games instead of 【3】 on their school work. However, a recent survey conducted in the USA shows that 80 per cent of Internet users 【4】 it mostly to search for answers to questions. The second most common use of the Internet, for 79 per cent of Internet users, is to find out information about hobbies. These statistics prove that gathering information is the 【5】 use for the Internet.
37、Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
On a broiling afternoon when the men were away at work and all the women napped, I moved through majestic depths of silences, silences so immense I could hear the corn 【1】. Under these silences there was a / an orchestra of natural music playing notes no city child would ever hear. A certain cackle from the henhouse meant we had gained an egg. The creak of a porch swing told of a momentary breeze blowing across my grandmother’s yard. As I 【2】 along a mossy bank to surprise a frog, a 【3】splash told me the quarry had spotted me and slipped into the stream. Wandering among the sleeping houses, I learned that tin roofs crackle under the power of the sun, and when I tired and came back to my grandmother’s house, I padded into her dark cool living room, lay 【4】 on the floor, and listened to the hypnotic beat of her pendulum clock on the wall ticking the meaningless hours away.
I was enjoying the luxuries of a rustic nineteenth-century boyhood, but for the women Morrisonville life had few 【5】. Their lives were hard, endless, dirty labor.
For baths, laundry, and dishwashing, they hauled buckets of water from a spring at the foot of a hill. To heat it, they chopped kindling to fire their wood stoves. They boiled laundry in tubs, scrubbed it on washboards until knuckles were 【6】, and wrung it out by hand. Ironing was a business of lifting heavy metal weights heated on the stove top.
They scrubbed floors on hands and knees, thrashed rugs with carpet beaters, killed and plucked their own chickens, baked bread and parties, grew and conned their won vegetables, patched the family’s clothing on treadle-operated sewing machines, 【7】before the men to start the stove for breakfast and pack lunch pails, polished the chimneys of kerosene lamps, and even found time to tend the flowers that grew around every house. By the end of a summer day a Morrisonville woman had toiled like a serf.
At sundown the men drifted back from the fields exhausted and 【8】. They scrubbed themselves in enamel basins and, when supper was eaten, climbed up onto the porch to watch the night arrive. Presently the women 【9】 them, and the twilight music of Morrisonville began.
The swing creaking , rocking chairs 【10】 on the porch planks, voices murmuring approval of the sagacity of Uncle Irvey as he quietly observed for probably the ten-thousandth time in his life, “A man works from sun to sun, but a woman’s work is never done.”
38、假如你叫李平，是一位成绩优秀的学生，你班班主任在安排座位时，让成绩好的学生和成绩差的学生作同桌，这在你们班成绩优秀的学生中引起了反响，班会课上大家就此进行了讨论。现在请你根据下表把讨论结果向班主任写一封信反映一下，并说出自己的观点。
赞同 | 反对 | 你的观点 |
1.人人有长处和不足，成绩差的学生也有可取之处； | 1.部分学习差的学生常常上课说话、违反校规校纪，担心自己会受影响，会养成坏习惯。 |
|
2．相互学习，建立友谊； | 2．老是问问题，使自己不能专心学习。 |
|
3．通过帮助学习差的学生的学习从而使他们建立自信。 |
|
|
|
|
|
注意：1．词数：150字左右，短文的开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。
2．短文需包括表中所有要点，内容可适当发挥，以使行文连贯。
3．参考词汇：成绩差的学生：a slower student 自信：self-confidence
Dear Mr. Zhang,
We have held a discussion about whether it is good or not for a top student to share a desk with a slower student.
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
39、假定你是李华，你学校新增了一个“亲近绿色农场”的课外活动。请给你班的来自英国的交换生Peter 写一封电子邮件，邀请他参加。要点包括:
1. 写信目的；
2. 活动的意义；
3. 期待回复。
注意:
1. 词数100 词左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇:课外活动extracurricular activity
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
40、假定你是红星中学高二学生李华，你的英国笔友Jim在给你的邮件中提到他对中国电影很感兴趣，并请你向他推荐一部你喜欢的中国电影，请你给他回邮件，内容包括：
1. 电影的基本信息
2. 电影情节简介
3. 你的推荐理由
注意：
1. 词数不少于50；
2. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Jim,
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
41、假定是李华,你的朋友 Jenny 来信说对中国的传统文化非常感兴趣,请你回一封电子邮件,介绍相关情况,并邀请她来中国亲身体验。内容包括:
1.中国悠久的历史和文化传统。
2.众多的名胜古迹。
3. ......
注意: 1.词数 100 左右; 2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
Dear Jenny,
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
邮箱： 