忻州2024-2025学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高三英语

1、Safety should be a priority in any industry and it should come as no surprise that safety issues early can actually save money, long-term, for companies.

A.requiring B.inquiring C.addressing D.acquiring

2、The science competition is a good opportunity to show students _____ creativity can add new value to their school life.

A．where

B．whether

C．how

D．when

3、In many ways, the education system in China is different from ______ in the UK.

A．it

B．those

C．one

D．that

4、Today APEC is playing a more important role in the world stage，______ purpose is to promote economic cooperation in the Asia-Pacific area．

A．where B．whose C．when   D．Which

5、Traditionally, college students hold a graduation ceremony to encourage themselves before they ______ on their life journey.

A. give up   B. settle down C. get through D. set off

6、None of the farmers in the small village can read or write, ________ speak the official language.

A．nor can they

B．so can they

C．nor they can

D．so they can

7、If you ever aren’t sure whether you have bought the very best smartphone, just _________ “good enough.”

A. make for   B. settle for

C. answer for   D. account for

8、— What is the man, do you know?

— I don’t know exactly. But I think he can be _______ but a teacher.

A. anybody B. something  C. anything  D. everybody

9、Frequent smoggy weather has set the alarm ringing; by no means can we develop economy _____ the environment.

A. under the name of   B. for the sake of

C. at the cost of   D. in the light of

10、Though Alice is busy, music has always been ________her work.

A. as much a part of her life as

B. as a part of her life much as

C. as much as a part of her life

D. so much as a part of her life

11、True happiness does not lie in the ________ of money，but the joy of achievement.

A. possession   B. profession

C. permission   D. persuasion

12、When I come home, _______, it’s good to warm my bones beside the fire.

A．coldly and tiredly

B．cold and tired

C．cold and tiredly

D．coldly and tired

13、Why do some governments spend billions of dollars on military expansion ________ the people of these countries are still suffering from starvation and poverty?

A. whether  B. though C. unless D. when

14、——Your argument is .I will not let you pass.

--Are you kidding?

A. sound   B. rational

C. liberal   D. plain

15、 It is reported that the number of tourists visiting Hong Kong this year is smaller than ________of last year.

A. it B. that C. one   D. those

16、 Success is not final, and failure is not deadly. It is the courage to continue ______ counts in life.

A. that B. which C. where   D. when

17、—How was your trip to Switzerland?

—Perfect 1．How I wish you ______ with us!

A．have been   B．are

C. were D．had been

18、There has been a recent ________ in the food service industry towards lower fat content and less salt.

A. track B. trick C. trend D. trial

19、To learn English well, we should find opportunities to hear English as much as we can.

A．speak

B．speaking

C．spoken

D．to speak

20、Mary has her weakness, ___________ that doesn’t mean she is not qualified for her job.

A. and   B. yet   C. so   D. or

21、In a room at Texas Children Cancer Center in Houston, eight-year-old Simran Jatar lay in bed with a drip (点滴) above her to fight her bone cancer. Over her bald (秃的) head, she wore a pink hat that matched her clothes. But the third grader’s cheery dressing didn’t mask her pain and weary eyes.

Then a visitor showed up. “Do you want to write a song?” asked Anita Kruse, 49, rolling a cart equipped with an electronic keyboard, a microphone and speakers. Simran stared. “Have you ever written a poem?” Anita Kruse continued. “Well, yes,” Simran said.

Within minutes, Simran was reading her poem into the microphone. “Some bird soaring through the sky,” she said softly. “Imagination in its head…” Anita Kruse added piano music, a few warbling (鸣, 唱) birds, and finally the girl’s voice. Thirty minutes later, she presented Simran with a CD of her first recorded song.

That was the beginning of Anita Kruse’s project, Purple Songs Can Fly, one that has helped more than 125 young patients write and record songs. As a composer and pianist who had performed at the hospital, Kruse said that the idea of how she could help “came in one flash”.

The effect on the kids has been great. One teenage girl, curling (蜷缩) in pain in her wheelchair, stood unaided to dance to a hip-hop song she had written. A 12-year-old boy with Hodgkin’s disease who rarely spoke surprised his doctors with a song he called I Can Make It.

“My time with the kids is heartbreaking because of the severity of their illnesses,” says Anita Kruse. “But they also make you happy, when the children are smiling, excited to share their CD with their families.”

Simran is now an active sixth grader and cancer-free. From time to time, she and her mother listen to her song, Always Remembering, and they always remember the “really sweet and nice and loving” lady who gave them a shining moment in the dark hour.

【1】Simran Jatar lay in bed in hospital because ______.

A. most of her hair had fallen out

B. she was receiving treatment for cancer

C. she felt depressed and quit from school

D. she was suffering from a pain in her back

【2】What do we know about Anita Kruse’s project?

A. It helps young patients record songs.

B. It is supported by singers and patients.

C. It aims to replace the medical treatment.

D. It offers patients chances to realize their dreams.

【3】What does the case of a 12-year-old boy suggest?

A. Most children are naturally fond of music.

B. He was brave enough to put up performance.

C. The project has positive effect on young patients.

D. Singing is the best way to treat some illnesses.

【4】 What is probably the best title for the passage?

A. Purple Songs Can Fly

B. Singing Can Improve Health

C. A Shining Moment in Life

D. A Kind Woman—Anita Kruse

22、In 2015,the Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates warned the world in a TED speech that highly infectious viruses would kill millions of people in the future. It remained unnoticed until recently. The video has been watched over 43 million times online so far. 【1】

Based on his beliefs,Gates writes a new book,How to Prevent the Next Pandemic. 【2】

【3】 He suggests that scientists, data analysts and policy experts across the world work together as a team to prepare for quick response at the future outbreaks of pandemics in different countries and regions. Schedule the arrangements before people shift their attention to other things, he says in the book.

Moreover,research and development should be further strengthened. They are to secure that lifesaving tools, effective vaccines of long-term protection,effective treatments and highly sensitive diagnostic techniques can benefit all people at a faster speed. It requires not only investment but also bigger production capacity. 【4】

Lastly,people need to improve health immunization system and early warning systems, especially in low-and-middle-income countries. 【5】 With early warning systems tracing any outbreak of infectious diseases, people can sequence the genes of viruses as soon as possible to tell how to handle them before they spread.

A．To start with,plans should be made.

B．Routine immunization should be improved.

C．It is about the causes and spread of COVID-19.

D．Firstly,more people are encouraged to watch the speech video.

E．As a consequence, when the next crisis arrives, people can be ready.

F．He believes that people can learn a lot from the COVID-19 pandemic.

G．95 percent viewings happened after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.

23、As reported in the journal Nature, one system can directly remove carbon dioxide from sources ranging from flue gas (烟道气) to the atmosphere by using electricity to induce a water-and-oxygen-based electrochemical reaction. This technological achievement could turn direct air capture (捕获) from edge industry into a promising front for climate change relief.

Most carbon-capture systems involve a two-step process: First, high-pH liquids are used to separate the carbon dioxide, which is acidic, from mixed-gas streams such as flue gas. Next, the carbon dioxide is regenerated from the solution through heating or by injecting a low-pH liquid.

“Once the carbon dioxide is trapped in these solvents (溶剂), you have to regenerate it,” says Haotian Wang, assistant professor at Rice University. “There are literally no chemicals produced or consumed with our process. We also don’t need to heat up or pressurize our device, we just need to put it into a power outlet and it will work.”

Another drawback of current carbon-capture technologies is their reliance on large-scale, centralized infrastructure. By contrast, the system developed in the Wang lab is an extensible, modular, point-of-use concept that can adapt to a variety of scenarios. “The technology can be scaled up to industrial settings-power plants, chemical plants-but the great thing about it is that it allows for small-scale use as well: I can even use it in my office.” Wang says.

Also the reactor can continuously remove carbon dioxide from a simulated (模拟的) flue gas with efficiency above 98% using a relatively low electricity input. Wang notes that the process has “no carbon footprint or a very limited footprint” if powered by electricity from renewable sources such as solar or wind. “This is great news considering that renewablel electricity is becoming more and more cost-effective,” Wang says.

【1】What does the author intend to do in Paragraph 2?

A．Add up some opposite reasons.

B．Offer basic evidences to the topic.

C．Summarize the following paragraphs.

D．Provide some background information.

【2】What do we know about Wang’s system according to the text?

A．It involves a two-step process.

B．It creates some chemicals.

C．It is simple and easy to operate.

D．It needs to be used in big plants.

【3】How does the author support the topic?

A．By making comparisons.

B．By listing many numbers.

C．By providing research results.

D．By analyzing causes and effects.

【4】What is the author’s attitude towards Wang’s technology?

A．Unclear.

B．Favourable.

C．Objective.

D．Disapproving.

24、Everyone knows about straight-A students. We see them frequently in TV situation comedies and in movies like Revenge(报复)of the Nerds. They get high grades, all right, but only by becoming dull laborers, their noses always stuck in a book. They are not good at social communication and look clumsy while doing sports.

How, then, do we account for Domenica Roman or Paul Melendres?

Roman is on the tennis team at Fairmont Senior High School. She also sings in the choral group, serves on the student council and is a member of the mathematics society. For two years she has maintained A’s in every subject. Melendres, a freshman at the University of New Mexico, was student-body president at Valley High School in Albuquerque. He played soccer and basketball well, exhibited at the science fair, and meanwhile worked as a reporter on a local television station. Being a speech giver at the graduation ceremony, he achieved straight A’s in his regular classes, plus bonus points for A’s in two college-level courses.

How do super-achievers like Roman and Melendres do it? Brains aren’t the only answer. “Top grades don’t always go to the brightest students,” declares Herbert Walberg, a professor of education at the University of Illinois at Chicago, who has conducted major studies on super-achieving students. “Knowing how to make the most of your innate(天生的)abilities counts for more. Much more.”

In fact, Walberg says, students with high IQ sometimes don’t do as well as classmates with lower IQ. For them, learning comes too easily and they never find out how to get down.

Hard work isn’t the whole story, either. “It’s not how long you sit there with the books open,” said one of the many-A students we interviewed. “It’s what you do while you’re sitting.” Indeed, some of these students actually put in fewer hours of homework time than their lower-scoring classmates.

The kids at the top of the class get there by mastering a few basic techniques that others can readily learn.

【1】What can we conclude from the first paragraph?

A. Most TV programs and films are about straight-A students.

B. People have unfavorable impression on straight-A students.

C. Everyone knows about straight-A students from TV or films.

D. Straight-A students are well admired by people in the society.

【2】Some students become super-achievers mainly because_________.

A. they are born cleverer than others

B. they work longer hours at study

C. they make full use of their abilities

D. they know the shortcut to success

【3】What will be talked about after the last paragraph?

A. The interviews with more students.

B. The role IQ plays in learning well.

C. The techniques to be better learners.

D. The achievements top students make.

25、Sitting in the classroom, I felt confused.

Our teacher pointed at the blackboard and gave us instructions. Looking around, I watched as my classmates _______ their heads and started writing. A wave of _______ washed over me-I couldn’t read the board, for I couldn’t see clearly. It didn’t _______ at primary school because my teachers always read aloud what they were writing. But now, I was expected to read by myself.

Mum took me to a(n) _______. I was diagnosed with a terrible sight problem. I was _______ blind.

However, despite all the difficulties, I’d amazingly _______ to reach the age of 13! As a kid living on a farm, I was always falling over objects. I could only _______ the outlines of things and contrasts between different shades. I was given reading _______ but they didn’t help much.

_______ to let my diagnosis hold me back, I continued doing everything I loved, including milking the cows. Over the years, I’ve ________ lovely family holidays, but sometimes felt like my families were being too ________ to me. So I was thrilled when I heard about a travel company that takes those who are blind or have poor ________   Aussie adventures without families’ company. ________, I booked myself onto a trip to the ________. It was amazing to appreciate places, such as the beach and seaside theme parks, with ________ who were just like me. And the incredible guides were great at ________ us through all the way while making sure we had a fun and ________ time. Since then, I’ve travelled with them a lot. While we can’t see the sights like others, our ________ take us to awesome places. I don’t want people to feel sorry for me. I’m so lucky to have a wonderful family and lots of ________.

Life is ________-you don’t need vision to “see” that.

【1】

A．raised

B．lowered

C．turned

D．shook

【2】

A．regret

B．passion

C．panic

D．courage

【3】

A．relate

B．change

C．happen

D．matter

【4】

A．doctor

B．teacher

C．engineer

D．architect

【5】

A．entirely

B．frequently

C．hopefully

D．nearly

【6】

A．managed

B．decided

C．expected

D．preferred

【7】

A．bring out

B．turn out

C．make out

D．work out

【8】

A．classes

B．glasses

C．apps

D．skills

【9】

A．Anxious

B．Delighted

C．Sorry

D．Unwilling

【10】

A．launched

B．enjoyed

C．organized

D．avoided

【11】

A．generous

B．tolerant

C．protective

D．trustworthy

【12】

A．vision

B．intelligence

C．confidence

D．pay

【13】

A．Puzzled

B．Confused

C．Touched

D．Excited

【14】

A．downtown

B．coast

C．village

D．countryside

【15】

A．classmates

B．colleagues

C．tourists

D．families

【16】

A．supporting

B．lecturing

C．pushing

D．persuading

【17】

A．easy

B．short

C．simple

D．safe

【18】

A．education

B．wisdom

C．imagination

D．confidence

【19】

A．adventures

B．lessons

C．actions

D．experiments

【20】

A．peaceful

B．precious

C．plain

D．permanent

26、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。

I taught English as a Second Language (ESL) at a school. One particular sixth grader, Pablo, was struggling with fluency in reading, so after class I suggested that he get extra practice by reading aloud to his mom while she prepared dinner each evening. This was something I routinely encouraged my struggling students to do. Imagine my surprise when Pablo responded by starting to cry. He said, “My mom can’t cook dinner!” Then he cried harder. Eventually, he calmed down enough to tell me that his mom was only able to “cry in her bed” when he got home every afternoon. He said that he was caring for his six-month-old baby brother by himself from the time he got home each day. His mother, it seemed, had a bad tooth and was in extreme pain. He said that his father didn’t have enough money to get it fixed, and that there was no way for her to go to a dentist. This child’s heart was broken for his mom.

I was speechless! He was still crying when he left me that day, and I promised him I would try to help. I kept asking myself how I could help this student. How could I help his mother when we didn’t even speak the same language?

The next day, I sent a note, which a friend helped me translate, to Pablo’s mother asking if she would like me to find someone to help her. The following day, Pablo brought me a note from his mom accepting my offer to help.

Meanwhile, I had been doing some networking among my friends asking if anyone knew a dentist who might do some free work for this lady. At the time, I was not able to pay for the work to be done myself. Several friends suggested a dental office that had recently opened up in the area, thinking that they might be willing to provide the services. I didn’t want to waste a lot of time going to several dentists, so I prayed that this would be the one.

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。

Stopping by the dental office, I went to the reception desk.

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Pablo’s mother came to meet the dentist at the appointed time.

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