廊坊2024-2025学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高三英语

1、________ the traffic jam, I arrived at the airport too late. The plane had left when I got there.

A．Instead of

B．In addition to

C．By means of

D．Due to

2、-Where is Jerry？

-He is at the library studying for his Japanese test． In fact， he __________for the test every day over the past week．

A. has reviewed B. was reviewing

C. has been reviewing D. had been reviewing

3、While reading the play, every so often, you a seemingly random line written in ALL CAPS—so you have to go back and find why that line was capitalized in order to inform the moments before and after.

A．enter upon

B．come through

C．run into

D．log in

4、Sometimes a strong ________ others' attention might indicate a (n) ________ self-confidence.

A．passion for, adjustment to

B．devotion to; compassion in

C．fascination with; approach to

D．desire for; lack of

5、The police planned to the public for any information about the missing girl.

A．object to

B．adapt to

C．appeal to

D．occur to

6、It’s __________ important for parents to be __________ in the way they treat their children. Or the kids would have difficulty figuring out what should be done and what shouldn’t.

A．delightedly, persistent

B．terribly, consistent

C．unbelievably, persistent

D．horribly, consistent

7、________ these spelling mistakes, I would have got a full mark in my English examination.

A．Because of

B．But for

C．In case of

D．In spite of

8、——Did you know any French before you arrived in Washington?

——Never ____ it, actually.

A.had I learned B.have I learned

C.I learned D.was I learning

9、The shocking news made us realize ________ terrible problems we would face.

A．why

B．how

C．what

D．that

10、The patient was warned ______oily food after the operation.

A．to eat not

B．eating not

C．not to eat

D．not eating

11、I will publish my results only when I have ________ my research.

A．began

B．concluded

C．reported

D．read

12、This kind of desk is very popular because it can be ______ the height you need.

A．adapted to

B．added to

C．adjusted to

D．attached to

13、The air quality in the city, ________ is shown in the report, has improved over the past two months.

A. it   B. that

C. which   D. as

14、It took unusual determination and courage _________ the gap between the middle class and the poor.

A．bridged

B．to bridge

C．bridge

D．bridging

15、As our best friend, Tanya ________ have known the truth, or she would have told us.

A．mustn’t

B．can’t

C．shouldn’t

D．needn’t

16、Johnson, _________ for months to find a job, finally took a position at a local advertising agency.

A. to struggle B. struggling

C. struggled D. having struggled

17、To arouse more readers’ interest in literature, both the writers say they want to write literary books that are _________ to a general audience.

A．accessible

B．native

C．convincing

D．memorable

18、Much to the public concern, a/an __________ inspection examined samples from a number of large Chinese online shopping sites, and found that 41.3 percent were fakes.

A. diverse B. random C. absolute D. abstract

19、As a Chinese, we are proud to this precious traditional Chinese culture.

A．pass by

B．pass away

C．pass down

D．pass to

20、— What do you think of your school, Linda?

— It’s a good place for us to ______ ourselves for the future.

A. promise B. prove

C. prepare D. present

21、________ the public request, the government took some measures to reduce air pollution.

A．In addition to

B．In response to

C．In honor of

D．In charge of

22、It’s most urgent that the all the shops in the U.S _____ because of the increasingly confirmed Covid-19 cases.

A．are closed

B．should close

C．be closed

D．have been closed

23、What surprised the king most was ________to meet the queen.

A．his not allowing

B．his not being allowed

C．his being not allowed

D．his allowing not

24、 This shocking news led to ____________ out of the room and nobody dared to stop him.

A. him stormed B. that he stormed

C. him to storm  D. him storming

25、________ the flight to Beijing will be delayed is ________ I’m especially worried about.

A．If, what

B．Whether, that

C．If, that

D．Whether, what

26、When Mary Moore began her high school in 1951, her mother told her, “Be sure and take a typing course so when this show business thing doesn’t work out, you’ll have something to rely on.” Mary responded in typical teenage fashion. From that moment on, “the very last thing I ever thought about doing was taking a typing course,” she recalls.

