唐山2024-2025学年第一学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高三英语

1、It was some time I finally realized what he really meant.

A.when B.that C.before D.after

2、The manager demanded that the workers the task ahead of schedule.

A.accomplishing B.accomplished C.accomplish D.to accomplish

3、I like Mr. Miner’s speech; it was clear and ______ the point.

A．at

B．on

C．to

D．of

4、Three officials ______ in the “Golden Rice” test on school children have been fired.

A.involving B.involved C.to involve D.having involved

5、Her mother is fond of western music, __________ her father is interested in Beijing opera.

A. when   B. while   C. as   D. as if

6、If you ______ succeed, apply yourself to the job after finding the proper ______ to doing it.

A. are to; approach B. are about to; way

C. are to; method D. are going to; means

7、During my trip to Guilin, ________ impressed me most was ________ the view was really breathtaking there.

A．that; what

B．that; because

C．what; that

D．what; because

8、Nowadays the ________ of travelling is shifted from shopping to food and scenery.

A．autonomy

B．barrier

C．prospect

D．priority

9、At the news of the accident, the girl can’t help ______ worried.

A．to get

B．got

C．getting

D．to be got

10、Greatly encouraged by what the teacher said, the boy returned to his seat, ____ to study harder.

A.being determined B.to determine

C.determined D.having determined

11、_____ the sun rising up in the east. They climbed onto the top of Mountain Tai.

A．In order to watch

B．Thanks to watching

C．So as to watch

D．As for watching

12、________ to helping those in need in the town, Old Tim was respected as a figure of great honor.

A．Devoted

B．Devoting

C．Having devoted

D．Devote

13、It is required to____________ an access bridge over a motorway.

A.land B.explore. C.construct D.force

14、Helen had left her keys in the office so she had to wait until her husband______home．

A．comes

B．had come

C．came

D．would come

15、Many popular ski resorts have a ________ slope for learning and a few expert runs to challenge the senior skier.

A.pleasant B.negative C.severe D.gentle

16、The soldier eventually arrived at the foot of the mountain, at the top of which________.

A．did a big tree stand

B．a big tree stand

C．stood a big tree

D．a big tree stood

17、This is her only request that the room________ after being used.

A.be cleaned B.is cleaned C.would be cleaned D.will be cleaned

18、His father ________ the party for more than 50 years.

A．joined

B．has joined

C．was in

D．has been in

19、Finally, the river cleaners’ hard work _______ and now the Shenzhen River is cleaner than ever.

A．fell behind

B．carried on

C．ended up

D．paid off

20、______ when we passed by its nest.

A. Up into the blue sky did the bird fly

B. Up into the blue sky flew the bird

C. Up into the blue sky the bird flew

D. Flew up into the blue sky the bird

21、Children find it ________ to sit still for very long.

A．difficultlies

B．difficulty

C．difficulting

D．difficult

22、I made ________ a rule to exercise every day.

A. it   B. that

C. which   D. what

23、The umbrella is a poor ______ from heavy rain.

A.raft B.beard C.fiction D.shelter

24、There will be a 15-minute _________ after the first act of the play.

A.interval B.tournament C.penalty D.possession

25、The reading room ________ yesterday afternoon.

A．cleaned

B．is cleaned

C．was cleaning

D．was cleaned

26、   After disappearing for over 19 years, measles (麻疹) is making a comeback in America. Since January 2019, the disease has infected more than 700 people, mostly small children, and the number seems to be increasing daily.

Measles is an infectious disease that typically begins with a high fever, cough, runny nose, and red, watery eyes. Many people also lose their appetites and feel sleepy. About three to four days after the symptoms start, the person breaks out into a rash (皮疹) that begins on the face at the hairline and then spreads to the neck and the rest of the body.

In healthy people, the recovery, which takes between two to three weeks, starts soon after the rash begins. However, for about 40 percent of patients — mainly kids under the age of five or older adults — the disease often leads to pneumonia (肺炎), which, if left untreated, could result in death.

