淮北2025届高三毕业班第三次质量检测英语试题

1、In everyday communication, information ________ by gestures and tone of voice is sometimes understood.

A.conveying B.conveyed C.to convey D.having conveyed

2、—How I wish I __________ fly to the moon!

—Really? That would be great.

A.can B.may C.should D.could

3、While ______ the National Congress of Communist Party, President Xi instructed the party never to forget ______ we started and then we can  accomplish our mission (使命).

A.addressing；where B.sponsoring；when

C.delivering；when D.dismissing；where

4、______our part as a global citizen, we need to know what is happening in the world.

A.To do B.Doing C.Having done D.Done

5、In the book, the author describes how Iran has long sought an   with America.

A.acceleration B.accomplishment

C.accumulation D.accommodation

6、_______ the rising costs of many products, fares in this city __________ unchanged.

A.Though; remained B.Despite; remained

C.Despite; was left D.Though; was remained

7、________ on a famous novel, the TV play presents a colorful picture of the 196os’ China to the viewers.

A.Basing B.Based C.To base D.Being based

8、His mother did _______ she could ______ the boy.

A.what help B.that help C.what to help D.that to help

9、Would you slow down a bit，please？I can't________you.

A．keep up with

B．put up with

C．make up to

D．hold on to

10、Search engines search the Internet based on the key words you type in, and choose such web pages for you ________ contain the words you ask for.

A.where B.who C.which D.as

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 city announced severe measures_____ to hold e-bike riders and restaurants that employ the riders responsible.

A.meaning B.to be meant C.meant D.be meant

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

A.lay B.laid

C.lined D.lied

14、He speaks English well indeed, but of course not ________ as a native speaker.

A. as fluent   B. more fluent   C. so fluently D. much fluently

15、A student ______ read too many books, which helps broaden his horizons and enrich his mind.

A.needn't B.mustn't C.can't D.shouldn't

16、--- Will you lend me some money?

--- Sorry, mine _______.

A．were used up

B．has run out

C．have run out

D．has run out of

17、______I catch a cold , my nose runs.

A.First time B.At times C.Every time D.The time

18、Previous problems or bad experiences with test-taking can be an invitation _____ a worse performance in the next test.

A. with B. in C. beyond D. to

19、These Qing dynasty architectural marvels, along with many others ________ by members of the same family — the Lei family.

A．was all built

B．were all built

C．is built

D．has built

20、Though a man may also feel like screaming as a woman________ in a crisis, he has a little bit more self-control than a woman and that makes the difference.

A.having B.has

C.doing D.does

21、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

22、There have been several new events _____ to the program.

A.add B.to add C.adding D.added

23、After graduation, Jane_________ her job as a volunteer teacher in the countryside.

A.set out B.set up C.took up D.took over

24、The restaurant ____ us 1000 yuan for the wine which is worth one tenth in a grocery store.

A. accused B. paid C. charged D. asked

25、Some people are skeptical about the internet, ________ that surfing the Internet is a waste of time.

A.claimed B.claiming C.to claim D.having claimed

26、One of the most successful, influential and beloved women in American history, Eleanor Roosevelt once said that she had one regret: she wished she had been prettier. Who hasn’t felt the same way? We are all too aware of our physical imperfections. To overcome them, we spend billions upon billions every year. Why do we care so much about how we look? Because it matters. Because beauty is powerful. Because even we learn to value people mostly for being kind and wise and funny, we are still moved by beauty.

Aristotle said, “Beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of introduction”. It’s not fair, but it’s true. We simply treat beautiful people better than we do others. Attach a photograph of a beautiful author to an essay, and people will think that it is more creative and more intelligently written than exactly the same essay accompanied by the photo of a homely author. As children, beautiful people are more likely to become favorites with parents and teachers. Later, they are more likely to get good jobs. Attractive people in need are more likely to receive help from strangers.

