2023级高二年级第二学期开学考试
英语试题
时量：120分钟分值：150分
考试内容：必修一至选择性必修三
第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5 分，满分7.5 分）
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。
听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1. What does Clara suggest doing
A. Paying for part of the dinner.
B. Having dinner in the restaurant.
C. Inviting Marie’s family to dinner.
2.Why does Christopher sound depressed
A. He is dismissed unfairly.
B. He isn’t admitted by a school.
C. He has difficultygetting a job.
3.What does the man mean
A. The woman is in good shape.
B. Running and yoga don’t work.
C. The woman exercises with a trainer.
4.Where does the conversation probably take place
A. At home.B. At a pet shop.C. At a restaurant.
5.What are the speakers mainly talking about
A. A documentary.B. A poet.C. A book.
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第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5 分，满分22.5 分）
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中
选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，
各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
6. What did Melissa do last night
A. She attended a party.
B. She surfed the Internet.
C. She saw a doctor.
7. How was the process of rescuing the bear
A. Quite discouraging.B. A bit challenging.C. Veryeasy.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
8. Why does Sara talk to Professor Anderson
A. Tolearn about grading rules.
B. Toask about her exam results.
C. Tosign up for a literature course.
9. What percentage is the midterm and final
A. 20%.B. 40%.C. 60%.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
10. What does Hardy think of shopping in VivoCity
A. It is enjoyable.B. It is crowded.C. It is discouraging.
11.What did Ashley do last weekend besides shopping
A. She watched a show.
B. She went to the dentist’s.
C. She exercised in the gym.
12. When will the speakers go to VivoCity
A. On Saturday morning.
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B. On Saturday afternoon.
C. On Sunday morning.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
13. Why is Jannie going to Italy
A. Togo sightseeingB. Totake a business trip.C. Toenjoy Italian food.
14. What is Chris doing
A. Making a travel plan.B. Giving money-saving tips.C. Recommending restaurants.
15. What is special about the restaurant Prezhof
A. It provides no menu.B. It has fixed customers.C. It lies in a tiny village.
16. What is Baby Dicecca famous for
A. Its longest history.B. Its local ingredients.C. Its handmade cheeses.
听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
17. How does Chang Shana feel about her days in Dunhuang
A. Happy.B. Regretful.C. Sad.
18. When did Chang Shana arrive at Dunhuang
A. In 1931.B. In 1937.C. In 1943.
19. How long did the exhibition last
A. About one month.B. Around half a year.C. Nearly 400 days.
20. Why does the speaker give the talk
A. Tointroduce an exhibition.
B. Topromote Chinese culture.
C. Toshare an artist’s life experience.
第二部分阅读（共两节，满分50分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5 分，满分37.5 分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
ABOUTAMAZONASEXPLORER
Amazonas Explorer offers you new fun ways to see Machu Picchu and Peru. Weuse adventure to run away
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from the crowds, show you special places and create lifelong memories.
Weare a small owner-operated company that loves what we do. Based in Cusco for over thirty years, we offer
you world-class guides, superb safety and equipment, great backup and salesmen who really know what they are
talking about.
Choose from Peru’s most all-around choice of fixed starts, with ten high-quality small-group tours each week.
Or design the best custom for each customer with our honest advice, incomparable local knowledge and fast
response.
Weoperate the best Peru family trip and count the WanderlustWorldGuide of the Yearamong our workers.
Wesupport TravelersAgainst Plastic and have planted almost half a million native trees in the Lares valley since
2007 as our promise of 1% for the Planet. There is a reason that we are the choice of picky agents and travelers
across the world.
SEEWHATOURPASTTRAVELERSHADTOSAY
I’ve gone on two Amazonas Explorer trips and, as far as I’m concerned, they are the best trip organizers in
Peru. One of the trips was the standard Inca trail hike, pulled offperfectly; the other was taking inflatable kayaks
(充气皮艇) to the headwaters of the TuichiRiver in Madidi National Park in Bolivia, then kayaking for a week
down to the river’s mouth. I’ve known the owner, Paul Cripps, for more than twenty years—if he hadn’t
personally hiked it, biked it, floated it or climbed it, then it probably simply couldn’t have been done!