The recent outbreak is thought to have been caused by travelers picking up the virus in a country where the disease is still existing and exposing it to an unvaccinated (未接种的) community in the US. In New York, it was carried back by someone who had recently visited Israel, which is currently undergoing a significant measles, while in Washington, “patient zero” was infected by a type that is currently circulating in Europe.

To limit the spread of the disease before it gets out of hand, US health officials are attempting to educate communities with high rates of unvaccinated children. They are also urging adults to consult with their physicians and get injected if considered necessary by the doctor.

Hopefully, health officials worldwide will be able to convince parents that vaccinating their children will protect, not harm, them.

【1】What is the third paragraph mainly about?

A.The symptoms of measles.

B.The possible results of measles.

C.The causes of measles.

D.The cures for measles

【2】Why did some people develop measles in America?

A.Because it is too hot this year.

B.Because people are too stressed.

C.Because pollution is too serious.

D.Because the virus was taken to America.

【3】What do we know about measles?

A.It never disappeared in America.

B.It starts with a rash.

C.It is mild to everyone.

D.It is possible to limit its spread.

【4】In which section of a newspaper may this text appear?

A.Health. B.Education.

C.Science. D.Entertainment.

27、A calorie is a unit of energy. The calories you see on nutrition labels, however, are actually kilocalories. 【1】 One kilocalorie is the amount of energy required to heat 1 kilogram of water by 1 degree Celsius. Calories in our food all come from one of the three nutrients: fat, carbohydrates and protein.

In 1990, the US government passed an act, which means that before any packaged food in the US hits the shelves, food scientists have to measure its nutrients and calories. One way to do this is with a tool called a calorimeter. 【2】 To use this tool, scientists place the food in a sealed container surrounded by water and heat it until the food is completely burned off. Scientists then record the rise in water temperature to determine the number of calories in the product.

【3】 It was developed by the 19th-century US chemist Wilbur Atwater to indirectly estimate of the number of calories in food products. Calorimeters don't take into account that humans lose some calories through heat and feces. Atwater's experiments have found that proteins and carbohydrates each have about 4 calories per gram and fats have 9 calories per gram. 【4】

However, some experts say that the Atwater system is outdated and inaccurate. 【5】 Besides, it doesn't take into account the digestive process, but assumes complete change of nutrients to energy.

A．That is the 4-9-4 system.

B．Food scientists also rely on another calculation.

C．These calorie counts aren't incredibly accurate.

D．It was more than likely calculated through the classic Atwater system.

E．This tool directly measures the amount of energy that a certain food contains.

F．Food packaging always refers to kilocalories, even though it just says "calories".

G．They say the energy content of certain foods couldn't be accurately calculated, such as nuts, by the Atwater system.

28、The ocean bottom - a region nearly 2.5 times greater than the total land area of the Earth - is a vast frontier that even today is largely unexplored and uncharted. Until about a century ago, the deep-ocean floor was completely inaccessible, hidden beneath waters averaging over 36, 000 meters deep. In complete darkness and subjected to intense pressures hundreds of times greater than at the Earth's surface, the deep-ocean bottom is an unfriendly environment to humans, in some ways as forbidding and remote as outer space.

Although researchers have taken samples of deep-ocean rocks and sediments (沉淀物) for over a century now, the first detailed global investigation of the ocean bottom did not actually start until 1968, with the beginning of the National Science Foundation's Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP) . Using techniques first developed for the offshore oil and gas industry, the DSDP's drill ship, the Glomar Challenger, was able to maintain a steady position on the ocean's surface and drill in very deep waters, pulling out samples of sediment and rock from the ocean floor.

The Glomar Challenger completed 96 voyages in a 15-year research program that ended in November 1983. During this time, the vessel logged 600, 000 kilometers and took almost 20, 000 core samples of seabed sediments and rocks at 624 drilling sites around the world. The Glomar Challenger's core samples have allowed geologists to reconstruct what the planet looked like hundreds of millions of years ago and to calculate what it will probably look like millions of years in the future. Today, largely on the strength of evidence gathered during the Glomar Challenger's voyages, nearly all earth scientists agree on the theories of plate tectonics (板块构造学说) and continental drift that explain many of the geological processes that have come to shape the Earth.

