松原2025学年度第一学期期末教学质量检测高三英语

1、--- Hey, Sherly, welcome back! __________?

  ---- Ok, I guess. My son and I went to Hainan and enjoyed the beautiful scenery there.

A. How was your holiday   B. How is your son

C. Where did you go for holiday   D. What did you do in your holiday

2、—Shall we go camping to celebrate our graduation of senior high?

— ______ . Let’s make a plan first.

A．No way

B．Good idea

C．It’s nothing

D．I don’t think

3、People often have difficulty facing reality when further scientific discovery challenges _______ they have previously thought to be settled facts.

A.what B.that C.who D.which

4、1 have one regret about the time I spent in high school: I _______ more advanced classes that are really helpful in college.

A．couldn't have taken

B．should have taken

C．needn't have taken

D．must have taken

5、With the new family planning policy _______, many young parents are considering having their second child.

A. introduce     B. introducing

C. to introduce   D. introduced

6、Thanks to Chinese authorities’ effective measures, Covid-19 across China is under control for the time being; however, the impact of the lockdown on the Chinese economy was laid _______ in a new data.

A.bare B.invalid C.evident D.generous

7、We are still dealing with problems _______ errors made in the past.

A.resulted from B.resulted in C.resulting from D.resulting in

8、Mrs. Green treats her students as if they ________ her children.

A. are B. were C. had been D. would be

9、Sixty decades on, the presenter (Queen Elizabeth II) has evolved somewhat, as has the technology she described. Back then, who _____ that people would one day be watching this on laptops and mobile phones, as some of you are today?

A. must have imagined   B. may have imagined

C. would have imagined   D. should have imagined

10、You needn’t be too concerned about what to wear to the party—it’s all _____ anyway, because you haven’t even been invited yet.

A. academic   B. painful   C. physical   D. Economical

11、Young people who have got jobs may realize university lessons can’t be the only preparation for all of the situations ________ appear in the working world.

A. where   B. when   C. that D. what

12、 Temperatures________ quite dramatically at night in mountains, so put on some warm clothes before going out.

A. are dropped   B. drop

C. are being dropped  D. have dropped

13、As Queen Elizabeth in her New Year Speech of 2018 puts it, for many, the idea of “home” reaches _______ a physical building to a hometown, a city or a nation.

A. against   B. with   C. beyond   D. through

14、Mark ______ have hurried. After driving at top speed, he arrived half an hour early.

A．needn’t

B．wouldn’t

C．mustn’t

D．couldn’t

15、—Julia said she sent you a birthday card yesterday. Have you got it?

—Oh, really! I haven’t ________ my mailbox yet.

A. examined B. reviewed.

C. tested D. checked

16、I didn’t ________ having to do the cooking myself, or I would have learnt one or two dishes from my mom.

A. expect B. anticipate

C. forecast D. preview

17、For breakfast Lisa only drinks juice from fresh fruit ______ on their own farm.

A．being grown

B．grown

C．to be grown

D．to grow

18、They______ jewellery since eight o'clock and had only just finished when two robbers broke in .

A.had been arranging B.were arranging

C.have been arranging D.had arranged

19、The girl conquered her fear and ___ the enormous spider in sight of it last night.

A. took up   B. picked up

C. put up     D. set up

20、Even a small personal computer   store vast amounts of information.

A. might   B. can

C. ought to   D. has to

21、As I stood in line waiting to cash out at my favorite retail store, I studied the customer in front of me. She was young, maybe early twenties. But she already had a tired look to her. Her face looked drawn from exhaustion. Her thin, unbuttoned winter coat had seen those bad days. The items in her cart included the cheapest cuts of meat. Powdered milk, day-old bread, bargain soap, and inexpensive shampoo completed her purchases — well, almost.

“Next!” When the cashier finally told her the cost, the woman’s face paled. She opened a purse and began counting small bills and change. It was obvious she didn’t have enough, and she scanned her groceries to see what she could do without. One by one, she removed things, but she still came up short. She continued to discard much-needed goods while the cashier set them aside patiently. The child’s items remained in the cart, however.