The show business thing worked out, of course. In her career, Mary won many awards. Only recently, when she began to write Growing Up Again, did she regret ignoring her mom, “I don’t know how to use a computer,” she admits.

Unlike her 1995 autobiography, after all, her second book is less about life as an award-winning actress and more about living with diabetes (糖尿病). All the money from the book is intended for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), an organization she serves as international chairman. “I felt there was a need for a book like this,” she says. “I didn’t want to lecture, but I wanted other diabetics to know that things get better when we’re self-controlled and do our part in managing the disease.”

But she hasn’t always practiced what she teaches. In her book, she describes that awful day, almost 40 years ago, when she received two pieces of life-changing news. First, she had lost the baby she was carrying, and second, tests showed that she had diabetes. In a childlike act, she left the hospital and treated herself to a box of doughnuts (甜甜圈). Years would pass before she realized she had to grow up-again-and take control of her diabetes, not let it control her. Only then did she kick her three-pack-a-day cigarette habit, overcome her addiction to alcohol, and begin to follow a balanced diet.

Although her disease has affected her eyesight and forced her to the sidelines of the dance floor, she refuses to fall into self-pity. “Everybody on earth can ask, ‘why me?’ about something or other,” she insists. “It doesn’t do any good. No one is immune (免疫的) to heartache, pain, and disappointments. Sometimes we can make things better by helping others. I’ve come to realize the importance of that as I’ve grown up this second time. I want to speak out and be as helpful as I can be. ”

【1】Why did Mary feel regretful?

A．She didn’t complete her high school.

B．She didn’t follow her mother’s advice.

C．She didn’t take care of her mother.

D．She didn’t achieve her ambition.

【2】What can we know about Mary before 1995?

A．She had two books published.

B．She knew how to use a computer.

C．She supported the JDRF by writing.

D．She received many career awards.

【3】What is Mary's second book Growing Up Again mainly about?

A．Her remembrance of her mother.

B．Her successful show business.

C．Her living with diabetes.

D．Her service for an organization.

【4】What did Mary do when she received the life-changing news?

A．She began a balanced diet.

B．She behaved in an adult way.

C．She med to get a treatment.

D．She lost control of herself.

【5】What can we know from the last paragraph?

A．Mary wants to help others as much as possible.

B．Mary determines to go back to the dance floor.

C．Mary has recovered from her disease.

D．Mary feels pity for herself.

27、   Have you ever said to a friend “That rose’s smell is really sweet!”, only to find that your friend can’t smell anything at all?

According to a study published in the journal PNAS in May, people have different abilities to recognize certain odors (气味) — and it’s linked to different genes.

For the study, 300 people were placed among 150 jars with different odors. At a given time, they had to smell an odor and then rate the intensity (强度) and pleasantness of the odor on a scale from 1 (extremely weak/unpleasant) to 7 (extremely strong/pleasant). Before they left, the participants needed to leave a blood sample.

After comparing genes of the participants, researchers found all had different smelling abilities and that the differences between these abilities could be traced to certain genes.

According to The New York Times, human beings have nearly 400 genes that directly control receptors (器官) and influence the way these receptors become active.

“Odors ... turn on specific receptors, which then tells us if we’re smelling a flower, how strong we find it, and whether we like it,” said Casey Trimmer, a geneticist and the lead author of the study. “One small change in the gene for the receptor can change its shape and how well the odor fits, thereby changing the awareness of the odor.”

Though genes play a decisive role in our ability to smell, other factors, including attention, past associations and expectations, are important as well. For example, if we love the smell of roses, we are drawn to their smell and pay special attention to it.

But what does our different abilities to sense odors mean?

“Smelling is the most important sense for the rest of the animal kingdom,” said Trimmer. Although, unlike other animals, humans aren’t any longer dependent on their sense of smell to find food or detect danger, smell is still a significant sense. There is also evidence that a reduced sense of smell is an early symptom of Alzheimer’s disease.

【1】What did the study find about smelling?

A.Men and women have different smelling abilities.

B.Differences between smelling abilities lie in genes.

C.People’s abilities to smell change over time.

D.Human beings can tell 150 odors apart.

【2】What can we learn from Casey Trimmer’s words?