These days, women and men both rely on advanced technology to improve their beauty. Wrinkles can be stretched away with a face lift. Special injections can make lips look young and plump (丰满的). Besides being a sign of youth, good skin also means that the person is likely to be healthy. Still, it is possible to go too far. At the end of the 19th century, some women even had their ribs (肋骨) removed so they’d have that perfect narrow waist.

Our sensitivity to physical beauty is not something we can control at will. We are born with it. Experiments showed that even small infants prefer to look at attractive faces. Before they have met a single supermodel, before they have watched a single TV show, before they have opened up a single fashion magazine, they are drawn to the same faces which adults have judged to be attractive.

There are more important things in life than beauty. But as Nancy Etcoff says, “We have to understand beauty, or we will always be enslaved by it.” If you aim to be wise and kind and funny, it doesn’t mean that you can't also try your best to look beautiful. There’s no reason to feel guilty about being moved by beauty’s power. It moves us all.

【1】Which of the following proverbs has the opposite meaning of Aristotle’s sentence in Paragraph 2?

A．Never judge a book by its cover.

B．Act on second thoughts.

C．Leave your luck while winning.

D．Great minds think alike.

【2】The underlined word “homely” in Paragraph 2 can be replaced by ____.

A．attractive

B．plain

C．beautiful

D．handsome

【3】According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?

A．People are all slaves to beauty.

B．Beauty can ensure good jobs.

C．Advanced technology helps improve beauty.

D．People value beauty over other virtues.

【4】What’s the best title of this passage?

A．The Power of Beauty

B．Huge Costs of Beauty

C．Bad Effects of Beauty

D．Various Ways to Beauty

27、Environmentally Friendly Denmark

What Are They Doing and

How Is It Helping?

【1】The article is written to _______.

A.show the readers how Denmark stays environmentally-friendly

B.persuade the readers to adopt Danes’ environmental-protection methods

C.entertain the readers with creative environmental-protection methods taken by Danes

D.identify organizations providing information about the environmentally-friendly Denmark

【2】Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A.Demark is able to function properly for long without the use of fossil fuels.

B.Danish supermarkets are trying to reduce its amount of food to cut waste.

C.Many Danes take their children to zoos to show them where food comes from.

D.Unlike other countries, organic food in Denmark is cheaper than non-organic food.

28、   While most people have the idea that volcano eruptions are one of the most destructive disasters in nature , seeing a volcano erupt is a wonderful experience, and you can really feel the heat by climbing to the summit of Pacaya for a close-up view.

There are guided tours every day up this highly active volcano from Antigua, giving travelers a chance to see Mother Nature at her most powerful.Pacaya is an easy drive from Antigua, a beautiful city with many colorful houses along its old streets that are turned into art-works during its Holy Week festival. No matter when you come to Antigua, you won’t miss the Pacaya-tour companies.

But climbing Pacaya is no easy job: it is 2,560 meters high, and reaching the summit takes two to three hours of seemingly one-step-forward and two-step-back movements. As you climb you hear the dull sounds of eruptions high above. Steaming, hot remains from recent eruptions begin to line the path as you near the active summit: the Mckenney Cone (火山锥). Just as though you were going to walk over to the edge of the cone, the road turns to the left and up to the relative safety of the old, inactive summit.

Many tours are timed so that you arrive at the cone of the volcano in plenty of time for sunset and the full contrast between the erupting red lava(岩浆) and the darkening sky. On a good day the view from the summit is extremely exciting. The active mouth boils,  sending red lava  over its sides, and once in a while shoots hot steams up to 100 meters into the air. There is a strong bad smell in the air even if you take care to be upwind of the cone. As evening turns deeper into the night, the burning lava quietly falls down the side of the volcano. For you, too, it is time to get down.

【1】Antigua is a city   .

A. that gives a close-up view of Pacaya

B. that is famous for its tour agencies

C. where the exciting Pacaya tour starts

D. where people can enjoy cultural festivals

【2】The word “summit” appears several times in the passage. It means___.

A. cooled rocks along the path

B. loud sound and terrible smell

C. the most exciting happening in a place

D. the top point of a mountain or hill

【3】Many tours are timed for people to .

