吉林2024-2025学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高一英语

1、There are ten ______ men in wheelchairs listening to the stories.

A.disabled B.disability C.disable D.disabling

2、This is a blue door but it was _______ painted green.

A.eventually B.firstly C.originally D.presently

3、_______ with heavy loads of school work ______ he became an easy target of the flu.

A. So tired was the student; that B. So tired the student was; that

C. Tired as the student was; which D. The student was so tired; which

4、-Did you meet with your head teacher in the concert last night？

-Yes. It was in the interval___________ we met.

A.what B.that C.where D.when

5、The discovery of new evidence led to ______________.

A. the thief having been caught B. the thief to be caught

C. catch the thief D. the thief being caught

6、The question occurred to me ____ the book was worth reading.

A．what

B．whether

C．which

D．if

7、He learns ____ wealth does not buy happiness and _____ friends are more important than a fancy education.

A. that; / B. what; /

C. /; that D. /; what

8、The old only ________ their children ________ and see them from time to time.

A．suggest; to come

B．hope; to come

C．desire; coming

D．desire; to come

9、Let the negative feelings go that we might have to tolerate ______.

A. though B. however

C. otherwise D. regardless

10、--Mary failed the driving test again.

-- Really? Can you_______ for that this time.

A．explain

B．account

C．describe

D．introduce

11、________ to ________ the nature reserve, the local people prevented the construction workers  from entering their villages.

A. Opposed; developing B. Opposing; developing

C. Opposing; develop D. Opposed; develop

12、A clean environment can help the city bid for Olympics which ____ will promote its economic development.

A. in nature B. in return

C. in turn D. in fact

13、The red umbrella is among the black ones.

A．distinct

B．delicate

C．diverse

D．desperate

14、--- I hear it may get windy this afternoon.

--- I don’t care ____ it doesn’t rain again.

A. even though B. as far as

C. in case D. so long as

15、We have a ____ budget and every penny counts.

A. tight B. loose C. bad D. slight

16、I recommend ____ an English-Chinese dictionary, which will be of great help to your studies.

A．buying

B．to buy

C．being bought

D．to be bought

17、----Are there any English story books for us students in the library?

----There’re only a few, .

A. if some   B. if any

C. if many D. if ever

18、Henry would rather his mother________ in the school where he is studying.

A．not work  B．not worked

C．didn't work    D．not working

19、____ is our belief that improvements in health care will lead to a stronger, more prosperous economy.

A．As

B．That

C．This

D．It

20、The clever boy made a hole in the wall, _____he could see what was going on inside the house.

A.on which B.at which C.through which D.in which

21、Lisa was angry with Joe because she couldn’t _____ his disrespect to the kind man who had helped them out.

A. violate B. allocate C. relate D. tolerate

22、--- Why does Jane look so unhappy?

--- She ______ at by her classmates.

A.was laughed B.laughed C.has been laughed D.will be laughed

23、I have been convinced that the print media are usually more________ and more reliable than television.

A．accurate

B．ridiculous

C．urgent

D．flexible

24、We got to the top of a mountain _________ we can see the whole city.

A. at where B. from there

C. from where D. there

25、— Could you help me take care of my pet dog on the 19th?

— I’m afraid I’m not ____________ that day.

A. vacant B. sufficient C. available D. convenient

26、   Juili Kale was looking forward to receiving her master’s degree at Arizona State University. She planned to invite her family living in India to the United States for her graduation ceremony. But then, in March, the coronavirus pandemic ended those plans as schools nationwide closed to stop the spread. Kale’s dream came crashing down. Yet the graduation ceremony is taking place—just not as she expected.

University officials have turned to robots so Arizona State graduates and their families can take part in the event online. Cameras recorded images of Kale and about 140 other graduates online this month. They were wearing robes and mortar board caps. They took turns moving a robot at the university that held an eye-level display showing their face. With the help of the robot, they stepped forward to receive their diplomas and take pictures. The robots are from Double Robotics, a company based in Burlingame, California Before the health crisis, they had been used to help people attend funerals and even marriage ceremonies without traveling.

