临沂2025-2026学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高三英语

1、— I’m still working on my project.

— Oh, you’ll miss the deadline. Time is _______.

A. running out B. coming out

C. using out D. going out

2、It was only after she had read the papers _______ Mary realized the homework before her was extremely difficult to complete.

A. when B. that C. which   D. what

3、Friends love to get together and talk about the days they spent together．

A.when B.that C.who D.what

4、We'll never forget the   Zhong Nanshan has made to the fight against COVID-19.

A.progress B.donations C.contributions D.efforts

5、_______ in the jungle, the explorer had little hope to find his way out.

A．Leaving B．To be left

C．Having left D．Having been left

6、He claimed ________ in the supermarket when he was doing shopping yesterday.

A. being badly treated   B. treating badly

C. to be treated badly   D. to have been treated badly

7、The man opened his eyes, only ________ himself left alone in the room.

A. finding B. found C. to find D. having found

8、Whom would you rather ________ with you, Jim or Jack?

A. have gone  B. have to go C. have go D. has to go

9、Without proper training, you can ________ a lot of bad habits when playing the piano.

A．pick out

B．pick up

C．pick off

D．pick on

10、Frank studied _____English language in London for four years, so he gets ____ good knowledge of London.

A. a; the   B. / ; /

C. / ; a   D. the; a

11、Pandas are facing danger! The situation won’t change         humans stop killing.

A.after B.though C.if D.unless

12、The car's________ has improved a lot since a new engine has been applied to it．

A．character B．performance

C．appearance D．attraction

13、The girl is so grateful whenever she remembers my brother and me ____ her from the icy water.

A．to have saved

B．to save

C．saving

D．saved

14、Rather than read the science fiction alone in the classroom he preferred  ______  the performance put on by the American student’s choir.

A.watching B.watch C.having watched D.to watch

15、 _____ underground for 2 years, David says the worst thing is not the danger but the darkness.

A. Working B. Having worked

C. To have worked  D. Worked

16、A new food scandal has erupted, threatening to spoil the________ of McDonald's, Starbucks and Yum Brands.

A.expectation B.reputation C.competition D.temptation

17、If we can our present difficulties , then everything should be all right .

A．come across

B．get over

C．come over

D．get off

18、The curious girl looked at the box________ and then she opened it out of __________ .

A．curious, curious

B．curiously, curiosity

C．curiously, curious

D．curiosity, curiously

19、In front of the farmhouse________.

A. lay a peasant boy   B. laid a peasant boy

C. lie a peasant boy D. did a peasant boy lie

20、The evidence is thin and, to some extent, ________. So we have to find move convincing evidence.

A. ambiguous B. explicit

C. figurative   D. clumsy

21、It is not unusual for people to speak two or three languages; they're known as bilinguals or trilinguals. Speakers of more than three languages are known as polyglots. And when we refer to people who speak many languages, perhaps a dozen or more, we use the term hyper-polyglot.

The most famous hyper-polyglot was Giuseppe Mezzofanti, a 19th century Italian cardinal, who was said to speak 72 languages. This claim sounds absurd(荒谬的). If you assume each language had 20,000 words. Mezzofanti would have to learn a word a minute, six hours a day, for eleven years—an impossible task. But Mezzofanti was tested by critics, and they were all impressed.

Did Mezzofanti have an extraordinary brain? Or are hyper-polyglots just ordinary people with ordinary brains who manage to do something extraordinary through hard work?

U. S. linguist Stephen Drashen believes that outstanding language learners just work harder at it and then they acquire unusually strong language ability. As an example, he mentions a Hungarian woman who worked as an interpreter during the 20th century. When she was 86, she could speak 10 languages and was still working on learning new languages. She said she learned them mostly on her own, reading fiction or working through dictionaries or textbooks.

Some researchers argue to the contrary. They believe that there is such a thing as a talent for learning languages. In the 1930s, a German scientist examined parts of the preserved brain of a hyper-polyglot named Emil Krobs, who could speak 60 languages fluently. The scientist found that the area of Krebs's brain called Broca's area, which is associated with language, looked different from the Broca's area in the brains of men who speak only one language. However, we still don't know if Krebs was born with a brain ready to learn dozens of languages or if his brain adapted to the demands he put on it.

Although it is still not clear whether the ability to learn many languages is in born, there's no doubt that just about all of us can acquire skills in a second, third, or even fourth language by putting our mind to it.

