凉山州2024-2025学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高三英语

1、 _____the size of the universe, some researchers believe that there is life beyond our planet.

A. Consider B. To consider

C. Considered D. Considering

2、What a terrible experience! _______, you’re safe now---that’s the main thing.

A. Anyway     B. Besides

C. Otherwise   D. Therefore

3、_____sufficient historical and legal grounds, China’s position on the South China Sea has been consistent and clear.

A．Associated with

B．Based on

C．Centered around

D．Assessed by

4、Last night Mr. Crook didn’t come back at the usual time. ______, he met some friends and Stayed out until midnight.

A.Meanwhile B.However C.Instead D.Yet

5、The bird flu ________through Asia has jumped from birds to humans at least 20 times so far, ________16 persons.

A．sweeps; killed

B．swept; killing

C．sweeping; to kill

D．sweeping; killing

6、My mom once worked in a very small village school，which is________ only on foot.

A. acceptable   B. adequate

C. accessible   D. appropriate

7、I ________ that the experience I was heading for was anything but boring, had I read the brochure carefully.

A. realized   B. had realized

C. would realize   D. would have realized

8、The couple got into a(n)________ about where to celebrate New Year’s Eve: at home or in a restaurant.

A.comment B.argument C.debate D.quarrel

9、________ breaks the traffic regulations will suffer severe punishment, regardless of his race, nationality or family background.

A．Who

B．No matter who

C．Whoever

D．Anyone

10、—Could you tell me ________?

— Sure. I’ll come back in two weeks.

A．Why you went there

B．when will you come back

C．How soon you will come back

D．how long have you been there

11、一Cathy can’t come for dinner．She’s leaving for London tonight．

一_______．I hope I can talk to her soon．

A．Never mind B．With pleasure

C．Yes，she should D．What a shame

12、That is the reason ________ for his being late in class yesterday.

A.what he explained B.he explained

C.how he explained D.why he explained

13、You probably have noticed that people express similar ideas in different ways, _______ the situation they are in.

A. bringing about  B. depending on

C.  getting into   D. leading to

14、China marked its first Constitution Day on December 4, 2014 ______ making the Constitution part of Chinese people’s daily life.

A. in the hope of   B. in the form of

C. in honor of  D. in terms of

15、She would move quietly up to the sparrow on a small tree just to get a better look, her face __________ with childlike expressions at one of God’s simple wonders.

A. shone  B. shining

C. having shone   D. being shone

16、Everybody present at the party was surprised at ______ Kate said.

A.what B.how C.when D.whether

17、—It is a mystery and a shock to all who knew him that he____ have taken his own life in this way.

—What a pity, indeed.

A. must   B. may

C. can     D. should

18、—Have you heard that Li Jin, together with his parents, ________to Beijing?

—Really? No wonder I haven't seen him these days.

A．has gone

B．has been

C．have been

D．have gone

19、The pop star was asked many personal issues, surrounded by crowds of fans, so that his patience _______.

A.came out B. broke out C. stood out D. gave out

20、The paper ox my grandmother _________ for me is my most valued birthday gift．

A．cut   B．will cut

C．had cut   D．cuts

21、Your Musical Preference Gives Insight into How You Think

A study out of Cambridge found that your musical preferences can give insights into how you think. The study focused on a particular psychological theory of personality known as the Empathizing-Systemizing (E-S) Theory. 【1】 An empathizer likes to focus on and respond to the emotions of others, while a systemizer likes to analyse rules and patterns in the world. Cognitive style may seem like an unusual way to group people, but the researchers found that it worked well.

“Although people's music choices change over time, we've discovered a person's empathy level and thinking style predict what kind of music they like, said PhD student David Greenberg, the leader of the study, in a statement.【2】

To study a somewhat unusual subject, they took a somewhat unique route: They gathered data through Facebook. Over 4, 000 people participated through the my Personality app by first taking a personality assessment. Later, they listened to and rated 50 musical pieces.

For those who scored high on empathy, they tended to prefer soft rock, R&B, country, and folk. 【3】 Further, they tended to enjoy music that had low energy, negative emotions, or emotional depth. From these characteristics, the researchers identified several songs that would be ideal for empathizers: “Hallelujah” by Jeff Buckley, “Come away with me” by Norah Jones, and “All of me” by Billie Holiday.

【4】 They favored intense music and disliked the soft and simple styles. Their music tended towards high energy, or positive emotions, and also featured a high degree of depth and complexity. From this, the researchers believed that “Concerto in C” by Antonio Vivaldi, “Etude Opus 65 No. 3” by Alexander Scriabin, and “Enter Sandman” by Metallica would be ideal songs for systemizers.