Sanjeev Khagram is dean of Arizona State’s Thunderbird School of Global Management. He told the Reuters news agency the video-a “bittersweet” experience—was recorded and produced over two days. “It may not have been ideal for the students,” Khagram admitted, “but we want to show that we did everything that we could to celebrate them. When the crisis is over, the class of 2020 can do a real-life walk at any future graduation ceremony they choose.”

Kale planned to throw a “watch party” her husband at home and her family in India. Getting used to the online experience was easy for Nancy Sierras Morales. “We have been able to adapt very quickly because we are used to being on a computer and on the phone almost like 24 hours 7 days,” the 22-year-old said. She said that, “while it is not the best, it is cool...to be like the first class ever to do this.”

“I’m disappointed...,” said 41-year-old Douglas Northcott. He is graduating with a master’s degree in applied leadership and management. He looked forward to the real thing.

【1】What had the robots mainly been used for before the graduation ceremony?

A.Saving travelling for people to attend ceremonies like wedding.

B.Hosting all kinds of ceremonies for people unable to travel.

C.Helping professors with their teaching plans in universities.

D.Amusing people during their travelling to funerals.

【2】According to Sanjeev Khagram, to have a real graduation ceremony, the 2020 graduates can ________.

A.throw an online “watch party”

B.attend any future graduation ceremony

C.hold another real one by themselves

D.do everything they can to celebrate

【3】According to the text, ________ made a fast adjustment to the new situation.

A.Juili Kale B.Sanjeev Khagram

C.Nancy Sierras Morales D.Douglas Northcott

【4】What is the best title for the text?

A.A disappointing graduation ceremony.

B.A graduation ceremony with the help of robots.

C.multifunctional robot from Double Robotics.

D.A special experience of students in the health crisis.

27、Female Scientists Who Have Changed the World

There are still hundreds of relatively-unknown women who have changed the world with their research throughout history

Tiera Guinn

This 21 -year-old scientist hasn't yet graduated from college, but Tiers Guinn's already doing rocket science. The MIT（麻省理工学院）senior is helping build a rocket for the United States that could be one of the biggest and most powerful ever made. She's an aerospace major with high credit points who also works as a Rocket Structural Design and Analysis Engineer for the Space Launch System that aerospace company Boeing is building for the US.

Elizabeth Blackwell

Elizabeth Blackwell,who was born in Bristol, England in 1821,was the first woman to graduate from medical school in the United States, became an activist for poor American women's health, and went on to found a medical school for women in England.

Jane Goodall

The most famous primate (灵长目）scientist in history, Jane Goodall was known for her work with chimps and as a champion of animal rights. And Goodall wasn't just working in a lab; she climbed trees and imitated the behavior of chimps in Tanzania to gain their trust and study them in their natural habitat.

Rachel Carson

In the 1960s, one environmental scientist's voice rose above the rest to become central to American politics, culture, and foreign policy: Rachel Carson's. Her article, "Silent Spring," warned of the dangers of pesticides（农药）and chemicals to humans, plants, and animals, and was a landmark in the nation's environmental history .

【1】What is Tiera Guinn's greatest achievement?

A．She entered the best university of the world.

B．She has been learning the newest rocket science.

C．She has helped build a big and powerful rocket.

D．She is a top student employed by a famous company.

【2】What is Elizabeth Blackwell famous for in history?

A．She was the first woman with the advanced education.

B．She was a pioneer of the women's health in the US and the UK.

C．She founded the first women's school in the United Kingdom.

D．She was the first woman to be accepted as an American citizen.

【3】Who made a great contribution to the animal-protection movement?

A．Tiera Guinn,

B．Jane Goodall.

C．Rachel Carson.

D．Elizabeth Blackwell.

28、You’re sitting on the train home and the person opposite you yawns(打哈欠). Suddenly, you’re yawning with him, though you’re not tired.

This phenomenon confused scientists for years until a recent study found that people tend to sympathize with fellow humans. Supporting this claim was the discovery that those children who were unable to form normal emotional ties with others did not experience contagious(有感染力的) yawning, which showed that humans communicate regularly with out words.