【1】The author seems to agree that__________

A．it is unusual for people to be bilinguals or trilinguals.

B．it is clear whether the ability to learn many languages is born

C．there is such thing as a talent for languages

D．hyper-polyglots have an inborn talent for language

【2】What does the underlined sentence imply?

A．Mezzofanti could remember 360 words a day

B．Mezzofanti had a special way to learn languages.

C．Mezzofanti's achievement was ridiculous(荒唐的)

D．Mezzofanti's language ability was astonishing

【3】The Hungarian woman became a hyper—polyglot mainly because of her________.

A．good memory

B．hard work

C．unique brain

D．learning methods

【4】The German scientist's findings showed that Krebs_________.

A．had an unusual brain

B．was born with great talent

C．had worked hard at languages

D．expected too much of himself

【5】What is the purpose of the text?

A．To present new findings on hyper-polyglots.

B．To introduce some famous hyper-polyglots.

C．To explain what hyper-polyglots do.

D．To explore if hyper-polyglots are born talented.

22、   High-speed trains, Alipay(支付宝), shared bikes and online payment are seen as the new Four Great Achievements of China by young foreigners, according to a video survey by the Silk Road Research Institute of Beijing Foreign Studies University. In the video, young people from 20 countries along Belt and Road Routes( 一带一路) were asked to name great inventions that had affected their lives in China. The following is what they said from 4 young people of them.

【1】What does Justin think of the high-speed railways in China according to his words?

A.fast and tidy. B.convenient and wonderful.

C.cheap and amazing. D.exciting and expensive

【2】What does the underlined phrase “be in a touch spot” mean?

A.stay in silence. B.be in trouble.

C.lose your way. D.lose face

【3】How does Yala travel out?

A.drive a car. B.take the bus.

C.ride a bicycle. D.take a high-speed train

23、Even before my father left us, my mother had to go back to work to support our family. Once I came out of the kitchen, complaining, “Mum, I can’t peel potatoes. I have only one hand.”

Mum never looked up from sewing. “You get yourself into that kitchen and peel those potatoes,” she told me. “And don’t ever use that as an excuse for anything again!”

In the second grade, our teacher lined up my class on the playground and had each of us race across the monkey bars, swinging from one high steel rod to the next. When it was my turn, I shook my head. Some kids behind me laughed, and I went home crying.

That night I told Mum about it. She hugged me, and___________________The next afternoon, she took me back to school. At the deserted playground, mum looked carefully at the bars.

“Now, pull up with your right arm,” she advised. She stood by as I struggled to lift myself with my right hand until I could hook the bar with my other elbow. Day after day we practiced, and she praised me for every rung I reached.

I’ll never forget the next time, crossing the rungs; I looked down at the kids who were standing with their mouths open.

One night, after a dance at my new junior high, I lay in bed sobbing. I could hear Mum came into my room. “Mum,” I said, weeping, “none of the boys would dance with me.”

For a long time, I didn’t hear anything. Then she said, “Oh, honey, someday you’ll be beating those boys off with a bat.” Her voice was faint and cracking. I peeked out from my covers to see tears running down her cheeks. Then I knew how much she suffered on my behalf. She had never let me see her tears.

【1】Which of the following expressions can be used most suitably to describe Mum’s attitude when she made the child peel potatoes?

A. Cautious   B. Serious

C. Strict   D. Considerate

【2】What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 imply?

A. Mum believed every aim could be achieved if you stuck to it.

B. The race across monkey bars was not difficult enough for a child to give up.

C. Mum was determined to prove she herself was better than the teacher.

D. What the child had said brought Mum great attraction and curiosity.[

【3】When the child looked down at the kids, they were standing with their mouths open because ________.

A. they felt sorry for what they had done before

B. they were afraid the author might fall off and get hurt

C. they wanted to see what the author would do on the bars

D. they were astonished to find the author’s progress

【4】The most probable conclusion we can draw after reading the passage is ________.

A. the last incident was sad enough to make Mum weep

B. the child’s experience reminded Mum of that of her own

C. Mum could solve any problem except the one in the last paragraph

D. Mum suffered more in the process of the child’s growth actually

24、阅读下列短文，从每篇短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I was blind, but I was ashamed of it if it was known. I refused to use a white stick and hated asking for help. After all, I was a teenage girl, and I couldn’t bear people to look at me and think I was not like them. I must have been a terrible danger on the roads, Coming across me wandering through the traffic, motorists probably would have to step rapidly on their brakes. Apart from that, there were all sorts of disasters that used to occur on the way to and from work.

One evening, I got off the bus about halfway home where I had to change buses, and as usual I ran into something, “I’m awfully sorry,” I said and stepped forward only to run into it again. When it happened a third time, I realized I had been apologizing to a lamppost. This was just one of the stupid things that constantly happened to me. So I carried on and found the bus stop, which was a request stop, where the bus wouldn’t stop unless passengers wanted to get on or off. No one else was there and I had to try to guess if the bus had arrived.

Generally in this situation, because I hated showing I was blind by asking for help, I tried to guess at the sound. Sometimes I would stop a big lorry and stand there feeling stupid as it drew away. In the end, I usually managed to swallow my pride and ask someone at the stop for help.

But on this particular evening no one joined me at the stop; It seemed that everyone had suddenly decided not to travel by bus. Of course I heard plenty of buses pass, or I thought I did. But because I had given up stopping them for fear of making a fool of myself, I let them all go by. I stood there alone for half an hour without stopping one. Then I gave up. I decided to walk on to the next stop.

【1】After the girl got off the bus that evening, she_________.

A. began to run

B. hit a person as usual

C. hit a lamppost by accident

D. was caught by something

【2】At the request stop that evening, the girl___________.

A. stopped a big lorry

B. stopped the wrong bus

C .made no attempt to stop the bus

D. was not noticed by other people

【3】What was the problem with guessing at the sound to stop a bus?

A. Other vehicles also stopped there.

B. It was unreliable for making judgments.

C. More lorries than buses responded to the girl.

D. It took too much time for the girl to catch the bus.

【4】Finally the girl decided to walk to the next stop, hoping __________.

A. to find people there

B. to find more buses there

C. to find the bus by herself there

D. to find people more helpful there

25、I was diving home after attending my uncle's funeral. I took a canyon（峡谷）drive with beautiful scenery to process my_________.

Suddenly I heard a pop. I knew what had happened—a big flat tire! I_________to the side, but this was a canyon drive with not much shoulder_________, and it happened to be around a turning that people couldn't see. That made it_________.

Cars were passing me fast. I couldn't get out. Within minutes, I saw a van stopped behind me. The gentleman walked out,_________a hand, and I dared to walk out very_________. He moved my car out of the _________way while I was talking to the police. Since they couldn't send_________in 20-30 minutes. The gentleman took out my spare tire and started_________the tire for me.

After the job was____________, I thanked him and he left. As we said goodbye, I____________him to pay it forward. I saw in my mirror that the van just____________me, making sure I was OK. At the light, I got a chance to see the____________family in the van. A beautiful young wife with attractive children in the back. They all gave me a big smile and____________at me!

I thought the gentleman had set a successful example for those young children to learn about service and____________.

【1】

A．anger

B．time

C．feelings

D．work

【2】

A．pulled over

B．pulled out

C．pulled down

D．pulled in

【3】

A．limit

B．space

C．speed

D．height

【4】

A．dangerous

B．inconvenient

C．urgent

D．uncommon

【5】

A．lifting

B．clapping

C．offering

D．hiding

【6】

A．hopefully

B．happily

C．willingly

D．carefully

【7】

A．special

B．detailed

C．accurate

D．rough

【8】

A．assistance

B．search

C．information

D．safety

【9】

A．moving

B．changing

C．fixing

D．setting

【10】

A．delayed

B．continued

C．succeeded

D．accomplished

【11】

A．persuaded

B．inspired

C．promised

D．reminded

【12】

A．followed

B．protected

C．inspected

D．chased

【13】

A．talkative

B．impressive

C．last

D．entire

【14】

A．waved

B．shouted

C．laughed

D．bowed

【15】

A．admiration

B．loyalty

C．passion

D．sympathy

26、假设你是学校学生会的一员，为了拥有一个更美好的校园，你发出了全员环保的倡议，并制作了如下图的海报：

请根据海报内容及以下要点写一份倡议书。

1.环保是我们中学生义不容辞的责任；

2.我们应该养成这些环保习惯；

3.让我们人人都为地球母亲尽一份绵薄之力吧！

注意：1.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

2.词数：不少于100词。

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