A. get down the mountain in time when night falls

B. avoid the smell from the upwind direction

C. enjoy the amazing eruption against the darkening sky

D. appreciate the scenery of the Pacaya mountain

【4】What is the main purpose of this passage?

A. To attract tourists .

B. To describe the volcano

C. To introduce guided tours .

D. To explain the power of nature .

29、   Do you sometimes put off doing your homework on a school night to watch TV？A new study says that middle school students who watch TV or play video games during the weekdays do worse in school.

The study also says that watching TV and playing video games on weekends don’t affect school performance that much.

“On weekdays, the more they watched, the worse they did,” said Dr. Iman Sharif of Children’s Hospital at Montefiore in New York. “They could watch a lot on weekends and it didn’t seem to connect with doing worse in school.”

The study appears in October issue of Pediatrics. Researchers drew their conclusions after surveying 4,500 students in New Hampshire and Vermont middle schools.

To reach their findings, researchers didn’t look at grades or test scores. Instead, they asked students to rate their own performance on a scale ranging from “excellent” to “below average”.

Other studies have found a connection between kids’ ability to learn and the amount of TV they watch. One study even found that kids with televisions in their bedrooms scored about eight points lower on math and language arts tests than kids without. What should a kid do?The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that kids watch TV no more than two hours and that televisions be kept out of children’s rooms. Weekends viewing should be kept to four hours at most each day.

【1】The passage mainly talks about the relationships between .

A.TV watching and students’ character training

B.TV watching and students’ school performance

C.students’ communicating skills and TV watching

D.kids’ mental development and TV watching

【2】What can be concluded from the passage?

A.Kids can watch TV as long as they wish on the weekends.

B.Kids can watch TV longer on the weekends than on weekdays.

C.Kids should not be allowed to watch TV on the weekends.

D.Kids can watch TV during the weekdays in their rooms for a long time.

【3】The purpose of keeping televisions out of children’s room is to .

A.protect the TV sets from being broken by kids B.prevent the kids from playing video games on TV

C.limit the time of TV the kids watch D.provide the kids with the quietness they need to study

【4】Who is likely to have excellent school performance according to the passage?

A.A student putting off doing homework on a school night to watch TV.

B.A student who watches TV 4 hours a day.

C.A kid who has TV set in his own room.

D.None of the above.

30、   A mail carrier nicknamed (绰号)“Mailman kyle” is delivering supplies for the elderly along his route. Kyle West, also known as “Mailman Kyle”, has been _______ essential items like milk and toilet paper to _______ people on his mail route.

West said a lot of people along his route are elderly and are _______ to go out in public. “One of my customers came out and _______ me to get him toilet paper. From then, I _______ that some people just can't do it themselves  _______,” he said. _______ started sending the people on his route a different kind of _______. It says, “If you are at risk and need help getting _______ items, let me know. I will do ________ I can to help you,” He ________ the letter “Mailman Kyle” and wrote his phone number.

“The results has been a lot more than I ________,” West said. “I delivered nearly 400 of those letters and I've ________something from almost every person.” As a mail carrier in Ohio, West is delivering more than ________ these days.

But West says he doesn't want anything in return for his ________ effort. “Seeing a lot of my ________ putting on suits to just get essential items. I figured if I'm already there, it won't hurt me to ________ what they need,” he said happily.

We should try our best to help others just like Kyle West. As the saying ________, those who help others would get ________ from others in return. Life is ten percent what you make it and ninety percent how you ________ it.

【1】A.putting off B.dropping off C.taking off D.turning off

【2】A.young B.friendly C.elderly D.disabled

【3】A.afraid B.forced C.willing D.determined

【4】A.forced B.taught C.allowed D.asked

【5】A.remembered B.realized C.promised D.predicted

【6】A.importantly B.carefully C.necessarily D.conveniently

【7】A.However B.Otherwise C.Therefore D.Suddenly

【8】A.letter B.greeting C.book D.message

【9】A.essential B.large C.dangerous D.expensive

【10】A.why B.how C.which D.what

【11】A.drew B.watched C.signed D.sent

【12】A.ignored B.expected C.controlled D.compared

【13】A.heard B.bought C.borrowed D.saved

【14】A.drink B.milk C.food D.mail

【15】A.real B.extra C.same D.right

【16】A.members B.neighbors C.customers D.colleagues

【17】A.consider B.reject C.understand D.bring

【18】A.goes B.writes C.suggests D.reads

【19】A.comfort B.help C.thank D.happy

【20】A.claim B.enjoy C.take D.share

31、When I search my mind for who has made an impact on my life, my father steps out first. To be honest, my father is not an_______ dad because he can be defined as a workaholic without_________ I had a memory that he has been_________like a machine for days and nights. As a famous teacher and the boss of a training institute, his schedule is filled up with_________to give and decisions to_________ on management. It was he who left me weeping alone_________ a locked door when I was 5 years old. In adolescent years, I rarely _______his words on anything. When I grew up, I still find it_________to communicate with him.

While I believe I won’t _______my dad in some parts, I deeply understand him and even feel________about him. He was ________for 7 years into high school because of the Cultural Revolution, but later his diligence and ________brought him a diploma of a key university, a job in a big city and his enterprise. His single-parent ________ and his childhood with his grandparents hold him back from taking the father’s ________in the best way and showing his love to his son.________ , I do know he loves me so much.

After I failed the college entrance exam, he________me to take it easy, and encouraged me to be confident and ________. In that summer, he got up early in spare mornings, took a walk with me in the park, telling me his story of fighting against________. During the Spring Festival when he stood at the window,________me lighting fireworks outside, smiling, I said to myself it was such a wonderful moment. It was the first time we had been so________to each other.

【1】

A．honored

B．energetic

C．ideal

D．outstanding

【2】

A．doubt

B．hesitation

C．freedom

D．permission

【3】

A．fighting

B．talking

C．training

D．operating

【4】

A．lectures

B．performances

C．instructions

D．invitation

【5】

A．take

B．make

C．practice

D．share

【6】

A．inside

B．behind

C．under

D．beneath

【7】

A．heard

B．believed

C．followed

D．received

【8】

A．interesting

B．tough

C．indifferent

D．smooth

【9】

A．forgive

B．accept

C．avoid

D．forget

【10】

A．confident

B．particular

C．passionate

D．sympathetic

【11】

A．delayed

B．opposed

C．admitted

D．refused

【12】

A．courage

B．wealth

C．perseverance

D．personality

【13】

A．poverty

B．reality

C．challenge

D．background

【14】

A．step

B．role

C．authority

D．advice

【15】

A．Therefore

B．Moreover

C．Otherwise

D．However

【16】

A．accompanied

B．ordered

C．advised

D．comforted

【17】

A．calm

B．content

C．optimistic

D．responsible

【18】

A．fate

B．examination

C．competition

D．outcome

【19】

A．catching

B．watching

C．keeping

D．picturing

【20】

A．devoted

B．attached

C．close

D．faithful

32、   It was a Saturday, and the sun was scorching (灼热的). I _______up and down the bus stop anxiously and impatiently, waiting for the bus to go to my English class.

＂Excuse me, what time is it?” said a voice in my ear. When I looked back over my _______, I was greeted by a ragged (衣衫褴褛的) man who looked like a migrant peasant worker. He was almost the same age as my elder brother, but his hair was _______and his working clothes were_______ and old. A terrible smell made me take two steps back _______ him. Disgusted and puzzled, I gave him a blank _______ and answered his question unwillingly.

＂Thank you! I'm just afraid of being late for work," he _______in a whisper, giving a nervous giggle (咯咯笑). I remained silent, nodding my head _______

The bus finally reached the stop, and I _______ the bus. I reached into my________,and to my surprise, it was completely empty! I was so embarrassed that I just________, my face________ shame. At that moment, a dark-colored arm reached out and put two coins into the coin box. "The money is for both of us!" a familiar ________ rang in my ear. I raised my head and realized it was him!

My previous behavior ________my mind, making me dizzy. "Thank you," I murmured, regretful and ________.On hearing my words, he smiled, revealing his perfect white teeth. “You are welcome! You helped me, too.”

I was touched, ________the only thing I could do was look steadily at his________.I noticed the calluses (老茧) and ________on them, which told the story of his struggles and hardships as a________. Although his hard work will ruin his ________, it'll never ruin his warm heart and kind soul.

A．jumped

B．raced

C．flew

D．walked

A．shoulder

B．bus

C．car

D．brain

A．messy

B．straight

C．black

D．loose

A．fashionable

B．unique

C．torn

D．tidy

A．for

B．from

C．toward

D．with

A．stare

B．agreement

C．guide

D．understanding

A．ordered

B．suggested

C．complained

D．explained

A．determinedly

B．slightly

C．violently

D．excitedly

A．stopped

B．directed

C．boarded

D．recognized

A．bottle

B．drawer

C．chair

D．pocket

A．regretted

B．froze

C．lied

D．smiled

A．burning with

B．taking up

C．going for

D．running into

A．song

B．laughter

C．voice

D．shout

A．held up

B．wore out

C．looked into

D．passed through

A．appreciative

B．generous

C．careless

D．responsible

A．if

B．though

C．but

D．or

A．arms

B．eyes

C．legs

D．hands

A．power

B．strength

C．roughness

D．thickness

A．leader

B．worker

C．customer

D．beggar

A．character

B．appearance

C．trust

D．life

33、   Hailey is an ordinary nine-year-old girl, but her kindness is rather uncommon and awe-inspiring(令人惊叹的). The little girl has made it her task to help the _______ in her community by giving them a place to _______. While most other kids of her age are _______playing with toys, Hailey picks up _______ to build tiny shelters for people living on the streets.

Hailey's kind spirits _______ four years ago, when she and her mother bought a homeless man a sandwich. She _______ that she wanted to do more in terms of providing _______ for the homeless. So she came up with the idea of starting a _______ to grow and donate fresh vegetables.

"I was _______ that it would last a week," Hailey's mother told non-profit Together Rising. But it's been four years and she ________ delivers  food to the homeless constantly. " With her mother's help, Hailey ________ a grant(拨款) from Together Rising ________ she was awarded $ 3,000 to help her get started. "We can't think of a better ________ than our Hailey. She's proof that no person or act of kindness is too ________ to change the world," said Glennon Doyle Melton, founder of Together Rising.

The wooden homes that Hailey is building will ________ a front door, windows and solar panels.

________ , she does most of the work herself, under the guidance of her grandfather, who is a(n) ________. She is currently halfway through her first home, which she ________ to give to Edward, the homeless man who inspired her ________.Once she's done, Halley said she wants to ________building more sleeping shelters in Bremerton's Tent City.

【1】A. careless B. fearless C. homeless D. hopeless

【2】A. sleep B. stand C. study D. work

【3】A. suffering from B. satisfied with C. aware of D. interested in

【4】A. stones B. pencils C. toys D. tools

【5】A. rose B. started C. happened D. failed

【6】A. realized B. promised C. expected D. agreed

【7】A. heat B. battery C. food D. blood

【8】A. company B. garden C. hospital D. school

【9】A. sad B. happy C. proud D. sure

【10】A. still B. even C. also D. just

【11】A. pushed aside B. responded to C. insisted on D. applied for

【12】A. until B. but C. though D. because

【13】A. record B. example C. result D. rule

【14】A. small B. strong C. poor D. clever

【15】A. follow B. contain C. feature D. cover

【16】A. Fortunately B. Gradually C. Actually D. Eventually

【17】A. architect B. official C. librarian D. magician

【18】A. pretends B. refuses C. intends D. determines

【19】A. ability B. project C. business D. growth

【20】A. suggest B. prevent C. delay D. continue

34、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.

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.

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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

37、Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

The Internet E-commerce and globalization are making a new economic age possible. In the future, capitalist markets will largely be replaced by a new kind of economic system based on 【1】 relationships, contractual arrangements and access rights.

Has the quality of our lives at work, at home and in our communities increased in direct proportion to all the new Internet and business-to-business Internet services being introduced into our lives? I have asked this question of hundreds of CEOs and corporate executives in Europe and the United States. Surprisingly, virtually everyone has said, “No, quiet 【2】.” They say they are working longer hours, feel more stressed, are more impatient, and are even less civil in their dealings with colleagues and friends-not to mention strangers. And what’s more revealing, they place much of the blame on the very same technologies they are so 【3】 supporting.

The technological leader promised us that access would make life more convenient. Instead, the very technological wonders that were supposed to 【4】 us have begun to enslave us in a web of connections from which there seems to be no easy 【5】.

If an earlier generation was preoccupied with the quest to enclose a vast 【6】 land, the .com generation, it seems, is more caught up in the colonization of time. Every spare moment of our time is being filled with some form of commercial connection, making time itself the 【7】 of all resources.

And while we have created every kind of labor-and time-saving device to service our needs, we are beginning to feel like we have less time available to us than any other humans in history. Maybe we need to ask what kinds of connections really 【8】 in the e-economy age. If this new technology 【9】 is only about super efficiency, then we risk losing something even precious than time-our sense of what it means to be a(n) 【10】 human being.

38、假定你是李华，你的英国笔友Martin写信给你想了解有关中国沙画的相关内容。请根据提示写一封回信，内容包括：

1. 用彩沙作画；

2. 历史悠久，广受欢迎；

3. 用于文化交流，给人视觉享受。

注意：1. 词数80左右；

2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Martin,

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Yours,

Li Hua

39、阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。

In December 2018, The Guardian changed its wording-using 'global heating' instead of 'global warming' -after scientists found that Earth's temperature is set to rise from between 2.5C and 4.5C. There had been a goal to keep the rise within 2C. And on May 1, the UK parliament (议会) declared a 'climate emergency', becoming the first parliament to do so.

It's true that 'global heating' and 'climate emergency' are – in terms of language – two simple phrases. But they send out plenty of messages.

If with 'global warming' we're still inside our comfort zone of handling the situation, entering the state of 'global heating' is like heading to a point where the delicate (微妙的) balance of nature is disturbed so much that there is no turning back. Everything will be changing: Coral will die, polar bears will lose their habitats completely, and extreme weathers like droughts and heavy storms will happen at a higher frequency. There is no denying that we're entering a 'climate emergency'.

'Decades ago when the science on the climate issue was first increasing, the impacts could be seen as an issue for future generations, ' but, as Katharine Mach, a Stanford University climate scientist, told The New York Times, now it's definitely our issue, 'a shift (变化) we all are living together'.

However, getting these messages through is far from enough. It depends on each and every one of us to find a solution – if there are any solutions left to find.

'We have no time to waste, ' said the UK's Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, according to the BBC. Corbyn urged that 'we take rapid and dramatic action now'.

Indeed, language matters. But action matters even more.

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40、假定你是学生会主席李华，你校要举办首届英语艺术节（English Art Festival），请你用英语给师生写一封信，刊登在校报英文版上。信的内容主要包括：

1．举办时间和地点；2．内容；3．举办英语节的意义。

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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41、假如你是李华，你校将举行高中生中华古诗词大赛。留学生Alice一直对中国文化和诗歌感兴趣，请你写信告知她这个消息，并邀请她一起参加。内容如下：

1.比赛时间和地点：下周五下午三点，学校学术报告厅。

2.比赛的目的和意义。

3.邀请她参加。

注意：1. 词数100左右;

2. 可以适当增加细节, 以使行文连贯。

3.中华古诗词大赛Chinese Ancient Poetry Contest 学术报告厅Lecture Hall

Dear Alice,

I’m Lihua.

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Yours，

Lihua