Hugo Critchley, a neuroscientist, has conducted an experiment recently, which will prove that happiness and sadness can spread like the common cold. According to Critechley, our mind and body are in constant exchange about how we’re feeling. “Emotions are closely linked with states of internal(内部的) responses,” he explained. “There are also more visible changes in our gestures and facial expression. When we’re in a group, these signals can spread to another person. For example, there’s the obvious tendency to smile when smiled at and there are less obvious changes that reflect emotions of surprise, anger or sadness such as a change in our heart rate and blood pressure.

Hugo Critchley further explained, “Our bodies synchronies and when we like the other person, we ever copy his behavior. Next time you chat with a friend, take note of how you’re sitting—it’s pretty likely that you will be the same. Scientists believe it’s our way of telling each other that we’re partners. Through body language, humans give each other very subtle(微妙的) but clear signals that show emotions.”

So, what lessons can we learn from this? “Spend time with happy people— otherwise your health could suffer,” said Critchley. “When we’re sad, our body goes into fight or flight mode. But when we’re happy, our body works normally and we feel relaxed and positive. So we look bright, our skin glows, we feel healthy and it affects everyone around us.”

【1】According to Hugo Critchley, ________.

A.emotions are as visible as facial expressions

B.we yawn more frequently when we have a cold

C.emotions are connected with states of internal responses

D.the change of blood pressure is not linked with the change of emotions.

【2】The underlined word “synchronies” in Paragraph 4 means “________”.

A.move slowly B.change rapidly C.relax temporarily D.respond accordingly

【3】From the passage we can learn ________.

A.sadness is as contagious as happiness

B.anger is less contagious than friendliness

C.surprise is more contagious than smile

D.surprise is the most contagious among emotions

【4】Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

A.Emotions have delicate influence on fellow humans.

B.Children like copying the actions of the fellow humans.

C.Scientists are still confused about contagious yawning

D.People tend to communicate more with body language.

29、   In this day and age, having solid English skills is a must. But if you’ve been learning for a while and don’t find yourself communicating with ease, how do you get around learning slump?

Find native English speakers. In certain areas hardest thing to do, but it’s the best use of your time. Talking to actual native speakers is the most effective way to improve your English skills, speaking or otherwise. 【1】.

Watch people.Watch how their mouths form the words. Watch how emotion is communicated. Watch where emphasis goes on certain sentences and how that provides context. 【2】, take notice of the humor and the feelings, and the formality they employ.

Slow down.Above all, if you want to be understood, slow down. 【3】. It’s tempting to get nervous and want to speed up to get it all over with, but you can’t do that! Clarity is the key--for some native English speakers, too

Speak English at home. Talk to yourself in English. Narrate your actions. While you’re washing dishes, say what you’re doing, thinking, or feeling. 【4】, but it keeps your brain thinking in English before your first language. Once you can do that, the rest is just keeping it up.

Create opportunities. 【5】. That’s the lazy way of looking at it! English speakers are everywhere, and you have to come to them. Call an English hotline. Call up Nike and ask about their sneakers. Start a blog. There are always opportunities to be had.

A.It sounds a little silly if you get caught

B.Apart from just understanding their words

C.In addition to imitating the gestures they use

D.They will be patient with you―don’t worry

E.Your progress will be faster this way than any other

F.It’s easy to complain you’ll never be exposed to an authentic language environment

G.The more clearly you speak, the better chance your listener has of understanding you.

30、   It had been a long drive to the Veteran’s hospital. My brother and I had gone to __________my Dad who had been____________days earlier, weak, sick and confused. The __________had diagnosed him with pneumonia(肺炎) and found cancer cells in his brain. My Dad looked so _________ lying there in bed. It wasn’t just the _________ that was getting to him. It was also being so _________ his family and friends.

As I sat by his ___________, a little woman with a big smile__________ into his room. She was at least 80 years old but seemed to have the __________of someone 60 years younger. She was a volunteer   _______handmade get-well cards from the local elementary school. Gently, she took my Dad’s hand and thanked him for his service to our country. It was the first time since he had gotten ___________that I saw my Dad smile. I__________her into the hallway as she left and___________her for lifting my Dad’s _______. “I am just sharing a little__________, sweetie,” she said with a smile as she walked into the next___________room to share a little more.