The woman finally paid, and moved down to bag them. When my turn came, I moved forward and placed several items the woman had taken out, whispering “Separate bags, please” to the cashier. I wondered how I could sneak the extra things into the old cart she’d brought without being caught. My clerk solved the problem by “accidentally” rolling several oranges hard enough on the conveyer belt so that they flew past the lady and onto the floor.

“I’ll get those,” the woman offered kindly and ran to pick up the runaway fruit. I quickly put the two extra bags into her cart. Just as I put the second one in, I noticed a twenty-dollar bill peeking out that I had not placed in there.

“You put that money in there, didn’t you?” I accused the clerk with a laugh when I went to pay my bill. I was surprised when she shook her head. “No, it was her,” she replied, pointing to another woman.

My small, insignificant gesture had rippled to become a larger kindness than I ever could have imagined.

【1】What can we infer about the customer in front of “me” in Paragraph 1?

A．She is a woman to think of others before herself.

B．She pretended to be poor to gain other’s sympathy.

C．Everything about her screamed hardship and need.

D．Everything she chose wasn’t what she truly needed.

【2】What does the underlined word “discard” probably mean in Paragraph 2?

A．Handle.

B．Separate.

C．Test out.

D．Take out.

【3】Why did the clerk roll oranges hard enough on the conveyer belt?

A．To do “me” a favor.

B．To train her skill.

C．To show her acting experience.

D．To help increase grocery sales.

【4】What can be the best title for the text?

A．Kindness in Giving Creates Love

B．What Goes around Comes around

C．Being Happy Is Enough

D．More than a Coincidence

22、A Swiss company that developed technology to capture (捕获) carbon dioxide (CO2) directly from the air says it has launched the world’s largest plant to do so in Iceland. The company said the plant began operations on Wednesday.

The company partnered with Icelandic carbon storage provider Carbfix on the project. It says the new plant called Orca whose name is based on the Icelandic word for energy, Oirka, is designed to capture up to 3,600 metric tons of CO2 per year. That is the same amount of CO2 produced by about 790 automobiles during a year.

The International Energy Agency, IEA, estimates that this year, the amount of CO2 emissions (排放) worldwide will rise 1.5 billion metric tons to a total of 33 billion metric tons. Direct air capture is one of the few technologies that can remove carbon dioxide directly from the atmosphere. Many scientists see the process as critical to limiting harmful pollutant emissions. Such emissions are caused mainly by human activities. They can trap heat in the atmosphere and create higher temperatures. Many scientists blame this warming for increased heatwaves, wildfires, floods and rising sea levels across the world.

Orca uses eight large containers that look like those used in the shipping industry. A series of high-tech filters (过滤器) and blowers attached to the containers capture CO2. The captured carbon is then mixed with water and deposited deep underground, where it slowly turns into rock. Both technologies are powered by renewable energy from a nearby geothermal (地热) plant.

Direct air capture is still a new and costly technology. But developers hope to bring down the price by increasing operations as more companies and individuals seek the technology. Currently, there are 15 direct air capture plants operating worldwide. The American oil company Occidental is currently developing the largest direct air capture center. It aims to pull 1 million metric tons of carbon dioxide from the air around some of its Texas oilfields.

【1】What is Orca?

A．A kind of energy.

B．A Swiss company.

C．A high-tech factory.

D．A developed technology.

【2】What do scientists think of direct air capture?

A．It can stop global temperature rising.

B．It is crucial to deal with air pollution.

C．It is of great use for disaster prediction.

D．It can limit the amounts of gases in the air.

【3】What does the underlined word “deposited” in Paragraph 4 mean?

A．Stored.

B．Discovered.

C．Recycled.

D．Exposed.

【4】What can we infer about direct air capture from the last paragraph?

A．It will increase oil production.

B．It has shown little practical value.

C．It costs too much to improve it.

D．It would have a bright future.

23、Leeny stood in the chicken coop（笼子）, shovel in hand, smiling widely. She was not faking it: My 7-year-old daughter was having fun cleaning out the chicken coop. I was happy she was enjoying herself, but I’d meant the household work to be punishment for losing a library book. So, was I winning or losing at parenting?

Leeny always has her nose in a book. She even took to reading in the car on the long drive to summer camp, which was where she lost the book. This is the first lost library book in my life. My family has always been overeducated, but we were poor. I didn’t own books. I borrowed books. However, my daughters have more books now than I owned my whole childhood and I knowingly contribute to it by adding to the stacks（堆）. So it’s probably my fault that when Leeny realized she had lost the book, she shrugged（耸肩）. “Sorry. I can't find it.” My daughter said. “It’s only $20, right? What's the big deal?”

I felt the need to make her feel responsible for the book. She agreed to clean the chicken coop in trade for my paying the library fine. I thought this idea was very clever because cleaning the coop is some work I had been avoiding for months. It was summertime, and dust floated in the dry air.

But my girl, my animal-loving, mini-me, thought shoveling chicken poop（铲鸡粪）was the most fun she’d had on a Saturday morning in a long time. She did not feel any of the emotions that punishment is supposed to introduce. In fact, she looked as if she might lose another book on purpose in order to clean the coop again. I stood, somewhat dumbfounded（发愣的）, watching her.

It took me a while to realize what had happened, why my punishment had failed completely and why I didn’t care. The fact is that I had Leeny help me clean the chicken coop. I was there, too, shoveling chicken poop, fetching the clean straw and feed. Leeny’s little sister, Vicki, was inside watching a cartoon while my husband paid bills. Only Leeny and I were outside. She had me all to herself for the first time since Vicki was born, and she was enjoying all the attention for once. I don’t know what she learned about responsibility, but I found that I didn’t care about the book anymore. We bonded over that unpleasant job and spent quality time together: mother, daughter, and chicken poop.

【1】How does Leeny find reading?

A．It is very enjoyable.

B．It is full of challenges.

C．It inspires her to be a camper.

D．It teaches her to lover her family.

【2】The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 2 refers to the fact that _______.

A．the author didn’t own any books

B．the author’s daughters own too many books

C．the author’s daughters often lost library books

D．the author could never have enough books to read

【3】How did the author feel after she saw Leeny’s cleaning work?

A．Worried.

B．Ashamed.

C．Astonished.

D．Embarrassed.

【4】What’s the best title for the text?

A．My punishment failed, but I didn’t care

B．What I owe to Leeny: much more attention

C．My daughter drove me crazy, but I felt grateful

D．Surprise: my daughter loves cleaning chicken coops

24、“Just think positively!”

“It could be worse.”

“You should look at the bright side!”

We’ve all heard (and maybe used) these phrases without much thought. But they could be contributing to a culture of toxic (有毒的) positivity. For those new to this term, it might sound like an oxymoron (矛盾修辞法). How can positivity be toxic? Isn’t it supposed to be helpful, or “positive”, as the name suggests?【1】

“Toxic positivity is when somebody avoids all negative thoughts or feelings, pretending everything is going well when it is not,” explains Melissa Dowd, a therapist at PlushCare, a virtual health platform. Whitney Goodman, another licensed psychotherapist, describes toxic positivity as the “endless pressure to be happy and positive, no matter what the circumstances are.”【2】It’s also something we can cause   other people to experience.

Toxic positivity causes us to suppress our emotions, which can make them worse. 【3】“Although it can be helpful to look on the bright side when facing challenges,” Dowd says, “not coping with negative feelings in a healthy way in the moment can lead to those feelings resurfacing later in different areas of your life or as a form of anxiety.” 【4】 “If I feel like you’re going to set me aside, I’m going to stop sharing how I’m feeling,” Goodman adds.

【5】If you’re using toxic positivity against yourself, Goodman suggests remembering it’s OK if you’re upset about something. It’s valid if something annoys you. “Allow ourselves and other people to share when they’re going through a difficult time,” she says. Dowd adds that it’s essential that “we all learn to cope with and process our emotions in a healthy way as opposed to avoiding how we feel” as life’s   stressors continue to rise. For example, instead of simply saying “Just think positively,” we’d better say “Sometimes bad things happen. How can I help?”

A．Are there ways to avoid toxic positivity?

B．Toxic positivity also interrupts connection.

C．It can harm people who are going through difficult times.

D．Expressing toxic positivity to others may look like offering them a simple solution.

E．They become more intense and can also cause long-lasting health concerns in the future.

F．Experts say constant forced positivity can lead to the opposite, and have a negative effect.

G．This is what we may bring on to ourselves by not allowing negative thoughts and feelings.

25、In 2000, I had a lot going on: Not only was I working, but I was taking care of my daughter and my husband, Kevin, who was_________ Lou Gehrig’s Disease. Being a caretaker is never _______and on a random afternoon, my_______decided to give me a surprise.

While a day at the beach sounded ___________going there with Kevin would take too much. It would _______ having medical equipment, keeping the wheelchair and medical equipment free from water and sand, and it would also be a_________day for everyone related.

One day, after work, I got home and I saw my brother’s car in the yard. After asking me to_______before coming in, he_______my eyes with a scarf and took my hand. Once inside, he asked me to sit down and then _______ my shoes and socks. My feet did not land on a brick floor, but rather, something cool and scratchy（粗糖的）.I soon ________that my toes were sinking into ________. Then he sat behind me and held me in his arms. Seagulls screeched（尖叫）in front of me. Mists of water ________wetted my face.

We sat there, not ________to say anything. What a __________of love! I had never imagined that although I hadn’t ________to go to the beach that summer, my brother had brought the beach to me! Then，my brother ________my blindfold slowly. Now I could see where I really was. The ________was covered with sand. A CD player rested on the brick wall, inside was ________of the ocean. He had supported the pipe on a bucket and a device in it transformed water into mist.

With my eyes open, the beach was __________. But that memory, that sincere gesture of ________ and hope kept me happy for a long time.

【1】

A．carrying on

B．suffering from

C．escaping from

D．living on

【2】

A．rewarding

B．tiring

C．easy

D．fair

【3】

A．brother

B．husband

C．daughter

D．friend

【4】

A．disappointing

B．beautiful

C．surprising

D．awful

【5】

A．allow

B．risk

C．avoid

D．mean

【6】

A．pleasant

B．joyful

C．sad

D．tough

【7】

A．knock

B．park

C．wait

D．leave

【8】

A．dried

B．covered

C．attracted

D．protected

【9】

A．put on

B．cleaned

C．took off

D．changed

【10】

A．realized

B．forgot

C．ignored

D．admitted

【11】

A．water

B．sand

C．mud

D．grass

【12】

A．carefully

B．rapidly

C．thoroughly

D．gently

【13】

A．permitted

B．advised

C．expecting

D．needing

【14】

A．wonder

B．story

C．journey

D．dream

【15】

A．wished

B．feared

C．managed

D．refused

【16】

A．laid

B．removed

C．threw

D．touched

【17】

A．beach

B．roof

C．floor

D．yard

【18】

A．view

B．sound

C．power

D．memory

【19】

A．exposed

B．hidden

C．imagined

D．gone

【20】

A．love

B．respect

C．faith

D．appreciation

26、假如你是你校的学生会主席李华。为了丰富同学们的课外生活，提高同学们的英语交际能力，学生会成立了一个英语学习俱乐部。请你写一封英语邀请信，邀请同学们参加，内容应包括：

1.俱乐部成立的目的；

2.准备开展的活动；

3.邀请大家积极参加。

注意：词数100左右。开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

参考词汇：课外的—extracurricular　礼堂—auditorium

Boys and girls,

I’m Li Hua, the chairman of student union.

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Li Hua