The cores of sediment drilled by the Glomar Challenger have also produced information critical to understanding the world's past climates. Deep-ocean sediments provide a climatic record that stretches back for hundreds of millions of years, because they are largely isolated from the mechanical erosion (侵蚀) and the intense chemical and biological activity that rapidly destroy much land-based evidence of past climates. This record has already provided insights into the patterns and causes of past climatic change—information that may be used to predict future climates.

【1】The author refers to the ocean bottom as a "frontier" in Paragraph 1 because it ______.

A．is an unknown territory

B．attracts courageous explorers

C．contains wide variety of life forms

D．is not a popular area for scientific research

【2】Which of the following is true of the Glomar Challenger?

A．It is an ongoing project.

B．It is a type of submarine.

C．It has gone on over 100 voyages.

D．It made its first DSDP voyage in 1968.

【3】The Deep Sea Drilling Project was significant because it was ______.

A．funded entirely by the gas and oil industry

B．an attempt to find new sources of oil and gas

C．composed of geologists from all over the world

D．the first extensive exploration of the ocean bottom

【4】Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage as being a result of the Deep Sea Drilling Project?

A．Biologists observed forms of marine life never before seen.

B．Information was revealed about the Earth's past climatic changes.

C．Two geological theories became more widely accepted by scientists.

D．Geologists were able to determine the Earth's appearance hundreds of millions of years ago.

29、   After 21 years of marriage, my wife wanted me to take another woman out to dinner and a movie. She said, “I love you, but I know this other woman loves you too, and she would love to spend some time with you.”

The other woman that my wife wanted me to visit was my MOTHER, who has been a widow(寡妇) for 19 years, but the demands of my work and my three children had made it possible to visit her only occasionally. That night I called to invite her to go out for dinner and a movie. “What’s wrong, are you well?” she asked. My mother is the type of woman who suspects that a late night call or a surprise invitation is a sign of bad news.

“I thought that it would be pleasant to spend some time with you,” I responded. “Just the two of us.” She thought about it for a moment, and then said, “I would like that very much.”

That Friday after work, as I drove over to pick her up, I was a bit nervous. When I arrived at her house, I noticed that she, too, seemed to be nervous about our date. She waited in the door with her coat on. We went to a restaurant that, although not elegant, was very nice and cozy. My mother took my arm as if she were the First Lady. After we sat down, I had to read the menu. Her eyes could only read large print. Halfway through the entries, I lifted my eyes and saw Mom sitting there staring at me. A nostalgic(怀旧的) smile was on her lips.

During the dinner, we had an agreeable conversation—nothing extraordinary but catching up on recent events of each other’s life. We talked so much that we missed the movie.

As we arrived at her house later, she said, “I’ll go out with you again, but only if you let me invite you.” I agreed.

A few days later, my mother died of a massive heart attack. It happened so suddenly that I didn’t have a chance to do anything for her. Some time later, I received an envelope with a copy of a restaurant receipt from the same place mother and I had dined. An attached note said: “I paid this bill in advance. I wasn’t sure that I could be there; but nevertheless, I paid for two plates — one for you and the other for your wife. You will never know what that night meant for me. I love you, son.”

At that moment, I understood the importance of saying in time: “I LOVE YOU” and to give our loved ones the time that they deserve. Nothing in life is more important than your family. Give them the time they deserve, because these things cannot be put off till “some other time”.

【1】When the mother answered the son’s call, she was __________.

A.worried B.surprised C.puzzled D.thrilled

【2】What did the mother mainly talk about to the author during the dinner?

A.Her life after the author’s marriage.

B.Her recent life since they met last time.

C.Her memory about the author as a child.