That 80-year-old angel reminded me again of what is_________ in this life: sharing our love. When we share our love, we create__________ not only in the hearts of those____________us, but in our own hearts as well. When we share our love, we find ourselves doing what we were always___________to do. When we share our love, we make our souls lighter, our lives brighter and the world better.

【1】A. invite B. amuse C. visit D. watch

【2】A. refused B. admitted C. hurt D. wounded

【3】A. family B. patient C. nurse D. doctor

【4】A. sad B. small C. bored D. calm

【5】A. work B. illness C. failure D. loneliness

【6】A. related to B. strange to C. far away from D. different from

【7】A. bed B. chair C. table D. window

【8】A. broke B. walked C. turned D. looked

【9】A. looks B. strength C. wealth D. energy

【10】A. delivering B. showing C. selling D. collecting

【11】A. hurt B. guilty C. sick D. bored

【12】A. forced B. watched C. pushed D. followed

【13】A. thanked B. questioned C. forgave D. blamed

【14】A. hand B. head C. spirits D. dreams

【15】A. love B. present C. time D. information

【16】A. nurse’s B. doctor’s C. patient’s D. women’s

【17】A. hard B. easy C. initial D. essential

【18】A. surprise B. joy C. security D. wonder

【19】A. within B. beyond C. around D. before

【20】A. meant B. ordered C. asked D. attracted

31、   Most teens I meet these days lack basic social courtesy(礼仪) when dealing with people.

My own son, who basically grew up with his grandmother, the original _______ guru(专家), has perfect table manners. This is partly because he was _______to manners at a very young age. However, when we eat at home, he would not  _______manners. So I asked him why. He said,” I behave the way I am supposed to ______ when I’m out, but when I am at home I want to be  _______.”

That’s when I realized that most parents, myself included, do______ their children the proper way to behave outside the home, but they are also _______to believe that at home, anything goes.

My ________to him was “good behavior has nothing to do with where you are or whom you are with”.

Then he answered, “But I behave _______when I’m with others so that they think better of me.” And that is when I realized that I was doing things all  _______. I explained to him that it had nothing to do with what people think. This _______him even more.

So I went on to explain that behavior, whether in your everyday  _______with people or at the dining table at home, is an  _______of who you are. Well, at the age of 13, he got it.

So basically, what I am saying is that teaching your children  _______comes with the underlying lesson that it is not about  _______to do or not to do, but rather, who they are. This way it is not  _______; it comes from within.

Teach your teens or children the _______courtesy of greeting their friends’ parents and _______themselves when they go to someone’s home. Teach teenage boys to open the door of a car, or any door  _____ anyone who matters, for any girl, whether they are their girlfriends or not. This includes holding elevator doors or letting women step out of the elevator first.

Just  _______that teenage boys who practice good manners’ and courtesy grow up to become men who respect people in general.

【1】A. knowledge B. wisdom C. manners D. intelligence

【2】A. exposed B. limited C. cared D. concerned

【3】A. learn B. practice C. remember D. make

【4】A. live B. obey C. react D. behave

【5】A. gentle B. polite C. comfortable D. kind

【6】A. teach B. offer C. guide D. support

【7】A. attended to B. brought up C. cared about D. depended on

【8】A. answer B. devotion C. apology D. affection

【9】A. strangely B. nervously C. calmly D. properly

【10】A. reasonable B. important C. wrong D. necessary

【11】A. confused B. encouraged C. moved D. pleased

【12】A. competition B. argument C. struggle D. interaction

【13】A. impression B. expression C. appearance D. attitude

【14】A. lessons B. skills C. manners D. examples

【15】A. what B. how C. where D. why

【16】A. practical B. natural C. gradual D. mechanical

【17】A. minor B. formal C. basic D. casual

【18】A. pleasing B. Introducing C. enjoying D. amusing

【19】A. with B. on C. for D. at

【20】A. consider B. confirm C. predict D. remember

32、   One day, my father and I were watching a dance reality show. For some reasons, I disliked one of the dancers from the very beginning of the show.