21. What are Amazonas Explorer’s workers like
A. Mild.B. Knowledgeable.
C. Humble.D. Careless.
22. All of the following are true about Amazonas Explorer EXCEPT ______.
A. It mainly aims for environmental protection.B. It has been headquartered in Cusco for decades.
C. It tailors travel arrangements to personal needs.D. It offersa wide range of local information.
23What is the text
A. A news report.B. A novel.
C. A biography.D. An advertisement.
B
As it moves across central Italy, an old train pulling carriages from the 1930s and 1950s crosses the forests of
the Majella National Park and the Abruzzo highlands. The Park Railway, traveling through valleys and tunnels and
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over old bridges, offers visitors a view of small, rural and hidden villages in the country.
It was the first of some 1,000 kilometers of rail line to have re-opened under a project called “Timelesstracks”,
which aims to take visitors to forgotten parts of Italy instead of the popular cities. The tracks have lived through
different eras. They were mistakenly considered unproductive during the 1960s and 1970s but are now once again
of value.
Norma Pagiotti, a 28-year-old traveler from Florence, said, “People are used to cities and places, like Florence,
that everyone knows. But then there are other areas that need to be discovered. This is the right kind of tourism that
does not destroy the reality of places.”
Caterina Quaranta, from southern Italy, used the term “nostalgic” to describe riding the train. “The train
reminds me of my youth and the things of the past, which were simpler. But now everything is fast, short-lived,”
Quaranta said.
After climbing up almost 1,000 meters in altitude, the train’s first stop is in Palena, a hill-top town known for
its beautiful views over the national park. Traditionalfolk music accompanies people getting offthe train, with
local foods such as lamb skewers and soft pancakes and products by local artisans awaiting them at the station.
“The train financially helps several small towns around here.” said Gino Toppi,60, as he helped his wife with
the food stand in the small station. His village has long lost population due to the declining birth rate and younger
people leaving for the bigger cities.
24. What is the main purpose of the “Timelesstracks” project
A. Topromote tourism in Italy’s popular cities.
B. Toprove the old railway unproductive.
C. Toconnect major Italian cities.
D. Tovisit off-the-beaten-track destinations.
25. How did Norma Pagiotti think of exploring lesser-known areas in Italy
A. It is a waste of time compared to visiting popular cities.
B. It helps preserve the authenticity of these places.
C. It makes these areas too commercialized.
D. It is only suitable for elderly travelers.
26. How did Caterina Quaranta feel about her experience on the Park Railway
A. Feeling a strong dislike.B. Longing for the past time.
C. Causing great worry.D. Having pleasant relaxation.
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27. According to Gino Toppi,what current benefit will the railway bring to the villagers along the way
A. The economic promotion.B. The increasing birth rate.
C. The population mobility.D. The lifestyle of big cities.
C
Over the past few centuries, we have dug, chopped, burned, drilled, pumped, stripped, forged, flared, lit,
launched, driven, and flown our way to adding 2.4 trillion metric tons of carbon dioxide to Earth’s atmosphere. On
a lonely, lunar-like valley 20 miles outside of Reykjavík, Iceland, Edda Aradóttir is on a mission to put it back
where it came from.
In sending CO2deep beneath the surface of the planet, she’s aiming to reverse one of the most consequential
acts(有重要意义的行为) of human history: the unearthing of massive amounts of subterranean (地下) carbon as
fossil fuels, the lifeblood of modern civilization but now its bane as well. She doesn’t have much time. Nor do the
rest of us. The extreme weather and record-hot temperatures from climate change are already here—and virtually
certain to get worse.
Scientists and entrepreneurs like Aradóttir are embarking on (着手) ambitious—and sometimes
controversial—projects to remove carbon dioxide from ambient air and lock it away. In Arizona, an engineering
professor shows me his “mechanicaltree,” a single one of which may someday be able to do the work of a
thousand regular trees in capturing and storing CO2. In Australia, a leading oceanographer tells me that seaweed is
salvation, if only we’d help it grow in giant aqua-gardens of kelp and wakame that could harbor billions of tons of
carbon dioxide. Atop a university building in Zürich, an Uruguayan inventor with a gleam in his eye presents me
with a small vial of fuel made from nothing but sunlight and air.
What these efforts have in common is that they are geared in the long run to drag downward a number that
climate experts agree holds the key to the health of the planet. That number is the atmospheric concentration of
carbon dioxide. Todaythis critical number stands at some 420 parts per million, rising roughly 50 percent since
1850. Carbon-capture proponents say that their work—to capture the main driver of climate change, radically
scaled up in coming decades—will help bring this number down.