D.Her expectation about future reunions.

【3】What’s the purpose of the author’s writing this passage?

A.To show the importance of respecting our parents.

B.To tell us to enjoy the present life.

C.To teach us to cherish our family.

D.To warn us not to put off our work till some time later.

【4】What’s the best title of the passage?

A.Mother’s Love B.Have Dinner on Tim

C.Wife’s Love D.Never Put off Love

30、I worked as a waitress at a bar inside a health-food grocery store. Most of our _________ were well-off retirees and 30-something recently divorced men hoping to get a date with someone coming in after a yoga class. They were generally rich but _________. Forgetting to bring salt to some might be a huge offense (冒犯), but automatically bringing it causes others to give a _________ about sodium (钠) intake. It was a(n) _________ balancing act.

It was St. Patrick’s Day and we were short staffed. Needless to say, it was a crazy evening with me _________ around serving everything, and making sure no one was becoming _________.

The bar supervisor always liked to have food specials _________ for people to see. It generally just caused us to get mean looks when we told people they probably shouldn’t _________ it, as it was a sample (样品) and had been sitting out for hours.

As the night was beginning to slow down, I had an older couple sit at the only open seat—next to our food displays. I was _________ tables and leaned over to let them know I’d be right back, and __________ a plate I was carrying, dropped right into the food display. The sauce of the food flew up, and then __________ right into the man’s lap.

I was __________ and apologizing in a panic while trying to set down the mountain of dishes. The man looked up at me and said, “I just have one thing to tell you.” He slowly leaned in—at which point I was thinking he was about to __________ in my face—and he said,“I don’t have to fart (放屁) anymore because you __________ it out of me.” It was the laugh I needed that night, and he wouldn’t even let me give him a free beer as a(n)__________.

【1】

A．bosses

B．customers

C．colleagues

D．neighbors

【2】

A．old

B．embarrassed

C．tense

D．delighted

【3】

A．debate

B．argument

C．meeting

D．lecture

【4】

A．easy

B．quick

C．boring

D．difficult

【5】

A．rushing

B．staying

C．competing

D．spitting

【6】

A．determined

B．annoyed

C．frightened

D．pleased

【7】

A．on display

B．in demand

C．in need

D．under repair

【8】

A．see

B．cook

C．eat

D．sell

【9】

A．washing

B．booking

C．clearing

D．beating

【10】

A．slowly

B．effectively

C．usually

D．suddenly

【11】

A．jumped

B．dropped

C．rose

D．crashed

【12】

A．horrified

B．relaxed

C．excited

D．confused

【13】

A．run

B．spit

C．flash

D．speak

【14】

A．took

B．used

C．scared

D．pulled

【15】

A．task

B．gift

C．allowance

D．apology

31、Directions: Fill in each blank with a missing word according to the text.

The benefits of a degree are not obvious to people who live on this remote island. Families have a【1】 lifestyle, hunting walruses, whales and other sea animals in the spring, and gathering berries in the summer. The largest employer is the school system; 【2】, there are only a handful of jobs in fishing, oil and the airlines that connect the island to the mainland. There isn’t much demand for anything else and more than a quarter of adults are 【3】.

Today two villages remain with a population of just 1,400. People there are used to the 【4】landscape and climate—in the summer, fields of grassy frozen ground 【5】 from snow-capped mountain ranges to the stony shorelines, but in the winter the sun disappears, there is a lot of snow, and polar bears arrive on ice floes. Leaving the island is not an option, as a ticket on a bush plane costs $400, a week’s earnings for many islanders. The sense of 【6】is strong. When a whale is killed, the houses and school empty as everyone races to the beach to take a share of the meat.

32、假定你是李华。 你的英国朋友John打算暑期来中国旅游，希望你能推荐一个旅游地点。请用英语写一封e-mail给与答复。内容包括：

1.旅游地点；

2.简要介绍；

3.推荐理由。

注意：

1.写作词数应为80左右；

2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

Dear John,

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua