四平2024-2025学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高三英语

1、Ryan is the kind of person who always makes plans in advance, while his wife is much more ______.

A.generous B.simultaneous C.spontaneous D.glamorous

2、The speaker mentioned many examples   people lived through hard times and succeeded at last．

A. which   B. whose   C. when   D. Where

3、I still remember the ______ where the headmaster awarded me the prize.

A.view B.scene C.scenery D.sight

4、________ is this book?

A．Who’s

B．Whose

C．What’s

D．How do you like

5、The girl was then hit a second time by another van _________ an elderly trash collector came to her aid, according to some witnesses.

A. before   B. where   C. until   D. when

6、It takes a long time to restore nature_______ it is damaged．

A． since   B． unless   C． once   D． until

7、In ________ eyes of children, playing on the Internet can only bring them ________ great fun.

A. the； a   B.不填；a   C. the；不填     D.不填；不填

8、— Ken, ___________, but your TV is going too loud.

— Oh, I’m sorry. I’ll turn it down right now.

A. I’d like to talk with you   B. I’m really tired

C. I need your help D. I hate to say this

9、I'm not sure where my necklace is, but I have a pretty good idea who________it．

A. take   B. took

C. had taken   D. will take

10、 The school board has teachers to spare no effort to help the students who have fallen behind in studies.

A. looked into  B. turned into

C. called for  D. cared for

11、There were no signs that the fire had been set deliberately. It ________ by a cigarette end, I guess.

A．would have been caused

B．should have been caused

C．might have been caused

D．must have been caused

12、Mr Johnson sang so well that everyone said he was ________ a singer ________ a teacher.

A．both … and

B．not only … but also

C．either … or

D．more … than

13、I would rather be alone than have a false friend ________.

A.to keep company B.on company

C.with company D.for company

14、— How soon can I get my camera purchased on the Internet?

— ______, but you can consult the express delivery company.

A. It’s up to you  B. I have no idea

C. Don’t bother  D. Take your time

15、To survive in the world, we have to act _______ others, but to survive as ourselves, we have to act alone.

A. in honor of   B. in concert with

C. in light of   D. in contact with

16、His earlier concert in Shanghai____a big success.It was the first time the Taiwan singer____a concert

on the mainland.

A.is;held B.was;held C.had been;would hold D.was;had held

17、There ______ be any difficulty about winning the speech contest now that you’re well prepared for it.

A. mustn’t  B. shan’t

C. shouldn’t   D. needn’t

18、The doctor tried to laugh my brother _____ his fears about the coming operation.

A. from   B. against   C. off   D. Into

19、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

20、Photos are magical in that they can have us seeing moments from the past   they were frozen in time.

A. when   B. in case

C. unless   D. as if

21、“Does my smile look big in this?” Future fitting-room mirrors in clothing stores could subtly adjust your reflection to make you look ─ and hence feel ─ happier, encouraging you to like what you see.

That’s the idea behind the Emotion Evoking System developed by Shigeo Yoshida and colleagues at the University of Tokyo in Japan. The system can manipulate, or in other word, control your emotions and personal preferences by presenting you with an image of your own smiling or frowning face.

The principle that physiological changes can drive emotional ones ─ that laughter comes before happiness, rather than the other way around ─ is a well-established idea.

The researchers wanted to see if this idea could be used to build a computer system that manipulates how you feel. The system works by presenting the user with a web-camera image of his or her face ─ as if they were looking in a mirror. The image is then subtly altered with software, turning the corners of the mouth up or down and changing the area around the eyes, so that the person appears to smile or frown (皱眉).

Without telling them the aim of the study, the team recruited (招募) 21 volunteers and asked them to sit in front of the screen while performing an unrelated task. When the task was complete the participants rated how they felt. When the faces on screen appeared to smile, people reported that they felt happier. On the other hand, when the image was given a sad expression, they reported feeling less happy.

Yoshida and his colleagues tested whether manipulating the volunteers’ emotional state would influence their preferences. Each person was given a scarf to wear and again presented with the altered webcam image. The volunteers that saw themselves smiling while wearing the scarf were more likely to report that they liked it, and those that saw themselves not smiling were less likely.

The system could be used to manipulate consumers’ impressions of products, say the researchers. For example, mirrors in clothing-store fitting rooms could be replaced with screens showing altered reflections. They also suggest people may be more likely to find clothes attractive if they see themselves looking happy while trying them on.

“It’s certainly an interesting area,” says Chris Creed at the University of Birmingham, UK. But he notes that using such technology in a shop would be harder than in the lab, because people will use a wide range of expressions. “Attempting to make slight differences to these and ensuring that the reflected image looks believable would be much more challenging,” he says.

Of course, there are also important moral questions surrounding such subtly manipulative technology. “You could argue that if it makes people happy what harm is it doing?” says Creed. “But I can imagine that many people may feel manipulated, uncomfortable and cheated if they found out.”

【1】What’s the main purpose of the Emotion Evoking System?

A. To see whether one’s feeling can be unconsciously affected.

B. To see whether one’s facial expressions can be altered.

C. To see whether laughter comes before happiness.

D. To replace the mirrors in future clothing-store fitting rooms.

【2】What can we learn about the web-camera image in the study?

A. It recorded the volunteers’ performance in the task.

B. It gave the volunteers a false image.

C. It attempted to make the volunteers feel happier.

D. It beautified the volunteers’ appearance in the mirror.

【3】What does Creed mention as a limitation of the technology?

A. It only changes the areas around the mouth and the eyes.

B. It only works in clothing stores.

C. It only makes subtle changes to people’s expressions.

D. It only deals with a limited number of facial expressions.

【4】What does Creed’s comment on the moral issues with this technology imply?

A. Nothing is more important than happiness.

B. Technology is unable to manipulate people.

C. People should make their decisions independently.

D. People should neglect the harm of the technology.

22、Human laughter is common, but it’s a somewhat unexplained part of our evolution. It’s clear to evolutionary scholars that we laugh as a part of play, signaling our cooperation or friendliness. But how did laughter evolve? And are humans the only ones who do it? Not a chance: Animals laugh too, researchers have observed.

In a new article published in the journal Bioacoustics, Sasha Winkler, a graduate student from UCLA and Greg Bryant, a professor of communication at UCLA, take a closer look at the phenomenon of laughter across the animal kingdom. The pair examined the existing scientific literature on animal play behavior, looking for mentions of vocal(声音的）play signals---or what might be thought of as laughter. They found such vocal play behavior documented in at least 65 species. That list includes a variety of primates(灵长类动物), domestic cows and dogs, foxes, and seals, as well as three bird species.

"This work lays out nicely how a phenomenon once thought to be particularly human turns out to be closely tied to behavior shared with species separated from humans by tens of millions of years," Bryant said.

The researchers looked for information on whether the animal vocalizations were recorded as loud or quiet, short or long, a single call or a rhythmic pattern---seeking known features of play sounds. There's much existing documentation of play-based body language among animals, such as what is known as "play face" in primates or "play bows" in dogs, the researchers noted. Since what makes up "play" in much of the animal kingdom seems savage behavior in some ways, which often looks like fighting, play sounds can help emphasize non-aggression during such physical moments, the article suggests.

While Winkler and Bryant say that further observation and research into vocalizations would be fruitful, they also note that such observations can be hard to come by in the wild, especially for animals whose play sounds might be quieter. Paying attention to other species in this way helps to explain the form and function of human laughter, the researchers write, and helps us to better understand the evolution of human social behavior.

【1】Which question does the author try to answer in the text?

A．Can animals understand human laughter?

B．How did laughter evolve?

C．Why do humans laugh?

D．Do animals laugh?

【2】What have Winkler and Bryant found?

A．Primates have unique ways to hunt.

B．Animals laugh more than humans do.

C．Many animals can make play sounds.

D．Birds tend to be more active than dogs.

【3】What does the underlined word" savage" in paragraph 4 probably mean?

A．Friendly.

B．Violent.

C．Illegal.

D．Individual.

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

A．To report a research result.

B．To encourage readers to laugh a lot.

C．To give a brief introduction of primates.

D．To discuss the human-animal relationship.

23、Imagine a world in which there were suddenly no emotion — a world in which human beings could feel no love or happiness, no terror or hate．Try to imagine the consequences of such a transformation．People might not be able to stay alive: knowing neither joy nor pleasure, anxiety nor fear, they would be as likely to repeat acts that hurt them as acts that were beneficial．They could not learn: they could not benefit from experience because this emotionless world would lack rewards and punishments．Society would soon disappear: people would be as likely to harm one another as to provide help and support．Human relationships would not exist: in a world without friends or enemies, there could be no marriage, affection among companions, or bonds among members of groups．Society's economic underpinnings (支柱) would be destroyed: since earning $10 million would be no more pleasant than earning $10, there would be no incentive (动力) to work．In fact, there would be no incentives of any kind, for as we will see, incentives mean a capacity to enjoy them.

In such a world, the chances that the human species would survive are next to zero, because emotions are the basic instruments of our survival and adaptation．Emotions structure the world for us in important ways．As individuals, we categorize objects on the basis of our emotions．True, we consider the length, shape, size or texture, but an object's physical aspects are less important than what it has done or can do to us — hurt us, surprise us, anger us or make us joyful．We also use categorizations colored by emotions in our families, communities, and overall society．Out of our emotional experience with objects and events comes a social feeling of agreement that certain things and actions are "good" and others are "bad", and we apply these categories to every aspect of our social life — from what foods we eat and what clothes we wear to how we keep promises and which people our group will accept．In fact, society uses our emotional reactions and attitudes, such as loyalty, morality, pride, shame, guilt, fear and greed, in order to maintain itself．It gives high rewards to individuals who perform important tasks such as surgery, makes heroes out of individuals for unusual or dangerous achievements such as flying fighter planes in a war, and uses the legal penal (刑法的) system to make people afraid to engage in antisocial acts.

