聊城2025-2026学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高三英语

1、Lucas went past a wooden house, in front of ________ sat an old man, pipe in hand.

A. that   B. what

C. which   D. whom

2、To make members of a team perform better，the trainer first of all has to know their ________and weaknesses.

A．strengths B．benefits

C. techniques   D．values

3、Wang Yuan, a member of TFBOYS, ________for his smoking illegally(违法的) in a Beijing restaurant and promised to behave well in the future.

A.apologized B.consulted C.paid D.cost

4、 Although the novel isn’t popular among adults, it ______ the youth, especially boys.

A. refers to B. appeals to

C. results in D. deals with

5、 – Is John coming by train?

– He should, but he _______ not. He likes driving his car.

A．must

B．can

C．need

D．may

6、The self-driving smart bus is already operating in 10 cities across China, with the latest_______ in Shanghai in August.

A.exploration B.exclusion C.expansion D.explosion

7、I bought tickets for myself and my friends at the park’s entrance, but tickets are also _____ online.

A. useful     B. consistent

C. affordable D. available

8、Those who made ______ to the beach faced heavy machine gunfire.

A．that

B．this

C．it

D．them

9、—Is it possible for him to finish the work on time?

—Don’t worry. I can promise he will what you have expected.

A．get across

B．live up to

C．put on

D．break down

10、The steak in the restaurant was terrible. How I wish I rice!

A. would order   B. ordered

C. order   D. had ordered

11、I think my father would like to know_______I’ve been up to so far, so I decide to send him a quick note.

A.which B.what C.why D.when

12、Which underlined “initiative” is the closest in meaning to the one in “Today, Xi'an is a modern city, at the heart of China's Belt and Road Initiative, but its long history can be seen everywhere.”?

A.The government must not lose the initiative in the fight against terrorism.

B.Managers need to be in the position where they can rely on their team to act on their own initiative.

C.The Geneva initiative was presented in December 2003 in an attempt to unblock the situation.

D.The children showed great initiative, organization and ability in raising the money, which will be used to benefit the whole school.

13、You’d better back up general statements with________examples to make your article full and detailed.

A．various

B．specific

C．typical

D．individual

14、They stared at me, their ________ faces giving no clue as to what they would say next.

A．dizzy

B．funny

C．mild

D．blank

15、When asked to move away，the other three______ but Rosa was unwilling to do so.

A. adopted   B. confirmed

C. advocated   D. submitted

16、_______ the costume and ________ in the wing, the comedian moved his lips as if repeating the lines.

A. Dressed in, waiting B. Dressing in, waiting

C. Putting on, wait   D. Having on, be waiting

17、I’m sorry I broke your vase I’ll_______it.

A．run out of

B．make up for

C．lose track of

D．pass down

18、My mother ______ angry with me, but I couldn’t shut my mouth before I shouted at her!

A. wasn’t   B. wouldn’t be

C. wouldn’t have been   D. hadn’t been

19、We wanted to purchase the house, but couldn’t ________ the money.

A. come down with B. come up with

C. bring out   D. bring in

20、5G smart phones are believed to work 9 and 20 times faster than previous______________.

A．ones

B．those

C．them

D．that

21、There is an old saying in English: “Laughter is the best medicine”. Until recently, few people took the saying very seriously. Now, however, doctors have begun to investigate laughter and the effects it has on the human body. They have found evidence that laughter really can improve people’s health.

Tests were carried out to study the effects of laughter on the body. People watched funny films, while doctors checked their heart rate, blood pressure, breathing and muscles. It was found that laughter has similar effects to physical exercise. It increases blood pressure, the heart rate and the rate of breathing; it also works several groups of muscles in the face, the stomach, and even the feet. If laughter exercises the body, it must be beneficial.

Other tests have shown that laughter appears to be capable of reducing the effect of pain on the body. In one experiment doctors produced pain in groups of students who listened to different radio programs. The group, which tolerated the pain for the longest time, was the group, which listened to a funny program. The reason why laughter can reduce pain seems to be that it helps to produce endorphins（内啡肽）in the brain. These are natural chemicals that diminish both stress and pain.

There is also some evidence to suggest that laughter helps the body’s immune system, that is, the system which fights infection. In an experiment, one group of students watched a funny video while another group served as the control group-in other words, a group with which to compare the first group. Doctors checked the blood of the students in both groups and found that the people in the group that watched the video had an increase in the activity of their blood cells, that is, the cells which fight infection.

As a result of these discoveries, some doctors and psychiatrists（精神病学家）in the United States now hold laughter clinics, in which they try to improve their patients’ conditions by encouraging them to laugh. They have found that even if their patients do not really feel like laughing, making them smile is enough to produce beneficial effects similar to those caused by laughter.

【1】We learn from the first paragraph that laughter .

A．is good for one’s health.

B．is related to some illness.

C．has been investigated long since.

D．has no effect on the body.

【2】Doctors have found that laughter .

A．keeps down blood pressure.

B．has similar effects to physical exercise.

C．decreases the heart rate.

D．increases stress.

【3】Which of the following statements is NOT true of laughter, according to the passage?

A．It reduces pain.

B．It exercises the body.

C．It improves the body’s immune(免疫的)system.

D．It can cure cancer.

【4】In a laughter clinic, doctors .

A．laugh at their patients.

B．encourage their patients to laugh.

C．smile when they don’t feel like laughing.

D．never stop laughing.

22、Men’s sport has for decades benefited from what investors call a “flywheel effect”. Big broadcast and sponsorship deals throw money into the game readily.【1】. That, in turn, generates even more money the next time around.

Women’s sport has long suffered the opposite phenomenon.【2】With few games available, viewers cannot tune in, and few viewers means little money.

The flywheel may, at last, be starting to turn round.【3】The first quarter of 2022 saw the highest viewership, up by around 50% on 2019, the last full year before the pandemic. Women’s sport is resisting a general trend for people to watch less television. Streaming (流媒体), meanwhile, offers a way to show games without expensive deals with broadcasters, helping to build fanbases.

【4】Viewership of the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) in America rose by 50% in 2021 compared with 2020. In February, the WNBA felt confident, raising $75 million and valuing it at $1 billion. The prize pool for this year’s Women’s Championship is $16 million, double the value in 2017.

One big change is that several big rights-holders, including FIFA and World Rugby, now sell, sponsorship rights for women’s events, separately, rather than bonded with the men’s tournaments.【5】

A．Start with viewing figures.

B．Money is starting to follow eyeballs.

C．Many associations fund the women’s sports.

D．Some think sponsors get a better deal with women’s sports.

E．Broadcasters have unwillingly shown it without being sure that people will watch.

F．That attracts more players and raises the level of play, which helps attract more viewers.

G．That forces buyers and sellers to think about exactly how much such rights might be worth.

23、Windows are a key component in a building's design, but they are also the least energy- efficient part. According to a 2009 report by the United Nations, buildings account for 40 percent of global energy usage, and windows are responsible for half of that energy consumption. If conventional windows are used to better block sunlight passing into a building, they need expensive coatings. Even so, they can not adjust the indoor temperature effectively.

Scientists at the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU) have developed a smart liquid window panel that can help. By creating a mixture of micro-hydrogel (水凝胶), water, and a stabilizer, they found that it can effectively reduce energy consumption in a variety of climates. Thanks to the hydrogel, the mixture becomes hard-to-see- through when exposed to heat, thus blocking sunlight, and, when cool, it returns to its original clear state. The high heat capacity of water allows a large amount of heat energy to be stored instead of getting transferred through the glass and into the building during the hot daytime when office buildings mainly operate. The heat will then be gradually cooled and released at night when the staff are off duty.

As a proof of concept, the scientists conducted outdoor tests in hot (Singapore, Guangzhou) and cold (Beijing) environments. The Singapore test revealed that the smart liquid window had a lower temperature (50°C) during the hottest time of the day (noon) compared to a normal glass window (84°C), The Beijing tests showed that the room using the smart liquid window consumed 11 percent less energy to maintain the same temperature compared to the room with a normal glass window. They also measured when the highest value of stored heat energy of the day occurred. This "temperature peak" in the normal glass window was 2 pm, and in the smart liquid window was shifted to 3 pm. If this temperature peak shift leads to a shift in the time when a building needs to draw on electrical power to cool or warm the building, it should result in lower energy charges for users. The research team is seeking ways to cut down the cost of producing the smart window and so far, they have found several industry partners to commercialize it.

【1】What is the disadvantage of conventional windows?

A．They are expensive.

B．They are not heatproof.

C．They contribute less to energy saving.

D．They can't block light into the building.

【2】How does a smart liquid window panel work to cool buildings?

A．By taking in much of heat energy.

B．By returning to its original clear state.

C．By getting most of sunlight transferred.

D．By spreading sunlight in different directions.

【3】According to paragraph 3, what is the value of the temperature peak shift?

A．It will make the windows long-lasting.

B．It could help the building users reduce costs.

C．It makes the buildings rely on no electrical power.

D．It helps the windows maintain a constant temperature.

【4】What can we expect of the smart window in the future?

A．It will be unaffordable.

B．It needs to be further improved.

C．It will be widely used in the city.

D．It will come onto the market soon.

24、Why we should spare parasites

Growing up, Chelsea Wood dreamed of becoming a marine biologist and studying large, exciting animals like sharks. Instead, she later found herself peering through a microscope at the organs of a snail. She had often plucked snails off rocks and collected them in buckets, but she had never looked inside of one. Seen through the microscope, they are surprisingly charming. “I couldn’t believe that I’d been looking at snails for as long as I had and missing all the cool stuff,” says wood. “I just totally fell in love with them.”

Nearly half of all known animals are parasites. One study projects that a tenth of them may be doomed to extinction because of climate change, loss of their hosts, and deliberate attempts at eradication. Though it seems few people care — or even notice.

【1】. But most parasites have evolved not to kill their hosts, and not all of them even cause noticeable harm to them.

Scientists warn of dire consequences if we continue to ignore the dangerous situation of parasites. Not only are some of them useful to humans [such as medicinal leeches, still employed in some surgeries], but they also play crucial roles in ecosystems, keeping some populations in check while helping to feed others.

Some experts say there’s an aesthetic argument for saving them. 【2】. They’ve evolved clever means of survival, from becoming a fish’s tongue to controlling the minds of cockroaches.

We’ve barely begun to identify all the parasites. “That’s just not something that we’ve prioritized,” says Skylar Hopkins, an ecologist at North Carolina State University. So, Hopkins pulled together a group of scientists interested in parasites, and they started sharing what they knew.

Since parasites rely on other species, they can be easily hurt, Take, for example, the endangered pygmy hog-sucking louse. It only lives on another species that is itself endangered, the pygmy hog, which is disappearing fast. Then there’s the California condor louse. In the 1970s, desperate to save the California condor, biologists began raising them in captivity. Part of the protocol was to delouse every bird, on the assumption that parasites were bad for condors, though it’s not clear that they actually were.

While the death of parasites might seem like no big deal, ecologists caution that wiping them out could end up dooming the planet. 【3】. Big predators would lose out too. Many parasites move into their next host by manipulating the host they’re in, which drives that host into a predator’s mouth so that the predator can be fed.

Even human health wouldn’t entirely benefit from wiping out parasites. The human immune system evolved alongside a group of parasites, and if we were to kill them off, our immune systems would then began attacking ourselves.

However, scientists aren’t out to save all parasites. The Guinea worm, for instance, should not be spared. It grows inside a person’s abdomen, causing harm to one’s health.

If anyone would want to get rid of all parasites, you’d think it would be Bobbi Pritt. As medical director for the Mayo Clinic’s human parasitology lab, Pritt identifies harmful parasites found all over the country and in every body part. Yet even Pritt has a soft spot for parasites. As a physician, she favors wiping out parasites that cause disease and suffering. 【4】.

Ultimately, we do not want a war against all of them, because there’s still so much we don’t understand.

A．Without parasites keeping them in check, the populations of certain animals would explode.

B．Beyond their aesthetic or scientific importance, parasites are an integral part of the biosphere.

C．Parasites are sometimes rejected by the scientific communities that study the animal world because they rely on a host.

D．“But as a biologist,” she says, “purposefully trying to make something extinct just doesn’t sit well with me.”

E．Therefore, she has committed herself to finding more effective approaches to eliminate all harmful parasites.

F．If you get past their “gross” appearance, you may find parasites’ way of living strangely charming.

25、   Would you rather watch a new movie or an old favorite? Would you rather order a dish you have never had at a restaurant, or ________ with something you know you will like? Researchers studying the “mere-exposure effect (曝光效应)” have found that we often prefer the familiar over the ________.

In 1968, social psychologist Robert Zajonc published a landmark paper on the mere exposure effect. His hypothesis (假说) was that simply being exposed to something on a ________ basis was enough to make people like that thing. To test this, Zajonc had participants read words in a foreign language out loud. He ________ how often participants read each word (up to 25 repetition). Next, participants were asked to decide how positive or negative they thought the meaning of the word was. Zajonc found participants ________ words that they had said more often, while words that participants hadn’t read at all were rated more negatively, and words that had been read 25 times were rated highest.

In the decades since Zajonc published his paper on the mere exposure effect, researchers have ________ several theories to explain why the effect happens. One of them is that mere exposure makes us feel less uncertain. We tend to be ________ around new things, since they could be dangerous. However, when we see the same thing over and over and nothing bad happens, we start to realize that there’s nothing to be afraid of. ________, the mere exposure effect occurs because we feel more positively about something familiar compared to something that is new and potentially dangerous.

________, mere exposure increases what psychologists call “perceptual fluency (知觉流畅性)”, which is based on the idea that, when we’ve seen something before, it’s easier for us to understand and interpret it. Think about, ________, the experience of watching a complex film. The first time you watch the film, you might find yourself struggling to ________ what’s happening and who the characters are. However, if you watch the movie a second time, the ________ and plot will be more familiar to you: psychologists would say that you ________ more perceptual fluency on the second viewing.

While psychologists are still debating what causes the mere exposure effect, it seems that having been previously exposed to something can ________ how we feel about it. And it may explain why, at least sometimes, we tend to ________ things that are already familiar to us.

A．exchange

B．stick

C．identify

D．connect

A．new

B．popular

C．favorite

D．unique

A．positive

B．temporary

C．short-term

D．repeated

A．restricted

B．determined

C．concluded

D．varied

A．studied

B．spelt

C．liked

D．chose

A．changed

B．suggested

C．concealed

D．traded

A．cautious

B．curious

C．conscious

D．adventurous

A．On the other hand

B．After all

C．In other words

D．As a result

A．However

B．Consequently

C．Additionally

D．Therefore

A．by comparison

B．without doubt

C．in reality

D．for example

A．take charge of

B．keep track of

C．make use of

D．get rid of

A．effects

B．struggles

C．characters

D．concepts

A．analyzed

B．defined

C．discovered

D．experienced

A．change

B．interpret

C．promote

D．illustrate

A．support

B．prefer

C．deliver

D．notice

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