A.Our receptors won’t work when we smell an unpleasant smell.

B.People’s preferences for smells can affect their health.

C.Small changes in genes for smelling make a difference.

D.The sense of smell is the most important human sense.

【3】Which might influence our smelling ability according to the text?

A.Past experiences. B.The environment.

C.Other senses. D.The cultural belief.

【4】What can be inferred from the last paragraph?

A.Man has a better sense of smell than animals.

B.Man can use their sense of smell to detect danger.

C.The loss of smelling causes many health problems.

D.Poor smelling ability may be a signal of early disease.

28、For years I have had no idea what I have been doing with my life. I was a 30-year-old lawyer in New York. But being a lawyer is never my dream or goal in life. I honestly wanted to be a writer. I have a good imagination and would write amazing stories in my mind. But I always knew that being a writer was never possible for me because it was a better financial decision to stay a lawyer.

Recently, I couldn’t fall asleep at my usual time of 10 p.m. and when I did fall asleep I had the same dream over and over again. The dream starts with my trying to go for a swim in the ocean and searching for something, but then in the dream I start to drown and have no control over my body. Then a light shines through the water and when I look up all I can see is myself in a bright white room writing a novel. Then I hear a voice say repeatedly, “Now it is time to try something new!”

It wasn’t just a dream;it was my opportunity to make something good out of my life. That afternoon, I quit my job at the law firm and I couldn’t have been any happier. My life started at 30, and since that point I haven’t stopped enjoying life. I started to write and have been on the best-seller list for the last two months. Things have definitely turned around. 

Change is a good thing; it gives us an opportunity to take a chance. So my two favorite words I live by and so should you are “change” and “chance”.

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

A．The author is now 30 years old.

B．It is impossible for the author to become a writer.

C．A lawyer can be likely to earn more than a writer.

D．The author prefers to be a lawyer rather than be a writer.

【2】The second paragraph mainly talks about the author’s 　　　.

A．difficulty in sleeping at night

B．strong desire to become a writer

C．wish to have a swim in the ocean

D．terrible swimming experience in the ocean

【3】The underlined part in the third paragraph probably means the author 　　　.

A．regretted having quit his job as a lawyer

B．was unhappy after giving up his job as a lawyer

C．was upset because he had to give up his job as a lawyer

D．was pretty happy after he quit his job as a lawyer

【4】What’s the best title of the text?

A．Lawyer or Writer

B．Change and Chance

C．Change and Regret

D．Risk or Opportunity

29、The World’s Unusual Libraries

Log Libraries

Alex Johnson writes in his new book—Improbable Libraries,“ The very idea of a library is developing:many of these libraries operate on principles that differ mainly from the traditional libraries. Some, for example, have no membership or identification requirements, and some do not even request that the books be returned.” The oversized bird box in a park in Lowa is part of the Little Free Library Movement, which was established in Wisconsin in 2009.

Phone Booths

This design from the firm, Stereotank, offers browsing shelter for passers-by. In the UK, a phone company’s programme, allowing communities to take over their phone booth for £ 1— means that many have been changed into tiny local libraries. Meanwhile , a solar light has been set in a phone booth so that late night visitors can still read.

Branches of Knowledge

Didier Muller’s libraries operate as hanging libraries: visitors can look through pages, taking any book they choose and exchanging it with their own. The equipment of hanging wooden houses is one of several art projects serving as a booklover’ s place.

Soundproofed Pods

Around the world, architects are designing buildings that bend bricks-and-mortar libraries into new forms. The Seikei University Library in Japan—the vision of Pritzker Prize winner Shigeru Ban—contains space-age soundproofed (隔音的) pods to encourage discussions between students.

【1】What does Alex Johnson mean according to the first paragraph?

A. All the books must be returned in time.   B. Books can be shared free of charge.

C. Libraries will disappear in the future.   D. Log Libraries are bigger than traditional ones.

【2】Readers can exchange books with their own in ______

A. Log Libraries   B. Phone Booths

C. Branches or Knowledge   D. Soundproofed Pods

【3】What can we know from the text?

A. Communities turn the phone booths into Log Libraries.

B. Readers can’t read books in Log Libraries without membership.

C. Readers can read books by solar light in Branches or Knowledge.

D. Students can have discussions without disturbing others in Soundproofed Pods.

30、When Pete Eckert started going blind, he decided to channel his feelings of loss into art. In his 20s at the time, Eckert would spend whole days preparing drawings and woodcuts before asking his wife to _________ the results to him. But the process was driving his wife _________. So, in search of a more instant medium, he _________ his hand to photography.

“When I started out, digital cameras hadn’t wiped out(摧毁) traditional photography shops yet,” Eckert said on the phone from his home in Sacramento, California. “I would go to those photography shops and buy two rolls of film and ask ten _________ questions. I went every day. And by asking questions and getting _________, I learned.”

More than two decades after entirely losing his sight from an eye disease, Eckert has _________ a successful career as a self-taught photographer now. When he first _________ the world of photography, Eckert would go on short trips at _________ with his dog for protection. He began by photographing statues, though he soon _________ more interesting subject matter. “To take photos of sculptures isn’t really __________ because the art is already there,” he said. “What I was looking for was a way of showing what __________ is like.”

This new focus resulted in a __________ kind of photographic beauty — images __________ of ghostly figures and artfully vague (模糊的) lines that no one had ever tried before.

Eckert’s images aren’t __________ metaphors (暗喻) for blindness. Many of them have been shot to literally represent what his mind sees, offering sighted people a clear __________ into his world.

【1】

A．predict

B．blame

C．describe

D．recall

【2】

A．crazy

B．lonely

C．worried

D．disappointed

【3】

A．gave

B．lent

C．turned

D．put

【4】

A．academic

B．professional

C．difficult

D．important

【5】

A．comparison

B．instruction

C．extension

D．expectation

【6】

A．established

B．introduced

C．spotted

D．ruined

【7】

A．put up with

B．stood up for

C．set foot in

D．took charge of

【8】

A．midnight

B．noon

C．night

D．dusk

【9】

A．sought

B．invented

C．accepted

D．examined

【10】

A．new

B．hard

C．fair

D．easy

【11】

A．kindness

B．blindness

C．happiness

D．loneliness

【12】

A．crucial

B．remarkable

C．unique

D．practical

【13】

A．comprised

B．accused

C．warned

D．cleared

【14】

A．hardly

B．simply

C．rarely

D．entirely

【15】

A．reason

B．target

C．peak

D．view

31、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.

A new analysis of the running habits of over a million people showed that exercise is contagious — though this depends on who's spreading it.

For the study, two scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology used 【1】 tracker data to study the running habits of around 1.1 million people, who have around 3.4 million social network connections. Over five years, the 【2】 ran a collective 350 million kilometers, and their runs were posted online for their friends to see.

The researchers found an additional kilometer run by friends influences an individual to run an additional 0.3 kilometers. An additional kilometer per minute run by friends 【3】 a person to run an additional 0.3 kilometers per minute faster than usual. And if those friends run an extra 10 minutes, that person is likely to run about three minutes longer than they would have. The influencing effect is strongest on the same day 【4】 are posted and appears to diminish with time, the authors wrote.

The findings suggested that a runner's peers did influence him or her to run more, but not all users exerted 【5】 influence on their buddies. Individuals were more likely to be encouraged by less active peers than by more active ones.

"Social comparisons may provide an explanation for these results," the study's authors wrote. This theory, they added, "【6】 that we self-evaluate by comparing ourselves to others."

But do we make comparisons to peers performing better than us, or to those performing worse? That's been a subject of 【7】, the researchers said.

Comparisons to those ahead of us may 【8】 our own self-improvement, while comparisons to those behind us may create competitive behavior to protect one's superiority.

The findings show how effective 【9】 these real-time networks may be to help scientists design different methods to minimize the impact of social ills and maximize the 【10】 of social benefits.

32、假定你是李华，从网上得知你的英国朋友David得了流感（flu)。 请你就此给他写封英文邮件，内容包括：

1. 关心病情；

2. 给予建议；

3. 表达愿望。

注意：1. 词数100左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。