【5】 “A lot of money is put into algorithms (运算法则) to choose what music you may want to listen to, for example, on Spotify and Apple Music,” said Greenberg. “By knowing an individual's thinking style, such services might in future be able to fine tune their music recommendations to an individual.

A．But they disliked more intense music like punk and heavy metal.

B．These findings could prove useful, especially for the music industry.

C．Meanwhile, those who scored high on systemizing were exactly opposite.

D．Based on the findings, researchers recommend particular styles for different people.

E．It divides people into groups according to whether they tend to empathize or systemize.

F．He argued that musical preferences reflect clear characteristics such as age and personality.

G．He argued peopled cognitive style can be a better predictor of what music they like than their personality.

22、   With the coming of big data age, data science is supposed to be starved for, of which the adaption can point a profound change in corporate competitiveness. Companies, both born in the digital era and traditional world are showing off their skills in data science. Therefore, it seems to have been creating a great demand for the experts of this type.

Mr Carlos Guestrin, machine learning professor from University of Washington argues that all software applications will need in built intelligence within five years, making data scientists-people trained to analyze large bodies of information-key workers in this emerging “cognitive” technology economy. There are already critical applications that depend on machine learning, a subfield of data science, led by recommendation programs, fraud detection systems, forecasting tools and applications for predicting customer behavior.

Many companies that are born digital-particularly internet companies that have a great number of real-time customer interactions to handle-are all-in when it comes to data science. Pinterest, for instance, maintains more than 100 machine learning models that could be applied to different classes of problems, and it constantly fields requests from managers eager to use this resource to deal with their business problem.

The factors weighing on many traditional companies will be the high cost of mounting a serious machine-learning operation. Netflix is estimated to spend $ 150m a year on a single application and the total bill is probably four times that once all its uses of the technology are taken into account.

Another problem for many non-technology companies is talent. Of the computer science experts who use Kaggle, only about 1,000 have deep learning skills, compared to 100,000 who can apply other machine learning techniques, says Mr Goldbloom. He adds that even some big companies of this type are often reluctant to expand their pay scales to hire the top talent in this field.

The biggest barrier to adapting to the coming era of “smart” applications, however, is likely to be cultural. Some companies, such as General Electric, have been building their own

Silicon Valley presence to attract and develop the digital skills they will need.

Despite the obstacles, some may master this difficult transition. But companies that were built, from the beginning, with data science at their center, are likely to represent serious competition.

【1】Which one is obstacle for many traditional companies to popularize learning operation?

A.Technological problem

B.Expert crisis

C.High cost

D.Customer interactions

【2】What can not be inferred from the passage about the machine learning?

A.Machine learning operations are costly in Netflix.

B.Machine learning plays an important role in existent applications.

C.Machine learning experts are not highly paid in some non-technology companies.

D.Machine learning models are not sufficient to solve business problems in Pinterest.

【3】Which of the following is the best title for this article?

A.Data science: A forefront force in tech business

B.Corporate competition: An obstacle to the transition

C.Machine learning: A key to smart technology

D.Technique experts: A decisive factor of the coming era.

【4】The underlined word in the paragraph “fields” mostly probably means _______.

A.avoids B.creates

C.solves D.classifies

23、William Osler, a doctor, once said, “The person who takes medicine must recover twice: once from the disease and once from the medicine.” It tells us medicine may have some side-effects. Therefore, many people in the west are turning to other treatments to replace some medicine. Acupuncture(针刺) is one of these treatments.

What is acupuncture? It is based on the idea that energy flows through the human body along 12 lines or meridians(经络). These meridians end up at organs in the body, and illness is the result of blockage of the energy flow to these organs. To remove the blockage(堵塞), an acupuncturist inserts very fine needles into the body at points along the meridians. This stimulates the flow of energy, and restores the patient’s health.

Acupuncture is a traditional Chinese treatment, which has been practiced for around 3,000 years. It is used to treat a wide range of diseases, such as headaches, dental pain, back pain, high blood pressure, stress, depression, and anxiety.

Since acupuncture is known to be effective against pain, it is not surprising that many people have experimented with it. Martina Hingis, a famous tennis player, had a wrist injury cured through acupuncture. NBA legend Kobe Bryant also used it on his leg. It has been used widely in the German football league, including the national team. The Queen of England is also interested in it.

If you do decide to visit an acupuncturist, it is important that you should check they are qualified and registered to practice, for some people are allergic to it while being treated, although this is very uncommon.

【1】What can we learn according to the passage?

A．Medicine have little side effects.

B．Acupuncture was originally used in the west.

C．Acupuncture can treat physical as well as mental diseases.

D．The person who takes medicine recovers twice from the disease.

【2】How does Paragraph 4 develop?

A．By making comparison

B．By giving definition

C．By taking examples

D．By listing numbers

【3】What is the author’s attitude towards acupuncture?

A．Positive

B．Negative

C．Skeptical

D．Indifferent

【4】Which is the best title of this passage?

A．The Function of Acupuncture

B．The History of Acupuncture

C．Acupuncture ---- Be Careful

D．Acupuncture ---- An Effective Treatment

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【1】 Which hotel gives a promise?

A．Beach Plaza Hotel．

B．Baymont Inn Ft . Lauderdale．

C．Baymont Inn Hotel．

D．Fort Lauderdale Plaza Hotel．

【2】In which hotel parking is the cheapest?

A．Beach Plaza Hotel．

B．Baymont Inn Ft . Lauderdale．

C．Baymont Inn Hotel．

D．Fort Lauderdale Plaza Hotel．

【3】If you ______ , you will probably go to Beach Plaza Hotel．

A．enjoy seeing films without leaving your hotel room

B．want to eat food cooked by yourself in the hotel

C．are fond of swimming in heated water

D．are a cigarette smoker

【4】Which of the following is NOT true to the ads?

A．In Beach Plaza Hotel a 24-hour maid is available．

B．All of the three hotels provide television with cable．

C．You can keep your money in the room safe in Fort Lauderdale Plaza Hotel．

D．While staying in Fort Lauderdale Plaza Hotel, you can surf the Internet．

25、Marion Sheppard had always been a keen dancer. However, she found her vision began to ________ in her 40s and the doctor said it would only get worse. She cried and felt ________, locking herself in her apartment.

Then after several months, Sheppard ________ herself to step out to attend a social event for people with visual impairments (损伤). Terror ________ her when she found people there barely moved. They all just sat there, ________ and physically withdrawn. Deep down, she was ________: “That is not the way I want to live”. Her immediate ________ was that she must do something to change that.

Sheppard asked at a Manhattan community center run by Visions, an organization for the visually impaired, if she could teach line dancing there, but was ________. They said it would be too ________ for the students. However, she insisted and ________ convinced the directors at Visions to let her teach line dancing on a volunteer basis. Her classes ________ to be very popular, attracting more students than expected. But what she ________ was more than dance steps. With constant encouragement, she also helped them ________ confidence and independence despite their disability. Just as Sheppard says, “We may be blind, but we’re doing our thing.”

Sheppard’s ________ for maintaining both physical and spiritual health, no matter what difficulty life may throw at you, is ________: “Just keep it moving unless life ceases.”

【1】

A．expand

B．appear

C．decline

D．refresh

【2】

A．surprised

B．depressed

C．embarrassed

D．relieved

【3】

A．allowed

B．forced

C．promised

D．invited

【4】

A．seized

B．bothered

C．spotted

D．shaped

【5】

A．humble

B．energetic

C．proud

D．still

【6】

A．suspecting

B．hesitating

C．complaining

D．protesting

【7】

A．reaction

B．excuse

C．ambition

D．assumption

【8】

A．watched over

B．sent for

C．turned down

D．taken in

【9】

A．pricey

B．risky

C．strange

D．childish

【10】

A．slightly

B．definitely

C．frequently

D．eventually

【11】

A．proved

B．remained

C．seemed

D．happened

【12】

A．claimed

B．observed

C．instructed

D．preserved

【13】

A．share

B．admire

C．assess

D．restore

【14】

A．tip

B．comment

C．requirement

D．clue

【15】

A．relevant

B．simple

C．novel

D．possible

26、假设你是高三学生李华，你校学生会为帮助高三学生缓解紧张学习所带来的心理压力，将于下星期举办以“如何缓解心理压力”为主题的“心理健康周( Psychological Health Week)活动”。请你给同年级的美国朋友Jack写信介绍这一活动计划。要点如下：

1．描述活动的主题与形式；

2．阐述你对此活动的看法；

3．询问他们是否也有类似的活动。

注意：1．词数100左右；开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数；

2．文中不要提及真实的人名及学校名称等。

Dear Jack,

How are you doing?

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Yours,

Li Hua