28. What is the main idea of the first and second paragraph
A. Toomuch carbon contributes to climate change.
B. Increasing carbon due to human activities urges action.
C. For hundreds of year humans have increased too much carbon.
D. Scientists should put carbon back to where it is from.
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29. What does the underlined phrase “one of the most consequential acts” in paragraph 2 refer to
A. What boosts civilization also opens Pandora’s box.
B. Human civilization leads to extremely unstable climate.
C. There is less time for us to protect our environment.
D. Modern civilization depends too much on fossil fuels.
30. Why does the author mention some scientists and entrepreneurs in paragraph 3
A. Toshow their ambitions of reusing carbon.
B. Tosuggest the possibility of controlling carbon.
C. Toofferpractical ways of emitting carbon.
D. Todisplay a new evidence in scientific researches.
31. What is the best title for the text
A. Another Possible Weaponto Fight Climate Change
B. Industrial Revolutions Spelling Disaster for Human
C. Extreme Climate Change Waitingto Be Urgently Eased
D. New Measures to Reduce Greenhouse-gas Emissions
D
A plague of rats is creating havoc in Karumba, a small coastal town in Queensland, Australia, where hordes of
rodents (啮齿动物) are chewing on electrical wires and otherwise eating everything they can find—and washing
up dead in massive numbers, creating a literal stink in the community.
The long-haired rat eats shoots and leaves—and then leaves for the north, seeking more food, researcher
Emma Gray of the school of biology and environmental science at Queensland University of Technologytold NPR.
Like an army, the mass of rats also has a very effective, and literal, force multiplier. Gray says they can “produce
12 young every three weeks when conditions are good!”
“They come in waves,” Karumba resident Jon Jensen told the ABC radio station in Brisbane. “They almost
seem trained and organized. They’re in numbers, mate, and they swim around in the rivers like little puppy dogs.”
Everywhere they go, the rats eat—and eat. “They’re hungry, they’ve swum a long way, they’ve come across land
a long way,” Jensen said, “andthey’re eating anything and everything they can get their hands on.”
Queensland’s topography, with a river system that twists its way to the northern coast, funnels the rodents
toward the shore—and dead or alive, hordes of them arrive in Karumba, a fishing and port community on the
Gulf of Carpentaria. Once they’ve arrived, there’s little anyone can do to curtail the plague. Trapshave been set up,
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he said, but in the face of such multitudes, the measure “really is a token gesture.”
However, “as quickly as the rats irrupt or ’boom’ in numbers, so too do they decline or ‘bust,’” Gray said. The
decline can be linked to several factors, from a change to dry conditions to increases in inbreeding and disease—
and predators that feast on the rodent influx. Feral cats, for instance, are eating well. “Generally during a rat
irruption, the area also sees a significant increase in the number of predatory birds,” Gray said. He added, “This
year we have them in all their glory and can’t wait for them to disappear.”
32. Which of the following can probably describe the rats in Karumba
A. Untrained & disorganized.B. Social & reproductive.
C. Abnormal & digestive.D. Domestic & overeating.
33. Why does the rats’ migration end in Karumba
A. Because geological features of the river system bring rats there.
B. Because there is enough food in Karumba for rats such as fishes.
C. Because the northern coast in Karumba provides habitats for rats.
D. Because the climate of the north is suitable for their inbreeding.
34. What does the author mean by “a token gesture” in paragraph 4
A. An impossible action.B. A worthwhile task.
C. An ineffective method.D. A favorable behavior.
35. What is the main purpose of the last paragraph
A. Todescribe the consequence of the plague.
B. Toanalyze the reasons why rats are increasing.
C. Toimply a promising result of the plague.
D. Toshow an evident upsurge in predatory birds.
第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5 分，满分12.5 分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
If you are thinking about redecorating the home, you are probably searching for interior (内部的) decoration
ideas. Redecorating presents a great chance to reflect your personality by displaying your style and interest. It will
be easy to redecorate the home if money is not a restriction. ____36____Here are some tips on how to do so:
Youcan get dozens of interior decoration ideas from countless magazines and TV programs. Some programs
tend to show less costly interior decoration ideas. ____37____It’s a good way of comparing different styles. Here
you can make a distinction between the country style and the contemporary style.
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If you are fond of a primitive or traditional style, warmer colors are the best for the room. These colors go with
all kinds of cloth of old style and wooden furniture. ____38____
If you like a modern styleuse brighter colors instead of white and off-white. Home decoration of the style
includes minimum disorder and a lot of free space and light. Leather furniture matches the room: white or black
with contrasting cushion (靠垫) per seating place. ____39____This design really features contemporary decor.
____40____ This often occurs anyway, especially if people give you furniture. If you wish to combine
different pieces of furniture, you need to bridge the gap between them. This can be done easily with materials like
throw pillows, wall hangings and carpets.
A. A white one on a black sofa suits here.
B. There is nothing wrong in mixing two styles.
C. Wallstend to have one or two pieces of wall art.
D. Another effectiveand affordable option is by surfing the Internet.
E. The combinations and possibilities in the first decoration are endless.
F. Autumn colors go well to produce a warm, friendly and pleasant atmosphere.
G. Nevertheless, the question for most is how to redecorate the home within limited budget.
第三部分语言运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
The brand has millions of young fans who may not earn a lot but are generous spenders on small toys that
offerthem emotional and social value. China’s Generation Z, roughly 280 million ____41____and born between
1996 and 2012, is ____42____ an “emotionalconsumption” trend that contrasts with a broader ____43____in the
world’s second-largest economy. YoungChinese consumers are increasingly willing to spend money on items that
may seem “____44____” and expensive, but bring them joy or ____45____their mood, some analysts said.
“They have high emotional needs as they live and work at a fast pace and under high pressure,” said Mo
Daiqing, a senior analyst at the Hangzhou-based China E-Commerce Research Centre. Products like blind box toys,
quirky (古怪的) ____46____ and decorative items have become highly ____47____by young people. Such items,
often not necessarily ____48____, serve as sources of comfort, ____49____or self-expression.
Such _____50_____ have also contributed to the success of Jellycat, a UK-based plush toy brand that has
become one of the most popular stuffedtoy brands in China in recent years.
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_____51_____ its high prices—several hundred yuan for one small item—its experience stores are
always crowded, and customers need to make an _____52_____in advance to enter. That high demand has even
_____53_____ scalpers who make a profit by reselling the appointments.
In May, the China Consumers Association also pointed out in an annual consumer rights report that in addition
to the pursuit of cost-effectiveness, _____54_____release will become “an important factor affecting the
decision-making of the younger generation of consumers”, calling it a new _____55_____hotspot in the future.
41. A. fewB. strongC. highD. little
42. A. poweringB. postponingC. cateringD. wavering
43A. slowdownB. developmentC. expansionD. collapse
44. A. meaningfulB. costlyC. uselessD. available
45. A. ensureB. enhanceC. engageD. encounter
46. A. techniquesB. necessitiesC. objectsD. accessories
47. A. stirred upB. swept awayC. watched overD. sought after
48. A. impracticalB. informativeC. functionalD. conventional
49. A. entertainmentB. freedomC. runawayD. routine
50. A. joysB. preferencesC. productsD. desires
51. A. RegardingB. WithoutC. ConsideringD. Despite
52. A. arrangementB. appointmentC. appetiteD. appeal
53. A. multipliedB. rejectedC. illustratedD. fascinated
54. A. objectiveB. physicalC. emotionalD. economic
55. A. recreationB. policyC. enterpriseD. consumption
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5 分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入 1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
____56____(bear)into a family of dough sculptors, Lang Jiaziyu began learning dough sculpture at the age of
3. She ____57____(be)passionate about traditional crafts since childhood. And now she digitally catalogs existing
dough sculpture works, protects them through ____58____(technique)means such as 3D scanning and shares her
artifacts and creative process online, ____59____(spread)these intangible cultural heritages and gaining 2 million
fans.
On Facebook, young internet users created a group called “Social Distance Powwow”,____60____they share
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videos on Native American cultural traditions like drumming and dancing to connect Indigenous people and spread
awareness about Native American cultures.
In the opinion of Zhou Min, assistant dean of the School of ____61____(journal)and Communication at
Beijing Normal University, intangible cultural heritage has ____62____(it)fragility, but through digital technology,
it can gain resilience.
The communique of ____63____Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist
Party of China called on the Chinese people ____64____(boost)cultural confidence and work to carry forward
traditional Chinese culture, stay abreast _____65_____the latest trends in information technology, cultivate a vast
pool of talent in the cultural sector, and ignite the cultural creativity of the entire nation.
第四部分写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（满分15分）
66.假定你是李华，你校外教Ryan最近使用了 AI 技术来批改和讲评英语作文。请你根据自己的体验，给
Ryan写一封邮件，作为反馈意见，谈谈你的看法和建议。
注意：1.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；2.词数 80 左右。
Dear Ryan,
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Yours,
Li Hua
第二节（满分25分）
67.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。
MajesticRoadHillinthesuburbofourcityissosteep(陡峭的)insomeplacesthatifyoustoppedpedaling
(踩踏板), your bike would stop immediately and start to roll backwards. The uphill path is so long that it is difficult
for one to make it to the top.
The thirty of us came from the same class. Wehad a cross-country bicycle tour that day. Once we got to its top,
thereweretwoflatplaces:DairyQueenforburgersandBecker’sforhomemadedonuts(asmallcake).Usuallywe
hadlittlemoneytospare,butforthischallengingevent,weallhadsavedupalittle.Thedealwassimple:Thefirst
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one that got to the top would get his meal paid for by the rest of us.
EdandIhadgoneaheadofthewholeteam.Wepositionedourselvesatanadvantageouspointtoobservethe
otherriderswhofellbehindtostruggleonthepath.Wereachedtheshortest,butsteepestpartofthehill,called
“HeartbreakRidge”.Itgotthenamebecausemanystrongyoungpeople,whowanttomakeitwithouttheirfeet
leaving their pedal to that point, only fail with a broken heart as they gather up bikes.
Assixteen-year-oldteenagersEdandIwerethebestatclimbinghillsonourbikes.Ihadstronglegsgoodat
climbingandEdwassostrongthathecouldmakeafootballfiftyyardsawaywithakick.Thehillgotthesteepest
for us to get to the top. Our upper body had to hang over the handle bars to keep us from falling backwards. Ed was
infrontofmeandheeventuallymadeittothetop.Hewipedsweatfromhisforeheadandthenhelookedatme,
cheering.“Kev,comeon!”Itried.WhenIwasninefeetawayfromEd,somethinghappened.Mylegsbeganto
cramp (抽筋). I, standing on my bike, couldn’t pedal, or move forwards. I was about to lose my balance.
注意：
1.续写词数应为 150 左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Just at the critical moment, Ed jumped down from the top and gave me a helping hand.
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Ed and I cheered for them while they were struggling to ride towards the top.
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第 12页/共 12页2023级高二年级第二学期开学考试
英语试题
第二部分阅读（共两节，满分50分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5 分，满分37.5 分）
【答案】21. B22. A23. D
【答案】24. D25. B26. B27. A
【答案】28. B29. A30. B31. A
【答案】32. B33. A34. C35. C
第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5 分，满分12.5 分）
【答案】36. G37. D38. F39. A40. B
第三部分语言运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
【答案】41.B42.A43.A44.C45.B46.D47.D48.C49.A50.B
51. D52. B53. A54. C55. D
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5 分，满分15分）
57. has been
58. technical
59. spreading
60. where61. Journalism
62. its63. the
64. to boost
65. of
第四部分写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（满分15分）
66.
【答案】Dear Ryan,
I’dliketoprovidesomefeedbackontherecentexperienceofhavingmyEnglishessayscorrectedand
reviewedusingAItechnology.WhenreceivingmyAIreport,IwasimpressedwithhowtheAItoolexpeditedthe
correctionprocess.Theinstantaneousfeedbackwashelpfulbecauseithelpedmemakenecessaryadjustments
instantly and offereda detailed analysis of grammar and vocabulary.
AlthoughIappreciatetheconvenienceoftheAIIstillvaluethehumantouchinessayreview.Yourpersonal
insightsandencouragementhavealwaysbeenamotivatorforme.PerhapscombiningAIefficiencywithyour
expert judgment could be the optimal solution.
I hope you will take my advice into consideration.
Yours,
Li Hua
第二节（满分25分）
67.
【答案】参考范文：
Just at the critical moment, Ed jumped down from the top and gave me a helping hand. Witha strong grasp, he
helpedmeregainmybalance.Mylegswerestillachingfromthecramp,butEd’sencouragementkeptmegoing.
“You’vegothere,Kev,”hesaid,pullingmebackontomybike.Slowly,Istartedpedalingagain,usingallmy
strengthtoovercomethepain.Inchbyinch,Imovedforward,determinedtoreachthetop.AsImadeit,Edgave
me a high five with a big smile. Then we noticed the other riders approaching us very slowly.
EdandIcheeredforthemwhiletheywerestrugglingtoridetowardsthetop.Weclappedandshoutedwords
ofencouragement,knowingtheyneededthatextrapush.Itwastough,buteveryonehadstuckitout,andthatwas
whatmattered.Onebyone,ourfriendsmadeitupthesteephill.Whenthelastriderfinallymadeittothetop,we
allgatheredtogether,breathlessbuthappy.Laughing,wemadeourwaytoDairyQueenforburgersandBecker’s
for donuts, celebrating not just our victory, but the teamwork and determination that had carried us through.