Unknowingly, I kept finding his _______ and criticizing（批评）his dance moves. _______, my father was watching the _______ with a smile all the time. When the performance ended, he looked at me and asked softly, "How much do you _______ about the dance competition, Martha?” "No, Dad, not at all," I said. "Then how do you know that he is a _______ dancer?" he asked still with a smile. "Just _______ the other dancers! He is not as good as them," I said. "But he is among the final 10 competitors who were carefully ________ How can he be bad? Maybe his dance is of no _______ to you, but that doesn't mean you can _______ or even criticize his creativity. " "Why not?" I asked carelessly. "Because criticizing someone or something ________ nothing but negativity around you. " "Instead of criticizing something you don't like, you should spend your time ________ something you like, which will spread ________thoughts," my father added.

So choose ________! Never criticize anyone or anything unless you have a good ________ of it. This is the most ________ advice my father has ever given me.

【1】A.secrets B.tricks C.mistakes D.strengths

【2】A.Besides B.However C.Finally D.Immediately

【3】A.movie B.action C.performance D.sign

【4】A.know B.debate C.inquire D.complain

【5】A.representative B.bad C.common D.silly

【6】A.call on B.spy on C.glare at D.look at

【7】A.treated B.raised C.suspected D.selected

【8】A.benefit B.use C.interest D.importance

【9】A.ignore B.limit C.prevent D.forget

【10】A.affects B.gets C.contains D.solves

【11】A.awarding B.appreciating C.recording D.remembering

【12】A.positive B.fresh C.original D.unique

【13】A.freely B.confidently C.wisely D.independently

【14】A.defence B.luck C.deal D.knowledge

【15】A.valuable B.ambitious C.elegant D.embarrassing

33、   I was eleven years old when the fire broke out that year. I stood outside in just my underwear while I watched the _____ that I grew up in rapidly burn to the ____. A few minutes earlier I had been ____ asleep in my nice, warm bed when a ____ woke me up. My mum’s bedroom was just next to mine and my brother’s. A fire had broken out there and ____ her. While I stumbled（跌跌撞撞地走）around in the ____ and darkness, she ran from roomto room quickly waking everyone in the house. The house, however, was over 50 years old and made of wood. Before we could do anything the fire ____ it. We all barely _____ outside before the ____ engulfed(吞没) every room.

I stood there ____ while the fire destroyed my books, clothes, and toys. I watched   ___ while my mum cried and my Dad swore. I ____ what was going to happen to us ___ we had lost all of our things. As I looked around, though, I realized something for the first time: The things that ____ aren’t things. I realized at that moment that we were all alive. ____ that was essential had ____ the fire. We would all be around to love each other for many years to come. And that was all that mattered.

I still think of that fire in the ____ that helped me to become who I am today. It showed me for the very first time what is truly ____ in this life. It helped me to learn that the love we ____ is far more important than the things we ____.

【1】A. room B. house C. floor D. yard

【2】A. ground B. field C. ashes D. ruins

【3】A. loud B. quick C. good D. sound

【4】A. call B. scream C. voice D. noise

【5】A. caught B. frightened C. awakened D. denied

【6】A. smoke B. fire C. light D. noise

【7】A. spared B. possessed C. consumed D. found

【8】A. got it B. made it C. put it D. tried it

【9】A. flames B. dust C. silence D. fear

【10】A. nodding B. watching C. trembling D. staring

【11】A. curiously B. bravely C. peacefully D. helplessly

【12】A. wandered B. wondered C. fancied D. amazed

【13】A. now that B. enen if C. as if D. so that

【14】A. rely B. mind C. matter D. value

【15】A. Something B. Everything C. Nothing D. Anything

【16】A. escaped B. saw C. survived D. passed

【17】A. afternoon B. day C. morning D. night

【18】A. basic B. reliable C. useless D. essential

【19】A. share B. protect C. feed D. remember

【20】A. apply B. aim C. support D. possess

34、阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

Smell the flowers before you go to sleep and you may just end up with rosy dreams. Have a whiff of rotten(腐烂的)eggs during the night and your dreams may be【1】(pleasant). So says researcher Dr. Boris Stuck, 【2】invited sleeping volunteers to a rose vs. rotten egg test in the University Hospital Mannheim in Germany. The subjects didn’t dream about roses【3】eggs, but rather he found that what they smelt affected the emotions of【4】(they) dreams.