【1】Which of the following is TRUE according to the first paragraph?

A. people would not be able to tell the physical aspects of objects．

B. People would not know what was beneficial and what was harmful to them．

C. $ 10 million is equal to $ 10 in a world without emotions．

D. There would be full of lies, arguments and violence．

【2】In can be inferred from the passage that the economic foundation of society is dependent on ________.

A. the ability to make money

B. the capacity to work

C. the motivation to work

D. our emotional experiences

【3】Why are the emotional aspects of an object more important than its physical aspects?

A. They help society use its members for more profit.

B. They encourage us to perform important tasks in the war.

C. They help to perfect the legal and penal system to make people afraid.

D. They help us adapt our behaviors to the world surrounding us.

【4】What is the text mainly about?

A. People could only live in a world with emotions.

B. People would always do bad things in the emotionless world.

C. Emotions are very important in the world.

D. Emotions structure the world for us in important ways.

24、Benjamin Spock was a famous doctor for children. He completed his medical degree at Columbia University in New York City and began to treat babies and children in 1933. During the next ten years he continued to fit the theories about how children develop with what mothers told him about their children. What he found gave birth to his first book The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care.

Before Dr. Spock’s book appeared, the most popular guide to raising children was Psychological Care of Infant and Child, whose writer was John B. Watson. He urged extreme firmness in dealing with children. The book warned parents never to kiss, hug or physically comfort their children.

Dr. Spock’s book was very different. He gave gentle advice to ease the fears of new parents. Dr. Spock said his work was an effort to help parents trust their own natural abilities in caring for their children. He emphasized that parents’ “natural loving care” for their children is most important.

Dr. Spock based much of his advice on the research and findings of the famous Austrian psychoanalyst (精神分析学家), Sigmund Freud. “I was interested in how children grow emotionally. And I think Freud has given us a very good explanation of development. ”

Dr. Spock’s book discusses the mental and emotional development of children. It urges parents to use that information to decide how to deal with their babies when they are crying, hungry or tired. For example, Dr. Spock dismissed the popular idea of exactly timed feedings for babies. Baby care experts had believed that babies must be fed at the same times every day or they would grow up to be demanding children.

Dr. Spock said babies should be fed when they are hungry. He argued that babies know better than anyone about when and how much they need to eat. He did not believe that feeding babies when they cry in hunger would make them more demanding.

750, 000 copies of the book were sold during the year after its release.

【1】What may contribute to Spock’s first book?

A．His fame.

B．His mother

C．His discovery.

D．His education.

【2】In what way does Spock’s book differ from others?

A．Covering professional theories.

B．Offering expert suggestions.

C．Including comprehensive contents.

D．Building up parents’ confidence.

【3】Which of the following statements would Dr. Spock agree with?

A．Parents should hug babies regularly.

B．Parents should warn babies of danger.

C．Parents should follow Watson’s opinions.

D．Parents should feed babies when necessary.

【4】What does the passage mainly talk about?

A．An introduction to Spock and his book.

B．Stories about Spock as a famous doctor.

C．Differences between two baby care books.

D．Influences of Spock’s book on other experts.

25、Allan was worried.This was his first time to go traveling __.He didn't know how to find his seat，__ he went to the air hostess（空姐）and asked，-Could you help me？I can't find my seat.The air hostess showed __ the seat and told him___ and fasten the seat belt（系好安全带）.She told Allan not to move about when the plane was going up.And she also said that Allan's ears might feel ___ strange，but he didn't need to __ it because many people felt __that.When the plane was flying very high，Allan could stand up and walk around.He could __read books，newspapers or see films.The air hostess would ___food and drinks.Allan would enjoy the flight and ___soon.

【1】

A．by ship

B．by air

C．by car

D．by bus

【2】

A．yet

B．or

C．but

D．so

【3】

A．him

B．me

C．her

D．he

【4】

A．stand up

B．sleep

C．to sit down

D．sit down

【5】

A．a little

B．little

C．a bit of

D．bit

【6】

A．worrying

B．be worried

C．worry about

D．worry

【7】

A．in

B．for

C．as

D．like

【8】

A．neither

B．either

C．both

D．also

【9】

A．hold

B．take

C．bring

D．carry

【10】

A．arrive home

B．arrive to home

C．get to home

D．reach at home

26、假如你是高三学生李华，计划10月6日动身前往温哥华 (Vancouver) 姊妹学校交流一个月。请你给该校负责联络工作的布朗先生写一封信询问有关事项。

内容包括：1.课程开设；

2. 课外活动 (extracurricular activities)；

3. 其他你关心的问题。

注意：1.词数100左右。

2.可适当增加细节，使行文连贯。

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