And if you think【5】(smell) have a say in dreams, wait for what TV tells us. A UK study reveals that people exposed【6】black-and-white film and TV in their youth are to have monochromic(单色的)dreams throughout their life more【7】(probable). Eva Murzyn from the University of Dundee tested two age groups— one half 【8】(age) over 55 and【9】other half under 25.

The result? Under 5% of the dreams of the under-25s were in black and white. 【10】(watch)color TV in childhood seems to be the reason why.

35、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.

36、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”.

37、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.

38、请阅读下面短文，然后按照要求用英语写一篇150词左右的文章。

【写作内容】

1．用约30词概述上述文本的主要内容；

2．结合上述信息，用约120词发表你的看法，内容包括:

(1) 少儿编程教育流行起来的原因（至少两点）；

(2) 你对少儿编程教育的建议（至少两点）。

【写作要求】

1. 写作过程中不能直接引用原文语句；

2. 作文中不得提及有关考生个人身份的任何信息，如校名、人名等。

【评分标准】

内容完整，语言规范，语篇连贯，词数适当。

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39、阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

When Jayce Crowder was in kindergarten, he began noticing that he looked different from his classmates. They had two hands. But he had only one.

It started when one boy teased him. Jayce was in a bad mood. He’d return home in Des Moines, Iowa, with questions: Why am I different? Why me? Why? “He actually told us that he was mad at looking so different from others,” said his mother, Cortney Lewis. “That really hurt him.” Lewis admitted she didn’t know what to do at that point. How could she provide answers to her son’s questions when she had never found those answers herself ?

A few weeks later, Lewis came home from her job and turned on the TV to a news story about Trashaun Willis, an eighth-grader from Washington middle school, Iowa. The boy, then 14, had become an Internet star after posting videos of his slam dunk (扣篮), and, like Jayce, he was missing most of his left arm. Lewis called Jayce in to see Trashaun on TV, too.

He was shocked, staring at one dunk after another. He was shocked, staring at one dunk after another.

“Cool,” Jayce remembered thinking with excitement. “ I saw him dunking on TV.”

Willis’ story blew up last winter. The Des Moines Register wrote about him. NBC Nightly News flew to Iowa to interview him. Just recently, Sports Illustrated named him one of its Sports Kid of the Year finalists.

At the time, it seemed that watching Trashaun would simply be an inspiring moment for Jayce—he’d see a shining role model with a seemingly similar born disability. And had it stayed just that, Lewis would have been happy. But little did she know that a family friend had already reached out to the Des Moines Register, asking the newspaper to help set up a meeting with Trashaun to encourage Jayce and build his confidence. A few days later, the good news that Trashaun accepted the invitation to meet Jayce came.

注意：1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右；

2. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好。

Paragraph 1:

Finally, the boys met at Washington Middle School on a Saturday afternoon several months later.

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Paragraph 2:

After the meeting, Jayce learned to accept his disability.

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40、假定你是李华，最近你校将举办以“榜样的力量”为主题的英语演讲比赛。请根据提示写一篇演讲稿。内容包括：

1. 活动的目的；

2. 榜样的故事；

3. 个人看法。

注意：1. 词数80左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯：

3. 开头和结尾已给出，不计人总词数。

Good morning. everyone!

I'm Li Hua from Class 1，Senior 3. It's my great honor to stand here to deliver my speech today.

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That's all Thanks for your listening.

41、假定你是李华，得知现在正在招募亚运会志愿者，你有意应聘。请按下列要点给报社写一封自荐信。内容包括：

1. 表示感兴趣；

2. 说明优势（英语水平、合作精神、相关经历）；

3. 希望得到回复。

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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